"Okay, Ranma, strip."
"Hey, c'mon Doc, I hardly know you."
Ritsuko blinked, then narrowed her eyes. "This is a MEDICAL exam. You have to strip down to your shorts."
Ranma thought about that, Doctor Tofu had done something like that once. "Oh, okay."
Ritsuko stared at the results of the strip. Fourteen year old boys should NOT have muscular ripple as they took off their clothes. She nearly dropped the syringe when he dropped his pants.
"Doc? I'm up here," said Ranma after an uncomfortable silence.
Ritsuko frowned again and got a particularly sadistic gleam in her eye as she turned to her instruments. "Now, there may be some discomfort."
There were some bad moments for both of them. When she tested his reflexes, his kick sent a tray of medical instruments to spray off the ceiling - with the scissors remaining stuck up there.
HIS most uncomfortable moment, the only time she got a distinctly uncomfortable reaction from him was after she'd gotten him to lower those boxers -
"Doc, that's an exit not an entry."
"Oh be a man why don't you?" asked Ritsuko, having a certain pleasure out of at last getting a reaction.
"It's cause I AM a guy that I ain't too thrilled with havin' stuff thrust in there," said Ranma. "You sure ya ain't doin' nothin perverted?"
"This is normally part of a physical exam," growled Doctor Akagi.
"Uh huh," said Ranma, remembering that this lady doctor was a real whack job who was gonna snap completely later on in this series. "So what's goin' on between ya and Pop?"
"Absolutely nothing," Ritsuko assured Ranma, convinced that nobody knew about that.
"Yeah, right," said Ranma, grimacing because this wasn't exactly comfortable.
Ritsuko frowned but she didn't want to keep doing this. "Okay, now your front."
"Oh, look, it's an Angel Elvis impersonator!"
"Huh, what?" asked Ritsuko, glancing in the direction Ranma had pointed. "What are you -" slam "- talking about..."
She blinked twice as she realized that Ranma was missing, as were his clothes. "Hey wait a minute. Security!"
Fifteen minutes later, Ranma returned.
"Ow ow ow ow ow, watch the ear."
He was being led ear-first by Misato.
"Honestly, Ranma, security was just doing their job, you didn't need to imbed Agent Higurashi in the trashcan," said Misato, releasing the ear once Ranma was near the exam bed.
Ritsuko blinked. "Isn't Agent Higurashi the ex-sumo star?"
"That's the one," agreed Misato.
"He shouldn't a grabbed me like that," said Ranma, "he kinda reminded me of someone I knew."
"Yeah, well, wrap this up quickly Ritsu," warned Misato. "There's a group of Section Nine people who need some bruises and contusions treated."
"And anybody who goes pullin' a gun on me, that ain't cool," insisted Ranma. "That's just plain askin' for trouble."
"That didn't mean you had to go breaking his fingers like that," said Misato.
Ritsuko's eyes were cold as she snapped some latex gloves back on. "Now, let's continue, shall we?"
Ritsuko sat in the chair, looking distracted.
Gendo glanced over the reports. "Hmmmm. I see."
"Do you?" asked Ritsuko. "So far the only thing I've seen around here that could reign in your son was Misato. After treating the Section Nine agents who had attempted to stop him, my respect for her combat abilities has gone up considerably."
"You were deliberately trying to provoke a response, weren't you?" asked Gendo.
"Well, yes," admitted Ritsuko.
"He seems very... reactive," pondered Gendo aloud.
"I noticed," admitted Ritsuko.
"I'm not sure that having him live alone is a good idea," said Gendo. "Some measure of control is apparently necessary."
"Right," said Ritsuko, nodding. "No telling what he'll end up doing left to his own devices."
"We'll need to place him with someone whom we can carefully monitor," said Gendo, going somewhere with this.
"Yes, otherwise just getting him to show up on schedule might be difficult," agreed Ritsuko. "That's... no."
"No?" asked Gendo.
"I am not sharing an apartment with that boy," said Ritsuko.
"No?" asked Gendo. "Then come up with another candidate."
Ritsuko considered all the possibilities. A flash of her checking out his package, various scenes of examining Ranma, all passed through her mind's eye - causing a resulting fidget and blush. No, she was NOT inclined to share an apartment with Gendo's son. He seemed slightly more intimidated by women than men, so having a woman watch over him was ideal. Who to stick with this problem?
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