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Chapter Four
Of
Beauty and the Beast:
Ranma � Style!
By: T & I
And this time, our story starts with the happenings of the �mysterious� household.
Ranma came in, looking exhausted. He had just said goodbye to, like, the billionth traveler who had stopped by their �hospitable looking castle� for a rest before continuing on his journey. It was so hard to come across girls these days. As he walked in, he found everyone (Well� everyone that was� how should we say? Important?) in the kitchen discussing that exact matter. �Perfect!� he thought sarcastically.
Ukyo: >With an annoyed expression on< � at all my okonomiyaki! That stuff doesn�t just grow on trees, ya know! >Huffs<
Shampoo: Yes! They sleep in Shampoo�s bed to too much! >Cute little angry pout< Annoy very Shampoo very much! No deserve to live after shame Shampoo quarter!
Ryoga: >Agreeing with Shampoo< Yeah! They started petting and playing with Shampoo and me like we were mere pets!
Ranma: >Surprising everyone �Cause everyone was caught up in the conversation< Oh yeah! And that last guy, he wouldn�t stop hitting on me! >Shudders<
Mousse: That�s it! We have to do something about this! We could make this castle scary, or just not let �
Ukyo: >Interrupting Mousse< That�s it!
Mousse: >A mad look on his face< Hey! I just said that! (A/n: He was referring to �That�s it!�)
Ukyo: No, Mousse! I was talking about your idea of making the house scarier!
Mousse: >Looking surprised< I actually had a good idea that someone listened to?
Ryoga: >� Not listening to Mousse�< Yeah! We can make it look abandoned and run down. We can also put ivy on the walls and plant more trees around to make it look dark and gloomy. >Starts looking really excited and foams at the mouth�<
Ukyo: >Looking a little worried< Honey, you�re foaming again� >Pauses as Ryoga wipes his mouth and gives her an apologetic look< And don�t trees take a long time to grow?
Ryoga: Yes they do� But Ranma and I can make �em grow faster! (A/n: Don�t ask Iee how� She asked Tee who wrote this section � who didn�t have a clue as to how Ranma and Ryoga could make them grow faster� But ask Tee if you�re interested� [email protected])
Ranma: Yup! And I can get Pops to stand out and scare people in the meantime!
Ukyo: Brilliant!
Shampoo: Shampoo think might work!
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Back at to the Tendos�
As Akane struggled with her box of possessions (A/n: Yup! It only took 1 box to contain Akane�s stuff�) up the stairs to their loft, she thought of what job possibilities were open for her. Her dad had said that she and her sisters would need to find jobs to support the family, but Akane hadn�t really thought about it until now.
She knew that she couldn�t be a teacher at the local school, her temper wouldn�t permit it. Also, she had never really had much contact with little children. She loved them enough � maybe more enough � but she was never really good with handling them. Suddenly, a thought popped into Akane�s head that she liked very much until she realized it wasn�t a good option. She had wanted to be a librarian (A/n: Well she has to act somewhat like Belle.). But because their town was tiny, it had a little library which needed only one librarian, which they already had. Even if they needed another one, the pay would be extremely low because hardly anyone went to the library.
Then again, there was that restaurant that they passed on their way to town, and according to the other townspeople, it had just opened and doing badly. They had a big sign out front saying that they need help.
Akane�s thoughts were interrupted as she heard a yelp of pain from the bottom of the stairs. Akane hurried to the landing above the stairs to see who was hurt this time. Surprisingly, she found Kasumi lying on the floor with a pained look plastered on her face.
All thoughts of frustration from finding a job vanished from her mind as Akane rushed down to see if her sister was okay.
Akane: >Worried< Oh no! Kasumi! What happened?!
Kasumi: I was carrying up this big box of all our clothes and I accidentally tripped. I thought I could carry it by myself and save you all the trouble�
Akane: It�s okay! Really! We would have been more than glad to help you Kasumi! Now were does it hurt?
Kasumi: >Shrugging slightly< All over my ankle�
Akane: Um� I think you sprained it! I�ll go tell dad and then we�ll take you to the carriage to the village doctor. I hear the local doctor is really nice and talented!
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Ranma: >As if the 100th time< Come on, Pop! All you gotta do is stand out in da front and scare people away! It�s not that hard� >Smirks and looks over at Genma � who is currently in panda form<
Genma: [But pandas aren�t scary!] >Flips sign< [They�re cute and cuddly!]
Ranma: Alright then! Then wear a scary mask that�ll scare people away!
Genma: [Alright. Then can I borrow yours?]
Ranma: >Confused< My what?
Genma: [The mask you�re wearing right now.]
Ranma: >Angry� very angry, and trying to contain it< Oh very funny! Now GO!
Genma: >Laughing� as much as pandas can< [Buh- bye son!]
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When the Tendo family had made their way to the local doctor, they found he wasn�t present. Soun was devastated that his �little Kasumi angel� had to wait to be healed. They left a note asking him when he came back to look at Kasumi�s ankle. Soon after, Soun set off the next day in the morning into the forest known as Jusenkyo to get to the next village for another doctor.
While he left, Kasumi, Nabiki, and Akane were to wait here if the doctor came back and keep Kasumi resting.
Later that evening, the local doctor returned. He saw the note and hurried to the Tendo house. Arriving there, he was greeted with an ever up-beat, happy-go-lucky Kasumi who was slightly limping saying, �Oh hello! You must be Dr. Tofu! Thank you for coming all this way to look at my sprained ankle!� After getting over his initial shock of this very beautiful young lady greeting him (A/n: Yes, we�re both KasumixTofu fans.), he said his hellos and got to work.[1]
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At the castle in Jusenkyo Forest�
Ranma woke to a loud WHAM! With a feeling of despair, Ranma climbed out of bed. He crept into the main hall and past the rooms of his friends into the courtyard with stealth ninja�s would be envious of. Suddenly, there came a very fast moving shadow making its way towards Ranma. AAAAAHHHH!!!
Ranma: >Pants from loud yelling. After takes a good look at the �shadow�< What the hell?! Pops?! What are you doing here?!?! It�s 2 o�clock in the morning!
Genma: >Still in panda form< [What�s it look like?] >Flips the sign< [I�m scaring away all the people.]
Ranma: >Face kind of like a O_o< But there�s no people�
Genma: [See what a good job I�m doing?] >Looks smug<
Ranma: >Face faults<
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[1] In this fanfic, Dr. Tofu�s glasses don�t fog up when he first sees her. You�ll see why later. =]
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A/N: And here's Chapter 4! Wow! Two chapters in one day! =D
