Initial setting: the haunted house that Cologne has set up at the carnival in the manga (its been a while since I read it so I'm not too sure timeline wise... Ranma has just mastered the tenshin amagurikin (spelling optional) I forget the name of Honda-sans school, and I forget where they live... eheh... I've only seen 3 episodes of fruits basket but I really like it ^_^; -also since i'm back to spell check sinc ei wrote this a while ago - really time has no meaning iin any fic i write cos i'm not to good with continuity so some events will be out of order
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" He screamed as the pheonix pill dropped into the boiling water, dissolving like sugar in tea. He didn't even continue the fight, he'd already lost what he was fighting for, instead employing the saotome secret technique (ie running) on intinct to at least preserve his dignity as tears started to run down his... no, he mentally amended, `her' cheeks.
Cologne looked on confused for a few moments before muttering, "Baka, that wasn't even the real pill." Akane just shrugged to herself and headed home.
Once she got home she treated Kasumis' concerns at Ranmas not being with her with her usual indifference. A few hours later he still hadn't returned so Akane did the only thing she could think of to apease her sister. She checked the dojo and and the roof (after all, that's where Ranma usually went to mope), then `remembered' Ranma mentioning a training trip or something. This did the trick and Kasumi went back to her normal demeanor. Akane smirked to herself, thinking, `that'll teach that baka to be better at catching goldfish than me'. Nabiki just rolled her eyes at Akanes obvious lie, figuring Ranma had just wanted some time alone (after all Nabikis' own sources had already revealed the loss of the supposed Pheonix pill).
Ranma walked for several days until he was beyond his own knowledge of where he was. `So this is what it feels like to be Ryoga'. She was tired and miserable and had really wished she'd thought to go back to the Tendos' to get her pack. Couldn't go back now. How could he be a `man amongst men' in this body? He didn't want to die. He was a fool to think he could be one even being a male half the time. Sooo... `she' was a ronin now. Being a ronin sucked, she thought as her stomach growled again. Walking over to a little stream she looked at her reflection and couldn't help laughing a the petite redhead smudged with dirt and leaves in a filthy, torn kimono. at least she could have worn her own clothes to run away in. The kimono was beyond repair - Kasumi would not be impressed.
He had a little money left from the carnival which he'd figure he'd spend on some new clothes and a whole heap of instant raman - hunting for food was fine but instant raman was better. He made himself as presentable as possible so as not to draw too much attention and headed into town. It didn't take too long to find what he was looking for, and it was a whole too blocks later that he realised `she' should have bought a smaller size than himself. Mentally groaning she turned and headed back to the store. No wonder the man at the counter had looked surprised when she said they were for herself.
Not far from the store he noticed some kids about his own age talking, 3 girls in the local area uniform which he didn't recognise and a boy that hung back a little while they talked. He attracted Ranmas attention because his stance indicated he was most likely a high level martial artist - Ranma cheered up thinking maybe she could pick up some new techniques and smiled to herself. Yuki noticed the redhead girl across the street staring at him with a predatory grin on her face - sure she was cute, but he had plenty of `cute' girls harrassing him at school already, so he gave her the `I'm taken' cold look and stepped closer to Honda. `Gag! he thinks I'm interested!' Ranma thought to `her'self indignantly. She thought about it for all of two seconds in the classic Saotome way and decided to just go ask him which school of the martial arts he practiced, until he figured out what to do for the rest of hi... her life he might as well train.
Yuki could feel the sweat running down the back of his neck as he saw the redhead cross the street out of his peripheral vision. Honda kept on chatting with Uo-chan and Hana-chan mindless of what was going on. "Hey you!" Ranma yelled, trying to get Yuki's attention, Honda turned sharply at the yell, in the process spilling her soda and bumping into Yuki who she didn't realise had moved in closer behind her. "Ahh!" She yelped in realisation before turning back to her friends and pointed at the sky behind them, "A UFO!" she screamed desperately, getting them to look away while she searched Yukis clothes, but he wasn't there. Startled she shoved his things in her bag and turned back to her friends who were still peering at the sky. "Eh... my bad." She giggled hysterically at the two onlookers who just shrugged. "So!" She interupted brightly as Hana tried to point out Sohma-kun had dissapeared. "I er... need to use the bathroom, can we go to your place, Hana-chan? Onegai shimasu!"
"Eh...?" She replied confused, while they were dragged off by Honda-san, who hoped Yuki could make it home alright.
"Geez... that was close..." Muttered Ranma, perched on the stores roof clutching the white mouse in her hand. It was obvious to Ranma that the one girl knew and the others weren't supposed to. "Curses suck huh? I got one too, don't worry, I'll get you somewhere to change." She jumped smoothly from rooftop to rooftop (a mean feat in a kimono) until she found a restroom, pausing at the vending machine she purchased a cup of tea before marching into the mens. The previous lone occupant quickly vacated. Placing the mouse and the cup of tea in one of the cubicles and waited for him to change, tapping one foot impatiently. Mouse-type Yuki just looked at the tea and shrugged, concentrating on trying to change back (which never seemed to help but at least he felt like he was trying). Ranma had been in this position often enough to feel a little sympathy for the boy, so didn't say anything when he still hadn't come out ten minutes later. "Oh yeah!" she exclaimed to herself, sliding
the bag of clothes under the door of the cubicle. "Sorry! Wasn't thinking!" She was only a little upset she wouldn't be able to exchange them for better fitting clothes now they'd been worn. There was a rustle from inside the cubicle and a few minutes later the boy from earlier reappeared, looking shaken and embarressed."Hey! You gotta be more careful if you're gonna keep that a secret!" Ranma exclaimed with the voice of experience. "I need them back!"
"Huh?"
"The clothes, I need them back `cos they're all I got." She was silent for a moment, tapping her lips thoughtfully."I'm camping just outside town, I'll be there for a couple days probably so... " She shrugged slightly, he'd probably never find her camp `somewhere' "Well where do you live, I'll pick them up there."
"Uh..."
"No good huh... okay I'll pick them up at your school tommorrow morning. Ja ne!!" She slapped him heartily across the back as she ran off. He stood in shock for a few minutes that he hadn't changed on contact. Maybe it had something ot do with her having a curse as well. He thought he knew all the cursed members of the Sohma family. He made a mental note to ask Shigure about it.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" He screamed as the pheonix pill dropped into the boiling water, dissolving like sugar in tea. He didn't even continue the fight, he'd already lost what he was fighting for, instead employing the saotome secret technique (ie running) on intinct to at least preserve his dignity as tears started to run down his... no, he mentally amended, `her' cheeks.
Cologne looked on confused for a few moments before muttering, "Baka, that wasn't even the real pill." Akane just shrugged to herself and headed home.
Once she got home she treated Kasumis' concerns at Ranmas not being with her with her usual indifference. A few hours later he still hadn't returned so Akane did the only thing she could think of to apease her sister. She checked the dojo and and the roof (after all, that's where Ranma usually went to mope), then `remembered' Ranma mentioning a training trip or something. This did the trick and Kasumi went back to her normal demeanor. Akane smirked to herself, thinking, `that'll teach that baka to be better at catching goldfish than me'. Nabiki just rolled her eyes at Akanes obvious lie, figuring Ranma had just wanted some time alone (after all Nabikis' own sources had already revealed the loss of the supposed Pheonix pill).
Ranma walked for several days until he was beyond his own knowledge of where he was. `So this is what it feels like to be Ryoga'. She was tired and miserable and had really wished she'd thought to go back to the Tendos' to get her pack. Couldn't go back now. How could he be a `man amongst men' in this body? He didn't want to die. He was a fool to think he could be one even being a male half the time. Sooo... `she' was a ronin now. Being a ronin sucked, she thought as her stomach growled again. Walking over to a little stream she looked at her reflection and couldn't help laughing a the petite redhead smudged with dirt and leaves in a filthy, torn kimono. at least she could have worn her own clothes to run away in. The kimono was beyond repair - Kasumi would not be impressed.
He had a little money left from the carnival which he'd figure he'd spend on some new clothes and a whole heap of instant raman - hunting for food was fine but instant raman was better. He made himself as presentable as possible so as not to draw too much attention and headed into town. It didn't take too long to find what he was looking for, and it was a whole too blocks later that he realised `she' should have bought a smaller size than himself. Mentally groaning she turned and headed back to the store. No wonder the man at the counter had looked surprised when she said they were for herself.
Not far from the store he noticed some kids about his own age talking, 3 girls in the local area uniform which he didn't recognise and a boy that hung back a little while they talked. He attracted Ranmas attention because his stance indicated he was most likely a high level martial artist - Ranma cheered up thinking maybe she could pick up some new techniques and smiled to herself. Yuki noticed the redhead girl across the street staring at him with a predatory grin on her face - sure she was cute, but he had plenty of `cute' girls harrassing him at school already, so he gave her the `I'm taken' cold look and stepped closer to Honda. `Gag! he thinks I'm interested!' Ranma thought to `her'self indignantly. She thought about it for all of two seconds in the classic Saotome way and decided to just go ask him which school of the martial arts he practiced, until he figured out what to do for the rest of hi... her life he might as well train.
Yuki could feel the sweat running down the back of his neck as he saw the redhead cross the street out of his peripheral vision. Honda kept on chatting with Uo-chan and Hana-chan mindless of what was going on. "Hey you!" Ranma yelled, trying to get Yuki's attention, Honda turned sharply at the yell, in the process spilling her soda and bumping into Yuki who she didn't realise had moved in closer behind her. "Ahh!" She yelped in realisation before turning back to her friends and pointed at the sky behind them, "A UFO!" she screamed desperately, getting them to look away while she searched Yukis clothes, but he wasn't there. Startled she shoved his things in her bag and turned back to her friends who were still peering at the sky. "Eh... my bad." She giggled hysterically at the two onlookers who just shrugged. "So!" She interupted brightly as Hana tried to point out Sohma-kun had dissapeared. "I er... need to use the bathroom, can we go to your place, Hana-chan? Onegai shimasu!"
"Eh...?" She replied confused, while they were dragged off by Honda-san, who hoped Yuki could make it home alright.
"Geez... that was close..." Muttered Ranma, perched on the stores roof clutching the white mouse in her hand. It was obvious to Ranma that the one girl knew and the others weren't supposed to. "Curses suck huh? I got one too, don't worry, I'll get you somewhere to change." She jumped smoothly from rooftop to rooftop (a mean feat in a kimono) until she found a restroom, pausing at the vending machine she purchased a cup of tea before marching into the mens. The previous lone occupant quickly vacated. Placing the mouse and the cup of tea in one of the cubicles and waited for him to change, tapping one foot impatiently. Mouse-type Yuki just looked at the tea and shrugged, concentrating on trying to change back (which never seemed to help but at least he felt like he was trying). Ranma had been in this position often enough to feel a little sympathy for the boy, so didn't say anything when he still hadn't come out ten minutes later. "Oh yeah!" she exclaimed to herself, sliding
the bag of clothes under the door of the cubicle. "Sorry! Wasn't thinking!" She was only a little upset she wouldn't be able to exchange them for better fitting clothes now they'd been worn. There was a rustle from inside the cubicle and a few minutes later the boy from earlier reappeared, looking shaken and embarressed."Hey! You gotta be more careful if you're gonna keep that a secret!" Ranma exclaimed with the voice of experience. "I need them back!"
"Huh?"
"The clothes, I need them back `cos they're all I got." She was silent for a moment, tapping her lips thoughtfully."I'm camping just outside town, I'll be there for a couple days probably so... " She shrugged slightly, he'd probably never find her camp `somewhere' "Well where do you live, I'll pick them up there."
"Uh..."
"No good huh... okay I'll pick them up at your school tommorrow morning. Ja ne!!" She slapped him heartily across the back as she ran off. He stood in shock for a few minutes that he hadn't changed on contact. Maybe it had something ot do with her having a curse as well. He thought he knew all the cursed members of the Sohma family. He made a mental note to ask Shigure about it.