Disclaimer:

The characters in this story aren't mine; they belong to Rumiko Takahashi and other publications… I'm only here so I can practice my writing…lol… I do not own any of the characters and gains no profit from writing this story… so again please don't sue!… I already have enough problems managing bill payments…..

Remember: Mz Kitty plus Ranma 1/2 equals no profit. Which means no money, So please get your lawyers out of my house or I'll be force to sic my dogs at them. Thank you and enjoy the story.

Warning: There is OOC’s and potential shoujo-ai in the future instalments (because of Michiru and Haruka’s relationship and another couple). There will also be a divergence to AU. You have been dutifully warned.

Italics means Thoughts.

Bold Italics means Emphasis on the word

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A couple of days later, the day finally arrived. It was time to say goodbye to the two of Nerima's most troublesome youths, namely Ranma and Nabiki.

Ranma was quite surprise that the Furikan students actually threw a party for them. It was of course mainly a celebration of the departure of the Ice queen which wasn't missed by Nabiki or Ranma's departure which meant the guys of Furikan has once again have a chance to pursue the girls.

Ranma barely got out alive unscathed, as all of his would be fiancées attended the party and made no hesitation of trying to get their quality time alone with him away from the others.

All of them vying and throwing themselves at him for his attention resulting to a massive chaos which now seemed like a normal scene in Nerima. Ranma was surprised however to hear that Mr Tendo has found a job for a small firm in the city. He was also curious as to where Nabiki disappeared to, since it was their party but she was nowhere to be seen. She seemed to have disappeared as soon as the Nerima wrecking crew (composed of Ukyo, Ryoga, Shampoo, Mousse, Kodachi and Kuno) came in, or more like crashed in actually…

Meanwhile outside the dojo:

Nabiki had spotted Ryonami, her right hand woman and also her closest confidant. You might say she was also her best friend. She had pulled her out of the crowd to speak to her. What she is about to tell her will be difficult for Ryonami to handle, but she knows she can handle it. She had just left the Dojo when she heard various battle cries, mainly coming from Nerima wrecking crew.

"What did you want to speak to me about sempai? This seems really important if you are willing to miss your own farewell party...” stated Ryonami.

Nabiki smiled. This is exactly why she wanted to talk to Ryonami about. Her perceptiveness equals her own. With Ryonami she knows she can leave in peace.

"I pulled you out of there to tell you personally that I'm leaving you in charge of the 'business'…" Nabiki told her straight faced.

Ryonami was shocked, all she could do was blink and when finally recovered; spoke.

"Why me sempai?" she finally managed to speak out.

Nabiki grinned. "Well why not? You are my most trusted employee... You know the whole 'business' inside and out and has been with me since it first started," she replied.

Ryonami began to blush.

"I’m happy you have so much faith in me sempai, but I don't think I can handle such responsibility" she explained as she began to fidget with her fingers.

Truth to be told Ryonami knows she can’t handle the business because she doesn't share Nabiki's reputation. She's more scared of failing the business empire her sempai had built, since she knows Nabiki will only leave for a short time or perhaps expand her business through college.

"You should have more confidence in yourself Ryonami, besides its only while I'm gone," Nabiki explained.

"But what if something goes wrong?" Ryonami asked with a mixture of panic.

While there where times that the business encountered problems, Nabiki was always quick to spot it and fix it but now that she won’t be around Ryonami was afraid of the repercussions, mainly because of the possibility of violence.

"That's why I'm giving you this cell phone; it has my number on speed dial so you can inform me how everything is running or if you are experiencing any problems. Besides I‘m only a bus ride away anyway." Nabiki explained while handing the cell phone to Ryonami.

Ryonami reluctantly accepted the phone, along with the responsibility which came with her acceptance.

"But…" she began but Nabiki interrupted her.

"You'll be fine, I've already arranged everything… the other girls knows your in charge and I have already made an announcement of you replacing me and by a week, everyone in Furikan will be informed of my decision," Nabiki explained as she put a reassuring hand upon Ryonami's shoulder.

"I don't know what to say sempai" Ryonami said truthfully as she began to tear up.

"Don't say anything Ryonami, it's the least I can do for all your support and trust in me… Also for the friendship that you have shown me…" Nabiki spoke out. She felt tears trying to free themselves from her eyes but she held them in.

"Sempai" Ryonami whispered and hugged her superior…

"Take care sempai, I'll miss you" she cried, while she mentally reassured herself that she and Nabiki will meet again at college and begin their own business empire.

Nabiki struggled to keep her emotions in. Ryonami was her closest friend and now she will leave her behind. She pushed her gently away from her but still held her shoulders. She wiped away a tear that had escaped from her eyes.

"Just call me Nabiki," Nabiki spoke softly as she smiled at her long time friend. "Come on, I'm missing my own party and you already succeeded in making me cry," she teased Ryonami.

"I’m sorry sem…I mean Nabiki," corrected Ryonami… and with that, they both entered the dojo which by now was a mess because of the chaos that ensued since the arrival of the NWC (Nerima Wrecking Crew).

A couple of hours later,

Nerima said their goodbyes to Ranma and Nabiki. Ranma and Nabiki where both standing on the bus station waiting for the bus that will take them to Juuban and was saying goodbye to their respective families.

"Take care of your self imoto-chan" Kasumi said as she gave Nabiki a hug and began to cry. Nabiki for her part began to cry still struggling to let her emotions go.

After Kasumi, Akane then took her older sister's place and hugged Nabiki all the while saying "Don't get into too much mischief oneechan and call us when you arrive at Ami's" as Akane also began to cry.

After saying her farewell to Nabiki, Akane then approached Ranma and tentatively gave him an awkward hug.

Finally when almost everyone said their goodbyes, Soun approached Nabiki.

"Take care of yourself daughter," before hugging her tightly. Nabiki in turn, returned her father's hug equally as well.

"I’m sorry daddy," she whispered into Soun's ear "I didn't mean to…"she began to sob uncontrollably unable to continue the rest of her words.

"It's okay my little firefly, I deserve it anyway" Soun whispered to her. "Always remember that I love you…" Soun said as he wiped away the tears from Nabiki's cheek.

Kasumi was also crying when she saw both her father and Nabiki said their goodbyes. She already knew that their emotional display wasn't just because of Nabiki leaving, but because of forgiveness as well.

Akane on the other hand had no clue as to why her father and Nabiki's goodbyes where so emotional but shrugged it off. Akane felt sadness overwhelm her as it dawned to her the reality of Nabiki and Ranma's departure. Ranma was leaving and so was her sister, and it will be a long time till she sees either of them again. The engagement is now temporarily post-poned and Akane didn’t know whether to be happy or sad about this...

Both Ranma and Nabiki boarded the bus as their loved ones continued to shout their farewells. As the bus begun to sped fast, Nabiki placed her head out of the window and waved passionately at her loved ones, tears flowed down her eyes while she cried out "Goodbye everyone I'll miss you!… Take care!…. Sayonara!" she called out to them.

When she can no longer see them she sat down her seat and began to cry. Ranma seeing how sad Nabiki was began to put his arms around her and began to soothe her. Nabiki cried in Ranma's chest while he rocked her gently back and forth whispering soothing words to her. Reassuring her that they won't be long and before they knew it, they will be both back at Nerima again.

"We can always call them or come over during the weekend or school holidays," Ranma whispered to her as he continued to sooth her slowly claming her down.

Meanwhile in Juuban:

Ami rushed to the park. She had just received a distress call from her communicator that there was an attack in the park where Minako, Makoto and Usagi where at. She immediately transformed into her senshi uniform making sure that no one was in the immediate area. This has been happening a lot lately.

Ever since the last meeting at her place there had been a number of attacks happening all around Juuban. There where no pattern in these attacks and it seems that they are all happening in random. The victims are found unconscious by the time they arrived. It’s as if someone was just playing with them, there were also some mysterious kidnappings being reported on the news. Whether these two incidents were connected or not was yet to be discovered as they had little time to investigate. She pushed these thoughts aside as she then began to remember about her cousin Nabiki's imminent arrival.

At the distance she saw her fellow comrades all wearing their senshi fuku. They were scanning the area while Usagi kneeled down next to a young unconscious woman.

"What happened?" Ami asked as she approached her fellow senshi's as she also carefully surveyed the area incase the perpetrator was still around.

"We don't know. Me, Makoto and Usagi were just walking around after shopping when we heard someone screamed," Minako explained while she still kept an eye out for anything suspicious.

"Whoever it was its gone now," Makoto added as she began to relax from her battle stance.

"Did you see who it was?" Ami asked who had kneeled down beside Usagi to check on the unconscious woman.

"I was too far away to see but from what I can make out of it, it looked like a human with wings" Usagi tried to give her best description.

"An angel?" Minako asked dubiously.

"I don't think so, I can feel negative energy around this area" Ami stated, she sighed in relief when she felt the woman had a pulse was still breathing. The woman had probably just fainted during the encounter.

"Will she be okay?" Makoto asked referring to the young woman unconscious.

Ami once again checked on the woman's vitals to make sure that she really was alright. "She's okay, I think she was just shocked that all" Ami stated.

"What do you think happened to her?" Minako asked.

"I don't know but from what I've made out, that angel was with someone, they seemed to have been arguing over something before the other disappeared followed by the angel" Usagi explained.

"Makoto, I'd like you to bring her to the nearest hospital before questioning her what had happened, Minako you should go with her too in case the angel thing shows up again," explained Ami as she took charge of the situation.

"What about you two?" asked Minako.

"Usagi will come with me to the train station, to meet my cousin and her guest, Rei is meeting us there," Replied Ami as she and Usagi began to stand up while assisting the woman to stand with them.

"Oh that's right your cousin will be arriving today! I totally forgot!" exclaimed Usagi as Makoto took her place and simply just carried the unconscious woman.

"We'll keep you posted if we find something," stated Makoto to reassure them.

"Very well, don't forget to come over tomorrow so you guys can meet my cousin!" Ami reminded them.

"We won't," Minako assured Ami and with that, Makoto and Minako left the other two senshi carrying the unconscious woman. While Ami and Usagi changed back to normal.

"What time do you think they will arrive?" Usagi asked Ami as they both began to make their way towards the bus station.

"Probably in half an hour, they left Nerima a couple of minutes ago so they'll be here around 7:30 tonight." replied Ami as she checked her watch to estimate their time of arrival.

"I wonder what they're like," Usagi wondered.

"I don't really know, it’s been a long time since I've spoken to Nabiki, while the guy that will be coming with her is very interesting…" Ami stated.

"What do you mean Ami? I thought it was only your cousin that will be staying with you?" asked Usagi curiously.

"I thought so too until Kasumi and Nabiki called me telling me that she will be accompanied by Akane's fiancé" answered Ami.

"Why do I have the feeling there's more to the story than you're letting me know?" asked Usagi curiously.

Ami was surprised by Usagi's perceptiveness. Perhaps she's maturing more after all.

"It’s not for me to say… I'll let Nabiki decide if she wants to tell you" Ami explained.

Somewhere in Juuban:

"It won't be long now master and we will be able to find her" stated by the figure who appeared behind the throne.

"What have you discovered?" questioned by dark figure who was seating on the throne.

"Nothing yet your majesty, but we have seen the senshi," stated by the figure behind the throne.

"I could have gotten rid of them if it wasn't for your interference!" protested by the form kneeling in front of the throne.

"You know very well that was against your assignment, and besides I sincerely doubted that you could have handled all three senshi" explained by the figure while sneering down at the kneeling figure.

"WHY YOU!" the form protested, about to get up.

"THAT IS ENOUGH!" bellowed the dark figure, slamming his fist on the throne.

This quietened both figures, and startled the rest of the figures surrounding them.

"PROCEED WITH THE PLAN THAT WAS GIVEN TO YOU!" Growled the dark figure to the kneeling form. "I WILL NOT TOLERATE ANY DISOBEDIENCE! NOT FROM ANYONE! DO I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR!"

"Yes my Lord," the form replied before vanishing.

"As for you, keep an eye on her. Do you understand?" the dark figure ordered the figure from behind the throne.

"I will my lord" before stepping back and vanishing into the darkness.

"It won’t be long now my dear, You will come back to me…. And then I will have my vengeance!" before a sinister laugh echoed into the room….

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Author's notes:

Thank you for the kind reviews of Ar-Kaos, Innortal, Wonderbee31 and Ryo-oh-ki7. It is by your reviews that help me and inspire me to write some more. I only apologise that I do not acknowledge you all more.

Special Thanks: Goes to Delta Theta for always pre-reading my stories and was a very good sound board for my ideas. Also for putting up with my numerous whining and whinging.

What did you think of it?

Lol at least Ranma and Nabiki have left Nerima…

By the way the term Firefly that was used by Soun as a pet name for Nabiki was derived from another fan fiction. .. It is by Zorknot's fan fiction entitled "Thyself Known" I recommend you read it. I found it interesting and very entertaining to read and I'm sure you would too since Zorknot is an excellent writer when it comes to writing mystery and intriguing stories. I guarantee you won't be disappointed!

What will happen to them in Juuban?

What do the figures want?

More importantly who does the figure want?

Tune in next time for another exciting episode of "History Repeats Itself!"

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