Donny Cheng 


Disclaimer:  All characters portrayed in this story are owned by their
respective creators and companies.  I don't own any of them.  Please
don't sue me.

This story takes place after volume 38 of the Ranma manga.  It draws
ideas from the TV and OAV of both series.  So, Kiyone is in this story.

This is a sequel to Sailor Moon R 1/2 and A Goddess's Kiss.  This is
part three of my crossover series, Life and Times.

C & C welcome.  Flames not.

A Ranma and Tenchi Muyo crossover

Ranma Muyo in Love!

By

Donny Cheng

        He's coming.  He's coming.  Ranma was coming.  Tenchi could not
think of anything else as he dirtied up his room a bit.  He couldn't
have his room looking too neat.  After finishing with his room he went
downstairs to find what else he could make a mess of.  Looking around,
Tenchi could not hide his horror.  The entire living room was clean.
Sasami was just too much of a neatness freak.  What was worse, the
aforementioned girl was now in the kitchen cooking up a storm.  He
would have to have a word with that girl.  Maybe he could get Ryoko to
help him out.  She certainly had no trouble in causing havoc everywhere
she went.

                               * * * * *

        Ranma paused in his trek up the stairs.  He looked around him
in awe of his surroundings.  Everything was just as he remembered it.
The temple had not changed much in it's long history.

        

        The sound of a twig snapping alerted Ranma's attention.  His
danger sense warned him of an upcoming attack.  In a flash a figure
leapt out of the dense foliage around.  He was barely able to dodge the
bokken that was swung his way.  With a speed gained through training,
Ranma managed to evade the next flurry of strikes.  Steadily he cut the
distance between him and his attacker.  Once he was near enough, he
quickly lets loose his katchu tenshin amaguriken.  Amazingly, his
opponent was fast enough to dodge most of his punches and use the sword
to block the rest.  Ranma's hands hurt from all the times his fists
connected with the bokken.  He let his guard down smiled at his
attacker.  "So, did I pass your test?"

        Yoshu smiled at the young martial artist.  "I almost had you
that time.  Didn't your father and I always warn you to expect the
unexpected?  You've improved a lot in two years.  I see that you've
learned something from my lectures.  Lessen the distance advantage by
getting close to a sword wielding opponent."

        "I don't think that I should take all the credit.  I think age
was a major factor.  A touch of arthritis in the bones of an old man
ain't that uncommon."  Ranma taunted the older man.  Despite his own
words, Ranma felt his pride well up at the complement.  Tenchi's
grandfather rarely awarded praise to anyone.

        Yoshu bopped Ranma on the head affectionately.  "Old?  I'll
have you know that I was holding back.  Enough of this talk.  Tenchi is
waiting for us inside."  He led Ranma up the stairs to see his
grandson.  Yes, Yoshu thought.  Ranma had indeed improved very much.
Without even looking he knew that there were a few dents on his sword
from Ranma's attacks.

                               * * * * *

        Ranma whistled in disbelief.  The house looked like it had been
turned upside down and shook a few times.  Tenchi and his father still
lived like slobs.  Ranma honestly didn't know how Tenchi could have
survived without him.  He felt his brotherly instincts start to kick
in.  He unconsciously started to pick up a few articles of scrap off
the floor and put in them in the garbage.  It was ironic in a way.  He
would never do any cleaning around the Tendo household and let any sign
of unmanliness emerge.  However with Tenchi, Ranma was more open in
showing his caring side.

        "Ranma!"  Tenchi shouted out at seeing his cousin enter the
house.  He ran up and hugged Ranma.

        Ranma grinned as he hugged Tenchi back.  It was then that he
felt six pairs of female eyes staring at him and Tenchi.  Both him and
Tenchi quickly let go of each other.

        "It's not what you think!"  Both of them yell out
simultaneously.

        Tenchi blushed embarrassingly as he looked at the girls that
surrounded the two boys.  "I guess I should introduce you to my distant
cousin.  This is Saotome Ranma.  Ranma, I would like you to meet Ryoko,
Ayeka, Washu, Sasami, Mishosi, and Kiyone."  Tenchi felt something rub
against his leg.  "Oh!  And this is Ryo-ohki."  Uh oh!  Huge mistake.
Tenchi quickly realized that the cute cabbit looked like a cat to some
people.

        "Arrrgh!"  Without second glance, Ranma was out the door.

        The girls stared at the fleeing boy in wonder.  Ayeka was the
first to speak.  "Well, how do you like that?  That was very impolite.
It's not like we have horns growing out of our heads."

        Tenchi looked at the cabbit in horror.  "No!  No!  You don't
understand.  Ranma is extremely afraid of cats.  Apparently Ryo-ohki
resembles enough of one to activate his phobia.  I can't have him leave
just when he got here.  I've got to go after him.  You girls have to
keep Ryo-ohki hidden when I bring Ranma back here."  Tenchi immediately
ran after his cousin.

                               * * * * *

        The girls sat around in the living room waiting for Tenchi to
return.  Sasami was pouting.  "I can't believe that Tenchi wants us to
hide Ryo-ohki.  How important could Ranma be?  We have to dirty the
house and hide Ryo-ohki just for him?

        Tenchi's father, Nobuyuki, looked at Sasami sadly.  "Actually,
Ranma is very important to Tenchi.  I suspect that the same is true for
Ranma of Tenchi.  You see, Ranma started training in art of fighting at
a very young age.  He grew up very isolated.  Meanwhile, Tenchi always
spent his summer and most of his holidays at the temple.  While Tenchi
has many school friends, none of them are very close due to the small
amount of time he spends with them.  Ranma's father, Genma, is a cousin
of mine, making Ranma and Tenchi distant cousins.  Genma is not known
for having money so they end up staying with us whenever they are in
the neighborhood.  Ranma and Tenchi practically grew up with each other
and they think of each other as a brother.  Ranma is very protective of
Tenchi for some reason.  This is the reason that Tenchi makes our house
look like it's a wreck.  I think my son secretly believes that Ranma
wouldn't visit him anymore if he thought that Tenchi could take care of
himself."

        "Actually, I think that I might know the reason."  Ryoko's face
actually looked thoughtful as she remembered what happened all those
years ago.

                               * * * * *

                             **flashback**

        Tenchi was drawn to the cave.  His grandfather told him
repeatedly that a monster lived within.  Despite this, Tenchi continued
to go near the cave and play by it every chance he got.

        A small boy wearing a white gi ran up to Tenchi.  "What are you
doing here Tenchi?"

        "Oh nothing.  I just like to hang around here.  I feel like
someone is watching me."

        Ranma look around himself.  "You know what?  I do too.  It's
like there are eyes in the air."

        Tenchi giggled at the thought of eyes hovering around him.
"Anyway, what do you want to do?  I'm bored."

        Ranma scrunched up his eyes.  Apparently he was deep in
thought.  All of a sudden he leapt at Tenchi and wrestled him to the
ground.  "Tag!  You're it."

        Tenchi was indignant as he got up.  "Hey!  No fair.  I get a
redo."

        "Nyaa!  Nyaa!  You can't catch me!"  Ranma stuck out his tongue
and ran off with Tenchi in pursuit.

        Ryoko laughed her head off from her position in the air.  That
little boy, Tenchi, had come again.  This time he brought a friend with
him.  Both boys were just so cute that she wanted to cuddle them both
up.

                               * * * * *

        "Why!  Why!  Why!"  Ranma cried out.  "Why did this have to
happen to Tenchi?"

        Ryoko looked at the young boy sadly.  She had seen everything.
Tenchi had come up to the cave when he heard the news of his mother's
death.  Shortly after Ranma had come and offered a shoulder for Tenchi
to cry on.  Tenchi was then brought back to the house when he tired
out.  Ranma stayed behind to curse Tenchi's ill luck.

        Ranma clenched his fist in anger.  He did not want to ever see
Tenchi in such a state again.  "As long as I'm here, Tenchi will always
have someone to take care of him."

        Ryoko heard Ranma's oath and nodded in agreement.

                           **end flashback**

                               * * * * *

        Ayeka was clearly moved as Ryoko finished her story.
"Tenchi-sama has had such a hard life.  It's amazing that someone like
you could tell such a story."

        Ryoko glared daggers at Ayeka.  "What in the hell is that
supposed to mean?"  Both girls immediately started bickering.

        Sasami sighed to herself.  Those two will never change.  In her
heart, she knew that both girls meant well and arguing was their only
way of complimenting each other.  Sasami looked at Ryo-ohki.  "I'm
sorry.  You're going to have to hide outside when Tenchi brings Ranma
back."

        Ryo-ohki nodded sadly in understanding.  She liked making new
friends and it didn't look like she would this time.

        Mihoshi was bawling her eyes out after hearing Ryoko's story.
"That was so sad."  She hugged Kiyone in comfort.

        "There, there.  Don't cry, Mihoshi."  Kiyone tried to comfort
Mishoshi.  In truth, she was trying to make Mishoshi loosen her death
grip.  "It looks like we've got to leave.  Mihoshi is acting up again.
Besides, we're late for patrols."  Kiyone tried to do her best to drag
Mishoshi to their ship.

        Washu looked thoughtfully at her computer.  The sensors she
placed all around the temple area had been blazing ever since Ranma had
stepped in.  There was something very strange about the boy.  The
computer calculated out that Ranma had emitted energy readings above
that of a normal human by a hundred fold when he saw the cabbit.  Also,
Ranma happened to be running at a hundred kilometers per hour at the
time.  He was not a normal human.  Washu's eyes twinkled at the thought
of having another guinea pig.

                               * * * * *

        Ranma rubbed the back of his head sheepishly as he and Tenchi
walked back to the temple.  "I guess I overreacted a bit there."  He
shuddered as he remembered the cat-like creature.

        "Don't worry about it.  I should have remembered about your
fear of cats.  I told the girls to hide Ryo-ohki, so you don't have to
worry."

        Ranma grimaced.  He hated to be reminded of his weakness and of
girls.  He came on this vacation not to only visit Tenchi, but to get
away from his four suitors.  However, looking at those girls with
Tenchi brought a smile to his face.  "So, who were those girls at your
house?  They don't look like any of our relatives, so they must be your
girl friends.

        "Uh..."  Tenchi did not know what to say.  Ranma would never
believe it if he said that they were all intergalactic star travelers
from different planets.  Besides, it wasn't exactly true that they
weren't his 'girl friends'.  Nearly each girl had made a pass at him
more that a few times.

        Ranma took Tenchi's lack of response for an affirmative.  He
also took note of Tenchis's exasperated sigh.  "I guess with so many
girls after you they tend fight a lot.  I think this problem with women
runs in the family."

        Tenchi stared incredulously at Ranma.  "You mean, you too!?"

        Ranma nodded.  "Four, maybe more."

        Both teens sank their heads in despair with one thought on
their minds.  WHY ME!?

                               * * * * *

        Ranma breathed a sigh of relief as he entered the room.  No
sign of the cabbit anywhere.  "So, Tenchi, have you made plans for
dinner yet?  Is your dad cooking again?"  Ranma made a face.  He could
never stand his father and Tenchi's father's cooking.

        Actually, it was Sasami that usually did the cooking these
days.  However, Tenchi had specifically asked her not to plan anything
for dinner tonight.  "No, we haven't made dinner yet."

        "Then I'll have to help with dinner tonight."  Ranma grumbled
as if he did not like the idea at all.

        Who did he think he was?  Ayeka thought to herself.
Complaining about this and that.  It was then that she caught a ghost
of a smile forming on Ranma's lips.  His eyes seemed to shine.  Looking
at him now, Ayeka could tell he was looking forward to cooking very
much.  Maybe she misjudged him.

        Ranma brightened.  Though he almost never did any cooking at
the Tendo Dojo, he still enjoyed it very much.  With Akane waiting to
call him pervert at the slightest move, cooking just wasn't worth it.
It was almost impossible to cook food everybody loved and not like
cooking at the same time.  Ranma did all of the cooking for his father
during their ten-year training trip.  He also did most of the cooking
when he usually visited Tenchi.  He wanted to make sure his cousin ate
right once in a while.  "But before we eat, how about a little sparring
practice, Tenchi?"

        Washu smiled as she heard this.  This was a chance for her to
scan both Ranma and Tenchi for information.

                               * * * * *

        "Why are they doing this?  It's obvious that Tenchi will win.
So what if he can't summon the Wings of Light Hawk unless there's a
strong enough threat.  His Tenchi-ken should still make him one of the
best fighters on this backwater planet."  Ryoko looked at the two
fighters with a bored expression.

        For once, Ayeka agreed with Ryoko.  "Jurai's fighting
techniques have thousands of years of history behind them.  There is no
way that this could be an even match."

        Yoshu looked at them with a smile.  "This so called backwater
planet also has much history in it's fighting techniques.  In fact,
this planet has the record of being one of the planets with the most
battles in such a short span of time.  They've had a lot of chance to
perfect the art of fighting.  Do not take Ranma lightly.  He has
trained since he was but a child.  He is probably among the top ten in
the world when it comes to fighting."

        Everyone quieted down as the match began.  What happened caught
everyone by surprise.  Ranma moved so fast that he seemed to blur from
sight.  Tenchi had hard enough time trying to even touch him.

        "Their battles always have Tenchi end up trying to just touch
Ranma." Yoshu explained to the dumbstruck girls.  However, Yoshu
himself was surprised at Ranma's speed.  His speed was not as fast as
this a little over a year ago.  It was like Ranma was a totally
different person.  He must have had hundreds of fights to get this good
so fast.

        In the end, both boys got tired of the monotony of the fight.
They ended up wrestling each other to the ground and going into an all
out brawl.  After they had seriously caused a few bruises to each other
they both got up and grinned.

        Yoshu shook his head in exasperation.  "Of course, the end of
their battles are also always the same.  They end up beating each other
up.  Boys.  Who can understand them?"  He got up to and left for the
house in disgust.  The girls paused to give the boys an appreciative
glance before going in themselves.

        Washu stayed behind staring at her computer.  A normal
earthling could take on a person trained by Yoshu and win?  How was
this possible?  Yoshu was probably the best user of the Tenchi-ken in
the universe.  True, Tenchi had not used his full power.  At his full
power, he could resist the pull of a black hole, destroy star ships,
and defeat power hungry villains by the likes of Kagato.  However, he
shouldn't need to use that sort of power against a human.  It was
getting most interesting.

                               * * * * *

        "So, you're going to help me cook?"  Ranma asked the little
girl.  That was sweet of her.

        "I like helping out with dinner.  Tenchi and his father don't
cook very well."  Sasami made face at the very thought.

        Ranma nodded in understanding.  "That's why I always try to
cook when I visit Tenchi.  I've been cooking for him for a long time."
Ranma paused as he remembered the night he started this habit.

        Looking at Ranma's sad face, Sasami could tell that he was
thinking of the past and probably of Tenchi's mother.  Ranma sure cared
about Tenchi.  Sasami didn't like to see anyone sad.  It was best that
she try to get his mind on something else.  "Why don't we start with
the salad first?"

        Ranma shook his head as if the forget the painful memories.
"That's a great place to start.  Hey Sasami, watch this."  He gathered
a pile of vegetables in his arms and threw them all up into the air.
He then grabbed a knife and swiped a few times at the falling
vegetables.  In the next moment, they all fell down in a neat
arrangement on the salad bowl.

        "Wow!"  Sasami couldn't believe her eyes.  Ranma was very good.

        "It was nothing."  Ranma replied modestly.  "Why don't you toss
the salad?  I'll see what we have in the fridge that we can use for
tonight's dinner."

        "Okay!"  Sasami was enthusiastic.  She wanted to see what else
Ranma could do.

                               * * * * *

        "Ta da!"  Ranma presented dramatically at the food.

        "It looks good Ranma."  Tenchi said as he looked over the
offerings.

        "Well I did have this cute little helper with me.  She did all
of the real work."  Ranma nodded at Sasami.

        Sasami blushed red.  Ranma could be such a tease.

        "Look at all the food!"  Ryoko exclaimed as she materialized
out of nowhere and floated to her seat.

        Everybody froze.

        Ranma was the first to speak.  "Did she just come out of
nowhere and fly to the table?"

        "Y-yes."  Tenchi stammered out.

        "Cool.  Is that some sort of martial arts move you could teach
me how to do?"

        Tenchi stared at his cousin.  Ranma hadn't fazed out at all by
Ryoko's actions.  He guessed that Ranma was more opened minded to new
experiences than he thought.

        It was then that Washu came storming through.  She came to stop
in front of Ranma and stared at him intently with some sort of glasses.
"I can't understand it.  My computer says that there's an anomaly
around you, yet I can't find anything.  Wait a minute, my glasses are
picking up something.  I've found it!"  Without a second word she
picked up glass of water from the dinner table and splashed Ranma.
"Aha!  I am the greatest genius in the universe.  You can't hide
anything from me.  Hahaha!"

        Everybody else just stared at the drenched and now very female
Ranma.

        "I can explain.  Sorry about this."  Ranma looked at Tenchi and
his friends embarrassingly.

                               * * * * *

        What a day, Ranma thought, as he plopped himself on the bed of
the room Tenchi had assigned him.  After he told the others of his
curse, Tenchi had told him about the story of how all the girls came
live there.  Two princesses, two galactic police, a space pirate, a
super genius, and a shape-changing cabbit.  Almost all of them in some
way or another in love with Tenchi.  If Ranma hadn't had weird enough
adventures and enough suitors himself, he would never have believed any
of it.  It looked like Tenchi could take care of himself after all.
Though he was sad that he was no longer needed, he was at the same time
happy at Tenchi's increasing independence.  That didn't mean that he
wouldn't visit Tenchi anymore.  He cared about his cousin and wished to
be near him as much as possible.  Ranma went to sleep thinking of
Tenchi.

                               * * * * *

        Ryo-ohki stealthily crept towards Ranma's room.  She couldn't
stand the idea of someone hating her.  She had to make Ranma her
friend.  It took two tries for her to phase through to door to Ranma's
room.  She smiled as she looked at the sleeping face of Ranma.  With a
leap she landed on his bed.

        "Arrgh!"

                               * * * * *

        Tenchi woke up with a start.  What was that noise?  He heard a
faint meowing.  Oh, it's just Ryo-ohki.  He went back to sleep thinking
of Ranma.

                               * * * * *

        "Meow, meow, meow, meow, meow..."  Singing could be heard
throughout the night.  Strangely, only one of the two singers resembled
anything like a cat at all.

                               * * * * *

Way in the future...

        "Stop!"  Tsunami shouted in her most authoritative voice.

        Ryoko continued on her way ignoring Tsunami.  She had more
important things to take care about.

        "You're going to see HIM again, aren't you!"  It was an
accusation, not a question.

        "So what if I am.  Ayeka is coming back from her gig as
ambassador to earth.  She going to expect a lot of attention from
Tenchi and he will give it to her.  I don't like seeing them getting
close."  Ryoko then reached the waiting Ryo-ohki.  "Are you ready?"

        Ryo-ohki nodded happily.

        Ryoko smiled.  "You remember his scent don't you?  Mother's
already left for earth.  Let's find Ranma before she does.  The last
place Ranma was spotted was at Neo-Tokyo."

        Ryo-ohki shape shifted into the spaceship with Ryoko getting on
board.  In a second they were both gone.

        Tsunami glared at the retreating spaceship.  Being a mistress
to Tenchi gave Ryoko and Washu more freedom than being his wife ever
could.  Ryoko did have a point though.  Her sister was going to be
taking all of Tenchi's time for the next little while.  Maybe a little
distraction would make the time go faster.  She then motioned to one of
her personal guards.  "I want you to put a warrant for the arrest of
the earthling Saotome Ranma."

        Her guard tried his best to not give an exasperated sigh.
"What's the charge this time your highness?"

        "Indecent exposure in front of royalty."

        "Do we have any proof."

        No, but I will when you bring him to my quarters, Tsunami
thought wickedly to herself.

                               * * * * *

The End. (maybe)

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