"How far?" said Toltiir in the guise of a Keebler elf, consulting a 'Guide To Ranma Timelines' book that had obviously been thumbed through a few times.
"How about one year later?" Artemis suggested.
"Let's see, they'd be going through Juuban," said Toltiir as he adjusted the dial.
"Well, here we are my boy, the Dojo that you're going to challenge. Once we win, we'll get food and overnight stay for the return of their sign. Standard procedure." Genma let out a deep breath and turned to his son and pet. Except that they didn't seem to be there. "Ranma? Ranma?! RANMA!"
"Meow!" said Hotaru, beginning her dance.
"Okay, Hotaru... jump!"
Hotaru jumped, grabbing the overhang of a streetlamp and turning a twenty foot leap into a handstand on the light. "Meow!"
"Hotaru, down!" commanded Ranma.
Hotaru leapt down, making a nice flip midway down. "Meow!"
"Hotaru, speak!" said Ranma.
"Nyaaaa, thank you for being nice nice audience!"
There was some polite applause and the little hat was quickly filled with lots of little coins from the crowd that had gathered.
"How much, nyaaaa?"
"Enough for..." Ranma looked up, because he really enjoyed seeing the expression on Hotaru's face when he said it. "Captain Salty's!"
"YAY! YAY! Fish n' chips!" Hotaru went into her beckoning kitty victory pose. "NYA! Hotaru like fishies! YAY! YAY!"
Hotaru quickly put the hat back on, and followed Ranma to the fish seller. Sure enough, this town had one of the little yattai where they grilled fish and fried chips. Hotaru put on her best starving kitty act and got an extra piece of fish, which didn't always work but it was always worth a try.
Ranma dug in briefly, then just watched his pet kitty eat. Whereas he ate fast and single-mindedly, Hotaru often munched each piece as long as she could savor it - trying to make the meal last as long as possible. "Good?"
"MmmmmmmmmMMMMMMMMMM! Captain Salty's always have good fishies!" Hotaru said loud enough to be overheard by passerby. Which also didn't always work but was worth a try. Sometimes she could get a little scrap or two more out of the vendor for spreading 'word of mouth' like that.
And it was good fish. They never had any of that stuff that had that metallic taste to it.
All too soon the six year old and the four year old were back to wandering around, looking at all the bright lights of the Tokyo Tower area when:
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