Genius and Ditz: Two Sides of a Whole.
Ranma, Dexter's Lab stuff, Demashita! Powerpuff Girls Z and anything else used are property of their owners/creators. I do not own any aspect of them. I'm just writing for fun.
Timelines: Ranma ½: At the start of the series
Demashita! Powerpuff Girls Z: Three months before the start of the series.
Suffixes (kun, chan, san, sensei) Will mostly be used by very polite characters (Miyako and Kasumi) to easily identify their respect and politeness towards people. If in the presence of a teacher/professional (I.e. Dr. Tofu), -sensei will be used by most.
"Speech"
'Thoughts'
/signs/
Chapter 5
"A little twist here…" Ranma mumbled as he was sitting at one of the desks in his laboratory. On the table was his computer watch, with the back open. A screwdriver and tweezers were in his hand as he carefully tweaked certain areas of the device. "Now for a little click right there." A pair of magnifying lenses was clipped to his glasses so he did not make any crucial mistakes. "Now to close the back… and it's done." Slapping the watch around his wrist, he gave a joyous laugh. "Hahaha! It took nearly all night, but my newest tweak to the thing is completed." He had to give a slight yawn as he took off the magnifying lenses. "If all goes according to plan, this new function should allow me to not have to worry about accidental splashing and similar cases. Of course, it's not something to use all the time, just if I'm in a situation where transforming could be very bad."
"Also" His computer began, "It only works for a limited amount of hours or so. Meaning it would be best to use only for emergencies and times when you need to be in a certain form without worry."
"Yeah, like Tokyo City Junior High." The braid-haired boy said with a frown. Of course, Nerima and many of the other districts were a part of the main city that was Tokyo. It was decided, however, that Hoya and Tanashi would be fused together and renamed Tokyo City. The process also seemed to fuse together Koganei and Musashino City with it as well. The fusion of Hoya and Tanashi was originally going to be Nishi-Tokyo, but the other two places were also fused. Maybe it all did sound a bit odd, but with Mayor Mayer in charge, things weren't exactly normal. Unlike Nerima, Minato, Nakano, Suginami, and several other wards, the once several area place was a bit more advanced (not TOO much so, but still was a bit), and yet still held within it a great deal of lovely parks and nature. Tokyo was the city, but then it was divided into smaller wards, with Tokyo City being the main hustle and bustle.
Speaking of Tokyo City, 'Miyako' had her first true piano lesson yesterday. It was a whole two hours of practice, and Moseni thought she was doing an excellent job in progressing. The older woman decided that Miyako would be her greatest work yet, since she seemed to pick up things so quickly. The teacher up and decided that the blonde would come in Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays after school starting next week.
School… he still couldn't believe the moron of a principal arranged for his move and all that. Maybe he should think up something to do to the Hawaii maniac later. Light glared off his glasses as he began to smile at all the possibilities. He finally shook his head. "Nah, the guy's not worth it. We don't want him to become anymore insane than he already seems." His attention turned back to Quadra. "Quadra-chan, how goes the preparations for Operation Super Construction?"
"The preparations are running smoothly, Ranma." T-3000 said as her screen beeped. "Nabiki seems to have very good skills in getting things operational and running. If things keep running as smoothly as they are, then Ran-Biki Super Construction should be operational within a few days." She received a nod from her creator.
"I have to hand it to the girl; she knows what she's doing when it comes to paperwork and all that stuff. She will make an excellent assistant." It had been a couple days since the idea was put to the planning stages, and the middle Tendo daughter was dead set on attempting to make it work. There were many legal factors to consider, such as both of their ages. That could all be bypassed, though, if they could get Soun, or even Kasumi, to help with that issue.
He was so deep in his thoughts that he didn't realize that someone had somehow gotten behind him. "Excuse me; do you know where Furinkan High is?" Wide eyed, the raven haired boy turned around to see a person he hadn't seen since he was in his cursed form in China.
"How the hell did you get in my lab?!" Ranma was suddenly having an odd Washu moment. The redheaded scientist often mentioned how Mihoshi always seemed to find her way into her lab, and she had no clue how the girl did it. He hoped beyond hope that he wouldn't be having the very same problem with a guy like this.
"Your la… RANMA!" The Lost Boy yelled as he caught sight of the very boy he had been searching for. "Prepare to die, Ranma! Because of you, I HAVE experienced hell!" He cocked his fist back and let it fly, but ended up hitting the desk as his rival jumped out of the way. His fist went through and smashed it.
"MY DESK!" Ranma yelled as he got back to his feet. "Damn it you idiot, I won't have you go around and destroying my blasted laboratory just for some disagreements we had in the past!" He dodged an umbrella strike that ended up going through an electronic device. "That's it" The braided youth announced as he appeared within Ryoga's line of sight and sent a quick series of punches to the head and body. With a final kick, the bandana boy was flat on his back and groaning. "Never" The genius began as he grabbed a rope, "come into my lab with intent to destroy again." With the rope in his hands, he hogtied the lost boy. "Otherwise I'll be forced to do a little experimenting, and you WOULD NOT like what I'd have in store for you."
Holding onto the end of the rope, the bespectacled boy started stomping out of his lab, dragging the taller boy behind. Through the sliding closet, the guest room 'Miyako' furnished (The genius created a new room for Genma to sleep), down the hall, down the stairs, through the sliding doors to the yard, and stopped near the koi pond. "Now, get out of here and never come back!" Ranma shouted as he held the rope and gave a spin to build up momentum. He then let the hogtied lost boy fly off into the horizon. "Maybe I put a little too much into that. By the momentum and direction he was sent flying, he'll be landing in the river." The boy then gave a shrug. "Ah well, no harm to anything." He dismissed it as he began to walk back into the Tendo home. "Note to self, create a security system to capture people like that."
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"AAAAAHHHH!!!!" Ryoga yelled as he was falling towards the river. "CURSE YOU RANMA SAOTOME!!!" The cry announced as the lost boy crashed into the water.
"What was that?" A young girl asked as she was sitting next to the riverbank. She was enjoying the relaxing weather as her eyes were closed, and the scream shocked her out of her dreaming. Looking into the water, she saw some rope, clothing, and a large backpack floating in the water. "That is… weird." She said to herself as she walked closer to the edge as curiosity got the better of her. The next thing she knew, something splashed out of the water and came onto land, dragging the items.
"Huh?" She asked as she stared at the… thing. Said thing then looked back at her with a tiger striped bandana on its head. Standing there for a few seconds in shock, she did what any young girl in her situation in front of the thing would do… she screamed. "AAAAHHHH!!!! MONSTER!!!" Turning around, she ran away as fast as she could.
'This is all your fault, Ranma Saotome.' Ryoga thought with anger. 'Because of you, I'm cursed to turn into this… thing.'
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"That blasted moron." Ranma said as he re-entered 'Miyako's' room and flopped down onto the desk chair. Looking around the room, he still found it odd at how well his girl form was able to decorate it. The very room looked like a young girl's room at first glance. There was a comfy bed in one corner that had light blue sheets and pillows. The wooden floor itself had light carpeting on it, likewise with the walls and its wallpaper. Yellow curtains with a bubble motif were hung at the window. There was a shelf in the other corner that stored a bunch of books of various types and sizes. The braid-haired boy had to shake his head. Many of the books in that bookcase were fashion magazines and manga. There were, however, several textbooks and martial arts books there as well. This went to show that 'Miyako' was still him. Through the use of subspace manipulation, there was also another closet which contained several article of clothing; mostly pertaining to the blonde in pigtails liking for it. There was also a modest TV in the last available corner of the room, with a shelf consisting of DVD's.
Turning his head, the bespectacled boy saw the top of the desk. There were a few books, a pink lamp, a container of writing utensils, and Octi the octopus plushie was sitting in the center near the back on a small square cushion. Placing his elbow on the desk, the raven-haired boy placed his cheek on his hand and stared at the plushie. "I still don't see how you can be an octopus if you only have four legs. Four legs DO seem to suit you though." A slight twitch began to appear in the boy's eye at talking to the purple thing. Sometimes a little bit of 'Miyako' would filter through to him, and sometimes a little of his own personality would filter through to 'Miyako'. 'A case of crossed wires I guess.'
Since Cologne told him that there wasn't a cure to Jusenkyou, he decided to get used to the whole thing. It was either that or allow his mind to break completely, and he WAS NOT going to allow that option. Sure the personality changes were annoying, but it seemed to allow him to get to know people in a way. Something that would have been completely impossible in his current form, since he usually distanced himself from people to work on his martial arts and mind without interference. Doing that in the Amazon village was almost impossible. Shampoo loved to appear out of nowhere and cling to her 'Adorable Amazon Sister', while the blind Mousse would constantly break something on accident.
The myopic Hidden Weapon's master actually tried to kill him at first, since he saw him first as a boy and thought he was after Shampoo. After several attempts of trying to beat some sense into the idiot, he finally learned that neither Shampoo nor the braid-haired boy had any love interest with each other. After figuring the obvious out, he gave an apology. He was an annoying and obsessive person, but he wasn't TOO bad. The long haired Amazon boy even showed Ranma how to do a little of the Hidden Weapons technique; which allowed the genius to use another form of storage besides the sub space storage. It was actually fun to hold a sleeve out and something pop out of it. He was still informed by the near-blind weapon user, however, that if he should ever chase Shampoo, he would be as dead as one could be.
"Enough reminiscing" Ranma stated as he stood up and proceeded to make his way downstairs. He stopped in his tracks though as his blue eyes looked back to the octopus plush that was sitting on the desk. "Damn it Miyako." He silently cursed to his female self as he picked up the toy and placed it on his head. A blush crept onto his face as he began his trek out of the room and down the stairs with Octi sitting peacefully on his head.
"You're up early, Ranma-kun." Almost jumping out of his skin, the genius/martial artist looked to the source of the voice and saw Kasumi. "Oh my, Octi looks so cute sitting on your head." A larger blush appeared on Ranma's face at the mention of the dang octopus plushie.
"Actually Kasumi, I was up all night working on a new feature for my watch." He received a small frown from the older girl.
"That's not a healthy thing to do at all." It could lead to various health problems after-all. A smile greeted her at that statement.
"Don't worry about me. I do it sometimes, and I'm healthy as can be; a little on the pale side maybe, but fine none-the-less. Besides, I was finally able to finish the watch function I was working on." He said as he held up his wrist.
"What function is that, Ranma-kun?"
"It's a new tweak that will allow me to prevent accidental changes with water, so as not to change at bad times."
"Oh my, that does sound useful." Kasumi mentioned as she suddenly pulled a small water gun out of nowhere and sent a stream of water at the boy. "It doesn't seem to work though." She finished with a giggle at the now wet blonde girl.
"Kasumi-saaaan…" Ranma whined as looked at the older woman who was giggling.
"I'm sorry Miyako-chan." The pony-tailed girl said as the giggle stopped. "I was just curious to see if it worked." The oldest Tendo daughter took to referring to the younger teen by whatever form she was in at the time. The younger Tendo daughters would only do that in public. The fathers… they had their own ways of dealing with the whole thing. Soun would wail about the schools never being joined, while Genma would try and command his child to stop the foolishness.
"That's alright Kasumi-san." The blonde in pigtails said with a smile. "Do you need any help making breakfast?" She enjoyed helping Kasumi in the kitchen. Maybe she did slow things down a little, but it did allow the older girl to feel a little less pressure to get things done in time. Besides, she wasn't a bad cook herself.
"I'd like that, Miyako-chan." Kasumi said with a smile.
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"What the hell do you think you're doing boy!" Genma yelled as he spotted his son turned daughter in a frilly apron. He wished beyond anything else that he could have the ability to stop his child from doing this. He knew it was the curse's fault, but he didn't care. "Get out of that thing this instant Ranma!"
The blonde gave a slight pout. He was always trying to get her to change her clothes when she didn't want to. "But papa, I'm helping Kasumi prepare breakfast. I'd get my clothes all messy if I didn't wear this. Octi agrees with me as well." The purple plushie was sitting on her shoulder in an apron of its own. Genma wasn't sure how they got one so small, but he didn't care. Grabbing his child's hair, he proceeded to drag her outside. "Owwww… stop pulling my hair papa!"
"You're forgetting who you are boy. I can not allow this to go on. You are going to stop this foolishness, or I'm going to have to beat it out of you." The fat man said with a stern look on his face with his arms crossed. He would be damned if he allowed his child to keep acting like… a girl.
"I don't see why it bothers you so much." Ranma said with a frown as she got to her feet. "After-all, you ARE the reason I'm like this. If we hadn't gone to Jusenkyou, this wouldn't have happened."
"If you didn't act like such a weak girl, you wouldn't be having this problem." Genma grumbled out as he leapt at his son turned daughter.
"But papa" She dodged to the right of a kick, "why can't you just let" another dodge to the right, "things be as they are?" The blonde jumped over the punch and landed on the man's head. "It probably will somehow work on its own." A pair of hands reached up and grabbed a hold of her. She was then flung into the koi pond.
"You are weak in this form boy." The large man said as he shook his head sadly. "This form puts stupid little thoughts in your head and takes the important ones away. Fashion, girlie crap, and the way you speak. You are a disgrace to the Saotome clan." He said as he pointed to the soaked girl.
"I am not weak!" the azure eyed girl yelled as she stood up. Her eyes then turned hard "How about we just see who the weak one here is, father?" Jumping out of the pond, Ranma charged forward and sent a small punch towards the stomach of the bald man. Her fist was caught however by said man. Giving a small twist, she sent the bottom of her foot into the stomach of her father. The move pushed him back.
"Not too bad boy." Genma grunted out. He was happy to see that his son was still in there beneath the girl he had become. The older martial artist blocked another kick that was aimed for his head. 'Ranma's gotten good since that blasted Amazon village.' He thought to himself as he gave a leap into the air, soon followed by his child in pigtails. Both began to exchange a series of punches and kicks as they almost seemed to hover there. They got some breathing room as they landed back on the ground. Both stared at each other, waiting for one or the other to act.
Feeling a bit impatient, the small girl jumped forward and pretended that she was going to let a punch fly towards her father's chest, but lashed out with a kick to the stomach at the last moment. The fake successful, she sent an uppercut that impacted against the large man's chin and sent him flying onto his back. Her eyes never leaving the downed form of her father, Ranma watched as he sat up and massaged his chin.
He was virtually ecstatic at how good his child got, but he would never show it. "That was weak boy. I expected better from the child of a Saotome." Not waiting for the blonde to say anything, he let loose with a kick of his own that the boy turned girl blocked. A slight grunt escaped her as she was pushed back by the force of the move. A low vertical side hand strike pushed her guarded arms up as a palm strike was sent to her chest, knocking the tiny girl into the koi pond for the second time that morning.
"Saotome-san, Miyako-chan, breakfast is ready." Kasumi called out from the open screen to the two combatants. She was worried for the younger girl when her father dragged her outside, but the older Tendo sister needed to finish breakfast.
"Ok Kasumi-san." Ranma said as she got up out of the pond. Her eyes caught the sight of her father as he stared down at her with his arms crossed in front of him. "What is it, Father?"
"You proved yourself to be competent, boy. You still have a great deal to go before you can hope to defeat me." Genma growled out as he looked at his son turned daughter's widening eyes. "At least, for now that is. I will still break you of this damn girlishness though." He turned around and walked inside. The blonde in pigtails watched after him until he left her sight. She then collapsed into a sitting position on her knees.
"Owwww… papa kicks hard." She may have been through the Bakusai Tenketsu training, but her father was strong enough to hurt.
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When Ranma had returned from outside, Genma grabbed her and poured hot water over her head. Now returned to the form of birth, the raven-haired boy back handed his father out the sliding screen. "Why the hell does it always have to be water?" He grumbled out as he walked to the low table while thinking about when he'd get a chance to test the new watch function. It wasn't soon after he sat down that the phone rang and Kasumi went to get it.
"Hello?" She gave a slight nod as she looked to the bespectacled boy. "It's the principal of Tokyo City Junior High. He said he would like to speak to a Ranma or Miyako Saotome." Standing up, the boy walked up to the phone and took it.
"Thank you Kasumi." He then began to speak with the principal. "Hello?" After a second he responded. "This is Ranma, her brother." Eyes went wide. "Wait, so you know about the whole ordeal?" A frown appeared on the boy's face. "I can't help it Principal Kuno is a big loon." A chuckle escaped him a few seconds later. "That's what you get for being an old friend to a guy like that." Several more nodding went on. "So I start classes there on Monday since that's the start of the new school term in Tokyo City? Alright… no I won't try and cause a disturbance. You have my word that I won't cause trouble unless there is a valid reason for it. Alright… ok… goodbye."
"Feh" Ranma stated as he hung the phone up. "'Hope you make some good friends' he says. I doubt that will happen." He gave a sigh as he walked back to the table. "This whole middle school thing is going to be so BORING." His eyes looked down at the spot that had his food. "Damn it old man!" He looked towards the mentioned person who pretended to be innocent. "Just for that, you earned yourself a ticket to monkey experimentations."
"N… now boy, I'm sure we could come to something that doesn't include that." His face became pale when the boy proceeded to press something on the watch. A few seconds later, a couple of hovering robots came into the room.
"You called, Ranma-san?" One of them asked at the same time. The sight of two hovering robots caused the Tendos to stare in awe.
"Yes I did Kinston." He pointed to the man in the gi. "Please take Genma and perform Experiment Procedure #395: Digitalized Endurance Test of Panic. After that, I think you and Kippora deserve a nice long break for coffee, doughnuts, and a little playtime."
"OH GOODIE!!" Kippora squealed as she clapped her hands together. Both robots proceeded to drag the struggling Genma towards the lab. "I'll play you a game of Hyper Cartoon Smash Attack, Kinston!" As they left, the Tendo family looked towards the small boy. Akane was the first to say something.
"You have robots… in your lab? Also… how the hell do Robots eat and drink?"
"Kippora and Kinston are the only two I have. They run things in the lab when I'm away. When I'm in the lab, they get time off and can play. As for how they eat and drink… does it matter?" At a few headshakes, the raven-haired boy continued. "I think they both may have feelings for each other two." A massive face-fault went around the table. "For the sake of things, I may remodel them into cyborgs."
"You really are mad." Akane said with a shake of her head.
"If he's mad, then I'm also mad, Akane." Nabiki said calmly as she at her breakfast. "You are looking at a lab assistant in training." Her eyebrow rose at the look on her sister's face. "If I have an option to put my mind to good use, then why not go for it? A girl's got to have a hobby you know." She said pushing her hair back.
"My own daughter's going to become a mad scientist!" Soun sobbed out.
"Oh Akane-chan" Kasumi began. "Could you stop by Tofu-sensei on the way home from school? I borrowed this book and would like to give it to him."
A frown played across Akane's face. "I'll be busy after school today Kasumi, and I need to get to school quickly and take care of a little… business anyway." Ranma narrowed his eyes at the slight look the girl had before a thought went through his mind.
"Hey Akane" He started, "do you still have problems with that mob of boys who try to defeat you each morning?" Two birds with one stone could be solved with this question.
"Yeah I do, why?"
"I could help you get them off your back if you'd like."
"I can take care of myself Ranma. I am a martial artist after-all, and I haven't had problems defeating them in the past."
"I know that, but it is only a matter of time before one of them ends up getting a hit in, and that could knock you off balance as more attack you. Would you really want to go on a date with someone who thinks beating you would be good?" The glare from the glasses sent shivers down Akane's spine. "It's not an honorable thing to do at all. I will not have a… friend go through that."
"Friend?"
"Well we did call a truce, did we not?"
"Yeah… we did." She finally gave a sigh. "Alright Ranma, I'll let you TRY and end the thing. I don't see how you can at all. They probably would have if we were officially engaged." She shivered again at the thought. She didn't notice any real attraction for the boy, so to be engaged to him wouldn't seem all that well.
"Don't worry Akane" Ranma began with a smile. "I know how to handle it."
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"Now, I have another question for you Akane." Ranma stated as they were walking down the sidewalk. "Why did you not want to go to Dr. Tofu's? I am fully aware of your thing for him and how you're acting. Blame a little bit of Miyako filtering through. I seem to be a bit cross-wired today at times." It's a fact that he noticed about himself sometimes. Every once in a while his two personalities would jumble a bit. It seemed to happen each month a little bit before his curse became locked for a few days for… certain reasons.
"I don't know what you're talking about." Akane lied as they walked on.
"Oh I believe you do. You said you liked him, but it seems as if thinking about him pains you a bit." A fist flew out quickly and hit him upside the head. "Ow…" the braid-haired boy said as he massaged a lump.
"You really shouldn't butt into other people's business Ranma." The tomboy said with a glare. The look then softened. "It was yesterday when Kuno was being taunted for his loli-complex thing. He got angry at one of the boy's who was laughing. He injured the boy quite a bit, and I was put in charge of taking him to Dr. Tofu for some treatment. The conversation drifted off to you, and how I mentioned there wasn't any true engagement yet. Dr. Tofu casually mentioned that I'm still a child after-all." She went silent after that.
"That's rough…" Ranma said in a low voice as they both walked on in silence. After a little walking, his head perked up at seeing the gates of the school. "It's time to stop the delusions of a bunch of idiots." He sprinted towards the gates and then made a leap over the wall. His form landed in front of the group of boys that were ready to charge at the sight of the object of their obsession at any time. The sight of a certain small boy distracted them though, and the light that glared off his glasses as he stood up sent chills down their spines.
"So I hear that you guys are still being a bunch of idiots, and insist following the pedophile's word?" Several people began murmuring. Why WERE they listening to the pedophile? Oh yeah, because they were in love with Akane. "Don't you think that this all boarders on harassment? The only possible reason it hasn't been taken to the authorities is probably because Tendo-san does not wish to bother them with this." The boys were actually planning on ignoring the pipsqueak and charge for the object of their desire when she rounded the corner.
"If you do not cease this idiocy at this very moment, I will be forced to do a few experimentations on you all." The sinister smile on his face caused them to sweat. "Maybe removing your manhood would be a… punishment worthy of this?" Ranma pulled out a large and rusty pair of scissors from somewhere. "A little snip-snip here, and a little snip-snip there." His blue eyes looked upon the pale faces of the assembled boys. "Snip-snip"
"Cowards! Don't let a measly science nerd deter you from the fierce Akane Tendo. Are you not men?" The voice of Tatewaki Kuno announced as he came out of hiding. A frown appeared on Ranma's face.
"Well if it isn't the pedophile that has an obsession over my younger sister." Muttering went rampant among the school again while the delusional man waved his hand.
"Truly people do not appreciate that romance holds no bounds if two people love one another. I can see the look in my darling Miyako's big and cute eyes. She yearns for me, but the social norm prevents her from announcing her very feelings for me." He pointed his bokken towards the braid-haired boy. "Saotome, I want you to give these to your darling sister." He handed a stuffed teddy bear and a pink gothic lolita dress to the boy.
"Where the hell did you get a gothic lolita dress?" The damn thing was the right sizes for Miyako as well. It even included a little bonnet that had openings for her pigtails. "I… it's the right sizes for her. How did you…"
"My eye is sharp, and my memory is good Saotome. The form of the cute and adorable Miyako was easy for these eyes to see." Everyone who heard the guy began to shiver at the disturbing thought. "Won't you hand the young beauty those clothing so that she would know that my desire is pure?"
"Y… you are a sick bastard!" Ranma yelled as he tossed the items back at the depraved maniac. "Miyako will never be a part of your sick fantasies."
"I can understand that thou are a protective older sibling. The older is meant to protect the younger from the foolishness the younger gets into. Believe me though, Saotome, that I will provide your younger sister with the best she could need."
"No" the genius said simply. "You shall NEVER be a part of her life. It is something I will not allow more than anything. You are a sad and disgusting idiot who deserves to be locked up in a mental institute."
"You dare control your sister?!" The taller boy exploded. "You are but a dishonorable science nerd. HAVE AT THEE!" He shouted as he charged forth, "FOR THE LOVE OF MY DARLING MIYAKO!!" His bokken strikes became lightning fast.
'The guy actually has some skill.' Ranma noted as he dodged and weaved between strikes. "You are a delusional idiot." He simply said as he leapt over the rest of the strikes, grabbed the guy by the shirt, flipped, and tossed him into the wall. "As an idiot, you should not be taken seriously."
"This is not over." Kuno struggled out as he fell forward.
"Yes, it is." The braided boy said as he gave a flick to said braid that landed over his shoulder. His eyes looked around at everyone else. "Anyone else wish to debate the whole morning fight thing? Remember… 'snip-snip'." He received a bunch of shaking heads. "If anyone does start it again… I'll be back."
"Wow…" Akane simply commented as she observed the whole confrontation. She wouldn't admit it, but she was glad to finally be able to come to school normally. Everyone was way past late for classes, but even some of the teachers were outside watching the event; too startled to react. A little bit of jealousy started rising up at Ranma's abilities, but she squelched those thoughts. Maybe she could see if Ranma would show her a few things.
"PREPARE TO DIE RANMA!!!" Everyone looked up to see a taller boy come crashing down onto the spot that said boy was at a few seconds earlier. The umbrella created a crater in the ground. The boy in the center stood up and pointed his umbrella towards his enemy. "I shall destroy your happiness."
"Again with you today? I thought I already took care of you after you tried to destroy my lab. A delusional idiot, a fat and lazy bastard, and one tussle with a lost boy is enough. I don't need another attack from the one who can't find his way out of a room with one door and no window." This brought along more murmurs from the crowd. A boy who couldn't find is way out of a one doored room?
The lost boy snarled, showing his fangs. "Damn it Ranma. You have always felt everyone was below you because of your 'oh so great intellect'. You wouldn't even give someone the time of day because of it, and would just confide yourself to your own devices. You had no problems with pointing out my direction problems, stealing bread from me, mocking me, and all that other crap."
Several more murmurs went on at what the taller boy said. "Oh come on Ryoga." Ranma said with a bored look on his face. "Who helped who to school and back? Who helped who do their homework? Who helped who when people were picking on him due to his sense of direction? It was also the last bread of the lunch period I managed to get, and did I not share the damn bread?" His feet made their way up to the angry boy. "The way I see it, I attempted to make friends with you, but apparently someone's jealousy over the other's intelligence and skill caused them to go into whiny fits of rage. That seemed to be a common theme whenever I tried to get to know people. They were always intimidated because of it." Ryoga grabbed his lab coat.
"Don't patronize me Ranma." He growled out. "I know more than anyone that you did those out of sheer pity. 'Oh look at the poor Lost Boy who can't find himself around and misses most of his assignments. I know, since I feel sorry for the guy, I'll act like such a good person and help him'; like you probably didn't have any ulterior motive for doing it."
"If I knew you'd become sore, jealous, and a big ingrate, I'd never have done that stuff." A fist came forward and punched him in the cheek; knocking his glasses to the ground.
"Shut up Ranma. You have no idea what I've been through. The horror of Jusenkyou and everything after it because of the damn place." He cried out as he dropped the smaller boy.
'Damn, the guy went to Jusenkyou after-all.' Ranma thought as he put his glasses back on. Just in time too, since an umbrella was thrust in his direction. He dodged again and the lost boy ran past him. His blue eyes watched as Ryoga somehow got lost on the way. Dropping to his knees, the braid-haired boy gave a sigh. "Kyaa… I should have caught some sleep last night. What else could happen?" Thunder and lightning began rumbling in the sky as rain began. Thinking quickly, the bespectacled boy pressed the button on his watch to prevent the change. He didn't want anyone around here to know his secret after-all. A small glow appeared around his body as the rain started… and he didn't change. "Thank Kami-sama it worked…"
Standing up, he slowly made his way out of the school grounds and towards the Tendo home. "I really should have gotten some sleep."
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In the woods somewhere near, a creature was moving under the clothing that belonged to Ryoga Hibiki. Its eyes peaked out from under the shirt as it tried to keep from getting anymore wet. 'I'll get you for this Ranma.'
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"I guess it needs to be tweaked a little more." A now female Ranma said as she walked through the rain. The new function on the watch worked, but only for a couple minutes instead of hours. Bringing out her umbrella, she proceeded back to the place she considered home. Her blue eyes caught the sight of Kasumi coming in her direction. "What are you doing Kasumi-san?"
"Oh Miyako-chan" Kasumi began at seeing the younger girl. She thanked the blonde for handing the umbrella to her. The two began walking under the umbrella. "I figured I'd bring the book and some cookies to Tofu-sensei, but then it started to rain. Thank you so much for appearing when you did."
"It's no problem Kasumi-san. My new device function worked, but only for a couple minutes." At least she got away from Furinkan before anybody found out. In her mind, she almost wished she would have taken that bear and outfit. The thought of just accepting it from the guy disturbed her though.
"At least it worked though." Her eyes then noticed something on the younger's cheek. "Miyako-chan, what happened to your cheek?" The blonde in pigtails touched the spot and winced.
"Someone who I met a couple or so years ago visited me while I was at Furinkan. We got into a slight argument and he gave me a punch. Ryoga-san must have a lot of pent up frustration." A frown appeared on Kasumi's face.
"He doesn't sound like a nice person at all."
Ranma shook her head. "I think his anger is justifiable though. He thought I was just showing off when we both went to school, and my intelligence angered him. That happened with a lot of people. It also seems as if he's been to Jusenkyou, and blames me for that." The blue-eyed girl said softly. The two walked in silence for a while until they came up to Dr. Tofu's small clinic. Ranma slightly wondered who the girl that he was in love with was.
When they entered, Kasumi called out. "Tofu-sensei, I brought the book back." It didn't take long for the chiropractor to come into view with this glasses fogging. Ranma tilted her head at the fogged look in his glasses.
"K… K… Kasumi" he began nervously, "It's a pleasure to see you. To what do I owe the pleasure of this visit?"
Kasumi giggled at his behavior. "I thought I'd return the book I borrowed from you, as well as give you this." She held up a plate covered by a napkin.
"A mask! It fits very well Kasumi." He put the napkin over his mouth and tied it. A slight realization came to the blonde in pigtails' eyes as she watched the doctor try and eat the place.
'Tofu-sensei is in love with Kasumi-san! He has it sooooo bad too.' She stifled a giggle as she watched the two talk. Her eyes turned towards the form of Betty standing by the wall. 'Betty-san is still scary.'
"Oh, Tofu-sensei, could you look at Miyako-chan's cheek please? She had a slight accident earlier."
"O… of course Kasumi!" He walked up to Betty and began to examine. "Hmm… her cheek does seem to be very odd."
"Tofu-sensei, I'm over here." Ranma waved to the seemingly delirious doctor. 'He has it REALLY bad.' She thought to herself. Blushing a bit, Dr. Tofu walked up to her and examined her cheek.
"It almost seems as if it was caused by a hard punch. Who could have done something like this."
"I was practicing some martial arts, and someone accidentally hit me too hard." She didn't want the doctor to know her secret just yet.
"Do you have any ointment you can use for it, Tofu Sensei?" Kasumi asked as she leaned her head down. That proved to be the wrong thing to do.
"Of c…c… course I do Kasumi." The currently blind man said as he accidentally twisted Ranma's neck due to his emotions over the oldest Tendo daughter. The little blonde looked on for a few seconds in sudden pain before tears came to her eyes.
"That huuuuurrrrrrttttt!!" She cried out as tears flowed down her face. Could anyone be so psychotically dangerous in love as this doctor here who can cause pain to his patients? The glasses of the chiropractor suddenly cleared at the sound of crying, and he looked down with wide eyes at what he did.
"Oh Kami-sama! I'm sorry about that Miyako!" He shouted as he pressed a few points on her neck and put her head back to normal. "I… I'm sorry about that." The doctor said as he began walking towards the back room with a look of horror on his face at what he just did to a young girl.
"Tofu-sensei?" Kasumi asked in concern after witnessing the event. She was about to go back and ask him what happened when her eyes caught sight of a sniffling girl with azure eyes. "Miyako-chan, let's go home. We can figure this out later." The oldest Tendo daughter said in a soothing tone as she took the younger girl by the hand and led her out of the building.
In the back room, Dr. Tofu was sitting in his chair while his head was resting in his hands. "Oh Kami-sama… I'm a danger to everyone when Kasumi is around. Just how many people have I hurt worse because of it?"
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"How are you feeling, Miyako-chan?" Kasumi asked to the younger girl as they walked down the street. For the life of her, she didn't know why Dr. Tofu acted so weird whenever she was around.
"I'm ok now, Kasumi-san." The blonde responded with a wave of her hand and a smile. 'Something needs to be done about Tofu-sensei's reaction around Kasumi-san; if only he could remain sane when she was around.' Her thoughts were going wild as she thought about trying to play a little bit of cupid. 'Oh, I need a toy bow, suction cup heart shaped arrow, and some wings for that!' Her thoughts were interrupted when the girl she was traveling with pointed something out.
"Oh my, what's that?" Looking ahead, she had to blink at the sight before her. Some odd creature was being chased by a dog. The only real discernable feature was the tiger striped bandana on its head. She knew she saw something familiar like it before, and it was coming into her mind slowly.
The strange creature suddenly made a leap into her arms to get away from the dogs. A shiver ran all the way up Ranma's body, and ended with her pigtails straightening out as the thing landed in her arms. "Ewwwww..." the girl said as she looked down at the thing nervously; her eyes twitching. It was about the size of a medium sized dog. It was a gross greenish color, big eyes, a slightly long tongue, and what looked like four small legs jetting out from the bottom of its body. The feeling of it reminded her of mucus as she held it in her arms. Looking at it, she completely forgot about the bandana on its forehead. "Sooooooo grooooossssss!!" She cried out.
"Maybe it is" Kasumi began, "but can you really leave it to be chased by those dogs?" She was a little grossed out too, but it was kind of cute in a way.
"I… guess. It looks like a dang space booger, and it's so squishy…" The blonde said as she shivered again at the thing in her hands. "Well… Space Booger-san, let's get you away from dog-san." The thing seemed to only be able to squelch out strange sounds from its mouth. "Ewwwww…."
A look of annoyance crossed the thing's face. 'I'll get you for this Ranma. It's because of you that I fell into the 'Spring of Almost Drowned Dumb Looking Space Booger Who Fell from the Back of Giant Worm in Space Suit.' It thought. He would find Ranma again, wherever the boy was.
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Don't look at me like that. I couldn't think up a more interesting curse for Ryoga. I mean… what could be weirder than a giant space booger that could stretch its body into different things? It's sure to lead to some interesting situations.
Next time: A little bit of Ryoga, some free time, a little bubble blowing, and the first day of school… again.