Disclaimer: These characters are not mine. They belong to the wonderful Romiko Takahashi and her licensees (Viz Communications in North America). This work is strictly for the non-profit enjoyment of fans. No copyright infringement is intended. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~`` WARNING!!! THIS IS STILL IN DRAFT FORM! Beware bad grammer, bad spelling, more then usaual. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~`` Deserted no longer part 4: The Wanderer by RJ song by the Proclaimers: I’m gonna be (500 miles) Ryoga wandered the earth again. He’s mind was not focused where it should be. He was staring at a picture of Ukyo and his two son’s, North and South, at their 4th birthday party over a year ago. He missed them. He wanted to play with his sons. He wanted to teach them all he could. He wanted to hold Ukyo, his wife. She had rejected his proposal at first, but that was okay with him. He wasn’t ready to be married. Ever since she gave birth, he had managed to find his way back to Nerima more and more. He liked the idea of a family and soon realized he like the idea of Ukyo being there when he returned. Two years later, Ryoga returned to Nermia, found his way to his sons and Ukyo. He proposed again. When I wake up yeah I know I'm gonna be I'm gonna be the man who wakes up next to you ~~~~~~~~~ flashback ~~~~~~~~~ Ryoga stared at the little black box in his hand as he sat on a park bench. He was thinking out loud. He had finally found his way back to Nerima after months of walking. When I go out yeah I know I'm gonna be I'm gonna be the man who goes along with you "Ukyo, I think we are perfect together, will you marry me? NO, that sucks. How about, Hey lets get hitched! GRRAAHH NO! Ummm…..how about a Kuno approach. My darling will thou bless me your hand in blessed matrimony? Oh God! That was the worst one!" Ryoga signed. He’s been at this for hours, or what seemed like hours. He a dizzy and confussed. He felt like he was buzzed on saké. If I get drunk yes I know I'm gonna be I'm gonna be the man who gets drunk next to you And if I haver yeah I know I'm gonna be I'm gonna be the man who's havering to you Ranma turned the corner with a bag of groceries in his hand. He decided since it was a nice day, not a rain cloud in sight, he would take the long way home through the park. He walked along enjoying the afternoon when he heard someone scream in frustration. When he listen to the voice he knew it was Ryoga. He was all to familiar with the yells of his ex-rival. Ryoga was bent over with one hand clutching the box and another on his head. He was thinking hard. He wanted to find the right way to tell Ukyo that he wanted to be with her for the rest of his life. Again he began thinking out loud. Shoving his hand out he started to practice again. "Will you be my wife? ......No good..... I love you will you marry me!" "Ah, sorry Ryoga but I’m already married." Ranma said sitting down next to Ryoga. Ryoga looked up and saw Ranma standing in front of him with a brown paper bag and a smug look on his face. He began to sit down next to him. "Hey it’s not because I don’t love you but…" "Ranma! How dare you eavesdrop on me!" Ryoga yelled at him as his eyes burned with anger. "Touché. Hey I wasn’t eavesdropping bacon-bits, you are loud enough for the whole town to here you. I bet you a 100 yen that Ukyo probably heard you already." The anger dropped and panic filled his eyes instead. "You don’t really think so?" Ranma looked at him for a second and smiled. "God, you are gullible. No, but she will if you keep yelling proposals for all to hear." Ryoga sat back on the bench staring at the sky. "I just want it to be perfect, not like the first time. I…" he trailed off. "You really love her?" "Of course I do." Ryoga stated with a bit of anger towards the question. "Okay, just say what you feel. That’s the best way to do it. That’s how I asked Akane. Of course I didn’t have a ring. Hey can I see it?" Ryoga looked at him reluctantly. "Hey I’m not going to steal it." "Oh fine, if it will shut you up." Ryoga shoved the little box in front of Ranma. Ranma opened it up and whistled. "Nice, not to shabby." He held the ring out towards Ryoga and started to practice with the ring, like Ryoga was doing before he found him. "Will you marry me? Marry me, marry me, marry me." Ranma said in a deeper voice having fun with it. "Are you done yet?" Ryoga eyed him. "Ahh, one more time. Marry me!" At the same time two male joggers passed Ranma as he said that. Ranma noticed them and saw they were staring as they jogged away. "Hey, haven’t you ever saw a guy hold a ring before? Wait I’m not proposing, I’m helping him out. I’m married. I’M NOT GAY!" He yelled at the them as they disappeared on the trail. "Give me the ring!" Ryoga snatched it away. "Just great, those two thought I was asking you to marry me. Just what I need." "Calm down., nobody cares what you need." "Jeez, just trying to help." "You can help by shutting up." "Oh I know what I can do for ya." "What?" Ryoga raised one eyebrow. "I’ll help you with the proposal." "No thank you." "No, hear me out. I’ll get Akane to take Ukyo and the kids to the zoo or something. Then you can set up romantic diner at the restaurant and then you can ask her. It’ll be perfect." "What about the kids?" "They can stay with us. Kohana will love to have someone else to play with at night. It’ll be a slumber party for them." "Okay, when?" "Tomorrow." "Tomorrow!" "What when were you planing on doing it? You wouldn’t be practicing in the park if you didn’t intend to do it soon." *sigh* "Fine, have it your way." "Good then, you can stay with us tonight and I get Akane start setting things up. Just try not to get lost." Ranma said slapping him on the back. But I would walk 500 miles And I would walk 500 more Just to be the man who walked 1000 miles To fall down at your door Everything was going perfectly. Ukyo was out with Akane and the kids, the dinning room was set with candles, flowers, and dinner was on it’s way. Now all Ryoga had to do was fix his shirt and wait. Ranma had instructed not to move from his sit. He would tell him when Ukyo was coming. Ukyo laughed as she and Akane walked down the street. They had a fun time going to zoo. What a nice change instead of working. The kids loved it and they were even more excited that they could stay with Kohana. As they neared Ucchan’s, Ukyo noticed Ranma standing by the door. However, she didn’t notice him knocking, informing Ryoga of their arrival. "Hey!" he waved walking up to them. "Daddy!" Kohana yelled running up to them "Hey kiddo. How was the zoo?" "We saw monkey, and zebras, and lions and and and….elephants…Ummm?" Ranma laughed as he picked up his daughter, throwing her up on his back to give to a piggy back ride. "You ready to head home?" he asked Akane. "Yup sure are. Come on North, South, lets get home for some dinner." Ukyo kissed both her sons and handed them over to Akane and Ranma. "You have a good night." Akane waved to her. "Sure will." She waved back noticing the huge smirk on Ranma’s face. When I'm working yes I know I'm gonna be I'm gonna be the man who's working hard for you And when the money comes in for the work I'll do I'll pass almost every penny on to you "I wonder why he’s so happy?" she thought to herself. "Whatever. It’ll be nice to have a peaceful night without the kids, but I wish I could share it with Ryoga. It so hard to find time alone with him." She sighed pulling her keys from her purse and opening the door to the restaurant. As she opened the door and walked in she found that the light in the room was extremely dim. Music filled the room, a slow song, one of her favorite love songs. Standing up from behind the table, Ryoga smiled nervously. This little surprise brought a smile a mile wide on Ukyo’s face. When I come home yeah I know I'm gonna be I'm gonna be the man who comes back home to you "Ryoga! I can’t believe you’re here. And what’s all this?" "Umm…I wanted tonight to be special." "Why?" Ryoga walked up to Ukyo and softly kissed her. "Ukyo, I have something I want to give you." "What? It’s not my birthday." "No, but I want to show you how much I love you and there was only one way for me to do so." "…" Ukyo gasped as she watched Ryoga get down on one knee, remove a small box from his pocket and began asking her to marry him. Her eyes blurred with the amount of tears filling them. She smiled as he continued. All she could do was nod her yes. Ryoga’s face lit up. He stood up, place the modest, yet beautiful ring on her finger and kissed her. And if I grow old well I know I'm gonna be I'm gonna be the man who's growing old with you ~~~~~~~~ end flashback ~~~~~~~~~ They were married within the month. A small wedding, nothing to big. Of course Ranma and Akane were there with both their children, Kohana and their newborn son, Takeo. The newly married Nabiki and Kuno with a heir on the way. Kasumi and Dr. Tofu were also married and expecting. Shampoo and Mousse even managed to book a flight from China to come the wedding. Ranma’s parents, Soun and even Cologne had come. Ukyo was quit upset when her father refused to give her away, in the western style wedding. The damn fool never came around to see his own grandsons. According to Ryoga, he had no honor and didn’t deserve to meet them. As for the giving away part of the wedding, Mr. Saotome did her the favor, as Ranma stood by Ryoga as best man and Akane as maid of honor. He even managed to stick around way after the honeymoon. Ryoga couldn’t be happier. His article was going strong, some t.v. producer wanted to based a series after it and he now had a family. All his life when he returned home his family was never around. Not as if it was their fault. They had the same curse of being lost all the time, just like him. When he wandered back, they were always there. He had friends too. Imagine, the guy he wanted to kill at age 16 was now his best friend. Ranma even kept his secret of being P-chan for him up until last year when he accidentally fell into their Koi pond. Needless to say Akane wasn’t happy that nobody told her, but being married to Ranma for three years softened the blow. She forgave him, which made Ryoga even more happy. Could life get any better? However, someone always has to throw a monkey wrench into the works. Not to long after his sons’ birthday, Akane had been involved in a horrible car accident. She lost a lot of blood. It was Ranma who saved her again. He had the same blood type, which they gave her a transfusion, saving her. With the exception of a few scars on her back, Akane was fine after she recovered. A little scared of trucks, but otherwise fine. Ryoga was on his way back home now, he desperately wanted to see his friends, to see his family. He missed Ukyo so much. He missed her smile, her touch, the smell of her when she laid next to him in bed. He missed everything about her. "I’ll be home soon, Ukyo. That’s a promise." But I would walk 500 miles And I would walk 500 more Just to be the man who walked 1000 miles To fall down at your door Ucchan’s was quite for the time being. The dinning room had been cleared and one huge table sat in the middle. Ukyo was having a dinner party and a lot of people were coming. She smiled as she placed the final card displaying guest’s name. She looked up when she heard the familiar chimes on her door. "Hey Ukyo! Wow something sure smells good!" Ranma said walking in. "Ukyo smiled, "Of course it does, do you doubt the talent of the worlds best okonomiyaki chef." "Never." He replied. Behind Ranma the door opened again and Akane walked in with Kohana and Takeo. Akane smiled as she greeted her friend. "Boys! Kohana and Takeo are here." Ukyo yelled up the stairs. Within seconds the sounds of four stomping feet rumbled down the staircase. The next thing anyone knew the twins were standing in front of their mother. "Hey Kohana, Hi Takeo!" They both said together. Kohana’s and Takeo’s eyes lit up. "May we go play mom?" she asked. "Of course, but NO sparing, let’s try to stay neat for dinner." "Aw mom, that’s no fun." "Kohana." Akane said sternly. *Sigh* "Fine. Come one you guys. Follow the leader!" She yelled running past them. "Hey why do you get to be leader?" North yelled running after her. "Because I’m the oldest!" she yelled back. Akane looked at Ukyo, her friend, "So need any help?" "Nope everything is taken care of." She answered. "Are you sure, or are you just trying to keep me out of the kitchen?" "Why, Akane I have no idea what you mean." Ukyo said with a slight smirk. "Grrr" Akane jokingly growled. Ranma laughed. Within a few minutes Nabiki, Kuno, Dr. Tofu, Kasumi and all their kids walked in. Greeting were given and the kids went to play outside. "I can’t believe we are here, it’s seem so strange." Nabiki commented. "It does, doesn’t?" Ukyo replied. "Who’d guess?" Ranma stated raising his arms over his head. Everyone laughed at Ranma little comment. They all sat down and began talking when suddenly North ran into the dinning room calling out his mothers name. "Mommy! Mommy!" Ukyo head shot up when he came into the room. "What is it North?" "South is missing. One minute he was standing next to me and now he’s gone." "Oh crap!" Ukyo said running out side, Ranma got up with her. "He couldn’t have gone far." Ranma said. "You never know, with those two. Sometimes their fine, but other times they get lost just like their father." "Better to have the getting lost curse then the turn into a pig curse." "I don’t know about that, at least I’d know where my babies are." They reached outside where all the children were playing. When looking around they saw that Nabiki and Kuno’s boy ,Dinero and Takeo were sitting on the swings. WhileKasumi’s girls, Kioko and Makoto were one the see-saw. Ranma searched the yard and couldn’t find Kohana. "Where’s Kohana, North?" "She went looking for South, told me to come get you guys." Ukyo had this look of dread on her face as she listen to her other son talk. "It’s all right Ucchan, we’ll find him." "I hope so…" she trailed off. "Nobody saw which way he went?" Ranma asked the kids. Everyone of them shook their heads no. "Damn." He said frustrated. "I’ll go right, you go left and see what we come up with. I’ll go tell the others to look also…." Ranma stopped talking when he heard something. "What, what is wrong?" Ukyo panicked. "Hmmm." Ranma ran out to the street and saw Kohana walking down the street holding South’s hand, singing a song from school. "Ukyo ran out to them, "Oh thanks the gods you’re all right!" She hugged South tightly. "Sorry to make you worry Mommy. I didn’t mean to." He said pouting. "It’s all right." She said with tears in her eyes. Kohana smiled as she saw her own daddy come towards her. "Where did you find him?" Ranma asked. "By the school." She proudly said. "Thank you Kohana for finding him." "No problem Aunt Ukyo." "Come on lets get you to home, we have a dinner to eat." "Yeah, dinner!" Kohana cheered. "She is SO your daughter." Ukyo stated to Ranma. "I wouldn’t have it any other way. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ranma patted his belly and smiled. "That was a great dinner." Everyone else agreed. Ukyo thanked her guests and then she began to gather the dishes. "Here, let me help." Kasumi said. "Us to!" Akane said grabbing Nabiki buy her shirt collar. "Hey, we have servants for this kind of thing you know." She said fixing her shirt. "Last I checked you didn’t bring them here, so help." "Fine, fine." "So Nabiki, how’s the business" Ukyo asked handing her a dish to dry. "It’s fine, starting slow, but it’s getting there. Soon Tendo Loans Incorporated will own this town." Nabiki said with a dreamy smile. "I don’t know if I’d like that." Ukyo joked. "Maybe you won't have a choice." Nabiki joked back. From within the kitchen Akane heard some sort of compassion out in the dinning room. She peeked her head out and saw that the twins were pouncing on someone. "Daddy!" One of them yelled. Ukyo began to smile as she ran out to the dinning room. "Ryoga, you made it back in time!" He laughed as one of his sons held him in a headlock. "I told you I would." He stood up, with North still trying to get him into a powerful headlock and South grabbing on his leg, and walked over to Ukyo. "How’s about a kiss." She said in a low voice. "Your wish is my command." "Awwww isn’t that sweet!" Ranma said from the other side of the room. Ryoga didn’t even notice how many people were in the room. His face turned a nice shade of red as he separated from his wife. "Uncle Ryoga, is it true that made a show based on you?" Takeo asked pulling on the pants leg of him. "Sure is." he replied. "Coooooool." "Speaking of which, isn’t it on in ten minutes." Dr. Tofu said looking at his watch. "Turn on the tube." Ranma yelled. "All right, all right." Ukyo said. "Did you eat?" Asking her husband. "Yea, but I’ll make room for your cooking." "Darn better." She joked. When I'm lonely yes I know I'm gonna be I'm gonna be the man whose lonely without you When I'm dreaming yes I know I'm gonna dream Dream about the time when I'm with you. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Everyone watch with intense eyes as the opening credits started. Some music began to play. It was a fast past song with good beat. Various scenes of a young man walking with a backpack and parasol strap to his back, with a map of the world super-imposed over him. Then faster music came with lyrics with the "Wanderer" thrown in. More scenes of the man doing different action shots and text appearing under his face….Bruce A. Force. Some shots of other people showed up with more names underneath of them and finally the fast paced song ended with "The Wanderer" in big bold red letters on the screen. The show cut to a commercial. "So Ryoga what is the series about? Besides your character wandering the world." Akane asked. "Well basically, this guy is destined to roam the earth and help people." "That’s all." Kuno presumptuously said. "Well the idea is based off my article. Mostly revolves around what happens during his travels." "You mean your travels, right daddy?" North asked. "Yes, North, that is right. The show came back on and everyone watched. Ryoga looked around the group. He was happy, he was home. Nothing could compare. He glanced at Ukyo and smiled. Yes he was happy and nothing could compare. But I would walk 500 miles And I would walk 500 more Just to be the man who walked 1000 miles To fall down at your door The end for now…. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Author’s note: Well Howdy all you Ranma fans out there. Yes this is the end of Deserted no Longer. I know I totally switched from Ranma and Akane life, to Ryoga’s, and Ukyo’s. I have my reasons. Ahh the Proclaimers, I love that song, always have. I know some people have used this song as part of a fic, but I just like them, the song is perfect of Ryoga. I mean come on…"I would walk a 1000 miles to fall down at your door." If that isn’t Ryoga then I don’t know what is. You may ask why didn’t I focus on Shampoo and Mousse. Well the answer is that I don’t like them that much. Oh I like them as a couple, but Shampoo pisses me off at times. Plus, I like writing mostly about Ranma and Akane and Ryoga and Ukyo. Maybe I’ll add a side story of them later on, but for now this is what you get. Since no one is deserted now, I’m moving on to the next book (so to speak) The title….ummmm…uh…well I don’t have one yet, let’s just call it Untitled- Next Generation. If you haven’t guessed by now it revolves around the children about 12 or so years into the future(I’m not sure). So basically that puts Kohana at 18, North and South at 17 and I’m sure you can figure the rest out. If not, I’m going to post a handy-dandy family tree with the right ages. How much has Nerima changed? Why is there always some fool claiming to rule all? And what is up with Shampoo’s daughter hair? *giggles* Well I guess you’re just gonna have to read my poor writing to find out. Till next time, same Ranma time, same Ranma channel. :) RJ
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