A.N
– Konnichiwa,
minna-sama! I'm back! MWAHAHA!! ::you
guys are running for your lives:: This
is the fifth chapter this and I will continue! Try to stop me! ^^
Disclaimers
– Ranma ½
is not mine ::sniff::…what else can I
say? Basically I envy Rumiko Takahashi!
Now
on to the fic!
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"Are you finished yet, Ryoga?!" Ukyou asked impatiently. It was already 20 minutes.
"Hold on! This thing has, like, 100 buttons on it!" Ryoga yelled back,
exasperated.
Ukyou just sighed.
Anytime now!
She looked at the clock. It was 30 minutes to 7:00 P.M. And they had to leave very soon! Ukyou, being a tomboy herself, was wearing
something very feminine, sophisticated, and giving out dangerous amounts of
cleavage. She wore a black dress that
had thin straps that went on each different side of her neck. That made an "X" on her bareback She wore
white pearl earrings that dangled. On
the front, in the middle of her chest, had a gold pin. She wore a gold diamond necklace to
accentuate the pin. The dress didn't
hide her bustier too well, and she was a bit shy when Ryoga was going to come
out; he didn't see her dress yet. Her
cleavage line was visible for two inches. The dress reached her ankles and stretched slightly on her hips, which
gave out her perfect figure. Her fine toned stomach was accentuated as well,
due to the black dress. She wore black,
high heel, leather shoes. She put on
dark pink lipstick, a teeny bit of blush, black mascara, brown eye shadow that
gave out the color of her eyes, and black eyeliner. In replace of her plain, white, hair bow, she had on a fancy,
lacy, white hair bow. Despite her
shyness, she was sure that she was going to make Ranma stare.
This had cost a fortune! I had to take out three fourths of my money
out of my bank account just for these!
"Finished!" Ryoga said suddenly
said. He came out of the bathroom.
Ukyou turned around. And her eyes widened at the sight before
her! Ryoga looked
so...so---handsome!
Almost as handsome as Ran—Ran—
No, she couldn't think of that right
now. She had more important things to
worry about. But she found herself
staring. Ryoga, in his part, seemed to
be effected the same way.
Ukyou is going to wear…that? Ryoga thought. He looked at her face then trailed down. He stopped at her chest and felt a heating
sensation go through his nose. His hand
darted up to cover.
Ryoga... Ukyou thought. He was wearing the tux she gave him. He looked so cute in it! He didn't have his bandanna, which gave a
whole new perspective for Ukyou in Ryoga. His hair was carefully combed back and noted that he went to take a hair
cut…although she wouldn't know how he got there without getting lost…like
accidentally going to Hokkaido instead. She snapped out her trance and noticed that he was covering his nose
with his hand
"Oh no! Ryoga!" Ukyou groaned. She had hoped that this wouldn't have happened.
"Oh, I'm fine, Ukyou!" Ryoga snapped as he snatched his hand away
from his nose. There was nothing.
"Phew, I didn't want all that blood
go on my tuxedo!"
"Yeah, well…it's not my fault,"
Ryoga replied looking somewhere on her in particular. She followed his gaze and blushed knowing exactly where he was
looking at.
"Stop staring, baka!" Ukyou cried.
Ryoga averted his eyes and looked at
the clock. 6:45 P.M. They should better
be going.
"Let's go, Ukyou," he said.
"Of course, sugar!" Ukyou replied
flashing him a smile and linked her arm with his.
They started to walk down the
road. As they were walking, they were
talking informing each other specific directions.
"Remember, what I told you. We have to act as if we are really a
couple. You know kissing,
hugging?" Ukyou said. "Yeah, yeah…I remember, Ukyou,"
Ryoga sighed. But inside, he was
wondering if had the guts to do that.
"Oh yeah! Start calling me Ukyou-chan. I'll start by calling you Ryo-chan," Ukyou informed, "that will make
everything look more official,"
"Okay…Ukyou-chan.." Ryoga grinned.
Ukyou just grinned back. They continued walking…
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"Will you get on with it, Akane?" Ranma hollered impatiently.
"I'LL BE DOWN!!!" replied an angry
voice from Akane's room.
"You didn't have to yell!" Ranma
screamed back up.
Thirty seconds later, Akane did come
out. She walked to the top of the
stairs and stopped there. She looked at
the time of the clock that was across from her. It was 6:30 P.M. They had
better start going. She snapped out of
her thoughts as Akane heard Ranma blow her a whistle below her.
"Hew hoo!" Ranma whistled teasingly.
Akane just scowled at him. But in spite of herself she blushed
involuntarily. She was wearing a black
dress that reached her ankles as well. But contrast to Ukyou, there was differences. It was strapless, and it had a 3-inch slit in the middle where it
showed a lot of…Akane gulped…cleavage. Akane blushed at the thought. She didn't think she would have the guts to wear this in front of
Ranma! The back was zipped up and she
put on a black hair band. She wore
black leather heels that were only an inch high. From her waist down, the dress
was hanging around her loosely. There
was also one slit that reached up half of her thigh on her right side. She blushed at that part too. But heck, this was only a mission, nothing
serious! She had a black choker on her
neck with a diamond heart in the front. She had dark blue sapphire earrings. Those used to belong to her mother's. She unconsciously touched them with her fingers and smiled. She was glad she was finally gonna wear
them. She had light pink lipstick, no
blush, black mascara, purple eyeliner, and a tad bit of silver eye shadow.
"How do I look, Ranma?" Akane asked
as she drew a pose to him.
Ranma smiled warmly and teased,
"Exactly the way I want you to
look,"
Akane went down the stairs and they
held hands and went out the door.
"We'll be back at 10:00 P.M.,
Kasumi!" Akane yelled over her shoulder as they walked away.
"Have a good time, now!" Kasumi
replied.
They walked a for half a block and
started talking,
"Hey, Akane?" Ranma asked.
"What?" Akane followed his gaze at
where he was looking. It was at her
wrists. With their hands still clasped
together, he raised her hands with his.
"You don't have any bracelets,"
Ranma said.
"Oh. Well, I couldn't find any that were fancy enough," Akane said
sheepishly.
"I can fix that,"
"Huh?" Akane questioned.
Without saying a word, Ranma took
something out of his tuxedo pocket. It
was a corsage and he slipped it on Akane. Akane widened her eyes. It was
so beautiful! It was 3 tiny roses
making a triangle shape and small leaves coming out from it. But what made Akane astonished the most was
the blue heart sapphire in the middle of the roses. Her eyes started to glisten and shimmer. Ranma bought this just for her!
Oh, Ranma…
She looked up. She saw Ranma's expression. It was of anticipation, doubt, and pride. They're eyes locked onto each other. Then after a long moment, Ranma gulped nervously.
"Uh…d—do you like it?"
Akane snapped out of her
reverie. She smiled at Ranma,
"Oh, I love it Ranma! Arigatou gozaimasu!"
Ranma exhaled and sighed in
relief. He thought Akane didn't like it
at first because she froze while looking at it.
"This was a special occasion,
Akane. I hope that this will convince
Ryoga and Ukyou,"
"Yeah," Akane said quietly. She was hoping that Ranma gave it to her
because he wanted to, but obviously not.
They held hands again as they
continued walking to the restaurant.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Ryoga and Ukyou finally got to the
fancy Japanese cuisine…Kurata's Cuisine. The sign blinked on and off. Just as they were about to go in, Ranma and Akane finally got
there. Ryoga and Ukyou turned around
saw them. Ukyou could feel Ryoga tensed up when he saw them holding hands. Ukyou calmed him down put tightening her
grip on him with their linked arms. Ryoga then relaxed and managed a forced smile.
"Konbanwa, Ran-chan!" Ukyou cried
out.
Both Ranma and Akane turned their
heads and looked at them. Akane waved.
"Konbanwa!" Akane cheerily said.
Akane looked at those two in pure
scrutiny. Ryoga and Ukyou had their
arms linked and they seemed to be very happy. They even looked good together! ::A.N.
– I'm sorry to interrupt you guys, but have you ever noticed a similar
resemblance with suggested couples? Like Ranma x Akane and Ryoga x Ukyou? Their eyes have exact semblance. Compare eyes next time if you have the chance, then you'll know what I
mean ^__~::
Those two were meant to be
together! Akane thought, and Ranma and I will bring them even closer
tonight. Akane smiled.
"Well, let's go in you guys! I'm getting' hungry, here!" Ranma suggested.
Everyone agreed and went in. A man opened the door for them. They went to the counter and confirmed their
reservations.
"Reserved for four, sir," Ukyou
said.
He checked and smiled.
"Follow me, minna,"
They found their table and sat down. Ranma and Akane next to each other and Ryoga and Ukyou next to each other across them.
"So, how are you guys?" Akane asked,
trying to create a conversation.
"Uh, well…I'm fine," Ryoga
stuttered.
"I'm fine too…what about you guys?"
Ukyou asked.
"Oh, uh…we're great," Ranma smiled.
There was another awkward silence.
The menus came in and they each
snatched one. They couldn't pick what
to eat. There were some dishes in kanji
and hiragana that they couldn't even read.
Ranma darted his eyes back and
forth. Ryoga and Ukyou's heads were
covered by the menus, so Ranma dared and leaned in to Akane to whisper in her
ears with the menu still covering his head. Akane who had the menu covering her head as well, leaned in to listen.
"Well, when do we start, Akane? This doesn't seem to be getting anywhere,"
Ranma slowly whispered.
Akane leaned in and whipered,
carefully letting the menu still cover her head,
"When the time is right, Ranma,"
"And when the heck is that?"
Akane stopped and thought for a
minute. Then she whispered,
"After 10 minutes we take them to
the bathroom and indirectly convince them. You take Ryoga and I take Ukyou, nee?"
Ranma sighed, this was gonna be
hard. How is he going to lead RYOGA to
the bathroom?? But eventually he
relented.
"Oh, all right," Ranma exhaled.
"Hey! Did you guys decide what to eat yet?" Ukyou's voice rang out.
They quickly darted pack the their
own proper seating position. Ranma
dared to look over the top of his menu. Ryoga and Ukyou still had they're heads covered with the menus.
"Well?" Ukyou prompted.
Ranma and Akane silently sighed.
"Uh, no not yet," Ranma replied.
Ukyou finally put her menu
down. She couldn't decide what to eat. She looked at Ranma and Akane. They were
still looking at their menus. Suddenly
Ukyou had an idea. She carefully put
the menu back up her head. And she
turned her head to Ryoga. She nudged at
him and he turned.
"Keep your menu up," Ukyou mouthed. And Ryoga did so. Then Ukyou leaned in and asked,
"When do you want to make our move?"
Ukyou whispered.
"I don't know," Ryoga replied in a
whisper, "you have any idea?"
Ukyou was deep in thought then a
light went on over her head.
"I got it!" Ukyou said a little
loudly.
"What?" Akane asked quizzically.
Ukyou cringed,
"Uh…um…nothing, sugar,"
"Oh…ok,"
Ukyou turned to Ryoga again and
whispered with the menus still covering their heads,
"We say that we need to go to the
bathroom and ask them to accompany us. At that point, we try to convince them,"
Ryoga frowned,
"And when will we do THAT?"
"Now,"
Akane turned her head to Ranma their
heads carefully covered by their own menus, and with a expression of
determination, she nodded at him, telling him it was time.
Ranma just grinned.
All four of them stood up
simultaneously and asked,
"I need to go to the bathroom can
you accompany me?"
Then they froze looking at each
other with a expression of dumbfoundness again. Other customers just looked at them as if they just came from
another planet. And all four of them
had different thoughts,
Ukyou thought,
Okaaay, what going on?
Ryoga thought,
What the heck are they doing…reading
our minds?!
Akane thought,
Why is this happening in the
middle of a cuisine??
Ranma thought as he silently groaned to
himself,
This is gonna be one heck of a
long mission…
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A.N.-
Minna-sama
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