Ranma 1/2: The Magical Mystery

Hibiki Tour

by Jaelle and Orla

***

The characters in this story are the property of Rumiko
Takahashi-sama. We prostrate ourselves at her feet and beg her
forgiveness for our temerity in using these characters. We're
not worthy! We're not worthy!

The other characters in this story are the copyrighted
property of Yuki Nasu and Pioneer LDC.

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Part Four

< > indicates speech in another language

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NERIMA: Tendo Dojo

Kasumi tested the rice and smiled. "Perfect." she said.
"Anata. Lunch is ready."

She walked into the dining room and set the rice down.

Dr Tofu smiled at her as he seated the twins. "Arigato,
Kasumi-chan."

Kasumi sat beside the twins and began to serve lunch.
"There you are, Shoga-chan." she said to the little boy
giving him a bottle. "Calm down, Myoga-chan, here is yours."

"When are Tendo-san and Saotome-san returning?" asked Dr Tofu.

"Well, I believe Father said he expected to be returning
before 5pm, he and Mr Saotome want to make sure they have a
lot of rest before going on the Mystery Tour."

Dr Tofu frowned. "But the tour left this morning."

"Hai." said Kasumi calmly. "I'm sure they won't be too upset."

At that moment cracks appeared in the garden wall and then...

*BOOM*

"Nihao!"

Kasumi looked up. "Oh my. Konnichiwa, Shampoo."

The pretty purple-haired Chinese wall-breaking Amazon climbed
over the rubble of the wall and entered the dining room.

"Shampoo wake up today and see sun shining. It nice day to go
for picnic with Ranma!" she looked around, "Where Ranma now?"

Kasumi smiled. "He just left this morning."

"Where he leave? He go training? Shampoo waiting outside
Nekohanten all morning but he no come by."

"Ranma went on holiday." said Dr Tofu. "With Akane. It's a
mystery tour thing run by Ryoga Hibiki."

Shampoo's eyes widened. "Holiday? Tour? Run by lost boy?"

"Yes, it was an engagement present, both he and Ukyou Kuonji
went into partnership and gave them a free trip."

"Spatula-girl and lost boy?" Shampoo paused and then her
expression darkened and rage contorted her features. "They
trick Ranma! No-good, ugly, spatula-girl try to steal Ranma
for self!" She turned, fists clenched, battle-aura shimmering.
"Zaijian, Kasumi-san, Dr Tofu."

"Sayonara, Shampoo." said Kasumi, then she blinked as Shampoo
ran off at top speed, "Oh my, I do wish she had used the same
place she came in to leave." she got up and went to the
phone to call the repairpeople.

Dr Tofu sighed and ruffled his children's hair. "Looks like
your Auntie and Ranma are going to have an unexpected addition
to the group, still, I'm sure they can handle it."

***

Shampoo burst into the Nekohanten - totally frightening the
customers who were sitting by the wall she burst through.
Ignoring the startled outcry she raced past Cologne and up the
stairs into her room. She pulled out a pack and began to stuff
clothing into it. Cologne entered and frowned at her
great-granddaughter's activities.

"<What are you doing, Shampoo?>" asked Cologne speaking in her
native Chinese.

Shampoo paused and turned to face her. "<I have to hurry,
Great-Grandmother, or I could lose Ranma to that
spatula-girl!>"

"<What scheme has Ukyou Kuonji come up with now? We can thwart
her.>"

"<Not if she isn't here to thwart! She and that lost pig-boy
have teamed up again and have spirited Ranma and Akane away
on some mystery tour!>" Shampoo resumed her packing. "<I must
go after them and make sure Ranma is not taken from me.>"

Cologne considered for a moment. "<I understand your decision,
child, but have you thought of one thing?>"

"<What?>"

"<Ryoga Hibiki is the one giving this tour, will you be able
to _find_ them?>"

Shampoo looked worried, then her features hardened. "<It
doesn't matter, whatever it takes I will find them.>"

Cologne nodded. "<Good luck, Shampoo, I pray you come back
with what you want.>"

Shampoo smiled. "Xiexie, Great-grandmother." She picked up
her pack, went to the window and leapt out. Cologne watched
her leaping across the rooftops. "Zaijian,
Great-granddaughter."

***

Shanghai, the morning after:

"Thank God." said Ryoga. He bent and touched the ground.

"I do hope you're going to wash your hands now," said Ukyou.
"This ground is kinda muddy. Don't get your uniform dirty."

"Hai hai Okasan." said Ryoga. "Quit worrying, the worst
part is over now."

"What is it with you and water? It's not like you even got
seasick or anything!"

"Just shut up okay?" said Ryoga. "Someone like you could
never understand me!" *_Damn_ this curse,* he thought to
himself.

"You're _weird_." said Ukyou.

"Oh thank GOD!" said Ranma, walking down the gangplank.
"Land, sweet sweet land!"

Ukyou looked at him strangely.

"What?"

"Nothing, never mind. Where are the others?"

"They're helping Godai out of the bathroom. He's convinced
he's going to die, he keeps asking for someone called Kyoko."

"Jeez, it's only seasickness," said Ukyou.

"Hey, you weren't up close and personal when it kicked in."
said Ranma. "That guy elevates seasickness to a higher art
form."

"Yuck, I didn't need to know."

Ranma looked at Ryoga, "Shouldn't you be in the bus?"

"Mikado's in charge of getting it out of the cargo bay,"
said Ukyou.

"I thought he wasn't that great a driver."

"He's not, but we thought we'd give Godai a break by
making sure we get off _this time_."

"I told you that was an accident!"

"How could you get off one ship and onto another?!"

"It's not my fault!" Ryoga wailed.

Ranma and Ukyou shared a look, "Jackass." they said together.

Ryoga started to glow green faintly. Ranma patted him on the
shoulder. "Chill man, at least you know how to get out of
third gear."

"Right, let's get back to business." said Ukyou. "I can see
the bus coming, the others are headed towards the gangplank,
we're in Shanghai and we need to get to the Yuyuan Gardens."
she looked challengingly at Ryoga. "Think you can cope with
that?" she asked sweetly.

"Uhhh... you will stand next to me and tell me which way
to go, right?"

"YOU'RE SO PATHETIC!!!"

"Hey, don't worry man. I'll help." said Ranma.

*Urk. Plan, remember the plan!* "No no Ranchan," said Ukyou.
"I can manage. No problem."

*Two hours later*

"I can't read Chinese!" yelled Ukyou. "What on earth
possessed you to bring a map of China written in Chinese?"

"It's the only map of China I have!" said Ryoga.

"Oh this is hopeless," said Ukyou. "We'll have to ask for
directions. Pull over, by that guy over there."

The bus stopped next to a man on a bicycle.

"Nihao!" said Ukyou, leaning out the bus door. <Excuse me,
I'm a toaster. Can you fly the way to Yuyuhakusho Gardens?>"

The man looked incredibly confused, whilst Ryoga started to
laugh.

"Shut up Ryoga!" said Ukyou, frantically flicking through
her phrasebook. "Damn it, where is the phrase for 'I'm
lost'."

Ryoga eventually stopped laughing, "That's the one phrase I
know in any language," he said. He motioned her out of the
way and leant out the door. "Qingwen dao Yuyuan zenme zou,
women mi lu le."

The man smiled and rattled off directions in rapid Chinese.
Ryoga translated as Ukyou scribbled them down.

"End of the street, turn left. Keep going till you reach
the big hotel about halfway down, turn right at the next
intersection and you'll see it. Xiexie!" he said to the
man, who nodded and smiled again.

There was complete silence on the bus as Ryoga went back
to his seat.

"I didn't know you knew Chinese," said Ranma.

"I can only speak it a bit," said Ryoga. "I understand it
much better though, and I know the basic signs - Bath,
Hotel, Restaurant and Watch out, Landslides. Although that
last one is just a guess."

Ukyou bit her lip. "Ooki ni, Ryoga." she said softly.

"No problem, I'm used to asking for directions." said
Ryoga. "Following them is more difficult, which is why I
am now going to rely on _you_."

"Incredible," said Miya. "A man who will actually ask for
directions. Someone preserve him for posterity."

"Hey!" said Suka.

"Don't worry," said Nabiki. "He's one of a kind, thank
goodness, and he's perfectly safe. Nothing short of a nuclear
blast is going to endanger Ryoga the ridiculously strong."

"Hmph," said Ranma.

"Don't worry Ranma, I'm sure you, the ridiculously stubborn,
arrogant, pigheaded and fast, could probably hurt him a bit."

"_Thanks_ Nabiki."

***

At Yuyuan Gardens:

Ukyou stepped off the bus and held her flag high. "Alright
everyone, if you could just follow me, stay together please,
please stay together! Ryoga, this means YOU."

"What did I do?"

"Mikado stay with the bus, Ryoga, you're with us."

"Why does he get to go?" complained Mikado.

"He's the only one that can speak Chinese," said Ukyou.

"It's a pity that Shampoo isn't here," said Ranma.

"Says _who_?" said both Akane and Ukyou instantly.

"Well, she can speak Chinese better than any of us." said
Ranma. "After all, it's her native language, so of course
she'd be better at it than pig-boy."

Everyone moved away from Ranma.

"Who're you calling a pig?"

"Oh so you _want_ her along huh?"

"Shampoo is a purple-haired building-wrecker with ONE
brain cell and that's stretching it!" snarled Ukyou. "How
could you possibly even _think_ of that bimbo with ME...
er... I mean _Akane_ along?"

"You take that back Ranma!" yelled Ryoga. "How dare you
insult Akane?!"

Ukyou winced, *Crude, but it might just work.*

"I can't believe you're thinking of Shampoo!" said Akane,
steam pouring out of her ears.

*Or maybe not. Dammit Ryoga, wait till she's _listening_
before you do the white knight thing.*

Suka and Miya watched in amazement. "And I thought _we_
had lots of fights!" Suka said in amazement.

"Hmmm... this looks kind of familiar to me," said Godai.

"Me too," said Kiyone. "Are they always like this?" she
asked Nabiki.

"Pretty much," Nabiki replied. "Shall we go into the
gardens now?"

The group headed into the gardens and soon lost themselves
in the beauty of their surroundings and also the tacky bazaar,
leaving behind only Konatsu, who watched as the argument
escalated. *Ukyou-sama.*

***

Two hours later Nabiki and the others trailed out of the
Gardens carrying assorted packages. Konatsu greeted them
with a strained smile, in front of him Ranma, Akane, Ukyou
and Ryoga were still arguing, the disordered state of their
clothing indicated that a scuffle had broken out at one point.

"Ranma no baka!!"

"Kawaiikune tomboy!!"

"Take that back Ranma! I will not allow you to insult Akane
like that! Ukyou let me go!"

"Ryoga you imbecile! This isn't right and I will NOT let you
attack Ran-chan!"

"Fem-boy deserves it!"

"What did you call me?!"

"You heard me! A half-man like you has no right to love her!"

"At least I'm not a pig!!"

"Why you... "

"I can't see what your problem is anyway, man, it's not as if
Akane was any great prize or nothin'... "

*BAMN!!!*

Ranma fell to the ground with a thud as Akane whalloped him with
her trusty mallet.

Ryoga sneered at the fallen man. "Heh, there is such a thing as
justice, fool."

*WHAM!!!*

Ukyou batted Ryoga into the nearest tree with her spatula, he
crashed into it, and caused the trunk to break in half.

Nabiki shook her head. "You four are pathetic." she looked
sternly at Ukyou who met her gaze firmly. "This is not helping
you, I won't look favourably on a venture that causes too much
money to be lost on property damage." Nabiki's mouth quirked
into a half-smile. "I would think that you of all people would
realise what is riding on your success, Ukyou."

Ukyou's gaze wavered and she clenched her fists. "Yes, I
know." She bowed her head.

Ryoga pulled his face out of the tree trunk and looked back
at her. *Poor Ukyou,* he thought, *She could lose the restaurant
if this goes wrong. And to Nabiki no less! I can't let that
happen, she doesn't deserve _that_. _No one_ does.*

Ukyou opened her mouth to apologise when Ryoga stepped up to
her and bowed deeply. "I'm so sorry." he said from this
position. "Everyone, this was completely my fault and I
apologise fully."

Ranma, Akane, and Ukyou stared at him in amazement. *Bwah?*

Ryoga straightened up. "Please accept my apologies and
assurances that this will not happen again." He turned and
bowed to Ranma. "Gomen nasai Ranma. Please don't let this
spoil your holiday."

Ranma gaped at Ryoga. "... Uh... I mean... no problem."

Ryoga remained bowing. Ranma felt his cheeks flush and
he moved forward.

"Geez man, cut it out already. It's not like this isn't
what we normally do. Come on, stand up!"

Everyone else started talking. "Yeah, come on Ryoga, I'm
used to this sort of thing." "It's okay." "I forgive you."

Ryoga did reluctantly. "Thank you for your forgiveness
everyone. I will endeavour to ensure that the rest of
your holiday is as pleasant as possible."

Ukyou stared up at him. She touched his arm. "Ryoga...
doomo arigato."

Ryoga looked down at her face, and blushed furiously.
"Oh... oh it was nothing."

"No really, thanks. You didn't have to do that."

"Eh heh heh," Ryoga scratched the back of his head.
"No problem. After all, if you lose the restaurant who
else will feed me? It's not like Shampoo will give me
free food."

*WHAM*

"Why do we have to keep talking about Shampoo?!!!!" yelled
Ukyou, peeling her spatula off his head.

"Sorry... sorry..." Tears flowed from Ryoga's eyes. "And
now if everyone will just follow me and board the bus..."

*WHAMMMMMMM*

"The bus is THIS way!"

***

Yokohama:

"What you mean there no boat?"

"Exactly what I told you three times already, lady. There
are no more passenger liners leaving for Shanghai until
tomorrow."

Shampoo fumed. It had been going so well, she had managed to
obtain a copy of the Hibiki Mystery Tour itinerary (it had
been very easy to convince Happosai that Ukyou kept a stash
of satin lingerie in her bedroom and if he could just pick up
one little thing for her, she would be _most_ grateful. Shampoo
had enjoyed booting the little pervert into the stratosphere
after he gave her the itinerary). Then she had set out at top
speed for Yokohama only to discover when she arrived that the
dockworkers were involved in some industrial action and there
would be no ships leaving for China until the next day. After
_that_ was over she learnt that although the freight ships were
going, the passenger liners were still delayed!

[We don't know if Japan has industrial action or not, but then
again, anything can happen in the Ranma universe! - Orla]

Shampoo sighed *I shall just have to be faster when I get to
China* she thought. *Unless... I could go to one of the places
they will be going to, then all I have to is wait!* Her
expression brightened and she turned to the harbour master.

"Shampoo wonder if there boat to other place?" she checked the
itinary. "Hangzhou? Fuzhou? Xiamen?"

The Harbour Master rolled his eyes, this girl was just _not_
listening! "Lady, the only ships going out are freight!"

Shampoo bit her lip, she was getting desperate. "Ok, Shampoo
go freight."

"They don't take passengers!!!"

"Any go to China?"

He gave up. "Hai, there is one going to Fuzhou tonight. You
could ask them, but I don't think they'll take you."

"Worth try. Shampoo must go China!"

"Go to dock 23, ask for Ling - he's the Captain. Now please
leave me alone!!"

"Xiexie!" called Shampoo running out of his office.

He glared after her. "Great, now I have another hole in the
wall to match the one she made coming in!"

Shampoo ran towards dock 23, a grim smile on her lips. At
last, a break! The last couple of days had been so
frustrating. She couldn't believe this was happening.
Everything had been going so smoothly up till now. Oh
sure, Ranma had announced that he was finally going to
marry the green-eyed monster Akane, but this was just a
temporary setback. She was sure that he would soon come
around and realise that the only one for him was his
lovely Shampoo. If only the stupid spatula girl hadn't
interfered. Shampoo bared her teeth. She was going to
enjoy beating the sauce out of Ukyou. And if stupid
directionless pig-boy got in the way... well, she
hadn't eaten well in the last couple of days...

***

Shanghai:

The tour bus screeched to a halt outside a small office that
sat on the edge of a large camp area. Ukyou stood up and
turned to the passengers, switching on the microphone.

"Okay, people these are the Yuyuan camping grounds, as you
can see we are not far from the Gardens... "

"Although you could be forgiven for thinking otherwise since
it took one hour to get here." murmered Ranma.

"Ranchan!"

"Sorry, Ucchan." Ranma gave her a cheeky smile, Ukyou's stern
expression softened.

"Achem... anyway, please wait here while I go and let the
caretaker know who we are." Ukyou switched off the microphone
and turned to Ryoga. "Ummm... Ryoga?"

"Uh?" Ryoga looked up her, his eyes were dull with tiredness.

Ukyou leaned towards him. "Gomen, Ryoga, I know that you are
tired, but I... I... " she stuttered, an embarrassed expression
crossing her face.

Ryoga sat up, his heart gave a strange thump as he looked into
her eyes. "N-nan desu?"

"Would you... would you come with me? I need your language
skills!" whispered Ukyou urgently.

Ryoga felt slightly disappointed. "Hai." He opened the bus
door and went outside with her.

Kiyone frowned. "What is the deal with those two?" she
wondered aloud.

Godai looked wistful. "The way he acts, he reminds me of me...
er... of someone I know."

"There is obviously some feeling between them." said Miya.

Suka looked doubtful. "You think? They seem to fight alot."

Ranma listened in and a thoughtful expression crossed his face.
"Ryoga and Ucchan, ne?"

Akane glanced at him. "What are you thinking, Ranma?" she
asked a suspicious note in her voice.

Ranma put his arm around her and drew her head close.
"Remember when we thought Ryoga and Ucchan were dating?"

"At the cave of lost love? Yes, but we were wrong, so... "

"So what I'm thinking is that it would be really cool if they
did get together. Ucchan's my best friend, I'd like her to be
happy, and Ryoga, well... he needs someone like her to look
after him."

Akane blinked. "Are you suggesting that _we_ play matchmaker??"

"Why not? This is the _perfect_ opportunity! Here we are all
together on this trip, Ucchan has to work closely with Ryoga,
he'll soon see how cute she is and if we just nudge them in
the right way... "

"Unfortunately subtlety is not your strong point, Ranma."
Nabiki twisted in her seat to face them.

"Onechan! You were listening?"

Nabiki ignored Akane's outrage and looked directly at Ranma.
"However, I believe your idea has some... potential." a smile
played on Nabiki's lips. "If you will _allow_ me, I think I
could help you achieve your desired goal."

Ranma raised his eyebrows. "Oh, yeah? What's _your_ gain in
all this?"

Nabiki affected an injured expression. "Really, Ranma, I will
help you because it's a good thing." Her mouth streched into
a full grin. "I believe that Ukyou and Ryoga _deserve_ each
other."

Akane frowned, there was more to Nabiki's willingness to help
than met the eye. *Still... * Akane thought *I have to admit
that pairing Ukyou and Ryoga looks like a good thing. Ok, so
they argue, but so do Ranma and I, if we could push them in
the right direction they could be very happy.*

Ranma rubbed his head. "Well, I've gotta admit that you would
be better at this than me." he confessed to Nabiki. "Ok, I
accept your help, but nothing that will hurt 'em!"

"Trust me."

In the seat opposite Nabiki, Konatsu sat looking out the window
his eyes filled with tears. *Ukyou-sama and Hibiki? Noooooo!*
He felt a touch on his shoulder and looked around. Mikado
smiled down at Konatsu, his teeth sparkled. "Feeling lonely,
lovely one?"

*Oh no, I wish he would leave me alone!* "N-no, Sanzenin-san,
just tired."

Mikado sat beside him. "You can sleep on my shoulder."

*Yuck* "I-I... "

"We're back!" Ukyou and Ryoga re-entered the bus. Ukyou
noticed Sanzenin crowding Konatsu. "Hey! Mikado! No hitting
on the passengers!"

Mikado moved slightly away from Konatsu and winked at Ukyou.

Ukyou sighed. "And before you ask, jackass, I'm not jealous."

Ryoga yawned. "Can we get going to our assigned spot now?"

Ukyou plastered a bright smile on her face. "Yes, we have
been given a nice place to pitch camp, it is located near the
showers and other amenities." she informed everyone.

Ryoga mangaged to get to the camping spot without trouble,
although he continued to yawn. Ukyou showed everyone where
the amenities were and told Mikado to unload the tents, as
Ryoga stood up to help she held him back.

"Ryoga, I don't want you do any more." Ukyou's voice was
concerned.

He stared at her. "What do you mean? I have to help pitch the
tents!"

"You won't help anyone if you collapse." Ukyou put an arm
around his shoulders. "Hey sugar, you look half-dead and
that's making me worried!"

He swallowed, she was so close and she was being so... so
kind. "Ano... so... you... "

Ukyou squeezed his shoulder. "I want you to go to the showers
and have a nice hot shower to refresh yourself, then I want
you to get some sleep, ok?"

"H... hai."

Ukyou gave him another hug and smiled, then she turned and
bounded down the steps.

Ryoga blinked and slowly began to breath normally. He went
to his pack and pulled out a towel and some soap. "Guess
she's right." He descended the steps and nearly ran into Akane.

"A-Akane-san!"

"Hey, Ryoga." Akane smiled up at him. "Ukyou asked me to take
you to the showers." She began to walk towards the shower
block,

"S-she did? O-oh." Ryoga's mind whirled as he followed Akane.
*This must be part of the plan, I have Akane all alone! Ok,
I have to say something, something interesting!* He gulped and
opened his mouth.

"Ukyou has really been taking care of you, hasn't she?" said
Akane lightly before he could utter a word.

*Huh?*

"She seems to get along with you. Do you like working with
her?"

*What is she talking about Ukyou for?* "Uh... it's okay."

"I always thought Ukyou was pretty, she looks so good in that
uniform. Don't you think she's pretty, Ryoga?"

*Wha... what?* "I... I... well, sure... I guess so." *Right,
now I have to say that _Akane_ is beautiful.* Ryoga turned to
her, ready to compliment her.

"She's smart too, look at all the things she's done." Akane
smiled. "I really admire her for running Ucchan's by herself
and taking college courses, any guy who falls in love with her
will be really lucky."

By this time Ryoga was totally confused, instead of having an
intimate talk with Akane, he was being bombarded with images of
Ukyou, it was very disturbing. He cleared his throat and tried
to get the conversation on the right track.

"Uh... Akane-san?"

"Yes?"

"Uh... nice night this moon, ne?" *Damn!*

Akane blinked. "Sure... Oh look, here's the showers!"

Ryoga glared at the concrete block in front of him and wished
them far away. Akane pushed him towards the opening.

"Have a nice shower, Ryoga-kun!" she said cheerily.

Ryoga entered in despair. *I failed, the perfect opportunity
and I blew it!*

He looked around. The showers numbered three open stainless
steel cubicles. Opposite the showers was a long stainless steel
set of basins below a long mirror. There were cubbyholes to put
clothes in, and hooks for towels. At one end another chamber
led to the toilets. Ryoga placed his towel on a hook, turned
on one of the showers (carefully avoiding the first blast of
cold water) and slipped off his clothes. He stepped into the
shower and sighed in satisfaction as the hot water hit his
tired limbs. *This is good. Ukyou was right.* He let the water
run over his head. *She is pretty... * the faint thought
trembled through his mind.

Outside Akane hesitated, wondering if she should wait for Ryoga
to finish so she could help him back or come back/send someone
in ten minutes.

"Akane!" Ranma's voice startled her.

"Ranma?" she whirled to face him, he was carrying a towel and
soap. "Is your tent up already?"

"Yeah, I thought I'd avoid the rush and grab a shower." Ranma
sidled up to her. "How did it go?"

Akane looked doubtful. "I don't know, he seemed pretty startled
and embarrassed when I kept on about Ukyou."

"Then he must like her!" announced Ranma cheerfully, he winked.
"I'll work on him a bit more." he said as he entered.

Akane sighed, sometimes Ranma was too sure of himself!

"Nihao?" An old man dressed in a faded uniform came up to her.

Akane smiled. "Nihao."

The old man started saying something in Chinese, Akane shook
her head.

"I don't understand, sorry. Umm... Wo... wo fingbudong?"

He smiled and nodded then bowed and pointed to the showers
before disappearing behind the building. Akane frowned.

*What was he trying to say? Perhaps there is something wrong
with the showers. Should I tell Ranma and Ryoga to get out?
How?*

Akane took a deep breath and yelled. "Ranma!!! Get out of
there!!!"

***

Ranma greeted Ryoga as he entered the showers. "Feeling better
man?"

Ryoga glanced at Ranma. "Much." he said curtly.

Ranma turned on the shower next to Ryoga's, hung up his towel
and disrobed. "What's wrong with you?" he asked getting in
the shower.

Ryoga leant his forehead against the shower wall and said
nothing.

"Are you ok?" Ranma asked when he had no response from the
other cubicle.

"I'm fine, I was hoping that I could relax in _private_"

"Not in a public shower!" chuckled Ranma. "You'd better hope
that no girls walk in here accidently, these are the only
showers in our area." A sly look crept over Ranma's face.
"I bet you wouldn't mind if Ukyou walked in on you though."

"....." Ryoga's blood pulsed, his nose twitched.
"RRRAAAAANNNMMMA!" he growled. This was too much, first
Akane's confusing conversation and now this, what was going
on???

Ranma chuckled. "Oh, come on. You can't fool me, you... "

"Ranma!!! Get out of there!!!"

Both Ranma and Ryoga paused at the sound of Akane's voice.

"Wha... ?" went Ranma.

Then, suddenly, the water went ice-cold.

"YYYYYEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!"

End of Part Four.

Glossary:

Zaijian = Goodbye
Xiexie = Thank you
Ooki ni = Thank you (Ukyou speaks in Kansai dialect)

Qingwen dao Yuyuan zenme zou, women mi lu le =
Excuse me, we're lost, how do we get to Yuyuan?

 

Chapter 5

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