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Ryuu: Don't own, don't sue.
Author: But I do own Ryuu and Ryo!
A/N: Hey everyone! I'm glad to see that you are all patient with me. I'm going to answer the reviews I received. Then I'm going to let you all read my story! Or you can skip the reviews and read the chapter...but you might find it worth reading some of the reviews. Who knows? You might find your name there! So here they are...
Jerry Unipeg: Thank you! I'm so glad you enjoy my story!
Ace A: Actually my original plan was to make Akane an only child. But in the end decided against it, mainly for the reasons that it would be too complicated for someone like me and that I could create more chaos with Nabiki and, yes, even Kasumi. No, the story isn't going to be based on any one character. They're all going to have their fair share of attention and chaos. No there will be no curses in this story, but I may add them later to stir things up a bit, who knows? And just so you know I made them all taller so if you go back and read the first chapter they should all be taller.
Koala Kitty: I'm so happy you enjoyed the whole squirrel thing! And yes, I know Piro is a character from a web comic (Megatokyo to be exact...I own the books) I just thought it would be fun to spell pyro that way. I didn't think it would bug people that much...guess I was wrong. Of course! There can be no denying that there will be lots of havoc...GLORIOUS HAVOC!!! Ahem,...anyway, I'm not promising anything with the chapter lengths. But because I like you I'll try to do my best about making the chapters longer. Oh, you might enjoy this, some of the chaos will be centered on Ryu's theory about squirrels...the havoc... .
Crossover Inc: You would think that wouldn't you? But it turns out that the boys are too busy panicking. But yes, Ryo will do something about prolonging the engagement, either that or I'll stick to the Manga/Anime and force Ranma to be paired with Akane...wonder which will cause more havoc...?
O.K. that's all for the reviews for now! Enjoy the chapter!
The 3 R's of Martial Arts Chapter 3After a few minutes of contemplating, Ryo had one thing to say, "I call a meeting among the Tendo daughters and the Saotome sons."
Genma just stared at his son, but said nothing. He just wondered what would happen if he let his son have his little meeting.
Suon stared at Ryo, then at Genma, "What should we do Saotome?" Suon whispered.
"Let the boy have his meeting."
"B-but.."
"We're better off. Even if they do have this meeting they can do nothing but prolong the inevitable...One of the 3 are getting married to one of your daughters. It's a matter of honor," Genma explained. "They live heavily upon their honor. And that is why we'll have our way."
"Alright...but only because you say we should..." Suon answered. He was still unsure of where everything was leading. He wasn't too sure he wanted Ryuu as a son-in-law either...the squirrel thing earlier had scared him a bit.
"Alright boy, you can have your meeting. But as soon as you're done let me know and we'll return," Genma said as he dragged Suon out of the room.
Ryo leaned on the table and got into his business mode, as soon as he felt Genma and Suon were far enough away out of hearing distance he spoke, "Alright, how do you girls feel about this?"
Nabiki leaned forward in the same manner as Ryo and said, "It sucks."
"I don't mean to be offensive or anything but if I were forced to be engaged to any of you I would much prefer Ryuu. I'm sorry Ranma, Ryo, but younger men tend to bore me," Kasumi said.
"I hate this." Akane said simply.
"O.k. now you know our opinions, so what are yours?"
"I don't like it. Not at all," Ranma said with a frown.
"Did any of you girls know about this? At all?" Ryuu said as he leaned back against his fore arms.
Nabiki shook her head, "I had no idea about the engagement thing. I only knew Mr. Saotome was coming with his sons."
Akane and Kasumi just shook their heads 'no'.
Ryuu turned to Ryo, "He did it to us again didn't he?"
Ryo could do nothing except nod his head 'yes'.
Ryuu leaned his head back and cursed, "Dammit! Why does this always happen to us? I just wanna go home...dammit, dammit, dammit...."
Ranma nodded his head in agreement, "I do too, Ryuu. I wanna see Mom again..."
Ryo looked at his brothers and hated himself for the looks on their faces, and single tear sliding down Ranma's face unnoticed by all but him. Hanging his head he began thinking of ways to get them out this new mess.
"Uh, I think you guys forgot about us for a second there," Nabiki said.
Nabiki's voice knocked them back into reality. Their Mom was home. Waiting for them to return.
Ryuu was the first to snap out his small depression, "Well Mom's waited ten years for us to return. I don't think a few more days will matter, will it?"
Ranma looked at Ryuu at this realization, "You're right Ryuu...wait, is the world coming to an end?"
Ryuu's eyes went wide and then he gave Ranma a headlock as Ryo laughed at the two of them.
"No, the world isn't coming to an end you guys. Ryuu just got lucky this time. But Nabiki's right. We forgot about them and they could probably help us out," Ryo said.
Kasumi just sat staring at the three of them, 'These boys are so odd. But they're so close to one another...'
Akane had different thoughts, 'I hate boys...Ryuu creeps me out...he seems like a schizophrenic...'
Nabiki just smiled, not a real genuine smile, but a smile, "How can I help you boys?"
Ryuu spoke up first, "We need a way to avoid the engagement. We have other things to sort out before we even think of marriage..."
"Done. We just have to convince our fathers to let us get to know each other. This way we can get to know each other, and you guys can take care of your business," Nabiki said.
"It sounds simple enough to pull off. What do you think Ryo? Ranma?" Ryuu asked.
"I like it. Of course I don't care either so whatever you guys want," Ranma said.
"What about you two? Are you o.k. with the deal, Akane? Kasumi?" Ryo asked.
"I don't care..." Akane said.
"That is fine with me, "Kasumi answered with a smile.
Ryo nodded, "O.k. it's a done deal then."
Nabiki held her hand out to shake on it, "Great doing business with you boys."
Ryo reached out and shook her hand, "The pleasure was mine." Ryo said with a smile.
Ryuu then yelled, "Yo! Old man! We're done discussing everything!"
Genma walked in with a nervous Suon and asked, "So what did you six decide on?"
Nabiki spoke for them, "We've agreed to go along with the engagement."
"Great now-" Nabiki cut Suon off.
"But we have our conditions Father."
"Conditions, conditions! Why are there always conditions?" Mumbled Genma.
Ryo spoke up now, "We want to have time to get to know each other. We've all agreed that it wouldn't be fair to any of us if we didn't know who we were marrying," Ryo smirked at the nervousness Genma showed on his face. It was always fun to make the old man squirm.
Nabiki added, "And if either of you two push us too hard to get married the deal is off, honor bound or not."
Ryo, Ryuu, and Ranma flinched at the last statement. But no one but Genma noticed. He smiled and knew that this was one battle he was going to win.
After dinner Genma, Ryuu, Ryo, and Ranma were shown to their room. After putting down their packs they took out their futons ( -Is that right?) and got ready to go to sleep.
Ranma couldn't sleep and usually found the stars calming so he climbed out the window and jumped onto the roof. Lying down on the roof he suddenly found some peace within himself.
Ranma couldn't sleep because he was thinking too much. Now he sometimes wished he was like Ryo. Ryo could think a lot and think hard without getting too big of a headache. Ranma couldn't do that, in fact he hated thinking. He avoided anything that included thinking. Except for the Arts. The Arts was the only thing he could never get a headache thinking about.
Ranma was thinking about the engagement deal he agreed to with his brothers and the girls. He was wondering if he could do this. His Father was not one to give up on things like this. And he couldn't ignore the fact that his Father had caught him and his brothers flinching at the honor statement Nabiki made.
"I thought I'd find you up here," A voice came from behind Ranma.
"Huh? Oh it's only you Ryuu. Why're you up?"
"I couldn't sleep. You?"
"Same."
"What's bugging you?"
"The honor statement Nabiki made...I don't think I'd have agreed to the deal if she had said something earlier about honor..."
"The same here...It's going to be a long week..."
"(sigh), yeah."
"Anyway, you need your sleep. We have a long day tomorrow, so you should come inside and go to sleep. With any luck we won't have to start school," Ryuu said smiling.
"Ha! With our luck? I highly doubt it," Ranma said getting and following Ryuu to their side of the roof.
"Hey, did you know Akane's room is right over there?" Ryuu said pointing.
"Really? Cool..."
After Ryuu jumped in the window, Ranma followed suite. Lying down Ranma couldn't help but feel that tomorrow was NOT going to be any better.
Ranma's gut instinct was partially correct. The day was not better than the day before, but it was definitely more entertaining.
Ranma woke up to a light kick in the side that morning.
"Wake up you lazy bum! If I'm being forced to go to school, your skinny ass is going too!" Ryuu said frustrated.
Ranma groaned, "Fine, I'm getting up, I'm getting up...get the furo ready for me...I wanna shower..."
"Fine with me just don't take too long, I don't wanna be late on my first day...though I would probably rather hold buckets then do schoolwork..." Ryuu mumbled as he walked out of the bedroom they shared.
"Aah...." Ranma sighed as he enjoyed a soak in the furo. He was facing the wall when he heard the sound of the door sliding open. He knew who it was immediately.
"Eep!" was the sound he heard from Akane.
"Sigh, does no one know how to check for an occupied sign? Hey Akane?"
"Yeah?"
"If your done oogling at my excellent physique, you can leave now," Ranma said.
"Modest aren't you?"
"Leave. Now. Please."
"Oops, sorry..." Akane trailed off as she left the bathroom.
Ranma just sighed as he rose from the furo and dried himself so he could dress, "What a way to start the day..."
Ryuu was sitting at the table with Ryo and Suon as they waited patiently for breakfast to finish.
"I'm hungry..." Ryuu said as he heard his stomach growl.
Well, semi-patiently they all waited.
"You're always hungry, Ryuu..." Ryo said as he sipped his tea.
Suon just read his paper and drank his tea quietly. He was a bit calmer around Ryuu since the squirrel incident was explained to him by Ryo. He seemed to have had a more feasible response for Ryuu's actions than Genma did.
"Breakfast is almost ready, Ryuu. It won't be more than 5 minutes," Kasumi said sweetly with her usual smile.
"Thank you, Kasumi." Ryuu said as he smiled back.
"Ugh! Enough with the happiness! You do realize we're being forced to go to school right?" Ranma said as he entered the room.
"Yeah...Your point is...?" Ryuu answered.
"School is nothing to be happy about!" Ranma yelled as he sat down beside Ryuu.
"Speaking of complaining....where is Father? I haven't seen him since last night when we went to sleep," Ryo said.
"Yeah...I thought it was unusually quiet this morning..." Ryuu said thoughtfully.
Suon answered Ryo's question, "He left early this morning. He said he wanted to get reacquainted with the district."
"Why? Hey, we're in Nerima right, Ryo?" Ranma asked.
"Yes, why?"
Something clicked in Ryuu's mind at that time, "Wait a minute...didn't we used to live in Nerima?"
Ryo's eyes brightened up, "Yeah! We did!"
"You guys know what this means don't you?" Ranma asked.
"We can find Mom!" Came the synchronized response.
"You boys aren't going anywhere, until after school, understand?" Kasumi said.
The boys just looked down at the table and answered together, "Yes, ma'am."
"How are we getting to the school Mr. Tendo?" Ryo asked.
"Akane will lead you boys to school," Suon answered.
Akane had just walked into the room by now, "Morning Daddy, Kasumi, boys."
"Why does everyone call us 'boys' whenever they refer to us?" Ryuu wondered. (Cause I wrote it so! MWAHAHA!)
Ranma just shrugged. Akane sat down just as Kasumi started serving breakfast.
After taking a bite of the food laid out on his plate, Ryuu felt like he was in heaven, "Awesome! This food is excellent Kasumi!" Ryuu exclaimed.
Ryo nodded in agreement while Ranma inhaled it all in 7 seconds flat.
"Ranma, slow down a bit. Try tasting your food before you swallow it. You might enjoy it more," Ryuu said.
"For once I agree with Ryuu, Ranma," Ryo said.
Ranma stopped eating and walked over to the porch and looked outside, "No blood red clouds...it's not raining meteors..." Ranma sat back down. "O.k. that was funny joke. I mean you can't be serious. The day Ryo agrees with Ryuu the apocalypse will come and the sun will explode."
Ryuu didn't answer. He just got a glazed look in his eyes, "...heh...fire..." did I forget to mention the evil smile?
Ryo just shook his head, "you just had to say something didn't you? Now he's gonna be on a pyro kick all day. I don't think Ryuu should go to school today, Mr. Tendo."
Suon raised his eyebrow at this, "And why not? Every man needs his education. He's going. End of story."
"Whatever you say Mr. Tendo," Ryo said. He was suddenly dreading the day ahead of him.
"Today is going to be very interesting..." Ranma mused. He enjoyed watching Ryuu when he was on a pyro kick. Many things happened. Many things also became ash.
Nabiki had left before them so they were left alone.
After a while Ranma got bored and jumped up onto the fence.
Akane looked up at him and said, "What are you doing?"
"Balance training," Ranma said with a shrug.
"Oh..."
Ryuu walked beside the fence mumbling stuff about flammable objects, "...heh...fire..."
Ryo just continued walking shaking his head in exasperation.
As they approached the school, Ryo noticed that Akane was repeating something like it was her mantra.
"I hate boys, I hate boys, I hate boys, I hate boys..."
Ryuu stopped mumbling as he noticed a crowd of boys gathered at the gate, "Uh...yeah...what's going on?"
Ranma kept walking on the fence but his head was tilted to the side in confusion.
Akane threw Ryuu her bag as she started running towards the crowd of boys.
"I HATE BOYS!!!" She yelled as she pummeled the first line of boys.
Ranma cringed at every headshot Akane delivered, "Ouch! That's gotta hurt..."
When Akane was finished the 3 of them approached her clapping.
"Woo hoo! Great show!" Ryuu said.
"A bit sloppy, but none the less impressing," Ryo commented.
"What was all that about?" Ranma asked.
"Something the approaching baka said a while ago," Akane said. She narrowed her eyes as a young man approached her.
The boy was wearing a white gi top and black gi pants. And his hair was styled like-
"A pompadour! Dude!" Ryuu yelled. Everyone in hearing range face faulted.
"Ryuu...." Akane said as she stood up.
"But look! You just don't see them anymore. I thought they were only popular in the 90's when the king still roamed the streets! Though personally I prefer Judas Priest..." Ryuu said.
"Ahem!"
"Wha? Oh, sorry. Go ahead," Ryuu said.
"Thank you. Now where was I...Oh yes! Truly such a boorish lot. Evidently each of them intends to ask you out, Akane...on the dawn that he finally defeats you."
"Good morning Upperclassman..." Akane said, obviously not happy to see him.
"And now...Akane Tendo...might you fight with me?" Upperclassman said.
"Yo, Akane! You're gonna be late. Why don't you go with Ryo to get our schedules. Then you can head to class. I don't think you're one to wanna be late for class," Ranma said.
"Well neither are you, Ranma. Upperclassman whoever you are! I challenge you!" Ryuu shouted.
Akane just stood there, "Uh...wait! Who said you could fight my battles?"
"No one. But I just challenged the dude with the pompadour so now it's my fight. Now if you don't mind...get to class please," Ryuu said.
"Fine..." Akane turned to leave mumbling something about pyromaniac jerks.
"Do you except my challenge pompadour dude?" Ryuu asked.
"Of course. I, Upperclassman Kuno, Junior, Group E, accept your challenge!" Kuno said.
"Excellent! My name is Ryuu Saotome! Senior class, Group...well I don't know my group. But I do know I can make short work of you!" Ryuu said.
"My, my...we are modest aren't we?"
"So I've been told," Ryuu said with a smirk.
"I am the undefeated new star of the high school fencing world. But my peers call me...the Blue Thunder of Furinkan High!"
"'Blue Thunder'?" A girls standing next to Nabiki in a classroom window asked.
"Have YOU heard that?" Another girl asked.
"News to me," Nabiki answered.
"Oh, uh...now we're getting fancy, ok...uh...I'm the heir to the Saotome School of Martial Arts...and fire master of the Elementals...Now that that's done with can we fight?" Ryuu said.
"Of course!" Kuno said as he raised his bokken.
"Oh so now we're using weapons...awesome!" Ryuu said, pulling a bo out of thin air.
"Let us fight! You insignificant other!" Kuno said as he charged.
Ryuu blocked his first strike and then the others, "Wait! Was that supposed to be an insult!?" Ryuu said as he fought.
"Are you so boorish that you cannot fight back?" Kuno asked while continuing to strike at Ryuu.
"Oh, so WANT me strike back...ok," With that said Ryuu hit Kuno's bokken head on and snapped it in half. Not stopping the blow, Ryuu would do normally, he let the bo continue down and knock out Kuno.
"Wow...that was fun!" Ryuu shouted with a smile.
As the bell rang, Ryuu walked into the building looking forward to holding buckets instead of doing school work. As he entered his classroom he talked to his sensei for a minute.
After coming to an understandment the sensei turned to the class, "Ok class. We have a new student today. His name is Ryuu Saotome and he has recently moved here from China. Do you have anything to say before you're seated Mr. Saotome?"
"Please call me Ryuu, I feel old when people call me 'Mr.'...Anyway yes I do have one thing to say to the class. I'm glad to be here and would just love to stay longer...but I have to hold buckets for being late to class. Later!" Ryuu said smiling as he walked out with the buckets the sensei handed him.
As Ryuu was standing in the hall he spotted a squirrel outside an open window. An evil smile crossed his face then. He walked over to the window and balanced a bucket on his foot. He made his hand look like a gun and aimed for the squirrel.
"Bang," He pulled the imaginary trigger and the squirrel self-combusted. Smiling he picked up his bucket from his foot and walked back to his spot in the hall.
Ranma, who was staring out the window, saw a single squirrel self-combust and one word came to mind right then. "Ryuu..." he whispered with a smile.
"Ouch!" Ranma yelled after being pelted in the head with an eraser.
"Do you have something to share with the class Mr. Saotome?" The sensei asked.
Ranma just smiled, "Acually yes. A squirrel just self-combusted outside on that tree over there."
The whole class jumped out of there seat to see the self-combusted squirrel.
"Today just got a whole lot better," Ranma said as he leaned and smiled.
To Be Continued...
A/N:
Author: Like my ending?
Ryuu: Like how I knock Kuno's lights out?
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Ryuu: We'll answer any question you have for us!
Author: See you all next time!
Ryuu: (starts playing with a lighter)
Author: I hope...