So it was in a mythical place known as Hawaii, in a fictional city known as Honolulu, in a pretend suburb named Wahiawa, three girls grew up.
They moved a bit during those early years, eventually becoming accepted in a more outlying suburb after their mother's death and other relatives took them in.
In 1987, there had been some changes.
Akane was the heir to her family's style of naginata-ryuu but also a karate champ on the local level. She was very very good and had her admirers among the local set. She was well accepted, and considerably less violent, as there was no need to show any aptitude at traditional feminine skills. She was bad at some things and that was accepted.
Nabiki was still fairly mercenary, but this was channelled into her part-time job at Dairy Queen. Which got a steady business, and she got a steady income, and she learned three more languages because it was extremely handy to do that and occasionally play "tour guide" for the foreign tourists - which also brought in the money.
Kasumi was still fairly shy and retiring, and attending community college, but she hadn't decided on a single course of study and was working fulltime at a local importer.
Though there was some curiosity for all three as regarded their father, they had put together their mother's occasional comments and had this image of a crying drunkard with no income.
So far, their path had not taken them back to meet that drunkard.
Soun had raised a set of very odd children in their absence.
The western style beds had come down, replaced with futon as space had suddenly grown crowded. The bills for food and clothing had become staggering, but somehow he'd squeaked through without too much happening.
They were on his family register, and Soun wasn't inclined to debate the why and wherefore on that mysterious event. Girls falling out of the sky pretty much made suddenly appearing paperwork less remarkable.
So they were all Tendo. Ami, Minako, Usagi, Rei, Makoto, Hotaru, Haruka, Michiru, Setsuna, Honey, Nuku Nuku, Morrigan, and Felicity Tendo. Thirteen daughters. Ami, Minako, Usagi, Rei, Makoto, and Nuku Nuku were all sixteen now. Hotaru was fourteen - the youngest. Haruka, Michiru, and Felicity were seventeen years old. Setsuna and Honey were eighteen. Morrigan was nineteen.
Everyone accepted them as being born "on the wrong side of the sheets" - as the saying went. Illegitimate and some were obviously foreign born. Oddly, most people accepted Morrigan's bat wings and Felicity's fur without much more than a raised eyebrow. Usually directed at Soun. Nuku Nuku being a fairly typical anime catgirl was likewise accepted. Even with superhuman strength. More or less.
Still, there were problems as one might expect. Such as:
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