Disclaimer: Neither Ranma 1/two, Sailor Moon or any plots, characters, etc., etc., belong to me. Doin' it with out permission, and with out profit. Don't even want to think about the double meanings in that last sentence….

Relationships

By Icka! M. Chif

"We met by complete accident the first couple of times."

"She thought my head was a litter basket."

"And he kept calling me 'Odango-head."

Ranma Saotome and Akane Tendo had been forced to go on a double date by their fathers.

"Then our alter egos met!"

"And fell love."

The other couple was two out of towners by the name of Mamoru and Usagi.

"Finally we figured out who each other was."

"And became friends."

*giggle*

It had seemed to be going well.

"Then I died."

Until Akane made the mistake of asking just how they had met.

"But not before we discovered that we were re-incarnated versions of our past selves, destined to be together in this one."

Big mistake.

"And we brought you back to life!"

"Yeah, only evil."

What they couldn't have known was that Mr. Tendo and Mr. Saotome had decided that Akane and Ranma could use a little bit more of push in their relationship. Or lack there of.

"You still cared in your heart and saved me on several occasions."

So the fathers had slipped a truth serum into the food.

"Threatening it the entire time."

Unfortunately, Usagi and Mamoru's food, not Akane and Ranma's.

"But I healed you of it. Twice."

"And we died again."

Hence the story that Ranma and Akane were mutely listening to.

"Without our memories this time."

"So we got to meet again."

With Ranma's curse and being from Nerima, they were quite used to strange things suddenly cropping up.

"And become friends again. Eventually."

"After much name-calling."

This went beyond 'normal strangeness'.

"And we fell in love again!"

Slowly, their hands found each others under the table.

"Then our daughter from the future showed up."

"Don't remind me... grrr..."

And of one mind they carefully began to back away from the table.

"Then you died!"

"And you brought me back to life."

They picked up speed the closer they got to the door, eyes on the other couple the entire time.

"I think I died after that..."

"No, ChibiUsa became evil, then got sent back to her time, came back, you became evil, I healed you then you died."

"Oh, right. Gomen."

Once they got to the door, they quickly backed out of the restaurant and ran for it, holding on to each other's hands like a life line.

"Then everybody died."

They didn't stop until they were far, far away.

"And came back."

"Which brings us back to where we are now."

Theirs may not be the perfect relationship like Mamoru and Usagi's appeared to be-

"Um, hello?"

"Where'd they go?"

-but at least it was consistent.

"You gonna eat that rice ball?"

"No, go ahead."

Fin.

Bwhahahaha! An abbreviated synopsis of Usagi and Mamoru's relationship in a Ranma fic! Ha! And you thought their relationship was rocky! At least they aren't dying all the time!

Final thought: Anime Law #two9- "Romance never comes simpler than a triangle." -If you don't have a triangle, does that mean one must die a lot to make up for it?