Ryoucilo
bogue@negia.net
Well I finally decided to write Chapter 2. I have had some trouble
thinking up a situation for this chapter so I decided to be a little lazy 
and there will be no unexpected contingencies for this chapter. Instead
the chapter will be about what some people have been bugging me about.
Ranma and his being a drunk and the number of times I say chapter in one
paragraph. C&C should be sent to my address and I will toss away all flames.
Thank you.

"I am William Blake, have you read my poetry?"-Johnny Depp from Dead Man

It's a Mad, Mad World
Chapter 2  
    The room was very quiet. That was something that Ryouga took notice
of. He could hear some children playing in the distance, but for the most
part he didn't hear much. There was the breathing of course, but he tried
to block it out. 
    He tried not to think about the fact that he was lying in bed with a
married woman. There was also the fact that her husband and son were very
strong martial artists and would in all likelyhood rip him limb from limb
if they ever heard of what happened.Unfortunately that was all that he was
thinking about. Ryouga's brain processed the whole situation and turned up
with an answer.[This is not good.]
---
    Nodoka woke up to find Ryouga already dressed and heading for the door.
She asked from where she was lying on the bed,"Where are you going?"
    Ryouga turned around and smiled,"Uh..well I thought I would leave before
your husband gets here."
    "Oh well I shouldn't keep you from going. Thank you Ryouga."
    "Thank you too, Mrs.Saotome."
    Nodoka gave him an odd expression,"What did you call me?"
    "Uh well," Ryouga said the next part very softly ,"Mrs.Saotome."
    "Why did you call me that?"
    "I'm just used to calling people that are much older than-" Ryouga cut
off his sentence as he saw Nodoka glaring at him.
    "Ryouga please do not call me Mrs.Saotome. It is too formal."
    "What should I call you?"
    "How about Nodoka."
    "I guess I could do that."
    "Why don't you try."
    "Okay Nodoka."
    Nodoka smiled at him and said,"Maybe we could do this some other time
Ryouga."
    As Ryouga left he called back into the room ,"Yes Mrs.Saotome."
    Nodoka put her head in her hands and mumbled ,"Why do I even bother."
---
    Ryouga was wandering around the Tendo dojo when he saw Soun and Genma
sitting at their shogi table. Ryouga started to sweat, but reminded himself
that Genma didn't know about what had happened. What caught Ryouga's
attention was that they weren't playing go or mah jhong. They seemed to be
looking at a book which was laid out on the table.
    Ryouga walked up behind them and said,"What are you reading?"
    Soun and Genma turned around and yelled,"Don't do that!"
    "Okay,okay. So what are you reading?"
    Genma adjusted his glasses and said,"As you know Ranma has been acting
less than honorably as of late and his ignored his family duty to marry one
of Soun's daughters."
    Ryouga said,"I guess so. What does that have to do with what you're
reading?"
    "Well we thought that we would help Ranma get over his alcoholism
through a process called re-re um..what's it called again?"
    "Rehabilitation?"Ryouga asked.
    "No, re-education,"Genma said.
    Ryouga looked at them both as if they were demons,[1]"WHAT?! You've
gotta be joking!"
    Genma gave him a harsh look and said,"We are very serious boy. We plan
to make Ranma have a greater sense of respect and honor through a long and
strenuous process of hypnosis and other tratments."
    Ryouga looked at them with a disgusted expression,"God you two are sick!
Doing that type of thing to a human being is-"
    [Ranma will have a greater sense of respect and honor.] was the thought
that cut through Ryouga's tyraid. [Think man! Ranma will actually apologize
for all the suffering we have gone through.] Ryouga was in ecstasy at the
thought. That is until Ryouga's rational side spoke up [Hey stupid what if
they goof up?!]
    "Uh..What happens if you mess up?"
    Soun looked thoughtful and said,"Hmm. I don't know what does the book
say Saotome?"
    Genma flipped through the book until he reached the front page."Ah here
it is. It says 'if you do not follow all the instructions the re-educatee
will in all likelyhood become a psychopathic killer', but that's not going
to happen right Tendo?"
    "Of course. Weren't we on chapter three Genma?"
   "I forgot. It can't be that important."
   "Agreed. Where did Ryouga run off to?"
---
   [Told you so] Ryouga's rational side said. 
   "Aw shut up!" Ryouga threw another bottle of liqour into the bag by his
side."We gotta get rid of this stuff before Ranma gets back!"
   Ryouga looked at some of the labels on the bottles.
   "MD20-20[2]...Champale...Ripple? If he's going to get drunk why doesn't
he get some good stuff instead."
   "Because I don't have much money."
   "Ahh!!" Ryouga yelped and looked up at a very angry Ranma.
   "What are ya doing to my booze Ryouga?!"
   Ryouga put a hand behind the back of his head and said,"Uh..Nothing I was
just reorganizing it."
   "Good. Now get out!"
   Ryouga took a few steps backwards and fell out of the open window in the
room.
---
   Ryouga sat on the roof of the Tendo dojo at night as he tried to think of
a plan.[Okay stealing his alcohol won't work even if I tke him down he'll
probably get some more, but what will? If I don't hurry those two bakas are
going to turn him into a serial killer. Hmm... There are only two other
things he cares about more than liqour. Akane and martial arts.]
   Now Ryouga was stumped. Akane wasn't there and Ranma had given up martial
arts because of it.[Bah he is such a loser I wonder what he would do if
anybody fought him.] Ryouga stood up very quickly.[That's it! I've got it!]
   "I'm a genius!! Ha,ha,ha,ha,ha!"
   Ryouga continued laughing until he was hit by a barage of shoes and he
fell off the roof.
   The neighbors yelled,"KEEP IT DOWN!!!"
   Ryouga picked himself from the ground and mumbled,"Hmph. No appreciation
for the melodramatic."
---
   Ranma was sitting in his room sucking down the contents of a bottle
wrapped in a paper bag.Ranma pulled the bottle away and sighed,"You won't
leave me will you?" he asked the bottle,"Of course you won't."
   Ranma suddenly felt himself being pulled away from the room.
   "What's goin-" A hand clasped over Ranma's mouth.
   "Don't say a thing or you'll wake up your father,"Ryouga whispered as he
cast his eyes upon the panda.
   "Mgglph."
   "Calm down. I'm only taking you up to the roof."
   Ryouga carried Ranma out the window while still holding his hand over
Ranma's mouth. Ryouga jumped up onto the roof of the dojo and shoved Ranma
away from him.
   Ranma wobbled a little bit and mumbled,"Whad do you want Ryouga?"
   "Hmph. I took you up here to fight you."
   Ranma took on a very bad fighting stance and said,"If that's the way ya
want it. I'll murderlize ya!"
   Five seconds later Ranma was pulling his head from out of the roof of the
Tendo dojo. "How could I lose to you? And so easily?"
   Ryouga smirked and said,"It's because you're weak Saotome and I'm strong!
Want to try again?"
   Ranma looked incredibly angry when he said,"I'll kill you!!!"
   Ranma charged at the still smiling Ryouga. [All acording to plan.]
---
   It was morning and as such the Tendo's (minus one daughter/sister),Genma
and Nodoka(Eating with the rest of them for a change) were eating breakfast.
Soun and Genma were already talking about Ranma.
   "Where is he Genma? I thought we were going to take him to re-educate him
when he was asleep."
   "I don't know Soun. When I woke up he was gone."
   At that moment a loud creaking sound was being emited from the ceiling.
   Nabiki looked at the ceiling and said,"Hmm. I wonder what's happening?"
   The roof caved in as an extremely battered Ryouga smashed through the
table.
   Nodoka rushed over to Ryouga and yelled,"Ryouga what happened to you?"
   Ryouga mumbled,"I would rather not talk about it."
   Ranma jumped down through the hole of the roof and yelled,"Ha! I showed
you! You're no match for me!"
   Genma and Soun looked at Ranma. Genma said,"You did that?"
   "Of course I did! I couldn't let that jerk beat me! It was tough trying
to shake off all of the effects that beer, but I finally beat him!
Ha,ha,ha!!!"
   Soun began to cry and said,"Truly this is a happy day!"
   "Indeed it is Tendo. You know what this means..?"
   "Yes I do."
   "Ranma can marry one of your daughters!"
   Ryouga turned his head to look at them and said,"Ughh..That's the thanks
I get."
   Ryouga went unconscious and Nodoka dragged him back to her room."What was
that all about Ryouga?"
   "Don't ask."
   Nodoka put Ryouga onto her bed and said,"Now Ryouga please don't move.
I'm going to see what is going on?"
   Nodoka left the room. Ryouga felt like his whole body was broken.[Well at
least Ranma got his fighting spirit back and now I won't have to worry about
him chopping up the neighbors into little pieces.]
   Ryouga heard some loud yelling and he strained to listen to what the
people were saying.
   It was Genma and Soun.
   "Okay Ranma you're going to marry Kasumi!"
   "Oh what a happy day!"
   "Here's your sake toast boy!"
   "He's not supposed to drink from the bottle!"
   "Stop that Ranma! You're still a disgrace!"
   "Seems like we're going to have to re-educate him after all!"
   Ryouga began to cry when he said,"This sucks."

[1]In Soun's case this wouldn't be far off though

[2]I don't know if I spelled that right. Email me if I didn't