(Well, everyone, it's time now for chapter 3 of "The Get Togethers" During the time reviews were being sent to me, I got a very horrible one from someone known as Requiem the Relentless, who said this story was "awful" and I "should be ashamed by posting it." I tend to highly disagree with that… and I'm sure most of you would as well… am I right? Well, Requiem the Relentless won't be thanked for the review… thanks to his/her harshness and repeatedly saying that he/she "is not a nice person," but who WILL be thanked are the following people: Unknown 2008 and vleroy728. I'm definitely not ashamed of making this at all. In the meantime, please enjoy this chapter and I sure hope to get more reviews from different people.)
Copyright 2009
After I had told Yuka and Saiyuri a little more about myself, we went for one last swim and we decided to wrap it up. I knew inside that I might be coming back here or at a different pool, but with Nabiki instead for my date with her.
"Okay, we better get home to tend to our needs," Yuka said to us. "Nice meeting you, Mathew."
"Same with you two," I responded.
After the girls and I changed at our respective sides, I shook their hands and kissed their cheeks in respect when they left us.
"Nice girls," I said to Akane.
"Yeah, they're great," Akane said back to me. "What'd you think of them?"
"They're okay," I responded. "They're definitely a couple of girls who have a good head on their shoulders… like you of course."
"Thanks, I was wondering if you were going to say if I have one…" Akane said with a smug look.
"I was," I said.
We started walking home when I twitched.
"What's up?" Akane asked. "Why'd you suddenly twitch?"
"Listen," I said in a soft voice.
Akane took a listen and she definitely heard what I thought I heard.
"Whoo-hoo," We heard a faint, but soft voice say. "Whoo-hoo -- what a haul!! What a haul!!! What a haul!! What a haul!!"
"Are you hearing what I'm hearing, girl?" I asked Akane.
"Mm-hmm," Akane said. "Looks like exterminating time… for you anyway."
"Yep," I said.
I told Akane to step back and after closing my eyes and resting my fingers on my thumbs, I jumped up, revealing a hidden block in the air, containing a flower. I jumped up one last time to touch it... then, my outfit was all orange and red.
"Whoa, how'd you do that?" Akane asked me.
"I'll tell you afterwards," I said.
"Get back here, ya freak!!" I heard Ranma say.
He was chasing after the cunt… like how I thought he would be.
"Try all you want, Ranma," I heard the freak say. "You'll never catch me until you're an old man close to 100."
"Need any help, man?" I called out to Ranma.
He looked up and saw me standing on the side. I shot my finger at Happosai, shooting out fireballs. They started bouncing up and down at Happosai, but he continued to dodge them.
(A/n: This is not really a Mario parody… just something I thought would be funny… seeing as this is just a story.)
"What good will those do?" Happosai joked, just running ahead.
I didn't give up shooting at him until Ranma grabbed his sack full of girls' panties and then, I was able to hit him.
"Ranma, let go of them now!!" Happosai screamed.
That's when I saw an opening and fired at Happosai; direct hit!. He started screaming as the fire continued to burn him.
"Ranma, grab his sack now!!" I said.
He was able to grab it before a flame got on it, and tossed it back to the crowd of girls. I looked at them and they were all stunned. After returning back to normal, Ranma and I slapped each other's hands in victory.
"Nice work, Mathew," Ranma said to me.
"Thanks," I said.
"How'd you learn how to do that?" Ranma asked me.
"It's my own version of defense," I responded.
"More like your 'martial arts'?" Ranma asked.
"Well… yeah, sort of," I answered.
"But I thought you said you don't do martial arts," Ranma said.
"You're right," I said. "I don't do any of those ones with kicks and punches and stuff… but this is my own version… and the best part is… it's easy."
"Is it?" Ranma asked me.
"Sure is," I answered. "I've been teaching myself this for the last 5 years."
"Don't do Martial Arts, eh?" I heard Akane say.
"Not the one where there's kicking and punching," I said.
"I've seen a few like those," Ranma pointed out. "One of which dealt with French food, which turned out to be a painful experience, seeing as I couldn't turn back to a guy without feeling a huge amount of pain."
I raised my eyebrows at what he explained to me.
"He had an experience where he was locked in wearing an iron corset," Akane explained. "It was tough, but he was able to defeat Picolet – the one who he had to face."
"Like I figured," I said, turning to Ranma. "I have my respect for you, man."
I snapped my fingers and the fires on Happosai went away. Ranma and I figured he got enough of what he deserved.
"Nice work," Ranma said to me.
"Seems like it's the only way to save the female population from any future humiliation from that cunt," I said to him, slapping hands again.
(Ranma's P.O.V.)
Back at home, we were eating our dinner when Akane brought up the new kind of "martial arts" that Mathew demonstrated to beat the freak.
"A WHAT?!!" Mr. Tendo said, astounded. "You're telling us that Mathew has taught himself a kind of 'martial arts' to defeat the Master?"
"Yeah, Akane and I saw it ourselves," I said.
"You know what that means," Pop said.
He grabbed me and stormed off to the dojo.
"Hey, Pop!!" I said, very irritated. "Put me down!!"
"No can do, boy," Pop said, sternly. "You gotta learn it in case he challenges you!!"
"LET ME GO NOW!!!" I shouted.
To the biggest surprise, Mathew had grabbed my chest and was able to release Pop's grip on me.
"Let him go," Mathew demanded. "I'm not challenging someone whom I have a lot of respect for!!"
This is what I was hoping for, I thought.
I didn't do this on purpose – I just brought up Mathew's killer "martial arts" to stop the freak's panty raids and that's when my old man just grabbed me with no say in the matter.
"You heard that, Pop?" I said to him. "That's one thing that I know for sure that you aren't going to get… EVER!!!"
I thought of the numerous crappy things that I found out what Pop did when I was just a little boy on his back… like when he sold me for a freakin' fish of all things… and even things he did that didn't even involve me… like when that Shogi guy showed up and did a big number of damage on us that day.
"Ranma, are you gonna get it," Pop said.
"Just shut up and finish," I said.
"I must say," Kasumi spoke up. "That Mathew's form of 'martial arts' is pretty creative."
"Thanks," Mathew said. "I've been teaching myself that for 5 years now… and everytime I do it, I keep getting better and better."
"And now you use it on me…" We heard a voice say.
It turned out to be Happosai, who had made his way home in his burnt up outfit.
"Look what you've done!!" The freak said.
"S-S-S-Saotome," Mr. Tendo said, getting scared. "The Master's getting angry."
We heard a splash of water and Pop had turned into the panda again. He held up a sign that translated to "I wasn't around him." That's when the freak jumped up to Mathew, but I grabbed him just in time.
"Thanks, dude," Mathew said to me.
"Sure thing," I said back to him. "Is there any way to turn the fire back on him?"
"Mm-hmm," Mathew answered. "Same way I shut it off – snapping my fingers."
"Heard that," I said to Happosai. "Just a snap of his fingers and you'll be burning from his flames until you're reduced to your own underwear… maybe even nothing."
"I'll do it…" Mathew said, hoping that scared him.
"No… NO NO NO NO NO NO DON'T!!" Happosai screamed.
Mathew's fingers were about ready to snap.
"Boys, do you think he really deserves it?" Akane asked.
"Well, how many times have YOU done something about it?" Mathew asked her.
"Once… as a plan Ranma cooked up to get back at him for lifting up our skirts at school… 10 times that week," Akane responded.
"Hel-lo," Mathew said, before turning to the freak again. "You think you would've learned by now."
"Uh, he needs that if he wants to continue on," I said to him.
"No way!!" Mathew said, astounded.
"Way," I said to him. "I know it sounds kind of goofy, but it's true… that's their Master for you… he's even stole my strength with a moxa burn… just for me stopping him on one of his 'raids'… not to mention he's even used me as his own personal bath toy at the public bathhouse when we weren't able to get any hot water for our baths."
"Tell me more," Mathew said, appearing interested. "Maybe I can help."
"Sure thing," I said, leading him away from the others.
(Nabiki's P.O.V.)
"By the way, I got your note, Mathew," I called out, hoping that he heard me.
"Oh good, thanks," I heard him call out.
It didn't cross my mind to tell him until Ranma took off with him. Oh well, guess I had to tell him later.
"Mathew left you a note?" Akane asked me.
"Yep," I answered. "He wants to ask me out on a date… at the pool."
"Are you going?" Akane asked.
"Mm-hmm," I responded. "I already picked out my suit after I read his note."
"Gee, usually, Kuno asks you out, now HE does," Akane said.
"Yeah, but who knows," I said, just finishing my food, and standing up on my feet. "There's a chance that I might wind up getting engaged, like you are."
"Nabiki!!" Akane shouted. "You all decided for me… I never had a say in the matter!!"
"One day you'll thank us," I said, with that usual smug look on my face.
"I wish," Akane said, looking off into another direction.
Daddy was about to say something before I spoke up again.
"I know, Daddy," I said to him. "You want Ranma and Akane to marry first… I know."
My dream was to sell the school and live in absolute luxury. Daddy and Kasumi knew that, but I figured that they wanted Akane and Ranma to tie the knot before me and Mathew… which I was not really sure about.
"You know, Akane," I said to the youngest of us 3 sisters. "If I didn't know better… I think you're jealous."
I went off to my room to lie down on my bed. On my way, I happened to have spotted Mathew leaving Ranma's room. I knew I needed to tell him or give him the note I wrote to him earlier today… otherwise, he'd never know if I wanted to go out with him or not.
"Hey, Mathew," I called out. "Are you finished talking to Ranma?"
"Yeah," Mathew responded. "Why?"
"Can I talk to you?" I asked him.
I knew I had to tell him sooner or later, otherwise, he'd never know that I accepted his offer for a date at the pool.
(End Nabiki's P.O.V.)
My nerves were racing to a maximum.
"S-Sure," I said, feeling a bit nervous.
I followed Nabiki to her room.
"Here," Nabiki simply said to me.
She handed me a sheet of paper she had neatly folded. I figured it was her note back to me. After I read it, I was really pleased to hear that she had accepted my offer for a date at the pool. I looked at her and smiled.
"I'm glad," I said to her.
I wrapped my arm around Nabiki's back. She did the same to me.
"I know we're gonna have a lot of fun there," I said to her.
"We will," Nabiki said, putting a little pressure between our shoulders.
I felt really comfortable next to her like this. All of a sudden, I couldn't wait until tomorrow!
"I'm curious, Mathew," Nabiki said to me. "Have you ever experienced your first kiss yet?"
I was surprised that she asked me that.
"Why, what's it to you?" I asked.
"Only wondering," Nabiki simply answered. "I might wind up being the first girl you ever kissed if that's a no…"
"Well," I answered. "Besides kissing my mother, no I haven't experienced my first kiss."
She appeared to be surprised at my answer.
"Do you want me to be the first one?" Nabiki asked.
"Uh, maybe after our date?" I said, feeling a hot flash through me.
"I don't mind if you want it now," Nabiki said to me.
I felt as nervous as a rookie in his first Supercross race.
End chapter.
(Alright, I'll leave you to figure out what is going to happen after this. In the meantime, hope you all enjoyed this chapter and hopefully I get those reviews in soon.)