Well, perhaps for an hour or two, in order to repay them for allowing him passage back to Japan.
Indeed, it could be easily argued that such was the duty of a samurai.
Odd that the city seemed entirely composed of such women. That all the women bore strong resemblence to each other. That... this was most odd.
Why were they going underground into some place that smelled dank and old?
Why did the single one of their number who was old and wrinkled have such a frightening laugh? Forsooth, it was more frightening and insane than even his own sister's laugh.
Still, a samurai could overcome any obstacle. He just needed to explain his position, if only one would come forward who spoke Japanese as any truly civilized person would.
"There must be some mistake," realized Kuno as they brought him down into a room that appeared to be designed as a jail cell.
The old woman seemed to find this most amusing for some reason.
"Time off," said Usagi, leading the others in. "LuckEE."
"I'm just shocked you won something, dumpling head," remarked Rei as she looked over the store - mainly preoccupied with thoughts of what to do with the sword that was back at the Master's campsite.
"Do you do makeovers?" asked Usagi as a bemused-looking store clerk came over.
"Oh yes," said Otori of GeneWorks. "It's our specialty."
Ranma ducked, dodged, sidestepped, and then flipped backwards to avoid the attacks.
The boy fighting him snarled and pulled back into a primarily defensive stance. "Aren't you going to attack?"
"Eventually," said Ranma, not in a particular hurry.
"Okay, then I'll have to put in more effort," said the boy, pulling a weapon out. "You do know that weapons are allowed in the Big Brawl?"
"Yup, standard gladiatorial match rules," said Ranma. "Nothing that can hurt the crowd, no attacks that include very toxic poisons, points awarded for showy or flashy attacks - so exotic weapons are likely to get points."
"Right," agreed the boy, letting the weight end of the chain dangle. "Kusarigama aren't used that much in arenas."
"That's cause it's too easy for the weapon to tangled up," said Ranma.
"Try it," said the boy, flicking a hand out. Though he didn't touch the weight, it shot out at Ranma.
Ranma blocked, letting the chain wrap around his left forearm, then charged forward.
Genma watched from the sidelines as Ranma practiced with one of their neighbors, who was also entered in the Big Brawl and also camping out.
The boy was apparently a self-styled ninja, but 'Akira' was apparently pretty good at his craft. He had the acrobatics down, and a few ninja techniques were being used in the sparring - though everyone involved knew that a LOT was going to be held back until the actual event. Nobody wanted to tip their hand early.
Once Ranma disarmed Akira, the ninja threw a spread of kunai.
What surprised Ranma and Akira was when-
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