A panda for a father, An honorable mother And me in the middle A tomboy as a wife An amazon to bring strife A psycho that is scary A friend who wants to marry And me in the middle A life full of magic A life full of fights And me in the middle Can't I ever be by the side? White light struck him as he entered the room. In the corner of the room Gosunkugi glowed white and in front of the desk the teacher was frozen in movement in the throes of having a fit. He clutched his head as he felt that odd headache he had carried around all morning grow larger. (Must get Uchan out) He stumbled over to Ukyou's desk and picked up her sleeping form. He then threw her over his back and made an attempt to walk back, but despite his best efforts he couldn't move his legs. Suddenly the white light ceased and everything went back to normal, the clock on the wall moved forward three hours, the teacher began to move, everyone that was asleep on their desks made sounds of waking up, even Uchan began to stir and he himself could remember almost three hours in class on top of the one he had spent in the corridor and the time he spent trying to find Uchan. -Hey Uchan, You alright? He set her down before she came to or Akane had time to come in. -Anyone in here know what happened? He asked. Everyone looked oddly at him. Everyone except Akane, who had just walked in, Gosunkugi, who was still in the stages of waking up and Ukyou, who.... Strike that, she was looking oddly at him too, another kind of odd look granted but, still it was an odd look. -Raaanchaaan! She said dreamily. -*gulp* Yes? -My savior! She exclaimed, glomping on to him. Ranma bolted a quick look at Akane who was giving him an odd look that she seemed to have copyrighted long ago. -Ranma you idiot! She whipped out her hammer and punted him through the window. -- Below a shop sign that was hanging on an otherwise empty brickwall, a door outlined itself. -- -Hey, Naoko wait up! (It has to be Naoko, it has to be....) Ryouga was running after a girl in blue clothes. The girl suddenly stopped. Ryouga's momentum carried him a little bit ahead of the girl in blue. He slowed in and spun around. In front of him was a woman in a blue dress; she was tall for a Japanese and her hair was perfectly white. The dress she wore reached down to the floor, the sleeves ended halfway on her arms and it had a very low cut that went down all the way to the navel. -Hello, and who might you be? She said. -Ry -Ry -Ryouga Hibiki. Have you seen a girl about two years older than me? The white-haired woman smiled and pointed to the other side of the street, -Your sister is in that direction. -Thanks! He replied while turning 180, running of. -What an odd little thing. She said nearly laughing. -- Kuno was in a grouchy mood. All day and most of the night had been spent trying to find his elusive Pig-tailed-goddess. Unfortunately he had had no luck in his endeavor, every trail he had followed had turned up a blank. Sasuke had not returned yet, which meant that he had no idea how to stop his sister's plan. -Kuno! Hey Kuno! He looked up. Nabiki was sitting on the other side of the table. -Yes, he said irritably, what is it? She leaned across the table looking smug. -Kuno-baby I've got a small proposition for you -- From around a corner some metal floated in and dribbled up a door. The metal bubbled strangely and formed into a normal doorknob before coagulating. -- Ranma was lying very still. Akane had not aimed high this time, which he was thankful for, but instead whacked him as hard as possible. This meant that he had gone nearly as far as was usual but was not as beaten up, since he got the most of the beating from the actual landing. He carefully opened one eye. He was lying on a street with people passing all around him. He stood up and tried to recognize where in Nerima he was. (I don't think that I would ever envy Ryouga) He thought just before he saw Furinkan in the distance. (I guess I better go back there) Sighing audibly he began walking through the crowd towards his school. -- Ukyou and Akane were sitting outside the school. There were a lot of chairs and tables around and they had placed themselves under the shadow of a tree. -I don't think that that was very nice, Akane. I mean he was just concerned. -Humph! Akane turned away from Ukyou again. Ukyou walked around her and sat down on a chair conveniently placed in front of where Akane was looking. Ukyou smiled wide. -You know, this is why he will come to me in the end. -Humph! Yet again Akane turned 180 degrees. And again Ukyou stood up, walked around Akane and sat down on the chair that was now in front of Akane. -Yep, He is going to come to me because I am nice to him, I don't hit him AND.... Ukyou leaned forward to get her point across. -...I am CUTE! Now Akane's eyes darkened and she made a fist in front of Ukyou's nose. -Go away Ukyou, NOW! -Fine, if that's the way you want it. Ukyou stood up and made as if to leave Akane alone. -It's a shame really. She began walking away. Akane glared at Ukyou's retreating form. -What! She snapped. Ukyou stopped. -Do you even remotely like Ranma? -Whaaa -whaa -wha what? I don't.... Akane bent backwards a bit. Ukyou slowly moved to face Akane. -Exactly! You don't, do you? Akane threw herself into standing position. -Wait just a moment! He is MY fiancée and nothing is going to change that. -You, HIS fiancée, you can't even cook! You hit him like there's no tomorrow and I don't know what else! I am a lot better for him than you are. At each thing she had said, she had taken a step closer. The only thing separating them was a table, and Ukyou was practically sitting on it. -Says who? Akane shot back. -I say so, and I'm sure Ranchan would agree with me if you hadn't hit him into orbit. -RANMA'S AN IDIOT! -For being engaged to you, I have no doubt! Ukyo crossed her arms over her chest. -Ightlwsr father's idea nugthlrs. Akane mumbled. Ukyou suddenly got a very devious grin. -I bet that you couldn't prove yourself to be better then me. -IN WHAT! -In anything, but mostly those thing Ranma would need from his fiancée. I would even bet.... *RRRRIIIINNGG* -Darn, well must be off. Ukyou waved as she ran in to school. Akane just stood there dazed. (what was Ukyou up to?) -- Ranma veered into an alley. (Where the hell did Furinkan go to?) Beside him there was a brick wall. the brick wall had a sign on it, a door below the sign and a doorknob on the door. All in all a very normal shop in an alley. Raindrops started falling. (Yipes! Gotta find shelter) Ranma quickly grabbed the doorknob and pushed; the door didn't open. (What the h*** is wrong with this door?) Suddenly he felt a jolt of electricity run through him and he let go of the door. *Knniiir* The door slid open. -- In a crowd, two umbrellas found their way to each other. -Excuse me, but could you direct me towards the Hibiki/Tendo dojo? They said simultaneously. They both tried to clean out their ears. -What? They said in unison. They took a good look at each other. -Ryouga/Naoko! They embraced one another. -- (Think, think, where could I have left it?) He was sitting on a couch in the living room. It was a nice and cozy couch and he had his feet up on the table. In other words, he was resting; even so, his mind was working furiously. (I know that I didn't leave it at that fiery place and I'm pretty sure that I had it with me when Ukyou tried to use me as a scratchingpost) A little girl bounced into the room, carrying a tray of cookies and a carton of milk. -Here you go Iruka. She said, placing everything on the table in font of him and then snuggling up beside him. -Thank you. He replied and took a cooky. (Now here's another one of my problems *sigh* She isn't a Gosunkugi, so we aren't related. Her parents would worry if she where gone and she couldn't possibly get any proper training around here. I HAVE to find my backpack!) Iruka muttered and put the halfeaten cookie on the table. -What is it Iruka? The little girl looked up at him with worry. -Nothing. He mumbled. She looked up at him pleadingly. -Oh well, you know that backpack I was trying to find? She nodded. -I was trying to remember where I put it. She took a cookie. -Do you remember where you were before you appeared in the cellar? He looked up to the ceiling, trying to remember. -At that house where that redhead was. She looked at him angrily. -Did you have the backpack then? -No. She took another cookie, -When did you last remember your backpack? He got an empty look in his eyes. -I had it on while asking directions from Ryouga. -Then where did you go? She asked. Still empty in his eyes he responded mechanically. -I worked out my differences with Ranma and.... (That's funny, everything's blank up until....) -Where were you after that? He put on a sheepish face and scratched the back of his neck. -Ah yes, I sort of woke up outside. -Without your backpack? -Without my backpack. He confirmed -Then that's where it is! She exclaimed with glee. -- There is a room in a special house that only one person visits. At times other persons came into it, but they were creeping around, and that isn't what the keeper of the house would call a visit. (So I won't either) This room was currently in a mess. There was one exception, the large empty spot in the middle. A spot waiting to be filled, by SOMETHING. The empty space looked like it was cleared for a special PURPOSE. The PURPOSE and the SOMETHING were currently spread about on the terrain in the room that should simply be called "not empty", not because there was a lot of stuff there, nor for the fact that there was an empty place in the middle of it. It should be called "not empty" because It WASN'T the empty place in the middle of it. The occupant of this room was a little man named Happosai and he was angry. -You just watch your back, Ranma, you watch your back! -- Ranma entered the shop, wet as a sponge in the sea. Immediately he was drenched in warm water. -Thank you, but how did you ...? -Oh I know a lot about Jusenkhyo; you might even say that I've known about it from the start. Of course, the same might hold true for the earth by large. -Wha? -Come in, come in, take a look at my wares. That is why you came, is it not? Ranma took a step forward, moving behind the shopowner. He hadn't come to look at anything, but the rain was pouring down outside and he couldn't think of anything else to do and... (why not? It's not as if I'm gonna buy any stuff or nothin') Ranma took a look at the owner, a burly old man in grey jeans, a grey sweater and a large grey apron (not to mention the grey socks, the grey shoes and the grey jacket hanging on the coathoalder in the corner), and wondered aloud what kind of stuff he was selling. -Oh, a little bit of this and a little bit of that. He said as a spotlight in the middle of the room was turned on. ----------------------------------------------------------------- --- Can you see the red thread, the yellow or the blue? Can you see the green one inbetween the two? Take a look at all of it. Can you see it too? It all forms a tapestry. A tapestry for you (Dewin Duvae) --- Freemage's notes: I don't mean to be a pest, but have you sent Dewin some C&C yet? 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