"Do you have everything you need for school. Your books, something to write with, paper, money for lunch…" Nodoka droned on and on as Ranma and his friends along with Nabiki stood at the front door.
"Mom! This is not my first day of school so stop acting like it" her son told her rather embarrassed at what his mother was doing.
"It not like she can help it as to her this is your first day of school or at least the first day that she can send off her son to school. She missed your real first day so she been like this for me and my sister whenever we had first days even for middle and high school" Nabiki said.
"Well mom can see me off on my first day of school" Aura said.
Aura had missed the deadline for registering for school herself as this time was taken just teaching her how to talk, write, and act like a normal human as her original form is that of a panda cub.
"Of course I am as you are one of my children just like Yue and Ranma" she said
While Nodoka and Aura did not share any blood ties since she was result Genma sleeping with panda in his own panda form. The connection she felt to Aura was even more then she did with the Tendo sisters as when she looked at Aura. It was hard to deny her as one of her children because she reassembled Ranma and Yue so much. Also having been out of Ranma's life for so long she did not want any of his siblings to experience what it was like growing up without a mother.
"Though why is not Kasumi getting ready to go to school?" Aura asked as the eldest Tendo sister was sitting back watching the news.
"I am not like them. I already graduated from high school and moved on to college. My classes start later today so that why I am not leaving yet" Kasumi explained.
"Anyway be careful and watch out for water as you would not want to show up to class in your curse forms since making a first impression is important" the elder Saotome said.
"Would bother me that much as its not like it something we can really control after all as our cursed forms have their advantage after all" Toph said shrugging while the rest her friends simply agreed with her.
The way to school was rather normal with nothing much happening along the way.
There was this old lady that careless throwing water out her window and would have activated Ranma and co curses if Shampoo had notice it at the last moment and batted at way with her waterbending.
The lady was informed to pay more attention next time but they all got the feeling she was not gong to
About half to the school, Ranma jumped up on fence and began walking along as if it was no different then the sidewalk. While Toph placed her hand on the fence and let drag along as she walked.
"Why are they doing that?" Nabiki asked curiously to her younger sister.
"Ranma says it help with his balance" she replied
"Then what's Toph doing then?" the middle Tendo asked
"Keep a eye for him as if he splits I can catch him with my bending but since the fence is slightly off the ground I can not see Ranma without doing this" Toph explained
This then started an argument between the two best friends as they continued there way to school.
The school was just with range when Toph stopped all of sudden.
"Something does not feel right you guys as there too many people up ahead in the school courtyard" she said with cautious look on her face.
Wondering what was going did last for long as teenager the same age them came running up to Nabiki.
"Let me guess your idiot brother is doing something in the courtyard" the middle Tendo sister said sighing.
"Yeah I am sorry. It just my brother is a little delirious at time" she said sighing.
"A little delirious? That an understatement if I ever did hear one. Sorry Ko but minus yourself and possibly your mom, your family is crazy" Nabiki told her.
"Just who are you and what relation are you to that idiot?" Toph asked that 'date' she was made to go on this bother her even though she could not remember what happened during it.
"My name is Kodachi Kuno and I am Tatewaki's younger sister" she told them.
"She also been my best friend since we were kids as Nodoka introduced us" Nabiki told them.
"Wait my mom did?" Ranma asked curiously.
"Yes it was while I was still rather young and my mother had just left not too long ago. I grateful to Mrs. Nodoka as I am pretty sure that if I had not met her when I did. My grip on reality would be just as bad as my brother's" Kodachi told him remember how close she was to being just as delirious as him.
"Must be rough being the only sane one in family of loonies" Shampoo asked.
"Not really as they mostly keep to themselves and I have Mrs. Nodoka and Nabiki when I need to talk about something" Kodachi told her.
"So what Kuno doing in the courtyard now" Nabiki asked sighing.
"Remember the horde that he used to have set up to fight your sister for the right to date" her best friend said.
"Yeah some of those guys still have not completely recovered as they messed up bad by talking negatively about Dr. Tofu" the middle Tendo said.
"Doc…tor To..fu" Akane said in a trance like way before Shampoo tapped her on the shoulder.
"Are you okay?" purple hair girl asked in whisper wondering if that name was her trigger word.
They all had them, words to send them into trance where they would do whatever was asked of them. However the only one to have experience this was Toph. To knowledge it was once by Ranma and then again by Kuno just a few days ago.
"No, its just that name struck cord with me for some reason" she replied back.
"Hey what you two whispering about" Nabiki asked then looking towards Toph.
"Do not look at me I am not going spill their private conversation" she said as she noticed Nabiki's head turn towards her. Her noise cancelling headphone have not cut down her hearing but not to the point where she could not hear the whispers of those directly around her.
"Anyway my brother got our servant, Sasuke to change my alarm clock's time so it went off later then usual. So that why he got to school before me and set all this up for you three" Kodachi said referring to Akane, Toph, and Shampoo.
"Why us too" Akane/Shampoo asked at the same time almost as they did not want the crazy guy after them.
"Apparently he has become 'entrance by your apparent beauty beyond those unsightly form' as he told me when I tried to get him to stop earlier" Kodachi told them.
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