Wario grinned. "I'd love to stay and chat, but I have cash that-a waits to be stored away in my castle... Smell ya later!"
He knocked Toad away with a sudden Dash Attack, knocking the tiny Mushroom guy against the nearest wall. Dizzily, he stumbled to the ground, his cap sliding off his huge mushroom head.
Ranma looked at Toad and the fleeing Wario in confusion. "Hey, what's going on here?"
"R-ranma-sama..." a familiar voice mumbled. Kodachi came stumbling out of the house, holding her hand over her mouth. "S-stop that greedy dwarf... he stole my precious rose... along with my father's money, but that's not as important."
"Kodachi?" Ranma asked. "What's wrong with you?"
The black-haired girl retched. "I... I've been the victim of the most foul smell I've ever smelt in my life... n-not even my poisons would have that effect... but I'll be fine... URP! As long as you hunt down that abominable thief..."
Well, Ranma may not like Kodachi too much, but he would never get a thief away like that. Besides, he also had a bone to pick with him to just knocking the boy away like that...
"I'll be back in a minute!" Ranma grumbled as he ran after the yellow-capped thief. Catching up with him shouldn't be too difficult.
After all, all he had to do was to follow that stench...
After Ranma was gone, Peach looked at Kodachi in worry. "Are you okay?"
"I will be... but I think I'll sit down for a while."
"Oh sure, ignore the poor little mushroom guy..." Toad mumbled, his eyes spinning circles. "Did anyone get the number of that truck...?"
Kimiko, on the other hand...
"Are you... are you Kodachi Kuno?"
"Indeed I am," Kodachi nodded. "Please ignore the state I'm in... Acting in a dignified manner isn't easy when confronted with such a horrid stench... You won't happen to have a bucket or something similar with you?"
As if on cue, Sasuke appeared next to his young mistress, carrying an iron bucket. "Here, Miss Kodachi! Please forgive me, the intruder took me completely by surprise..."
"Well, if he incapacitated you by using his horrible odor, you may be excused..." Kodachi mumbled, leaning over the bucket.
When her stomach had calmed down, she looked up at the kimono-clad lady. From her garments, Kodachi would guess that she was a member of another noble house. "I'm sorry, but did we meet before?"
"In a... in a way of speaking, yes, we did!" Kimiko smiled nervously at the pony-tailed girl. "Kodachi... this might be difficult to explain, but... I'm your mother!"
Kodachi blinked.
Then she leaned over the bucket. "HHUUUUUUUUUURRRRRRRGGGHHHH!!"
Wario looked back over his shoulder. "Damn, this-a youngster is a fast one... how do I shake him?"
Suddenly, he noticed a figure standing in front of him. He stopped. "Who...?"
The diminutive, wrinkled old man sneered at the fat scoundrel. "So, a new face in town, eh? Did you do anything to upset my favorite student?"
Wario grimaced. "Well, if he's-a your student, you should tell him to leave me alone, I'm just a little burglar on the run."
"I know... I observed your whole operation. I must say, the way you took care of that ninja servant... not too shabby. But I'm afraid that won't help you much when dealing with Ranma... he's almost a good fighter as I am. So when he catches up with you, there won't be much you could do to save yourself..."
Wario rubbed his chin. "So, what do you suggest?"
Happosai smirked. "Weeeell, if you might just be willing to leave a small bit of your loot to me, I might just be tempted to kep Ranma off your back... just long enough for you to flee."
Wario scratched his head. He could tell this old geezer was a powerful fighter, and if he was that boy's master...
"We have a deal!" he grinned, showing off his oversized teeth.
Happosai smiled. "Excellent! Just leave my fee behind and I'll take care of everything."
Wario pulled a smaller bag out of his sack and threw it to the ground with a grin. "It-a was a pleasure doing business-a with you!" Then he started running again.
Just before Happosai could pick up his reward, Ranma arrived at the scene. "Yo, old freak! Did ya see an ugly guy with yellow clothes, a fat tummy and a weird mustache running by?"
Happosai chuckled. "Why, Ranma! You must know me good enough to know that I won't just give information away like that. Give me a good reason and I might just tell you where he went..."
"Enough with the games, old freak, where did he go?"
"You didn't say the magic wooord..." Happosai said in a melodic voice.
"You little... Oh, whatever, I'll find him without you!"
Just as he was going to leave, his danger sense made him jump up in the air, just as two firecrackers exploded underneath him.
"Ranma, don't be so rude!" Happosai sneered as he lighted yet another one of his explosive projectiles. "Just ignoring me... How could you treat your master like that?"
"You're not my master!" Ranma shouted in an angry voice. All right, if the old pervert wanted a fight, he got one. "Moko Takabisha!"
"Too slow, Ranma!" Happosai cackled as he jumped away. "Why don't you just cool off for a while?"
Ranma had barely time to gasp when the aged master of Anything Goes pulled a water balloon out of nowhere and threw it at him.
The pig-tailed girl looked down at her wet shirt in annoyance. Happosai laughed. "Ranma-chan, how nice to see the two of you!" And he jumped right at the redhead's bosom.
"Stay away from me, you creep!" Ranma yelled, trying to hit Happosai with her fist.
"Missed me! Missed me! Missed me!" Happosai chuckled gleefully as he jumped all over the street.
"Ah, can't you just go and bother someone else?" Ranma shouted. "I have to catch that thief."
"Why, did he steal your underwear?"
"Not every thief is as perverted as you!" Ranma said as he kicked at the ancient pervert. "He stole from Kodachi!"
"Ah, the Kuno girl!" Happosai nodded as he ducked under Ranma's feet. "So, you do have some feelings for her after all?"
"No way!" Ranma yelled, increasing her speed with the Kachu Tenshin Amaguriken. "But it's a martial artist's duty to help others, even if it's Kodachi. And I can't stand freaks with no honor... such as you!"
Happosai winced when one of Ranma's fists actually connected with his face, hurling him a bit backwards.
"Well, this is getting boring..." he muttered, skipped over to where the small bag was lying and jumped up on a wall. "Besides, I already got what I wanted. And my job is done after all, you couldn't possibly catch up with that guy any more."
"You distracted me long enough so he could flee?" Ranma asked. "Why, you dirty, little... why did you do that?"
Happosai looked down at Ranma with a sneer. "It's all about business, my boy! And why shouldn't I help him if he promised me a bag full of lovely..." He opened the bag. "Garlic?"
Happosai sniffed and grimaced at the acrid smell coming from the bag. "What in the world... where's my money?"
Ranma laughed. "So he tricked you? Well, deserves you right!"
Happosai threw the bag with garlic away and clenched his fist. "No one... no one swindles Happosai and gets away with it," he said darkly. He then gestured ahead. "Ranma, get that bastard! He went that way! Don't let him escape! Make him pay! Make him suffer! Make him..."
"All right already, but I'll do it because he's a scoundrel, not because of you!"
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