Almost Perfect
Chapter 2: Blinding Pain and Jealousy
Ranma eyes flickered back and forth between Kuno and Ranko. She obviously thought Kuno was something he wasn't. He straightened up slightly.
"Back off Kuno. Just go back to class," Ranma said, an obvious anger rising in his voice.
"Saotome! I'm not going to tell you again! Stay out of our love! And I can't go back to class. The teacher sent me out for falling asleep, and snoring so loud he couldn't teach his lecture," Kuno replied his voice with an audible tone of high opinion in himself. Ranko laughed at this, but covered her mouth instantaneously when she realized what she was doing. Kuno looked at her waving a rose in front of his face.
"Ah, the sweet laugh of my new maiden, Ranko. How enticing," he said dramatically. Ranko giggled appreciatively.
"Ranko, why can't you ever listen to me? Kuno is just going to suck you in, an you'll be an unhappy girl at his command," Ranma told her.
"Ranma what is your problem? Why can't you ever just let her think for herself? Just because you used to be able to control your girl half, doesn't mean you can anymore," Ryouga snapped. Ranko looked up at Ryouga, her big blue eyes staring up at him. He looked down at her, and flinched in surprise. Ranko grinned at him.
"Thank you Ryouga, that is highly appreciated," Ranko said.
"Ah, Ryouga is it? Trying to steal Ranko away from me, are you? Well you can have her! Can't you see we are in love!" Kuno shouted desperately, pulling Ranko into an embrace. Ranma flipped Kuno off.
"Fuck off Kuno!" he yelled. Ranko ducked out of Kuno's embrace and gasped.
"Ranma, you shouldn't use such language," Ranko said to him.
"Oh you are going to reprimand me, when you're the dirty whore?" Ranma asked her. Ranko's jaw dropped.
"I-I I'm not a dirty whore!" Ranko breathed in frustration. The door of the classroom suddenly opened.
"What are you students doing out here? I can't concentrate with this constant racket!" the teacher yelled, "Now you either stand out here quietly, or you stand outside!" Ranko looked at him.
"Are you serious?" she asked him.
"Yes I'm serious!"
"Well, that is the dumbest question in the world! Of course I want to stand outside!" she shouted happily and ran down the hallway. All stood still. The teacher, Kuno, and Ranma all stood with their jaw hanging open. Ryouga was the only one who shrugged and followed Ranko casually. Ranma dropped his heads into a bow.
"Sorry sir," Ranma said quietly.
***
"Ranko!" Ryouga called as he picked up the pace behind her. She was outside standing with her face looking up at the sun. She stretched happily.
"Oh! What a nice day it is!" she said happily, throwing her school bag down. She spun around in a circle once. As she did, she tripped on a rock and fell over. Ryouga ran over to where she lay, and squatted down next to her.
"Are you okay?" he asked her. She sat up laughing happily.
"Yeah I'm just great!" she said smiling. Ryouga smiled back, letting his fangs show. Ranko's youthful personality was so refreshing to him. Ranko squirmed uncomfortable.
"Ugh, its so hot!" Ranko said in frustration. Her eyes lit up happily, as they fell upon the school's pool. She gasped happily.
"Ryouga! Let's go swimming!" she said happily. Ryouga's eyes widened and he laughed nervously.
"Uh, no thanks!" he said.
"Aw, come on! It'll be fun!" she shouted happily.
"No no, I ca-" he stopped talking and he almost screamed in shock to see Ranko ripping off her clothes. She pulled off her little black shoes and her school uniform, so that she was in her underwear and bra. She laughed gleefully.
"Come on Ryouga!" she shouted again as she ran to the pool. She stopped when she reached the edge and tested the water with her foot. Then she dove in the water. Ryouga walked over to the edge of the pool and looked into the water. When Ranko didn't resurface right away, he got slightly worried.
"Ranko? Where'd you go?" Ryouga asked. He scanned the water. The time that passed felt like eternity, and as each second passed, Ryouga felt the worry rise in him. Suddenly, he saw Ranko float up in the center of the pool, face down in the water, unconscious.
"Ranko!" Ryouga shouted. She didn't move. His first instinct was to jump in the water, but he knew that once he did, he would become P-chan, and he knew it would be too difficult getting Ranko out of the water. He looked around momentarily, and then pulled out a rope. Swinging, it, he managed to hook it around a tree branch that was above the pool. Quickly, he swung over the water, using the water, and grabbed Ranko as he swung by. He landed safely in the tree with her. She shook her but she didn't wake up.
"Ranko! Wake up! Ranko!" she didn't wake up. Ryouga leaned down to her mouth, and place his ear just above it. She wasn't breathing. Tilting her head back, he pinched her nose and pressed his lips against hers, as he let his breath enter her lungs. He did this again. And again. Suddenly, Ranko coughed up water into Ryouga's mouth. He spit it out with a disgusted look on his face. Ranko sat up, holding her head, as she leaned her back against the tree base.
"A-are you okay Ranko?" Ryouga asked. Ranko nodded.
"I hit my head on the bottom of the pool… you saved my life. Thank you…." She said looking at Ryouga. Ryouga turned pink and humbly put his hand behind his head.
"Oh it was no trouble," he replied. Ranko's eyes suddenly met with Ryouga's, and they stared at each other for the longest moment. They leaned closer to each other slightly, but their trance was brought to a halt when Ranma started screaming at them.
"Ryouga! What the hell are you doing you sick sonavabitch!" he yelled. Ryouga looked down at Ranma. Then he looked back up at Ranko. That when he realized it. Ranko was in her bra and underwear still!
"Oh! No! No! It's not what it looks like!" Ryouga said waving his hands at Ranma, "I was just-"
"Trying to rape her!" Ranma screamed at him, leapt up, knocking Ryouga out of the tree. They landed on the grass, where Ranma started kicking the crap out of Ryouga. Ranko climbed down the tree, and ran over to Ranma.
"Stop it Ranma! Stop!" she screamed. He didn't listen to her, so she jumped on his back, and started hitting him on his back. Akane suddenly appeared, and had a furious look on her face. She ripped Ranko off of Ranma and slapped her so hard in the face, blood came from her lip. Ranko's eyes stared at Akane.
"What the hell do you think you are doing to Ranma!" she screamed at her. Ranma looked up at the sound of Akane's voice. He stopped hitting Ryouga and stared at her.
"A-Akane…. Jealous?" he asked.
*~*~*
"Come with me Ranko, you can trust me…" the man said. He had thick black hair, and his eyes were always shaded so Ranko couldn't see what he looked like. She nodded and followed him; he took her to an apartment room that read 'B3'. He opened the door and let her in the room. She looked around the room to see all that was in there was a bed. Ranko suddenly realized his intentions and turned around to leave, but the man locked the door behind him, and grabbed Ranko's wrists. She screamed out in fear, as he threw her down on the bed, his body lying on top of hers. She kept screaming, and fighting to get him off of her, but she was so weak, that she was unable to get him off. He pinned her down to the bed, as he pulled off their clothes. She wept loudly, as soon she knew they would enter each other. She let the tears run down her cheeks, as she screamed for help, and no help came for her. His body was now pressed so hard against hers; she thought she would be smashed before he could do anything to her. The pain of their naked bodies pressed together, and her lack of ability to do anything about it…
*~*~*
Ranko woke up in the middle of the night screaming, her bands plastered to her head from sweat of the terrible dream. Ranma moaned as he woke up, but the giant panda just sniffed and rolled over. Ranma sat up and looked over at Ranma who was screaming uncontrollably.
"What? What? What is your problem Ranko?" he said irritably. Ranko's screams subsided, and she turned into a tight ball as she started crying. Ranma crawled over to her, and poked her in the arm.
"Hey! What's your problem?" he asked her. Even though Ranma was so mean to her, he still felt a strong affinity to her, like a brother loves his younger sister. Ranko looked up at Ranma with her tear stained face.
"Ranma! I was so scared! So scared!" she wept, as she hugged him tightly. Ranma looked down at her, and put his arm around her.
"Did you have a bad dream?" he asked her. Ranko continued to cry.
"It was horrible Ranma. Please don't leave me all alone. Don't leave me," she begged him as the tears continued to run down her face, and over her bloody lip Akane had given her earlier in the day.
"Okay, I'll stay with you," he promised. Ranko press her face into his rippling chest. They sat like this for the longest time. He just let her cry into him, and she wept openly, until she couldn't cry anymore, and she fell asleep in his arms, her head in his lap. During this time Akane had managed to stumble into the room, and slide the door open. She threw had thrown a pillow at Ranko and mumbled for her to stop making so much noise before walking back to bed.
***
The months passed slowly; the school learns to accept Ranko. Kuno continued his feeble attempts to win Ranko over, and she accepts them graciously, without giving in. Ranko's lip healed, but her heart remained in pain. Ryouga healed too, but his heart was still the same, unchanging. Ranma was still confused about how jealous Akane had acted, and he spent a lot of school hour daydreaming. He was very forgiving when Ranko and Ryouga had explained the situation to him, about the day he found the two of them in the tree, yet he now was becoming suspicious again since Ranko laughed more openly now, and she always seemed happy, even when Ranma was angry at her.
Sleep was useless in the Tendo house. At least once a week, Ranko would wake up screaming and crying from horrible nightmares. No one could ever find out what they were about because she wouldn't tell them. She would just screaming and crying, begging them not to leave her until she fell asleep from exhaustion. The next morning when they would ask her what her dream was about, she would look away sadly without answering. The dreams were always had the same theme. That horrible rape scene. Ranko found the dreams would last longer now, and she couldn't force herself awake, as she would like to.
One night, Ranma woke up to Ranko stepping on his stomach. He looked at her, to see her with her eyes half open, and a scared expression on her face. She looked around frantically in her little blue nightgown, her blue eyes streaming with tears. Suddenly, she gasped and started running out of the room. Ranma stood and followed her. She ran out the door of the house, ran down the street, screaming as Ranma followed her. She ran all the way to downtown. When she reached a wall, she climbed up and ran along the roof. Ranma followed her is worried pursuit. Ranko backed away to the edge of the roof, and looked down with a terrified expression. She was crying, and begging for someone to stay away from her. Ranma scratched his head.
"Ranko? What's wrong with you?" Ranma asked urgently. Suddenly, she clutched her chest, and a golden light exploded around her. She went limp as the golden light carried her off the ground a few inches. Ranma stared in awe and fear covering his entire face. Wings sprouted from Ranko's back, and grew to full size. Two feathery white wings exploding from her back, and stretching out wide. The light faded away, except for a golden outline around Ranko. Ranko placed her hand in front of her mouth a pressed her lips to it. She then blew a kiss in Ranma direction. Golden dust sailed in his direction. Ranma tried to get out of the way, but he inhaled some of it. He coughed and sank to his knees. Ranko floated down to the ground, and smiled at Ranma. She took one step and stopped. The golden light faded away, and she fell to the ground. Ranma shook his head, and ran over to Ranko.
"Ranko! Ranko! Wake up!" he shouted shaking her. She opened her eyes wide, screaming as loud as she could. She then covers her mouth and stopped screaming.
"Oh my god…. oh my god," she said looking at Ranma horror struck.
"Ranko what's wrong?"
"Oh my god, Ranma… did I blow a golden dust at you?" she asked him.
"Yeah, why?" Ranko closed her eyes, a tears squeezed out from her right eye.
"Ranma… you are…."
"I'm what?"
"You are…." Ranko's voice was full of pain as she let the words slip from her lips.
"You are going to disappear…."
To be continued…
Chapter 2: Blinding Pain and Jealousy
Ranma eyes flickered back and forth between Kuno and Ranko. She obviously thought Kuno was something he wasn't. He straightened up slightly.
"Back off Kuno. Just go back to class," Ranma said, an obvious anger rising in his voice.
"Saotome! I'm not going to tell you again! Stay out of our love! And I can't go back to class. The teacher sent me out for falling asleep, and snoring so loud he couldn't teach his lecture," Kuno replied his voice with an audible tone of high opinion in himself. Ranko laughed at this, but covered her mouth instantaneously when she realized what she was doing. Kuno looked at her waving a rose in front of his face.
"Ah, the sweet laugh of my new maiden, Ranko. How enticing," he said dramatically. Ranko giggled appreciatively.
"Ranko, why can't you ever listen to me? Kuno is just going to suck you in, an you'll be an unhappy girl at his command," Ranma told her.
"Ranma what is your problem? Why can't you ever just let her think for herself? Just because you used to be able to control your girl half, doesn't mean you can anymore," Ryouga snapped. Ranko looked up at Ryouga, her big blue eyes staring up at him. He looked down at her, and flinched in surprise. Ranko grinned at him.
"Thank you Ryouga, that is highly appreciated," Ranko said.
"Ah, Ryouga is it? Trying to steal Ranko away from me, are you? Well you can have her! Can't you see we are in love!" Kuno shouted desperately, pulling Ranko into an embrace. Ranma flipped Kuno off.
"Fuck off Kuno!" he yelled. Ranko ducked out of Kuno's embrace and gasped.
"Ranma, you shouldn't use such language," Ranko said to him.
"Oh you are going to reprimand me, when you're the dirty whore?" Ranma asked her. Ranko's jaw dropped.
"I-I I'm not a dirty whore!" Ranko breathed in frustration. The door of the classroom suddenly opened.
"What are you students doing out here? I can't concentrate with this constant racket!" the teacher yelled, "Now you either stand out here quietly, or you stand outside!" Ranko looked at him.
"Are you serious?" she asked him.
"Yes I'm serious!"
"Well, that is the dumbest question in the world! Of course I want to stand outside!" she shouted happily and ran down the hallway. All stood still. The teacher, Kuno, and Ranma all stood with their jaw hanging open. Ryouga was the only one who shrugged and followed Ranko casually. Ranma dropped his heads into a bow.
"Sorry sir," Ranma said quietly.
***
"Ranko!" Ryouga called as he picked up the pace behind her. She was outside standing with her face looking up at the sun. She stretched happily.
"Oh! What a nice day it is!" she said happily, throwing her school bag down. She spun around in a circle once. As she did, she tripped on a rock and fell over. Ryouga ran over to where she lay, and squatted down next to her.
"Are you okay?" he asked her. She sat up laughing happily.
"Yeah I'm just great!" she said smiling. Ryouga smiled back, letting his fangs show. Ranko's youthful personality was so refreshing to him. Ranko squirmed uncomfortable.
"Ugh, its so hot!" Ranko said in frustration. Her eyes lit up happily, as they fell upon the school's pool. She gasped happily.
"Ryouga! Let's go swimming!" she said happily. Ryouga's eyes widened and he laughed nervously.
"Uh, no thanks!" he said.
"Aw, come on! It'll be fun!" she shouted happily.
"No no, I ca-" he stopped talking and he almost screamed in shock to see Ranko ripping off her clothes. She pulled off her little black shoes and her school uniform, so that she was in her underwear and bra. She laughed gleefully.
"Come on Ryouga!" she shouted again as she ran to the pool. She stopped when she reached the edge and tested the water with her foot. Then she dove in the water. Ryouga walked over to the edge of the pool and looked into the water. When Ranko didn't resurface right away, he got slightly worried.
"Ranko? Where'd you go?" Ryouga asked. He scanned the water. The time that passed felt like eternity, and as each second passed, Ryouga felt the worry rise in him. Suddenly, he saw Ranko float up in the center of the pool, face down in the water, unconscious.
"Ranko!" Ryouga shouted. She didn't move. His first instinct was to jump in the water, but he knew that once he did, he would become P-chan, and he knew it would be too difficult getting Ranko out of the water. He looked around momentarily, and then pulled out a rope. Swinging, it, he managed to hook it around a tree branch that was above the pool. Quickly, he swung over the water, using the water, and grabbed Ranko as he swung by. He landed safely in the tree with her. She shook her but she didn't wake up.
"Ranko! Wake up! Ranko!" she didn't wake up. Ryouga leaned down to her mouth, and place his ear just above it. She wasn't breathing. Tilting her head back, he pinched her nose and pressed his lips against hers, as he let his breath enter her lungs. He did this again. And again. Suddenly, Ranko coughed up water into Ryouga's mouth. He spit it out with a disgusted look on his face. Ranko sat up, holding her head, as she leaned her back against the tree base.
"A-are you okay Ranko?" Ryouga asked. Ranko nodded.
"I hit my head on the bottom of the pool… you saved my life. Thank you…." She said looking at Ryouga. Ryouga turned pink and humbly put his hand behind his head.
"Oh it was no trouble," he replied. Ranko's eyes suddenly met with Ryouga's, and they stared at each other for the longest moment. They leaned closer to each other slightly, but their trance was brought to a halt when Ranma started screaming at them.
"Ryouga! What the hell are you doing you sick sonavabitch!" he yelled. Ryouga looked down at Ranma. Then he looked back up at Ranko. That when he realized it. Ranko was in her bra and underwear still!
"Oh! No! No! It's not what it looks like!" Ryouga said waving his hands at Ranma, "I was just-"
"Trying to rape her!" Ranma screamed at him, leapt up, knocking Ryouga out of the tree. They landed on the grass, where Ranma started kicking the crap out of Ryouga. Ranko climbed down the tree, and ran over to Ranma.
"Stop it Ranma! Stop!" she screamed. He didn't listen to her, so she jumped on his back, and started hitting him on his back. Akane suddenly appeared, and had a furious look on her face. She ripped Ranko off of Ranma and slapped her so hard in the face, blood came from her lip. Ranko's eyes stared at Akane.
"What the hell do you think you are doing to Ranma!" she screamed at her. Ranma looked up at the sound of Akane's voice. He stopped hitting Ryouga and stared at her.
"A-Akane…. Jealous?" he asked.
*~*~*
"Come with me Ranko, you can trust me…" the man said. He had thick black hair, and his eyes were always shaded so Ranko couldn't see what he looked like. She nodded and followed him; he took her to an apartment room that read 'B3'. He opened the door and let her in the room. She looked around the room to see all that was in there was a bed. Ranko suddenly realized his intentions and turned around to leave, but the man locked the door behind him, and grabbed Ranko's wrists. She screamed out in fear, as he threw her down on the bed, his body lying on top of hers. She kept screaming, and fighting to get him off of her, but she was so weak, that she was unable to get him off. He pinned her down to the bed, as he pulled off their clothes. She wept loudly, as soon she knew they would enter each other. She let the tears run down her cheeks, as she screamed for help, and no help came for her. His body was now pressed so hard against hers; she thought she would be smashed before he could do anything to her. The pain of their naked bodies pressed together, and her lack of ability to do anything about it…
*~*~*
Ranko woke up in the middle of the night screaming, her bands plastered to her head from sweat of the terrible dream. Ranma moaned as he woke up, but the giant panda just sniffed and rolled over. Ranma sat up and looked over at Ranma who was screaming uncontrollably.
"What? What? What is your problem Ranko?" he said irritably. Ranko's screams subsided, and she turned into a tight ball as she started crying. Ranma crawled over to her, and poked her in the arm.
"Hey! What's your problem?" he asked her. Even though Ranma was so mean to her, he still felt a strong affinity to her, like a brother loves his younger sister. Ranko looked up at Ranma with her tear stained face.
"Ranma! I was so scared! So scared!" she wept, as she hugged him tightly. Ranma looked down at her, and put his arm around her.
"Did you have a bad dream?" he asked her. Ranko continued to cry.
"It was horrible Ranma. Please don't leave me all alone. Don't leave me," she begged him as the tears continued to run down her face, and over her bloody lip Akane had given her earlier in the day.
"Okay, I'll stay with you," he promised. Ranko press her face into his rippling chest. They sat like this for the longest time. He just let her cry into him, and she wept openly, until she couldn't cry anymore, and she fell asleep in his arms, her head in his lap. During this time Akane had managed to stumble into the room, and slide the door open. She threw had thrown a pillow at Ranko and mumbled for her to stop making so much noise before walking back to bed.
***
The months passed slowly; the school learns to accept Ranko. Kuno continued his feeble attempts to win Ranko over, and she accepts them graciously, without giving in. Ranko's lip healed, but her heart remained in pain. Ryouga healed too, but his heart was still the same, unchanging. Ranma was still confused about how jealous Akane had acted, and he spent a lot of school hour daydreaming. He was very forgiving when Ranko and Ryouga had explained the situation to him, about the day he found the two of them in the tree, yet he now was becoming suspicious again since Ranko laughed more openly now, and she always seemed happy, even when Ranma was angry at her.
Sleep was useless in the Tendo house. At least once a week, Ranko would wake up screaming and crying from horrible nightmares. No one could ever find out what they were about because she wouldn't tell them. She would just screaming and crying, begging them not to leave her until she fell asleep from exhaustion. The next morning when they would ask her what her dream was about, she would look away sadly without answering. The dreams were always had the same theme. That horrible rape scene. Ranko found the dreams would last longer now, and she couldn't force herself awake, as she would like to.
One night, Ranma woke up to Ranko stepping on his stomach. He looked at her, to see her with her eyes half open, and a scared expression on her face. She looked around frantically in her little blue nightgown, her blue eyes streaming with tears. Suddenly, she gasped and started running out of the room. Ranma stood and followed her. She ran out the door of the house, ran down the street, screaming as Ranma followed her. She ran all the way to downtown. When she reached a wall, she climbed up and ran along the roof. Ranma followed her is worried pursuit. Ranko backed away to the edge of the roof, and looked down with a terrified expression. She was crying, and begging for someone to stay away from her. Ranma scratched his head.
"Ranko? What's wrong with you?" Ranma asked urgently. Suddenly, she clutched her chest, and a golden light exploded around her. She went limp as the golden light carried her off the ground a few inches. Ranma stared in awe and fear covering his entire face. Wings sprouted from Ranko's back, and grew to full size. Two feathery white wings exploding from her back, and stretching out wide. The light faded away, except for a golden outline around Ranko. Ranko placed her hand in front of her mouth a pressed her lips to it. She then blew a kiss in Ranma direction. Golden dust sailed in his direction. Ranma tried to get out of the way, but he inhaled some of it. He coughed and sank to his knees. Ranko floated down to the ground, and smiled at Ranma. She took one step and stopped. The golden light faded away, and she fell to the ground. Ranma shook his head, and ran over to Ranko.
"Ranko! Ranko! Wake up!" he shouted shaking her. She opened her eyes wide, screaming as loud as she could. She then covers her mouth and stopped screaming.
"Oh my god…. oh my god," she said looking at Ranma horror struck.
"Ranko what's wrong?"
"Oh my god, Ranma… did I blow a golden dust at you?" she asked him.
"Yeah, why?" Ranko closed her eyes, a tears squeezed out from her right eye.
"Ranma… you are…."
"I'm what?"
"You are…." Ranko's voice was full of pain as she let the words slip from her lips.
"You are going to disappear…."
To be continued…
