Chapter Twelve:

Disclaimer: I don't own Ramna. Too bad.

She waited at Dr.Tofu's office for what seemed like forever. Ryoga was being cared for, having hurt himself badly in the fight; and Ukyo was scared she would never see him again. It was because of her that he'd gotten hurt in the first place, if he hadn't come to defend her then he wouldn't be in the hospital. She sat down on the waiting sofa and-well-waited.

Ukyo then realized that she owed Ryoga so much. She owed him her life, because he'd protected it. She owed him her home, because he'd kept Tsubasa from moving in; and she owed him her heart, because he'd kept it safe from invaders.

Suddenly, she began to picture Ryoga with Rei and Kai, they loved him and he loved them so dearly. She saw that if anything happened to Ryoga; she would never be able to forgive herself.

Why had all those thoughts come now? Why had she started thinking about when Ryoga promised that they could always share a mat as long as it made her happy? As the hours ticked by; Ukyo had fallen asleep on the waiting sofa.

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"Ryoga!" They were back at the restaurant. Ryoga was with Rei and holding Kai; but when he heard Ukyo's voice, he spun around with a smile on his face. She hugged him tightly, as if she was upset again, but she wasn't. She was smiling. "Did you and Kai have a good day?"

"Yep." He grinned contently. Putting Kai in the baby-seat sitting on the counter, and wrapping his arms around Ukyo's waist. "What about you?" She nodded; leaning against his body. It wasn't when Ryoga leaned over her and gave her a kiss, sending chills all through her body, not even when he leaned in beside her ear and whispered "I love you."

No. Tofu woke her up.

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"Ukyo. Ukyo wake up." It took her a couple of seconds to realize she was being spoken to. When she finally realized that he was speaking to her, she immediately asked how Ryoga was. Tofu just smiled and said:

"He's fine Ucchan. You can go see him now if you want." Ukyo nodded and started walking to the room Ryoga was in, it was strange. She never dreamt of them together before, but that one time she had, she liked it. There was a surge of pleasure running through her in the dream, she could feel it; like she hoped she would never wake up from it, but at the same time the alternate reality was too real for her to handle at that moment, so it scared her.

But right then, she didn't care; Ryoga was waiting for her.

When she saw him, he gave her a small, fanged smile before saying: "Hi Ucchan." She smiled meekly and sat on his hospital bed.

"Hi, how are you feeling?"

"Eh, I've been better." He spoke as if he hadn't just fought to the death with Tsubasa, as if he'd merely fallen.

"You talk as if it wasn't a big deal. I-I'm sorry you got hurt Ryoga; I should have fought my own battles.." Ryoga sat up and grabbed her hand, he'd become so comfortable showing her loving (But not sexual) gestures.

"Ucchan, I was happy to do it. I am your husband after all." He teased, she gave him a "OK,OK that was good for a laugh." smirk before he asked when he could go home.

Home..

That word never did have much meaning to him; he used to think "Home" was a building were you lived, but he saw recently that it was much more. It was a place of peace, where he could be with Ukyo, Kai, and Rei; without bad things happening, without people mugging them or picking fights.

Home had a new meaning. It was a place of complete sanctuary. Utopia.

Kind of short, but I wanted to hurry and get to the MEGA FLUFF and this chapter just didn't call for it.

Me: SUPER MEGA FLUFF TRANSPHORM!

Erik: (Shakes head miserably)

Crypto: DESTROY ALL HUMANS!!! (Boom boom boom!)

Pox: is it scientifically possible to make such fluff?

Me:….I'll make it work.

Pox: (Takes notes of fluff ratio)

Erik: OH YEAH! JUST FORGET ME! You go off on your DESTROY ALL HUMANS characters and I get left in the cold…

Me: AWWWW (Snuggle)

Erik: OK, I'm done now.