Subject: [ffml][Ranma] Catching The Butterfly vol 1, chaps 4 - 7
From: Kai Yamazaki
Date: 3/23/1999, 11:04 AM
To: ffml@fanfic.com

Oops... Damn limited space ! Why does no-one ever tell you about 
these things ? Probably because they don't expect you to send such 
massive files.. *sigh*
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PART IV
Talking through your problems.
AKA, Psycobabble
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Ryoga slowly opened his eyes and looked for an escape path. He could feel everyone staring at him as he began to edge towards the door,
preparing to make a run for it the second Akane got as far as 'Ge' in 
'Get the pervert!!!' 
"GGGIRRRRRRRRRRRRRRLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!" 
"GET YOUR HANDS OFF ME YOU DIRTY LITTLE LEECH!!!!!" Ryoga grabbed Happosai
by the skull and embedded him in the floor. "Ick! He's going after guys too now?" 
"Now I have an excuse to go shopping!" 
"Now we call her R-C?" Akane said in a voice that said 'I'm going to pretend it's all
OK until he actually notices what's happened.' 
"R-C's good. We'll stick to R-C!" R-A said in a voice that said 'I don't have a clue
what's going on, but I'm going to play along for now.' 
Ryoga's brain finally clicked. "I-I'm OK! I'm not hurt! I'm ..." He trailed off. 
R-D nodded. "Yes you are." 
"I'M A GIRL!!!!" he - now she wailed. She gave a choked sob and fled from the room as fast as she could without her
trousers falling down. 
"Damn! He'll get lost!" R-C jumped to her feet and ran after her. 
"And she won't, I presume?" R-D commented.

Ryoga-chan sat up a tree looking gloomily into the distance.
"Hey you."
She looked down at R-C then resumed looking gloomily into the distance.
After a few moments, R-C scrambled up beside her. "Could be worse. It could've been a spring of drowned Ranma." She sighed as this
failed to raise even a weak smile from Ryoga-chan. "Or it could've been normal cold water." She shook Ryoga-chan's shoulder. "You know,
there's definite advantages to being a girl." 
After a moment, Ryoga-chan replied. "Like what?" 
R-C shrugged. "Oh, a few things. One, you're human, two, you're not edible except to people on remote
islands in the Pacific, three, you don't have to worry about Akane finding out about your curse, four, Ranma has nothing to blackmail or
taunt you with, five, spending a little time in your female body might make you less prone to blackouts whenever Shampoo starts streaking
after Ranma, six, you don't have a disadvantage in fights if it starts to rain seven ..." 
"OK, I get the point!" Ryoga-chan gave a weak laugh. "It's just, for a moment I thought I was really cured. I hate
being the real Ryoga with a huge disadvantage to the others. I thought if I'd really been cured, I could try and talk to Akane ...." She
sighed. "I suck at being me. R-A's probably got the best chance. He's 
too good for words. In about a week, he'll probably have women crawling all over him." R-C listened silently as she continued. "And
R-D's a total bastard. Women love total bastards for some reason. And 
I'm me. Boring old me. Half guy, half girl, just like Ranma. Except nobody l-l-loves m-me.." Her voice broke and she started to sob.
"N-nobody's e-ever l-l-loved me and nobody c-cares and I h-hate my life and I-I wish that l-l-lightning had k-killed me ..." 
"No you don't. You'd miss Akane." 
Ryoga-chan leaned back against the tree branch. "I'm a screwed-up emotional wreck with a gender changing
problem, with parts of my personality getting a better life on their own rather than mixed up inside me and I'm pouring all my worries out
on a female part of my personality which is really scaring me because 
I have a girl side to my mind." 
R-C sighed. "OK. I'm not a girl side to your mind. I'm a version of what you would be like if you were a
girl. You're mind is entirely guy, mine is totally girl." She smiled. 
"For starters, I'd be sleeping in some guys bed. I'm your opposite. R-D is R-A's opposite, R-A is R-D's opposite. And I hope there aren't
any R-C Angels or Devils running around either 'cause they'd make me feel inferior. And as for you being a screwed-up emotional wreck, that
isn't true. They are the emotional wrecks. R-A is too good to be true. If he doesn't find someone like ... Kasumi, for example, he'll be
treated like dirt for ever but not care. R-D has no redeeming features. Women love total bastards but only for short amounts of
time. He'll probably get arrested if he isn't careful. Yes, you'd be a lot more stable if you hadn't come across Jusenkyo and if Ranma didn't
use his female form against you." 
Ryoga-chan growled. "Is it any wonder I don't trust anyone?" 
R-C sighed. "I know what you mean."

"Hey, Ranma. Make yourself useful and go find R-C and Ryoga-chan" Nabiki called. 
Ranma blinked. "Did I miss someone?" Akane nodded.
"Well, yes. You missed Happosai giving Ryoga the same curse as you. H..she ran off and R-C followed hi ... her. We're just worried they'll
both get lost." 
Ranma sighed. "Twin Ryoga girls. Yee-uck!" He turned and left the room with a vague grin. *Although Ryoga's girl half is
kinda cute ...* 
*SPLASH* 
"Hey! Old lady, you should watch where you throw that stuff! Jeez!" She headed back inside angrily. "I'll search
indoors first and get some hot water while I'm at it."

"I'll get you a kettle of hot water," R-C offered. "You go tell the other's not to worry about us." 
"Thanks." Ryoga-chan walked back into the Dojo. "We're OK." 
Akane grinned. "Oh. there you are. We were worried." She jumped to her feet. "Come on." 
Ryoga-chan blinked. "Huh?"Akane grabbed her by the hand, much to her shock, and dragged her out
of the room and upstairs to her bedroom. Ryoga-chan looked around. "Uhhh .. why did you drag me up here?" 
Akane opened the wardrobe door. "We're more the same height, although you're a bit more petite.
Maybe some of my clothes will fit you. Then we'll be able to tell you 
and Ryoga apart when he turns female." 
Realisation flooded across Ryoga-chan's face. "Oh! I'm not R-C, I'm Ryoga." 
"Oh! Sorry." Akane laughed. "Where's R-C?" 
"Getting some hot water ..."

End Part IV
Final song - I'm A Boy

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PART V
Good girls go to heaven, bad girls go anywhere.
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R-C eventually found the kitchen. She walked in to see Ranma-chan glaring at the kettle, willing it to boil faster. "Oh. You have the kettle." 
Ranma-chan looked up. "Oh! There you are!" She grinned. "Now I don't have to look for you." She grabbed R-C by the sleeve. "Come
on. Lets get changed." 
R-C blinked in surprise. "Wha ..." Ranma-chan dragged her to the bathroom, shut the door, and began to fill the bath
tub with hot water. R-C looked at her in amazement. "What are you doing?" 
"We both need a bath. I'm running it." Ranma-chan yanked her clothes off. "Come on, take your clothes off." 
R-C's eyes widened. "No way!" 
Ranma-chan laughed. "Shy of your own body?! You'll get used to it." 
Realisation dawned. "No you see I ... HEY! Pervert!" She smacked Ranma-chan over the head. 
"Ow! Just seeing if the water makes all girls big busted or whether is was just 'cause I have a nice body.
Enough with the shy act, Ryoga, you'll get used to it." Before R-C could protest, she found herself shoved naked into the water with
Ranma-chan - now Ranma beside her. "See? Over alrea...d...y..."
"Idiot! I tried to explain!"
Ranma gaped at her. "You're ... you're ... you're ..." 
"R-C. Not Ryoga. And would you stop staring at me!" She growled, ducking under the water, crimson in the face. 
"Oh jeez! Get out of here!" Ranma splashed her a little. "Akane'll kill me!" 
"ME get out?! YOU dragged me in here! You get out!" 
"Ranma?" The voice came from behind the closed door. "I'm coming in." Ranma looked around
frantically. then grabbed the surprised R-C, shoved her head under the water and sat on her back. 
"Akane! Hi! What brings you here?!" 
Akane sat on the stool. "I was wondering, did you find R-C? I thought 
I did, but it was Ryoga." 
"R-C?" Ranma laughed nervously and ignored the fingernails digging into his ankle to tell him R-C was not pleased
with the current situation. "Nooo ... haven't seen her. Now go away!"
"When do you think the other Ryoga's will go away?" 
"Me? Dunno. Please leave now?" he hinted none too subtly. R-C wasn't struggling as much,
which kinda worried him. 
"Just imagine if there were four of you." She laughed. "What a nightmare! Still, it'd solve the many fianc�e
problem." She laughed again. "Pity we can't give some of the Ryoga's to Ukyo or Shampoo..." 
"For gods sake Akane, just get out of here!" Ranma blurted. 
Akane blinked. "What? Why? You got some big secret hidden in here?" She stood up. "I only wanted to talk to you a little!
I won't bother again!" 
Ranma groaned. "I just ... want a little privacy, that's all." Akane gave him a look that said 'I don't know
what you're up to, but I know you're up to something' as she left the 
room. Ranma waited a few moments to make sure she was gone before hauling R-C out of the water. "Aw shit!" he groaned, rolling her onto
the floor, covering her with a towel and wrapping another towel around himself. "I've drowned Ryoga's girl half!" He thought for a second
before dashing out of the room. "HEY, R-A!! COME HERE FOR A MOMENT!"
he yelled, then dashed back into the bathroom and pulled on his clothes. A moment later R-A ran into the room. "Oh lord! What the hell
did you do to her!" 
"It was an accident!" 
"You dragged R-C in here and drowned her?!" R-A was beginning to look slightly un R-A-like as he
clenched his fists. "You accidentally drowned her? Without any of her 
clothes?" 
"It was a misunderstanding!" He protested. "And don't yell at me, get her breathing!" 
"YOU ARE A SICK, PERVERTED, NEANDERTHAL!! She's partly me!" 
Ranma looked at R-A. "You aren't R-A, are you."
Ryoga give him a tense look. "No, I'm the original Ryoga. The real McCoy. YOU FREAK!" 
He glared at the new Ranma shaped skylight in the ceiling.

"We really need some way to tell them all apart other than tattooing the letters on them all." 
A tense R-C was still in her old clothes, sat with her three 'brothers.' "Including a way of telling me and
Ryoga apart." she growled, glaring at Ranma across the table. She was 
slightly pleased to note that he had a new plaster on his face. Nabiki crept behind R-D and tipped a small bottle over his head. "HEY!"
"Better wash it off" she said sweetly. R-D ran out of the room and she turned to the others. "So R-D is the one with the new blond streak in
his hair." 
"Nabiki!" Soun scolded. The other two Ryoga's edged away from her slightly 
"Maybe different coloured bandannas?" Akane suggested. 
"Not noticeable enough" Ranma sighed. "Gotta be something you notice at once." R-D walked back into the room with a glare on his
face and a pale streak of hair. "And that actually does work ..." 
"I look like an idiot" R-D growled. 
"Which is strange because ...?" Ranma quipped, immediately regretting 
it as R-C, R-D and Ryoga rose to their feet. 
Kasumi walked in, radiating peace. "Would anyone like some tea?" she asked sweetly, listening to the mumbles of agreement. 
R-A jumped to his feet. "I'll give you a hand." 
"He's like a walking conscience" Nabiki commented. "Let's hit the mall. If we can just start by getting
them some other outfits, it'll be a start." 
"What will we pay with? Brass buttons?" R-C asked gloomily. 
"All our stuff - MY stuff got fried in the electric storm." Ryoga added. 
"Looks like it's a loan for now, if only for our own convenience" Soun said suddenly. The four
Ryoga's looked at him in astonishment. "Well, you all confuse me. And 
the other one, R-A is being so helpful to Kasumi .... anyway, you'll have to pay back eventually." 
R-C grinned. "We can go shopping? I can go shopping?" She smirked at the other three. "Looks like we're
hitting the job shop too, bro's! Hey, Ryoga! Let's get jobs as waitresses! The twin thing alone'll clinch it!"

End Part V
Final song -  Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere

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PART VI
One more time.
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"Do we have to tie you lot all together or something?!" Nabiki stormed after R-A and dragged him back to the rest of the group. "I swear, if
one of you wanders away again, we're going to have to put you on a leash! Somebody remind me to buy you guy's pagers!" She held her head
in her hands. "This must be what it's like to be a parent! R-C!! Get back here!" 
"But those dresses are so cute ..." 
"Do as you're damn well told! We need to get you lot organised!" 
Akane stifled a giggle at seeing her calm and collected sister trying to keep the four
Ryoga's under control. It was hard enough keeping track of one! R-A kept wandering away to look at shop windows, R-D kept hiding purely to
irritate Nabiki and R-C was impatient to get shopping and kept bouncing around. The only one behaving was the original Ryoga, now
Ryoga-chan thanks to a sprinkler. 
"Nabiki, why don't I go shopping with R-C, Ranma with Ryoga-chan and you with R-A and R-D?" 
Nabiki glared at her sister. "Because, sister dear, Ranma and Ryoga, girl or guy, hate each other and R-D hates me and Daddy will not be pleased if
we run up a huge property damage bill. How about I take R-C and R-A, Ranma takes R-D and you take Ryoga-chan?" 
"I'm not going with R-D!" Ranma cut in. *If he decided to fight me ... he won't have the Angel
side holding him back .... the property damage would be terrible!* "R-A yes, Ryoga-chan or R-C very big maybe but not R-D!" R-D groaned.
"Why not stick us in the cr�che and go shopping for us?" 
"That's not such a bad idea actually." Ranma grinned. "How about I ask Ucchan to
keep an eye on them and we nip in a few shops? Nabiki can look for some pagers for them so we can track 'em down to pay off your Dad's
loan?" 
"We get to make a list of what we need" R-A muttered. 
"Sure. Pen, paper ... hmmm" R-C began to write out her list. 
Akane glanced over her shoulder at page three. "Sailor fuka, 2 kimonos, 3 pairs of
shorts cotton, dark pink, green and black, 1 pair denim, 2 bikinis, 1swimsuit, walkman and Sailor Moon soundtrack  ... are you sure you
need all this?" she queried, eyes slightly glazed. 
"Of course. A girl has a lot of needs. Besides, we're paying all the money off. And if
Ryoga-chan comes round to the idea of waitressing .." 
"I'm not being a waitress." 
R-C pouted. "A waitress job'll be easy to find. If she eventually warms to the idea, I may need to lend her some clothes."
R-A looked over his list. "With the clothes and the camping gear we lost, we'll be in debt till we're twenty at least." 
Ryoga-chan glared at him. "Then you'd better stick around till then." 
"Hehe ... sure ... er ... everyone finished?" R-A looked around. "Here's the list. Where's Ucchan's?" 
"Don't worry, we don't expect you to know." Ranma sighed. "ALL of you, follow me. No window shopping, no wandering, and
I know you all hate me but I'd appreciate no 'Ranma prepare to dies' OK?" He led them to the restaurant with no property damage and almost
no arguments. 
Ukyo looked up. "Hey Ranchan!" 
"Ucchan." Ranma stepped aside. "Meet R-D, the one with the blond bit, R-A, the other guy, R-C,
one of the girls and Ryoga-chan, the other girl." 
Ryoga-chan grimaced. "Could you not call me Ryoga-chan?" 
"But you look so cute when you wince. Ryoga-chan." Ranma laughed at her. Ryoga-chan and R-C both
looked so cute when they winced - calling Ryoga Ryoga-chan was a sure
way of getting a recoil. 
Ukyo gazed at them, jaw slack. "Two new boy Ryoga's, a new girl Ryoga and Ryoga's a girl?" 
"Until I can get a kettle," Ryoga-chan snarled. 
"You got it. R-D is a bastard. He's Ryoga's devil side. R-A is a bona fide angel nice guy, which gives me
the creeps. Both Ryoga-chan's are just like he is as a guy." 
"You forgot the part stating that we all hate you," R-D pointed out. "If Ukyo whacks out one or two of us, there's still two more. And if you
try killing the original before his time, even more of us will pop up." He smiled sweetly. "Continue digging your grave, Ranma." 
Ranma gulped. "Yeah, well, Ucchan, I was wondering if they could stay 
here for an hour or so. Their stuff got struck by lightning and we dare not let them loose in the shopping centre. Thanks so much bye-bye!" He
fled. 
Ukyo gazed vacantly into space. "Yeah. Sure. Anything you say." She turned round as R-A tapped her on the arm. 
"Uh ... Do you want us to do anything? Get you anything?" he asked cautiously. 
"Do you feel all right?" She squinted at him. "No blond bit. You're the nice guy, right?" 
"Umm ... yeah?" 
"A very strong alcoholic drink and an explanation would do me for a start." She looked at them. "Where did
you all come from? There's enough of you to form a pop group for chrissake!"
R-C sniggered. "\, Oh baby baby, how was I supposed to know \,"
Ryoga-chan joined in. "\, That something wasn't right here \,"
"\, Oh baby baby I shouldn't have let you go
And now you're right outside me \," they sang in unison
The two boys chimed in too "\, Show me how you wanted to be, 
Tell me baby cause I need to know now
what we've got\," They split into two parts.
"\, My loneliness is killing me (And I)
I must confess I still believe (Still believe!)
When you're not with me well you're not mine
Give me a sign (Altogether now!)
Hit me baby one more time!\,"

*Note- That song is originally sung in English, but I don't know any Japanese songs I could've used instead. Scratch that. I don't know any
Japanese songs at all. I listen to the radio far too much, but I will 
try to cut down on adding song parts into my writing. 

Ukyo stared at them in total and absolute amazement. "T-that was incredible! That was really, really good!" 
"Well, it works better with four of us than it did with one," Ryoga-chan said with a grin. 
"At least we all know the words, anyway," R-C added. 
R-D snorted. "That's 'cause he has way too much spare time!" 
"Too much spare time?! There's no such thing!" R-A hit him on the arm. 
"Don't you hit me, you sissy!"
"It was only a joke!" 
"HEY!" Ukyo yelled. "You mess up the restaurant, you pay for damages! Now .. who's who again? Oh, this is just too
stupid. Stay here." She walked out of the room and reappeared a few minutes later with a bundle of clothes. "Here. Put some different clothes on
so I can tell you apart. Which of you girls is which?" 
"R-C is the one grabbing all the little skirts," Ryoga-chan pointed out. She took the
kettle of water from Ukyo and poured it over her head. "Much better!" 
*Now my clothes fit!*
R-C looked up from the pile of clothes. "I still think you should look for a waitress job with me." 
You could almost see the light bulb go *ping* above Ukyo. She grabbed a cup of cold
water and tipped it over R-A and Ryoga. 
"What was that for?!! I just got changed back!" Ryoga-chan yelled. 
"I couldn't remember who was who," she explained to R-A. "Twin waiters and twin waitresses. How
would you guys like a job here?"

End Part VI
Final song - One More Time

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PART VII
Look before you leap.
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"This uniform doesn't fit," R-C whinged.
Ukyo gritted her teeth. "It fit's Ryoga-chan so it fits you."
"It's too tight in the chest ..." 
*CLANG* 
Ukyo examined the dent in her spatula. "Do you want the job or not? From what I've heard of your shopping list, you need this job a lot.
The attraction of two twin sets will bring in lots of customers, lots 
of tips and lots of wages." 
R-C pouted. "It doesn't suit me." 
Ukyo turned and whacked Ryoga-chan over the head. 
"OW! What was that for?! She's the one complaining!" 
"She's your female side and it's because of you she's here!" 
"WHAT?!!" Ryoga-chan's battle aura flared. "That's not fair! I got struck by lightning!" 
R-C quickly cut in. "The uniform fits OK now, lets get changed back into our other clothes. Ranma and
the others should be here soon." They ignored her. 
"You should know better than to wave metal poles around in an electrical storm!" 
"The storm hadn't even started! I just picked up a tent pole and BOOM! Next thing I know, it's morning and the whole area's fried!" She lowered
her voice. "They may be annoying, but it's because of them that I'm even alive!" 
"I don't see why they bothered. It's not like anyone would've cared!" Ukyo snarled. 
Ryoga-chan stepped back in shock and a deathly silence filled the restaurant. She ripped the uniform off,
silently yanked her jumper over her head and ran out of the  restaurant. Silence reigned a little longer. Then R-D jumped over the
counter with a yell, grabbed Ukyo by the collar and lifted her off the ground. "You insensitive little witch!!! You're supposed to be his
friend! Do you have any idea how much that little comment hurt?!!" 
R-C glowered at Ukyo, who was wriggling like a fish, gasping for air. 
R-A sighed. "Open mouth, insert foot. Put her down, R-D." After a moment he let go. Ukyo collapsed unceremoniously on the floor and took a few
deep breaths. She stood up and grabbed a flask of hot water and Ryoga's trousers. 
"I-I have to apologise to him ... that was way out of line ..." she mumbled, running out of the door. 
"Where're you going?" R-C asked. 
Ukyo turned and looked at her. "To find Ryoga-chan. So I can apologise. You three can either help me, or stay here."
"We're coming too," R-A replied. 
"Yeah. To make sure you don't say anything else dumb like that," R-D muttered angrily. 
R-C sighed. "I guess she didn't mean it that much, but you know what our 'bro's' like." She looked over at Ukyo. "We'll help you find him. We may have
no sense of direction when it comes to finding place, but finding each other is something we can do easily."

Ryoga-chan looked at her reflection in the river with hatred. *It's not me I'm a guy ... I don't look like that ...* she thought, knowing
that no matter how much she denied it, it was really her. Him. She picked up a stick and ran it over the surface. Ripples broke up the
image, distorting it. That was better. She could almost pretend it was her male reflection looking up at her. She lifted the stick and looked
at the water again. After a moment the ripples faded and the image formed. Girl. A delicate feminine face. With a growl she stirred up
the water viciously so it was impossible to see anything. *Why am I bothering? She's right. Girl or guy, no-one would care if I had died.
No-one at all.* Tears ran down her face. *I'd still be alone ... unloved ..* She rubbed a sleeve across her face. Ukyo's cruel words
ran through her mind again, bringing fresh tears to her eyes. *I'm never going to get Akane. I'm nothing to her.* She stirred the water
again, not wanting the female face to settle. *I can't even stand to live with being half girl, how could anyone else?* For the first time
he understood why Ranma hated his girl side so much. At least as a pig, he'd still been a guy. Being a girl playing havoc with his ...
her self-identifying. And there were enough of him around anyway. Nobody ever knew which one he was, either, which didn't quite help the
identity crisis he was going through. She stiffened, sensing someone behind her. 
"Umm ... hi ..." Ukyo sat down next to her. Ryoga-chan ignored her and carried on stirring. Ukyo continued cautiously. "I
just ... really have to apologise for what I said." 
"Why?" she asked quietly. 
Ukyo sighed. "Because it was mean and cruel and totally uncalled for. Just because Ra ..Ranchan was paying more attention to
you and your other selves  than he was to me." She looked at the floor in embarrassment. "I was jealous of all the attention you'd been
getting and I wanted to hurt you. I'm ... I'm sorry. I didn't think," 
she whispered, "you'd get so upset." Ryoga-chan looked at the ripples.
"Why?" 
"Because it's not even true!" Ukyo jumped to her feet. "We'd all've been upset if you'd died!" 
She laughed a bitter laugh. "Feh. You'd all think I'd gotten lost again. By the time you all found out I
was gone, you'd have forgotten who I was. No one would care. Nobody even likes me. I'm just the weirdo who pops up every so often to kill
Ranma and always fails." The tears began to well up again and she wiped her face angrily. "Nobody c-cares how I f-feel or how m-m-much
it h-hurts ..." 
Ukyo knelt down next to her. "Come on, cheer up Ryoga-chan ..." 
Ryoga-chan jumped to her feet. "DON'T CALL ME THAT!!" she screamed. Ukyo backed away, startled. "I HATE IT!! I _HATE_ IT!!!"
She grabbed Ukyo's spatula and hacked at the water with it, destroying her reflection. "I'M NOT A GIRL! I WON'T BE A GIRL!" Sobbing, she
caught sight of herself in the spatula's metal surface. She struck the ground with it over and over. "I AM A GUY!! I ALWAYS HAVE BEEN AND I
ALWAYS WILL!!!" The metal shattered and Ryoga-chan fell to the ground.
Ukyo looked at her in shock. She'd never seen Ryoga lose it so badly before. Maybe all this was harder on her than anyone thought. If
anyone did think. Now that she actually thought about it, it would be 
very freaky. She reached out and touched Ryoga-chan on the shoulder, suddenly feeling sorry for her. Ryoga-chan shied away from her and
stood up. "Don't touch me," she growled. "Where're all the others?"
"Over there." Ukyo pointed at the other three Ryoga's watching them though the trees. "We've brought your trousers and some hot water."
She gave her a weak smile. "I'm sorry. I-if you don't want to be a waitress it's OK." 
Ryoga-chan pulled on her trousers and poured the hot water over her head. "I'll think about it," he promised. "We
should get back now."

End Part VII
Final song - Travelling Riverside Blues

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