The Deciding Factor
Chapter one: Invitations
Akane got up and yawned heavily, stretching out on her bed. It was a Sunday, so she had all the time in the world to get ready. However, being Akane, she was not content to just lie in bed, so she jumped up and dressed in her gi for training. As she opened the door, she automatically raised her arm in a block to the right and shot a short sharp kick to the left. Her right arm had blocked a heavy slab of rock thrown by one very angry red haired girl, and her left foot had connected with the backside of a rather large panda carrying what looked like the entire contents of the refrigerator. This point was confirmed when Akane heard Kasumi's voice floating up the stairs. "Oh dear me, does anyone know what happened to the entire content's of the refrigerator? I'm sure it was here a moment ago."
Ranma (couldn't you tell?!) shot a withering look at the panda and hissed to him, "Yeah, pop. Just nick all of the food, why doncha?! It just means that Nabiki will charge us double for all our food from now on or something.oh, that girl has a way with money, I swear." A cool voice sounded from the doorway nearby. " Who on earth could you be talking about, Ranma?! Ah, Mr. Saotome, I see that you've been busy clearing out the food we had in our refrigerator. As you've been doing this for the past month, for reasons I can't fathom, except to guess that perhaps, you are just greedy, I calculate that since Kasumi has to buy extra food, counting all the extra travelling expenses and just the hassle on her part, I think that that comes to." Nabiki looked up from her little calculator and stated "18,955.42 yen. I'll need that in cash by the end of the day, please. For the moment, please come down, I think there was one pack of biscuits he didn't steal. Ranma, Akane, we're gonna have to eat biscuits as breakfast today. Again."
Nabiki and Akane walked calmly downstairs, and Ranma followed, stopping only to give his father a withering look. Then the three of them were gone, leaving a knocked out panda on the floor, completely overcome by: the amount of money he had to pay by the end of the day the weight of the food, which had finally got to him
Ranma was at the breakfast table, back to being a guy and looking thoroughly depressed.The tiny biscuit sat on his plate unmoving and, for all his stares, did not grow any bigger or more appetising. Glancing across, he saw Akane doing the same thing, but the moment she saw him looking at her, she promptly ate the biscuit, stuck out her tongue at him and left for the dojo.
"What is with that girl?! Is she still angry with me for what I did yesterday?! All I did was call her a waistless uncute macho chick.and then said that she was just as slow as a rock.Argh! She is so annoying! Actually, yesterday.could it be she's jealous?! I mean, Ukyo and Shampoo were hanging all over me yesterday.That's IT!!!"
Kasumi looked up from her biscuit. "Oh, Ranma, are you going to go and apologise to Akane? She's in the dojo."
Ranma was already out of the door and racing down the street. Kasumi frowned. "Hm, his sense of direction sure has got worse. He's almost like.Ryouga." Nabiki chuckled and put an arm on her sister's shoulder. " Don't stress, sis. Somehow, I don't think he's going to look for Akane."
Ranma burst into the Cat café only to be instantaneously smothered by something furry and his acute sense of smell told him it was a. "CAAAAAATTT!!!!!!!!!!!!! CAAAAATTTT!!!!!! CCCAAAAAAAAAAAATTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!" Throwing the cat off, Ranma was still running faster than normal. "Oh man, why didn't I think that Shampoo might have had some cooking accident or somemat?! Oh well, next stop.Ucchan's!"
He stopped right outside Ucchan's restaurant and dashed in. Ukyo looked up from her grill and smiled happily.
"Ran-chan! What brings you here so early?"
"Uc-chan, what are you doing at the grill so early?!" Ukyo smiled and expertly threw an okonomiyaki into the air and let it land back on the grill. Ranma followed it's progress through the air with his eyes and then his stomach let out a timely grumble. Ukyo looked a bit surprised and Ranma blushed a little. "Sorry, Ucchan. I guess I'm just kinda hungry. I only had a biscuit for breakfast. May I?!"
Ukyo gestured to the okonomiyaki. "Sure. Go ahead. Have as many as you want. On the house."
She looked up when she heard the noise at the door. " Ukyo-chan, can I.Ranma?!" Ranma turned around, his face stuffed with okonomiyaki. "Akane?! You didn't have enough at breakfast too? But you really shouldn't eat too much. You'll get FAT, waistless." He teased, grabbing more of the pizzas from the grill.
The blue haired girl fumed and slowly she raised her hand, which was suddenly equipped with a sturdy mallet, type: wooden, size: small. It was only his first insult of the day, after all. No need to be too violent. Her mallet never made it to his head. Deftly, Ukyo had blocked with her spatula, knocking the mallet clean from Akane's hand.
" Ranma's my fiancé, ok hon? I don't like arguing with you because you can be really sweet, but, let's just get this straight. Facts are facts."
"You wrong, pizza girl. Ranma destining be Shampoo groom. Shampoo be good wife for Ranma, no?" The latest arrival immediately glomped onto Ranma, causing him to cough violently; several of his okonomiyaki's had just gone the wrong way.
"Ahahahahahahahahahah! Akane Tendo, you fail to realise that a simple clod like yourself could never have a chance of marrying my Ranma-sama! Ahahahahahahahah! My dear Ranma needs someone of class, such as myself. I am elegant and everything, you could never hope to compete against me! I can do gymnastics, and I can swim, you hammer!" The new comer laughed heartily at herself before waving a ribbon at Akane's face. " Ranma will be mine. Ranma and Kodachi forever! It was meant to be!"
Akane's face grew hot. " SO THIS IS THE WAY YOU WANT IT, HUH RANMA?! FINE! YOU GO AHEAD AND STAY HERE, BUT BEFORE I GO, I WANT YOU TO HAVE THIS!!!" Akane's final parting gift to Ranma was Ukyo's hot grill, which landed on his face. Scowling, she stormed out of the restaurant and paused outside when she heard someone calling.
"Akane-chan, sweetie, wait a minute." Akane turned around and faced the other girls.
" This isn't working." Stated Ukyo.
"Shampoo be agreeing with cook girl. We need solution to problem."
"And I, Kodachi Kuno have the perfect solution!"
Akane examined the leaflet Kodachi had passed to her and all the other girls crowded around her to have a look.
" Martial Arts ballroom dancing. The winners get a cash prize of 473,900 Yen and a free, all-expenses-paid trip to anywhere in the world." Akane looked up after reading the poster contents aloud. " Kodachi, you want us to enter a martial arts ballroom dancing competition."
"Not a bad idea," Ukyo mused.
" For once, idiot girl idea make some sense to Shampoo."
Kodachi laughed. "Then it's settled. This will be the deciding factor! This is the deciding factor! Oh, how clever I am to have thought of such an idea!"
Akane narrowed her eyes. "You're on!"
~*~
Ranma rushed out of the café in time to see all the girls leave to their respective rooms and then rushed off after Akane.
"Hey, Akane, what's going on? Oi, you!" "It's none of your business.actually, wait. Ranma, would you like to be my partner in this?!"
Ranma blanched. " Um.p-partner I-in wha.what, Akane?!" 'Please don't let it be what I think it is.please let it not be what I think it is.not some sort of food taster.I almost died from her cookies.' he begged mentally. Akane smiled at him and caught him momentarily off guard. "It's a martial arts ballroom dancing competition. Be my partner, please! Besides," she added slyly " The winners not only get a cash prize of 473,900 yen, but they also get a free trip, all-expenses-paid of course, to anywhere in the world.even China."
Ranma stopped in his tracks and promptly attempted to calculate the pros and cons of this arrangement. Pro: He could go to China if he won. China meant Jusenkyo and Jusenkyo meant bye-bye curse. Con: All the other girls would kill him. Pro: He got to spend time with Akane with a valid reason and so couldn't be malleted away into space. Hmmm, con: Kuno, Ryouga and the old freak would kill him. So far, the pros and cons were tied, but.
"Oh what the heck, Akane, I'll do it." He said, and smiled inwardly when he saw her surprised smile. 'Hey, Akane, why can't you be like this more often? You look so cute when you smile.' he thought sadly.
'Oh Ranma, why can't you be like this more often? You're so much nicer when you're.well, nice.' Akane thought wistfully. They both walked in silence, both absorbed in their own thoughts until they reached the Tendo household.
"Tadaima!"
"Oh, okaeri, Akane-chan, Ranma-kun. Welcome home. You're wanted in the dojo." smiled Kasumi gently. " Here, let me take that jacket for you, Akane. Your fathers are waiting now."
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Ok, that was my first ever attempt at writing fan-fiction, so I hope it was alright and that no-one was too OOC. Please be nice to me and review! I'll try and update regularly, but bear with me. Of course.I don't really have a plot in mind.wahhh!!! _; I am such a fool. anyway, see ya soon and remember: boost my confidence! REVIEW PLEASE!!! Oh yes, and the pairing? RxA. Definitely.
Chapter one: Invitations
Akane got up and yawned heavily, stretching out on her bed. It was a Sunday, so she had all the time in the world to get ready. However, being Akane, she was not content to just lie in bed, so she jumped up and dressed in her gi for training. As she opened the door, she automatically raised her arm in a block to the right and shot a short sharp kick to the left. Her right arm had blocked a heavy slab of rock thrown by one very angry red haired girl, and her left foot had connected with the backside of a rather large panda carrying what looked like the entire contents of the refrigerator. This point was confirmed when Akane heard Kasumi's voice floating up the stairs. "Oh dear me, does anyone know what happened to the entire content's of the refrigerator? I'm sure it was here a moment ago."
Ranma (couldn't you tell?!) shot a withering look at the panda and hissed to him, "Yeah, pop. Just nick all of the food, why doncha?! It just means that Nabiki will charge us double for all our food from now on or something.oh, that girl has a way with money, I swear." A cool voice sounded from the doorway nearby. " Who on earth could you be talking about, Ranma?! Ah, Mr. Saotome, I see that you've been busy clearing out the food we had in our refrigerator. As you've been doing this for the past month, for reasons I can't fathom, except to guess that perhaps, you are just greedy, I calculate that since Kasumi has to buy extra food, counting all the extra travelling expenses and just the hassle on her part, I think that that comes to." Nabiki looked up from her little calculator and stated "18,955.42 yen. I'll need that in cash by the end of the day, please. For the moment, please come down, I think there was one pack of biscuits he didn't steal. Ranma, Akane, we're gonna have to eat biscuits as breakfast today. Again."
Nabiki and Akane walked calmly downstairs, and Ranma followed, stopping only to give his father a withering look. Then the three of them were gone, leaving a knocked out panda on the floor, completely overcome by: the amount of money he had to pay by the end of the day the weight of the food, which had finally got to him
Ranma was at the breakfast table, back to being a guy and looking thoroughly depressed.The tiny biscuit sat on his plate unmoving and, for all his stares, did not grow any bigger or more appetising. Glancing across, he saw Akane doing the same thing, but the moment she saw him looking at her, she promptly ate the biscuit, stuck out her tongue at him and left for the dojo.
"What is with that girl?! Is she still angry with me for what I did yesterday?! All I did was call her a waistless uncute macho chick.and then said that she was just as slow as a rock.Argh! She is so annoying! Actually, yesterday.could it be she's jealous?! I mean, Ukyo and Shampoo were hanging all over me yesterday.That's IT!!!"
Kasumi looked up from her biscuit. "Oh, Ranma, are you going to go and apologise to Akane? She's in the dojo."
Ranma was already out of the door and racing down the street. Kasumi frowned. "Hm, his sense of direction sure has got worse. He's almost like.Ryouga." Nabiki chuckled and put an arm on her sister's shoulder. " Don't stress, sis. Somehow, I don't think he's going to look for Akane."
Ranma burst into the Cat café only to be instantaneously smothered by something furry and his acute sense of smell told him it was a. "CAAAAAATTT!!!!!!!!!!!!! CAAAAATTTT!!!!!! CCCAAAAAAAAAAAATTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!" Throwing the cat off, Ranma was still running faster than normal. "Oh man, why didn't I think that Shampoo might have had some cooking accident or somemat?! Oh well, next stop.Ucchan's!"
He stopped right outside Ucchan's restaurant and dashed in. Ukyo looked up from her grill and smiled happily.
"Ran-chan! What brings you here so early?"
"Uc-chan, what are you doing at the grill so early?!" Ukyo smiled and expertly threw an okonomiyaki into the air and let it land back on the grill. Ranma followed it's progress through the air with his eyes and then his stomach let out a timely grumble. Ukyo looked a bit surprised and Ranma blushed a little. "Sorry, Ucchan. I guess I'm just kinda hungry. I only had a biscuit for breakfast. May I?!"
Ukyo gestured to the okonomiyaki. "Sure. Go ahead. Have as many as you want. On the house."
She looked up when she heard the noise at the door. " Ukyo-chan, can I.Ranma?!" Ranma turned around, his face stuffed with okonomiyaki. "Akane?! You didn't have enough at breakfast too? But you really shouldn't eat too much. You'll get FAT, waistless." He teased, grabbing more of the pizzas from the grill.
The blue haired girl fumed and slowly she raised her hand, which was suddenly equipped with a sturdy mallet, type: wooden, size: small. It was only his first insult of the day, after all. No need to be too violent. Her mallet never made it to his head. Deftly, Ukyo had blocked with her spatula, knocking the mallet clean from Akane's hand.
" Ranma's my fiancé, ok hon? I don't like arguing with you because you can be really sweet, but, let's just get this straight. Facts are facts."
"You wrong, pizza girl. Ranma destining be Shampoo groom. Shampoo be good wife for Ranma, no?" The latest arrival immediately glomped onto Ranma, causing him to cough violently; several of his okonomiyaki's had just gone the wrong way.
"Ahahahahahahahahahah! Akane Tendo, you fail to realise that a simple clod like yourself could never have a chance of marrying my Ranma-sama! Ahahahahahahahah! My dear Ranma needs someone of class, such as myself. I am elegant and everything, you could never hope to compete against me! I can do gymnastics, and I can swim, you hammer!" The new comer laughed heartily at herself before waving a ribbon at Akane's face. " Ranma will be mine. Ranma and Kodachi forever! It was meant to be!"
Akane's face grew hot. " SO THIS IS THE WAY YOU WANT IT, HUH RANMA?! FINE! YOU GO AHEAD AND STAY HERE, BUT BEFORE I GO, I WANT YOU TO HAVE THIS!!!" Akane's final parting gift to Ranma was Ukyo's hot grill, which landed on his face. Scowling, she stormed out of the restaurant and paused outside when she heard someone calling.
"Akane-chan, sweetie, wait a minute." Akane turned around and faced the other girls.
" This isn't working." Stated Ukyo.
"Shampoo be agreeing with cook girl. We need solution to problem."
"And I, Kodachi Kuno have the perfect solution!"
Akane examined the leaflet Kodachi had passed to her and all the other girls crowded around her to have a look.
" Martial Arts ballroom dancing. The winners get a cash prize of 473,900 Yen and a free, all-expenses-paid trip to anywhere in the world." Akane looked up after reading the poster contents aloud. " Kodachi, you want us to enter a martial arts ballroom dancing competition."
"Not a bad idea," Ukyo mused.
" For once, idiot girl idea make some sense to Shampoo."
Kodachi laughed. "Then it's settled. This will be the deciding factor! This is the deciding factor! Oh, how clever I am to have thought of such an idea!"
Akane narrowed her eyes. "You're on!"
~*~
Ranma rushed out of the café in time to see all the girls leave to their respective rooms and then rushed off after Akane.
"Hey, Akane, what's going on? Oi, you!" "It's none of your business.actually, wait. Ranma, would you like to be my partner in this?!"
Ranma blanched. " Um.p-partner I-in wha.what, Akane?!" 'Please don't let it be what I think it is.please let it not be what I think it is.not some sort of food taster.I almost died from her cookies.' he begged mentally. Akane smiled at him and caught him momentarily off guard. "It's a martial arts ballroom dancing competition. Be my partner, please! Besides," she added slyly " The winners not only get a cash prize of 473,900 yen, but they also get a free trip, all-expenses-paid of course, to anywhere in the world.even China."
Ranma stopped in his tracks and promptly attempted to calculate the pros and cons of this arrangement. Pro: He could go to China if he won. China meant Jusenkyo and Jusenkyo meant bye-bye curse. Con: All the other girls would kill him. Pro: He got to spend time with Akane with a valid reason and so couldn't be malleted away into space. Hmmm, con: Kuno, Ryouga and the old freak would kill him. So far, the pros and cons were tied, but.
"Oh what the heck, Akane, I'll do it." He said, and smiled inwardly when he saw her surprised smile. 'Hey, Akane, why can't you be like this more often? You look so cute when you smile.' he thought sadly.
'Oh Ranma, why can't you be like this more often? You're so much nicer when you're.well, nice.' Akane thought wistfully. They both walked in silence, both absorbed in their own thoughts until they reached the Tendo household.
"Tadaima!"
"Oh, okaeri, Akane-chan, Ranma-kun. Welcome home. You're wanted in the dojo." smiled Kasumi gently. " Here, let me take that jacket for you, Akane. Your fathers are waiting now."
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Ok, that was my first ever attempt at writing fan-fiction, so I hope it was alright and that no-one was too OOC. Please be nice to me and review! I'll try and update regularly, but bear with me. Of course.I don't really have a plot in mind.wahhh!!! _; I am such a fool. anyway, see ya soon and remember: boost my confidence! REVIEW PLEASE!!! Oh yes, and the pairing? RxA. Definitely.