AkaneGetsSick
Ranma was sitting down at the dining table, noisily eating his breakfast. Kasumi was in the kitchen making breakfast, and Nabiki was at the table with Ranma. Mr. Saotome and Mr. Tendo were out in the backyard playing a game of chinese checkers.
"Akane! Breakfast is ready, please come down," shouted Kasumi.
Akane was in her room, sitting against the wall clutching her stomach. She was groaning and in pain.
"Um, yeah. I'll be down in a-a minute."
Akane winced. Her stomach hurt horribly. But I have to go to school today...
She then stood up with determination and began to change into her school clothes. I'm not going to let Ranma see me like this, he'll make fun of me...
All of a sudden she got horribly dizzy and fell against the wall.
What was that... she thought, I need to go down- Akane then began to cough, and she saw her hands tremble. Oh, it's nothing. She thought.
Ranma was impatiently waiting for Akane downstairs. He had already eaten his breakfast. He was standing at the door, tapping his foot. He saw Akane begin to descend the stairs.
"Hey Akane!" he then paused and took a closer look at her, "are you okay?"
He noticed her trembling hands, and her snow-white skin. She looked drowsy and cold.
"You want breakfast?"
"No. Not hungry," replied Akane weakly.
"Well, okay."
Ranma let her walk out first. He then noticed how her walk was very uncertain, and weak.
"You sure you're okay?"
"I told you, I'm fine," replied Akane in a raspy voice.
"Okay..." replied Ranma uncertainly.
They both arrived at school, and Akane was increasingly becoming worse. Her eyes had become bloodshot and glazed, and her temperature was rapidly rising. Ranma was worried.
"Hey I can call the nurse over if you want," Ranma offered to Akane. She just shoke her head and kept walking.
Akane and Ranma made it to class just in time for the first bell to ring. Ranma kept glancing over at Akane, who kept coughing and trembling. Today was the day of their Social Studies project presentations. Akane was marked to go first. I'll get the presentation over with and then I'll ask to go home, Akane thought.
She waited for her name to be called to go up.
"Akane Tendo, please present your project for me," stated the teacher.
Akane stood up, and began to walk to the white board. All of a sudden she began to sway. Everything became slow-motion, and small black dots littered her eyes. She felt her legs give-way. Oh... no... she thought. The last she saw was Ranma jumping to catch her before she hit the hard floor.
Akane was caught by Ranma. He ran to the infirmary, panic was surging through him. He burst through the infirmary door-
"I don't know what happened! Akane just j-just..."
The nurse looked at Ranma carefully. She then instructed him to put Akane down on one of the pale-yellow beds, and to then go back to class.
"You're in too much of a panic, Ranma."
"B-but Akane!" Ranma sputtered.
"Put her down on the bed and I will tend to her."
Ranma reluctantly did so. For the first time he realized how terribly hot she was, and how she was shivering from cold. He then realized the small details... not wanting to eat breakfast, swaying, trembling, coughing... she was sick. I'm so stupid! Why didn't I realize it before? He thought.
ToBeContinued!
