To Find Love Again Chap 2: Unexpected Departure
Konatsu's eyes widened at the news of Ukyo's leaving. Ryoga sat quietly and Ukyo braced herself for whatever
it is the konatsu's next move will be. Konatsu slumped slightly and looked earnestly at Ukyo, " If this is what you wish,
do you need any help packing?" Ukyo's eyes widened in surprise and she smiled genuinely as she enfolded Konatsu
in her arms. Ryoga nodded to himself as he took another bite of his okonomiyaki. ' Wow now this is gonna be an
interesting trip' Ryoga thought to himself as he watched Ukyo race upstairs to her room. 'So much to pack, but i know
i cant bring it all, now really what do i NEED?' Ukyo thought as she sorted through her possessions, tossing what she
felt as important in her backpack. In went a pair of her signature outfit, three pairs of the loose baggy black pants that were
considered high fashion in nerima, or atleast by ranma and ryoga, three tanktops in white,black and yellow, some of her
undergarments, as well as some ribbons to tie up her hair. Ukyo continued to pack going through her few belongings and
packing the necessities. As Ukyo opened one of her drawers she came upon an old picture of her and Ran-Chan. She was
smiling and So was Ranma, he had put and arm around her and you could see the blush in Ukyo's cheeks, and for once she
looked truly feminine and happy. A lone tear slid down her cheek as she took the photo and put it face side down ontop of her
dresser. Exhaling once more, Ukyo proceeded to lift and old wooden box out of the drawer.The box contained all of Ukyo's
delicate and most prized possessions. She looked in the box and carefully went over its contents, a pair of dangling diamond
earrings, a pearl necklace, an emerald bracelet, a necklace with a single diamond pendant hanging from it, and two rings,
one platinum with two diamonds and a sapphire, and one gold with a ruby and diamonds. Ukyo touched every piece of
jewelry, her collection was infinitely smaller than that of the other girls of Nerima such as Shampoo, or The Tendo Sisters.
She left the box open and dug deeper into her drawers to find a smaller box. This smaller box was her savings that she had
kept and stashed away over the years. She collected both the paper money and coins from the box and laid them in the
wooden box full of her jewelry. 'I wonder if its smart to keep all my valuables in one box, but i know if i dont i will definately
loose it someway' Ukyo thought as she put her savings in the box. She then tucked the box away in her backpack. Looking
through the last of hr items she just packed her last two shirts and pants along with her toothbrush and comb. 'Well i hope thats
everything' Ukyo thought as she strapped her sleeping back ontop of her pack. She went to the supply room behind her kitchen
and also grabbed one pot and one pan. She then went to her shoppe to find Ryoga packed and ready to go. Ukyo had just put her
pack down to strap on her spatulas when she heard the door to her shoppe creak open. She, Ryoga and Konatsu turned sharply
to see none other than the newly wed Ranma and Akane Saotome. Tears welled up in Ukyo's eyes but she blinked them away.
"Heyy Ucchan! Thought maybe Akane and I could grab some breakfast, maybe your okonomiyaki special." Ranma smiled
unknowingly before noticing that Ukyo had a backpack at her feet. Looking over he noticed the somber look on Ryoga and
Konatsu's face, something was wrong. "Sorry Ran-ch. . .Ranma i can't make you breakfast. I'm leaving with Ryoga in a couple
minutes and i wanna make sure i have everything ready, Konatsu i'm sure would be more that delighted to serve you." Ranma
winced at the sound of Ukyo saying his real name. He was so used to the playful petname "Ran-chan" that his actual name
sounded foreign coming from Ukyo. "What do you mean your leaving? You can't just pick up and go! I mean God where are you
going? Especially with Ryoga! We all know his sense of direction is no better than that of a dead cow! Face it your better off
just staying here, where you belong." Ranma half-yelled at her. Ukyo's face god red as she steamed in anger to herself. She
took a deep breath before saying "Listen Ranma, you don't control me, you don't tell me where i go or whom i go with, at one
point, after you said all that i would drop everything and listen to you, but not anymore! I'm my own person Ranma and i can
determine for myself where i go and what i do." Ukyo slung her pack onto her back, "I'm Leaving Ranma, all the times we've had
were great, we have tons of memories together, but now im gonna go have my own memories, my own adventures, and im
gonna go with Ryoga to see the rest of the world that i havent seen yet." Ukyo turned away, blinking back more tears. Ranma
stood speechless, and Akane, who hadn't said a word, stood with a shocked expression on her face. Ukyo walked through
the door of her shoppe and Ryoga followed her swiftly, not even lifting his head once to glance at Ranma or Akane, Konatsu
followed.
Outside, Ukyo stared at her shoppe sign. "Listen Konatsu, this is very important, the shoppe is yours now, and i want you to
take good care of it for me ok? So when i come back,if i do, i still have my Okonomiyaki shoppe to come back to." She looked up
with tears in her eyes, letting them flow freely. "And also, take care of my stuff, i might have forgotten something, if i have i will mail
you from wherever we and send for it ok?" And for the first time ever, Konatsu stood tall and proud, more masculine then
Ukyo had ever seen. "Don't worry Ukyo, everything will be here when you get back, just the same as ever, i promise that to you."
Ukyo hugged konatsu one last time. She looked one last time at Ranma and Akane, standing at the door to her resteraunt, holding
hands. "When will you be back? atleast." Ranma asked. "I don't know if i am" Ukyo said. "Take good care of her Ryoga, or i'll beat
the crap outta you" Ranma threatened. Ryoga scoffed "Don't worry about it Ranma, She can take care of herself" Ryoga sneaked a
smile to Ukyo and started to walk down the road. Ukyo followed contently and Konatsu waved them off only momentarily, then
made his way back inside.
"Wow Ukyo, that was a pretty powerful speech back there, i think i saw Saotome crack a tear or two." Ryoga commented to her, when
they were out of sight from her shoppe and residence. " Hey it was the truth sugar, he needed to hear it too." Ukyo let out a long sigh,
her thought was again re-focused on Ranma. " oh and thanks for saying i can take care of myself, i like to know that atleast you dont
think i'm a baby." Ukyo added. Ryoga let out a small laugh, "No Problem, Ranma needs to know that people can still survive without
him protecting them." Ryoga laughed again. "So where we off to Ryoga?" Ukyo asked as they got onto the main road and out of the
town of Nerima. "Well, ummm i dunno, where would you like to go?" Ryoga looked questioningly at Ukyo. "Hmmmmm" Ukyo thought
"Well how does this sound sugar, we can go to Jusenkyo and toss you into another spring to reverse that curse of yours?" Ukyo
said with a smile. Ryoga turned fast to look at her, "Are you serious? You'll actually go with me, or well take me since i have to
direction, to Jusenkyo?" Ryoga looked hopefully at Ukyo. "Why of course i will honey! isn't that the point of this whole shindig to go
on an adventure and have a good time?" Ukyo retorted. "Well yeah i suppose, it's just that no one, who know atleast, about my
curse never offered to help me." Ryoga looked down, "Thanks Ukyo" Ukyo walked up closer to Ryoga, "There's no need to thank me just
yet silly, we havent gotten there yet." Ryoga smiled again and continued to walk forward, making sure not to ever have Ukyo out of his
sight, getting lost right now would be the most inconvienient thing. Ukyo was walking and whistling looking at the road ahead when she
noticed that Ryoga's Footfalls were becoming fainter and fainter, she turner her head and saw that Ryoga was straying away from her,
starting to walk partially in the grass and forest that started on the side of the road. "Where in the world are you going?" Ukyo exclaimed
as she ran up and caught Ryoga by the hand. Ryoga turned sharply, "oh there you are" he said. "Listen sugar, you can't be strayin' away
like that, were travelin' together." Ukyo threaded her fingers through Ryoga's and tugged him to the road. "C'mon this way sugar" Ukyo signaled.
Ryoga blushed at Ukyo's hand intertwined with his. 'this is completely necessary, this is the only way i'll stick with her' Ryoga thought as he
walked side-by-side hand-in-hand with Ukyo. Ukyo blushed as well after looking down and seeing Ryoga's hand hold firmly to hers. She looked
up at Ryoga, his face seemed highly concentrated. 'Wow he isn't even half bad, sort of handsome actually.' Ukyo said to herself, she then shook
the thought out of her head. 'No i cant be thinking this now, I dont want Ryoga and I To end up like Ranma and I' Ukyo reasoned with herself.
They walked for another 2 hours in complete silence, each having their own thoughts to contemplate. As they walked they came upon a brightly
decorated sign that read "Sterling City- 15 miles". "Ok, we'll stop there, get a map and some food supplies and such and maybe stay somewhere
cheap, then head out in the direction of Jusenkyo in the morning ok?" Ukyo looked at Ryoga who nodded and replied "yeah, im starting to get
hungary again, good thing that city is only 15 miles away." Ryoga smiled at Ukyo and the two continued walking. As they walked, Ukyo
noticed Ryoga's hand tug away every now and then. ' Wow i guess its really not Ryoga's fault, It's as if he's being pulled her and there and has
no control over it.' Ukyo puzzled over this for just a moment more before noticing another sign Exclaiming that Sterling City was only 10 miles more.
The sun had just begun to set when Ukyo and Ryoga entered Sterling City. Ukyo, eager to get a room and food, tugged Ryoga into the nearest
convienient store. "What are we getting Ukyo?" Ryoga asked as she let go of his hand to pick up a basket. She held the basket in one hand, as
she again encased Ryoga's hand in hers. "Well we'll need a map, eggs, rice, maybe some sausage, just things here in there and maybe some
ingredients to make okonomiyaki and other stuff." Ukyo went up and down through the 4 isles of the convienient store. letting go of Ryoga's hand
only to grab something off the shelf and place it in the basket. She brought the basket to the register and started to take out her wallet, when out
nowhere, Ryoga dug in his pocket and pulled out a couple crumpled bills. The cashier looked at the bills in distaste, but none the less accepted
them and handed Ryoga the two bags of groceries. Ukyo took one from his hands and with her empty hand held onto his hand. "Ryoga why did
you pay for those? I could have taken care of it!" Ukyo said once they started to walk down the main street of the busy bustling city. The sun
had set and the first early stars began to twinkle. "Because i can pay for it, when i left home my parents left me a lot of money, and i make money
here and there when i can, doing odd little jobs or just work." Ryoga said reminicently. Ukyo smiled at him "Well thank you for that sugar, it was
very sweet of you." Ukyo steered them into the direction of a small, mediocre motel, wedged between two skyscrapers. They walked into the
sparsely decorated lobby and marched up to the front desk. "Hi what's your cheapest room?" Ukyo asked the blonde receptionist. "We got a
room for 50 dollars, only one bed." the receptionist adjusted her glasses and peered over the front desk counter and Ukyo and Ryogas clutched
hands, "Which won't be a problem for you two" the receptionist said again while turning to the computer on the desk. Ukyo blushed and said
simply "We'll take it". "It's Room 15 on the right in the hall to your left." The Receptionist took a key from the drawer then looked up at Ukyo
and Ryoga with their hands full. "I'll escort you to your room." She said as she got up abruptly and walked briskly down the hall. She opened
the door, set the key on the bed and walked out of the room without another word. Ukyo flipped the lightswitch on and closed the door behind
her and Ryoga. She set down the groceries and looked around the room. Like the Lobby, it was sparsely decorated and the single bed was
puny and small. "God i'm starved!" Ukyo said a-loud as she took out two instant noodles from the bag. "So am i" Ryoga replied as he laid on
the bed. Ukyo walked toward the bathroom, where there was a small coffee maker. She used it to heat up some water and poured the water
into the styrofoam cups, one for her one for ryoga. She walked back into the bedroom, sat on the bed and handed Ryoga his noodles. "Thanks
Ukyo" Ryoga said as he slurped up some noodles. Ukyo smiled. They ate quickly. Ryoga tossed his cup away and went into the bathroom.
Ukyo looked at her pack. She grabbed a loose fitting tank top and some boxers to sleep in from her bag and changed quickly. She pulled
the ribbon from her hair, letting it fall around her face hap hazardly. She ran her hand through it, tugging lightly at all the knots. Ryoga came out
of the bathroom with his shirt off and the signature loose fitting black pants. Ukyo turned red around her nose and cheeks at the sight of
Ryoga. He had a nicely toned and sculpted upper body, probably from all the fighting and training he does thought ukyo. Ryoga blushed as well
at the sight of Ukyo. Her white tank top fit loosely over her body and her breasts were the most exposed he had ever seen them. Her boxers fit
perfect around her hips and buns. For a minute the two just looked eachother over taking in the sight of the two of them in a hotel room, half
naked. Finally Ryoga looked down and said quietly "Errmm, i can sleep on the floor if you like." Ukyo, who was sitting on the bed, leaned forward
towards Ryoga, "Sugar don't be silly now, i'm sure we can handle sleeping toget.. err in the same bed, again" Ukyo said the last part quitely. Ryoga
walked to the other side of the bed and slid slowly under the covers, Ukyo did the same. Ryoga turned off the light by the bed and pulled the covers
up more. They lay facing eachother. Moonlight filtered into the room through the crack in the curtains. Ryoga could see the blush on Ukyo's cheeks.
And for the first time, Ryoga felt his heart skip a beat, not like when he was with Akane, it was a different feeling. Ukyo looked different in that light
she was more feminine, more beautiful then Ryoga had ever seen. Ukyo was thinking the same thing. She thought of how handsome Ryoga looked,
his bandana out of his hair, his little fang showing when he smiled. She scooted in a little closer to him, goosebumps running up and down her
legs. Ryoga blinked and turned a warm shade of pink. Ukyo smiled and closed her eyes, comfortably warm, the feel of Ryoga's body heat so close to
her. Ryoga watched as Ukyo slipped in and out of sleep, every now and then snapping her eyes open and looking at him before falling asleep again.
Ukyo nuzzled closer to Ryoga after snapping her eyes open once again. This time ryoga slid his arm around her. It shocked him at first, it felt so
natural that for a moment Ryoga hadn't realized what he had done. But then after hearing Ukyo's breathing regulate, and her soft snoring, Ryoga put
both arms around her and held her close. She felt small, petite, fragile in his arms, but he held her lightly and soon he too drifited off into a deep sleep.
HaHaHa! Yess chirstmas time made me jolly enough to write this chapter
hope you enjoyed it!
oh yeah
Disclaimer: I dont own Ranma 1/2 or the characters so dont sue me cuz you wont get anything, i'm poor
hehe