Getting to some of the backlog finally:
thank you
The Smallest Kuno
Kunou: Damn you woman, I may not be a hanger, but I'm perfectly capable of
satisfying any two women.
Um, no vommrny
The car pulled up to the Kuno house and stopped. Its driver got out,
opened one of the back doors, and leaned inside Soon she walked up to the
house and knocked on the door. When she got no response, she shrugged and
let herself in.
That's a wee bit forward.
She's a Kuno, isn't she? Her nephew Tatewaki has walked into the Tendo home
uninvited on more than one occasion.
Principal Kuno lay back in his chaise lounge, sipping his pineapple juice
while the sun lamp deepened his tan. He had his favorite Don Ho CD
playing, his sunglasses on, and was in an unusually relaxed mood. His
students would never have believed it.
The mood was shattered when the sunglasses were snatched from his face.
"Uncle Kuno! Uncle Kuno!"
Principal: You be wantin lil' ole' Tachi den, since everyone know to refer
to me as da Big Kahuna.
:)
He squinted at the source of the sound. A small child was holding his
sunglasses, waving them about gleefully. Behind the child, Principal
Kuno's sister Minori beamed at the child.
overuse of 'the child' in the sentence. Perhaps just saying behind 'her'
or
'him' depending on the sex of the child in the first instance.
Thanks
"There you are, brother! I've brought little Hitoshi to spend the day
with you."
Minori: Really, I'm not leaving the country without the little brat,
honest. I'm just leaving him here for one day, though if I don't come by
to
pick him up, assume I died and raise him as your own.
Ew. He'd be better off in foster care!
The child ignored her, and ran across the room to a bowl of fruit. He
grabbed several pieces, took a bite of each, and threw them on the floor.
Just like a real child. Best to kill it now before it grows into a
teenager.
Why are you such a cynic??? (hides before you can answer)
"I'll be back tonight. Have a good time!"
Before the stunned man could say a word, his sister was gone.
Never gonna see her again. :)
*****
Kodachi Kuno was brushing her hair when she heard a knock on the bedroom
door.
"Yes?"
It's yo' faddah, sweet t'ing!"
Ah. Using Kodachi as a scapegoat. How brilliant.
I'm not sure how to respond to this.
*****
An hour later Kodachi heard her name over the loudspeaker system at St.
Hebereke's. She was being summoned to the homemaking classroom.
When she entered, she encountered a sea of unfriendly faces. The
teacher's glasses were cracked, most of the students had food splattered
all over them, and there was a pile of broken toys on the floor. The
teacher picked Hitoshi up and handed him to Kodachi.
So discipline the little brat. Little destructive forces of nature tend to
grow up into bigger ones without some form of control, you know. (ie:
Akane, Shampoo, Ranma...^_^)
Kodachi, Tatewaki....their father....
"Brother! How convenient of you to wait outside for me. Cousin Hitoshi
needs someone to watch him today, and I'm afraid my schedule is too full.
Since you're so very fond of him, I know you won't object to having him
for
a few hours."
Kodachi disappeared. One second she was there, and the next--she wasn't.
I see. How brilliant. Kunou gives the child to Ranma. Ranma suffers from a
nervous breakdown. Kunou gets Akane. Okay, maybe not the last part, but
the
rest would work.
LOL!
Kuno didn't respond. He was much too busy staring at Akane in what he
considered to be a romantic manner. If he'd known that she thought him to
look rather bovine at the moment, he would have been crushed.
Why would she picture him as a cow?
I explained this a little more in the rewrite, which hasn't reached FFML:
Kuno didn't respond. He was much too busy staring at Akane in what
he considered to be a romantic manner. If he'd known that she
thought him to look rather bovine at the moment, he would have been
crushed; however, that wide-eyed stare always made her think of
Jersey cows.
"You don't think Hitoshi did it, do you?"
"He IS a Kuno."
Hell, he's a little kid. All of them do that sort of stuff. It's genetic.
True
Just then one of the girls shrieked and ran to the sink. She began to
cry
as she ran cold water over her hand. The teacher was there in seconds.
"What's wrong?"
"He BIT me!"
Teacher: Bite him back.
Vampire teacher?
"Yes. You want to hear?"
Hitoshi nodded enthusiastically.
If he starts behaving, I'm going to be annoyed. There's nothing about
either Akane or Ukyou that's so much more in touch with child rearing that
they would be any more successful than anyone else that's been in contact
with him. In fact, given how screwed up they are too, by definition they
should fail. It would be much more Takahashiesque to have the plan explode
in their face.
I disagree...will explain at the end.
His laughter stopped quickly when Hitoshi's bokken came down on his foot.
"Uncle look silly! Uncle no baka!"
The teacher put both hands over her mouth in an attempt to suppress her
laughter, and fled. Akane and Ukyo didn't even bother to try. They
laughed until they cried.
The ending with the Kunou's being left holding Ukyou and Akane's handiwork
didn't work for me either. No more than it would if one of the Kunou's
went
to the Tendou house, broke a dish of Kasumi's and Ranma was left being
blamed.
The idea worked up until the end. I think it would have been better to
have
Ukyou and Akane's plan backfire in some way. Grammar was fine, though.
My take on this is that Takahashi loved having people get blamed for things
that were NOT their fault. She also loved to have people jump to the wrong
conclusions. So in this case I want the girls to be successful, so that the
Kuno family can have a taste of this. The aunt is jumping to conclusions,
and blaming it all on them.
June