Ranma 1/2; Tender Loving Care
'The Brat Wars' Part 1
Genma awoke with a yawn, and looked towards the still sleeping Ranma. Since he had missed his sleep last night, it would be a while yet before he awakens. Genma couldn't think of any other blessing for the morning.
Genma took care not to wake Ranma, and tiptoed to the door. With careful ease, he slid open the door. Genma smirked to himself, he could still get one over the boy, yet. A frank argument towards that came in the form of something wooden impacting with his chin.
Ranma groaned, and sat up with a baleful glare towards his father, "Pop, it's the weekend, why don't you just let me sleep, damn it?"
Genma took out one of the wooden signs he used while in his panda form, and as he was rolling around on the ground, writhing in agony and spitting out teeth, he set it on the ground and wrote on it with his free hand.
"[Pardon my screams of utter pain, Son, I sincerely don't know what HELL came over me,]" Ranma sniffed at the sincerity that was written into the sign. He turned to the door, and noticed the mallet hanging upside down on a hinge at about his height.
"Huh? Who put that there?" the pigtailed boy enquired, curiously.
"Mr. Saotome, I heard the commotion and..." Kasumi came up the stairs, and saw the spring action mallet that had been set to launch when the door opened, "Oh... R-Ranma... did you by chance have anything to do with this?"
"Nope, not my style," Ranma commented casually, "Some piece of work, though, but blunt instruments aren't my thing. Uh, Kasumi, are you okay?" Ranma asked, noticing the eldest Tendou daughter paled, and started to jibber.
"What's not your... style?" Nabiki paused, as seeing the trap that was above Ranma's door. She turned with pleading, hopeful eyes towards Ranma, and he shook his head negative. Suddenly, Nabiki found herself having trouble getting air, and braced herself against the wall across from the doorway of the guest room.
Just then, Akane walked out of her room, still wearing her pajamas, but looking rather chipper. She paused, when she noticed her sisters, and then turned to Ranma. The pigtailed boy noticed a flash of dissappointment that crossed the girl's eyes when she saw him, and looked past him to see Genma still rolling on the ground, cradling his jaw. "Good morning, Ranma," Akane greeted, though her tone had lost the sanguine tone she had originally felt, "What did you do to my sisters?"
Ranma shrugged, "I didn't do nutt'n. They just started act'n weird when I told them that I didn't do this!"
Akane frown then turned back into a perky smile, "Oh, I guess that's alright then. I wonder what Kasumi's making for breakfast this morning?" Akane bounced downstairs, while her sisters were still babbling and hyperventilating. Ranma blinked and the peculiar situation.
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Nabiki and Kasumi watched Akane intensely, as their sister obliviously ate her breakfast. Genma had a wrap around his head for his injured jaw, and sullenly drank the soup he was given for breakfast with a straw. Every so often he would turn to glare at Ranma, who was looking between Nabiki and Kasumi, and Akane with a puzzled expression.
"Um, is everything okay?" Ranma asked, with some concern. Nabiki and Kasumi jumped at the question.
"Yes girls, you're acting rather peculiar this morning, is there anything amiss?"
"We... can discuss it later, father," Kasumi replied with a very tense voice, glancing sideways at her youngest sister.
"Kasumi, what's wrong? You can tell all of us," Akane urged with a concerned expression, as she set her rice bowl down.
"Ah... it's.. nothing really important, Akane, don't worry about it," Nabiki replied, much quicker than she usually spoke.
"No, something's up," Ranma challenged, "what has you guys so nervous about that mallet that was hanging over my door?" Soun paused, and slowly turned his head towards his daughters. They nodded back slowly in confirmation.
"Well," Soun stated in a happy tone, "I think you girls are old enough to take care of yourselves for a while. Say, Saotome, how about we take a training trip... a nice... *long* training trip?"
Genma looked at Soun with a grousing expression, and then pulled out a sign, "[What's going on?]"
Soun pulled on his back pack, and tossed another one to Genma, "Tut, tut, no time now, we best be going while it's still daylight!"
"Oh no, Daddy, you're not getting away from this..." Nabiki growled at her father as she faced him, and then leaned closer to him and whispered, "Give me five minutes, so I can get packed."
"Dad? You haven't been on a training trip in a while," Akane commented with a frown, and then smiled, "How about I come with you?"
"NO! Er... no..." Soun replied, "It's... going to be a rough trip, yes, that's it..."
"Well, I think she could use a bit of training," Ranma commented, "I mean, I hadn't seen her really practice much, after all."
"Are you saying something about my skill?" Akane asked with a saccharine sweet voice. Soun, Nabiki, and Kasumi's eyes turned to Ranma, and he backed away from the baleful glares he was recieving.
"You..." Nabiki hissed, "You're the cause of this..."
"What?" Ranma asked, wondering if he forgot something that he had set up. He hated when he did that.
"Ranma... would you mind taking Akane to the store, and picking up some... non-glucose rice?" Kasumi asked with an edge in her voice.
"Um... sure..." Ranma replied, "We'll get it in a little..."
"Now," Kasumi commanded.
"Kasumi, why now? Is it for lunch or something?" Akane asked. Kasumi jerked her head nervously towards her young sister.
"A... Akane... it ju-just takes a little while to prepare. And it's n-not easy to find, so you'll have to look around for it. Many p-people haven't even heard of it, so d-don't get discouraged."
"Alright, for you, Sis, anything," Akane replied with a smile, "Come on, Ranma, let's go..."
"But I'm not done yet!" Ranma argued, as the raven-haired girl pulled him up by the shirt, and started towards the door. Once it was closed, Genma wondered at the unified sigh of relief that came from the remaining Tendous.
"[All right, what's this all about?]"
"Your son... has released a pox upon mankind!" Soun growled with anger.
"[Oh that? He fixed that problem a while ago. I'm surprised you know...]" ::flip:: "[...about the tomb incident, the Korean authorities did pretty well to keep it quiet...]"
"That's not what we're talking about," Nabiki answered, and then looked out to where Ranma and Akane departed, "We're in *big* trouble."
"[What? What exactly did Ranma do?]"
"He's aroused Akane's vengence," Kasumi said quietly.
"Oh? Well then, he deserves it!" Genma stated calmly.
"But, once it has started..." Soun almost whispered, "It is an all consuming wrath that even the Master would fear."
"[That bad, huh?]" Genma's sign read, "[can someone pass me the salt?]".
"You do not understand..." Soun put his right hand over his left eye, and, used his thumb on his left hand to press just under the eye, into the socket...
"[...!...]" a shocked Genma's sign read, as the glass eye was held before him.
"You know the old saying, 'it's all fun and games, until someone loses an eye', Saotome?" Soun replied with a calm tone, "Fortunately, I had practiced a great deal to make it seem as a real eye would."
"Artificial hip," Nabiki commented, patting her leg, "Docters said I'd be lucky to ever walk again."
"[Ah...]" Genma turned to Kasumi, just as she pulled out a set of dentures for the upper left side of her mouth. He suddenly felt that he wasn't going to like what they were about to say...
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"They were acting pretty weird, don't you think?" Ranma commented towards Akane. The raven haired girl turned towards him with a blank expression.
"Oh, I guess they were, haven't seen them like that in the longest time..." Akane commented oblivously, "Maybe they haven't been getting enough salt in their diet?"
"Whatever," Ranma replied, "We better hurry and find this 'non-glucose' rice for Kasumi, she seemed pretty desperate for it.
Akane smiled, "Come on, I know a store that carrys a lot of things. There's a shortcut through a construction yard that will just put us a hop away from it."
"Oh, okay," Ranma grew a pondering expression, "Speaking of which? I haven't seen Bunny around lately..."
"Oh, I'm sure the little vermin is okay," Akane answered with cheer, "Now let's go! We don't want to keep sis waiting too long!"
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On Akane's desk, laid Bunny, hogtied with one end of a thick twine, while the other end was looped over her lamp, and tied loosely to the handle of a rather sharp looking knife that dangled precariously over the rabbit's face.
Have you ever seen a bunny sweat before? Akane thought it was an interesting sight.
'The Brat Wars' Part 1
Genma awoke with a yawn, and looked towards the still sleeping Ranma. Since he had missed his sleep last night, it would be a while yet before he awakens. Genma couldn't think of any other blessing for the morning.
Genma took care not to wake Ranma, and tiptoed to the door. With careful ease, he slid open the door. Genma smirked to himself, he could still get one over the boy, yet. A frank argument towards that came in the form of something wooden impacting with his chin.
Ranma groaned, and sat up with a baleful glare towards his father, "Pop, it's the weekend, why don't you just let me sleep, damn it?"
Genma took out one of the wooden signs he used while in his panda form, and as he was rolling around on the ground, writhing in agony and spitting out teeth, he set it on the ground and wrote on it with his free hand.
"[Pardon my screams of utter pain, Son, I sincerely don't know what HELL came over me,]" Ranma sniffed at the sincerity that was written into the sign. He turned to the door, and noticed the mallet hanging upside down on a hinge at about his height.
"Huh? Who put that there?" the pigtailed boy enquired, curiously.
"Mr. Saotome, I heard the commotion and..." Kasumi came up the stairs, and saw the spring action mallet that had been set to launch when the door opened, "Oh... R-Ranma... did you by chance have anything to do with this?"
"Nope, not my style," Ranma commented casually, "Some piece of work, though, but blunt instruments aren't my thing. Uh, Kasumi, are you okay?" Ranma asked, noticing the eldest Tendou daughter paled, and started to jibber.
"What's not your... style?" Nabiki paused, as seeing the trap that was above Ranma's door. She turned with pleading, hopeful eyes towards Ranma, and he shook his head negative. Suddenly, Nabiki found herself having trouble getting air, and braced herself against the wall across from the doorway of the guest room.
Just then, Akane walked out of her room, still wearing her pajamas, but looking rather chipper. She paused, when she noticed her sisters, and then turned to Ranma. The pigtailed boy noticed a flash of dissappointment that crossed the girl's eyes when she saw him, and looked past him to see Genma still rolling on the ground, cradling his jaw. "Good morning, Ranma," Akane greeted, though her tone had lost the sanguine tone she had originally felt, "What did you do to my sisters?"
Ranma shrugged, "I didn't do nutt'n. They just started act'n weird when I told them that I didn't do this!"
Akane frown then turned back into a perky smile, "Oh, I guess that's alright then. I wonder what Kasumi's making for breakfast this morning?" Akane bounced downstairs, while her sisters were still babbling and hyperventilating. Ranma blinked and the peculiar situation.
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Nabiki and Kasumi watched Akane intensely, as their sister obliviously ate her breakfast. Genma had a wrap around his head for his injured jaw, and sullenly drank the soup he was given for breakfast with a straw. Every so often he would turn to glare at Ranma, who was looking between Nabiki and Kasumi, and Akane with a puzzled expression.
"Um, is everything okay?" Ranma asked, with some concern. Nabiki and Kasumi jumped at the question.
"Yes girls, you're acting rather peculiar this morning, is there anything amiss?"
"We... can discuss it later, father," Kasumi replied with a very tense voice, glancing sideways at her youngest sister.
"Kasumi, what's wrong? You can tell all of us," Akane urged with a concerned expression, as she set her rice bowl down.
"Ah... it's.. nothing really important, Akane, don't worry about it," Nabiki replied, much quicker than she usually spoke.
"No, something's up," Ranma challenged, "what has you guys so nervous about that mallet that was hanging over my door?" Soun paused, and slowly turned his head towards his daughters. They nodded back slowly in confirmation.
"Well," Soun stated in a happy tone, "I think you girls are old enough to take care of yourselves for a while. Say, Saotome, how about we take a training trip... a nice... *long* training trip?"
Genma looked at Soun with a grousing expression, and then pulled out a sign, "[What's going on?]"
Soun pulled on his back pack, and tossed another one to Genma, "Tut, tut, no time now, we best be going while it's still daylight!"
"Oh no, Daddy, you're not getting away from this..." Nabiki growled at her father as she faced him, and then leaned closer to him and whispered, "Give me five minutes, so I can get packed."
"Dad? You haven't been on a training trip in a while," Akane commented with a frown, and then smiled, "How about I come with you?"
"NO! Er... no..." Soun replied, "It's... going to be a rough trip, yes, that's it..."
"Well, I think she could use a bit of training," Ranma commented, "I mean, I hadn't seen her really practice much, after all."
"Are you saying something about my skill?" Akane asked with a saccharine sweet voice. Soun, Nabiki, and Kasumi's eyes turned to Ranma, and he backed away from the baleful glares he was recieving.
"You..." Nabiki hissed, "You're the cause of this..."
"What?" Ranma asked, wondering if he forgot something that he had set up. He hated when he did that.
"Ranma... would you mind taking Akane to the store, and picking up some... non-glucose rice?" Kasumi asked with an edge in her voice.
"Um... sure..." Ranma replied, "We'll get it in a little..."
"Now," Kasumi commanded.
"Kasumi, why now? Is it for lunch or something?" Akane asked. Kasumi jerked her head nervously towards her young sister.
"A... Akane... it ju-just takes a little while to prepare. And it's n-not easy to find, so you'll have to look around for it. Many p-people haven't even heard of it, so d-don't get discouraged."
"Alright, for you, Sis, anything," Akane replied with a smile, "Come on, Ranma, let's go..."
"But I'm not done yet!" Ranma argued, as the raven-haired girl pulled him up by the shirt, and started towards the door. Once it was closed, Genma wondered at the unified sigh of relief that came from the remaining Tendous.
"[All right, what's this all about?]"
"Your son... has released a pox upon mankind!" Soun growled with anger.
"[Oh that? He fixed that problem a while ago. I'm surprised you know...]" ::flip:: "[...about the tomb incident, the Korean authorities did pretty well to keep it quiet...]"
"That's not what we're talking about," Nabiki answered, and then looked out to where Ranma and Akane departed, "We're in *big* trouble."
"[What? What exactly did Ranma do?]"
"He's aroused Akane's vengence," Kasumi said quietly.
"Oh? Well then, he deserves it!" Genma stated calmly.
"But, once it has started..." Soun almost whispered, "It is an all consuming wrath that even the Master would fear."
"[That bad, huh?]" Genma's sign read, "[can someone pass me the salt?]".
"You do not understand..." Soun put his right hand over his left eye, and, used his thumb on his left hand to press just under the eye, into the socket...
"[...!...]" a shocked Genma's sign read, as the glass eye was held before him.
"You know the old saying, 'it's all fun and games, until someone loses an eye', Saotome?" Soun replied with a calm tone, "Fortunately, I had practiced a great deal to make it seem as a real eye would."
"Artificial hip," Nabiki commented, patting her leg, "Docters said I'd be lucky to ever walk again."
"[Ah...]" Genma turned to Kasumi, just as she pulled out a set of dentures for the upper left side of her mouth. He suddenly felt that he wasn't going to like what they were about to say...
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"They were acting pretty weird, don't you think?" Ranma commented towards Akane. The raven haired girl turned towards him with a blank expression.
"Oh, I guess they were, haven't seen them like that in the longest time..." Akane commented oblivously, "Maybe they haven't been getting enough salt in their diet?"
"Whatever," Ranma replied, "We better hurry and find this 'non-glucose' rice for Kasumi, she seemed pretty desperate for it.
Akane smiled, "Come on, I know a store that carrys a lot of things. There's a shortcut through a construction yard that will just put us a hop away from it."
"Oh, okay," Ranma grew a pondering expression, "Speaking of which? I haven't seen Bunny around lately..."
"Oh, I'm sure the little vermin is okay," Akane answered with cheer, "Now let's go! We don't want to keep sis waiting too long!"
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On Akane's desk, laid Bunny, hogtied with one end of a thick twine, while the other end was looped over her lamp, and tied loosely to the handle of a rather sharp looking knife that dangled precariously over the rabbit's face.
Have you ever seen a bunny sweat before? Akane thought it was an interesting sight.