Disclaimer: The Ranmaverse and all of it's characters are property of the brilliant Takahashi-sama and Sailor Moon characters belong to Takeuchi-sama and I claim no ownership of them. Only the story belongs to me.
Edited 02/11/08 letter now reads correctly.
"'Kane wake up." Ranma said quietly as he gently shook her shoulder. It was still a few hours before the sun would rise and not wanting to wake anyone up, Ranma had decided not to turn on the light, making it hard to see.
"And I thought I was supposed to be the one that was hard to wake." Ranma said laughing when the shaking didn't wake her. "'Kane it's time to get up." Ranma said shaking her a bit harder.
In a flash Akane's eyes flew open as her hand reached into hammer space for her mallet. "Prev..." Akane started before Ranma covered her mouth with his hand.
"Shh don't want to wake the others, it will make it harder to get out of here." Ranma warned as he grabbed the mallet with his other hand and stopped it from hitting him like the night before. Akane looked at him strangely for a moment before the talk from the night before starting to sink into her mind.
Akane just nodded and Ranma removed his hand from her mouth. "Sorry would have had my mom or Kasumi wake you but they are busy makin' breakfast and snacks for the trip. Now get up and get ready. I want to be out of here in no more then an hour." Ranma informed her as he let go of her mallet and started out of the room, grabbing her bag on the way.
"Don't forget mom to get the paperwork before you call the meeting, it will make things easier." Ranma reminded her in between bites of food.
"I know Ranma don't worry." Nodoka said as she started in on her breakfast.
"What paperwork?" Akane asked looking up from her miso bowl.
"School papers, so we can transfer." Ranma replied looking over at her.
"Ah." Akane said with a nod of her head before continuing to eat.
"Alright let's get going, they're gonna be gettin' up soon." Ranma said nodding toward the stairs as he put down his bowl and walked over to his bag.
"Bye Kasumi." Akane said as she walked over and hugged her sister after putting her bag on her back.
"Be careful Akane." Kasumi said with her ever present smile on her face.
"I will. Thanks for the help Auntie." Akane said as she hugged Nodoka.
"It was the least I could do." Nodoka said with a smile before turning and hugging Ranma.
"Thank you for everything Kasumi, you are one of the only two people I am gonna miss." Ranma said with a smile as he gave her a hug.
"Please keep Akane safe." Kasumi pleaded as she handed them the snacks she had made them earlier.
"That's the plan." Ranma said with a grin before leading Akane out the door and toward the street.
"Oh yes just leave them to me." Kasumi said with a smile as she headed into the kitchen to start breakfast for the rest of the house.
"Very well dear. I shall return as soon as the papers are mailed." Nodoka said as she headed out the door.
"They had breakfast earlier, they went out for a while." Kasumi said looking up with a smile. Well a long while but I don't really need to say that for it to be true. Kasumi thought to herself.
"Where did the boy go?" Genma asked looking a bit disappointed that he couldn't steal his son's food.
"They didn't say." Kasumi informed him. Still true.
"Well did they leave together?" Nabiki asked after a moment.
"Yes." Kasumi said smiling at her sister.
"Did they say why they left?" Soun asked still confused as to why his youngest daughter wasn't at the table.
"They wanted to get away from the house for a while." Kasumi replied. This is getting harder to not say something that is a lie. Kasumi thought inwardly shaking her head.
"Where is my wife?" Genma asked as he finally noted she wasn't there.
"She had to go to the post office and wanted to get there early." Kasumi responded. Both true. Kasumi thought nodding inwardly.
"Yes I would like the school transcripts for Saotome Ranma and Tendo Akane." Nodoka replied handing over her id.
"Their next school can get the paperwork, you don't have to worry about it." The woman explained handing back the id.
"Yes I am aware of that. But that would leave a paper trail and it would cause unnecessary problems if certain people were able to pick up on that trail so again may I have their paperwork please." Nodoka said as more of a command then a question. After a minute of thinking about it, the woman finally searched for and handed over the papers.
Better for the school to get rid of him anyways. The woman thought as Nodoka headed out of the school.
"Just being careful, you know Nabiki has people followin' us. I don't want to take the chance of anyone finding out where we're going." Ranma said as he looked around the train car making sure he didn't recognize anyone.
"Being careful is one thing, being paranoid is another." Akane said with a laugh as she watched the landscape passing them by as another train ride got underway.
"Don't worry this is the last one." Ranma said with a smile as he looked over at her.
"So going to tell me where we are going now?" Akane asked bringing her attention back to him.
"A friend of my mom's owns a temple in another district. We're gonna be staying with him and his grand daughter." Ranma informed her as he pulled out his food and started munching.
"Grand daughter huh? How old is she?" Akane asked giving him a dirty look.
"Mom just said she was around our age but before you start thinking that, she is a priestess so I doubt she will cause us any problems." Ranma insured her as he took a hold of her hand with a smile.
"She better not or her and my mallet will have a little chat." Akane said with a laugh as she stole a carrot stick out of Ranma's bento.
"Hey!" Ranma said in mock protest. Akane just smiled at him as she started eating the carrot.
And why wasn't I kept in the loop? Nabiki wondered to herself annoyed that she didn't know what was going on.
"Where's Ran-chan?" Ukyo demanded annoyed she had to sit next to Shampoo.
"You are not here to ask questions, you are here to listen. So everyone please sit down and be quiet." Nodoka requested with a slight edge to her voice that said it really wasn't a request.
"Good now that everyone is here. I have a letter address to all of you from Ranma. First it asks that the Kunos be shown a video. Kasumi?" Nodoka asked as she turned toward the TV that Kasumi was standing next to.
"Right." Kasumi said with a smile as she started the tape.
After a few seconds Ranma appeared on the screen. "Kodachi, Kuno pay attention." Ranma demanded as he picked up a glass of water and dumped it on his head, turning into a girl. "Keep watching." Ranma-chan said as she picked up the tea kettle that was next to her. Dumping it on her head, she quickly turned back into a guy.
"Now as you can see that we are the same person. In China I got a curse that turns me into a girl with cold water and back to a guy with hot. Now with that said, and mom if they don't believe it keep rewinding the tape until they do." Ranma said a moment before the tape finished.
Kasumi looked over at the Kunos, silently asking if she needed to reshow it, but the sickened look on their faces told her she didn't.
"Shampoo for the last time you are in Japan and your laws do not apply to me. I will not, not now, not ever, marry you. I used to think you were my friend but after what you did there is no way I will ever call you a friend again. Mousse please try to get them to go back to China." Nodoka read as she looked over at Shampoo and Mousse.
Shampoo went to protest, but Nodoka reaching for her katana silenced her. "Ukyo you were supposed to be my best friend but in truth you are no better than the rest. You always tell me your honor demands that I marry you, but you don't have any honor do you? Honorable people don't attempt to murder people at their wedding. You have made yourself unworthy of a marriage and so I am let out of the agreement." Nodoka read as she looked over at Ukyo.
"He can't do that! He has to marry me!" Ukyo shouted as she shot to her feet in outrage.
"You will remain silent. I am not done yet." Nodoka warned as she placed her hand on her katana. Ukyo looked like she was still going to protest but after a moment, just dropped to the floor.
"Yes grand father?" Rei asked turning toward him as he walked into the room.
"We're going to be having a few guests for a while can you set up two rooms?" Her grandfather asked as he sat down at the table for breakfast.
"Of course grandfather, if I might ask, why will they be staying here?" Rei asked as she picked up her chopsticks and began eating her food.
"Seems they've been having some problems and the best way to get away from them is to come here. The young man's mother is an old friend of mine and so I told her he and his fiancé could stay here while they try to start over and get away from their problems." Her grandfather explained.
Hmm fiancé huh? Going to have to make sure the girls don't try to hang all over him. Rei thought to herself as she finished her breakfast and headed off to fix up the rooms for their guests.
"Your actions have not only caused problems between Akane and I but you have also put her life in danger. If you had stopped for one minute to give us a chance to work things out on our own, things would have gone a lot better but instead you just stick your noses in where they don't belong.
“You care more about your dumb agreement then you do about Akane's safety and as far as I am concerned you are no better then the rest of them. You're just lucky Akane is unharmed or you wouldn't be here to hear these words. Although I will say one thing pop, you did one good thing in your whole life and that was engaging me to Akane, but had you just stayed out of it, things would be different.
Kasumi and Mom, thank you both for all the help you have given us, you are the only people I will miss from Nerima. The rest of you, one last word of warning, if you come near me or my fiancé again, you will not live to regret it." Nodoka finished reading as she looked up at everyone around her.
"He can't do this to me!" Ukyo screamed after a few minutes of silence.
"He can and he has. Now I must insist that all of you be leaving. You are no longer welcome in my home." Kasumi said as she stood up.
"But Kasumi.." Soun started before she raised her hand to silence him.
"Just be lucky you and Nabiki aren't in the same boat. Now I have to go start lunch, I'm sure you guys can show yourselves out." Kasumi said turning back to the others before heading into the kitchen.
"You heard her." Nodoka said as she reached for her katana to let them know she too was serious. The others just scowled at her as they got up and started out of the house, each thinking to themselves about how they could get Ranma away from Akane or Akane away from Ranma. Seems they will never learn.
"Oh all right." Serena complained as she put the manga down on the floor beside her and turned to look at Rei.
"Just a heads up we're going to be having some guests here at the temple for a while. My grand father didn't tell me much about them other then they are about our age and engaged to each other. Seems they had some problems and are trying to start over. They will be going to school with you guys so try to help them feel at home." Rei asked with a smile before they communicators started to go off.
((Sorry to interrupt your study session girls but it seems the days of peace are once again over. There's a Youma attacking the mall.)) Luna's voice said over the communicator as the girls looked at each other and shook their heads.
"Well we knew it wouldn't last." Lita said shaking her head sadly as the girls got up and started out of the temple heading toward the mall.
"I guess." Akane replied a little unsure of how things were going to go.
"Don't worry 'Kane, I'm right here with you." Ranma promised as he grave her hand a little squeeze and started making his way to the door before knocking on it. A moment later it was opened by an elderly man not much taller then Khu Lon.
"You must be Ranma and Akane, come in come in. Nodoka didn't tell me much but I understand you have some problems you are trying to get away from." The older man said as he ushered them inside and closed the door behind them.
"Don't worry not going to ask a million questions and pry into your life. Just wanted to let you know that if you need anything all you have to do is ask." He said with a smile as he looked up at them.
"Thank you sir." Ranma said with a polite bow to which Akane followed suit.
"Think nothing of it." He said with a smile as he bowed back to them. "We have your rooms all set up and I will introduce you to my granddaughter once she returns, not sure where she is a the moment. This is Chad." The man said pointing to a younger man with long brown hair covering his eyes that had just walked in.
"He's my apprentice." The older man explained as Chad bowed to them and they bowed in return. "Chad have you seen my granddaughter?" He asked after a moment.
"Rei headed out a little while ago with her friends sensei. Her and the girls should be back soon." Chad informed him with another bow before heading out of the room with Ranma and Akane's bags.
"I will show you to your rooms in just a moment, why don't you come and have lunch with me before it gets cold." The sensei said as he pointed to the doorway that lead to the dining room.
"Sounds good." Ranma said perking up with the idea of food. Akane just shook her head at him and followed them into the room.
"I will let you get unpacked. Let me know if you need anything." He said with a bow before he headed off back the way they had come.
"No way I'm wearing this." Ranma said with a laugh as he held up the uniform in Akane's doorway.
"I think the girls' are cute." Akane said with a smile as she held up the sailor suit and skirt up to herself so Ranma could see.
"Yeah not bad." Ranma said as he turned his head away to hide the slight blush that was making it's way across his cheeks. "I better go unpack like sensei said." Ranma said as he quickly rushed back into his room leaving Akane to wonder what had gotten into him.
Shrugging she opened up her bag and started putting her stuff away in the drawers. Just as she had finished up she was startled by a knock at the door and looked up to find a young girl about her age with long black hair. She was wearing a red and white priestess uniform and smile as Akane looked up at her.
"You must be Akane, I'm Rei." Rei said with a polite bow which Akane returned. "I see you found your uniform. If it doesn't fit just let me know and I will have one of the girls get you another size." Rei informed her as she watched Akane put a picture frame on her dresser.
"Oh he's cute, is that Ranma?" Rei asked with a smile as she looked over at the photo and saw Akane standing with a young man with a black pigtail.
"Yes." Akane said through gritted teeth at the fact that she had just met her and she was already hitting on her fiancé, the fact that he wasn't there didn't help Akane any.
"Don't worry Akane, I already have a boy friend." Rei assured her when she noticed Akane had grown tense. Akane relaxed a bit at this and looked up with an apologetic smile.
"Sorry force of habit." Akane said shaking her head sadly.
"No harm done." Rei said with a smile as someone came in the room behind her.
"Oi 'Kane..." Ranma started but stopped when he noticed the other girl in the room.
"Ranma this is Rei, Rei this is Ranma." Akane said with a smile.
"Nice to meet you." Ranma said with a quick bow. "You too. My friends are here for a study session, if you too would like to join you can see what they are at in school since you will be going to the same school as them." Rei explained with a smile as she started out of the room.
"Don't you go to the same school?" Akane asked confused as she and Ranma followed her out.
"No I go to a private school but I'm transferring over next year." Rei explained as she headed into the room her friends were waiting for her in. "Everyone this is Ranma and Akane." Rei introduced as they walked into the room behind her.
"I'm Serena." Serena said jumping up with a smile and pulling Akane into the room to sit down next to where she was. Ranma looked over at the blond with the 'meatball' hair style before walking in and sitting down next to Akane.
"I'm Lita." The girl with the long brown hair pulled back in a ponytail said.
"Amy." The girl with the short blue hair with almost the same style of hair as Akane said with a small bow of her head.
"I'm Mina." The girl with long blond hair pulled back with a red ribbon said as she gave them a victory sign.
"Nice to meet you guys." Akane said with a smile.
"Yeah what 'Kane said." Ranma said with a grin.
"I'll go get the snacks." Rei said with a smile as she started out of the room.
"I'll help you." Akane called after her as she got up and followed her out. As she walked back into the room with Rei she saw Mina leaning over the table flirting with Ranma, who of course was oblivious to what she was really doing.
As Akane set the tray down trying to keep herself calm, images of Shan Pu, Ukyo and Kodachi throwing themselves all over him entered her mind and she started seeing red.
Before she knew it she was jumping over the table with her mallet appearing in her hand. Ranma saw this, and reacting quickly, jumped onto the table grabbing Akane in his arms and back flipped off of the table holding onto her.
"Calm down 'Kane." Ranma whispered in her ear as he held onto her, worried that if he let go she would fly off the handle again.
"She's just like them." Akane growled as she looked over at Mina with fire still in her eyes. Shaking his head, Ranma quickly headed out of the room with Akane still in his arms.
"Lita listen." Rei said as she put her hand on her arm and sat her back down. "I don't know what all happened to them but I do know they have had a lot of problems and they were bad enough for them to just up and move away. Now I don't condone what she did, but Mina is okay and she shouldn't have been flirting with the girl's fiancé anyways." Rei explained as she shot a stern look in Mina's direction.
"I don't care, she had no right to try to hit Mina." Lita said brushing Rei's hand off and she stood up and stormed out of the room.
"It was just like before. I saw them again Ranma." Akane complained as she buried her head in his chest and started crying.
"Saw who 'Kane?" Ranma asked as he turned her head up so she was looking at him.
"Shampoo, Ukyo and Kodachi. When I walked in and saw her flirting with you all I could see was every time one of them would do it and I just couldn't handle it happening again." Akane cried as she turned away unable to look him in the eyes. Before Ranma had a chance to response, Lita rushed out the door yelling.
"What the hell do you think you were doing?! I challenge you!" Lita said as she got into a readied stance. Ranma weren't to step in but Akane raised her hand and stopped him.
"I accept." Akane said turning toward her and she got into her normal stance. The others came out of the temple just as Lita jumped toward Akane and tried to kick her, but Akane jumped over the kick as she came down and flipped over turning in a round house kick that connected with Lita's back sending her flying.
Lita looked up from the ground in disbelief as she stared at Akane who was walking toward her. As she readied herself for Akane to attack again, she was surprised when Akane held out her hand to her.
Looking up, she saw Akane smiling down at her and confused she took Akane's hand and let her help her up. As Lita is dusting herself off Ranma walks over to Akane and pulls her off to the side.
"You need to say sorry to 'em." Ranma demanded in a tone that told her he wasn't going to take no for an answer but still Akane hesitated. "Don't worry 'Kane, no one's gonna steal me away from you." Ranma whispered in her ear, so the others couldn't hear him, causing her to blush. Looking up at Ranma she saw him smiling down at her before nodding his head toward the girls.
With a soft sigh Akane nodded her head and walked over to the girls. Bowing deeply to them she said, "I'm sorry. I know I shouldn't have tried to hit you, but I have a problem with my temper and I thought you were going to end like the others trying to steal Ranma. It does not excuse my actions though and I hope that you can forgive me."
"No harm done." Mina said with a smile looking over at Lita.
"Right Lita?" Mina asked with a grin.
"Right." Lita said still a little dazed from the fight she had just lost in a matter of seconds.
"That's right." Lita said with a nod as she headed back toward the temple. As they headed into the kitchen, Ranma looked at Akane with worry.
Great if I say something about her being a bad cook she's gonna hit me but if I don't she could hurt them with her cooking. Oh well I can take it better then they can. Ranma thought to himself as he got himself ready for what he knew was going to happen. As he went to warn them, he noticed Lita was taking charge of what was going on in the kitchen and figured she would be the best one to warn.
"Hey Lita, you might wanna keep an eye on 'Kane, she doesn't really pay attention to what she puts in." Ranma whispered to her while Akane's back was turned. Lita looks at him strangely but before she could respond she looked over at Akane and noticed she was about to add a large amount of salt to her bowl.
"Wait Akane that's not sugar." Lita explained as she grabbed the measuring cup away from her before she could dump it into the bowl.
"Huh? Oh sorry." Akane said looking up at her before grabbing the box and sugar and starting again.
"No Serena you have to add a little sugar at a time, not all at once." Lita instructed as she turned toward her. "Yeah like that." Lita said with a smile when Serena started adding the sugar right, but the smile quickly faded as she turned back to Akane who was about to add soy sauce to the bowl.
"Akane what are you doing?" Lita asked as she stopped her for pouring it in.
"Adding some flavor." Akane said looking up at her confused.
"Trust me you don't want to add soy sauce to cookies." Lita said as she took the bottle away from her. Ranma just sat back with a grin as he watched the girls mixing the cookie dough.
That Serena's almost as bad as 'Kane. Ranma thought to himself with a chuckle as Lita made her way back over to Serena to stop her from messing the dough up again.
"Akane don't add that." Lita said turning back to her as she went to add too much baking powder. "You're as bad as Serena when it comes to cooking." Lita said with a chuckle as she measured out the right amount and added it to the bowl.
Akane growled as her mallet appeared in her hand and she went to hit Lita over the head with it. Ranma quickly rushed over and grabbed the mallet before it could hit and looked over at Akane with a frown.
"'Kane you can't be doing that. They ain't used to it and it's gonna hurt 'em." Ranma reminded her as the mallet disappeared and he let go of her.
"Sorry Lita." Akane said with a bow turning toward the stunned girl. "I'm just used to everyone making fun of my cooking and even when I tried my hardest and it comes out okay no one will try it cause they are afraid they will get sick." Akane said sadly as she bowed her head and suddenly found the floor every interesting.
"No problem Akane, if I can help Serena to cook I'm sure I can help you." Lita said with a smile as Akane looked back up at. "You just need to remember that with cooking, like anything else, it takes practice and patience. You can't go adding just anything to a recipe and you have to watch what you are doing." Lita explained with a smile as she helped Akane finished off making her dough.
"Let's get these in the oven." Lita said with a smile as she walked over and opened the oven door so everyone could put their trays in. About ten minutes later the timer went off and they took the trays out of the oven. Akane looked down at her cookies sadly shaking her head, even she could tell that the shapes she wanted them in didn't turn out right.
Ranma looked over at her and saw she was becoming depressed and after sighing to herself walked over and snatched a cookie off of her tray. "No don't eat that Ranma." Akane cried out trying to get the cookie back as he was about to pop it in her mouth.
"No worries 'Kane you didn't add anything bad so it should be okay." Ranma said with a smile as he popped it in his mouth and started chewing. "Not bad." Ranma said with a smile as he grabbed another cookie off the tray.
"Really?" Akane said with a bright smile that made his heart melt as she reached for a cookie and slowly ate it. "It is good." Akane said looking back over at him with a smile as she put her cookies on a plate.
"Guess you wont mind if I eat these?" Ranma said with a smirk as he grabbed the plate and headed out of the kitchen.
"Ranma no baka! Come back with my cookies!" Akane yelled as she chased after him with her smile still present on her face.
"Ranma no baka?" Lita asked turning toward Rei with a confused look on her face.
"Don't ask me." Rei said with a laugh as she started out of the room with the others following.
"Yep." Akane said with a smile.
"Hey why is Ranma uniform in here?" Rei asked when she noticed it on the bed.
"Oh he refuses to wear it and I wasn't sure where to put it." Akane explained after looking over at it.
"He doesn't wear the uniform? What did your last school do about it?" Rei asked as she sat down on the edge of the bed.
"Oh they tried to cut his hair." Akane said with a laugh as she walked over and sat down next to her.
"Nani?" Rei asked startled.
"Yeah we had this crazy principal who was already trying to cut Ranma's hair, well everyone's for that matter, but he really had it out for Ranma. But Ranma being the martial artist he is, the principal never even got closed to cutting it." Akane explained as she thought back on some of the stunts the principal had pulled.
"Why did he want to cut everyone's hair?" Rei asked after a moment a little confused.
"Oh cause he's insane." Akane replied and then giggled when she saw the dumbfounded expression on Rei's face. "He had spent a few years in Hawaii and then showed up one day talking like a surfer saying he was going to give the guys a buzz cut and the girls a bowl cut. He tried but Ranma put a stop to that so he spent the rest of the time just trying to cut Ranma's hair." Akane said with a laugh.
"He does sound crazy." Rei said shaking her head in disbelief.
"You don't know the half of it. He was always going around wearing these ugly Hawaiian shirts with this stupid palm tree on his head always showing up out of no where with his sheers. Trying to get us all to listen to these stupid rules he was just making up as he went but of course none of us listened and most of the student body turned to Ranma for his help to stop him." Akane explained but couldn't help but giggle as Rei just stared at her like she had three heads.
"Hey Ranma!" Rei called after a moment of silence and after a second he was standing in the doorway.
"What's up?" Ranma asked looking from Rei to Akane.
"Did you principal really do all the things Akane said he did?" Rei asked staring at him hoping he was going to tell her Akane had just been joking.
"Probably. The guy was a real nut case but I guess that ran in the family." Ranma said with a snort as he thought about the Kunos. Rei shook her head after trying to imagine the kind of guy they were talking about but couldn't in her wildest dreams.
"Well I should be heading out. Grand father will be making your dinner tonight. I'll see you later." Rei said with a smile as she stood and headed out of the room. Akane stood up and grabbed Ranma's uniform off of her bed and headed to put it away in the closet, giving Ranma his first real view of hers.
"That looks cute on you." Ranma said with a grin as he looked Akane over. Akane turned around and looked at him confused for a moment before smiling brightly at him.
"Pervert." Akane said sticking out her tongue when she saw the look he was giving her. "Now get out so I can change." Akane demanded as she pushed him out of the room and shut the door behind him. Ranma walked away mumbling about tomboys.
"It was great." Rei said with a grin as she sat down and poured herself and Akane a cup of tea.
"Is he your fiancé?" Akane asked looking up over her tea cup.
"Chad? No just my boyfriend." Rei explained shaking her head.
"Was it arranged by your grand father?" Akane asked after a moment of silence.
"Arranged? No it wasn't arranged." Rei said looking at her confused.
"Must be nice to be able to have a boyfriend that was decided for you." Akane said softly before taking another sip of her tea, though Rei still heard her.
"What do you mean?" Rei asked hoping she wasn't prying too much.
"Our fathers arranged our engagement before we were born." Akane explained looking back up at her.
"Oh. Well at least you were able to have a great relationship because of an arranged engagement." Rei said with a smile hoping to pick up the girls mood.
"Ha." Akane said as she laughed while shaking her head at that. "It was more in spite of it not because of it." Akane explained as she finished off her tea and poured herself another cup.
"How so?" Rei asked now entirely confused.
"Our fathers were always pushing us together and even going as far as setting up two weddings without one or both of us knowing about it. All it ended up doing was driving us further apart. The more they pushed for us to like each other the more we couldn't stand being together." Akane replied shaking her head sadly.
"Two weddings?" Rei asked intrigued.
"Yeah the first one they had knocked me out and I woke up just as they were trying to get Ranma to marry me. The second one I knew about but Ranma didn't and before I could figure out if he even wanted to marry me, things...things went really bad." Akane said softly as she looked down into her cup.
Rei decided not to press the issue any further and just refilled her glass. Ranma, who had been listening outside of the room since they started talking, headed back to his room thinking to himself.
"Yeah Ranma just needed a drink." Akane said with a smile before taking a sip.
"Hey 'Kane..." Ranma started trying to find the right words.
"What's up Ranma?" Akane asked after placing her cup on the counter and turning back toward him.
"Wouldyaliketagooutwithmeonsaturday?" Ranma asked quickly as he put his hand behind his head and laughed nervously. Akane shook her head as she tried to figure out what he had just said and when she did she smiled up at him.
"I would love to Ranma." Akane said as her smiled cause him to blush and lose himself in her eyes.
"Okay then I should go back to bed." Ranma said after a moment and turned heading out of the room. Akane just watched his retreating back and she shook her head at him before heading toward her room as well.
As she headed through the hallway Akane turned and watched her leave but she didn't notice her. Where in the world is she going at this hour? Akane wondered to herself as she turned and went inside her room.
"Oh be quiet Sailor Moon." Mars said sticking out her tongue. Sailor Moon just blew raspberries at her in retaliation causing the other scouts to shake their heads at them.
"So we finally meet." A voice called out starting the scouts and they turned to see a woman hovering in the air not far off from where they were standing. She had long wavy black hair and wore a soldier's uniform that looked familiar although the scouts couldn't place it.
"Who are you?" Sailor Jupiter demanded as she got into a ready stance in case the woman decided to attack.
"My name is Starlite I believe you have already met my husband." The woman said with a grin as the scouts tried to figure out who she was talking about.
"The four generals." Sailor Moon said softly after a few moments.
"Huh?" Mars asked turning toward her confused.
"Her uniform looks like one Zoisite wore." Moon explained nodding toward her.
"You're right it does." Venus said nodding in agreement.
"Okies so you're part of the negaverse but who's your husband?" Mercury asked turning her attention back to the woman in front of them.
"Jedite." Starlite spoke just the one word as the girls' eyes grew to the size of the saucers.
"Whatever happened to him anyways?" Moon asked after a moment when she realized they never knew his fate.
"He was stuck in a glass coffin by Queen Beryl but now with the energy I am collecting I will set him free and we will have our revenge on you." Starlite swore before she disappeared.
"Lovely." Moon said shaking her head as she turned and started back toward her home while the scouts headed toward their own.
