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Deluded? You lie! Part One
"O-hoh-hoh-hoh-hoh!"
Kodachi sprang over the rooftops towards the Tendo Dojo, anxious to free her beloved Ranma from the clutches of Akane Tendo. How Ranma darling must be suffering! She, Kodachi the Black Rose, would not stand for it! To be without her love on a morning such as this would not do.
Leaping on to the windowsill of the room Kodachi knew her darling to sleep in, she thought of how pleased he would be to see her. Ah, she would take him away with her forever, and the entire world would sing with their joy.
Peering inside the room, however, she saw only a panda and that despicable red-haired girl!
"What have you done with Ranma-darling!? How dare you be in here!" she cried out in righteous fury.
"Wha…?" mumbled Ranma-chan. She rubbed her eyes. "Kodachi!?"
Hah! So, thought Kodachi, the little witch pretends to know nothing! Well then, she shall learn not to mock the words of the Black Rose!
"Do not lie to me, peasant! Tell me where my Ranma is!"
"G'way. It's too early for fighting." yawned Ranma-chan, taking up a ready stance. (Was the world conspiring against him-currently-her? Was there a deity somewhere in charge of making sure Ranma Saotome never got a full night's sleep?)
Kodachi paused.
"Feh. I shall leave for now, as Ranma is not here. But you will pay for your impudence! O-hoh-hoh-hoh-hoh-hoh!"
She jumped out of the window, leaving black rose petals swirling in her wake. Surely her Ranma-darling was even now waiting for her at the Kuno residence, hoping that his beloved Kodachi would deign to let him take her on a date?
She could see it now…
"Oh Kodachi! I can't live without you! Please PLEASE go out with me! I'm begging you!"
Why, of course she would say yes! And then the pathetic Akane Tendo, the Amazon hussy Shampoo, that simpleton Ukyo Kuonji and the pigtailed witch would recognise her superiority and bow down to her…
"Oh, my wicked schemes have failed! All hail Kodachi!"
"Aiyaah! Kodachi new Amazon Empress!"
"Have a free okonomiyaki, Lady Kodachi."
"I realise now that you and Ranma are meant to be. I'm so sorry to have bothered you! Forgive me! Let me become your slave."
*Akane, Shampoo, Ukyo, and Ranma-chan bow*
…Yet Ranma wasn't at the Kuno residence. This could not be! Perhaps…
"Brother! Has my darling Ranma come to visit me? Did he leave a message?"
Kuno paused from his kendo practice. He turned around slowly.
"He has not, sister dear. No doubt the coward would not dare to, for fear of encountering me and facing his doom. AHA-HAH-HAH-HAH! But running cannot save him from the wrath of Tatewaki Kuno! Prepare to meet your end, villain!" said Kuno as he dashed from the room.
Kodachi sighed. Ah! So her beloved had not been there after all. Alas! But…
Was…Was it possible that her darling Ranma was hiding from her? Unpleasant as the thought might be? No, no! She, Kodachi the Black Rose would find him and re-kindle their love! …Using whatever means she had to.
End of chapter one
Author notes: This chapter was originally written as a tiny one-shot several years ago, and has been expanded in subsequent chapters. The chapters do eventually get longer, so please don't discount reading this fic on account of the size of the first few chapters. Reviews would be appreciated.
