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Enough babblin', on with the story…
Ch. 7- To my Valentine from Ranma
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Ranma
I can't stop running. I want to, but I can't. I don't have anywhere to go anyway... I can't go back to the dojo. No. I can't face Akane. It'd be too painful to see that I don't cause the sparkle in her eyes, I don't cause the joy in her smile, that I don't cause the warmth in her heart... all these years the only things that kept me going were those. The only things that gave me the strength against all enemies were the thoughts of someday being with Akane; the thoughts of marrying her, of someday having kids with her, of growing old with her and devoting my whole life to her, but no. Her eyes don't see me, her mind doesn't think me, her heart doesn't feel me, she doesn't love me.
I arrive at the park and stop right in the bench where I once fell with Akane in my arms, right after the armour incident. All this time I thought I was the cause of all those sighs and random giggles, I thought I was the cause of her joy, maybe not all of it but a little bit was enough for me... and all this time, it was someone else.
Someone else...But who... who?
"DAMMIT! WHO! WHO THE HELL TOOK MY AKANE AWAY FROM ME!" I scream to the wind. I drop to my knees and tears start to fall off my eyes, since every single thing that has ever given me strength has been taken away from me. Akane's a few blocks away, but she doesn't belong to me anymore, she never did. My tomboy, my fiance, my everything, my Akane is not mine anymore. To finish my perfect day it starts raining, but I don't care. I don't care if I change... the only reason I ever wanted to be cured was to be a full man for her, but it doesn't matter anymore. It's like my world is falling apart... all on me.
"You're
pathetic"
I hear a voice and I feel someone standing behind
me, but I don't care who it is.
"Get up Ranma"
"Fuck
off" I answer, whoever it is.
"GET UP!" The person
grabs me by the pigtail and pulls me up. Once he turns me around I
see... Ryoga. Oh yay. He throws me away along with a ripped
paper.
"You dropped this on the way" He says. It's my
letter for Akane, but why is it ripped?
"Where's the other
one?" Ukyo! What's she doing here?
"The other letter
Ranchan, where is it?"
"Why?" I ask them... what
are these two planning? "Don't be nosy... this is none of
you guys' business"
"We already read it Ranma, just give
us the second one" Says Ryoga.
"NO!" I reply. Yeah
right, like I'm going to give them the last piece of life I have
left.
"Right there! It's sticking out of his pocket!"
Ryoga screams and with a speed I didn't know possible, Ukyo grabs it
and runs away.
"WAIT! What are you doing!" I'd run after
her, but I'm already too tired from my previous
nonstop-running-in-circles.
"And you
call yourself her fiance" Ryoga says. Oh yeah, he's still
here...
"What are you talking about, I don't care about
that stupid ugly tomboy..."
"Oh please, Ranma. Just
admit it! You love Akane as much as I love her! You can fool anyone
else but me, I know you too damn well."
I would say something
back, but it's true.
"So are you really going to give up on
her that easy?"
"There's nothing left for me here"
I respond.
"If you love her then your whole life is here.
Listen, if you know anything about history, you'd know that Plato
once said 'One heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart
whispers back. Those who wish to sing will always find a
song.'"
"What!?! What the hell's that supposed to
mean?!" Why does he have to play Mr. Wise man all the time?!? It
gets really annoying after a while.
"Well you really are more
stupid than I thought. Think about it Ranma" Then he turns and
walks away. All of a sudden he stops and says "Oh, and when you
figure it out, don't forget to go and visit Akane. Ukyo just gave her
your letter."
WHAT?!?!
"See ya... wouldn't wanna be ya." He screams with a hypocrite laugh as he disappears into the darkness.Of course you wouldn't. That letter had my heart in it and now... now its... and Akane is..."MOTHER F---"
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Akane
"Father! Nabiki! Everyone! Dinner's ready!" I hear Kasumi yell.That little-- UGH!!!!How dare he? HOW DARE HE! Right after what was about to happen! Why does he have to make everything so damn hard!?
That's it. He's just playing around with me. All these years I thought he at least cared a little, but no, he doesn't care at all. I've been wasting all my time in nothing but tears and pain. the only thoughts that made me keep trying where those of him holding me, kissing me, loving me... but I was wrong, I was so wrong. I bet you he hasn't come home because he's with Ukyo...I hear a knock on the window.Why that jerk! He still has the guts to come after what happened! I hear the knock again. That's enough."Leave me alone you jackass! Dry up and d---- Ukyo?" I say.
It's Ukyo! What's she doing here? I open the window but she doesn't come in. Instead she just gives me an envelope that says:
To
my Valentine
From Ranma
"Did you come to rub in that Ranma's your valentine? Because if you did, you're just wasting your time. I don't care about him." I say, and of course I'm lying.
I knew it. I knew she didn't mean any good by coming here.
"It's for
you" she answers. "I'm not his Valentine... you
are"
"But...how...why did he?" What the hell's
going on?
"Don't ask me, I'm just the messenger" She
says as she turns around to leave. "Take good care of him
Akane"
Before I can say anything, she's already gone. Well, I
guess there's nothing left to do but to read this thing.
Akane,
Uh…ok… so the assignment was to tell the invisible friend your feelings.
I'm truly sorry but I can't tell you that I like you
Because I don't
Happy Valentines Day though.
I'm supposed to write what I feel towards you
Again, I'm sorry, I can't do that either
We met in the weirdest of situations
And just because we are forced to marry doesn't mean we're meant to be, right?
I'm truly sorry that you have to go through all this crazy shit because of me
Crazy chefs and skaters, monsters, dragons, ghosts, Chinese psychos… all that
Listen, 'Kane, the last thing I want to do is hurt you
I drop the letter… I can't even finish it.
Son of a----- HE JUST HAD TO MAKE MY DAY, DIDN'T HE!! He just had to send me a letter telling me how much he hates me, to finish up my best Valentine's Day ever! What an asshole! And here I thought this letter will actually say something nice for a change!! I'm not even going to finish reading. There's no point.
Knock Knock.
"Akane it's me, Ranma"
Author's Note- DON'T WORRY! The next chapter is already up… Read on…
