They are not mine. I don't take responsability for any of them.
RANMA 1/2:
Bad Days/Helping Hands
Part 3b: Want to be Friends?
Akane Tendo was bored. It had been three days since they had last gone into the
Darkness, as the demon corrupted parts of the world were called. Now here she sat,
in a chair in the quaters she shared with her girlfriend Azuza in Lord Kuno's compound,
fanning herself with a paper fan and sipping half-heartedly on a beer as she watched Azuza
going through her morning ritual of reorganizing her collection of cuteness. The fact
that Azuza was doing it in nothing but her bra and panties was the only thing keeping Akane
from going completely out of her mind. Akane herself was only wearing a pair of panties
and an unbuttoned night shirt. It was a quirk of those who spent long periods of time
there that they found the uncorrupted world summer warm, even in winter, after the
eternal night of the Darkness.
"I think Annette will be happier near Nichole don't you Akane-chan?" Azuza asked
as she sat a pink stuffed elephant next to a red and white bean bag.
"Yeah, sure honey," Akane said with all the enthousasim of a grass growing contest.
"But now Richard is all alone over there," Azuza said her brows crossing cutely
as she looked at the coke bottle with the pink ribbon tied around it. "If Azuza had her
Charlette then Richard wouldn't be lonely. *sigh* Azuza misses her Charlette."
Suddenly Azuza turned to Akane with a look that caused the dark haired girl to sweat slightly.
"Azuza misses her Jacoline too..." Azuza said and reached for a cup of water that was sitting
next to Richard. Akane gulped and stood up slowly.
"Now, precious, darling, sweetie," Akane said in a sweet but nervous voice as a large sweat drop
formed. "You know Akane-chan doesn't like getting splashed."
Akane started backing away slowly eyeing the glass as Azuza advanced on her. Azuza's eyes
glissoned with tears as she looked at Akane.
"But Azuza wants to she her Jacoline," she said with a sniff. Akane suddenly found her
back pressed up against the door. She met Azuza's puppy dog eyes with ones slightly paniced.
Akane thought to herself, but felt her resolve slowly
falling away. Azuza was only a few feet away from her, and Akane could feel her mind bogging
down in sugary pink cuteness. She also felt a slight heat from the girl's closeness
and suddenly found it hard to breathe.
As if in answer to Akane's silent prayer, there was a knock on the door. Azuza stopped her
advance and Akane took advantage of the moment and snatched the door open to find Ryoga standing
there, his hand raised to knock again.
"I hope I'm not bother...." He started, then stopped and just stared.
"Hey, Preach, how's it going," Akane said cheerfully.
"Hi Ryoga-chan," Azuza piped in comming to stand next to Akane. Akane put her arm around
Azuza's waist and grinned at Ryoga. He for his part just gawked as they both stood
there, obviously having forgoten how they were dressed, or more to the point how they weren't.
"Uh hum, Da I," Ryoga stammered, his face turning beet red and a small trickle of blood flowing
from his nose.
"What's wrong Ryoga?" Akane asked, concerned. She reached forward and touched his
arm, accidentally letting her shirt fall open so that Ryoga was left with no doubt she had
nothing on under it. "Are you alright?"
At her touch, the small trickle exploded into a fountain and Ryoga dropped like a sack of bricks
as his eyes rolled back in his head.
"Oh, my God, Ryoga are you okay," Akane said dropping down beside him and taking his hand.
"EEWWWWWWWW," Azuza said as she wiped blood off her face. Her face then promptly turned white
as she looked at her hands. Suddenly she felt woozy. "Azuza doesn't like icky blood, and Azuza
doesn't feel so.....*thump*"
The thump came from her landing sprawled out on top of Ryoga in a dead faint. This had the
unfortunate affect of waking Ryoga. The first thing he realized was that someone was laying
on top of him....a very feminine, cute, and almost naked someone. The second was that Akane
was holding his hand, and that with her kneeling beside him like she was he could not only
see everything under her shirt, but had an excellent veiw of the panty covered area between her
legs. This resulted in another geyser of blood and Ryoga returning to dream land.
Akane blinked and looked down at the tangled mess of her girlfriend and best friend, then sighed.
"Ryoga we definately have to get you laid."
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A few minutes later Akane and Azuza were dressed and walking down the hallway with Ryoga.
Azuza still looked slightly pale, and Ryoga was blushing and had rolled up tissue paper stuck
up his nose.
"Any idea what his Lordship wants?" Akane asked. The 'Lordship' was tinged with a slight
hostility. Akane would have preffered his Bakaship, but Kuno WAS the boss. "I swear if
we go in there and all he does is spout poetry at us I'll just go insane. Things are dull
enough as it is."
Ryoga grimaced.
"I know what you mean," he said. "I joined up to help fight the Darkness, not listen to his
wind bag speaches."
"Lord Kuno is an important part of the movement against Nabiki. Heh, you should know that,
he reminds us of it five or six hundred times a day."
The three of them turned at the voice from behind them.
"Hi Mousse," Akane said to the darkly robed chinese boy.
"Good morning, Akane Tendo," Mousse replied bowing slightly to large potted fern set against
the wall.
"I'm over here Mousse," Akane sighed. Azuza snickered and Ryoga rolled his eyes.
Mousse blinked and pulled his glasses down to peared at the plant then blushed and turned to
them grinning sheepishly.
"Honestly," Akane said.
'Wonderful team ya got there, tomboy'
Akane Tendo blinked and looked around at the others.
"Ummmm, did you guys just hear something?" she asked nevrousnessly. They all blinked at her.
"Hear what Akane-chan?" Azuza asked. "Your not hearing voices again are you?"
"Ummm no just thought I heard something is all." Akane said blushing slighly
'Yeah pretend you can't hear me if it makes you feel better Akane.'
A sweatdrop formed on Akane's face.
"I am not pretending, you baka!" Akane yelled and everyone face faulted.
"Akane call Azuza a baka? Wahhh, you being mean to little Azuza!"
"Oh, Azusa, I didn't mean you," Akane wraped her arms around Azusa and kissed her head.
'Way to go, you made her cry. Man you're so uncute.'
Akane was about to respond when she felt a hand on her shoulder. She looked up to see
Ryoga looking at her conserned.
"Akane, is everything okay?" He asked. "How long have you been hearing voices?"
Akane winced.
"It's nothing I'm fine," Akane said wiping a tear from Azusa's eye.
"Akane this could be serious," Ryoga said. Akane looked at him, ready to snap, but the
look of genuine consern in his eyes stopped her. He didn't say anything, but they both
had spent enough time fighting the forces of darkness to know something of their tactics.
And useing voices in a persons head to try to tempt them over or drive them insane was a
favorite.
"I'm fine, Ryoga," she said, tiredly. "It insults me alot, but I don't think the voice is
actually hostile. Besides, we have enough wards here on the complex that it would take
Nabiki herself to break through."
"I guess your right, Akane," Ryoga said. "But I wish you had told us about this."
"I'm sorry, Preach," Akane said with a slight sigh. "If it starts to effect me in a bad way
I promise you'll be the first to know."
Ryoga nodded but still gave her a worried look.
"Well, lets go," Akane said letting go of Azusa and taking her hand. "We don't want to keep
his Lordship waiting."