P-Chan's Revenge
Chapter 6: The Mystery behind the Chepla Berries
A/N- Wow…I can't believe I'm on the 6th chapter already! It's been over a year since I posted this fic, am I am VERY grateful to everyone who's reviewed this fic, and especially to those who have followed this story for so long, you make writing this all worth it. Once again I apologize for such a long delay, truthfully, this fic is a pain in the ass. XD. It's very hard to write. Also, I don't like to make excuses, but my computer's modem is broken and I've been having to update via my dad's laptop, which he is very protective of. XD Anyway, I know you want me to shut up so I'll start this fic off. Please read and review and thanks again!
"Ryouga…" murmured Akane quietly, placing a hand onto Ryouga's face, "What troubles you?"
"Why would you think that anything's wrong?" questioned Ryouga, placing her hand over hers."Well…" cooed Akane, moving her face closer to Ryouga's, "I never understood that this whole time that you loved me…I was in love with that jerk Ranma, never realizing the manly presence you had over me."
"That is all in the past now, love." murmured Ryouga as he bent down and kissed Akane's delicate lips. Ryouga's heart leaped with joy as he opened his eyes, only to see he was mouth-to-mouth with a blue-faced Ranma.
"NO!!" screamed Ryouga tripping backwards, spitting, as Ranma's tremendous wave of chi sent chills down his spine. "Akane! Akane! AKANE HELP!!"
Ryouga opened his eyes sharply, sweating profusely. All he saw was darkness and his head throbbed. "Noo…" sobbed Ryouga, "I can't end like this…"
As Ryouga finished his sentence, the darkness was lifted and he was looking at a wooden sign with the words "Dream Quieter!!" written on it.
Ryouga looked over to where Mr. Saotome slept, his huge panda form overlapping 2 futons. Ryouga wiped the tears from his eyes and quietly examined Ranma's room. It looked a typical room, and Ryouga headed over to Ranma's closet and uncomfortably picked out a green Chinese shirt with an embroidered Dragon with matching silk pants.
Ryouga then proceeded to the room's porch to think. Ryouga looked out at the beautiful scenery and let out a sigh. This has been so much work so far, he breathed, and I'm not that much closer to breaking Akane and Ranma apart. Damn it. I can't bring myself to be meaning to Akane! Ryouga sighed again and moved over the wall where he proceeded to bash his head against the wall as punishment. Why can't I just be mean to her for once? I'm just bringing her and Ranma closer together… Ryouga stopped bashing his head against the wall and moaned, "AKANEE!"
"What?" Came the confused voice of Akane behind him.
"Ah!" yelped Ryouga, nearly toppling off the railing and down into the garden below. "You scared me!"
"What do you want?" questioned Akane, hanging some clothes on the clothesline behind Ryouga.
This is my chance! Thought Ryouga to himself, I gotta make Akane hate me…
"So." Blurted Ryouga, "Wanna see something, y'know…"
"See what?" questioned Akane, her back still turned to Ryouga, hanging laundry.
God damn it. Cursed Ryouga, to himself, Can't think of anything!
"Oh! Uh…close your eyes and come over here." Blurted Ryouga.
"What?!" shot Akane, her face turning a dark shade of pink, but walking over to Ryouga, laundry basket in tow.
"O-okay." Stammered Ryouga as Akane stood by the edge of the railing with her eyes closed, waiting. Ryouga cautiously stepped by Akane and accidentally blurted, "Forgive me Akane…", as he prepared to push her over the edge of the railing.
"What do you mean 'Forgive me-' Ranma?" Akane opened her eyes, expecting to Ranma looming above her, but he wasn't there. "Wha?" questioned Akane, looking over the balcony to see the koi pond over flowing, a leg caught on the edge of it.
Akane stared and then broke into a sheepish laugh. "Oops…"
Why me? Came Ryouga's mournful thoughts, I'm always the one to fall into the water- WATER!
"No!" choked Ryouga, feeling his body transform at the touch of the cold water, the gig is up!
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"He can not have gotten far…" muttered Shampoo, trudging through the crowded streets of Nerima.
"He may be somewhere just conserving his strength," commented Cologne, following Shampoo.
"I still can't believe what's happening…" moaned Mousse, who unwillingly held up the rear of the little troop.
"Well it is." Retorted Cologne, "But something still bothers me…"
"What is that?" asked Shampoo, stopping in her tracks and looking over at her great-grandmother.
"It's how Ryouga was able to come upon those berries…" mumbled Cologne, "They should've gone extinct long ago, yet the boy managed to get his hands on some."
"Well we can't do anything about it now…" retorted Mousse, glancing around the crowded marketplace, "Maybe we should ask someone?"
"Okay then." Sighed Shampoo, tapping the shoulder of the person nearest to her. "Excuse me…"
"Whatever do you want?" came a voice that sounded eerily familiar. The girl turned around, her purple hair whipping in the wind. It was Kodachi Kuno, Kuno's "twisted sister" and another girl that had her heart set on Ranma.
"Shampoo!" Kodachi cried in surprise, giving Shampoo a hug, "if it's Ranma you want, I'll fight you anytime," Kodachi whispered into Shampoo's ear, pulling a rythmatic ribbon out of her kimono. "I'm ready anytime."
"No it not." Hissed Shampoo, pushing Kodachi away, "We looking for Ryouga."
"Ryouga…" murmured Kodachi, tapping her chin, suddenly tapping her fist in her palm."Oh! I saw him earlier!"
"Tell us what happened child!" cried Cologne, "We must know!"
"Well…" started Kodachi, "Last night my brother came home in quite a tizzy…
"I can't believe it!" wailed Kuno, storming through the front door of the Kuno Estate.
"Never mind that Master Kuno," said Sasuke, comforting him, "At least he messed up."
"I guess so." Spat Kuno, "I shall retire to my room."
"V-very well," stammered Sasuke, "Good night!"
"Whatever happened?" questioned Kodachi, who emerged from the kitchen.
"Ranma and Akane were on a date at a local sushi restaurant and Master Kuno got freighting jealous," started Sasuke, " So he um, well, let's just say their date in their disaster.""Well that's good." Snorted Kodachi, placing her hands on her hips, "My brother's actually doing something constructive for once."
"However…" cackled Kodachi, her voice turning sour, "It wasn't very nice of Ranma to cheat on me behind my back. I think I need to go teach him a lesson."
"And then I left." Remembered Kodachi, resuming her story; missing the nasty glance she was receiving from Shampoo.
I was heading along the streets near Ranma's house when I heard a scream. I ran to where the noise had come from to find Ryouga staring at his reflection in a puddle.
"He must have been surprised to see himself in Ryouga's body." Muttered Cologne under her breath.
"What?" questioned Kodachi, turning her gaze to Cologne.
"She said nothing." Said Mousse, who was leaning against a nearby wall. "Continue your story."
"Right…" mused Kodachi, obviously still a little confused. "Anyway…I asked him what was wrong, but all he did was sit there stunned."
"Ryouga?" questioned Kodachi, poking on the head with her umbrella. "Hello?"
"Kodachi…" murmured Ranma, standing up and grabbing Kodachi's shoulders tightly, "Who do you see?"
"I see you…?" murmured Kodachi, dumfounded.
"Who is 'you'?" pleaded Ranma, looking seriously troubled.
"What's wrong with you?" questioned Kodachi giving Ryouga a concerned look, "Ryouga…?"
"What did that bastard do to me?!" Ranma suddenly roared, running his hands down his face, creating red streaks, breathing heavily.
"Okay." Said Kodachi venomously, lifting Ranma up from the ground, "Tell me who you really are."
"I am…" murmured the man, his dark hair shielding his eyes, "…Ranma…"
"Whaaaaaat?!" screeched Kodachi, dropping Ranma to the ground.
"I knew it…" mumbled Cologne, who still seemed to be surprised by this, "Ryouga has carried out his plan successfully."
"But this is still to odd." Murmured Mousse, pacing, "It isn't like Ryouga at all to do something like this! I mean, I know that he's desperate for Akane to return his feelings, but I can't believe he'd hurt Ranma this much to accomplish that goal."
"That is what I think as well." Returned Cologne. "There should be no side effects to those berries. Something fishy is going on around here."
"Something fishy?" questioned Shampoo.
Cologne nodded. "I researched that berry in my old scrolls and it said that the Chepla berries are 100 effective; that's why they went extinct so quickly. Everyone wanted it's tremendous power. But the berries seem to have affected Ryouga's judgment. I agree that he wouldn't do something like this."
"Then the berries?" asked Shampoo.
"Fake." Sighed Cologne.
"Hold it!" shot Kodachi, who was trying to comprehend what these people were discussing. "You're telling me that what the Ryouga look-alike was telling me the truth?! You're saying that that was Ranma?!"
"Yes!" cried Mousse irritated, "Couldn't you tell?!"
"Never mind that now, Mousse." said Cologne, turning her gaze to Kodachi, "you must tell us where Ranma went."
"Well…" murmured Kodachi, "I took him back to Ryouga's house because I well, thought he was Ryouga."
"Then we go." Stated Shampoo, stretching her tired legs.
"Yes." Agreed Cologne, "To find Ranma."
XxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxX"You act like changing into your female form would bring the end to you!" laughed Akane over her cup of hot tea to Ryouga who sat shivering in a towel, in Ranma's female form.
I can't believe it… thought Ryouga dumbfounded, I'm…a girl.
Ryouga cautiously looked down, whipping the sweat from his brow, his eyes soon meeting with a pair of breasts. Ryouga let out a small cry before blood started spurting out of his nose and he toppled over.
"Uhm…" said Akane, looking down at the swirly-eyed Ryouga. He's acting like he's never seen his female body before, thought Akane confused, A guy has enough hormones to reach from Tokyo to San Francisco. Akane became disgusted with Ranma and his "wide-spread hormones" and left the room, in a huff, not forgetting to throw her half-full teacup at him as she left.
"T-thanks." Thanked Ryouga, thankful that he was a guy again resulting from the hot tea thrown at him. Ryouga started to get up, but a familiar pain that returned in both of his forearms halted him.
"What the-?" gasped Ryouga looking down at his arms the accidental writing of Akane's name glowing with a red light. "But I…I did this on my own body…" the red light seemed to pulsate, it's dry state on Ryouga's arm started to liquefy, the ink spreading over Akane's scribbled name and forming a huge red blot on Ryouga's arm.
"Ahh!" cried Ryouga, flinching in pain as the burning sensation worsened, "Why is this happening?!" The blot pulsated once more, causing Ryouga to keel over in pain, watching in horror as the blot transformed itself into the number 3.
"Three…?" murmured Ryouga, as the world around him started to blur, "Someone deceived me…"
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"There!" shouted Cologne as she and the "Ranma Patrol" approached Ryouga's house.
"Ranma?" called Shampoo knocking on the door to Ryouga's house. To Shampoo's surprise, the door creaked open at the force of her knock. "Come on!"
Cologne, Mousse, Shampoo, and Kodachi cautiously entered the dark house. "Ranma?" called Kodachi, carefully stepping into the house.
"Did you hear that?" gasped Mousse suddenly, clutching Shampoo, who hastily pushed him away.
"No. I hear nothing." Scoffed Shampoo, "And no try that again."
"No, really!" cried Mousse in fright, his whining soon overlaid by the low sound of a growl.
"I hear it this time." Murmured Kodachi, sliding her ribbon between her fingers.
"Well do something about it!" came Mousse's obnoxious cries, "I don't care about Ranma one bit and I don't see why I should be-" Mousse stopped as footsteps were heard coming from the kitchen, the low growl coming again, vibrating through the room.
"N-no!" shrieked Mousse, "I can't die in this filthy- OOF!"
"Mousse1" cried Shampoo, fumbling along the wall, "What happened?"
"It…" came Mousse's muffled voice, Shampoo finding the light switch and flicking it on to reveal Mousse trapped underneath a giant black-and-white dog. "Pounced on me!"
Shirokiro barked and licked Mousse's face. Shampoo laughed. "That Ryouga's dog I suppose."
But Shampoo's laughter was cut off when she looked around the house. A blue liquid ran down the stairs and onto the hardwood floor below.
Cologne gasped. "Son-in-law!" she yelled, bouncing up the stairs on her staff, "Are you alright?"
Shampoo, Mousse, and Kodachi followed close behind, their eyes widening at the sight at the top of the stairs.
"Ranma…" murmured Shampoo is disbelief.
It was indeed Ranma, although incased in Ryouga's body. A number 3 was embedded in his forehead, oozing the vile blue liquid.
Cologne gasped. "It's started."
A/N- Heh, sorry about the cliffie! I hope you enjoyed this chapter, I struggled through many writer's blocks to get to this point. Once again, THANK YOU to everyone that has reviewed, you inspire me to write! The more reviews I get, the more motivated I am –hint, hint- xD. Well, till next time, Please read and review!!!!