***Author's Note***Yo! I know it's taken me a very long time to get the second chapter to any of you out there that actually reads my stories, but at least I'm getting it to you. If you want my advice, wait until I have a lot of chapters up and then read them all. You'll probably enjoy it a lot more.
Oh yeah, and about that thing I have on my profile, I decided to cancel that for this story since I already had a chapter coming along when I said that. I won't be making any more series for a while because, well, I'm just lazy.
I hope you enjoy it!
When All That's Left Is Hope: Chapter 1
"Well, it looks like there is hope for this planet after all." Came a booming voice that seemed to come from the sky.
Both Ranma and Akane looked around each other, dumbfounded. 'Where the hell did that come from?' Ranma thought to himself.
"'That', as you so casually put it, Ranma, is Kami." Came a much more feminine sounding voice. "And show some respect!"
"Sorry!" Ranma said quickly, already believing all of this. Akane just looked at Ranma and blinked.
Akane snapped out of her dream-like state and asked a more thought-out question, "What's going on and why?"
"You always were the one who thought things out faster. I thank you for that, it has saved me many of headaches over these many years." The now identified Kami said.
"Thanks, I think..." Akane replied unsure of herself. "Are you gonna tell me, or is it 'something I have to find out for myself'?" She said in a sarcastic tone.
"...Then you always went and did something like that..." 'Kami' said in an exasperated tone. "I was just getting to that. I'm not going to be like one of those corny, self-discovery movies that you can tell the end simply by previews..." (Author's Note* Sorry, I just can't stand those movies and I couldn't resist putting that in there...)
"Alright...then what is going on?" Ranma finally said after being silent for a while.
"So it does have a brain after all!" The feminine voice said sounding very snotty.
"Eh-hem! I believe he was asking me Satsuma..." Kami interrupted before she could go any further. "Sorry, my secretary is extremely smart, unfortunately, she has absolutely no manners whatsoever."
Crack
"What was that?!" Kami asked with concern laced in his voice.
"Sorry, it's just that, staring up at the sky made my neck go stiff." Ranma said.
"Oh yeah, we're still up here, aren't we?" Kami replied in revelation.
Poof
A puff of smoke appeared before Ranma and Akane. The smoke then cleared, revealing a no-nonsense looking, extremely beautiful 18 or so woman and a kindly looking, extremely handsome twenty or so man.
The woman was wearing a thin-looking kimono that had a depiction of a mountainous beach with palm trees lining the sand. The water in the kimono was a deep pinkish blue from the rising sun near the horizon. Her obi was a crimson that contrasted the scene behind it enough that it was noticeable, but so the obi didn't take all of the attention away from beach.
The man standing next to her was wearing a special outfit. It was actually whatever the person wanted to see. It could change from time to time depending on what the onlooker wanted and needed to see at that specific time. To him, it just looked like that of a peasant in China or Japan.
Akane was the first to speak. "I'm assuming that you-" she pointed to the woman-"are Satsuma, and you-" she pointed to the man-"are Kami. Am I correct?"
"That you are, Akane-chan." Kami gave a warm smile when Akane smiled triumphantly.
"So...What are you guys doing here?" Ranma asked when he realized that he hadn't really said anything for a while.
"Oh, yeah. Well, there's a threat coming to this planet and we need a few people to 'help' us fight it." Kami paused and then continued, "By 'help', we mean 'do it all by yourselves'." He gave them a sympathetic look.
Oh great, someone else wants something from me... Ranma thought to himself.
Sorry, Ranma, you were born to do this, it's your destiny and you can't change your destiny. Kami said in Ranma's head.
"Ah! Don't do that!" Ranma yelled.
"What just happened?" Akane asked.
"He read my mind and scared the hell out of me by saying something in my head."
"What'd he say?"
"That we were destined to do this."
"What do you mean by de..." Akane trailed off when they looked up and saw that Kami and the woman were gone. Instead, there were students walking calmly into school.
It was as if nothing had even happened.
"Now that was weird..."
"Must have been something in Kasumi's food this morning."
"Definently."
They looked at each other and shrugged. They turned to go into school, kicking Kuno on the way in.
After school, Ranma and Akane were walking home in their signature fashion. They hadn't spoken about the incident this morning since it happened. They just assumed that they had imagined it.
"Ranma, about that thing that happened this morning..."
"Don't worry about it. Things like that happen all the time in this city. I'm surprised you're not used to it by now."
"Well, it's just that...that was really, really weird and, well, I was just wondering if you thought that it was real. You know, that we are actually going to have to save the world..."
"We'll just have to wait and see, won't we?"
High above, unseen to Ranma and Akane, Kami was looking down at them.
"You have no idea what's about to happen, do you?" Kami said sadly. "I wish both of you the best of luck...you'll need it."
Oh yeah, and about that thing I have on my profile, I decided to cancel that for this story since I already had a chapter coming along when I said that. I won't be making any more series for a while because, well, I'm just lazy.
I hope you enjoy it!
When All That's Left Is Hope: Chapter 1
"Well, it looks like there is hope for this planet after all." Came a booming voice that seemed to come from the sky.
Both Ranma and Akane looked around each other, dumbfounded. 'Where the hell did that come from?' Ranma thought to himself.
"'That', as you so casually put it, Ranma, is Kami." Came a much more feminine sounding voice. "And show some respect!"
"Sorry!" Ranma said quickly, already believing all of this. Akane just looked at Ranma and blinked.
Akane snapped out of her dream-like state and asked a more thought-out question, "What's going on and why?"
"You always were the one who thought things out faster. I thank you for that, it has saved me many of headaches over these many years." The now identified Kami said.
"Thanks, I think..." Akane replied unsure of herself. "Are you gonna tell me, or is it 'something I have to find out for myself'?" She said in a sarcastic tone.
"...Then you always went and did something like that..." 'Kami' said in an exasperated tone. "I was just getting to that. I'm not going to be like one of those corny, self-discovery movies that you can tell the end simply by previews..." (Author's Note* Sorry, I just can't stand those movies and I couldn't resist putting that in there...)
"Alright...then what is going on?" Ranma finally said after being silent for a while.
"So it does have a brain after all!" The feminine voice said sounding very snotty.
"Eh-hem! I believe he was asking me Satsuma..." Kami interrupted before she could go any further. "Sorry, my secretary is extremely smart, unfortunately, she has absolutely no manners whatsoever."
Crack
"What was that?!" Kami asked with concern laced in his voice.
"Sorry, it's just that, staring up at the sky made my neck go stiff." Ranma said.
"Oh yeah, we're still up here, aren't we?" Kami replied in revelation.
Poof
A puff of smoke appeared before Ranma and Akane. The smoke then cleared, revealing a no-nonsense looking, extremely beautiful 18 or so woman and a kindly looking, extremely handsome twenty or so man.
The woman was wearing a thin-looking kimono that had a depiction of a mountainous beach with palm trees lining the sand. The water in the kimono was a deep pinkish blue from the rising sun near the horizon. Her obi was a crimson that contrasted the scene behind it enough that it was noticeable, but so the obi didn't take all of the attention away from beach.
The man standing next to her was wearing a special outfit. It was actually whatever the person wanted to see. It could change from time to time depending on what the onlooker wanted and needed to see at that specific time. To him, it just looked like that of a peasant in China or Japan.
Akane was the first to speak. "I'm assuming that you-" she pointed to the woman-"are Satsuma, and you-" she pointed to the man-"are Kami. Am I correct?"
"That you are, Akane-chan." Kami gave a warm smile when Akane smiled triumphantly.
"So...What are you guys doing here?" Ranma asked when he realized that he hadn't really said anything for a while.
"Oh, yeah. Well, there's a threat coming to this planet and we need a few people to 'help' us fight it." Kami paused and then continued, "By 'help', we mean 'do it all by yourselves'." He gave them a sympathetic look.
Oh great, someone else wants something from me... Ranma thought to himself.
Sorry, Ranma, you were born to do this, it's your destiny and you can't change your destiny. Kami said in Ranma's head.
"Ah! Don't do that!" Ranma yelled.
"What just happened?" Akane asked.
"He read my mind and scared the hell out of me by saying something in my head."
"What'd he say?"
"That we were destined to do this."
"What do you mean by de..." Akane trailed off when they looked up and saw that Kami and the woman were gone. Instead, there were students walking calmly into school.
It was as if nothing had even happened.
"Now that was weird..."
"Must have been something in Kasumi's food this morning."
"Definently."
They looked at each other and shrugged. They turned to go into school, kicking Kuno on the way in.
After school, Ranma and Akane were walking home in their signature fashion. They hadn't spoken about the incident this morning since it happened. They just assumed that they had imagined it.
"Ranma, about that thing that happened this morning..."
"Don't worry about it. Things like that happen all the time in this city. I'm surprised you're not used to it by now."
"Well, it's just that...that was really, really weird and, well, I was just wondering if you thought that it was real. You know, that we are actually going to have to save the world..."
"We'll just have to wait and see, won't we?"
High above, unseen to Ranma and Akane, Kami was looking down at them.
"You have no idea what's about to happen, do you?" Kami said sadly. "I wish both of you the best of luck...you'll need it."