Chapter Three : Curse of the Miniature Chapter
The Next Day

"What are you doing?" Nabiki asked.

"Um..." Ranma said, "Sweeping the porch, why?"

"You don't have to worry about it," Nabiki said, "Kasumi always does that."

"I'm doin' it for her," Ranma stated.

"Why?" Nabiki said.

"Well..." Ranma said, "Someone has ta do it. She deserves a little help and no one else seems to be doin' it."

"I would do it if I had the time," Nabiki said, "I'm the one who keeps the family from going under."

"Yes, I'm sure the amount of time ya spend drinkin' cola and watchin' TV is important when it comes down to it," Ranma rolled his eyes.

"Watch yourself, Saotome," Nabiki said, "You don't want me as an enemy."

"Trust me, Nabiki," Ranma said, turning to her, "You can't be any worse than the enemies I have now."

"Oh, and I'm sure a sixteen year old has plenty of enemies," Nabiki noted.

"I'm not…" Rhys stopped and sighed, "You'd be surprised, Tendo. And My name ain't Saotome."

"Oh really?" She asked, "And what is it?"

"None of your damn business," Ranma said, turning to face her, his face and voice still cold and emotionless, "Now if you would please move, I need ta sweep the area that your standing on."

Nabiki narrowed her eyes a small bit. She remained there for a few moments before she turned and walked back inside the house.

Ranma shook his head for a small moment, before he quickly started to finish up sweeping the porch. It was just after he had finished that Kasumi popped her head outside.

"Ranma," She said, "Oh my, did you sweep the porch?"

"Yeah," He said, "No sweat, I could do it in my sleep."

"Oh, thank you," She smiled, "I just came to tell you breakfast is ready."

"Sweet, thanks," Ranma said.

Hark! A call comes from the heavens! The great Valkyrie brings her heavenly weapon down upon the unjust!

Or... Akane comes out of nowhere with a huge mallet screaming, "PERVERT!"

Ranma's face was, in turn, forced into the porch with enough force to bust a huge hole in the wood.

Ranma set up almost instantly afterwards.

"What did ya do that for!?" He yelled.

"Stop hitting on my sister, pervert!" She yelled.

"I ain't hittin' on nobody!" Ranma said, "I was sweepin' the porch!"

"Yeah right," Akane said, before she walked inside.

At that point, Nabiki happened to walk by.

"I hope you have the money to repair that, Saotome," She smirked at him.

"Bull!" He said, "It was that tomboy that made it!"

"I seem to remember it was your face that did the damage," Nabiki said.

"Only because she hit me with that big ass hammer!" Ranma countered, standing up.

"You're not getting out of this, Ranma," Nabiki said, "No matter what excuse you give."

"Get out of it?" Ranma said, "How the hell did I get into it!? I don't have any money!"

"Well, you can either pay for it or fix it," Nabiki said.

"Well, why didn't you say that in the first place!?" Ranma said loudly, "I'll fix it, fine, but I won't pay for somethin' I didn't do!"

"Then we have an agreement," Nabiki said.

"Yeah, yeah," He said, "Whatever."

Note: I've been having all these ideas but I can't do any of 'em because it would reveal Ranma's secret and make the initial Inheritage impossible! Argh! RAAAGH! BUNGALOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! I'm doin' an Alternate Story! Different! Not Mainstream! Non Conformist! Antidisestablishmentarianism! Oxymoron! Jumbo Shrimp! Turkey Fried Over Mits! LASER LIGHT SHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW!!!

Me and my shadow are a walking contradiction.

Note2: I know, I hate super short chapters too. This one just turned out that way. The rest of the chapters will be longer.