Ok, thought I would do something new for this one. I'm gonna make take some
of the reviews from the last chapter and respond to them. At least the ones
I get before writing this chapter. If I get yours afterwards, I'm sorry.
CleverWitch: I'm glad you like it. I'll definitely write more, I don't intend this to turn into one of those fics that no one finishes and the readers get all mad.
Katsu-chan: It is officially Ranma's job to ruin the moment. Don't worry, there will be amends. It wouldn't be Ranma and Akane without them. I'm not that mean! Though some of my friends may disagree at times. . .
Sacchi: I have a joystick where the buttons are on it. So there! *spoiler* Ranma and Nodoka resolve there issues later in the manga, and this happens after book 38. Ryoga is in there. C'mon you know how much I love the guy. Would I really leave him out?
AngelicFairy: I thought the whole mom thing was sweet, seeing as how she missed ten years of being able to take care of him. He must love the pampered feeling after having to deal with his father when he was ill. *Shudders and imagines the stupid ideas Genma comes up with to make him well again* Bad images, bad bad. . .
Butterfly: Thanks! I love cliffhangers when I am writing them, not reading them. I'm evil, I openly admit it.
Inu- Is romanticism a real word? Obviously so, Mic. Word isn't rejecting it. Weird. Anyway, Ranma does meet Nodoka and makes amends with her in the manga, many volumes away from where you are. I did not come up with this on my own. I don't like it when fanfic writers feel it is there job to totally screw with the balance that Takahashi has instated, especially when that means pairing up odd people. You have no idea what sickening matches I've seen.
Ranchan: You know you just repeated practically the same sentence 3 times, right? When I asked you for a longer review I didn't mean for you to get all broken-recordish. OOOO, new word! Next time, write ideas, or suggestions, even if you know I won't take them. Just something different, k?
Abc: I like having everyone come into the story, and punishing characters I don't like, while not straying to far from the plot. It's a challenge. I just try to put the important ones in though, the Jusenkyo guide isn't going to show up out of the blue, I promise you. Could add a bit of humor though. . .
Ok, now I'll actually write the fanfic. How about that? Oh, and anyone I refer to with a nickname I know personally. As in, I have actually seen them and do so often. Alright, now that we got that out of the way, on to the fanfiction! It's a darn shame my brain hurts from that responding.
Disclaimer: I can't believe Rumiko would actually do something like this to me! Steal my characters, my plot, and then put up a restraining order against me! I will have my revenge and my story back! Until then, I'll stick with fanfiction.
Thoughts are in 'quotations'.
Ranma groaned audibly. Who had she brought this time? Saffron, Herb, Gosunkugi? He didn't have any idea, not with Nabiki Tendo. She threw him off track so many times, he wasn't afraid to admit it to himself. To others maybe, but he could trust himself with this information. Oh well, whatever it was involved money.
Nabiki appeared as if magic in his doorway. She hid her guest in the shadows so Ranma couldn't see who it was. "Oh, Auntie Saotome! What are you doing here?"
"I came to visit, and stayed when I learned of Ranma's virus. You all should have called me, I could have been here sooner." She rubbed her sons back comfortingly.
"Oh. Alright then. Where is Akane, the company is partially hers?" Nabiki glanced at Ranma, who looked away in shame.
"She has been in her room since lunchtime. I suppose she is doing homework, or something of the sort. She didn't want to play Scrabble with us earlier." Nodoka too looked at her son, something he missed but Nabiki caught.
"I see," the middle Tendo daughter replied. She looked at the visitor, whose ki was glowing. "Oh, calm down already. Here is your guest Ranma." She pushed the newcomer into the room.
"Ryoga? What brings you here? And within a day too, I'm impressed." Ranma looked at the Lost Boy, who twiddled his fingers.
"Well, I came to see if you were alright, but if you are just going to insult me maybe I'll go see Akane.." He started to leave, wandering towards the windows.
"Ranma, thank your friend! He obviously went through a lot to get here. Don't be rude, it isn't manly!" She looked crossly at her son and shook her finger at him.
His eyes widened in terror. Not the katana! "I'm so sorry, Ryoga. Thank you for coming to see me. Please sit down. So what's up old buddy, old pal?"
Ryoga looked at Ranma strangely. "Uh, nothing. How are you feeling?"
"I'm ok. So how did you find your way here?" He actually said this nicely, not with scorn per usual.
"Well, I ran into Kasumi and Nabiki in the market place and they led me here."
"So, how much did Nabiki charge you?"
"Ranma, is that really how you think of me?" Nabiki looked on with mock hurt. "I didn't charge him anything!"
"Kasumi stopped you, huh?"
"Yeah, well, I'll get him double next time. Just you wait, Hibiki." She left and headed to check on her little sister, to see what her idiot future- brother-in-law did this time.
"Well, I'm Ranma's mom, Nodoka." She held out her hand to shake his, but Ryoga lightly kissed it instead.
"It is a pleasure to meet you, Mrs. Saotome."
"Oh my, what a polite boy! And so manly!" She smiled warmly at the young boy and Ranma scowled.
"Ya, ya. Hey Ryoga, didn't you want to see Akane? I think she is in her room with Nabiki. I'll take you there." Ranma was going to grab him by his bandanna, but remembered how lethal those hair pieces were and took him by the arm instead.
They could have knocked like polite people, but this is Ranma, so he just stormed right in. "Hey, Akane, Ryoga wanted to see you." Nabiki and Akane were sitting on the ground with a large piece of cardboard between them. "What are you guys doing?"
"Losing at Monopoly." Akane grumbled. "Hey, do you two want to play?" She hoped new players would take the pressure off of her and they would be able to start over.
"S-sure, Akane. Anything." Ryoga looked like it was going to be Christmas everyday from now on, with bright eyes and a happy smile.
"Sure why not. As long as I get to be the racecar." Ranma put the piece on the board and moved it around, making a 'vroom' sound. When he noticed that they were all looking peculiarly at him, he abruptly stopped and placed the metal piece on GO.
"Whatever. It isn't like I'm going to lose anyway," Nabiki said confidently. "It just pleasures me to take money from you, even if it isn't real."
"You should know Ryoga is also a Monopoly master. This could get interesting." Akane raised her eyebrows at her older sister, who just shrugged it off. "Ok, then lets start."
They divvied out the money. Akane was banker, since no one trusted Nabiki and Ranma was awful at math. It was obvious that Ranma was a bad splurger, seeing as he was out of the game in less then a half hour. "I didn't want to play anyway." He protested perturbed.
"Sure you didn't." After another half hour or so, Akane was also bankrupt. "I didn't want to play anyway," She mimicked Ranma, causing everyone but him to laugh.
"Whatever. Let's go do something else, Akane. We don't wanna just sit here like losers." He grabbed her hand and pulled her into a standing position besides him, oblivious to her surprise and anger.
"But you are losers!" Nabiki objected with a maniacal laugh.
"Feh," was all Ranma said as he pulled Akane out in the hallway with him. The last two players didn't notice as Ryoga rolled the dice.
"Ranma, you must have forgotten how mad I am at you." Akane assumed, pulling out of his grip and crossing her arms.
"Oh, Akane, I'm sorry. Come on, don't be mad. I always insult your cooking you should be used to it by now." She turned her back to him and began to walk away when he grabbed her from behind and whispered in her ear. "We were getting along so well earlier." It was in a sad, but not regrettable voice that he told her.
She sighed and a shiver went down her spine as she felt his lips brush her ear. "I don't know why I am letting you off the hook this easily, but ok, I'm not mad anymore." He immediately grinned. "But if you say anything about how bad it is when you are well, I will personally send you on a one way trip via Mallet Express!"
"OK, deal! Hey, Akane, we shouldn't tell our folks what happened earlier. They would try to marry us again. But, even if we don't tell them, maybe we could do it more often?" He looked really embarrassed, his blush adding to his already crimson cheeks.
"We'll see." She said with a sly grin. She dragged him towards his room. "I wanna play that game that you hung on all night. It is my turn."
"Ok, but as long as you put some of that lotion stuff on me later. It helps a lot with the itching."
"Do you want it done like Shampoo was rubbing all over you yesterday?" She was seeing red. 'Man, why did I have to bring that up?'
"No, it felt weird when she did it. You're a whole lot better at it." She knew it was a lie but it made her feel better. "So will you do it?" He pestered like a child.
"We'll see." She loved the power.
Ranma let her play for about twenty minutes before taking over himself for nearly twice as long. He was in the middle of a complicated move when a scream was heard from Akane's room.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!"
Akane and Ranma looked at each other in panic. In unison they shouted, "Nabiki!"
A/N: Told you I loved cliffhangers. You all know that I get the next chapter out soon enough, so you wont have to wait long to know what happened. Thanks to Sacchi for helping me a bit with spelling and grammar. She is my human spell check!
CleverWitch: I'm glad you like it. I'll definitely write more, I don't intend this to turn into one of those fics that no one finishes and the readers get all mad.
Katsu-chan: It is officially Ranma's job to ruin the moment. Don't worry, there will be amends. It wouldn't be Ranma and Akane without them. I'm not that mean! Though some of my friends may disagree at times. . .
Sacchi: I have a joystick where the buttons are on it. So there! *spoiler* Ranma and Nodoka resolve there issues later in the manga, and this happens after book 38. Ryoga is in there. C'mon you know how much I love the guy. Would I really leave him out?
AngelicFairy: I thought the whole mom thing was sweet, seeing as how she missed ten years of being able to take care of him. He must love the pampered feeling after having to deal with his father when he was ill. *Shudders and imagines the stupid ideas Genma comes up with to make him well again* Bad images, bad bad. . .
Butterfly: Thanks! I love cliffhangers when I am writing them, not reading them. I'm evil, I openly admit it.
Inu- Is romanticism a real word? Obviously so, Mic. Word isn't rejecting it. Weird. Anyway, Ranma does meet Nodoka and makes amends with her in the manga, many volumes away from where you are. I did not come up with this on my own. I don't like it when fanfic writers feel it is there job to totally screw with the balance that Takahashi has instated, especially when that means pairing up odd people. You have no idea what sickening matches I've seen.
Ranchan: You know you just repeated practically the same sentence 3 times, right? When I asked you for a longer review I didn't mean for you to get all broken-recordish. OOOO, new word! Next time, write ideas, or suggestions, even if you know I won't take them. Just something different, k?
Abc: I like having everyone come into the story, and punishing characters I don't like, while not straying to far from the plot. It's a challenge. I just try to put the important ones in though, the Jusenkyo guide isn't going to show up out of the blue, I promise you. Could add a bit of humor though. . .
Ok, now I'll actually write the fanfic. How about that? Oh, and anyone I refer to with a nickname I know personally. As in, I have actually seen them and do so often. Alright, now that we got that out of the way, on to the fanfiction! It's a darn shame my brain hurts from that responding.
Disclaimer: I can't believe Rumiko would actually do something like this to me! Steal my characters, my plot, and then put up a restraining order against me! I will have my revenge and my story back! Until then, I'll stick with fanfiction.
Thoughts are in 'quotations'.
Ranma groaned audibly. Who had she brought this time? Saffron, Herb, Gosunkugi? He didn't have any idea, not with Nabiki Tendo. She threw him off track so many times, he wasn't afraid to admit it to himself. To others maybe, but he could trust himself with this information. Oh well, whatever it was involved money.
Nabiki appeared as if magic in his doorway. She hid her guest in the shadows so Ranma couldn't see who it was. "Oh, Auntie Saotome! What are you doing here?"
"I came to visit, and stayed when I learned of Ranma's virus. You all should have called me, I could have been here sooner." She rubbed her sons back comfortingly.
"Oh. Alright then. Where is Akane, the company is partially hers?" Nabiki glanced at Ranma, who looked away in shame.
"She has been in her room since lunchtime. I suppose she is doing homework, or something of the sort. She didn't want to play Scrabble with us earlier." Nodoka too looked at her son, something he missed but Nabiki caught.
"I see," the middle Tendo daughter replied. She looked at the visitor, whose ki was glowing. "Oh, calm down already. Here is your guest Ranma." She pushed the newcomer into the room.
"Ryoga? What brings you here? And within a day too, I'm impressed." Ranma looked at the Lost Boy, who twiddled his fingers.
"Well, I came to see if you were alright, but if you are just going to insult me maybe I'll go see Akane.." He started to leave, wandering towards the windows.
"Ranma, thank your friend! He obviously went through a lot to get here. Don't be rude, it isn't manly!" She looked crossly at her son and shook her finger at him.
His eyes widened in terror. Not the katana! "I'm so sorry, Ryoga. Thank you for coming to see me. Please sit down. So what's up old buddy, old pal?"
Ryoga looked at Ranma strangely. "Uh, nothing. How are you feeling?"
"I'm ok. So how did you find your way here?" He actually said this nicely, not with scorn per usual.
"Well, I ran into Kasumi and Nabiki in the market place and they led me here."
"So, how much did Nabiki charge you?"
"Ranma, is that really how you think of me?" Nabiki looked on with mock hurt. "I didn't charge him anything!"
"Kasumi stopped you, huh?"
"Yeah, well, I'll get him double next time. Just you wait, Hibiki." She left and headed to check on her little sister, to see what her idiot future- brother-in-law did this time.
"Well, I'm Ranma's mom, Nodoka." She held out her hand to shake his, but Ryoga lightly kissed it instead.
"It is a pleasure to meet you, Mrs. Saotome."
"Oh my, what a polite boy! And so manly!" She smiled warmly at the young boy and Ranma scowled.
"Ya, ya. Hey Ryoga, didn't you want to see Akane? I think she is in her room with Nabiki. I'll take you there." Ranma was going to grab him by his bandanna, but remembered how lethal those hair pieces were and took him by the arm instead.
They could have knocked like polite people, but this is Ranma, so he just stormed right in. "Hey, Akane, Ryoga wanted to see you." Nabiki and Akane were sitting on the ground with a large piece of cardboard between them. "What are you guys doing?"
"Losing at Monopoly." Akane grumbled. "Hey, do you two want to play?" She hoped new players would take the pressure off of her and they would be able to start over.
"S-sure, Akane. Anything." Ryoga looked like it was going to be Christmas everyday from now on, with bright eyes and a happy smile.
"Sure why not. As long as I get to be the racecar." Ranma put the piece on the board and moved it around, making a 'vroom' sound. When he noticed that they were all looking peculiarly at him, he abruptly stopped and placed the metal piece on GO.
"Whatever. It isn't like I'm going to lose anyway," Nabiki said confidently. "It just pleasures me to take money from you, even if it isn't real."
"You should know Ryoga is also a Monopoly master. This could get interesting." Akane raised her eyebrows at her older sister, who just shrugged it off. "Ok, then lets start."
They divvied out the money. Akane was banker, since no one trusted Nabiki and Ranma was awful at math. It was obvious that Ranma was a bad splurger, seeing as he was out of the game in less then a half hour. "I didn't want to play anyway." He protested perturbed.
"Sure you didn't." After another half hour or so, Akane was also bankrupt. "I didn't want to play anyway," She mimicked Ranma, causing everyone but him to laugh.
"Whatever. Let's go do something else, Akane. We don't wanna just sit here like losers." He grabbed her hand and pulled her into a standing position besides him, oblivious to her surprise and anger.
"But you are losers!" Nabiki objected with a maniacal laugh.
"Feh," was all Ranma said as he pulled Akane out in the hallway with him. The last two players didn't notice as Ryoga rolled the dice.
"Ranma, you must have forgotten how mad I am at you." Akane assumed, pulling out of his grip and crossing her arms.
"Oh, Akane, I'm sorry. Come on, don't be mad. I always insult your cooking you should be used to it by now." She turned her back to him and began to walk away when he grabbed her from behind and whispered in her ear. "We were getting along so well earlier." It was in a sad, but not regrettable voice that he told her.
She sighed and a shiver went down her spine as she felt his lips brush her ear. "I don't know why I am letting you off the hook this easily, but ok, I'm not mad anymore." He immediately grinned. "But if you say anything about how bad it is when you are well, I will personally send you on a one way trip via Mallet Express!"
"OK, deal! Hey, Akane, we shouldn't tell our folks what happened earlier. They would try to marry us again. But, even if we don't tell them, maybe we could do it more often?" He looked really embarrassed, his blush adding to his already crimson cheeks.
"We'll see." She said with a sly grin. She dragged him towards his room. "I wanna play that game that you hung on all night. It is my turn."
"Ok, but as long as you put some of that lotion stuff on me later. It helps a lot with the itching."
"Do you want it done like Shampoo was rubbing all over you yesterday?" She was seeing red. 'Man, why did I have to bring that up?'
"No, it felt weird when she did it. You're a whole lot better at it." She knew it was a lie but it made her feel better. "So will you do it?" He pestered like a child.
"We'll see." She loved the power.
Ranma let her play for about twenty minutes before taking over himself for nearly twice as long. He was in the middle of a complicated move when a scream was heard from Akane's room.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!"
Akane and Ranma looked at each other in panic. In unison they shouted, "Nabiki!"
A/N: Told you I loved cliffhangers. You all know that I get the next chapter out soon enough, so you wont have to wait long to know what happened. Thanks to Sacchi for helping me a bit with spelling and grammar. She is my human spell check!