Ranma no Go - 1


Furinkan High student 1: "Hey! did you hear? Ranma got taken to the hospital last night in an ambulance!"
Student 2: "Really? What happened?"
Student 1: "I dunno... do you think maybe he lost a fight or something?"
Student 2: "Maybe Akane cooked dinner..."
Student 3: "Nah! I saw him this morning and he looked okay..."
Student 1: "We could just ask Nabiki..."
Student 2: "Yeah right! Who's got that kinda money?"
Nabiki scowled at this comment picked up by her favorite method of collecting information, namely eavesdropping (and only her favorite seeing as how it was free). She hadn't made nearly as much money off Ranmas hospitalisation as she'd hoped seeing he was back at school already ~ she'd have to get him back for that somehow.

Sayuri: "Hey Akane! what happened to Ranma yesterday?"
Yuki: "Hmpf. Why should I care what happens to him?"
Sayuri: "Well he is your fianc*mmpf* " Yuki clapped her hand over Sayuri's mouth to save her from the wrath of Akane.
Akane: "Well anyway he passed out or something last night after I made dinner, and after that no one much felt like eating, so I bought heaps of leftovers so we could have a picnic for lunch today!" Akane smiled, presuming that look of horror on her friends face was actually one of pleasant suprise, the same one her family always had when she suprised them with her homecooked dinners.

After lunch break (After Sayuri and Yuki had been taken to the nurse with some 'mysterious' ailment) Miss Hinako in her normal fashion started handing out history tests, Ranma groaned... history was his worst subject and to top it off he'd had no time to study the revious night since he'd fainted or something and woken up in the hospital. He'd since decided the previous nights.. er... event, was just a hallucination caused by the mere vapours from Akanes cooking... and the headache? Well it wouldn't be the first time he'd got a concussion from Akane either.

"Ohh... is that a history question?" Probed the voice in his head.
"Yaearrrrgh!!!!!!!"
"Is there a problem Mr. Saotome?"
"Er... uhm... heh.... no ma'am..."
At this point Akane spoke out, "Miss Hinako, Ranma fainted yesterday, an ambulance even came so he's probably not well."
Miss Hinako looked on suspicious that it was a ploy to get out of a test, especially given Ranma record with tests.
"No, no... I'm fine Ma'am." Grumbled Ranma, absently wondering if 'fainted' made him sound weak and wondering if the tomboy couldn't have used 'passed out' instead... yeah... girls 'fainted', men 'passed out'.
*Look at it this way* ranma thought *its just another hallucination... yup, definatley concussion... I'm suprised the doctors didn't pick it up...*
"Eh... actually we've been through this already... "
*Yup... I think you're a ghost or something... whoa... this is one of the most detailed delusions I ever had..."
Is it possible for a ghost to sweatdrop?
*Look, just don't come out unless I call you, my mind is my own and i don't want you messing with it.*
"But I just..."
*Did I call?"
"No.."
*So... whats your name?* It seemed despite his dubious upbringing with the elder Saotome Ranam ha dsome manners, and asked more out of boredom than anything else, after all he'd already answered all the questions on the test he knew the answers to... maybe he could bluff a few of the others, but otherwise...
"Fujiwarano Sai"
"Sai? Wierd name..."
"Oh... I suppose Ranma is common...?"
"Point taken.. so who are you?" In Ranmas experience the best thing with ghosts was to figure out what they wanted, give it to them and deny they ever existed for the rest of your life. The hardest part was feigning shock whenever you met a new one.
***one, life story later
*so he cheated...? man that sucks..."

***two life stories later (if you count Honinbo)

*AH... so thats who the blood on the board belonged too... so the reason you're haunting me is becaus eyou wanna play more go?* Sai assented. *Well sorry, but Go is for Old People and girls - not interested!*
Suddenly Ranma was come over with a wash of dark emotion - even his cast-iron stomach which had saved him from some of the most serious dishes Akane had fed him couldn't handle it and he bolted from the classroom with his hands over him mouth before emptying its contents at the students basin.
Student 2: "Yup... definately Akanes cooking..." Luckily Akane and Miss Hinako had gone to check on Ranma so she missed the comment.
"Are you okay Ranma?"
"What did you do?" Yelped Ranma apparently to noone.
"Saotome? are you alright? You should go to the nurse."
"I think my saddness about not being able to play go seeped into your subconscious" Sai explained.
"Er... I'm fine now..." Ranma explained weakly to Miss Hinako, who was shocke dto think he still wanted to sit the test, Ranma was actually too preoccupied to realise the escape and returned to the class.
*Okay... okay... I'll play Go or whatever... but if anyone sees me...* Ranma left it hanging as he went back to trying to bluff the test.