A/N I'm in rare form today, I actually have the next 2 chapters planned out ahead of schedule. Joy! Hopefully you all still want to read this. So I'll cut these notes short and get on with the story.
Chapter 3 – Why? How? When? And Other Things.
Ranma was in a real pickle. Though he had worse, it was just that none of them have ever caught him with his pants down like this, so to speak.
'Stupid… stupid… stupid…! You just had to know, didn't you?' Ranma mentally cursed himself.
"Well, are you going to say anything or am I going to hafta coerce you?" Nabiki asked.
"How did you know I was here?" Ranma asked. He made a point to use the Umi-Sen-Ken next time, so this wouldn't happen again.
"I heard you sneeze. 'Sides, you're putting off pheromones like you wouldn't believe. I mean, you reek. That answer your questions?" Nabiki said. Ranma took a sniff of his own and found nothing noticeable, but nodded his head.
"Good. Can I trust you not to tell anyone about this?" Nabiki asked. Ranma nodded again and breathed a sigh of relief when Nabiki let the strain on the bow lessen and unnocked the arrow.
"Why are you here? Shouldn't you be home?" Ranma asked. Nabiki raised an eyebrow at him.
"Shouldn't you? But, to answer your question, I needed to be here. Out in the open with nothing but my arrows and bow." Nabiki said. By this time she had already sat down. And even though she put her bow down, Ranma was still focused on it.
"I have some questions, why don't you want me to tell anyone about this? I don't know much about bows and such, but you seem pretty good." Ranma asked. Nabiki let out a chuckle.
"Because, do you think that my dad will like the idea that his little girl is going out past sunset and jumping from building to building shooting arrows? No, I don't think he will, and I really can't blame him." Nabiki said. Ranma could relate to the girl, though he would never use a weapon.
"Okay. This would be our secret. Are you gonna go home immediately?" Ranma asked. Nabiki shook her head.
"I got some arrows I need to collect still. See ya at breakfast." Nabiki said, making her way to the ledge and leaping to the other building.
"Yeah, see ya. Man, she's good. Bet with some training she could be better." Ranma said to no one in particular, before he himself leaped off the roof and headed back to the Tendo home.
Tendo Residence, the next day…
BEEP!
BEEP!
BEEP!
BEE – KRUNCH!
"Dammit!" Nabiki swore as she smashed her alarm clock. It wasn't because her hand hurt though, she just didn't want to get up.
"Temper. You shouldn't let your anger get the better of you." A voice said above her. Said voice ended up getting a kick in the mouth.
"Omph!"
"Ranma! What the hell are you doing in my room? Get out! Get out! GET OUT!" Nabiki screamed to the pig tailed boy who fell from her bed's head board.
"Ow, I think you chipped a tooth. What was that for? Is this how you usually treat people who point out your faults?" Ranma said, rubbing his jaw from his position on the floor.
"I refuse to answer that question. Now what are you doing in my room?" Nabiki said. Ranma picked himself up from the floor and shook his head.
"Well, since it's an off day for school, I figured I could see what you could really do with that bow and arrow of yours. You know, gain a handle on your skills." Ranma said.
"Your kidding, right? What can you possibly do? We're not even in the same league." Nabiki said, stretching as she sat up in her bed. This struck one of Ranma's nerves.
"Not in the same league? I'll have you know that I'm the greatest martial artist in the world. I'm in a league all of my own." Ranma said, pointing to himself with his thumb.
Fwap!
"Ouch…"
"Greatest martial artist in the world, huh? You never saw that coming." Nabiki said, getting out of her bed and stepping over the fallen pig tailed boy.
Downstairs…
"Tendo, are you sure that your daughter is… well? I never seen anyone gobble up Akane's cooking that fast. And still have their composure." Genma said. To see that much of the youngest Tendo sister's cooking disappear was quite disturbing. On several levels.
"Saotome, my friend, I think it has something to do with where she was for five years. Compared to what she has eaten, this must seem like a feast." Soun said. Then he shuddered, but only for an instant. At this time, Nabiki looked up from her plate.
"What's got you two inna bunch? This is good! In fact, if you're not going to eat yours, can I?" Nabiki said. The two adults shrugged their shoulders and gave the brown haired girl the untouched plates in front of them. Almost immediately did she greedily gobble the food. When she was finished, she let out a light burp.
"Excuse me. That was good. If you don't mind, I'll take my leave." Nabiki said, getting up and left the room.
"See, told ya that my cooking was good." Akane said, who was quiet during this entire encounter.
Nabiki's room…
Splash.
"What the hell!?!" Nabiki screamed.
A/N Okay, this seemed to be an appropriate time to cut off. Maybe not, but I did and I might fix this on the rewrite. I also apologize for the long time for an update and I happen to now have a form of carpals tunnel syndrome so I don't know when I'll be able to get the next chapter out. One more thing I would like to add is that several of you have mentioned that I am making Nabiki the better fighter. What happened is that she only got the 'jump' on Ranma twice, that's it. She's not better, she just took an opportunity provided. I believe that Ranma is such a good fighter that he wouldn't treat someone like Nabiki as a serious threat, thus he would be left semi-wide open for attack. As for Nabiki's comment about being in leagues, she's referring to the bow, mostly. Besides, both of them were pretty irritated at the time. I hope this is the explanation that some of you wanted. Thank you for your time.