Ryoga: Contrary to popular belief, I'm not in love with Nabiki. It's all her!
Nabiki: Shut up you son of a-I told you, I don't go for younger guys!
Grimm: I have to start tying you guys up before I write the disclaimers.
Akane: Lets order pizza!
Ukyo: No need, I brought!
Ranma: Cool!
Grimm: Eat the pizza in the big steel cage!
Disclaimer: I don't own . . . well you should know by now.
Part . . . what? Five?
The Beach!
"This illness is very strange." Saizo said. Yuki knew that her sister was only an apprentice healer, but she trusted the diagnosis. "The cure will need the petals of the rare Shadow Flower."
"Where can I find this flower, sister?" Yuki asked.
"In China." Saizo said. "The deep dark forests of China that is. Yes. It'll be white and . . . it'll shimmer silver." Saizo finished.
"I must go to China!" Yuki said. She set off the next day with Saizo's promise that she'd care for the ill Sakon with all her skill until Yuki's return. As Yuki left the house she saw the large wooden spear that Sakon had stashed under the porch. She took it and, wearing her husband's clothing she marched off for the nearest dock.
Unfortunately she lacked any sense of direction . . .
Nabiki woke up, her whole body hurt. She opened her eyes, and looked around her room. She saw Ryoga, asleep in a chair near the bed, and her father standing in the doorway.
What'd happened? Why was her whole body stiff? She sat up and shook her head.
"Nabiki!" Soun cried. "My little girl! Your alive!" He shouted in tears.
"Alive? Why is that a surprise?" Nabiki asked as her father ran over and hugged her, tears streaming out of his eyes, though that was normal for him.
"I was so worried, it's been a whole day since Akane came out of her coma, we were about to take you to the hospital! Why, even Ryoga barely left your side!" Soun continued as if Nabiki hadn't said anything.
"Uh . . . you can let go now daddy. Seriously, my whole body hurts enough, I don't need you to crush me, please!" Nabiki gasped for air as her father released her. "Um . . . daddy, do you mind if I have a second or two alone with Ryoga?"
Soun looked at her in shock. "Alone? As in all by yourselves? A boy and a girl in the same room in the middle of the night all by themselves?" He frowned and gave Ryoga an appraising glance. "Well okay, but I'm not closing the door." He said.
Nabiki waited until he was gone, then she shook Ryoga.
Ryoga's eyes opened lazily. "Hmm? Oh! Nabiki your okay!" he said. "I was so worried, do you remember what happened the other night?"
"Yes." Nabiki said. "My part of it anyway. Ryoga, what happened after I was knocked out? I uh . . . I *was* knocked out right?"
"Yeah." Ryoga said. "But that's not what your dad thinks. You remember that guy from the swamp?"
"Guy from the swamp?" Nabiki asked. "How did you know about that guy?"
"Uh . . ." Ryoga frowned. "I told him to tell you guys I was okay." He said nervously.
Nabiki nodded. Ryoga continued: "Well he helped me get you and Akane back to the house, y'see his wife attacked us, she's . . . a martial arts master, and she knocked you flat in seconds."
"Why was Akane there?"
"She came looking for us." Ryoga said. "But she was hit so hard, she doesn't remember it."
Nabiki frowned. She sensed there was something Ryoga wasn't telling her. "Ryoga . . . are you okay?" She asked.
"I'm fine." Ryoga said.
"Well . . . I'm sorry. If we'd gone back when you said to, nothing would have happened."
"It's okay." Ryoga said softly. "You didn't know, and everyone's okay."
"You didn't leave my side, my dad says." Nabiki said, giving Ryoga an accusing look. "You hoping I'll kick the bucket, or were you just concerned?" She asked smiling.
"That's not true," Ryoga said. "I spent more time with Akane too, but when she woke up Ranma was there and . . . I eh ... didn't want to get in their way y'know?"
Nabiki frowned. "Ryoga, you'll never get her if you don't try." She whispered.
"She's his Fiancée." Ryoga said. "It's wrong to try."
Nabiki nodded slowly. "Well," she said. "Don't worry about it. C'mon, that chair cant be comfortable at all," Nabiki said, moving over to the side of her bed. "I'll share the bed with you tonight."
"W-what!?" Ryoga said.
Nabiki sighed. "I don't mean it that way, I just mean so you don't sprain yourself sleeping in a chair."
There was the sound of rapid footsteps, and then Soun burst into the room with a sleeping bag and an air mattress. "No need for inappropriate sleeping arrangements, I've got a sleeping bag and an air mattress for you Ryoga, and your welcome to our common room! This way, quickly, march-march-march!"
Nabiki smiled as Soun led Ryoga out of the room; she was once again unaware of the hateful gaze that fell on her.
Toki glared at the Ryoga boy. It clenched its fists and growled. "I won't let it get in the way of my plans! My masters will rule the world, and this boy won't stop me! I don't care if these three ghosts HAVE taken an interest in him! I made them, and I can destroy them!"
It was two days latter; Ryoga woke up and found Mousse next to him.
"Oh Shampoo . . . your hair smells so nice . . ."
"AAAHHHHHH!" Ryoga cried, jumping out of his sleeping bag.
Mousse woke up, searched around for his glasses and found them; he looked at Ryoga in shock. "Ryoga? What have you done with Shampoo?"
"Nothing!" Ryoga cried. "Go away!"
Mousse complied, looking for his beloved Shampoo. "Shampoo?" He called, then began having a conversation with a picture of Ranma. "I've been looking all over for you Shampoo!" He said.
"Rise and shine Ryoga-baby." Nabiki said, tossing him some umbrellas. "Were going to the beach, Ranma's little gang has decided to tag along."
"Why don't you ever bring your friends on these family outings?" Kasumi asked Nabiki as she passed by with a large picnic basket.
"Because I want them to stay my friends." Nabiki said. She looked at Ryoga. "That how you dress for the beach?" she asked.
"I'm not going!" Ryoga said, still shaken from waking up next to Mousse.
"Why not?" Nabiki asked.
"I hate to swim." Ryoga said.
"That's fine, we'll hang out in the shade then." Nabiki said. "C'mon, I sure would feel safer if you came along Ryoga." She said sweetly. Ryoga had found lately that whenever she said this he simply couldn't refuse whatever she asked of him. Curses.
Saizo frowned. "Sakon," she said. "I'm worried about Yuki."
"That's a first." Sakon scoffed.
"I think she may try something, it's been four days now."
"Well, if our time in solid form hadn't run out before I could explain everything to Ryoga . . ." Sakon sighed.
"Do you think that they will be okay at the beach?"
Sakon gave Yuki a strange look. "You actually care about their well being?" He asked.
"Well no, not as such. I don't want little Saizo getting damaged."
"Little Saizo? You mean Akane? Don't want her damaged? Shish Saizo, you *tried* to get her damaged four nights ago!"
"Yeah, but now I have this plan, see once I've learned enough about her to pretend to be her . . ."
"Oh how did I not see that one coming!"
"You think it's fun being me for a week and a day without killing something? The fight with Yuki was okay, but I need more! I need excitement! I need-"
"To shut up. I'm going with them to the beach, you go to the swamp and see if Yuki has calmed down yet."
Saizo nodded. "Yes husband. Oh, and sweetie, one thing."
"Let me guess: It's a forest?"
"No." Saizo said. "I was going to say "IT'S A DAMN FOREST YOU SLOW WITTED SOB!!!"
To Be Continued . . .
Nabiki: Shut up you son of a-I told you, I don't go for younger guys!
Grimm: I have to start tying you guys up before I write the disclaimers.
Akane: Lets order pizza!
Ukyo: No need, I brought!
Ranma: Cool!
Grimm: Eat the pizza in the big steel cage!
Disclaimer: I don't own . . . well you should know by now.
Part . . . what? Five?
The Beach!
"This illness is very strange." Saizo said. Yuki knew that her sister was only an apprentice healer, but she trusted the diagnosis. "The cure will need the petals of the rare Shadow Flower."
"Where can I find this flower, sister?" Yuki asked.
"In China." Saizo said. "The deep dark forests of China that is. Yes. It'll be white and . . . it'll shimmer silver." Saizo finished.
"I must go to China!" Yuki said. She set off the next day with Saizo's promise that she'd care for the ill Sakon with all her skill until Yuki's return. As Yuki left the house she saw the large wooden spear that Sakon had stashed under the porch. She took it and, wearing her husband's clothing she marched off for the nearest dock.
Unfortunately she lacked any sense of direction . . .
Nabiki woke up, her whole body hurt. She opened her eyes, and looked around her room. She saw Ryoga, asleep in a chair near the bed, and her father standing in the doorway.
What'd happened? Why was her whole body stiff? She sat up and shook her head.
"Nabiki!" Soun cried. "My little girl! Your alive!" He shouted in tears.
"Alive? Why is that a surprise?" Nabiki asked as her father ran over and hugged her, tears streaming out of his eyes, though that was normal for him.
"I was so worried, it's been a whole day since Akane came out of her coma, we were about to take you to the hospital! Why, even Ryoga barely left your side!" Soun continued as if Nabiki hadn't said anything.
"Uh . . . you can let go now daddy. Seriously, my whole body hurts enough, I don't need you to crush me, please!" Nabiki gasped for air as her father released her. "Um . . . daddy, do you mind if I have a second or two alone with Ryoga?"
Soun looked at her in shock. "Alone? As in all by yourselves? A boy and a girl in the same room in the middle of the night all by themselves?" He frowned and gave Ryoga an appraising glance. "Well okay, but I'm not closing the door." He said.
Nabiki waited until he was gone, then she shook Ryoga.
Ryoga's eyes opened lazily. "Hmm? Oh! Nabiki your okay!" he said. "I was so worried, do you remember what happened the other night?"
"Yes." Nabiki said. "My part of it anyway. Ryoga, what happened after I was knocked out? I uh . . . I *was* knocked out right?"
"Yeah." Ryoga said. "But that's not what your dad thinks. You remember that guy from the swamp?"
"Guy from the swamp?" Nabiki asked. "How did you know about that guy?"
"Uh . . ." Ryoga frowned. "I told him to tell you guys I was okay." He said nervously.
Nabiki nodded. Ryoga continued: "Well he helped me get you and Akane back to the house, y'see his wife attacked us, she's . . . a martial arts master, and she knocked you flat in seconds."
"Why was Akane there?"
"She came looking for us." Ryoga said. "But she was hit so hard, she doesn't remember it."
Nabiki frowned. She sensed there was something Ryoga wasn't telling her. "Ryoga . . . are you okay?" She asked.
"I'm fine." Ryoga said.
"Well . . . I'm sorry. If we'd gone back when you said to, nothing would have happened."
"It's okay." Ryoga said softly. "You didn't know, and everyone's okay."
"You didn't leave my side, my dad says." Nabiki said, giving Ryoga an accusing look. "You hoping I'll kick the bucket, or were you just concerned?" She asked smiling.
"That's not true," Ryoga said. "I spent more time with Akane too, but when she woke up Ranma was there and . . . I eh ... didn't want to get in their way y'know?"
Nabiki frowned. "Ryoga, you'll never get her if you don't try." She whispered.
"She's his Fiancée." Ryoga said. "It's wrong to try."
Nabiki nodded slowly. "Well," she said. "Don't worry about it. C'mon, that chair cant be comfortable at all," Nabiki said, moving over to the side of her bed. "I'll share the bed with you tonight."
"W-what!?" Ryoga said.
Nabiki sighed. "I don't mean it that way, I just mean so you don't sprain yourself sleeping in a chair."
There was the sound of rapid footsteps, and then Soun burst into the room with a sleeping bag and an air mattress. "No need for inappropriate sleeping arrangements, I've got a sleeping bag and an air mattress for you Ryoga, and your welcome to our common room! This way, quickly, march-march-march!"
Nabiki smiled as Soun led Ryoga out of the room; she was once again unaware of the hateful gaze that fell on her.
Toki glared at the Ryoga boy. It clenched its fists and growled. "I won't let it get in the way of my plans! My masters will rule the world, and this boy won't stop me! I don't care if these three ghosts HAVE taken an interest in him! I made them, and I can destroy them!"
It was two days latter; Ryoga woke up and found Mousse next to him.
"Oh Shampoo . . . your hair smells so nice . . ."
"AAAHHHHHH!" Ryoga cried, jumping out of his sleeping bag.
Mousse woke up, searched around for his glasses and found them; he looked at Ryoga in shock. "Ryoga? What have you done with Shampoo?"
"Nothing!" Ryoga cried. "Go away!"
Mousse complied, looking for his beloved Shampoo. "Shampoo?" He called, then began having a conversation with a picture of Ranma. "I've been looking all over for you Shampoo!" He said.
"Rise and shine Ryoga-baby." Nabiki said, tossing him some umbrellas. "Were going to the beach, Ranma's little gang has decided to tag along."
"Why don't you ever bring your friends on these family outings?" Kasumi asked Nabiki as she passed by with a large picnic basket.
"Because I want them to stay my friends." Nabiki said. She looked at Ryoga. "That how you dress for the beach?" she asked.
"I'm not going!" Ryoga said, still shaken from waking up next to Mousse.
"Why not?" Nabiki asked.
"I hate to swim." Ryoga said.
"That's fine, we'll hang out in the shade then." Nabiki said. "C'mon, I sure would feel safer if you came along Ryoga." She said sweetly. Ryoga had found lately that whenever she said this he simply couldn't refuse whatever she asked of him. Curses.
Saizo frowned. "Sakon," she said. "I'm worried about Yuki."
"That's a first." Sakon scoffed.
"I think she may try something, it's been four days now."
"Well, if our time in solid form hadn't run out before I could explain everything to Ryoga . . ." Sakon sighed.
"Do you think that they will be okay at the beach?"
Sakon gave Yuki a strange look. "You actually care about their well being?" He asked.
"Well no, not as such. I don't want little Saizo getting damaged."
"Little Saizo? You mean Akane? Don't want her damaged? Shish Saizo, you *tried* to get her damaged four nights ago!"
"Yeah, but now I have this plan, see once I've learned enough about her to pretend to be her . . ."
"Oh how did I not see that one coming!"
"You think it's fun being me for a week and a day without killing something? The fight with Yuki was okay, but I need more! I need excitement! I need-"
"To shut up. I'm going with them to the beach, you go to the swamp and see if Yuki has calmed down yet."
Saizo nodded. "Yes husband. Oh, and sweetie, one thing."
"Let me guess: It's a forest?"
"No." Saizo said. "I was going to say "IT'S A DAMN FOREST YOU SLOW WITTED SOB!!!"
To Be Continued . . .