RANMA COUPLING S2 CH 14
SUNDAY MORNING
Ukyo and Konatsu were cleaning the restaurant after the lunch crowd. The chef was in an extremely good mood.
"Oh yes it's ladies night, And the feeling's right!" Ukyo sang while cleaning the counter
Konatsu looked at her raising an eyebrow
"Good mood Ucchan?"
She smiled at him "Tonight is Akane´s Bachlorette party, I´ve never thought that I would say this but, I´m really looking forward to it!"
She smiled at him. Konatsu looked at her surprised
"And no scheaming or brake-up plan just having fun.. with the girls..." Ukyo continued whistling the song.
"So...what´s the plan for today?" Konatsu asked
"Mmm.. I don´t know.. I guess getting drunk.. and party... well I hope that... I´m going to do that, I can´t stand the Tendo sisters for too long without a drink ... hey you should come!"
"Well, I was invited to both of the parties, Ranma´s and Akane´s ... so... I´ll go to Ranma´s, I prefer drunk boys, than you and your girlfriends yelling to talk to each other as if they had gone deaf" he taunted
she throw him the rag "Ha! you witch!... I´ll do that if I could!!"
Konatsu laughed "no... no.. don´t worry I´leave your harem alone, I got a date with Hana chan... It´s our anniversary"
"Oh!! congratulations" she run and hugged him
"Thanks honey, so if we end up early, I´ll give you a call... which probably won´t happen because I´m planing on having a very romantic finale for our celebration" he winked at her.
The phone rang
Ukyo went to get it.
"Just don´t get pregnant." she giggled
Konatsu laughed
"Ucchan's Okonomiyaki!" she greeted.
"Hi Ucchan It´s me!"
"Hi Ranma... enjoying your last hours of singleness?"
"Well... yeah... something like that... Hey, It´s OK for Akane´s party to be there, right?"
"Yeah!... I've told you the first time you asked me!!! Why are you asking it again?.. Wait am I on the speaker?" she frowned
Ranma giggled
"Hi Akane!!! I have a bottle of tequila with your name on it!!!"
"Thanks Ukyo!!" Akane yelled at the back
"Hey Ucchan, Ryoga is in Nermia, he called me a couple of minutes ago and he is coming here... do you want to come?"he asked her.
She smiled widely "Well.. I have a couple things to do.. but I think I could make it"
"Great then, see you later Ucchan!!"
"Bye Ranma"
She hung the phone and continued singing "And the feeling's right, Oh yes it's ladies night, Oh what a night!"
Ryoga and Akari arrived at the Tendo dojo perfectly on time... because, well Akari was leading. Ranma and Akane received the couple.
"So Ryoga...you.. have.. a girlfriend... wow" Ranma commented
Akane elbowed Ranma "wow, this is so great, we're really happy for you!"
"Thanks, I´m very happy to meet you, Ryoga talks about you all the time" Akari said.
Akane and Ranma were really surprised, looking at Ryoga and his new girlfriend, she was hugging him all the time, Ryoga blushing.
"Hey Ryoga, tonight it´s my bachelor party.. we are doing it at the Nekohaunten, are you coming?" Ranma asked his friend
"Well.. I don´t think so.. we are very tired from the trip." he looked at Akari
"Akari, we're having mine too today, If you want... you could come also..." Akane offered her
"Oh.. please... don´t worry about me... I´m tired, I think I´ll go directly to bed, but you Ryoga, I don´t see why you can´t spend a nice dinner with your friend" she smiled at her
"Nice dinner?..." Ranma thought "Oh Come one pig boy!"
"What did you call me!" Ryoga glared.
"Oh he is really nice!" Akari said happily after hearing Ryoga nickname "Oh! Come on Ryoga!!"
"Yeah... I´m sure you´ll have some catching up to do with the guys" Akane looked at him.
"The guys?... who were them anyway?...what the hell!" he thought... "Ok, ok, I´ll go"
The Three smiled.
"Well I´ll guess we will be leaving now then..." Ryoga grabbed Akari's hand
"Oh... wait Ryochan... Akane, could you tell me were the bathroom is?" Akari asked
"Yeah.. sure... follow me" Akane answered and the two girls were gone.
Ranma looked at his friends "P-chan you piggy, you had it all well hidden!!"
Ryoga looked at him blushing
Ukyo finished greeting Kasumi and went to the Tendo´s living room, from the distance she could see Ranma talking to another guy, as she was getting closer she realized who it was... she smiled, lucky no one noticed it.
"Well Ukyo, put your angry face because he is going to be sorry for letting you here all alone yeah!!" she thought and stood behind him, she touched his shoulder and he begun to turn around.
Ryoga started to turn around, somehow he knew who it was, so he was ready to give her the angriest face he had, she deserved the worst treatment, how could she even come and confront him.. she sure had some nerve.
He turned around.
The so expected moment happened, Ryoga saw Ukyo, Ukyo looked at Ryoga.
All their plans vanished as those eyes met.
Their brains shut down, and they stood there smiling at each other, because even after all, they were really happy to meet again, it was all slow motion, sparkling and bubbling in front of a pink background, as to express it an anime way.
"Ryoga" Ukyo gasped
"Uch-kyo" Ryoga mumbled
Suddenly the two remembered his previous plans and put a more serious face.
"So.. you are back..." Ukyo pointed serious. "His hair looks so cute now that it's longer, no more baldy-monkish and his clueless face.. do not smile, do not smile, you are angry!" she thought
"What´s wrong with me... be mad.. be mad.. oh that smile!... damn!! I've missed her... damn!" he thought
"Hello..." Akari interrupted the moment grabbing Ryoga´s arm.
The two snapped out of it.
Ukyo looked at her "Oh.. hello" and smiled politely
Ryoga in the other hand looked at her worried.
There was a VERY uncomfortable silence... Ranma, Akane and Akari waiting for Ryoga´s introduction.
Akari smiled widely and tried again "Unryuu Akari, I´m Ryoga girlfriend... nice to meet you"
Ryoga heard those words from Akari's lips and looked right at Ukyo, his mouth opened.
Ukyo was shocked, surprised. "Have she heard right, girlfriend?" she thought, she could'nt believe it, that was totally unexpected, it have catch her completely out of guard, suddenly it clicked "THAT JACKASS, SON OF... A PIECE OF... MOTHER ..., TRICKED ME, LEFT ME ALONE IN NERIMA WITHOUT ANY EXPLANATION BECAUSE HE HAD A GIRLFRIEND, AND I WAS SO STUPID, I WAS PLANING ON FORGIVING HIM, AND I HAVE BROKE UP WITH A GREAT GUY JUST TO BE WITH HIM... THIS WAS WRONG, I AM ANGRY, NOT ANGRY... MAD... NOT MAD... FURIOUS, INDIGNANT, IRRITATED, IREFUL, WRATHFUL... AND ALONE AGAIN" she thought. Her plan have totally backfired.
The confusion expression in her face lasted a second, quickly Ukyo, as she was used to hide her inner feelings, smiled politely "Oh!..How.. how nice... I´m Kuonji Ukyo... nice to meet you"
Ranma and Ryoga noticed the little change in her face.
The lost one, was still waiting for more, he knew that Akari would remember her name, so as if it was a tennis match he looked to the other side of the court and down to Akari.
Akari didn't care to hide her surprised face "Oh... nice to meet you" she wasn´t so polite now
The two girls looked at Ryoga.
Ranma felt like he had to save his friends from the awkward moment
"So then Ryoga... we will see you later... C´mon Ucchan here are the things for Akane´s party... that you came here for?"
Ryoga looked at Ranma "wow... have Ranma saved me, just now?.. I owe him one.. mmm... thinking better... I guess I´m canceling one from his list" he thought.
He remembered that he was angry at Ukyo, but this was not the moment to discuss it. "Well... I guess we have to go.. nice seeing you Ukyo".
"Yeah... Really nice..." Ukyo went with Ranma to the kitchen
Akari grabbed Ryoga´s arm and they left.
Ranma and Ukyo arrived at the restaurant, they put the bags on the counter.
"Ucchan.. I´m sorry... I didn't know that Ryoga..." Ranma said
"It´s ok...It just make me angry that he didn't tell me anything.. you know.. we were friends..." she tried not to sound hurt, but she knew that Ranma have noticed her disappointment.
"Yeah.. It´s weird... " Ranma tried to comfort his friend... but he didn't know how.
Ukyo looked at him, not having nothing to said, she just nodded. She was passing the angry stage and entering the sad one.
"Well... Hey Ucchan, I have to get ready, for my party... bu call me if you need anything"
"Thanks Ranchan..." it was the first time he called him Ranchan again.. but he deserve it for saving her back there with Ryoga, telling him that she was there to get the things for the party, she would have felt like an idiot if Ryoga and his girlfriend knew the real reason of her visit...
He smiled at her and left.
The party have started, at least for Kodachi, Ukyo and Shampoo. They were waiting for Akane and her friends enjoying the first drinks of the night.
"I Can´t believe P-chan has a girlfriend" Shampoo was surprised
"Tell me about it..." Ukyo took a big sip of her beer, almost finishing the bottle.
Kodachi looked at her "so...Sad?"
Ukyo grinned at her "feeling stupid makes me thirsty"
"Moody..." Shampoo mumbled
A couple of minutes later, Akane, Kasumi and her friends were enjoying the celebration, at first was a bit weird but, after some drinks, alcohol helped to loosen up.
The girls were laughing, chatting, actually they were having a good time, Ukyo was almost forgetting about Ryoga... she heard a cars horn.. she recognized it, it was Kuno... she smiled... What was he doing here? she thought that he would probably be on Ranma´s party.
It was so noisy, and she was so drunk by now... she headed to the door. She was opening the door when she realized. At the door was Nabiki standing, behind her Kuno in the car waved at Ukyo and left.
She remembered she was sad and angry.
Nabiki greeted her "Hi Ukyo" and went to the party, leaving her standing like a statue, still in shock. But before getting completely away from her, she whispered in her ear "Tendo 2 - Kuonji 0"
Next On Ranma 1/2 Coupling
And I know that when I see you I'm going to die
I know I'm going to want you and you know why
It's going to kill me to see you with the next girl
But I should have thought of that before we kissed...
... Season 2 Chapter 15: EX-GIRLFRIEND
by Misshappynewyear & Swartzwald