P-chan is held squeeling above the fire and Ku Li continues to translate what the young girl is saying, but Ranma is too busy -not- paying attention to hear. Her eyes stray across the table that is already decorated with pots and plates of food. 'Time for some Anything Goes...um, Fuck, the Anything Goes School of Martial Arts - Animal Rescue Manuever!' She leaps onto the table top, swipes a pot of dumplings, and flings herself straight at the two presenters. On instinct So Pu throws up her arms in a defence and Ranma wrenches the black piglet from her while being carried by in the momentum. 'Too bad the fire's there' she thinks vaguely as she stumbles straight through the burning inferno. "Ow! OW! OW!" Without waiting to see if she's on fire, or if anyone is coming after them, Ranma just keeps on running, both pot and pig clutched in her arms. P-chan squeels indignantly. "Oh yeah, I'm sure you could have done that better!"
Ukyou sits in her sleeping bag with a blanket over her shoulders, watching the stars above. 'They are beautiful in China.' She looks down at Akane who lays sleeping in her own blankets beside her. She seemed to carry her troubles everywhere. The only time Ukyou -didn't- feel under Akane's stress was when she was sleeping. Of course the young Tendou had settled down some since their departure from the hotel, but she was still anxious to find Ranma. Undoubtedly he and Ryoga were somewhere dangerous and hard to travel, so Ukyou had decided taking the main road, and skirting the forest as much as they could would be the best for now. She frowns, thinking of how she has been covering for her ex-fiancee. 'He's still my best friend though. And deserves to be happy. If by the end of his trip he loves Ryoga, so be it. And if by chance he wants Akane, so be it too.'
"Ukyou?" The young Tendou looks at her through half lidded eyes. "Why aren't you sleeping?"
"If you love someone, you want them to be happy, right?"
Akane closes her eyes. "Mmhm. Of course...Get some sleep."
"Of course." Ukyou repeats quietly.
"Oooow!" Ranma clamps a hand over one of the larger burns on his arm. He stung everywhere, even his wrist which the amazons had bound before the cerimony. "Now I know what lobsters feel like."
Ryoga lays the pot back on the fire, still filled part way with simmering water. "It doesn't help to rub it."
"Well I hurts like hell, what else am I supposed to do?"
"Here..." he crawls to the martial artist's side, and takes his arm into his hands.
Ranma stiffles a laugh. "I'm well-done and you're buck naked. What a pair we make."
"Not to mention you're wearing a dress." Ryoga gently runs his tongue along his friend's arm and feels him shiver. "Better?"
"No but that was...WOW." The young Saotome sighs. "How about this arm?" He holds his other up. "Mindful of the wrist."
"I hope there's room in this dress for two."
A short pause. "Lets find out."
Ryoga unbinds the sash and lifts the soft silk over the boys head, mindful of the many burns that cover his body. He lays it to one side and carefully manuevers Ranma onto it. He is tired, hardly able to keep his eyes open, but hungry.
The pigtailed boy pulls Ryoga down on top of him and wraps his aching arms around his waist. "Fine with me if you stay right here. I'm just going to get a little rest, hm?"
"Mmhm."
Ranma closes his eyes and feels feather soft kisses trace his chin and neck. "Mm."
"Thank you, by the way."
"You're welcome."
Ukyou sits in her sleeping bag with a blanket over her shoulders, watching the stars above. 'They are beautiful in China.' She looks down at Akane who lays sleeping in her own blankets beside her. She seemed to carry her troubles everywhere. The only time Ukyou -didn't- feel under Akane's stress was when she was sleeping. Of course the young Tendou had settled down some since their departure from the hotel, but she was still anxious to find Ranma. Undoubtedly he and Ryoga were somewhere dangerous and hard to travel, so Ukyou had decided taking the main road, and skirting the forest as much as they could would be the best for now. She frowns, thinking of how she has been covering for her ex-fiancee. 'He's still my best friend though. And deserves to be happy. If by the end of his trip he loves Ryoga, so be it. And if by chance he wants Akane, so be it too.'
"Ukyou?" The young Tendou looks at her through half lidded eyes. "Why aren't you sleeping?"
"If you love someone, you want them to be happy, right?"
Akane closes her eyes. "Mmhm. Of course...Get some sleep."
"Of course." Ukyou repeats quietly.
"Oooow!" Ranma clamps a hand over one of the larger burns on his arm. He stung everywhere, even his wrist which the amazons had bound before the cerimony. "Now I know what lobsters feel like."
Ryoga lays the pot back on the fire, still filled part way with simmering water. "It doesn't help to rub it."
"Well I hurts like hell, what else am I supposed to do?"
"Here..." he crawls to the martial artist's side, and takes his arm into his hands.
Ranma stiffles a laugh. "I'm well-done and you're buck naked. What a pair we make."
"Not to mention you're wearing a dress." Ryoga gently runs his tongue along his friend's arm and feels him shiver. "Better?"
"No but that was...WOW." The young Saotome sighs. "How about this arm?" He holds his other up. "Mindful of the wrist."
"I hope there's room in this dress for two."
A short pause. "Lets find out."
Ryoga unbinds the sash and lifts the soft silk over the boys head, mindful of the many burns that cover his body. He lays it to one side and carefully manuevers Ranma onto it. He is tired, hardly able to keep his eyes open, but hungry.
The pigtailed boy pulls Ryoga down on top of him and wraps his aching arms around his waist. "Fine with me if you stay right here. I'm just going to get a little rest, hm?"
"Mmhm."
Ranma closes his eyes and feels feather soft kisses trace his chin and neck. "Mm."
"Thank you, by the way."
"You're welcome."