He couldn’t even close his eyes, for fear Nabiki might slip past. “Oh, is she ever going to get it,” Ranma muttered to himself.
Another five minutes went by, and Ranma’s patience wore out. He was going in.
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Nabiki sat at the study desk in the library, her head propped up by her right hand as she leafed through a thick book. On the surface of the desk were dozens of scattered volumes indicating that Nabiki had been diligent in her studies. Thanks to the help of a girl named Ami, she’d managed to find a fairly good selection of general history textbooks. The reading had been engrossing. So much so, that she’s lost track of time.
Nabiki’s eyes widened as a sudden chill feeling washed over her body, and she sat up straight with a curse. “That damn fool! What the hell is he thinking? Not a smart move, Saotome, changing in front of a bunch of horny boys in this world.” Nabiki rose to her feet. She was in the process of going to the rescue of her fool master, not that she knew how she’d handle that rescue, when her eyes fell on the antique clock over the library door. She realized that it was well past the end of the school day. That put a whole new context on the change she’d just felt.
“Saotome must have gotten tired of waiting, and decided to come looking,” she drawled sarcastically. Despite her word and tone, there was a warm spot in her chest at the thought that he’d cared enough to check up on her. Not that she was going to go against character and go looking for him, or her, as the case was at the moment. Let her find Nabiki on her own. Learning the way to a library would be good for her. Besides, Nabiki still had research to do.
It was about fifteen minutes later that the door to the library eased open, and Ranma stuck her head in, her demeanor that of one who expected something horrible to jump out at her. Her face showed relief when she spotted Nabiki, which she quickly replaced with a scowl. “Nabiki, what’s the big idea of keeping me waiting?” she demanded.
“I was busy,” Nabiki drawled, not raising her eyes from the book she was reading. A second later she let out a sudden squawk of surprise as Ranma’s fingers dug into her shoulders and picked her bodily up from her chair. A second later she was pushed belly down across the study desk. Cool air washed over her suddenly exposed bottom. “You wouldn’t dare,” Nabiki cried out.
“Oh, wouldn’t I,” Ranma replied, raising a hand high in the air.
“What is going on in here?” a familiar, and frosty, voice asked, stilling Ranma’s motion. Ranma sweat-dropped as she looked toward the entrance to the library, and at the adult form of Hinako standing there, walking a large coin back and forth across her knuckles. While with her other hand slapped a leather riding crop against her high leather boots. “The library is no place for these sort of games,” Hinako continued without giving them a chance to reply. “You leave my no choice except to . . .”
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