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                    New Past, New Destiny
                    Chapter 2:  School
With a loud yawn, Ranma came down from his room still wearing his usual red chinese clothes. Akane just came back from her morning jog while Kasumi is busy in the kitchen. Nabiki is still sleeping happily in lala land dreaming of swimming in Scrouge McDuck�s money tower. Soun and Genma are locked in a game of shogi by the koi pond. Turning around for a sec and then back at the shogi board, you could�ve sworn that the colors were on the other side before.

�So you got a nice sleep last night?� asked Akane.

�Wonderful, best sleep all my life.� Ranma truly meant what he just said. Being on the road all these years with a father who throws their son into pits of hungry cats, sleeping in tents out in the middle of nowhere, and constantly fighting with each other, this was like heaven to him.

�So Ranma, have you decided which one of my daughters you will marry?!� Soun asked suddenly.

�Huh? Not that again! I�m too young to get married! I�m not marring nobody!�

�But son! You must! Your honor and the honor of the Tendo school of Anything Goes Martial Arts depends on it!�

Ranma is too honorable for his own good. He knew that it was a matter of honor, but this was just too sudden. Hearing that his honor depends on it, he is forced to make a decision. �Tell you what Mr. Tendo, if one of your daughters is willing to marry me, then I�ll choose her.� He sighed. This was the best he could do. He didn�t want to ruin anyone�s life by forcing someone to marry him, and yet he still has to choose one, so this was the best choice.

�Hmm well that sounds resonable. Then it�s settled! Once my daughter chooses you, then you two will get married right away!!� With that said, he left out of his chair and danced with some fans on his hand and sobbing wildly from joy. Ranma just stood there and sweatdropped. He didn�t expect to be married once they choose him! He just expected that he will eventually marry the one that chooses him. He just stood there shocked. Everyone just went about their normal business and having breakfast.

�Well boy, its time for school.� Genma seemed to snap Ranma out of his trance with this.

�What?! School?! What for!!�

�Boy! You can�t run a dojo if you don�t have any education! Now get going!�

�I don�t even have any supplies!�

Nabiki, all dressed up and ready for school seemingly appeared behind Ranma and stuck a bag in his face. �That�ll be a thousand yen please.� She held out her hand waiting for her money.

�Huh? Oh here.� Ranma somehow got a thousand yen out of his pockets and handed it to Nabiki. He had no idea why he gave it to her and somehow felt that he wouldn�t be able to hang on to it for long anyways.

Akane, not wanting to be seen with their new guest with her, ran out the doors as quickly as possible leaving Nabiki behind to take Ranma to school. <well well well, another opportunity to make money off him> Nabiki thought happily to herself. �That�ll be another thousand yen to take you to school.� Again she stuck out her hand and received her money.

Nabiki walked on the sidewalk to school slowly while Ranma was nest to her, on his kinoten. Him being on the little orange cloud has been bugging Nabiki since they got out of the door. �Hey, how do you ride on that thing anyways?�

Ranma suddenly turned to face her with a somewhat confused look on his face. �Well you just climb on and sit.�

�Thats not what I meant.�<baka> she cursed at him in her mind. �I meant how can you ride it? Its a cloud.�

�Oh, I don�t know. All Goku told me was that if you have a pure heart, you can ride it.�

<Hmm Goku? That sounds awfully familiar> She suddenly felt daring and asked, �Hey can I ride it?�

�Sure, climb on.� Not seeing any harm in letting her ride it, Ranma pulled Nabiki up. When he let go of her to stand on the cloud on her own, she felt right through it with a slight thud as she landed on her butt. <Hmm wonder what she did before to make her heart unpure.> �Well I guess your heart is not pure.� Ranma said casually, not thinking of the effect it would have on Nabiki.

�Gee thanks.� She replied sarcastically.

Suddenly, Ranma hears battle cries in the direction they were headed. It souned vaguely familiar. Never turning down a fight, or a fighting show, Ranma sped up his kinoten in the direction of the cries. Nabiki raced towards him trying desperately to catch up. When Ranma reached the gates of Furikan High, he only saw Akane standing there with a pile of boys half unconscious lying around her and another boy with a bokken spouting some bad shakespeare.

�Ah the beautious Akane Tendo. Allow me to spar with you.�

�I�m not in the mood Kuno sempai.� She said with annoyance in her.

Ranma was now off his kinoten and walked up behind Akane. �Hey who�s that and whats with all the half dead boys?�

Akane was startled for a second because she didn�t notice his presence until he spoke. �Thats Kuno, the kendo champion of our school.� She said, seemingly unimpressed with her own words.

Kuno stood there and watched the two speak spoke, �You there! You are awfully familiar with Akane Tendo. State your name. Ah! But manners require that I introduce myself first. Well then, I am Tatewaki Kuno, kendo champion of the world, my peers call me the Blue Thunder of Furikan High.� He then raised his bokken and lightning flashed in the sky just as the point was at its highest.

Ranma was unimpressed with his speech one bit. He knew he could take him out without a sweat. Well just for show, he decides to make his own speech. �I am Ranma Saotome, heir to the school of anything goes martial arts, the future champion of the tenkaichi budokai.� He always wanted to enter that competition, and felt very confident of his abilities...as long as Goku and the others don�t show up. �And I am a guest at the Tendo Dojo.� Finishing up his speech.

�What?! You cur! By the heavens, I will permit no man to be in the sanctuary of the beautious Akane Tendo. Prepare yourself!� With that said, Kuno charged at Ranma. Akane took the liberty to get to class, another late day and she would be in cleaning halls for the rest of the day. Nabiki finally managed to reach the school grounds and saw the fight start. She stayed there to watch the fight, knowing it would prove interesting. She wasn�t worried about being late to class since her teacher don�t dare mark her late with the very incrimating photos Nabiki possess.

He saw the attack coming a mile away. Wanting to finish the fight fast so he would not be late for his first day, and not to get wet from the coming rain, Ranma caught Kuno�s bokken with two fingers and snapped it like a toothpick. Then he slid under and punched his opponent right in the stomach, pulling his attack so as not to kill the bokken wielding boy. Kuno fell to the ground face down seeing only stars. Nabiki smirked at Kuno and decided to drag him to the nurse.

�Class, today we have a new student. Please introduce yourself.�

�My name is Ranma Saotome and I�ve just came back from a training trip.�

Whispers were heard all around the class. The boys were smirking at the newcomer gossipping within themselves about something in the lines of �I heard he beat Kuno.� �He�s living with Akane� �Another competitor for Akane�. The girls were all dreamy eyed and also whispering within themselves. Akane blushed somewhat from the things she heard the others say. �He�s so cute!� �I wish that was my boyfriend� �Akane gets to live with him!�. Ranma took a seat next to the window in the middle of the row of seats.

The class was boring and Ranma quickly fell asleep. Despite erasers being thrown at his head, he refused to wake up. It wasn�t until he smelled lunch did he decide to get up. He ate his bento with the Tendo sisters, and talked about what goes on in the school. Somehow, he felt that his stay here would be very interesting. After lunch, it was physical ed class. The coach wanted to test Ranma�s abilities and asked him to do as many pushups he can. Ranma did about a hundred using one finger to puch his entire body straight up. It got boring after the hundred and said thats all he could do. The coach just stared at him slackjawed. The guys got tired of what they thought to be a showoff, while the girls watched intently and thinking of what would be the perfect excuse to come up to him and talk with Ranma. By the time school was over, everyone had questions about the new kid and Nabiki was the one they all turned to. Needless to say, the day was very profitable for her.

Well heres chapter two. Its not much, but i�ll build up my story slowly with the later chapters. I�ll post my stories up at: http://www.geocities.com/ranma_amg
Iolus
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