Ninnik Nishukan's Ranma 1/2

Winter Clean-up

2011-11-18T15:45:00.008+01:00

Nothing much, just cleaned up the links menu a bit and fixed the broken link to RUX, as well as removing the link to the fanlisting site A Passion for Headbands, which seems to be dead now. Also replaced the link to the 2008 Ranma OVA with a YouTube video that hasn't been taken down yet. :P

By the way, I recommend going to pixiv.net and typing in 良牙右京 or 良右 (or just copypaste it from here) in the search field. You'll get lots of gorgeous Ryoga/Ukyo art in return. ^___^ <3

EDIT: Oh, and I uploaded my very old Ryoga/Ukyo video Alone in Tokyo here, since it's now been deleted from both YouTube and Stagevu. :P

Nabiki/Kuno Fics

2011-05-23T03:28:00.003+02:00

Added a couple of new Nabiki/Kuno fic recs HERE.

Ninnik

Wonderful New Ryoga/Ukyo Fan Art

2010-12-17T04:50:00.002+01:00

Here's a link to the deviantART account of jun8450, who has lots and lots of marvellous Ryoga/Ukyo and general Ranma 1/2 fan art. :)

SEE IT HERE.

Ninnik

Ryoga/Ukyo Fan Art

2010-09-23T23:25:00.003+02:00

Here's a link to CassyG's deviantART account. She's recently done some lovely black and white Ryoga/Ukyo pictures. :)

See them HERE.

Ninnik

Alone in Tokyo

2010-05-09T04:50:00.005+02:00

Hi there,

I reuploaded my old Ry/Uk music video "Alone in Tokyo" at Stagevu, since YouTube deleted it a long time ago and won't let me reupload the file.

See it here.

Ninnik

Ryoga/Ukyo Music Video

2010-02-27T19:11:00.010+01:00

EDIT: YouTube has unfortunately deleted this video.

I'm pretty sick of hearing this song in fan music videos in general, as it's been very overused, but the editing of this video is so good that I just had to post it. The timing is great, the picture quality is decent, and the lack of subtitles is a blessing. Good sense of rhythm and even a good sense of humour. :)

See it HERE.

New Ranma 1/2 OVA

2010-02-13T02:21:00.004+01:00

Well, here's the newish (uh, from 2008) Ranma 1/2 OVA, Nightmare! Incense of Spring Sleep.

I haven't found a subbed version yet, but I suppose it's still worth a look even if you don't understand Japanese, since as far as I know, there hasn't been released any Ranma 1/2 animation since 1996. XD

My opinion: Fun enough episode, with decent music, very nice animation and several fanwanking cameos. Most of the original voice actors have returned for this OVA, which is great. And hooray for Kodachi's evil laugh. Alas, Kuno and Nabiki's usually faboo hair styles are raped by the new animation style, though. Ryoga and Ukyo are both in it, but unfortunately they don't really interact with each other. They might've/should've been given more screen time instead of lesser characters like Gosunkugi.

Ninnik

The Exit and Some Silliness

2010-02-01T16:58:00.008+01:00

Uh...so, yeah.

I finished The Exit back in April of last year, but forgot to write an update about it here.

And here's a bit of silliness. Ryoga and Ukyo doing karamelldansen. Not a fad I'm particularly fond of, but hey...it's Ry/Uk. XD
When you've followed the link, click on the little pic of them there to watch the video.

I've also added links to Ndre19kun's and Friemelchen's respective deviantART galleries in the menu on the right there, as well as a link to a site where you can read the Ranma 1/2 manga online. I've fixed the Ranma 1/2 Hentai Books link, too.

Ninnik

New Fic and New Art

2009-05-29T07:09:00.004+02:00

Hello,

I've added a new Ryoga/Ukyo fic by Red Dragonfly to the Ryoga/Ukyo Fanfic Links page.

I've also added two pieces of gift art from Maiyeng that I forgot to publish way back when I got them from her. D'oh.

Please also pay a visit to the lovely site called QOL to see more art like the Ryoga/Ukyo piece I'm showing you up there, which the site just uploaded last week.

Ninnik

Contralto & Arsenic Sauce

2009-05-09T19:15:00.005+02:00

Uh, yeah...finished that story...December 31st 2008. Never wrote about it here since I hadn't really used this blog in ages.

Here's the update, anyway.

Check out Nabiki + Kuno Fanfic Links for a couple of new recommendations-- an author named Red Dragonfly and one named Uninformed.

I've also removed some broken links and added some new ones in the Links menu.

Ninnik

Omiyage FINISHED!

2007-08-17T00:24:00.000+02:00

Holy crap on a stick. I just published the last chapter of Omiyage today.
I started writing this stuff in late 2003, and now it's finally done, and I feel relieved. Yay.

Go forth and enjoy some Ryoga/Ukyo kissy face goodness.

Ninnik

Between Again

2007-08-16T16:54:00.000+02:00

I just published the epilogue of Between today. The story is done.
I hope you liked it.
I made the little logo up there myself for it. ^_^

Read the epilogue here.

Ninnik

BETWEEN! UPDATED!

2007-08-15T14:00:00.000+02:00

Hi there,

I recently published chapters six, seven and eight of Between, and just completely forgot to write about it here.

You can read Between HERE.

Have fun.

The epilogue will be up shortly, too.

Ninnik

OMIYAGE!

2007-06-10T18:15:00.000+02:00

Wahahah! Omiyage has finally been updated! After three entire months! Chapter nine won't be too long, either, maybe a week or two.

Read chapter eight HERE!

Thanks to, among other people, YBP for inspiring me to write on.

Check out her latest Omiyage fan art, it's amazing!

See it at her deviantART account HERE!

Ninnik

Amazing Omiyage Fan Art!

2007-05-25T22:37:00.000+02:00

Hello! The talented YBP has made an amazing piece of Ry/Uk fan art from Chapter 2 of Omiyage. I have to say I'm pretty honoured. Nobody has ever illustrated scenes from my Ry/Uk fics before.

See it at YBP's deviantART account HERE!

Now I simply have to finish Chapter 8, don't I? I'll get right on it as soon as my summer vacation starts next week. Most of it's already written, I just need to fill out some corners here and there.

Thank you for the inspiration, YBP! ^__^

Ninnik

UPDATE! PROXEMICS!

2007-04-08T00:05:00.000+02:00

I just put up chapter five of Proxemics. It's called Boy From School.
Angst! Tension! Anger! Romance!

Read it here!

Ninnik

My Ryoga/Ukyo Gift Art From Mai

2007-03-25T20:58:00.001+02:00

Check out the gorgeous Ry/Uk gift art the nice Mai has sent me! I put it up on its own page.

You can see it HERE.

Ninnik

Nabiki & Kuno! Proxemics Update!

2007-03-17T17:01:00.000+01:00

Hi, I've updated Proxemics! There's an interlude called Sancho Panza's Windmills up. Hopefully I'll return to the ordinary flow of the story soon and finish chapter five. Most of it's done already, just have to figure out how to do the rest of it...

READ Sancho Panza's Windmills HERE.

Ninnik

OMIYAGE UPDATED!

2007-03-12T00:54:00.000+01:00

Chapter seven of Omiyage is finally done. I cranked out twenty-eight accursed pages this time, but it's done. Gods! Again I'm regretting how long I made the chapters of this story. Oh well... It has a lime warning because it shows a brief description of masturbation. Other than that, it's all pretty innocent.

READ Chapter Seven HERE!

And then there's chapters eight, nine, ten and eleven to think of...and probably twelve. It's a monster.

Ninnik

Between! New Chapter!

2007-03-06T20:04:00.000+01:00

Helloooo there! I just published the not-so-mercifully-short chapter five of Between!
Ryoga and Ukyo at Atami. Find out what they did!

HERE.

Ninnik

New Chapters of Between!

2007-03-03T00:04:00.000+01:00

I've published chapters three and four of Between. Chapter three concerns the Mark of the Gods and the Gambling King story arches, and chapter four is all about the Three-legged Obstacle Race at Zekkyo.

Read them here!

Hopefully I'll be updating Omiyage and Proxemics soon, but I don't know when. I haven't forgotten about them.

Above, you can see some gorgeous Ry/Uk art I've stolen from a Japanese Ry/Uk Fan Art Gallery, which you can find a link to on the menu to your right. Apparently the artist's name is Mako.
Anyway, my point is that with the exception of a few screen caps, the art used on my front page isn't made by me, only the art under My R + U Gallery.
I've linked to all the sites I've taken the art from on the menu to the left.

Ninnik

The Exit Chapter Four!

2007-02-24T21:47:00.000+01:00

Chapter Four of The Exit is up! FINALLY!
Huzzah! Etc!

READ IT HERE.

Ninnik

New Ryoga/Ukyo Story!

2007-02-22T02:39:00.000+01:00

I've just published a new Ryoga/Ukyo story at fanfiction.net. It's called Between and deals with Ryoga and Ukyo "between the panels" in the manga.
I've tried my best at keeping it a bit more canonish this time around, and it's supposed to be filling in the blanks on some of the stuff we didn't get to see in the manga without attempting to force romance into it...but of course, there will also be some scenes (set after all the actual manga stories) that are completely fabricated, heheh. Because I also want to write a bit about what might've happened after their last adventure together in the manga...and since I'm a huge Ry/Uk 'shipper, I'll be suffering from a special kind of temporary amnesia concentrated only around the existence of Akari and Konatsu when writing about anything beyond issue 27 (25 in the English version).

READ Between HERE.

Ninnik

New Nabiki & Kuno Fanfic!

2007-02-14T19:54:00.000+01:00

I've put up a new Nabiki & Kuno story at fanfiction.net.
It's called Things You Can Do.
It's not really romantic at all, and it has a bit of gore in it. I'd call it a darkfic light.

READ IT HERE.

One of these days I'll hopefully write chapter four of The Exit. Omiyage is on hold for now while I figure out what to do with it. Proxemics should be due for a new chapter in not too long, though, I think. It seems like it's easier for me to write Kuno/Nabiki these days than Ryoga/Ukyo.
They're still my favourite couple, though.

Ninnik

New Japanese Ry + Uk Fan Art Gallery!

2007-02-13T02:07:00.000+01:00

I found a new Ry/Uk fan art gallery...and the art is even good! It's so cute!

CHECK IT OUT HERE!

There's also a permanent link on the sidebar, under
A Japanese Ry + Uk Fan Art Gallery.

Ninnik

Proxemics Part 4

2007-02-01T20:08:00.000+01:00

I updated Proxemics last week. Chapter 4, Food For Thought, is now up. Enjoy.
I wonder what's gonna happen with Tatewaki and Nabiki next. I'm going to have to think about it for a while before I write Chapter 5.

READ CHAPTER FOUR HERE.

Ninnik

OMIYAGE! CHAPTER SIX!

2007-01-10T16:50:00.000+01:00

Finally. Finally I'm done with that monster of a chapter. I don't honestly know
which was harder to write; chapter five or chapter six? Anyway, I'm happy
I've finally published the damn thing, and I hope you have fun reading it.
In this chapter, Ukyo and Ryoga arrive in Osaka and meet her father.

READ IT HERE!

Ninnik

Ryoga/Ukyo Music Video Up At YouTube!

2006-12-21T03:32:00.000+01:00

I've just finished making my very first Ryoga/Ukyo Music Video.
It's up at YouTube! Woohoo! I hate Windows Movie Maker!

See it at my YouTube Account!

Ninnik

Ryoga and Ukyo Holiday Fic!

2006-12-14T07:16:00.000+01:00

I've published a new Ryoga and Ukyo fic at fanfiction.net.
It's called Contralto and Arsenic Sauce and is set during the Ranma 1/2 OVA Christmas Special. Happy Holidays, everyone!

Read Contralto and Arsenic Sauce here!

Ninnik

PS: There will also be a Ryoga and Ukyo New Year's Day special.

Proxemics Updated!

2006-11-30T05:44:00.000+01:00

I've just put up chapter 3 of Proxemics (which by the way is based on the anime, not the manga)!

You can read it here!

Have fun!

Ninnik

PS: If everything goes according to plan, I'll be publishing a Ryoga/Ukyo one-shot Christmas special within the next week.

New Kuno/Nabiki Fic!

2006-11-20T03:37:00.000+01:00

I've published a new Kuno/Nabiki fic called Proxemics, which deals with the two of them on the day of their graduation. How do they feel about leaving Furinkan?

Read Proxemics here!

There will be at least four chapters to this story, maybe five. Be warned that there will be some mature content in later chapters.

Ninnik

Ryoga and Ukyo...Tetris?!

2006-11-18T11:34:00.000+01:00

Hello there,

I've discovered a site that has Ryoga and Ukyo Tetris! Strange!
It's in Japanese, but it's pretty easy: Just click start and move the little Nerima Wrecking Crew chibis with the arrow buttons on your keyboard, like Tetris blocks.
The text in Japanese beside the game says that your mission is to stop those who are obstacles to Ryoga and Ukyo's love, although I don't quite see how Kuno, Kodachi, Mousse, Shampoo or Tsubasa are stopping them from getting together, since the first four people aren't interested in Ryoga and Ukyo and Ryoga and Ukyo aren't interested in them and since Tsubasa gave up on Ukyo a long time ago, but it's a cute game nonetheless!

Go play the game!

Ninnik

O-M-I-Y-A-G-E!

2006-11-09T01:50:00.000+01:00

YES! CHAPTER FIVE OF OMIYAGE IS FINALLY UP! AND IT'S LONG! SIGH...!

YOU CAN READ IT HERE!

Have fun,
Ninnik

The Exit Again

2006-11-08T23:00:00.000+01:00

By the way, I forgot to mention that I've updated The Exit, too. Chapter 3 is up, and there will also be some sort of epilogue (an EPILOGUE, NOT a sequel) as soon as I feel inspired to finish it.

The Exit, chapter 3 can be read here!

In addition, chapter 5 of Omiyage is DONE, but because I'm having some problems with Fanfiction.net, I haven't actually published it yet. It will be up some time today, hopefully.

Ninnik

Oekaki BBS With Ryoga/Ukyo Pictures!

2006-11-08T16:51:00.000+01:00

It's sad that Cariie's page is down, but go and take a look at this gorgeous Ukyo and Ry/Uk fan art!

http://www19.oekakibbs.com/bbs/vitaminsalad/oekakibbs.cgi

Ninnik

The Exit Finally Updated!

2006-11-01T02:36:00.000+01:00

What the headline says. :) It's about time. And I hope to finish the next chapter sometime this week.

Read chapter two of The Exit here!

Ninnik

New Nabiki & Kuno Fic up!

2006-10-28T16:59:00.000+02:00

A new fic I wrote entitled Kuno Tatewaki Asks Questions is up at fanfiction.net.
I hope you have fun reading it!

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3210174/1/

Ninnik

PS: The last chapters of The Exit will also be up soon, hopefully within next the few days.

Kuno & Nabiki Video!

2006-10-20T21:18:00.000+02:00

Hey, everyone! Please go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qz9xFjbj6MA to see my brand new Kuno & Nabiki video! The song is song by Nabiki's Japanese voice actress. It's called "Kuno-chan ga yatte kuru" or "Kuno-chan is coming around". The lyrics go:

Romaji Lyrics
* go-chounai no mina-sama
Kunou-chan ga yatte-kuru
hentai o furimaki
Kunou-chan ga yatte-kuru *

English Translation
Everyone in the neighborhood,
Kunou-chan is coming around
Scattering his perversion,
Kunou-chan is coming around

Romaji Lyrics
HAI HAI HAI HAI HAI soko no KIMI
kono sen kara haitcha dame

English Translation
Hey hey hey hey hey, you there,
you mustn't cross this line.

Romaji Lyrics
kami-tsukanai yo daijoubu
yoi seki naraba o-hayame ni
Kunou-chan Kunou-chan
kirai ja nai wa AHAN

English Translation
He won't bite you! It's all right.
If you want a good seat, come earlier.
Kunou-chan, Kunou-chan,
I don't hate you, a-ha!

Romaji Lyrics
[Tendou Nabiki, boku wa konna toujou no shikata wa shinai]

English Translation
[Tendou Nabiki, I won't come on stage like that.]

* Repeat

Later,
Ninnik

Omiyage Updated Again!

2006-08-29T02:06:00.000+02:00

I've finally posted chapter four of Omiyage. I've also proof-read and re-written each chapter slightly and have finally gathered them all in one place. The above image would illustrate chapter four pretty well, I feel. Go forth and read. I'm going to bed.

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3125141/4/

Ninnik

New Story Up!

2006-07-13T19:03:00.000+02:00

Well, I finally posted my story "The Exit" at fanfiction.net.
I'm posting it in two parts because it was getting to be kind of long for
a short story, and I also just wanted to post at least part of it because
I'd been holding on to it for so long.

The Exit deals with Ryoga and Ukyo (and a bit of Ranma and Akane, too) after The Cursed Tunnel of Lost Love. It's based on the manga, not the animé. Enjoy!

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3035359/1/

Ninnik

Omiyage Updated!

2006-04-04T15:41:00.000+02:00

Hello!

Just wanted to mention that there's a new part of Omiyage up at fanfiction.net.
It's the third part and it's called Omiyage: Hazukashii.

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2875776/1/

I'm also working on a new story called Exit, which deals with Ryoga and Ukyo after The Cursed Tunnel of Lost Love.

Ninnik

New Fiction

2006-03-13T17:43:00.000+01:00

I don't know if anyone's actually reading this blog or not, but anyway...

I've got a new fic called Mushrooms up at fanfiction.net, which deals with the Mushrooms of Ages, which turned Ranma and Ryoga into little boys in the manga.
Just click on the link called My R+U Fanfics on the sidebar.
Hopefully I'll also be posting the third part of Omiyage soon as well.

Meanwhile, please enjoy this lovely piece of Ryoga/Ukyo fan art from the Japanese Ryoga/Ukyo fan club.

Ninnik

More Ryoga + Ukyo Pictures

2005-11-23T16:29:00.000+01:00

Hello again!

I found some more Ry + Uk pictures! Although the quality of her pictures varies at times, these pictures are gorgeous, inventive and well done, and it is evident that this girl adores her Ryoga + Ukyo! Warms my lil` ol` heart to see! *sigh*

The artist`s name is Cariie, and her site is great! Really worth a visit! As you can see, my favorite is the one with Ryoga and Ukyo armwrestling. Priceless! :)
She`s also got some adorable Ry + Uk gift art from other artists.

Here`s the link

Cariie`s Art

Mata ne!
Ninnik

The Wonders of Kanji

2005-11-16T18:47:00.000+01:00

Hey, there!

I am in Kyoto in Japan as an exchange student, and unfortunately I have yet to fully master Japanese keyboards or Japanese Windows, so I managed to erase my old blog.
Hurray! Anyway, have no fear-- I was due an update, so...

With the wonders of kanji I started actually searching for Ryoga and Ukyo with their real Japanese names as they should be written, and-- lo and behold!-- I found a few beautiful Japanese Ryoga + Ukyo art pages! Le sigh! Made my day, I tell ya.

Please visit http://pizzicato.readymade.jp/fc/sakuhin/illust.htm to look at the art!

Meanwhile, here is a sample from the next chapter of Omiyage.

Omiyage: Hazukashii
By Ninnik Nishukan

Ukyo stretched luxuriously in her big, soft bed with all the joy of knowing that she'd just slept in, and had done so with a clear conscience, because it was Sunday, hence no customers to tend to. Once, she'd had a nightmare that there had been hordes of customers hanging on the front doors of Ucchan's, pushing their bodies and slamming their fists against the windows and doors, moaning and
groaning 'Okonomiyaki! Okonomiyaki!' in much the same way zombies in the movies would utter 'Brains! Brains!'. What a relief it had been to wake up and find that it was Sunday, that most blissful of days. While she loved her job, not to mention okonomiyaki, even she could tire of it at times.

Rubbing her eyes and sitting up in bed, she raised her arms above her head, continuing to stretch. After she felt she'd worked out all the kinks in her neck and back, she swung her feet around and down to the floor. She took an unsteady step--

--and almost tripped over the man lying on her bedroom floor. The scream died in her throat as she recognized his face.

Ryoga. She had let him spend the night.

Weird, she thought, she'd never let anyone stay the night here before except Ranchan once, and then they hadn't even slept, because Akane came over and the three of them had stayed up all night training to beat that moronic Gambling King. Well, she shrugged, it was probably about time, then.

Ukyo let a grin slip as she regarded his sleeping face. What was it about the slackness of sleep that could turn even grown men into the likeness of cuddly little babies? Probably even Hitler looked innocent while he slept.

Probably.

Though she had to admit, Ryoga looked particularly adorable in this situation, his thick mass of black hair in a tangled chaos, his tiny fangs peeking out from his slack mouth, the usual angry frown around his eyes completely vanished. She muffled a giggle behind her hand when she noticed the small bit of drool in one corner of his mouth as he snored a little in peaceful slumber. He didn't sound like a buzz saw at all, like she'd teased him with. She'd seen him nod off at the cinema, but while it had been dark then, and Ranma had commanded most of her attention, now there was bright sunshine highlighting every feature on Ryoga's face.
Ukyo glanced at the alarm clock on her nightstand, and noticed with slight irritation that she hadn't really slept in that much. It was only nine thirty. Oh well, no use crawling into bed again, might as well start breakfast. She turned back to Ryoga, crouching down to wake him up.

Halfway down into the crouch, she jumped back with shock until her calves hit the bed and she doubled over backwards, bending at the knees.

Ryoga had kicked off his sleeping bag in his sleep, and now he was decked out before her in red cotton boxers and a sleeveless, black T-shirt, both of which seemed suddenly much too small. Ryoga was...bulging in places he shouldn't be bulging. Either he'd shoved a particularly large banana down his pants, or he was having--

Ukyo blinked, pressing a hand to her thumping heart. It was like she could actually feel the blush starting at her toes, moving ruthlessly upwards like an embarassing tidal wave until it reached her scalp.

She'd heard of this phenomenon; it was called 'morning wood' or something, right? At her old school she'd heard boys mention it now and then, and as she'd understood it, apparently it was just something that happened all by itself once in a while, you didn't even have to have an erotic dream or anything. Therefore, technically she couldn't accuse him of being a pervert since he wasn't awake, and he didn't even look like he was having a naughty dream, so it might be a tad inconsiderate to wake him up by imbedding his skull into her spatula. Bottom line, it wasn't as if he could help it, so he'd done nothing wrong.
To be honest, she'd caught a few glimpses of such things before, but it was strange how some things at fourteen made you go 'eww' while at eighteen, they made you go 'hmm...', and start comtemplating certain aspects of human nature.

She gaped once or twice or thrice like a goldfish before shutting her mouth with a permanent-sounding snap. She whimpered with confusion deep in her throat; it felt like she'd never be able to speak again. She'd never really discussed sex, not really, not with...well, anyone. And certainly not with Ryoga. He was so shy and repressed that it hadn't even really crossed her mind to consider him as a sexual creature of any kind. Sure, she'd noticed that he'd changed with age, like all boys did nowadays, but she hadn't--

Ukyo shook her head, taking a deep breath. This was just too bizarre a concept to take in this early in the morning. She got up, carefully keeping her distance to the futon, him and the slightly intimidating object attached to his pelvis. When she reached the door, she practically ran out of the room and to the bathroom.

Ukyo waited half an hour before returning to her room, in which she took a shower, did her hair and put on her yukata. When she finally went back, she brought his backpack from the kitchen so he'd find his things.

Now he was lying on his stomach, and Ukyo wondered idly if it didn't hurt, lying on...it. Frankly, she had no idea, and felt slightly naive for eighteen. She knew that some of the girls at Furinkan had already had sex, and a lot of those who hadn't had at least made out with a guy or even fooled around with them. Ukyo hadn't even been kissed.

She shook her head; she'd been gone for a while, so surely Ryoga's little problem must have-- Ukyo wrinkled her brow; what happened, anyway? Did it just... go away after a while?

Ukyo bopped her forehead; she should just forget it ever happened.

She sat down on her knees beside the futon, setting his backpack aside. "Ryoga?" She asked softly, prodding his shoulder. All he uttered in reponse was an unintelligable grunt.

"Ryoga?" She tried again, patting his back with a flat palm. He's so warm, Ukyo thought wonderously. And kinda sweaty, she added, wrinkling her nose while wiping her hand absently on her yukata. That was why he'd kicked off his sleeping bag, she reckoned. It might be great for outdoor camping, but it was probably uncomfortably hot indoors.

This time he raised his head a little. "Mmm?" He asked groggily.

"I'm gonna make some breakfast." Ukyo explained. "You hungry?"

"Huh?" He raised himself up on his elbows, turning his face to her and opening one bleary eye to see. "U-Ukyo?"

Ukyo cracked a smirk at that, nodding. "And we have a winner."

"Wh-what...?" Ryoga sat up, rubbing his eyes. A quick glance downstairs told Ukyo that the problem had indeed just gone away all by itself. She exhaled in relief. That might've have been doubly embarassing, now that he was awake.

"Breakfast." Ukyo repeated, finally feeling like she was regaining her balance now that he was the puzzled one. "You want some?"

"Oh." Ryoga cleared his throat. "Th-that sounds...if it's not too much of a bother..." Then he remembered what she'd told him yesterday about being too apologetic, and nodded decisively. "Yes, please."

She smiled, getting up. "You might wanna consider taking a shower, too." She said pointedly, grinning playfully.

Ryoga flushed, realizing he was smelling slightly...ripe. "I'll d-do that."

Mata ne!
Ninnik