Nabiki, as a resident of Nerima, had seen and heard several strange things over her life. However out of all of those weird things that Nabiki had experienced or heard about Ranma and Usa's love life took the cake. Even though the Tendo sisters had been witnesses to most of the romance between Ranma and his princess bride it was still hard for the sisters, and Nabiki in particular, to believe.
The surprising romance between Ranma and Usa started when the Black Moon Clan had launched their invasion of the past. Usa, who at that point in time was the Black Lady, had tried to teleport after one of her battles with the Sailor Senshi. Due to her inexperience and exhaustion Usa had accidentally teleported herself right above a busy intersection. Augmented Senshi powers or not Usa would have most likely died from hitting a fast moving car if Ranma hadn't jumped up and caught her.
Once Ranma and Usa were safely on the ground Usa, who at that moment was very emotionally confused, thanked Ranma for saving her life. Usa then quickly left before Ranma could wonder why Usa was in such a dangerous position in the first place. As strange events tended to happen around him, Ranma had rather quickly put the incident out of his mind. Usa, on the other hand, couldn't forget about that incident. Ranma had not only saved Usa's life with that catch but he had also i caught her heart.
As the years passed in Crystal Tokyo Usa was continuously haunted by Ranma's face. Even the trips to the 20th century, as exciting as the were, had been unable to remove Ranma's face from Usa's mind. The trips in fact made the whole situation worse for Usa as she would always run into Ranma at least once per trip. Whenever those incidents happened Ranma always did something that made Usa fall further in love with him. Although Usa greatly enjoyed those moments with Ranma they were also painful to Usa because there was no way that she could at the time share her love with Ranma.
Finally on her sixteenth birthday party in Crystal Tokyo Usa could no longer hold her emotions to herself. Usa, to the shock and worry of her parents, had fled from her birthday party and was found hours later crying her eyes out in one of the many palace gardens. Neo-Queen Serenity had been the one to comfort the distraught Usa when the pink haired princess had been found. Using the innate abilities of all mothers Neo-Queen Serenity was able to get Usa to talk about her love for Ranma.
Since she had been in a similar situation with Endymion, Serenity had stayed up that night and discussed with Endymion about what they should do about the situation. In the morning Serenity and Endymion had approached Usa with a way that she could try and win Ranma's heart. They were willing to let Usa travel to the twentieth century to try and win Ranma's love. However Usa, or rather Rini Shields, would only be staying in Japan for one year. If Usa under her cover as Rini Shields was able to get Ranma to kiss her completely of his own accord then she would be permitted to stay in the past to pursue Ranma. However if she was unable to win Ranma's love then Usa would have to return to Crystal Tokyo never to go after Ranma again.
Usa accepted her parents proposal and had arrived in the past ready to try and win Ranma's heart. When Usa arrived in the past she had been happy to find out that her parents had arranged it so that she was not only in the same school but also the same classroom as Ranma. Unfortunately for Usa, four other girls in the classroom had also quickly fallen in love with Ranma. Almost from the word go it had been a complete free for all war for Ranma's affections. When the dust had settled at the end of the year Usa had found herself, much to her happiness and her parents' counterpart's grief, married to Ranma.
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