Permanent part 3
	
	Ranma grunted as she lifted another box and moved it into the room The
Tendo's had provided for her. She smiled as Akane helped often straining with
boxes Ranma lifted easily. "Wow you don't have much stuff but it's heavy." she
commented.
	"I collect books." said Ranma casually as she dropped another box on the
ground. 
	Akane perked up a little. "Really?" she said with a smile.
	Ranma nodded "Old books, magic tomes and things like that, real occult
stuff." she added. Akane started a little at this and smiled weakly.
Ranma opened one of the boxes and blew the dust off the covers. 
	Akane looked inside and almost fell over. "These are all about curses." she
said sounding a little unnerved and filling through them.
	Ranma nodded and placed another box down next to the others. "Most of them
are." she said seriously.
	"Remind me never to get on your bad side." said Akane to herself.
	"Thats good advice." said Ranma. Akane couldn't tell if she was serious.
Akane flipped through  the next box of books. All of them were old magic tomes
and medical journals on rare conditions. She opened the next box and pulled
out a small booklet and almost gasped in relief. 'Urusai Yatsura.' there were
several volumes. "Oh those are Mr. P�s, he seems to like them for some
reason." said Ranma. Akane face faulted and dropped the book in the box. 
	Mr. P. squealed and scurried over and jumped in the box. He jumped out  with
one of the books in his mouth and scurried over to a corner to read. Akane
stared at the pig uncomfortably. She turned to get another box to bring into
the room and bumped into a large fuzzy wall. A fuzzy black and white wall with
a cast and bandaged head.
	Akane almost passed out as the giant panda walked into the room and waved at
Ranma sheepishly. Ranma sighed and introduced Akane to her father. 
"Akane meet Mr. Panda." she said to the bewildered girl who was having a
nervous breakdown.
	"This is your other pet?!" said Akane as she backed nervously away from the
animal. It looked at her and sat down in the room.
	"He's harmless Akane." said Ranma flatly as she pulled another box into the
room.
	Akane stared at the animal for a moment and went down stairs. "I don't feel
well." she commented.
	
	Later that night Ranma sat at the table with Akane and her family as they
watched the television. Soun was looking at the panda with mild amusement.
"Why he's so well trained." he said as the panda played shogi with him.
	"Isn't he though." commented Ranma earning a growl from the bear.
	"You certainly have strange pets." said Nabiki as Mr. P sat off to the side
and read his Manga. 
	"You have no Idea." said Ranma with a small smile that disappeared as quickly
as it appeared. Akane noticed this and smiled.

	Ranma awoke from her sleep and sat up in bed. She got dressed and went down
for her morning practice. Genma was waiting for her in the yard Mr. P sat in
the grass nearby and watched. Ranma and the panda lept at each other without
words.

	"Akane." said a voice that was trying not to be loud. Akane woke from her
sleep and sat up. She looked and saw Nabiki sitting on the edge of her bed
with a camera. She turned and looked at the clock. 
	"Nabiki you had better have a good reason for waking me up at four thirty."
she said grouchily. 
	"You have got to see this." said Nabiki with a happy look on her face.

	Akane walked down the stairs quietly and stared at the back yard. Ranma and
Mr. Panda were sparring in the yard. Mr. Panda was using the anything goes
style and apparently winning. "Th-thats..." stuttered Akane as she watched
from the doorway. "Weird." she finally said for lack of better terms. The two
sisters crept back up the stairs to bed.

	Ranma turned and watched them walk up the stairs. She smirked and turned back
to her match with the panda. "I wonder if they'll ever figure it out? What
should I do if they do?" she asked herself. She smiled and allowed her father
a few more hits, she liked to let him win every once and a while, even though
she had surpassed him in those terrible nights in China, it made him feel
better. Not that he deserved it after what he pulled with Mr. Tendo. For the
first time he was actually a little glad for his curse. "Huh, He. I gotta quit
thinking that way." thought Ranma as she finally knocked her father to the
ground with ease.

	As Ranma spared with her father something stalked in the shadows and watched.
It would return later and face him. It would have revenge for what the girl
had done. As silently as it arrived the thing left. "Soon Saotome soon." it
thought.
Tbc...

	This chapter is a bit short and relatively light but it sets things up for
later. This is still a Dark fic and it gets even better soon. It should be
noted that this all happens well after the time Ranma would have arrived in
Nerima. [Probably around the time of the Shi shi houkou dan.] Ranma would have
been living in her apartment for several months. 
	Akane would have met Kodachi and not the Golden pair. [No P-chan.] Ukyo and
all of Ranma's enemies would not have met her yet. [at this point her
relationship with Ranma is still a secret as well as Shampoo's status.] Wonder
where she is and how Ranma got away? I'll get to it.] Ranma can wear her hair
any way she wants too because she is a girl. The dragon hair does not effect
girls. [contrary to many fics.] I had several people mention that when I
described Ranma's hair while she was disguised for school. Also Kuno was
seriously hurt in the earlier chapter. Ranma didn't puncture his lung. But she
did break his ribs and cause him to cough up a fair amount of blood. Believe
me he was in as much pain as some of the other students. She also told him he
was going to die. Physiological stuff can mess you up. That was Ranma's
intention. At any rate more coming soon after I write up some more of
Separation anxiety and Spirit within [which is drawing to a close.] Also read
my new Tenchi Fic. Venom. on the FFML now.
Ja-ne!

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