Disclaimer: I absolutely do not own Shaman King, Dragon Ball Z/GT and Yu-Gi-Oh, OK?
Ranma Saotome ( of ranma one-half ) was sitting cross-legged up on mid-air, holding their family dining table with a few cracks on it. This table was like the one his fiancee, Akane Tendo was always using to hit him with. His feisty look completely drowned Takeshi.
Takeshi soon found the right words to say. " Why'd you do that for? "
" You're not concentrating. " Ranma replied simply. He balanced the huge table on his head and flipped forward and backward. He grinned gleefully.
" Concentrating what? " Takeshi growled furiously. " Look, this is not funny and the others might see you, they'll freak out an---- "
" They can't see me. Goten had a magic trick to make me only visible to you. " Ranma put the table on mid-air. " And how did you learn to float in mid-air? " Takeshi added, annoyed.
" Gohan taught me. " he answered.
Then he gazed at Takeshi, a serious smile from his mouth appeared. " You're not concentrating. "
Takeshi opened his mouth to protest but Ranma spoke before he did that. Ranma told him, " You must ask that Anna girl to dance with you. Listen, this prom thing is going to be a real bummer if you don't. "
" Why do you care? This is my problem, not yours. "
" I care. "
" No you don't. "
" This is both our problem. "
" No! You just want to annoy me. "
" Never would I do that. "
Takeshi sighed grimly. He gave up. " All right. What's your game, huh? What are you doing here Ranma? " he asked quietly.
" You need help. Don't say you don't. Your fear is getting the best of you. You shouldn't, just like you did in your battle with Yoh Asakura. " Ranma said. " You are not focusing. "
" Fear can't be avoided, as you very well know, Ranma. " Takeshi snarled.
Ranma smiled. " You can. I'll prove it. "
" No, fear is unbeatable. It's very obvio----- " Takeshi was interrupted. " Hey! "
Ranma again slammed the table onto Takeshi's already painful head. " Ouch! That's the second time around Ranma! " he yelled.
To his surprise, Ranma smiled. " See, you're not concentrating as I told you. If you were not angry, you could've saved yourself. "
Takeshi looked up, bewildered. " What? "
" You could've dodged my hit if you were focusing. As fear is taking over you, letting yourself
off-guard is almost the same. " Ranma explained. Takeshi was amazed. " If you were focusing, you could've had the chance to miss the table and escape fear as if you want to dance with Anna. "
" Yeah, but---- " Ranma was trying to hit him again. Takeshi anticipated his attack and missed it.
Ranma grinned at him happily. " See? You were focused, that's why you missed it. I've proved my point. Fear can be escaped. "
With that, Takeshi smiled at Ranma broadly. " I got it. Thanks Ranma. I learned an important lesson from you. San-kyuu. " he said gratefully.
" No problem Takeshi. " Ranma said. " Better get your move on. I have to go. "
" Sure thing. "
Then all of a sudden, Ranma turned back. " Your hard skull almost broke our table. You better tell my family about this or I'll get hit by a truck by Akane. " he joked laughingly. " Good luck. "
" Thanks. It sure took a long ti----wait a sec! " he stopped, open-mouthed at his watch. " We only took a minute! " Takeshi exclaimed, amazed.
" I reversed the time and controlled it. " the martial artist said.
Takeshi grinned
stupidly. " Thanks. Bye, Ranma. "
" See ya, Tak. "
Ranma vanished and Takeshi was more confident than before. He closed his eyes, determined. " Help me out. " he muttered to himself.
Takeshi approached Anna slowly, but confidently.
Ranma's real cool. He saved the day. He really did. Well, this part was a little short but the next one's pretty good. And the next chapter's action-packed. Just wait. This'll be a little romantic, I can assure you. Review this chapter so we can leave this part fast!
