Chapter 4 Dinner
2 Days Later
DR. TOFU'S CLINIC
Ranma opened her eyes and looked at the ceiling. Observing her surroundings, she was surprised to see Akane sitting at her side, her arms draped over the edge of the bed where she laid her head, her breathing slow and steady. She was asleep. Ranma sat there watching Akane breath, not wanting to disturb her. His eyes focused on his fiancee's sleeping form while his mind began to replay the last event that she could remember.
Ranma then slowly reached down to the wound that Yosho gave her and let out a surprised gasp. Nothing, there's nothing there. Ranma then pulled off the shirt she was wearing to look at her side. There was no wound, not even a scar. Now that she thought about it her chest wasn't burned any more either. What happened she thought as she put her chin in her hand and thought back. She remembered fighting that freak Yosho. He had wounded her and she remembered him spouting something about poison and her starting to black out. She then remembered that he started to approached her as she was going to pass out and how desperate she was to do some thing to keep him away. It then dawned on her how she put every thing she had into her fist and let her Ki rush out like she saw earlier in the night when she was fighting that boy with the black hair. She remembered Yosho screaming in pain and then she was picked up by some one. Then a image came to mind. A red haired boy wearing a yellow sun dress after that it was all black.
While Ranma was deep in thought Akane stirred and woke up. She raised her head started to rub the sleep out of her eyes. She then glanced at Ranma who was sitting up in bed with her hand in her chin thinking. Her eyes started to water with joy so she didn't notice that Ranma had her shirt off. She leapt from her chair and glomped onto Ranma before she could say any thing. At the same time the white curtain was pulled back and there stood Dr. Tofu and Kuwabara. Kuwabara spewed forth a mighty gush of blood out of his nose and fell backwards and Dr. Tofu's glasses fogged up. "It's not what it looks like" shouted Akane as she leapt back from a confused Ranma while turning bright red. Dr. Tofu took his glasses off and wiped the fog off of them just as Kuwabara was starting to get back up from the floor. "Im sure it's not Akane." said Dr. Tofu as he put his glasses back on. Just then Kuwabara stood back up and immediately spouted blood out his noise again when he saw Ranma with her shirt still off. "Ranma put your shirt back on, seriously don't you have any feminine modesty? Scorned Akane. Ranma did as she was told and put her shirt back on.
"Well now that's over." said Dr. Tofu. "Im glad to see your doing better. How do you feel?" Ranma looked up at Dr. Tofu, "Okay I guess, I mean I don't hurt or nothing." "That's good." said Dr, Tofu. "Uh Doc, how long was I out?" asked Ranma. "2 days." replied Dr. Tofu. Ranma raise a eye brown at that statement. "What happened to me?" she asked. "Well I will let Kuwabara answer that." Dr. Tofu said as he pointed at Kuwabara. "He is one of the 2 who rescued you." "Rescued ?" asked Ranma? "It's a long story" said Kuwabara as he pulled up a chair and sat down in it. "Hey I know you." said Ranma pointing at Kuwabara. "You're the cross-dresser." Kuwabara sweat dropped. SMACK. "OUCH, Akane why did you smack me?" asked Ranma as she rubbed the back of her head. "Because your being rude Ranma. Detective Kuwabara and his partner saved you. Besides you're the one to talk about cross dressing." said Akane as she crossed her arms and looked at her fiancee with a angry stare.
Kuwabara choose that time to speak up. "Excuse me, Dr. Tofu, Miss Tendo can you give me some privacy with Ranma. My partner and I need to question her." Dr. Tofu nodded his head. "Akane why don't you run home and let every one know Ranma is awake and okay and that I will be sending him home shortly." Akane nodded she understood. "Ranma I'll be back later to help you home." said Akane as she walked out of the curtain.
"She sure is being nice isn't she doc?" Asked Ranma. "Well Ranma she's been worried sick about you." said Dr. Tofu. "She hasn't left your side since you have been here. She also gave you a transfusion of blood which saved your life." "She did?" Asked Ranma. Dr. Tofu nodded his head and then walked out of the curtain
As Dr. Tofu left Yusuke walked in with his hands in his pockets. "Hey aren't you the boy who shot the..." Yusuke held a finger up to his mouth and said "Sssshh your fiancee hasn't left let yet. Yusuke waited until he heard the front door close and then walked to the other side of the bed from Kuwabara. "Yes I am the same person you are referring to." said Yusuke with a grin. "Akane called both of you Detectives." said Ranma "but you don't look like any police detectives I have ever seen, I mean cops don't shoot Ki out of there fingers and carry around a lightsaber. Yusuke grinned and rubbed the back of his head. "Yes and no" said Yusuke. "We are detectives but were not cops. But we will get to that in a minute first tell me what happened between you and Yosho." Ranma narrowed her eyes at the mention of the name. "He got a lucky shot in that's all. I didn't expect his arms to stretch that far. He caught me off guard that's all it won't happen again." Yusuke looked at Kuwabara and raised a eye brow and Kuwabara muttered "That wasn't in the file." Ranma looked confused.
"Okay that's all Im telling until you guys tell me who you are and what your doing with powers like that!" pouted Ranma as she crossed her arms. "Fair enough" said Yusuke "but one more question first. Do you know what Yosho is? Ranma thought it over for a minute. "Well if I had to call him any thing besides a monster I guess he might be a demon." Yusuke smiled. That's exactly what he is, a demon or apparition if you prefer that word." Ranma looked confused again. "Let me explain said Yusuke. My friend and I here are the Earth's Spirit Detectives and we were hunting down Yosho until you ran across him first.
"Spirit Detectives?" Asked Ranma. "It's kinda complicated said Yusuke. Basically were charged with tracking down demon's who escape from Demon World to Earth.." "Im getting a headache." said Ranma as she slipped back down into her bed." Yusuke let out a big sigh. "I better start from the beginning. It started one day when I was hit by a car trying to save a boy and was killed..."
2 HOURS LATER
"So after you were stable and we convinced your family we were Government Agents. We told them we needed to stay close to you because we wanted to question you when you woke up and also to make sure the who ever did this to you didn't come back to finish the job. After Dr. Tofu vouched for us your family invited us to stay with them until this situation with Yosho is sorted out." Finished Yusuke. Ranma had her chin in her hand thinking. "So the ruler of spirit world is really a toddler and sucks on a pacifier?" Yusuke looked confused by the question. "Uh yeah." He replied. Ranma laughed "your kidding right?" "Uh no." said Yusuke seriously. Ranma laughed again. "Well this all certainly makes sense now. I was wondering what would happen next after I killed a Demi God. So it's demons now. Well bring them on." said Ranma as she got out of bed and put on her slippers. "Where are you going? Asked Kuwabara. "Im hungry so Im going home." said Ranma. "Nonsense." said Kuwabara "we haven't finished talking yet." "Later, can't talk on a empty stomach." Replied Ranma as he started to walk out of the clinic in the scrubs he was wearing. Kuwabara looked at Yusuke and Yusuke just shrugged his shoulders. "Can't blame her for being hungry, she's been out for 2 days." Well we might as well as go with her, if I'm right Yosho's gonna be gunning for her besides I'm hungry. Yusuke and Kuwabara got up and followed Ranma out.
After thanking Dr. Tofu for every thing he had done for her Ranma started back out to the Tendo house with Kuwabara and Yusuke in tow. "So Ranma I had a serious question I wanted to pose to you." Said Yusuke. Now's not the time" said Ranma "we need to get off the street and inside before some thing ha..." DING DING, all the sudden a bike fell out of the air right onto Ranma crushing him below. "ppens." said Ranma from under the bike. NI HAO RANMA. Said a purple haired girl on the bike. Yusuke and Kuwabara jumped back. "WHAT THE HELL." They both yelled in unison looking into the sky to see if it was raining purpled hair girls on bikes. "Uh Hi Shampoo." said Ranma from under the bike.
"Shampoo hear you hurt in fight Ranma? Is not true is it?" "Fit as a fiddle." replied Ranma sliding out from under the bike and getting to her feet and dusting her self off. "Good Ranma date Shampoo then." "Uuuhhh, Shampoo I really don't have the time right now, Im taking my friends here back to the Tendo house for dinner.
As Ranma dealt with Shampoo Kuwabara leaned over to Yusuke and whispered "Im confused here Yurameshi, is Ranma, you know...well doesn't she like guys?" "I would hope not." he replied. "Wait a sec here Yurameshi your confusing me. Shouldn't she like guys? Yusuke slowly turned his head to his partner with a smile. "You still haven't figured it out yet? Didn't you read the file on Ranma we have. Remember the part about the curse." Uuuuhhh what does a curse have to do with not liking guys when your supposed to like guys? Stammered the orange haired teen. "Kuwabara" sighed Yusuke. "Do I have to spell it out for you. Ranma is a guy." "No she's not." replied Kuwabara. "I saw her Chi Chi's this morning and they were defiantly real." "Since when have you ever seen a real breast before? asked Yusuke. Kuwabara started to sweat "Well, there's ah, I mean there's kinda a hole in the wall that goes into the girls locker room from the broom closet back at school." You devil" said Yusuke with a evil grin as he lightly punch Kuwabara in the arm. "Why didn't you ever tell me about it?" Kuwabara turned beet red. " Be... be... because it's wrong" Kuwabara struck a pose as if he was looking off into the sun set. "And beside a real man doesn't peep. I had the janitor cover the hole up." "Figures." muttered Yusuke.
"And that's why I can't date you now Shampoo. Do you understand?" "Shampoo understands, friends visiting, but you date Shampoo tomorrow?" asked the purple haired girl. Ranma started to back up waving her hands in front of her, "now Shampoo I've told you..." all the sudden Ranma took off down the street running leaving behind a confused delivery girl in his wake and 2 confused Spirit Detectives.
TENDO DOJO
Ranma made good time back to the Tendo Dojo. She felt bad for leaving behind Yusuke and Kuwabara but that was the price for using the Saotome Secret technique. Some times friends are left behind. Besides they knew how to get to the Dojo. As Ranma started to walk up to the front gate he felt some thing watching him. It felt could and hungry. Ranma turned her head but saw nothing. Then as suddenly as the feeling was there it was gone. It must of been her stomach she thought. She then turned and entered the gate and went to the front door. As she reached for the handle the door slid open and there stood Akane. "Hi Akane." smiled the red haired girl. "Is dinner ready yet?" Akane blinked shocked to see Ranma, she didn't even hear the question. "Ranma why are you here alone?" said the short haired girl with a dangerous tone. "I was just on my way to get you and where are Yusuke and Kuwabara.?" Ranma started to back away looking for a exit, he knew where this was going and he didn't want to go there. Ranma started blubbering out words in hope of slowing down the inevitable. "Well, I was hungry... so...uh..I...came home...ran... into Shampoo and...uh" Ranma new immediately that she made a mistake mentioning Shampoo's name. She felt Akane's anger starting to boil over. She decided to abandon the idea of escape and went right in to damage control. Ranma closed her eyes and clenched every muscle in her body tight waiting for the expect reprisal but nothing came. Ranma slowly opened one of her closed eyes to look at Akane. Akane stood there with a smile on her face. She clasped her hands behind her back and bent forward. "Well I bet you are hungry. You have been unconscious for 2 days after all." She turned around to enter back into the house and then looked over her shoulder at Ranma. "Well come on in, dinner is actually almost finished, I only have a few more things to do." Ranma immediately started to panic. Oh boy, oh boy, how do I get out of this, it's bad enough I almost died, now she wants to finish the job, thought Ranma.
As Ranma hesitated at the door. He heard a voice in his head that he didn't hear often. "Well she did save your life by giving you blood and she didn't clobber you at the door. She's also gone through the trouble to try to make some thing for you." Ranma slumped his shoulders feeling guilty about the guilt trip that his on again off again conscience gave him. Ranma trudged in through the door still slouching his shoulders. "Hey take off your slippers and wipe that grimace off your face and try to look happy that Akane is doing some thing nice for you." Ranma's conscience berated him. "Hey" thought Ranma "Who are you to show up and start demanding I do things? Where have you been all this time? "MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS." hammered Ranma's conscience. "Jees, kay." muttered the moody teen to her self.
Ranma entered and sat down at her usual spot at the table and then looked around to see where every one else was but saw nor heard nobody except Akane in the kitchen. Ranma saw a note on the table and picked it up. It was from Kasumi. It read
Dear,
Ranma. I hope this letter finds you feeling better. Akane told every one that you would be coming home and that she wanted to make a special welcome home meal for you. So every one decided to go out for dinner. Don't worry I left instructions for Akane on how to make curry and rice. I do hope she actually reads the instructions the whole way through. We will see you later tonight.
Sincerely,
Kasumi
Great mumbled Ranma, every one else left to save there own lives and Im stuck here to die in their place. "HEY WHAT DID I SAY ABOUT TALK LIKE THAT." thundered Ranma's conscience. Easy for you to say thought Ranma, your never here. "WATCH IT." Roared his conscience. Just then Ranma heard the front door open and close. A second later Yusuke and Kuwabara stepped into the room and sat down at the table with Ranma.
"So where is every one? Asked Yusuke. "They all went out to dinner." replied the red head girl. Kuwabara gave Yusuke a puzzled look. "Don't ask." said Ranma. "Dinners done" came the cheerful voice of Akane from the kitchen. She came out and set the table and served up every one a plate of food. After she gave Ranma his plate of food Akane sat there looking pleased with her self waiting for Ranma to sample her dish. Yusuke and Kuwabara dived right into their plates and devoured their meal at a break neck pace. Ranma raised one of her eye brows at the site. Oh well if they can handle it, I guess I can. Ranma raised a spoon full of curry to her mouth and plopped it in.
CHAPTER 4 END
Well here's the end of a long awaited chapter. I know I said Yosho would kidnap one of the Tendo girls but I had to break the chapter up. I know it seems like Im just adding a filler but we will get to the meat and bones of the story next chapter. I hope you all enjoyed my humor and if you have any suggestions please feel free to let me know. The further along I get the more Im improving.
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