I don't know.  I think I'm going to play with Genma and Nodoka a little
bit.  Note, this chapter isn't finished yet.  It's just been sitting on my
hard drive for awhile.


Chapter 19 : Really Really Really Stormy Weather Comes to Furinken.

    "Saotome!  How dare thee walk next to my women like that!?  I 
must liberate these women from your treacherous ways!  Die, 
Saotome!"  Ranma, who was walking to school with Kodachi and Ukyo, 
immediately leaned backwards, giving just enough space for a bokken 
to fly past his face.

    "Damn it Saotome!  Stand like a man and take your punishment!"  
Kuno leaped forwards, and attacked wildly, his bokken moving so 
quickly that it had become a giant blur of colors.

    "Attack from above!"  Kuno paused in a moment of his blind 
attack, to discover that he had been striking at nothing, except 
for empty air.  There was a low howling of rushing air from above, 
and he looked up just in time to see Ranma's fist embed itself into 
his face.  Staggering about to staunch his bloody nose, Kuno 
finally collapsed on the ground.

    Ranma continued onwards with Kodachi and Ukyo, completely 
ignoring Kuno's shaking body.  However, Tatewaki Kuno wasn't a 
person who gave up easily.  Struggling to his feet, Tatewaki 
grabbed his bokken, and immediately struck out at Ranma's back.

    Someone cried out in pain.  Ranma turned around, and saw a 
young girl bawling on madly with a nasty bruise on her shoulder.  
Kuno cowered backwards as Ranma towered over him.

    As everyone looked on, they watched as Kuno was solidly beaten 
into a pulp, and thrown into a tree.

    Minutes later, Ranma, Ukyo, and Kodachi dashed into the class, 
and slid into their seats, only to find that their rushing was 
completely pointless as the teacher was not in yet.  Or so they 
thought.

    Principal Kuno dashed into the class.  "Well, aloha class!  I 
am here to introduce your new teacher!  She is a very good teacher, 
having fixed up 3 reform schools!"  The entire class yawned at the 
crazy principal.

    "Since when was Furinken a reform school?" muttered Hiroshi.  
Daisuke shrugged his shoulders.

    "I present Miss Hinako Ninomiya!"  Principal Kuno's arms 
flashed towards the door, and a young girl, wearing a yellow dress 
a tad bit on the large side came skipping into the room.  Everyone, 
including the Principal facefaulted.

    Ranma muttered.  "Has he lost his mind?"

    "Ok class!  I'm Miss Hinako and I'm here to make sure you 
naughty, naughty delinquents don't get into any trouble..."  
Everyone had to laugh out loud at the sight of a little girl 
shaking her finger at a class full of older students.  Ranma, 
somehow, managed to stifle his laughter.

    "Hey!  Stop laughing or else!"  Miss Hinako seemed on the verge 
of tears.

    Suddenly the door burst off its hinges as an angered Tatewaki 
Kuno walked into the classroom.  "Ranma Saotome!  You wretched 
fiend!  Where are you?"  Immediately, Ranma groaned as he felt the 
day was going to be rather long.

    Ms. Hinako looked at Kuno.  "What are you doing here, 
delinquent?"

    "Delinquent?  When does a young girl have the right to call a 
man of such accomplishment a delinquent?  When does a masterfully 
excellent person, such as I, get associated with a delinquent?"  
Kuno started ranting.

    "Geesh, Kuno.  Why do you have to pick on the teacher like 
that?"  Ranma stood up.  "Just leave her alone."

    "But she called me a delinquent!  Not even you would dare as to 
call me a delinquent."  Tatewaki looked truly offended.

    Ranma muttered.  "Yeah, I'd prefer to call you an asshole."

    "What was that?"  Kuno drew his wooden sword, conveniently 
knocking out a few boys in the front row.  "Prepare to take back 
your words, Saotome!"  Kuno charged recklessly, into Ranma's foot, 
and he collapsed on the ground.

    Miss Hinako jumped onto Ranma's back.  "Yes!  You beat that 
delinquent for me!  Oh, I really, really like helpful students!"  
Ranma stood there for a moment, somewhat trying to ignore the fact 
that Miss Hinako was jump on his back with high heels on.

* * *

    Miss Hinako latched onto Ranma's hand as if she were his 
younger sister as they walked home together.  On Ranma's face, one 
could detect the slightest feeling of exasperation.  On Ukyo's and 
Kodachi's faces, however, were filled with mirth as they watched 
their new teacher and her antics.  

    "Well, Ms. Hinako.  This is my home."  Ranma carefully opened 
the front door, and looked around nervously.  His father always 
picked the most awkward times to ambush him.

    "Ranma!  Prepare to lose!"  Immediately, as if on cue, Ukyo and 
Kodachi grabbed a hold of Ms. Hinako, and dragged her to the side, 
as Ranma leaped up to do battle with his father.

    Both martial artists met in midair, and exchanged wild volleys 
of blows and other attacks.  Finally, Genma managed to get the 
upper hand, and he landed on the ground, sitting on Ranma's back.  
"Hah hah hah!  Ranma my boy!  You still can't top your old man!"

    "I don't give up so easily!"  shouted Ranma as he forced his 
muscles to work.  Genma looked surprise as he found himself slowly 
lifted off the ground.  But Genma was prepared, he grabbed a pail 
of water, and dumped it onto Ranma, who immediately screamed.

    "Ouch Father, please don't sit on me!  Please!"  Genma leaped 
off his daughter's back.

    Ranma-chan looked at Hinako, and almost laughed in delight.  
"What a cute girl!"  Ranma-chan gave Genma a shove that sent him 
flying across the yard.  "Hi, what's your name?"  Kodachi and Ukyo 
slapped their foreheads.

   Genma got out of the ground, and looked over Ranma-chan's 
shoulder.  "Yeah, Ranma, where did you find the cute girl?"

    Ms. Hinako looked at Genma, who was covered with dirt and 
looked like the Swamp Thing with a ton of grass in his mouth.  She 
leaped into Ranma-chan's arms  "Make the monster go away!  Waah!"  
Ms. Hinako cried out loud.

    Ukyo looked at Genma.  "Oh look what you did.  Go take a bath, 
before you scare out teacher anymore."  Genma looked at the bawling 
girl in Ranma-chan's arms.

    "That's the new teacher!?"  Genma stared at her for a moment.  
'Great, and now I scared the hell out of her.  She's only a child.  
I'd better do something or else she'll flunk Ranma, and Nodoka...'  
Genma grew flush at the thought of Nodoka looking at a report card 
filled with F's.

    A shower later, Genma was carrying Hinako on his back around 
town.  "Want some candy, little girl?"  Genma sighed inwardly, as 
the hyperactive girl was driving him insane.  'But what the hell, 
maybe if I butter her up, she'll give Ranma good grades.'

* * *

    "Ah!  That was good!"  Everyone was speechless as they watched 
Miss Hinako consume dinner rather messily.  "Excuse me!  I'm going 
to the potty!"  Miss Hinako leaped out of the room, and headed 
tearing down one of the halls.  The entire dinner time, she had 
been staring at Genma, perhaps the only parent who had ever treated 
her decently.  Of course, he didn't know her real identity, but he 
was sure a nice man, who did go out of his way to buy stuff for her.


    Wiping some food that somehow managed to stick itself to her 
face, Miss Hinako looked out of the window, disturbed by the fact 
that two dogs were fighting outside.

    Everyone froze as soon as they heard a girl shout, "Stop 
fighting!" from the bathroom.  Seconds later, a tall, busty, 
beautiful girl of twenty years old walked out of the bathroom.  She 
seemed disorientated for a moment, but she definitely recognized 
Genma.  She ran past Ranma and the others, and immediately gave 
Genma rather tight hug.  "Oh, Genma!  I've been waiting my entire 
life for a man like you!  Oh, when you treated me as if I were a 
special person, I just fell in love with you!."

    Ranma's left eye twitched, and he collapsed backwards as he 
listened to such miscast epithets such as "sexy" and "caring."  
Fortunately, Ukyo and Kodachi were there to catch him.  Ukyo and 
Kodachi looked at Genma with extreme disapproval.  Nodoka walked 
out of the kitchen, laden with dishes.

    Everyone heard the sounds of plates crashing into the ground.  
"Genma!!!!!  You pervert!!!"  Genma started to crawl away from 
Nodoka.

    "Nodoka, I can explain!  It's not what you think!  She hugged 
me!  I didn't seduce her!  Help! Ranma!"

    Soun Tendo sighed as he swallowed a cup of tea.  "It's such a 
peaceful day, isn't it Kasumi?"  Just as he finished his 
observation, a loud scream shook the entire neighborhood.

* * *

    Just before class, Akane walked up to Ranma.  "Hey, Ranma.  Did 
you hear that scream yesterday?  My god that had to be the worst 
noise that I've ever heard in my entire life."

    Ranma looked exasperated at Akane.  "You should have been at my 
house.  Now, that was an awful experience.  Damn it, I wish my 
father would be a little bit more quiet when he screams."  Ranma 
yawned a little.  "He kept me up all night."

    Akane stared at Ranma.  "That was your father!"  Akane was 
amazed, as that scream was of a high enough pitch to curdle blood 
and kill a bashee.

    "Yup.  I think I'll never be the same, hearing a grown man 
scream like that.  I wish he wouldn't scream when Mother beats him.
"  Ranma slumped forwards onto the table asleep.

    "Your mother was beating him!"  Akane looked at Ranma in 
amazement, but he was completely lost in his sleep.

    "Saotome!  Naughty, naughty boy!   Sleeping in class is a bad 
thing!"  Ms. Hinako appeared out of nowhere, and dumped a pail of 
super chilled ice cold water on Ranma.

    "Waah!  Cold!"  Ranma-chan shook uncontrollably for a moment as 
she tried to regain her body heat from the cold water.  "Hey, where 
am I?"  Ranma-chan looked around.  "Is this school?"

    "Oh dear, Ranma are you really a girl?"  Ms. Hinako stared at 
Ranma-chan for a bit.  "You know cross-dressing is a bad habit.  
What would you nice father think?"