FYI: I am a fan but there is so much I don't know about the anime or manga...for reasons as these any friends from school will be played by names made up by me (though they'll play only minor roles) so please don't get on my case for it.
It's my very first fanfic and I'll do my best. Please comment, but try to refrain from flaming...I'm way to sensitive to handle that...ENJOY!
Chapter One --
Akane sat in her room trying to concentrate on her math homework with little to no success. Her mind kept wandering back to school during one of the principals predictable and yet unexpected assembly that was announced in the middle of lunch.
To make a long story short the principal had started new tradition/rule stating that one class would put on a talent show for community in one weeks time. Of course Akane's class had been pre chosen and though there was much screaming and arguing... in the end (at the fear of what haircuts the principal might force upon them) the studends were forced to agree to their fate.
Akane thought about the uproar and took mental note in her mind that (far from the norm) Ranma had just sat there during the whole assembly (and she would've expected he was asleep if not for the fact that he actually seemed to be contemplating something.
'How could that jerk not try to do something about this? It's just not like him!' Akane thought to herself. However she quickly shrugged it off knowing that she still had most of her homework to do and getting it done nowhere fast.
Meanwhile...
Ranma sat up on the roof above the room which he still shared with his father Genma. He'd seen the perplexed look on Akane's face as he sat there taking in everything that Principal Kuno was saying and demanding...of his class no less. Just to Ranma this (for whatever reason) was a demand that didn't seem too radical or impulsive. In fact he had already started to come up with ideas for what he might do for the show.
"Get down here boy! You're in desperate need of training!" Genma yelled from down by the pond. "Look at you pondering up there! Just like a girl!"
'Ah geeze...when is the old man gonna get over himself'"Alright pop!" Ranma taunted, "but don't say you didn't have fair warning!"
Some short time later we find Ranma (female now...but standing victoriously) over an unconscious panda who was once the man Genma.
Akane had finally managed to finish her last problem and thought about maybe starting in on one of her reading assignments, but in the end decided that her head was too clouded to attempt at anything else just yet. She knew that dinner would undoubtedly be soon so she decided to lie down on the bed and rest her eyes.
'Hmmm...I suppose if I actually have to go through with this I should try to come up with something to do other than just stand there and breath...damn, that maniac could've given us a little more notice though!'
She didn't see Ranma quietly hanging upside down outside her window...deciding not to have disturbed her when he saw that she was resting.
In the kitchen Kasumi was cooking some Japanese meal that involved vegatables of sorts and pork buns. As she made various items with various ingredients she made a point to write her progress down in a small notebook on the counter. Just the starts of something she thought she might give her little sister and future brother-in-law someday.
Once dinner was ready and the table was set she called her (very large) family to dinner.
"Dinner looks great, Kasumi!" chimed Soun. "That's my little homemaker!"
"Here here!" pipped in a now man again Genma. "It's a good thing that at least someone who goes into that kitchen brings out food that's edib..."
A very red Akane stands in the doorway not needing Genma to finish his sentence. It's no secret that Akane's own cooking is at best something that should be expirimented in some science lab. Still...she was trying to be better and constantly hearing about how she was far from good enough to cook for the family was really aggrivating for her.
"Now now, Mr Saotome..." Kasumi's voice was soft and motherly...just like Akane has always remembered it. "You know that the only way Akane is going to get better and make a good wife someday is if she has the full love and support from her family...not matter how long it takes her to catch on!"
Akane was still red but smiled inwardly at her sisters kindness.
At last the whole family had sat down to dinner with Ranma and Akane sitting next to one another.
"So," said Soun finally aiming to break the silence, "I heard at a town meeting last night that one of the classes at school will be putting on a show for the town next week! Some kind of talent based show, isn't it? Have you kids heard anything about it yet?"
Ranma was the one who spoke. "Yeah, Principal Kuno announed it this afternoon and it's our class that is going to be involved so now Akane and I both gotta come up with something to do."
Genma and Soun both had mischevious looks on their faces while contemplating all the possibilities of the situation.
"A romantic duet!" Yelled Soun as Genma began to dance on the spot.
"Aye, Tendo! What better way to make their relationship offical and public once and for all!"
Akane was red again. "Please dad...don't make this worse than it already is. I'm still mad that I have to do this in the first place, and singing with Ranma isn't something that I'm open to! I'll figure something else out..." She trailed off quietly taking note that Ranma had never put in his pitch about wanting nothing to do with performing with Akane.
"I've got some ideas for what to do already." Ranma finally spoke though his face remained a closed book."Which reminds me...I think I'm going to see if Mom will take me in at her place for a few days. If I'm going to make any attempt at this without humiliating myself I think I'll need to practice away from all the commotion here..."
Not much was said after that point and Ranma was gone before breakfast the next morning.
'That baka...' thought Akane as she walked to school alone, 'Honestly...how important could this be to him to actually take time away...literally just to prepare for it?' She quickly shrugged it off as she approached the gates to Furinkan High.
Tatewaki: That is without doubt the worst fan fic I've read in my entire life! My sweet ferocious Akane Tendo was forced to have way too much story time with the foul sorcerer, Saotome!
Shidoin: Well...Kuno...this is a Ranma Akane fanfic...what did you expect?
Tatewaki: Well, you should've had me charge in at the second paragraph and save my poor Akane from the evil.
Akane: And just who asked you to save me from anybody?! -kicks Kuno into oblivion-
Akane again: Seriously though...a talent show? That's the best story line you could come up with for us? I REALLY have no idea what to do!
Shidoin: Hey this is just a start to what I'm hoping will be a really good story...and don't judge just yet.
Well, that's it for chapter one! I hope that if you didn't overly enjoy it that it at least didn't cause you to run in terror. Please note again that this is my very FIRST attempt at writing any sort of fan fiction of any kind and while I do accept constructive critisism and suggestions, flaming is just mean and will likely make me cry and give up forever...so please don't do it!