Ranma ½

Hello, everyone! I'm here with chapter 2. I'm actually quite happy that I got to update today. My summer homework has overwhelmed me a bit lately. I'm not making much progress in it, but I'll find a way to pull through:)

Ah! I finished watching Soul Eater yesterday! It was awesome! I finished watching Black Butler II three days ago and it was also awesome! Yes, I love anime!What would I be doing now if anime didn't exsist? ;)

A quick thanks to all the people that reviewed. It means a lot to me! Anyways, please enjoy! I hope it meets your expectations!

Hidden Identity

Chapter 2 – Friends?

After she went to her dorm, Akane headed toward the school building. She had waited a few minutes in her dorm for her room mate to show up, but he never came much to her dissapointment. She wondered what type of person he would be and if they would be able to get along. If she was going to sleep in the same room with a boy then she might as well try to be friends with him.

Akane clenched her fists angrily while she stomped inside the school. She opened the door and stepped in to see nothing but chaos and a bunch of smelly guys. Taking a deep breath, Akane made her way through the hallway. Unfortunately, there were guys everywhere! Akane couldn't believe where she had just gotten herself into. Placing her hand over her mouth, she tried to walk by them without causing much attention. Luckily, all the guys seemed to be lost in their own little world and didn't seem to notice her.

Some guys were walking down the hallway in a daze while others stood in front of their messy lockers pulling out junk. Other guys leaned against the wall thinking they were cool. Honestly, Akane thought they were all idiots. She had to admit though, some of them were not bad looking, but that still didn't change the fact that they were jerks.

There was a time when Akane didn't have a problem against guys. That was back when she was in Furinkan and before Kuno decided to make a stupid rule. He had made a rule that anyone that wanted to date her would have to beat her in the fight. Ever since then, boys annoyed her to no end. Every morning she would have to fight her way through a bunch of crazy love-struck guys just to get to school. It annoyed Akane so much that she ended up hating guys deeply.

Sighing, Akane looked up and started walking in a bit more calmed pace. One of the good things about this school would be that she wouldn't have to be around Kuno anymore. She was finally relieved from him and she wondered for how long. Once he discovers that she transferred to a new school, he would probably start looking for her.

Suddenly, Akane stopped walking completely. She stood in the middle of the hallway wondering where in the world was her classroom. She never had a chance to ask the principle where her classroom was. "Just great." Akane said to herself. "Now, what am I suppose to do?"

She could try to ask someone. Maybe a teacher or the school counselor would know what class she was suppose to be in. Akane was about to continue walking when she accidentally crashed into someone. It was someone strong for that matter since she fell backwards and landed flat on the floor. Her school bag flying from her hands.

"Hey! You better watch where you're going!" The person said.

Akane looked up after she rubbed one of her elbows. She looked up to see a guy with a yellow shirt and a yellow bandana around his head. He had an angry look on his face while his hands were curled into fists. Akane scowled at him and quickly stood up from the floor. She wasn't about to let some guy push her around like that.

"What! You're the one that crashed into me!" Akane snapped back at him. She gave a glare and got ready to fight. "You're the one that needs to watch where you're going!"

"Oh, yeah!?" The guy took a step back as he got ready to strike a punch. "We'll just see who's the one talking back after I beat the crap out of you!"

Akane stood ready for anything, but before anyone could make a move, someone interrupted them from behind. "Yo, Ryoga. Isn't it a bit early to be picking fights? What's got you into such a bad mood anyways?" Someone said.

Akane suddenly saw a guy standing right next to her. He was a little taller than her and he had his hair tied back in a pigtail. What really caught her attention, though, was the fact that the guy next to her had the same red shirt she had seen back in her dorm. Was he her room mate? Akane shook that thought away. Maybe it was just a coincidence. Coming back to her senses, Akane quickly took a step away from him and gave him a suspicious look.

"You stay out of this, Ranma! It's none of your business! Besides, all of this is your fault!" The guy in yellow that Akane figured was named Ryoga yelled.

"My fault?! What are you saying, you dumb pig?! How is this my fault?" The guy with the pigtail that Akane figured was named Ranma snapped back. "Have you lost your mind?!"

"Shut up, Ranma! You stupid crossdresser! My life is nothing but misery and it's all because of you!" Ryoga yelled as he started to run towards Ranma. For some reason, he was holding out his index finger. Akane couldn't understand why that was. Ryoga suddenly leaped up in the air and was coming straight down toward Ranma. "This is the end for you, Ranma! Bakusai Tenketsu!"

"Hey! Watch out!" Instead of dodging the attack, Ranma grabbed Akane from her stomach and jumped back, making Ryoga fall straight on his face on the floor. Of course, that left a pretty big massive hole on the floor.

Akane's eyebrow twitched as she was carried by Ranma like some sort of dog. He had his right arm wrapped around her stomach while her hands and legs hung down freely. She couldn't help but feel emberrassed. She snapped from her thoughts when she felt Ranma placing her back on the ground.

"Hey. You okay?" Ranma asked her as he tilted his head forward to look at her. Akane bit her lip as her eyebrow continued to twitch. Anger was starting to boil inside her.

"Yeah, I'm fine! I didn't ask for your help!" Akane told him with a scowl on her face. She took a few steps away from him. "I could have handled that guy on my own! Next time, don't get involve in things that aren't your business."

Ranma clenched his fists. "That's the thanks I get for saving your sorry butt? If I hadn't moved you, you'd be half dead! Ryoga might look like an idiot, but he's pretty darn strong! A wimpy kid like you didn't stand a chance!"

"I could've have handled him! I'm not a weakling just so you know! I could take you and that other guy any day! Just you watch!" Akane snapped back at him.

"Yeah. That would be the day." Ranma placed his hands in his pockets while he gave out an annoyed huff. "Fine. Next time, your wimpy butt is in trouble, I won't bother!" And with that, he started walking down the hallway.

Akane stomped her foot on the floor while she crossed her hands. She didn't mean to snap back at the pigtail boy. After all, in a way, he had saved her from Ryoga. The reason she had gotten so mad was because she felt humiliated. She, Akane Tendo, wasn't supposed to be saved by anyone because that would only mean that she's weak. She wasn't suppose to be weak. She's suppose to be strong so she could carry on the Tendo Dojo.

Sighing, Akane slowly looked around. She hadn't even noticed all the people that were looking at her. They had probably witnessed the entire commotion. Feeling a bit guilty, Akane decided to apologize to Ranma if she ever saw him again. After all, he did go out of his way to save her from that other guy. It was her first day in school and she already had problems.

She walked over to Ryoga, who was now up on his feet. "Hey. Would you happen to know where my class might be?"

Ryoga looked at her a bit confused. He scratched the back of his head and started to look around in all directions. "How am I suppose to know? I don't even know where my classroom is."

"Oh, really." Akane placed her finger on her lips while she grabbed her bag from the floor. "Are you a new student here too, then?"

"No! Now leave me alone!" Ryoga told her and he started walking down the hallway.

Akane couldn't believe the weirdos that were in that school. After she had gotten over all that chaos, Akane went into the counselors office to get her classroom number.

Once she finally made it to her class, Akane nervously took a deep breath and walked inside. She was right away greeted by the teacher. He was pretty short and had a tired looking face. Not only that, his glasses made him look old. Akane gave him a small smile and walked toward him.

"Okay, class." The teacher said as Akane stood up straight to face the class. "This is your new class mate Akane Tendo. Please. I want you all to make him feel welcome."

Akane looked at her new class mates and was surprised to see not only Ryoga in her class, but also Ranma. When her eyes accidentally met with his, she choked on her own saliva and quickly turned away. She cleared her throat and tried to calm herself. Out of all the classes in the school, she had to be stuck with those two knuckleheads. Her first day of school was heading toward disaster.

The teacher instructed her to sit in the empty desk that was a few desks behind Ranma. Akane nodded and started walking toward her desk. Along the way, though, she kept hearing whispers in between the students. She could hear them asking themselves why she had a girl name or why had she picked a fight with Ranma and Ryoga. Akane tried to ignore them as she sat herself in her seat. This was definitely going to be a long day.

When it was finally time for lunch, Akane was relieved and quickly closed her journal that was in front of her. During the entire class, she had been so close to falling asleep. The lesson had just been so boring that no one was paying attention nor were they trying. She was the only one that had been taking notes. Then again, she always was a good girl.

Akane looked around the class and saw that guy, Ranma, looking for something inside his school bag. Akane wondered to herself what he was looking for. Biting her lower lip, Akane walked over to him. She wasn't sure what she was going to say, but she had to apologize somehow for her rudeness earlier before.

"Umm, excuse me." Akane told him timidly and blushed a little when she saw him look up at her. "I, umm, wanted to say sorry about what happened earlier today. I didn't mean to yell at you."

"I wasn't asking for your apology." Ranma told her sarcastically. "It's not like I need it."

Akane clenched her fists and gritted her teeth, anger once again forming inside her. She had gathered all her courage and placed aside her pride to come an apologize to this guy! "WHAT! Why not?! I came all this way to apologize, you know! At least try to act like you care!"

"Oh, like you care." Ranma turned away from her, making her even more angry. She had come all this way to apologize and now he was ignoring her?! She didn't know how much she could take all this.

"Fine! This is the last time I try talking to you!" Akane told him. She huffed loudly before turning around. She started walking toward the door when she stopped and turned around to look at Ranma again. "Either way, thanks for saving me. I promise it's the last time that happens."

Ranma scratched the back of his head as he watched that boy walk out. He didn't know what his deal was. First, he yells at him and the next thing he knows, that guy is apologizing. He was such a freak. To make things worse, Akane kind a looked like a girl and that really disturbed him. Akane Tendo had big brown eyes and he was kind of small in figure. To Ranma, that guy looked weak so that's why he thought he couldn't defend himself. How wrong he was.

Still, he was feeling a bit guilty. He should have just accepted that guys' apology and gotten all that over with. Shrugging to himself, Ranma continued to look for some money in his school bag. He wasn't about to let the words of some wimpy guy get to him.

The day was finally over and Akane personally could have felt happier. She couldn't wait to get out of the classroom even though she would stick herself in her dorm. Akane sighed as she walked out of the school building.

During lunch, after she had tried to say sorry to Ranma, she had spent the entire time eating lunch by herself under a tree. From there, she watched some the noisy boys playing basketball and soccer. Some of them ate in the cafeteria while others were just out causing mischief. She didn't know where Ryoga or Ranma was and she didn't care. She didn't plan on talking to them ever again. She still couldn't believe she had the nerve to go up to him and apologize only to receive a cold shoulder.

Akane growled to herself as she started running toward the dorm building. They were jerks! All the guys were nothing but jerks! She hated them! There was no way she would ever have them as her friends.

She ran into the dorm building and quickly pressed the elevator button. She leaned her hands on her knees as she tried to catch her breath. After a couple seconds, the elevators' doors opened and she quickly stepped inside.

Once again, she was walking down the hallway of the second floor. She stopped when she stood in front of dorm. Without knocking, Akane opened the door with her key to find Ranma unbuttoning his shirt.

Akane eyes widen as a faint blush appeared on her face. She slowly furrowed her eyebrows and gripped on her school bag tightly. Her blood was slowly starting to boil. Her big brown eyes fixed on the guy that was in front of her. When she finally saw Ranma turning to look at her, Akane snapped and threw her school bag as hard as she could in his face.

"What are you doing in my dorm!?" Akane yelled at him as she stepped inside.

"Your dorm!? This is my room! You shouldn't be here, idiot!" Ranma quickly yelled back at her, but then he looked at the suitcase that was on top of the bed. "Are you my new room mate?"

"Ugh! Are you telling me that your my room mate!? The principle told me that this was my dorm." Akane asked him, but at the same time, she was kind of asking herself. She walked over to her bed and sat down. Then she started whispering to herself. "This can't be. Why do you have to be my room mate? Out of all the people that are here..."

A couple of seconds of silence passed before Ranma let out a long sigh. Then he walked over to her. "I guess, we don't have a choice, but to accept each other. I guess your the new room mate that the principle was talking about. I should have figured."

Akane pouted and sighed as well. "I guess. What choice do we have?"

Her eyes widen a bit when she saw Ranma holding out his hand. She looked up at him a bit emberrassed and bit her lower lip to prevent herself from saying anything stupid. "What are you doing?"

"Let's introduce ourselves. Properly this time. We kind of got off on the wrong foot earlier today." He paused, scratching the back of his head with his other hand. "I'm Ranma Saotome."

Akane stood up from the bed and smiled a little bit. She took his hand and shook it firmly. "I'm Akane Tendo. I hope we can try to get along."

Ranma shrugged, letting go of her hand. "Why do you have such a girly name? It's kind of freaking me out."

Instead of answering that, Akane decided to ignore that statement. He wouldn't be so surprised if he actually knew that he was a girl. Of course, he was never going to figure that out. That was her secret and she planning on keeping it to herself. "Yeah, whatever. I might have a girly name, but at least I'm not the one with the girly haircut."

"Shut up, man. That isn't funny." Ranma told her. Then he continued taking of his shirt.

Akane flushed a deep shade of red as she watched Ranma trying to take off his shirt. She quickly closed her eyes and let her girl instincts take over. She started grabbing everything that was on floor to throw it at him. "What are you doing?! Go change somewhere else?!"

"Hey! Stop it!?" Ranma yelled at her while books and other things started flying towards him. "What the heck do you think your doing?! I'm trying to change, stupid! What are you a girl?!"

"Well, go change some where else! I don't want to see you naked, you pervert!" Akane yelled at him as she stopped throwing things at him. What was she doing? She couldn't be acting this way when she was suppose to be a guy. Oh, she had really blew it.

"Fine! If you wanted me to go change somewhere else!" Ranma exclaimed. "What the heck were you thinking? Throwing all that stuff at me like you're some kind of idiot! If you want me to change somewhere else, then you should have just told me?! Geez, you're such an idiot."

Akane opened her mouth to say something, but decided to keep it shut. If she spoke one more word, her secret could get out.

"Not only do you look like a girl, you have a girly name and now, you're acting like a girl. What the heck is wrong with you!? You're creeping me out." Ranma told as he grabbed some pants from a small dresser that was beside his desk.

"Geez, I'm sorry! I'm just don't used to that sort of thing!" Akane defended herself. "And don't you ever call me girly again!"

"Yeah, yeah. Whatever."Ranma walked over to the window and pulled it open, surprising Akane for a bit.

"What do you think you're doing? Where are you going?" Akane asked him a bit worried. She was afriad that she had made him angry enough for him to leave. What was she suppose to do if he left?

"What does it look like I'm doing?" Ranma answered her question with a question. "I'm going to change out here. If you're going to be that sensitive, then I might as well change some where you can't see me." And with that, he jumped out the window onto the tree and closed the window shortly afterward.

Akane couldn't help, but smile at Ranma's gesture. Even though guys were idiots, Ranma didn't seem so bad.

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