But she hadn't actually thought him to be nervous.
"Right..," Ranma said half to himself as they reached the front door, "We're here."
"This is where you live?" she asked.
"Since I got back from China." He blew out a breath. "Hope this doesn't go bad..."
On that, he opened the door and lead her in. He looked around, almost as if he was expecting some sort of attack to come. But when it seemed that all was quiet, he relaxed only minutely.
"Hey!" he called out, "I'm back!"
"Oh Ranma-kun," came back a female voice, "You're home!"
"Yeah Kasumi. And I got ya a birthday present!"
"You did? What is it?" asked a pretty young woman in a housedress as she walked to the entryway.
"Here she is. She's..."
"CUTEY HONEY!" went Kasumi, with her eyes wide with happiness.
Blinking, Honey looked at the girl who seemed to be her secondary operator. "You know me?"
Kasumi nodded and pulled out a pile of manga volumes nearly as tall as she was. "Oh yes! I have read and watched all of your adventures! And I have a whole collection of memorablia! Well your character's..."
"You... have..." the superheroine android said, staring at the pile of volumes.
"I have! You with your ability to dress up as anything that you want to! And you get to be a brave heroine and have all those escapades!"
"Kind of different when you have to experience them..."
"They would be... Though it seems that you really did go through them..."
"Umm... Kasumi?" went Ranma.
"Yes?"
"She really is Cutey Honey... er, Honey Kisaragi."
"She is?!"
The pigtailed boy rubbed the back of his head and shrugged. "Well... yeah. I got her from a store that sells androids and they had her there after they fixed her up. She was waitin' for an owner, and I was there ta get ya a birthday present..."
"You were..?"
"Yup, but how things were put is that I'm her 'owner' and ya are her 'secondary operator', whatever that means."
"But he got me to protect you and help you around the house," inserted Honey.
Pressing her hands together, Kasumi giggled like a school girl. "That's was so nice of him!"
"It would look that way..."
"This is the best birthday gift that I could get!" the eldest Tendo daughter declared. "Now the three of us must sit down for some tea so that we may get to know each other!"
"Uh... Okay..."
"Sure..." hesitantly agreed Ranma.
"Good," went Kasumi as she headed for the kitchen, "I have some special blend that I've been holding for such a situation."
Looking at each other, Honey and her 'owner' shrugged before following, while:
(Posted Sat, 06 Sep 2003 23:57)
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