Disclaimer on First Chapter.
Chapter 19 – Happy!
Akane excused herself and went upstairs to change. Ukyou stepped into the living room. Nabiki was watching the news. It was describing the next week's weather. Ukyou sat down gingerly on the couch next to Nabiki.
"Ohayo, Ukyou. Where's little sister?"
"She's upstairs. We came home early. They cancelled the pageant."
Nabiki nodded. "Said so on the news. Some pervert stealing underwear."
"That was the rumor at the Pageant but the police there wasn't saying anything."
Nabiki nodded, "Typical. Rule nothing out and all that."
Nabiki stood, "You can change the channel if you wish. I have some calls to make."
"Ok." Ukyou made no move to do so. She was fairly out of date on current events and there was nothing else on daytime TV.
As Nabiki reach for the phone, Kasumi stepped in from the kitchen. "Ohayo Ukyou! Sis, call the exterminators while you are on the phone. There's rats in the attic."
"Kasumi, have you seen the rats?" Nabiki asked a bit too patiently.
"No, I have not. I have heard them. I rather have the problem taken care of before I find rat dropping in our food."
"Calling an exterminator, costs money even if they don't find anything. Just wait until the boys get back, I'm sure Ranma will check the attic for you." Nabiki picked up the phone and started dialing.
A dark look past Kasumi's face so fast, Ukyou wasn't even sure if she saw it. Maybe Kasumi wasn't the superhuman motherly figure she tries so hard to be. Kasumi asked cheerfully, "You want anything, Ukyou? A drink?"
"No thanks, Kasumi."
A high pitched feminine shriek of outrage pierced throughout the Tendo household. It was a familiar sound, which produced a double take from Nabiki and Kasumi as they remembered Ranma couldn't be the cause. He was a training trip with their father, Genma and Taro. There was a thud has something impacted a wall. Akane barreled down the stairs a second later.
Nabiki hung up the phone. "What's wrong?"
"There's some pervert old man upstairs!" She announced, clutching at the top of her unbutton shirt.
Ukyou keenly missed her huge spatula she left at the restaurant because of the Pageant. She drew a couple of her throwing spatulas. Ukyou was about to hop over the couch when a crackling giggle was heard from upstairs.
"Hehe! Gimme the pretty!" a small blur seemed to fly at Akane.
Akane threw a punch; which the old man dodged. "No way! This is my bra we're talking about!"
The old man was bald with a white moustache. He was about as tall as Cologne the amazon was, without her staff, of course. It was obvious he outclassed Akane tremendously, it was his concern for the pretty that kept him from ending the fight quickly. Ukyou hesitated, he was darting around so much and she didn't have the skill to take him on either.
"Do something!" Nabiki mouthed at Ukyou.
Ukyou sighed and yelled. "You mess with one sister, you're messing with all!" As she hoped, it drew his attention and he stopped momentarily. Ukyou threw the spatula, aiming for an arm.
Instead he caught it in the air. "Okonomiyaki-nitjsu artist? Almost a forgotten art." He mumbled to himself.
They paled. Nabiki glared at Ukyou, "Don't do that again!"
"Wasn't planning to, hun."
The old man flipped the spatula deftly into a wall. Ukyou winced, it was firmly embedded in the wall and he was in-between it and her. Unless the fight went oddly, she wasn't going to get that one back until afterwards.
Nabiki called to Kasumi, "Sister, time to teach this bully a lesson!"
Kasumi had a gleam in her eye, "Agreed sister!" and something behind her back.
Ukyou's jaw dropped as Nabiki opened her shirt and bared her chest at the old man. "Come and get it mister!"
"OH!" the pervert exclaimed and came at Nabiki. He connected with Nabiki's chest and started fondling. Nabiki grimaced. Kasumi came around and landed a sweet hit with a frying pan. Ukyou winced, for the pan or for the old man, she didn't know.
The pervert landed in the kitchen and bunch more pots and pats landed on top of him.
"Good job, Sis!" Nabiki said, fastening her blouse back up.
"Thank you," Kasumi said shyly, blushing. Ukyou and Akane came up and seconded Nabiki's praise.
"I didn't know you could fight!" Akane exclaimed.
"I don't really. Father taught me a few things to protect Nabiki. Mother didn't like it at first but she relented. Which is why he trained you from the start." Kasumi explained.
"Oh. But why were you getting into fights, Nabiki?" Akane questioned.
Nabiki blushed. "Let's just say, Kasumi was my first bodyguard and collector and leave it at that." The last thing Nabiki wanted was to reveal she was a bookish nerd unable to protect herself.
"Gimme!" announced the pervert. Akane yelled in shock. She fell unbalanced by the surprise tackle.
The front door was flung open, Ranma-chan ran in. "Akane!"
Ranma-chan tackled the pervert off Akane. They rolled through the paper door to the backyard.
Ukyou thanked the gods. If anyone could defeat this pervert, it would be Ranma! The girls went to the porch to watch the fight.
It was hard to tell who was going to win this. Ranma-chan seemed to be surprising the pervert with every hit and dodge. Every time the pervert was looking bad, he would fondle Ranma-chan's chest.
This is Not Good, Tendo the panda held up a sign. Tendo, and Genma-panda had joined them on the porch.
"You're right as usual, Santome." Tendo replied.
Kasumi squeezed back into the house, intent for her kitchen. She came back and handed a tea kettle to Akane. "Akane, here warm water."
"Hai!" Akane sent the kettle into the fight. The contents doused the pervert and Ranma.
"Whaya, oh Thanks!" Ranma exclaimed, now male. The old man dropped off of Ranma like an insect sprayed with insect spray.
He recovered several feet away and looked at his audience. "Cursed, eh? Fitting." He commented disgustedly.
A dark tall monstrous form stepped from the house to the porch, behind Tendo and Genma.
"Oh well. That was fun but I have a patrol to do. Tendo- your daughters are a credit to you! Tada!"
Tendo slapped his face with his hand. The pervert hopped the fence and away.
His daughters and Ukyou turned to Tendo. Akane exclaimed, "You know that pervert?" Her eyes widen in shock, looking past her father.
There was a 10 feet monster behind Tendo and the Panda. It looked like a Yak and something mixed together. Ukyou and Akane went into a battle stance. Nabiki took a few steps away to the side dragging Kasumi.
Tendo and Panda looked behind them as well, to see what the threat the girls saw.
Wait the Panda's sign read.
"Girls, Meet Taro. He has been cursed with a yak riding a chicken holding an eel."
No, It's a yeti holding an eel and crane riding an ox!
Akane and Ukyou relaxed. Ukyou said, "oh." She remembered that odd night on the boat. That must have been Taro's cursed form. She felt she could kick herself, Moose did say Taro was a Spring resident.
Ranma came back from the yard, holding the empty kettle. "So any idea who that pervert was?"
Tendo and Panda looked at each other. You tell them the panda's sign read.
Tendo looked disgusted at the panda, "Sometimes I think I hate your curse more than you do. That elderly man is Master Happosai."
"What?" the group chorused together. Well, Taro meant What, but he only growled.
It is true. He is the Master of the Anything Goes Martial Art! the panda confirmed.
Taro pushed his away into the backyard.
"Wait!" Akane called out. "What about my cure!"
Taro ran straight towards the fence.
Kasumi winced, not looking forward to the sound of a broken hole in their already battered house. Yet, the impossible saved the fence from being crashed through. Taro's small heron wings spread out and he leaped over the fence. He flew in the general direction Happosai went.
That should increase the weird quotient of Nerima district. Ukyou thought.
"Just when I thought Nerima could not get weirder." Nabiki remarked.
Tendo tried to console Akane. "Akane, it will be ok.."
"Whatever. I'll be in the dojo." Akane cut her father off. She walked angrily to the dojo.
Ranma started to follow, "Ak-" but Nabiki grabbed his arm.
"Don't Ranma. Sis needs a few minutes alone. Wait for a bit before going in there."
"Ukyou, do you want to stay for dinner?" Kasumi asked, while handing Ukyou back her thrown spatula.
"No, I should be getting back to the restaurant. Thanks!"