Senshi Eris couldn't believe what his eyes were telling him. Lilith, the undeniably sexy and powerful sorceress who'd been helping him out for the past month or so was Kasumi? Granted he didn't know a whole lot about his fiancé, but she didn't seem like Lilith at all. If anything, Kasumi seemed like the model samurai's wife from folklore: alluring, responsible, humble, and respectable. The two images just couldn't work together; it'd be like mixing oil and water.

Lilith, er Kasumi, whoever the girl in front of Senshi Eris actually was smiled at the champion's confusion and gave him a quick peck on the cheek. "Oh come now Ranma is it really that hard to comprehend that you've been making out with your fiancé for the pass month without even realizing it." The young woman frowned as she watched her future husband freeze up. She waited a few seconds for his mind to reboot and then sighed. "Great, he froze up. I might as well go for the shock treatment."

The sorceress closed her eyes for a few seconds to conduct a little meeting with her past selves over how she should shock her betrothed. A faint blush appeared on her cheeks for a second before it faded away. Her hands went up to her shoulders and quickly pulled the top of her shirt down. She then leaped onto Senshi Eris shouted out, "I Love You Husband."

Something between tackle, the semi-nudity, the unexpected proclamation, and the hard fall to the ground caused Senshi Eris's mind to reboot. Eris's champion looked up at Lilith, who as already putting her top back on, and shouted out, "What the hell was that for?"

Lilith adjusted herself so that she was sitting on the champion's chest before answering. "Basic shock therapy, I needed to do something to reset that mental fuse of yours. Personally, I don't see why you're so upset since that was such a tame thing for me to do. Philip used to love it when I danced naked with snakes. Hell, that's why he made me his queen before the jerk left me for another woman."

Senshi Eris blinked his eyes in confusion. "Who's Philip?"

The sorceress smiled and replied, "King Philip II of Macedon was a lover of mine in a pervious lifetime. You probably don't recognize him, but you will recognize the son that he and that incarnation had: Alexander the Great." Ranma's eyes widened when he heard Lilith say that and they kept on getting bigger as she went on. "I think you're starting to catch on. Kasumi is the latest incarnation, the 108th incarnation if my memory serves me, of my soul. Actually, I could be considered Kasumi's 'dream' if you will. 'Lilith' as you know her is a result of Kasumi awakening too soon."

Senshi Eris blinked his eyes trying to understand what his fiancé was telling him. He is faint abilities at sensing peoples ki showed that Kasumi and Lilith were very close. The only difference that he could sense was that 'Lilith's aura seemed to be charged with power even in her exhausted state. "What do you mean that you're a dream?"

Lilith responded by straddling the champion and lowering her head to where their noses were almost touching. "It's very simple dear; you with your chaotic powers activated my awakening far too soon. Had things progressed as I planned, I would have become accustomed to my growing power for the next decade and fused with my past incarnations sometime in my 30s. That would have allowed me to awaken smoothly like I have dozens of times in the past."

The sorceress then gave off a hostile vibe and practically growled at Senshi Eris. "However, you fucked that up! That attack of yours back at the grocery store exposed me to massive amounts of chaotic power. Hell, every cell in my body absorbed the magic when you rewrote the laws of reality to make it impossible for the youma to touch me. All of that power damaged me and caused Kasumi to awaken far too soon."

A sudden mood swing resulted in Lilith throwing her face onto Senshi Eris's chest and crying up a storm that would put her father to shame. "I couldn't handle it! The memories, the power, the techniques, it was all too much for me. I was barely able to make it back home and get to my room before the pain became too much for me to bear. Without the preparation I was supposed to have my mind snapped resulting in Lilith.

"I'm Kasumi with my inhibitions and morals removed given into my passions. Whenever I tap into my power I stop viewing the world as 'Kasumi' sees it and start seeing things as 'Lilith' sees it. Kasumi and Lilith aren't even my sole personalities! Each of my past lives was given a voice by your powers meaning I have to deal with them every time I need to learn a skill that they possessed. Luckily I only hear them whispering in my mind when I'm Lilith. Kasumi is my isle of sanity, but only if I spend part of my day as Lilith to prevent my powers from further bleeding into my regular life!"

Her confession was like a knife twisting in Senshi Eris's heart. "I'm sorry." He whispered out only repeat the phrase several more times. "Please forgive me Kasumi, Lilith, or however you want to be addressed as. I never intended for this to happen to you. I didn't even know my powers could possibly have that effect."

"I know. That, and the fact that you're trying to protect the people of this city, is why I never tried to hunt you down like a dog for putting me in this jam. It actually turned out to be a good thing to because your power has been helping me out."

"Huh?"

The sorceress gave the champion a few quick kisses and then playfully replied, "Your power is drawn form Eris Sama; a powerful spirit of strife and growth. Every time you imparted some of your power to me I received some of that energy for growth. That innate ability to grow and adapt which is laced into your power helps me to adjust. I've always been able to access more of my powers and my mind is better able to cope with the stress constant reincarnation brings."

Lilith then got off of Senshi Eris and walked and walked a few feet away. "I'm going to disengage my power now and return to my 'true' self. Make sure I get home safely and expect to deal with an emotional mess. Its so annoying that I'm concerned about such ridiculous things like 'modesty' and 'property' went I stop using my powers." Lilith then snapped in fingers causing a plum of white smoke to cover her.

Senshi Eris watched as the smoke disappeared to reveal Kasumi standing in the kimono he remembered her wearing back at the Tendo Dojo. Kasumi gave the almost demonic looking heavy rocker reject a quick glance before she started blushing and crying. She immediately buried her head in her arm in shame and then started running away.

The young champion was about to take off after Kasumi, but Eris suddenly appeared in front of him. "Let me handle this. I'll talk to your new mate and get her calmed down. You just head home for now. Tomorrow head over to the dojo and offer to take her out on a date." Senshi Eris thought about questioning his Lady, but the look on his face told him it was better to obey.

Kasumi ran as fast as her legs could carry her as if it were possible to outrun the shame she was feeling. She eventually made it to a park a little ways from the dojo and broke down crying on grass. "Why? Why did this have to happen? Is it too much to ask for a little self-control when I'm Lilith? How will I ever face Ranma again? He probably thinks I'm nothing more than a slut now with how I was carrying on as Lilith. I bet he'll want to break the engagement now and find a more respectable girl."

That last thought sent shivers down Kasumi's back. She had been uneasy at the thought of being Ranma's fiancé when he made his decision. After all, he was younger than her and boys his age did tend to rather immature. Kasumi had also been uneasy about marrying anyone due to her wild half. Knowing that Ranma and Senshi Eris had made things a little easier for Kasumi as she already knew that the champion was an honorable person. She still wasn't that comfortable with the idea of the two of them getting married. However, Ranma showed the signs of what she wanted in a husband and a part of her wanted his approval. The thought that 'Lilith' might make her unsuitable to be a wife of the kind of person Ranma was becoming scared Kasumi.

Suddenly a voice called out, "Don't bet on it girl." Kasumi glanced up and saw Eris walking towards her. Eris walked a little closer to Kasumi, folder her arms across her chest, and gave off a little smirk. "Ranma's not a piece of self-righteous trash that would abandon a girl simply because she's 'different' then expected. I will admit the big lug is confused about what he should do. However, that's just because he's never had a girlfriend before." Eris's grin grew even bigger as she continued. "Even if he had wanted to get rid of you, which is definitely not the case, I wouldn't let him."

Kasumi blinked her eyes and gasped out, "What? What do you mean Eris Sama?"

Eris rolled her eyes and then squatted down on her haunches. "Enough with the 'sama' Kasumi, I really couldn't give a damn about titles. I just care about the people behind the titles and their abilities. As to why I wouldn't let Ranma get rid of you even if he wanted to," the spirit paused to shrug her shoulders. "To be blunt, you're too valuable as a broodmare for me to even think of letting my champion let you go."

The spirit gently placed a hand on Kasumi's cheek and smiled at the shocked young woman. "Don't think that I only see you as a baby making factory Kasumi. I respect your power, your fortitude, and how well you've handle yourself so far in a situation that would have already left most people mad. That's why I've let Ranma give you my power and why I strengthened its ability to help you grow. However, certain decrees force me to look at any woman associated with my champion and assess their breeding abilities."

"You see, when a spirit like me first chooses a champion we had free reign to pick whoever we want. However, when that champion dies we have to pick our next champion from among the descendents of the original champion. If no descendent exists, we are unable to pick a new champion like we did our first champion for a thousand years. The other planetary spirits simply passed the position down the line from eldest to eldest. Very quickly, these champion lines started to shrink until only a single heir was born to the only living descendent at a time. This resulted in their last champions being nothing more than foolish inbred nobles who could only hope to wield a fraction of the power their ancestors once had."

"I refuse to allow that to happen to me! I plan on having Ranma sire many children with many powerful women such as yourself. Furthermore, I plan to see to it that the best of his decedents' continue to sire large families. With this in place, I'll always have a host of strong warriors from whom I'll be able to pick the strongest to be my new Senshi Eris. By giving you my power, I was able to learn who most of your previous incarnations were. Almost without fail, any child you gave birth to became great: Sargon of Akkad, Ramses II, Cyrus I, Alexander the Great, Ashoka, Attila the Hun, Belisarius, Alp Arslan, Genghis Khan, Timur, Hernando Cortez, and Napoleon. So you see Kasumi, it is in my best interests that the two of you have a long and very fruitful life together."

Kasumi nodded her head meekly accepting Eris's praise. It was a little embarrassing for her to think of the body count her little boys tended to rack up. "Okay, I understand Eris. Just out of curiosity, exactly how soon are you hoping that we'll have a child?" The thought that Ranma likely would be with other women besides her didn't bother Kasumi too much. After all her own ancestors had tended to be polygamous until around the Meji Revolution and she had several lifetimes' worth of experience living in a harem. Besides, the fragmented memories she could access as 'Kasumi' told her that Champions had to obey direct orders from their pledged spirit.

Eris helped to coax Kasumi up from the grass and simply smiled at her. "I'll be happy if there's at least one heir in the next five or six years. It's not like I'm going to have you strapped to a bed and pushing out kid every nine months. A reasonable romance between the two of you is perfectly alright; although I'd prefer it to be spicy when you don't have enemy attacks. Ranma does have a 1,000 to 1,100 year lifespan to look forward to if he doesn't get himself killed beforehand. Now enough with my eugenics problems, let's get you home. Just so you know I've got dozens of stories about the big lug that will just have you laughing."

About halfway to the Tendo Dojo Kasumi received a cell phone from Eris. The spirit stated it was so that she could be informed of incoming attacks. Personal use of the phone was accepted and in the case of setting up date with Ranma it was encouraged. Eventually the two got within sight of Kasumi's house causing the two to part ways. Eris caused her astral form to reappear above the clouds. She then immediately made an akanbe at the Moon. "Take that Luna! You're stuck with the runt of the litter while I'm going to get a great possible heir once those two start feeling frisky."

Life can be a drag. Ranma knew that for a fact as yesterday he had gone to school, had to select a future bride for himself, fought off a malicious magical incursion, found out that his fiancé switched between being a sizzling sex bomb and a demure housewife. And now, here he was once again heading back to school with Shampoo to face the hell that was the public school system. At least he could enjoy the mindless monotony as the teachers tried to turn him into an obedient drone of society.

These musings came to an abrupt halt when shouts about Akane could be heard coming from the school yard. Ranma hung his head and silently said a prayer that the hentai horde was not blocking the school entrance. The young champion then poked his head around the corner and couldn't believe what he was seeing. That damn horde was even bigger than it was yesterday! What was wrong with his gender?

Shampoo watched as her 'son' whipped his head back from the school wall and pull out his cell phone. "What are you doing Ranma?"

Ranma gave Shampoo a quick glance as he started dialing. "Taking care of something that neither school officials or the kami want to mess with." He then put the phone to his ear and started to speak. "Hello Nerima Police. This is a concerned citizen calling to inform you about a riot that's formed in Furinkan High's school yard. It seems that a mass of boys have armed themselves with makeshift weapons and are clamoring that they will beat and then 'date' a girl at the school."

There was a momentary paused as Ranma received the police's reply. His eyes widened with surprise and mirth once he got the police's answer. "You're sending in the Kidotai? Oh thank you! I have family that goes to that school and I'm deathly afraid of her being targeted by that mob." Ranma then ended the call and put the phone back where he usually kept it.

Shampoo crossed her arms and grinned at Ranma. "You're sending the riot police after the hentai horde?"

Ranma immediately nodded his head. "Something needed to be done about that embarrassment and it's aggravating to watch them fight Akane day after day. It's especially aggravating when I have to deal with my job the night before. Let's go around the back and watch the show." The duo quickly jumped onto the wall and ran around to the side of the school. Shampoo and Ranma then jumped onto school roof and proceed to set up for the show. Ranma pulled out a collar of soda from hammerspace and then used his ki to make two bags of instantly cooked popcorn. At the same time, Shampoo set up some lawn chairs and a scoreboard.

Both martial artists barely had time to sit down and grab a soda when the armored police cars appeared on the horizon. The Kidotai quickly poured out of the armored cars and marched into the school courtyard with their riot shields before them creating an impressive sight. The Kidotai captain raised a bullhorn to his mouth and called out, "Disperse at once! I repeat, you all are to disperse at once."

All of the on looking students backed away until they were pressed against the school's wall. Many within the hentai horde took a step back in nervousness. Getting beaten up by the girl you were trying to date was one thing, but did they really want to deal with riot police? For a second it looked the horde might be dispersed without things getting out of hand-

"NEVER! Onwards my brave fellow soldiers of love. For the fair flower that is Akane we must face off against these demonic hordes. Let no man run from these forces which some unknown foul sorcerer has conjured to stop us in our quest. No doubt the foul fiend seeks Akane for himself."

Up on the rooftop, Ranma was shaking his head. "What is that buffoon thinking? How can he not realize that those are police? Besides, I choose Kasumi like any intelligence man would instead of that uncute tomboy." Furthermore, Ranma thought to himself, Kasumi's the sorceress instead of me.

Strange as it seemed, Kuno's ludicrous rallying cry actually worked. The hentai horde then immediately charged at the Kidotai. In response, the Kidotai took a defensive formation and readied the tear gas. Eris's voice called out from the heavens, "Let combat begin!" Ranma slapped his face in embarrassment at how his Lady was acting.

The rest of Furinken's students watched on in shock as their classmates fought against the prefecture's riot police. A few of the students were able shake their disbelief just enough to wonder who had rigged the school's PA system to play the Mortal Kombat theme song. Up on the roof Shampoo and Ranma were giving a running count on who was wining the battle.

"Look's like Squad 7 just brought down the science club Shampoo."

"Like those nerds mattered in the fight Ranma. That doesn't look good; the Martial Arts Bowling Club just took down Squads 8 and 10."

"Squad 9 took care of the Lacrosse Club members. It looks like they're moving in on the Karate Club."

"True, but School Idiot just took out Squad 7! Who knew Kuno was that good with a bokken? He certainly didn't show it in his daily fights."

On and on Ranma and Shampoo continued to watch the battle below. To both of their surprise, the Kidotai was actually losing against their classmates. Shampoo chucked an empty soda can away and let out a small whistle as the Martial Arts Bowling Club executed their ultimate team attack: the dreaded 24 Alley Lane Strike Attack. A third of the remaining conscious Kidotai members were sent flying into the air from the attack. Shampoo made a note to never invite any of her Amazonian sisters to Furinkan. It just wouldn't be wise for them to take that risk.

Ranma stood up as soon as he finished his popcorn. He then turned to face Shampoo and called out, "Watch my stuff." Immediately afterwards, Ranma leapt off the roof, did a summersault, and landed in front of the horde. The young champion's feet touched the ground just as the speakers blared out the line 'I am the chosen one'. Ranma cracked his knuckles and calmly stated, "I'm through watching this lunacy. Compared to you retards I might as well be god and guess what? Today is Judgment Day!"

Both the students who weren't part of the horde and remaining Kidotai squad members watched on in shock as Ranma proceeded to open up a massive can of Grade A, Saotome Special Whop Ass. Ranma wove through hentai horde constantly knocking several members out at a time. The members who had been particularly crass in their remarks about Akane were put down harder than the others. He may only be engaged to the girl's sister, but that still gave Ranma permission to utilize brotherly rights and pulverize anyone speaking bad about his sister.

Within twenty seconds, Ranma had sent everyone but Kuno to lala land. Ranma then turned to give Kuno the stare of angry blooded warrior. In a cold voice the young champion stated, "Tatewaki Kuno. You have committed the crime of organizing a mass rape attempt against Akane Tendo. You have committed the dishonor of assuming that you could dictate terms by which Akane could pursue romantic relationships when you have no authority or place to make such terms. You have committed the shame of attacking the lawful authorities of the land in pursuit of your own selfish desires. Far better it would have been for your ancestors' sakes if you had died at birth instead of living to shame their names as you have been."

Normally, Ranma wouldn't have bothered with such a flowery and pointless speech. However, it was probably the only way that the beat down he was about to unleash would stick. Ranma then ran at Kuno like the winds of a hurricane. The young champion immediately pulled the bokken out of Kuno's hand and then crushed all the bones in that hand. Kuno barely hand a chance to scream in pain before Ranma kneed the fool in the spine forcing the wannabe samurai to the ground. There was a cracking sound soon after Kuno was on his knees as Ranma broken the bokken on the boy's head. The young champion then infused the broken stick with some ki and used it to tonsure Kuno.

Ranma stood up and calmly proceed to brush a few strands of Kuno's hair off of his uniform. He looked around at the shocked officers and students who were openly gaping at him. The champion decided to shrug and headed towards the school doors. As Ranma opened the door he shouted out, "Hurry up already! You don't want to be stuck in detention do you?"

Soun Tendo was many things: an esteemed member of the community, a junior member of the Nerima government board, a semi-retired martial arts sensei, and an emotional seesaw were just a few things that he was. However, the most important thing to Soun at the moment was the fact that he was a father whose daughter was getting ready for a date. Soun was reading the editorial and opinion page of his newspaper with one eye while keeping the other on Kasumi. The eldest Tendo daughter was hurrying back and forth between checking to make sure that things wouldn't fall apart if she left the house and making sure she was ready for the date.

It was rather amusing for Soun to watch. For far too long Kasumi had acted like a meek and dutiful housewife taking care of the family. Oh Soun was proud that Kasumi had so magnificently handled the duties of his dear wife, a tear fell down Soun's cheek, but he was concerned that Kasumi wasn't getting the chance to be a young woman. The Tendo patriarch was ecstatic that fate was kind enough to give Kasumi the chance to be both in Genma's son.

The boy was far more than Soun had figured he'd be. Not that Soun had ever been worried about Ranma and the man he'd be. After all, how could you go wrong with Genma as your father? It was just that Soun was expecting a brash and talented martial artist who would need a little refining before he could be trusted with such a sacred duty as running a dojo. Instead, Ranma turned out to be an extremely powerful martial artist who was far more mature than a young man of his years should be. Soun found Ranma's maturity and his part time job as an elite security guard to be extremely bonuses. Tears threaten to fall from Soun's eyes when he thought about why Ranma was with Kasumi. Oh how his dear late wife would have love that their great future son in law was attracted to Kasumi because of a simple act of kindness!

While Soun was daydreaming, Kasumi checking one final time to make sure that everything was perfect. Hey, it was her first date since her sophomore year at Furinkan. Kasumi had traded in her usual outfit for slightly more form fitting blouse and dress combo. This new outfit was still very modest, but it highlighted her charms more than her usual outfit did. Kasumi had debated about wearing that red dress Nabiki had gotten her as a joke last year, but she was too embarrassed to be caught in that yet.

The doorbell rang and Kasumi quickly hurried to see who was at the door. Ranma was standing on porch looking like he was about to face off against a million demons. Scratch that, Ranma would not have been nervous like he currently was if he were facing off against a million demons. The young champion gulped and then pulled out a necklace. "Hi Kasumi. Um, my boss suggested that this necklace might make a good gift for our first date." He then handed Kasumi the necklace and she examined it.

Kasumi let out a small gasp of shock as she looked at the necklace. It appeared to be made out of silver, but that wasn't what caught her attention. The necklace was composed of 108 different flowers all in bloom. What made it even more shocking was the fact that each flower was her favorite in a different lifetime. She couldn't say which flower was connected to which lifetime, but Kasumi knew that they had all been her favorite flower at one lifetime or another. Kasumi took the necklace and started to cry.

Totally misreading the situation, Ranma started to panic. "I'm sorry Kasumi! What did I do wrong? I'll get you something better if you want."

Kasumi started to chuckle at Ranma's antics. "It's alright Ranma! I'm just so happy with your gift that it made me cry." She glanced over and saw a blank look on Ranma's face. The reborn sorceress rolled her eyes at her companion's antics. Emotions obviously weren't his forte. Kasumi used Ranma's confusion to take the necklace and put it on. She then turned to Ranma and asked, "So what's the plan for our evening?"

Ranma gave his head a good shake and then said, "I was planning on going to a movie and then going someplace special to eat. Is that alright with you or do you want to do something else?"

"That's fine Ranma. Shall we be on our way?"

Before Ranma could reply, Soun's voice came bellowing at the duo. "Bring her back by midnight Ranma. Only exception is if there is a late night clerk at the town hall that filed a marriage certificate for you two!"

A nervous chuckle came from Ranma in response to Soun's antics. The young couple quickly left at that point before something else could happen. The movie theater was about a twenty minute walk from the Tendo dojo allowing Ranma and Kasumi to have a leisurely stroll with each other. Ranma nervously grabbed Kasumi's hand about halfway to the theater. She was surprised by his action, but quickly gave a reassuring squeeze. They then walked the rest of the way holding hands.

When the couple got to the theater, Ranma did as Eris had advised and let Kasumi pick the movie. He got some snacks for the two of them before they entered the theater showing their film. The movie turned out to be a mixed blessing for Ranma. On the one hand, Kasumi was sitting next to him and they were holding hands. On the other hand, it was a total chick flick leaving Ranma bored out of his mind. Seriously, the only way that the film could be any worse in his mind was if the director had thrown in some sparkling vampire wannabes and a gay werewolf.

That exquisite torture lasted for over two hours and then the film was over. One of the guys passed by Ranma as he left the theater and whispered, "Don't worry kiddo. Eventually you'll be able to bare these things without being in pain."

Ranma grunted at the older man's antics and then rejoined Kasumi. His date turned and smiled at him. "This has been a wonderful date Ranma. Thanks for taking me out tonight."

Ranma smiled and replied, "The night's not over just yet. Come on, we still have dinner." He then proceeded to lead Kasumi away from the crowd. Kasumi soon noticed that Ranma was glancing about as if checking to see if anyone was looking at them. She then heard him whisper, "The coast is clear."

Without warning Ranma wrapped his arm around Kasumi and pulled her close to him. A column of bluish-black then erupted from the ground making it impossible for Kasumi to see anything. She was about to scream out in terror when the cloud dissipated. It was immediately obvious that they weren't in the movie theater anymore. The young sorceress looked around and realized that she was in a lavish dining hall. She also noticed that two seats at the grand dining table were set up for dinner.

She then glanced over at Ranma who merely grinned. "We're in Dysnomia Castle. It's my castle since I'm Eris's champion and I had it prepare some dinner for us. Sorry about suddenly teleporting you like that. It's just that I thought it would be better to just teleport than make a scene about it."

Kasumi rolled her eyes. In a way it made since that their date be a mix of normality and the unbelievable. Why was it that she had the feeling that this was how things would always be between her and Ranma?