Meeting his old friend was nice, and he was looking foward to catching up with her again. And the new fiancees seemed to get along much better than the 'older' ones. It was a bit odd to have women engaged to him, but at least they didn't seem about to try some plan to get him. So, he was lasting better than he had previously.
Still, other than the Akane's kidnapping, those giant things, and the disappearance of his father and Nabiki, he didn't have much new troubles to come with his new engagements, save for the fact that he had more girls looking to get him to the altar.
So, he sat there and tried to just think about the class, and how they were going to get Akane able to return to school...
"Will Ranma Saotome please come to the Nurse's office? Thank you," came over the loudspeaker, interrupting his thoughts.
Various eyes turned to look at him, but Hiroshi actually leaned over towards him and grinned. "You lucky guy. Not only do you get two cute new fiancees, but you get called to the nurse's office."
"Yeah," Daisuke agreed as smirked. "And you know what they say about school nurses..."
"They really get into their work..."
"Yup."
Staring blankly at them for a moment, the pigtailed boy sighed and turned to the teacher. "I gotta..."
"You can go Saotome," the instructor told him."
"Thanks."
Daisuke watched him go with a chuckle. "He's a lucky guy just to see her, even if she just wants to talk about his record. Still, maybe he can work his way with her."
"Too true. I wouldn't mind..," Hiroshi began, before starting to realise that every female eye in the room was giving him a dark look.
"We're in big trouble, aren't we?"
"Lots."
The girls couldn't agree more.
Ritsuko tried to sit still at her desk as she waited for her fiance to come. She didn't know what it was about him, but she wanted to be ready to lock the door upon his arrival, and have her wicked way with him. Or let him do it to her. It didn't matter, but she knew that she needed to keep herself ready for their meeting.
When the pigtailed boy stuck his head in the open doorway, it made her whimper a bit in her throat before she got control of herself though.
"Uh... did ya wanna see me?" he asked.
'That and more,' she thought to herself, but kept her cool as much as possible. "Come in, close the door, and sit down, would you?"
"Huh? Sure..."
"Good. I've wanted to speak with you Ranma."
"Really? Why?" he asked with a blink.
"Well, other than the fact that you look to be wonderful guy, I do have a connection with you."
"Ya do? What sorta 'connection'?"
Crossing her legs did give him a better view of the long length of them, but it also helped her restraint. "We've met before."
"We did? When?"
"Back when your father had you on that training trip. Remember the forest, and what happened there. Remember the danger we were in?"
"Of course I do! Well... there were lots of times when Pops got me in deep..," he replied as he scratched his head, "'Course if there was a girl there..."
"There was."
"Which ya say was ya..."
"It is true."
"Didn't say that it wasn't. Only I've gotta think 'bout this..."
"Saotome-kun!" she groaned in exasperation.
"Ritsuko! I remember now. Ya always seemed ta be all up 'bout somethin' and kept on trailin' after me!"
"Exactly. So you remember."
"Well, yeah. I mean, we were there for a while, and ya didn't seem ta wanna let me outta your sight."
"I didn't, and I don't. But there does seem to be something that you didn't know."
"What's that?" he asked in confusion.
Leaning foward, she smiled at him as she put her hand on his knee. "When we were there, we were engaged."
"What?! You're tellin' me that you, and me... We're..."
"Engaged to be married, yes. Apparently my parents saw the dedication that I had for you, and decided that we would make a good couple. And your father seemed to agree."
"'Course he did. But what 'bout now. I mean, ya still wanna..."
"Keep close to you. I certainly do. You look to be a handsome, fit and wonderful guy. There wouldn't be any problem from me."
"But... But... what about... I've got other things..."
"Like your curse," she mentioned off handedly.
"Ya know 'bout that?"
"I saw it earlier, and one of the teachers didn't mind explaining it to me. And I saw the other fiancees too."
"See? It ain't like it'd be simple ta..."
"Don't worry. I don't mind. It just goes to show that you are a pretty desirable guy."
Though he did recognise the teasing note, he went stiff as he realised that the girl he had saved all those years ago was interested in him when she was a woman. "Ya mean ta tell me that ya wanna be engaged to me?"
"I do, and am certain that I will. It wouldn't be a hardship at all."
"It wouldn't, huh?"
"You've hit it on the nose."
"Gotcha."
"You certainly do."
That brought a strangled laugh from him as he could see that a part of it was meant to put him at ease, but this was still him getting another fiancee. It meant that he would have another complication in his situation, though he did know that she hadn't done anything to offend him. In fact, she seemed to really want to be with him. So he couldn't just dismiss her out of hand, as it wasn't her fault that he was in this mess. But he did know who to blame, and that meant when he found a certain panda, there would be some wildlife endangered.
He gave her a weak smile though, and wondered what to make of it while:
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