"Yeah, me! But I don't see what's so funny!" Ryouga growled.
"HA-HA! He's seen hell! While I've been wandering around being unwanted, watching friends get seriously hurt and killed, and seeing lots of people go crazy, he's been seeing hell! Amazing, huh? Heh heh...I've seen the world come to an end and thought I was going to be stuck in an endless punishment of my own making, but he's been through so much!"
"Shinji..," Asuka whispered, her brow furrowing as she watched him.
"I guess, we should be happy that we didn't see what he did! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEE!"
The Second Child could only watch as the Ikari boy apparently lost the power of speech and began to roll on the floor as his crazed laughter echoed in the air. Occassionally words like 'Hell' and 'terror' would work their way through, but it was unclear if they were merely just involuntary or he was trying to say something. All they got was the sight of him continuing to freak out, and she knew that she should do something. Unfortunately, while she wanted to get involved and she was recovering, her body was still weak, and moving took some doing.
However, Nabiki didn't have that sort of trouble. She moved over and pulled him by the shirtfront so that he was sitting up straight and looked him in the eye. That was a problem as his head continued to move with his laughs, and she had to adjust her line of sight constantly. A plan to stop it had occured to her, and she had no hesitation in using it.
She slapped him in the face hard enough that his head snapped to the side. It immediately shut him up, and as he pressed a hand to his reddened face, she ordered, "Get a hold of yourself! Understand?"
Shinji stared at the girl who'd just slapped him and nodded slowly.
"Good," she replied and let him go.
He fell back and landed on Asuka by accident so that his head was pillowed on her chest. One hand reached out and he squeezed what he found there before noticing that it was a leg. Tilting his head up, he saw a pair of blue eyes looking down at him, which told him exactly what, and who he was laying on. For a moment, he froze in panic, but then scurried off to stay by himself, at least for the moment.
With a sigh at the sight, the middle Tendo daughter massaged her hand and wrist as she looked at the Lost Boy. "This really isn't a good time for this Hibiki."
"Huh?" Ryouga began, "But I have to..."
"Shut up, sit down, and be a good boy."
"What?"
"Listen to me very carefully," Nabiki told him, "We've just come back from a place where things have gone very, very badly, and we already have to deal with our fathers. Save your stupid vendetta for later okay?"
"It's not stupid! I... I'll be good..," the bandana wearing boy said, trailing off as he saw the look she was giving him.
"Umm... Can I ask one question?" Ranma asked.
Nabiki gave him a droll look. "What's that?"
"What's going on?"
Looks passed between the two younger Tendo sisters, while:
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