[Ranma/SM][FanFic] Sailor Ranko Just Add Water, Chapter 3
Bill Heineman
The ongoing saga of "Sailor Ranko", set after "Sailor Ranko: Tunnel Vision"
Based on "Sailor Ranko" by Fire and "Twice in a Millennium" by Kevin D.
Hammel and acknowledging "Black Moon - Eclipse of the Sun" by Arthur Hansen
By Bill Heineman
I don't own these characters. Please don't sue me, kill me or make me write
fan fiction.
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The story so far...
Aw c'mon, start from the beginning.
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Ranma and Akane were up at the pre-dawn hour and spent the morning sparring
on the roof of their apartment building. Both were really going at it by
imagining the other was Tatewaki Kuno. After a good workout, it was time to
eat breakfast.
Ranma finished up his shower and tried to sneak out. Akane smiled at Ranma,
"Honey, breakfast is ready." She put out a bowl on the dinner table and
stood by the chair in an expectant pose. Ranma gave a very quiet groan. The
things he had to do to keep Akane happy. Why did it involve pain and
suffering?
Ranma sat at the table and picked up the spoon in the bowl. He noticed the
part of the spoon that was in the substance broke off. Ranma was amazed. He
had never seen a glass bowl melt before. Akane served him something she
passed off as breakfast and before he could take a bite of it, the material
dissolved the bowl and started to eat away at the table. He looked up into
the ceiling and silently rejoiced, "Thank you!"
Akane glanced at her husband, "What did you say?"
Ranma had more pressing problems. "Uh... What's going on?" The table was
starting to smolder. Ranma pulled his chair back and Akane ran to the
kitchen to get some wet paper towels. The two of them tag teamed to wipe
away the substance and throw it into the garbage can. The table was saved
but the bowl and the cooking pot on the stove were a total loss.
"I guess I'll have to get something on the way to school." He bolted out the
door with the trashcan in his arms. It was starting to emit a cloud of
smoke.
Akane got out a small paper fan and started to wave away the rancid odor.
The smoke detector went off. "Not again!" She fanned the smoke away from the
detector to get it to quiet down.
She wondered how in the world could her food do that to the dishes. She'll
have to try harder next time.
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A bored security guard in the lowest level of the apartment building saw a
red light go off on his security panel. He noted that it was the Saotome
apartment. He'll wait for ten minutes before calling the fire department. He
didn't want yet another false alarm. He went back to his TV show.
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Ranma was a man with a mission. He needed to save the lives of everyone in
the apartment complex. He barely made it to the dumpster in time. He tossed
the garbage can into the steel bin and it exploded inside. Ranma brushed
himself off and shook his head. Last time, breakfast only froze into a block
of ice. Before that, it glowed in an intense beam of light that lasted for
five minutes and then it faded away to nothingness. Before that the trash
can simply imploded. It was time to buy another weeks supply of trashcans.
He missed Akane's cooking at the Tendo residence. There it just simply
tasted bad. Kasumi must have been fixing Akane's cooking to minimize the
damage to the kitchen.
Ranma walked alone to school. Akane was going to be busy telling the fire
department that it was a false alarm. He felt a little lonely since it was
very rare that he didn't have Akane beside him or right behind him. He had
to talk to Makoto. Maybe she and Ami could work on giving a cure to Akane's
ability to turn normal household items into weapons of mass destruction
banned in most countries.
He thought of his mother. He smiled thinking about the times she spent with
him. He decided to visit her tonight. It was his day off from work and it
had been almost a week since he saw her last. He wanted to have his mother
stay with them in Juuban, but the apartment was too small and his dad might
tag along. Ranma was happy his dad wasn't around. He missed the sparring
sessions but not much else about the panda. Purina Panda Chow was had to
come by.
He was about a block away from the main entrance of Juuban High School when
he stopped dead in his tracks. He felt a presence ahead. It was a dark
presence. It was a very dark presence. It was a very familiar dark presence.
It was coming this way.
"What a haul!" Screamed the little old freak with a small group of irate
girls chasing him. Ranma groaned. He didn't want to deal with this right
now.
Ranma jumped over the stone wall protecting the school. He heard Happosai
and his admirers run by. He leaned his back against the wall and looked up
into the sky. "Why is he here? What have you got against me?"
In response, a thunderclap sounded and a small cloudburst occurred. The
storm lasted only five seconds. A soaked Ranko spit out the water from her
mouth. She sighed. "Well how could it get worse?"
"Ranma! Nice to see you! And you changed just for me! I'm touched!" Happosai
then went literal and started touching Ranko where females were not meant to
be touched. Ranko held her book bag high and smashed the freak into the
ground. She stomped on him several times to get the aggression out of her. A
small bomb appeared right in front of Ranko. Ranko tried to bat it away but
it exploded hurling her into the school retaining wall. She slid down to the
ground.
Happosai healed instantly and hopped out of the hole that Ranko made just
for him. "How dare you treat your master in such a rude manner!" He flared
up his battle aura and prepared to dole out some punishment to Ranko. He
charged.
Ranko leapt out of the way and Happosai bounced off the wall and landed on
Ranko's back. He groped around and got a feel for Ranko's breasts. Ranko
jumped with her back to the wall to crush the pervert. Happosai didn't let
go, he was having too much fun fondling Ranko that he took the full force of
the crushing blow and had the wind knocked out of him. Happosai was flat as
a pancake and stuck to the wall.
Ranko pulled herself away from the wall and admired her handiwork. "That
will teach you!" She turned to walk away when she saw a small crowd of girls
looking at her. "What do you want?"
"I want my panties you stole!"
"I want my bra back!"
Ranko looked at the girls and told them, "Ask the old freak. I didn't do
anything."
Naru looked at Ranko, "How could you!" She walked up to Ranko and pulled a
bra off of her shirtsleeve. "You are in league with that foul creature!"
Ranko took notice and saw that somehow Happosai had draped several women's
undergarments on her without her noticing. She spun around and marched over
to the flapjack known as Happosai. Just before she was about to punch his
lights out he inflated and tossed yet another firecracker at Ranko. She
jumped out of the way and the firecracker landed near the girls. The girls
scattered.
"Now you know why I am the master young pupil!" Happosai laughed his fool
head off as he reached down, grabbed his loot bag, threw some more underwear
on Ranko and ran away. "There is your share!" He made sure the girls heard
that comment before he ran out of sight.
Ranko was red with fury. She was about to give chase when a girl with a rake
tripped her. "You were helping him!" Ranko didn't want to hit these girls so
she took the beating like a man.
She managed to squirm away with only minor fractures and bruises. Nothing
that Ranko wasn't used to. She grabbed her book bag and leapt over the wall
to safety.
Naru and the other girls collected the few articles of clothing Happosai
left behind. Naru was impressed. The only person she knew other than the
Scouts that could jump that high was Ranma. She remembered that Usagi
mentioned that Ranma had a cousin named Ranko. She felt bad. She realized
that they were tricked by the dirty old man.
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"That little freak..." Ranko ran to an alley. She used her Senshi senses to
check if the coast was clear. It wasn't.
"Hey Ranko! What are you doing here?" It was Makoto. She heard the commotion
and came to offer some assistance.
"I'm going to punish someone! Stand back! Sun Star Power, Make up!" She
transformed into Sailor Sun.
Makoto looked around, "Where is the youma? I don't feel any... Oh..." She
felt the evil. The pure evil only found in one human being, if you could
call it human. Makoto transformed into Sailor Jupiter.
Sailors Sun and Jupiter hopped onto the rooftops on the way to a certain
perverted form of life. It must be punished.
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"Are you sure master that the pig-tailed girl is at this high school?"
Sasuke asked. He was tired pulling the rickshaw from Nerima to Juuban again.
Tatewaki proudly pronounced, "Yes, Nabiki is one thing above all else and
that is honest. She has never failed to provide me accurate information and
I don't believe she has failed me now."
"But master, shouldn't you be in school today?"
"I have arranged with my father to be excused for today so that I can settle
my affairs. Once I have dealt with that wretched Saotome, the pig-tailed
girl will be grateful of my heroics in releasing her from her enslavement."
Kuno drifted off to Fantasy Island in his mind again.
"Master, the girl has a name. It's Ran..." Sasuke saw a lighting bolt hit a
building two blocks down the street from the high school. "Master, what is
going on over there?" He saw a small figure running across the street and a
fireball exploded near him. The man was hurled in their direction.
Sasuke saw the little man go flying down the street with a trail of smoke
following him. He turned back to the direction of the blast and saw two
Sailor Senshi running up the street after the little man.
Kuno stood up in the rickshaw. He wanted to see these girls. The first that
came was wearing a green mini-skirt and yelled "Supreme Thunder" as she ran
by. A bolt of lightning came from her tiara and down the street. The second
girl was wearing a red mini-skirt and shot a surprised glance at Kuno as she
passed them. She turned her head to look at Kuno and ran straight into a
light pole. She bounced off, shook her head and ran off after her companion.
Kuno was amazed at the vision of loveliness that he was graced with. The
girl reminded him of the pig-tailed goddess. She had a flaming mane of
beautiful red hair and blue eyes. "She gazed at me! She found me attractive!
Sasuke! What is that girl's name?"
"Uh, Sailor something. They all look alike to me. I think they are color
coded."
Kuno sat in his rickshaw. "I must ask Nabiki Tendo for information on these
Sailors. Sasuke! Home!"
Sasuke lifted the legs of the rickshaw and started jogging home. He muttered
to himself so no one else could hear, "Master, you can be so fickle
sometimes. No, you are fickle all of the time."
Another man noticed the whole event and took several photos of the two
Senshi. He walked over to the pole and took pictures of the Sailor Sun
shaped dent in it. He continued to take pictures of the crater and lighting
strike impacts. He put away his camera and left.
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Happosai was cowering in a corner. Two very pissed off Senshi were towering
over him. He didn't exactly mind the view.
Sailor Jupiter glowered over him. Her arms were in front of her ready to
cast a spell, "Any last words?"
"Yeah, Happo Daikarin!" He threw a firecracker at the Senshi. The two Senshi
easily dodged the firecracker and Sun grabbed Happosai as he tried to
escape. She held him out at arms length. She held her free hand out and
produced a small ball of fire in it.
Sun pitched Happosai into the sky and called out, "Searing Plasma Blast!"
She threw her fireball at the little freak and the explosion sent him
skyward toward Tokyo Bay.
Jupiter took aim, "Supreme Thunder Dragon!" A lighting bolt came from her
hands and a bright flash was seen from Happosai's distant image.
"That freak doesn't seem to learn!" Sun gasped.
"Maybe this time he'll stay out of Juuban." Jupiter looked around and found
Happosai's loot bag. "What do we do with this?"
"Drop it off at lost and found at school. Let's first change back though."
Sun changed back to Ranko. Jupiter changed back as well.
The two girls started walking back to school. Makoto noticed that Ranko was
wearing her red shirt and black pants. "Why were you Ranko anyways? You
aren't wearing the right uniform if you are coming to school like that."
"I got hit with rain."
"Rain? There wasn't any rain." Makoto looked up at the sky. There were
clouds but they were all white and fluffy.
Ranko sighed, "It rains on me from time to time." She glanced at Makoto,
"I'm certain the beings that created Jusenkyo are enjoying themselves."
"It rained on you?" Makoto looked at the sky again.
Ranko stopped. She realized she forgot the thermos she had in her bag. She
gave a happy smile and pulled out the broken thermos. She gave a sad frown
and cursed. "I must have broken it when I hit Happosai."
"We'll find some hot water. In the meantime, do you have a bra?"
Ranko looked down at her chest. She didn't want to go dressed like this. She
was actually developing feminine modesty. "Uh... No."
Makoto looked in the garment bag and found a bra that was Ranko's size.
"Here, put this on."
Ranko shrugged. She slipped the bra under her shirt and put it on without
showing anything private. "Thanks. However with my luck..."
SPLASH!
Ranma gasped as the bra strangled him. Akane stood behind Ranma with a
thermos. "There you go Ranma. All fixed up!" Akane gave a happy smile.
Ranma sucked in his chest to allow him to unclasp the bra. He slid it out
from under his shirt and held it out to Makoto. She took it and put it back
in the bag. Ranma thought, "Could it get any worse?"
Kato called out, "See, I told you he is gay!!" Yoshi, Kato and Akira laughed
and walked off to school.
Ranma looked up at the sky. "Why do you hate me?"
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By lunchtime, the school was awash with rumors of Ranma's curse, his sexual
orientation and whether he was born a girl. Blissfully, Ranma was unaware of
the gossip being spoken behind his back. He did manage to avoid two water
balloon attacks and a squirt gun. He was called to the principal's office
before lunch break.
Ranma's gym teacher and the principal were meeting with Ranma to arrange for
his special needs. "Mr. Saotome, we cannot excuse you from gym class,
however we will reserve a private shower stall for you away from the other
students. Will this be acceptable?"
Ranma perked up. "Yes. As long as I don't have to share a shower with
anyone, I'll be fine."
The principal was pleased that this problem can be fixed, "It's settled
then."
The gym teacher spoke next, "I've watched you run yesterday. I must say. I
am impressed with your performance. I was wondering if you'd consider
joining our volleyball team."
Ranma smiled, he wanted to join a sporting team. It would help keep his body
in shape. He thought about his job. He couldn't allow the team to interfere
with the days he was scheduled to go to work. He really sank into his chair.
Juuban only had a women's volleyball team. "Uh, you mean the men's team,
right?"
"Well actually..."
"Did Minako put you up to this?"
He glanced at the wall and around the room, "Well she did recommend you, and
you are physically female when you change and there is nothing in the rule
book that prohibits your participation and the finals are coming up and..."
"I get the point." Ranma put his head down into his hand. "Let me think
about it first. Ok?"
"Well, the team is practicing after school today. I'd like for you to join
us. Do you have a female gym uniform?"
Ranma groaned, "Yes."
The teacher was showing signs of joy. He was beginning to think that Juuban
might come in with a championship. Minako couldn't stop talking about how
good Ranko was. "Great! Can you come to practice?"
"I said I'd think about it. I didn't say I'd do it."
"Oh, Minako said your name was Ranko when you are a girl."
Ranma wondered exactly how much did Minako tell the coach. "Yes. It is."
"Ok. Thanks. See you at practice." The gym teacher started humming and left
the room.
"He doesn't hear very well. I said I'd think about it." Ranma buried his
face in both hands.
"Here is your hall pass. Good day Mr. Saotome." The principal gave a tiny
bow and went back to his desk.
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Lunchtime under the official shade tree of the Sailor Senshi, it was feeding
time and much food was consumed, mostly by Ranma and Usagi. Minako kept
giving guilty glances to Ranma between bites of her bento.
"Minako, why did you tell the coach about me?" Ranma opened his lunch from
the cafeteria.
"I know how good you are. With you on the team, we can't lose! We are so
close to winning the championship." Minako pleaded, "C'mon, at least you can
come to practice today."
Akane sat closer, "I'd like to try. Can I come to practice too?"
"Sure, why not? How are you at playing volleyball?"
Akane used to be clumsy, but since her intense martial arts training in the
last few months, she had developed a grace that only a true warrior could
attain. "I think I can do it."
"Great! Well, see you at practice and if you and Ranma, er... Ranko are good
enough we can get you on the team."
Ranma shook his head. Akane was excited, Ranma gave a little smile back at
Akane, if she was there, then maybe it wouldn't be so bad. Ranma looked over
to Makoto, "Makoto, I was wondering. Could you show Akane some of your
recipes and give her some pointers in the kitchen?"
Akane stopped being excited and wondered what mallet she should produce.
Should she use the large one? The medium sized one? Or shall she just rely
on random chance and grab the first one she can find in mallet space.
Makoto clasped her hands together, "Why I'd love to. Akane, wanna come to my
place after practice and help me cook dinner?"
"I'd love to!" Akane was overjoyed. She closed the portal to mallet space.
Ranma didn't need to die today.
"Wanna help... Ranko?" Makoto gave a cute smile.
Ranma held his hands under his face in a girlish pose. He spoke with an air
of sarcasm, "Oh but of course! Akane can't survive in the kitchen without
me!" He batted his eyes.
Akira called out, "See he really is gay!" He ran off with his friends.
Ranma closed his eyes and gritted his teeth. "ARGH!" He thought, "Leave me
alone will you." Ranma shot a glance at the sky for any sign of a
cloudburst. He was still dry, for now. "Whew!"
A water balloon almost hit Ranma. Akane caught it and threw it back to Yoshi
and got him soaked.
"Thanks Akane."
Akane gave a knowing smile, "Don't mention it Ranko!" She should have let
him get soaked on purpose. But for some reason she felt good protecting him
for a change.
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Gym class came and went. True to the teacher's word, there was an extra
shower stall away from the main gym that was reserved for coaches and Ranma
had complete use of it in private. He used his Senshi sense to make sure
that no one was around and he took his shower. He was glad that he could
retain at least a fragment of his dignity. He saw the coach confiscate the
squirt gun that Yoshi tried to sneak near Ranma during the morning
calisthenics. Juuban High School, he liked it here.
Ranma finished his shower and hit himself with a splash of cold water from
the shower before turning it off. Ranko dried herself off and put on her
female gym uniform. She put on the knee and elbow pads and grabbed her gym
bag. It was time to try women's volleyball. She thought, "How did I allow
Minako to talk me into this?"
Ranko went to the gymnasium where the indoor volleyball court was. She met
up with all the other girls. Minako introduced Ranko to her teammates. Ranko
could tell the team wasn't that thrilled at seeing Ranko and Akane at
practice. It took a few minutes for Ranko to realize that for her to join
the team, someone had to get bumped. She wasn't very comfortable with that
thought. Minako and the coach must really want to win the championship if
they wanted to bring Ranko in the mid-season.
"Ok, Ranko, you are on my side. Akane, go on the other side. Let's see what
you can do." Minako took her position near the rear to serve the ball. The
coach blew the whistle and the game began.
In seconds Akane smacked the ball back over the net. Yuka hit the ball back
and Yoko tossed it to Akane who slammed it again over the net to Ranko.
Ranko ran forward and smacked the ball with just a hint of ki to add speed.
Akane saw through that and ran up to the net and slammed it back.
Ranko yelled, "KACHUU TENSHIN AMAGURIKEN" and quickly threw the ball back at
Akane. Akane shouted, "KACHUU TENSHIN AMAGURIKEN" as well and the two girls
bounced the ball at each other in such a high-speed fashion that the ball
was nothing more than a solid white blur.
Minako's jaw dropped. The coach was getting whiplash watching the ball being
pummeled back and forth between the combatants. Akane started throwing the
ball in random directions around the net but Ranko was moving quickly to
catch and throw the ball back and increased the pace. Ranko then leapt up to
try to get a height advantage but Akane jumped as well. Akane hit the ball
beyond Ranko's reach and it flew over her head, beyond the back of the
court, out of bounds and through the back wall.
Ranko spun around to see where the ball went and cried out in joy when she
saw that Akane caused a foul. "I win!" She jumped up and down for joy.
Akane caught her breath. "Let's do that again!"
The coach dropped the ball he was holding. Minako couldn't believe what she
saw. The other team members were looking at the volleyball shaped hole in
the wall. The team encircled Ranko and Akane and cheered. The coach slowly
turned to Minako, "You say they are from Nerima? We should get some more
players from there."
Minako ran over to Ranko and Akane, "Welcome to the team!"
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Ranma, Akane, and Makoto walked together to Makoto's apartment. Makoto had
heard that the two made the volleyball team, "It's great! I knew Juuban had
a decent shot, but now with you two, we can't lose!"
Akane felt so proud of herself, "Minako couldn't stop dancing around. The
coach was already picking out the place in the school trophy case where he
wanted the trophy to sit."
Ranma was more interested in another matter, "I'm just concerned that I
might be disqualified. After all, I'm a guy. Guys can't be on a women's
team."
Makoto wasn't that concerned, "Well, isn't that why Minako had you join the
team as Ranko. I mean, you are a girl when you change."
"Yeah, and if someone hits me with hot water on the court, I will look
stupid in my uniform."
"That's why we'll have bottles of cold water handy. Besides, hot water is a
lot harder to come by."
"Don't remind me." Ranma paused, "Oh man, not them again." He turned around
and saw the pervert squad trying to hide behind a bush.
Ranma turned to Akane, "It's those jerks again." Ranma pretended not to
notice them. They came out of their hiding place and started following Ranma
again. Ranma opened his gym bag. He started rummaging through it. He found a
smaller bag inside and gave a smile.
Akane glanced at Ranma's small bag. "What are you going to do?"
He gave an evil smile, "I'm a warrior of love and justice aren't I? Time for
some justice." He spun around and ran to the pervert squad and had all three
knocked unconscious in less than two seconds. He stood over the bodies and
looked up at the nearest tree. He looked down at the three and produced his
small purse and camera from his backpack. "Yes, time for a little justice."
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"No Akane, that's vinegar." Makoto just couldn't believe how Akane couldn't
follow simple directions. She wanted Akane to try cooking a casserole, but
just greasing the pan properly seemed to be beyond her. She decided to have
her bake a cake, but she kept confusing the salt and the sugar. Now, she was
teaching her a simple vegetable stir-fry and she tried to use vinegar
instead of cooking oil in the wok. The only thing that Akane seemed capable
of doing was boil water. She at least seemed to have mastered that skill.
Ranma was sitting on the couch. He was already malleted twice for critiquing
Akane's cooking and decided to stay out of the battleground known as the
kitchen. He was preparing himself for the final attack, the meal itself.
"ARGH!" Makoto wanted to pound her head into the wall. Akane cut up the
vegetables so violently that she sliced up the cutting board and mixed the
wood with the celery. "Akane! That was my best cutting board!"
"I guess it was defective." Akane shrugged.
"It was not defective! I've had that board for two years." Makoto was
frustrated.
Akane got discouraged. She put down the cutting knife and slumped on a
kitchen stool. She slowly started to cry. "I'm sorry. I... I..."
Ranma heard Akane's words and came to her side. Akane looked up to him, "Oh
Ranma... I'm such a failure." She put her head into Ranma's chest. "I want
to be a good wife."
Ranma held her and gave her a hug. Makoto felt guilty for yelling at Akane.
She picked up the ruined cutting board and watched it completely
disintegrate in her hands.
Makoto looked at Akane and then examined the cutting board pieces. "Akane,
why did you hit the board so hard?"
Akane paused for a moment and pressed the side of her head into Ranma's
chest. "I was just trying to cut the vegetables like you asked."
Makoto kept looking at the board fragments. "You only need just a hint of
pressure with the knife to cut a carrot. You really need to control your
strength." Makoto went to a lower cabinet and got the spare cutting board.
She had an idea and wanted to see if it would work. "Akane, come here."
Akane looked up at Ranma who smiled a smile of encouragement. Akane stood
next to Makoto. Makoto took a carrot and placed it on the cutting board. She
held the knife. "Now, as a martial artist, I always must keep focus and
control. I must only use just enough force to defeat my opponent." She made
a gentle strike and cut the carrot in two. "Now, you try."
Akane took the knife that Makoto offered. Akane looked at the two carrot
halves. Makoto stood behind Akane. She whispered, "Keep control to defeat
your opponent. Now, cut the carrot."
Akane cleared her mind and thought of what a carrot really was. Soft, weak
and it won't move. She brought down the knife and cut one of the pieces in
two without damaging the cutting board. "I did it!"
Makoto wasn't convinced yet. "Let's do that again!"
"Again! Again! Again!"
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A very full Ranma finally was able to utter, "Now THAT was a meal!"
Makoto got up to start cleaning up the table. "Yes it was. Everything was
delicious."
Akane still couldn't take her eyes off the salad bowl. She still destroyed
the vegetable stir-fry, but she was able to master the art of a salad. It
was a step in the right direction. Someday, Akane was going to learn to
cook. She may never be as good as Makoto. But she was going to make her
mother and her husband proud.
"Well, thanks for having us over." Ranma got up. He thought about visiting
his mother again, but he decided to do it tomorrow right after school. He
was just too stuffed, which for Ranma was an accomplishment in itself.
The Saotomes went out the door to walk home. Ranma wondered whatever
happened to the perverts.
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Yoshi, Akira and Kato were hanging from a tree. The fireman in the cherry
picker alongside them was examining the rope that held them in place. The
fireman was wondering how in the world did anyone carry these three people
up so high. The fireman assured the group that they will be cut down in due
time, "Don't worry miss, we'll have you down shortly."
The three men shot a collective icy stare at the fireman. The three had
their hair done in bows, full makeup applied including lipstick, blush and
mascara. There was a sign hanging below them reading, "Bad girls. Yoshiko,
Kako-chan and Akirako."
On the ground was large cardboard sign with their phone numbers. Ranma was
able to find the information from their wallets. Hanging around Nabiki
actually did help in Ranma's training.
The three called out, "Ranma Saotome! Prepare to DIE!"
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Author's Notes: None right now.
Bill Heineman
November 18, 2002
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bur...@contrabandent.com
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