Shampoo mewed piteously as she righted herself, one leg collapsing almost immediately. This hadn't worked out nearly as well as she had hoped.
Slowly she tried pushing herself to her feet, inadvertently letting out a prolonged hiss as pain shot through her front forepaw. A frightened whimpering brought her back to herself though, the sound of pain she was letting out cutting off as she let herself drop back down to the ground.
Her leg still throbbed in time with her heart beat, but at least it didn't feel like it was going to fall off now.
That problem dealt with, or at least pushed to the side, she looked back up for Ranma and blinked in surprise. He was gone! Or rather, she couldn't see him. She could hear him though, right about--she craned her neck up further yet and was finally rewarded with a glimpse of him cowering in a corner...near the ceiling.
Her nose wrinkled in disgust. This idea just wasn't working at all. A solid week of coming in and trying to accustom Ranma to her cat form during the night and it was all ruined because he woke up a little too early one day.
Still, he was at least still in the room, which said something. His father was still asleep, as well, so unless the Tendo's had heard Ranma scream they wouldn't be interupted either. Not that that did her a lot of good at the moment. She hesitantly ran her tongue over her paw as she had seen other cats do when injured and was surprised at the pleasant secession of pain for a moment.
Continuing the grooming, despite the rather annoying hair it deposited on her tongue, she tried to decide her next course of action.
That decision was taken from her at least in part when Akane rushed into the room, a bokken clutched in both hands. Her eyes passed over Shampoo and under Ranma to rest on Genma, growfing in his sleep as he turned restlessly.
"Ranma?" asked Akane hesitantly.
Shampoo looked up at the boy clinging to the walls and ceiling and at the motion, he froze, mouth still open from his attempted response.
Time to decide what to do...and quick.
See other episodes by James M. Zema
(Posted Mon, 10 Jan 2005 18:34)
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