Akane glared at her fiancé and sister. It had been a few weeks since some spell someone had performed had resulted in their new appearance.
But what was upsetting her most was the fact that her sister was getting so ... chummy ... with Ranma. He was even training her.
“So baka,” she growled out, “when are you going to train me?”
“WAH!” entered in the TPW (Tendo Patriarch Waterworks, patent pending). “They’re getting so close, now the school will be joined!”
“I’m not,” said Ranma calmly as he continued to eat.
“Boy, you will teach your fiancée!” yelled Genma.
Ranma shook his head. “I don’t have a Masters certificate. I can’t teach her anything.”
The two fathers looked at him, as if he had stated something beyond their comprehension.
“Then why are you teaching my sister, baka?”
Nabiki smiled. “One; I asked him to ... nicely. Two; I’m not the heir, so I don’t need Daddy to finish teaching me.”
“WAH! MY DAUGHTERS DON’T NEED ME ANYMORE!”
“Oh, Father,” said Kasumi.
“And three, he isn’t teaching my either Tendo or Saotome School of Anything Goes.”
Ranma nodded. “I worked on a style that she can make her own. She’s gotten quite good at it.”
“Then you can do the same for me,” stated Akane.
“Can’t, you are your father’s student first, and I don’t steal students.”
“That’s okay, son,” said Soun. “I give you permission to.”
“Sorry, Daddy,” said Nabiki in a sickenly sweet voice, “but you have to certify first that Akane has mastered the Tendo branch before she can take on another Sensei.”
“Since when?” asked the fathers.
“Since I was five and wanted another Sensei,” she replied. “Which you said I couldn’t have one until I mastered the Tendo School first. Since I dropped out, that rule doesn’t apply to me. But if Akane does, then she’ll have to forfeit being your heir, which means we’ll have no heir for our school.”
“Um...” stated the two fathers and one daughter.
“But she could be taught by another Master of Anything Goes,” answered Soun, looking at Genma.
“Oh, I wouldn’t know how to teach her your School, Tendo old friend,” said Genma, trying to shove responsibility off again.
“Didn’t know how to teach his own damn school,” muttered Ranma.
“And before you ask, Daddy,” started Nabiki, “Ranma-kun can’t teach her either unless he’s certified to do so by the School’s Grandmaster.”
The two older men paled at that.
“I won’t have a pervert teaching me!” yelled Akane.
“Then that just leaves our fathers,” answered Ranma, not once looking up from his food, or from his plate, as he stole effortlessly from his father.
“Fine then,” huffed Akane. “Daddy and Uncle Saotome can start teaching me after school today.”
The two older men stared at her once again, as if she had stated something they couldn’t understand.
“I can’t believe that worked,” said Ranma to Nabiki, Akane marching far enough ahead where she wouldn’t be able to hear their whispers.
Nabiki nodded. “Aren’t you glad I had us prepare for that, Ranma-kun?” she asked, still fighting hard not to call him ‘Master’ in public.
Ranma nodded. “We need to still play it careful though,” he said, staring ahead, to ensure Akane didn’t shorten her distance to try and overhear them. “Those new players last night; we haven’t seen the last of them. And where one comes...”
“Others are sure to follow,” answered Nabiki. “With our luck, it’ll be someone with Kuno-baby today.”
Ever since their ... changes, Tatewaki Kuno had been getting more and more intense in his efforts to ‘defeat’ Ranma and free the ‘enslaved girls’ under his control. Depending on the day and the number of shots to the head he received, Kuno would either include Nabiki or not, in those proclamations.
Eventually, they all did arrive at the school.
“At last, the foul demons have come to challenge me once more!” declared Kuno.
“To be honest, Kuno-baby,” said Nabiki, looking at her nails, “we don’t come here to challenge you. We come for the poor attempt of this school to give an education. You’re just a reality challenged hack who can’t take a girl not wanting him.”
It should be noted that after Kuno’s affection fell on her, Nabiki tended to grow very angry at him. It was only her own moral code and that of her Master that kept her from trying to see just how much pain Kuno could endure before he either passed out or passed away.
“Fear not, Nabiki Tendo, for I have acquired assistance from those who will assist the Mighty Blue Thunder of Furinkan High n his pursuit to remove the demon from you, and save not only you, but the fierce tigress and the pigtailed girl from the foul machinations of the demonic foul sorcerer!”
Ranma sighed. “Great, we get a side show today with our usual box of nuts.”
“Behold, the...”
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