Ranma twitched, he hated that phrase, but he nodded and returned the warm embrace, shifting his hands about a little to more comfortably hold her.
"Yeah, let's just get someplace private first, okay Kyoko?" he asked. "Kyoko?"
She didn't respond, he only felt her hot breath against his now uncovered neck. Then her hands unlocked from around him and she fell limp in his arms.
"Kyoko!!" Ranma shouted loudly. "Shugenja!! Healer!" The call for a healer, as coming from one that seemed to be Osano-Wo incarnate, was circled quickly.
****
Kyoko awoke to the sound of Ranma worriedly asking about her.
"I believe it was mostly exhaustion, Hida-san," a familiar voice was saying. She recognized it as the Phoenix healer, she put a hand to her face and was relieved to note that her mask was still in place.
"If she could not handle the battle, she should have stayed away," the easily recognizeable voice of Kisada said with more than trace of increased respect despite the words.
"What about the wound?" Ranma asked, audibly gritting his teeth at his father's comment.
"Wound?" Kyoko asked out loud, forgetting herself for a moment as she sat up.
She vaguely remembered a dull impact at some point when she was tiring, she'd turned around immediately to send an arrow through the offending goblin's eye. She couldn't remember any other serious contacts, but that blunt thud had injured her?
"Bayushi-san!" Kimuri gasped. "Please lie back! You must take care of your wound!"
"Will it scar?" Kyoko asked.
"Hmph," Kisada snorted. "Just like a Scorpion, so vain." Kyoko frowned slightly and gave him a sidelong look.
"I think Ranma deserves a flawless beauty, don't you?" she asked.
Ranma blushed brightly as Kimuri and Kisada held silence for a brief moment, before Kisada burst out laughing.
"You make me reconsider my opinion of you, Scorpion," Kisada said.
"The wound may scar," Kimuri said. "Yes, but there was no major damage done." Kyoko seemed dismayed.
"It's no matter," Ranma said coming to her side. "Your alive that's the important thing." He paused. "Ummm...could we have some privacy?"
"Of course," Kimuri said, bowing and leaving with a small smile. "But please do not stress her too much." Kyoko blushed faintly under her mask, uncertain if the Phoenix had meant that the way it had sounded.
Kisada stood up as well, he didn't look happy, but he did turn to leave them alone in Kyoko's room.
"Consider your actions carefully, son," Kisada warned as he left the room.
Finally, they were alone...
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(Posted Tue, 05 Nov 2002 22:48)
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