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Nabiki walks home. Thanks to her secret training and the other days that she worked, her mussels are fine. The last corner home, she stops to look at the long shadow on the road. She glace around the corner to see a male in his late teens reading a paper. He raises his head up to look to the side and stares at the paper.
Nabiki hid there her eyes scanning him. 'Function base clothes,' she thought, 'He's not even looking at the paper. He's studying the dojo. Simple black pants…a small black snake embroider on the black jacket just under the right arm.' Nabiki slip out from behind the corner and made her way to her home.
While walking to door, the teen ask Nabiki, "Excuse me, is this a dojo ready for challenge?"
"Yes," Nabiki says, "Do you want to challenge?"
"If they are all women then it won't be worth it," the teen says as he cross his arm.
"I'll have you know that we have a strong man," Nabiki says raising her voice a little.
"I'm betting he's a week girly man," the teen says.
"He may have a long pony tail," Nabiki says raising her voice once more, "He's strong even if he has been training here for a year."
"Sure," The teen says, "I bet you're not willing to risk any thing on him."
"Am to," Nabiki says on the verge of yelling, "You just name it."
"He wins you get all training scrolls I have," the teen says, "but if I win I get the entire training scroll in the dojo."
"Agreed," Nabiki snaps back, "He's not here so come back in two hours to fight or arrange a time."
"Alright," The teen says, "I'll be back in two hours."
Nabiki watches the teen walk away. 'I should have the time to get ready,' she thought as she walks into her home.
Seed mark her place in a book and rest it on the desk. She turns to look out the window. The excitement of living in a new place has faded from her body. Now there is a chill bubble that lingers in her body. There is more than just the building. She found herself in a land that behaviors are different. He friends for years and family are an ocean away. Here, her only friends are also teammates that are fighting some monster. She pushes from the desk and walk to the door. 'I won't be able to get comfortable here if I'm hiding in here,' Seed thinks as she walks over to her host family.
Genma turns from the game board. He saw money scatter on the floor. "It seems we're in luck," he says as he gathers the money. "We have enough to get a few drinks."
Nabiki watches as both males leave the house. 'That takes care of them. Kasumi should be home soon. She should be easy to get her agreeing,' she thinks.
Jessibelle walks into her home. A man jumps at her with a wooden pole. She swings her bag around just in time to block the attack. The man lands and spins to strike her with the other end of the pole. She slips to the side as she uses her bag to deflect the blow to the door. He kicks into her gut and then he uses the pole to force Jessibelle to the ground.
The man turns and says, "You're a bit slower that normal."
"Its good to see you too, Dad," Jessibelle says, "You know you could greet me like normal people."
"A martial artist needs to be ready for anything," the man says.
"Since I got off work, I'm ready for a bath," Jessibelle says. She walks away and then stops and says, "I did beat someone."
"You fought someone is a martial arts fight," the man says, "And won."
"You know I don't keep track of that," Jessibelle says, "I beat them with waiting tables." She ran to the stairs.
"You should take pride in that," the man yells, "You're a martial artist."
'Only because you want me to be,' Jessibelle thinks as she walks away.
Nabiki smiles as she walks up to her older sister. "You know you just got back from work," she says, "why are you cooking now?"
"I need to relax," Kasumi says, "It's nice to cook slower."
"Sister you don't mind not talking about Ranma's skills?" Nabiki asks.
"Sure," Kasumi says.
'That just leaves Akane and Ranma,' Nabiki thinks.
Erika sits down at the dinner table. She smiles at her mother, father and her two younger siblings. "So how was your day?" Her father asks.
"It was great," Erika says, "Thanks for letting me work."
"I'm glad you made friends so fast," her mother says, "just remember don't cry over spilt milk."
"I won't, if you do that then you'll make the mess bigger," Erika says.
"That's not what I mean," her mother says, "I mean don't feel too bad about what goes wrong. If this waitress thing doesn't work out then don't cry alright."
"You're not the smartest one are you," her younger sister says.
"We're about to skip to the grade under yours and you haven't skipped at all," her younger brother says.
"Enough you two," Their father says, "You two go clean up your dishes and then do you homework."
"Don't listen to them," Erika's mother says, "The only reason we're letting them skip is to get them to fail. It may sound heartless but their egos are getting too big."
Nabiki watches as Ranma and Akane enter the room. She stands up and walks up to them. "Just the two I want to talk to," Nabiki says, "There was a challenger her for you."
"I need to get ready," Ranma says.
"Hold it," Nabiki says, "You should hold back a lot. You can even practice a different form of fighting."
"Why would he do that," Akane says, "You want him to lose don't you."
"How can he lose if he holds back a little before the fight begins?" Nabiki asks, "I'm betting on him winning, but this fight looks difficult so he should keep as much energy as he can for the fight."
"That sounds good," Ranma says.
Nabiki follows Ranma to the yard. She smiles when she sees Ranma holding back. 'What do I want to do while waiting for the fight,' Nabiki thinks as she slip back into the house.
Yuki drops to the ground. She pushes herself to her feet. She stands in the center of the red circle and markings. In the dim light, she can see shelves holding many jars. She walks by workbenches to some stairs. She pushes the door open and walks into a kitchen.
"Hello Honey," a lady says, "How was your first day at your new work?"
"It was good, mom," Yuki says.
"There you are," a man says walking into the room. "I assume that the card is paid for."
"No, dad," Yuki says, "I didn't place a limit on how long it is and it looks like they will need me for a while."
"If the magic get too much have Hikari replace you," The man says.
"They have me working as a waitress," Yuki says.
"What," the man yells, "Even a poor magic user like you should use it."
"I have e-mails to check," Yuki says as she runs up a flight of stairs.
"I'm not done talking to you," Yuki's father yells.
"Let her go," Yuki's mother says.
Yuki makes her way to her room.
"Hello, Sister," Hikari says, "I want to know if I could come with you and your friend to the mall."
"I'll tell them you're coming," Yuki says.
Nabiki smiles as she looks at the teen coming up to the dojo. "Are you ready for the fight?" Nabiki asks.
"You remember our bet right," the teen says as he gestures to a bag that he is carrying. Nabiki nods as she leads him into the dojo.
In it, Ranma is standing across the room. Nabiki walks to a side next to her sister. Ranma and the challenger remain still with their eyes locked. "Here are the rules," Nabiki says breaking the silent, "You may fight any way you want as long as you do not permanently hurt the other, also do not damage the dojo, and lastly you if you leave the dojo you'll lose." Nabiki breathe in. "Alright," she continues, "With the rules out of the way, the fight will start after you bow to each other and then I drop my hand." Both fight bow to each other and turn to Nabiki hand. With both watching Nabiki lower her hand.
The teen runs at Ranma with his right fist risen up. In a flash, he punches at Ranma but Ranma easy deflects it. Ranma then strikes at the teen. The teen twists from the blow. He wraps around Ranma's arms. The teen spins his hip. While carried by the throw, Ranma kicks on the teen's head. The he uses his free arm to push off the ground.
Quickly the teen recovers and punches at Ranma. His fist slams into Ranma's shoulder. While Ranma takes the hit, Ranma punches the teen's side. The teen clutches his side only to receive a blow to his face. "You're better than I thought," the teen says as he staggers back.
Nabiki watches the two continue to punch and kick at each other. The teen jumps back and rubs the blood from his lip. "You're good," he tells Ranma, "So I won't feel as bad about using this." His four fingers merge into a curved blade and then his thumb changes. "Talon Grasp," he yells lunging his claw. He digs his claw-like hand into Ranma's shoulder.
Ranma could only groan as his left arm fell limp. Ranma found himself blocking several attacks. He grunts as the teen squeezes his shoulder blade harder. Ranma did his best to block the attacks. He found the teen dragging his shoulder making it harder for Ranma to block the attacks.
The teen readies another volley attack. Just then as an energy blast slams into his gut. The teen push from the floor and looks to see Ranma with his left hand up. The teen rolls to his feet and charges toward Ranma with his talon hand open.
Nabiki watches as Ranma spins while lowing himself. Ranma then rises up under the teen's arm. Quickly, Ranma then rolls the teen over his shoulder. Nabiki watches the teen get flipped through the dojo's door.
"The fight is over," Nabiki says, "The rules are as you both agreed. If you leave the dojo you lose."
"By my word," the teen says as he tosses the black bag at Nabiki.
"Thanks," Nabiki says, "Now let's talk about how much you're willing to pay for these."
"I will get them back," the teen said, "but I won't pay for them. I know other fighting techniques and I'll win." The teen walks away.
"I should have known he had copies," Nabiki says.
"You know him?" Akane asks.
"Not him," Nabiki says as she looks at the scrolls in the bag, "I know of his group. A black snake on black. They wait for a strong fighting group to have a moment of weakness and then they fight for the group fighting manuals. I was hoping he was willing to pay for the originals. But he's not so here." She hands the bag to Ranma.
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"So we each have a color and animal," Erika said, "I know I'll make giants robot of our animals." The group just stares at her. "What I'll make sure that they can combined into a human robot."
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