After talking to her mother Ranma, and Nabiki leave the Saotome estate and head off to the closest clothing store. Ranma was wondering just what kind of store her mother was taking them too so she looked to her mother and says, "So mom, what kind of store are we going to?"

Nodoka smiles and says, "This store has a little bit of everything. You can get clothes for just lounging around the house or something to wear when you are with friends. They even have swim suits and when it's necessary they can even get you the school uniform that you will need when the semester starts again."

Ranma nodded and says, "That's cool...are you going to make me stay as a girl even during the summer before classes start again mom?"

Nodoka thinks about it and says, "Not all of the time dear. But you should get used to your girl side to at least the point where you could attend the school around here as a girl like we talked about."

Ranma nods with some disappointment in her face. But then Nabiki whispered something into her ear and then she started smiling again. Nabiki then looked to Nodoka and says, "So Ranma told me that you are the new principle of Furikin. How did that happen?"

Ranma blinked her eyes and says, "Yeah mom. You never did tell me how that happened."

Nodoka smiles and says, "Well, lets's just say that having practice with sword fighting has it's advantages in even non fighting moments. The details of that day should be left unsaid as it is anyway."

Ranma and Nabiki just look to each other as they sweat dropped in response. They then noticed that they were at the store and so they began to look through the clothes at Nodoka had said she would pay for.

Nodoka smiled as she saw her son turned daughter having fun while she was searching for something to wear. She then suppressed a giggle as she saw Ranma's face when Nabiki took her to the bra section. She then walked over to try to help and says, "Do you need any help Ranma?"

Ranma shook her head and answers, "No mom. Nabiki is just trying to get me to get buy soe bras and panties. She thinks it's funny seeing me in this section."

Nodoka smiles and says, "Well why don't you get some? After all when you are in school you would need to wear them anyway."

Ranma gulped and says, "Do I have to?"

"I'm afraid so Ranma. If you want, to make it up to you why don't we get some ice-cream afterwards?" Nodoka asks.

Ranma smiles after hearing that and says, "Alright. That sounds like a fair deal."

Nabiki and Nodoka laugh as that some how got Ranma to seriously look at the underwear she was being forced to buy. Nodoka then looked to Nabiki and says, "You know Nabiki. I think you do need to get some other things as well."

Nabiki stops laughing and asks, "What kind of stuff?"

Nodoka just smiles and says, "Don't worry. You'll be sure to get them. By the way why did the ice-cream suggestion work so well?"

Nabiki smiles and says, "That is also because of Genma. He made Ranma think that anything that he didn't eat on the training trip was for girls. And as such when Ranma first had ice-cream she was surprised at how sweet it was and how much she liked it. She even lets her self get splashed with water just so she can eat it. It became her favorite treat."

Nodoka then had an unusual look on her face and says, "So because of my husband Ranma will only eat ice-cream as a girl I take it.?"

Nabiki nods and says, "That is not the only thing he did to Ranma. But anyway what else do you have planned for today?"

Nodoka smiles and says, "Well we did agree to visit the music store on this day anyway. So after the ice-cream we will head back to the house and get Kasumi so we can all go and check out what else the instrument store has."

Nabiki nods and says, "That should be fun. By the way if we do get an instrument who is going to teach us?"

Nodoka smiles and says, "That would be my brother and sister. They are the owners of the store after all."

(Well here it is. A new chapter in an almost forgotten story. I know it is short but hey at least I didn't forget the story and left it to die.)