New Beginnings

A Ranma 1/2 Fanfiction by Elisabeth A***nimalba
All characters (most of them) and places (most of them) are copyrighted by Rumiko Takahashi

A New Beginning
:prelude:
Nosatu had left peacefully giving up his marriage to Akane. He let Akane keep the necklace in memory of him though. Actually... he left after the three weeks in the hospital.....

* * *
The ambulance had arrived once more to pick up Akane, Ranma, Nosatu, and Ryoga. Akane had a severe head injury that needed stitches but at least it didn't break her skull or cause brain damage. Ranma had several large bruises and cuts, needed stitches on his hand, had a broken leg, and had passed out from lack of energy. Nosatu had a broken rib and arm, and he had a severe bruise on his entire stomach. Ryoga had two large gashes, one on his arm and one on his leg. He needed stitches for those, but he also had a few small ones on other places. He was also suffering from dehydration, probably because he was lost for a very long time and he didn't eat or drink for days.
Now, since the hospital was crowded since it was flue season and there were a bunch of damaged guards, they all had to pile up into one large room. That large room housed Ranma, Akane, Ryoga, Nosatu, Ukyo, Kuno, Genma, Soun, and..... Happosai. And there were usually many visitors like Nodoka, Kasumi, Nabiki, Shampoo, Mousse, Dr. Tofu, Gosunkugi, and groups of their friends they came by every so often. There was also..... Kodachi. She made it hell because she visited everyday for her dear Ranma.
Ranma had slept for three days before he finally woke up. Ryoga was the only one still asleep. Ranma woke up for two reasons: There were people yelling in the room and someone suddenly landed on him from being thrown across the room. It was Kodachi.
"Oh ho ho ho! I see you have finally woken up, my dear Ranma!"
"Get away from him! He's my fiancé!" Akane sat up in her bed.
"Dear sister, I think it's time you leave. You have been here for 5 hours. Daddy probably needs you." Kodachi had lately become extremely nice to her father, Principal Kuno.
"Daddy? Oh, yes! He is probably worried sick about me!" See jumped out of the open window waving her ribbon in the air. "We will meet again Ranma! Oh ho ho ho!"
"Hey, Akane? Do you think Kodachi's holding some kind of secret? She seems so... so less... active...." He tried sitting up but was pushed back down from Akane in the bed next to him.
"Ranma..... don't strain yourself. You're all worn out from that fight with Nosatu." She glared at Nosatu. "You need your rest. The doctor said we'll be out in about 2 to 3 weeks."
"Hey! If you had just married me like I told you to this wouldn't have happened and we wouldn't be stuck here." Akane sat up to pound Nosatu but was pushed down from Ranma who looked at her with mischief in his eyes.
"HA! Now that I'm here next to you I can do the same! You need rest. Lay down. I can do everything to annoy you and since I'm stronger you can't do anything....... oh, how'd you get here anyway, cutey?" Ranma lost himself and fell onto Akane's bed passed out.
"I think he's high on some drug or something. He's not himself." She finally noticed where he was. "Why you pervert!" She violently pushed him off her and crossed her arms.
Ranma fell off the bed and landed on the ground. He pushed himself up with much effort and looked at Akane. "What happened? Why did I fall off the bed?" Akane didn't answer him and turned around. He did that in front of all of her friends too!
"Akane..." Kasumi entered the room, "You shouldn't be so harsh on Ranma. He wasn't himself and you knew that. You should be kinder and respect your fiancé for what he is."
"What? A pervert?" She finally realized Kasumi's words. "I'm sorry, Ranma. I shouldn't have done that." He wasn't listening. He was staring into space humming. "Ranma!"
"Huh! Wha'?" Ranma glanced at Akane.
"You were off in another world again, baka! I was trying to tell you I was going to try to be nicer to you, Ranma."
"Oh, sorry... hey where am I? Oh, yeah... the hospit.... hospital. Why are you here?"
"I got stitches on my head...." She looked at Ranma waiting for his reply.
"Oh! I remember! Something Ryoga did right? I heard him calling your name. When was that anyway? How long was I asleep? Ha ha ha ha ha! I can fly! Look at me!" The drug had gotten to him again. He was on his bed pushing the button that moved the bed around. "WHEEEE!"
Suddenly, Ryoga bolted upright blabbing about something. Ukyo was next to him and she painfully pushed him down. "Ryoga! I was so worried a-about you sugar! You must have been pretty sick!" Ryoga looked at her confused.
"Sick? All I had were a few scratches!" He noticed Ukyo was crying. "Ukyo-san? What's wrong?" He got up and looked at her.
"It's just... all these things have happened! I thought I was going to die! I was in so much pain! And it still hurts a lot!" She closed her eyes.
Ryoga laid back down. "Don't worry... everything will be all right...." He held Ukyo's hand trying to comfort her. Suddenly Nabiki came in.
"Aaaah! If it isn't the dearest Nabiki! How are you my love!" Kuno tried taking the IV out of his arm but a nurse calmly pushed his arm away. Nabiki had brought a camera with her to take a few shots of Ranma's antics. He had less drugs than most of them but he was doing the weirdest things. He took the TV remote and balanced it on his head while trying to knock it off with the loudness of his voice.
"I'm here to check up on you, Kuno-baby..." She looked at Ranma who just recovered his senses. "And I'm getting a few good shots of Ranma..."
Ranma glared at her. "What do ya mean? What am I doing?"
Genma looked at him. "Well, boy! I see you've recovered!" He worriedly looked at Soun. He was staring at the ceiling. He warily looked at Genma.
"I guess it's over then. We can have the marriage and everything will be all right?" Genma shook his head, yes.
Ranma looked at the IV in his arm then the little button at the side of his bed. He pushed it. Morphine squirted into his arm and he went berserk. "AAAAAH! What happened! HAHAHAHA! Look at me! There's a giant mushroom on my leg!" He slapped his hand on the mushroom and was surprised to see it went through and landed on his leg.... his broken one. He stared at it and a tear trickled down his face.
"Ranma! What's wrong?" Akane looked at him.
"M-m-m-mommy... h-hurt m-me! She chopped off my leg, but it grew back. It's purple." He suddenly flopped onto his bed. "Aaaah. This is the life." He must have gotten over the morphine. He looked longingly at the button. He pushed it. Everyone face-faulted.

* * *
(1st day of the second week)
Happosai had been in a straight jacket because there were a bunch of defenseless girls in the same room. He couldn't talk because his first degree burns included his face. Every now and then someone in the large room would laugh at him and he would struggle and squeak in pain. That was revenge for all his nasty deeds.
Ukyo had gotten a little better and was able to sit up without much pain. She also was on morphine but she didn't use that much because she didn't want to act like Ranma. Ryoga had gotten sicker over the last week but he was also recovering from the dehydration.
"Hey Ryoga, you doing all right?" Ukyo patted his arm. He looked like he needed the bucket. "You don't look yourself. You're kinda' pale...."
"I'm fine. I just need some sleep... and food. So.... hungry.... need food..." He smiled. At least Ryoga still had some humor while he was sick. He reached for the bucket accidentally hitting Ukyo's morphine button a few times. He didn't notice. He just got ready to throw up if he had too. He stopped when he heard Ukyo laughing at him. "U-Ucchan? W-what's so funny?"
"Hahahahahaha! I can't stop laughing, sugar! It feels great! I don't feel any of that farfignutin pain! HA! Did you hear that? FARFIGNUTIN! Hahahaha.... ha.... ha..." She made a small noise and cringed. "Ow! The pain came back!" She pressed the button once to stop the pain while trying to keep control. "Ryoga... please do not hit that button. I do not want to be embarrassed in front of everyone."
"Don't you think it's too late?"
"Oh...."
Ranma shifted himself and turned towards Genma, "Hey, pop? Why don't we have a large wedding for all of us. I'm sure Nabiki and Kuno, Shampoo and Mousse, and Ryoga and Ukyo won't mind...." he was interrupted from his last sentence by Ukyo.
"What! Marriage! What made you think that?!"
"Well you do love Ryoga don't you? I mean... why not get married?" Ranma chuckled as Ukyo blushed.
"Shut up! Don't rush into things!"
"Yeah, Ranma! Stay out of our business!" Ryoga joined in.
"OUR business! So you were planning it all along, you dog!" Ranma was causing an uproar. Must be the morphine, at least Kuno was asleep and Nabiki was not there. Shampoo and Mousse had already gotten engaged. They didn't care.
"Ranma! Shut up! You're causing a mess!" Akane woke up and glared at Ranma, "I'm trying to sleep!"
"Ranma! My boy! I think that's a brilliant idea! Why don't we have it at the hospital right now?" Genma had gotten hooked on morphine because of Ranma.
"Genma.... I think you need to lay off the morphine and stay in this world." Soun had been listening and decided it was about time to join in.
Kuno woke up when he heard Ukyo scream with rage at one of Ranma's jokes. "What's happening? What is the great Tatewaki missing?" He heard a few more of Ranma's stupid suggestions and jokes. "Saotome! Why do you say these things?"
"Cause' I'm high, man! It's great! You should try it!" He pointed to Kuno's button.
"No thank you. I do not wish to rack my mind with drugs. I will take the pain like a man."
"Ha! Coward!"
"You shut up Ranma or I'm gonna break your other leg!" Ryoga was tired and also wanted to sleep.
"Ryoga! You do like Ukyo, don't you?"
"I'm not answering! It's none of your business anyway!"
Akane noticed nurses were being drawn to the room so she hushed Ranma. "Ranma... please. You're attracting people.... please.... for your cutey?" Ranma looked at her pouting face and silenced. The room grew quiet. Akane and Ryoga fell asleep. It was getting late. The rest did also.

* * *
(Finally, out of the hospital)
Nosatu had returned home (where ever it was) and everyone had gotten out of the hospital almost healed. Broken bones had casts, and stitches were coming off soon. There were also wedding arrangements. Kuno had proposed to Nabiki somewhere and sometime, no one knows when and everyone else decided Ranma's idea (from the hospital) was excellent. There was one problem. Ryoga had not yet proposed to Ukyo. Give him time everyone said, he's a shy guy. Ryoga was sick and tired of people saying that. He really did like Ukyo, and he decided the manly thing to do was to get it over with.
After half an hour of looking for Ukyo's shop and a few close calls with cold water, he finally made it. It was the busy time and Ukyo was working fast to make everyone happy. He walked up to her.
"Um... Ucchan?" Ryoga was thinking this wasn't such a good idea, but he got this far.
"Yah, what do you want?" Ukyo glanced up from her cooking annoyed. Ryoga didn't say anything, "Hurry up. I ain't got all day!" She was in a bad mood.
"C-can I talk to you privately?" Ukyo stopped cooking and glared at him as if saying.... can't you see I'm busy? "Please! This is really important...."
"I'm really busy right now. This is not a good time. Can't you say it here?" Ukyo put down her spatula. The people at their tables watched the argument interested.
"I can't! What, do you think this is something I can announce to everyone in the whole world just like that?!" Ryoga was getting angry. Why did she have to be in a bad mood today of all days.
"Ryoga! I work for a living! Don't you see people are staring!? They'll get scared and never come back! Shut up and let me work!" Ukyo went back to cooking but she stopped when she saw Ryoga's aura starting to flare.
"I find my way out here using my courage to tell you something important and all I get is this! Honestly! I'm a man and this is the man's thing to do!" He was now mostly talking to himself. "Won't you just listen for one minute in private! This is not something to be told in public! It's something you need to think over!"
Ukyo and everyone else in the restaurant stared at him. "Ryoga! You're scaring em' spitless! What are you talking about? Get on with it! I don't have all day!"
"For God's sake! Can't you see I'm trying to propose to you!? I'm trying to tell you I love you! I'm asking you with all my courage! Are you even lis....listening?" Ukyo stood there stunned. The customers sat there.
"Ryoga-san? I..... I....." Ukyo was blushing furiously. She should have listened to him and went to the back room.
"Oh, great! You probably hate me and now everyone knows and... AAAARGH!" Ukyo walked up to him. She knew when he was depressed. The customers stared patiently, waiting for the answer.
"Ryoga-san.... I'm sorry... I didn't know.... I .....I love you...." Ukyo looked down at her feet. She knew what Ryoga felt while saying it in front of everyone.
Ryoga turned around. "Ucchan?"
"Of course I'll marry you, sugar...." She gave him a tight squeeze, not wanting to do anything else with her customers watching. Ryoga returned the hug.
"Got this for you..." He tried finding his pocket. After 5 minutes of frantic searching he finally found it and pulled out a little pink box. He opened it, pulled out a ring, and slipped it on her finger. Every single customer in the restaurant cheered and clapped.
Ukyo blushed, gave Ryoga a quick peck on the cheek, and went back to cooking trying to hide her face behind her spatula. Ryoga slipped out of the shop to go find Ranma and tell him the wedding was on.
Ukyo, much to her delight, got extra money in her tips as wedding gifts. She decided that till they were married he would sleep in the guestroom. He had to live there or else he might get lost and miss their wedding. She happily cooked more okonamiyaki waiting for Ryoga to return.

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Nabiki and Akane had insisted on bringing Kuno and Ranma shopping at the mall. They wanted them to try "new" fashions.
"But my dearest Nabiki! Why must I shop for clothes when a already have garments appropriate for any occasion?" Kuno was actually being dragged towards the front entrance.
"Kuno-baby..... you can't always where the same thing every day of your life. Sure they look handsome on you but can you try something different...... for me?" She looked down at him and gave him a puppy face. He said yes, then she added, "You are going to pay aren't you?"
"Yes, darling......" Kuno pulled himself up and walked next to Nabiki with his arm around her waste.
"That's much better."
Akane looked at the almost happy couple. She wished Ranma was like that. He walked behind her with his hands crossed (he forced himself to walk without crutches even if they were coming off in a week. He didn't want anybody to see he let himself off guard) and he wouldn't talk to her. "Ranma! Cheer up! You can't pout all day, you'll embarrass me! If there's nothing you like we won't get anything. I hope you know you're wearing a tux for the wedding? We're going to have another western one again!"
Ranma didn't answer until Akane pulled out a mallet. "All right already!" He slowly walked up to her. She grabbed his hand and he didn't pull away in case she pulled out that death ram again.
Ranma and Kuno both got some jeans and a few shirts. The woman had gotten some wedding gifts for the other couples and they looked at dresses. They had to get home because it was getting dark and Kasumi was probably worried. Ranma didn't want his dinner cold either. They took the bus that took them to Nerima and walked the short distance home.
They found Kasumi sitting on the porch waiting for them. They also heard Ryoga snoring because he had fallen asleep waiting for Ranma.
Kasumi had an exciting gleam in her eyes. "Oh, hello! Did you have a nice time? We got some important letters. One from Dr. Tofu!" She started giggling, "And the other from Shampoo and Mousse! Here! Read Shampoo's!" She handed the letter to Ranma.
He read out loud:
Dear Ranma,
Nihao! I miss you very much. Mousse and I are having a great time in China. In case you were wondering, he helped me write this. We got there and got some great news! Great Grandmother died! I know it's not a nice thing to be happy about but she was always so cruel and only thought about herself and the old Amazon customs. She wouldn't have let me marry Mousse. Some more great news is that me and Mousse are aloud to get married. We spoke to elders in my village and they said that if you beat me by accident it doesn't count. Great Grandmother just said that because she was old and crazy. They said if it's Mousse I want then I can marry him. We have gotten some traditional Amazon wedding garments and we will bring them back to Japan when we come back. I miss you very much and I want you to know that I still love you. Mousse says hello. See you when we come back. Bye bye!
Love with all my heart,
Shampoo
"That was nice of her to send us a letter. Can you believe it, Ranma-sama? Cologne is dead! We won't have to worry about her ruining our wedding! This is great! Oh, Ranma! I'm so happy!" Akane gave Ranma a huge squeeze that send his bones popping. "Put you crutch back on..... I don't want your leg getting worse."
"Fine..." Ranma went to get his crutch. He came back down in a minute to see what Dr. Tofu had to say. "Hey, Kasumi! What does the doc have to say?"
Kasumi excitedly pulled the letter out of the envelope. "I already read it 10 times.... but it's the best thing! You won't believe it!"
She read the letter out loud:
Dear Kasumi-chan,
First I want you to know why I wrote a letter instead of just talking to you out loud. You know that I always get so nervous around you and probably already figured it out. I can write a letter and not get nervous. I want to tell you something very important. I love you so much, since the day you first came to my office. You were so cute. I want to know if you will marry me. Please say you do because I have written this letter with a lot of courage and it took a lot of effort to get the right words. My mother told me you would be a wonderful wife. She will stop showing me pictures of suitable brides. I'm so happy yet nervous at the same time. Sometime soon you will probably get a ring in the mail. I'm sorry it has to be that way and I can't give it to you in person. Knowing me, I'd probably drop it and it would land in some place where we couldn't get it back. I hope to see you soon, in a less nervous state. After writing this letter I think I will feel more comfortable around you. Visit my office when ever you like. You have time to think it over. See you soon.
Sincerely,
Tofu
PS- I think that if we had the wedding the same time the others did it would be so fun!
"Oh, my!" Kasumi gently hugged the letter. "I will always keep this letter! I will frame it and hang it in my room. I always knew that someday he would say it! It was so interesting to send it by mail! Haha!" She ran into the house to try to find a good frame.
She bumped into Ryoga on the way to the door and he woke up. "Huh! What's happening! What's wrong with Ucchan!?" Ryoga shook his head to clear it, "Oh! It was only a dream.... hey! Ranma! I finally did it!" Ryoga jumped up and grabbed Ranma's shoulders.
"What! You got somewhere without getting lost?"
"NO! I proposed to Ukyo!" He was shaking Ranma so hard he almost fell to the ground.
"Hey! Cool it man! You're shaking me too hard! What did she say?" Ryoga eventually let go.
"She said no..... Come on! Of course she said yes!" Ryoga started dancing around and punching holes in the wall.
"That's great, man!" Ranma patted Ryoga on the back. "Ya gonna have the weddin' with all of us?"
"What do you think? Do you think I'm actually gonna skip out?" Ryoga stopped tired out.
"Ryoga! That's wonderful!"
"I am happy for you, fellow brother!"
"Gee! I never knew you had the guts!"
"Why don't you go to Ucchan's right now, and when she's done bring her over here... and you might need.... help..." It was too late to ask him if he wanted someone to help him find his way, he was already gone.

* * *
The wedding was only two weeks away, scheduled for December, 14. Shampoo and Mousse had returned a few days ago and Shampoo was helping the other women look for wedding dresses. They walked to a little wedding store in downtown Nerima.
"This great place! I go here before we go to China. Beautiful dresses!" Shampoo led them inside.
"Oh! Kasumi! Isn't this pretty! I'm so excited!" Akane looked at a dress that looked perfect for her. It wasn't too fancy and it wasn't too plain. It was sleeveless and it had lace trimming. It wasn't too long and it would reach the floor at her feet. The veil was nearly the same as the first one she had at the wedding disaster. It had two sets of flowers on either side and the actual veil itself would go a short distance past her face and a little longer down the back.
"That's perfect for you, Akane. Let's take a look at some others. Shampoo, this one looks like yours a little bit!" Shampoo's dress is a white Chinese dress with blue trimmings around the hems. She had gold ankle and arm bracelets. The buns in her hair would have two small cream roses and little white ribbons coming out of them. The one next to the one that looked like Shampoo's caught Nabiki's eye.
"Hmmm?" She picked up the price tag to see the cost. "Not bad, not bad at all..... Kasumi? How do you think this would look on me?"
"Oh! That is you! That is definitely you! I always liked your taste for clothes." Nabiki's pick was strapless and had a white collar. The dress would drag on the ground. The veil was huge. It reached the ground too. There was a row of ribbons and flowers along the ridge. "I was planning my dress to be traditional. See. That one over there is nice."
It was a traditional wedding kimono. The ribbon was cream with gold and silver trimmings. It came with little gold sandals.
"That looks like something you would wear. Oh Kasumi! I'm so excited! I can't wait for the wedding. Ranma and I are the perfect couple! We're going to be so happy!" Akane went back to the dress she wanted. "I want to get this one! Hey, Ukyo? What about you? Did you find one you liked?"
"I already have one. I'm using my mothers, she told me to use it and pass it down. I have it hanging up in my closet!"
"What does it look like?"
"Well.... my mom got married in America because that was where they were having their honeymoon so they decided to have the wedding there also. My mom got a western style dress. It's a lot like the wedding dress that Akane used when they tried to have the first wedding. It has semi puffy sleeves, not to flashy, and it's really long. There are embroidered flowers along the sleeves and neck. The sleeves are long. The veil is so beautiful! I can't describe it! It's not much but it has a lot of flowers. There are ribbons hanging off of it and the back is silk lace. It's gorgeous!"
"Did Ryoga see it yet?"
"He can't even find his way to my room...... and he's living in the guest room."
"Oh...."
Nodoka and some of their friends came to join them later on to help them pick dresses. After they had gotten what they wanted they paid. The total was 900,000 yen. They happily left the store for lunch.

Well part two of new beginnings will soon be up. I hope all of u readers like it.... ya know.. i forgot to include ranma girl type again!!! Argh! oh well. well please email if u like this. Thanx!

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