No subject

Tofu stopped massaging his nose, put his arms on the armrests, and gave
himself five minutes of peace before opening the office again.

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Sitting on the first floor's steps, Akane was revising the previous day's
homework while she waited patiently for the end of the first hour of class.

With the doctor's note, she hadn't had any problems entering school.
However, as the class was due to finish in less than twenty minutes, she
preferred to wait outside instead of interrupting her teacher and
classmates.

At that time, the bell's chime signalling the end of the first hour was
heard clearly throughout the school.

Before the chime ended, Akane had put the notebooks in her school-bag and
was making her way towards her classroom with a big smile on her face.

Quite rightly. Her conversation with Dr. Tofu had cleared the clouds that
hovered over her future. Once the doctor confirmed it, a simple test would
clear all the obstacles and convince Nodoka that they weren't siblings. The
rest wouldn't be a problem. She knew exactly what Ranma had said in the
Phoenix Mountain, but the pig-head didn't want to admit it.

Akane was turning to face the last flight of stairs when the sound of feet
descending made her stop hastily.

On the opposite flight, she saw her rival Ukyo coming down, dragging along a
carefree Nabiki, who let herself be carried away. Upon arriving on the
landing, Ukyo threw her companion into a corner and, leaning her arm on the
wall, cut off any possibility of escape with her body.

The scene left Akane gasping.

Although she couldn't see Ukyo=B4s face, Akane supposed that she must be ve=
ry
angry to confront her sister in such a direct way. She'd never seen anybody
treat Nabiki this way, as she was quite capable of making your life
miserable. Ukyo must be really angry to have forgotten this.

Nabiki, meanwhile, seemed to be enjoying the new experience. Proof of this
was the smile displayed on her face; a smile that wasn't helping improve
Ukyo's mood.

"I have no idea where you got the money," Ukyo snapped at Nabiki. "But you
are very mistaken if you think you can buy me!"

Ukyo=B4s words pricked Akane=B4s curiosity, who advanced towards them.

"What are you talking about?"

Upon hearing the question, Nabiki looked up and greeted her sister with a
wave of her hand, as if what was happening were the most normal thing in the
world. Ukyo, meanwhile, turned around, allowing Akane to confirm her
previous assumption.

Once she faced her rival, she snorted in a very unfeminine way and said:

"Ah, don't you know that your sister has offered me one hundred million to
give up Ranma."

"What!?" Akane cried out in surprise.

Her eyes were fixed on her sister, whose only response was an enigmatic
smile.

TBC=85
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