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Subject: [FFML] [R1/2][GD] Neko Can't part 7
Here's part 7 of Neko Can't enjoy.
You bet! ^_^
I've been waiting for another instalment of this for a long time!
(gee, I wonder if that meens I should write more too... ^_^;; )
Neko Can't
By: James Lee
Disclaimer: These characters do not belong to me. Ranma 1/2 belongs to
Rumiko
Takahashi. Gold Digger belongs to Fred Perry. Sueing me would be pretty
useless.
Part 7
Ranma, Monique, Yuka, and Akane were still standing in the hall. Ranma
found it rather odd the way Akane was glaring at him. The way he saw it,
it
was the Tendo girl's own fault that she didn't go to class on time.
"Umm Yuka, what was fight about?" Monique asked Yuka.
"It's all Kuno's fault!" Monique jumped back as Akane yelled out. Yuka
then turned towards the dark skinned girl.
"You see, last summer Kuno made this speech. He said that anyone who
wanted to date Akane would have to defeat her in combat. Since then all
the
perverts in school have been attacking her."
"I see." Said Ranma looking thoughtful. "And the school tolerates
this?"
"Well Kuno is the principal's son."
Monique bleached. "I hope he not try that with me."
"I wouldn't worry." Said Akane, her face somewhat soften. "The
challenge
was to date me. He doesn't seem to like you, so he probably won't want you
dating here."
Monique was about to speak again when the school speaker system came
on.
[(Sccceeeechh!) Now here this! I Takiwaki Kuno here by declare that if
anyone wishes to date the fare Akane Tendo. They must first ride our noble
school of the kokujin Monique Pincer! So I command!]
A fine balance is set here Kuno can indeed get away with picking on the
gaijin for the stated reasons (The Principle has been shown to have an
inordinate amount of control over Furinkan High School). On the other hand,
this has the potential to blow up in Principle Kuno's face if some of the
staff decide to use this incident in an attempt to finally remove him from
his position and influence. The Diggers and the Pincers may both be foreign
families, but they are both wealthy and well connected foreign families...
Just a thought...
^_^
Monique paled as she thought of all those boys attacking her. She then
heard Ranma growling. Looking at him she could see he was shaking. He then
started to walk away.
"Hey! Where are you going?" yelled Akane. She couldn't believe this
guy.
Kuno makes one little threat and he was running away?
She's jumping to conclusions awfully quick - she hardly knows
Ranma yet in this story. Akane is usually more tolerant of strangers.
"I'm going to make an announcement." Ranma said in a cold tone.
Monique
could only hope he didn't do something too rash.
Nabiki looked at Kuno as he sat back down at his desk. "That's pretty
low
Kuno, even for you."
Woo hoo! She does have standards! I always liked Nabiki more mischievious
than malicious. She may very well fit in with the Diggers and Pincers and
their
friends. Once she got used to the general level of strangeness...
...um... Nevermind. I forgot. Takahashi's Narima is quite strange enough.
Nabiki will be fine.
^_^
"Ha! As if I have to justify my actions to you." Said a smug looking
Kuno. He was sure that by tomorrow the foreign witch and her guard would
be
gone. There was no way the cowardly cow would face the might of Furinken
High, let alone his awesome power.
Nabiki just shook her head; she couldn't help but think that Kuno had
gone too far. Threatening her gung ho martial arts sister was one thing.
Threatening a girl who probably didn't know how to defend herself was
quite
another. She then heard the school intercom system come on yet again.
[Now here this. I am Ranma Diggers. For those of those who don't know,
I'm Monique's boyfriend. If any of you primates even think of touching
her,
I'll feed you your ass. If you don't think I can then I'll gladly meet
Kuno
on the soccer field after school. That is of course unless Mr. Kuno is...a
COWARD!]
If what happens in the upcoming fight is what I think will happen,
Monique Pincer is about to become the safest girl in Furinkan barring
direct assaults by Kuno himself (who, as has been amply demonstrated,
is a total idiot).
^_^
Nabiki ducked, to avoid the steam coming out of Blue Blunder's ears.
{Hmmm, not bad. He's been here less than half a day and he's already
pushing
Kuno's buttons.}
I get the impression from this that she baits kuno because she honestly
does not like him. Any cash she gets from him might just be an added
bonus...
"AARRRRGH! I will be there! And I will be ready to do battle and end
that
cretins life!" screamed Kuno.
{Yep, and I'll be there too. Making a fortune!} Thought Nabiki. She
could
just see the yen coming in.
I somehow see Nabiki pointing out to Kuno that he's yelling at the intercom
and
that Ranma can't hear him. Granted, what Kuno makes of this information is
anyone's guess...
"I can't believe your boyfriend's going to fight Kuno." Said Shori.
She
had decided to join Yuka and Monique for lunch.
"Yes, this is what Ranma do." Said Monique. "He always likes to play
hero."
"Well he better watch himself. Kuno's the second best in the school
and
he's really good when he's angry." Said Akane.
"Well Ranma very good too, he also very smart. I think he win." {After
all he does practice with a werecheetah.}
And with as long as he and Britany have been training together, they
are both a lot better than they would otherwise be at this point.
I'd wince in sympathy now, but Kuno desrves a good thrashing, and
Ranma isn't evil-minded. Really really angry, but not evil-minded...
^_^
"So Monique, what's Ranma like?" asked yet another girl.
"Yeah tell us."
"Yeah and how can you stand that perverted curse."
Monique looked over to Akane who had asked the last question. When
Ranma
came back from the office he had shown the whole class the curse. He felt
it
would be better if he got it out early on. Apparently Akane didn't like
it.
Okay, I can see Akane possibly not liking the curse right off the bat,
considering
what she's seen of the behavior of males around Ranma's age. However, this
relevation is fairly important, so you might want to either interject a
flashback here,
or go back and write in this scene with greater detail.
"Umm well he nice and very brave. I first meet him when I was being
robbed.
He came out of nowhere and beat robbers up."
"Really, cool! So you and him have been dating a long time?"
"Oh, only short time. It hard with Gina and Penny."
"Who're Penny and Gina?" Asked Nabiki joining the group.
"Gina is Ranma's sister, Penny my cousin. They no like each other."
"Wow! Just like Romeo and Juliet." Said Yuka.
This may just begin to swing a favorable inclination towards Ranma
from Akane. Romeo and Juliet is here favorite play!
^-^
"I hope not, no want Romeo and Juliet end." Replied Monique.
"So why do they hate each other?"
"They rival treasure hunters."
Nabiki raised an eyebrow. "Really."
"Yes, they travel world in search of treasure and archeological finds.
Ranma even works with sister."
"Interesting so do they ever bring anything back." Monique nodded and
pulled something from her shirt.
"Ranma give this to me after trip to Congo. Said he fight many big
grey
apes for it."
He would... O.o
"A dirty piece of quartz?" Akane snorted. Nabiki, who knew what it
really
was, looked at the uncut diamond with wide yen-pupiled eyes.
Actually, Nabiki is most likely guessing at this point. Unless she really
knew what she was looking at. Then again, Monique dropped enough
clues - the Congo isn't known for its quartz depozites...
^_^
"Well it small one." Said Monique slightly embarrassed. Nabiki nearly
choked. That diamond was the size of a cockroach and she said it was one
of
the small ones!?
"H-How big were the big ones." Asked Nabiki.
"Penny go to same mine. Bring back one size of softball."
"S-Softballs?" Asked Nabiki as her mouth nearly dropped to the floor.
Monique nodded her head. Nabiki quickly thought about that and decided
that
she would have to work slowly. Ranma and Monique were both too valuable to
make a quick profit off of. They were also much smarter than Kuno, so she
decided it best if she stayed on their good side.
Actually, this will probably turn out to be far more profitable for Nabiki
than if
she had gone in with the intent to grift them as shamelessly as she does
Kuno.
The Diggers and Pincers treat their friends very well!
^_^
Monique blinked as she looked at all the people gathered at the soccer
field. It was almost like Monday Night Fights. She then noticed Nabiki and
a
few other girls surrounded by a noticeable crowd. Walking up, Monique
decided
to find out what was going on. She stopped however, at seeing the glares
from
several of the boys. Monique started to back away.
"Hey Monique." Said Nabiki, as she made her way through the boys,
glaring
at the ones that didn't move fast enough. Although some of the boys
grumbled,
most quickly got out of Nabiki's way.
And the few that didn't discovered that Nabiki was still the master
of the fine social art of stomping feet to get her way...
^_^
"Umm hello, what going on?" Asked Monique looking back at boys.
Nabiki saw the boys and smirked. "Oh that's just the Akane Tendo fan
club. Don't worry they're just a bunch of bakas."
All of whom prove that they are at least smarter than Kuno in the series.
Or at least more prudent. After all, they gave up on Akane after a while!
^_^
"Oh, so what you do?"
"I'm taking bets on the fight between Ranma and Kuno."
Monique stared at Nabiki. "Taking bets?"
Nabiki looked at the dark skinned girl for a moment then continued.
"Yeah. You'll find out I'm involved with lots of stuff. I run betting
pools,
loans, information services..
"Y-you do all that?" Nabiki nodded "Why?"
Why does Monique seem nervous here. With her older sister, I would
think that she'd consider this to be relatively tame considering what else
could be going on. I mean, her dog apparently ate a burgler...
Nabiki frowned. "I have my reasons. So, who do you think is going to
win?"
Monique was caught off guard by the sudden question. "Oh umm Ranma."
"Really? So what style does Ranma use?"
"Don't know style. Just know he very good."
Nabiki nodded, she had seen enough to prove it that morning. "So is
Ranma's father a powerful martial artist?"
Monique shook her head. "No. I no think so."
"Then who taught Ranma how to fight?"
"Ranma's stepmother."
Nabiki blinked. "He was trained by his mother?"
Monique nodded. "Yes, I no meet her, but Ranma say she strong fighter.
He
also practices with sister Britanny. I have met her, she very strong
fighter."
{Must have been that girl I saw this morning.} Nabiki thought. She
then
made a mental note not to allow Akane to challenge Ranma to an all out
fight.
If his mother and sister trained him, then he wasn't likely to hold back
on
her sister like the other boys. Still a friendly sparring match might put
Akane in her place.
Looking out for her family. Nice trait to have... ^_^
It was at this time that the combatants entered the field. Ranma
walked
towards the center calmly with his hands in his pockets. On the opposite
end
entered Kuno, dressed in his kendo uniform and carrying his bokken. He
walked
with all the arrogance of a man who knew he was a higher life form. The
two
stopped just ten feet apart.
Kuno is a higher life form. Considering who he lives with, it's very
likely that he's high on something most of the time, whether or not
he actually indended to indulge in such...
^_^;;
"So you dare to challenge the might of Kuno. Know that when I defeat
you
I shall remove that kokujin from our noble school and clam my pig tailed
goddess."
Ranma blinked. "Your what?"
"Do not try to lie to me Diggers! I know that you and that witch have
a
young maiden under your power. I have seen her myself. She is a beautiful
vision with firey red hair who is only worthy of the Kuno loin."
Kuno just added several points to his rating in the Dawin Awards
competition...
O.o
As Kuno ranted, Nabiki noticed her sister looking at her. "Don't look
at
me. He came up with that all by himself."
Ranma, for his part, was shaking mad. {Worthy of his loin? GROSS! You
going down stick boy.}
"Now you will face defeat under my mighty blade. Have at thee!!" And
Ranma did, starting one of the most one-sided fights Nabiki had ever seen.
The crowd could only wince as Ranma invented new ways to put a human being
into unbearable pain.
At least half of which was probably not intended until Kuno opened his
mouth about Ranma's cursed form...
A short while later Nabiki was leaving the school a much richer girl.
It
was good that she had taken so many bets for Kuno. With the kendo fighter
now
in the hospital, profits were going to be a little tight for the next few
days. As Nabiki passed the school gates, she saw Ranma and Monique. "Hey
Ranma, Monique."
Ranma turned to her. "Yes?"
"Hi Nabiki." Said Monique.
"You helped make a lot of money today. Why don't you come over to my
house? I'd like to thank you two with dinner."
"I don't know, I don't want to trouble you."
"It's no trouble."
Ranma looked over to Monique who nodded. "Umm sure, why not."
To be continued.
I should hope so - this chapter seems to be a little on the short side...
Anyway, looking forward to more! ^_^
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