The Teacher
Part 5
Akane! I choose you!!
Torako rose from her bed lazily and frowned as she saw herself in the
mirror, she was a mess. An intence yawn escaped her lips and she sprang
off of the western style bed and directly into the closet, a few seconds
later various clothes flew out over her shoulders as she undressed, she
almost jumped when she faced the mirror half dressed and noticed her
father standing behind her with a strange smile on his face; after a
brief moment of surprise she unsnapped her bra and grabbed another one
from a small drawer in the small chest just inside her closet.
"Good morning father, what is it?" she seemed almost lazy in her
movements aware that he was watching and assessing her.
"Who is he?" said the man simply.
"Why? Does it matter?" Torako pulled her skirt up around her waist and
faced him.
"I'm your father, it's part of my job to be curious about such things."
Ryo sat down on her bed and waited patiently for the answer.
"Who said there was anyone? It'll take years for those two to get along
well, I'm in no hurry." she pulled out two slightly different blouses and
shifted again towards her father. "Which?"
"The one with the rounded collar; Ko-neko, I know there is someone
because you wouldn't do this without somebody in mind; you don't like to
lose." Ryo stood and lifted her long red hair up so she could adjust the
collar easily.
Torako threw on her jacket and grabbed her bag. "I think I'll keep it to
myself for a while father; no sense being premature about it." she jumped
up and licked his nose before rushing out of the house to meet Akane for
the walk to Furinkan.
Ryo smiled and rubbed the wetness away. "She hasn't done that in a few
years, not since she was a kitten. I guess I'll just have to trust her
judgement for now; god help us."
"Damn, the old man knows me to well." Torako wasn't sure if she should
be angry with him or not. The man had always tried his hardest to raise
her well, playing both mother and father for her couldn't have been easy,
but it was something he was equiped for; truth of the matter was, she did
have someone in mind, but she wasn't sure just yet. "He's got one hell of
a surprise coming when I get around to deciding."
She smiled as she saw Ranma and Akane scoot out of the home in a rush;
once out of sight of their respective parents they slowed to a walk,
Ranma stayed beside Akane and fidgeted about excitedly, as he tried his
best to resist his urge to be in constant movement.
"So how are the happy couple this moring?" Ranma and Akane both twitched
as she approached and turned to face her with equal looks of contempt.
"Torako, how could you betray me that way?" Akane glared at the girl in
a rage she had not even known was there.
"Betrayed? What the hell are you talking about Akane?" the girl looked
back and forth between her friend and her fiancee.
"You got me engaged to this guy!" Akane pointed at Ranma completely
ignoring his presence otherwise.
"He has a name Akane; besides I recall that Nabiki and Kasumi had you
sold off long before I made my wager." she pat Akane across the back and
the Tendo girl looked at the ground in defeat.
"Come on, we're gonna be late." said Ranma as he impatiently waited for
the two girls with his arms folded across his chest.
"When we get to school we don't know each other alright?" Akane turned
her nose up and walked on passing by him without a second glance.
"Why you..." grumbled Ranma as he shook for a moment and then brought
himself under control.
"Geeze, ease off. Your giving him the shoulder so bad even I've got
frostbite Akane; he's just trying to protect his pride by defeating me."
Torako snorted lazily as she grabbed Ranma by the shoulder and shoved him
forward.
"Why are you defending me?" Ranma gave the red head a quizzical look and
frowned.
"Because Akane is being a little rough on you; keep resisting the urge
to tell her off and she'll warm up. As long as you don't try anything
stupid that is." Torako looked at him again. "Why are you being so polite
all of a sudden?"
"I don't lose to nobody." replied Ranma simply.
"I didn't say it had to be Akane you know." Torako smiled as Ranma
reacted slightly, but not too much.
"I'm not engaged to anybody else, it's still the best shot I've got at
beating you." Ranma jumped forward and moved beside Akane with a
comfortable distance between them.
"Someone is helping him, the fool is far to tactless to be this smart
about women! I wonder who? Uncle Tendo and Mr. Saotome are far to stupid,
Nabiki isn't the romantic type, Kasumi wouldn't be interested in helping
him with the two of them being so young...Father!! It has to be! Why and
how? He couldn't have instilled this much polite behavior in the short
time they where together!" she simmered behind them and watched Ranma
closely waiting for some hint of what exactly he had been told.
Ranma glanced at the angry looking girl beside him, she was cute but
very tempermental. Torako's father had offered to help him out last night
veering him away from his father's advice...
"Genma Saotome is famous for being a walking woman repelant, don't
listen to him for Romantic advice; your mother was the exception not the
rule Ranma. He's lucky to have found such a wonderful woman." Ryo looked
at the two drunk men sleeping on the floor around the table and waved
Ranma onto the back porch.
"I've got a mother?" said Ranma quizically.
"Ask your old man about it sometime, you want to win this bet with my
daughter and I understand that; I want you to win too." Ryo leaned back
and looked at the girls behind him, his voice had dropped and he leaned
in to Ranma.
"What? Why?" Ranma was dumbfouned.
"Because I don't want her rushing into a decision like that just to beat
you. She's very smart, but also very rash." Ryo glanced back again
nervously. "You do want to win, yes?"
"Of course, but I don't quite get it." Ranma was getting more confused
by the moment.
"Your best chance of success is Akane at the moment; I'll put it to you
simple, she's a really nice girl, but she has one hell of a temper, watch
yourself."
"I can take that tomboy." snorted Ranma casually.
"That's just it boy! This isn't a fist fight! You can't look at it that
way, your trying to get on her good side, just think of it as making a
friend. Before long she'll warm up, but be careful moving too fast can
destroy your chanses."
"I don't follow you." Ranma was getting more confused by the moment.
"All right, I'll start with the K.I.S.S. principal; I can help you win
this bet, but you have to do exactly what I say if you want it to work."
Ryo scratched his chin and smiled as he gazed into the stars.
"KISS?" Ranma frowned and started to lose interest in the conversation.
"It's an English saying, basically, it means Keep It Simple Stupid."
"Oh."
"Relax, I'll only give you a few rules to start with Ranma, but you have
to stick with them; one mistake can send you all the way back to square
one with Akane, even make it impossible to win with her." Ryo glanced
back at the girls yet again and Ranma was getting nervous himself.
"Why would I want that uncute tomboy anyway?" Ryo slapped his hand over
the boy's mouth.
"Like any technique you have to practice! If you handle this right you
might start to like her, if not you'll at least make a friend and ally
here." Ryo suddenly had the perfect idea. "With these secret techniques
I'm about to show you..." that got the boy's attention. "You can use them
on practically anybody! It never hurts to make an ally instead of an
enemy!"
Ranma ran the rules he had been given to begin the training through his
head like a mantra. "Don't insult her no matter what she says; Keep your
distance while staying close, even accidental contact can be
misinterpreted between strangers; don't crowd her, but don't look
uninterested, keep it open and always leave her a way out. If you aren't
sure what she'll do don't say it, and don't do it." There where a few
more things, but Ranma got the basic gyst of the rules. "Shut up, pay
attention, and stay friendly."
Ryo had suggested that he become friends with Akane using his techniques
as a sort of practice for his competition with Torako.
"This isn't going well, but the old guy said it would take a few days
for me to see any results." Ranma froze mid thought as he found himself
doused with a splash of water as a little old lady emptied a ladle of
bath water on him.
Torako stepped up beside him. "Hey Akane, we should stop by Dr. Tofu's."
"Why?" Akane turned to see Ranma standing wet and female with a shocked
exspression still on her face. "Oh...I suppose we'll have to stop then."
she smiled at him and Ranma felt his brain freeze up. No nasty comment,
no evil looking glare, no random act of violence; she just smiled at him
and dismissed the matter.
"This...is working?" he couldn't help but think that her smile was cute.
Torako frowned and stood for a moment while Akane lead Ranma towards the
clinic; his words where spoken softly; but her sensative ears could not
be deceived. "So, someone is helping you."
"Wait here." said Akane as she left Ranma and Torako in the room alone.
The tiger girl moved directly to the point. "Who is helping you? Your
far too tactless to be so well mannered."
"Huh? What do you mean tactless?" Ranma glared at her and clenched his
fist.
"You where raised by your father Ranma, outside without any sort of
ettiquet or manners implanted on your impressionable young mind. To put
it short, you where probably raised to be a shavanistic pig who was
really good at martial arts." the girl sneered at him and crossed her
arms across her chest.
Ranma wasn't sure how to answer that, it didn't really sound much like
an insult to him.
Akane appeared from the back of the clinic with a tall young man wearing
glasses. He bowed politely, "Hello! Why don't you introduce me to your
young friend?"
Akane smiled, "Oh, Dr. Tofu, this is Ranma Saotome; he's a friend of the
family's"
"He?" asked the Doctor.
"Jusenkyo." replied Torako lazily.
"Ah, and she is?" the young man looked Ranma up and down.
"Human, male. Dissapointing isn't it?" the cat girl spared a glance at a
shocked Akane.
"You know about Jusenkyo?"
Tofu smiled at the girl "Of course, I've been the Kagome's family doctor
since I opened my practice here; they where my first patients."
"What do you mean boring?" cried Ranma defensively.
"We have to go now, thank you Dr, Tofu!" Akane turned drug Ranma and
Torako out of the clinic.
"Tell Kasumi I said hello!" called the young man as he waved at their
diminishing forms.
"Of course! She'll be glad to hear it!" called Akane with a giggle as
she lead the small prosession towards the gates of Furinkan at full
speed.
The met the crowd full force that waited for them at the door, Ranma
jumped up onto the wall separating the walls of the school and watched
patiently as Akane and Torako cleaned up the male students easily. Ranma
payed particular attention to Torako's movements it was easy to see she
was not fighting all out and easily equaled Akane's skill. Akane was
barreling through the boys creating havoc and dealing much more damage to
her opponents than her partener.
"Ranma stop your gawking and get to class!" cried a familiar voice from
the balconly of the school; Ranma turned and noticed Nabiki was waving at
him from the second floor window.
"But, but..." Ranma was confused by the whole mess and turned to see the
girls had finished their battle and where walking towards the gate.
"Don't worry about Akane!" called Nabiki.
Kuno appeared from behind an oak tree tossing roses to each of the young
girls. "Truely such a boorish lot."
"Not so much as their leader I'll wager." commented Torako as she cut
him off mid speech. "We don't have time for this today Kuno, we are
running late."
"Ah she be but little, but she is fierce." Kuno moved to block the girls
path and was easily side stepped.
"To slow Kuno, Ja!" Torako noticed Akane had not followed and stopped.
"What are you waiting for Akane-chan?"
Ranma chose this moment to jump down next to Akane. "Boy you two are
popular aren't you." he surveyed the mess and ignored Kuno.
"Stay out of the way, this or you'll get hurt." warned Akane.
"What's going on?" Ranma seemed unimpressed by her declaration.
"You there!" Kuno pointed his Bokuten at Ranma. "Your beeing quite
familiar with Akane."
Ranma looked back at Akane. "Tell him Akane. Akane?"
"Tell him what?" said the girl as she looked away innocently.
"Who are you boor? Ah! But it is the custom to give one's own name
first! Fine then! Mine I shall give!?" Ranma looked confused by this new
boy who was yelling for no apparent reason.
"If you want..." was all he could manage.
"My name is upperclassman Kuno, junior group E, captain of the Kendo
club; Undefeated new star of the high school fencing world; but my peers
call me...The blue thunder of Furinkan high!"
"Blue Thunder?" commented one of the girls near Nabiki.
"Have you heard that?" asked another girl.
"News to me." replied Nabiki absently.
Kuno found himself face down in the dirt as Torako slammed into his head
with a kick from behind. "Leave Akane's fiancee alone."
"Fiancee??!!!" roared Kuno as he stood almost sending the girl on her
butt, she flipped gracefully and landed on her feet. "I will not allow
it!" The boy charged Ranma only to stop cold as he was lifted into the
air from behind and slammed into the wall surrounding the school.
Torako had a strange angry look on her face. "So, I'm not good enough
for you alone? Is that it?"
"No, but..." stammered Kuno in embarassment.
"But what? And here I was prepaired to give myself to you if you had
only forgotten about Akane..." she turned her face away demurely with a
saddened gaze.
"What? But I cannot abandon my love...I can make you both so happy! This
boy must be punished for..." Torako smirked at Akane with her face turned
away from Kuno still.
Kuno doubled over in agony as a perfect print of Torako's shoe bottom
suddenly appeared on his crotch. "How dare you insult me that way! If I'm
not good enough for you forget about it!" Ranma scooted away from her as
she passed him with her nose in the air. "Come on you two, we can still
make it to class."
"This is all your fault." muttered Akane as she stood next to Ranma in
the hallway.
"My fault?! I didn't do anything!" said Ranma defensively. "You and your
friend where the ones who got in the stupid fight in the first place! I
was just watching!"
Torako stood next to Akane on the other side and balanced the bucket on
her nose in bordom. "It's Kuno's fault."
Akane nodded reluctantly, "I guess your right, what the hell where you
thinking anyway? Teasing him that way, honestly!"
"It was fun, besides he deserved to get his chain yanked today." Ranma
shuddered at the memory, that kick had to be pretty good to get him to
turn that red.
"What was that about anyway?" he asked.
"Kuno told all the other boys that we'd go out with them if they beat
us." said the red head before her friend could answer.
"Is it true?" asked Ranma timmidly.
"NO!" cried Akane angrily.
"Yes." replied Torako, Akane turned to stare at her best friend in
absolute disbeleif.
"You mean you fight with Kuno every morning?" Ranma glanced over at them
nervously.
"We always win too." said Akane.
"There are two of you." said Ranma weakly.
"Yes, and Kuno isn't near as fast or strong as either of us
individually." said Torako with a distasteful snort; "It's a wonder he
hasn't gotten himself killed."
Ranma jumped straight up as a jet of water splashed the wall behind him.
"WHAAA!"
"Ranma Saotome! I shall never accept your engagement to Akane Tendo!"
Screamed Kuno as he stopped his mad rush and posed dramatically.
The windows of the class room burst open revealing the students behind
as the pair where bombarded with questions. "Wait!" stammered Akane.
Ranma merely stood with a bewildered look on his face; he was forced to
dodge as Kuno slashed down with his Bokuten cutting the bucket in his
hands in two.
Ranma rushed down the hall and called back to Kuno. "This is no place to
fight! Follow me!"
"That I shall!" called the boy as he raced behind and stopped cold as a
massive hand emerged from one of the rooms completely engulfing Kuno's
head.
"What's all this noise?" roared Dean Kagome as he emmerged from the
classroom. Students scattered from the hall as they made a desperate dash
for their respective classrooms.
Ranma stopped and watched him lift Kuno into the air easily. "You two,
my office now."
Ranma sat with Kuno next to him in front of a rather imposing figure who
glared at the two of them from behind the desk. "Now what is this about?"
Ranma was about to speak when Kuno shouted out his respoce. "This fiend
wishes to steal Akane Tendo's heart from my loving embrace! I cannot
allow such villany to..." he was cut off by the look Ryo was giving him
and sat down looking angry and uncomfortable.
"I'll say this only once Kuno, Soun Tendo is an old friend of mine. The
engagement between him and Akane was instituted long before either of
them was even born. You have no say in the matter, whether or not you
defeat Ranma in battle will not change anything; the two of them are
still engaged." Ryo leveled his gaze on Ranma and turned back towards
Kuno.
"I cannot accept this! It is villany and this dishonorable union will be
rendered asunder by my mighty justice!" Kuno stood again and posed
dramatically and was caught off guard when Ryo grabbed his shirt and
pulled him across the desk.
"Soun Tendo is an honorable man! If you are insinuating that his actions
are less than honorable I suggest you find proof before you make such
acusations! This is a matter of family honor and I will not have you
disrupting my school because you choose to ignore the validity of this
engagement! Do I make myself clear?" Kuno nodded dumbly and allowed
himself to be tossed roughly back into his chair. "As for you Mr.
Saotome, I will not stand for any disruptions within my school grounds;
if you want to fight, you set up a meeting outside of my time. I don't
care if you fight, just don't do it here. Is that clear?"
"Yes sir." muttered the boy placidly.
"I'm letting you off light this time Ranma, I know you are new here and
that you have to adjust to your new life. Remember this and don't get out
of line." Ryo indicated the door and the two boys staggered out of the
room. Ranma noticed that Kuno was pretty shaken and he moved away without
saying another word.
"What kind of guy is this? He's got a guy like Kuno that scared of him?"
Nabiki walked up to Ranma, Torako and Akane during the lunch break and
smirked at them. "I hear Ranma had a run in with the 'Iron fist'."
"Please Nabiki, he's bad enough as it is." grumbled the man's daughter
as she stuffed the remains of a rice ball in her mouth.
"Wasn't my idea." said the girl honestly. "I hear that's what he's known
as throughout the Japanese school system; he has quite a reputation."
"Yea, he's been offered jobs at several schools; but he always refuses
to leave Furinkan for some reason." Torako sat back and relaxed placing
her bento off to the side.
"He's some kind of celebrity or somethin?" asked Ranma.
"Yes, you could say that." said Akane looking half interested. "He's
about the only being on the planet that Kuno is actually affraid of
openly. No one bothers him about it, accept for Torako that is."
"He seemed so different last night when I met him." Ranma tried to call
back the image of the friendly looking, battle scarred, old man.
"Daddy is like that, he acts completely different when he's at home; I'd
think he was a complete idiot if I hadn't gone to school here. He's one
of the strongest martial artist in the world, so everyone is affraid for
a good reason." Torako noticed that Akane hadn't finished eating yet and
frowned, the girl was pre occupied with Ranma at the moment.
Ranma nodded gravely and relaxed against the tree. "He's pretty good, I
doubt if even my old man could beat him." Torako noticed that Ranma left
himself out of that equasion and smiled a little.
Akane stood up and grabbed Ranma by his pigtail. "Come on fiancee, I'll
show you to your next class." there was a little venom in her voice but
Ranma pushed it aside for the moment and followed.
That night Ranma sat with his father in the dojo on his head, Genma
turned towards him and spoke. "So I hear Akane looked after you in school
today."
"Yea, I suppose so." grumbled Ranma half heartedly.
Meahwhile upstairs...
"So is it any of your business Akane?" commented Nabiki as she did leg
exersizes in her sister's room while Torako and Akane did homework at the
desk. "I mean what's wrong with a boy who turns into a girl?"
"Sure that's easy for you to say, Nabiki; but everyone is spreading
rumors about me! They are saying I'm his fiancee!" Akane spun around in
her chair with an angry stare at her sister.
"Akane you are his fiancee." offered Torako with a strained look about
her.
"Do you thing I want everyone thinking I'm a pervert too?" continued
Akane.
"Changing into a girl makes him a pervert?" asked Torako.
Out in the hallway Ranma turned away from the room. "I ain't been nothin
but nice to her and she's gonna go and say that." he was stopped by Ryo
on the stairwell.
"Ranma, Akane has never been this nice to a boy since she was little.
Believe it or not, your winning this battle." he continued walking and
left the boy to his thoughts.
"Sure doesn't seem that way."
Everything in the home came to an aburpt hault though when a girl's
scream echoed down the hallway. "HOW DARE YOU INSULT ME THAT WAY! I WON'T
HAVE IT!!!" the doorway to Akane's room burst open sending splinters of
wood in every direction as a blur sailed over the rail and down into the
living room. Two figures emerged from the blur as it slammed into the
ground and miraculously missed the furniture. Torako had an enraged look
on her face and a stunned and confused Akane staggered to her feet in a
weak defensive stance. "Akane, dojo, now." snarled Torako as she ran out
of the room in tears.
"What?" Akane looked upset all of a sudden and followed.
Ryo scratched his chin and frowned. "Well, now she's done it."
"What happened?" asked Ranma in shock.
"Akane insulted Jusenkyo, Torako has your curse as well if you recall;
as do I." Ryo pat the confused looking boy on the back and smiled. "Don't
worry, this sort of thing goes on between them on occasion; in a few days
time they'll be back to normal."
"How did you...?" Ranma dismissed the man as he heard the sounds of a
hard battle coming from outside.
Torako sent Akane to her knee's with a swift kick into her gut. "So you
think me an my old man are some kind of sick perverts?! Is that it?"
Akane twisted away and punched at her opponent only to find her strike
was blocked.
"No! I just...!" stammered the girl as she struggled to recover, but
Torako would not let up and she knew the battle was lost. She turned
again and forced Torako back with a swift side kick, "Damn it! What am I
supposed to think of this mess?! You aren't engaged to some guy you don't
even know Tora-chan!"
"You think it's been easy to keep this secret from you Akane-chan?! I
won't allow you to insult me this way, take this!!" the girl slammed her
fist and Akane fell forward on the ground face first, she did not get up.
"I hope you remember this."
"Heh," Akane rolled over weakly and spat a small amount of blood from
her mouth. "If you hadn't surprised me that way I would have won. Your
anger has made you weak."
"Yes, but often the first strike will win a battle." replied Torako as
she exited the room in a now completely calm stride.
Ranma just stared at the whole affair in disbelief and rushed from Ryo's
side. "Akane are you Ok?"
"Perhaps the boy doesn't need as much help as I thought." the man smiled
to himself as he watched.
"Cause you really got thrashed good! I know you could have done better
than that!" Ryo sighed as Akane's fist planted itself in his face.
"Who asked you?!" she snarled before she fell into his arms for a
moment. Ranma froze in place and Akane gently pushed off before
staggering back into the house, Ryo noticed she was blushing a little.
"Ah, well. At least I tried." Ryo threw his arms up into the air and
laughed.
The next morning Ranma and Genma flew across the yard in their morning
sparring session. It ended rather specacularly as they both landed in the
Koi pond noisily.
"Ranma, Mr. Saotome! Breakfast!" called Kasumi cheerfully.
Genma in his panda form appeared at the table almost instantly.
"Starting today I have a part time job." said his sign.
"You workin for a zoo pop?" asked Ranma as she removed her shirt and
rang it out absently.
Soun appeared in the hallway brushing his teeth. "So Ranma, morning
workout, huh? Atta, boy atta..." he froze in place and violently shoved
the toothbrush into his mouth as Ranma turned to face him completely
topless.
"Just trying to keep in shape!" she said cheerfully.
Akane poured a kettle of hot water over his head with a completely
shocked exspression on her face. "You are unbeleavable?! Have you no
feminine modesty?!!"
Ranma snorted and started to eat his breakfast. "Why should I have
'feminine modesty'?"
He was kicked in the side of the head as Torako appeared with her school
bag next to him. "Have you no shame?"
"That sounds funny coming from a vicious animal like you." retorted
Ranma.
"Ranma!" gasped Akane in shock.
Torako blushed and smiled demurely. "Do you really think I'm vicious?"
This reply got surprised looks from Ranma and Akane.
"Uhh...yea, down right beastly." said Ranma unsure of himself.
"Stop it Ranma your embarassing me." giggled the girl as she slapped him
on his back playfully.
"Uhh, right. heh heh." Ranma turned nervously back to his food and kept
silent.
"By the way Akane, on your way back home from school, could you stop by
Dr. Tofu's? I borrowed this book from him, and I'd like you to return
it." Kasumi produced a book on human pressure points.
"I think he'd prefer if you brought it back yourself Kasumi." said Akane
cheerfully. "You know how he is, I'll just have to answer all sorts of
questions about you if I go anyway." Akane giggled and Torako let out the
trace of a knowing smile.
Ranma just looked confused, but not as much as Kasumi. "Oh, all right
then. I don't see why he'd be so happy to see me."
"I don't get it what's every one talking about; it's just that flaky
doctor guy..." started Ranma, Akane grabbed him by his pig tail and drug
him out the door.
"Come on we are gonna be late!"
Ranma watched the scenery fly by and frowned. "Now what did I do? Akane
are you mad at me again? Jeeze you can be so uncute sometimes."
The old woman was emptying her bath water again and Ranma was splashed
again. "Hey wait!" she cried but Akane ignored her.
Ranma found himself slammed into the wall just outside of Furinkan, the
boys stood around them watching in confusion unsure of weather they
should attack or not. Akane stared her fiancee in the face angrily. "I
didn't mean it really!" he said defencively.
"Listen Ranma why don't you pay attention! You could have blown the
whole thing!" Akane relaxed slightly.
"Blown what? What's going on?" Ranma looked confused and embarassed at
the same time.
Akane stopped and looked at Ranma's chest, she pulled the girls shirt
open and stared. "When did?"
"I told you to wait." muttered Ranma half heartedly.
The crowd of boys leaned closer and inspected Ranma's chest with Akane.
"Hey get outta here you perverts!" cried Ranma as Akane spun around in
front of Ranma covering her chest.
A new voice floated over the crowd. "How dare you...How dare you look at
my little sister's naked chest." The boys looked up to see Torako's
silloette in the sunlight just above them. "I shall punish you." She lept
over Ranma and Akane's heads into the crowd and proceeded to beat them
sensless.
"Little..." started Ranma in confusion.
"Sister?" Akane finished and looked at Ranma, it was perfectly
belevable. The two of them had an uncanny resemblance.
"Well, we did fall in the same spring, so I guess it's true in a way."
Ranma sighed and walked forward only to find Kuno watching her with
unusual intrest.
Kuno stepped from his place behind the tree and gawked. "Sister? To the
lovely Torako?"
The tiger girl spun around to face him, "Don't go getting any funny
idea's Kuno, she's only fourteen and still to young for you; or any of
you other perverts!"
Ranma was getting annoyed. "Fourteen! Why that dirty little! I'm way
better developed than she is!"
"Your proud of that?" asked Akane in shock.
Ranma blushed and looked away. "Of course not, it's just."
"An excellent idea for the moment." said Ryo as he appeared beside the
two of them. "This way your secret is safe, I will back your story if you
wish Ranma."
"What? No way I ain't nobody's sister!" cried the girl as Akane jumed
into a rough hug with her 'Uncle'.
"Uncle Kagome! Your so kind! You'd really do that for Ranma?!"
"Who's side are you on anyway?" screamed girl type Ranma.
"It is decided from this moment on, you are my adopted daughter!" Ryo
pulled Ranma to his side and the boy finally gave up.
"What ever old man, I'm goin to class." he jumped over the crowd and
moved towards the building. Kuno sailed over the young busty red head as
he was easily defeated by Torako.
TBC...
This fic sort of centered on the silly side of Ranma, I think it was
pretty clever how I basically avoided the whole Kuno chapters and moved
past them. Ryoga will be a different challenge as he will take Ranma head
on; but he has a past with Ryo as well, can Ranma handle the more
powerful and skilled Ryoga? Only time will tell, on a lighter note I did
alot of things with these chapters that will change the Ranma verse
forever.
Kuno isn't bothering Ranma! Don't think I did this to write him out of
the story either, he will be just as annoying as ever, including to
Ranma, but for different reasons.
For example, trying to use Ranma to get closer to his 'sister' Torako;
how? By being insanely nice to her, as well as trying to do things for
him that a little girl might like; but I don't want to give too much away
just yet though, hopefully it will come out as funny as I planned.
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