Nihogoneko
Akane fanfic- I'll Remember; Lost Memory and Lightening (I call it an Akane fanfic because it revolves around Akane Tendo.)
Summary: A girl wakes up in a forest clearing, with no idea who she is. She walks to the nearest town, and no one recognizes her. But she stays there and starts to build a life there as she searches for herself. But there's more than one thing not right about her- 1) she seems to have superhuman reflexes and strength, and 2) she seems to be able to make and control lightening.
Storyline: Akane was struck by lightening and lost her memory. But other than that, she's the picture of perfect health- except that now she seems to be able to control, make, and channel lightening.
Story:
Chapter Two- Finding the Way Home
Previously in chapters...
Oh, no, she thought. No no no no no. I've forgotten who I am. I've forgotten... everything.
Now continuing the story...
The girl spent several sad moments in shock before she remembered that it was raining. Deciding that she couldn't spend all day- or was it night? - in the forest, on the cold, wet ground, she decided to look for the nearest town. Maybe they'd be friendly and offer hospitality. Or maybe they were all vicious cannibals. Or maybe... they would recognize her.
So she walked, and walked, and walked. For some reason, though, she was brain tired, her body seemed... energized. She walked for a long time and did not tire.
Well, the girl thought, maybe I'm a runner or something. I guess that's better than being a lazy bum. At least I get... got exercise. Or I live in the mountains. Hmm...
After awhile, the rain stopped, and, at about the same time, the girl reached the end of the forest. The sun came out of the clouds and shone over the girl, and, beyond her, a town. She smiled. It was beautiful. And, maybe, she was home.
end chapter two
(I know that this was a EXTREMELY short chapter, but never fear- I added another one today to make up for it. ) )
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Chapter Three- The Town
Previously in chapters...
After awhile, the rain stopped, and, at about the same time, the girl reached the end of the forest. The sun came out of the clouds and shone over the girl, and, beyond her, a town. She smiled. It was beautiful. And, maybe, she was home.
Now continuing the story...
When she reached the town, she didn't recognize anything. She couldn't ever remember walking down the sidewalks, or talking to any of the people she saw. But she understood that. She seemed to have forgotten everything, even her own name and age. But the thing was, no one seemed to remember her either. No one looked at her as if they knew her. In fact, the only ones who did look at her took one look at her face and spent the rest of their time looking at her clothes. Well, she was pretty dirty. But she had no place to clean up, and she had no money for the bathhouse that she saw open a little while back.
It seemed that while she didn't remember anything about herself, she did remember about the things around her- like food and clothes, and she understood the concept of money and a home- which, at the moment, she was fresh out of everything. How was she going to survive if she had no place to stay?
As she continued walking, she got a feeling of unease, and a tingling at the back of her neck. The girl looked back as discreetly as she could and realized that she was being followed. It was a man, around 24 or so, maybe. He didn't look friendly.
For some reason, thought, the girl wasn't scared. She realized that she felt no fear about this possible threat, none at all, and she hoped that it hadn't fled along with her memory. It would be really bad if that was true, because she knew that it could cause her to do something stupid. What she didn't want to do was to face a mugger, burglar, or worse, an attacker, and find out that she had a reason to be afraid. What if he carried a knife, or a gun?
As the girl continued to walk, she realized another thing. She did not look like she had any money or possessions. Why would a man be following her?
Then it hit her. She looked homeless, helpless, poor and alone. She had nothing of value. All she had was the dirty clothes on her back. And all that she had besides herself was her body. So... what if he wanted to rape her?
Aware of the man still following her, she tried hard not to appear scared. The last thing she wanted was to draw even more attention to herself. If she appeared scared, then he might jump her.
Suddenly, the tingling in the back of her neck increased, and her brain shouted for her to run. She heard hurried footsteps behind her. They were too heavy to be female. Immediately, she knew that it was the man who had been following her. He was running.
Although her brain screamed at her to run too, her body turned to face the man. She saw him coming closer and closer...
And he passed right by her in a rush. The girl sighed to herself in relief. Then she heard a scream.
\"Help! I've been robbed!!"
The girl realized that the man wasn't after her at all. He was just stealing. But now he had stolen an old womans' purse. And from the sound of it, he had stolen a lot of money.
Before she even realized what she was doing, the girl had rushed off after the robber. And she realized one thing- she was gaining on him pretty quickly. It was odd, considering that he was a grown man and she was only a teen- well, according to the reflection she had seen in one of the shop mirrors, that is.
In almost no time, she had caught up to him and was close to passing the man. He seemed too caught up in running away to notice her beside him, and the girl wondered how long his ignorance would last. She needed a way to stop him.
Almost as suddenly as she had thought this, her body seemed to take action on its own. She ran ahead of him, and her leg shot out, hitting his ankle and tripping him.
As he fell, she grabbed his arm and, as she skid to a stop, she twisted his body in a judo-like one-handed flip onto his back. His body hit the ground. He tried to get up, so she grabbed his arm again and twisted it behind his back, applying enough pressure to keep him on his knees, bent over and harmless.
Suddenly, the girl came back to her senses, with the robber apprehended in her hands. She almost jumped back in suprise, but stopped herself at the last moment. If he got away, after she had just- wow- caught him, she wasn't sure that she could catch him again.
"Thank you so much, Miss. He had my weekly check in there."
It was the woman that he had robbed.
"Oh... um, you're welcome." she replied. A police officer came up to her to take the criminal away and she was able to stand up.
"I want to show you my thanks." the woman continued. "Is there anythingthat I could do to repay you?"
The girl looked at the robber, and then at herself. She really was a mess now. "Umnnn... could you possible point me in the direction of the police building? I have to report a missing person."
"Oh, how horrible!" the woman replied, looking symapthetically at her. "You poor thing, no wonder you're so dirty! You must have been looking all over! Who did you lose?"
"Umnnn..." she was really embarrassed to admit her trouble to the nice old lady. "... me. I'm lost. And I have no clue how to get home."
"Poor dear..." the woman clucked, her worry turning into caring sympathy. "Where do you live? Maybe it's nearby and I can point you in the right direction."
"I...I don't...remember..." she trailed off, trying to think, even though she knew by now that it was a fruitless attempt. She had no memory, not even flashes of images or feelings of her life. It was like she was a new person. She was puzzled, but she wasn't sad. How could she be, if she had no clue what her life had been like? You can't feel for something that you don't remember. That made her a little sad. The fact that she might never know what she had had.
"Oh!!! Child...!!!" the woman's horrified voice drifted back to her through her haze. "You have... amnesia...?" then she calmed down snd her voice became kind. "Oh, don't worry child. You've helped me so much, come stay with me."
end chapter three
thank you for reading this far. and thank you everyone who has reviewed up to this point. I appreciate it very much. continue to review, and I might take some suggestions on what to add to my chapters. ) any comments are welcome if you think that I'm doing something wrong. oh, and because I forgot to put a disclaimer on the first chapter, just so you know, I own neither Akane, Ranma, or the gang or the manga or anime or any other of Rumiko Takahashi's work. thank you. this has been nihogoneko, over and out. see you next chapter!!!
