(Well, it's now time for me to update "Akane's New Friend." When we last left off, Akane had just pulled me away from Kasumi and Nabiki to ask me something, and you're about to find out what she was going to ask me. BTW, near the end of the last part, I kind of knew that Kasumi was a bit out of character, action-wise, but I tried to keep her personality intact. I felt like I did that. Well, anyways, thanks to Mii-ChanChan, goddess-training, Kobold Taskmaster, and jdcocoagirl for reviewing. Now, that's what I'm talking about – more than two people reviewing, and I would very much like to see that for the future chapters that I post. In the meanwhile, hopefully you will sit back and enjoy this next chapter.)

Copyright 2008

(Akane's P.O.V.)

"What do you want, Akane?" Mathew asked me.

I heard what he said to me, but as soon as I reached my bedroom, then I tended to his answer.

"Okay," I said after I closed the door. "I wanna know why you're interested in Nabiki, but you're hanging all around Kasumi."

"Hey, I'm only trying to pull my own weight around here if Kasumi's letting me stay with you guys," Mathew responded.

"But I thought you were falling for Nabiki," I said to him.

"I am," Mathew spoke up. "But if I'm offered to stay at a girl's house, I feel like if I pull my own weight, maybe she'll think of it."

"What's that supposed to mean?" I asked.

"Maybe it's because I like giving girls like you and Kasumi… as well as Nabiki an equal amount of help," Mathew responded.

"Like… me?" I asked, surprised with what he said.

My face turned red and I felt my nerves going to a full maximum speed set on high.

"Yes, girls like you," Mathew responded. "You don't have to be so embarrassed about it."

This was a huge surprise compared to the guys at Furinkan High… especially Kuno; Mathew knew how to treat girls right… unlike all the others in which they were all after me – even when I still had my hair down to my upper back, until they all accepted my "engagement" to Ranma.

"Is this how you ALWAYS treat girls to your liking?" I asked.

"Oh, maybe…" Mathew responded with a little bit of a look similar to Ranma when he wasn't bothered by anything.

I saw a resemblance of Ranma in a way when it came to girls. He wasn't like Kuno, who always demanded a date with me, and I always said "no" but wouldn't give up.

"Is that all you wanted to know?" Mathew asked me.

"Well," I started to say.

"Nabiki is going to have the same treatment and you too… if that's where you're going at," Mathew inputted.

"Not especially, but—" I was about to say before my door was opened.

It turned out to be none other than Grandfather Happosai.

"What are YOU doing in here?" I asked when he stepped in.

"Aww, you're in your room… with HIM?!!" Happosai reacted when he saw Mathew.

"Don't you have anything better to do than steal her panties, cunt?!" Mathew spoke up.

I couldn't believe that Mathew just called Happosai a "cunt." I had been so used to hearing Ranma calling him "freak", "lecher", and "pervert." This was the very first time that I heard Happosai being called by a different term.

"And another one like Ranma who shows no respect for elders," Happosai declared.

"Hey, shut up," Mathew said. "I have my respect for MY OWN elders, but not for someone who goes around stealing women's lingerie… you think you would've learned by now."

"I agree, Happosai," I said, supporting what Mathew previously said.

"But how will I go on without stealing women's underwear?" Happosai responded, his voice cracking and breaking into tears.

"You'll go on…" Mathew responded.

I wasn't so sure about that.

"He needs those so he can last longer," I said to him.

"You've gotta be kidding me," Mathew said to me.

"Trust me, I wish I was," I said to him. "Especially since he steals my own underwear and everyone else's, except for Nabiki's and Kasumi's… at least, I'm sure of it."

(Ranma's P.O.V.)

I had just finished a good meal and workout that Kasumi made when she came inside. As I walked past Akane's room, I heard a male voice in there… it sounded like the freak was in there.

"Not a chance!!" I heard Akane's voice say.

I decided to take a peek inside to see if it really was the freak.

"Ah-ha!!" I proclaimed after seeing the freak in her room.

"Ranma, why must you butt in?" Akane shouted at me.

"Come on, Akane," I said to her. "I was just walking by and happened to overhear this little parasite running his mouth, and it sounded like you wanted to kick him out."

I had picked up Happosai and was heading towards Akane's desk, which overlooked the sky.

"Ranma, put me down!!" Happosai demanded.

"No can do, Gramps," I responded. "I need to keep you from getting Akane any angrier."

And with that, I threw Happosai into the sky as hard as I could.

"That takes care of him," I said, dusting my hands off.

That's when I noticed that Mathew was in the same room as Akane.

"Hey, what are you doin' in Akane's room?" I asked, trying not to be mean about it.

"Well," Mathew started to say. "Let's just say she wanted to ask me something on Nabiki I guess."

"You like Nabiki?" I asked, looking surprised about it.

"Yeah, why?" Mathew asked.

"Trust me," I said to him. "Nabiki's some kind of girl to like, you know. I had her as my new fiancée and it was a nightmare – especially after I found out she was toying with me the entire time."

"That must've sucked," Mathew responded.

"Oh yeah," I responded. "It was total torture… what was worse was Akane getting so upset over it."

"What caused it anyway?" Mathew asked.

This was strange… he sounded like a Psychiatrist or something.

"Uh… Akane broke her balcony with a simple punch to the ground, after I tried apologizing to her over something I didn't know what I did… then, I rescued Nabiki after Akane reacted to the fall, she said 'we're finished'."

"Okay, that part, you did right," Mathew responded. "That part being rescuing Nabiki after Akane reacted to the fall – she must've known Nabiki didn't know how to react to one; plus, I don't see any way someone can hold two girls at once… so, that's probably what caused Akane to think the other way instead."

"You read me like a book," I said. "I saved Nabiki, and that's how she thanked me."

"That's unbelievable," Mathew responded. "I thought for sure, she'd be relieved that Nabiki was saved."

"I was," Akane spoke up. "I just went too far after thinking about it a few times."

"Yeah… way too far," Mathew said.

"I don't remember you having a kind of Psychiatry Degree," Akane spoke up again.

"Well, I don't," Mathew said. "But I'm pretty good at reading someone's mindset when they're wrongfully blamed."

I felt surprised that Mathew was that good at reading someone's mind when they're wrongfully blamed… if only he had come when Akane was placing blame on me for everything that happened.

"Maybe I could be saved from a hit to the head from Akane with you," I said to Mathew.

"Well, I'll see what I can do, Ranma," Mathew responded. "Just let me know if there's any kind of situation where you're wrongfully blamed by Akane or someone else."

"Will do," I responded.

Finally, I found someone who can actually stick up for me so I won't have to be wrongfully accused of something I never did to Akane. Shortly after that, I happened to hear the door open again. It turned out to be Nabiki.

"Hey there," Nabiki called out. "I'm going to go out for tennis – anyone wanna come along?"

End chapter.

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