"Well, yeah," Chie ground out, and looked at him like he was an idiot. "Why would I ask you if you couldn't go?"
"Nobody's really asked me much of anything since I got dragged out here."
"Okay, that's probably true enough...."
"And most girls that I've met don't like me sticking my nose into their business. Usually," he admitted.
"That's understandable. No girl's going to want a boy around who's going to try to meddle with her life."
"Then what do they want?"
"I don't know about the girls that you know, but I'm looking to fight some bad guys," the short haired girl chirped, and threw some mock punches.
"Sounds like you're really into it."
"And you're not?" she muttered, blowing out a breath with a sour look on her face. "Man, I heard that you were a top martial artist who loves to get into a good scrap."
"What makes you think that I'm not?"
"You're hesitating now."
"I am not! It's just that I've been... unsure about what's going on."
"So... are you coming?"
Gazing at her, Ranma tried to figure out what he should do. He wasn't too certain as to who he was supposed to follow, but he did like the idea of kicking the ass of someone who would be clearly a 'bad guy'. Besides, it would give him something to do, and he needed to be able to work off some of the stress that he'd be gathering up since he'd come to this place. "I'm going too."
"Great! Follow me!"
"Hey! Wait up!"
"No can do! We've already wasted enough time chatting as it is," Chie told him as they ran down the corridor.
"It can't be that bad."
"No... It's worse."
"There really are monsters out there? I mean, non goofy ones, or just transformed people?"
"Oh, they're real, and they are bad news," she revealed as her face went hard. "They'll attack anyone they can find, and will home in on anyone who they spot in their area."
"Damn it. Lemme guess. They ain't just sparring."
"There's been times when they've killed people. I know that the Shadows have.."
The pigtailed boy took that in, and tried not to ground his teeth. All that time he'd been chomping at the bit to get out, and the danger was coming to them. Had he left, he wouldn't have just dropped himself out amongst these things, but he would have left those who'd come here with him alone. Nabiki and Kasumi were the only part of his life at the Tendo Dojo that he had left, and it was clear that they were now intimately involved with him for the time being. If he went away now, they would have been on their own, possibly with no one to care about protecting them.
Not wanting to think about what kind of harm that could have sent their way, he grew intent on fighting whatever sort of bastard had just been detected, while:
(Posted Wed, 03 Mar 2010 05:09)
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