After a few minutes of panic and trying to coax some reaction from the Gates Of Time, Setsuna Meiou discovered a couple of things. One being that the Gates Of Time were now cut off from every function other than View.
Among other things, that meant she could only exit the realm around the Gates to visit Azabu Juuban at the current aperature time. Said time was moving at a 1 second per second rate. Which meant it would take her 1501 years to get to her apartment in Crystal Tokyo.
Which was yet another thing to which she could say - "THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT, RANMA SAOTOME!"
Growling slightly, she turned her attention back to her target.
Ranma Saotome. Gatekeeper. Who was the Gate Of Time now.
"Thou hast no business at our school, and associating with the pure and tidy Akane Tendo!" declared a boy with a bokken.
"Uh huh, right," said the pigtailed boy being confronted. "Miss Tendo here has put in for a job over winter break training with an elite police unit. I'm just here to check her out."
"FOUL KNAVE! THIS CANNOT BE BORNE!" declared Kuno.
"He's an idiot, ain't he?" Ranma asked Akane.
"You could say that," said Akane. "Are you really a Gatekeeper? I expected someone... older."
"Yeah," said Ranma. "Anyway, your teacher wanted me to address your class. Ya did good in beatin' off those idjits earlier, so I'm giving you a tentative 'OK' based on that."
"Why did you come in person anyway?" asked Akane.
"Well, yer application said you practiced 'Anything Goes' school, and that's also my school," said Ranma with a smile and a shrug. "Someone ran across that and figgered I'd be interested. They was right."
"IGNORE ME AT YOUR PERIL!" declared Kuno.
"Look guy, you ain't nearly good or fast enough," said Ranma. "My martial arts training is more extensive and I'm not merely fast - I'm into time warps."
"IT SHALL AVAIL THEE NOT!" declared Kuno, charging forward.
"Pardon me," said Ranma to Akane with a slight nod of the head.
200:1
"La da di da da," lightly sang Ranma as he went into the school, found the cafeteria, got some supplies, and returned. Kuno was just beginning to react to the vanishing of his opponent.
Smiling at having some fun instead of fighting a Menace To Humanity, Ranma rubbed his hands together and considered where to start first.
60:1
SCHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHPT! went the whipped cream dispensers, putting a large dollop onto the head of one Tatewaki Kuno.
bing! went a cherry put atop the whipped cream.
"RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR" began Tatewaki Kuno. As far as Ranma was concerned though, a minute was going by to every second for Tatewaki Kuno.
Ranma produced a large tank of Botswanian Fighting Fish, tugged out Kuno's shirt, and dumped the gallons of water and fish inside.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA" continued Tatewaki Kuno.
"La di di da da," lightly sang Ranma, taking out a set of markers.
"Pardon me," said the pigtailed boy, grinning in the manner of someone about to pull off a prank. Then he seemed to vanish in front of Kuno's charge.
Akane stared. She had heard, from her father, how AEGIS and Interpol apparently had these really impressive martial artists who had something extra. It had sounded fascinating, and so she'd sent off an application to work over the break. She'd figured that if nothing else, it would be an interesting story to relate later to her friends. Might even be able to meet some people she could practice her English skills on, or write a report later to net some extra credit.
A large pile of items suddenly hit the ground to the side, and a flickering blur appeared that she could recognize as the boy from earlier. His speed though was beyond anything she'd ever thought possible. Kuno was suddenly wearing a pile of whipped cream. With a cherry on top.
SPLASH! CHOMP! CHOMP! CHOMP!
"RRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-AIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE"! proclaimed Kuno as his frustration turned into lots of pain.
ZOOOM
Akane blinked. She was in a classroom?
"Okay," said Ranma, dusting his hands off. "Now. Where were we?"
"This isn't my class," pointed out Akane.
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