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Chapter 5

"I see… I can see how that might give her the wrong impression of men," Kaito said as he stared across the room at Nabiki, who was finishing informing him of some of the daily events in Narima.

"Yep," she said as she finished the box of chocolates that Kaito had given her. Seeing as he could no longer drink coffee, he decided to substitute one addiction for another, sweets being the easiest to get his hands on.

"Well thank you for informing be of this Nabiki. Do you think I could use your bath, I think I might have caught a cold yesterday?" he said as he began to feel the scratchy feeling again.

"Sure, help yourself," she said as she began to get up and leave.

"Could I ask you to warm up the water for me Nabiki?" he asked as he pulled out a 5,000-yen bill from his wallet and offered it to her.

She snatched the bill as soon as she saw it and gave him a smile, "Of course, what was I thinking, you are a guest after all!"

As she left, Kaito began to scratch at his hand. He focused on the itchy sand like sensation until something happened, a small light appeared directly above his hand. "What the heck?"

He waved his hand around until it disappeared, and then tried to summon the curious light again. It took some doing but he was finally able to summon it back again. The last time he checked, this was not normal, he began to play with the small ball by making it appear and disappear at will.

"Could this be chi? It could also be magic. I'll really have to test this out soon," he thought as he finished playing with the light and made it disappear.

He quickly made it to the bathroom, and after placing his clothes in the hamper, he began to wash himself.

Just as he was going to put some shampoo in his hair, he heard the sound of the door sliding open. Turning to the side he saw Ranma in her female form walking in.

He took one look at her and then turned back to applying shampoo. "Hey Ranma, how was your spar with Akane?" he said without worry. This was not the first time they had seen each other naked after all. After two weeks of constantly traveling with the shapeshifting boy they had visited a number of bath-houses and hot-springs, so they had all seen each other naked plenty of times. The key, was to not make a big deal out of it, or else they would both start to feel awkward.

"It was all right," she said as she began to wash herself too. She was also happy that her friend didn't think of her like a girl, even when she changed genders, to him he was always just Ranma.

"Was she any good? Nabiki said that she mostly does it to keep in shape, and take care of any boy problems," he said with his eyes closed to make sure that soap didn't get in.

Ranma dumped a bucket of cold water on herself, "Ah, that's cold! She's okay, but nowhere close to any real martial artist. Hey pass the soap?"

"Huh? Yeah, sure," the blonde said as he fumbled around for the soap and passed it to her. He then filled the bucket with water and got rid of the shampoo on his head.

"So, is she the one you choose to be your fiancé? Hey Ranma, wash my back," Kaito said as he turned around facing the other way.

Ranma did as requested and began to wash her friends back, "I didn't say that. I already told you that I want no part in this hole engagement thing."

"Well yeah, but tell me the truth, if you had to choose one of them, who would it be? Turn around, I'll wash your back," the delinquent looking boy decided to push the issue.

Turning around Ranma decided to remain quiet. Normally washing a girl's body would be Kaito's dream come true, but he just couldn't see Ranma that way. After spending so much time together, they were each other's best friends, and best friends didn't perv on each other, like that. Well, that wasn't true, Kaito could still admire the female body in front of him, but the sexual feeling that usually accompanied such thought was gone.

Once they were both finished they stood up and walked to the bath, not bothering to cover themselves up, Kaito because he had nothing to be ashamed about, and Ranma because she had no sense of female modesty.

Kaito submerged completely into the and watched as Ranma got in, changing back into her male form.

"I'm still kind of curious about how the curse works," Kaito commented.

"What do you mean?" Ranma asked, since he thought it was pretty straight forward. Cold water equals girl and warm water equals boy.

"Well, I mean, does the curse reset your female form to the beginning, or does it age alongside you. You've been a girl for what? Two weeks right. So, have you had 'it' yet?" the blonde boldly asked genuinely curious.

"'It'. What's 'it'?" Ranma asked confused.

"You know. A visit from Aunt Flo, on the rag, lady business, that time of the month, the crimson tide, the red badge of courage," he said trying to think of all of the terms for period without say it outright.

The black-haired boy just looked at his friend like he was crazy, "What are you talking about? You know I don't have an Aunt named Flo. Also, I've never gotten a badge for being brave before, didn't even know that was a thing?"

Kaito didn't know what to say as he stared at his friend with his mouth open, "Nope. I'm not going to be the one explaining this. I think I'll get out first." He went to get up, but Ranma got up as well.

"Hey, Kaito, you can't just say that. If it's important, then you have to tell me," Ranma said, since by the way that Kaito was avoiding the subject, it must have some bigger meaning.

"Naw man, go ask your father, better yet go ask Kasumi, she looks like the most helpful of the girls," Kaito said as he sat back inside the tub now that Ranma was getting out.

Before Ranma could once again question what he meant, they both turned to look at the door that slid open. There at the entrance was Akane with only a towel covering her front.

'Oh shit,' thought Kaito as the three stared awkwardly at each other. 'Wait! Get yourself together Kaito, this is the moment that all your otaku training has been preparing you for. Secret Gentleman Technique: Eroge Flag!'

Coughing into his fist, Kaito closed his eyes and put on the most disarming smile he could muster, "Oh hello Akane. Ranma was just getting out. Come in, the water is still warm, I'll wash your back for you if you want."

Apparently, she didn't because she calmly closed the door and left.

"Right. I'll need to work on that technique later. Come one Ranma we better get dressed too before she-"

"AAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaa…"

"-screams," the blonde finished his sentence.

They hurriedly put on their change of clothes and then raced down the stairs, just in time to see Akane lift the heavy coffee table above her.

A little bit later, after Nabiki and Kasumi managed to calm down Akane enough so that she wouldn't kill their generous guest, they all sat staring at each other, the Tendo's at one side of the table while their guests were on the other side.

Genma was the first to brake the silence, "Where should I begin, I guess this would be a good place," he said as he lunged for Ranma, planning to throw him into the pond outside. The only problem, was that Kaito had chosen to sit in between them, and as soon as he felt Genma step into his personal space, he sent a fist straight at the elder Saotome, launching him away and into the pond.

Looking at his fist, Kaito was confused, "Huh, that was new, never had that reaction before."

Genma emerged from the water in his panda form, greatly shocking the family.

"Oh right," the blonde said as he grabbed the cup of cold tea in front of him and threw it at Ranma's face, turning her back into a girl. "Who made this tea by the way?"

"I did," confessed Nabiki showing her willingness to get on his good side.

"Oh, thanks. Do you accept tips?" Kaito said as he went to get something from his pocket.

"Sure, do handsome," replied Nabiki.

"Great, here's a tip. Stick to money and leave tea making to your sister," he said giving her a smile and handed Ranma a handkerchief.

"Tch," the second eldest said, after having been tricked.

One boring explanation later and the girls were finally aware of the curses.

"So, what about you Kaito. Did you also get cursed while you were there," Nabiki asked wondering if the blonde turned into something too.

"Sure did, when I get splashed with cold water, I turn into a handsome playboy that is known to please women greatly. Unfortunately, mine is permanent, here let me demonstrate. Kasumi do you mind accompanying me to your room," he said as he began to scoot closer to the eldest daughter but had to duck down to avoid the punch aimed at his head, by the enraged youngest. "Hahaha, take it easy. It was just a joke," he said teasingly as he returned back to his position.

Soun nodded in understanding, "I see! I see no problem them."

Turning to his daughter he began to point and name them, "This is Kasumi the eldest, she is 19. Next is Nabiki, she is 17. And last is Akane, she is 16. Choose one and they will be your fiancé.

Kasumi, proving that she wasn't as dull as she appeared, was the first to throw Akane under the bus. "I think Akane should be chosen, seeing as you two are closer in age."

"What!?" came the indignant reply of the girl in question.

"Since you hate boys, and seeing as Ranma is a girl half the time, it should be the perfect match."

"Why you-"

Clapping her hands together Kasumi gave a warm smile and declared, "Then it's decided. Ranma will marry Akane."

"Stop!"

Everyone then looked at Kaito who had spoken out. "You can not decided that, for you see-" he then pointed to Ranma legs who had yet to turn back into a guy again, "those sexy legs and the rest of her already belong to me."

"Kaito! What the hell are you saying!" Ranma said but was then pulled close to the blonde's chest preventing her from further talking.

Kaito looked at the Tendo family that just looked confused, and continued ignoring the struggling Ranma, "I hate that you had to find this way Akane, but the truth is that Genma engagement me to Ranma too. Worry not however, I will always treasure that moment in the bath forever, in fact I have already engraved it in my mind."

"Die! Pervert!" was the eloquent response he received.

"Please Akane, no need to get violent, our love was just never meant to be," the blonde went on, finally letting go of Ranma who struggled to get air back into her lungs.

"Don't listen to him! He's lying!" the redhead shouted.

"Ooph, how could you Ranma," Kaito said as he stood up and dramatically fell to the ground like a rejected woman. Taking out another handkerchief he whipped imaginary tears from his eyes, "Are you saying that you didn't get me drunk, seduce me, and then proceeded to have your way with me."

"Oh my," Kasumi said as a blush began to spread on her cheeks.

"Truly, what a coward," commented Nabiki with a grin, having caught on to the blonde's little act and wanting to play along.

"Cowardly pervert," Akane looked at Ranma with a blank look.

"Kaito! Stop saying things out of context!" Ranma screamed at her friend that was still whipping away imaginary tears.

"How could you be so cruel Ranma, you stole my first too, boo-hoo," Kaito said continuing his act, enjoying the reaction he was getting from his friend.

"Oh my!"

"Does your cruelty know no limits."

"(Spit to the side)…"

"I even went so far as to buy an engagement ring," he said as he took out the black jewelry box that he found earlier that day. He opened it for all to see, and the girls leaned in closer to get a better look.

"Wow!"

Nabiki summed up all their thought in one word. The ring in question was made out of pure silver with the biggest diamond they had ever seen surrounded by countless smaller diamonds. The ring was easily 100,000 in American dollars.

"If that's how you feel then I don't need this," he said as he snapped the box closed, and threw it outside with enough strength that it disappeared into the streets, but not before secretly slipping the ring into the inside of his sleeve.

"NO!" came the reply of two people. Genma and Nabiki then ran towards the wall and swiftly climbed over it in search for the ring.

Kaito turned to look at the shocked expressions of everyone, "Well that was fun. Do you think I could have more of your tea Kasumi?"

Seeing as they had yet to react he asked, "What? Is there something on my face?"

"You-What? Why?"

"Huh, oh that. That was all a lie," he confessed.

"So you mean the engament-"

"No, that part was true. Genma got me drunk and made a betrothal contract between Ranma's girl half and me. But no worries I already have a team of lawyers working on breaking it," Kaito said before he put on a thinking pose, "Still, that means that currently me and Akane are engaged to the same person. Isn't that awkward."

"…"

"The fiancé of my fiancé, why that practically makes you family," the troublemaker declared as he but on a silly smile. "Come on, family hug!"

"Touch me and you die!"

"Not the hugging type, I get it. Still I hope to be in your care," he said as he bowed to them until his head touched the floor.

"I don't even know where to start," Akane said frustrated, by all the crazy turns that they had gone through in a single evening.

Unknowingly they had all walked into Kaito's plan. By jamming them full of information before they had a chance to fully process it, the matter of the engagement and the bathroom incident were completely forgotten. Now things wouldn't be as weird between Ranma and Akane, and Kaito wouldn't need to worry about his friend being seen as abnormal, only quirky.

"Well I'm going to hit the hay, today has been full of events and I'm ready to go to sleep. Quick question, Kasumi which is your room again? I tend to sleepwalk sometimes and I would hate to get the wrong room-" he was cut off as he dodged a cup being thrown at him by Akane.

"Just go already!"

"No need to be so crabby Akane, after all were practically engaged too. Hahahaha," he laughed as he skipped out of the room, before the angry girl decided to throw more things his way.

Once he was back in his own room, he dropped the silly smile and put on a more serious face, "Now then, I should begin experimenting with this new ability I seem to have gotten. If I'm right about my theory then that means that I can finally start learn that Hidden Weapons Technique."

He summoned back the small ball of energy back again, this time it being a lot easier, and began to try and manipulate it.

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He had practiced chi manipulation until early in the morning. Kaito was now able to expand or condense the small ball of chi at his command and coat his skin with a thin layer of chi.

The blonde had some ideas of some real applications of what he learned so far, but he would need volunteers, both willing and unwilling.

He decided that he might as well get ready for the day. Yesterday he had heard of Genma and Soun talking about making Ranma go to the local High school, a crazy place filled with even crazier people if what Nabiki had told him was true. Naturally Kaito decided that he wanted to go, not because of Ranma, but because it would give him front row seats to all their shenanigans. Last night he had made a quick phone call to the same government worker that would be in charge of making him his new house and told him that he needed to be registered at the local high school.

The agent was quick to respond, saying that it would be taken care of by morning. Kaito found it funny how everyone was so willing to bend backwards just so to keep him pleased.

Walking into the kitchen he say that someone was already up.

Inside was the eldest of the sisters starting to prepare breakfast for the rest of her family.

"Good morning Kasumi," he said as he walked inside the small kitchen, making sure to announce his presence so as to not scare her.

"Oh, good morning Kaito, I am just getting breakfast started so you will have to wait for a while," she said giving him a warm smile and then turned back to preparing the food.

Grinning across the room from her Kaito put on a flirtatious smile, "That's fine I don't mind waiting, the view alone makes up for it."

Kasumi hear that turned around and saw the teasing smile and wiggling of eyebrows from the young blonde. She turned back in a hurry to hide the slight warming of her cheeks, having never had anyone flirt so openly with her before.

She was suddenly very self-conscious of herself, not only was she alone in a room with a male, but he was also very handsome. She tensed as she imagined the leering gazes that he was probably given her at the moment, something that was making her heart beat faster in her chest. While she knew that she didn't show much of an outer figure like most girls her age, she was confident enough in her looks to know that she was at least above average. As she absently started cutting the vegetables she could only imagine what he was thinking about right now, filling the pressure of the gazes as they roamed her body up and down.

Meanwhile, Kaito was looking at a completely different direction from Kasumi, he was in deep thought, 'I should start a company soon if I want to really want to spread my ideas. Only problem is I don't know what type of company I should be making, game, medicine, computers, etc. Oh well it's not that urgent anyways.'

"Ouch!"

Startled out of his thought he turned back to Kasumi as she held her hand having nicked her finger.

He walked behind her, taking out a small tin box from the inside of his usual school uniform. Inside was a variety of things needed for emergencies, such as band-aids, needle and threads, a compass and more. He never left home without such kits, never knowing when something might come up.

"Hear let me help," Kaito insisted as he began to treat the small cut and then placed a band-aid with panda on it. "Are you okay, I noticed that you look a little tense?"

Kasumi looked upped at him, being just one inch shorter than the blonde, a splash of red on her face from accidently cutting herself, "N-no, I'm fine, I just didn't get proper rest is all."

Seeing the blush that the other had Kaito didn't believe that, 'Wait. Could this be another flag? Of course! It seems like my spring time of youth is finally here.' "Are you sure, if you aren't feeling well then let me help in preparing breakfast. I'm sure that our sudden stay here was just as much as a shock to you than to us. I would hate myself if I knew that I was the cause of your deteriorating health," he said with his best charming smile. 'How was that? That was a main protagonist line right there, and they said dating sims were useless.'

"T-that's alright you are a guest-" she began only to be cut off by the blonde again.

"Don't worry about it too much, I'm happy to help. I love to cook, and I don't mean to brag but I have been told that I am actually pretty good at it. Here you still look a little tense," Kaito insisted as he walked behind her and placed his hands on her shoulders.

"What-" Kasumi asked only for Kaito to begin to massaging her shoulders.

"It's just a little massage. I learned it during my travels in China," he explained as he began to rub her shoulders throw her clothes. 'It's a little harder with the clothes on, but this is a good chance experiment with something I was thinking about yesterday. Secret Gentleman Technique: Hands of Buddha!'

Just as she was about to protest, Kasumi let out a small gasp as she felt her sore muscles give way to a pleasant feeling. Kaito was directly injecting small amounts of his chi through his hands and into her muscles, he ran his fingers in the same direction of where he knew the different muscles were in the back. 'Looks like I can numb certain places through the use of chi. I wonder if I could use the Gentle Fist from Naruto like this?' Kaito might be stronger than before, but he was still an Otaku in his heart, so developing techniques similar to some of the anime he had watched was only logical.

Like before he was cut off from his thoughts when he heard a small gasp, Kasumi had closed her eyes enjoying the sensation of his fingers and was breathing only slightly harder than before.

'Time to go in for the kill.' "You still seem a little too tense Kasumi, if you want we could go to your roo-" Kaito was cut off from his proposal as they both heard a crash from outside.

"Ranma! Get up! Your train starts now."

"Damn it Pop! Why did you have to knock me into the pool so early in the morning!"

'The stupid cock-blocking son of a panda!' Kaito thought annoyed.

Kasumi now out of her trance like state was able to compose herself back again and stepped away from the still stunned blonde, "I really should finish having breakfast ready."

"Huh, do you need any help?" Kaito insisted.

"I thank you for the offer but it's not necessary?" she told him with a smile.

"Alright, then. I'm leaving now actually, I need to head to the local high school and finish registering for classes," he backed off as he began to gather his bag.

"Good luck," Kasumi gave him a farewell as she followed him to the entrance.

"Thanks," he said as he finished putting on his shoes, turning back he gave her a slight smirk, "get some rest Kasumi. I would hate if you suddenly caught something, although I wouldn't mind nursing you back to health." He finished by throwing her another flirty look.

Seeing the blush that appeared on the eldest, he turned and walked away looking calm. In his mind he was mentally cheering, 'God damn! I am so cool!'

A/N: So here's another chapter, hope you enjoyed it. So Kaito is a bit of a flirt but doesn't really mean most of his actions, he just does it because it's fun. He is a self-proclaimed ladies-man and will try to flirt with many women, the complete opposite of Ranma.

It's his way of diffusing the tension between certain characters, like Ranma and Akane.

Next chapter will have him going to school, so look forward to it.