Ranma laid upon the ground and stared groggily up at the sky while short-skirted girls leapt and raced about overhead and around him.

All through the chaos and destruction he could only come up with one thought.

"How did I get dragged into all of this again?"

A Sailormoon and Ranma½ crossover of epic proportions.

Chapter 1: The Failed Wedding

The dojo was in shambles. The decorations lay in tattered wisps of ash and cinder about the oft-holed floor and walls. A small fire still flared up intermittently from the coals that had once made up a rather nice looking altar in the front. All in all, it was obvious that something drastic had occurred here during what should have been a happy joining of two like souls.

Standing in the midst of the chaos, Ranma Saotome slowly drops to his knees and heaves a heavy sigh as he gazes over the destruction. As always, nothing had gone as planned. Shampoo he could have expected, even Kuno was no problem. The fact that he brought a real katana was, but as it was Kuno, it was handled. No, the real shocker was Ukyo. He couldn’t help but sigh again as he remembered her part in this mess. He had thought that she was his friend! What a fool.

Nodoka watched as her long-lost son fought to reconcile himself with what had happened here mere hours before. Akane had yet to remerge from her room where she had rushed to only minutes after the wedding was called off. Nodoka still remembered how the poor girl looked with tears staining her face red with anger as she raced from the sight of her destroyed future in her ravished gown. This time it was Nodoka who sighed.

‘Perhaps it was for the best, after all. Ranma and Akane are both so young. Getting married like this, being forced into it and everything probably would have destroyed any chance they may have had for happiness,’ She thought. ‘Some time apart would do them good… That’s exactly it! I’ll take Ranma with me when I go home, and learn just who this ‘man among men’ is that I call my son!’

"Ranma?"

"Hai, Okaa-san?" the young man in the center of the room responded, finally looking up with eyes that were much older than they should have been.

"I have been thinking, son. It is time for you to come home. This time when I leave, you shall come with me."

"Hai, Okaa-san. B-but whadda ‘bout Akane?"

"She shall remain here, of course. You need some time apart. My honorable husband and his friend have been very forceful in their attempts to get you together. This time separate may be just what you need."

"Hai, Okaa-san. I gotta say that I ain’t really happy with all this, though."

Nodoka winced slightly at the peasant lingo issuing from her son’s mouth.

"I understand that, son. However, it shall be dealt with in time. Of this, I am certain." Nodoka paused for a second, "Son, I wish a boon."

"A boon? What’s that?"

Nodoka winced again, before continuing. "A favor, son. A boon is a favor."

"Well, why didn’t cha say that in the first place?! What is it?" he asked suspiciously.

Nodoka suppressed a groan before continuing. "I need for you to get your many girls to promise not to come visit you for any cause during the time which you are with me."

"How the hell am I supposed ta do that?! Ya don’t know these girls! Shampoo’s been chasing me for the past two years, Ukyo’s been at it for over ten years! How the hell should I keep them away?!"

"I do not know, son. All I ask is that it is done."

Ranma thought about it for a moment before agreeing, albeit tentatively. "Ok. But, ya don’t mean Akane, do ya?!"

"Yes, most definitely not Akane."

For a moment, Ranma looked ready to argue, but a glance at the bundle in Nodoka’s arms quelled that thought. A disturbing thought for Nodoka, that her "man among men" son should fear for his life.

"Hai, Okaa-san, it shall be done."

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Three days later, Ranma and Nodoka stood before the Tendo compound with their possessions. Before them stood Soun, Nabiki, Genma, and Kasumi. Akane was no where to be seen, a fact that was not lost on a bewildered Ranma.

"Farewell, gracious hosts and honorable husband. I thank thee for harboring my son until I could come to retrieve him. May many honors fall upon thy house." Nodoka said with a bow.

"Farewell, honorable visitor. We send with thee our well wishes and hope for a quick and safe journey home. May honor fall upon thy house." Kasumi replied with a bow, speaking for the main part of her family, as Soun was in tears.

"Uh, bye y’all. It’s been real… and it’s… uh, been uh, fun…" Ranma began, scratching the back of his head.

"But it ain’t been real fun." Nabiki finished for him. "See you around, Ranma-kun. You better make sure you come back for the panda, or I’ll start adding his room and board to the fees you owe me."

It was as close as Nabiki ever would get to saying that she would miss Ranma.

"Uh, sure." Ranma just smiled and nodded. "Um, wouldya, um that is, since Akane’s not here and all, ya know. Wouldya give this to her?"

Nabiki takes the proffered letter with a feral smile.

"Why of course Ranma-kun! I’d be more than happy too!"

"For a fee, right? Here. It’s all I got on me."

Nabiki just shrugs as she takes the few hundred yen and heads back in the house.

"I guess that’s it, Okaa-san."

The two lift their bags and turn to leave. It’s not for several blocks before either is heard to speak again.

"So where is it that you live anyways, Okaa-san?"

"Juuban, son."

"Any weird stuff there?"

"Oh, there are a few youma attacks here and there every once and a while. We normal people generally do not get involved though."

"Good."

"Why is it that you ask?"

"Just wanna make sure that I’d fit in. That’s all."