Enter a Change

Prologue

Nabiki's day began the same as almost all the others in the past two years since Ranma came into their lives. Waking up to the sound of two free loading martial artists who apparently don't feel any remorse for waking up the neighborhood at dawn with that racket they called sparring wasn't the best way to begin ones day in her humble opinion.

After a quick soak in the furo, during which the door was not only locked but barricaded, she was dressed and at the table with the business section. While looking over the stocks that she had a large portion of the families' income locked into, she heard the load splash that signaled that the Saotome's training for the morning had ended in the normal manner. She heard the door open and saw Ranma walk by the table on his way to the furo. Again she noticed how he hadn't begun sweating, even after a seemingly, if the sounds were any indication, intense sparring session. She also noticed the far away look that he had in his eyes. He'd had that look ever since the failed wedding attempt last month.

Again Nabiki silently sighed as the memory of that debacle came to her again. She still couldn't understand how anyone thought that Ranma and Akane would be able to pull off a wedding with all of their various suitors still so…enamored of their respective loves. The middle Tendo sister still couldn't believe that her father had been foolish enough to try keeping the cask of Nanniichuan a secret from Ranma and not expect the other Jusenkyo cursed men to make a grab for it. Though Happosai drinking it had defiantly been an unexpected turn of events. Nabiki had begun to wonder if part of the curse was never being able to cure it. Also Ranma had been…well not very Ranma like lately. He had avoided all of his suitors and rivals since the wedding, even going so far as to leave the room if any of them showed up. She began thinking again of having Kasumi talk to him. Kasumi may not tell what he would say but getting off his chest may help get out his mood so that she could make some money again.

Nabiki was caught up in her thoughts that she was a bit startled to her the clock chime the time. She was going to have to hurry to be at school in time to brief her people for the coming day. Quickly finishing the rest of her breakfast and thanking Kasumi she headed out the door toward school.

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Nabiki reached the school just as the last of her people showed up. After going over the odds for various "Ranmarean Events" as she referred to them she instructed the photographers to head to their positions to wait for the newest morning battle of the ongoing saga of the Blue Thunder and the Wild Horse.

After watching Ranma defeat Kuno with only a glancing blow on the way through to the door, with that same preoccupied look in his eyes, she decided that it was defiantly time to have Kasumi see what was eating at the pigtailed boy's mind. Pushing that thought to the back of her mind for later she went down to direct her people on carrying Kuno to the nurse's office. She still found it rather amusing that Kuno thought that she carried him there herself. Honestly, what did that moron think, that she was in love with him and would do anything just to be near him?

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After helping Kuno to the nurse's office, for the standard fee of course, she made her way her way to class, expecting her teacher, Mr. Wakanzi, to have already starting his lecture. However, as she approached the door she noticed Mr. Wakanzi standing to one side of the hall talking with a boy she hadn't seen before. The boy appeared to be about 155 cm and was rather thick shouldered and muscular. His most striking features ,however, were the fact that his hair was an almost electric blue and he was wearing sunglasses of the same hue that wrapped around his head so that no part of his eyes were visible. It appeared as though it was the sun glasses that the teacher was questioning about as he was pointing at them. The boy produced a piece of paper that looked to be a doctor's note of some kind. After reading it Mr. Wakanzi frowned but apparently accepted it. He motioned the boy into the class and watched as Nabiki followed before entering. He waited until Nabiki had seated her self before speaking.

"Class, we have a new student joining us today." Mr.Wakanzi stated, "He has come from America as part of an exchange program. He has an eye condition and must wear the sunglass indoors so please do not grumble about the fact that he gets to wear them when you can't Mr. Motosuwa." The rest of the class gave a small chuckle at this. Hideki Motosuwa had been trying to wear his sunglasses indoors all year so he could close his eyes behind them and sleep. "Now then please introduce yourself young man."

"Hello, my name is James Howlett. Pleased to meet you." The boy stated, "And yes this is my natural hair color so please don't ask where I bought it."

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To be continued…

Ok I decided that I wasn't happy with the original way I wrote this story so I'm changing it…slowly. Hope you enjoyed it.

Please review and give me ideas or criticism.

Also I need some pre-readers so let me know if you want to help.