In a certain yard in Nerima, a faint shimmering, almost invisible in the sunlight, appeared briefly, then rose into the sky, leaving behind a woman in apparently her early 20s. Inuit, clear to anyone; she had the flat features, the almost-Asian eyes, the dusky skin and glossy black hair archetypal of the dwellers on the roof of the world. She was fairly tall, about 5'7", maybe 5'8", but broadly built, with wide shoulders, deep chest and broad, deep hips, her overall build like a swimmer's. Her garb was almost classically Inuit, make of sealskin and caribou hide, though it fit closer than was typical for true Inuit winter hunting gear, and the gloves had fingers, unlike true mukluks. But even so, it was no superheroic parody; it was real and functional. She looked around, and said in English (for she spoke no Japanese) to the better looking of the two older men in the room before her, "Are you Ranma Saotome?"
Nabiki cut off the others with her classic reply, this time in English, "Five hundred yen." A narrowing of the new arrival's eyes told her that payment would not be forthcoming, and she pointed to the young man with the pigtail. "He is Ranma."
Angakok groaned, she'd been engaged by divine order to a kid? The day couldn't get much worse unless some random supervillain decided to show up. Turing to the girl with the short brown hair, she said "Translate for me. Tell Ranma that I am, by order of the gods of the Arctic, his fiancee. I am called Angakok."
Nabiki swallowed, and translated, and the other girls sprang at the newcomer, while the brown haired girl scrambled clear and the boy with the bandana leaped at the one with the pigtail, her apparent fiancee, while the big dog barked furiously at everyone.
To Shampoo, Ukyo and Kodachi it was instantly clear that this barbarian had some legitimate training but not nearly enough to put her on their level, and each anticipated an easy victory until the newcomer caught Kodachi's ribbon and tugged, swinging her into the Tendos' retaining wall. That made the other two back off for a moment, but only for a moment; Shampoo charged while Ukyo hung back and watched. When the new threat turned inside of Shampoo's swing and used the girl's own kinetic energy to throw her into the wall beside Kodachi, Ukyo put her spatula away. Maybe it would be smarter to make nice for a while.
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