"Just a doodle," Ukyou said, shrugging.
"It looks like the spiral pattern," Ryouga said.
"Yeah," Ukyou said. "It sort of does."
******
"Wait! Wait!" Ukyou gasped, and Ryouga stopped the spar to allow her to catch her breath. "Whew, this is a good workout."
"Yeah, you're getting a lot better," Ryouga said. "I'll bet you could do that swim and only have to spend a month recovering this time." He smirked.
"Hey, hey," Ukyou protested. "It was the getting shot and the blood loss, not the swim."
"Well the swim, plus the injury, plus the poor nutrition for almost a week," Ryouga said.
"I think its time to go after Happosai now," Ukyou said. Ryouga frowned.
"What?" Ukyou guessed. "Come on, Ryouga, we've been here, what, half a year? I'm more than three times as good as I was, you're better too I think."
"Why not add a surprise or two to your arsenal," Ryouga smirked, holding up his pointer finger. Ukyou arched an eyebrow.
******
"No, no," Ukyou said. "I swear it was like this." She started moving.
"How many times have you been caught in it?" Ryouga asked. "Ranma does it this way."
"Masaka," Ukyou sighed. "We'll never get this figured out."
******
"That's enough for today," Ryouga said, almost pleading.
"I almost got it," Ukyou slurred.
"Ukyou, you're concussed," Ryouga said. "You have to slow down a little. Jumping right into the Baksai Tenketsu without much else body hardening is not a good idea."
"Come on, it ain't so hard," Ukyou said, blinking. "Give it one more go Ryo-chan! I'm sure you'll get it!" Ryouga blushed at the familiar as he untied Ukyou and sat her down. Now he had to watch to make sure she didn't go to sleep.
"You're the one training, Ukyou," Ryouga reminded her.
"Oh...sright," Ukyou said. "How many more we got to do?" Ryouga wondered if he was this much trouble for Cologne and Akane.
******
"And a step like this," Ukyou said, still a little punch drunk. "And then like that, and that." She giggled.
"Ukyou, don't you think you..." Ryouga stopped and watched Ukyou's "dancing." "THAT'S IT!!"
******
"BAKSAI TENKETSU!" Ukyou shouted, and the rock ahead of her exploded. "YATTA!! I did it!" Ukyou whooped and shook out of her restraints.
"Wow, it only took you a week," Ryouga said as Ukyou virtually danced over to him and hugged the Lost-Boy.
"Hey! Not everyone is like you and Ranma," Ukyou said, slapping his shoulder playfully.
"Hey, I'm serious," Ryouga said. "I was already tough when I started."
"Okay, now we find Happosai and get that mirror," Ukyou said.
"Umm, I think we still need some training for that," Ryouga said, imagining a gang of crazies with guns more than a perverted martial arts master. Though with the baksai tenketsu such was unlikely to be much of a threat to her.
"What, I used to handle him all the time before all this," Ukyou protested. "I can handle him now."
"Well what about Shampoo then," Ryouga asked. "Don't want to totally overwhelm her the next time you see her?"
"And I can't now?" Ukyou asked. "If I have problems, all I need to do is find some cold water."
"You don't think Cologne teaches all these things to me and Ranma, and doesn't teach them to Shampoo, do you?" Ryouga said. Ukyou thought about that, and frowned.
"You're just hoping to get me in the sack," Ukyou said jokingly.
******
"Shi Shi Hokodan!" Ukyou shouted. A thin green beam shot out of her hands and charred the tree trunk in front of her.
"Not depressed enough I guess," Ryouga said.
"Yeah, what do I have to be depressed about?" Ukyou asked. "I'm stuck in the woods with an Jackass who gets lost for two weeks at a time."
"Hey, I haven't been so bad recently," Ryouga retorted.
"That's because I rarely let you out of my sight, Ryochan," Ukyou smirked. Ryouga blinked and then smiled. "What?"
"I got an idea," Ryouga said. "Maybe you should try a different emotion."
******
"You think I'm a control freak!" Ukyou shouted.
"No, no," Ryouga tried to molify her. "I just think you like to have everything planned out is all."
"So you're saying I'm not spontaneous?" Ukyou growled.
"Well, ummm..." Ryouga didn't get in further as Ukyou grabbed him and then kissed him thoroughly.
"Is that spontaneous enough for you, pig boy?" Ukyou asked coquetishly, then growled as she realized Ryouga had fainted.
******
"KONTON SUTERU!!!" Ukyou shouted, sending a chaotic swirl of orange chi into the hill side. She turned and smirked at Ryouga. "Did it."
"Yep, Chaos Rejection," Ryouga nodded. "I knew you were a control freak."
"I'm not even gonna to respond to that," Ukyou said. "Because NOW we are going to go find Happosai."
"Want to try the spiral first?" Ryouga asked.
"We need someone to try to kill us," Ukyou snapped. "And I don't think you'd try to kill me, and I don't feel like taking a ride by tornado, no thank you."
~Besides, I'm not sure I could go full out against you either.~
"I was just thinking about trying to get the steps down," Ryouga said. Ukyou thought about it a moment.
"Okay, one time," Ukyou said. "Then tomorrow we go find Happosai and get that mirror."
"So you want to be the attacker this time or me?" Ryouga asked.
"You attack," Ukyou said, facing off against him, getting ready to dance the spiral. She was virtually high on euphoria from her first real chi attack.
Ryouga was practically glowing himself as they moved into the spiral kata, auras mixing and magnifying their feelings through each other.
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(Posted Sat, 19 Oct 2002 10:46)
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