Dedicated to: Noah. ^^
Author's notes: Hah! Thought I'd have Akane make
a move in this chapter? Hah! No, no, you'll have to wait. Well...I
was playing ff9..and then a very humorous part hit me in the head.
Heee....This chapter is where the little humor that this fic needed in
here. ^_^ I say that they're speaking Japanese in the fic..cause..well...in
the anime, they were. o.O;; And...sorry Mousse fans, I'm a Mousse
fan too, and I know I made him a WIIIDLE outta character in this part..don't
worry...it's for the humor. -.-;; Okay..so maybe it stops being humorous
around the end and turns back to the romance..but...^_~
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Umi blinked after hearing the full story and explanation of Ranma's past to the current time. "Oh...wow.." was all she managed to say.
Hikaru smiled. "Well, this has taken awhile..."
Ranma blinked. "Yeah. I have to go practice with Pop...well, see you all later." He jumped onto a fence and began running towards the direction of the Tendo Dojo. Ryouga followed closely behind.
"Hey, piggie, why're you following?!"
"I'd like to watch your Pop beat you up! Maybe I could join in!"
"HEY!"
The two boys dissappeared into the distance, and Ukyou looked to Umi and Hikaru, smiling. "Well, want to go back to my place, since they're going to the Tendo Dojo? We could play a game."
Umi grinned and put her hands together, making a clap sound. "Why not truth or dare? Okay..so usually, only kids play it...but...sometimes it's kind of fun."
Hikaru blinked. "How do you play?"
Umi and Ukyou looked at Hikaru in shock, and as they walked to Ukyou's place, instructed her on the game.
. . .
"Okay, since this is at Ukyou's house...Ukyou can go first!" Umi said, sitting down. Ukyou nodded, and Hikaru fidgeted with her fingers.
Why was there such a game, exactly what kind of purpose was it for? She had been told to pass time, but then she heard how sometimes the games could get out of control and very very regrettable. That didn't happen very often, though, Umi had told her, smiling. Well...this was Umi and Ukyou...they wouldn't let a game get out of control, right?
"Hikaru, truth or dare?"
Crystal-red eyes that resembled flowing blood so well blinked innocently. "Uhm......dare." She said, deciding that they wouldn't do anything too bad.
"You have to write a love letter to the one you love. You don't have to say who it is or address it, but write it." Ukyou smiled.
Hikaru's face turned a color that matched her eyes.
"Uh..Wh-what?! Um...Alri-right..." She was handed a sheet of paper
and a pencil. "I guess..it won't be so bad.."
About three hours later, after Umi and Ukyou had dared eachother to do several ridiculous, funny things, Hikaru was done. Blushing, she gave it to Umi. "U-Um...as long as I don't have to give it to him..."
To whom my heart belongs to,
You're smile comforts me and sends my heart soaring
above the sky,
You're eyes tell me things when you're mouth
tells a lie,
You're arms are something I wish to be embraced
by.
If such a small, sad attempt at a poem to explain in mere words how I feel, has caused you any inspiration, or happiness, or motivation....or if you in these feelings return, as the clock winds, as the moon rises, as the sun shines and makes ones shadow disappear...meet me at the entrance of Furinkan high.
Noone can control who they fall in love with,
I just happened to fall in love with you.
Ukyou raised an eyebrow. "Honey, I think you put a little too much effort into this..." She grinned. "In fact, I believe you put so much of your feelings into it...we need to show it to someone!"
"No!" Hikaru's eyes widened. "Don't!"
Ukyou laughed. "Silly, I'd never do that. Okay..who's hungry for lunch?"
The two former magic knights raised their hands in unison, smiling. The letter forgotten. By mere coincidence and chance, when the long, blue-haired girl got up to follow Ukyou, the paper was kicked, Hikaru grabbed it and put it by the windowsill, forgetting that Ukyou's fan was on, blowing towards the window. As they went downstairs to help Ukyou cook lunch for themselves and for customers, it flew out of the window and floated down to earth, which was caught by an unsuspecting passerby.
He brushed his black bangs back and brought his glasses down from the top of his head. "Huh?" He blinked, reading it. "C-could...C-could it be...Shampoo wrote it for me? But no..she doesn't know Japanese this well.." A thought struck poor, misunderstanding Mousse. Could some other girl had written this! All he had to do to meet this girl and discover who it was, would be to go to Furinkan High at Noon. He smiled, and tucked the letter into his pocket, walking off.
He spotted Ranma sparring with his father, and felt anger grip him. "Ranma! Prepare to die!" Ranma dodged, and the letter came out of Mousse's pocket and landed on the ground. Mousse blinked, not noticing it had gone missing as Shampoo walked past. "Shampoo!!" He began to run after her. "Shampoo, I was looking for you earlier!"
Ranma blinked and looked down at the ground. He glanced at the letter and picked it up. "Huh? What's this...?" His face went pale. Had Mousse written this for him? He doubted it...but...
Now he felt sick, he left the letter there and went to vomit. Nabiki walked by and picked it up. "Oh? Who wrote this..?" Nabiki's eyes widened. This could only had come from...!
An hour later, Ukyou, Umi, and Hikaru stood behind the gate of Furinkan High, peeking out. Hikaru was blushing. "W-What if Ranma didnt g-get it o-or wha-what if he doesn't c-come or what if someone else g-got it and..." Ukyou heard footsteps and covered Hikaru's mouth. Umi whispered to Hikaru.
"Hey, it just flew out of the window, maybe nobody got it....Hopefully." Umi added. Ukyou's eyes widened as two people stopped at the gate of Furinkan High.
"Maybe we're early?" A friend of Nabiki's spoke.
The short-haired burnette turned her head to her.
"Perhaps, or maybe the boy turned coward."
At hearing Nabiki's words, Hikaru's face paled. Nabiki had...read...it...?!
Oh dear...Oh no...
"Someone's coming, let's hide and see who it is instead of showing up first." Nabiki and her friend bent down, and hid behind some bushes. "We don't know exactly who it was from, yet."
Enter Mousse. Poor, unsuspecting Mousse. He looked around. "I think Noon was the right time...? And I think this is the right place. That love note didn't give an exact time...so maybe I'm early." Hikaru's face paled even worse. Umi blinked at Hikaru.
"Wh-who else got it..?" She whispered to Umi. Umi shrugged apologetically, she didn't know.
Mousse blinked and hid behind the other side of the gate as someone else came over. Mousse didn't notice the three girls who had been here since the first person filed in.
Ranma blinked as he looked around. "Oo-kaaaay...I had to come here to see who had given me the love note...but..noone's here! Ah well, that's good too." He had wanted it to be from...
Hikaru's eyes filled with fright at Umi and Ukyou. He HAD gotten it!! What was she gonna do?! If he ever saw her handwriting again he'd KNOW it was from her!
Ranma didn't bother hiding as Kuno walked up, holding the note in hand. He looked up from the note and stepped back as he saw Ranma. "You! My love is not for yo--"
"SHADDUP KUNO!!!" Ranma growled, and stopped in the middle of getting into a fighting stance. "Er...can I see that note you have there?"
"...I see no reason why not." Kuno smiled smugly. Ranma snatched it from him and sweatdropped.
"This is the very same one I got. But I thought I had left it in my yard, I was gonna throw it away later..."
Nabiki emerged. "That's where I got it."
Mousse went out of his hiding place. "I dropped it in Ranma's yard while fighting him."
Kuno blinked. "It landed on my head."
Nabiki blinked back at him. "I threw it. Er..."
"So who wrote it and to whom?" Mousse spoke up. All shook there heads. They hadn't written it.
Great, what if they found out? Hikaru slid down as she leaned on the wall and hugged her knees. "Hikaru! You alright?" Umi asked, almost thinking Hikaru had fainted. Unfortunately, she forgot to whisper. Umi covered her mouth and Ukyou glared at her from next to Hikaru as the people who had recieved the letter poked their heads around the corner.
Hikaru blinked at them. "Uh...Hi...guys...er....hee...um..."
Her face went from pale to seven shades of pink, then red. "I-itjustflewoutthewindowIdidntexpectanyonetogetitletalonethepersonItwasforand-"
Ranma interrupted her. "Woah, woah, slow down."
"It was meant for one of the people who got it, who I won't say. It just flew out the window and It wasn't meant to be recieved at all!" Hikaru said as quickly as she could without having to repeat it.
Everyone began to leave, minus Hikaru. She stood up with her shoulders hanging and her head down. Hikaru turned to run and began to, but someone ran after her, catching her hand. She stopped and turned to see who it was; her eyes widened. Ranma's face was serious, but not grim. "I'd really like to know...who that letter was for." Ranma let go of her hand and smiled. "Maybe you'll tell me later." He then turned and ran off in the Tendo direction.
K-kuso! Why hadn't he just demanded who it was from her?! One side of Ranma demanded. The other side spoke up. Because he's afraid, afraid that...
Hikaru blinked as he ran off. Her hand still in the position of where it had been grabbed. It slowly dropped and droplets of water fell onto her cheeks. "R-ranma...you...you're...so....stupid!" She turned back and ran in the opposite direction, planning to take a much, much longer route to the Tendo home, tears falling on the ground in her wake.
--End of Chapter Nine--
Aaahhh!! Who liked this chapter? T.T Pwease tell me the sugar high while writing this did SOME good! Just kidding. ^_^;
Now..for...--GYACK! Can't give spoilers! But...^~ The next chapter
will be slightly angsty. Not at first, mind..but afte-->_ GYACK! I
NEED TO STOP ALMOST GIVING SPOILERS! You bothersome readers! I know you
want me to slip! O.o;; kidding.