Disclaimer: I don't own Ranma ½, these rights belong to Rumiko Takahashi
Author's rantings: This is my second story. It was a very spontaneous idea that came out from reading some of the "Ranma stuck as a girl stories" which showed an interesting perspective. I thought about writing one, but realized that I just don't know enough about girls to imagine being one. Ironically, I can imagine being a pig and that's when I had the idea of a "Ryoga gets stuck as a pig" story instead. "Down the Well" will be my main project, but I'll be continuing this one when I feel a bit depressed. Reviews would be nice by the way! Again I hope this will have decent quality.
Ryoga was depressed. This was quite a normal occurrence, however this time, he was even more depressed than normal. The little black pig that he had become wandered aimlessly through the jungle, although he should have been wary of any would-be predators that decided to have pork as its next meal, he was preoccupied with his thoughts.
In his mind, Ryoga reviewed what had happened last week as he had been doing since. The pig glowed a sickly green, scaring away many of the animals in the area.
"Bwee!" The black pig wrestled with Ranma Saotome engaged in their petty bickering.
"You runt! Just wait till I manage to grab you!"
Suddenly the ground exploded, dirt rising into the air. As the dust cleared, a humanoid figure within the dust cloud gradually came into view.
"Herb!" Ranma yelled as he realized who it was, "what do you want?"
"Although I should thank you for saving my life last time, I cannot feel but anger at the amount of disgrace that you put me through."
Unnoticed behind the little black pig, a large boa constrictor slithered towards the pig.
"You want a rematch? Bring it on!"
"It isn't a rematch that I want, but vengeance!"
The snake was very close now, but Ryoga only barely registered its existence. He could hear the snake, but he chose to ignore it.
"The disgrace that I got was crippling... I, Herb, Dragon Prince of the Musk was defeated by a regular human! I was laughed at, ridiculed, and finally banished for being a weak king, only Mint and Lime, my semi-loyal subjects continue to follow me."
"I-I had no idea."
"But I'll show you the pain that I feel, and I'll make sure that you feel it forever."
"Huh?"
The snake was now coiling around P-chan, ready to squeeze him to death before swallowing him.
"Hey! What did you do that for?" Ranma-chan said as she realized that Herb had suddenly splashed her and P-chan with water, "wait... isn't that?"
"Yes, the Chiisuiton, the bucket that locks you into your cursed form."
"Why?"
"I want you to suffer, suffer as much as I will. My pain will be your pain!"
"Well, I'm just going to have to get that Kaisuifuu again won't I?"
"Heh, I'm sorry but I buried that deep in the ground underneath one of the mountains in the world – and I'm not going to tell you where."
The tightening of the snake's body was starting to cause P-chan to have breathing difficulties, but Ryoga was lost in his memories.
"You forgot that the bucket and ladle can point the way towards the Kaisuifuu."
"No, but you forgot that I can do this," Herb threw the bucket into the air and chi blasted it out of existence. A deadly silence.
"Bwee bwee, snort bwee bwee!" A giant pillar of light rose around the black pig, momentarily stunning the large snake. The sphere of energy that fell on top of the reptile afterwards was more than enough to knock it out and possibly endanger its life. No more animals in that jungle dared approach the pig that night.
Moments later, the black pig wandered through the desert, still glowing a sickly green.
Where was the Tendou Dojo? Ryoga somehow needed to get back and contact Ranma, having gotten lost after the tragic incident. He was sure that Ranma's implacable drive would be enough at least so that he would keep trying to find a cure to his permanency. Ryoga also knew that Ranma would want to help him as well - and Ryoga couldn't refuse Ranma's help, after all there were some things that a pig just couldn't do. First, however, Ryoga needed to get back to Nerima.
Right now, P-chan was on some kind of ship, although he wasn't sure where. Due to his incredible luck, he had entered the ship's kitchen more than once and each time with heart stopping events. The ship was very large, however, and there were many people. Ryoga had to use all his instincts to avoid getting trampled by the careless feet that attacked from every direction.
There was a door left ajar in front of him and Ryoga pushed it open with his snout. Inside was a small room with only a bed and a table as furnishing. There were clothes strewn everywhere around the ground and there was a faint scent of perfume.
"Darn it! I forgot to lock the door! Luckily I don't think I left anything valuable inside."
P-chan tensed at the oddly familiar female voice and quickly hid underneath the bed as footsteps became more apparent. Then he heard the unmistakable click of a door being shut. The pig cautiously looked out and saw a girl taking off her clothes. The girl was quite developed.
Waking up, Ryoga opened his eyes to see that the girl had gone. Because of the humming next door, Ryoga figured that she must be the one who was brushing her teeth in the bathroom. Why was here a bathroom he wondered? He remembered only seeing one door leading in. Getting back to business, he looked around and became tense again. He had been lying on the table instead of under the bed, meaning that he must have been found.
P-chan got up and looked at the nearby door, it was slightly ajar and if he was quick enough, he thought that he could get out without getting caught again. Hearing the sounds of the girl rinsing her mouth, he quickly leapt onto the floor and sprang towards the door and nudged it open. Once the gap was large enough to fit him, Ryoga launched himself out... and collided into the girl who was brushing her teeth.
"Hey there little fella," the girl said to the pig. The two had crashed into the ground due to P-chan's impact with the girl. She was now sitting on the floor with Ryoga on her knees. Ryoga leapt back and snarled forwards, before realizing that he was still staring at her legs. To his relief, she was wearing pajamas. Looking up, the pig almost keeled over from shock.
Looking down at him was Ukyo.
Ukyo looked at the pig oddly, "you know you little porker, I feel like I've seen you before. That bandana around your neck obviously means that you're a pet and not food. Not only that but I recognize that bandana somewhere as well... and how the heck did I find you fainted underneath my bed?"
While Ryoga was relieved that Ukyo wasn't going to cook him, he was rather worried that she might guess his identity. Luckily, Ukyo just shrugged.
"Well, I need to get sleep and start business early tomorrow. Lots of luxury passengers want a taste of the best Okonomoyaki in Japan!" she chuckled to herself as she picked P-chan up and walked back into the room.
Ukyo placed P-chan on the table, "Now you stay and sleep there, its night time now. Tomorrow I'll see if somebody lost their pet pig." With that she slipped into her bed and Ryoga could soon hear the steady breathing of her sleeping.
'What should I do?' Ryoga wondered, although his pig body already had the answer. He was getting sleepy and Ukyo had said that it was night time. Hopefully Ukyo wouldn't change her mind about cooking him tomorrow morning... 'Why is she here anyway?'
That night P-chan dreamed of what it would be like to spend eternity as a pig and awoke with a start as he realized for the millionth time that there was an increasingly large chance of this being reality.
P-chan woke up again later that night to find a towel covering him like a blanket. Shifting his view to Ukyo on the bed, he wondered just how much he had been shaking that night.