Ranma 1/2- Burning with Jealousy- rated T (for violent thoughts and actions on Ranma's thoughts)- RanmaxAkane
summary: Ranma has slowly been burning up with jealousy ever since he's met Akane and other people have been after her- a fact that he was unaware of until it boils over. How can you control your own jealousy? and what if Akane finds out? a RanmaxAkane story, obviously
disclaimer: I claim these characters and the original Ranma 1/2 story in no way, shape, or form. If I did, that'd be AWESOME!
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Chapter One: Jealousy Burns- enter Ryoga and Kuno
Ranma was glaring at "P-chan" from across the table, a burning in his gut that he wasn't able to identify was present. It seemed to be making its appearance more and more often over the past few days, ever since he had saved Akane from Saffron and certain death, and since their failed wedding. Boy, had that been one big mess. Ranma mentally rolled his eyes at the memory and the stupidity of all the fiancees and rivals, before focusing his attention back on the pig.
"P-chan" seemed to have decided to stick around since then (as if he had a reason to) and it had continued to annoy Ranma to no end. Why, he still didn't know, but then, Ryoga had always annoyed him.
Ranma watched Ryoga/"P-chan" curl up on Akane's favorite spot in the room. Scratch that. Ryoga had annoyed him ever since he had become "P-chan". Why was the pig sitting in Akane's spot anyway? Like he was privileged, special. "P-chan" spotted Ranma staring at him and smirked a piggy smirk, as if he knew exactly what the young martial artist was thinking. Ranma glared back at him.Ungrateful swine.
Maybe he secretly hated pigs.
Ranma mentally shook his head no as he continued to glare at the pig in question. Being a pig had nothing to do with his dislike for Ryoga. Far from it. Ranma was sure that if the lost boy had been born a pig instead of a human, he'd of been fine with it. Completely fine with it.
But Ranma dismissed that thought as well when Akane came in the room and cuddled "P-chan" close to her, cooing at the pathetic black piggy who stared up at her with such wide, adoring eyes. He felt the urge to scowl, but didn't because Akane would just tease him about it. No, he decided. He just hated Ryoga in general.
Ranma felt a growl come low in his throat as Akane kissed the pig on the head. Didn't Ryoga get that Akane only liked him in his cursed form? She would never do that to the real Ryoga, not in a million years! Ranma honestly didn't know why bacon-breath even bothered to stick around now. It wouldn't change Akane's mind and make her break her engagement to him, or something, even if she disliked how Ranma treated her "beloved pet". Eventually, Ranma would marry Akane. And then he'd get rid of that pig forever. It'd be one of the first things on his list. He'd either kick Ryoga out forever, or he'd kill him.
Ranma blinked, a bit shocked at the path that his thoughts had turned. He didn't want to kill Ryoga, or even maim him. There was no way that he could really do that. Provided that he had done that to Saffron, but that was different. It wasn't like the god had actually died anyway, since he had been reborn and all. But Ranma's thoughts about hurting Ryoga changed again when he saw Akane now hand-feeding "P-chan" food from her hands.
"..."
Okay, maybe he did want to kill him. But he wouldn't. Ranma ground his teeth as he saw "P-chan" take a bite of food from Akane's hand and Akane smile down at him.
He wouldn't... He wouldn't...
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Ranma woke up in a pretty foul mood. Ryoga had stayed over last night as "P-chan", and had been cuddled against Akane all night long. Ranma hadn't needed to see it (had actually spent most of the night tossing and turning while fighting with himself about whether or not he should check in through her bedroom window and just grab the pig and fling 'im somewhere far away), he just knew it (because Akane was like that), and had spent almost all night thinking about it- how he would strangle Ryoga in the morning, and how he would pound the little piggy into the ground.
When Ranma got down to the breakfast table, he was annoyed to find that Ryoga was still there. Not that he wasn't happy that he now could beat the snot out of the little pig when the opportunity presented itself, but it also made him madder since Akane was still holding the idiot in her hands. Why did she have to encourage Ryoga like that? Couldn't she put two and two together and realize who "P-chan" really was? Ranma had certainly dropped a lot of hints. More than enough for the average person to figure out the truth on their own. Of course, Akane did tend to be on the dense side in more than one way- she sunk like a rock in water and couldn't figure out some of the most obvious things around her, like the fact that her pet "P-chan" was in love with her.
Maybe Akane didn't want to know, Ranma realized with a sick feeling. Or maybe she did know and secretly liked Ryoga all this time. Ranma felt the same familiar burning feeling in his gut as he thought of the two of them together. Hugging, laughing, kissing. No. He would never let that happen. Never. His fist clenched at his side, though, andremained clenched until he left the Tendo residence, and the pig-boy, behind.
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Ranma was relieved when they headed off to school. At least Ryoga couldn't follow them there. The boy could get lost in a paper bag- literally. That was, when he fit into one anyway. However, Ranma's brief elation over the absence of Ryoga Hibiki was short lived when they reached Furinkan building and saw that none other than Kuno blocked their entrance. Great. Just what he needed. Another rival.
Ranma blinked, then mentally laughed. Rival? Kuno was no rival. Not of his, anyway. The boy was seriously disturbed upstairs, and quite hollow too. And his strength was seriously lacking. He wasn't a rival. He was more like a minor annoyance.
But then Ranma's thoughts, like when he had considered beating up Ryoga yesterday, changed a full 180 degrees around the moment Kuno laid eyes on Akane. He would kill the upperclass idiot if the kendoist even tried to flirt with Akane today. He was in no mood for unwanted suitors. And that included the samurai wannabe.
Unfortunately for Kuno, he wasn't, as we all know, very smart or observant on his best day, and missed the killing look in Ranma's eyes as he stared spouting about his love for "his fierce tigeress". However, the other students did seem to realize that today wasn't a good day to get in Ranma's way, because they gave him plenty of room as he walked past them to the schools front doors.
He walked, not even running, but a steady stride that radiated almost visible, caged rage in every movement- the complete opposite of his normal, extremely casual stride. He didn't even stop when the kendoist got in his way. Ranma simply plowed over him, stomping over Kuno as the boy fell under the unyielding force that was Ranma, grinding his feet into all of the upperclassman's vulnerable points as he passed them without a single break in stride. It was like he wasn't walking on him at all.
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Akane watched, a bit shocked, as Ranma finished his brief walk over the upperclassman and turned back to Kuno with a cold look on his face that held not even the slightest bit of remorse, something that was foreign on Ranma's face until that moment. Never had such a look, a look cold enough to freeze the desert, been worn by Ranma. Kuno was knocked out cold.
"Oops. Sorry, Kuno. You were wide open." he said in an almost empty voice, but it held the edge of seething anger, contradictory to the ice in his eyes. Then Ranma turned back and continued on inside, leaving Akane and the rest of the student body standing outside, stunned.
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Akane stared after her forced fiancee. What was up with Ranma recently? He seemed a bit...off. Yesterday he was glaring at P-chan like he could burn a hole through the poor piggy, and today he used Kuno as a doormat. Akane began her walk to the school door at a brisk stride, vowing to find out what was wrong with him. She walked around Kuno as she neared the doors, and sent him a pitying look. But she had to admit that he sort of deserved it, for stepping in front of Ranma instead of away.
end chapter.
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