A/N: Sorry it took so long to update. I just wasn't in the mood to write more or had writer's block. Or I just totally forgot about it. But don't expect me to update this story on daily basis. It'll probably take awhile. Anyway, here's chapter 2.
By Hellishly Innocent
Chapter 2
It was a bright and sunny day in Nerima. The sky was blue, the sun was shinning brightly, the air was filled with aroma of cherry blossom. It was breezing and couples can be seen everywhere, holding hands, making out, and just spending time together. It really was a nice day for spending time with your loved ones. But none of this caught the attention of a certain pig-tailed boy, who goes by the name, Ranma Saotome. His mind was filled with thoughts of the girl he bumped into the day before.
Ranma had stayed up all night thinking of ways to find Akane's phone number. She seemed to be the kind of girl interested in him for himself and not because he's rich and famous. And he wondered what it would be like date someone like her. Ranma had discovered his talent in acting three years ago when he was seventeen years old. Now he's twenty and became a popular actor in the US. Even though he isn't as popular here in Japan, he's still pretty well-known. Which brings us back to the girl that didn't know who he was and is certainly not his fan. And the fact that the girl didn't agree to go out with him so easily, like every other girl, appealed to him even more.
Ranma came up with many ideas. He thought of finding out where Akane lives and asking her outright. Or, just forget about her phone number, ask her out and find her phone number later, but he decided Akane wouldn't go along with it. So he came up with the idea to get someone else to give it to him. Now, he just need to find out who knows Akane's number.
Suddenly, a girl walked up to him and said, "Aren't you Ranma Saotome? You won the best-winning performance award for the movie Playboy, right?"
"Yeah, that's my name."
"Oh my gosh! I love your movies. I even watched the subtitled movies you filmed in America. I'm your biggest fan! I think you're the best actor ever!" she gushed. "Can I have your autograph?"
"Got nothing better to do right now. What's your name?"
"Nabiki Tendo," the brown-haired girl said.
'Nabiki... TENDO!? Does that mean she's related to Akane Tendo!?' Ranma thought. 'I guess I just hit the jackpot.' Ranma quickly signed 'To Nabiki Tendo. Love, Ranma Saotome!' "So Nabiki, do you have any sisters?"
"Yes. Kasumi is my older sister and Akane is my younger sister. We live with my father at the Tendo Dojo."
"Is Kasumi and Akane as beautiful as you?" Ranma asked.
Nabiki turned red. "You think I'm beautiful?"
"Of course I do. Have you looked in a mirror lately? You're hot! Hasn't any guy ever asked you out before?"
"Yes, but I turned them all down." 'For my sister's boyfriend.' Nabiki thought.
"Well, when you do become someone's girlfriend, I'm sure you'll make him the luckiest guy on Earth. I mean, you're so beautiful, I almost thought you were the goddess of love! You even have a beautiful name to boot," Ranma complimented. 'Although not as beautiful as Akane.'
Nabiki blushed even more. "Well, you're pretty attractive yourself. Girls will probably be ecstatic if you ask them out."
"I was wondering, Nabiki, is the Tendo Dojo in the phone book?"
"Yes, why?"
"You never know, I might call sometime. Expect me to drop by your house soon, alright? I'll see ya later." Then Ranma left with a wink.
~
Later that evening at the Tendo Dojo, we find Akane concentrating on her homework, while blocking out her sisters' rambling about nothing important. Ukyo, Shampoo, Sayuri, and Yuka were there, too, which made things even more louder than usual.
"Hey, you guys, you'll never believe what happened to me today," Nabiki said. "I met Ranma Saotome, the hot actor from Playboy!"
"Stop kidding around, Nabiki. We know you're lying," Ukyo said.
"No, seriously. I even got his autograph, see?" Nabiki then showed them the autograph she got. "He even flirted with me."
"Oh my gosh! Are you serious? Is this for real?" Shampoo asked, referring to the autograph.
"Yeah, that's not all. He said I was beautiful and had a beautiful name."
"You are so lucky, Nabiki!"
"Yeah, Ranma Saotome is just so HOT!"
"He also asked me about Akane and Kasumi," Nabiki said.
"Why?" Sayuri asked.
"I don't know why. But the important thing is, he said he would drop by soon. And maybe call me sometime. How cool is that? And I think he might be interested in me," Nabiki proudly stated. "I guess he just couldn't resist my feminine charms."
Suddenly, the doorbell rang once... twice... then a shout from Katsura was heard. "Aren't you Ranma Saotome?! From the movie Playboy? I love your movie!"
"Ranma's here?! So soon!?" Nabiki shouted. "But I must look horrible! I need to change clothes and put on some makeup!"
"No time for that, 'Biki. We have to greet our guest," Kasumi said.
Then Ranma and Katsura walked in, both looking terribly attractive. "Hey girls. I hope you don't mind that I let myself in," Ranma said. They just shook their heads rapidly. They speechless that a famous guy is talking to them.
"I didn't expect you to just drop by so soon," Nabiki said.
"Well, I just couldn't wait to see... Akane!" It was then that he noticed her doing her homework, looking very cute.
"Ranma!" Akane exclaimed, looking up to find him standing right in front of her. "I didn't expect to see you...so soon...here... at-at my house. How did you find me?"
"Your sister was kind enough to tell me. And I found your phone number in the phone book. I, also, came to remind you of the date you promised me. Saturday at 6:00 P.M. okay with you?" At this, Nabiki suddenly realized that he wasn't interested in her at all, but her sister, and was silently fuming that he used her.
Akane quickly glanced at Katsura to see that he was getting angry and jealous. She mentally smirked, then turned her eyes full of adoration back to Ranma. He was the only one noticed this and suddenly understood Akane's relationship to Katsura. Well, he understood that Katsura's her ex-boyfriend, at least.
"I can't wait to go out with a devilishly handsome guy like you. Who in their right mind would turn you down?" Akane giggled.
"Great! I'll be leaving now. Bye!" Ranma said, as he started to leave.
"I'll walk you out," Akane said. Once they were outside, Akane found herself encicled in Ranma's strong, muscular arms and his mouth closing in on hers for a kiss...
Only to be met with Akane's hand.
"Sorry, casanova. I don't kiss guys I haven't eveb dated yet," Akane said.
"Then I'll be waiting for my kiss," Ranma said huskily. Then, as suddenly as he appeared, he disappeared, leaving behind a dazed and dreamy Akane.
Meanwhile, a pair of angry brown eyes observed the whole interaction between them was not at all pleased with this development. In fact, this only served to make him angrier... and green with envy.
~
After Akane returned to her room, feeling a bit giddy for some unknown reasons, she resumed to her homework.
Not even five minutes had passed when there was a knock on her door.
"Come in," Akane said, her mind on the homework she was doing.
The door burst open and before Akane had time to register what was happening, she was hauled out of her bedroom by her two sisters.
"Hey! What are you guys doing?" Akane cried, pushing them away. A sudden mental image of Katsura and them popped into her head, and she found she was angry at them for stealing her boyfriend.
"Well, now that you're about to go out with the hottest man alive, we think you should do something about your appearance," Nabiki pointed out, eyeing her sister with distaste. 'If only Ranma was interested in her...'
"Yes, Akane. I mean, look at your old-styled hair," Kasumi criticized, making Akane touched her hair worriedly. "And your clothes." Akane's hands automatically went to her clothes. "Or even your face..."
At that Akane couldn't take it anymore, and got angry. "Like you're any better! If I'm so bad, then why did Ranma Saotome pick me over you two?"
That obviously struck a nerve, because her two sisters shut up. Akane grinned triumphantly. 'I'll show you...' Akane thought, but before it could get any further, her sisters were pulling her by the arms again.
"But you have to go shopping for new clothes, and get a complete make-over," Nabiki insisted, turning back to look at her younger sister. "You don't want to go on a date with Ranma and look like a complete fool, do you?"
Now that Nabiki mentioned it, Akane realized she was a bit worried about her upcoming date. Besides Katsura, Ranma was the only one she'd dated in a long time. She didn't really want to look bad at all...
"Alright, I'll go with you two. Just wait until I call Mousse and Ryoga over," Akane said defeatedly and went to call her best friends.
Nabiki and Kasumi cackled evilly inside.
~
After feeling depress over the turn of events, Katsura decided to go to Nerima's biggest mall and cheer himself up by flirting with other girls. Thrity minutes later, Katsura had flirted with several beauitful women and even got their phone numbers and began to get bored . So he decided to go to the food court for something to eat.
When he got there, he immediately spotted Ryoga and Mousse. 'If they're here, that must mean Akane must be here too,' Katsura thought getting excited, knowing that there were no other reason why they would come to a mall.
"Hey guys," Katsura greeted. "Did Akane ditch you again?"
"Nope. WE ditched HER," Ryoga clarified, looking very pleased with himself.
"Yeah, you have to be crazy to be willing to stay with Akane when she's getting a make-over. It's so boring!" Mousse said. "All we do is just sit around and do nothing except wait for her to be finish. Then go to another store and wait some more. We rather do something useful with our time."
"Like satisfying our stomachs," Ryoga said. "Afterall, a boy needs food to grow."
"Why is Akane getting a make-over? She's just fine the way she is."
"What do you think? To get prettier for her big date with Ranma Saotome." By the way Mousse said Ranma's name, it was obvious that he didn't like him.
"She doesn't need to be prettier, especially for some guy," Katsura said, trying to act nonchalant. 'She never did this for me when I asked her out.'
"If I didn't know any better, I'd say you're jealous and doesn't want Akane dating some other guy. Especially so soon after she broke up with you," Ryoga said, looking at him with narrowed eyes. "And the guy just happens to be a better match for Akane than you are."
Katsura glared at them. "I just don't want her to get hurt. He'll probably just use her or cheat on her."
"Like how you cheated on her with all of her friends, sisters and rivals?"
Katsura was shocked that they knew. His face was showing his emotions while he began to piece things to together. 'So that must be why she broke up with me,' he thought. 'She must've found out.' At first, he started feeling guilty and regreted the fact that he was a major playboy. "Wait. How do you know about that? It isn't exactly public news, y'know."
"You don't know anything, do you? The girls you slept with kept on bragging to the whole school that you liked them better than Akane. Only Akane didn't know... until now that is. And she was quite shocked when she found out," Ryoga said. "Luckily, we came over and was able to cheer her up before she did something stupid."
Katsura was speechless. He had no idea that the whole school knew about his affairs. "Unfortuately, she met Ranma as a result," Mousse added.
Suddenly, Akane appeared out of nowhere. "Did I just hear you say Ranma? You're not talking about us, are you?" Akane asked, looking at them suspiciously.
"Of course not. We're just talking about the latest movie Ranma is starring in," Katsura replied, smoothly. "I forgot what it's called but it's a love story set in ancient China. He's a prince and he fell in love with his personal maid. It's a new release. I think he's a eally good actor. It made me think that the movie was actually real."
"By the way Akane, are you finish here? Cause you've been here for a really long time," Ryoga said.
"Yeah. So... how do I look? Am I hot or what?" Akane asked, twirling around so they could see the total result of her makeover. Her was layered, although still long, her nails were a bright red color, the makeup she has on brought out her eyes and the red lipstick made her lips look pouty. The tube top she had on was really tight and made her chest look larger. The tight mini-skirt she had on was really high up her thigh and she wore knee-high boots. It was obvious that Nabiki was the one who picked out the clothes since Akane never wore such tight or revealing clothes before.
"You're not going to wear that on your date, are you?" Ryoga asked, not liking the results. 'She shouldn't wear these kind of clothes for Ranma. It might make him think she wants him to spend the night at her place.'
"No, of course not. This is just for my new wardrobe. I also got other types of clothes, like mini-skirts, dresses, tanktops, halter tops, tube tops, short sleeve shirts, long sleeve shirts, long skirts, jeans, jackets, and other stuff. And I bought some other acessories," Akane said.
'Well that's a relief. I wouldn't want MY girl looking good or showing a lot of skin for another guy,' Katsura thought. 'Especially for Saotome. I don't like him. He's stealing Akane away from me.'
"So what do you think of my new look?" Akane asked again.
"I think you look hot," a familiar voice said. Akane turned around was surprised to see Ranma standing behind her, looking as handsome as ever.
"What are YOU doing here?" Katsura asked, unable to hide the contempt in is voice. Ranma was the only that noticed and raised an eyebrow in response.
"Making a public appearance. It's one of the things a celebrity has to do to satisfy his fans," Ranma said, as if it was the most obvious reason why he was there. "Anyway, my break is almost over so I havta go... back to my annoying, screaming, loud fans. *sigh* So I'll see you Saturday, 'Kane. Can't wait 'till for our date and my kiss." He said that last part in a low sexy voice. And with that said, he left and disappeared into the crowd of people.
'Good riddance.' Katsura turned to Akane. "So you're really gonna go on a date with him?"
"I thought you already knew that."
"I don't know what do you see in him. He's just an arrogant jerk to me. And he's not that good at acting."
"I thought you said you think he's a good actor."
"Yeah... well, that was before. Now I don't like him." 'And found out you're going on a date with him,' Katsura added silently. Akane just smirked.