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Chapter Three: Acception or Rejection?

"So—you'll be staying here than?" Keitaro asked with a hint of surprise in his tone. He wasn't expecting his relative to be living in a Girl's Dormitory; after all, he is the only male that's allowed to work here.

"Yeah and why do you sound kind of disappointed? Afraid that I might tell the girls that you were peeking aroun' the hotsprings?" Bluntly answered Ranma whom was sitting on the wooden stool of boredom. His eyes traveled to Haruka who was leaning against the Hinata Tea rail and closed her eyes for relaxation—typically smoking her cigarette out in the open. He's grown irritated of her non-chalant attitude and raised an eyebrow at her, why was she so calm at a time like this? He went back to Keitaro, who blushed and waved his hands in front of his face rapidly and shook his head. 'Heh—he's nothing but an innocent bookworm trying to get into some stupid school.'

"No! I would never do such a thing! It's always a misunderstanding—please don't think of me like that!" Keitaro gulped as he raised his arms in defense—afraid that he might get blasted to Kyoto by Ranma's martial arts skills.

Ranma's two elbows were and the table, causing for it to lean slightly and two of his hands connect in-between his fingers. He rested on top of his little hand-bridge with his forehead, obviously showing the frustration he had eversince he came here. His exhausted eyes came back to Haruka, "Hey… why did you tell him my secret? He didn't deserve to know."

The Hinata Tea-House owner tucked her hair behind her ear and looked back at Ranma with her indifferent voice trialing off his ears again, "because Keitaro is the manager here. He deserves the right to know and he'll respect your secret until were ready to tell the others. Don't worry Ranma; there won't be any problems about your secret here. Besides, this is a hotsprings resort, there's no cold water here." Haruka smiled with slight confidence which caused Ranma to scoff. 'Oh there will be problems.'

"Look on the bright side nephew; at least you'll know how to defend yourself when the girls think you're a pervert." Teased Haruka as she smashed her cigarette-butt into the ashtray. "But don't kill Motoko, even in your girl-form—she'll keep on challenging you until you lose to her."

"What about Naru and Kitsune? They seem very suspicious to me…" Seeing how the way the sexy vixen dress and the alertness on Naru's face—there's no reason or excuse to not be suspicious. One--Naru and Motoko hates men, two—Kitsune has the aroma of a drunkard, three—he has been warned about Su's hunger and crazy inventions, four—Keitaro is a tourist attraction known as the 'Flying Ronin,' thanks to Naru, Motoko, Su's attacks and inventions. Ranma could feel a gentle breeze curling his pig-tail, "it seems that Shinobu is the only normal one—and I guess Kitsune too."

Keitaro looked down in embarrassment, afraid to talk to his cousin. Although he couldn't bear it anymore-- "So how does it feel like getting chased by men and women and the same time?" His curiosity got the best of him and Ranma twitched uncontrollably at his last remark. How does it feel like? Well let's ask our young martial artist.

"That's it!" Ranma instantly got up and swung a fist on top of Keitaro's head—hard enough to make a bump bloom out on top of his head. "I told you to keep it on the low! What if someone heard you?" The pig-tail teen stormed out of the room, causing Keitaro and Haruka to look at each other. Keitaro had the anime tears flowing while Haruka bluntly looked at him for his pathetic response to his younger cousin.

"Hey, he could have done worse." Haruka shrugged and left the area to go gather more ingredients for the Tea-House—leaving our dear manager alone in the world.

"… but it still hurts." Keitaro wailed into a brief mutter while looking at the two completely different directions his beloved siblings left off.

"So how does it feel like getting chased by men and women at the same time?"

Keitaro's words seem to cut like a knife in Ranma's head of course. As he stiffly walked down the halls of the Hinata, he spotted young Shinobu Maehara running down the halls with a basket full of laundry blocking her view. He stood there for a moment and dumbly watched her coming towards him—that's when his reflexes kicked in.

"Whoa!" Ranma side-step Shinobu's charge—and since Ranma's sudden reaction surprised her, she tripped—until Ranma's hand held up her stomach. While the laundry flew up in the air, there was a brief silence upon them. To be simple, the dirty clothes flew up in slow motion while a dramatic scene surrounded them both. When the clothes finally dropped to the ground, Ranma chuckled, using his other hand to scratch behind his head. "Whoops, you shouldn't run around here before you twist your ankle."

Shinobu looked up to her savior and blushed. "Than—Thank you Saotome-Senpai." She then looked around and found that all of the clothes were scattered on the floor, she was about to rush to gather them all—but Ranma quickly grabbed it all using his special technique, 'cheast-nuts roasting on open fire.' When he finished after three seconds, he dropped the neatly folded clothes into the basket, lowering the thickness so Shinobu didn't have to lean her head to the right whenever walking. His blue eyes, there was something about his blue eyes. They were kind yet so strong and Shinobu began to stare at those until he walked up to her with the basket in his hands. His silly grin was the same as Keitaro, she could have sworn it. Blood rushed through her cheeks as she walked the opposite way to put the clothes in the dryer.

"Please—call me Ranma and it's the least I could do after you fed me your tasty ramen!" He laughed with happy-closed eyes and walked off with a slight wave of see you later. 'Man she's cute when she's shy.' Ranma thought while whistling upstairs, trying to take a look of the view.

Obviously, he spotted Motoko whom was training with her Shinai again. He admires her from a distance, seeing her blade swift enough to cut the leaves clean. Her stance, posture, and concentration it's all in tact. 'She must've had some serious training during those years.' His head turns to the horizon of the Hinata city. It was beautiful from all the different lights that seemed the glow magically, reflecting its color through the windows and softly meeting with others colliding within it. It was breathtaking enough to not realize that the samurai spotted our beloved Ranma Saotome. Her face was calm yet formal enough to tell that she wasn't in the mood to see 'him' here, especially when she found out that he had been training the same time as her, not to mention the same age. Motoko stared sternly at Ranma in order to scan everything about him.

She found no flaws. His body is built on an average scale, he knew how to control his aura, and she could tell there was a mysterious power dwelling within the pits of his stomach. No, it wasn't stomach-ache or any one of those uncomfortable—things that we love to say when the 'Pepto-Bismo' commercial is on. "Saotome, what are you doing here? Can you not see that I am training? Your disgusting presence brings nothing but distractions here. I suggest you leave."

Ranma two hands were on the back of his head and he casually looked at Motoko with his warm smile. He was too kind for his own good, especially when it came to any young stubborn girls. "For your information kendo-girl, I live here now. So until grandma-Hina comes here, I'm not leaving." He smirked mockingly at her, "besides, I'll have a great time here knowing I might have a strong opponent I can train everyday till she comes."

This time, she didn't felt mocked. She felt offended by his comment as if he had said it sarcastically. Just because he survived her attack, doesn't mean that she can survive two minutes in a battle with her. Her hand gripped the hilt of her blade and a dark aura surrounded her mysteriously. "You dare think you can handle me Saotome? Surely my attack was a little too hard on the head for you, yes? Well forget it. I refuse to challenge anyone without a blade or any type of weapon of any-kind. Fists are not considered weapons." Motoko walked away to grab a towel, knowing the martial artist wouldn't take no for an answer, she turned her back slightly. "And what did I tell you Saotome? Do not talk as if we are friends. You are still consider a pervert in my book no matter what." She left with a cold-shoulder as she passed Ranma to go downstairs.

"Yikes." He scratched his head and looked down at the three-story balcony. "I could feel her cold aura clinging on to me—it's actually scary."

"MEGA-TAMA ATTACK!"

Hearing the voice made Ranma jumped. The Gaijin was beginning to scare him the most, for he knew that she would be trouble form the start when she asked him for bananas or any type of food. He shudders at the thought and stared at the mechanical-being coming towards him at rapid speed. Ranma sighed, and prepared for another crazy scenario.

Meanwhile…

"WHAT? You dare say that the pig-tail girl has left with that treacherous Saotome? Why, I shall never forgive his sinful actions!"

Kuno, the so-called number champion in Kendo at Fururikian-High, gestured with his wooden stick. He was at the Tendo Residents and Genma transformed in his panda-form sweatdropped at his idiocy. Soun, however, nodded with crossed arms while sitting in the usual position. He cocked his head and looked surprisingly at Ryoga Hibiki who was also there to witness the sudden news of Ranma's disappearance. The two men were anxious on where their beloveds went, except for Kuno; he was just plain stupid to even realize that the pig-tail girl was Ranma. Ryoga smirked with one of his fangs showing and cracked his knuckles hard enough to frighten the Tendo's.

"So… Akane went on a search for Ranma, eh? Well tell me where it is pops so I don't have to search all over Japan to kill that bastard!" Cried Ryoga pulling Soun's collar. "You can never trust him! He's a friggin cross-dresser for peeps sake!"

The two old men remained silent and Ryoga was vigorously getting impatient, until Kasumi came in. "Oh my, Ranma is at Hinata City in the Hinata Apartments. You can find most of the group there."

"What! Hinata-City! Thank you Kasumi!" Ryoga charged off in the wrong direction as usual, while Kuno stared in admiration of his speed. Soun sighed and stared into the blue skies.

"Why must Ranma have such a cursed-life?" Sighed Soun while staring the father whom shrugged at his question.

Back to the Hinata Apartments!

"WAHHHHHH!"

Ranma's scream could be heard for a mile long but to the killer it was a song. "CUT IT OUT SU!" He jumped wall to wall, balcony to balcony, but there were no escape through her unusual inventions.

"Hehehehehe! Aim and fire!" She screamed while riding on the robotic-beast. They were racing against time but Ranma was racing against death. "SUUUU! I AM SO GOING TO—

BAAAAAAMMMMMMM

Su's missiles did it again—and this time Ranma flew into the Hotsprings area. As he crashed, Naru and Kitsune were bathing in the hotsprings and jumped at the sudden crash. Motoko, however, was washing herself off by the one of the shower heads installed into the walls of the hotsprings.

With cold water.

Ranma felt different when he felt his cheast getting bigger and his figure getting slimmer. He knew this feeling. The feeling of transformation. Why of all times does it have to be now?

"Crap." He muttered while blinking into his girl-form.

End of Chapter Three.

Uh-oh... secrets unfold when Ranma suddenly turns into a girl! In a hotsprings too! How ironic! LOL! Find out what happens in the next episode of...

Patience of a Martial Artist!

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