I'm back! (Leaving yet another loose end... )
Anywho, enjoy my crappy writing skill!
Prologue
Nodoka was silently seething. She regretted that she'd ever agreed to this foolish "training trip", as her husband called it. Spread out on the desk before her was a thoroughly read and reread letter, which was received just hours earlier. She had just concluded a chado[Japanese tea ceremony] lesson that morning, and had found her beloved son's familiar handwriting among the various bills and useless advertisements.
Her husband hadn't thought to inform her about anything involving the "training" that he'd planned. There were the times that Ranma was traded for food, the Cat Fu training, the cartloads of fiancées, ah, and last, but DEFINITELY not least, the curses. The panda can be dealt with accordingly. (Me: I can't decide between zoo and circus, what so you think?) Then again, he's hot-cold-water-reversible. Too bad.
Then there's poor Ranma's curse. His father's "blunder" (Me: If I write it as "training," we might lose a most beloved Panda from the Nerima District Zoo.) had almost cost Ranma his life, if he was still bound to the idiotic contract that Genma whipped up 14 years prior. Thankfully, her son was more sensible than her husband and had explained the misunderstanding of him agreeing to the contract as a game of "finger-painting" that Genma let him do on the document. Did I forget to mention that this curse works differently than Genma's curse? Please forgive me, it slipped my mind.
Here goes: 1) There are no remedies. 2) It isn't hot-cold water based. And 3) The spring was a "first-come-first-serve" spring, as it had only seen it's tragedy had happened quite recently. Genma better have thought it through, because setting foot in this house again could be a fatal decision. Now then, Nodoka only had one set of seppuku[ritual suicide, common among samurai (Japanese swordsmen)] ceremonial robes to prepare now.
The clock on the wall chimed, announcing the passing if another hour. Nodoka snapped to attention and mentally scolded herself for spacing out that easily. She needed to prepare for her next group lesson, which was ikebana[Japanese flower arrangement]. (Me: I found it ridiculous that Nodoka was only listed as a "home-maker" on the wikia. How the hell do you expect her to maintain a house with running electricity, water, sewage and etc. with a useless husband like Genma the Panda?!)
It really was a lovely day though. The sakura[cherry blossom] trees were in bloom, birds sang. Nerima was thrumming with life, but a sudden chill washed over every single person, subconsciously foreseeing an unfavorable future. Most just brushed it off and carried on with their day, but a few retreated into the safety of their own homes and stayed there for the rest of that no-longer-very-lovely day.
End Prologue
Whew! I finished editing the stupid thing!