"Blinded Stars"

Disclaimer: I don't own Ranma ½ or Sailor Moon. They belong to their respected creator/ owners and I not making a cent of this. So keep the layers in their cages. We all know the rest….

Edited by Innortal, Thanks.

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Chapter 1: Stories and girl time

-Rei's temple-

Rei sat in front of the blazing fire as she did her annually fire reading. Taking shallow breaths as she continued to keep her focus; she began seeking answers to several questions she and the other Senshi had. So far, she was swimming in an endless abyss of nothing for answers, as she came to the last question that the other scouts purposed. "Is any other people with extraordinary abilities like ours that might come and help us?" Artemis and Luna were both adamant that all the scouts were accounted for and that there would be no help from any out side sources. But the girls still got Rei to ask the fire anyway. With even greater focusing than before, she mentally asked the question.

As in response, the fire in front of her slowly began to pick up its roar until it was raging with fury. An image came of a busty young redheaded girl and a boy with yellow bandanas around his head fighting. The way they seemed to fight each other was like something that you could only see in the movies.

The image then slowly shifted, changing its focus onto the redhead. She was wearing a red silk Japanese style shirt and black pants as a blue aura pulses around her as she began to run at neck-breaking speeds.

The image then became blindingly bright and all features of the girl became obscured until only her out line was all that was left. Within the girl's image, bright burning white flames as it split into two similar figures.

Then with a flash the boy previously seen appeared in place holding a red umbrella as he glowed with a green aura as he shouted some inaudible words.

After that the vision ended by fading in to the darkness. She slowly came back to reality as the blazing inferno came back to its normal levels.

Rei could feel her body drenched with sweat as a wave of fatigue washed over her. She sluggishly stood and stumbled out of the room, heading towards the bath room. Taking a quick glance outside, she found that it was dark and the sky was starting to get cloudy. As she got herself ready, her brain went on thinking about the vision she had.

'How were those two in the vision?', 'Why were they glowing?', and 'Why was the girl's image consumed by white flames and then split?' were a few of the questions running through her mind.

- Nerima, Tendo dojo-

"Ranma, get back here and apologize to Akane right this instant!" Genma scolded as he chased after his 'dishonorable' son.

"You're going to have to catch me first." Ranma replied with a smug look on his face as he jumped to the roof of a three story building. "There's no way that I'm going to be late!" he said, speeding off in the direction of Furinkan High by method of roof hoping.

"I swear that I'm going to teach my boy some respect when he gets back," Genma snarled. "Right Soun?"

"Right! Saotome! " Soun replied with a fist raised up high and a stern look on his face.

"I can't believe that pervert ran off and he didn't even eat the breakfast I made for him!" Akane yelled.

"Well this is interesting; usually Ranma doesn't leave this early. In fact I'm pretty certain that he has never left this early before." Nabiki said. 'This could bring in quite a few yen, if sold to the right people,' she thought. 'Now to make some select calls…'

Ten minutes later; Akane and Nabiki begin to exit the gate to the Tendo compound when they heard, "Now were in the heck I'm I!" coming from across the street.

-Previous day's events-

It was a standard day for the one named Ranma Saotome.

Get awoken up by Akane, by a pail of water. Akane gets mad at him because their going to be late… again.

Shampoo shows up, Ranma gets malleted.

The daily morning fight with Kuno. Late for class, stands out in hall as punishment and attacked by Kuno again.

Ranma gets splashed by the pails of water he's… she's holding.

A while later Happosai shows up to 'great' the young ladies, Ranma get splashed again and malleted by Akane.

Leaving school, Kodachi tries to poison/ paralyze Ranma and make him hers… Akane's Mallet hits once again.

Okay, now the difference about that day was that when he got home, there was a note for him. The note was straight forward.

Dear Son,

I need you to come to Furinkan early tomorrow so we can discuss certain maters that have come to my attention as of late. It's high time that the trouble that Genma has caused be put in order. We will meet out side of the principal's office. Leave Genma out of the loop until I have a little chat with him.

Your mother, Nodoka Saotome

-End of Previous Day's events-(that we need to know)

- Furinkan High-

'I wonder what mom has to tell me that so important that I have to get to school early?' Ranma thought as he jumped down from the surrounding gate wall of Furinkan high. Giving a quick glance around, he noticed that every one was staring at him in disbelief. He could hear them; murmuring things.

Ranma jumping into a nearby tree to get a bird's eye view of the lot before he bounded over them effortlessly to the door. He was a bit of surprised that Kuno wasn't present in the crowd or standing off to the side like he usually was. Landing next to the front door, he noticed his mother standing out side of the principal's office with two men that he didn't recognize. The first man was about 6'5" and wore a comfortable looking blue suit, holding was briefcase had the logo of a renowned psycholinguist institution on it, in his hand. The other was about 6'2" and wore a black suit and briefcase in hand as well, though the briefcase had a name of lawyer firm printed in its side. As Ranma stepping inside the three turned toward him. "Good morning mom, what is it that wanted to tell me about?" Ranma asked in the politest tone he could manage.

"Well dear, since you're here now. I asked your uncle here," she said, motioning to one of the men, "to help out with some of our 'family' problems that Genma so kindly bestowed on us."

"Um…. Right, so how are we… they… um… going to do that?" Ranma asked as he scratched the back of his head with a confused look upon his face. "I mean, pop's done quite a bit, you know."

"As we are all aware of, but we will make certain that this mess he has caused is cleaned up." The man in the black suit said clenching his hand tightly around his briefcase. "Currently I have filed several documents that will give your mother full custody and for the courts to review all of our previous actions you were involved in with Genma. As a result, you and your mother will be staying with me in Juuban. You will also be switching schools; you will be attending the same school as my daughter."

"Wait, you mean that your going to give pops what he had coming to him, with out him dodging it and shoving it on me?" Ranma said in a tone that seemed he could hardly believe what he just said.

"To put it simply: yes. But we plan on going a bit farther," the black suit said.

"So you're the great Ranma every ones been hearing about. The one that has hundreds of rumors told about him," said the man in the blue; and then turning to the other. "Mustang's daughter been so excited since she heard of our planes for you to stay with them, she can't wait to meat you," he said with a smirk. "As the paper work goes through to the other school, you can get to know each other seeing how the weekend starts tomorrow."

"Sorry about this…." Ranma said with a frown looking down and away.

"Ranma, there is nothing to be sorry about, but today you won't need to attend your classes," Nodoka replied in a calm and peaceful tone.

"That right, after we pick up your things from the Tendo's. We will then head to Juuban," Mustang said as he began to head to the front exit. He waved them to follow. "My car is this way."

Outside, Akane and Nabiki approached the front gates. They saw a white limo parked next to the schools entrance. They could see that Kuno was waiting behind a tree with his bokken in hand and a vial in the other. They stopped short to watch the scene play out from a safe distance.

Ranma, his relatives, and a man in blue suit walked down the side of the tree line to avoid the crowd of students standing in front of the building. As Ranma was about to pass the tree Kuno stood behind he said, "Kuno, if I were you I wouldn't try to attack me right now."

Of course Kuno took his the wrong way and jumped out swinging his bokken at Ranma. "I; the Blue Thunder, shall smite thee, banishing thy foul trickery and free Akane and the pigtail goddess by the use of this holy water." Kuno shouted tossing the veil a Ranma and gave it a quick slash, spilling the contents on Ranma.

Ranma felt his curse trigger like normal, but lately when it happened his body would start getting strange feelings as he turned in to the pretty red head. "That old little man was right; the blessed water destroyed Saotome and released the pigtail goddess from his clutches."

"Um…. Kuno, you talk way too much! So why don't you take a quick nap!" a female Ranma said before sending Kuno into the outer school wall. "He is such a headache at times," Ranma said to herself but loud enough for every one to hear him.

Slowly turning around, Ranma expected to see three surprised looks, but only got three curious one instead. This caused Ranma to wonder why no one was freaking out, especially his mother…

"Nodoka, Sister… I take it you weren't lying when you told me that Ranma turned into a girl and about his/her strength."

"It would seem. Well, this is going to a bit interesting," the man in a blue suit said.

"We should continue on, we can talk about my son... err… daughter later," Nodoka said with a bit of a blush. "I'll explain later, Ranma, I've known about your problem for a little time now. We will have to discuss it after we get home."

Mustang then continued to lead them to a white limo, which he declared as his car. As they went Ranma was stuck wondering how his mother had found out about the curse he had.

-Time gate-

Sailor Pluto was currently searching the time line for signs of their next enemy. For the most part all she was seeing was several petty robberies. Every now again, two redheads would appear. They were quickly dismissed each time though as they didn't seem to have any influence in the making of 'Crystal Tokyo'. She continued to trudge on through her work for several more hours until she realized that in every instance where 'Crystal Tokyo' came to pass the two red heads were both there, and part of its court. Taking a glance at most of the time lines that 'Crystal Tokyo' didn't come to be, at lest one of the two had been killed or didn't exist. Looking back to the main time line, she got a felling that several powers were about to appear and their affect unknown. 'Crystal Tokyo' was going to be put to the test, it would be seen if it would survive the appearance of these forces. She could fell two different sources that were coming form the district of Nerima; one from the scout's home district, Juuban. And one very elusive power that seemed to came from every direction. It had a dark taint about it, as if seeking revenge. Next to that, she found that the sun was becoming very active. This was unusual for the magical energies of the sun were starting to wake and become focused. Taking a step away from the gates she raised her staff up above her head and quickly vanished.

-Tendo dojo-

There was knocking on the door. "I'll get it," Kasumi said as she began to head to the door.

"Hmm… I wonder who that could be," Soun asked as he placed his piece on the Go board.

"I have no idea, but I bet it has something to do with my son's actions this morning. We're going to have to correct his attitude problem," Genma replied switching several pieces when Soun looked away.

"Ah, Auntie Saotome, what a surprise to see you, please come in. Who are these two men with you?" Kasumi asked before turning to Ranma. "Ranma, shouldn't you be in school right now?"

"Well you see; we're here to get Ranma's things. He's going to be spending a while with me and some of his relatives," Nodoka replied.

"We'll wait outside for you two," Mustang said

"Please, I insist that you come and sit at the table while I bring you all some tea," Kasumi said as she led them into the dining area. Sitting down, Nodoka turned her attention to both Soun and Genma as they continued their game of Go. They of course, they began to sweat under her gaze as she held the family's honor blade.

"So um… dear, what brings you here?" Genma managed to get out. He was well aware of the glare he was getting from her.

"Well, I thought that Ranma needed to meet more of his family and get a little break from the stress that has built up over the time he's been staying here," Nodoka said in a nice and crisp tone. "So I going to have him stay with me for a little while."

"But the Schools must be united!" both Genma and Soun said in unison with a bit of a shriek.

"Ranma has to unite the schools." Genma

"Right, Genma!" Soun

"Silence! Ranma will be staying with me for the time being. I will deal personally with the matter of all engagements later. Until then, you two better behave yourselves!" Nodoka said in a fierce tone leaving no room for further argument. "Do I make myself clear?"

Genma and Soun both knew better than to push their luck when it came to Nodoka. Especially when she was holding 'It': the family honor sword, in a certain way; the way that meant 'cross her and get hurt'.

So they opted just to except it and nodded their heads up and down furiously.

Turning to Ranma, who had a huge sweat drop, Nodoka rested her blade against her shoulder. Ranma let of a sigh as she began up the stairs to the guest's room to gather his/her things. As she walked, she started thinking about all that he/she had gone though over the years until this point. He or what male Ranma wanted was to just end it all, to end all of the problems. Yet what was the purpose for him becoming the best if there was no need for it.

There had to be a reason; his life was like an ocean of complete chaos. Genma claimed Honor, but Genma wouldn't know Honor if it ripped off his arm and beat him with it. Ranma also knew that the likely hood of all these powerful marshal artists in one place; Nerima, was not at all good. To top it off, the battle with Saffron was even more unlikely then the collection of fighters.

Opening the door he found Happosai asleep on one of his sacks of goodies.

"Well, thank goodness I don't have to deal with that annoyance," Ranma muttered in a low tone not to wake the demon up. Silently she grabbed her pack and crept out of the room. Stopping by the bathroom to change; Ranma glanced in the mirror and notice that her red hair was longer then it was normally. It was about down to her med back. Splashing herself with hot water, she changed back and was relieved to fined that his hair was back to it original length. Giving himself the once over he shouldered his pack and headed back to his mother downstairs.

When he came down the steps he found that there was a stack of papers in front of both Soun and Genma. It was obvious to Ranma that Genma and Soun were signing off on every thing his mother pointed at. 'She must have said a few more things to the two idiots to make them very easy to work with,' he thought with a grin.

"Ranma, go put your stuff in Mustang's car. I will be with you in a few minutes," Nodoka said as she caught a glimpse of him from the paper work.

Ranma just nodded; he knew that his father had no idea what he was signing. He gave a wave to Kasumi as he left through the outer gates. Suddenly, Ranma found himself face-to-face with Ryoga. Quickly jumping back into a defensive stance, he tossed his pack to the side of the wall. He felt his ki flare up the instant he noticed Ryoga, but quickly suppressed it.

Ryoga's gaze seemed changed to that of disbelief as he continued to look on. His senses were going crazy; they were telling him that the air around Ranma was different, similar to the feeling he gets from Cologne, but way stronger. Ryoga knew that he wouldn't be able to beat the elder any time soon; and Ranma was now emitting this strange, yet powerful ki, still retained his personal signature.

"What's the matter Ryoga, why the sudden look?' Ranma asked tauntingly.

"….." was Ryoga's response as he continued to stare.

"Is there something on my face?" Ranma asked. Becoming confused at why Ryoga hadn't attacked yet.

"Ranma…, what happened...? Your ki, it's slightly different," Ryoga responded slowly. "It feels like it's gained something mystical, like the feel of the old ghoul's aura; explain right now."

"Wha-What? What are you talking about Ryoga?" Ranma replied. "I feel no diff……" Ranma paused as he began to study his own ki. He slowly started to feel foreign strands of energy weaving its way through him. Turning his attention back to Ryoga. "I don't know; it's working its way to every part of my body."

'Should I attack him? I mean Ranma didn't even notice that his aura was changing. What affect does this have on him as well?' Ryoga thought.

"Ryoga…., are you still after me for your stupid Akane obsession? Or is this for the fight that we seemed to never finish?" Ranma asked with his usual cockiness.

"Ranma, you will stop insulting Akane! One day she'll be mine and I will triumphant in your ultimate defeat," Ryoga sneered with fire in his eyes.

"That not going to happen, at least not right now!" Nodoka said in a monotone voice that was stiff and held command, but not loud. She just came out of the house. Both boys turned to her with surprise written all over their faces. They never expected any one to have stopped them from going at it. "Ryoga, I've been trying to find you. I've done a little research on you and have found that both of your parents are in an institution for people with mental problems."

"Um….." was all Ryoga said.

"After several conversations with them, their doctors, and your other relatives; it became painfully obvious to me that your entire family has problems of various degrees. So I need to ask you if you would come with me to have a couple tests done by Dr. Tofu before I ask you another question that is of a personal matter for you," Nodoka stated with a soothing voice; walking up and directing him to Dr. Tofu's clinic. "Ranma, you can go with your uncle. I will meet you back at their house when I'm done with Ryoga here."

"Um…. Sure mom, see you then," Ranma replied slinging his bag over his shoulder as he began to walk over to his uncle, how was waiting in the car. Ranma didn't see the other man in the suit.

-Juuban, School grounds-

"Hey Kira, I hear your cousin is going to be staying here in Juuban for a while."

"Ya, Auntie and Ranma are coming today. I just can't wait. I hear that he is a great martial artist!" she replied, almost barely able to contain herself from bursting out in excitement.

"What's his last name?" several girls asked as they began to gather around Kira.

"Saotome, his name is Ranma Saotome," she said with a hint of pride that made all the other girls feel a little jealous.

"What does he look like? When can we meat him? How long is he staying? Oh, Kira you're so lucky. Is he single? I hope he's really cute!" was heard from the now large group of girls about Kira as they probed for information.

At a different part of the school, there are three girls talking as they traveled down the hall during their lunch hour. One has blue hair and was reading a book as she went, giving comments about the topic now and then. She was on the left of a blonde with two pony tails on each side of her head. On the right side of the blonde was a black haired girl as she argued with the blonde.

"How is it that you manage to eat so much and be such a slouch! Where does all of the energy go?" Rei said, frustrated by Usagi ability to consume large amounts of food.

"I can't help it, I get so hungry!" Usagi wined with a little pout.

"Rei, complaining about Usagi food addiction isn't going to help any. Besides did you do a fire reading last night?" Ami said looking away from her book as she hears noise from up ahead.

"Oh ya! I'll tell you all about it at the meeting later to night. I'm not sure what to think of the vision I got. I really think that every one should be present though." Rei replied.

"Hmmm…, I wonder what those girls down the hall are talking about." Usagi said not paying any attention to the conversation that the three were having. "Let's listen in!" she continued in her cheery voice."

"Meat ball head!" Rei glared at Usagi fiercely.

"What!" Usagi wined seeing Rei angry at her again.

"You could pay attention, and not get distracted. What were talking about is important!" Rei shouted in her usual way at Usagi.

"B…B But, they look like their talking about something interesting…." Usagi pouted.

"You know Rei, it's pointless. Usagi is Usagi through and through." Ami said in her usually calm manner. "So let her be, for know."

Rei let off a heavy sigh as she watched "meat ball head" skip up to the group of girls down the hall. "Well I might as well join her… see you later Ami," before she herself headed toward the group.

-Back to Ranma-

"Well Ranma, I hear that your one the top fighters in Nerima," Mustang asked with some interest. He was currently driving them down one the main streets that lead to Juuban.

"Ya, I'm the best there is," Ranma said with a lot of pride. "I can beat anyone!"

"Is that so? Your mother has been spending a lot of time with my daughter teaching her how to wield a sword." Mustang replied as they came to a red light.

"But if she is unarmed she will be at a disadvantage. Thus giving her opponent the upper hand and the likely hood of her defeat." Ranma said in his usual 'I know every thing about all marshal arts' tone.

Laughing slightly, "That may be true, but aren't you at a disadvantage against those who wield weapons?"

"I was trained to be able to fight against others that wield weapons. So I'm not at a disadvantage at all."

"Oh…." The light turned green. "We should be home in about ten minutes."

"Okay. I take it that you have a dojo like the Tendo's."

"Well, actually it's bit bigger then the Tendo's. You'll see it when we get there." Mustang then continued to tell Ranma about other parts of the house and who stayed there. To Ranma, it sounded like a big house and yard with several other add-ons. As they turned on to the driveway that led to the front gate, he noted how far they had to drive to get to the gate. Once passed the gate, it took another two minute to get to the house.

For the most part, the building was white. Ranma was more then shocked at its size. It was about triple the size of Kuno's Mansion.

"I thought it was just a large house not a mansion…" Ranma sputtered under his breath. "I hope pops doesn't find this place." Grabbing his bag he tagged along behind his uncle Mustang as they entered. The doorways opened into a small room with coat racks and five jackets hanging from them. Under them were several sets of boots and other shoes. Ranma took off his slippers and set them next to a pair of pink sandals.
"Here, I will show you your room you will be staying in while you are here," Mustang said, beginning to lead him down a hall. "You will be across the hall from Kira."

"Oh, so is their any way to make sure that select people not learn about my stay here?" Ranma ask with uncertainty. 'Such as pops and the grandmaster…' he thought.

"Well, I'll ask the patrol officer about it when he comes tonight. We should wait to hear your side of what Genma's did while he trained you after dinner or during if you like."

"There's a lot to be talked about on that subject it would seem of late," Ranma sputtered dryly.

"Here we are; this is your room," Mustang said opening the door allowing him to look in side. The room was pretty bare and painted white. It had a ceiling fan in its center and a window on the right wall that looked out into the back yard. About twenty yards out sat a huge pool and deck with several chairs and tables. Glancing back he noticed that there was a plaque on the outside of the door opposite his room. The plaque was in the shape of a red and yellow dragon with streaks of green around its head and on the belly of the dragon was printed the name Kira. Around the door knob hung a small sign that stated "Please knock".

"That would be my cousin; Kira's room, right?" Ranma asked. With a confirming nod from Mustang, Ranma put down his pack and headed for the dojo. For the next three hours, all the occupants on the grounds of Mustang's estate could hear Ranma's daily work out routine.

-Juuban high school, after school-

Mustang's limo pulled up in front of the school grounds as per usual. He waited a few seconds before he looked out his right dark tinted window shortly after the bell rung, which declared the school day is over. The mass of the entire student body poured out into the front of the school with an unseen driving force. Thirty seconds later, Kira exited the building, chased by a pack of day dreaming girls that hung on her every word about a certain boy…

Once she had reached the limo, most were too wrapped up in their own world, causing the group to trickle out to only a few. She opened the door and peered in.

"Hi daddy, did you go and get Ranma like you promised?" she asked excitedly. "Where is he right now?"

"He is still probably in the dojo. At least he was when I left…. I'll tell ya he sure has incredible stamina."

"Lets get home, I have to meet him as soon as possible!" she replied in a shriek.

"Well, I see you're just as excited as you were before. I thought that maybe you would have calmed down a little by now…."

"Never, just thinking about him makes me want to run home and party."

"Well, I think the party will have to wait a little bit. From what I heard from Dr. Tofu, he has had a rough life and a party might not be first thing to do right now."

"What do you mean by a 'rough life'? Shouldn't he have it easy with the family fortune like we do?"

"That I will have to tell you later, but for now don't worry about it."

"What do you mean tell me later? What could have happened to him?"

"Well, he'll tell us all tonight so we can solve some legal problems between him and his father, Genma."

"Legal problems? Did Ranma do something wrong?"

"We'll find out. Now let's hurry and get home."

-Mustang's Mansion-

"So you're telling me that when he is splashed with water he changes, but you're not going to tell me what he turns into… so I guess I will have to find out myself!" Kira pronounced as they pulled up to the front door.

"Yep, you'll be in for a surprise of your life," Mustang replied as he opened the door and exited.

"So what room will he be staying in?" She inquired exiting as well.

"Across from you, of course," he answered.

"Ah, there you two are. I just arrived here with Ryoga and I sent him to go and fetch Ranma from the dojo," Nodoka interrupted as she came up the limo.

"Hi dear sister, so Ryoga will be staying as well them?"

"That would be up to Ryoga, but he most likely stay at least to night," Nodoka replied.

"Who's Ryoga?" Kira asked

"He's one of Ranma's friends," Mustang said as he pointed to two people coming out of the dojo. "And there they come."

Kira turn her attention to the two boys that were slowly walking up to them. One was dressed in a red Chinese style shirt and black fu pants while the other had a yellow brown shirt and green pants and carried a large pack on his back. In his right hand he held a large umbrella and seemed totally transfixed on the other. They stopped a few feet away and continue to talk. Kira became mesmerized by the two figures and the flow of their movements.

"There you are Ranma, so how was your time here so far?" Nodoka asked getting Ranma's attention.

"Well so far all I've done really was see the dojo. I can tell ya, that it is better then the Tendo's by a long shot."

"Ms. Saotome; is there a reason you brought me here. I can take care of myself, ya know?" Ryoga asked in a calm and very annoyed tone as he had no idea to what Nodoka was thinking.

"Now Ryoga, I'll tell you in a little bit. But as for you Ranma… meet your cousin; Kira," Nodoka said with a bit pride, taking hold of Kira's shoulder.

Ranma's and Ryoga's gazes shifted to Kira. It was the first they've noticed her and she wasn't sure of the two. Both Ranma's and Ryoga's expressions went from curious to completely in shock with mouths agape.

"Um hi…" Kira said before looking up to Nodoka questionably.

"You'll know by the end of the night," Nodoka replied to her confusion. "After Ranma and Ryoga spill the beans on what happened to them in the last ten plus years."

"Should we have this great big talk in the dojo? The last time these two met they were about to kill each other," Mustang asked.

"Well I guess that would be a good idea. Seeing how there still tension between them," Nodoka replied.

"Um, is Ranma that bad that he would kill some one?" Kira asked.

"No, he can't hurt a fly. Every thing he does is for the art and protecting the art. He quite bound by honor and so is Ryoga," Nodoka replied. "But they can get a little over-zealous at times." Turning to Ranma and Ryoga which have regained their composer and gave quick gestures to each other, she let off a sigh to get their attention.

"Ranma, would you be willing to tell us your life story, because a few of us would like to know what had happened to you during all those years?" Nodoka asked.

"Um… sure I guess. I owe you all at least that much," Ranma replied as he shifted his position a little to the left.

"How long do you think it will take?" Mustang asked.

"Well it depends on what version you want. There's the very short version, the abridged version, and the complete unaltered version which I've yet to tell any body," Ranma said as his body tensed up a little.

"We would like the complete version with out any thing left out," Nodoka replied.

"Ok, that will probably take around a good twelve hours plus."

"I guess we should start immediately then," Mustang replied. "I'll have food brought to the dojo in a little while."

-Rei's Temple, awhile later-

Rei looked around the room in which they all gathered and quickly noticed that everyone was there...well, everyone that would show up before the meeting would start; so they were minus one Time Senshi. Even Usagi was here on time, though she was currently half asleep across the table of goodies.

"Well, I think we are all ready to start." Rei said out loud so every one could hear her.

"Well it's about time." Pluto said appearing out of nowhere, causing every one to jump in surprise. "I've been waiting for you people to start for the last hour…"

"Um… Setsuna, what a surprise. You don't usually attained are meetings."

"Well, I have some news that might peak your interest. So I would say you need to know a few things." Setsuna said leaning up against her staff with a smirk on her face.

"Oh wow, Setsuna when did you show up!" Usagi asked as she happened to wake.

"Well princess, I got here only a few moments ago. But I've been waiting for you all to get this meeting started for a while now…" Setsuna replied in a mellow tone knowing that Usagi would most likely not remember this event anyway. But I can't hurt to try, right?

"Rei, I think you were about to start the meeting with your happenings at the fire readings. So the others can debate over it, right?" Setsuna asked with her all knowing smirk.

"Right, um… well last night while I was doing my fire readings. I got a vision that I not to sure of its meaning. But I do know that it involves two people from some other place. The vision occurred after I asked the fire is there would be any others out there that would help us. Others like us, others that had similar abilities as us."

"So what did you see in the vision of yours Rei?" Luna asked as she slowly trotted across the table.

"Well, it first showed me two people fighting. They were moving so fast and fluidly that it seemed not even possible, the kind of fights that you see in the movies. Then the image changed. One of the figures looked very similar to the girl Kira but it wasn't her. The girl wore a red silk Chinese shirt and black fu pants. She was running at amazing speeds that I think would be impossible to reach."

"It could be the work of some magic," said Ami not looking up from her laptop.

"That is a possibility," Luna added.

"I say that we let her finish," Artemis said as he came out from under the table.

"Okay, so she was running at these speeds that don't seem possible. What happened next?" Luna asked.

"Well, then she began to glow blue. The glow expanded about a meter from her body. This was happening as she was running, then she grew so bright that only her out line was visible and within her image was white flames and then the image split into two, each one similar to the other. After that the vision switched its focus to the other person the she was fighting at the beginning of the vision. He wore a mild yellow green shirt and a blue pants. He had yellow bandana around his head. He also stared to glow, but it was a green instead and that is were it ended."

"I see, so what kind of feelings did you get from these two in your vision?" Luna asked in an all too serious tone.

"I would say that they emanate a sense of a control, it was strong."

Setsuna got up from where she was listening. "Those two are quite powerful. Do any of you remember the incident in the mountains not that long ago?"

"Wasn't the cause of volcanic activity?" asked Ami glimpsing away from her computer.

"Well that what everyone was suppose to think. That was a cover up. The actual happenings are quite a different story," Setsuna explained.

"Then what did happen?"

"Ya, so what else has the power to destroy a mountain?"

"Well gods perhaps. But they wouldn't be here."

"So what magical force did destroy it then?"

"There was no magic involved with the destruction of the mountain; it was toppled by two beings that wield the ability to do great and amazing things. But enough of that, I came to tell you that there is two people right now will affect are destiny. If certain persons are to parish then the likely hood of crystal Tokyo is almost completely diminished. And just to clarify I'm not talking about one of you," Setsuna replied in her know-it-all way.

"So then who or what is it and who is the person that we have to make sure doesn't get killed?"

"That would be telling now..."

"Are you going to wait until the last minute before all hell brakes loose to tell us again, or is the thing going to pop up like magic."

"Well, I would say that in about a week or two you'll have your answer," Setsuna answered, and then disappeared into the thin air.

"Oh great, she's playing with us again…"

"She said, 'Those two are quite powerful', that would mean she knew who the people in your vision was," said Ami, turning her attention to the rest of the group.

"Your right, did she see my vision as well, do you think?"

"I don't know, with her it's hard to tell," Luna said lowering her head in defeat.

"So she knows the two in my vision are powerful, but she didn't say how powerful they were."

"Well, no one can sail better then us. Were the Sailors!" Usagi said with her own little cheer.

"Un Usagi, we don't ride a ship."

"Well, let's not attack any powerful red haired girls or yellow bandana wearing boys. That way we can watch them and find out who they are and maybe get them to help us."

"Sounds like a plan to me."

-Mustangs Mansion, inside dojo-

"So, you were tossed into the pit multiple times by uncle Genma?" Kira asked as she started to gain quite a hatred for her uncle because of his actions to her cousin.

"Ya, it took a while before I broke, though. So he kept throwing me in until I learned it," Ranma replied. "That's also the reason that I'm afraid of cats."

"So that's how you learned Cat fist? It's compete torture. Genma should have been arrested of child abuse," Ryoga declared, feeling that the panda was going to pay dearly for the acts he had done to Ranma. 'Damn it, only I'm allowed to cause Ranma great suffering,' Ryoga thought.

"So what happened after you broke and learned this 'cat fist' thing and what does it do?" asked Mustang as he adjusted his position, after taking note of the looks from Kira and Ryoga. The two were actually being very emotional over the entire thing. Even Nodoka had been crying at one point or another, but that was to be expected. What was the most interesting part was the way Ryoga was looking at Ranma. It was odd and he couldn't place it.

"Well you see, the 'Cat Fist' is a forbidden technique that I wasn't supposed to learn. What it does is makes me act like a cat and pushes all my abilities to their highest limits and a bit beyond that. It happens to be triggered by my fear for c-c-c-cats. When my fear reaches a certain amount I go c-c-cat and start doing what ever they would do. I have no control over myself when I'm like this and I'm very dangerous to anyone within about ten meters of me or more."

"Really, we couldn't tell by the fact that no one has been able to subdue you when you are in that state. Hell, Cologne isn't a mach to you when you're like that," Ryoga shot at Ranma.

"Well excuse me for being tossed into a pit full of starving cats when I was only a little kid by my dear and loving Father!" Ranma shouted back to Ryoga as they both jumped to their feet in fighting stances.

"Calm down you two; we are here to find out what happened to Ranma during the time he was away. We're not here to pick fights and other such squabbles that you two have constantly with each other," Nodoka said in her firm tone that everyone fears.

Slowly both Ranma and Ryoga sat back in their original positions. All the while Mustang was shaking his head.

"Um...Ranma; Aunt Nodoka said that there was a reason that both you and Ryoga were staring at me when we first met. I was wondering is you tell me now since it's been bugging me this entire time we been sitting here listening to your life story."

"Sure, I think Ranma should jump to that since our curiosity is peaked," Nodoka said to Kira as she looked at Ranma. Then switching to Ryoga. "Ryoga; how about you explain your curse as well."

"Curse, wait a minute. Both of you are cursed!" Kira asked.

"Ya, both me and Ryoga here are cursed." Then turning to his mother Ranma said, "When and how did you find out about my curse?"

"Well Dear, It was during a talk with Doctor Tofu. Since I heard that you from time to time pop up there, I decided to see the man. After the first hour of talking about how you're doing, we happened to come to the subject of me seeing your files. Since I'm your mother, I had access to them, so I took a look at them. Within the files was the knowledge of your curse; as well as video proof of it that Tofu had you do for medical documentation," Nodoka finished.

"Oh, I should have figured," Ranma said standing up with a glass in his hand of cold water that had been put next to him earlier when the food was brought in. Ryoga was also given a glass to. "Well Kira it goes like this. On one of the last stops that me and pops had before we headed back to Japan, we got cursed. The place is an old training ground that hadn't been used in a very long time. Basically what the place looks like hundreds of springs and there are even more Bamboo pole scattered through out the valley. During are training there, we each fell into one the springs. Pops fell into the Spring of Drowned Panda. Ryoga fell into the Spring of Drowned Pig." Ranma then poured his glass over Ryoga. Who turned into a small piglet; who then knocked over its own glass onto Ranma's foot, causing his curse to trigger as well; changing him into a she. "And I fell into the Spring of Drowned Girl," Ranma said, looking down in disappointment at herself and took note that his hair had indeed gotten longer again.

Kira was just staring in shock. Her cousin just turned into an almost perfect duplicate of her. He… She had the same height and width and every thing. The only differences were the fact that Ranma was a bit more muscular and they had different hair styles, but their hair was same length. They even had the same voice! Then there was the fact that Ryoga just turned into a cute little pig. She had seen some crazy stuff in Juuban. But this was one for the books.

"You're still Ranmam right?" Kira asked.

"Ya, I'm still me. Even if my body changes form one gender to the other; also Ryoga is still very much able to reason and think when he's a pig as well."

"So that being explained, how do you change back?" asked Mustang; somehow keeping his cool the entire time.

"When they are splashed with hot water they return to their normal state," Nodoka answered for Ranma.

"Okay, well I think we heard enough for to night. You can finish telling us about your life tomorrow Ranma. I say we get some sleep. Ryoga, you can stay in Ranma's room for the night."

"Kira, are you okay dear? I mean you look a little faint," Nodoka asked a bit of worry in her voice.

"I'll be fine. But if Ranma turns into a girl and Ryoga is a boy… ummm..."

"Oh, you're right! I'm not sure I can trust them like that!" Nodoka exclaimed. "Ranma you wouldn't mined if I had you stay a girl tonight and stay in another room?"

"Um, why; I've shard a room with Ryoga before?" Ranma inquired. It didn't make much sense to him.

"Well isn't obvious?" Kira said jumping to her feet with a worried look on her face.

"What are you talking about?"

"Oh. How can it not be? You turn girl and he's a boy… how much clearer is it?" Kira said with a pout.

"Me and Ryoga… NEVER! I would rather die then have that happen."

"So you want to take the chance of him abusing you…?"

"I wouldn't even let him touch me let alone get near me like that."

"Then it's settled. You won't be staying in the same room as Ryoga."

"Hey, I didn't mean it that way!"

"I say that you should stay in either with Auntie Nodoka or me. Of course, you will have to stay a female for the night."

"I think that that would be a good idea. How about he stays in your room; so you two can get to know each other a bit more and so you can keep an eye on him… her? Besides, I'm sure that you have many questions for Ranma, Ranma likewise."

"Hey, don't I get a say in this?" Ranma pouted as Ryoga ran into the bathroom in the dojo. He came out a second later in his usual attire and human once more.

"Ryoga, let me show you were the room is," Mustang said as he motioned for the boy to follow.

After they were out the door, Kira grabbed Ranma's hand and began to drag her out of the dojo, to the house. Once inside Kira's room, Ranma was hit with the knowledge of that his cousin's like of swords. On one side of the room, a wall held about twenty different blades. And at the entrance to the room there was a container that held a bunch of practice swords. Her bedding looked like a star field, having a planet every so often. The walls and the carpet were of a light matching pink. That for some reason it set the room off just right. The dresser was made out of dark oak and sat next to the closet. On the wall at the foot of the bed was a door. On the door hung a bath robe and a sign but it was covered up do to the robe.

"So do you have pajamas to change into?" Kira asked incuriosity, going over to the dresser.

"No, since me and pops did a lot of traveling I've never worn pajamas. I just usually slept in my boxers."

"Oh, were going to have to fix that!" Kira then opened one of the dresser's doors and grabbed two handfuls of pink cloth, handing one to Ranma. "Here put this on."

"But..."

"Just do it, it'll feel a lot better then normal clothes."

Ranma took hold of the pink fabric and found that it was made of silk. It also had a gold laced trim. Ranma was use to silk, for this shirts are all made of the stuff. But he still found it surprising that a pair of pajamas would be made out of such material. 'And it's pink!' he thought. 'Yuck!'

"Do you have girl under garments for when you're a girl?"

"No, of course not. I don't and I don't want any. I'm I boy, not a girl."

"Well, right now I would say you're a girl. One that looks like me and sounds like me."

"But that because of the curse."

"Well, ya; curse or not. But I don't want my or your body to be without. Since it looks like mine." Ranma couldn't argue with her reasoning. But he still didn't want to put the on any girly stuff, especially pink girlie stuff. "I guess I'll have to lend you some for the moment then," Kira said as she reached into another drawer.

"Wait a minute. Why do I have to?" Ranma said putting her one free hand up in a defensive manor.

"Well for a couple of reasons really. One being because I said so, another is your mother. Do I need to go on?"

"Not really…." Ranma said in defeat.

"Good." Kira then handed Ranma a set of under garments; which were a deep red and also made of silk. Ranma was beginning to wonder if she had an entire set of clothing made off silk in her dresser.

She still didn't want to put it on, but after she saw the look Kira was giving her, she opted to put it on anyway, since it was safer than the other things that could happen if she didn't. Besides, it's not like she hadn't worn girl clothing before. Right?

Kira then opened the door at the foot of her bed to reveal a full bathroom set with all the necessities for a girl and pushed Ranma in and closed the door.

"Um, do I have to wear the bra?" Ranma asked after about a minute.

"Yes," came the voice like her own, from the other side of the door.

"…. I don't know how to put one on," said a slightly low voice from Ranma.

"Are you at lest covered from the middle down?"

"Ya."

"Okay, I'm coming in. How can you not know how to put on a bra?" Kira said as she opened the door.

"Well I was away training for ten years of my life...and I WAS born a guy!"

"I guess that would do it. How did you and uncle Genma get from China to Japan?"

"Why do you ask?"

"Because my dad said that you two crossed in the most ridicules way," Kira said, strapping the bra around Ranma.

"Well, pops was too cheap to buy plane tickets, so we swam from China to Japan. He of course tried to cover it up as some kind of training. But that is a bunch of bull shit."

"Come on. That is an impossible distance for anyone to cover. Not even an Olympic swimmer could manage it," she said, a little more that stunned by Ranma's answer.

"Well, that is how it happened. It was about a week after I got this curse," Ranma replied as she pulled gown over her head. "That is also the week that the Amazons started to chase me."

"Why is that?"

"Because pops started to eat the first place banquet for a tournament they were having. So to get his butt out of the fire, I had to win a fight against this girl who had won the tournament. Of course I won, but then according to their laws I was to be hunted down and killed for beating one of them," Ranma said dryly.

"So you're being hunted?"

"Not like they used to. Now they just want to marry me."

"Really, in which gender?"

"My male form, but I'm sure if they could they would also take my female side. But I don't want to talk about that."

"Okay then, I guess we should get some sleep. I have a large bed so we both should fit," Kira said leading Ranma into the room again by the arm. She stopped and looked at a mirror that was hanging on the wall and said with a grin as she pointed to it. "We look like twins."

Across the hall Ryoga could hear almost every word the two said since the house had became quite. He could hear Nodoka and Mustang talking in the distance, but couldn't make out what they were saying. His thoughts were currently centered on the tail that Ranma had told them. He felt a bit more then outraged by the way Genma had treated Ranma. The 'hell' that he claimed he had been through was nothing in comparison to the suffering that Ranma put up with. Ryoga didn't want to admit it, but he had gained a great deal of respect for his long time rival this night. 'Genma is going to pay for all the shit that he caused Ranma to endure. Ranma's the way he was because of that bastard. So indirectly, he must be the root of my suffering.' Ryoga thought as he pulled the covers over him, in hopes that tomorrow would be a better day. He needed to let all of his frustrations out soon.

The morning came with a light grace.

Nodoka expected Ranma to have been up early and doing his morning training. But she had yet to see him and it was going on seven thirty. She headed down to Kira's room and lightly knocked, but got no answer. After a quick turn of the handle she entered the room to find that they were still both asleep. They had during their sleep cuddled up with each other very closely and you couldn't tell one person's limbs from the other's. The only thing that was different between the two was Ranma's long Pigtail to Kira's loose hair that flowed down her back. They looked so cute all entangled that she decided not to wake them. Closing the door she crossed the hall and knocked on the door to where Ryoga had spent the night.

"I'm up," Said Ryoga a few seconds later.

"Okay, do you need help to find your way around the house?"

"Um, sure. That would be great," he said. Opening the door a few seconds later, he saw Nodoka looking back at Kira's room. Ryoga was wearing one of the many matching set of outfit that he had.

"Those two look so cute sleeping together… (sigh)"

"What are you talking about, Miss. Saotome?"

"Oh, it's just how they are sleeping."

"You mean Ranma and his cousin, right?"

"Yes, they are so closely cuddled; it's adorable."

"Right, I think I need to get something to eat," Ryoga said to try to change the subject. He really didn't want to hear about Ranma right now.

"Okay, it this way dear" She said as she started down the hall.

Ranma felt the sun hit her from the window. She knew that she had overslept but since there was no a Genma to train with in the early morning she didn't see the point. She also became aware of the presence of another body being pressed up against her own. If Akane found her like this, she would get a Mallet for sure, and those hurt.

Slowly opening her eyes she saw the identical face to hers. 'I'm going to have to get use to that…' Ranma thought as the memory of last night came back to her. She watched as a smile spread across Kira's face as she grabbed hold of Ranma's pigtail pulling Ranma even closer to her. Now their faces were only a centimeter from each other.

To Ranma, something didn't feel right. She could feel her system flood with adrenalin and her danger sense was going haywire. She felt some huge force was coming, but couldn't determine from where. Trying to sit up was useless at this point, so she closed her eyes and expanded her ki senses throughout the room and then the house. But the only threatening power was that of Ryoga and he was eating something.

Feeling a slight shift next to her, and then something moist press up to her lips, caused Ranma's eyes to fly open. Kira had some how managed to get one of her hands around her head and was now deeply kissing her. Ranma didn't know what to do, she just froze there. After about a minute of the kiss, Kira opened her eyes and broke the kiss. She had an evil grin on her face that screamed run away to Ranma. But them being all entangled didn't let Ranma move.

"So, how did you sleep...sis?" Kira asked as she tried to move one of their legs to get untangled. This happened to cause them to slam together and roll to the floor creating a thud to be heard.

"OW!" they both said in unison.

"So, why did you kiss me?" Ranma asked rubbing her head.

"Well, um…. I kind of did it on a whim," she said as her face became beat red.

"So I guess we're untangled now…"

"Ya, I guess sos" Kira said getting herself up and off Ranma, still blushing.

"So, have you ever done any kind of thing that would be considered inappropriate, Ranma, in either one of your forms?" she asked as she pulled two pair of slippers from her closet.

"Of course not, I'm not a pervert!" Ranma pouted as she took is the wrong way.

"I was just asking," she returned, tossing a pair of slippers to Ranma; who easy caught them and slipped them on. They also were red. By now, all Ranma had figured out was that her cousin's favorite color is either pink or red, most likely it being pink. "Let's get some breakfast. I'm starving and besides, the way you ate last night's dinner, I would say that you must be hungry to."

Which on queue, Ranma's stomach made itself known. "I get I'm a bit hungry," she said, rubbing the back of her head.

"Well, I guess we should head on down to the kitchen then," Kira proclaimed, grabbing hold of Ranma's right arm and hurriedly left the room with Ranma in toe.

Downstairs, Ryoga was had just finished eating a large stack of pancakes when his danger sense flared to life. The only time that ever happened was when either Ranma or one of the Amazon Elders were attacking, or the time that Ranma was fighting the Phoenix God, Saffron. He could feel that Ranma was near but his ki was low at the moment. Other than that, he couldn't feel any threatening power levels of ki.

"So, you feel it too," Ranma said after entering and taking one look at Ryoga.

"Ya, it's very powerful. Similar to Saffron's…." Ryoga replied. 'Okay, so it's not Ranma if he feels it too,' Ryoga thought.

"Feel what, and who is this Saffron person?" asked Kira, still holding Ranma's arm.

"I defeated him about a two week back. I had to save the Tendos, the Amazons, pops, and some friends."

"So how come he attacked?"

"I don't want to talk about it. He gave me not choice, but to..."

"Ranma, you did the right thing. It was the only way to stop him. Don't worry about it to much. Besides, like you said, he didn't give you and other choice," Ryoga said with a reassuring smile. 'Friends? I thought we were enemies…' he thought.

"Ya, your right," Ranma said with her head down.

Kira saw that this subject troubled her companion that she held in her arm, so she made a mental note to find out about it later.

"Oh, you two look so cute together like that," said Nodoka as she entered the room. "I have to take a picture of you two, just stay like that for a sec." Nodoka then rushed out of the room to fetch a camera.

"Ranma, I've followed you here. Now it's time for you to pay for your sins. And release my pigtail goddess so that I my smite thee with thy holy vengeance in front of her so that she my see her saviors victory!" Every one in the mansion heard the proclamation from outside.

Seeing the questioning faces of those not familiar with Nerima, Ryoga decided to answer for them. "That would be Tatewaki Kuno," Ryoga said, shaking his head.

"How did he find me? We didn't tell anyone where here was," Ranma said a bit confused.

"I would say that it was Nabiki's doing. Ya, no doubt about it," Mustang said as he entered the room.

"Who's Nabiki and why is this Tatewaki Kuno person here?" Kira asked becoming a bit confused.

"Well I'll tell you later. But first I got to get rid of Kuno," Ranma said as she began to head to the door, but was pulled back by Kira.

"You're not going out there by yourself!" She dragged her bag to Ryoga, grabbing the Lost Boy's arm. "We're coming to," Kira said, yanking Ryoga out of his seat.

'Oh boy,' was Ranma's only thought.

Outside; Tatewaki Kuno was in his swordsmen outfit with a loudspeaker in hand as he continued to yell across the compound about his victory at hand over the dreaded sorcerer; Ranma. This, by the way, was getting very annoying to every one in range.

"Okay, Kuno you can shut up all ready. We got the message," Ranma shouted.

"My pigtail goddess; but wait, who is this other that looks like thee? And Ryoga, why do you accompany them?"

"She's my—" was all Ranma could get out before Kuno cut her off.

"She must be thy sister that Ranma has also put under his spell. I will free you as well from his hex. Ryoga has Ranma sent you in his place to fight? If so, then you are under his spell as well, for you wouldn't protect him willingly. So I shall search for the cowered and free you all. I will smite him with thy holy vengeance and take thy fair goddesses and the Akane to my room so I can marry you all and have you listened to my majestic poetry."

"He's delusional, right?" Kira asked.

"Ya I would say so. His sister just as bad if not worse," Ranma replied, shaking her head.

"So, should I get rid of him or do you want to, Ranma?" asked Ryoga cracking his knuckles.

"You can; I don't feel like hitting some sense into any idiots today."

"What, you usually like beating Kuno. Are you feeling okay?"

"It's this thing that I keep feeling. It's like it's near but not. Plus yesterday we discovered that something has worked its way into my ki and now mixing with it. I don't want to do anything that might result in any damage."

"I see, well after I get rid of Kuno's butt here, we see to what this thing is and how it affects you. Okay."

"Sure."

"What are you two talking about?" Kira asked a bit worried. 'What's ki and this mixing thing about? Man, they need to explain a lot still…' she thought. Ryoga then stepped in front of the two girls and took and defensive stand.

"Hmmm. I see, I get the picture. Ranma has just told you to get rid of me, has he? Well I'll tell you that I will only disable you for the monument. You no need to fear me, for I will not cause any lasting damage to thee. So that you can give me your thanks after I find and defeat the foul sorcerer Ranma. He will come to fear the Blue Thunder of Furinkan High!" Kuno yelled and then charged towards Ryoga. Ryoga did a sort hop back to avoid Kuno's swing with his wooden sword. Kuno took another swing but it met Ryoga umbrella causing the wooden sword snap in half. Ryoga then did a spin and shoved his umbrella into Kuno chest. Kuno winced in pain and surprised by the weight of the object and that it wasn't cut in half by his blade. Rolling the heavy thing off of himself, Kuno got to his feet.

"I've come prepared!" shouted Kuno as he drew out another sword.

"This is boring, Kuno. I know you could do better then that," Ryoga taunted.

"And I shall!" Kuno said as he unleashed his most dreaded attack of a thousand strikes. All of which hit Ryoga...with no effect or damage.

"Ranma can hit me harder than you just did."

"So, then it is so, you are under his control."

"Oh shut up! You're an idiot, you know that!" Ryoga yelled charging up to Kuno and closelining him. Then before Kuno could hit the ground, Ryoga grabbed his foot and tossed him in the air. He jumped up after him and did a spin kick to Kuno's head; sending Kuno reeling across the yard and in the trunk of a tree; making it shudder from the impacted of the blow. Kuno was thus rendered unconscious and fell like a sack of potatoes to the ground.

"Well now that is taken care, of I guess we can now get to more important things."

Five minutes later the three were back in the dojo and Ranma and Ryoga were doing their stretches. Ranma doing her annual standing leg splits while Ryoga loosens up by tossing some 150 pound weights around that he had in his backpack.

"So what kind of styles do you two practice?"

"Well, I use the Saotome Style of Anything Goes, and Ryoga pretty much has his own style," Ranma said simply, switching between legs.

"Ya, though the old ghoul did teach us some things," Ryoga added.

"Knowing are luck, they were forbidden techniques and we shouldn't even know or have even heard of them."

"Oh, can I see them!" Kira asked. She liked the sound of seeing new moves. Especially when the word forbidden was tagged on. That meant that they were good.

"No!" Came from both Ranma and Ryoga simultaneously.

"Why not?"

"Because we don't teach and we need our moves to be kept a secret so others can't find a weak spot in our moves and exploit them," Ranma stated as if she was a preacher.

"Hey, Aunt Nodoka is teaching me how to wield a sword. She says that I'm getting to be as good as her. How about if I win a sword fight against you two, you have to show me some of your moves?" Kira asked hoping that they would bight. Besides she wanted to find out how good they were.

Ranma of course couldn't back down from a challenge and Ryoga wasn't about to let Ranma get any more efficient with a weapon than him. So naturally they both looked at each other for about a minute before making a move.

"Deal" Ranma and Ryoga yelled as they rushed over to the basket that held seven wooden swords and grabbed one each.

"Okay, there will be only two matches. So no trying to get back if you are defeated," Kira said getting in a ready stance.

"Make that three, dear. I would like to join in the fun," Nodoka said as she entered the dojo with the camera in hand. "But before that, let me take that picture of you two together before we get you both out of those pajamas."

Ranma did a quick look down at herself. She didn't realize that she was still in the pajamas and that she was a she still, until her mother said something. Ranma face when completely red with embarrassment as she looked at the ground. She was wondering why Ryoga was staring at her with a strange look.

"You look just like me. So there's no reason to be embarrassed about it. Besides I like the idea of having a twin...even if she's a he and is about two years older then me," Kira said after noticing Ranma's sudden state.

"You'll be fine, though while Ryoga's here you'll have stay elsewhere. We can't have you two in the same room," Nodoka added in. "Besides it wouldn't be manly of you if it was with another boy."

"So, what are you two saying? You rather I sleep with Kira and all. And not sleep as a BOY in the same room as Ryoga!" Ranma said trying to get what his mother was trying to get at.

"Ranma, let me spell it out to you," Kira replied taking Ranma by the shoulder and began to whisper into her ear.

"What…!" Ranma screamed before looking back to Ryoga for a split second; who was also trying to process what was going on?

Turning to Kira, Ranma spoke. "No way; no how. Why is that I have to be in my cursed form? Why can't Ryoga be a pig?"

"Because none of us speak or know how to understand pig," Nodoka clarified.

"Well can I at least be a boy during the day?"

"Ya, well after we take care of some issues."

"What kind of issues?"

"Ones that only females have."

"What! Oh no, hooo no no no you…."

-The mall-

"Drat. Why me, Kami?" Ranma said as she looked up at the cloudless sky. It was going to be nice out, but Ranma figured that the day would be bad any way. She had no idea what her mother or cousin was thinking. She was supposed to be a he!

"Come on, the outfit looks adorable on you!" Kira played.

"Yes dear, I think that Kira picking out two matching dresses was a beautiful idea. It makes me want a twin to mach my clothing with," Nodoka coaxed.

"No!"

"Ranma, I've seen out in the nude in public. This isn't any thing like that time."

"Alright, already. You don't have to tell every one that Ryoga!" Ranma screamed and jumped out of the limo and hit Ryoga on the head; causing both Kira and Nodoka to snicker at them. Both Ranma and Kira were wearing the same outfit: two matching pink sandals, a light blue dress that went down to the knees; they also had a ribbon in their hair. Ranma's ribbon was at the beginning of her pigtail and Kira's at the top of her head creating a ponytail. Separate from Ranma, Kira sported a pair of gold earrings set with crystals and a small pink purse in her right hand.

"So why did you come anyway, Ryoga?" Nodoka asked half expecting the reason already.

"It's because I'll get lost if I'm by myself," he said rather plainly. There were other reasons besides that one. But that was the only one that he knew wouldn't get him in trouble with one of the three in front of him.

Nodoka could tell that there were more important reasons then that. Besides, if Ryoga was afraid of getting lost he would have brought his backpack.

"Come on, Ranma," Kira said as she grabbed hold of Ranma's arm and pulled her into the entrance. "It'll be fun!"

"Where are you taking me?"

"To get you some outfits and all styled up," Kira said with an evil grin. Ranma knew that with his mother behind him with Ryoga, there was no getting away. She figured that she might as well to enjoy it, if there was anything to enjoy….

As they entered the clothing store one of the workers turned and greeted then. "Oh, Hello Kira. Back so soon?" the worker asked.

"Ya, of course!" Kira replied, doing a little cheer.

"Who is this young lady that looks like you?"

"She my long lost twin."

"Really, I thought you were the only child?"

"Well, so did I. Talk later about it; but right know were here to get her a few nice dresses."

"I see. What kind of dress are you two looking for?"

"Well she really needs just about every thing. But I think that we need at least a sun dress, a formal dress, one the screams 'look at me I'm Gorgeous', and a casual one."

"Well I'm sure you'll find every thing you need here today because we just got in a new shipment yesterday."

"Okay, we'll see you when we check out."

"Okay."

"Who was that?" Ranma asked as she was dragged to the woman's section of the clothing store.

"Just one of the workers that I run into a lot when I shop here," Kira answered stopping in front of one of the racks.

"So why did you say that I was your sister and not your cousin?"

"Now that would be telling, Ranma. OH, this one will look perfect on you," Kira said as she brought forth a red dress and held it up to Ranma.

"What, I don't need a dress… I have my own Boy clothing in my bag at your house."

"How many set of clothing are in your bag?"

"Four or five…"

"Yep, you definably need some dresses and other girl clothing."

"But—"

"Let put this on you and see how it fits, along with this, this, this, and this," Kira cut in while grabbing more dresses.

"You do realize that you're going to carry all the stuff for them, right?" Nodoka said to Ryoga as she watched to two girls enter the dressing rooms.

"Um, I kind of thought you would have me do it anyways?"

"Which one is it?" Nodoka asked.

"It's not like that. It's just that you've kept Ranma in his girl form for about twelve hours now. I mean, I know he's a guy and as his rival, I have I hard time picturing him staying and acting like a girl," Ryoga said, scratching the back of his head.

"I already talked with Mustang and he said that he is more than happy to let you stay with us, but you'll have to attained school and do other such thing. Also, what if I said that we were going out to dinner to night?"

"I don't know… But after hearing a great deal of the stuff that Ranma had went through under Genma, I kind feel like that I've betrayed him."

"Ryoga, why is it that you have always tried to attack Ranma and such?"

"Well, up until yesterday, I thought that I was trying to exact my vengeance on him for all of the pain that I had to live through."

"But…"

"But after hearing half of the things that the idiot of a father, Genma, has done; I would say that Ranma has seen the hell that I've lived through. Though the way Ranma acts, it makes it seem like none of that stuff really happened."

"I see, but you are most defiantly drawn to one of them. I can see it. You keep trying not to look towards the dressing rooms," Nodoka said in a low tone causing Ryoga to blush slightly. They both could hear that Ranma wasn't having a good time trying to put on a dress, forcing Kira to help.

"Will you hold still as put this on you?" Kira asked getting a little frustrated with the fact the Ranma had no idea on the in and out of putting on clothing. "Didn't you have to where girl clothing before?"

"No, I didn't have to! It was more like I was forced into it!"

"So you still have no idea how to put on a dress properly? I guess that's just something else we're going to have to work on… So Ranma, do you know any thing about being a girl?"

"No…."

"Okay, well if you don't want to be called a tomboy or anything, I guess you're going to have to take some lessons from me and Aunt Nodoka."

"Are you done yet?" Ranma asked trying to change the subject.

"Ya, and I think I will buy myself one as well. Let go show Ryoga and Aunt Nodoka!" Kira pushed Ranma out the door and in front the others. Ranma couldn't look up, her face became bright red as she heard both of their reactions.

"Wow, Ranma I, um….. You look good, I mean great…." Ryoga stammered quickly turning around and looking at the floor as well."

"My, maybe having a daughter instead would be just as nice as having a son?" Nodoka said taking in the sight of Ranma.

"Um. Are you alright, Ryoga?" Kira asked drawing every ones attention to person in question.

"I wouldn't worry too much about Ryoga. We were just talking about something a little personal so he's a little flush at the moment," Nodoka covered for Ryoga. Which he of course was most grateful for.

"Okay. Well the interrogation is over for now, Ryoga. No need to act that way, besides, you can hold these," Kira said as she handed Ryoga two dresses before pulling Ranma back in to the dressing room.

"I think those dresses will look perfect on her, don't you?" Nodoka asked as she looked over the dresses that were given to Ryoga to hold.

"I don't know. Ranma might… But he's a boy."

"Well yah, but I'm letting Kira have her fun. Besides, I think that Ranma will have a great time in a little while."

"What do you mean?"

"Well. You'll see…" Nodoka trailed off.

"Ranma how about we get you this one," Kira asked as she held up a two piece red bathing suit back in the dressing room.

"Well, I don't know is it the right size?" Ranma asked knowing that they were most likely going to the beach or a pool because the question. Besides, she did need a bathing suit and the curse being as it is…

"Um, yah were the same size."

"Okay, I guess we should get at lest one that covers the 'spots'…"

"So, what color do you want?"

"Well, I'm not to sure. My fashion sense isn't all that great."

"Then we'll use mine," Kira said, happy that Ranma was starting to go along with it. "I thing that this one will be great. Now all you have to do is try it on and I'll get it for you." Holding up another two piece bathing suit that was red and yellow. It had what looked like to be stars printed all over it.

"Well let me try it on then," Ranma replied as they shuffled with Ranma's current dress and other clothing that Kira brought in. She didn't want any girl things, but it seemed that the curse wouldn't let him be a boy and it was going crazy with his cousin near. 'I guess that the curse loves this, so why bother. Also, ever since this morning, she's been glued to me. It's like she doesn't want to let go,' Ranma thought as Kira finished tying the straps behind her back.

"Man with a small tan and you'll be set. Should we show Ryoga, you think?"

"NO!" Ranma yelled out as her face went beat red again. "I can't have HIM see me like this." She knew what her cousin was thinking and there was no way that was going to happen.

"What if I put on one too, will you go then?"

"NO, and I will stop you from going out there like this!" Ranma said, pointing to herself.

"Okay, so how about this dress?"

"That would be fine. But not this!"

A few minute later plus twenty, both of them came out with an armful. Ranma was in a white dress now that went down to her shins and the top was cut away so that it showed some cleavage and was sleeveless with no back except for a few straps. Ryoga immediately turned around and plugged his nose. He knew that if he looked at any pretty girl his nose would start to bleed. He was amazed that it hadn't yet. Turning back to the 'girls', he found Ranma looking away at the floor slightly with a small red flush across her face. Ryoga thought it was do to her being with Kira and her seeing Ranma, but that wasn't a good reason for Ranma not to look him in the eye. Must've been something that Kira said to Ranma after she grabbed that bathing suit earlier.

"Well here; hold this Ryoga, I got to get some more personal wear," Kira said as ran off to another part off the store. "I'll be right back, Ran-chan."

"So I see that she got you set of clothing to match her own," Nodoka said flipping through bundle that was in Ryoga's arms.

"What do you mean?" Ryoga asked getting a little concerned about that. After all, Ranma was a guy. He didn't want any little cute pig outfits and such.

"Yah. What do you mean, mom?"

"You see dears, Kira choose similar dresses if not the same dresses that she already had, for you. I would say she plans on playing twins for a while," Nodoka replied as she gathered the clothing off Ranma's arm in to her own.

"Hehe, Ranma has to play dress up. What will Akane say to that Ranma? Or should I say Ranma-chan?" Ryoga teased.

"I don't want to know. But she'll mallet me, even if she likes the idea."

"You don't have to worry too much about that. I've had your father sign quite a bit of papers that will come into affect about lunch time."

"Okay, but there's the mess of all that arranged marriages that pops has me in. Besides, that doesn't stop that Amazons from doing anything," Ranma said putting her head down again in defeat once again.

"Where do you think my brother is right know?"

"Ranma's uncle Mustang…. Is taking care of Kuno?" Ryoga pitched in.

"Well yes, but that not what he has planed. Within about two hours he'll be meeting with the Amazons and I hope that it will go smoothly."

"So you're saying that he's going to try to get them out of my hair!" Ranma said excitedly.

"We'll see what he can do. Until then were going to enjoy ourselves," Nodoka said embracing Ranma and giving a small tug on the dress she was wearing to make sure that it was securely tied; at the same time spotting Kira approaching.

"Ranma… I have a surprise for you," Kira whispered into Ranma ear after her slow sneak up.

"Yah!" Ranma screamed, jumped behind his mother in surprise.

"Well I think that you shouldn't do that to Ranma anymore dear," Nodoka said as she moved aside to reveal a flustered Ranma.

"Well here, I got you a matching purse for that dress. Also a load of other personal goodies that will feel better then your boxers."

"But I like my boxers…"

"Don't worry about it. I'll take care of your male clothing while you play girl with your 'sis' Ranma-chan," Ryoga teased.

"RYOGA!" Ranma yelled as she swung for his head but he just jumped back a bit avoiding the hit. "Get back here and take your beating!" Ranma continued after the failed attempt.

"Now you two, you can have your little squabble at the house, not here," Nodoka said putting her hand on Ranma's shoulder. "Besides, you'll have plenty of time to be a boy during the up coming weeks. Until then, you can entertain Kira. Though I do like the sleeping arrangements as of currently."

"So you mean that Ranma can stay with me. She… he will be in my room as a girl and every thing?" Kira asked, not sure either to be excited or to be a bit down, because she would have to share a room with another.

"So the twins are going to share a room and I get Ranma's. This can't be that bad. I mean if I need to pound Ranma, she's across the hall," Ryoga said agreeing with the idea and still poking fun at Ranma.

"So you plan on staying with us then, Ryoga?" Nodoka asked raising an eyebrow slightly.

"Well I can't keep an eye on Ranma here if I'm getting lost, and when I'm with someone I don't get lost as easily," Ryoga answered a bit embarrassed that he was admitting to his bad sense of direction.

"I see. Well then I guess you'll be staying with us for a while then. Seeing how Ranma isn't going anywhere with Genma."

"Lets not talk about that, I want to have fun with Ran-chan!" Kira said grabbing Ranma's arm and hooking hers around it.

"How about you go take Ranma to go get changed back,so we can get moving on to another store dear."

"Right!" Kira replied as she and Ranma hurried into the dressing room once again.

"Is Kira going to be like this the entire time we stay here?" Ryoga asked as Nodoka put the bundle of clothing in her arms on Ryoga's free arm.

"I think that this will pass; wait until you see her when she gets Ranma to put on all the stuff and act like a girl," Nodoka replied as she tried to imagine Ranma doing so. "Does Ranma do anything as a girl that he wouldn't do if he was in his male form?"

"Umm…. Let's see…. He won't eat ice-cream if he's a boy." Ryoga answered.

"Really? So if he's a girl he has no problem eating it then?"

"I guess so. I've never tried to find out really."

"Hmm… That something to remember I guess. So I take it that you'll probably be the only one not attending the pool back at the House of you three?"

"Well, if I get splashed I'll turn into a pig, so I think that I will watch from the sidelines. Not to mention safer for me."

"Safer? How so?..."

"Well if I'm a pig I can drown if some one keeps me under, cause I won't be able to fight back."

"Oh!" Nodoka said a little surprised the Ryoga was afraid that some one might cause him to drown. The two then stood waiting in silence for the other two to come back so they could check out. They only had to wait about ten more minutes before Ranma and Kira emerged from the dressing rooms. Ranma was walking closely behind Kira and was twirling her fingers together. Ranma also sported a blushed face. It was obvious that it was due to Kira; because she had a mischievous grin on her face and she kept looking back to Ranma and whispering things.

"So, you two ready to check out?" Ryoga asked as he saw a few more dresses in Kira's hand. 'I hope they get these in a bag. Cause it'll look funny if I've got to carry them as is….' Ryoga thought.

"Ya, for this store. Next I need to pick up some more supplies so I don't run out now," Kira replied as they headed to the register.

"Well I guess I should prepare Ryoga for dinner to night, while you to have fun at the pool," Nodoka said walking behind the group.

"As long as I get to do Ranma's hair and such," Kira replied as they neared the counter.

"Hi again," the attendant said noticing their approach.

"Ya, hi. Here's the card and what we'll be taking." She said handing a credit card to the person at the counter and then gesturing to the stuff in Ryoga's arms. A small glance and the attendant noticed that this would be the second time that Kira had purchase most of the same clothing and there were two of all the new ones.

"So I take it that you like all the same type of clothing."

"Ya, of course. We're twins!"

"So where were you all this time? Being lost and all."

"I was with my uncle on a training trip for the last ten years of my life." Ranma said playing along with Kira's little game from earlier. Kira face lit up as she registered what Ranma had said.

"Training? What kind of training?"

"Martial arts training."

"Really? Why did he take only you?"

"That I don't know…."

"Oh well, at lest you're back with your sister," the attendant said looking back to Kira how was grinning and about to jump out of her skin.

"Ya, we still got a lot of catching up to do," Kira said as she gave a now big and full bag to Ryoga.

"So is he your boyfriend Kira, or your sister's?"

"Um… I'm just a friendm" Ryoga said hopping that he wouldn't be drawn into this game.

"I see…you're still working on him. Well good luck with that because he's a great catch!"

"What! I'm just a friend. Really!"

"Ya, a good catch. All you need is for him to commit."

"Can you hear me! I'm just a friend."

"Ya, one that staying at our house and all."

"But that's because of-"

"I think it's time we left!" Nodoka cut in.

"Right. See you two girls some other time,." the attendant said before turning to next customers in line.

They exited the clothing store and went to the food court. Kira was leading the way with Ranma at her side while she pointed things out as they passed different stores—one being a Victoria Secret, in which she made a note to take Ranma in there later. Ryoga a few steps behind the pair had no problem carrying the bags, but he thought that this entire thing was Nodoka's idea and Kira was only enhancing the ordeal by having Ranma play the part of sister to her. He couldn't keep his eyes off of the two in front of him; the idea that he was even paying any attention to his surroundings was at this point negotiable. Nodoka for that matter had her hand on Ryoga's sleeve to make sure that he didn't go anywhere away from them, seeing as he had their newly bought clothing. Ranma was noticing that every boy that passed them was looking at them in odd ways that Ranma didn't want to be looked at. Holding her new purse at her elbow, with Ranma trying to avoid looking 'cute', but was doing the opposite, as she nudged Kira.

"Um, do they always look at girls like this?" Ranma whispered in Kira's ear with a nervous look present on her face.

"What are you talking about?"

"The boys around us are staring at us strangely, it's a bit unnerving."

"….." Kira took a quick look around before rolling her eyes at Ranma. "They're just checking us out; boys always do that. I mean, don't you?"

"What! I'm not a pervert if that's what you're implying. I don't look at girls with strange faces either."

"Calm down Ranma, Kira was just asking a simple question. No need to get riled up," Nodoka said in her calm and firm manor, promising to discuss exactly what was okay for a boy to look at later with Ranma. It seemed her child was seriously afraid of being seen as a pervert. "Kira dear, where are you going to take Ranma next? I hope it's not to the pet store."

"Actually I was thinking on taking Ran-chan to get her ears pierced and then some other places that Ryoga shouldn't know about or maybe get her a small set of jewelry from one of the jewelers here."

"Hey, I'm a guy!" Ranma replied with her hand raised in defiance.

"I see. So I take it that I'm free with Ryoga here? Okay, we'll take the clothing back to the car and them I'll get Ryoga all ready for later tonight."

"Um ready? Get me ready for what?" Ryoga asked as he caught what was just said.

"Come on Ryoga, lets drop of these dresses at the car and go from there," Nodoka said as she turned to leave with a grin on her face. 'Getting Ryoga to spill the beans was on the list of thing to complete and it was at the top. This should be pretty easy.' Nodoka thought as she opened her mouth to start talking when they were out of hearing distance of the other two.

"So Ran-chan, would you rather eat now or continue to run around the mall?" Kira asked already knowing the answer.

"I would rather stop for the food. Especially after all the stuff you had me put on…" Ranma answer relived that they were having a brake.

"Okay, what would you like?" she asked, knowing that the order would be bigger then a normal persons order.

"Well, ….."

Five minutes after the time it took to make and get the order and sit down, Ranma and Kira were eating the food, when Ranma senses picked up something it felt like a battle aura coming towards them, but it then disappeared once it was about forty meters away.

"Something not right…" Ranma said in a low tone.

"If it doesn't taste right, just tell the manager. I'm sure that we can get it fixed."

"No it's about something else. I just sensed something but then it disappeared. The thing is I can't find the original sources. It's like the person just instantly moved out of my range of sensing." Ranma replied.

"What's to worry than?"

"That fact it was only forty yards from us and I started to sense it at around fifty yards."

"What; hold on, you can sense movement a half a football field away?"

"Actually movement in about twenty; but auras in twice the size of I football field, that also brings up why I didn't feel it until that distance."

"It's just that you weren't looking for it."

"I doubt it. My senses are very sharp."

"We still have to have are sword match to determine that."

"Not to mention find out what's wrong with my own aura."

"Ya, about that and other things that you two mentioned. What's wrong with it and who are the people that you were talking about with Ryoga?"

"Oh trust me you don't want to meet them."

"What about Saffron? You seemed to not want to talk about that."

"He was the most powerful person I have ever fought. It was about a little over two weeks ago now…"

"What happened? I take it you won."

"Ya, but in order to win I had to cross the line."

"Do you mean that you killed him?" Kira said as she began to think that maybe Ran-chan wasn't as clean as she thought.

"It was the only way. He was trying to kill us. He would have killed all of us if I didn't stop him. Everything I threw at him didn't seem to phase him. I had to, there was no other choice left open. Just when I used up all of my energy a voices inside of me screamed. It said something and I felt a change happen inside me. After that, I felt like my curse was triggered but I didn't change. I was able to call upon this enormous amount of energy. It felt like I was on fire," Ranma said in a very low tone not wanting to be heard.

"So can you still call upon this power?"

"I'm afraid to try."

"So he was killed because you were defending yourself and everyone else?"

"………"

"I'm sorry. If we would have known we would have the police come and arrest him."

"The police would have just ended up as casualties. Saffron wasn't a human, he was the phoenix god. There's nothing that the police could have done," Ranma replied turning back to the food in front of her.

"It looks like we're about to get some company, Ran-chan," Kira said a few seconds later as she noticed a pair of boys headed their way.

"Why, who is it?"

"I would say that they're 'skirt chasers' and their looking at us."

"Great, so it seems that perverts come out of the woodwork everywhere."

"Just don't get us hooked in a bad situation, okay. They're not the best looking guys around."

"That won't be a problem. I don't like guys anyway."

"Hey girls, what is the pair of you two doing later tonight?" a boy wearing a white tank top that was a size too small to help define his muscles and had his pants about two sizes too big, so it hung off of his ass. He also had a tattoo of a snake on his forearm.

"Ya, because we were hoping you would join us tonight," another boy said a little off to the side of the other one; also sporting about the same style.

"Sorry dudes, but were booked for tonight. Besides, we have a lot to do before then," Kira replied trying to get them to leave.

"How about we hang out while you're here and help with your shopping," the first boy said, flexing his mussels.

"That's alright, we'll be fine by ourselves, thank you," Ranma said ignoring the performance that they were giving.

"You know it's not safe for two little girls to run around; it's dangerous unless you have someone guarding you," the first continued.

"I can hold my own against anyone," Ranma replied not caring much that the boys were starting to get a glint in their eyes.

"Um, Ran-chan I think it's time for us to get back to are shopping," Kira said hoping that the boys would leave them alone if they left.

"After this last burger," Ranma replied taking hold of it. Which was then gone from her hands as the second boy grabbed it right out of Ranma and took a bite. "Hey that's mine!" she screamed.

"Don't worry about it. You can get your fill of something else a little tastier if you come with us."

"Hey that's wasn't nice. Ran-chan we're going," Kira said getting up from her seat.

"I don't think you're going anywhere with out us leading."

"Ran-chan let go, and leave these asses!"

"Sure thing. I rather shop then hang out with these two," Ranma said standing up next to Kira and was about to walk away but the fist boy stepped in front of them.

"Come on, stay with us and we'll have a great time."

"Okay, you asked for this," Ranma said and throwing a punch right into the boy's jaw. The boy did three full rotations before he hit the ground unconscious.

"You bitch! You're going to get it now!" the other said as he pulling his arm back.

"Shut up!" was Ranma response as she threw the punch in her left hand and spun around landing a kick to his temple causing him to go flying back into the next table across the way, also out cold.

"Wow that was neat. You're quick, how did you…. Um…. You can tell me later," Kira said a bit surprised that Ranma had taken care of the two in less then half a minute.

"That was nothing. You should see me and Ryoga go at it. Now that is a show of our skills," Ranma replied as she flicked her pigtail over her shoulder. "So where are we going next?"

"Well one of two places. We can either head to get some more clothing for you or we can go and get some jewelry," Kira replied hoping that Ranma would go with one or the other; leaving the food court with everyone around staring at them.

"I don't want any more girls clothing. So I guess that I rather get jewelry instead. But just so you know I really don't want any thing."

"That fine. I was only going to get your ears pierced and a set of earrings and maybe two matching rings. Oh, how about…." Kira continued but soon notice that Ranma was giving her an evil look that said enough. "Okay I'll stick with just the earrings and maybe lockets. Okay?"

"Fine, but don't you need permission to get your ears pierced?"

"Well ya, but I'm not the one getting the piercings, you are. I already got the permission from Auntie when we were on the way here; so there will be no problem."

"What! Mom is going to let you have my ears pierced?"

"Ya, she said that it will look good if you had a set for your girly side."

"What happened to the 'man amongst men' thing?"

"I really don't know… she could be tricky at times."

"I'm beginning to thing that Mom would rather I be a girl that a boy…"

"Well; to tell the truth, I would rather have you be my sister then my cousin, at least when you're a girl," Kira said, looking down and away as she said it.

"Well I want to get back to being a boy; so what do I need to do to get this girly stuff taken care of?"

"Well first, we'll start with getting your ears then we will go get the rest of every thing that you need to be a girl. At least when you're a girl…. But later after this, we can go swimming in the pool in the back yard."

"Fine, let's go."

Two hours later Kira and Ranma exited the mall with three bags of stuff. Kira was happy with the results she got from Ranma playing along with the whole twin sister idea. It seemed that at every store they visited they were asked if they were twin, Ranma was a bit annoyed by the constant bombardment of questions that she had to answer. Before they exited the mall, Kira had called for there pick up; so that they wouldn't have to wait for their ride. At the entrance was a man in a blue suit holding what looked to be a toy sword in his left hand and a gauntlet on his right arm. In his right hand was walkie-talkie that was held up to his ear. They didn't pay much attention to the man, because there are a lot of weird people around all the time.

"Yes, their leaving now; should I follow?" the man said in to the walkie-talkie.

"No…. that will only arouse their suspicions," came form the other end.

"Then what should I do?"

"Change forms and set yourself up to attend the same school as target."

"Okay, but I don't see why we can't take the target out. She doesn't seem all that powerful."

"I know. But we are to avoid any contact with the target until...until given the go. We do know that she or rather he is supposed to be one of the strongest beings on this planet and has a few allies."

"So we are to wait until the target is vunderable then… I'll give word when I see the target again. Over."

After they had arrived back at the mansion, they found that the place had no occupants. Kira did notice a note left out on the bed next to the stuff that Ryoga was given to carry from earlier; so she picked it up and began to read. It was fairly simple. It said that every one would be back around five o'clock. It was only two thirty, giving them more then enough time to do what ever they liked. Looking back to Ranma, she found that her cousin was getting ready to jump in the pool. She had already grabbed two towels and was halfway into the bathroom to change. Kira just shook her head and reached into one of the bags; fishing out Ranma's new swimming attire. Like on queue she heard Ranma yell about forgetting to grab the swimsuit. She grabbed her own as well and entered the bath room as to find Ranma half naked and curing her luck. After helping Ranma with the strings that held it on the body she got her self ready. Ranma was in the water before Kira even notice that she had left the bathroom. What alerted her was the sudden bit splash from out side.

"Bur, this waters cold!" Ranma yelled when she surfaced.

"Wait for me!" Kira yelled back as she approached the pool side and set down a towel on one of the lawn chairs that were set out.

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(Ok that it for the first chapter. Don't know when the second will be out. I don't have a Grammar editor so it's hard to catch errors. If any one would want to proofread for me all you need to do is leave it in the reviews or IM or email me some time, also it's been a while since I've seen any sailor moon stuff so my memory is flawed, so tell me of my mistakes please. As well, I would like to point out that Ranma does indeed act differently when he's a girl as shown in both the anime and Manga. I also believe that Genma was the one with the idea of the pledge and not Nodoka.