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 Hawk walked into his room, been bunking with Ranma for the past while, he
spotted Genma squatting on his futon, facial expression very far away. Genma
didn�t notice Hawk as he came into the room. He just sat there, staring out the
window.
 Hawk watched Genma quietly at the door. This continued for a few minutes until
Hawk�s patience ran out, he walked up to Genma�s back and tapped him on the
shoulder. He turned around with a startled shout, �AHH! Don�t do that!� he said,
grasping his chest. Hawk chuckled a little, then turned a stern look on his
face, �Don�t you have to be somewhere about now?� Genma looked confused. �Let me
rephrase that�you should be over at YOUR house, talking with your WIFE and
making amends with her�� he trailed off when Genma grabbed his shirt and lifted
him off the floor in one fluid motion.
 Red Faced, �Are you crazy Boy?!? My wife will have me commit suppuku the first
chance she gets!!!�, Genma yelled into Hawk�s face. Hawk�s expression didn�t
change, he just reached up and grabbed Genma�s wrists into a grip that was close
to crushing them, forcing Genma to let him go. He looked down to Genma, who�s
rubbing his now tender wrists, �First off: How do you know for SURE that she is
going to do that?� Genma opened his mouth to answer but didn�t get the chance
to, �Second Off: She is VERY proud of Ranma, and Third: She misses the BOTH of
you, though not as much as Ranma right now since she just met him awhile ago,
but that is besides the point.� Drawing in a deep breath, �The point is that you
have a chance to make amends with her and I HIGHLY suggest that you take it.
Maybe take her to dinner or something�preferably someplace nice�� Gazing over
Genma crestfallen form, �I do hope that you will be an honorable man and face
your problems head on�� Hawk then went about his previously intended business of
gathering his things for the beach.
 Genma sat there pondering what Hawk said, �He does have a point when it comes
to Ranma�But about me taking her to dinner.� He thought a little more as he dug
into his dogi�s few pockets, digging out only a few coins. He slumped with the
few coins in his hand, being out of money is definitely not a good thing when
trying to take the wife out to dinner.
 Hawk turned back around to see Genma slump and eyed the few coins in his hand,
�I take it that you are enteraining the idea of taking Mrs. Saotome out to
dinner?� he said coyly. Genma didn�t say anything, just nodded his head weakly
and putting his head into his hand, looking to the floor and going deep in
thought. He was interupted from his thoughts when his saw a few large bills fly
into his lap. A little awetruck, he looked up to Hawk�s smirking face, �If ya
needed money�ask next time, I just might give it to ya�BUT only this time you
will use that money,� point to the bills now in Genma�s hand, �to taking your
wife out onto a night out on the town.� Genma was speachless, all that he could
do was nod thanks as Hawk walked out of the room with a small backpack over his
shoulder and a set of rollerblades in his left hand.
 Ranko looked up from the TV to see Hawk coming down the stairs with a bit of a
bounce in his step and whistling a happy tune. A bit more than curious, �What
are you so happy about?� she asked him, leaning over the couch that is pointed
to the television. He did a light piroette, �Because Ranko-chan�I think I have
helped patch things up with your parents!� he beamed. When he said that, Ranko�s
face lit up, �How did you do that?!?!� she asked him, a little excitedly. He
turned a mock serious, voice in a semi-thick British accent and a finger in the
air, �Because My Dear Ranko-chan�I have convinced your father to take some
intiative and take your mother out on the town. Dinner and the whole she-bang!�
losing the accent quickly, turning sullen, �Even though I had to prove him wrong
that his own wife will literally kill him on sight�� he completed with a shrug.
 Seeing that there is more to go on, �You ready to go?� glancing over to the
overhead clock. He looked up, making mental not that it is only 12 noon,
�Yeah�and with plenty of time to spare�� he looked back down to her, �Care to
spar again�.this time with the swords?� She looked thoughtful for a moment,
�Yeah�sure why not? I am getting a little rusty at it anyway�� she trailed of
when she heard a pained groan. She saw Hawk, with his hand to his head, shaking
his head vigourously, �Uhhhh�BAD PUN�where�s that damned puncil!!!� He looked up
to Ranko�s blank look, �You did register what you just said? I asked if you
wanted to practice with the swords a bit and you said you are getting
rusty�think about it!� Her eyes lit up in reconition and groaned herself,
�Yuk�didn�t think I could make them THAT bad!�, shivering slightly, �Let�s just
go practice then.� She said, grabbing hold of his hand and dragging him to the
still-thoroughly-wrecked dojo.
 A thought just came to her, �Did you bring our swords?� He simply smiled as he
put his backpack and rollerblades down, then walked over to the still intact
supply room and pulled out a large wooden case that was precariously hidden in
there. He pulled out two swords, one in a quite narrow sheath, obviously a sort
of ornate rapier, all done up in sky-blue and gold accents all along the hilt
with an ivory white dragon swirling around it from the bottom of the hilt to the
slender blade. The other sword is another thing entirely, a long fairly wide
blade, colored red and gold, without a dragon type figure going around it, it
has a large collection of Dragon-Runes running along the blade and VERY nasty
lookingspikes along the hilt. A pair of finely crafted, completely
indestructable, undullable swords, forged uncountable ages ago. He handed the
white sword to her, �You might say that I have�� he trailed off with a wide
smile, �And I would prefer not to be this year�s christmas turkey, thank you
very much.� He said as he pulled his sword out of its sheath, tossing the sheath
to the side of the dojo and then held the sword at ready.
 She snorted, �Whiner�� she retalitated as she pulled out her own sword and
charged at him with the her sword.
 Akane heard metal ringing through the air loudly while she is readying her
things for the beach, �What in the world?� she asked to no-one. She then looked
out the window, seeing nothing strange until she laid her eyes on the dojo. She
spotted Ranko and Hawk sparring again, but this time with very real looking
swords and trying not to carve themselves up with them. She watched with an awe
as she saw the sparks fly from the blades' contact with each other, both going
at it with the same speed and ferocity they did even without. Then she saw them
call it quits after almost a half an hour of battling it out with very lethal
weapons.
 Sheathing his sword, �You�re right about one thing�you are bit rusty�� he didn�
t continue when Ranko slugged him in the shoulder, �But you still could have
carved me up if ya wanted to though�� shrugging his shoulders as he wrapped his
arm around Ranko�s behind, lifting her up. She squealed as he picked her up off
of the ground and sat her on his shoulder, �Warn me when you do that!�, she
yelled at him and playfully slapped him on the back of the head. He just laughed
as he slung the strap of the sword over his other shoulder.
 He was just about to say something to Ranko when Akane strode in, �Hello,
Akane!� both Ranko and Hawk chorused. Akane just waved, �You guys use swords
too??� pointing to the one that Ranko is carrying. Ranko looked to her sword and
back to Akane, �Yeah, kinda had to since they were have to be given to us after
the possesing ritual was over�� Akane held up her hand, �Can I take a look?�
Ranko just shrugged, �Sure,� and handed Akane her rapier.
 She partially unsheathed the sword, marvelling in the attention to detail on
both the hilt and the blade itself. Then completely taking it out, she was
pleasently surprised to find it incredibly light and looking at the blade a bit,
she can tell it is _VERY_ sharp, with a lot of strange markings down the blade
itself. �But how sharp can this little sword be?� Akane wondered to herself,
�Ranko? Can I check out how sharp this is over on the blocks?� she asked,
pointing the tip of the blade over to the stack of five cinder blocks. Ranko
looked slightly worried, �I think I should show you�� noticing Akane�s now
angered expression, �It is not that I don�t trust you, Akane. You don�t know the
TRUE capabilities of that sword�� trailing off as Hawk set her down. Akane
nodded reluctantly, then looked the sword, �What can this sword do?� she
wondered aloud as she looked at it more and resheathed it.
 Ranko just giggled a bit as she took the sword, �You�ll see!� Hawk said
crypticly. Walking over to the blocks, Ranko unsheathed the blade with a bit of
flair when she came behind the cinder blocks. Looking to Akane, �Now watch
carefully!� Akane complied, curiousity piqued. Ranko rested the blade edgewise
and let its miniscule weight go into the blocks�and sliced through them like
they weren�t even there. The bricks didn�t even register the slice until the
blade was already through them. Almost to the floor, Ranko swung the blade out
and quickly resheathed it.
 Akane gasped at the ease the blade went through the blocks like nothing at all,
�That�s ONE of its abilities!� Ranko beamed handing back to Hawk to put it away
for safe keeping, �But these are normally used when fighting someone or
someTHING of incredible strength and power. Not to mention�they look really
Kewl!� he drawled out in a bad Surfer-Dude accent as he held out his own blade.
Both the girls broke into a gale of laughter as he put the swords away, �Now all
that we gota do is make sure that everyone is ready to go, neh?� he chimed in
through their laughter which quickly died when he started talking in normal
tones. They nodded, �Good�I�ll meet you guys at the front gate�I�m waiting for
one other to meet us here�plus,� holding up his rollerblades, �I wanna put these
on for the trip out.�
 Hawk was just finishing up tightning his �blades to his feet when a shadow
loomed over him. Looking up from what he was doing, he saw Ranma. With Uukyo on
his shoulders, hands wrapped around his forehead, she is dressed in a loose blue
t-shirt that is tied at her waist, proudly displaying her very flat stomach, and
jean cut-off shorts, cut quite high on the thigh. She waved happily to Hawk, he
waved back a bit and snorted, �I see that I am becoming a bad influence on you,
man!� then gingerly got to his feet, trying not to fall on his rear in the
process, �So where have you been most of today?� Ranma also snorted, �Gee�isn�t
it obvious?� he drawled sarcasticly as he gestured to his gentle cargo, �I guess
that I am going to be taking her to the beach as well�� he choked a bit when he
trailed off as he set her down to the ground, but she picked up where he left
off, bapping him in the shoulder, �He means that he is going to be taking me to
the beach, like as in a date!� she beamed with a wide, positively sparkling
smile and latched onto Ranma�s arm.
Ranma didn�t say anything, he just turned as red as a beet and grinned
sheepishly. Hawk�s eyebrow�s shot to his hairline, �Ranma could I have a quick
word with you for just a moment?� gesturing a little ways off. Ranma nodded and
gave Uukyo a quick peck to the cheek, �I�ll be back in just a minute.� He said
to her and walked to where Hawk rolled to, �What�s up?� Hawk just slapped him on
the shoulder, �You tiger! I knew you had it in ya!� he said, with his own smile
on his face, �But that is not the reason I called ya over here�� Ranma nodded,
wondering where this is going, started motioning for him to continue. �Well�to
put it simply�I think Uukyo there,� gesturing to the woman who�s now leaning
against the wall, �is the last dragon we�re looking for�� he trailed off as he
saw Ranma�s jaw slacken considerably but didn�t say anything, �I got this
feeling the last time I met her�� stopping at the look on Ranma�s face, �I take
it that you have also got this feeling?� Ranma nodded, �Yeah�But who would have
thought�� shrugging his shoulders. Hawk also nodded, �I know the feeling�DOH!
Another bad pun of the day!! Arg! Anyway�how about we get this show on the road
and have some fun with the girls of our lives, neh??� Hawk�s hand laid out to
show Ranma back to Uukyo.
 Ranko, Akane, Natsumi, Karumi and Kasumi came out of the front gates, with Soun
trailing not to far behind. Ranko, currently dressed in a white t-shirt and
blue-jean cut-off shorts that are cut very high, she spotted Ranma, �There you
are you big OAF! Where have been??� she yelled at him and poked him in the chest
when she got near. Ranma didn�t say anything, he just jutted his head to Uukyo,
who�s got her arm wrapped around his. Ranko�s finger lingered between the two,
both Ranma and Uukyo nodded to her unspoken question. She just shook her head
and latched onto her own significant other. Hawk peered around to the group,
finger jutting out in front of him, as if taking a head count, �OK! We�re all
here! So we go now!� he annouced to the group, taking Ranko over his shoulders,
carefully since he is in rollerblades. They were off to Sun and Fun, all
chattering away at what they are going to be doing at the beach when they get
there�
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 When they got there, it is fairly crowded. Hawk scanned the crowd, �Damn�I
guess I didn�t have the same idea�� trailing off a bit as he looked for Nabiki,
he did find her, �There�s our spot!� he annouced, pointing into a certain
direction, �Right where Nabiki is�and I gotta take these things off, don�t want
to clean out a load of sand.� He finished as he lowered Ranko to the ground,
�You guys go on ahead to setup, I�ll be there in a moment,� turning to Ranko, �I
�ll meet you and the rest of you girls in front of the change rooms?� he asked
the female population of the group. They nodded. He just sat down on a bench
that is still on the concrete and started to take off his �blades.
 Ranma and Hawk stood in front of the women�s change rooms, waiting impatiently
for the girls to come out and fighting off the other gals that came out. Ranma
shifted his weight, again to another foot, �Geeez�How long could it take to
change into a swimsuit�� trailing off as he crossed his arms over his bare
chest. Both he and Hawk changed into their respective swimming trunks in just a
minute or two but the girls on the other hand. Hawk just shook his head, �You�d
think that they are planning kinda war in there or something!� Ranma nodded and
the both of them waited some more. It was then they heard a burst of manical
laughter erupt from within. The two guys looked to each other, �Naaaaaahhhh!!!!�
they chorused, shaking their heads defiantly.
 They didn�t have to wait long. The girls came out, clad in something close to
nothing, making the two guys hearts stop. They made other guys hearts stop as
well, and the slaps from their girlfriends echoed throughout. Hawk stumbled a
bit, his arm lashing out to grab Ranma on the arm, who�s doing a perfect
imitaion of a wide-eyed, slack jawed statue right now, to keep himself upright
and Hawk grabbed at his chest. Starting with Ranko, she is in an off-white with
red tiger-stripes string-bikini, the top squeezing down just enough to make her
look slighter bigger than she is with a rose-like flower in between and two
vine-like strings leading up to her neck and the bottom piece�well�there�s
virtually nothing on the back except for a thin \/ like strip that�s there and
the straps clung to the top of her hips, showing them off incredibly well. Akane
was in a somewhat simple yellow one piece, cut high on the hip with a yellow
string lattace work joining either side over the hip itself, she still managed
to look quite good despite her tomboyish figure. Natsume and Karume were also in
their own one pieces, colored an identical purple shade with black water-like
splotches. Uukyo, much like Ranko, is also clad in a skimpy two piece bikini,
deep sea blue in color with a golden sea-like pattern etched into it. Kasumi,
she�s in a plain, simple light blue one piece, still accenting herself nicely,
but not as extravigantly as two others in the group. The gals posed for the
guys, all lightly giggling when they did so, except Karume and Kasumi, both whom
walked off to their spot on the beach. The guys around them had a MASSIVE
heart-attack.
 The site that is before the guys almost made them fall to their knees and
praise the Lord that they are made a man. Hawk quickly snapped out of it, going
into his tele-vangilist voice and falling to his knees with his arms into the
sky above him, �Sweet-ta, JeeeSUS-A!! The lord has been good to me-A! Much
beauty before mine eyes-a!! It almost hurts-a!!� The girls dissolved into a
helpless gale of giggles then into roaring laughter when he continued,
�Haleighluya and Praise the Lord-da!!! Thank GOD I have been born a man!!!�
 Ranma put his head into his hands and groaned as Hawk ranted onward. Having
enough of the religious ramblings, raised his hand and batted Hawk on the back
of his head, HARD, sending Hawk facefirst into the sand. Everyone around them
applauded that the senseless speech is stopped. A fairly ridiculas sight with
Hawk�s rear and feet in the air, head buried deep in the sand. He stayed there
for a moment until Ranko came up and slapped Hawk on the ass, he then came up
with a start, spitting the sand out of his mouth and dusting some off his face
and chest. Ranma took one look at him and barreled over in laughter. Hawk stood
up, glowering at Ranma, �You could have asked you know�� Ranma looked back up
from his hysteria, eyes watering and he nearly collapsed when started up again.
Hawk gave him a withering glare and batted Ranma to the sand, bending over to
his head, �Now ya know how I feel!!� Hawk chuckled a bit as he walked off to the
girls, who are a bit stunned from the �sand-biting scene.�
 Hawk came up to Ranko, �Now that noise is done�How about we catch some sun?�
Gesturing to the expanse of the sands before them. At her nod, he took her hand
and led her off. Akane watched the two walk off for a bit and turned back to the
others, �Definitely not shy ,isn�t she?� she said with an almost disgusted
smile, �But with a body like that I would probably do the same�� Akane said as
she glanced back at the two. As her gaze swung back, she spotted a familiar
figure with a huge back-pack and a bamboo-umbrella and he�s not too far off.
Akane called out to him, �Ryouga!!!� She waved to him when he slowly turned to
her voice.
 Ranko and Hawk reached their designated spot in record time. Ranko is in Hawk�s
arms and he was doing about Mach 7 across the sand on his toes yelling: �YOW!
HOT HOT HOT HOT!!!� then they reached one of the laid out beach-towels,
Ranko-chan giggling all the way. Nabiki lifted her head from relaxing in the
sun, watching the two zip across the sand to their towel. When they did get to
it, Hawk started waving his hands over his feet, �Strange thing�the sand I
mean�It was fine over by the change rooms�� he said to no-one, then stopping in
fanning his scorched feet when Ranko stretched out on her stomach along the
towel, her head resting on her crossed hands with a relieved moan.
 He scratched his chin a little with an amused �Hmmmm� and held out his hand to
Nabiki, quickly understanding what he wants, put a bottle of suntan oil into his
eager hand, �You can do me up next�� Nabiki drawled out as she too streched out
on her towel. Hawk�s brow shot up, �Wha-oh! What have I started�� he wondered to
himself as he greased his hands with the oil, then rubbing it until it is
somewhat warm. He then started massaging the oil into her back, ellicting a low
pleasure filled moan from her when he continued all over her back, some of her
shoulders and lower neck, down her buttocks, thighs and finally, her calves.
Loosening her up really well after he was done, he found that she drifted off
into a light snooze. He lightly snorted, �Ok�done here�I�m gonna go play some
v-ball�� he got cut off when Nabiki decided to chime in, �No you don�t buster!�
a playful smile to her lips, Hawk just snapped his fingers with a defeated look
on his face �You still have yet to oil me up!� she said that in such a way that
it sounded totally different.
 Hawk turned a bit red, it is not because of the sun, �Nabiki�why I oughta�!!�
shaking his still oily fist menacingly, �but I kinda did agree to that didn�t
 I?� He splashed more oil onto his hands, �OH WELL! Not like this is a
punishment that I cannot stand!!� Nabiki laughed to that as she unsnapped the
back-strap to her top and stretched out onto her own stomach. She hummed in
pleasure as Hawk worked in the oil with experienced hands all over her body.
Looking over to the dozing Ranko, �Lucky girl�� she thought to herself as she
too dozed off for a bit.
 Now able to breath again since Nabiki dozed off, he drew in a large, relieved
breath. A pair of shadows loomed over him, he looked back to see Akane, with
Ryouga, �Hullo�� he drawled out. Ryouga looked to Akane then back to Hawk,
pointing a finger and looked of recognistion all over his face, then turned
angry, �You�re the one who knocked me out at the Nekohanten!!!� Hawk hung his
head and snorted, �Heh�good to be remembered�� looked back up to him, �I didn�t
want any trouble at the time and that was the quickest way I could think of
other than clocking you over the head�� trailing off as Ryouga swung at him with
a powerful hailmaker, �Yow�Chill, man!!� Ryouga didn�t hear, probably because
his punch landed right into the sand, spraying it over the two �sleeping
beauties.�
 Ranko and Nabiki awoke with a start, They looked around as they shook their
heads to get the sand out. They spotted Ryouga, fist down into the ground, which
is a sizable crater now, with a firece expression on his face, �Stand still and
Fight like a man!!!� he called out to Hawk, who�s got his head buried in his
hand. He stood stock still, �What? Like this??� Hawk called back to Ryouga
sarcasticaly, just standing in his current position with his arms crossed.
Growling, he charged at Hawk, fist drawn back for a powerful punch.
Hawk didn�t even look worried.
 Ryouga roared as he swung his fist around with as much force as he can muster.
Akane looked to Ranko, wondering why she didn�t even look worried as she watched
the fight progress. In fact, Ranko just looked a �bit� peeved.
Hawk inwardly sighed and swung his hand up to intercept Ryouga�s fist.
A loud crack echoed throughout the airspace. Akane covered her eyes, now
deciding not watch this pointless farce go on, wondering what Hawk has done to
make Ryouga so steamed at him.
Akane looked up when she heard the crack and started at what she saw. Hawk just
standing there nonchalantly with Ryouga�s fist in the palm of his left hand.
Hawk shook his head, �Ryouga, I don�t want to fight you�I�m here to have some
fun with friends and I also don�t want to hurt you.� He squeezed Ryouga�s fist
even tighter for emphisis of what he can do to him. Ryouga cried in pain as the
ALL the knuckles in hand cracked at the same time and then looked up to Hawk�s
emotionless face and realized that he went a �little� too far out of his league
when challenging him. Hawk noticed the look on his face and let him go, �Now�you
finished trying to get at me?� leaning in a little closer since Ryouga fell to
his knees holding his swelling hand, �I�ll tell ya something though�Akane is
free from the forced engagement of her parents�� trailing off as he saw his eyes
light up, �Yes�you do have a chance with her now�especially since Ranma is being
with Uukyo full-time now.� Ryouga stood up, dusted his knees off, he looked to
Hawk with a curious expression, �Why are you telling me this?� Hawk shrugged his
shoulders as he straightened up, �Well�Akane has no-one right now and I saw her
face when myself, Ranko and her were up at the mall�definitely not happy��
Ryouga nodded, �I see�� not quite understanding this, at least not all of it.
Bapping Ryouga on the shoulder playfully, �You�ll get it soon enough�meanwhile
you go and ask her out, she�s got no obligations to fulfill, doesn�t have to�at
least not while I�m around!!� he said, boastfully, then holding out his hand,
�Friends?� Ryouga looked at Hawk�s hand dubiously, then back up to his face,
�Sure.� He said, clasping Hawk�s hand, �Good!� looking over Ryouga�s shoulder,
�And I suggest to high tail it outta here�Ranko�s none too happy with you right
now since you�re the one that coated her with sand.� Ryouga looked back to meet
with her firery gaze. Balking, turning back to Hawk, �Uhhh�yeah�BYE!!� Ryouga
finished, grabbing his pack and took off like a shot out of a gun.
Watching Ryouga�s trailing rooster tail of sand, then shifting her gaze back up
to Hawk, �Why did you let him go?!?! I wanted to let him know what for, covering
me with the damn sand!!!� she yelled at him. He winced a little, �Sorry�better
to make a friend thean an enemy�� a smarmy smirk coming up onto his face,
��Besides, the sand can be easily WASHED off�� he finished, creeping up to her.
Ranko�s eye�s widened, �No..� she started off weakly, her hands up, trying to
fend him off, �Don�t do what I think you are going to do!!� Hank just nodded
evilly, quickly snatched her up off of the towel, holding her above his head and
made a beeline for the ocean, �If you don�t get that sand off�I won�t be able to
oil ya up proper!!!�he called out to her as they both dived in.
The others in the troop started in wondering when they were coming back up, it
was then they did. Ranko gave a withering glare to Hawk, �You�!� was all that
she managed to say when she got splashed by a considerable wave from Hawk�s
direction. It degenerated from there, with the both of them splashing one
another, both laughing heartily when they came out. Hawk looked her over,
�See�Told ya that�s one way to get the sand out!� he said, snickering a bit.
Ranko didn�t reply, she just slapped him upside the head, then shaking her own
to get the excess water out.
Ranma came up to them, trying to hold back his own hysterics with Uukyo at his
side trying to do the same, �You guys done now?� Ranma asked them, making no
effort at all to hide the mirth that is running through him. All he got was
another snicker from Hawk and a glare from Ranko, �Good to hear it�both of you
feel up to some duet volleyball?� Ranko gave him a blank look and then she was
lifted off of the ground, onto Hawk�s shoulder, �Whatcha do that for!?!� she
felt him laugh a bit, �Well�this is why it is called duet v-ball!� he answered
her simply.
Out of the corner of his eye, he spotted Natsume and Karumi. Both were with a
pair of guys, who were shyly talking with them and then they all started
laughing for some reason or other. Curiousity piqued, �Hey Ranko!� he called up
to her. She leaned over a bit to put her face in front of his, �What�s up?� she
asked him, �Look over there�� pointing in the direction where he saw the two
girls at, �Natsume and Karumi�looks like they are�� trailing off, not knowing
the polite way of aying what he is saying, but Ranko got it anyway, �Yeah�sure
seems like it�wonder if they�ll play a round?� she pondered out loud.
Ranma and Uukyo, wondering what they are talking about, turned into the
direction that Hawk pointed to. Raising an eyebrow, �Hope they do want to�It be
a bit hard to play with only four people�� trailing off into thought. Uukyo
nodded, not speaking, she just clasped her hand to Ranma�s. Natsume and Karumi
came over to the group that is watching them. A bit curious as to why they are
being watched, Natsume piped in, �What�s goin� on? Why were you guys watching
us?� Hawk stepped forward, ��Cause we were wondering if you, Karumi and your guy
friends would like to play a few rounds of Duet V-ball?� he asked Natsume,
gesturing to said guys that are behind her, all with Ranko still on his
shoulders. Natsume looked perplexed, looking back to the two guys she was
talking to, �I don�t know�let me ask them�� trailing off as she went back to the
guys and Karumi.
Watching them intently, the four can see the reaction of the two guys. Namely
their nervous laughter and hefty blushing, probably because the have to have the
girls on their shoulders to play and they almost reluctantly agreed. Karumi
cheered, jumping up and down, then clamoring onto her guy�s shoulders without
much thought or fuss. Natsume and her �date� just looked at each other, both
blushing feircely. Then he went onto his one knee, head down, asking her to get
on. Which she eventually did, not without some effort on his part, he had a bear
of a time getting back up onto his feet but once there, no problem. Natsume
lightly held onto his forehead, trying to get her balance, he held onto her by
keeping his arms locked over her ankles. He appears to be having the time of his
life already, judging by the look on his face, go figure.
After a few false starts and lots of sand-eating later, the games began. The
teams consited of Uukyo/Ranma and Karumi/Heero, the other has Ranko/Hawk and
Natsume/Kaneda. At first it looked like the Ranko/Natsume team was winning, but
the other started to get the upperhand for awhile but Natsume and Ranko won the
first round. The subsequent rounds were mostly fun, the wins trading off between
the two teams rather evenly. It would appear that the relationships of Natsume
and Karumi are starting off fairly well, since the two guys asked for their
number and wanted to talked to them later.
Hawk and Ranko watched the unlikely matchups with interest, �It would seem to be
a bright time has come to the people of Nerima�� Hawk reminised, with his arm
around Ranko�s waist. She looked up to see that the sun is just a few hours away
from setting, plus it is starting to get a bit cold. She shivered to the slight
breeze that came from the ocean. Hawk looked down to see Ranko�s arms are
crossed and trying rub out the goosebumps, �Hmmm�I guess that it is time to go��
he looked around, �Its too damned early!� he whined. Ranko just elbowed him in
the ribs and ran off to shower and change.
He looked around a little more, mostly for Ranma, and found that most of the
beach is empty. Straining his eyes to their mechanical limit, he eventually did
find him, sitting on a towel with Uukyo snuggling up to him. Hawk ran up to
them, almost startling them in the process. Hawk looked sheepish when he did
startle them, �Sorry about that,guys. I came over here to let ya guys know that
me, Ranko and the others are leaving since it is getting kinda cold out here
now�� shaking his head, �At least to her anyways, but I see that you are not
cold, are you Uukyo?� She just giggled and snuggled up somemore to Ranma�s
chest. Ranma, trying to both enjoy Uukyo�s company and shoo Hawk away by jutting
his head in some direction, but Hawk got it and bolted with a trailing, "Don�t
do what I wouldn�t do!!!" Uukyo looked to Hawk and then back to Ranma, �What�s
that supposed to mean?� she asked him. Ranma just shook his head disgustedly, �I
dunno�since he does do quite a bit�� trailing off, his eyes widening, he then
started laughing, falling back into the sand. Now even more confused, �Ok�out
with it , sugar!� she yelled at him, now standing over him with his shirt is her
hands.
Ranma calmed down enough to pull her down to him and whispered some things in
her ear. Her eyes widened and a beet-red flush made itself known, all over her
face �Oh! My!� she said, very Kasumi like with her hand to her lips, �I could
get to like this!� flush now disappearing as she glomped onto him, locking with
his lips for many a minute.
Running back to the Women�s Change Rooms, laughing his fool head off. Hawk
slowed to a halt in front of one the benches. Looking back from hence he came,
�Gee�I wonder what they are going to tonight?� he thought with more chuckles
coming out. He took a seat on the bench, knowing full well it will take Ranko
some time to come out of the change rooms. Since he was already changed by to
his usual jeans and t-shirt, it would be a lot of time indeed.
Ranko came out of the change rooms about a half an hour later, her �blades
already on her feet. She found Hawk sprawled out on the bench, his head over the
top of it. Judging by the buzzing sounds coming from him, he is asleep! Annoyed,
she rolled up to him and slugged him in the gut, not too hard, just enough to
make him feel it.
He did indeed feel it. He awoke with a start. Taking in a pained breath, �That
was DEFINITELY not call for�not called for at all.� Looking back up from the
ground to Ranko, �I take it that you are finished?� He rose from the bench at
her nod, �Goodie! Then we can get ready for our DATE tonight!� He held out his
hand, she obligingly took it and they started sashaying away from the beach.
Feeling the silence getting to her, �Where�s Ranma and the others?� Hawk just
shrugged, �Dunno about the others, but Ranma and Uukyo are still at the beach��
trailing off to look back for a second, �Probably watching the Sunset or
something�� letting go of her hand to wrap his arm around her waist, �Something
I would like to do�but we have a previous engagement�one that I would KILL to
_NOT_ miss.� Ranko looked to the road ahead of them, �Guess I wouldn�t want to
miss it either�� Hawk raised an eyebrow to what she said, �Only if you knew of
what I have planned for tonight�� The two casually rolled along in silence the
rest of the way home.
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