Suki Da
Chapter Two: Immediate Reactions
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The first feeling that presented itself to Ranma was a pounding headache. The second was a slight ache in her lower abdomen. The third feeling, arguably a worse feeling than the first two, was that of a frying pan nailing him in the head.
"Ow! GODDAMN IT!!" she looked up, Ceres stood above her with such a look that could out glare Soun's Demon face, "What was that for you jerk!" she shouted then held her head in pain when it protested the loud noise. Ceres hoisted her up roughly by the arm and dragged her back into the living area then threw her down on the couch and threw a blanket at her. Ranma was willing to admit that she had never been as scared of Ryouga's cousin as she was right now. Ceres's hands shook with suppressed emotion, her eyes were over bright. Ranma wondered what had happened to make Ceres try that hard not to show her anger. By nature the girl was stoical, never revealing any emotion.
"I can't believe you," was all she said as she took a seat as far away from Ranma as possible. It was if she couldn't stand to be near her. Ranma looked down and reddened when she realized why Ceres had thrown the blanket at her, "He was...you were...Can't believe...what am I supposed to tell Okashi...or Akane..."
"Ceres. Please finish a sentence," she glared at her then and Ranma wished she hadn't said anything.
"You want me to finish a sentence? Alright. WHAT THE FUCK WHERE YOU THINKING DOING THAT TO RYOUGA!?!?!" Ranma clutched her head in pain, "Hurts doesn't it, being drunk. You're lucky you have such a bad hangover. I won't kill you until it's gone."
"What d'ya mean what I did to Ryouga? What happened?"
"What happened? WHAT HAPPENED?!? YOU HAD SEX WITH MY COUSIN YOU BASTARD!!! THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED!! AND YOU DID IT IN MY HOUSE!!" Ranma winced again as ceiling pieces fell to the floor.
"Dunno..what you're talking about," Ceres walked over and slapped her.
"You..you as good as raped my cousin. Ryouga's going to have a meltdown when he figures it out. We'll be lucky he doesn't go into Shi Shi Hokodon mode."
"I didn't do anything! I-I," Ranma's pupils shrank to pinpricks when the events of last night flooded her senses. Her hand went to her mouth, "Ryouga...he...he and I..." the hand dropped into her lap, "Kill me."
"O_o Nani?!"
"Kill me!" she jumped up and grabbed the front of Ceres's dress, "Kill me right now!"
"I'm not going to kill you!"
"Do it! It's the only way to escape the torture the fates dumped on me."
"I'M NOT GOING TO KILL YOU!"
"DO IT!"
"UH-UH!!"
"Please?" her tone was plaintive, "You're my friend..."
"I–i–iie..."
"THEN GIVE ME A KNIFE!!" Ceres shook her head fiercely.
"Iie!" Ranma slid to the floor, her hand sliding down the soft silken fabric of Ceres's trademark outfit.
"Kill me...I can't face anyone after this...I'll be killed by Akane...or Pop...or her father..." Ceres sighed, as she knelt to Ranma's level, she could be pissed at the moron later.
"I'm not killing you and I'm not letting you kill yourself you selfish bastard. You have Ryouga to think of. Just tell me that you didn't rape him...."
"It more of the other way around..."
"O_o NANI?!?!"
"At first...then I gave in...I'm disgusting," Ceres reminded herself to breathe.
"Neither one of you are ever touching alcohol as long as I live."
"Fine by me," Ryouga chose that exact moment to walk in.
"Ryouga?" Ceres questioned, "Could you possibly sit down with us?"
"I'm only wearing a blanket Rei-chan...my head hurts..."
"I know Ryo-kun," Why is she being nice to him? Ranma wondered breifly, He started the damn thing, "There's just a few things I want to talk about," Ryouga sat down next to his cousin. To his surprise the normal anti-touch girl put her arm around him and allowed him to lean aginst her.
"What's wrong Rei-chan?"
"Ryo-kun do you know why you and Saotome are clad only in blankets?" Ryouga looked at Ranma breifly then shook his head, "What do you remember about last night?"
"Well...." Ryouga sat back up and tried to remember, "We were at the club and I was dancing with Okashi and this guy kept offering me drinks..."
"AND YOU DRANK THEM!?!?!" both Ranma and Ryouga grabbed thier heads.
"Not so loud Rei-chan...." Ryouga siad plaintivly, "Well anyway, everything got kind fuzzy after that. I remember throwing up though...and somebody brought me home...and..." his eyes went wide, "And..."
"And?" Ranma paled, waiting for the attack.
"And I...they...we...Rei-chan...you know exactly what happened don't you?"
" I have my guesses Ryouga. From what I can gather you slept with Ranma-chan last night. I found you two when I came in, but I was too buzzed to notice much. It suddenly dawned on me when I walked in there this morning."
"I...I...I slept with..." Ceres's head snapped over to her cousin when she felt the very air aroudn her go heavy.
"Oh shit...." came a whisper from Ranma.
"Ranma and I.....together....." Ryouga's tone was dead, devoid of any emotion save for a deep sadness, his eyes were briming.
"Iie Ryo-kun! Don't do that!!"
"Okashi...Kudou..they're going to hate me..."
"It was a mistake Ryo-kun! They're not going to hate you!"
"How do you know?"
"I just do!" she whipped her head in ranma's direction, "This is your fault. You're going to fix it."
"How?"
"H–hate me..." he began to cry in earnest, a stray hiccup injecting itself inbetween sobs.
"Get dressed and get out of here. There's no point in you dying if Ryouga blows."
"I won't leave him."
"They're all going to hate me..."
"Haven't you done enough damage?!"
"I WON'T LEAVE!!! You're right I fucked up, so I'm not gonna let him fire off a Shi Shi Hokodon and feel even worse about himself!" Ceres and Ranma stared at each other for a long moment as Ryouga's ki got heavier and heavier.
"Fine. Do what you want. I don't care," Ranma left the room to put on clothes, seconds later Ceres heard the facet being turned on. Ranma must be getting some hot water...
"Ceres...you hate me too don't you?"
"Nani? Iie! I don't hate you, you know that!"
"You don't?" Ceres hugged him.
"You know how much I hate to be touched by anyone but Eriol. If I hated you would I be holding you right now?"
"Demo....demo Okashi....Akane...Kudou..."
"They won't hate you eaither."
"They will..."
"Iie, they won't Ryo-kun. If they love you as much I do then they'll see that it's Ranma's fault and not yours."
"Ranma's fault....."
"That's right. Ranma. Not you. You were drunk and he knew it."
"Ranma's...."
"So they'll forgive you."
"Fault..."
"Ryo-kun?" the crying had stopped, but the ki was as heavy as ever.
"Ranma....all his fault. His...." Ceres sucked in a breath.
"Oh shit..."
"Ranma's fault..." he stood up, his blanket falling away, Ceres turned her ehad quickly, she didn't want to make things worse by seeing him naked, "Ranma's fault...." she heared his footsteps leave the room and jumped up to follow, "Not mine...Ranma's..." Ryouga walked into the room where the two boys had woken up. Ranma, back to his boy form, looked up at them as he buttoned his shirt.
"Ryo-kun don't do it. You'll only regret it later...."
"Whaddya....What did you tell him Ceres?!"
"Ranma's fault," Ryouga's face had taken on a slighlty psychotic look to it, "It isn't mine at all...it's Ranma's..."
"YOU TOLD HIM IT WAS MY FAULT?!?"
"IT IS YOUR FAULT YOU IDIOT!! GET OUT OF HERE QUICK!!"
"Iie...Ranma can't leave..it's his fault you see..."
"Ryo-kun..don't do it!!"
"Shi shi...."
"Ryouga...buddy...."
"Hoko..." Ceres closed her eyes as she launched herslef at her cousin and waited for impact. Ranma fell to his knees, "Dan!!" Ranma only had time for a quick prayer before the world blew up in his face.
Ceres's apartment was one the tneth floor of a very tall building and Ryouga's attack had demolished the entire structure. Luckily it was a Monday morning and most of the occupants had already left for work or school. If there had been many cusulties Ryouga would've only felt worse than he already did.
When rescueres where uncovering the rubble they found a young girl with lavender hair sheilding a young woman with firey red hair and cradling a small black piglet. The lavender haired girl glowed with the light of pure ki as did her charges. However, while both Ranma and Ryouga were affected by the water pipe that had burst, Ceres had used the waterproof soap the day before in preporation for the club. She figured on people spilling things on her and wanted to be prepared, so while Ranma had transformed into a girl and Ryouga a pig, Ceres herself remained unchanged. As if the ki bubble Ceres had created wasn't enough, she wasn't completly drained by the use of her life force. The entire time rescuers were pulling their bruised and battered bodies out of the mess she kept whispering to the pig: "Suki da Ryo-kun...it'll be ok...don't be sad..."
"Bwee...."
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"Miss you have to let go of the pig..."
"Fuck you that's my cousin."
"Oviously she has some head trauma."
"YOU WANNA SEE HEAD TRAUMA?? KEEP TRYING TO TAKE RYOUGA AWAY AND I'LL GIVE YOU HEAD TRAUMA!!"
"Miss just calm down. Please stop glowing. We prefer if the patients don't fire Ki blasts in the hospitol."
"Well leave Ryouga alone then."
"Fine. Fine. Keep the pig."
"HE'S NOT A PIG GODDAMMIT!!!!" Ranma rolled over and tried to slip back into the recesses of sleep but Ceres just wouldn't stop shouting at the many doctors around her.
"Hey this one's waking up to," Ranma groaned, Busted... "Miss, do you know where you are?"
"Hell. Ceres is here so it ain't th' other place."
"I heard that Saotome. You should be nicer to the girl that saved your ass."
"A girl saved us? I thought you did..."
"NANI??!?" a bedpan hit her head and Ranma just laughed, suddenly very happy to be alive. She was relieved when she heared Ceres chuckle as well. Ranma sat up.
"She's a handfull, your friend–"
"Saotome Ranma is not my friend."
"I'm begining to woner if we were better off with her alseep,"the nurse continued as if she hadn't heared Ceres.
"How long were we asleep?" Ceres piped up before batting away the doctors that tried to shine a light in her eyes, "I'm up and I can see, so my eyes are fine, now let me be!"
"You were asleep for nearly three weeks. Luckily all four of you don't seem to have any permenant damage."
"Beg pardon?" Ceres asked, "There's three of us."
"Actaully this young lady happens to be pregnant," there was silecne for a moment then, choas. Ryouga squealed, Ranma fainted, Ceres went into a fit of hysterical laughter, though she really didn't find any of this funny.
"Wha-what's wrong Misuka-san?"
"Ranma can't...it just isn't possible you see..." Ceres managed to get out as the friendly nurse tried to revive Ranma.
"And why isn't it possible?"
"Ranma's got this...contidtion...you see. I'm not gonna explain it. It just isn't posible ok?"
"I assure you, there's a tiny little embroyo in there."
"Demo...demo..."
"We can even show you the sonagrams we took of it."
"Demo...demo..." she bowed her head and looked into P-chan's large, watering eyes. Tell me she's lying, the eyes begged her, Tell me it isn't true... "Sorry Ryouga...what can I do?" P-chan began sobbing.
"I had a crazy dream," Ranma was muttering in the next bed, "You said that I was gonna have a baby..." she laughed, "Funny ne?" Ranma looked over at Ceres, who turned her head away as she rubbed P-chan's back, "It's funny right? It's not true is it?" her voice took a panicked edge to it, "Ceres! Tell me it isn't true!!"
"Well if you hadn't slept with Ryouga while he was drunk you wouldn't have this problem would you!" she snapped at him.
"He came on to me!"
"He was drunk!"
"So??" that's when Ceres really lost it and bagan throwing things at Ranma again, only due to her raging emotiongs only half of them hit thier mark.
"SO?? IS THAT THE ONLY WORD YOU CAN THINK OF TO EXCUSE YOUR ACTIONS?? IF HE'S DRUNK AND COMES ON TO YOU THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S OK TO FUCK HIM!!"
"Miss there are other patients here you know..."
"Shut up!" the nurse quailed under Ceres's anger, "I want to be moved to anther room. I don't want to look at her anymore," she added quietly, "She's casued enough trouble already."
"Ceres..."
"Don't talk to me or my family anymore Ranma. When I'm well enough to leave I'll be taking Kuduo to live with me. You've done more than enough to my cousins to last them a lifetime."
"Ceres...please...just hear me out...ya don't understand...." Ceres turned cold, cold, eyes to him.
"We'll be back to check on you later," the nurse said as she ushered the doctors out. One or two grumbled and she glared at them until they meekly followed her orders.
"What isn't there to understand?"
"He...I....damnit Ceres it felt so good! I wanted to stop but..." Ceres looked at him.
"Do you love him?"
"I dunno...iie....he's my friend...a good one and the only rivial I've had that can hold his own. I love him like you love Shampoo and Mousse."
"Willing to die but not to sleep," Ceres quoted then put her head in her hands, "This is insane. Your father is going to kill you. Tendo-san is going to kill you. Hell Akane's really going to kill you. And you with a baby, what are you going to tell it?"
"I don't know if...if I can keep it..." Ceres's head snapped up, "It would be better for it if it wasn't born...right?"
"Ranma....you...that's something you have to discuss with Ryouga," she indicated the pig, who had tears had finally driven it to sleep, "That's his baby too you know...But if you decide you won't keep it. Please...don't kill it...don't abort it."
"I don't wanna go through childbirth..." Ranma whispered, "I'm...I'm a guy I'm not built to handle it...Ceres...I'm scared," Ceres slowly climbed out of her bed, crossed over and hugged Ranma's shoulders as the girl finally gave in to furious tears. There was a knock just then, and Eriol poked his head in.
"Ohayo," he said, "I'm glad you're awake...what's wrong with Ranma-kun?"
"What's wrong?" Ranma asked, her voice muffled by Ceres's shoulder, "What isn't wrong at this point? Happy Fucking Birthday to me..."
"Ok so Ryouga blew up Cere's entire apartment building...surely that's not the end of the world."
"Eriol," Ceres shook her head when he looked at her. I'll tell you later, her eyes told him. Promise? He silently asked back. Ceres nodded, "Did anyone come with you?"
"Kudou wanted to. He's very concerend about you. We all are. Oh, mom sent you a basket of food," Ceres paled, she'd tasted Ugami Sakura's cooking before. Eriol saw the face and chuckled, "Don't worry she didn't cook it. It's all store bought," Ceres sighed.
"Well Ran-kun are you hungry?"
"Iie," Eriol nearly dropped the oversized basket.
"Saotome Ranma not hungry? Is it really that serious?"
"It's pretty bad," Ceres told him and hoisted Ranma off of her and back into a sitting posistion, "Don't starve yourself. Eat. Don't worry, if Sakura-san didn't cook it you're safe," she stood up, "I'll see if Ryouga wants some. Seems a shame to wake him up though sleep may be the only peaceful place for him now...."
"I hope this gets explained to me soon...." Eriol muttered as he began pulling out food.