In a couple of minutes, the two travelers arrived to the park. The Nerima trio had already left. Ukyou and Akane probably dragged Ranma back to Juban high, not feeling very comfortable that he stayed around so many beautiful girls. Mercury noticed how jealously Venus was looking at her. When she turned around to thank Super Saya-man for the ride back home, he was already gone. Seeing that staying at the park any longer would prove pointless, the five Senshi heroines and the tux dressed hero left. After finding a place to change back into their civilian clothes, the six of them made their way back to Juban high. "Okay, Ami." Minako started, "Give us full details on what happened while you were with Saya-man." "Nothing happened! Really!" she guaranteed. "We didn't do anything!" "I wasn't talking about that!" the blond girl made clear. "I just want to know what happened with those bombs you went after. Gee, who do you think you're talking to?" "Oh, sorry about that..." Ami said a little embarrassed. "Well, as you know, we went seeking those spheres. Each time we got to our destination, Super Saya-man threw the sphere out of the orbit and blast it where it couldn't do any damage." "Wait, hold on a minute." Mamoru interrupted. "You're trying to tell me that he actually *threw* those things out of the stratosphere with his BARE hands?" "Yeah, pretty much." The senior college student shook his head in disbelief. If anyone else but Ami would've told him that, he would've taken that person for crazy. But, considering that Ami had no reason to lie to him (nor any of the other Senshi for that matter), he had no choice but to accept what he was told as a reality. "How... how is it possible for anyone to put something in orbit by merely throwing it with his naked hands?" he asked to no one in particular, even though he knew none of his friends would be able to respond. "I don't know." Rei answered. "But if that guy can fly all around Japan in less than ten minutes, it *sort of* makes sense." "I also had a chance to ask him a few questions after we... he destroyed the last sphere." the young genius added. Everyone began to show interest on what she said. "I wasn't able to find out much though. He was giving me very short and brief answers. He obviously didn't want me to find out too much about him." "I'm starting to think we'll never find out who he really is." Usagi brought out. "Well, at least he's on our side." Makoto said. "True identity or not, I think that's good enough for now." "Besides, now that I've seen him fly," Ami added, "I would think that he could be from anywhere of Japan. If coming to Juban only takes him a couple of minutes, he might live in Hokkaido for all we know." Meanwhile, in Hokkaido: "Excuse me," said the young teenager wearing a yellow and black bandanna and was carrying a rather big backpack with a red umbrella tied to it at the top "do you know the way to Furinkan High?" The man in front of him just blinked several times. "Say what?" Back to reality... I mean... Juban high. All the students who entered the tournament were gathered at the yard, now that everything appeared to be safe. Once the Senshi and Mamoru got there, they saw that most of them were leaving back home. Mamoru went to report to Hinako. Fortunately, none of the students were injured in any way, since the fight was taking place somewhere else. A few feet ahead, next to the last bus remaining, Ukyou and Akane were waving at the local students and Mamoru. "Hey, guys." Ukyou asked once they were near. "Where were you?" "We... er." Usagi began, trying to come up with a reasonable explanation. "We..." "We should be asking you that question." Ami cut in, "You shouldn't have left the school like that. Especially when there's a monster on the loose." "Yeah... well." Akane tried to explain, "Ranma got us mixed up in a mess with the Sailor Senshi." "You met the Senshi?" Minako asked, trying to look surprised. "Cool! You weren't causing them any trouble, were you?" "Us?" Ukyou said innocently. "Of course not." "By the way, where's Ranma?" Makoto asked the two girls. "Why isn't he with you guys?" "He's talking over there with Trunks." Akane told her, as she pointed towards the two guys with blue eyes (hey, that rimes!) who were standing a few yards away from them. "Ranma wanted to talk to him privately." At the other side of the yard, Ranma quickly wave them hello and then took back his conversation with Trunks. "What are they talking about?" Rei asked. "Who knows." Ukyou answered. "Guy stuff probably." "Well that doesn't answer much." Minako pointed out. The seven present girls then turned towards Mamoru, who was the only present male, eyeing him with questioning looks. It was then that Mamoru experienced that sometimes, being alone with several girls, had its disadvantages. "So what do you guys talk about when you're alone?" Usagi asked first. "I bet you only talk about girls." Minako stated. "Er... well... er." he said. "Com'on, tell us!" Ukyou insisted. "It *is* about girls, isn't it?" Minako declared. "I bet they say all sort of perverted things." Rei pointed out. "Knowing Ranma, that wouldn't surprise me." Akane added. "Oh, my." Ami gasped while blushing, "Do you really think they talk about that?" "Com'on, Mamo-chan!" Usagi nagged. "Tell us what you guys talk about!" "Er... well I..." "You're not pulling yourself out of this one." Makoto declared while blocking Mamoru's route to escape. "So, is it about girls, yes or no?" Minako asked him. "Er... no." he responded half-lying half-telling the truth, although his friends didn't seam to acknowledge that. "Yeah, right!" Rei said. "If you don't talk about girls, then what?" Ukyou inquired. "Well... we... er..." he began. "Yes?" the seven of them went on. "We talk about cars." Mamoru finished. All seven girls face faulted. Some time before that little interrogatory started, five minutes before any of the Senshi got to Juban after defeating the monster, Trunks was already back in school wearing his casual clothes. He began to look for Makoto and the others until Ranma saw him and asked him if he could spare him a couple of minutes. Once the two of them went at the middle of the yard to talk, where Ukyou and Akane couldn't listen, Trunks opened the conversation. "So," he began, "what did you want to talk to me about?" Ranma just made a short pause before he decided to answer. "You were holding back." he said simply. "What?" "During the match." "Oh." Trunks realized. "I... er... I wasn't!" "Look, you can cut the act now." Ranma told him. "You weren't even sweating when we fought." "Well... I..." Trunks tried to explain. After some consideration, he decided to stop acting. "Listen, I didn't mean to offend you or anything by holding back. I won't blame you if you're angry at me." Ranma blinked a little surprised. He certainly wasn't expecting him to apologize all of the sudden. "Then, why did you entered the contest in the first place?" he asked again, "If you're not fighting with everything you have, it's sorta pointless." "I wasn't competing to win." Trunks explained. "Then what?" "Well, if I didn't entered, Mako-chan would've been on her own," he went on, "And, well... she might of got hurt if she fought against you." "I don't hit girls." Ranma said dryly. "I know that now," Trunks accepted, "but there was no way for me to know that a month ago. Otherwise I wouldn't have entered." "Okay, I can understand that. But answer me this:" the pig tailed boy continued, "when *we* were fighting, why did you lose on purpose?" [This guy isn't dumb. He noticed it.] Trunks thought. "I'm sorry. But like I said, I didn't want to be in that tournament in the first place. Since Mako-chan was out of trouble, I didn't think there was a reason to go on." Ranma narrowed his eyes. He wasn't showing any signs of buying all that speech. He then saw Usagi, Makoto, Minako, Ami, Rei and Mamoru a few yards away, talking to his two fiancees. "There's your friends now." he told, pointing over his companion's shoulder. He then waved at them. "Good thing that robot didn't make it to the school." Trunks whispered in relief eyeing his friends. "What was that?" Ranma asked, managing to hear what he said. "Er... nothing!" Trunks responded, once he noticed his mistake. "How did you knew we were fighting a robot?" he questioned. He then realized how nervous Trunks was looking. It then hit him. "Wait a minute!!! You're..." "Shhhh! Not so loud!" the teen time traveler told him. He then sighed, there was no point in hiding it now "Yeah... I'm... Super Saya-man..." "Well... actually, I thought you were going to say you were Tuxedo Kamen." Ranma made clear as he scratched his head, "But... now that you tell me otherwise..." Trunks just slammed the palm of his hand against his forehead, realizing his *second* mistake. [Nice going, Trunks!] he thought. [Now you really blew it! Well... he was suspecting anyway. Might as well clear this out.] Trunks took a deep breath. "Listen..." he began, "Don't tell anyone, please." "Ooooh, now I get it!" Ranma declared triumphant, "That's why you lost on purpose. You had to keep your cover." Trunks desperation grew each time Ranma made a new remark, which was, unfortunately for him, very accurate. "Not so loud!!" Trunks repeated. "Oh, sorry about that." Ranma apologized. "Hey, listen. I won't spill the beans. You can stop worrying." Trunks sighed in relief. Even though he knew Ranma for less than a day, he felt he could be trusted. He did seem to be an honorable person... in spite of being very arrogant. "Thanks..." "Hey, no problem." the young martial artist told him. "If there's something I know, it's how to keep a secret. But still, tell me... how'd you do it?" "Do what?" "The flying thing." "Oh, that." Trunks began. "I just use my ki to do it." Ranma's eyes widen. "You can do that with your ki?" he asked shocked. "Yeah, well... it's not as hard as it looks." Ranma shook his head in amazement. He was expecting Trunks to tell him he was using some sort of strange magical artifact to fly. Not his ki. If this guy was able to use his own ki to fly... and fly very fast at that, (considering that he recently made a tour around Japan in a couple of minutes) then Ranma knew he was no match against him. Although, he wasn't going to confess him that. "Wow." he said. "You think you could tell me how to do that?" "Well, the only thing you have to do is expand you ki." Trunks responded matter-of-factly "It's really not that hard." "And what about the hair?" "It turns like that when I power up." he explained. "But that's because of my mixed blood." "Let me guess, you're not 100% human?" Ranma asked although it seemed more like a statement. "50% only." Trunks went on, "Something not to tell either, by the way." "Do your friends know?" Trunks just gestured him 'no' with his head. "I don't want to get them involved in all of this." he told him. "The less they know, the safer for them." "I can imagine." The two of them began to walk back towards their friends. They both noticed how Mamoru was having a hard time while being interrogated. Although none of them knew what exactly were the girls trying to force out of the senior college student, it was very clear that he was been ganged up by them. "Hey, what's going on here?" Trunks ask the group once Ranma and him arrived. "Nothing." said the girls innocently. "You know... Girl stuff." Makoto told them. "Well that doesn't answer much." Ranma pointed out. He then turned towards Mamoru. "Yo, Mamoru. You spend a lot of time with them, what do they talk about?" "Yeah, I always wondered too." Trunks said. "Er... well... uhm..." "Hey! That's none of your business!" Akane made clear. "Is that so?" Ranma challenged. " I bet you only talk about guys." "Do you really think that?" Trunks asked him, a little intrigued. "No, we don't!" Ukyou declared half-lying half-telling the truth. "Yeah, right." the pig tailed boy teased. "I bet you say all sort of perverted stuff." "Wow." Trunks said while blushing. "Do you really think they talk about that?" [I'm starting to see a pattern here...] Mamoru thought, although he was starting to enjoy the little discussion both parties were having. "We don't say anything perverted!" Rei stated. "Do you think guys are the only thing on a girl's head?" "Then what do you talk about?" Trunks asked again. "Er... makeup." Minako brought out. The two guys were looking rather disappointed by that revelation. Both of them looked at each other, not very convinced, then turned towards the girls again. "That sounds boring as Hell." Trunks remarked. "I'll say." Ranma added. "And I suppose talking about cars is very fascinating?" Rei asked. "I wouldn't know." Ranma cleared out. "Me neither." Trunks backed up. "But I thought that..." Usagi began. She then turned towards his boyfriend for an explanation, only realizing that he wasn't there anymore. Minutes followed. Before the bus left, everyone was talking with someone. Makoto and Ukyou had apparently become friends in spite of the bumpy start they had when first meeting. Both had a great interest in cooking, which brought them even closer, and didn't took long to start exchanging recipes. Mamoru and Usagi went somewhere more quiet, considering that this was the only time they had for themselves during the day, which had been very rough on everyone. Minako, Rei and Akane were talking among themselves. Rei and Minako complimented Akane for having such a good looking fiancee and constantly told her how lucky she was. The Tendou sister, on the other hand, wasn't looking too thrilled when reminded about her engagement. Ami was trying to get Kuno off her back... again. Considering that she wasn't the violent type, she didn't get rid of him the standard way. She was, instead, trying to talk some sense into him. With no great success. Fortunately, Hinako showed up to discipline the obnoxious student. Ranma and Trunks went on with there chat, although now they were talking mostly about martial arts. The teen Sayan hybrid did, however, bring out the water-sex-changing subject to which Ranma explained as briefly as possible. Added to that, Trunks explained as well why he was here. Considering that Ranma had been trough a lot in his life, for being only sixteen, it didn't shocked him as much. As time went on, the students from Furinkan and Mamoru were ready to go back to Nerima. "So, if you ever come to Nerima, drop by at Ucchan's anytime." Ukyou told them. "You can count on it!" Makoto said back. "I can't wait to see your restaurant." "Remember, you're welcome to visit us at any time." Akane added, "Just ask for the Tendou dojo." "Sure thing!" Usagi beamed. "Come and visit us one of these days too. It'll be fun!" Mamoru's face expression didn't seem to share the odango girl's same opinion though. This little journey had proven to be very hard on him. Having the Nerima cast visiting Juban often wasn't one of the things that thrilled him the most. "Sure, why not." Akane stated, "Maybe next time we'll bring some friends along." That last statement didn't help Mamoru to feel any better. "Can't say it wasn't fun being here." Ranma declared. "See you guys around." "Have a safe trip back home." Trunks said. Mamoru said farewell to his girlfriend with a long kiss. Even if this trip hadn't turned like he wanted it, (although it did went more or less as he expected/feared) Mamoru did had a chance to see her beloved girlfriend again, which compensated greatly. Once they broke the kiss, Usagi wished him good luck and saw him disappear inside the school bus. The vehicle then began to move and head back to Nerima. The local students waved good-bye as the bus left down the main street and finally disappeared into the horizon. The six remaining students from Juban left the school shortly after. "Sure was nice meeting them." Trunks brought out while walking with his friends. "I really hope we get to see them again." Usagi said. "Yeah, especially Ranma." Minako added. "You don't see guys like that around very much." "He kinda reminded me of my old boyfriend." Makoto started. Everyone rolled their eyes, except for Trunks who let out an uncomfortable twitch. "Akane is so lucky." Rei commented. "Yeah, I can't imagine why she complains all the time." Minako went on. "If I had a fiancee with that kind of bud, I wouldn't complain." Rei made clear. "But getting engaged at such short age is just so..." Ami began. At this part of the conversation Trunks was feeling *very* out of place. "Did you actually saw what a great butt he has?" Usagi asked her friends. "Looks like Ranma was right." Trunks interfered "You girls *do* say all sort of perverted stuff about guys." "Oh? And I suppose you guys don't?" Rei countered. "Of course not." "Yeah, right!" Usagi told. Everyone was now focused on the new subject. "Are you trying to tell me that you guys didn't talk about girls when you had that chat earlier." "Not in the least." "You're lying!" Minako declared, supporting the other blonde's arguments. "I bet you two were talking about certain parts of the female body all the time." "What?? No, we weren't!!" Trunks pointed out completely loosing his cool. Although he couldn't avoid blushing to that comment. "Then why are you blushing?" Rei asked, joining in on the fun to tease the purple haired boy. "I'm not blushing!" "That means we just hit the jackpot, girls." Usagi stated. She then pretended to take a serious tone, although it clearly showed she was doing it as a joke "I'm very disappointed in you, Trunks. We thought you were the descent type. I can believe you betrayed our trust by exposing us like mere objects." "It's sickening." Minako added with the same tone of voice while shielding herself protectively with her hands. "Just to think of the lecherous stuff they might of said... Oh dear..." Rei went on, imitating her two friends. Ami was blushing deep red. Even if she knew that her three friends were only joking, it did hit a few normal reactions on her, such as making her cheeks flush. Makoto, on the other hand, was enjoying the show fully. Even if she wasn't being part of it. As found as she was about Trunks; teasing him once in a while *was* fun. Especially when it made him blush like that. It made him look so cute and defenseless. Trunks gave up on trying to give an explanation and decided to stop talking, since it only made things worst. Eventually, they would get tiered of teasing him. "Com'on, Trunks," Usagi apologized as she gave him a friendly slap on the back, "You know we were only joking." "Go on... gang up on me. See if I care." Trunks replied trying to sound like a victim. The girl gave him an apologetic "Awwwwwww" full with sarcasm, which meant they were still playing around with him. "Poor baby." Makoto said while giving him a pat on the top of the head. "Now I see what Mamoru had to go through while being alone with you girls." Trunks realized. "Well," Rei declared, "It's your own fault for starting this." "Excuse me, but exactly *how* did I ever started this?" the teen time traveler asked demanding an explanation. "You were obviously jealous that we were talking about Ranma's butt." the young priestess notified. "You got it all wrong!" Trunks made clear. "Oooooh!" Usagi began, "So that's what all of this is about." "Don't worry about that, Trunks." Minako continued, "Just because we think Ranma has a great butt doesn't mean you're left behind." Trunks blushed even more after that comment. He tried to hid his face under the collar of his jacket and decided not to say another word until his friends ran out of teasing material. "I agree." Rei went on, "Trunks has definitively the best butt in town." All the girl began to laugh. [ This is going to be a *long* walk home.] the Sayan hybrid thought. End of side story Nş 1. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Author's notes: Okay, so maybe I went a little overboard with that last scene. But at least consider that since Trunks has been coexisting with the Senshi for a month now, this kind of situation isn't extremely unlikely. And besides, it's all for the fun of the readers, isn't it? I can't believe I wrote a chapter this size. It was suppose to be a simple story... before it took a life of it's own. I think it's long enough to be considered as a movie more than a side story. However, considering that the "Boy meets Girls" series is mostly for SM and DBZ readers, maybe putting Ranma ½ characters wasn't such a good idea for some of you folks (although I really had fun doing it). In any case, if you think that this side story goes too much against the principles of "Boy meets Girls", feel free to ignore it. After all, that's why I set all of this as a side story in the first place. On the other hand, if you really liked the idea, consider this as a hidden chapter in the BMG series. See, the choice is up to you! Remember, you can always e-mail me to jnsoullard@hotmail.com if you have any comments, suggestions, thoughts, questions, complains or any other stuff about the fanfic. Till then, see you around...