--On 5/23/02 1:47 PM -0400 Sam Vilsmeier wrote:
Ranma blinked. His mother, Nodoka "Do what I say or I'll make you commit
Seppuku" Saotome just told him to think for himself? "Mom, are you
serious?"
Had his mother...
Nodoka smiled and nodded. "Yes, you will. You have chosen wisely."
For some reason the emphasis Nodoka put on the last sentence sent chills
of cold terror up Ranma's spine. "Err... thanks."
<snicker> Yes, much better than aging to dust in the space of 30 seconds.
:-)
Ranma chucked; he had already dealt with that problem. "It'll have to
wait, he's leaving on a training trip with Happousai tomorrow."
chucked -> chuckled
Ranma face twisted into a grimace, he had been hoping that he could be
happily married and away from the Tendo Dojo before he had to tell his Old
Man. "Mom, you have got to be shitting me."
And obviously he's cared so little for Akane over 38 volumes that she
doesn't even cross his mind...
Michiru was the first to speak. Her voice was monotonous, like all the
life had been sucked out of her. She slowly sat down. She was struggling
to keep from fainting. "Oh my god. It makes sense! It makes perfect
sense! The reason why she been sick in the morning, the reason why her
...she has been sick...
end of the Earth and rip of his balls. I will make him regret the day he
...rip off..
Haruka's anger faded almost instantaneously when she heard this. "Oh shit.
She must hate me. I... I have to apologize to her. If I ever thought
things through, I would have never said those things" Haruka sat down and
...things."
rubbed her head. "She'll never trust us again, will she."
...will she?"
Setsuna shook her head. "After what you did, how can she any time soon."
...soon?"
Why couldn't he realize that? The Tendo/Saotome union was for the good of
the Art. If only Ranma could abandon his misplaced sense of honor, he
Isn't family honor what Genma's always trying to bludgeon Ranma with?
"Hello, husband," said Nodoka. Genma gulped, she had her Katana. Every
Genma gulped. She had her Katana. I assume the capitalization is
intentional. :-)
"I'm getting married..."
"...but it ain't Akane."
Don't bother asking the girl first, or anything... After all, Mom told him
to make his own decisions. ;-)
Genma's mind froze, as he saw over ten years worth of schemes, plans, and
dreams come crashing down around him. It only took him a moment to get out
of his mental freeze and he did he was livid. "What?! Foolish boy! You are
...and when he did...
honor bound to marry a Tendo! The schools must be joined!"
Back that honor thing again. :-)
"Husband, a more pressing 'engagement' has come to life, and I am afraid
that I agree with Ranma. It take precedence over the Tendo betrothal,"
interrupted Nodoka.
"come to life" or "come to light"?
Genma was livid, how dare they! How dare they stand in the way of the Art,
of his livelihood! He had raised the boy, put him through the most extreme
training know to man for this! To produce an heir worth of uniting the
schools, to create a warrior capable of ending the Masters reign of
...Master's reign...
"Ranma, explain it to you father."
...to your father."
Damn. He could always support the chef. At least she would add something
to the school, even if it was from that pathetic Okonomiyaki School of
hers. This weak woman he impregnated would ruin all of his work! She
...he had impregnated... (I think. Not dead sure on that one.)
Genma's mind froze. If there was one think he cared about more then the
...one thing...
Genma sighed. The boy in one fell swoop had almost ten years of hard work.
...had ruined? destroyed? nulled? voided?
She was obviously unhappy with the decision, but shook her head. "While I
do not agree with this choice, I am his wife and must support his
decision. I'm sorry, Ranma."
She must? When did this start??
Ryouga glared at Ranma. He though that was pity. It was more then that,
though -> thought
Ranma paused for a bit. "Crap, I can't remember right now! Oh well, onto
'Plan B'. Hey, could go separate ways for a while?"
Can't remember now? Couldn't he just look it up in the phone book?
her wet shirt. Ryouga smacked his piggy head ageist the pavement, causing
it to spider. He really needed a cold shower, in say, liquid nitrogen.
ageist -> against
"Hotaru?" She cracked her eyes, as the gentle voice and a shake on her
shoulder brought her into wakening world. Barely aware of her surroundings
she turned over, facing away from the voice.
...into the waking world. ?
Hotaru nodded. "That is all I have been doing for the last two days, ever
sense I found out."
sense -> since
Oh well, retribution would come later. Right now, Ranma had to worry about
where he was going to sleep. He had settled in too much. With all of him
collected possessions and his collage classes. While he had an idea, he
collage -> college
could not help but worry about where he was going to sleep at night if it
didn't pan out.
After all the times he's been kicked out, I wouldn't think it would be a
big problem to go camp in the vacant lot for the night.
It's developing nicely, keep it up. :-)
Jim