Chapter One:
disclaimer: I don't own Ramna. Too bad.
It had been three weeks since Ranma had decided on which Fiancee he wanted. Shampoo, Mousse, and Cologne had all moved back to china because of the lack of reason to stay in Japan. The cat cafe' wasn't enough of a reason, because they'd only planned on running it until Ranma and Shampoo got married, then they were going back to China, but they didn't get married, so they had to leave.
Ukyo was having trouble adapting to her inability to love Ranma. Her restaurant seemed empty, and since Ranma and Akane were engaged to be married by their own free will, Ranma wouldn't need her to provide a home-away-from-home for him. He wouldn't need to leave home, he and Akane would fight, go to their rooms in an angry storm, and make-up by sunrise. It always happened, no matter how much she hated to admit that Ranma couldn't be her's, she knew he couldn't.
She was sitting in her restaurant flipping okonomiyaki boredly. It was her dinner, the one she ate alone.It made her wish that she'd made more friends in the past, friends that could at least try to make her feel better. But all she focused on was love, and she lost it.
Although she knew that Ranma never really did love her, she couldn't help but wish he did. The entire time she was after him, she had a fighting spirit; and high hopes that it would work. It never did, but no matter how bad that made her feel, she didn't think of suicide. That wasn't the answer to any of her problems. Although it was tempting.
Yes, it was tempting to take that knife and get rid of all the pains of a heartbreak, to make herself bleed and cause it all to end, to get rid of an unneeded body in the world. No matter how tempting it was, no matter how badly she wanted to, she couldn't get herself upto do it. Thinking that there was probably some reason why god hadn't killed her naturally.
She put the okonomiyaki on a plate, set it on the counter, grabbed some chopsticks and started eating. She poked it boredly, closing her eyes and trying to think of what she should do next. Every night was just the same for her, she'd eat until her plate was empty, then she'd go to the public baths, then home again, then bed. It was never anything exciting, or anything like it, but she went through it every day.
When her food was gone,and she returned from the public bath she went up to her room and turned the TV on. That was breaking the habit, watching television. After a Saturday-night program had gone off, a commercial had come on about two children who needed a family.
A little girl named Rei and a baby boy named Kai. Ukyo instantly began thinking about calling the number on the commercial, she needed someone to talk to now that Ranma didn't need her, and they needed a home.
She jumped up and ran downstairs to the telephone. She talked to the person running the agency, telling them she wanted to adopt Rei and Kai, and preparing the adoption process. The next day would be the day the agency would bring the two children to Ucchan's Okonomiyaki store and she'd sign the adoption papers.
The next day was when the adoption agency sent over a social worker to bring the children and let Ukyo see them. She immediately loved them, they were cute, bright eyed, and ready to meet their new mother. Rei was wearing a sunflower summer dress with tiny shoes provided by the agency, and her brother, whom was being carried by the social worker, was wearing a blue baby outfit with a tiny rubber-duck patch on it.
Ukyo talked with Rei, whom seemed a bit shy about meeting a woman that was supposed to be her new mother. But Ukyo was kind to her, and quickly won over her trust. She and the social worker sat at one of the tables and discussed the adoption process. Ukyo was given a lot of papers to sign for them, which took her over an hour to read and sign.
When the process finally closed, the social worker left the two children with Ukyo, whom gladly found a room for them in her home. She cleaned out the attic, and moved a bed that was already up in the attic, where Rei wanted it.
"Thank you." Rei told her softly. Ukyo smiled.
"Your welcome, are you hungry? Or maybe you'd like to go to the store and buy some sheets? Anything you want." Ukyo wasn't trying to spoil her, just trying to make a good first impression.
"Buying some sheets sounds fun, can we get some new toys too?" Rei asked eagerly, it had been a long time since she last got new things, and she couldn't wait to have new toys. Ukyo nodded, stood up, went downstairs to her room where Kai was lying; starring at his new surroundings; and lifted him up. She, Rei and Kai left the restaurant and went to the store where sheets were sold, and bought some sheets with crescent moons and bunnies on them.
After going to the toy store and buying them all new toys, Ukyo took them to buy some new clothes. Ukyo bought diapers for Kai,and new dresses and for Rei. It hadn't even crossed her mind what she would do when she had to go back to school and couldn't watch the kids. She was focused only on making a good first impression, which was hard without spoiling them to death.