Here is Part 10 of White Lotus Ninja. C&C requested!



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** White Lotus Ninja **
** A Ranma / FF7 fusion fic **
** Written by Cosmic Knight **

NOTE: The link picture is made from a Ranma/Ranma-chan picture composed 
as the background for a Yuffie picture by Rei(rei_00@geocities.com). None of the pictures are mine,so please don't sue me! :)

LEGEND:
 ~~: Thoughts
 []: Signs
 //: Foreign languages

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Chapter 10: A Midnight Fight
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After kicking the crap out of Ryouga and Ranma,Yuffie went back to the
school and got her backpack before going home.

~Those stupid perverts!~ thought Yuffie in anger. And the nerve of that
Ryouga,ripping off her hair like that! How could he?

She then stopped and looked at herself in the mirror. Her hair was now
more like Nabiki's than Kasumi's. She sighed and felt the anger in her.
Anger,at whom? Ranma,Ryouga,and her father for making the stupid pact.

"Ranma,you pervert," she snarled. "Why do you have to be a jerk and
ruin all my chances at fun?" She went outside and noticed a pole,then
smiled a bit. With a crash,she sent her fist smashing into the pole,
sending splinter of wood out in all directions.

~That felt good,~ she thought before going home.

=*=

Once home,Yuffie locked the door and threw her bookbag in the corner.
She fell to her desk and opened it. STILL she hadn't sold the wares
yet. She knew that if she didn't sell them soon,the owners would no
doubt come around and demand them back,and her honor(and father) would
force her to return them. Not even Nabiki could hold back a crowd of
pissed-off victims of pickpocketing and theft. She scooped up the load
of jewels and watches and decided to go pawn them at once.

As she slipped out of the window and made her way to her usual contact,
she began to think about an event that occurred in her youth...

~~~~+~~~~

"Phew," said Chibi-Yuffie. "Safe." She ran to her room,hoping that her
father wouldn't be around or hadn't heard about what had happened.

Suddenly,Soun grabbed her daughter from behind. "Yuffie,we need to
talk." He put her down. "I heard you stole someone's manga at school."

"Iie..." said Yuffie,sweatdropping. "No I didn't!" The manga fell out.
"Ah...I found it. Honest! I...I..."

"Come here," said Soun,putting the girl on her knee. "Yuffie,you have
to know that a true martial artist doesn't resort to cheap tricks to
get what he desires. You are growing up,and you need to respect others."

"I'm sorry,daddy," said Yuffie,sobbing. "It's just that I can't help
stealing. It's exciting! All we do these days is dull and boring."

"Then you should train in the Art more,daughter. It will keep you
occupied. Your mother would be hurt if she found out what you did."

"Mommy..." said Yuffie in sorrow. "But she's gone."

"I know,darling," said Soun,hugging her. "We all miss her. You know,
you are so much like your mother,Yuffie. I wish she hadn't gone away."

~~~~+~~~~

"I wish so too," said Yuffie with a sob. She missed her mother very
much. She had not known very much about her before she died. Mrs. Tendo
perished from a fatal disease when Yuffie was three,and ever since then,
the family had slipped into decadence. Soun had been overemotional all
the time,Kasumi slipped into a child-like mode of obliviousness,and
Yuffie and Nabiki became corrupt,treating the world like crap. Yuffie
was ever moreso mean and heartless,stealing from those who were weak.
She also tended to explode into fits of anger at times.

Yuffie came back to her room. She quickly closed the window,shoved the 
yen she had gotten from the contact into the desk,and closed it. She
then saw her shirt and sighed. She took it off and was getting out a
new shirt. Just as she got the shirt out,she heard faint knocking on
the window. She gasped and put on the shirt as she opened the window.

"You perv,you were peeking on me!" snarled Yuffie at Ranma.

"No,no,that's not..." said Ranma seconds before a spray of shuriken
attacked him. He ducked and fell off the ladder.

"Get lost,bastard!" she screamed.

=*=

Yuffie sighed deeply as she looked at the new haircut in her mirror.
She began to ponder over why she had made the ponytail in the first
place. Then the answer started to come to her.

It was because of Tofu-sensei.

She had fallen in love with him,but when she discovered that her love
was misplaced,that Tofu loved Kasumi,she began to emulate Kasumi in
certain ways,like getting her hair grown out and tied back. Now that
Ryouga had sliced it off,she had begun to realize the truth.

~Tofu will never love me,~ thought Yuffie with a sigh. ~Kasumi-onnechan
is the only one who he loves. I wish my sister loved him back.~

"Oh,screw this," muttered the girl. She decided to sneak out and do some
roof-leaping,if only to distract her. She slipped out of the room by the
window and leapt onto the roof. Just then,a figure came up. She whirled
about only to find that it was Ranma. "You again."

"Look,Yuffie," said Ranma. "I am REALLY sorry that things went bad.
Things went out of control and..." He saw her in the moonlight. "You
know,you look even cuter now than you did before."

"Eh?" asked Yuffie,turning about. "You mean that?"

Ranma nodded. Yuffie smiled and Ranma looked at her,frozen. Yuffie's
grin was deadlier than any shuriken because of its numbing effect.
~Man,she is so beautiful at times...~ he thought.

Yuffie then pushed him into the storm drain. "Heh heh heh," she laughed.

Ranma-chan came out and crossed her arms. "What was THAT for,Yuf?"

"Now we're even,pervert," teased Yuffie,leaping off the roof.

"KAWAIIKUNE TOMBOY!!" shouted Ranma-chan angrily.

Yuffie did a raspberry. "Beh! Cute or not,what's the difference? I am
happy as I am,Ranma,and that is fact!" She laughed as she ran off.

"Ooooh!!!" growled Ranma-chan,clutching her fists.

=*=

By the hands of fate,the Lost Boy lived up to his name.

Again.

~Just you wait,Ranma!~ he thought as he went through Okinawa.
~You will pay once I find the Tendo Dojo! Oh yeah,you'll pay!~

=*=

The night passed uneventfully,except for the rainstorm that popped
up at two in the morning. It was the monsoon season,and for those
who had nasty Jusenkyo curses,it was a time of terror.

Genma was sleeping peacefully out in the rain,while Ranma was in the
dojo,practicing. Yuffie was sleeping peacefully in her room,hiding in
the covers of her futon and mumbling incessantly.

Ranma,after the big fight with Ryouga,had decided to improve his skills
in both martial-arts and ninjitsu in order to get the jump on Ryouga the
next time he came a-calling. Seeing Yuffie fight him proved that he had
to keep his speed up in order to evade Ryouga's attacks.

If Ryouga kept us his constant timetable,he would shop up a week later.
Ranma wondered if he could ask for Yuffie's help in this matter. After
all,the ninja girl DID succeed in making a fool out of the Lost Boy.
He felt a little confident that he would win the next match.

Had he known that Ryouga was not as far away as he thought at the time,
he would have trained much harder and faster.

=*=

Ryouga double-checked the sign. ~The Tendo Dojo,~ he thought. ~At last.~
He grinned wickedly as the lightning lit up his face,making him look
scary. He couldn't wait to pound the crap out of Ranma!

He sighed as he made sure his umbrella didn't fail in its duty to 
protect him from the rain. He hated the rain with a passion,for it
could invoke his other curse,the one which he despised Ranma for.

Now that he knew about Ranma's curse,he was ready to deal double
punishment. At first,he had blamed his hunt for Ranma for the curse,
but now that he saw who Ranma was in his cursed form,he had extra
ready to be pissed off. He hurdled the wall,landing near the pond.

~Now,where is that bastard Ranma?~ he thought. He looked at the dojo.
~This place is so big,the only way I could find him is to search it.~

#CRACK!# A bolt of lightning briefly illuminated the sky.

He then felt a hand on his shoulder and turned.

"What the hell are YOU doing here,Ryouga?" snarled Ranma-chan.

"You know why I am here,Ranma," seethed Ryouga. "Vengeance does
not wait until morning! PREPARE TO DIE!" He attacked.

"Ah man," said Ranma,blocking his blows. "Why are you so pissed off
at me? At least give me a REASON for your vendetta!"

Lightning lit the sky. "I followed you and your bastard father to
China,Ranma,hoping to catch you,but then..." He quickly switched
the umbrella to his other hand to avoid dropping it.

"Hmmm..." said Ranma-chan,looking at the boy. ~He doesn't seem to want
to get too wet...I wonder if...~ "Jusenkyo?"

"Shut up!" snarled Ryouga,leaping at him with a flying kick.

"You fell into one of the springs,didn't you?" asked Ranma-chan.

"Enough talk,Ranma! This is your last day on Earth!" Ryouga bellowed,
attacking with a violent passion. Ranma realized that,whether or not
Ryouga had been cursed,the boy was majorly miffed and that made him
a deadly fighter,the anger fueling his attacks.

=*=

Yuffie was awakened by the sounds of fighting. ~Eh?~ she thought as she
got up. She went to the window,but the rain was blurring the images of
what was going on. ~A burglar? Is Ranma fighting a burglar?~

Someone knocked on her door and then opened it. "Yuffie? Did the noise
wake you up?" It was Kasumi,her sister.

"Yeah," said Yuffie. "I'm gonna check it out." She took her boomerang
and went downstairs. "I think you should stay here."

"No,I'll follow behind you."

"Okay,but don't get in the way," said Yuffie.

=*=

"Oh my," said Kasumi as she followed Yuffie down the stairs. "I do
hope it's not a burglar. I wouldn't know what to do." She was wearing
a nightrobe over her gown for modesty's sake.

"Let me decide what to do," said Yuffie with a smile. She then frowned.
~That's odd. If it was a burglar,why would he make so much noise?~

The two went into the family room to find the large door to the yard
wide open. Some of the floor was soaking wet from the rain.

"W-W-Why is the door open?" asked Kasumi fearfully.

Yuffie chuckled. "I'll find out," she said with confidence. She went
out just in time to find a figure sailing through the air.

"It IS a burglar!" cried Kasumi in horror. "And he's got a big pack!"

Yuffie smiled. "Well,I'll roll out the red carpet,then."

"You mustn't!" Kasumi exclaimed. "What if he's got a gun?"

"Hmm..." thought Yuffie. She saw one of the training weights nearby and
had a wicked plan. She pulled off one of the weight discs.

In the yard,Ranma launched up in a vertical strike. Ryouga swept his
foot to knock him out of the sky...when the weight disc was flung by
Yuffie like a discus and tore through the shaft of the umbrella,
sending the crown floating to the ground.

Ryouga froze in midair. He screamed as he felt the rain hit him,and
without thinking,leapt over the gate before it was too late.

"Ryouga!" roared Ranma in anger.

"Ryouga...?" asked Yuffie in shock.

"Oh,it's just that friend of yours," said Kasumi with relief. "I wonder
why he is here at this time of night."

"Me too..." said Yuffie,narrowing her eyes.

=*=

Ranma pursued Ryouga until she found his clothes and rucksack. "So,"
she thought aloud. "He DID get cursed by Jusenkyo...but as what?"

She thought she heard a squeal behind him,then shrugged it off and left.
Two beady little eyes glared at Ranma-chan in anger.

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