Disclaimer: See parts 1 - 2.

Summery: Thanks to Genma's laziness, Ryouga is stuck as Girl when hit with hot water and as a pig with cold water. Now she lives with the Tendo's and Saotome's hoping to find a cure for both her curses or at least to be rid of the pig.

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Ranma and Ryouga-chan?

Part V

Enter Mousse, Ryouga's Fiancé?

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Ryouga yawned as she stared out the window, for once she wished that she was still able to get lost but now that only happened if she was in pig form and that had been quite a while ago. Not that she had any desire to become a walking dinner in the near future. Being a girl no matter how infuriating was better then a small defenceless little pig anytime.

"Miss Hibiki!!"

Ryouga blinked and looked away from the window to see the new teacher standing next to her desk  "Yes Sensei?"

The teacher crossed her arms and glared at her "Maybe you could answer the question for us miss Hibiki?"

Ryouga blushed as she realized that she had no idea what the class was studying at the time "Eh…"

Slapping a hand over her head the teacher groaned, "Go stand in the hall young lady, maybe that will wake you up!"

"Yes Sensei"

"Hey Ryouga, glad you could join me" Ranma greeted as Ryouga stepped out of the door with a bucket of water.

Ryouga shook her head as Ranma twirled his buckets on his index fingers "Keeps those things away from me"

Ranma grinned and stepped closer "Why afraid of a little water, don't act like a little girl Ryouga"

Ryouga opened her mouth to fire back a insult when the door slammed open behind her "Will you two shut up!!!" *Splash* The teacher blinked as a wave of water hit her the face, spluttering she pulled her green hair out of her eyes "Hey where'd Hibiki go and who are you?"

Ranma-chan pulled the bucket off her face and grinned "Um bye"

The teacher followed the red haired girl as she ran way, holding a bundle of wet clothes and a protesting pig in the other hand "Damn kids, Hey you're supposed to wear an uniform!!"

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Ranma-chan stopped running, as she reached the second field of Furinkan high school. Putting down Ryouga-pig, she twisted the cold water from her red pigtail and sighed, "Damn curse"

"Bweee" Ryouga-pig nodded and shook the water from the black fur before settling down and staring at Ranma-chan "Bwe Bwe kweeeee"

Ranma-chan turned to star at the piglet "And where do you want me to find hot water out here" She waved her hand around to emprise "Look, there's only an hour left before lunch break. Let's just stay out here until then" When no answer came Ranma-chan turned her head and saw Ryouga-pig fast asleep "Heh, good idea"

Akane stared down at the sleeping Ranma-chan cudgelling Ryouga-pig in her arms. It was a true Kodak moment, to bad for everyone that instead of a camera, Akane was holding a kettle of hot water "Wake up Baka's!!"

*SPLASH*

"Ow hot, hot!!" Ranma screamed and jumped around before he stopped to stare at Akane "What you do that for you uncute…" Ranma stopped as he registered two things. One he was holding something, and two that something was soft.

"Put me down!"

Ranma's head snapped down to see Ryouga's face red from embarrassment and anger and then he spotted his left hand on Ryouga's "Uh" A small stream of blood started, as Ranma blushed more then Ryouga.

"PERVERT!!" *WHAM*

Akane glowed with fury as she turned to stare at a naked Ryouga sitting dazed on the ground "And you! What do you think you're doing walking around naked like that?"

Ryouga looked up "What? Oh Akane, have you seen my clothes" The mallet appeared again and Ryouga cringed as she saw the look off pure anger in Akane's eyes "It was an accident, he didn't know what he was doing"

Akane glared at the girl covering before her in the grass and felt her anger screaming to be unleashed on something or someone. Slowly her eyes lost the demonic glow as she forced herself to relax. Ryouga blinked as the mallet disappeared and Akane turned around and stomped off.

"What was that about?" Ryouga mumbled out loud as she finally found the uniform Kasumi had brought for her. Staring balefully at the damp clothes in her hands, she dressed and settled back to enjoy the sun "Man, sometimes I wonder if my life would be this messed up if I hadn't gone after Ranma at all?"

Downtown, Ranma made a perfect landing right into the canal "Stupid tomboy" Muttered the now red hair girl as she surfaced.

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Mousse stared at the sign on the wall before he nodded and took off his glasses "You… where can I find Ryouga Hibiki?" Mousse snapped as he grabbed a nearby student and pulled him close.

Hiroshi gasped as this lunatic with the large glasses grabbed his shirt "I don't know, ask Ranma or Akane"

Mousse narrowed his eyes and looked away "And where can I find them?"

Hiroshi waved his arm at Akane who was sitting under a tree eating lunch with her friends "That's Akane over there"

"Thank you" Hiroshi bit the dirt as the grip on his shirt loosened and he legs gave out. Mousse snorted in disgust and walked away "Akane?"

"Yes?" Akane looked up and stopped eating when she spotted Mousse staring back at her "Who are you?" Running her eyes over the way this boy stood she could tell that he was a very competent martial artist, properly someone wanting to date her, well he could forget all about that.

Mousse looked at her for a while before he pulled out a photo "I'm looking for this girl, Ryouga Hibiki. I was told you had seen her" Lowering the photo for Akane to see he took the time to study the girl before him. Clearly not in the area of most Amazons back home, but still a match for several of the younger ones.

Akane put her bento box down and shot a look at Mousse "Sure I have, she lives at my house" Akane blinked as Mousse dropped the photo on the ground with a goofy look on his face "What? What did I say?" Akane didn't know if she should be insulted that he hadn't challenged her, or that he was looking for someone else.

Mousse grinned widely "Akane… um I didn't get you last name"

"I'm Akane Tendo," The black haired girl said as she bowed.

Mousse nodded and bowed back "I'm Mousse from the Joketsuzoku tribe" Looking back up he pulled out a pair of glasses and straighten up "I'm Ryouga Hibiki's fiancé"

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Ryouga looked up from her own bento box and looked around the schoolyard. She was sitting alone on a bench still she liked it that way. She was able to relax and forget the problems with her two curses and just live in the now. Still she had trouble with that, for some reason she had just felt a chill a little while ago. Like something was going to happen.

Standing up she gulped down the last of her food and set out to find the reason for her chill, plus she had a craving for some sweets. Passing into the school cafeteria, she was surprised at quiet it was. The last school cafeteria she had seen had been a war-zone. Then again it was an all boys school back then. Picking up a rice cake and paying for it, she walked back outside to eat it.

"My bandanna Goddess" Kuno roared as he ran out off the cafeteria dresses in his kendo outfit. 

Ryouga dropped the rice cake and tensed as a pair of arms grabbed her around the waist and she felt him rub his head in her hair "Kuno"

"Yes my love?" Kuno mumbled as he leaned down for a kiss.

"GET LOST!!" Several students winced as Kuno went for a trip over the school building. Ryouga slowly lowered her arm and turned to look at her rice cake on the ground. Instead she found held towards her by someone wearing a white robe. Looking up she found herself staring a pair of soft brown eyes, a pair of glasses was held in the other hand. "Mousse?" 

Smiling, Mousse put the rice cake back into her hand and put on his glasses "It's good to see you too, Arien" Slowly he stepped closer and looked down at the one he had looked for, for so long "Arien, will you return to Joketsuzoku with me?"

Ryouga stared at Mousse as she slowly felt the rice cake fall from her hands Mu Shu… I "

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TBC: In China it happened.

AN: Whahahahaha. Well, how is that for a cliffhanger. I finally updated this story. I'm sorry for all you out there who had to wait for so long. And then I present a chapter that is shorter then the others. But I couldn't help myself, I had to cut it short right there. A reviewer pointed out in an e-mail that Ryouga is too girlish for someone who has only been a girl for a few weeks or so. Look for the next chapter "In China it happened" for answers to that question and just how Ryouga has become engaged to Mousse In the first place.

Dak.