Ranma 1/2 Fan Fiction ❯ Lost Days Lamenting Lost Days ❯ Chapter 3 ( Chapter 3 )
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By: ashez2ashes 
Anime/Manga: Ranma 1/2 Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Supernatural / Mystery / Comedy | Type: Continuation | Uploaded On: 10.18.2001 | Updated On: 11.07.2004 | Pages: 4 | Words: 2.1K | Visits: 408 | Status: Completed
Anime/Manga: Ranma 1/2 Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Supernatural / Mystery / Comedy | Type: Continuation | Uploaded On: 10.18.2001 | Updated On: 11.07.2004 | Pages: 4 | Words: 2.1K | Visits: 408 | Status: Completed
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Lost Days Lamenting Lost Days
Chapter 3
----
Finally, after almost a month in the hospital, Ryouga was getting
discharged. He sat in the lobby, dressed in a pair of black
drawstring pants and a white cut-off shirt (that Ranma had let him
borrow), and filled out form after countless form.
After what seemed like an eternity, he signed his signature on the
last one, picked up his crutches, and hobbled over to the nurse's
desk. The nurse behind the desk turned and smiled at him. Luckily,
she was one of the younger, nicer ones, unlike that one nurse that
kept ranting about her retirement.
"Here are the release forms." He handed the stack of papers to
her. She took them with a suspicious smile and air of
cheerfulness.
"I wish you a speedy recovery! Goodbye!"
Ryouga shivered as he felt himself being watched by every member
of the staff. Why was everyone on this floor anyway? He shrugged
and hobbled away on his crutches as the staff stood perfectly
still, smiles plastered on their faces. They waited until security
confirmed over the intercom that Hibiki had indeed left the
building.
Several moments of silence hung in the air, until...
"YES! HE'S GONE!"
Cheers rose up from the crowd. Streamers fell from the ceiling and
someone else hit the play button on a stereo. The floor filled
with happy vibrant music as the staff of the hospital danced
around the room.
Tears of joy ran down one of the nurse's faces. She wiped the
droplets off with her sleeve.
"Oh I'm so happy! Finally the nightmare can end!"
A doctor standing next to her nodded his bald head in agreement.
"If he had stayed any longer, I might have become a patient
myself!"
His buddy, the physical therapist, patted him on the back.
"You think you had it bad. I know my blood pressure's never been
higher. I thought I was going to keel over when he lifted that
four-hundred pound barbell. I didn't even know we HAD a four-
hundred pound barbell! And then he actually apologized saying he
was 'out of shape'!"
Two pretty young nurses approached them from behind. One idly
chewed on a celery stick from the refreshment table.
"You guys have got nothing on us." The nurse flipped her long hair
back and swallowed the rest of her celery. "We were the ones
taking care of him. Do you have any idea how many blood
transfusions we had to perform?!" Her brunette friend nodded in
agreement.
"I think he had some kind of hydrophobia too. No one told us we'd
be taking care of a mental case. What the hell did he mean by
'cold water could be deadly' anyway?"
The physical therapy doctor shook his head. "Hibiki is... Hibiki.
It's one of the great mysteries of the universe. I don't think
he's meant to be understood." The group nodded sagely in awe of
his wisdom.
Several minutes passed as the group idly thought about the bright
futures they had in front of them...Hibiki-less futures. Suddenly,
the brunette nurse looked up and gasped.
"Weren't we supposed to tell him to wait for his friends to pick
him up?"
The group paused for a moment and then shrugged collectively.
"Oh well!" The blonde held her drink up in the air. "It's not our
problem anymore!"
The group broke out into manically laugher. The rest of their
colleagues looked nervously over their shoulders and wondered if
the group was just a bit overdue for their vacations.
----
Ukyou sighed as she walked next to Akane and Ranma on their way to
the hospital. Akane and Ranma refused to acknowledge each other.
Both were still mad over an earlier argument. Ukyou felt like
beating them both to death. She knew what she had seen that night.
They... as horrible as it sounded to her, actually loved each
other. Worse, she couldn't even be in denial anymore. She
couldn't pretend that one night was a fluke.
Akane or Ranma would glance at each other with guilt written on
their faces. Ukyou could tell they each wanted to apologize, but
their pride was waiting for the other to say it first. It was so
sweet; Ukyou thought her teeth were going to rot out.
Her hand tightened in anger as she tried to force herself to
ignore her companions. She swore the next time one of them looked
at the other, she was going to jump in and start swinging. They
were close to a hospital after all. They'd be ok.
Ukyou entertained the thought for a moment and then her shoulders
slumped.
She couldn't even play the victim in good conscience. Shouldn't
she be happy for Ranch--err Ranma? Besides, she wasn't the one
that got hurt. She owed Ryouga. There was no time for self pity
right now.
Ukyou grimaced. She hated owing anyone. All her life, she had been
the brave independent woman able to stand on her own two feet.
Fine. It was settled. She would let him stay at her restaurant for
awhile, give him some free food, and then send him on his way when
he'd recovered. Oh... and she'd tell him about Akane and Ranma's
new found "relationship". That ought to be _FUN_.
Ukyou made a mental note to take him far away from her restaurant.
Maybe she could tell him in front of the Cat Cafe... A small
mischievous smile graced her lips. Yeah, that'd be great.
Looking up in surprise, she found herself in front of the
hospital. The group decided that the stairs were quicker and
bounded up them, sometimes entire floors at a time. Once on the
third floor, Ranma led the way and pushed open the main door.
They weren't expecting a party.
"Argh!" Akane held her hands over her ears to block out some of
the loud, blaring music. "What's going on?!"
Ranma shrugged and pushed through the party goers. Ukyou and Akane
followed close behind. He was terribly tempted to jump over
everyone's heads to the information desk, but decided Akane might
consider that "rude".
"Hey!" Ranma poked a nearby doctor lightly in the back to get his
attention. The bald man turned to regard him. "We're here to pick
up pig boy!"
The man blinked.
"Pig boy?"
"Pig Boy! You know, Ryouga Hibiki!"
A hush suddenly fell over the room as every eye turned to regard
Ranma.
"Err... did I say something wrong?" Ranma gulped.
----
"I can't believe I was so stupid! STUPID! STUPID!"
Step... crutch... step... crutch...
Ryouga hobbled down a suburban street, several blocks away from
the hospital. His crutches left huge holes in the sidewalk. It was
too late to turn back now; the hospital was already out of his
line of sight. He was going to try to make it to Ucchan's. Ukyou
had been nice enough to offer him a place to stay until he
recovered, might as well take advantage of the situation.
Passers-by gave him a wide berth. Whether it was from
consideration for his injuries, or the fact that he was glowing
bright green, he wasn't sure.
"Mommy?" a little boy asked his mother while tugging on her
sleeve. "Does that man have rabies?"
"Shhh... come on, dear. Try not to make direct eye contact." She
hurriedly ushered her child away while looking nervously over her
shoulder.
Ryouga stopped. Rabies? What does--HEY!
He blushed.
He had to calm down. Things couldn't be as bad as they seemed! He
couldn't have walked that far away from the hospital. Probably...
err maybe? It was no big deal. Sure, he was practically a
cripple, wandering around aimlessly through the streets of Nerima,
but was that so bad? He'd probably die in the gutter somewhere, or
starve to death in the wilderness, or--
He paused.
"Damn it! I just made myself depressed again!"
Ryouga started hobbling down the street again, angrier than he had
been, before trying to "cheer himself up". He glanced around him.
So, he was somewhere in the commercial district. Cologne's
restaurant should be close to here. Right? Maybe two more blocks
or so?
Amazingly, two more blocks down. It _WAS_.
The not-so-lost boy stood gaping in front of the doors in
amazement. He stood in shock for several moments until Shampoo's
"get well card of death" came to mind. Perhaps, standing in front
of the Cat Cafe wasn't such a good idea. He started hobbling down
the road again.
"Heh, guess everyone gets lucky sometimes. So... this is kind of
fun. Wonder what's going to be next? How about four blocks up and
take a right will be Ukyou's place? Why not? I'm lost anyways."
He followed his own directions, not caring how insane that felt,
and found himself standing in front of Ucchan's, four blocks and a
right later.
He stood silently gaping at the small restaurant. His mouth hung
open. He had never been lucky this many times in a row. It was
like the universe was playing a joke on him, except this time it
wasn't cruel.
He walked up to the door and knocked lightly (Ukyou would kill him
if he broke the door), and waited for an answer. None came. He
peered through the glass and noticed a note.
"CLOSED"
"WENT LOOKING FOR THE JACKASS"
TIME RETURNING: UNKNOWN
Something about this was weird. It was on the edge of his mind. It
had to do with his time at the hospital... what could it...
He froze.
NO WAY! IT COULDN'T BE!... could it?
Ryouga bit his lip. What was wrong with him? Thinking _THAT_ could
actually happen. But still... what if it was?
He looked down the street. If he was wrong he'd regret it a dozen
times over. But... he HAD to know. Turning, he headed down the
road, and toward his destination.
He reached the Tendo Dojo in ten minutes, without getting lost
once. He fell to his knees in shock as an impossible thought
overwhelmed him. He didn't know what deities had caused it, why,
or how it happened, but it was true. It had to be.
He had a sense of direction.
----
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C&C is nice, but comments will suffice.
Contact Info:
ashez2ashes@yahoo.com
http://www.geocities.com/ashez2ashes/
----
Lost Days Lamenting Lost Days
Chapter 3
----
Finally, after almost a month in the hospital, Ryouga was getting
discharged. He sat in the lobby, dressed in a pair of black
drawstring pants and a white cut-off shirt (that Ranma had let him
borrow), and filled out form after countless form.
After what seemed like an eternity, he signed his signature on the
last one, picked up his crutches, and hobbled over to the nurse's
desk. The nurse behind the desk turned and smiled at him. Luckily,
she was one of the younger, nicer ones, unlike that one nurse that
kept ranting about her retirement.
"Here are the release forms." He handed the stack of papers to
her. She took them with a suspicious smile and air of
cheerfulness.
"I wish you a speedy recovery! Goodbye!"
Ryouga shivered as he felt himself being watched by every member
of the staff. Why was everyone on this floor anyway? He shrugged
and hobbled away on his crutches as the staff stood perfectly
still, smiles plastered on their faces. They waited until security
confirmed over the intercom that Hibiki had indeed left the
building.
Several moments of silence hung in the air, until...
"YES! HE'S GONE!"
Cheers rose up from the crowd. Streamers fell from the ceiling and
someone else hit the play button on a stereo. The floor filled
with happy vibrant music as the staff of the hospital danced
around the room.
Tears of joy ran down one of the nurse's faces. She wiped the
droplets off with her sleeve.
"Oh I'm so happy! Finally the nightmare can end!"
A doctor standing next to her nodded his bald head in agreement.
"If he had stayed any longer, I might have become a patient
myself!"
His buddy, the physical therapist, patted him on the back.
"You think you had it bad. I know my blood pressure's never been
higher. I thought I was going to keel over when he lifted that
four-hundred pound barbell. I didn't even know we HAD a four-
hundred pound barbell! And then he actually apologized saying he
was 'out of shape'!"
Two pretty young nurses approached them from behind. One idly
chewed on a celery stick from the refreshment table.
"You guys have got nothing on us." The nurse flipped her long hair
back and swallowed the rest of her celery. "We were the ones
taking care of him. Do you have any idea how many blood
transfusions we had to perform?!" Her brunette friend nodded in
agreement.
"I think he had some kind of hydrophobia too. No one told us we'd
be taking care of a mental case. What the hell did he mean by
'cold water could be deadly' anyway?"
The physical therapy doctor shook his head. "Hibiki is... Hibiki.
It's one of the great mysteries of the universe. I don't think
he's meant to be understood." The group nodded sagely in awe of
his wisdom.
Several minutes passed as the group idly thought about the bright
futures they had in front of them...Hibiki-less futures. Suddenly,
the brunette nurse looked up and gasped.
"Weren't we supposed to tell him to wait for his friends to pick
him up?"
The group paused for a moment and then shrugged collectively.
"Oh well!" The blonde held her drink up in the air. "It's not our
problem anymore!"
The group broke out into manically laugher. The rest of their
colleagues looked nervously over their shoulders and wondered if
the group was just a bit overdue for their vacations.
----
Ukyou sighed as she walked next to Akane and Ranma on their way to
the hospital. Akane and Ranma refused to acknowledge each other.
Both were still mad over an earlier argument. Ukyou felt like
beating them both to death. She knew what she had seen that night.
They... as horrible as it sounded to her, actually loved each
other. Worse, she couldn't even be in denial anymore. She
couldn't pretend that one night was a fluke.
Akane or Ranma would glance at each other with guilt written on
their faces. Ukyou could tell they each wanted to apologize, but
their pride was waiting for the other to say it first. It was so
sweet; Ukyou thought her teeth were going to rot out.
Her hand tightened in anger as she tried to force herself to
ignore her companions. She swore the next time one of them looked
at the other, she was going to jump in and start swinging. They
were close to a hospital after all. They'd be ok.
Ukyou entertained the thought for a moment and then her shoulders
slumped.
She couldn't even play the victim in good conscience. Shouldn't
she be happy for Ranch--err Ranma? Besides, she wasn't the one
that got hurt. She owed Ryouga. There was no time for self pity
right now.
Ukyou grimaced. She hated owing anyone. All her life, she had been
the brave independent woman able to stand on her own two feet.
Fine. It was settled. She would let him stay at her restaurant for
awhile, give him some free food, and then send him on his way when
he'd recovered. Oh... and she'd tell him about Akane and Ranma's
new found "relationship". That ought to be _FUN_.
Ukyou made a mental note to take him far away from her restaurant.
Maybe she could tell him in front of the Cat Cafe... A small
mischievous smile graced her lips. Yeah, that'd be great.
Looking up in surprise, she found herself in front of the
hospital. The group decided that the stairs were quicker and
bounded up them, sometimes entire floors at a time. Once on the
third floor, Ranma led the way and pushed open the main door.
They weren't expecting a party.
"Argh!" Akane held her hands over her ears to block out some of
the loud, blaring music. "What's going on?!"
Ranma shrugged and pushed through the party goers. Ukyou and Akane
followed close behind. He was terribly tempted to jump over
everyone's heads to the information desk, but decided Akane might
consider that "rude".
"Hey!" Ranma poked a nearby doctor lightly in the back to get his
attention. The bald man turned to regard him. "We're here to pick
up pig boy!"
The man blinked.
"Pig boy?"
"Pig Boy! You know, Ryouga Hibiki!"
A hush suddenly fell over the room as every eye turned to regard
Ranma.
"Err... did I say something wrong?" Ranma gulped.
----
"I can't believe I was so stupid! STUPID! STUPID!"
Step... crutch... step... crutch...
Ryouga hobbled down a suburban street, several blocks away from
the hospital. His crutches left huge holes in the sidewalk. It was
too late to turn back now; the hospital was already out of his
line of sight. He was going to try to make it to Ucchan's. Ukyou
had been nice enough to offer him a place to stay until he
recovered, might as well take advantage of the situation.
Passers-by gave him a wide berth. Whether it was from
consideration for his injuries, or the fact that he was glowing
bright green, he wasn't sure.
"Mommy?" a little boy asked his mother while tugging on her
sleeve. "Does that man have rabies?"
"Shhh... come on, dear. Try not to make direct eye contact." She
hurriedly ushered her child away while looking nervously over her
shoulder.
Ryouga stopped. Rabies? What does--HEY!
He blushed.
He had to calm down. Things couldn't be as bad as they seemed! He
couldn't have walked that far away from the hospital. Probably...
err maybe? It was no big deal. Sure, he was practically a
cripple, wandering around aimlessly through the streets of Nerima,
but was that so bad? He'd probably die in the gutter somewhere, or
starve to death in the wilderness, or--
He paused.
"Damn it! I just made myself depressed again!"
Ryouga started hobbling down the street again, angrier than he had
been, before trying to "cheer himself up". He glanced around him.
So, he was somewhere in the commercial district. Cologne's
restaurant should be close to here. Right? Maybe two more blocks
or so?
Amazingly, two more blocks down. It _WAS_.
The not-so-lost boy stood gaping in front of the doors in
amazement. He stood in shock for several moments until Shampoo's
"get well card of death" came to mind. Perhaps, standing in front
of the Cat Cafe wasn't such a good idea. He started hobbling down
the road again.
"Heh, guess everyone gets lucky sometimes. So... this is kind of
fun. Wonder what's going to be next? How about four blocks up and
take a right will be Ukyou's place? Why not? I'm lost anyways."
He followed his own directions, not caring how insane that felt,
and found himself standing in front of Ucchan's, four blocks and a
right later.
He stood silently gaping at the small restaurant. His mouth hung
open. He had never been lucky this many times in a row. It was
like the universe was playing a joke on him, except this time it
wasn't cruel.
He walked up to the door and knocked lightly (Ukyou would kill him
if he broke the door), and waited for an answer. None came. He
peered through the glass and noticed a note.
"CLOSED"
"WENT LOOKING FOR THE JACKASS"
TIME RETURNING: UNKNOWN
Something about this was weird. It was on the edge of his mind. It
had to do with his time at the hospital... what could it...
He froze.
NO WAY! IT COULDN'T BE!... could it?
Ryouga bit his lip. What was wrong with him? Thinking _THAT_ could
actually happen. But still... what if it was?
He looked down the street. If he was wrong he'd regret it a dozen
times over. But... he HAD to know. Turning, he headed down the
road, and toward his destination.
He reached the Tendo Dojo in ten minutes, without getting lost
once. He fell to his knees in shock as an impossible thought
overwhelmed him. He didn't know what deities had caused it, why,
or how it happened, but it was true. It had to be.
He had a sense of direction.
----
Contact Info:
ashez2ashes@yahoo.com
http://www.geocities.com/ashez2ashes/