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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