One, a big brawny woman of much muscle, ragged hair, and carrying two large axes made of bone, came a little too close to the temple.
Tatewaki Kuno was sure he hadn't blinked. There was a sudden movement though, felt more than seen, and suddenly there was no fur-and-bone-wearing woman approaching his position. There was only a headless corpse that stumbled and fell to the ground.
Well, that explained why his pursuers were reluctant to approach.
There was a sudden ratcheting sound, followed by a large metal grate falling into place in front of the entry.
Tatewaki Kuno was fearless. Which was a good thing, because otherwise he'd probably be terrified at this point.
Since he wasn't though, he would simply find a place to take a nap and then escape when the poorly-bathed women retired from their vigil.
As amusing as watching Akane Tendo try to belt Ranma Saotome was, Setsuna Meiou reflected that she WAS on a schedule.
Actually though, she didn't find it amusing. Not at all. She simply recorded the event as part of the file on Ranma Saotome for when her superiors within her little agency had questions. These would indicate something of Ranma's physical capabilities at the very least.
Such was necessary as the job offer would have to be handled very very carefully and Ranma would be examined with great attention to detail.
Checking her watch again, Setsuna noted the time and got back into her car. The offer of employment would have to be tendered at another time, after the requisite departments had come to their decisions.
Akane finally stumbled to a halt as it became quite obvious that this 'Ranma' was going to just continue to dodge everything she threw at him. Well, that and she was out of breath.
When she did that she noticed that the other boy was sitting back, drinking tea from a thermos, and looking rather amused.
"Why - why won't you fight back?" asked Akane between great heaving breaths.
"Why should I?" responded Ranma. "I told you - I don't know why our martial arts have similar names. You'd have to take that up with my oyaji. If we're gonna spar, we spar. Otherwise save it for the Nerima Big Brawl - you know there are people scouting out the competition."
"Eh?" asked Akane, straightening and looking around. "Where?"
"There was one woman parked over on the road there, she left," said the watching boy. "There's one guy in a ninja night suit over in that tree about twenty meters to the South. There's also someone with a telephoto lens poking out of their tent directly East."
Akane blinked, got her breathing under control, and then grimaced as glancing at the two locations revealed a tent flap moving and a rather obvious ninja with a camera. She also recognized the ninja. "Sasuke."
"The ninja or the guy in the tent?" asked the spectator to their little match.
"The ninja works for the Kuno estate," said Akane.
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