Not that he was about to ask her out or anything. This was a girl that he'd just met, and he didn't feel like really trying. He had way too much to worry about at the moment to concentrate on stuff like that.
But he was happy to see her when she came out with a glass of water. "Thanks. I really need that."
"No problem," she replied. "I didn't mind helping you out."
"I'm glad for that. Pop had us racin' here ta meet his buddy."
"So you're the ones that Dad's been waiting for."
"'Dad'?"
She gave him a grin. "Yes. My father. The man who's talking to your father?"
"He's your father?"
"He is. James Earl Saotome. I'm Kasumi Saotome, his daughter."
Ranma looked from the big man making bawdy jokes with his father to the calm looking girl dressed nicely in a skirt and blouse. "Ya ain't adopted, are ya?"
"No. I look too much like my mother for that. Why do you ask?"
"He's... loud. And you're... not."
"Is that a compliment?"
"Uhh... Yeah..."
"Well then, you have Mom to thank for that," Kasumi informed him with a chuckle. "She's always thought that a girl should have some manners."
"It looks like it held."
"Why thank you. I'll tell her that you said so."
"No prob. But ya live here too?"
"I'm the manager. Dad's never been one for things like business, and I've always had an intrest in keeping things nice and getting to know people."
"That's good. I don't think that I could manage that. All that studyin' math n' stuff? Bleh."
The redhead cocker head to the side. "It wasn't really much trouble. It came naturally, through Mom's side, I suppose. From Dad, I got to be an athlete in high school. Did pretty well, if I do say so myself."
"Cool. I'll probably get the chance ta see how good I do, on account that Pop's mentioned puttin' me in school. Which means that we'll be stickin' around here for a while."
"You will?"
"Yup. He only sends me ta school when we're gonna be around a place long enough for it ta count."
"Then we'll be seeing a lot of each other."
"I guess so," the pigtailed boy replied with a lopsided smirk, while:
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