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Chapter 5: The white bird cometh
by RJ
Kasumi was humming to herself as she normally did when she was cleaning up
breakfast. The morning was as typical as any other. Akane and Ranma were stepping
outside ready for school when they meet Kayko standing in front of them.
"Kayko what are you doing?" Akane asked.
" I’m going to school with you guys today."
"Why? Why would you want to go to school?" Ranma asked her.
"Ranma, I’m sixteen years old and I’ve never attended a real school. I have always been
home schooled. I would like to see what it’s like."
"Kayko, are school is far from normal. Half the time Kuno is either trying to kill me or
grope me in my female form, and if isn’t Kuno then it’s some other person doing it."
Ranma said.
"I don’t care, it should prove interesting."
They started to walk to school. The two girls walking on street and Ranma, as
usual walking on the fence. They got to the school yard with time to spare. Maybe it
was because she and Ranma weren’t fighting, Akane thought. The three of them
walked in the school yard. People began to stare at Kayko.
"Who is that?" one boy said to another.
"I don’t know, but she is gorgeous. Just look at that blond hair."
"Probably dyed." Said a black haired girl next to the talking boys.
"Or just another fiancée."
"Not fair, he gets Akane, that Uykou chick, and the Amazon babe. Let’s hope it isn’t
another one."
"People are talking about you already." Akane whispered to Kayko.
"It’s okay, I’m fine with it. It just because I’m a new face in the crowd."
"RANMA SAOTOME! YOU WILL DIE!!! Ahhhhhhhhhh!" Screamed Kuno waving his
bokkon in the air.
"I will smite thee for everything you have done, you vile of women, you who partakes in
black magic. Prepare to die a hundred times before you hit the ground! AHHH!!"
"Ranma! What did you do to set him off today?!" Akane yelled
"What don’t I do that set’s him off?" Ranma said back.
"HOW dare you speak to the fair Akane like that! I will ki…! Who is this?"
Kuno stopped short right before Ranma was about to kick him across the school yard.
"Who is this ravishing beauty with hair more lovely then the wings of a butterfly or the
sun its self?"
"Ohh Kuno that was bad." Moaned Ranma.
"Shut up you vile being!"
Kayko giggled softly "I am Ranma’s...."
"No it can’t be! You can not be another fiancée of this fowl enslaver of women."
"What!" Ranma yelled. "Kuno you have no idea what the hell your talking about!"
The eyes of the students were now focused on the four people in the middle of
the school yard.
"I will smite thee!" He yelled waving his bokkon in Ranma’s face
But a hand came down and rested it on the bokkon and gently lowered it.
Kayko looked at Kuno and said sweetly "You shouldn’t jump to conclusions, it’s not
proper. As I was saying...I’m Ranma’s cousin, Kayko."
"Beautiful and considerate of manners. You should take a cue from her, Saotome. I am
the Blue Thunder of Furinkan High!" .....Boom......Clash of thunder.
"How does he do that?" Thought Ranma.
" Head of the Kendo Club!" he raised his bokken above his head
"Head of the pervert club" said Nabiki to the group of her friends.
"age seventeen."
She did a slight bow, which any proper Japanese do during a greeting, "nice to make
your acquaintance Tatewaki Kuno."
"Ahh you seem worthy of me. I will date with you."
"Kuno are you crazy? I’m not letting you…" Ranma started to say when Kayko held up
her hand to interrupt him.
"As it seems, I don’t find myself worthy of dating you. Maybe some other time." She
replied, and walked away leaving The Blue Thunder behind.
Kuno stood there with his eyes closed not knowing he was just blown off.
"Ahh, she speaks as soft as yellow daffodil petals. She IS worthy, I’ll make it known.
Ranma and Akane just stood there with shocked faces. In fact most of the
school did the same.
"I’ve never seen anyone do that before." Said Nabiki.
"Do what?" her friend asked
"Completely blow off Kuno, nicely."
Kayko stopped at the school’s entrance and looked over her shoulder towards
Akane and Ranma. "well are you two coming, or what?"
"Yeah, we are." They both said.
During the day, Kayko went to the first two classes of the morning with Ranma
and Akane, but during third period she was called down to the principal’s office to clear
up some paper work. "I’ll meet you guys at lunch, okay." She told Ranma and Akane.
"Hey Kayko, don’t let the principal try to cut your hair. He has a tendency of doing that."
"Okay I'll be carefull, Ranma."
Ranma walked out into the school, looked around and spotted Akane. He
walked up to her. "Umm Akane, have you seen Kayko yet?" he asked.
"No not yet. You would think her blond hair would make her stand out."
Akane’s friend Mai walked up to Ranma and Akane and said "That’s because you can’t
see her blond hair through the sea of guys hanging around her." As she pointed to a tree
near the brick wall of the entrance of the school yard.
Around the big trunk sat a bunch of boys gathered around in a semi circle.
"You know Akane, after the announcement of your engagement to Ranma, the girls started
to like you more.
"Don’t remind me about this jerk." She said giving Ranma a dirty look.
"Hey!" He replied "Like I want to many a tomboy like you anyway!"
"Anyway," Mai continued. "The girls now are pissed off again because your fiancée’s
cousin is taking all the guys attention away from them."
"I don’t think she realizes it, Mai. This is her first day of school."
"Ever?"
"Well, she was home schooled all her life."
"Okay, I’ll spread the word, maybe they will be more understanding."
With that, the sea of guys parted enough for Ranma to see Kayko sitting against
the tree. She raised her hand and did a little wave toward them."
"I guess we should go join her." Ranma said.
Kayko sat on the grass next to the big oak. She was having lunch, well actually
she was having a taste from many lunches. All the boys around her were all offering her
their lunches. She was entered into many conversations. One boy was in the science
club and asked her what were her feeling on the cloning issue. Another was on the
baseball team and wanted to know if she like the sport. Others spoke about computers,
while a few more discussed politics. She figured they were trying to impress her. They
were failing. She had no interest in forming any relationships with them beyond friendship.
All and all she enjoyed the attention. Kayko answered all the questions, but would
avoid the ones that asked why she moved around a lot. She found it easy to change
the subject. At one point all of the group started to ask where had she been and why
was she here. This time she could avoid the questions so easily. The only she got out
of the inquires was to turn to the fellow on her right and said "you have a handsome
smile," she turned to one right in front of her, "you have really nice eyes." This seem to
work. Complementing them distracted them. "Oh really, you really think so."
"Hey! Kayko do you like my hair? I’ll cut if you don’t." and so on.
They continued, Kayko just smiled and nodded. Then it hit here. Like an electric shock
through her brain. A quick flash of evil. She sat there for a brief second motionless.
The boys didn’t notice yet. Evil, but were was it coming from, she thought. To much
interference down here. Kayko stood up, raised her eyes upward. The boys stopped
talking and asking questions. She eyed the tree and started to climb it.
"Hey! Where are you going?" one boy asked.
"Yeah what’cha doing?" other boy asked.
She was climbing higher.
"I wish she was wearing a skirt instead of those pants." One boy whispered to another.
"Ranma, what is she doing?" asked Akane.
"I have no idea?"
Kayko reached the top of tree, as far as she could climb. Peeked her head out
from the green foliage and looked around. There she could feel it, straight in front of her.
Past the school. It was coming, flying. She squinted her eyes and made out an object
of white in the distance. Closer it flew, closer until she saw it, it was coming for her.
She couldn’t let it know that she was at the school. It might endanger people lives.
She couldn’t go the Tendo’s or anywhere around it might sense her. Kayko looked
down and knew it would take to long to climb down or to even climb over to the other
side of the tree and try to reach the top of the wall. She did the only other thing she could
do. She jumped. She carefully walked out to the edge of the branch, where it was still
thick enough to hold her weight. Held her breath and leaped forward so to avoid other
branches. She fell a good fifteen feet and landed on two feet as if she was a cat.
"Woah!? Are you all right?" someone asked her. She didn’t answer, but instead glance
upward and took off for exit. However, people were blocking it and she no time to weed
herself in and out. With one motion she jump over and landed on the other side of the
brick wall, which was a good six feet tall, and ran.
Akane and Ranma ran out through the crowd to see where she went. But by the time
they made it out there Kayko wasn’t in sight.
"Now why did she do that?"
"I don’t know Akane, I don’t know." Ranma answered.
Out side a small trendy shop a young man with a yellow bandanna stood holding
a map, upside down.
"Now where am I he said aloud." And walked off.
"Run, run, run, run, run. Here!" Kayko stopped near a office building. And looked up.
This is good, she thought . She scaled the fire escape and headed for the roof.
"All right you scum, where are you?" She looked around and saw it again. It was close
enough for to make out that it was about as big as she and white. A bird. The bird was
huge, and white with purple feathers on it’s head. It noticed her now. She stood tall
and brave and aloud it to see her. She would not be the first to attack.
With a cry of a hundred ravens it lunged for her. As fast as it was it was no match for
her. When it got close enough it tried to grab her with it’s huge talons. It missed. Kayko
jumped easily and with a chi charged kicked she knocked the bird down to the ground.
It fell and landed on it’s feathered back. She levitated herself down, as if she could fly
like Superman. The white bird struggled to get up but she place her right foot on it’s
throat. "Caawwww!" it cried. "Geet off!!"
"You must be new." She said looking down at the creature, " Only a amateur would come
searching for me in a form unknown to this world. You are a foolish shape shifter. How far
is Vigor from here?"
"Caaawwwww!! Get off me you physic slut, CAAAWWWWW!!." It skreeked piecing her
ears like knife.
She pressed her foot harder down on his throat to shut up his annoying voice.
"Where 's Vigor?" She asked growing inpatient.
"I can’t say! I won’t say, caaww! I admit defeat, you can not hurt me once I surrender.
You risk your honor." It struggled to say.
At the same time, The Eternally Lost Boy, Ryoga wondered by.
"Ah perfect timing!" Kayko exclaimed. "I may not be able to hurt you to get the
answers needed , but Ryoga isn’t just a *defensive fighter. Ryoga could you please
assist me?
"Huh? What? Kayko what.. are ....you doing? What the hell is that thing!"
"Oh! This is a shape shifter." She said looking down at the creature.
"Uh.. shape shifter?"
"Yes a shape shifter, those with the ability to transform into different shapes. I.e. a big
ass ugly bird I have here under my foot."
"Well if it’s a shape shifter, why can’t it shift to get away for you?"
The bird struggled under her foot.
"STOP THAT! Oh, it’s because if you cut enough of air circulation, just little before
doing a *sleeper move, it’s prevents them from shifting. A little trick I learned along the
way."
"OH." he said.
"The problem is that I need some important information from him and I was brought up,
by Lorna, never to attack if one surrenders. It’s an honor thing. You know."
"So could I use your help?"
Ummmm...sure, what do you want me to do?"
"How about using your *Bakusai Tenketsu technique."
"Umm.. Kayko that only works on..."
"Now I know Ryoga you don’t like to use this attack on living things because you get
blood and guts all over you, but how about this one time?"
"If Kayko knows I’m P-chan then she must know that the Bakusai Tenketsu only works
on rocks and concert. Why does she want me to use it here, it would be harmless."
Ryoga thought. "But if she knows and I know, that doesn’t mean that shape shifter
thing doesn’t know. Hahaha take that Ranma, always telling my I don’t have a brain
worth two yen."
"Umm.....Ryoga?" She said with a concern look in her eyes.
"Oh! Yeah.....I’ll do it." He went over and picked up the white bird around the neck
where Kayko had her foot a second ago. With his arm straight out in front of him he
held the squiring creature against the brick wall. Ryoga held his one hand back ready
to strike, on Kayko’s cue.
She stood right next to Ryoga with her arms folded across her chest and
said "I’ll ask you again. Where is Vigor?"
"Hah your bluffing! Caaawwww! HEY don’t squeeze so hard!!"
"Ryoga why don’t you show this rookie what kind of damage you can do."
Gladly. BAKUSAI TENKETSU! He yelled, while hitting the brick wall just to the left of the
giant bird.
Bird’s black eyes went wide with fear. The dust cleared and a few inches away from his
head was a huge hole knocked out.
"Once more, W H E R E is Vigor?" The bird wiggled under Ryoga’s grip. "Ryoga I think
you’ll have to get a dirty. I’m sorry."
"Oh well, BASUSAI TEN......"
NO! WAIT! I"LL TELL!! He is in America."
"Which part of America?"
"The East coast."
"I think I was there once."
"Shhhh Ryoga. WHERE on the East coast?"
"New York City. Three days travel as the crow flies, so to speak."
"All right, that’s plenty of time. I hope." Kayko mumbled.
"What?" Ryoga asked.
"Oh!! You can let him go."
"Okay." He said dropping the bird’s sorry ass on the ground.
"Ouch! Caaawwww!! You’ll be sorry for this wench! I’ll get you back I swear it!" It
yelled when taking off flying east.
"Kayko why did you let it go?"
"Won’t it tell this Vigor where you are, and come find you?"
"Yes, he will, I’m counting on it."
"WHAT!"
"I’ll have to explain later, here comes Ranma and Akane."
"Hey! What happened to you!" Ranma yelled running up to her.
"Wait for me! Akane yelled. "Oh Ryoga hi! She said out of breath
"A...Akane, I...ummm. Hi!"
Ranma rolled his eyes, "Anyway, what just happened? What was that huge bird?"
"Okay I can tell everyone what happened later, the most important thing we do right
now is go and get Ukyou, Shampoo and Mousse." She turned to Ryoga, "You’re with
me, we’ll go to Ucchan's and get Ukyou." Ranma, you and Akane go to the Neko
Hanten and get Shampoo and Mousse. Okay!"
"Okay!" They all said together.
To be continued.....
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