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Ranma ½ AU Ch 7

"Talking"

Shouting

'Thinking'

*Sound Affects*

{Written Words}

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*Beep- beep- beep *

The slow beeping of various heart monitors was the only thing heard by the nurses on duty at one in the morning.

"I wish that something would happen around here." The older nurse told her younger companion.

"You said it. Well I might as well do my rounds." The younger nurse said as she got to leave.

*Beepbeepbeep * The beeping of two heart monitors in particular picked that moment to rapidly beep indicating that the people they where monitoring where waking up before they flat-lined.

"What going on now?" The older nurse asked as she followed her partner to the coma ward.

*Crash *

The sound coming from the room spurned them on to get there faster.

"What is in that backpack of yours?" A voice asked beyond the closed door.

"What I usually need when I'm going from one place to another by myself." A second voice answered as the two nurses opened the door and gaped at the sight before them.

The girl that had been laying there for the past twelve months wasn't connected to any of the IVs or monitors that she had been. To top things off she was wearing a blue and orange gi wearing black boots instead of the hospital gown.

The boy was another story as the bed he had been laying on had collapsed apparently from the weight of the backpack he was inexplicably carrying. He too wasn't connected to his monitoring system but he was wearing what looked like a navy blue sleeveless jumpsuit wearing black boots.

"Excuse me." Ranma-chan said trying to get the attention of the two nurses that she was currently standing in front of.

"Y-y-yes." The older nurse asked somewhat coming to her senses.

"Where are we?" Ranma-chan asked quickly as she glanced around the room.

"You are standing in the Coma ward of the hospital in the Shibuya district of Tokyo." The younger one said on reflex.

"That's only two train stops from our district." Ranma exclaimed turning to Ryoga before taking his hand and running past the two stunned nurses. "Thanks." Ranma-chan called over her shoulder as they ran down the hall.

"That was a little to much." The older nurse said as they both fell to the floor from shock.

"You're absolutely right. After this I might take up drinking."

"You and me both kiddo."

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"This way Ryoga." Ranma-chan said as she dragged her friend behind her.

"I'm moving my legs as fast as I can." Ryoga replied indignantly before he ran into Ranma-chan whom had suddenly stopped. "What is it?" He asked.

"I just remembered something. Like from a dream." Ranma-chan answered after a minute. "I wonder if it'll work or if it's just a dream."

"Well what is it?" Ryoga asked impatiently.

"First off hold onto me." Ranma-chan ordered her companion.

Ryoga complied by placing a hand on Ranma-chan's shoulder.

"Do you want to fall?" Ranma-chan asked before taking Ryoga's hands and clamping them together forming ring that she placed over her head. "You've gotten taller." She commented.

"And you've started grow as well." Ryoga replied blushing.

Looking down Ranma-chan noticed the breasts that had begun growing on her cheat before she started laughing nervously. "Well here we go." Ranma-chan said after regaining her composure.

A minute later wind began swirling around them and Ranma-chan started floating in the air taking Ryoga with her. "Aah. What are you doing." Ryoga screamed out as he held on for dear life.

"I'm using my ki to make a raft in the air." Ranma-chan explained.

"I never knew you could physically use your ki." Ryoga said as they flew over the city.

"What are you talking about? You yourself have a massive well of ki. Even more than me." Ranma-chan returned.

"Ok." Ryoga said nervously.

Meanwhile below them a drunken man was sitting in an alley preparing to take swig of the bottle he was holding. With wide eyes he watched the two people fly over head along the length of the alley. Watching as they disappeared over a building he started pouring his bottle on the ground vowing to ease up on the sake.

A few minutes later found them landing in front of Ryoga's house.

"Well this looks different." Ranma-chan commented taking in the dark house. For it did indeed look different.

For starters there was a bed of daffodils growing on one side of the door and sunflowers on the other.

"Just how long have we been asleep?" Ranma-chan asked Ryoga.

I would say at least a year as last I remember it was the end of summer and looking at those flowers it's close to that again." Ryoga observed.

"If you say so?" Ranma-chan returned as she opened the door to the house.

"By the way where did you get those clothes?" Ryoga asked as he entered his home.

"Truthfully I don't remember. But I could ask you the same thing." Ranma-chan said pointedly.

"Well I have to say the same thing unfortunately. But you seem to have recovered some of your memory of while we were out of it."

"Just two little pieces of my memory has been recovered. As I can sense ki and levitate." Ranma-chan explained before noticing something. "Funny your parents sister and my pop are here at the same time."

"Then let's just be quiet and stay in my room." Ryoga said slowly as he twiddled his thumbs.

"Sounds like a plan. Just don't get any bright ideas." Ranma-chan said as she yawned. "I don't know about you but I'm tired."

"Then lead the way." Ryoga prompted.

"My pleasure." Ranma-chan said as she led the way to Ryoga's room where they promptly passed out.

The next morning as Koichi wandered around the house looking for the kitchen to raid the fridge before breakfast he noticed that the message light was flashing on the phone.

'I hope that the hospital has something good to say today.' Koichi thought as rewound the tape to listen to the messages saved on it.

After fifteen minutes of unimportant messages the last one caught his attention.

"I regret to inform you Mr. Hibiki but at 1 a.m. This morning your son disappeared. Please call if you have any further questions."

As the message wound down Koichi picked up the phone and immediately called the hospital. Unfortunately he wasn't at his best and starting yelling at the receptionist and whoever else tried talking to him.

"Dad it's a little early to be yelling."

Hearing the voice he hadn't heard in year behind him Koichi spun around fast enough to pull the phone off the table it was resting on. Stand in front of him was Ryoga.

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I made the two wear similar outfits to their teachers the main difference being the decided lack of armbands and gloves. And for Ryoga his boots are black rather than white like Vegeta's because what can I say I like black boots.