Collision Curse – Chapter Two
Disclaimer: I do not own the characters of Ranma ½ or Fruits Basket.
Ranma, with Yuki in hand, reached Ucchan's okanomiyaki shop as the rain eased to a light drizzle. The red head leaped off the roof, and walked into the restaurant. A girl dressed in navy blue with what appeared to be a huge spatula strapped to her back called out happily "Ranma Honey! What can I get you?"
"Uh, just some hot water for starters…" Ranma said, mouth watering at the thought of Ukyo's great cooking.
"You're soaking wet! You got caught out in the rain without a brolly? Here, you can dry off out the back, while I whip up something for you!"
"Thanks U-chan! What will you have?" Female Ranma asked Yuki, who was in shock at the bizarreness of the situation. He had concluded that his initial impression (that the person who he had collided with had been a guy) was incorrect, and that this girl was just plain strange, kidnapping him, jumping over roof tops, yelling about hot water, and then asking what okanomiyaki he'd prefer!
"An explanation would be good." The rat snapped, regretting it as the spatula wielding chef jumped, staring at the rat. Yuki wished he'd had the presence of mind to keep his mouth shut and pretend to be a normal rat, as Ukyo exclaimed "What the! Oh, another Chinese curse...Please tell me this one isn't out to kill you Ranma honey… Or another fiancée…" she added, glaring at the rat.
"Looks like Spring of Drowned Mouse or Rat, or something… Man, Jusenkyo sure is busy. I had never seen him before I crashed into him in the rain… triggered the curse."
Yuki's heart had almost stopped when the Spatula girl, presumably 'U-chan' had identified his curse as Chinese, and realised the situation was rapidly getting out of hand. At least two people had discovered the secret, and that was bad. Very bad. It meant memory erasure for these two, and may be for Honda-san as well! Yuki couldn't bear it if that happened. Of course, Akito could decide he was a security risk, and make him live in the Main House from now on…
Yuki was jolted back to the present as his captor closed the door behind them with his foot, as he had Yuki in one hand, and a big brass kettle in the other. Ranma set Yuki on the ground, and said "Mind if I go first? I want to get out of these clothes, and I think you'd freak out if I did it in female form". Yuki had no idea what the strange girl was referring to, and was trying to figure it out when Ranma, taking silence as consent, up ended half the contents of the kettle over her head. A split second before the water connected, Yuki transformed back into his human form. A now male Ranma turned to pour water over the rat, but instead was confronted with the sight of Yuki hastily trying to dress himself before the 'girl' saw him naked. Yuki, to his shock, saw the 'girl' was now a guy!
Both males let out yells of shock, and jumped away from each other – unfortunately, U-chan's back room wasn't really all that big, so they only succeeded in crashing into opposite walls. Yuki's legs got tangled up in the trousers he was hastily trying to drag on, and despite his skills as a martial artist, he toppled to the ground with a loud thud.
Ranma, on the other hand, slipped on the puddle he'd made when switching back to normal, and did a spectacular flip and landed on his back, the kettle landing beside him with a clang before rolling away.
Ukyo, out the front, heard the commotion, and shook her head sadly. "Must be another assassin." She concluded. She brightened a second later. "Much better than another fiancée!" With that thought, she continued to add all of Ranma's favourite toppings to the heart shaped okanomiyaki she was preparing, humming happily.
A/N: Sorry this is so short, but I such a bad bout of writers block, that I couldn't even write a letter, and upgrading my CV was torture! It finally broke when inspiration for another story struck, so I've been working on that one, but thought I'd better fill you guys in on what happened next in this one.
I'll try to get chapter three out soon… Akane interviewing Tohru about the identity of the kidnapper!