This is a half finished fic that I don't know if It was receiveed in
the 18'th. in any case, I'm sending it now with some alterations that I
wrote in the intervening time.

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Twist in the tale 4. (half fic)
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(Somewhere else in Nerima)

	It’s a sunny day like any other in this world. A few soft fluffy clouds
dot the sky as the sun shines down on the green earth below. The
occasional car passes by a particular Dojo as Happosai goes flying into
the air. . let’s just leave it at that. 
A mailman dries up to this Dojo. It has been a good day for him, he
hasn’t been caught up in any of the periodic fights that plague the
area  and there is no mail for the Kuno mansion or any of the more
dangerous houses. He rounded the block on his mail van and stopped in
front of the Tendo Training hall and knocked. A moment later he leaves
having given the stack of mail to Katsumi. ‘It was a good day indeed.’
he thought as he drove off. 
	"Kamaka Kohan"
	"I’ll take that." Nabiki called as she came down the stairs.
	"Who’s mail is that?"
	"It’s for a . . . friend." Nabiki smiled as she took the letters and
left the house. 

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(Kuno mansion. )

	Nabiki stood before the large wooden doors of the entrance. She looked
up at the tall building and pulled the large chain by the door. A solid
*bong* resounded before Satsuki opened the door.
	"Why hello Nabiki, why have you come today?"
	" I have something for Guo Satsuki"
	"I shall inform master Guo right away." He said turning back in the
house
	"Thanks." 

(a few minutes later later.)

	"Why hello Nabiki, do you have what I asked for?"
	"I should think so, here’s the mail to prove it."
	"thanks." *rip* 
"To Kohan. . .due to. .special case. . . . you are allowed to take the
Juken in five months to gain eligibility. . various universities. please
inform the closest examination center of your intention if you are going
to take it. yours sincerely XXXX ministry of education. PS. you are
overdue to renew your Passport, please come to (. . . .) to rectify your
situation." 
 	*rip* "Enclosed in this letter is your IC. ." *rip* "the Kyoto drum
festival." *toss, rip* "You are requested to appear in school or suffer
expulsion for your truancy. I may relent if you let me cut your hair.
Ps. you also need to submit a current photograph for the school
dossier." 
 	" . . Principal Kuno I think. well that’s that, police department,
passport and school? 
	"Uh huh.  you really look too young to have finished university, so. . 
You’re stuck in school like the rest of us."
 	"I really shouldn’t have left the project so open should I Nabiki?" I
said  looking at the smirking woman before me.	
 	"You don’t really need an answer do you? Now, you have 107 more days
before you need to pay the bond. Jia nei." She said as she slid out the
door.
	"Don’t worry I will. Jia nei. Hmmm hair. ." An evil grin lights up his
face as visualizes a scenario for the principal an evil chuckle escapes
form his lips "heh, I thought this would be a challenge for me to figure
out."
 
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(Furinken High school)
	A man stands at the gate of the school. A knapsack on his back as he
looks into the deserted school grounds. "Kuno said that His father was
at school supervising the cram classes. I might as well go in." He said
as he entered the school.
	A crash resounded in the upper levels of the school followed by an
explosion. Looking up, we see the ‘Cem Club’ as they recover from their
last experiment. "Sheesh and I thought America was strange." He said as
he entered the school.

(I’ll just quit this part here instead of boring you to death.)
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(Kuno Basement) (One hour later)
	Focusing on the tips of my fingers, I move my hand before me. Slowly,
I  move it to touch the board as I focus on my aura. It flared in
response and slowly focused into a thin line of power along the edge of
my hand. I slowly trace a line from the top of the board to the bottom,
merely touching the light ridges of the grainy material. As my hand
reached the bottom of the board, no sound was heard until the board hit
the ground cut cleanly in half. .  
	"I see your skills have improved Guo. It is indeed of interest that
such tricks can be done when the power of you mind is harnessed to it’s
full potential."
	"It is not easy Kuno. Harnessing the destructive force of Ki and
forming it into a blade is a good idea but too tiring for me." Guo said
as he picked up the wooden pieces. 
	"As a scholar has said before me. it is not the size of the armies that
matters. It is how they are trained and deployed in times of war. The
best strategist learns the lie of the land and attacks using nature and
the elements at his disposal to his benefit. It is thus that Nobunaga
attacked with but 1000 men at his disposal attacking the 10,000 man army
of. ."
	"KUNO!" silence fell between them as the words reverberated in the air.
"Now, what was the main point to your story?" Guo continued as he
examined the smooth surface of the cut.
	"Practice makes perfect, and use what you have to your advantage" 
	"That has merit Kuno. Just stop giving me a ten page soliloquy when one
or two lines can say the same."
	"I apologize. I forget that you are not overly familiar with all the
intricacies of the language."
	*sigh. . * ‘OK, if it stops him from rambling on about it.’ "Yes,
that’s one of the reasons that I wish simple conversation. I am
relatively new to the language and such things as Japanese history is
pretty much new to me."
	"Then I shall endeavor to teach you better. Is it not one of the
subjects that you have to learn for the Juken? You are of yet ignorant
of the finer points of Japanese history and poetry. I shall teach you
these fine subjects of my culture in partial compensation for calling
you from your home plane."
	"Err. . . Kuno, I’m fine really. I just need to find a job and some
training and I’ll be fine." 
	"Oh. But I insist.  It would not be seemly for a person such as myself
not to offer my services for the upcoming tests. And you have but seven
months to prepare for something that we have four years to learn."
	"Err. I really won’t have that much of a problem. Math, physics and
chemistry are subjects I have taken before. English should be easier for
me while physical education I have the benefit of Telekinesis and my
stronger body to help."
	"Guo. Promise me one thing."
	"?!?"
	"Promise me you will not demean yourself by taking unfair advantage
with your powers."
	"I. . *sigh* OK. Kuno, I will not use my powers to benefit my schooling
as far as I am able. I’ll suffer through it like the rest of the
people."
	 "Oh yes. How did the meeting with The principal go?"
	"Oh.. I ‘m just in the same class as you. Oh yes.. I also I shocked him
somewhat."
	". . May I inquire as to how?’
	"Oh. I don’t know, Maybe telling him that I would cut my hair if he’d
let me cut his the same way would work."
	"What way would that be?" 
	"Totally bald. ." Guo smiled totally enjoying the shocked look on
Kuno’s face before continuing. "It’s not that bad. I went bald once
before and would have done it at least once more in my home dimension."
	". .Is  it a custom of yours to become bald in your dimesioin?"
	"No, I just wanted to see how fast my hair grows." 
	"So, .  how fast does it grow?"
	"One cm in one and a half weeks or in another measure, an inch in about
three." Guo stated, nonchalantly carving the wood with his force.
	*hmmm.* "That’s a little faster than me."
	"Oh how do you know?"
	"I have been shaved many times in the course of my training.’ 
	"Oh. . Well, I’m going off now."
	"Where to?"
	"To visit Nabiki. ."

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(Ukyou’s Okinomiyaki)
	Ukyou looked out into the street worried for some reason. Tatshuba
hadn’t come by lately and frankly, it worried her. Not that it wasn’t
nice not to have that cross dressing freak around but she was used to
having him pop by at least once every two of three days.
	"Oh well." she sighed. "Better get ready for the party, tonight." She
said pinning up the banner. <HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHRISTINE!> "I can’t believe
that they would pay me 250,000 Yen for a single party. I should be in
the catering business, instead of the restaurant industry she stated in
amusement.

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(later)
	"So what jobs are available for me Miss Tendo?"
	"Well, you can always be my bodyguard."
	"Nice try Nabiki but don’t do collections."
	"Who said anything about collections? I was thinking more about
intimidation." Nabiki smirked. 
	"Come on, I want to get a job so I can first pay you back and secondly,
get my own place to stay." 
	"Oh yes.. Stay some place where Kodatchi’s interesting food can’t get
to you."
	*WHAM* A crater appeared where Guo was supposed to be. A huge
inter-dimensional mallet imbedded in the center. Guo peeped out from
behind Nabiki and stared daggers at Akane as she blinked in surprise.
	"I did not say anything towards you Tendo Akane, so. . .  _Put That
Mallet Away._ " He said, roughly pushing the mallet aside. Regaining his
composure, he regained his seat on the pillow before the smirking
Nabiki. 
"Did you have a reason for disturbing us?" he asked, as he stared
stoically ahead, past Nabiki.
	"I brought you some tea and cookies." Said the embarrassed Akane
revealing the tray by the side of the door.
	Guo looked on, a bemused expression on his face. "I thank you for your
trouble just stop trying to hit me." he smirked as Akane stared wide
eyed at him.
	"I. . I’m sor." 
"It’s true." Guo cut in. "Violence makes you feel better for a little
while. However, it never solves anything. So, I would thank you not to
attack me." he finished as he took the tray aside and pushed Akane out
the door. 
"Now Nabiki, what other employment possibilities are there here?" He
continued as he closed the door behind him. 
	 Akane looked on bewildered at the wooden door for a moment, turned
around and made her way back down the stairs. 

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(Somewhere)
	Ryoga paused along the street, having no idea where he was, as usual.
"Dam it! why can’t I seem to find where I’m going?" he asked the sky
above him. *WHAM!*  came the sound of a crash close by. 
"That sounds like Akane." he mused to himself before leaping onto the
wall. he looked around and saw a familiar scene before him. Katsumi in
the garden hanging out the laundry, Shou and a Panda playing chess on
the porch, Guo scolding Akane in a room, the panda cheating as Shou
looked in his direction. .  . ‘Wait a minute!’ he thought to himself
‘Guo scolding Akane?’ he watched in disbelief as Guo pushed Akane out of
the room. He leapt into the garden, passing by the panda as he made his
way to the stairs.
	"I won’t forgive anyone who hurts Akane" he shouted out loud. The panda
and Shou looked at him quizzically for a moment" 
	"Do you remember this boy Genma?"
	<Ryoga> the panda wrote as it shrugged it’s shoulders. The two of them
looked on as Ryoga passed the staircase and made his way out the front
door. Shou rearranging the pieces behind the other’s back. A moment
later, Ryoga returned and walked past them and down the hall into the
bathroom. Shou and Genma looked a each other for a moment before
shrugging and returning to their game, confident that they had the
advantage.

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(upstairs)
	"I’m glad I actually heard the door opening that time." Guo smirked as
he turned his attention back to the girl before him.
	"Sorry about my sister Guo but you really have to admit it’s amusing."
	"It’s amusing *if* , you are not the one getting hit."
	"Rr.r.right." Said the smirking Nabiki.
	‘You do remember that a bond is a deferred payment with no interest on
it past the claim date?" Guo countered. 
	"Ah, Right, but only if it isn’t a renewable bond or something to that
matter. ."
	"Which I am not issuing and you won’t hold in any court of law since I
have no material wealth worth suing for.
	". . . If you’re up to it I might have something that could interest
you."
	"Something interesting?"
	"Maybe. You said you had a higher education and you’re a native English
speaker Right?" 
	"Tutoring?" 
	"No, translator."
	"Oh, so what will I be doing specifically?"
	"You will be a tour guide or more specifically the driver of the bus."
	"I can deal with that. But, I only know how to drive a car."
	"Don’t worry, it’s not that different just bigger. Of course, I’ll
expect some changes in what you will owe me."
	"Well, . . what changes."
	"First, I’ll get two thirds your earnings from this job for the rest of
the time period. During this time, I’ll provide you with food and
lodging as well as arrange your work schedule. After the time period,
I’ll be open to negotiations as to the room and board. . of course, the
Bond will then be considered null and void in exchange." 
	"I guess that’s acceptable." He said, shivering at the thought of
Kodachi’s. . spices. "Now, when do I start?"
	"Hmm, The job starts in one week. Your driver’s test can be taken in
two or three days. So, tomorrow and we’ll have to set the date and get
some practice."
	"Ok. Oh yes, where will I have my apartment?" he asked as Nabiki
smiled.
	"Here." She said as his eyes widened in disbelief.

(for those of you who don’t remember. Fugu: A poisonous fish considered
a delicacy in Japan)