Chapter 4 Honey, We're Home
Thoughts {Japanese}
-Talon Residence-
The car pulled up to a moderately sized house with a concrete porch. Jennifer stopped the car and turned around to the two guests in her car.
"I just got a couple of quick questions for you two before we go in. Are either of you allergic to cats or dogs? And are you too tired to go out to eat tonight or would you rather stay in and sleep?"
"You don't own cats do you?" Akane asked knowing full well that a person only asks if you are allergic if they own them.
"Yep, we have three, Loki, A.C. and Fella Cat" Kate chirped happily as she bounced out of the car and into the house.
"Ranma are you okay?" Jennifer asked seeing the strange look on his face.
"Uh. He's afraid of cats. He can't be around them they make him go..." Akane stopped not knowing exactly what to say.
"They make me go a little crazy. Lets just put it at that. Is there any way they can...you know...stay in a cage somewhere or something." Ranma replied trying not to notice the black cat on the porch.
"I am sure we can keep them out side or something." Jennifer watched Ranma shiver while looking at A.C. on the porch, "how about I go clear the house and porch of our residents of the feline persuasion while you all unpack. You don't have anything against dogs, do you?"
"No, no dogs are fine." They both replied Ranma looking at the cat and Akane looking at Ranma.
"G-good, I'll just go do that then...uh yeah." Jennifer stuttered as she got out of the car, went up the steps, picked the cat up and went inside the house.
"Hey Ranma, I think we should tell them that we should just stay in tonight, don't you think?" Akane said looking at the gray sky. The clouds were moving and it would probably rain soon.
"I think you're right. Don't want them to freak out if I get hit with cold water." Ranma watched as Jennifer came out of the house and signaled that it was safe for them to come inside.
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Nabiki stared at the black pig that was in the pet carrier. She was somewhat surprised that Ranma had been able to get rid of him so easily. "Oh well, opportunities present themselves in mysterious ways." She opened the pet carrier door and watched the black and yellow blur rush out of the cage and under her bed. "Guess you don't want this then." Nabiki held the kettle of hot water up and was about to pour its contents out her open window.
The small pig crept out from under the bed and sat down next to his carrier.
"Now, now P-Chan you don't think that I'll let you have it for free, do you?" Nabiki looked at the pig as innocently as possible.
"BWEE!!" The pig started towards Nabiki with the intention to get the kettle from her.
"Don't even think about it Ryoga. You know as well as I do that if I tell Akane what I know you'll be in a heap of trouble. And what about Daddy knowing that his little girl was sleeping with a little pervert like you?"
The pig gulped loudly and nodded his head in defeat. Nabiki smirked and poured the hot water on the pig and threw a towel over it.
"It didn't need to be boiling, Nabiki." Ryoga growled putting the towel around his waist.
"Well, one can never be too sure." Nabiki stated cheerfully, "now as for the monthly fee of keeping me silent..."
"How could you let Akane go to America with Ranma?" Ryoga glared angrily at Nabiki.
"Technically Ranma went with Akane but that's not the point. Oh, is little P-Chan mad that Ranma got the best of you?" Nabiki snickered.
"I would do anything to get to where she is. She needs to be protected from Ranma." Ryoga declared thrusting his fist into the air as a declaration.
"Anything?" Nabiki looked at Ryoga like he was a piggy bank needing to be broken (A/N: please forgive the pun). Ryoga gulped realizing he had said just what Nabiki had wanted and there was no way to back out of what she had planned.
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{Thanks Kasumi, give everyone my love and tell Mr. Saotome that we arrived safely. Bye.} Akane hung up the phone. "Kasumi said that P-Chan was delivered this morning and that Nabiki was taking care of him."
"Nabiki? Oh man that poor pig." Ranma shuddered at the thought of Nabiki "taking care" of pork boy. He knew that Nabiki knew about Ryoga's curse and that he would be an easy target.
"Not to be rude but did you say your sisters' names were Kasumi and Nabiki?" Kate asked peeking around the corner of the hallway.
"Yeah. Why?" Akane said ignoring Ranma's comment about her sister.
"Oh no reason." maybe we all watch too much anime Kate shook her head and went to her room to contemplate the possibilities. Jennifer in the mean time explained the room arrangements and the whereabouts of the rest of the Talen household.
"Mom's at work still and Jon is probably at Ben's or Zach's house. Since you both wanted to stay in I'll start in on dinner here in a few minutes. Akane you'll be sleeping in my room and Ranma you can either sleep on the couch or in my brother's room. You'll probably want to talk to my brother before you decide." She walked into the kitchen to begin dinner.
"Maybe I should go help her?" Akane mused to herself following Jennifer into the kitchen. Ranma didn't know how good a cook Jennifer was but he KNEW that Akane was dangerous around even uncooked food. He was about to go and stop her when he heard loud music coming from Kate's bedroom.
"Hey, That's cool music. Well I guess I should get to know them if I am gonna be here a year." Ranma knocked on the door to Kate's room. Kate opened the door and the music got twice as loud.
"Hey, wanna come in?" Kate left the door open and went to sit on her bed. She picked up her stereo remote and turned the music down.
"Yeah. Liked the music your playing what's it called." Ranma sat in the chair opposite of her bed and looked at the walls in room. They were plastered with fairy prints, anime posters, and written messages and signatures.
"Red Hot Chili Peppers. They're cool but I like all sorts of different music including some Japanese music that I have gotten a hold of." Kate shifted on the bed to pick up some of the other CDs on her bed. As she moved Ranma noticed that the bed was a waterbed and couldn't stop staring at it. He couldn't believe that people would sleep on a big water balloon.
"So uh, what are all the signatures on your wall?" Ranma tore his gaze from the bed to the writing on the wall. Some was large black marker and some was silver and other colors.
"Well, most of my friends sign my wall and when I am bored I draw on it." She got up to find her permanent marker.
"Your Mom doesn't mind?"
"No, as long as I paint over it when I move out she's fine with it. Here you want to sign?" Handing the big marker to Ranma.
"Sure. Just my name right?"
"Whatever you want to write"
"Ok." Ranma stood on the chair he was on and wrote on the ceiling. It stood out all by itself on the white ceiling but the Japanese characters that he had written instead of printing it look much cooler than Kate could have imagined.
"Hey would ya print your name underneath that and date it. Its not often we get Japanese foreign exchange students to the house."
Ranma did as he was told and hopped off the chair handing the marker back to Kate.
Kate gave him a bright smile that could have competed with Kasumi's on really good day "Its official, Ranma Saotome, welcome to America!"
Thoughts {Japanese}
-Talon Residence-
The car pulled up to a moderately sized house with a concrete porch. Jennifer stopped the car and turned around to the two guests in her car.
"I just got a couple of quick questions for you two before we go in. Are either of you allergic to cats or dogs? And are you too tired to go out to eat tonight or would you rather stay in and sleep?"
"You don't own cats do you?" Akane asked knowing full well that a person only asks if you are allergic if they own them.
"Yep, we have three, Loki, A.C. and Fella Cat" Kate chirped happily as she bounced out of the car and into the house.
"Ranma are you okay?" Jennifer asked seeing the strange look on his face.
"Uh. He's afraid of cats. He can't be around them they make him go..." Akane stopped not knowing exactly what to say.
"They make me go a little crazy. Lets just put it at that. Is there any way they can...you know...stay in a cage somewhere or something." Ranma replied trying not to notice the black cat on the porch.
"I am sure we can keep them out side or something." Jennifer watched Ranma shiver while looking at A.C. on the porch, "how about I go clear the house and porch of our residents of the feline persuasion while you all unpack. You don't have anything against dogs, do you?"
"No, no dogs are fine." They both replied Ranma looking at the cat and Akane looking at Ranma.
"G-good, I'll just go do that then...uh yeah." Jennifer stuttered as she got out of the car, went up the steps, picked the cat up and went inside the house.
"Hey Ranma, I think we should tell them that we should just stay in tonight, don't you think?" Akane said looking at the gray sky. The clouds were moving and it would probably rain soon.
"I think you're right. Don't want them to freak out if I get hit with cold water." Ranma watched as Jennifer came out of the house and signaled that it was safe for them to come inside.
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-Tendo Dojo-
Nabiki stared at the black pig that was in the pet carrier. She was somewhat surprised that Ranma had been able to get rid of him so easily. "Oh well, opportunities present themselves in mysterious ways." She opened the pet carrier door and watched the black and yellow blur rush out of the cage and under her bed. "Guess you don't want this then." Nabiki held the kettle of hot water up and was about to pour its contents out her open window.
The small pig crept out from under the bed and sat down next to his carrier.
"Now, now P-Chan you don't think that I'll let you have it for free, do you?" Nabiki looked at the pig as innocently as possible.
"BWEE!!" The pig started towards Nabiki with the intention to get the kettle from her.
"Don't even think about it Ryoga. You know as well as I do that if I tell Akane what I know you'll be in a heap of trouble. And what about Daddy knowing that his little girl was sleeping with a little pervert like you?"
The pig gulped loudly and nodded his head in defeat. Nabiki smirked and poured the hot water on the pig and threw a towel over it.
"It didn't need to be boiling, Nabiki." Ryoga growled putting the towel around his waist.
"Well, one can never be too sure." Nabiki stated cheerfully, "now as for the monthly fee of keeping me silent..."
"How could you let Akane go to America with Ranma?" Ryoga glared angrily at Nabiki.
"Technically Ranma went with Akane but that's not the point. Oh, is little P-Chan mad that Ranma got the best of you?" Nabiki snickered.
"I would do anything to get to where she is. She needs to be protected from Ranma." Ryoga declared thrusting his fist into the air as a declaration.
"Anything?" Nabiki looked at Ryoga like he was a piggy bank needing to be broken (A/N: please forgive the pun). Ryoga gulped realizing he had said just what Nabiki had wanted and there was no way to back out of what she had planned.
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{Thanks Kasumi, give everyone my love and tell Mr. Saotome that we arrived safely. Bye.} Akane hung up the phone. "Kasumi said that P-Chan was delivered this morning and that Nabiki was taking care of him."
"Nabiki? Oh man that poor pig." Ranma shuddered at the thought of Nabiki "taking care" of pork boy. He knew that Nabiki knew about Ryoga's curse and that he would be an easy target.
"Not to be rude but did you say your sisters' names were Kasumi and Nabiki?" Kate asked peeking around the corner of the hallway.
"Yeah. Why?" Akane said ignoring Ranma's comment about her sister.
"Oh no reason." maybe we all watch too much anime Kate shook her head and went to her room to contemplate the possibilities. Jennifer in the mean time explained the room arrangements and the whereabouts of the rest of the Talen household.
"Mom's at work still and Jon is probably at Ben's or Zach's house. Since you both wanted to stay in I'll start in on dinner here in a few minutes. Akane you'll be sleeping in my room and Ranma you can either sleep on the couch or in my brother's room. You'll probably want to talk to my brother before you decide." She walked into the kitchen to begin dinner.
"Maybe I should go help her?" Akane mused to herself following Jennifer into the kitchen. Ranma didn't know how good a cook Jennifer was but he KNEW that Akane was dangerous around even uncooked food. He was about to go and stop her when he heard loud music coming from Kate's bedroom.
"Hey, That's cool music. Well I guess I should get to know them if I am gonna be here a year." Ranma knocked on the door to Kate's room. Kate opened the door and the music got twice as loud.
"Hey, wanna come in?" Kate left the door open and went to sit on her bed. She picked up her stereo remote and turned the music down.
"Yeah. Liked the music your playing what's it called." Ranma sat in the chair opposite of her bed and looked at the walls in room. They were plastered with fairy prints, anime posters, and written messages and signatures.
"Red Hot Chili Peppers. They're cool but I like all sorts of different music including some Japanese music that I have gotten a hold of." Kate shifted on the bed to pick up some of the other CDs on her bed. As she moved Ranma noticed that the bed was a waterbed and couldn't stop staring at it. He couldn't believe that people would sleep on a big water balloon.
"So uh, what are all the signatures on your wall?" Ranma tore his gaze from the bed to the writing on the wall. Some was large black marker and some was silver and other colors.
"Well, most of my friends sign my wall and when I am bored I draw on it." She got up to find her permanent marker.
"Your Mom doesn't mind?"
"No, as long as I paint over it when I move out she's fine with it. Here you want to sign?" Handing the big marker to Ranma.
"Sure. Just my name right?"
"Whatever you want to write"
"Ok." Ranma stood on the chair he was on and wrote on the ceiling. It stood out all by itself on the white ceiling but the Japanese characters that he had written instead of printing it look much cooler than Kate could have imagined.
"Hey would ya print your name underneath that and date it. Its not often we get Japanese foreign exchange students to the house."
Ranma did as he was told and hopped off the chair handing the marker back to Kate.
Kate gave him a bright smile that could have competed with Kasumi's on really good day "Its official, Ranma Saotome, welcome to America!"