Subject: [FFML] [R 1/2] [Please C&C] Lost and Forgotten chapters 2 and 3 (revised)
From: Jeremy Thompson
Date: 2/10/1998, 12:37 AM
To: ffml@fanfic.com

A few more revisions in this one then in the first two parts, mainly
grammar and a few odd errors here and there.  As I said in the first part,
Please give me any C&C you can think of.

Standard disclaimer: Ranma and all characters are the property of Rumiko
Takahashi and the various publishing and film companies, I'm simply
borrowing them for the time being.

Additional notes:
Words in *X* are in English, Words in <X> are in Chinese and words in any
other type brackets are in some other foreign language that will most
likely be specified within the text of the story.

The suffix -chan denotes the cursed female form of the characters, other
suffixes will most likely be self explanatory.

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Lost and Forgotten

Chapter 2: Some clarifications and little white lies

	Later that night as Ryoga and Jude were bunking down in the training hall
Ranma walked through the door.  "Alright pig-boy," he said, "What really
happened at Jusenkyo, I've got the feeling you aren't telling everything."
	"Shut up Ranma! You can't call me that anymore anyway!"
	"You've got a point P-ch... Ryoga, you've got a point, well, anyway, what
DID happen?"
	"Well, it's like this," Ryoga started.
	"Uh, guys?" Jude interrupted.
	"Yeah Jude?" Ryoga asked.
	"I think I'll just go outside for this, you can tell it Ryoga."  After
saying that he walked out the door and into the backyard.
	"Why'd he do that?" Ranma asked.
	"Well, he didn't really trip Ranma"
	"He didn't?"
	"Well, you saw those glasses he was wearing?"
	"Uh huh, not as thick as Mousse's, but they were still powerful."
	"Well, ya see, we got into Jusenkyo pretty late so we had camped for the
night, we were too tired to end up going anywhere else anyway and I didn't
wanna end up losing my way again.  So, Jude and I had bedded down for the
night and, from what he said, he got up in the middle of the night to
relieve himself, but he didn't put on his glasses because he was too tired."
	"Whoa boy, I think I can see where this is leading, lemme guess, he walked
into Nyannichuan in the dark?"
	"Yep, he did, I woke up when I heard the splash as well as the guide and
we both made our way over to see where he had fallen in.  When we saw he
wasn't coming up I hopped in and dragged him out, I didn't know that that
was the only chance I'd get at being human."
	"Well, I guess I can see why you changed that, has to be embarrassing to
know that you walked into a cursed pool without anyone else interfering.  I
know tossing pop into the pond has always helped relieve some of my tension
about it, and you seem to have had fun blaming me."
	"Well it was your fault Ranma!" Ryoga growled, just one of his many old
grudges against Ranma began to flare up.
	"Hey!  Calm down Ryoga, I admitted that, remember?  Why do you think Akane
never found out about P-Chan's real identity?"
	Ryoga managed to cool down slightly and restrained the urge to do some
constructive rearranging of Ranma's facial features, or at least try to.
	Ranma relaxed and said, "Anyway, what's this about Nannichuan not working
Pi-.. Ryoga?" he stopped himself from digging at Ryoga's old curse yet
again, it didn't quite fit to call him "P-Chan" and "Pig-Boy" when he
wasn't any longer.
	Ryoga noticed the change and managed to keep his own anger in check, now
that he wasn't cursed to turn into an animal regarded as lunch by most of
the world he was in a slightly better mood then he had been before.  Of
course he couldn't sleep with Akane as P-Chan anymore, he would miss that a
bit, but he would also never feel as helpless as he had before when he was
about to be dropped in a kettle for cooking.  He looked up at Ranma from
his hands and started talking again, "Nannichuan really isn't a cure to
Nyannichuan Ranma, the guide was quite positive of that.  In fact, I'm
surprised you never checked that out when you and your father got cursed in
the first place, I know I was so angry at you for knocking me in that I
started chasing after you as soon as I could, but why in the world didn't
you two check it out, didn't you even ask the Guide about a cure?"
	Here Ranma looked a bit sheepish, "Well, uh, um, we uh, well . . . "
	"Yes?" Ryoga asked, "What's that Ranma?"
	Ranma muttered something under his breath.
	Ryoga smiled and put a hand up to his ear, "What was that Ranma? I didn't
hear you?"
	"I said . . .  WE NEVER EVEN THOUGHT TO ASK!  OKAY?  DO YOU HEAR ME?"
	"Oh, I hear you Ranma, I hear you loud and clear."  And then Ranma heard a
sound he could never quite recall hearing before, Ryoga, a person who's
natural state seemed to be either anger or depression, was laughing.  Of
course if he had a better memory he would recall Ryoga doing the same thing
in the entryway to the house, but Ranma's memory never was too spectacular.
 It was a sound that seemed to fill the dojo, and soon enough, after Ranma
got over his anger at being laughed at, he joined in.
	The sound of both of them laughing echoed out the door to Jude who was
sitting on a stone by the koi pond and watching the dark shapes swim within
the depths.  The sound also made its way into the Tendo house, Soun and
Genma looked up from their game board and quickly looked back to it to make
sure neither of them moved any pieces while the other wasn't looking.  It
went past the two fathers and into the kitchen where Kasumi was finishing
up the last of the after dinner cleaning, she looked up and smiled, "Ranma
and Ryoga are such good friends," she said.
	Last to hear it were Nabiki and Akane, they were sitting on the couch
watching the TV, Akane looked up and smiled as well, "Maybe those two fools
won't be fighting as much anymore," she thought to herself.  Nabiki heard
the laughter and filed it away in her brain as one more piece of information.
	Back in the dojo Ranma and Ryoga had finally stopped laughing, neither of
them were quite sure what had just happened, but perhaps it heralded a
change.  Ryoga knew that he was on equal ground in the curse department, if
Akane could accept Ranma turning into a girl she could just as easily
accept Ryoga doing the same thing.  Ranma on the other hand, was glad to
finally be rid of P-Chan sleeping with Akane, he was also glad to know that
not every single incident where Akane got angry at him would result in
Ryoga's immediate knowledge when she told it to P-Chan.
	"Okay Ryoga, I guess I can see what you mean, but I'm still surprised you
didn't just jump me the moment you saw me trying to attack me like you
usually do, seems it's either that or seeing P-Chan in the morning with
Akane, but I suppose you couldn't take that route now could you?"
	"Ranma, what's between you and I stays between you and I, I didn't want to
make Akane angry by breaking down parts of her house and I didn't want the
Tendo's seeing Jude for the first time and associating him with you and I
busting down a few walls, that's all."
	"I can see that I suppose," Ranma paused for a time and then said, "That's
another thing that's been on my mind, why the heck did it take you so long
to get here with someone who actually had a sense of direction?  I mean,
couldn't he just have used a map and got you here sooner then you could have?"
	Ryoga thought about that for a while and then said, "You know, I asked him
the same question, he said that he didn't particularly mind being lost, and
since he didn't remember any place he had to go there was no rush."
	Ranma shrugged, the two were silent for a time, then he turned to Ryoga
and said, "So what do you and he think about your curses?"
	"I'm not helpless anymore," Ryoga said, "For me it's a change for the
better, no longer needing to fear getting wet when I'm traveling and ending
up in a cook-pot," Ryoga gave a half grin at that and then it faded away.
He decided not to mention that the only thing that he would miss would be
P-Chan's bedtime activities.  "As to Jude, well, he hasn't said much more
then things like �It could be worse' he seems to be adjusting I suppose.
But why would _you_ want to know about somebody else's feelings Ranma?!"
	"Hey! What's that supposed to mean!" Ranma asked, he didn't like the way
that sounded.
	"You heard me Ranma!  You're usually a jerk all the time!  Why should you
care what someone else is feeling? Huh?" Ryoga felt his own temper flaring
as all the instances of Ranma acting before he thought and hurting Akane
with what he said coming to mind, he was itching for a fight really, he was
just looking for a reason, even if he wasn't looking as hard as he usually
did.
	Ranma looked out the doors to where Jude sat, staring into the koi pond,
"Well, it's just, I remember all the stuff that was goin' through my head
when I had just got cursed, that's all, if he's like I was he isn't too
happy right now, maybe I just wanna make sure that someone else has an
easier time adjusting then I did, is that answer enough for ya Ryoga?"
	Ryoga cooled off a bit, he too remembered trying to adjust to turning into
a pig every time he got wet.  The curse he had now was more like a cure
then a different curse, he didn't like turning into a girl, but he had
hated turning into a pig. "Yeah, I think it is Ranma," he said, "It's a
good answer."
	Anything more they would have said was cut off as it began to rain again.
The two looked out to see Jude-chan looking up at the sky.  She took off
her glasses and stuck them in her shirt pocket and stood up.  She walked
back to the dojo with a dull expression on her face.  Ranma looked at
Jude-chan as she walked nearer and then back to Ryoga and said, "We really
do all turn into the same girl don't we?"
	"Yes indeed we do Ranma," Ryoga said, "Except for a few small things that
is."
	By this time Jude-chan had walked in the door, she grinned at Ryoga and
Ranma and then asked, "You two are both cursed, are all cursed people as
much a water magnet as I seem to be?  I mean I've been soaked an absurd
number of times since Jusenkyo."
	"Get used to it," Ranma said with a somber look on his face, "You are and
we are, and it doesn't matter what form you happen to be in, water will
find you and change you."
	"Murphy musta been a Jusenkyo curse-bearer then," Jude-chan said.  She
grabbed her umbrella from the top of her pack and then rummaged inside it
for some clothes.  She grabbed those and said, "Well, if I want hot water
it's in the house right?"  Ryoga and Ranma nodded.  "I thought so, good
thing that I've got this then, wouldn't do to get changed back and then get
soaked walking back later now would it?  Might as well get out of these
soaked clothes too."
	She turned to walk out the door and then turned back, "You two aren't
gonna attack each other then tonight?" she asked, "Cause Ryoga said that
you two almost always fought each other all the time."
	"Well, I don't think we'll end up doing that tonight," Ranma said, "Do you
Ryoga?"
	Ryoga shook his head, "Nah, I can beat Ranma up tomorrow when it isn't
raining."
	"Okay, I was gonna say that if you do you should be careful around my bag,
I'd hate to lose it in a destroyed building or anything," with that she
opened her umbrella and walked out the door and into the rain.
	"Beat me up tomorrow Ryoga?"
	"Well, yeah," Ryoga said, "Isn't that what I always do?"  He grinned at
Ranma's scowl, he enjoyed being the one pushing buttons for once, but he
didn't want to start anything tonight, "But there's plenty of time for that
tomorrow Ranma, you can prove me wrong."
	"You bet Ryoga," Ranma said with determination, then he stopped, "Speaking
of fights, that umbrella Jude had looked an awful lot like one of yours,
have you been teaching him how to use it or is it just to ward off water?"
	"Well, it's a lighter version of mine, but yeah, I've taught him a bit,
he's still not very good at all, at least, compared to all the rest of us
who've been training for years and years, but he might be something
someday, who knows?"
	"That's good to know, around here it seems like there's always a fight of
some sort going on."
	"Yeah, especially around you Ranma, you're almost as much a fight magnet
as you are a water magnet ya know."

				***

	Jude-chan walked into the house and closed her umbrella.  She propped her
umbrella up by the door and adjusted her clothing slightly before turning
to Soun and Genma at their game.  "Mr. Tendo," she said, "I'd like to thank
you again for your hospitality, it's good to be able to sleep somewhere and
not have to get moving again right away in the morning for a while."
	"Think nothing of it my boy," Soun said, "You haven't tried to kill anyone
here, and you aren't engaged to Ranma, so you can't be that bad a guest."
	Jude-chan blinked and then said, "Akane said the same thing, or something
like it, does that happen often?"
	Soun started to laugh and said, "More often then you would think really,"
while Genma took the opportunity to add a few pieces to the game board.
Soun looked suspiciously at the board when he turned back to it but didn't
say anything.
	Jude-chan decided that saying anything more would just lead to more
confusing replies and made a mental note to ask Ryoga about the fiancee
bit, he knew that Akane was engaged to Ranma, but not much else.  Ryoga
hadn't seemed to want to talk about very much other then Akane, that and
how she was mistreated by Ranma.  She did not want to see what Ryoga had
been like when he _didn't_ have the release of being able to talk with
someone about his troubles.
	She shivered in her wet clothes and remembered she was here to get hot
water.  On her way to where she remembered the kitchen to be she passed the
couch where Akane and Nabiki were watching TV.  Akane looked up from her
seat and said, "Hi Ran.. Uh.. Jude, sorry, you do look a lot like Ranma
when he's like that you know."
	"Hi Akane," Jude-chan replied, "Yeah, I guess I do, so does Ryoga for that
matter, from what I can tell, all that we have telling us apart is our hair
and clothes."
	"And your manners," Nabiki added, "You can't forget that."
	"Manners?" Jude-chan asked, then she recalled the yelling that had come
from the house just before they had entered the house.  "Oh, yelling and
shouting or something like that?" she asked.
	"Yes," Nabiki said, "Something like that."
	Akane didn't seem to like where this conversation was leading and said,
"Why don't you join us Jude?  Maybe you can fill us in on some more of
where you and Ryoga ended up going in your, um, travels."
	"Sure," Jude-chan said, then she stopped, "Oh, but I'm soaked, would that
do any good for the furniture to have a wet person on them?"
	Akane noticed the bundle of clothes in Jude-chan's arms and said, "Well,
you could probably change first and then you wouldn't have to worry about
that."
	Jude-chan smiled and said, "Thanks Akane, uh, where should I do that?"
	Akane got up and said, "Follow me, it's just over here."  Jude-chan began
to follow her down the hall when Nabiki stopped her.  "You aren't by any
chance planning on falling in love with me are you Jude?" she asked.
	Jude-chan blinked and then said, "Uh, not that I know of Nabiki, why do
you ask?"
	"I don't know, I just had the feeling that it might happen, somehow," she
paused and then said, "And I wanted you to know that unless you end up with
some serious cash you don't have a chance so don't even think about it, ok?"
	Jude-chan decided that just agreeing with her would stop any other
confusing comments and left the way Akane had went after assuring Nabiki
that she had no romantic intentions towards her at all.

				***

	Jude-chan looked at the pile of clothes on the counter and then started
unbuttoning her shirt.  She folded it slightly and then laid it on the
counter.  She looked at her reflection in the mirror and was still
surprised to see a well-endowed red head staring back at her.  She noticed
that her soaked T-shirt seemed to have become almost a second skin and
tried not to think about the fact that her body's sex was even more evident
now then it had been in that baggy shirt.  She turned away from the mirror
as she stripped off the T-shirt and replaced it with the dry one she had
taken from her bag.  She then slipped on an identical black long-sleeved
shirt.   She contemplated changing back, that was the reason she had went
inside in the first place, but decided that she might as well wait until
she went to sleep so she didn't end up getting accidentally changed in the
meantime. 
	Her pants and socks were taken off with less apprehension then she had her
shirt, the only evident changes to her legs had been the shape and length.
She quickly changed underwear and slipped on the other set of blue jeans,
paying as little attention as she could to the area in between her legs.
Even after all the weeks she had been cursed it was still odd to see what
was there, or more appropriately, wasn't there.
	She looked at herself in the mirror and decided that, while baggy, her
clothes still managed to fit well enough to get by.  She undid her bandanna
and ran her fingers through her hair trying to get it in some form of order
after the repeated soakings it had endured.  Then she traced the scar that
was hidden along her hairline, it had managed to heal without leaving much
more then a faint line.  Her hair was still wet enough to stay back on its
own so she didn't need the extra help that having it tied back added.  She
shook her head a bit and then gathered up her old clothes and walked out
the door of the bathroom.
	Throughout her changing she didn't notice the faint sound of a camera,
steadily clicking away and taking quite a few pictures.

				***

	When Jude-chan got back out Akane stared at her for an instant before
speaking.  "Wow, it's still odd to see how much you look like Ranma does
when he's like that, although your hair is shorter, and not in that pig
tail he always has his in, that and you carry yourself differently."  
	"Why do I have the feeling that meeting someone that knows Ranma's girl
side will cause some confusion at first?" Jude-chan said.
	"That's true," Akane said, "You'll definitely have trouble for a bit from
some people I'd say, Ranma causes rather, extreme, reactions in people."
	Jude-chan looked down at the clothes in her hands and then said, "Do you
know what to do with these?  They might just need to be set some place to
dry, but a good washing would do a world of good too, is there anywhere I
can get these washed?"
	Akane took the clothes and said, "Don't worry about it we can just toss
these in with some of the rest of the clothes ready for the wash, I'll get
these ready."
	Jude-chan smiled and said, "I just want to thank you again for the help,
with everything."
	"Sure," she said, "You seemed like you needed some help, that's all."
	"That's for sure," Jude-chan said, she fidgeted with the bandanna and her
glasses for a bit and then stuffed them in one of the pockets on her shirt.
	Akane grinned and said, "I could see that, I'll just drop these clothes
off in the laundry room and then we can talk a bit."
	"Sounds good to me, lead the way, hopefully you won't get lost on the way
there."

				***

	"So let me get this straight, this Kuno guy is after both of you?"
Jude-chan asked.  Akane and Nabiki had been talking with her for a while
and the subject of Tatewaki Kuno's obsession with Akane and Ranma's cursed
form had been brought up.
	"Yeah, he seems to have decided that we're both his true love." Akane
replied.
	"Couldn't Ranma at least tell him about the curse?  I mean, I doubt Kuno
would be chasing him if he knew," Jude paused, "He doesn't does he?  Know
that is?  Because if he did know and still chased Ranma that would be,
well, a trifle odd to say the least."
	Nabiki cut in at this point, "No, Kuno-baby is still clueless about Ranma
and his "pig-tailed goddess" being one in the same.  He seems to think that
Ranma's girl side is under some spell and that is why she can't return his
love.  We did tell him, and he's seen Ranma change many times, but it just
doesn't seem to have sunk through that thick skull of his that they're the
same person."
	"I've got a bad feeling about this," Jude-chan said.
	"Well, Kuno isn't that much trouble Jude, Ranma and I usually just knock
him out while he's spouting poetry so he doesn't bother us much," Akane
said, "But I do feel sorry for you and Ryoga having to put up with him as
well."
	Akane then gave Jude a few Kuno-bashing pointers and after that the talk
turned to other things.

				***

	The rain outside stopped.  Ryoga and Ranma looked outside when they heard
the sounds of rain cease.
	"Looks like that's my cue to go inside," Ranma said, "What do you say I
beat you tomorrow just for old times sake?"
	"We'll see who beats who Ranma," Ryoga replied as Ranma walked out the door.
	Ranma looked up to see himself standing and looking out at the yard from
the porch and for a brief moment the memory of the demon that showed up
when Happosai had split his male and female halves reared its head.  Ranma
shuddered and reminded himself that it was just Jude.
	Jude-chan stepped out to meet Ranma, she had her umbrella over her
shoulder and was carrying a kettle of hot water.  "You two done for the
night then?" she asked.
	"Yeah," Ranma replied.
	"And you didn't break anything?  From what Ryoga said you two always fought."
	"Well," Ranma said, "We called a truce for tonight.  Believe it or not
he's the one that usually starts these things, not me."
	Jude-can said, "Plenty of time tomorrow, huh Ranma?  Ah well, good night."
 With that she walked back to the training hall, careful to avoid any
puddles along the way.
	When she got inside, she greeted Ryoga and searched through her pack until
finding her towel.  "Always know where your towel is," she had told Ryoga
some time back, it had come in handy plenty of times since she had been
cursed.  After getting the towel she took off her shirt and tossed it on
top of her bag.  She stepped outside and doused herself as carefully as she
could.
	Jude set the kettle down inside and dried himself off with the towel
before turning to Ryoga and asking, "Did you two work anything out or what?"
	Ryoga looked up at him and said, "I don't know, maybe we did, time will
tell."
	Jude took his sleeping materials out of his pack and noticed Ryoga doing
the same thing.  He knew his friend was glad to be here, but he seemed
uneasy for some reason.  "It's Akane isn't it?" he asked.
	"What? What do you mean?"
	"You're thinking about something, and I'd say its most likely Akane."
	Ryoga nodded, "Yeah, I guess it is, right now if I wasn't lost somewhere
I'd most likely be P-Chan and in her arms as she slept."
	Jude decided not to say what he thought about that to Ryoga and instead
asked, "Are you ever going to tell her?"
	"Tell her what?"
	"You know, P-Chan and the whole thing."
	Ryoga had images of Akane and her mallet dance through his head, he
shuddered and said, "I'll think about it, but I don't know, she'd probably
try to kill me."
	"Ouch." Jude cringed, then he grinned, "And with that cheery note, good
night and sleep well Ryoga."
	"You too."
	Then the two set up their bedding and closed up the doors to the training
hall.  Soon the two travel weary men were fast asleep with a roof over
their head for the first time in a long while.


Chapter 3-The journal

	Jude awoke in the night with the feeling  that he had forgotten something.
 He sat up quietly and looked around, his eye fell on his pack and he
remembered what he had to do.  After rummaging through his pack he found a
small leather pouch.  He took it and quietly slipped out of the training hall.
	It was only after shutting the doors of the hall that he remembered his
glasses.  He thought about going back for them, but he decided he wouldn't
need them.  He started to make his way from the training hall to the house.
 It was dark, there wasn't much more then a sliver of moon and none of the
street lights quite reached the ground.
	He wasn't too worried, even without his glasses he could still make out
most of the ground and he knew where the house was.  Of course, in his
still partly asleep brain he had forgotten about the ever-present koi pond.
 This he managed to walk into without much trouble at all.
	That night at Jusenkyo where he had done the same thing flashed through
his mind and he idly cursed whatever forces had rallied against him to
cause such misfortune.  Then the transformation hit.
	Jude-chan stumbled her way out of the pond and made her way into the house
without much trouble after that.

				***

	After a quick trip to the bathroom to dry off Jude-chan looked in the
mirror.  She stared at the face of a girl that had died 1500 years ago.  A
part of her wondered what the girl's life had been like, another figured
that it truly was a tragic story for all involved.  She put these thoughts
aside and went to find a place where she could sit and have adequate light.
	She found her way to the kitchen and flipped on the lights.  She pulled up
a stool and sat down at the counter.  Here she opened up the leather pouch
and pulled out a small leather bound book with a pencil stuck in between
the pages.  When asked about the book she called it her Journal, in her
mind she called it her second brain.  She began to write.
	"Hey there Jude, this is Jude, in case you forgot, I hope you didn't
because it sucks for both of us, you're at the Tendo's.  They're Ryoga's
friends remember?  Of course if you do remember you don't need to be
reminded, if you don't ask Ryoga to fill you in."
	Jude-chan paused here and collected her thoughts, then she went on to
describe all of what happened in the day, concentrating on the people she
had met that day.
	"Ranma has the same curse you and Ryoga do, those two have some issues
between them to work out, childhood friends and enemies or something.  The
Tendo sisters, Kasumi is the oldest, kind and gentle and perhaps a bit
oblivious, or maybe not, something tells me there's more to her then meets
the eye, she's the one with the long hair in the pony tail.  Nabiki is the
middle daughter, she's suspicious of everything it seems, likes money too,
can't say much more, didn't talk to her much.  Akane is the youngest, she
helped you, me, us, (damn that's confusing, gotta think up something
definite for addressing you, myself, or something) anyway, she's engaged to
Ranma, apparently only one of his fiancee's (Note: ask Ryoga about the
other fiancee's there's at least two others) I guess Akane has a bit of a
temper so try not to make her mad, I guess she likes to hit people with
mallets and with our head that can't be a good thing.  Oh, Akane and Nabiki
both have short hair, Akane's is black and Nabiki's is a dark brown.  Mr.
Tendo is the guy with the long hair and mustache, seems really emotional.
Mr. Saotome is the guy with glasses and the cloth on his head, he's also
the panda with the signs, you guessed it, another cursed person. (Note
avoid flying signs, they hurt.)"
	She paused there and flexed her hand to loosen it up from the writing.
She hoped she wouldn't need this as anything more then a reminder.  She
added in a few more details that came to mind and was about to close the
book when she heard someone coming behind her.
	She turned around to see Akane standing in the door way.  "Hi Akane," she
said, "What are you doing up so late?"
	"I just came down to get some water, how about you Jude?"
	"Oh, just taking care of something I almost forgot, that's all."
	By this time Akane had walked into the kitchen, she looked on the counter
and saw the Journal sitting open on the table.  "What's this?" she said.
	"Well, this is my Journal, I've been keeping it to aid my memory.  There
are times when I just get up that everything is kinda muddled.  If I write
it all down, or at least, most of it down, it triggers my memories of what
happened so I remember.  Most of the time I don't have any trouble, but
it's the times that I do that this thing comes in handy."
	Akane nodded, "That makes sense," she said, she wondered how she would
cope with not remembering who she was or where she was from, it wasn't a
very pleasant thought.  The two of them talked for a while, mainly just
passing the time.  Soon they were both yawning and they came to the mutual
decision that sleep would be the thing to do.
	Jude-chan put away her journal and sealed it tightly in its pouch.  She
was about to leave when Akane stopped her, "Aren't you going to change
before you go back to sleep Jude?"
	Jude-chan smacked her forehead for forgetting and immediately regretted it
as her hand connected with the bruise left by the sign from this evening.
"I knew I was forgetting something!  Ah well, I'm pretty dry now, I'll skip
on it and change in the morning, it's not like I'm going to be conscious
for all that time."
	Akane nodded and grinned, "Okay then, see you tomorrow."
	The two made their way to their respective places of rest without further
incident and were soon fast asleep.



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