Ukyo's Curse Chapter 1
Thoughts'
"Speech"
I will be referring to Ukyo as a she only when in her female form. When she's in her male form I'll refer to her as a him.
What if while in her pursuit for revenge against Ranma and Genma Ukyo followed him to china and fell into the nannichuan.
A young girl who looked about sixteen was hiking down a dirt road carrying a huge pack with insanely large spatula strapped to it . She had long brown hair that went all the way down her back which she was wearing tied back into a pony tale and was wearing a blue boys T-shirt and a pair of brown khaki's. In fact if you didnt know her you would probably think that she was a guy. This wasnt just any ordinary girl though. This girls name was Ukyo and she was on a mission. For the last two years she has been tracking and searching for her fianc'e Ranma Saotome. Most people would assume that she was a hopeless romantic and that she must be deeply in love with him to be so devoted to him and have searched for him for that long. but it's actually quite the opposite. You see when Ukyo and Ranma were very young they were arranged to be married. Of course when Ranma's father agreed to this engagement he had other plans so he ran off with Ukyo's dowry taking Ranma along with him. So now Ukyo is out for revenge against them for abandoning her and ruining her life.
Just recently she'd gotten a lead and found her self all the way in the bayankale moutains of china. She had been hiking for hours now and was exhausted beyond belief. To make matters worse she was ravenously hungry. Beads of sweat were starting to run down her face and she could feel her throat drying out so she finally decided to call it quits for today and set up camp. Ukyo assembled her portable grill and started on making her self some of her trade mark okonomiyaki. As she sat flipping them all she could think about was Ranma. Dammit when I get my hands on him ill make him pay for what he and his father did to me'She held an angry look on her face as she chewed on her food. She cleared her plate of it's contents and crawled into her sleeping bag and wriggled around until she was comfortable. She laid on her back and stared at the shimmering stars above her in content until she grew drowsy and her eyelids grew heavy. She drifted to sleep with a smile and had comforting dreams of strangling the father and son duo.
Ukyo was woken early that morning by the sun beating down against her eyes. She sat up groggily and rubbed her eyes with a yawn. She quickly got dressed, packed up her things and strapped on her backpack. Before you knew it she was on her way again leaving nothing but dust behind her. She looked on with determination on her face she'd thought of giving up so many times before but she couldn't let her father down like that. She couldn't go back home without avenging her family and regaining her honor. She knew she was getting close she could feel it. She had only been walking a few hours before she started to notice the garbage littered all over the ground. She bent down to pick up a discarded cup of Ramen. She examined it. It was empty but there was still a dribble of juice inside. She dipped her fingers inside of it. 'Its still warm' she thought with a smirk on her face. She threw back her head and laughed in triumph. "I knew it. I am close" She yelled with happiness apparent in her voice.
She quickly took off in a run. 'If I keep up my pace im bound to catch up with them sooner or later' Ukyo thought. After a couple of minutes of running she came to the edge of a cliff. She decided to take this opportunity to catch her breathe. Below her all she could see were springs there were hundreds maybe thousands of them as far as the eye could see. She was about to turn around to find a safer way down but before she could the ground beneath her began to crumble and she found her self falling through midair. She shut her eyes tightly and was waiting to finally hit the ground and unfortunately die. But all she heard was a splash. She opened her eyes to find that she was submerged under water. She held her breathe and looked above her searching for the surface she immediately spotted the round opening of the spring above her. She swam for it frantically. Thankfully she was able to make it to out before she ran out of air. She bobbed her head above the water and took a huge breathe. "Well that was a close one im lucky to be alive" she said still gasping for air. She was about to pull herself out of the spring when she felt something was off. She looked down and noticed something was missing. She desperately groped around her chest for her breast but to no avail."What is going on" she shrieked in a very masculine yet unmasculine tone. "Oh my god what happened to my voice" she said clutching her throat in horror. She climbed out of the spring and took a peek down her pants. She was horrified to discover something that didn't belong there. She let out a scream that could be heard half way around the globe "AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH".
At this point Ukyo was really starting to freak out. " I know Im not real feminine but I cant be a guy. I dont wanna be one. This has gotta be some kind of dream. "I know ill pinch my self and every thing will be normal again" she rationalized to herself while she tried pinching herself. "Oww" she yelped. "Okay I'm still a guy and now ive succeeded in giving myself this really impressive bruise nice job Ukyo" she said. Once she finished her rant she took a second to absorb her surroundings. It didn't take her long to realize that she wasnt alone. Because standing only a couple of yards away was a short chinese man.'Great I have an audience. I can't believe that iv'e been making a fool of my self in front of a total stranger. Of course I don't think he'll hold it against me considering the circustances' She though somberly. "Excuse me but do you know what happened to me?" Ukyo asked her desperation apparent in her voice. " Jusenkyo is full of cursed spring you fall in Nannichuan you cursed turn into man". He said in broken japanese.
"Is there a cure?" She asked now nearly in tears. He nodded to her. He led her to a small hut not to far from the springs? "Curse can only be reverse when doused with hot watah" he replied. "Is that all?" Ukyo said as she accepted the hot tea kettle he handed her. "So all I have to do is pour it over my self and Ill be cured" She questioned skeptically. He nodded to her in assurance. She dumped it over her head and let it wash over her. She immediately returned to normal. "Thank you so much for your help. I dont know what I would have done with out you" She said giving him a huge hug. "Cure only temporary" he said with a stern look on his face. "What? Do you mean to tell me that ill turn back?" She asked horrified."Yes. every time you come in contact with cold watah you turn to cursed form. Hot watah always turn you back" He warned. "You know you could have told me that earlier" Ukyo yelled. She stomped off in anger. "Wait there is permaneant cure" he shouted. But she was already to far away to hear him. 'Dammit this is all that Ranma's fault I wouldn't even be in this situation if it wasn't for him and his idiotic father. I was going to settle for a severe beating and an apology but now im gonna kill them' she vowed silently.
The rain was pouring down violently and Ukyo was sulking her hair was soaked and even worse she was now in her male form. She let out a small sniffle followed by a violent sneeze. I think it was fair to say that Ukyo was not having a very good day. After an eternity of walking the rain started to calm and soon stopped completely. She was going to continue on her way but then she caught her reflection in a nearby puddle. She stopped in her tracks and bent down to take a look at her self. Even before she attained her curse with the right clothing she could easily pass as a boy. So she didnt look all that different. Certain features such as her chin were a more chiseled and she was even a couple inches taller. "Well at least I'm a cute boy" She huffed with assurance. She stood up straight patted down her pants and began to walk away continuing on her journey.
Authors note: Sorry if Ukyo is a little annoying in this first chapter but she just got cursed so you cant really blame her. She'll start to mellow eventually. Any way I hope you guys liked the first chapter. I was originaly thinking this would be Ranma/Ukyo pairing but I really like the idea of an Ukyo/Ryoga pairing so ill still have to think about which one would work better. Please review.