I can't believe he's actually gone, Akane thought while looking around his empty room. She was left with nothing to remember him by because he even took his bedding in case it got cold. "Oh Ranma, how could you have left me. What am I supposed to do now?" She sighed, and walked back to her room. "What a mess," she looked at herself. She noticed all the baby fat that still remained around tender parts of her body, "it has been a while, hasn't it?" she asked herself as she changed into her training uniform. "Ranma..." Images of him laughing with other women spun through her mind, and she became enraged. "I have to train. He said he'll be back soon..."
Months passed by, and Akane was training almost everyday. She had easily become the most beautiful woman in the world, far surpassing the previous girl from the Chinese Amazon. Her hair was a beautiful black, long and silky, and she made sure to wash and condition it everyday, how could she know when Ranma would return? All the boys in town became love-sick for her, and challenged her, stupidly, to duels every morning in hopes of dating her. "Who said I would date any of you anyway?!" She would tell them after defeating them all in seconds. I hate boys! She thought while she clobbered them. She never thought of Ranma like this though, of course.
It was almost a year now, and still no word from Ranma. Are you ever coming back? She couldn't help but become saddened by this, and almost wept. She stopped herself short though, she had to look perfect for him when he returned. She was sitting on a chair in her room when her father came in. "Hi dad," she greeted him.
"You have to stay strong Akane, you have to carry on the Tendo School of Martial Arts..."
"Don't you worry dad, I can take care of it," she told him gleefully.
"I'm glad to hear you say that--" Tears streamed down his face as he boldly said his next words, "Ranma can no longer carry on the School of Anything Goes Martial Arts!" His voice cracking with pride.
"What do you mean? He's coming back soon, he said so."
With tears still cascading from his sparkling eyes, "Ranma's ship was attacked," he said.
"Attacked?" She asked, not believing him. "Didn't he swim to China? I thought he didn't have enough money for a boat?"
"Right... He was attacked at sea." He continued.
"By what??" Akane was perplexed, and still sat in her chair with disbelief.
"If I heard correctly... It was a mad duck, or goose, or something of the sort." He sobbed into Akane's shoulders.
"You're telling me that we was killed by a mad duck???"
"That's right. And, he never takes prisoners." He concluded as he left her alone in the room.
Ranma's gone? He can't be gone! A goose?? How could he have gotten killed by poultry!!! Oh Ranma! With that she remained locked in her room for days. They soon turned to weeks, which turned to months. She ate very little, and when she finally came out, she was even more breathtaking than before. No tears stained her cheeks, and she was ten years wiser and calmer than ever before. "Akane!" Her father exclaimed as he rushed over to her and hugged her ferociously with tears gushing from his eyes.
"I shall never love again," she stated bluntly.
She never did...
Five years have passed since Ranma's fateful voyage to China...
"Please master, anything but that," Tendo pleaded while running beside a small, tiny, old man.
"What a haul, what a haul!" He yelled.
"But master, we shouldn't be taking women's underwear!" He tried to stay firm, but the little old man paid no attention.
"Let's head back my boys," he said staring at the large panda running next to Tendo. Each of the men were carrying large green sacks under their noses, filled to the brim with various articles of women's lingerie.
"Akane! My darling, we're back!" Haposai shouted as he lovingly caressed a loose brazier that had fallen from the bag. You could see Akane staring furiously down at him as he darted straight towards her chest. "PERVERT!" She screamed, and sent him soaring through the air with a frying pan she had behind her back. "Honestly, does he really think I'm going to marry him? It doesn't matter what you say! Just because he's the prince doesn't mean I have to marry him! I'd be baby-sitting all the time!"
"Now now Akane, we have to do what the master says." Her father stated with tears running down his cheeks. "His tactics may seem a bit, over the top, but..." He couldn't think of anything good to say about Haposai, so he just ended it there.
Akane was furious with her father's "respect" for the little man, so decided to go for a run. It was the only thing that she still enjoyed doing after hearing of Ranma's death...
Tell me what you thought of that chapter, there will me more up tomorrow, but I'm sleepy now hehe. I wanted to write more, but it's probably better if I get some sleep tonight ;)