Disclaimer: I do not own any of these characters so don't sue me. Before I
forget, I own Mrs. Mishima Kichijoji, Mr. Shozo, Kawashima Megumi, Fukuoka
Rakujin and Noguchi Shiromu. They are the only ones I own, nothing more.
What?! Ranma left the Tendo Dojo? He's not a Saotome anymore? What will
happen to their lives now? Can their love still be saved? Read on and find out.
R&R...... R/A pairings
The Right One For Me
by: numbskull
Part 11: Ranma's New School
Ranma went to Yukinori High School, the school Keitaro and Naru told him before, early in the morning. He went to the principal's office and knocked on the door.
"Come in!", said a voice from inside.
Ranma went inside and bowed. "Ohayou gozaimasu (Good morning)!" Ranma greeted the principal.
"What brought you here, young man?", the principal asked politely smiling at Ranma.
"I came here to enroll in this school if you would allow me, ma'am." Ranma said. "I see. May I see your enrollment papers?", the principal said. Ranma gave his enrollment papers to the principal and the principal began to read it. "Hmmm... you seem to be interested in sports especially in martial arts.", the principal said while reading the papers. "Yes, ma'am! And I assure you that I'm very good at it!" Ranma boasted letting his pride go higher. The principal nodded and finished reading his enrollment papers. She took out some folders and an answer sheet from her drawer and gave it to Ranma. "Here are your examination papers. Write your answers on the answer sheet. Don't write anything on the exam papers. I'll give you one hour per subject. You can take your exams here so I can monitor you. You may start now. Good luck!" the principal said and Ranma started answering. He saw that the questions are easy. 'Good thing Naru-san helped me with these kinda stuff.' Ranma thought.
After a slightly crucial time, Ranma finished his exams on time. He passed the answer sheet and folders to the principal. "Come back here in three days for the result." the principal said as she took the folders and his answer sheet. "I think you did a good job on the exams. When I was looking at you, you seem to be so confident. By the way, I'm Mishima Kichijoji. You can call me Mrs. Kichijoji." Mrs. Kichijoji said flashing a smile at Ranma. "Hai! Arigatou Mrs. Kichijoji! I'll see you after three days. Sayonara!" Ranma bowed and left the principal's office.
Ranma was greeted by Naru when he came back to Hinata Sou. "Okaeri (Welcome back), Ranma-kun! How was your exams?" Naru asked excitedly. "It was okay, I guess. The principal said that I did a good job on the exams even if she haven't seen the results yet." Ranma said smiling at Naru. "That's great! I bet you passed the exam! You know at Yukinori High, it's like Toudai there. You're lucky if you got a chance to enter there." Naru said. "Really? I didn't know that!" Ranma said surprisingly. "So when will you get the result?" "After three days." Ranma answered and went upstairs. Naru followed Ranma.
"Ranma-kun, can I come with you? I mean when you get your test result. I-I j-just want t-to be there f-for y-y-you." Naru asked clasping her hands on her shorts while not looking at Ranma (A/N: It's obvious! She's shy!). Ranma looked at Naru and saw that she's blushing. 'She's so cute! Why do girls look so cute when they want to?' Ranma thought as a vision of Akane smiling at him when she thanked him for commenting her about her newly cut hair. It made Ranma blush. When he realized what he was thinking, he shook his head. 'Where'd that come from?! Why am I thinking of Akane? Could it be...that I still.....' Ranma's train of thoughts were interrupted when Naru suddenly spoke again.
"S-So what's it g-gonna be, R-Ranma-k-kun?" Naru asked blushing furiously. "Y-Yeah! That'll be nice!" Ranma said. Naru smiled at Ranma's answer and kissed him on the cheek which made Ranma blush beet red. "W-W-WHAT ARE Y-YOU D-D-DOING?!?!" a surprised Ranma asked. "That's just a thank you for letting me come with you. Well I gotta run! The girls are waiting for me at the hot spring. See you later!" Naru said and entered her room. Ranma stood at the hall watching Naru go inside her room. He touched his cheek where Naru kissed him.
Three days later, Ranma and Naru went to Yukinori High. When they got to the principal's office, Ranma asked Naru to wait for him at the hall. Naru nodded and Ranma knocked on the door. When he heard the principal asking him to come in, he looked at Naru and she gave him an okay sign telling him that it's going to be just fine. Ranma smiled and took a deep breath before entering the principal's office. The principal was standing up looking through the window and holding an envelope. Ranma knew it was the result of the exam and he suddenly became nervous.
"O-Ohayou, Mrs. Kichijoji. I'm here to get m-my test r-result. M-May I s-s-see it?" Ranma asked nervously, his thumbs fidgeting. "Yes, you may. I have it here in my hand. Are you nervous, Mr. Satoe?" Mrs. Kichijoji asked a sweating Ranma. "I-I would b-be lying if I s-say I'm n-not." Ranma said, now twiddling his fingers. Mrs. Kichijoji handed Ranma the envelope and Ranma tore it open and read its contents. Ranma's eyes went to see that he's... "Passed? I can't believe it! I passed?" Ranma said out loud disbelievingly. "Yes. I told you you did a good job on the exam, didn't I? You only got 5 wrong answers in the over all score." Mrs. Kichijoji said smiling. Ranma's eyes are still glued on the result paper asking himself how he did that. "You are quite intelligent, Mr. Satoe. I hope you will still keep that up. Welcome to Yukinori High, Mr. Ranma Satoe. You can start coming to school tomorrow. Here's your class schedule and the uniform is available at the school's store." That broke Ranma from his happy thoughts. "U-Uniform?! Can't I just come as I am?" Ranma asked (A/N: Obviously he doesn't like to wear a uniform. That's Ranma!) "No, you can't. We have strict rules here especially when it comes to uniforms and punctuality. Please understand that this is our school rules." Mrs. Kichijoji said.
"Hai. Wakarimashita (I understand). I'll go get one now. Sorry if I made you upset, ma'am." Ranma said his head bowed down. "Iie (no), you didn't upset me. I just told you that it's a requirement here in this school and we need to fulfill it. No need to worry and if ever you have a problem, please don't hesitate to approach me." Mrs. Kichijoji said kindly. "Hai. I will. Thank you. I'll be leaving now. Bye." Ranma said and left.
"How was it?!" Naru asked, very excited. Naru noticed that his face was gloomy. "You didn't pass?" Naru asked softly. Ranma shook his head. "Oh no. I'm so sorry." Naru said and she noticed that Ranma's giggling. That confused Naru.
Ranma's face lit up and announced to Naru his good news. "I PASSED!!! I PASSED!!! I PASSED!!!" Ranma said loudly. Naru couldn't believe what she heard and she began to join Ranma in his happy moment. "I thought you didn't passed." Naru asked smiling at Ranma. "Heheh!!! I fooled ya!!!" Ranma said smirking. "You're so bad!" Naru said giggling. "I just wanna see your reaction!" Ranma laughed. Naru joined in Ranma's laughter. "I better buy a uniform now or I'll be dead meat by these school rules." Ranma said and they headed to the school's store. After purchasing 2 uniforms, they both went back to Hinata Sou with smiles plastered on their faces.
The next day, Ranma woke up early with the help of Naru splashing ice cold water on him turning him into a girl. Naru gave Ranma a kettle with hot water and she poured it on herself turning back into a guy. He got ready for school, ate his breakfast, and set off to his new school. When he got there, some students are eyeing him. He heard some saying, "Is he a new student here?", "Who is he?" and a "I've never seen him before. Maybe he's a transferee." Ranma ignored them and looked for his classroom.
He finally found class 3-A which is his class. "Are you the new student Mrs. Kichijoji is saying?" a voice from behind him asked. He turned around and saw it was a teacher. "Hai sensei (Yes, teacher)! I'm Satoe Ranma." Ranma said while bowing. "I'm Mr. Shozo, your homeroom teacher. Nice meeting you, Satoe-kun." Mr. Shozo said bowing also. "Nice meeting you too, Shozo sensei." Ranma said with a smile. The teacher smiled at Ranma. He opened the door and the class went back to their places and greeted Mr. Shozo. He greeted the students back and asked them to sit down.
"We have a new studetn here today. He came from Nerima and he's now living at an inn here in Kyoto. Please give a warm welcome to Mr. Ranma Satoe." Mr. Shozo signaled Ranma to get inside the room. Ranma walked towards Mr. Shozo and faced the whole class. He heard the class murmuring something but he ignored it. "I'm Satoe Ranma. Nice to meet all of you." Ranma said while bowing. "Your seat is at the back beside Ms. Kawashima." Ranma nodded and went to his seat. "So let's have roll call. Aoshi Rei...." Mr. Shozo called and continued calling for attendance.
The classes are finally over and Ranma fixed his things immediately since the girl next to him is freaking him out. Then, he noticed two guys approaching him. "Hey, Ranma right? I'm Fukuoka Rakujin and this is my friend Noguchi Shiromu. I heard you're a martial artist." Rakujin said. "Both of us are practicing kempo. Would you mind sparring with us sometime?" Shiromu said. "Sure. Anytime is fine except every 7 pm because I have to go to work." Ranma said happily. "Yeah sure! Nice meeting you Ranma! See you tomorrow then!" Rakujin and Shiromu waved at Ranma and left.
Ranma arrived back at Hinata Sou and announced that he already arrived. He went straight to his room and laid his back on the floor. He sighed and closed his eyes. Just then, someone knocked on his door and he told whoever was knocking on the door to come in. Naru went inside and sat beside an exhausted Ranma.
"How was your day at school?" Naru asked. Ranma told her everything that happened at the first day of school. He even told her how freaky the girl beside him is. "Her name's Kawashima Megumi. She's freaking me out! She always glances at me and when I turn to look at her, she's changing her view. She's like that ever since I sitted beside her. And the girls there are giving me the same look! That's so scary!" Ranma said annoyingly. Naru giggled and Ranma glared at her. "What's so funny?!" Ranma blurted out. "I guess your first day of school wasn't so bad. You see, you attracted alot of girls on your first day. Now that's a world record!!!!!" Naru said and began laughing. "Hey! It's not funny! I'm not used to girls who are looking at me like that!" Ranma said angrily. "You're a handsome guy. That's why their attention is on you!" Naru said and realized what she said. She blushed at the mention of him being handsome. Ranma didn't hear what she said so he gave no reaction to it. "Darn it! Those girls are killing me! I can't believe that my girl problem still reaches me here!" Ranma said. "Well, you can just forget it and get some rest. You still have to work, you know." Naru said. "Yeah, I guess you're right." Ranma said as his anger dissipated. "Well, I gotta leave now. Have nice rest." Naru said and left Ranma's room.
As she closed the door, she saw Keitaro standing in front of her room. "Keitaro? What are you doing there?" Naru asked puzzled. "Oh Narusegawa. I need to talk to you." Keitaro said nervously. "What for?" Naru asked now confused. "Can we talk inside your room? It's more private there." Keitaro said. Naru nodded and they went inside her room.
End.
Is this a cliffhanger? I don't if it is a cliffhanger to you, guys. Well, you'll find out what Keitaro wants to talk to Naru about in the next chapter. Hehe!!! It's kinda nice to see Ranma wearing a uniform. It does look nice to him although he really hated to wear one so I made him wear one. Anything is good for our favorite pigtailed martial artist.
numbskull: I wonder who's the next guest here. (looks at watch) The guest is kinda late for sure.
"Hi!!! Sorry I'm late!!!" (pops out in front of numbskull)
numbskull: (surprised) Jeez!!! Don't scare me like that!!!! (heart thumping wildly)
"Heh! Sorry about that!" (Scratching the back of his head)
numbskull: You're going to give me an asthma attack, Ryoga! You know I have one! (breathing rapidly)
Ryoga: I said sorry already, okay! Sheesh!
numbskull: Okay. Just give me a minute to take a breather. (inhaling deeply and then exhaling) Okay, we can start now. How come you're late?
Ryoga: I got lost and I didn't know where I was until I asked a police officer to guide me to your house.
numbskull: (whispering to himself) I shouldn't have asked.
Ryoga: What was that?
numbskull: (sweat drops) Oh nothing important. So, how come you get lost so often?
Ryoga: It's in the blood. My family including me has no sense of direction. I don't know why this has happened to us.
numbskull: Well, you can't blame destiny. If you're destined to be lost, then that's who you're gonna be. But it's an advantage too, you know.
Ryoga: Really? Name one.
numbskull: You can travel anywhere. You can even buy gifts from different places. You always give Akane presents from wherever you came from right?
Ryoga: (blushes) Y-Yeah. I think you're right. It does have an advantage.
numbskull: And you always end up at Tendo dojo. (whispers at himself) Luckily...
Ryoga: Y-Yeah. Actually I have a present for Akane-san from Hokkaido.
numbskull: That's nice. I think you better be off. It's a long way back to Tendo dojo, you know. Especially for you.
Ryoga: Y-Yeah. I'm off now. Thanks for telling me that my sense of direction has an advantage. Ja ne!
numbskull: Ja ne! Take care!!!
numbskull: Well, this is the preview of the next chapter:
Keitaro and Naru had a private talk inside her room. He finally tells Naru his secret. Could it be that Keitaro finally confesses about his feelings for Naru or is it something else. Find out on the next chapter.
About the reviews:
Jerry Unipeg: Yeah! I'm also glad that they finally decided to grow up. Well, this is a fanfic anyway. I hate seeing two overgrown men whose not even mature enough to act on their age. I see them as two overgrown men with a child's mind. But in this fanfic, I made them mature enough to realize their mistakes. Well, it does give them a nice character. Thanks for reviewing!
DarkInuRanma: Well, it's been a long time since you've last reviewed. I'm glad that your computer's already fixed. It is a little confusing since there is a possibility that Ranma will choose Naru. But Naru's just a part of the story to give a little twist on it. It gives a more thrilling one to whom Ranma will end up with or who will he choose. Just wait for the end of the story and you'll find out. Welcome back anyway! (smiles)