AN: Well September and October are extremely busy months for me, with lots of family obligations, heck over half of my immediate family, me included, are born in these two months, so I'm quite busy with my family during them. Hell, these two months are even worse for me then November and December for sheer number of family obligations. Well I'm back to my writing again. Thank you for your patience.
WHAT WAS ONCE FORGOTTEN
CHAPTER FIVE
AN ADEQUATE SOLUTION
The Principal's office, early morning on the next day
Mr. Noriaki was nervous. He had all but promised every thing would be fine to two very scary ladies, both of whom were now very pissed off at him. And he had a mad priest in here as well. Ms. Ariau was also here as well. She was just embarrassed at her colleague's actions.
"I assure you, I had no idea that Mr. Hintigo had suspended the boys until I went through the day's reports. I have dealt with him already, it just remains for us to deal with this problem. I can void the suspensions and let them back in right now, but that could be a problem for them."
"How so?" Katsuhito asked before either of his companions could ask the question more, rudely, to put it nicely.
"The three did not leave the grounds on the best of terms with most of the staff that was present at the time." Mr. Noriaki said rubbing his nose. "In fact they were quite hostile. If they had just left when told to, I wouldn't have much trouble, for not many of the teachers think Mr. Hintigo was in the right to do what he did, and they are discussing the matter of letting Ranma just use the teachers washroom all the time, just to make it easier on Ranma and the other students, but some of them feel that the boys should all stay away two weeks, not for the use of the rest room, but for their blatant disregard of authority. They were quite rude to all the teachers present, even the ones who wanted to help them. So the majority of my staff feels all three should be suspended two weeks for their attitude when being treated, and I'll admit this, unfairly by Mr. Hintigo." Mr. Noriaki told them.
"So they were quite vocal and rude about Ranma's unfair treatment?" Katsuhito asked, chuckling. "I can see how they would be. And they were rude to potential help as well? Not a wise thing. I can see how it might have angered some of the other staff willing to help them. I guess two weeks is not too much of a punishment for rudeness, IF you can assure us that things like this will not happen again." Katsuhito said, getting serious again.
"Yes, I want to be sure my son will be excepted when he comes back, if he comes back." Nodoka said coldly.
"Mr. Hintigo is on suspension till the school board reviews his conduct with a person who the school had admitted needed special consideration due to a medical condition. I honestly don't think he'll come out of that review very well. As to Ranma, we plan on having him use the staff restroom and showers, to accommodate his condition. But, as I said, most feel that the boys should have two weeks suspension, for their utter rudeness when leaving. Not that most don't understand and sympathize, we just want to show that that kind of behavior is not tolerated here, no matter how justified it may seem at the time." Mr. Noriaki said to them.
"I see. This is so they don't do it again, and also so the other students never do it. I can understand that." Washu said. "I agree that two weeks is not too much time for behavior, even justifiable behavior, if it is not correct behavior. I will see that all three of them keep up in their school work. But if anything like this happens again, I'll be advising these two to pull their kids out of your school for home schooling, and to let me take legal action for both of them and on both offences. I'll also do the same for Ryoga if he and his family allow it. I'm I making my self clear?" Washu said in a deceptively polite threatening voice.
"Perfectly clear." Mr. Noriaki sighed. "I do understand your being upset. I had all but promised you things would be ok, but I didn't think of everything. Well now I have two weeks to think of anything I may have missed. Good day, ladies, sir, students." He said nodding, bringing the meeting to a close. And with that Nodoka, Washu, Katsuhito, Ranma, Tenchi, and Ryoga got up and left.
The Masaki house, latter
On the way back, Washu had explained to the boy's that starting tomorrow, she'd be tutoring them from eight AM to one PM, but that they had a day's reprieve from that.
Katsuhito told the boy's that if Ranma wanted to start teaching them things, first he had to learn HOW to teach properly. As all of the ways Ranma had learned to do his art, from what Katsuhito had heard, were just too dangerous, not to mention weird, for most to learn by. So Katsuhito said he would be present to help Ranma teach what he wanted to teach, and help him teach it safely.
Also, Katsuhito wanted to teach Ranma some of his art of the sword.
Nodoka picked up on that, asking if she could learn as well. "I've let myself get a little rusty I'm afraid." Was her last comment.
After they got back to the house, Katsuhito told Nodoka "Well, if I am going to train you as well, I want to see what you know. Ranma's admitted to not have much experience in offensive sword play, just unarmed defense, so I know what to expect from his starting skill level, but you claim some prior learning, so I must see how much I have to teach you, and what to I have to reteach you if you have gotten, as you said, 'A little rusty'."
So Katsuhito took the boy's and Nodoka up to his preferred spot to teach. As Ranma, Tenchi and Ryoga sat down, Tenchi asked Ranma, while watch the two adults stretch out, "Ranma, how good is your Mom?"
"I don't really know." Ranma replied. "I mean I've never seen her fight before." He said. He was very interested in watching this fight. He hoped his mom did well.
And well she did. It started off slowly, with the two opponents getting a feel for each other. But it soon moved beyond that. It was soon a sword fight the likes of which the three boys had never seen. It was a give and take of skill and talent, one that drew the entire household to watch long before the end. In fact, when the two combatants finally stopped over two hours latter from exhaustion, and with no clear winner, the entire household had been watching the sword play for over an hour.
Breathing heavily, Katsuhito asked "And you say you're a little rusty?" He then chuckled.
"Obviously I'm not as bad off as I thought." Nodoka chuckled herself.
"Do you want to spar together regularly? I think that would be best. I don't have much to teach you in skill. Though there are things I can teach you, but I think you have some things to teach me as well. I've never even seen some of those moves." Katsuhito said to Nodoka.
"That would be expectable." Nodoka replied. "But now let's eat. I'm famished!" She exclaimed.
"Oh no!" Sasami exclaimed from the crowd. "I got so caught up in watching you two, I never started lunch!" she cried out.
"It's ok, I'll help out." Belladandy told Sasami.
"I'll help too." Ranma said.
After a few other volunteers to help her, Sasami had more of a work force then she truly needed. The kitchen was quite crowded that afternoon with chefs, but the food was done quickly and well.
AN: I'm truly sorry about the shortness of this chapter and the time you had to wait to get it, but this was all I had in me at the moment. Hopefully the next chapter will be at my previous normal length and up soon.
