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Ranma Zero
Chapter 1
Returning home
In the infamous cursed valley of Jusenkyo, a young man wearing a brown yellow top with black pants seemed to fade into view several feet above the cursed pools.
Ranma suddenly found himself falling towards one of the various pools below, deciding that a bath was not what he wanted now he simply stopped his descent and hovered to the ground at the side of a pool.
"You honoured sir where you come from?" the Chinese guide asked curiously as he had not heard anybody arrive.
"I..." he started to say but remembered that he was now back in his world.
"Where am I?" he asked changing the subject.
"OH you in valley of cursed springs, Jusenkyo"
"Cursed springs? "
"Oh, very tragic story each pool have curse, who ever fall into spring take shape of creature cursed there" As if to demonstrate a wondering monkey fell into one of the pools seeming to drown then emerged as a small cat running away into the forest.
"Amazing" He commented even after having seen the mighty form of Shen Long
"Yes but very dangerous, hot water cure the curse but only temporary" commented the guide
"Oh anyway could you please tell me the way to Japan?" he asked vaguely remembering the name of his mother land.
"Oh you go that way" the guide said pointing towards the rising sun.
"Thank you" Ranma thanked handing the guide some money.
The guide's eyes widened as he saw that the stranger had handed him a gold coin.
"Thank you..." he started to say but the young man had already disappeared.
"Very strange" the guide commented to himself while walking back to his hut
Ranma decided to walk along the path instead of flying, as he could enjoy the scenery of his home world for longer.
Eventually he came across an open gate village, noting that there was a crowd gathered around the centre of the village in which a ring was.
Within the ring there were two females warriors duelling, it was apparent that the smaller blue haired girl was winning. Both were using Tai chi swords and duelling at what to the average person would seem like a blur.
"Hmmpp... pathetic" Ranma commented in a low voice.
"Really I would like to see you try better" an old woman said as she approached him from behind.
"Perhaps….but not today" answering tactfully having realised that what he said must have insulted the person. Man Vegeta must be rubbing off on me he was mildly surprised at the old woman's skill, she made no sound on her approach but he had already sensed her aura.
Cologne was surprised by the unusual calm of the outsider male, normally anyone would have been startled by someone sneaking up on them but the young man in front of her was not. She had also noticed that there were numerous females looking the outsider over, though she had to admit that he was a handsome male and did look strong.
Ranma for the first time noticed a panda in a cage nearby a hut waving around its paws,
Is that thing trying to talk to me?
Curious he walked towards the cave, ignoring the glances from various females.
As he got closer, Ranma got a better look at the panda it seemed familiar somehow.
where have I seen you before?
Suddenly he had a premonition, It couldn't be He thought as he remembered back to the guide's words and some memory of him being attacked by a similar panda.
"Father…?"
The response from the panda was extreme joy as it attempted to hug him through the bars.
"Is that really you?" he asked again.
The panda just nodded several times.
You there male get away from cage, that dangerous animal the Amazon guarding the cage warned finally noticing Ranma.
You are wrong this is my father, he has been to the cursed valley of Jusenkyo
"What did you say child?" the old woman who had approached him early asked, thinking the boy must be mad.
"That is my father I believe he was cursed at Jusenkyo" Ranma said in Japanese.
"Fetch me some hot water girl "the elder told to the guard.
"Yes elder "the blonde amazon hurried away.
"So you say that is your father, if that is so he has broken our laws"
"What laws are those?" Ranma asked in a curious and tired tone, remembering his father as an idiot so wasn't surprised when the old woman told him this.
"He ate half of the first prize for the tournament you see now, and refused to fight than tried to run away!"
"How about I pay for what he ate".
"Hah just like a typical outsider thinking only in terms of money"
"Well what is it you want than?" he asked in a slightly annoyed tone noting the old woman had a calculating look in her eyes.
"Simple you must fight the champion of the tournament, if you win the first prize is yours to do with as you please" Cologne indicated to the girl who now stood triumphant in the ring.
Ranma noted the girls aura was weak so guessed at her power level, hmmp not a problem
"Fine"
Cologne told the rest of the people what was going to happen, they parted allowing a path for Ranma to follow to the ring where the purple haired girl stood with an arrogant smirk.
Instead of walking Ranma simply leapt from his position and into the ring directly opposite the Amazon.
Shampoo was momentarily shocked that the outsider male who was quite handsome and looked extremely strong leapt from a hundred metres to right in front of her.
"Shall we begin" he asked in a neutral tone not even taking up a stance.
Shampoo putting aside her shock allowed her anger to surface, the arrogance of this male in front of her who appeared to not even take her seriously by the way he stood. Screaming a battle cry she charged in fast with her sword intending to end the match fast.
Ranma stood his ground with his arms behind his back and dodged all the stabs and thrusts made by the enraged amazon.
Cologne was perched by the side of the ring studied the battle intensely,
The male is good she was surprised as she had barely felt his aura.
Ranma decided there was little point in prolonging the battle, he could already see his opponent's skill decrease as she was becoming both desperate and fatigued.
As Shampoo charged desperately Ranma met the oncoming attack with a solid block, holding the steel blade between two of his fingers.
Ranma gave a small smile to the blue haired girl who was struggling to remove the weapon from his grip, than with a flick of his wrist he snapped the blade.
Shampoo quickly pulled back taking a moment to examine her broken blade.
Before she could even react she felt the broken end of her blade placed lightly against her throat,
Shampoo noted that he still held the blade between his fingers.
The whole village was silent awaiting the next move by either combatant, none dared to interfere for it was a matter of honour.
"You lose" He whispered followed by a small yet sheepish grin, pulling back the blade and discarding it on the floor.
"Game is not over yet!" Shampoo cried in Japanese as she charged again with what little strength she had left.
Ranma waited until the very last moment just before Shampoo was about to strike, he teleported behind her, Shampoo was caught completely off guard losing her balance and than falling out of the ring.
The whole village was silent not only because Shampoo had been bested by a mere male outsider but the fact that the other elders saw what the boy just did.
Ranma looked around at the curious stares he was receiving from the majority of the villagers.
Uh oh…man what did I do this time…??
Reacting on instinct Ranma spied his father's cage and quickly teleported there.
Most of the spectators were still watching the now empty ring where the outsider male was moments before.
Cologne was the first to notice that the boy had somehow appeared next to the caged panda, she saw him rip the iron door off its hinges as it was nothing and grab the panda with one arm.
By now the rest of the Amazons had caught on and surrounded the boy and panda.
"You outsider male what you think you are doing?" several Amazon questioned at once while unsheathing their weapons.
"Umm…. just taking my father "
Ranma stated simply looking around not wanting a confrontation even though his Sayijin genes did, he ran towards the crowd leaping over them at the last moment and breaking out into a run into the forest still carrying his panda of a father.
He
spied a waterfall in an opening nearby and went for it, gathering
some water in a broken pot he found on the ground he began to heat it
up with his ki, time to see whether that guide knew what he was
talking about
When the water began to boil he doused it over the
panda which than took the familiar form of his father.
"Ranma my boy you do your father proud" Genma cried to his son while patting him on the back, happy at finally being out of that cage and back in human form.
"Yeah whatever pop, still causing trouble as usual….. so can we go home now?"
"Of course son but we'll have to stop of at a friend's house on the way back" and get you engaged boy Genma added as an after thought.
"Sure what ever father"
"Well than lets get going" Genma commanded as he started walking down a random path.
"I think this way would be better" Ranma said as he grabbed his father's hand and began to head in the opposite direction.
"What…you will show your father som…" Genma's words' died in his mouth as he spotted the group of Amazons at the top of the path he had intended to take. "hmm…perhaps your right boy…"
Cologne hopped hurriedly along with Shampoo and several other Amazons some who were also elders like herself were interested in the boy, she could sense the boy's powerful aura not far away, now she knew what to look for.
Ranma turned and spied the group of Amazon's in particular the old woman who had approached him in the first place. They were approaching fast, he sensed another group in the opposite direction from the first. Damn we're surrounded…well I suppose it is their land after all
Genma was already thinking of ways to bargain for his life, not wanting to spend the rest of his life as a panda in a cave or worse.
"Well….so much for enjoying China" The pigtailed man calmly commented to himself as he placed a palm on the trembling form of his father, concentration evident on his face, a moment later the pair vanished.
Cologne; Shampoo and many of the other Amazons were surprised to say the least when they saw the boy and a bald man with glasses on the same path as them several metres away.
Before she could get close to them to explain about the kiss of marriage law involving outsiders defeating amazons, the boy placed a hand on the older man's shoulder and the pair vanished.
"Great grand mother where did they go?" Shampoo asked in a surprised tone.
"I...don't know, let us return to the village for now" she said slowly in a calm tone, although inside she was confused as to how the boy kept doing that, could he be a mage of some sort but she had felt no magical aura around the boy but their presence was definitely gone.
Ranma and his now shocked father reappeared on a cliff,
"Son what did you just do and where are we?" Genma asked, the area did not look like anything in China he had visited.
"We're in Japan, I remember this mountain as I used to come and play here when I was young" he gazed at the view of Tokyo city.
"We are…." Genma said in a surprised tone as he realised the surrounding area was familiar.
"Well then son, let's go and visit my old friend" Genma said happily, happy at not having to swim the sea between China and Japan and that the pact between the two families would finally be fulfilled.
"Who is it?".
"Well his names Soun Tendo and he and I trained together under the same master"
and soon he will be your father in law
Ranma noted the smile that appeared on his father's face at the mention of his old friend but ignored it, after all things could only get better from here on right.
"Ok sure so where is the place?"
"Just follow me son"
Within the Tendo dojo a black moustached man with shoulder length black hair was pacing around nervously.
"Where are you Genma" the figure kept muttering.
A young woman with long chestnut hair wearing a kitchen apron peeked in on her father with a worried look on her face.
"So is father still at it?" a girl with shoulder length
"Yes Nabiki he's been like that for days now, do you think I should call doctor Tofu?" the older girl asked.
"No I'd just give it a few more days Kasumi" Nabiki replied, even though it wouldn't cost anything to have to family doctor come over, she doubted there was anything the guy could do to help their father, he would probably even makes thinks were due to Kasumi being in the house.
"Oh okay are you sure Nabiki?" the eldest Tendo said.
"Yes sis I'm pretty sure he'll be back to his usual self by the end of the week"
Akane was out for her daily early morning jog, looking at her watch she noted that she had bested her previous time by three minutes.
She had been admiring the sunrise while jogging when she collided with what she thought was a brick wall falling on the floor.
What?? she thought frantically as she had not remembered the obstacle the day before.
"Sorry about that" a voice said to her.
"What...??" she looked up to see a young man standing in front of her, the shock only lasted for a moment before she went into her routine of hating all boys.
"What the hell do you think your doing, why don't you watch where your going!" she said as she ignored his outstretched hand and got up.
"Look I said I'm sorry..." he began to say but was cut off by another older man from behind him.
"Son stop wasting time I want to visit my old friend"
"all right pop sheesh!"
"Anyway I'm sorry for knocking you over but I've gotta go now" he said as he quickly jogged to catch up with the older man.
Akane was confused and angry, she had expected the boy the act like any other and try to hit on her, but he hadn't. A part of her was slightly angry at this but she ignored the feeling and jogged back home.
Tendo Dojo
"Well here we are son"
"Pretty nice place" he commented admiring the traditional Japanese design of the building.
Genma walked up to the front door and knocked.
Moments later the door was answered by the eldest Tendo daughter.
"Oh… hello can I help you?" Kasumi asked politely.
"Yes I was wondering if Soun Tendo is in" Genma replied.
"Oh my...um..." she knew that in her father's current state he was in no position to receive guests.
"Father are you sure you've got the right place" Ranma asked walking up to Genma.
"Hmm...yes I sure" he said after noticing the sign of 'Anything goes' at the top of the dojo.
Kasumi for the first time noticed the young man that accompanied the bald man, noting how his muscles bulged out of his red shirt and blushed slightly.
Before she could say any thing more her father rushed past her and began to hug the bald man.
"Genma my old friend, finally you've arrived!!"
"Soun how have you been all these years!" Genma asked as he returned the hug.
"Fine my friend but what took you so long to get here, I received your postcard over a week ago"
"Well we..."
"But let us go inside before you tell me of your travels" Soun interrupted getting caught up in the moment.
"Of course old friend, well come along boy"
Ranma simply nodded and followed, as he walked past the girl who had answered the door he noted that she was blushing slightly. Perhaps they don't get many guests, but man she's beautiful he blushed at that last thought
As Genma and Ranma seated themselves at the table in the living room, Soun walked up to Kasumi who was in the kitchen preparing some drinks for the guests.
"Kasumi please go and get your sisters"
"Why father?" the eldest Tendo daughter asked curiously.
"Well this is that friend I've been waiting for"
"Oh my" she said remembering back to last week when her father received the postcard and how he went on about an engagement between his family and a friend's.
Kasumi hurriedly went to get her sisters.
Kasumi knocked on Nabiki's door,
"Nabiki come down father's friend is here"
"Which friend?"
"The one he was talking about last week"
"Oh all right" Nabiki said with a sigh.
Kasumi then went to Akane's room but no one was there,
"Nabiki do you know where Akane is?" she asked as she bumped into her on the stairs.
"I think she's in the dojo, I'll go get her".
Inside the dojo he saw her sister demolishing concrete blocks,
"Hey sis father says to come now"
"What's it about?"
"That engagement to a friend he was going on about last week"
"Oh all right then" she replied back angrily, when she had first heard about the engagement she was annoyed, boys were all the same after all but she was relieved when the said friends failed to turn up for a several days, now she was again annoyed that her father's friend's had arrived.
Moments later the Akane walked into the room where the rest of her family and her father's friends were. Looking around she saw a familiar face,
"You what are you doing here?" she said as she pointed to the boy who had bumped into her earlier.
"I'm just following my old man while he is visiting a friend" Ranma replied neutrally, he had already sensed the girl he bumped into earlier, although her aura was weak in comparison to many of his friends, here she stood out from the rest of the people.
Akane took her seat quietly unable to think of a reply.
Nabiki perked her ears at this comment, He doesn't know about the engagement! she thought although she was slightly disappointed. When she walked into the room she had noticed that the young man in front of her was very handsome and extremely well built but had a look of intelligence in his eyes, not something she would have expected from some martial arts jock.
"This is my son Ranma" Genma introduced.
"Nice to meet you" he replied with a small friendly smile.
"Ranma these are my daughters, Kasumi 19, Nabiki 17, Akane 16, pick one and she will be your fiancée" Soun said with a grin.
Ranma was shocked still for several moments before turning to his father who was already out the door, teleporting he grabbed his father and lifted him up easily with one hand.
"Care to explain father" he asked dangerously.
Akane was shocked at what Ranma had just done to her he had moved so fast that all her eyes registered was a momentary blur where he had been sitting.
"Well s...on my old friend Soun here and myself made a pact before you were born"
Ranma's glare told him to continue
"Well it was decided that you would grow up and eventually marry one of his daughters".
Genma finished considerably more nervous now.
Ranma threw his father in the Koi pond in frustration, moments later a panda emerged.
"Wha...t's that?" Nabiki asked shakily as a panda appeared where moments before there was a man.
Ranma noted the shocked looks from the Tendo family members and only realised what was the matter when a panda sat down next to him.
"Oh that's my…. father"
"That's a panda…. but where did it come from?" Nabiki asked as she was the first to recover, thinking that if father's friend was some sort of magician than money could be made.
"Oh um it would be better if I showed you, could I please have a kettle?" he asked in general.
"I'll go get one" Kasumi said leaving for the kitchen.
She returned a moment later with a kettle of boiling water,
"Thank you" he said politely as he took the kettle from her hands ignoring the spark of electricity that passed as their hands touched briefly.
Pouring the steaming water on the panda's head, Ranma ignored the yelps from the man where before there was a panda.
"Wow that's a pretty neat trick" Akane commented.
"It's no trick, my father has a Chinese curse because he was stupid enough to go to a cursed training ground", and he actually took me there! Ranma added as an after thought.
"Do you have a curse?" Nabiki asked already disheartened.
"Fortunately not, unless you count having an idiot father"
"Ungrateful boy!" Genma shouted as he got up and tried to attack his son, but soon found himself flying towards the koi pond again.
Soun ignored the panda, his friend trying to talk turning back to Ranma instead.
"Well son your problems not so bad, so which of my daughters will you marry?"
"I..." he started to say as he looked over the three girls, the youngest had a look of anger, the second had an unreadable mask in place had he not been reading her aura he would not be able to see what she felt, ant the eldest had a look of peace and beauty.
"I'm sorry mister Tendo I cannot marry any of your daughters..." at this the older man started to break out in tears.
"...Because I do not know any of them that well and besides they may already have plans." He finished and noted that this calmed the older man down considerably.
"I ain't gonna marry you!" Akane screamed out of habit and immediately sat down again under the intense gazes of her family.
"And I won't force you to" Ranma replied simply.
"Foolish boy, you will marry one of the Tendo girls" Genma said having somehow gotten some hot water and returned to human form.
"Look father I will not force anyone into a marriage that they don't want besides they all probably got something planned already".
"It is a matter of honour son you have to!".
Ranma froze at this last statement, through all his life he had valued honour even more so when he had been kidnapped by Dr. Gero, in fact his sense of honour had helped him to save lives even when Dr. Gero with his mind control devices ordered him to kill.
"I...fine I'll go along with the engagement but remember I do this for honour not out of respect for you, also if none of them wish to marry me than that is the end"
"Of course of course" Genma said back quickly glad that he had convinced his son to accept the engagement, he only hoped that one of his friend's daughters would as well.
Turning to the three girls who had watched the display,
"Well I guess I'm going to have to be engaged to one of you but it's your choice"
The three girls were shocked that the young man Ranma was giving them the choice of who he was to be engaged to.
Akane was annoyed she knew that Kasumi and Nabiki would probably never agree to be
engaged to him so it would go down to her. Although she had to admit that he didn't act like any of the boys she was used to and was quite handsome.
Nabiki was contemplating all the pros and cons of being engaged to Ranma, she thought about how the girls at school would get jealous over her fiancée who was quite handsome, she also thought that with a body like his he could be a model. At this last thought yen signs floated around her head as she pictured herself as his manager.
Kasumi looked the young man over and found herself blushing as she noted the fine lean muscle which seemed to stretch his clothing, although she was worried that he was immature.
"Father perhaps it is too early for us to decide" She said deciding to break the tension and silence.
"Well…than what would you suggest?" Soun asked curiously.
"Um…….Mr. Tendo perhaps if your three daughters were to know me better it would help with their decision, if they decide to accept the engagement" Ranma said after a moment.
"Hmm….yes your right….but I have one condition"
"Um…okay" Ranma replied slowly, curious as to the man's reasoning.
"That you stay here until a decision has been made"
"Well I….."
"What an excellent idea Tendo! of course we'll stay!" Genma interrupted in a happy tone.
Ranma resigned trying to argue as he knew it was pointless, even now both men were already gulping down sake like there was no tomorrow.
"Oh one of my little girl's getting married!" Soun shouted out as he danced with Genma, both had started to sing about the joining of the schools.
Both Akane and Nabiki were shocked at the turn of events while Kasumi just sat there calmly with a small smile on her face.
Nabiki noticed the slight blushing in Kasumi's cheeks no way it couldn't be she thought.
"Are you alright Kasumi?"
"I….fine...oh my lets all drink some tea" Kasumi said surprising herself at her inability to give a answer as she walked back into the kitchen.
When Nabiki and Akane looked back in the living room, they saw their father and Ranma's father still dancing and drinking sake.
"Where'd he go?" Akane asked to her sister.
"I don't know" she replied in an equally surprised tone.
Ranma had decided that he needed a break from the news he had just received, he had teleported to a mountain side he had seen from the roof of the Tendo estate, hoping the peace of the surrounding area would help to relax him like it did in the other world.
what am I going to do? he continuously asked himself, it wasn't that none of the girls he had seen tonight were unattractive, more the opposite really. But it was just too soon after all he had been through he had just wanted to return home, relax and hopefully lead a normal life.
"I might as well give it a try, at least it'll probably lead to a more normal life" he said to himself as he trekked down the mountain deciding to make his way back to the dojo instead of simply teleporting.
On a ship travelling between China and Japan, an old woman perched upon a long stick stood and talked with a purple haired girl, both were admiring the unusual calm of the ocean.
"Great grandmother how do you know he will be in Japan, China is a very big place"
"Well Shampoo for the simply reason he didn't look Chinese, the guide says he heard the pair over talking as they approached the valley about returning to Japan"
"How will we find them?" she asked again.
"Well I have had reports that there are some particularly strong martial artists in a district called Nerima, there we will start our search" the elder replied
"Remember to explain about our laws when you catch up with son in law, he will be a worthy addition to the tribe, someone we cannot afford to have as an enemy"
Shampoo could not help but nod at this statement, she was surprised at the skill and ease at which the young man had dodged her attacks, even though she was tired she was still the strongest warrior of her generation.
By the time Ranma returned to the Tendo dojo night had all ready fallen he had decided to walk as that allowed more time for him to relax, sensing that there was still a person downstairs he knocked quietly on the front door.
"Who is it?" Kasumi asked quietly from behind the door as she too did not want to wake anybody.
"It's me Ranma Saotome"
Kasumi opened the door,
"Oh where have you been?"
"I just went out for some air, I needed to think"
He answered walking in.
"Why are you up so late?" he asked curiously as when he looked at the clock it was nearly midnight.
"I...was waiting for you to come back, um…it wouldn't do for you to be locked out at this time of night" Kasumi mumbled the last part ducking her head slightly to hide the blushing in her cheeks.
"Oh...thanks but you shouldn't put yourself out like that".
"Oh..."
The two walked into the kitchen where she motioned for him to sit down, a moment later she gave him a cup of hot chocolate, then sat opposite him with her own cup of tea.
"Thanks" Ranma said.
After a moment Ranma decided to be blunt as he had to know,
"Kasumi can I ask you something?"
"Of course Ranma"
"Why did you not protest about the engagement?"
Kasumi was silent for a moment as she was surprised at the question.
"I….don't really know Ranma…"
"I see.." .
"Well you could always not accept the engagement and leave…" Kasumi said quietly.
"Well…to be honest…I'm not completely against the engagement, it just that everything happening so fast…"
"It was quite…unexpected wasn't?" she commented.
"Yeah…it's just that I've spent all my life fighting and training in the arts, I'm just so new to this sort of thing"
"If you want Ranma I could help you explain about the engagement to father in the morning" She said as she turned towards the stairs.
Ranma placed a hand on her shoulder stopping her in her tracks,
"You don't understand I am willing to give this engagement thing a chance"
She turned back to him waiting for him to continue.
"It's just that…well if I do anything wrong just tell me"
"I… will Ranma" she blushed as she said the last part.
"Anyway now that I'm back you should get some rest". He said as he walked with her to her bedroom door, he was surprised to note that he could barely hear Kasumi's footfalls, they were almost as silent as his own which he thought was strange as he could not detect any martial arts training in the eldest Tendo girl.
Before she entered her room Ranma tapped her shoulder to attract her attention,
"Goodnight Kasumi and thanks" he said quickly and left.
The next day Ranma was awakened by a panda attempting to pick him up, remembering that it was his father's cursed form.
"What do you want father I'm sleeping" he said tiredly even in the other world no one ever disturbed him in his sleep except for ChiChi but even Vegita and Goku feared her and Goku was married to her!
The panda lifted up a sign saying,
'Son it's time to train'
Ranma nearly laughed at this, right now his father couldn't even give him a decent workout with his level of skill.
"Go away pop I'm too tired to pound the hell out of you"
'Ungrateful boy this is for your own good' Genma said holding up another sign, while trying to pick up his son and throw him.
Instead Genma soon found himself flying out the window and straight into the Koi pond.
By now thanks to his father's annoyance Ranma decided to get up as he could not sleep anymore anyway.
Going downstairs he noted that no one was awake except for one person and his father, walking into the kitchen he was just in time to see the eldest Tendo daughter slip on some oil.
Reacting out of instinct he rushed in and her body before it could impact with the floor, helping her up quickly he noted that again there was a jolt of electricity when he had touched her arms.
What could that be
Kasumi found that she had enjoyed the feel of Ranma's arms on her, she blushed again as she noted how his tight muscles seemed to bulge through his shirt. After the previous night's talk with Ranma she had thought about why she had accepted the engagement, all she could come up with was this warm feeling when she saw his smiling face.
"Are you all right?" he asked
"Ye..s" she practically stuttered slightly nervously.
"Perhaps you should sit down" he said as he easily lifted her and carried her to the living room couch.
As luck would have it, Akane appeared at the bottom of the stairs seeing Ranma carrying her older sister into the living room, certain thoughts came to her.
"YOU PERVERT WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" she screamed running up to him.
"Wha..t??"
"PUT MY SISTER DOWN NOW!" she shouted preparing for action.
By now the whole household had been awakened by Akane's screams, Soun upon seeing Ranma carrying Kasumi assumed it was a sign that they were getting on.
"Son I think you should at least wait until after the wedding to do that"
"What are you talking about?" Ranma asked the moustached man in a confused tone.
"That's all right son, but if you really want we'll hold the wedding next week!" Genma said with a huge grin having changed back to human form.
Nabiki was silent as she knew not to jump to conclusions combined with the confused look on Ranma's face.
"Hey what are you guys on about?" he asked again.
"Ranma I think they think your trying to seduce me" Kasumi said in a quiet tone to Ranma, her face was nearly all red.
"What!!" he said in surprise as he put Kasumi down on the couch.
Unfortunately Akane had only heard the part about 'Ranma' 'me' and 'seduce' so automatically assumed the worse.
"YOU PERVERT" Akane shouted throwing a punch a still confused Ranma in the face.
"Owww… what??" Akane stared in pain at her right hand, punching Ranma had seemed like punching a concrete wall only harder.
"Hey are you okay?" he asked as he noted that Akane was clutching her right hand.
"No you idiot it's all your fault" Akane cried back.
"How's it his fault?" Nabiki asked.
"He…" Akane found that she was unable to answer.
"You're the one who hit me!".
"Well if you weren't trying to seduce my sister I wouldn't have!"
"I wasn't I was just helping her to the couch she nearly fell in the kitchen"
"Yeah whatever pervert!"
"It's true Akane" Kasumi finally said.
"Wh.at really??" Akane asked back, looking at the rest of the nodding members of her family even her father and uncle Saotome were nodded in a disheartened mood.
"FINE" She shouted and stomped of to her room returning downstairs with her school bag and heading off to school.
Genma handed his still confused son a book bag,
"Here son"
"What's this for?"
"Well son since we will be staying here for a while you'll be going to school, in fact it is the same one as Nabiki and Akane go to".
"But…" he started to protest but realised it would be pointless.
"Come on Ranma the school this way" Nabiki said as she left.
"I'll see you after school then" he said quickly to Kasumi as he rushed to catch up with Nabiki.
Both Genma and Soun noticed this act and were already dancing around, Kasumi ignored them but felt slightly happy at Ranma's concern for her.
( To be continued…)
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