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Many a Decade Later�In Yet Another Dimension�
A young man strode down a corridor, his metallic boots ringing throughout the
empty hallway. Dressed in an odd combination of futuristic half plate armor,
mostly covering the torso, forearms, and the calves. He appears to be in a
sparkling good mood. A chipper female voice called out to him, �Hey, Hawk!�,
walking to the wall comm panel, then punching a button. �Yeah? What�s up
Misato?� he called into the panel. Then a dark-purple haired vixen popped up on
the comm-panel, she appears to be rather excited about something, �Just so that
you know first hand�� she failed to hold down a fit of giggles, which brought a
smile to Hawk�s face �Never Fails..� he thought to himself, Misato managed to
composed herself, if not somewhat, �Commander. The refit that you have requested
has been completed. The Falcon now has a total of six Tachyon Cannon turrets,
the Syncronizer-Cannons have now replaced the main Particle cannons.� Now she is
absolutely giddy, �Also your request for the VF-23 Hyper Sturmvogel came
through, and we now have a full complement of 64 ADDS units and 48
Fighter-Marine in addition to the 10 White-Tiger fighters with the Ghost AI
modules that we already have. ALSO�we got the Ray-Storm package for one of the
Tigers! � She is practically ecstatic now, with the glittering eyes and
everything.
Hawk grinned again, �Kewl. Though it is a bit of overkill for this last
mission�� shrugging his shoulders, �But then again, ya can�t be too safe in that
particular dimension we are going to. Thanks for the update, Misato, I�ll be at
the ship whenever I get there.� Misato blanked out of the screen with her
trademark �Gatchabagoose!� and the \/ symbol with her left hand.
�Ahhh�. Definitely gotta talk to her about that line�Naaaaah!!! This is my last
mission and I�m in for a VERY long vacation�in my home dimension maybe. Almost a
hundred years of crossing dimensions and gathering technology is damned long
enough if ya ask me.� He pondered while walking down the way.
Sometime later, still walking around. Gazing at everything, almost like he is
never going to see the place again, or at least that he will not see it for
quite awhile. Then he came up to a large door to the inner sanctum. �I might as
well get this briefing over with�� he sighed to himself as he opened the massive
door inward.
He called out as he creaked the door open, �Hey Mai!� He stopped short when he
was blasted by series of party horns when he entered the room, �Bwah?� he
managed to croak, the rabbit ears on his helm perking up in surprise. He was
then tackled by a blur of red. �What the�� he managed to say as he fell to the
floor, then recognized the one hugging him. �Ranko-chan?? What..??� he stopped
short when the little bundle of pure energy kissed him full on the lips, pulling
him in by the cuff of his shirt.
After the wolf howls died down, she then noticed that he is a little slack
jawed after that. �Happy Birthday!!� then hugged him a little tighter. A little
while later, someone tapped her on the shoulder, and then she noticed that he
was turning a crazy shade of blue, pointing to his mouth and lipping �AIR!! NEED
AIR!!�. She started, then reluctantly let him go, then Hawk collapsed to the
floor with a coughing fit. �Gomen�� she said softly, her head down, almost on
the verge of crying. The coughing fit subsided and she felt a hand on her
shoulder. �Don�t worry Ranko-chan, no harm done. You know that I�m made of
tougher stuff than that�Besides, how often do I get to be with ya anyways?� he
said, looking around for her significant other, �Where�s Ranma?� When she didn�t
say anything, she�s just looking off into space behind him. Hawk slowly turned
his head around and met nose-to-nose with the BIG significant other. He started,
almost severely, �Daaah!!!� landing on his butt, �Geez!! Don�t do dat!!� Hawk
would have continued berating Ranma if it weren�t for an almost chorus of female
giggles around him.
With a look of false horror on his face, he looked around him, �I�m
surrounded�� letting his chin hit his chest, �Okie�I surrender to my fate.�
Then he got up, placed his arms in front of him with his hands hanging loosely,
still not letting his head up. Only to have them grabbed, by two sets of soft
hands. Now looking like he was crucified. He looked up to see his ship�s AIs
holding them, Namely Misato and Asuka, both with evil glints their eyes. He
balked as he saw Ranko coming up to him with an evil glint in her eyes also and
her hands in front of her, with the fingers splayed. This time, true horror
crossed Hawk�s face as Ranko crept up to him, �No..� he squeaked, then Ranko
proceeded to come closer in an ever menacing way, then shouted: �Kachu Tenshin
Amakaguriken Revised! Tickle Torture!!� and proceeded to pummel him with tickles
upon tickles.
After a few minutes of this, Mai herself spoke up, �OK Kiddies!!�. Dead Silence
now. She grinned, �You should all already know that this is his last mission for
quite awhile�� she pulled a slight, sly grin to her face when she noticed Hawk
almost singing �Haleighluya� with his arms in the air, �Keep it up and you won�t
have that vacation comin� to ya!�, he slumped, �You do know that I�m only
kidding do you?�, she said to him with her index finger propping his chin up. He
perked up after that, with a grin on his face. And the Party went downhill from
there�
Hawk slumped over in a nearby chair, letting his head go over the top and his
arms over the side, having finially gotten into something more comfortable than
the armor he had on previously. �OI! Am I beat�� he mumbled to himself, �Oof..�,
words escaped him when the red-head jumped (literally) into his lap and curled
up against his chest and shortly after, fell asleep. Ranma walked up and took a
seat next to Hawk, �Ya�know? You�re the only one that she�ll do that with��
trailing off as he gestured to Ranko-chan with a drink in his hand. Hawk would
have shrugged except for one problem, the sleeping bundle in his lap, �I kinda
figured that since�� he stopped short as he remembered the scene involving her,
with her clothing ripped off, and a bunch of Juicers trying to get some �fun.�
He grimaced at the thought and shook his head to get it out. Hawk looked up and
saw Ranma doing the same, but much more prominent, since it was he that couldn�t
do anything but watch. Ranma clenched his fist white-knuckle tight at the
memory, then felt a strong hand grip his forearm.
Ranma looked up to the concerned eyes of Hawk, �Don�t worry about it man. At
least I managed to get there in time to get ya loose from that titan-type and
lay waste to some of the others before anything really happened to her��,  he
trailed off as he ran his hand on top of her head which elicited a hum of
pleasure from her as she snuggled even closer to him. Both Ranma and Hawk looked
at each other and then Ranko, then back again, �Awwwww�� they chorused. A soft
beeping interrupted their walk down memory lane.
  Hawk slumped over the back of the chair and called out, �Yes�what izzit?!� he
said as Ren-like as possible,but is still rather bad. On the comm-panel, Misato�
s bright visage lit up the screen, �All preparations�� she got cut off with the
guys going �SHHHH!� as quietly as possible. Misato blushed in embarrassment when
she saw Ranko�s sleeping form, �Sorry..� she started sheepishly as it were
allowed, she continued, much more quietly this time �round, �As I was saying�The
preparations are complete to the Falcon and is ready to leave whenever you are.�
She gestured to Hawk, and stifled a giggle when Ranko-chan snuggled a little
more to him. Hawk sighed, �Okie, I�ll be there when I get there. During the
meantime, I have a little package to drop off first.� He gestured Ranko with a
grin. Misato grinned herself, more of a carnal grin judging by the �look� in her
eye, �OK�Gatchabagoose!� she signed off the usual way.
Ranma shook his head as he stood up, �I�ll never understand her.� He said as he
stretched and then sighed, �I�m gonna get going myself�� lost his speech as he
was trying to remember something, then snapped his fingers, �Oh yeah�we each
have our own rooms �till we go back home�just thought that I should let you
know.�, finishing the last of his drink, �Ja-Ne.� then walked out of the room.
Hawk stretched at bit and looked down to Ranko, �She can be god-awfully cute
when she wants to be.�, he thought as he was trying to maneuver the red-head
around so that he can carry her to her room. Her eyes fluttered open from the
attention and suddenly yawned, somewhat spoiling the moment. �Whatcha doin�?�
she asked tiredly, trying to keep herself from yawning in the process. Hawk
started, �Trying to get ya to your room so that you can sleep soundly�like you
were.�, he completed with a smirk. That got the Red-Head�s attention as she
zoomed to 100% energy in an instant.
She snaked an arm around Hawk�s neck, �Go ahead and take me to my room then.�,
she said in a VERY sultry, breathy voice, running the tips her fingers along his
jaw-line, sending high-voltage shocks down his spine. Hawk gulped, a BIG gulp.
�When she is this way�hooooo boy!� He nodded dumbly in confirmation, then walked
out of the room with Ranko in his arms. �She always know what the hell to do to
me��, he thought somewhat happily as he carried her.
They reached Ranko�s room in couple of minutes. The heavily sweating Hawk set
Ranko-chan on her feet after she coined in her lock number to the door. Hawk
tried to take this cue to leave, �Uh�I guess that I should be going to my ship
now��, as he turned, he was cut off as he was dragged into the room, stifling a
surprised yelp.
He turned back around to a sound of a sniffle. He saw one of the few things
that can melt his heart like soft butter over popcorn: Ranko-chan crying. �But
for what?�, he thought to himself as he drew her into a hug. Her crying quickly
subsided somewhat when she held onto him, almost like for dear life. Hawk
started rocking slowly as he held her, �What is it Ranko-chan?�
She reluctantly let go of him and sat down on the nearby bed, �You love me
right?� she couldn�t have said more, her voice failed her as she looked to him
with watering eyes, �Kami-sama�I wish to didn�t have to leave�� trailing off, a
tear rolled down her rosed cheek. Hawk gathered the last of his reserves and
slid behind her. Placing his hands on her shoulders, near her neck and started
to knead the peach soft flesh there. She moaned to the feeling of his strong
hands working the kinks out of her shoulder lovingly. �Of course I do�� he
started out saying, but Ranko quickly turned around and kissed him full on the
lips. Succeeding in flopping him to the bed. She let up until the both of them
needed air. It is then that Hawk noticed, with a startled expression, that her
top is mostly undone and that she is straddling across him.
Noticing his expression, she put on her most sexy pose with one shoulder-strap
of her outfit going over one arm and her head tilted off to one side. She also
placed her hands on his stomach, close together, squeezing her �package� into
each other, which is still mostly exposed. Hawk reached up slowly with his right
and placed his gentle, but shaking hand on the side of her face and soft
caressed her face to her neck, �You know that I always will�with all of my
heart.� he choked out.
Her eyes sparkling, �You don�t know what it means to me when you said that�� She
leaned down and placed a very loving, very long kiss onto the willing lips of
Hawk, who encircled his arms around her. �You�re the only one�� she breathed
into his ear, she then cut off any retort from Hawk by kissing him greatly.
Pinning his arms down at his sides with her feet, she pulled her top off, and
locked lips with him again...
[Hmmm�since things are getting KINDA steamy here, if you wish�take a look at
�RIFTS ASUNDER: GRATUTIOUS LEMON #1�, though it is NOT a requirement for the
whole story!!]
Sometime Later�
Ranko came out of the washroom in her robe, toweling her hair and saw Hawk
sleeping blissfully there. Walking up the bed, she clasped his one free hand
that was splayed across the bed with her left hand, eyes sparkling, she pecked
him on the cheek, �I love you�� she whispered into his ear. Taking the robe off,
she then crawled into bed, snuggling up to him, resting her head on his
shoulder, her arm across his torso, fingers splayed across his slowly rising and
falling chest, �I�ll love you always�� she drowsily said as she dozed off into
deep sleep in the afterglow.
Sleep without the Nightmares.
Hawk awoke slowly, feeling very�good about himself, then his memory booted up
and felt something snuggle up to him. �Hmmm�and the plot takes a flight south��,
he thought to himself as he curled an arm around Ranko�s sculptured frame. Hawk
put his other hand behind his head, propping it up, watching Ranko-chan sleep
peacefully, going deep into thought.
The subtle movement from Hawk�s part was more than enough to stir Ranko out of
sleep. She stretched a little bit and looked up to Hawk�s inquisitive face and
giggled a bit as she snuggled up to him. Confused, �What�s so funny?� he asked.
She giggled again, �It�s the look on your face, ya dummy!�, she cheerfully said
as she �beeped� his nose with her index finger. He pulled a face to straighten
his nose out, which elicited a gale of laughter from Ranko. Hawk pulled a
�smarmy� smile onto his face and started tickling her ribs with flying fingers.
They traded tickles for many minutes�
  Walking down the corridor, with a bit of bounce in his step, Ranma came up to
Ranko�s door. �We�re finally going home�� he thought happily, trailing off as he
heard a high pitched squeal come through the door, �Oh Kami-sama�Not again.� He
thought frightfully as he raised a fist to the door to bust it down, then the
door opened. �I don�t think that would be necessary Ranma��, it is Hawk, dressed
only in a bathrobe, Ranko�s to be more precise. Then Ranko appeared next to him,
dressed in a frilly nightgown, �Yeah! What he said!� she stated with her thumb
jerked toward Hawk. Ranma�s jaw hit the floor, frozen into the current position
of almost caving in the door.
Seeing his frozen, slack-jawed state, Hawk walked into the corridor and waved
his hand in front of Ranma�s face. No effect. Tried clicking his fingers in
front of his eyes and whistling. No response from that either. He gestured to
Ranko to give it a try, almost with a bow. As she moved to get passed him, he
swung his hand in and gave a squeeze to her left cheek, that gave him the squeak
that he was looking for.
Ranko snatched his hand as it was leaving the �appropriated area� and said,
�Later�� and she gestured to the now unfrozen Ranma. Ranma , meanwhile, is still
staring agape with only a strangled �Gah!� coming out of his mouth and his
finger is wavering between the both of them. He finally managed to get control
over his speech, �I don�t wanna know�� he said shaking his head left to right,
�I *really* don�t wanna know�Anyway, we are expected at the docks for his��
pointing at Hawk, ��scheduled launch. And we were expected about 5 minutes ago��
That got the reaction he was hoping for, coupled with a pair of �OH SHIT!�, the
pair darted back into the room with the door slamming shut in Ranma�s face.
A few minutes and a lot of muffled thumping around later, the door opened
again. Ranma was leaning against the wall with his hands behind his head,
drumming his foot, showing the fact that he is growing increasingly impatient.
Then he saw Ranko, wearing her usual jeans and t-shirt. Then Hawk strode out,
done up in his patented �Mega-Man� armor [without the helmet, that is taken up
by the special helm he�s wearing, the infamous rabbit ears and a hat-like brim
on the forehead] and unbeknownst to Ranma, Ranko jumped up onto Hawk�s
shoulders, he skipped a couple of times, then took off into the depths of the
slightly darkened corridor with a trailing �Weeeeeeeeeeee!!!� from a giddy
Ranko. Ranma shook his head and took off after them.
They arrived to the private docking bay of the Falcon in record time. Down the
corridor, they saw the ship, glistening in it�s pristine metallic-grey paint
job, a super modified Mikado-class luxery yacht. Rebuilt several times for even
more incredible speed, firepower, fighter and troops capacities, even a
labratory area for studying and rigging new technologies, but the one thing that
makes this ship even more distinct from the others is its Dimensional Jump
drive, a system that allows the ship and all it contains within to cross the
dimensional planes and its Super-LORD class Multiple-AI computer system, second
only to the MegaLORD himself. Hawk loved this ship greatly, it is his baby,
since he helped design the actual prototype, which this particular craft is, but
he doesn�t love as much as one other person he can name.
Mai turned to the sound of Ranko laughter down the corridor, �It is about time
you got here!� she called out to him as he skidded to a halt. They both grinned
sheepishishly, �Well�we both kinda got tied up after the party..� Hawk said
while lowering Ranko down to the floor. Mai arched an eyebrow at this but said
nothing of it, �That is their own business�� she thought to herself, �OK�how
about we get this trip over with now?� she said, turning back to the crowd that
came out of hiding from around the bay.
Hawk looked up and started, �Gaah!!� was all he managed to get out when he saw
the crowd, mostly friends and colliges from this business. Regaining his
composure a bit, �I see that all of you are here to see me off to last
mission�for quite awhile.� He added, ellicting a quiet round of chuckles from
the group that�s around him, �I would stay and continue this somewhat long
winded speech here, � more laughs from the crowd, �but I might as well get this
mission done and gone now, so I�ll see you all later whenever I happen get
back!�
The crowd dispersed and Hawk started towards the Falcon�s hatch when someone
spun him around and latched onto him. He jumped, �Bwah?� he croaked, he then
looked down to see Ranko is the one the latched onto him, �What is it�?� he
couldn�t say much more with Ranko�s lips pressed to his. When she didn�t let go
after a moment Hawk decided to go with it and wrapped his arms around her and
held her off the floor, since she is head and shoulders shorter than him, coming
about midway to his chest.
The wolf howls they heard forced them to disengage from their moment
embarassingly. She eventually let go of him, �You�ll be coming to my home
dimension soon, right?� he nodded, she then sniffed a little and wiped a
wandering tear her eye. �I will be�you can count on that�� he said as she pecked
him on the cheek and hugged him tight around the neck, then darted off to the
corridor, �I�ll miss you �Come back soon!!� she called back to him, waving. Hawk
waved back, �I�ll miss you too!� when she left the docking bay, �I will come
back for you�I just wish I could bring you with me�� he muttered to himself,
turning back to his ship toward the open hatch.
As soon he crossed the threshold of the door, he met with a pair of hooting
females, a third is furthur back with an impassive look on her face, in fact
Hawk doesn�t remember much expression formed on Rei�s face, the fourth seemingly
not in the vicinity. Hawk gave a bow to the two that are rooting for him, �Thank
you! Thank you very much!� he said as Elvis like as possible, pretty well
actually, sounds almost like him. The two disolved into giggles then into
laughter, almost falling to the floor, if not for them holding onto the rails on
the walls, but stopped completely as he pushed past them, with a downtrodden
expression on his face. They heard him mutter something like, �Might as well get
this done and over with��
They all looked to each other and shrugged.  The mid-sized female with long
brown hair and red hair ornaments turned to Hawk�s retreating form, �What�s with
him?� Asuka asked the others, �He was just fine a minute ago!� The tallest one,
Misato, just shrugged her shoulders, �He had to leave the one he loves greatly
behind...� said Rei, slightly shorter then Asuka, with sky-blue colored hair.
The other two nodded to her observation, soon smacking each others� forehead for
missing it completely �But we still all have jobs to do right now!� exclaimed
Misato as she rezzed out. The others nodded as well then de-rezzed.
Hawk arrived to the command center of the Falcon, a fairly barren semi-circular
room with readout screens all over the front of the room. He looked over some of
these and sat down in the chair that is in the exact center of the room,
�Misato?� her image rezzed in front of him, �Hai, Commander?� acting much more
different now that it is business as usual, �Preflight check?� she nodded,
�Hai.� He turned back to the main window, �Open a channel to the tower.� She
nodded again, �Hai�Channel open.� She said as the speakers crackled a little to
let themselves known, �StarTower command, this is Admiral Hawk aboard the
Falcon. Requesting permission to depart from the private docking bays.� He said
in his most business like tone of voice.
A screen superimposed itself over the main window, depicting lavender haired
girl with a headset on her head, �Roger that, Admiral�One Moment, Sir�� trailing
off to look at the screens about her and typing in a few things into the
computers, �You�re all set to go, Admiral. You�re cleared to depart.� She
flashed him a smile, �Have a safe trip, sir!� she said, waving. Hawk nodded and
waved back, �Thank you , Leiutenent.� Then the screen disappeared. He leaned
back into his chair, �Power up Main Engines!� He called out to open air.

Outside, the aft section of the Falcon glowed a bright blue and the engine
intakes glowed a dim red. A dull roar could be heard as the massive reactors
charged to full output, turning into a very loud scream.

Hawk looked to the readouts, �Reactors to Power.� Called Misato�s now
disembodied voice. Looking annoyed, �I can see that, Misato!� he grumbled as bit
as he lifted his face from the readout, turning back to the Main Window, �Open
Bay Doors�� he called out. The massive doors on the outside of the ship groaned
to life as they split apart to show the stars before them.
Hawk folded his hands in front of his face, elbows to the arm rests, �Take us
out, Rei.� He called out, eyes closed. An unemotional �Hai� answered him as the
ship crawled out of the dock. He opened his eyes, �As soon as we are clear, take
the engines to SubLight power to the jump corodinates�� Another �Hai� answered
him. He went back to his thoughts and closed his eyes again.
The ship came out of a rather small docking bay in the uppermost portion of the
�Star-Tower�, crowning achievement to Mai Nakajiima and her AI super-computer,
MegaLORD. They both have designed the massive arcology tower, spanning twelve
square miles at the base of the tower and reaching almost 100 miles into the
sky, breaching the atmosphere itself.
As soon as the ship cleared the massive docking booms, its engines belched a
large plume of white-blue flame as it sped off to some point in space at
sub-light speeds.
Hawk opened his eyes for the last time, �Viewer to aft angle.� A screen popped
up in from the window showing the shrinking tower. He sat there, watching the
tower shrink away, lastly showing a massive seashell-like shaped ship at the end
of one of the 20 mile long docking booms, with a �MHI Leviathan� along its
pristine hull. He shook his head rapidly, �Viewer off�Engage the Jump drive when
the computations come back�� He leaned forward in the chair, with his face
buried in his hand, trying to hide the tears brimming in his eyes. Inwardly
groaning, �How I wish I was allowed to bring you with me, Ranko-chan�� A lone
tear wandered out of his eye and down his cheek.
A moment later, Hawk felt someone massaging his shoulders, working the kinks
out, with quite knowledgable and soft, but strong hands. He groaned in pleasure
as he leaned back into the chair, �Hmmmm...Thank you, Misato�� he trailed off as
her hands traveled down his chest and back up as she hugged him from behind,
unknowingly nestled his head between her ample breasts.
He was about to say something about that, but Misato slapped her hand over his
mouth, �Don�t worry�we know about the two of you.� She said into his ear. As if
to punctuate the point, Asuka, Rei, and Ritsuko rezzed around him. Asuka walked
in front of the group, kneeling a little bit to his right side, putting her hand
onto his, �She�s right�.and we know about you being depressed from being
seperated from Ranko-san. Especially for this long this time.� He relaxed a bit,
now able to speak without Misato�s hand on his mouth, �Thanks for your concern
guys�I�m touched�really�� he paused for a second, putting a smile on his face,
�Though as much as I hate to leave such a comfortable cushion�� he stopped as
Misato looked down and quickly released her grip on him and slapped him upside
the back of his head, �Eechi!� she said, with a very visible flush to her. The
others couldn�t help but laugh heartily, except Rei, �I think he is in a better
mood now�� she said in her usual unemotional speech pattern, gesturing to Hawk.
He chuckled himself, �That I am, Rei, that I am�� Turning to the still red
Misato, �Thanks again, Misato�I _STILL_ don�t know how you do it�but you somehow
managed to cheer me up.� She nodded to him, some of her redness disappearing. He
turned back to the Main Window, �OK! Let kick this pig!!� he called out, the
others know that it is his way of ordering everyone to their stations for the
Dimensional Jump, everyone derezzed to do their appropriated duties.
The ship, now a few hundred thousand miles from the nearest inhabited location,
shimmered in the starlight for a few seconds and vanished completely from view
with a radiating spacial distoration.
Ranko watched the Falcon speed off from one of the windows on the Tower and
soon disappear. Left hand to the glass, �Please hurry back�� she murmered to
herself, one tear working itself loose from her eye, seen by her own reflection
in the window. Then she felt a large hand place itself on her shoulder. She
slowly turned with a sniffle and looked up to see her brother Ranma, his eyes
full of concern. Kneeling down a bit to shorten the large height difference
between them, �Don�t worry, Ranko-chan. He�ll be back before you know it�� he
pulled his sister in for a hug, she sobbed for a moment into his chest, �I know
you miss him�� trailing off a moment, looking up at the chronometer, �Damn! We
have to get to our own shuttle�we are meeting our own family again.� He finished
with a smile, �I know that you don�t wanna miss the look on Pop�s face when he
gets a load of us!� he finished, beaming.
She laughed a little, loosening her hug she looked up to him, �Yeah�� wiping
her eyes, �Heh�at least there is one good thing that came out of this�� looking
back out the window for a minute then started to walk toward the door with Ranma
following shortly thereafter�
[Author�s Note: The world that Hawk traveled to will be written whenever I
manage to get around to it. It is tenatively titled: BubbleGum Rift�.Gee can you
tell where it is gonna be located at? Hmmmm? ;)]
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