Ranma; Just Plain Hard




"My, you're up early today!" Kasumi stated, as she watched her sister walk into the kitchen with a brilliant smile on her face.

"Good morning, Kasumi!" Nabiki almost chirped, as she passed by her sister, and pecked her on the cheek. Kasumi froze, and only turned her eyes sideways to follow her sister.

"You're awefully cheerful this morning too, did you have a nice sleep?" the elder sister asked, visually checking her sister for any illnesses; possibly ones associated with delerium.

"Oh, Ranma and I talked last night," Nabiki replied with a happy sigh.

"Oh..." Kasumi gave in her own reply, while developing a headache from the warning klaxons flaring up in her head, "Am I to assume that, um, you're planning on honoring the engagement?"

"I'm not against it," Nabiki giggled after answering her sister, "You know? There's just so much to him. He showed me a part of him that I haven't seen in any guy before. He's so willing to share his feelings with me, and he's such a sensitive guy."

"Ah, that's good, then," Kasumi stated, calming down. In the back of her head though, she felt something was slightly amiss.

"He went so deep, Sis. I don't think he's ever got to let anyone know him so intimately."

"So, should I tell father that you are content with him?"

Nabiki sighed again, not really paying attention to what Kasumi said, "I'm going to go take my bath, see you at breakfast!"
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"Nabiki, are you okay?" Akane asked, watching her sister carefully.

"Hmm?" Nabiki turned to her sister, cutting her pleasant humming short, "Never better, why you ask?"

"Well, you were tossing and moaning all last night. You sure you're not coming down with something?"

"I'm sorry, father," Kasumi apologised quickly. Soun stared through the hole created by his eldest daughters spit of tea that ripped right through it and settled onto his face.

"Sup, Peeps?" Ranma shouted out, walking downstairs with his unconcious father in tow and wearing a black and yellow version of the outfit he wore last night. A massive lump on the elder Saotome's head was very prominant.

"Hello Ranma," Nabiki greeted heartily, and barely managed to restrain herself from getting up and hugging the young man.

Ranma raised his chin to her in greeting, and sat down at the table, while depositing his father off to the side.

"Nabiki? Why you being so nice to this pervert?" Akane demanded, while throwing a baleful glare towards the ponytailed young man. Ranma just smirked, as Nabiki began to incessantly giggle, while Kasumi started to flush and became extremely flustered.

"Oh, I think I forgot to set some plates out for Ranma and Mr. Saotome..."

Akane looked around at her sisters, and then counted the settings, "But there's already six places set..." Kasumi didn't seem to hear her sister, as she briskly strode into the kitchen.

"Ranma, what's with your father?" Soun asked, while looking through the hole in his paper

"Had to convince him to let me sleep in," Ranma answered, "Yo, shit smells phat. Hurry up with the feed, chica!"

"Well, it's a good thing you didn't sleep in too long," Soun replied, "you have school today, after all."

"What? School? You just fucking around, right?" Ranma replied with a straight lipped tone.

"No, and I would appreciate it if you didn't use such language in front of my girls and in my home," Soun returned, glaring dissapprovingly at the young man.

"I'll give you something to appreciate you..."

"RANMA..." Nabiki almost shouted, grabbing onto the young man's pantleg, "Can you walk with me to school, right now?"

"Tha's cool, just let me get some eats and explain a few things to your Pops."

"I'll buy you breakfast on the way!" Nabiki almost pleaded, trying to head off a very bad situation.

"Nabiki, it's so nice to see you take an intrest in such a rough young man!" Soun whimpered, then began to cry. Ranma's ire was curbed at the sight of a grown man in tears.

"Yo, what's up with him?"

"Nothing, let's go!" Nabiki replied quickly, handed Ranma his schoolbag, and then dragged him out of the house. Akane glared at the two as they left. Nabiki was acting really weird, and she knew their perverted guest had something to do with it.
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Ranma was grinning, as she strode through the gates of Furinkan High, with Nabiki leaning against him. Every girl and guy that had arrived stopped and stared at the presumed couple; their jaws beginning to become a bit raw from rubbing against the ground. Nabiki turned to Ranma and asked him to wait for her, and approached her associates.

"Wow, who's the hunk?" One asked, eyeing up Ranma, as he looked curiously to the mass assembly of boys in sports gear who were watching the gates intently.

"Yeah, he looks gorgeous, and those glasses make him look so mysterious!"

"That's Ranma," Nabiki replied happily, "Isn't he cute?"

"He's definately a fine! How'd you land him?"

Nabiki refused to let the comment get to her, "He's staying with my family for a while. But enough about him, you have the bets set up already?"

Ranma leaned towards a passing student, "Yo, what's with 'dem?"

The student checked his watch, "Forty-two seconds, and you'll find out..."

Sure enough, Ranma turned to hear something storming towards the school quickly in the distance, and as it approached, he could hear the mantra being repeated.

"I hate boys, I hate boys, I hate boys, I HATE boys, I HATE BOYS, I *HATE* BOYS!!!"

Like cannonblast, the unstoppable object collided into the mass of boys ; it's initial impact sending several of them flying into the air. Ranma watched with raised eyebrows, as he was able to make out Akane, taking out each of the boys, while they attempted futilely to subdue her.

"Damn, she hard," Ranma whispered, impressed. Soon, The raven-haired girl was the only one left standing.

"Honestly, every morning," Akane breathed, while tossing her hair.

Ranma walked out to the girl, and then looked down at mass of incapacitated boys with a serious expression...

And then fell down, laughing his ass off.

"DAAAAYYYYYMMMMMM!!!! YOU GOT *LIT* THE FUCK *UP*!!!!" Ranma shouted, and continued his hysterical laughter. Akane's attention was drawn to him, and she recalled her earlier pledge.

"You," Akane growled, "Just WHAT did you do to my sister?"

Ranma immidiately sobered up, and shot to his feet, "Oh, shit. Check this, 'aight. First I told her to get on her hands and knees, and..." His recounting was cut off, as he quickly reached up to intercept a thrown object between his fingers, "What... the fuck?"

"You there," commanded a pompous voice from behind a tree, "How dare you intercept what was meant for my beautious tigress?"

"You, puta, I don't like having shit thown at me!" Ranma shot back, dropping the rose, and then grinding it into the ground with his foot.

The newcomer from behind the tree didn't miss the action, and pulled his bokken to the fore and went into stance, "So, you would dare stand in the way of Akane's happiness?"

Nabiki groaned, and shouted towards Ranma, "Ranma! Leave it alone! Let Akane handle it!"

Ranma turned to a silently fuming Akane, "You dat'n this foo'?"

"WHAT? NO WAY!!!"

Ranma turned back to the kendoist, " She say she don't like yo ass."

"Who are you to put sacreligious words into my fiery maiden's mouth?"

"What? You think you can swing from these nuts?" Ranma challenged, pointing both his hands to his mid section.

"I assure you, that I shall hang with the tenacity of the greatest of Samurai," the other young man replied, causing Ranma to step back in slight disgust, "Tell me knave, what is your name?"

Before Ranma could state, he was cut off, "Wait, is it not customary for one to give his name first? Very well, my name is upperclassmen Kuno, Junior group E. Captain of the Kendo team, undefeated new star of the..."

Ranma pulled out his glock mockup, and fired it into the air.

At the loud bang, every student froze, and then ran, dove and covered, and/or screamed in terror.

"Check it, I'm Ranma of the Anything Goes School of Whupass," Ranma tossed down his bag, "And I got big plate for you to fuck with..."