Caught In The Mist

1st chapter: I think I know her

"Ryoga, promise me something." The little boy looked at the small girl.

"Yes?" Ryoga asked.

"Promise that you'll always be with me no matter what," the little girl answered.

Ryoga nodded. "I promise."

"I have made it to Akane's house once again!" The

eternal lost boy arrived at Akane Tendo's once again

after at least four days. Like most of the other times he

had arrived here, he once again told himself that he

was going to admit his love to Akane and get rid of Ranma

Saotome.

"Hey, look who it is! Pig boy!" Ranma chuckled as

he saw Ryoga arrive at the dojo with trouble as usual.

"Be quiet Saotome." Ryoga growled, his small fangs

gleaming.

"Heh, what you going to do about it bacon breath?" Ranma said,

just itching to pick a fight.

"Ranma! Are you picking a fight with poor Ryoga

again?" Akane ran outside, glaring at Ranma.

"Hey! He was picking a fight with me!" Ranma whined,

hating how Akane always blamed him for what Ryoga did.

Akane rolled her eyes and turned over to Ryoga. "Hello

Ryoga."

Ryoga turned slightly pink. The women he loved was

standing right in front of her, if only he could just

say the three words. How he wanted to just scream it

out in front of her, but was afraid that she would go

off with Ranma.

"Hello Akane." Ryoga said, staring at his feet.

"We're having dinner soon, you want to join us?" Akane

asked, smiling.

"I'm not having it if you cooked it." Ranma said, not

noticing a vein pop in Akane's head.

"Don't worry Ranma, Kasumi is cooking it so you won't

die." She said between clenched teeth.

Ryoga growled. He always hated how Ranma treated

Akane. 'A beautiful, kind girl like her should be

treated more kindly,' he thought to himself as he

watched Akane and Ranma get into another fight. Ryoga

let out a little 'ahem' and both stopped and quickly

looked toward him.

"I would love to join." Ryoga said, smiling.

Akane clapped her hands and ran back inside to tell

Kasumi they were having a guest. Ranma glared at

Ryoga.

"What are you playing at P-chan?" he said as he

raised an eyebrow.

"I am just going to have dinner with Saotome and the

Tendo's, is that a crime now?" Ryoga asked, an

innocent look on his face.

"I'm watching you." Ranma growled.

The Tendo's, Saotomes and Ryoga were now all eating.

Ranma was still watching Ryoga, but so far he hadn't

doing anything weird.

"Wow Kasumi, this is really good." Ryoga commented.

Kasumi smiled.

"Thank you Ryoga, we should invite you to dinner more

often."

'How I would love that.' Ryoga thought and continued

to eat.

Meanwhile, Akane and Nibiki chatted away about something at

school.

"Hey did you hear about the new girl at school?" Akane

asked

"Yeah, I heard that she is from up north." Nabiki

answered.

Ranma got into the conservation. "What's her name?"

"Kiri, I think." Akane said.

A light bulb went off in Ryoga's mind. Kiri... That

sounded so familiar. Who was she? Did he know her

somewhere before? Ryoga dug deep into his mind to see

if he could remember. Nothing came, he decided he

would go see her tomorrow at Akane's school.

"Thanks for dinner, I should be off." Ryoga said as he

swung his backpack over his shoulders.

"What? So soon, why don't you stay here for the

night?" Akane asked.

Ryoga thought he would cry tears of happiness, Akane

had just asked him to stay over. Ranma steamed.

"What? Why should he stay? He has his own house!" Ranma

yelled. Akane glared at him.

"What's the problem with him staying here?" replied Akane

haughtily. Ranma folded his arms and pouted.

"So what do you say?" Akane asked turning to Ryoga.

"I would love to stay over." Ryoga said, smiling.

Akane smiled back. "Wonderful! I'll get a mat ready

for you, you can sleep in Ranma's room." Ranma nearly

screamed.

"WHAT? Why my room?"

"Because Ryoga has no where to stay," replied Akane. "You got a problem with that, baka?"

Ranma looked like he was going to explode. "Ranma, you guys will sleep in the same room, jeez,

I'm not going to kick you out." Ranma just glared and

went over to his room, Ryoga behind.

"You just had to say yes, didn't you?" Ranma snarled.

"Hey, do you think I'm going to enjoy being in the

same room as you?" Ryoga growled back.

"I'll just wait for tomorrow to arrive." Ranma said,

growling.

Ryoga rolled his eyes and went to sleep easily. He

couldn't believe he was sleeping under the same roof

as Akane. Sure, he had done it many times when he was

'P-chan.' But not like this, when he was in human

form, never had Akane asked him to stay over night.

Ryoga felt there was hope.

"Yo pig-boy, wake up!" Ryoga sat up to meet a pillow in

his face.

"You baka, you didn't have to throw a pillow!" Ryoga

growled.

"Whatever, I have to go to school, later." Ranma said

as he slipped on his shoe and left.

Ryoga nearly fell over as he scrambled out of bed. He

remembered he wanted to go to Saotome's school to find

out about the new girl. He quickly got dressed and

rushed over to Ranma's school. Class had already

stared and now the only part was getting into the

school.

Ryoga sat in a tree, trying to see Ranma's

class but had no luck. He sat down and tried to think

of a way of getting in or seeing the girl. He snapped

his fingers and finally thought of something. He went

over and jumped into the pool. Coming out as the

little black pig, he crawled over to one window where

he could slip under.

The second part of his plan was to make sure no one saw him,

especially a girl. From the past times he was a pig in

public, it seemed all the girls wanted to scoop

him in their arms and cuddle him.

Carefully searching each classroom, Ryoga looked

and looked until he saw Ranma. He squealed in delight

but soon turned quiet to make sure no one heard him.

He stayed near the door and watched. He scanned the

room for a girl named Kiri. Ryoga then sighed. How was

he supposed to know her name if he could barely

remember her?

"Kiri, could you please do this next problem for us?"

Ryoga quickly looked up to see the girl. She had long

black shoulder length hair and gleaming blue eyes.

Ryoga turned red as he saw her. She was pretty. And

she looked so familiar, but where did Ryoga know her

from? Again he looked back to his past to see if he

could remember anything, again, nothing.

"Thank you Kiri, you may sit down."

Ryoga watched as Kiri walked back to her seat, black

hair shimmering in the sun light. Ryoga frowned, he

still didn't know anything, he just known that she was

pretty. Sighing, he walked back outside. He sat down,

not knowing he was under a window and next thing he

knew, SPLASH! Hot water ran down his whole entire

body. 'Crap!' Ryoga was now in human form, and naked!

He quickly ran to his backpack and pulled out extra

clothes. "Damn people." He grumbled as he slipped on

the clothes. Not knowing what to do, Ryoga decided to

stay until Ranma's school got out. He practiced

fighting moves and practiced with his umbrella.

Finally the bell rung and Ryoga waited. His heart

leaped when he saw Akane.

"Oh, hello Ryoga!" Akane said, smiling.

"Hello Akane." Ryoga said, smiling back.

"What brings you here?" Akane asked, Ranma coming up

behind her.

Ryoga shrugged. "Not sure, have nothing better to do."

Ranma glared at him. Ryoga glared back. He then saw

Kiri come out, he couldn't help but blush, she was

very pretty.

"Kiri is hot, don't you agree Ranma?" said Daisuke, staring at Kiri

and drooling.

Ranma shrugged. "She's at least cuter then this tomboy

here."

Akane steamed. "Well sor-ry if I'm not cute!" Ranma rolled

his eyes.

Ryoga growled at Ranma as he said that. He could never

understand why he was always so mean to her. He

continued to watch Kiri, he wish he knew here he had

seen her before. He then saw Kiri turn to him, her

blue eyes piercing through his soul. Ryoga seemed to

freeze. 'That power, that was incredible.' Something

was strange about this girl. Ryoga looked at her again

to see her staring at him. Ryoga turned away, pink in

the face.

"Ryoga? Is that you?"

Ryoga turned and saw Kiri running up to him. Ryoga was

caught completely off guard as Kiri ran up and glomped him

with such force, that even Shampoo would be amazed.

Bewildered, Ryoga slowly got up.

"Um, do I know you?" aksed Ryoga, confused. Kiri giggled.

"I can't believe you forgot me already!"

End of chappie 1