'Tender Loving Care'
Ranma and Akane glared at each other from opposite sides of the room. The intensity of their expressions let everyone know that it had gotten serious. No, not serious as in 'hey, that could get someone hurt' serious, more like, 'Uh... I wouldn't do that shit if I was you' serious.
Genma, Soun, Nabiki, and Kasumi looked between the two combatants, well understanding that they were about to witness all kinds of that 'shit'. Unfortunately, the were unable to move, sitting there frozen at ground zero at the impending disaster. It was like a nuclear bomb, they couldn't run fast enough, regardless if it hadn't gone off or not.
The tension all around as choking, deafening, and just plain uncomfortable. Being the proper hostess she was, Kasumi couldn't have any of that.
"W-would anyone like some t-tea?" she enquired in her best tone, bringing herself to stand almost jerkingly. Any grace she normally demonstrated was lost in her... how should this be described... stark, utter TERROR, as she took her duty as a temporary escape.
Soun and Nabiki dropped to the floor flat, covering their heads, and praying to whatever gods would accept them in the afterlife. Genma's head shot up, darting back and forth like a sparrow on crack, as he looked around to identify the loud bang that suddenly disturbed the silence.
"I'msorryI'msorryI'msorryI'msorry!" Kasumi repeated hastefully; her eyes wide as she reached down to steady the tea table her leg banged against when she stood. The only ones that seemed undisturbed by the noise was Akane and Ranma.
Suddenly, both of them slowly stood in unison, before taking a couple of steps away from the table. They both suddenly darted in opposite directions, startling everyone else who had remained.
And thus, it had begun...
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Akane grinned evilly, as she entered her from after 'preparing'. She fought the urge to cackle, deciding to hold it when she was with her family and dear Uncle Genma to identify the body. So, the obnoxious jerk thought he could contend with her? This was going to be more fun than-
"OUCH!" Akane shouted, suddenly coming to a stop as she entered a full meter into her room. Blinking at the sudden sharp pain she felt in her thigh, she reached back, and closed her door.
::TWANG::
::TWANG::
::TWANGTWANGTWANGTWANGTWANGTWANG...::
The youngest Tendou daughter's ears perked up, at the sound of twine going taunt. Akane almost rolled her eyes, irritated that her nemesis had been in her room, and the fact that he was a one-trick pony.
It was then that she realized she couldn't see his trademark fishing twine.
A bit more wary, Akane narrowed her eyes, and slowly turned around. The sunlight that had entered her room glimmered off of almost microsopic thin threads that gimmered every so often. Slowly dropping to one knee, Akane removed her blouse, and tossed it in the direction of the door. Much to her shock and confirmation, it drifted a couple of feet, before it was shredded to ribbons.
"Oh..." Akane said, realizing her problem...
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Ranma lay in the middle of his and his father's room, reading a new manga he had pilfered from Nabiki's room. Ah yes, peace and quiet. As hectic as it had been since his arrival, he had not been able to relax. How was he supposed to maintain his center if everyone had to make a ruckus? Why, it was enough to turn one homicidal!
::WHAM!!!::
Ranma jumped at the sound of the door sliding upon and slammed against the frame. Before him, stood a half naked and glowing Akane. With a frown, he sat up, irritated that here were only to his count around four dozen deep and bleeding nicks on her. "Don't you know how to knock?"
"Youuuuuuuu BASTARD!" Akane seethed, closing the door behind her to keep the affair private, while raising a bloody finger in accusation, "YOU'VE BEEN IN MY ROOM!!!"
Ranma blinked, then shrugged, "It's not like I haven't been in there before."
"YOU'RE TRYING TO KILL ME!" She then accused, her eyes widening frighteningly moreso.
Ranma sighed, and laid back down to read his manga, "Na, you woulda stopped moving... after losing a limb... I guess," Ranma commented, disinterested in her temper tantrum.
Akane growled, before suddenly shouldering a five foot PVC tube with a shoulder rest and handle. Ranma suddenly smelled the chemical reactions the object had issued in the past, and his eyes widened.
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"You're move, Tendou," Genma stated, doing admirably well not to seem as frightened as he actually was.
Soun didn't have that problem, as he was in denial that the situation was even happening, "Hmm, so it is..."
Both of them gave no reaction to the loud, thundering boom that came from overhead, nor to the shattering of the ceiling above them, or to the wall next to them collapsing, or the new crater joining the previous one in their back yard.
"I suggest we move out," Soun stated calmly.
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"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?!?" Ranma screeched, looking at the damage caused by the projectile that was just lobbed at him.
Akane adjusted the aim on her homemade potato gun, before growling her reply, "I'M SWATTING A FLY!!!"
Ranma dodged out of the way, just as he saw Akane pull the trigger, and just barely evaded the terminal velocity spud. "YOU'RE GONNA DESTROY THE PLACE!"
"WELL IF YOU WOULD STAND STILL THAT WOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM, NOW WOULD IT!" Akane shouted, angry and aiming at Ranma again.
The pigtailed boy gulped, as he looked at the results of the third shot towards him; his and his father's room had lovely southern view now, "IS THIS YOUR IDEA OF A PRANK?!?" Ranma demanded, while concentrating on the small, hand sized dense rubber spear near his fingertips.
Akane lowered her gun slightly, favoring Ranma with a smile, "Of course not... I JUST THINK SOMEONE DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH HOLES IN THEM!!!" Akane immidiately reaimed, deciding she would NOT miss this time. At that very instant, Ranma acted.
Gripping the handball that he had been saving for a later occasion, he bounced it between Akane's legs, off the wood frame of the door, where it finally rebounded off the underside of the back of Akane's potatogun.
"AWLP!!!" Akane screeched, as she felt her weapon tip towards her feet, while accidentally pulling the trigger.
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Kasumi approached where her fathers had been with a tray of beer and snacks, and stood witness to what had been the result of Akane's potatogun. Frozen solid at the devistation, she began to tremble.
The ceiling above her caved in with tremendous force, as an Idaho grown (notorious for their firmness), slammed through the tray of snacks.
Kasumi looked down through the large hole in the metal tray, and the hole that looked like it had been drilled through the floor just an inch away from her toes; a ring of spilled beer and pretzels encircling it.
Ignoring the loud splash outside in the fish pond, and the sounds of thousands of volts coursing through human flesh, Kasumi turned back to the kitchen woodenly.
"Oh my. I better clean this up before it stains..."
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With no little satisfaction, Ranma watched Akane rebound off the ceiling of his room, launched there by the force of her firearm, before landing outside the house in the fishpond.
The pigtailed boy casually walked to where a wall between the room and the great outdoors stood, and addressed Akane, "Did you know a high voltage line runs directly under the new fishpond? Your father should have contacted the authorities before digging, that wasn't very safe!"
"I-I-I-I w-w-will d-dest-t-troy y-y-you!-!-!-!" Akane studdered, attempting to gain her bearings, and grow accstomed to the smell of her flashfried body.
Ranma shrugged, and turned away from the window, "You do that, and while you're at it, do something to take care of those burnmarks. You look uncute enough as it is already!" with that, Ranma walked away, whistling merrily to himself; quite proud to have mastered the tune 'Twisted Nerve'.
Leaping over the hole in the floor, Ranma slid open the door to his room, and began to step out...
::EEEEERRRRRRR KOOOMMM!!!::
Ranma managed to maintain his conciousness, and was able to admire the craftsmanship of the one ton monolith hammer that swung into his face...
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Nabiki knew better, she should have been long gone by now. Heck, her stuff was already packed, and at the door. But she just had to see the fall out.
Like a rubbernecker at a trainwreck, Nabiki looked at the missing wall and part of the ceiling, then to the hole at her feet. She then looked up to the hole directly above her, complete with a falling body, "EEEEE!!!!"
Ranma dug his finger into his ear, trying to relieve the strain they felt from Nabiki's screaming. Slowly bringing himself off the ground, or more appropriately the flattened Tendou sister, and dusted himself off nonchilantly.
He looked up, irritated that he had forgotten that trap that Akane set up yesterday; falling for a day old trick, he was getting wayyyy to lax.
He perked up, deciding he would just have to take his fustration out on a certain annoying tomboy. Yes, that perked his mood right up!
Akane braced herself against one of the trees in her yard, shaking the static electricity from her mind. Just great, Ranma probably quadrupled the electric bill for the month with that little prank. She made a note to have Nabiki add it to the tab for his funeral expenses; being a guest whole and determined on making her life Hell was one thing, but it was downright rude to waste electricity!
With unsteady steps, Akane went to the shed in the back yard, retrieving a pair of industrial strength wirecutters, and staggered back to the house, and up to her room. She just remembered something rather important...
Ranma and Akane glared at each other from opposite sides of the room. The intensity of their expressions let everyone know that it had gotten serious. No, not serious as in 'hey, that could get someone hurt' serious, more like, 'Uh... I wouldn't do that shit if I was you' serious.
Genma, Soun, Nabiki, and Kasumi looked between the two combatants, well understanding that they were about to witness all kinds of that 'shit'. Unfortunately, the were unable to move, sitting there frozen at ground zero at the impending disaster. It was like a nuclear bomb, they couldn't run fast enough, regardless if it hadn't gone off or not.
The tension all around as choking, deafening, and just plain uncomfortable. Being the proper hostess she was, Kasumi couldn't have any of that.
"W-would anyone like some t-tea?" she enquired in her best tone, bringing herself to stand almost jerkingly. Any grace she normally demonstrated was lost in her... how should this be described... stark, utter TERROR, as she took her duty as a temporary escape.
Soun and Nabiki dropped to the floor flat, covering their heads, and praying to whatever gods would accept them in the afterlife. Genma's head shot up, darting back and forth like a sparrow on crack, as he looked around to identify the loud bang that suddenly disturbed the silence.
"I'msorryI'msorryI'msorryI'msorry!" Kasumi repeated hastefully; her eyes wide as she reached down to steady the tea table her leg banged against when she stood. The only ones that seemed undisturbed by the noise was Akane and Ranma.
Suddenly, both of them slowly stood in unison, before taking a couple of steps away from the table. They both suddenly darted in opposite directions, startling everyone else who had remained.
And thus, it had begun...
______________________
Akane grinned evilly, as she entered her from after 'preparing'. She fought the urge to cackle, deciding to hold it when she was with her family and dear Uncle Genma to identify the body. So, the obnoxious jerk thought he could contend with her? This was going to be more fun than-
"OUCH!" Akane shouted, suddenly coming to a stop as she entered a full meter into her room. Blinking at the sudden sharp pain she felt in her thigh, she reached back, and closed her door.
::TWANG::
::TWANG::
::TWANGTWANGTWANGTWANGTWANGTWANG...::
The youngest Tendou daughter's ears perked up, at the sound of twine going taunt. Akane almost rolled her eyes, irritated that her nemesis had been in her room, and the fact that he was a one-trick pony.
It was then that she realized she couldn't see his trademark fishing twine.
A bit more wary, Akane narrowed her eyes, and slowly turned around. The sunlight that had entered her room glimmered off of almost microsopic thin threads that gimmered every so often. Slowly dropping to one knee, Akane removed her blouse, and tossed it in the direction of the door. Much to her shock and confirmation, it drifted a couple of feet, before it was shredded to ribbons.
"Oh..." Akane said, realizing her problem...
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Ranma lay in the middle of his and his father's room, reading a new manga he had pilfered from Nabiki's room. Ah yes, peace and quiet. As hectic as it had been since his arrival, he had not been able to relax. How was he supposed to maintain his center if everyone had to make a ruckus? Why, it was enough to turn one homicidal!
::WHAM!!!::
Ranma jumped at the sound of the door sliding upon and slammed against the frame. Before him, stood a half naked and glowing Akane. With a frown, he sat up, irritated that here were only to his count around four dozen deep and bleeding nicks on her. "Don't you know how to knock?"
"Youuuuuuuu BASTARD!" Akane seethed, closing the door behind her to keep the affair private, while raising a bloody finger in accusation, "YOU'VE BEEN IN MY ROOM!!!"
Ranma blinked, then shrugged, "It's not like I haven't been in there before."
"YOU'RE TRYING TO KILL ME!" She then accused, her eyes widening frighteningly moreso.
Ranma sighed, and laid back down to read his manga, "Na, you woulda stopped moving... after losing a limb... I guess," Ranma commented, disinterested in her temper tantrum.
Akane growled, before suddenly shouldering a five foot PVC tube with a shoulder rest and handle. Ranma suddenly smelled the chemical reactions the object had issued in the past, and his eyes widened.
______________________
"You're move, Tendou," Genma stated, doing admirably well not to seem as frightened as he actually was.
Soun didn't have that problem, as he was in denial that the situation was even happening, "Hmm, so it is..."
Both of them gave no reaction to the loud, thundering boom that came from overhead, nor to the shattering of the ceiling above them, or to the wall next to them collapsing, or the new crater joining the previous one in their back yard.
"I suggest we move out," Soun stated calmly.
______________________
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?!?" Ranma screeched, looking at the damage caused by the projectile that was just lobbed at him.
Akane adjusted the aim on her homemade potato gun, before growling her reply, "I'M SWATTING A FLY!!!"
Ranma dodged out of the way, just as he saw Akane pull the trigger, and just barely evaded the terminal velocity spud. "YOU'RE GONNA DESTROY THE PLACE!"
"WELL IF YOU WOULD STAND STILL THAT WOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM, NOW WOULD IT!" Akane shouted, angry and aiming at Ranma again.
The pigtailed boy gulped, as he looked at the results of the third shot towards him; his and his father's room had lovely southern view now, "IS THIS YOUR IDEA OF A PRANK?!?" Ranma demanded, while concentrating on the small, hand sized dense rubber spear near his fingertips.
Akane lowered her gun slightly, favoring Ranma with a smile, "Of course not... I JUST THINK SOMEONE DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH HOLES IN THEM!!!" Akane immidiately reaimed, deciding she would NOT miss this time. At that very instant, Ranma acted.
Gripping the handball that he had been saving for a later occasion, he bounced it between Akane's legs, off the wood frame of the door, where it finally rebounded off the underside of the back of Akane's potatogun.
"AWLP!!!" Akane screeched, as she felt her weapon tip towards her feet, while accidentally pulling the trigger.
______________________
Kasumi approached where her fathers had been with a tray of beer and snacks, and stood witness to what had been the result of Akane's potatogun. Frozen solid at the devistation, she began to tremble.
The ceiling above her caved in with tremendous force, as an Idaho grown (notorious for their firmness), slammed through the tray of snacks.
Kasumi looked down through the large hole in the metal tray, and the hole that looked like it had been drilled through the floor just an inch away from her toes; a ring of spilled beer and pretzels encircling it.
Ignoring the loud splash outside in the fish pond, and the sounds of thousands of volts coursing through human flesh, Kasumi turned back to the kitchen woodenly.
"Oh my. I better clean this up before it stains..."
______________________
With no little satisfaction, Ranma watched Akane rebound off the ceiling of his room, launched there by the force of her firearm, before landing outside the house in the fishpond.
The pigtailed boy casually walked to where a wall between the room and the great outdoors stood, and addressed Akane, "Did you know a high voltage line runs directly under the new fishpond? Your father should have contacted the authorities before digging, that wasn't very safe!"
"I-I-I-I w-w-will d-dest-t-troy y-y-you!-!-!-!" Akane studdered, attempting to gain her bearings, and grow accstomed to the smell of her flashfried body.
Ranma shrugged, and turned away from the window, "You do that, and while you're at it, do something to take care of those burnmarks. You look uncute enough as it is already!" with that, Ranma walked away, whistling merrily to himself; quite proud to have mastered the tune 'Twisted Nerve'.
Leaping over the hole in the floor, Ranma slid open the door to his room, and began to step out...
::EEEEERRRRRRR KOOOMMM!!!::
Ranma managed to maintain his conciousness, and was able to admire the craftsmanship of the one ton monolith hammer that swung into his face...
______________________
Nabiki knew better, she should have been long gone by now. Heck, her stuff was already packed, and at the door. But she just had to see the fall out.
Like a rubbernecker at a trainwreck, Nabiki looked at the missing wall and part of the ceiling, then to the hole at her feet. She then looked up to the hole directly above her, complete with a falling body, "EEEEE!!!!"
Ranma dug his finger into his ear, trying to relieve the strain they felt from Nabiki's screaming. Slowly bringing himself off the ground, or more appropriately the flattened Tendou sister, and dusted himself off nonchilantly.
He looked up, irritated that he had forgotten that trap that Akane set up yesterday; falling for a day old trick, he was getting wayyyy to lax.
He perked up, deciding he would just have to take his fustration out on a certain annoying tomboy. Yes, that perked his mood right up!
Akane braced herself against one of the trees in her yard, shaking the static electricity from her mind. Just great, Ranma probably quadrupled the electric bill for the month with that little prank. She made a note to have Nabiki add it to the tab for his funeral expenses; being a guest whole and determined on making her life Hell was one thing, but it was downright rude to waste electricity!
With unsteady steps, Akane went to the shed in the back yard, retrieving a pair of industrial strength wirecutters, and staggered back to the house, and up to her room. She just remembered something rather important...