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Tendo residence 4:00 PM Akane's P.O.V.-

Akane was calming down. It was a slow process, because she didn't really have her usual outlets. The dojo was under construction, so katas were out. There were no bricks and years before she had ever met Ranma, she had promised that she would never cook while angry.

So, she was trying to calm down through meditation. The sawing and hammering wasn't helping her concentration though. After about 15 minutes of trying to empty her mind of all thoughts, she realized that sitting still wasn't working for her. She got into her jogging outfit and decided to run the day off.

It had started when the construction crew arrived. She had just returned from her jog to find her front yard full of ladders, tools, and men who were whistling at her. She had just stuck to a glare in their direction before she went into the house.

Then she had an argument with Ranma. It was a stupid argument and she didn't even remember what it was about. All she remembered was that she had felt like crying after word, she didn't and the feeling passed, but she always hated the feeling of hopelessness she got when she wanted to cry.

The walk to school was actually kind of nice. Ranma had decided to walk on the sidewalk that day, making Akane feel less lonely. He missed getting splashed by the little old lady who washed the sidewalk and Shampoo went sailing by them without even seeing them. Either she was just so used to Ranma walking on the fences that she couldn't even see him doing anything differently, or she was back to ignoring him.

The day that was tentatively starting to look up was soon squashed by The Blue Blunder of Furikan High.

"Akane Tendo! Now that I have freed thee from the foul sorcer Ranma Saotome, I shall allow you to date with me!" He declared when he spotted Akane. He had come bounding up to her, ready to embrace her, when Akane lifted her leg and kicked him in the chin.

"Go away," she growled at him. Normally she would have tried to reason with him, or just sent him flying out of her way, but today, she wanted him to know that he wasn't welcome. No more hinting at it.

Kuno straitened, looking a little disturbed. "But My Tigress…" he stuttered.

"Don't call me that. I am not our "Tigress" and I never will be. Now go away and leave me alone," she never raised her voice. In fact she was using a Tendo technique that she rarely used. She used the "Voice of Immanent Doom for all those who fail to please me" technique. Something that Nabiki had mastered by the third grade.

It was effective, for about an hour. Then Kuno returned with a vengeance spewing nonsense about how he had not done a good enough job. Akane was just about to send him to the hospital for a prolonged stay, when Ranma intervened, just sending Kuno home for the rest of the day.

The worst part of the day had been Ukyo. Ukyo hadn't even tried to talk with Akane or Ranma, but she was smug. The smugness was almost tangible. She could feel it radiating off Ukyo from several rows away, setting her teeth on edge.

By the time the lunch bell rang, Akane wasn't very hungry. Instead her stomach was in knots. She gathered her lunch and headed to the sports field. She thought that maybe she could work some of her frustration off with vigorous exercise, but the boys had the field, playing a game of soccer, and they wouldn't let her play. They hit on her, but that was the extent of their interaction.

She left so that she wouldn't do something mean and vindictive, like pop their precious soccer ball and beat them all into a messy pulpy puddle.

For the rest of the day there was nothing added to the frustration after that, but there was no chance to relieve any of it either. It had just stayed in her body, pulsing, trying to escape, until finally she went running.

This was not a gentle jog around the neighbor hood either. It started out that way, but the further she got from home, the faster she went, until finally she was running full out, trying to out run her life.

Mousse's P.O.V.-

He had been on his way back from a delivery when he saw her. She was wearing shorts and a tank top and jogging shoes, and running as though her life depended on it.

Mousse waited where he was for a few minutes, looking for her pursuers, when he didn't see any, he decided to follow her. It wasn't everyday that he saw Akane running from anything. Running after, that was an everyday occurrence, but Akane Tendo thrived on confrontation, so for her to run meant that something was very wrong.

He ended up pedaling faster then he thought he would have to. Akane was much faster then anyone gave her credit for. Probably because she held herself back. She had probably gotten so used to fighting people who were much weaker then her that she didn't even realize she was doing it, even though she always said that she was going all out.

After about a half an hour, she started slowing down. An hour after that she finally stopped.

"Where am I?" she asked herself.

'Good Question,' Mousse thought right before he announced his presence.

Tendo Residence 6:00PM Ranma's P.O.V.-

Ranma was waiting for a ransom note. Akane had left the house two hours ago and no one had heard from her sense. This was about the time that he would get a challenge letter stating that if he didn't come, something would happen to Akane.

Of course if another hour went by, it would mean that she was either kidnapped for herself, which is a common occurrence and meant that he would have to go out and find her, or that she ran away. The thought that she was lost never crossed his mind. She's not Ryouga.

He would give it another hour before he left the house to look for her. Until then he would just have to sit back and wait, while trying to ignore the knot of tension in his gut that got tighter and tighter as each minute went by.

Vaguely he heard the phone ring, but he was so wrapped up in worrying about Akane that it didn't really register. 'Stupid Tomboy, always getting' kidnapped,' he thought.

"Ranma?" Kasumi knocked. Ranma looked up at the eldest Tendo daughter, "That was Akane on the phone."

"That's weird," Ranma interrupted, "Normally they just send a note. I don't think they've ever used the phone."

Kasumi blinked several times, "Uh…" she rallied well, "She just called to let us know that she's okay and that she's at a nice little restaurant called Tengoku in the Juban district. She would appreciate it if someone could pick her up though, because she's not quite sure how to get home. She also mentioned not to worry too much, because Mousse is with her."

Ranma was out the door and down the street before she finished the last sentence.

Tengoku is a really good bento place in my home town. So if you're ever in Hillsboro Oregon, go there.