A Cabbit's Chronicle
Chapter 8
By Gabriel's Thoughts
Somewhere in a woodland area five miles north of the Seinagi district, approximately three feet from where he lost consciousness. Ryoga Hibiki wakes. Night had fallen and Ryoga was suffering from the sudden onset of muscle soreness. Ryoga felt as if his body had been stretched in ways it shouldn't have. As he sat up his hand reached out and grabbed his umbrella to pull himself up. This was unusual, as he had lost his umbrella and all of his possessions at Jusenkyo. Upon closer inspection he discovered it wasn't his umbrella. It looked to be of the same color and design, but it wasn't. His Umbrella was made of bamboo. This one was lighter and appeared to be made of some form of titanium. Ryoga momentarily wondered how he knew it was titanium when he heard a voice.
"Concider it a gift" Ryoga-Kun rushed to his feet and took on a fighting stance. There was a woman standing in the pale moon light. Her hair was a ruby red, her eyes were catlike and yellow. A silver tiara with a blue or green gem set upon her head. Robes of green/ purple and white adorned her body. On her shoulder sat an eagle … Ryoga couldn't really tell if the eagle was green or purple itself, because he was partially colorblind.
"I'm Ramia, a princess of the magical kingdom Juriahelm." the mysterious figure stated
"what do you want from me?" Ryoga asked cautiously. There was a kind foreboding sense of evil emanating from this woman. Ryoga didn't like it, he didn't like it one bit. He immediately didn't trust her.
"You should be thanking me, I've restored your body and you are no longer cursed." This was partially true, Ramia hadn't truly removed Ryoga's curse, she had merely changed its form.
"Why would you do that for me?" Ryoga asked as he backed away, her very presence seemed to taint him and fill him with darkness. Ryoga wasn't sure which curse she had removed, he still looked like a little boy, he still couldn't tell north from south, and he still felt that tingling sensation that accompanied the Jusenkyo curse. Although the tingling sensation was more or less related to water in general.
"You wound me" crocodile tears welled up in Ramia's eyes "Is it so hard to believe that a good Samaritan would help you expecting nothing in return." Ramia continued crying as the eagle flew to a nearby tree to roost. Ryoga, an all around Mr. Nice-Guy, feared he had misjudged the poor defenseless magical princess of Jurihelm.
"Don't cry, I'm sorry." Ryoga hugged Ramia, Unaware of the evil grin that crossed her face the moment it was out of view.
Elsewhere …
Ryo- Ohki was a quivering mass of fear. Rather, Ryo-Ohki would be quivering if the cabbit wasn't completely paralyzed. Ryo-Ohki's kidnapper was a nearsighted Chinese youth, wearing an oversized white robe with a diamond pattern. A smirk crossed the kidnappers face as he started sharpening a kitchen knife. Next to the incapacitated Ryo-Ohki was a box of Stove top stuffing, a carton of sour cream, a package instant ramen, mushrooms, onions and carrots. Ryo-Ohki wasn't sure, but he suspected he was in some kind of danger… If Ryo-Ohki remembered being Ranma, he would have known exactly who this boy was, and above all what he could do. Sadly, Ryo-Oki was laying on his side unable to move anything but his eyes and was finding it hard to breathe.
Ranma would have recognized the youth as Mu Tsu, one of the few male amazons native to a region of China located near a series of cursed springs known as Jusenkeyo. Ryo-Ohki didn't know this, all the confused Cabbit really knew was under the current circumstances there was a chance he was going to die.
"You can talk you know, the shiatsu points I used only incapacitates your ability to use your limbs for a few hours." Mousse finished sharpening the knife and threw it at Ryo-Ohki. The knife landed scant millimeters from Ryo-Ohki's neck.
"P-please don't eat me." Ryo-Oki begged.
