RANMASPOTTING
chapter three
by: Ben (neB) Kalman
Akane was now genuinely annoyed. Ranma hadn't been home in four
days, and neither Ukyo nor Shampoo had been seen in that time.
"That selfish, adultering, no good BASTARD!!" She screamed to no
one in particular, "I'm going to get you for this RANMA!! NO ONE RUNS OFF
ON ME WITHOUT EVEN AN EXPLANATION OR EVEN AN APOLOGY!! AAARRRGGGHHH!!!"
Needless to say, the rest of the house hold avoided her until she
had calmed down a bit. She had almost calmed to the point of sanity when
Nabiki approached her, the first brave enough to attempt to talk to her.
"Akane, dear, you really must give him a chance. I mean, even
Ranma's not stupid enough to piss you off like this."
"You really think that he didn't just run off on me?"
"No way! He'd at least tell you if he was going to do something
like that. You know Ranma, he's an ignorant, insensitive asshole at times,
but he actually cares in his own twisted way." Nabiki got a puzzled look in
her eyes, "Besides, I would know if he took off."
Akane's eyes turned to steel, "What do you mean by that?"
"No no, nothing like that, Akane. He's definitely not my type! No,
it's more that he and I have developed a sort of...mutual trust. You
wouldn't understand."
"You aren't hiding anything from me, ARE YOU?!?"
Nabiki laughed, "But of course I am, dear. We all must have our
little secrets..." Her pager started beeping. She looked down at it in
disgust, "Damn! Oh well, gotta go little sister. Don't worry, Akane, Ranma
will show up. He'll feel an urgent need to come crawling back" She laughed
again and walked out of the door, "See you later, sis."
Akane sat down in her desk chair and sighed. "Urrggh Ranma! Now
you've got me worried. Where the hell are you?? HOW DARE YOU GET ME UPSET
LIKE THIS!!! When I get my HANDS ON YOU..." A baseball bat mysteriously
appeared in her hands. Looking around she didn't see anyone to hit, so she
slammed the bat down on her desk, causing the envelope resting on it to
fall to the floor.
"That's funny, I didn't notice that there before."
She picked it up and noticed the word 'AKANE' written on the front.
She skillfully sliced it open and removed the note from inside. As she read
it her face gradually darkened, until she looked almost possessed.
"So that's where he's been!! I should have known!! He's been
looking pale and washed out...and Nabiki even said...NABIKI!! That BITCH!!
That must be how she'd know if he took off. She's been selling him the
drugs!! I don't believe it! How could I have been so foolish!"
She put her head in her hands and sobbed. "How did this
happen...and Ukyo also seems to be pale and thin. She must have started him
on it! And no one's seen her either! I BET THAT LITTLE SLUT'S RUN OFF WITH
HIM! I know, I just know it! THEY"RE BOTH DEAD!! AAARRRGGGHH!! And
Shampoo's been missing, too! A love triangle!! That's it!!! And with
Shampoo!! EW!! Not only is he a bastard, but he's a bastard with HORRIBLE
TASTE! That only makes me more angry!!!"
She heard a whimper from the floor. She looked down, to see P-Chan
snuggle up to her leg.
"P-Chan! At least I can depend on you not to be on that stuff, and
to come home at night!" She picked P-Chan up and he snorted contentedly,
'Hmm, I wonder who could have written that letter...Oh well, time for bed."
P-Chan's eyes brightened. "Maybe we should show him who's boss, eh P-Chan??
We should run off and show that pig (sorry, P-Chan, I didn't mean it that
way) that JERK that he's not the only one who can be a bastard. Two can
play at that game, and I'll make sure he suffers as much as I did!!"
P-Chan snorted in agreement, as Akane held him close and drifted
off to sleep, leaving P-Chan to dream his sweet dreams.
Ranma woke up, though he wished that he had stayed unconscious. The
first thing that he saw, when he opened his eyes was Shampoo's smiling face
looking down at him. He let out a short scream, which Shampoo responded to
with a look of concern.
"Ranma okay?? You have bad dream?? You like some fresh noodles?"
"I'm having a nightmare right now!" Ranma mumbled under his breath.
He then rolled his eyes and asked the heavens, 'Why me??', as Shampoo
shoved her ramen into his mouth.
"You make sure to eat lot! Gain strength, noodles make you healthy!"
'Oh great!', Ranma thought to himself, ,I'm stuck in a hospital
with Shampoo as my nursemaid!' He shuddered to himself. 'I don't have any
drugs and I don't even know what happened. I remember...that strange guy
shot me!! It was at Uky-'
"UKYO!!!" Ranma screamed out through a mouth full of ramen.
"Shampoo not understand!"
"Someone shot me..."
"Yes. Shampoo see you crawling from building, bring you to
hospital. Shampoo good wife, no?"
"Shampoo, you don't get it! This guy...he shot me, and Ukyo
could've been shot ,too. I gotta find her!" He tried to rise off of the
bed, his ribs flaring in pain and his stomach on fire, but Shampoo gently
pushed him back down.
"Shampoo find her for you!"
Ukyo woke up and opened her eyes.. She wasn't sure where she
was...everything was spinning and the light from the single unshielded
light bulb pierced her brain like a dagger. She quickly shut her eyes
again, reaching up to rub her throbbing temples...only she couldn't move
her arms. They were tied off above her head. She cautiously opened her eyes
again, at first squinting to get used to the bright light. Her migraine
wasn't getting any better. She was on a bed in an almost empty room, the
only furnishings being a small side table and a couple of wooden chairs.
There was the single light, and three doors. One obviously led into a
closet and she guessed that the other two would be exit and bathroom.
Still, although the paint and plaster needed fixing, and it smelled a bit
musty, the room was spacious and almost extravagant for a Japanese
apartment. The furniture seemed to be old, maybe even antique.
As Ukyo let her eyes wander, she noticed the camera in the corner
of the room, up near the ceiling. She quickly turned her head away and
swore inwardly. Then she looked down at herself again and realized that she
was dressed in only a bra and panties, and they were black and red,
respectively, as well as being very revealing. Although she wasn't the most
modest person alive, she still felt her whole body warm up as she blushed
deeply. Embarrassed, self conscious, and now a tad nervous, she desperately
struggled against her bonds, at least to cover herself, if not to escape.
Suddenly it hit her...
"RANMAAAAA!!!" She had pushed it deep down into her subconscious
without knowing it, and the memories rose up in a whirlwind of emotion. She
screamed for what seemed like hours, straining upwards against her bonds,
not stopping when her voice became hoarse, her throat sore, not even caring
about her situation, now that the one last important thing in her life had
been taken from her. Finally she relented, collapsing back onto the bed,
bathed in sweat and sobbing to herself. Her body felt numb, her mind as
well. She had no urge to even keep on living. Her only hope was that
somehow Ranma had survived, though she knew that it was unlikely.
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