As requested, here's an update! I'm so shookt right now, many of, uhh, readers? Yeah, are flooding me with PMs, thry want me to spoil the story privately.
SerenaEbe: I'm going too fast? Was that good or bad? I'm sorry if I'm hurting you too much, I'm busy with studies, 2nd semester is coming. Oh! And some of your predictions are correct! Does my story is that predictable? I mean, not all of your guess is right, only some. And, the reason this is kind of fast is that I'm only posting the important bits, lessen the fluffs and more on the story. Sorry again, I still love you.
Jdcocogirl: Welcome to my entertainment room! How's it so far? I always saw your reviews on some fictions I read and you're actually good on critisizing stories! No kidding! I'm not buttering you up. One of my dreams is that you're able to review on one of my fics in the future! My wish was just granted! Thanks.
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The girl layed still, unresponding, and his heart began to thunder in his chest. He took five steps towards her, walking back where he paused on his tracks before.
"Yo... uhm. You in there?"
No respond.
He crouched slowly before sitting comfortably on the grass, the night breeze ruffling his hair and biting in his bare arms. His red sleeveless chinese shirt clutched fittedly on his upper body as he leaned forward on the girl. Now he was facing the girl again, his anger he was building before vaporized, for an unknown reason.
"Hello?"
He shivered silently, cursing at the chilling blew of wind that darted in his direction. He stared down the girl who was wearing a... hmm, a spaghetti strapped dress in the middle of the night with the wind blowing bipolarly that was able to make him shiver! She must be cold too!
"Oh my God where do you keep popping out?!" He grumbled, "Why are you following me?!" He took the unconcious girl in his arms, "Woah..." He muttered, surprised to found her extremely cold, like a dead body.
He froze.
Postponed Love
A Ranma Fanfic by Frances Rancher
"Don't tell me don't tell me don't tell me!" He jumped from his seat, carrying the girl in a bridal style before rushing inside the dojo.
"Uhh..." He muttered nervously, almost putting his whole finger he was currently chewing in deep thought.
He jumped again as a thought passed in his mind. Quickly removing his shirt, he threw it around her limped shoulders who was leaning on the wood walls of the Tendo dojo. "Oh please wake up." He begged for a hundredth time since he saw her. He took her body again in his arms, Rubbing his hands together before placing them beside on both of her pale cheeks.
He watched in relief as her face gained her lively color. "Oww," He winced, he looked down on his chest where he felt burning through his tank, his eyes widened.
The pendant resting on her chest was now leaning against his chest, glowing brightly with a strange dull light inside the crystal with a touch of blue in the light. He felt himself drawn to the crystal.
Wait, this is strangely familiar.
He stared, trying to dig inside his mind where he possibly saw this necklace before. He moved a careful hand, dragging the pendant back on the safe place near her neck.
His back straightened, a strange yet familiar he was receiving since last week run up and down in his spine again. He stared with wide eyes as he felt her once cold skin against his warm once warmed up.
She gasped, finally awake, her eyes popped open that end up facing his electrifying blue pools she was familiar with.
They both stared at each other for a minute, both getting lost in each other's presence. A familiarity crashing inside them like facing a tall dam in the middle of a river, with the dam releasing the excess water than drown them in and swallowed them completely.
"Ahem." She coughed forcefully.
It took him three seconds to regain his composure before taking his eyes away from the girl, crawling back to give her private space.
"Perv."
"Tomboy."
She glared, "Your arrogant demeanor makes me intensely sick."
"Shush, violent stalker." He returned her death glare.
"Like I ever wanted to, you're too weak for me."
"Whaddya say?!"
"Are you asking me to prove it?"
"Bring it on!"
Ranma and Akane stood up, leaning closely to each other's face as they he towered over her.
"You're small and weak. I don't mind informing you I'm the best." He warned dangerously. Akane choked back a giggle, giving a funny look towards his glowering state, "You expect me to believe that after I punted you last week? I'm letting you know one thing mister, 'the best' just entered the ring."
Ranma smirked, "We'll see."
Akane let a loose stance, "Come on me." She said, "I don't want to hear you crying for me getting the upper hand, I'll just give the place on you." She taunted successfully, watching his iris became narrower in inhuman fashion.
He can't let her beat him again. Look at her, with a loose stance he's always doing in a fight, he can knock her out fast, only experts can do that stance. With her giving him the upper hand, its anything goes after all, anything just to win.
He charged.
Akane smirked.
He stared at the blank space, feet planted firmly on the ground. He felt two soft touch on his head, he moved his eyes upward to see her actually performing an acrobat show as she swung her body in the air, landing without a sound on his the floor behind him.
Too shock to see her agility, he had no chance to response. He felt nothing as he fell on the floor numbly.
Akane hovered over him, she kept him firmly on the floor with her ohh, so strong, little hands as she leaned closer to his face.
"I." She smiled innocently, "Won."
He smirked back. "Nope. Sorry." He grabbed her waist, bringing her on her back as he hovered over, his arms trapping hers beside her body. She just smiled, "You forgot something." She kicked him on his gut, hard.
Ranma's eyes bulged out of it's socket as tears of agony welled up. He watched as she dusted herself. "Be thankful I'm wearing a dress today, this dress makes it harder to move."
"What are you doing in there, Ranma?"
Both heads shot up towards the door, where her sister and his fianceé was standing staring curiously at him.
Ranma looked back at Akane. "Don't! She can't see me." Akane hissed.
"Uhh..." He chuckled nervously, "Can't sleep, I decided to meditate." Nabiki's eyebrows went higher. "Meditate? Why are you lying on the ground clutching your stom-"
"I saw it on my dad's scroll!" He interrupted quickly.
Nabiki just nodded her head slightly. "O-kay...? I'm going upstairs now, you sure you're okay?" She asked worriedly.
"I am." Ranma said dismissively.
Nabiki smiled sweetly, "Good night! Sweet dreams..." She whispered the last one.
Ranma blushed, she's pretty cute.
Akane rolled her eyes, 'I can't remember her acting like this when I'm still alive.'
"You done now flirting with her?"
Ranma glared, "What is it to you?" Akane opened her mouth for a response. "Uhh..."
Ranma stood up, "Mind explaining why she can't see you?" He asked suspiciously.
"I don't mind at all."
"What?" She barked.
"What?" He echoed, "I'm waiting."
"Waiting for what?"
"The explanation!"
"Oh, sorry! You only asked me if I mind, I just answered your question."
"Yes yes... just go on with the story."
Akane frowned, "Two things I'm gonna say that might enlighten you, first is, I'm your guardian angel, wait, let me finish first, will you? Second is, I don't know why only you can see me. Okay?" She paused. "And I'm violating too much rules." She added in an afterthought.
Ranma opened his mouth, but nothing came out. He tried again, "So that means you'll be around more often, eh?" She nodded. Ranma turned an awkward gaze at her direction, he scratched his cheek boyishly, "Well, uhm. Thanks. And sorry if I judged you."
Akane raised an eyebrow in mild curiosity, "What did I do to deserve your gratitude?" She asked mockingly that almost make him scowled. "Well, ya know, that, uhh..." He stuttered, "Because you're going to protect me? In this unfair life?" He said uncertainly.
Akane smiled, "Accepted. But let me tell you, if the Grim reaper decided you to die in a specific time, for example, right now, I can do nothing but to let them take you." She teased as she stuck her tongue out. Ranma just stared at her lips...
There's no way telling him that she's not actually his guardian. But if he found out she's his personal cupid, Cologne can kill her in embarassment. She swear. She's serious, so don't laugh.
(A/N: Stop laughing! She's serious!)
Meanwhile, Ranma can't really totally believe this nugget of info. A girl guarding him? No way, he can protect himself with his skills.
'Be thankful Kuno is your guardian angel, he told me he wants his obligation to be great and undefeatable so he gave you those skills to protect yourself. He is dense in his own way. He didn't want to handle a weakling.' Akane mentally rolled her eyes.
"Ano... I think I need time to believe this. Night."
He rushed outside the dojo leaving her in the dojo alone.
"Oww." She cried, she fell on her knees, a lone tear crawling on her cheek as she desperately tried to crawl outside.
"Help..."
oOo
Ranma stood outside. This is unbelievable. He decided to take a few choices of consulting a psychiatrist in the future or not.
"Help..." He heard her muffled plead on the other side of the door.
Ranma burst inside in total alarm, seeing her laying on the floor crying. "What happened, Ms. Violent Guardian?" He asked, despite his attempt to insult her, a concern, worried, and genuine voice as he knelt beside her.
"Help... I'm not joking, you jerk." A silent cry escape her lips as she closed her eyes tightly. "My heart aches."
The feeling of someone pricking and crushing and squeezing in her heart almost want her to die.
"You are an angel, you can handle that." He whispered worriedly, deciding to change the sentence to lighten the mood.
Akane gasped as a fresh batch of torture pricked her heart, "I can't... breathe." She sat up, hand desperately seeking him in support.
As soon as her hands touched him, the pain subsided and vaporized. She brought her arms back, "I-I guess that means I should be near to you." She gathered herself up, "Could you do me a little favor?" She asked.
Ranma stood up, "Sure."
"Can you walk away from me so I can measure how far should I be near to you." Ranma nodded in understanding, taking a small step after step away from her slowly.
"Oww, come a foot to me." She said. Ranma nodded before taking a small step towards her weakening state.
Akane brought a measure tape out of nowhere, Ranma stared in horror as the measure tape flew out of her hands and rolling on the floor towards him in its full length. "20 feet." He muttered, looking down on his feet.
Akane sighed, "Alright, you can sleep now. I'll just stay outside your room."
"Outside?"
"Why? Want me to join you in your room?"
"I don't mind at all, but don't you dare do something funny."
"The pervert talks..."
"What are you waiting for? I'm sleepy."
"Yeah," Ranma said in agreement, "But, why are you speaking in english?" He asked in japanese.
"I am more comfortable using it. But I can understand you too, don't worry."
Ranma smiled in relief.
"Oh, before I forgot, what's your name?"
Akane opened her mouth in an instant reaction, "I'm Akane."
His eyes widened, before it turned downcast.
"Why?" She asked worriedly.
"That's the name of Nabiki's little sister... I desperately wanted to meet her, see if she would make a better fianceé than Nabiki."
A blush crept on her cheeks, "I'm sure she does wants to meet you, too." If only I'm a human...
"Do you have any more questions? I'm sleepy." She protested.
oOo
Ranma led the way to his room. He didn't see her stopping outside the door as Ranma entered.
"Good-" Ranma frowned as he looked up from his futon, seeing no one standing around. "Night..." He added in a whisper. He doesn't know why he's happy, nor why did he was even bothering to say good night to her. It feels strange. This new feeling.
He didn't saw a blur of white as Akane bursted in his room.
He sighed, "It's been along day, it'll be good to have good rest." He turned to his side to see HER kneeling beside him.
He almost speak when he suddenly remembered there are other occupants in this room.
She put her index finger on her lips as she indicated him to be silent. "Mind if I stay for a night?"
He shook his head.
"The pain goes back, I need to get closer to you, at least ten feet."
Ranma smiled as he nodded his head in understanding.
"You don't really mind if I-"
"I don't mind, I already told you that befo-"
"Ranma...? Who are you talking with...?" His mom asked in her sleep.
Akane smiled.
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To Be Continued...
A/N: I'm back! Here's one of my crazy ideas, hope ya'll like it.
AU! Most of the common excuse we use is is that 'Study First before Love' when we're dumping someone's feelings because they didn't quite reach our requirements for a soulmate. But what if this passionate man is very determined and willing to wait for years? Only to found out she already has a special someone to love? Could he still change her captured heart? Ranma was a farmer and Akane was a daughter of the owner of the lands Ranma was working. Rated T? Not quite sure. Romance, Slice of Life.
Don't worry, for those who liked the idea of 'Retreat', it will be posted in the future, no need to be sad. Right?