Nerima was a small town encircled by a large one and it followed small town rules, even though it was populated by a larger than normal segment of superhuman martial artists that one would think could keep things fairly well to themselves.
But, the problem was that there were individuals as good at rooting out secrets as others were at finding them.
There were fewer now, of course.
People had grown up and, after a long enough time, either forgot Ranma or didn't.
Shampoo and Cologne had left the area in search of Ranma a long time back. One, the other or both occasionally came through Nerima, but the last such time was years ago. Most suspected they spent most of their time helping to secure their village against the possibility of renewed civil war between the two Chinas, but they still occasionally came through.
Mousse was slightly more often seen. Though when he did stop by it seemed more often just to speak to one of the old crew that still lived in the area. He'd at least appeared to mellow over time. Some suspected him of having a lover somewhere in the area and that he had given up on Shampoo, but it was next to impossible to tell.
Kodachi, like Nabiki, had vanished in looking for Ranma. Unlike Nabiki, she hadn't returned. There were rumors she was seen, occasionally, but only rarely and most were unreliable and sheer ridiculous reports. The most absurd being a rather static-filled bit of digital video on the Nerima-Paranormal blog site where she was supposed to appear out of a shadow at a politic rally during an attack by terrorists.
Ukyou and Konatsu kept in touch with Akane, but the Saotome woman lived in Okinawa with Ryuu and her own children, when she wasn't on the water, so the chef rarely had need to come to Nerima and speak with people she was less than friendly with.
Kuno was still unmarried and spending large amounts of money on the search for the "pig-tailed woman." He also had a tendency to harass Ryuu occasionally, especially if Akane was at sea on mission. He was still as twisted as ever, and more dangerous.
Word eventually reached one of these figures about the red-haired visitor to the old Tendo Dojo.
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