But salvation came out of the oddest place.
"She's a handsome prince that got cursed by an evil witch to become a girl," Akane said in the tones of one imparting important and serious information.
The Tendo patriarch looked at his daughter and frowned. He knew that she needed to be taught to always tell the truth, but he was loathe to yell at her after the troubles she'd gone through so recently. So he spoke gently as he looked at his daughter. "You know its not good to tell stories."
"Is not a story! It's true!"
"I know you think it is, but it can't be."
"Actually..," Ranma began with a wince. "It kinda is..."
"Pardon?"
"It wasn't a witch though. More like a dirty rotten old sensei who did it, never thinkin' about what I'd think 'bout it."
Soun looked at the shapely girl sitting at his table and realised that if she had met an awful sensei when she also knew Genma... then she had to know Happosai! It was just his style to do something like that, what with his prediliction for the fairer sex. If he had a chance to latch on some young woman, the Master would, and when he was done, he'd leave his two students to take the blame... He was glad that Happosai hadn't discovered or used whatever it was before his two students got away!
"Not that I like it, ya understand."
"I would expect not! Stuck in a body not your own, and prey to any pervert that might come along. I remember how my sensei was, and I am glad that he has not been around."
"Yeah," the pigtailed current-girl replied as he recalled the whereabouts of that particular lech, "I'm real glad that the old freak's stuck in a cave sealed with tons of rocks too."
"He is?"
"Yeah, he is. I thought ya knew that."
"I did know something about a cave..."
"Well, there ya go."
"And it explains why Genma would teach you. To think that one of my old friend's students would be stuck as a girl. Where is he anyway?"
"Uhh... travellin' right now," Ranma said hesitantly, "Can't remember where at the moment."
"I see. He would be, having to train and all. But where have you been staying?"
"Here and there..."
"Then you'll stay here. I know we don't have much, but I'm sure that we can make you comfortable."
"Uhhh... thanks."
"It is no problem at all," Soun told him. 'Especially for one who has helped my daughters even this little.'
"If ya say so."
"I say so."
Having lucked out, Ranma let out a small sigh of relief as he now had not barriers to his sticking around. But as he looked at the trio of little girls looking at him with a sense of wonder and respect, he had to force himself to not rub the back of his head. Instead, he just pasted on a smile while the:
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