Ranma; Just Plain Hard
Nabiki came downstairs last, blinking at the sight of Akane calmy sipping on her tea, while Ranma himself was almost catatonic, "Um, Ranma-kun, you're not still sick, are you?"
Akane looked up from her tea towards her sister, and then gave a puzzled glance towards Ranma. when she noticed his state, she merely smirked, and went back to sipping her hot beverage, "He should probably get more rest."
"Oh?" Nabiki asked, curiously. Ranma woke up at the implied comment, and glared at Akane through his shades.
"Good morning, everyone!" Kasumi chirped, as she strode into the dining room with breakfast. She individually served everyone, seeming to linger on Ranma for a few seconds longer than anyone. Ranma scooted back as Kasumi just slightly 'accidentally' brushed herself across Ranma's arm.
Akane sighed, and started to eat, "Kasumi, you're shameless." Akane's eldest sister giggled in reply.
"Um, did I miss something here?" Nabiki asked, slightly confused, and then blinked at the rather large serving that Kasumi had given him for breakfast. Genma eyed it with a slight whimper.
"Hmm? Oh, don't worry about it, Nabiki-chan," Kasumi replied with slightly 'less' of her usual smile. Nabiki's eyes narrowed, and she turned her gaze to Ranma.
Akane watched Nabiki out of the corner of her eye, while trying not to draw her sister's attention to herself. Ranma slowly ate, barely managing to garner enough energy to chew. Kasumi had noticed this, and quickly scampered off to the kitchen for something.
"Kasumi's scampering," Nabiki said in an emotionless tone.
Akane shrugged, "So she's happy." Akane didn't meet Nabiki's eyes, knowing she may have set Nabiki's suspicion further. The eldest Tendou Daughter came back in with a perfectly slow brewed coffee latte and placed it in fron of Ranma.
"I hope it's okay to you, Ranma-kun," Kasumi said with a bit of apprehension.
"Kasumi, when did you start learning to make lattes?" Nabiki asked, her voice becoming hard.
"Oh, this morning, I thought Ranma would need it after..." Kasumi didn't get to finish, as Nabiki slammed her palms into the table, and left without excusing herself.
"Yo, Kasumi, this got cinnemin in it?" Ranma asked, looking over his cup. Kasumi and Akane looked at each other nervously.
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In the mountains of Japan, a lone young man wandered, looking for Tokyo. He was hunting for the one who had made his life a Hell beyond anything he could possibly comprehend. He was lured by the heartless bastard into destroying his life, alienating his family and what few friends he had. He had experienced unbearable torment because of his query, and once he caught up to him, he just wouldn't know where to start when it came to paying the object of his intense hatred. There just wasn't anything remotely gratifying that he could think of; just ruining his happiness was too, too small a punishment.
"Ranma Saotome, when I find you, even those of Hell will find reason to pity you..." Ryoga reached out to a treetrunk, a rather thick one at that, and gripped it with one hand. He crushed it as he tightened his hand, forcing the tree to fall.
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Hey, here she comes!" One boy shouted, holding his golf club in a menacing way. Every boy in the crowd braced themselves, and as soon as Akane appeared in the gate, they charged. Before they even were upon the youngest Tendou girl, they stopped, noticing her calm, uncaring stride towards them. It was almost as if they were now inconsequential, beneith her notice...
As one, the crowd of boys realized that to attack Akane now was a total exercise in futility.
They each bowed their heads, and parted to let her through. She didn't even acknowlege them as she went by. The boys kept the path open as Ranma himself passed through, giving random boys idle greetings. Their eyes turned to Ranma's retreating form; their glares blaming Ranma for the new Akane.
Kuno remained 'braver' than the other boys, and stepped into Akane's path with his bokken drawn. The young woman ignored his rambling, and walked around him. The kendoist blinked, and turned towards his second challenge. Ranma wasn't able to walk around Kuno, as he kept stepping into his path.
"I may allow the fair Akane such, but you..." He pressed the tip of his bokken against Ranma's chest, "will not be granted the privelege of ignoring this challenge."
Ranma looked down at the bokken against his chest, and then back up to Kuno with his mouth in a thin, straight line...
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Nabiki seemed rather impressive today. Everyone in her class gave a wide birth to her so that they could stare at her in awe, in fact. The middle Tendou daughter calmly ignored the stares towards her, as she waited for the teacher to start class.
"Teacher, do you intend to start anytime soon?" Her voice betrayed no emotion, as usual for her, and the instructer nodded slowly, and attempted to gain his bearings enough so that he could attempt to take roll call. Nabiki rolled her eyes, and pulled out her supplies for the class, and waited for her name to be called. Honestly, it was already ten minutes into class, she was pretty sure he had somewhat fouled up his lesson plans for that morning.
Nabiki started writing the date for todays notes; the paper illuminated by the brilliant crimson battle aura that surrounded her like the all consuming flames of hell.
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School had been slow for Ranma today, and had to admit he enjoyed the laid back and quiet atmosphere; he hadn't been able to sleep like that in ages.
"Hey, Akane, what's wrong with your sister?" The pigtailed young man perked, and turned towards Akane who was being hassled by classmates of Nabiki.
"What do you mean, what's wrong with her?" Akane asked with a slightly nervous tone. Ranma turned towards where Nabiki was heading, and bound for the rooftops to catch up with her. It didn't take him long to find the highly vibrant homing beacon known as Nabiki Tendou.
"Yo, chica, someth'n up?" Ranma asked, landing to perch on a wall near the calmly striding young woman.
She turned to look at Ranma with a calm and non-chilant expression on her face, "Oh, nothing, Ranma, nothing at all."
"Nu-uh, you gonna tell Papa Ranma what's up wit' you, and we ain't goin' anywhere till ya do," Ranma jumped down and landed in front of Nabiki, then folded his arms as he leaned against the wall.
"I told you, it's nothing," Nabiki replied in an uncaring tone, as she attempted to walk around Ranma. The pigtailed young man wouldn't have any of it, and reached back and grabbed Nabiki by her shoulder, only to have her spin on him and slap his hand away with a furious expression.
"Hey! What the Hell's wrong with you?"
"Nothing..." Nabiki replied with heavy acid in her voice, "nothing exept the fact that my fiancee is FUCKING MY SISTERS!!!!"
"Oh... snap..." Ranma took a step back as Nabiki's battle aura flared. It wasn't like any battle aura he had ever seen, as it moved like fire did around her, but its presence burnt like only the worst cold ever could. Ranma then suddenly began to nervously chuckle, "Oh, yo, actually that's a funny ass story I gotta tell you about that," He started, still chuckling, "Heh, oh shit, you're gonna laugh your ass off when I tell you what was up with that..."
Nabiki stared at Ranma coldly, as he continued to chuckle, and point back towards where he left Akane, "Oh, man, I mean shit's funny as Hell when I tell you this, yo..."
"Did you enjoy Kasumi?" The Tendou daughter growled in a low voice, "Did you tell her that you wanted her to have your baby too?"
"Oh, snap no," Ranma replied with relief on his face, "I just told her that we were doing this for Hell of it." Ranma quickly realized by the exponential increase of Nabiki's aura that he may have said the wrong thing somewhere.
"YOU WERE JUST USING MY SISTER LIKE YOU WERE USING ME?!?"
Ranma's mouth became a straight line, "Hey, they didn't mind! They..."
"So, Akane too?" Nabiki's voice returned to the calm tone she had maintained earlier, "Don't worry, Ranma, you can enjoy my sisters all you want..." She turned away from Ranma, and he again turned her back towards him. He wasn't finished with this discussion.
"Hey, check this, this ain't about you and me..." He was cut off as his biggest weakness came into view, a girl's tears.
"You're right," Nabiki said with a sob, "It's not about you and me, not anymore." As she ran off, Ranma growled, and took his fustration out on a nearby wall, just barely missing a eavesdropping Akane.
"Ranma, you dumbass..."
Nabiki came downstairs last, blinking at the sight of Akane calmy sipping on her tea, while Ranma himself was almost catatonic, "Um, Ranma-kun, you're not still sick, are you?"
Akane looked up from her tea towards her sister, and then gave a puzzled glance towards Ranma. when she noticed his state, she merely smirked, and went back to sipping her hot beverage, "He should probably get more rest."
"Oh?" Nabiki asked, curiously. Ranma woke up at the implied comment, and glared at Akane through his shades.
"Good morning, everyone!" Kasumi chirped, as she strode into the dining room with breakfast. She individually served everyone, seeming to linger on Ranma for a few seconds longer than anyone. Ranma scooted back as Kasumi just slightly 'accidentally' brushed herself across Ranma's arm.
Akane sighed, and started to eat, "Kasumi, you're shameless." Akane's eldest sister giggled in reply.
"Um, did I miss something here?" Nabiki asked, slightly confused, and then blinked at the rather large serving that Kasumi had given him for breakfast. Genma eyed it with a slight whimper.
"Hmm? Oh, don't worry about it, Nabiki-chan," Kasumi replied with slightly 'less' of her usual smile. Nabiki's eyes narrowed, and she turned her gaze to Ranma.
Akane watched Nabiki out of the corner of her eye, while trying not to draw her sister's attention to herself. Ranma slowly ate, barely managing to garner enough energy to chew. Kasumi had noticed this, and quickly scampered off to the kitchen for something.
"Kasumi's scampering," Nabiki said in an emotionless tone.
Akane shrugged, "So she's happy." Akane didn't meet Nabiki's eyes, knowing she may have set Nabiki's suspicion further. The eldest Tendou Daughter came back in with a perfectly slow brewed coffee latte and placed it in fron of Ranma.
"I hope it's okay to you, Ranma-kun," Kasumi said with a bit of apprehension.
"Kasumi, when did you start learning to make lattes?" Nabiki asked, her voice becoming hard.
"Oh, this morning, I thought Ranma would need it after..." Kasumi didn't get to finish, as Nabiki slammed her palms into the table, and left without excusing herself.
"Yo, Kasumi, this got cinnemin in it?" Ranma asked, looking over his cup. Kasumi and Akane looked at each other nervously.
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In the mountains of Japan, a lone young man wandered, looking for Tokyo. He was hunting for the one who had made his life a Hell beyond anything he could possibly comprehend. He was lured by the heartless bastard into destroying his life, alienating his family and what few friends he had. He had experienced unbearable torment because of his query, and once he caught up to him, he just wouldn't know where to start when it came to paying the object of his intense hatred. There just wasn't anything remotely gratifying that he could think of; just ruining his happiness was too, too small a punishment.
"Ranma Saotome, when I find you, even those of Hell will find reason to pity you..." Ryoga reached out to a treetrunk, a rather thick one at that, and gripped it with one hand. He crushed it as he tightened his hand, forcing the tree to fall.
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Hey, here she comes!" One boy shouted, holding his golf club in a menacing way. Every boy in the crowd braced themselves, and as soon as Akane appeared in the gate, they charged. Before they even were upon the youngest Tendou girl, they stopped, noticing her calm, uncaring stride towards them. It was almost as if they were now inconsequential, beneith her notice...
As one, the crowd of boys realized that to attack Akane now was a total exercise in futility.
They each bowed their heads, and parted to let her through. She didn't even acknowlege them as she went by. The boys kept the path open as Ranma himself passed through, giving random boys idle greetings. Their eyes turned to Ranma's retreating form; their glares blaming Ranma for the new Akane.
Kuno remained 'braver' than the other boys, and stepped into Akane's path with his bokken drawn. The young woman ignored his rambling, and walked around him. The kendoist blinked, and turned towards his second challenge. Ranma wasn't able to walk around Kuno, as he kept stepping into his path.
"I may allow the fair Akane such, but you..." He pressed the tip of his bokken against Ranma's chest, "will not be granted the privelege of ignoring this challenge."
Ranma looked down at the bokken against his chest, and then back up to Kuno with his mouth in a thin, straight line...
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Nabiki seemed rather impressive today. Everyone in her class gave a wide birth to her so that they could stare at her in awe, in fact. The middle Tendou daughter calmly ignored the stares towards her, as she waited for the teacher to start class.
"Teacher, do you intend to start anytime soon?" Her voice betrayed no emotion, as usual for her, and the instructer nodded slowly, and attempted to gain his bearings enough so that he could attempt to take roll call. Nabiki rolled her eyes, and pulled out her supplies for the class, and waited for her name to be called. Honestly, it was already ten minutes into class, she was pretty sure he had somewhat fouled up his lesson plans for that morning.
Nabiki started writing the date for todays notes; the paper illuminated by the brilliant crimson battle aura that surrounded her like the all consuming flames of hell.
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School had been slow for Ranma today, and had to admit he enjoyed the laid back and quiet atmosphere; he hadn't been able to sleep like that in ages.
"Hey, Akane, what's wrong with your sister?" The pigtailed young man perked, and turned towards Akane who was being hassled by classmates of Nabiki.
"What do you mean, what's wrong with her?" Akane asked with a slightly nervous tone. Ranma turned towards where Nabiki was heading, and bound for the rooftops to catch up with her. It didn't take him long to find the highly vibrant homing beacon known as Nabiki Tendou.
"Yo, chica, someth'n up?" Ranma asked, landing to perch on a wall near the calmly striding young woman.
She turned to look at Ranma with a calm and non-chilant expression on her face, "Oh, nothing, Ranma, nothing at all."
"Nu-uh, you gonna tell Papa Ranma what's up wit' you, and we ain't goin' anywhere till ya do," Ranma jumped down and landed in front of Nabiki, then folded his arms as he leaned against the wall.
"I told you, it's nothing," Nabiki replied in an uncaring tone, as she attempted to walk around Ranma. The pigtailed young man wouldn't have any of it, and reached back and grabbed Nabiki by her shoulder, only to have her spin on him and slap his hand away with a furious expression.
"Hey! What the Hell's wrong with you?"
"Nothing..." Nabiki replied with heavy acid in her voice, "nothing exept the fact that my fiancee is FUCKING MY SISTERS!!!!"
"Oh... snap..." Ranma took a step back as Nabiki's battle aura flared. It wasn't like any battle aura he had ever seen, as it moved like fire did around her, but its presence burnt like only the worst cold ever could. Ranma then suddenly began to nervously chuckle, "Oh, yo, actually that's a funny ass story I gotta tell you about that," He started, still chuckling, "Heh, oh shit, you're gonna laugh your ass off when I tell you what was up with that..."
Nabiki stared at Ranma coldly, as he continued to chuckle, and point back towards where he left Akane, "Oh, man, I mean shit's funny as Hell when I tell you this, yo..."
"Did you enjoy Kasumi?" The Tendou daughter growled in a low voice, "Did you tell her that you wanted her to have your baby too?"
"Oh, snap no," Ranma replied with relief on his face, "I just told her that we were doing this for Hell of it." Ranma quickly realized by the exponential increase of Nabiki's aura that he may have said the wrong thing somewhere.
"YOU WERE JUST USING MY SISTER LIKE YOU WERE USING ME?!?"
Ranma's mouth became a straight line, "Hey, they didn't mind! They..."
"So, Akane too?" Nabiki's voice returned to the calm tone she had maintained earlier, "Don't worry, Ranma, you can enjoy my sisters all you want..." She turned away from Ranma, and he again turned her back towards him. He wasn't finished with this discussion.
"Hey, check this, this ain't about you and me..." He was cut off as his biggest weakness came into view, a girl's tears.
"You're right," Nabiki said with a sob, "It's not about you and me, not anymore." As she ran off, Ranma growled, and took his fustration out on a nearby wall, just barely missing a eavesdropping Akane.
"Ranma, you dumbass..."