The next day, Kunou was keeping watch from the top of the school for
Shampoo.
"Whither the tree-borne, mace wielding, Chinese-accent girl?" he
wondered.
When Shampoo showed up looking for Ranma, Kunou gave chase, demanding a
date. She clobbered him again, but while this was going on Ranma got
into school unseen by either.
For the next several days the pattern would continue.
---
A young man burst into the town meeting hall of a country village near
Tsuyama, Japan.
"Where is Furinkan High School?" he demanded.
"Howdy again, Ryouga," said one of the villagers. "Back for a visit?"
Ryouga sighed loudly. "I tried to follow your directions and I got lost
again."
"Just head south till you get to the main road, turn left, and you'll
be on the road to Tokey-o," said the local man.
"Got it," said Ryouga. "Head north till I get to a side road, turn right,
and that'll get me to Tokyo." He rushed out again before they could
correct him.
"I got a feelin' he'll be back," said another villager.
---
Genma knocked at the door of Dr. Tofu's Acupuncture and Moxibustion Clinic.
"Good afternoon, what can I do for you?" said Dr. Tofu.
"Good afternoon," said Genma. "I'm Genma Saotome. I saw your
advertisement for an office assistant. Good pay, light work. Sweeping
up, answering the telephone, that sort of thing. It seemed like just
the thing for me."
"Yes, I do need an assistant. Do you have any references?"
"Well, I've been traveling around a lot, training my son in martial
arts... But I do know someone who could vouch for me. I'm a friend of
Soun Tendo."
"Oh yes, that's excellent. I know the family well," said Dr. Tofu.
"How do you know him?"
"He and I are fellow students in the Anything Goes School of Martial
Arts. My son Ranma is engaged to his daughter, Kasumi."
"K-Kasumi?" Dr. Tofu's glasses fogged and his expression turned ugly.
"What do you mean by reporting for work so late, Mr. Saotome?"
"Huh? I haven't even started yet!" said Genma.
"That's right, and it's 2:30 in the afternoon! It's disgraceful!
You're fired!" said Dr. Tofu.
"What? You're crazy!" said Genma, backing away.
"No insubordination!" snapped Tofu. "I'll have to teach you a lesson."
Tofu struck like lightening, hitting a pressure point on Genma's chest
which temporarily locked his muscles. Then he booted Genma down the
street and went back into his office, slamming the door behind him.
When Genma recovered he limped back to the Tendo's. "Maybe this
job-hunting business isn't worth it. There are other ways I could amuse
myself..."
----
After days of wandering Ryouga finally showed up at Furinkan High and
confronted Ranma.
"You coward, you ran out on our fight!" Ryouga shouted.
"Hey, I waited three days for you," said Ranma.
"And when I got there on the fourth day you were gone. I've gone
through such horrors through following you that I must have my revenge,"
said Ryouga. "Prepare to die!"
Unfortunately Ryouga's charge carried him past Ranma and with his
poor sense of direction he got lost again.
"He'll show up again in a few days," Ranma told Akane. "Once he's
wandered all over Japan again."
----
Ranma burst into the house and confronted Genma.
"Hey Pop, something just happened to me and I think I know why."
"What are you talking about, Ranma?"
"This girl I've never seen before came up to me on the street and asked
why I never call her anymore after all we've been to each other. I told
her I didn't know what she was talkin' about and then she pulls out one
of those big mallets that chicks can get out of nowhere and whacks me
with it."
"Probably a case of mistaken identity," said Genma.
"You got that right, and I know who. Someone who can look exactly like
me," said Ranma. "You!"
"How can you accuse your own father so? Even if I did, you surely
wouldn't begrudge a man for trying to recapture the pleasures of his
youth?" said Genma.
"I do if you use my face and my reputation!" said Ranma.
"It will only increase your reputation for manliness, my son. And you
will need that if you should ever run into your mother."
"Whadda you mean?"
"I promised your mother Nodoka I would bring you up as a man among men.
That is the only way she would permit me to take you on a training
journey."
"I don't remember much about her," said Ranma.
"We left on your training journey when you were only five. She's a
formidable woman," said Genma. "She made us both sign a promise to
commit seppuku if I failed to make you a man in every way. I think we
should continue to avoid her so that she doesn't find out about the girl
episode."
"I ain't a girl no more, so that shouldn't matter," said Ranma. "I
think the real reason is you'd rather be free to chase women."
"That's a consideration, of course," said Genma.
Ranma, gave his father a hard punch in the stomach and rushed out of the
house. He jumped onto the roof to get over his rage and try to think.
There had to be some way he could get his father back with his mother
and put the brakes on the philandering done with his face. At last
he had an idea...
(To be continued)
Shampoo.
"Whither the tree-borne, mace wielding, Chinese-accent girl?" he
wondered.
When Shampoo showed up looking for Ranma, Kunou gave chase, demanding a
date. She clobbered him again, but while this was going on Ranma got
into school unseen by either.
For the next several days the pattern would continue.
---
A young man burst into the town meeting hall of a country village near
Tsuyama, Japan.
"Where is Furinkan High School?" he demanded.
"Howdy again, Ryouga," said one of the villagers. "Back for a visit?"
Ryouga sighed loudly. "I tried to follow your directions and I got lost
again."
"Just head south till you get to the main road, turn left, and you'll
be on the road to Tokey-o," said the local man.
"Got it," said Ryouga. "Head north till I get to a side road, turn right,
and that'll get me to Tokyo." He rushed out again before they could
correct him.
"I got a feelin' he'll be back," said another villager.
---
Genma knocked at the door of Dr. Tofu's Acupuncture and Moxibustion Clinic.
"Good afternoon, what can I do for you?" said Dr. Tofu.
"Good afternoon," said Genma. "I'm Genma Saotome. I saw your
advertisement for an office assistant. Good pay, light work. Sweeping
up, answering the telephone, that sort of thing. It seemed like just
the thing for me."
"Yes, I do need an assistant. Do you have any references?"
"Well, I've been traveling around a lot, training my son in martial
arts... But I do know someone who could vouch for me. I'm a friend of
Soun Tendo."
"Oh yes, that's excellent. I know the family well," said Dr. Tofu.
"How do you know him?"
"He and I are fellow students in the Anything Goes School of Martial
Arts. My son Ranma is engaged to his daughter, Kasumi."
"K-Kasumi?" Dr. Tofu's glasses fogged and his expression turned ugly.
"What do you mean by reporting for work so late, Mr. Saotome?"
"Huh? I haven't even started yet!" said Genma.
"That's right, and it's 2:30 in the afternoon! It's disgraceful!
You're fired!" said Dr. Tofu.
"What? You're crazy!" said Genma, backing away.
"No insubordination!" snapped Tofu. "I'll have to teach you a lesson."
Tofu struck like lightening, hitting a pressure point on Genma's chest
which temporarily locked his muscles. Then he booted Genma down the
street and went back into his office, slamming the door behind him.
When Genma recovered he limped back to the Tendo's. "Maybe this
job-hunting business isn't worth it. There are other ways I could amuse
myself..."
----
After days of wandering Ryouga finally showed up at Furinkan High and
confronted Ranma.
"You coward, you ran out on our fight!" Ryouga shouted.
"Hey, I waited three days for you," said Ranma.
"And when I got there on the fourth day you were gone. I've gone
through such horrors through following you that I must have my revenge,"
said Ryouga. "Prepare to die!"
Unfortunately Ryouga's charge carried him past Ranma and with his
poor sense of direction he got lost again.
"He'll show up again in a few days," Ranma told Akane. "Once he's
wandered all over Japan again."
----
Ranma burst into the house and confronted Genma.
"Hey Pop, something just happened to me and I think I know why."
"What are you talking about, Ranma?"
"This girl I've never seen before came up to me on the street and asked
why I never call her anymore after all we've been to each other. I told
her I didn't know what she was talkin' about and then she pulls out one
of those big mallets that chicks can get out of nowhere and whacks me
with it."
"Probably a case of mistaken identity," said Genma.
"You got that right, and I know who. Someone who can look exactly like
me," said Ranma. "You!"
"How can you accuse your own father so? Even if I did, you surely
wouldn't begrudge a man for trying to recapture the pleasures of his
youth?" said Genma.
"I do if you use my face and my reputation!" said Ranma.
"It will only increase your reputation for manliness, my son. And you
will need that if you should ever run into your mother."
"Whadda you mean?"
"I promised your mother Nodoka I would bring you up as a man among men.
That is the only way she would permit me to take you on a training
journey."
"I don't remember much about her," said Ranma.
"We left on your training journey when you were only five. She's a
formidable woman," said Genma. "She made us both sign a promise to
commit seppuku if I failed to make you a man in every way. I think we
should continue to avoid her so that she doesn't find out about the girl
episode."
"I ain't a girl no more, so that shouldn't matter," said Ranma. "I
think the real reason is you'd rather be free to chase women."
"That's a consideration, of course," said Genma.
Ranma, gave his father a hard punch in the stomach and rushed out of the
house. He jumped onto the roof to get over his rage and try to think.
There had to be some way he could get his father back with his mother
and put the brakes on the philandering done with his face. At last
he had an idea...
(To be continued)