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Chapter Two
It had been a week since Kaira arrived, and not very many strange things had happened. At least not as many as usual. Kaira met P-chan and was instantly enthralled by him, then she met Ryouga who she liked just as much, maybe even a little more. Now P-chan came around a lot more and played with Kaira, who usually remained a child. Ranma trained with her, and either she was a really fast learner or she had been training for a while, Akane came in every once in a while to help. And then finally the three teens'-Nabiki, Ranma and Akane-spring break from school was over and they had to go back. Ranma sighed in annoyance Monday morning while sitting at the table with the two families, but something caught his attention, Kaira wasn't there.
"Uh, hey...where's Kai-chan?" he asked aloud, Akane looked at him over her rice bowl.
"You didn't know? She got enrolled at the middle school next to our high school, she's getting dressed in her new uniform." Akane squealed, "Oooooh, I can't wait to see it! That school is supposed to have the cutest female uniform!"
"And they do!" Everyone now turned to the staircase where said cursed girl was standing. The girls all 'awwwww'-ed and the boys' jaws nearly dropped. Well, Ranma's and Happosai's did anyway. Genma's eyes were wide, seeing his daughter's legs near full revealed under the black miniskirt, her white socks ran all the way up to mid-thigh. Her shirt was long sleeved and black as well, the collar was white with a red stripe, a white tie came from underneath the collar, a red stripe on that as well. Akane and Nabiki hugged her tightly, Kasumi looked the uniform over with interest, then noticed her hair.
"You can't go to school with your hair the same as always, Kai-chan. May I fix it differently?" Kaira looked up at her with a smile,
"Sure! Kai-chan doesn't mind!" the two sisters let go of the younger teen, who followed Kasumi into the kitchen. Ranma looked over at Happosai from the corner of his eyes, seeing the perverted gleam in his large eyes. A red aura instantly glowing around the teen's body, Kaira seemed to see it as she emerged from the kitchen. "Ranma-niisan...why are you angry?" he forced himself to calm and laughed nervously.
"Ehe, sorry 'bout that." her hair was slightly wavy from being in braids all the time. The top layer of it was pulled into a ponytail over the rest of her hair that fell down her back, Kasumi cut a few inches off of it, so now it was just above the hem of her shirt. Her bangs were styled away from her face so her blue eyes could be seen. "Erm, anyway...ready to go to school, kid?" he stood up, picking up his school bag from the floor, Akane and Nabiki following. She nodded, running out of the room with a wave, Kasumi handing her her school bag. She was the first to reach the door and slip her shoes on.
"C'mon, you three are slow!" she ran out the door, waiting at the gate to the Tendo home. Akane, Nabiki and Ranma coming out the door a few secnds later. Ranma hopped onto the fence, putting his hands behind his head. Nabiki went ahead, catching up to her friends, Kaira walked next to Akane calmly. "Akane-niichan..."
"Yea, Kai-chan?"
"I-Is middle school, you know...hard and scary?" the younger girl looked frightened, Akane looked a bit confused.
"Did you never go to school?" Kaira shook her head, a little embarrassed. "No, it's fun going to school...I mean, some classes are boring, but you learn a lot and make new friends!" Kaira looked lighter-hearted,
"Whew, that's better...Kai-chan is really excited to go to school!"
"Well, good, 'coz we're here." Ranma stated, jumping from the fence and pointing to two large white buildings. "You go to the one on the right. Head to the office and find out where you're class is." she nodded limply, and strayed from her brother, walking through the school's gate. Akane looked a little worried,
"You think she'll be okay?" he only nodded with a smile, walking to their own school.
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"This is Kaira Soatome, it's her first time going to school in a while, she had been trianing in China and was unable to attend. Please, everyone try to make her feel comfortable." Kaira smiled kindly at her homeroom teacher, Mr. Nakamura. "Is there anything you would like to add, Saotome-chan?" Kaira shook her head lightly, then frowned slightly.
"Where is Kai-chan going to sit?" he gave her a soft smile, and his brown eyes scanned over the class. A few boys winked in her direction, some girls waving in a friendly way, the other girls glaring at her beautiful body.
"Ah, why not next to Yamanaka-kun? Yamanaka-kun, raise your hand." A hand when into the air lazily and her blue eyes traveled to it, the hand lead down an arm, that was connected to a boy with white-ish colored hair. Glasses rested on his nose, slightly enlarging-in a good way-his violet eyes, he had a bored look, his chin in his palm. She nodded to the teahcer, walking to the middle row, sitting next to Yamanaka in the two-seater desk. His hand went down, finding his pencil again, he scribbled something on the lined piece of paper, sliding it into her view. She glanced down at it;
You really from China? at his look, she took it she was supposed to reply. Digging her own blue pen from her bag, she wrote a small reply, her handwriting straight and slightly tilted.
No...I was in China training...she slid the paper back over and his eyes roamed over it, the tip of his pencil tapping it slightly until he wrote something down, giving the paper back.
Martial artist?
Sort of...I guess you could say that
What's your name again? she stared at his messy, but still legible, handwriting for a few seconds.
Kaira Saotome...and yours?
Kenji...Kenji Yamanaka...
What would you like me to call you? it took him nearly a minute to reply this time.
Just Kenji, you can add a suffix if you want, I don't mind as long as you don't call me chan --#. there was a small little face, she giggled under her breath at it. Same question.
Kai-chan, it's what most everyone who knows me calls me. he didn't reply back this time, just scribbled on another sheet of paper, she guessed he had resumed taking notes, that was until the paper slid back to her again.
How old are you?
14...what about you? he didn't write his age, just asked another question.
When's your birthday? she raised an eyebrow, but answered the question all the same.
March 27th she didn't bother asking his, because she figured he would ask a different question instead of reply, which he did.
Are you Ranma Saotome's sister or something? she blinked at it, then slid it back to him after writing;
Yes, how did you know?
Apparently my cousin likes the girl he's betrothed to and my other cousin likes him. Both cousins are insane, airheads, but Tatewake is worse than Kodachi. She snickered silently, Ranma, Akane and Nabiki had told her of the Kuno Siblings. Kodachi went to an all girls' school and was a great gymnist, but a bit loopy. She went after Ranma as a boy and sought to kill female Ranma, not knowing they were the same person. She called herself the Black Rose. Tatewake was supposed to be just as bad. He was in kendo and very good, but also a bit loopy. He sought after both Akane and the female Ranma, he also wanted to kill boy Ranma, once again, not knowing they were the same person. He called himself Blue Thunder. The guy was an absolute nut, but Nabiki liked him, he was a good buyer of pictures she secretly took of female Ranma and Akane, hey, if you have money, Nabiki likes ya'.
Yes...I know them..they are a bit crazy, huh? she made a small smiley face and slid back over. It was almost instant when he slid the paper back, his handwriting at the bottom of the page.
15, March 27th she stared at it. His birthday was the same day as her's, they obviously had nothing else to talk about, so she folded the paper and slippes it into her school bag, looking up to take notes of what Mr. Nakamura said.
End of chapter two. Thank you to those people who read and subscribed to my story. And to my one review, yes this will be a Ranma/Akane fic. I wouldn't write incest, Ranma is just a teenage guy and hey, innocence is cute, right? Kaira is going to be paired with...uh...I'm not going to tell you that...anyway. Review my lovely readers!
PS: Thanks to Kat for looking my story over and telling me what you thought!
Ja Ne!
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