Due to her wish to become more like her oldest sister (possibly due to low self-esteem in some areas), she had eschewed Nabiki's more mercenary ways to try to be the model of the perfect woman, ie Kasumi. This lead her to try many things from growing her hair long, to attempting, and failing badly, to cook. This became so much that she had never realized that she would never be Kasumi, but that she could have had other strengths to fall back upon. Instead, she had tried to emulate the oldest Tendo daughter's example.
But at the moment, it was Nabiki and a moment in the shopping district that she thought of momentairly.
Akane had watched Shampoo bound off onto the rooftops and frowned before turning to her sister. "How could you do that Nabiki?"
"Whatever do you mean?"
"You just lied straight to her face!"
"Think again, little sister."
"But I just heard you..."
Nabiki had chuckled. "You heard what I wanted her to hear."
"Huh?"
"I told her that I heard that Ranma was thinking of going to the Nekohaten after school."
"That's just it! That jerk got detention after school and you know it."
"But that doesn't change what I heard. And he may yet go there."
"You mean..."
"It's simple. A half truth is easier to use than an out-and-out lie and it's still true."
It wasn't but a momentary flicker of memory, but the little knowledge had at back in the corner of her mind. And that corner realized that to survive, she was going to have to stop trying to be like Kasumi, and try to to be like the middle Tendo.
"Well you see... I have some really high up friends, but I wanted to be more free than a desk jockey or a janitor. So they took care of the paperwork, but I have to do a job for them in the future. Right now though, I have to learn from the beginning. Not that I'm doing too great at the moment... And it gets me the opportunity to actually get some work..."
The Shampoo-analogue looked at her for a few moments and,:
(Posted Wed, 25 Dec 2002 05:43)
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