Miss Ranma
!!SOUND EFFECTS!! "THOUGHTS"
Chapter Four
Genma stood there dumbfounded as he regarded the strapping young man before him. "Tendo."
"Yes, Saotome."
"You never told me you had a son."
"Of course I did. Didn't you receive the letter I sent you with my son's picture in it?"
"It must have gotten lost in the mail."
"More likely than not we had to hightail it out that place because Daddy stole something from the wrong person," Ranma interjected with a look of righteous indication on her face, her arms folded on her chest.
"Silence, Ranma!" Genma ordered harshly.
"At any rate, Saotome. We can still join the schools."
"Join the schools?" Kenji asked.
"That's right, son. Mr. Saotome and I made a pact to have our children get married in order to join the schools and have inherit the dojo here."
"Oh, that. So who do you want me to marry, Dad? She has to be hot."
"She's right here!" Genma announced, shoving his daughter forward. "This is my daughter, Ranma."
"Hey!"
"Don't you remember saying that if my friend had a son hidden somewhere that you would go along with the engagement, Ranma?" Genma whispered.
"Yeah, well."
"Don't you care anything about honor, girl?"
"That's rich, Daddy. Now that it suites you, you recognize the fact that I'm a girl. I'll go through the motions, but if this guy is anything like Akane..."
"You'll marry him and that's final."
"Don't push it, Daddy."
"Oh, yeah! I remember now. I thought that Ranma was a dude, Dad," Kenji said, not taking his eyes off of the buxom redhead who was the most beautiful woman he had ever seen.
"Before you fall in love with this person, you should get your eyes back into your sockets!" Akane said angrily to her brother as she stepped forward. "Ranma here was raised to be a boy for most of her life. She practically just recently got a sex change. And on top of all that, she has no feminine modesty whatsoever. She prances around naked at the drop of a hat!"
"Really?" Kenji said, not being able to hide his enthusiasm. "Where's my hat?"
"Kenji!"
"That's not true, Akane!"
"Obviously we had a problem with communications," Soun interjected, giving Akane a sharp look. "But now that you're here, it's important for the sake of the schools that you be engaged and eventually marry my friend's daughter so that the schools can be joined."
"I see." Then Kenji made his way towards his new fiancee. "So, Ranma. Let's see how everything works out," the cavalier young man said with a charming bow, kissing the girl's hand.
"How romantic!" Kasumi gushed.
For a minute Ranma stood there staring at her fiance, motionless and blushing a little bit. Then she got her composure. "Take it easy, Romeo," Ranma countered, withdrawing her hand. "Let's take things really slow." Genma frowned at his daughter for a moment but said nothing.
"All right, babe." Kenji calmly withdrew his hands, putting them up in surrender. "We don't want you to feel uncomfortable now."
"Yeah. That's right." "This gorgeous guy is a smooth operator. I bet he has a whole lot of girlfriends. How could he not have a harem somewhere?"
"By the way, do you have any kind of martial arts skills? You'll need them if we're going to run the dojo together," the handsome young man asked politely, sizing her up.
"Well..."
"Of course, she does!" Genma interjected. "We've been on a training trip for the last ten years, going all over China and other countries in Asia. Ranma is invincible as far as girls go."
"That's all well and good, Saotome. But I'll have you know that Kenji's been training hard ever since my wife died and even before that. Why don't you tell him what you've learned Kenji?"
"Yes, Dad. In addition to the foundation of Anything Goes that my father taught me, I've learned Chinese acrobatics, breakfall and contortionism. Then there's gung fu, iron skin, tai chi and speed hitting," the young man answered with confidence.
"It wasn't just those techniques he learned. I have a lot of friends who have taught Kenji while he stayed at their dojos and training centers. My son went from place to place, learning several fighting styles including American boxing, Thai-kickboxing, wrestling, jiu jitsu, wing chin kung fu, street fighting, tae kwon do, hwang do and even Korean military commando training just to name a few. I had to pull a lot of strings to get my son to learn that last fighting style but he learned it!" Soun Tendo said, puffed up with pride.
"That's nothing, Tendo. Ranma went through several techniques, learning dozens of them with ease. We travelled all over the world."
"I understand that, Saotome. But there was no need to send my son all over the world. Dozens of martial artists from all over the world came here to learn from me. And they were happy to teach my son their martial arts in trade. So you see, while you and your daughter traveled all over the world on a training trip, my son stayed fairly close to home in Japan, only leaving the country a few times as was needed. Isn't that right, Kenji?"
"That's right, Dad."
"So there you go, Saotome. As you can see, my son hasn't been idle all these years. Heh, heh."
As the two older men went on and on Kenji walked over to Ranma. "How about you and me going outside so we can have a nice little match?"
"Where have I heard that before?" Ranma said, giving Akane a sharp look.
"Hmm? So let's go outside," the young man offered again.
"All right. But why do you want to go outside instead of fighting in the training hall?"
"After observing you for a few minutes I've surmised that you are in fact a fairly good martial artist with a great deal of speed, agility and reflexes. If fact you have more dexterity than anything else."
"I got more than that, bub," Ranma replied, looking at her new fiance with intensity.
Despite the interruption Kenji continued. "Some of the fights I've had have destroyed surrounding areas and I don't want the training hall messed up. Kasumi works hard enough cleaning the house," Kenji said somberly.
"I'm going to watch this." "Wait until Kenji drops Ranma on her sorry ass. Then she won't see herself as being so invincible anymore," Akane thought as she followed Ranma and her brother outside.
"I have a question first."
"What is it, Ranma?"
"Are you Akane's twin brother?"
"No. I'm not surprised to hear you ask that though. We get that all the time. The truth is that I'm actually Nabiki's fraternal twin brother. She came out first then I came out five minutes later."
"Hmm."
"I know I look a lot like Akane which is why the both of us are so good looking," the young man said with a smile as Akane rolled her eyes.
"Yeah. You two look a whole lot alike all right. Both of you are over loaded with muscle, are flast chested and have manly features."
"Ooooh!" Akane groaned angrily.
"These qualities look good on you, Kenji, but they don't look so good on Akane," Ranma said matter of factually, her hands behind her back, looking askance.
"That's it, Ranma!" Akane said in a rage, balling her fists up.
"Take it easy, Akane. I'm sure Ranma was only joking. Isn't that right, Ranma? Ranma?"
"Hmm?" the pigtailed girl answered, her look of feigned innocence still in effect.
"Come on now, Ranma. Don't mean to Akane. She can't help it if you're so drop dead gorgeous and much better looking than she is. You really shouldn't rub her face in it so much."
"Yeah! Hey!" Akane shouted, looking at her brother with harsh daggers.
"All right, you charmer. I'll be good. Now let's get it on already," Ranma stated.
"Really? Wow!"
"I mean the fight, silly. Sheesh!" "Why is that so many of the guys I've fought can't seem to focus?"
Moments later Ranma and Kenji were face to face against each other outside in the garden near where the koi pond was located. "This guy has some serious strength and durability. The only things I have on him are my speed and skill. And on top of that, he's no slouch when it comes to speed and skill either. He practically dwarfs Akane when it comes to martial arts ability. At any rate, he's probably going to be the toughest opponent I've faced since coming out of that spring so I better look alive."
"Hyaah!" Kenji came at Ranma with a burst of speed, but Ranma came in on him faster, nailing him with a roundhouse kick to the chest, knocking him back a few feet. But instead of crashing to the ground, Kenji performed an acrobatic maneuver which allowed him to land defty on his feet.
"You're pretty fast and agile, Kenji."
"No need to be so nice, Ranma. It's obvious that you're a whole lot faster than I am." "I actually felt that kick! As daunting as this is, I'm going to have to take three blows to give one in order to win this fight. Ranma's the fastest opponent I've ever faced. It's like she moves at the speed of light."
"All right. No more Mrs. Nice Girl." Ranma immediately flew into Kenji, hitting him fists first, slamming him back a few more feet, making him skid against the ground."
"Ungh!" "Not only is she inhumanly strong for a girl she knows how to use her speed to add to her momentum, increasing the damage of her attacks. Time for a change in strategy."
Kenji struck the ground with his foot, creating a shockwave and sending it right under Ranma, catapulting her high into the air. Then he whipped out a translucent silver/white colored ki hammer whose circular handle was nine inches long, being two inches in diameter. The hammer's end was a six by twelve inches squared. It was a lot smaller than the one Akane normally used but proved effective as it struck Ranma squarely in the stomach.
"Oof!" Despite the high speed and velocity of the attack, Ranma managed to roll with the blow, reducing the damage she had taken by half. "This guy's has some serious power! But if he wants to play with ki energy, two can play at that game."
!!ZAP!! "Ungh!" Kenji went down like a ton of bricks as Ranma's energy attack hit him. But as he got up, he noticed something. "How is it she's still floating in the air?" !!ZAP!! "Yeow!"
"Caught ya dreaming for a moment there, Kenji," Ranma said, still hovering.
"You're right. It won't happen again. Watch this." In less than a second, another ki hammer appeared in Kenji's hands, the owner spinning it around thousands of times in less than a second, using it to propel himself at Ranma(much the same way Thor flies from Marvel Comics). He barely missing the redhead who had the presence of mind and quick reaction time to get out of the way.
"Not bad, big boy. Try this one on for size." !!BLAST!!
"Pretty good, Ranma. But I'm better." As the energy blast came at him full speed, Kenji spun his hammer, creating a reflective shield which sent Ranma's energy attack right back on her!
"Aaaaaggh!" Ranma screamed as her body rocked back a few feet as the wind was knocked out of her. !!POP!!POP!!POP!!
"Wow!" Kenji exclaimed as he noticed Ranma's wardrobe malfunction.
"He's good," Ranma thought to herself as she used her aerobatic skills to keep herself situated in the air.
"I could lose myself those..." !!ZAP!! A near miss woke Kenji out of his revelry but he still couldn't taking his eyes off of his opponent.
"What's he staring at?" Ranma came, flying down on the distracted warrior hard and fast, fists first, sending him crashing to the ground.
"Ungh!"
"Gee, Kenji. You're so much more skilled than Akane yet you can't seem to pay attention to the fight. If you don't pay attention you'll make my victory over you far too easy." Ranma gently landed and began to walk over to her opponent in order to finish him off.
"You're right, Ranma." !!WOOORRRRLLL!! Kenji quickly got to his feet and spun his hammer around, creating a small, man sized tornado, sending it in Ranma's direction.
Ranma shuffled to her left, but the powerful wind attack caused her open tunic to open up even wider with it barely staying on. "That tornado hadso much power that even though it's gone I'm still feeling the draft."
"Oh, my!" Kenji gasped. "Uh, oh. She's coming straight for me!" !!CRACK!!POW!!SMASH!! "Ungh!" On the onset of Ranma's super humanly fast punch and kick barrage, Kenji hit the ground with a thud.
"Want some more?" Ranma said, walking over to her downed opponent as she cracked her knuckles menacingly.
"You win, Ranma. You win," Kenji surrendered with a charming smile, his eyes still on Ranma. "I guess I'm at your mercy. Heh, heh." "What is keepin those things up?"
"Hmm? I've heard that before. And since I seem to have your undivided attention, why don't you tell me what got you so distracted?"
"Um. Well. Oh!" Then Ranma was on top of him, practically straddling and leaning over him.
"Tell me or I'll get rough."
"I can't," Kenji said, blushing and smiling.
"OK. Saotome Tickle Attack!"
"Ha ha ha ha ha! Stop!" Kenji tried to move but Ranma had him pinned down, her legs wrapped around his. And he couldn't block her attacks because Ranma's hands were too fast as they danced around his torso.
"You gonna talk? Hmmm?"
Ha ha ha ha ha! All right, uncle!"
"Uncle?"
"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Auntie! Auntie! Mercy, please!" Kenji gasped in surrender.
"Start talking, muscles."
"Ha ha! I fear you'll get mad at me if I tell you," Kenji laughed with a helpless smile.
"Come on. Spill the beans," Ranma said, getting serious as she caressed his upper body and looked him in the eye menacingly. "Your good looks can only carry you so far. I might be causing you some serious pain right now if I didn't actually like you. I still have you at my mercy so give it up."
"I'd love to." "All right. You're top came open during the fight." "I could have easily thrown her off of me but I really didn't want to. Why is it I can't think straight when I fight her?"
"What?"
"He's trying to tell you that you're half naked, you pervert!" Akane called out to her. "Sheesh, Ranma! Can't you keep your clothes on for more than a few minutes?!"
Then Ranma looked down at herself, attempted to close her wide opened top, but her large bosom fought against her, refusing to cooperate. Blushing some, Ranma smiled sheepishly. "Golly. Sorry about that."
"Don't be. That's the best defeat I've had in a long time."
"All right, you silly. Let me have your shirt."
"I see. Since I've seen you topless, you want to see me in the same light? Fair enough."
"No, pretty boy. I want to cover up. Come on. Let me have it."
"All right. I better do what you say since I'm so helpless," Kenji laughed as he took his shirt off and handed it over to the pigtailed girl who quickly put in on over what she was hardly wearing.
"This fits me pretty well." Then Ranma regarded the physique of her fiance for a moment. "Wow! This guy is so hot! I would just love to my hands all over him again!"
For a moment the two just stood there. Then Akane came running over to them. "Ranma, where is your feminine modesty? And you Kenji! When did you become such a pervert?"
"Heh, heh. Take it easy, Akane. Ranma has the kind of body that could make a priest excited." !!SLAP!! "Ow! What did you do that for?"
"For you to be a competent martial artist you have to learn how to keep yourself from being so easily distracted," Akane answered, wagging her finger in her brother's face.
At that point, Kasumi stepped over to them. "Maybe you simply need some new clothes, Ranma. Those shirts you normally wear are just too tight for you."
"I love these shirts!"
"How about if I use my sowing machine to widen them up a little, especially at the top so the fit will be better and they won't come off so easily?" Kasumi offered with a sweet gentle smile. "It really isn't lady like for you to go around with your shirt open as you did during that match."
"All right," Ranma relented.
"That's right, Ranma. And what are you staring at?!"
"I can hear you just fine, Akane. There's no need for you to yell so loud."
"No need to get mad, Akane. Ranma just can't take her eyes off of me. Heh, heh."
"Don't get so smug, muscles. I like confidence but don't over do it." "This guy is big yet so defined! You could place a yen coin in between those pecks!"
"All right, Ranma," Kenji said happily as he looked down on his fiancee.
"What a sweet smile!" Ranma thought, restraining herself.
"I don't believe you even like this girl!" Akane exclaimed. "She's such a pervert and has no modesty at all!"
"You say that as if that's a bad thing," Kenji said with a laugh as his sister frowned at him.
"Kenji. Come here," Nabiki motioned with her hands to her brother.
"What is it, Nabiki?"
"I have a friend who'd like you to pose for some modeling photos."
"You got to be kidding me."
"No. I'm not. Look. It pays a lot of money and this household needs it. You're the only member of this family who has a clue about finances besides me so you need to help out here."
"Why not just sell the pictures you took of me when I took my shirt off? Can't you make enough money off of that?" the muscular young man asked, his arms folded on his massive chest, giving his sister a knowing look.
"How did you..."
"Finances aren't the only thing I have a clue about, Nabs."
"Don't call me that, Kenchan. I really hate that nickname. Be grateful that you're so dear to me, or you'd really find out how much I hate it," Nabiki replied, giving Kenji a scary look that didn't faze him.
"You know you love it," the young man said with a disarming smile.
"Save it for the camera, baby brother." "I have to admit that Kenji is rather smooth. I'll make a mint off of the pictures I'll sell of him."
"Baby brother? You're only five minutes older than me!"
"Five minutes. Five years. It really doesn't matter. Now here's where you'll need to show up for tomorrow morning. I already have your clothes picked out in order to make sure you'll dress to impress."
"How'd you know I'd be here today? What If I had returned later?"
"I said you had a clue but not that you were as smart as me. Now. Make sure you take a good hot bath before you put on the nice suit I got for you."
"All right. But don't sell any pictures of Ranma's top coming off. The last thing I need is a bunch of over sexed guys trying to woo her to themselves. And let me know what's going on so we can talk about what you want me to do for money in the future because I can't guarantee I'll do what you want next time."
"I'll keep what you've said in mind."
"Dinner's ready!" Everyone heard Kasumi shout from the inside.
"I was talking to Kasumi just a moment ago. It's amazing how she seemed to just teleport herself into the house. Despite what looks like a lack of martial arts ability Kasumi is very skilled in her own way," Ranma contemplated about the oldest sister.
"Did you see that, Tendo?"
"Yes, Saotome. It's obvious that those two like each other. The schools will be joined in no time flat."
"Yes, but it's not going along fast enough. There must be something we can do to speed things up."
"Nonsense, Saotome. My son's a real lady's man. He knows what he's doing. Takes after me. Heh, heh."
"Really, Tendo." Then the old friends laughed together, walking inside for dinner.
XXX
The next morning, Ranma woke up all wet. !!SPLASH!! "Hey!"
"It's time for your morning spar, little girl!"
"Oh, let me sleep a little longer, Daddy."
"No! You're getting sloppy, Ranma. And don't think you'll beat me by playing cute the way you did with your fiance yesterday."
"All right already." You wanna fight, eh?" !!POW!! Ranma's uppercut sent her father straight out of the window and into the koi pond, turning him into a panda.
[The fight's not over yet, girl!]
"Bring it on, old man!" Ranma called out, flying out of the window, having quick changed into her usual Chinese clothes.
"Rrroooarrr!" The panda came at Ranma with inhuman speed, defying his large size and weight, but Ranma flew in faster, punching him over a 1,000 times in his huge gut, ending the fight with a powerful right that sent the panda high into the sky.
"He'll come down eventually," Ranma figured as she turned her back and heard a splash.
"If she thinks she's going to walk away from this fight unscathed, she's in for a rude awakening!" Genma-Panda muddied some water and used some of his secret martial arts techniques to put the muddied water into a telekinetic ball. Then he floated the ball of muddied water into the air right over Ranma where it expanded, covering the area she resided in at the time.
"Nyaaah! Nyaaah! I knew you couldn't resist trying to hit me in the back, Daddy," Ranma taunted, dodging an attack that wasn't even there. "What hap..." !!SPLASH!!
[Showed you! Didn't know I was able to do that, did you? This old man has a whole lot of tricks you know nothing about. So you better start paying more attention to your surroundings and stop daydreaming, little girl!]
"Yuck! This is so gross, old man!"
"Even though Ranma's general awareness of her environment has increased since coming out of that spring I can still surprise her due to the mastery of the umisen and yamisen. But in addition to all that Ranma is spending too much time enjoying the sensations of being a woman, having broken free of the hypnotism I had laid on her. But if she doesn't want to get hit with surprise attacks, she'll have to get over herself."
XXX
!!WOOSH!! After his own morning workout which had lasted about an hour, Kenji made his way back home, having already swung his hammer and propelled himself through the air.
"It's a good thing I flew a few blocks away to train in the park so early. That way nobody got in my way. Now all I need to do is get cleaned up for Nabiki's job. But despite all that, I hope Nabiki understands that I'm not going to be some kind of whore for her."
"Where were you?!" Nabiki called out to Kenji as he touched down in front of the house.
"I was out training, Nabiki. If you want me to look good for your friend I have to workout."
"You should have told me you were going out. I was concerned that you weren't going to be here."
"What were you doing, Nabiki, keeping tabs on me?"
"This is a whole lot of money we're talking about, little brother. Now get cleaned up already."
"You can't stop giving orders, can you, Nabiki?" Kenji stood there with his arms folded on his massive chest, standing a little bit too defiantly for Nabiki's taste.
Then Nabiki's countenance softened. "All right. Will you please get cleaned up and changed? And don't worry about eating breakfast. After you've bathed and gotten dressed up just leave. They'll have food to eat at the photo shoot."
"That's better." With that Kenji walked by Nabiki and went inside.
"I keep forgetting that Kenji isn't anybody's fool. He is my twin brother after all."
XXX
"Good grief! Did my old man have to dump all that disgusting mud on me?" Having already put the occupied sign on the door of the furo Ranma made her way inside, took her clothes off and scrubbed herself clean. After dumping a pail of water on herself she entered the tub.
"That feels so good! I wonder what will happen today. I really need to see about my schooling. I've haven't been too serious about my education despite the efforts of some of the people who have trained me in their martial arts styles including Pan and Bra."
In a few minutes, Kenji had walked hurriedly inside the bathroom and made the preparations he needed to do for his bath. "The food at this photo shoot had better be good. I can already smell Kasumi's cooking. How I've missed her food! Anyway, I don't want to be late so..."
"Ooh! That was nice," Ranma thought to herself as she walked out of the furo just as Kenji was walking in.
"Oh, my!" Kenji exclaimed as he saw Ranma in all of her glory.
"Excuse you!" Ranma said, failing to totally cover the front of her body with her hands, blushing a little bit. "Didn't you see the occupied sign I put on the door? You have as much attention to details as Akane."
"Oh, gosh! I'm sorry, Ranma. Please forgive me. I was kind of in a hurry," the startled teenager replied, still not taking his eyes off of the young girl.
"If you wanted to see me naked so badly you could have at least said please!" the rankled girl stated.
"Please?"
"Too late! And would you be so kind as to close your eyes or something? And get that smile off of your face! Sheesh! It's as if you've never seen a naked woman before."
"Forgive me, Ranma, but you're the most beautiful woman I've ever seen. You're awe inspiring! And I beg your forgiveness. Don't stay mad at me. Pretty please?"
At this point Ranma blushed pink head to toe. "All right, you flatterer. Since you can't seem to move I'll just leave right now."
As Ranma walked right by him, she took a quick look at him then went into the adjoining room to dry off.
"Gasp!" "I'm going to have to prove to Ranma that I like her apart from the fact that she's such a hot babe. Maybe I'll take her out on a date later. She has such a wonderful disposition and fighting spirit. I just can't get my mind off of her!"
XXX
Later at breakfast, while Ranma stuffing her face, she noticed that her fiance wasn't there. "I hope Kenji wasn't so embarrassed about what happened earlier that he missed out on breakfast. This food is really good."
"What happened to Kenji? He ought to be having breakfast with his fiancee," Soun Tendo said.
"I sent him on a photo shoot."
"Why'd you do that, Nabiki?" Ranma asked. "I wanted to talk to him."
"He'll be back later, Ranma. Besides, I think you've seen enough of him, don't you?"
"Hey, he walked in on me!" Ranma shouted, noticing everyone at the table was looking at her.
"What happened?!" Akane demanded.
"Kenji didn't notice that the furo was occupied thus walked in on me as I was getting out just like you did, Akane. I was little peeved at first but I didn't stay too angry for long because he was so sweet as he begged me for forgiveness. He wasn't bad looking himself either."
"Ranma! Why are you acting like such a pervert?!"
"Weren't you listening, Akane? He walked in on me, all right?"
"First you feel him up and get him to take his clothes off for you while you drool all over him then you trick him into seeing you naked. Can't you show some decency?"
"Kenji wasn't complaining. And I hate to think what would have happened if I was the guy my father tried to turn me into and you walked in on me in the furo," Ranma said with a shudder.
"With the way you act you might as well be a guy!"
"You see that, Saotome? I told you my son was a ladies' man."
"That you did, Tendo. That you did."
"They'll be married before you know it."
"Agreed, Tendo."
"Where exactly did Kenji go, Nabiki? I'd like to see this photo shoot," Ranma said, turning towards the middle sister.
"It's a long way from here, Ranma."
"I can get there."
"Ranma," Kasumi interjected. "You need to go to school today. I've already seen to it that you were registered."
"School?"
"Well, you are going to be staying here for a while. The name of the high school is Furinkan High. Besides, I've already sown your school uniform and got you your underwear. Everything will fit you, but try not to do too many strenuous activities, all right?"
"OK, Kasumi."
XXX
"It's a perfect fit. Thanks, Kasumi," Ranma said as she twirled around in the dress. "And the silk bra and panties feel so good on my skin. Even the shoes feel nice. For the first time in my life I feel pretty," Ranma said with a smile.
"I'm so happy for you, Ranma. It's just too bad Kenji isn't here to see how good you look. Anyway. It's time you get to school."
"It's the same school Akane and I go to," Nabiki said as she walked by. "We'll see you there."
"Wait, Nabiki! I'll go with you!" Akane called out to her sister.
"What are you talking about, Akane?" Nabiki said over her shoulder. "You and Ranma are in the same class. You two should go to school together."
Akane has a disappointed look on her face as she saw her sister walk off. "Come on, Ranma. Let's go. I don't want to be late."
A few minutes later the two girls were on their way to school with Ranma walking along the edge of the fence as Akane took the sidewalk.
"We're not friends, all right?"
"You're telling me?"
"So don't hang around me at school!"
"All right, Akane. But would you tell me something?"
"What's that?"
"How come Kenji isn't going to school?"
"I think he went and got his General Education Diploma or something like that. He's fairly intelligent. And he spent so much time in martial arts training he didn't have the time to go to a formal school after he was ten years old."
"Then how did he get smart enough to get his G.E.D.?"
"He simply learned how to read, calculate and memorize things at a super fast rate as he studied on his own time and had really competent tutors teaching him. The way he did things was really impressive. That's why I think he's too good for the likes of you."
"Oh, really?"
"Yes, really! Do you know how many of my friends keep asking about him? Kenji could go to my school and have his pick. Why should he be stuck with you?"
"Do you have a boyfriend, Akane?"
"I hate boys!"
"All right. Do you have a girlfriend, Akane ?"
"I have plenty of girl..." Akane looked up at Ranma in a rage when she figured out what Ranma was implying. "You pervert! Why would you ask me such a thing?!"
"Well, gee. If you hate boys so much, what else are you going to do?"
"You don't know what you're talking about. All that time you spent as a boy has affected your thinking, making you perverted. And another thing."
"What's that, Akane?"
"Keep your clothes on when we get to school. The last thing we need to happen is to have all those perverted boys seeing you naked. They might get excited and attack the other girls there."
"Are the boys there that over sexed?"
"Yes!"
"All right, Akane. But why is it you can't get the idea of me being naked out of your mind?" Ranma said, giving the blue haired girl a wry look.
"Keep me out of your perversions, Ranma!" At that point Akane took her book bag and threw at the pigtailed girl, missing her completely.
"Nyaaah! Nyaaah!" Then Ranma flew over to where Akane had thrown her book bag, grabbing it in midair.
"Give it back!" Akane ordered.
"You want this back? Here you go!"
!!WACK!! "Oww!"
"Oops! Sorry, Akane. I guess I threw it back at you too hard. Ooh! You got a huge bump on your forehead."
"You did that deliberately!"
"You're the one who threw it at me in the first place. And you've been busting my balls ever since I defeated you and you realized that I was a lot better looking than you. Grow up already!" That being said, Ranma touched down right beside the blue haired girl.
"What? Why are you talking like a boy? That's just what I'm talking about!"
"I let something slip out of force of habit, but you get the idea," Ranma answered.
"Fine, Ranma. Thanks to you I need to see Dr. Tofu," Akane answered as she made her way towards the clinic with Ranma right behind her.
"Who?"
"He's our family doctor. He's been tending to me ever since I was a child."
"Won't you be late taking the time to see this doctor?"
"Not necessarily. He's very good. He's right over here. It won't take much time at all. Just wait outside for a moment."
"What a way to start the day... Someone's coming behind me." !!CLACK!! !!WOOSH!!
In the blink of an eye, Ranma had leaped up into the air on top of the gate, looking down on the man who had tried to surprise her. She then noticed a handsome young man wearing glasses and a dark brown healer's uniform. "Who are you, bub? And why'd you try to sneak up on me like that?"
"Pardon me. I'm Dr. Tofu. And this is my skeleton, Betty." The kind hearted doctor held up a medical skeleton as he made it wave hello at Ranma who skillfully and deftly jumped back on the ground.
"Uh, yeah."
"Oh, there you are!" Akane said as she exited the building.
"What happened now, Akane? Ooh. That looks like a nasty bump on the head. Let me see." Seemingly with magic Dr. Tofu pressed the bump right back into Akane's forehead, making it disappear.
"Wow! You're good!" Ranma exclaimed. Then she noticed how Akane looked up at him longingly. "The girl's got it bad for this guy. I guess she's not as rough around the edges as I thought. Giggle!"
"Well, I guess you better get along now. I'm sure school will be starting any minute now."
"Huh? Oh, yes. Let's go Ranma!"
"Was that Tofu guy a martial artist of some kind?" Ranma asked as the two were right back on the road to school.
"Yes. How did you know?"
"He did a real good job of trying to sneak up on me."
"He tried to sneak up on you?"
"Yeah. He would have succeeded if I hadn't been paying more attention to my surroundings as of late. Too many people have been getting the drop on me."
"Oh. Anyway, Dr. Tofu is quite good even though it he doesn't look as if he'd be a great martial artist. He's one of the best chiropractors and acupuncturists in Japan."
"Kind of sweet on him, aren't you. And here I thought you weren't into men," Ranma asked, giving Akane a sly look as the Furinkan High came into view.
"Wrong! It's not men I hate; it's boys!" To further emphasize her point a horde of boys came running at them from the school entrance.
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