<HTML><FONT SIZE=3 PTSIZE=10>>>Insert standard Takahashi disclaimers here. I don't own these people. They own themselves. Takahashi-sensei just draws 'em. I did however come up with Kimiko..somewhat.<<<BR>
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º...º Foreign language, i.e. Chinese<BR>
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</P><P ALIGN=CENTER>Kimiko<BR>
</P><P ALIGN=LEFT></FONT><FONT SIZE=3 PTSIZE=10>-=Chapter 1=-<BR>
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A young girl stepped into the Nekohanten. Her waist-length black hair was held back by a yellow-on-black bandanna. She wore a long black dress that clung to her top, partly due to sweat, partly due to the fact that it was very tight, but the skirt was a bit more lose, with a slit that reached mid-thigh up each leg. She wiped the sweat off her forehead and looked around.<BR>
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"Nihao! You come eat, yes? You sit, read menu. Shampoo be right back." The pretty Amazon girl showed the girl to a table and bounced away before the younger girl can respond, her long purple hair flowing behind her. The girl sat and picked up a menu. She yawned and started reading over the items. <BR>
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Shampoo came back to the table. "You know what want yet?"<BR>
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"Umm..yeah, just some ice water, and a bowl of the house special ramen. No..make that two bowls," the girl yawned again and stretched a bit.<BR>
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<ºTwo bowls just for herself? What a pig. And weird little fangs, too...º> "Ok, Shampoo be right back with order." Again, she bounced back towards the kitchen. A few minutes later she came back with two steaming bowls of ramen and a glass of water. "Enjoy!"<BR>
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The girl flipped her long hair behind her shoulder and took a few bites. "Thanks..its good." Shampoo left, and the girl quickly finished her meal, inhaling more than eating. She paid for her meal and started for the door.<BR>
Suddenly there was no floor under her feet, and her face was planted in the floor which should have been on the other end of her person. "Hey!! What's with this?" She quickly picked herself up and dusted herself off. <Hope no one saw me trip,> she thought. <BR>
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"Shampoo, please forgive me!" A boy with long black hair and voluminous white robes threw his arms around her in a loving hug. <BR>
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"Hey, who you callin' Shampoo? You got the wrong girl."<BR>
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The boy pulled his glasses down over his eyes and squinted at her. "Oh, I suppose you aren't Shampoo. I'm very sorry..I'm Mousse"<BR>
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"Kimiko. Kimiko Hibiki," she said, prying Mousse's arms from her waist. <BR>
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"Hibiki, huh? You wouldn't happen to be related to Ryouga Hibiki, would you?"<BR>
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"You know Ryouga?!" Kimiko's eyes light up.<BR>
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"Yeah, sure. Me and him get together and try to keep Ranma away from Shampoo<BR>
and Akane sometimes..how do you know him?"<BR>
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"He's my brother. I've been looking for him for a long time. But uh..I have a really bad<BR>
since of direction. It kinda runs in our family.." Kimiko blushed. She didn’t like admitting her directional problem. <BR>
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"Wow, I didn’t know Ryouga had a sister." He started sweeping the floor like he had been<BR>
doing before Kimiko had tripped over him.<BR>
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"Actually, he doesn't either. I'm two years younger, and he was lost again at the time<BR>
I was born..so he doesn’t know about me. But the time he found home, I was gone I guess.<BR>
So my own brother doesn’t know that I exist." <BR>
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"I think I can get a little time off. I'm pretty sure Ryouga was seen at the Tendo place a<BR>
few days ago. He might still be there." Mousse finished sweeping and leaned against the broom,<BR>
looking at Kimiko.<BR>
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"You'd really do that for me? You'd help me find Ryouga?" she squealed, hugging Mousse tightly,<BR>
nearly cutting off his breathing. "Oh thank you, thank you, thank you!!"<BR>
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"Uhh..Ki-mi-ko? Air?" he was starting to turn purple and blue. <BR>
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"Oh..hehe..sorry!" she loosened her grip a bit, but still didn't let him out of the hug. <BR>
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Shampoo's voice came from the kitchen, "Mousse! Why you hug strange girl? You supposed to be sweeping floor!" <BR>
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"Sorry Shampoo..this is Ryouga Hibiki's sister. I'm helping her to find him. I'll be back<BR>
soon. Uh..if its ok with you, that is...."<BR>
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Shampoo walked up behind them. "Hmmm...no like Mousse going out during buisness hours. Shampoo make deal. If Shampoo let Mousse help, and Fang Girl find brother, she stay in Japan and come to eat ramen? Sometimes maybe help Shampoo if need?"<BR>
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Kimiko nodded, "If its always as good as it was today, I'll be back, definitely."<BR>
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"Ok then, Mousse can go, but come back in one hour!" Shampoo said, drifting off to a table. <BR>
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"Yes, Shampoo. Thank you. Come on, Kimiko, if we only have an hour, we'd better<BR>
hurry," he dislodged himself from Kimiko's grip and took her arm. <BR>
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knock knock knock<<<BR>
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A girl with dark, short hair opened the door, "Hello, Mousse. Who’s your friend?"<BR>
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"Nabiki, this is--"<BR>
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The girl cut him off and pulled his glasses back down over his eyes. "Mousse, I'm Akane."<BR>
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"Oh! Right, sorry."<BR>
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Kimiko stepped forward slightly and bowed. "Kimiko, Kimiko Hibiki."<BR>
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"Hibiki? Then are you...?"<BR>
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"Ryouga's sister. Have you seen him?" Kimiko looked hopeful.<BR>
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Ranma came up from behind Akane and dropped a cute little black pig in her arms. "I found<BR>
Bacon-breath running around here. Figured you might want him before I kill him."<BR>
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"Ranma, don't you dare touch poor P-chan!! He's just an innocent little pig!" Akane growled. She then turned her attention to the piglet in her arms, "Isn't that right, baby? Don't worry, Mommy wont let<BR>
mean old Ranma hurt you."<BR>
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Mousse cleared his throat, "Can we please get back to the reason we were here in the first<BR>
place?"<BR>
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"Oh, um..sure. Please, come in." Akane stepped back from the door, pulling Ranma with her. <BR>
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"I cant stay, I have to get back to the Nekohanten," Mousse said.<BR>
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"Ok, good enough, Mousse, leave, new chick, come inside, and Mr. P...if you value<BR>
your life, you better leave too." Ranma said, receiving an elbow to the gut from Akane.<BR>
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Mousse and P-chan both glared at him. Kimiko took P-chan from Akane's arms and studied<BR>
his bandanna intently. Mousse waved to Akane and Kimiko and headed back to the<BR>
Nekohanten. <BR>
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Akane lead Kimiko and Ranma back inside and sat on the couch. "Kimiko, this is Ranma<BR>
Saotome, </FONT><FONT SIZE=2 PTSIZE=8>my fiance</FONT><FONT SIZE=3 PTSIZE=10>." Akane and Ranma both blushed slightly. "Ranma, this is Kimiko Hibiki. She's<BR>
Ryouga's sister."<BR>
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"Ryouga's what?! "<BR>
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"I'm his sister." Kimiko interrupted. "He doesn’t know about me either." She looked down at P-chan in her lap, who appeared to be asleep. "Umm..Akane, is your pig ok?"<BR>
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Akane took P-chan and looked at him, "Hmm..he seems to have fainted again."<BR>
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"Here, I'll go uh..give him a bath."<BR>
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"You're not gonna hurt him, are you?" Akane asked cautiously.<BR>
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"Naah, he'll be fine," Ranma picked the little black pig up by the bandanna-collar and walked towards the bathroom, leaving the two girls to talk. <BR>
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Ranma walked into the bathing area and dropped the squirming piglet into the furo. <BR>
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"Bweeeeeee--hey! Ranma, what are you doing?" Ryouga growled, quickly stepping out of the furo and putting on the clothes that Ranma had tossed at him.<BR>
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"C'mon, P-chan, got someone for you to meet." Ranma grabbed Ryouga's arm and dragged him back to the living room where Akane and Kimiko had been joined by several cups of tea (brought in by Kasumi, of course). "Hey guys, look who I found wandering around."<BR>
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'Oh, Ryouga, hi," Akane said, smiling brightly. "Wait a sec..where's P-chan?"<BR>
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"Uhhh..he left. Didn't want to take a bath and ran away." <Yeah, that should work. Good enough for now.> <BR>
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"Oh..he's always seeming to wander off like that. Oh well. Ryouga, do you know who this girl is?"<BR>
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Ryouga stood frozen to his spot. It couldn't be. He had heared something about a sister a few minutes ago, but it just wasn't possible..was it?<BR>
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The new girl stood and walked in slow circles around Ryouga, looking him over carefully. She gently pried open his mouth and poked at his fangs. "These real?" Ryouga nodded as Kimiko untied the yellow and black bandanna around his head only to reveal another one identical to the first. <BR>
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After several more attempts at trying to rid the Eternally Lost Boy of his bandanna, Kimiko finally came to her conclusion. She threw her arms around Ryouga in a rib-crushing hug. "Oniisan!!" <BR>
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-=End of Chapter 1=-<BR>
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Next time on Ranma½...<BR>
Is Kimiko really Ryouga's sister? Where did she come from? Is she really going to stay? Can she even find her way to the bathroom? What will become of this sibling reunion? Tune in next time to find out..<BR>
Same Jusenkyo-cursed time,<BR>
Same Jusenkyo-cursed channel.<BR>
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Shampoo: Aiyah! Greedy Girl watch too much campy '70s Batman!<BR>
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-=Author's Notes/Ramblings=-<BR>
Ok, so maybe Shampoo is right, and I do watch too much Batman...is that so wrong? I decided that since this is going so slow, I'd just end it here and go for another chapter in a few days. I dunno where I got the idea for this fic, it just came to me. I dunno how many other Ryouga-gets-a-sister fics there are, and I dont really care..if they're out there, I'll probably read 'em. But Im not gonna steal ideas from them. (well, maybe the Ryouga having a sister part...) Don't worry, I'm not making Kimiko fall in love with Ranma, be engaged to Ranma, or even hate Ranma. (one of the very few people who are neutral) And she is *not* going to have anything romantic going on with Ryouga. Theyre brother and sister, you hentai! Get your mind out of the gutter! Who she falls in love with (if anyone) is my secret til I write it. Possibility of two love interests, a la Kuno-chan-somewhat-is being thought of..but nothing is final til its posted. <BR>
Please please send C&C, yen, flames, (I dont like 'em, but they happen, ne?) yen, questions, yen, possible ideas, and other such things to Nabiki san@Aol.com. ^.^<BR>
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~Nabiki~<BR>
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"Hey Kuno-chan, I've got some new pictures of your Pigtailed Girl.."<BR>
"Ah, Nabiki Tendo, what be the cost of these pieces of paper that which convey the beauty of my goddess?"<BR>
"500 each."<BR>
".....Oh forget it! Nabiki Tendo, I would date with *you*!!"<BR>
Kuno grabs Nabiki and kisses her passionately.<BR>
Nabiki grins, slightly dazed. "Hey, Kuno-chan..I've got pictures of myself..only 600 yen."<BR>
"I need no pictures, for the beauty that which is my fair Nabiki can not be portrayed by mere photographs!"<BR>
"You're so right, Kuno-chan! I love you, so much!"<BR>
"Ah, and I love you as well, my flower."<BR>
The two kiss and skip off happily into the sunset.<BR>
~*~<BR>
Nabiki woke up in a cold sweat. "Oh kami..thats the last time I eat Akane's cooking before bed....."<BR>
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