Ranma 1/2 Presents:

You're Hand in Mine's Enough - Sailor Earth

From the Author: If you ever watched the first 3 or 4 Ranma 1/2 OAVs, there's this end song called "The Balland of Ranma and Akane," or as some put it, "Ranma and Akane's Balland." I dusted off my video collection recently, and the song got the better of me. So here I am, typing away at my short...

"So why did I do this again?" Ranma moaned, buttoning up his best white silk shirt.

"Stupid Boy!" his father's voiced echoed through his head, "no true martial artist treats their spouses like dogmeat!"...

"Your father has a point, Ranma," Nabiki agreed, looking up from her Wall Street shinbun. "Even Kuno-baby knows how to treat a woman."...

"Ranma-kun, you will stop arguing with Akane one day, won't you?" Kasumi asked with all of her motherly concern.

"Why am I doin' this anyway?" Akane asked herself, carefully applying her eyeshadow.

"Akane-chan, give your fiance a chance," her father's advice vibrated.

"You shouldn't be so hard on Ranma," Kasumi's voice crooned. "You gotta admit, imouto-chan, he is sweet when he wants to be." Nabiki added.

"You do have a point Nabiki-chan," she answered to all her memories. "He is romantic... sometimes." She placed her make-up back in her small lemon-yellow bag, leaving it in front of her lovable P-chan.

Oh why Akane? Why? Ryoga continued to ask, tears welling up in his eyes. "P-chan?" Akane cooed, "Why so sad? Are you gonna miss me?" Akane giggled, lightly rubbing her pet pig's head. "Daijoubu, ne? I'll be back a lot sooner than you think." She winked, slowly closing the door behind her.

Oh man! Where's the cash?...phew, still here. he smirked. For once in his life his pockets were stuffed with yen, not papers of anything-goes techniques.

He stood (im)patiently outside the training hall, checking his (father's) watch every two minutes or so. Heh, and she thinks I'm too slow. Women, really... He made a face at his own thoughts, suddenly remembering his curse. Wait a minute! I'm an exception. I change into a girl physically, but not mentally! he reasoned to himself.

He heard Akane saying her goodbyes to her family members, including the little porker from hell. He rolled his eyes. "It's not like you'll never see 'em again," he complained. yet again checking his watch. "We might not see our cab either." he sighed, resting himself on the wooden supports of the building.

"Shampoo love Ranma, but he very stupid now," she said to herself, bonboris in hand.

You'd better grab your fiance now, before Akane-san lets him slip away, her great grandmother advised. She positioned herself just outside the Tendo no otaku, crouching beside the main entrance.

"SaotomeRanmahowdareyouaskthebeautifulAkaneoutonadate," he growled. Thanks to Nabiki and his almost pitless wallet, he crusaded towards the castle of his Damsel. "Do not worry, my darling Akane, I shall save you from that wretched villian Ranma." He clenched his wooden sword a little tighter, blending into a nearby corner of the Tendo no Otaku.

Tired of standing, Ranma sat himself comfortably on the steps leading to the dojo. Comfortably, considering he was wearing semi-formal clothing. If he insisted, he'd wear his just-bought red Chinese-style shirt and dark pants. "Special occassion," he told himself, "might as well look like it." Hopefully, none of his "fiancees" or her "fiances" would arrive soon. "Kami please just for ONCE a normal night," he prayed, looking up at the starry sky.

Stuffing him like a turkey and this is all he gives me, Ukyou reflected. She lept down from her post atop a telephone pole, ducking behind a corner against the main entrance of the dojo. As long as that hussy isn't here, I can grab Ranma no problem. Even if she was here, she'd be stupid enough to attack Akane head on.

'This is taking too long!' P-chan/Ryoga squealed. Impatiently, he waited for the tub of the Tendo no Uchi to be filled with smoking hot water. While leaping to hoof the tap off, he fell short, and burned himself. "ITTAAAAAAAAI!" he howled, his fingers reflexively forming the hand sign of aishite. Remembering his mission, he quickly changed into his clothes, racing to beat his bitter rival in going out with his beloved fiancee. He ran, then turned, went down the only set of stairs, and turned several more times. He raced back up again, then cut to the nearest door. "AKAAANEEEEE!" It was just Akane's empty room he stepped into. He face faulted, his body following soon after.

"Oi! Akane! Ya' ready yet?!" Ranma called from his spot outside.

"Coming," Akane nearly sang back. She was still giggling from Nabiki's earlier suggestions and comments about tonight. For some strange reason, she was acting like a kindergartener again, nearly skipping her way outside. When she met up with her destined fiance, she stopped her childish act, blushing under the face he was making.

Ranma's jaw sank to the floor. What happened to her? Ranma asked himself. No way, this can't be Akane. This ain't the POed tomboy I was forced to marry! "I uh...Da...I..." Shimatta, I can't even say anything! After setting his jaw back in place, he motioned Akane to follow him, failing in hiding his nervousness.

Ranma? Impressed? By me? Akane asked herself, looking at the floor to hide her blushing. Does he really think I'm cute? Kami, this is too weird...

Akane will pay dearly for attempting to woon my lover away from me. Kodachi vowed. "Sasuke," she summoned, stretching out her hand, "give me my bag." "Your bag?!" Sasuke nearly screamed, "But Kodachi-sama-" "Did I hear you question my orders?" she coldly whispered. Silence. A small pouch tied by an unusually long piece of string was placed in her palm.

"T-The taxi's g-gonna be here soon," Ranma managed to stutter, "Y-ya wanna wait outs-side?"

Akane gave her best impression of Kasumi's innocent smile, nodding slightly. They were nearing the main entrance, and her anything-goes instincts got the better of her. Someone's following us, she noted, scanning anything in front and behind her. It's not the hentai freak. She looked up to the roofing. It's not Shampoo's great-grandmother either. Who could it be?

Don't tell me that lech is following us, Ranma hoped, looking at every corner of his eye. Nah, he woulda done somethin' stupid by now. He slowed his gait to a halt, his nose detecting the light smell of...Chinese Ramen? Great, they're here. "Akane, stay here," he advised in a low voice.

"Y-you feel it too?" she asked, halting as well.

Ranma nodded, focusing on any shadows that could be seen. What he heard was the shocked voice of the Kuno family servant. "So Kuno's here too, eh?" he whispered to himself. Arrogantly, he marched out just outside the main entrance. "OI! KUNO!"

Akane stayed back to look out for Ranma, not to follow his advice. She heard Shampoo make her surprised variation of "Aiya!" and saw her fall beside Ranma.

"Shampoo?" Ranma blinked.

"Heh heh," Shampoo grinned sheepishly, "Ranma go date with Shampoo?"

Akane's rage suddenly built up. "I KNEW this was goin' 'ta happen! One of your STUPID fiancees was gon'na ruin an entire SATURDAY NIGHT!" Deep within her fit, she grabbed Shampoo by the hem of her shirt. She proceeded to kick Shampoo near her side and hurl her for at least two blocks down.

"Huh?" Ukyou blinked. She had no time to react to the Shampoo-projectile that slammed into her, sending her flying as well.

Even with his double-sightedness, he could recognize his lover's sweet voice in pain. "MY DARLING SHAMPOO!" he yelled, throwing an almost infinite array of chains, knives, metal balls, and swan-shaped figurines at the assailant.

"You dare makeafutileattemptofhurtingmyinnocentrosebudAkane?! I SHALL SMITE THEE!" Kuno shouted, striking Mousse mightily with his wooden sword. Caught off guard, Mousse's body was smacked and molded onto the pavement. "Saotome Ranma, prepare to-"

"AH SHUDDAP ALREADY!" he stopped Kuno mid-sentence, punting his much annoying rival off to the limitless sky.

"Ran-chan, I love you and everything, but you deserved it!" Ukyou struck Ranma mightily behind the head, causing his hands to form the aishite sign.

"Shampoo know spatula-girl stupid," she commented, bonboris glowing against the moonlight, "Shampoo now know spatula-girl is stupider than cabbage!" With that, she threw one of her bonboris fast enough to permanently dent Ukyou's spatula.

Ukyou gasped in shock that her favorite weapon was nearly broken by an Amazon ditz. She clenched her spatula, in rage. "Shampoo," she hissed, a blue aura dancing around her.

She stopped her rampage. An ear-splitting laugh rang through the city district. For some strange reason, people who were asleep managed to stay that way, if they were far enough. "You admirers of my love will keep your duty as admirers. For my love belongs to no woman but thee!" Kodachi declared, striking her small bag against the cement.

"Hey!" Ukyou shouted, noticing a rose-colored mist coming from the bag.

"How she get Amazon love-hate flower?" Shampoo asked herself.

"Why?" Akane asked, "What does it do?"

"Amazon love-hate flower make someone evil-laughing one love love evil-laughing one." Shampoo turned to Kodachi, covering her nose, "and make someone evil-laughing one hate scared of evil-laughing one!"

It took him a while to get there, but he did. He saw her, and..."AAAAAAAAAAH!" Kuno screamed, running towards his humble abode seemingly faster than the wind.

"Damn you Saotome Ranma!" Mousse hollared to Kuno, "Fight like a man!"

"BAKA!" Ranma growled, kicking Mousse to the ground, "Do I look that stupid to 'ya?!"

Something tickled his nose, caushing him to sneeze violently. But then just looking at her, with that perfect athletic body. It shed a whole new light for him. "Kodachi-sama," Sasuke said dreamily, "Did I ever tell you how much I-"

"Sasuke, DAMARE!" Kodachi dictated, hitting Sasuke on the forehead with one of her many gymnastic clubs.

Ranma and Akane stood next to each other, sweat slowly trickling down their heads. "Way too weird," they both commented. Sasuke chased Kodachi out of sight (much to Ranma's relief). Ukyou and Shampoo somehow continued cat-fighting each other, literally.

"N-n-n-nn-NEKOOOOOO!" Ranma screamed. He picked up Akane and ran with all the strength it could take him. He turned around, backpedalling to see the distance between him and the evil creature from hell. Yeah, finally! No more fiance- His back was knocked against something almost as stiff as a wall. He shifted his hold, his back now slamming against the asphalt of the road. He looked at Akane, seeing there was nothing seriously wrong with her. "Akane, daijoubu ka?" he wondered.

"Ranma," Ryoga whispered with a deadly tone. His ki flickered a pale blue around him as he stared down at his long-hated rival.

"So ya' finally found me, eh Ryoga?" he countered, kneeling in front of Akane. "Took ya', what? an hour ta' find me? I guess that's a new record for ya', ne?"

"RANMA!" he boomed, his voice loud enough to shake the wall under him, "PREPARE TO-"

"Ah shud'dap 'bout that 'prepare to die!' crap." Ranma cut him short. "KACHU TENSHIN AMAGURIKEN!" After a rapid succession of punches, Ranma punted Ryoga somewhere near Nagano, hoping he'd stay there for a long time.

Akane's fuse was deadly close to exploding. Annoyingly, he kept his cool. "Saotome Ranma, I HATE YOU! How could you do something like that to-"

"Akane."

"NOW WHAT?!"

"Gomen nasai."

She blinked, her anger substituted by confusion. "Nani?"

"Gomen nasai. I know you wanted a nice dinner at some place. But well..." he extended his hand, "Let's just try some corny romance flick first, ne?"

She considered the offer, finally: "Ikimashou." Gingerly, she put her hand into his.

Let's not talk about our love,
we'll keep it quiet 'til then
But for now, your hand in mine's enough
But for now...your hand in mine's enough.

Oshimai

Note from the contributor/proofreader:

More fanfics to come :) I decided to edit the formatting of the fics I'll be posting from now on as well.

I've mulled it over, but I think I'll post one-shots from one author and place them all in one fic rather than having each one of them have their own.

There are more archived Ranma fanfics in my profile, check them out :)

AND if you guys know other authors that have ubercool fics please recommend them to me :)