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                            ONE OF THOSE DAYS
                             by Dreamspinner
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A quick guide:<br>                                    
R = Ranma            N = Nodoka        <thoughts>      
(actions)<br>
On with the story...
     
      It was a sunny afternoon, which Ranma-chan knew she had to
be at least a little grateful for. Her soaked clothes dried a lot
faster, which was good since she'd never appreciated the curious
stares from other people as she dripped water all over the
place.
     Right now though, it didn't matter, since the Tendo home was
only a few feet away ............ Make that none. She twisted the
knob and let herself in.
 
     
N: Good afternoon, Ra- (looks up, eyes flicker for an instant
when she sees that Ranma is in female form) Ranma.
R: (surprised) <I guess I'm still not used to this mother
business.> Good afternoon, okaasan. (takes a kettle from the
stove and pours hot water on herself, watching his mother's
reaction out of the corner of his eye).
N: So how was your day?
R: (shrugs) Fine...pretty dull.
N: Where's Akane?
R: Went off with Ryo-- P-chan 'cos she wanted to get the "poor
pig" away from me. (takes a big bite out of sandwich Nodoka has
prepared).
N: P-chan? Ahhh, now I remember. He's Akane's pet pig, right?
Where did you find him?
R: Oh...he appeared after Akane and me kicked Kuno's butt into
orbit.
N: (sternly) Watch the language. Why did you and Akane
ah...decline Tatewaki's company?
R: He was hitting on both of us. (stops himself) Sorry, Mom.
N: (smiles a little indulgently) Why was he associating with the
two of you?
R: Actually, it was only me at first, when he saved me from the
alligator. But Akane called out while she was looking for me
so...
N: (alarmed) Did I hear you right? An alligator?
R: Yeah, Mr. Turtle. (laughs shortly) Fitting name, huh?
N: .................... (looks confused)
R: He's Kodachi's pet. Who by the way just stood
there laughing and twirling her ribbon while I floundered in
their pond.
N: A pond? How on earth did you come to fall in their pond?
R: That was by pure chance. I guess Ryoga was really depressed
because the shishi hokodan he used on me was strong wnough to
send me there.
N: Oh, I'm sure Ryoga would never do anything like that.
R: If he was normal, I'd agree with you. But Ryoga has the
biggest chip on his shoulder, and he was upset over the way I was
treating Akane - blah, blah the usual. Problem was, I was running
away from a group of women when he caught me, so they were able
to pull a few punches on me too.
N: But what reason did the women have to follow you?
R: It was all that pervert Happosai's fault. I was chasing him
when he started stealing underwear, so the girls all thought I
was the thief.
N: That makes sense. But why were you chasing Happosai? You know
that's showing disrespect to your father's teacher.
R: What was I supposed to do? He cried out that he had
Akane's panties!
N: (scandalized) Nooo!
R: He sure did! Just when I was sneaking away from Shampoo
and Mousse, too.
N: Shampoo? Mousse? Why were you sneaking away from them?
R: Well, I thought I better; while Shampoo was lecturing him
on his attacks, you know.
N: Attacks?
R: Yeah. After Shampoo had changed back into a person, she threw
herself at me. Mousse saw, got jealous, and launched his chain
weapons at me. (adds quickly) I was able to dodge them of course.
N: What do you mean after Shampoo had changed herself back
into a person?
R: She was a cat when I met her today. (shudders) While she was
running after me, we got somehow to the Neko Hanten and Cologne
temporarily paralyzed me with her staff. Then she poured hot
water on her to change her back.
N: Cats, eh? Your father told me about your phobia.
R: It's not exactly a phobia.
N: Oh? (gives him a hard look)
R: OK...so I sorta (lowers head)...almost ran around Nerima.
N: (tries to hide smile) Where was the starting point?
R: Ucchan's. (pauses) No, wait a minute. I was never actually in
the restaurant. Ukyo just through the okonomiyaki through the
doorway 'cos Shampoo was standing in the way.
N: How sweet... You came to visit your friend.
R: Welllll...not really. I just wanted some food plain and simple
after Ms. Hinako managed to suck some of my chi.
N: Your history teacher?! They do that?
R: (smiles a little) No, just Ms. Hinako. I was at the school
clinic sick, but she thought I was faking it and cutting
classes.
N: School clinic? Are you alright? (feels forehead worriedly)
R: (gently pushes hand away) I'm fine, Mom. Akane just whacked me
a good one, that's all.
N: Ranma! What did you do this time?
R: Nuthin', I swear! The girl's just hyper-sensitive. I told Kuno
while we were fighting this morning that he could have her if he
wanted her.
N: Fighting with Kuno again? You should learn not to bully
him so. 
R: Me? The bully? Why he's the one who challenged me!
N: I didn't know that.
R: Yep, as soon as we arrived at school. It was a real
piss-off because we were late as it was.
N: (leans back) Well...you sure had an exciting day!
R: Nah. It was boring actually.
===THUD!!!===
R: Mom? What happened?! Mom? Mom? Mooom....