"I'll get you for that, Ranma! Come back here!" Akane cried as she ran after Ranma clutching a baseball bat.
Ranma ran as fast as he could through the Tendo Dojo, jumping over anything that got in his way. "Akane, you are soooo uncute!" He yelled back at her as he stuck his tongue out.
"Now you're really gonna get it, Ranma. Why can't you ever learn to keep your mouth shut?" Nabiki said coolly as Ranma raced by her. She opened the front door so that he could escape.
Ranma ran right through the doorway and out onto the street. He shouted back to the Dojo "Thanks Nabiki!" with a huge grin on his face.
"By the way, that will be 5000 yen!" Nabiki shouted after him.
"You can't get away that easy!" Akane yelled as she too raced through the open doorway. "Now it's time to pay for beating up P-chan!"
"He started it!"
"P-chan's a pig! How could he start it, Ranma? Now come back here!"
Akane and Ranma didn't notice the fact that they had just mowed over four girls on the street. A fifth was left standing; she was walking toward a dreamy guy across the street when the stampede hit.
"What the hell do you think you're doing!" She screamed at Ranma and Akane. "You just ran over my friends!"
Akane and Ranma slowly turned around; seeing behind them two blondes, one blue haired and one black haired girl lying crippled on the ground. Standing above them was a very tall; VERY scary looking girl with a brown pony tail.
"This is all your fault, Ranma!" Akane mumbled, dropping the baseball bat to the ground, where it conveniently hit Ranma on the foot.
Grabbing his toes and crying out in pain, Ranma yelled back at Akane. "What'd you do that for?"
"Excuse me, but can you please TRY to stop fighting and help me get my friends into somewhere safe?" The brown haired girl asked, a large sweat drop hanging over her head as the two people that just plowed down her friends started to fight again.
"Oh, sorry. Bring them into the dojo." Ranma replied.
***********
When the four girls had been taken into the guest room at the dojo, Ranma stood up and introduced himself to the brown haired girl that sat tentatively next to her unconscious friends.
"My name is Ranma Saotome, heir to the Anything-Goes Martial Arts training hall. This is Akane Tendo." Ranma said, pointing to the blue haired seated next to him.
"I'm Makoto Kino, and these are my friends Ami, Rei, Minako and Usagi." The girl with the pony tail muttered. "We were walking home from shopping when your little argument caused my friends to be knocked out cold."
"Oh dear." Cried a girl with long brown hair as she peered into the room. "I should go make some more dinner. It seems we have guests."
"Oh, and that's my sister, Kasumi." Akane said.
"Wh-what happened?" Usagi whimpered, sitting up.
"Where are we?" Ami said, rubbing her head and slowly moving to a sitting position.
"And who the hell are they?" Rei cried, jumping up and pointed to Akane and Ranma.
"Well, these are the people that knocked you guys out. They were kind enough to let you rest here in their house and recover. That's Ranma, and this is Akane." Makoto replied.
"Ranma and Akane were blushing and looking at the ground. They were a little embarrassed at the present situation.
Minako sat up. "Well, are you guys going to apologize now or what?"
"We're sorry!" Akane and Ranma replied in unison.
"I'm glad you feel bad about what happened." Makoto stated, eyeing the really cute guy sitting by her. "Now lets learn a little about you two. How old are you, for starters?"
"Akane and I are both 16," replied Ranma. "How old are the five of you?"
"We are all presently 15 years old." Ami spoke up.
"You know, you look familiar in some way..." Ranma said, walking over towards Minako.
"You should know who she is, Ranma." Nabiki said, leaning against the doorway of the room. "That's Sailor V."
Minako started blushing profusely. "Well, um..." she stuttered.
"From the movies and comic books? Whoa." Ranma said.
"Hey, back to reality here. We should be getting home." Rei motioned to the door.
"Well, you aren't in any condition to be leaving. It's getting dark out now, and you would have to walk home. Why don't you spend the night here?" Akane asked.
"Besides, Kasumi's already making dinner." Ranma added.
This news perked Usagi up. "I think we can stay!" she said as bubbly as humanly possible.
"Don't mention food around Usagi, she'll eat you out of house and home." Rei groaned.
"Well, that's okay. We already have guests in this house who do that. One more added won't make a difference." Nabiki said sharply.
"Then it's settled. You guys can stay here tonight." Akane said happily.
*************
"Mmmm. What great food!" Usagi managed to mumble through huge mouthfuls.
"Oh my. You must really enjoy it." Kasumi replied, looking at Usagi's empty plate.
"I think we all do, Kasumi. Thank you." Minako spoke up.
"It's as good as Makoto's!" Usagi mentioned.
Makoto started to blush. "No, really. This is better."
"Don't be so modest. You cook just as well!" Usagi told Makoto.
"You eat everything that's put in front of you, but you still can't cook Usagi!" Rei cut in.
"Well, she can't be as bad as Akane. She'll kill you with her cooking!" Ranma said.
Not long after Ranma had said that sentence, Akane was standing over him with a bucket of water.
"N-no you don't!" Ranma cried, jumping from the table.
"Well, I just thought you might want to show our guests how well YOU cook, Ranko." Akane said innocently, splashing the water around in the bucket.
"No way!" Ranma yelled, running to the other end of the table. He conveniently grabbed Makoto to shield himself from the water.
"Don't bring them into it, Ranma! Come back here and take it like a man!" Akane ran towards Ranma with the water.
"I AM a man!" Ranma shouted back at her, stopping in his tracks. This pause was all that Akane needed. She threw the entire bucket over at Ranma.
"AHHHH!!!!" Makoto cried, soaking wet. "You jerk! You used me as a cover!" She turned to Ranma and hit him in the stomach. "Now I'm all wet, and you don't have a drop on you!"
"I'm *gasp* sorry." Ranma whispered. "I just don't *cough* like water."
"Guess what? Neither do I!" Makoto grumbled.
"Well, did you have to hit me so hard *gasp*?" Ranma whimpered. "Akane doesn't even do that much damage, and she's *gasp* a total tomboy."
Ranma was then slapped across the face by Akane.
"Ranma, you need to learn to keep your mouth shut." Nabiki cited. "You're going to get killed if you don't."
"Follow me, Makoto, I'll show you where the bathroom is. You need to get dried off." Akane sweetly said as she showed Makoto the door.
"Ranma, are you all right?" Usagi walked over to where Ranma was lying.
"Oh, yeah. I'll be just *gasp* fine." Ranma replied.
"I hope Mako-chan didn't hurt you too bad." Rei declared. "She doesn't know her own strength."
"Hey, there's one thing that's been on my mind." Minako stated. "Why do you and Akane fight so much?"
Soun started sobbing from across the table. "I wish I knew!"
"Is there something going on here that we don't know about?" Ami questioned.
"Yes, there is. Ranma and Akane are engaged to be married." Genma said.
"Wh-what?" Rei stuttered.
"I don't believe it." Minako announced. "Those two fight as much as Rei and Usagi."
"And what do you mean by that, Mina?" Rei asked. "I mean, it's always Usagi's fault."
"You must be joking!" Usagi shouted. "It's always you that starts it!"
"No it's not!"
"Yes it is!"
"I didn't think it was possible for two people to fight as much as Akane and Ranma, but you two have just proven your case." Nabiki proclaimed.
"Yes, Rei and Usagi do fight often." Ami chimed in. "But they are good friends."
"Well, why would Akane and Ranma be engaged at such an early age?" Minako pondered.
"Because those two right over there set up the marriage when we were babies." Ranma uttered. "But they are kidding if they think I'll marry her. Akane is so uncute."
Failing to realize that Akane had just come back into the room, Ranma was hit with a blast of cold water. "Like I would want to marry a pervert like that!" she wailed.
"What'd you do that for, Akane?" Ranma shouted in a very girlish voice.
This high-pitched sound caught the attention of Makoto, who had come back into the room with a towel wrapped around her head.
"What the hell just happened?!" She screamed, staring at the small busty red head that was soaking wet and sitting where Ranma had been.
"Looks like we'll have to tell them the whole story." Ranma said, sighing.
*************
"That's a pretty strange story, Ranma." Makoto murmured. "But how come there's only you and your father that turn into.... things? I'd think someone else would, too."
"Well, there is Shampoo, and Mousse, and Ryo-" Ranma was cut off by someone else.
"Yeah, and there must be more people out there." Ryoga said. He had managed to cut Ranma off before he mentioned that Ryoga turned into Akane's pet pig, P-chan.
"Ryoga! Where did you come from?" Akane asked.
"How would he know? Remember, Ryoga is the eternal lost boy." Ranma chuckled as he said this. "He couldn't find his way into his own backyard without getting lost."
"That's it, Ranma! How dare you insult me so? Now you'll pay!" Ryoga shouted.
Ryoga started to run towards Ranma, but he countered with a big kick that sent Ryoga flying.
"Okay, okay. Enough already!" Minako shouted.
Ryoga got to his feet and started running at Ranma and wielding his red umbrella.
"Stop it now!" Ami shouted, running into the path of Ranma and Ryoga's fight, shielding her face with her arms.
Ryoga stopped as quickly as possible, but fell to the ground and skidded across the ground right at Ami. He knocked her over and she started to skid with him towards Ranma. Ryoga and Ami hit Ranma and the three slid all the way to the wall, where they stayed in a crumpled pile. Ryoga and Ranma had thrown their bodies in front of Ami's, though, and she was left uninjured.
The rest of the people in the house were left staring at the mess across the room with jaws dropped. They watched as Ami pulled herself to her feet and smoothed out her hair. She then walked calmly over to her place at the table and sat down.
Ranma and Ryoga slowly got up, and looked to where Ami was sitting. Now that everyone was staring at Ami, she began to get uncomfortable.
"Now what is everyone looking at?" She asked sheepishly.
"Nothing." Akane said. "Nothing at all."
************
"Well, it's time to figure out where all of you are going to sleep now, isn't it?" Akane asked perkily.
"Yes, that would be a good idea." Minako answered.
Akane kept talking. "Well, Ranma and his father are using the guest room. With Ranma a guy now, it's not a good idea for any of you to stay in there."
"Yeah. I agree." Rei stated.
"Well, We have three choices. You can all stay in my room; three in mine and two in Nabiki's, or we can have Ranma turn into a girl and we can all have a big slumber party in the guest room. We would have to kick Mr. Saotome out, though." Akane said.
"Well, I say we all have a big slumber party!" Usagi giggled.
"Yeah, it would be fun." Makoto supported the decision.
"Yes, a good chance to get to know each other." Ami said thoughtfully.
"Well, can we trust Ranma?" Rei questioned. "I mean, I know he'd be a girl and all, but at heart, he's still a guy."
"If we all change in my room without Ranma, and then just slept there, it won't be a problem." Akane answered. "I don't think he's that much of a pervert."
"In my experience, I wouldn't put anything past a guy." Makoto muttered.
"Well, I say we ask Ranma what he thinks." Ami cut in.
"RANMA!" Usagi yelled.
He came running into the room. "Wh-what? What's wrong?"
"We have a proposition for you." Minako gestured for him to sit down.
"Yeah Ranma. You have two choices." Makoto declared.
"How would you like to have a little slumber party with us?" Akane asked. "Of course, you can't be a pervert, so you'll be a girl."
"No way! I'm not going to turn into a girl!" Ranma said defiantly.
"Well, your other choice is to stay a guy, and sleep outside tonight." Akane said.
"I heard there's going to be quite a chill tonight..." Ami trailed her sentence off.
"So choose, Ranma." Akane stated.
"Fine. If I have to sleep in the yard, then I'll choose to do this little party with you girls." Ranma mumbled.
"Then everything's settled!" Usagi said, bounding to the kitchen. She came back holding a big bucket of cold water. Splashing it on Ranma before he had a chance to respond, she joyously chimed, "We'll have a party!"
************
Akane, Ranma (as a girl), Usagi, Rei, Ami, Makoto, and Minako all sat in a pair of Akane's pajamas on futons in the Tendo Dojo. They had just finished changing into their sleeping attire, and were about ready to start the fun the accompanies a slumber party.
"So, what do you girls do at these little parties?" Ranma asked.
"We do each other's makeup and hair..." Minako replied.
"We tell ghost stories..." Rei helped.
"We talk about guys..." Makoto said.
"We play games..." Akane answered.
"And we pig out!" Usagi finished.
"Well, there's lots more to do, too. Like watch movies, for example." Ami thoughtfully said.
"I never knew you girls put so much work into this sort of thing." Ranma muttered.
"Well, we try." Minako chirped.
Suddenly, a scratching was heard at the door to the guest room. Akane got up and opened it, and to her delight, P-chan was sitting on the other side.
"P-chan! You found your way home after that meany Ranma kicked you out!" Akane declared.
"Hey, what's going on?" Rei asked.
"Guys, meet my pet, P-chan." Akane said as she set the little black pig down in the middle of the circle of girls.
"He's sooo cute, Akane!" Usagi squealed. She picked him up and held him over her head. She then placed a kiss on his wet little snout. "Aren't you just the cutest little piggy?"
"Hey Usagi, don't hog him! Give us a chance to hold P-chan!" Rei announced, snatching the pig from his holder and hugging him to her. "You are a sweety P-chan!"
P-chan was handed from girl to girl, being cooed at and snuggled with all of the way. When he reached Ranma, he was held up by his collar in mid air. P-chan tried desperately to reach out and scratch Ranma with his hooves, but it was to no avail. Ranma tossed the little pig into Akane's lap and laughed at him when he turned around and stuck out his tongue.
Disgusted, Ranma uttered, "That pig of yours has an attitude problem, Akane."
"Yeah, right, Ranma. His problem is your attitude!" Akane scoffed.
"Oh yeah?" Ranma questioned.
"Yeah!" Akane returned.
"Tomboy!"
"Pervert!"
Minako cut the two of them off. "If you want to fight, do it some other time. I'm going to sleep now. So much for our big slumber party!"
"Yeah, I'm tired, too." Makoto agreed.
"Yeah, I'm going to bed." Ami mumbled, yawning.
"*sigh*. Well, it looks like it's time. Goodnight you guys." Akane responded.
"Goodnight." Rei said.
"Goodnight." Usagi replied.
"Yeah. See ya tomorrow." Ranma muttered, as he fell back onto the futon and let sleep overcome her.
***********
Ami woke up bright and early the next morning to find that everyone else around her was asleep. She tiptoed over the other girls, stifling a laugh as she looked at the messy hair strewn over their faces and pillows. Ami walked into the bathroom and hand styled her short blue hair. She looked at least looked decent. Hearing some noises coming from the kitchen, she went to investigate.
Ami was startled at what she saw. "Kasumi! I thought I was the only person awake at this hour."
"Oh my, no. I get up at 5:00 sharp every morning to start breakfast for everyone." Kasumi sweetly replied, equally startled to find someone awake.
"My my. You have been up for a whole two hours already." Ami announced.
"Oh yes. I'm just an early bird." Kasumi said, smiling.
"May I help you with that?" Ami asked.
"Why thank you for offering. Go right ahead." Kasumi answered melodiously.
***********
Everyone else woke at around the same time, except for Usagi. Her snoring could be heard for a long time before anyone attempted to bring her to.
Standing above Usagi with a dinner bell, Rei started to ring incessantly to awaken her sleeping friend. Hearing the sound that brings food, Usagi jumped to her feet and ran to the kitchen. Everyone else followed suit, but a little more slowly then Usagi-the-eating-machine did.
After all of the girls had sat down and started eating breakfast, they breached the subject of what to do with the day ahead of them.
"I say that we all call our parents, and tell them that we're going to hang out here for the day." Makoto declared. "Then we can go shopping. You know, break off, meet at a different time at a designated place."
"Yeah, sounds like a plan to me. I still have money left over from the trip we went on yesterday." Minako said, supporting Makoto's idea.
"I'm up to it." Akane stated.
"Yes, that is a very good idea." Ami chirped.
"As long as I don't have to listen to Usagi whine all day long, then I'm in, too." Rei snorted.
"WAAAAAHHH!!! What did you *sniff* mean by that, Rei?" Usagi asked, her feelings hurt.
"Nothing... I was just saying that I don't like to listen to you cry all of the time." Rei replied snootily.
"Stop the incessant fighting, you two. Let's just finish breakfast." Akane cut in.
***********
"Okay now. We have to figure out some clothes for all of you." Akane said thoughtfully.
"I don't know about this. We could wear the clothes we did yesterday..." Minako mentioned.
"And walk around all stinky? Never!" Akane told her. "Okay, Usagi, Ami, Minako and Rei, you can put on some of my clothes. Makoto... you'll have to wear Kasumi's. She's about your height."
"Okay. I'll go ask Kasumi for something." Makoto said, lightening up her demeanor.
Akane stood there and let each girl pick out something that would fit her. Usagi took a light pink skirt out, and matched it with a long sleeved white shirt that had "LOVE" written on it in big pink letters. Rei chose a pair of black pants (a little roomy in the hips) and a deep red tank top. Minako put on a pair of blue jeans and a yellow and orange flannel shirt. Finally there was Ami, who picked out a long royal blue skirt that reached her toes; putting a shirt on afterwards that was light blue, and over that a soft yellow sweater.
"Well, those seem to fit you well." Akane declared. "Now it's time for me to change." Akane walked over to her closet and picked out a short blue skirt with a cloud print, matching it with a nice white blouse.
"Well, I'm sure Ranma has turned back into a guy by now, so let's go meet him outside." Akane announced. The girls ran into Makoto in the hall way, wearing one of Kasumi's dresses. It was green and had long sleeves, although the upper torso was tight on Makoto's shapely body. She had to admit that even though she didn't like to wear dresses, this one looked good on her.
They walked outside together to find Ranma sitting at the side of the coy pool.
"Why don't you bring Ryoga along, Ranma?" Usagi asked. "Then you will have someone to hang out with, instead of just being with us girls."
Hearing this opportunity to be near Akane for an entire day, Ryoga came strolling up. "It sounds like I was invited to go somewhere with you girls. I accept the invitation."
"Okay, good. Now we have even groups. I say we break it up like this. We have three girls and one guy in each little sect. You know, we need a guy to help keep us safe." Minako said this as she winked at Ryoga. He started blushing profusely.
Rei agreed. "Sounds good. I say that you, me, Akane and Ryoga all go one way, and Usagi, Makoto, Ami and Ranma all go another. We'll meet at 12:30 for lunch."
"Yeah, I know this great little place for okanomiyaki!" Ranma declared.
"Then it's settled. We go now!" Makoto said.
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"Come on, Ranma! It's only 10:00. We've been out here for half and out and you already want to go! Take it like a man!" Makoto snapped.
"But all you're doing is shopping for girl stuff!" Ranma whined.
"If you were a girl, you'd understand." Usagi said.
"Well, I can fix that." Ami stated, taking Ranma by the shirt collar and dragging him to the alley way behind the shops. She then proceeded to douse him in cold water. "There. Now you can't complain."
The four girls walked to the street; Makoto bumping into someone and being knocked to the ground. "Hey, what's the big idea?" She muttered. She looked up to see someone standing over her, offering her his hand to help her stand.
"My rose, have I hurt you?" He asked while helping her off of the ground. He bent down and kissed her hand. "Allow me to introduce myself. I am the leader of the Kendo club; the "Blue Thunder" of Furinkan High; Tatawaki Kuno, age 17."
All Makoto could do was stand there blushing. "Um... uh... I'm Makoto Kino." She managed to stutter. Makoto couldn't believe how much Tatawaki Kuno looked like her old boyfriend.
"This girl has beauty unsurpassed by any others... it is equal to that of Akane Tendo and my pig tailed goddess!" Kuno thought.
"Age 15." Makoto added.
"My fair one, allow me to date with you." Kuno stated.
"I don't know what to say..." Makoto stammered.
"Kuno baby, how could you do this to me?" Ranma asked; making a cute little unhappy face. "I thought you loved only me!"
"My pig tailed girl!" Kuno shouted as he ran over and knelt before her. "I shall date with you both!"
"But what about Akane?" Ranma asked, hands on hips.
"I would be honored to hold the hearts of three lovely young maidens." Kuno declared.
"You must choose!" Ranma said over dramatically, placing a hand on her forehead.
"But how can I stay with but one of you?" Kuno pathetically pleaded. "If I must choose, it will be... will be... AAAAAHHHHH!!!! I cannot do it! Forgive me my loves! I must leave you now!" With that, Kuno ran off into the distance.
"Okay. Now that we have Kuno out of the way, we can get back to our lives." Ranma announced.
"What was that all about?" Makoto demanded, completely dumbfounded.
"Well, I could see that you were quite taken with Kuno. But he's a jerk, not to mention a two timer, and you don't want to get involved with him. Take it from me, Kuno is no gentleman." Ranma asserted.
"Okay. I'll take your advice. But next time, don't make my decisions for me." Makoto proclaimed, then walked over to where Ami and Usagi were awkwardly standing.
"Come on, show's over. Let's move out!" Makoto expressed.
**************
"I can't believe you can stand being with a bunch of girls out shopping." Minako exclaimed, eyeing Ryoga carrying all of their bags.
"Yeah, it does seem a little weird." Rei agreed, looking at Ryoga suspiciously.
"Uh... heh heh... Anything to help!" Ryoga said uncomfortably, putting a hand behind the back of his head and laughing maniacally.
"Yes, it was really nice of Ryoga to do this. But hey, what are friends for, right?" Akane said, giggling.
"Well, I guess so..." Rei said, still giving Ryoga a scrutinizing gaze.
"Hey Rei, look!" Minako pointed across the street to where two girls were sitting at a table at a cafe. "Isn't that Michiru and Haruka?"
Rei tore her gaze away from Ryoga and looked across the street. Sure enough, there were Michiru and Haruka. "Yeah, it is them! Let's go over and say hello!"
Ryoga let out a sigh of relief. He was very glad to be off the hook; no one was to know that he was doing all of this for Akane.
Minako and Rei dashed across the street, dragging Ryoga and Akane behind them. They then proceeded to jump the enclosed fence of the diner and sit at their friends' table.
"Why hello! Where did you two come from?" Michiru politely asked.
"We were just shopping with our new friends when we saw you over here!" Rei explained.
"Oh yeah. This is Akane, and this is Ryoga." Minako said. "Akane, Ryoga, these are our friends Michiru and Haruka."
Akane smiled. "Nice to meet you."
"Yeah, nice to meet you, too. Why don't you two pull up a chair?" Haruka invited.
Suddenly the waitress bounded up. "Hiya! More business. What you to be ordering for today?" She asked enthusiastically. Then she realized who was with the party of seven. "Akane, you no supposed to be here. Where you hide Ranma?" She demanded.
"Shampoo!" Akane gulped. "I didn't know this was the Cat Cafe! And what do you mean where did I hide Ranma?"
"Where my poor Ranma be?" Shampoo interrogated. "You take Ranma away from Shampoo, now you pay!"
"What would I want with that stupid pervert, anyway? I didn't hide Ranma from you!" Akane angrily retorted.
That was it. Shampoo was about to go over the edge and strike out at Akane when she felt a tap on her shoulder.
"Shampoo, what are you doing to these paying customers?" Cologne asked, holding Shampoo back with a large, knarled stick.
"Shampoo was just to be taking orders." Shampoo said, regaining her composure. "What be your pleasure?" She asked as she turned back to the group of people at the table.
"Um, we were just going to go now..." Akane said, slipping away. "Come on Ryoga, Rei, Minako, it's time we went to meet Ranma and the rest of the gang."
"Okay Akane. Let's go." Minako said, shrugging off the confrontation that just happened. She was not phased at all, and just walked away. Rei on the other hand, was having problems of her own.
"Come here, Ranma Saotome! I'll get you for what you've done to me! Taking away my Shampoo's heart! Take that!" Mousse screamed as chains popped out of his sleeves and were hurled at Rei.
She was taken aback, but jumped out of the way. "What the hell do you think your doing? Do I look like a guy to you?" She screamed at him.
"Stupid Mousse. Put on you glasses." Shampoo said, irritated.
Mousse reached up and pulled his glasses on, then looked at "Ranma". He was shocked at what he saw. "Wh-what, WHAT DID YOU DO WITH RANMA?" He screamed at Rei.
"You thought I was Ranma! You need to keep your glasses on!" Rei shouted back, getting angry. "You idiot!" She screamed as she walked up to him and stomped on his foot.
"Owwww! That hurt!" Mousse exclaimed.
"Serves you right. Come on guys, let's go." With that, Rei, Akane, Minako and Ryoga strolled off in the direction of Ukyou's restaurant, leaving Michiru and Haruka completely confounded.
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This is my second fanfic, and I'll start writing a third as soon as I can think of an idea! So for now, these two will have to do! Come back and visit soon.
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