Okay! Here it is! My first Web posted Fanfic! Yeah! Since this is my first, be gentle okay? I tried! Don't hate me! Anyway! Here it is! Enjoy it! Not enjoy! I don't care what you think! Ha ha ha ha! No really! Comments are welcome! Flames will be taken but ignored! ;) Disclaimer: Ya! Ya! I know! Ranma 1/2 was *not* created by me! It was created by the lovely and *very* talented Rumiko Takahashi. So all you lawyers out there can just ooze back into your holes. Wait a minute! Did I just say ooze?! Mental Note: Do*not* tell lawyers to ooze back into there holes when you are begging them to spare your pathetic life and not sue you for all the mere $5 you are worth! Okay anyway! Have fun! Read my fanfic! More is yet to come! -Caryll Griffin Bakamoichigei (Even a Fool Has One Talent) By: Caryll Griffin It was a typical day at the Tendo home. Akane was sitting at the table eating breakfast with Soun, Nabiki, Ranma, and Genma(panda-form of course). She glared over at Ranma who stuck his tongue out at her. Ranma looks slightly battered with several bruises and cuts. Kasumi walked in, oblivious to everything as usual. She smiles at Ranma and Akane and puts down another bowl of food. Almost instantly Ranma and Genma are in a battle over the food. Akane sighs with exasperation and stands up. "I'm going to school. *I* don't want to be late like I was yesterday!" She glares at Ranma. He sticks out his tongue and Genma takes the chance to grab the food and eat it. Ranma grabs his books and they head off for school. On the way to school, Ranma is in his usual position on the fence and Akane is walking down on the sidewalk. Far off, a bell can be heard ringing. Ranma's eyes widen as the sound draws closer. He tries to run out of the way but it's too late. *CRASH* "Nihao Ranma! Ranma take Shampoo on date?" Shampoo had landed on top of Ranma with her bike as usual. Ranma lays twitching underneath. Akane is still on the sidewalk and she looks pissed! She storms over to Shampoo who looks down at her with a smirk. "What you want Violent girl? Ranma no want take *you* on date!" Shampoo gives her a self satisfied grin. Big mistake. Akane shakes with rage and with lightning speed punts Shampoo, bike and all, into the drainage ditch. Akane looks down as Shampoo-cat crawls out of the water and shakes her fur. Akane looks down at her watch and her eyes bug out. "Gyahhh! C'mon Ranma! We're going to be late!" She grabs him by the ponytail and runs off for the school. When she gets to the gate she is met by the usual mob of boys that want to beat her so they can go out on a date with her. And as usual she beats them while still holding Ranma by the ponytail. The day goes by like any other would. Ranma and Akane fight. Ranma gets hit, pounded, punched, malleted, punted, and beat with desks. Kuno professes his love to Akane and Ranma knocks him unconscious. Ukyo flirts with Ranma while Akane glares at them. At the end of the day Ranma and Akane walk home together. Ranma is on top of the fence and Akane is walking on the sidewalk. When they get home, Kasumi is waiting with a plate full of cookies. "I made some cookies. Ranma, Akane do you want one?" They grab the plate and run into the dojo. Akane sits down and watches as Ranma begins to practice his kata. She just sits there, mesmerized by his fluid movements and practiced skill. She sighs, content to just sit there and watch him. Suddenly there is a loud crash and the wall caves in. This happens often and Akane wasn't too fazed about it. She was expecting to see Shampoo or Kodachi standing in the rubble after the dust cleared. "What the-" Ranma began. A phrase heard oh too often. When the dust finally cleared, standing amidst the rubble was a girl they'd never seen before. She had short brown hair she had pulled back into a ponytail. Resting on her head most likely holding up the ponytail was a red and black bow. She wore Chinese clothes that were somewhat similar to Ranma's except that her shirt was green instead of red. On her wrists were two guards. She had a backpack on her back and she was carrying a battered piece of paper. "Happosai! Happosai, I know you're here somewhere!" She looked around the room totally ignoring the looks Ranma and Akane were giving her. She runs up to Ranma and grabs him by the shirt. "Where is he? Where's that old letch at?" Ranma just kinda looked at her. He was used to people, especially women, looking to kill Happosai. "Haven't seen him. But can I ask *you* a question?" She looks at him and lets go of his shirt, taking a step back. Obviously she hadn't expected this. "Who are you?" "My name is Okabayashi Miyoko." She bows. "I'm Saotome Ranma, and this is Tendo Akane. Now, what are you doing in the dojo and why did you come through the wall screaming 'Happosai'?" At the mention of Happosai her eyes flash anger but she doesn't say anything. She silently hands him the battered piece of paper she was carrying. He looks at it and then back at Miyoko. "It's just the Tendo's address. Where did you get this and what does it have to do with the old man?" Ranma asks somewhat exasperated. "It's a long story. Let's just say I know the old man is somehow connected to this address. Am I correct?" Ranma gets a little squirmish at the question. He doesn't want to admit Happosai really *is* connected to this address. Miyoko looks at him with anticipation. Akane notices Ranma's nervous behavior and then looks at Miyoko's look of pure anticipation. "Geeze Ranma! If you won't answer her *I* will!" she turns to Miyoko, "Happosai is more or less, my dad and Ranma's dad's master. And I guess you could kinda say he lives here. Although he doesn't exactly live anywhere!" Miyoko looks at Akane and tries to sort out the lame answer. She seems to accept it no matter how lame. They look up as the door slides open. Kasumi walks in and smiles her famous smile. "Ranma, Akane, who's your little friend?" They look over at Miyoko. She looks between them and then at Kasumi. "Uh, my name's Okabayashi Miyoko." She bows briefly to Kasumi. "Oh, well, it's time for dinner. Would you like to join us?" Miyoko nods. Kasumi smiles before turning around and walking out. Ranma looks at Akane and she shrugs. Ranma shrugs back and walks out. Akane looks back at Miyoko. "I'm Akane. You want to come to dinner?" Miyoko nods again and follows Akane out of the dojo. Sitting around the table, Miyoko sits warily watching Genma-panda. He just looks at her and holds up a sign. "Who's that?" Miyoko now *really* gives him a weird look. Ranma doesn't notice this exchange because he's shoveling food in his mouth likes there's no tomorrow. Genma-panda gets annoyed at not being answered and Miyoko isn't about to answer a question on a sign that is being held up by a panda. He does the only thing left to do, he smacks Ranma in the back of the head with a sign that says, "Answer me!" "Why'd ya do that for pop?!" Sign, "Who's that?!" Genma-panda points at Miyoko who gets a rather sheepish look on her face. "Oh, that's Miyoko. She's come looking for revenge on Happosai. You know how it is!" Sign, "Oh. Konnichiha!" Miyoko looks at the panda weirdly and he begins to sweat. Miyoko just shrugs and starts to eat her food. Kasumi walks in and smiles at Miyoko. "So Miyoko, where do you live?" Kasumi asks sweetly as always. She was used to the showing up of strange new people so she wasn't going to waste her breath asking her why she was here. "I, uh, don't...really...live anywhere," she says her face turning bright red. "I've been training in China for the last year." "Oh my! Well, we can't have that can we? You can stay with us! You can sleep in Akane's room. You don't mind do you Akane?" Kasumi asks smiling at Akane and then at Miyoko. "Uh, no, course not!" Miyoko looks just as quizzeled as everyone else and she just nods. The girl that had just busted through the dojo wall seeking death to the coming and going resident, Happosai, was now going to be staying awhile. After dinner, Miyoko follows Akane back into the practice hall not really knowing what else to do. Miyoko sits down and watches as Akane practices. She seems to be rather confused at the moment and stays silent. Akane notices this and walks over, sitting down next to her. "You don't talk much do you?" "Well, I've been up in the mountains for the last year. And anyway, I'm still confused." "Confused about what? About Kasumi offering to let you stay? Think nothing of it! We have people show up seeking revenge on the people living here all the time! It's *never* normal around here!" Akane smiles at Miyoko. Outside of the practice hall, Ranma stands by the sliding door which is open a crack. He's listening to Miyoko and Akane's conversation. Inside the practice hall, "You said you were practicing in the mountains right?" nod "Well, wanna practice with me? We can be friends." Akane smiles. Outside the practice hall, "Hmph! Where have I heard that before! I can just picture it now! Miyoko is really a boy, Akane walks in on her in the bath, and we have a new skylight in the bathroom! Look out Miyoko!" Inside the practice hall, Akane and Miyoko are circling each other. Akane rushes Miyoko who flips over her head and lands behind her. She swipes Akane's feet out from under her but Akane catches herself before she hits the ground. Miyoko jumps at a startled Akane. Grabbing Akane's shoulders as she flies over her head, she flips her and roles back to her feet. Akane flies into a practice dummy. She gets up breathing hard. "You're *huff* quite *huff* good!" She says smiling despite her defeat. "Well, I did just come from training for a year in the mountains. I really should be more careful. I didn't hurt you did I?" Akane shakes her head. Miyoko smiles, relieved she didn't just ruin the chances of her staying here for a couple days. "Why don't you go take a shower. I'll take one after you're finished. I need to pound the baka that's been spying on us!" Akane said walking over and whipping the door open making Ranma fall in. "Heh heh! A-Akane have you seen my...uh..." he scans the room praying that he left something in the dojo. He smiles sheepishly up at Akane and closes his eyes waiting for the inevitable punch. He doesn't receive one and opens his eyes. Akane is standing over him with an evil grin on her face. *SPLASH* Akane walks back out of the dojo with a satisfied grin on her face. Ranma-chan just sits in a puddle of water mumbling angrily. She finally gets up and walks out of the dojo. Walking past the pond he notices a little black pig with a yellow and black bandanna jump out of it. "So I see you finally found your way back, Ryoga! I wondered what happened to you when you said you were going to the bathroom and never came back." he pauses "Hey, Ryoga, have you passed by China recently? See, there's this girl that showed up at the dojo today and she's seeking vengeance on Happosai. But then again who isn't? Do you know anything about her? She says she just came from China." Ryoga just looks at her. He gives Ranma-chan a look that says 'I know something you don't know!' and then runs off in the direction of Akane's room. Ranma-chan fumes but doesn't follow. "He'll never make it to her room without getting lost!" Ranma-chan thinks out loud. She walks into the house and is about to walk into the kitchen to boil some water when she hears Akane. "P-Chan! Where have you been? I've been worried about you!" Ranma-chan rolls her eyes and steps into the kitchen. Miyoko walks out of the bathroom and into Akane's room. Akane is sitting on her bed playing with P-Chan. "Akane, I'm done!" notices P-Chan "Is that your pet?" "Uh huh! His name's P-Chan. You wanna hold him while I'm in the shower?" "Uh, sure." Akane hands P-Chan to Miyoko and walks out of the room. "Well, P-Chan, be good while a get changed!" At the mention of her changing clothes, P-Chan's eyes get a little bigger. Miyoko doesn't notice and walks over to her backpack. She pulls out a pair of boxer shorts and a shirt. She sits down in front of the mirror. Outside of Akane's window, Ranma is crawling across the roof carrying a kettle full of hot water. "I've got to find out what Ryoga knows about Miyoko!" He crawls down to the ledge and hangs over it looking into Akane's bedroom. He sees Miyoko sitting in front of the mirror and P-Chan sitting on the bed blushing. "Hmm. What's that pig blushing about?" Inside Akane's room, Miyoko pulls a brush out of her backpack. She reaches up and tugs gently on her bow. It loosens and falls to the floor as she shakes her hair out of the ponytail. Suddenly Ryoga's eyes get even bigger (if that is at all possible)! Outside Ranma's eyes also widen. On top of Miyoko's head are two furry orange and black striped tiger ears! She slowly runs the brush through her hair. Whenever the brush gets to the tiger ears she lays them flat and gently brushes over them. She looks over at P-Chan who stares at her in shock. "I see you've noticed the ears. You won't tell anybody will you piggy?" Miyoko walks over to P-Chan and softly pets him. She looks at him sadly. She sighs and scratches behind his ears. "You're probably the only one who won't tell anybody." She stands back up and resumes her spot in front of the mirror. This time she pulls her shirt over her head. P-Chan goes back into shock when he realizes she isn't wearing a bra. Outside Ranma is still in shock from the ears and doesn't seem fazed by Miyoko's bare chest (but then again he's seen himself (herself) plenty of time!). Miyoko picks up the shirt she had pulled out of her backpack earlier and slips it over her head. She then stands up and pulls her pants down revealing a pair of boxers underneath. Outside, "Boxers? Why does she wear boxers? And no bra-" Ranma doesn't finish his statement when he puts it all together (from his perspective). "No! It's can't be! Then that would mean-! Akane is sharing a-! With a-!" He hangs from the edge, his mind swirling. Inside, Miyoko pulls down her boxers. She picks up the other pair of boxers and slips them on. She sits back down, her back to P-Chan. Ranma sees her reach down behind her and pull at something. She stands back up and looks at herself in the mirror. Ranma still can't see what she had been pulling at. She walks over to the bed and sits down next to P-Chan snapping him back to conciousness. Now Ranma sees what she had been pulling at. Miyoko is sitting cross-legged on the bed and curled around her leg is a furry orange and black striped tiger...tail? Ranma squints to get a better look. Yup, it's a tiger tail all right! But why does she have a tiger tail and tiger ears? "Maybe they're fake." His idea is shot down when he sees that the tip of her tail is gently swishing back and forth. He finds out the ears are real the hard way. Miyoko's ears suddenly perk up. She heard Ranma. She stands up and walks over to the window. Ranma quickly pulls himself up and sits on the roof hoping she doesn't look outside. Miyoko opens the window and sticks her head out. Her ears twitch around searching for a sound. Ranma sits nervously on the roof. He shifts. Miyoko hears him and jumps on the roof. "You hentai! You were watching me dress!" She grabs him by the back of the shirt and punts him into low orbit. Satisfied with punishing Ranma but still fumed that he saw her little secret, she jumps back into Akane's room. She picks up her bow and pulls her hair back into a ponytail covering up her ears. Her bangs hang down on the side of her head covering up the spot normal ears would be. She reaches around behind herself and grabbing her tail, stuffs it back into her boxers as Akane walks in. She smiles at her and sits down on the futon that had been set up for her to sleep on. She was still amazed they would let her stay in their house when she was a complete stranger. "Arigato for watching P-Chan for me." "No problem!" She yawns. Akane yawns too. They crawl into their separate beds and P-Chan curls up on Akane's pillow next to her head. Akane turns off the light and everything is quiet. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ To Be Continued.... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Okay. Okay! I know you're going "What kinda ending is that?!" Well, I decided to make it a series! Yeah! The Bakamoichigei (Even a Fool Has One Talent) series will have who knows how many sections in it! But this will make it easier for me! So I can write without losing interest and making it REALLY boring for you! So bare with me! I know there isn't a whole lot in here, but all comments are welcome! I will take flames but I'll just ignore them! ;) Enjoy! More to come! Caryll Griffin mmccrabb@nv-vb.mindspring.com Bakamoichigei (Even a Fool Has One Talent) Theme Song It's amazing how you can speak right to me heart [Ranma and Akane sneaking looks Without saying a word, you can light up the dark at each other when the other isn't Try as I may I could never explain looking. Ranma chasing P-Chan What I hear when you don't say a thing around when he tries to sleep with Akane.] The smile on your face let's me know that you need me [Akane smiling at Ranma when he There's a truth in your eyes saying you'll never leave me has his back to her. Then yelling at The touch of your hand say's you'll catch me if ever I fall him when he turns around. Ranma You say it best when you say nothing at all rescuing Akane from different people.] All day long I can hear people talking out loud [The dinner table. Everyone is But when you hold me near yelling and Akane is silently You drowned out the crowd watching Ranma and smiling. Oh Mr.Webster could never define Ranma trying to tell Akane how he What's being said between you're heart and mine feels but is attacked by Shampoo.] The smile on your face let's me know that you need me [Ranma smiling at Akane when she There's a truth in your eyes saying you'll never leave me has her back to him. Then making a The touch of your hand say's you'll catch me if ever I fall face at her when she turns around. You say it best when you say nothing at all Akane pulling Shampoo off Ranma and punting her into low orbit.]