Author notes: I do not own Ranma.
This chapter is mainly about the family going over to the dojo to spend time with every one. Pretty much it's a family reunion. Enjoy :)
Chapter 10
Mika, Nodoka and Kasumi were in the kitchen while Kasumi's sons played by they koi pond. Nabiki and Kodachi were siting in the tea room with Akane and Ukyo while Tofu,Ryoga, and Kuno were in the dojo with Ranma. Soun was playing shogi as usual with his best friend Genma and Rika was with Saya in her room. Kasumi walked out the kitchen and announced that lunch was almost ready.
"Riku, Kaito!" Kasumi called out to her twin sons.
"Go wash up." she continued.
"Mommy come on five more minutes!" the two seven-year olds begged.
"No it's time to eat." Kasumi said in a stern voice.
"Fine." the kids gave in and went to wash up.
Mika went up stairs to call Rika and Saya while Nodoka called the guys.
The grown ups sat around each other while the kids, including Yoshiho, Kyoya, Ayako, sat at a small table that was placed in the yard. Kasumi and Mika placed the food on the grown ups table while Nodoka served the children.
"Itadakemasu." everyone said in unison and dug in.
Ranma and his father fought over the food as usual and it took Nodoka a touch of her Katana to stop both father and son.
"Why do we have to sit here?" Yoshiho asked a bit annoyed that he had to sit with the children even if he was fourteen.
"We have no room for ya here." Ranma stated while taking a bite of his tempura.
Yoshiho mumbled something under his breath and then took a bite off his plate.
Rika was sitting next to Saya when she noticed the girl's bruise on her right wrist.
"Saya, does it hurt?" Rika asked concerned for Saya.
"What hurts? Oh, you mean my wrist? No it doesn't." Saya replied while eating the noodles off her plate.
"That's good." Rika said now with a gentle smile.
While the kids ate the grown ups were having a conversation.
"So sis I heard you finally remembered something." Nabiki said nonchalantly.
"Seriously how do you know everything?"Akane asked.
"Did anybody tell her anything?" Akane asked every one.
The whole family shook their heads and kept eating.
"Sis seriously you know I have my ways to information's." Nabiki said while waving her hand up and down.
Akane gave her a 'uh-ah sure' kind of look and resumed eating.
"So Mika when do you begin working again?" Kasumi asked with her signature smile.
"Well at the office it's been slow for the past two months but I might start working next month." Mika informed.
"But you get paid right?" Nabiki asked.
"Nabiki." Both Akane and Kasumi nudged their sister's arm.
"What I just wanted to know." Nabiki retorted.
"Well yeah these past months they have been paying me but not as much as to if I was still working." Mika answered.
"Well I'm happy to hear that." Kasumi said with a gentle smile.
"By the way this reminds me." Nabiki said while turning to her baby sister.
"I have a job to offer you." she continued.
"Huh? What kind of job?" Akane asked suspiciously.
"Come on sis do you think I would put you in a strip club or something?" Nabiki said innocently.
As soon as Nabiki mention the words "Strip club." Ranma could not help but twitch.
"Yeah." Akane said.
"Don't worry its a normal job, the only thing you have to do is smile and at all times you will be fully clothed." Nabiki informed her sister.
"I don't know Nabiki." Akane said.
"Just think about it ok I will give you more information later." Nabiki let her know.
Meanwhile at the kids table.
"We should play ninja." Riku suggested.
"Ok I'm in." Saya said while finishing the vegetables on her plate.
"Yeah lets play." Rika said with a smile.
Every one at their table had finished eating and as they got up to go play Kasumi's voice stopped them.
"You have to digest first." she said.
"Come on mom we wanna play." Kaito whined.
Kasumi looked at the young boy.
"Wait ten minutes at least and then you can all go play." Kasumi told them.
The kids sat down and waited ten minutes.
Everyone were finally done eating and Akane was helping with the dishes.
"You didn't have to help dear." Nodoka informed her daughter in law.
"It's the least I could do to help since I'm not able to cook." Akane said with a gentle smile.
Nodoka dried the dishes while Mika and Kasumi placed them in the right full place. When they were done the ladies headed to the tea room. The kids were playing ninja in the yard while the guys were in the dojo.
Nodoka pulled a photo album out.
"I think you are going to like this Akane dear." Nodoka informed her before opening the photo album.
"What is it?" Akane asked a bit curious.
Nodoka opened the album as an answer.
"There's not much but these are most of the pictures I own of Ranma as a child." Nodoka said while wearing a gentle smile.
Akane took a moment to inspect the pictures. In one of them Ranma was probably two months old and Nodoka was holding him in her arms.
"Let me see."Ukyo said now behind Akane.
Every one followed Ukyo's action and were now standing either behind Akane or Nodoka.
"Aww look at Ranma Honey he's so cute." Ukyo said in a squeaky voice.
"Oh look at this one." Mika pointed to a photo of a four-year old Ranma sucking his thumb.
"This was taken a week before Genma took him away." Nodoka said in a sad smile.
"It must have been hard on you not being able to raise your own child." Mika said teary eyed.
" It was but in the end he turned out to be a man among men." Nodoka said with a light smile.
At that moment the guys walked in.
"Hey whats up in here?" Ranma asked curiously.
"Oh nothing." The girls sing-songed while closing the album.
"Whats that?" Ranma asked while pointing to the album.
"Boy don't question them." Genma smacked him across the head. He then leaned in and whispered "You know how girls are."
"Well we just came in to get some thing." Ryoga informed them.
The girls looked at each other and giggled.
"Excuses, admit it you guys were bored and decided to come bother us." Ukyo said.
"What no way we know how to have fun with out you guys." Ranma chimed in.
"Please it's because of us you guys have a good time." Akane informed.
"Then lets bet on it." Tofu suggested.
"Ok." Kasumi replied.
Ukyo went up to check on the sleeping Hikaru before she headed back down stairs.
The grown ups were now outside and heading over to the children.
"Ok so we play with them and in the end they will decide who wins." Tofu informed the women.
"Ok." the girls said in unison.
They walked up the children, that were now playing Zombie Apocalypse.
"Hey can we join?" Ryoga asked.
"Huh? You guys wanna play with us." Yoshiho asked a bit surprised.
"Yeah, can we?" Ranma asked.
"Yeah." Saya said with a smile and explained the game to them.
"Ok lets begin than." Rika said.
Ayako was the one calling out the orders.
"Zombie in the North."
Every one ran to places except the North.
"Zombie everywhere but the middle."
Every one ran to the middle
"Zombie on Ranma."
Everyone looked at him for a second and ran away. Ayako started to count to ten but before she got to five he had caught Akane in his arms.
"What this is not fair." she teased
"Akane you are out." Ayako announced
In the end the only two people left were Riku and Kaito.
The grown ups sat in the tea room with the children.
"I may be a martial artist but I'm not as young as I used to be." Genma said while wiping a bit of sweat on his forehead.
"You can say that again." Soun agreed.
"You guys are old." everyone chimed in.
The whole family looked at each other and laughed.
"Ok kids who did ya guys have more fun with? Us or the girls?" Ranma asked the children.
"See I knew they had a bet or something." Yoshiho informed the other kids.
"Um I don't know we had fun with you all." Saya let them know.
"I agree." Rika said.
"Come on you guys must have had fun with at least one of us." Ryoga and Ukyo both said at the same time.
"I thought it was funny to see half of you guys struggle or get confused." Riku said.
"Yeah especially Grandpa Soun and Uncle Genma." Kaito added.
"So the guys won." Ranma said with a confident smile.
"Um I would not call victory just yet." Akane informed him.
The kids looked at each other and decided on a winner.
"We say the older people won." Yoshiho informed the group.
"Yeah the guys and girls loose and the Grand parents win."Saya said with a cheer.
"What this is not fair."Ranma and Ryoga both whined.
The kids looked at them and smiled.
"You guys are crazy but we love you." They all said with a bright smile.
Author notes: So let me explain the Zombie game. You play it in a group of 6 or more and you name areas( as big as you want) the north, south, east, and west. Then you have moves called "Get in a boat", "Survival of the fittest", "Head shot", And "surrounded."(which I will explain below what the moves are.) And lastly you have "zombie on_."
Get in a boat: You have to lock arms with 3 people.
Survival of the fittest: One person gets on the floor while the other one remains standing and puts one foot on the person.
Surrounded: Four people back to back
Head shot: One person puts their hand up while the other,with their hand,point a gun at the person
Zombie on_: You decides who you want to call and everyone needs to run from the person.(Like tag.)
So this is how you play you get some one to call out the things while everyone else listens to the commands. Here is an example.
Jane: Zombie in the west (Every one needs to run out of the west who is there last is attacked by a zombie and out the game.)
Jane: Get in a boat(3 people need to lock arms. Who is left with out a partner is out)
Jane:Zombie on Mandy (everyone needs to run away while Mandy has ten seconds to tag someone if she does not she is out if she does then the person she tagged is out.)
The person that call can call what ever they want and the places can be more than one for example
Jane:Zombie everywhere but the north.
In the end two people are left and you keep naming places until there's only one winner. Example
Jane zombie in the west and south!(Kim runs to the North while Gina to the East.) (Both are saved)
Jane: Zombie everywhere but the north (Kim runs first to the north then Gina arrives.) (Kim wins because she was first)
This game is supper fun but it can turn your friends on you ;D HAHAHAHA.
I hope I explained it well enough.