"So wait, you knew Gosunkugi was out to get me?"
"He tried to hide that it was him, but yeah. Okay, that's three."
"They're getting stronger. So why didn't you tell me?"
"It might have taken four, but it was ready to shatter. And it's an honor thing."
Ranma took a step back and flexed his hand. "Well, that makes sense. Ya didn't tell him, did ya?"
Nabiki shook her head. "He decided it wasn't worth a million yen."
"Wait. Ya'd sell me out, Nabs?"
"Ranma, if he was willing to pay me a million yen, do you honestly think he'd stop at anything to find out? Besides, I was going to tell him that your weakness is your father."
Ranma blinked in confusion. "Not the nekoken?"
"That's your father's fault," Nabiki pointed out with a smirk. "I think I'm ready."
Ranma shrugged and launched a punch at her face. Nabiki raised her hands to fend off the blow and a small blue hexagon flared into existence right before Ranma's fist, stopping the punch cold.
Ranma pulled back and nodded, letting the scorched wrappings on his knuckles fall to the dojo floor. "That'll stop a punch from Ryoga and make him think twice about trying again, no question. But you're slow. You won't be able to stop the first punch."
Nabiki grumbled and let the tiny barrier drop. "And if I don't stop the first punch, I'll never stop the second."
Ranma nodded gravely. "Pretty much."
Nabiki sighed. "So when are you telling the others about the neko-ken? I already know, and Akane knows that Genma did something to you, but that's it."
"Why should I ever tell 'em?" Ranma retorted. "I've gotten this far without them finding out."
"Two reasons," Nabiki said seriously, well aware of the irony of her giving the speech. "First off you're part of a family now and we care about you, and we can't help if we don't know what's going on."
Ranma grumbled unintelligibly. "And the second reason?"
"Nabiki, I'm watching Hanachiyo again," Kasumi called from the dojo door. "Can I leave her in here?"
Ranma turned, screamed loud enough to wake the dead on Mars, and jumped into Nabiki's arms.
Nabiki, for the first time since her mother's death, missed the beat entirely. "Ooph. Um, well, that would be because Kasumi cat-sits for the neighbors."
"Mew?" asked the adorable calico in Kasumi's arms.
Ranma fainted.
The Tendo family gathered around the table as Genma explained the nekoken and showed Tendo the manual, as well as the "cleverly hidden secret" that it should never, ever be taught.
Nabiki privately wondered if Genma would have stopped even if he had seen it.
Gosunkugi stared as Ranma was reduced to a twitching statue with a couple cats sitting on him, purring happily. "Saotome," he whispered, "I shall lead you now into feline hell!"
Mara groaned as memos came in from every cat demon she had ever heard of. "He didn't mean it literally!"
The next day...
"What? You found his weakness?" Kuno was shocked. It was one thing for a commoner to succeed where his glorious self had stalled, but for this subhuman thing to achieve success was auspicious indeed!
Gosunkugi was blissfully unaware of Kuno's thoughts. "Come to the gym in ten minutes. Ranma will be at your mercy."
Kuno's eyes sparkled. "At last! Pigtailed goddess! I WILL DATE WITH YOU!"
Ranma shuddered as the universe tried to warn him that That Which Is Wrong was being spoke of. Akane glanced over. "Ranma? What's wrong?"
"Dunno, just a chill." Ranma dug out a note. "Anyway, I need to know what's up with this."
Akane read the note. Ranma, help me! Terrible villains are holding me hostage in the gym! Sincerely, Nabiki "This isn't Nabiki's handwriting," she noted.
"And the day someone grabs Nabs without it causing a school-wide uproar is the day the sun turns black and falls from the sky," Ranma added.
Akane blinked. "Nabiki told you that, didn't she?"
"Right before saying something about teaching him a lesson," Ranma said with a nod.
"Who?"
Ranma opened the door to the gym and looked at the figure on stage. "Oh Ranma! I'm so happy! You came to save me!"
Ranma and Akane just stood there, staring at Gosunkugi, bound, in a schoolgirl uniform, with a brown wig. "Don't you know me? It's Nabiki! Come up here and rescue me!"
Akane ran forward and shook Gosunkugi with all the fury of...well of Akane. "What do you think you're doing!?"
Ranma walked up onto the stage, lidded eyes on Gosunkugi, hands in pockets. "Yo. Don't kill him."
Akane let Gosunkugi go reluctantly.
"You've fallen into my trap, Saotome!" Gosunkugi cried, getting to his feet.
"Listen..."
Gosunkugi pulled a rope and a trap door opened below Akane. "Oops."
"OOPS!?"
"And who were you trying to drop?"
Ranma asked, standing on Gosunkugi's head.
"Heh heh heh! I thought you'd do that!"
Which is how Gosunkugi ended up under a large tannuki. "It's all over for me...just...take this..."
Ranma looked at the strange object. "It...it can't be."
"Fish sausages?" Akane asked
"Mew?" "Meow." "Mrow?" "Meeeew."
"Urk." Ranma's back was ramrod straight as more than a dozen cats closed in on him.
"Scream, Saotome!" Gosunkugi whispered. "Go aread. Let it all out!"
"Heh...hehheh...EHAHAHAEHEHEBWEE!" Ranma laughed, eyes rolling wildly. "Fool! You think a little thing like this will stop me!? Come on, Akane, let's go!"
Akane whacked Ranma and grabbed Gosunkugi. "DRESS! OFF!!"
Gosunkugi removed his dress. "Please nice lady not with the screaming and the hurting and the maiming."
"Eheeeheehehehee..." Ranma cried, buried under fluffy demons.
"What's so funny!?" Akane roared.
Gosunkugi looked over his shoulder and saw Akane going for the door. "Um, you shouldn't..."
"Shut up!" Akane raged. She didn't care what Nabiki's rates were; she was getting this pervert exposed NOW!
She opened the door. "But you really shouldn't."
"Rowr?"
Akane stared at the very large tiger in complete, thankfully silent, shock.
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