Chapter 4
Later Ranma and the girls had set up camp in the woods near the beach. Akane had gone off to find fire wood, giving Ukyo the perfect chance to talk to Ranma.
"Ranma?" Ukyo said quietly.
"Eh?" Replied Ranma.
"Ranma, I'm sorry." Said Ukyo.
"For what?" Asked Ranma.
"For everything. For treating you like I owned you and not considering how you felt." said Ukyo.
"Oh that's ok." Said Ranma. "Its not really you so much, its Akane. That girl is a b**ch. She yells at me, she hits me, she doesn't trust me. I mean a year ago I actually was considering marrying her, but then. well you know."
"Yeah." Ukyo said.
Ranma and Ukyo smiled at each other. Ranma suddenly grew embarrassed, turned red. Ukyo stared into his eyes. Just then Akane returned.
"Hey guys, I got the firewood" Akane Yelled.
This snapped Ukyo out of her trance.
"Good Akane." Ranma said. "Lets start a fire and get dinner ready"
"ILL COOK!!!" Screamed Ukyo.
**After dinner**
"UUUAAAGHHH" Yawned Ranma. "Ukyo the was certainly the best dinner I have ever had that was made of simply wild mushrooms."
Ukyo beamed at this remark.
"Thank you Ranma!" Ukyo exclaimed.
"Why is he being so nice to her all of a sudden?" Akane said quietly to herself. "I mean just one he-"
Just then Akane heard a sound in the bushes.
"Ranma did you hear that?" She turned around to look at Ranma and saw that he was looking at the bushes intently listening very carefully.
Ukyo noticing this turned to Akane and shrugged.
"What is it Ranma?" Akane asked.
"Shhhhh!" Ranma replied.
From the bushes came a angry whisper. It uttered 3 words.
"shi shi houkodan."
"Oh Sh*t" muttered Ranma. "LOOK OUT!!!!"
Ranma grabbed the girls in his arms and leaped out of the way just as a mass concentration of energy surged towards the spot where the party just was and exploded with a force that blew Ranma and the girls 20 feet away on the beach. The group landed in a heap on the sand with a thud. Akane and Ukyo were out cold.
A muscular boy with fangs surged out of the bushes and lunged at Ranma who easily evaded the attack by flipping backwards and landing 5 feet away.
"AKANE, UKYO!" Ranma screamed. "GRRRRRR RYOUGA, What are YOU doing here, and why did you attack us?!"
"Saotome!" Ryouga screamed. "What have you done with Akari!?"
"What are you talking about Ryouga?" Ranma asked.
"You know damn well what I'm talking about!!!" Ryouga accused.
Once again Ryouga lunged for Ranma. Ranma just side stepped and tripped him.
"I see your martial arts skills haven't gotten any better." Ranma Sneered. "Now do you wanna tell me what in the hell is going on?"
Ryouga, still on the ground in front of Akane, fuming, but decided that the best way to get to the bottom of this situation was to keep a cool head.
"ugh." There was a sound from behind the 2 rivals.
"Ow.what was that?" Ukyo Groaned.
"Ukyo, Are you ok?"
"Yeah only a few bruises it looks like you and Akane took the brunt of the force." Ukyo said. "What did I miss?"
Ranma helped Ukyo up and turned and pointed to Ryouga.
"Ryouga, What are you doing here?"
"Well I-" Ryouga started.
"He's the one who attacked us." Ranma stated with distain.
"RYOUGA!!! You attacked US!!!?!" Ukyo stammered. "Why would you do that?"
"Well I.uh"
"Come on spit it out P-chan" Spat ranma.
"How dare you!" Ryouga Fumed.
"Oh shut up pig boy Akane is unconscious, thanks to you." Ranma accused.
"Uh am I missing something here?" asked Ukyo.
"Never mind." said the boys in unison."
"Ugh."
Akane groaned on the ground, rolled over and opened her eyes.
"Ugh.what happened?" Said akane groggily.
"Uh Akane." said ryouga.
"Oh Ryouga! What are you doing here?" Akane asked surprised.
"Well.uh.I..um" Ryouga stammered.
Ranma put his hand on ryouga's head and pushed it into the ground.
"Ryouga here decided to attack us and run around ranting about someone named Akari."
"Geroffofmehranma!!" Yelled Ryouga with his head in the sand.
"What's that pig boy?" teased Ranma.
"GET OFF ME!!!" Ryouga stated clearly enough for Ranma to understand.
Ranma took his hand off of Ryouga's head and stepped back. The girls looked at Ryouga with confused looks. Ranma laid down on the sand and put his hand behind his head growing impatient with Ryouga.
"It all started about a month ago." Ryouga started."I was on my way to my parents house when I decided to stop by Akari's house. When I got there I found the house in ruins. There was a note saying that Ranma had taken her and if I tried to follow they would kill her."
The group stared at ryouga in silent awe.
"Ryouga.? Do you know why we are out here together?" Asked Ukyo.
"No, why?"
The grouped looked at each other for a moment.
"The Tendo Dojo was destroyed when Ranma and I came home from school 3 days ago." said Akane. " Genma was dead and there were no signs of Father or my sisters."
"Before my dad died he told me to go to Shampoo's village and see cologne. So that's where we are going." Said Ranma.
Ryouga stared at Ranma like he had just seen a ghost.
"Geez, Ranma I had no clue." Said Ryouga. "Do you think the same people that ransacked the Dojo took Akari?"
"I don't know." Said Ranma. "I think we should turn in for tonight and discuss this tomorrow. Ryouga you and I will share a tent and the girls will share the other."
"Alright." Affirmed Ryouga.
So the group set up camp and turned in for the night.
Later Ranma and the girls had set up camp in the woods near the beach. Akane had gone off to find fire wood, giving Ukyo the perfect chance to talk to Ranma.
"Ranma?" Ukyo said quietly.
"Eh?" Replied Ranma.
"Ranma, I'm sorry." Said Ukyo.
"For what?" Asked Ranma.
"For everything. For treating you like I owned you and not considering how you felt." said Ukyo.
"Oh that's ok." Said Ranma. "Its not really you so much, its Akane. That girl is a b**ch. She yells at me, she hits me, she doesn't trust me. I mean a year ago I actually was considering marrying her, but then. well you know."
"Yeah." Ukyo said.
Ranma and Ukyo smiled at each other. Ranma suddenly grew embarrassed, turned red. Ukyo stared into his eyes. Just then Akane returned.
"Hey guys, I got the firewood" Akane Yelled.
This snapped Ukyo out of her trance.
"Good Akane." Ranma said. "Lets start a fire and get dinner ready"
"ILL COOK!!!" Screamed Ukyo.
**After dinner**
"UUUAAAGHHH" Yawned Ranma. "Ukyo the was certainly the best dinner I have ever had that was made of simply wild mushrooms."
Ukyo beamed at this remark.
"Thank you Ranma!" Ukyo exclaimed.
"Why is he being so nice to her all of a sudden?" Akane said quietly to herself. "I mean just one he-"
Just then Akane heard a sound in the bushes.
"Ranma did you hear that?" She turned around to look at Ranma and saw that he was looking at the bushes intently listening very carefully.
Ukyo noticing this turned to Akane and shrugged.
"What is it Ranma?" Akane asked.
"Shhhhh!" Ranma replied.
From the bushes came a angry whisper. It uttered 3 words.
"shi shi houkodan."
"Oh Sh*t" muttered Ranma. "LOOK OUT!!!!"
Ranma grabbed the girls in his arms and leaped out of the way just as a mass concentration of energy surged towards the spot where the party just was and exploded with a force that blew Ranma and the girls 20 feet away on the beach. The group landed in a heap on the sand with a thud. Akane and Ukyo were out cold.
A muscular boy with fangs surged out of the bushes and lunged at Ranma who easily evaded the attack by flipping backwards and landing 5 feet away.
"AKANE, UKYO!" Ranma screamed. "GRRRRRR RYOUGA, What are YOU doing here, and why did you attack us?!"
"Saotome!" Ryouga screamed. "What have you done with Akari!?"
"What are you talking about Ryouga?" Ranma asked.
"You know damn well what I'm talking about!!!" Ryouga accused.
Once again Ryouga lunged for Ranma. Ranma just side stepped and tripped him.
"I see your martial arts skills haven't gotten any better." Ranma Sneered. "Now do you wanna tell me what in the hell is going on?"
Ryouga, still on the ground in front of Akane, fuming, but decided that the best way to get to the bottom of this situation was to keep a cool head.
"ugh." There was a sound from behind the 2 rivals.
"Ow.what was that?" Ukyo Groaned.
"Ukyo, Are you ok?"
"Yeah only a few bruises it looks like you and Akane took the brunt of the force." Ukyo said. "What did I miss?"
Ranma helped Ukyo up and turned and pointed to Ryouga.
"Ryouga, What are you doing here?"
"Well I-" Ryouga started.
"He's the one who attacked us." Ranma stated with distain.
"RYOUGA!!! You attacked US!!!?!" Ukyo stammered. "Why would you do that?"
"Well I.uh"
"Come on spit it out P-chan" Spat ranma.
"How dare you!" Ryouga Fumed.
"Oh shut up pig boy Akane is unconscious, thanks to you." Ranma accused.
"Uh am I missing something here?" asked Ukyo.
"Never mind." said the boys in unison."
"Ugh."
Akane groaned on the ground, rolled over and opened her eyes.
"Ugh.what happened?" Said akane groggily.
"Uh Akane." said ryouga.
"Oh Ryouga! What are you doing here?" Akane asked surprised.
"Well.uh.I..um" Ryouga stammered.
Ranma put his hand on ryouga's head and pushed it into the ground.
"Ryouga here decided to attack us and run around ranting about someone named Akari."
"Geroffofmehranma!!" Yelled Ryouga with his head in the sand.
"What's that pig boy?" teased Ranma.
"GET OFF ME!!!" Ryouga stated clearly enough for Ranma to understand.
Ranma took his hand off of Ryouga's head and stepped back. The girls looked at Ryouga with confused looks. Ranma laid down on the sand and put his hand behind his head growing impatient with Ryouga.
"It all started about a month ago." Ryouga started."I was on my way to my parents house when I decided to stop by Akari's house. When I got there I found the house in ruins. There was a note saying that Ranma had taken her and if I tried to follow they would kill her."
The group stared at ryouga in silent awe.
"Ryouga.? Do you know why we are out here together?" Asked Ukyo.
"No, why?"
The grouped looked at each other for a moment.
"The Tendo Dojo was destroyed when Ranma and I came home from school 3 days ago." said Akane. " Genma was dead and there were no signs of Father or my sisters."
"Before my dad died he told me to go to Shampoo's village and see cologne. So that's where we are going." Said Ranma.
Ryouga stared at Ranma like he had just seen a ghost.
"Geez, Ranma I had no clue." Said Ryouga. "Do you think the same people that ransacked the Dojo took Akari?"
"I don't know." Said Ranma. "I think we should turn in for tonight and discuss this tomorrow. Ryouga you and I will share a tent and the girls will share the other."
"Alright." Affirmed Ryouga.
So the group set up camp and turned in for the night.