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	Sitting in shocked silence after hearing Kasumi's startling revelation, 
Soun and Genma looked at each other.  Nabiki used a stopwatch to count the 
seconds and gazed at her father.  The digital stopwatch displayed 18.79 
after it was stopped.  Kasumi noticed that her sister wasn't surprised by 
her announcement.

	"WHAT?!"   the two martial artists cried in unison.

	Nabiki rolled her eyes and answered for Kasumi.  "Akane moved out, because 
of those flyers you posted earlier."

	"B-but that was for the good of the family," Soun stuttered.

	"Don't try and convince me, Dad.  Convince her, if you can find her."

	"She's right, Father.  Mr. Saotome's and your actions drove her away,"  
Kasumi interjected.  "Don't worry.  After she cools down, she'll probably 
move back.  She just needed to get away for a while.  She'll be all right."

	Nabiki narrowed her eyes as her older sister reassured her father.  Knowing 
exactly why Akane moved out,  she doubted that her younger sister would be 
moving back any time soon.  She wanted to talk to Kasumi about the 
situation, but knew she had to find someplace private to talk to her.    She 
snapped out of her reverie as she heard her father talking.

	"Come, Saotome.  We have to search all the apartments in Tokyo for my 
little girl," Soun stated confidently.

	Genma nodded.

	"When I think of my daughter in such a place.   It makes me...," Soun 
bawled, before bursting into tears.

	The two martial artists hurried off to begin their search.  Nabiki just 
shook her head as she watched the two men rush off.

	"Those two will never learn," Nabiki muttered, before she turned to see 
Kasumi staring at her.

	Nabiki hesitantly said, "Er. Sis, there are some things I think we both 
need to catch up on.  And, since Dad and Mr. Saotome are gone..."

	Kasumi was about to reply when a noise coming from outside caught her 
attention.  It sounded like a bunch of screaming women.  The two sisters 
went to the front door and looked out.  The girls saw a man running with a 
large group chasing him.

	"Oh my.  Isn't that Principal Kuno?"

	Nabiki squinted at the man and replied, "Good eyes, Kasumi.  It looks like 
he finally came back from his latest vacation."

	"I wonder who those girls are that are following him?" Kasumi said, while 
rubbing her neck.

	The younger girl took a closer look at the crowd chasing after her 
Principal and saw that the group was composed of mostly women.

	"If those girls weren't bald, I would say they were  Chinese Amazons," 
Nabiki replied. *Where's that beeping coming from?*

	"Well, it has nothing to do with us," Kasumi said, as she headed back 
towards the kitchen.

	Before  closing the door Nabiki heard Principal Kuno state, "Ooo, I'm a 
baaaad kahuna.  Maybe I shouldn't wen' shavin' all dey heads when  dey 
asleep, yeah!"

	The middle Tendo shut the door and ran up to her room.  Once inside, she 
collapsed on the bed laughing.  She wanted to shake the hand of the person 
who set up Principal Kuno like that.
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	Inside the ring Ranma just finished up practicing the moves for the 
Kami-sen-ken and Umi-sen-ken.   She felt there was something missing from 
the Umi-sen-ken.  That thought sent her back to look through her book again. 
  The genie flipped to the Umi-sen-ken pages and noticed that some of the 
pages were stuck together.   She carefully pried open the stuck pages, while 
noticing that it was the gilding on the top of the pages that caused them to 
stick.  Once Ranma had opened the pages, she saw that there was a third 
technique that her father had devised, the Yama-sen-ken.

	"Three styles?" Ranma asked aloud, while scanning the moves.

	She saw that these moves perfectly complemented the Umi-sen-ken.  And, it 
left her with a puzzle about the Kami-sen-ken.  She tried to figure out what 
her father had made that style for.  A tug throughout her body forced her to 
give up that idea for the moment.  She closed her eyes and let herself enjoy 
the feeling of being pulled out of the ring as smoke.  Ranma's mind went 
into a trance state as she reformed outside the ring.

	"What is your wish, master?"
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	Walking around her new home, Akane felt a bit scared.  The fear came from 
being away from her home and family.  After storing her clothes in a closet, 
she looked around her barren home.  Thinking on what Kasumi had suggested, 
Akane sighed and knew that her sister was right.  She turned her hand so she 
was staring at the ruby.  The faceted gemstone sparkled as it was tilted to 
catch the light.  The central facet was cut in hexagon shape.  The six 
triangle facets leading from the edges of the hexagon were done in sharp 
detail.  She didn't know how long she gazed at the gem.  But, she finally 
started rubbing the gemstone.  Red smoke billowed from the center of the gem 
and poured to the ground.  The smoke took a humanoid shape and then 
coalesced into Ranma-chan.

	Akane flinched as Ranma said in a monotone voice, "What is your wish, 
master?"

	The Tendo girl waited until the genie snapped out of her trance.  Once she 
saw Ranma regain her senses, Akane started talking.

	"Ranma, I am going to be making some wishes if you don't mind," Akane 
stammered.  "You did say you wanted some practice, didn't you?"

	Ranma looked at Akane strangely and replied, "Yeah, Akane.  I do want to 
get better at magic."

	The Tendo girl nodded and said, "We're going to start with this house.  I 
want to furnish it with everything to make it a home."

	The genie just nodded.

	"Ranma, do you want to change your clothes before we do this?"

	Ranma closed her eyes for a second and then shook her head.

	"Naw.  I might as well look the part while doing this.  I'm stuck wearing 
this costume while in the ring anyway."

	Akane glanced at Ranma startled.  The fact that Ranma wasn't demanding to 
be out of the clothes surprised her.  After a second she regained her 
composure and led Ranma around the house.  As they entered each room, Akane 
made some wishes on how she wanted the room to look.  For the most part, the 
wishes turned out okay.  But, there were some exceptions.  The foyer being 
the worst with its wallpapered  floor, carpeted walls, and bathroom tiled 
ceiling.  After an hour of using Ranma's magic to furnish the house, Akane 
stopped and wished up some food for Ranma and her to eat.  The two had some 
small talk while eating.

	"Ranma, what have you been doing in the ring?"

	"I finally looked through that book you wished up for me.  It seems Pops 
has been holding out on me.  He developed three powerful styles and never 
even bothered to tell me.  I don't think I'll ever forgive him for the cat 
incident, when he could have taught me these styles instead."

	"Will you teach me these styles?"

	Ranma closed her eyes and nodded. "I'm going to have to.  You're going to 
need the protection if anyone attacks you while I'm inside the ring."

	Akane almost said something , when she noticed that the genie was about to 
slip into unconsciousness.

	"Ranma,  you had better return to the ring.  I think I wore you out with 
furnishing my house."

	"Er. Yeah," Ranma said as she allowed herself to discorporate into smoke 
and be drawn back inside the ring. *I'll have to ask why she left later.*
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	At the Tendo home, laughter echoed throughout the house.  Curious, Kasumi 
knocked on her sister's door.

	"C-come in, Kasumi," Nabiki managed through her laughter.

	The door opened slowly and the elder sister entered, with a stern 
expression on her face.  Seeing Kasumi's face, Nabiki stifled her laughter 
over the principal's predicament.

	"Nabiki, what do you know about Akane moving out?"

	Nabiki at first thought of ways to evade the question, but her concerns 
about her little sister pushed that thought away.

	"I saw what happened last night after Dad and Mr. Saotome left.  I 
understand perfectly why Akane had to leave.  I hope Akane can deal with 
that kind of power.  Is that what you wanted to know?  Oh.  Please try and 
speak evasively, Kasumi.  You never know who might be listening."

	"Yes, it is.  Nabiki, please try and keep that to yourself.  Akane's life 
is at stake."

	"I'm already working on ways to protect her.  I want my little sister to 
trust me again."

	Smiling sadly, Kasumi shook her head and said, "That is going to take a lot 
of work on your part, Nabiki."

	A quiet whisper came from Nabiki, "I know."

	The ringing of the phone stopped any replies that Kasumi was going to make. 
  The phone was picked up by the eldest sister.

	"Hello.  This is the Tendo residence."

	"Hello.  Is a Miss Akane Tendo there?  This is the Veterinary Clinic," said 
a male voice on the other end of the phone.

	"I'm sorry.  She's not here at the moment," Kasumi replied. *That's right.  
Akane took P-chan to the vet.*

	"Well, can you give her a message?"

	"Yes.  What is it?"

	"We are having problems with her pet pig.  It'll be another two days before 
she can pick him up."

	"Problems?"

	"Err. Yeah.  The pig's skin is very resistant to puncture.  We will be able 
to give the animal the proper shots, but its tail end is going to be sore 
for weeks.  The extra days is to allow the medication needed to ease the 
pig's pain to arrive."

	"I'll be sure to tell her.  Thank you."

	"You're welcome."

	Kasumi hung the phone up and relayed what that was about to her sister.  
Nabiki sighed as she heard what was going on.  She felt that the best place 
to regain the lost trust was to tell Akane of the link between P-chan and 
Ryoga.

	*This has been one weird Saturday.*
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	Sitting in a thatched hut in China, a robed man gazed in the direction of 
Japan.

	"Soon.  Soon your influence shall spread across the land as it should have 
done then."

	The robed man clutched his head with his hands and collapsed to his knees.

	"My burning pain shall also be gone as your influence spreads."
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