The village of Joketsuzoku wasn't quiet anymore.
In fact, it hadn't been quiet ever since those male outsiders
arrived wanting to speak to Grocery Bag.
Most of the villagers were content to let the weakling
farmer handle his own problems. After all, his crop wasn't a big
one and he spent most of his time in pursuits that they found
entirely ludicrous.
Things like studying foreign literature and languages. And
honestly, of what possible use were they?
But not everyone was willing to ignore Grocery Bag's
plight. In fact, there was a very important and much feared
someone who paid attention to it and as soon as the information of
his troubles came to her awareness she set off to go help the
farmer with his unexplainable woes.
And this person just happened to be one of the strongest
and scariest Amazon warriors in the tribe. And she also just
happened to be Grocery Bag's girlfriend.
And she also just happened to be the very over protective
sort when it came to her boyfriend's welfare.
This meant nothing good for the male outsiders.
Nothing good at all.
At least, nothing good from what the other villagers could
see as they watched the outsiders flee with all of their might from
an enraged Supermarket.
"Run away, run away!"
"I'm running, I'm running!"
"That's a woman?! No way!"
"Maybe she's on steroids or something!"
"I say she's a mutant! Mutie freak, die!"
"Hey! Are you on the side of the Sentinels?!"
"The what-a-nels?!"
"The Sentinels! I knew it! You destroyed the X-Men,
didn't you?! It was you all along, Yoshi!"
"I didn't do nothin'! And my ovaries still hurt!"
"DAMMIT YOSHI!"
As the outsider males continued in their strange
conversation, which Supermarket couldn't understand in the
slightest, they failed to notice that their pursuer had taken a short
cut so she might cut them off at the pass.
Well, they didn't notice until she did cut them off at the
pass and stood in front of them to glare at them with fierce eyes.
And with various shrieks of horror, the outsiders found
themselves flying into the air after experiencing a beating that was
possibly worse than Shampoo's.
"<That takes care of that,>" said Supermarket in smug
tones as she dusted her hands off. Turning to look at her boyfriend
whom she sensed was watching her from a safe distance, she said,
"<Feeling better, honey?>"
"<Much,>" said Grocery Bag sheepishly. He paused to
look into the sky and noticed the trajectory that Supermarket had
punched the outsiders into. Giving a slight chuckle, he said, "<Now
that was mean of you.>"
"<What?>" Supermarket asked playfully as she arched an
auburn eyebrow. "<You don't think that they'll have fun at
Jusenkyo and in the Musk territory? At least I was nice and
divided their punishment into two evils.>"
"<Evils is right,>" said Grocery Bag with a nod. "<But I
can't help but wonder which punishment is worse. The Musk are
sure to make slaves out of the ones that land in their territory. They
certainly aren't material for the harem, that's for sure. And
Jusenkyo?>" Grocery Bag shuddered at the mere thought of the
place. "<Nothing else need be said about the accursed springs. Its
horror is far too well known.>"
"<Well, they deserved it,>" said Supermarket in stubborn
tones as her sharp features formed a small pout of sorts. "<Or
don't you think that I defended you well?>"
On seeing this, Grocery Bag couldn't help but smile.
Despite what the outsider males said, he thought his girlfriend was
quite beautiful and not the least bit manly in appearance. How
could anyone over six feet tall with shapely legs that seemed to go
on forever and breasts which the word bountiful couldn't rightly
describe possibly be manly looking? And everything Supermarket
did was womanly. Right down to her defense of her man as she
beat up every last one of his attackers.
Because after all, aren't women supposed to beat up
anyone who dares to insult their chosen man?
Grocery Bag decided that the male outsiders just had
some sort of mental defect that kept them from seeing the full glory
that was his wonderful girlfriend.
"<I think you defended me perfectly,>" said Grocery Bag
with a smile as he hooked his arm in the taller Supermarket's.
"<And I plan on showing you just how perfectly you did your job
for the rest of the day and for the rest of the night as well. How
does that sound to you?>"
Forming a coy smile, Supermarket replied, "<I think that it
sounds like I'm going to have sleep in tomorrow.>"
"<Count on it,>" said Grocery Bag smoothly.
With that, the happy couple made their way back to
Joketsuzoku which was once again peaceful with the outsider
males finally gone from their premises.
And with them gone, it left everyone in the village
pondering the exact same thing: Just how long would their peace
and quiet last this time around?
---
"I never get enough screen time."
Turning to look at his companion, Ukyo arched a dark
brown eyebrow and said, "What do you mean, Basa? You're in
over half of the scenes in the new movie."
"Maybe so, but you fail to notice that those scenes are
almost always with you," Tsubasa huffed.
The two Kung Fu stars were taking five as Kensuke set up
the cameras for their new shot. For some reason the skies were
rather dark and ominous looking despite the fact that it was still
afternoon. Because of this, the director decided that this would be
a good time to start filming one of the more dramatic fight scenes
that took place in the film.
"And what's wrong with having scenes with me?" asked
Ukyo in droll tones. "I thought that we were friends."
"We are," said Tsubasa in slight exasperation. "But
Ucchan, you have to realize that whenever anyone is in a scene
with you the camera is always focused on you. You are the star of
this whole production. You're Bakers Peal."
"And you're my smart and clever partner in the spy game,
Toaster Oven," countered Ukyo with a frown.
"I'm the sidekick," Tsubasa said as he rolled his eyes. "I
hardly think that's an important role, Ucchan."
Heaving a sigh, Ukyo began, "You're not the--"
"Basa, c'mere! We have the sidekick shot ready!"
Withering under the look that Tsubasa gave him, Ukyo
gave his friend a sheepish smile.
"All right, I see your point," Ukyo relented. He paused and
formed a thoughtful expression. "Basa, you know how I've been
thinking about taking a short break from the business? What if you
took my place starring in the Peal flicks?" Forming a slow smile,
Ukyo continued, "I know that you could pull the role off."
"Me?" asked Tsubasa in disbelief. "You want me to play
Bakers Peal? The character you originated? The sexiest super spy
to ever hit the silver screen according to Kung Fu daily? You want
me to take the role over?"
"Yup," said Ukyo with a nod. "How about it?"
"You're crazy," said Tsubasa as he gave a shake of his
head and grinned at Ukyo. "There's no way the public would
accept anyone other than you playing Bakers Peal, Ucchan."
"Wanna bet?" Ukyo drawled.
"With you? Never," Tsubasa chuckled. "I learned my
lesson after you cleaned me out of all that money when we were in
that American city of Las Vegas."
"Basa, hello! Sidekick scene here!!"
Ukyo smirked as he watched Tsubasa grimace. Looking
back at his friend, Tsubasa said, "Then again, you could be right.
Maybe I would make a good Bakers Peal."
"Now you're talking buddy," replied Ukyo. "Just keep up
that kind of spirit and the role is all yours."
Giving his head a little shake, Tsubasa walked over to
Kensuke who was giving instructions about the sidekick fight
scene that he was taking place in. Ukyo watched this for a moment
before he leaned back in his chair and gazed up at the darkening
sky above him. The air was peaceful and still and Ukyo wondered
if that had something to do with the fact that they were filming on a
property that was located on the farthest outskirts of Nerima.
"Quiet day," Ukyo murmured to himself.
As he looked up at the sky, Ukyo studied the clouds
forming together and began to mentally pick them off as certain
people, places, or things. It was a familiar game that he used to
play with his old girlfriend and he found it a very relaxing way to
pass the time.
He wondered if Nabiki liked watching clouds.
Nabiki? What made him think of her?
Blinking his sandalwood eyes, Ukyo pushed himself up in
his chair and registered his last thought. Why would it matter to
him what Nabiki liked? He didn't want to know her, he only
wanted...
He only wanted to use her for revenge.
Swallowing the lump in his throat, Ukyo ignored the
tightness in his chest and rubbed his pounding forehead instead.
Why... why did it never hit him before? What he was doing to
Nabiki with his plan? She genuinely seemed to like him and she
was a nice girl... shy but nice and very confident about her ability in
the art. In fact, in a lot of ways she was like...
She was like his old girlfriend.
She was like the love of his life.
She was like the only person who ever made him happy.
And she liked him. Just as his old girlfriend had. She really
seemed to like him... but why did she like him? Did she only like
him because of who he was? Because he was a movie star?
Or was it something more?
Whatever it was, Ukyo made up his mind right then and
there that he was going to find out just why Nabiki liked him. And
after he did that, he would try to figure out just why he was
thinking about her all of a sudden.
Suddenly, without even meaning to, Ukyo found his plan
for revenge going awry as it turned into a quest that he himself
didn't plan but would be far more important to him than any of his
previous plots against Ryoga.
Because it was a quest to find his long buried heart.
---
Kodachi was vaguely disturbed.
Okay, she was more than vaguely disturbed. She was
extremely disturbed. She was severely disturbed.
Not in the mental sense of the word or the emotional sense
either but more in the sense that she was just, well, disturbed by
what she saw before her.
And what she saw before her was Ranma hunched over
and bouncing around after a Clefairy with a strange sort of manic
energy as she acted like a Clefairy herself.
All in all, it made for, well, a disturbing scene.
"What..." began Kodachi slowly. "In the world is my
darling Ranma doing?"
"I was just about to ask you that," said Nabiki as she
looked at Kodachi. "You mean that you don't know why he's
acting so goofy?"
"I haven't the slightest clue," Kodachi murmured.
"It's the Pokefist," said Tatewaki in very solemn tones. An
effect which was ruined by the obvious smirk of amusement that he
was attempting to hide rather poorly.
"The Pokefist?" Nabiki asked dryly.
"Yes," Tatewaki replied with a nod. "The legendary and
horrible Pokefist. It's a martial arts secret technique that has long
been veiled in mystery and what you see Ranma doing now is all a
part of that technique."
"So Ranma darling is doing martial arts?" asked Kodachi
with clear disbelief as she watched Ranma chase after the Clefairy
through the Furinkan High front yard as she continued to shout
'Clefairy' in kawaii tones.
"That's one way to classify it," said Tatewaki reluctantly.
His smirk was getting wider and Kodachi was expecting him to
break out into loud laughter very soon.
"But why is he acting this way?" Kodachi pursued.
"Again, it's the Pokefist," said Tatewaki. "In order to be
trained in it one must go through massive and harsh psychological
training that affects their mind greatly."
"Affects their mind how?" asked Nabiki suspiciously. "And
how do you know all this anyway?"
As Tatewaki formed a very reluctant face at this question,
the air was pierced by a particularly hostile shout from the Clefairy
that Ranma was chasing as it bounded on top of the Tauros.
Seeming to give the hulking Pokemon a plea of sorts, the Clefairy
grabbed onto the Tauros neck and the two of them went barreling
off into the distance.
There was a moment of complete silence before everyone
reacted to this turn of events.
Well, two people reacted to it.
Ranma and the girl that the Clefairy guy was with.
"Taroooo!" wailed the girl as she bunched her hands up
into fists. "You can't leave me now! Now when I've finally found a
boy who loves Pokemon as much as I do! We have to get
married, my Grandpa said so!!"
With that, the girl took after the Clefairy guy, who's name
was apparently Taro. This left Ranma alone and looking very
morose.
"Clefairy?" said Ranma in soft and definitely pathetic
kawaii tones as she tilted her head to one side. Her blue eyes
narrowed then, then with a fierce nod, she called out, "Fairy,
clefairy!!"
And then promptly went running after the girl, the Clefairy
guy, and the Clefairy guy's Tauros.
"Ranma darling!" cried Kodachi in distressed tones. "What
do you think you're doing chasing after other women when you're
like that?! You'll never get numbers!"
Sweatdropping at this comment, Nabiki nonetheless went
after both of her always wayward friends as she muttered under
her breath, "Why me?"
"As much as I despise Saotome even I must feel regret
about his current condition," murmured Tatewaki in solemn tones.
Giving a short and decisive nod of his head, he lifted his sheathed
katana in the air and declared, "I will follow my sister into the
depths of hell itself!"
Watching Tatewaki dash away, Shampoo's scarlet eyes
widened and going after him, she cried, "Tachi no go into depths of
anything without Shampoo!"
This left only four people remaining besides the usual
Nerima onlookers. Turning to look at Siren, who was strangely
silent, Cologne asked, "You're not going after them? I thought this
would be right up your alley."
"I've had enough excitement for one day," said Siren in
reply. "Besides, the Pokefist is something that's so idiotic even I
can't quite take amusement in the affects it has." She then turned
her gaze to Perfume who was sitting comfortably on Kasumi's
shoulder. "And it appears I must prepare myself for a merging."
"Tink, tink tink..." Perfume muttered lowly.
"Now, Perfume," chided Kasumi as she looked at the pixie
out of the corner of her eye. "You promised that you would try
and stop cursing. Remember?"
Flushing a bit, Perfume said in rather apologetic tones as
her blue eyes turned doe like, "Tinkkkk."
"Yes, I imagine it's a hard habit to break but it's hardly the
sort of thing that a pretty young woman like you should be doing,"
Kasumi continued as she began her walk down the street and
towards the Sorcery shop.
As the pair continued in their walk, Siren and Cologne
could faintly hear Perfume giving her own pixie versions of protests
and finally, grudging acceptance of whatever Kasumi had to say to
her, while Kasumi herself had even more of an air of happy
contentment surrounding her.
"They do make a cute couple," Cologne murmured after a
moment. "I'm very happy for Perfume."
"You know who else would make a cute couple?" Siren
asked as she turned a lascivious smile on Cologne.
Rolling her eyes at this, Cologne pogoed down the street
after Kasumi and Perfume as she said dryly, "You just never know
when to give up, do you, Siren?"
"Of course I don't, Cologne-chan," Siren said in playful
tones as she followed after the Matriarch. "Where would be the
fun in that?"
---
"It's quiet."
Following Soun's gaze, Genma gave a solemn nod of his
head and murmured, "Yes. It's very quiet."
"It's never quiet in Nerima," Soun continued.
"No, it never is, is it?" Genma agreed.
"I'm not sure I like it this quiet," said Soun. "It only means
more trouble. Because it's always quiet before the storm. Isn't that
how the old saying goes?"
"I think so," said Genma as his eyes turned thoughtful and
he pushed up his wire rim glasses. "But just what is the upcoming
storm that we're now awaiting?"
Before Soun could reply, a loud scream pierced the air
and they looked up to see Happosai flying past them, high in the
sky above and appearing very charred and just, well, generally in
worse shape then they'd seen him a very long time.
"The Master," Soun began in dim tones.
"Has been defeated?" Genma finished equally dimly.
Turning to regard each other, the two pupils of the greatest
perverted martial artist ever burst into tears and began hugging
each other with all of their might as they declared, "At last! He's
finally been defeated by someone!"
Parting from their hug, Genma nodded his head and said,
"It was one of the boys that did it, Tendo. I'm sure of it. Our heirs
have done the one thing that we never could and have defeated the
evil Master for us."
"Yes, Saotome," said Soun through his tears as he nodded
his head. "We have such good children!"
"The best children," Genma said with a nod. "In fact, I
would say that our children are--"
"Chocolate, they're so soft!"
"Don't squeeze so hard, Akane. It hurts them!"
"Angels..." Genma trailed off as he directed his eyes
towards the kitchen where the outburst had come from. "Ehm,"
said Genma rather nervously. "Is it just me or did you also happen
to hear that, Tendo?"
Soun couldn't reply as he was in a daze.
"Hmm," Genma murmured. "Well, I guess I better get you
out of here. Certainly you don't want to hear what else they might
be up to in there. You are her father, after all."
"Ohh... that's nice, Akane. You have perfect technique
once you work at it a little. Don't you see?"
"Yes, I see perfectly. It's so beautiful."
"I bet you say that about all the ones you see."
"No, just yours, Chocolate. They really are the most
beautiful ones I've ever seen. They're wonderful."
"Oh, Akane-chan... you say the nicest things."
"Yes," said Genma, who was swallowing the lump in his
throat as he rose to his feet and grabbed the back of a catatonic
Soun's shirt in his hand. "We should go now."
"This really does make it more fun, Chocolate."
"I told you so... isn't it sweet?"
"Yes, I haven't tasted anything much sweeter."
"Isn't it fun to add things and spice it up?"
"Oh yes, it's lots of fun..."
"Do you want to try using the syrup now?"
It was just about this time that Soun finally snapped out of
his catatonic state and went barreling into the kitchen with as much
anger as only an overprotective father could have. Unfortunately
for him, at the exact same time a Tauros with a Clefairy riding on
its back went charging into the kitchen from the opposite side.
Naturally, this caused more than a little destruction as the
Tauros ran into Soun as it continued on its path that went through
the Tendo home itself. Seconds after the Tauros departed, Ranma
in her elfin form along with some girl came chasing after it. And for
whatever reason, Ranma was on all fours and constantly saying the
word 'clefairy' as she went on her pursuit.
But when this all cleared away, Soun warily lifted his head
from where it was stomped into the kitchen floor and gazed up at
Akane and Chocolate.
Akane and Chocolate holding bowls of ice cream.
Akane and Chocolate with their faces covered in whipped
cream and bananas.
Akane and Chocolate looking quite innocent.
With a loud groan, Soun allowed his head to hit the floor
with a thump as he moaned, "I have such good girls..."
"Daddy?" asked Akane as she blinked. Turning to regard
Chocolate, she asked, "Do you have any idea what just happened
here? Or are you just as lost as me?"
"I'm lost, Akane-chan," replied Chocolate, who wore a
wry expression on her face as she looked at Soun.
"Well," Akane said thoughtfully. "At least they can't blame
me for the kitchen being destroyed this time."
"Yes, that's something," said Chocolate sheepishly.
"Ranma darling! Which way did you go?!"
Coming to a halt inside the destroyed kitchen, Kodachi
looked at Akane and Chocolate then demanded, "Have you seen
my dearest Ranma? I know that he went this way!"
"He was following the bull," said Chocolate. Moving to
point out of the collapsed wall, she continued, "They went that way
if I'm not mistaken."
"Thank you ever so," said Kodachi before she went
running through the collapsed wall in search of Ranma.
"Akane! Did you do this?!"
Turning to regard Nabiki, who was glowering at her,
Akane jumped slightly into the air and then said in rather huffy
tones, "It wasn't me this time! The big bull that Ranma's busy
chasing did it!"
Before Nabiki could reply, Ranma's piercing cry of,
"CLEFAIRY!!!" at the top of her lungs filled the air.
"Oh no," said Nabiki under her breath. "What now?"
"Saotome appears to have become enraged," Tatewaki
said as he once again appeared out of nowhere causing everyone
to jump noticeably into the air.
"Enraged about what?" Nabiki wondered.
"I don't know," murmured Tatewaki. His tawny eyes
darkened as he rested his hand on his katana before striding out of
the destroyed kitchen. "But whatever it is, it cannot be good. That
much I know for certain."
"Aiyaah," Shampoo breathed while she bounded after
Tatewaki with her usual energy. "Tachi sounds too too serious.
This not so good, Shampoo is thinking."
---
When Nabiki ran into the sitting room, she was met with
the site of Ryoga standing in front of Ranma and scowling deeply
as he shook his finger at her.
"Ranma," said Ryoga in a big brotherly voice that was
accented with scolding tones. "How many times have I told you
that just because you want to play with other Pokemon doesn't
mean they want to play with you."
"Clefairy! Fairy!" Ranma responded with the same kawaii
tones as before while she formed an equally kawaii pout. She then
attempted to get around Ryoga and near the Clefairy which was
still sitting on the Tauros back. Both were standing in the yard, well
away from Ranma.
"Ranma... no," Ryoga said strongly. "Be good!"
"Clefaiiiiiiry," whined Ranma who was now pouting
severely as she gently pulled at Ryoga's pants legs.
"Amazing," said Tatewaki softly, breaking the spell of
silence that surrounded the group who'd just entered the living
room. "Ryoga-kun can actually control him now."
"Oh, hey you guys," said Ryoga sheepishly as he diverted
his attention from Ranma to the group. "I didn't see you there."
Rubbing the back of his head, he asked, "Ranma hasn't caused any
big problems, has he?"
"Well, not really," Nabiki began slowly. "But--"
Nabiki was abruptly cut off as Ranma made a sudden mad
dash around Ryoga and pounced towards the Clefairy in the yard
whose eyes immediately went wide. It seemed like time froze as
the Clefairy raised it's tiny hands into the air and then, much like
before with Happosai, a massive explosion sounded. But this time,
Ranma was the victim of the all too destructive and powerful blast.
The blonde elf went flying high into the atmosphere and as
she did, the Clefairy heaved a sigh of relief and muttered lowly,
"Fairy, clefairy. Fairy."
"Ranma darling!" cried Kodachi in panicked tones while
she rushed out into the yard. Turning to glare at the Clefairy, she
shouted, "How dare you do that to him!"
"Don't yell at my Taro-kun!" intervened Akari, who
appeared in front of Tauros as to block Kodachi's path. "He was
just doing what he had to do in order to protect himself from
you're whacked out girlfriend!"
"Well, your Taro-kun just possibly injured my precious
Ranma darling!" said Kodachi hotly. "And for that he cannot be
forgiven! He must be punished as well!"
"No one punishes Taro-kun but me!" Akari replied rather
fiercely. So fiercely that the Clefairy, whose name was apparently
Taro, couldn't help but shudder at it.
Fortunately or unfortunately, their would be battle was
interrupted by Ranma landing square in the middle of the two girls
with a thunderous crash.
"Clefairyyyyy..." Ranma moaned from the large crater she
was sprawled out in the middle in.
"Ranma dearest!" Kodachi said quickly as she sprinted
into the crater and cradled Ranma in her arms. "Are you all right?
Do you have any injuries?"
A splash sounded and a husky male voice met Kodachi's
ears as it said, "She should be fine in awhile. My metronome
attack is fairly harmless against humans. Not at all like the
devastating effect it has on Pokemon."
Turning her head, Kodachi looked up into the handsome
features of the boy she knew was the one that turned into a
Clefairy, and frowned deeply. "You didn't have to do this to him,"
she accused. "Ranma obviously wasn't in his right mind just now.
Surely you could have implied better methods to divert his odd
attentions."
"Maybe," admitted Taro. "But to be honest, she was
starting to scare me a bit. I'm used to seeing kawaii things, being
around Pokemon all my life and all, but she was just being TOO
kawaii if you know what I mean."
"He gets like that sometimes," Ryoga said with a sigh. "It
really isn't his fault though." Tatewaki coughed at this statement
and Ryoga looked sheepish. "Okay, so maybe it is his fault but
still... I can't blame him really."
"Understandable, Ryoga-kun," said Tatewaki as he
formed a wry smile. "Even I can't blame Saotome for this."
"Blame him for what?" asked Nabiki.
"Exactly as Nabiki darling said," Kodachi pursued, her
arms still around an unconscious Ranma. "What exactly are all of
you discussing and why isn't Ranma to blame if this is his fault? I'm
not sure that I understand."
"It's a long story," Ryoga said as he sighed again. "But
basically, Ranma, Dad, and I found this old booklet when we were
cleaning out our attic a few years ago. It was filled with tons of
secret techniques for the Anything Goes school. We saw this one
technique, the Pokefist. It sounded pretty dangerous but powerful
as well, so--"
"Genma forced Ranma dearest to learn it!" Kodachi broke
in as she formed a fierce scowl. "It would be like that devil to do
such an evil thing to my darling!"
"Hey!" exclaimed Genma as he pulled a Tatewaki and
popped out of nowhere, frightening everyone in the process. "I
didn't make the boy do anything! Frankly, I'm insulted that you'd
think I'd make him learn something as useless and stupid as the
Pokefist! If I was going to have him learn a dangerous technique
that psychologically scarred him then it would at least be a useful
one!"
"Uhm... that didn't sound so good, Dad," said Ryoga as he
stared at his father blankly.
"Oh yeah," said Genma in dim tones.
"Anyway," Ryoga continued. "We found the booklet and
we saw the technique called the Pokefist that was supposed to
give the human that masters it the powers of any Pokemon that
they happen to run across. But," he paused to shake his head.
"There was one flaw to the technique that Ranma never got to
since... well..."
"He never read the warning page," Tatewaki intervened on
behalf of his best friend who obviously couldn't say the words that
would insult his brother.
"You is kidding," said Shampoo dryly.
"I wish," said Ryoga in bemused tones. "And so does
Ranma. Because... well... the warning page says that the technique
has been proven not to work and it also ends up psychologically
scarring the person who learns it."
"Scar them how?" asked Kodachi, who was loosening her
hold on Ranma as she heard the story.
"Instead of learning the techniques and attacks of the
Pokemon they meet the person just ends up acting like them," said
Ryoga as he refused to meet Kodachi's eyes. "It basically makes
them think that they're Pokemon."
Everyone was quiet as they took this news in.
"So..." began Nabiki after a moment. "This technique
Ranma learned doesn't help him in the slightest when it comes to
the martial arts and it makes him think that he's a Pokemon and act
annoyingly kawaii also?"
"Yeah, that's pretty much it," Ryoga nodded.
There was another moment of silence before everyone
broke out laughing.
Well, everyone but Kodachi.
Because she was frowning severely.
Frowning severely at Ranma.
Pushing back some stray strands of light blonde hair,
Kodachi looked into Ranma's elfin features then said, "Darling...
sometimes you can just be so terribly unwise in your decisions. It
really is a very perplexing trait of yours."
"Whoo," said Taro as he took in a big breath of air. "I
haven't laughed that hard in a long time. So," he turned to regard
Ranma in the crater he'd help create. "How do you make her snap
out of this Pokefist thing? I don't want her chasing me around
everywhere when I'm a Clefairy."
"Yeah," Akari chimed in, hanging onto Taro's arm as the
exotic boy looked rather surprised at this gesture. "I don't want her
going near my Taro-kun like this."
"Well," said Ryoga thoughtfully as he rubbed the back of
his head. "The only people who are able to snap Ranma out of the
Pokefist are our--"
"NO! Not them! I'll get spanked!" Genma wailed.
Needless to say, everyone present was staring at Genma
with strange expressions after he said this.
"Spanked?" Ryoga blinked. "What for?"
"Jusenkyo!" cried Genma as he rushed forward to grab
onto Ryoga's waist. "Have mercy on your father and don't call
them! Just leave your brother like this! He seems happy enough
thinking he's a Pokemon, doesn't he?!"
"But--" Ryoga began again.
"Spanked!" Genma interrupted loudly.
"But--" Ryoga tried once more.
"Spanked!!" Genma enforced louder.
"But--" Ryoga kept on trying.
"SPANKED!!!" Genma shrieked madly.
This went on for several minutes before Nabiki finally grew
tired of the odd almost conversation and then produced a mallet
out of nowhere and hit Genma on the top of his head with it.
Watching Genma topple over on the ground, Nabiki
returned the mallet back into pocket space and directed her gaze
to her iinazuke. "So," Nabiki said. "Who are these people who can
snap Ranma out of this?"
"Our mothers," said Ryoga with a sigh.
"Your mothers?" echoed Nabiki.
"Yeah," Ryoga nodded. "They're the only people that
Ranma is scared enough of and respects enough to snap out from
under the Pokefist influence for. It's actually a pretty funny thing to
watch when it happens."
Considering this for a moment, Nabiki finally gave Ryoga
an easy smile then said, "Then what are we waiting for? Lets go
give them a call and tell them they have some snapping out of to
do."
"Right," said Ryoga as he smiled.
"I mean, after all," Nabiki continued as they walked into
the house and past Genma's passed out form. "How bad could
they possibly punish your father?"
---
Several hundred miles away, Hibiki Atsuko sneezed loudly
and her companion, Saotome Nodoka, looked at her with certain
concern. The two women were having their usual light lunch in the
sitting room as they enjoyed the splendid view of the family
gardens.
"You aren't getting a cold, are you?" asked Nodoka. "I'm
still not sure you're recovered from that jaunt in Alaska after trying
to find our linen closet."
"I'm fine," Atsuko replied irritably as she rubbed her nose.
"I'm just getting sick of waiting for Genchan and the boys to come
back home. They must have found Ryochan by now. He never
gets himself lost for too long."
"But that was when he was a boy," Nodoka reminded
while she poured Atsuko another cup of tea. "Hibiki directional
skills or lack thereof tend to worsen as they get older, you realize."
"Yeah, I realize," grumbled Atsuko. Taking the tea, she
took a slow sip of it then said, "I'm proof of that, aren't I? It's
just... I've got a bad feeling. Like Genchan did something that we
wouldn't approve of."
"He's always doing that," Nodoka chuckled.
"True," said Atsuko rather fondly.
"You worry too much, Atchan," said Nodoka as she
poured her own cup of tea. "What will be will be. And besides,
how bad could his mistake possibly be? I'd like to think that he's
been well trained from marrying us both."
Considering this while she took another sip of her tea,
Atsuko could swear that she heard a crash of ominous thunder
sound directly after Nodoka said this.
Which wasn't a very good sign in her opinion about exactly
what kind of mistake their husband made this time.
No, not good at all.
To be continued...
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I'd like to thank Jim Robert Bader,
Red Death, and my brother Patrick for listening to my goofy ideas.
Also special thanks to Wade Tritschler for allowing me to be a
part of his Altered Destinies project.
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Next up: Genma gets spanked as Atsuko and Nodoka make their
motherly appearances in Nerima. Yep, he gets spanked. Spanked!
Spanked!! SPANKED!!
"Get back here, you vampire slut from hell!"
-Hitomebore Inaho; Master of Mosquiton-
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sort of psycho guy
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