Quick notes - Paragraphs with '::' on either side designate text messages. There's also a lot of shorthand used for the texting portions that should be pretty self explanatory.
Ranma 1/2 is not mine and none of the characters actually have cell phones in the original story, which isn't surprising considering it was published during the 1980s and 1990s. Get it? Got it? Good! On with the story then!
Ranma woke to the sound of his dark red cell phone shouting 'Mortal Kombat' while the hyper movie theme song blared annoyingly in his ear. He groaned and quickly snatched the device, attempting to hit the snooze option on it. However, that option had clearly been disabled, and the phone was temporarily locked until the song ended. Agitated, he sat up and glared at the screen, where a downloaded screensaver with an animated head that looked suspiciously like Akane bobbled back and forth to the beat of the music with its tongue sticking out at Ranma. He angrily slammed the phone down on the floor in front of him and crossed his arms over his chest, drumming his fingers on his forearm impatiently until the tune ended.
When it did end, Ranma, now fully awake, immediately snatched the phone up and began furiously typing out a text message.
::I'm so sick of u messing w/ my cell settings u stupid uncute tomboy!!!::
After pushing send he immediately navigated to the alarm settings on his phone, only to find that he couldn't make any changes to the options without entering the password, which he didn't know. Akane had changed it. Again. The last one had been 'Pervert' which he had figured out rather quickly, but the newest one had kept him baffled for over a week. He tapped out several guesses, none of which were correct. As he pondered the possible password, a message popped up on the screen and he opened it.
::Lol. Would u rather I splash u w/ water every morning 2 wake u up? Now quit trying 2 figure out the password & get downstairs 4 breakfast or we're going 2B late!::
Ranma perked up at the mention of breakfast and jumped to his feet texting back while exiting the room and heading downstairs.
::What's 4 breakfast?::
::Dunno. I'm still jogging. BBS. Go down & see 4 yourself!::
::Huh. I had no idea klutzy tomboys could jog and text the same time. RU sure that's safe?::
::Jerk! I'm a MA 2, u know! I have excellent reflexes & always know what's around me!::
Ranma snickered somewhat fondly and opened up his quick text options where he had a number of saved insults programmed for easy access. He did enjoy teasing his fiancé after all. He had just selected an appropriate taunt regarding her lack of skills as a 'MA' (which was of course short hand for Martial Artist) and was about to send it off, but having just reached the bottom of the stairs, he ended up colliding with Akane who had just come through the front door and was equally engrossed in her phone.
"Yow!" they shouted in unison smacking into each other hard and both falling to the floor where their cell phones skidded in different directions. Fortunately they had both bought industrial strength phones that didn't break easily as a precaution against the frequent accidents that occurred in their lives. Ranma had even paid extra for a waterproof cell phone case.
"Why don't you look where you're going?" Akane shouted snatching up her phone before pushing to her feet.
"Ha! Why don't you? Whatever happened to, 'I'm a Martial Artist, I have excellent reflexes,' huh?" he shouted back, also grabbing his phone as he stood.
Her eyes narrowed and she opened her mouth to retort, but right about then the phone in her hands began to vibrate and she flipped her attention to it, opening the new message that had come through.
Ranma had only a moment to feel miffed at her attention being diverted before his phone also started vibrating and he looked at the message.
Akane glared at the message on the phone she held.
::Ranma, what time date today Shampoo? XOXOXOXOXO::
Ranma also glared at the message on the phone in front of him.
::Akane Tendo I love u! I would date w/ u!::
Ranma handed Akane her pale yellow phone with purple floral accents around the border in disgust. "I grabbed your phone by mistake," he grumbled. "Have fun on your date with Kuno!"
"I will! Have fun on your date with Shampoo!" Akane growled snatching her phone and slapping his red one back into his outstretched hand. "Hmph!" she sniffed, turning on her heel and storming into the tea room. Ranma sighed throwing his arms up in the air in disgust at her temper. Both ignored the most recent text messages they had received as they sat down at the table.
They continued to cast angry glares at each other throughout breakfast until Akane eventually started to text again. Moments later Ranma's phone buzzed and he opened his newest text.
::Quit hogging all the rice, u idiot. P.S. I'm not talking to u!::
He quickly responded.
::Fine by me. I'm not talking 2u either then. & I'll eat as much rice as I want! Kasumi doesn't mind.::
::Kasumi, tell Ranma not to hog all the rice.::
Kasumi looked at the message on her lilac colored phone and sighed. "No more texting at the table you two," Kasumi berated Ranma and Akane who both hung their heads in shame before discarding their phones and resuming their meals in silence. Kasumi then whipped her head over to her other sister. "That goes for you too, Nabiki!"
Nabiki glanced up from her plain grey, no nonsense blackberry briefly. "No can do, Sis. The currency exchange rate just went way down in Chile. I have quite a few stocks to buy before the market closes there for the da…" she trailed off as her phone beeped and she perked up in alarm. "No!" she shouted, dropping her chopsticks and furiously typing onto the small device with both hands at a rapid pace. "Sell! Sell! Sell!"
Kasumi sighed and gave up, picking up her own phone again and navigating to her favorite cooking recipe website to browse while eating her breakfast.
Meanwhile Ranma's phone buzzed again and he opened the newest message noting it was from Akane again.
::Ranma, let's not fight nemore. I love u!::
Ranma looked over to Akane who was obliviously munching on a piece of fish. Her eyes shifted from her food to him as she caught him staring at her. "What do you want?" she asked, a slight irritated tone in her voice.
Ranma's eyes narrowed and he jerked his head to his other side where a large panda sat next to Soun, huddled over a small device.
"See, and then if you go to insert they have a little heart you can add! See! Isn't that cute?" Soun was whispering in hushed tones. Ranma interrupted their technological investigation by reaching across them and snatching Akane's phone away.
He tossed it over his shoulder to Akane who deftly caught it. "Hey!" she shouted indignantly. "Daddy! Stop sending messages from my phone!"
"Yeah," Ranma chimed in, directing his frustration at his father. "If you're so fascinated with the dang things, get one yourself."
"'Don't wanna!'" read the panda's sign. "'I much prefer the simple elegance of handwritten notes and signs!'"
"Only because you're too cheap to buy a phone," Ranma muttered under his breath.
Akane heard him and snickered slightly, earning an appreciative grin from Ranma, but his comment and their exchange were both missed by the two older friends.
"I agree Saotome," Soun began chattering. "Can you believe these children today with their modern appliances? Why when we were young…" he started rambling, only to be cut off as Nabiki, Ranma and Akane's phones all went off at the same time.
"Gotta go!" Nabiki said jumping to her feet.
"Time to get ready for school!" Akane quipped.
"Ah man!" Ranma whined, only to be grabbed by the pigtail and yanked to his feet by Akane and dragged in the direction of the stairs.
"Let's go Dummy! We don't want to be late!"
"Dummy!" Ranma bingo-ed as he typed out the possible password into his phone, this time gaining access to the options menu. "Ha ha! I got it! Who's the Dummy now, Tomboy?" Ranma taunted.
Akane sighed, and rolled her eyes. "Took you long enough," she grumbled to herself as she made her way up the stairs with a happy, triumphant Ranma close behind.
Author Notes - Lol. That was fun! Yay for Parodies! This was just a short, silly little idea I got in my head that wouldn't leave me alone. I started wondering what would happen in the Ranma universe if everyone had cell phones, especially with today's modern technological advances. I haven't decided if I'm going to continue with this story or not. It most certainly adds a new interesting dynamic to things though! So what did you think? Is this concept worth exploring further or should I ditch it and focus on my other stories? I do have another chapter already written for this entitled 'There's an App For That' but I'm not sure if it's worth uploading. Tell you what, if I get 10 reviews I'll add it, okay? I'd love to hear your thoughts and suggestions for this (If you think I should continue, that is). It has a loose simple plot, so I can add all kinds of ideas if you guys make any fun suggestions.
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