-AN-

I wonder if there's a magical girl union.

-Story Start-

Ranma was with Setsuna, walking towards the throne room while the rest of the group that was left broke up for the moment to see about their own interests. Akane and Usa wanted to mingle with the people and explore a bit after they heard Ranma wanted ideas about how the Phoenix lived and what their living spaces were like. Kiima joining them without a word as guard, the three had split off in the courtyard with hugs and waves.

Usagi and Shampoo both gave Ranma deep kisses before telling him they would be up to something on their own in his chambers. Giving hints that he should hurry back. Usagi however had something on her mind as she thought about the tribal conference and wanted Shampoo's opinion. Turning to said girl as they walked, Usagi sighed and drew her attention, "I think. Rather, I feel like I should be doing more with my kingdom."

"What mean Usagi?"

"Well, we have all this technology that could probably be helping a lot of people, but it's just sitting there. Maybe…I don't know, we could bring one of our worlds back to life properly this time. Maybe not rely on our magic so much in case our kingdom falls again in the future."

Shampoo nodded, "What point though, no people right? Unless you tell rest of the world you here?"

"Well, true, we don't have people. But, what about here? The Amazons, the Musk, the Phoenix? Would one or all of the tribes consider moving?"

Shampoo wanted to immediately say no to that, but stopped to think on it. Part of the issue with the tribes was both space and people. Given an entire world to spread out and colonize on their own? That was plenty of space to divide it three ways equally. Huh. "Shampoo can't say idea doesn't sound good. Would need to talk to great grandmother and tribe to get better idea. Maybe you can talk to Ranma later?"

Usagi nodded slowly, "Yeah. Maybe. I'll have to talk to Ami about how long something like that would take."

Shampoo nodded as they crossed the palace and entered Ranma's chambers, "Well we have time, let's talk and brainstorm. I think you worried over nothing."

"Probably." Usagi couldn't shake the feeling that she needed to do something however. Something deep in her niggling that something must be done to prepare. It was an ominous feeling that something was wrong.

Across the palace Ranma walked with Setsuna while he considered his options, he wanted to expand the Phoenix yes, but how quickly would they need it? Could he just open up space and let the people handle the rest? Flaring out his magic and frowning, all his thoughts were derailed. Someone was in the throne room and everything about them screamed threat. Setsuna however didn't seem to notice however, walking along peacefully while Jeeves brought up the rear. Warn them or send them away? That was the question wasn't it? The palace was currently in one piece and other than being there the being or whatever it was wasn't doing anything. Pausing and drawing attention from the others, Ranma looked at both of the advisors.

"There's something ahead. Something I can't exactly get a sense for, but it screams danger."

That put both of them on edge. Jeeves backing away while Setsuna re-summoned her Time Staff. Stepping forward she frowned, "Should we call the others?"

Ranma shook his head, "Considering it's in the throne room, it might be waiting for me. That the palace is still here and in one piece is a big clue. Jeeves, go warn the guard to keep everyone away from the throne room."

"Will do sire." Hustling away in the opposite direction, Jeeves was gone within moments.

Ranma turned to Setsuna, "You haven't seen anything about this?"

Setsuna shook her head with worry, "No. Nothing. Other than some vague worries here and there, there have been no signs of a massive threat on the horizon."

Ranma sighed and relaxed only a little, trusting his senses a bit more than magic however, "Okay. Well, let's see if I'm crazy or not." Taking the lead, Ranma continued forward to stride into the throne room and see who was waiting for him. Not far behind him, Setsuna had a worried look on her face. What could be here that eluded her senses and magic so easily?

Coming out into the large space, it was still as bright as ever with the morning sun. Wide windows open with a slight breeze ruffling banners. There however, at the foot of the throne, stood a man Ranma couldn't completely focus on. Draped in heavy indigo robes and face shrouded, Ranma couldn't make out a face at all as whoever that was turned to face him. The voice however, was clear and calm as they kneel to Ranma.

"Young King, I have been awaiting your return."

Ranma however frowned as he walked forward with Setsuna just behind his left shoulder, "Funny, I didn't know I'd be having visitors today."

A dry chuckle, mirthless. "True. This was a, necessary, meeting however. If I may have some of your time."

Ranma stood before them, less than 2 meters away. He could close the distance in an instant and most likely blow the thing away out the rear of the palace if needed. Adopting a false relaxed stance, Ranma motioned with a hand, "Well you have me here, uninvited. Who are you and what do you want?"

"Where are my manners. I am the Wiseman. I come from a time much further in the future to give you a warning most dire." His voice was probably meant to be sweet but to Ranma it was grating. "You are in danger."

"Get in line. Everyone has some beef with me, that's nothing new."

"Oh, and yet you keep them so close to you? So confident my lord." Wiseman had been in a hurry. Something had been changing the future, but he had been unable to pinpoint it's location or time. The best he could do was find this King. He had influence that should not have been possible for a mortal. It was, intriguing and gave him hope. Perhaps if he could change this mortal's mind, things would be different.

Ranma raised an eyebrow, senses still going haywire. "So you want to warn me that someone is coming to kill me? That it? Welp, you've warned me. Now you're going to have to go."

Wiseman bowed lower, not above grovelling to achieve his desires, "My Lord I wish to serve you. This warning was not for you however, but of your children…" Every King needed an advisor after all.

Frowning now, he was trying his best to pinpoint why this thing was sending his magical senses into a tizzy. Coming up empty, the best he could tell was this thing seemed to have broken their loop within life itself. He was connected to something within range but he wasn't connected to the Earth, that was for sure. "You'll forgive me, but random strangers smelling like death itself aren't high on my list of friends. Though if you had proof of your claims, that might help."

Ah, he'd need to make time to work him over then. But not a complete rejection in Wiseman's mind. "The perhaps, proof, as requested." Reaching within his robes slowly, the man withdrew a lone picture encased in a crystalline material. Laying it face down on the floor, he began to fade away. "Ask the time witch, what happens to your first born son in the future…..I will return my Lord, to your side wherever you may be. To answer your questions." Fading completely from sight, Wiseman left to attend other avenues as well.

Waiting and making sure his senses were in fact telling him that the being was truly gone. Ranma walked forward and bent down to pick up the picture left behind. Still quiet, he stood and turned it over to examine what he saw.

Setsuna had been quiet through it all, confused more than ever. This timeline had broken from the center point. Wiseman and the Black Moon family should not have been a threat period. With Usagi learning that people's hearts needed to be whole and the reactivation of the Moon Palace and their technology, it meant that Earth would both be protected and allowed to continue as it should. Humanity would never be frozen in time, nor would billions be allowed to die in the calamity that was the asteroid or Wiseman's interference. Technological advances would allow people to choose if they wished to live longer, that was inevitable, some would choose to and many more wouldn't. But the future was overall much more peaceful and properly healthy. Why was Wiseman, any version of him, here? Now? What had changed.

Ranma however was watching her, the confused and thoughtful look on her face telling him a lot. She knew who this guy was, or at least what he was hinting at. And the picture in his hand, depicting himself holding a happy Usagi who was holding a happy dark haired boy, only left him with questions. He wouldn't however immediately switch to thinking Setsuna meant harm. She wasn't the one who radiated death after all. No. This Wiseman was trying to stir up trouble that much was obvious. The question was, why?

"You know this guy, Setsuna?"

Setsuna nodded slowly while taking in Ranma's face and realizing he could already see it on her own. There would be no lies or half truths here. "In a different time, if you had not interfered, he would have been one of the Senshi's greatest foes. Looking to bring the very darkness itself to Earth."

"Interfered? You mean this isn't how things normally would have gone?" Walking to sit on the steps to his throne, he suddenly felt very tired.

"You..well. No. The time stream is a delicate thing. Every question, every decision, every action creates it's own universe. Most burn out, returning to entropy. But some survive, going long into the future. Timelines branch out, merge, die, and even return to the main stream."

"And what about me, here?" Ranma couldn't go back obviously. He was curious however, what was he supposed to end up as? Wasn't often you got to ask a literal Time Mage.

Setsuna clammed up and watched him carefully. Normally she would not reveal information such as that. The thought that things could change high on her mind. Wiseman was here however, changing things himself. She should have some leeway. "In this timeline? You died."

"Died?"

"Yes. Instead of controlling yourself and leaving Nerima. You stayed. A fight breaks out, gets out of control and someone gets a lucky shot in and, Akane dies." Watching the surprise cross his face she nods, "You go on a rampage from there. Nerima, most of southern Japan, a good section of China. Eventually someone gets the idea to just drop a nuke on you. You nearly survive as well, funneling all of the nuclear energy into a truly impressive Hiryu technique. Only the radiation gets you. You do however leave a good portion of south east Asia a smoking crater."

"Ah, well, guess it's a good thing it didn't go that way then?" He knew his feelings for Akane had run deep before but that deep? Or was he just that close to the edge he wasn't aware of it and anything could have sent him tumbling. "Huh. Well here's to self control I guess."

Setsuna comes closer, sitting on the steps with him, if a step lower than him. "There are many different timelines with you. Different versions, all just as real as you. Some where you're born a girl, then cursed to become a boy. Some were you never receive a curse. Some where you don't learn martial arts at all. Even some where you inherit Senshi magic and become one of us. The Timestream is, an odd place."

Ranma nodded, "Maybe one day we can sit and watch it together for a while."

That made Setsuna pause. It had been a long time since anyone had offered to watch the gates with her. She had forgotten that he had the ability to channel his magic and connect with them, so it was a possibility. Something in her chest twinged just a bit, "That, may be enjoyable. Back to the topic however, this Wiseman in the original timeline uses a family clan from the future in order to take down and destroy the Senshi, eventually kidnapping and using Chibiusa against us. That I can't actually see him in this timeline worries me. He's outside of my sight. I have no idea what he's doing or how he's doing it."

Ranma wondered at that, having a certain skill at being able to hide himself. "So he has a way to hide from Senshi magic, but not me. His aura just reeks of death to me and makes him stand out like ink on fresh paper." Expanding his senses to more than just the mountain, trying hard not to dive to deeply and lose himself in the energy that was the Earth, he was relieved to see that Wiseman was nowhere to be found. "Gonna have to plan for him then."

"He seems to believe he can work his way into your good graces."

"No chance this is a Wiseman that's actually good but his energy is all wrong huh?"

"Doubtful. The Wiseman I looked forward and saw was every bit the evil incarnate his aura showed. It wasn't just power or control he wanted. His goal was to end all things. A being born from the darkness itself." It still made no sense, she should be able to sense this one if she could see the others. She'd need help.

Ranma just shrugged, doing what he usually did with threats and tossing the worry from his mind. It was time for training. "Okay, let's gather everyone up then, give them the news and worry about crazy undead magicians from the future later." Plan set, Ranma and Setsuna instead made their way to his chambers where he knew Usagi and Shampoo were. He'd fill Akane in later as he would rather not worry Usa with something she most likely knew nothing about since she was returning home to her time soon.

Setsuna however paused him, a gentle hand on his arm. Turning back to the quiet woman, Ranma raised an eyebrow, "What's up?"

"You. I hope you know. I have not withheld information from you. I have been as open and honest as I can be." It was rare for Setsuna to feel vulnerable in any situation but right now her one major skill outside of combat was at risk of being useless. Doubt was a terrible thing to feed.

Ranma took her hand into his, caressing her knuckles in what he hoped was a soothing manner, "Hey, it's alright. This guy is your usual 'I wanna end the world' bad guy. I'm not gonna take his words as truth and neither should you." Keeping eye contact and hoping he could convey just how much he meant what he was saying, both missed Shampoo and Usagi coming down the hall. Apparently drawn to Ranma using his magic earlier.

Usagi however was pouting, "I didn't know I had to worry about you too Setsuna!" Did her 100 year mandate mean nothing?

Shampoo giggled, "Ranma just can't help himself."

Snatching her hand away and coughing into it with a blush, the dusky skinned woman bowed to Ranma, "Thank you, for the reassurance."

Ranma smiled at the older woman, "Of course." Turning to the others, he motioned back towards the rooms, "C'mon, we gotta talk about something." Seeing both girls confused but nodding, they all returned to his chambers. Once in the main sitting room Ranma and Setsuna sit and explain what they just went through. Shampoo is wide eyed about the thought of anyone throwing off Ranma in such a way, while Usagi was thoughtful over her own feelings. Was that what she was feeling? But if Setsuna couldn't sense him, why could she?

Usagi voiced her thoughts, "If something he's doing or rather, part of him, makes it so Senshi magic can't find him, why could I sense him?" Ranma and Setsuna both locked their eyes on her. "Well, not completely, but since getting here to the palace I've been having this urge to just do something. Anything to prepare for some end world scenario that I wasn't sure was coming. Now that he's gone, the urge is less as well."

Setsuna was thoughtful. Usagi apparently had subconsciously picked up on the wraith, but how? What was different. Looking at her Queen as she herself seemed just as puzzled, Setsuna snapped a finger, "Ranma!"

"Yes that's me." Someone's hand made contact with his head.

"No, Usagi's connection to Ranma. Perhaps you're closer linked together than you thought and you were able to sense Wiseman that way." Setsuna considered that. The two certainly were active enough. Would that be enough to forge that kind of deep magical bond?

Usagi giggled, "Well we do link our magic together pretty often, and it gets easier all the time. Maybe the link isn't complete removed each time?" Feeling out, barely a thought and she was in fact linked to Ranma. She linked more completely just for a moment, she needed the comfort. The idea that some new big bad was coming was unsettling.

Ranma himself allowed Usagi's magic to envelop him quietly as he thought over the issue as well. "There's this too." Taking out the crystalline picture, he handed it over to Usagi while Shampoo leaned in to see it as well. "Apparently that's our son, but this Wiseman claims something happens to him in the future." That was hard to believe. Between him and all of the senshi alone, he'd pity anyone on this planet trying to harm one of their children.

Usagi traced the smiling face of the boy in the picture. Bright blue eyes like hers, but the face was all Ranma's. No doubt in her mind at all this was her child. "What happens to him?" Her question is quiet, but there is no doubt about who she is addressing.

Setsuna herself hadn't looked. She hadn't specifically looking into the future for each and every event. "I, hadn't the courage to look, my Queen."

Usagi still wasn't looking at her, staring at the child who looked so happy, at herself who looked happier than ever. "You sho-"

"Hey, 'Sagi. Wait." Ranma waited for her to look up to him, much too calmly in his opinion. At least he had her undivided attention, "Think about what you're about to ask her to do."

"I know what I'm asking for."

"But are you thinking about how she might feel about it?" That made Usagi pause but she still wouldn't look at Setsuna. She knew. She knew that if she looked at the time mistress that she wouldn't be able to complete her request. The thought that any of their children, her own or any of the others, might die before their time was something she could not put up with. It was heart rending. Ah, right.

"I'm…I'm sorry Setsuna."

"There's nothing to forgive, my Queen." Setsuna sighed with some relief. The thought of sifting through countless probabilities for just how Usagi's child or children could perish and having to watch those? No, no she did not want to etch that into her soul.

They all sat in silence as Usagi eventually passed the picture to a curious Shampoo, who smiled. The mood was somber for a while, all 4 members at the table unable to continue for a moment. Ranma however took a deep breath and did his best to convey comfort across their mental link. He was a man of action, not heavy thoughts, "Let's plan then. Options to either prevent a catastrophe or save as many people as we can?"

Usagi herself reached with a hand into somewhere and pulled free a compact, "I'll call Ami, she should be in on this conversation." Ami was the brains after all, she would be able to help them plan anything.

Setsuna nodded, "While the Moon palace is up to full strength and the moon's environmental barrier is working to restore its biosphere. The palace and the moon itself are also full of defensive equipment and magic generation and storage crystals. Simpler terms, the moon is able to defend Earth from anything short of a moon of similar size traveling at light speed.

Ranma nodded, "Something tells me if I get a good hand on the guy he won't be much of a fight."

"He however would do everything in his power to make sure that did not happen." Setsuna pointed out to the battle born young man.

"Probably, I'll have to sift through my magic and memories a bit, get a feel for things. Maybe I can find a way to track him down."

Usagi however put on a smile as Ami's face came up on her compact communicator, the girl looking like she might be at her desk at home. "Good morning Usagi, is there an emergency?"

Usagi shook her head, "Need some advice. There might be a new evil menace for us to take care of. It's, waaaaay bigger that usual though, something that might really end all life, period. We're trying to come up with back up plans."

Shampoo perked up, "You talk about bringing world back to life. We could move people there maybe?"

Ami's eye went wide, "Terraforming?" Usagi and Shampoo watched as she seemed to think about it. A threat that could affect the entire world? "It's not outside of our abilities. We could bring back the biosphere of at least one or two worlds rapidly if needed."

Usagi snapped her fingers, "How about Mars? There's always talk about that being the best option right?" She vaguely watched the news and almost nothing about space. But Mars did come up a lot, and she did want to use as little magic as possible once the process was finished.

Ami shook her head, "Short term yes because it's easier to get to and not as harsh of an environment. But Venus would probably be a better fit. More Earth like in terms of size and gravity. We would have to break down the atmosphere completely first, and possibly try to incite the planet's core a bit to increase it's spin and hopefully it's magnetic field. Oh, a day on Venus currently takes roughly 1 Earth day longer than it takes for Venus to orbit the sun. So unless we can increase it's planetary spin and speed up the days, people would need to get used to constant sunlight or constant nighttime. And then-"

Ranma however was watching as Usagi's and Shampoo's brains started to figuratively leak from their ears. "Uh, Ami, perhaps keep it simple?"

Look up from her musing, Ami giggled at Usagi's look and nodded, "In short, long term stay after using magic to quickly terraform Venus would make more sense. Our bodies are used to this gravity and Venus is the closest to that. Once we magically bring the planet back to something livable, we could import the necessary plant seed and basic life from Earth as needed. We can accelerate that to a point but once it starts it'll be years before food production and species can support themselves on their own without magical influence. I think if Minako is allowed on planet while this is ongoing that might speed up the process through her connection, so we might be able to speed it up to a dozen years or so, maybe less. Magic is tricky on this scale."

Usagi nodded, "Could we just, drop a few people on Venus once it's ready and hope for the best, just in case? For a colony."

Ami shook her head, "Well. If we're talking about worst case scenario no. Genetic and ethnic diversity are just the start. Societal breakdown is also a worry. I think, we'd need a starting population of at least Fifteen thousand people to be safe long term, as an absolute worst case scenario colony. Of course, if we can convince people to willingly immigrate that would help tremendously, but that would mean coming out to the world and all the potential issues that incurs."

Shampoo voices part of what her and Usagi were talking about earlier, "The Amazon may be willing to go. The thought of a tribe of women warriors on the planet run by one of the Senshi could be exciting fo the tribe. Though there are not enough of us alone, maybe three to five thousand of us total."

Ami indeed shook her head, "Long term that isn't enough. Isolated on the planet the chance of long term damage genetically is much too high."

Thinking it over, Usagi believes that even if they don't end up needing it, it's wouldn't be a bad idea to at least have the option. Worst case, they've spent resources bringing a new planet online that people can visit via the Senshi. Best case, they're ready for a world ending event. "Ami, let's task whatever we need to in order to begin the terraforming process. Let everyone know what's going on and to be prepared. I don't want anyone patrolling alone for a while, okay?"

Surprised at the order as she had thought it truly was just a thought experiment, Ami nodded, "I'll get on it Usagi. This is exciting, so much to learn and so much data to go over." Saying their goodbyes, the techy girl closed the call. They had just given her a lot of work to do after all.

Shampoo turns to Usagi, "We haven't agreed to move yet, why start now?"

Usagi shrugged, "It's just a back up. If the Amazon wish to leave then they can. And if not, that's okay too. I want to be able to give everyone options, and this is something I can do with what's left of my Kingdom."

Setsuna chimed in now, silently proud of the young woman, "You are trying to think ahead and prevent a tragedy. I don't think anyone will find fault with that." This did however bring them all another step closer to getting involved with global politics. Which she was sure none of them were ready mentally for that. Yet.

Ranma leaned back himself. "I wonder. The Phoenix have a magical connection to me and the mountain here. I wonder if them moving to Venus is even possible? Would they lose their connection completely, or maybe build a new one on Venus?" Maybe once the process was done they would have to check somehow. He could make the trip. Somehow he knew that would make Minako pretty happy.

"100 years." Usagi's mutter was partially ignored.

Setsuna however just smiled, "Remember, this is all hypothetical. Our biggest clue that something catastrophic doesn't happen is Usa herself. She has no memory of events like this, in fact originally saying she was sent to prevent the end of the world."

Ranma nodded at that, "Yeah that's true. Unless just Wiseman being here changes things…" Or a darker thought hit him, what if the world did end and they were only able to save so many? Usa didn't exactly say when in the future she was from. Senses tingling he planted a smile on his face, "Speaking of, Usa and Akane are coming."

Shampoo grinned, "We talk on serious stuff later. For now maybe you leave plans with Jeeves and then we head home?" Giving the picture back to Usagi, the Moon Queen stashed it away in her stuff space with her communicator.

Usagi sighed at that, "That means talking to my parents. I don't wanna."

Ranma chuckled, "Gotta do it eventually." Reaching out and mentally calling Jeeves, he turned back as Usa and Akane walked in. "Yo."

Akane was smiling as Usa bounced around the table to crash into Usagi and Shampoo together, "Well that was an experience." Usa had been excited that she could actually play with the Phoenix children. Apparently never having the chance to before.

"I think we're going to be heading out soon, I'm going to give Jeeves ideas about expanding and maybe updating some things around here and then we'll head home."

"Ah. Maybe we can plan our visit to my house as well this week?"

Ranma nodded, "Don't see why not." He'd update her later on what was going on. It was a lot to deal with all at once. Something about it was still bothering him but he couldn't put a finger on just what it was. Extending his senses once again he confirmed for a second time that the being called Wiseman was not in the area. Shaking the thought from his head and focusing on the now, Ranma had hope that everything would be okay.

-b-

Tired but back home, Ranma laid out on the living room couch as Usa and his mother busied themselves about the kitchen. Usagi was being lazy and laying on his chest while Akane and Shampoo watched tv on the floor in front of them. Running a hand idly up and down her back and enjoying her just being in contact with him, Ramna at this moment didn't want to get up to do anything. The group figured that a Saturday afternoon laying about the house was exactly what the doctor ordered.

Akane had been brought up to speed on the latest bad guy with her only question being if she could help at all. This was purely into the world ending scale magical abilities and she had no problem admitting that was well outside of her abilities. That didn't mean she couldn't help out here at home in the future, which also meant she would be spending more time with mother. Still felt odd calling her that.

Ranma poked Usagi lightly in the back, "Don't think I forgot we're supposed to go talk to your parents."

"Don't wanna, daddy'll yell at me." The whiny girl really didn't want to go back to her parents. She just knew she was in for even more trouble. In the back of her mind something alerted her from the Moon Palace. "Huh, Ami work's fast."

Eyebrows raised Ranma poked her again, "How so? And whether they yell at us or not we still need to talk."

"She's using all of our remaining ships to help speed along the process. I just got an alert that the atmosphere is Earth typical now. Whatever that means." Her own ship, the Queen's Regalia was apparently doing something with the planet's core. Ami sure wasn't wasting time.

Shampoo raised her attention to the pair on the couch, "That seem, fast."

"Magic."

"Such a cheat." Akane mumbled out.

Ranma however did some mental math about their day and decided to lift the girl above him into the air, "C'mon, we need to go talk to your parents."

Above him and soon on his shoulder as he stood the girl kicked her feet and pounded on his back lightly, "Noooooooo. Can't we just be lazy? Hey hey, we can go back to the Moon and break in my chambers there? We can try doing it in zero g. What do you say?" Pleading from over his shoulder, Ranma just shook his head. Even though admittedly he was very interested in the offer.

"I can feel you ya know. C'mooon."

"Tempting, but no can do." Turning to the others Ranma slapped Usagi's behind, "We're going to go face the music with her parents. Can ya keep after mom and Usa for us?"

Shampoo waved a hand, "We got this, go do duty."

Akane nodded, "We'll be good here. Try not to run into any crazy bad guys while you're out."

Ranma chuckled and walked to the kitchen first with a still pouting Usagi over his shoulder, "Hey mom, we're gonna hit the Tsukino's house. We need to talk."

Nodoka was smiling as she and Usa did their best to bake a batch of cookies, though she didn't fully understand the younger girls obsession with them, "No worries dear, we'll be fine here till you return."

"I'm gonna make my own cookies! With all the sprinkles!" The cookie dough splattered girl ended with a cackle that had Ranma shaking his head and moving to the entrance of the house.

"We created a monster."

Usagi just accepted her fate as Ranma put her shoes on for her, "Technically we haven't created anything yet."

"Huh, yeah you're right." Putting his shoes on after putting on Usagi's, they were out the door and started down the street in the early afternoon sun. "It's pretty nice out today."

"See, it's to nice to be inside. Let's go on a date instead."

"'Sagi…"

Flaring their magical link just a bit, Usagi kept trying, "But but, you love me. You wouldn't put me in danger."

Rolling his eyes, Ranma had to give it to her. She could be stubborn when she wanted, "I'll go with you to the moon, just you and me, when we're done."

"That's if my parents don't try to ground me forever." This was kinda nice though, not having to walk and just letting her husband carry her around. Huh, should she call him husband like Shampoo does? "Husband…"

"Hmmm, what's up 'Sagi?" Response automatic, so used to Shampoo calling him such all the time. It was endearing.

Smiling and liking the feel of it, Usagi shook her head and eventually worked herself down to walk beside him, "Nothing nothing. I guess you're right, let's go face the music." Who knew what could happen tomorrow. For today, they could just be a couple of teenagers in trouble with their parents.

-AN-

Sorry ya'll, I write this one almost exclusively on my laptop and it went kaput for a few days. I'm backing up everything to my main pc now just in case, but we should be back to more normal updates from here on.

Wiseman makes his appearance, but where's the Black Moon Clan? Why can't Setsuna get a lock on him?