In this world, there are full of mysteries littered around us. It's up to us whether to find them or wait until they pop out in front of our eyes. Sure, finding mysteries is a fun thing with full of excitement and surprises. Things that are made somehow for mortals, or for some enchanted things living with us. Things that can change our life in just one click.
It did happen to me, when I was young, a girl with full of dreams, a girl with many questions in life but wants to find answers by her own. The story of the end of my life but appears to be a new chapter to live with.
Postponed Love
A Ranma Fanfic by Frances Rancher
"Akane! I brought you snacks, eat some and I'll help you on your homework." Kimiko, her mom said in a kind and gentle voice.
Tendo Akane, age 5 smiled cheekily at the sound of the familiar voice that echoed in the hallway. She jumped out of her small chair, not bothering to put heavy things on her booklet to keep the page on as the wind outside her window blew inside, turning the pages into the advanced lessons.
"Okasan! Have you made my favorite?" She pouted as she tiptoed on her small feet in attempt to grab the knob and let the sweets enter her room.
"I made your favorite, but I also made some cookies you may want." Kimiko entered the room with a tray in her hands, various types of cookies are plated in small plates in different colors; pink with its raisin cookies, yellow with its butter cookies, red with its chocolate cookies, and blue, with her favorite checkered cookies. A pitcher of milk was balanced on the tray, she wondered how her mom managed to balance them all up to her room from the kitchen.
"Okasan! I scored A on our recitation earlier! I can handle my homework!" She half pouted and half protested, with a hint of pride in her small voice.
Kimiko giggled as she placed the tray on the yellow customized low table in the middle of her room, Akane's still young and small to use desks or study tables. Maybe when she turn eight, she can bought a desk for her. She dusted her hands on her apron as she pulled the locks of her blue hair behind her ear, kneeling at front of her daughter as she placed both of her palms beside her small face. "I know you're great Akane chan, you're mommy's little girl, after all." She smiled gently, "But I'll watch you do some, and if you have troubles in some questions, I'm here beside you." She whispered as her other hand ruffled her daughter's short blue hair.
Akane smiled grately before grabbing one of her favorite checkered cookies. She stared at the cookie, a suspicious look forming in her face, "You didn't make this 'kasan!" She exclaimed, somewhat proudly at her own wit and commonsense, staring at the disformed squares of the choco and vanilla in the cookie. Kimiko sighed as she smiled, "Kasumi onechan help me make them, but she's improving everytime she help me made them, don't forget to thank her because she worked so hard to make them for you, so please be patient with your big sister okay?" She asked.
Akane nodded, being thoughtful for a moment as she popped the cookie her sister made in her mouth, "She's good, that cookie is delicious. I want to be like you, too!" She said in a determined yet cute little voice. Kimiko giggled, "Sure Akane chan, anytime, but don't talk when your mouth is full!" She half scolded in a gentle voice.
Akane nodded, her face turned thoughtful once again, "Our sensei told us that cooking is dangerous for kids. They are done by older women. But why onechan is cooking? Isn't that dangerous?" She asked. Kimiko smiled, she's so smart like her. "You know, life is fast Akane, so discover things until you have time, that's why I'm teaching her in a young age, maybe if you turn nine like Kasumi, I'll teach you how to cook." She paused, an idea forming in her mind.
"Come here." Kimiko tapped her lap as Akane smiled, sitting on her mother's lap as her mother embraced her tightly. "I'll tell you something." She smiled, her eyes turning distant, as if she was seeing something in far distance. "What I told you is just like this belief, when someone died early without meeting or being with someone destined for them, they became their guardians to guard them in earth." Kimiko smiled, "Keep that in mind, will you?"
Akane smiled uncertainly, not knowing what her mother was talking about, she nodded nonetheless. "Okay." She stood up from her lap, Akane turned to her mom, "I'll make this homework, I will get a perfect score!"
"That's my girl, come here first Akane, I'll give you something." Akane walked towards her mom as she waited patiently while her mom fished something inside her pocket.
"I'm giving this to you. Don't lose it or break it or anything, just always wear it so mommy will be happy." Kimiko said as she brought a silver necklace with a beautiful, somewhat huge 'rain drop' real crystal pendant with a saphire stone in it as she secured the clasp behind Akane's neck, watching in mix joy and triumph and a bit of worry as the saphire glowed slightly as the crystal make the light glow brightly.
"Woah, that's awesome." Akane mumbled as she watched the necklace dimmed, "If I always wear this will it glow again?" In her age, she would find it awesome as if it was a normal thing existing in the world but if some older human would see it glowing, they would definitely freak out.
"Maybe, of course it will glow again, now do that homework and I'll be watching you." She patted her cheek again before Kimiko let go of her as she watch her daughter solve addition in a series of time.
oOo
"I'm going to be late!" Akane huffed as she stomped her right foot on the pavement outside the gate. Kimiko rushed outside, things are gathered in her hands, "You forgot your homework and your bento." She gave her lunchbox covered in a red printed bandana cloth as she walked at the back of her daughter as she opened her bag and put the booklet inside her bag. "Sorry Akane, mommy won't be able to walk you to school today, are you sure you can walk alone?" Her mother asked worriedly as she kneel in front of her.
"I can!" She gloated, "I'll kick the butt of the bad guys with the new technique daddy taught me." She frowned cutely, "I'm going to be late, bye mom!" She leaned to kiss her daughter at her forehead as she waved goodbye at the retreating form of her daughter.
Akane gave a parting glance as she saw her mom waved. She smiled as she skipped steps on the pavement, her small hands clasping the pendant absentmindedly, she walked beside the canal, signaling her near to their school.
"School!" A young boy snorted as he half stomped on the pavement. "Do education have to do with martial arts?" He grumbled as he adjusted his jumper, his short pigtail swinging in every step he was making.
He reached the chained canal, a smile forming at his lips as it grew wider as he neared in one of the chain-linked fence, a playful glint dancing in his eyes as he hopped to the low stone fence of the house of the laddle-lady washing the pavement outside her house. The thick width of the fence make him warmed up ashe hopped to the chain linked fence to start his morning routine.
Saotome Ranma, age 5, pause as he adjusted his feet. Walking slowly along the thin and dangerous fence. "Good thing pops come up with a great practice!" He exclaimed as he adjusted the sling of his bag.
His eyes turned suspiciously sharp as his clear copper blue eyes caught a horde of people gathering at one of the fence, an ambulance was parked near the scene as a policeman sent a man inside the police car. "I wonder what happened?" He muttered, his slow and careful pace became faster as he sprinted absentmindedly at the scenario along the fence.
Akane gasped for air, the car knocked the air out of her lungs. She stared at her bleeding arm, she can feel blood trickling at her brows as she watched the saphire stone rolled away from her pendant her mom gave her.
Mom.
"Okasan..." She whispered weakly, "I broke the necklace." Her last words flew, wishing it could reach her home as everything went black.
"Aww, poor girl."
"Who did this to a kid?"
"Is that man drunk?"
Ranma heard them murmured as he reached the scene, he stared dumbfounded at the blue-haired... hm, a girl or a boy? Then he saw a necklace hanging at her neck, definitely girl. Ranma stared from the fence, but the strangers doesn't even notice a young boy balancing himself on a fence.
He hopped of the fence, invading the space the police forbidded to be reached by someone as they put police tapes 'do not enter' around the crime scene, the girl bleeding unconscious in the middle of the space, a sight not for children his age.
He kneeled beside her, his eyes catching a thing that interested him. He moved his hands to get the shining saphire stone, bright as his innocent eyes. He grabbed the stone as he stared in it, he saw his reflection on the stone, his eyes getting lost at the beautiful shimmering stone as he felt strange shivers run his spine as he continued to stare.
"Hey! Aren't you a pre schooler? You should get to school already! You're going to be late!" The kind policeman informed as he carried the young boy who was still lost and frozen staring at the stone, carrying him outside the scene as the policeman go back investigating the accident.
"Wha-?"
"Come on Yoiko, we're going to be late!" A business woman cried as she tugged at the girl away from the scene.
"I'm going to be late!" He cried out, finally his eyes was drifted off to the stone as he stuffed the stone inside his pocket before bolting towards the school.
oOo
"Soun, honey, I already gave her the necklace." Kimiko said worriedly.
Soun stared at her, "You do?" He asked.
She nodded.
"Okasan I made gyoza dumplings!" Kasumi walked out of the kitchen, her brown hair tied in a loose ponytail as specks of flour stained her face. Kimiko turned to him, "We'll talk about this later." Soun smiled as he nodded.
"You make these?" Kimiko exclaimed softly, looking at the perfectly molded gyozas, a proud feature adoring her heart shaped face as she stared at Kasumi, "I know you'll be a good chef someday." She smiled as Kasumi's eyes widened with a happy glint as she smiled sweetly at her mom.
The phone ring.
"I'll get it." Kimiko stood up, "I'll eat them after I answer the call, why don't you eat some, Soun?" She asked as she continued to walk towards the door where the desk is.
"Wow Kasumi! It tastes just like your mom's!" She heard her husband exclaimed as a muffled girlish squeal echoed. Kimiko smiled as she grabbed the phone.
"Tendo Residence."
"Is this the mom of Tendo Akane?"
Kimiko froze, her lips opening slightly but the words fail to come out. "... Yes." She finally replied.
"Please go to the downtown where the canal is. Something happened to your daughter, this is officer Tanaka speaking."
Her heart fell.
To Be Continued...
A/N: I'm back at it again! Nice to be back. Kind of ridiculous to think that this prologue is too long don'cha think? Anyways, I've been happy to see that there are many readers on my other story and hopefully... this one would gather more! I kind of understand that I didn't get many kudos on Endless Fall because it is ridiculously lame. But I really do hope this is better than that.
Kind of embarassed me after I re-read the book 1 in that Endless Fall.
Keep it as a secret. -'_'-
Really! I told you I will post it AFTER the Endless Fall but, I think it's better if I post it now.
Ja!