Date Night Payback!

Ranma couldn't stop smirking to himself. Knocking around that jerk Makoto and the others at Kotonoha's school was fun, and the look on Akane and her friend's faces was priceless! Who knew being someone's fake boyfriend could be so much fun?

After seeing Kotonoha home safely, Ranma headed off to his home. He was going to need his sleep, because tomorrow he was going to see his new master after school. He still wasn't sure if he should tell his mother about either Kotonoha or his new mentor, but he decided to save it for later.

'Then again, maybe it's best NOT to tell my mother about Kotonoha. After all, she'd just try to hook the two of us up for real.' He thought to himself with a shake of his head.

As Ranma made it to the front door of the house his mother had rebuilt after the fiasco involving his 'fiancés' that tore it down in the first place, his danger sense started going off. He paused, and then the door flew open to reveal the face of his mother. And she looked annoyed.

"Uh, hey mom." Ranma said with a nervous smile.

"Don't you hey mom me, Ranma Saotome!" She said as she yanked her son into the house and slammed the door shut.

"Who is she?" She demanded, confusing the pigtailed boy.

"Um...I don't know what you're talking about?" He said.

"The girl you were seen with today!" She exclaimed, holding up a picture of Kotonoha. Ranma gasped.

"Where did you get that!? And how did you find out!?" He asked.

"I have a friend in the police who gave me a hint when she gave me this picture." She said as she put the photo away. Ranma growled.

"Oh, why that gossipy witch." He muttered under his breath.

"Ranma!" His mother exclaimed.

"What? I said witch." He replied.

"That's not what I meant! I meant, why haven't you told me about this new girlfriend of yours!? Are you ashamed of your own mother!?"

'You wouldn't like my answer.' Ranma thought to himself.

"Look mom. I didn't tell you because the truth is, we're not even REALLY dating. We're just pretending to date to get back at both her ex and that bitch Akane."

Nodoka relaxed her grip on Ranma as his words registered in her brain.

"Wait. So it's all just a scam?" She asked. Ranma brushed himself off as he sighed.

"Yes mom. And she knows about it, before you even ask." He said. Nodoka sighed.

"Ranma, do you want to die alone? Do you want me to die without ever having any grandchildren!?" She said. Ranma growled.

"Is that all you can think about you, you...grandbaby crazy nutloaf!"

"WHAT!?" Nodoka screamed as she and her son engaged in a comedic bawl. Of course, Ranma was the better fighter and ended up throwing his mother to the couch. He sighed as he headed towards his room.

"I'm getting some sleep. Good night mom." He said. Nodoka growled then sighed. That boy was going to be the death of her one of these days. And he didn't even bother to tell her about this girl.

"Oh! Why must that son of mine be so troublesome? All I wanted was for him to find a nice girl and give me a few grandkids to spoil. Is that so much to ask?"

Later that night, Ranma was sneaking out of the house. Right as he about to get out the door, he heard the voice of his mother.

"Leaving for your night job again?" She asked. Ranma froze and sighed as he turned to look at his mother. She didn't look mad or disappointed, just worried. And to be honest, he couldn't blame her.

"Mom, you know I have to do something to put some money in the bank. Especially since I don't want to be like that dead beat you married for some odd reason. Which reminds me, why in the heck did you marry that jerk off? You're a pretty woman, I'm sure you could have gotten any man you wanted. And just who the heck is my real dad anyway? You never did tell me." He said.

Nodoka sighed at the questions her son fired off at her. They were all very good questions, and unfortunately, she wasn't exactly ready to answer one of them. Ever.

"Son, it's complicated. But that's besides the point. If you really want a job, you can go get a respectable one. You don't have to go that underground fighting arena in Kamurocho." She said. Ranma closed his eyes as he took a deep calming breath.

"Mom. I know you don't like me going off to fight for money. But it's easy money and I won't get kicked out for being too overpowered. Besides, it pays a lot more than the legit stuff and we need the money." He said as he walked over and gave his mother a big, comforting hug to try and reassure her.

"Don't worry." He said with his usual cocky smile. "I'll be ok. After the whole Saffron thing, I can handle anything they can throw at me."

And with that, Ranma went out the door. Nodoka sighed as she sat down to what was going to be a very stressful night. She knew her son was by far one of the strongest people in all of Japan, heck, one of the strongest in the world, but that didn't stop her from worrying about him. He was too reckless. Always having to think that he had to take care of everything. It was a very many trait, but still, she wished he wouldn't act like the weight of the world was on his shoulders.

As for our pigtailed hero, he was just arriving at Kamurocho after dashing off at sonic speed and took a moment to look around. This place was so full of neon lights it made him wonder if this was Japan's counterpart of America's New York City. He walked around, trying to avoid looking too suspicious as he made his way towards the spot where the hidden path to the underground pleasure district was.

He had to avoid the gazes of a few girls from the local hostess clubs that tried to wave him over. For some reason, he couldn't help but compare them to Kotonoha. And to him, she was prettier. He finally made it to the old park where the homeless men guarded the entrance to the district and made his way through the door in the public bathroom.

He sighed as he looked at the hidden district. It never ceased to amaze him how a place like this could exist right underneath a place like Kamurocho and no one except the rich and elite knew it even existed. Them and fighters that came to the coliseum to test their skills in a no holds barred fight. Which was exactly how he found out about it and how he made money for himself and his mom.

He strolled down the bridge that led to the coliseum and did his best to avoid the looks of the girls in cages on the sides of the bridge that were trying to get his attention. He was used to this and was really starting to get annoyed.

"Even in Purgatory, I'm still fighting off crazy women." Ranma said to himself as he continued to ignore the calls of the women around him. He made it to the coliseum and walked up to the reception desk.

"Well, well, well. If it isn't the reigning champion. Come for another quick buck Ranma." The receptionist asked. Ranma scratched the back of his head and grinned sheepishly.

"Yeah well, I kinda need to make more dough after...some personal crap went down. Not only that but I could sure use an excuse to blow off some steam." Ranma said. The receptionist nodded his head and pulled out the list of fights that were going down tonight.

"Well, do you want a tournament, or do you want to fight the new up and comer that's been working his way up through the ranks?" He asked. Ranma looked at the sheets and saw that the newcomer was a Russian Sambo fighter. Ranma stroked his chin.

"I haven't fought a Sambo fighter before. Could be fun. I'll take him!" Ranma said.

After signing up for the fight, Ranma went to the betting area to see what the odds were. Ranma grinned and put down a bet on himself. Ranma went to the staging area to get himself stretched out and ready for the fight. He cracked his neck and knuckles and just as he was about to head to the ring, he heard a bing from his phone. He looked at his phone and saw that it was Kotonoha.

He looked at the text, it said that she overheard that Mikoto and Sekai were planning a date to the local bowling alley, and she was asking if they should crash the date to continue with their scheme. Ranma chuckled, he never would have guessed that Kotonoha could be so sneaky. He texted back a quick 'Sure. Let's do it. Text me the time and place.' and went back to preparing for his match.

Ranma entered the cage that served as the ring and did the splits to stretch out his hamstrings. As he did, his opponent came out and glared at him. He was a tall man, clean shaven, green eyes, and buzz cut blond hair. His body was built like a tank, muscles built for combat. Ranma smirked, this guy looked like he had seen plenty of fights, this might be fun.

Ranma and his opponent, Ivanoff, stood in front of each other, the blond buzzed Russian towered over Ranma by nearly a foot, but Ranma only smirked. Size didn't' matter to him, he had faced tougher opponents than this guy, but he would hold back so as not to end this fight too quickly.

The bell rung and Ivanoff made the first move by trying to smash Ranma's face in with a right cross, but Ranma bobbed under the strike and punched the Russian in the ribs before doing a back elbow to the same area. Ranma followed up with a low sweep kick that took Ivanoff slightly off balance, but the Russian steadied himself and did a back kick at the pigtailed martial artist.

Ranma cartwheeled out of the way and smirked at his foe and made a come here motion with his hand. Ivanoff seemed to get madder and charged at Ranma, then ducked down to try and tackle Ranma's legs. Ranma expected this and did a simple side shove to evade the attack and when the Russian turned around, Ranma did a spinning heel kick to the man's head.

Ivanoff caught the kick and went to do a submission on Ranma's leg, only for Ranma to do a handstand kick to his opponent's hand and then to his head. Ranma rolled away and turned only to see the Russian come at him again.

Ranma met him head and executed a Judo throw to take him down. Ranm then took the opportunity to go for an arm lock, electing a scream from the Russian. Ivanoff fought back and managed to weasel out so much as to try and put Ranma in a hold of his own. But Ranma wasn't going to give this guy the chance to put him into his own realm.

Twisting his foe's wrist, Ranma broke free of Ivanoff's grasp and backflipped away so as to get some distance. Ivanoff rolled onto his feet and came at Ranma with a fast combination of punches and kicks that to Ranma were moving in slow motion. Ranma couldn't help but sigh, this guy was good, but compared to the super powered rivals he had faced throughout his life, he wasn't giving Ranma the kind of fight he was used to. Then again, hardly anyone was giving him a good fight after the Saffron incident.

Intercepting another kick from the Russian, Ranma decided it was time to bring this to an end. He twisted Ivanoff's wrist once again and went in low to do another throw. As Ivanoff hit the ground, Ranma kept up the pressure on his arm and sat on it and applied more pressure.

"You might want to give up dude." Ranma said. Ivanoff said something in Russian, probably and insult, and managed to shrug Ranma off and do a sweep kick to attack the pigtailed boy.

But the kick hit only air as Ranma had jumped into the air and as soon as Ivanoff was on his feet, did a spinning heel kick in mid-air that knocked the Russian fighter down for the count. Ranma landed and sighed, that helped blow off some steam, but boy he missed the days when there were opponents that could give him a REAL workout. He actually missed Mousse, Ryoga, Konatsu, Ryu and even Herb. At least THEY were rivals that could keep Ranma on his toes.

After going back to the receptionist to collect his winnings, Ranma headed off for home. He checked his phone and saw that Kotonoha had sent him a few texts, telling him where the bowling alley was and what time to meet her there. Another text asked what he was up to.

Ranma paled, he really didn't want to tell Kotonoha about these late-night fights he did for cash, so he just told her that he was out for an evening stroll after a light workout. He then said that he'd see her later. To his surprise, another text came up. This one showing a smiley face emoji and saying that she would see him then. Ranma couldn't help but smile, he liked scheming with this girl. He stopped in his tracks and slapped himself.

'Stop RIGHT THERE Ranma! This is NOT a real relationship! She's just a friend that you're helping out and who's helping YOU out. Nothing more. You do NOT want to get into more girl trouble after...that.' He said to himself. He sighed again as he sprinted off at Mach speed back home.

The next day, Makoto and Sekai were walking into the bowling alley, happy as can be. But on the inside, Makoto was still a little upset about the whole thing with Kotonoha. He never meant to hurt her, but after everything that had happened and all the girls who had come onto him, he felt like Sekai was the better choice. But even still, he still felt pangs of guilt every once in a while. And after seeing her with that Ranma guy, he felt even worse.

Sekai on the other hand was happy as a clam. Makoto was FINALLY hers and she loved rubbing it in the faces of everyone she could. But that damned Kotonoha. She shows up the next day with a guy straight out of a damned Shonen manga and he beats the crap out of her and Makoto like they were fleas!

She didn't know who this Ranma guy was, but the less she saw of him and that big boobied monster the better! She cuddled up to Makoto, happy that they could just spend time together and hopefully find a nice place to fool around.

Just as they got their bowling shoes, they heard an all too familiar laugh. They turned their heads and gasped as they saw none other than the two people they were just thinking about. Ranma was laughing as he told Kotonoha something that was making her laugh that stupid, cute laugh of hers. A laugh that Makoto actually missed.

Ranma smirked to himself as he saw the two people they came here to annoy. After blowing off some steam at the coliseum last night, he was ready to give these two-chuckle heads a bowling lesson they'd never forget.

"So then I said to him, what size do you wear on that face of yours, 8 and a half? He asks, for a mask? And I told him, no, for a shoe. And next thing he knows, my foot is kissing his face." Ranma said as he and Kotonoha laughed. They laughed at the joke and then they came to the two back stabbers.

"Oh hey! If it aint the two cheaters of central Japan." Ranma said. Kotonoha playfully bobbed him over the head.

"Ranma-kun, mind your manners." She said before turning to the two in question and giving them a stern look.

"Ito-san, Saionji-san. Nice to see you again." She said, not really meaning it. Sekai growled at the busty young girl.

"What are you doing hear, Katsura?" She said. Makoto was starting to get nervous, he really didn't want to see a fight between these two. As for Ranma, he was fighting the erg to lay Sekai out flat.

"Hmph. Well, if you must know, Saionji-san, Ranma-kun and I thought we'd have a nice quite date at here." Kotonoha replied with a huff. Makoto decided to try and pacify the situation before things went too far.

"Hey, how about we play doubles? You know, have a little fun." He said. Ranma just chuckled.

"I don't see why not." He said. "I could use an excuse to show off to my girlfriend here." He finished as he wrapped an arm around Kotonoha's waist, causing her to blush.

Sekai was seething mad! She came here to fool around with Makoto, not to get shown up by Kotonoha and her Kung Fu boyfriend. But then she decided that maybe she could try her luck at humiliating these chumps in front of her boyfriend.

"Alright, why not?" She said with a forced smile. As she and Makoto turned to set up the lanes for their game, Ranma and Kotonoha snickered to themselves.

"See, I told you we'd get under her skin." Ranma said as he and Kotonoha went to counter to rent their bowling shoes. Kotonoha giggled as she shoved Ranma in the shoulder.

"Still Ranma-kun, I'm not too sure how I feel about egging them on the way you did. Don't you think we might be going too far?" She asked. Ranma waved off her concern and smiled.

"Nah. Going too far would be making out and stripping in front of them. And we're never going THAT far." He said. Kotonoha blushed at the image that Ranma put in her head. Suddenly she thought about Ranma shirtless, His muscles flexing, his eyes shining as he kissed her. His hot breath on her...

"Koto-chan? Koto-chan!" Ranma called to her, waking up from her steamy daydream. She snapped back to her senses and shook her head. Her face as red as a tomato.

"You okay? You spaced out and started turning red." Ranma said to the blushing girl. Kotonoha panicked as she went straight and stiff.

"Oh! UH...Just daydreaming, that's all!" She said. But Ranma looked at her with concern and placed a hand on her forehead.

"You sure? You're face is awfully red. You sure you're not coming down with something?" He asked. Kotonoha blushed even more as she shrunk away from Ranma's touch, trying hard to laugh off his concern.

"No no! I'm fine! Um...shall we play?" She said as she headed back to where Makoto and Sekai were setting up the lanes. Ranma scratched the back of his head in confusion but then just shrugged and headed off to join the others.

"I have to warn you guys, I've never really gone bowling before." Ranma said as he finished tying his shoes. Sekai grinned.

"Oh well, don't worry about it." She said as she asked Makoto to help her so she could feel him wrap his arms around her. Kotonoha glared at her former friends as they acted love-dovey.

Ranma shook his head at the two people who nearly drove Kotonoha to commit suicide. He snapped his fingers as an idea came to his head. He got up and went behind Kotonoha as she tried to line for her turn.

"Here Koto-chan let me help you out with that." He said.

She blushed bright red as Ranma put his arms around her. He eased her into the right posture and showed her how to bring her arm back to throw the ball. She smelled the cologne he was wearing, and it only made her blush more.

"Aaaaaannnnnndddddd...let her fly!" Ranma said as he gave Kotonoha the cue to let the ball go and it went rolling towards the pins. She got a perfect strike.

"OH! I did it!" She said as she turned to hug Ranma. Ranma blushed from feeling her large breasts crushing against his chest. Sekai and Makoto just stared slack jawed at the scene.

"Oh Ranma-kun! Thank you, thank you!" She said giving him a kiss on the cheek, causing the boy to blush even redder.

"Uh...no problem." He said as he scratched the back of his head. Sekai growled at the two as she grabbed Makoto and pulled him to their own lane.

"Come on Makoto-kun, let's show them how it's done." She said in an angry tone of voice.

As the four teens bowled, it was starting to look like Ranma and Kotonoha were winning. Ranma couldn't help but smile, he was actually having fun! All the dates he had ever been on he was FORCED to go on so he never really enjoyed them. But here, with this girl...

'WHOA! Hold up there Ranma! This IS NOT a real date! No matter how much it seems like it is. This is just you, helping some girl you met while saving her from committing suicide. Even if you are having fun, this ISN'T a REAL relationship.' He thought to himself.

As he made his final throw, he grit his teeth as the ball hit the pins. It ended up being the dreaded seven-ten split. He growled at himself for getting carried away with his thoughts and not paying attention to what he was doing.

"Oh Ranma-kun! You knocked down all but two!" Kotonoha said in excitement. Sekai on the other hand was chuckling with evil laughter.

"Yeah, the seven-ten split! AH HA HA HA!" She laughed.

"Sekai-chan, it's not that funny." Makoto said, not really happy with how much of a bad sport his girlfriend was being. Even if it was to the guy who was now dating Kotonoha.

"What's wrong?" Kotonoha asked, not really understanding what was going on. Ranma sighed as his spare rolled in.

"The seven-ten split is the hardest spare to pick up. You can go for the seven or you can go for the ten, but ya can't get both at once." He said as he picked up his ball. Kotonoha made an 'o' with her mouth in understanding.

"Oh. So...you're not going to win?" She asked, a little sad. Ranma smirked.

"Just watch." He said with a wink.

He stepped up to the lane and channeled a little bit of ki into the ball, and when he rolled it...it split in TWO! And both sides of the ball rolled and struck home as they hit the two pins!

"YEAH HOOOO!" Ranma screamed as he jumped in the air and did a few back flips.

"YYYYYYYYYABA DABA DOOOOOOOOOO! Eat your heart out Fred Flintstone!" He cried as Kotonoha and the others looked on in pure shock! Kotonoha then snapped out of it and applauded her fake boyfriend.

"YEAH RANMA-KUN! Way to go!" She said with a happy laugh.

Sekai and Makoto both looked like they were about to either faint or have a heart attack. The other patrons of the bowling alley were just as shocked. This kid they had never seen before had just pulled a Flintstone move in real life. Even the owner of the bowling alley was spell bound.

"H-H...How? How in the? What?" Was all he and a lot of other people were able to say. Ranma, seeing the looks he was getting, had the decency to blush and scratch the back of his head in embarrassment at the situation.

"Uuuuhhhh, he he heh. They just don't make bowling balls like they used to these days. Heh heh heh." He said. He then grabbed Kotonoha by the hand and led her back to the counter.

"Um, I'm sorry about that. Uh, just charge it to Tendo Nabiki of Nerima." He said as he and Kotonoha switched back into their regular shoes and left. Sekai kept starring...and starring...and then she just collapsed to the ground.

'Is...is that guy really even HUMAN!?' Was the thought that kept repeating in her mind. Back with Ranma and Kotonoha, the two teens were running and laughing all the way to the bus stop. When they got there, they stopped to catch their breaths.

"Well, ha ha hah. Not how I saw that going. But it was fun all the same." Ranma managed to say between laughs. Kotonoha was laughing too, she hadn't had this much fun on a date in a long while.

"Ha ha ha! Ranma-kun, how did you manage to split that ball in half?" She asked.

"Oh, remember when I showed you my ki? Well I just used it to cut the ball in half. But that whole thing with splitting the ball in half I got from an old American cartoon called the Flintstones." Ranma said as he calmed down from his laughing fit.

"Well, *giggle* I must say, you sure do know how to show a girl a good time Ranma-kun." Kotonoha said as she sat down on a bench. Ranma sighed happily and was about to sit down next to her when a car came racing by and hit a puddle on the road. Ranma screamed in surprise when he felt the all too familiar change in his body as his curse activated and he changed into a busty red head.

"Wha...wha...huh?" Kotonoha said as she watched her fake boyfriend turn into a very attractive girl. Ranma spat out the water that dripped into his mouth. He looked at his fake girlfriend and chuckled sheepishly.

"Um...I can explain." Ranma said as he/she tried to find the right words to say.

"...I'm cursed."

And with that, Ranma sat down and started to explain to Kotonoha about how a year ago he ended up getting cursed at the cursed training ground of Jusenkyo. Kotonoha looked at Ranma with startled eyes. If she hadn't had seen both his use of ki and the transformation with her own two eyes she never would have believed it. But hear was the proof as plain as day.

"Huh...?" Was all she could say.

Ranma sighed, this was going to take a while, but he figured that Kotonoha was bound to find out eventually.

"Uh...Since we're at a bus stop, you might want to sit down. It's a LONG story." He/She said.

And so, Ranma told Kotonoha about the curse and how he got it. And all the crap that came with it. Jusenkyo, his idiot dad, the Amazons, and even how some of his rivals had curses of their own. Needles to say, Kotonoha was at a loss for words.

Everything Ranma told her seemed like it came out of manga, anime or fairy tale. And yet, she had seen this man, currently woman, do things that should not be possible. And yet again he/she managed to surprise her.

"Wow..." She finally said. "Your life is...strange...and a little weird."

Ranma sighed again.

"Yeah. I get that, and worse, a lot. I know you must think I'm some kind of freak." The man turned woman said. Kotonoha snapped out of her stupor to give Ranma a serious look.

"You are not a freak!" She snapped, causing Ranma to sit up in shock of her outburst.

"Ranma-kun, you are not a freak! You are by far one of the kindest, sweetest people I have ever met! And anyone who tells you otherwise is wrong!"

Ranma didn't know what to say. No one had ever said that kind of stuff to him, at least, not without some kind of ulterior motive. He looked at the girl he had met by chance and saw for the first time, a kind of inner strength that he never would have suspected her of having.

"Gee, you, uh...you really think so?" The man turned girl asked.

"Yes." Kotonoha said as she took Ranma's hand in her own. "You are. You helped me when others would have just left me alone. You literally saved my life. You...you..."

She lost her words as she looked at Ranma's blue eyes.

"...You made me want to live."

Ranma blushed. If he didn't know better...No. No it wasn't that. She was just thanking him for stopping her from committing suicide. But still, hearing words like that from a cute girl did make him happy. Happier than he'd felt in a while.

"Aw gee...you're just saying that." He said jokingly. Kotonoha shook her head.

"No. I meant it. Arigato Ranma-kun." She said, flashing him a smile that could melt ice. Ranma smiled and as a bus pulled up, he remembered their current predicament.

"Uhhh...We should...get going." He/she said. Kotonoha blushed as she smiled.

"Y-yeah." She said as they got up.

"By the way Ranma-kun, how do you turn back to a guy?" She asked. Ranma blushed as he/she scratched the back of his/her head.

"Oh right. Cold water turns me into a girl, hot water turns me back."

"Oh," Kotonoha replied. "In that case...hold on. I'll be right back."

And with that, she ran into a nearby restaurant and came back with a cup of hot water.

"Here you go." She said with a smile. Ranma smiled back at his fake girlfriend and poured the water onto her head. In a flash, Ranma was back to being a man again.

"Thanks Koto-chan, I needed that." He said. Kotonoha giggled at the boy. Ranma couldn't help but blush at her laugh. Why did she have to be so freaking cute.

"Well, uh, we should get you home. It's getting pretty late." He said. Kotonoha nodded.

"Yeah. My parents and my sister might worry if I'm out for too long again."

And with that, Air Ranma took off with a laughing and smiling Kotonoha holding onto him. In no time at all, they had arrived at Kotonoha's home. Ranma put Kotonoha down and held her as she got her balance back.

"You ok?" He asked with a smile.

"Yeah. I'm..." She trailed off as they locked eyes. "...fine."

Ranma and Kotonoha just looked into each other's eyes for what seemed like forever. Their hearts beating almost in sync. They inched closer to each other. Their faces getting closer and closer until...

"Koto-nee!" Came a voice that snapped the two teens back to reality. In the doorway stood a young girl who looked similar to Kotonoha, but much younger and nowhere near as developed.

"Get away from my onee-san!" Said the little girl as she ran up to the two of them and pulled her big sister away.

"Onee-san are you ok? Did this delinquent hurt you?" She asked, giving Ranma the stink eye/.

"Delinquent?" He asked with a tilt of his head. "Me?"

"Yes you! I bet you were hoping to cop a feel of my big sisters boobies, weren't you?"

"EH!?" Both teens exclaimed.

"Well guess what? You can't have her! She's not some bimbo ya know?" The little girl said as she clutched her sister protectively.

"Heh heh. Um, your sister's a bit of a spit fire, isn't she?" Ranma asked while scratching his head. Kotonoha chuckled nervously.

"Um, she can be." She then looked to her little sister.

"Kokoro-chan, don't worry. He's a good man." She said with a smile. Her sister just pouted.

"Yeah, well I don't believe it. Not after what that last 'nice guy' did to you. I say, no man is good enough for you, onee-san." Kokoro said in a huff. Ranma couldn't help but laugh.

"Well, since your feisty little sister is here to protect you, I guess my job is done for the night. Talk to ya later?" He asked. Kotonoha nodded.

"Talk to you later, Ranma-kun."

And with that, Ranma walked away and head back home. Kokoro glared at him and then looked to her sister.

"I don't like him." Was all she said. Kotonoha giggled at her.

"Trust me," She said as she looked to the direction that Ranma headed off in.

"He's a lot nicer than you think."