Toshi slipped into her emerald green silken shirt, just like her brother's. She smiled nervously. Today was going to be her first day of real school since almost eight months ago. It was also her 15th birthday. She giggled nervously, amazed that she had been alive already for 15 years. She pulled on her black pants, also like Ranma's but instead of being the whole length, the legs ended right above her ankles. Toshi unbraided the two low pigtails on each side of her head. Today was a very special day. She combed out her black hair with her fingers and rebraided it, this time in one braid at the nape of her neck. She smiled at herself in the small mirror she had brought along, then frowned and unbraided the pigtail, and let her hair frame her face. She had the whole Saotome room to herself to get dressed. Genma had told Ranma to clear out, so Toshi could dress in private. Ranma protested greatly, mostly because he was asleep and would have to get out of bed to leave. In the end, daddy's little girl came out on top. It had been an eventful few days, with her appearing at the house, Ryoga showing up, and the slumber party where, at the end of the night, she cuddled with P-Chan. She smiled once more. She smoothed out her shirt and headed out the door.

"Lotta smiling goin' on in there, huh?" Ranma said slyly as he leaning against the wall opposite the door. Toshi looked at him in surprise.

"You hentai-!" Toshi started. Ranma grinned.

"Why would I spy on you? Just a lot of good vibes comin' from there."

Toshi grinned smugly. "I know, the only person you'd spy on is Akane, huh?"

"Heh. Yea- HEY!"Ranma yelled at Toshi, who had caught him off guard. Toshi sprinted across the hallway and down the stairs, with Ranma close behind. Ranma laughed at the chase, as they came across P-Chan, who at the sight of Toshi, took off. They whipped past Akane, walking to the breakfast table.

"Hey!" Akane spun around on her heels. "RANMA!" she yelled and bounded after him.

Toshi dashed through the house doors and off the porch. She looked quickly right and left. She smiled wickedly as she made a sharp right, with Ranma and Akane behind her.

Toshi stopped suddenly. Ranma, unprepared for the stop, kept on. Toshi sidestepped Ranma expertly. Ranma realizing his impending doom, tried desperately to stop, but the momentum was too much. Ranma skidded and fell, right into the koi pond. Akane stopped running and walked to the edge of the pond and peered down.

"A little early for a transformation, huh, Ranma?" she asked.

"Tomboy." Ranma said quickly and pulled Akane by the hem of her dress into the pond.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" Akane screamed as she tumbled in.

In a few minutes, Ranma emerged, carrying Akane as she struggled and hit her repeatedly. Akane was soaking wet, her hair was water logged, and matted against her forehead.

"Ranma no BAKA! HENTAI! Baka!" Akane yelled.

"Show off." Toshi said as they walked back to the house.

After everyone had gotten cleaned up and dried off, and they had eaten breakfast, they all headed off for school. Ranma walked on the fence as usual, smiling to himself smugly.

Akane and Toshi talked, with Toshi giggling periodically and Akane sending Ranma cold glares every once in awhile. He just blew her a raspberry when she looked at him. And, in turn, Akane 'hmph'-ed, and went back to telling Toshi all the ins and outs of Furinkan.

"Just be happy we all woke up early, or we would have been late thanks to that baka up there. And, yeah, Nabiki goes here too." Akane turned from Toshi to glare at Ranma. He blew her a raspberry and continued walking.

"Ranma just wants to show-off Akane. Pay him no heed, or whatever. I wonder how that works, how can you pay someone a heed? Seems stupid..." Toshi trailed off. They had arrived!

"Oooooh."Toshi said in wonderment, "I've never seen a school this huge before!"

"You get used to it." Akane shrugged off Toshi's comment, and took a fighting stance, waiting for the usual onslaught that never came.

"What's with the stance?" Toshi asked.

"There's s'pposed to be a mob of demented dudes out here to fight Akane so they can date her. Don't know why someone like her, but hey. They must have had someone knock some sense into them. Probably was her." Ranma said, who had by now hopped off the fence to Toshi's side.

"I wonder what's up? Oh well, pleasant surprise. Let's go register Toshi." Akane said, ignoring Ranma's comment, as they continued walking to the front office.

"Whatever," Ranma said and walked off to join his friends. Toshi waved goodbye to her brother and turned back to Akane.

"The stars pale in comparison to Akane Tendo's eyes.
My heart beats faster, upon nearing her."

"Who's that? He seems to like you." Toshi said, hearing Kuno approach.

"Kuno, not today, we're kind of busy."

"Akane a rose by any other name would smell just as sweet,
A rose shrivels in light of you,
A beauty too divine for mere mortal to comprehend."

The two girls began to walk faster.

"Akane, this, this... Kuno guy likes you doesn't he?"Toshi asked.

"Yeah..." Akane answered as they walked.

"Akane, don't pay any attention to him, however handsome he is, stick with Ranma."

Akane turned to Toshi, fuming. "Whaddya mean, 'STICK TO RANMA'? We were never stuck!" Kuno, Handsome? Akane thought.

"Whatever Akane."

"Toshi, you think Kuno is handsome?" Akane said with disgust and a hint of wonderment.

"Sure, he is good-looking, not as much so as Ryoga, but still. In his own way."

"He's crazy! I'm surprised he hasn't given you his whacked introduction yet." Akane said as Kuno recited her some poetry on the other side of the school yard.

"Let's just go register me, or whatever."