Disclaimer: Ranma ½ and Dead or Alive do not belong to me. I don't make a cent and I don't claim them as my own, so there.
Author notes: So the tournaments over but now Ranma is heading back to Nerima to discuss with his father on his most recently acquired fiancées, all this and more coming up in this chapter.
Six figures stood in front of a dojo gate. "So this is the place you and Ranma were staying at Kasumi?" Lei Fang said.
"Yes it is Lei. I've witnessed a lot of things here. I've enjoyed some happiness here but Ranma's daily problems have always darkened my days here." Kasumi said.
"Well not anymore that's for sure. After we get done with pops we are out of here." Ranma said.
"I do look forward to seeing this famous father of yours Ranma. We have much to discuss." Helena said.
"Yeah I want to give him a piece of my mind too." Hitomi said.
"Don't worry there is plenty for everyone." Ranma said with a snicker. He raised a hand up and pushed open the gate and led the group to the front door. He knocked three times and waited. For a full minute there was no answer. Before Ranma could knock again the door slid open and a disheveled Nabiki stood in front of him. Her eyes widened when she saw Ranma.
"You!" She shouted.
"Yeah it's me I'm back for a little bit. Just to talk with my old man." Ranma said.
"Just here to talk? Do you know how much crap has happened since you went missing!" Nabiki said.
Ranma just scratched his head. "I don't know. Why don't you give me a rundown?"
"You're disappearance has caused utter chaos here. Not to mention since Kasumi left I got stuck with doing the stuff around the house because Kami-sama knows what will happen if Akane took over." Nabiki looked ready to strangle Ranma right now.
"Well maybe you guys were depending on her too much." Ranma said.
Kasumi nodded slightly she'd seen how everyone acted around the house and knew that the late Kasumi Tendo was pretty much the one and only support that kept the household together.
"The amazons have been tearing this the house apart piece by piece looking for you. Kuno is even more determined to find your girl form and date Akane. His sister is just as bad. Happosai is out of control and Akane is going ballistic she's pretty much destroying everything she touches. The only ones who haven't done much of anything are Ukyo and Ryoga. Ukyo is confident you'll return to her and we haven't seen Ryoga in awhile thank Kami-sama." Nabiki slumped after releasing all her verbal frustration.
"Oh I've seen Ryoga just yesterday." Ranma said.
"And I hope he cleaned your clock." Nabiki spat then noticed the girls. "Ranma who are they? More fiancées?" Nabiki sounded really nervous.
"Uh only a couple of them the others aren't it's why I'm here to talk with pops." Ranma said.
"I'm Lei Fang." Lei said bowing.
"I'm Helena." Helena did likewise.
Nabiki whimpered and would have collapsed if Ranma didn't catch her. "Uh Nabiki are you okay?" Ranma asked and winced as the middle Tendo glared at him.
"Do I look okay to you?" She stated and relaxed, letting Ranma take her full weight. "Just get me back in the tea room where I can take my short break." Ranma shrugged and entered followed by the others. The sight inside almost made him drop Nabiki. The house was a mess! There was rubble and broken vase pieces, plaster coming off the wall, broken furniture, you name it. Kasumi was so stunned at how fast the dojo which she had taken care of for an entire year, had degraded in such a short period of time. She almost rushed forward to start cleaning since her Kasumi Tendo instincts hadn't quite left her yet.
"My god you two actually lived in this place?" Tina said looking around.
"It was never like this before." Ranma said. "But since Kasumi left with me the household was probably helpless in trying to help themselves."
"Damn even you and Genra didn't make this much damage in your fight." Hitomi said.
The group entered the tearoom and saw the table was split horizontally and the television was out of commission since it had a barbell in the screen. Ranma lowered Nabiki to the ground and looked about. "So where's pops and Mr. Tendo?" Ranma asked.
"Drowning their sorrows and it ain't helping the budget." Nabiki groaned.
"And Akane?" Ranma asked.
"Out with her friends, thank Kami-sama I finally have a break." Nabiki lowered her head to the floor and in seconds she was snoring.
Ranma blinked at Nabiki before he turned away. "Well since I'm here I might as well fix this place up a bit. Kasumi could you make some tea? Then all of you girls can relax."
"Are you sure about that?" Helena looked around. "I'm willing to bet even the best construction workers couldn't fix this place up for at least a year."
Ranma waved his hand dismissively. "Nah this is Nerima, and I know martial arts construction." A hammer and saw appeared in Ranma's hand and he began his task of repairing the dojo.
Meanwhile Kasumi had set a pot of tea on the stove after she cleaned it, and killed an unknown life form that she correctly guessed was Akane's cooking. Her experiences portraying Kasumi Tendo had made her an expert in this battlefield as well, meaning the kitchen. With just the right amount of leaves and the right temperature of water she could make a pot of tea that would rival any tea ceremony. The kettle whistled and she quickly poured the water into a pot and added the leaves then with half a dozen mugs placed upside down on a platter she walked out. "Would anyone like some tea?"
All the girls nodded including Nabiki. Kasumi expertly flipped the mugs over and poured just the right amount of tea in the mugs as soon as she poured the sixth Ranma came back he had removed his trademark red shirt thus he was clad in his black muscle shirt that he wore underneath. This exposed his arms and the shirt clung to him with the light sweat he had worked up. Lei Fang stared and blushed for a few seconds before she lowered her head in embarrassment when she realized she was staring quite intently at him. Helena had turned away but a pink tinge could be seen on her cheeks. Hitomi fidgeted and brought a hand up to cough in it but in reality she did this to try hide her blush. Tina openly stared at him enjoying the view. Kasumi sighed at Tina's open behavior but couldn't help but blush slightly especially when Ranma walked over to her and gently took the mug from her. The pig-tailed martial artist took a long sip from his mug and sighed with content. "Man you sure make a good cup of tea Kasumi." Ranma said as he lowered his mug.
"Thank you Ranma." Kasumi said smiling.
Ranma set his mug down and picked up his hammer and saw. "Well back to work." Ranma went out again and began to fix the house up again.
"This is good." Nabiki said sitting up, the tea revived her some and gave her a bit of energy at least enough to now sit up. "Things have gone haywire when you left Kasumi. Even if you aren't my sister you still kept this household together, and now look at this." Nabiki gestured around. "Our home is in shambles."
"Well Ranma's fixing this place up, but we're only staying here long enough to talk to Genma about the latest development in the fiancée department." Kasumi said.
Nabiki massaged her temples. "When will this ever stop?"
The sliding front door slammed open audibly followed by a quartet of drunken footsteps. "Nabiki we're home!" Soun bellowed out cheerfully in his alcoholic stupor. Nabiki groaned and almost slammed her head into the broken table.
"Here it comes." She muttered as Soun and Genma came wobbling in.
"Nabiki where's Aka… Who are you people?" The drunken stupor seemed to disappear some when Soun spotted the girls assembled around the broken table.
"Hello Mr. Tendo. Don't you remember me? I was the one taking care of this place for a year now." Kasumi said in a sharp tone. "And it seems that in the short time I'm away you end up demolishing all that I have been taking care of."
"Kasumi!" Soun nearly leaped from his skin.
"Yes Kasumi, the same Kasumi who your youngest daughter threw out." Kasumi said with a scowl that surprised the other girls.
"I've never seen Kasumi so pissed before." Tina muttered.
"Yeah even when she's really serious she didn't have this much ice in her tone." Lei muttered back.
By now the other newly arrived occupant decided to open his mouth. "Wait if you're here then Ranma is here as well." Genma said.
"That he is." Kasumi replied.
"Genma immediately regained his arrogant behavior. "Boy where are you? You are marrying Akane and uniting the schools today!"
"Kasumi turned to the other girls and gestured to the fat martial artist. "Lei Fang, Helena, this is Genma Saotome."
"Oh well hello Mr. Saotome." Helena stood up with a very masked look a very creepy masked look. "It's a pleasure to finally meet you."
"Same here." Lei Fang had an evil smile. "I've heard so much about you."
Genma could feel the animosity coming from the two girls and backed up into another form. He turned to see Hitomi with a very evil grin on her face. "Hello uncle Genma. Remember me? I'm Hitomi." Genma paled as old memories surfaced, the girl was attracted to Ranma when they were young it was the reason why he left the area quickly after finding out Ranma was hanging out with a girl around his age. Hitomi cracked her knuckles. "Now uncle Saotome will you kindly tell why you have engaged Ranma to so many women, including my two friends over there." Hitomi nodded her head toward Lei Fang and Helena. Genma turned and saw both girls pull out folded pieces of paper and open them. The entire household stares at the contracts, Nabiki had a twitch to her eye and Soun was slack jawed. Genma was sweating bullets and lunged at the contracts, but both girls had anticipated this and pulled back before the Saotome patriarch grabbed the contracts.
"Oh no you don't Mr. Saotome, Ranma told us all about you." Lei Fang said.
That's when Ranma came walking back in with sweat on his brow. "Well that takes care of the outside walls and roof… Oh hi Mr. Tendo, hey pops." Ranma's tone became guarded and braced him-self for what was going to happen.
"Boy! You're back, shameful of you running away like that, to redeem yourself you must marry Akane!" Genma grabbed Ranma by his muscle shirt. "Do you hear me boy?"
"I hear you pops." Ranma said and lifted the hammer he was using for construction and brought it down on Genma's head. Genma crumbled unconscious and sporting a large bump on his head.
"Ranma you're back now the schools will finally be united." Soun said.
Ranma shook his head. "I'm just passing through, once I'm done hear we're leaving." Ranma didn't flinch as Soun did his demon head attack.
"Ranma you will marry my Akane!" Soun shouted.
Ranma looked with a tired look at the demon head and with a ki charged finger he poked the illusion. The head deflated and Soun remained stunned at Ranma's lack of fear.
"Don't try any of that stuff anymore Mr. Tendo, it won't work." Ranma said. Genma regained consciousness and was about to lunge at Ranma when three pairs of legs appeared in front of him.
"Mr. Saotome I can't believe this, attacking someone from behind." Helena said intertwining her fingers she stretched them forward and a loud "crack" was heard.
"I can't believe you would accuse Ranma of being so dishonorable when you yourself are being quite dishonorable in front of our eyes." Lei Fang's hands began to go in motion.
"Why don't we give you a lesson in honor and the feelings that girls get when they we are cheated on." Hitomi tiltied her neck and a pop was heard. All three girls grin at the sweating father of Ranma and move in.
The scene that occurs after that is much to graphic for me to describe, please do not be disappointed since you'd probably be quite disturbed in observing it anyway.
Kasumi quietly leads Ranma out of the tearoom as the trio of girls, unleashed feminine justice on the Saotome patriarch. She leads him upstairs and into what had been her room when she was staying with the Tendo's. Unlike the other rooms, the room of Kasumi Tendo was left untouched. It seems even in death the room of the eldest Tendo commanded a respect that the other occupants of the household instinctively knew to leave alone, except the kitchen that is, Akane's work was all over the place.
"Man it figures of all the places in the house this room is the one that was left alone." Ranma said. He heard the door click shut and turned to see Kasumi with her head down and leaning against the door. "Kasumi…" Ranma reached for her but instead she barreled past his arm and lunged straight into his chest. Her arms wrapped around his waist as her momentum propelled them both onto the bed. Which wasn't such a good idea since all the time the room was left untouched it accumulated quite a bit of dust it sent both into fits of sneezing and coughing.
"Okay, that wasn't such a good idea after all." Kasumi muttered in between coughs.:
"What was that… "Ah-Choo!" for Kasumi?" Ranma rubbed his nose as dust settled.
Kasumi blushed. "I was hoping to make out I guess. I don't think the others will be distracted for long beating up your father."
"M-Make out?" Ranma blushed and rubbed the back of his head and chuckled nervously.
"You don't want to make out?" Kasumi's eyes became teary and Ranma flinched.
"It's not that it's just…" Ranma trailed off as Kasumi's teary-eyed look doubled in size. "Okay I will." Ranma sighed in defeat not noticing Kasumi face the audience with the victory sign. Ranma gulped as Kasumi turned back to him and grabbed one hand and placed it gently on her hip, she took his other hand and placed it just on the top of her bum, Ranma's face turned crimson and resisted to squeeze. Kasumi's face was tinged in red but her smile was clear and pleasant, now she wrapped her arms round his neck and raised herself up on her toes and closed her eyes. Ranma took a deep breath knowing that she wanted him to kiss her. He looked at her face, eyes closed and waiting patiently with a small smile. It was a face serene and beautiful, like a princess or goddess even and she wanted him to kiss her… Well who was he not to do it. Concentrating on her lips he moved in closer and closer, he felt her tense as he neared her and he closed his eyes as he made for the final inches and…
"Kitchen Destroyer where you stay? Bring Shampoo Airen back or Shampoo make big mess!" A certain Chinese Amazon yelled out.
Kasumi groaned as she felt Ranma's warmth leave her face, she opened her eyes and saw that he was as disappointed as she was. Then more voices were heard.
"Akane where's Ran-chan? Don't you try to hide him from me!"
"Ranma Darling! I won't let any of these harpies have you, now Akane Tendo bring forth my beloved or will you tempt my anger."
"What the hell are you talking about, he isn't here and I just got home leave me alone."
"Akane Tendo you are finally free of the black sorcerer Ranma Saotome, come you and the pig-tailed girl are now free to date me."
"Ranma I won't let you have Shampoo."
"Stupid Mousse that flower pot! Shampoo is here!"
Both Ranma and Kasumi sighed. "Great pretty much the whole gang's here. The only one missing is Ryoga." Ranma said.
"I guess you better go confront them Ranma." Kasumi said.
"I guess I should. Wonder where Ryoga is anyway."
Kasumi shrugged and both left the room to face the chaos downstairs.
Meanwhile in some woods at the foot of Mt. Fuji…
"Well this is interesting." Ayane glared down at the tiny black piglet with a bandanna around him. She had fetched water while Ryoga built a fire and accidentally spilled some on the lost boy. "Mind telling me why you turned into a porker sensei?" Ryoga shivered under Ayane's gaze
A few minutes later an embarrassed Ryoga was putting on his clothes as a glaring Ayane stared at him indifferently. "Well Ayane-san I…" Both of Ryoga's hands shot up and clapped on either side of a kunai aimed straight at his face.
"When were you actually going to tell me you turned into a pig?" Ayane growled trying for a few seconds to free her kunai and let go when she realized there was no way to get it out of Ryoga's immense grasp.
"I was going to tell you. Just not quite yet." Ryoga dodged a kick to his head and slammed both hands on the ground to lift him up as Ayane turned it into a sweep.
"It's not good to keep secrets sensei, especially from me!" Ayane launched a barrage of shuriken just as Ryoga managed to grab his umbrella.
"I'm sorry really I am!" Ryoga opened his umbrella and spun it the speed of it battled aside the shuriken then he launched it forward in an attempt to buy time to do… something.
Ayane dodged to the side but the edge caught the top of her outfit and ripped it open revealing the netting underneath and a very large amount of cleavage. She lunged toward Ryoga in and attempt to knock him down and was surprised to see him lunge at her and tackle her down to the ground as he did a loud woody "thunk" was heard and she saw right over his shoulder that the umbrella had returned and embedded itself in a large tree. Than her rage returned when she realized that Ryoga was on top of her, both of her hands shot up and hit two pressure points by his neck making him spasm and she used this to get her leverage to twist him over so the positions were reversed. Now there she was straddling Ryoga trying her best to strangle his iron hard neck with her bare hands completely ignorant of her state of dress and how her attempted strangling was making two certain assets sway. She was also blissfully ignorant that she although she thought she was strangling Ryoga her attempts on his life were not doing a damn thing and the only reason why he wasn't moving was because he had fainted when he caught a glimpse of Ayane's exposure.
This all lasted until finally Ayane's rage settled down, she finally noticed her state of dress and pinched both sides of her outfit close. A few seconds later Ryoga came back to reality, now both of them faced away from each other. "I'm… I'm sorry about not telling you about my curse." Ryoga said uneasily.
"A curse huh? Well I'm surprised you weren't mistaken for someone's next meal." Ayane said.
"Eheh they've tried actually." Ryoga said rubbing his head.
Ayane looked at him for a second as the gears worked away in her head. "You turn into a pig right? Anyone else?"
Ryoga turned to look at her. "Yeah…" Ryoga smirked he wasn't honor bound to keep secrets about Ranma. "You know Ranko your opponent, she's actually Ranma."
Suddenly Ayane was in his face. "You knew that the entire time and you didn't tell me!" She once again tried to stuff a kunai in his face and Ryoga caught it between two fingers.
"It didn't seem important at the time." Ryoga said.
"Wasn't important? I'm going to kill you for this!" The fight started and now we leave them.
Ranma and Kasumi came downstairs and witnessed a standoff. On one side was the NWC and on the other was two of Ranma's new fiancées, one best friend wanting to be in that same position and a shapely pro wrestler who just happened to also get caught up in this.
"Hi everyone." Ranma said and all heads turned toward him. "It seems you met my two new fiancées."
That's when the gasket broke.
To be continued.
Author Notes: Yes looks pretty short right? Well it was thirteen pages however a power surge in my area wiped out most of my update from page five. I hate it when things like that happen. So the epilogue for the series will hopefully be in the next chapter. Until next time.