M slowly came to, his body feeling nothing but a dull pain. Of course, given what he recalled from his ... meeting ... with Ranma, which made him wonder exactly how much painkillers were flowing through his blood.
“Ah, awake I see.”
Slowly, and as well as hearing his neck pop a few times, M turned to see the agent beside his bed. “Report,” he mumbled.
“Well, I’d have to say that Ranma has successfully stated his desire not to be a mother.”
“Funny,” grumbled the bedridden M.
“But don’t worry, sir,” said the agent. “Ranma said he’d find the best person to help you until you recovered, which according to the docs will take at least a week.
M blinked at that, wondering exactly how Ranma had hurt him so badly, considering his super powers and all, all but made him indestructible. Must be those pressure points he was talking about. “And who is my assistant?”
WHAM! “Stupid low hanging door jam...”
M almost began to cry as Xane forcefully raised the door jam higher with her fist.
I’ll get you for this, Saotome!
Back at the Diggers mansion, Ranma continued to fly through his katas, trying to burn off steam at M’s former proposal .. well, former in that Ranma had eventually shoved the clipboard up the agent’s ass for such a proposal.
“Yeah,” he muttered, “that’ll cost me when he gets out.” But in fact, Ranma was more upset that M would even suggest such a thing. He knew he was unique, but why was it everyone assumed that just because he changed genders, he was suddenly wanting sex with guys and birthing kids. Really, it was as if everyone but him saw the curse as a joke instead of ... well, a curse.
It wasn’t always such to him, he could admit that, and it now gave him the chance to teach Brittany how to scam free eats if the situation was needed.
But for people just to assume he wanted to ... well...
Ranma paused as he shivered. “Damn perverts, on every world it seems.”
“Yeah,” chuckled a familiar female voice, “beautiful girls do tend to make ‘em such.”
Ranma smiled as he turned around. “Feeling better?”
Julia nodded. “A little, Theo’s holding up well too, all things considered.”
“How can I help you?” he said, seeing her nervousness.
“Well,” she started, “the battle made me realize a few things; mainly that I’ve been getting a bit soft. Not that sparring with you is a weak exercise, mind you. But I need to get back to my old ways for a bit. I was wondering if you could hold things down here for me while I take a small training journey on Jade.”
Ranma nodded, somewhat understanding what the Armsmaster was thinking. The battle with the Lich King had really taken both a physical and mental toll on all involved. As such, it was little wonder to Ranma that Julia wanted to try and get back what she felt she had lost with ‘the soft life’ as her mother would have referred to it. “How long?”
“Maybe a few weeks, a month at the most. There are a few people I want to chat with about techniques and see how far I’ve slipped behind.”
“And Theo?”
“I ... I’ll tell him tonight. I just wanted to make certain I had my duties covered while I did this.”
Ranma sighed. “That means you’re worried he ain’t gonna like it too well.”
She sighed as she nodded. “I ... I need to do this, okay?”
Ranma nodded. “Yeah, I’ll cover you. But you’ll need to at least visit a few times; Gina and Brittany will miss their mom if you don’t.”
Smiling, Julia nodded as she went back inside.
Ranma let out a deep breath. “Man, this day just keeps getting weirder and weirder. I wonder what’s next.”
His answer was a sudden downpour from the heavens. “THAT AIN’T FUNN!” the new girl yelled towards rain.
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(Posted Sun, 03 Dec 2006 10:28)
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