"So, he'll be within my reach?" she murmured in giddy tones.
Of course, right then, she was also a girl in love, and didn't always have a tendency to think things through anyway.
"Ummm.... I just told you that you can see him, if you just come to visit, or let us bring him to you," Akane ground out over the phone.
The brown haired girl winced. "Right. I forgot about that."
"Come on, Naeka. This is your chance to see him. Don't mess it up."
"Of course I won't! To be with Ranma's something that I've been waiting for too long!"
"Then you're going to take advantage of this?" her friend asked.
"I'll let you know when I'm ready."
"Good. I'll see you then."
"Later," Naeka answered, and let herself giggle as she hung up the phone. What she'd just been told was wonderful news, as she now had the chance to be with her husband and have the romantic opportunities that she'd always dreamed of. Sure, she'd understood the need for him to go on his training journey, but she'd always been certain that he'd come back to her soon enough. And as far as she was concerned, they were going to act as a couple as soon as he got back.
That was why she stiffened for a moment and then raced off past a blinking Fubuki. "Ah no! I've got to get ready!"
"What is up with Sis?" Kosuke asked as she barely avoided running right into him.
"I'm not quite certain," Fubuki answered. "Apparently she has gotten a phone call from one of her friends, and has found out that a 'Ranma' is coming here."
"Really? Ranma is coming back?"
"You know him well?"
"Sure do," the teenaged boy confirmed. "He's Sis' husband after all. And he's a pretty cool guy."
"It does seem that she does like him a lot."
"Our Mistress is such an excitable one," growled a male voice, and the two were taken aback as they saw a tall and muscular man wearing a maid's uniform with a full length skirt standing there by them.
"I am sure that it is just that she is in love with him, Kogarashi."
"You're right about that. You see, Sis is just crazy about him," Kosuke put in.
"Then Miss Naeka plans on staying with him."
"Pretty much. He's the only guy who doesn't bother her about her...." the portly boy trailed off.
"Uh, yes."
"Well, he treats her like a person, and doesn't scare off that easily. Even Grandfather seems to like him. He's a martial artist, is pretty straightforward, and after the first guy that she liked dumped her, having him stick by her side no matter way was pretty big for her."
"Interesting." Fubuki's expression turned thoughtful. "I would have to wonder if he'd take advantage of her."
"Him? Why would he do that? Other than getting some snacks, he doesn't seem to care what she can give him, and only wants her."
"There's no trouble between them?"
"I wouldn't say that, but he's never pushed her for anything. About the only thing that I can think of that might be bad is...."
"Hey, Kosuke!" Naeka called out. "Do you know where we keep the paprika?"
"What? Why would you.... Oh no, Sis! You swore that you wouldn't cook again, especially for Ranma!" Kosuke yelped as he bolted for the kitchen.
Watching him go, Fubuki almost smiled, but then went back to a pensive look. "It sounds like this 'Ranma' boy doesn't know about the inheritance."
"We can't be sure about that," Kogarashi sniffed.
"Yes, but it doesn't seem like he's trying to put himself into it. Still, we'll have to be on the watch for troublemakers."
"As if I need a clumsy maid like you to point such things out to me."
"No matter what you would or wouldn't already know, we have to worry about what may come with his arrival. He may be good, and is someone that we will have to properly prepare for, but there may be others who might want to use him."
"Ku ku ku," laughed Kogarashi, whose wide smile full of sharp teeth was quite visible below his half mask. "I would like to see the man who thinks that he can get past the Maid Guy to use the Mistress."
Somewhere on a street in the Shinjuku ward of Tokyo, Genma Saotome gave off a big sneeze, waved it off after a moment's thought at the strangeness of the timing, and then turned back to watch where his son was walking before him.
"No man alive can escape from the grip of the Maid Guy," Kogarashi drawled, and then flexed his hand so that his sharp mails looked like claws.
"Do try to be careful," Fubuki sighed.
"Humph. A Maid Guy doesn't need to worry about something like that."
The younger, prettier, and female maid considered that for a moment... before shaking her head in chagrin, while:
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