"Figures," said Ranma.
"Now that this is settled," said Ritsuko. "Ranma. We'll expect you for synchronization tests after school."
"Yeah, yeah, whatever," said Ranma.
"So, Maya, can you make the appropriate arrangements?" asked Ritsuko. "Maya? Maya? Maya!"
"Ah! I'm sorry, it's just..." the short-haired girl fidgeted, remembering when someone sans clothing, had nearly run her over while he was escaping from the examination room.
"Is something wrong?" asked Ritsuko.
"N-n-no. It's nothing," said Maya. She didn't go that way after all. Nope nope nope.
"All riiight," said Ritsuko, drawing that phrase out and sounding as if she suspected 'nothing' was 'something' but not sure what that 'something' was.
Gendo considered the scene with his son. Something was wrong, and yet right as well. The crybaby had grown up and was trying to stand on his own two feet. It was right that he did so, this WAS his son however uncomfortable Gendo was in that relationship. Yet it was also wrong as he wouldn't be as easy to manipulate as originally thought.
Push, and this boy would push back. Demand, and he'd be as stubborn as a mule. He might do what was required - but inevitably there would be clashes.
There was Ranma, back to sullen again, hands in his pockets as he exited the elevator in the parking garage with Misato.
His eyes flicked to the report of Doctor Akagi's examination. His father's son indeed in some respects, but more direct and less skilled at subterfuge. Chronologically fourteen, but closer to seventeen in physical development.
Let's see, at that age he was...
Gendo smiled. There was more than one way to lead a wild horse to water. At that age, there were hormones and a young man could be led about by a young woman quite easily.
Now, who should he use for this task?
Ranma considered what he was going to do. Well, if he didn't want to eat toxic sludge (and he didn't) and instant ramen - that meant HE was going to have to take on some of the cooking duties. As for Misato's domestic skills, she practiced... what was that phrase Nabiki had used? Oh yeah. 'Benign Neglect'.
There was Pen-Pen, the in-genre cute animal mascot. What happened to HIM at the end of the series anyway? Did he goo or stay? Did he use a litter box or did he... Maybe he ought to look into that. Having an apartment smelling of penguin crap didn't sound too good. Seemed fairly smart though - maybe he was toilet trained.
There was also Misato herself. Ranma eyed her. In fairly good shape, great considering some of her habits. Still, instant ramen and lots of booze wasn't exactly good nutrition.
Nope. No way around it. Of course, it was a lot easier to do the domestic stuff if there was no chance of it being considered 'girly'. He was 100% full-time GUY now.
"Nevah gunna be a gurhl again," said Ranma, smiling as he sat back in his seat.
"What's with that anyway?" asked Misato.
"Eh," said Ranma. Say or not? Well, why not. It wasn't like he hadn't already spilled some of it to her. "Okay. How long we got before ya get to this apartment?"
"About fifteen minutes if we went there straight," said Misato. "Plan on making a couple of stops though."
"All right," said Ranma. "Just the highlights then."
Misato listened as she navigated through Tokyo-3, the detours from some road damage adding some travel time.
"Mind ya, this is put together from stuff that happened later - I didn't know about some of this stuff until recently like Ucchan bein' a girl and all," began Ranma. "Still, this is the story of my so-called life."
Misato listened, keeping herself from interrupting too many times. "A seppuku contract?" "So your father told you to steal food as a martial arts exercise?" "Starving cats?! Why do I get the feeling I'm not going to like this." "I was right." "How could ANYONE have a direction sense that bad?" "You did WHAT?" "He did WHAT?" "Chinese curse?" "a panda?" "a girl?" "a PIG?" "Chinese AMAZONS?"
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