How I Can Understand Ryoga's Problems:
"Oh, Magnus, I'm sure you're so mad about getting taken directly to Ukyo's chest." Nabs said sarcastically. "You're really in for it when she thinks you're cute and cuddly. Dear me, what ever could be worse?"
Maybe if you'll let me finish, I can tell you!
(Autotyper 2000: Not much time! Blah blah blah Ranma ½ blah blah blah blah blah or other stuff blah blah blah blah don't sue blah blah Poprocks and Coke!)
Magnus struggled to free himself again from the girl's tight grasp, before the wafting smell of her hair passed by, rendering the boy/ferret slightly intoxicated.
"Oh, you're the cutest little thing I've ever seen!" Ukyo said happily, before holding the ferret out to look at it better. "Heh, you're Magnus's, huh?"
Magnus, regaining slight control over his head, nodded enthusiastically.
Ukyo smiled. "Hee, you're a smart little guy, aren't you?" Glancing around the room, she stood again, pulling the ferret up to cradle it better in her arms. "I wonder where he is? Everybody else has already left."
The ferret began squirming again, but Ukyo held firm, searching the room. First the break room, then the computer, then the rest of the studio. She found nothing. "Huh, he left his computer on and everything." Checking the main door, the one that had a keyhole on both sides, Ukyo looked outside. "The door's unlocked too, and he's not out there. Where is he?"
The girl examined the rooms again. "Sorry, hon', but I don't even see any stuff for you. Magnus must've forgotten about you when he left for something." The ferret looked up at her curiously, trying to decipher what that meant. "Aw, don't worry! I'll take you home for the night, make sure you're safe."
The ferret paused for a moment, that last line washing through his brain. Then he started struggling like crazy.
"Whoa! What's gotten into you?!" Ukyo shouted, clutching the ferret tighter. "Hey, hey, calm down!" She shifted her grip, gently patting the small creature on the head. "Calm down." She said quieter, and the animal slowly relaxed.
"Come on, it'll be fun!" Ukyo shouted, before walking to the coat rack to grab her jacket.
(Nabs Note!: Oh, yeah, Magnus, this is truly hell on earth for you.)
Let's not forget what can happen to Ryoga!
(Nabs Note!: . . .)
(Autotyper 2000: Oh, shit Magnus! You are so screwed!)
Pulling her jacket on, Ukyo buttoned it halfway up, before stopping. "Oh, I wonder how cold it is outside . . . It may bee too much for you, little guy." Ukyo paused, thinking, before picking up the ferret. Buttoning her jacket up most of the way, she placed the little ferret in her jacket, it's little head and front claws barely sticking out. "There, you ought to be safe now." She said with a serene smile.
Magnus, however, was freaking out mentally. "Oh, god! I'm so dead!" he screamed in his little ferret brain. "If Ukyo finds out, I'm doomed! Well, at least it's warm and soft . . . AHHHHH! Don't think like that! Stay focused, and think nothing about her beautiful body and soft . . . GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!"
(Nabs Note!; Yeah, Magnus, Autotyper is right. You are screwed.)
It gets worse.
(Nabs Note!: Oh, that's just perfect.)
We went to the pet store to get some supplies for me. And while the owner was a bit mad about her bringing a loose animal in, he said she could anyway after a minute. She got food and a little bed for me, and then brought me back to Ucchan's.
Ukyo walked the little ferret up the steps to the apartment of the restaurant, placing the bags down, and lifting the animal out gently, and placing him on the floor. "Wait here for a second, hon'." She said with that same serene smile. Then, Ukyo turned and walked back down the stairs.
A few minutes later, Ukyo returned carrying a small bowl of water, and a second one, empty, along with it. And she found the ferret in exactly the same spot, as if he was paralyzed from shock. Pausing for a minute at that, she sighed, and walked along. "Come on, let me get you some food." The ferret obediently followed.
Placing the bowls down next to the bathroom, she walked back to grab the bag of food, ripped the corner open, and filled the second bowl with dry kibble. Placing the bag down, she crouched next to the little creature. "Now, I got work to do, little guy. So don't be getting into trouble while I'm not around, okay?"
Magnus nodded dumbly, and Ukyo smiled and walked away, down the steps.
My first idea was escape, so I dashed into the bathroom. The plan was switch back, steal some clothes from Ukyo's room, and get out through a window or something.
(Nabs Note!: Highly original, Magnus. Only five billion people could have thought of that.)
Quiet, you! It was the only thing I could think of!
Magnus ran into the bathroom, shoving the door closed with his head. Jumping up onto the edge of a trashcan, he hopped onto the back of a toilet, then up onto the sink, pulling himself up with his strong claws. Sliding into the bowl of the sink, he grabbed the handle for hot water in his teeth, before pulling back. The water flowed for a moment, starting cold, before slowly warming up to quite hot.
Flopping out of the sink, Magnus, now human again, slowly leaned up. He was human again. "Okay, you three, you're going to pay for all of this."
(Autotyper 2000: All three? Who were they?)
Ranma, Ryoga, and Mousse.
(Autotyper 2000: Oh, right.)
Anyway, as soon as I flopped back on the floor, though, I heard footsteps coming up the stairs. And having no clothes, I knew exactly what I had to do.
Jumping up, Magnus turned the hot water off, and turned on the cold water. As the footsteps neared, the water slowly grew colder. With a big swish, the boy splashed himself. And reverted back to ferret form.
Catching on the edge of his sink with his front claws, the ferret dangled down from the sink as Ukyo opened the door up. Glancing around, she saw the ferret hanging from the sink, staring at her as the water began to overflow onto the floor. After a moment, he slipped off, crashing down onto the ground.
The girl sighed, shaking her head and smiling. "Well, I guess I should get a towel."
After shutting the water off and cleaning the floor, she dried my fur off. Which was bad, because for the next three hours I was a large, walking fluff-ball of static electricity. Every time I walked past an exposed nail or something, I would get shocked. So, I gave up on escaping, and settled to trying to sleep until tomorrow, when hopefully she would bring me back.
Several hours later, after the restaurant noise downstairs died away for a while, I heard her coming back upstairs.
"Hey, sleeping on the floor now?" Ukyo asked, looking at the small ball of fuzz lying down at the top of the stairs. The ferret stirred a little, but didn't move. The girl sighed, before walking towards the bathroom to get ready for bed. Glancing down, however, she noticed something odd. "Hey, you haven't eaten anything yet! I'm not giving you more until you eat this, sugar."
The ferret stirred again, before standing up, stretching, and walking to the small bowl of food. As he took a few sniffs, he gave up on avoiding it, and started eating. Ukyo smiled, and walked into the bathroom, closing the door.
Magnus sighed as he ate. Sure, he was stuck in a cursed form that could get him in a lot of trouble if Ukyo found out, he had to get revenge on the three people who had put him into this, and he was missing the new Spongebob Squarepants. But, the pellets tasted like chicken. And chicken is good.
Once he was full, the boy/ferret began to explore for that bed again. He had forgotten where Ukyo had put it, so he simply stood next to one wall, and began to follow it around the apartment. The first room he got to was a small closet, which did not have it. So he moved onto the next one, which had a desk and a large amount of open floor space. And there, he found it. Sighing to himself, he walked over, and flopped down.
A few minutes later, Ukyo came in, wearing a white bathrobe, her hair loose and barely dried from her shower. Magnus slowly looked up, before realizing what she was, and wasn't, wearing. Ukyo glanced over, seeing the ferret, and smiling calmly at it before going to her next task. Magnus then realized that she was pulling out clothes to change into.
Ukyo glanced back at the ferret a moment later, and realized he was gone. He had simply vanished, which was odd. And his small, foam bed was now shuddering.
A minute after that, Ukyo calmly approached the shaking pet bed. Noticing that it was several centimeters off the floor, she kneeled down beside it, before she pulled it away. And there was the ferret, facing away from her, his paws covering his face, and his little body shaking. "Hey, you okay, little guy?" The ferret didn't move. "I'm sorry, did I scare you . . . somehow?"
The ferret, feeling a small poking on his back, slowly slid one of his paws away, leaning to look behind him. Fortunately, Ukyo was now redressed in her pajamas. With some more prodding from Ukyo, he slowly pulled his other paw away, stood up, and turned back to her. But he was still shaking a bit.
Ukyo smiled at him. "I won't hurt you, little guy. I promise." She lightly brushed his head with her fingers. "Okay?"
The ferret calmed down again, before nodding. Ukyo giggled a bit, before standing and walking to a corner of the room, pulling out a rolled futon, and laying it out on the floor. Throwing a pillow at the top of it, she pulled a blanket down from the side of the room. Magnus was suddenly afraid again. He was in her bedroom!
Ukyo didn't seem to notice, mainly because she had no idea who the ferret was. So, she calmly laid down the blanket, put the small bed for the ferret next to her futon, walked through the apartment, turning off the lights, before turning off the last light in the bedroom, climbing under the blanket, and settling in for the night. She turned to the pet bed, as the ferret stood nearby. "Good night, sugar." She said drowsily, before rolling over, and falling asleep.
The ferret, sighing, walked and laid down in the little bed placed for him, and curled up. After a while, he fell asleep.
In the morning, we woke up late, so she changed quick, grabbed me and her battle spatula, and we raced off to the studio. And here we are.
Nabs ignored the sound of the hairdryer turning off, which had replaced the sound of the running shower several minutes ago. She adjusted the brown sweatshirt she was wearing, before sighing loudly. "Okay, Magnus, we're in trouble. We need a plan."
Well, duh! If Ukyo finds out . . . AHH! I don't know! This never happened in the manga, and she doesn't act like Akane! She might kill me! She might not care!
Nabs sat back a bit more. "Okay, we should talk to her first. We don't reveal you're the ferret until after we know she won't kill you for it. If she will, we keep it a secret for a while, until we can get out of that agreement you have with Ranma, Ryoga, and Mousse."
(Autotyper 2000: Okay! I'll try to get the programming fixed while you two deal with Ukyo.)
All right. That sounds like a good plan . . . and thanks, you two. I owe you.
Nabs smiled. "Oh, that's okay. We're here for you, Magnus."
The door swung open normally, as a person stepped through. She was just fast enough to catch the last line. "Magnus?" Ukyo asked to the room. She noticed Nabs at the desk, and the ferret next to the computer and a kettle of water on a hot plate, a stack of clothes on the other side. "Is he here, Nabs?"
Crap!