Sorry about the lateness of this.  I'll explain at the end.  Oh, I did

this

at work
as well, so I just copied the one from "The Lost Library of Floristica"

archive.

^_^; Hey, sorry about being late in responding. I just passed the
"pre-professional" standing and got into the business college in
my chosen major (MIS), and since the semester started, I'd been
quite busy.

Thanks so much for such detailed positive commentary!

Thus the C&C will be in this format:  <<ye ol comments>>.

That's fine with me.

Disclaimer: Sailor Moon is owned by Takeuchi Naoko, Koudansha, TV Asahi,
and Toei
Douga, and DIC.

<<You forgot ADV and Pioneer as well. ^_^>>

Heh. For some reason, on the FFML, I keep forgetting to put in
a disclaimer at all. Larry's kind enough to put that in on
everything on the site for me, though. I think I might try
branching out into more "pure" original stuff soon.

Foreword: Ha-ha! Thought you'd heard the last of this series (again), didja?
Well,
I'm not quite done for yet.

<<Damn, you mean those nukes, Pikachu's, Puchu's, and saccarine inducing
bishoujo I
sent over weren't enough?  I shall have to redouble my efforts!>>

=^.^= As long as people keep telling me that they want the story to
continue, I'll continue it. When interest wanes, I'll initiate the
final phase and leave it at that.

I mean, there have already been plenty of spots to end it: At the
end of chapter 5, with Jadeite and the time traveling, then later at
the end of chapter 10, season one. And again at the end of Chapter 10,
season two.

(Gee, that's kind of like having Final Fantasy X and then later
deciding that it wasn't enough, and then making Final Fantasy X-2!)

So, I make it look like the story's over for a while, then I can
take a break, revise, and then get on with what else has been planned.

Besides, I'm sure everyone wants to eventually see the end of
the past arc, the Silver Millennium, NETTG-style! ^_-

What has gone before: Ermh... The plot's too convoluted, even for me to

explain.

Arby's dead, and Tuxedo Mask died, went to the afterlife, and dueled with
a dead
level 10 Super Sayajin. The more surprising part of it was that Tux-boy

defeated

dear
ol' Kakkarotto.

<<It helps that he couldn't die, heheheheh.>>

Kinda hard to die when you're already dead, it's true.

The Sailor Senshi nearly got obliterated by a youma death squad, but the
Atomic
Starlight Knight jumped in and saved the girls, proclaiming his love for
Sailor Moon.
Sam Beckett helped save Nephrite, and then finally got to leap away...

into

Ikari
Gendo.

<<Somehow I could actually see this happening.>>

Everyone starts wondering what Gendo's been on, and where THEY can
get some.

Jadeite battled his... er... her inner self and darkness. She won, barely.
ASK tried
to kill her when he figured out (took him long enough!) that she was really
a
magically-transformed youma general. It all got worked out in the end,

though.

Really, it did.

<<It helps the good guy is two steps shy of being totally nuts, heheheheh.>>

And, it seems, no matter how chaotic or random the guy gets, a
sufficiently strong-willed woman can reign him in. I mean, he's
not technically real, being Terra's mental projection and all.
Still, he fell for S.Pluto, and then Ukkyo, and now maybe Serena.
(I'm going to have to go back and fix those sections.)

I don't know. I guess random, chaotic, dangerous guys like ASK just
have to follow that pattern occasionally. Though he affirms to be
a tremendously powerful projection of a galactic destroyer, he
often seems more human than a lot of... human characters I've
dealt with.

Any other subplots? Oh! Sailor Pluto took Ranma to Disneyland to train.

<<I look upon this relationship...such as it is, and shake my head...heh.
I'm
telling ya, she's going to wind up in a nuthouse. ^_^>>

A serious character like S.Pluto just can't handle the comedy that
likes to follow Ranma around. Plus, my characterizations are skewed,
due to lack of proper knowledge of the series when I began the
story, but such is the way of creativity.

And... That's about it. I'm not really a slow writer... I just have a funny
way of
organizing things. Enjoy!

I take that back. I really am feeling like a slow writer right
now. Occasionally, Esa (my Finnish artist-friend) will come up
with a great picture and I'll be motivated for a while, but it
doesn't work all the time. It's funny how I have to trick myself
into writing rather than playing video games or reading to blow
off stress.

I've got a stack of Terry Pratchett books I need to look into
reading, too. That's good comedic inspirational material.

<<snipage of the Death scene>>

Yes, I figure it's been reviewed enough. ;)

<<You know, I'm pretty sure that this part of the chapter garnered the

most

responses
for you...winding up with a good lot of it written by a whole lot of other
people.
Then again, Death's personality just brings that sort of creativity out

in

people...he's quite fun to work with, heheh.>>

Death's always a favorite! Especially the Discworld variety and a
few others where he's got so much personality for an incarnation
of the cessation of life. And he tries so hard to please, too. ^_^

And I'm glad for the comments I've gotten. I'll soon have to go back
and fix up what I've done so far so it'll take all the best suggestions
into consideration. I mean, there were some really nice comments there!

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As Death departed, something occurred to him about one of the women whom
he spoke to
on the phone. TERRA INCOGNITO? WAS THAT HER NAME? I WONDER IF THAT COULD
BE...

<< *pulls out Superman's hourglass* NOPE, NOT THAT ONE...AND HE'S BACK

AGAIN?!

*pulls out Optimus Prime's*  NOT THAT ONE EITHER...AND HE'S BACK TOO?!

 DAMNIT!

WHAT
IS IT WITH THESE PEOPLE?!  SEE, THIS IS JUST WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT WITH
MR.
SHIELDS.  JUST WAIT TIL I GET BACK TO SEE THE UNIVERSAL INFINITE...I'LL

BE

GIVING
THAT BEING A PIECE OF MY MIND, LET ME TELL YOU. *pulls out Terra's* AH,

HERE

WE GO.>>

=^.^=

...

	While Death departed, something occurred to him about one of
the women whom he spoke to on the phone. TERRA INCOGNITO? WAS THAT
HER NAME? I WONDER IF THAT COULD BE...

	Atop his floating white horse, the black-robed figure pulled
out a sturdy blue hourglass with a red shield inscribed with a yellow
'S.' NOPE, NOT THAT ONE. Death paused, rubbing his chinbone. AND
HE'S BACK AGAIN? THAT'S THE THIRD TIME THIS WEEK.

	Fumbling around, he withdrew another, this one blocky and
marked with the smooth face of a robot--the traditional "Autobot"
symbol. A small metal ornament in the form of a semi truck hung from
its chain. NOT THAT ONE, EITHER. AND HE'S BACK, TOO? WHAT IS IT WITH
THESE PEOPLE? THIS IS JUST WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT WITH THAT SHIELDS
PERSON. JUST WAIT TIL I GET BACK TO SEE THE UNIVERSAL INFINITE. He
stroked his mount's mane. I'LL BE GIVING THAT BEING A PIECE OF MY
MIND, LET ME TELL YOU.

	The horse snorted in reply, its hot breath becoming small puffs
of fog in the cold night air. It was almost as if the animal intended
to chuckle.

	Finally, Death took out a very large, obsidian hourglass, about
a foot and a half high and seven inches in diameter. Parts of it had
strange and ugly symbols carved into it, but over those, large pink
and red bows had been tied. Flowers, also pink, were painted all over
the device at regular intervals.

	Inside, a dangerous-looking pile of sharp ebony grains on the
receiving end was topped by a few sparkling flecks of gold. A very,
very tiny patch of brightly-colored specks slowly trickled down from
the top. A pair or chains hung down, one leading to a smashed watch
of indiscernable design and the other to a well-armored metallic
timepiece, completely filled from top to bottom with small spheres of
weapons-grade uranium and a few other unnatural radioactive elements.

	AH, YES. HERE WE GO. NOT LONG FOR HER, NOW, AND IT'LL BE ABOUT
TIME. NOT EVEN MOST GODS LIVE THAT LONG. TOO BAD, REALLY. EVEN AFTER
SO LONG, SHE WAS JUST BARELY GETTING INTERESTING. BUT AT LEAST THAT
TROUBLESOME KNIGHT WILL GO WITH HER. GOOD RIDDANCE.

	Death spurred his flying steed onward. There yet remained a
great deal of work for him to do this night.

@_@;;;

That look about right to ya? ^_^

It would take more than a thousand years and an artificial ice age before
the human
race civilized itself sufficiently to the point where they decided that

mucking

up
the timeline wasn't just for world heroes, villains, and Purple ArbyFish.
For this
reason, laws against time travel had to be placed in

<<civilized itself? Heheheh, a rather subtle slap in the fact to all of

humanity

there, heheheheh.>>

After all, the more "civilized" civilizations like to affect their
environment more. ^_^

It wasn't so much that lifestyles had degraded to the point where everybody
wanted to
change them, nor was it the fact that the people felt like rebelling against
the
delightfully ditzy totalitarian regime that had forbidden such interference.
The
problem was, rather, that with improved

<<Of course, if one actually applied a bit of thought to it, what you really
have is
a bit more than totalitarian regime.  With Sailor Plutos mucking around

with

the
future, 'ensuring' that things go according to a prewritten script, mostly
if not
totally in the interests of the Serenity family, what you have is a regime
that for
all intents and purposes could last in one form or another til the end

of

time.  I
mean sure there was this tiny setback on the moon a few thousand years

back,

but that
was only in preparation for someting greater...which seems to me to be

more

of the
same type thing.  And even if the Crystal Tokyo fell, Usagi would just

do

what her
mother did, and eventually we'd have some other millenium with her descendant
with
little to no change.  Is it me or is there something wrong with that picture?

In this kind of story, yes, there is something wrong with that, but
life's not fair; things turn out as they will.

I loved M.Doherty's I'm Here to Help rendition. Have I mentioned that
enough times yet? ^_^

However, it soon becomes a moot point, as the whole thing blows up
in everyone's faces, leaving the plot up to whoever can triumph,
whether it be A.S.K. & Co. or S.Pluto, Ranma, and her crew.

Heh, ignore me, I'm ranting again. ^_^>>

Ranting is fun. ^_^

Those with ability to view the timeline secretly knew that they were all
an inch away

>from destruction, and as such, they had good reason to keep people on track

with what
Destiny decided What Must Be. In the later years of history, Destiny had
gotten tired
of being pushed
around by galactic destroyers, fuku-clad warriors for love and justice,

and

artificial knights with funny ideas about taking control of their lives.

<<Or just the plain ol schumk that said "Hey...what if...?" ^_^>>

The recent Time Machine movie was a decent story. The effects were
good, and the ending was okay. It was kind of short, though. But then
again, maybe I'm just used to the old version.

In a cosmic way, Fate decided that anyone who fought against their place
in the grand
scheme of

<<Only problem with that line of reasoning is that it makes the idea of

free

will a
complete illusion.  All the good and bad things that happen become the

script

in
someone else's novel, and no one is responsible for their actions.  Sentience
becomes
nothing more than the prose someone else writes in their fanfiction.

Yup. That about sums it up. The characters have no free will, and I
reign as supreme ruler of them all. Excuse me for a moment.

MWAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAH
HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA
HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHA--*hack*Cough!*

Anyway, where was I? Well, I'll know the story's getting good when
I stop deciding what everyone does and the characters step forward
and start making their own choices. It happens when the best stuff
goes on.

Then again, if it's not, the ability to screw with Destiny becomes fun...there
would
be all sorts of things that could go wrong, and you could run that poor

little

girl
to an the adjoining room in the same nuthouse Pluto is headed too. ^_^>>

Oh, yes. Plus, with an ArbyFish sys-admin over your universe, it
wouldn't take all that long.

things would be stopped, preferably in a painfully educating manner. The
reason for
this is simple: if Destiny is toyed with too much, She might someday toss
up her
arms, scream "Forget you all!" in frustration, and stalk away in another
direction,
taking the Universe with Her.

<< <Desinty> Yeah...free of...eh?  Quit following me!  Damnit, the universe
is
following me!  Go away!!! WAAAAHHH!! WHY WON'T YOU LEAVE ME ALONE?!>>

More like taking her ball and going home. ^_^

After some rather enlightening experiences and a lot of theme-park-induced
meditation, Sailor

<<spured on by a massive sugar and caffeine rush courtesy of a six pack

of

Mountain
Dew, 2 pounds of cotton candy, and a couple bags of bon bons. ^_^>>

...Suggestion noted.

After some rather enlightening experiences and a lot of theme-
park-induced meditation, spurred on by a massive sugar and caffeine
rush courtesy of a six pack of Mountain Dew, two pounds of cotton
candy, and a couple dozen bags of bon bons, Sailor Pluto decided that
she had learned her lesson. Destiny had decided that she and Ranma
were meant for each other, and as a reformed follower of Destiny, she
accepted the fact that the boy was now her One True Love.

Pluto decided that she had learned her lesson. Destiny had decided that

she

and Ranma
were meant for each other, and as a reformed follower of Destiny, she accepted
the
fact that the boy was now her One True Love.

<<Funny how a lot of people arrive at the same conclusion with that boy.
This must
be Destiny's way of getting back at the universe for driving her batty.

Heheheh.>>

People push Her, She pushes back. And when She pushes someone, they
STAY pushed.

Having spent some time reviewing Ranma's history and having gone with him
on every
action/thriller ride in Disneyland, she came to realize that he wasn't

such

a bad
choice for a husband after all. He could be very nice and was forgiving

of

mistakes.
He didn't even think much of her attempt at making him learn the Kawaii-ken!

<<Mind you, it's too bad she couldn't read his mind during such 'training,'
but then
I'm not sure even that would have detered her or any other girl who's got
this sort
of thing firmly entrenched in their noggins, heh.>>

When you get a huge circus tent-stake metaphorically sledge-hammered
into your skull, sometimes, some people just give up and decide to
go with it until they can recover.

Certainly, he had his quirks, Sailor Pluto considered, like the curse and
a few other
minor problems, but she was certain she could change him, given time. The
curse could
be cured, if it

<<Certain she could change him given time?  Heh...eheheheh...ever read

a

book called
"Nice Guys Don't Get Laid"? There's a whole chapter devoted to that tendancy
in a lot
of women.>>

That's the thing: It's a common fallacy among the human race. I'm
not sure how it translates into anime, however.

came down to that. It wasn't like there was some mystic energy field that
made sure
he kept it or anything.

<<Is she sure about that? ^_^>>

She thinks so. The only mystical energy field keeping it there is
the marketing specialists who know that his gender-change curse is
the only thing keeping them employed. Or, was keeping them employed,
since the series ended a long time ago.

The woman giggled, only a slight manic edge remaining in her voice. After
she and
Ranma had

<<She's gone buggy!  Grab her! ^_^>>

It sure took her long enough to crack. ^_^ Perhaps someday, I'll go
back and have her act in a more logical, Pluto-like manner. A lot
of this was pretty rough, even with prereader help.

In retrospect, Setsuna noted to herself, Neo-Queen Serenity had taken it
remarkably
well.


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Seated in the waiting room just outside the emergency room at the Crystal
Tokyo
Special

<<BWAHAHAHAAHHAHAHHAHA!!!>>

If I set something like that up, it needed a punchline, and none
seemed better to me at the moment when I wrote it. It was one of
those "think outside the box" things.

Response Hospital, and dressed in official Sailor Senshi garb, a very female
Ranma
hunched over and buried her face in her hands, weighed down by guilt and
large
sweatdrops. "Uh. Um. That is... I'm really sorry your queen died, Setsuna."

<<Heheheheheh>>

In the stories where an anti-Serenity sentiment was actually pulled
off well, there is much rejoicing. ^_^

"How was I supposed to know she'd react like that?" Ranma lamented. "I

said

we
planned on, you know, getting married and all, but why did she have to

grab

her chest
and keel over like that? She didn't even look old or sick or anything!"

<<Ranma's actually going to go through with this?  Odd...I don't recall

any

changes
to negate the effect, but doesn't he usually run or duck out of this sort
of
thing...or at least put if off for an eternity?>>

He hasn't had time to think, I think. He's been pretty much railroaded
into it.

Besides, how long can ya say no to the hot time-traveling gal in the
short skirt? ^_^

Okay, I know Ranma has the normal skittishness around real commitment
events and stuff... but what can I do to fix it?

"She will be all right," Setsuna reassured her fiance, putting an arm around
her
shoulders. "You just gave her a bad shock. We have the best medical staff
and
facilities in the galaxy. There is no need to worry."

<< <Pinhed> Well, Mrs. Serenity.  Do you prefer the pleasure or the pain
more?  Me
personally, I perfer the pain.
     <Serenity> AAAAAAHHHH!!!
     <Dr. Arby>  Woit?  Ah, I see ya've met moi intern!  Loit of promise
'n dis
woin!>>

Arby: 'E's got MOULD in those pins. Roight propa', y'see. ^.^

"She's fine!" Mercury replied, pulling her way out of the redhead's grip.
Once she
freed herself, she straightened her spectacles and added, "She's all right.
It was
just a mild case of shock. Her

<<The spectacles are an affectation or neccessary?  After all, I'm sure

all

sorts of
corrective proceedures would be available if she wanted by this point...unless
she
opted not to under go one of em.>>

Probably for looks and the fact that she used 'em back in the past during
the beginning of her High School. Maybe she thinks she looks good in
glasses.

King Endymion ran into the waiting room, his face red with exhaustion.

"I

was in
negotiations halfway out of the solar system, but I came as quickly as

I

heard. Is
she all right?!"

<<  <Endymion> Of course it was hard with the Vorlons.  Couldn't figure

out

which one
was which, cause they all wear that same suit and answered to "Kosh" ^_^>>

=^.^=

	King Endymion ran into the waiting room, his face red with
exhaustion. "I was in negotiations halfway out of the solar system,
but I came as quickly as I heard. Of course, it was hard talking
the Vorlons into letting me go. I couldn't figure out which one
was the ambassador, since they all wear that same suit and answered
to 'Kosh.' Is she all right?!"

Mercury glanced through the papers on her clipboard. "Neo-Queen Serenity
is quite
healthy, despite all that she's experienced throughout the years. In fact,
all of the
Senshi, including King Endymion, have maintained excellent health for many
centuries." She looked toward the two

<<Probably has something to do with that shiny crystal.  Heh after watching
The Two
Towers, I kept getting this image of Serenity holding that crystal going
"My
precious..." <Endymion> I think you're freaking Rei out again.  <Serenity>
Oh, my
bad. *^_^* <Rei> My precious... <Endymion> And Rei, quit petting that Usagi
action
figure; you're freaking everyone else out doing that! <Rei> *quickly puts
it behind
her back* What action figure? *^_^*>>

You know, that's not too far from possibilities there.

"One Crystal to Rule them All?"

Man, you could get a GREAT tongue-in-cheek Serenity-hater story going. ^_^

I mean, cast all the villains in the LOTR hero spots, with
the Senshi as the Mini-Skirted Multicolored Riders, the Nazgals?
There ARE nine of them, right, minus Chibimoon?

Setsuna grabbed Ranma around the waist and pulled her close. "Ranma and

I

are getting
married!"

<<Heh, even Nabiki said something about never being bored to Akane concerning
their
Ranma and Akane's honeymoon, and his ability to change sexes. ^_^>>

Well, whatever floats their respective boats, so to speak. :P

Mercury suddenly gasped and went pale. Her jaw fell open and her eyes rolled
back,
then she clutched her chest and swooned into the arms of her assistants.
"M-married?!
You and Se... tsu... na?"

<<Yeah, the going bet was that Ami would lose her 'it' before Setsuana.

^_->>

Precisely. ^_^

However, in order to avoid mass confusion and hysteria, the Watchers of

this

part of
the universe have compiled a Frequently Asked Questions list concerning

all

of these
loving, tender moments of the premarital Ranma and Setsuna.

<<archived in elvish and galaxydestroyerish at
arby://www.crossdressers_and_the_women_wholovethem.com/r&s&a&s&k&s&m&yagetsdaidea/
^_->>

The Mordor translator got it all wrong, too. ^_^

Q. Where did Ranma sleep? How and why?

A. Ranma slept in a simple, yet elegant suite with lots of pink drapes,

a

goosedown
bed with silk sheets, and a large wardrobe filled with some of the finest
dresses to
be found on the Earth. It

<<the irony. ^_^>>

I mean, it'd have been a nice fantasy suite for a real girl.

Q. So, why did he sleep only three out of five times on the roof?

A. Because, the other two times, it was raining slightly too hard for Ranma
to rest
in, even with some of the bed sheets as a makeshift tent.

<<Heh, that's determined.>>

He REALLY wouldn't have been able to handle the Kawaii-ken. ^_^

Q. How about Setsuna. Where did she sleep?

A. Setsuna slept in her own separate room, which was similarly elegant,

but

several
times larger than Ranma's. But, given her mental state in the past few

weeks,

she
hadn't rested very much in

<< <Setsuana> Weeks.  Months.  Millenia...it's all good. ^_^>>

Makes sense when you put it that way, really.

A. Quite right. However, they were off chasing people who weren't expecting
the
Senshi Inquisition. They actually halfway got their introduction speech

down.

It went
something like this:

Haruka: Nobody expects the Senshi Inquisition!
Michiru: Our three main weapons are...
Hotaru: Fear, surprise, a planet-destroying pole arm, and an almost fanatical
devotion to the Queen!

<< <Me (or any other fanboy)> Molestable grown-up Planet destroyer!  *glomp!*
    <Hotaru> EEK!  *slice*
    <Haruka> That's like the 10th one you've done in. I told you that

shiny

black
leather outfit was a bad idea.
    <Hotaru> But it's so soft and sqeeky!>>

=^.^=;;;

<<I dunno.  Technically what you see in Sailor Stars is fanatacism to the
worst
degree.  Then again from what I can tell Hotaru is also the antithesis

of

what the
queen is so I sometimes wonder about her real motiviations, heh.>>

Hotaru seems basically good, with a background spirit of power
and destruction when she needs it. I don't think she was at all
frail when she got revived, though.

Nice, huh? Bohemian Rhapsody was such a nice song. It's good to see some
people still
appreciate fine music groups.

<<Or in Hotaru's case %*Another one bites the dust, dun dun dun!*%>>

Oh, yes. Yes, indeed!

Q. But why was everyone so shocked, anyway?! Did Ranma do something in

the

past that
they all remember?

A. Partly, it was the fact that Setsuna was getting married at all. Secondly,
it was
that she was marrying another girl. Third, and probably the least important,
was a
massive temporal displacement paradox that caused a nearly fatal cascade
failure in
all their central nervous systems that could easily have been mistaken

for

a heart
attack. It is, however, generally accepted that they overreacted.

<<Personally I'm betting on the loss of fundage...that betting pot just

kept

on
growing larger and larger over the centuries...too bad it was Shingo that's
going to
get most of the winnings which he's putting towards...whatever the hell

he's

doing
down in the basements, hehehehe.>>

Got it all figured out, have ya? ^_^

Q. Well, what about all that time Ranma and Setsuna could have been spending
together, going out on dates and stuff in Crystal Tokyo? I wanted to see
that!

A. I wanted to see that, too. To make a long story short, Ranma got a chance
to look
around town some more, as a man for once. While it might have been fun

to

show how a
couple of dates went between Ranma and Pluto in such a peaceful setting,
it will have
to suffice to say that all went well and the status quo was generally kept.
There,
aren't you glad you didn't have to see the status quo maintained?

<<In Ranma 1/2 that means total and absolute chaos. ^_^>>

Precisely. ^_^ There's a base of normalism that the story tends to,
which is necessary to keep it all from falling apart, but there's
all the new comic elements they keep getting bombarded with.

Q. Why doesn't Ranma just do the hot and cold water splash treatment to

show

everyone
that he's really a boy?

A. He probably hasn't had a chance to think about it yet. Give him a little
while
longer. Obvious things aren't figured out in the same week, y'know.

<<True. Especially in anime like this. Heh.>>

Quite. ^_^

Q. Sounds great! Get on with it! What happened next?

A. Now, where were we? Ah, yes. At first, Serenity had insisted that the
meeting be
conducted in an official manner. Official, in this case, meant either princess-like
dresses and sailor fuku for women, or tuxedoes and formal armor for men.

<<I recommend armor.  Lots of armor.  And guns!  And big giant pahllic

swords...the

kind you find in a CLAMP anime!>>

^_^;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

Too bad ASK didn't survive to write that all into policy.

"We talked about this before," Setsuna whispered to her. "When she sees

you,

she sees
the Terra who died centuries ago. She's traumatized for life and... just
doesn't get
it."

<<'just doesn't get it'*snicker*  Yup, that about sums up Usagi. ^_^>>

She's always been and always will be a bit ditzy, that's for sure.

"I'll tell you the details later," Setsuna added when the large, opaque

sapphire

doors swung open. "We have to make a good impression if we wish to get

our

marriage
license."

<<Pluto could always threaten to rewrite history so that Usagi has to take
every
single exam she's ever had to take a hundred times or so. ^_^>>

She could, at that... Hmm.

"Why do we need a license? Can't we just ask to get it over with already?"

"Ooh, I love your initiative! But no, we cannot. Centuries may turn, delightfully
ditzy dictatorships may rise, but bureaucracy is forever!"

<<...Holy shit, she's right!>>

Some things, ya just can't get rid of. ^_-

"Then let them have their illusions. Straighten up, now. Remember: I'm

the

beautiful,
yet highly love-deprived Guardian of Time, and you're my lovely secret
assistant-slash-mistress from Lebanon."

<<...That gave me all sorts of mental images that I'm not sure I wanted,
but were
kinda cool nonetheless. Good one.>>

Enough to make you want to bang your head against the wall, ain't it?

"It's proper! Arby taught you all about being proper, didn't he? Hee hee
hee hee!"

<< *%Toys in the attic she's crazy...truly gone fishing...%*>>

She'd have to be crazy to want to marry Ranma. ^_^

Ranma slapped her forehead. "You're really freaking me out, you know that?"

Sailor Pluto giggled maniacally. "Like it or not, you're marrying me, Ranma.
Freaky
is now officially part of the job."

<<W00t!!! ^_^  Where do I sign up?>>

^_^

As Ranma and Setsuna approached, Serenity nodded toward them and said,

"I'm

glad
you're both here." On her shoulder sat a white seal-like creature with

a

cape and
glowing red irises.

"Yesss!" hissed the White ArbyFish. "Kill them now!"

<<Heh, I'll take this moment to say that I really like Bruce.  He's my

kind

of
Arby...another excuse for random and brutal cartoon violence. ^_^>>

Similar personalities have gained substantial support over the past
while. Sluggy Freelance's BunBun is a good example of a successful
characterization.

"Quiet, Bruce!" Serenity shot back.

<< <Bruce> Tear their flesh from their bones!  Crush their heads and brains!
Toss
them in a pit of Rinis and C-kos!!!  KILL THEM ALL!  LET GOD SORT EM OUT!!
YESS!!!
...err...you weren't supposed to hear that.>>

Just about, yes. ^_^

"You must!" demanded Bruce.

<<He's the voice who tells crazy people to off other people, isn't he?

^_^>>

Yup! And does a right proper job of it.

"Oh, go make another sweater!"

"Fine," replied the ArbyFish, who turned around and took out a set of knitting
needles. For a moment, he looked prepared to jab them into Serenity's neck,
but he
stopped at the last minute and began work with some wool yarn. "I will."
He glared
evilly at all of those around him.

<<That's got to be hard.  His love of death and destruction vs his love

of

knitting...tough call there.>>

Everyone needs a hobby. ^_^

"It's because he's a very good tactical advisor," Sailor Mars noted.

"Um-hmm!" Venus nodded. "He's a lot better at plotting than Artemis, that's
for
sure."

<<It's always a good idea to have one or two blood thirsty advisers.  They
generally
scare the enemy enough just by you having them.  The very threat you might
use them
is enough to have people running for the hills. Heh.>>

Indeed! Sure, they might turn on ya, but if you keep them well-paid,
they usually stay effective before they decide to rebel.

"Whatever," Sailor Pluto said. "That's a very nice ArbyFish you've picked
up, Milady.
I would have stuck with Arby, but there's no accounting for taste, I've

come

to
learn."

<<Not going to say it.  I'm not. ^_^>>

Do it! Do it!!!

"Arby died," Mercury said. "Over a thousand years ago."

"That's his business," Setsuna said while rolling her eyes and waving off
her
comment. She

<<...dealt with a few Arby's has she? ^_^>>

She's dealt with Arby. Had him as a personal advisor for a while
before she amended the rules a but such that Terra got stuck with
'em.

looked back at Serenity. "You know why we've come. We want your permission
to get
married."

The Queen nodded. "Of course. I've had some time to think about it, and

I

was kind of
against it at first. But eventually, I decided that it was about time you
got
married." She frowned. "But why

<<Pretty soon she'll be thinking the same thing for the other Senshi...but
finding
them mates might be an exercise in impossibility.  This sounds like a job
for a white
Arby fish! BWAHAHAH...err...well...could be fun anyway. ^_^>>

If the future timeline had lasted that long, I just might have tried
that. ^_^

Ranma? I knew you were good friends, but I had no idea that... Well, you
know how I
feel about Haruka and... Couldn't you at least have found a MAN?!"

<< <Pluto> In a shoujo anime?  Are you nuts? You couldn't find a decent

guy

in this
reality to save the universe much less have wild and intense nookie with!
    <Serenity>  No worthwhile good men?  What about...*glances at Endymion*
Oh
right.  What was I thinking.  My bad.

    <Shingo>  *in a secret basement...somewhere*  Me?  Good?  What are

you

guys
looking at me for?  I'm planning to take over the world! BWAHAHAHAHAH!!!
*grabs
Hotaru and kisses her passionately* Hail to the King, baby!

Heh heh heh! Now you're thinking on the right wavelength!

Setsuna's eyes twinkled. "Oh, believe me, Ranma is manlier than most other
people on
this planet."

<<*%Sad but trueeee!*%.>>

It's tough being the right kind of manly while he's a girl. And
he doesn't manage it. ^_^

"I still think you should kill them!" Bruce tried.

<<Ya gots ta try!  It's ya duty!>>

Quite!

"No," Serenity whispered back, before looking into the eyes of the Time

Senshi.

After
a brief staring contest, she shook her head and sighed. "I can see you're
not
joking." She looked at Ranma. "Sailor Earth, do you want to marry Sailor
Pluto?"

Ranma had been distracted by Reenie, who ran out from behind her mother

and

jumped
onto the redhead's back.

<<and pulling at her braid, causing Ranma to tip over backwards and crush
the itty
bitty chibi spore...what?  Ah c'mon!  It'd have been funny!  Sure, the

poor

spore
would have probably gotten hurt, but sacrifices must be made...*evil laugh*>>

No, then I'd have to bring her back with Afro-Power(TM). And she'd
have to participate in the final battle and such. Can't have that,
now, can we?

...

On the other hand, it just might work!

"C'mon, let's play horsy again!" the little girl with pink hair shouted.
"Horsy,
horsy, horsy!" She bounced up and down.

Serenity pursed her lips before calling out to her. "Small Lady! Will you
please
leave Sailor Earth alone?!"

<< <Bruce> You must kill her too!  Or at least should have looked into

forms

of birth
control if you knew THAT was what you were going to have.
  <Usagi> *sobs* Why didn't I think of that before?!

Sorry, I'm in chibi-bashing mode for some reason. ^_^  I'll try to hold

it

in...I
mean I could have finished that above bit, but I didn't.  See, I'm trying
to be good
(mind you if you really want me to finish that, I'll email it to ya ^_^)>>

Stay good, K'thardin! Stay good! ^_^

It's pretty apparent where it'd go. I get'cha drift.

"Um, okay, if that means powering up and busting all the bad guys that

come

along, I
think I'm up to that."

<<He's a fan of DBZ isn't he?>>

It... might have been around while the Ranma series was going, so
he might have been a fan.

Neo-Queen Serenity turned back to Setsuna, her lower lip trembling. "All
right, I
guess you can get married. I mean, Terra's been worried that things will
go badly if
her replacement doesn't work out. She's been so busy lately!"

<<Uh oh.  Time paradox a brewin'>>

MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA! Convolute the plot, such that it gets tied
into a knot, then blow it up!!!

The Time Guardian stared at the Queen in a manner that suggested someone

before her
had just grown six heads, nine legs, and started to yodel. "Terra, as in
the former
'Sailor Earth' Terra? Red hair, sweet

<<Mind you, yodeling was the thing that really made it sound completely

out

there,
heh.>>

It's always the yodeling. Can't be REALLY weird if you're not yodeling.

personality, and was an adopted princess in her past life? THAT Terra?"

It was Serenity's turn to look confused. "Yes, that Terra. Who else would
it be?"

Setsuna took a deep breath. "Ah, forgive me for mentioning it, but Terra
is dead-"

<< <Death> I AGREE...NO WAIT...NO...THIS ISN'T RIGHT!  NOW PEOPLE ARE CHEETING
DEATH
BY TIME PARADOX!  THESE PEOPLE ARE DENYING ME AGAIN!!! I SWEAR, ONE OF

THESE

DAYS I'M
GOING TO QUIT, AND THEN WHERE WILL THESE FOOL MORTALS BE?  NO, I'LL DO

ONE

BETTER,
I'LL QUIT SHUFFLING OFF THEIR ENEMIES TO THE REALMS OF THE DEAD!  YEAH!

THAT'LL FIX
EM...NO WAIT, THEN I'LL BE DENYING DEATH!  WHAT WILL THE UNION...HOW CAN
DEATH DENY
ITSEL..BUT THESE GUYS WILL KEEP...I'M SO CONFUSED!
  <Bruce> Just kill em all!
  <Death> I'VE ALREADY DONE THAT! LOTS OF TIMES!
  <Bruce> ....You suck.
  <Death> YOU'RE NOT HELPING!

Sorry about that. ^_^>>

Hmm... Well, waste not, want not.

	Reenie fell off of Ranma's back. "No! Not Auntie Terra!" the
little girl cried. "Who's gonna tell me stories on Tuesday nights
now?!"

	I AGREE, Death said, then stopped and took out Terra's
hourglass. NO, WAIT--NO! THIS ISN'T RIGHT. NOW PEOPLE ARE CHEATING
DEATH BY TIME PARADOX. THESE PEOPLE ARE DENYING ME AGAIN! ONE OF
THESE DAYS I'M GOING TO QUIT, AND THEN WHERE WILL THESE FOOL MORTALS
BE? NO, I'LL DO ONE BETTER, I'LL QUIT SHUFFLING OFF THEIR ENEMIES
FROM THEIR MORTAL COILS. THAT'LL FIX 'EM. NO WAIT, THEN I'LL BE
DENYING DEATH! WHAT WILL THE UNION--HOW CAN I DENY MYSELF? BUT THESE
PEOPLE WILL KEEP--I'M SO CONFUSED.

	Bruce snarled at him. "Just kill em all!"

	I'VE ALREADY DONE THAT. LOTS OF TIMES.

	"Unimaginative weakling!"

	YOU'RE NOT HELPING.

	While Sailor Pluto may have been literally drunk on her own
confusion and driven insane by her fiance's antics, there was
something about the entire situation that had the sobering effect
like that of a month in a medieval monastery. A strong vacuum
formed in the pit of her stomach and she found it difficult to
speak for a minute.

Reenie fell off of Ranma's back. "No! Not Auntie Terra!" the little girl
cried.
"Who's gonna tell me stories on Tuesday nights now?!"

<< <Bruce> Once upon a time, I built a Death Star!  And do you know what
I did then?
  <Reenie> No, what?
  <Bruce> I used it's power to blow up the whole planet, killing you all!!!
BWAHAHAHAAHAHHAAHH!!!
  <Reenie> Wah!  Mommy!  Bruce is scaring me, again!
  <Usagi> That's nice dear zzzzz...

Really, I am sorry about this. ^-^>>

It's accurate. No fault in that.

Serenity shook her head. "Terra didn't defeat the Dark Kingdom. I did,

and

she
helped, along with the rest of the Senshi. We went and had a big party

afterward-"

"-and you couldn't bring yourself to tell Mrs. Incognito about what happened,
so you
spent the day at her house, baking cookies and grinning nervously-"

<<Giving Mr. and Mrs. Incognito a terrible case of food poisoning, keeping
them in
the hospital for almost a week, heheheh.>>

	"--and I was so sad because Terra died, then I went to her
house the next day to tell her mom about what happened, but I knocked
on the door and Terra grabbed me by the arm, and we ran off to
school--"

	"The cookies gave Mr. and Mrs. Incognito such a bad case of
food poisoning, that they had to spend a week in the hospital!"

	"--so Raye and Amy had to drag you along the next day to tell
her what really happened. Terra's mother was crushed, but she came
to accept it. This is your least favorite story to tell--"

Might as well confuse the readers now that I have a valid chance
to do so. ^_-

"-and I was so sad because Terra died, then I went to her house the next
day to tell
her mom about what happened, but I knocked on the door and Terra grabbed
me by the
arm, and we ran off to school-"

"-so Raye and Amy had to drag you along the next day to tell her what really
happened. Terra's mother was crushed, but she came to accept it. This is
your least
favorite story to tell-"

"-it's my favorite story, because it had a happy ending."

<<I thought they all had happy endings. ^^;;;>>

It depends who you ask, really.

Serenity stared back in concern. "No, she didn't." She looked away. "Yes,
it did, and
yet, not quite like that, but in a way, sort of, kinda..."

<<By this point one would expect Usagi's mind to simply shut down, due

to

overload,
heheheheheheh.>>

It is. Trust me, it is. ^_^

"Terra died very bravely," Mercury said.

"She had a cold and couldn't come to the final battle," Mars added.

"That knight-guy merged with her and blew up the whole town!" Venus cried.
"It was
horrible! We never recovered, and everybody died." She

<< <Bruce> I like your story!  Tell me again how this happened? >>

YEAH!

	"I like that story!" Bruce exclaimed, hopping onto the blonde's
shoulder and holding a knife to her neck. "Tell me again how it
went. Or else."

"Yeah," Ranma said while helping Reenie get up off the floor, "nobody seems
to
remember what really happened. Think this is gonna delay dinner? I'm kinda
hungry..."

<<Heheheheheh...really, they need to do something about these one track

minds

they
have.>>

The person who keeps his or her cool while everyone else loses their
heads clearly has no clue what's going on. ^_^

Ranma frowned. "Is that a bad thing?"

Setsuna nodded frantically. "Usually."

*BAMPH!* Reenie disappeared in a puff of smoke.

<< <Setsuna> Mind you, that was rather cool. >>

	Sailor Pluto absently pointed at where the famed Pink Spore
had vanished. "Mind you, _that_ was rather pleasant to finally see
happen."

"Do you know what the 'End of the Universe' means?!?!"

IT MEANS I FINALLY GET TO RETIRE.

<< <Bruce> W00t!  Judgement day!  And here you were whining about them

always

coming
back, ya pansy.>>

	Setsuna leapt to her feet. "Ranma, we have to get out of here,
NOW!"

	A chunk of crystal landed by their feet. "What's going on?!"

	"Do you know what a paradox is?!"

	"No!"

	"Do you know what the 'End of the Universe' means?!?!"

	IT MEANS I FINALLY GET TO RETIRE.

	Bruce leapt onto Death's head. "Hah! Judgement day! And here
you were, whining about them always coming back, you PANSY!" He
hopped up and down.

	Ranma looked around as fires started to sprout up all over
the place. It finally occurred to him that all was not right with
the world. "Uhh--what does it mean?"

	"It means that the Future is doomed!" Setsuna yelled
emphatically at her fiance.

	"What?! Naaaw. That can't be happening. You're the one making
sure that doesn't happen, right?"

	"In case you haven't noticed, I've been too busy concentrating
on YOU to do my job! I'm afraid there's no stopping it now!"

"Do you mean to say that the universe is doomed, we're all going to die,
and there's
absolutely nothing we can do about it?!?!"

Setsuna held her hand behind her neck and laughed nervously. "Ahe he he

he

he he he
he he he he he heeee. Sucks, huh?"

<< <Bruce and Death in a duet> %*The sky was all purple, there were people
runnin'
everywhere.  Tryin' to run from the destruction, you know I didn't even

care.*%>>

Well, White ArbyFish generally don't want to destroy the universe,
since that would make so many people happy. Bruce is a special case,
though. ^_^

The woman grinned mischievously. "If you want to go out with a bang, this
could be
our last chance."

<< <Bruce and Death continuing their karaoke duet> %*War is all around

us,

my mind
says prepare to fight.  So if I gotta die I'm gonna listen to my body tonight.*%>>

If you gotta go, go with a smile! ^_-

Ranma backed off. "Eh heh, what do you say we try to save the universe

first?"

<< <Me> Go for the sex, Boo!  Go for the sex! ^_->>

^_^;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

"Very well." Setsuna didn't look too disappointed. Deep down, she knew

the

timeline
was more important than a simple, impulsive idea that wouldn't last long
anyway. She
held out her staff. "Then hold on to the

<< 'wouldn't last long anyway?' OUCH!  And I mean OUCH! Can ya feel the

burn

from
that one? ^_^>>

The universe would end before they could get started. ^_^;;

"Earth Power?!" A glow suddenly sprang up on Ranma's tiara. "Why?"

"It's a compatibility thing. Senshi powers combine more easily. Besides,
they're all
voice-activated! Haven't you figured that out yet?"

<<That explains so much.  They should really work on their command phrases
then.>>

Gotta make these things more impressive. But'cha don't want to be
firing off a KameHameHa if you don't have the power to do so.

The temporal explosion did not stop there. It ballooned to the size of

the

solar
system, then the galaxy, then a galactic cluster, and on and on it went,
accelerating
and obliterating everything that stood in its path.

<< <PS2 Game voice> GAME OVER!  CONTINUE? <God> Damnit!  I knew I should
have saved
after the Big Bang!>>

D'oooooooooooooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!

tie. "Everyone, note the blast from the Milky Way. Who here's from the

Milky

Way?"

A few hands shot up.

<< <MoC> Sucks to be you! ^_^>>

Quite. ^_^

"Ooh, too late to worry about who's going to be next in line to the Juraian
Throne,
now, isn't it, Princess Ayeka?" The MC turned back to

<<BWAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAAH!!!>>

An anime visitor seemed appropriate, given the context.

"To think, all of you get to go home after this and get educations, raise
families,
and have quarrels amongst yourselves for the greater good and the wonders
of the
future!" He put the back of his hand to his cheek as if to whisper. "But
we all know
it's pointless. It's all going to end now anyway. So, eat, drink, and spend
merrily
here at Milliways, for right now, it's all going to end!"

<<Rather fatalistic...and people actually pay to see this, heheheh.>>

People pay to see more extreme things...

After Belldandy had insisted on going back to apologize to that annoying
galactic
destroyer fragment, Skuld had decided that she couldn't bear to participate
- or even
watch, really - and headed back to Heaven to get some more late-night work
done.

<<Yeah, they kinda got their ass kicked last time, didn't they?>>

Caught them with their proverbial divine undies around their ankles,
ASK did. That's all. They weren't trying to hurt 'Tim, just capture
him. That's the danger when you want someone alive.

As usual, there were plenty of bugs to squish and problems to fix. However,
a few
minutes after she sat down at her computer terminal for a nice cup of hot
chocolate,
the young goddess saw something that made her spit her drink out in a fine
spray all
over the screen and keyboard. Aloud, she read the words on the medium dark
blue
screen. "General Protection Fault in TIMELINE32.DLL?! WHO WENT AND INSTALLED
WINDOWS
IN THE MAIN SERVER?!?!?!?!!"

<<and not just windows...Windows 3.0! ^_^>>

In-deed! =^.^=

"Oye did!" Onto the keyboard hopped Arby the ArbyFish, who had a little

yellow

halo
above his head and a pair of cheesy plastic wings strapped to his back.

He

grinned at
the goddess, waved, and exclaimed, "Oye'z ya new supa'voisa', Oye is!"

He

straightened up proudly as he presented his ID tag. "Bow before me, for

Oye

iz Root!"
He patted his chest. "Come on. Do ya duty!"

<<Unix terms in a cockneyed accent. As it was done by someone before me...*bows
before you* I'm not worthy! ^_^>>

Gladja liked it! I've been looking through the evolution of 13375p34|<
and how it's generally looked down upon in professional contexts, and
all sorts of stuff like that. Can't help but pick up a few Unix and
Linux jokes here and there.

Skuld nearly tore her hair out. "NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!" The terminal in front

of

her
started sparking and making unpleasant chugging noises before finally exploding.

<<God really does have a fucked up sense of humor...then again the way

this

is going,
God is probably going to turn out to be Arby, heheheheheheh.>>

I wouldn't go too much into it. There is a plan, and it's all going
according to it, convoluted though it may be.

To be continued...

[Sailor Sez]

(Scene of the Atomic Starlight Knight and Sailor Pluto kissing each other
relentlessly.)

<<You know, there is really no telling just how hard up Pluto is.  I mean
she could
have gone for centuries without it, and only a day would have passed elsewhere,
heh.>>

Yup. No real way of telling.

"If you have problems, you should always try to work things out..."

(Sailor Pluto bludgeons the tar out of ASK.) (Male Jadeite chokes the other
Jadeite
mercilessly.)

"...the violent way!"

<<HELL YEAH! ^_^>>

Just take Sailor Nuke's advice for what it is. Consider the source. ^_^;;

"Live fast, beat everyone else, and do it in record time. Sailor Nuke Sez.
BWAHA HA
HA HA HA HA HA HAAAA!!!"

<<Too bad you'd never see anything like this on TV in the USA. Hehehehehe.
Hmm...just had this odd mental picture of Duke Nukem in a fuku...*thinks
for a minute, then I gouge my eyeballs out.* ^_^>>

With the mirrored shades and all? Cool!

Author's notes: Oh dear... I didn't really write all that, did I? ^_^;;;

<<I'm afraid a few dozen chapters is kinda irrefutable proof.  Sorry man.
^_^>>

Oh, well. (looks at the chapter length) Yeesh. 836k, plain text. A
typical novel's between 200k and 350k, plain text.

Well, I've been looking for a spot to end the chapter and blow up the future
section
of the story for quite some time now. I've had it

<<Heh, quite literally.  Too bad we didn't get to see Pluto pushing the

button

to do
it. ^_->>

I beat her to it. But don't worry. There will be another opportunity.

planned for years, but only now have I found a proper spot to do it in.

<<FastForward through the credits>>

If anyone has any comments on the entire NETTG 10-2 chapter, go ahead and
say them,
because soon, I'll be doing a major revision on the whole series, dividing
it into
books, chapters, and including cover pages...

<<Uhh...I was only kinda joking when I made that suggestion. ^-^>>

I wasn't. ^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^

Additionally, and I may or may not announce it officially, if anyone wishes
to write
a section with Ranma and Sailor Pluto "maintaining the status quo" in Crystal
Tokyo,
you're welcome to do so, and if it's REALLY good, I'll include it on the
site and
give you credit for it. ^_^

<<I'd like to, but I don't know if I'm that good.  I'd probably have to

read

the
Hitchikers Guide, and watch a marathon of Monty Python and Excel Saga to
get in the
mood for something of that magnitude, hehehehe.>>

So would I, actually. I need to try that to get in the right mood...

So... All that I have to do now is make an Omake, right?

<<Like the Pretty Sami one where Sami gets an axe to the head? ^_^>>

I haven't seen that one yet, actually. Sounds like fun.

[OMAKE?! NOOOOOOOO!]

<< <Bruce> Cry! Beg for mercy!  There's none to be had here!  You will

be

made to
endure the horrors of this Omake! SCREAM!  SCREAM FOR ME...err...uhh...never
mind.
^_^>>

Preeee-cisely!

the entire
experience would have been made all the more nerve-grinding by the addition
of more
skirts, bigger ribbons, hair decorations, and, quite possibly, fluffy,

feathery

wings.

<<I keep saying the Senshi should invest in battle armor...like the kind
Tarna wears
in Heavy Metal. ^_->>

Perhaps they should. It'd might even be more effective.

my identity
threatened or anything like that. No-sirree-bob!" she muttered to herself
low enough
that the Queen couldn't hear. The woman standing next to her, on the other
hand,
could.

<<He's going to break down sobbing any time now.>>

^_^ Indeed.

"Yes," the Guardian of the Gate of Time replied quickly. "We had an absolutely
delightful time at a very nice theme park, where I had a chance to think
it over. No
one has ever been more kind, caring, accepting, or forgiving of me. I had
different
feelings once, but now,

<<All of it completely unintentional.>>

Ranma's funny that way.

"I put my foot down, Ranma," Serenity retorted firmly. "You're both getting
the
prettiest gowns in the realm for the ceremony, and that's final!" She took
both of
them by the arm and cheerfully led them

<<Hopefully they get a better tailor than Serenity's normal dress, because
damn that
thing doesn't do a thing for her figure, heh.>>

Now, the old-school ORIGINAL Queen Serenity! She had STYLE. And a
figure to make it work.

outside. Her white wing-things nearly got caught in the door when it closed
behind
them.

<<Somehow I imagine her getting those things caught, her screaming in pain,
and the
guards going "Damnit, that's the 10th time this week!" or something like
that, heh.>>

That's actually a pretty good idea there. I'll see if I can fit it in
somewhere.

Ranma looked nervously at Setsuna. "I think we should break it to her.

I

don't wanna
hafta get fitted for no wedding dress!"

"We can tell her on the way," Setsuna replied encouragingly. "I'm sure

she'll

understand."

<<And she's known Usagi how long now?>>

I guess she hasn't been paying attention.

Thirty-eight volumes of manga...

Seven seasons of reruns...

And a truckload of fan fiction later...

<<And a comparison to the Starlights...>>

That, too. ^_^

Neo-Queen Serenity remained all a-twitter about the idea of going shopping
for
wedding dresses. "Oh, Ranma, you'll look so CUTE with lots of white - and
ribbons! We
shall have to get you lots of ribbons." She

<<SHE DESIGNED THE SENSHI OUTFITS, DIDN'T SHE? ^_^>>

She very well might have...

tilted her face upwards. "And both of you must have a bouquet that matches
your hair.
I'm sure we can find some very nice red and green flowers for you. Maybe
some pink
ones, too. Do you like pink ones, Setsuna? Sure, we'll get some pink ones."

<<I don't think pink goes with dark forest green. ^^>>

Works for Jupiter! ^_^

Setsuna put away the laptop computer where she had been demonstrating Ranma's
background information while the redhead stared, agape at the Queen's lack
of
comprehension. "She's ignoring us," the time guardian noted. "I'll distract
her. Flee
when you see an opening."

<<BWAHAHAHAH!!!>>

Gotta plan these things, y'see.

Reenie tugged at her mother's dress. "Thanks for letting me come, Mommy!"
A genuine
look of complete innocence filled her face while she examined the engaged
couple. "So
soon we're gonna see a real, live Lebanese Wedding Ceremony?"

<<Ah, the things that come out of kids' mouth. ^_^>>

Kids say the darndest things...

"Neat!" the little, pink-haired girl said in her little, whiny voice. "I've
always
wanted to go to the Middle East." Off in her own little world, she turned
aside and
looked out the window. "Ooh, look! The candy store. Can we get some?"

<<Just don't mistake your hair for any. ^_^>>

With her hair, it could easily happen.

It took the Queen a few minutes and a promise to buy her a bunny-backpack
to get the
princess to calm down, but she eventually did.

<<I recommend hog tying her.>>

That could work, too. ^_^

They had taken the Royal Limousine, which was, oddly enough, being driven
by the
Royal Coach, who normally taught things like Tennis and

<<Punny, very punny. ^_^>>

Da-dum-thwissh!

"Planning, planning, planning," Serenity continued, tapping a finger to

her

cheek
while she looked the happy couple over. "So many details to iron out. "Do
you want
bows on your invitations? Oh, of course you do. Who are you planning to

invite?"

<< <Bruce> Yes!  Invite everyone to the palace and KILL THEM ALL!!!>>

Bruce didn't come along for the ride. Ah, well.

"Nonsense!" Serenity replied. "I'm the Queen, so I get to make all the

big

decisions
on this. I'm sure your parents won't mind me doing this for you!"

<<Actually, in a very weird way, she's probably right.  It's one of those
royal
perogative things they get when people are royalty.>>

Yup! Here we go, bringing class into it again.

Setsuna thought about that for a second, then nodded. "Oh, yes. It falls
outside the
Time Gate's Fair Use policy, but I've learned that some rules are meant

to

be
broken." She giggled maniacally. "I've

<<So, who made those rules?>>

Arby: Oye did! It's a Tradition!

already broken about a third of them by bringing you here in the first

place,

but
it's not like the Universe is going to blow up or anything because of it."
She paused
to glower for a second. "Besides, Destiny owes me, big time."

<<Ah, but it's a lifetime job to collect.>>

Sure can be, true.

He pushed the Big, Red, Shiny "Erase History" Button.

*BEEEEEEEEEEP!*BLAAAAAAAAAAM!!!*

<<*que the "You Can't Do That on Television" theme*>>

Ah! It's been so long since I've seen that show. It was
great while it lasted.

Hope you liked it! If you did, please say so! If you didn't, tell me all
the same!
Any response is better than none. ^_-

<<I dunno.  I've got some responses that make me wonder if no response

would

be
better.  Not so much bad or corrective C&C...or even the occasional flame...I
enjoy
both the good and the bad.  But sometimes I get stuff that makes me wonder
if they
even read the story I wrote at all (sometimes even making me wonder if

they

knew I'd
written anything before said story either).  Still though, I get whatcha
mean.

Well, y'know, it's nice to have a quick "good job" comment--most of
us generally think we're doing a good job, so if people have something
negative to say, it's nice if it's directed.

Heh, I hope this helps you out a bit.  Sorry for the delay, but I recently
got sucked
into C&Cing a novel a friend of mine is trying to get published...600+kb
of text.

Oh, is that all? :P Well, if anyone can do it, you can. Or DB Sommer
might be able to handle it, given time.

Heh, we'll see how that goes. Anyway, I enjoyed this muchly and look forward
to more.
I'll be getting to the backstory concerning Bruce here in a few.  Take

it

easy!>>

Thank you very much for your efforts! I appreciate the time it takes
to do such a comprehensive review, especially with such positive,
supportive commentary. I'll do my best to get the story buffed and
fixed up so that I can actually continue with the plot straightened
out in my mind.

I'll need to fend off school and such, too, so progress may be delayed,
but while there are still people who want more, I'll be writing until
I find my proper ending.

Thanks again for the support!

----------------------
Benjamin A Oliver
boliver@email.arizona.edu
http://rakhal.com/florestica/ben-oliver/index.html

        "We are the Bored. Lower your shields and surrender your fics.
         We will add your standup and slapstick comedy to our own.
         Your humor will adapt to make us laugh.
         Resistance is and always has been: Futile."


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