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A New Beginning
By
Cricket-chan
"Ayah! This be so much fun Ranma!" Shampoo exclaimed as she
jumped up in down in excitement.
"Don't get any ideas Shampoo, Ranchan's traveling with ME on this
training trip!" Ukyou retorted.
"Oh yeah!?"
"Yeah!"
*Crash* *Boom* *Wham*
"Oh man, those two started it again. How the hell am I gonna get
through this training trip alive?!" Ranma muttered to no one in
particular.
"Ugh(pant)" Ryoga painstakingly struggled to the dojo in
exhaustion.
"Hey Ryoga I'm impressed! You made it here on time!" Ranma
smirked.
"Shut up Ranma! I left as soon as I got the invitation!" Ryoga
insanely retorted.
"When was that P-Chan, twenty days ago from across the street?"
"Ranma!"
*Boom* *Crash*
"Shampoo? Shampoo?! Where are you?" Mousse cried out. "Foul
Saotome, what have you done with my Shampoo?"
Mousse, being the blind, stumbling (but lovable) idiot he is,
jumps into the fight thinking Ryoga is Shampoo.
*Bam* *Whack*
"What the heck is going on here?!" Akane demanded while taking in
the scene before her. The fighters stopped and looked around at the
destroyed dojo.
"A-A-Akane!" Ryoga stuttered, and jumped to his usual conclusion.
"RANMA, how dare you embarrass me in front of Akane?!" Ryoga bashed
Ranma into a neighboring wall.
"If any of you idiots feel like going on this trip before next
year we better get going! Mr. Saotome and father have left already!"
Akane rubbed her temples in frustration, why were they
so.........impossible?!
"What?!" The group shouted and quickly stampeded out the door.
"Oh my, " Kasumi sighed, "I wish they had had time for some tea."
* * * * * *
"Ohhh, it's so hot." Akane moaned as she pulled off her
sweatshirt. She was down to a thin white shirt that hugged her slim
figure and flattering black shorts. If she got any hotter there might
not have been any clothes left on her.
"Jeez Akane, why are you such a wi-" Ranma halted in mid-sentence
when he turned and looked at the girls figure. ~Man, she's cute~
"Ranma, why are you staring at me?" Akane mumbled. She thought
she was seeing things when Ranma gazed at her with the silliest smile
on his face.
~No way!~ She shook her head and reluctantly trudged on. It
wasn't long before the heat started beating down on her again, "Oohh,
so hot....."
"R-Ranma......." She managed to mutter before she blacked out.
* * * * * *
"Akane......yo...Akane...."
"Ugh." Akane woke up to see concern etched all over Ranma's face,
"Worried?" she thought,"He cares about me? No Way!"
"Uh, hey Akane, you okay?" Ranma said nonchalantly, but failed
miserably.
"Yeah, I'm fine Ranma, I just love it when I faint in the middle
of nowhere, it just turns me on." Akane sighed at Ranma's pretty stupid
question. OF COARSE she wasn't okay, what kind of idiot would ask that?
"Ooohhh, why the hell did ya have to go and faint in the middle
of nowhere?!" He yelled in frustration.
"Hey hold up a minute, where's everyone else?"
"Well Akane, being the dummy you are, you went and got heat
stroke or something and fainted. I decided to wait a minute or two but
by the time I was ready to just carry you and go the group was already
gone." Ranma sounded peeved and wouldn't look Akane straight in the
eye.
The girl sat up, "Oww," she said rubbing her head, " Hey Ranma, I
guess we're stuck camping out alone together until we find the group."
"Yippee." He replied with as much enthusiasm as a dead fish.
"Shut up Ranma." Akane took a good look around and found Ranma
had stopped in the most perfect camping spot. They were right next to a
shimmering lake and the lush smell of pine hugged her like an old
friend.
~Kinda romantic.....~ Her thoughts popped up involuntarily.
"We might as well make camp now Akane, I know YOU'RE not up to
walking. You unpack and I'll put up tent." His orders harshly
interrupted Akane's thoughts and she trudged over to the backpacks with
reluctance.
"Ranma?" Akane asked while studying Ranma's well-toned body
stretch and strain gracefully against his tanktop.
"Hmm? What Akane?"
She looked up at the sky and replied, "Isn't it sorta, kinda nice
just having us two, without worrying about anyone else?"
Ranma studied the girl's dreamy expression, "Yeah, I guess," he
laughed, " I wonder what they're doing now?!"
* * * * * *
"Ranchan you jackass! Get out here this INSTANT!" Ukyou screamed
in rage at the top of her lungs.
"Oh my poor defenseless Akane!" Soun wailed so loudly it would
put any 3-year old to shame.
"That's it my boy, a little initiative goes a long way. Spend as
LONG as you like ALONE with AKANE." Genma joined in with Soun crying
tears of happiness.
"Airen? Airen? Why you leave Shampoo with duck boy?" Shampoo ran
around with Mousse tailing her unsuccessfully.
"Oh Shampoo, I'll never let go of you!" Mousse's glasses fell off
in his actions.
"GET OFF ME YOU DUMBASS!" Ryoga punted Mousse high into the sky.
~Oh Akane, why have you left me? I just long to hear your voice,
just see you again.~ Ryoga looked up blissfully up at the sky and got
hit square on the head with a fallen tree.
"Then the sky opened up and God said, - "I hate you Ryoga."
Ryoga muttered before passing out.
* * * * * *
"Well I finished unpacking, wanna come see Ranma?" Akane smiled.
"AKANE! Whatja do to our stuff!" The boy yelled hysterically. All
their belongings had been arranged in an attempt at cute by Akane. She
even had a pink tablecloth with furry little bunnies on it!
"Man, SOMEONE"S been taking lessons from Azuza." He muttered.
"What did you say?!"
"Uh, nothin!" Ranma nervously replied. He had had one too many
run ins with Akane's special little mallet.
"Thought so." Akane icily replied.
"Well I'm still hot Ranma, so I'm gonna change and go to the lake
and do some fishing or something." Akane took her bathing suit and went
to her tent to change.
~This is way too wierd.~ Ranma thought.
* * * * * *
~This is wonderful.~ Akane dangled her feet in the ice-cold lake.
~It would be nice if I knew how to swim though.~ She sat up and was
amazed to see Ranma in his guy form swimming laps on one side of the
lake.
"Hey Ranma, RANMA!" She yelled, "Come over here."
Ranma swam over and sat next to the wide-eyed girl.
"What do YOU want Akane?" He sighed in annoyance.
Akane looked at him forcing herself to control her temper,
"Ranma, why aren't you in your girl form? Isn't the water cold?"
"Oh that. Shampoo gave me the waterproof soap since it's just
temporary and all. It works for a little while, but it's better than
nothin'."
"Oh," The girl turned to gaze at the water in longing.
"Um, Akane?"
"Yeah?" She glanced up at Ranma.
The boy took a deep breath and said, "Um would ya like me to
teach ya how to swim? You look like ya kinda, well, wanna know how."
Akane was caught off guard by the question but immediately
brightened, "Really Ranma? You'd do that for me?"
"Just as long as you don't bash me into another country or yell
at me or something like that." He smirked.
"I guess." She added sarcastically.
Ranma led Akane out to where the lake was about four and a half
feet deep.
"Okay first things first Akane, ya have to know how to float
before tryin' anything else. You try first."
The girl paused for a second, ~Ranma will make a great instructor
someday, he's so serious when he's teaching.~
Akane flopped up on her back but sank like a stone and came back
up spitting up water.
"Ranma you JERK! You know I can't swim I *grlsbgslg* "
Ranma splashed her in defense to keep her quiet, "Haha Akane, you
deserve it."
Ranma disgustedly started wading back to shore.
"No WAIT Ranma! Just please help me one more time, please?" She
pleaded helplessly.
Ranma blinked, "Well........I guess so."
Akane inhaled deeply and jumped up into a floating position, she
was about to sink back into the water when she felt Ranma gently held
her up.
She was speechless, ~What.....why-why is Ranma being so nice?~
The more Akane thought about it, the more she liked it.
Ranma was at a loss for words also. The sensation of Akane's bare
skin left him tingling all over. ~Wow~ he thought as he fought the urge
to burst into stutters. ~Man, have I got more sympathy for Dr. Tofu
now.~
"Uh Ranma, you can let me go now." The girl managed to force out.
"Oh, um sorry." Ranma hurtled back into reality.
~Why am I feeling attracted to that macho chick? That
dummy.....I...~ His thoughts became more unconvincing as he went on.
"Hey Ranma I'm floating!"
"Yeah great." He replied sarcastically.
"Baka." Akane started splashing him in protest.
"Hey!" He grinned and started splashing back.
After a tiring splash fight the two exhausted martial artists lay
on the beach, watching the sunset.
Akane sneaked a look at Ranma and marveled at all the different
crevices on Ranma's chest glistening with tiny water droplets.
"Wow." She muttered under her breath.
"What?" Ranma asked.
"Uh, nothin'." Akane turned away so as not to betray the crimson
red blush spreading over her cheeks.
"Hey Ranma, I was just thinking, all your fiancées came on the
training trip except Kodachi." The girl stated sleepily.
"Man, am I glad that psycho chick didn't come, but what other
fiancées?" Ranma replied between yawns.
"Duh Ranma, Ukyou your "cute" fiancée, and that Chinese hussy
Shampoo." She coldly replied.
"Well Shampoo's my fiancée because of her whacked Chinese law,
and I don't follow Chinese rules."
"SHE seems to think you do." Akane rolled her eyes at the
thought.
"I can't believe Uchan though, I mean how the hell was I supposed
to know she was a girl? I still can't get that out of my head. I
consider Uchan my best friend, but nothin' more."
"I see." Akane frowned.
"Besides, Uchan's my fiancée because of my dad's stupid ideas, so
that doesn't count."
Akane sighed, "So what if your engagement is pre-arranged by your
parents, does that count?"
"Huh, um, well," he blushed slightly, "hey what are you, some
kind of psychiatrist?" Ranma stood up before she could answer.
"I'm gonna go to bed now, when you hit the sack, put out the fire
so you don't burn the whole damn forest down." Ranma smirked and ducked
into his tent before Akane could throw anything at him.
"Sweet dreams baka." Akane muttered as she put out the fire.
* * * * * *
Somewhere else in the forest:
"Ayah! Why Ranma not come to Shampoo?"
"Shut up Shampoo! Give it a rest until tomorrow!"
* * * * * *
"Ooohh," Ranma yawned, "What a nice- what the -" Ranma walked out
of the tent and saw Akane cleaning about 9 or ten small fish.
"Jeez Akane, the more ya fish, the more food poisoning there is."
Ranma cringed back at the thought.
"Shut up!"
"We both know ya can't cook worth crap, so why don't you spare us
and don't?"
"Oh yeah Ranma," Akane angrily retorted, "you think you can do
better?"
He face faulted, "Do you realize what you're saying Akane?"
"I, oh." Akane tried VERY hard to control her anger, "Ranma how
'bout you supervise me?"
The boy blinked, " Hey sure! Maybe I won't suffer as much than."
*Wham*
The next hour consisted of:
"Not the kerosene!"
"Baka!"
"Watch the wood chips!"
"Shut up!"
"Jeez Akane bottles with TOXIC written on them are NOT cooking
material!"
*Blam* *Crash* *Boom*
* * * * * *
The two finally finished and came up with a meal that was better
than either the two could have done alone.
"Hey Ranma, let's go swimming again. I mean all I know how to do
is float."
"Stupid, we just ate, we'd get cramps, and being the tomboy loser
you are you'd probably drown or somethin'."
*Wham*
"Come back here Ranma!"
* * * * * *
"Tendo, we have got to keep these wretches occupied so our two
schools can be joined."
"You're right Saotome, we'll keep these children distracted with
their OWN problems............."
* * * * * *
Akane and Ranma lay on the beach after a vigorous swimming
lesson.
"Hey Ranma, why are you wasting the soap on the lake? Shouldn't
you save it?" The girl glanced over at Ranma.
"I told ya Akane I can't stand being something I ain't. You
wouldn't understand, even my organs alter when I change, I don't like
feeling..........." Ranma searched for the word.
"Weird? Strange? Peculiar? Odd? Different? ......Perverted?"
Akane volunteered.
Ranma threw some sand at Akane in protest.
"Hey! That tickles!" Akane squealed.
"Ya think that tickles? I'll show ya how it's really done!"
Ranma leaped at Akane and started tickling her in the places he
was allowed to.
Akane tried to get her mallet out but was laughing too hard to
concentrate. Instead she fought back.
"Oohh, let's see if Ranma's ticklish!" She playfully batted away
Ranma's arms and tickled him as much as she could. Ranma grabbed her
arms and held so she couldn't tickle him more.
"Try now Akane, see if you can touch me." He grinned.
Akane had sudden inspiration as she saw Ranma's face just inches
from her. She placed a feather light kiss on his forehead and felt
Ranma's grip fall from her hands. What she didn't expect was Ranma to
have such a goofy smile plastered on his face.
~Man, he loves me~ came to Akane's mind, but was discarded just
as fast.
Akane poked Ranma in the chest causing him to fall over,
"Gotcha!" Akane skipped into the woods laughing.
~Man, she loves me~
* * * * * *
Ranma and Akane ate dinner in silence, well, Akane ate and Ranma
more like inhaled the food. Ranma broke the awkward silence with a
surprising statement.
"Akane- I was kinda, uh, sorta maybe, if ya wanted to, I mean,
well........"
Akane frowned, "Spit it out Ranma."
"Well, um, would ya.....like to train with me?" Ranma's voice got
smaller the more he went on. He was so very tired of "no's" that
another would crush him.
Akane's eyes glittered, "Really Ranma? Oh that'd be great! I
can't wait!"
She flung her arms around Ranma and felt Ranma stiffen and then
relax and actually hug her back.
"Um, well, I'm going to bed now Ranma, so uh, good night." Akane
blushed and ducked into her tent.
Only one more thought came to Ranma's mind, ~Wow~
* * * * * *
"Hiyah!" *thump* *whump* *crash* *pant*
"Good, good Akane! Don't pull nothin' back!"
Ranma was testing Akane's speed and strength by making her run
through a makeshift obstacle coarse. He would pop up throughout the
coarse and she had to strategically pass him. To top it all off, Ranma
was timing it all.
"Hey Akane! ya got your best score! Nine minutes and thirty-seven
seconds, of coarse I can do it in about half the time." He looked as if
he was patting himself on the back mentally.
*Wham*
"Oh, get over yourself." Akane sighed, "Honestly."
"Um, Akane, ya know those Ki attacks me an' Ryoga do? Well I
think you can do em' now." Ranma face-faulted when the girl started
dancing around like some kind of hyper monkey at the news.
"Oh this will be so COOL!" Akane was thrilled.
"Yippee." Ranma added.
*Wham*
* * * * * *
"You let Shampoo go! She call great-grandmother and
great-grandmother kick butt!"
Everyone stared at the girl because of here comment, she was
always known for her surprising statements.
"You know she's right, let us go RIGHT NOW!" Ukyou gave Genma and
Soun a threatening look, but they shrugged it off since they were all
tied up. They had tried to find Ryoga but he had gone and gotten
himself lost again.
"Ya know Tendo, we should have tried this a long time ago."
"Amen Saotome, amen."
* * * * * *
"Akane you're tryin' ta force it again. Just don't think and pull
it from your energy." Ranma suggested.
A small, very small ball of blue ki formed in Akane's hands.
"Ranma, I can't get it any bigger than this, it's too hard."
"Oh jeez Akane, do I have to help ya with everything?"
Ranma stepped up behind Akane and slowly trailed his arms down
Akane's, forming a bright green ki ball.
"Ranma you perv-" Akane cut off as she saw Ranma's green ball
merge into her tiny blue one and form a glittering gold one. It
sparkled in the sunlight as it slowly rotated in her hands.
"See Akane? Can ya feel that pulling from like the pit of your
stomach?" The boy gulped nervously. He felt VERY uncomfortable holding
Akane so close to him. He also felt kinda good, kinda warm and
fuzzy-like.
"Kay Akane, we're gonna shoot this ball at that tree there and
watch the damn thing explode." He instructed, "Just pretend that the ki
is a ball on a string and when ya throw it ya cut the string. The old
hag taught me that strategy."
Akane nodded, ~I know it's harder then it sounds but I have to
try.~
"Akane on three, " Ranma started, "One.......two..........THREE!"
*Whoosh* *Bam*
"Wow!" The girl looked at the piles of ashes that used to be a
tree and was silent in awe at her newfound power.
Ranma grinned, "Ain't it great? Ya got ta promise me one thing
though."
"I'll decide once you tell me." She retorted.
"Ya got to promise ya won't use that unless ya really, really
have to, or of coarse you're just practicing." Ranma looked at her
sternly.
"Oh, I get it, if it exploded a tree, who knows what it would do
in a fight with Kuno."
"Uh, huh, but Kuno I don't mind." Ranma grinned.
"Yep!" She smiled, "Hey Ranma? When do ya think we should leave?"
Akane questioned.
"Probably not soon. We still got lots more ta do."
~Good,~ Akane thought happily as she walked to her tent to change
into her bathing suit, ~Good.~
* * * *
"Damn it! Where the hell am I NOW!" Ryoga yelled insanely as the waters
of the Nile churned around him.
* * * * * *
"You can do it Akane! Well.....I think you can." Ranma smirked.
*pant* " Ranma ! How-how dare you insult me now! Oooohh, I'll
show you!" Akane was climbing up a telephone pole which Ranma
instructed her to do. She could have done it easily, if it wasn't for
those damned weights he had tied to her arms.
"Keep going Akane! Ya know that brute strength can get ya there."
Ranma was surprised to see Akane pick up speed and reach the
three-quarter mark.
~Stupid Ranma. I know I can do it.~ She gritted her teeth and
continued climbing. Sweat ran down into her eyes distorting her vision.
She was wearing exercise equipment, which helped her temperature a
little. The sport T-shirt left her stomach bare and short bicycle
shorts kept her muscles flexible. The best part was watching Ranma
squirm every time she bent over.
"C'mon Akane! Even you can go up just ten feet more! You're not
THAT weak!"
"Shut UP Ranma!" The girl slowly pulled herself up the remaining
feet.
"I DID IT!" She happily screamed, only then did she realize how
high up she was.
"Uh, Ranma, how am I supposed to get down?" She yelled so Ranma
could hear.
Ranma looked at her like she was stupid or something, "Climb?
What'ja
think you should do?"
"Ranma you IDIOT!!" I don't have enough energy!" She felt like
crying she was so exhausted.
Ranma added, "Or you could jump. I could catch you."
"Dummy! What if you missed?!" Akane was so frustrated she
actually considered the idea of jumping.
She softened a little, at least Ranma was TRYING to help, "You
SURE you'll catch me?"
"Why not?" Ranma shrugged, "C'mon, on the count of three.
One..........."
~Here goes nothing.~ The girl dropped her weights and started to
silently pray.
"Two...............THREE!"
Akane gulped and jumped away from the pole,
"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" She screamed but had the breath knocked out
of her as she felt Ranma swoops up and catch her twenty feet away from
the ground.
"What'd I tell ya Akane? I wouldn't just let my favorite tomboy
just drop to her death now would I?" He smirked.
*Wham* "Shut up Ranma."
* * * * * *
"Ha! I found you guys! Um, hey Ukyou, why are you all tied up?"
Ryouga was puzzled.
"No, wai-" Ukyou started but was too late.
*Whoosh*
"Hey! Get me out of this damn thing!" Ryouga was struggling
frantically in a fishing net.
"Hahahaha, sorry Ryouga, but our two schools must unite, which
means you out of the way, just for now." Soun threw some powder on
Ryouga and watched him black out.
"Good thing that Kodachi girl always leaves some of that stuff in
Ranma's room all the time." Genma grinned as he tied up Ryoga next to
Ukyou.
Ukyou shook her head, "And to think I actually thought that
jackass could save us all."
"Lost boy no make good hero." Shampoo added sadly.
* * * * * *
"Ouch." Akane was sitting by the beach watching the sunset, and
trying to relieve the pain, well, all over her body.
She was surprised suddenly when she felt someone carefully
massaging her shoulders. She turned around and was even more surprised
to see Ranma there.
"Oh, um, hey Akane," Ranma blushed sheepishly, "You just kinda
looked in pain ya know."
"Mmm." Akane closed her eyes and took in Ranma's scent. He
smelled like Irish Spring soap with his own little touch of cinnamon
and pine and something Akane couldn't pick out.
~Hah, that's funny, Akane hasn't mallet me into another country
yet.~ Ranma again was amazed at the feeling of Akane's skin she was
wearing a tanktop that left little to imagine.
The girl leaned back into Ranma and sighed. His callused hands
had a rough edge but a soft interior, ~Kinda like Ranma himself.~ she
thought.
"Hey Akane, I'm kinda sorry I didn't offer to catch ya in the
first place. Asking you to climb down must have pissed ya off a
little." Ranma paused.
"Gee I wonder Ranma." She smirked.
Ranma continued rubbing the girl's shoulders, " The truth is I
didn't think you would make it to the top. Ukyou just mastered it and
it took her forever, so I thought it would take YOU forever too. It's
just that you're so stubbor- I mean, ya got so much, uh, spunk that ya
did it."
Akane giggled, "Nice save Saotome."
He grinned, it was not often he saw Akane happy with him so he
savored the moment.
Akane turned to face him and Ranma took a wild chance, "Ya know
Akane, ya really are cute when ya smile." He leaned in closer to
Akane's face.
~Ranma he, just, did he say what I thought he said? H-him
complimenting ME?! A-And he wants t-to kiss me? WOW, I never thought,
oh Ranma!~ Akane collapsed onto Ranma choking out sobs that seemed to
wrench their way out of her body.
~Damn~ Ranma thought, but smiled as he picked up the half-asleep
girl and laid her in her tent.
As Ranma walked out she mumbled," You know what Ranma?"
"What?"
"You're not so hideous yourself."
"Oh thanks Akane, that made me feel good." Ranma smirked.
Akane sleepily giggled, "You're welc-"she stopped in mid-sentence
and fell into a blissful sleep.
"Oh jeez ya stupid tomboy," Ranma sullenly whispered, "When did I
let myself fall for a macho chick like you?"
* * * * * *
"Ready ta go yet Akane?" Ranma sighed. What was it with girls and
taking forever to get ready for..........anything?
"I'm coming already, jeez Ranma, don't ya know patience is a
virtue?" She grinned as they started walking.
Ranma played along, "Patience? I'm not sure if I'm capable of
such a complicated virtue."
"Haha Ranma, you'll try to worm your way out of anything won't
you?" Akane sighed. She really didn't want to leave yet, she had
gotten to know so much about Ranma that she wanted to find out what
else there was left to learn. ~He's taught me so much. I haven't
really repay him, I don't really know how to.~
Ranma glanced over at Akane, "Hey, you're looking serious, what's
going on in that little tomboy head of yours?"
"Huh, oh, nothing."
"Okay, whatever."
* * * * * *
*Boom* *Crash* *Wham*
"How dare you entrap my great-granddaughter so son-in-law can
bond with Akane?"
*Crash*
Cologne had sensed something wrong at home and came to check it
out. She let Mousse, Shampoo, Ryouga, and Ukyou go, because she felt
they would probably work together for the time being. In the meantime
she was beating the living crap out of Genma and Soun.
* * * * * *
"Hey! We're almost home! Let's got through that alley there, it's
a shortcut." Akane pointed at a dark alley and she and Ranma continued
on.
"Hey you guys, look here. We got us some visitors." A hoarse
raspy voice called out from behind the shadows.
"Oh, great shortcut Akane." Ranma snorted.
A gang of five beaten-up, smelly guys surrounded Ranma and Akane.
"Oh, and look, one of 'em's kinda cute."
One man grabbed Akane and started fondling her where she wasn't
particularly comfortable.
"Hey you molester, if ya want Akane, ya go through me!" Ranma
shouted, "KACHUU TENSHIN AMAGURIKEN!" Ranma knocked one guy out but was
grabbed by another and to his dismay, the man pointed a gun to his
head.
Meanwhile Akane had knocked out the particularly perverted guy
but froze when she saw the other two hold up guns.
"Akane!" He shouted, "Use a Ki blast! This is a time that
definitely calls for it!!"
Akane nodded, inhaled deeply and formed a huge, glittering ball
of Ki.
"AKANE-HA!"
*Whoosh* *Boom*
"Akane!"
"Ranma!"
And that was the last to be heard for a long time.
* * * * * *
*Beep* *Beep* *Beep*
"Ooh, ouch, " Ranma yawned and wrapped his arm around tighter to
the person beside him, ~Wait a minute?! Person?!" He sat straight up
and saw Akane laying peacefully asleep next to him.
~Oh man, it's good I woke up before Akane 'cuz she would have
blasted me to another planet.~ The boy propped himself up on the bed.
~Wait a sec, where the hell am I? ~ Ranma looked around and smelled
medicine, rubbing alcohol, and saw a tray of something that was a sad
excuse of food.
*Beep*
Oh yeah, and those freikin' annoying machines that wouldn't shut
up.
"Ranma?" Akane sleepily questioned.
"What DO you want Akane." He sighed and waited for a reply.
"Ranma no! Don't go you'll be killed!" Akane screamed.
"What the hell are ya talking about Akane? I ain't going anywhere
anytime soon." Ranma was starting to get worried, did Akane like hit
her head too hard or something?
"Ranma, you idiot! He'll kill you, you can't-" Akane started
moving her legs as if she were running after someone.
Ranma laughed, "Oh that dummy's dreaming! About me! Hah, wait
till I tell her when she wakes up."
"Ranma NO!!! Oh why'd you have to do that! Why did you-no don't
die! NO!!! Ranma I-I lo-love you. Ranma..................NO!!!" Akane
woke up panting and sweating as if her life had been forever changed,
what she didn't know was that it had.
~Oh man, did-did she mean that?~ That was definitly something he
had not expected. He jumped when she had woke up and gave his best
excuse for a smile.
"Ran-Ranma, I just had the WORST nightmare." She shook her head
to make sure she was back in reality.
"Tell me something Akane, did-did you mean EVERYTHING you said in
the dream." Ranma casually questioned.
"To tell you the truth.....yes. I-I said something I know I'll
never be able to say in real life, but I really, really would like to."
Ranma promptly fell over.
"What's the matter Ranma? Were ya really badly hurt from my
blast? It was good wasn't it?!" Akane grinned happily at the thought.
"Um, Akane. Did ya know thatyoutalkinyoursleep?" Ranma started
twiddling his fingers.
"What? I didn't catch that last part." The girl looked closely at
Ranma.
"You, ah, talk.......in your sleep." Ranma cringed back waiting
for Akane to hit him, it was just a natural reflex now.
"You mean.................oh man." Akane copied Ranma's actions
and promptly fell over.
"Ranma, I, well............it's true. I do l-lo-love you. Deep
down inside I always have." Akane's face was glittering with tears of
sincerity.
Ranma was speechless, "D-don't cry Akane. I guess I l-love you
too. When you smile, and when we trained together, it was just
so.........right." He smiled as Akane flung herself onto him and cried
away her last bit of tears.
Akane pulled away from Ranma and smiled, "I always wanted to do
this." She slowly drew her head close to Ranma's and left a
feather-light kiss on his lips.
*Boom* *Crash* *Bam*
"Oh my dear little girl is growing up! Waaahh!" Soun bawled on
like a baby.
"Ranma you jackass! Don't you know how much I've been through just
chasing after you?!" Ukyou glared at Ranma with tears in her eyes and
pulled out her ever present battle spatula that promised injury when
Ranma left the hospital.
"Thank you, thank you Saotome! Now me and Shampoo can live
together in China! What bliss! Right Shampoo?!" Mousse talked eagerly
to Betty, Dr. Tofu's, er, skeleton.
"NO! Shampoo no let violent girl have husband! Ranma, you come
with Shampoo!" Shampoo started pulling one of Ranma's arms forcefully.
"What do you think you are doing you hussy? I, the Black Rose am
entitled to hold matrimony with my dear Ranma. YOU are just a foul
commoner to be pushed away!" Kodachi started pulling at Ranma's other
arm to prevent Shampoo from taking Ranma away.
"My arms are not a freaking rope to be used for tug of war
people!" Ranma yelled over the chaos.
It continued on just like that with everyone in the Ranmaverse
coming to congratulate or threaten Ranma and Akane.
"Ranma no-"
"Well done Akane-"
"Ranma? Akane who are they?"
"Ranma my boy, a little initiative goes a long-"
"Die Ranma!-"
"Life will still be the same, huh Ranma? Insane, crazy,
unbelievable, and chaotic." Akane smirked up at Ranma.
"Jeez I know. At least now we'll go through it without
fighting............much." Ranma grinned.
"Yeah, we'll go through it...............together."
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Author's Notes
So did ya like it? Comments, criticism, flames, and or death threats
are welcome at XZCricket@aol.com (nothing like a good death threat to
make you feel wanted) Just to clear up a couple things:
1) I know Ranma seems a little out of character, he's way too NICE,
right? Well I think he really cares for Akane, but acts like a well,
jerk when others around him pressure him. He's very mature when he
teaches. Since they're out in the middle of nowhere there's no one to
pressure him, thus no acting like a COMPLETE jerk. (a little of him
loveable jerkiness stays)
2) Why the hell would Ranma waste his waterproof soap on swimming?
Well, I think Ranma absolutely hates his curse. (well duh) but I think
he hates it so much that he'll use the soap just to feel his manliness
as much as possible.
3) Why the hell is Ranma so weak against the thugs? THEY HAVE GUNS! If
someone comments on that I'll scream. You can't block a bullet, sorry
for those of you who thought Ranma was invincible, but he's human and a
bullet will still kill him.
4) I know there's more but I'm too lazy to write about it. (It's 4'o
clock in the morning right now and I have to leave at seven for a
twelve hour car trip) Please if something in my story bugged you or
just plainly pissed you off please write me. Thanx for wasting some of
your precious life to read my not so good, but fun to write fic. If you
read up to here you are either very bored, absolutely love fanfics, or
you just have no life. Thanx again!
Cricket-Chan
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