Ranma blinked.
‘OK… That was different.’
Ranma stepped through the hole in the wall, approaching carefully lest she turn out to be one of the more violent residents of this nuthouse. She certainly dressed the part.
‘Good looking blond wearing something that Kodachi probably wears to bed, cept’ it’d probably be black.’ Ranma thought to himself, as he took in what she was wearing.
“Ms.? Do you need help?”
Emma stepped forward on all fours, only to crumble whimpering when her left front ‘leg’ gave out under her.
Ranma sped forward, catching her before her shoulder could hit the floor. Cradling her in his arms nervously, he asked “You OK?”
Semi-naked girls were usually bad news in his experience and he was already bracing himself for some kind of psychotic behavior that would give him an excuse to escape, before she demanded he do something for her, like take her on a date or marry her.
Her entire demeanor and positioning screamed ‘CAT!’ to his senses. It was something about the way she had moved and the noises she made. You couldn’t point out any particular feature or mannerism as the defining trait, but taken as a whole it was undeniable.
Normally just being around a cat meant it was a good time for Ranma to scream and run through a couple of walls like the metallic Russian did earlier, however despite the cat-like traits she definitely wasn’t a cat and… she was injured.
Her answering whimper with accompanying soulful eyes pretty much melted any resistance he would have put up anyway. He carefully began to examine her trying to mimic Dr.Tofu’s bedside manner.
One side effect of the Neko-ken was an inability to leave an injured feline without helping it. It was the only time his fear of cats abated. He’d managed to hide that particular quirk from everyone, including Genma. The last thing he wanted was for his ‘Pops’ to get the idea that maiming cats and tossing them at him would help.
The only time Genma had witnessed it was while passing through Hong Kong. They had come upon a drunk kicking a bag full of felines. He’d booted it right into Ranma’s face.
‘There was so much blood…’
Fortunately Genma has been drunk with the success of Ranma’s training and about four bottles of sake, so much of what had occurred he had missed completely.
Ranma had spent nearly two weeks nursing the kittens back to health and faking being in the Neko-ken to cover for his lack of fear. He’d thought he was cured of the fear for good until incidents in Nerima had proven otherwise.
‘Just thinking about it…’
Ranma shook himself out of his momentary daze and gently cradled her to himself as he stood, murmuring all the nonsense little phrases people use to calm someone who’s injured.
While speeding down the hall, at the fastest speed he could go without jostling her, he couldn’t help but think that something about her was familiar. It was almost like he had met her before…
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