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'Thoughts'

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Ch. 10 A Neriman Kind of Day

Today was Kyle's first day off from school. Cologne said she would train him later in the day. So, he decided to walk around the district and get to know the place better. He managed to find the Tendo dojo and to his misfortune, the Kuno estate. He was just happy that Kuno didn't pop out of nowhere and attack him. After he had done a bit of walking he decided to get something to eat. He was going to return to the Nekohaten, but found Ucchans first. He hadn't had Ukyo's cooking since he first arrived. He stepped in to see Ukyo working at the grill and a woman serving the fool. At least he thought it was a woman until he got a closer look. He realized it was a man! He was quite surprised. He went to take a seat at the grill. Ukyo noticed him and smiled.

"Kyle! Welcome, so what will you be having?"

"I'll have today's special."

"Coming right up!"

"So, how's business been lately."

"It's been pretty good. Then again competing with all the other restaurants around here isn't that hard. The only real competition I have is the Nekohaten."

She placed a plate in front of him and flipped the Okonomiyaki on to it.

"I might have guessed that was your competitor."

"Won't Cologne be mad if she found out you where eating here. For that matter, won't Shampoo?"

Kyle calmly ate his meal. "What they don't know won't hurt me."

Ukyo giggled at his statement. "I suppose that's true, but aren't you worried."

"Not really. Besides, Shampoo doesn't care what I do as long I leave her alone."

"So I'm guessing your relationship isn't working out so well."

Kyle snorted. "If you even call what we have a relationship. It will be alright." he finished his okonomiyaki and stood up. "Well, I'm off. I want to see more of this district before I have to head back for training."

"Okay, well come back again sometime."

"You bet I will. I enjoy an okonomiyaki every now and then."

Kyle put some money on the counter and waved goodbye. Ukyo waved as well. Once again he began to walk. He walked for about two blocks when he heard yelling behind him. He turned around in time to see a bucket of water fly at him. Next thing he knew, he was in his cat form. He saw Ryoga run past Kyle only sparing him a glance. Kyle then heard a screech. He saw Ranma had come to a screeching halt. He stared at Kyle with complete fear.

"C-c-c-cat!"

Ryoga seized this opportunity to attack Ranma. However, Happosai jumped on Ryoga's head sending him to the ground. Happosai then splashed water on Ranma and rubbed himself on Ranma's breast.

"Oh Ranma, why would you ever want to cure your delightful curse."

"Get off me ya old creep!"

Ranma threw Happosai aside. Kyle still had no idea what was going on, especially why Ranma looked so afraid of him. Ranma yelled again, but not because of Kyle. Kuno came out of nowhere and promptly hugged Ranma.

"Oh Pig-tailed girl you have returned to me!"

"Leave me alone!"

Kuno got punched in the ground next to Ryoga. Kyle tried to meow to get Ranma's attention, but a knife landed right next to him. He crawled away from the knife. Mousse jumped out of no where.

"I will defeat you now and reclaim Shampoo!"

Kyle ran to Ranma and jumped on him in the hopes of being protected. However, Ranma froze up. Ryoga got up as did Kuno. Mousse charged. Kyle began to realize that Ranma was afraid of him.

"Shi Shi Hokodon!"

"Ranma! How dare you throw your master like that. Take this!"

Ryoga's Shi Shi Hokodon and Happosai's bomb collided to make one heck of an explosion. Ranma, Ryoga, Mousse, Kyle, and Happosai all flew in different directions. Kyle had no idea where he was heading expect the great blue sky. He couldn't do anything as he landed in the canal. He struggled to get out of the water. At this rate he would drown. Lucky for him, a piece of cardboard floated by and he grabbed on to it. This was so embarrassing for him. He hated feeling so helpless. It took him two hours to get out of the canal. It hadn't helped that he was injured during the blast. Once he was back on the side walk, he limped in the direction of the Nekohaten. He wasn't even sure he was going to make it to the café anymore. Getting out of the canal had taken all of his strength. Finally he just collapsed on the sidewalk. If he ever made it back, he would make sure to make himself stronger in his cat form.

"Fang-boy?"

Kyle looked up. Shampoo was standing over him. She picked him up and cradled him in her arms.

"What happen? Look like Fang-boy got beat up."

Since he couldn't answer, he just meowed. As they walked, Shampoo wondered if Kyle would like to be petted. It hadn't happened to her yet, but she was curious to see the cats instincts would affect Kyle. So, she began to pet him. Sure enough, Kyle's cat instincts took over and he purred. Kyle rubbed closer to Shampoo's hand. That's when she decided to stop. That seemed to snap him out of it and glared at her. After they reached the Nekohaten, Shampoo took Kyle to the bathroom. She filled the tub to about half way with warm water and dumped him in. she turned around and left the bathroom. Kyle grabbed a towel to cover himself and got out. He went to his room to find a new outfit. He laid on his bed next to Shadow and sighed. He felt like crap now. There were some minor burns on his body from Happosai's bomb.

"Darn that old pervert. Why'd he have to throw that bomb of his?"

Shampoo then walked in with a first aid kit. She sat on Kyle's bed and placed the kit beside her.

"Fang-boy hurt?"

Kyle shook his head. "Nothing too serious. Just a couple of burns. Nothing I can't handle now that I'm back in my human form."

"What happen?"

"Well, I was walking around town when I heard some yelling behind me. I turned around too see who it was and got splashed with a bucket of cold water. Next thing I know Ryoga, Ranma, Mousse, Happosai, and Kuno where there. Ryoga used his Shi Shi Hokodon and Happosai used his bomb to send us all flying. By the way, is Ranma afraid of cats?"

"Yes, Ranma too too terrified of cats."

"That explains why he froze up when I jumped on him."

"Fang-boy no need bandage?"

"No, I'm fine."

"Good. Great grandmother wait for Fang-boy outside. It time for training."

Shampoo left without another word. Kyle sighed. He was not up for training after what happened, but he really had no choice. So he got up and walked to the back yard. When he got there, he was greeted by a fire and some chestnuts. He could only speculate to what kind of training he was going to go through.

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Later that night, Shampoo was wrapping his hands. The training for the Katchu Tenshi Amiguriken left him with really bad burns. He was considering going to the doctor, but Cologne said it was unnecessary. Shampoo had used some herbs to make his burns heal faster.

"You're grandmother has some crazy training regime."

"It make Fang-boy stronger no complain."

Kyle decided to be quite after that. Shampoo finished and went to put the first aid kit away. He laid down in his bed and turned to face the wall. Shampoo came in and went to her closet to find her night gown. She went to the bathroom to change and then came back. She crawled into bed. He felt Shadow move from his bed. He knew that Shadow was going to sleep with Shampoo. Kyle kept staring at the wall unable to sleep. He had this weird feeling he couldn't shake. He hadn't seen Mousse since the fight and that really bothered him. He turned to lay on his back. Suddenly something jumped on his bed and it wasn't Shadow because it quaked. It began to peck at his head. Kyle knew it was Mousse.

"Stop it you crazy duck!"

He jumped off his bed, but Mousse was holding on to his head with his wings. He continued to peck at him while he was holding on for dear life.

"I can't see! Get off!"

Kyle tried to remove him from his face, but he couldn't get a grip on him with his bandaged hands. Next thing he knew, he landed on Shampoo's bed. It was then that Mousse had lost his grip and fell to the floor. Shampoo was less than happy that Kyle was laying on top of her. She made sure he knew that by slapping him. Kyle got off and kicked Mousse out. He went back to bed with a hand print on his face. Things had not gone the way he hoped.

'I guess this is what it'slike to be a Neriman.' he thought as he drifted off to sleep.