Epilogue

Disclaimer: I don't own Ranma ½ or Inuyasha.

Well, people, here we are, the final chapter of TOWORT.

To let you know about my plans for the future, I will be doing a major rewrite of this story some where in the distant future. But, I'm not too sure when I'll start the rewrite.

As for Crossover High, I will be putting it hold for a little while as I start another story. More info at the bottom.

By the way, for those who prefer other Ranma pairings for Crossover High, submit your choices via review or PM, explaining why you want that pairing. Remember, I will choose based on reasoning, not by the no. of votes for a particular pairing. I want decent, paragraphed sized explanations, people. You can include things like compatibility and things of the sort. Also, the same can be done if you want to vote against a particular pairing, like the fact there are so many Ranma X Akane pairings out there. So, if you want me to not do a particular pairing, you can reason with me why.

Well, any other notes will be made at the end of the story.

ENJOY!

It was a sunny day on the humble ward of Nerima as Ranma Saotome left the house to take a stroll around the neighborhood.

As Ranma walked, he thought about the changes the appearance of a certain friend had brought around with her appearance. Not to mention the bastard who had appeared soon after. He was still missing.

Ranma passed Furinkan High and he stood at the gates, observing the construction work being done on the school. He watched the workers rush about back and forth like a lonesome figure on a rock observing the sea. He remembered all the fights with his various foes, Mousse and Ryoga, the most prominent ones, as they tried to fight for their 'loves.' Not anymore though, Mousse was currently 'in-between' loves and Ryoga was already 'in love.'

He also remembered back to the last day of school, where there was quite an important announcement on that day. He still could not believe what they school was doing.

Flashback

"Well, I hope everyone has had a good school year and that they are looking forward to the summer holidays," said Sakura Shimokawa. Everyone around her cheered.

"I also hoped you enjoyed the exchange program with the Tokyo school. I'm sure it was a wonderful experience."

Everyone cheered again at that.

"However, despite that, I hate to be the bearer of bad news. But unfortunately, after all the fights which have rocked this school recently, the Education Board has stepped in and they have decided to close Furinkan High for the next year, for the school to be rebuilt into a stronger structure. I am not sure why they have done this, but now, unfortunately, you will have to enroll in other schools in the area."

A silence washed over the group: it was very rare that people like this was silenced by surprise.

"I am sorry to inform you of this, but on a lighter note though, please enjoy your holidays."

The surprised silence turned into a subdued one as the group parted like the Red Sea. Ranma, Akane, Ryoga and Ukyo met up shortly afterwards.

"Well, what are we gonna do now? No other school in this area will take us because of our reputation and connections. We need to move to another prefecture, one that is insane enough to take us aboard," said Ranma intelligently. Everyone in his vicinity stared at him. "What? I'm just stating facts."

Ukyo spoke up. "I also have enough money to start up another shop in another prefecture. Ramen and Okonomiyaki Ucchan's has been rolling in the dough after the Amazons left," she said.

Ryoga looked interested. "If so, could we go check out a school in the next prefecture?"

"Saitama?" asked Akane, interested.

"No, Kanagawa. They have a school there which has a homeroom almost as crazy as all of us."

Everyone stared at Ryoga. "It's true! I walked into the school one day, thinking it was Nerima when all of a sudden, two guys, one with glasses, the other with sunglasses, started fighting and all the other people in the homeroom nearly ignored them."

Ranma looked interested. "What's the school called?"

"Yagami High."

"All right then. Tomorrow, me 'n' Ukyo will go done to Kanagawa to check out the area and school. Ukyo will probably want to scout out areas to put her shop in," said Ranma, formulating plans.

"Okay then, it's decided!" said Akane. "Except I'm going with you," she said in a warningly, yet cute way.

"Fine, Akane," Ranma said.

End Flashback

Ranma was suspicious of the sudden action to close down the school and remembered enquiring Nabiki about it.

Flashback

"Well, now, Saotome. What would you like?"

Ranma was in Nabiki's room after the certain announcement which had taken place at school. He had a serious look on his face.

"Nabiki, do you have the report-"

"1000 yen."

Ranma almost smiled at her uncanny knack at picking up information. Therefore, he handed over the money without complaint.

In exchange for the money, Nabiki handed over a folder entitled 'Damage Report and Education Board Assessment: Furinkan High.'

Directly beneath that was: 'Inspector: Shishio Raguhir.'

As Ranma flicked through the notes, he found certain notes like, 'rocked by major martial arts fights at which the school…has poorly kept up with educational standards…resorted to extreme methods of controlling student behavior, which has failed…inept at the ability to maintain order…no other decision can be made but to close down the school for immediate reconstruction at the school's expense.'

'Hmm…'

"Find it strange too, don't you, Ranma?"He looked up and found Nabiki scrutinizing him with her impeccably sharp eyes.

"Not even 3 months ago, there was fighting and now, they decide to take action? Strange, huh?"

Ranma thought as much as he could without straining his brain. His capacity to deal with stress had been dramatically ten-folded after his 'training' with Akane for the exams.

"Well, once they saw the school was actually safe enough to enter, don't you think that they had the chance to close down the school?"

Nabiki looked at him. "I don't know. It probably had something to do with the higher ups."

Ranma gave no more thought to the subject and handed the folder back to Nabiki. "Thanks."

End Flashback

Ranma thought about the strangeness at what had transpired, but quickly put the thought out of his mind. On a brighter note, tomorrow, he was going to check out the school with his friends and hopefully enroll there the same day.

As Ranma turned from the school, he still had no idea how he had passed his final exams without his friends. He could still remember some of the training methods they used to train him. He still felt them, too.

As Ranma walked atop the metal fence in the opposite direction, Ranma came upon a shop with a 'For Sale' sign on it, the exterior, striped down to its bare minimum. This was what was formerly known as the Nekohanten, where his Amazon, for lack of a better word, acquaintances used to live. He still remembered the day they left.

Flashback

Ranma was being booted, flying yet again by Mallet Air after a badly misplaced comment. Thankfully, Akane had been kinder than usual by not being so hard on him, though that remained to be seen after seeing where Ranma was going to land.

The moment Ranma picked out his landing area, his eyes widened, looking at a painfully familiar red shop. Ranma felt as if the apocalypse had come early for him.

As Ranma fell through the roof, he had a strangely familiar something hug him. When Ranma had actually recovered, Ranma felt as if he was being crushed. When Ranma finally opened his eyes, he saw Shampoo hug him with intensity he had never seen before.

"Ranma, you come back to China with Shampoo, right now!" said Shampoo, crying.

"Whuuu…" Ranma looked stunned at this new revelation.

"That's right, son-in-law," said a familiar, old voice. Ranma craned his head to see the person he had expected to see: Cologne.

"We are moving back to China. And you will come with us, with your consent or not. We should've done this a long time ago." And Cologne raised her staff to knock Ranma out, Shampoo holding him in place. With their combined effort they succeeded in knocking Ranma out.

Or so they thought. Ranma quickly grabbed some cold water from a glass and splashed it on Shampoo and himself.

Ranma-chan was prepared for all hell to break loose, but she was extremely surprised when she didn't even jump at the sight of the cat. Then Ranma remembered back to his cat demon.

'That's probably why,' she thought. Then she caught the scent of a familiar smell. 'Ryoga's around here somewhere. He should be able to help me take this old ghoul on.' With that, Ranma-chan leapt out of the Nekohanten before Cologne could do any further damage.

The above took place in about two seconds, but Cologne was slightly surprised that Ranma did not even flinch at the sight of the cat.

'Why did son-in-law…' she blinked and shook her head and made chase to her currently fleeing daughter-in-law.

Ranma-chan was running as fast as she could before Ryoga got lost again and left town for half a week. She needed him right now (not like that, you hentais) to help fight off the old woman who was chasing her. Ranma-chan was fast, but even with her improved demonic speed, Cologne could still catch her.

Finally, Ranma-chan found the eternally lost boy wandering around the park. He, as usual, lost himself in the park and was about to walk straight into a pond while holding a map upside down, back to front and not even for the right country.

"OI! RYOGA!" yelled Ranma-chan. Ryoga looked up and, to his delight, found Ranma, running towards him.

"Ranma! Thank god, I –"

"RUN!"

Ryoga looked puzzled, then looked behind Ranma and found the old ghoul and Ryoga did as Ranma said.

"Ranma?" asked Ryoga.

"Yeah?"

"Why exactly are we running?"

"Because she wants to take me back to China and marry Shampoo!"

It was amazing how much one person could change. Until only a few months ago, Ryoga would've stopped Ranma, right there and then. But now, Ryoga actually felt sorry for her.

"So why not fight her? You've got Kaze no Ryu, don't you?"

Silence.

"I forgot."

If it weren't for the fact that Ryoga was running from a 300 year-old mummy, he would've face-faulted.

"You idiot…"

"Whoops!" said Ranma-chan, sticking her tongue out in a childish manner. She then reached into the air and pulled out the sword she kept hidden in hammer space. She drew the blade, placed the sheathe on her waist and turned to face the Amazon Matriarch.

"Come 'n' get me, OLD GHOUL!" yelled the female. Both combatants leapt at each other and soon, the area was a blur of shadows as Ranma-chan and Cologne fought.

Ryoga surveyed the situation with bemusement. 'Why am I not surprised these things happen so often? It's nearly comical if not for the stakes.'

Ranma-chan soon gained the upper hand as she disarmed Cologne. She held her at sword point.

"Now. Leave and don't come back for me or anyone else."

Cologne was surprised at the skill level of her opponent. Gathering herself up, she tried to walk away with dignity (which she failed miserably at). Just as she was about to leave she turned back to give Ranma-chan something.

"Herb asked me to give you this. He said to call him as soon as possible," she said and gave her a small whistle. It looked similar to the one that Shinnosuke gave Akane, shaped in a horn, but it had the wings of a dragon on the side.

Ranma-chan nodded and with that, Cologne took her leave.

By that night, Shampoo and Cologne were gone from Nerima and the shop had a for sale sign on it.

End Flashback

Ranma barely got out of that one and thanks to Ryoga, his freedom was secured. He pulled out the whistle and remembered the first time he blew on it. Boy was that a shock.

Flashback

Ranma walked into the dojo, swinging the horn on its chain in a circle. He was wondering what Herb might actually want with him as he certainly didn't have any more business to do with him.

Next to him was Ryoga, who had seen the day's events from yesterday, and Akane, who looked interestedly at the horn.

"So, Ranma? What's with the horn?" she asked.

"Herb wanted to talk to me. Dunno why, though," he said. They stepped through the sliding doors that connected the dojo to the house and closed them. Ranma raised the horn to his lips and blew.

A moment later, Herb appeared, knocking on the door of the sliding doors, which completely surprised everyone. Ranma stepped forward, still in shock, and admitted him into the dojo.

"Well, I hope we're all fine here," said Herb in a casual manner. Ranma nodded, but he was on his guard. Herb was not one for casual talks.

"And so, to business. Ranma, I have seen the progress you've made. You can skillfully utilize as many as ten different types of martial arts in one string of attacks and you are one of the few people in the world who are ki adept. You can read opponent's minds like an open book and you've defeated people at least ten times your skill level."

Ranma nodded, feeling a great amount of pride at these accomplishments.

"But it is not enough."

Ranma blinked. "How?"

"Well, you have a kind of sixth sense, for lack of better words, the ability to detect danger. In fact, this sense for you is more prominently developed than most people around you. However, you can only detect these dangers at the last second. And though your sense is well developed, it is not enough if you are trying to avoid people or protect your friends. You need to be able to sense objects, not only in your immediate vicinity, but objects which are a fair distance away, say about twenty meters in front of you."

Ranma nodded at this. "I know. I've been trying to develop new ways of detecting people, but I can't get further than about two meters."

"Well, there is another way."

Ranma frowned slightly. "What are you getting at?"

Herb looked Ranma directly in the eyes. "I'm offering to train you."

The silence in the room was matched only by space itself (If you don't know what I mean, you can't hear sound in space).

"Train…Ranma?" asked Ryoga weakly.

Ranma was equally stunned. "Train me? As in you, a prince, train me?"

Herb nodded. "Lighten up. It's not everyday you get an opportunity like this. Do you accept?"

Ranma started. "Hell YES! Like I'm gonna say no to this!"

Herb nodded. "Now, this knowledge that I'm training you may leave this dojo, but the contents of what is in these training sessions MUST NOT LEAVE THIS DOJO," he said, stressing the importance of the last phrase.

Ranma nodded. "I swear on my honor, that no information will leave this dojo."

Herb was ready to leave, but he turned back. "By the way, complete this training successfully and you I'll give you a prize. I'll leave that for you to dwell on." And with that, he walked past the group and left the dojo.

Akane was still rooted on the spot. "You…have…him…train…you…Ranma?"

"I know. I'm still surprised."

End Flashback

Ranma laughed slightly. He still didn't believe it. Herb had been giving him lessons once a week in ki uses. By the time he was finished with this training, Herb said he might be able to do some of the things that he could.

Ranma continued past the closed store and walked in front of the bustling shop known as Ramen and Okonomiyaki Ucchan's. Ranma could still remember when he asked Mousse for training.

Flashback

Ranma walked into the currently closed Ucchan and he sat down at the front counter, where Mousse was cleaning the grill.

The kitchen area had been modified to include a stove for the ramen while retaining the grill for the Okonomiyaki. Combining tastes from the Nekohanten and Okonomiyaki Ucchan's had done wonders for the store in terms of competition. The eating area had expanded because of all the profits Ukyo had been rolling in and now, they were one of the top restaurants in Tokyo.

"Hey Mousse," said Ranma.

"Ranma. What can I do for you?"

"Well, I need to ask you a favor. You can say no if you want."

"What is it? I owe you one for setting me up here," he said, turning to face Ranma.

"I need you to train to use hidden weapons. Nothing to big, though."

Mousse froze. "You want me to train you in hidden weapons? Why?"

Ranma pulled out his sword. "So I can have this on me at all times. Think you can do that?"

Mousse nodded. "Sure."

End Flashback

One week from that day, Ranma had managed to master and carry as many things as Mousse could. As to how he does hide the weapons? He hid them in hammer space.

Ranma continued to walk and soon, he passed a certain park. Ranma remembered this one because he had seen his friends dating in this park. He spotted them once, but he hasn't said anything.

Flashback (You guys must be tired of this by now)

Ranma was walking along the park to return a book to Dr. Tofu that Kasumi had borrowed. He was keeping his aura flaring out as practice for the training with Herb and was noting down the auras of different things.

'There goes a pair of cats, a dog, a couple who're in love, about late 30's, a family, Ukyo and Ryo-'

Ranma froze on the spot, focusing his aura towards his friends. 'Ukyo and Ryoga? What are they doing?'

Ranma bounded over the trees for an aerial view of the whole area. Sure enough, Ryoga and Ukyo were walking along side each other, Ukyo in a dress (which was a rarity for Ranma and everyone: He'd never seen her in anything other than her okonomiyaki seller's uniform and her school uniform) and Ryoga wearing his normal clothes ('Well, can't expect the guy to get some normal clothes,' thought Ranma).

Ranma's curiosity was spiked another notch when Ukyo gave a present to Ryoga. He blushed and thanked Ukyo repeatedly for it, to which she blushed as well.

The pair stood there in their embarrassment and Ranma turned away to leave the pair by themselves. He had no further business anymore.

End Flashback

Ranma smiled and made a mental note to ask Ukyo about the day. With nowhere else to go, Ranma went back to the Tendo Dojo.

When Ranma reached the front gates, he was reminded of another memory: when he said goodbye to Kagome and her friends.

Flashback (Don't worry people, nearly there…)

Ranma, Kagome and her friends stepped out of the dojo so Kagome could leave and go back to her home. Akane followed, smiling at what had transpired from their negotiation with their parents. She went with Ranma to say farewell to her new friends and soon, Ranma, Akane and the Inu gang were at the front gate.

"Well, this is it, then. It's been so much fun," said Ranma, smiling at Kagome.

"Definitely. I can't believe so much has changed in the last few months. New friends, Naraku dead and…" Kagome stopped at this.

"Don't worry, Kagome. If he appears again, you can be sure there are people around here who will protect you, myself included."

"Same here," said Akane. "You've done a lot for us; this is the only way I know how to repay the favor."

"Just remember I'm supposed to be there first," said Inuyasha, smiling arrogantly.

"And just remember some people still don't grow up, you arrogant bastard," said Ranma. The smile on Inuyasha's face was wiped immediately.

"Care to repeat that, girly boy?" Ranma's left eye winced.

"You're dead now, DOG BOY!"

"BRING IT ON, GIRLY BOY!"

Everyone else sighed as Ranma and Inuyasha leapt at each other, all fists blazing. Some of these fights were getting a little repetitive. It was like being stuck in a really bad sitcom show. Ranma's fist blazed and Inuyasha made blurs that would've made ninjas jealous.

"Should we just leave them like this?" asked Shippo. A silence followed before Kagome and Akane rushed forward to break the pair up.

After a few minutes of rumbling and tumbling, hits, yells, barks, smashing, malleting and sitting, Ranma and Inuyasha were finally subdued enough so they wouldn't continue to quarrel. This, however, did not deter them from glaring at each other. Such was the intensity the stares, everyone swore that Mt. Fuji might erupt.

"Well, I think I should actually be leaving. See ya, Ranma," said Kagome.

"See ya soon, I hope." The two shook hands before Kagome turned around and, with one final wave to Ranma, left Nerima with her friends.

End Flashback

Ranma walked into the house after allowing himself a small flashback to his long time friend. She had made wonders happen.

Just then, Akane, dressed in her gi, walked up to him and asked, "Ranma, do you wanna spar?"

"Sure."

This was a major change. Before, Ranma wasn't even willing to fight Akane so openly. But with all the extra lessons Akane had been getting from Ranma, she could keep up with Ryoga, but not for long. Ryoga had the strength of an ox and if she blocked one to many hits, she would slow down fast enough so Ryoga could actually get in a few decent hits. Akane did not have the resistance Ryoga gained from the Bakusai Tenketsu training, or even that of Ranma's, who resistance had developed from fighting Ryoga.

As Ranma entered the dojo, his mind was flown once more to the events which had happened here a month earlier. He still did not believe that his father and Mr. Tendo agreed to the terms of their relationship.

Flashback (Final one, people!)

"Both myself and Akane have come to a mutual agreement to withdraw from this engagement."

Gob smacked faces went all around as Ranma let forth the bombshell of a lifetime. Even Kasumi was slightly shell shocked at the pair's course of action.

Ranma continued. "Myself and Akane find it necessary too do this. It was not an easy decision, nor, was it a light one. However, in the long term, it will do me and Akane a lot better than if we do progress through this relationship as if the engagement never happened.

After recovering from her shock, Kagome spoke up. "Why this, though? I heard you talking about it yesterday and it seems you've only confirmed my worst nightmare. Why are you breaking the engagement?"

Ranma looked at her steadily. "Kagome, I knew you were awake when you heard me and Akane talking on the room. This is exactly why I wanted to talk to you and your group."

Ranma eyed the group steadily. "As I repeated, this was not an easy decision to make. But it had to be done."

"Why?" asked Kagome.

"Because this way, we can actually try if this relationship will work without the pressure of getting married. I have no intention of pushing Akane into a loveless marriage, nor will she do the same to me. If this does work, the engagement will back on, as usual. However, if it turns out this relationship does not work, the whole thing is off."

Genma widened his eyes at that. "It is your honor to marry and unite the schools, whether you want to or not!"

Ranma stood up at this in fury. "Honor? What honor? Did your 'honor', as you call it, deem it necessary to push me into this engagement? Did your 'honor' deem it necessary to engage me to THREE different girls? You talk about honor, and I am honoring you by at least considering this proposal, but what about your honor to me? The honor that is due to me, as a father? You call all the training you shoved onto me as 'for the sake of the art,' but the only thing you've done is engage me, screw my life in so many ways, I don't have the fingers to count them all, AND PUSH ME INTO AN ENGAGEMENT TO WHICH BOTH PARTIES WERE UNWILLING TO DO SO! CONSIDER YOURSELF LUCKY IF I AND AKANE REMAIN FRIENDS, FOR ALL YOU AND MR. TENDO HAVE PUT ME AND HER THROUGH!"

Every stared at Ranma. He was not known for blow ups like this. He was usually calm, a braggart, but not angry.

"WE ARE NOT YOUR TICKETS TO A QUICK AND HEALTHY RETIREMENT! WHO SAYS WE WANT TO TAKE OVER THE DOJO? DO NOT ASSUME FOR ONE MINUTE THAT WE ACTUALLY DO WANT TO TAKE OVER THE DOJO! I HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF THIS BS WITH YOU ASSUMING I WANT TO TAKE OVER RUNNING THIS DOJO! THERE IS SO MUCH MORE TO LIFE THAN MARTIAL ARTS!"

"Then what do you want?"

"Who says I've decided yet? I don't know. Does anybody know what they're gonna do for the rest of their life at 17? I highly doubt it. I don't know what Akane wants, but I certainly don't envision her teaching in the near future."

"What about you? Why don't you teach?"

"Because I don't want to. Sure, I love martial arts, but I don't have the patience for people to get things the first time around. I am not that person."

"So, Akane then. Soun will give her the do-"

"You see, you're totally missing the point. Akane isn't even a master of Anything Goes Martial Arts! How the heck can she teach if she isn't even a master?"

"So, you train-"

"See? You're doing it again! You are pushing me into this engagement, not leaving me any other options about what I want to do with my life! Have you thought about what I wanted? You, for my entire life, have never known what I wanted! I never wanted this engagement, I never wanted you to give the me that BS Neko-ken training and I never wanted to go to Jusenkyo! AND I ESPECIALLY, NEVER, EVER, WANTED YOU TAKE ME FROM HOME WHEN I WAS TWO! MOST OF THE THINGS YOU'VE FUCKED UP IN MY LIFE REVOLVE AROUND THAT VERY DECISION!"

Everyone was left speechless.

Ranma sat back down. "As I've said, I am withdrawing from this engagement until I see fit to enter such an agreement again."

"Until that time I actually do enter the engagement again, I want to set a few ground rules."

Ranma looked at both fathers especially. "One, no more weddings. I hear one breath of a wedding, consider any prospect of the joining of the schools gone."

"Second, no more outside interference from anyone which might harm this relationship. This means no photos," he said, glaring at Nabiki, "or anything of the sort."

"Finally, if Akane and I wish to withdraw from this engagement, there will be NO opposing the decision. I want all these conditions agreed to, or else there will be no joining of the schools."

Ranma glared at his father and Mr. Tendo and literally made the temperature drop. He held nothing back. Inuyasha and his group could swear that if they were blind, Sesshomaru would've been the person to make this coldness.

Happosai looked at Ranma without even flinching. "Done."

"WHAT?"

Three cries went out around the room. Nabiki, Genma and Soun were extremely furious at what Happosai had said.

"Pops, Mr. Tendo, you know what I'm gonna say, so I'm not gonna say it. Nabiki, for all the times this relationship was ruined, you, more often than not, was the cause of it. You sold photos of me AND your sister. You are truly cruel and I cannot believe that you would sell out your family like that. I know that me and my father were the cause of all the extra costs, but ever thought about doing some HONEST WORK?" Ranma said, stressing the last two words. "If you really want to criticize me for all I'm worth, go ahead. I'll probably even get a job myself."

The room was speechless as the outbursts and reasoning Ranma had given to the room. The tense air around was thick enough to cut with a spoon.

"Well, if that's it, I think it's time for our guests to leave," said Ranma and he stood with Akane to farewell their guests.

End Flashback

It was definitely night time when Ranma and Akane left the dojo, the latter, sweating bullets and feeling elated.

Ranma and Akane parted ways at the stairs, Akane going to the bathroom and Ranma, to the kitchen. He made it a habit to help Kasumi now, with what she did for the whole family and her guests.

"Ranma-kun, can you help set up the eating utensils?" asked Kasumi as Ranma walked into the kitchen.

"Sure. I'll just grab a glass of water and I'll set up."

Soon, dinner was served and eaten: it was always a fast affair in the dojo, for obvious reasons. After dinner, Ranma, as per his usual custom, was on the roof above Akane's room, thinking.

'How much has changed in these past few months? Who knows a visit could change everything? No fiancés, pardon one exception, no more fights unless on friendly terms, and new friends. Heck, even Ryoga's changed. Wonder how he's doing with Ucchan?'

As Ranma contemplated the ex-crazy mess called life, Akane joined Ranma on the roof. She couldn't quite jump onto the roof yet: she had a long way to go. Instead, she utilized the ladder placed at the side of the roof for her convenience.

"What'cha doing, Ranma?"

Ranma looked up. "Hey Akane. Just doing some thinking."

She blinked. "Ranma and thinking? I've never heard of two more polar opposites and here we are now, you thinking about your life and me, not going angry. What has the world become?" she joked.

Ranma shared a hearty laugh and jumped to his feet and he embraced her. "Dunno, but what ever it is, I don't want it to ever change. I feel content as it is." With that statement, Ranma caught her lips in a deep and passionate kiss.

Once the pair broke apart, Kasumi's voice rang out from the kitchen. "Ice-cream's ready!"

Of course, being such the sweets fanatic our lovers are, they lost no time from climbing back down to dig into the ice cream. Ranma, though, did have other contemplations on his mind as he jumped of the roof. Like whether his life was going to calm down.

As if.

That's it, people! No more!

If there is anything I would like to say, it is one huge THANK YOU to ALL of my faithful readers who have stuck with me until the end.

As for my new story, I will be doing a Ranma and School Rumble crossover. If any of you love the whacked out, fanatical situations, insanely unrepetitive comedy and the motherload of all misunderstandings, School Rumble is the one stop shop for you all!

As a background for the series, it is a love WEB, even more so than Ranma ½, which can be a little hard to believe.

(SPOILER WARNING! DO NOT READ UNLESS YOU WANT THE STORY LINE TO BE SPOILED)

It follows the background of Yagami High's students: in particular, 2-C. One of the class's students, Tsukamoto Tenma (all names in this section follow the Japanese style of names, a.k.a., last name, then first name) likes a hopelessly boring guy, Karasuma Ooji.

Now, here's the catch (and pay attention, cause it can get confusing). Another person named Harima Kenji, likes Tsukamoto Tenma. Then, one of Tenma's friends, Sawachika Eri, blatantly denies, but likes Harima. Then, Tsukamoto Tenma's sister, Tsukamoto Yakumo, the most beautiful, but shiest person in the whole first year level, gets mixed up with Harima's manga work and she starts developing feelings for him. Then, Hanai Haruki, 2-C's representative, likes Tsukamoto Yakumo, and soon, since Harima and Hanai refer to their loves via surname, think they are after their respective loves, which leads to them fighting in a Ranma/Ryoga type way.

Sounds crazy, no?

(END SPOILER)

Well, I decided to do a crossover with Ranma and School Rumble because one has madness and the other, craziness. Don't know which series I am referring to? Well, neither do I: they complement each other.

As you all know by now, the story is called "Something Old, Something New." You can at least for me, read it. Or at least post some opinions about it.

As for Crossover High, I'll be taking a break so I can gather some ideas for the series. I'll have the completely redone Chapters 1 and 2 up in about a week. For now, though, hold onto your horses.

Again, as I said at the top, you can decide pairings for Crossover High if you can persuade me enough. For more details, see the top.

If there is anything else, I'll post another chapter that says 'Author's Note'.

One final BIG THANK YOU TO YURIFAN5, who has done beta reading for this story.

Till next time, people!

HitokiriHERO

P.S.: In case you're wondering what Hitokiri means, it's 'manslayer.' But you should know that if you've read Rurouni Kenshin.