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James

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Neko Can't

By: James Lee

Disclaimer: These characters do not belong to me. Ranma 1/2 belongs to Rumiko 
Takahashi. Gold Digger belongs to Fred Perry. Sueing me would be pretty 
useless.

Part 7

    Ranma, Monique, Yuka, and Akane were still standing in the hall. Ranma 
found it rather odd the way Akane was glaring at him. The way he saw it, it 
was the Tendo girl's own fault that she didn't go to class on time.
    "Umm Yuka, what was fight about?" Monique asked Yuka. 
    "It's all Kuno's fault!" Monique jumped back as Akane yelled out. Yuka 
then turned towards the dark skinned girl. 
    "You see, last summer Kuno made this speech. He said that anyone who 
wanted to date Akane would have to defeat her in combat. Since then all the 
perverts in school have been attacking her."
    "I see." Said Ranma looking thoughtful. "And the school tolerates this?"
    "Well Kuno is the principal's son." 
    Monique bleached. "I hope he not try that with me."
    "I wouldn't worry." Said Akane, her face somewhat soften. "The challenge 
was to date me. He doesn't seem to like you, so he probably won't want you 
dating here."
    Monique was about to speak again when the school speaker system came on.

    [(Sccceeeechh!) Now here this! I Takiwaki Kuno here by declare that if 
anyone wishes to date the fare Akane Tendo. They must first ride our noble 
school of the kokujin Monique Pincer! So I command!]

    Monique paled as she thought of all those boys attacking her. She then 
heard Ranma growling. Looking at him she could see he was shaking. He then 
started to walk away.
    "Hey! Where are you going?" yelled Akane. She couldn't believe this guy. 
Kuno makes one little threat and he was running away?
    "I'm going to make an announcement." Ranma said in a cold tone. Monique 
could only hope he didn't do something too rash. 


    Nabiki looked at Kuno as he sat back down at his desk. "That's pretty low 
Kuno, even for you."
    "Ha! As if I have to justify my actions to you." Said a smug looking 
Kuno. He was sure that by tomorrow the foreign witch and her guard would be 
gone. There was no way the cowardly cow would face the might of Furinken 
High, let alone his awesome power. 
    Nabiki just shook her head; she couldn't help but think that Kuno had 
gone too far. Threatening her gung ho martial arts sister was one thing. 
Threatening a girl who probably didn't know how to defend herself was quite 
another. She then heard the school intercom system come on yet again.

    [Now here this. I am Ranma Diggers. For those of those who don't know, 
I'm Monique's boyfriend. If any of you primates even think of touching her, 
I'll feed you your ass. If you don't think I can then I'll gladly meet Kuno 
on the soccer field after school. That is of course unless Mr. Kuno is...a 
COWARD!]

    Nabiki ducked, to avoid the steam coming out of Blue Blunder's ears. 
{Hmmm, not bad. He's been here less than half a day and he's already pushing 
Kuno's buttons.}
    "AARRRRGH! I will be there! And I will be ready to do battle and end that 
cretins life!" screamed Kuno. 
    {Yep, and I'll be there too. Making a fortune!} Thought Nabiki. She could 
just see the yen coming in.


    "I can't believe your boyfriend's going to fight Kuno." Said Shori. She 
had decided to join Yuka and Monique for lunch.
    "Yes, this is what Ranma do." Said Monique. "He always likes to play 
hero."
    "Well he better watch himself. Kuno's the second best in the school and 
he's really good when he's angry." Said Akane.
    "Well Ranma very good too, he also very smart. I think he win." {After 
all he does practice with a werecheetah.}
    "So Monique, what's Ranma like?" asked yet another girl.
    "Yeah tell us."
    "Yeah and how can you stand that perverted curse."
    Monique looked over to Akane who had asked the last question. When Ranma 
came back from the office he had shown the whole class the curse. He felt it 
would be better if he got it out early on. Apparently Akane didn't like it. 
"Umm well he nice and very brave. I first meet him when I was being robbed. 
He came out of nowhere and beat robbers up."
    "Really, cool! So you and him have been dating a long time?"
    "Oh, only short time. It hard with Gina and Penny."
    "Who're Penny and Gina?" Asked Nabiki joining the group. 
    "Gina is Ranma's sister, Penny my cousin. They no like each other."
    "Wow! Just like Romeo and Juliet." Said Yuka. 
    "I hope not, no want Romeo and Juliet end." Replied Monique.
    "So why do they hate each other?"
    "They rival treasure hunters."
    Nabiki raised an eyebrow. "Really."
    "Yes, they travel world in search of treasure and archeological finds. 
Ranma even works with sister."
    "Interesting so do they ever bring anything back." Monique nodded and 
pulled something from her shirt.
    "Ranma give this to me after trip to Congo. Said he fight many big grey 
apes for it." 
    "A dirty piece of quartz?" Akane snorted. Nabiki, who knew what it really 
was, looked at the uncut diamond with wide yen-pupiled eyes.
    "Well it small one." Said Monique slightly embarrassed. Nabiki nearly 
choked. That diamond was the size of a cockroach and she said it was one of 
the small ones!?
    "H-How big were the big ones." Asked Nabiki.
    "Penny go to same mine. Bring back one size of softball."
    "S-Softballs?" Asked Nabiki as her mouth nearly dropped to the floor. 
Monique nodded her head. Nabiki quickly thought about that and decided that 
she would have to work slowly. Ranma and Monique were both too valuable to 
make a quick profit off of. They were also much smarter than Kuno, so she 
decided it best if she stayed on their good side.


    Monique blinked as she looked at all the people gathered at the soccer 
field. It was almost like Monday Night Fights. She then noticed Nabiki and a 
few other girls surrounded by a noticeable crowd. Walking up, Monique decided 
to find out what was going on. She stopped however, at seeing the glares from 
several of the boys. Monique started to back away. 
    "Hey Monique." Said Nabiki, as she made her way through the boys, glaring 
at the ones that didn't move fast enough. Although some of the boys grumbled, 
most quickly got out of Nabiki's way. 
    "Umm hello, what going on?" Asked Monique looking back at boys.
    Nabiki saw the boys and smirked. "Oh that's just the Akane Tendo fan 
club. Don't worry they're just a bunch of bakas."
    "Oh, so what you do?"
    "I'm taking bets on the fight between Ranma and Kuno."
    Monique stared at Nabiki. "Taking bets?"
    Nabiki looked at the dark skinned girl for a moment then continued. 
"Yeah. You'll find out I'm involved with lots of stuff. I run betting pools, 
loans, information service."
    "Y-you do all that?" Nabiki nodded "Why?"
    Nabiki frowned. "I have my reasons. So, who do you think is going to 
win?"
    Monique was caught off guard by the sudden question. "Oh umm Ranma."
    "Really? So what style does Ranma use?"
    "Don't know style. Just know he very good."
    Nabiki nodded, she had seen enough to prove it that morning. "So is 
Ranma's father a powerful martial artist?"
    Monique shook her head. "No. I no think so."
    "Then who taught Ranma how to fight?"
    "Ranma's stepmother."
    Nabiki blinked. "He was trained by his mother?"
    Monique nodded. "Yes, I no meet her, but Ranma say she strong fighter. He 
also practices with sister Britanny. I have met her, she very strong 
fighter."
    {Must have been that girl I saw this morning.} Nabiki thought. She then 
made a mental note not to allow Akane to challenge Ranma to an all out fight. 
If his mother and sister trained him, then he wasn't likely to hold back on 
her sister like the other boys. Still a friendly sparring match might put 
Akane in her place.
    It was at this time that the combatants entered the field. Ranma walked 
towards the center calmly with his hands in his pockets. On the opposite end 
entered Kuno, dressed in his kendo uniform and carrying his bokken. He walked 
with all the arrogance of a man who knew he was a higher life form. The two 
stopped just ten feet apart.
    "So you dare to challenge the might of Kuno. Know that when I defeat you 
I shall remove that kokujin from our noble school and clam my pig tailed 
goddess."
    Ranma blinked. "Your what?"
    "Do not try to lie to me Diggers! I know that you and that witch have a 
young maiden under your power. I have seen her myself. She is a beautiful 
vision with firey red hair who is only worthy of the Kuno loin." 
    As Kuno ranted, Nabiki noticed her sister looking at her. "Don't look at 
me. He came up with that all by himself."
    Ranma, for his part, was shaking mad. {Worthy of his loin? GROSS! You 
going down stick boy.} 
    "Now you will face defeat under my mighty blade. Have at thee!!" And 
Ranma did, starting one of the most one-sided fights Nabiki had ever seen. 
The crowd could only wince as Ranma invented new ways to put a human being 
into unbearable pain.
    A short while later Nabiki was leaving the school a much richer girl. It 
was good that she had taken so many bets for Kuno. With the kendo fighter now 
in the hospital, profits were going to be a little tight for the next few 
days. As Nabiki passed the school gates, she saw Ranma and Monique. "Hey 
Ranma, Monique."
    Ranma turned to her. "Yes?"
    "Hi Nabiki." Said Monique.
    "You helped make a lot of money today. Why don't you come over to my 
house? I'd like to thank you two with dinner."
    "I don't know, I don't want to trouble you."
    "It's no trouble."
    Ranma looked over to Monique who nodded. "Umm sure, why not."

To be continued.




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