"Man, I'm famished!" Ranma exclaimed, "I thought we were never gonna eat!"

Amuro scowled at him. "If you hadn't freaked out over a CABBIT, we'd have already eaten!" Ranma muttered an apology and the starving party devoured the food at an incredible rate. Richard and Ken attacked the food with equal enthusiasm. After all, they had been strapped to those tables without anything to eat for countless member bios. Soon, there wasn't a scrap of food on the table.

"I'm stuffed," Babbit said.

"Maybe if you didn't eat so much!" the Nut snapped, as they started packing up the dishes.

"Hey!" Babbit said, "I didn't eat any more than anybody else."

"Yeah, but you only weigh four pounds."

"Nut," Mistress Maji said, "You forget that mass and diet are completely unrelated in anime.

"The Nut sulked. "Yeah, I guess. But that;s still no excuse for you to sit around while the rest of us clean up!"

"Wait!" Babbit said, "I think I hear something."

"Or you just don't want to help," the Nut accused, "I didn't hear anything."

"I'm a bat with ears as large as a rabbit's! I have excellent hearing, and I heard someone scream." The next scream could be heard by the entire party. In fact, it was clearly audible at Aeka's castle.

"Bonehead and I will finish up here, "Mistress Maji said once their hearing had returned. "The rest of you find out what happened."

Amuro drew his sword and started running, with the others right behind him. He smashed through a door and found the source of the scream. A girl wearing a school uniform with the front ripped open was grappling with one of Kagato's robots.

"Akane!" Ranma called out. Akane turned to look at him, and, at that moment, the robot fired a laser, catching her in the chest.

"AKANE!!!" Ranma screamed in rage. He charged forward, ripping the robot apart with a ki blast. Tears gathered in his eyes as he held Akane, who had already started to become cold. "NO!"Ranma cried out.

"Ranma," the Total Anime Nut said, unusually serious. He placed a hand on Ranma's shoulder. "It's not too late. We can bring her back." Ranma didn't seem to hear him.

"Nut," Babbit said, "She's dead."

"Shut up, Babbit!" Everyone shouted in unison, which sent Babbit flying a la Peanuts. Ken turned to the Nut.

"She is dead, though," he said, "Doesn't that qualify as too late?"

"Not really," Richard said, "Just because a character dies, doesn't necesarily mean they won't be around at the end of the anime. Tenchi died in thefight against Kagato, but he came back. Shinji sort of died, but it wasn't the end for him either. Hell, Sasami died before the 1st OAV took place!"

"But how can we bring her back? Amuro asked as he tied her blouse shut. Ranma remained completely oblivious to his surroundings.

The Nut snapped his fingers, well, at least he tried to snap his fingers, but for some reason he never could snap, and he couldn't now, either. So he just cleared his throat. "How about a seance?" he asked, "She just died, so if we patch up her body and summon her spirit, we might be able to revive her!"

"That's a great idea!" Amuro said, patting the Nut on the back. Then a thought hit him. "Nut you're acting unusually sane. Is there a new author who mistook your name to pertain only to your love of anime?"

The Nut shook his head. "No, but this isn't a situation to be Nutty in. Now, does anybody here know how to perform a seance?" Every one shook their heads. The Nut gave a wicked smile, "Good. Then no one will know if I screw up!" Everyone sweatdropped.

"You just said this wasn't the time to be silly!" Ken said.

"Sorry," the Nut said sheepishly, "I'm trying, but sanity doesn't come easily to me. Let me try that response again." He thought for a moment. "Got it! Maybe Mistress Maji can do it. Howwas that?"

"Much better, Nut," Mistress Maji said as she entered the room with Bonehead. "And yes, I can perform a seance, although I cannot promise results.

"Let's do it then," Amuro said.

"All right, first we must heal her wounds."

"Gotcha!" the Nut said. The Light Hawk Wings flew off of his body, leaving him in a light tan suit with a hooded cape, like Zelgadis. He placed his hand inches above Akane's chest. "RESTORATION!" he called out with a Japanese accent. A glowing light formed in front of his hand and moved into Akane's wounds. He turned to the sorceress. "Your turn."

"Okay, everyone form a circle and hold hands." They did so, with Mistress Maji opposite Ranma, who was still crying over Akane's body. Amuro and Richard couldn't get him to hold their hands, so they grabbed his shoulders instead. Mistress Maji placed a brazier in the middle of the circle and threw incense into it. As the incense burned, it's scent filled the air.

"Mmm," the Nut said, "Vannila."

"Oops!" Mistress Maji blushed, "Wrong incense." She poured more incense into the brazier and resumed her place in the circle. She began to chant and energy flew around the circle, making everyone's hair stand on end. Suddenly, the energy came to a dead stop. It hung in midair for a second, then flew into the brazier.

"By our will," Mistress Maji intoned, "I summon the spirit of Akane!: A pillar of blue fire erupted from the brazier. Somehow, the firelooked scared.

"Where am I?" It was Akane's voice they heard, however, it did not come from her body, but from the mysterious flames. "What's goingon?"

Ranma's head snapped up. "Akane?"

"Hurry," Mistress Maji told them, "Her spirit is still in the darkness that lies between life and death, but she won't stay there for long. We must combine our wills and force her spirit back in to her body." Sweat began to cover their faces as they tried to breach death itself with sheer will. Finally, after what seemed like hours, Akane inhaled sharply and the spiritual fire sank back into the brazier.

"Did we do it?" Bonehead asked.

"Yes," Mistress Maji replied, "She is alive and will wake up soon."

Ranma, having finally recovered from his shock, removed himself from the circle. He picked up Akane and placed her on a nearby bed.

"By our will," the Nut intoned, "I summon the spirit of Achika!" Everybody stared at him. "What? As long as we're in contact with the spirit plane, why not ask some questions?" Everybody agreed that it was a logical statement and wondered how the Nut had come to it. Blue fire rose again.

"Ohayoo," Achika's voice said from the flame.

"Just a second," Mistress Maji said, picking up a remote control. "Let's switch to the dubbed format. Subtitles are hard to read during a seance." She pushed a button.

"Hello," Achika said, "Do you have a question?"

"Let's hear it for DVDs!" Richard said.

"Yeah," the Nut said, "In Tenchi Muyo in Love, during the final battle with Kain, how did you do that thing with Tenchi-ken?"

"Through the power of love," she replied and the pillar fell.The Nut groaned.

"Everybody uses that to dodge the question! Just once I'd like someone to explain the mechanics behind it, or at least admit they don'tknow!"

"Who shall we summon next?" Bonehead asked.

"I summon the spirit of Kagato!" Amuro called out. Again the fire came forth. It seemed to look at the sleeping Akane with hunger. "I meant the REAL Kagato, not that guy's sick, poorly written Kagato!" The pillar fell, then rose again.

"Bonehead," the fire said in Kagato's voice, "I'd like to thank you for killing that disturbing mockery of me. Now what is your question?"

"What was up with the pipe organ?" Amuro asked.

"It was a hobby!" Kagato snapped, "Don't any of you have hobbies?"

"Sorry!" Amuro said, "I was only asking."

"I summon the spirit of Nephlite!" Richard called out.

"What is your question?" Nephlite's voice asked.

"Why did you switch sides like that?"

"I thought it was pretty obvious. I fell in love with Molly."

"Are you some kind of pedophile? She's only 14!"

The flame seemed to get angry. "Look, she made me feel emotions I wasn't even supposed to have! You think a little thing like agemattered?"

"Yeah, I guess that makes sense."

"Ranma?" Akane said wearily. Everybody forgot about the seance and rushed to Akane's side.

"Akane?" Ranma said softly, "Are you all right?"

Akane looked at her torn blouse, "That Kagato's almost as big a pervert as Ranma," she said.

"Would ya stop calling me that?" Ranma yelled, causing everyone else to laugh.

The laughter died as a giant robot ripped through the wall.