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A/N: Well now, hello darlings! Disclaimer: I don't own Ranma, or else this shit would've happened in the first volume. Ranma 1⁄2 is a manga that belongs solely to Rumiko Takahashi-sama.
Warnings: Yaoi, smidgen of OOC (sorry, they might be a bit more OOC than I realize, I try my best I swear on Emmy-chan's liver!) Well, I'm rewriting from Ryouga's first entrance in volume 21 (English version) and let's just say it's not very, er, original. Let's begin, rewriting of The Carp of Misery! XD enjoy!
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'Oh, what shall I get Akane my dear? She's always been so nice to me, how can I not bring her something from my travels?' Ryouga thought, looking between a giant pencil and a giant spoon, both equal in their price, cheesiness, and expression of love. But then something even more tacky caught Ryouga's attention: a sign in front of a basket of fishing poles read: TEMPLE OF KARMIC CONNECTIONS MIRACLE BAMBOO The Fishing Pole of Love 1 rod 1000 yen. Picking up the pole, Ryouga studied it. 'Perhaps Akane would like this, that way she could reel in her crush. . .' An old man came out of the back of the shop and grinned at Ryouga.
"That fishing pole isn't an ordinary fishing pole," he said. (A/N: no, it's an extra crappy one! Sorry, sorry, I had to put this in! Please continue!)
"Oh really?" Ryouga wasn't one to be impolite, so he pretended to be interested in what the man had to say.
"Yes, it's for reeling in your love. See that suction cup on the end? Just stick it to the chest of your love and reel 'er in!" The old man crackled with a grin etched onto his face. Ryouga hummed, considering the fishing pole. Who knew? Maybe this would create an excuse for him, and love might bloom between him and his crush. 'I wouldn't sink that low, would I?' thought Ryouga. 'No, I'll buy it, just for fun, it's not like it's really going to work anyway.' and with this thought he paid his 1000 yen for the fishing pole of love.
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Ryouga (sorta) had every intention of giving Akane the fishing pole. He really, truly sincerely did. He had talked to her once, it had started out about Ranma but Akane had confided in him that she had a crush on someone else. With her words there was a death and a birth. The death of Ryouga's love, and the birth of a beautiful friendship. Akane was Ryouga's first true friend who he could confide in and talk to. And now, Ryouga wanted to help Akane as if to make up for loving her. And so as he waited for her, not trusting his directional skills for actually finding her he waited where he knew she would pass on her way home. But now, as he held the pole in his hand, Ryouga was wondering if it would be weird for him to give it to her. What if she didn't like it, or thought it was gross to reel in the one you loved? Oh no, what if she got the wrong meaning? What if she thought he had guessed her crush, and thought he was butting in too much? What if it was too much of a secret?
"See ya later Akane!"
"Bye bye!"
'-GASP!- It's Akane!' Ryouga mentally screamed. 'OK, calm down Hibiki, just give it to her.' Ryouga took a deep breath, standing up and facing the direction Akane was coming from. Suddenly he heard Ranma's voice. Ranma. . .coming this way. . .
GAH! 'What should I do? What should I say?' Ryoga was running around in circles in his mind, going into complete stress-out freak-out mode. 'If Ranma's here then there's no way that I can give this to her without embarrassing myself!' the thought came out of a mix of others, and as soon as it was consciously conceived Ryouga's brain came to a screeching, unceremonious halt. Use it on Ranma? It only took a second before Ryouga had made his (strange and crazy) decision. After all, it wouldn't hurt to try, it was just a pice of woon and a suction cup…
Taking a breath, Ryoga wheeled back and loosed the string. The stop jerked Ryouga's hand, but he kept the pole in his hand. 'I've caught something!' he thought excitedly, reeling in with gusto. (A/N: sorry for the word 'gusto', it just seemed to fit. I plan on using the words: gushing, giggly, estrogen, and dominatrix. Don't ask how I'll get the last one, I just will.)
"Ranma?!" 'It actually worked?'
"Hey Ryouga, long time no see!" said Ranma as he landed on the boy's head.
"Feeling anything strange lately?" Ryouga aksed. Raanma gave him a funny look.
"Nah, not really, well, see ya!"
Hopping of Ryouga's head and began battling with Kuno once more. Ryouga, seeing no change in Ranma, sighed and broke the pole in half, and it fell into a plot whole and was lost forever, along with Fluffy from Harry Potter and lots of Marry Sues. Ryouga delivered his gifts to Akane, and they walked home together. '
'I was a fool to think, even for a second, that some fishing rod could actually work, it was just an over-priced pole after all.' Ryouga thought as he carried the bag of gifts for Akane.
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"Ah! That jerk! Look, it's bruising!" complained Ranma as he ran along the fence.
"Oooh, he is so dead!" Just then he looked back to see the pole Ryouga had discarded. Curious, he went over to it and saw it had a manual with it. (It was inside of the pole.)
"What's this?" Ranma wondered aloud.
TBC!!
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A/N: Heh, sorry folks this is just a prologue! I wanted to get it up before ten! Anyway, reviews make YoyYoy-chan write faster! No, that's a lie, they make me feel guilty for not writing faster. But review anyway, just to give me a guilt trip! XD
-YoyYoy-chan.
(I made some minor changes to the text. I will be writing the fifth chapter once all the chapters are up.
-Cold-crescent-moon)
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