"If there are any here who object to these two being joined in marriage," Father Sugimura proclaimed, "speak now, or forever hold your peace!"
Having uttered the Dread Words, the bravest priest in Nerima prudently ducked behind his pulpit and began to pray for a major miracle.
"Well?!" the bride practically snarled, her eyes flashing as she scanned the dojo for any sign of opposition. "Anyone? C'mon, own up and get it over with!" She flourished her bouquet in a threatening manner, its threat level heightened considerably by the large wooden mallet it had been constructed around.
"I don't think anyone here's gonna take ya up on that, Akane-chan," the groom concluded. "Yo, Father!" Ranma rapped on the pulpit. "Y'better surface and get this done before anything really big happens."
Father Sugimura stood in a tentative manner, nervously thumbing his rosary, and did a final once-over of the more problematic wedding guests. Hibiki Ryouga remained in his seat, happily handcuffed to his fiancee Akari; no trouble there. Kuonji Ukyou was apparently content with her position as Saotome's best man, a situation probably having to do with the ninja in bridesmaids' gear. Even the young Chinese lady who Sugimura had previously classified as the single biggest threat to any attempt to marry the Saotome boy off to anyone else was now, he'd been assured, satisfied with her new engagement to that boy with the glasses. As for the Kunous... only Tendou Nabiki knew exactly what had been done to prevent their presence, and no one really wanted to ask her.
All in all, the many obstacles that had stood in the way of this marriage had dissolved with unnatural ease. With only the faintest tremble in his voice, Father Sugimura launched into the final ceremony.
"Isn't it wonderful, old friend?" Tendou Soun whispered to Saotome Genma as their children exchanged vows. "After all this time... the'yre so dedicated to each other..." He would not cry, Soun told himself, if only because he didn't believe the dojo would be able to take that much water damage. "Our dreams have finally been realized!"
"Indeed, Tendou," Genma replied. "It does this old man's heart good to see such determination..."
They would have cause, in the months and years to come, to praise that determination to the skies. It would be the core of something wonderful, a beacon of hope in a savage time.
As Ranma and Akane kissed, the Wildfire came, and a strange new world was born.
1568: REKKA NO ENJIN
An Assiti Shard Story
--Sam
"Bad man... hit dog... with street!"
Having uttered the Dread Words, the bravest priest in Nerima prudently ducked behind his pulpit and began to pray for a major miracle.
"Well?!" the bride practically snarled, her eyes flashing as she scanned the dojo for any sign of opposition. "Anyone? C'mon, own up and get it over with!" She flourished her bouquet in a threatening manner, its threat level heightened considerably by the large wooden mallet it had been constructed around.
"I don't think anyone here's gonna take ya up on that, Akane-chan," the groom concluded. "Yo, Father!" Ranma rapped on the pulpit. "Y'better surface and get this done before anything really big happens."
Father Sugimura stood in a tentative manner, nervously thumbing his rosary, and did a final once-over of the more problematic wedding guests. Hibiki Ryouga remained in his seat, happily handcuffed to his fiancee Akari; no trouble there. Kuonji Ukyou was apparently content with her position as Saotome's best man, a situation probably having to do with the ninja in bridesmaids' gear. Even the young Chinese lady who Sugimura had previously classified as the single biggest threat to any attempt to marry the Saotome boy off to anyone else was now, he'd been assured, satisfied with her new engagement to that boy with the glasses. As for the Kunous... only Tendou Nabiki knew exactly what had been done to prevent their presence, and no one really wanted to ask her.
All in all, the many obstacles that had stood in the way of this marriage had dissolved with unnatural ease. With only the faintest tremble in his voice, Father Sugimura launched into the final ceremony.
"Isn't it wonderful, old friend?" Tendou Soun whispered to Saotome Genma as their children exchanged vows. "After all this time... the'yre so dedicated to each other..." He would not cry, Soun told himself, if only because he didn't believe the dojo would be able to take that much water damage. "Our dreams have finally been realized!"
"Indeed, Tendou," Genma replied. "It does this old man's heart good to see such determination..."
They would have cause, in the months and years to come, to praise that determination to the skies. It would be the core of something wonderful, a beacon of hope in a savage time.
As Ranma and Akane kissed, the Wildfire came, and a strange new world was born.
1568: REKKA NO ENJIN
An Assiti Shard Story
--Sam
"Bad man... hit dog... with street!"