Well, I'm going to loose my ethernet soon, so email is going to practically
gone soon.  Well, I still have shell access, albeit at 2400 baud and my
school's shell rsz program doesn't work...

Chapter 21: Ranma vs. Tsubasa.

    Ryoga shuddered as soon as he heard his name called out loud.  "Oh,
Ryoga!  Ryoga!  Where are you?  Tsubasa already misses you!"  He groaned
and looked at the sky.  'Why me?  Why must I have this girl chasing me
around all of the time?'

    Ryoga stood somewhat beaten as he waited for the inevitable.  Seconds
later, a girl came running around the corner and she leaped onto him.  "I
found you!  Are you happy to see me?"  Ryoga tried to speak, but having
one's head in the ground and trying to speak at the same time is a
counterproductive thing.

    Ryoga stood up, and looked at Tsubasa.  "Why are you doing this?
You've been hounding me for the entire day?  Do you think any normal person
would be happy to see you after all of the pain and suffering you bring?"

    Tsubasa smiled as she started to play with Ryoga's cheeks.  "You do
look funny when your face turns red like that.  You must be excited."

    "NO I AM NOT EXCITED!"  shouted Ryoga, who was getting close to his
limits of patience.  He had to admit, before, no one even Kuno, had ever
made him angry.  Never.  Nada.  Zip.  

    Tsubasa looked at Ryoga somewhat surprised.  "Are you angry at me?"
One could see some tears begin to appear in her eyes.

    Ok, so Ryoga was angry, but he also had a weak spot for girls who were
crying.  He looked around, and started to laugh nervously.  "Oh, no no no,
I'm not angry.  I'm just somewhat agitated.  Yeah..."  Ryoga could almost
slap himself for not being good with words.

    Ryoga's attempt at cheering up Tsubasa were rather lame, at best.
Tsubasa burst into tears, and started to wail.  "It's not fair...  You've
been seeing another woman, haven't you?"

    At that moment, a small crowd of students started to surround Ryoga to
see what was happening.  All of the girls started to whisper.  "Who's that
girl?"  "Why is she crying?"

    A girl stepped forwards and poked Ryoga in the chest.  "What are you
trying to do?  Take advantage of that poor girl?"

    Ryoga started to shake his head.  "No!  I just met her today!  I don't
even know her!  I haven't even dated her!"

    "Tell me Ryoga-chan!  Who else are you seeing?"  Tsubasa was crying up
a storm, and all of the girls in the crowd began to converge on Ryoga.

    "Wait let me explain!  Help!"  Ryoga screamed as the girls started to
trample him.

* * *

   "Hey, Ukyo!  Ranma!  Why aren't you in the pool?"  a student shouted to
the two where were well away from the pool during physical education.

    Ranma looked befuddled for a moment, but Ukyo filled in for both of
them.  "It's because we can't swim!"  She immediately grasped Ranma's hand
in a tight hold.

    "But aren't you two hot?  It must be at least 26 degrees [Celsius, a
real man's temperature unit] outside!  Why don't you two wade in the pool?
It's very refreshing!"  shouted another student.

    Ranma felt some sweat trickling down his face, but he decided to ignore
their offers.

    "Hey, if you're not getting in, them I'm going to splash you!"  A
student somehow managed to pull out a pail filled with cold water.  Both
Ranma and Ukyo recoiled backwards, as if in fear of the bucket.  The
student flung the pail at the two of them.

    Practically screaming, Ranma picked up Ukyo and leaped into the bush
which was conveniently behind them, but the pail also landed in the bush
with the two.

    Ranma-chan was completely lost.  The last thing she remembered was
trying to take a bath last night, when all of the sudden she was in
entangled in some bushes.  Next to her was Ukyo.  "Ukyo!"  Ranma-chan
whispered.  "What on earth are we doing here?  And why am I soaking wet?"

    Ukyo grumbled, and she stood up.  "Hey, what's the meaning of this?
Who splashed me with the water?"  Ranma-chan timidly stood up, and looked
around.  Almost immediately boys gasped and fell down.  Unsure, Ukyo turned
to Ranma and gasped.  "Ranma!  At least button your top!"

    Ranma-chan looked down and gasped.  In a hurry, she buttoned her top,
allowing the guys to recover.  A wet Ryoga wearing only swimming trunks
walked up.  "Great, we have to find some hot water for you two."

    "Don't worry.  I can find some."  Ukyo walked off.

    Ryoga looked at Ranma-chan and he chuckled.  "Cold water always has to
find you, no?"

    Ranma-chan's eyes widened slightly as she got a chance to look at
Ryoga's rather strong build.  She averted her eyes immediately and blushed.
 "Ryoga, could you at least put something on?"

    In the distance, someone was gritting her teeth.  "Who is this girl
Ryoga's with?  I, Tsubasa, shall hunt her down to the ends of the earth!
How dare she try to take away my man!  I'll make her suffer."

* * *

    Ukyo grumbled as she returned to Ranma-chan and Ryoga.  "Sorry, I
couldn't find any hot water at all.  Just our luck."  She practically swore
as she looked around.

    Ryoga muttered.  "Yeah.  Well, it's a good thing today is Saturday.  We
can go home in a few more minutes.  I'll be back from the changing room."
Ryoga turned around and took a step when Ranma-chan started to giggle.

    "Ryoga, the locker room is that way."  Ranma-chan grabbed onto Ryoga's
arm.  "Come along.  It wouldn't be good if you were wandering around town
with that on."  Ranma-chan pointed at Ryoga's wet swimming trunks.

    "The nerve of that woman!  When I get my hands on her, I'll... I'll
tear her heart out," growled Tsubasa who was watching Ryoga and Ranma-chan
as they walked into the school.

    Tsubasa carefully padded her way to the boys locker room.  Outside,
Ranma-chan was leaning against the wall waiting for Ryoga to finish and
come out, if he could ever find the door.  A particular look washed over
Tsubasa as she formulated a plan to get rid of Ranma-chan so she could have
Ryoga all to herself.

    Her plan was a simple one, although it still had some faults.  Leaping
around the corner dressed as a mailbox, Tsubasa launched an all-out assault
on Ranma-chan.  Considering Ranma-chan's temperment, the idea of having a
mailbox trying to kill you definitely was a scary thought.  Immediately,
Ranma-chan tried to run off.

    But as luck would have it, Ryoga managed to find his way out of the
locker room, and he swiftly stepped out of the door only to be pasted
against the ground by a mailbox.  Ranma-chan immediately grabbed Ryoga, and
booted the mailbox away.  "Oh, Ryoga, are you hurt?"  Ranma-chan bent down,
to take a closer look at Ryoga, but that was not a good idea at all.

    Ryoga started to twitch slightly as Ranma-chan's shirt hung down ever
so slightly giving him the a rather unflattering view of Ranma-chan's
impressive bosom, two firm, luscious mounds of flesh.  "Ahhhh......
ahhhh....."  Ranma-chan gasped as Ryoga fell backwards, completely
unconscious.

* * *

    "Oh, Ryoga are you feeling better?  I promise that I'll beat that
mailbox whenever it tries to attack you again..."  Ryoga sighed as he
endured Ranma-chan's pampering of him.  Well, actually it was a nice thing
for him, considering that not many girls really bothered to pay attention
to him, because it was a well known thing in Nerima that Ryoga Hibiki was
one lost dude.

    Unlike Ryoga, Ukyo and Kodachi was slightly put off my Ranma-chan's
behavior.  Ukyo turned to Kodachi.  "I suggest that we go for some hot
water as soon as possible, what do you say?"

    "I don't know.  Ranma seems to be quite happy.  I'm sure that we can
wait until tonight."  Kodachi shrugged her shoulders.

    "Red haired girl!  Get your hands off my Ryoga!"  There was the sound
of rushing air, and in front of them was Tsubasa, dressed up rather nicely
in a dress.  "This is the day that I liberate Ryoga from you, bitch."
Normally Ranma-chan would ignore normal insults, but this was not a normal
moment, as Tsubasa actually used the b-word.

    Ryoga felt Ranma-chan start trembling, and it definitely wasn't fear.
"Hmph, look here you hussy!  Ryoga and I have a mutual love, and we are not
going to split!"

    Tsubasa shoved Ranma-chan.  "Why are you calling a hussy!"

    "Err, excuse me..."  Ryoga raised his hand, as if attempting to break
the confrontation between Tsubasa and Ranma-chan before something could
happen.  "Could you stop fighting?"

    Everyone was surprised when Ranma-chan and Tsubasa both answered quite
curtly.  "No!"  They then turned to each other, and their bodies shone
brightly with burning battle auras.

    "Look here you big busted, red head bimbo!  Why don't you just give
up..."  Ranma-chan could take it no more.  For people there was a limit to
the number of insults that they could take, and Tsubasa had stretched
Ranma-chan's patience to the limit.  Ranma-chan gave Tsubasa a rather loud
backhanded swipe.

    Immediately, Tsubasa slapped back, but her impact was a lot harder, and
Ranma-chan flinched away.  This only aggravated the situation, as their
auras flared forth again.  Ryoga waved his hand again.  "Look here, why
don't we just talk..."  Immediately Tsubasa and Ranma-chan turned their
heads to Ryoga and all will just left him.  "...never mind..."

    Tsubasa took the initiative and she jumped onto Ranma-chan, and both
started to grapple indiscriminately on the sidewalk.

* * *

    After a few short minutes, it seemed to be quite an even fight,
although Tsubasa seemed to have the upperhand.  Apparently, Tsubasa had
better endurance than Ranma-chan, although Ranma-chan had a better set of
reflexes.  Pretty soon, Tsubasa had Ranma-chan pinned to the ground.
Tsubasa grinned.  "Do you give up?"

    Ranma-chan struggled as she summoned on some unknown reserve of energy.
 "Never!"  Struggling hard, she freed her arms and thrust upwards to push
Tsubasa off of her.  However, something felt different.  Trying with even
more effort, Ranma-chan shoved up again, and it was confirmed.  Tsubasa had
a rather flat chest.

    Ranma-chan paused for a moment, as she gave Tsubasa a quizzical look.
"Are you a guy?"  Immediately Tsubasa froze in place.

    "No!  What makes you think I'm a guy?"  Tsubasa leaped back and seemed
to be rather nervous, well more along the lines of agitated.

    Ranma-chan shrugged her shoulders.  "I could swear that you had a flat
chest."  Ranma-chan walked up and experimentally poked one of Tsubasa's
breasts.  They were there alright, but they didn't feel right.  Something
seemed out of place.  "I don't know..."  Ranma-chan then touched her own
breast, and her thoughts were confirmed, there was a rather big difference
between her bosom and Tsubasa's bosom.

    "I'd wish you won't do that..."  Everyone turned around to see Ryoga
furiously trying to staunch off his bleeding nose.