Perspective is something that can be a helpful thing.
One person's perspective can greatly differ from another's, whether because of past experience or other factors.
It was largely the result of free will.
Differences in perspective could cause problems and arguments as well.
Many feuds between gods had happened because of a slight difference of perspective.
One god takes one side, another takes a different one.
Few are willing to move after drawing a line in the sand.
This was the position which Robin found herself in at the moment.
Her opposition were the two younger Tendo siblings. Nabiki and Akane Tendo.
The event which had lead up to Nabiki's involvement was a surprisingly simple one.
It had all happened at dinner that night.
(Earlier during dinner)
Robin glanced around the table, it was definitely an uncomfortable mood that had greeted her when she came for dinner.
Ranma had left her on the roof after awhile, since she'd wanted to think a bit more before coming down.
She glanced over to the Raven perched on the table to the next, Kakotychia had actually thought she should see how things go, a part of her wanted to hate the Saotome Matriarch, but for now she could ignore it.
Then the woman in question had to go and ask Akane whether Ranma was manly, since she was Ranma's fiancee.
"As his fiancee, do you think my son...Is Ranma...Manly?" She asked
"Yes" Akane answered quickly, exchanging a look with her fiance. It wouldn't do to get Ranma killed after all.
She followed up by asking if he was good-looking or handsome, and Akane's brief hesitation wasn't missed by the pigtailed martial artist in question.
Robin meanwhile was busy trying to explain what the whole concept was to Kako, mostly because the bird seemed to be...paranoid about the fact the housewife was carrying a sword, and the bird didn't quite understand the situation it's master had found her way into by association with Ranma.
Kasumi noted that Rama seemed to take after his mother, prompting the household to stare.
It was a true observation, and extremely noticeable when Ranma sat next to the older woman, it was actually a rather uncanny and very obvious similarity now that Robin could see it.
"Perhaps we should change the subject?" Soun asked diplomatically.
Nodoka thought for a moment, obviously trying to discern whether or not that was a good thing, was her son effeminate looking?
"So...does Ranma have any hobbies?" The woman asked.
"He practices martial arts." Akane answered, to which Nodoka nodded as if acknowledging that was a manly hobby
"And Crossdressing." Nabiki added helpfully.
Nodoka gripped her sword much more tightly at that.
"C-Crossdressing?" She asked, and seemed to be about ready to draw her sword and go searching for her missing son at that very moment.
"um...I think you misheard her Mrs. Saotome." Robin interjected, causing the woman to relax.
It seemed that Nodoka had decided Nabiki had said something else, and dropped the issue for the moment.
"What in Zeus' name...are ya trying to get Ranma killed?" Robin asked the middle Tendo she really was annoyed.
She hadn't really had many interactions with the Middle Tendo, though she'd heard the girl's reputation at school. Primarily from Sora, who had taken to telling her about the many prominent individuals surrounding the Nerima Crew.
"Was it something I said?" Nabiki asked innocently, and Ranma jumped into the conversation. "Aw come'on Nabiki, what'd I do ta tick ya off?"
"Why don't you just tell introduce yourself and get it over with Ranma?" Akane asked.
Robin had been convinced prior to let her friend handle the problem, but it was obvious Ranma's mother was crazy enough that she'd definitely go through with it, if she were to find out about the curse.
"Why don't you just cut off Ranma's head for her and save time?" Robin asked, getting a glare from the younger Tendo. Ranma meanwhile decided to chip in with her own retort.
"And even blackmail from Nabiki is better'n Seppuku!"
"You're missing the point, besides It's what you get, for wasting your chance." Nabiki said, answering Ranma. It was a bit surprising to see the mercenary Tendo like this. "Akane and I, we can't see our mother, no matter what we do."
Robin sighed, great she could tell that Nabiki was at least somewhat serious about this.
"I'll stay quiet about it, for 5'000 yen." The Tendo finished, effectively killing the mood.
Ranma seemed to believe this was all Nabiki was after, and relaxed a little. Robin however could tell that Nabiki had meant what she'd said, one didn't survive as a demigod without being able to discern an individual's intentions to some degree.
After all when anyone could be a monster wanting to eat you, it only made sense to learn how to discern people's intentions, at least on a very basic level.
So while Ranma left, after paying the Tendo girl her fee.
Robin however wasn't done with the conversation and this is where the disagreement truly reached the main point.
"Can I help you?" Nabiki asked, giving a smirk as if she already knew every secret Robin had.
"You should know it ain't that simple for him." Robin stated.
Nabiki considered this for a moment. While she'd been making plans to get operations surrounding Robin, he, or rather she hadn't really taken center stage like others in the Wrecking Crew, at least not after the first few days.
The Neo-girl did have quite a few admirers, between the cuteness of her body, likely a result of Jusenkyo's seeming inability to produce ugly girls, As well as the girl's personality which while Tomboyish, mostly due to the fact she WAS actually a boy seemed to have a more endearing edge to it.
She knew there were plenty of boys at Furinkan attracted to Tomboys. She'd gotten quite a few requests for pictures of the new girl over the past couple of weeks.
Of course, it was obvious Robin also seemed to have much more modesty than the other genderbender in the house Leaving her with little room to take photos of the neo-girl.
Not to say she didn't get any, but not nearly enough to supplement her income by any large amount.
On the current issue, the girl had seemed set against Ranma's mother from the beginning, even before the reveal of the seppuku pledge she'd seemed skeptical.
Nabiki knew she'd give up all her money for the chance to have her mother back, even for just a day.
"Just what do you mean by that?" Nabiki asked, feigning innocence again. "Nd why are you so against Ranma's mother anyway?"
"Absent parents don't turn out well, trust me on that." Robin said, hoping that would be enough.
Nabiki meanwhile noted the information revealed, it was obvious that Robin had met his/her mysterious mother.
She also hadn't missed the gender bender's references to greek gods and goddesses, some kind of weird cult maybe?
Wouldn't be too off for Nerima.
Akane decided to interject however before she could continue.
"How can you say that, this is Ranma's mother we're talking about." Akane insisted, Nabiki found herself agreeing, after all how could anyone agree with someone avoiding their mother and causing them to worry?
"And she said herself she would kill'em, not everyone gets the happy family…" Robin said darkly, she wasn't even sure if she was referring to Ranma's situation, or her own.
Nabiki fumed, how dare this...spore dismiss their mother's death...happy family? This Family had been half dead ever since mom died.
Then Nabiki realized the kid wasn't talking about Ranma's situation, the way her tone changed...She wasn't about to go jumping to conclusions like Akane...speaking of which…
The girl had already developed a battle aura only to be deflated when Robin did the one thing Ranma never did.
She left without a word.
Akane wasn't sure how to react to this, usually Ranma sputtered denials or excuses, occasionally insulted her…but to just walk out…. Finally she stormed off to her own room, leaving Nabiki to her thoughts.
She knew that the new girl was jaded, but to see this it almost seemed the girl had a complex.
Of course Nabiki had run a background check on the Tendo's tenant, so she knew the boy's father had died when he was young, add that to the absent mother and perhaps the genderbender's attitude was understandable in context.
It was obvious the insensitive comment was an impulsive one, so Nabiki decided to ignore it for now, she'd make him pay for it later.
She went back to trying to find how she could make money off the kid, unfortunately though most of her normal methods wouldn't work...Robin had a secret but whatever it was she couldn't find it.
She of course could use Robin's curse, but would rather keep that card, since she really didn't know how much the American really cared about the curse.
Perhaps she would need to use a more direct approach.
Nodoka was currently thinking on the conditions her son had been living in, and the people surrounding him.
Soun seemed like a polite man and she definitely thought her son would benefit from the man's presence.
Then there were the girls, Kasumi seemed very much a proper lady, and such a nice girl for taking care of her family the way she seemed to. Nabiki was a bit too modern in her opinion, but she also seemed respectful enough.
Akane had seemed like a nice girl, though she seemed to be a little bit of a tomboy, she'd likely grow out of that soon.
Then there was Ranko and the American child Robin. The two full tomboys of the household.
It was obvious the two didn't have any real mother figure to look up to, and while the blonde girl seemed a bit hostile, Nodoka couldn't really blame her given the girl's circumstances. Ranko seemed a more enthusiastic about interacting with her, but Nodoka felt an urge to lead both girls to the true path of a woman.
The Blonde girl did seem to be rather protective of her son, Nodoka wondered if that meant she thought he wasn't manly enough.
Of course there was the other possibility which fit into her rather narrow mindset, the girl could have had a crush on her son.
Nodoka's mind latched onto that particular thought, it was obvious to her, why else would the girl defend her son the way she seemed to.
Finally Nodoka decided that she would sleep for now.
He had arrived.
Eunomia had teleported him to the Japanese city known as Tokyo, it was merely a matter of time before he had his vengeance.
The amulet would be his again, and he'd make an example out of the foolish halfblood who stole from him.
He merely had to find where in this infernal mortal city the demigod was now.
The damned city was too large for his liking, he'd ended up in some strange area known as Juban.
Afterwards he was attacked by a group of color coordinated, girls in revealing outfits of all things.
While they had an abnormal scent, they weren't demigods. And he managed to avoid them easily while the lead one was giving some ridiculous speech.
He had no time for weaklings right now.
The monster looked up at the sky, it seemed night was falling, he'd deal with the demigod soon.
Even if he had to search this entire city district by district.
The halfblood child would die, and he might even receive a reward from the order goddess.
Eunomia didn't appear to favor this particular demigod at all.
Morning came at the Tendo dojo quickly, and Robin had already noticed the signs of exhaustion on Ranma.
It wasn't surprising, considering Soun had allowed Psycho-mom to sleep in the same room, Robin still had to question the decision as well meaning as Soun seemed to be in regards to the issue.
She didn't get why the Tendo family was so welcoming to this woman considering she would be more than willing to kill her son if she found out the truth.
Still Robin knew Ranma was at least somewhat cautious regarding the issue.
She blinked when the woman in question approached her, glancing around to see that nobody else was in earshot.
"Can I help you Saotome-san?" Robin asked, trying her best to keep her annoyance with the woman from showing.
"Yes...I wanted to apologize...Soun told me about your...situation...and please call me auntie." She said.
"Then ya can see why I ain't your biggest fan." Robin stated.
Nodoka ignored the comment figuring it was just the girl lashing out. "What do you think of my son by any chance?" She asked, wondering if the girl was even aware of the feeling Nodoka thought she possessed.
"He's a good person, bit of a macho jerk sometimes though, and he obviously takes this honor crap too seriously.." Robin responded.
Nodoka nodded, so the girl likely didn't realize it herself. Truly the girl likely did have feelings for her manly son.
"Well perhaps we should speak of more pleasant topics the next time I visit." Nodoka finally said, she wasn't going to give up on the American.
"Fine, just know I ain't gonna agree with ya on this…" Robin stated.
Nodoka simply looked bemused as if she thought she knew something Robin herself did not. "Of course you won't, just remember my son is much too manly for just one woman." Nodoka said, deciding to plant the idea for now.
While the American girl wasn't the most proper, she knew that the girl simply needed guidance, besides if her manly son could sway the interests of even a tomboyish girl like this, then surely he was a man-amongst-men.
She simply needed to help the girl realize her feelings and make sure she was worthy of her son of course.
Besides, she was sure this girl would give her plenty of cute little grandchildren!
AN-
Well that happened, I don't intend to pair Robin and Ranma but it's a conclusion I feel Nodoka would likely reach. She is after all one of those people who likely only hear what confirms her beliefs typically and I do feel she'd jump to this conclusion.
Robin is very protective of Ranma for a simple reason, he/she was used to being alone for years, given that and the fact that Ranma has become a major influence on Robin it isn't farfetched to believe he/she would be protective given a lack of friends in the past.
Well this chapter was shorter than normal, sorry I really just wanted to get through the rest of Nodoka's visit because I don't feel it would have been right to skip the rest of it. I won't cover the rest of the events from this arc, just assume they happen as canon if I do not cover events or explain an alternate way in which they have happened in story.