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.
"That's good advice." 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 where 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 the girl 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.
Several hours later 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 jumped 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 her sister 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-that's..." 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, but supported by
cannon manga.] 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.
Ja-ne!
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