Chapter 2

STILL NOT MINE

After a quick shower in the bath and fresh clothes i went down to dinner where i finaly meet the rest of the family namly Nabiki Tendo and Genma Saotome. Ranma tould me about his jurney through china.

"So your telling me you actually are a boy but are coursed to be a girl? man thats hard"

"Yup cold water means girl hot water means boy."

" Well better than permanetly in the body of a girl but knowing to be a boy, i dont know how i would cope with that, if it was me. But mor importently how did this happen?"

"we went to a legendairy training resort in the Bayankala mountains, pops here thought it would be a good idea, of course he couldnt read a word chinese. Anyway there are all thouse pools with bamboo poles stiking out from them we jumped on the poles thinking its balance training and well... hey you alright?" Ranma now as a male asked when he notice me going pale as a blanket.

"S-Sure i just realized somthing. I have been following you for nearly 6 years now and lost your track in china near thouse mountains, when that happend i searched around the area and found a place that fits the discription you gave me, nearly fell in too if it wasnt for some wired old women. Kami Sama bless her. anyway she showed me some endurence technique and send me towards the next big city after that i went here"

After that dinner went on quitely i was suprised how good of a cook Kasumi was as even aunt nodoka wasnt that good. I was a little concerned with the glares akane gave ranma and suprisingly nabiki looked at me with a slight frown. Later i asked ranma about Nabike and he explained that she was the one making the money in the family being nicknamed the Ice Queen of Nerima and was propably pissed becourse my apereance changed her financial plans. After hearing that i went over and knocked on her door.

"This is Ryoma Hyuga may i please come in tendo san?"

She opend the door locking impatient "What do you want Hyuga?"

"We got buissnes to talk about Tendo"

Raising an eyebrow she motioned for me to come in. "So?"

I took a quick glace araound her room, everything looked profesional no luxus exept for a manga colection and a cd player.

Slipping into my gameface i looked her square in the eyes

"Firstly i wish to talk about the terms of my stay her since i do not intend to freelode so i came to set the montly rent. Secondly I gather your the one to know in nerima, I was looking to invest some money" That seemed to get her interest since her mask cracked for a short moment

" I might have misjudged you Hyuga, fine 150 thousend yen a month with food acounted.

"50 thousend no food"

after 5 minutes and various offers we agreed on 105 thousand food acounted a contract was drawn up and singed.

" Good now to the real buissnes i got some spare money i wish to invest since i dont want to focus on anything beside the art and school for now. From what i heared from ranma you have your hands in practicially everithing from informationand little scams as well as selling pictures to bettingpools and blackmail and from what i have seen so far you are quite adept in that. So what im offering you is a partnership with even shares under the conditions of you stopping the betting pools and blackmail as well as reducing the selling of said pictiures to a voluntary base and full access to your information gathering network"

"Now why would i do that? Ranma and Akane are my main income aside from the bettingpools. I see no reason to stop that, also why qould i want to give you even shares?"

"Various reasons actually first and formost for your family, from what i see you took over the books since your father wont grow up to teach again, i honestly respect you for that the only problem is the risk of exposure eiter to the law or to the yakuza, if the cops get you then you will be gone for quite some time and i dont think this family can suport itself with the exeption of Kasumi but even she has limits and i dont think she would abondon the others even to survive herself, and if the yakuza get wind of your betting pools the want their share and will take it with force not caring wo will get hurt. Next reason would be Kasumi she may hide it well but there are moments when that fake happiness of her fades they may be short as hell but they are definitly there. Also Akane... well you selling pictures of her obiusly isnt helping in keeping her anger down, it may be soon to say but i belive that will take a bad end.

Next wuld be my Family, I dont give a shit about that panda but i wont let you or anyone take take advantage of ranma i may not know him well but he is my cousin. I belive i can get him to work with us of his own will so your income of him wont go down to bad.

And last reason would be me. When my parets died I got enough money to live the next few years on my own without problems but im not going to spend it like some idiot, id rater invest it in somebody who can use it to its best potentioal, and if that is sombody in the posible family then i have a garante that my money wont be missused for obious reasons."

While i listed thouse reasons Nabikis face changed from an superior slightly amused lock to on of serious thought. after a few minutes of silence she asked. "About how much are we talking here?"

"About 95.000.000 Yen and about another 35 million worth real estate in London once I turn 18 untill then i got access to montly 175.000 yen wich should be more than enough for the next three months."

"Alright i get the contracts drawn up untill tomorrow." Then she added with a smirk "Looks like this is the begining of a beutifull frindship Hyuga, who would have thought it?"

"Right " i laughed "just one more thing, drop the last name base were partners in crime now and depending on the end of that whole unite the schools thing we might even become family." withe that i walked out just as iwas about to closed the door i heard a wisper.

"Damn thinking about all that money, got me horny"

Leaning back into sight behind the half closed door I couldnt helb but chuckle to mi self and add "I heard that"

Which earned me a nice little blush and a sly grin from her.

After that I went back to ranma and keept talking to him and found out one litle thing that honestly shocked me: he thought his mother was dead. Guess ill be visiting her tomorrow, luckyly its sunday and no scholl so we get an family reunion, that is once i found out why auntie got no more leters once the to were cursed judging from expirience it was most likely that genma did something stupid again.

End Chapter 2