Return of the Wolf
Chapter Four
"Hey this is the third floor!" shouted one of the students.
"Boy. Lucky there's a pool down there." said another
"Lucky he says!" shouts Ranma before he hits the water causing a splash that reached as high as the second floor window.
As kunos body rose to the surface on of the students said "look it's kuno! He's coming up!" "But what happened to Saotome?" asked one of the other students
Meanwhile under the surface of the pool Ranma was thinking 'Gotta get away! Gotta get away!' Ranma looked up and saw kuno floating above her and got an idea. She grabbed kuno and used him as a shield so that no one would see her but this plan backfired when kuno woke up and yelled "Ranma Saotome! I fight on!" and grabbed Ranmas right breast.
In response Ranma grabbed kuno by the head and flipped kuno out of the water to land painfully on the concrete that surrounded the pool and the she flipped herself over the nearby fence and ran away before anyone could get a good look at her.
Back at the pool kuno was doing something that we all know that he doesn't do very often ... thinking, and of course talking to himself but this is much more common kuno behavior anyway. "A woman. Yes. That was a woman." kuno says to himself (Note to readers: he is the only one who takes him seriously so he has to talk to himself) "Which means..." kuno concludes "Ranma Saotome you wretch! Do you think you've escaped!"
Meanwhile in a tree not far away Ranma is removing her pants (To get them dry from the pool you perverts!) "What a pervert. I mean he didn't have to squeeze that hard!" (Anyone else find anything wrong with that comment?) Ranma said to herself (Ranma talks to him or herself for a different reason than kuno he didn't have any friends growing up so the only person he had to talk to was himself. Some people talk to themselfs and some of us write fanfiction.)'Well I guess now he knows about me.' concluded Ranma
"You Fool!" Akane shouted from beneath Ranma
"Akane? What?" Ranma eloquently replies
"Just how dumb can you be? I mean Jumping into a pool of your own free will!" she continued
"Shut up!" snapped Ranma
"Then maybe I'll just throw away this hot water!" replied Akane holding up a steaming kettle labeled janitor.
"NO! Meanie! Meanie!" screamed Ranma
From behind her Akane heard the sound of a water logged idiot walking her way and shouting "Whither Ranma Saotome?"
"Catch!"Shouted Akane as she threw the kettle at Ranma who reached out and caught it while holding onto the branch with just her feet.
Akane walked over to where kuno was ranting and shouted "Upperclassmen I challenge you!"
"Akane oh Akane never did I dream that you would challenge me! So be it! If you win I shall let you date with me! Thus I shall loose with al my might!" announced kuno
"Who's asking to go out with you?" questioned Akane as she took her stance while thinking 'Ranma turn back into a boy while I buy you time'
Back at the tree Ranma was still hanging outstretched by her feet from the tree thinking 'What am I supposed to do now?'
Back with Akane and kuno the blue blunder begins with an overhead swing which Akane catches between her palms then she rolls backwards using kunos momentum and sends him flying through the air to land on the kettle Ranma is holding just as she gets her balance.
"You're that girl." says kuno from his place in the now dented kettle that Ranma is holding.
"You're still a girl!" yells Akane
"What did you expect!" snaps Ranma
"Did you see where that boy in the pigtail went?" asked kuno to which Ranma just shook her head and replied "uh-uh"
"That coward! Running away from a fight! No doubt he feared my prowess! Bah! He is no man!" shouted kuno
In response t his statements Ranma drops the bokken wielding buffoon on his head from the branch ten feet in the air.
"That hurt you know." said kuno as he sat up
"I'm not gonna hang there and take this! I can take you anytime! Come on" said Ranma completely forgetting that kuno has no idea that she is really a he, or that he is an idiot for that matter but that's a whole different subject.
"Heh! Amusing. Well should you win I will allow you to go out with me!" announced kuno as he took a swing at Ranma (not much of an incentive to win is it?)
"AND WHO'S ASKING TO GO OUT WITH YOU!" shouted Ranma as she dodged kunos strike and kicked him in the face. She landed on the ground and caught the fallen idiots bokken and said "And guess what kuno. Ranma Saotome is even better than me!" (Guess she remembered.)
Ranma turned to Akane and slung her pants over her shoulder and said to Akane "Okay lets head home."
"School isn't over yet you know" said Akane as they both walked home together.
Back at the dojo while all of this was taking place
Ookami and Dothys emerged from th shadow of the house arguing. "I know it gets old having me talk for you but what do you want me to do about it?" asked Ookami
Dothys who was flapping her leathery wing flying in place squawked angrly.
"Ok I guess that would work but where am I going to get the materials for something like that.
Dothys gave him annoyed look and sent a few mental images of the vast trove of treasures that he had obtained from their journeys. (All of the things in his stuff space were transported through time with him.)
Ookami laughed sheepishly and look at the ground embarrassed and said "Sorry I forgot."
Dothys just rolled her eyes as Ookami pulled a white box about 4 inches squared and 1 inch thick out of his stuff space and said "Well I might as well set up someplace for us to work."
Ookami opened the box reveling four rows of what appeared to be small pulls with buttons on the top of them. He choose the third one from the top in the second row before closing the case and putting it back in his stuff space. He clicked the button on the pill and threw it in an open space near the walkway to the dojo where the thing seemed to explode with a bang and a large puff of smoke. As the smoke cleared instead of a pill lying in the grass a small domed house stood. "I'm really glad Bulma gave me these capsules." commented Ookami causing Dothys to squawk in agreement.
"Oh, My!" said Kasumi from behind them she heard the noise and came to see what it was.
"Sorry for disturbing you Kasumi." said Ookami
"What's in there Ookami?" asked Kasumi clutching the medical book she had been reading to her chest.
"Just my library and some personal space." replied Ookami
"Library?" asked Kasumi
"Yeah come in and take a look." said Ookami opening the door to allow Kasumi to walk in and for Dothys to fly in behind her.
Pointing to the door to his right Ookami said "That's the main library where I keep fiction and nonfiction books." He pointed to the door a little further in on the same side "I keep all of my martial arts scrolls and books in there." Then he pointed to the door directly across the hall from them that's the restricted section where I keep all of my magic stuff I don't let anyone in there because a lot of the knowledge can be very dangerous." and finally pointing to the last door "Through there are the living quarters kitchen, bedroom that sort of thing."
"Oh, my!" is all Kasumi could say causing Ookami to chuckle
"Your welcome to borrow a book anytime you want just let me know what it is so I don't forget and think someone stole it or something, so explore and enjoy yourself if you need me just knock on the door to the restricted room." he said before he and Dothys disappeared int the door at the end of the hall.
Kasumi stumbled into the main library and tried to decided if she should look at the cooking section or the medical section first.(I know the capsule is to big but it's my story and I can write it any way I want to.)
Later that evening
Ranma and Genma where upside down in the lotus position in the dojo. "Ranma. Akane really looked out for you at school today didn't she?" said the fat stupid sometimes panda
"It's not like I asked her to." replied Ranma
Meanwhile in Akanes room
Akane was sitting at her desk doing her homework while Nabiki was sitting on the floor reading a magazine and doing aerobics.
"So is it any of your business Akane?" asked Nabiki "I mean what's wring with a boy who turns into a girl?"
"Sure that's easy for you to say Nabiki." said Akane "Everyone's spreading rumors about me! They're saying I'm his fiancee!" outside the door Ranma stopped as he was about to knock "Do you think I want everyone thinking I'm a pervert to?"
Ranma turned a way and slid down the banister saying to himself "Why that little...and I'm supposed to thank her! And I though we were friends."
Ranma was halted abruptly by Ookami with Dothys sitting on his shoulder grabbing him by the throat. "Just the person I was looking for I have presents for you and Akane." he said before dragging Ranma back up the stairs and into Akanes room without knocking.
"Pervert I could have been naked!" shouted Akane
"I smelled two people so unless you frequently get naked with other girls that is very unlikely." stated Ookami effectively silencing Akane and causing Nabiki to giggle.
"Now if you are done I have a gift for you and Ranma." he said dropping said pigtailed boy in front of her.
"What is it?" asked Ranma once he got his breath back.
"These!" said Ookami tossing two objects at the martial artists
When they caught them the objects were identified at two silvery necklaces each with a ornament hanging from the silvery chain the one Ranma had was in the shape of a horses head, and Akanes was shaped like a ball of fire.
"What are they for?" asked Akane
"Put them on and see." said tossing one shaped like a dollar sign at Nabiki.
The three teenagers put on the their necklaces at the same time.
"Ok what is the big deal?" asked Ranma looking at his necklace with disgust thinking 'jewelry is for girls'
"The big deal is that I can finally talk to someone other than Master." said Dothys
"It talked!" exclaimed Nabiki causing Dothys to glare at her
"I am a she not an it!" she exclaimed angrily
"Dothys calm down and what did I tell you about calling me master?" said Ookami
"Sorry mast...Ookami I forgot." said Dothys sheepishly
During this conversation Ranma angrily glared at Akane and then refused to look at her again hurting Akanes feelings.
"Ranma what's wrong?" asks Akane
Ranma just snorts and turns away so Ookami answers for him "I think he's angry because of what you said a minute ago."
"You heard that?" said Akane ashamed
"The whole house heard you and I was coming up here to thank you for helping me!" snapped Ranma
"I'm sorry I didn't mean it I was just upset." said Akane
"Maybe you shouldn't say things you don't mean." recommended Ookami
"I know that!" snapped Akane
"Both of you follow me." said Ookami before walking out of the room
Despite the fact that neither of them wanted to be told what to do they followed Ookami because if they didn't they knew he could force them.
On the way to the dojo Ookami stopped in the family room to wait for Akane and Ranma when Ookami felt some very familiar pains that caused him to jerk forward and grit his teeth.
"Oh Ookami look at what I found." said Kasumi holding up a small branch causing Ookamis eyes to widen and his pain to intensify as he muttered a single word "wolfsbane." "A nice man told me about a werewolf on the loose and he said that this would keep it away isn't that nice."
"Get it away from me." said Ookami as he fell to his knees
"Oh my!" exclaimed Kasumi as she took a step back in fear.
"It's not what you think." Ookami breathed out as the rest of the household walked into the room.
"What's wrong with Ookami?" asked Akane
"He's a werewolf!" screamed Kasumi as she dropped the wolfsbane and took another step back.
"I AM NOT!" Yelled Ookami as he let his transformation slip.
He grew about 6 inches taller his knees bent backwards and his mouth grew out into a canine muzzle filled with sharp fangs. Black fur sprouted from his skin as he ripped his T-Shirt off, wolf ears emerged from his head and a canine tail grew from the base of his spine. With his transformation complete the pain stopped and he looked around the room at the shocked faces of his friends.
"You are a werewolf!" yelled Ranma as he stepped forward and took up a fighting stance followed by Akane, Genma, and Soun as Nabiki and Kasumi stepped behind them.
"I am not a werewolf I'm a shape shifter." said Ookami as he picked up the wolfsbane and tossed it to Kasumi.
"Why isn't that hurting you anymore?" asked Kasumi
"Because it isn't deadly to me if just forces my transformation the more I try to hold it the more it hurts." answered Ookami
"Does that stuff really hurt werewolves?" asks Nabiki
"No it has no effect what so ever it doesn't even do what is does to me." Replied Ookami
"Why should we believe you?" questioned Akane
"I don't expect you to believe me. Who would believe someone who hid what they were to keep their friends from overreacting?" said Ookami
"How long have you been like this?" asked Ranma
"Since long before you met me." answered Ookami
Ranma and Akane looked at each other nodded and dropped their stances. Kasumi looked and the plant in her hand and then looked at the 6 and a half foot tall bipedal wolf in her living room before dropping the plant and walking up to Ookami.
Ookami knelt down so he could look her in the eyes.
"Are you the same person?" asked Kasumi
"This is what I've been for as long as I can remember, I just never told you because I didn't want you to be afraid. I've lost enough friends because of what I look like."
"Ok but don't hide anything else from us." said Kasumi with a smile
"I can't keep that promise because there are a few things about me that I can't tell any of you yet but I'll do my best to keep everything out in the open." said Ookami
"Why can't you tell us some things?" asked Akane
"Because you're not ready to hear them." answered Ookami "Now do you to want to go out to the dojo and train for a little while or would you rather keep arguing?"
Akane and Ranma just looked at each other and grinned before turning back to Ookami and nodding. After they left for the dojo with Dothys following behind, Kasumi left for the kitchen and Nabiki went to her room. Genma and Soun looked at each other confused.
"What just happened Tendo?" asked Genma
"I don't know Saotome." answered Soun
"Lets have a few drinks and think about it." suggested Genma
"Great idea Saotome!" exclaimed Soun as he broke out the sake.
Ookami couldn't help but think ' that was different but at least it brought Ranma and Akane closer together by the time the others get here they'll be inseparable.'
Sorry about the wait but I caught a bad case of writers block and couldn't figure out how to introduce my characters secret. I hope you like the chapter I'll try to get the next one out as soon as possible but with work I don't know how soon I'll be able to get it done. Anyway as always reviews are appreciated.