The trip to Saotome household was a quiet one as nobody spoke. Shortly after arriving at and entering the house, Ranma, Nabiki, their cousins and Hikaru Akiyama (Ranma and Rei's Grandmother), took seats in the living room. Their cousin's friends Makoto and Hotaru remained standing and apologized

"First off don't apologize for something you didn't do. Second, why should we believe you, let alone trust you?" Nabiki asked

"A good question for which I can't truly answer and I doubt saying they'll vouch for us would be enough," Makoto replied causing Ranma to look at the cousins

"You're right that wouldn't be enough". Ranma said as Nabiki nodded in agreement

"I know what it's like to lose parents. They left on a business trip when I was seven, the plane they were on went down over the Sea of Japan and there were no survivors. With no other family, I was put into an orphanage until the age of twelve. That was when I was told the courts declared me emancipated and allowed me access to my inheritance"

"Makoto" Rei and Ami said sadly

"I didn't tell you guys because I didn't want any pity and besides I didn't really start thinking about it until now... anyways two years later I was forced to move after being expelled for no reason"

"What about the huge fight you were in?" Makoto looked confused "Several stu…wait, was that just a rumour?" Ami asked

"Mostly, I did get into fights just not on or around my school. When I was expelled I figured someone saw me and told my school, about the fights. So I had to find a new school and after calling around, Jubban was the only school that would take me. So I packed up and I moved to Jubban. Once I started school I got permission from the principal to get a job, however, before I could I became a Senshi. Since I became a Senshi I haven't been able to look for a job yet I haven't needed to worry about money for anything. So now I am wondering if Pluto had a hand in their deaths"

After Makoto had finished Hotaru spoke

"I can't give you a good reason to trust me, either. I was used as a pawn in the fight against evil. My father was possessed by an entity called Germatoid, who decided to make me the host for Mistress 9. In the final battle between the Senshi and the Death Busters, I became a baby again while my father was killed. I am still not sure by which side. Since then I was raised by Uranus and Neptune, who have tried to kill me either because of their paranoia or because Pluto ordered it. Then to top it off since I still don't know what happened to my mother."

They continued talking for a little while longer, before deciding they would allow them to earn their trust and calling it a night. The next morning was a return to school and after breakfast, Hotaru went with Ranma and Rei's Grandmother. While Nabiki went to her College, Ranma showed his cousin and her two friends the way to Furinken High. As they entered the grounds, they heard

"Hold foul demon, for taking the life of my beloved fierce tigress and keeping my pigtail goddess from…"

"I DIDN'T KILL," Ranma yelled before continuing in a normal voice "Your cousin and as for the pigtail girl we are currently fused into one being because of a curse, my father inadvertently triggered"

"What doth thou mean?"

"First of all, my grandmother told me about how you are the cousin of the fierce tigress and her sisters. How you and Sasuke moved here to watch over your cousins. You became Nabiki's main customer so that you could help keep her and her family from being homeless after her mother died and her father shut down. How that Kodachi moved in with you after I and my father moved in"

"Thou doth not"

"Save it, I know that your father is the brother of Kimiko Tendo and that makes him the Tendo's uncle which makes you and your sister their cousins." Ranma then decided to do a half-truth

"Second. Our father activated a curse which merged me, with my sister which is activated with hot and cold water, we are not two different people, who are doing some sort of Penn and Teller level magic trick." Kuno looked relieved for a moment then his expression became startled and

"Foul sorcerer thou spew a bunch…"

Ranma groaned and then pulled two thermoses out of his bag. He handed one to Rei and one to Ami, he then grabbed one of Kuno's hands and placed it on his chest then grabbed the other and held it

"Rei cold water please" she poured it and Ranma shifted into female form

"Ami hot water please" she poured it and Ranma shifted into male form,

After a couple of times, Kuno's eyes widened. To Ranma, they seemed to have become brighter, at least for a second., before they seemed to dull again. That's when Kuno's ninja servant, Sasuke appeared. He uttered a word in French that Ranma didn't understand, it caused Kuno to grab his head before he said

"Pigtail girl….no, Saotome?" he then turned to his ninja "Thank you Sasuke, please go and release Kodachi," Kuno said

"Release Kodachi?" Ranma asked

"Yes. You see for some reason Uncle Soun didn't want us around or any help from the family after Aunty Kimiko died. So, we decided not to take no for an answer but to also respect his wishes. The family came up with a plan, I would move here first under a different name. I had movie studio-level makeup applied to look slightly different and hypnotized to act as I did. I became Nabiki's customer to keep her from doing stuff other than photography and blackmail and when you came"

"You had Kodachi join you"

"Correct and for what it's worth, I am sorry for everything I put you through"

"It's alright, I can understand wanting to help and not being allowed to do so. Speaking of which, we know who killed Akane and the others, if you want to help we can talk later"

"Thanks, Sasuke will be by later to find where we meet. That is unless Nabiki says something".

The warning bell rang, Kuno headed out of the Furinken schoolyard and got into his Limo and left. Ranma took Rei, Ami, and Makoto into the office. A few minutes later Ranma went to his classroom as he entered

"You're late" Miss Hinako pulled out 50¥ piece and started her draining attack "Happo fifty…."

"Note from the office" he quickly announced before handing it to her, she read it

"Fine, go sit"

Class started as normal, but soon his classmates began to worry. They noticed that Ranma had yet to fall asleep and was paying attention. (If they only knew the truth about his grades) meanwhile, in another classroom, three girls introduced themselves and then took their seats. When lunch came he meet up with them and headed to his usual spot in the yard

"Ranc…"

"Let me stop you, right there. I don't want to lose your friendship, Uuchan. So before you begin. I want you to know that because of her heartlessness regarding the losses of our families, Shampoo no longer has a claim to my hand. With that in mind. So Uuchan, what do you want to talk about?"*

"-sigh- I'm not that insensitive, Ranchan. I and Akane were friends, despite the fact that we were rivals. So, I just wanted to give my condolences to you…for the loss of your parents more so your Mother and the Tendos. I also want to offer my help as I overheard you with Kuno"

"Thanks, Uuchan"

"Now then who are your friends?" and with that introductions were made

A few days after returning to school, the Saotome cousins and Tendo cousins went to a lawyer's office for a reading of the wills. That night Ranma and Nabiki were sitting in the backyard of Ranma's new house, having been left to him by his Mother

"I can't believe our fathers"

"That makes two of us, Ranma"

"So how do you feel about this, do you want to go through with their last request?"

"-snort- I don't know, Ranma. I mean I don't know anything specific to the Tendo school as Dad stopped teaching us after Mom died. I don't even know if he ever wrote anything down, and if he did it's probably gone now. So I don't see how we can, as there is no Tendo school anymore."

"We don't know that yet. Just because you never saw him writing doesn't mean he didn't do it. If he did write them down maybe they were kept in the dojo"

"Hmm, you might have a point," she said "I guess we could go look tomorrow" he nodded. Then Ranma let out a sigh, as he pulled out a small box from his pocket. He then looked to the heavens before turning and handing it to Nabiki whose eyes went wide as she saw the ring

"Ranma, were you...?"

"Yes, I had made MY choice"

"I'm sorry"

"Don't be it's not your fault"

"But if I hadn't invited everyone like our parents wanted you two would have been married"

"Maybe but you don't know that for a fact, the fiancées and rivals probably would have shown up anyway so I don't want you blaming yourself, ok" he handed the box to her "This is yours whether or not we go through with it"

The next day they went to the Tendo dojo and emptied it. They did find some stuff including, some Tendo Anything Goes books by her Mother and one by her father. Shortly after that Nabiki sold the Tendo property for just over 500,000¥. There were two reasons for this decision, one she couldn't rebuild and two she didn't feel like she could live there with what happened

While Nabiki and Ranma were at the dojo, Ranma and Rei's grandmother arranged for the cousins and their friends to live in a nearby apartment. Things soon settled into a new normal for Nerima with…

Ranma and Nabiki engaged

Ranma training Nabiki, their cousins and their friends

Ranma even shocked his classmates by scoring pretty high on his practice college entrance

(A/N: if they do something like SATS or there's a proper name for it please let me know and I'll make a change)

Now let's rewind a bit and see what was happening in Jubban,

At the Outer's house, the remaining Senshi were talking about the latest developments. Mainly how battles were harder with half the team distancing themselves from the group. They were also talking about exit strategies as the Police were trying to arrest them and people trying to catch them changing to their civilian forms

A small part of the girls were hoping their friends would return, but because of who they killed they knew that was minimal at best. That hope then became nonexistent when Pluto popped in and announced that their missing teammates had moved to Nerima and transferred to schools there

= "So, what do you want to talk about?" is how The American Nightmare Cody Rhodes starts his promos (he should have won at Wrestlemania)