Neriman Newbie
Chapter 5
You want me to name this...?
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And... of course, the disclaimer:
Oh come on, like you people are gonna tell some legal person guy who I am.
"The only comfort you can take from eating at a Denny's is that you know for sure that all over America, everyone else at a Denny's is just as unhappy as you are." - Drew Carey.
I wouldn't know, I've never eaten at a Denny's. I just think this is funny.
Notes: [] Denotes the ye olde english language.
** Denotes signs, if there are any.
{} Denotes thought. All thought is conducted in the person native language, so I read someone else's mind, they better think in english.
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The night after Jason was taken to Dr. Tofu's...
Ryoga walked up to the Tendo residence with his umbrella open and covering him from the rain. His eyes took on a dark cast as he read the sign showing that he'd reached his destination. "Yes. This must be the Tendo Training Hall."
The clock in the Tendo guest room said 2:06 AM and Jason, Ranma, and Genma were all lying on the floor sleeping soundly. Ryoga stood behind Ranma's futon and said, "Wake up Ranma. It's me-- Ryoga. Fight me! Hey! Ranma!" Ryoga knelt down and punched through Ranma's pillow while shouting "Would you wake up?!" He did mean to punch Ranma in the head... but Ranma had rolled out of the way before the fist hit. Ryoga tried again but once again Ranma rolled out of the way. Ryoga pulled the pillow off his hand, took in a deep breath, and shouted, "WAKE UP DAMNIT!!" Waking up Ranma and more importantly, Genma. Jason moved a little and his eyes slid open slightly.
Genma was angry. Ranma and Ryoga found themselves knocked outside by a large sign that said *Quiet!*
Ranma fell into the pond as Ryoga landed nearby with his umbrella over his head. "Ryoga! It's the middle of the night! What are you doing?!" Ranma demanded as she came out of the pond.
"Silence! Just fight me damnit!" Ryoga demanded.
"This again." Ranma muttered. "Would you cut this out?! You've got nothing to get revenge for!"
"I'll say this to you now... When you ran out on our duel, I followed you... All the way to China!!" Ryoga shouted angrilly.
Ranma paused to think of the implications and scratced her cheek. "Don't tell me you went to the 'Ground of Accursed Springs'... and that you trasnform into something when you get wet!"
"QUIET!" Ryoga shouted and jump kicked Ranma. "The time for words has past! We will finish this fight right here and now!"
In Akane's room, Akane was woken up by all the noise being made in the backyard.
"Akane? Are you awake?" Kasumi asked poking her head in the door.
"You too Kasumi?" Akane asked getting up.
Both went down the stairs, Kasumi holding a sweater to her shoulders, Akane tightly holding onto her bokken. In a flash of lighting they saw the silhouette of a man in the air holding an open umbrella and carrying a large pack.
"It... it is a burglar! With a pack of stolen goods!" Kasumi observed fearfully.
"I'll beat his brains out!" Akane declared angrilly.
"NO!! It's too dangerous!" Kasumi urged, then handed her younger sister a dumbell. "Here." She said calmly.
Ranma and Ryoga were deeply engrossed in mid-air combat when suddenly Ryoga was hit in the head by a dumbell, making him drop his umbrella. He quickly ran away before whatever it was that would take place did.
"Ryoga!" Ranma shouted after him.
"Ryoga?" Akane muttered.
"Oh! It was only Ranma's friend!" Kasumi stated.
"[Bloody hell! What's all the racket about?]" Someone complained walking down the stairs.
Both girls turned around to see Jason scratching his bare chest and yawning tiredly.
Kasumi covered her eyes and turned away. "Please Jason, that's indecent!"
Jason blinked confused and looked down at the pair of bluejeans he was wearing. "But... I'm not exposed am I?" He said and checked to see if he didn't have a hole in the seat of his pants.
"Put a shirt on Jason!" Akane urged covering her eyes with her arm.
"..." Jason stared at them blankly. "I think I'll just change the ice and then the bandages. Good night." He stated coldly as he walked to the kitchen to strain the water from the bag that was held against his injury by multiple strings. He added some new ice to the half melted bits and then put the bag back in place. He gave it a soft pat to make sure it was in place. He heard Akane shouting something in her room but paid a little attention. He walked into the living room and saw Ranma sittin on the floor rubbing a towel over her hair while looking at a mangy dog sitting down on some news papers. "Uh... what's with the dog Ranma?" He asked warily.
"Nothin, why?" Ranma replied worriedly.
"Oh, nothing..." Jason said lightly as he began to pull his head back and brought a hand to his mouth. "Only -HACHOO- I'm very -HACHOO- allergic." He finished as he covered his nose and mouth.
"Ranma? Jason?" Akane said as she walked into the room. "What's that dog doing here?"
"Ah! Akane... hah, hah, -HACHOO- do you know whose dog this is?" Jason asked.
"Yeah... ah, what's with the pig?" Ranma asked as the little black piglet in Akane's arms glared at Ranma. Then it began to wave it's hoofs at Ranma.
"What are you mad about?" Akane wondered. "Hush now! I'll put some medicine on that bump." With that the pig hugged itself to Akane's chest and started to blush. A fact that didn't get past Ranma.
"What--? That thing's blushing!" Ranma said then took the piglet from Akane and lifted it up. "Dirty minded pig! I knew it! A male!"
"So it is!" Akane murmured. "So what about the dog Ranma?" Akane asked again.
"Yeah damnit!" Jason said with a pinched nose.
"Isn't that Bess? The Yamane's Dog?" Akane wondered and petted the dog. "Sure it is! Hello Bess."
Ranma quickly ran into the kitchen and got a kettle of hot water, ran back to the living room and poured it over Bess' head as Akane tended to the pig. Jason stared in wonder and then sneezed.
"What are you up to?" Akane asked.
Ranma stood up and muttering something about stupid to herself.
"Where are you going?" Akane asked.
"A hot bath! I'm freezing after running around in the rain after Ryoga." Ranma answered looking over her shoulder at Akane. The pig then seemed to sneeze as did Jason.
"Warm the piglet up too!"
"Take a bath with a pig?!" Ranma said incredulously and was about to grab the pig when Jason took it from Akane. "Come on Ranma, I might as well check to see if the wound is clean and I wanna get away from the dog."
"You mean you two are-"
"Can it Akane!" Jason almost shouted. "I'll not hear such perverted comments from you any longer! You have no right to call us perverts if you're thinking up such disgusting stuff!"
"... Actually I was going to make sure that you warmed the pig up." Akane corrected with a Nabiki like look.
Jason's face turned beet red. "Oh. I apologize then. Sorry." He said and walked to the bathroom with Ranma.
{Hah! That was a good recovery!} Akane thought to herself triumphantly.
"So you have no idea where Ryoga is then?" Jason asked Ranma through the door to the bath.
"Not the slightest clue." Ranma answered from the other side of the door.
"Well that's too bad. I feel like razing him again. Can you hurry up and change back in there? I'd like to change this thing before the ice melts again." Jason said calmly.
"Okay you! Squirming won't help you! In you go!" Jason heard Ranma shout and then a loud splash. After a second Jason heard the sound of someone rising up from the water. {I should maybe wait. Just to make sure.}
"Ah, Jason? I found Ryoga." Ranma said, still with a female voice.
The door slammed open and Jason leaned inside. He saw Ryoga sitting in the tub and Ranma kneeling down infront of him still female. "Wh-where's the pig?" Jason noted.
"Ranma... You are dead!!" Ryoga shouted and tried to punch Ranma who blocked with a bucket.
"Wait! So you did go to the 'Ground of Accursed Springs'!" Ranma stated.
Jason's jaw dropped. "You mean... he's the pig?" It came out almost a whisper so no one else heard it. He moved within the room and closed the door behind himself.
Ryoga gave them a retelling of just what happened when he'd followed Ranma to China. He said he'd wandered for many days until a charging panda crashed by him, as he dodged into the air from it a girl knocked him into one of the springs. Then told him how he was almost cooked alive. "That's why I want my revenge Ranma! Because you ran from our duel!" Ryoga accused pointing a finger at Ranma.
Ranma shouted "Hold it you!" just as a transparent bag filled with ice hit Ryoga in the head.
"What did I tell you before Ryoga? Revenge only get's people hurt. Just the other day you almost killed Akane, the girl who treated the bump on your head just now! Do you think she finds you hideous?" Jason explained calmly as he began to unwrap the bandage on his arm. "If I were you Ryoga. I'd put anger aside and learn how to live with the curse now that you have it." He added then walked over to the sink and turned the tap on. {I think the bleedings stopped. Ah, probably should use a new bandage anyways.} Jason thought to himself as he gently rubbed some water over the stitches on his arm.
"And anyways! What does this have to do with me? You should be looking for the girl who--" Ranma began but suddenly went silent.
"Not now Genma! If you want to change back there's a kettle on the stove!" Jason called out just as Genma was about to open the door on the other side. He'd finished cleaning the wound then grabbed a roll of bandages and began skillfully applying them to his injury. "And ya know what Ryoga! I'm not even mad about my arm, I figure this'll leave a very nice scar and it doesn't hurt much because I pop a Tylenol every hour and numb it with ice." Jason finished wrapping the bandage and then began to put the strings for the ice back on his arm. {Dr. Tofu is amazing, I still can't believe how easy it is to retie this thing.}
Before he could get the ice back on though the door to the bath opened and Genma stood in the doorway with a sign that said, *It was empty.*
That sign was quickly replaced with *P-Pardon Me!* and then Genma walked out and closed the door.
{Girl... Panda... Girl... Panda... Oh no.} Jason thought to himself and looked at Ryoga. He quickly noticed the depression in Ryoga's eyes.
"Soooo... that girl... was you! RANMA!!" Ryoga shouted as he got out of the tub chasing after a fleeing naked female Ranma.
Jason moved forwards and punched Ryoga in the forehead with a left cross, followed by a right cross to the cheek. The blows pushed Ryoga back a little but he quickly recovered. {Damnit! I put all I had into those! Why I am getting so outclassed these days?} "Ranma, change back quick!" Jason directed as he brought his fists up and brought his heels off the ground to stand on his toes. He quirked a grin and said, "Don't you know Ryoga? You're not allowed to fight in this house naked? Or at all for that matter."
"Don't you get in my way American!" Ryoga retorted as he charged forwards.
"WHAT?! AMERICAN?!" Jason shouted in anger as he threw a punch into Ryoga's gut. "I'm CANADIAN for god's sake!" He clarified as Ryoga stumbled back sucking wind. Jason felt good about having gotten off such a lucky strike. {Oh Yeah! He came! He saw! He...} Jason fell to one knee clutching his chest with his left hand and his right arm completely limp. {Fell down unconscious.} "Agh..." Jason groaned as he felt his body become heavy like lead.
"Good for You!" Ryoga shouted and kicked Jason into the wall behind him.
"Jason!!" Ranma shouted as Jason slid down from the wall to lie on the floor unmoving.
Ryoga stood ready for Jason to get back up again. He waited for what his adrenaline considered to be a long while before standing straight. "... Is he alright?" He wondered. {I guess he was no challenge after all. Now where was I? Ah yes, revenge against Ranma.} He spun towards the now male Ranma. "Ranma Saotome-" His speech was cut off short as Ranma's fist impacted with Ryoga's face rather painfully knocking him to the floor.
"You jerk!! You almost killed him!!" Ranma shouted at Ryoga then knelt down beside Jason.
"How could I have almost killed him?! He was fine a minute ago!" Ryoga retorted.
"Idiot! You saw his arm when he took that hit for Akane! How do you think he's healed it so fast that he could use his arm again?!"
"... A healing techinque?" Ryoga guessed.
"Yes! One that severely drains his Ki. He was at his very limit yesterday and he shouldn't have been fighting."
Jason stood up slowly and steadied himself as his knee's began to wobble. "Don't worry about me Ranma. I've got a bit left to go on before I'm really in trouble." Jason stated casually and then fell on his rear again as his legs gave out. "Ow ow ow! Someone gimme my ice pack please?"
Looking around Ryoga found the bag of ice lying by his feet, he picked it up and tossed it in Jason's lap. Gratefully Jason picked it up and it back on his arm then tied it in.
Once again Jason stood up. "Now then, where were we?"
"We are taking you back to bed before you die of exhaustion."
"And you're gonna change right?"
Ranma paused a second then jumped into the bathtub. Coming out a few seconds later fully male. He walked over to Jason and took hold of his arm. "Now come on." He said and began dragging Jason out of the bathroom.
"Wait... wait a minute Ranma. Oh fine."
Ryoga stood in the middle of the Tendo bathroom, completely naked, not knowing what to think. "..."
Jason lowered himself onto the futon in the Tendo guest room. "What are we gonna do about Ryoga now that he's here? And more importantly, how are we gonna tell Akane that the pig she found in her room is Ryoga?" He asked.
"I'll take care of Ryoga. But as for Akane, it's the Warriors Code that we cannot tell anyone." Ranma whispered.
Jason stared at Ranma for a second, then nodded his head. "Yeah I guess I can see it. I won't tell. I promise." He couldn't say much else as he began to nod off. "Ah... feeling alot better now." Jason muttered to himself.
Ranma didn't hear that though as he'd already left the room to deal with Pig-boy. He found the illustrious Jusenkyo victim still trying to find his way out of the bathroom. Ranma tossed Ryoga his clothes and stood in the doorway. "Now then, Ryoga. I'm gonna keep this as short as possible. Get out! Neither I nor the Tendo's need any trouble and you're coming here to cause it. If you wanna fight me you can set a time and date and you can be On Time for once! Ya got that?" Ranma explained rather calmly.
"Are you making fun of me again Saotome?!" Ryoga demanded. "It's your fault I'm cursed!"
"Yeah! And it's my Pop's fault I'm cursed, do you see me killing him?! And since it's my Pop's fault I'm cursed it's also his fault you're cursed! So go take it out on him! I don't go picking fights with whomever I cross just because I'm angry Ryoga! That goes against what a Martial Artist is! Just give up this whole 'Kill any person I know' routine and get a life!" Ranma... um... well, I'm sure you know, not really shouting but close kinda thing. Yeah....
Ryoga's jaw clenched shut. He quickly dressed himself and picked up his things.
"Jason and I won't tell anyone about your curse. We promise. And you should be glad I managed to get him to. Being you've almost killed him and all." Ranma added.
Ryoga sneered at his one-time friend. "And you expect thanks from me?"
"No, I really didn't expect much. I just want you to drop this whole revenge thing." He said as Ryoga walked past him.
Wondering what could have been taking Ranma so long to finish his and the pigs bath, Akane wandered out of her room and knocked on the bathroom door. No answer. Sighing in frustration she looked down the stairs to see the black piglet at the foot of the stairs looking around itself. "There you are." Akane said cheerfully as she walked down the stairs and scooped up the pig. "Poor thing. Did that mean Ranma leave you at the bottom of the stairs? Let's go." She whispered to it and walked into her room.
"Hey Akane, the pig's still here I see." Jason said casually as he entered the living room.
"Yeah, that jerk Ranma left him out in the rain last night after I asked him to give it a bath." Akane replied.
"And quite the debilitating experience it was." Jason muttered to himself. "So... where'd you put the pig?" Jason asked making himself heard more clearly.
"In my bed with me." Akane replied.
Jason didn't move much. He blinked, looked at Ryoga, looked back at Akane, then sat down at the table and started eating. And due to the fact that it was a weekend, Ranma was completely oblivious to the truth somewhere else in town.
Somewhere else in town.
"You're such a sweet little girl! Here, have another bun-- for free!"
"OOOO! Golly! Thank you so much!" Ranma replied cutely.
{Yup when I'm cruising for eats, this girl body is the wau to go!} Ranma thought to herself while walking through the streets of Nerima while stuffing her face with some meat buns. She came across a scene where three bandaged people were facing off with a single girl dressed in a black school dress.
"Pardon me, but you are from Furinkan High School, are you not? Please, no need to rush on my account. If I'm not mistaken, we'll be having our match in one week."
"No more talk!" One of the bandaged men shouted, "We've got you at last!" Another yelled.
{What's with the guys in bandages?} Ranma wondered.
"We're finishing you off here and now! Prepare to die!" One of the men cried and the trio rushed forwards wielding batons.
The girl readied a ribbon saying, "Forgive me, please, if I've failed..." She began then struck all the attackers with the weapon. "...To convey my message!!"
"If I may restate it... perhaps this... or this... or this will be clearer!" She shouted as she began to whip the men with the ribbon.
there was suddenly a loud SNAP as the girls abuse suddenly came to an end. "Doncha think that's enough? I mean, you've won already right?" Ranma stated holding the other end of the ribbbon in her hand.
"You caught that ribbon as if it were nothing. If you'll forgive me, you seem to be no ordinary girl."
"Uh, yeah... I guess you could say that!"
"Good..." The girl said as she got her foot under one of the batons the guys dropped. "Because I prefer not to treat girls..." She kicked it up into her hand and dropped the ribbon. "...With ordinary courtesy!!" She shouted and stabbed at Ranma's skull(Like it could pierce it.). Ranma countered by ducking down and kicking the girls feet out from under her.
The girl planted her hands on the ground then swung herself upright. As the two combatants faced each other the girl said "Well. You are very good! Remember... I'm called the black rose of St. Bacchus's school for girls." She said flicking a black rose at Ranma. "Kodachi... the Black(Ahem, Blank) Rose. Please don't forget it." And with that she bounded away laughing maniacally.
After Kodachi was out of sight the bandaged men began crying in humiliation.
"Hey! What's with the crying? Remember you're men!"
"That's what you think!" One of them said and they ripped off the bandages. "We're the Furinkan Gymnastic Team!"
Ranma tipped her hat down a little. {Uh-oh! These girls are from my class!}
Back at the Tendo Training Hall
"What is it, girls?" Akane asked the three girls beaten up by Kodachi. Ranma, Akane, the three girls, were all in Akane's room. Ranma and Akane sat on Akane's bed while the three girls sat on the floor, some tea sat on a tray beneath Akane's dangling feet.
The trio beaten up by Kodachi began blubbering to Akane about having been ambushed and now would be thrown out of their event.
Akane pointed at herself, "Then, you want me to take your place." She guessed.
"Please Akane!!" they begged, "You see, this next match, is Rythymic Gymnastic Wrestling!"
"What the heck is that?" Ranma asked leaning forwards.
"The schools champion fight! Using Rythymic Gymnastics!" One explained.
"I'm not sure I get it, but all right, I will avenge you!" Akane declared.
"Oh thank you Akane!!" the three girls cried happily.
"Y'know, you shouldn't have agreed so quickly Akane, do you even know how to use this stuff?" Ranma asked as both moved down to the dojo to practice with the equipment given to them.
"I agree Akane, you may have kicked the shit out of every boy in school on a daily basis, but you didn't look too graceful when you did it." Jason commented from behind the punching bag in back of the dojo.
"Just you two watch."
Akane brilliant display of incompetance was delayed by a snort coming from the door of the dojo. Everyone but Jason turned to see Ryoga the pig walk in the door oinking happily.
"Hey! Where have you been P-chan?!" Akane wondered as she picked up the black pig and held it close.
"P-chan?!"
"Yes, 'P' for 'pig' and 'chan' for 'little'." Akane explained cheerfully to Ranma.
"Right. Of course."
Akane put Ryoga back on the floor. "Now, you just sit here quietly." She then looked to Ranma "You leave him alone now Ranma!"
Ranma stared at Ryoga from the corner of his eye as Ryoga stared at Akane getting ready to practice. Ranma moved to a more relaxed position on his side which put him closer to Ryoga. "I thought I told you to leave Ryoga. Or are you just becoming dumb like a pig and can't the door?" Ranma said quietly so that Akane wouldn't hear. This comment caused Ryoga to bite Ranma's arm. Which caused Ranma to punch him. Which caused Akane to hit Ranma with one of the batons she was holding.
"I told you to leave him alone Ranma!!" She declared.
Once readied Akane held her batons up high, "Now watch this!" she declared determinedly and jumped up into the air gracefully throwing the batons up as well. She did a 9.0 landing so perfectly you could do nothing but be amazed... except the batons fell to the ground a good two meters from her.
"Um, are you supposed to let those drop?" Ranma asked.
Akane went through all the tools given to her and constantly proved she couldn't use them while Ranma poked fun at her and Jason paid them no mind at all from behind the punching bag.
"I'm a klutz! I'm a klutz! I'm a klutz! I'm a klutz!" Akane whined to Ranma who merely backed away and said "What can I do about it?"
"I can instruct you." declared a new voice from the door of the dojo. Everyone looked to see just who came in.
"Ryoga?"
"What happened to P-chan?" Ranma asked.
Ryoga grabbed Ranma's collar while blushing. "Who... is P-chan?"
"That's a good question who is P-chan?" Ranma countered.
Jason moved back behind the punching bag no longer interested in what was going on. "[Hey Ryoga! You're not thinking about trying to kill me again are you?]" He called out. "[I mean, the Tendo's aren't gonna be happy with you if I bleed to death right?]"
"[Quiet you!]" Ryoga replied quickly and loudly.
"Jason stop picking on Ryoga. And what are you doing over there anyways?" Akane reprimanded.
"Um. Nothing! Nothing at all! Just pay me no mind!" Jason insistantly replied.
A short and very agravating silence ensued as everyone stared at the bag.
"Alright! Alright! I'll go back to bed!" Jason shouted as he came out from behind the bag with his hands up. "[Jeez, give a guy a break.]"
Everyone watched Jason walked out while grumbling to himself, "This is so generous of you Ryoga!" Akane explained once Jason was out of the dojo.
"Do you really think so?" Ryoga gushed as he bent down to pick up a spare ribbon. "Anyways, let's begin your training." He said and held the ribbon expertly. "The ribbon." Then spun it into the air and hit Ranma a couple of times with it, knocking him into the wall.
"That was wonderful!" Akane revered cutely.
"Gosh." Ryoga said looking slightly down trying to hide his blush as the ribbon went limp.
A cloaked figure approached the Tendo residence. {So. They've asked for help. These Furinkan High Gymnasts are bad losers. The figure dropped the cloak to reveal she was was wearing a black leotard holding a black rose inbetween her lips and toting a hefty mallet. "Akane Tendo. Kodachi the Black Rose will cripple you!"
Two passersby saw this, got really nervous, and began walking alot faster.
Akane made no progress during Ryoga's training and it showed. Ryoga didn't admit this though, and Ranma did. Feeling the depression of defeat even before the match, Akane went to take a bath while Ranma and Ryoga watched
WHOOPS! I mean, they sat by the pond and talked.
"Hmph! It's embarrasing to watch. And you! You've got no shame!" Ranma said while sitting on a stone statue and spinning a dodge ball on his finger. "Flattering her like that!"
"Bah!" Ryoga smiled at Ranma, "You're the one who should be ashamed Ranma. For your jealousy!"
"What?! Who's jealous?!" Ranma shouted just as a splashing sound was heard. Ryoga the pig jumped out of the water 'Ernk'ing non-chalantly. Ranma gripped the ball tightly as he got angry. "What now Ryoga? You going to crawl into Akane's bed!!" He shouted and threw the dodge ball at Ryoga.
Akane walked into her room drearily and flopped onto her bed. She flipped over on the sheets and came face to face with the ambush planned to put her out of commission. As Kodachi fell from the roof swinging the large mallet onto the bed Akane jumped out of the way and landed in a kempo stance on the floor. "Who are you?!"
The attacker stood straight holding the mallet. "I'm from St. Bacchus's school for girls! Kodachi the Black Rose!" She declared then swung the mallet. "I shall be your opponent next week! So let us do our best..." The mallet came straight down and missed Akane's foot. "... And fight in all fairness!"
"You call this..." Akane began the kicked at Kodachi "In all fairness!!"
"As I said, I believe in fighting in all fairness, before the match!"
"That is the most-"
Akane was cut off as the door to her room slammed open and hit Kodachi in the face, effectively passifying her. Ranma ran in chasing P-chan. "GET BACK HERE!!" He shouted as they both began bouncing around the room.
"H-hey! Ranma leave my P-chan alone!!" Akane shouted as she leaned out the door to chase him. She was halted as the large mallet came towards her again. Quickly she kicked it out of Kodachi's hands. "Will you just leave it alone!"
Kodachi backed away towards the window. "So, I see the rumors are true, you are good." she muttered to herself then spun her ribbon in the air. "I shall return!" She declared as black rose petals fell from the ribbon and swirled around the room.
With that Kodachi was gone. A single rose in the middle of the room all the remained of where she had stood.
"Who?! Who do you think is going to clean up this room?!" Akane demanded as stood in the middle of what used to be her bedroom, which was now a War Zone and Tornado disaster area. Picking up the rose Akane vowed, "Kodachi the Black Rose, I'll repay you for this at our match!"
Jason Reaver didn't listen to Nobody. Well okay, he usually listens to everybody. But when he didn't want to do something he either refused to or at least deviated from doing it. Which was why he was currently sitting on the roof right now facing the same way as Akane's room did. The breeze was so nice this time of night.
He saw some Japanese chick with a pony tail dressed in a leotard jump up onto the roof at about the time he heard Ranma and Ryoga take their scuffle up there. Jason found himself rather surprised that neither party noticed him. He may have been wearing dark navy blue jeans, but his white shirt caucasian skin and silver hair should have made him stick out like a sore thumb.
"Hold it Ryoga!!" Ranma shouted as he chased after the pig holding a kettle in his hand.
KLOONNNNGGGGG
"Damnit Ranma! Watch what you're doing!" Jason shouted as he dived forwards and caught the girl just as she fell off the roof.
"Sorry!!" Ranma shouted without taking his eyes off of Ryoga. After all, getting hit in the head with a kettle shouldn't bother Jason TOO much. And he did shout out afterwards didn't he? Naw, he must have been fine.
Jason managed to catch the girl by the foot and pulled her up till he could grab hold of her leotard, then flipped her into his arms so that he was carrying her more gently. "Yo, you alright lady?" He asked as he would a sparring partner.
Kodachi's eyes snapped open and she focused on Jason's face. {Oh. He's gorgeous.} She thought to herself. She turned away momentarily as she began to blush then turned back to him. "I... I..." She murmured, then clutched herself to him. "I was so frightened!"
"Uh.... Yeah." Jason replied looking around hoping no one was looking. {Who is she?} "Um... can you uh... let go?" He asked but she didn't appear to hear.
I won't challenge the intelligence of the readers with what Kodachi was thinking at this point, and any who have the books probably already know what she thinks. I might be lazy but I frankly don't care.
Luckily she peeled herself away from him and gazed up at him. "Please sir, can I have your name?"
Jason peered at her worriedly. "Jason Reaver." He replied, even pronouncing it with a Japanese accent so that it would be easier to understand.
"For you, my Jason." Kodachi said as she handed him a bouquet of roses.
{Where did she get those from?} Jason wondered as he took them from her hands. He didn't see them on her before, must have been some kind of trick of the hand. {Guess it couldn't hurt to be nice.} He thought as he smelt the roses. As he did though a gas wafted forth and he felt his senses grow dull.
Normally Jason probably could have resisted the power of the roses. Being in Beautiful B.C. and not suffering from hayfever meant you had one hell of a nose. But alas as you all know Jason is far from his best he succumbed in record time had Kodachi had a watch on her to notice. And maybe if she had discovered this fact she would then decide that maybe he ain't that gorgeous. But then again, who know's what Kodachi thinks. Anyone notice she hasn't even taken notice of the ice pack yet? Yeah it's still there.
"A bit of paralysis gas in the bouquet." Kodachi explained before the question was asked. Jason didn't miss that rather sinister look in her eyes.
"[WHAT?!]" Jason shouted as his knee's buckled and he fell to his butt. "Are you nuts?!" He cried as his back hit the rooftop.
"Now my Jason." Kodachi cooed as she spread herself out overtop of him. "Be brave, and take these lips of mine."
Jason's body began to shake somewhat as he tried to shake off the powders effects. "RRRRRRR!!!" Was all he managed to say as she came desperately close to his face.
Only to be saved by Akane as she punted Kodachi away.(Too bad Hentai's) "Right over my bedroom yet!" She shouted angrilly.
"Such tragic timing." Kodachi pouted as she landed well enough. She began to bound away across the rooftops. "Let us meet again my Jason."
"Rediculous." Akane grunted to herself and then looked down at Jason who could only look up at her. "Sorry to get in the way of True Love." She said and tossed her overcoat onto Jason. "Nighty night." She said as she walked off.
A chill wind passed by and blew the coat off of Jason. {Kinda warm out tonight.}
The next day.
Good mornings were passed around at the school as everyone filed into the center of learning. A couple of Akane's friends talked to Akane about her representing Furinkan High in the Rythymic Gymnastics Wrestling Tournament the next week. When suddenly Akane's danger sense went off. "Akane Tendo prepare yourself!" Kodachi shouted as came down unto Akane with a bokken.
Akane caught the end of the weapon and held it there.
{Uh oh, it's that Black Petunia or whatever chick.} Ranma thought to himself worriedly.
"You again?! Ambushing me first thing in the morning!" Akane implied more than annoyed.
"'Ambushed?' I did no such thing. I was just looking for my darling Jason." Kodachi corrected.
Ranma stepped forwards before Akane did anything that might be brash. "Jason ain't here today. And he wasn't even at the Tendo's this morning was he?" He said turning to Akane for confirmation.
Just then the sound of something on wheels came to every one in the school yard. "Look out!! I'm gonna be late!" Jason shouted as he turned the corner on his skateboard. He pushed for extra momentum to get to school just a little bit faster.
"Jason! You've come!" Kodachi cried out happily.
Suddenly Jason became very still.
Just as Kodachi came upon him he kicked his skate board into the air and ducked low. The result being Kodachi caught the skateboard and not him. He quickly stood up again, slid the board from Kodachi's grasp and said as he ran for the exit, "Sorry, but I've got books to grease and wheels to read." {FLEEEE}
Up ahead of Jason Kuno was walking from the school feeling that he was fast approaching Akane while lost in thought. Jason figured that this should be no problem. After all, Kuno was holding a bouquet of roses and would be too busy thinking of Akane to want to attack him right now. He could just run right past Kuno.
"Akane I love you." Kuno declared and swung out with his bokken, incidentally hitting Jason in the side of the head.
Jason's head went to the right, then rolled around dizzily. Feeling he was stunned and momentarily losing track of where he was he reacted on instinct. Raising his fists and readying himself for a block he focused on Kuno not too well since the world spun. He could have fallen down, but then again the point to boxing was being able to hold out while stunned and dizzy. He threw a punch out at where he was sure Kuno was and felt his fist hit something very hard and very solid. {Must be Kuno's head.}
"Uhh..." Jason moaned as his focus aligned itself somewhat. "Sorry Ranma." He apologized and then leaned closer and squinted. "Or is it Kuno?"
"Jason Reaver, what do you have against me?" Kuno demanded with a fist imprint on his face and grabbing the collar of Jason's muscle shirt.
About then Jason felt something press itself against his back. "Oh, Ja-so-n-sama!"
"Uhn?" Jason wondered.
"Hmmmmmmmm." Kuno hmm'ed. Then slapped both their arms. "Yes."
"Uhn?" Jason wondered.
"Yes, you two may go steady with my permission!" Kuno declared and unfolded a fan with the red sun on it.
"Uhn?!" Jason demanded, his skateboard dropping from nerveless fingers.
"I'm so happy!" Kodachi cried now pressing herself against Jason's chest.
Gently, Jason moved Kodachi off of him and motioned for her to stay put. He grabbed Kuno's shoulders, yanked Kuno towards him and smashed his cranium against Kuno's. Jason quickly found out just why Kuno was as dense as he was as he reeled from the strike in pain. "[RGH!! God damnit that hurts!!]" Jason shouted as he clutched at his forehead. "Now give that to me again Kuno, you said I could go steady with her?" Jason demanded then began to straighten himself. "What the hell makes you think I'm gonna go steady with ANYONE you tell me to?!" He demanded.
A great SOB! sound effect was heard by everyone in the school yard as Kodachi's eyes were suddenly a waterworks. "SO!! YOU HATE ME!!" She guessed as she confronted him.
"LADY IF I HATED YOU YOU'D BE CRYING SO HARD PEOPLE WOULD THINK YOU WERE THE HOOVER DAM!!" Jason shouted back at her before flipping his skateboard back up into the air and catching it. "Now if you'll please excuse me, I have to go to school." Jason said, moved around Kodachi and back to the school. Moving quickly he past by Akane and Ranma before Kodachi could voice a reply. "C'mon you two, I wanna get outta here before she does something I'll 'really' regret." Jason whispered past the pair.
"Jason-sama!" Kodachi cried out suddenly. Jason cringed and turned around slowly.
"Just leave him alone Kodachi!" Akane piped up. If this was going to go on any longer they 'would' be late for class. "We don't have time for this right now."
Kodachi looked at Akane. "And what are you to him?!" She demanded.
"She's my friend!" Jason called back.
I would say that you could probably guess what went through Kodachi's head at that moment. But then this is Kodachi.
"So! I see you have a girlfriend then!"
Jason's eyes opened as wide as they could possibly go, and then some. But then they slid almost closed as if some sly thought came to mind. "Yeah! That's right, I have a girlfriend." He said and stood straight, one hand holding the strap of the gymbag on his shoulder, the other hanging limply at his side grasping his skateboard. "I'm playing with words here Akane, don't hit me I'm still injured." Jason whispered so that Kodachi wouldn't hear.
"G-G-Girlfriend? You?" Kodachi stammered looking at Akane.
"More or less." Akane replied evenly. "You owe me for this." She whispered back.
"So. How interesting." Kodachi muttered then used a ribbon to lash out at three standing there. Ranma and Akane jumped over the makeshift whip and Jason ducked low. "What do you say then?" She asked as the ribbon fell to the ground. "Shall we wager over Jason in the upcoming match?"
{This might be going even better than I thought.} Jason thought to himself.
"What did you just say?!" Akane shouted outraged. "Are you insane?!"
"I think it's a fine idea Akane." Kuno said putting a hand on Akane's shoulder. "If you wish to leave Ranma, you need only lose."
"HA HA HA HA HA! You needn't worry about that! She'll lose in any case!" Kodachi declared, then looked at Jason. "Jason! When this match is over... you shall be mine." Kodachi declared then spun that stupid ribbon in the air and sent a shitload of black rose petals into the air. Covering her escape as she bounded away laughing meniacally.
"Really. That she is such a deviant... still thought," Kuno said and patted Jason's back friendly like, "take care of my little sister."
"Uhn? Hold it! What do you mean 'little sister'?" Jason wondered
"Even though I am her brother, I have to admire her for being so wicked, so nasty, so spiteful... and so thoroughly twisted." Kuno said then handed the roses he'd been holding to Akane. "Please Akane. Try not to let her injure you." Then he began to walk away. "When Kodachi sets her sights on a man, she doesn't let go. Surely she will try something evil during the match."
Jason frowned at that. "Yo Kuno! You forgot something!" He called out.
Kuno turned around and waited for Jason to speak.
"Akane already has a fiancŽe, therefore she can't be my girlfriend! Therefore the bet is null and void! Tell Kodachi that before the match!" He explained loudly enough so that everyone around them could hear.
"Ku... Kuno's sister." Ranma muttered unbelievingly.
"Now that I think about it. They're identical." Akane stated.
"And best of all Akane. You've saved face, while I get the psycho off my back for awhile." Jason explained cheerfully.
The day before the match.
Both Akane and Ranma in the dojo practicing while Jason sat on the Tendo's roof relaxing and listening to music. Everything seemed to be going fine until Jason realized he wasn't hearing anything but his music. "They done yet?" He wondered and sat up. There didn't seem to be anyone in the dojo... "[YES! I CAN PRACTICE!]" Jason cried happily and jumped off the roof to the ground with a loud thump. Then ran into the dojo before anyone berrated him for jumping off the two story roof.
In all truth, Jason's arm was fully healed now, and he'd been feeling better than ever. Although having slept on the Tendo roof after the fight with Kodachi left him rather sleepless and with a sore back he'd woken up the next morning feeling energized. So throughout the week he'd been spending time up on the roof when it was night, he wouldn't sleep up there though, no one would wake him up.
Course though, no one believed him and he was firmly told by Akane and Kasumi not to use the dojo. Maybe sneaking into it the first day hadn't been TOO smart after all.
"[Allllrighty then! Where to begin?]" Jason wondered to himself as he looked over the materials laid out before him. Most of them he'd never touch in his life, but the punching bag had been taken down and he couldn't see it anywhere. His enthusiasm now gone he stared around the room blankly before leaving. "Damnit. Why's everyone being so cruel to me?"
He passed Ryoga, Akane, and a now female Ranma walking towards the Dojo. Jason waved a passing greeting as he passed by, not really taking any notice in Ranma's new leotard, or Akane's new cast. He guessed that no one took any notice of the dejected look in his eyes cause no one made any comment to him about it.
Passing Kasumi got him a few questions to answer about his health. "Just fine, just fine." Passing Nabiki got him nothing. He shuffled into the guest room and sat down on his futon crosslegged. Jason placed his hands on his knees, closed his eyes, and relaxed his breathing.
Eventually he fell asleep sitting like that, with little to no blood flowing through his legs.
The next morning.
Akane woke up, threw on a sweater, and walked out of her room. "Mm, I slept like a dog." She muttered to herself before she reached the guest room. When she looked into the guest though, all she saw was Jason and Genma sleeping. Suddenly Akane felt very nervous.
As quickly as someone can walk with a sprained ankle Akane hurried to the Dojo. She opened up the door and the sight made her trip once again. Ranma and Ryoga were still fighting, Ranma was jumping on Ryoga's back shouting something slightly incoherant. "Have you two been at it all NIGHT?!" Akane shouted at the two.
"Wha? Morning already?" Ranma asked all bleary eyed as she stood up from Ryoga's back.
As the family sat down around the table Ranma began chewing on a table cloth and Jason seemed to be struggling to hold a sitting position.
"Hey Kasumi, this fishcake is rather tough." Ranma commented.
"That's a towel." Kasumi commented back then turned to Jason. "Are you sure you're alright Jason?"
Jason nodded his head. "Yeah, I'm fine."
"What's wrong with Jason?" Soun asked wonderingly.
"I fell down the stair after I woke up. Slept in a weird position last night and I had no bloodflow in my legs. I think it's gonna be one of those days." Jason explained.
"'Those days?'" Ranma muttered slightly coherantly.
"Oh you know... those days when you wake up and you can just tell something will go really wrong. Like you'll die or be horribly injured, or you'll just plain be very embarrased." Jason stated while straightening his legs.
"Will you be at the tournament?" Akane asked.
"Being near Kodachi? I'm getting this really ominous vibe." Jason replied then sat completely still for a few seconds. "[My god.] I've never once in my life said anything like that before. This training I'm getting from Dr. Tofu must really be getting to me."
A bleary eyebrow was raised from Ranma. "Training?"
Jason nodded absently. "Dr. Tofu is teaching me tons of stuff about Ki manipulation. He says if I can get my reserves back up I could easily become a master Manipulator. Meaning I'll be able to bring myself up to your level someday." Jason stated grinning as he resumed eating. "That and he's teaching me plenty of things about medicine. Says I'd make a good doctor if I tried."
"Seems you'll be good at just about everything." Nabiki commented eyeing Jason like she does when she see's money.
Jason's smirk became a smile. "Don't worry Nabiki, I'll never become as good at scraping together money like you do. Or black mailing people. Or extortion. Or handling money. And I'm broke."
"Suure you are."
Reaching into his pocket Jason pulled out a wallet and flipped it open. It did indeed look empty. He showed it to her so that she couldn't miss it then put it back in his back pocket.
"Anyways, I suppose I should come with you guys. Who else will carry Ranma to the match?"
"Carry?"
In response to Akane's response Jason walked up behind Ranma and tapped a point on Ranma's neck. Ranma immediately fell asleep and crashed to the table.
"He's gotta sleep before the match ya know."
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I'm gonna leave it there for now. Feels like I've been dragging this chapter out. I'll get to the fight later, cause as I've said before, I'm lazy. And frankly if you all have a problem with that, BITE ME! I love that saying. Please, take no offense if I use it too often. BWA HA HA HA HA HAAAAA!!!
Anyways, thanks to all those people who support me, and to all those who at least tell me something. And for all those people who dis me, well, at least you said something. So for all those people who read this and say nothing... SAY SOMETHING TO ME DAMNIT!!! CURSE YOU ALL AND YOUR TIGHT LIPPEDNESS!!! I'm done ranting now so don't worry anymore people.
I know I'd promised that I'd finish this chapter faster than the last, and I did, albeit not quite as fast as I might have wished (I'm so ashamed) and I won't be making any promises about the next one, the fight will pretty much be the same as within the manga, except Kodachi will be spilling her love for Jason and not Ranma.
People must still be wondering why I'm being so mean to Jason. Well, at least I'm no longer almost killing him. Although this can be seen as worse. Don't worry though, the rest of Ranma's girl load will still be on Ranma, I could reveal the whole point to Kodachi being hooked on Jason but that would spoil ALOT of his history which I'm saving for later.
Any comments, criticisms, and just plain things that you wanna talk to me about or discuss with me email me at MacLeodRichard@hotmail.com ... or you can try my MSN which I'm on kinda often considering my time on a computer. And since it's 1 o'clock in the morning here, I'm gonna say g'night.
Chapter 5
You want me to name this...?
All comments and criticisms would be welcome. Send all praise and flames to: Macleodrichard@hotmail.com be warned that if you flame me I probably won't care.
And... of course, the disclaimer:
Oh come on, like you people are gonna tell some legal person guy who I am.
"The only comfort you can take from eating at a Denny's is that you know for sure that all over America, everyone else at a Denny's is just as unhappy as you are." - Drew Carey.
I wouldn't know, I've never eaten at a Denny's. I just think this is funny.
Notes: [] Denotes the ye olde english language.
** Denotes signs, if there are any.
{} Denotes thought. All thought is conducted in the person native language, so I read someone else's mind, they better think in english.
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The night after Jason was taken to Dr. Tofu's...
Ryoga walked up to the Tendo residence with his umbrella open and covering him from the rain. His eyes took on a dark cast as he read the sign showing that he'd reached his destination. "Yes. This must be the Tendo Training Hall."
The clock in the Tendo guest room said 2:06 AM and Jason, Ranma, and Genma were all lying on the floor sleeping soundly. Ryoga stood behind Ranma's futon and said, "Wake up Ranma. It's me-- Ryoga. Fight me! Hey! Ranma!" Ryoga knelt down and punched through Ranma's pillow while shouting "Would you wake up?!" He did mean to punch Ranma in the head... but Ranma had rolled out of the way before the fist hit. Ryoga tried again but once again Ranma rolled out of the way. Ryoga pulled the pillow off his hand, took in a deep breath, and shouted, "WAKE UP DAMNIT!!" Waking up Ranma and more importantly, Genma. Jason moved a little and his eyes slid open slightly.
Genma was angry. Ranma and Ryoga found themselves knocked outside by a large sign that said *Quiet!*
Ranma fell into the pond as Ryoga landed nearby with his umbrella over his head. "Ryoga! It's the middle of the night! What are you doing?!" Ranma demanded as she came out of the pond.
"Silence! Just fight me damnit!" Ryoga demanded.
"This again." Ranma muttered. "Would you cut this out?! You've got nothing to get revenge for!"
"I'll say this to you now... When you ran out on our duel, I followed you... All the way to China!!" Ryoga shouted angrilly.
Ranma paused to think of the implications and scratced her cheek. "Don't tell me you went to the 'Ground of Accursed Springs'... and that you trasnform into something when you get wet!"
"QUIET!" Ryoga shouted and jump kicked Ranma. "The time for words has past! We will finish this fight right here and now!"
In Akane's room, Akane was woken up by all the noise being made in the backyard.
"Akane? Are you awake?" Kasumi asked poking her head in the door.
"You too Kasumi?" Akane asked getting up.
Both went down the stairs, Kasumi holding a sweater to her shoulders, Akane tightly holding onto her bokken. In a flash of lighting they saw the silhouette of a man in the air holding an open umbrella and carrying a large pack.
"It... it is a burglar! With a pack of stolen goods!" Kasumi observed fearfully.
"I'll beat his brains out!" Akane declared angrilly.
"NO!! It's too dangerous!" Kasumi urged, then handed her younger sister a dumbell. "Here." She said calmly.
Ranma and Ryoga were deeply engrossed in mid-air combat when suddenly Ryoga was hit in the head by a dumbell, making him drop his umbrella. He quickly ran away before whatever it was that would take place did.
"Ryoga!" Ranma shouted after him.
"Ryoga?" Akane muttered.
"Oh! It was only Ranma's friend!" Kasumi stated.
"[Bloody hell! What's all the racket about?]" Someone complained walking down the stairs.
Both girls turned around to see Jason scratching his bare chest and yawning tiredly.
Kasumi covered her eyes and turned away. "Please Jason, that's indecent!"
Jason blinked confused and looked down at the pair of bluejeans he was wearing. "But... I'm not exposed am I?" He said and checked to see if he didn't have a hole in the seat of his pants.
"Put a shirt on Jason!" Akane urged covering her eyes with her arm.
"..." Jason stared at them blankly. "I think I'll just change the ice and then the bandages. Good night." He stated coldly as he walked to the kitchen to strain the water from the bag that was held against his injury by multiple strings. He added some new ice to the half melted bits and then put the bag back in place. He gave it a soft pat to make sure it was in place. He heard Akane shouting something in her room but paid a little attention. He walked into the living room and saw Ranma sittin on the floor rubbing a towel over her hair while looking at a mangy dog sitting down on some news papers. "Uh... what's with the dog Ranma?" He asked warily.
"Nothin, why?" Ranma replied worriedly.
"Oh, nothing..." Jason said lightly as he began to pull his head back and brought a hand to his mouth. "Only -HACHOO- I'm very -HACHOO- allergic." He finished as he covered his nose and mouth.
"Ranma? Jason?" Akane said as she walked into the room. "What's that dog doing here?"
"Ah! Akane... hah, hah, -HACHOO- do you know whose dog this is?" Jason asked.
"Yeah... ah, what's with the pig?" Ranma asked as the little black piglet in Akane's arms glared at Ranma. Then it began to wave it's hoofs at Ranma.
"What are you mad about?" Akane wondered. "Hush now! I'll put some medicine on that bump." With that the pig hugged itself to Akane's chest and started to blush. A fact that didn't get past Ranma.
"What--? That thing's blushing!" Ranma said then took the piglet from Akane and lifted it up. "Dirty minded pig! I knew it! A male!"
"So it is!" Akane murmured. "So what about the dog Ranma?" Akane asked again.
"Yeah damnit!" Jason said with a pinched nose.
"Isn't that Bess? The Yamane's Dog?" Akane wondered and petted the dog. "Sure it is! Hello Bess."
Ranma quickly ran into the kitchen and got a kettle of hot water, ran back to the living room and poured it over Bess' head as Akane tended to the pig. Jason stared in wonder and then sneezed.
"What are you up to?" Akane asked.
Ranma stood up and muttering something about stupid to herself.
"Where are you going?" Akane asked.
"A hot bath! I'm freezing after running around in the rain after Ryoga." Ranma answered looking over her shoulder at Akane. The pig then seemed to sneeze as did Jason.
"Warm the piglet up too!"
"Take a bath with a pig?!" Ranma said incredulously and was about to grab the pig when Jason took it from Akane. "Come on Ranma, I might as well check to see if the wound is clean and I wanna get away from the dog."
"You mean you two are-"
"Can it Akane!" Jason almost shouted. "I'll not hear such perverted comments from you any longer! You have no right to call us perverts if you're thinking up such disgusting stuff!"
"... Actually I was going to make sure that you warmed the pig up." Akane corrected with a Nabiki like look.
Jason's face turned beet red. "Oh. I apologize then. Sorry." He said and walked to the bathroom with Ranma.
{Hah! That was a good recovery!} Akane thought to herself triumphantly.
"So you have no idea where Ryoga is then?" Jason asked Ranma through the door to the bath.
"Not the slightest clue." Ranma answered from the other side of the door.
"Well that's too bad. I feel like razing him again. Can you hurry up and change back in there? I'd like to change this thing before the ice melts again." Jason said calmly.
"Okay you! Squirming won't help you! In you go!" Jason heard Ranma shout and then a loud splash. After a second Jason heard the sound of someone rising up from the water. {I should maybe wait. Just to make sure.}
"Ah, Jason? I found Ryoga." Ranma said, still with a female voice.
The door slammed open and Jason leaned inside. He saw Ryoga sitting in the tub and Ranma kneeling down infront of him still female. "Wh-where's the pig?" Jason noted.
"Ranma... You are dead!!" Ryoga shouted and tried to punch Ranma who blocked with a bucket.
"Wait! So you did go to the 'Ground of Accursed Springs'!" Ranma stated.
Jason's jaw dropped. "You mean... he's the pig?" It came out almost a whisper so no one else heard it. He moved within the room and closed the door behind himself.
Ryoga gave them a retelling of just what happened when he'd followed Ranma to China. He said he'd wandered for many days until a charging panda crashed by him, as he dodged into the air from it a girl knocked him into one of the springs. Then told him how he was almost cooked alive. "That's why I want my revenge Ranma! Because you ran from our duel!" Ryoga accused pointing a finger at Ranma.
Ranma shouted "Hold it you!" just as a transparent bag filled with ice hit Ryoga in the head.
"What did I tell you before Ryoga? Revenge only get's people hurt. Just the other day you almost killed Akane, the girl who treated the bump on your head just now! Do you think she finds you hideous?" Jason explained calmly as he began to unwrap the bandage on his arm. "If I were you Ryoga. I'd put anger aside and learn how to live with the curse now that you have it." He added then walked over to the sink and turned the tap on. {I think the bleedings stopped. Ah, probably should use a new bandage anyways.} Jason thought to himself as he gently rubbed some water over the stitches on his arm.
"And anyways! What does this have to do with me? You should be looking for the girl who--" Ranma began but suddenly went silent.
"Not now Genma! If you want to change back there's a kettle on the stove!" Jason called out just as Genma was about to open the door on the other side. He'd finished cleaning the wound then grabbed a roll of bandages and began skillfully applying them to his injury. "And ya know what Ryoga! I'm not even mad about my arm, I figure this'll leave a very nice scar and it doesn't hurt much because I pop a Tylenol every hour and numb it with ice." Jason finished wrapping the bandage and then began to put the strings for the ice back on his arm. {Dr. Tofu is amazing, I still can't believe how easy it is to retie this thing.}
Before he could get the ice back on though the door to the bath opened and Genma stood in the doorway with a sign that said, *It was empty.*
That sign was quickly replaced with *P-Pardon Me!* and then Genma walked out and closed the door.
{Girl... Panda... Girl... Panda... Oh no.} Jason thought to himself and looked at Ryoga. He quickly noticed the depression in Ryoga's eyes.
"Soooo... that girl... was you! RANMA!!" Ryoga shouted as he got out of the tub chasing after a fleeing naked female Ranma.
Jason moved forwards and punched Ryoga in the forehead with a left cross, followed by a right cross to the cheek. The blows pushed Ryoga back a little but he quickly recovered. {Damnit! I put all I had into those! Why I am getting so outclassed these days?} "Ranma, change back quick!" Jason directed as he brought his fists up and brought his heels off the ground to stand on his toes. He quirked a grin and said, "Don't you know Ryoga? You're not allowed to fight in this house naked? Or at all for that matter."
"Don't you get in my way American!" Ryoga retorted as he charged forwards.
"WHAT?! AMERICAN?!" Jason shouted in anger as he threw a punch into Ryoga's gut. "I'm CANADIAN for god's sake!" He clarified as Ryoga stumbled back sucking wind. Jason felt good about having gotten off such a lucky strike. {Oh Yeah! He came! He saw! He...} Jason fell to one knee clutching his chest with his left hand and his right arm completely limp. {Fell down unconscious.} "Agh..." Jason groaned as he felt his body become heavy like lead.
"Good for You!" Ryoga shouted and kicked Jason into the wall behind him.
"Jason!!" Ranma shouted as Jason slid down from the wall to lie on the floor unmoving.
Ryoga stood ready for Jason to get back up again. He waited for what his adrenaline considered to be a long while before standing straight. "... Is he alright?" He wondered. {I guess he was no challenge after all. Now where was I? Ah yes, revenge against Ranma.} He spun towards the now male Ranma. "Ranma Saotome-" His speech was cut off short as Ranma's fist impacted with Ryoga's face rather painfully knocking him to the floor.
"You jerk!! You almost killed him!!" Ranma shouted at Ryoga then knelt down beside Jason.
"How could I have almost killed him?! He was fine a minute ago!" Ryoga retorted.
"Idiot! You saw his arm when he took that hit for Akane! How do you think he's healed it so fast that he could use his arm again?!"
"... A healing techinque?" Ryoga guessed.
"Yes! One that severely drains his Ki. He was at his very limit yesterday and he shouldn't have been fighting."
Jason stood up slowly and steadied himself as his knee's began to wobble. "Don't worry about me Ranma. I've got a bit left to go on before I'm really in trouble." Jason stated casually and then fell on his rear again as his legs gave out. "Ow ow ow! Someone gimme my ice pack please?"
Looking around Ryoga found the bag of ice lying by his feet, he picked it up and tossed it in Jason's lap. Gratefully Jason picked it up and it back on his arm then tied it in.
Once again Jason stood up. "Now then, where were we?"
"We are taking you back to bed before you die of exhaustion."
"And you're gonna change right?"
Ranma paused a second then jumped into the bathtub. Coming out a few seconds later fully male. He walked over to Jason and took hold of his arm. "Now come on." He said and began dragging Jason out of the bathroom.
"Wait... wait a minute Ranma. Oh fine."
Ryoga stood in the middle of the Tendo bathroom, completely naked, not knowing what to think. "..."
Jason lowered himself onto the futon in the Tendo guest room. "What are we gonna do about Ryoga now that he's here? And more importantly, how are we gonna tell Akane that the pig she found in her room is Ryoga?" He asked.
"I'll take care of Ryoga. But as for Akane, it's the Warriors Code that we cannot tell anyone." Ranma whispered.
Jason stared at Ranma for a second, then nodded his head. "Yeah I guess I can see it. I won't tell. I promise." He couldn't say much else as he began to nod off. "Ah... feeling alot better now." Jason muttered to himself.
Ranma didn't hear that though as he'd already left the room to deal with Pig-boy. He found the illustrious Jusenkyo victim still trying to find his way out of the bathroom. Ranma tossed Ryoga his clothes and stood in the doorway. "Now then, Ryoga. I'm gonna keep this as short as possible. Get out! Neither I nor the Tendo's need any trouble and you're coming here to cause it. If you wanna fight me you can set a time and date and you can be On Time for once! Ya got that?" Ranma explained rather calmly.
"Are you making fun of me again Saotome?!" Ryoga demanded. "It's your fault I'm cursed!"
"Yeah! And it's my Pop's fault I'm cursed, do you see me killing him?! And since it's my Pop's fault I'm cursed it's also his fault you're cursed! So go take it out on him! I don't go picking fights with whomever I cross just because I'm angry Ryoga! That goes against what a Martial Artist is! Just give up this whole 'Kill any person I know' routine and get a life!" Ranma... um... well, I'm sure you know, not really shouting but close kinda thing. Yeah....
Ryoga's jaw clenched shut. He quickly dressed himself and picked up his things.
"Jason and I won't tell anyone about your curse. We promise. And you should be glad I managed to get him to. Being you've almost killed him and all." Ranma added.
Ryoga sneered at his one-time friend. "And you expect thanks from me?"
"No, I really didn't expect much. I just want you to drop this whole revenge thing." He said as Ryoga walked past him.
Wondering what could have been taking Ranma so long to finish his and the pigs bath, Akane wandered out of her room and knocked on the bathroom door. No answer. Sighing in frustration she looked down the stairs to see the black piglet at the foot of the stairs looking around itself. "There you are." Akane said cheerfully as she walked down the stairs and scooped up the pig. "Poor thing. Did that mean Ranma leave you at the bottom of the stairs? Let's go." She whispered to it and walked into her room.
"Hey Akane, the pig's still here I see." Jason said casually as he entered the living room.
"Yeah, that jerk Ranma left him out in the rain last night after I asked him to give it a bath." Akane replied.
"And quite the debilitating experience it was." Jason muttered to himself. "So... where'd you put the pig?" Jason asked making himself heard more clearly.
"In my bed with me." Akane replied.
Jason didn't move much. He blinked, looked at Ryoga, looked back at Akane, then sat down at the table and started eating. And due to the fact that it was a weekend, Ranma was completely oblivious to the truth somewhere else in town.
Somewhere else in town.
"You're such a sweet little girl! Here, have another bun-- for free!"
"OOOO! Golly! Thank you so much!" Ranma replied cutely.
{Yup when I'm cruising for eats, this girl body is the wau to go!} Ranma thought to herself while walking through the streets of Nerima while stuffing her face with some meat buns. She came across a scene where three bandaged people were facing off with a single girl dressed in a black school dress.
"Pardon me, but you are from Furinkan High School, are you not? Please, no need to rush on my account. If I'm not mistaken, we'll be having our match in one week."
"No more talk!" One of the bandaged men shouted, "We've got you at last!" Another yelled.
{What's with the guys in bandages?} Ranma wondered.
"We're finishing you off here and now! Prepare to die!" One of the men cried and the trio rushed forwards wielding batons.
The girl readied a ribbon saying, "Forgive me, please, if I've failed..." She began then struck all the attackers with the weapon. "...To convey my message!!"
"If I may restate it... perhaps this... or this... or this will be clearer!" She shouted as she began to whip the men with the ribbon.
there was suddenly a loud SNAP as the girls abuse suddenly came to an end. "Doncha think that's enough? I mean, you've won already right?" Ranma stated holding the other end of the ribbbon in her hand.
"You caught that ribbon as if it were nothing. If you'll forgive me, you seem to be no ordinary girl."
"Uh, yeah... I guess you could say that!"
"Good..." The girl said as she got her foot under one of the batons the guys dropped. "Because I prefer not to treat girls..." She kicked it up into her hand and dropped the ribbon. "...With ordinary courtesy!!" She shouted and stabbed at Ranma's skull(Like it could pierce it.). Ranma countered by ducking down and kicking the girls feet out from under her.
The girl planted her hands on the ground then swung herself upright. As the two combatants faced each other the girl said "Well. You are very good! Remember... I'm called the black rose of St. Bacchus's school for girls." She said flicking a black rose at Ranma. "Kodachi... the Black(Ahem, Blank) Rose. Please don't forget it." And with that she bounded away laughing maniacally.
After Kodachi was out of sight the bandaged men began crying in humiliation.
"Hey! What's with the crying? Remember you're men!"
"That's what you think!" One of them said and they ripped off the bandages. "We're the Furinkan Gymnastic Team!"
Ranma tipped her hat down a little. {Uh-oh! These girls are from my class!}
Back at the Tendo Training Hall
"What is it, girls?" Akane asked the three girls beaten up by Kodachi. Ranma, Akane, the three girls, were all in Akane's room. Ranma and Akane sat on Akane's bed while the three girls sat on the floor, some tea sat on a tray beneath Akane's dangling feet.
The trio beaten up by Kodachi began blubbering to Akane about having been ambushed and now would be thrown out of their event.
Akane pointed at herself, "Then, you want me to take your place." She guessed.
"Please Akane!!" they begged, "You see, this next match, is Rythymic Gymnastic Wrestling!"
"What the heck is that?" Ranma asked leaning forwards.
"The schools champion fight! Using Rythymic Gymnastics!" One explained.
"I'm not sure I get it, but all right, I will avenge you!" Akane declared.
"Oh thank you Akane!!" the three girls cried happily.
"Y'know, you shouldn't have agreed so quickly Akane, do you even know how to use this stuff?" Ranma asked as both moved down to the dojo to practice with the equipment given to them.
"I agree Akane, you may have kicked the shit out of every boy in school on a daily basis, but you didn't look too graceful when you did it." Jason commented from behind the punching bag in back of the dojo.
"Just you two watch."
Akane brilliant display of incompetance was delayed by a snort coming from the door of the dojo. Everyone but Jason turned to see Ryoga the pig walk in the door oinking happily.
"Hey! Where have you been P-chan?!" Akane wondered as she picked up the black pig and held it close.
"P-chan?!"
"Yes, 'P' for 'pig' and 'chan' for 'little'." Akane explained cheerfully to Ranma.
"Right. Of course."
Akane put Ryoga back on the floor. "Now, you just sit here quietly." She then looked to Ranma "You leave him alone now Ranma!"
Ranma stared at Ryoga from the corner of his eye as Ryoga stared at Akane getting ready to practice. Ranma moved to a more relaxed position on his side which put him closer to Ryoga. "I thought I told you to leave Ryoga. Or are you just becoming dumb like a pig and can't the door?" Ranma said quietly so that Akane wouldn't hear. This comment caused Ryoga to bite Ranma's arm. Which caused Ranma to punch him. Which caused Akane to hit Ranma with one of the batons she was holding.
"I told you to leave him alone Ranma!!" She declared.
Once readied Akane held her batons up high, "Now watch this!" she declared determinedly and jumped up into the air gracefully throwing the batons up as well. She did a 9.0 landing so perfectly you could do nothing but be amazed... except the batons fell to the ground a good two meters from her.
"Um, are you supposed to let those drop?" Ranma asked.
Akane went through all the tools given to her and constantly proved she couldn't use them while Ranma poked fun at her and Jason paid them no mind at all from behind the punching bag.
"I'm a klutz! I'm a klutz! I'm a klutz! I'm a klutz!" Akane whined to Ranma who merely backed away and said "What can I do about it?"
"I can instruct you." declared a new voice from the door of the dojo. Everyone looked to see just who came in.
"Ryoga?"
"What happened to P-chan?" Ranma asked.
Ryoga grabbed Ranma's collar while blushing. "Who... is P-chan?"
"That's a good question who is P-chan?" Ranma countered.
Jason moved back behind the punching bag no longer interested in what was going on. "[Hey Ryoga! You're not thinking about trying to kill me again are you?]" He called out. "[I mean, the Tendo's aren't gonna be happy with you if I bleed to death right?]"
"[Quiet you!]" Ryoga replied quickly and loudly.
"Jason stop picking on Ryoga. And what are you doing over there anyways?" Akane reprimanded.
"Um. Nothing! Nothing at all! Just pay me no mind!" Jason insistantly replied.
A short and very agravating silence ensued as everyone stared at the bag.
"Alright! Alright! I'll go back to bed!" Jason shouted as he came out from behind the bag with his hands up. "[Jeez, give a guy a break.]"
Everyone watched Jason walked out while grumbling to himself, "This is so generous of you Ryoga!" Akane explained once Jason was out of the dojo.
"Do you really think so?" Ryoga gushed as he bent down to pick up a spare ribbon. "Anyways, let's begin your training." He said and held the ribbon expertly. "The ribbon." Then spun it into the air and hit Ranma a couple of times with it, knocking him into the wall.
"That was wonderful!" Akane revered cutely.
"Gosh." Ryoga said looking slightly down trying to hide his blush as the ribbon went limp.
A cloaked figure approached the Tendo residence. {So. They've asked for help. These Furinkan High Gymnasts are bad losers. The figure dropped the cloak to reveal she was was wearing a black leotard holding a black rose inbetween her lips and toting a hefty mallet. "Akane Tendo. Kodachi the Black Rose will cripple you!"
Two passersby saw this, got really nervous, and began walking alot faster.
Akane made no progress during Ryoga's training and it showed. Ryoga didn't admit this though, and Ranma did. Feeling the depression of defeat even before the match, Akane went to take a bath while Ranma and Ryoga watched
WHOOPS! I mean, they sat by the pond and talked.
"Hmph! It's embarrasing to watch. And you! You've got no shame!" Ranma said while sitting on a stone statue and spinning a dodge ball on his finger. "Flattering her like that!"
"Bah!" Ryoga smiled at Ranma, "You're the one who should be ashamed Ranma. For your jealousy!"
"What?! Who's jealous?!" Ranma shouted just as a splashing sound was heard. Ryoga the pig jumped out of the water 'Ernk'ing non-chalantly. Ranma gripped the ball tightly as he got angry. "What now Ryoga? You going to crawl into Akane's bed!!" He shouted and threw the dodge ball at Ryoga.
Akane walked into her room drearily and flopped onto her bed. She flipped over on the sheets and came face to face with the ambush planned to put her out of commission. As Kodachi fell from the roof swinging the large mallet onto the bed Akane jumped out of the way and landed in a kempo stance on the floor. "Who are you?!"
The attacker stood straight holding the mallet. "I'm from St. Bacchus's school for girls! Kodachi the Black Rose!" She declared then swung the mallet. "I shall be your opponent next week! So let us do our best..." The mallet came straight down and missed Akane's foot. "... And fight in all fairness!"
"You call this..." Akane began the kicked at Kodachi "In all fairness!!"
"As I said, I believe in fighting in all fairness, before the match!"
"That is the most-"
Akane was cut off as the door to her room slammed open and hit Kodachi in the face, effectively passifying her. Ranma ran in chasing P-chan. "GET BACK HERE!!" He shouted as they both began bouncing around the room.
"H-hey! Ranma leave my P-chan alone!!" Akane shouted as she leaned out the door to chase him. She was halted as the large mallet came towards her again. Quickly she kicked it out of Kodachi's hands. "Will you just leave it alone!"
Kodachi backed away towards the window. "So, I see the rumors are true, you are good." she muttered to herself then spun her ribbon in the air. "I shall return!" She declared as black rose petals fell from the ribbon and swirled around the room.
With that Kodachi was gone. A single rose in the middle of the room all the remained of where she had stood.
"Who?! Who do you think is going to clean up this room?!" Akane demanded as stood in the middle of what used to be her bedroom, which was now a War Zone and Tornado disaster area. Picking up the rose Akane vowed, "Kodachi the Black Rose, I'll repay you for this at our match!"
Jason Reaver didn't listen to Nobody. Well okay, he usually listens to everybody. But when he didn't want to do something he either refused to or at least deviated from doing it. Which was why he was currently sitting on the roof right now facing the same way as Akane's room did. The breeze was so nice this time of night.
He saw some Japanese chick with a pony tail dressed in a leotard jump up onto the roof at about the time he heard Ranma and Ryoga take their scuffle up there. Jason found himself rather surprised that neither party noticed him. He may have been wearing dark navy blue jeans, but his white shirt caucasian skin and silver hair should have made him stick out like a sore thumb.
"Hold it Ryoga!!" Ranma shouted as he chased after the pig holding a kettle in his hand.
KLOONNNNGGGGG
"Damnit Ranma! Watch what you're doing!" Jason shouted as he dived forwards and caught the girl just as she fell off the roof.
"Sorry!!" Ranma shouted without taking his eyes off of Ryoga. After all, getting hit in the head with a kettle shouldn't bother Jason TOO much. And he did shout out afterwards didn't he? Naw, he must have been fine.
Jason managed to catch the girl by the foot and pulled her up till he could grab hold of her leotard, then flipped her into his arms so that he was carrying her more gently. "Yo, you alright lady?" He asked as he would a sparring partner.
Kodachi's eyes snapped open and she focused on Jason's face. {Oh. He's gorgeous.} She thought to herself. She turned away momentarily as she began to blush then turned back to him. "I... I..." She murmured, then clutched herself to him. "I was so frightened!"
"Uh.... Yeah." Jason replied looking around hoping no one was looking. {Who is she?} "Um... can you uh... let go?" He asked but she didn't appear to hear.
I won't challenge the intelligence of the readers with what Kodachi was thinking at this point, and any who have the books probably already know what she thinks. I might be lazy but I frankly don't care.
Luckily she peeled herself away from him and gazed up at him. "Please sir, can I have your name?"
Jason peered at her worriedly. "Jason Reaver." He replied, even pronouncing it with a Japanese accent so that it would be easier to understand.
"For you, my Jason." Kodachi said as she handed him a bouquet of roses.
{Where did she get those from?} Jason wondered as he took them from her hands. He didn't see them on her before, must have been some kind of trick of the hand. {Guess it couldn't hurt to be nice.} He thought as he smelt the roses. As he did though a gas wafted forth and he felt his senses grow dull.
Normally Jason probably could have resisted the power of the roses. Being in Beautiful B.C. and not suffering from hayfever meant you had one hell of a nose. But alas as you all know Jason is far from his best he succumbed in record time had Kodachi had a watch on her to notice. And maybe if she had discovered this fact she would then decide that maybe he ain't that gorgeous. But then again, who know's what Kodachi thinks. Anyone notice she hasn't even taken notice of the ice pack yet? Yeah it's still there.
"A bit of paralysis gas in the bouquet." Kodachi explained before the question was asked. Jason didn't miss that rather sinister look in her eyes.
"[WHAT?!]" Jason shouted as his knee's buckled and he fell to his butt. "Are you nuts?!" He cried as his back hit the rooftop.
"Now my Jason." Kodachi cooed as she spread herself out overtop of him. "Be brave, and take these lips of mine."
Jason's body began to shake somewhat as he tried to shake off the powders effects. "RRRRRRR!!!" Was all he managed to say as she came desperately close to his face.
Only to be saved by Akane as she punted Kodachi away.(Too bad Hentai's) "Right over my bedroom yet!" She shouted angrilly.
"Such tragic timing." Kodachi pouted as she landed well enough. She began to bound away across the rooftops. "Let us meet again my Jason."
"Rediculous." Akane grunted to herself and then looked down at Jason who could only look up at her. "Sorry to get in the way of True Love." She said and tossed her overcoat onto Jason. "Nighty night." She said as she walked off.
A chill wind passed by and blew the coat off of Jason. {Kinda warm out tonight.}
The next day.
Good mornings were passed around at the school as everyone filed into the center of learning. A couple of Akane's friends talked to Akane about her representing Furinkan High in the Rythymic Gymnastics Wrestling Tournament the next week. When suddenly Akane's danger sense went off. "Akane Tendo prepare yourself!" Kodachi shouted as came down unto Akane with a bokken.
Akane caught the end of the weapon and held it there.
{Uh oh, it's that Black Petunia or whatever chick.} Ranma thought to himself worriedly.
"You again?! Ambushing me first thing in the morning!" Akane implied more than annoyed.
"'Ambushed?' I did no such thing. I was just looking for my darling Jason." Kodachi corrected.
Ranma stepped forwards before Akane did anything that might be brash. "Jason ain't here today. And he wasn't even at the Tendo's this morning was he?" He said turning to Akane for confirmation.
Just then the sound of something on wheels came to every one in the school yard. "Look out!! I'm gonna be late!" Jason shouted as he turned the corner on his skateboard. He pushed for extra momentum to get to school just a little bit faster.
"Jason! You've come!" Kodachi cried out happily.
Suddenly Jason became very still.
Just as Kodachi came upon him he kicked his skate board into the air and ducked low. The result being Kodachi caught the skateboard and not him. He quickly stood up again, slid the board from Kodachi's grasp and said as he ran for the exit, "Sorry, but I've got books to grease and wheels to read." {FLEEEE}
Up ahead of Jason Kuno was walking from the school feeling that he was fast approaching Akane while lost in thought. Jason figured that this should be no problem. After all, Kuno was holding a bouquet of roses and would be too busy thinking of Akane to want to attack him right now. He could just run right past Kuno.
"Akane I love you." Kuno declared and swung out with his bokken, incidentally hitting Jason in the side of the head.
Jason's head went to the right, then rolled around dizzily. Feeling he was stunned and momentarily losing track of where he was he reacted on instinct. Raising his fists and readying himself for a block he focused on Kuno not too well since the world spun. He could have fallen down, but then again the point to boxing was being able to hold out while stunned and dizzy. He threw a punch out at where he was sure Kuno was and felt his fist hit something very hard and very solid. {Must be Kuno's head.}
"Uhh..." Jason moaned as his focus aligned itself somewhat. "Sorry Ranma." He apologized and then leaned closer and squinted. "Or is it Kuno?"
"Jason Reaver, what do you have against me?" Kuno demanded with a fist imprint on his face and grabbing the collar of Jason's muscle shirt.
About then Jason felt something press itself against his back. "Oh, Ja-so-n-sama!"
"Uhn?" Jason wondered.
"Hmmmmmmmm." Kuno hmm'ed. Then slapped both their arms. "Yes."
"Uhn?" Jason wondered.
"Yes, you two may go steady with my permission!" Kuno declared and unfolded a fan with the red sun on it.
"Uhn?!" Jason demanded, his skateboard dropping from nerveless fingers.
"I'm so happy!" Kodachi cried now pressing herself against Jason's chest.
Gently, Jason moved Kodachi off of him and motioned for her to stay put. He grabbed Kuno's shoulders, yanked Kuno towards him and smashed his cranium against Kuno's. Jason quickly found out just why Kuno was as dense as he was as he reeled from the strike in pain. "[RGH!! God damnit that hurts!!]" Jason shouted as he clutched at his forehead. "Now give that to me again Kuno, you said I could go steady with her?" Jason demanded then began to straighten himself. "What the hell makes you think I'm gonna go steady with ANYONE you tell me to?!" He demanded.
A great SOB! sound effect was heard by everyone in the school yard as Kodachi's eyes were suddenly a waterworks. "SO!! YOU HATE ME!!" She guessed as she confronted him.
"LADY IF I HATED YOU YOU'D BE CRYING SO HARD PEOPLE WOULD THINK YOU WERE THE HOOVER DAM!!" Jason shouted back at her before flipping his skateboard back up into the air and catching it. "Now if you'll please excuse me, I have to go to school." Jason said, moved around Kodachi and back to the school. Moving quickly he past by Akane and Ranma before Kodachi could voice a reply. "C'mon you two, I wanna get outta here before she does something I'll 'really' regret." Jason whispered past the pair.
"Jason-sama!" Kodachi cried out suddenly. Jason cringed and turned around slowly.
"Just leave him alone Kodachi!" Akane piped up. If this was going to go on any longer they 'would' be late for class. "We don't have time for this right now."
Kodachi looked at Akane. "And what are you to him?!" She demanded.
"She's my friend!" Jason called back.
I would say that you could probably guess what went through Kodachi's head at that moment. But then this is Kodachi.
"So! I see you have a girlfriend then!"
Jason's eyes opened as wide as they could possibly go, and then some. But then they slid almost closed as if some sly thought came to mind. "Yeah! That's right, I have a girlfriend." He said and stood straight, one hand holding the strap of the gymbag on his shoulder, the other hanging limply at his side grasping his skateboard. "I'm playing with words here Akane, don't hit me I'm still injured." Jason whispered so that Kodachi wouldn't hear.
"G-G-Girlfriend? You?" Kodachi stammered looking at Akane.
"More or less." Akane replied evenly. "You owe me for this." She whispered back.
"So. How interesting." Kodachi muttered then used a ribbon to lash out at three standing there. Ranma and Akane jumped over the makeshift whip and Jason ducked low. "What do you say then?" She asked as the ribbon fell to the ground. "Shall we wager over Jason in the upcoming match?"
{This might be going even better than I thought.} Jason thought to himself.
"What did you just say?!" Akane shouted outraged. "Are you insane?!"
"I think it's a fine idea Akane." Kuno said putting a hand on Akane's shoulder. "If you wish to leave Ranma, you need only lose."
"HA HA HA HA HA! You needn't worry about that! She'll lose in any case!" Kodachi declared, then looked at Jason. "Jason! When this match is over... you shall be mine." Kodachi declared then spun that stupid ribbon in the air and sent a shitload of black rose petals into the air. Covering her escape as she bounded away laughing meniacally.
"Really. That she is such a deviant... still thought," Kuno said and patted Jason's back friendly like, "take care of my little sister."
"Uhn? Hold it! What do you mean 'little sister'?" Jason wondered
"Even though I am her brother, I have to admire her for being so wicked, so nasty, so spiteful... and so thoroughly twisted." Kuno said then handed the roses he'd been holding to Akane. "Please Akane. Try not to let her injure you." Then he began to walk away. "When Kodachi sets her sights on a man, she doesn't let go. Surely she will try something evil during the match."
Jason frowned at that. "Yo Kuno! You forgot something!" He called out.
Kuno turned around and waited for Jason to speak.
"Akane already has a fiancŽe, therefore she can't be my girlfriend! Therefore the bet is null and void! Tell Kodachi that before the match!" He explained loudly enough so that everyone around them could hear.
"Ku... Kuno's sister." Ranma muttered unbelievingly.
"Now that I think about it. They're identical." Akane stated.
"And best of all Akane. You've saved face, while I get the psycho off my back for awhile." Jason explained cheerfully.
The day before the match.
Both Akane and Ranma in the dojo practicing while Jason sat on the Tendo's roof relaxing and listening to music. Everything seemed to be going fine until Jason realized he wasn't hearing anything but his music. "They done yet?" He wondered and sat up. There didn't seem to be anyone in the dojo... "[YES! I CAN PRACTICE!]" Jason cried happily and jumped off the roof to the ground with a loud thump. Then ran into the dojo before anyone berrated him for jumping off the two story roof.
In all truth, Jason's arm was fully healed now, and he'd been feeling better than ever. Although having slept on the Tendo roof after the fight with Kodachi left him rather sleepless and with a sore back he'd woken up the next morning feeling energized. So throughout the week he'd been spending time up on the roof when it was night, he wouldn't sleep up there though, no one would wake him up.
Course though, no one believed him and he was firmly told by Akane and Kasumi not to use the dojo. Maybe sneaking into it the first day hadn't been TOO smart after all.
"[Allllrighty then! Where to begin?]" Jason wondered to himself as he looked over the materials laid out before him. Most of them he'd never touch in his life, but the punching bag had been taken down and he couldn't see it anywhere. His enthusiasm now gone he stared around the room blankly before leaving. "Damnit. Why's everyone being so cruel to me?"
He passed Ryoga, Akane, and a now female Ranma walking towards the Dojo. Jason waved a passing greeting as he passed by, not really taking any notice in Ranma's new leotard, or Akane's new cast. He guessed that no one took any notice of the dejected look in his eyes cause no one made any comment to him about it.
Passing Kasumi got him a few questions to answer about his health. "Just fine, just fine." Passing Nabiki got him nothing. He shuffled into the guest room and sat down on his futon crosslegged. Jason placed his hands on his knees, closed his eyes, and relaxed his breathing.
Eventually he fell asleep sitting like that, with little to no blood flowing through his legs.
The next morning.
Akane woke up, threw on a sweater, and walked out of her room. "Mm, I slept like a dog." She muttered to herself before she reached the guest room. When she looked into the guest though, all she saw was Jason and Genma sleeping. Suddenly Akane felt very nervous.
As quickly as someone can walk with a sprained ankle Akane hurried to the Dojo. She opened up the door and the sight made her trip once again. Ranma and Ryoga were still fighting, Ranma was jumping on Ryoga's back shouting something slightly incoherant. "Have you two been at it all NIGHT?!" Akane shouted at the two.
"Wha? Morning already?" Ranma asked all bleary eyed as she stood up from Ryoga's back.
As the family sat down around the table Ranma began chewing on a table cloth and Jason seemed to be struggling to hold a sitting position.
"Hey Kasumi, this fishcake is rather tough." Ranma commented.
"That's a towel." Kasumi commented back then turned to Jason. "Are you sure you're alright Jason?"
Jason nodded his head. "Yeah, I'm fine."
"What's wrong with Jason?" Soun asked wonderingly.
"I fell down the stair after I woke up. Slept in a weird position last night and I had no bloodflow in my legs. I think it's gonna be one of those days." Jason explained.
"'Those days?'" Ranma muttered slightly coherantly.
"Oh you know... those days when you wake up and you can just tell something will go really wrong. Like you'll die or be horribly injured, or you'll just plain be very embarrased." Jason stated while straightening his legs.
"Will you be at the tournament?" Akane asked.
"Being near Kodachi? I'm getting this really ominous vibe." Jason replied then sat completely still for a few seconds. "[My god.] I've never once in my life said anything like that before. This training I'm getting from Dr. Tofu must really be getting to me."
A bleary eyebrow was raised from Ranma. "Training?"
Jason nodded absently. "Dr. Tofu is teaching me tons of stuff about Ki manipulation. He says if I can get my reserves back up I could easily become a master Manipulator. Meaning I'll be able to bring myself up to your level someday." Jason stated grinning as he resumed eating. "That and he's teaching me plenty of things about medicine. Says I'd make a good doctor if I tried."
"Seems you'll be good at just about everything." Nabiki commented eyeing Jason like she does when she see's money.
Jason's smirk became a smile. "Don't worry Nabiki, I'll never become as good at scraping together money like you do. Or black mailing people. Or extortion. Or handling money. And I'm broke."
"Suure you are."
Reaching into his pocket Jason pulled out a wallet and flipped it open. It did indeed look empty. He showed it to her so that she couldn't miss it then put it back in his back pocket.
"Anyways, I suppose I should come with you guys. Who else will carry Ranma to the match?"
"Carry?"
In response to Akane's response Jason walked up behind Ranma and tapped a point on Ranma's neck. Ranma immediately fell asleep and crashed to the table.
"He's gotta sleep before the match ya know."
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I'm gonna leave it there for now. Feels like I've been dragging this chapter out. I'll get to the fight later, cause as I've said before, I'm lazy. And frankly if you all have a problem with that, BITE ME! I love that saying. Please, take no offense if I use it too often. BWA HA HA HA HA HAAAAA!!!
Anyways, thanks to all those people who support me, and to all those who at least tell me something. And for all those people who dis me, well, at least you said something. So for all those people who read this and say nothing... SAY SOMETHING TO ME DAMNIT!!! CURSE YOU ALL AND YOUR TIGHT LIPPEDNESS!!! I'm done ranting now so don't worry anymore people.
I know I'd promised that I'd finish this chapter faster than the last, and I did, albeit not quite as fast as I might have wished (I'm so ashamed) and I won't be making any promises about the next one, the fight will pretty much be the same as within the manga, except Kodachi will be spilling her love for Jason and not Ranma.
People must still be wondering why I'm being so mean to Jason. Well, at least I'm no longer almost killing him. Although this can be seen as worse. Don't worry though, the rest of Ranma's girl load will still be on Ranma, I could reveal the whole point to Kodachi being hooked on Jason but that would spoil ALOT of his history which I'm saving for later.
Any comments, criticisms, and just plain things that you wanna talk to me about or discuss with me email me at MacLeodRichard@hotmail.com ... or you can try my MSN which I'm on kinda often considering my time on a computer. And since it's 1 o'clock in the morning here, I'm gonna say g'night.