Evil that Men Do

Chapter 3A:

Strategy and Friendships


Disclaimer: I do not own these characters, please do not sue me as I have even less than you.

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Furikan High ,Principal's office:

	Principal Kuno was deep in thought. He had to figure out a way to restore order to his 

school before he lost control of his students. Ever since Ranma had decided to become an actual

'student', the real students had begun to act strangely. Some would go on prolonged weeping jags,

while others periodically started laughing uncontrollably. Because of this, it seemed evident to

the Principal that the cause of all his woes was, as always, Ranma Saotome. It occurred to him that

he had two choices, either find a way to turn Ranma back into the dense layabout he'd always been,

or find a way to remove him from his school for enough time to wrest control of his school once

again. Since he was able to admit in the relative privacy of his own mind that changing Ranma

back might possibly take some effort, he searched his mind for a way to get rid of Ranma. The

elder Kuno's eyes lit up as his eyes fell upon the leaflet that his vice-principal had placed on his

desk, never knowing the trouble he would inadvertently be causing. There, laying peacefully on

his desk, was the answer to all his problems. Picking it up as one would pick up a much prized

possession, he read the heading with a happy grin. "Give a student a taste of your education,
 
join da student exchange program! He He, Ranma be getting da big heave ho now!"

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	"Ranma Saotome! I be needing you to report to da principal's office! I got a great big

announcement to be making to you."


Everyone in the classroom turns around to stare at Ranma, wondering what the principal wanted

with Ranma, and how it would affect them. And as was usually the case, one person broke the

silence with a question which, by now, was made quite by rote.


"Ranma, what have you done now?" Akane asked accusingly.


Ranma turned to look at her, and for a brief moment, she could see some sort of emotion pass 

across his face. However, it passed much too soon for her to understand what it was, and then

he simply looked at her with his usual arrogance. "Hey, I didn't do anything to that idiot!" He

stops to grin bemused. "Besides, it's not like the Kunos' need anything so mundane as a reason

to do anything."

Akane tries  but cannot contain her surprise, "M..Mundane?"

"Yeah, that's the word...why?"

"Ummm....no reason, just making sure that was what you said." Akan tried to sound calm, but 

inside, she was in turmoil. This new Ranma was smarter, more polite, and less aggravating , yes, 

but she couldn't help but think that this new Ranma wasn't hers...and that this new Ranma might 

not need her. Of course she could never admit this to anyone much less come to grips with it 

herself. So she was reduced to worrying while she watched the boy she had begun to take for

granted change and grow, not knowing what caused it, or how to make him stay with her when he

finished. Akan was brought out of her reverie by Ranma. "Huh? Oh nothing...just daydreaming...

shouldn't you be on your way to Principal Kuno's office?" As Ranma grimaced, and then jumped

up and headed for the door, Akan once again began to think about the past week. She no longer

knew how to handle Ranma. Now when he made her mad and she tried to mallet him, he would 

dodge, or just take away her mallet. It had begun to bother her a little to be around him, although

she wasn't afraid, that idiot pervert didn't scare her! However, she was hesitant to argue with him

just yet, since she no longer knew how he would react. She'd have liked to talk to her family or 

Ukyo about this, but they all seemed to agree that Ranma had changed for the better. Genma was

happy because Ranma treated him with a modicum of respect, as was Auntie Nadoka. Even Nabiki

seemed content with the new Ranma, ever since he agreed to periodically pose for her so she could

pay for the repairs that in evidently were always needed. In fact, Akan was the only one in all of 

Nerima who wasn't at least a little happy that Ranma had, as was the popular term, 'grown up'. That

bothered her. Was she so insecure that she couldn't stand to see Ranma become a better person?

Did she need so badly to know she was so much better than him at something? Was she so selfish

that she needed him to stay the same forever so that she could feel comfortable? At this last 

thought, the whole world went black, and her forehead hit her desk with a dull thud, the result of

too much use of a usually unused brain.

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Principal's office, again:

	"You wanted to talk to me Principal?" Ranma inquired, glancing warily around the room,

as if for enemies.


	"Yeah I did boy, da big Kahuna had some big big news for you! As you know, your 

strange  behavior has upset da balance of dis school....."


	"What do you mean strange behavior? I've been paying attention in class, and acting like 

any other student!" interrupted a rather irritated Ranma.


	"Exactly, you've caused an upheaval in dis school dat only I, your loving principal, can 

fix. And  fix it I shall, in fact dat's why I've called you in here boy, to fix da problem you've 

brought upon  us." With this said a beaming Principal gazes over at a slightly less impressed 

Ranma.


	"You're gonna fix me? How, by trying to give me a bowlcut? That seems to be your 

answer for  everything anyway." 


	"No no boy, I never said I'd fix you, you're da problem. I said I'd fix da school, and I'll do 

dat by removing...da problem."


	"What?! You're gonna try to get rid of me? But you can't expel me..I haven't even done 
anything!"


With that the principal smiled and handed over a leaflet to Ranma. Ranma glanced down at it, 

looked at the principal and then read the paper, face growing pale as realization dawned. 


	"You're..sending me to another school?"


	"Yeah, you start next Monday, and you're attending Juuban High School. I chose dat one 

because I know dat your mother lives dere, so you can't get out of it by saying you have no place to 

live. I told you I'd solve da problem. No Ranma, no problem."


After saying that, the principal rings his vice-principal, and has a still shell shocked Ranma led 

from his office.


	"Hmmmm....dat wasn't so hard, I wish I could've done dat ages ago. Now dat's he's gonna 

be in Juuban...DA BOWL CUT FOR EVERYONE! HA HA HA"

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The hallway:

	"Oh crap, how am I gonna explain this to Akan?"

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Cafeteria at Juuban High School:

	
	"You're going to leave? Why? Are you mad at me?"


Molly looked over at her best friend Serena, smiling disarmingly.


"Of course I'm not mad at you, Serena. You're my best friend, I just feel as if this would 

be fun to do. I'll be back in a few weeks anyway."

	
	"Oh, well, I'm gonna miss you soooo much, Nerima is just so far away. Why couldn't you 

have been exchanged to Rei's private school? What are you gonna do at your new house? Where 

are you gonna live?"


	Molly paused as she tried to sort out all that Serena had just said. Satisfied that she  knew

what Serena wanted to know, she answered her. "Furikan High was the only school left, I'm going

to study and try to make new friends..(pausing as Serena's eyes fill with tears).. but none as great

as you, and I'm gonna live at my Uncle Tofu's house."


	"Oh, well do you promise to call me everyday?" Serena asks, feeling better when Molly

nods, "Then that's ok. Oh! Do you know who's supposed to be coming here in your place?"


	"Not really, I just know it's some boy who got into some trouble at Furikan. Probably 

some delinquent who likes to fight."


	"Oh, well then, we better keep Makoto away from him..." giggles Serena


	"Yeah, I don't even want to think about how she'd react if she found out, or worse

decided she liked him." Molly says faking a shudder. The two of them laugh then, having no

idea that before this was through, they would witness both of these scenarios, and worse.


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NEXT TIME:

	Ranma tells his family(read: Akane)that he's leaving, and moving in with his mom.
	Sailors encounter a new fighter.


Well, that's the end of Chapter 3A. 
I decided to break this chapter into
 pieces. I, after all, am not Zen, no 
million mile chapters for me. Still not 
certain who Ranma will end up with
cause I like them all. Well, I'm droning
so, C&C's are welcome. Flames will be
used to line my bird cage.

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