There were white candles all around, everywhere. The light illuminated the
pair of lovers sitting nowhere.
Ukyou turned giving the man in her arms a kiss. "I love you," she snuggled, rubbing her cheek on his yellow shirt.
Ukyou's eyes flew open. She sat up in bed.
'What a weird dream about Ranma,' she thought stretching her arms. Wait a minute. Ranma doesn't wear yellow.
"ARGH!" Ukyou's fingers itched to eat bandanna boy over the head. She settled for pounding on his door instead.
"STAY OUT OF MY DREAMS!!!" she yelled through the door. Checkers whined at her volume. "Come on girl," she coaxed the dog downstairs. After giving her more corned beef, Ukyou went into the backyard. In the dawn, she began practicing the exercises that helped keep her in shape. ** ** **
THOCK
Ryouga opened his eyes.
THOCK
'What's that noise?' He stumbled out of bed, tripping over his backpack. He lifted the window shade.
THOCK
Ukyou was outside slamming a makeshift practice dummy on the head. Ryouga's head began to sympathize. He watched as she alternated her exercises. Her form was good. She had strength behind her blows, but she lacked proper training in weaponless fighting. Her arm attacks weren't as powerful without her weapon.
Ukyou did look good in her fighting stance. Ryouga's nose started to turn red as he thought of the night before. He clamped his nose.
All of his senses had shut off. He remembered thinking, "Gee Ukyou finally looks like a girl." Then everything shut down until he crawled out from under the bucket.
He had heard her cursing through the walls, as he changed back. "She's never going to forgive me," Ryouga stared down at her exercising person. He sighed and got ready for the day. ** ** **
Ukyou came in stamping snow off her feet. Ryouga was sitting at the table, sipping tea.
"Breakfast sugar?" Ukyou offered nervously.
"No thank you," Ryouga continued to nurse his tea.
Ukyou wasn't hungry so she sat down. They stared at each other in silence for a few minutes, not knowing what to say. Ryouga looked away first. Ukyou turned red.
"Hey why don't we..?" they said at the same time.
"You first," they said in unison.
"Why don't we forget about last night?" Ryouga offered.
"Deal!" Ukyou agreed rapidly. She sighed in relief. It would be over, but lost boy didn't shut his mouth.
"It's not as if I was trying to look at you or anything," Ryouga pulled a Ranma, and stuck his foot in his mouth.
"And why not?" Ukyou was incensed. "I AM A WOMAN YOU KNOW!" 'Oops I didn't mean that.' She thought. 'Wrong thing to say Ukyou-girl.'
"Not exactly a normal one," Ryouga pointed out.
Ukyou's face turned thunderous. "You are the rudest person ever!" she yelled. "Do you know one of the first things you said to me was an insult?"
"Huh?" Ryouga looked confused but Ukyou was still ranting.
"I can see why he's kept you a secret!" she quoted, ticking off a finger on her hand, "When I told you I was Ranma's fiancée."
"You called me a wimp!"
"You said I was masculine!"
"You called me a jackass!"
"Let's see, then I think you called me a stupid female on the island!"
"You said I had no sense of direction!"
"You DON'T!"
"Well. well. You called me SUGAR!"
"Oh now you're being ridiculous!"
They stared at each other. Then Ryouga and Ukyou both cracked up laughing.
"Sorry!" Ukyou gasped between laughs.
"No I'm sorry." Ryouga shook his head.
They smiled tentatively at each other. ** ** ** Ukyou drummed her fingers on the windowsill, staring at the world outside. The snow was falling again. She got up and paced the living room, only to sit back and drum her fingers again.
"That's getting annoying," Ryouga commented, looking up from a card game.
"AUGH!" Ukyou cried startling Checkers. "I am usually in the restaurant. It's lunch crowd time now!!! I want to make okinomiyaki damn it!"
"So go make it." Ryouga declared.
Ukyou glared. "You don't have the necessary ingredients," she pointed out. "The fridge is empty, the pantry doesn't have the proper batter-"
She broke off as Ryouga pulled a wad of bills out of his backpack, which was always with him. "So go buy some," he said pulling yen off the roll.
"Where'd you get that?" Ukyou questioned. Ryouga was poor. Or he should have been. Why else would he come in like a mangy looking dog off the street that needed feeding? In fact, she'd often given him pity meals at her restaurant feeling sorry for him. It was also a ploy to get him to go along with her schemes.
"Hmm? Oh I did a job a while back for a construction site." Ryouga didn't mention he'd been practicing his rock breaking technique. He happened to do it at the site of a building being torn down and did the job in half the time it took the construction workers. The owner was so grateful he had given Ryouga a fair amount of yen.
Ukyou swooped upon the money. She tucked it into her bandolier and after a good-bye, quickly hurried to the market. There she shopped for the necessary ingredients to make her special pizzas. She picked up a side of bacon examining it for damage.
"GUESS WHAT!!!" Amnar scared her again by just popping up.
WHAM
"One spatula to the head coming right up!" Amnar babbled.
"Quit doing that!" Ukyou said annoyed. "What are you doing here? Are you here to fix my wish?"
"I'd put that pork back. Ryouga doesn't eat it. Enaka told me so."
"What do I care?" Ukyou snarled exasperated. "Tell me why you are here."
"To do a little dance. make a little love. get down tonight!" Amnar started disco dancing in the meats section.
"BAKA!" Ukyou raised her spatula over his head.
"EH!" Amnar cowered, "I've got good and bad news!"
"Speak," Ukyou demanded, "Good news."
"My suspension time is shorter."
"Bad news?"
"Big G said less than a year and that's all he'll tell me!"
"A YEAR?!"
"Less than."
"I don't have a year!"
"Actually you do. But who wants to waste time arguing ba- Ukyou," He threw his hands up in a peace sign. "I'm gone!"
Ukyou watched him disappear. She collected the rest of her groceries, pausing to put the bacon back. She paid for items, and walked back to Ryouga's.
A year? How was she going to wait a whole year?
"WHY ARE YOU WRECKING MY LIFE?" she yelled to Amnar but he couldn't hear her. Or if he could, he wasn't responding. Ukyou let herself into the house. Ryouga had fallen asleep on the couch. Ukyou let him sleep.
In the kitchen, she donned an apron and did what Ukyou does best. Okinomiyaki!!!
Ukyou turned giving the man in her arms a kiss. "I love you," she snuggled, rubbing her cheek on his yellow shirt.
Ukyou's eyes flew open. She sat up in bed.
'What a weird dream about Ranma,' she thought stretching her arms. Wait a minute. Ranma doesn't wear yellow.
"ARGH!" Ukyou's fingers itched to eat bandanna boy over the head. She settled for pounding on his door instead.
"STAY OUT OF MY DREAMS!!!" she yelled through the door. Checkers whined at her volume. "Come on girl," she coaxed the dog downstairs. After giving her more corned beef, Ukyou went into the backyard. In the dawn, she began practicing the exercises that helped keep her in shape. ** ** **
THOCK
Ryouga opened his eyes.
THOCK
'What's that noise?' He stumbled out of bed, tripping over his backpack. He lifted the window shade.
THOCK
Ukyou was outside slamming a makeshift practice dummy on the head. Ryouga's head began to sympathize. He watched as she alternated her exercises. Her form was good. She had strength behind her blows, but she lacked proper training in weaponless fighting. Her arm attacks weren't as powerful without her weapon.
Ukyou did look good in her fighting stance. Ryouga's nose started to turn red as he thought of the night before. He clamped his nose.
All of his senses had shut off. He remembered thinking, "Gee Ukyou finally looks like a girl." Then everything shut down until he crawled out from under the bucket.
He had heard her cursing through the walls, as he changed back. "She's never going to forgive me," Ryouga stared down at her exercising person. He sighed and got ready for the day. ** ** **
Ukyou came in stamping snow off her feet. Ryouga was sitting at the table, sipping tea.
"Breakfast sugar?" Ukyou offered nervously.
"No thank you," Ryouga continued to nurse his tea.
Ukyou wasn't hungry so she sat down. They stared at each other in silence for a few minutes, not knowing what to say. Ryouga looked away first. Ukyou turned red.
"Hey why don't we..?" they said at the same time.
"You first," they said in unison.
"Why don't we forget about last night?" Ryouga offered.
"Deal!" Ukyou agreed rapidly. She sighed in relief. It would be over, but lost boy didn't shut his mouth.
"It's not as if I was trying to look at you or anything," Ryouga pulled a Ranma, and stuck his foot in his mouth.
"And why not?" Ukyou was incensed. "I AM A WOMAN YOU KNOW!" 'Oops I didn't mean that.' She thought. 'Wrong thing to say Ukyou-girl.'
"Not exactly a normal one," Ryouga pointed out.
Ukyou's face turned thunderous. "You are the rudest person ever!" she yelled. "Do you know one of the first things you said to me was an insult?"
"Huh?" Ryouga looked confused but Ukyou was still ranting.
"I can see why he's kept you a secret!" she quoted, ticking off a finger on her hand, "When I told you I was Ranma's fiancée."
"You called me a wimp!"
"You said I was masculine!"
"You called me a jackass!"
"Let's see, then I think you called me a stupid female on the island!"
"You said I had no sense of direction!"
"You DON'T!"
"Well. well. You called me SUGAR!"
"Oh now you're being ridiculous!"
They stared at each other. Then Ryouga and Ukyou both cracked up laughing.
"Sorry!" Ukyou gasped between laughs.
"No I'm sorry." Ryouga shook his head.
They smiled tentatively at each other. ** ** ** Ukyou drummed her fingers on the windowsill, staring at the world outside. The snow was falling again. She got up and paced the living room, only to sit back and drum her fingers again.
"That's getting annoying," Ryouga commented, looking up from a card game.
"AUGH!" Ukyou cried startling Checkers. "I am usually in the restaurant. It's lunch crowd time now!!! I want to make okinomiyaki damn it!"
"So go make it." Ryouga declared.
Ukyou glared. "You don't have the necessary ingredients," she pointed out. "The fridge is empty, the pantry doesn't have the proper batter-"
She broke off as Ryouga pulled a wad of bills out of his backpack, which was always with him. "So go buy some," he said pulling yen off the roll.
"Where'd you get that?" Ukyou questioned. Ryouga was poor. Or he should have been. Why else would he come in like a mangy looking dog off the street that needed feeding? In fact, she'd often given him pity meals at her restaurant feeling sorry for him. It was also a ploy to get him to go along with her schemes.
"Hmm? Oh I did a job a while back for a construction site." Ryouga didn't mention he'd been practicing his rock breaking technique. He happened to do it at the site of a building being torn down and did the job in half the time it took the construction workers. The owner was so grateful he had given Ryouga a fair amount of yen.
Ukyou swooped upon the money. She tucked it into her bandolier and after a good-bye, quickly hurried to the market. There she shopped for the necessary ingredients to make her special pizzas. She picked up a side of bacon examining it for damage.
"GUESS WHAT!!!" Amnar scared her again by just popping up.
WHAM
"One spatula to the head coming right up!" Amnar babbled.
"Quit doing that!" Ukyou said annoyed. "What are you doing here? Are you here to fix my wish?"
"I'd put that pork back. Ryouga doesn't eat it. Enaka told me so."
"What do I care?" Ukyou snarled exasperated. "Tell me why you are here."
"To do a little dance. make a little love. get down tonight!" Amnar started disco dancing in the meats section.
"BAKA!" Ukyou raised her spatula over his head.
"EH!" Amnar cowered, "I've got good and bad news!"
"Speak," Ukyou demanded, "Good news."
"My suspension time is shorter."
"Bad news?"
"Big G said less than a year and that's all he'll tell me!"
"A YEAR?!"
"Less than."
"I don't have a year!"
"Actually you do. But who wants to waste time arguing ba- Ukyou," He threw his hands up in a peace sign. "I'm gone!"
Ukyou watched him disappear. She collected the rest of her groceries, pausing to put the bacon back. She paid for items, and walked back to Ryouga's.
A year? How was she going to wait a whole year?
"WHY ARE YOU WRECKING MY LIFE?" she yelled to Amnar but he couldn't hear her. Or if he could, he wasn't responding. Ukyou let herself into the house. Ryouga had fallen asleep on the couch. Ukyou let him sleep.
In the kitchen, she donned an apron and did what Ukyou does best. Okinomiyaki!!!