"You know, maybe she's angry all the time because she's sexually frustrated."
Barnette stopped in mid-lunge as that casual comment was said. She was ready to just ignore it though. It was just one person and an idle comment, right?
"You know, I think you're on to something there."
"I think she's right."
"It would explain a lot."
"And just when I thought Meia had found someone."
Barnette turned and snarled at the crowd, quieting them.
Of course, that also confirmed to many minds that they had the right idea.
Barnette turned back to face Ranma, one of her axes spinning up to be caught again by the same hand that launched it. "Are you ready, human? Prepare to be defeated by a thousand years of Viking Amazon Catgirl history!"
"Uh, yeah, right," said Ranma. Why was this gal so angry anyway? Maybe it was that whole 'not fighting for real thing'?
Meia frowned at various mutterings. The boy just needed someone to look after him.
Dita managed to look anxious. Jura managed to look bored.
Ranma eyed the axes, the girl swinging them around now in some elaborate pattern, and came to a conclusion.
Ranma ducked under the swing, and did something strange. For him anyway.
Like a compressed spring expanding back outward, Ranma pushed off with both feet from where he'd scrunched down. The other end of that coil hit Barnette right in the diaphragm while she was still unbalanced from that wild swing.
As Ranma spun in midair, he connected with the back of her head, keeping the opponent from flying out of the ring from his first blow.
Barnette seemed to stagger and gained an extremely surprised expression, even though she and Meia and members of the crowd had all been after Ranma to fight for real.
Which he had just done.
"So, uhm, when's lunch?" asked Ranma as Barnette came to a halt.
"I'll find you something," said Dita brightly. "Right this way, Mister Outsider!"
As the crowd dispersed, Jura kindly went up to Barnette and pushed lightly on her forehead with one finger. When Barnette fell over, Jura shrugged and proceeded to drag her back home.
Genma had been folded up, wrapped, stuck in a box, and was frankly wondering if perhaps an appointment with a chiropractor wasn't mandated at this point.
What he didn't realize was that he'd been mailed. Someone had forked over the money for Next Day delivery, which was good. What might not be so good was that he'd been mailed to:
(Posted Tue, 13 Jun 2006 09:35)
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