The disclaimer, practically every character here is NOT mine. They all
belong to their respective company. I am using a lot of them, so I
can't list them all. Beside, I am gonna add more series to the story
later on. Don't sue me. You won't get a penny out of me. Trust me,
you won't. For others, there are SOME characters I made up, but who
cares? I don't.
Ranma Crossover fanfic
first fanfic alert!!!
and...
Ah heck, read at your own risk.
STALLION
Chapter 10.
< Visiting the relatives are always fun... I guess... >
"Urgh......"
"Oh look, look! He's waking up!"
"Really, Ryoko-san! Keep it down. He is a patient!"
"Wow! Look, Kiyone! he really looks like Tenchi-san!"
"Really? I don't see much resemblance."
"Please, Washu! Don't do any more experiments on him, please?"
"But Sasami-chan! It's my duty as a scientist! Give me just a week, no
a day, no an hour! That's all I ask! You understand me, don't you
Tendo-san?"
"Um... just Akane will be fine... well... Eh? What is this animal?"
"Myah myah!"
Ranma shook his head slightly, trying to clear his head. He was still
too groggy to think. 'Argh. What happened? The last thing I remember
is a girl putting me through some kind of torture(1). I don't hear
Tenchi's voice here. I am sure because all the voices I heard so far
were all girl's. I don't recognize the first four though. Then there
was Sasami, that weird psycho girl with pink hair, another psycho girl
who happened to be my fiance, and the myahing... wait, myah? What is
that? Oh, there is a cat. How nice. Tenchi has a cat... A
CAT?!?!?!?!'
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
In a blink of an eye, Ranma jumped up and was clinging to the ceiling.
His eyes were watering and frantic as he desparately searched for the
cat that he had just heard. Much to his surprise and relief, all he
could find was seven girls plugging their ears in pain, and an animal
that looked like... a rabbit? 'No, that's not a rabbit. Me and pop
used to hunt some rabbits for dinner so I know. That ain't a rabbit.
It looks somewhat similar to some other animal... Almost like a...'
"Myah?"
"Aaaaaaahh!!! A cat!!! A cat!! Get it away!! Get it away!!"
"What cat? We don't have a freaking cat here!!"
"Please, Saotome-san! Keep it down. You are a patient!"
"Aaaack!! Kiyone!! My ears hurt!!"
"So are mine, and you are hurting it even more!!!"
"Ranma-niichan! What's wrong?"
"Is anything wrong with you? Do you want me to examine you? My lab is
only steps away!"
"Cut it out, Washu-san! Ranma, calm down! There is no cat here!"
The ruckus was so loud since both Ranma and the girls yelled their lungs
out. Confused Ryo-ohki tried to calm everyone down. "Myah myah!"
Of course, that added more fear on poor Ranma, who screamed louder in
terrorized voice. In turn, the girls yelled out louder and so did
Ryo-ohki. The cycle went on and on, making the already chaotic living
room even more chaotic.
At that moment, Tenchi who had just woken up from upstair by all the
noise, came down with a confused look on his face. "What is going on?"
His voice wasn't all that loud, but it surprisingly got everyone's
attention. The silence lasted in the room for about a second, in which
nobody made any move. Then it ended as the small spaceship animal ran
to its favorite boy.
"Myah myah!" Excited Ryo-ohki ran to the boy, and jumped into his arms.
"Aaaaaaaack!! I was right!! It's a cat!!" Ranma cringed and screamed
again when he heard Ryo-ohki. The ceiling was beginning to show some
cracks around his fingers which was tightening even more.
"Eh?" Tenchi blinked in confusion at first, but soon realized his
cousin's phobia of cats. "Oh I see! You think Ryo-ohki's a cat. Don't
worry, Ranma. She is NOT a cat. You have nothing to worry about."
But Ranma didn't seem all that convinced as he refused to come down.
"Then, then what is it?! Why is it crying like a cat!?"
"I am telling you, she is NOT a cat! She is..."
"She is what?!"
"She is... um... she is..."
"Well!?!"
"......"
"Well, what is she?!?"
Tenchi stood frozen for a while, then turned to Ryoko for help. "Um,
Ryoko. What is Ryo-ohki, exactly?"
"Huh? Ryo-ohki? What are you talking about? Ryo-ohki is Ryo-ohki, of
course."
"Um, I didn't mean that... Eh, Washu-chan? What is Ryo-ohki?"
"Ryo-ohki? She is a multi-shape, hyperspace trans..."
"No, no. I mean what kind of animals is she?"
"Oh that! Well she is a genetically engineered mass-based life form
composed of combined DNA of both..."
"*sigh* Forget it."
Then Sasami stood on his side as she took Ryo-ohki in her own arms.
"Ryo-ohki is our friend. Right, Ryo-chan?"
"Myah!"
"Um, yes, Ranma. She is our friend. I guess that's the best I can
put." Tenchi scratched his head with sheepish grin. But his cousin
didn't look so relieved. Ranma kept eyeing Ryo-ohki with some skeptism
and fear.
Akane rubbed her forehead. She should have guessed that things like
this would happen if that cat-voiced animal was here. She should have
taken it away from Ranma while he was out cold. 'But still! It still
doesn't mean he can act so rudely in front of all these strangers!'
"Ranma, get down right now and..."
Akane blinked when Ranma calmly landed down on the floor before she
could finish her words. He was still acting cautious though, as he
slowly approached his cousin with his eyes set dead on the animal that
looked like a cat and a rabit combined.
Ranma finally reached his cousin's side, but he quickly hid behind
Tenchi, still watching Ryo-ohki carefully. "You sure that's not a cat?"
"Yes, Ranma. I am absolutely positive." Tenchi spoke as a big
sweatdrop appeared on the back of his head. 'Last time I checked a cat
wouldn't transform into a big spaceship.'
"Oooooookay." Then Ranma slowy took a step towards Sasami, who still
held the animal in question in her arms. Then he took an another slow
step, cautiously eyeing Ryo-ohki.
But before he could take another step, Sasami took her hands out,
presenting Ryo-ohki close to Ranma. He jumped a startled step back, but
stopped when Sasami spoke. "Don't be afraid, Ranma-niichan. She won't
hurt you."
Tenchi added in, hoping to ease Ranma's fear. "Yes, Ranma. She is
harmless. Trust me."
"Um... Didn't Ryo-ohki use to be wanted for the destruction of several
hundreds of planets?"
Bonk!
"Quiet, you fool!"
"Ouch! Sorry, Kiyone!"
Thankfully Ranma didn't hear the small chat between the two GP ladies
since all his attention was now fully focused on Ryo-ohki. Swallowing a
gulp audibly, he took a hand out. 'I ain't a coward. Uh-uh. No way.
It ain't a cat, so there is no reason to be afraid. I ain't a chicken!
If it's not a cat, I ain't scared!'
He froze in terror again though, when Ryo-ohki jumped out of Sasami's
hands and landed right on his arm. "Wha, wha, wha..."
While Ranma mumbled in fear, Ryo-ohki ran along his arm and stood on his
shoulder. Then she rubbed her head on Ranma's cheek, softly meowing. A
shiver ran down his spine as his entire body was paralyzed. "Eh, eh,
eh..."
"Look! she likes you, Ranma-niichan!"
"She sure does. Aren't you glad, Ranma?"
"Yes, Ranma. Aren't you glad?" Akane smirked, fully knowing that right
now Ranma was on the verge of fainting away. With her complex to
Ranma's superior martial arts skill, it was somewhat fun to see him
fumble like this.
Ryoko smirked also, seeing Tenchi's cousin so scared and afraid. "Heh.
A grown-up boy scared of some cats. What a chump."
Even Ayeka nodded with disapproving look on her face. "Really. A
member of Juraian Royal Family showing a foolish weakness like that.
That's really shameful."
The girls looked at each other, somewhat shocked to see themselves agree
on something so quick. Then they both broke out in laughters.
"Yeah, what an idiot! Scared of mere cats! Bwahahahahahah!!"
"You are right! Ohohohohohoh!!"
"Oh Misaki-dono! What a surprise to see you here. Another secret
visit?"
SWISH!!
KABOOM!!
Everyone in the room blinked when they felt a gush of wind pass by
them. They were even more dumbfounded when they saw two big holes on
the wall now, one Ryoko-shaped and one Ayeka-shaped. Sasami blinked
some more before she turned to Washu. "Um, Washu. What are you talking
about? My mom isn't here."
"Oh really? My mistake, eheheh." Washu grinned as she answered.
After some moments, Ranma and Akane finally sat down on the living room
sofa, surrounded by the residents of the Masaki Mansion. Tenchi sighed
with a defeated look on his face. 'I might as well get it over with...'
"Well Ranma. Let me introduce my friends. The ones sitting right in
front of you are Mihoshi-san and Kiyone-san..."
"Hi!" Mihoshi enthusiastically greeted the guests, while Kiyone calmly
did so. "Hello."
"...they are... um... Galaxy Police Officers..." Tenchi sweatdropped
when both Ranma and Akane's eyebrows twitched slightly. 'I am not sure
I am doing the right thing here...'
"...and the one beside them is, as you met earlier, Washu."
"Nice to meet you! And please, call me Washu-chan!"
"She is... the greatest scientist in the universe..." 'Not to mention
20,000 years old, but I am not telling you that. She might put me
through another one of her "experiments" for that.'
Ranma fearfully eyed Washu, while Akane greeted her politely. But the
youngest Tendo was also feeling a bit afraid of the pink haired girl.
'She gives me creep... There is something in her eyes that scares me...
something almost like... Nabiki...' Akane shuddered at the thought.
Tenchi continued. "And the one sitting beside Washu is..."
But before he could finish it, Ranma interrupted. "I know, I know.
Minagi-san, right? We already met yesterday."
BAM!
Akane fumed at Ranma, not noticing facefaulted Ryoko on the ground.
"Ranma! Don't be so rude! Tenchi-san is only trying to be more
formal."
"Um... Ranma? Akane-san? She is not Minagi."
"Eh?" That caught both Ranma and Akane's attention, They both blinked
in confusion.
"She is Ryoko, Minagi's... sister."
"Eh?"
Ryoko got up as she held her still painful nose. "Geez. Nice to meet
you too, idiots."
Ignoring Ryoko's snide comment, Tenchi went on. "And she is... ex-space
pirate..."
"Eh?"
"...and she is... Washu-chan's... daughter..."
"EH?!?!"
"That's right! She is my precious, precious child. Come here,
Ryoko-chan! Come to mama!" Washu suddenly jumped on Ryoko, trying to
hug her. Ryoko did her best trying to keep her away, much to no avail.
"Get away from me, Washu!! You are giving me goosebumps!!"
"Nothing to be embarassed about, Ryoko-chan! Let your mommy give you a
smooch-gooch~."
"What the hell are you talking about?!? Get that ugly face away from
me!!"
All through this, Ranma and Akane just stared at the struggling duo with
their jaws hanging in the air. Ranma lifted his hand and pointed at
Washu. "She is her mo, mo, mo..."
Akane dumbly followed her fiance, pointing at Ryoko. "That means she is
her dau, dau, dau..."
Tenchi sighed. "Basically." 'They are taking this better than I
thought. Well, they didn't act so surprised when they heard about
Minagi, but I guess even they have problem understanding Washu and
Ryoko.'
Seeing that the two guests from Nerima were still in disbelief, Tenchi
decided to go on with the introduction. "The one sitting next to you
is, well, you know Sasami."
"Hello again!"
"And the one beside her is Ayeka-san, Sasami's sister."
"Nice to meet you, Saotome-san, Tendo-san. My, I was really looking
forward to this. I am so glad to see another grandchild of dear
Yosho-oniisan."
Somehow that shook Ranma out of his trance, as he asked dumbly.
"Yosho... oniisan?"
Tenchi quickly filled in his cousin. "Oh she means our grandpa. It
seems that Yosho was his real name. When he was young..."
"Wa, wa, wait a minute! BACK IT UP FOR A SEC! So this "Yosho" is our
grandpa?"
"Um, yes."
"And she," Ranma pointed at Ayeka, "and Sasami-chan here," and at
Sasami, "are his sisters?!"
"Um, since he is their brother... I guess so." Tenchi felt like he was
approaching a dangerous subject for some reason but went on explaining
anyway.
"Now I heard enough! What in the world are you pulling here, Ten-chan?"
"Huh? What do you I am "pulling?" What are you talking about,
Ranma-chan?"
"I am asking you about what kind of joke you are pulling here!!"
"Joke? What joke?" Tenchi blinked.
"Them! I am talking about them!" Ranma pointed towards the Masaki
family members.
Tenchi sweatdropped. "What about them?"
Ranma began to talk, almost screaming at his confused cousin. "I can
understand Minagi-san being an alien. I can also understand TWO police
officers from... wherever they came from."
Kiyone twitched her eyebrow at this, although Mihoshi just blinked.
"I can even believe that 12 years-old innocent-looking girl over there
is really a sadistic psycho scientist!"
Washu batted her eyebrows as if saying "who, me?" while Tenchi
frantically waved his arms trying to stop his cousin from offending the
dangerous scientist.
"I can even accept the fact that the old punky lady over there is really
that pshycho's daughter!"
Ryoko nodded smirking at Washu before realizing what Ranma had just
said. "Hey!!"
Not paying attention to her, Ranma went on. "But I REFUSE to believe
these two gals are sisters of my grandpa or something. That simply
can't be true!!"
"Eh?" Sasami blinked when Ranma pointed his finger towards them. "Um,
what could he mean by that, Ayeka-neesan?"
"How should I know?" Ayeka answered with a deep frown. "How rude of
him to just ignore our position in the family, not to mention pointing
fingers."
Tenchi was also confused. "Um, what's so wrong with that?"
"What's so wrong?!? What's so wrong?!? I'll tell you what's so
wrong!! That means they are our great-aunts, that's what's wrong!!"
"Whah?" Tenchi tried to reply, but nothing came up in his head.
Somehow something that he had put deep behind his mind was coming back
to haunt him. His eyebrows began to twitch and so did his mouth. "Wha,
what are you..."
Ranma frowned as he explained again. "They are this "Yosho" guy's
sisters, right?"
"Yes... but what does that have to do with..."
"And this "Yosho" is our grandpa, right?"
"Yes..."
"Then THAT means they are our great-aunts! Ain't that right?"
"Eh..."
Before Tenchi could gather his mind, Washu spoke up with a sly grin.
"Actually, I myself have been wondering about that for quite some time.
You treat Sasami like your younger sister or something, but isn't she
your elder in the family, technically speaking?"
Ryoko scratched her chin. "Now that you mention it, I guess this jerk
is right. Sasami IS Yosho's sister, after all."
"Eh? Really?" Sasami blinked her eyes. She had never thought of it
that way.
Ayeka nodded with understanding. "Hmm... I guess that SHOULD be
right... I mean, we DID put ourselves in cold sleep, so we LOOK younger
than we actually are. But in essence, we are Tenchi-sama's elders in
our family tree."
"Wow, that means Tenchi-san is NOT the head of this family any more.
How cool!" Mihoshi chimed in.
"Hey, how about Nobuyuki-san? I thought he was the head?" Kiyone added
with a still curious look on her face.
"She is her dau, dau, dau..." Akane was WAY behind the conversation.
Right now Tenchi's brain was trying to sort out the information that it
had just received. 'Wait a minute here... Ayeka-san and Sasami-chan
came to Earth looking for their brother... who is Yosho in the legend...
who is really my grandfather... so I am Yosho's grandson... and
Ayeka-san and Sasami-chan's great nephew... that means they are my great
aunts... like the one who has that hot spring place we destroyed
before... the one who's all old and wrinkled up, sorry great auntie...'
The conclusion? It had decided that Ranma was indeed right in saying
that the two Juraian princesses were his great aunts, despite the fact
that Tenchi had always thought of and treated them like their sisters.
But the truth was always so mighty and powerful, as it caused his brain
to freeze due to the shock. For the second time today, Tenchi's brain
decided to do its best option at such a situation. It shut down, again.
Thud!
"Aaack! Tenchi-sama!"
"Tenchi-niichan!"
"Tenchi!"
"Boy, he is out cold. Tenchi-dono is really troublesome."
"Oh my. Tenchi-san!"
"Tenchi-san!"
"Yo, Ten-chan? You all right?"
"She is her dau, dau, dau..."
Bam!
At that precise moment, the door of the Masaki house slammed open,
revealing the old priest in his workout outfit, fully equipped with a
bokken on his side. Right behind him nervous Minagi followed.
"Tenchi!! I heard that you came home today! Then why didn't you show
up for the practice? You still haven't..." Katsuhito paused when he
saw his forementioned grandson lying on the floor, surrounded by the
girls who now stared at him. "You are sleeping? In this time of the
day? It seems that you still need more discipline. Get up boy! We got
work to..."
"Who's this noisy old man?"
"?" Katsuhito looked around and saw a pig-tailed boy staring at him.
'Who's this... wait, isn't that Ranma?'
"Why, if it isn't Ranma-chan. It's been a long time, hasn't it?" The
old priest greeted his other grandson with a kind smile. After all, he
had always missed his grandson whom he rarely got to see. Deep in his
conscious he was feeling rather guilty of enstranging Nodoka, and the
guilt was expressed as his deep kindness toward her son. His
grandfatherly love overflowed for the young Saotome.
"Huh? You know me? Who the hell are you, anyway?"
But the boy bluntly blocked off that flow of love... Katsuhito almost
fell down as he fumbled a bit. He soon got his balance back, and
blinked his eyes in confusion. "What do you mean "who the hell" am I?
Don't you remember me? I am your grandpa!"
Ranma's skeptism didn't disappear so easily though. "Really?"
"Yes, really. I am your grandfather. Masaki Katsuhito."
"Wha, wha, wha. You ain't my grandpa! They just told me that my
grandpa's name is Yosho."
"Eh? Well, that IS my real name..."
"I bet it is, you fraud! What kind of an idiot do you take me for? You
ain't him!"
"What? But I am!"
"Uh-uh. I don't know what you are pulling here, Mister, but I ain't
falling for it."
By now Akane had gotten her sense back and ran to Ranma's side.
"Ranma! Why are you being so harsh on him? He must be your grandpa.
Beside, why would he lie about it?"
But Ranma's suspicion didn't die away. "I don't know, but somehow he
looks fishy."
"Fi, fishy?" A vein popped on the forehead of the old priest. His
grandson or not, the boy was now testing his patience.
Heedless of now stern face of the priest, Ranma went on, pointing at
Katsuhito's bokken. "Not only that, I ain't trusting any
bokken-yielding idiot."(2)
"I, idiot??" A vein just turned into TWO veins.
"And the most of all, he don't look so tough. He can't be my grandpa,
looking so fragile and all."
"F, fragile???" The veins now became uncountable, as Katsuhito finally
took out his bokken. "It seems that you need some harsh lesson of
grandfatherly love, my boy. En garde!"
Ranma smirked as he saw his opponent ready and eager. "Anytime, old
man!"
"Ranma? What are you... eeeeeeek!!" Akane quickly jumped back as the
bokken slashed at the place where Ranma stood a moment ago. Ranma
landed right beside Katsuhito and tried to side-kick the priest, who
casually rolled away from the boy.
Katsuhito readied his bokken again as he began to smirk. "I see that
your father had taught you... adequately so far. I may have to try A
LITTLE harder." 'Not bad. I always gave Genma some credit for his
skill, but it seems Ranma has already surpassed his father.'
Ranma also smirked, carefully eyeing the bokken in the priest's hands.
"You are gonna need more than A LITTLE." 'He's good. He might be my
grandpa after all. I can see why pop's so afraid of him.'
"Come!"
"Hyaaahhhh!!"
CRASH! CRACK! KABOOM! WAM! BAM! SLAM!
"Aaaaaaaaaaahhh!! Stop it Ranma!"
"Yosho-niisan, get a hold of yourself!"
Akane and Ayeka tried to calm down the two combatants with no avail. On
the side Ryoko and Mihoshi were cheering for... no one particular. They
just loved watching the fight. All the while Washu was busy trying to
record the entire brawl and get some datas on the two people of the
Juraian royal family. Kiyone quietly rubbed her head as she tended to
the Sleeping Prince with Sasami, who also took a worried side glance at
Katsuhito and Ranma. Then the young girl felt a tap on her shoulder.
Sasami turned to see the confused face of Minagi.
"What happened to Tenchi-san?"
"Um... it's a long story..."
"Okay..."
Near the Masaki house, a car was running on the mountain pass. Inside
were Nobuyuki and a young girl who was no older than ten. The girl was
no one other than Mayuka herself, the genetically engineered daughter of
Masaki Tenchi. After her gem was retrieved, Mayuka had been
artificially aged by Washu, since all of them really missed the cheerful
young girl.(3) So she was technically Nobuyuki's granddaughter.
Although her birth was a little complicated mess, Nobuyuki paid no heed
at the fact as he cared for the child very dearly. In his eyes, she was
simply his granddaughter whom he was lucky enough to see so early in his
life.
"So, how was seeing Taro? Wasn't he cute?" Nobuyuki asked the excited
girl.
"Uh-huh! He was really really cute! He looks like papa, so I like
him!"
"Well it's good to hear. It's true he looks like Tenchi."
"Yeah, he really looks like him! Wait. Do you think papa will be
home? I really missed him!"
"Um... I think so... he DID say he was coming back early in the
afternoon..."
"Yay! Papa! Papa!"
"Now now. Don't jump around in the car. You might get hurt or
something."
"OOPSIE. Sorry, grandpa."
"No problem, Mayuka-chan." 'Ah she called me grandpa! Oh dear Achika!
You must be watching this from up in heaven! Our son has nurtured such
a cute girl as our grandchild. You must be proud!'
"Grandpa?"
"Huh? What's wrong, Mayuka-chan?"
"Our house is weird."
"Eh?" For a second, he didn't see what she meant by that. He quickly
understood when he saw his house in the view. He understood even more
clearly when the sofa in the living room burst out of the wall after a
loud explosion. "What the?!"
Nobuyuki parked the car and quickly got off, followed by Mayuka who
hummed as she jumped off the car. Nobuyuki panicked as he watched more
furnitures and their pieces flying out of either the holes on the wall
or the broken windows. "What is going on here?!?"
Just at that moment, a vase flew out of a hole and landed squarely on
his head. Naturally the vase was shattered. Nobuyuki's head was fine,
but his mind wasn't. Not being able to handle the shock, it just
decided to take a break and go to its vacation home in the Land of
Unconscious.
Seeing her grandfather knocked out cold, Mayuka blinked. She lightly
slapped his face a couple of times but he refused to open his eyes. Not
being able to wake him up, she tried to drag him into the house. But
the sleeping man was too heavy for her to handle alone. Mayuka shrugged
her shoulders and walked toward the door. Maybe her papa might be able
to bring him inside.
"Not bad, Ranma-chan. I do admit you are good. But not good enough!"
"We will see about that, old man!"
"Ranma, stop! Look what you did to the house!"
"Yosho-niisan! This is not the time nor the place! Compose yourself!"
"Shut up, princess! I haven't had fun like this for quite some time!
Let them fight it out!"
"Wow, you are so good, Saotome-san! Don't you think so, Washu-chan?"
"Grrrr. Mihoshi, can't you see I am busy? Trying to set up a recording
device in this short notice is not that easy even for a genius like me."
"Tenchi-san? Get a hold of yourself, Tenchi-san!"
"Tenchi-niichan, wake up! Tenchi-niichan!"
"Tenchi-san? Tenchi-san? Can you hear me?"
Kreek!
"I am home! Eh? Sasami-neechan? What's wrong?"
"Eck! Mayuka-chan?"
It was then when Mayuka saw her dear daddy lying on the floor.
"Aaaaah!! Papa!! What happened?!"
Her voice wasn't all that loud, but amazingly it caught everyone's
attention, inculding the two combatants. All of their eyes were now
focused on the crying girl who was desparately shaking the unconscious
Tenchi. Sasami tried to calm her down. "Mayuka-chan, you mustn't shake
him that much..."
"Papa! Wake up, papa!"
The silence lasted in the room, aside the occasional crying of the
ten-years old. It didn't last long though, as the shocked scream of
Ranma and Akane rang throughout the house.
"PA, PAPA?!?!?!?!?!!!!"
"Rei-chan! Rei-chan! Where are you?"
"Coming already! You don't have to yell, you know! I can hear you
fine!"
Rei grumbled as she walked to the front yard where her grandfather was
yelling his lungs out. She was so into her thoughts that she didn't
notice Yuuichirou greeting her.
"Good morning, Rei... Rei?"
But Rei didn't answer back. The young priestess was still too tired
from chasing a pervert last night and was even more agitated due to the
fact that she still didn't get to punish that old lech up to her
satisfaction. In fact, neither she nor her friends had even managed to
land a hit on him. 'Well he won't get away next time! I will Flame
Sniper his ass down to hell itself!'
"Um... Rei-chan?"
"WHAT?!?"
"Eh... are you done strangling Yuuichirou? I am not a doctor, but I am
sure purple is not the natural skin color for humans."
"Huh? What are you talking about... OOPS!"
Rei hurriedly let go of her hand which somehow made its way up to
Yuuichirou's neck. Making a very unhealthy sound from his throat,
Yuuichirou slowly slumped down on the ground before passing out. Seeing
this, Rei's grandfather just shook his head in disapproval. "Really,
Rei. What were you thinking?"
"Aaack! Yuuichirou, you alright?"
"I don't think he is alright, especially with the way you are shaking
him. If you don't stop right now he'll be a goner pretty soon."
"Shut up and help me out here, grandpa!"
About 10 minutes later, the three residents of the Hikawa Shrine were
now in a room. One of them was still unconscious though. Yuuichirou
was now lying on a futon, with a wet towl on his forehead. Rei, who had
a shameful expression on her face, sat next to the futon, casting
nervous glance at the currently unconscious member of the house. The
priest shook his head, disapprovingly.
"You did a good job on him, Rei. Another minute and he would be bowing
to his ancestors right about now."
"Aw shut up! It wasn't intentional."
"Whatever your intention lied, it doesn't change the fact that you
incapacitated him. And here I was about to ask him to run an errand for
me. Oh well, at least I got you."
"Huh? What do you mean?"
"Didn't you hear what I just said? Yuuichirou was supposed to run an
errand for me today. Now SOMEBODY knocked him out cold, so SOMEONE else
has to do it. And it WON'T be me."
"Hey, what's the big idea? I may be your granddaughter, but that
doesn't mean I am your servant! I don't have to do anything if I don't
want to. Why the hell should I?"
"You are in the shrine, Rei. Watch your language."
"Okay then. What kind of insane reason inside that senile mind of yours
do you have for me to do your stuff?"
"Ever so sincere, I see. I can always expect love and respect from
you."
"No problem."
"I was being sarcastic."
"And you thought I wasn't?"
Soon a staring match began between the old priest and his
granddaughter. Actually it was more like a glaring match. Still locked
eyes-to-eyes with Rei, the priest spoke.
"This is an official affair of Hikawa Shrine, Rei. It's only right that
you do this personally."
"No way. I was supposed to meet my friends today. I am NOT throwing
away my entire day just because you told me to."
"It's not just because I told you to. It's because you earned this
yourself."
"Huh? What do you mean?"
"You knocked him out, remember?" The priest pointed towards the
Sleeping-Beast-on-the-futon.
"But, but..."
"I know you didn't mean to, but he is out cold either way, isn't he?"
"But, but..."
"I mean, he meant no harm to you. He wouldn't do anything to hurt you,
Rei. You knew that, didn't you?"
"Butbutbut..."
"All he was doing was trying to get your attention so he can say a "good
morning," and BAM! You choked the daylight out of him!"
"Bubububut..."
"So it's only right that you do his chore for him, at least for today.
Am I wrong?"
"But!"
"No but! You know, if it was the other way around, Yuuichirou would've
gladly done all your chores. In fact, he would BEG me to do any work so
you would be able to rest peacefully. Isn't that right?"
"......"
"Isn't that right, Rei?"
"......fine."
"What? I can't hear you. I must be going "senile" like you said. What
did you just say?"
"I said fine! Just tell me what I have to do so I can get it over with
already!"
With a full grown victory smile on his face, the priest started to
explain. "Well, the thing is..."
"So... let me get this straight. My grandpa..." Ranma gestured toward
Katsuhito. "...is some kinda prince of some big empire out in the
galaxy or something, who came to Earth 700 years ago to hunt down this
bad-ass space pirate... WHO happens to be Ryoko over there."
Ryoko grinned. "That's right."
Ranma rubbed his head and continued. "And these two are," he pointed
towards Ayeka and Sasami, "are actually his half-sisters and the
princesses of this empire who left their home in order to find their
brother."
"Uh-huh!" Sasami nodded.
"That is correct." Ayeka also agreed.
"Then one day, out of the sky dropped Mihoshi-san, and later came
Kiyone-san, who are the galaxy policemen."
"Policewomen." Kiyone added with a mild twitch.
"Okay okay, policewomen. Later you guys bumped into this so-called
greatest scientist in the world..."
Washu interrupted briefly. "In the universe, actually. And it's not
"so-called." It's the fact."
"Whatever. And Minagi-san, you are sorta like daughter to
Washu-...chan(4) because her ex-assistant stole her... egg to create
you?"
"Uh-huh." Minagi happily nodded her head.
"And that girl over there is..." Ranma turned back to Tenchi, carefully
eyeing Mayuka who happily hummed as she clung to her papa's arm.
"...your daughter who was born from some kind of experiment by this
weird alien using your B&A..."
"That's DNA." Washu corrected Ranma again.
"...whatever. Wow, that's the weirdest thing I have heard in my life!
And I've heard and seen a lot, too! You wouldn't believe what I went
through, man!"
With a skeptism so clear in his voice, Tenchi muttered. "Don't bet on
it, Ranma-chan."
Ranma scratched his chin, thinking of something. "Still, it's so hard
to believe, Ten-chan, that you already have a daughter, technically,
although you had never... um... you know... um..." He blushed as he
struggled to finish the sentence.
Tenchi blinked, confused. "What?"
Washu grinned and spoke teasingly. "He's asking if you had any
experience in "the mating ritual.""
Tenchi blushed badly as he yelled. "Washu! Not in front of Mayuka!"
Mayuka asked, confusion and curiosity clear on her face. "What's that?"
Ryoko grinned as she leaned on Tenchi. "What she's saying is about a
single night of passion and lust, just like the one me and your papa had
last night..."
Tenchi staggered, blushing. "Wha, what are you talking about, Ryoko?!
I wasn't even at home last night!!"
Ayeka also chimed in. "Leave him alone, you sick monster! Tenchi-sama
would never do anything of that sort with you!!"
"Papa? What's she talking about, papa? Is it delicious?(5) Hmm?
Hmm?" Mayuka asked her papa as she hugged him from behind.
Tenchi sweatdropped as he tried to come up with an answer. "Eh... I'll
tell you when you get older..."
In front of him, another deathmatch of the day was about to happen.
"You want to get it on, you stuck-up princess?!"
"Ohohohoh! I guess so. After all, that's all you can think of, isn't
it? What a brutal and savage psycho you are."
"What did you say?!" Some sparks appeared around Ryoko as her eyes
shoot daggers at Ayeka.
"Hah! You don't scare me, you disgusting monster!" Ayeka's logs
materialized around her as she glared right back at the ex-space pirate.
"Not again..." Tenchi sighed in defeat. If things had escalated this
much already there was no way they would stop now. All he could do,
without being hospitalized that was, was just to watch the fight and
hope for the best, or in this case, the minimum damage to the house.
Then he felt a sudden tap on his shoulder. He turned around to see his
cousin's face already within whispering distance.
"Hey, Ten-chan. Are they..." Ranma eyed both sides to make sure that
everyone was paying attention to the about-to-be fight instead of them,
then spoke to Tenchi in barely audible voice. "...your... you know,
fiancees?"
"Wha, what?!" Tenchi staggered. "What are you talking about?"
"I am asking if they are your fiancees, or girlfriends at least."
"Well, um, that is, eh..." Tenchi was barely able to get the words out
of his throat, but somehow they didn't make any good sentence. 'What
should I tell him? Or how should I put it in front of THEM? I don't
want to get myself in trouble like before... Who knows how Ryoko and
Ayeka-san would react... whether I agree or not...'
While Tenchi failed to come up with an explanation, Ranma did what the
most Saotomes did in such a situation. He came up with one himself.
After that, he did the most typical behaviour of Saotome species. In
other words, he put his foot in his mouth.
"Man, it must run in blood or something. I understand your predicament,
buddy."
"You, you do?"
"Oh yeah. I got a bunch of fiancees myself. Can't count them all, you
know."
"Eh?" Tenchi blinked. What was Ranma talking about?
Of course, that was the precise moment when the ladies in the room
stopped what they were doing and started to listen what the young
Saotome had to say. Needless to say they weren't so happy about it.
'He has MORE than one fiancee?!?'
Akane smacked her forehead. 'That idiot! Can't he keep his mouth shut
for a sec? I thought he changed a bit, but not enough! I gotta do
something or he will get himself in trouble! AGAIN.'
Ranma, of course, didn't feel the glares of the women that were directed
solely on him. "Boy, you wouldn't believe the mess I am in. The worst
of all, I am living with the most UNcute one of them all!"
With a vein popping on her forehead, Akane instantly changed her mind.
'Nah. Let him be. He's gonna get what he deserves.'
Heedless to his surrounding, which was now more than deadly serious,
Ranma kept on going. "Well, I guess I can't complain. I am living with
only ONE uncute fiancees. You are living with whole bunch of them!
Wahahahah!! Oh man, I crack me up."
'And THEY are gonna make sure you STAY cracked up, Ranma my boy.'
Katsuhito sadly shook his head as he edged away from his now laughing
grandson.
Nobuyuki took the hint long before and was now running for the upstair.
Tenchi would have followed his father if he wasn't so frozen up by the
fear. His eyes were buldged up as he helplessly watched the group of
scorned ladies slowly advancing towards him and his clueless cousin.
"Ra, Ranma... surely you don't mean it, do you?"
"Hell yeah! I'm telling you, all girls are nothing but trouble... hey,
Ten-chan? What's wrong? You look so pale, man! Are you okay?"
But Tenchi couldn't make a reply as his eyes widened even further at the
approaching Ladies of Doom. 'I am okay, Ranma, but you won't be when
they get over with you...'
"Hey, Ten-chan? Ten-chan? Yo, you listening to me..." Ranma trailed
off in mid-sentence when he finaly noticed the dark shadow coming over
him from behind. He didn't have to look back to what was standing
there. Ranma was quick with his mouth so often that he could easily
deduce what was going to happen to him now. It might have been better
if he couldn't though, since nothing he would say at this point could
help his situation in any way... He still tried to, however, as he
nervoulsy scratched his head.
"He, hey... How are you doing, guys? You, you guys don't look happy
much..."
"Oh, don't worry, Ranma-dono..." Washu grinned menacingly as Ryoko
cracked her knuckles. "...we'll be happy again soon. VERY soon..."
The rest of girls agreed with an emphatetic nod, gritting their teeth.
Ranma cringed as he slowly backed away. Unfortunately his back was
blocked by Tenchi, who was still frozen by the terror. Both boys now
had their backs on the wall, as they fearfully watched the slow, but
sure advance of the scorned girls.
"Just, just a sec! I, I have to... have to... go to the carrot field!
That's it! I must get some carrots for Ryo-ohki! Sorry, Ranma-chan,
but I gotta go!" The Juraian prince desparately tried to make a late
escape, but he was, well, late.
Not only that, Ranma suddenly grabbed onto Tenchi. "No, you can't,
Ten-chan! Don't leave me here with them! You gotta get me outta here!"
"Let go of me, Ranma-chan! I have nothing to do with this!"
"Hey, man! Come on, couz! Help me out here!"
Akane shook her head sadly. 'That idiot is really gonna get it this
time. Oh well, I might as well get Sasami and Mayuka out of here. I
don't know what they are gonna do to him, but it sure can't be good for
these kids' mental health.'
"Now now, Sasami-chan, Mayuka-chan. Let's go out and play."
"Huh? What's the hurry, Akane-neesan?"
"Play, play! Hurray! Let's go, Sasami-neechan! Play, play!"
"I'll explain when you get older. Now, hurry up."
"Um, okay."
"Play, play!"
"Myah, myah!"
Ryo-ohki didn't know what was going on, but she happily followed the
three.
Akane led the two girls out of the house. Seeing Ryo-ohki hop outside,
she closed the door. Just as she turned around, the house was shaken by
a terrified scream of her fiance that chilled her down to her bone.
"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaack!!!!!!"
Crash! Bam! Kaboom! Crack! Wam! Boom!
After the scream, the house was filled with battle noises and cracking
sounds, occasionally followed by Tenchi's desparate pleas. "Ryoko,
watch that sword! You almost sliced me! Eck! Be careful, Ayeka-san!
It's me, Tenchi! Washu-chan, calm down! Put that cannon down! Gah!
Kiyone-san, not the gun, not the gun! Eh? No! Mihoshi-san! Not
there! It's my..."
Wham!
"......it's...my......urgh......"(6)
Two young girls blinked for a while as they stood there listening to the
now wimpering voice of Tenchi, but shrugged their shoulders.
"Must be fighting again. Don't they ever get tired of it?" Sasami
sighed.
"I wanna see the fight... it sounds fun..." Mayuka pondered whether she
should go in and watch or not.
Before the surprised Akane could stop the girl, Sasami shook her head
disapprovingly. "No, Mayuka-chan. Let's leave them alone."
"Yes, Mayuka-chan. Sasami's right!" Akane quickly nodded as she tried
to divert Mayuka's attention.
"Let's play with Akane-neechan. I know! How about we go to the carrot
field ourselves?" Sasami asked Mayuka.
"Carrot field?" Mayuka blinked. Why the carrot field?
"Myah, myah!" Needlessly to say, Ryo-ohki was ecstatic.
"Ye, yes! Carrot field, that's it! Let's go, huh?" Akane eagerly
agreed. 'If I don't get them out of here, they might get inside and
see... Brrrrr...'
Sasami continued. "Yeah, carrot field. Tenchi-niichan said he had to
go get some carrots, didn't he? Let's do that instead today. After
all, we can see them fighting all the time, right?"
Bam!
Not noticing the hard crash of Akane's face on the ground, Mayuka
cheerfully nodded her head. "Okay! Let's go! Carrot, carrot!"
"Myah, myah!"
"Eh? Mayuka-chan! Slow down!"
But the youngest Masaki, well, technically youngest, didn't listen to
the mild protest of Sasami. She just kept dragging the blue-haired girl
away, leaving Akane still down on the dirt.
"Myan, myah!"
"Carrot, carrot!"
"Mayuka-chan!"
"......"
By the time the three girls came back from the field the fight, or more
accurately, the lynching of Ranma had ended. Surprisingly Ranma didn't
seem so badly hurt, other than a few scrapes and a handprint on his
face. Akane suspected it might be due to Ranma's fast healing, or
because Ranma was darn too quick to hit.
'Either way, it doesn't look like he got his share of punishment.'
Akane made a mental note to herself to mallet him HARD when they get
back home.
Tenchi, on the other hand, was literally wasted, to say the least. It
was apparent that somehow he had received the end of the scorned ladies'
attacks instead of his cousin. Of couse that wasn't his intention. The
young prince groaned while lying on the family couch. "Why did you guys
hit me for? I didn't do or say anything."
"Oh I am sorry, Ten~~~~~chi. I didn't mean to hurt you, I swear!"
"Um, fine, Ryoko... Just let go of me, would you?" Tenchi
sweatdropped, blushing between the arms of the demon-girl, or rather her
bosoms.
Naturally this did not sit well with a certain alien princess. "You
sick monster! How dare you embarass Tenchi-sama like that?! When he is
bed-ridden, too!!"
"Eh, Ayeka-san?"
"Yes, Tenchi-sama? Don't worry, I will get rid of this pesky witch so
you can rest peacefully." Ayeka made her point clear as she tried to
pry Ryoko off Tenchi, but the pirate girl refused to budge. "Aargh!!
Move, already!!! You are bothering him!!!"
"A, Ayeka-san, it's okay. Just... don't yell that loud, okay? I
already have headache..."
The princess blushed when she heard Tenchi's mild complain. Ryoko
grinned at this and made a side-comment. "Now who's bothering who, eh?"
"Why you!!"
"What, wanna get it on?"
Everyone quickly took a step back as the living room began to fill with
the Juraian barrier logs and electrical sparks. This did not look good,
as they were facing a catastrophe that could match a full-scale war in
size. Tenchi closed his eyes in defeat, praying silently to heaven to
let him live through this one.
Bonk! Bonk!
"Ouch!"
"Owww!"
But the crisis was quickly solved when the two fighting beauties were
taken apart by the greatest and the most dangerous scientist in the
universe. "What do you think you guys are doing? Tenchi-dono is
injured, thanks to your lunacy, and you girls still want to fight? I
can't believe it!"
Ryoko frowned slightly at her 12 years-old looking mother. "You were a
part of that 'lunacy,' remember?"
BONK!
"OWWW!!"
"Be quiet. Oh, Akane-dono, Sasami, and Mayuka-chan! Just in time for
tea-time, eh? Where did you guys go? Oh, I see. You look awfully
happy on that pile of carrots there, Ryo-ohki-chan."
Ayeka rolled her eyes as she muttered. "Geez, she's so good at dodging
the subject."
BONK!
"OUCH!!"
"I heard that. Now let's have some tea, guys. Kiyone-dono!
Mihoshi-dono! Bring in the munchies!" Washu yelled at the kitchen,
from where the two GP police officers came out. Kiyone carried the tea
pot and cups while Mihoshi hugged a bundle of potato chip bags.
"Yes yes! Well well, look at all these munchies... oopsie!" Mihoshi
somehow managed to trip and fall on the smooth floor that had absolutely
nothing on it...
Crash!
"Owww..." Mihosh rubbed her sore nose. Thankfully, and as expectedly,
the bags weren't damaged because they were, well, bags.
"Geez. I knew it would happen but she still amazes me." Washu shook
her head as she muttered.
Kiyone ignored her now almost crying partner and hissed at Washu.
"Anyway, WHY do I have to do this? I do enough of carrying other
people's beverage in my part-time jobs, you know, not to mention back at
the GP headquarter!"
Washu didn't even flinch as she replied. "Because it's almost
tea-time."
"But it's only two o'clock!"
"I'd like my tea in early afternoon."
"But..."
"Got a problem?"
Kiyone shut her mouth tightly when she saw Washu slightly glaring at
her. Soon her shoulders slumped down. "No......"
Hearing the sound of surrender, Washu quickly went back to her cheering
mode. "Good! Now let's have some tea!"
Everyone in the living room had been dumbly staring at the scientist
girl. In a few minutes she not only diffused a disastrous situation but
also managed to brighten the mood by readying some snacks and tea. In
an almost chaotic crisis, she had taken a firm control of the
surrounding and made it normal.(7) Tenchi muttered to himself. "I
guess twenty thousand years don't go to waste......"
After a round of tea and snacks, eveyone became cheerful again. Well...
at least Ranma did, as he busily shoved the munchies into his mouth.
Tenchi was still too sore to even smile, and Ryoko and Ayeka fumed mildy
at Washu. Kiyone was busy preventing another accident by Mihoshi, while
Nobuyuki and Katsuhito quietly sipped their tea, trying their best not
to be noticed. So was Minagi, who was rather enjoying the peace and
quiet. Akane wasn't feeling comfortable enough to talk. The only ones
cheerful and energetic were Sasami and Mayuka, who were playing with
Ryo-ohki on the side.
The atmosphere soon got better though, as they began to speak one by
one. The cousins continued their talk in hope of catching up with each
other's life, and the others occasionally jumped in to either comment or
suppliment on their conversation. A few minutes later, the living room
was filled with happy voices and laughter.
In the midst of their conversation, the subject reached the inevitable
point as Ranma asked Tenchi. "So, what's with all the girls here? Why
are they all living in your house?"
"Eh? Well, that is... ehehehe..." Tenchi nervously scratched his
head. 'Now that I think about it, WHY are they all here?'
But the prince didn't get to answer as Ryoko and Ayeka hissed angrily at
Ranma.
"Hey, what's that got to do with you? You got a problem with us living
here?"
"Yes, Saotome-san! Why are you being so concerned about it? You think
we shouldn't be welcome in this house?"
Ranma quickly retreated to the back of the couch. "No, no! Nothing
like that, I swear!"
"Really?" Washu asked with skeptical eyes, but she was giggling
inside. She wasn't going to interrogate the pigtailed boy. It was just
that he seemed to be a person who was so fun to tease.
Minagi sweatdropped, knowing Washu well. 'She is having fun, I see.'
Not knowing the girl's true intention, Ranma hurriedly defended
himself. "Yeah, really! I think that you guys all living here is...
well... great for Tenchi!! Yeah, that's it! In fact, my mom would be
really proud of him when she hears about this."
"Eh?" Tenchi blinked. "What in the world are you talking about,
Ranma? What's so great about the girls living with me that Auntie
Nodoka would be proud of me?" He quickly added on to his sentence,
seeing the mild irritation on the girls' faces. "Not that there is
anything wrong with that. Really."
"Um, um... Because... because... I think..." Ranma staggered, trying to
come up with an explanation. But his brain wasn't equipped well with
this kind of things. He mumbled incoherently trying to make up an
excuse, much to no avail.
Seeing her fiance in trouble with his mouth, again, Akane rolled her
eyes and finished the sentence for him. "Because she'd think it's so
manly of you to be able to make this many girls infaturated with you."
"Huh?" Now Tenchi was even more confused, and so were the others. "Why
would she think that?"
"Because..." Ranma sighed and went on to explain on Nodoka's idea of
being 'manly,' Akane occasionally adding on his words. At first
everyone looked slightly surprised to hear about some of the ideas.
Soon they were shocked. Then they were mortified as the story got
worse. By the time the pigtailed boy finished the story their jaws were
all touching the ground.
"That... is the weirdest thing I have heard." Kiyone muttered, her face
still frozen.
"Wow... That means I have arrested so many manly people back at the
headquarter..." Mihoshi was now almost in tears. 'Oh my. What have I
done? This means they were innocent! They were just being manly!'
Ryoko recovered quickly and scratched her head. "Wow, I never thought
there was anyone who believes that kinda stuff."
"........." Ayeka didn't recover enough to speak.
"Ewwwwww. She really thinks of that as manly? That's dirty." Sasami
shuddered mildly.
"Eh, what are you guys talking about? Hmm? Hmm?" Mayuka apparently
didn't understand a word Ranma was saying, to which everyone thought
'thank goodness!!'
"Odd. She looked perfectly normal when I met her..." Minagi tilted her
head. "I guess you can't really tell about a person by the appearance
alone."
"...my daughter......she's my daughter......" Katsuhito was on the
verge of collapsing at hearing such a shocking story about his own
child. He was very distraught to say the least.
"Wow, that means I am the most manly guy in this house! That's great!"
Nobuyuki thanked heaven triumphantly. "Finally, someone who understands
my passion and ideals!"
"Geez, pop......" Tenchi spoke, while holding on to his nose. His nose
was currently bleeding......
After some silence, Washu shrugged her shoulders. "Well, I guess there
are all sorts of people in the universe. Still, it must have been
really hard on you, Ranma-dono and Akane-dono. Trying to live up to
that kind of ideal is... definitely hard."
Ranma and Akane solemnly nodded their heads. They felt better now that
they had shared some moments of their pain and suffering.
After some time, Ayeka took her composure enough to ask the question in
everyone's minds. "But where did she get the idea of such perverse
actions being so manly?"
Katsuhito flinched ever so briefly when he heard the question of his
half-sister. It was only for a moment, but Tenchi was able to pick up
on it. With suspicious eyes the prince regarded his grandfather.
"Grandpa... You know something, don't you?"
Now Katsuhito was sweating like a pig, with a very nervous smile on his
face. Everyone in the room focused their attention solely on the old
priest. But when he refused to talk, Washu smirked and decided to give
some INCENSITIVE for him to talk. After all, as a scientist she could
never let go of something curious.
"Well, Katsuhito-dono. If you can't talk for some reason, I got a
machine in my lab that can fix that right..."
"IT happened when Nodoka was five."
It worked as it always had been, as Katsuhito quickly began to explain
what happened with a large bead of sweat on his head.
"We were in the near town, shopping..."
Nodoka was very happy. She rarely got a chance to go out with her
father. Especially now that her mother had a new baby, most of her
parents' time revolved around the new member of the family. Nodoka
didn't complain though. The baby was her sister after all. Even Nodoka
herself spent the most of her time watching her little sister. She was
so cute!
The young Masaki looked up to his father. As cute as the baby was, her
father was so much fun to be around. Holding hands, they went to the
market to buy some baby's clothes. He even promised Nodoka that she
could pick which one to buy! She really wanted to choose what her
sister would wear. They could buy something really really cute! Then
he would buy her some munchies, too! Her day was getting better and
better.
"Sweeto!! What a haul, what a haul!"
"Get back here you pervert!!"
"Give me back my underwear!!"
"Somebody grab that theif!!!"
"Kill him while you are at it!!!!"
Suddenly a breeze passed by the father and the daughter. After the dust
had setted, Nodoka could see that it was a tiny man carrying a big bag
on his back. She saw some panties dangling out of the bag. Nodoka
blinked with confusion, and blinked even more when her father picked her
up in his arms and quietly stepped aside.
It was then when a horde of angry women waving some sticks and brooms in
their hands stomped through the spot where she and her father had been
standing. They seemed to have come out of a bathhouse in hurry, as most
of them barely had anything on. In fact many of them only had a towel
around their bodies. They were screaming and yelling at the old man,
some even swore. Nodoka covered her ears not to hear those bad words,
just like her father taught her. She looked at her father who was
smiling proudly at seeing this. She smiled, too.
When the women were gone, she finally let her hands down. But she
became curious. Why did that man have a bag full of panties? Why did
those women chase the old man around? Nodoka really couldn't
understand, so she asked her father, who still held her in his arms.
"Daddy? Why did that old Mister have that bag with panties?"
"Eh? Um, well, Nodoka. It's because......"
'Damn that Happousai. Didn't I warn him not to do that around my
house? I am going to TEACH him a lesson or two later...'
A painful one, Katsuhito added, as he saw the expectant eyes of his
young daugher waiting for an explanation. He couldn't teach her about
what 'a pervert' meant. She was just too young. He needed something
not so damaging and easy to understand.
'Boy, things like this are her mother's expertise. Why am I stuck with
this?'
"Daddy?"
Katsuhito shook his head to clear his head. Right now he had a curious
five year-old who was waiting for an answer. If he didn't answer that
question she will nag him about it for DAYS. As much as he loved
Nodoka, her nagging wasn't something he would like to suffer.
Suddenly an idea came to his head. The father smiled confidently, so
sure of himself to think of such a great story.
"Well, Nodoka. That's because he was being so manly."
"Huh?"
Nodoka was confused, to say the least. What was her father talking
about?
"The old man was so brave that he peeked inside the woman's bathhouse,
despite knowing all those women would chase him. I am not telling you
should let a man peek at you, but a real man shouldn't stop his
determination for something so trival."
Now, if a woman heard what he was talking about, she would KILL him for
sure. If his wife heard, she would KILL him over and over. But that
was the best he could come up with at the time. It was half-joke. He
would just avoid the subject with this, and then he would fully explain
to her when she was old enough.
What Katsuhito didn't know was Nodoka TRUSTED her father, maybe tad too
much. While it didn't make much sense to her, she was sure it was the
truth since her father told her.
"Um, so if you peek at naked ladies, you are manly?"
"Eh? Um......"
By now it was Katsuhito who was confused. Where did THAT come from?(8)
"And if you have lots of ladies chasing you around, you are manly?"
"Um, I, I guess......"
While this one made sense better than the last one, the father was
confused nonetheless. All he wanted to do was to avoid an awkward
situation but his daughter somehow came up with such a weird idea.
Then Nodoka scowled and spoke.
"Then I don't wanna be manly."
Katsuhito sighed with relief. So that was what she was going for. He
gladly nodded to his daughter and spoke his agreement with her.
"Of course not. You are a girl. You are MY cute little girl."
He accented the word "MY" with tickling his daughter who giggled
uncontrollably.
"Heheheh. *giggle* Stop that daddy! It tickles!"
"It sure does! Goochie goochie goo~."
"*giggle giggle* Daddy!"
The father and the daughter spent the rest of the day in their regular
routine. After they bought the little clothes for the baby, Nodoka
also got a blue dress for herself. Katsuhito decided on the spot that
his daugher might need a new dress, much to her delight. Then the two
of them went to the candy shop for some small snack.
On the way home, Nodoka was smiling happily, sucking on her candy.
Katsuhito gave the girl a little smile. She looked like she enjoyed
their shopping today. The priest himself was rather relieved since it
seemed that his daughter had forgotten about the incident with
Happousai. He slowly walked alongside of his daughter who then began to
sing a little tune.
Nodoka was really happy today. She and her father went shopping
together. They bought little clothes for the baby, and she even got a
new dress for herself! He even bought her a candy! She also learned
something new today. Nodoka herself was a girl so being manly had
nothing to do with her. But she would grow up soon, then she will be a
mommy just like her own mother. If the baby happened to be a boy, she
would know how to teach the baby to be manly...(9)
"So that's it?!? That's the story!?! That's why I had to hide from my
mom for a year?! Because of YOU?!?!"
With enraged Ranma doing a full Soun-type demon-head in front of him,
even Katsuhito had to cringe a little.
"Well, I didn't think she would take it so seriously... How was I
supposed to know? The incident was very brief. I WAS going to explain
when she got older, I swear! But I forgot. It happened when she was
really young! Beside she left home early, and we hadn't talked for a
long time, so I didn't get a chance to, and......"
"Well, EXCUSE MEEEEE!!! You got any idea what I went through? My old
man had taught me for TEN freaking years to satisfy her idea of
MANLINESS that YOU taught her!! TEN YEARS!!! I've been in a hell and
out, just to go back again!! Half of the screwed-up things in my life
is ALL YOUR FAULT!!"
The others would have agreed with Ranma at this point, but they couldn't
since they were too busy rolling on the ground, and holding their
stomachs from laughing out too much......
"OKAYAMA!?!"
Rei cringed a bit when her friends simultaneously yelled out loud.
"Yes, Okayama. I have to deliver this letter to one of his friends. A
fellow priest, he said."(10)
"Letter? Why doesn't he just call his friend or something? I mean,
even a shrine got a phone nowadays, doesn't it?" Makoto asked with a
shock still clear on her face. Today was supposed to be a Senshi
meeting, but their usual place for the meeting, in other words Rei's
shrine, just became unavailable. True, they could still have their
meeting even if Rei wasn't there, but it wouldn't feel so comfortable.
Besides, if Rei was to miss the meeting, who would keep a watch on
Usagi?!
Minako nodded, agreeing with her friend. "Yeah, she's right. Or he
could just mail it to him. Why all the fuss?"
Rei sighed with defeated look. "It seems that he had forgotten his
phone number. Also, he wants this to be delivered in person, so it
could feel more "personal.""
Ami frowned. "Um, isn't that what a mailman is supposed to do?"
"That's what I told him, but he wouldn't listen. So I absolutely have
to go to Okayama."
"What a bummer. Then we can't have our meeting today!" Usagi pouted a
bit. She was looking forward to Makoto's cooking... um, the meeting
with her friends today. A shame that she would have to leave here with
an empty-stomach... um, without seeing all of her fellow Senshis.
But before Usagi could turn away, Rei grabbed her arm. "What are you
talking about? We can still have our meeting."
"Eh? How? We can't use your house, right? And you won't be there
either. How can we have a Senshi meeting like that?"
"Simple. ALL of you guys are coming with me!"
"HUH?"
Chapter 10 ends.
(1) Not all of Washu's experiments were torturous. Just 99 out of 100
cases...
(2) Ranma already had his share of the stupid bokken-yielders in Kuno.
(3) Actually this was just an excuse. Other than Washu and Sasami,
everyone in the house was sick and tired of taking care of a baby, not
to mention their clumsiness with the baby. Taro's occasional visit to
the house was already driving the girls nut.
(4) Ranma was always a quick learner. He was especially motivated by a
giantic gun Washu gently caressed on her side. He didn't know what it
was but it didn't take much intelligence to see that it was very, VERY
dangerous.
(5) Mayuka is thinking about food, not THAT! Don't even ask me about
it, you sickos!!
(6) Don't ask me what Mihoshi had just hit. If you are a guy, you will
KNOW. If you are a girl, well, ask your boyfriend or something.
(7) As normal as the Masaki Mansion could be......
(8) It came from you, idiot. You just said so, remember? -.-;;
(9) Ah, kids. They will believe anything. Makes you think, doesn't
it? ^ ^
(10) Ah the twist of fates... You all know who this is, right? ^ ^
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