He’d sniff the air and look at the picnic of Chinese food longingly, before scanning the surroundings and circling a bit closer once more. It was only a matter of time until he fell for her trap.
***
Ranma knew it was a trap. Even he wasn’t dense enough to believe a load of Chinese takeout from the Cat Café would popup with a sign reading ‘Free Food’ for no reason, but Shampoo had already cycled off, drawing the entire Nerima circus with her.
It was possible that Shampoo had planned to trap him, but the rest of the NWC had ruined it, so she was leading them on a wild goose chase to get back at them.
The entire NWC (and in fact a good portion of Nerima) would gather in Juuban on the second Wednesday of every month for Jedite’s Big Building Material Sale.
Jedite’s Building Emporium sold most of its stock to Nerima, but found it was much better not to lease the store out of there, for safety and insurance reasons.
Juuban was a much better site. The Senshi caused just enough damage to keep a steady flow of business coming Jedite’s way and allowed him to make his real profits at the Wednesday sale by wholesaling lumber and cement to the Nerima ward.
All of this ran through Ranma’s mind as he considered the free buffet in front of him. Nabiki had been working overtime to pound some basic economics into his head and against all odds some of it had stuck.
If the trap was already sprung the food was safe and from the looks of things…
Ranma paused and scanned his surroundings once more. All his fiancées and rivals were off chasing Shampoo, so it should be safe.
Ranma’s stomach growled loudly, scaring birds from the nearby trees.
Ranma chuckled, embarrassed and rubbed the back of his neck.
“I’m glad no one was around to hear that.”
***
Hotaru stifled a giggle, as she watched the boy circle the food again. He moved just like a big cat and he was really cute! All she had to do was wait until he sat down and relaxed a bit and he would be all hers. Shampoo had warned her that boys could move really quickly when startled so it was best to wait until he’d already eaten a bit and relaxed his guard.
***
Ranma crouched down at the edge of the blanket and carefully poked the ‘Free Food’ sign with a stick. When the sign fell over without triggering anything he began to relax a little.
‘No glomps or blind duck boys. Must be my lucky day.’
***
Hotaru watched as her prey (or as she was already calling him mentally ‘Mine!’), devoured the Ramen, Shampoo had placed on top of the takeout boxes.
He ate just like Usagi did, which everyone thought was funny, even if Rei did complain about it for some reason. She’d asked Papa-Haruka about it and she’d just mumbled something about denial and said she’d explain when she was older.
The purple eyed girl grinned as she triggered the trap.
***
Ranma felt strangely relaxed after eating the Ramen and even the electrified steel cage that clanged down around him, trapping him with the food, couldn’t dent it. He’d half expected something like this to happen anyway. The dark haired little girl with the huge grin was new though.
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