Akane glared at the three people sitting across from her, as she was now in Nabiki’s old spot, while the trio sat in the spot she used to occupy with Ranma. She wasn’t about to give up the Tendo agreement to Nabiki—not with Auntie there who would take it for real, and not some ploy by the baka and her sister to make fun of her, like they had set her up for last night. She’d show Ranma who was the better Tendo.
Not that she wanted to marry him, no. She wasn’t a pervert that slept with dead (Wait, they are still alive, aren’t they?) um ... perverts.
First, she would find out why he had been in Nabiki’s room, why he was cheating on her with Nabiki, and why Azusa was in the mix. Then ... payback.
The only good thing she could see so far today was that it was Sunday. So, it meant no school—and hopefully no annoying Kuno clan members causing trouble. She didn’t want to see what he dragged to school to help him defeat Ranma this time.
It also meant that today was her first lesson with her father and Uncle Saotome.
But first... “So why were they in your room, Nabiki?” she growled out, glaring at Ranma, as Azusa cuddled a ... fork?
“Antoinette!”
Never mind.
“Auntie stuck them in there,” she replied, munching on a pop-tart, while enjoying a beverage Kasumi had handed to her and Ranma a bit earlier, saying it was new ‘juice’ meant for them. Where did Kasumi get blood?
“Yes, they got back so late last night,” said Nodoka, as she sat at the table, watching as Soun yelled at Genma in the backyard, as her husband was setting out ... rat traps? Why does he need so many rat traps?
“Out ... late?” growled Akane, a small red aura beginning to form.
“They saved Little Azusa from the bad people!” smiled the skater.
“Bad people?” asked Nodoka.
“Some ... troublemakers were hunting her down,” said Ranma, trying to avoid spelling out exactly what they had been fighting. The less Akane knew, the less likely she would be to charge out there and get herself killed. “We dealt with them before they could harm anymore people.”
“What, vampires?” asked Akane.
“Something like that,” admitted Nabiki. “Just your normal roving gang. We helped some of the proper authorities handle it”
“What, you fought them?”
“I am pretty good, little sister,” said Nabiki. “Or did my wedgie not prove that?”
Akane grumbled a bit. She had had to change her underwear after what Nabiki had done. She still could feel the phantom pains of the assault, even after she had pried the former pair of underwear loose.
“And no, you ain’t ready to face things like them,” said Ranma.
“Hey, I’m a martial artist too!” she challenged.
“They ain’t,” said Ranma, glaring at her. “They’ll rip you apart without a second thought, so I don’t want to hear this ‘I can do whatever you can’ bullshit.”
“Ranma, watch your language,” corrected Nodoka.
“Sorry.”
“That’s okay dear,” she said, smiling at her manly vampire son. Though, maybe he wasn’t a vampire. He didn’t burst into fire like she heard they were supposed to when they were in the sun. But if he had already used his vampire allure to get two more girls to want him...
Nabiki just smirked, trying not to focus on the look Auntie Saotome was giving her. “Just so you know, Akane, one of the people after her was Mikado.”
Akane paused in her glare at her fiancé. “What?”
“There will be no school tomorrow,” said Kasumi, entering in with some food and a tray of bamboo. “There was an explosion at Kolkhoz High last night. They need time to redesign the district map and send supplies for the new students.”
“Little Azusa glad it is gone,” said the girl, paling a bit. “Too many bad memories...”
“Oh dear, is she okay?” asked Nodoka, as the girl started to hug herself.
Ranma sighed, as he decided to hug the girl. For some reason, she felt safe around him, and getting hugged by Nabiki never calmed her down. “They tried to take her with them. Let’s just say it wasn’t pretty.”
“Will she be okay?” asked Kasumi.
“Little Azusa stay with Azusa’s savior,” she said with a small smile.
“What about me?” glared Nabiki.
“Azusa call you Spike.”
“Oh hell no,” growled Nabiki, as she prepared to give the skater a Super Wedgie.
“Saotome?”
“Yes, Tendo?”
“Should we move the engagement to Nabiki again?”
“Of course not, Tendo. Now that another daughter is showing trust and interest in my son, Akane will begin to fight for him ... instead of fighting him, I hope.”
“Perhaps.
“Saotome?”
“Yes, Tendo?”
“What are all these rat traps for?”
“Simple, a training exercise in balance, jumping, and coordination.”
“Huh?”
“We spar with Akane, barefoot, and avoid landing on a trap. Why, I’ve even made sure there isn’t any room for a whole foot to land.”
“You expect my fragile daughter to do something this dangerous?”
“Of course, she wanted training like the boy, so she’ll get the exact training like I did for the boy.”
“And ... the pit?”
“Well, I figured we could surely get it right this time. And then we can fix that worthless boy’s fear of cats.”
“I see...”
“Tendo?”
“HOW DARE YOU PLAN THAT FOR MY SWEET AND INNOCENT LITTLE GIRL!”
Genma jumped a bit at seeing the demon head, which was a bad move considering the two had trapped themselves in a corner of the yard.
“Tendo, why did you SNAP ouch! SNAP Yeow! SNAP Mommy! SNAP SPLASH Gwof?”
“So that is why Uncle Saotome wanted me to get those cats from the shelter,” said Kasumi.
Akane paled a bit, seeing what her ‘training’ was going to be.
“Have fun, Little Sister,” smirked Nabiki.
“Ooo,” cooed Azusa. “That look like it hurt Little Diane.”
The panda glared at her. “I am a guy!”
“Then why is that one mousetrap not holding on to anything now?” she asked with an innocent voice.
“Bwee?”
“Charlotte!” cried Azusa, seeing her beloved pig. “You returned to Little Azusa!”
“BWEE!” cried the Jusenkyo cursed Hibiki, as he took off down a hallway, hoping once again to get lost.
“Come back!”
“Leave P-chan alone!” cried Akane, as she chased the two.
“Less painful training says they end up in the rat trap mine field,” said Nabiki, drinking her ‘juice’.
“No way,” said Ranma, beginning to eat his meal. “Even I wouldn’t take that bet.”
“So son,” said Nodoka, “what exactly were you two doing out last night that led you to save Ms. Azusa.
The two paled a bit, even more than usual, and tried not to spit out their drink.
Pluto teleported back into her room, sighing as she sat on the bed. “Little bastard had the place already set to blow when I arrived. I owe him for that,” she mumbled, as she checked once again to see if Alucard’s little parting gift had resulted in any other damage than what she had spent the last few hours recovering from.
“What am I?”
She turned, seeing Kodachi in a corner, still in human form, and clutching her legs, shaking a bit.
Pluto nodded. She was ready now to hear the truth ... and maybe ... even deal with it.
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