{Hello! Sorry for the extra evil ending on the last chapter ^_^, It just worked,
you know keep you guessing and all..heh heh..well anyway finally here is the next chapter: dun dun dun... Oh and all these characters belong to Rumiko Takahashi and in no way to me...so yah...}
Separation
Chapter Three: Why?
Suyuri walked slowly home, trying her best not to imagine what had happened to Akane. She was almost getting use to her friend being kidnapped, but there seemed to be an urgency in the air that had never been there before. She was just thankful that Nabiki hadn't made them go out searching now, the wind was biting at her skin, and the dim light from the street lamps flickered in and out of existence. She quickly pulled the loose flannel of her pajama's closer, and thought of Akane out in this weather, wondering if she should really be worried or if Ranma was just going to solve everything again. She knew she would be out searching tomorrow or today for that matter, but right now all she wanted to do was climb into her warm bed. She grimaced as she remembered that Nabiki had given her the worst possible streets to cover. 164th through 140th, no one went down there, well no one she knew anyway. Even the so-called "Bad boys of Furikan" didn't go there, hell they didn't even talk about it. Suyuri sighed heavily; she wasn't looking foreword to this.
* * *
Nabiki jumped off the couch, her eyes wide. "Ranma? What's wrong? Did you find Akane?" Ranma just shook his head, unable to say anything.
"Then what the hell is wrong with you!" Nabiki cried, god he infuriated her, he got her all worked up that Akane might be found, just to shake his head stupidly, *way to go Ranma...*
"Nothing, I'm sorry," Ranma said finally able to find his voice. "Ukyo's seen Akane, and I saw her to, but she wasn't there. It was just this..this projection of her."
"Ranma what are you talking about?"
"Ukyo fainted and when she woke up she stared at me kind of surprised to see me, and then whispered Akane, and I turned and saw her--"
"Akane?!"
"Yah, she was there leaning against a different wall. She looked different, she had some cuts, and was really pale. She was trying to say something but we couldn't make it out. She looked really scared Nabiki; Akane doesn't normally get scared. I'm worried about her. I don't know what to do, for once in my life I'm lost." Ranma breathed deeply, trying to steady his breath. He was shaking.
*He really is worried about her. God I hope she's alright.* Nabiki fidgeted with her shirt, not knowing what to say. "Well..I sent someone out into the city, they should be reporting back to me any second now." Nabiki glanced quickly and the phone. "Also I have a bunch of people going out tomorrow..."
"Tomorrow isn't soon enough!" Ranma yelled getting frustrated
"Ranma is 3 in the morning! Tomorrow is in a few hours, hell it is tomorrow, and
you can't expect everyone to be as fit as you are this early in the morning! I'm about ready to drop, Kasumi fell asleep on the couch, and you look like your ready to jog! You need to realize that not everyone can keep up to your speed, and we WILL do a better job if we get at least some sleep!" Nabiki yelled back, she was tired and she was bound to be a little cranky.
"Okay, I'm sorry I didn't realize it was that late. Just wake me up the minute the other's get here, I want to be out there as soon as possible." Ranma said, looking guilty. He yawned loudly and headed up to his bedroom. Nabiki continued to stare at his retreating form a little longer, she shook her head, and headed off to her own room.
* * *
Suyuri awoke with a pounding headache, and glared evilly at her alarm clock. She had been dreading this moment. She stumbled out of bed, and got dressed, trying her best not to look rich. Getting mugged wasn't on her list of things to do today. She ate quickly; she didn't want to be late, and sprinted towards the Tendo dojo.
* * *
"Ranma! Wake up!" Nabiki yelled into his ear, and yet he didn't budge. "RANMA!!"
"Nabiki, I don't think that will wake Ranma-Kun" Kasumi said standing in the doorway.
"Oh I didn't see you there" Nabiki said trying to look unshaken.
"Why don't you try this?" Kasumi said handing Nabiki a bucket filled with ice cold water. "It always seems to work for Akane."
"Thanks Kasumi." Nabiki said, maybe her sister wasn't so clueless after all. Nabiki held the bucket over his sleeping form, and prayed one last time that he wouldn't kill her as she started to pour.
"AHHHH!" Ranma cried as the drenched former boy jumped from bed. "Whadya do that for ya stupid Tomboy!" he yelled. A confused look passed over his face, a then his frown dropped to a sad pout. Ranma glanced to where Nabiki was standing with the empty bucket.
"Oh thanks..., is everyone here?" He asked with a slight sigh. Nabiki was going to have to record some of this tell tale behavior, Ranma was almost acting like he cared for her sister..this could prove to be most rewarding.
Ranma grabbed some hot water of the stove and met Nabiki outside the house. His breath blew big frosty puffs into the air, as he rubbed his hands together, not the warmest day ever. He glanced over the crowd, and was surprised to see Kuno, Ryouga and Suyuri pacing around. What had Suyuri ever done to hang out with this crowd? He actually wasn't that surprised to see Kuno, Ryouga on the other hand..that was just confusing he didn't even go to Furikan.
"Ryouga, what are you doing here?"
"I came to help find Akane, she needs someone to help her."
"I suppose you think you can find her before I can?!" Ranma said glaring at the pig boy.
"You guessed right, you don't even know how to be nice to her, let alone help her!" Ryouga glared back.
"You don't know what you're talking about Ryouga!" Ranma yelled, a dangerous glint in his eyes.
"I don't think fighting each other will help find Akane." Kasumi said handing both of them maps.
They both looked shamefully at the ground, as they quickly joined the rest of the crowd surrounding Nabiki.
"Alright guys, Everyone remember what to do? If not I'm not going to fill you in because we're wasting precious time right now. Now get out there and find my sister!" Nabiki yelled, pushing her way through the crowd. "Come on Ranma." She said as she grabbed his hand and started towards there streets. The rest of the crowd fanned out, heading in their respective directions. Kasumi glanced sadly at the dispersing people, and headed back inside to clean.
* * *
Ukyo leaned against the wall of her restaurant, the vision of Akane haunting her. She didn't know how she had fainted or why, she hadn't started to feel awful until right before Ranma had come. She had a feeling, a gut feeling that Akane wasn't going to come back, or at least wasn't going to come back anytime soon. This of course filled her with mixed emotions, she finally had Ranma-honey all to herself, Shampoo didn't stand a chance, but also she was worried for Akane, in a very small way, but still worried. Whether she liked it or not Akane had been there since the beginning, and deep down Ukyo didn't really hate her, deep, deep down. Ukyo sighed and began to pick up the restaurant, thoughts of Akane never leaving her mind.
* * *
"Ranma! Slow down! I can't keep that pace, and you don't know where you're going, you have to wait for me or else the system won't work and you'll end up in some one else's streets, alright?" Nabiki called out. Ranma turned, anger flashing in his eyes. He quickly disguised it and stopped running long enough for Nabiki to catch up.
"I can't help it Nabiki, I just want to find her.." Ranma said quietly, his former anger finally gone. "Ranma, Ranma, Ranma, It's alright your in love with my sister and want to get her back..." Nabiki said, crossing her fingers.
"I never said I was in love with her" Ranma snapped back "Who could love a tomboy like that anyway.." Ranma replied, a distant look in his eyes.
"Sorry, sorry, let's just keep going..." Nabiki replied a hint of a smile playing across her normally frozen exterior.
* * *
Suyuri fingered the edge of her jacket nervously as she approached the nearest building. She quickly calmed herself down, and tried her best to look tough. Suyuri quickly ducked into the doorway and started towards the front desk. She wasn't sure what she was suppose to do.
"umm do you mind if I ask you a few questions?" She asked nervously running her fingers through her hair.
"Do I look like I'd be helpful?" the man asked, a frown across his unusually handsome face. Suyuri suddenly found her thought on something other then Akane, and had to quickly shake them from her mind.
"Well it's about a friend, she's been gone a few days---"
"And you think I know where she is?" The man cut in.
"I'm sorry I've been rude, my name is Suyuri. I just thought that you might have seen her, she's got brown hair, and big brown eyes, she's this high." Suyuri said motioning Akane's height with shaky hands. This guy may be cute, but he doesn't look nice. The man laughed, A smile finally resting on his face.
"Don't look so nervous, my name is Mark, and in case you hadn't guessed I'm a gajin,
from Boston, in America, I heard most Asian's don't like out of towners, I figured with a tough look they'd just leave me alone...Sorry about that." Mark said, scratching the back of his head.
"oh well, I'm sorry to rush you but I'm in a bit of a hurry, have you seen her?"
"No, I'm sorry, I hope you find her though." Mark said, smiling. "Nice to meet you." He said extending his hand. Suyuri looked at it plainly before grabbing it and shaking.
"Nice to meet you too. I'm sorry but I've got to be going...Bye" She called over her shoulder as she rushed out the door, and quickly ran down the block. 'Damn, I wasted too much time in there, I've got to be more careful. Dammit Akane, please be alright'
* * *
Akane sat up slowly, banging her head against the low ceiling in the process. She rubbed the newly forming bruise on her head as her eyes slowly became adjusted to the dark.
"Shit.."
{ALrighty, that's the end of chapter 3, I told you I'd give you more on where Akane is, muahahahhaha ^_^ anyway expect that chapters faster cuz its summer (YAY!) anyway I have more of an idea for chapter 4 so it should come faster then 3 which I just wrote as I went along, so anyway...heh oh once again c/c can be sent to tatiana_20@msn.com thanks! ^_^ }
you know keep you guessing and all..heh heh..well anyway finally here is the next chapter: dun dun dun... Oh and all these characters belong to Rumiko Takahashi and in no way to me...so yah...}
Separation
Chapter Three: Why?
Suyuri walked slowly home, trying her best not to imagine what had happened to Akane. She was almost getting use to her friend being kidnapped, but there seemed to be an urgency in the air that had never been there before. She was just thankful that Nabiki hadn't made them go out searching now, the wind was biting at her skin, and the dim light from the street lamps flickered in and out of existence. She quickly pulled the loose flannel of her pajama's closer, and thought of Akane out in this weather, wondering if she should really be worried or if Ranma was just going to solve everything again. She knew she would be out searching tomorrow or today for that matter, but right now all she wanted to do was climb into her warm bed. She grimaced as she remembered that Nabiki had given her the worst possible streets to cover. 164th through 140th, no one went down there, well no one she knew anyway. Even the so-called "Bad boys of Furikan" didn't go there, hell they didn't even talk about it. Suyuri sighed heavily; she wasn't looking foreword to this.
* * *
Nabiki jumped off the couch, her eyes wide. "Ranma? What's wrong? Did you find Akane?" Ranma just shook his head, unable to say anything.
"Then what the hell is wrong with you!" Nabiki cried, god he infuriated her, he got her all worked up that Akane might be found, just to shake his head stupidly, *way to go Ranma...*
"Nothing, I'm sorry," Ranma said finally able to find his voice. "Ukyo's seen Akane, and I saw her to, but she wasn't there. It was just this..this projection of her."
"Ranma what are you talking about?"
"Ukyo fainted and when she woke up she stared at me kind of surprised to see me, and then whispered Akane, and I turned and saw her--"
"Akane?!"
"Yah, she was there leaning against a different wall. She looked different, she had some cuts, and was really pale. She was trying to say something but we couldn't make it out. She looked really scared Nabiki; Akane doesn't normally get scared. I'm worried about her. I don't know what to do, for once in my life I'm lost." Ranma breathed deeply, trying to steady his breath. He was shaking.
*He really is worried about her. God I hope she's alright.* Nabiki fidgeted with her shirt, not knowing what to say. "Well..I sent someone out into the city, they should be reporting back to me any second now." Nabiki glanced quickly and the phone. "Also I have a bunch of people going out tomorrow..."
"Tomorrow isn't soon enough!" Ranma yelled getting frustrated
"Ranma is 3 in the morning! Tomorrow is in a few hours, hell it is tomorrow, and
you can't expect everyone to be as fit as you are this early in the morning! I'm about ready to drop, Kasumi fell asleep on the couch, and you look like your ready to jog! You need to realize that not everyone can keep up to your speed, and we WILL do a better job if we get at least some sleep!" Nabiki yelled back, she was tired and she was bound to be a little cranky.
"Okay, I'm sorry I didn't realize it was that late. Just wake me up the minute the other's get here, I want to be out there as soon as possible." Ranma said, looking guilty. He yawned loudly and headed up to his bedroom. Nabiki continued to stare at his retreating form a little longer, she shook her head, and headed off to her own room.
* * *
Suyuri awoke with a pounding headache, and glared evilly at her alarm clock. She had been dreading this moment. She stumbled out of bed, and got dressed, trying her best not to look rich. Getting mugged wasn't on her list of things to do today. She ate quickly; she didn't want to be late, and sprinted towards the Tendo dojo.
* * *
"Ranma! Wake up!" Nabiki yelled into his ear, and yet he didn't budge. "RANMA!!"
"Nabiki, I don't think that will wake Ranma-Kun" Kasumi said standing in the doorway.
"Oh I didn't see you there" Nabiki said trying to look unshaken.
"Why don't you try this?" Kasumi said handing Nabiki a bucket filled with ice cold water. "It always seems to work for Akane."
"Thanks Kasumi." Nabiki said, maybe her sister wasn't so clueless after all. Nabiki held the bucket over his sleeping form, and prayed one last time that he wouldn't kill her as she started to pour.
"AHHHH!" Ranma cried as the drenched former boy jumped from bed. "Whadya do that for ya stupid Tomboy!" he yelled. A confused look passed over his face, a then his frown dropped to a sad pout. Ranma glanced to where Nabiki was standing with the empty bucket.
"Oh thanks..., is everyone here?" He asked with a slight sigh. Nabiki was going to have to record some of this tell tale behavior, Ranma was almost acting like he cared for her sister..this could prove to be most rewarding.
Ranma grabbed some hot water of the stove and met Nabiki outside the house. His breath blew big frosty puffs into the air, as he rubbed his hands together, not the warmest day ever. He glanced over the crowd, and was surprised to see Kuno, Ryouga and Suyuri pacing around. What had Suyuri ever done to hang out with this crowd? He actually wasn't that surprised to see Kuno, Ryouga on the other hand..that was just confusing he didn't even go to Furikan.
"Ryouga, what are you doing here?"
"I came to help find Akane, she needs someone to help her."
"I suppose you think you can find her before I can?!" Ranma said glaring at the pig boy.
"You guessed right, you don't even know how to be nice to her, let alone help her!" Ryouga glared back.
"You don't know what you're talking about Ryouga!" Ranma yelled, a dangerous glint in his eyes.
"I don't think fighting each other will help find Akane." Kasumi said handing both of them maps.
They both looked shamefully at the ground, as they quickly joined the rest of the crowd surrounding Nabiki.
"Alright guys, Everyone remember what to do? If not I'm not going to fill you in because we're wasting precious time right now. Now get out there and find my sister!" Nabiki yelled, pushing her way through the crowd. "Come on Ranma." She said as she grabbed his hand and started towards there streets. The rest of the crowd fanned out, heading in their respective directions. Kasumi glanced sadly at the dispersing people, and headed back inside to clean.
* * *
Ukyo leaned against the wall of her restaurant, the vision of Akane haunting her. She didn't know how she had fainted or why, she hadn't started to feel awful until right before Ranma had come. She had a feeling, a gut feeling that Akane wasn't going to come back, or at least wasn't going to come back anytime soon. This of course filled her with mixed emotions, she finally had Ranma-honey all to herself, Shampoo didn't stand a chance, but also she was worried for Akane, in a very small way, but still worried. Whether she liked it or not Akane had been there since the beginning, and deep down Ukyo didn't really hate her, deep, deep down. Ukyo sighed and began to pick up the restaurant, thoughts of Akane never leaving her mind.
* * *
"Ranma! Slow down! I can't keep that pace, and you don't know where you're going, you have to wait for me or else the system won't work and you'll end up in some one else's streets, alright?" Nabiki called out. Ranma turned, anger flashing in his eyes. He quickly disguised it and stopped running long enough for Nabiki to catch up.
"I can't help it Nabiki, I just want to find her.." Ranma said quietly, his former anger finally gone. "Ranma, Ranma, Ranma, It's alright your in love with my sister and want to get her back..." Nabiki said, crossing her fingers.
"I never said I was in love with her" Ranma snapped back "Who could love a tomboy like that anyway.." Ranma replied, a distant look in his eyes.
"Sorry, sorry, let's just keep going..." Nabiki replied a hint of a smile playing across her normally frozen exterior.
* * *
Suyuri fingered the edge of her jacket nervously as she approached the nearest building. She quickly calmed herself down, and tried her best to look tough. Suyuri quickly ducked into the doorway and started towards the front desk. She wasn't sure what she was suppose to do.
"umm do you mind if I ask you a few questions?" She asked nervously running her fingers through her hair.
"Do I look like I'd be helpful?" the man asked, a frown across his unusually handsome face. Suyuri suddenly found her thought on something other then Akane, and had to quickly shake them from her mind.
"Well it's about a friend, she's been gone a few days---"
"And you think I know where she is?" The man cut in.
"I'm sorry I've been rude, my name is Suyuri. I just thought that you might have seen her, she's got brown hair, and big brown eyes, she's this high." Suyuri said motioning Akane's height with shaky hands. This guy may be cute, but he doesn't look nice. The man laughed, A smile finally resting on his face.
"Don't look so nervous, my name is Mark, and in case you hadn't guessed I'm a gajin,
from Boston, in America, I heard most Asian's don't like out of towners, I figured with a tough look they'd just leave me alone...Sorry about that." Mark said, scratching the back of his head.
"oh well, I'm sorry to rush you but I'm in a bit of a hurry, have you seen her?"
"No, I'm sorry, I hope you find her though." Mark said, smiling. "Nice to meet you." He said extending his hand. Suyuri looked at it plainly before grabbing it and shaking.
"Nice to meet you too. I'm sorry but I've got to be going...Bye" She called over her shoulder as she rushed out the door, and quickly ran down the block. 'Damn, I wasted too much time in there, I've got to be more careful. Dammit Akane, please be alright'
* * *
Akane sat up slowly, banging her head against the low ceiling in the process. She rubbed the newly forming bruise on her head as her eyes slowly became adjusted to the dark.
"Shit.."
{ALrighty, that's the end of chapter 3, I told you I'd give you more on where Akane is, muahahahhaha ^_^ anyway expect that chapters faster cuz its summer (YAY!) anyway I have more of an idea for chapter 4 so it should come faster then 3 which I just wrote as I went along, so anyway...heh oh once again c/c can be sent to tatiana_20@msn.com thanks! ^_^ }