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By Kaemon
October 24th
Today was one of those days where you can't quite place it. It wasn't exactly bad, but then again, nothing great happened today. Normal with a slight hint of bad luck describes it pretty well.
Pops woke me up a traditional way which basically means he attacked me in order to wake me up. We soon found ourselves outside fighting in the back yard around the koi pond. Things were going in my favor until a large blunt object struck me in the back and threw me into the koi pond. Sitting up in the koi pond I saw the large red umbrella in my lap and immediately knew that Ryoga was the one who had knocked me into the koi pond.
Ryoga emerged from the dojo and walked over to me sitting the koi pond, as he grabbed his umbrella off of me he said, "You two are loud enough to wake the dead. You both know that right?"
I think he was blaming me for waking him up. "Hey, it's not my fault." I responded, and it wasn't my fault. I'm not the one who wakes up at six in the morning in order to attack their son. I was just reacting to his attack. He just laughed at me and walked back into the dojo.
Seven thirty came rather quickly and we were all sitting at the table eating breakfast. Surprisingly enough Ryoga was still there. Normally he would be lost by now, but I suppose since he was finally at the dojo he would put all his power into staying at the dojo as long as he could in order to be near Akane. I would probably do the same thing if I were him though. If I were as lost as him I defiantly would pick something or someone to focus on and try to stay as close to that person or thing as I could.
The time soon came for school and I definitely did not want to be late, because all that means is having to either deal with the principle or having to deal with some crazy teacher. Neither of those are fun in any way.
School was normal. That's really all I can say about it. I had to dodge Kuno, deal with classes, deal with people at lunch, deal with people in P.E., basically just a normal day at school. Of course, normal doesn't mean perfect. I might have said something to Akane at lunch that slightly annoyed her. Well, it annoyed her enough to call me a jerk and leave the area.
So after school instead of going back to the Tendos and having to deal with Akane there I decided I would go mess around town, maybe get something to eat. Of course I avoided the Cat Café and Ucchans because every time I go there I end up getting assaulted by someone. I just ended up going to some small stand and getting some simple foods and just kept on moving around town. About an hour later though I found myself in the park and noticed that the sky was getting dark and filled with clouds. Obviously it was going to rain soon, so I decided that I should head back to the Tendos, but then I saw that dog. It was the same stray dog from the day before; the one that wouldn't let me pet it. Out of mild curiosity I decided to try and pet the dog, and like yesterday it seemed to dodge my attempts to pet it. It was almost insulting. I spend my entire life training in martial arts yet I can't seem to manage to pet some dog that keeps jumping out of the way. I think I tried for a good twenty minutes before I gave up trying to pet the thing. I glared at the dog as it just sat there looking back at me, and then out of nowhere a kid walked by and petted the dog, and left. How? Why? I try to pet the thing for twenty minutes and this kid walks out of nowhere and pets it. The dog is obviously mocking me.
A strong gust of wind suddenly blew through the park and rain started to hammer down on the area. Of course I was now soaked and female as well as being at least twenty minutes away from the Tendos. All thanks to that dog. If I ever manage to catch that dog I'll be sure to give it to the Cat café or somewhere like that. They eat dogs in china, right? It's a stray as well, so no one will miss it. As I was walking back I noticed Ryoga with his umbrella up walking aimlessly through the rain. I called to him to catch his attention and then ran up to him. "What are ya doing walking around in the rain like this? I thought you were gonna stay at the dojo for a bit longer?" I asked him as the rain continued to pound down on me.
"Well, I was going to stay there, but I got thirsty and tried to get a cup of water from the kitchen, when suddenly in the hallway rain started to pound down and I barely managed to get my umbrella out on time." He responded to me.
It was a rather absurd statement, raining in the hallway? He obviously can't tell when he has moved from one location to another. "Umm, Ryoga, you obviously had wondered outside." I then pointed to the area surrounding us. "Hah, anyway, you don't happen to have another one of those umbrellas hanging around do you?" I had jokingly asked him, but to my surprise he told me he did and pulled another of those heavy umbrellas out of his pack and handed it to me. "Where in the heck did you pull this one from, I thought you only had one of these? Where did you get this one?"
"Same place I get all these bandanas." Was his only response. Which truth be told confused me more because I have no clue how he manages to wear all those bandanas at the same time. Is he like the keeper of magical reproducing clothing and accessories? "Thanks" I said as I opened the umbrella and blocked the harsh rain from its continuous attack on myself. "Uhh, I suppose I should lead you back to the dojo, follow me." I then motioned for him to follow me as I walked towards the dojo. He followed me of course, probably wanted to get out of the rain before bad luck caught up with him and changed him into a pig.
About five minutes away from the Tendos I heard a loud crashing sound and saw a flash of light. A second later I noticed the power cables in front of us were starting to shake and suddenly their support collapsed onto the ground breaking off from the wires. I watched as the pole smashed into the ground and broke apart. Then a second later all the lights in the area went out. Obviously it was due to those cables breaking. Carefully we both walked around the mess the fallen pole had caused and now quickly made our way back to the dojo. Well, it was as quick as I could be when I had to check to make sure Ryoga was actually behind me every ten seconds. When we finally got back to the house it was completely dark outside. The streets, the sky, the house, everything was dark.
Closing the umbrellas we both went into the house to find the Tendos and Pops in the main room with some candles and battery operated lights filling the room with a dim light. They all welcomed us both back and I told them what I saw with the power cables and the pole, and how that had obviously caused the blackout in the area. Akane seemed fine, obviously haven forgotten about being angry at me this afternoon, or maybe she wasn't as angry as I thought she was and had gotten over it long before I got back.
I was soon informed that unfortunately there was no hot water in the house at all and there really wasn't a way to get any. You think that would be a problem but after a year of turning into a girl it's more of just something you have to deal with. It's really nothing to get worked up about. I came to this realization that it wasn't the worst that can happen, but that's a long story. I'll write that out tomorrow or something. I tried to return the umbrella to Ryoga before I went up to my room to get changed, but he just told me to keep it. He said he had plenty and one less wasn't going to hurt him. So now I am in possession of one heavy, but light enough that I can hold it with ease, umbrella.
Nothing amazing happened for the rest of the night. We all ate dinner in silence and in the dim light of the candles; it was actually kind of depressing. Since it was still pouring rain outside and it was too dark and cold outside the Tendos decided they would let Ryoga stay in the guest room for the night. The guest room happens to be mine and pops room. Not that it will be cramped, but he's tried to attack me in my sleep before and now he's staying in the same room. He's asleep now and I'm writing this under a small battery powered light which creates barely enough for me to see what I'm writing. Of course I'm going to bed as a girl because of the lack of hot water. It's not exactly a problem, but you get slightly cautious when sleeping in a room with other guys in it when you're a girl. Not that Ryoga could ever do something. I need to stop over thinking things.
A fun idea has crossed my mind now; I'll keep track of what gender I go to bed in here and see what the numbers are in a month. That should be interesting. So since I started writing here I've been to bed once as a guy, once as a girl. Hah.
Going to bed as a girl.
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Day 2 of my nice little story. Not every chapter will be long, not all will be short. I know some will be very short, just because thats how people write in journals. Sometimes all they want to say is just a small bit. Oh, please tell me ANY problems you see, I WANT to fix any problems there are. I REALLY do. And ANY comments and criticism no matter how harsh.