Raven was quite obviously adopted. Everyone in the neighborhood knew the story. Soun had been an adventurer when younger, had gone into a Dark Dimension alongside a dozen others. He'd emerged, seven companions shorter, with a limp that had never gone away, and carrying a baby.
Raven was moody, and she was dark and mystically-oriented, and she was gaijin. She was a bit aloof and standoffish.
HER powers were empathic in nature. She could receive emotions, project emotions, and would often get uncontrolled flashes of telepathy. She LOATHED Tatewaki Kuno, seemed to pity Gosunkugi, but tended to go off by herself whenever possible. She also could apparently project an astral form and had some other powers.
"He's coming," said Raven as she sat at the table.
"You already know?" asked Soun, staring.
The fourteen year old girl grimaced. "I've seen."
"Well, how about telling the rest of us," said Nabiki.
"Years ago, I was an adventurer and there was one other who fought alongside me more than any other," said Soun. "We were called-"
"-Blubber and Rubber," finished Raven.
"Yes, that was... no. The Terrific Two!" Soun said.
"Who called you that?" asked Raven.
"Well, that's not important," hedged Soun. "What is important is that we both studied the superheroic martial arts and decided to arrange a marriage between families."
"Is he cute?" asked Nabiki.
"Is he older?" asked Kasumi.
"How depressing, a boy," grumbled Akane.
Raven merely sighed.
"I don't know. I've never met him. So if one of you married my friend's son, it would put my heart at ease," continued Soun.
"He's coming, but there is an obstacle in his way," said Raven, her eyes distant.
"What kind of obstacle?" asked Akane.
"An overly violent one," answered Raven.
Ranma abruptly moved to the side as his combat reflexes took over. Something crashed to the ground right where he'd been standing, and sent a cloud of debris up.
As he touched back down, ready for a fight, he could see he was facing-
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