Ranma 1/2
'Poetic Irony'
Part 2
"Damned disgusting, if I do say so, myself," one officer commented.
"Yeah, I don't think I'm ever gonna eat another okonomiyaki again. Poor girl."
"At least she's still alive, but that must have hurt like the dickens..."
To the side, Kasumi was attempting to comfort the distraught Konatsu, as he attempted to explain to her, Nabiki, and Nodoka his discovery upon returning from his part of the search. Nabiki wasn't really paying attention, as the graphic details were getting to be a bit too much for her to stomach. The place still reeked of the acrid tang of blood, mingled with a vinager, lemon, and mirin sake sauce that Ukyo used.
"Oh my, how awful," Kasumi exclaimed, "I hope Ukyo will be alright..."
Soun arrived soon after returning from the search, finding the note at home to head to Ucchan's as soon as possible. His nose twisted at the slightly disturbing smell that he could not fully decipher, "Has Akane or Ranma been found? Why is everyone here? And what's that awful smell?"
"They found Ukyo strung to the ceiling by her hands with multiple lacerations," Nodoka replied with a subdued tone that spoke of how unsettled she felt about the scene. She also left out the part about the sauce out, since she didn't even want to think about it.
Soun nodded solumnly, "So, apparently she didn't have a hand in Akane and Ranma's dissappearance..."
"What..." Konatsu hissed, suddenly turning his effimate face towards Soun, "... was that?"
"Ah... um... you have my condolences. Ukyo was an outstanding young woman," Soun replied, bypassing the question.
Further save came from Nodoka, "She's not dead, but it was close. The police stated that she had lost a lot of blood, apparently she had been there for quite some time."
"I see."
"You know?" Nabiki piped up, "First Akane, now Ukyo, and Ranma's missing. You don't suppose that the Amazon troupe had anything to do with this, do you?"
"You mean the foreigners that run the Cat Cafe?" a police officer enquired, "doubtful, they were some of our first suspects, and they've been running their own restaurant the whole time." The Tendous and the Saotome looked at the officer curiously, before he smirked and continued, "You guy's fights are notorious throught Tokyo. We figured to check her rivals first."
"Wait, did you check to make sure Shampoo was there at the time? She does make deliveries, and would have had the opportunity to sneak away without the Old Ghoul really knowing her whereabouts."
"She was out on a delivery... going the opposite direction of town from here. Even contacted the households who made the orders to confirm it. One even said he recieved it piping hot in just less than thirty, as the Cat Cafe always promises, at seven-thirty or so. They highly reccommended the service, if not the great food. That's about twenty minutes before she arrived and found Miss Kuonji here, and Konatsu said she found her almost dead by that time."
"Then that leaves that horrid Kuno girl," Soun almost growled, "I knew that family would bring us a great deal of strife!"
"If you're referring to Kodachi Kuno, then that one turns up nill, too. She had a gymnastics tournament tonight, so she has an alibi, too."
"Um, I recall Ukyo-sama speaking in great detail of her," Konatsu interjected, managing to keep his sobs at bay, "I trust her word, and I would find it difficult to believe that her opponent would have made it to compete against Miss Kuno."
"Ah..." the officer coughed into his hand, "She didn't, actually, but..."
"But Kodachi makes it a point to show up, anyway," Nabiki interrupted, "She likes to gloat, and then rub the opposing school's face in it."
"Well, so you see..." the officer trailed off, knowing the point was made.
"Do you even know what this could be about?" Nodoka asked, urgently.
"We still have a few suspects, and I regret having to state that Konatsu is indeed one of them."
The kunoichi looked up incredulously, "Me?"
"Well, you were the last known person to see her alive, I'm afraid. But I'm pretty sure we can have this all clarified soon enough."
"How long are you planning to hold her... I mean him," Nabiki asked.
The officer gave the middle Tendou girl a raised eyebrow, but answered, anyhow, "Well, Miss Kuonji is in rather bad shape, we don't know when she'll be able to wake up. But when she does, she can testify on this young lady's behalf."
"What do you mean, 'don't know when she'll be able to wake up'?" Konatsu asked, worrying even more than before.
"Well, according to the docs, she's... she's gonna need a great deal of rest. Hopefully, she should be awake in three days, tops."
All Ukyo's present aquaintances understood the situation that the officer was trying to skip around; Ukyo was in a coma, and regardless of the optimism, it was unknown when she'll be able to wake up.
"Oh my," Kasumi exclaimed in barely a whisper. She then looked directly at the officer on the case, "What if whoever did this attempts to finish the job? And what of my own sister and her fiancee?"
The officer glanced sideways, "Well, they're also suspects, though I had been informed of your younger sister's predicerment. We wanted to talk to..." He looked at the clipboard he was carrying, "...Nabiki, about what she had found."
Nabiki glanced to her father, who gave her a slight nod. Behind her, Nodoka also gave her approval. "Sure, though there isn't much I can give you."
The officer smiled lightly, "Anything you could supply would be of great help."
"Alright, alright, let us through!" The Tendous and Nodoka turned to find several police officers being pushed out of the way to reveal Cologne, accompanied by both Mousse and Shampoo, "We've come to offer our assistance, especially if it involves Son-in-law. Sorry we could not arrive sooner, as we had to close shop for the night, first."
"What happen spatula girl?" Shampoo asked with a touch of concern in her voice.
"Someone tried to hang her and baste her, that's what," Nabiki replied a bit acidically, "You sure you don't know anything about it, or my sister's or Ranma?"
"HOW DARE YOU INSINUATE..." Mousse was cut off by Cologne, as she raised her hand to signal his silence.
"I understand your grief and anger, child," Cologne replied diplomatically, "but I assure you, Shampoo would not have had the chance to do anything of the sort, as today is usually one of our busier days for delivery. Besides which, Shampoo is an Amazon, and would do no such thing as to strike an opponent down in such a cowardly and grotesque fashion."
Shampoo gave a nervous chuckle, and turned to look at a wall; she vaguely recalled her intentions during the first incident with Pantyhose Tarou. This didn't go unnoticed by the Amazon Matriarch, as she gave Shampoo a withering glance, while deciding sometime in the near future, she was going to have a discussion with her Great-granddaughter on how an Amazon should act, even towards enemies. "Anyhow, we waste valuable time that can be utilized towards the locating of Son-in-law and Akane. At once, tell me all that you know..."
Cologne immidiately regretted that demand, before bringing her index fingers to the corners of her mouth, and whistling loudly to interrupt the onslaught of chatter, "Perhaps I should rephrase that. Nabiki, if you would tell me all that you know?"
"Um, ma'am," the officer handling the case interjected, "If I may request, it would be best if you didn't interfere with official police busi-"
"And you best take a nap, while I deal with official Amazon business," Cologne interrupted, bringing her cane back to her side, "If I don't get the chance, please tell Miss Kuonji that I will pay for the damage to her wall."
"Um, not to state the obvious here," Nodoka decided to speak up, "but I don't think it was wise to assault a police officer.
"Forgive my temper, it has been rather short, what with this ordeal and all," Cologne replied sheeplishly, before returning to her usual commanding self, "Besides which, I doubt he'll even recall the incident, what with his short-term memory knocked for a loop. And *no one's* going to remind him, I would presume..."
The thinly veiled threat was heard all over the room, as most of the police officers shrugged, and promptly decided to forget what happened, themselves.
"Now, Nabiki, if you would? Then Konatsu..."
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Elsewhere, onna-Ranma sat, unblinking, and unmoving, even as the light drip of cool water from overhead cascaded onto her fiery red crownf. It had started, and soon, she would have her revenge. It wasn't very funny, at least to her, and the jerks would pay dearly.
The Redhead continued to stare forward, oh yes, they would all pay, indeed.
'Poetic Irony'
Part 2
"Damned disgusting, if I do say so, myself," one officer commented.
"Yeah, I don't think I'm ever gonna eat another okonomiyaki again. Poor girl."
"At least she's still alive, but that must have hurt like the dickens..."
To the side, Kasumi was attempting to comfort the distraught Konatsu, as he attempted to explain to her, Nabiki, and Nodoka his discovery upon returning from his part of the search. Nabiki wasn't really paying attention, as the graphic details were getting to be a bit too much for her to stomach. The place still reeked of the acrid tang of blood, mingled with a vinager, lemon, and mirin sake sauce that Ukyo used.
"Oh my, how awful," Kasumi exclaimed, "I hope Ukyo will be alright..."
Soun arrived soon after returning from the search, finding the note at home to head to Ucchan's as soon as possible. His nose twisted at the slightly disturbing smell that he could not fully decipher, "Has Akane or Ranma been found? Why is everyone here? And what's that awful smell?"
"They found Ukyo strung to the ceiling by her hands with multiple lacerations," Nodoka replied with a subdued tone that spoke of how unsettled she felt about the scene. She also left out the part about the sauce out, since she didn't even want to think about it.
Soun nodded solumnly, "So, apparently she didn't have a hand in Akane and Ranma's dissappearance..."
"What..." Konatsu hissed, suddenly turning his effimate face towards Soun, "... was that?"
"Ah... um... you have my condolences. Ukyo was an outstanding young woman," Soun replied, bypassing the question.
Further save came from Nodoka, "She's not dead, but it was close. The police stated that she had lost a lot of blood, apparently she had been there for quite some time."
"I see."
"You know?" Nabiki piped up, "First Akane, now Ukyo, and Ranma's missing. You don't suppose that the Amazon troupe had anything to do with this, do you?"
"You mean the foreigners that run the Cat Cafe?" a police officer enquired, "doubtful, they were some of our first suspects, and they've been running their own restaurant the whole time." The Tendous and the Saotome looked at the officer curiously, before he smirked and continued, "You guy's fights are notorious throught Tokyo. We figured to check her rivals first."
"Wait, did you check to make sure Shampoo was there at the time? She does make deliveries, and would have had the opportunity to sneak away without the Old Ghoul really knowing her whereabouts."
"She was out on a delivery... going the opposite direction of town from here. Even contacted the households who made the orders to confirm it. One even said he recieved it piping hot in just less than thirty, as the Cat Cafe always promises, at seven-thirty or so. They highly reccommended the service, if not the great food. That's about twenty minutes before she arrived and found Miss Kuonji here, and Konatsu said she found her almost dead by that time."
"Then that leaves that horrid Kuno girl," Soun almost growled, "I knew that family would bring us a great deal of strife!"
"If you're referring to Kodachi Kuno, then that one turns up nill, too. She had a gymnastics tournament tonight, so she has an alibi, too."
"Um, I recall Ukyo-sama speaking in great detail of her," Konatsu interjected, managing to keep his sobs at bay, "I trust her word, and I would find it difficult to believe that her opponent would have made it to compete against Miss Kuno."
"Ah..." the officer coughed into his hand, "She didn't, actually, but..."
"But Kodachi makes it a point to show up, anyway," Nabiki interrupted, "She likes to gloat, and then rub the opposing school's face in it."
"Well, so you see..." the officer trailed off, knowing the point was made.
"Do you even know what this could be about?" Nodoka asked, urgently.
"We still have a few suspects, and I regret having to state that Konatsu is indeed one of them."
The kunoichi looked up incredulously, "Me?"
"Well, you were the last known person to see her alive, I'm afraid. But I'm pretty sure we can have this all clarified soon enough."
"How long are you planning to hold her... I mean him," Nabiki asked.
The officer gave the middle Tendou girl a raised eyebrow, but answered, anyhow, "Well, Miss Kuonji is in rather bad shape, we don't know when she'll be able to wake up. But when she does, she can testify on this young lady's behalf."
"What do you mean, 'don't know when she'll be able to wake up'?" Konatsu asked, worrying even more than before.
"Well, according to the docs, she's... she's gonna need a great deal of rest. Hopefully, she should be awake in three days, tops."
All Ukyo's present aquaintances understood the situation that the officer was trying to skip around; Ukyo was in a coma, and regardless of the optimism, it was unknown when she'll be able to wake up.
"Oh my," Kasumi exclaimed in barely a whisper. She then looked directly at the officer on the case, "What if whoever did this attempts to finish the job? And what of my own sister and her fiancee?"
The officer glanced sideways, "Well, they're also suspects, though I had been informed of your younger sister's predicerment. We wanted to talk to..." He looked at the clipboard he was carrying, "...Nabiki, about what she had found."
Nabiki glanced to her father, who gave her a slight nod. Behind her, Nodoka also gave her approval. "Sure, though there isn't much I can give you."
The officer smiled lightly, "Anything you could supply would be of great help."
"Alright, alright, let us through!" The Tendous and Nodoka turned to find several police officers being pushed out of the way to reveal Cologne, accompanied by both Mousse and Shampoo, "We've come to offer our assistance, especially if it involves Son-in-law. Sorry we could not arrive sooner, as we had to close shop for the night, first."
"What happen spatula girl?" Shampoo asked with a touch of concern in her voice.
"Someone tried to hang her and baste her, that's what," Nabiki replied a bit acidically, "You sure you don't know anything about it, or my sister's or Ranma?"
"HOW DARE YOU INSINUATE..." Mousse was cut off by Cologne, as she raised her hand to signal his silence.
"I understand your grief and anger, child," Cologne replied diplomatically, "but I assure you, Shampoo would not have had the chance to do anything of the sort, as today is usually one of our busier days for delivery. Besides which, Shampoo is an Amazon, and would do no such thing as to strike an opponent down in such a cowardly and grotesque fashion."
Shampoo gave a nervous chuckle, and turned to look at a wall; she vaguely recalled her intentions during the first incident with Pantyhose Tarou. This didn't go unnoticed by the Amazon Matriarch, as she gave Shampoo a withering glance, while deciding sometime in the near future, she was going to have a discussion with her Great-granddaughter on how an Amazon should act, even towards enemies. "Anyhow, we waste valuable time that can be utilized towards the locating of Son-in-law and Akane. At once, tell me all that you know..."
Cologne immidiately regretted that demand, before bringing her index fingers to the corners of her mouth, and whistling loudly to interrupt the onslaught of chatter, "Perhaps I should rephrase that. Nabiki, if you would tell me all that you know?"
"Um, ma'am," the officer handling the case interjected, "If I may request, it would be best if you didn't interfere with official police busi-"
"And you best take a nap, while I deal with official Amazon business," Cologne interrupted, bringing her cane back to her side, "If I don't get the chance, please tell Miss Kuonji that I will pay for the damage to her wall."
"Um, not to state the obvious here," Nodoka decided to speak up, "but I don't think it was wise to assault a police officer.
"Forgive my temper, it has been rather short, what with this ordeal and all," Cologne replied sheeplishly, before returning to her usual commanding self, "Besides which, I doubt he'll even recall the incident, what with his short-term memory knocked for a loop. And *no one's* going to remind him, I would presume..."
The thinly veiled threat was heard all over the room, as most of the police officers shrugged, and promptly decided to forget what happened, themselves.
"Now, Nabiki, if you would? Then Konatsu..."
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Elsewhere, onna-Ranma sat, unblinking, and unmoving, even as the light drip of cool water from overhead cascaded onto her fiery red crownf. It had started, and soon, she would have her revenge. It wasn't very funny, at least to her, and the jerks would pay dearly.
The Redhead continued to stare forward, oh yes, they would all pay, indeed.