Behind the pair in the doorway, the Tendo Patriarch saw, were three young people that could, if they so desired, become the biggest stars ever seen in the history of acting.
After a quick glance, Soun turned back toward the wife of his best friend. "These are your children?" he asked, befuddled. At he firm nod, he became even more confused. "But one is kuronin!" he gasped out. "How is that possible?"
And it was as he claimed. The three children were a pair of almost-identical, pale-skinned blondes with icy-blue eyes - one obviously male and the other nearly criminaly female - and the third, scowling in an shockingly-alluring way... a firmly-built and yet artistically sculpted young woman with ebon-black skin, platinum hair and emerald eyes that would have laser-trimmed holes through him, had she the ability.
"Oh, that's Ranma," Nodoka answered him.
At that moment, Soun's brain decided to take a short vacation, accompanied by the soprano growl of the dusky-hued Saotome.
Soun's return to the realms of the waking was accompanied by a male voice.
"Dang it, Mom! Why did'ya have to smack me over toward that other spring?"
He allowed his eyes to crack open slightly and took in the tableau. On one side of the table were three young adults, two black-haired boys and a scarlet-tressed girl. One of them, obvious by his angered expression, speaking toward the serene Saotome Matriarch. The other two were barely-repressing their smirks behind their teacups.
Nodoka lowered her own drink and gave her son a even gaze. "Would you have rather I let you die, Ranma?" she asked in a gentle voice. "You were going to hit on the back of your head. And I ended up getting my own curse because of it."
The now-named young man seethed, but settled slightly. "Woulda' rather had your curse," he groused.
"As if your appitite isn't big enough already," his brother chimed in, grinning almost insanely.
"Shaddap, Ryo," Ranma spat. "You stay male." This did nothing to reduce his sibling's smile. "A pansy-looking male, but still a guy."
Ryouga darkened momentarily, before returning to his former smirk. "Awww," he soothed, falsely. "Is it 'oos time awweady?"
With a roar of rage, Ranma dove at his nearly-identical brother and knocked him back into the rain. As they landed, there once again were the pale male and the dark female, both attempting to place the other into an unescapible grapple. The male was grinning like a loon and the female looked ready to tear him limb from limb.
Mother and daughter returned to their tea, while the unidentified bald-headed man and the Tendos looked out into the yard.
Understandably, the Tendos were a bit befuddled at the scene.
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