"Ukyo's Curse"
Chapter 2
'Thoughts'
"Speech"
This particular morning Ukyo was having a pretty decent day. The sun was shining the birds were singing and their wasnt't a cloud in the sky. "According to the map the river is right over this hill" Ukyo stated staring intently at her map. She walked a couple of yards and over the hill. "There it is" she said with relief. She stood still to take in the scenery for a moment of two before she approached it. She walked over to it and began reassembling her tent and setting up her grill. She spent a couple of hours washing her clothing and by the time she was done it was already dark. She opened up her bag and started to search thru it. "Dammit im out of flour " she cursed with a pained look on her face. "Oh well i still have enought Ramen to get me thru the next couple of days" she said trying looking on the bright side. She started a fire and pulled a small pot from her pack. She set the ramen to boil But she stopped suddenly. She heard a soft bump and a tiny cry. She turned around to see a small black creature rolled up in a tiny ball. She walked over to it and lifted it up to where she could see it. "Its a pig. Oh the poor thing" Ukyo said with sympathy."You must be freezing" she said grabbing a blanket and wrapping him in it. She held it close to her chest to make sure he would stay warm. A red tint spread over the tiny pigs face. "It almost looks like your blushing" she said teasing. "You must already belong to someone though" Ukyo said fingering his yellow bandana. "Hey the ramen must be ready by now" Ukyo said with a smile. She took a small taste to see if it was done. "Well it's as good as ramen is ever gonna taste" she said with a little smirk. She served some onto a plate and placed it on the ground in front of him. He looked back up at her with indecision. "Go on eat up. You must be starving" she said assuring him that it was alright. He accepted her hospitality and began stuffing his face happily."Do you like it? I added my own blend of spices to it" Ukyo said happily. He nodded shyly to her. "Its amazing how human like you are. It's like talking to a real person" She said with a giggle. 'I should hope so' Ryoga thought. She picked up the piglet and climbed into her sleeping bag with him and it wasn't long before they were both sound asleep.
It was the next day and Ukyo got up early that morning. She began getting dressed and packing up the rest of her things. "Well piggie, I enjoyed your company but I think this is where we part ways" she said putting on her bag and strapping her spatula to it. "I would take you with me but like I said im sure you have somebody looking for you. "But who knows we might cross paths again someday next time ill whip you up some of my famous okonomiyaki" she beamed. "Goodbye" she said with a little wave. 'I hope we do meet again. Hopefully next time I wont be a pig' Ryoga thought bitterly as he awkwardly wandered away on his stubby hooves.
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"Dammit It's been days since I had any sort of lead as to where Genma and Ranma might be" Ukyo shrieked she was sopping wet and in her male form. She looked deranged as she stomped along the dirt trail before her. 'Great i'm lost in the middle of nowhere in a foreign country not only that but im starving. It'll probably be days before I find civilization and I can stock up on food and supplies' she though hopelesslyBut just as soon as she finished that thought a pleasant aroma reached her nose. "Food" she yelled happily. At that moment she totally forgot about her aching muscles and bolted towards the source of the smell. She kicked up a cloud of dust that followed her as she raced down the rocky slope it was so large that Ukyo herself could scarecly see. However what she could see was a small very modest village. 'Not exactly civil but it'll have to do'. She was already almost to her destination when she realized that she couldn't stop her self that in combination with her clouded vision was a recipe for disaster. In her attempt to stop she started to skid causing her to trip and commence to rapidly tumbling. She screamed bloody murder (in a very unmanly manner). the world around her was spinning violently all she could see was a blur of colors. Oh god please let me stop" she prayed shutting her eyes. The gods must have heard her because she almost immediately felt herself crash into something. She landed ungracefully on her butt with a thud. She sat for several seconds gathering her composure. As soon as her vision cleared she saw who she had rammed into. She was a girl about her age and height ( The height of her girl form that is) She had long blue hair with a purple tint that she wore loosely but with two buns on the side of her head she was from the look of her clothing Chinese. She was also pretty however it was hard to tell because she was scowling and glaring daggers at her. The blue haired girl in front of her stood to her feet and began to dust herself off. She stared at Ukyo and mumbled something in Mandarin that Ukyo could not understand however from her expression she could tell that it was nothing good. 'Well I guess I should apolagize I mean I did knock her over and all'. Ukyo rose to her feet as well and extended her hand to the strange girl in apology however rather than than shaking it as Ukyo had expected her to she drew out two large weapons which to her looked like large maracas and took a swipe at her with them. Having caught her off guard Ukyo only just Dodged her. Ukyo did a backward flip and landed on her feet in order to put some distance between them. She grabbed at a lock of her hair just in time to see a few strands fall to the ground. "Whoa shes good" Ukyo thought clearly impressed. Ukyo could tell that her opponent could see the look of astonishment on her face by the arrongant smirk on hers. "Listen here. I don't wanna have to fight you. So if you could just point me in the direction of the nearest grocery store I would greatly appreciate it" Ukyo shouted to her. She gave no response she only continued to stare. "Do you understand the words that are coming out of my mouth" Ukyo yelled impatiently. The girl showed no signs of understanding in fact she looked more peeved then before. It seemed that their only form of communication would be body language. By this time many of the villagers had started to gather around them. Ukyo noticed that the onlookers were predominately female. Seeing this as well The blue haired girl lunged at her with her weapons again however this time Ukyo was fully prepared for it she easily dodged her attack with enough time to draw her spatula. "So you wanna put on a show huh. Well ill give ya a show alright" Ukyo yelled. Ukyo began charging at her and she followed suit. The spatula and bonborris clanked together neither one budging. ' Were pretty evenly matched in skill so it looks like if I wanna win this im gonna have to fight dirty Ukyo though begrudgingly. The two were still locked in a stalemate so if she was gonna be victorious she was going to have to do it carefully. She waivered slightly quickly enough to give her just enough leeway so that she was able to kick the girls legs out from beneath her. She stumbled giving Ukyo the opportunity to get behind her and wack her with the spatula. The blue haired girl fell to the ground unconscious. Even though she shouldn't she felt a small amount of pride in seeing the girl out cold she could practically see the little stars and birdies flying in a cloud of smoke above her head she silently snickered at the thought. Before she had much time to relish in the victory she could hear whispering and gasps coming from the crowd. She didn't even have enough time to see what the commotion was about before everything went black
Ukyo lay curled up in a ball unconscious. She groaned as she was beginning to come to. It was apparent from the fact that she couldn't move her arms or legs that she was tied up however her vision was blurry and it was a while before she began to focus. She wondered why she had this horrible headache until she remembered what happenned. "I suppose I deserved that" she sighed. As soon as she got over the pain she began to look around. It seemed she was in some sort of cell. She examined the bars they were steel so it would be impossible for her to break free if even if she could some how untie herself. "Youd think in a dinky little village like this there bars would be made of bamboo or something" she sighed at her bad luck. The room where they were holding her was overall pretty disgusting there was mold on the walls and her only company was the occasional insect. "Ukyo it's not a hotel it's a holding cell im a prisoner not a guest" She said to herself before she critisized the room again. It took several more hours of solitude before Ukyo was greeted by the sound of voices. It was dark now so she couldn't see the faces of the three people entering the hut they were all enshrouded by darkness and making their way towards her.
Authors note: Sorry i haven't updated in a while. School sucks i haven't had much time to do anything except study. I know the rush hour reference was kind of corney but i just couldn't resist I know this chapter was short perhaps shorter than the first but i didn't wanna get to far into the story before i got someone to proof read my stories. Any volunteers? I'll have to check out some of your previous work but i don't really have very high standards. Oh and one more the first person to review gets the next chapter dedicated to them. Oh yeah and i have decided this will still be a ranma/ukyo pairing but ryoga will be an obstacle to that happening.
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