The first day of spring in Tokyo was normally a joyous affair. Not
the spring of 2013. Even Ranma's normally cheerful attitude was subdued
[period after subdued.]
Winter in Tokyo had been extraordinarily bad. They had buried Sakura,
Yuki, Daisuke, Principal Kuno and Kodachi Kuno,
Ranma: She will be missed.(crosses fingers behind his back)
Mrs. Hinako, and the
entire Yamane family.(1) They were having a wake for the dead today.
Everybody hadspoken about the people they knew had died or were missing.
Ranma: A wake? Ain't that like an Irish tradition or somethin'?
[had spoken]
A young soldier came into the refugee center looking for a
Lynn Mu-Tsu. He was directed towards the group of people camped out in
the shadow of a crashed Zentraedi warship.
Shampoo: Stupid Mousse have funny name. All Chinese family names last. Only
backwards Japanese have family names first. By way, is government sitting
on ass? Where ev.. evacuw... when they getting us out? This place no
good anymore.
"I'm looking for a Lynn Mu-Tsu. Does anybody here know where I can
find him?" asked the young soldier.
"Here," replied Mousse.
"I have a message from a Lynn Maximilian."
"Dad is alive!"
[Maximillian is his father? How utterly convenient... ^_^]
"Yes. He is living in Macross City and would like you to join him
there. I have orders to bring you back with me," the soldier stated
nervously. he had had a small amount of combat training and knew martial
artists when he saw them.
Ryouga: Why're you so nervous? You wouldn't be thinking about doing
anything that would make us... unhappy, would you?(cracks knuckles)
"I can't leave my friends," replied Mousse.
"I can arrange transport for your whole group if necessary." This
was probably going beyond what he was supposed to do but his orders were
specific. He was to return with Mu-Tsu no matter what. He would rather
bring others back with him rather than hurt or kill anybody.
Ranma: Oh. Yeah. Right. We're REAL scared of this wet-behind-the-ears
private.
"Let me talk to my friends and I will get back to you," answered
Mousse.
Mousse walks up to Ranma and Akane quietly and asks to speak with
them in private.
"Ranma, Akane you two are basically seen as the leaders of our
group.
Ranma: Huh? Since when?
Akane: Since the city broke, that's when!
Ranma: Oh, right.
Akane: Idiot.
I want to ask you first. I've just heard from my Uncle Max,
Ranma: Uncle? I thought he was your father.
Mousse: Um... how did you know that?
Ranma: I ain't deaf, ya know. Sound carries real well 'round here.
So... is he your uncle or your father?
Mousse: Uh, actually... both. See, my mother and father are...
well...(whispers something in Ranma's ear)
Ranma: EWWWW.... Actually, that would explain a few things.
Mousse: HEY!
who
I had been told was dead two years ago. He has asked me to join him in
New Macross City. I was also told that whoever wanted to come with me
was welcome to accompany me," Mousse explained, "Would the two of you
like to come with me? Your families are welcome too."
Ranma: Aw, do I have to? Nothin' like the blackened ruins of a
devastated city to improve your trainin' that's what I say!
Akane: Is that sarcasm I hear, Rama?
Ranma: Sarcasm? Wuzzat?
(mass face-fault by all in range)
"Anything would be better than here," quipped Ranma, "If my mom
and Akane agree to go I'd be very happy to go."
Ranma: And go and go and go...(whack)
Akane: Enough, Ranma! Honestly, do I have to keep you in line
ALL the time?
Mousse turns to Akane and asks," Do you want to go?"
"Of course. I really don't want to stay in Tokyo. Too many bad
memories." replied Akane.
"Great. Let's go tell everybody else," Ranma said happily. This
was the first ray of hope he'd seen in months and he embraced it with
all his might.
Ranma: Ugh. Can't... lift... this... goddamn... ray! Akane! You're
built like a brick; help me out here!
Akane: Jerk!(*WHAM*)
Ranma: Ite...
They walked over to the rest of the group from Nerima. They told
everybody about their plans and about the offer for everyone. Nodoka
quickly agreed to go. Cologne, Shampoo, Ukyo, Kodachi, Kuno, and Ryoga
go just to follow Ranma and Akane. Nabiki and Kasumi decide to go
because Akane is all the family they have. Konatsu goes along to follow
Ukyo.
Akane: Even from beyond the grave, she haunts us still.
Ranma: Huh?
Akane: Kodachi.
Ranma: Where? OH! Oh my God! Somebody bury her, quick!
Kodachi: Rrraaannmaaa-saaamaaa come to me....(glomps Ranma)
Ranma: Aaack! Get it off! Get it off!(dashes away, dragging the zombified
corpse of Kodachi behind him)Ick! IckIckIck!
Mousse and company are quickly packed up and transported to a
nearby aerospace field. They are told to board a transport plane and
quickly take off.
Halfway across what remains of the Pacific
Ranma: The pilots realize that we haven't gotten on yet, and have to
turn back.
Ranma is looking out
the window and notices their escort. He turns to ask Mousse what's
going on.
"I found out that my cousin Minmei is some kind of celebrity. She
arranged for my mom and dad to get in touch with me and bring me to
Macross," Mousse explained.
Mousse: She's also my sister.
Ranma: Inbreeding's for the birds, Mousse. Oh, wait, that's right, you
ARE a bird! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Mousse: SHUT UP... (Sulks. Ranma continues laughing until Akane applies
a generous amount of pressure to his cranium via a dense object.)
Akane: Dark Matter Mallets. Don't leave home without one.
Mousse continued smugly, "I also found out that my brother Kyle is
alive and is Minmei's manager."
Mousse: And my cousin...
Ranma: (Unconscious, he does not get a chance for further mocking)
Akane: What a warped family tree you have, Mousse...
Mousse: Don't YOU start!
Akane: Hey, you brought it up!
Mousse: I have to! I keep forgetting to in the fic!
Akane: (gives him a puzzled look)The what?
Mousse: Um, never mind...
"Sounds like you and Kyle get along 'bout as well as me and
Ryoga," Ranma commented.
Akane: How do you figure that, Ranma?
Ranma: (singing)% I'm picking up bad vibrations... %
Akane: Dolt.
"You and Ryoga get along better. Kyle believes that fighting in
any form is wrong. This is strange because he's almost as good as you
are Ranma. In fact you probably only beat him in pure speed and because
you can perform chi attacks," Mousse stared. This was significant
[stated, not stared]
concession from Mousse as he had never admitted that Ranma or anybody
was better than him.
Ranma: The truth notwithstanding... hey, waitaminute... he STILL hasn't
admitted that I'm better!
Mousse: There's a very good reason for that, Saotome... You're not!
Mwahahahahahahah!(continues laughing until Ranma jerseys him.)
Outside the transport in a red Valkryie, Miriya Sterling was
bored. The former battle Queen of the vaunted Zentraedi Quadronos
decided to radio her husband. Max Sterling was currently flying abreast
of his wife in a blue Valkryie veritech.
"Max, tell me again what's so important about this planeload of
refugees that they require an escort by Skull Squadron."
"Mir honey, one of the people on board is Lynn-Kyle's brother. Kyle
I know doesn't like him but he is Max and Lena's son so Minmei
asked for him to be brought to Macross..." Max stated.
"...and I know, Rick fell head over heels to please the little
tramp. Right?" interrupted Miriya.
"Yup."
Suddenly a missile flew directly between Max and Miriya's
fighters. They looked around and spotted two Zentraedi battlepods about
5000 feet below them. Max broke off, switched to battloid and quickly
dispatched both. Meanwhile, a suit of Male Power armor flew up and tried
for a grab at the transport, evidently thinking Miriya had broken off
with her husband. He fell to a very quick barrage of chaingun fire.
[Uh... this may sound like a stupid question, but why the heck would
the Zentraedi want the transport? They can't possibly know about the
martial-artists, and why would they want Mousse? A hostage? Sheeyeah
right. Sounds to me like a contrived opportunity to show off the
Veritechs.]
Ranma watched from inside the transport and was amazed. Fighters
that transformed? That was too weird . He asked the flight crew what
those were.
"Those are Valkryie veritechs. The pilots are Max and Miriya
Sterling, Skull two and three respectively. They are rumored to be the
best veritech pilots alive."
"Wow! Can I meet them when we land?" inquired Ranma.
"I'm not sure. You can put in a request when we land."
Ranma amazingly spent the rest of the flight staring out the window
at the two fighters.
Ranma: I wonder if I can get my hands on one of those for training?
Akane: Get real, you'd make a lousy pilot.
Ranma: Who wants to pilot? I just wanna fight it!
Akane: (face fault)
"Hey Mir, look at the window about halfway down the fuselage. I
think we have a fan," Max pointed out.
"Hey love, can I give him a little show. I'm bored."
"Go ahead, he's supposed to be a friend of a relative of Minmei
and it'll probably rank off Kyle."
Miriya proceeded to put on an impromptu air show around the
transport. She showed off what she and a veritech could do. Quickly
switching between fighter, guardian, and battloid modes. She was
pulling quite a few gees and was in ecstasy. This was almost as good as
sex to her.
Ranma: She hasn't had ME yet...(puffs his chest out)
Akane: PERVERT!(a loving blow sends Ranma into blissful oblivion)
* * * *
The rest of the flight was quiet as most everybody else slept on
the way over.
At the aerospace field next to lake Gloval, the arriving group was
met by the Lynns, Max, Lena, Minmei, and ,somewhat in the background,
Kyle, and Rick Hunter. The Sterlings would be a few minutes longer as they
landed on board the Prometheus and then take a hop over in a helo with
Lisa Hayes.
Mousse was the first off the aircraft. "Dad! Mom!" Mousse proceeded
Mousse: Dad-Uncle! Mom-Auntie! (The Nerima Wrecking Crew gives him an odd
look) What?
Ranma: Not gonna say it... not gonna say it...
to drop his bag and ran to his parents. He picked both of them up in a
massive hug. He was in tears by the time he set them back down.
Ranma and Akane were next to debark and walked over to meet the
Lynns. "Hello, my name Saotome Ranma. This fiancee, Tendo Akane," said
Ranma in his best English.
Lynn Max replied in Japanese," Everybody here knows Japanese Ranma.
feel free to use that when among us."
Shampoo and Cologne were next. Ranma noticed the Skull and Crossbones
emblem on Rick's flightsuit and walked over to talk to him.
"Hello, do you fly one of those amazing planes?"
"If you mean a Valkryie, yes I do," replied Rick.
"Do you know the Sterlings, the two pilots who escorted our flight?"
"Of course, I'm their commanding officer, Rick Hunter, Skull One."
replied Rick cockily.
"Cool."
Ranma: Can I fight one? Can I? Huh? Huh?
Akane: Slow down, Ranma!
Akane came over at this moment to drag Ranma away from the person
saw as being besieged by Ranma.
"Ranma you baka. Quit pestering that him." she said to Ranma. To
Rick she said, "I'm sorry. My fiancee can get a little excited at times."
"That's okay, I was the same way when I saw my first Valkryie. At
least when he saw a "mechamorphosis" for the first time it was from the
outside." explained Rick.
"Nani?"
"I first flew a Valkryie without knowing about its ability to
transform. I was shocked when my fighter plane turned into a 45 foot
tall battloid. I was so shocked that I couldn't believe what I was
seeing and I was in it," Rick continued," I almost killed Minmei over
there while trying to move it."
They were interrupted by a helicopter coming in to land from the
Prometheus. The Sterlings and Lisa hopped out and walked over to Rick.
Ranma was startled to find out that this green-haired beauty was
Miriya Sterling. He turned to look at the blue-haired man he presumed
to is her husband standing next to her. Ranma , for once, was speechless.
(...but not for long.)
Ranma: I could take him.
Nodoka and Ukyo were the last ones to disembark. They attracted
the immediate attention of the security team around Ms. Minmei. Nodoka
Saotome was carrying her katana and Ukyo was wearing her combat spatula
and her bandoleer of throwing spatulas. Ranma and Akane had to run over
to prevent them from being tackled by the security troops.
"I think that its time we retired to the White Dragon," suggested
Mr. Lynn.
"Yes, That would be most appropriate," agreed Cologne pointing at
the gathering clouds in the western sky.
"Aiya, Shampoo no want to get wet," exclaimed Shampoo.
They climbed into two vans for the ride to the restaurant. Once
there they ate supper and retired for the night so that the travelers
could overcome "Jet-lag."
* * * *
The next morning Ranma awoke early to practice. He went outside and
walked to a nearby park. He started out with stretching exercises and
then moved into basic katas. As Ranma warmed up he began to move faster
and faster. Finally turning his intentions towards a large tree he began
to use it as a practice dummy.
*Whack* "Ow!" *Whack* "Ow!"
Ranma: TSUBASA!
Tsubasa:(pops out of the tree)Sorry, Saotome.(hops off)
After practicing for about an hour he
decided that a walk would make for a good cool down. As he made his way
back towards the White Dragon he felt calmer than he had in months.
Ranma had told no one about the nightmares he'd had since that night
of the rain of death. Getting out of Japan seemed to have done the trick.
Ranma missed his father. Even though Genma had treated Ranma like dirt,
engaging him to at least three girls and subjecting him to absurd training
techniques, Genma had been family. Family meant everything to Ranma, the
Tendo sisters and his mother were all he had now. He would do everything
in his power to protect them. Even if it meant taking on one of the giants
he'd seen around Macross City.
Ranma: (sadly)Dammit, Pop, whyn'tcha listen when they told us ta bug out?
Of all the times NOT to run away...
Ranma hadn't been paying attention to where he was walking. His feet
wandering as much as his mind. He looked up and found himself at the front
gate of the defense force base. He saw Max and Miriya out for their
morning jog. He imagined himself doing that with Akane and found himself
enjoying the image. Ranma turned around and made his way back to the
Lynn's restaurant.
Once there he found that the place was in bedlam. The living area
above the small business was not really designed for so many people. He
found Akane and Nodoka coming out of the room they had shared overnight.
Akane immediately cornered him. Asking Ranma where he had been Ranma
replied he had been out training.
Ranma: Oh, and checking out the babes, too.(*Whack*)Ite...
Akane was evidently upset for some
reason.
Ranma: Ya think?!
"What's wrong Akane-chan?" Ranma asked of her.
Akane: R-Ranma?(thinks)He thinks I'm cute?
Ranma: Gotcha.(smirks and pushes her over with a finger)
Akane: (an ominous shadow creeped over her face)Ranma....
"You baka, we're gonna be late for registration."
"Registration for what?"
"For school you moron," Akane snapped back.
"Hey tomboy don't get so upset. I got back in time didn't I?" Ranma
quipped, "Why do I have to go to school anyway?"
"It's very manly to be educated. You can't be a true man among men
if you are uneducated," Nodoka interjected.
Ranma: What was Pop, chopped liver?
Nodoka: Your father was educated, just not very smart.
Ranma remembered that his status as a man among men was still at the
whim of his mother and quickly ran for the bathroom for a shower and a
change of clothes.
Nodoka: Actually, I proclaimed him a manly man when I discovered him peeking
on Akane in the bath. Such a manly man!(clasps her hands to her bosom and
stares dreamily)
* * * *
Nodoka walked with Ranma and the Tendo sisters and the rest of the
Nerima teenagers to school. Ranma looked around at his friends. The Tatewaki
Kuno was dressed in a normal school uniform.
Kuno: But of course! There is, after all, only one Tatewaki Kuno.
Chorus: THANK GOD...
Ukyo, Nabiki, and Akane
had taken up the American habit of dressing casually for school. Shampoo
and Mousse wore their traditional Chinese clothes, though Ranma doubted
that would last very long. Him and Ryoga were dressed as they usually were,
Ranma in his black pants and red shirt and Ryoga in his yellow shirt and
green pants. The only concession by either of them were the sneakers they
were wearing on their feet.
Ryouga: Hey, I should have gotten a pair of these ages ago! Look, Ranma!
Ranma?(looks around) ARGH! WHERE THE HELL AM I NOW?
Macross High was a low structure built of brick and steel. It is a
single story building with a large gymnasium in the rear. Nodoka quickly
rushed them inside to get everybody registered in time for the first
classes of the day. Registration went quickly because the school was used
to dealing with large influxes of students at once. Ranma was scheduled
for seven classes a day from about eight AM until about four PM. They were
all assigned to basic courses until placement exams could be taken.
Ranma: Is? Was? What?
Akane: Ranma, what are you talking about?
Ranma: Nothing...
* * * *
Ranma walked into the locker room to change for PE He was nervous,
so far he'd, luckily, been able to avoid any cold water. He was surprised
to find both a male and a female PE uniform in his locker. Ranma spun
around as the instructor walked up behind him. Ranma's PE teacher was a
large man in his mid forties, tall, muscular, and with a little paunch
around the middle.
"You must be Ranma," the teacher asked.
"Yes sensei," replied the nervous teenager.
"Please don't call me that. You can call me sir or Mr. Gibson okay,"
Ranma: Okay, Mr. Gibsonokay.
Gibson: Smartass.
Mr. Gibson, suggested," Now would you care to explain to me why your
mother called and told me to give you both a girl's and a guy's PE
uniform? You're not some kind of crossdressing fagot are you?"
[Uh... that's REALLY not appropriate language for a teacher to use. I
don't know much about Macross, so I don't know if this is an honest-
to-God character, but that kind of language could have a teacher up
for review in real life.]
"NO! But I do have a problem that you must see to believe." Ranma
walked over to sink in the bathroom area and proceeded to splash himself
with cold water. What Mr. Gibson saw shocked him, a busty young red-head
standing in his locker room.
"Uh, Ranma?"
"Yes sir?" replied Ranma-chan.
"Well that explains the so called curse your mom was ranting
about. Please change for class. Both your clothes and gender, please."
Ranma: Huh. I don't need a girl's uniform. A guy's will do just fine.
Akane: Aren't you afraid you'll... slip out, if you change?
Ranma: Nah! I'm a guy after all! Guys don't ogle guys.
Akane: Uh... huh. Ranma, are you for real?
"Well, that went better than I thought it would." they both were
thinking as Mr. Gibson walked away.
Ranma went through the rest of the day relieved. His mother, despite
her grief over his father's death, had thought to explain his curse. He
Ranma: The interfering busybody...
Nodoka: (snickt)What was that, son?
Ranma: NOTHINGNOTHINGNOTHING!
thought this day couldn't get any better until he stepped out the school's
front door. There was a group of students waiting there for someone. That
someone pushed Ranma out of the way a second later.
"Are you Tatewaka Kuno?" asked a slightly built red-headed male
with freckles. He looked to be only
[incomplete sentence]
"It is Kuno Tatewaki, but yes. And who are you may I ask?"
"Name's Jack Baker and I'm gonna kick your ass. You insulted my
girlfriend today," replied the angry teenager.
"And exactly how did I insult her foul knave?"
Kuno: And her as well.
"You called her something I won't mention in public!"
Akane and Nabiki joined Ranma on the front steps of the school.
Nabiki asked what was going on.
"Kuno insulted that guy Baker's girl. Baker challenged him to a
fight," Ranma answered.
Akane started in," Ranma you'd better watch him. I have a feeling
that little Mr. Baker is in for more than he can handle."
Nabiki interjected," I don't know, Jack is in a couple of the
classes that my class helps out with. He is also in the RDF academy prep
program. He's also quite the little ladies man."
Ranma: He's into little ladies?(whack)Ow!
Akane: Be real, Ranma!
"He is?" replied Akane.
"Yes, and that includes some combat training," Nabiki answered,
"Plus they wouldn't let Kuno carry his bokken in school. Your mom had to
carry it back to the White Dragon for him.
Ranma: YES!! THERE IS A GOD!!
They turned their attention back to the fight. Baker started off
with a roundhouse right. Kuno ducked under this and tagged him with an
open palm to the chest and Baker went down hard. Ranma saw that Baker was
totally out of his league and jumped in to save him. Kuno obviously took
offense at this.
"C'mon Kuno back down," Ranma yelled.
"Nigh Saotome, this is a man to man fight and I will finish it,"
Kuno said angrily.
Ranma: Nigh? What the heck does that mean?
Nabiki: It means 'fast approaching' or 'close' or 'near.'
Ranma: So I'm near?
Nabiki: Actually I think he meant to say 'Nay.'
(Ranma shakes his head in bewilderment)
"He's down and only a young boy. You've made your point, now back
off."
Ranma: At the risk of breaking some sort of rule, I would never say that.
Akane: You just did, baka.
Ranma: But... aw never mind.(sulks)
"NO!"
Kuno proceeded to attack Ranma. Even with his bokken he couldn't beat
Ranma and without it he went down all the more quickly. Ranma reached out
to help Jack Baker up.
"Thanks man."
"No problem, I've been kicking Kuno's ass for almost two years now.
Name's Ranma Saotome."
"Jack Baker. Pleased to meet ya Saotome."
"Same here," replied Ranma.
Akane and Nabiki walked up to introduce themselves. They both said
hello and then reminded Ranma that they were expected back at the White
Dragon after school.
"You guy's are staying at the White Dragon? Do you know Lynn-Minmei?"
"We've met her once. I do know her cousin Mousse very well. Well I
gotta be going," Ranma answered him as he ran off. Ryoga came out of the
school and tried to follow them but got lost.
Ryouga: Ain't it always the way...
* * * *
The next afternoon Rick and Lisa were enjoying a quiet walk for
once. They had even finally gotten around to scheduling a picnic for next
week. They turned a corner and were approaching the White Dragon.
Lisa was thinking, "Let Rick lead and you will always end up at the
White Dragon."
Shampoo was out front sweeping the front walk. The purple-haired
Amazon was for once enjoying a respite from her great-grandmother while
Cologne helped out in the kitchen of the restaurant. The Saotomes and the
Tendo sisters were out looking for a place to move into. Ukyo was also out
doing the same. Mousse was in his cage again.
"Nihao, welcome to White Dragon," greeted Shampoo as the couple
approached.
"Hello, Shan Fu isn't it?" asked Lisa.
"Yes but everybody call me Shampoo. Ms. Minmei not here but
restaurant is open for business."
"We weren't here to see Minmei. We're just out for a walk, besides
wherever Minmei is so is Kyle," Rick aid with some animosity.
"Shampoo no like Kyle. Is arrogant ass. Also full of it. Kyle talk
about no fighting but excellent fighter himself Shampoo hear."
Shampoo: Has nice ass, though. Too bad too much like Stupid Mousse.
* * * *
Lynn-Kyle was pissed and quite drunk. All they'd gotten for a
concert the night before was a box of food. Kyle was driving too fast for
Minmei's taste and she was frightened. Riding in the passenger seat of the
six-wheeled car with a plastered Kyle could be deadly.
"Could you please slow down Kyle?" Minmei asked.
"No, I won't little miss prissy."
"Then stop and let me out," Minmei screamed," If you don't I will
open the door and jump!"
Minmei grabbed the door latch and pulled the door swung open. The
only reason she didn't fall was because Kyle grabbed her at the last
nanosecond.
Kyle brought the car to a stop and proceeded to berate Minmei again.
They argued for a few minutes and then Kyle agreed to drop her off near
his parents restaurant.
Kyle pulled up about two blocks from the White Dragon. Nodoka and
the girls (including onna-Ranma) were coming up the street and saw Kyle
again was yelling at Minmei. He drew a hand back to strike her and suddenly
found himself restrained. Ranma-chan had zipped over and grasped Kyle by
the wrist. Macross's most notorious martial artist couldn't move.
"You've made a mistake pretty girl," growled Kyle.
Ranma: HEY I'M A GUY![sorry, couldn't stop him]
"Ya think so huh. Well I'll letcha go if you promise not to touch
the lady here," replied Ranma-chan.
"You think that you could stop me if I really wanted to hit her,"
responded Kyle.
"Try me."
Kyle managed to slip out of the armlock that Ranma had him in. Kyle
jumped and tried to kick Ranma but she simply wasn't there. She
sidestepped about four feet and then reached out to tag Kyle on the nose.
Kyle his vision blurred from the hit and already drunk just passed out.
Ranma picked him up and set him in the backseat of the car. He walked over
to a stunned Lynn-Minmei.
"Are you alright ma'am?"
"Yes I-I guess so. We were fighting again and I thought that after
he'd agreed to drop me off at my Aunt and Uncle's restaurant that the
fight was over. May I ask your name miss?"
"Ranma Saotome," answered the red headed teen.
"I met a Ranma the other day. Are you related to him?"
"I am him."
Nodoka: I am he.
Ranma: No I am!
Nodoka: Ranma... (snickt) Say it properly!
Ranma: (gulp)I am he. Happy?
"How can that be?"
"It's him, believe me," Akane interrupted, "and it's a long story."
"Where is your Uncle's restaurant?" asked Ranma.
Akane knocked Ranma over the head and Nabiki snapped," You idiot!
That's Minmei, Max and Lena's niece, you moron."
Nodoka politely asks, "Would you like to walk with us to the White
Dragon dear?"
Minmei answers yes and everybody starts to follow her and Nodoka to
the Lynn family business.
"So that's why she looked familiar," stated Ranma-chan as she rubbed
the back of her head and stood up. She followed after so she could try
apologizing to both and getting some hot water.
Ranma: I'm not real sure, but shouldn't that be 'get' some hot water?
Akane: Ranma what are you babbling about?
Ranma: Don't mind me, Akane.
Akane: Hmph.
* * * *
Later that evening after dinner Nabiki knocked on Minmei's door.
"Come in," answered the singing star.
Nabiki: Alliterative fun.
Nabiki opened the door and walked in. She looked around the room and
saw that Minmei's tastes were very basic. A few pictures of family and
friends, the large stuffed bunny in the corner and a basic vanity along
one wall aside from the standard bed and a dresser. She also noticed the
chipped and faded pink paint in one corner of the room.
"I'd like to talk to you about Kyle," Nabiki stated.
"Um okay," repied Minmei.
"I think that you should seek somebody else to be your manager. He
seems abusive and a drunk. His instability combined with his martial
skills make him a danger to you," Nabiki explained.
"And who, may I ask, would you suggest?" Minmei asked with some
sarcasm.
Nabiki looked at the young star in amazement, from what she had
picked up, this girl was a airhead. She had obviously underestimated her.
"Okay, okay, I conceed. I guess that I am being a little
[concede]
transparent. I just think that you could do better than Kyle and I could
do the job."
"Yes you are being transparent," Minmei giggled, "but let's talk for
a little while and see what I think of you."
Minmei and Nabiki didn't get to bed until very late.
Ranma: But once they did... man! The screams kept me up all night.
Akane: Pervert. Pervertpervertpervert!
The two talked
for hours and became fast friends. Nabiki talked about Ranma and the gang
while Minmei related her adventures on board the SDF-1.
"You know Rick and Lisa remind me of somebody," Nabiki yawned.
"Who?" asked Minmei.
"Ranma and Akane."
Ranma: What? No way!
Akane: Totally.
(they look at each other, suprised at their agreement)
Minmei yawned herself and looked at the clock. They both decided to
head off to bed.
R&A: AGAIN?!
Ranma: Man, they got some stamina!
Akane: (blushes)
"Goodnight Nabiki-chan."
"Goodnight Minmei-," Nabiki paused, "chan."
Notes:
(1) The Yamane family are the Tendo's neighbors. (Manga Vol.2)
I had the best of intentions in writing this C&C/MST or whatever it is.
Don't take anything I've said in here personally. Most of the comments
were in response to actual errors in the fic, but there are some points
where I just couldn't shut the characters up. Sorry 'bout this.
Thomas Hood
thood@cs.mun.ca