Kamy: Hello peoples. I'm sorry my promise didn't pull through, but I went outta town when my seventh review came in. So Blame ERIN!
Ranma: We can't blame someone we don't even know.
Akane:You and Uncle Saotome do it all the time.
Ranma: WHAT! WE do NOT!
Ranma/Akane: -fighting like usual.-
For my reviewers:
runnerz- Glad you think my fic is interesting. The chapters are NOT as short as you think and the plot will reveal itself once I finish setting up some background.
ranmagirl14- I'm sorry I'm too dumb to put his curse in. Then again, I might just give him a NEW curse! Mwa haha haha!
Rabid Badger- Here's your next chapter. I'm glad I'm not the only Akane fan, because for some reason they're so hard to find!
Disclaimer: I don't own Ranma 1/2 characters. But I do own Tama and LordSilverclaws owns Shun!
Chapter 3-
"Who was that guy, Akane? It's unusual for you to talk ta' guys."
Everyone was standing in the pizza line for their (surprisingly) good food.
"Will you come off it Tama! He's Ranko's brother! And he's actually a guy without overactive male urges!"
"Kodachi must like him a lot to make a challenge to you right in front of the class. You know how creepy it is to hear her laughing right next to ya all class period? Curse you KAMI, for making Kuno and Kururugi so close together!"
"Meaning to ask, Akane. Why you change match date?"
Akane stiffened. Great, now she had to lie to her friends. She couldn't tell them that Soun would practically kill her if she didn't come home straight from school.
"Oh, come on! You think I wanna stay at school longer than I have to?"
Ukyo chuckled. "It's true. We've got a whole year in this stank trap; let's stay away from it if we can help it!"
They went to their regular seats, with Akane and Ukyo on the ends, Shampoo nest to Akane with Tama across from her.
"Oh, look, Kuno's gonna go challenge Ranko now." Ukyo pointed out with no enthusiasm.
Yes, it was true. Ranko and Ranma were coming from the hamburger line and were walking towards the tables, when Kuno and Kodachi stepped in front of them.
"Ranko Saotome, my pig-tailed girl!" Kuno began. "I hereby challenge you to a duel tomorrow during gym. If I win, we shall date!"
The Saotome twins held a look of disgust on their faces.
"Wait, brother" Kodachi intervened. "I have my match with Akane Tendo at that time."
"Ah, my dear Akane Tendo. I've got it! We'll have a double duel! And afterwards, a double date!"
A chocking sound came from both the Saotomes before Kuno found himself head first in garbage, courtesy of Akane Tendo.
"I accept your challenge, Kuno, but if you call me 'dear' again, so help me, I'll pack you up and ship you to Shampoo's Amazon village, where you'll get the stuffing beat out of you be blood thirsty Amazon women." Akane said with a death glare. "Ranko" she started, sounding much more cheerful. "Do you want to join me in his bashing?"
Ranko looked surprised for a moment, but broke out of it with a nudge from her older bro.
"Sure, why not? I've got no intention of dating this loser, so I guess we'll have to beat the answer into him!"
"Then it's settled!" Kodachi exclaimed suddenly. "The battle of The Tomboy and Pig-tailed Girl vs. The Blue Thunder and Black Rose will begin tomorrow during sixth period athletics!"
"Why'd she yell it?" questioned Ranma to his sister.
"Because she thinks she'll win, which she won't, and she wants everyone to watch." Akane replied.
"Well, with us teamed up, they won't stand a chance!" Ranko interjected.
They walked over to Akane's previous table. "Hey guys. I'd like to introduce you to Ranma and Ranko. This is Ukyo, Tama-chan, and Shampoo." Akane said, pointing to each as she said their names.
"Hey, sugar."
"Hallo! Wie gehts?" ((Hello! How're you? yes I know German!))
"Nihao."
"Aren'tcha gonna introduce me?"
Akane spun around to come face to face with Shun Nakashima ((A/N LordSilverclaws, you better feel special now!)) He was one of the rare, valued, antipeverted boys in their school. He had dark brown eyes that sparkled with mischief, and brown hair pulled into a small rat-tail at the nape of his neck ((A/N: Miroku from InuYasha, except non-perverted. Sango: FINALLY!)) He went against the school code and wore baggy jeans with a red shirt that read 'Vote for Pedro' in white.
"Well, Akane?"
"Don't go sneakin' up on me like that, you dork! ((A/N: She sounded like me for a sec!)) Ranma, Ranko, this is Shun, one of the few guys we can trust to control himself." she said, putting Shun in a head lock.
"Control himself?" Ranma questioned.
"You should-Akane, let go!- You should get here early in the morning, before these chicks show up!" Shun said, having finally getting out of Akane's grip. "A herd of about a hundred guys charge at them before they reach the front gate!"
"A hundred!" Ranko exclaimed.
"Shampoo no can have peace to school. Have bring bonbori to school with Shampoo."
"It's really stupid. And it's stupid Kuno's fault."
"Kuno's fault?" the twins said in unison.
"Yeah." said Ukyo. "When he couldn't beat us, he told all the guys they had to 'defeat us in combat' if they wanted to date us."
"Is stupid, yes?"
BRIIIIIIIING
"We gotta go. Shun, Ukyo, we've got Math. We'll see ya later guys!" Akane shouted as she and her two friends rounded the corner.
"Uhhhh..." Ranma said after a long silence. "Me and Ranko dunno where to go."
"Lez see yer schedules." said Tama. ((A/N: Tama talks Texas-city talk))
They both handed them over to the small girl and she quickly scanned to the last class of the day.
"Ummm, hmmm. Oh, yay! Ranma, you're with me. We've got Reading with Maddox! Shampoo, you can get Ranko where she needs to be, right?"
"Hai!"
Shampoo faced the red-head girl, as the others walked out of the lunch room. Shampoo gave a smile. "We go now, yes? Is okay. We get science with Smurr. He very nice teacher. You like."
The red-head looked up with a small smile before nodding. The Amazon looped one arm around Ranko's shoulders before heading out of the cafeteria.
x-x-x-x-x ((Somewhere in Kyoto))
huff, huff Ranma...Ranko...I swear, when I find you...I'll get my revenge for the shame you have brought upon me."
"B-kwee!"
The yellow and black bandana clad boy looked over his shoulder to see the black-piglet sporting a similar bandana.
"Don't worry, P-chan. We'll get back at them. You can count on it."
x-x-x-x-x ((In Mr. Smurr's science class))
Shampoo and Ranko had just walked in the door, when they were almost trampled by guys.
"Shampoo! You're in this class too! Wanna compare notes?"
"Wow! You're a cutie, new chick! You got a boyfriend yet?"
"I like both of 'em. Come on, before the teacher comes, let's have some fun!"
Before either extremely pissed off girls could do or say anything, a knife on the end of a chain shot in front of their faces, effectively getting all the guys to jump back 3 feet.
"Stay away from Shampoo and her friend, you barbarians!"
Everyone looked to the keeper of the voice to find a boy with long, jet black hair standing, legs slightly apart, the chain retracting into the baggy sleeve of his Chinese style shirt. His eyes were hidden behind thick glasses, but it was obvious he was glaring.
The other boys mumbled under their breath before settling into their seats. Ranko stood confused, but snapped out of it when Shampoo walked past her to the boy.
The girls stopped in front of the boy. "Stupid Mousse." Shampoo said. "You no have to do that." Her voice was soft and her bangs covered her eyes so he couldn't see her blush.
"I know you could have taken them, but I needed to blow off some steam from seeing that guy touch you this morning."
The two shuddered, remembering how during her usual morning exercise, Kuno had reached out and grabbed her chest. How he got back to school on time after Shampoo pelted him into the stratosphere, they'll never know.
"Aiyaa, Mousse! Be introducing you. This Ranko. Ranko, this Mousse."
The red-head bowed to the dark-haired boy before posing the question, "How do you know each other?" she finished, cocking of the head.
The Amazons blinked twice before Shampoo said, "We friends form child times."
"We both came form a Chinese Amazon tribe..."
"...Come Nerima for teaching..."
"...we're running form the evil ghoul..."
"Aiyaa! Mousse, great-grandmother no is ghoul!"
"She knows magic tricks and looks deceased. She's a ghoul!"
"You just mad great-grandmother beat Mousse hidden weapon technique."
"It was a cheap trick! She sprayed pepper-spray in my eyes during a duel! As if I wasn't blind enough!"
"Excuse me..."
The two snapped their heads in Ranko's direction, before finding the floor veeeery interesting.
"Sorry, Ranko."
"Yes. We no see eye to eye on great-grandmother. We sorry."
Ranko's eyes glazed over as she thought of her only known relative (being her father). She quickly pulled on a smile. "It's okay, guys! Me and my bro fight all the time!"
"Alright, guys. Time to siddown and learn some science." Mr. Smurr said when he finally walked in.
"Oh, joy..." Ranko murmured.
End Chapter 3
Kamy: That's it. For next chapter, I demand 4 more reviews!
Akane: When the review thingy says 11.
Ranma: Review or else! I'll send Kuno to your house!
Kamy: -screams of terror-! AGH!