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Subject: [FFML] [Ranma]Genma's Journal [a little revised]

"Are you feeling okay, Nabiki," Kasumi asked. "You
look a little{�� :   :  ... }pale." Kasumi didn't mention that her
younger sister looked ready to kill something.

It looks like when you converted from your wordprocessor to text, it didn't
substitute correctly for the elipsis or space.

Kuonji is a little too nice still; she'll need a
little prodding when Nabiki tells her about the
wedding. Maybe, if I slip her something that day{�� : ...}

"I told you Nabiki was acting wei{�� : ...}" Ranma stopped as
he caught sight of where Ukyou was pacing the grounds
and doing a creditable Ryouga impression. "We could
get around her," Ranma said, pointing to the wall.

"Ooo{�� : ...}'us' now is it?" Nabiki smirked. Akane flushed
red. "Not Ranma, or Ranma and I, just 'us', we'll have
to celebrate this development."

"Did you know that Kasumi was leading Ryouga home?"
Ranma called as he came down the hallway. "Uh{�� : ...}hi
Nabiki."

Ryouga wanted one more duel before we left. Of course
he never showed up, but that is {too : to} be expected. The
boy waited three days. We would have left earlier, but
I had to wait for him to fall from exhaustion first. I
can't usually beat him in a straight on fight anymore,
and he was adamant about this. Foolish boy, he doesn't
even realize that his friend hates him. I have to get
him away from people again, he is getting some funny
ideas. Still, I am tempted to remain and send him out
for some "pretties" but since I really can't use them
the way the master could I don't think its worth the
trouble. The fact I can't bully him into {: it} is another
problem.

{. :} Ukyou watched the continually darkening expression
on Ryouga's face nervously. He was outlined in green
light that was growing ever brighter, though it hadn't
yet burst into a full aura yet. She cricked her neck
and turned to a safer view, though Kasumi looking
nervous was moderately worrying in and of itself.

"Didn't feel like it," Akane said. She was watching
her sister closely, but she hadn't yet managed to
press the issue of just what Nabiki was up to{�� : ... }or what
was wrong with her. Akane hoped it was just another
scam of some kind, maybe she had a bet or something
going on with someone.

"What happened to my legs!!!" Ryouga looked up for an
answer only to see the oncoming chef. "AHH!!! WHAT ARE
YOU D{��  :}?" And the spatula came down.

"His foster-mother was his father's wife, but his
half-sister was switched at birth and trained by that
monk who killed the indian girl's parents and made him
kill his father{�� : ...}" the mumbling continued as Ranma
tried to puzzle out Dagger of Kamui.

"Baka," Akane whispered to herself watching him.
~Well, at least he isn't acting weird. Like Nabiki,
and then Ukyou. Both of them acting {so��nice�� : so... nice...}~ Akane
narrowed her eyes as she thought of something.

"He wouldn't be mad at you if you didn't{�� : ...}" Akane's
automatic response was cut off as they came in sight
of Ucchan's.

~They must have told Ryouga,~ Nabiki thought to
herself. ~When I get my hands on the little PIG{�� : ...}~

"RANMA!!!" Ranma and both sisters were surprised when
a yellow blur seemed to appear out of nowhere and grab
the pig-tailed martial artist in what seemed to be a
bear hug. "{I��m : I'm} SO SORRY!!! I didn't know!!" Akane
stared as she felt every muscle in her body tense at
the sudden and before now unimaginable event.

"GAAASSP{��air�� : ... air...}"

"Hi{�� : ... }Nabiki," Ryouga laughed quietly again, reaching
his hand behind his head. ~I wonder what debtor's
prison is like.~

"{You're : Your} father's journal, Ranchan," Ukyou said
quietly.

"Before{�� : ...}" Kasumi started

"But{�� : ...}"

"I'll read it to Ranma," Kasumi promised her. She
looked toward Ukyou. "Do you think you can prevent
anything{�� : ... }unpleasant."

"Well, it looks to all be in order," Kasumi said.
"This could prove to be{�� : ... }painful Ranma, but we're all
here."

Yesterday was the boy's fourth birthday. Now I can
begin his training. I think I can improve upon the
master's techniques. Every day and every event in his
life is going to be some training. He is going to be
the greatest martial artist of { : his} generation, and he will
prove that I am greater than Happosai. The seppuku
agreement I made with his mother will be a good
motivator for later. For now I think I'll let him
think that Nodoka is dead, or else that she abandoned
us. It might make him bitter, more aggressive, less
distracted from the art.

The Neko-Ken is an utter failure. Not only is the boy
now terrified a mere cats, but even when the technique
is triggered he is out of control. That is hardly a
useful technique, a pity I don't have another child so
I can start over. But he is much faster and resistant
to pain now, so perhaps it isn't a total loss{�� : ...}

Don't the untrained masses understand that they { : owe} us
martial artists their lives. We could destroy them in
a heartbeat and yet we protect them. And they have the
nerve to make us pay for food and such. Maybe school
will show Ranma how pathetic the masses are, show him
his true place in the world above them.

I ran across a story of some cursed training ground.
Apparently there are these pools that transform people
into various things. The boy is very adamant about his
manhood, as I've raised him to be, I read there was a
girl spring{�� : ...}

He likes Akane, he made an attempt to make friends
with her tonight. Fortunately she was sufficiently
angered upon discovering that the boy was a boy. {It��s : It's}
a hopeless relationship, good thing she was chosen as
his fiancee, he won't possibly fall in love her. No
chance for a distraction from the art.

Kuno's sister is a wonderful tool. Wonderfully insane,
a definite danger that the boy has to adapt to{��. : ...}

Ranma finally went full out and he KILLED A GOD!
Unfortunately I was under a spell and missed most of
the fight. It seems he was driven by his need to
protect Akane. Maybe if I threaten her life again. The
two are getting awfully close, maybe Nabiki would be a
better choice for his fiancee. She would be a
distraction certainly, but definitely an unwelcome
one. He's too accepting of Akane, I need to take her
out of the picture some how, though{��. : ...}

"There's the other thing too{�� : ...}" Ryouga noted, eyes
narrowed, Nabiki and Ukyou glanced at Akane and looked
nervous.

"What other thing?" Akane asked.

"He{�� : ... }AHHHHEEEEEE!!!!" The scream turned high-pitched
toward the end as his free leg was jerked down. Nabiki
smirked.

"H..hai{�� : ...}" she stared at the collection of papers and
narrowed her eyes. Then she turned around approached
Ranma.

"You{�� : ... }drink?" Nabiki managed finally. Kasumi shrugged.

"Well{�� : ...}" Ryouga giggled nervously as Kasumi righted
herself again.

"If it wasn't Kasumi{�� : ...}" he whispered. Akane sat down
next to him and hesitantly touched grabbed his hand.
"Not once in that thing does he ever write down my
name, everybody else's name is there, but me? The boy,
the boy, the boy." He narrowed his eyes and growled
out the words.

"There's something else too." Ranma hesitated and
looked down. "Well there are a lot of something elses,
but{�� : ...}"

"I didn't think you{.. : ...}"

"Thanks, Akane{.. : ...}" Ranma started, shaking his head to
clear it.

They walked down stairs and faced their {friend's : friends'}
expectant faces. Nabiki was looking at the both of
them with an expression similar to one Ranma wore
often enough while protecting Akane. Ukyou mostly
looked guilty, but she was occasionally emitting
sparks of a fiery orange aura as she worked to clean
the mess on her floor. Kasumi's expression was, as
usual, unreadable. As for Ryouga, he'd passed out.
Ranma noted his rival's position and glanced at Akane
nervously.

"He's being taken care of, {father : Father}," Kasumi said
sweetly. She ignored Genma glancing in their
direction, while trying not to take his eyes off the
shogi board.

"How can a pig{�� : ...}" Konatsu glanced at the nervous pig
and the pile of clothes. "He's Ryouga, isn't he."

"You got it, sugar," Ukyou said, yawning on her way
upstairs. "Can you get him set up please, I'd do it
myself, but{�� : ...}" She gestured at the pile of clothes she
had deposited and blushed. "Anyway, I'm tired, see you
tomorrow guys."

"But{�� : ...}" Konatsu paused as he heard the door to Ukyou's
room close and then looked toward the little black
piglet. "Ukyou-sama only has the one guest room, but I
think I can find something for you." Ryouga swallowed
nervously as he recognized the jealous glint in
Konatsu's eyes.

Ukyou looked about in confusion. Ryouga hadn't been in
Konatsu's room, though she hadn't really expected
that. He wasn't in her, admittedly tiny, living room,
or anywhere in the {decimated : devastated : demolished} dining area. She

had

checked the kitchen, the small office, and even the
storeroom. Konatsu had left before she could get
specifics out of him.

"What?" Ryouga blinked. "We have to{�� : ...}" He dropped back
into the tub as Ukyou's spatula connected with his
head. "What did you that for?!"

"Oh{�� : ...}" Ryouga chuckled nervously as Ukyou growled and
left the room. "Why is it girls can walk in on guys,
and its still our fault?" He pondered that momentarily
as he continued to soak last night's chill out of his
body.

"Hello, Tendo training hall," Kasumi spoke softly into
the telephone. "Oh, Ukyou, it certainly is early{��. : ... }Oh
my, that could be a problem. Oh no, we can make
another copy. Father and Saotome-san left for the Kuno
residence. I'll leave it to you and Ryouga then."

"We're heading that way, Kasumi," Akane promised her.
"Nabiki said Dad was out with{��him : ... Him}?"

"Excuse me, {miss : Miss}," Soun called out. "But why are you
attacking my friend?" As the fight became aerial it
became obvious that he wouldn't be able to aid his
friend.

"Ukyou-sama?" The brief distraction was all Genma
needed as he launched a ki-enlarged punch at the
ninja. Konatsu turned around in time to see the huge
fist smash {: him} into the Kuno estate wall.

~Okay, maybe I couldn't take the girl, either{.. : ...}~ he
thought as he utilized the Saotome Secret Technique.

"H..h{�� : ... }hai, Ukyou-Sama." Then the three teens vanished
after Genma.

"I{�� : ...}lost it."

"You were beaten my Kuonji's{�� : ... }waitress?"

"This could be a problem," Cologne noted before
returning to her reading. "That ninja is a boy, not a
girl." Shampoo stared at her great-grandmother in
shock and horror. She imagined for a moment Cologne
deciding that this more recent defeat was more binding
than her past one to Ranma. Konatsu served Ukyou, if
Shampoo married he{�� : ... }him, the laws of this backward
place would say that she too served the spatula-girl.
The amazon briefly pondered this before fainting dead
away.

"A very good idea, {dad : Dad}," Akane said. "Though I haven't
actually read it yet."

"You don't think{�� : ...}" Ranma stopped and narrowed his
eyes. "If he's done anything, we'll make him pay."

"I checked the records," Nabiki said. "There are
currently only three Saotomes on the list of names,
Ranma, Genma, and you. I suppose I could work a fourth
one in with Ranko, but {it��s : it's} a little risky. If Ranma
and Akane get married though{�� : ...}"

"Huh?" Nabiki, blinked and looked to see Ranma setting
her sister down. "What are they doing here?" Nabiki
stood up and started walking to the doorway when she
saw the dust cloud. "{Oh��my��Auntie : Oh... my... Aunti} Saotome, get
down!!" Nabiki rushed back to the rear of the diner as
the parade came closer.

"What seems to be{�� : ... }oh," the two of them ducked behind
one of the booths and prepared for an explosion.

"You mean those papers Shampoo take from ninja
g{�� : ...}boy?" Shampoo asked confused.

"Behind you {sis : Sis}," a coughing voice called out. "You
two have been hanging out with Ryouga and the Amazon's
too long." Everybody turned to see Nabiki and Nodoka
stepping out of a cloud of dust.

"{I..I��can : I... I... can} explain," Genma swallowed. Ranma might bow
out and let Nodoka take vengeance rather than prove
his own strength. Ranma noticed the sudden change in
attitude as Genma turned his attention to Nodoka.

~He wants ME to do it,~ Ranma realized, the pig-tailed
martial artist growled. ~Whatever I do he's going to
take as {proof��whatever��I��do : proof... whatever... I... do}.~ He

smirked, then and

released his father.

"Your legal claim on the boy is not so certain any
longer," Cologne said. ~And your chance at different
claim is long since passed.~ Akane blinked, and
narrowed her eyes at the {amazon's : amazons} before following
Ranma around a corner. She found him, no longer
appearing at ease, just out of sight.

"Somebody might{�� : ...}" Ranma stopped talking when he felt
the water splash over him. ~After all this time I
should know Akane's response to my saying I'm
embarrassed to be seen acting unmanly.~ She sighed and
looked up to see Akane turning off the hose.

"Its okay to cry, Ranma," Akane said quietly. "But if
the only way you'll do it is to be a girl, well{�� : ...}"
Akane shrugged. Ranma looked at Akane and just
silently nodded. Akane reached out to take her hand
and the pair walked off.

"Right{�� : ...}" Ukyou smiled viciously and turned to face
Genma, who had not made a move since Ranma left.

"I'm just a little nervous about{��. : ... }tonight," Akane
admitted quietly.

"But the night of the storm, before we all came down
on the panda{�� : ...}" Nabiki scratched her head. "You said,
that you'd found the clouds and rain." Akane blinked,
then her eyes bulged as she reddened.

"Err{�� : ... }I guess I jumped the gun."

"Whatever happened to Genma anyway?" Akane asked.
"Ranma might not want to know, but{�� : ...}"

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