Torture Be Fun
I led Shampoo to a secluded area, about several yards away from our little skate park.
Turning to her I asked, "So, do you know who I am?"
She nodded, "So you really are Ranma...but why the change in name?"
I looked over to the side, refusing to meet her eyes, "For the same reason I left. It's all very complicated...But in short. I wanted to start my life over. And I chose Jersey as my new home."
Shampoo nodded again, "So now your name is Ryuu."
I nodded, "Yeah, but I'm thinking of changing my last name...Ranma doesn't seem like a decent last name to me."
"And what would you change it to, Wild Horse?"
"Mouko. I believe I have the right to the name Fierce Tiger. I earned it since I did, after all, master the Neko-ken," I said smirking. Though in my head I could hear Tony yelling that I was giving away too much information.
Shampoo's eyes widened, "You've conquered your fear of cats?"
I shook my head, "Not just cats. All felines, big and small."
Shampoo nodded, "Well, that's good to hear. And your curse?"
I raised an eyebrow and smirked, "What curse?"
"You don't change into a girl anymore?"
"Nope, but since I'm also a shit magnet, I managed to trip and fall into the spring of Drowned Tiger. Though I'm not complaining anymore."
"So, have you improved in your skill?"
I blinked, "What do you think?"
Shampoo smiled and nodded, "That's good to hear. Would you like to spar sometime? Perhaps now?"
I noticed the eagerness in her voice, "As much as I would like to, I can't."
She raised an eyebrow at me, "You can't? Or you won't?
"I won't. My band mates. My new family. They don't know about me being a Martial Artist, or anything about the Neko-ken."
"And why not? If they're your family-"
"I wasn't going to risk scaring them off. This isn't Nerima, Shampoo. They aren't used to people walking around their cities being able to destroy 5 story buildings with a single punch."
"Or finger," Shampoo added.
I smiled, "Or finger. So I can't. Not right now anyway. Perhaps another time?" I offered.
"Perhaps," Shampoo said, "What of your family and fiancées?"
My eyebrow did a spock maneuver, "You didn't hear? My Mother was the one who helped me out with all this. She divorced Pops, disowned me by my own request so Nabiki couldn't track me down, and I took care of all fiancée matters...Speaking of which. Isn't that why you're here?"
Shampoo nodded, "Yes, I wanted to know why you had left. And why you had gotten our marriage annulled."
I closed my eyes and shook my head, "You know why I had the Kiss of Marriage annulled. I don't love you the way you want me too. And besides even if that wasn't the problem, I would've dishonored you by being disowned."
"But you admit you love me?"
I nodded my head, albeit reluctantly, "As a sister. An annoying sister, but a sister none the less."
Shampoo nodded, "I understand. I guess I began to feel that you were a brother of sorts after you left and I had the chance to think about everything...But that still raises one question. Why? Why did you leave?"
I looked up at the blue sky, watched the clouds pass by for a few moments, then took a deep breath before looking at Shampoo, "I'm only going to tell you this once, it's still a sensitive subject for me, but I can finally get through the damned story without getting choked up."
Shampoo nodded in understanding.
"To make this short, I came home from school one day and found Akane in bed with Ryoga. If you want details you'll have to go back to Japan and ask the damned bitch yourself."
Shampoo looked like she was ready to kill. And something told me she was. I took a single step back, giving her some space as her battle aura began to show.
"That bitch...after 2 fucking years of loyalty from you she turns around and sleeps with that dirty pig...Even after all those advances me and Ukyo had made on you, you were still faithful to her..." Shampoo growled.
"Calm down, Shampoo, I know I was loyal. I mean, I haven't forgiven her or anything, but I'm over it...Hell, I'm actually looking forward to seeing her again, just so I can give her the spar she's always wanted," My hands were up in a defensive manner.
Her battle aura disappeared slowly at my words, "You're over it?"
I nodded, "I had a good year and a half to get over it."
"But what about revenge...?" She asked somewhat dejectedly.
I raised an eyebrow at her, "What about revenge?"
"You don't want to get revenge on her?"
My eyebrow stayed raised, "Of course I want revenge. But I'm going to wait it out. I want to see if she'll come to me instead of me coming to her. She wants to see me, she comes to my turf."
Shampoo mulled over my words, "How much have you been thinking like a tiger that's hunting?"
I smirked, "Since I mastered the Neko-ken more than a year ago and figured out how to change between my cursed form and my original form freely without water."
Shampoo's eyes widened, "There's a cure?"
I nodded, "There has always been a cure. I don't know why none of us really thought of it before. But all we had to do was jump into the spring of Drowned Boy or Girl," I shrugged, "Always made me wonder how dense I was when I was 16. I figured I was really dense. But I don't like to judge unless I'm hunting for meals," At my last statement I had a feral grin on my face.
"You've changed a lot, Ran...Ryuu," Shampoo said.
"You have too, Shampoo," I said as I looked her over. Her body had filled in, in all the right places. She had lost the bubbly ditz attitude and it had been replaced with the mature, curvaceous, well-endowed woman before me. Who could speak full sentences in both English and Japanese, as well.
Shampoo saw me looking at her and spun around for me, I laughed, "Yes, you've changed a lot, Shampoo. So how long do you plan on staying in Jersey?"
Shampoo was silent for a minute, "I don't know really. Haven't really thought about it."
I nodded, "Why don't you hang around and get the feel of things. You never know, you might not want to leave soon," I smiled and she nodded.
I thought of something, "Why don't I introduce you to my friends. And if you want I'll teach you to skateboard. It's become my new passion next to performing on stage and martial arts."
Shampoo nodded and we walked back over to everyone.
(-)
Jon was balancing a nose manual as Ryuu talked to a girl off to the side. It was obvious that whatever they were talking about, they wanted to keep private. He just stared at the girl.
She was the most beautiful girl he had ever seen in his 21-year lifespan. She had long lavender hair that looked silky to the touch. She had lavender eyes that seemed to mesmerize him. Even though she was a good 18 feet away he could still stare into her eyes. He could easily read the emotions that crossed her eyes during her and Ryuu's conversation.
Confusion, shock, amusement, contentment, anger, more shock, more amusement, and finally happiness. All these emotions crossed her face in the time frame of 15 minutes.
Mike skated past Jon and slapped his shoulder. Succeeding in knocking Jon off his board and onto his ass.
"Geez, you'd think you'd have a bit more focus while holding a manual," Mike laughed as he skated by again. This time Jon was ready. As Mike skated by he jumped him. They both rolled to the floor and wrestled with each other. Sasha stood off to the side and shook her head in exasperation. Meanwhile Sam jumped up and down and cheered, shouting, "Jerry! Jerry!"
Ryuu and Shampoo had begun to make their way towards the mini skate park as Jon and Mike began their little brawl.
Ryuu stopped a yard away from them a pointed, "The one pinned on the bottom is Mike. The one who's cocking his fist back to hit Mike is Jon. The one shouting some dude named Jerry's name is Sam. And the one off to the side who thinks they're all childish is Sasha."
Half way through Ryuu's introduction of them he had gained their attention. Ryuu noticed this and smiled at his friends, "And this is Shampoo, an old friend of mine."
Jon finished cocking his fist back and brought it down. He opened his hand at the last minute and bitch slapped Mike. Then he stood up wiped his hands on his jeans before walking up to Shampoo.
"It's a pleasure to meet you, Shampoo," Jon said smiling.
"Jon's the most mature of us all. Mike's the dude who does stunts that would scare normal people with his skateboard," Ryuu said.
"Like what does he do?" Shampoo asked.
Mike managed to sit up, rubbing his sore cheek, "Hey, remember that one stunt I pulled over by your and Sasha's place?"
Ryuu smiled, "Yeah I remember that!" Ryuu turned to Shampoo to explain it, "One of my neighbors, Matt was his name, had pissed me off a month or so ago and I got revenge on him it was awesome," He grinned evilly in remembrance, "We, me and Mike that is, pushed Matt's car into the middle of the road and I threw a Molotov cocktail at it. The whole thing burst into flames...it was so...so...satisfyingly evil."
Mike had jumped up and grabbed his skateboard. Getting on it and skating around he told his side of the story, "Yeah man, the flames were huge! After we watched it for like 5 minutes we set up a pair of ramps on both sides of the car. We grabbed our skateboards and did tricks over the car until the cops came."
Mike did a 360 over Sam's head because she was standing between a half pipe and a ramp. He landed on the ramp and high-fived Ryuu, "Dude, I haven't looked at fire the same way ever since that time. Every time I see Matt near fire he edges away from it, it's fucking hysterical," Mike laughed as he did a wall ride and then skated away with Sam in tow. She chased him on her skateboard, cursing him out the entire time for jumping over her head without warning.
Sasha walked up to them, "Yes, I remember that time well. How long did they hold you in jail?"
Ryuu smiled, "Only two weeks. We got out on good behavior," he said smiling at Sasha.
"I swear, I think the only reason you got out of a longer sentence was because you did something with the judge. She had a hungry look in her eye as she watched you defend yourself," Sasha said.
Ryuu simply smirked, "Maybe we did do something, maybe we didn't. But you'll never know. Especially since we spoke in a separate sound proof room," Ryuu leaned over to whisper to Shampoo, "We didn't do anything, but I did agree to take her out on a date," Ryuu smiled, "Bribery is fun."
Sasha barely held back the urge to throttle him right at that moment. So instead she raised her hand to smack him when Ryuu just smirked.
"What are you smirking about?" Sasha asked.
"A saying I had just thought of."
"Which is?"
"The only excuse for bad manners is fast reflexes," Ryuu simply smiled wider.
"I do not like you right now," With that she let her hand fly towards Ryuu...only to hit air. He had ducked the slap, so instead she settled for the next best thing and kicked him to the ground.
Ryuu fell on his ass and caught Sasha's leg when she went for a second kick. He pulled and she lost her balance, he pushed her leg to the side, rotating her body to land in Ryuu's lap.
Jon was standing there smiling at the two, "What was that saying of yours, Ryuu? He who trains his tongue to...what was it?"
"He who trains his tongue to quote the sages shall be known far and wide as a smart ass."
"Yes that was it. And a smart ass you are, Ryuu."
Ryuu nodded, "You bet your ass I am."
Shampoo just stood next to Ryuu, listening and watching to them, It seems he really is happy with his life here. Maybe I'll like it here too, never hurt anyone to try... Shampoo thought, And Jon is pretty cute too...
Shampoo looked down at Ryuu, who was still sitting with Sasha on his lap, "I'm sorry I can't stay longer, Ryuu. But I have some calls to make and I have to talk with grandmother as well."
Ryuu raised an eyebrow, "She has a phone?"
Shampoo nodded, "Cell phone, not all of the village is behind with today's technology, you know."
"Could've fooled me," Ryuu said, picking up Sasha as he stood up.
"Oh, shut up," Shampoo then gave Ryuu a brief hug, Sasha still in his arms, "I'm gonna hang around and see if I really like it here. Though I may be making a brief visit to Japan...that's for sure..."
Ryuu sighed, "Please don't do anything rash okay, Shampoo? As satisfying as revenge is, I want to exact it myself. Though if you want to break an arm or a leg, go ahead, far be it from me to spoil all of your fun," Ryuu said smirking.
"Thanks, Ryuu. I'll see you around, Bye!" Shampoo yelled as she walked back into the bar.
Ryuu was watching Shampoo walk away, for some reason her ass was swaying left and right, almost as if it was mocking him. Or maybe it was for Jon, Ryuu didn't care, all he knew was he enjoyed the view.
Ryuu was forced to stop staring for two reasons, Sasha was poking him to get his attention, and Shampoo had closed the door behind her. Looking down he gave Sasha a questioning look.
"Can you put me down now?" Sasha asked.
Ryuu smirked, "You sure?"
Sasha hesitantly nodded as she saw his smirk. All too late did she realize why he had double-checked as her ass made contact with the pavement quite roughly.
"Ow! You jackass! Can't you have stood me up?" Sasha half yelled standing up.
Ryuu shrugged, "I could've...but being evil is just so much fun!" Ryuu snickered before grabbing his skateboard and running over to the half pipe.
Sasha stood fuming at Ryuu at as she rubbed her ass, "Ow...that smarts..." She grumbled.
Jon stood next to Sasha and watched Ryuu skate, "Sometimes I wonder how he got good so fast...don't you?"
Sasha shook her head, "Not really. He's a fast learner, you only need to show him something once or twice before he can do it himself."
"That's not what I mean. Look at him. The height he achieves is what all pros would envy," Jon said as Ryuu pulled a trick 15 feet above the top of the half pipe, totaling a good 25 feet in the air.
"The balance he has while performing any kind of trick in the book," Ryuu did a Gymnast Plant lip trick and held it perfectly still for a good 2 minutes.
"Everything he does, even the way he walks...he's held out on us with what he's told us. There's definitely something he's not telling us..." Jon said contemplating the facts.
"It doesn't matter, Jon. If Ryuu wants to keep secrets he can. Not everyone is going to tell you every detail of their past just because you want them too. Give him time, eventually he'll tell us," Sasha turned to Jon, "Why do you care anyway? Ryuu's life is his business, not ours."
Jon shrugged, "I don't know, to tell you the truth, Sasha. It's just a gut feeling. Sometime in the future, some unfinished business is gonna come and bite him in the ass. And something tells me, we're gonna end up caught in it..."
Sasha shook her head, "You worry too much, Jon."
"Maybe I do. But I can't help that. Ryuu's like a little brother to me now, I'm not gonna stand back and let something happen to him," Jon said, "But enough with that, let's get some skating done while Sam beats Mike shitless."
Sasha smiled, "Now you're talking. Let's go!"
Sasha ran over to the wall, grabbed her skateboard and jumped on the same half pipe as Ryuu. They began doing coordinated stunts, one doing lip tricks while the other does a flip trick or grab trick over the other. It's usually Ryuu doing tricks over Sasha.
(-)
I smiled and closed my eyes as I did a Christ Air over Sasha. My arms were open like I was ready to take off flying with my board in hand. Landing, I crouched down low to gather more speed. I turned and sped off the half pipe and onto a mini ramp that coincidently was aimed for the roof of the bar.
Flying over the ramp, I stood up and opened my arms again, this time my feet remained on the board. I landed smoothly on the roof and turned the board sharply, quickly slowing down and facing the edge of the roof.
I looked down to see Sasha and Jon staring at me. Sasha stood atop the half pipe and Jon stood beside the mini ramp I had just jumped off of. I smiled, grabbed my board, and jumped off the edge of the roof. I landed lightly on my feet and started walking towards them.
"Ryuu..." Sasha said, "Where'd you learn to do that?"
I blinked, not thinking right for some reason, "That?" I pointed to the roof and at their nod I continue, "I could always do that."
I suddenly realized my slip and mentally smacked my forehead.
Damn it, Ryuu! Can't you keep your damned mouth shut at all today? Tony yelled.
Shut up, Tony! It isn't all my fault! I tried to argue.
It isn't all your fault? It isn't all your fault! Well I wanna know who jumped onto the roof and jumped down like it was a piece of cake? Tony asked.
Well me, but-
Okay, so you're trying to tell me, that by ignoring my warnings not to jump up onto the roof and jump down, it isn't all your fault?
Well, no, but-
So it is all your fault?
I sighed in defeat, Yes, yes it is my fault... As an after thought I added, But don't expect admissions like this often, Tony. Otherwise we're gonna have to start sparring again soon.
When Tony was silent I came back to the matter at hand. It seemed Sasha had been asking me something when I was talking with Tony, "What?"
Sasha sighed, "I asked you, why you never told us you could do that."
I shrugged, "You never asked."
Jon nodded, "He does have a point."
"Well, I'm asking now, how can you do that?" Sasha asked.
I debated the pros and cons of telling them about my martial arts background. On one hand I wouldn't have to keep my abilities a secret anymore. But on the other hand, I might freak them out and they might not want me near them anymore. In the process I would lose my home and family for the second time...Eh, I've always been the dense type anyway...
"It comes from practically 14 years of studying Martial Arts," I said casually.
I managed to just barely smother my laughter as Sasha and Jon's eyes seem to bug out, "You guys act like you've never seen someone say they've practiced the art."
Jon managed to recover first, "Well, that's not it. It's just...you started training when you were 5...what kind of parents…?"
"I was forced to go on a training trip when I was 5 by my Pop. The only reason my Mother allowed me to go was a stupid contract saying when me and Pops returned I would be 'a man among men'," I scoffed, "Of course after I returned with Pops I was forced to avoid my mother for a full year."
"Why did you have to avoid your Mother? Didn't you want to see her again?" Sasha asked.
"Of course I wanted to see her again. But...you know what, let's get Sam and Mike over here so I don't have to repeat my story more than once," I offered.
Jon and Sasha agreed and we all went in search for Sam and Mike. I found them first, being able to sense ki has its advantages. I got Sasha and Jon and went in the direction I had sensed them. We found them a good 5 blocks away. Mike was just regaining consciousness and Sam was sitting on the curb with an ice cream in her hand.
She waved when she saw us, "Hi, guys!"
I shook my head, "Note to self, never piss off Sam."
Jon nodded, "You said it," Jon went over to Mike and looked at his bruises, "Damn, that looks like it hurt!"
Mike looked up at him, "It did. A lot."
I smiled, "Alright kiddies! Time for a story! My story."
Sam gave me a questioning look as Sasha, Mike, and Jon joined her on the curb. I took a seat on my board.
Sasha answered Sam's unspoken question, "He's going to give us some details of his life he left out before. He didn't want to repeat them more than needed so we came and found you so you could hear the story."
Sam nodded, "Okay," Then she contented herself with eating her ice cream.
"Okay, I'm only going to say this shit once, and only once, so do not ask me to go over it more than once because it's a pretty long story," I said.
At their nods I started my story, "I am a Martial Artist capable of doing many things most of you would think inhuman-"
"Like jumping 15 feet in the air?" Mike asked.
I shook my head, "Like jumping 30 feet into the air, being able to destroy 5 story buildings with a single finger, and being able to control my life force and turn it into a weapon in battles."
Their eyes widened at my words.
"No way, you're bluffing!" Sam said.
I shook my head again, "Listen to my story. And then after I'm done, I'll answer questions and prove what you want."
(If you want to skip the story, because I know it's long and boring scroll down until you see another author's note with lots of dots.)
At their nods I began again, "Okay, as I said before to Sasha and Jon, I've been a martial artist for most of my life. For 14 years to be exact. When I was 5 my Pops took me on a training trip. We traveled all over the place, learning new styles and techniques. Now before you ask why my Mother didn't stop my Pops, I'll answer that, my Mother had Pops sign a contract saying that when we returned from our journey, if I was not a 'man among men' me and Pops both would commit Seppuku, or better known as, ritual suicide.
"But back to my story. We traveled around and near the end of our trip we went to China. There we came across a cursed training ground called Jusenkyo. Ignoring the guides warning we jumped onto two of the hundreds of bamboo poles that stuck out of the springs scattered about Jusenkyo. I kicked Pops into one spring. The Spring of Drowned Panda. Whatever, or whoever, falls into the spring will turn into whatever drowned there. For Pops it was a panda. When he jumped out of the water as a panda I was too shocked to block his attack. Which effectively knocked me into the Spring of Drowned Girl. Of course there was a temporary cure, hot water. You see our curses were water based. Cold water would turn us into our cursed forms, and hot water would change us back.
"After we left Jusenkyo we were led through a Amazon Village, where a tournament was being held. We watched the tournament and ate. Now of course, Pops and me knew not one word of Chinese so we didn't see the sign in front of the feast we were eating that said, 'first prize'. The winner of the tournament was, coincidentally, Shampoo. She approached us and threatened us...I think...I didn't know a single word of Chinese so I wouldn't have known. She was yelling something about us eating her prize. I challenged her figuring if I beat her she wouldn't feel the need to kill us for eating her prize. Because to outsiders, 'nice' Amazons were not. She accepted my challenge, and I beat her. Afterwards she came up and gave me the Kiss of Death.
"We were forced to run away after that. The Kiss of Death was a solid promise to chase the victim to the ends of the earth. And kill her. I say 'her' because I was cursed at the time. Had I been in my true form I would've received the Kiss of Marriage. Which I actually did get when Pops and me returned to Japan after managing to lose Shampoo for a few months or so.
(Place rest of Ranma's life story here...)
"Two years later I had 3 official fiancées and a nut job chasing after me treating me like prize to win. After I caught Akane in bed with Ryoga I just got sick of it all and left. I made arrangements with my Mother. We changed my name, and she divorced Pops. I left to travel the world and find someplace to start my life anew and I promised to keep in touch and send letters whenever I can," I took a deep breath, "Now, any questions?"
I looked around and they all looked dazed at the information I had given them. After trying to digest everything Sam asked the first question that came to mind.
"So, did you get rid of your curse?"
I nodded, "Yeah, but because I seem to have 'shit magnet' written all over me I tripped and fell into another spring on my way out of Jusenkyo."
"What do you change into now?" Jon asked.
I smiled, "A tiger."
"Dude!" Mike said.
"But, I've seen you splashed with water a few times, hell I've dumped glasses of water over your head too, and you've never changed," Sasha said.
"Because I learned a way to control it," I stated simply.
"Prove it," Jon said, "Show us your cursed form."
I looked around and saw a couple people wandering about, "I can't show you here. Let's go back to the skate park behind the bar."
They all nodded and we skated back to the park. For some reason Sasha had left her board back at the bar, so I let her double up with me. She seemed so small compared to me. She leaned against me a bit more as we came closer to the bar.
We approached the bar and we skated in back. I hopped off my board, picking up Sasha in the process, and then gently placed her on her feet. I walked to a more secluded area of the park and they all followed me.
I stretched my senses to see if anyone who shouldn't be seeing my cursed form was close. Sensing no one I took my shirt and pants off, leaving me only in my favorite pair of black silk boxers. ((Whistles and cheers) Woohoo! That's my Ryuu! Go sexy! (Smile))
I closed my eyes and focused on transforming.
(-)
Sasha couldn't help but stare at Ryuu's chest. He had an eight pack, he wasn't too ripped, he was to the point where you knew they were there but he didn't show it off. Sasha suddenly realized what Jon had said was true; everything about Ryuu speaks of grace and hidden strength.
Sasha had to stop staring as Ryuu's body began to shift and form the shape of a tiger. His fur was sleek and black with blue stripes that matched his hair. His eyes were the same blue that he had as in his true form. He came up to about 3 foot 6 inches in height.
Ryuu started to walk forward, and like his human self, he moved with grace and hidden strength. He walked up to the group and sat down in front of them, tilting his head in an unspoken question.
"He's so cute!" Sam said, walking forward and petting Ryuu on his head.
Sasha walked forward and pet Ryuu on the head as well. He purred in response and leaned closer to Sasha.
Jon smiled, "Even while a tiger he seems to prefer Sasha," he whispered to himself. No one caught his words except Ryuu, with his excellent hearing. Ryuu looked towards Jon and nodded his head to confirm Jon's suspicions.
Mike stood stock still as he digested this new information. His friend could turn into a tiger at will. And he's an excellent martial artist. It was too much for Mike's comprehension. So he did what most shocked and confused people would do, he fainted.
Ryuu, being worried for his friend walked over to Mike and nudged his leg with nose. He tilted his head and looked to Sasha and Sam.
Sasha shrugged, "Must've been a bit much for him to handle."
Ryuu nodded in understanding. He then walked over to Sasha and sat down beside her, nudging her leg with his head.
"You want me to pet you?" Sasha asked, beginning to pet Ryuu again. Ryuu just purred in response.
"What should we call him?" Jon asked.
Sam raised her eyebrow at him, "What do you mean?"
"Well, we obviously can't call him Ryuu. It'd be too weird," Jon pointed out.
Ryuu was one step ahead of him though, already writing something with one of his claws on a dirt patch near by.
"Mouko?" Sasha asked.
Ryuu nodded.
"Why?" Mike asked.
Ryuu wrote something else in the dirt.
Sasha read it and turned to them, "Apparently, Mouko means Fierce Tiger."
"Fierce Tiger?" Mike said, "He seems like an over-grown kitten to me."
Wrong answer wise ass, Ryuu thought as his eyes gained a mischievous glint to them.
Mike didn't realize his mistake until too late. He watched as Ryuu's eyes gained a strange glint and Ryuu bared his teeth at him. Growling, Ryuu slowly stalked towards Mike like he would his prey.
Mike's eyes widened and he slowly backed away. Too soon did Mike's back hit the concrete wall of the bar.
Ryuu bared his teeth and extended his claws, Let's see if we can make him wet his pants... Ryuu thought evilly. Letting lose a roar he lunged at Mike, claws first.
Ryuu landed against the concrete, both his claws on either side of Mike's head. Mike closed his eyes as Ryuu's head came closer to his head, teeth still bared.
"Still think I'm just an 'over-grown kitten', Mike?" Came Ryuu's voice near his ear.
Mike rapidly shook his head 'no'.
"Good," Mike could almost hear the smirk that Ryuu had on his face.
Ryuu pushed off the wall and picked up his pants. He put his pants on and his button-up, but made his t-shirt disappear into sub-space.
When Sam gave him a questioning look, Ryuu shrugged, "Special technique."
Mike finally opened his eyes and slid down the wall. Ryuu went over to him and offered him his hand, "You okay, man?"
Mike nodded, "Yeah, a bit shocked, nothing too bad..." Mike grabbed Ryuu's hand.
Ryuu nodded back and helped Mike up, "Just one word of advice, never piss me off."
"Advice taken."
They walked back over to the group and Ryuu stood next to Sasha. Mike took his place in between Sam and Jon. Out of nowhere, for no reason, Sasha began to pet Ryuu's head. Ryuu couldn't stop the odd rumbling sound that erupted from his chest in response to her touch.
(-)
I could do nothing as the odd rumbling sound continued. Instead, I closed my eyes and enjoyed the sensations I got at Sasha's touch.
Wonder what else her touch could do if she was caressing something else...? Tony said.
That was all it took to send my imagination over the edge in a perverted frenzy.
Damn you, Tony, I growled.
You're welcome, I could almost see the smirk on Tony's face. As a particularly interesting scene that crossed my mind Tony looked a bit shocked, Wow, didn't know you were such a pervert, Ryuu...Didn't know you had a cherry fetish either...
Shut up, Tony... I growled.
My eyes shot open at a certain, extremely vivid...picture that crossed my mind. It had something to do with whipped cream and cherries.
I slowly edged away from Sasha, shaking my head, trying to rid myself as another, more erotic, scene made itself known.
I suddenly found my pants feeling a bit constricting. Now considering my pants were loose, that's quite hard to do.
I felt a tingling sensation in me as Sasha placed her hand on my shoulder.
"So you wanna take me now? Or go home and get the whipped cream?" I heard her say.
Of course my imagination was running wild on perverted thoughts and was obviously messing with mind. Is it me, or are my pants shrinking at the groin?
"What'd you say?" I asked, not exactly trusting my hazy, perverted, mind.
"I asked if you were okay. You're beginning to sweat," Sasha asked.
I shook my head, Kami, if you only knew... "No, I...I'm going to go home and lay down...Try to sleep," I said walking towards my board, "Though something tells me I'm going to get little to no sleep tonight..." I muttered as I jumped on my board and rode home.
(-)
"I wonder what's wrong with Ryuu? He was fine a second ago," Sasha said.
Jon chuckled, "He'll be just fine, just let him sleep it off."
Jon had seen Ryuu's eyes when they had shot open. They were glazed and were a giant mix of lust, fear, and apprehension.
How did that saying go again? Oh yeah. Confucius say: Man who sleep with sex on mind, wake up with solution in hand, "Though I doubt he'll sleep at all tonight," Jon said bemusedly.
"What was that, Jon?" Sam asked.
"Nothing," Jon said, "C'mon, let's skate some more before it gets too dark."
Sasha, though still worried over Ryuu's condition, could do nothing but skate and wait until she got home to check on him.
(-)
I sighed as I got off my board and unlocked the door, Damn it, Tony! Do you enjoy making my life a living hell? I yelled at him.
Not all the time. If you went insane, I'd have to deal with you, so I'm not going to push my luck too much, Tony responded.
I opened the door and slammed it behind me; I winced and looked back at the door hoping it was still in one piece. When I saw it was still one piece, I sighed, and then started ranting to Tony again.
"So if I went insane, what would do? Leave me alone?" I asked.
Most likely.
I walked into the kitchen and grabbed a can of soda from the fridge, catching a glimpse of maraschino cherries my imagination went on another field day. I slapped my forehead.
"Damn you, Tony...What if I told you I was already insane? Huh? What would you do then?"
If this is how you're like insane, I think I'd stick around a bit longer, I could just barely see his smirk.
"I hate you, you know that?" I said drinking my soda and attempting to block off the many vivid and erotic pictures floating around my mind.
Yes, I love you too, Ryuu.
"No, there is no love in our relationship. Only hate and tolerance," I walked into my room and went over to my radio. I grabbed my The Used: In Life and Death CD and threw it in my stereo along with Breaking Benjamin, Cold, and a party mix I had lying around. I pressed play and blasted the CDs.
"Augh, I need to blow off some steam...I need to kick virtual ass..." I stopped the CD player, grabbed the CDs in it, walked downstairs, put the CDs in the CD player down there, and pressed play. I turned the subwoofer to half power, which was still enough to cause vibrations in my soda, and blasted the music.
I sat down in a beanbag chair and began to play Bloody Roar 4. I went to endurance mode, chose Yugo, went tiger, and beat every AI's ass that entered the ring.
After I blew off some steam I shut the game off and decided to shoot some darts. But first...a small drawing would be needed. I flipped through the photo album me and Sasha kept near the dartboard and chose one of Matt. He was waving in the picture. I smirked, I remembered that day.
Sasha had taken the picture and it was at a pool party at Matt's house. Matt had always had a crush on Sasha. I could tell, I would sometimes catch him staring at Sasha as she walked by. And he seemed to glare at me whenever Sasha and me were together. Of course Sasha didn't like Matt that way. To us, he was a torture victim who just happened to live nearby. Anyway, Sasha had taken the picture to distract Matt while I poured some gasoline into his pool. Ah, what a day that was. I believe Charlie had 'accidentally' pushed Matt's lit BBQ grill into the pool. After the initial fire started I had decided to high tail it out of there and get the details from Sasha later that night.
As you can tell, we don't really like Matt very much. (Smile)
I pinned the picture to the board using a dart. Thumbtacks usually become targets.
"Take out one eye...two eye...two teeth..." I said to myself as I hit each designated target.
So, where'd all you mind porn go? Tony asked.
My aim faltered and I hit the wall, "...damn you, Tony..." I noticed I've said that a lot today.
I sighed and ran up the stairs. I had lost hold of the mind barrier I was using to keep the pictures away from the forefront of my mind. We saw how well that worked.
"I need a cold shower right now...a nice...ice cold shower...yeah, that sounds nice," I said as I ran into the bathroom.
(-)
It was around 6 when Sasha got home and opened the door. She wandered around looking for Ryuu. First his room; no sign of him. Then she felt, yes felt, the stereo on down stairs. Going down there she checked and found nothing but a picture of Matt with several holes in his face and a dart in the wall.
"Hmm...Ryuu's aim is usually perfect, wonder what made him lose his focus..." Sasha said before shutting off the stereo and heading upstairs.
Finally able to hear whatever goes on in the house she heard the shower running. She approached the door and knocked.
"Ryuu? You in there?" Sasha asked through the door.
"Nope, tis the boogy man!" Came the response, "I've brainwashed your housemate and made him go blow up Matt's car," ...And did I mention made him into a perverted man? Ryuu added as an after thought.
"Oh, okay, just making sure. Can you give him a message for me?"
"Yeah, sure. What be your message?" Ryuu asked.
"Tell him, I hope he feels better and to meet me downstairs for a round of Freaky Flyers."
"What if he's doesn't want to?"
"Just tell him I'll be Cactus Rose. He'll be there, trust me on that one," Sasha said as she turned and headed into her room to change into something more comfortable. Then she went downstairs to get the game set up.
(-)
A shiver ran through my spine, "Now I'm gonna a need to make the water colder...and then take another cold shower before bed...Damn it, I swear everyone's out to get me today..."
You can't say you don't like it though, Tony said.
Who said I didn't? I'm just pissed that so much of it's happening today.
If you weren't so much of a pervert this wouldn't be a problem you know.
You think I haven't realized that yet? And it's not exactly something I can stop.
10 minutes later found me in my room trying to find a decent pair of sweats. I gave up and threw on a pair of black gi pants instead. I walked downstairs and went over to the mini bar we had built in the corner by my request. Grabbing a soda I sat down on my favorite black beanbag, next to Sasha, who was on the red one.
I turned to her and smirked, "Ready to get your ass kicked, Cactus Rose?"
She smirked back, "Today is the day I beat your ass, Von Slaughter."
"We'll see about that," I hit the glowing green button on the PS2 and we raced and battled. Of course, in my opinion, the best part was attempting to distract each other while we raced.
A half hour later we were racing and I was in 2nd while she was in 1st.
(-)
Sasha wanted to keep her 1st place status since they were on the 3rd lap. She smiled and got up from her beanbag chair and sat down on Ryuu's lap, never once pausing the game.
She smiled seductively at Ryuu, "So Ryuu...what would you do if I crawled into bed with you tonight?"
Her smile almost faltered at Ryuu's smirk. He leaned into her, always keeping an eye on the TV, and described some of his mind's scenarios to Sasha.
Sasha jumped off his lap, "Pervert!"
He shrugged, still smirking, "You asked, I answered...Booya! I win!"
Sasha did an excellent impression of a fish out of water as she watched stared at the TV. Meanwhile, behind her, Ryuu was doing his victory dance.
A few moments later, Ryuu was still behind her, but he had his arms wrapped around her torso.
"If you wanna cuddle tonight, you know where to find me," He breathed huskily into her ear.
Sasha turned around to face him, only to find him gone, or upstairs already, laughing. Sasha sported a deep red blush and after Ryuu had described what he'd do if she crawled into bed with him...she shivered, well, she was sure she had wet herself when he was talking in her ear a second ago.
"Pervert..." she mumbled, "Damn hot pervert, but a pervert none the less...hot pervert with a body to die for...damn it, now he's got me thinking dirty things, damn him..."
To Be Continued...
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