Chapter 3. Starting with this one, things just keep getting weirder and weirder.
Sakaki walked through a misty valley. She had no idea how she got there. She looked left and right, but couldn't see much with the thick mist. It was also very hot. She was sweating so much, her shirt was sticking to her back. Then she began to finally see something. It was a spring. She walked up to it and stared down into it.
"Why would there be a spring in the middle of a valley?"she wondered, She looked around. She couldn't see anything else around in the valley. Was it just her imagination, or was it getting hotter? She could feel great, huge drops of sweat falling from her face. She looked down into the spring. It seemed to be quite cool. She closed her eyes and felt herself fall forward, right into the spring. It WAS quite cool. It felt so refreshing as she felt herself floating up to the surface. She reached out to the edge of the spring to climb out, but something seemed strange to her. The fog was starting to fade alittle. The valley seemed so much bigger now. Not only that, so did everything else. She looked down at her hands and saw that they were tiny. She turned to the spring and looked int it and blushed. She looked like she was only five years old.
"Congratulations, Sakaki."she heard from behind. She turned and saw Ranma standing over her, smiling. "You have found the Cursed Spring of the Drowned Child."he went on. She blushed once again.
"I thought you said it turns whoever goes in it into a little boy."she said in a little voice, which she also blushed at.
"I guess there was another."Ranma said with a smile. He hoisted her up onto his shoulder. "Now, we need to get back to Tokyo. They all probably wanna see you."he said as he walked off. She looked down at the passing ground and felt a great swell of joy. Just then, she heard a familiar voice.
"Sakaki-chan! HI!"Chiyo called. Sakaki quickly turned to see Chiyo, as a fox, trotting toward her and Ranma from an alley. Ranma let her down and she hugged Chiyo, who affectionately licked her face. Sakaki flushed brilliantly red.
"Now you're the one who's little."Chiyo said happily. "Isn't that right Mr. Tadakichi?" Sakaki looked at Chiyo's pet Great Pyrenees who was sitting right next to her. The dog barked affectionately and rubbed up against Sakaki. She laughed as his whiskers brushed up against her face, tickling her, blushing brilliantly the whole time.
"Chiyo-chan?"Sakaki asked. The fox smiled.
"I'll call you chan from now on, Sakaki!"she said proudly. Sakaki blushed again. Sakaki-chan. She liked how that sounded. Finally, she remembered what she was about to ask Chiyo.
"I was wondering if I could ride Mr. Tadakichi, Chiyo."she asked nervously. The fox sat there, completely still, them smiled again.
"You can ride him if you want, Sakaki-chan."Chiyo said happily, wagging her tail. Sakaki felt her face split into a huge grin and climbed on top of the great dog. He began to walk down the alley to a very familiar street. This was the street that Kamineko lived at. She felt herself grow nervous as she saw the gray cat sleeping on the wall he always sat on. She walked up to him an began to climb a wall of ivy that grew up the wall.
"Be careful, Sakaki-chan!"she heard Chiyo call. "that can be really dangerous." She climbed up to the top and began to walk to the cat. His ears pricked up and he looked right at her. She reached out for him, but stopped, not wanting to be bitten when she was trying not to fall of a wall. She began to pull her hand back when he came up to her and rubbed up against her, purring. She felt her face flush red again, and began to pet him behind the ears. Chiyo and Mr. Tadakichi barked happily in union for Sakaki. Then, as Sakaki began to pull her hand back from Kamineko, she began to see a bright light to her left that was quickly growing. If engulfed her and the next thing she knew, she was lying in her bed, the morning sun glistening through her window. She sighed and rolled over, trying her best to lock this wonderful dream in her memories.
Tomo walked through the alls of Furinkan. She had her schoolbag over her shoulder and a huge grin on her face. She walked past a few of her new class mates and sat down a her desk. When Miss Yukari walked in, she handed back a perfect 100 on Tomo's paper, while everyone else got a zero... except Ranma, for some reason. He too had a 100 on his page and gave Tomo a smug grin. She returned the face and stood up to the board. She wrote down the entire report that she had written for the assignment from the beginning of last term. Ranma stood up and wrote down an entire monologue from the new textbook they were working in. Tomo surged with fight and drew a perfect monkey on the board. Ranma smirked at her and drew Tomo perfectly on the board. Tomo felt her blood boil and grabbed a pail Yomi was holding in the hall and dumped in over Ranma, turning him into a girl. Ranma grabbed a pail Chiyo was holding in the hallway and dumped it over Tomo, turning her into a monkey. Tomo screeched in anger and tackled Ranma. The two of them fell out of the window strait for the pool. They both splashed down into the pool and climbed out, resuming their fight. Ranma chased the monkey down, but Tomo was too smart for Ranma. She climbed up a tree and taunted Ranma from a high branch. Ranma got angry and jumped high for her. Tomo, seeing this, jumped down from her branch and grabbed the lowest one with her tail, Ranma sailing right over her, smashing into the clock on top of the school. Tomo chirped in ecstasy as the other girls and Akane came down to congratulate her. Then, she began to see a bright light from beside her. She held her tail up to shield the light from her eyes as it engulfed her. The next thing she knew, she was lying in her bed. She sighed and turned over.
Chiyo walked through an alley in Tokyo. It was early afternoon and she wanted to get home before it got darker. Just then, she saw four boys from Furinkan jump out at her.
"Give us you schoolbooks and lunch, child prodigy, and we might let you keep your pigtails."one of them commanded while the others laughed. Chiyo grew extremely scared and shrunk against the wall. She shook in terror as the boys came closer. Just when they were right next to her, a red streak shot out between her and the boys. They looked around but didn't see anything. Just then, another red streak shot by, but this time it hit one of the boys. When it stopped moving, Chiyo could tell what it was. It was Ranma. The other boys charged at Ranma, but he was too quick for them. He jumped up and kicked each of them down. Chiyo felt her face redden as she watched him. He dusted himself off and turned to Chiyo.
"Are you okay Chiyo-chan?"he asked. She nodded slowly as he helped her up.
"Want me to walk you home?"Ranma asked.
"Um... Sure."she said nervously. The two walked down the street, Ranma holding her hand. She blushed as she looked up into his shinning eyes. They were very bright for some reason. Just then, she noticed his eyes weren't shinning. The glare was coming from beside him. She held her arm over her eyes as it grew brighter. The next thing she knew, she was lying in her bed, the morning sun shinning through her window. She turned over under her covers and blushed as she thought of Ranma again.
Later that morning, Ranma and Akane met up with with the girls from the day before.
"So, how are you this morning?"Akane asked.
"Okay..."Tomo sighed. "I forgot to do my homework again."
"RANMA!"called Chiyo. She ran up and hugged Ranma around the legs.
"Hi Chiyo. I guess you're happy to see me."Ranma said trying to pry her off. She wouldn't let go. She liked how Ranma felt.
"Well, this is one new girlfriend I'll let you keep, Ranma, but only since you make such a cute couple."Akane said jokingly.
"What are you talking about?"asked Yomi.
"Well"Akane began "Ranma has been known to have his fair share of girlfriends. He's not really that reliable."she added giving him a look.
"What the Hell is that s'possed to mean!?"Ranma demanded. Chiyo froze and looked up at Ranma, tears welling up in her eyes.
"You mean you awready have a girlfriend, Ranma?"she said tearfully.
"NO! I don't have ANY girlfriends. Don't listen to Akane!"he called giving Akane a look. She simply shrugged and walked off. Chiyo wiped her eyes and grabbed Ranma around the legs again, a huge smile on her face.
"Looks like Chiyo-chan has a new crush, eh Yomi?"Tomo whispered. The two giggled to themselves as Ranma tried to join them, dragging Chiyo all the way. After walking for a while, they noticed Sakaki had stopped walking with them. Ranma looked back and saw her crouched down.
"What's she doing?"he asked the others. They each shrugged. Ranma ran back to see what she was doing.
"Yo! Sakaki. We're gonna be late. What're you doing?"he asked as he came up to her. She turned and showed Ranma something that made him shriek in terror. Latched onto her hand was a small gray cat. Ranma began to stumble back.
"Get-get that thing away from me!"he called, shaking violently. Kamineko looked at Ranma and let go of Sakaki's hand and chomped on to Ranma's.
"AH! SAVE ME!"Ranma cried, running down the alley, Kamineko dangling from his hand all the way. Sakaki stared in amazement at what had just happened.
Hey there. I hope you're enjoying the story. Incase you don't know, in Azumanga Daioh, Sakaki wants to be shorter and often daydreams of riding Mr. Tadakichi, so that's why I had her dream about the Spring of the Drowned Child. I'll add a new chapter soon, but I've got a few unfinished works waiting for me. Until then.
