Akazukin Cha Cha meets Ranma ½

Part 5

"Hmm, I've heard of this scroll, it in a cave on the East Side of the mountain. Legend has it that it is sacred, and only those pure of heart and mind can get to it. The scroll will only let itself be taken if senses that you've good intentions of using it. It bestows the power of healing onto the holder. No matter how injured you are, a touch, by the holder of the scroll, will heal all your wounds instantly!" said Adon. "Riya, wake up!" he whacks Riya on the head. "Oh sorry Grandpa, hey Cha Cha you wake up too! It's not fair that you get to sleep and I don't!" said Riya. "Zzzzzzzzzzzz" replied Cha Cha. "Oh, forget it!" thought Riya.

"Can we have directions?" asked Ranma. "Let me think, I have a map, it is in a box somewhere," said Adon. "This box is passed down from generation to generation of the wolf-people. However, I never found use for the map so I've never opened the box. My father, himself, never open the box as well. Oh well, guess it's time to find out what's inside. Sanae!" "Yes Grandpa?" said the boy. "What?! He's back so soon!" said Ryouga. "Hey, aren't you suppose to take a day or two to get back?" "Grandpa miscalculated the angel of his throw and I got caught in a tall tree along the way. I didn't get very far," explained Sanae. "Grandpa, please can I join them on their journey? I want to travel too. Why can't I be like Riya?" asked Sanae. "Please don't he'll bully me!" complained Riya. "Hmm, I think it would be okay, you're not much help when it comes to woodcutting," said Adon coolly. "Grand..grand.grandpa! How could you say that!" complained Sanae. "Well it's true, your other brothers can carry more than 5 logs at a time while you can barely manage two. You're not weak, it's just that you're still too young to be of much help. I'm letting you go on the condition that you'd be nice to Riya," said Adon. "Riya, I expect you to be equally tolerant of Sanae." "Yes, Grandpa," said Riya sulking away.

"I better go and get that box, excuse me," said Adon, leaving the group.

"Why do you always have to come and spoil my fun?!" asked Riya. "'Cos it isn't fair that you get to enjoy yourself with school and I have to work, I'm not even 2 years older. I should be in school, but where am I? Woodcutting, I should be in school having fun too," said Sanae. "Oh that's because you were not baby-sit like me, Mummy took care of you. Seravi was the one who suggested I go to school," answered Riya. "Don't you know how lucky you are?" rebutted Sanae. "Lucky? You call my situation lucky? You were taken care of by Mummy. What about me, I grew up in the hands of a weird green-head who talks to a doll that I don't even like! I never got to experience Mummy's care, you did, and you call me lucky!" answered Riya. "Stop it guys!" said Shiine. "Don't you understand? Both of you are treated differently, correct, but both of you are also treated equally. Riya, your Mummy was unable to care for you when you were young so Seravi took her place.

You may not like Seravi, but if you'd had grown up like Sanae, you'd be woodcutting right now as well. You would not have school, you would not meet friends like Teacher Rascal, Yakko, Orin, …you wouldn't have met Cha Cha!" "Oh Shiine…" said Cha Cha, starry eyed. "Wow, I didn't know kids could talk like this," said Ryouga. "You're great, Shiine!" said Ranma. "Hee Hee, actually nothing much, it's just some things I learned while reading shoujo manga…" (Author's note: Shoujo Manga are girl adventure comics.) "Shoujo Manga?" said Ranma. "You have Shoujo Manga?" "No, they're not mine, they're Popy's." answered Shiine thumbing at Popy. Popy meanwhile was sweatdropping very heavily. "Popy…" began Cha Cha. "You…you, how could you, how could you do this…" Popy gulps as Cha Cha continues. "HOW COULD YOU HAVE SHOUJO MANGA AND NOT LEND ME. I WANT TO READ SHOUJO MANGA TOO!" This causes the people around her to collapse in shock!

"Oh there you are, I left for a while and you guys start causing a riot already, but looks like it's died down a bit. Anyway, here's the box," said Adon. Everyone starts crowding round it, then Adon slowly opens the box.