Ranma sat back in her chair and sighed in relief upon seeing her children all back home.
Safe and sound.
The oh so brief feeling of relief that came after a recent near-catastrophe.
Shaking her head she stood up and started moving to move about the warehouse that she'd set her home in.
Her bedroom was in the former administrative area overlooking the main floor, each of her kids had taken one of the clerical offices below.
Instead of the small blank area they'd been running katas in before, they had a full dojo space and both display and storage for equipment and weaponry. There was a small library of books and scrolls in the last room, with room for a ritual space.
The kitchen and dining area had long been complete, along with the restroom. But she'd had contractors see to that before they'd moved in.
Repairing broken floors and walls at the Tendos had given her a firm grounding in maintaining a building, but a plumber she was not.
Nor an electrician.
And her early attempts do it yourself with the first piece of property she'd bought had been....painful.
Since then Ranma'd used contractors and had them set things up before she moved in. It meant a lot of checking things out for herself for any sort of suspicious addition, but that was usually clear.
The worst she'd found was a hidden camera in the bathroom, placed by a solitary pervert thinking to get some footage of her.
That was a nostalgic beating.
For the most part, she never got to deal with anything so harmless as a peeping tom anymore.
She still had some stuff to add to get the feng shui to the optimum. It would help give the impression that she gave a damn about interior decorating too.
Something red.
Red was always agreeable with her chi.
In anycase, there was nothing like a converted warehouse for the martial artist with family.
There had been a butterfly earlier, but the meeting with the client wasn't for another day or two. So she had today to practice and refine her skills and generally relax.
At least until the cell phone rang.
Sighing, Ranma walked over to the counter her cell phone lay on and checked the name.
"Nabiki," Ranma said, sighing with a slight smile on her face before answering the phone. "Hibiki-san, do you need a feng shih again?"
"If it wouldn't be too much of a problem," the woman on the other end of the line responded. "My brother-in-law wanted to compare notes about the architechtural designs."
Ranma narrowed her eyes thoughtfully.
That sounded fishy.
"It'll be tonight," Nabiki added. "So if you want to bring your children with you, that'd be fine."
Ranma was sure of it now, Nabiki had thought of something and was testing a theory.
"Well, thank you," Ranma said. "What time would that be?"
****
Naiki gave an exaggerated winking pose in the direction of the cute, pig-tailed shutterbug and then went right back to walking to class, yawning.
Another boring day of classes that she didn't really need. All because 'Kaasan thought they should have a full education.
At least it would be another substitute teacher for homeroom. She'd have to thank whatever force on earth had forced that annoying jerk Kogure out of classes.
Yawning, she turned into the classroom and moved toward her seat near the back of the room and sat down, putting her feet up non-chalantly.
She noticed a couple of guys trying to range for a peek under her skirt and smirked. Not anybody could see anything with the desk in the way.
"Good morning, children," a sultry voice said, drawing Naiki's eyes forward.
It was a foreigner, with long blonde hair and sharp features dressed in a barely acceptable version of a business dress. She smiled like a hungry alley cat as she took in all the students, sending a shiver down most of their backs.
"My name is Mara Geisthexe," the blond woman said. "I'm going to be your new homeroom teacher for a while."
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