Kasumi set her tea down on the table. She looked at her sisters, who were covered in bandages. As soon as they've gotten home, Nabiki was limping, and Akane had a big bruise on her head. Those were the more serious injuries, Kasumi was amazed at all the places they were minorly injured. She tended to her sisters' wounds and sat them down at the dining room table.
"You say you were beaten...by who?"
Nabiki was a little more embarrassed than Akane, so she let her explain everything.
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The stand off was long, both parties waiting for the other to make a move. Ranma tried to get the Tendous to make to first move, she took quick steps forward and proceeded to do nothing, which almost worked. The sisters started forward, but stopped once they saw it was a trap.
Each spent the next few minutes circling each other. Finally, Akane got impatient and charged forward. Akane thought if her attack didn't connect, she could at least use this as an opportunity to get her between herself and Nabiki. They'd get her easier if they'd surrounded her.
The red head saw through the tomboy's plan and backed up as quickly as the girl charged at her. It looked like she was trapped when they noticed a tree in their path, but the cunning Ranma smirked and ran up the tree. No way! Nabiki thought looking at the scene. Ranma barely missed being punched, as the girl with the long black hair threw her fist forward. Akane connected with the tree, and caused it to crack and fall over. As quick as a flash, Ranma jumped off the falling tree, did a flip and brought her leg down on her unsuspecting opponent's head.
Nabiki watched in horror as her sister fell unconscious, "You BITCH!" Nabiki grabbed rope from the back pack and ran toward the red head. Ranma ran Nabiki, and when she was close enough, she did a baseball slide. Nabiki hardly saw it coming, as the shorter girl slid right in front of her and brought her leg up. Ranma's foot made hard contact with Nabiki's knee, causing the Tendou to flip over and fall flat on her back. The wind was knocked right out of Nabiki, and she started breathing heavily to get it back.
Akane in the meanwhile came back to consciousness just in time to hear the girl taunt, "You guys got skill, but you weren't event what I'd call a work out." Nothing but anger and frustration built up in the sisters upon hearing those words, "My name is Ranma Saotome, you should remember it."
The sisters stumbled to their feet, Akane could barely stand as she was still suffering from that kick, Nabiki on the other hand had a sprained knee, so there was not way she could stand.
"What?" Ranma smirked, "You want some more?"
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"And I suppose that the rest of those blows she dealt came from you trying to get her back in a blind rage?" Kasumi speculated.
Nabiki and Akane hung their heads. Kasumi sighed, "You both have a way of letting what others say get to you, and your opponent used that against you. Of course, with the way you two were you're lucky she didn't kill you."
Akane wanted to say something further, but didn't. Kasumi then got up, "Where exactly did you say she was?"
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Ranma had already packed up and moved camp. She wouldn't hit girls usually, actually being a guy and all, but those girls just asked for it. Still, she held back a lot of her actual skill. As for the extra pounding they received, they'd just be sore for a few days. Ranma just packed and left them there after she was done.
She carried everything in her on her back, it was part of training. She was much weaker as a girl, so she had to keep up her strength, a carrying all that camping equipment was the way to do it. When she found the perfect spot, she set up camp and had dinner, more Ramen noodles. She'd buy dinner, but she was saving what little money she had for new shoes. She still wore the ones she had from when she was still a guy, back when her feet were two sizes bigger. Now, whenever she put on those shoes, they'd often fall off. She'd keep them around for when she found a cure for her curse, but until then, she'd wear something more her size when she could afford it. For right now, since there were no cement sidewalks in sight and she'd go to bed soon anyway, so her shoes would just lay sit outside the tent until morning.
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Kasumi spent the rest of the day taking care of her poor sisters before heading to where Nabiki and Akane said she was. With her, she was carrying a bag full of ropes and cloth. She found the former camp site to be abandoned. Luckily, there were the little clues left behind. Subtle footprints left in the ground, crumbs from a small snack she was having, and various other clues.
It was dusk, but Kasumi trekked onward, until she saw the very girl her sisters described to her from about 50 yards away. She inched closer, to avoid being seen, and hoped to be undetected. She more the gorgeous as Nabiki described, if there was a word to describe the kind of beauty she emitted from that body of hers, it was certainly none that she's heard of. Kasumi's controlled the tempting fantasies that she wanted to imagine, the things she could do to her. If she let those fantasies take control of her mind, she'd have no chance of winning. She inched closer, hiding behind trees, boulders, bushes, and did her best to not get noticed, but somehow she did not succeed.
"Who's there? If you want to fight I'm ready!" The small girl stood and took a defensive stance. She is good, Kasumi thought, this'll be a challenge.
"Are you Ranma Saotome?"
Ranma upped her guard after she heard her own name being mentioned, "Yeah that's me, you mind coming out so I can see who I'm fighting?"
Kasumi stepped out of the shadows, and into Ranma's sight. Kasumi she sat down the bag she was carrying, and looked Ranma up and down, "Mind I ask why you're wearing Chinese clothing designed for men? Those cloths are much too big for you, you're practically swimming in them."
Ranma laughed, "Lady, wouldn't believe me if I told you."
Kasumi was amused by the answer, "How about if I beat you, you have to tell me."
"I sure, I accept your challenge, but what is it about me that makes you want to fight me?"
"Earlier today, you had a little run in you with my sisters."
"One of them had long black hair, and the other one had short brown hair right?" Ranma asked. Kasumi nodded, "So this is revenge?"
"Partly, we are very infamous for having never lost a fight. I do have a reputation to keep, but it's mostly because I want to fight a strong opponent. If my sisters can fall so easily to you, then I want to see your skill by fighting you myself."
Ranma smiled, with eyebrows in a downward position, "Before we start, let's introduce ourselves formally, I'm Ranma Saotome of the Anything Goes school of martial arts."
"A fellow practitioner of Anything Goes? Interesting! I'm Kasumi Tendou of the Tendou dojo, it's nice to make your acquaintance," And with that both women charged at each other."
The two were exceptionally skilled fighters. Both threw blows that were blocked by the other. The first blow was dealt when Kasumi threw a high kick, which Ranma dodged and did a leg sweep that tripped Kasumi, who fell flat on her back. Kasumi, jumped right back up attempting another kick, again Ranma dodged and this time flipped on her hand then back to her feet to gain a little distance from Kasumi, "I must say," Kasumi said, "I wasn't ready for that."
Kasumi took her stance, and invited Ranma to take the first swing for round 2. Ranma accepted, and once again they were back to dealing and blocking blows. Both fighters looked for an opening, neither could seem to find one. Kasumi charged at Ranma, Ranma jumped over Kasumi and landed on the other side, which exactly what Kasumi was waiting for. She gave Ranma a kick that sent her flying. Ranma landed on her feet.
This time I'll end it, both women told each other.
(Posted Mon, 09 Sep 2013 19:35)
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