Her eye twitched.
Two.
One.
At that, a loud buzzing noise cut through the silent room and Ranma's body arched in the chair, electricity running through it. It wasn't enough to do any serious damage, but Akane knew it had to hurt.
Not as much as her broken heart, though.
He had refused to answer.
The battery was dead. No more questions today.
Avoiding his gaze, she ducked behind him to untie his smoking body from the chair.
Ranma smiled.
What she didn't know was that he was already loose.
And ready for some serious pay back.
THE SCIENCE PROJECT
By: Mea Maxima Culpa
Aaaahhhh!!! (Dodging shoes and old homework) I'm sorry, I'm sorry!!! I'm a slow writer, but bear with me here. I know two months is pretty bad so this will be the Grand Finale. M'kay?
Disclaimer: I don't own Ranma ½. It's all Rumiko Takahashi's and she's welcome to it.
Ranma quickly did a back flip up into the air and over behind Akane. He quickly grabbed her arms and held them to her sides in a hug.
"Ranma?! What are you doing?" Akane gasped as Ranma turned her to face him.
Ranma just grinned as he threw her over his shoulder in a fireman's carry and jumped out the window. After landing on the ground he began to run. Akane started screaming. "Put me down you big pervert! What do you think you're doing? Let me go!"
Ranma just smirked again as he jumped up onto a rooftop and continued running and jumping across the tall buildings.
"Ranma, you idiot! Where are you taking me?!" Akane yelled from where she was sprawled down his back.
Ranma just jostled her a little and she shrieked and held on to his waist from behind, fearful he would drop her.
"Settle down, Akane. We're just going somewhere to . . . talk." Ranma said as he grinned.
"I don't want to talk." Akane said absently as she began to worry in her mind. 'Where could he possibly be taking me? And what does he mean, "talk." I hope he's not too mad at me.'
After about five minutes of running, Ranma was getting tired of carrying Akane and decided that they where far enough away, that no one would think to look for them here.
"Here" was on top of the Kolkhoz High School building. Ranma landed quietly on the roof, with nothing more than a mere 'thump' to mark their arrival.
'Heh, no one would think to look for us here, after that skating thing and all.' Ranma thought smugly. 'Akane sure is quiet though, I wonder what she's thinking.'
The fore mentioned person was quietly seething as she stared at Ranma's back from her still upside down position.
'Ranma is so going to die when he puts me down. First I have to force him to answer my questions, then he doesn't even have the courtesy to answer the most important one, breaking my heart and then finishes it all by carrying me off to Kami knows where! If I had known I would have had this many problems I would have made sure to have enlisted Nabiki's help.' Akane thought angrily.
Ranma then took that opportunity to dump her on the hard roof.
Looking up, she could see the smirk that was forming on Ranma's face. She glowered at him.
'He better not be a smug bastard about this or I will kill him. At least I had the courage to tell him how I feel. I'm going to find out if he has feelings for me or not. Even if I don't like his answer.'
She didn't even notice the tears welling up in her eyes.
'Oh crap. She's gonna start crying. I can deal with an angry Akane, but there is no way in hell I can deal with a crying Akane. Aaaggghhh! What to do, what to do?' Ranma thought as he started to panic.
"Akane don't please cry. It doesn't become your tomboy image."
The tears started coming down faster.
'Oh man, bad thing to say. Stupid Ranma, stupid! Why can't I ever say anything right?'
Akane just looked up at him with watery eyes.
'Sorry Ranma, but I have to know. Even if I have to play dirty.'
Akane started wailing and buried her face into her hands.
Ranma jumped back, shocked.
"Akane! I'm sorry! I'm sorry I didn't want to help you with your science thingy. I really was going to answer, but fifteen seconds isn't very long to answer a important question like that!" Ranma said as he crouched down in front of her and took hold of her shoulders, which were trembling.
'Got him!' Akane thought as she smiled into her hands. She was going to get her answer whether he liked it or not. 'Now with the acting.'
Sniffling, she raised her face out of her hands.
"Really? You were going to answer it?" Akane asked hopefully looking into his eyes. 'Damn, I love his eyes. They're so honest.'
"Umm, yeah. But Akane didn't you ever think that I already lo. . . I mean liked you? I mean I'm always saving you and stuff. Would I do that if I didn't like you?"
"You save Shampoo and Ukyo. What's your point?" Akane said. 'C'mon Ranma, tell me! Whoa! When did he get so close?'
"I save them because they are my friends and so are you. But from your earlier confession, I think you want to be closer than friends?" Ranma said, not being able to resist his pride from popping in. His face was now a mere three inches from hers.
'He just has to have his pride. I love him anyway, but this macho guy thing must go.' Akane thought as her devious mind came up with a plan.
She moved her face so their lips were barely touching. Ranma gulped for air and his eyes got a little wider. Her closeness was having an effect on his body. She smiled her sultry smile, pecked him on the mouth and tapped his shoulder.
Apparently in his mind, balance was one of the things he was not concentrating on.
He did the first thing that came to his mind.
Take her down with you.
So he did.
And landed in a very awkward position.
'Ok, all I did was push him a little. How did I end up down here with him?' Akane thought as she looked up from Ranma's chest.
She looked up to meet Ranma's eyes as he looked down his chest.
And they both blushed.
'She kissed me! And is now on top of me!'
This is the time Ranma's brain started going into panic mode again!
'Aww! What the hell! There's no time like the present. Go get her!' Ranma's brain shouted.
And that is exactly what he did.
Akane was surprised when Ranma rolled them over. She was shocked when he gently kissed her. And this was no chaste kiss. This was a full-blown all out kiss. She decided right then, she liked the way he kissed.
Soon they broke off, out of breath and blushing furiously.
"Akane, I should have told you how I felt about you before our dad's tried to marry us, but I was, well I was scared. Laugh later, but I love you, too. I just wanted to tell you that without being interrupted by anything." Ranma said as he held her, nestling his face into her neck.
Akane was too happy to say anything. The tears started to fall again.
Ranma looked up when she didn't say anything.
"Ahh jeez. I'm sorry did I say something wrong? Am I too heavy? What is it Akane?" Ranma said worriedly.
"You're such an idiot. No, I'm just happy. I love you so much, my pervert." Akane said as she dragged his head down for another heart stopping kiss as the sun set behind them.
Ranma just sighed happily. Things could only get much better now.
Across from the couple, Nabiki sat on the roof of another building. She turned off the camcorder as she sighed happily. Sure, she wasn't the most sentimental person, but even that had to touch your heart. She took the tape out and looked at it.
'This will make a lovely wedding present.'
The Beginning?
I know it took forever and a day, but it is done! I don't work well with these multi-parters, so I think I'll stick to one-shots. A very big thank you to all those who took the time to review. I am very grateful to you all. Until next time.
Mea Maxima Culpa
