Naturally, I own neither Sailor Moon nor Ranma. So here's the disclaimer: Ranma ½ and its characters and settings belong to Rumiko Takahashi, Shogakukan, Kitty, and Viz Video. Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon belongs to Naoko Takeuchi, Koudansha, TV Asahi, and Toei Douga, and DIC.

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This happens during chapter 11, before the end scenes and after the funeral.

Omake 2: Talk about Food

"Ranma we need to talk," Kasumi told the resident demon mother, as she poured herself coffee and her fiancé tea. She was not looking forward to it, but the incident with the sniper had to be addressed.

"Okay, the kids are busy anyway." Ranma sat down.

Kasumi didn't have to guess to realize what the three were probably busy with. Or at least two of them.

"What did you want to talk about?" Ranma asked, taking a sip of her tea.

Kasumi looked at the girl — or was it woman? — before her and asked herself if this was the same one that offered her some "meat" a day ago. "It's about yesterday, what you did to the Assemblyman."

Ranma blinked. "Oh, sorry. I made a mess, didn't I?"

Kasumi fought the urge to sigh. It was good that Ranma hadn't fallen apart because of that, but her worrying less today about killing him and more about some blood was weird… Maybe "some" blood wasn't correct. The whole room had to be refinished, with a full paint job and floors. "Yes, you did. You took him apart."

"He tried to kill Ucchan," Ranma responded grimly.

Kasumi had expected the reply. Ranma was behaving defensively, and clearly judged her position to be correct. Not that Kasumi really thought differently. "Couldn't you have made less of a mess?"

"Sorry, I wasn't really in control. I was really hungry and knew that I would need a lot of energy." Ranma didn't sound at all apologetic, just sheepish.

Fighting the urge to sigh, Kasumi asked, "What do you remember?"

Ranma concentrated for a moment. "I sensed the danger. I somehow knew it was aimed at Ucchan. I moved. Then the pain. I remember handing Ucchan off and flying after the enemy.

"I wanted to tear him apart. I wanted to make him pay. I did that. Then I was a bit out of it. I had lost a lot of blood and organs.  I shocked Sophie, I think. Did she ever get the stains out of her uniform?"

Kasumi blinked. That, she hadn't expected. "I don't know. You can ask her next time." She had to remind herself of the topic. "So you ate him because you needed food?"

"And he tried to kill my children." This once again, in a more demonic tone. Her body posture was threatening too.

Kasumi nodded. She had expected that. Still, she had her report to file.

"Look, if you don't like liver, I can get you something else next time."

That got Kasumi's attention. Since she had been taking a sip of coffee, she began choking and coughing. "What?"

"I said if you want something specific, I'll save it for you next time. You probably don't want human, though… Anyway, tell me and I'll get you a souvenir. It's easy to forget you don't feed like we do."

Kasumi nodded. "No, just keep the mess down. It makes cleaning up easier."

 "Okay, what else is eating you?" Ranma grinned.

Kasumi fought the urge to stiffen. "Well, there was that thing with Setsuna…"

"It was just an interrogation," Ranma defended.

"Normal people call that making out," Kasumi corrected.

"I ain't normal, am I? Besides, the techno and chemical crap is Jarvis' territory, not mine," the succubus responded. She stared intently at Kasumi. "You want me to interrogate you?"

Kasumi wanted to curse. Why did Ranma choose now to put her off balance? "No, I don't want you to make out with others. We are supposed to be engaged."

Ranma bent a bit towards Kasumi. She sensed anger, hope, interest, and something else she wasn't sure of. "So you are the one I should make out with, not someone else. That right? It's what a couple does, after all."

Kasumi fought the twitch that wanted to show. "It's only to make things easier. After all, Akane and Nariko are already joining the schools."

Ranma looked puzzled. "Than why not drop it? If it's only for appearance and the schools are already joined, you don't have to keep the act up anymore." That sentence caused fear, disappointment, loneliness and a few other things. "Unless you want to keep it. It's not like we have to fool our parents anymore. The schools are joined, even if it wasn't the way they wanted it."

Kasumi sighed. How was she going to get out of that one?

End Omake

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