Nerima Journals
By M. Zephyr
Disclaimer: Ranma 1/2 is a trademark of Rumiko Takahashi and VIZ Communications, and its characters have been borrowed without permission. This story was written for non-commercial purposes only.
Ranma x Akane. The lives of Ranma and Akane as seen through their journal entries. What is reproduced here is only a selection of entries from their journals.
Chapter 4. Gymnastics and Ice Skating
Akane's Journal : Tue - 29 May
I caught that jerk Ranma up on the roof a little while ago, trying to make out with a girl who had just ambushed me in my own bedroom! The nerve! After I got rid of her he just lay there, like he was still dreaming about it. I don't know why, but I took off my robe and put it over him. I should have just let him freeze.
The girl was a gymnast from a rival school, named Kodachi, who I've agreed to fight in a match next week. She already ambushed the members of our team, so that they can't compete. After I got back in from training, Kodachi tried to pounce on me, too, but naturally I won. Except she trashed my room! Then after I get most of the mess picked up, I find her and Ranma up on the roof like I said!
Training to use the gymnastics tools was harder than I thought, and Ranma was no help. Luckily Ryoga showed up, and it turns out he's really good at using them. He's agreed to help me learn to use them in time for the match. I hope he can. A week doesn't seem very long right now.
Ranma's Journal : Wed - 30 May
I didn't write an entry yesterday because I spent the night on the roof. Not that this was my idea you understand. A completely psycho chick paralyzed me, and Akane left me there. I guess I should back up and explain.
Yesterday I saw a girl getting ambushed, but she beat off her attackers. Turns out her name is Kodachi Kuno, and she's old Blue Thunder's sister. Calls herself the Black Rose. What's with this Kuno family and the weird nicknames? If I meet their parents I'll probably find they call themselves the Purple Penguin and the Red Typhoon or something.
The people who attacked her turned out to be girls from our school, from the gymnastics team. Kodachi had put them out of commission for a match coming up, and now they've asked Akane to take their place. Sheesh. Watching Akane try to use those gymastics tools was something else. Then that jerk Ryoga showed up and offered to train her. And she accepted! But it's hopeless. Honestly.
Oh, and she nicknamed the pig "P-chan." Could she have thought of anything more disgustingly cute? I don't see how Ryoga can possibly stand to be called that.
Anyway, I accidentally knocked that girl Kodachi off the roof. When I grabbed her and kept her from hitting the ground, how did she repay me? She paralyzed me with some gas from a bunch of flowers! Then tried to kiss me right in front of Akane! I swear, she's as nutty as that brother of hers. And after she went away, Akane just left me there. She did put a robe over me, but it blew off a minute later.
Kodachi showed up at school the next morning, saying she wanted to date me. That's when we found out she's Kuno's sister. The jackass, Kuno I mean, tried to give me permission to date her. Idiot. Like I'd want to go out with a crazy girl. I got enough trouble with Akane!
Akane's Journal : Wed - 30 May
It turns out that Kodachi is perv boy's sister. I should have seen the resemblance.
She tried to attack me at school today, not that it did her any good. Then she went after Ranma again, although he acted like he was trying to get away. In fact, he had the nerve to call me his fiancée, just as an excuse to get Kodachi to leave him alone.
And for the icing on the cake, she's made Ranma part of the challenge. Whichever one of us wins is supposed to get him. Ugh. Now if I fight to win, it's going to look like I'm trying to win Ranma. But I can't back down from a challenge. The rumors are already flying around the school.
Ranma's Journal : Thu - 31 May
The pig was here again tonight, helping Akane train for her match. I've got to admit, he does seem to have helped her some. I'm sure I could've done better of course, if I'd had any reason to. The creep has a lot of nerve, still coming around here and using his curse to sleep in Akane's bed.
Kodachi was waiting for me after school. (Brrr.) Luckily, I saw her before she saw me. I tossed her brother at her as a diversion. I made my escape while she was busy tying him up in her ribbon. I don't know what it is about that girl, but just seeing her makes my hair stand on end. And that laugh! She really ought to consider a career in horror films.
When we got home from school, Kasumi handed Akane a box and it turned out to have a leotard in it, for the match. So she wore that while she practiced tonight, instead of her gi. I clobbered Ryoga at one point when I caught him staring at her legs instead of paying attention to her moves. Not that I was jealous or anything.
Akane's Journal : Fri - 1 Jun
Ryoga didn't show up for our practice tonight. I hope he hasn't gone and gotten lost again. If he has there's no telling when he might show up again, and I'd really like for him to train with me more. It's pretty hopeless asking for Ranma's help. Besides, that baka doesn't really know the gymnastics stuff the way Ryoga does. Anyway I did my best practicing on my own. I think I'm getting better.
I hope I haven't bitten off more than I can chew.
Ranma was out in the dojo the whole time I was practicing, watching me. He was probably just looking for opportunities to tease and insult me, but luckily I didn't give him too many. A few times I could almost swear I caught him staring at me, but I'm sure that was just my imagination.
Ranma's Journal : Sat - 2 Jun
Akane put in an awful lot of time practicing today. I got to admit, she does seem to be pretty serious about winning this match. Yuka called and asked her to come over to quote - study - unquote, but Akane told her that she needed to keep practicing. She ain't said anything, but I think she's been worried that Ryoga hasn't come by the last couple of days.
Yuka was lucky to get through. Nabiki's been hogging the telephone the last couple of days. I think she's taking bets from everybody in Tokyo over who's going to win. I thought about making a bet myself, but I'm afraid I might have to bet on Kodachi if I don't want to lose my money. And Akane would kill me if she found out I did that.
Not that I'd bet on Kodachi if it was just martial arts. I wouldn't tell her, but heck, it's obvious Akane could take Kodachi easy in a straight fight. But she ain't had time to get comfortable using the clubs and hoops and stuff. And let's not mention that ribbon! But during the match she's got to use those things to fight with. That gives Kodachi the edge.
I wonder if they're serious about thinking that I'm stuck with whoever wins? No way Mr. Tendo would go along with that. But if they are, then I've got to cheer Akane on, at least privately. I might not want to marry the tomboy, but I can't even stand to be near that Kodachi girl. So good luck, Akane.
Akane's Journal : Mon - 4 Jun
I'm such a klutz! Damn it, and things were going so well! I even convinced Ranma to work out with me, and I was doing a lot better, I know it. Then I went a tripped over a stupid ball! I scraped up my knee and twisted my ankle. The ankle really hurts, too!
With the match taking place tomorrow, I'm not going to be able to compete because of this. I'm so mad at myself! Ranma's going to take my place instead. He's down in the dojo right now training with Ryoga. I offered to stay and watch, but they both insisted I go to bed. Ranma's actually pretty amazing already. He says it's from watching me practice all week.
It hardly seems like he needed to practice. If he can just do the stuff tomorrow I saw him doing tonight, then he's a cinch to win! I think I might even make a small bet on him with Nabiki. Of course, I'm not paying any attention to that nonsense about the winner getting Ranma. Still, it is sort of amusing to think of Ranma fighting in my place to win his right to stay with me.
Ranma's Journal : Tue - 5 Jun
Well, I won of course. Though it was closer than I like to think. Damn but that girl cheats! And damn that Ryoga too! Trying to make me lose, the stupid little pig.
I skipped last night's entry cause I stayed up all night "practicing" with Ryoga. The jerk was trying to hurt me so that I'd lose the match. He seemed to be hoping that I'd feel bound to date Kodachi if she won. As if.
Why was I the one fighting in the match? Last night Akane tripped herself and hurt her ankle. They needed another female martial artist, and everybody decided that meant me. They didn't even bother to ask. It was a pity, too. Akane really had gotten better. I'm afraid to think what might've happened if she'd been the one to fight, the way Kodachi was cheating, but if there hadn't been any cheating - Akane might've actually had a chance.
I really don't feel like saying much about the match, except to repeat that I won. Ryoga's curse was almost revealed too, but it's just as well it wasn't, as everyone would've seen me as a guy wearing that leotard.
Akane's Journal : Tue - 5 Jun
I can't believe that baka. He gave his real name for the match. And would you believe, nobody caught on? People just said stuff like "strangers can look alike." I couldn't believe it.
Backing up a bit, that idiot stayed up all night practicing with Ryoga. Practicing, ha! More like fighting. At first I was afraid he'd sleep right through the match, but he seemed to wake up finally. Right at the start Kodachi attached P-chan to Ranma with a chain. I wanted to climb into the ring and beat her up for that! And Ranma, naturally, didn't care at all if he hurt P-chan so long as he won!
Kodachi cheated in all sorts of ways. Clubs with retractable spikes. A hoop with a razor edge. But the worse thing she did was to pour hot water on Ranma. By a miracle I was able to grab a hose and spray him before anyone could realize that he'd turned into a boy. After that Ranma managed to throw Kodachi out of the ring, but she had the rest of her team under the ring, and they moved the ring so that she landed back inside.
Finally, Ranma managed to knock the post out from under Kodachi so that she hit the floor. Which of course meant that she was supposed to give up on Ranma. So did she? Remember, this is perv boy's sister. Of course she didn't. Sigh.
Well, at least our gymnastics team was avenged. So take that, St. Hebereke!
Akane's Journal : Wed - 6 Jun
Yuka and Sayuri invited me to go ice skating with them tomorrow. I'm looking forward to it. It's been a couple of months since the last time, back before we started high school.
I mentioned it to Ranma tonight, but he just said something insulting about it. Naturally. The jerk. I can't believe I was thinking of inviting him to join us. I must have been out of my mind. He also said that he'd be busy anyway, that he and his friends were going to that ramen restaurant down the street from the skating rink. Funny thing though - it didn't sound like he had plans to do anything of the sort until just that minute.
There were a lot of people at school today who were pestering me for information about a girl named Ranma Saotome. As in, the girl who won the gymnastics match for our high school. I just told them to go bug our Ranma Saotome for the details. I wonder what he told them? Nothing, probably. Hell, he probably told them that he wasn't even at the match and didn't know anything about it.
Akane's Journal : Thu - 7 Jun
Big news for the day - Ranma and I have been challenged to an ice skating match a week from today. I think we'll be all right. As good as Ranma is at sports, he's bound to be a great skater.
Now that I think about it, Ryoga showed up at the house tonight, and offered to be my partner instead of Ranma. I wonder why? It's not like the two who challenged us insulted him in any way. He's supposed to meet us at the rink tomorrow so that he and Ranma can decide who's the better skater. I'm pretty sure Ranma will be my partner though. I mean, even if Ryoga turns out to be the better skater, chances are he'd get lost and arrive for the match a few days late, right?
I really want to beat these two, Azusa Shiratori and Mikado Sanzenin. They're supposed to be hot shot skaters from Kolkhoz High School. Hmmph. We'll show them. That Azusa tried to steal my P-chan. Then that pervert Mikado tried to kiss me! Oooh! I want to go back in time and punch him sooo bad! I ought to thank Ranma for hitting Mikado in the face with a fish cake to distract him. But I can't - he'd just gloat if I did. I told Ranma later that if he'd been a tenth of a second later with that fish cake I'd have broken Sanzenin's jaw. And I would have too. The only problem is he'd have probably kissed me first since he caught me by surprise, and I'd have been really, really, really, really upset by that. Ugh. It turns my stomach to think that might have been the first kiss a boy gave me. So privately, just here in my journal, where no one else will see, I'll say, "Thank you, Ranma."
Then I'll turn right back around and say, "Ranma, you jerk!" The nerve of him, telling me I have zero sex appeal. As if I'd want to have sex appeal for any of the boys around here. Who wants sex appeal anyway, if all it gets you is perverts like Sanzenin trying to kiss or grope you?
Next Thursday Ranma and I are going to skate circles around those two! We'll show them they challenged the wrong people!
Ranma's Journal : Thu - 7 Jun
How do I get myself into these things? Next Thursday Akane and me are supposed to pair up against a couple of champion ice skaters for an ice skating contest. I'm going to end up looking like a fool. How the hell am I going to learn how to skate well enough in a week? It's not like the old man ever taught me martial arts ice skating or nothing.
But I got to do it. Otherwise Ryoga's going to be her partner, and ain't no way I'm letting pig boy do that! Hell, he already taught her gymnastics for that match I ended up fighting. If he thinks he's going to come between
What the hell am I writing? Come between Akane and me? There ain't no between, cause we ain't together. Damn. Why do my thoughts always turn crazy whenever it comes to that girl?
And it's all Ryoga's fault to begin with! If he just hadn't let that ditz Azusa kidnap him, none of this would have happened! Some martial artist he is. Okay, so what if he was a pig at the time? He seems to fight with me well enough when he's a pig.
And that creep Sanzenin, trying to kiss Akane! He's lucky the only thing I hit him with was a fish cake! I ought to - dammit, there I go again. C'mon, focus! One way or another, I'm gonna - we're going to win that match next week.
When we were walking home after, Akane said that if I hadn't stopped Sanzenin, she'd have broken his jaw! Whoo, that was great! That cute fist of hers, and the fire in her eyes! It's times like that - I had to pull my cap down so she wouldn't see the way I looked, and I covered up by telling her she had zero sex appeal. Those little moments are when I'm glad my pop didn't get me stuck with someone like Kasumi. You know, nice and normal. Boring. If there's one thing Akane sure ain't, it's boring.
Not that I'm going to marry her or nothing.
Ranma's Journal : Fri - 8 Jun
I've been sitting here for the last half hour, just staring at the page in front of me. There are no cuss words strong enough for how I'm feeling.
That pervert Sanzenin!
He must die. My first - that thing with the lips. With another guy! When I was a girl! I hate my curse! I hate Sanzenin! I am going to tear him apart. Slowly.
And I can. Because I found out today. It's going to be a martial ice skating match! It doesn't matter if I can barely skate. Nobody's better than me at martial arts, and on Thursday he is going to pay! Oh, how he's going to pay. What I did to him today was just a minor down payment.
And Ryoga. That blasted pig! Blabbing about it to everyone. How dare he! After I kept his secret! Stupid, dishonorable, little - crap, I could go on like that all night.
But Gods, how do I describe what happened in the dojo tonight? I almost, y'know, kissed Akane! I was just trying to make a point. At first. But then she went and dared me! She should've known I couldn't back down after she did that! Why'd she do that? And then to just sit there, with her eyes closed. I think she might have really let me. Except of course everyone chose that moment to stick their noses in. Would I have done it? Would she have let me? What would've happened? Could we have even looked at each other tomorrow?
Did I want to do it?
Akane's Journal : Fri - 8 Jun
Oh God, I think my heart is still racing. I don't remember coming back into the house, or climbing the stairs to my bedroom. What is wrong with me?
Why am I acting so weird just because Ranma almost kissed me?
The dummy let his guard down at the skating rink today. And he was a girl at the time. So that pervert Sanzenin kissed him. I couldn't believe that someone with Ranma's reflexes didn't manage to stop him. And I felt so sorry for him. Even after he changed back to a boy and pummeled Sanzenin into a catatonic state.
It turns out that it was Ranma's first kiss. And it was with another boy. I can't imagine how he feels. What if my first kiss was with another girl, in front of a crowd of people? Yuck!
Of course, I wasn't going to let him know I sympathized, because he'd just turn around and say something stupid. So I teased him a bit about it, trying to get him out of his depression. Told him he shouldn't have left himself wide open. Which turned out to be one of the stupider things I've done, because he immediately turned around and showed he could have kissed me just as easily. He didn't have the guts to of course.
But why did I have to go and tell him he didn't have the guts? I mean, that was practically daring him to prove that he did. I even closed my eyes! I was really going to let Ranma Saotome kiss me. Why?
And I think he would have, too. Except everybody chose just that moment to interrupt us.
And somehow I'm back up here in my bedroom. I just don't remember how I got here. And I've got no idea what to think about it.
Am I disappointed? That he didn't kiss me? I can't be!
Can I?
I'm not going to think about it anymore. Let's see. What else happened today?
(Growl.) That twit Azusa put a collar on my P-chan. With the name Charlotte on it. And a lock. And she has the only key. She is so getting it Thursday. Oh, P-chan, why did you have to find your way to the ice skating rink today of all days?
(Smile.) And they will get it, too. Because it turns out that it's a martial ice skating match. There is no way that they're better than Ranma or me at martial arts! I don't care how good they are at skating.
At least, it better work out that way. (Sigh.) Because Ranma can't skate to save his life. He and Ryoga both fell down the instant they stepped onto the ice! How can someone be so good at every other sport ever invented, and so rotten on ice skates? I couldn't believe it. Ryoga disappeared shortly after, not that that was entirely unexpected. Somehow I'm just going to have to teach Ranma to skate between now and Thursday.
Did I really want him to kiss me?
Akane's Journal : Sat - 9 Jun
We went to a different skating rink to practice today. Ranma managed to stay on his feet at least. Maybe by the day of the match he'll even be able to move on his own. (Sigh.) How can someone who learns martial arts so effortlessly have so much trouble learning to skate?
Ranma hasn't said anything about what happened in the dojo last night. I haven't mentioned it either, of course. I wonder if either of us will ever bring it up. Or if we'll just act like it never happened.
On a much sadder note, my little P-chan has vanished again. He was missing last night, but for some reason I didn't notice. I went out searching for him for a while. I hope he finds his way home again. Ranma was a jerk about it, naturally.
Ranma's Journal : Sun - 10 Jun
What is it about ice that I have so much trouble moving on the stuff? I've fought pop atop fences and bamboo poles, on tree limbs, even on a log rolling in a river! How can ice be so much harder to balance on? Sheesh. I could tell Akane was getting pretty frustrated today, but at least she didn't complain. Not much, anyway.
She hasn't said one word about what happened in the dojo a couple of nights ago. How am I supposed to interpret that? Does she want to forget it ever happened? No way I'm bringing it up first. I wish my old man would shut up about it. He keeps whispering suggestions about trying again. One more time and I swear I'm gonna clobber him.
Had kind of a bizarre dream about it last night. It was right after Nabiki slammed her hands on the dojo floor to interrupt us. Akane and I ran outside, and I tried to kiss her again. Only old man Tendo was suddenly looking over her shoulder at me, sucking on a cigarette. So we ran into the house, and I tried to kiss her in the kitchen. But Kasumi stepped in and told me that wasn't proper. Then we tried again in her bedroom, but Nabiki interrupted us. Next thing I knew we were in our classroom at school, and she closed her eyes and I tried again, but all of a sudden everyone in our class was there, ooh'ing. Then Kuno interrupted us in the gym, Kodachi on the roof of the school, pop down by the canal. I never did manage to kiss her. Not that I wanted to. I mean, I wanted to in the dream, obviously, but it was just a dream. It didn't mean anything. What the hell did it mean?
Akane's Journal : Mon - 11 Jun
I'm feeling a little better after today's practice. At least Ranma was skating on his own. Yuka and Sayuri said they'd come with us tomorrow. We're going to try playing a game of tag on the ice. I made the suggestion, but Ranma smiled and said it sounded like a good idea. I promised myself I'd make a note of that in my journal tonight, as an event to be noted. So, once again -
Ranma said I had a good idea.
(Giggle.) He can be such a jerk. But sometimes, when he smiles - he's still a jerk. Maybe just not quite as big of one.
I haven't seen Ryoga in the last few days. So probably I was right. He's gotten lost again, and he wouldn't even have been able to make it back in time for the match. Even if he did, he wouldn't have had a chance to practice skating like Ranma has.
Three more days. Then we're going to put the Golden Pair in their place!
Ranma's Journal : Wed - 13 Jun
The match is tomorrow. I wish I had a few more days but, whatever. We'll win. I'm the best, and the tomboy is too stubborn to lose. And hopefully I'll have the chance to beat the crap out of that Sanzenin creep some more. I want him to know he's been beaten!
Haven't seen Ryoga in several days. Good riddance! This way I don't have to worry about him causing any trouble at the rink tomorrow. Not that I have to worry about him trying to be Akane's partner. After all, he hasn't been around to practice, and I'm not doing too bad. Good enough, anyway, given how good I can fight.
Had another dream, make that a nightmare, where I was running around from room to room, except this time I was trying to avoid getting kissed. I was a girl, and it was Sanzenin chasing after me. (Gag.) I've never been so glad to have pop wake me up by tossing me out the window into the koi pond.
Akane's Journal : Thu - 14 Jun
That idiot Ranma! There was one point today where I almost felt - well, who cares now? I can't believe
No, I should tell it in the proper order. I bet this is going to fill up a couple of pages.
So - of course, we had the ice skating match today. It started off pretty well, even if Ranma did screw up a little when we entered the rink. Stupid show off.
Right off that pervert Sanzenin tried to kiss me again. Ranma tried to help, but Shiratori knocked him off. Still, it gave me the leverage I needed and I threw Sanzenin off of me. I don't really remember too much of what happened next, except for Ranma and me nearly hitting the wall.
This next part - why did he say it? Did he mean it? Does he really think of me as his fiancée now? Ranma told Sanzenin, told everyone, that I'm his fiancée. Then he threatened to kill Sanzenin if he tried to kiss me again. I didn't know what to think. At the time I had to focus on winning the fight, but now -
Could he have really meant it? But if he did, why did he later - But I'm getting ahead of myself again. It's just, that Chinese bimbo - no, deep breath, write it down like it happened.
Somehow we ended up in the air, spinning around. Sanzenin and Shiratori were holding Ranma and he was holding me. If he let go, I'd have been thrown into the wall. But he wouldn't let go. The look in his eyes - he was so determined! It made me think, but then why, arggh! He's driving me crazy!
Shiratori let go of us, and we were going to hit the wall. Hard! I was scared to death! But somehow Ranma twisted us around, and he was the one who hit the wall! He saved me! Took the hit himself. He was hurt so bad. He could barely stand. I told him to stay down. I was willing to lose the fight at that moment. Even willing to lose P-chan. Had I taken leave of my senses? Ranma looked so vulnerable at that moment. I remember I was crying. Stupid jerk! Why does he make me feel this way!
Things got crazy after that. The lights turned off for a minute, and when they came back on, Ryoga was there and Ranma was a girl. They took over the fight with the Golden Pair, leaving me out of it, except they were fighting each other more than their opponents. And that pervert Sanzenin kissed my hand! I feel slimy just remembering it!
What next? Ryoga cracked the ice, which fell apart into chunks floating in the water. Sanzenin was knocked out while Ryoga and Ranma were fighting, so we won. So did they stop fighting? Ha! Of course not. I tried to make them stop, but they didn't.
Actually, I'm a bit ashamed - one of the pieces of ice I threw at them, Ranma was forced to dodge it. It let Ryoga get in a good kick. I thought he'd knocked Ranma out, and it was my fault. But Ranma managed to dodge Ryoga's followup strike at the last second. That's just about the last thing I remember. I fell into the water and - I'm glad I don't remember anything about that.
When I woke up I was dressed again, and Yuka and Sayuri were there with me. And so were Ranma and P-chan. And P-chan didn't have that stupid collar on! They told me that P-chan had even rescued me! He's such a good little piggy!
Well, that's the first half of tonight's entry. What happened next was unbelievable! ...
Ranma's Journal : Thu - 14 Jun
This may just have been the craziest day of my life so far. Even if I include the day I got cursed, or the day I met Akane. Where do I begin?
When I got to Kolkhoz High, who should I see but Ryoga? The twit found his way there in time after all. So I splashed him and chained the pig to the winner's cup. Ha ha ha! Too bad he got loose before the match was over.
Then Sanzenin tried to annoy me in the dressing room before the match. Jackass. As if I'd let something like that get on my nerves. He doesn't hold a candle to my pop when it comes to trash talking.
When the match started, the pervert tried to kiss Akane again. Luckily she was able to get away after I jumped on him. I let him know what would happen the next time he tried it too! I did slip up and call Akane my fiancée for some reason. Excitement of the moment I guess. Or something.
Then they used an interesting move on us. They called it the couple cleaver. Sanzenin standing on the ice, spinning, with Azusa on his shoulders. She was holding my feet, and I was holding Akane's hands. The idea was, if I let go of Akane, she'd fly into the wall and get hurt. The weaklings couldn't keep it up though. Azusa lost her grip on me, and Akane and me both flew into the wall. I made sure I hit first, of course.
Damn that hurt. Akane seemed pretty upset, too. She was actually crying! Told me not to push myself, like she was actually willing to forfeit the match. Why? Okay, I was hurt pretty bad, but you got to go on, right? Still, the way she was kneeling there, holding my hand, squeezing it, bent over and looking down at me. The look in her eyes. I must've been hurt worse than I thought, cause my heart seemed to be beating funny and I had a weird feeling in my gut.
Then Ryoga went and ruined it all, the idiot. He turned off the lights and splashed me, so that he could take my place as Akane's partner. Except he screwed up as usual and kicked Akane out of the rink. When the lights came back on he was holding my hand.
Would you believe they actually made us change our clothes right out there on the ice rink? In these little portable dressing rooms, but even so.
After that the fight was on. The fight between me and Ryoga, that is. Sanzenin and Azusa were just in the way. Sanzenin got knocked out somewhere along the way. So I guess we won. Then Akane started getting in the middle of the fight, messing me up so Ryoga could get some lucky hits in. It finally ended when Akane fell in the water. Did I forget to mention that the fight broke the ice up, and it turned out there was a swimming pool under it?
And wouldn't you know? It turns out the tomboy can't swim. There she is, Furinkan's top star at all the girls' sports, and she sinks like a rock. Then to top it off, Ryoga dove in right beside me. Stupid idiot apparently forgot his curse.
So I got Akane back up to the surface before she breathed in too much water, and got her out. With the pig pulling on her sleeve, like that was a big help. I got her to cough up the water, and she seemed to be all right, even if she didn't wake right up. Not that I was worried or nothing. Oh, and Azusa came over and took the collar off of Ryoga. I was kind of surprised that she kept her word. Disappointed too. (Snicker.)
Yuka and Sayuri got Akane out of her wet skating outfit and back into her school uniform. Then we just had to wait for her to wake up. Which she did of course. Seemed just fine, too. If only that had been the end of this crazy day.
Instead, who should suddenly decide to show up in Japan? ...
Author's note:
Chapter 5 will start with the second half of the journal entries from June 14th. If I had included the first Shampoo arc, it would have made this chapter longer than I'm aiming for in this story - in fact, even without Shampoo it's already longer than what I'm aiming for. So splitting the entries for the 14th seemed the simplest way to go.
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