Welcome to Part 2! I figure this will have about 7-8 parts with multiple
sub-chapters. And fear not, Shampoo fans, she gets a larger role in this
chapter!
It's not My fault!!! Part 2- Curses.
Rho's partner in Boise. Rho slipped the box back into the pocket of his ridiculous clothes. "Carlos wanted me t curse some people," he explained to the others as they sat eating ramen.
"Oh?" Nick asked.
"How did you do it?"
Rho shrugged. "I jus' pushed dem back en time while keeping dem en real time, ii was no problem." He forked his ramen, cutting it so he wouldn't slurp it and look like an 'idiot', or Rho's definition of everyone else.
Zuu slurped happily, but stopped when Rho explained the curse. "You turned me into a girl," he said venomously.
"Dat wasn' me, Zuu, dat was d me from yer dream. Bu I do know how t."
Ranma gulped. "I'm sorry, did you say you know how to change someone's sex? And what did you do to those people?"
"That is a good question." Nick said, slurping his up and mentally complaining that the ramen was too mild compared to when he made it, but that could be due to the fact he loved spicy-by-Korean-standards food and always added extra hot sauce to said spicy foods. Extremely hot sauce.
-Note- The lucky bastard.-End note-
Zuu laughed. "Oh, gee, youse guys don't know it yet, huh? Rho here loves cursing people."
"So do you," Nick muttered. ".Dammit," Toby added.
-Note- Using ".Dammit," as an emphasis added after the original sentence and emphasis had previously been stated is one of the things Zuu's most famous for, and this is the first time I've used it in this story. It's meant to be a mockery from Toby. .Dammit. -End note-
"Not cursing as in foul language, cursing as in 'She turned me into a NEWT' curses," Zunni growled. He slurped up another bite of ramen, then added, ".Dammit. 'Not curing as in foul language, dammit.'"
"Clean up yer language," Rho muttered. None of them could help it.
".Dammit! 'Clean up yer language, dammit!'" the others yelled at Rho, imitating his heavy Ieecian accent and taunting him with another of Zunni's innate stupidity and comedic aphorisms. Rho smacked his head, but did it with the hand holding his chopsticks. He ended up sloshing ramen into his hair.
The others laughed, of course, but caught themselves when they realized they'd been talking about how he can give harsh curses before they teased him. They all stopped suddenly and stayed silent.
Nick was the first to break it. ".What did you do to them, Rho-â?"
"I'm not Korean, dere's no need fo a Korean honorific," Rho grumbled. Nick opened his mouth to say something else, but Rho interrupted, "N s not 'Herr Rho' r 'Rho-Sama' eithaa. S jus Rho."
"I hate it when you do that, sir."
"No sir!" Rho yelled, leaping to his feet and slamming his hands on the table. It snapped beneath him, spilling ramen, chopsticks, sake and Zûnni onto the floor.
"Er." Rho stammered, looking at the other customers with a red face. "Cha ii mu ya ka, sae sae?" he exclaimed cheerfully, grinning and holding up a victory sign.
"I think," Ranma said quietly, "You'd better finish this conversation before we get into trouble."
Zuu hissed, "He's already in trouble." He held up a hand to emphasize. All Ranma could see was an ordinary hand, but Rho gulped.
"Ya mu ii." he whispered fearfully. "Ya mu ii-ya mu ii!"
"That's right. Feral." Ranma still saw no difference.
Rho grinned. "Ka sai ya cha ii ya mu ii sai-i-i," Rho sang softly, sliding into a fighting position with two small round cylinders in his hands.
"Sometimes," Zuu agreed. "But not from you, you little half-breed. 'Ya mu ii- Cha sae ya'. 'The angel who has fallen and become a mage in mind and an angel in body.' "
"Angel?" Ranma asked incredulously.
Rho and Zunni turned to him, wide-eyed. Rho smacked Zuu in the back of the head. "Sae ya, Shintoyoki-Len! Mu ya mu ii cha ka sae sai sai aye!"
"Hey, now. Not cool. It was a little Freudian slip, okay?" Zuu rubbed his head. "Ow."
Toby laughed, a soft giggling sound. "'Lo and behold, I bring forth tithings of great Joy! from the Lord an' shit', right? Come on, guys, it's not our fault nearly every culture misinterpreted us." He patted Nick's hand. "'Cept for the Demons."
Nick gasped. "Don't say that out loud!"
"I'm sorry, are you ashamed that you're an Oni? But I think it's great! I mean, your kind rule the Earth, no matter what the humans say. And you're from one of the most powerful and prestigious families of daemons, the highest class of demons! You shouldn't be humiliated."
Nick stared around the room at all the customers who were now gaping. "You don't know how much humanity hates demons, do you?!"
Toby shook his head no. "Atoni don't hate demons. Hell, we even sleep together, right?" Nick looked even more mortified. "Oh, com'on! It's not like it's a big deal! How many times have we fucked, Ni Kwan? Enough to where you shouldn't care what people think about it anymore."
Nick sobbed. Zuu sighed, patting Toby's shoulders. "You still don't get humans, do you? It's bad enough that you just yelled out to the world that Kim Ni Kwan-â here's an ONI, which is a type of DEMON that humans HATE BECAUSE THEY HATE DEMONS, but to top it off, you admit he's GAY! It's not like BEING A DEMON'S BAD ENOUGH, BEING A GAY DEMON'S EVEN WORSE!" Zunni yelled. The entire restaurant started to panic, except for Ranma.
"A. Demon?" She glared at them, eyes slits.
"Shit, you're an exterminator?" Zuu whispered. "Oh, crap, now we gotta explain every thing!"
"I don' tink dat'll stop 'im," Rho grumbled as Ranma attacked Nick.
The last thing Nick could remember was Zunni saying loudly, "You mean her, right?", then everything fading to black.
It's not My fault!!! Part 2- Curses.
Rho's partner in Boise. Rho slipped the box back into the pocket of his ridiculous clothes. "Carlos wanted me t curse some people," he explained to the others as they sat eating ramen.
"Oh?" Nick asked.
"How did you do it?"
Rho shrugged. "I jus' pushed dem back en time while keeping dem en real time, ii was no problem." He forked his ramen, cutting it so he wouldn't slurp it and look like an 'idiot', or Rho's definition of everyone else.
Zuu slurped happily, but stopped when Rho explained the curse. "You turned me into a girl," he said venomously.
"Dat wasn' me, Zuu, dat was d me from yer dream. Bu I do know how t."
Ranma gulped. "I'm sorry, did you say you know how to change someone's sex? And what did you do to those people?"
"That is a good question." Nick said, slurping his up and mentally complaining that the ramen was too mild compared to when he made it, but that could be due to the fact he loved spicy-by-Korean-standards food and always added extra hot sauce to said spicy foods. Extremely hot sauce.
-Note- The lucky bastard.-End note-
Zuu laughed. "Oh, gee, youse guys don't know it yet, huh? Rho here loves cursing people."
"So do you," Nick muttered. ".Dammit," Toby added.
-Note- Using ".Dammit," as an emphasis added after the original sentence and emphasis had previously been stated is one of the things Zuu's most famous for, and this is the first time I've used it in this story. It's meant to be a mockery from Toby. .Dammit. -End note-
"Not cursing as in foul language, cursing as in 'She turned me into a NEWT' curses," Zunni growled. He slurped up another bite of ramen, then added, ".Dammit. 'Not curing as in foul language, dammit.'"
"Clean up yer language," Rho muttered. None of them could help it.
".Dammit! 'Clean up yer language, dammit!'" the others yelled at Rho, imitating his heavy Ieecian accent and taunting him with another of Zunni's innate stupidity and comedic aphorisms. Rho smacked his head, but did it with the hand holding his chopsticks. He ended up sloshing ramen into his hair.
The others laughed, of course, but caught themselves when they realized they'd been talking about how he can give harsh curses before they teased him. They all stopped suddenly and stayed silent.
Nick was the first to break it. ".What did you do to them, Rho-â?"
"I'm not Korean, dere's no need fo a Korean honorific," Rho grumbled. Nick opened his mouth to say something else, but Rho interrupted, "N s not 'Herr Rho' r 'Rho-Sama' eithaa. S jus Rho."
"I hate it when you do that, sir."
"No sir!" Rho yelled, leaping to his feet and slamming his hands on the table. It snapped beneath him, spilling ramen, chopsticks, sake and Zûnni onto the floor.
"Er." Rho stammered, looking at the other customers with a red face. "Cha ii mu ya ka, sae sae?" he exclaimed cheerfully, grinning and holding up a victory sign.
"I think," Ranma said quietly, "You'd better finish this conversation before we get into trouble."
Zuu hissed, "He's already in trouble." He held up a hand to emphasize. All Ranma could see was an ordinary hand, but Rho gulped.
"Ya mu ii." he whispered fearfully. "Ya mu ii-ya mu ii!"
"That's right. Feral." Ranma still saw no difference.
Rho grinned. "Ka sai ya cha ii ya mu ii sai-i-i," Rho sang softly, sliding into a fighting position with two small round cylinders in his hands.
"Sometimes," Zuu agreed. "But not from you, you little half-breed. 'Ya mu ii- Cha sae ya'. 'The angel who has fallen and become a mage in mind and an angel in body.' "
"Angel?" Ranma asked incredulously.
Rho and Zunni turned to him, wide-eyed. Rho smacked Zuu in the back of the head. "Sae ya, Shintoyoki-Len! Mu ya mu ii cha ka sae sai sai aye!"
"Hey, now. Not cool. It was a little Freudian slip, okay?" Zuu rubbed his head. "Ow."
Toby laughed, a soft giggling sound. "'Lo and behold, I bring forth tithings of great Joy! from the Lord an' shit', right? Come on, guys, it's not our fault nearly every culture misinterpreted us." He patted Nick's hand. "'Cept for the Demons."
Nick gasped. "Don't say that out loud!"
"I'm sorry, are you ashamed that you're an Oni? But I think it's great! I mean, your kind rule the Earth, no matter what the humans say. And you're from one of the most powerful and prestigious families of daemons, the highest class of demons! You shouldn't be humiliated."
Nick stared around the room at all the customers who were now gaping. "You don't know how much humanity hates demons, do you?!"
Toby shook his head no. "Atoni don't hate demons. Hell, we even sleep together, right?" Nick looked even more mortified. "Oh, com'on! It's not like it's a big deal! How many times have we fucked, Ni Kwan? Enough to where you shouldn't care what people think about it anymore."
Nick sobbed. Zuu sighed, patting Toby's shoulders. "You still don't get humans, do you? It's bad enough that you just yelled out to the world that Kim Ni Kwan-â here's an ONI, which is a type of DEMON that humans HATE BECAUSE THEY HATE DEMONS, but to top it off, you admit he's GAY! It's not like BEING A DEMON'S BAD ENOUGH, BEING A GAY DEMON'S EVEN WORSE!" Zunni yelled. The entire restaurant started to panic, except for Ranma.
"A. Demon?" She glared at them, eyes slits.
"Shit, you're an exterminator?" Zuu whispered. "Oh, crap, now we gotta explain every thing!"
"I don' tink dat'll stop 'im," Rho grumbled as Ranma attacked Nick.
The last thing Nick could remember was Zunni saying loudly, "You mean her, right?", then everything fading to black.