Cutting Ties Chapter 1 Revised

[EmberFireRose]

Please keep in mind that this is the raw, unfinished version of this chapter. I'm awaiting ranger5, my prereader to finish with it before I put the finishing touches on it(thank you, thank you, thank you). I was hoping to get some early opinions on the changes I made to the original version and some C&C for it. Thanks everyone.




The strange cave was a little confusing as he made his way deeper into it noticing all of the shelving along each of three of the walls holding an assortment of boxes, crates, vials and scrolls. In fact, the cave seemed more manmade than natural as the floor, walls and ceiling was all smooth and looking over to the far side without shelving there was a few more crates sitting next to what appeared to be a small metallic sink in the middle of it and on the far left what looked like a heavy wooden door. He was beginning to think that maybe he wasn’t even in a cave but maybe some kind of room.

“BWEEEE!” He squealed angrily though anyone who could understand the pig language knew he was saying, ‘Where the hell am I now? Damn you Ranma, this is all your fault!’ The complexities of the speech pasterns of the bovine race even confused Ryouga as he idly wondered how he could fit so much into one enraged squeal.

Locking his attention on the sink he decided it was best if he changed back to human then figure out where he was since the last time he wandered into an unknown place in his cursed form ended very badly.

“Look what I found momma.” The little girl who found Ryouga outside cried happily as she shoved the small piglet into the elder woman’s face pulling her attention from the boiling pot on the stove. “Can we please have sweet and sour pork for dinner?”

“BWEEEE?” Ryouga demanded, his eyes going wide as he started struggling in an attempt to free himself from these evil peoples’ clutches. The woman plucked Ryouga up by his bandanna and looked him in the eyes, hunger reflecting in those emerald orbs.

“Mmmm, I think it just may be perfect for dinner honey.” The elder woman said holding Ryouga over the very hot water, slowly licking her lips as the little piglet fought tooth and nail for his freedom. Everything seemed to go in slow motion as the woman released her grip on the piglet letting him fall slowly into the water.

“HOT! HOT! HOT!” A nude Ryouga screamed jumping out of the pot and between the stove and the woman, trying to cover himself up. “I’m sorry, I can explain!”

“Honey, go outside and leave mommy alone with her new friend for a few minutes.” The woman said as the girl nodded dumbly and left the kitchen the same way she came in. She turned to a fiercely blushing Ryouga looking him up and down, licking her lips and smiling in an evil manner causing the poor boy to shiver in fear the type he never felt before.

“Mommy.” Ryouga squeaked before retreating so fast he left an after image in his wake and a cloud of dust.

Ryouga shook the short memory out of his head grateful for finally convincing Mousse to teach him enough of the Hidden Weapons Technique to put his pack and clothes in stuff space when he was changed into a pig. Concentrating on his path so not to get lost he made his way to the sink using a small box to climb up onto a bigger one so he could jump over to the sink. Trotting to the far end of the box to get a running he start he froze when the top started creaking before caving in dumping him inside crashing down on vials and pouches of powers and liquids shattering more than one tube of the stuff cutting himself at least a half dozen times across his body and legs as the liquid mixed in his cuts. Coughing as the powder started to settle he felt a little woozy for a minute before a rush of energy seemed to flush through his body and muscles.

Easily jumping out of the crate he landed in the basin of the sink a little confused with the new strength. He decided not to worry about it as he used his nose to reach up and push the handle up turning the water on. It didn’t take too long for it to warm up changing him back to human. He stumbled for a moment getting his bearings before looking around realizing where he was. All of the Chinese labels meant he was either in China, or as most of the labels said, the Cat Café. He looked back at the crate when he realized how clear his thoughts were, clearer than he could remember as his anger seemed to drain away.

Pulling his outfit from stuff space he quickly put it on and threw his pack on before looking over the crate he damaged. He wasn’t as stupid as people made him out to be, as much as he got lost and traveled he was forced from an early age to start learning the languages of every place he visited which wasn’t really that difficult for him. Reading some of the labels it looked like they were a bunch of strange herbs and spices he never heard of before, probably a bunch of spices for the restaurant.

Kicking the smaller one on accident drew his attention to it and his eyes widened in shock at seeing Herb’s name as the sender. Tearing the top off it he found a dozen vials of water in with black corks and another dozen with tan corks. Picking up the envelope inside he tore it open and scanned the content of the letter he found out that Cologne wasn’t lying when she told them that Herb’s father had ordered the destruction of the Kettle and Ladle to prevent any more fiasco’s like Herb’s little incident. As per Cologne’s request they had sent her samples of each, the Ladle’s water was the ones with the black corks. The letter also said that Cologne would have to hurry her studies as the water would lose its properties after around a moth or two being away from the artifacts.

“Hmmm…If I use this I could trap Ranma as a girl and free Akane to be with me.” Ryouga thought though he wasn’t serious about it. Thinking about it though started making sense to him as he thought about how Akane would surely thank him for freeing her of the engagement. The thought of her lips brushing against his, the feel of her body pressed against his own as he would hold her close before he would take her for his own.

How could he actually beat Ranma though and trap him in his cursed form? As the most beautiful, the sexiest redhead that he had ever seen. Her deep, ocean blue eyes and her full pouty lips. Her curvy body, the full bust and long slender legs. Images of Ranma’s nude girl form flitted through his thoughts as he remembered the few times he had a chance to see it. She was so much more than Akane but she would never agree to be his.

Pacing the floor he looked over the assorted materials on the shelves and racks while he briefly wondered why his nose hadn’t erupted in geysers of blood with all of the thoughts running through his head but the growing need to have Ranma’s girl side, to posses her drove any hesitation away as it became all consuming.

As he looked across the shelves he began thinking of all the other girls throwing themselves at Ranma, every one beautiful in her own way and he started growing angry again though not in his usual way. It was getting a little harder to control his feelings as they kept jumping from lust to anger to jealousy and hatred. The bastard had everything Ryouga himself had always wanted, a beautiful girl and a stable home, a loving family and friends. And how did that ungrateful bastard treat it, like it was shit. He treated Akane like shit, the girl who should rightfully be his. All of them should!

He lashed out in anger smashing one of the racks throwing the contents across the floor breaking the boxes and bottles sending their contents scattering across the floor. He noticed some small darts skid across the floor, ones that looked like they were used with a dart gun or something. They could easily be thrown though with just as much accuracy with a little infused ki. He could dip them in poison or maybe a sedative but where would he find any.

Shaking his head in disgust at his stupidity Ryouga finished trashing the now obvious storage room for the Amazon’s little toys until he found a supply of the water proof soap that he stuffed in his pack along with the darts and a vial of something that he was sure was some kind of paralysis or poison as he remembered the blind Amazon mentioning it once saying it was too potent for even him to want to use as it would feel too much like cheating.

He took a few vials of the water with black corks and shoved them in his pack as he heard footsteps coming so hurried toward the door throwing a small burst of ki at the remains of the crate destroying it and its contents. Facing the door as the footsteps pace quickened he gathered a ball of ki in his hands readying a Shi Shi Hokodan. At first it was weak as it kept changing colors until settling on black and increasing in power.

“What is going on down here?” Mousse demanded throwing the door open just as Ryouga launched the attack catching the blind boy by surprise and blasting him back several feet. Ryouga walked over to the boy and looked down noticing that the boy was breathing but obviously out for the count. With a smirk he made his way through the restaurant noting that both the Old Ghoul and Shampoo was gone and there were only a couple people at the tables. He calmly walked out not once wondering why he didn’t get lost even once on his trek from the Cat Café to the Tendo Dojo.

He knocked on the door calmly knowing that Ranma was at school but he needed the duel to be during the evening when it was getting dark as it would help provide cover for his plans for the gorgeous redhead. He couldn’t wait to have that gorgeous body at his mercy. Shaking his head as anger filled him, beginning to wonder why he kept having thoughts like that until the vision of loveliness that was Kasumi Tendo answered the door with that gorgeous smile.

“Hello Kasumi.” Ryouga asked moving closer to the girl taking her hand, his face moving with in inches of the brunette girl’s. He could feel her warm breath and could almost hear her accelerated heart beat as she grew nervous, her face starting to turn slightly crimson. He wanted to shove her against the wall so much and crush her lips with his own, let his hands trail over those seductive curves.

“Oh my, R-Ryouga, what are you doing?” Kasumi asked nervously.

“Can we help you son?” Soun asked, clearing his throat causing the pair to jump.

“I…I came to challenge Ranma!” Ryouga said, shaking his head to clear it. He turned to face the older man with a glare as he noticed Genma walk up behind the mustached man. He didn’t want to fight them. He was after one thing only, to show Ranma his place, her place. The worthless weakling the red head was, the bastard who would become his. Why would he want her though if she was a weakling? It didn’t make sense but he wanted to destroy her and posses her at the same time. “Tell him to be to be at the empty lot at the edge of town at sundown.”

“So two weeks from now?” Genma asked sarcastically.

“Tonight!” Ryouga growled punching the wall leaving a hole when he pulled his fist back. “Tell him not to be late.”

“Of course.” Soun and Genma said frantically nodding their heads.

“Good.” Ryouga sneered turning and stalking away, anger filling him as he looked up at the sky. Dark clouds were rolling in and he was sure he heard some thunder in the distance meaning that there was a storm moving in making everything even better though he cursed at having to use the water proof soap already. Then again, he should anyways just incase he got hit with backsplash from the locking water. He needed a good delivery system though and he found the perfect way sitting on display in the window of a small toy shop as he walked past it heading toward the bath house. It was perfect, it looked like a toy and he doubted Ranma would even bother dodging it as it would most likely be the most unexpected thing that the lost boy would probably do.

* * * *

Ranma sighed as he folded his arms behind his head, walking with an almost unnatural ease atop the fence bordering the canal heading home from school. Some would say he seemed almost cat like in his grace as he more than easily kept his balance atop the very thin path. His angry, tomboy fiancé was walking next to him on the ground not even bothering to hide her anger at him just because he refused to eat her newest foray into making new undiscovered forms of monsters that she claimed was cooking. The only good thing about her food was that he never lacked a challenge from the things coming alive and attacking him.

“It was bad enough that you refused to eat the bento I made you but you had to eat the ramen that hussy brought you?” Akane demanded finally breaking the strained silence. Well not to strained on Ranma’s part as he was getting tired of the constant abuse from the girl. The few times she smiled at him and showed little kindness had already been few and far between to begin with but lately they have been even fewer. The smile he fell in love with was but a memory now and the things he had put up with lately had even made him begin to forget it and wonder why he even started to like her at all. She was nothing like the girl from his dreams that had haunted him for a log time. “Damn it you pervert don’t you dare ignore me!”

“Wha-Sorry Akane, I was thinking about something.” Ranma mumbled off handedly looking down at the girl who had a thin red aura surrounding her. If only she would learn self control and patience, she had so much wasted potential but her short sightedness and anger blinded her too much.

“Probably one of your floozies.” Akane huffed, “You are such a jerk!”

“Geese Akane, chill out already.” Ranma sighed regretting a moment later when he was launched from the fence and into the canal. The now red haired martial artist glared up at a hatefully smirking tomboy with a growl. “Damn it Akane why did you do that for?”

“You needed a cold bath you pervert!” Akane snapped before stomping off.

“Damn tomboy.” Ranma grumbled climbing from the canal and twisting the water out of her shirt, clinging to her. She sneezed as she remembered the cruel smile on Akane’s face and realized it didn’t even have the faintest semblance to the smile the girl gave her when they first met.

There was no way this was going to work, how could anyone expect Ranma and Akane to get married when the girl didn’t show even the least amount of trust for Ranma. Hell, most of the time any more the tomboy didn’t even show anything other than contempt for the redhead.

She didn’t even really understand what she did to Akane to begin with to warrant the harsh treatment. The girl treated Ryouga, someone who may have been somewhat of a friend to Ranma but was still his rival, infinitely better than the redhead. In fact, Akane treated anyone better than Ranma except for maybe Kuno. Then again, sometimes she swore that Akane treated the deranged kendoist with more respect and kindness than Ranma. Did Akane really hate her so much?

Not really wanting an answer as she was sure it wouldn’t be a good one Ranma decided to trudge her way back to the home that seemed more like a hell anymore. The only place that she remembered being a home and though she loved it at first she was beginning to miss the life on the road. At least when someone treated her badly she knew that she would be moving on soon but with the pea brained pair that wasn’t going to be happening anytime soon.

Even in her depressed state it didn’t take long for her to get home to find Genma waiting for her with Soun at the shoji board and luckily with Akane no where to be found. The way the old man was acting though worried the red head a little, it was like he was planning something. Then again, he always was so that wasn’t something different but the way he was so nervous usually only happened when Nodoka was coming.

“Mom is coming!” Ranma exclaimed suddenly cheering up. She may not have been able to see her mother as her true self but it was one of the highlights of her life, being able to spend time with the elder woman even if it had to be in cursed form.

“She will be here in an hour.” Genma said, nodding slightly.

“So where’s the packs pop?” Ranma asked smirking, knowing the panda man’s usual antics. She was looking forward to beating the old man to an inch of his life so they could stay for Nodoka’s visit.

“We also have another problem son.” Soun said, crossing his arms. “Ryouga stopped by and challenged you tonight at the empty lot near the end of town.”

“Yes, at sundown, it is a classic setup for a duel of honor between two men.” Genma said, “Dueling over the love of a girl, after you beat him you can come back and marry Akane.”

“Then the schools can be joined.” Sound said happily, tears streaming down his face.

“Idiots!” Ranma said, uncharacteristically showing a little anger at kicking the shoji table over throwing the pieces across the floor. “Do you honestly expect me to believe you?”

“It’s true Ranma.” Kasumi said gently as she gave the tray of snacks and set the table back up before starting to pick up the pieces, blushing a little. “Ryouga came by today though he was acting a little weird.”

“So why would I worry about it tonight, he won’t show up until next week!” Ranma snapped really wanting to see her mother.

“Because when Akane gets back from shopping for Kasumi, she will cover for you saying that you took Ranko to her cousin.” Genma said as Soun sat there crying. “I’m sure Ryouga will be there and it is your duty as the heir of Anything Goes to meet the challenge.”

“What about dinner?” Ranma asked softly, she was a little hungry and was a little ashamed for losing it like that.

“I’ll save you some Ranma, there is some hot water for you on the stove though.” Kasumi said standing up and smoothing out her dress. “You better hurry up, you don’t want to be late for your friend.”

“Fine.” Ranma sighed leaving the three of them as she walked into the kitchen to retrieve the water. Pouring a little over her head she instantly felt the shift of her body mass becoming larger. It was actually weird, when he was thinking about it he could easily feel it but sometimes he didn’t even notice when he wasn’t paying too much attention.

“Ranma, I want you to be careful.” Nabiki said softly from behind Ranma startling him a little.

“I can beat P-Chan easily don’t worry.” Ranma said a little confused for why Nabiki even seemed worried. Usually she was one of the worst ones to make his life hell. Heck, Ryouga didn’t know the meaning of hell until the pigboy walked a mile in his shoes.

“Ryouga was acting funny today.” Nabiki explained in hushed tones, “It took me awhile to calm him down but he wanted to hunt Ryouga down and beat him himself.”

“No offense Nabiki but your dad wouldn’t stand a chance against Ryouga.” Ranma laughed.

“I know that Saotome,” Nabiki said a little coldly, “That bastard was coming on to my sister! He was practically all over her.”

“This is Ryouga we’re talking about, right?” Ranma asked imitating Spock with an upraised eyebrow.

“Look, I wouldn’t believe it if it was just daddy but Kasumi confirmed it more or less.” Nabiki said, “I want you to beat him so bad he’ll learn never to touch my sister again. And tell him that if I catch a little back pig around here again I’ll be having bacon for breakfast.”

“You knew?” Ranma asked a little surprised.

“Please Ranma, I’m not my sisters.” Nabiki said, “I love them dearly but we both know how reality blind they can be. Hell, sometimes I think I’m the only sane one in this family. Everyone knows about Ryouga now I want you to take care of it.”

“Okay.” Ranma said, “I’ll tell him after I beat him.”

“Good boy, I might even wipe off a little from your tab.” Nabiki said smiling, “Good luck.”

“Thanks Nabiki but I don’t need luck, Ranma Saotome doesn’t lose.” Ranma said as he left the kitchen and soon after left the dojo rood hopping toward the edge of town. It wasn’t very late yet but he resigned himself to sitting in the middle of it. He wanted to stop off and grab a bite somewhere but wanted to avoid running into anyone. All he needed was it getting back to Akane that he was seen in a line behind another girl and Akane would accuse him of being with said girl ad continue to beat the pigtailed boy into the ground.

He sat in the middle of the lot relaxing a little hoping that Ryouga would actually be early for once and he could go home and maybe see his mother. Closing his eyes and taking a deep breath he was thinking about taking a quick nap when he heard children’s laughter. Opening up one eye he saw a woman walking carrying a couple bags and two small children running circles around her with a couple of squirt guns. One took aim and fired it at Ranma triggering her curse changing raven haired boy to scarlet haired girl.

“I’m so sorry miss.” The woman said apologetically.

“It’s okay.” Ranma said grinding her teeth a little, she would either have to go find some hot water to change back or face Ryouga as a girl.

“What have I told you about that?” Ranma heard the lady scolding the child as she led them away from the lot. She hated that aspect of the curse, it was so unlikely for a woman with what was apparently groceries to be walking with a couple of kids this far out from the main pat of the city since there wasn’t really any shops out here.

She decided that she would just fight Ryouga as a girl, she did it before plenty of times and won easily. In fact it may have been to her advantage, she was a little faster and she needed speed over strength for Ryouga. Skill and agility was what was required to fight Ryouga, going against him strength to strength was a sure way to be beaten as the lost boy was monstrously strong.

A crackle of thunder roared loudly as a flash of lightning tore through the night skies giving warning of the incoming storm over Nerima and awakening the teenaged red haired girl causing her to jump to her feet to stand in the dimly lit empty lot. There in front of her was the lost boy, friend and yet one of the sources of many of her troubles. A rain drop fell striking her causing her to shiver involuntarily at the sheer coldness it brought. Another rain drop joined the first and then another, many more joining them coating the ground in a sheet of rain.

“Prepare to die, Ranma!” Ryouga cried angrily clutching something that looked out of sorts with the lost boy or any other of the Nermia Martial Artists. A large gun shape was revealed in his hand with another flash of lightning but it looked all wrong to the pigtailed girl. She could tell that it wasn’t a gun though, it looked more like a child’s toy. Kind of like the one those two kids was playing with earlier

Why the boy was carrying a gun did make her curious, what really shocked Ranma was the fact that the boy was still standing before her and not a pig. Did her rival actually find a cure for their curses and took it? While Ranma was happy that the boy seemed to be cured another thing occurred to her. Ryouga had a cure and he was going to share it with her if she had to beat it out of his piggy but.

“Wondering why I’m not changing Ranma?” Ryouga laughed maliciously, a laugh that sent cold shivers through the girl’s body. It was a laugh full of cruelness and hatefulness, a laugh that worried Ranma as she had never heard him like this. Sure he was always saying he was going to kill her but it always seemed to be more of a joke but right now he seemed deathly serious.

“It did cross my mind.” Ranma quipped hugging herself as the cold rain soaked her normal clothing plastering it against her body like a second skin freezing her.

“It’s amazing what a little piglet can find rummaging through an Amazon restaurant, Ranma. For instance some really cool soap that can block all water from making contact with you.” Ryouga grinned, “But that’s not all I found there, did you know that Herb actually gave Cologne samples from both that stupid ladle and kettle?”

“So what, you used the soap to keep from changing?” Ranma asked, “As if that’s going to give you an advantage.”

“No but I’m not here just to beat you Ranma, I’m here to destroy you!” Ryouga growled charging the redhead. Ranma dodged just as Ryouga passes but the fang toothed teen spun around leveling the gun at Ranma squeezing the trigger. Ranma didn’t have enough time to dodge this time as a stream of water impacted the already soaked girl and sent a tingle through her. She knew that the tingle meant it was some kind of magic water and she froze in horror as she recalled what the boy had said.

“That, Ranma, is water from the ladle.” Ryouga sneered, “I destroyed all of the water from the kettle.”

“No…No…NOOOOOOO!” Ranma screamed launching herself recklessly at the boy trading blows with him, too enraged to notice how he was leading her. “Why, Ryouga? Damn it, WHY!”

“Because I hate you!” Ryouga spat, his face turning even more cruel and hateful, “You have everything I ever wanted and you treat it like shit! You treat Akane like shit! You don’t deserve her or anything else!”

“Damn it Ryouga, I never asked to be engaged to her!” Ranma snapped jumping back to catch her breath. Breathing heavily she leaned forward a little holding her knees supporting herself as she tried to understand why someone who may have been her rival but someone who she thought was her friend could betray her like this. It was too dark to notice the small darts heading her way courtesy of Ryouga before it was too late. She caught two of them but a third hit her spreading pain throughout her body spreading out from where the dart hit.

“Don’t even bother, Ranma.” Ryouga grinned walking up to the pigtailed girl punched her in the stomach making her double over in pain over his fist. He let her slide off it slowly and fall to the ground in an unmoving heap. “That was another little toy I found, Mousse had them stuck in their storage room with so many different toys. I’m not sure if they’re poison or paralysis but either was it looks like they are doing their job.”

“Wh-why R-Ryouga?” Ranma croaked out hoarsely trying to move but it seemed her entire body was against her, not responding to her will. She couldn’t even prepare herself from the kick that launched her body high into the air. Her ki wasn’t even responding as she tried to reinforce her body with it to absorb some of the impact as she came crashing down into the ground with a loud crash. There was no way to protect herself as Ryouga advanced on her brutally assaulting her, kick after kick, punch after punch knocking her bruised and battered body around the lot. As the rain finally let up Ranma could see Ryouga standing above her with a sick, twisted smile on his face.

“Because you are nothing, Saotome. Less than nothing.” Ryouga spat lowering himself down on top of Ranma, his body pressed against hers as he whispered in her ear, “You are nothing but trash and I think its high past time someone showed you what trash like you is good for.”

“G-Get off me.” Ranma demanded weakly, the taste of blood in her mouth as she tried to shove him off her. She gasped when he did the unthinkable, he grabbed one of her breasts through her soaked shirt squeezing hard just as he bit into her neck eliciting a cry of pain and disgusts.

“No, Ranma, I don’t think I will.” Ryouga sneered moving his hand up her silk shirt grabbing the collar before ripping it open exposing her bares breasts to him. “You may be trash but I have to admit, even for a guy you have one hell of a rack.”

“I’ll kill you.” Ranma said, her voice growing weaker as the pain throughout her body sapped more and more of what little strength she had.

“And how do you expect to do that, you can’t even move?” Ryouga asked moving down her body kissing one breast then the other, his hands mauling them roughly as Ranma did the one thing she swore that she would never do. She cried helplessly as her body failed her, her art failed her.

“I think I might even keep you as my toy if you survive what ever was on those darts.” Ryouga laughed as he slid his hand slowly down her stomach toward her pants.

“Stop right there!” A cold, hard feminine voice demanded. Ranma couldn’t see who the voice belonged to but she tried to warn whoever it was to get away before this thing that used to be her friend attacked.

“Stay right there, Ranma.” Ryouga laughed, “Oh, that’s right you don’t have a choice.”

“Step away from her if you know what’s good for you.” The woman’s voice snarled angrily.

“Who the hell do you think you are?” Ryouga asked leaving Ranma’s line of sight. Ranma whimpered as she knew that there was nothing she could do to protect whoever this newcomer was from this beast.

“Your judge, jury and executioner.” The female’s voice said as the hairs on the back of Ranma’s neck rose as she could feel a very powerful and foreign energy building up. It seemed so familiar though like she should know it from somewhere. The next words from the stranger was whispered so softly and yet they seemed to be carried perfectly through the air for all to hear “Dead Scream.”

An explosion rocked the ground where Ranma was lying just before Ryouga reentered her field of vision, his body smoking as he struck the ground hard already unconscious before hitting. Ranma tried to look toward the woman but she seemed to grow even weaker as she faintly heard footsteps coming her way. Just as a pair of feet could be seen Ranma’s own consciousness slipped away from her as she fell into darkness.

[Dumbledork]

WOW, this rewrite is much much better and explains everything what has happened to Ryoga. Excellent work. Hmm... if Ryoga isn't dead I'd go with an insanity angle of him slipping more and more into insanity and trying to rape other girls. And in the end there would be a showdown between Ryoga and a transformed Ranma.

[KonokoHasano]

I absolutely loved the rewrite. It added more to it, and makes it even more fun to read. (Actually had goosebumps as I read it)

[Tovath]

I also must say this is much improved.

“HOT! HOT! HOT!” A nude Ryouga screamed jumping out of the pot and between the stove and the woman, trying to cover himself up. “I’m sorry, I can explain!”

“Honey, go outside and leave mommy alone with her new friend for a few minutes.” The woman said as the girl nodded dumbly and left the kitchen the same way she came in. She turned to a fiercely blushing Ryouga looking him up and down, licking her lips and smiling in an evil manner causing the poor boy to shiver in fear the type he never felt before.

“Mommy.” Ryouga squeaked before retreating so fast he left an after image in his wake and a cloud of dust.

Ryouga shook the short memory out of his head grateful for finally convincing Mousse to teach him enough of the Hidden Weapons Technique to put his pack and clothes in stuff space when he was changed into a pig. Concentrating on his path so not to get lost he made his way to the sink using a small box to climb up onto a bigger one so he could jump over to the sink. Trotting to the far end of the box to get a running he start he froze when the top started creaking before caving in dumping him inside crashing down on vials and pouches of powers and liquids shattering more than one tube of the stuff cutting himself at least a half dozen times across his body and legs as the liquid mixed in his cuts. Coughing as the powder started to settle he felt a little woozy for a minute before a rush of energy seemed to flush through his body and muscles.

Ryoga seems to change from human to pig here with with out any mention of the change.