“Welcome back to Japan, Love,” said the voice in Ranma’s head.
“Thanks! Feels good to be back, but you are a little late. I’ve been back in Japan for a while now. Just about to enter Tokyo, actually,” Ranma replied silently in his head.
Ranma heard a sigh broadcasted over the link he shared with the most important girl in his life. He couldn’t quite remember the specific day a mental link to his Soulmate was established. It felt like he knew this person his entire life. When he was lonely, she was there in his head to keep him company. When he felt unloved by his father, her love would wrap him in a warm, tender embrace. When he felt cold and empty inside, she filled him perfectly. When he doubted if his life had meaning, she gave him a reason to get up and face a new day.
Ranma knew, one day, he would be able to leave his father behind. Ranma was already beginning to think that there was little left for his father to teach him. The recent disaster of Jusenkyo only reinforced that evaluation. On the day when Ranma would finally leave his father to strike out on his own, he knew he would search the world to find the one girl who was meant for him. Ranma was not sure how much longer he could wait for that day to arrive.
Ranma sighed, as well. “I really wish Pops would of stayed in China longer. I’m sure we could of found a cure.”
“I don’t think so, Ranma. But why you two never asked the guide, is beyond me.”
Ranma groaned with longing and frustration, “I can’t go around like this. And ... when I finally get to meet you in person, I’d like to be me all the time. You deserve as much.”
“Aww, that’s sweet. But I love you for who you are, I don’t really care about your curse. It does not bother me at all.”
Ranma sighed once more. “I wonder what was so important that Pops just had to return to Japan for.”
The voice in Ranma’s head giggled. “Why not just ask him?”
Ranma couldn’t argue against that idea, and readily accepted it as he usually did for any of her advice. One of the things that meant so much to Ranma was how his Soulmate would look out for him, more so than his own father.
“Hey, Pops! Where are we going in such a hurry? Why did we have to leave China before getting our curses cured?”
Genma answered Ranma without slowing down or looking back. “We got more important things to worry about. We can’t be wasting our time in the bushes of China.”
Ranma got suspicious. “That doesn’t answer my question, old man.”
Genma snorted. “It looks like rain, boy. Don’t you want to get inside before we get soaked, again? Isn’t that reason enough to hurry?”
“Rain, huh?” Ranma didn’t buy that answer. “And where are we going to get out of this rain when we could stop inside any of these restaurants or shops.”
“They’ll only make us buy something to stay. I have a good friend who lives in Nerima. We ought to be there soon enough.”
Ranma muttered and grumbled to himself. He also noticed how threatening the skies were turning. “After ten years or more on the road, why is it so important to visit your friend now, of all times?”
Genma sighed, knowing he couldn’t avoid not saying anything any longer. ‘Good thing were almost to Nerima. I was planning on telling Ranma after we arrived at the Tendos, but I guess we’re close enough now.’
Drawing himself up, to look down at Ranma all the more easily, Genma told Ranma just what was waiting for him in Nerima.
Ranma’s Soulmate wasn’t very busy, being a Sunday and all, so she had the time to devote her attention to Ranma’s side of the link. It was with great shared distress that they both heard Genma’s news. Her own thoughts echoed Ranma’s as he spoke them out loud to Genma. “What do you mean we are going to meet my fiancée?”
While she trusted Ranma, she was still shocked by this revelation. ‘Why does Ranma’s dad have to be such an idiot?’ Wondered...
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