Katsuya 1/2
Author: Ozark the MoonHead.
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This chapter is dedicated to my best friend Draqua as an apology for taking down 'Konomae no Mae ni Ima', and for 'A Rose'. I really, really hope you can find it in your heart to forgive me, gal-pal!
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Chapter Four: Zettai!
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Katsu awoke to the sound of fingers typing on a keyboard. She groaned, slowly opening her eyes as the sun's harsh rays hit her face.
"Mmmm…?" She blinked, sitting up. Shizuka gave a tiny yelp as she was forced from her sleeping place on Katsu's stomach. Katsu rubbed the back of her head. "Sorry sis…" She mumbled.
"Talking to your pet again?" Kaiba asked, not looking away from his place at the desk, on the other side of the room. Katsu frowned.
"What time is it?"
"Ten-thirty." He answered. Katsu yawned, blinking when she realized she was on the couch, and with a blanket on top of that. She looked at Kaiba, disbelieving.
"Did you put me here?" She asked. Kaiba grunted, nodding gruffly. Katsu looked down at the blankets, and at Shizuka's curios face. "Th-thanks…" Kaiba nodded.
"There's some cereal in the pantry in the kitchen." He said. Katsu picked up Shizuka in her arms as she swung her legs off the couch, standing up.
"Why are you in such a good mood, hmm?" She teased, walking into the kitchen.
"I'm not." Kaiba replied. Katsu placed Shizuka on the counter, and opened the fridge. She grabbed a thing of bacon and some milk.
"Uh-huh…and you would treat me like a decent human being when, exactly?" She asked, getting out eggs and two frying pans.
"If you don't want my kindness, then I won't waste my time on you." He snapped. Katsu looked over at him.
"No offence meant, Kaiba." She said. "I was just wondering."
"Well, wonder to yourself." He said. Katsu frowned.
"Jeez, wotta blow-hard…" She muttered, taking out a bowl as she cracked the eggs, dropping them inside. She took out a whisk. "Would you like bacon in your eggs or not?" She asked. Kaiba blinked, looking over.
"What?" Katsu smiled slightly.
"I'm making an omelette. What would you like on it?" Kaiba just blinked.
"Uh…bacon is okay…" Katsu nodded.
"Would you like white cheddar and green onions too?" Kaiba nodded.
"Sure…" 'Why is she being so damn nice…? She's changed all over again!' He frowned.
"It'll be done in 'bout half an hour." She said, beginning to grate the cheese and chop the onions. Shizuka sniffed the bacon, giving a tiny yip. Katsu chuckled. "You'll have to wait too. You may be a fox, but you still shouldn't eat it raw." Shizuka's ears drooped slightly and she sat down beside the bread maker. Katsu smiled.
"Want some cheese though?" She handed her a chunk of the white cheddar, mixing up the eggs, pepper, salt, and milk. She placed the bacon in a pan, and began frying them.
Soon, the delicious smell of onions, eggs, bacon, and cheese filled the room.
"It smells ready…" Katsu murmured, pulling the omelette from the oven and placing it on the kitchen table. She set the table, using three plates, and two sets or cutlery, as Shizuka couldn't use them anyway. "Breakfast's ready, Kaiba." Katsu called, placing a glass of coffee at his side of the table, and a glass of orange juice at hers. Kaiba walked in, a look of utter shock and disbelief coming across his face.
"You-you did all of this?!" He gasped. Katsu nodded.
"Mmm-hmm…now dig in before it gets cold." She said, picking up a fork, instead of the traditional chopsticks, and beginning to munch on it. Shizuka happily gnawed at hers. Slowly, Kaiba lifted his fork and took a bite. Katsu smirked. "So, do I get the primly-boy's approval?" She asked. Kaiba smirked back.
"It's okay, I guess." Katsu frowned.
"It's delicious, and you know it!" She said. Kaiba chuckled.
"As much as I HATE to admit it, it is good." He said. Katsu's jaw dropped. She'd have NEVER expected him to actually ADMIT to that! Kaiba glared. "What now?" Katsu shook her head.
"Nothing. For a moment, I thought you had gone soft." She growled. Kaiba snorted.
"You really ARE strange…" He commented. Katsu flushed with anger.
"And what THAT supposed to mean?!" She growled. Kaiba smirked.
"Ever heard of PMS?" Katsu saw red as she threw her plate at him, followed immediately by her glass of juice.
"Baka! I hope you burn in hell!!" She yelled, storming from the room in anger and rage. Kaiba growled, wiping the eggs and orange juice from his face.
"Stupid girl…" He looked to see Shizuka glaring at him, a tiny growl emitting from her throat. Kaiba glared. "Stuff it."
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Katsu ran from the hotel, catching the confused stares of many business and bellhop-like people. She ran. Ran past the noodle shops, antique stores, books stores, the shrines, the temples, everything. She didn't stop running until she was on a hill just above the town, over looking it and the beautiful sea below. She clenched her fist in anger.
"Kaiba no baka. Kaiba no baka. KAIBA NO BAKA!!" She screamed as loud as her lungs would allow, slumping to the ground once more with a dejected sigh. "I hate him…I hate him!" She growled, burying her face in her arms, which rested upon her bent knees. "I hate this curse!" She cried miserably, holding back tears that threatened to pour from her eyes. She sniffled. "And I hate these girl-hormones!" She choked out.
Katsu lay back against the ground, outstretching her arms on the ground. 'Maybe if I just lie here long enough, I'll fade away…and then I'll wake up, back home in my bed, as a guy.' She thought with a sigh. "Like that'll ever happen…" She grumbled. Katsu closed her eyes. "I need a shower…" She opened her eyes again, looking from side to side from her place on the ground. Her eyes fell upon a sign to her left. She sat up, crawling over.
"'Jusenkyo Hot Springs, four miles.'" She read aloud. She grinned. "Yosh! I don't need Kaiba to take me! I can get there by myself!" She said, running over to the road that would lead her to her destination—the Cursed Jusenkyo Springs.
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Kaiba growled as he stepped out of the shower, quickly dressing himself in his Battle City attire. He quickly dialled the main floor's office.
"Did a girl in Chinese garb run from the hotel in the past thirty minuets?" He demanded.
"Yes sir. She ran out the front door twenty-four minuets ago." She replied. Kaiba slammed down the phone.
"Stupid girl!" He cursed. Kaiba looked out the window. It had begun to rain. "Now I'll have to go out there and find her…" He growled, grabbing an umbrella as he called his limo. He met the driver at the front, climbing inside.
"Where to, sir?" His driver asked. Kaiba closed the umbrella.
"Drive around. I need to find that girl who was with me." He said. Nodding, the driver started up the car. 'What is her problem, anyways?!' He wondered silently.
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After another two hours of intense looking, he still had found no signs of Katsu.
"Damned girl! Where could she have gone?!" He grumbled to himself. She hadn't been seen by anyone else so far. There were too many girls in Chinese clothing there. A sudden thought entered his head. 'Wait!! Where had she wanted to go…?'
*Flashback*
"Oh." She gazed around for a moment. "Where're we stayin'?"
"Jusenkyo Springs Hotel."
"Are we goin' ta th' springs?"
"No."
"Why?"
"Because."
"Because why?"
"…Do you enjoy annoying me?"
*Flashback*
"The Springs!" He growled. "That dumb girl!!" He pressed the intercom to his driver. "Take me to the Jusenkyo Springs." He growled.
"Yes sir." The driver replied, stepping on the gas as he drove towards the springs.
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Katsu sneezed as she walked along the dirt road, completely drenched. She was soaked from head to toe, droplets of rain running down her hair, and onto her face. She shivered, rubbing her arms as she urged herself on. "I *cough cough* never wanna come to China again!" She coughed, walking on. She looked up from the puddle-ridden ground, to a big sign with a Japanese translation on the bottom.
"'Jusenkyo Springs'." She read. A weak smile made it to her face as she dragged herself to the gate. She banged her fist against it repeatedly. "Hello?? Hey! Open up!" She called, even though her teeth chattered. A short, rounded man in a brown suit opened the door, blinking as he held an umbrella over his head.
"Oh-! Welcome to Jusenkyo Cursed Springs!" He said in a weak Japanese accent. Katsu's teeth chattered.
"I-I-I n-need t-t-t-to f-find th-the S-S-Sp-Spring w-with th-the c-c-c-cure t-to the N-N-Nyann-Nyanneech-chuan!" She chattered. The guide blinked.
"You want Nyanneechuan?" He asked. He peered closer. "Oh! I remember you sir! You came here with younger sister, no? Fall in Nyanneechuan and become cursed." Katsu nodded.
"H-hai!! N-now I-I n-n-n-need th-the c-cure!!" She said. The guide frowned.
"Sorry sir, but no cure is here. Nannichuan is no working. Is defective now." He said apologetically. Katsu's world shattered.
"N-no!!" She cried, grabbing him by his collar. "There has to be a cure!! There's gotta!!" She cried. The guide shrugged.
"No cure sir. You come in, and I give you warm food and dry clothes, yes?" He offered. Katsu's face softened. She WAS cold, and if she didn't get out of the rain soon, she was going to freeze.
"O-okay…" She nodded as he led her inside his house.
"Sir waits here as I fetch clothes and food. Have shower." He said, pointing down the hall to the bathroom. Katsu nodded.
"Th-thanks." He patted her back.
"No thanks!" He said. "Now, towels in closet across from shower." He said, leaving to prepare her clothes and food. Katsu walked to the bathroom, shivering, and teeth chattering. She closed the door, pulling off her wet clothes and depositing them in a basket.
Her hat first, followed by her shirt, bra, (Compliments of her mother) shoes, pants, and boxers. She had strictly REFUSED to wear panties. She only wore the bra because if she didn't if was both embarrassing and uncomfortable.
Katsu grabbed a towel and opened the sliding door, closing it behind her as she stepped inside. The bathroom was nice, made with white tiles and containing a bathtub, a separate shower, and a bucket to help with bathing.
She turned on the hot water tap, hoping for something to warm her up, when she was hit with a blast of ice-cold water. She yelped in surprise, falling backwards.
"Oh sir! Forgot to say hot water no work!" The guide called from the first part of the bathroom. "Clothes here for when you done!" He said, leaving. Katsu's teeth chattered.
"Th-thanks for th-the warning…" She growled, and began washing herself.
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Kaiba immediately jumped from the limo as it arrived at the Jusenkyo Springs, his umbrella up. He ran forwards, panting. "Stupid girl! She just HAD to run away in a rain storm!" He growled, running past the open gate, looking from side to side.
He neglected to look where he was going, though, and ran right into something else. He was sent crashing to the ground, sliding upon it as the water had turned it into slippery mud. He cursed when he saw he was headed straight for one of the springs. He hit the cold water with a loud 'SPLASH!'
The guide blinked, standing up.
"Oh sir! What you doing??" He said. He reached out, pulling him from the spring's watery depths.
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An hour later, shivering, and miserable, Katsu walked from the bathroom. He hair was finally dry, thanks to a blow dryer, and she was dressed in some new clothes while hers were hung out to dry over the tub.
Her new outfit consisted of a pink kimono, decorated with soft yellow flowers and red roses. Around her waist was a blue sash, with a red ribbon around the middle, tied at the back. On her feet were white socks with black traditional-styled sandals. Katsu blushed a beet red when she looked at herself in the mirror.
"I HATE dresses!" She grumbled. 'Well…it's not really a dress, but still!' She thought. She knew boy also wore kimonos for special occasions, but she didn't want to wear a PINK one for Pete's sake! And with flowers no less! She walked out to the kitchen, where the guide was cooking Oden. "Is this all you had??" She asked, a pink hue to her cheeks. He nodded.
"There no else left, sir. Sorry about it." He said, handing her a bowl and chopsticks. "But you wear you clothes when dry, yes?" He said. Katsu nodded.
"Okay, I guess." She nodded. Katsu carried the bowl out to the living room to eat, when the sight she saw nearly made her drop it. "Kaiba!!" She gasped.
He was sitting on the couch, completely drenched. He wore a death glare, and if looks could kill, she'd have been through hell twelve times over, then die.
"Wh-what happened?!" She cried. Kaiba gritted his teeth, clenching his fists.
"I followed you, that's what!" He snapped. "Because of you, I got completely soaked!!" He stalked towards her with a snarl. Katsu grinned sheepishly, stepping back.
"Oh…um…well, at least you're okay…?" She said, trying to sound on the positive side. Kaiba barely kept himself from strangling her.
"Okay?! I'll be lucky if I'm not sick after this!!" He snarled. Katsu frowned, placing her free hand on her hip.
"Well it's not MY fault you got soaked! I didn't force you to come out here and look for me, now did I?? No! And if you hadn't been such a cold-hearted jerk, I'd've never have ran out like that!" She snapped. Kaiba blinked as he realized what she was wearing.
"What are you wearing??" He asked, a frown filling his rage-filled face. Katsu looked down, blushing.
"It-it's all the guy had, okay? I'm getting changed when my clothes dry." She frowned, looking to the side. Kaiba frowned.
"Well, we don't have time to wait. The business party is in four hours, and I need to get things ready. I've spent a good three hours looking for you." He said. Katsu glared.
"I'm waiting for my clothes!" She said. "I am NOT going to wear this all day!" Kaiba looked at her.
"Why?! You look fine as is!!" He snapped. Katsu just blinked, a blush creeping onto her face.
"Wh-what…?" Kaiba just frowned.
"I said you look fine as you are. Now come on." He said. Katsu looked at the floor.
"Can I at least put them in a bag…?" She asked quietly, stunned at what he had said. 'Kaiba thinking I look—nice?!' Her thoughts were a bunch of jumbled-up nonsense at the moment. Kaiba sighed, irritated.
"Fine, but hurry up." Katsu nodded, placing down her Oden as she walked to the bathroom, staring down at the floor.
"I-I can't believe he said that…" She murmured, picking up her clothes and placing them in a plastic bag. She shook her head. "No. I'm a guy, and the sooner I find out how to become a guy in body, the better." She told herself firmly.
"Oh sirs! Where you going??" The guide asked as he saw them walking towards the door. Katsu looked over at Kaiba, only to find him staring at her with a glare. Okay, he was still pissed at her.
"Um…we're going back to Mahan. Thanks for help me, though." She said. The guide nodded.
"You welcome!" He waved as Kaiba dragged her out into the rain, this time, with an umbrella over them to protect the rain from getting them wet. Katsu sighed sadly. 'So much for a cure…'
"Listen…" Kaiba began, once they were seated in the warn limo, and back on their way to the hotel. Katsu looked over.
"Yeah?" She asked dully. Kaiba sighed.
"I know I'm not the nicest person in the world," He began. Katsu snorted.
"That's understatement." Kaiba frowned, but continued anyways.
"I'm just trying to say I'm sorry, okay?" He grumbled. Katsu blinked.
"Yuh-you're…apologizing??" She gaped. He nodded gruffly.
"Yes. I'm sorry for acting like an ass, okay?" He snapped. Katsu just stared at him from across the limo.
"Good. You should be." Kaiba glared.
"You could show a little compassion, you know." He growled. Katsu smirked.
"I know, rich boy. I know."
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Well, that's the fourth chapter, all done! Whew! Believe it or not, chapters 2-4 were all written on the same day! Yeekies!
*Sighs* I hope you like this story, as I've worked hard on it. But if you don't and you are angry with me, you have every right to be. But I'm still gonna write this story!
Any questions concerning this fic, or the Ranma 1/2 series, just ask! I'll e-mail you back a.s.a.p!
Ja ne, and huggles to you all! ^_~
-Ozark the MoonHead.