Alright, here's chapter 3. Again nothing much to say here. I wanna say thanks to those who reviewed the past chapters. Don't own Ranma ½.
Chapter 3 Reached China
Ryoga was approaching the shore. Finally after six months, he reached the west coast of Japan, all thanks to his sense of direction. But now it was gone. Yup, Ryoga's not cursed to be hopelessly lost anymore. He met someone that solved his problem when he was in Wakkanai. It was actually a family curse that lasted many generations.
Well, there's no need to inform how the man did it. All we know is that Ryoga's cured except for the Jusenkyo curse. That's where he's going; to go and retrieve the cure for them back home. His plan was to cure himself first and then bring the water back to Ranma and then the others.
Ryoga came to a jetty and bought a ticket for China. It'll take a few hours to reach the nearest jetty to the mountains.
"-sigh- I have to wait for thirty minutes," Ryoga said. "Might as well eat something." Ryoga got up from his seat he was waiting in and went to buy something. He then sensed someone in the bushes. Ryoga went to the bushes where he sensed the person.
"Hey, who's there?" Ryoga said quietly. He didn't want people thinking that he was crazy. There was someone behind the bushes, but the person ran away. Ryoga only caught a flash of the person.
"Who was that?"
A person ran into the streets of the city. He turned into an alley and stopped.
"He saw you?" someone asked from behind him.
He tried to catch his breathe. He turned to the person behind him.
"I don't think so," he answered.
"Good," the person (lets refer to him as Larsen) said. "The last thing we want is for him to suspect something." The other man (let's name him Ryan) nodded agreeing with Larsen. They've gone far enough. It can't fail now, or ever.
"He's late," Larsen said.
"Yeah I know. He has a problem with directions," said Ryan sitting down. "Guess now he doesn't have that problem anymore."
Larsen smiled a bit at Ryan. "So when are you going?"
"I'll catch the next ferry to China," Ryan answered. "And you?"
"Maybe tomorrow," he answered "still need to report this you know."
Ryoga was aboard the ferry and was now off to China. He couldn't help wonder who was that person. Maybe he was spying on him. He couldn't be sure. He put that thought away. He placed his arm on the window edge; his head rested on the hand.
The sea always fascinated him. Not because of its underwater mysteries, but how he end up at places far away like Canada without even crossing the sea. He laughed at that. The way he used to get lost; it was hilarious. Sometimes, even if his destination's just in front of him, he'd miss it.
"Mister?" a little boy's voice said. Ryoga snapped out of his daydreaming and turned his head to look at the kid. "Can I sit next to the window?"
"Oh, uh sure," Ryoga said. He got up and let the little boy sat at his seat. Ryoga took the seat of the kid.
"He's like that," a woman's voice said. "Every time we got on a ferry, he'll take the nearest seat to the window". This must be the mother Ryoga thought.
Wait, there's something familiar about her. Her red hair, those blue eyes, that body. I-It was…
"Ranma?"
Ryoga woke up from his sleep. He realized where he was and that's in a seat in a ferry.
'Oh, I was only dreaming'.
"Who's Ranma," someone asked Ryoga from beside him.
Ryoga was still dazed. He didn't quite catch what the man beside him said.
"Pardon," Ryoga said.
"You mumbled 'Ranma' while you were asleep," the man said "who's that?"
"Oh, she's a friend of mine," Ryoga took a picture out of his pocket. "This is her," he handed the picture over to the man.
The man smiled. He gave back the picture to Ryoga. "She's really pretty," the man said. "You sure you're just friends?" he asked jokingly.
Ryoga blushed; he didn't know why but he did. "Yeah, just friends," he said as he placed the picture back into his pocket.
The rest of the journey went pretty quiet as the man beside him slept. Ryoga looked out into the window and looked at the water. They were still far out at sea, so there's nothing to watch but water. A few minutes later Ryoga fell asleep again. He dreamt it again. He dreamt that he found Ranma. He hoped this mission won't fail and he hoped to cure Ranma.
The ferry had arrived ahead of schedule by a minute. Ryoga was already off to find a place to stay and maybe someone who could lead him to the mountains. Even if he didn't get lost anymore, he still needs to make sure he goes in the right way.
Ryoga walked up the street and saw an inn. He went inside and went to rent a room for the night. Good thing he picked up language skills. He had no problem with the innkeeper.
After getting the key to the room, Ryoga went to find it. He opened the door that labeled 109. He went inside and placed his backpack carefully on the floor. He went for the balcony. It had a descent sight. He could se the jetty and the ferries coming in. He had arrived in China; this is where the mission begins.
End of chapter 3 part 1. It'll be a while before I could write part 2 so be patient.