On Thu, 6 Mar 2003 14:54:49 -0500 DB Sommer <sommer@3rdm.net> wrote:
A martial arts duel over the boy had a certain dramatic appeal, but
only the Kuonji girl had any notable fighting skills. It was a pity
that Soun's daughter had let her combat abilities dwindle since her
mother's untimely death.
She knows this off the top of her head? Boy, she must really have it in
for Soun to have memorized every detail of his life. :)
She does seem to have fixated on him. She also hasn't kept up with
recent developments. Nearly everyone is now a much better fighter
than she realizes. The old rule about old age and trickery applies,
but she'e likely to get a big surprise at least once.
Yohko looked back and shrugged. "There's some kind of odd tension in a
number of the girls over by the main gate. They're trying to be casual
about it, but they look like they're waiting for something. And that
wannabe Jinnai girl
she's a wannabe what?
I took it to be wannabe Nabiki.
"While I deal with Ranma Saotome, the three of you are to keep Nabiki
Tendo occupied, as well as anyone else who tries to interfere with my
business with him." His grip tightened painfully on Tiger's jaw, and
he dropped his gaze to look into her eyes again. "But there is to be
no serious damage done to Nabiki, Tiger. I want her to fall by my hand
and by mine alone, once I'm done with breaking Ranma Saotome. She's
mine. Do I make myself absolutely clear?"
Them having to hold back won't help them either. Still, they should be
able to take her three on one easy enough, even with the amaguriken.
Tiger alone was able to rough Ranma up until he went into nekoken.
Tiger worked Ranma over while he was trying to resist nekoken and not
doing it very well. Nabiki may not have the same problem with cats or
she may turn neko immediately when faced with three catgirls. If she
does, their future operability can't be guaranteed. I know the Nabiki
in Nabiki 1/2 knew nekoken, but I don't recall seeing the Earth 0,0
Nabiki being nervous about cats.
After homeroom was over, Minami was surprised to see Kisaragi-sensei
approach her while she was chatting with the new boy. While she was
partly doing it out of a desire to punish Hikaru, and hoping to make
him a bit jealous by her flirting with Ukyo, she could also admit that
she found the new boy to be quite handsome. He had the most beautiful
facial features that she had ever seen on a boy, and they had an almost
feminine quality to them, but Ukyo was definitely masculine from his
mannerisms. He was also very much a gentleman, not letting his gaze
linger on Minami's bosom like most boys would,
Of course, she wants to show her new chest off to them.
Naturally, she put a lot of work into it.
Ranma's mood darkened even more. It sounded like the fake was
getting along quite well with the other fathers.
Which would actually be a good thing, in Ranma's eyes, since he
likes the girls.
Except that this Genma's schemes never come out quite as planned and
Ranma knows that. Even if the plans did work, Genma's intentions and
Ranma's interests don't match.