Lightning Strikes twice
By Yuffie Valentine
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN?" Lita said to the man. She punched the table, "It's not true!"
"I am sorry Lita, but it is. They weren't your real parents." Her so-called uncle said. She thought he was her uncle up until a few minutes ago. "I know you loved them dearly and they were going to tell you, but they had that plane crash when you were young."
"I know, but if they aren't my real parents, who is?" Lita said. She never thought for one minute that her parents that died so long ago weren't her real parents. "Didn't they love me?"
"They loved you very much. But you were twins. You and your sister. They didn't have enough money to keep both of you, so they said they only would give one away to the nicest couple they could find." Her uncle said, "I went with my sister and her husband the day they picked you up."
"So I have parents and a sister out there?" Lita asked looking into her tea. She thought being a Sailor scout was tough. This news was really shocking for her to handle.
"Well, your real mother was dieing. That was another reason they had to give you up. She pasted away when you were only a few months. I visited your father, he said your sister went on a journey to reclaim herself pride from a boy." Lita's uncle said and pulled out an address, "This is her address. She doesn't know yet. We were hoping you would tell her."
"Why did you wait so long?" Lita asked. She had tears coming to her eyes.
"Lita, don't cry. We waited till you were 16 so you would be able to handle it better." The man said. Lita excused herself and ran out of the room crying. She left the house and kept running. She ran till she couldn't run any more. She looked up. She was right in front of Serena's house.
"What are the odds?" Lita said to herself and went to the door. She was in no condition to be going home. She felt so weak. Sammy came to the door.
"Oh Hi Lita!" Sammy said. "Want me to go get my meatball head sister for you?"
"I HEARD THAT BRAT!" Serena yelled from the top of the stairs. She looked down at Lita and gave a smile. Lita returned it with a sad frown. Serena walked down the stairs and pushed Sammy out of the way.
"Lita, what's wrong?" Serena asked. She led Lita inside. Lita revealed her secret to Serena in the privacy of Serena's room. "Oh Lita, that is nothing to be sad about! You just got a sister!"
"I guess you're right. But she is on some mission for her pride." Lita said, "All I have his her address." Lita looked at the address, it was in Nerima. "Wonder what kind of girl she is?"
"RYOGA YOU JACKASS!" Ukyo yelled and brought her spatula down on Ryoga's head. He flinched. "How could you take that love pill when Akane is out of town?"
"I was hungry!" Ryoga said with a blindfold over his eyes. Ukyo slapped him upside the head. She looked down at her nice dress she had on.
"And how could you let Ranma get out of town when I finally decide to put a get up like this on?" Ukyo screamed.
"Like what?" Ryoga forgetfully pulls down his blindfold. He sees a fuming Ukyo in a pink sundress. He was about to laugh but the love pill kicked in.
"I LOVE YOU!" Ryoga Jumped over the counter, knocking Ukyo down to the floor in a bear hug.
"Oh boy, you are going to get it!" Ukyo said. She pushed Ryoga off and stood up. He got up and hugged her again.
"Ukyo, my love." Ryoga said. Ukyo freed her arms and was about to smack him with her spatula when the door to the store opened. Ukyo growled as the two girls walked in, Ryoga was making a jackass of her in front of her eaters. She pushed him off and put on a big smile.
"Welcome to Ucchan's, I am Ukyo, what may I make you!" Ukyo said in her sweet voice. Serena looked the girl over. She sure had Lita's looks. Sure hair was different style, but same color. Eyes were the same too; their builds were close too.
"Umm, Hi. My name is Lita. I know this is going to sound weird. But I found out that I was adopted when I was young. And they told me I had a sister. That sister happens to be you." Lita said at an alarming speed. She was so nervous. She gave a little laugh to help relief some of it.
"Wha.....?" was all Ukyo could get out. She looked at the girl. She noticed they did look a lot alike. But this was a little shocking. Her father never mentioned another child.
"UKYO WILL YOU MARRY ME!" Ryoga popped up and wrapped his arms around Ukyo's waist. A battle aura grew around Ukyo. She grabbed her battle spatula and used it to peel Ryoga off. Then she raised it and brought it down on him.
"RYOGA! NOT NOW!" Ukyo yelled. She kicked him into a closet and shut the door. She figured he would get lost in there and end up in China.
"Ummm....wow, Lita, she has the same way of dealing with men." Serena said with a laugh. Lita glared down at her.
"Ah..Sorry about that. He is a moron." Ukyo said.
"It's okay!" Lita said. "I know this whole sister thing is a bit much to take in right now, but I am sure if we talk to your father, I mean 'our' father, that everything will be more clear."
Ukyo froze. She hadn't talk to the old man in months. She couldn't tell him that she failed to kill Ranma and Genma. And then got herself re-engaged to him while he had a busload of other girls he was suppose to marry. He would disown her. He had another daughter to marry off, he didn't need Ukyo.
"Ummm..Yeah. Lita. Daddy isn't really someone we want to talk to now. He is kind of..... nuts. He needs his rest and if we bring him into this, it'll push him off the edge. So we have to work it out on our own." Ukyo said and flashed a sweet smile.
"I didn't know about his condition, I'm sorry." Lita bowed her head. "Well maybe we should get to know each other, I'll stay over her for a few days and then you can stay at my place."
"I can't take any trips, I have a business to run. But you are welcome to stay at my place as long as you like." Ukyo said.
"You mean you own this place?" Serena asked.
"Yup, I own it and I am the head chef." Ukyo smiled proudly.
"Wow, a chef? Just like you Lita." Serena said.
"You're a chef too?" Ukyo asked.
"Well, I do a little cooking, but not anything like you. To have your own place you most be the world's best." Lita said. She looked around the restaurant, she always wanted her own. Now she had a sister with one.
"Well if you like to cook, you can help me. Maybe I can teach you a few things." Ukyo said. This would be great. She would have a helper she wouldn't have to pay since it's family and she's training her.
"Oh that would be wonderful." Lita said. Serena looked worried.
"Lita, can I see you out side for a second?" Serena asked. Lita and Serena walked outside.
"What is it Serena?" Lita asked.
"Have you forgotten that you are a Sailor Scout? That you have duties? You can't just take off. Plus school, Lita. Are you going to run all the way to your high-school on the other side of town?" Serena said. Lita looked sad for a minute and then angry.
"Serena, I don't need to be there to be a Sailor Scout. I can be one over here. You forget that I have no one when it comes to family. You do. So do Amy, Mina, Rini, and Raye. I live on my own and it gets lonely." Lita yelled at Serena. "I think I need my sister."
"I see Lita, well, I hope you have fun." Serena said and then ran off crying. It hurt when Lita yelled at her like that.
"Oh, what have I done now." Lita said. Plus she would be leaving Ken and Andy for a while. She would miss them too.
"Lita? Are you alright?" Ukyo asked coming outside. Lita turned and smiled.
"I am fine!" Lita said. Just then Akane and Ranma came thundering down the street. Ranam running for his life and Akane chasing him with a mallet.
"Ranma, you jerk! That was the worst training trip ever!" Akane yelled. She took a swing and missed.
"Hey, I didn't ask you to come, it was your idea." Ranma yelled. He saw Akane winding up for a big swing. Then he also saw that at this rate, if he ducked, the mallet would hit Ukyo and her friend. He launched himself. He took Ukyo in one arm and Lita in the other. The pounced into the restaurant's doorway. Akane swung, missing of course and fell into Ucchan's trashcans.
"Ha ha! Missed me!" Ranma taunted from the floor in Ucchan's. He then felt a slap across his face.
"HANDS OFF!" Lita cried. Ranma had forgotten where his hands were for a second and had placed it on Lita's chest. He fell into the wall.
"Ouch." Ranma said before peeling himself from the wall. " What did you do that for? I just saved you."
"I have been saved many times, but never while some guy was grabbing at me!" Lita stood up and yelled in Ranma's face.
"Well you could at least thank me!" Ranma yelled back at the girl. She was starting to glow.
"Well, I am a pretty good martial artist, I could have dodged the mallet if you didn't tackle me first." Lita yelled.
"Oh yeah, like I would believe that." Ranma said. A punch slammed into his jaw, sending him flying into the wall again. Unbelievable! That girl was just as strong as Ryoga.
"I think you better shut your mouth Rannchan." Ukyo said. Lita looked at her.
"You know this jerk?" Lita asked. Ranma growled.
"Of course she knows me, I am her fiancée." Ranma snapped. Lita laughed.
"The who is that guy in the closet?" Lita said, pointing to the closet where Ukyo had placed Ryoga. Ranma walked over to the door and opened it. No one in there. Looking down and seeing an empty mop bucket on its side and a small black piglet. Ranma laughed.
"No one in here. You must be seeing things. And who do you think you are prancing around Ucchan's, acting like you own the place." Ranma asked. Lita smiled.
"I am Ukyo's sister." Lita said. Ranma took a step back and looked Lita over; she did look a lot like Ukyo.
"RANMA!" Akane yelled from the doorway covered in garbage.
"Hey Akane, that a nice look for you, hides the tomboy image a bit better." Ranma let out a laugh. Lita and Ukyo couldn't help let out a little giggle. Which was not good, cause Akane was in no laughing mood.
"What are you laughing at Ukyo?" Akane shouted. Ukyo froze.
"Um, nothing Akane." Ukyo said in a low voice. She could take Akane in a fight, but she really didn't think that was wise the way Akane's battle aura kept going up. Akane then turned to Lita.
"And what do you think you are giggling about?" Akane growled.
"Well, you do look kind of funny sitting there all mad and covered in garbage." Lita said, trying to hold back a bit of laughter.
"I'll show you funny!" Akane said in a blind rage and threw a punch at Lita. Lita grabbed Akane's fist right before it hit. Her face turned from laughing to serious in a second flat.
"I don't think you want to do this." Lita said. Akane grunted and sent her other fist flying towards Lita's face. Lita caught this punch too. Akane pulled away and took battle stance.
"Wow, your sister sure loves to fight." Ranma said, looking as Lita took her stance.
"Yeah, almost as much as you or Ryoga." Ukyo said with a snicker.
"Well, I almost thought she was Ryoga when I took my hits. She has got a strong arm there. Equal to Ryoga's at least." Ranma said. Something was different about this girl. She was a great fighter, but it was almost if she wasn't human.
Akane charged at Lita. Lita had a serious but calm look on her face. With one punch she sent Akane out cold.
"AKANE!" Ranma yelled. He ran over to her, she already had a nice black mark forming on her chin. Nothing broken.
"Lita! Where did you learn to fight like that?" Ukyo asked. "You were so calm yet your punch was fierce. Like a storm."
Ranma noticed that Akane's hair was sticking up a bit. He brushed it down with his hand. Getting a small shock. Static Electricity? Where did that come from? He looked up at Lita. He sensed her battle aura. Ukyo must not have seen it, maybe cause she wasn't on the same level of skill as Ranma was. But instead of a warm glowing flame around Lita, there was lightning. What kind of person has an electric battle aura? This is something he would have to ask Genma and Soun.
"I think I should go home, I don't seem welcomed here." Lita said with a sad look on her face. It was all one big flash back to the days of switching schools cause of fights. And now that she had awoken Sailor Jupiter, her fighting skills grew everyday.
"Oh no! You must stay! Everyone fights here Lita, you'll fit right in." Ukyo said. " You might be the most popular girl in school."
"Really think so?" Lita asked.
"Yeah, everyone loves a good fight at our high school. Plus they dig martial art girls, you'll score all sorts of dates." Ukyo said. She liked her sister; she had that edge to her that Ukyo found in herself.
"Well, maybe I should transfer as long as I am staying with you." Lita said. Ranma picked up Akane and slowly made his way to the door without being noticed by ukyo or Lita.
He walked to the Tendo Dojo. Soun was not too happy to see his baby girl beat up.
"RANMA!! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?" Soun yelled. He grabbed Ranma by the collar.
"Akane picked a fight with a girl that was way stronger then her, I couldn't hit a girl so I just got Akane and came home." Ranma said. Soun nodded and respected Ranma's martial art's rule of not hitting girls unless he was in girl form.
After Akane was safe in bed with an ice bag on her face, Ranma gathered Soun and Genma.
"Hey, you guys know anything about Lightning Battle Auras?" Ranma asked. Soun and Genma looked at each other.
"So, you have finally seen that side of Ukyo." Genma said. Ranma looked puzzled.
"What? I never said it was Ukyo." Ranma said.
"Well, it is. It is a very weak lightning aura, but still one nonetheless. She must have some special training." Soun said.
"I have never seen one on Ucchan, but on her sister there was a huge one." Ranma said. Soun and Genma looked at each other again.
"It must be some sort of family training or something in the bloodline." Soun said. " But if Ranma here can learn it then he could well become the world's best martial artist."
"Yes, he would. But knowing Ukyo, she wouldn't give the family secret up without getting something in return." Genma said and looked over at Ranma.
"What are you guys planning?" Ranma asked as he backed away a bit.
"It's been know for awhile Ranma that a great evil is coming to this Dojo. It is written in the Tendo scrolls that the only one who can beat it is one with a lightning aura." Soun said. "Knowing Ukyo and her sister would try to trick you into marring Ukyo for protection, we were hoping you would learn it just from seeing it a few times. Yet it seems more complicated then that."
"So what do we do now?" Ranma asked.
To be continued.....
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