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"Well, hello there," Kasumi greeted when she saw me with Akane.

"Mathew, this is Kasumi; Kasumi, this is Mathew," Akane said to me. "She's the oldest of the family at 19... and also an expert cook."

"Akane, stop," Kasumi said, feeling a bit flushed.

"Well, you're a year younger than I am," I said to Kasumi. "I turned 20 last February."

"Would you like to stay for dinner?" Kasumi asked me. "We're always glad to have guests over."

"Sure, that'd be great," I responded.

"So, when did you show up here in Nerima, Mathew?" Kasumi asked me.

"Actually, just a little over a week ago," I responded. "I got a deal to race motorcycles here in Japan -- Motocross and Supermoto."

"Interesting," Kasumi replied.

"We had a couple of soft drinks over it and he was telling me about them," Akane said to her.

"How nice," Kasumi said, smiling.

"Come on," Akane said to me, grabbing my wrist. "I'll show you around."

She took me all through her place and it didn't take me long to adjust to the settings here. I even met Nabiki, Ranma, and the rest of Akane's folks, but I did take a couple of extra looks at Nabiki after I met her.

"In case you're wondering, where I live is known as the 'Tendo's School of Anything-Goes Martial Arts'," Akane said to me after she had shown me her room.

We both were sitting in her room.

"That's pretty fancy," I said.

"Ranma is the heir of the school... if he marries me," Akane said to me.

"Is that going to happen?" I asked.

"Not really," We heard another voice say.

The voice turned out to be Ranma.

"It was all our own dumb parents' idea... and I sure as shootin' would not want to marry an uncute woman like her," Ranma said.

"I can't believe you'd say that about her," I said to Ranma.

"I can't believe you're actually serious when you say Akane is cute," Ranma snapped.

"Ranma," Akane said, steamed. "Can we please take a break from this uncute tomboy crap? I have a friend over and I don't want anything started in here."

"Yes, I'm serious that Akane's cute," I said to Ranma. "But in my book, she's a close 2nd place; there's only one other girl in here who actually is a little bit more cuter than her... if you're ever curious to find out."

Akane seemed surprised about it.

"Who's that?" Akane asked me.

"If I tell you, will you keep it secret until I say so?" I asked her.

"I guess so," Akane answered.

I brought her closer to me and whispered my answer in Akane's ear. When she heard it, she sounded surprised.

"Why do you like her?" Akane asked.

"Maybe because she's a 9.7 on a scale of 1-10 in my book?" I responded.

"Gee, if you like her that much, maybe I should just tell her," Akane said to me.

"No don't," I said, trying to stop her.

"Ooooh, you like someone in this dojo, don't ya?" Ranma asked me.

"Unlike someone who treats his fiancee like she's not important," I said.

"Hey, do you have any idea of how much she never listens to me?" Ranma said. "Everything strange that happens to me, she always thinks the wrong way!!"

"Example please?" I said.

(Ranma's P.O.V.)

"Well," I explained to Mathew. "one time, I told my Pop that I was gonna go back to Jusenkyo to find a way to cure myself of this curse I'm under, and he went crazy about it... and, everyone overheard it and thought I was going back because of this idiot, Shampoo."

"Shampoo?" Mathew said.

"She's an Amazon from Jusenkyo who says we're supposed to marry each other after I kicked her butt with a first round knockout," I said. "But I'm not done yet: Akane, Kasumi, Nabiki, and even Kuno and Kodachi stepped in with their opinions; at least Kasumi and Nabiki were nice about it."

"Talk about personal," Mathew replied.

"You and me both," I said, crossing my arms.

"Who are those last two anyway?" Mathew asked.

"Kuno is an upperclassman at my high school, Furinkan High, and Kodachi's his idiot sister who says I'm her fiancee as well," I said.

"And... you don't want either Shampoo or Kodachi?" Mathew asked.

"Shoot no," I responded.

"You know what that reminded me of?" Mathew asked me.

"What's that?" I asked.

"That reminded me of 2008 Supercross Champ, Chad Reed," Mathew responded. "In celebration of his first Supercross title in 4 years, he was out enjoying a Jack Daniel's beer, and that causes a total uproar that he didn't even deserve one bit."

"So, how does that incident remind you of that Reed guy?" I asked.

"Put yourself in his shoes, but with your situation," Mathew said. "You decide to go back to Jusenkyo to get rid of your curse, and everyone comes in unexpectedly thinking it was for a different reason; that's why your situation reminds me of Chad Reed."

"Yeah, you're right," I said, now realizing what he said.

"What's it to them?" Mathew said. "It's not their business."

"Maybe I should've said that," I said.

"You mean you didn't say it?" Mathew asked me.

"No," I responded.

Then the door started to creak open. I thought it was either the freak or Akane and whomever it was that Mathew secretly liked. It turned out to be the freak.

"What are you doin' here?" I said.

"Ranma, why do you have to disturb an old man's duties? It's a bunch of disrespect," Happosai snapped.

"What's real disrespect is stealing Akane's underwear," I snapped back at him.

I turned to Mathew.

"Careful of this coot," I said to him. "This guy steals girl's underwear practically every single day and night."

"Ranma, cut that out and let me do my stuff," Happosai said, struggling to get free.

"Don't you ever get tired of this, you gross little cunt?" Mathew asked.

"I hope you didn't bring any girls with you, Mathew," I said to him.

"No, I came by myself," Mathew responded.

End chapter.

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