Dedicated to: Noah! ^_^ Hi hi!
Author's notes: Who wants a big love triangle to form?
huuh? huuh? well...whoever wants love triangles in this fic is now going
to be happy! If no one understands...^~ Just read. And I kept the promise
of a longer chapter!
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Ranma threw the black piglet into the hot bath. Before he could comment to the lost boy, the lost boy glared and shouted to him. "What's wrong with Akane?! What did you do to her?!"
"Me? I haven't done anything to her!"
"Then what's wrong with Akane?!"
"Just calm down, will you?" Ranma asked and
sighed.
Hikaru heard voices from the bathroom and had walked in front of the door to here before she knocked:
"I don't know what's wrong with Akane...she just started acting that way."
Thoughts in her mind wandered. Should she eavesdrop...or should she knock and interrupt this conversation? She raised the back of her hand to the door and knocked lightly. "Ranma, are you alright?"
"Ack! Um..fine!" She blinked. she stepped, though not moving, so it would seem a little like she was walking away, she eventually became more faint and then stopped altogether. If Ranma was not preoccupied then he would be able to tell she was still there. He was. Preoccupied, that is. As soon as she made it sound as if she left voices started up again.
"When I first started to know something was wrong...I
found her beating Hikaru. I couldn't believe it. Akane can
get angry...but not usually angry enough to start harming someone for no
good reason..."
"Akane hurt that girl? You lie!"
"I'm serious."
"..."
"Then she started acting even weirder..If I let
Akane find out Hikaru's staying in the same house as her again, I think
she'll try to hurt her again. I don't want that to happen."
"Who is that Hikaru girl, anyway? Another
one of your fiancees?"
"No, she transferred schools to Furinkan High and
the Tendos decided to let her stay here...and after Akane beat her, they
have to take care of her until she's better now, at least. I'm gonna
help. Anyway..." She heard a splash and then a squealing pig.
How odd...
She walked slowly away, and Ryoga the piglet dashed out of the bathroom, followed by a growling female Ranma. "You scratched me! Ryouga!! What did I do this time? Quit it will..." she caught up to the piglet and smashed it into the ground. "you?!"
"Ranma, he's just a poor little piglet...you shouldn't be so rough." Hikaru walked over slowly and picked the unconscious piglet up. She hugged it lightly to her chest and the piglet blinked. "Poor Ryouga-chan..." She stood up and began to walk downstairs slowly, when she tripped..
..And was caught by female Ranma. "Arigatou Ranma.." She blinked and put a hand to her mouth. "Oh shoot! Ryouga-chan!!!" female Ranma smiled. "He's fine, look." They both turned there heads down to the end of the stairs to see the black piglet sit there and watch both female Ranma and Hikaru. Hikaru smiled. "I knew your jusenkyo curse...but this is the first time i've seen your female form...I could almost say you were a cousin of mine if you were a real girl! But you aren't." She added, "Because then you wouldn't be the you I know. You can put me down now." Ranma had brought her down the stairs and did so. Hikaru bent over and picked up the black piglet.
"Poor Ryouga-chan...are you alright?" She asked the piglet. "Oh..what am I saying, you can't respond...you're just a pet pig of Akane's." P-chan's eyes widened. No one had told the girl after he had met her..how did she know? "I guess you're her pet because you ran from her room." Her eyes lowered and saddened a bit as she walked into Nabiki's room that she shared. "I'm sorry, I think her condition is my fault. She was angered at me for being Ranma's friend..."
P-chan wanted to say, It's okay, don't cry. But it came out in bwee's and oinks. Hikaru giggled. "Ryouga-chan...you're so kawaii. I can see why Akane would have you as a pet." Hikaru blinked. P-chan blinked as well. She was looking at him as if she could tell he was embarrassed by the comment.
". . ." Ranma stood by the room. He was getting a little annoyed at that Ryouga...becoming the pet of now not only Akane, but of Hikaru as well. At least Hikaru wouldn't hit him for hitting the oinker. Ranma felt a little more angry at Ryouga as Hikaru hugged the black piglet gently. Was this jealousy? Ranma shook his head and his eyes narrowed. Jealous? No way...He walked away as Hikaru stepped outside of Nabiki's room, carrying P-chan.
Ranma turned to look at her. Hikaru blinked at him--her, Hikaru scolded herself. Ranma was in girl form still. "Oh..I thought someone was nearby..." She looked away for a moment, then looked to her again. She gave Ranma a warm smile. "I'm going to take a walk. I'm telling you so you don't wonder where I am." She passed him and began to step out of the Tendo Household, when Ranma walked over to her.
"Er...Well, you shouldn't be alone, you might collapse or something." female Ranma said. Hikaru smiled again and nodded. It was then Ranma realized that Hikaru was still holding P-chan. He looked at her questioningly.
"To give Ryouga-chan a little fresh air." Hikaru
answered the unspoken question.
"Akane calls him P-chan."
"Oh...well...I'll call him Ryouga-chan anyway...it's
what I started calling him." The black piglet glared at Ranma from
Hikaru's arms. Ranma glared back. Why's that jerk Ryouga
getting mad at me? Ranma thought.
"Ryouga-chan, be nice to Ranma...for me?" Hikaru smiled to the piglet. P-chan gave up glaring at Ranma. They continued walking, when thunder suddenly roared and it began to rain. "Oh shoot! You two might catch cold! We better get back..." Hikaru stopped as a door opened and a brown haired girl smiled openly to Ranma.
"Ranchan! It's raining..come on in! Akane can come to--" She stopped when she actually took note of Hikaru. "...you're that girl.." Her eyes narrowed a little. "The one that stopped our fight."
Hikaru's eyes seemed slightly apologetic. "I am sorry. It was rude of me, how I stopped it, but I had to. You guys just would've kept on fighting until each of you were hurt really badly. Needless fighting shouldn't be done."
Ukyou put on a small smile. Normally she wouldn't like a girl that was with Ranma, but...she didn't seem that close to him, and her apology was a good one. "Alright..I guess I see your point. You two can come on in, the storms going to be really bad for awhile. They complied.
P-chan sneezed, and jumped out of Hikaru's hands, he dashed up the stairs of Ukyou's home. "Ryouga-chan..!" Hikaru said, slightly worried. "He caught a cold.." Ukyou raised an eyebrow. So this Hikaru girl liked Ryouga? And new his secret? Boy, that guy must feel lucky.
"I'll get him." female Ranma said. "I
need some hot water anyway, i'll give him a warm bath too."
"Okay, maybe Ryouga-chan will feel better after
that." Hikaru smiled, and Ukyou grinned.
"Are you dating Ryouga?"
"Dating Ryouga..? Why would I date a pet pig?"
Hikaru blinked. Confusion shown in her eyes. Ukyou blinked,
okay...maybe this girl didn't know his secret. Ranma left to go and
take a bath, while Ukyou and Hikaru talked.
They slowly became friends as the conversation continued, and Hikaru looked up from the conversation to see Ranma walk down with another boy with eyes that were brown with a little green. He wore a bandana like Akane's pet pig, Hikaru noted, but smiled at the boy. "I didn't know another person was here with Ukyou. What's your name?"
Ryouga blinked and sat down. "Ryouga Hibiki,
yours?"
"Hikaru Shidou...you're name is the same as Ryouga-chan's...amazing."
She smiled. "Did Ranma name him after you?"
Ryouga coughed, while Ranma and Ukyou tried to laugh.
"Yeah...I..I named him after...Ryouga.." Ranma said
through laughter. Ryouga glared at him.
Hikaru blinked. "What's so funny?" she turned her head to Ryouga and leaned her head in close to his face. Ranma felt anger grip him again and stopped laughing. Ryouga blinked, beginning to blush from the closeness of the girl, when Hikaru lifted a slender hand to Ryouga's bandana and touched it gently. "Same bandana..." she said, as if she didn't know the fact that she was extremely close to Ryouga's face. She looked at his eyes. "Both with eyes that shine with anger, but with pain and hope too.." Her hands touched his hair, with Ukyou and Ranma still watching. "Black hair compared to black fur..." Hikaru leaned closer to where Ryouga's nose almost touched her nose. The blush spread from the lost boys cheeks to cover his face. Hikaru touched the bandana again. "And...you glare at Ranma.."
Ukyou and Ranma blinked unison. What was Hikaru doing? ...black fur? Ranma's anger to Ryouga didn't end when Hikaru drew back from Ryouga, when she smiled and Ryouga's blush continued. "The same..." Ranma blinked as Hikaru continued. "Ranma said in his explanation that other people had jusenkyo curses..but didn't say who." Hikaru smiled warmly to Ryouga. "I presume you are Ryouga-chan the black piglet...am I correct?"
Ukyou and Ranma's eyes widened for a bit. Akane hadn't been able to tell, but Hikaru had done it without knowing Ryouga that well at all. Well, it was obvious. Ranma concluded. What the real shock was, Hikaru didn't seem to mind. Ryouga looked extremely embarrassed. "..Yes, I'm...'Ryouga-chan'." Ryouga said.
Hikaru sat down next to Ryouga. "Don't be ashamed...at
least you don't turn into a monster."
"Turning into a pig is shameful!" Ryouga exclaimed.
He blinked as Hikaru shook her head.
"It does not change who you really are." She
lifted her hand once again to touch Ryouga's hair where it covered his
forehead. "What's inside is who you are, what you do is who you are."
Ranma sat down next to Hikaru, and glared at Ryouga. "Yeah, so why don't you stop sleeping with Akane as her pet pig?" He said. He regretted it a bit, inside. It might have been a little too harsh.
Hikaru's eyes widened and her head turned to Ryouga. "You...slept with Akane as her pet pig?" Ryouga hung his head.
"I was her pet pig...wouldn't it be strange if I fought her every minute? Besides..unlike what Ranma thinks..." He sent a glare in Ranma's direction. "I don't sleep with her...I wait for her to fall asleep before I try to get away from the bed and fall asleep on the floor or get out of the Tendo Home completely.
Hikaru seemed to be deciding something. "It wouldn't matter that much anyway, it was as her pet pig...AND she wears pajamas, right? Most do..so it's not like he sees anything...so it isn't bad. It's like a sleepover."
Ranma, Ukyou, and Ryouga blinked. None of them had ever thought of it that way...but it was right.
Hikaru smiled. "See, it isn't that bad." Hikaru covered her mouth as she yawned quietly and put her head on Ranma's shoulder. "I'm so tired..." It was Ranma turn to blush, as he looked up at the ceiling. Ukyou yawned as well, and fought down the jealousy she felt towards Hikaru. She was friends with Hikaru now...it would pain her, but as long as someone she trusted, herself or Hikaru, got Ranma...it was okay. For some reason she doubted Hikaru liked Ranma though...she was so innocent, she didn't have any hidden plans by leaning on Ranma or anything. Ukyou smiled.
"It's getting late...Hikaru can sleep in my room..you guys can sleep down here." The boys nodded and the two girls went upstairs. Ukyou let all three guests borrow stuff to sleep in, giving them all blankets. Hikaru lay on the blanket instead of having it ontop of her. The two girls talked to eachother and eventually fell asleep, and the boys did so without talking to the other.
Ukyou woke up early in the morning, and noticed that the blanket Hikaru had slept on was rolled up neatly. "Now, where did she go..." She went downstairs to see both boys sleeping still, and smiled at Hikaru, who was sitting on the last step of the stairs.
"Hey...they're martial artists...and they haven't woken up from the presence of us?" Hikaru looked up. Ukyou sat down next to Hikaru to hear her whisper.
"Oh, that's because Ranma usually becomes more relaxed around me...i'm his childhood friend." Ukyou looked at her hands. "Though I wish he saw me as more than that.." Hikaru reached over and picked her hands up.
"Ukyou, you're amazing. If Ranma falls in love with you I won't be suprised...I'd actually be happy." Hikaru smiled. "Good luck, Ukyou."
"Good luck to you, as well."
"Huh? For what?"
Ukyou giggled. "Nevermind."
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Did anyone like this chapter? I hope you did..i think it's the best
one so far.