The Pestering Portal
Part Four
by Shastao and Sotek
Note: Rich, intelligent, extremely creative folks probably own all
the characters and places we didn't make up exclusively for this
fanfic. So please don't sue us; we don't have that much at all,
anyway.
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Chapter 11
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Dawn breaks, revealing two figures sparring about the pond in the
garden of the Tendo residence. They fight each other in the air for a
bit, until Ranma is distracted by Sotek' gestures as he faces Kaion,
who draws his katana. Genma kicks Ranma into the pond, taking
advantage of the current situation.
Suddenly four ugly orcs appear and rush at Kaion, whom moves swiftly
and kills two with one strike, jumps up into the sky, killing the
other two with downward slices. When Kaion sheathes his blade, he
sees both Akane and Nabiki gaping at him. He shrugs as Ranma knocks
Genma into the pond, and the two continue sparring.
This continues for some time, until Kasumi halts it with a call for
breakfast. Sotek and Kaion insist on eating out in the garden, not
wanting to crowd things at the table. A bit later, Nabiki heads off
to school, and shortly afterwards Ranma and Akane leave.
After this, Sotek turns and faces Kaion. "We'd better get going, we
don't want to be late."
"...Late to what?" Kaion inquired, confused.
"School. We've got to try to fit in, you know."
"School? I take it taking my katana there wouldn't be wise?"
"Probably not. I doubt we'll get into a fight there, anyway."
"Well... I suppose it wouldn't hurt to try to go..." Kaion said as
Sotek got ready to leave. They left, hurrying towards school, as
Sotek was going on memory, thanks to following Ryouga around for those
almost three weeks.
A bit later, they saw two people rushing towards school up ahead of
them. "Isn't that Akane and Ranma up there?" asked a squinting Sotek.
"...I suppose, but let's leave the 'perfect couple' be, eh?" Kaion
replied with a chuckle.
"Good idea," Sotek said as Ranma got splashed with cold water. Sotek
and Kaion watched as Akane and Ranma took a detour, then Sotek led
Kaion on to school. They arrived in the classroom just in time to
watch Akane decimate a horde of boys, then a duel between Ranma and
Kunou.
* * * * *
Other than the arrival of two new students, class went on as it
normally did, and Kaion noticed Nabiki talking with the same fellow
Ranma had fought earlier that morning.
Something Nabiki said that Kaion couldn't quite hear made Kunou have
an outburst in mid-class. Suddenly he got hit on the forehead by
high-velocity chalk, and was promptly sent out into the hall.
A few minutes later, the near-silence of the room was shattered by a
yell from the hall. The students in the nearby rooms pile to the hall
windows to watch as Kunou and Ranma argued. After a bit of arguing,
the two went barreling down the hall, with most of the student body in
the nearby rooms following, trying to quietly run in the halls.
Ranma took a leap out of a third-floor window, followed by Kunou,
and Sotek quickly made a gesture and an uttering at this point. Both
Kunou and Ranma were surprised that they were falling slower than they
ought to have, and took advantage of this by beating on each other.
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Chapter 12
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Kaion sighed and threw himself on the floor of the guest room that
he and Sotek were staying in. Sotek entered, and Kaion sighed again.
"Well, that school day's over," Kaion said to Sotek.
"Yes... I just hope we can fit in for now," Sotek responded. A few
moments passed, then Ranma wandered on into the room.
"...Sotek. You said something about a cure yesterday?"
"Yes, I did... I can't try yet, though. I should be able to do
something about it tomorrow."
"...Ah. Well. Is there...anything I can do to help with it?"
Ranma asked.
"...Just try not to get another curse until then," Sotek replied,
flippantly.
"...I'll try. Be seeing you, then," Ranma said, walking out of the
room.
* * * * *
The next day passed by rather blissfully for Kaion and Sotek,
although they did hear a lot of discontent about the engagement
between Ranma and Akane, but they generally tried to ignore all of
that. The afternoon rolled around, when Sotek had promised to try to
cure Ranma's curse.
Kaion was practicing against the air in the garden for a little
while, then he sheathed his blade and walked on inside, and noted a
bucket half-full of water resting in the middle of the living room.
Not wanting anyone to trip over it, he picked the bucket up and
walked upstairs, towards the room he and Sotek were using. He was
intending to dump it out the window, but when he entered the guest
room, he tripped over an illogically placed walking staff, sending the
contents of the bucket into the room.
At this same time and place, however, Sotek had just finished an
incantation with some gestures towards Ranma, and once he was finished
he then saw a dripping wet female Ranma.
"...eep! CHANGE ME BACK! CHANGE ME BACK!" she shrieked. Kaion
stood up, gathered himself, and quickly grabbed a nearby kettle of hot
water, and poured it over Ranma, but it had no effect.
"...It's not working..." Kaion stated. Ranma sat in stunned silence
for a moment, then ran out of the room crying.
"...I think I can restore the curse, but it'll be a couple of
days..." Sotek said at the open door, although Kaion was the only one
who could hear him. Shrugging, Kaion walked out of the room. Moments
later, a faint, almost inaudiable sound of water splashing could be
heard.
* * * * *
"Ranma," female Kaion said in the general direction of the garden.
"Go away," Ranma's voice was heard from one end, inbetween her faint
sobs.
"No, really. Sotek can probably fix that little mishap in a couple
of days..." Kaion trailed off.
Ranma stopped sobbing. "He can?"
"Most likely."
"When?"
"Two days."
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Chapter 13
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The next morning, Sotek went off to school, since Kaion wouldn't go
in female form, and she was staying in that form since Ranma couldn't
change back, either that or to get out of having to go to school.
The day passed by rather blissfully, and as Sotek was leaving the
school grounds, he met with Kunou. "And who might you be?" he asks.
"Sotek Windrider."
"...I believe I have seen you before, yes, I believe you are in my
class, am I right? You came on the same day as that honorless
Saotome."
"Yes, I am in your class. And I did come on the same day as
Saotome, yes."
"Do you know him?"
"Yes... I'm currently staying at the same-"
Kunou interrupted. "The same house? That means... you stay at the
same house as Akane Tendo!" Kunou shouted, grasping his bokken tighter
and running at Sotek.
Sotek jumped out of the way best he could, and frantically tried
defending himself best he could, and cursing himself for not having
his spellbook with him at the moment. Suddenly, this was interrupted
by Akane.
She shouted, "Upperclassman Kunou! You needn't bully the physically
weak! If you're persistant on fighting someone, fight me!"
Kunou was instantly distracted. "Well, then. If you defeat me then
you will be allowed to-". He was cut off by being kicked a good
several hundred yards by Akane.
"Thank you for saving me," Sotek said. "If you like, I would be
happy to even teach you a bit of magic."
"Magic? Alright."
* TO BE CONTINUED *