CH33T4H: Wow, my first flame.
FOAMY: Please let me answer it, please.
CH33T4H: Sure, here.
FOAMY: Sweet! Ok, this comes from the The Nameless Author and reads:
Ok first off. Ranma as a girl has RED hair. Priss from BGC has BROWN hair. Now
how in the hell does Ranma-chan go from RED hair to BROWN hair without dye?
Furthermore, Even if Ranma accepted that he would be a girl for the rest of his
life. He/she would not fall for a guy. Being that the curse only changes the
physical form not the mentality of the person.
NaAaAaAa…I want you read the following paragraph from chapter two very carefully.
"Y-Yeah." Priss stammered in shock, shaking her head to clear it. Surely it wasn't Kasumi who sent it, she was never like that and Priss was sure she wasn't now. She was very happy though to see her still alive and a part of her was hoping that more of her family was still alive but wouldn't recognize her since she dyed her hair and did look a lot different unless…Was it one of her family threatening her? "I…I got an e-mail to meet someone here but…I don't know who. My name is Priss."
Holy shit Batman, it does say she dyed her hair. Oh my god is the world ending? NO! We have another dumb bastard who either doesn't know how to read or he can't get his head out of his ass long enough to read the whole thing before passing judgment.
And who the hell are you to decide who someone will or will not fall in love with, it is a damn story! Before flaming anyone else I suggest you learn how to read damn it!
CH33T4H: Ahem, I thing that is enough Foamy.
FOAMY: Someone should poke you in the eye with a hot flame!
CH33T4H: Foamy.
FOAMY: I hope you choke on a fucking biscotti!
CH33T4H: Foamy, that's enough.
FOAMY: Dumb bastard.
CH33T4H: FOAMY!
FOAMY: What the hell do you want?
CH33T4H: That is enough, thank you though. And now that that is out of the way we can continue with our story.
Chapter 2: Explanations
"You know Priss?" Kasumi asked as she joined everyone in the yard.
"Of course I do, we are old friends after all." Nabiki said, her glare never leaving Priss which was making her and more nervous. She didn't want to have to have to fight anyone here but the way Nabiki was acting she may. And even if she did get out of there without trouble Priss was sure that Nabiki would reveal everything to the public and in turn the other Sabers and Leon. She was beginning to realize that she may never be able to return back home.
"That's wonderful." Kasumi said with a large smile while Tatewaki looked at them in confusion. "Come on inside and I'll make some tea for everyone to enjoy while I prepare our meal."
"I don't know, I'm not to sure it's a good idea that I stay for too long." Priss said sadly breaking away from Nabiki's death glare.
"Nonsense, we would love to have you and I'm sure that my wife would love to meet you when she gets back from work." Tatewaki said.
"Please, I wouldn't feel right if you left right now. It's the least I can do for you coming all this way and we can see about finding out who you wanted to meet." Kasumi said.
"Oh, that is an easy one Sis, I invited her. We have so much to talk about, her and me." Nabiki growled out.
"Nabiki, you better not be trying anything." Kasumi said flatly, a clear tone of anger in her voice which surprised Priss. She never remembered Kasumi sounding like that before.
"Relax sis, its nothing." Nabiki said, her anger seeming to drain.
"Then let's go inside and I can make us something to eat." Kasumi said.
"Is there a place that delivers?" Priss asked.
"Yes but we can't afford that." Nabiki said. Couldn't afford it? Tatewaki Kuno sounded like he was married to Akane and they couldn't afford a simple meal out?
"Don't sweat it, I'll buy since you are letting me stay the night." Priss said.
"We couldn't do that, you are a guest here." Tatewaki said. He was starting to actually freak Priss out a little, the more he talked the saner he seemed to act? There seemed to be more changes than what Priss first thought but then again who wouldn't change through a disaster like the great quake?
"I insist." Priss said.
"The only place close to here with generators is Ukyo's." Kasumi said, "She's rather expensive."
"Don't sweat it." Priss said.
"Thank you." Kasumi said before starting to go inside. Priss grabbed her small leather bag off of her bike that had a couple changes in clothes as well as her neural suit for her hard suit and followed close behind and got her first good look inside the house which tore at her heart even more. It was so bleak and didn't even have much furniture. The pain was peeling badly and was so faded it looked like its been years since its been painted. It also didn't seem as clean as it once was, like Kasumi had lost her touch.
"Your back." Tofu said coming into the room and sweeping Kasumi off her feet and spun her around before sitting her back on her feet and kissing her. After several minutes the two pulled apart with a blush when Tofu realized that Priss was there.
"I'm sorry." Tofu said scratching the back of his neck like Priss once did when she was younger when nervous.
"No big, it's really nice to see someone so much in love." Priss said with a smile. "Kasumi, if you will please order the food since you probably know where to call. And please don't skimp, I want to order plenty enough for everyone, even your sister for when she gets home."
"Are you sure?" Kasumi asked, "It'll probably cost about seventy dollars." (Yes I'm using dollars, I don't know much about Yen so sorry.)
"No big." Priss said reaching into her bag and pulled out some money and handed it to Kasumi. "Give her a tip too and you can keep the change."
"There's about five hundred dollars here." Kasumi said in surprise after counting it.
"Please, I insist." Priss said. It was all the money she actually had at the moment except for a fifty which she kept for her return trip home if she even could return home.
"Come on in and have a seat." Tatewaki said walking in to the table and sitting down. Priss followed as did Nabiki and sat down around the table as well.
"I'm sure you have some questions." Nabiki said as Kasumi brought the tea set in and sat it down in the middle of the table and sat down next to Tofu. She poured everyone a cup of tea and passed them out giving Priss a few moments to try and think of what to say.
"Why does it seem that only a few places around here have power?" Priss asked, really wanting to know why. Was there just not that many people living around here.
"The only power that is supplied around here goes directly to that Genom Research place where my family's mansion once was." Tatewaki said bitterly. "No one cares about out here so they can pretty much do what ever they want."
"The only places that have power are those lucky enough to have generators and even those are difficult to keep running at times." Tofu said.
"How did they even get your mansion?" Priss asked.
"It was after the quake, some of the buildings actually faired rather well during it. Mostly the older, more sturdy buildings like here, the high school and my home." Tatewaki explained.
"You don't have to explain anything to her, Tatewaki." Nabiki said.
"It's okay, I don't mind talking about it much anymore Nabiki but thank you." Tatewaki said with a warm smile to Nabiki, "All of us survived though because we wasn't even in Japan at the time, we all went to China following someone we all knew for different reasons. When we failed to find them and got back and found the devastation and seen how widespread it was it was impossible at the time to be able to track them. It was sort of a wake up call to me as my sister and father was unfortunate enough to have gone with us and she…They didn't make it."
"I'm sorry." Priss said, "You don't have to."
"Its okay, maybe if you find out everything that happened maybe others might find out to and come out here and do something." Tatewaki said, "I used most of my money to rebuild as much of Nerima as I could but before I could get much of it done though Genom came in and forcibly took my home and most of my fortune that was at the house since any money I had in the banks were lost."
"Hey guys." Ukyo said as she walked into the room carrying her takeout box and sat it down on the table. "How's everyone doing."
"We're doing good." Tofu said with a smile as Ukyo unloaded everything. Priss couldn't help but stare at her. She had changed so much since when they were younger and she didn't bother hiding her femininity anymore. She was very beautiful Priss had to admit.
"Do I know you sugar?" Ukyo asked looking at Priss strangely.
"She's Priss, the singer Akane like Tatewaki said.
"That's cool." Ukyo said.
"Here you go Ukyo." Kasumi said handing a bill to her, "Keep the change."
"B-B-But this is a hundred dollar bill!" Ukyo exclaimed, her eyes wide.
"Would you like to stay?" Tofu asked.
"Sorry honey, I have to get back." Ukyo said quietly as she walked out of the room staring at the bill.
"Why was she acting like that?" Priss asked in confusion.
"Eating at her restaurant is actually very cheap, it's the delivery that is expensive since its kind of dangerous." Kasumi explained, "It's very hard around here, no one has much money."
"I'm sorry." Priss said hanging her head.
"It's okay, let's just enjoy this meal." Tatewaki said.