At lunch, Kasumi served sushi and calamari. "I thought that we could
eat a light lunch today." She explained when Genma looked at her.
"Oh, yeah. Selene do you mind helping me with English this afternoon?" Ranma asked with some calamari in his mouth, flapping around with every word he says. Selene nodded and didn't eat much.
"Is there something wrong, Selene?" Kasumi asked worried.
"No, it's nothing." Selene replied. "It's just that my stomach gets upset if I eat a lot of sea food." She picked up a few more pieces of sushi and then left.
"Is there something wrong with her?" Kasumi asked Ranma.
"Not to my knowledge." Ranma replied trying not to tell them what she had told him earlier that afternoon. The Tendos finished, and both of the Saotomes continued to eat until there was no food left. "Well, I'm going to study. See ya." He scurried upstairs and searched his room for his English stuff. "Dammit! Where is it!" He threw apart the entire room, and found his English book and notebook under all of the clothes he had worn earlier in the week. "Ok...I'm going to get those washed." He said turning away from the pile of clothes that smelled as bad you wouldn't know that it was a human's clothes.
He walked towards Selene's room and knocked on the door. He could hear music blaring through the door. He knocked harder, and kicked the door to see if she heard it. The volume was immediately louder and Selene was opening the door. "Sorry. Didn't know that you wanted to start to study." She moved out of the way and ushered him into the room, "Come in." Ranma tentatively walked in, and glanced around for a place to sit. "If you want you can pull that chair from the window and place it near the desk or you can use the chair in front of the computer." Ranma walked over to the chair in front of the computer.
He placed his English stuff in front of him and flipped through it. He found the unit they were working on, and asked for Selene to come over. She glanced at the page and lifted an eyebrow. "What does that say?" She pointed at an image that looked half English and half Japanese.
"Beast." Ranma said.
"Okay." She said turning to the side, trying hard not to laugh. "Why don't we start with words that we don't have to mix languages with." She asked him to write down the words that he had learned, onto a piece of paper. She sat down on her bed, and pulled out a black laptop from the dresser next to her bed. She was able to connect with it and surf the web for five minutes before Ranma said that he was done. His writing was a bit large and it took him two pages, front and back, for all the words he knew. She looked over them, and was shocked to see six words in a row. "Ranma." He looked at her and saw a confused/shocked expression on her face.
"What? Is something wrong with what I wrote?"
"Kinda. Where did you learn these curse words?" She pointed to the six words in a row.
"Oh, do you mean hell, damn, fuck, bitch, ass, and shit?"
"Yeah. Those are curses for your information." Selene informed him, and a slight smile crossed her face. "Anyway, besides those your vocabulary is quite good." She handed back the paper and asked him to bring over his English book along with the notebook.
As he gathered the things, she saw that she had left her email open and someone had sent her mail. The sender name didn't look familiar, and the urge to open was beginning to build inside her. Ranma sat down on the bed when she clicked on the email, though Selene didn't seem to notice Ranma's presence on her bed.
Ranma saw that Selene wasn't paying attention to him anymore, and was concentrated on the screen. He placed his English stuff on her bed and walked back over to the other end of the bed. Words were on the screen, and he couldn't understand it. He could under a few words here and there, but not enough to know anything.
Selene read the message. It was just a friend who had gotten a new email address and wanted to tell her. She shrugged and noticed that Ranma was hanging over her shoulder. She flung her right hand in his face, and caused Ranma to jump back. She began to laugh at his display of awkwardness in the air, his arms were flailing around like a madman's and he didn't once think of moving a foot back for balance. Selene caught Ranma's right flailing arm and pulled him into an upright position.
"What was that for?" Ranma said. Selene just shrugged at him, and pulled his English book to her side of the bed. She closed her laptop and moved over on the bed so he could sit on it. He glanced at the laptop, and then at Selene. He was wondering what was on the message that she had received.
"A friend was just telling me some news." Selene said abruptly, and Ranma realized that she just read his mind. He shuddered at the thought of her peering into his mind when he didn't want to. He sat down next to Selene and looked into the book. She was leafing through the pages and then took to the grammar section of the book. "I think we'll start here." She pointed her finger on basic sentence structure. "Make up a sentence."
"I ran." Ranma responded. Selene motioned for him to go on, with her right hand creating a circular motion. "I ran far?" He said questioning himself, but Selene just gave him the same motion. "I ran very far." Ranma was beginning to doubt Selene's method of teaching, but all she did was motion for him to continue. "I ran very far and I ran very hard."
"Stop." Selene glanced up from the book, and at Ranma. She knew well enough that he gets nervous when someone looks in squarely in the face with an expression he couldn't read well. "The sentence you just said. 'I ran very far and I ran very hard.' You could just say, I ran very far and hard. It's shorter, easier, and the more commonly used form." Ranma nodded, and Selene flipped the page and looked it over. "Ok, how bout we work on some detailed sentences." She saw Ranma's confused expression on his face. "Like, I ran to the store to buy some milk."
"What's store?" Ranma asked plainly confused.
"A store is a place where you buy things." Ranma nodded and Selene wondered if he understood. She didn't want to pry into his mind, especially since he doesn't seem to like it much. "Why don't you try something like that?"
"Umm...Akane is a macho chic despite how she looks." Ranma said, and there was a glint of laughter in his eyes.
"I guess I should accept that, since it is detailed, I guess." Selene replied unsure. They stayed in her room for about an hour before Akane came barging in.
"RRAANNNNMMMMAAAA!!!" Akane screamed with a blazing aura around her.
"WHAT!?" Ranma yelled so Akane could hear. She stood, and pondered on what she was going to say. By the looks of what was happening Akane was angered about the fact that Ranma was on the bed learning English with her.
"What do you want Akane?" Selene said, getting up from her bed. "I don't think there's anything wrong with teaching Ranma English, is there?"
"Uh.no, I guess." Akane said, and stormed out of the room, muttering.
"Oh, yeah. Selene do you mind helping me with English this afternoon?" Ranma asked with some calamari in his mouth, flapping around with every word he says. Selene nodded and didn't eat much.
"Is there something wrong, Selene?" Kasumi asked worried.
"No, it's nothing." Selene replied. "It's just that my stomach gets upset if I eat a lot of sea food." She picked up a few more pieces of sushi and then left.
"Is there something wrong with her?" Kasumi asked Ranma.
"Not to my knowledge." Ranma replied trying not to tell them what she had told him earlier that afternoon. The Tendos finished, and both of the Saotomes continued to eat until there was no food left. "Well, I'm going to study. See ya." He scurried upstairs and searched his room for his English stuff. "Dammit! Where is it!" He threw apart the entire room, and found his English book and notebook under all of the clothes he had worn earlier in the week. "Ok...I'm going to get those washed." He said turning away from the pile of clothes that smelled as bad you wouldn't know that it was a human's clothes.
He walked towards Selene's room and knocked on the door. He could hear music blaring through the door. He knocked harder, and kicked the door to see if she heard it. The volume was immediately louder and Selene was opening the door. "Sorry. Didn't know that you wanted to start to study." She moved out of the way and ushered him into the room, "Come in." Ranma tentatively walked in, and glanced around for a place to sit. "If you want you can pull that chair from the window and place it near the desk or you can use the chair in front of the computer." Ranma walked over to the chair in front of the computer.
He placed his English stuff in front of him and flipped through it. He found the unit they were working on, and asked for Selene to come over. She glanced at the page and lifted an eyebrow. "What does that say?" She pointed at an image that looked half English and half Japanese.
"Beast." Ranma said.
"Okay." She said turning to the side, trying hard not to laugh. "Why don't we start with words that we don't have to mix languages with." She asked him to write down the words that he had learned, onto a piece of paper. She sat down on her bed, and pulled out a black laptop from the dresser next to her bed. She was able to connect with it and surf the web for five minutes before Ranma said that he was done. His writing was a bit large and it took him two pages, front and back, for all the words he knew. She looked over them, and was shocked to see six words in a row. "Ranma." He looked at her and saw a confused/shocked expression on her face.
"What? Is something wrong with what I wrote?"
"Kinda. Where did you learn these curse words?" She pointed to the six words in a row.
"Oh, do you mean hell, damn, fuck, bitch, ass, and shit?"
"Yeah. Those are curses for your information." Selene informed him, and a slight smile crossed her face. "Anyway, besides those your vocabulary is quite good." She handed back the paper and asked him to bring over his English book along with the notebook.
As he gathered the things, she saw that she had left her email open and someone had sent her mail. The sender name didn't look familiar, and the urge to open was beginning to build inside her. Ranma sat down on the bed when she clicked on the email, though Selene didn't seem to notice Ranma's presence on her bed.
Ranma saw that Selene wasn't paying attention to him anymore, and was concentrated on the screen. He placed his English stuff on her bed and walked back over to the other end of the bed. Words were on the screen, and he couldn't understand it. He could under a few words here and there, but not enough to know anything.
Selene read the message. It was just a friend who had gotten a new email address and wanted to tell her. She shrugged and noticed that Ranma was hanging over her shoulder. She flung her right hand in his face, and caused Ranma to jump back. She began to laugh at his display of awkwardness in the air, his arms were flailing around like a madman's and he didn't once think of moving a foot back for balance. Selene caught Ranma's right flailing arm and pulled him into an upright position.
"What was that for?" Ranma said. Selene just shrugged at him, and pulled his English book to her side of the bed. She closed her laptop and moved over on the bed so he could sit on it. He glanced at the laptop, and then at Selene. He was wondering what was on the message that she had received.
"A friend was just telling me some news." Selene said abruptly, and Ranma realized that she just read his mind. He shuddered at the thought of her peering into his mind when he didn't want to. He sat down next to Selene and looked into the book. She was leafing through the pages and then took to the grammar section of the book. "I think we'll start here." She pointed her finger on basic sentence structure. "Make up a sentence."
"I ran." Ranma responded. Selene motioned for him to go on, with her right hand creating a circular motion. "I ran far?" He said questioning himself, but Selene just gave him the same motion. "I ran very far." Ranma was beginning to doubt Selene's method of teaching, but all she did was motion for him to continue. "I ran very far and I ran very hard."
"Stop." Selene glanced up from the book, and at Ranma. She knew well enough that he gets nervous when someone looks in squarely in the face with an expression he couldn't read well. "The sentence you just said. 'I ran very far and I ran very hard.' You could just say, I ran very far and hard. It's shorter, easier, and the more commonly used form." Ranma nodded, and Selene flipped the page and looked it over. "Ok, how bout we work on some detailed sentences." She saw Ranma's confused expression on his face. "Like, I ran to the store to buy some milk."
"What's store?" Ranma asked plainly confused.
"A store is a place where you buy things." Ranma nodded and Selene wondered if he understood. She didn't want to pry into his mind, especially since he doesn't seem to like it much. "Why don't you try something like that?"
"Umm...Akane is a macho chic despite how she looks." Ranma said, and there was a glint of laughter in his eyes.
"I guess I should accept that, since it is detailed, I guess." Selene replied unsure. They stayed in her room for about an hour before Akane came barging in.
"RRAANNNNMMMMAAAA!!!" Akane screamed with a blazing aura around her.
"WHAT!?" Ranma yelled so Akane could hear. She stood, and pondered on what she was going to say. By the looks of what was happening Akane was angered about the fact that Ranma was on the bed learning English with her.
"What do you want Akane?" Selene said, getting up from her bed. "I don't think there's anything wrong with teaching Ranma English, is there?"
"Uh.no, I guess." Akane said, and stormed out of the room, muttering.