Jeffrey "OneShot" Wong

Just Won't Die: Spinoff 3



The Ranma that you know from my `Just won't die' series will be named 
AngelRanma once he and his other self meet.





     At Jusenkyo, Ranma scooped a flask full of the nanichuan and smiled, "My 
younger self'll really happy to get this," He then walked over toward another 
spring and scooped the water out of that and into several tiny flasks, "All 
right, I've got the cures for both Ranma, Mousse, Ryoga, and Shampoo. It's too 
bad it'll seem like a slap in the face when I remove the curse right before I 
leave," 
  Ranma turned toward Urd who was standing nearby. Rei was there too.
  "So, you're going to check in to what happens with that world after I prevent 
the Nerima Massacre?" he asked the goddess.
  Urd nodded, "Yes. I'll check in to its future. I should be able to tell right 
right away, but considering I'm kinda of new at being God, y'know the deal,"
  Ranma chuckled, "Funnily enough, I actually do and can relate. Man, I'm 
looking forward to going back there. I've been through a lot," Ranma said, "I 
wanna have myself a lil vacation,"
  "Who the hell considering is a vacation going to a different worlds and 
altering its destiny?" Urd said in annoyance, "People who want a vacation 
usually go to the beach or something like that, not going to a different world,"
  "Beach? Been there, done that," Ranma waved a dismissive hand.
  Urd shook here head. This human was so unpredicatable.
  "Look, I thank you for giving me the role of God," Urd said, "So I owe you. 
Have fun,"
  Ranma smiled, "Thanks,"
  Urd sighed once again before she snapped her fingers.
  He placed the flasks into his pocket and added, looking over his shoulder at 
the wings protruding from his back, "Gee, I wonder if I should keep these 
wings? Oh well, who cares? It's not like I'm gonna stay there anyway. 
I'm only allowed to prevent the Nerima Massacre,"
  He looked at Rei, "Rei, are you sure you wanna come? You don't need to 
if you don't want. We're going to be staying there for over a week before the 
event occurs, eight days to be exact,"
  "Yes, I want to come,"
  Ranma smiled, "All right,"
  He shed a tear on the mirror and, in a flash of light, disappeared.

  In a flash of light high above the morning sky, Ranma and Rei 
appeared, Rei held tautly in his arms.
  "Nanban mirror express, it's the only way to travel," he smirked, 
angling his body straight toward the ground far far below. It took him 
only a second to realize that he was indeed in Nerima and that the house 
far below was the old house he used to reside in.
  "Damn, there's me," Ranma chuckled to Rei, seeing his other self in 
the backyard as he sparred with his father.
  Just mere meters from hitting the ground with bone breaking impact, Ranma 
stretched his wings out far from his body and hovered down to the 
ground, landing on his two feet with grace, looking like an angel that 
he just ben sent down by heaven.
  AngelRanma smiled at Ranma and Genma as the two of them stopped their 
sparring to gape at the newcomer. Ranma's eyes widened as he relaized 
that the person before him looked like an exact replica of himself 
except with angelic wings. 
  He placed down Rei and turned toward her, "Well, this is my past,"
  "W-what the?" Ranma muttered, eyes wide. 
  Behind him, Nabiki, Soun, and Kasumi rushed out of the house. Akane 
was still on her morning jog.
  AngelRanma looked at the three people that emerged from the house and 
a tear fell from his eyes. He hadn't seen them in the longest time. 
Without even bothering to answer a question his younger self had asked 
him, AngelRanma rushed forward and grabbed all three of them up in a 
giant embrace.
  "God, how I've missed all of you," AngelRanma said, filled with joy, 
swinging them around.
  He continued to do this for a moment before he finally released them 
and smiled warmly.
  "It's a long story,"

  "This is so farfetched that I'm having problems believing this," Ranma 
muttered, his head hurting.
  AngelRanma chuckled, "I know. It's complicated, but that's basically 
how it goes. I'm from the future, and I'm here to prevent somethin' 
really bad from happening,"
  "Okay, fine, let's take that as a given," Nabiki said, "But what about 
your wings? Where did they come from? It doesn't really explain you,"
  AngelRanma took a deep breath and said, "All right. I'll put this in 
the most simplest terms possible. A short time from now, everyone here 
except for Ranma and Ryoga will be killed by these machines called 
boomers. Thirty years after that, I come back and seek revenge and 
destroy the corporation that created them. After that, I head toward 
China to find the cure and manage to come across a box that somehow 
magically transported me to another world. While there, I fought these 
messengers of god called Angels, which I happen to be."
  "What do you mean by-" Nabiki began asking.
  "Will you jus' lettme explain first?" AngelRanma said.
  Nabiki seemed to shut up, but she glared at AngelRanma, not liking him 
one bit and that attitude of his.
  AngelRanma smirked at Nabiki, challenging her but then said, "Jeez. 
Anyway, while I was on that world, I managed to bring several people 
back to this world, the future version of this world. While they were 
here, a girl named Asuka wanted to go back to her world, using the 
nanban mirror to change the past, which is pretty much what I'm doing 
right now with this world. Anyway, while there, we managed to change the 
past, but I died in the process,"
  "Y-you, I-I, died?" Ranma muttered, eyes wide.
  "Yeah, I died," AngelRanma said with a wave of the hand, "Anyway, on 
that world, I was born from this thing called an Evangelion, which were 
human creations used to fight the Angels. So, here I was, on that world, 
not knowing what was going on. While there, I fought the final Angel, 
who came in the form of Saffron,"
  "S-Saffron?" Ranma asked, eyes wide. It sent a shiver down his spine.
  "Yep," AngelRanma nodded, "Now if ya don't mind, lettme finish my 
story. Anyway, I fought Saffron except this Saffron was very 
different from the one I remember fighting. Basically, picture a Saffron 
that has transformed completely but retained his human-like form and 
that's what I fought. Because I was at such a disadvantage because I 
couldn't fly like him, I egged him into throwing his wings at me and 
simply caught them. Yes, Ranma, I caught them. After I caught `em, I 
used those wings as my own because, since he's an Angel, and I'm an 
Angel, it allowed for me to take in his wings and use `em as my own. 
Thus, that's how I got the wings. Well, after that, I came back to my 
world where I found out that my real self has died and learned to live 
with it and the fact that I'm a clone. Well, after learning to live with 
it, I realized that it was getting boring back on my world so I decided 
to come back to this world to stop all of that from happening and so 
Ranma here won't hafta go through the same shit, yes guys, I swear alot, 
that I went through. Any question?"
  Everyone seemed to ask at once.
  "What about you?" Nabiki asked, everyone quieting down. She was 
looking at Rei as she sat quietly next to Ranma. "What's your story?"
  "I am Rei Ayanami," Rei said softly. 
  AngelRanma placed a hand over Rei's shoulder and smiled, "She and I 
are good friends,"
    
  "So, you're eighty, huh?" Ranma asked. He was walking on the fence 
while Rei and AngelRanma and Akane were walking on the street. 
AngelRanma didn't have his wings, having removed them when he was at the 
Tendo's house. It was an odd thing because he can actually choose to have them 
retract in to his back if he wanted to. But for some odd reasons, he preferred 
not to. Perhaps removal of the wings that way made him feel truly human.
  AngelRanma shrugged his shoulders and said, "I'm somewhere around 
there. I lost track after sixty or so. It's not like it really matters 
anyway. Time doesn't mean anything to me anymore. Heck, I don't even 
remember my birthday anymore because I haven't celebrated it since 
everyone died, which was a long long long time ago,"
  Akane and Ranma were silent.
  "Oh, I forgot something," AngelRanma reached into his pocket and took 
out a flask, "Here's the nanichuan. Although I know you don't really 
give a damn about the curse, I also know that you wouldn't mind being 
cured of it. Here. This is the nanichuan."
  "I-it is?!" Ranma asked, eyes wide.
  AngelRanma nodded, "Yep. Go on and splash yourself with it and go take 
jump into a lake to test it out. Better yet, lettme do that for ya,"
  AngelRanma splashed Ranma with the water from the flask and pushed him 
off the fence where he went tumbling down and into the water down below. 
  Akane, seeing this, in a fit of anger, brough a mallet out of nowhere 
and struck AngelRanma on the head as he looked over the fence at the 
water below. When he felt Akane's mallet, he turned around and smirked, 
"I don't think so, Akane. Your mallets won't hurt me one bit. Besides, 
you're too slow to hit me anyway,"
  She took a step back. She had seen this red barrier form around him 
just a split second before it was supposed to actually hit him. When she 
realized what AngelRanma had said, she started getting more angry.
  AngelRanma chuckled a bit, "Man, you're just like the Akane I know,"
  Ranma resurfaced, and shouted out out, "What the hell didja do that 
for?!" He suddenly realized that his voice sounded the same. He looked 
down at his chest and realized that he didn't have any breasts. "I-I'm 
c-cured! I-I'm still a man!!!"
  AngelRanma turned toward Ranma and smirked, "Yep,"
  Ranma jumped out of the water, back over the fence, and hugged 
AngelRanma. He started laughing, relieved to be finally cured as he 
said, "Even though I'm a guy and guys don't hug other guys, I think 
hugging myself doesn't really count! Thank you!!"
  AngelRanma turned toward Akane and smirked, "Hey, Akane, you jealous 
that I'm getting more attention from Ranma than you are?"
  Akane blushed.
  Ranma released his grip and took a step back, composing himself. He 
was blushing a bit.
  "Hey, Rei, you hungry?" AngelRanma asked, "Let's go get something to 
eat,"
  "All right," she said, quiet until now. 
  "How come you go out and buy something to eat?" Akane commented. "Why 
didn't you just eat breakfast like the rest of us?" She wondered what 
was wrong with Kasumi's cooking that AngelRanma would have refused. 
  AngelRanma nodded, "Because it wouldn't be fair for Rei if I ate and 
she didn't,"
  "What do ya mean?" Ranma asked.
  "I dislike meat," she replied softly.
  Together, they walked of in a random direction, indulging themselves 
in a meanigful conversation that Akane felt a bit jealous about toward 
Rei. 
  Ranma looked at Akane.
  "I'm cured! I'm cured!" Ranma seemed to start dancing around, the 
biggest smile on his face. He even went as far as to wrapping his arms 
around Akane in his fit of joy and swinging her around in a circle. It 
wasn't until after he realized what he was doing did he stop.
  "Um, s-sorry," Ranma said, blushing a bit.
  "It's okay," she said softly, her heart beating rapidly. Wanting to 
change the subject, said then said, "H-he's very different from you, 
Ranma,"
  "Yes, he is," Ranma smirked, "And I noticed some other things, too,"
  "Like what?"
  "That I'm gonna be damn handsome when I grow up," Ranma chuckled. 
  Akane looked at Ranma wryly and said in a sarcastic voice,
  "My, aren't we humble today?"

  AngelRanma and Rei sat at a restaurant. Everyone seemed to be glancing 
in their direction. 
  "They all seem to recognize you," Rei commented.
  "Well, they think I'm the other Ranma," AngelRanma said with a shrug 
of his shoulders, "So, they're getting suspicious seeing me with someone 
like you. They're probably thinking that you're another one of my 
fiancees,"
  Rei blushed a bit, "Y-your fiancee? Me?"
  He nodded, "Yep. Don't worry about it. Just ignore them. If I remember 
correctly, this whole town's weird. It's best to ignore everyone and the 
stares,"
  "All right,"
  The waiter came and they ordered their meal. Everyone continued to 
eat.
  AngelRanma smirked. He turned toward everyone and said, "Hey, what's 
so interestin' about us? So what if I'm sitting here with someone. If 
she's my fiancee, then so be it. It's none of your business anyway,"
  Rei blushed a bit and said. What are fiancees supposed to do, she 
wondered.
  He turned toward Rei and smiled, "Hey, what do you want to do after 
tonight? First off, we have to find a place to stay for around a week 
because we have eight days to kill. After that, we can say hi to some of the 
people from my past,"
  "That sounds fine with me," 

  AngelRanma and Rei walked down the streets together, talking to one 
another, AngelRanma doing most of the talking, but Rei actually chatting 
back, something she rarely did. They arrived at AngelRanma's old school.
  "Well, this is my old school," he said, "This place is one of the main 
causes of the problems in my childhood. For instance, there was this guy 
named....what was his name, Kuno....he would always challenge me because 
he thinks I stole Akane from him. We would fight everyday,"
  "Ranma!" Akane called out, having noticed AngelRanma standing in the 
courtyard with Rei from her classroom window. It was the middle of the 
school day and everyone was having lunch. There was no teacher around.
  Several students by the window looked out at what Akane was looking 
at. A moment later, they turned their gaze at their classmate, Ranma.
  "T-there's t-two Ranmas!" a student said, twitching a bit. 
  Ranma, leaning back in his seat, got up and walked up to the window and 
called out, "Hey, Ranma, how're you and Rei doing? Came to visit?"
  AngelRanma called out in reply, "Yeah. I just wanted to show Rei my 
old school. We'll be outta your way," He turned toward Rei, "As you can 
tell, this school, like every other school around, looks the same. You 
know how the saying goes, if you've seen `em once, you've seen `em all,"
  Rei said softly, "You're right,"
  At that moment, a huge dust trail emerged from around the side of the 
school. 
  AngelRanma looked at it curiously, wondering what the hell it was. 
  "Hey, that's Happousei!" Ranma said as he peered out the window. He 
could clearly see the little pervert and the mob of girls following 
closely behind, intent on killing him. "Ranma, that's Happousei!"
  AngelRanma turned toward Rei, a happy smile on his face, "Hey, Rei, 
it's Happousei!"
  "Who is he?" she asked.
  AngelRanma replied, "Rei, can you do me a favor and just step aside 
for a moment. I don't want you getting hurt," 
  The dustrail could be seen getting closer and closer to them now. Rei 
did as she was told, stepping off to the side and by the tree located by the 
entrance to the courtyard. When she was several yards away from AngelRanma, he 
grinned as he casually walked toward the incoming dusttrail.
  "What the hell's he doing?" Akane asked Ranma.
  Ranma shrugged his shoulders. He didn't turn his attention away from 
the window. This was too interesting. He wondered what AngelRanma was 
capable of. He wanted to see him and Happousei clash and see the 
outcome.
  "What a haul! What a haul!!" Happousei said gleefully, running along, 
a bagful of bra and panties slung over his shoulder. He turned his 
attention away from the mob of girls and toward the front when he saw 
AngelRanma.
  "Hey!" AngelRanma said with a big grin, remembering the old times "Stop 
you pervert!!!"
  Happosei grinned as he reached into his outfit and pulled out a bomb. 
It was best to rid this nuisance with his Happodaikarin. He threw the 
bomb at AngelRanma who casually caught it.
  "Have a nice day!" Happousei laughed at AngelRanma, not even realizing 
that it wasn't the same Ranma he knew. He stopped dead in his tracks 
when he saw AngelRanma, still grinning, snuf out the fuse with his index 
finger and thumb.
  Happousei came to a sliding halt, shocked. Nothing like this had ever 
happened.
  "H-he put out the fuse!" Akane said with a gasp.
  "Gee, why didn't I ever think of that!" Ranma said, revelated. He 
realized that what he had just seen AngelRanma show him a fatal flaw to 
Happousei's bombs.
  AngelRanma walked forward toward the shocked Happousei and picked him 
up. It wasn't until Happousei was off his feet before he realized that 
AngelRanma was holding him and that a mob of girls would be here at any 
moment to pummel him.
  "Lettgo of me!!!" Happousei said, starting to sweat.
  AngelRanma continued to grin. "Nope,"
  Happousei pulled out his pipe and hooked it around AngelRanma's 
extended arm, only to have his piped swiftly grabbed out of his tiny 
hand.
  "Oh no!" AngelRanma taunted, making Happousei realize the inevitable 
"The girls are gonna be here any second! They're gonna kill you! You 
better do something!"
  "Damn!!" Ranma muttered from his classroom, "Happousei's no match for 
my older self!! This is so cool!! That old lech is gonna get what's 
coming to him!!"
  He watched as AngelRanma flicked the pipe away and grabbed hold of 
Happousei's bag of bras and panties. He held it out toward the mob of 
girls, all carrying blunt objects, came to a halt in front of them. 
"Here are your things,"
  Happousei said, "What are you doing?! Don't give them 
back....OUR....haul!"
  AngelRanma facefaulted. He didn't like that.
  The girls glared at AngelRanma. 
  "Why you!!" the girls shouted out "You're in it with the old lech!!! 
We always knew you were a pervert, Ranma!!!"
  "Why that dirty little...." Ranma muttered from his classrom. He 
turned toward Akane, "He's making me look like a pervert!!"
  "Look!" Akane said.
  Ranma turned toward the courtyard where he saw AngelRanma walking 
backwards, using Happousei as a human shield, holding him in front of a 
blunt objects that have been swung toward his own head. It was amazing. 
Happousei was getting pummelled by the girls while AngelRanma continued 
to swing him back and forth, to and fro, having him take every blow from 
the angry girls.
  AngelRanma was laughing. This sure brought back memories. After 
several moments, he let go of Happousei and walked away. When several 
girls swung some blunt object at him, he simply grabbed the weapon and 
yanked it out of the girls' hands. Realizing they wouldn't be able to 
get to AngelRanma, they went back to pummelling Happousei for several 
moments before they finally got tired and went back to their gym class.
  AngelRanma looked down at the now deformed Happousei, who was 
twitching.
  "You still alive?" he asked.
  "You'll pay for this, Ranma!!!" Happousei said, getting up to his 
feet, his battle aura glowing. "You ruined a perfectly good haul of 
mine!!! You know what I'm going to do?"
  AngelRanma shrugged his shoulders, "What?"
  "I'm gonna steal myself some more," Happousei said before walking off.
  AngelRanam fell to the ground. After a moment he got to his feet and 
walked over to Rei, who was sitting down by the tree. He sat down next 
to her.
  "That was rather interesting," Rei commented softly.
  "That's Happousei," AngelRanma said, "He's the local pervert. He 
steals women's underwear for some reason. When I was young, I spent most 
of my free time trying to stop him,"
  "Ranma, why are you out here? You should be in class like everyone 
else!" Hinako-sensei said.
  AngelRanma looked up at the little girl with the long brown hair and 
was in the yellow dress. He said, "Who the hell are you?"
  "How dare you talk to your teacher like that!" Hinako-sensei said.
  "Teacher?" AngelRanma's eyes widened, "Oh! You're my teacher! Hinako-
sensei, right?" He turned toward Rei, "She's my teacher from when I was 
young. I remember her now." 
  "Ranma!" Hinako-sensei said.
  He turned back toward Hinako and got up. "You're the one that absorb 
my battle aura, right? Cool! Do it to me! Absorb all of my battle aura! 
For old time's sake! I forgot how it feels like!"
  Hinako took a step back. What's wrong with him, she thought. Is he 
some kinda masochist? He usually avoided it. She didn't really know what 
to do. Something like this had never happened to her before. She then 
realized something.
  "You just want me to absorb your battle aura so I change into adult 
form! You're such a pervert!" she said.
  "Eh?" AngelRanma said, confused. This wasn't turning out as he was 
expected. He always thought Hinako-sensei enjoyed absorbing his battle 
aura when he had been young. He just looked up at Hinako, not really 
knowing what to do.
  After a moment, he shrugged his shoulders. He turned toward Rei, "Hey, 
Rei, I'm hungry,"
  "Again? But we just ate," Rei said, a bit surprised.
  Hinako looked at Rei, "I don't think I've ever seen you before. Who 
are you?"
  "I am Rei Ayanami,"
  "You must be a delinquent," Hinako-sensei said, "Anyone who associates 
with Ranma here must be one,"
  "So that means you're a delinquent too, ne?" AngelRanma said. He 
preferred this kind of battle, a battle or words. It was a lot less 
confrontational but every bit as effective. "I mean, afterall, you 
associate with me. You talk to me.....like you are now,"
  Hinako said nothing. AngelRanma was right. 
  "Well, you get to class before I get angry," Hinako-sensei finally 
said.
  AngelRanma's eyes lit up, "If you do, does that mean you'll absorb my 
battle aura? Cool!"
  "No, I won't. Just because you want me to, then I won't," Hinako-
sensei said.
  "Shit, what the hell's going on here?" AngelRanma muttered, "You're 
givin' me a headache! Make up yer mind,"
  Hinako was taken aback by AngelRanma's tone of voice. She was also 
taken aback by his vulgar use of language. Not really knowing what to 
do, she started to cry.
  "You made her cry," Rei commented, looking toward Ranma. "That's not 
nice,"
  "This sucks," he muttered to himself.

  "Why am I in class?!" AngelRanma muttered from his seat, "I'm over 
seventy years old!! Why do me and Rei hafta be here?!"
  AngelRanma and Rei were in Ranma and Akane's classroom. Hinako had 
dragged AngelRanma to class, thinking he was going to skip class if he 
stayed outside. Rei had followed behind. AngelRanma, not wanting to hit 
Hinako-sensei, had obediently followed her to the classroom. It wasn't 
until after he was seated and Hinako-sensei started teaching did he 
realize she really thought he was her student.
  "Hey, teach! Can't you see two Ranmas in here?" AngelRanma said.
  "If you wish to speak, raise your hand," Hinako-sensei said. "I will 
not tolerate disobedience in my classroom,"
  AngelRanma's eyes lit up, "Does that mean you're gonna absorb my 
battle aura, then?!"
  Hinako-snesei glared at AngelRanma, "No!" 
  He raised his hand.
  "Yes, Ranma?" she asked.
  "Dontcha notice there are two Ranmas in this classroom?" AngelRanma 
asked, "Doesn't that seem strange?"
  "It doesn't matter," she responed, "Ranma Saotome is in my class at 
this time. And since you are Ranma Saotome, and the other one is also 
Ranma Saotome, that means the both of you have to be in my class,"
  AngelRanma said, "And what about Rei? Why is she here? Do you see her 
name on the call-out sheet? She ain't even one of yer students,"
  "Raise your hand," Hinako-sensei said.
  AngelRanma muttered a swear word to himself and raised his hands.
  "Yes, Ranma?"
  "What about Rei?" AngelRanma said, "She doesn't even go to this school. 
Why is she here?"
  "That's because she's wearing the same school outfit as ours," Hinako-
sensei said, "It clearly shows that she goes to the same school. It's 
obvious that she is in the same grade as Akane and the others,"
  AngelRanma found himself losing the argument. He then raised his hand 
again.
  "Yes, Ranma?" Hinako-sensei asked, a bit impatient. "This is your last 
question. I wish to get back to teaching class,"
  "Can I goto the bathroom?" AngelRanma asked. He would simply never 
come back. He would tell Rei to do the same when he walked past her 
desk.
  "It's may I goto the bathroom," Hinako-sensei corrected him.
  "Fine, may I goto the bathroom?"
  "No, you may not,"
  "Argh,"
  
  AngelRanma and Ranma were both standing outside in the hallway, both 
holding a bucket of water in there hands.
  "That's what happens when we talk in class," Ranma commented.
  "I'm not even in that class!" AngelRanma said, "All I wanted to do was 
ask you when class ended, that's all. I didn't know that the teacher was 
going to see us,"
  "Well, now that you're out here, why not ditch?" Ranma asked. "It's 
not like you goto this school anyway,"
  "Yeah, but Rei's inside," AngelRanma said, "I don't wanna leave her 
alone. She doesn't know her way around. Besides, I've only gotta stay 
out here till class ends, which'll be in about ten minutes,"
  There was a moment of silence.
  "Um, have you seen Shampoo or Ukyo yet?" Ranma asked, wanting to keep 
the conversation going. He found his older self quite interesting. He 
wondered if he would turn out like this when he was older. There was 
this ever present aura to AngelRanma that Ranma could feel constantly, 
this aura of power and intelligence.
  "Nope," AngelRanma replied, "I'll see `em later, after school. I'll 
just hang around town until I bump into `em. Either that or just visit 
their restaurant,"
  Ranma shrugged his shoulders. With AngelRanma around, perhaps he would 
actually have a quiet night at home for a change.

  AngelRanma and Rei arrived at the Tendo home along with Nabiki, Ranma, 
and Akane. They were all greeted by Kasumi before they went inside.
  "You're not obligated to do anything. We can find our way around 
town," AngelRanma said, "We'll find a place to stay,"
  "It's fine," Akane offered, "I don't think our parents will mind. I 
mean, you are, technically, part of the family, right?"
  "Not necessarily," AngelRanma said, "The real Ranma died a long time 
ago. Remember that. I just happen to be his counterpart,"
  "You're freaking me out here, Ranma," Ranma muttered, "What kinda 
thinking is that? That's almost depressing. Heck, Now that I think about 
it, I am getting depressed because my future self died..."
  "There's no real need to think of it in terms like that," AngelRanma 
said, "You'll do just fine. You're gonna experience a totally different 
timeline than from myself. You can think of it as an alternate 
universe," He turned toward Rei, "Rei, what do you think about it? You 
want us to stay or perhaps rent a hotel and sleep there together?"
  Akane glared at AngelRanma.
  "It doesn't bother me," she replied softly.
  "Y-you two sleep together?" Ranma asked, almost shocked. He figured 
his older self and Rei seemed to have something going, but nothing like 
this. Also, he couldn't really tell what AngelRanma found all that 
appealing about Rei either. But then again, this is a different Ranma.
  Rei blushed. Akane turned her glare at AngelRanma. 
  AngelRanma looked at Ranma, "You've got some sicko mind. I can't 
believe I was as perverted as you when I was your age,"
  Rei looked up at AngelRanma curiously, "But you're even more perverted 
now than before,"
  AngelRanma's eyes widened, "Eh? Me? No I'm not!"
  Akane glared at him, "Figures. I figured you would turn out to be a 
pervert!"
  "What?!" AngelRanma and Ranma almost shouted in unison, "Take that 
back!"
  "I ain't no pervert!" AngelRanma said. "If you really wanna know the 
truth, the girls that I'm friends with are perverts. They steal my 
underwear!"
  "They were searching through your draws for the nanban mirror," Rei 
correctly him softly.
  AngelRanma was silent. He looked at Rei, "You're not making my life 
any easier. Fine, give one example of me being a pervert,"
  "You peeped on Asuka," Rei answered.
  "So what? It was by accident! And you peeped on Shinji,"
  Rei blushed.
  "Who's Asuka? Who's Shinji?" Ranma asked, curious.
  "Nevermind," AngelRanma said. He looked at Rei, "Okay, fine, you have 
me-"  
  "You also peeped on Misato," Rei continued, "And climbed over the 
fence that seperated the male side from the female side of the hot 
springs,"
  "All right..."
  "And don't forget Ritsuko, Nene, Sylia, Linna, Priss, and even 
Madigan. And Madigan's a married woman," she continued.
  "All right, we getcha!" AngelRanma quickly said.
  "Oh man, my future self is a pervert," Ranma muttered in disbelief. 
"I'm gonna grow up to be a pervert..." That seemed to really put a 
damper on his day. Today was supposed to be the happiest day in his life 
because he was finally cured, but finding all of this out brought his 
day down dramatically.
  AngelRanma shrugged his shoulders, "All right. Fine, I'm a bit 
perverted. So what? I'm a guy. That's explains it,"
  "A guy? What kinda lousy excuse is that?" Akane said, getting angry, 
her hands clenching.
  AngelRanma said, "Hey, so what? I'm a bit more perverted. I swear more 
often. I'm more arrogant. But I also have some good qualities,"
  "Like?" Akane asked.
  "Um..........well...........er........." 
  AngelRanma couldn't think of anything.

  AngelRanma and Akane were standing before each other in the dojo. 
Ranma and Rei were standing off to the side.
  "I don't really want to spar," AngelRanma said.
  "Well, I do," Akane said. She lashed out with a vicious kick at 
AngelRanma, only to have it deftly caught by him. And instant later, she 
found herself falling bodily to the ground, quickly rolling backwards to 
safety and back onto her feet.
  "I-I barely even saw him do that reaping throw!" Ranma gasped, amazed. 
"I barely even saw him grab Akane's leg," He turned toward Rei, "Um, what 
do you think?"
  Rei said nothing. She just watched AngelRanma intently. Ranma shrugged 
his shoulders and turned back to the match. 
  Ranma was assessing AngelRanma's moves. His moves were a lot more 
refined and made Ranma's own look awkward and very energy consuming. 
AngelRanma barely expended any energy when fighting in hand to hand 
combat and it showed. 
  When Akane got furious from all those failed attempts at hitting him 
and took that suicidal lunging punch toward him, she found herself now 
on the receiving end of AngelRanma's attack. It was a single attack.
  AngelRanma side stepped and stuck a foot out, causing Akane to trip 
over his extended foot. As she flailed her arms, desperately trying to 
stay afoot, AngelRanma grabbed an arm and kept her from slamming into 
the wall face first.
  "Enough?" AngelRanma asked. 
  Akane was breathing heavily, almost exhausted. "A-all right. I-I've 
had enough." She felt like she was going to cry. AngelRanma was light 
years beyond her fighting level. Several times, AngelRanma could've 
ended the fight. He had punched at her, stopping at the last moment so 
that she could feel the wind as it whooshed past her body. She shuddered 
at the thought of the amount of damage AngelRanma could do if one of 
those punches had connected.
  AngelRanma smiled, "Well, it was fun,"
  Akane turned toward Ranma, "It's your turn,"
  "Me?" Ranma said, a bit shocked. 
  AngelRanma shrugged his shoulders, "If ya wanna take a whack at me, go 
ahead. Take your best shot,"
  Ranma also shurgged his shoulders, "All right. I guess so,"

  AngelRanma smirked, "All right, let's have some fun. However, let's make this 
interesting,"
  "What do you mean?" his younger counterpart asked, a bit curious.
  AngelRanma reached a hand and placed it on Ranma's shoulder. A second later, 
the two of them started glowing, AngelRanma's aura much brighter.
  "What are you doing?" Akane asked.
  "This is something I learned a while ago," he replied calmly, "You can use 
your ki to generate a protective barrier around ya. It helps cushion the blows 
much better,"
  "I can do that," Ranma commented.
  AngelRanma smiled, "All right, fine. Take a minute to gather up some ki,"
  "All right. Gathering ki is child's play," Ranma said confidently.
  "My, what a big ego we've got here," AngelRanma smirked, "I can't believe I 
was as cocky as you when I was your age,"
  Akane giggled. That was funny. She found it amusing to see Ranma's older self 
bringing his younger self's cofidence a notch or two.
  "Ha ha, real funny," Ranma gave a wry smirk. After a moment, he closed his 
eyes and said, "I'll show you what I'm capable of,"
  Ranma took a deep breath and started gathering his ki. Within moments, he 
could feel his body starting to grow hotter and hotter. It was the same 
sensation he would feel just moments before releasing a Mouko Takabisha.
  Akane watched this, eyes wide open. She had never seen this side of Ranma 
before. She had never even knew he was capable of gathering ki out of thin air, 
let alone to be able to do it at will. She could see this blue aura forming 
around Ranma, just like the blue one that had surrounded both him and AngelRanma 
a second ago.
  "Not bad," AngelRanma nodded in appreciation. He was definitely impressed. He 
didn't bother to let Ranma know that most of the ki growing around him seemed to 
diffuse from the bluish aura surrounding his older self.
  After a short moment, Ranma opened his eyes. His heart was racing. There was 
so much energy within him. He was glowing blue.
  "C'mon, keep on gathring more," AngelRanma said, "You're only a quarter way 
there,"
  Ranma's eyes widened quite a bit, "W-what? I-I can't! I feel like I'm about to 
explode as it is!"
  AngelRanma let out a breath in mock exasperation, "Fine, then I'll help you,"
  He closed his own eyes. Within moments, this massive blue aura formed around 
him. The aura dwarfed Ranma's own by extreme amounts. It continued to grow and 
grow, the dojo becoming blue from the glowing, flickering. 
  After about ten seconds, Akane took a tentative step back. Her heart was 
racing also. She could feel the ki seemingly enveloping her. She could see 
streams of blue flowing in from the open windows and door, some flowing through 
her fingertips as she reached out to touch it as it diffused into AngelRanma's 
body. 
  "Oh my god!" Ranma and Akane said in unison as the aura surrounding AngelRanma 
started glowing yellow.
  "You're seeing a whole new level of ki absorption," AngelRanma said, eyes 
still closed.
  "Jeez," Ranma said. He felt extremely excited. The thought of him becoming as 
powerful as AngelRanma made his heart beat yet even faster.
  Glowing white now, AngelRanma opened his eyes and reached a hand out and 
placed it on Ranma's shoulder. In an instant, the white aura surrounding 
AngelRanma seemed to seep into Ranma.
  Ranma stood extremely still, "W-w-what's h-happening to me?!" He was scared to 
move, as if he were a walking bomb and a single movement would cause him to 
exlode with nuclear devestation.
  AngelRanma, now glowing blue, smiled as he said, "I simply let ya borrow some 
of my own,"
  "T-this feeling is in-incredible!!" Ranma stammered, "I feel like-"
  "You're gonna explode?" AngelRanma smiled, "That's how you're supposed to feel 
right now. Right now, considering how much ki is inside of you, if you let loose 
a ki blast, you can kiss half this town goodbye,"
  "W-what?!?" Akane gasped.
  "Don't worry," AngelRanma said, "We'll just use the ki for protective 
purposes. Just don't shoot the damn ki and you'll be fine,"
  AngelRanma got into his battle stance, "All right, now let's get started,"
  "W-what?!" Ranma said.
  AngelRanma charged forward and crouched in front of his younger self, and then 
executing an uppercut right into Ranma's chin, sending him hurtling up and into 
the dojo ceiling where he bounced off and came falling back down. Before Ranma 
could landed on the dojo floor face first, an open hand palm shot out and hit 
him on the side of his face, causing him to go twisting in the air and landing 
on the dojo floor hard. The open hand strike AngelRanma had used had enough blow 
Ranma's brains out from the other side of his skull.
  "W-what are you doing?!?" Akane shouted when he noticed Ranma lying in a 
crumpled mess off on one side of the dojo.
  "Don't worry, he's fine," AngelRanma said, smiling.
  Akane knelt down next to Ranma and took hold of his hand, "Ranma, are you 
okay?"
  Ranma lay on his back, his eyes closed, still for several moments. When his 
eyes opened, he quickly flipped up to his feet, this massive grin on his face, 
"Holy smoke! What the hell just happened? If felt like you didn't even touch 
me!"
  "Exactly," AngelRanma nodded, "The ki's protecting ya. You'll be able to shrug 
off the most powerful attacks if you keep ki surrounding ya,"
  Ranma smirked, "I never knew it could be used this extensively. Thanks,"
  "Now that you learned one of the best uses of ki," the older Ranma said, 
"Let's see if you can do something useful with it. C'mon, let's see whatcha 
got,"
  "Here we go!!" Ranma charged right past a shocked Akane and at his older self, 
arm cocked back for a wicked punch. However, just a mere foot from AngelRanma, 
Ranma feigned the straight punch and weaved toward the right, ducking low toward 
the ground before coming back up with a right hook right at AngelRanma's head.
  AngelRanma, expecting to counterattack the initial punch, was caught off guard 
when Ranma feigned the punch and executed a perfect right hook toward his head. 
However, due to his reflexes, AngelRanma easily ducked it and counterattacked 
with his own right punch, his fist landing perfectly square on Ranma's face, 
sending him flying backwards several meters, coming to a sliding halt on the 
other side of the dojo.
  "That was good," AngelRanma smirked, "But not good enough,"
  Although he should be angry at having been so easily countered, Ranma couldn't 
help but feel exhilarated. Although the odds were impossible, he truly felt he 
had a chance of at least hitting AngelRanma once. Also, the taunting seemed to 
feel more like a jibe toward him instead of an insult.
  Ranma got to his feet. Although already having sustained blows that would had 
otherwise killed him, he remained unscathed. Only his clothes were rumpled. He 
dusted his clothes and got into his battle stance.
  AngelRanma gestured Ranma to initiate the next attack.
  Ranma charged at AngelRanma, moving at speeds unknown to himself until now, 
executing a perfect side kick toward AngelRanma's stomach, only to have it 
intercepted.
  "Bad move," AngelRanma chuckled, holding Ranma's foot between his hands. He 
then twisted it counterclockwise. Since there was nothing he could do due to the 
fact that his leg was twisted in a direction, Ranma's whole body went twisting 
through the air as he landed on his side.
  Flipping back up to his feet, Ranma pressed on. He performed a lunging right 
punch, only to have it intercepted and then shoulder thrown to the floor, hard. 
However, the moment his back hit the floor, one of Ranma's leg lashed out toward 
AngelRanma's leg, missing the countersweep by mere inches.
  "Nice," AngelRanma commented, standing on one leg. The other leg was off the 
ground, lifted just moments before Ranma's foot would had swepted it out from 
under him.
  "Damn, you're fast," Ranma commented, getting to his feet. He wasn't one bit 
frustrated at this fact though, "Why dontcha attack me for a change? All you're 
doing is waiting for me to attack so you can either counter attack or execute a 
reversal,"
  AngelRanma chuckled, "God, you're real good. I'm surprised you caught on so 
quickly. We've always had a knack for noticing these things in a fight, huh?"
  Ranma nodded.
  "All right, I'll attack," AngelRanma took a battle stance. It was an 
unorthodox stance, one that Ranma had never seen before. His hands were right at 
his side, one foot in front of the other.
  Ranma took a defensive stance, expecting the attack, "C'mon,"
  From where Akane stood, AngelRanma seemed to disappear into thin air. A split 
second later, he reappeared and was coming to a sliding halt behind Ranma, his 
back toward him, in a low crouching position, his hands in front of him, as if 
he had attacked.
  Her gaze moved from where AngelRanma and onto Ranma. His arms where in front 
of him, one forearm covering his face and the other his chest. A split second 
later, she heard these invisible punches striking Ranma all over, his arms 
taking the brunt of the punishment.
  As if some unseen force had decided to have some fun, Ranma's body shook from 
the punches that had made it through, sending him twisting in place like a screw 
before he fell to the floor.
  "W-w-what the heck was t-that?" Ranma's stared up at the ceiling. All he 
remembered was seeing AngelRanma in front on him. A split second later, 
AngelRanma seemed to disappear. Only when he saw a brief image of AngelRanma 
charging him did Ranma manage to raise his arms in front of him, scared that 
AngelRanma had decided to shoulder ram him. However, to his surprised, 
AngelRanma seemed to disappear right though him, as if he were a ghost. A moment 
afterward, Ranma felt these invisible fists come crashing into his arms and 
chest and stomach.
  AngelRanma walked up to him and looked down, a smile on his face, "Just one of 
my attacks. Ya still ready for more?"
  Flipping to his feet, invigorated, Ranma shouted gleefully, "Hell yeah! That 
was awesome! Let's see what else you can do!"
  "I hafta admit," AngelRanma said, "You're the first person ever to actually 
manage to see the attack, let alone react in time to raise you arms up. It's 
just too bad, I can easily punch around your arms,"
  "Let's see more!"
  Shrugging his shoulders, "All right. If you insist,"
  He quickly dashed up to Ranma, staying low to the ground. With lightning speed 
beyond Ranma's reflexes, AngelRanma stood up and did a right hook, his fist 
landing true, following it with a backfist with the same hand. The power behind 
the first attack sent Ranma flying bodily toward the side, only to have it 
stopped by the backfist and sent in the other direction. 
  As Ranma was sent flying through the air, AngelRanma dashed forward and 
grabbed one of Ranma's feet, pulling him back toward him, "Where do you think 
you're going,"
  Pulling Ranma back with one arm, AngelRanma used his free arm and sent an 
elbow downward right into Ranma's chest, sending him right down into the floor 
where he actually bounced back into the air.
  Grinning, AngelRanma executed a devestating ax kick right into Ranma's chest 
before he had a chance to bounce that high, sending him crashing down into the 
dojo floor where he became embedded in it.  
  "The floor!!" Akane shouted, "Look what you did to the floor!!!"
  "Don't worry about it," AngelRanma said patiently, turning to face Akane, 
"I'll cover it. I brought more than enough money. Heck, I'll buy a new dojo if 
need be,"
  Akane said nothing. How was she to argue that?
  "Still," was all she managed to say after a moment.
  AngelRanma said, "Don't worry about it,"
  At that moment, AngelRanma received a devestating blow to the back of his 
head, the force of the attack sending him flying bodily forward and coming to a 
sliding halt several meters from where he stood. Quickly getting to his feet, he 
smirked when he saw Ranma standing where he had been a second ago, one of 
Ranma's arm still held forward from the punch he had executed.
  Rubbing the back of his head, "That was a nice punch. You and I both know that 
our back is the best and only way to take us out of action,"
  Ranma seemed to be in a state of shock from realizing he had actually managed 
to land that blow. However, he had to resort to hitting a person when his back 
had been turned to do so.
  AngelRanma waved a hand, "Yo, no need to blank out there, man. You only landed 
one attack,"
  "Yeah, but I landed it. I'm just surprised that I managed to get a hit in," 
Ranma said, his gaze moving from his fist and onto AngelRanma.
  Smiling, AngelRanma got back into his defensive stance, "Let's see if you can 
hit me again,"
  "You're on!"
  The moment Ranma said that, AngelRanma dashed forward landed an open hand 
strike right on Ranma's sturnum, sending him flying backwards to the other end 
of the dojo. 
  "Hee hee, ain't this fun? We're beating the hell outta each other and we're 
not even getting hurt," AngelRanma commented as he proceeded to kick at Ranma's 
ribs as Ranma tried to get to his feet.
  "It seems more like a one way beat down," Ranma commented as he continued to 
get pummelled.

  Ranma was angry, with himself. He felt like he had a better chance 
fighting Saffron and Herb and Taro at once. But there was one thing he 
was happy about after losing to AngelRanma. It was the thought that he 
would eventually become every bit as formidable as the opponent he had 
lost to.
  He and Akane and AngelRanma and Rei were in the dojo, sitting in the 
middle of the room. They were talking, awaiting Genma and Soun to get 
home. Nabiki and Kasumi went about their business in the house.
  "Actually, I think what I'm best at is ki-blast," AngelRanma grinned 
confidently, arrogantly.
  "You mean the Mouko Takabisha?" Ranma asked, a bit curious. "What 
about it?"
  "Um, well, basically, it's gotten so strong that it can easily take 
out buildings," AngelRanma said, "And that's just the weak ones. The 
stronger ones to much much more,"
  "How much more?" Ranma asked, very curious. He wanted to learn a super 
powerful ki-blast. He wanted to really shock Ryoga the next time he 
showed up around here. Not that he needed a new ki-blast to beging with.
  "Well, there's the seppukku version of it," he answered, "It's about 
as powerful as they come. Picture a nuclear bomb without the radiation. 
That's basically its power,"
  Ranma and Akane were very silent. They couldn't believe how powerful 
the blast had the potential of becoming.
  "It's only supposed to be used once. One guess on why it's called 
seppukku,"
  
  Shampoo appeared into the house through the back porch opening, while 
everyone was busy having dinner.
  AngelRanma's eye lit up, "Shampoo! You're here,"
  He got up from his plate of curry and walked over to Shampoo and 
hugged her. Shampoo, at the time, didn't notice the fact that there were 
two Ranmas sitting around the table. When she found herself being held 
in Ranma's arms, she felt like she was in heaven. 
  "My, this is interesting," Nabiki commented. "Akane, aren't you going 
to do something?"
  Shampoo quickly hugged him back, "Aiya, Shampoo so happy,"
  AngelRanma's face was caved in by Akane's fist. When Akane pulled her 
hand away, she looked a bit embarrassed. It had been a reflex action. 
  "What'd ya do that for?" Ranma asked Akane. He wondered if AngelRanma 
was all right. That punch looked like it must have really hurt. 
  AngelRanma, glared at Akane for a moment as he released his embrace of 
Shampoo. After Akane faltered under his gaze, he turned toward Rei, 
"Rei, this is Shampoo. She's the one that owns that chinese restaurant, 
the Nekehanten, that I mentioned to you,"
  Shampoo turned toward the person her future husband was talking to. 
She glared at Rei, "Who are you?"
  "I am Rei Ayanami," she replied.
  Shampoo glared at her with hostile intent. After a moment, she turned 
her gaze toward the violent tomboy that struck her beloved fiancee. She 
froze when she caught sight of another Ranma standing right next to 
Akane.
  "W-what going on here?" Shampoo asked. She looked at Ranma, then at 
the Ranma she was holding, and then back at Ranma. All she knew was that 
something wasn't right here.
  "It's a long story," AngelRanma said softly.
  
  "So you from future?" Shampoo asked. She had heard AngelRanma's entire 
story.
  AngelRanma nodded, "Yep,"
  Shampoo was very silent for a moment. After a while, she shrugged her 
shoulders and glomped onto AngelRanma.
  "What the?" he gasped, shocked.
  "Shampoo so happy, now there two Ranma Shampoo can marry. Two is 
better than one," she said.
  "You've gotta be kiddin' me," he muttered. He was about to struggled 
free but decided it wasn't worth the effort. Instead, he hugged her 
back, "Well, it's nice to see you after all these years,"
  Akane planted her fist in AngelRanma's face.
  Ranma said, "Jeez, why'd you do that yet again?"
  Akane blushed and said nothing.
  "Hey, quit hitting me," AngelRanma said, looking at Akane. He looked 
down at the still glomping Shampoo, "Um, you can let go of me now,"
  Shampoo let go.
  AngelRanma looked at Akane again, "Quit hitting me. I ain't the same 
Ranma you know. I'm different,"
  Akane said nothing. She seemed to pay a keen attention toward the 
floor.
  AngelRanam quickly came up with something, "Um, besides, I have a 
fiancee, and it ain't the Akane in my future,"
  "You do?!" everyone seemed to say in unison. Kasumi seemed to be the 
only one not surprised by this.
  AngelRanma smiled and placed an arm around Rei's shoulder, "It's Rei," 
That should get 'em off my back, he thought.
  Rei blushed. She was his fiancee? She didn't know that. Was that what 
Ranma meant back there, in the restaurant, that he didn't care if people 
thought they were fiancees? 
  Her heart started racing. Was this how if felt to be someone's 
fiancee?
  Nabiki wa the first to compose herself. She smiled inwardly. 
AngelRanma was lying. She knew it.
  "All right, if she's your fiancee, then kiss her," Nabiki smirked.
  "Nabiki!!" Akane nearly shouted at her. She found herself glaring at 
her sister, angry at her for saying something like that. 
  AngelRanma faltered for a moment. He had forgotten about how in 
control Nabiki was. She was the real brains of this household.
  He immediately composed himself and said, "All right,"
  Nabiki's eyes widened.
  AngelRanma turned toward Rei, who was just staring at him, not knowing 
what to do. She remember once asking Ranma if it was all right that they 
kiss, because she had been curious, but he had simply offered her a hug 
instead. Now, he was going to kiss her. What was she to do? 
  She did what she remembered having seen on television before. She 
closed her eyes and waited for his kiss.
  AngelRanma's heart was racing rapidly as he leaned forward toward Rei. 
Oh god, I really have to go through with this, he thought. I mean, I've 
been around for about eighty year and she's only fifteen. 
  He looked at Rei as she waited for him to kiss her. Damn, I never 
truly realized this, but she's really cute, damn cute. But I must be 
some perverted old man to kiss a young girl like her, I am, around 
eighty afterall.
  He smiled. Actually, he saw nothing wrong in kissing Rei. He would be 
honored to be able to kiss a sweet girl such as Rei. He was a lucky man.
  Everyone seemed to notice AngelRanma's warm smile. They all suddenly 
realized that he was for real, especially Akane and Shampoo.
  He leaned forward to kiss her, but Nabiki spoke up, "Um, all right. 
I....we believe you," This had been one of rare moments she had actually 
been shocked. 
  "You two don't need to kiss," Akane quickly said.
  "Yeah, Shampoo hit Ranma if Ranma kiss girl,"
  AngelRanma seemed to actually get a bit angry, "Jeez, what's wrong 
with you people? You want me to kiss her or not?"
  "I do," Rei said softly, so softly that only she could hear. She had 
always liked Ranma. He had been very kind to her. She knew she had 
feeling for him, but wasn't really too sure how far those feelings went. 
It was best to find out first hand.
  "I will not have you, or any Ranma for that matter, kissing anyone but 
my daughter, Akane," Soun spoke up.
  "Is that a threat?" AngelRanma asked, his voice a bit loud. He didn't 
like threats.
  Soun started to cry. "Y-you yelled at me,"
  Oh, damn, I forgot about that, AngelRanma thought. Tendo-san is very 
high strung. "Um, sorry, I didn't mean that,"
  "So that means you will only kiss my daughter, Akane?" Soun asked, 
happy again.
  "Dad!!" Akane said.
  "Ranma, my boy," Genma said to AngelRanma, "Even though you are a 
different Ranma, you are still my son. You will obey your father and do 
as you are told. I will not allow you to kiss anyone but your true 
fiancee, Akane,"
  "Saotome-san!!!" Akane shouted.
  "Oh brother," Ranma muttered. He looked at AngelRanma and smirked a 
bit.
  AngelRanma face faulted. He had forgotten how wacky this house was. 
  "What a haul!! What a haul!!" Happousei, carrying a bag full of bras 
and panties, shouted happily as he came barreling into the dining area 
through the open back porch door. He landed on the back of AngelRanma's 
head, causing his face to become planted in the delicious curry that 
Kasumi made that he hadn't finished because Shampoo had showed up.
  Happouse, not even aware that he was standing on AngelRanma's head, 
looked at Ranma, "Ranma!!! You'll pay for what you did to me earlier 
today!!"
  "Wrong Ranma," Ranma smirked.
  "Eh?"
  "Yeah, wrong Ranma," AngelRanma smirked, still calm, pulling his head 
up from the plate, curry on his face. He began to slowly wipe the curry 
from his face.
  Happousei looked down at his feet and realized he was standing on 
something. He wa standing on someone's head. The top of the head looked 
very familiar. It looked like Ranma's head. But that can't be because 
Ranma was standing in front of him.
  "Get off my head," AngelRanma said, restraining himself. 
  Happousei hopped off AngelRanma's head and onto the dining table, a 
foot stepping into the plate of delicious curry AngelRanma had been 
enjoying before his head had been slammed into face first. He turned 
around and looked up at the man and his eyes widened.
  "Ranma?" Happousei asked, "How can that be? You're over there." 
  "But I'm also here," AngelRanma said, almost sneering at the old man.
  Happousei then suddenly realized something, "Oh my god! I just 
realized something!!!"
  "And what might that be?" AngelRanma asked.
  "There's two Ranmas!!" Happousei said, eyes wide, "That means there 
are now TWO Ranmas I can splash with cold water!!! How sweet!!!"
  He picked up a close glass of water and slaplshed AngelRanma with it.
  AngelRanma glared at Hapousei, "You wanna die or something?" He was 
still very composed, but it was obvious that he was using all his will 
power to keep in control.
  Happousei didn't hear AngelRanma's words for he had caught sight of a 
very cute blue haired girl and was running toward the end of the table 
to lunge right toward her chest, "Come to papa!"
  "You fucking asshole!!!" AngelRanma shouted as he realized Happousei 
was about to grab onto Rei's chest. With lightning speed, he brought a 
devestating elbow right down on the the martial arts master before he 
knew what hit him, before Ranma even had a chance to react to what the 
old lech was about to do. Happousei was hit with such force that the 
table he was standing on gave way under him as he was sent right into 
the floorboards below it, becoming embedded in it, unconsious.
  "Oh my god," Ranma muttered, looking down at the destruction 
AngelRanma had done with a single attack. Happousei looked like he would 
be out for at least a week.
  "He has no right trying to grab Rei like that," AngelRanma said 
protectively, "Nor anyone for that matter,"
  Akane looked at AngelRanma. At that moment, she realized that there 
was something that made AngelRanma and Ranma similar. They both cared 
for others and are willing to defend them.
  He looked down at the carnage and took a deep breath and said, "I'm 
sorry about the table. I'll pay for it,"
  He wiped his face of the curry and reached into his pocket where he 
took out a wad of cash, which made Nabiki's eyes wide at the sight of 
just how many bills AngelRanma was carrying.
  AngelRanma was already back to his usual self. Even though Happousei 
was lying unconsious right in front of him, he acted like nothing had 
happen. 
  He simply smirked at Nabiki. 

  AngelRanma walked into the Nekohanten. Rei and Shampoo were by his 
side. 
  "Welcome back," Cologne said as she emerged from the kitchen. When she 
spotted AngelRanma, she seemed pleasantly surprised, "Why, Ranma, what 
brings you here?" 
  AngelRanma shrugged his shoulders, "No real reason. I just wanted to 
show Rei here that the Nekohanten does indeed make the best ramen 
around,"
  Cologne looked at Shampoo. She noticed the young amazon girl was 
acting a bit strange. And who was that young girl witht he blue hair 
standing next to Ranma, Cologne wondered. "And who might this be? A 
friend?" she asked, gesturing toward Rei.
  "I am Rei Ayanami," she answered softly.
  Her emotions are well concealed, Cologne noticed. 
  AngelRanma smirked, "Hey, guess what, remember.......a while back," 
That's right, it would only happened about a year ago on this timeline, 
he thought, "that comment you had made to me shortly after we first me?"
  "Which comment?" Cologne asked, curious, "I had made many comments to 
you,"
  "You said I was about a hundred years from cathing you," he replied, 
still smriking, "right before you struck me with that....what was it 
called, oh, that Cat's Tongue pressure point,"
  "Yes, I remember,"
  "I think you're now a hundred years from cathing me," he smirked 
confidently, arrogantly.
  "We'll see," she said cooly.
  There was an awkward silence as the two assessed each other.
  "Um, have a seat, Ranma, Shampoo be right with you. Oh, and Rei can 
sit too," Shampoo said, the last sentence a bit reluctant.
  AngelRanma smiled at Cologne, "Oh yeah, I have something else I want 
to say,"
  "Oh?" she asked, "And would would that be, child?"
  "It's good to see you," 

  "If you are who you say you are, then you will have mastered all of 
the techniques I have taught you," Cologne said. She had been told 
AngelRanma's story. Rei was busy trying out a bowl of ramen. It was 
written on her face that she did find it delicious. She couldn't finish 
it all because she had eaten shortly ago at the Tendo's.
  AngelRanma said, "Yeah, I pretty much mastered 'em all. I can also use 
the same techniques as Ryoga, like his Bakusai Tenketsu. With the 
techniques you showed me, I think I've mastered it so much that not even 
you have ever seen it,"
  "My my, aren't we a bit confident?" Cologne commented, an eye brow 
raising. There was something about the way he said it that made her 
actually believe his words.
  AngelRanma changed the subject, "Hey, is Mousse around?"
  "He's on a delivery," Cologne answered. 
  AngelRanma reached into his pocket and pulled out two flasks, "Here's 
the cure to Shampoo and Mousse's curse,
  Cologne and Shampoo looked at the flasks, very suprised.
  AngelRanma reached into his pocket and pulled out a huge wad of cash 
and placed it on the table. There was probably enough money in that wad 
to buy a restaurant like the Nekohanten, "Here's some money for the bowl 
of ramen,"
  "Aiya, that so much money," Shampoo commented.
  "Money pretty much means absolutely nothing to me. But, there's only 
one thing that matters less to me than money," AngelRanma commented.
  "And what might that be?" Cologne asked.
  "Time,"

  AngelRanma and Rei were walking home together. It was somewhere around 
eleven at night.
  "Hm, we'll visit Ucchan's tomorrow," AngelRanma said, "She should be 
closed and would probably be sleeping by now. Anyway, she'll be in for a 
surprise, just like everyone else," He turned toward Rei, "So, didja 
like the ramen?"
  "Yes, it was delicious," she replied softly.
  "That's good to hear," he said with a warm smile. He looked up at the 
sign, "Hm, a motel. You wanna sleep in a motel or would you want to trek 
back to the Tendo's and sleep there?"
  "It doesn't bother me," came the reply.
  Ranma shrugged his shoulders, "All right, we'll sleep in this motel. 
Besides, Soun..."
  "The guy with the mustache who own's the house. Akane's father," Rei 
commented.
  "Yes," he said, "Him. We never really got around to asking him if we 
could stay. I guess it's best we sleep in this hotel. I'll call the 
house from here and lettem know where we are so they don't get worried 
and all,"
  "Okay,"
  
  "Only one vacancy?" AngelRanma asked, smirking a bit, "How come I'm 
not surprised? I always end up in these kinda situations,"
  "Sorry, the rest are all taken," the man behind the counter said.
  AngelRanma turned toward Rei, "Well, Rei, what do ya wanna do? We can 
share the same room or we can go someplace else that have two rooms 
vacant,"
  Rei yawned, a bit tired, but said, "It doesn't bother me,"
  AngelRanma, having seen Rei yawn, said, "You just answered my 
question," He turned toward the man and said, "All right, we'll take 
that room for the night," He placed down a wad of bills and said, "How 
much for the room?"
  "Um, no where near as much as how much you put down," the man said, 
his eyes a bit wide.
  AngelRanam shrugged his shoulder and said, "All right. That should be 
enough for over a week. Keep the change," 
  "Um, t-thank you v-very much," the man said, studdering because he was 
so shocked, "The room's just up those stairs. First door on your right,"
  AngelRanma took the key from the man and turned toward Rei, who was 
slowly starting to doze off as she stood there. He walked up to Rei and 
picked her up in his arms and proceeded to walk up the stairs. She 
didn't protest one bit.
  Inside the room, it was cosy and very atmospheric of love. It was 
obvious this was where people would have a one-night stand. It didn't 
bother AngelRanma one bit. He wasn't that kind of person. He was 
grateful that it wouldn't bother Rei either. He was thinking about 
something else that needed attention.
  AngelRanma suddently realized something.
  "I don't remember the Tendo's home phone number,"
   
  Rei woke up on a king sized bed, alone. It was around seven in the 
morning.
  She sat upright and looked around, trying to discern her surroundings. 
She was in a bedroom. It took her a moment to realize that she was at a 
motel.
  "Where's Ranma?" she asked herself. She looked over at the bathroom. 
Perhaps she should take a shower. She looked down and noticed that she 
was in bra and panties. Her clothes were neatly folded on the chair next 
to the bed.
  She got up out of bed and proceeded toward the shower, only to trip 
over something that was on the floor and fall down on top of it. It was 
Ranma. Luckily, he had awoken when her foot tripped over one of his legs 
and managed to react in time and catch her. 
  "You okay?" he asked, sleepily.
  Rei blushed, "I'm fine," 
  She got back up to her feet, wondering why she was blushing so much. 
She headed to the bathroom where she took a shower, a shower that was a 
bit cooler than the hot one she usually took. She couldn't tolerate a 
cold shower though.
  AngelRanma was doing push-ups, his legs propped up on the bed so more 
of his weight was distributed evenly, when Rei emerged from the 
bathroom, in her bra and panties. She walked over to the chair and 
picked up her clothes and proceeded to get dressed.
  "No need to get used to that outfit," AngelRanma said, "We'll go 
shopping today, if that's okay with you,"
  "I don't mind," she said. She was a bit preoccupied. She couldn't 
really remember what had happened last night because she was so tired. 
Perhaps having eaten so much and being full was what made her so sleepy. 
All she remember was being picked up in Ranma's arms as he carried her 
up a pair of stair before falling asleep.
  AngelRanma headed toward the bathroom to take his shower now, leaving 
Rei alone to ponder her thoughts.
  "Did I do last night what fiancees were supposed to do?"

  Ryoga spotted his archenemy emerge from a motel in the 
morning.......with a girl!!!
  "Ranma, you cad!!! How dare you sleep with another-" he shouted, 
charging at Ranma.
  "What I do is none of yer business," AngelRanma teased. "He realized 
that the Ryoga of his time was very similar to this one. One thing was 
certain, that he hadn't changed much since he was young. "Go away of I'm 
gonna splash you with water and have some bacon with my breakfast,"
  Rei looked at AngelRanma curiously. She knew AngelRanma liked to taunt 
Ryoga for some reason, but she didn't really understand the meaning of 
it, even though it seemed to infuriate Ryoga.
  "Hello, Ryoga," Rei said. It seems she forgot that this Ryoga doesn't 
know her....yet. Or ever, if the Nerima Massacre was prevented.
  "H-how do you k-know my name?" Ryoga asked, shocked. He didn't 
recognize the young girl standing next to that cad, Ranma.
  "That's the wrong Ryoga," AngelRanma said to Rei, "Even though I hate 
to admit it, this one's pales in camparison to the one you know. With 
this one, he's weak, and slow, and even more stupid,"
  "What did you say?!?" Ryoga shouted, burnign with rage. "Die, 
Ranma!!!"
  AngelRanma produced a flask from his pocket and shoved in Ryoga's face 
bofore he had a chance to attack, "Here, this is for you,"
  Ryoga stopped his charge and looked at he flask, "What is it?"
  "It's the cure to your curse," came the reply, "I already used it on 
myself. This is for you,"
  "You're lying," Ryoga said, skeptic.
  Annoyed, AngelRanma opened the stopper to the flask, splashed Ryoga 
with the water inside of it. Ryoga brought his hands in frotn of him and 
cried out as if in pain, not wanting that girl next to AngelRanma to 
know of his most wretched and horrible curse.
  After a moment, Ryoga realized something. Looking down, he was soaking 
wet yet still in his male form, his true form. "I-I'm cured!"
  AngelRanma grinned. He reached one arm forward and grabbed Ryoga by 
the shirt collar and hurled him bodily over a fence and into the in-
ground swimming pool located by the side of the motel he and Rei came 
out of. 
  Ryoga resurfaced, still in his true form.
  AngelRanma grinned.
  "Well, that proves it, you're cured,"
  
  "Where have you been?" Akane asked. She had been worried sick about 
AngelRanma when he and Rei hadn't come back the other night. It was now 
around 7:30am, shortly before Ranma and Akane and Nabiki were going to 
leave for school. 
  "What are you my mother?" AngelRanma snapped, which startled Akane. 
When he noticed he might have hurt her feelings, he said, "I'm sorry, I 
shouldn'tve said it like that. It's just that I'm used to doing things 
my way and not really needing to tell anyone about it,"
  "Um, it's all right," she said. But she wasn't. 
  "Well, after we went down to the Nekohanten," he began, "We decided we 
would sleep at a motel together. Afterall, we weren't too sure wether or 
not your dad wanted us to stay,"
  "He wouldn'tve minded," Akane said. She turned toward Soun, "Right, 
dad? You wouldn'tve minded, right?"
  "No, not at all," Soun replied, glancing up from his newspaper.
  AngelRanma shrugged his shoulders, "Well, it doesn't realy matter now. 
We paid for over a week's stay at a nearby motel. We'll use that until we 
leave. It's no big deal,"
  Akane said nothing. She didn't know what to say. Although AngelRanma 
was his own person, she felt a bit sad when he showed his free will to 
do whatever he wanted.
  "How come you didn't call?" Akane asked.
  "I forgot your telephone number," he said matter-of-factly. When he 
noticed Ranma was about to say something, he added, "Hey, it's been, 
what, fifty years for me since I had lived in this house. I doubt even 
you would remember your phone number if you've been away that long,"
  Ranma shrugged his shoulders. I guess that answers my question, he 
thought to himself.
  "Um, so, what do you plan on doing today?" Kasumi asked politely.
  "Well, I wanna pay Ucchan a visit," AngleRanma said, "and just say hi. 
After that, Rei and I will goto the mall and go shopping for some 
clothes since we still have six more days left. After that, we'll find 
something to pass the time, like see a movie. Of course, seeing a movie 
for me is like watching an oldies channel," 
  He chuckled a bit.
  "That's nice," Kasumi said sweetly.
  After a few moments, AngelRanma spoke up again.
  "Hey, I saw Ryoga earlier," AngelRanma said, "He thought I was 
you....and boy, he's angry at me. Ya better watch out,"
  "Ah, I'm not going to worry about it," Ranma said confidently, "I've 
beaten him before, I can beat him again,"
  AngelRanma shrugged his shoulders, "Well, in case you're wondering, 
Ryoga is my equal over in my timeline. He's about ten times stronger 
than me, literally. Of course, I happen to be faster, but it's right 
down the center with the two of us. Ha ha, wait until he starts using 
variations of the Bakusai Tenketsu, you're gonna have a ball trying to 
best him for a long long time,
  Ranma asked, "Variations?"
  "Yeah, like your variations of the Hiryu Shoten Ha," AngelRanma 
answered, "He'll be able to do really wicked techniques, like cause the 
ground to explode from below you, without having to strike that area,"
  Ranma was silent.
  AngelRanma wasn't. 
  He was chuckling.
  
  AngelRanma and Rei entered Ucchan's just as Ukyo was on her way out 
and to school.
  "R-Ranma," she said, pleasantly surprised, "What brings you here this 
early in the morning?"
  He said nothing for several moments, simply staring at her, taking in 
Ukyo's appearance. He hadn't seen her in so long and had really missed 
her. "Um, how're you doing, Ucchan?"
  "Well, I'm on my way to school," she answered, "You came here to walk 
with me?" She sounded hopeful. Ranma almost always walked with Akane to 
school, and she disliked that.
  AngelRanma shrugged his shoulders, "Sure,"
  Ukyo finally noticed the young girl by AngelRanma's side, "Um, who's 
this?"
  "I'm Rei Ayanami," Rei said softly.
  "I'm Ukyo Kuoji, it's nice to meetcha," she said politely, bowing. 
  AngelRanma smiled warmly. He always liked Ukyo's kindness. That was 
one of the things he missed most.
  "Is something wrong?" Ukyo asked. She noticed Ranma was acting a bit 
strange this morning. 
  AngelRanma took a deep breath,
  "It's a long story,"
  
  AngelRanma, Ukyo, and Rei arrived at the school just in time to be 
greeted by Kuno.
  "So, the evil Ranma Satome has come to challege the Blue Thunder of 
Furikan High once again," Kuno said, his bokken in front of him. He was 
in their path.
   "Again?" AngelRanma said, "Oh, my real self must be in school all 
ready," 
  He looked up at a certain third story window and caught sight of Ranma 
smirking at him from his classroom. He saw him mouth the words, 'Have 
fun,'
  AngelRanma turned toward Ukyo, "Ukyo, you should go on. Class is gonna 
start any moment now,"
  Ukyo nodded, "All right," She hesitated for a moment, wondering what 
she should do. After a moment, she hugged AngelRanma and said, "Well, 
I'll see you later, Ranma-honey. You may not be the same Ranma I know, 
but you're still Ranma,"
  AngelRanma smiled. When Ukyo headed on into the school, he turned 
toward Rei and smiled. Rei was already standing a short distance away, 
under the courtyard tree.
  "You vile sorceror," Kuno commented, raising his bokken. He had 
noticed the girl that had been by AngelRanma's side a moment ago, "You 
dare snare yet another sweet and innocent girl through your evil sorcery? 
I shall not stand for that!"
  "Blah blah!" AngelRanma chuckled, truly enjoying this. This was so fun 
for him, reliving his childhood, "I'm really shittin' in my pants at 
your prowess,"
  Kuno laughed, "That you are indeed," He held his bokken forward in a 
threatening manner and said, "What have you done with my pigtailed 
goddess?"
  AngelRanma chuckled and said, "I killed her. You'll never ever see her 
again," He remembered that Ranma was no cured, thus, no more female 
side, ever.
  "You lie!" Kuno shouted, slashing at AngelRanma.
  AngelRanma smirked as he caught the incoming blade with his index and 
middle finger. With a simple flick of the wrist, he snapped the blade of 
the bokken right off its handle. He figured it would be more fun to see 
the expression on Kuno's face than to actually fight him. Besides, he 
knew Kuno's weakness. He relied on his weapons.
  "Oops, I broke your stick," AngelRanma said.
  Kuno looked down at his bokken handle that was sans a wodden blade. 
Although he was dense, he was smart enough to realize that he was at a 
serious disadvantage. He said,  "I shall be back," before turning around 
and running away.
  "What a haul!! What a haul!!" Happousei said gleefully, running around 
the corner of the school, a mod of angry schoolgirls right behind him, a 
bag of bras and panties slung over his shoulder.
  "Man, that guy sure takes a beating and keeping on going," AngelRanma 
commented. Seeing Happousei's approach, he smirked and threw the wooden 
blade he broke from Kuno's bokken right at Happousei's bag. 
  The blade sliced right through it and the contents within the bag 
quickly fell out and onto the ground. Happousei, seeing this, stopped 
his running to pick up the bras and panties, only to be pummelled by 
that girls that had finally caught up.
  "That was easy,"

  AngelRanma and Rei were both walking around in the mall, looking for 
some clothes to buy. They both in the women's section of the clothing 
department. Since the store was so large, AngelRanma didn't want Rei 
getting lost and losing her way.
  AngelRanma picked up a random package and looked at it, "What the hell 
are these?"
  Rei looked at the package, "Panties,"
  He dropped the package. 
  "Oh,"
 
  Rei was enjoying her lunch with AngelRanma. They were in the food court of 
the mall. Having spent most of the morning buying clothes, AngelRanma 
figured it was the best to stop and eat. Rei didn't protest. Heck, she 
didn't say anything.
  "So, what would you like to do after this? Anything in particular 
you're interested in? How about going to the movies?" he asked, smiling.
  "And it doesn't matter," Rei said softly.
  "Cool," he said with a smile. Out of the corner of his eye, he caught 
several girls gazing in their direction, talking among themselves. "Hey, 
Rei, I think they think we're a couple,"
  Rei blushed a bit, "They do?"
  AngelRanma shrugged his shoulders and continued eating, "I guess so,"
  "Aren't we?" she asked.
  He looked at her a bit confused. After a moment he said, "Well, I 
guess we are. I mean, everyone thinks we're fiancees. I see nothing 
wrong in playing the part....that is, if you don't mind,"
  "I don't mind," she replied.
  "Well then, it's settled, we're fiancees," he said, his mouth still 
full, "It'd be kinda cool. I mean, the last time I had a fiancee was 
when I was as young as Ranma's age, and that was a long long time ago. It 
kinda brings back memories,"
  "S-so we are now fiancees?"
  "Sure, why not," he said. He smiled, "And guess what?"
  "What?"
  "You're the first fiancee that hadn't been forced upon me. I like 
that,"
 
  AngelRanma and Rei saw a movie together. It was a romantic comedy. 
Although it was hardly noticeable, Rei had found herself giggling a few 
times as she watched. However, she didn't laugh nearly as much as 
AngelRanma did. It seems that AngelRanma had quite a sense of humor and 
was able to thoroughly enjoy the movie, even though it would be 
considered ancient compared to his timeline. Rei enjoyed the company as 
she watched the movie.
  After the movie, as they stepped out of the movie theatre and into the 
cool afternoon. It didn't take a minute before AngelRanma found himself 
being glomped by a young girl with long black.
  "Ranma-sama," Kodachi said happily. She had been on her way toward his 
house to ask him out. She was pleasantly surprised when she saw her 
precious Ranma meeting her halfway, not wanting her to trek all the way 
to his house.
  AngelRanma's eyes widened, "Kodachi!! I've missed you!" He picked her 
up and swung her around several times. After a moment, he placed her 
down, realizing that Rei was watching the whole thing. If they were 
supposed to be fiancees, he definitely not acting like one. 
  "Um, sorry, Rei," AngelRanma said, "I kinda got carried away at the 
moment,"
  Rei smiled a bit. She kind of liked the attention AngelRanma was 
giving her. She could get used to it.
  Kodachi looked at the girl for the first time, having missed her 
before because she had been so focused on her precious Ranma just a 
second ago, "And who might you be?"
  "That's Rei Ayanami," AngelRanma said with a smirk, "She's my 
fiancee,"
  Rei blushed. AngelRanma was actually going through with it and playing 
the part. She had thought AngelRanma was just teasing her.
  "What?!" Kodachi gasped, shocked, "Why on earth would someone as 
handsome and charming as you be with someone by the likes of her? I'm 
flabbergasted. Say it isn't true, darling,"
  AngelRanma's eyes creased. "Apologize to her,"
  Kodachi was a bit shocked by AngelRanma's sudden change. He was angry 
at her and it showed.
  "I may have not seen you in a long while, but that doesn't mean I'll 
idly stand by while you insult someone I care about," he said, dead 
serious.
  Rei was about to say something but stopped. She just stood there, 
silent, her heart beating rapidly. AngelRanma had obviously gotten angry 
even thought the insult had been intended toward her. It made her 
realize that AngelRanma was protective of her.
  "But-" Kodachi began, staring at AngelRanma.
  "No buts," he said, "Apologize to her,"
  "It's okay, Ranma. It doesn't bother me," Rei said softly.
  AngelRanma's visage softened. He took a deep breath and said, "All 
right," 
  He looked at Kodachi, "I'll let that slide. But I just want you to 
know, I don't appreciate you insulting people I care for. You have no 
right saying something like that to someone you don't know," His visage 
hardened again, "You're damn lucky you didn't attack her,"
  Kodachi said nothing. She was in a state of shock. Was this her 
precious Ranma? He was scaring her.
  AngelRanma caught the fear in Kodachi's eyes. He took a deep breath 
and calmed down and said, "Kodachi, I'm sorry I got angry at you,"
  "You're so cruel!" Kodachi started crying before she turned around and 
started running down the street. She hadn't heard AngelRanma's apology. 
All she did was comment on how that girl didn't deserve someone as 
magnificent as him but he exploded and started yelling at her.
  "Wait!" AngelRanma said, about to run off after Kodachi, only to stop 
after a few steps. He turned toward a vending machine and let his 
frustration loose on it, sending a fist through it. "Shit! Shit! Shit!"
  "You must care about her," Rei commented.
  AngelRanma turned toward her and gazed at her for several moments 
before he said, "Well, kinda. It's just that I feel horrible having made 
her cry. It's just that I got angry at her for what she said about you. 
She had no right saying that,"
  "It doesn't bother me,"
  "But it does me," 

  "I wonder where the other Ranma and Rei are?" Akane asked to no one in 
particular. She and her sisters and her father were gathered around the 
dining table, eating dinner. There seemed to be his awkward tension 
within the house ever since AngelRanma's arrival. Perhaps it was because 
AngelRanma had told them about this upcoming inevitable event that would 
lead to their deaths.
  "Does it really matter?" Nabiki asked. She wasn't paying all that much 
attention. She was busy thinking of a way to swindle AngelRanma out of 
all that money he had.
  "I was just asking," she said, shrugging her shoulders. 
  "Hey," AngelRanma said, entering the house through the back door. He 
leaned against the doorjamb.
  "Hello, Ranma, please, will you join us?" Kasumi asked him in a 
pleasant voice, smiling.
  AngelRanma shook his head, "No. Rei's at the motel and I told her I'll 
be back in a short while,"
  "You and Rei must be quite an item," Kasumi commented.
  AngelRanma nodded, "Yeah. I like her," He smirked at Akane as he 
noticed her glaring at him, "What's wrong, Akane? Are you jealous? Do 
you wish you were in Rei's shoes?"
  Akane nearly choked on her food, "W-what?!" She started to blush a 
deep shade of red.
  AngelRanma chuckled, "I'm just teasing. Anyway, I just came here to 
ask you what Kodachi's home address is. I kinda forgot it and don't 
remember where the house is,"
  "Why?" Ranma asked. He was smiling inwardly at Akane's reaction to 
AngelRanma's comment. It must have meant something if she had reacted 
like that and start blushing. 
  "Well, I saw her earlier and screwed things up. I'm gonna goto her 
house to apologize," he replied.
  "Y-you're going to Kodachi's house?" Ranma studdered.
  "Yeah," he replied.
  "I forbid you from going to see Kodachi," Soun said to AngelRanma.
  Genma spoke up, "Same here, boy. I forbid you from it, too,"
  AngelRanma looked at the two adults oddly. 
  "Yeah right. Whatever you say,"

  AngelRanma knocked on the Kuno mansion's front door at around nine 
that evening. He wanted to make this quick and to the point. He wanted 
to get back to the motel where Rei was so she wouldn't get worried.
  The door was immediately answered by the Kuno's butler.
  "Is Kodachi 'ere?" he asked. 
  "Right this way," the bulter said, heading into the mansion. 
  AngelRanma shrugged his shoulders and followed. 
  Inside, he was led to the livingroom where he waited. Kodachi entered 
the room after a few minutes. It was obvious that she was still a bit 
upset over what had happened earlier that day. She gazed at AngelRanma 
cautiously.
  "Yes?" she asked.
  "Um, I came here to apologize," he said, "I'm sorry about what I said 
earlier,"
  "You are?" Kodachi said, cheering up a bit. Her visage changed from 
sad to hopeful.
  "Yeah," he said. He realized it might've been better than he didn't 
say anything at all because Kodachi lunged toward him and glomped onto 
him.
  "I'm so happy! You do love me! You do love me!" she said.
  "Unhand my sister!" came Kuno's deep voice.
  "Does it look like I'm the one holdin' her?" AngelRanma muttered, 
angry. He was angry at himself for being so stupid for having come here. 
He should had just rented a movie and stayed in the motel with Rei.
  Kuno stepped up to AngelRanma as Kodachi released her embrace of him, 
his bokken in front of him.
  AngelRanma said, 
  "What's yer problem?"
  
  "Morons!" AngelRanma muttered as he entered the motel room. Rei was in 
there waiting for him. However, she said nothing. She just acknowledged 
his presence by gazing up from her newly bought book and up at 
AngelRanma.
  "I went over to Kodachi's house to apologize and her brother gets on 
my case," AngelRanma said, "I would simply swat him away like a fly or 
somethin', but I could probably seriously hurt him if I did so. I break 
his bokken, but he's got millions of 'em in his room and proceed to grab 
one right after another everytime I break one,"
  "What did you do?" she asked, softly.
  "I left," he replied, "Man, I was so wrong. I shouldn't've felt all 
that sorry for her. I guess I forgot that she was psychotic and that her 
brother was dense. I guess giving them the benefit of a doubt proved 
quite wrong. Boy, do I feel like an idiot,"
  "You're not an idiot," she replied softly.
  AngelRanma smiled, "Why thank you. I appreciate it," The compliment 
warmed his heart. 
  He walked over to the bed and laid down, his arms stretching outward 
from his body. 
  "I'm gonna take a short nap," he said, "When you're tired, wake me up 
and I'll move down to the floor,"
  As he lay there, the bottom portion of his shirt was partially up and 
it exposed his firm stomach. Rei, who had been sitting in the seat next 
to the bed, had noticed.
  She had trouble reading her book that night.

  AngelRanma awoke feeling something warm between his arms. It took him 
several moments to realize exactly what it had been. It was Rei and she 
was in his arms. She and he were in the bed, under the bed covers.
  His heart started racing. He slowly pulled himself out from under Rei 
and out from under the bed covers. He realized that Rei was only in her 
bra and panties while he his clothes.
  Shaking his head, hoping there was an explanation to all of this, he 
went over to the bathroom to take a nice warm shower, a long one. As the 
hot water cascaded over his body, it seemed to revived him and bring him 
back from that sleepy stupor he had been in.
  When he emerged from the bathroom, he entered the bedroom and caught 
sight of Rei as she was rubbing her eyes, having awoken about five 
seconds ago.
  "G'morning," AngelRanma said.
  "Good morning, Ranma," Rei said, getting up out of the bed. She gulped 
and took a chance, to initiate a conversation for a change, "How did you 
sleep?"
  AngelRanma was silent for a moment. He was a bit surprised that Rei 
had actually chosen to converse with him. She was asking him a question 
for a change instead of having him doing all the questioning. He smiled 
and said, "I slept well. Heck, I don't even remember when you slipped 
into the bed with me. Um, speaking of which, how come you didn't bother 
to wake me up?"
  "Um, I didn't want to disturb you," she replied, "You were sleeping 
peacefully," When she had seen him sleeping, she had chosen to let him 
sleep rather than wake him. It also happened to be one of the few 
decisions she had decided on by herself.
  AngelRanma smiled, "That's very considerate of you. I appreciate it,"
  Perhaps she's finally opening up more, he thought warmly.

  "Ah, five more days left," AngelRanma commented. He and Rei were at a 
restaurant, enjoying a nice breakfast together. AngelRanma had ordered 
one of his favorites, sausage, eggs, and ham. Rei had ordered some 
pancakes, AngelRanma having suggested it.
  "I notice you like sausage, eggs, and ham," Rei commented, initiating 
a conversation.
  AngelRanma smiled, "Yes, I do,"
  "Is that your favorite food?"
  "Yes," came his reply. He pushed his plate forward, "You want a try? I 
mean, I know you don't like meat, so you can give the eggs a try, if 
you'd like,"
  She looked at his eggs a bit curious. If AngelRanma liked it, perhaps 
she would. She also found it heartwarming that AngelRanma remembered 
that she disliked meat. She had mentioned that to him once a long long 
time ago, and he still remembered.
  "Um, no thank you," she finally said.
  "Are you sure?"
  "Yes,"
  Shrugging his shoulders, he said, "All right. I won't press you to try 
it out if you're not interested. You can get eggs anywhere. Take your 
time," There was a patient tone in his voice. He was enjoying this 
conversation and wanted it to continue on. He said, "So, what didja 
think about that movie we saw the other day? Didja like it?"
  "Yes,"
  AngelRanma smiled a bit mischieveously, "From what I saw, you seemed 
to really like it. It's not that often I see you giggle, and you were 
definitely giggling during the movie," He decided to take a chance and 
added, "You should laugh more often. You have a cute laugh,"
  Rei blushed. She gazed at AngelRanma. She managed to crack a smile, 
"You're embarrassing me,"
  AngelRanma chuckled. After a short while, Rei started giggling.
  They enjoyed their breakfast together.
 
  "Hey, what are you kids doing out here?" the police office asked, 
"You're supposed to be in school,"
  AngelRanma looked at the officer, "No we're not. And I ain't a kid,"
  The officer gave AngelRanma a preprimanding look, "Don't get smart 
with me. I've seen you before. You go to Furinkan High,"
  "No. I used to go there. You have the wrong person," AngelRanma 
replied. 
  The officer glared at AngelRanma, "I'm not supid! Get back to class!"
  AngelRanma challenged the officer. He glared back at the officer.
  "Perhaps we should go," Rei commented.
  AngelRanma sighed, "Man, I know I look young, but that's too young. 
I can't believe he thinks I'm still in high school..." He turned toward 
Rei, "Fine, I see no harm in it," He turned toward the officer, "Fine, 
we'll go back. But, I'll have you know that you have the wrong people 
and that we don't go to school. I'm only going because she suggested it 
and that I don't want my younger self to get in trouble....not because 
you said so,"
  The officer gritted his teeth. The nerve of this kid, he thought. He 
considered hauling him to the police station just to scare him straight 
and away from skipping classes.
  AngelRanma turned toward Rei, "All right, let's go to....s-school," He 
swore under his breath.
  "What did you say? Did I hear you swear?" the officer said. He 
wondered how horrible this boy's parents were to have never taught him 
not to use profanity.
  "I said 'shit'," AngelRanma said defiantly.

  Ranma and Akane were suprised when they caught sight of AngelRanma and 
Rei being escorted to class by an officer. 
  "Well well well, so....he's finally decided to come back to class," 
Hinako-sensei said. She looked up at the officer, "Thank you for 
bringing him back. He hasn't come to class the other day and will be 
punished,"
  "Y-you're a t-teacher?" the officer asked, shocked. He was looking at 
a little brown-haired girl clad in a yellow dress.
  "Yes,"
  "Um, okay. We'll I'm off," the officer said. As he left the room, he 
was shaking his head and muttered to himself, "Man, the stress must be 
getting to me,"
  After the officer left, Hinako-sensei gazed up at AngelRanma, "You 
better have a good explanation for not having come to class the other 
day and trying to skip class today,"
  "I dunno, perhaps it's because I ain't in yer class," AngelRanma 
replied wryly, "I mean, that's probably a good enough reason,"
  "Sit down," Hinako-sensei said, "You're interrupting class. I will 
deal with you later,"
  AngelRanma laughed, as if on the verge of hysteria, "Am I the only one 
sane here? There are two Ranmas."
  "Yes, but you're Ranma and right now, Ranma, wether it be you or the other 
one, will be in my class when I teach," she said sternly, "Please be seated,"
  "But I don't want to," AngelRanma almost whined.
  "You're being a delinquient," Hinako-sensei said, slowly running out 
of patience, "And you know what I do with delinquents...."
  AngelRanma's eyes lit up, "You're gonna absorb my battle aura? Cool! 
Go right ahead! I forgot how it felt like!"
  "Yo, Ranma, is your older self some kinda masochist?" Hiroshi asked 
Ranma.
  "I really hope not," he replied.
  "Absorb his energy!!!" several boys shouted out. They wanted to see 
Hinako-sensei in her adult form.
  "Yeah," AngelRanma goaded the teacher. "Please do,"
  "Because you want me to, as your punishment for attempting to skip 
class, I will not do that," Hinako-sensei said, proud of herself for 
having come up with such a plan.
  AngelRanma face faulted. He looked at Rei, who was quietly sitting in 
a seat. It seems she didn't mind being in a classroom one bit. Actually, 
there was a slight smile on her lips as she watched AngelRanma and the 
teacher conversing.
  AngelRanma sighed, "Fine, I'll go sit down now,"
  
  AngelRanma got up out of his seat and adjusted himself. The school day 
was finally over and he and Rei could finally go about with what was 
left of their day.
  "Do you have to do that?" Akane asked harshly.
  "Do what?" he asked, still adjusting himself. He felt suffocated down 
there.
  "That! Y'know....adjust yourself like that!" Akane replied, getting 
angry. 
  AngelRanma relized Akane was talking about. He gave her an odd look. 
He shook his head, as if annoyed that she even bothered him with 
something like that and turned toward Rei and said, "C'mon, Rei, let's 
go do something,"
  "What do you guys plan on doing?" Ranma asked, quiet until now. He had 
a bit of a smirk. In a situation like that, if Akane had said that to 
him, he would had probably had said something really stupid instead of 
saying nothing at all. 
  "I dunno, probably go take a walk on the beach, go ice skating in the 
ice rink, something, whatever," came the reply.
  Akane looked at AngelRanma and Rei. For some reason, a tinge of 
jealousy had enveloped her. She never remembered Ranma having ever 
taking her to the beach or to the ice rink just for the heck of it. She 
felt a bit jealous of Rei. Ranma never doted on her like that. Heck, he 
had never even bough her a stinking bowl of soup and here was 
AngelRanma, taking Rei out to dinner, watching movies together.
  "Well, Rei, you ready to go?" he asked her.
  She nodded.
  "Well, see ya around," AngelRanma said to Ranma and Akane before he 
and Rei left the classroom.
  Akane was silent for several moments. She wondered if that was how 
Ranma would turn out in the future, if he would take her out to dinner 
and the movie and ice skating. 
  She wouldn't mind.

  AngelRanma was desperating trying to keep afoot in the ice rink. After 
managing to move forward a few meters, he fell down onto the ice once 
again.
  "Okay, let's goto the beach," AngelRanma said, rubbing his backside. 
It was covered with ice, "I haven't skated since I was little and that 
was a long long time ago,"
  Rei smiled a bit as she reached a hand out to help AngelRanma to his 
feet once again. When AngelRanma had asked her whether or not she wanted 
to goto the beach or ice skating, she had chosen ice skating for some 
odd reason. For once, she had made a decision and seemed to actually 
enjoy having done so.
  AngelRanma got back up to his feet.
  "This is pathetic," he muttered, "I'm a man, I look ridiculous,"
  Rei giggled a bit. AngelRanma did look ridiculous, flailing his arms 
around like that, trying to stay afoot. He had actually been on his 
backside more than his feet, having fallen so many times. She blushed a 
deep shade of red when he fell once again and his flailing arms grabbed 
Rei's hand, bringing her down on top of him.
  "S-sorry," he said, slowly getting up, helping Rei to her feet. Once 
she was on her feet, AngelRanma fell backwards and onto his backside. 
"All right, I don't care how ridiculous I look. I'm gonna crawl outta 
this rink," 
  He proceeded to crawl on his hands and knees toward the small opening 
that led off the rink. Rei was skating by his side, watching his 
intently, this warm feeling in her heart.
  As AngelRanma crawled, his eyes set on the ice in front of him, he was 
stopped when he saw someone's legs in front of him. Looking up, his gaze 
rested on someone that looked familiar.
  "Well well well," came a voice, "If it isn't Ranma,"
  "Who the hell are you?" AngelRanma asked, still looking up. He didn't 
even want to bother attempting to get back onto his feet.
 The man face faulted for a second. He composed himself and said, 
"Mikado Sanzenin,"
  "Mikado?" AngelRanma said, thinking for a moment. His eyes then lit 
up, "Hey, you're that sex obsessed neurotic!"
  Mikado glared at AngelRanma and said, "It's Mikado," He turned his 
gaze onto the pretty young girl standing by AngelRanma's side, "My my 
my, who do we have here? You must be new here because I would never 
forget a beautiful face like yours,"
  AngelRanma reached a hand out and grabbed Mikado's leg, "I don't think 
so," 
  "It's Ranma," Azusa said, skating up to the group, "What are you doing 
here?"
  "Who the hell are you?" AngelRanma asked. After a moment, he answered 
his own question, "Wait, I know. You're Azusa Shiratori. You're the 
Golden Pair, right?"
  "How forgetful we are," Mikado commented wryly, "Have you forgotten 
that fight we had a while back? Perhaps I should jog your memory. Now, 
if you don't mind, release my leg,"
  AngelRanma glared at Mikado and then release his grip. He crawled over 
to Rei and said, "C'mon, let's get outta here. I don't wanna fight,"
  "Is it because you fear our prowess and don't wish to get hurt?" 
Midako asked cynically, "Perhaps,"
  AngelRanma twitched a bit. He ignored him and slowly crawled toward 
the edge of the rink, Rei following closely behind. However, he was 
stopped when Mikado skated around and stopped in front of him.
  Rei looked at AngelRanma, "He seems to have some resentment toward 
you,"
  AngelRanma smirked, "That's because he couldn't beat me,"
  "What?!" Mikado said, getting angry. He composed himself and said, 
"Fine, I accept your challenge,"
  "Man, this can't be happening," AngelRanma muttered.
  A fist rained down on the back of AngelRanma's head. It seemed to 
anger him instead of hurt him.
  AngelRanma punched the ice below him, sending his fist right through 
it. "That's gonna be yer head if you do that again,"
  "You have damaged my sacred ice rink," Mikado said, "For that, you 
must die,"
  AngelRanma swung a arm out at Mikado's legs, sweeping them out from 
under him. The young man came crashing down on the ice with a loud thud. 
AngelRanma crawled up to him and grabbed him by the shirt collar and 
sneered, "Now, what were you saying?"
  Mikado said nothing.
  Azusa calmly skated up to AngelRanma's side and kicked him in his 
ribs, causing him to release his hold of Mikado, who skillfully lashed a 
foot out at AngelRanma's face, propelling himself backwards to safety.
  AngelRanma turned toward Azusa, "What the hell didja do that for?"
  Azusa started to cry, "Why are you yelling at me?"
  "You've got to be kidding me,"

  AngelRanma and Rei were both heading down the street. It was nearing 
evening. 
  "Man, that Golden Pair is messed up," AngelRanma commented.
  "You only hit their pressure points?" Rei asked, "They're only 
sleeping?"
  He nodded, "Yes. Of course, when they wake up, they're going have no 
idea why they were sleeping in the middle of the ice rink. I kinda wanna 
be there to see the expressions on their faces, but I have better things 
to do,"
  "What are we going to do now?" she asked softly. She kind of wanted to 
goto dinner with him again.
  "I dunno," he replied, "You have any suggestions?"
  Rei was silent. She then said, "Perhaps we can go eat,"
  AngelRanma smiled. He was getting through to her. 
  "Sure, let's go eat," he said.
  Rei smiled.

  AngelRanma was eating a huge steak when the Tendos and Saotomes 
entered the restaurant. Rei was eating a salad.
  "What brings all of you here?" AngelRanma asked, mouth still full.
  "It is not polite to speak with your mouth full," Kasumi commented, 
smiling sweetly.
  AngelRanma quickly finished up his food before speaking, "Um, so, what 
brings you here?"
  "Dad offered to take us out to eat and we saw you through the window," 
Akane said.
  AngelRanma looked at Rei. He was wondering if it was all right with 
her if they join them in their meal. Rei seemed to be able to read his 
mind. 
  She nodded, not ever needing to say a word.
  "You're welcome to join us," he told everyone. He looked around for 
the maitre 'd. When he couldn't find him, he got up off his seat and 
walk up to an empty table, picking it up with ease and carrying it over 
to his table while everyone, except for Kasumi, watched in a state of 
shock at this incredible feat.
  After several moments, everyone got seated. Rei scooted over so she 
would be sitting next to AngelRanma.
  "Have you been here eating long?" Akane asked, sitting down. 
  "About fifteen minutes. We're both waiting for the main course," 
AngelRanma replied.
  "Main course?" Nabiki asked, smiling a bit, "Then what's with that 
huge steak in front of you?"
  "Oh, this is my appitizer," he replied, "I plan on having quite a bit 
of food,"
  Soun's face faulted.
  Everyone got seated.
  "I don't think Daddy'll be able to afford to pay for your meal," 
Nabiki commented, smiling a bit.
  AngelRanma shrugged his shoulders, "Oh, don't worry about it. I'll pay 
for everything. Have whatever you like. It's the least I could do. Order 
everything on the menu,"
  Nabiki was silent. She then said, "All right. I'll take you up on it. 
I'm in the mood for some lobster and cavier,"
  "Go right ahead, order as much as you'd like," he replied casually, "I 
brought plenty of money," He smirked at Nabiki, "I brought enough money 
that would make even you a bit guilty of spending so much,"
  Nabiki's eyes widened. She composed herself and said, "Maybe. Maybe 
not,"
  The maitre 'd came to the table. He was a bit shocked that there were 
several more people gathered around the table than the last time he 
remembered.
  "I had some friends and family join us," AngelRanma said, "Please, 
bring over several more menus if ya don't mind,"
  "Yes, sir," the young man said before quickly leaving.
  AngelRanma turned toward Rei, "You enjoying your meal?"
  She nodded, "Yes. Quite,"
  Akane thought to herself as she watched, How come Ranma never asks me 
something like that?
  Soun turned toward Genma.
  Genma cleared his throat and looked at AngelRanma, "Ranma,"
  "Yeah?"
  "I think it's about time we talk about this fiancee bit," Genma began, 
"Soun and I have decided to have you engaged to Nabiki,"
  "What?!" AngelRanma and Nabiki said in unison.
  "Afterall, you are my son, and I'm looking out for what's best for 
you," Genma continued, "That way, when you and Nabiki marry, we will 
have twice as strong a bond between the Saotomes and Tendos,"
  Akane stood up and looked at her father and Genma, "What did you say?! 
Since when do you decide something like that?!"
  AngelRanma managed to compose himself before Nabiki. He said, "Nah, 
I'm not interested,"
  Soun quickly said, "All right, then perhaps Kasumi will do,"
  AngelRanma face faulted.
  "Father," Kasumi giggled a bit, "Ranma's too young for me,"
  AngelRanma was about to open his mouth but decided not to say 
something. Had they already forgotten he was older than anyone else at 
the table? 
  "Dad, why on Earth would you go about engaging the older Ranma to 
someone else?!" Akane nearly shouted, "Doesn't he have a say in any of 
this?! He's his own man, afterall,"
  AngelRanma raised a hand to agree but was interrupted.
  Genma said, "We, as responsible adults, are looking out for the well 
being of our offsprings,"
  AngelRanma laughed, "Responsible adults? Yeah, that's funny!" His 
visage got more serious, "Well, I ain't interested,"
  Soun's head grew huge, "What?!"
  AngelRanma challenged Soun. He stood up and glared at the middle aged 
man, not backing down from Soun's obvious attempt at intimidating him.
  Soun started to cry, "Y-you yelled at me,"
  "What? I didn't say a word!" AngelRanma said, confused.
  "Yeah, b-but you would have," Soun said between sobs.
  AngelRanma sat back down, as if drained. 
  "You've got to be kidding me," he muttered, "This can't be happening,"
 
  Everyone emerged from the restaurant, having thoroughly enjoyed a 
hearty meal at AngelRanma's expense. However, he had no problems 
shelling out the cash to pay for the meal. It was around evening when 
everyone were walking down the street.
  "No," AngelRanma said, "Go find someone else to have engaged to your 
daughters. I'm not intersted," He and everyone else had been arguing 
quite a bit during dinner. It was basically Genma and Soun trying to 
convince AngelRanma that he must marry one of Soun's daughters.
  Akane had watched all of this. She wondered if Ranma had been like 
AngelRanma, would she be engaged to Ranma? Most likely not. She noticed 
that one major difference between AngelRanma and Ranma was that the 
former had no problem speaking what was on his mind and giving 'no' for 
an answer. Unfortunately, Genma and Soun didn't take 'no' for an answer 
and continued to pester him.
  Knowing that it was useless to try and talk to them, AngelRanma turned 
toward Rei and said, "C'mon Rei, let's head back to the motel, I don't 
think I can take any more of this,"
  Rei shrugged her shoulders, and said softly, "All right,"
  AngelRanma and Rei simply left. They both turned around and walked 
down the street in the opposite direction of where everyone was headed, 
which was back home. 
  When Genma and Soun saw this, Genma said, "Where do you think you're 
going, boy? We still have some more arrangements to make,"
  AngelRanma, fed up, picked Rei up in his arms. He kind of wished he 
had his wings but that wasn't all that much of a problem. Rei let out a 
quick yelp of surprise as she was picked up off her feet.
  "We're leaving," he said.
  "Where are you going?" Ranma asked.
  "To the rooftops, where pop and Tendo-san can't follow," AngelRanma 
replied with a smirk.
  "But there are no houses, only buildings," Akane said. 
  "So?" he smiled.
  Without saying another world, AngelRanma lept high into the air, right 
at a building where he executed a triagle jump off it and landing on a 
building adjacent to it across the street, all the while carrying Rei in 
his arms.
  When he gently placed Rei down on the rooftop, her hands remained 
clenched around the back of his shirt. She blushed a bit when she 
realized she could let go a few moments ago but hadn't. 
  She looked toward AngelRanma who had walked over to the edge of the 
rooftop and was looking over it down toward the ground far far below. 
After a moment, he turned toward Rei and smiled, "Let's see 'em try and 
follow us now,"
  Rei smiled a bit. She wondered what kind of expressions were on 
everyone's face after having witness AngelRanma doing something like 
scaling the entire height of a building with a two leaps with ease. She 
would have liked to have seen them.
  "Let's get going," AngelRanma's soft voice interrupted Rei's little 
reverie.
  Down on the streets below, Akane glared at Ranma, "Well?"
  "Well what?" he asked dumbly. He was sure he hadn't said anything 
wrong.
  "Aren't you going to go after them?" Akane said.
  "Why?"
  "Because," Akane said. She found herself at a loss of words. She came 
up with, "Wouldn't you like to know where you older self and Rei are 
staying?" In truth, she had heard that AngelRnama mention the word motel 
and didn't really like images she had conjured up.
  Ranma shrugged his shoulders, "All right, I'll go follow him. I'll 
call home to let everyone know where it is,"
  He jumped high into the air, triangle jumping of the building six or 
seven times before he finally managed to make it to the rooftop where 
AngelRanma and Rei had landed.
  "Damn, how the hell does he jump so high?" Ranma muttered, breathing 
heavily. He looked ahead where he caught a silohuett of AngelRanma 
leaping from building to building as the moonlight cascaded down the 
city. He was probably already a mile away.
  "Oh my god!" Ranma gasped, his eyes widening. He couldn't understand 
how AngelRanma had gotten so far in such a short time, all the while 
carrying Rei in his arms.
  Sighing, Ranma tried the best that he could to keep up with 
AngleRanma.
  
  "Yeah, I'm in front of the motel," Ranma said into the receiver. He 
was in a telephone booth directly in front of the motel.
  "What's the address?" Akane asked.
  Ranma knew what the street was. He looked at the number in front of 
the motel and then gave Akane the address.
  "I'm coming by," he heard Akane's voice, "Just wait up for me,"
  "Um, okay, whatever," he said with a shrug. After he hung the phone 
up, he looked at the motel, "Man, why is Akane so intent on knowing 
where my older self is staying for over a week. Oh well, who cares,"

  AngelRanma walked into the motel room, two bottles of soda in his 
hands.
  "Here ya go," he said, handing Rei a bottle, "And ice cold soda, just 
like ya wanted," When he had told her he was going downstairs to the 
lobby to grab a candy bar, she had asked if he could get her a soda.
  He walked over to the corner of the room where there were several bags 
full of clothes they had bought earlier before. He picked them up and 
moved them aside since that was where he slept. As he picked the bag up, 
a shirt fell out and onto the bed.
  AngelRanma looked at the shirt, "Man, I can't believe I bought that," 
He threw the shirt aside and started rummaging throught he bag. He 
pulled out a tank top, "Yeah, now this is perfect. It matches anything. 
That way, I could wear whatever pants I like and not worry about this 
thing called fashion," 
  He took off his shirt and placed the tank top on. He did a little turn 
in front of Rei, who was sitting on the bed, reading her book.
  "See, I told ya, white tanks tops match anything, even these black 
pants I love to wear," he said with a smile. "I'm going to wear this 
tomorrow if it's nice out,"
  Rei put her book down. She said softly, "Ranma, you shouldn't put the 
shirt on now,"  
  "Eh? Why not?"
  "Because you are sweaty from the trek back to the hotel," she replied, 
"You're going to make it dirty even before the day you're supposed to 
wear it,"
  AngelRanma pouted a bit. He said, "I guess you're right,"
  He took the tank top off. He walked over to the bag and proceeded to 
rummage through it, all the while topless. Rei seemed to notice this.
  He will tease me if I say something, Rei thought, blushing a bit. I 
better say nothing and try and ignore it.
  "Ya like the book?" AngelRanma asked, not looking up from the bag.
  Rei ignored him. She concentrated on the book. Tried.
  There was a knock at the door.
  "You expecting anyone?" AngelRanma asked Rei.
  "Not that I know of," she replied softly, her gaze still on the book.
  Shrugging his shoulders, he walked up to the door and opened it. 
Behind it were Ranma and Akane.
  "Eh? Whatcha doing here?" AngelRanma asked, a bit surprised. 
  Akane's eyes were wide open. Standing in front of her was a shirtless 
AngelRanma, and inside the motel room, she could see Rei sitting on the 
bed. It easily provided enough evidence of what had happened or was 
about to happen.
  Ranma was speechless too. 
  Without saying another word, Akane slapped AngelRanma in the face hard 
before she turned around and ran down the corridor, disappearing around 
a corner. There was a big red handprint left behind on AngelRanma's 
cheek that showed just how hard he had been slapped.
  Rei got up off the bed and walked up to the doorway where Ranma and 
AngelRanma were standing. She looked at AngelRanma and almost winced at 
the sight of the handprint.
  "W-why did she just slap me?" AngelRanma asked, truly confused, 
rubbing his cheek.
  "I think it's because she thought we were....having s-sex," Rei said 
softly, blushing a bit. She was gratefull she was standing behind 
AngelRanma, so that he couldn't see the color flushing her face.
  AngelRanma's eyes widened, "W-w-what?!" He let out an annoyed breath, 
"Goddamnit!"
  "You want to go after her or should I?" Ranma asked after a moment. He 
didn't really know what to do. One side of him wanted to stay and find 
out exactly what had happened and the other side wanted him to go 
running after Akane. Perhaps AngelRanma would be better at decision 
making.
  AngelRanma sighed and said, "I'll go after her," 
  Rei and Ranma watched AngelRanma as he ran down the corridor, rounding 
the corner Akane had taken. After a few moments had passed, Ranma turned 
toward Rei and gave a meek chuckle, "Um, I-I guess we're stuck w-with 
each other,"
  Rei shrugged her shoulders.
  Before she went back into the motel room, she made a comment.
  "Ranma forgot to put on a shirt,"

  AngelRanma, shirtless, ran down the street, finally catching up Akane 
after several blocks. He couldn't believe she could run so fast. 
However, it didn't take him long to catch up, him being a faster runner.
  "Hey, Akane, hold up," AngelRanma said.
  "Why should I?" she shouted back, still running, not bothering to look 
back. She couldn't believe how much Ranma will change, that he would 
engaged pre-marital sex.
  AngelRanma said, "It's all a misunderstanding," He was about to reach 
out and grab her arms, but considering how fast she was running, 
stopping her suddening would probably dislocate her shoulder and he 
definitely didn't want something like that to happen.
  Unfortunately, he was paying too much attention toward Akane and not on 
himself, as he collided face-first into a telephone pole. He struck the 
pole with such impact that the pole cracked and the fell forward in the 
direction AngelRanma had been running. Everyone gathered around 
AngelRanma as he rolled off the pole and into a sitting position.
  He rubbed his nose a few times, knowing that it wasn't broken. Akane's 
slap had hurt more than running into that pole. He chuckled a bit as he 
watched Akane getting smaller and smaller as the distance between them 
grew, finally diappearing when she rounded a corner.
  He got up to his feet, dusting the dirt from his pants. He casually picked up 
the heavy pole and stuck it back into the ground. He then began his trek back 
toward the motel. She needed to cool down first. Then he would speak to her. He 
ignored he glances he was receiving from the female passerbys since he was 
shirtless afterall.
  He smiled a bit. Although he probably should have his head examined, 
he actually enjoyed running into that pole face first. 
  It brought back memories.
  
  "Hey, Rei. Guess what? I ran face first into a pole," AngelRanma said, 
entering the motel room, carrying a small bag.
  "Did you speak to her?" Ranma asked, walking up to him. He seemed a 
bit nervous. He had been in the motel room with Rei for the past twenty 
minutes, trying to keep occupied, much to no avail because there was 
nothing to do except perhaps talk. However, Rei didn't seem to enjoy 
talking to him. Sure, she answered his questions, but she never did 
anything to keep the conversation going. 
  He ended up drinking AngelRanma's soda, taking little sips so it would 
last longer.
  "Speak to her? Yeah, but she wouldn't listen," AngelRanma replied, 
"I'll talk to her tomorrow, after she cools down," 
  He walked over to the draw and pick up his shirt and put it on. 
  "Say, Rei, would you rather I keep my shirt on or off?" AngelRanma 
asked, smirking.
  Rei blushed.
  Ranma's eyes widened. Since he had first gotten to know her, he 
noticed that Rei showed little emotion, yet here she was blushing like a 
schoolgirl. How did AngelRanma do that?
  AngelRanma placed the bag on the floor and took out its contents. It 
was food.
  "You already ate," Rei said, looking up from her book. That seemed to 
surprise Ranma. Not once, since he had been there had Rei said anything 
to him yet she was initiating a conversation with AngelRanma. Why was 
that?
  "I know," AngelRanma smirked, "I'm still hungry,"
  "What did you get?" she asked.
  "Corn bread," he replied.
  Ranma continued to stare. AngelRanma noticed.
  "What, do I have something on my face?" he asked.
  Rei giggled a bit.
  "What so funny?" AngelRanma said, confused. Ranma was every bit as 
confused. He couldn't believe that Rei actually blushed and giggled. 
There must be something to AngelRanma that seemed to make Rei act this 
way. 
  AngelRanma tore off a small piece of his corn bread and threw it at 
Rei, hitting her in the forehead, the crumb bouncing off and landing in 
her lap, "Well, what's so funny? Is it this handprint I have on my 
face?"
  Rei picked up the crumb and looked at it. She wondered it she should 
throw it back at AngelRanma. She chose not to. She skillfully threw it 
into the wastebasket at the bed's side before she turned back to reading 
her book.
  AngelRanma devoured the corn bread in two bites. After that, he turned 
toward Ranma and said, "So, back to the question before. What brings you 
here?"
  "We were just curious as to where you were staying," Ranma replied. It 
was a bit strange. He and AngelRanma were both sitting on the floor. It 
was as if they were looking at a mirror image of each other. However, 
there were some differences. AngelRanma's eyes showed much more wisdom 
and intelligence than he let on. He was also a bit older looking, but it 
was virutally unnoticeable. The most noticeable difference between him 
and Ranma couldn't be seen. There was a potent aura of power to 
AngelRanma that Ranma didn't seem to possess, not yet.
  "You were just checking up on us?" AngelRanma asked, leaning his back 
agains the foot of the bed. Rei's feet were just behind his head. "We 
don't need people checking up on us. We can take care of ourselves,"
  Ranma shrugged his shoulders, "Well, it wasn't really my idea. Akane 
was the one that put me up to it,"
  AngelRanma placed his hands behind his head, "Yeah, well, I guess this 
misunderstanding wouldn't've happened if she didn't get curious and 
decide to find out where we were staying,"
  Ranma was silent.
  AngelRanma shrugged his shoulders.

  The next day, Akane was jogging around the block early in the morning 
when she spotted AngelRanma. Actually, she literally bumped into him. It 
felt like running into a wall as she bumped into him and fell backwards 
onto her backside.
  Her heart skipped a beat. She remembered the scene all too vividly the 
other night.
  AngelRanma extended a hand forward to help her back up.
  "I don't need your help," Akane said, ostentatiously refusing his hand 
and getting up on her own. 
  She was a bit surprised when AngelRanma simply shrugged his shoulders 
and said, "Suit yourself," He cleared his throat and said, "Well, aren't 
you going to apologize to me?"
  Akane's eyes widened, "W-what? Why on earth would I apologize? And to 
you of all people?"
  AngelRanma smirked slightly as he leaned against the wall. "Well," he 
began, "I don't recall having done anything bad, yet you slapped me. So, 
tell me, what did I do wrong that gives you the right to slap me?" 
  "Um, well, it's just that....um," Akane blushed a deep shade of red. 
She suddenly realized that there was no real reason for her to be angry 
at AngelRanma. He was his own person.
  "You do know that you slapping me the other night was totally uncalled 
for," AngelRanma said, serious. "Hypothetically speaking, let's just say 
that Rei and I were having sex-"
  Akane blushed a deeper shade of red. She gazed down toward the ground.
  "And you walked in on us," AngelRanma continued, "Dontcha think I 
should be the one being angry, and not you?"
  Akane was silent.
  All of a sudden, he reverted back to his usual self and smiled warmly, 
"However, it was all hypothetical. You just happened to have 
misunderstood what you saw. Nothing was going on,"
  "Nothing was?" Akane said, eyes brightening. When she realized this, 
she coughed, pretedning she was clearing her throat and said, "I-it's 
not that I care anyway?"
  He smirked and said, "I'm sure you care,"
  "What?!"
  He leaned closer, "C'mon, I'm not stupid. You were jealous,"
  "I was not!!!"
  "When you saw me and Rei in that motel, you automatically assumed it 
was something hentai," he smirked, "Well, Akane, you've got a perverted 
lil mind up in that head of yours. I don't think my younger self will 
find that very attractive,"
  Akane blushed red again, "I am not!!! What makes you think I'm 
perverted!!! You're the one that's perverted!!! It's not like I care 
what your younger self thinks!!!"
  "Asuka," AngelRanma smiled.
  "What?"
  "You remind me of a girl I know named Asuka," he commented.
  Akane was silent. 
  AngelRanma became serious again, "In case you're wondering, you're 
alive in my time. However, we did not get married and are no longer 
fiancees,"
  "Why should that concern me?" Akane said defensively, saying the first 
thing that came to her mind. After a few moments, AngelRanma's words 
finally registered. Her visage grew slightly sullen when she realized 
what his words mean. It took several moments before she dared to asked, 
"Um, why is that?"
  AngelRanma placed his hands behind his head and said, "Well, I 
changed. And in the end, we mutually agreed that we should no longer be 
fiancees. We are friends, however, but that's the extent of the 
relationship,"
  Does that mean Ranma and I won't be together in the future, Akane 
wondered. 
  "Anyway," AngelRanma said, "Getting to the point, I just want to 
letcha know that all of that stuff back there the other day was all a 
misunderstanding,"
  Akane gave a weak smile and slowly nodded, "I guess it was,"
  
  AngelRanma was on his way back to the motel when Akane jogged up to 
him.
  "Ranma," Akane called out. She had to ask. She was dying from 
curiosity.
   He turned around and gave her an odd look, "Whatcha doing here? I 
thought you were going to go home after our lil conversation. Weren't 
you having yer morning jog?"
  Akane took several moments before she mustered enough courage to 
speak, "Um, I was just curious. Exactly why....are you and my older self 
no longer fiancees?"
  "People change," he shrugged his shoulders, "You'll change, my younger 
self will change. Only time will tell wether or not you two stay 
together. Now, if you don't mind, Rei is waiting for me at the motel,"

  AngelRanma was standing on the balcony, enjoying the cool air outside. 
He was casually dressed, a button up shirt, opened in front, worn over 
this tank top. It could be seen swaying to the gentle breeze. He was 
leaning against the railing, his gaze out over the city, his eyes 
closed, enjoying the quietness of it all.
  Rei, finished with her morning shower and dressed in a simple but 
comfortable summer dress, stepped out onto the balcony. She looked up at 
AngelRanma as his eyes remained closed.
  "It's nice out, ne?" he said, eyes still closed.
  "You knew that I was next to you?" she asked, a bit surprised. She was 
sure she made no sound.
  AngelRanma nodded, "I can smell your shampoo. It smells nice,"
  Rei smiled a bit. She could have sworn that AngelRanma had just 
complimented her. Her hand subconsiously moved toward her hair, running 
her fingers through it. Perhaps her shampoo did smell nice. There was no 
reason AngelRanma would lie.
  "Um, thank you," she finally said.
  AngelRanma opened his eyes and turned around, leaning against the 
railing, gazing at her with soft eyes. He smiled warmly and repeated his 
question, "It's a nice day out, ne?"
  She nodded. "It is," 
  "Hey, I thought of something this morning, about what we should do for 
the day," he said, a bit happy.
  "What is it?" she asked. She didn't really mind doing anything with 
AngelRanma. She liked his company. He was easy to be with. Even standing 
next to him she found comforting. He also had a nice smile.
  "Let's go visit Sylia's father. That way, we can warn him about how he 
will eventually be murdered if he continues on with his boomer 
research," he replied. He scratched the back of his head and gave a weak 
smile, "Unfortunately, I don't really have an idea as to how to find 
him. I checked the phonebooks while you were in the shower but there is 
no one by the name of Stingray that could be found,"
  "Perhaps checking the police database records could help," she 
replied.
  "Y'know what? That's not a bad idea," he said, smiling, grateful 
having told this to Rei, "I mean, Nene showed me a bit about how to use 
a computer," 
  Rei giggled slightly.
  "What?"
  "Know how to turn a computer on doesn't really count as knowing how to 
use a computer," Rei smiled slightly.
  AngelRanma gave a meek chuckle, "Well, I guess you're right. But hey, 
it couldn't hurt. With your help, we should be able to do it no 
problem,"
  "You want my help?" Rei asked, a bit surprised. Considering how bright 
he was, she figured AngelRanma would be able to do all of this on his 
own. Knowing him, he would probably learn how to use the computer more 
efficently than Nene if he was forced to do so.
  AngelRanma nodded, "Yeah, of course I want your help. Of course, that 
is, if you're willing to do so. If you don't mind,"
  She smiled a bit. She liked the thought that she was being asked for 
help instead of being told to do so like it had been a while back, when 
she used to be nothing more than a puppet for Nerv and Gendo. She nodded 
and said, "Of course I'll help,"
  "All right," he replied, smiling warmly, which made Rei blush a bit. 
He had such a nice smile. Did he even realize that? He took a deep 
breath of fresh air and said, "Well, now that we have that settled, what 
would ya wanna do for the morning? Where would you like to go eat?"
  Rei was about to say that it didn't really matter to her, but for some 
reason, she said something else. She said, "How about we order room 
service?" She wanted to be a bit more daring, to make a decision for 
herself instead of letting AngelRanma doing it for her.
  "Sure,"
  
  "How's your meal?" AngelRanma asked. He and Rei were sitting on the 
motel room floor, their breakfast meal in front of them.
  "It's fine," she replied, "Thank you for asking,"  
   Rei looked up from her meal and at AngelRanma. She smiled a bit when 
she noiced that there was a piece of food stuck on AngelRanma's cheek 
and he didn't seem to notice. It was odd he didn't have more food stuck 
to his face considering how much like a pig he ate. He seemed to inhale 
his food instead of eat it.
  "There's something stuck on your cheek," Rei said.
  AngelRanma stuck his tongue out to lick it off. Of course, his tongue 
was no where near where the food was and he was trying to lick it off 
the wrong cheek.
  "No, the other cheek,"
  AngelRanma tried to rub the food off with his hand, missing it still, 
"Did I get it?"
  Rei took a napkin and leaned forward and wiped the food off AngelRanma.
  After she wiped the food off, AngelRanma gave a weak chuckle which 
seemed to make Rei start giggling. Pretty soon, they were both laughing. 
  After a minute or so, they managed to calm down.
  "That was funny," Rei commented, this warm feeling in her heart. She 
had never laughed like that in her life. It had felt invigorating. 
Perhaps now she knew what the term 'laughter is life's best medicine'.
  AngelRanma smiled warmly. He found it heartwarming listening to Rei's 
laughter.

  "Hey, I just thought of something," AngelRanma realized. He and Rei 
had been walking down the street toward the nearby police station when 
he suddenly stopped as they were passing by a jewelry store. It was nearing 
noontime. 
  "What is it?"
  "If you're my fiancee, then that means I should buy ya a ring," he 
replied. He jerked a thumb over his shoulder and at the store behind him 
and smiled, "Well, ya want one?"
  "It doesn't matter to me," Rei replied softly. However, she looked 
down at her hands. She wondered how her bare hand would look if it was 
adorned by a ring. An engagement ring since that was what a fiancee 
would usually be wearing.
  AngelRanma shrugged his shoulders, "Well, let's get one anyway," He 
smiled as he walked toward the front entrance to the exclusive looking 
jewelry store.
  "Look out!" Rei said to AngelRanma. But it was too late.
  AngelRanma walked right into the doors that he had assumed that would 
open automatically. He collapsed to the floor, a bit disoriented. "God, 
I forgot. Not all store doors were automated," he muttered, hoping to 
his feet, rubbing his nose.
  Rei giggled a bit, "Are you all right?"
  AngelRanma gave Rei an odd look and said, "Hey, how can you laugh when 
I just walked right into a door? Would you laugh if I broke my nose?"
  "But you didn't," she said, smiling slightly.
  "Hm, I guess you're right," he said, shrugging his shoulders. He 
opened the door for Rei as she walked by. As Rei walked by him, she 
noted how nice AngelRanma was to hold the door open for her, even though 
he is probably completely unaware that he was being a complete 
gentleman. 
  She giggled a bit. The irony that someone like AngelRanma would be 
even associated with the word gentleman.
  "What's so funny?" he asked.
  "Nothing," she responded.
  They both entered the store, Rei following behind AngelRanma as he 
walked up to a display booth. There was a young lady behind it. She 
smiled politely at AngelRanma and Rei, her gaze on AngelRanma more than 
Rei wanted to take note of.
  "May I help you?" the lady asked.
  "Yeah," AngelRanma nodded, "I'm lookin' to buy an engagement ring,"
  The girl frowned slightly. She figured that all the good ones were 
taken. She smiled and said, "Is there a specific price range you're 
looking at?"
  AngelRanma turned toward Rei, "You don't care about how much I spend 
on you for the engagement ring, do you?"
  The girl's eyes widened. She was shocked that the girl next to 
AngelRanma was his fiancee. She had been hoping she had been a sister or 
female friend he had brought along to help him choose. How did that girl 
get so lucky?
  Rei shrugged her shoulders and said softly, "It doesn't matter what 
ring you buy me,"
  AngelRanma turned toward the girl and said, "All right. Money's no 
object. Show me the biggest and most expensive rings you can find,"
  The girl's eyes widened again. He can't be serious. Rei noticed the 
girl's expression on her face. For some reason, Rei couldn't help but 
blush a bit at the thought of what the girl was thinking. It took a 
short moment before the girl composed herself and gestured them to a 
nearby jewelry booth.
  AngelRanma's eyes widened at the sight of the beautiful ring the girl 
showed him. The security guard near the front of the store kept his eyes 
on the ring at all times.
  AngelRanma took the ring. He took Rei's hand and gently slid the ring 
on. He smiled and said, "Well, what do ya think? You like it?"
  Rei gazed at the ring for several moments and said, "It looks nice,"
  "Yeah, but do you like it?" AngelRanma asked, "That's what counts,"
  "Yes, I like it,"
  "All right, I'll take it," he said to the girl, which seemed to do a 
double take at how quickly they seemed to have chosen a ring, and the 
most expensive ring at that. He said, "How much?"
  The girl took out the small box that housed the ring. It had a price 
tag attached to it. She knew that as soon as AngelRanma saw the price of 
that ring, he would realize that no engagement ring was worth that much.
  "Damn," AngelRanma said, looking at the tag.
  Rei looked at the tag. She didn't really know how to react since she 
lacked a concept of money and what price would be considered expensive.
  "Is it too much?" the girl said.
  AngelRanma said, "No. Not at all," He pointed to the numbers on the 
tag and let Rei see them, "Check it out, this ring's price is only two 
digits away from our telephone number. Pretty freaky, right?"
  "Perhaps," Rei responded.
  The girl couldn't help but hear something that disturbed her, "'Our' 
phone number?"
  "Oh, yeah, we live together," AngelRanma said. He turned back to Rei, 
"Ya see, change that digit to a five and that one to a three and you 
have our phone number. That's pretty weird," 
  He shrugged his shoulders and turned toward the girl, handing her back 
the ring. He smiled and said, "Okay, we'l