Ranma's eye twitched as the redhead leveled a glare at Nabiki. "Don't you mean take a few pictures for Kuno?"
Nabiki just shrugged and smiled more. She looked over the two people that were with Ranma as well. Some bald woman in a one-piece like Ranma's, only it was green, and there was a Japanese ninja. Odd company, but hell, they were company to Ranma! Meaning they were more 'plain' than the majority of the people that would hang around the former-pigtailed martial artist.
Deciding to ready a camera anyway, Nabiki decided to ask, "So Ranma, what brings you back to the Dojo? Did you already get fired from your job?"
"No, Nabiki," Ranma said, her eye twitching at Nabiki's smug attitude. "I had to stop back here for a moment to do something for my job."
"Oh?" Nabiki asked. "Like what?"
"Well..." Ranma began, but stopped as soona s Kasumi entered the room with a tea tray. Kasumi began placing cups in front of everyone and began pouring tea.
Daishi lifted his mask a little and took a sip of the tea. "Mmm... Green tea with a helpin of honey, some lemon and..." Daishi took another sip. "A slight dash of vinegar? Hmm? Is this a Tomatoya blend?" The ninja asked.
Kasumi nodded her head. "Why yes it is, Mr. Shinobi."
Zelda blinked her eyes as she stared at Daishi. "How'd the hell you know all that?"
"Simple, Zelda, I am appreciative of fine Japanese teas," Daishi said. He then looked over at Kasumi and gave her a smile. "And this woman here makes a nice cup of tea."
Kasumi blushed a little, not used to people comlimenting her tea ins uch a fashion. "Oh my. Well, thank you. Would you like a cracker as well?"
"Don't mind if I do," Dashi said as he reached for a cracker.
Nabiki rolled her eyes. Looking at Ranma who was drinking ehr cup of tea, Nabiki asked, "You still haven't answered me, Saotome. What gives with you coming back her so early?"
Putting down her cup of tea, Ranma looked at Nabiki seriously. "Nabs, I know this is gonna sound odd, but I need to collect hair samples."
Nabiki blinked her eyes once, then twice. "Hair samples? What are you, the next Principal Kuno?"
"Hey! It's not like that!" Ranma answered. "It's not like I'd be giving people bowl-cuts or buzzcuts or nothin'!"
"What my young associate means is, DNA samples," Daishi explained. "However, Ranma would prefer to collect hair samples, as she does not want to have to draw blood."
"I see..." Nabiki said at length. "So you need a sample of my hair?"
"Depends," Daishi said. "Are you a fighter?"
"No," Nabiki said. "I keep in shape, but I'm no fighter."
"Then no, we do not need a sample of your hair," Daishi answered as he finished up his cup of tea. He held the cup towards Kasumi. "That was exquisite Miss Tendo, may I have another cup?"
Kasumi smiled. "Certainly," she answered as she poured the Great Death another cup of tea.
Frowning, Nabiki looked over Rama and the other two, who were drinking tea and eating crackers that Kasumi had brough them. "This doesn't make sense. Why would someone want the DNA samples of fighters?"
Sighing, Nabiki knew that at least one thing made sense to her now. They wanted hair samples from fighters. What better place to start than a Dojo who constantly get challenged.
"Though I've got to wonder," Nabki spoke out loud. "Ranma, you're going to get a DNA sample from your father, right?"
"Yeah," Ranma answered around a mouthful of crackers. "What about it?"
"Well, your father is bald for one thing," Nabiki answered. "No way you'd get a hair sample from someone with no hair."
Smiling almost evilly, Ranma answered, "True. But there's more than one way to shave a panda!"
Nabiki raised an eyebrow to that.
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