"Huh?" Usagi grunted.
"You have to have a school of martial arts in mind, don't you?"
"Yeah..."
"Then I'd like to know what you're trying to learn."
"Oh... It's the Whirlwind Dragon School Of Freeform Martial Arts, I think..," the blonde replied, trailing off towards the end.
"You 'think'?"
"Well, I wasn't able to copy too much from the old scroll I saw it on before it fell apart..."
"I see... But why don't you just train in a regular dojo or something?"
Usagi pushed the tips of her forefingers together. "I wanted to, but Mom wouldn't let me. She said that it was already hard enough getting me to go to school, and to do my homework, so she couldn't see me sticking to any regular lessons..."
"Okay. That does explain that."
"So... You see why I've got to train myself?"
"I can, even if I don't think that you should try it. You could get hurt."
"Nah... I'll be fine..."
"I hope so."
"I'm sure of it," Usagi said with a smile, both to reassure her friend, and in relief that her plan, such as it was, worked. She had known that if Ranma Saotome didn't 'exist' in this world, then it was entirely possible that the Anything Goes school didn't either. And she didn't want to risk getting anyone knowing the complete truth even if there was such a style in the Art. But it seemed to have succeeded in allaying any possible concerns that Naru had, which made her feel a bit better about the situation. It was good having a friend who wasn't going to pester her for information about bedding fiancees, or a girl who would be bashing her for assumed transgressions. She really wanted to stay friends with the other girl, and was pleased that she'd gotten the girl to stop looking too closely at her current actions.
Not that she knew that Naru's concerns were only partly dealt with while:
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