This is a Ranma 1/2, Sailor Moon, Evangelion Cross Over. I got the idea for this from Nighthawk's page. All characters this fanfic belong to whoever created/own them. If anyone or comments has any questions please feel free to email me at loexo@hotmail.com Thank you, Exodus []-Thinking <>-Chinese MIDNIGHT CITY Part 2 Hibiki Ryoga made his way aimlessly though Tokyo-3. He was wearing a pair of black pants with a yellow shirt. Around his forehead was a yellow and black bandana, completing his attire was the claymore, given to him by the King and Queen, which was currently strapped to his back. It had been 2 weeks after his meeting with heads of the Senshi. In that time he had learned to combine his new magical power with his old ki. He now had the power to destroy small armies, but that was without counting on the power of his sword. The claymore was actually an intelligent weapon which was called the Raging Boar but to its user it was Phalanx. It was aptly named for when wielded the users spirit merges with the spirit of the claymore creating a boar-man creature. The wielder of the blade gains increased strength and endurance and a temper that that is uncontrollable causing the wielder to go into a berserker rage, hence the name of the sword Raging Boar. Even though Ryoga had all the power he needed at his disposal he could not complete his task for the simple fact that he had no idea where the Chaos Stallion was. The last two weeks of his search had been absolutely useless and he was not able to find a single trace of his prey. What he needed now was information someone to help him find that bastard assassin. After considerable thought he came up with the idea of going to the Shrew. He then cursed himself for not thinking of it sooner. The Shrew was another urban legend much like the Chaos Stallion. Though unlike the Chaos Stallion, who was known for bringing death the Shrew, was known for getting information. More precisely information that people try to hide. The Shrew might be the only one capable of finding the Chaos Stallion or who hired him. Though he had never dealt with the Shrew himself he knew some contacts that he had though the Senshi that could contact him. With a renewed sense of hope filling Ryoga trudged toward the "Moon Palace" plotting revenge. |||||||||||||||| Ranma was currently sitting in his office at NERV headquarters brooding over the events of the last 2 months. It all started with his father, Saotome Genma, announcing that he had arranged a marriage for him to one of the daughters of Tendo Soun. His father was always a stupid man even though he was a powerful martial artist. He was of course not as powerful as himself though and he had proved that fact when he killed him in hand to hand combat. He still couldn't believe that his father had expected him to go though with the marriage. He had thought after his father's death that the marriage issue would go away. He had not counted on Soun's single minded drive for him to marry one of his daughters. That was when he decided to check out his daughters. He was not thrilled with what he found. First he didn't find any of the daughters particularly appealing they were not ugly by any means but there was just something missing from them. Next they all had sever mental problems the oldest had retreated into a shell and would not acknowledge reality. The middle couldn't trust anyone and wanted complete control of her surroundings which she got threw the use of money and information though physically she had no power to speak of what so ever. The youngest was by far the worst. She could not deal with problems in her life and blamed them on the first convenient target she could find. She had an uncontrollable temper and was also very violent. After a month of surveillance on three Tendo girls he had enough information to eliminate them. Soun had not stopped his demands, of him keeping the agreement between the families. So he agreed to meet with the Tendo's then killed the one he most disliked the day before he had to meet with them. That didn't work though Soun was only more determined now to complete the pact between the families. It seemed as if he was about to completely lose his sanity and was clutching on to a life line which just happened to be him. You would have though that the man would have turned to his family. He could have just killed the entire family but that would have drawn too much attention from other powerful players out there. That was attention he did not need right now. Ranma looked around his office which use to belong to Ikari. The room was large as far as offices went. He also loved the darkness that hung around it which was perfect for him. He was one with the darkness he had made it a part of him over the years. The lighting of the room was were the similarities between Ikari's style and his own ended. Gendo had not put any furniture in his office besides his own desk and a chair for him. Ranma felt it necessary to have comfortable seats not only for himself but also for his guests also. He had also made sure that there was a large leather couch in the office also. The couch was well used the last 2 weeks. He never expected Misa-chan to be so receptive to his advances. He smiled as he recalled the memory. |||||||||||||||| "Ristuko what is going on? The commander... " Misato asked confused as she stepped into Commander Ikari's office. "There has been a change in the plans Misato and I needed to inform you immediately." Ristuko replied cutting Misato off as she followed her friend. Once Misato entered the office she felt something was off. She looked around the room trying to figure out what was wrong. The room was dark as it usually was but there was more furniture in the office than there normally was. Confused she looked over to where Commander Ikari's desk was supposed to be. She noticed idly that that the desk there wasn't the same one as she had seen before. Then she noticed the shape of a man standing next to the desk with his back turned toward them. She knew the man could not be Commander Ikari because he was taller and wider also. "What is going on here?" she mumbled too quite for Ristuko to hear her. But the man had heard her and turned around to address his new subordinate. "Thank you for bringing Captain Katsuragi to my office, Dr. Akagi." "Of course Commander Saotome. It was my pleasure." Ristuko replied with a grin. "Commander Saotome?" Misato asked confused. Ranma responded with a commanding tone that left no room to doubt that he was in charge. "Yes Captain there has been a change of leadership due to certain parties not satisfied with Commander Ikari's performance as of late. I, Commander Saotome Ranma, have now been given command of NERV and all of its operations. As such I felt I needed to meet with my head tactical officer as soon as possible." "Uhh... Yes Commander. Forgive me. It's just a little surprising with the Third Child due to arrive shortly I wasn't expecting something like this. If I may ask what happened to Commander Ikari?" As she was talking Misato's eyes adjusted to the darkness of the room and she started to make out details of Ranma's face. She noticed that he was incredibly handsome. [Damn he's hot!] "Yes I can understand what you mean but the change was necessary. As for Commander Ikari he has now been reassigned to a different position. Could you please leave us Doctor I must speak with the Captain alone." Ranma said looking as Ristuko giving her a warm smile. Ristuko smiled in return and blushed slightly. "Of course Commander. I'll return to my duties." She then turned and left the office leaving Misato alone with Ranma. [We'll play later Ranma-sama.] Once the two were left alone Ranma walked up to Misato and looked her straight in the eye and gave her a suave grin. Misato left knees grow weak as he looked at her and she blushed. [Fuck, fuck, fuck! How is he doing this? This guy's even smoother than Kaji!] Ranma noticed and his grin widened. "Is something wrong Captain? You aren't sick are you?" Ranma's voice was filled with worry even though he still had grin plastered on his face. Misato attempted to respond wondering why it was suddenly so hot in the room. "I...I'm f- f-fine C-c-comman-nder... it's nothing t-to worry about." [Sick? What are you blind? I want you to fuck my brains out! What the hell am I thinking!!!] Ranma moved closer to her so he was barely touching her. He looked down at her and asked in a whispered voice. "Is it something I can help you with?" [Ohhhh... yes I can think of a lots of things you can do to help me! Stop that! This is the new COMMANDER I can't think like that.] Misato's mind started going off on sexual tangents as her body started to become aroused. She just gulped and tried to fight off the urges her body was sending her. While Misato was trying to control her libido Ranma moved behind her and pressed himself against her. He then wrapped his arms around using his hands to grope and feel her. Misato gasped. "C-c-commander..." [What the hell is he doing!? Does he think he can just feel me up like this! And why am I not stopping him!!!] "Shhh... Misa-chan call me Ranma-sama when we are in private." He whispered seductively into her ear. [Misa-chan? Ranma-sama?? What the hell??? Who does this guy think he is. Ohh!! And were did he learn to do this so well!... I'll tell him he can't take advantage of me later.] He then became even more forward with his hands as one slide up her skirt into her panties and the other down her shirt and under her bra. [I can hardly think straight! He's amazing! He wants me to call him Ranma-sama... I'll call him my God as long as he doesn't stop what he's doing. He's about to push over the edge.] Ranma smirked as she screamed, arched her back and wrapped her arms around his neck in a reverse hold. After she came down from her high she whimpered and slumped as her knees were no longer able to support her weight. [Women! Ha what a joke they're so easy to control. A little look here, a small grope there, some magic finger action and they're just putty my hands.] His mother always did want him to be manly, she would be so proud. He continued her initiation into the Seduced by Saotome Ranma Club for a few more hours before letting her go back to her duties. |||||||||||||||| "Mamo-chan what is going on?" Usagi asked her lover worriedly. "I'm not sure Usako... I'm not sure." His response was filled with wonder. Mamoru and Usagi were in their private chambers discussing the recent developments at NERV. They had found out 2 weeks ago that NERV had undergone a change in leadership. Gone was Ikari Gendo the man they had come to despise and in his place was a Saotome Ranma. They knew nothing about this Ranma person and it worried them greatly. "How could there have been a change in command so sudden that we were not able to find out anything about this before hand? It doesn't make sense Usako!" Mamoru was getting frustrated. "Mamo-chan I'm worried, Sailor Pluto can't figure out anything either. She keeps saying that the time gates won't reveal anything." "Something is off with Pluto, Usako. She's definitely up to something and Hibiki still has yet to find any trace of the Chaos Stallion according to the latest intelligence." Mamoru started pacing while Usagi sat on a plush couch and fidgeted with her dress. "Sailor Pluto wouldn't betray us, she knows the consequences." Usagi replied softly. "Yes, she does know what happens to those who betray us but I still feel that she is hiding something." "Mamo-chan we have many matters that need our attention can we really spare time to investigate Sailor Pluto? What if you're wrong we don't have the resources." "Usako, I sincerely hope that I am mistaken but what if I am not. If Sailor Pluto the Senshi of Time is a traitor then we must eliminate her at once." Mamoru spoke with an even tone. "Then let me take care of this lover. Let me deal with Sailor Pluto. I will find out if she is a traitor or not." Usagi stated firmly. Mamoru gave his love a sly smile. "Alright I'll deal with the foreign affairs while you keep the house clean. I hope Uranus and Neptune were able to complete their mission." "Now where is Sailor Pluto anyway?" Usagi asked. Mamoru sighed. He truly loved her but did she have to be so scatter brained at times? |||||||||||||||| Located in a rural village in China nestled in a valley was the fierce tribe of amazon warriors. Currently there was a meeting of great importance taking place. The 12 elders of Joketsuzoku tribe were gathered in village's main structure. This was were the Joketsuzoku made important decisions concerning the future of the tribe. asked Cologne eldest and most powerful of the Joketsuzoku. They had just received a request for a treaty from the Senshi carried by 2 couriers known as Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptune. Cologne had meet with the 2 sailors and decided to be cautious around them. They didn't carry themselves like expert warriors but they reeked of magical energies. argued Yu-Lin who believed that they should have nothing to do with the outside world. After her announcement the whole room burst into an all out argument of what to do with the current proposal from the Senshi. Cologne quickly banged her staff on the table and called for quite around the room. Cologne said sternly. asked Soap. another elder said curiously. Cologne answered. said Yu-Lin who's anger had been growing considerably. countered Lu-Sun. Again the room burst into an all out argument as the elders of the Joketsuzoku attempted to come to decision. |||||||||||||||| At a different location in the village Sailors Uranus and Neptune were waiting for a response from the elders. The two had been ordered by the King and Queen to deliver a treaty to the Joketsuzoku tribe. They were placed in a small hut to await decision by the elders of the village. There were a few guards outside to make sure that they would not be able to wander around the village. Of course if they decided the 2 of them could take care of the guards but then again they probably would not be able to fight their way out of the village alive. "Damn! We've been in here for hours!" A blond haired Senshi complained. "It takes awhile to come to a decision on these kind of things." Her green haired companion replied. "You don't really think that we need the help of these humans, do you?" asked Sailor Uranus otherwise know as Tenou Haruka. Sailor Neptune also know as Kaiou Michiru looked at her companion with a tired look. "It does not matter what we think. The King and Queen have ordered this." Haruka smiled. "But you didn't answer my question Neptune." The said Sailor sighed. "Yes I agree with you." She said reluctantly. Haruka smirked. "I knew, I could count on you to side with me." Michiru looked worried. "It's not that simple Uranus. The King and Queen must have some reason for this. Though I still say we can't trust these human." "Your right the King and Queen always have a reason to do things. The King never does anything unless he has a plan of some sort. He is a brilliant tactician and a powerful warrior after all. It's just that I don't trust these humans." "We can just teleport out of here if things go bad. We should have faith in the King and Queen they have not let us down before." "You're right Neptune... as usual." Haruka gave her a wan smile. Michiru then noticed a continent of amazons approaching the entrance of the structure they were placed in. She gave Haruka a look and the two prepared to deal with the amazons. Cologne flanked by 4 amazon guards in full battle gear strode into the room. They came to a stop in front of the two Senshi. "We have discussed the proposal sent by your King and Queen. We have prepared a response for them." Cologne then handed a scroll to Sailor Neptune. The two Senshi bowed to Cologne. "Thank you honored Elder, we will carry your message to our King and Queen." Cologne nodded her head and made a motion with her hands. The amazon guards blocking the entrance to the small hut they were in currently, moved allowing the two Senshi to leave. The two magic girls quickly made their way out of the village and prepared for their journey back to Tokyo-3. |||||||||||||||| Taro Pantyhose, better know as The Beast, was dressed in dark blue pants with a light blue silk shirt and had a pantyhose tied around his waist. He wore cloak that hid most of his features and protected him from the elements. He was making his way to Tokyo-3 because he had heard rumors that Happosai, the one he was searching for, was holed up there. Though lately he had been hearing lots of strange things of the happenings of Tokyo-3. It seemed as if dozens of powerful players were making their way to the city. As if attracted toward some swirling mass of chaos. It didn't make much sense. Tokyo-3 was already home to the Senshi, NERV, Happosai, and the Chaos Stallion. Other powerful groups and individuals seemed to be ready to move in also. He was one those who seemed to be drawn in. Tokyo-3 would be a war zone in few days and he would be in the center of that war. He could hardly wait. He was entering one of the smaller settlements on his journey that had been created after the Second Impact. It was still a few days travel to Tokyo-3 on foot. He didn't want to switch to his alternate form as it would attract too much attention. It was getting dark so he decided that it would be better to stay the night in town. He then proceeded to look for a place he could get a decent meal and spend the night. |||||||||||||||| "Yeah Yorshi! Take a look at that man." Called out a member of the Black Sharks, who were a powerful gang in the local area. "What are you talking about Genshi!" complained Yorshi as he looked to where his companion was pointing. There he saw a stranger wearing a cloak coming into town. He watched as the stranger paused and looked around. Then he started walking again towards a restaurant. "See what I mean." Replied Genshi when he saw that Yorshi noticed what he was pointing at. "Looks like easy pickings to me." He said with a chuckle. Yorshi nodded. "Come on lets go get the others." |||||||||||||||| Happosai Grandmaster of Anything Goes and all around sexual deviant made his way inside NERV headquarters. His purpose was to get to the office of one Commander Saotome without being detected. This posed no problem for the master of Anything Goes but he was constantly distracted by the lovely figures he kept seeing everywhere he went. He knew he had to reach his goal so he restrained himself from molesting the women he passed by. He twisted and crawled unseen through the halls slowly coming to his destination. His restraint and diligence paid off as he approached the office of Commander Saotome undetected. As he pondered how best to enter the office the mechanical doors opened of their own accord. Seeing this he shrugged and bounced in. |||||||||||||||| Ranma was once again sitting at his desk brooding. The third child was due to arrive in 2 days. He was a little surprised when he found out that the third child was Ikari's own son, Ikari Shinji. Gendo was a lot like his own father in many ways. He would use those closest to him for his own wants and needs without regard for them. It only made him hate Gendo more he knew through personal experience what a worthless father was like. With the arrival of the third child would also come the third angle. He had currently one EVA pilot at his disposal an Ayanami Rei, the first child. The girl would do what she was told but unfortunately she didn't have what it took to go up against an angel, win, and come back alive. Then again she was replaceable, but Ranma didn't like that idea. It was one thing to kill an enemy in combat and another to clone your dead wife and use her as your toy. He made a mental note to make sure the clones were destroyed. Rei was also severely injured and recovering from an accident that occurred while testing. So if he were to rely of the EVAs alone he would have to send Shinji out by himself. There was a major problem with that. Shinji had never been in an EVA before. He couldn't just throw him in one and hope he defeated the angel. Most likely he would die and angel would reach its goal. Of course he could fight the angel personally but he didn't want to play that card yet. That meant he would have to get the Senshi to fight the angel for him. It would be tricky but it could be done with his Set-chan's help. The angels' goal was to reach ADAM. Right now ADAM was nothing more an embryo, which meant that Set-chan could easily slip it into the Senshi inner domain. The angel would then attack the Senshi and the Senshi would retaliate. He could have Setsuna bring the embryo back right after the battle started. This would cause the angle to become confused and move towards the new location of ADAM. The Senshi wouldn't let a direct attack against them go unanswered and they would deal with the angel for him. [Now to wait for Se...that presence is familiar. I didn't expect him so soon.] He paused for a second then hit a button on his desk to open the doors to his office. A second later Happosai bounded into the room. "Ranma my boy how's it going! It's been a long time." Happosai greeted in a cheerful voice. Ranma leaned back in his chair and gave him a one of his cold smiles. "Things are a little hectic right now gramps. That's why I called you though I didn't expect you to show up so soon." "So where is that fool Genma?" Happosai asked wanting to torture his former student. Ranma smirked and laughed. "Sorry gramps, but that old fool was getting to be more trouble than he was worth. I had to deal with him." Happosai wasn't shocked he knew Ranma was going to eventually kill Genma. He just didn't figure it on being so soon. Ranma was the best of his students and when he was gone Ranma would carry on and be Grandmaster of Anything Goes. He was very proud of him, he was everything he had hoped for in an heir. "Don't worry about it son, that fool had it coming for a long time. So what did you need help with?" he asked changing the subject. "The Tendos." Ranma stated flatly. "The Tendos?" Happosai arched an eyebrow. "Yes, you see that's the reason I had to get rid of pop. The idiot was ruining my entire plan. He wanted me to marry one of Soun's daughters to join the schools." He gave a short laugh before continuing. "It was more like he wanted me to run a dojo so he could retire and live of me. Beside only one of Soun's daughters even practiced the art and she was pathetic." "So Genma's gone and now Soun want's you to marry one of his daughters?" "That's about it. I though with pop gone Soun would drop the idea. He wouldn't let it go for some reason though." Happosai bounded on Ranma's desk and made himself comfortable there. "Hmmm... Soun was always a bit obsessive about certain things. You have to be a bit rough with him to get him to let go." Ranma locked eyes with Happosai. "I killed his youngest daughter the day before I was supposed to meet the Tendos face to face. He still didn't let it go. If anything he wants it even more now." "Was she a hotty?" Happosai asked concerned. "Don't worry gramps he's got two more daughter for you to play with and there both better looking than Akane was." "Thank the gods! Ranma don't scare an old man like that." "Just one more thing gramps can you bring Soun to me?" "If you want him dead why not do it yourself?" asked Happosai confused. "Two reasons gramps. First I don't have the time to do a job like that right now. Being a commander here is actually a time consuming job. Second I don't want to be directly involved with the deaths of anymore Tendos just in case someone is watching. Akane did work for the Senshi. That's on the outside anyhow, in here I'll do what I want. So please bring me Soun, I would love to rip his head off." Said Ranma with a genuine smile on his face. "The Tendos won't be a problem..." "That's good gramps." "...but." Happosai continued. "But?" asked Ranma. "Pantyhose somehow found out that I was coming to Tokyo-3 and he'll be here soon also." "So monster boy is coming here. Maybe this could work to our advantage." Both Ranma and Happosai felt a presence appear in the room. They turned to look at Sailor Pluto materialize in front of them. Happosai started drooling when he caught sight of what she was wearing while Ranma just frowned. Setsuna regained her senses from the teleportation and looked around her. She saw that there was someone else in the room besides her Ranma-sama. She immediately apologized. "I'm sorry Ranma-sama I didn't feel any presence's in your office and I though it was alright to come in..." Ranma cut her off with a look, and Setsuna paled. [He's mad.] She though worriedly and excited at the same time. Happosai looked from Ranma to the woman who he figured to be one of the Senshi. [Did I hear right? Did she say Ranma- sama?] He took another look at Ranma and smiled. [Damn, the boy is going to be a true heir. He doesn't need to go to women they just come flocking towards him.] "Gramps could you please excuse us. We can finish this discussion tomorrow of course." Ranma said coldly. Happosai had a gleam in his eye. "Of course my boy." He took one more look at the worried Senshi before laughing and bounding out of the office. Ranma then focused his attention on Setsuna. "How many times do I have to tell you not to do that?" He asked calmly. "I just found out some important information and I thought you might want to know immediately." She said quickly trying to plead her case. Ranma shook his head. "Set-chan I can't have you teleporting in and out of my office like this. What if someone else was in here. It was alright this time but next time someone who shouldn't see you might this is not acceptable." "I'm sorry I won't do it anymore my Lord." Setsuna begged. "You're damn right you won't women and to make sure you will be punished." Ranma got up as he said this. Setsuna was frozen where she was waiting for the punishment her lord was about to give her. She could never figure out if she enjoyed or feared these punishments more. One thing was for sure though it hurt like hell. He came up to her and roughly grabbed her causing her to yelp in pain and anticipation. As one of his hands held her hair the other made it's way to one of her nipples, which he grabbed and twisted painfully. She squealed mostly pain but some pleasure also. He then proceeded to remove her clothes while occasionally tweaking sensitive parts of her body. After she was completely naked he dragged her over to the couch and laid her on his lap face down. He then proceeded to spank her on her ass. The blows were powerful and precise cause her to gasp and cry in humiliation. Even though the pain and humiliation of the spanking Setsuna could feel herself become incredibly aroused from what her master was doing to her. Then the spanking had stopped and Ranma flipped her over and looked into her tear stained eyes. She knew what was going to come next and right now her body was aching for it. Ranma pushed Setsuna on the couch then got up. He unbuckled his belt and undid the fly of his pants preparing himself to take the woman in front of him. Setsuna screamed in pleasure when Ranma moved on top of her and proceeded to fuck her brains out. [It's good she knows who her master is... she's becoming addicted to both the pain and the pleasure. I better do something to make sure she doesn't intentionally make me mad so I punish her... Though I have to admit this is quite amusing. I wonder if all the Senshi are hopelessly addicted to sex?] |||||||||||||||| Taro had just finished eating his meal at a small diner. He paid his bill and walked out looking for a place to stay for the night. It was dark now and he made his way through the town with the directions the waitress had given him to an inn he could stay the night at. The streets were deserted and poorly lit. Taro could feel the presence of at least a dozen people around the area. These people seemed to be following him. Taro internally laughed the fools were probably going to mug him or something. He was going to enjoy tasting their blood. Taro intentionally walked into a secluded ally where his pursuers could attack and would feel most comfortable springing a trap on him. They would realize too late that it was he who was springing the trap on them. Taro made it 20 feet into the alley when 15 men jumped out of hiding and moved to intercept him. Taro looked further down the ally and saw that there was no exit. [Perfect!] Taro jumped over the charging mob and landed so that he cut off their exit to the streets. He then mentally triggered his Jensenkyo curse. Jensenkyo curses were usually triggered by hot and cold water. His had been too at one time. He was able to find a magical artifact that granted limited wishes such as the ability to control his Jensenkyo curse mentally. This was also why he was called The Beast. His Jensenkyo cursed form consisted mainly of a yeti, octopus's tentacles and wings from a crane. This got the attention of his attackers all right. They panicked immediately, and tried to escape running away from him, but they soon found themselves cornered. Taro just snorted and followed them till they turned around to face him. They attacked in a desperate attempt to make their escape but Taro was going to make sure that none of them were going to get out. His huge fists slammed into their bodies kill one or two men with each blow. Their broken bodies fell to the ground pouring blood onto the ground. In seconds over half their numbers had been reduced. This is when Taro decided to start his feeding. He had a few side effects from the wish such as his cursed form developing a taste for human flesh. Especially when the meal was a live one. He shot his tentacles out and captured the remaining gang members and crushed them till they were barely conscious. He then brought the one of the barely conscious men in front of him and ripped his cloths. He proceeded to sink his teeth into the man's chest ripping out a huge chunk flesh. The man screamed as he was being eaten alive. The other men who saw the fate of their comrade pissed there pants and prayed to their gods that this was some sort of nightmare. Taro gave a scream of triumph and proceeded to finish the meal he had just captured. END PART TWO NOTES Ok here's part 2. It took longer to finish than I though it would. If anyone has any charters they would like to see in particular in this fic please email me. Please try and limit yourselves to R1/2, SM, and NGE. Again flames and C&C and comments in general are always welcome. I did get a lot of positive response for MC part 1. I'm happy that people out there like my fic. For those of you who don't sorry I can't please everyone. Starting next chapter I want to try to use pre-readers. So if anyone want to be a pre-reader please send me email. I think I already have one person who wants the job. I'd like to thank everyone who read my fic and especially those who took time to send me email. It's always nice to get feedback. Till next time.