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Note: This is an Alternate Universe Fic. Please please don't kill me. I know
it's bad.....Now...I was thinking on the lines of Ranma and his brother.
So...a little folling around I chose an old character to be his brother. Old
as in...Already in Ranma 1/2 rather than a fancharacter. Get it? Now...I
won't tell you WHO it is..but It ain't Ryouga. What bothers me is the fact
that Ryouga is used most often, so I steered away from that.
Note: This is my first fic posted here...that's not a SpamFic. Heh heh... So
enjoy...and please not flames. Only Contructive Critizim.
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you wrote, "The Seeds We Sew" please tell me
Disclaimer: Forgive me, Rumiko-sama for the use of these characters without
permission.
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New Beginings
A Ranma 1/2 Alternate Universe
Episode 1: Arrival of the Saotomes! Akane's New Fiance!
"Ah, Akane, Nabiki, Kasumi! Please come here!" Soun shouted.
Three girls appeared, one 16, one 17, and one 19. "Yes, father?" they questioned in unison?
"Genma and his boys are coming! Meaning, that the joining of the Tendo and Saotome school will begin."
"Joining?" Akane asked.
The old man nodded. "Yes, that means that one of this boys will marry one of you!" He smiled widely.
Kasumi spoke up, "How old are they?"
"Uh..."
Nabiki demanded, "What do they look like? Are they rich?"
"Uh..."
"You mean, one of us is getting engaged to someone we don't know? For all you know they could be perverts!" Akane shouted, angerily.
Soun nodded. "Ah, but Genma and me...we go way back. His sons must be very good."
Kasumi bowed and left to tend for the kitchen.
"As long as their cute, I don't think I'll mind," Nabiki mumbled before walking away.
"Dad..."Akane began, but decided against it and ran to the dojo.
"NO NO NO NO NO NO!!!"
"Growf."
"LET GO OF ME!!!!"
"No. I will not. You're probably just gonna run away! You can't leave me alone with them!!"
"Growf."
The rice paper door slid open, the thundering rain sounded loudly. Soun ran down the halls to meet up with the new arrivals.
"He's here! Genma and his boys have arrived!" he cried excitedly, but stopped short as he was face to face with a large, wet, panda. "What the...?!"
Stepping out from behind the panda were two girls, both of which wer soaking wet. One of them was quite tall and had long, dark green hair, cut perfectly straight and she had amazing aqua eyes. She wore a white chinese robe and blue pants. In her arms was the second girl, this one struggling to get free. This girl had bright red hair tied in a pigtail. Her chinese shirt was also bright red, and she wore black pants.
"Saotome?" Soun asked.
The red-head broke free and mumbled, "I'm Ranma Saotome."
The green haired one bowed. "I'm Mousse."
The panda growled and held up a sign. [I am Genma! Good to meet you Soun old pal!] He flipped it over and the sign said, [Can I have hot water?]
Kasumi, Nabiki and Akane appeared next to their father suddenly. The looked curiously at the two girls and the panda. Nabiki walked up to Ranma and poked her squarely in the chest. "You're not a boy."
Ranma twitched. "You're not a boy either," she spat poking Nabiki.
Mousse shook her head. "Clam yourself Ranma." Then under his breath he mumbled, "Or you're gonna start tearing this place down..."
The panda growled loudly and held up another sign that stated, [Hot water... PLEASE?!]
Kasumi bowed. "Of course. Please, sit down Mr. Saotome!"
Akane blinked and mumbled, "How does she seem so calm? There's a panda and two girls here instead of an old man and two boys!"
Kasumi walked in, bearing a kettle of water. "What do you want me to do with this?" She held it in front of Genma.
Ranma grabbed the kettle. "I'll take it! Come on, pop! Mousse!" She waved the kettle madly and failed to notice the open spout. Hot water gushed out of the kettle on top of the panda revealing an old, balding man, with glasses. He was also quite fat. Again hot water gushed out, this time landing on Mousse, who gave a high pitched yelp that transformed into a deep shout as she transformed into a man with long black hair. Finally the last of the water splashed on Ranma, turning the short red-head into a black-haired boy. Nabiki raised her eyebrows at this site of two tall, well-built, handsome boys.
Soun looked at the blading man and gave a shout, "GENMA!"
The two old men hugged for just a second before Akane yelled, over the voices, "WHAT THE HECK HAPPENED?"
"Uh oh," the pig-tailed boy said, looking at the empty kettle.
The long haired boy bowed deeply. "We're sorry. I am Mu Tsu Saotome, please call me Mousse." He jabbed a finger in the direction of the other boy. "That's my brother Rana Ma Saotome..he perfers being called Ranma."
Soun nodded in Mousse's direction and turned towards Genma. "Okay Saotome, you have a lot of explaining to do."
Genma crossed his arms. "Before I do so...can I have something to eat?"
Kasumi bowed. "How could I have forgotten my manners? Please? Come to the kitchen, dinner will be ready soon."
Genma and Ranma nodded excitedly and ran off to the kitchen. Mousse, on the other hand, pulled out his thin, round spectacles from his sleeves and perched them on his head before following his father and brother.
"Delicious!" Genma shovled a little more food in his mouth. "Kasumi! You cook just like your mom did."
Kasumi blushed. "Thank you Mr. Saotome."
Ranma nodded in agreement, his mouth full. Mousse smiled and carefully refilled his plate. Akane watched in shock as two of the three Saotomes ate like pigs, stuffing their faces, like there is no tommorrow.
Soun put down his chopsticks. "Now, Genma,perhaps you can tell us your little story, hmm?"
"Ah, yes." Genma stopped eating. "Well...it all began a long time ago."
"6 months pop," Ranma interjected.
Genma nodded. "6 months. Yes. Now, what happened was..."
Ranma waved his hand. "I'll tell it pop! You were never the one for stories!"
"Ah...yes." Genma returned to eating.
"Okay! Now, as we were training, we got attacked by evil wizards and they..."
Mousse looked up from his plate. "Ranma, perhaps you should stick to the facts? And, stop fooling around. I'd hate to have to blast you with a ball of ki."
Ranma blushed. "Uh....yeah." He sat up straight. "As we were training in China, we came across the imfamous training ground, Jusenkyo. Now, we don't speak Chinese, and we saw these large signs everywhere."
Akane was in shock. She was completely suprised at how quickly Ranma's attitude changed, when he was told to do so by Mousse.
Ranma went on, talking about what Jusenkyo looked like and Genma's incident. Then, he paused, and ran his fingers through his hair. "Pop, who was now a panda, knocked me into a spring. Mousse, being my big brother and all, jumped into to rescue me...."
Akane looked at Mousse, who seemed to have turned a light pink, and smiled.
Ranma continued, "When we resurfaced......well...we were girls." He nodded looked at Mousse.
He nodded and took up the rest of the story. So, he sat there, explaining the concept of the cursed springs, how they worked, and everything. "So... there our story ends... or in a way, begins."
Soun had tears in his eyes. "That...was BEAUTIFUL!!" he burst into an all out cry, not stopping to take a rest until Genma said, "Soun... the... er... plan?"
Soun stopped abrutly. "Oh yes! GIRLS!"
Nabiki, Akane and Kasumi looked at their father. "Yes?" they asked in unison.
"Line up!"
They walked to the wall and lined up in order of age, Kasumi, Nabiki and Akane. Genma pulled Ranma, while Mousse followed behind. "Soun? Who do you think....?"
Kasumi shook her head. "They are far to young for me. Sorry father."
Nabiki pointed at Akane. "She hates guys! Sooooo... they're half and half!"
Akane shook her head. "NUH UH!!!"
Genma looked at his sons and pointed to Ranma. "You boy! You're her age!"
"WHAT!?" Ranma shouted, "You want me to be engaged to this butt-ugly TOMBOY?!?!?"
"Who are you calling a butt-ugly tomboy?" Akane asked, her voice dripping with poison.
"YOU!"
"WELL AT LEAST I'M NOT A SEX CHANGING PERVERTED FREAK!!"
"WELL AT LEAST I'M NOT A STUPID, SEXLESS, UNCUTE, TOMBOY LIKE YOU!!!!!!!!"
Mousse shuddered and stepped forward and grasp Ranma tightly around the shoulder. Ranma gave a gasp and crumpled to the ground. Akane looked in suprise as Ranma stood up, his breathing shallow.
Genma looked and Soun for a moment then shouted, "It's settled then! Akane Tendo is now engaged to..."
Ranma paled.
"Mu Tsu Saotome."
Mousse blinked. "Wha?" was the only sound that came from him.
Akane looked at Mousse, anger flashing in her eyes. "Great....if it's not one of them, it's the other, " she spat and ran off to her room. Kasumi and Nabiki followed in suit.
Soun shook his head. "So sad. In any case, you have rooms set up already. One for Genma and one for Ranma and Mousse. Obviously they are the rooms with no name plates. The larger one is for the boys and the smaller one is for Genma. Good night."
The Saotomes made their way up the stairs towards their new rooms. Just as Soun said, there were two unnamed rooms. Whether it was planned or not, the larger room was right next to Nabiki's and Kasumi's and across from Akane's. Genma dropped off thier bags, and went off to his room.
Ranma stretched out on one of the futons. "Man oh man, Mousse, you got engaged!"
Mousse nodded. "Yes, I know...but you're the one to talk...remember Xian Pu?"
Ranma blushed. "Eh heh...yeah." He stood up and looked out the window. "Look... a pond."
Mousse gave no answer. Ranma turned around and found Mousse to not be there. "Hey? Bro? Hey!"
Mousse shook his head as he heard his brother call from the room. He crossed the hall, and knocked on Akane's door.
"Come in."
He closed his eyes and carefully opened the door."Akane Tendo?"
The long haired girl whirled around in chair. "What do you want?" she spat.
Mousse bowed his head. "I know you probably don't like me..."
"Why would I?"
"Well, I'd like to consider... well, I think...that...well... I'd like to be your friend not fiance. I would have much rather peferred that."
Akane frowned. "You want to be friend with what your brother called, 'A butt-ugly tomboy?'"
Mousse nodded. "My brother is quite rude...and I don't think you're ugly. You've quite a pleasant face."
Akane's face turned into a look of confusion. This was not the response she was expecting. "Well...I accept your offer of friendship, but we are nothing more. Got it?"
Mousse nodded, a small smile on his face. "I hope that we are to become good friends," he said and left.
Akane smiled. "I think we might just become good friends," she mumbled.
The next morning Akane bounded down the stairs dressed in her gi for a brief moment of exercise. Kasumi was in the kitchen, making tea.
"Morning Kasumi!" she said, happily.
"Morning Akane." She looked up from the tea pot. "Ranma and Mousse are starting school today, can you go wake them up?"
Akane's jaw dropped. "They're not awake yet?"
"Not to my knowledge."
Akane released a quite growl from her throat and thundered up the stairs. She charged into the boy's room with a bucket of cold water in her hands. "WAKE UP!!!" she shouted as she emptied and bucket's content on the nearest bed.
The red-haired saotome shot out from under the soaking covers. "What'd ya do that for?!?!"
Akane placed her hands on her hips. "You're starting school today, so get up!" She looked at the other futon. "Hey? Where's Mousse?"
Ranma yawned. "He always gets up at the crack of dawn to get in some extra training." She sat up and looked out the window. "Yep, there he is."
Akane leaned over Ranma's shoulder and saw Mousse standing in a crane stance. She nodded and walked to the door. "Get ready," she snapped, while Ranma stuck her tounge out at her.
About half an hour later, Akane walked down the steps once more, this time dressed in her blue and white Furinkan High uniform. Again she walked into the kitchen, but instead of finding Kasumi by the stove, Mousse was.
Akane paused for a moment then looked into the dining room. For once in her life, she saw Kasumi relaxing and drinking a cup of tea in the morning with Nabiki.
"Kasumi!"
The eldest Tendo stood up from her kneeling position. "Oh my! What is it Akane?"
"Uh...what's Mousse doing in the kitchen?"
"He wanted to cook for us! Isn't that nice if him?"
Mousse's voice sounded from the kitchen. "Miss Kasumi Tendo! I want you to try this! You can tell me if it needs something!"
Akane and Kasumi both walked into the kitchen, leaving Nabiki with her money work, to find there was a pile of rice on a plate, and Mousse was stir-frying vegetables in a wok.
"This is that you eat for breatfast?" Akane asked.
Mousse nodded. "It's what we ate in China. We adapted the customs of wherever we stayed and we've grown partial to Chinese cooking." He picked up a piece of a zucchni with a pair of shopsticks. "Luckily I've learned to cook that way." He offered the vegetable to Kasumi. "Taste?"
Kasumi took the chopsticks and tasted the vegetable. After a moment of chewing she smiled and handed the utensils back to Mousse. "Delicious!"
Mousse picked up a carrot slice and offered it to Akane. "Taste?"
Akane shook her head. "No thanks....where's your brother?"
"Outside," he answered, while pouring the food onto a platter. "He likes to squeeze in a moment of training or two before he eats."
At that very moment, Ranma, Genma and Soun, all walked in, faces red, and lungs burning for air.
"That *pant* was quite *pant* a workout you two gave me," Soun gasped.
Genma nodded. "You're *pant* getting a little soft Tendo."
Ranma, who was perfectly fine, patted the two on their backs. "That was fun, but I think you're a little too old to keep up with me." He laughed and shook his head. "No, I'm kidding. Please don't punish me."
"You have a half an hour to eat and get to school," Kasumi announced. "Musn't be late, Mousse and Ranma need to apply."
Nabiki's voice sounded from the dining area, "Wow, this is good Mousse. Hmmm... is money making a possiblity here?"
Ranma, and Genma both took off towards the dining area, followed by Kasumi, Soun and a very distraught Akane. Not to her surprise, two of the three Saotomes were eating at an alarming rate, food vanishing from their plates in a mere second. Again, Mousse was quiet, though this time he wasn't eating. The other three Tendos took their seats, and they took began to eat.
Akane's plate held nothing but rice. Kasumi looked up and placed some food to accompany the rice. "Eat Akane," she said.
Mousse stood up, his plate was empty, and clean. "Well, I'm done."
Akane stared at her food and pushed it away from her. "I think I'm done also."
Nabiki was also done, and they three left the dining area. However, the mercenary girl gave a yelp and ran up the stairs. Akane walked out into the back, and saw Mousse sitting cross-legged near the pond.
"Why are you sitting near Koi Pond?"
Mousse shrugged. "I'm bored. We have 15 minutes before we have to go."
Akane sat down opposite him. "You look sad."
Mousse bowed his head. "You didn't eat."
Akane giggled, and toppled over laughing. "What?!" Mousse asked.
"I'm sorry," she said, wiping a tear from her eye. "Are you sad about the fact that I didn't eat?"
Mousse smiled. "No..I was just thinking. I never ate breakfast, and when I was young, and I didn't eat, mom would give me the most hurt expression, and then I'd feel bad and start eating."
Akane nodded, and stood up. "When'd you guys leave for your training trip?"
"10 years ago."
She paused, and felt her heart drop in her chest. "My mom died 10 years ago too."
Mousse stood up. "Well, looks like we've got something in common. Well, shall we go to school now?"
Akane nodded, just as Nabiki walked out, two stachels in hand. "Here you go sis," she said and offered a satchel to the youngest Tendo.
Mousse looked around for his brother and marched inside. We returned, caring a female Ranma by the collar of her shirt.
"Let go of me!!" she shouted, thrashing about wildly.
"No! You have to go to school!"
"I DON'T WANNA!!!!!!"
Kasumi walked outside with a thermos. "Here you go boys, in case you have some more...accidents."
Mousse took it and poured some of it over Ranma's head. "There."
Ranma yanked free from his brother's grip. "Hmph."
Nabiki was some yards ahead when she yelled, "Come on! I got buisness I need to attend to."
Akane, Ranma and Mousse all took off on a run. As they made it to the main streets, Akane and Nabiki was on the sidewalk, Mousse and Ranma on the fence.
"Must you walk up there?" Akane asked, irritated.
"Yes," the two Saotomes said in unison.
"Why?"
"Helps our balance," they replied, again in unison.
Akane released a growl. "Why must you answer everything in unison?"
"It's practice for our teamwork fighting ability." Again the two were in unison.
"We do it everymorning," Mousse said.
"Dad drills us with questions that we need to answer together," Ranma continued.
"It was hard at first..."
"Then it became a habit."
Akane punched the fence, causing Ranma and Mousse to wobble a bit. "Does that mean you finish each other's sentences too?"
"Yep." Again the two were in unison.
"It would end by around..."
"8 o'clock."
Nabiki paused and turned around, carrying a tape recorder. "Don't know what good this is, but someone's bound to buy it," she said with a grin.
Akane shook her head. "A moment ago, you two weren't saying a thing together, now...?"
"The habit kicks in around 7:15 until 8:00."
"Dad used to question us from 7:00 'till 8:30."
Akane kicked a rock. This was going to be harder to endure then she had expected. She pointed up the road, where Nabiki was already begining to do buisness. "That's Furinkan High," she said, as a large building came into view.
Akane dusted off her hands as they arrived at the gates. "Here we go again, she mumbled, and took off into a run. The two Saotome's exchanged confused glances, before following her. Much to their surprise, a large crowd of boys were running her way... attacking.
"HIYAAAAAAA!!!!" Akane used her stachel to knock out four guys dressed in tennis uniforms. Next she pounded a large sumo wrestler into the ground with her fist. Group by group the guys were defeated, and the group of about 100 or more guys was reduced to 4 in a matter of seconds.
The four remaining were all acrobats, able to dodge and weave through Akane's flurry of attacks, but in a mere second, and a blur flew by, and the four were eating the dust. In Akane's hands was a mallet, and it was resting on top of the guys' heads.
"Whoa," the two Saotomes said in awe, and unison.
Akane walked over to them, a bored look on her face. "Well, shall we go?"
"Akane...what was that?" Mousse asked, a look of concern passing briefly over his face.
She sighed. "It's all Nabiki's fault. She was looking for a bit of extra money, but there wasn't anything going on. So she started this riot. She announced that any boy that can defeat me will be awarded with a date with me and $1000. While I battle though," Akane paused to gesture to her sister, who was collecting money, "she holds bets."
Ranma scratched his head, and walked away.
Mousse frowned. "And every guy does this?"
Akane nodded. "All except one." She pointed to a guy sitting under a tree. He has reading a book, but he was dressed as a kendoist. "He's the greatest kendoist here, Tatewaki Kuno. He earned the title as the Blue Thunder. Strange thing is that, although he's amazing with a bokken, he'd rather sit, read and write. He's very quiet...Nabiki's age and grade. He'd be in your class."
Mousse nodded. "Interseting."
Akane pointed to a girl on the doing gymnastics on the roof. "That's his sister Kodachi. She's into rythmic martial arts. She's amazing, though very evil. Can't keep a straight relationship with anyone. I head that she paralyzes her dates."
"Ugh..."
Nabiki ran up to them waving a wad of yen. "Hey guys! So, gonna register you guys now?"
Mousse nodded, just as Ranma ran by, chased by a mile of girls. Mousse caught him by his collar. "Ranma...."
The pig-tailed boy shook his head. "I ain't done nothin."
Nabiki smiled. "I can stop them for a... small fee."
Akane smiled. "Uh...we're going now."
Ranma and Mousse nodded, and the three took off towards the building, leaving Nabiki and the crowd of girls alone.
The three walked into the school office. Akane went off and talked for a moment ot the secretary. Then the young woman stood up, gathered a handful of papers and walked over to another desk. She put on a pair of extremly thick glasses and walked over to Ranma and Mousse. "I need you two to fill these things out. It takes about 3-5 minutes so don't worry. Plus...I need your clothing size."
Ranma stared at the brown haired woman. "Say what?"
She smiled. "For uniforms."
Ranma leapt back. "I ain't wearn' no goofy uniform."
"I'm a large. I think it's becasue I'm a bit tall for my age. And excuse my brother."
The secretary nodded. "I'll get you a large, and your brother, well to avoid any disturbances, he can wear what he wants... as long as it's white and gray or black." She looked Mousse over. "I think you're a medium. Our uniforms are American sized, so the pant legs are a bit longer."
"Oh okay." Mousse went back to filling out the form, as did Ranma.
Akane sighed. "Are you guys finally done with your habit?"
The two nodded in complete sync.
Akane face-faulted.
The secetary returned form the storage room, carrying two sets of outfits. Rama noticed this and frowned.
"Here you go, Mr. Saotome. One's a large, one's a medium. Go try them on." She turned to to Ranma. "Here's something for you." She tossed him a white chinese shirt with red ties.
"Hey!? This ain't half bad," Ranma said.
Mousse poked his head out of the bathroom. "Medium is good."
Akane smiled. "Can I see?"
Mousse stepped out, and both Akane and the Secretary's eyes widened ever so slightly. The white shirt and grey pants fit perfectly. The shirt was short sleeved and showed his well defined biceps, and the pants weren't very tight, but enough for people to get an idea about the definition of his legs and loose enough for Mousse to be able to kick high in the air. Ranma, who was now wearing the sleeveless shirt nodded, and the secretary turned her attention to Ranma.
Akane looked at Mousse's shoes, which were the black kempo slippers and shook her head. "You've gotta go something about those shoes."
Mousse walked into the bathroom and walked back out carring his robe. He reached into the folds and pulled out a pair of black boots. "Okay?"
Akane waced a hand nonchalantly. "Whatever. We're gonna have to get you a stachel tonight though."
The secretary handed Ranma and Mousse their schedules. "I think it's best to have the Saotomes and Tendos in the same class. So, Mousse you're with Nabiki and Ranma you're with Akane. Okay? Well, have fun." She bowed and returned to her desk.
The trio walked out of the office and went their seperate ways. Mousse paused at room 207 and opened the door. She saw Nabiki collecting fees in the center of the room, and the teacher waiting for the bell to ring. Then he noticed Kuno, who was wearing the school attire. Mousse took a deep breath and walked inside. Suddenly he wish he hadn't. People were staring at him, girls with love sick looks and guys with surprised ones. The teacher stood up. She was a pretty woman, young and short. She had long red-brown hair, and wore a suit.
"Mr. Saotome?" she asked.
Mousse nodded. "I am."
"Welcome. I am Ms. Furuya. I was notified of your arrival. Take a seat behind Kuno. He's the boy with his nose in a book."
"Okay." Mousse walked past Kuno and sat in the desk behind him. Nabiki waved from across the room, and walked up to him. "Hi there," she said.
Mousse nodded. "Hello Nabiki."
She sat down in the desk next to him. "Surprise surprise. You sit next to me."
Mousse rolled his eyes. "Great.."
Kuno turned around. "Hello. My name is Tatewaki Kuno. I can't help but notice you're new here."
"Yeah."
"Welcome to Furinkan High." Kuno turned back around, just as the bell rang.
Ms. Furuya cleared her throat. "We have a new student with us today. His name is Mousse Saotome."
Mousse waved a hand in the air. "Hi."
"Please, make him feel welcome and at home. Now, let's begin." The teacher drew a box on the board. "We're taking a test today, remember? So I need you to listen carefully to the instructions. When you're done with the test, there's a worksheet up front that you need to do. If you finish with that, you can read, write or go outside. Mousse, you may go outside for the time being."
Mousse shook his head. "I'd like to take the test."
Ms. Furuya smiled. "If you want a challenge, go ahead."
Kuno turned around. "Hey, that's cool Mousse." He gave him a thumbs up and turned back around.
Ms Furuya walked up and down the aisles, handing out the sheets. "You have 40 minutes. Good luck."
Mousse stared at the sheet in front of him. It was a test on calculus. He picked up his pencil, and pulled a calculator from his pocket. There were 15 problems. He shrugged and began to work. About 20 minutes into the testing time he had finished. He stood up and carried the test to Ms. Furuya. She looked at him in slight shock. "Finished already Mr. Saotome?"
Mousse nodded. "Yes, I have covered calculus already."
Ms. Furuya nodded slowly, while she checked over his work. "This does seem correct. Well, you may take the worksheet if you would like to, or go outside to wait for the others."
Mousse thought for a moment. "I shall go outside if that's okay with you..."
Ms. Furuya nodded, and went back to correcting a pile of papers. Mousse slipped out of the classroom into the hallway. He stood there for a moment wondering where the exit was. He turned right and procceeded down the hall. He stopped abrutly as he heard a teacher yell, "MR. SAOTOME HALLWAY NOW!!" Mousse cringed as his brother walked outside, grumbling, and carring a bucket of water.
"Rana Ma...." he said, a hint of scolding on his voice.
Ranma's eyes widened in shock. "Mu.... What are you doing here?"
"I should ask you the same question."
Ranma cringed. "Well...I..."
Mousse shook his head. "I don't even want to know." He walked foreward a couple steps. "I'm going. Ja."
"Hey! Where you goin'?"
"Outside. I have permission." Mousse took off into a run and vanished down the hall. Ranma frowned and looked through the glass of the door at the class. "Stupid teacher," he mumbled. Just then another boy ran by. "Who the...?"
Mousse stopped halfway through his kata when someone ran outside, Tatewaki Kuno. He was carring a bokken, and a book. Mousse put on his glasses, though he really had no need for them. Kuno pulled a bokken out of nowhere and began a complex motion. Mousse returned to his kata, when 5 others made their way outside, 4 girls 1 guy. Mousse stopped, and looked around at the new people. Suddenly a girl with blond hair walked his way. She was tall, had long blond hair tied with a red bow, and, Mousse couldn't help but notice, that she had a very nice body.
"Hi," she said, "You're that new kid aren't you. Saotome right?"
Mousse nodded.
The girl smiled. "The name's Rika Aino." She flipped her blond hair. "So, planning on joining any extracurricular activities? I'm a member of the vollyball team."
Mousse shrugged. "I don't know. I'll have to see. Drama sounds nice, so does the newspaper."
Rika shook her head. "Why not join the volleyball team? You're definatly built for it."
"No thanks." Another 7 people walked outside.
Just then a very tall girl, about as tall as Mousse, walked up to them. She had brown hair pulled into a ponytail, and was very broad looking. "Hey Rika."
The blond smiled. "Hey Emi!" She turned to Mousse. "That's Emi Kino."
"Hello there," Mousse said.
Emi bowed. "Hey. We're looking for more members for the Martial Arts team. We compete around the country. You seem right for it. Know any Martial Arts?"
Mousse shrugged again. "I may know a little..."
Emi crossed her arms. "Come on. Don't leave me in the dark. What are you a master of...the Anything Goes Martial Arts school?"
Mousse blushed. "Uh....yeah....Saotome School of Anything Goes Martial Arts to be more precise."'
"Holy shit....You're a master?"
"Almost."
Emi clapped her hands and pulled an application ofrm her pocket. "Think about it okay? Bye bye!" She ran off, with Rika on her tail.
Nabiki suddenly appeared behind Mousse. "Hello there. Seems to me that you're getting involved with the school huh?"
Mousse nodded while folding up the peice of paper. "Why do you care?"
Nabiki shrugged. "You know you're stuck with me all day. I like to find out a lot about people."
Mousse groaned. "Thanks. So we're going to...?"
"English, then History, then lunch. After that, we have gym, then theater and finally Science."
"Great....."
The bell rang and everyone outside, ran inside for their next class. English and History were a bore. Mousse had at least 12 pages of notes by lunchtime, although he already knew most of it. Gym was easier, Mousse got his mucles moving, and theater was not the most exciting thing in the world, everyone had to improvise a scene. Mousse almost fell asleep during the movie in Science. Finally, finally, the bell rang, telling everyone that school had ended.
Young men and women poured out of the doors, shouts and laughter were heard. Mousse wandered out of the school, weary and full of information. Ranma, who was some what wet, and female, jumped and landed on him. They fell with a thud. Akane was not far behind and was giggling.
"Ranma," Mousse hissed.
The younger Saotome rolled off his brother. "Sorry 'bout that."
"OHOHOHOHOHOHO!"
Ranma and Mousse looked up at the sound of the laughter. There, leaping from the room, was Kodachi Kuno, her black hair tied in a side ponyail. She was dressed in a leotard and was twirling a ribbon. Tatewaki Kuno, dressed in his kendo garb, appeared next to his sister. Kodachi leapt away, laughing the whole time. Tatewaki, on the other hand, followed quietly, though he kept an eye on Ranma.
"Whoa...weird," the two Saotomes said in unison.
"ARGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I THOUGHT YOU TWO WERE DONE!!!!!!!" Akane screamed at the top of her lungs, causing more that a few people to stare.
Nabiki walked around, requesting money for an explaination, while Ranma, Mousse and Akane all turned a bright shade of red. Mousse shurgged it off and started off towards the Tendo Dojo. Ranma and Akane both broke into a run to catch Mousse.
Nabiki gave a yelp and tried her best to catch up, although, due to the fact that she wasn't as fit she failed miserably, falling many many meters behind. By the time, the Nabiki made it to the Dojo, she was out of breath.
Mousse, Ranma and Akane, were all sitting at the table, drinking tea. Kasumi walked up to her younger sister and cooed, "Oh...Nabiki...are you alright? Have some tea." Nabiki gasped, and collapsed on the floor.
Akane walked up to Nabiki. "Sorry sis... We forgot about you. Why'd you have to run?"
Nabiki looked up. "I...............blah........." She stood up and staggered towards her room. Ranma burst into laughter, which resulted in a hard whack on his head, by both Mousse and Akane.
Genma and Soun poked their heads into the room. "Ah, Mousse, Akane! You're just the people we needed to see," Soun said.
Mousse shook his head. "Uh...I can't..not now..I gotta buy stuff, yes that's right! Bye!" As fast as he spat that out he was gone.
Akane nodded. "Yes...I need to get some stuff for school!" She too was gone in seconds time.
Soun and Genma sighed, then returned to their game of go. Ranma frowned and wandered out into the streets, when suddenly a loud yell echoed down the street, "WHERE AM I??????"
To Be Continued...
Preview of next Episode:
Ranma glanced down the road in surprise. Again the yell sounded, this time louder and closer. There, wandering the street was a tall, muscular boy dressed in yellow and black. Yellow tunic, black pants tied at the bottom, black kendo shoes, and a yellow and black bandanna. He even had black hair and a yellow back pack. The only thing that showed up, was the bright red bamboo umbrella. The boy caught site of Ranma and started running towards him shouting, "SAOTOME!!!!!"
"The Eternally Lost Boy! Entering Ryouga!"