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