Hies! This is another fic I had in mind. I'm trying to make a different fic, I haven't read many of the Ranma fics, but I've read a few. I recently watched the Ranma movie: "The Dragon of seven heads" (Or something like it) Love it, you must all watch it. You're gonna love it. Anyway, too much blablabla and no action.

IMPORTANT: THE REASON WHY THE RANMA OF THIS FIC IS DIFFERENT SHALL BE EXPLAINED IN THE NEXT CHAPTER or maybe until the third one, but I swear it's a good explanation...!

Disclaimer:

I don't own Ranma ½ nor it's characters, it belongs to that nice lady called Rumiko Takahashi, not to me. Only the plot of this and all my other fics, and maybe even Ranma's sudden madness… Hehe, but oh well; it had to happen someday… didn't it?

"Strange Emotions"

By Baby-chan

Chapter One.- Pain means anger, anger leads to confusion.

She woke up and stirred, she had been dreaming of him again. Again the same dream she always had, it was about him and her together. He was kind and loving with her, he made her feel so special, so loved.

She blushed at the very thought of her dream. A sigh escaped her lips, too bad it was only a dream; she looked through her window. It was a beautiful day; the sun was just getting up. The birds were singing happily and the sprinkle was still visible in the flower's petals.

It was a perfect spring day.

She smiled, maybe today would be a good day, a day with out troubles nor worries or fights. And maybe, with out those awfully bothering fiancées.

It was a pretty morning to go jogging.

She put on her sport clothing and her running shoes and went outside as usual. She noticed that everybody was still sleeping, something very unlikely in the house. Except for Ranma and his father, those two had no cure at all. It was when she noticed it was still rather early, so that explained the lack of movement in the house.

She heard snores coming from Ranma's door as she walked past it. She giggled as she imagined him sleeping, "He must look very cute".

Just then she remembered about whom was she thinking about and again, she blushed. She climbed down the stairs as silently as possible; walked towards the door and went out.

She walked out of her house and once she was outside, she sighed happily.

It really was a beautiful morning.

She walked a little before she started to jog. She jogged through the entire neighborhood until she had to rest; she entered the park and sat down on a bench. A few people she knew, were also jogging at that time in the park, she said hi to all and then decided to do some exercises before leaving; she took a deep breath and started. She gave a few jumps and did some stretching until she felt hungry and decided to go back, it was still early.

She jogged back to her house. Before entering the house itself, she walked past the dojo.

You could hear punches and yells coming from inside; Ranma her fiancé, was training hard as usual. Always trying to improve his skills at combat, "I'm gonna be the best," he used to say to her. He never stopped, and she admired him for that, he was a very good martial artist.

She again, blushed at the thought of calling Ranma her fiancé; something rather unlikely in her. She shook her head wildly as she entered her house, once inside she just had to smile.

A delicious aroma filled the air, a regular thing in the Tendo household.

As she walked past the kitchen, she saw her older sister, Kasumi, making breakfast.

-"Good morning Sis."- Akane said happily. Her older sister looked at her smiling and replied.

-"Good morning Akane."- Then she looked back towards the food she was cooking, humming a pretty melody. Akane kept walking; she passed the living room. There she saw her father drinking tea with his old friend, Genma; who happened to be also the father of her fiancé, Ranma.

There she was again, calling Ranma her fiancé, accepting the arranged marriage. She frowned; she hated to think about the stupid arranged marriage. But her frown turned into a devilish smile, "At least I met him", she thought.

It wasn't that bad after all; once you thought about it.

She climbed up the stairs and passed her other sister's room, Nabiki, who was counting her money in her bedside table at that very moment.

"… Maybe she needs something, I'll better leave before I get swindled by her… again." Akane thought as she walked faster. She entered her room and grabbed some clothes and a towel then headed straightly to the bathroom.

She entered it, closing the door behind her, never forgetting to lock it. With that perverted old man living in her house, she couldn't forget to lock the bathroom's door. Of course, we're talking about the pantie-obssesed Happosai.

She turned on the hot and cold water, and started undressing herself.

She waited until it was in an exact temperature, and dived in.

As she relaxed herself in the tub's warm water, she closed her eyes and let her mind wonder around random things. It was when he entered her thoughts.

Ranma... he had been acting somewhat weird around her. What could be bothering him? Had she done something?

-"Baka"- She muttered. –"What do I care about what he thinks? Most importantly, what do I care about him?"- She said to herself. But even so, she started to think more about him, "Let's face it Akane, he has beautiful eyes, and he is quite a looker." She shook her head wildly as a sudden blush crept her face... What were those thoughts doing in her head? Was she insane? She was talking about Ranma Saotome! The jerk, the pervert, the baka... well just Ranma himself! She couldn't think that way of him. Could she?

She shook her head again; she tried to avoid thinking of him, but he managed to always slip back into her thoughts. When she had relaxed again, finally controlling the demons that ran wildly through her thoughts, there was a heavy pounding at the door.

-"Hey Akane! There are other people who want to take a bath too! You're not the only one in the house y'know!"- Someone yelled from outside the bathroom door.

She mumbled a few curses and stepped outside. This was the great Ranma she was thinking about!

-"Jerk"- She muttered.

Another pounding answered her curse.

She dried herself and got dressed in her normal clothes. It was spring brake, so she didn't have to go to school. She was wearing a marine blue knee dress with no sleeves and a pair of marine blue sandals. The dress had a white lace trimming in the neck, and in the middle it had a thin white ribbon belt (B/N: Do you get the style? This ain't easy -).

She combed her hair as usual and gazed at her reflection, she smiled at herself. She opened the bathroom's door and saw Ranma standing there blocking her way out, he was holding a towel and was looking at the floor. He had an annoyed face, what a surprise!

He looked up just then, and blushed a little. Akane really looked pretty, her dress combined perfectly with her eyes and hair.

-"Akane..."- He said lowly, she noticed something odd in him. Could it be the moment to ask him about it?

He then, suddenly, turned into his usual jerk mode and ruined the moment… as usual.

-"'Bout time you got out, I was wondering if you had gotten stuck in the bath with that tomboy shape of yours."- Akane glared at him, hard.

-"YOU JERK!"- She yelled and got out her always-trusty mallet and sent him flying away.

She sighed maybe this day wouldn't be as perfect as she thought it would be. She was about to go to her room when she heard her eldest sister calling from the kitchen.

-"Breakfast is ready! Everybody down!"- Kasumi called, Akane climbed down the stairs and entered the dining room. She noticed that everybody was already there, except Ranma of course.

"Oh that baka! How could she think something nice of him? He's just the jerk he was before; he'll never change" She thought. She sat down and stared at her served plate.

She didn't feel hungry, but she ate anyway, if she didn't her sisters would start asking her lots and lots of questions and she didn't feel like answering right now. They all ate silently, since it was always Ranma and Genma the ones who did mostly all the noise. Then it was when Soun, Akane's father, spoke.

-"Where's Ranma?"- Akane stayed silent, Nabiki answered him.

-"Probably blocks away, Akane sent him flying again."- Everybody rolled his or her eyes at that. This happened almost everyday; they were already accustomed to this. After they ate, Akane helped Kasumi to wash the dishes. When she finished, she went to the garden and sat down on the grass, a tree's shade was covering her. She started to think about him. Time seemed to be passing rapidly and there still was no sign of Ranma.

She had to admit it; she was actually worried.

Something was going on, she could feel it, but the problem was that she had no idea what could it be.

-"Ranma... what is happening to you?"- She whispered.

At midday Ranma appeared; he seemed a little angry. He entered the garden glaring at everything. He spotted her and walked with firm pace towards her. He gave her a cold stare and she just smiled at him. She was still too angry with him to let him know she was worried. She'd wait for him to apologize and then she'd ask him what was wrong. But when he just stood there she let a sarcastic comment slip away from her lips.

-"Did you have a nice walk?"- She asked him. His cold stare turned into a glare. She looked at him in the eyes, for the eyes are the windows to one's soul.

She could see deep inside those eyes that were burning with anger, that sadness and confusion were also present, clouding him and his thoughts. Another sentiment was being held in those eyes at the very moment... maybe hate? Maybe he hated her for all the times she'd sent him flying away, but hey! He deserved them, didn't he?

She stared at his features; she noticed a small bump in the head and a bruise in his arm. She felt bad; maybe he truly didn't deserve that. He was hurt, she had hurt him. She knew that if she were a boy, he would've surely kicked her butt after the 1st time she sent him flying.

Yet he never complained... that much. Sure he was a whiny boy, but he never had acted like he was now before.

He was staring at her, but now, all the other emotions he showed before were gone. His eyes were now filled with melancholia; he was sad, very sad. He shook his head and sighed in desperation, then he just turned back and started to walk towards the house.

She got very worried at that; Ranma was never like that. He would've yelled and try to argue. Something was wrong with him; she had to find out.

She quickly stood up and placed her hand in his shoulder. He stopped moving; and she felt him tense and turn rigid as soon as she made contact with his shoulder. She walked slowly in front of him, his eyes where fixed in the grass below.

-"Ranma, what's wrong?"- She asked him, now her voice was serious and yet caring. When he lifted his gaze and looked into her eyes, she felt like crying, too much emotions where there. When he didn't answer she continued. –"You know I'm here, I can help you."-

From confusion to pain, also, something she had never seen. A strange emotion glowed in his eyes. But it was right then, at that very moment; that something clicked in his mind. Suddenly, something shielded his emotions from her and all she could see were his eyes. An anger barrier blocked the other feelings away and his eyes started to burn. He was now glaring at her, hard; his voice carried pain and harshness.

-"Something wrong! Wrong! I've just been malleted by you towards the next town y'know! I lost breakfast and my training time! And when I finally get back you act like if you cared nothin' about it and suddenly you're worried, then you come and act all innocent and ask if something's wrong! NOOO AKANE! EVERYTHING'S FINE! I JUST LOVE BEING MALLETED!"- He paused and looked away, a hurt-filled look in his face . –"You don't even care at all. After all you're just a tomboy, you can't know a thing about anything."- He said, before stomping inside the dojo and locking himself in there.

Normally she would yell at him back, hurtful things so her pride wouldn't feel that wounded. But this time was different, she was in shock, she couldn't even find air enough to breathe.

No word came out of her mouth, no sound. She saw him look at her one last time, before he walked away. That look, it carried so much disappointment in it, so much deception, it was almost a physical blow at her.

Why? Why did it hurt so much?

She stayed there, standing alone, replaying the words in her head. It hurt her pride, but that didn't matter now. It hurt her heart, it hurt her all.

He had never yelled at her, never like that, his voice so full of anger.

-"Why Ranma...? Why...?"- She whispered, a tear rolled down her cheek, but it was soon followed by some others that made their way down the girl's face.

She rubbed her eyes as soon as she heard footsteps approaching. Someone was coming from behind her. She forced up a smile, and surprisingly, she was able to held back her tears until they stopped. It was almost there, she had to dry her eyes.

-"Akane"- Her oldest sister called her from behind. Akane sighed and turned.

-"What is it Kasumi?"- She asked, trying to sound cheerful. Maybe she sounded too cheerful because Kasumi gave her an odd yet sympathetic look.

-"Akane, what's wrong?"- Her sister asked, obviously worried about her. Akane shook her head.

-"It's nothing, nothing to be worried about at all. Forget it"- Akane replied, at this, Kasumi sighed. Since she was the oldest sister, she had always acted like the mother. And as well as a mother, she knew her sister. Something had happened to her, something wrong, she could see it in the young Tendo's eyes. Yet, she also knew her stubbornness, it would be better to let Akane be. She'd wait until Akane was ready to tell her.

–"I'm going to get some groceries, would you like to go with me?"- She simply said. The younger girl looked down, as if in deep thought.

AKANE'S POV

I don't know if I should. I don't feel rather well, and I'm not up to pretending to be happy. I don't want Kasumi to be worried, but I don't want to stay here either. I probably should go with her. It's better than staying here and face Ranma.

I don't want him to look at me like he just did.

But I'm not sure if I'll be able to hold the tears back if I see him... Hell, I barely know if I'll be able to hold them back right now.

I have to be strong. I must be strong.

I don't want Kasumi to get all worried over a thing so silly. But still, it was better than having Nabiki making me spill the beans with one of her twisted methods. And father would make a mess too.

No, Kasumi is my best option right now, well we're only shopping groceries after all.

NORMAL POV

Meanwhile, Kasumi stared at the younger girl. She seem to be deep in thought. She didn't want to interrupt that little chat that Akane was having with herself, but the groceries wouldn't buy themselves alone.

-"Akane? What've you decided?"- Kasumi asked the girl. The younger sister Tendo looked up, and she smiled.

-"All right, let's go."- Akane said smiling. Maybe, she'd feel better if she distracted herself. –"Just let me go and get my purse."-

tbc...

Well, here it goes… hope you liked it. Comments are always welcomed!

Baby-chan