Chapter Three

The reunited siblings turned around to see that several teens were charging at them as a raging mob.

"Stay behind me, Miyu. I can handle this." Ranma whispered as he put himself between the angry teens and his sister.

"Ran-chan hasn't changed. He's still my protective older brother." Miyuki thought to herself with a small smile as she obeyed Ranma's order and stood just a few feet behind him, which was good because the furious group had finally reached the duo, all of them yelling at once.

Looking closer, the redhead noticed that this mini mob not only held the short-haired girl from earlier and the strange dark-haired young man who had suddenly grabbed her, only to disappear in a rush. It also included a feminine-looking young man with long brown hair wearing a dark blue uniform, a tall busty girl with knee-length purple locks wearing a hot pink Chinese gown, much like Miyuki's own, and a pair of snow-white slippers, and, finally, a handsome young man with short black hair tied back with a yellow bandana, this one wearing a shabby pale yellow tank top, a pair of loose-fitting black pants, and a set of black slippers, all of them yelling angrily at Ranma as he tried to calm them down and explain what was going on, but, instead, found himself ducking and dodging strikes and swings from all directions.

And, unfortunately, the tall brunette, still wearing his blue kendo uniform, was able to sneak around Ranma and grab Miyuki from behind, pulling her into a princess embrace.

Hearing her squeals of surprise, Ranma turned his head, only just able to dodge the heavy-handed punches of Akane and the boy with the bandana. After which, he used the punches's momentum to leap into the air, flip around, and aim a powerful kick at the upperclassman's face.

"LET GO OF MY SISTER, YOU BASTARD!" he shrieked in fury as the kick made its mark, causing Kuno to loosen his grip and give Miyuki the opening she needed to get free. So, she used the opportunity to use her arms to push Kino farther away from her before using her legs to propel herself out of reach and land gently on the ground next to her brother.

"You okay, sis?" Ranma asked in concern.

But, Miyuki just gave him a reassuring smile as she placed a gentle hand on his arm.

"I'm fine, Ran-chan. But, thanks for the help. That guy is a major weirdo. He grabbed me earlier when I first arrived. He called me some strange nickname. Something like "pigtailed goddess" or whatever. Like he thought he knew me, but I've never seen him before in my life."

As she said all this, Miyuki noticed that her brother seemed to be avoiding her eyes, all the while, both of them dodging attacks from all angles.

"Ran-chan? Do you know something about this?" she asked in annoyance as she used the long-haired brunette's own weapon, an over-large spatula, to throw him into the purple-haired Chinese girl, who had rushed forward to deliver a strong, heavy-handed punch to Miyuki's face.

"Uhhhh…kinda. I'll explain later." Ranma answered as he dodged an odd attack from the boy with the bandana, which seemed to cause the ground to explode in a large amount of dust and rubble.

And after another several minutes of fighting, Miyuki had finally had enough and ended the fight by punching each person in stomach just hard enough to stun them.

"All right! That's quite enough! There's obviously been some huge misunderstanding here. So, if I could introduce myself, my name is Miyuki Saotome. I'm Ranma's younger twin sister. We are not dating at all. I just came here to see my brother. That is all."

After her speech, the other teens stood up, only to stare at Ranma and Miyuki in shock as the dark-haired teen proceeded to introduce his sister to each of them in turn.

First off was the feminine-looking young man in the dark blue uniform.

"Miyu, this is Ukyo Kuongi. She's an old friend from my training journey and she owns a popular okonomiyaki restaurant in town. Ukyo, this is my sister, Miyuki."

"Just call me Uc-chan. It's nice to meet you, Miyuki."

Miyuki took the offered hand, still in shock over her sudden realization.

"So, Uc-chan…you're a…girl?"

Ukyo then gave the redhead such a harsh glare that Ranma quickly hurried his sister away from his friend.

"Moving on! Quickly now, Miyu!"

Next in line was the strange young man in the kendo uniform, who had recovered from the earlier attack and was now taking turns at glaring at Ranma with obvious loathing and looking at Miyuki with a creepy stare.

"Miyu, this is Kuno, an upperclassman here at the school. And I'm only telling you this so that you can avoid him and his perversions at all costs."

"Saotome!" Kuno said in a warning tone. However, Ranma held his gaze, giving Kuno a harsh glare of his own as he led his sister away from the older teen with a protective arm around her shoulders the entire time.

The third person was the short-haired girl, who was still glaring at Ranma in both shock and anger.

"Miyu, may I introduce my fiancee, Akane Tendo. Pop and I have been staying with her and her family at their dojo. Akane, meet your future sister-in-law, Miyuki Saotome"

Hearing Ranma call her his fiancee seemed to embarrass Akane because her face had turned the color of a ripe tomato.

"You big dummy." she said under her breath, but Miyuki saw in her eyes the obvious affection Akane had for her brother.

This caused the redhead to give Akane her brightest smile as she pulled her into a tight hug.

"It's so nice to meet you, Akane-chan. I haven't seen my brother in thirteen years, but it's comforting to know that he wasn't alone. I hope that we can be great friends, as well as sisters."

After she had released Akane from the hug, the short-haired girl gave Miyuki a wide smile of her own that lit up her smiling brown eyes.

"It's nice to meet you too, Miyuki-chan. I never knew that Ranma had such a charming twin sister."

Suddenly, Ranma was once again rushing Miyuki down the line to the next person in line, the pretty Chinese girl with long purple hair.

"Miyu, this is Shampoo. She's an Amazon from a small village in China Pop and I visited on our training mission. Unfortunately, our relationship is…a little complicated. Dear God, Shampoo, get off me!"

He had screamed this last part because Shampoo had suddenly jumped into his arms and was now openly rubbing her ample breasts against his chest in an obvious invitation.

However, this didn't last very long because Akane grabbed her by the arm and threw Shampoo several feet away in a blind rage.

"I'VE TOLD YOU A THOUSAND TIMES! STAY AWAY FROM MY MAN OR YOU DIE, YOU AMAZONIAN COW!" Akane shrieked, causing Shampoo to curse in Chinese before she and Akane began to fight in the school yard.

And this caused Miyuki to stare at them in shock.

"Ranma! Shouldn't you stop them?" she cried in fear as worried tears began to flow down her pale cheeks.

But, Ranma just gave an awkward chuckle as he just watched the two girls fighting with an odd look on his face.

"I would, sis. But, that wouldn't be very good judgement on my part. Better to just let it happen. Plus, when Akane's this mad, she won't go down in a fight easily. Even against Shampoo. Let's just move on."

And with that, Miyuki gave the brawling girls one last look before shrugging her shoulders and joined her brother in front of the boy with the bandana.

"Finally, we have Ryoga Hibiki. He's an old rival from my middle school days. He also studies martial arts and we spar all the time to help each other sharpen our skills. Don't we, P-chan?"

Hearing this strange nickname, Miyuki gave her brother a confused look as he smirked in Ryoga's direction as the dark-haired boy began to yell at Ranma in a harsh whisper.

And while this was happening, Miyuki took in Ryoga's shaggy appearance. His clothes were a bit ragged, but that did little to hide his strong muscled arms, long legs, and tan skin that paired so perfectly with his ebony-colored hair and warm brown eyes.

To put it simply, she liked what she saw and she liked it a lot.

Clearing her throat, the two arguing boys looked back to her with identical looks of apologetic shame.

"Sorry about that, sis. Ryoga's always had a bit of a temper."

Ryoga gave her brother another harsh glare, but quickly turned back to Miyuki with a wide smile that lit up his eyes with a delightful spark.

"Yeah, we're sorry. Pleased to meet you, Miyuki. Feel free to just call me Ryoga, okay?"

But, instead of simply taking his offered hand, Miyuki gave Ryoga a flirty smile and a heavy-lidded gaze, causing his to turn a deep crimson red at the smoky look in her dark green eyes.

"Oh, trust me, Ryoga. The pleasure is all mine."

Seeing the scene taking place before him, Ranma felt his protective brotherly instincts begin to surface as he stepped forward to intervene.

"Well, we really should be heading home now. So, Ryoga, if you will please release your hold on my sister, we'll be on our way."

As he said all this, Ranma had placed a firm hand on Miyuki's shoulder, only to have her shrug it off and give him a harsh glare. After which, she continued to flirt very openly with Ryoga, who was still a bright red as he tried to make conversation with the pretty redhead.

But, finally, Ranma had had enough and decided to do something drastic.

"Sorry about this, Miyu." he muttered before he snuck up behind her and knocked her out with a well-placed punch to the back of her head.

She fell to the ground, only to be quickly picked up by her brother in a gentle embrace. And before walking away, Ranma gave a shocked Ryoga one final warning.

"Listen very carefully, pig breath. If I catch you near my sister again, I will make sure that Akane knows exactly why you can just appear in the Tendo dojo at the drop of a hat. Catch my drift, P-chan?"

After this, Ranma turned away from his rival and walked towards the school's front gate, quickly followed by Akane, who had just finished defeating Shampoo with a well-placed punch to her stomach.

"Come on, Akane. We gotta get home for dinner."