Last Time
Nodaka smiles and then turns to Nabiki and Kasumi and says, "If you two would like you can come and get something as well. I'm pretty sure doing your usual routine is getting boring by now."
Nabiki and Kasumi decide to take Nodaka up on her offer. After all it couldn't hurt to at least check out the store right?
After a bit Nabiki, Kasumi and Ranma said their good byes to Nodaka as they reached their parting point and then left for home.
Now
After a bit of walking Kasumi, Nabiki and Ranma finally got home. Once they walked in Genma and Soun ran right past them screaming, "It's up to you three now. Akane wants to cook!"
At hearing this the three teens just look to each other and decide that not being there for a bit longer wouldn't hurt. And they decide to go looking for a place to eat while they hear the cries for help from Happosai as he is the only that Akane sees to use as a taste tester as he walked into the kitchen.
"You think everything will be all right if we leave Akane there to cook?" asked Kasumi.
"Yeah, Happosai has lived through worse." Ranma answers.
"Actually I was more worried about the actual kitchen it self. Nabiki would we have the money to fix it if anything should happen?" Kasumi replied back.
"Nabiki thinks about it for a second and says, "We will don't worry. I have a separate account just for such things."
Once hearing that they all sighed in relief as they now knew that it shouldn't be a problem to leave Akane alone in the kitchen. After a bit of walking they find a new restaurant and decide to check it out. Once in side the sat down by a booth and looked at the menus to see what they would like. They were surprised to say the least at the selection and the prices listed. Well Ranma wasn't surprised at the prices. He looked to Nabiki and said, "This thing is priced by dollars. But everything seems like a reasonable price. After we are done why don't you hand me the money and I'll pay for it. Maybe I can help the guy translate the prices to yen."
Nabiki nodded in response. She almost didn't notice that it wasn't a yen sign on the prices. She made a mental note to make sure not to forget about that. After a minute or so they were given glasses of water as the only person who they saw that could possibly work there came to the table to get their orders. The waiter made a mental note to higher more help ASAP just after getting Ranma's order. He then got Kasumi's and Nabiki's as well.
After their dinner they payed the restaurant owner who happened to be their waiter and walked out. Ranma smiled as they walked out saying, "That stuff was really good. It looks like Kasumi now has a rival when it comes to cooking."
Kasumi looked to Ranma and then Nabiki who nodded at Ranma's comment and says, "You don't actually think I could possibly have a rival do you? I am the best cook in Nirima."
Nabiki smirks and says, "It looks like everyone in this town has a little bit of an ego. Ranma with his martial arts and you with your cooking."
Ranma nods and says, "And you with your money making ways."
Nabiki smirks again and says, "I never lose a bet. I am the best there is with what I do."
They all laugh at the friendly joke. Kasumi looks back at the restaurant and says, "If he can make a living off cooking then so can I. Nabiki how much should it coast for me to start my own shop?"
Nabiki shrugs her shoulders and says, "It depends on the location and lots of other things. But I look it up for you. I guess this little trip gave you a new goal."
Kasumi nods and says, "If those amateurs Shampoo, Ukyo and Kodachi can cook then I can put them all out of business with my cooking. And I have a new rival as well, Ranma never says anyone's cooking is near mine so he has to be good. I will prove that I am the better."
Ranma nods and then thinks for a seconds then finally says, "So I take it I will be the one cooking dinner at home while you do your restaurant thing?"
Kasumi nods and says, "Yeah. And when you do not have school maybe the restaurant can have a special dish made by you. The last time you cooked I have to admit it was a nice change from what I make. Your cooking has more spice to it."
Ranma blushes and says, "Thanks Kasumi. ... why am I blushing from a compliment about my cooking?"
Nabiki snickered and said, "It's a girl thing Ranma. And at the moment that is what you are."
Ranma nods and says, "Oh yeah... I almost forgot that I changed forms a while ago."
Nabiki rolled her eyes. Only Ranma could forget about being in female form yet still want a cure. She started thinking it was just out of habit him saying he wants to get a cure. She felt that Ranma was now more than used to the idea of being cursed.
Kasumi smiles and says, "Anyway lets get back home. I'm sure Happosai has suffered long enough... our home what happened to it!"
At hearing this Nabiki and Ranma was confused till they noticed they were only a block away and there was no house where their house should be. So the three ran to the front gate and saw the ruble that was their home. They saw Happosai and Cologne just staring at the ruble. Happosai turned to the others and said, "One minute I was eating Akane's cooking the next, the house falls on us. I was able to get Akane out before it fell. She is the one sitting down in shock next to the koi pond. Cologne helped me out as did Shampoo and the others. They had nothing to do with it."
"Our house? How did this happen though, it's gone. It's destroyed." Nabiki asked.
Kasumi was the more angry one of the bunch. She looked over to Akane and walked over to her and said, "Just what the hell happened Akane? It was only you and Happosai here, and he was busy eating your food. What did you do?"
Akane looked to Kasumi and said, "I did nothing honest. I just cooked dinner. And when he refused to eat it I swung my mallet at him and he hit the wall. Then he cooperated with me and ate his dinner. I did nothing at all."
"You did nothing?! You did nothing?! You smashed Grandfather Happosai into the support pillar in the wall and destroyed our house. Happosai isn't the one to blame. It isn't Ranma's fault. It is your fault for getting way too angry too quickly and over reacting to everything. I have a good mind to..." Ranma and Nabiki are the ones to hold Kasumi back. The look at the damage and simply sigh. So much for any future plans as all of Nabiki's saved up money would probably be needed to rebuild the Tendo compound.
When Soun and Genma arrive and see everything Soun decides to get the answer from Happosai for what has happened. He looked to Akane and said, "Akane I am sorry but I can not over look this. In the morning I'm going to call your aunt in the US. She is going to have to look after you as you can't control your anger. And I will not change my mind. Hopefully when you are 18 you will be able to come back with a calm mind and better control of your self."
Akane starts crying and runs off to the other side of the ruble where there is a big pile for her to hide behind. Kasumi looks to her father and says, "So I take it you are over your depression now father?"
Soun nods and says, "It's sad that a total shock of anger from an event such as this was what I needed but I am no longer depressed about losing your mother all those years ago."
Nabiki smiles and hearing this and says, "So I take it you will get back into shape and teach in the dojo once we re-build it."
Soun nods and says, "That is correct. Nabiki when you contact the construction company hand the phone over to me. I want them to make the dojo better than it was before and have some ideas in mind. Plus I would like to have that re-built first as we could start making money from it."
Nabiki nods and playfully does a military salute and says, "Okay, will do."
Soun chuckles and says, "I'm glad that you found your playfulness again Nabiki. I guess Ranma has been rubbing off on you."
Nabiki blushes at that comment. In reality she was becoming more friendly and playful ever sense she started talking with him so it may be true. Ranma just smiles at the sight, 'at least some good is coming from this' Ranma thought when seeing Nabiki and Soun acting more human.
Genma walked over to Soun and says, "You know Tendo we should probably head over to the Saotome estate now. We have more than enough room for all of you."
Nabiki blinks and says, "The Saotome estate? You mean your house is bigger than ours?"
Genma nods and says, "Yeah, and we have a dojo as well. It needs to be repaired but it is good enough for me and Soun to get our selves back into shape. If you have to just think of it as a way to pay you back for us staying at your place for so long."
Nabiki, Kasumi and Soun nod and thanked Genma's rare kindness. Ranma looked to her dad and said, "So I guess you are on mom's good side again?"
Genma smiled and laughed and said, "I am...who knows maybe you will have a younger sibling soon with the way we are going."
Ranma looked green and said, "I did not need to know that pop...but I guess that is a good thing to know that you are that close to mom again."
Kasumi calmed down just from how funny it was to see Ranma's reaction to Genma's news. She looked to Nabiki and says, "I guess we should try to see if we can salvage some of our things before we go."
Nabiki nodded and looked to Ranma and said, "You want to see if anything you had is still intact Ranma?"
Ranma shrugged and said, "Sure"
After a while everyone has found at least one suitcase and some clothes of theirs in one piece and packed it up. Nabiki was laughing and said, "Why am I not surprised to find that you have only the girl's clothes you wore as disguises in that pack of yours. It would be your luck to have only girl's clothes left."
Ranma looked to Nabiki and said, "I know. Damn it why did all of them have to survive. Now I bet my mom will make me wear them when we get home as they would be the only things I have to wear."
"At least you look good in them." Kasumi responds as she walks next to them on their trip to the Saotome estate.
Ranma looked to Nabiki who smiling at that comment and said, "And why are you smiling about that?"
Nabiki winked and says, "We could get Kuno off your back with you and me going out as two girls. Not like I have to worry about anyone judging me. But once Kuno sees it he will probably no longer want to go out with you."
Ranma thinks about it and smirks saying, "We'll talk about it when we reach our new home okay. It sounds like fun to mess with his mind."
Nabiki and Kasumi agreed as they followed Genma, Soun and Akane to their new home. Soun didn't want her out of his sight and he wanted to talk to Genma while he lead the way. Happosai was talking with Cologne while he was following the others. Cologne came as she wanted to make sure she knew where to find Ranma if anything came up. Plus if they called her for an order she would need to know where to go. Ukyo was following just to see if Genma was telling the truth about it being an estate.
(Well here you all. Sorry for the lack of updates but I think I more than made up for that with this chapter. We I'll try to updated sooner. Anyway enjoy)
