"...spouses," finished Haruka.
"Exactly," said Setsuna with a nod, "Both you and Michiru are married to Ranma."
"Uh... how's that possible?" asked Ranma.
"When the reigning Queen says it is, it's possible."
Haruka blinked. "Usagi said that? Why?"
"I believe that she was thinking about a certain time when she saw a rather big smile after a long night on your face."
The pigtailed boy looked confused. "Huh? Did she go to a party or somethin'?"
"Something like that."
After a moment, the two looked at each other and blushed.
"Well, enough chit chat, we have to get going."
"Where to?" asked Haruka.
"We're going to go to where the search for the reason why this all is happening is."
"Okay, just let me transform."
"I suggest you get dressed first, even if you do go as a Senshi."
"Good point."
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The room was a large circular structure with displays and consoles fit into every curve. In the center was a massive flat round table with a set of projectors built in. Standing around were the Senshi, along with some helpers, with Ami and Neo-Queen Serenity deep in converation.
Michiru looked up from the mirror as the trio entered the room. "You're finally awake, I see."
"Yeah, well..," said Haruka, "We didn't expect what we were going to get when we woke up."
"I'm sorry that I wasn't there when you woke up, But things are going a bit wierd lately."
"They know that already," interjected Setsuna.
"Meet the two latest victims of the temporal distortions."
"You mean..."
"The last they remember was the night before they got married."
"The afternoon, ta be honest," said Ranma."
"How did that happen?" asked Rei.
Setsuna smirked. "Their wedding rings. They join the two together so that means that when one was brought, the other was too."
Serenity turned around and frowned. "That isn't good, is it?"
"It can be, or it may not be. We just don't know right now."
"Well, we do have a theory," put in Ami, handing the Time Senshi some papers, "We just need need Setsuna to confirm it."
"I'll be back as quickly as possible,' said Setsuna, and then disappeared.
"So you two don't remember your lives together?" asked Makoto.
"No, we don't," said Ranma.
"Oh my. It'll be interesting to have the change be a new trick again," murmured Michiru.
Haruka's brows came together in an expression of confusion. "What are you talking about?"
"Our husband turns into a rather fetching redhead when doused with cold water. And back into a man with hot. It's a magic curse that he picked up in China. Which leads to all sorts of..."
Before Michiru could finish the sentence, Setsuna reappeared. "It's as we thought."
Ami frowned. "That's not good."
"What's not good?" asked Minako.
"It looks like someone did something just after Haruka and Ranma's wedding that tore a 'hole' in space-time. What we're dealing with is the 'wake', if you will." Seeing the blank stares that she was getting, the Ice Senshi sighed. "Imagine that all of the universe is a massive paper cup that is filled with water. Now the cup itself is what keep everything in it, see? But if you poke a hole in it, the water starts to drip out. And since the water is the 'stuff' of the universe, which includes us, it means that it'll all be eaten up the 'hole'. What we're dealing with is the ripples on the surface."
"So what do we do?"
"From here? Nothing. But someone's got to go back and stop it from happening or the whole universe will be wiped from existance."
"Who do you recommend?" asked Serenity.
Setsuna and Ami looked at each other, but it was Pluto who started talking. "We need someone who will talk little about the future, yet will be able to do what needs to be done. And that person, or people will need to know about Nerima since it seems that the whatever it was that was used, it was used there."
"And fortunately we have two candidates right here," Ami said, with a pointed look at Ranma and Haruka.
"Hey, I don't know anything about that sorta thing," protested Ranma.
"Don't worry. We'll set you up with:
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