But at the same time she was doing each of these, she had to make certain that it was all balanced so that they didn't loose in each category in comparision to the others.
Which she didn't get frustrated about. She set upon her task, going about it as methodically as possible. Without any real distractions, she could settle down and prepare things without any sort of outside problem. Each item to include was mentally listed and worked out, so that she could do them in the most efficent and complete way possible.
There was a time limit of sorts though. She did have to have her appearance overhauled as well after all.
Being a panda was a good disguise at times, but for sleeping it was always problematic, at least in Genma's opinion. The veritable size of such a creature made hard to find a comfortable position, and rolling over tended to make him go a bit too far, especially in the tight barracks that he'd been inhabiting. So though he could do it well, he tended not to unless he had a good opportunity to.
That, combined with the fact that he hadn't planned on sleeping, made him wake up much quicker than he would do even with the battle for survival on."
"... a panda would give us a lot to work with," said a voice as he cracked his eyes open.
"I'm not doubting that," came some feminine tones in reply, "I'm just wondering why we don't roast the whole damned thing. I mean, even if it's endangered, so are we, and we barbecuing it will mean that we can have plenty to eat."
"That's too much to cook Akane. Besides, it would be wasteful."
"It would?"
"Yes," said the male, who the panda recognised as his old friend, "There's too much to eat in one sitting, and we can use the other parts, like the fur for the winter."
"Oh... and say the claws for knives or something."
"Exactly. I learned to scrounge during my training, and now's the time to do it again."
"Okay. Then let's see about getting this bear cooking..."
Not wanting to become dinner, Genma leapt up and out of the bonds that he had been tied with, surprising the dark haired girl who'd been coming at him. He also spotted Soun rising from where he'd been sitting on an outcropping, and was looking like he was about to get involved too.
"Damn, it's awake!" the girl who had to be Akane growled.
The Tendo patriarch frowned. "Be careful. It might be dangerous."
"Not for me. I'll get it again!" "Growf!" Genma replied, before realising that he wasn't going to be able to talk like this. So as the girl lunged to hit him, he sidestepped and knocked her over. Then she tried to land several blows, all of which he blocked, but she wasn't about to give up. Knowing that there was only one way to fix the situation, he found a tea kettle and reached for it.
"What's with this panda?!" Akane snarled.
"I don't know," Soun murmured. "It's almost like it knows the Art."
"So what?! No panda's going to be trained enough to beat me!"
The panda would have disagreed, but he was busy getting the kettle. Except she ran over and slammed into him, knocking him on his backside, and sending the kettle flying up above him.
"Hah! Take that you ball of fur!" she declared as the kettle came down and spilled its contents on the 'panda'... which turned into a man. "What the..?!"
"Saotome?!" the other man blurted in surprise.
"Hello Tendo. Long time no see," Genma replied with a bit of a self-conscious grin, knowing that he would have to explain the curse while:
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