So he was able to see as they sat together and did something slightly suprising.
"What's this?" Hotaru asked.
"It's a way to make an extra special promise remember?" Ranma told her, and held out a single finger.
She held out her own finger. "I do."
"Good." He hooked his pinky around hers and tried to look as serious as a kid his age could. "Now, I promise that I'll always protect ya."
"You will..?"
"Yup. I'm gonna protect ya no matter what."
"Then I'll protect you too!"
"Huh?"
"We're friends, right?" Hotaru told him. "So I've gotta protect you too!"
"I don't think it's supposed ta go that way..."
"Why not?! I'm going to do it!"
Rubbing the back of his head with his free hand, the pigtailed boy shrugged. "If ya wanna..."
The smile she gave him in return was bright.
That put him off balance for a moment, but he quickly regained his center. "I guess ya do..."
"Yes!"
"Oh well," he said, "I guess that settles that. So... ya wanna get back ta the game."
"Sure!"
Genma watched the two children get up and run off, and wondered what he should make of it. The idea that his son was stepping up to his responsibilites was a good on. But that the girl had insisted on reciprocating the promise was surprising. She was after all younger, smaller and weaker, though if that dormant chi was ever tapped into, she would be a force to be reckoned with. At the moment however, all he could read into this was that Hotaru had decided that she would be just like her friend.
Not that it was such a terrible thing in the elder Saotome's regard.
However, he still had much to think about, and he went to do so while:
(Posted Wed, 02 Jun 2004 17:26)
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