Ranma took a long moment to blink at the blonde. "Ya mean ta say that this is a...."
"'Training hall for those who want to learn the warrior arts'? That is the basic idea."
"And that means that this is...."
"Exactly what it looks like."
He turned his gaze towards the room around them, and managed to ignore the presence of the women near him. It was a large space, with polished floorboards, solid beams supporting the roof at the walls, and a subdued styling to the panelled ceiling. Banners and scrolls hung discretely around the room, and the painting of the place was quite tasteful. Even the racks of weapons seemed to be right where they were supposed to be, and as he glanced over at the women, he saw plenty of them wearing gis, exercise clothes, and other outfits appropriate to this sort of place.
All of that made him feel pretty good, and he felt at home in that space.
That was until a pretty face suddenly appeared upside down in his field of view.
"So this is the Heir, huh?" commented the girl hanging from the ceiling as he leaned back and tried to figure out what this was supposed to be.
"It's him," confirmed Quistis with a sigh. "So you can stop doing that, Yuffie."
The short haired girl shrugged and lightly flipped down to stand on the floor. "Just practicing my ninja skills."
"I see...."
"But in any case, this is a major thing."
"And how do you figure on that?" Ukyo asked.
"Simple. He's the one who is very likely to be the next leader of this country," Yuffie replied with a grin. "And look at him. Tifa and Penelo are going to flip when I tell them."
"Oh."
"This is pretty amazing. I didn't think that I'd meet him this quickly. And Payne told me that I wouldn't."
"Child, by my age, you learn a lot of things. One of them is that the world is full of moments when things shouldn't work out how they would be expected to," Cologne commented dryly.
"Don't I know it. But it's fine by me. I'm good at getting what I want anyway."
"And what do you have now?" this place?"
"Who, me? Own this place? Yeah, right."
"Is that so...."
"Of course it is. The one who really would have to be said to be the owner would be him," Yuffie told them, jerking a thumb at where the pigtailed boy was looking out at the view from the dojo doors.
"Him?" chorused the other people who had homes in Nerima.
"Yes, 'him'."
"This place is mine?" Ranma murmured, grinning a bit as he looked around the dojo with a bit of renewed interest, while:
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