Chapter 2: Now I remember...
Ryoga stared in the girl in amazament, ok, so he
wasn't wrong, he did know Kiri from somewhere, but
where?
"Ryoga-chan! It's been so long!" Kiri said, her eyes
shining in happiness.
Ranma, who was watching silently, burst into laughter.
"Ryoga-chan? HAHAHAHAH! That's rich!" Ranma rolled on the
ground with laughter.
Ryoga just glared at him and looked back at Kiri, he
gently removed Kiri who was still hanging around his
neck, making him as red as a beet.
"I'm sorry, my memory is very bad right now, I can't
seem to remember you." Ryoga said kindly, taking up
the hand behind neck classic anime embarrassed pose.
Kiri sighed as sadness came upon her face.
"It has been a long time, I'll remind you."
Before they knew it, everyone was sitting in the Cat
Café, enjoying bowls of ramen and listening closely to
Kiri's story.
"It was when we were about five or six years old, I
was walking in the forest up north and before I knew
it, a wild dog had attacked me and I was on the
ground, wounded. I was scared to death and the dog
started to circle me when brave Ryoga-chan came to
rescue me! He attacked the dog with his umbrella which
made the dog go away. After that, we became good
friends and spent everyday together until Ryoga-chan
had to travel once again." Kiri let out a heavy sigh.
"And I never saw him again." But then Kiri broke into
a smile.
"Until now!" Kiri jumped and gave Ryoga another hug.
Which made him again blush.
'What's with this girl?' Ryoga thought to himself.
'She keeps hugging me.' Ryoga turned to see Akane
watching. 'Crap! Akane is watching! I don't want her
to think I'm with Kiri!' Ryoga again removed Kiri from
himself.
"I sort of remember now." Ryoga said, glancing back at
Akane. Kiri frowned.
"Come on Ryoga-chan, please remember." All of a
sudden, Kiri slapped her forehead.
"I know something that can help you remember!" Kiri
ran over and dug in to her school bag.
"Ah, here it is!" She ran back and sat down next to
Ryoga.
"Here Ryoga-chan, remember this? You gave it to me
before you left!"
Ryoga looked at the figure Kiri was holding. It was a
stone, a stone shaped like a flower. It was a blueish
purple color which was clear and gleamed in the light.
It had small markings in it that Ryoga couldn't tell
out, but then it hit him.
"I remember." He said, fingering the object. Kiri
squealed with delight.
"I knew you would! And remember what I gave to you?"
Ryoga nodded and then went over to his backpack and
dug something out. He came back and held another
object in his hand. It was like the stone Kiri had,
only it was shaped as a star, same markings on it and
it also gleamed.
"Wow." Akane said softly and Ryoga looked up.
"They're really pretty." Akane said in awe, staring at
the stones. Kiri nodded.
"Yep, I remember that day the best, the one when you
left, it was really sad."
Ryoga looked deep in his mind to remember it.
Flashback
Kiri was standing near Ryoga, both looked about five
or six. Kiri was crying and crying and Ryoga was
hugging her and comforting her.
"Don't cry Kiri, I'll come back." Ryoga said, patting
her back.
"Really Ryoga-chan?" Kiri asked, hope in her tearstreaken
eyes.
Ryoga nodded. "But before I leave," He dug into his
pocket and pulled out something.
"I want you to have this." Ryoga handed Kiri a small
stone, shaped like a flower and blueish purple color.
It shimmered in the sunlight.
"It's beautiful Ryoga-chan!" Kiri said, stroking the
stone in awe.
"Whenever you look at it, remember me." Ryoga said.
Kiri nodded. "Oh Ryoga-chan, I also have something for
you."
Kiri pulled out another stone, but it was shaped like
a star and was the same color. She took Ryoga's hand
and put it in his palm and closed the hand in a tight
fist.
"Whenever you look at this, remember me, ok
Ryoga-chan?" Kiri said, squeezing the stone she got in
her palm.
Ryoga nodded. He gave one last hug
"I'll be waiting for you Ryoga-chan!" Kiri cried as
Ryoga started to leave.
End of flashback
"Aw, is very sweet." Shampoo said as she collected all
the finished ramen bowls. "Pig-boy finally have airen."
Ryoga blushed again and looked away. Kiri nodded and
sighed.
"I waited and waited for you for eight years, I grew
tired and decided to come look for you myself and
look! I found you!" Kiri said, her tone becoming
happier. Ryoga let out a little smile and Akane
clasped her hands together.
"That is really kawaii!" Akane said.
Ryoga tried hard not to blush but failed and Kiri glomped
him again.
"I've missed you so much!" she said.
"Woah, hey Ranma, we should get going." Akane said
looking at her watch and picking up her school bag.
Ranma just shrugged.
"Yeah, sure, whatever."
Akane smiled to Kiri and Ryoga. "It was really nice to
get to know you better Kiri."
Kiri smiled and nodded. "Hai, same to you, see you at
school tomorrow!"
Akane nodded and left with Ranma behind her.
Ryoga yawned, his sharp fangs showing. "I guess I
better be off too."
Kiri nodded and stood up. "Yeah me too, wait." Ryoga
looked at her.
"What is it?" Ryoga asked. Kiri sighed and shook her
head.
"It's nothing." Ryoga rolled eyes. "Don't lie to me
Kiri, what is it?"
Kiri sighed once more and said. "I don't have anywhere
to stay."
Ryoga widended his eyes. "What?" Kiri nodded.
"I came here by myself, my parents passed away and I
was only with my aunt."
Ryoga lowered his head. "Oh."
Kiri looked close to tears then Ryoga said. "Why don't
you come stay at my place?"
Kiri looked up, her eyes sparkling. "Really?"
Ryoga nodded. "Yeah, my parents are always out so it
won't matter." But then Ryoga stopped and thought.
'How in hell do I get there? With my sense of
direction.'
Kiri skipped and squealed. "Thank you so much
Ryoga-chan!"
Ryoga smiled and laughed nervously then said. "But
there is one problem." Kiri looked up.
"What's that Ryoga-chan?" Ryoga sighed and said.
"I don't know where I live." Kiri did and a facefault.
"You don't know where you live?" Kiri said, shocked.
Ryoga nodded. "Well, I do. I just don't know where to find it.
But I know someone who does, follow me."
Kiri followed Ryoga to Ranma's house, where everyone
was just doing the usual. Akane was "practicing"
with Ranma in the dojo, Kasumi was cooking, Nabiki
was trying to make bets with people. Soun was playing
a game of Go with Genma, who was in panda form.
"Ranma, I need to ask you something." Ryoga said, as he
walked over to Ranma, Kiri behind.
"What is it?" Ranma asked, dodging Akane's attacks.
"Can you take me to my house? Kiri needs to stay
there." Ryoga asked, a little embaressed. Ranma
sighed.
"Yeah, I'll take you, come on." Ranma walked out with
Ryoga and Kiri behind.
"How come you don't know where you live Ryoga-chan?"
Kiri asked.
Ryoga explained about how he had such a bad sense of
direction. Kiri nodded.
"Oh, I see."
"Yeah, and look what it makes me do, taking him to his
own house!" Ranma snorted. Ryoga growled and whacked
him on the head. "Ow!"
They finally arrived at Ryoga's house.
"I'm off, see you tomorrow Kiri." Ranma said, as he
roof hopped back to the Tendo Dojo.
"Ok, we're here." Ryoga entered his house with Kiri
and was greeted by Checkers.
"Aww! How kawaii!" Kiri said as she stroked the black and
white dog's soft fur.
"It's getting pretty late, you can sleep in my room and
I can sleep in my parents', and here are some pajamas"
He threw a pair of pajamas and a t-shirt to her.
"Thanks Ryoga-chan, I really owe you one." Kiri said,
smiling.
"It's ok, it's nothing, really." Ryoga said, scratching
the back of his head and turning pink.
Kiri giggled and pointed to upstairs. "Care to show me
your room?"
Ryoga nodded and went upstairs with Kiri. "Here it
is." He said as they entered his room.
"Ah! Nice room Ryoga-chan!" Kiri said.
"Thanks, I'm going to go to sleep, see you in the
morning!" Ryoga said, walking out.
"Good night Ryoga-chan!"
Ryoga sighed, now he was having a pretty girl living
in his house, could he handle it? 'Of course I can!
And I love Akane!' Ryoga told himself and tried to
fall asleep.
End of chappie 2
