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Another long chapter.

Epilogue

Standing in the auditorium of Kuoh Academy, Ranma, dressed in a black formal outfit, sighed heavily. "Kuroka and Yasaka are both due any day now, I should be there with them, not here." He spied Atsuko and Nabiki both wearing black dresses as they talked among the various people that were mulling about.

Lilith, who was four months pregnant, rolled her eyes. "Master, relax. Nothing will happen to either of them. The last time someone made Kuroka cry, La Fey turned them into a newt."

"At least they got better." Ranma muttered as he thought about the Demon that had made Kuroka cry. He looked up as he saw Sona Sitri and her queen, both in formal dresses walking his way. "Hello, Sona."

"The official proceedings haven't started yet, so I thought I would ask you something." Sona adjusted her glasses. "While you've dropped out of school and I have no problem if you wish to remain out of school..." She trailed off as Ranma held up a hand. "Saotome?"

"I'll be coming back to school next semester." Ranma told her. "As will Lilith and Yohko. Things have settled down in Makai with Demons, so we'll be able to come back and finish our schooling." Sona nodded in approval. "It's not like I don't want to finish going to school, I just had to focus and..."

"It's fine." Sona told him with a nod. "If something happened to my father and I would have to take over the clan tomorrow, while I would have help, I would have to drop out of school for a time as well until things were settled."

Lilith giggled as she realized something. "Is this your way of saying that you don't want your brother-in-law to be a dumbass?" Sona twitched and sighed softly, nodding.

"It still feels unreal to think of my sister as a married woman." Sona grumbled and gave Ranma an appreciative look. "Speaking of which, how do you do it?" Ranma gave her a confused look and Sona clarified. "I mean, my sister. She's peculiar."

Ranma shrugged. "Didn't I already tell you? I like that about her."

Lilith giggled softly. "Master seems to attract blondes and crazies to him. Though, how does Atsuko, Nabiki or Yohko fit in, I wonder?"

"Atsuko was a cat, cats are crazy." Ranma told her. "Yohko's as much of a battle junkie as I am and Nabiki is the only one who doesn't fit any sort of mold." Idly, Ranma patted his chest, feeling a magical item that was still there. "I'm grateful that my Nekoken problem isn't a thing anymore, but I'm worried about Kuroka and Yasaka right now and..." He stopped as Lilith squeezed his shoulder.

"Nabiki told you, didn't she? Your first wife will have her kids next week and Kuroka will have hers three weeks later." Lilith smiled at him. "And yeah, I'm nervous too. And Nabiki said that if something happens to cause your kids to come early, she'll let you know, she has her Sacred Gear monitoring them at all times to make sure that nothing happens."

Sona gave Ranma a smile. "But that's what I mean, Saotome. You're the only person I've ever met who has no problem courting my sister. You know her power, you know her... Quirks. Yet you have no problem with her."

Ranma looked at where Serafall, who was five months along and wearing a blue and white modest one-piece dress with her hair done up in French braid down her back, was greeting Azazel and a couple of people he didn't recognize. "You're a good sister, Sona." The glasses-wearing girl blushed at the sudden compliment. "How about you? Are you ready to be an aunt?"

Sona just smiled ruefully. "If my sister's kid ends up anything like her, no."

Ranma nodded and walked towards the other leaders along with Lilith. "Hello." Ranma said as he got close to them.

Serafall's eyes lit up and she pulled him in for a quick kiss. "Hello, dear." She smiled at him. "When are your sister and her friends getting here?"

"Soon." Ranma told her as he looked at Ajuka Beelzebub and Sirzechs Lucifer. "Where's the other Devil King?"

"Lord Asmodeus..." Ajuka shook his head. "He will be a little late. The idea of meeting aliens that use a mixture of magic and technology doesn't interest him as much as it does myself."

Ranma nodded and looked around the auditorium as more Devils, Fallen Angels and Angels mingled and talked about things. "Oh! There's Issei." He waved at his friend, who was there with Asia and Akeno. "I'm surprised that Rias isn't here."

"She hasn't been feeling well." Sirzechs told him. "She's seen the doctors and gotten a clean bill of health, and personally I think she's just nervous about her first child." He sighed softly. "If I could be there for her, I would. Thankfully Rias is currently at home. She's due any day now and we want to make sure that her child is born healthy."

"Probably for the best." Ranma admitted and looked at the two people with Azazel. "Ah, do either of you know who those two are?"

"The one in purple is Shemhazai." Serafall smiled at him. "And that woman is his wife." Ranma's eyes widened in surprise. "It's okay, you don't know them." She looked up as another woman walked towards them. This one was wearing a blue and beige business suit, high heels, she had fair skin and short, black hair with glasses on her face. "And this is..."

"I've not introduced myself." The woman said with a small bow, when she straightened up, they could see that her eyes were purple. "Lady Leviathan, Lord Lucifer, Master Saotome. My name is Amy, civilian leader of the Grigori." Ranma, Sirzechs and Serafall all gave her confused looks. "I suppose that you didn't know. While Azazel was our former commanding officer, since the ceasefire and subsequent peace treaty, there are many Fallen Angels who moved to live a more civilian-style life and I, for some reason, was chosen to be their President."

"...Amy?" Ranma asked, his voice full of disbelief. "Okay, hold on." He put his hands up in a T position. "I am used to Fallen Angels and Devils having names like Shemhazai, Azazel, Kokabiel, Lucifer, Beelzebub, Leviathan, there's the Behemoth and the like... And your name is... Amy?"

"You're caught up on a name like that?" Amy asked in confusion. "Not at the fact that there's a civilian leader for the Grigori? Or how I wasn't introduced until now?"

"...But it's so... Normal!"

Amy stared at him for a moment before her lips started to quirk and she started to giggle. "Well, it's not the first time that I've had people be surprised at my name before. Anyway, I'm here to make sure that everything runs smooth." She motioned to the crowd. "I hope that it's okay for the leaders of Makai to be away from their home for awhile."

Ranma nodded. "Yeah, things are fine." There was a flash of golden light and when it receded, Michael, in his robes and Gabriel, who was wearing a cream-colored outfit that had long pants, a white dress shirt that stretched against her chest and an open, long-sleeved jacket over her shoulder.

Serafall hissed softly upon seeing Gabriel, but Ranma squeezed her hand, calming her down. "Lord Michael. Lady Gabriel." She said with the nicest tone she could muster. "I'm glad you could join us."

Michael smiled at her. "Lady Leviathan, I am glad to be here. The chance to meet more of Father's children, even if they do not originate from Earth, is not something I can miss out on."

Ranma looked at Gabriel curiously. "I'm not used to seeing you in such clothes. I thought you'd be in a more church-like outfit."

Gabriel smiled and blushed softly. "Well, I was going to, but I decided to come to Kuoh earlier today to meet with Irina, who was saying that she wanted a more appropriate outfit." She turned and nodded in a direction where Irina, who was dressed in a really nice light blue business suit, was talking to several Fallen Angels and Devils and the group was sharing a small laugh. "And while I was helping her find one, I came across this outfit." She held her arms to the side and looked down. "Sadly the tailor did not have enough to make, ah, full and proper adjustments to the outfit."

Seeing how the jacket wasn't closed, it was pretty obvious what Gabriel meant by proper adjustments. Ranma nodded at that. "Well, it doesn't hurt to have a change of pace once in awhile."

"Indeed." Gabriel smiled at him. She looked at Serafall and Lilith and her eyes sparkled. "Serafall, Lilith! You're both so beautiful!" Both Devils gave her a confused look and Gabriel just smiled at them. "Seeing new life being formed in front of me and the ones who are hosting the new life also in front of me, both healthy and full of love. There's nothing more beautiful in the world."

"I... Uh..." Lilith stumbled over her words as she stuttered while rubbing her pregnant belly. "That is..."

Serafall narrowed her eyes, though her cheeks were flushed at the compliment. "...I'll let you go this once. I have to think about my child before we can continue our rivalry."

Gabriel smiled and nodded. "Of course. I wish you both good health."

Sirzechs chuckled and put his hands on Serafall's shoulders. "Indeed, if you'll excuse me, I need to have a word with Serafall about a minor matter that I just remembered." Gabriel nodded as Sirzechs led Serafall away from her.

It was pretty obvious to everyone that Sirzechs was trying to keep Serafall and Gabriel apart, since he knew that Serafall didn't want to endanger her child, it was best to keep them apart for the moment.

After another few minutes, the doors to the auditorium opened wide and everyone quieted down as Falbium Asmodeus walked in, followed by a mature woman with green hair, a woman with short, purple hair and glasses, an older woman with fading pink hair, a young man with short, blue hair and a woman with gray hair that went past her shoulders, all were wearing the same style outfits that looked like they were out of some sort of military. Behind them were people that Ranma recognized as Hayate, Nanoha, Fate and Hayate's guardians, the Wolkenritter. Each of them had gotten dressed up, even Zafira had decided to attend in his human form instead of his wolf form.

Falbium nodded at the group before speaking up. "Allow me to introduce Lindy Harloawn, Leti Griffith, Midget Crowbel, Chrono Harloawn and miss Loro."

Lindy smiled at the Devil. "I thank you for having us." She said with a small bow, which was mimicked by the others. "We are here representing the Time-Space Administration Bureau in negotiating peaceful relations with your people."

"Of course." Falbium nodded. Normally, he didn't like to do any work if it could be avoided, but if it meant the betterment of Devil-kind, he could put up with working for that.

It just meant that he was going to sleep more over the next week.

Azazel watched as the aliens all introduced themselves and raised an eyebrow. "Those are aliens?" He couldn't keep the disbelief out of his voice. "I know you said that they looked completely human, but..."

Ranma chuckled and nodded. "Yeah, they're aliens, in the sense that they're not from Earth, but they're human otherwise."

Lilith grinned and nodded. "Yeah, I grilled Miss Lindy over biology when we were in Uminari City the second time. Told her that I've never seen an alien before and I wanted to know more about them. Turns out that they're basically humans, though apparently the magic they use has them age slow for humans." She nodded at the old woman. "From what I can tell, she's well into her seventies, but she only looks like she's fifty."

"That's still quite young." Azazel said with a chuckle. "So, what do you know about all of them?"

"I know that Lindy's an admiral and I think Leti is as well, Chrono is Lindy's son and I don't know the other two." Ranma admitted, "I suspect the old woman is pretty high ranking in their organization, probably an administrator of some sort or one of the people in charge of everything, the last one..." He tilted his head. "Maybe she's a secretary and is there to just observe and record what's going on?"

"I guess I could ask." Azazel chuckled as he walked over to where Lindy was and paused as she greeted him. "Hello... Admiral Lindy, yes?"

"Ah, yes," Lindy smiled and blinked as Azazel gently took her hand and brought it up to his face. "Ah..."

"I must say, I was expecting people from another world to look completely different. I wasn't expecting one to be as young and beautiful as you are." He gently kissed the back of her hand as he smiled at her.

Lindy smiled and nodded as she was hit on. "Ah, thank you for your kind words." Lindy was privately thankful that she was in a public setting and was able to mentally tamper down on her emotions.

Because it was taking all of her control not to turn into a stuttering, blushing mess. She couldn't even recall the last time someone had flirted with her so openly.

Shemhazai sweat-dropped as he watched the exchange. "Are you... What are you two doing?" He asked as Ranma and Lilith both had small notebooks out and were writing in them. "...Taking notes?"

"While neither of us have any issues with seduction," Lilith told him while writing information down, "we appreciate someone who has the good, old-fashioned ability to turn on the charm at a moment's notice."

Across the room, Issei was doing the same thing while Akeno giggled and Asia had a bewildered look on her face.

As the meeting went on, papers were signed and what they hoped to accomplish with the treaty was discussed.

As she finished signing her copy of the papers, Leti nodded and handed them to Loro, who nodded and put them in a container. "Obviously, it will take time to fully hammer out the details and finalize the agreement." She said to Michael, who nodded in agreement.

"Of course, naturally with our two worlds far apart, it will take time."

As the meeting dragged on, Gabriel found herself near Ranma. "May we talk?" Gabriel asked him and Ranma nodded to her before turning to Lilith and giving her a quick kiss on the lips.

While Ranma and Gabriel made their way out of the auditorium, Azazel was approached by Loro. "Excuse me." She said to the blond-haired man. "From what I've been able to gather, you are a researcher of some sort."

Azazel nodded with a small grin on his face. "I'm more of a hobbyist than a serious researcher, but I do love new challenges. Why do you ask?"

She put her hand on her chest and gave a small bow to Azazel. "While I do work as a secretary for the higher ups in the Bureau, I have a secondary role of gathering up resources, information and items for the Bureau to help in case of something bad happening. As such, I happen to know some scientists who partake in, shall we say, less than legal matters?"

Azazel glanced around and saw that most people weren't paying attention to him and he narrowed his eyes. "May I ask what makes these experiments less than legal?"

"It's more of a moral issue than anything else, I'm afraid." Loro stepped next to Azazel and pulled him over to the wall so she could talk more privately with him. "You see, we have access to cloning technology that can not only make near-perfect clones, but also imprint them with the memories of the original."

"Fascinating." Azazel muttered in surprise. "I assume that there's a high failure rate or something?"

Loro nodded. "Many clones end up only living a few months or years. The more perfected ones, however, almost always have mental issues that result from finding out that their memories are implanted from the original, who was usually dead at that point. As such, even a perfected clone is often the subject of experimentation and the people responsible for the clone's existence are arrested and removed from the picture." She closed her eyes for a moment and cracked an eye open. "Sadly, there's not much that can be done about the mental instability at the moment."

"No, but..." Azazel muttered and looked around before he saw Ajuka and waved the green-haired Devil over. "Lord Beelzebub, if there was a process for cloning that could bring someone back from the dead that left them with their memories..."

"Such a thing..." Ajuka frowned softly. "That would be impressive, but sadly we've had very little advancement on that front ourselves."

Azazel looked at him and then at Loro. "According to Miss Loro here, apparently her Bureau has scientists who have such a process, but it has flaws."

Loro looked conflicted for a moment. "Are you a researcher as well?" Ajuka nodded and she sighed in relief. "That is good. Again, this is highly illegal due to the problems that I mentioned, with a fairly high failure rate and the mental instability that comes with it. There's another route that we're working on..." She looked conflicted for a moment before nodding. "You see, there is a way to enhance humans with cybernetics in the Bureau, but there's a few problems. The failure rate is very high and it can only be done to children, specifically newborns. You can imagine the problems this could cause."

"Yeah." Ajuka nodded. "I suspect that if there was a way to turn people who were adults into cyborgs that didn't have a high failure rate, it would be done?"

"If it was possible, there's some people that could use it to save their lives." Loro sighed softly. "Buuut..." She reached up and a clear screen appeared in front of her as she tapped some buttons before a few papers appeared in front of her. "The scientist that I know that's working on cybernetics and cloning right now likes to open source his work." She offered the papers to them. "Perhaps the two of you could look this over? If it interests you..." She trailed off as Ajuka took the papers on cloning while Azazel took the papers on cybernetics.

"Interesting..." Azazel muttered as he read the papers over. "This is a unique form of magic that's tied to the circuitry of the cyborg. Impressive, but it seems limited."

"Sadly, that is true." Loro nodded with a disappointed look on her face.

"This is..." Ajuka's eyes shrank as he read the reports. "Similar to what we do with the reincarnation process with the evil pieces." Loro looked at him in surprise. "This is pretty impressive," he frowned as he saw a note. "What's this... Kaiser plan?"

"Ah!" Loro's eyes widened in surprise. "That wasn't supposed to be there." Ajuka gave her a stern look and she started to sweat. "Ah, see, apparently the scientist I'm working with managed to get DNA of a famous ruler of over a thousand years ago and we're about to start the process to bring them back to life, but it would take us years to have a fully functional body and..."

"Bring me the DNA sample." Ajuka told her before handing her a slip of paper. "When you get back to whomever has this, all you need to do is focus on that and one of my peerage will come and retrieve the DNA from you. If this is what I think it is, I could probably create a clone within a year." He gave Loro a look that froze her in place as she took the paper from Ajuka. "But I have to ask what you are doing reviving someone from a thousand years ago."

"...I, unfortunately, do not know." Loro said as she shook her head. "However, if you want to know, I could try to find out for you."

Ajuka nodded as he continued to read over the information. "Cloning huh?"

"I see..." Azazel muttered as he looked over the cybernetics. "That's why. There's no way to help the person grow or adapt after they've been implemented, of course this is going to have a high failure rate." He looked at Loro with a shake of his head. "I do, however, know a cyborg who might be able to help this... Combat Cyborg stuff work better. In fact, I might be able to make it so that you could turn someone who was sick or badly injured into a cyborg without the risk of rejection." He chuckled as a thought came to him. "The thought of using a Devil or Angel's blood to mix in might be amusing, but I don't think that would be a good idea."

"Probably not." Loro said. "...How long do you think it would take to..."

"About three or four months before I say it could be safe to even attempt." Azazel muttered softly. "But this is still interesting." A thought came to him as he looked over the notes about rejection. "If the person has a strong enough natural resistance to the process, it would interfere with the ability to fully mesh."

Heck, the mere fact that Atsuko was able to be successfully turned into a Devil was a miracle.

"That won't be a problem." Loro said to him. "There are ways to ensure that the person's Linker Core won't interfere and corrupt the process."

As Ajuka and Azazel discussed the various possibilities of this, Loro mentally smiled. 'This couldn't have gone better.'

(-)

Walking out onto an open balcony, Ranma privately wondered why this was here, but decided to ignore it as he turned to look at Gabriel, who was looking out at the school yard and into the city beyond. A light breeze caused her blonde hair to move softly.

"To think that this was where the peace between the three factions started." Gabriel said softly. "When Kokabiel tried to restart the war, wasn't this where it happened?"

"Yeah." Ranma said as he looked out at the school yard and remembered the battle in his mind. "I guess you could say most of the last two years is because of that one fight."

"He was someone I admired when he was in Heaven." Gabriel said softly. "He was Father's shining star, one that was so close to perfection that many of us felt somewhat envious of him."

"Did you?" Ranma asked her and she shook her head.

"No. All of us were Father's children," Gabriel said with a gentle look on her face, "when my brothers Fell and became Devils, I wept for them. When my other brothers and sisters Fell to form the Grigori, I wept for them as well." Her eyes moistened as she thought back to the war. "So much senseless death and destruction. But, my big brother, Azrael, I loved him so much. When he left and I got news that he had been felled, I spent years mourning his death." A look of pure sadness adorned her face. "In many ways, I never stopped mourning him. But after Father passed and I had to help run Heaven, I lost any spare time I could have had to mourn their passings."

Ranma gave her a look of concern as she walked up to the balcony and put her hands on the railing. "Gabriel..."

"I thought that I was done, that the scar of his leaving me was healed." She said softly. "But when I found out that he didn't die in the war, that he fled because he fell in love..." She put a hand between her breasts and closed her eyes as she looked up at the sky. "The old wounds opened up and all the feelings that I felt before came bubbling up. When it was revealed that you were his descendant..." A sorrowful look came to her face. "I could not control my emotions," she looked at him with tears seeping out of her eyes and down her cheeks, "and I wasn't fair to you. I saw you as Azrael, not as yourself. For that, I wish to apologize and I also wish to thank you. When I was at my most vulnerable, when I wasn't able to think clearly, I kissed you and you could have taken advantage of me, but you didn't, even warning me that I would Fall and it would be devestating for Heaven."

Ranma rubbed the back of his head. "Well, I can understand. There was a lot to take in all at once. So I don't blame you for being confused."

"Yes, confused..." Gabriel said softly as she rubbed the tears out of her eyes. "Forgive me, I'm being emotional again. Even now, four months since that day, I still do not know how I feel."

"Gabriel, why are you telling me this?" Ranma asked her softly, confusion in his voice and on his face.

Gabriel took a deep breath and bowed to Ranma. "Ranma Saotome, I wish to enter a courtship with you." When she didn't get an answer, she raised her head and saw him looking at her in confusion. "...I..."

"Courtship? You mean... You want to date?" Ranma asked and Gabriel nodded. "...Why? I mean, I'm flattered and I'm not turning you down, I just want to know why the Angel who's supposed to protect the purity of women is asking to date a Devil."

"That's fair." Gabriel nodded and she stood up. "It's because I am confused. I do not know how I truly feel, but I know..." She put her hand over the center of her chest. "That I haven't felt like this in a long time. I do not know if these feelings are genuine and directed at you, phantom feelings towards my brother or something else." She lowered her hand and gave him a nervous look. "I... I have tried so hard to figure these feelings out. And I know that both of us are busy, so we will not be able to date very often. But, I want to try. Because I need to know how I truly feel."

"Yeah, I understand." Ranma nodded and smiled at her. "Just a word of warning, things sometimes get silly and weird with me around."

"That's fine." Gabriel nodded at that. "But... Where should we..?"

"How about in Kuoh?" Ranma asked as he gestured out towards the city. "After all, this is where the peace between the factions was formed."

"Yes." Gabriel smiled at that. "You know... The day is young... When this conference is over," she looked out at the city, "would you like to..."

"Well, I'm sure that there's things we can do together." Ranma said as he nodded. "I wouldn't mind, I've been meaning to try out mini-golf."

"That sounds like fun, actually." Gabriel said with a smile. "I've played golf in Scotland a few times and it was pretty fun."

Ranma gave her a shocked look. "You've played golf before?" Gabriel nodded. "...Wow, I had no idea."

"It's popular in Heaven too." Gabriel giggled softly. "In fact, we often joke that whenever we play golf, it causes hailstorms on Earth."

"...That would explain why hail is often the size of golf balls." Ranma said.

The two looked at each other and started to laugh at their jokes.

"I should let Michael know what I'm going to be doing." Gabriel said. "He already knows my intentions towards you."

"...Is he okay with it?" Ranma asked her and Gabriel sighed softly. "No?"

"He's worried what this will do for our follower's image of me." Gabriel said with a sorrowful look on her face. "I worry about it too, but... I can't live with these confusing, conflicting feelings in me. I need to sort them out."

Ranma nodded. "I'll tell Lilith then." He knew Lilith wouldn't care and would probably just encourage him to...

"I already know, Master." Lilith said as she walked out onto the balcony. She smiled at him and Gabriel. "Normally, I'd encourage you to do something perverted on the date, but..." She shook her head. "I won't." She chuckled at Ranma's shocked expression. "I know, weird, huh? I'm just going to blame Irina and how I want her to be happy. I've never liked the fact that Angels couldn't enjoy sex without Falling, even if they fell in love and did everything that the Church teaches their followes." She gave Gabriel a stern look. "Whatever happens between Master and you, Seraph Gabriel, is between the two of you. I won't even encourage Master to do anything lewd to you while you date." She smiled and turned around. "Besides, if you two do end up marrying and having children together, I sure wouldn't complain."

"That is..." Gabriel began, unsure how to feel about it.

"Rather tame for her." Ranma finished and smiled at her. "So, my lady, shall we go for Mini-golf before the day is over?"

Gabriel nodded and the two went inside to find Michael so she could let him know that she was leaving.

Unseen by any of them, a female Angel had watched the entire exchange and turned to walk away, a heavy feeling in her heart. "Lady Gabriel, why are you feeling that way? You're the Angel of Purity, you should not have those feelings in your heart." She frowned as she remembered Ranma's face. "Especially not for a Devil. It's not..." She trailed off as she heard something in the air. "Wh...what's that?" She asked as she looked around. The sound was some sort of music that she hadn't heard of before. "Sounds like some sort of flute..." She didn't know where it was coming from, but for some reason, she felt like it was calling to her. Turning around, she started to walk off, staggering forward.

The music lead her to the roof of the school. Idly, she noted that there was another Angel, a couple of Fallen Angels and Devils mixed in. In total, there were six, two from each faction, on the roof.

"To those whose spirits are conflicted and confused..." A new voice said and the six looked as a man wearing a reddish-brown pair of pants, black shoes, and a open black vest, revealing a rather muscled physique, hovered in the air. His hair was brown, his eyes were green and his skin was tanned. "I bid you welcome." He smiled at them as he held a pan flute in his hands. "I offer all of you the chance to get what you want most."

"Who are you?" Someone asked and the man smiled before bowing.

"I have gone by many names in the past. Sometimes I was known as Pan. Other times I was known as The Pied Piper of Hamelin. But you may call me at this time..." He smiled at them. "Puck."

End Epilogue

End Shinto Arc

In case you are wondering, yes, according to Christian mythos, the President of Hell is a Fallen Angel named... Amy. When I saw that I was like "I HAVE to work this into the story somehow", it was just so... Normal that it was weird.

One last arc to go.

But, more importantly, there was a scene I wanted to do during the Nanoha portion of this arc that I never quite got around to doing.

Walking into the Midoriya cafe, Ranma blinked in surprise upon seeing a familiar face that, despite being older, looked almost the same as when he first saw the person. "Wow, Miss Takamachi," the older woman looked at him and smiled, waving as he and Nanoha walked in. The business was pretty empty, as it was the middle of a work day, so it was just the three of them. "You're as pretty as I remember you being."

Momoko Takamachi smiled, though her cheeks did turn slightly red. "Oh please, I'm old enough to be your mother." She giggled at him. "Besides, you shouldn't flirt with an older woman. Someone might think that you've fallen for my charms."

Ranma chuckled and rubbed the back of his head. "Well, it wouldn't be the first time a beautiful older woman seduced me."

Nanoha gave Ranma a flat stare and pinched his ear, pulling on it. "Ranma, stop flirting with my mom."

"Why?" Ranma asked as he turned with the pull. "Jealous?"

A dark look came over Nanoha's face and Ranma gulped, realizing he had gone a bit too far this time. "Mom, I'm going to take Ranma outside and cool his head, okay?"

"Don't break anything important." Momoko smiled as Nanoha dragged Ranma outside. After they left, she giggled to herself. "That was fun."

See you in the next and final arc of the story.