Ukyo didn't want him here but her voice had no value in that place. She didn't decide when to eat or when to sleep. It wasn't up to her to be outside or inside. She could not choose if it was time for a walk or to be sitting in a chair…
Why was she still a prisoner? It should have ended already. Kodachi was dead, after all. Shampoo had killed her. Shampoo had done what she had been unable to do.
"Ukyo? Ranma is talking to you…"
Ukyo winced as her assigned doctor's voice intruded on her thoughts. Sshe looked up again. Ranma was still sitting in front of her. There was no anger in his face. There was no resentment. He was such a nice guy, after all. So forgiving…
"We all thought you had left. There was a sign in your restaurant…" He said. "I was…hurt 'cause you never tell me…I'm….sorry for all that's happened to you…I never did anything wrong…but it still seems I've caused a great pain for everybody…"
Ukyo agreed with that. He had never done anything wrong. He had only been a great nice guy. He had also been a coward who had being unable to be direct with the maniacs surrounding him. But then again, would have Kodachi listened if he ever said no?
"Its not your fault." She finally said. She realized they were the first words he spoke to him in years. "But you are the cause of it."
He swallowed and looked down.
"I killed your dad, Ranma. I killed Soun Tendo…I killed Ryoga..."
Ranma visibly flinched at that. His face hardened. Ukyo liked him better when he glared at her. She liked him better angry and resentful…But then again, the anger passed and all there was left on his face was pity.
"You did…but you also saved my wife…"
She had saved his wife. She had saved Tendo Akane so that she could end up in a mental institution with Ranma Saotome pitying her from across a nauseously insipid room. That's why she had saved Tendo Akane, so that the lucky bitch could live happily ever after as Ranma Saotome's wife…The boy she had loved too. The boy she had lost everything for…
She had saved their happiness. She had protected their love. She had stopped before the end...
"I forgive you."
Ukyo's heart leaped to her throat. She closed her eyes to stop the tears from spilling out. Without a word, she rose from her chair and asked to be led back to her room.
A huge man was shoved violently against the cushioned wall of the cell. With a grunt of pain, another one hit his face against the door. A cat burning alive would have shrieked and howled less vehemently than the dangerous patient the entire nurse-staff of Nerima's Mental Institution was trying to restrain.
Small as she was, the girl remained on her feet as they piled up on top of her, her feet holding as firm as concrete pillars despite their attempts to push them from under her. They almost screamed in relief when the girl dropped to her knees and let out another ear-piercing howl.
"This is horrible." A doctor finally arrived to the scene.
One of the fallen nurses crawled to his feet. They always appeared at the last second, when all the racket was over. He glared at the young man, and his mood worsened even more. They were sending delicate-looking snots now to deal with this dangerous psychopath?
"Yeah." He grumbled. "It's a very tragic story. Will you sedate her now? I think she cracked my ribs."
The doctor glared at him and marched inside, approaching the mass of struggling people. The girl was bent over and panting heavily, but still refusing to surrender an inch more. The doctor pushed away some stray locks of hair away from her face and whispered soothingly in her ear.
The struggle stopped. The patient went limp and the nurses quickly maneuvered her into a strait-jacket. It was the third she ripped free off in the last week.
"Danm, what a pain in the ass…"
The sore nurses gathered their fallen comrades and walked out of the door, leaving the doctor alone with the trembling girl. He helped her against one of the cushioned walls.
"You're sure a noisy bitch, did you know that?"
"This all you fault!"
"Shut up. Do you want to get out or not?"
Shampoo nodded enthusiastically. Ukyo winked at her and loosened the straps holding her arms.
Please, let me know what you think x- should there be a sequel with Ukyo and Shampoo?
