Chapter 15

Co Written by Blue Imp

Taro walked, calmly out of the park. Leaving the crowd complaining about their wet clothes. The Martial Art gi group whispered worried at each other.

"Ukyou?" Kontasu put a hand on her shoulder.

She felt water from Konatsu's hand seep through her clothes. She jumped away, managing not to hit him in the process. "Kontasu!"

"Gomen!" Kontasu backed off, seeming to understand how close he came to getting hit.

"Right. Let's gets back to the restaurant." Ukyou stalked off, not caring if Ryoga and Kontasu followed.

The trip to the restaurant was not the easiest thing. One water hazard after another came after Ryoga and Ukyou. Poor Kontasu wasn't spared either. It was good that he wasn't cursed. Fate was determined to soak them in cold water. Kontasu groaned and picked the both of them up, one in each arm.

Ukyou growled at Kontasu. She did not need to be manhandled to the restaurant.

Kontasu refused to let her go, so she let him carry them to the restaurant.

Kontasu struggled at the front door. Ukyou whined impatiently. Ryoga was strangely quiet in Kontasu other arm, in spite of the awkwardness of Kontasu's grip.

Finally, the group burst into the empty restaurant. Ukyou immediately leaped from Kontasu's arm and darted to the upstairs bathroom. Ryoga attempted to follow.

"Whoa, Ryoga." Kontasu tried to keep hold of the slippery wet black pig. "We'll just warm some water down here for you. Ukyou… needs space."

P-chan asked, "Bree?" Then the little black pig blushed as he imagined how sharing the shower with Ukyou could've been awkward.

Kontasu carried the pig into the kitchen and set the pig on the break table. P-chan shook his head and leaped off the table. He wasn't going to be changed in the kitchen again under curious female eyes! Again!

"BREEE!" P-chan shouted in alarm and struggled as Kontasu grabbed a hold of him again.

"Calm down, you stupid… Yeah. Anyway, you're better off with me. We are the same gender, you know."

P-chan froze. Two crossdressers in the same restaurant?

Kontasu set the still pig on the break table. Then P-chan watched Kontasu go to a storage shelf and brought Ryoga a change of clothes…his clothes!

Kontasu said as he set the clothes beside the pig, "Ranma found them. You had a whole wardrobe hidden in the oddest places around the Tendo's. One set, they kept. Some birds were nesting in them."

The water pot started whistling. Kontasu added some cold water, so not to scold P-chan. Then P-chan became Ryoga once more.

Ryoga quickly grabbed his clothes as Kontasu slowly put the teapot away.

After finishing with his clothing, "You knew!" Ryoga announced indignantly.

"Nerima knows about your curse, Ryoga. What do you expect from an information seller's house?" explained Kontasu as blandly as he could.

Inside, Ryoga was a bit dismayed at Kontasu's announcement. This whole town knew his shame! He shook it off to concentrate on more important things. "No! I meant, You knew…about Ukyou. You heard from Nabiki about Ukyou's curse?"

Kontasu shook his head. "No. Ukyou told me herself. You are the third person that knows. Ukyou wants this to be kept secret." Kontasu glared meaningfully.

"What about your secret? Does she know?" Ryoga glared back. He wasn't about to hold Kontasu's secret, since Kontasu already knew theirs.

Kontasu smirked. "Yes. She does. Now will you help me getting this restaurant open for business, tonight?"

Ryoga sighed and slumped his shoulders. Ryoga nodded to Kontasu's question and they started to finish wrapping the silverware. "How did it happen? Did Taro do it?"

"Ukyou went to China, to the springs to get Ranma a cure. She fell in a spring."

"China? She went to the springs!" Ryoga paused in his work.

"Come on. We have to get this done. Ukyou will be easily provoked tonight. Do you want her to go off on us?"

"Not really." Ryoga started his task again, trying to get the last of the silverware wrapped.