Disclaimer: I don't own the characters of Ranma and Shaman King, if I did this wouldn't be a fanfic…So please don't kill me!
THIS SURE AIN'T THE BAHAMAS
It was a very dull morning, Yoh dragged his nearly limp body into the kitchen. He was dead tired, Anna made him run a few extra miles just because of waking up a little late. His stomach roared, he eyed the table. Leftovers were scattered across it, Yoh sighed as he scavenged the rice bowls for a meal.
"Tamara saved you some scraps in the fridge before she left for Izumo."
Startled, Yoh looked over his shoulder. "Oh, Anna!" he gave her a smile, "Why'd she go back to Izumo?"
"She wanted to return to her training there for a while." Anna stood by the doorway, looking at Yoh with her coal black eyes. She watched him scamper to the fridge and pull out a bowl of rice and some viands; his trademark smile was still strapped on his face.
Trey passed by, his snowboard slung over his back. He noticed Anna watching Yoh. "Hey! How's the mornin' date coming along?" he joked.
Anna turned to Trey with her eyes glaring down at him. Trey winced. Anna held up her left arm, Trey cowered back.
"DON'T HIT ME!"
THWACK!
Anna walked off, leaving Trey twitching on the floor with a glowing red mark at the side of his face. Trey staggered as he stood up, "What's with her?" he murmured while he rubbed his sore cheek. He moved his eyes towards Yoh. "Yoh!" Trey shouted as he ran towards Yoh, who was now choking.
Yoh was pounding his chest with his fist, while his other hand was clamped on his neck. Amidamaru was helplessly panicking around the room. Trey jumped behind Yoh and put his arms around the choking Shaman and squeezed as hard as he could. Trey panicked when he saw that the attempt to save Yoh wasn't working. "I wish I listened to that first aid class!"
A beautiful blonde entered the classroom. Her hands were resting on the curves of her hips. The teacher stood up and greeted the new student. The teacher cleared her throat, "Class, this is our new student, Christy Tanaka." She looked back at Christy, "Why don't you take a seat next to Horohoro." She pointed to Trey, who was now ogling at the girl. "Alright, class. The principal wishes that we discuss about first aid today…"
The teachers voice droned on, Trey watched Christy's every move. He caught her eyes, and gave her one of his finest smiles. Christy smiled back, Trey's heart leapt.
"Horohoro, did you understand what to do when one is choking?" the teacher asked.
Trey nodded, his eyes still glued on Christy. "Christy…" he mumbled.
"Christy…" Trey said, he was lost in his thoughts. Yoh kicked him hard on the back, this snapped Trey back to reality.
"Master Trey, this is no time for day dreaming." Amidamaru cried out.
Yoh was now a good shade of blue. Cory now hopped around the room. "Well, you two ain't helping!" Trey shouted.
Amidamaru stopped, "I am a spirit, Trey, I cannot touch any material object, I would just phase through it!" he looked at Yoh. "Lord Yoh, hang in there!"
"COME ON!" Trey, out of desperation, grabbed his snowboard and beat Yoh's back. Yoh spat out a piece of meat, and began gasping for air. The color returned to his cheeks.
"For a minute there I thought I'll be someone else's spirit guardian." He laughed feebly.
"Lord Yoh, you mustn't wolf down your food." Amidamaru said seriously.
Yoh laughed. "I know, I guess I was just too hungry to care." He continued laughing
Trey sat on the floor panting, he leant forward on his snowboard. Cory settled herself on Trey's shoulder. "Don't act like you didn't almost die!" Trey yelled.
Anna walked back, she saw that the kitchen was a huge mess. She scowled.
Trey and Yoh smiled. Trey quickly pointed to Yoh, "He started it!"
She threw them some rags. "Start cleaning."
"Yes ma'am." They said in unison, as they bent their heads down.
Minutes passed by and Trey sighed a breath of relief. "Whoohoo! Everything is spotless!" he turned to Yoh. "I can't believe that you almost died and still Anna made you clean the mess that they made."
"Well she didn't know that." Yoh answered. "And if she did she'd make me do a-thousand more push-ups for choking on a little piece of meat."
"Heartless." Trey sighed.
Yoh laughed, "Hey, Trey."
"What?"
"Who's this Christy?"
Trey's cheeks turned hot. "A new girl."
Yoh crept closer to Trey, "You have a crush on her, don't you?"
"…. I don't know what you're talking about."
Morty walked in the room. He was wearing a tuxedo. "Hey guys."
Yoh stood up, "Nice tux, Morty."
Morty blushed, "Oh it's nothing. Dad made me wear it to this extremely early party. It was so boring that I just decided to sneak out." He paused. "I hear that it'll take a few months before the third round of the tournament begins. So I thought maybe we could just go on a little vacation."
Trey jumped, his eyes lit up. "Vacation? Where?" he asked eagerly.
"Maybe the Bahamas?"
"BAHAMAS!" Trey shouted.
Yoh frowned as he rested his hand on the nape of his neck. "I dunno… you know Anna and this boot camp of hers."
Morty sulked, "But I already got Pilika, Rio, Len and Jun to come along. And trust me, it took a whole lot of begging to get Len to join."
The huge grin on Trey's face disappeared, "L-Len?"
"Yeah, we needed one of his jets so it'd be cheaper."
Trey sighed, the smile appeared once more. "As long as we get to the Bahamas!"
"What about Anna?" Yoh asked.
Trey slung his arm around Yoh, "Let's just leave her behind."
"We can't do that, she's our friend." Yoh reasoned. "If she doesn't want to go then I'll stay here, we just returned from Dobie Village. It isn't right to leave her again."
"We haven't asked her yet, maybe she'll say yes." Morty said.
"NO!"
"B-but, Anna…" Yoh whined.
"Come on, Anna. A whole month with the sun, sand and the sea." Trey said, hoping that Anna will say 'yes', just to get Yoh to come.
"Uh-huh, not forgetting a month with you people." Anna said rather coldly. She was lying sideways on the floor, her head resting on her hand, watching the moving figures on the TV screen, occasionally popping some chips in her mouth.
"Please…" Morty begged on his knees, "Yoh won't come if you won't come."
There was a long awkward pause, "Yoh can come if he wants." Anna said her eyes still on the set. "I'm not stopping him."
"Anna, it just won't be the same without you." Yoh said, he put his hand on Anna's shoulder.
Anna felt Yoh's warm hand on her shoulder; she kept quiet and continued watching, she sighed. "Don't touch me."
Yoh quickly withdrew his hand. He sighed, "I guess I'm staying."
The group of vacationers waited for the private jet to taxi on the runway.
"Whohoo! BAHAMAS, HERE COMES TREY RACER!" Trey shouted, he held a surfboard under his right arm; his snowboard was still strapped on his back.
Rio stepped up behind him, combing his outrageous hair, "Hmph, I was expecting to travel on the open road."
"I would be glad to see you travel through the ocean with your cheap bike." Len scoffed.
"It isn't cheap, short-pants!" Rio barked back, "It cost me 80 years of down payment!"
Len smirked, "What kind of moron would agree to those terms?"
Rio fumed, his wooden sword glowed a bright green as Tokageroh entered the oversoul item. Len stepped back and called on Bason. Trey stepped in between the two, "I won't let you two ruin my dream vacation!" he dropped his surfboard on the ground, pulled out his snowboard and used oversoul. The three watched each other closely, like statues they dared not to move. Pilika cheered for her brother, Lee Pai Long was ready to intercept the fight, not wanting anyone to get hurt.
Morty could see a glow of green, yellow and blue in the distance, he sighed. He knew what was happening, the usual fight between three good friends. He sat on a waiting bench. Jun approached him, "Where's Yoh and Anna?" she asked.
Morty looked down, "Anna didn't want to come."
"And Yoh?"
"He said if Anna won't go he won't go."
"Oh." Jun sat down beside Morty. "I guess this vacation will be a bit dull without them."
"Yeah…"
Yoh sighed as he wiped the dishes clean; he was thinking what the others are doing without him. "Hope they're having fun." He said.
Amidamaru floated discreetly behind him. He nodded in response.
Out of the blue there were two loud thuds, surprised, Yoh dropped a dish. Quickly he turned around, he saw Anna standing at the entrance to the kitchen, and beside her were two large bags, ready to burst at the seams.
"Anna?"
"Hurry up and carry these bags to the taxi outside." She said coldly.
"Why?"
She turned away, "I thought about the vacation to the Bahamas… I decided I want to go, a little fresh air would do me good."
"How ab—"
"Stop asking questions, I already packed in your clothes. I thought that maybe you would like to come along."
Yoh grinned as if a hanger was jammed in his mouth, "Alright, Anna!" he yanked off the apron and ran to Anna, hugging her tightly.
Anna was speechless. Yoh smelled like roses, his skin felt warm against hers. It was awkward, suddenly Anna hugged him back.
Yoh was surprised, he expected Anna to quickly push him away. Then Anna pulled away from the embrace, "Send Amidamaru to tell Morty that we'll catch up." The short embrace vanished from time; Anna acted like it never happened.
Yoh nodded, "You heard her, Amidamaru."
"Yes, Lord Yoh." Amidamaru disappeared.
The private jet had just taxied on the runway; Trey could barely contain his glee. Lee Pai Long attached the staircase to the side of the jet, and then he hauled all the baggage into the plane. "Everything I need to do is done, Miss Jun." He said.
Jun sighed, then she clapped her hands, "Alright everyone, get in the plane." She wasn't surprised to see Trey dart up the staircase so quickly. A few seconds later she could hear him shouting in delight. Len was beside her, scoffing on Trey's shallow happiness.
Pilika was the next to enter the plane, the walls were covered in velvet carpeting, and the floor was carpeted crimson red. The seats were lined up neatly at the sides, at the center aisle lay a tiger-skin rug and next to the door to the cockpit was the biggest plasma TV Pilika had ever seen, (it was her first time too). Then she saw Trey snacking on the pastries in the little fridge. "Stop eating those, Trey! You know you don't want to get sick on vacation." She dragged her brother away from the fridge and strapped him tightly on one of the seats.
Trey tried to kick himself free from the tight seatbelt, which bound his arms at his sides, "Hey, the plane didn't even start yet!"
Rio walked into the passenger area, his hands in his pockets, "Wow, at first I won't even hesitate to call this my sacred hang."
Morty watched Jun, Len and Lee Pai Long enter the plane. He groaned, he didn't want to leave Yoh behind. He planned this vacation just for him… and probably just a little get-together with friends— but its main purpose is for Yoh to enjoy it. He began to climb up into the jet, stopping at the middle— he could hear someone calling his name. He looked over his shoulder; Amidamaru was darting towards the plane calling to Morty. "Amidamaru?" Morty said in a whisper.
"Morty!" Amidamaru shouted over the roaring of the engine. "Lord Yoh said to wait up! He and Miss Anna decided to come along!"
Rio peeped out of the plane, "Hey, Shortie, what's the holdup? We can't leave without you, you know."
"Y-Yoh and Anna are coming!" he stammered.
"So they finally decided to come." Len mumbled, his arms crossed in front of him.
A bright yellow cab swerved and screeched to a halt beside the plane. The door to the passenger seat opened, Anna stepped out.
Yoh was going to exit the taxi till the driver grabbed his shoulder, "Hey, kiddo, where's my fee?"
"How much?" Yoh was searching his pockets for some extra cash.
"250 Yen."
Yoh laughed nervously, "Well I only have 125." He opened his palm to show the money he had.
"Cheapskate…" the driver grumbled as he swiped away the money from Yoh's palm. Yoh stepped out and ran to the luggage compartment; he quickly pulled out their luggage. "Hurry up, kid!" the driver shouted from the window. As soon as Yoh settled their bags on the floor, the tires screeched and the taxi was far off.
"Yoh!" Morty cried as he ran down the staircase.
"Hey, Morty!" Yoh grinned. Anna walked past them and entered the jet.
Morty scratched his head, "You need help with that?" he pointed to the bags Yoh was lugging around.
"Nah, I can handle it." Yoh went up the stairs and tossed the bags in one of the luggage compartments.
Anna already settled herself on one of the seats. She watched Len shout at Rio who was dirtying the tiger-skin rug with his boots. She couldn't rest with such noise; it is supposed to be a vacation. She opened her mouth to shout at them, until the pilot requested that they take their seats.
They felt the plane tilt as it began to leave the ground. A few minutes had passed, the seatbelt sign switched off. Trey plastered his face on one of the windows, amazed at the white mass of clouds beneath the plane. He looked around, Rio was singing out of tune (until Anna yelled at him for doing so), Pilika gazed out the window, Anna was watching some show on the TV, Len was taking a sip from a drink, Jun played solitaire, Yoh was resting his eyes, and Morty was busy surfing on the internet with his laptop.
This was beginning to bore Trey, he walked to the cockpit and slid open the door. "Oh no!" there was no one occupying the pilot's seat. Quickly Trey jumped on the seat and took control of the plane, he pulled on the control wheel, "What kind of pilot leaves the controls unattended!" he grumbled.
"What's happening!" Len shouted as the plane tilted upwards, all the drinks spilled on the crimson red carpeting. The television blurred then showed nothing but static. "Where's that stupid pilot?" he staggered to the cockpit, to his surprise Trey was on the controls. "Trey!"
Trey looked over his shoulder, "Len?"
Len shouted at the top of his lungs, "Get off the control wheel!"
"If I do that the plane will crash!" Trey argued back.
Yoh opened his eyes, "Hey is this thing supposed to go higher?" the lights flashed red, oxygen masks fell from the ceiling. Morty began to twitch in his seat, and was beginning to sweat.
"What in the world is happening out there?" Rio yelled from the lavatory.
"Where's Trey?" Pilika asked.
"Len's missing too." Jun said.
Morty looked out the window, he saw someone jump off the plane then activate the parachute, "Wasn't that… our pilot?" he said nervously.
"I guess he is." Yoh said calmly as he looked out the window.
"I'll give you one chance to guess where Trey and Len are." Anna said rather coolly.
They could hear voices quarreling in the cockpit.
"If you don't it will crash!" Len yelled.
Trey ignored him and pushed down on the stick, the plane immediately tilted downwards. Len lost his footing and fell, his body colliding onto the pilot's chair, which in turn rammed Trey on the control stick. Trey pulled himself up, he tried pulling on the control stick, "Uh-oh…"
"What do you mean 'Uh-oh'!" Len cried.
Trey laughed nervously, "I can't seem to pull it back up."
Rio sprawled out of the lavatory as the nose of the plane tilted downwards; a piece of tissue was stuck on the heel of his shoe.
Trey ran out of the cockpit, "We're going to crash!" he screamed.
Akane watched the television set quietly, she rested her elbow on the table as her head was resting on her palm of her hand, she nibbled on a cookie. Ranma passed by eating a rice ball, He looked at Akane and raised a brow. "What are you watching, Akane?" he asked with his mouth full.
Akane turned her eyes away from the set and glared at him "Don't talk with your mouth full." She scolded him, Ranma swallowed quickly. "There was a plane crash that happened a few minutes ago near here." She continued.
"Really?" Ranma opened his mouth to take another bite from his rice ball, Genma came darting by. Ranma bit into his rice ball, just noticing that there was nothing there but thin air. He scowled as he saw his father munching happily on his rice ball by the pond. He approached his idiot dad and gave him a solid hard kick on the back, sending him flying into the pond with a splash. A wet panda emerged from the pond fuming mad.
The panda grabbed Ranma's leg and flung the boy head first into the pond. Ranma resurfaced as a young, busty, red-headed girl, "I'll get you for that!" s/he screamed in a high-pitched voice.
Genma raised a wooden sign saying: If you can catch me first! The panda bounded off, with Ranma in pursuit.
The whole group landed in safety thanks to Len, but I can't say the same with the plane. Len and Trey were arguing on whose fault it was that the plane crashed. Morty gulped as he watched the jet black smoke from Len's jet, the plane crashed a few miles from where they landed. Yoh patted Morty's back, "Whew, lucky we weren't in it, huh? Or we'd be barbequed!" he joked.
Lee Pai Long managed to save some items from the fire, like their weapons for instance. Rio observed their surroundings; they were in an empty lot. He sighed as he sat on his haunches, then a panda ran past them with a beautiful red-headed girl in its tracks, "This is one strange place." He said out loud.
(A/n) Anyone know what Tao Len's weapon is called? I think it's rather pathetic that I have to refer to his weapon as "his weapon"…. Tell me please!
This is my first attempt on creating a fanfic, flames are accepted! But not too much, have pity on my poor pathetic soul! (Snickers) Anywayz… reviews please, I don't like flames only ya' know. I promise that there'll be more (what-do-you-call-this….) Yoh and Ranma interactions than just seeing a panda and a red-headed chick pass by. I think that there'll be a little info on the antagonist in the next chapter. I'll tell you this I won't continue this fanfic unless I get at least one review.
With love,
pazaway-tiger
P.S.- PLEASE REMEMBER THAT THIS IS MY FIRST EVER FANFIC SO PLEASE EASE UP ON THE FLAMES…. YOU DON'T WANT TO BARBEQUE ME NOW… DO YOU?
