3rd Chapter: The creature, what does Kiri have to
do with it?
"Ryoga-chan! Ryoga-chan!" Ryoga opened his eyes
slightly.
"Hai?" Ryoga asked, yawning.
"I'm going to take a shower if you don't mind!" Kiri
said, stepping into the bathroom.
Ryoga tried hard not to blush. "Ok! I'll make some
breakfast downstairs." Ryoga crawled out of bed,
pulled on his usual clothing and headed downstairs,
passing the bathroom, hearing the water running.
Kiri hummed and sang to herself in the shower.
Steam filled the room as she got out, her hair wrapped
in a towel. She slipped on her school uniform and quickly
ran downstairs, her hair dripping wet. Ryoga had made
waffles, bacon and pancakes. Kiri gasped as she stared
at all the food.
"Wow Ryoga-chan! It looks really good!" Kiri squealed
and started to eat. Ryoga smiled.
"Thanks, I don't really cook a lot." Said Ryoga as he
joined in.
"Ryoga-chan, I'm off to school, I'll see you
afterwards, but can I ask a favor?" asked Kiri, turning
a slight pink
"Sure, what is it?"
"If it wouldn't be too much trouble, I was wondering
if you could pick me up after school." Kiri hid her
face. Ryoga smiled.
"Sure, I'll see you there then after school." Kiri
squealed and jumped into Ryoga's arms again.
"Thank you so much Ryoga-chan!" And left.
Ryoga sighed. 'I only hope I can get there!' He stared
out the window while petting Checkers. He was thinking
of that one time he saw Kiri in class, the time it
seemed like she was looking through his soul. What
power was that? He only knew it was really powerful
and hoped he would learn more about it later on.
Should he maybe tell Ranma about it? Ryoga shook his
head. 'No, I don't need help from him.' Even though
Ryoga acted like he hated Ranma, he knew that deep
down inside, he was a good friend. They had helped
each other from tight spots before but the two
conveniently "forgot" those times while fighting
each other.
Later
"I..I made it!" Ryoga almost cried when he saw that he
had made it to Kiri's school, and early too! He sighed
happily and sat leaned against the wall, waiting for
Kiri.
"Hiya P-chan!" Ranma jumped on top of Ryoga's head. A
vein popped on the side of Ryoga's head.
"I'm not the ground you fool!" Ryoga snarled while
throwing a punch, which Ranma dodged.
"Anyways, why are you here? Picking up Kiri?" Ranma
asked, now standing on the ground.
"Nothing that you need to know, Saotome," Ryoga said, folding
his arms and leaning agaisnt the wall again.
"Ooh, you are, aren't you!" Ranma said and jumped up
and down.
"Ryoga-chan! Ryoga-chan! You made it!" Ryoga and Ranma
saw Kiri running towards them, smiling happily and her
eyes shining brightly.
Ryoga smiled. "Yeah, I made it."
"Hah! I knew it! I was right!" Ranma said.
Kiri threw her arms around Ryoga's neck, sending him
to the ground again.
"I'm so glad you found your way here! Now we can walk
home together!" Kiri chirped.
"Um, yeah," Ryoga said, turning bright red again.
"Ok then! Let's go!" Kiri said, standing up.
"Ranma, what are you doing? Oh, hi Kiri!" said Akane, coming
up behind Ranma.
"Hello Akane!" Kiri said, with a friendly smile.
"Hi Akane." Ryoga said, turning pink.
"Hello Ryoga, you guys walking home?" Akane asked.
Kiri nodded.
"Yep! Well, we got to go, see you two tomorrow!" Kiri
said, taking Ryoga by the hand, which made him blush
more and started to walk home.
"Thanks for coming to get me Ryoga-chan." Kiri said,
again she started to turn slightly pink.
"No problem, I can do it any day, its fine." Ryoga
said, smiling. Kiri gasped and her eyes shined in
happiness.
"Thank you Ryoga-chan!" Kiri said, hanging on to his
arm as they walked home.
'Why does she blush every time when she talks about
that? Could it be that..' Ryoga smiled to himself.
Did a pretty girl like him? Ryoga could feel happiness in
him, Akane seemed to fade away at this point.
"Ryoga-chan why don't I make dinner? My treat!" Kiri
asked, taking an apron.
"Ok, but don't push yourself." Ryoga said as he sat
down at the table.
"Ok! I love to cook! Let's go!" Kiri said, humming
again as she stirred this and that together. A half an
hour later she came out with plates of food. Ryoga
took a bite and swallowed.
"Wow Kiri! This is really good!" Ryoga said in awe.
Kiri smiled and squealed.
"I'm glad you like it! I've never cooked for anyone
except for my aunt." Saying this, Kiri turned away,
looking again as if she was going to cry.
"I'm sorry Kiri." Ryoga said with sympathy.
"Its ok, I'm just glad that I can now!" Kiri said,
becoming happy again.
"I'm glad I have a good cook, instead of my cooking
and just canned food and such." Ryoga said, eating the
food with delight. Kiri giggled and smiled.
"That reminds me!" Kiri stood up.
"What's up?" Ryoga asked.
"I need to go to the store, I'll be back."
"Why don't I go with you?" Ryoga asked, standing up as
well.
"No, no, it's ok, I just need to get some supplies."
Kiri said, heading out the door. Ryoga shrugged and
continued to eat.
Kiri sighed and looked up at the gleaming sun above.
She finally met Ryoga-chan again. She was so happy.
She blushed as she noticed that he had gotten much
cuter then the last time she saw him. But, of course
she was five or six then, hormones hadn't kicked in
but now they had. Kiri giggled more. She never noticed
how strong he was, and she like his fangs a lot. Kiri
then gasped. Was she starting to like Ryoga-chan? More
then a friend? Could it be? Kiri giggled even more. She
would have to find out as time went by.
"Ok, I got everything I need! Tomorrow I'm going to
make a good breakfast for Ryoga-chan!" Kiri hummed as
she started to walk home, bags in her hand.
Rain started to fall down, dripping on the trees and
stores. It seemed people saw this coming, most taking
umbrella's. Kiri gasped and stared. 'No, please no.'
Before she could cover herself from it, the rain had
covered her body. 'NO!' She screamed in her mind.
"Daddy! Look at that!" The little girl pointed to the
dark cloud coming towards them.
"Let's go!" The worried dad said, picking up his
daughter and taking her to safety.
"Ranma! Ranma! Look!" Akane said, punching Ranma to
make him notice what was on the news. Ranma turned.
Something big, not to big, about the size of the dog
was in the middle of the street. It was covered by a
dark cloud.
"What the hell is that?" Ranma asked, now paying
attention to the T.V.
"I don't know, we should check it out!" Akane said,
Ranma nodded and followed her outside.
Ranma's hair turned red as he turned into a girl, but
due to the urgency, she didn't care. Akane and her went
to the street and stared at the cloud.
"It's aura is incredible." Ranma said, staring at it.
"No kidding!" Akane said, nodding.
"Kiri is late." Ryoga looked towards the window to see
it pouring.
"She didn't bring an umbrella! What if she gets sick!"
Ryoga opened his and went outside.
"Kiri!" Ryoga shouted as he looked in all the stores,
not finding her.
Hefound Ranma instead. "Ranma! Have you seen Kiri?" Ryoga
said, running towards her.
"I don't know Ryoga, but look." Ranma pointed to the
cloud. Ryoga turned and gasped.
The dark cloud now took its true form. It looked like
a wolf except for the extra long fangs and claws. It had
two long tails and and chain that covered its neck.
It also seemed to attack anything in the nearby vicinity.
"Hey, you! Stop that!" Ranma jumped in the air and was
about to do a kick but the creature swiped a paw and
Ranma flew backwards.
"Ranma!" Akane screamed and ran towards him. Blood
covered the stores and streets, the creature had
attacked the people, Ranma was mad now.
"Why you!" Ranma ran up again, jumping then springing
to the side and punching in the side. It seemed to
have a little effect, the creature stumbled sideways a
little before disappearing into the rain.
"Hey! Wait!" Ranma said, trying to catch up to it but
it seemed like it had vanished. Ryoga stared at the
blood and the attacked stores.
"That thing cannot get away with this!" Ryoga said,
and left to try to find his house.
"Ryoga-chan?" Ryoga heard Kiri's soft whisper and saw
Kiri lying in the street, blood covered her and she
seemed very weak. Ryoga gasped.
"Kiri?!" Ryoga ran towards her and kneeled by her. "Oh
my god! Kiri what happened?" Kiri slightly smiled.
"I'm sorry Ryoga-chan." And passed out.
Ryoga ripped part of his shirt and wrapped it around
one wound around Kiri's arm. "Hold on Kiri, just hold
on." Ryoga slumped Kiri on to his back and ran home as
quickly as he could. "Come on Kiri."
Later
Ryoga had placed Kiri on the couch; she had a fever and
was covered in blankets. She had a wet towel on her head
and was changed into dry clothes. Ryoga sat by her and
stared. He wasn't going to leave her side until she woke
up, he told himself.
"Ryoga-chan." Ryoga turned around and saw Kiri's blue
eyes staring at him.
"Kiri! You're awake! How do you feel?" Ryoga asked,
concern in his eyes.
"I feel better, thank you Ryoga-chan." Kiri said,
smiling.
"Kiri, what happened to you? I found you covered in
blood and you were passed out in the street." Kiri sat
herself up.
"I was attacked." Kiri said. "By someone, I'm not
sure, I can't remember."
Ryoga nodded and put his hands back on her shoulders
and pushed her back down, making her lie down.
"That doesn't matter now, just get some rest, if you
don't feel well tomorrow, you shouldn't go to school."
Ryoga said this, standing up.
"Thank you Ryoga-chan." Kiri said again and noticed
that Ryoga's shirt was ripped. She blushed at the
sight of his masculine chest. She then turned and felt
something on her arm, it was Ryoga-chan's shirt, she
touched it and it stung. She was wounded there, she
fell asleep quietly while Ryoga went slept on the
chair next to her, and he wanted to make sure she
would be ok.
Later
Kiri opened her eyes to see Ryoga sleeping peacefully
on the chair next to her. "Ryoga-chan." Kiri said
softly and stood up and walked over to him. He looked
so peaceful. She giggled quietly and took her hand and
stroked his hair. She quickly pulled her hand away
when Ryoga moved slightly. She giggled and crawled
back to sleep.
"Morning already?" Ryoga shaded his eyes at the
brightness of morning. He looked over and saw Kiri
curled up on the couch. Ryoga smiled and hoped that
she would be ok. He was a little shocked; he had never
cared for a girl this much besides Akane.
"Ryoga-chan, good morning." Ryoga looked away from
the kitchen to Kiri.
"Good morning Kiri, feeling better?" Ryoga asked with
concern.
"Hai, I think I can go to school." Kiri supported
herself on her elbows and moved her legs over the
couch, she was about to get up but fell, just in the
nick of time, Ryoga had caught her.
"I don't think you should go." Ryoga said, placing her
back on the couch gently. Kiri blushed when he had
held her and nodded.
"Maybe I should stay." Kiri said.
"Not maybe. You should stay." Ryoga said, preparing
breakfast. Kiri sighed.
"Alright, I'll stay, wait! I was supposed to make
breakfast!" Kiri said.
"It's ok, once you feel better, you can make it."
Ryoga said and put the food on a tray and gave it to
Kiri.
"Thank you Ryoga-chan." She said and ate the food.
Ryoga nodded.
"No problem."
Somewhere else
"So it seems she's in this town." The man scanned the
town on top of the lamppost.
"Hai, it seems so, when do we move in for an attack?"
The women asked, curving a smile.
"Soon, do not worry, the wench won't escape again from
us."
End of chappie 3
