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It had been awhile since Mousse had transferred into Furkian and things were getting back to normal. Well as normal as things got for Ranma, Toph, and the others as they went about their daily lives in Nerima. Falling back somewhat in the daily routine they had developed since first coming to Tendo/Saotome household.
Sprawling across the bed that she normally shared with Ranma and Aura. Toph was alone and fast asleep eye close and seemingly dead to the world around her. Her feet off the floor so she was not able to see at he moment either.
Making her normal rounds, Nodoka was coming into the room as it was her day off from her own job at the library. Ever since Ranma had come back to her she would just spend some time in the room that was partially his own.
'Maybe we should get the house expanded as we have more people living here now' she thought
Upon opening the door she saw her son's blind friend still laying there fast asleep even though everyone else had already left the house well before she had managed to get up herself.
"Huh!? What is it Mrs Saotome?" Toph asked as she was shaken awake.
"Get up your going to be late for school" she told her.
"Ranma tell me what time it is" the earthbender asked her feet still not touching the floor.
"My son is not here as he gone already. You need to get going too as you are going to be late" his mother informed her.
Finally put her feet on the floor, her eyes widen as she realized that she was the only one other then Nodoka left in the house. Given that she was aware it was a school day meant that she had indeed overslept.
With speed that shocked Nodoka as Toph was up and out the door before she even was fully able to register her having out of the bed completely. Throwing on her school uniform and grabbing her bag along with a some of the leftover breakfast from the kitchen table she was out the door and rushing towards the school.
Scarping down her breakfast she managed avoid running into people or getting struck by traffic because she used her seismic sense to do so. While at the same time getting those that are were either new to Nermia or just visiting to just stare at the blind person in shock. Wondering how Toph was capable of doing this though to everyone else it was just her being late again. The reason though was training…training she could not remember but still having very visible effect on her life showing through.
Making to the school courtyard she also saw that there was more then just Kuno standing in her way between the gate and the school itself.
"My Porcelain Goddess this will be the day I defeat you. Thus allowing me to date you even though there are these fools around me that think they stand a chance. The honor of dating you shall be….* the sound of Toph's knee jamming itself into his face*….mine" Kuno said collapsing to the ground.
The poor fools that gather along with him buried up to their necks in the ground cursing the fact that they followed through with the either a dare or bet they had lost previously.
Standing in the doorway thinking she was late she discovery this was not the case. She did not pick the teacher being in the classroom at all. Which she would have noticed soon if she had been so focused on not being in the classroom before their homeroom teacher.
"Okay was what everyone staring at?" Toph asked curiously as she noticed everyone was looking at the board as she was walking to her seat. Her curiosity cause her to forget that she had been left behind by her friends at the moment
"Can not you tell already?" a student asked.
Ignoring them she noticed Ranma looking at board as well as a long with their other friends.
"So what's on the board?" say she asked him about to take her seat.
"Mini vacation plans" he told her.
At this Toph just stood there no longer trying to sit down but just standing there with distant look on her face.
"Toph…Toph?" the martial artist asked her as she stood there not moving.
"Hey Ranma. What's wrong with Toph?" Ryoga asked noticing her spacing out at the moment.
"The Library!" Toph yelled all of sudden out shocking everyone in the class.
"What! Why is everyone looking at me" she said glaring in those she 'saw' looking in her direction.
"So I assume it safe to say no one what to go to the library as part of this mini vacation. Please do not shout out places you are not serious about Toph" the teacher said walking into the class.
"So what is this about anyway as there no holidays or days off coming up soon" Akane asked.
"True however this is something the principal came up with and as for why well this the principal we are talking about. That guy is not exactly normal" the teacher told her in respond "He just informed the vice principal over the phone that this mini vacation would be something every class would do"
"Hey Ranma, What did the board say and what are suppose to be doing?" Toph asked.
Seeing as Toph's mind was not processing that words 'mini vacation' anymore he guess it had something to do with her past. After all Akane could not acknowledge her own father as being such and Shampoo despite wanting to know about her village never ask or respond to things she does not bring up herself. So it left him wondering what connection those words had to his blind friend's past to cause to react like that.
In the end he just told they were take a small trip somewhere and that seem to work for the most part. As for where they were going it apparently a ice skating ring. To which many people let out a groan Toph being loudest amongst them.
"Yay, a place where I am not going to be able to see. I can not wait" she said sarcastically.
