Ukyo Kuonji sat in her restaurant eating her dinner after a particularly exhausting day. As she sat there alone her thoughts started to drift towards Ranma.
"I Wonder what Ranma-honey is doing right now" she thouhgt. "He's probably at home with Akane and the rest of the Tendos eating dinner while i'm stuck here all alone."
Suddenly there was a knock at the door. Ukyo was pulled out of her deep thought by the loud knock. She got up to open it and was surprised by what she saw.
"Ranma-honey!!" she squealed gleefully.
Ranma only gave her a solemn nod. Ukyo's happiness faded as she looked past Ranma's grim face and saw Akane.
"Oh hi Akane…" she stated flatly.
Akane gave her a small smile.
"Well don't just stand there" Said Ukyo. "Come inside out of that cold."
Everyone sat down at a table in the corner, Ukyo beside Ranma and Akane across from them both. There was silence for about 3 minutes before Ukyo spoke up.
"So what brings you guys here?" Ukyo asked the pair.
Ranma and Akane spent the next half an hour filling Ukyo in on what happened. At the end Ukyo looked down at the table with sorrow and horror at the prospect of HER Ranma-honey losing the only family he had left. There was his mother but he couldn't go see her could he? Ukyo was pushed back to reality when she realized she was staring. As she looked up at Ranma she realized there were tears in his eyes. She put her arm around Ranma and gave him a gentle squeeze. Ranma, for the first time, didn't reject Ukyo's hug. Akane stared at them in disbelief. Ukyo held on for a moment or two then let go, slowly turning red. Ranma wiped his eyes and finally spoke.
"Thank you Ucchan"
"Eh?" voiced Ukyo surprised. "Ranma…"
Akane sat watching the exchange, he temper slowly coming to a boil.
"If we are done with this now I think we should figure out wha-"
Akane was cut off by a loud bang on the door. The the door burst open and in stumbled a profusely bleeding konatsu.
"UKYO!! You have to get out of here their coming" cried Konatsu weakly.
Akane, Ranma and Ukyo gaped at the injured Konatsu.
"Konatsu!" Ukyo cried. "What happened to you?"
"It doesn't matter, Ukyo you must ge- "
Konatsu was cut off by an arrow sailing through an arrow narrowly missing Ranma and
hitting Konatsu in the chest. The three friends stared with horror at Konatsu's body, blood pooling around it. Suddenly, through the window burst 3 ninjas dressed in all black with their entire faces covered up. The nearest one attacked Ranma he easily dodges.
"AKANE, UKYO GET OUT OF HERE!!!" Ranma yelled.
"NO WAY RANMA!!" cried Akane. "I'm not leaving you"
"I'm staying too!" said Ukyo, pulling out her spatula.
Just then 8 more ninjas burst through the door. Ranma, realizing they were out number, turned and tried to run. But the ninjas formed a tight circle around the trio. Akane, Ranma, and Ukyo stood back to back to back in the middle of the restaurant.
"There is no way we can beat all of them!" Ukyo cried.
"Your right" Ranma affirmed. "I've got to do something drastic"
Ranma went into a series of complicated hand movements.
"HIRYUU-SHOTEN HA!" Ranma yelled.
A fierce ki squall surged through the room. Ranma instinctively threw himself over Akane and Ukyo. Ki wind whipped through the restaurant, breaking the remainder of the windows and destroying anything else in the room that wasn't bolted down. Then there was silence. Ranma and the girls stood up slowly and looked around. The restaurant Ukyo worked so hard to establish was in ruins. One of the walls of the restaurant was totally destroyed. The tables and booths were ripped off their foundations and broken into about a thousand pieces. The only things that were still intact were The grill and Ukyo's weapons locker that held her spatulas.
"BAKA!!" Akane yelled and gave Ranma a hard slap. "You destroyed Ukyo's restaurant!"
"Better it than us." Ranma said rubbing his cheek painfully.
"Ranma is right, Akane" said Ukyo. "We are lucky to be alive"
Ukyo turned to Ranma with a worried look on her face.
"Ranma what are we going to do now"? She asked.
"Well pops told me to go see Cologne in china" Ranma said. "Maybe she has some answers."
"Well then let's go." Agreed Akane.
Akane and Ranma started to leave.
"Sorry I got you involved in this Ukyo" Said Ranma with a worried face. "I'll see you around."
Ukyo stared at Ranma with a surprised look on her face.
"See you around"? she gasped. "After what just happened to us? I'm coming with you!."
"But…" Ranma started to argue.
"No buts about it! IM GOING!"
Ranma couldn't argue with that.
"Fine" he said looking at the floor.
"We should wait till tomorrow to leave" said Akane.
"But…" Ranma started to argue once more.
"Yeah that's a good Idea Akane I have 2 beds upstairs, we can spend the night here."
The Trio retreated up to the beds having no clue what they were getting themselves into.
*Meanwhile in jusendo china*
Cologne awoke with a start.
"Something isn't right" she said to herself.
She looked over at Xian Pu sleeping beside her. Seeing the girl there put cologne's mind at rest. With that she closed her eyes and went back to sleep.
"I Wonder what Ranma-honey is doing right now" she thouhgt. "He's probably at home with Akane and the rest of the Tendos eating dinner while i'm stuck here all alone."
Suddenly there was a knock at the door. Ukyo was pulled out of her deep thought by the loud knock. She got up to open it and was surprised by what she saw.
"Ranma-honey!!" she squealed gleefully.
Ranma only gave her a solemn nod. Ukyo's happiness faded as she looked past Ranma's grim face and saw Akane.
"Oh hi Akane…" she stated flatly.
Akane gave her a small smile.
"Well don't just stand there" Said Ukyo. "Come inside out of that cold."
Everyone sat down at a table in the corner, Ukyo beside Ranma and Akane across from them both. There was silence for about 3 minutes before Ukyo spoke up.
"So what brings you guys here?" Ukyo asked the pair.
Ranma and Akane spent the next half an hour filling Ukyo in on what happened. At the end Ukyo looked down at the table with sorrow and horror at the prospect of HER Ranma-honey losing the only family he had left. There was his mother but he couldn't go see her could he? Ukyo was pushed back to reality when she realized she was staring. As she looked up at Ranma she realized there were tears in his eyes. She put her arm around Ranma and gave him a gentle squeeze. Ranma, for the first time, didn't reject Ukyo's hug. Akane stared at them in disbelief. Ukyo held on for a moment or two then let go, slowly turning red. Ranma wiped his eyes and finally spoke.
"Thank you Ucchan"
"Eh?" voiced Ukyo surprised. "Ranma…"
Akane sat watching the exchange, he temper slowly coming to a boil.
"If we are done with this now I think we should figure out wha-"
Akane was cut off by a loud bang on the door. The the door burst open and in stumbled a profusely bleeding konatsu.
"UKYO!! You have to get out of here their coming" cried Konatsu weakly.
Akane, Ranma and Ukyo gaped at the injured Konatsu.
"Konatsu!" Ukyo cried. "What happened to you?"
"It doesn't matter, Ukyo you must ge- "
Konatsu was cut off by an arrow sailing through an arrow narrowly missing Ranma and
hitting Konatsu in the chest. The three friends stared with horror at Konatsu's body, blood pooling around it. Suddenly, through the window burst 3 ninjas dressed in all black with their entire faces covered up. The nearest one attacked Ranma he easily dodges.
"AKANE, UKYO GET OUT OF HERE!!!" Ranma yelled.
"NO WAY RANMA!!" cried Akane. "I'm not leaving you"
"I'm staying too!" said Ukyo, pulling out her spatula.
Just then 8 more ninjas burst through the door. Ranma, realizing they were out number, turned and tried to run. But the ninjas formed a tight circle around the trio. Akane, Ranma, and Ukyo stood back to back to back in the middle of the restaurant.
"There is no way we can beat all of them!" Ukyo cried.
"Your right" Ranma affirmed. "I've got to do something drastic"
Ranma went into a series of complicated hand movements.
"HIRYUU-SHOTEN HA!" Ranma yelled.
A fierce ki squall surged through the room. Ranma instinctively threw himself over Akane and Ukyo. Ki wind whipped through the restaurant, breaking the remainder of the windows and destroying anything else in the room that wasn't bolted down. Then there was silence. Ranma and the girls stood up slowly and looked around. The restaurant Ukyo worked so hard to establish was in ruins. One of the walls of the restaurant was totally destroyed. The tables and booths were ripped off their foundations and broken into about a thousand pieces. The only things that were still intact were The grill and Ukyo's weapons locker that held her spatulas.
"BAKA!!" Akane yelled and gave Ranma a hard slap. "You destroyed Ukyo's restaurant!"
"Better it than us." Ranma said rubbing his cheek painfully.
"Ranma is right, Akane" said Ukyo. "We are lucky to be alive"
Ukyo turned to Ranma with a worried look on her face.
"Ranma what are we going to do now"? She asked.
"Well pops told me to go see Cologne in china" Ranma said. "Maybe she has some answers."
"Well then let's go." Agreed Akane.
Akane and Ranma started to leave.
"Sorry I got you involved in this Ukyo" Said Ranma with a worried face. "I'll see you around."
Ukyo stared at Ranma with a surprised look on her face.
"See you around"? she gasped. "After what just happened to us? I'm coming with you!."
"But…" Ranma started to argue.
"No buts about it! IM GOING!"
Ranma couldn't argue with that.
"Fine" he said looking at the floor.
"We should wait till tomorrow to leave" said Akane.
"But…" Ranma started to argue once more.
"Yeah that's a good Idea Akane I have 2 beds upstairs, we can spend the night here."
The Trio retreated up to the beds having no clue what they were getting themselves into.
*Meanwhile in jusendo china*
Cologne awoke with a start.
"Something isn't right" she said to herself.
She looked over at Xian Pu sleeping beside her. Seeing the girl there put cologne's mind at rest. With that she closed her eyes and went back to sleep.