Permanent part 3
Ranma grunted as she lifted another box and moved
it into the room The Tendos had provided for her. She
smiled as Akane helped often straining with boxes Ranma
lifted easily. "Wow, you don't have much stuff, but it's
heavy."
"I collect books," said Ranma casually as she
dropped another box on the ground.
Akane perked up a little. "Really?"
Ranma nodded "Old books, magic tomes and things
like that, real occult stuff." Akane started a little at
this and smiled weakly. Ranma opened one of the boxes and
blew the dust off the covers.
Akane looked inside and almost fell over. "These
are all about curses," she said sounding a little unnerved
and filling through them.
Ranma nodded and placed another box down next to
the others. "Most of them are."
"Remind me never to get on your bad side," said
Akane to herself.
"That's good advice." Akane couldn't tell if she
was serious, she flipped through the next box of books. All
of them were old magic tomes and medical journals on rare
conditions.
She opened the next box and pulled out a small
booklet and almost gasped in relief. 'Urusei Yatsura.'
there where several volumes.
"Oh those are Mr. P's, he seems to like them for some reason," said Ranma; Akane face faulted and dropped the book in the box.
Mr. P. squealed and scurried over and jumped in the
box, he emerged with one of the books in his mouth and
scurried over to a corner to read. Akane stared at the pig
uncomfortably for a moment before turning to get another
box to bring into the room; only to find herself bumping
into a large fuzzy wall. A fuzzy black and white wall with
a cast and bandaged head.
Akane almost passed out as the giant panda walked
into the room and waved at Ranma sheepishly. Ranma sighed
and introduced Akane to her father.
"Akane meet Mr. Panda," she said to the bewildered girl who
was having a nervous breakdown.
"This is your other pet?!" said Akane as she backed
nervously away from the animal, it looked at her and sat
down in the room.
"He's harmless Akane," said the girl flatly as she
pulled another box into the room.
Akane stared at the animal for a moment and went
down stairs. "I don't feel well."
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Later that night, Ranma sat at the table with Akane
and her family as they watched the television. Soun was
looking at the panda with mild amusement. "Why he's so well
trained," he said as the panda played Shogi with him.
"Isn't he though?" commented Ranma earning a growl
from the bear.
"You certainly have strange pets," said Nabiki as
Mr. P sat off to the side and read his manga.
"You have no Idea," said Ranma with a small smile
that disappeared as quickly as it appeared, Akane noticed
this and smiled as well.
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Several hours later Ranma awoke from her sleep and
sat up in bed. She got dressed and went down for her
morning practice. Genma was waiting for her in the yard and
Mr. P sat in the grass nearby to watch. The two combatants
jumped at each other without words or formalities.
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"Akane," said a voice that was trying not to be
loud. Akane woke from her sleep and sat up. She looked and
saw Nabiki sitting on the edge of her bed with a camera,
she turned and looked at the clock.
"Nabiki you had better have a good reason for
waking me up at four thirty," she muttered grouchily.
"You have got to see this," said her sister with a
happy look on her face.
Akane walked down the stairs quietly and stared at
the back yard. Ranma and Mr. Panda were sparring in the
yard. Mr. Panda was using the anything goes style and
apparently winning. "Th-that's..." stuttered Akane as she
watched from the doorway; "Weird," she finally said for
lack of better terms. The two sisters crept back up the
stairs to bed.
Ranma turned and watched them walk up the stairs.
She smirked and turned back to her match with the panda. "I
wonder if they'll ever figure it out? What should I do if
they do?" She smiled and allowed her father a few more
hits; she liked to let him win every once and a while, even
though she had surpassed him in those terrible nights in
China; it made him feel better. Not that he deserved it
after what he pulled with Mr. Tendo; for the first time he
was actually a little glad for his curse. "Huh, 'He' I
gotta quit thinking that way," thought Ranma as she finally
knocked her father to the ground with ease.
As Ranma spared with her father something stalked
in the shadows and watched. It would return later and face
him and have revenge for what the girl had done; as
silently as it arrived the thing left. "Soon Saotome soon,"
it thought vengefully.
Tbc...
This chapter is a bit short and relatively light
but it sets things up for later. This is still a Dark fic
and it gets even better soon. It should be noted that this
all happens well after the time Ranma would have arrived in
Nerima. [Probably around the time of the Shi shi houkou
dan.] Ranma would have been living in her apartment for
several months.
Akane would have met Kodachi and not the Golden
pair. [No P-chan.] Ukyo and all of Ranma's enemies would
not have met her yet. [at this point her relationship with
Ranma is still a secret as well as Shampoo's status.]
Wonder where she is and how Ranma got away? I'll get to
it.] Ranma can wear her hair any way she wants too because
she is a girl. The dragon hair does not effect girls.
[contrary to many fics, but supported by cannon manga.] I
had several people mention that when I described Ranma's
hair while she was disguised for school. Also Kuno was
seriously hurt in the earlier chapter. Ranma didn't
puncture his lung. But she did break his ribs and cause him
to cough up a fair amount of blood. Believe me he was in as
much pain as some of the other students. She also told him
he was going to die. Physiological stuff can mess you up.
That was Ranma's intention.
