Konatsu huffed and puffed as she, err, he, err; IT sped up in his run as to get his errand done on time. Laundry for Miss Kuonji.
"Oh worry, oh dear, oh worry..." Konatsu mumbled as he ran faster and faster... Wait, yes! There it was! In the distance! The building! He was almost there!
Unfortunately for the male kunoichi, as soon as he got to the front door of the Laundromat, the man behind the glass door flipped the sign to 'closed.'
"NOOOOOOOOO!!!" Konatsu cried as he reared his head back, grabbing the sides of it with his hands. He was very afraid of Ukyo's reaction, but not so much that he lost contact with his surroundings.
"Stupid tomboy." Came a voice from further down the street. A rather... 'familiar' voice. Upon turning Konatsu caught sight of a sexy gaijin woman walking towards him, a familiar figure by her side. The voice obviously came from the guy.
Mara frowned as she looked at Ranma. "What in our nine hells is your problem anyway?" She asked flippantly. "I am not a fucking tomboy... A bitch-queen maybe, but NOT a tomboy!"
The pigtailed demon smirked irritatingly. "You're dense as a brick too. Much like another tomboy I knew."
Hearing that caused Mara's eye to twitch even more. "Not the rhyming again..." She glared at the lesser demon and spoke in a very threatening manner. "If you say my 'thighs are too thick' again I swear to Hild I'm going to stick my empty bottles of sake where the sun don't shine!"
"You should be careful about getting so angry, you know?" Ranma was serious now.
Mara continued to stare Ranma down, though now she was doing it with less anger in her eyes. "Don't be the one to give ME lessons on anger management, oh yee of little restraint." She then smirked. "Although I have to admit that WAS some pretty nice handy-work you did on the good doctor."
The pigtailed demon snorted. "Good? Try deluded. The guy could..." Ranma trailed off and blinked a couple of times. "Oh. What's up, Konatsu?"
Staring at the pigtailed person, Konatsu blinked his eyes numerous times. "Ranma?" He questioned a little before walking up to Ranma and placing a hand over his face to feel it. He then brought his hand around to feel his pigtail.
Ranma frowned and shoved the cross dresser away. "Watch it, man! I ain't into that kinda stuff."
Seeing the kunoichi went back after being pushed because 'she' was feeling Ranma up a little, Mara smirked as she felt the chance for a little payback. "Well, you went and surprised me again, Ranma. Here I thought you were a virgin and you already have a girlfriend."
"A g-g-girlfriend?" Konatsu squeaked out, holding his hands up to his chest in a rather feminine manner of modesty. "M-me!?"
"Shut up, tomboy! This here is not my girlfriend. Not even a girl." The pigtailed demon then smirked cruelly. "Though he could give you a few tips on being a girl."
Looking at Ranma cross-eyed Mara obviously didn't get the joke. "What are you talking about?" She asked snidely. "This here is obviously a woman." Poking the kunoichi and causing 'her' to squeak in a shrill voice, she continued. "And probably one of the more girlish girls I've ever seen."
Ranma chuckled and shook his head. It seemed not even a demoness could see through the weirdness in Nerima. "Konatsu, you still live with Ukyo?"
At hearing that question the male kunoichi obviously became depressed. "Although I still work for Ukyo-sama, I'm not allowed to live in the same quarters anymore... Ever since you died... Or disappeared?" He shook his head in an attempt to clear it. "Anyway, after what happened, Ukyo-sama has become rather withdrawn and obsessed in her work. I never see her outside of the restaurant anymore... Heck, after she finished high school, that's where she's always been."
Ranma stared at Konatsu in silence, pondering what his words meant.
It was then a look of comprehension came over Konatsu's face. "Oh no! And she's going to be so mad too! I couldn't get to the dry-cleaner's in time! Ukyo-sama is going to be SO angry with me!"
Ranma sweat dropped. "The restaurant is still where it was two years ago, right?"
As Ranma asked that Mara blinked her eyes as the kunoichi pulled a handkerchief from out of nowhere and started pulling it as she bit down on one corner. "Perhaps you should let the little bitch finish crying first?"
The pigtailed demon frowned and grabbed Konatsu by the collar of his kimono. He pulled him close and glared into his eyes. "I asked you a question. Don't make me kick your ass."
Konatsu shivered a little at being so roughly manhandled, that couple with the coldness in Ranma's voice made for one hell of a threat. "N-no! The Uchan's moved location. It's stationed in where the Nekohanten used to be since it was a larger space for cheaper rent."
Ranma released his hold, his glare relaxing into a serious expression, and turned to look at Mara. "We got the place. I guess we should take her next."
"Sure, I don't mind. I just thought you wanted the other two to sweat it out a bit."
Ranma smirked. "Oh. They'll sweat it out." He then turned back to Konatsu, who was staring at him nervously. Who wouldn't when someone returned from the grave threatened to beat you up? "You going to the Uchan's today?"
Konatsu nodded his head slowly. "I will have to now, since I should return Ukyo-sama's chef outfit." The male kunoichi sniffled. "Oh, I hope she doesn't get too mad..."
Ranma smirked. "Don't worry. I got just the thing for her to forget about the outfit."
Looking at Ranma hopefully, the feminine ninja tentatively asked. "You do?"
The pigtailed demon's smirk widened. "Sure do. Just tell her I'm back in town and should be seeing her soon for some business. I already visited the doc and she's next on my list."
Konatsu nodded his head to that. "Okay! Boy, Ukyo-sama will be thrilled to know you're back! She sure missed you..." The male kunoichi blinked his eyes as a thought came to him. "Say, where have you been? Oh, I hope you didn't have to go into hiding because of that meanie Nabiki."
Ranma waved it off. "Training. Two years of training. And don't worry about Nabiki. I took care of her too." The pigtailed demon then walked past Konatsu. "Be seeing you, man. Are you coming, tomboy?"
Mara crossed her arms over her chest and frowned. "Damn it; stop calling me a tomboy you dickless wonder!"
Ranma stopped on his tracks and turned very slowly to regard Mara. "Your thighs are too thick. You're dense like a brick." He then gave Mara a raspberry and rushed off.
Mara frowned. "Okay, I know this isn't really allowed, but..." Her frown turning into a devilish smirk, the demoness raised a hand, index finger pointed upwards.
And then came a bolt of black lightning from an otherwise clear blue sky.
Mara smiled as she heard Ranma's cry from the distance. Oh yeah, she was going to catch hell with this from Hild, but right now she felt damn 'good.'
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