<div class="floatleft">(http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/8853/mariheadshot.jpg)</div><br/><br/><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: monotype corsiva;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 15pt;"><strong> Mari, Akane, Ukyo, and Cologne </strong></span><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>- Behind the Gymnasium  Watching Ranma and Shinji Battle</strong></span></span></div><br/><hr/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: JasmineUPC;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;">  Mari  stood with Akane listening as she was about to tell her about Ranma when out of no where she turned and yelled out a warning to the one the Headmaster warned her and Shinji of. It appeared that Shinji was really taking to heart this whole "teach Ranma a lesson" thing. Either that or he just really had some kind of grudge against the guy.  It was a decent fight and entertaining to watch. The background fight with the Blue Thunder guy was soon forgotten as Ranma and Shinji's drama ridden fight had started. When another female spoke up about Ranma she turned to look at the person. They were a bit feminine but wearing a male uniform. Maybe it was a guy who just had that sort of look or maybe he was into guys from the way he talked about Ranma. She gave "him" a smile and then looked back at Akane again.<br/><br/><strong>"He may have a poi---"</strong><br/><br/>She had started to speak to Akane when an older sounding voice started speaking. <br/><br/><em>Son-in-Law? Wasn't he a bit young to be married?</em><br/><br/>Pushing her fingers back through her auburn hair she looked back to the fight again, watching intently as Shinji promptly showed Ranma just how he felt about him. With that kind of fury built up and passion in his attacks, she had to wonder if maybe it was personal. Shinji had mentioned something in the office but she hadn't really understood. It was starting to become clearer now. She bit at the inside of her cheek and kept her eyes trained on each movement of the attacks. Wind and air pressure. Interesting. <br/><br/><em>Maybe Ranma married the girl that Shinji loved or maybe he married Shinji's betrothed. A lover scorned and left to the wayside. It could happen.</em><br/><br/>Mari didn't know who this  Lei Bao person was but she thought she saw someone Akane called Shampoo cuddled up to Ranma earlier. Maybe Shampoo was Shinji's love. She frowned visibly at her own thoughts and sighed a little speaking out loud without realizing.<br/><br/><strong>"Poor Shinji."</strong></span></span>