Powerful Side-Effects!
"What time is it?"Goten asked Akane, after she rerleased him from her hug.
"Uh, it looks like it's about 9:30,"Akane told him.
"We should probably get back,"Goten said, looking up. "Say, you up to flying home?"Goten asked, a gleam in his eye. He wanted to see how fast Akane could go.
"YOU BET I AM!"she yelled, excited to really try what Goten had taught her.
"GREAT!"Goten was happy, his friend was as anxious as he was. "Whenever you're ready!"Goten said, waiting, to see how much time she would need to power up.
After a couple minute, she told him,"Okay, I'm ready."
"All right! Heeeere we go!"Goten said, as he lifted off. Akane did the same. Then, they started to fly home.
Goten smiled over at Akane. He had never trained anyone before, and was glad, that it had worked so well, and that he got to train a friend of his. "Akane!"Goten yelled,"Since you can control you're energy now, it should make you a lot stronger, and faster!"
"Really?"she said, looking over at Goten, surprised by his words.
"Yeah, being able to control your inner-energy real well, lets you become faster and stronger, rather than just running, or lifting weights all the time,"Goten told her.
"Wow!"Akane said, thinking of the possibilties. 'I wonder if I could eventually beat Ranma!'she thought to herself. 'I wonder how much faster and stronger I really am!'she thought, imagining herself being able to defeat Shampoo and Ukyo................
Kuno sat in his back yard, taking a break from polishing his sword, to admire the night. "Ahhh.. Tis good to be alive!"Kuno said, sniffing the night air. Suddenly, he thought he saw two figures, flying by in the sky. "Hark! Could it be?! That looks like Akane Tendo! There art angels in the sky, on this beutiful night!"he said, in tears. "My inspiration has come! Now, i must use it!" Kuno went inside to write a poem. 'Perhaps I shall give this to Akane Tendo, as a show of my admiration, and love......." Kuno happily sighs, and begins writing on a scroll..........................
Kodachi Kuno looked out her winow, into the night. "Ah, dearest Ranma, we should be together on this night, but, alas! Your wicked fiancees keep you from me!"she had tears in her eyes. "Ah! But what's this?!"Kodachi looked up to see two figures flying, up in the sky. "That- that looks like.......AKANE TENDO! Witches fill the sky tonight! This only fuels my loves for you, oh dearest Ranma!" Kodachi started making more evil plans, admiring her pictures of Ranma, that dotted the room. "I will free you dearest!"..........................
Akane wanted to test out her new strength and speed. "Goten, could we set down for a minute?"Akane asked.
Goten looked over at her,"Sure, but why?"he asked, wondering what she wanted to do.
"I want to test out my power and speed!"she told him.
"Sure!"he said back. the two set down, next to a brick wall.
"This'll work!"Akane said, pulling up her sleeves. Goten stood behind her, to watch the results. Akane powered up,"HaaaaaaAAAA!!"which gave her a blueish glow. "Ahh, that feels better!"Akane said, being pleased, with how it felt to be so much stronger. 'I can't believe this! I feel so alive!' She flipped backwards, then jumped toward the wall. Goten saw a blue blur, and the next thing he knew, the wall was in pieces. His eyes went wide at this, and his jaw dropped.
"Ahh! That felt like a good warm-up!"Akane smiled. Goten's jaw hit the ground, amazed at how much stronger she was, because he had taught her to use her energy to fight, instead of just her body. Even Akane was surprised at what she had just done. 'I didn't even mean to say that!'she thought, looking at her hands. She was acting cockier than ususal. Kind of like Ranma. 'Warm Up?! I was gonna go all out! Am I just.....toying around?! Has my energy changed me that much?! Not that I'm complaing! It's great to be strong and all....but I just wasn't expecting that!'she thought. 'I sure hope that was just a one time thing! I don't wanna lose my personality, even if it does make me stronger!'
"W-wow,"Goten said, still amazed, and slightly dazed.
"Goten....."Akane started to aks, surprised by her own actions,"I was gonna go all out, but something held me back..... I don't even know where,"That was a good warm-up," came from!"
"I....don't know...."Goten said, still dazed. "I've never seen this happen.........before." He seemed to snap out of being dazed. He hit his fist into his palm,"I think I've got it!"he yelled.
"What?"Akane asked, eagerly, wanting to know what was goin on.
"It was proably that, you learned all this so fast, your body and mind, don't know what to do with all the new energy, you're using. So it kept you from using your full power, and told you you didn't need to go all out,"he said, questioning his own judgement. "You should be able to take control of all that energy, with a little more training,"he said. "To put it simply, I think it's the introduction of a large amount of enregy into the body, over a short period of time.
Akane smiled, relieved. "Oh, I'm glad it's something we can fix, at least. I sounded kind of weird. I'm not usually that like that."Akane said, concerned.
"Like what?"Goten asked.
"I sounded kind of......cocky," Akane told him.
"All that extra energy, might go to your head and make your ego bigger, and also make you more aggressive at points,"Goten said. "It should only happen till you can control all that energy. Wait a second...... Hmmmmmm....."Goten said thinking, before slapping his fist into his hand, remembering something. "A similar thing happened to my brother, when he fought Cell, about eleven years ago,"Goten remebered, as Gohan told him what had happened.
"Who's Cell?"Akane asked, wondering who this,"Cell," was.
"Oh, right, Cell was a bio-android, created by an evil-scientist, named Dr. Gero, to get revenge on my father, for destroying his army when he was a kid."Akane's eyes went wide at this staement, but Goten decided to continue on. "Anyway, he had to combine with two other androids, to reach his complete form. He eventually got both of them, partially because, Trunks' dad let him, to see how powerful he was, and reached his perfect form."
"My dad and him fought his his self-named,"Cell Games,"but they were evenly matched. My dad let Gohan go next, knowing Gohan had powers he hadn't tapped yet. But, Gohan didn't really wan't to hurt anybody, so Cell, who wanted to see his true power, made some,"Mini-Clones,"of himself, and started to hurt all out friends. Gohan eventually got mad, and reached his full power. He destroyed Cells Clones, and went after Cell. He had a perfect chance to kill, Cell, and everyone kept tellin' him to take it, but he was way too cocky. He wouldn't use his full power, he wouldn't even destroy Cell. He just toyed around with him, and Cell, eventually got so desperate, he used his Trump Card, he would self-destruct. This would destroy the whole planet, and Gohan knew his own ego had defeated him. Then, our dad stepped up, and used an ability, called,"Insstant Transmission,"that allowed him to teleport somewhere safe, but he, and a couple of his friends died. He wasn't usually cocky, so I guess it must have been all the new energy he was using. Cell had the power to regenerate himself, if even a little of him was left. He wasn't destroyed completely, and Gohan had to destroy him. The problem was, he had some Saiyan in him, so after he battled, he got more powerful. This made it a lot harder to do, and he barely did. He eventually learned to control all the new energy he was using, and now he's back to how he was!"
Akane got really confused at that point. "But....your dad........ was just in my....house...........how?"she said, slowly.
"Oh yeah! You don't know! On our planet, there are things called Dragon Balls. there are seven, and if you bring all seven together, you can make a wish. They're scattered all over the world, though. We eventually wished him back to life, so he came back, to live with us!"Goten said smiling.
It took Akane a minute to think this all over, but when she did, she smiled and said,"Well....at least I know I'm not alone!" She laughed. "Well, let's head back,"she said, powering up, even faster than last time, and she blasted off, Goten right behind her.
After a few minutes, the house was in sight, and Ranma, Trunks, Nabiki, Kasumi, Soun, Genma, and Ryoga, were all sitting out on the porch, drinking glasses of lemonade, relaxing, never expecting what was coming next.
They all felt two large power levels, up in the sky, and looked up, never expecting, what they saw. Ranma looked up, to see Akne, of all people, flipping downward, and landing on her feet, right in front of the pond. Ranma seemed to sit still at first, not being able to register this. then all at once, his eyes got big beyond belief, and he started to choke. He pounded on his chest. He eventually swallowed the lemonade, before breathing hard, much as Goten and Trunks had done earlier in the day. "A- AKAN-AKANE?!!!!"he finally got out. Akane looked very proud of herself.
Goten landed behind her and said,"Remember Akane, don't let your power get the best of you." Akane got serious, breathed in, as if trying to supress something, breathed out, and said,"Right......sorry."
"It's okay. I know it takes practice,"Goten said, understandingly.
"Ranma looked to Goten,"WHA-WHAT-WHAT HAPPENED TO HER?!"The size of Ranma's eyes hadn't changed a bit.
Akane answered for Goten,"Goten gave me a little,"special training,""she said smirking.
"And he tought you to*gulp*fly?!"Ranma asked still in a slight shock.
"That's not all,"Akane hinted, her smirk widening. "I can also do this,"she said, poingting her hand at a wall. Ranma watched in horror, as a ball of blue enrgy formed in her hand. She laughed slightly, for a moment, before shooting the energy ball, into the wall, blasting it into oblivion. Ranma's eyes did something, no one thought was possibe, they got bigger. Akane lowered her hand,"Feh,"she said, still smirking.
Goten stepped up beside Akane and told her,"Akane, don't let your energy get the better of you. I know you're stronger than that,"Goten said, encouraging her.
"You're right,"Akane said, in a struggled voice. "I've....gotta...control...myself....."Akane struggled to say. She concentrated, trying to control herself. After a minute, she relaxed, and exhaled a large breath.
"Uh, you okay Akane? You're all tensed up,"Ranma said, some concern in his eyes.
"I'M FINE YOU-"Akane cut herself off, struggling. "Sorry, I've got a little problem,"Akane said, putting her hand to her forehead, as if she was battling against her own mind. 'DARN IT! It's so hard not to taunt Ranma after ALL THAT STUPID-he's said and DONE to me,'Akane's thinking patterns were switching around, as they battled for supremacy. She looked, like what was going on in her mind.
Soun got teary-eyed,"Oh, what's wrong with my poor Aka-"he was cut off, by Akane's fist, almost nailed him in the face. Soun backed away, slightly frightened. "OH WOE IS ME! MY LITTLE GIRL JUST TRIED TO PUNCH ME!"Soun burst into tears.
"Sooo, what did happen to her,"Ranma asked, motioning toward Akane, who still seemed to be fighting herself.
"Well, first of all, Mr. Tendo, I would like to tell you that you have an amazing daughter. She learned these techniques, with a couple hours!" Soun stopped his crying.
"IS THIS TRUE?!"he said, now with tears of joy in his eyes.
"Yup!"Goten told him.
"OH AKANE, I'M SO PROUD OF YOU!"he started to run towards, her, when he saw, that she was still fighing the urge to punch him out. "THIS MAKES UP FOR THE BROKEN WALL, AND MY ALMOST BROKEN JAW, BY FAR!"he shouted, wiping tears from his eyes.
"Anyway, like I was saying, since she gained so much power, so quickly, her brain and body are trying figure out what to do with all the new energy, so it starts to take control of her emotions, sometimes, and may make her cocky, or over-aggressive. That's my theory, at least. Somthing like this happened to my brother, about eleven years ago........."Goten started.
Goten told them all the story of Cell, and how his brother had come to realize, his full potential, but was too confident to kill Cell and use all his power. "So, with a little training, she should be able to control her energy,"Goten finished.
"Well that's good to know,"Akane sighed. She had finally been able to take over her emotions, again.
"Bet I could still beat ya,"Ranma boasted. Goten looked at Ranma, and told him to stop while he was ahead, but Ranma was too confident to listen.
Akane's eye started to twitch, her cocky side, taking over again. "Ranma, tell me,"Akane said through clenched teeth,"Do you have any idea, what you're doing, cause once I'm started, I don't know how hard it will be to stop...."she said, almost grinding her teeth, with effort, not to let it take....over...
It was too late now, Ranma had asked for it. But this was going to be a lot harder than he thought. Goten slapped hs face, already knowing he was too late.
Akane stood up, a smirk on her face,"So Ranma, you care to prove that?" She was cool and smooth.
"Anyday, Tomboy,"Ranma smirked back.
"Hehe,"Akane laughed, a confident laugh. "All right then, out back,"Akane said, motioning to the back yard.
"Suit yourself, but don't say didn't warn you,"Ranma said, still cocky-sounding. What no one saw, was that a drop of sweat had formed on Ranma's forehead. 'This is scary, I've never seen Akane so confident! Maybe she really isn't bluffing! No, no, it can't be! I'm Ranma Saotome!'Ranma was about to slap himself,"Come on, Saotome, you ain't afraida' no macho chick! This isn't like you! 'said one voice in his head. Another seemed to pop up,'But Akane isn't like herself either!' the other one came up again,"AH, STUFF IT!' 'Fine,'said the other voice,'but don't say I didn't tell you so!' 'Whatever, wimp!'
They both reached the edge of the pond, then bowed. Akane never lost her smirk, even when she bowed. This made Ranma even more nervous. Ranma took up stance, while kane jsut crossed her Arms, waiting for Ranma to attack. Rana didn't budge,'Don't do it Ranma, you'll be playing right into her macho, little hands!'he thought desperately to himself.
He then heard a call of,"What's wrong Ranma, you scared?"is was Akane's confident voice. It made Ranma's blood boil, when someone did this, and Akane knew it.
Yes, Ranma's blood was boiling,"Oh, that's it!"he said, through clenched teeth. He ran at Akane yelling.
Ranma tried to punch, and kick, and do anything he could, to hit Akane, but she either blocked, or dodged most of his blows, with that smirk, all the while. Ranma got really frustrated, and yelled,"CHESTNUT FIST!" Akane lost her confident smirk, as she tried to block Ranma's punches. But she couldn't block a lot of them. "HA!"Ranma said, having hit Akane, quite a bit. "CHESTNUT FIST!"Ranma yelled again. But, Ranma was too confident, this time. Just as the punches were about to hit Akane, she vanished, and he only hit her after-image. She appeared behind him, smiled, and put her arms up around his, in a hold.
Ranma looked behind him, and looked, in awe, not believing what he saw. Akane had gotten him! Ranma Saotome! Martial Arts Master! Had been beaten by his fiancee.......Akane!"No....NOOOOOOO!!!"Ranma yelled. The next thing he knew, Akane let him go. He turned around, to see her smirking again. 'No, she....let me go......'cause she felt sorry for me......She thought I wasn't enough of a challenge for her. I was too easy prey. And she let me go......',"to make A FOOL OF ME?!"Ranma yelled out loud.
Akane didn't seem to care, how loud Ranma yelled, she was still smirking, all the while. "TAKE THIS! MOKO TAKA BISHA!"he yelled, as a blue blast of energy flew out of his hands.
"Hmph,"Akane said, frowning at the blast. She bladed her hand by her side, wating for the blast to get close enough, to try out her new trick. The blast came close to her face, and she deflected it back behind her, where it exploded.
Ranma gaped at this action,"AAAHHH!"he let out, in surprise.
"My turn,"Akane, said. Akane powered a blast, then flew up, into the sky. "HAAA!!!!!"She yelled, firing the blast at Ranma, Ranma powered up a blast again.
"MOKO TAKA BISHA!"he yelled, sending his blast towards hers. The blasts collided in mid-air. The two battle for supremacy, but to no avail. The blasts exploded, sending them both flying to the ground.
Ranma lay face-flat, on the ground, scratched up, quite a bit, from the power of the blast."
Akane slowed herself, before collapsing to the ground. Everyone started to rush over to see if they were okay, but stopped, dead in their tracks, as they saw the two move. They both lifted their heads up, anger on their faces.
"You....won't...win,"Ranma said, raising a hand, to fire at her. He was more determined, than he had ever been, to win. He fired a blast.
Akane had looked up, at the same time Ranma did,"I...won't....lose to you.....again....."she struggled to say. She raised her hand, as he did the same. She fired another blast.
The two collided in mid air, and exploded, again. Then two managed to get up, and limp as fast as they could toward eachother. They finally reached eachother, grabbed the other's shirt, tehn pulled back to punch. Akane's face was surprised, all of a sudden. 'I can't do this, not to him...... I............can't,'Akane thought, seeing the face of her fiancee,'I won't......"she thought. She had finally got back control od her emotions.........
Ranma got a look of shock,'What am I doing? This is cold blooded! This is Akane! I can't do it, I can't!'Ranma thought, finally realizing what him and Akane were doing. 'I won't,"he thought.
The two loosened the grip on the other's shirt, then collapsed to the ground, at once, saying,'I........can't.'
Everyone ran over to the two, very concerned. Goten came over to Akane bent down, and asked,"Are you okay? Maybe I shouldn't have tried to teach you so quickly. I'm really sorry....."Goten said, face down. "Maybe the whole thing was a bad idea.... Maybe I wasn't cut out to teach."
Akan looked up, at Goten, who had his face down. "No Goten.................I'm still glad you did. I think this fight has helped....learn how to control.......myself...."
"Really?"Goten said, looking up. Akane had tears in her eyes. But she was smiling.
"How much..........longer do you think it'll take me..........to get over it?"Akane asked Goten.
"I'm not sure, but, at the rate you learned to fly and use energy attacks, I would guess, it probably wouldn't take more than another day of training, for you to get back to normal. Akane was happy, that Goten had so much faith in her.
"Hey...Tomboy,"Ranma called weakly. Akane looked over, witha deep concern in her eyes. "You got me pretty good!"Ranma, complemented.
"You too.....Ranma,"Akane complimented Ranma, struggling to talk.
Goten opened a small pouch on his belt, and pulled out, could it be? YES!! IT IS!! A BEAN! "Give this to Ranma,"Goten told Soun, who gave it to Ranma. "Eat this,"Goten said, showing another bean to Akane. Goten, then dropped the bean in Akane's mouth. Ranma and Akane, automatically started chewing.
They swallowed it, and for a second, he didn't move. Then, suddenly, their eyes shot open, and they sat up, quickly. Everyone face-faulted, except Trunks, Goten, Ranma, and Akane. They bothexamined themselves, and there were no evidence of scratches, bruises, or any injury! No one couldn't believe it! They had both been completely healed.
"I-I can't believe it!"Ranma exclaimed, I feel even stronger than before! What the heck was that thing?!"Ranma asked, anxious, to know about any new martial arts medicine.
"It's called a Senzu Bean, it completely heals, whoever it's used on."Goten told everyone.
"No kidding! These thing s are great!"Akane exclaimed, back on her feet again.
"Say, can you guys teach me some of that stuff tommorow?!I ain't gettin left behind!"Ranma said, anxious, to stay ahead of everyone.
"Sure, I guess,"Trunks said. "His dad'd be able to teach you better, than us,"Trunks said, pointing to Goten. He yawned,"But for now, I'm hittin' the hay!"Trunks said, yawning again.
"Yeah, me too!"Goten exclaimed. "I'm sure we'll need it for tommorow!" He smiled, yawning.
"Good night Akane! Good night everyone!"Goten yelled back, smiling.
"Are you sure it was good to teack that Akane girl all that stuff?"Trunks asked, skeptical of his friend's enthusiasm.
"Yeah! She's really good at it, and she catches on fast!"Goten said, smiling.
"I guess, if you say so............"Trunks said, thinking of the things that could be bad about this......................
Far Away....................
Krillen sat by the fire and looked at Piccolo. 'Gosh, I still think it's kinda weird that he sleeps like that, or whatever he does,'Krillen thought, seeing Piccolo, sitting upright, in a meditating position, with his arms crossed. "Oh well,"Krillen said, out loud, yawning. He laid down, looked up into the sky, and finally closed his eyes.
At the Tendo Dojo, the Next Morning..................
Ryoga was still bunking with the Saotomes. Once again, there was no malleting again, this morning, but a groggy Akane had considered it. Kasumi, had gotten up extra early, knowing she would need more time to cook, having seen how Saiyans eat.
Goku, Gohan, Goten, and Trunks were out in the crisp morning air, the dew, still fresh on the grass, and a slight fog, all over the yard. They were stretching, knowing this would be a full day. Goten had told Goku and Gohan about the training he had given Akane, and how quickly she had caught on. Trunks and Goten told them about Ranma and Akane's battle, and how Ranma wanted to learn what Goten had taught Akane. "That guy just can't have anyone get ahead of him!"Trunks said, a little frustrated at the teen's arrogance.
Ranma, Ryoga, and Genma came down, and came outside. They were surprised to look up, to see other people, up before them.
"Hey guys, do you-"Ranma was cut off, by a bicycle, hitting the ground, behind the Saiyans. "Oy, perfect way to start the day,"Ranma said, thinking out loud.
Shampoo ran up, and hugged Ranma,"Nihao!"she said, in her usual happy tone. "Ranm go on-"
Shampoo was cut off by Ranma. "Wait a sec, Shampoo! Okay, a guy beats you, you have to marry him,"Ranma listed, recalling the Chinese Amazon law.
"Yes,"Shampoo said, nodding, still hugging Ranma.
"Well, I beat you, so you have to marry me, by law,"Ranma said, as Shampoo nodded. "Well, this guy just beat you up yesterday!"Ranma said, pinting to Ryoga, with his thumb.
"WHAT?! THAT WAS AN ACCIDENT!"Ryoga yelled, desperately.
"WEEL IT WAS, WHEN I BEAT HER TOO!"Ranma yelled back. He looked back to Shampoo"Sooo, shouldn't you be hugging him?"Ranma said, pointing to Ryoga again, as Ryoga kept saying,"IT WAS AN ACCIDENT!"
"Uh-uh,"Shampoo said, shaking her head.
"WHY NOT?!"Ranma asked, frustrated.
Shampoo pulled out her, long-forgotten copy of, "Amazon Rule Book,", and opened to a page. She showed it to Ranma.
Ranma read it out loud,"If an Amazon is beaten by two different male fighter, the one who defeated her first, is the one she must marry." Ranma seemed to twitch at this, but otherwise, he wasn't moving. His face was contorted, with a mix of anger and surprise. Shampoo slipped the book out of Ranma's hand, put it back in her pocket, and contiued to hug Ranma, still frozen. Ryoga let out a sigh of relief, wiping some sweat from his forehead.
Akane took this particualr moment to come outside. She saw Shampoo hugging Ranma, and immediatly, her mind switched to extra aggressive mode. She frowned, then yelled,"RANMA!"
This drew everyone's attention, to see a fuming Akane. "Uh oh,"Goten said, running his hand down his face.
Akane stopmed forward, as Ranma said,"AKANE! I TRIED TO GET HER OFF! NOT THE MALLET!"Ranma screamed, closing his eyes. To his surprise, no mallet came, but Akane's ard fist did. Ranma got knocked over, and Shampoo looked angrily toward Akane.
"Why Akane punch Ranma?!"she questioned angrily.
Akane had malice flashing in her eyes. Akane couldn't have controlled herself at this point. 'Oh yes, this is what I've been waiting for.....' She smiled, with a more malicious face, than anyone had ever seen. "I suggest you leave Shampoo,"Akane said, calmly, her voice, full of malice. Had you looked, you could see many lost battles, with Shampoo, in her eyes. She had waited for this moment.
"Oh, Akane want to fight Shampoo again?"Shampoo said, confidently. She didn't expect what happened next.
Akane raised her hand, and pointed it at Shampoo. Shampoo seemed dumbstruck at this. Akane's smirked, anger flooding her eyes. A ball of blue energy started to form in her hands. Shampoo's mouth dropped at this. Akane forced the blast forward. Shampoo was too stunned to move. She wouldn't have been able to block the blast, but something jumped in front of Shampoo, while she was trying to shield herself from the blast. Ranma lay on the ground. He had barely been able to move after Akane's uppercuthad hit him. He had barely been able to deflect the blast, and his shirt sleeve was singed, where the blast had it, before being deflected.
Shampoo looked down at Ranma,"AIYAA!"Shampoo yelled, falling down to help Ranma. Veins could be seen, popping out of Akane's head. She rushed toward Shampoo, who screamed, knowing she wouldn't be able to react in time.
Something rushed in front of Akane, stopping her in her tracks. It was Goku. He looked down at Akane, frowning and he was holding her arm. "Calm dow, I know it's hard , but you have to control your energy,"Goku said, still looking down at her.
Akane could only look up in shock. She fought with herself, and was finally able to take back control. "I-I'm sorry...........all of you,"Akane said, looking down. Goku released her, and she walked inside. Goten looked after her, concerned, and followed her inside, to make sure she was okay. Ryoga fllowed after Akane.
Goku turned to Shampoo, who was holding Ranma. But at the moment, she could only stare up at Goku, in awe. "You-you save Shampoo life....."Shampoo said, slightly shocked at Goku's rescue. "How-how Akane so fast and strong?"Shampoo asked, in astonishment.
"She's been in training, and it's uh, made her a litte....touchy,"Goku told Shampoo, searching for the right words.
"SOME TRAINING!"Shampoo exclaimed,"Akane never been that strong!"Shampoo exclaimed again. She turned her attention back to Ranma,"Ranma! Ranma! You okay?!"Shampoo said, trying get a response from Ranma. She pressed him to her chest. "Ranma save Shampoo.................."Shampoo said to herself, tears in her eyes.
It was in this moment, that Ranma woke up. He mumbled something into Shampoo's chest, but no one could understand what it was. Shampoo's eyes went wide, then she pulled Ranma back and said,"Oh Ranma! Shampoo knew you care!"with joy. "Shampoo come back later, okay Ranma?"Shampoo asked, not really needing an answer.
"Yeah, whatever, Shampoo,"Ranma said, no felling in his voice. Shampoo jumped on her bike and rode off, over the wall, while Ranma, was still laying on the ground.
"Ranma, take this,"Goku said, pulling out another Senzu Bean,"You look like you need it."
"BREAKFAST'S READY!"Kasumi's call echoed throughout the yard.
Goku heard this. "ALL RIGHT!"he yelled. "Here ya go Ranma!"Goku said, meaning to drop the bean into Ranma's open mouth. No such luck. The bean landed on the ground.
"Well, that's great...."Ranma said, starting to inching towards the pill....................................
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Well, there's another Chapter, ladies and gentlemen! I still need more input, before I decide if Goten gets a crush on Akane or not. The "I's" lead by one! Keep sending in your comments and ideas please! Next Cahpter should be coming soon!
Your friendly neighborhood writer,
S'rac
"What time is it?"Goten asked Akane, after she rerleased him from her hug.
"Uh, it looks like it's about 9:30,"Akane told him.
"We should probably get back,"Goten said, looking up. "Say, you up to flying home?"Goten asked, a gleam in his eye. He wanted to see how fast Akane could go.
"YOU BET I AM!"she yelled, excited to really try what Goten had taught her.
"GREAT!"Goten was happy, his friend was as anxious as he was. "Whenever you're ready!"Goten said, waiting, to see how much time she would need to power up.
After a couple minute, she told him,"Okay, I'm ready."
"All right! Heeeere we go!"Goten said, as he lifted off. Akane did the same. Then, they started to fly home.
Goten smiled over at Akane. He had never trained anyone before, and was glad, that it had worked so well, and that he got to train a friend of his. "Akane!"Goten yelled,"Since you can control you're energy now, it should make you a lot stronger, and faster!"
"Really?"she said, looking over at Goten, surprised by his words.
"Yeah, being able to control your inner-energy real well, lets you become faster and stronger, rather than just running, or lifting weights all the time,"Goten told her.
"Wow!"Akane said, thinking of the possibilties. 'I wonder if I could eventually beat Ranma!'she thought to herself. 'I wonder how much faster and stronger I really am!'she thought, imagining herself being able to defeat Shampoo and Ukyo................
Kuno sat in his back yard, taking a break from polishing his sword, to admire the night. "Ahhh.. Tis good to be alive!"Kuno said, sniffing the night air. Suddenly, he thought he saw two figures, flying by in the sky. "Hark! Could it be?! That looks like Akane Tendo! There art angels in the sky, on this beutiful night!"he said, in tears. "My inspiration has come! Now, i must use it!" Kuno went inside to write a poem. 'Perhaps I shall give this to Akane Tendo, as a show of my admiration, and love......." Kuno happily sighs, and begins writing on a scroll..........................
Kodachi Kuno looked out her winow, into the night. "Ah, dearest Ranma, we should be together on this night, but, alas! Your wicked fiancees keep you from me!"she had tears in her eyes. "Ah! But what's this?!"Kodachi looked up to see two figures flying, up in the sky. "That- that looks like.......AKANE TENDO! Witches fill the sky tonight! This only fuels my loves for you, oh dearest Ranma!" Kodachi started making more evil plans, admiring her pictures of Ranma, that dotted the room. "I will free you dearest!"..........................
Akane wanted to test out her new strength and speed. "Goten, could we set down for a minute?"Akane asked.
Goten looked over at her,"Sure, but why?"he asked, wondering what she wanted to do.
"I want to test out my power and speed!"she told him.
"Sure!"he said back. the two set down, next to a brick wall.
"This'll work!"Akane said, pulling up her sleeves. Goten stood behind her, to watch the results. Akane powered up,"HaaaaaaAAAA!!"which gave her a blueish glow. "Ahh, that feels better!"Akane said, being pleased, with how it felt to be so much stronger. 'I can't believe this! I feel so alive!' She flipped backwards, then jumped toward the wall. Goten saw a blue blur, and the next thing he knew, the wall was in pieces. His eyes went wide at this, and his jaw dropped.
"Ahh! That felt like a good warm-up!"Akane smiled. Goten's jaw hit the ground, amazed at how much stronger she was, because he had taught her to use her energy to fight, instead of just her body. Even Akane was surprised at what she had just done. 'I didn't even mean to say that!'she thought, looking at her hands. She was acting cockier than ususal. Kind of like Ranma. 'Warm Up?! I was gonna go all out! Am I just.....toying around?! Has my energy changed me that much?! Not that I'm complaing! It's great to be strong and all....but I just wasn't expecting that!'she thought. 'I sure hope that was just a one time thing! I don't wanna lose my personality, even if it does make me stronger!'
"W-wow,"Goten said, still amazed, and slightly dazed.
"Goten....."Akane started to aks, surprised by her own actions,"I was gonna go all out, but something held me back..... I don't even know where,"That was a good warm-up," came from!"
"I....don't know...."Goten said, still dazed. "I've never seen this happen.........before." He seemed to snap out of being dazed. He hit his fist into his palm,"I think I've got it!"he yelled.
"What?"Akane asked, eagerly, wanting to know what was goin on.
"It was proably that, you learned all this so fast, your body and mind, don't know what to do with all the new energy, you're using. So it kept you from using your full power, and told you you didn't need to go all out,"he said, questioning his own judgement. "You should be able to take control of all that energy, with a little more training,"he said. "To put it simply, I think it's the introduction of a large amount of enregy into the body, over a short period of time.
Akane smiled, relieved. "Oh, I'm glad it's something we can fix, at least. I sounded kind of weird. I'm not usually that like that."Akane said, concerned.
"Like what?"Goten asked.
"I sounded kind of......cocky," Akane told him.
"All that extra energy, might go to your head and make your ego bigger, and also make you more aggressive at points,"Goten said. "It should only happen till you can control all that energy. Wait a second...... Hmmmmmm....."Goten said thinking, before slapping his fist into his hand, remembering something. "A similar thing happened to my brother, when he fought Cell, about eleven years ago,"Goten remebered, as Gohan told him what had happened.
"Who's Cell?"Akane asked, wondering who this,"Cell," was.
"Oh, right, Cell was a bio-android, created by an evil-scientist, named Dr. Gero, to get revenge on my father, for destroying his army when he was a kid."Akane's eyes went wide at this staement, but Goten decided to continue on. "Anyway, he had to combine with two other androids, to reach his complete form. He eventually got both of them, partially because, Trunks' dad let him, to see how powerful he was, and reached his perfect form."
"My dad and him fought his his self-named,"Cell Games,"but they were evenly matched. My dad let Gohan go next, knowing Gohan had powers he hadn't tapped yet. But, Gohan didn't really wan't to hurt anybody, so Cell, who wanted to see his true power, made some,"Mini-Clones,"of himself, and started to hurt all out friends. Gohan eventually got mad, and reached his full power. He destroyed Cells Clones, and went after Cell. He had a perfect chance to kill, Cell, and everyone kept tellin' him to take it, but he was way too cocky. He wouldn't use his full power, he wouldn't even destroy Cell. He just toyed around with him, and Cell, eventually got so desperate, he used his Trump Card, he would self-destruct. This would destroy the whole planet, and Gohan knew his own ego had defeated him. Then, our dad stepped up, and used an ability, called,"Insstant Transmission,"that allowed him to teleport somewhere safe, but he, and a couple of his friends died. He wasn't usually cocky, so I guess it must have been all the new energy he was using. Cell had the power to regenerate himself, if even a little of him was left. He wasn't destroyed completely, and Gohan had to destroy him. The problem was, he had some Saiyan in him, so after he battled, he got more powerful. This made it a lot harder to do, and he barely did. He eventually learned to control all the new energy he was using, and now he's back to how he was!"
Akane got really confused at that point. "But....your dad........ was just in my....house...........how?"she said, slowly.
"Oh yeah! You don't know! On our planet, there are things called Dragon Balls. there are seven, and if you bring all seven together, you can make a wish. They're scattered all over the world, though. We eventually wished him back to life, so he came back, to live with us!"Goten said smiling.
It took Akane a minute to think this all over, but when she did, she smiled and said,"Well....at least I know I'm not alone!" She laughed. "Well, let's head back,"she said, powering up, even faster than last time, and she blasted off, Goten right behind her.
After a few minutes, the house was in sight, and Ranma, Trunks, Nabiki, Kasumi, Soun, Genma, and Ryoga, were all sitting out on the porch, drinking glasses of lemonade, relaxing, never expecting what was coming next.
They all felt two large power levels, up in the sky, and looked up, never expecting, what they saw. Ranma looked up, to see Akne, of all people, flipping downward, and landing on her feet, right in front of the pond. Ranma seemed to sit still at first, not being able to register this. then all at once, his eyes got big beyond belief, and he started to choke. He pounded on his chest. He eventually swallowed the lemonade, before breathing hard, much as Goten and Trunks had done earlier in the day. "A- AKAN-AKANE?!!!!"he finally got out. Akane looked very proud of herself.
Goten landed behind her and said,"Remember Akane, don't let your power get the best of you." Akane got serious, breathed in, as if trying to supress something, breathed out, and said,"Right......sorry."
"It's okay. I know it takes practice,"Goten said, understandingly.
"Ranma looked to Goten,"WHA-WHAT-WHAT HAPPENED TO HER?!"The size of Ranma's eyes hadn't changed a bit.
Akane answered for Goten,"Goten gave me a little,"special training,""she said smirking.
"And he tought you to*gulp*fly?!"Ranma asked still in a slight shock.
"That's not all,"Akane hinted, her smirk widening. "I can also do this,"she said, poingting her hand at a wall. Ranma watched in horror, as a ball of blue enrgy formed in her hand. She laughed slightly, for a moment, before shooting the energy ball, into the wall, blasting it into oblivion. Ranma's eyes did something, no one thought was possibe, they got bigger. Akane lowered her hand,"Feh,"she said, still smirking.
Goten stepped up beside Akane and told her,"Akane, don't let your energy get the better of you. I know you're stronger than that,"Goten said, encouraging her.
"You're right,"Akane said, in a struggled voice. "I've....gotta...control...myself....."Akane struggled to say. She concentrated, trying to control herself. After a minute, she relaxed, and exhaled a large breath.
"Uh, you okay Akane? You're all tensed up,"Ranma said, some concern in his eyes.
"I'M FINE YOU-"Akane cut herself off, struggling. "Sorry, I've got a little problem,"Akane said, putting her hand to her forehead, as if she was battling against her own mind. 'DARN IT! It's so hard not to taunt Ranma after ALL THAT STUPID-he's said and DONE to me,'Akane's thinking patterns were switching around, as they battled for supremacy. She looked, like what was going on in her mind.
Soun got teary-eyed,"Oh, what's wrong with my poor Aka-"he was cut off, by Akane's fist, almost nailed him in the face. Soun backed away, slightly frightened. "OH WOE IS ME! MY LITTLE GIRL JUST TRIED TO PUNCH ME!"Soun burst into tears.
"Sooo, what did happen to her,"Ranma asked, motioning toward Akane, who still seemed to be fighting herself.
"Well, first of all, Mr. Tendo, I would like to tell you that you have an amazing daughter. She learned these techniques, with a couple hours!" Soun stopped his crying.
"IS THIS TRUE?!"he said, now with tears of joy in his eyes.
"Yup!"Goten told him.
"OH AKANE, I'M SO PROUD OF YOU!"he started to run towards, her, when he saw, that she was still fighing the urge to punch him out. "THIS MAKES UP FOR THE BROKEN WALL, AND MY ALMOST BROKEN JAW, BY FAR!"he shouted, wiping tears from his eyes.
"Anyway, like I was saying, since she gained so much power, so quickly, her brain and body are trying figure out what to do with all the new energy, so it starts to take control of her emotions, sometimes, and may make her cocky, or over-aggressive. That's my theory, at least. Somthing like this happened to my brother, about eleven years ago........."Goten started.
Goten told them all the story of Cell, and how his brother had come to realize, his full potential, but was too confident to kill Cell and use all his power. "So, with a little training, she should be able to control her energy,"Goten finished.
"Well that's good to know,"Akane sighed. She had finally been able to take over her emotions, again.
"Bet I could still beat ya,"Ranma boasted. Goten looked at Ranma, and told him to stop while he was ahead, but Ranma was too confident to listen.
Akane's eye started to twitch, her cocky side, taking over again. "Ranma, tell me,"Akane said through clenched teeth,"Do you have any idea, what you're doing, cause once I'm started, I don't know how hard it will be to stop...."she said, almost grinding her teeth, with effort, not to let it take....over...
It was too late now, Ranma had asked for it. But this was going to be a lot harder than he thought. Goten slapped hs face, already knowing he was too late.
Akane stood up, a smirk on her face,"So Ranma, you care to prove that?" She was cool and smooth.
"Anyday, Tomboy,"Ranma smirked back.
"Hehe,"Akane laughed, a confident laugh. "All right then, out back,"Akane said, motioning to the back yard.
"Suit yourself, but don't say didn't warn you,"Ranma said, still cocky-sounding. What no one saw, was that a drop of sweat had formed on Ranma's forehead. 'This is scary, I've never seen Akane so confident! Maybe she really isn't bluffing! No, no, it can't be! I'm Ranma Saotome!'Ranma was about to slap himself,"Come on, Saotome, you ain't afraida' no macho chick! This isn't like you! 'said one voice in his head. Another seemed to pop up,'But Akane isn't like herself either!' the other one came up again,"AH, STUFF IT!' 'Fine,'said the other voice,'but don't say I didn't tell you so!' 'Whatever, wimp!'
They both reached the edge of the pond, then bowed. Akane never lost her smirk, even when she bowed. This made Ranma even more nervous. Ranma took up stance, while kane jsut crossed her Arms, waiting for Ranma to attack. Rana didn't budge,'Don't do it Ranma, you'll be playing right into her macho, little hands!'he thought desperately to himself.
He then heard a call of,"What's wrong Ranma, you scared?"is was Akane's confident voice. It made Ranma's blood boil, when someone did this, and Akane knew it.
Yes, Ranma's blood was boiling,"Oh, that's it!"he said, through clenched teeth. He ran at Akane yelling.
Ranma tried to punch, and kick, and do anything he could, to hit Akane, but she either blocked, or dodged most of his blows, with that smirk, all the while. Ranma got really frustrated, and yelled,"CHESTNUT FIST!" Akane lost her confident smirk, as she tried to block Ranma's punches. But she couldn't block a lot of them. "HA!"Ranma said, having hit Akane, quite a bit. "CHESTNUT FIST!"Ranma yelled again. But, Ranma was too confident, this time. Just as the punches were about to hit Akane, she vanished, and he only hit her after-image. She appeared behind him, smiled, and put her arms up around his, in a hold.
Ranma looked behind him, and looked, in awe, not believing what he saw. Akane had gotten him! Ranma Saotome! Martial Arts Master! Had been beaten by his fiancee.......Akane!"No....NOOOOOOO!!!"Ranma yelled. The next thing he knew, Akane let him go. He turned around, to see her smirking again. 'No, she....let me go......'cause she felt sorry for me......She thought I wasn't enough of a challenge for her. I was too easy prey. And she let me go......',"to make A FOOL OF ME?!"Ranma yelled out loud.
Akane didn't seem to care, how loud Ranma yelled, she was still smirking, all the while. "TAKE THIS! MOKO TAKA BISHA!"he yelled, as a blue blast of energy flew out of his hands.
"Hmph,"Akane said, frowning at the blast. She bladed her hand by her side, wating for the blast to get close enough, to try out her new trick. The blast came close to her face, and she deflected it back behind her, where it exploded.
Ranma gaped at this action,"AAAHHH!"he let out, in surprise.
"My turn,"Akane, said. Akane powered a blast, then flew up, into the sky. "HAAA!!!!!"She yelled, firing the blast at Ranma, Ranma powered up a blast again.
"MOKO TAKA BISHA!"he yelled, sending his blast towards hers. The blasts collided in mid-air. The two battle for supremacy, but to no avail. The blasts exploded, sending them both flying to the ground.
Ranma lay face-flat, on the ground, scratched up, quite a bit, from the power of the blast."
Akane slowed herself, before collapsing to the ground. Everyone started to rush over to see if they were okay, but stopped, dead in their tracks, as they saw the two move. They both lifted their heads up, anger on their faces.
"You....won't...win,"Ranma said, raising a hand, to fire at her. He was more determined, than he had ever been, to win. He fired a blast.
Akane had looked up, at the same time Ranma did,"I...won't....lose to you.....again....."she struggled to say. She raised her hand, as he did the same. She fired another blast.
The two collided in mid air, and exploded, again. Then two managed to get up, and limp as fast as they could toward eachother. They finally reached eachother, grabbed the other's shirt, tehn pulled back to punch. Akane's face was surprised, all of a sudden. 'I can't do this, not to him...... I............can't,'Akane thought, seeing the face of her fiancee,'I won't......"she thought. She had finally got back control od her emotions.........
Ranma got a look of shock,'What am I doing? This is cold blooded! This is Akane! I can't do it, I can't!'Ranma thought, finally realizing what him and Akane were doing. 'I won't,"he thought.
The two loosened the grip on the other's shirt, then collapsed to the ground, at once, saying,'I........can't.'
Everyone ran over to the two, very concerned. Goten came over to Akane bent down, and asked,"Are you okay? Maybe I shouldn't have tried to teach you so quickly. I'm really sorry....."Goten said, face down. "Maybe the whole thing was a bad idea.... Maybe I wasn't cut out to teach."
Akan looked up, at Goten, who had his face down. "No Goten.................I'm still glad you did. I think this fight has helped....learn how to control.......myself...."
"Really?"Goten said, looking up. Akane had tears in her eyes. But she was smiling.
"How much..........longer do you think it'll take me..........to get over it?"Akane asked Goten.
"I'm not sure, but, at the rate you learned to fly and use energy attacks, I would guess, it probably wouldn't take more than another day of training, for you to get back to normal. Akane was happy, that Goten had so much faith in her.
"Hey...Tomboy,"Ranma called weakly. Akane looked over, witha deep concern in her eyes. "You got me pretty good!"Ranma, complemented.
"You too.....Ranma,"Akane complimented Ranma, struggling to talk.
Goten opened a small pouch on his belt, and pulled out, could it be? YES!! IT IS!! A BEAN! "Give this to Ranma,"Goten told Soun, who gave it to Ranma. "Eat this,"Goten said, showing another bean to Akane. Goten, then dropped the bean in Akane's mouth. Ranma and Akane, automatically started chewing.
They swallowed it, and for a second, he didn't move. Then, suddenly, their eyes shot open, and they sat up, quickly. Everyone face-faulted, except Trunks, Goten, Ranma, and Akane. They bothexamined themselves, and there were no evidence of scratches, bruises, or any injury! No one couldn't believe it! They had both been completely healed.
"I-I can't believe it!"Ranma exclaimed, I feel even stronger than before! What the heck was that thing?!"Ranma asked, anxious, to know about any new martial arts medicine.
"It's called a Senzu Bean, it completely heals, whoever it's used on."Goten told everyone.
"No kidding! These thing s are great!"Akane exclaimed, back on her feet again.
"Say, can you guys teach me some of that stuff tommorow?!I ain't gettin left behind!"Ranma said, anxious, to stay ahead of everyone.
"Sure, I guess,"Trunks said. "His dad'd be able to teach you better, than us,"Trunks said, pointing to Goten. He yawned,"But for now, I'm hittin' the hay!"Trunks said, yawning again.
"Yeah, me too!"Goten exclaimed. "I'm sure we'll need it for tommorow!" He smiled, yawning.
"Good night Akane! Good night everyone!"Goten yelled back, smiling.
"Are you sure it was good to teack that Akane girl all that stuff?"Trunks asked, skeptical of his friend's enthusiasm.
"Yeah! She's really good at it, and she catches on fast!"Goten said, smiling.
"I guess, if you say so............"Trunks said, thinking of the things that could be bad about this......................
Far Away....................
Krillen sat by the fire and looked at Piccolo. 'Gosh, I still think it's kinda weird that he sleeps like that, or whatever he does,'Krillen thought, seeing Piccolo, sitting upright, in a meditating position, with his arms crossed. "Oh well,"Krillen said, out loud, yawning. He laid down, looked up into the sky, and finally closed his eyes.
At the Tendo Dojo, the Next Morning..................
Ryoga was still bunking with the Saotomes. Once again, there was no malleting again, this morning, but a groggy Akane had considered it. Kasumi, had gotten up extra early, knowing she would need more time to cook, having seen how Saiyans eat.
Goku, Gohan, Goten, and Trunks were out in the crisp morning air, the dew, still fresh on the grass, and a slight fog, all over the yard. They were stretching, knowing this would be a full day. Goten had told Goku and Gohan about the training he had given Akane, and how quickly she had caught on. Trunks and Goten told them about Ranma and Akane's battle, and how Ranma wanted to learn what Goten had taught Akane. "That guy just can't have anyone get ahead of him!"Trunks said, a little frustrated at the teen's arrogance.
Ranma, Ryoga, and Genma came down, and came outside. They were surprised to look up, to see other people, up before them.
"Hey guys, do you-"Ranma was cut off, by a bicycle, hitting the ground, behind the Saiyans. "Oy, perfect way to start the day,"Ranma said, thinking out loud.
Shampoo ran up, and hugged Ranma,"Nihao!"she said, in her usual happy tone. "Ranm go on-"
Shampoo was cut off by Ranma. "Wait a sec, Shampoo! Okay, a guy beats you, you have to marry him,"Ranma listed, recalling the Chinese Amazon law.
"Yes,"Shampoo said, nodding, still hugging Ranma.
"Well, I beat you, so you have to marry me, by law,"Ranma said, as Shampoo nodded. "Well, this guy just beat you up yesterday!"Ranma said, pinting to Ryoga, with his thumb.
"WHAT?! THAT WAS AN ACCIDENT!"Ryoga yelled, desperately.
"WEEL IT WAS, WHEN I BEAT HER TOO!"Ranma yelled back. He looked back to Shampoo"Sooo, shouldn't you be hugging him?"Ranma said, pointing to Ryoga again, as Ryoga kept saying,"IT WAS AN ACCIDENT!"
"Uh-uh,"Shampoo said, shaking her head.
"WHY NOT?!"Ranma asked, frustrated.
Shampoo pulled out her, long-forgotten copy of, "Amazon Rule Book,", and opened to a page. She showed it to Ranma.
Ranma read it out loud,"If an Amazon is beaten by two different male fighter, the one who defeated her first, is the one she must marry." Ranma seemed to twitch at this, but otherwise, he wasn't moving. His face was contorted, with a mix of anger and surprise. Shampoo slipped the book out of Ranma's hand, put it back in her pocket, and contiued to hug Ranma, still frozen. Ryoga let out a sigh of relief, wiping some sweat from his forehead.
Akane took this particualr moment to come outside. She saw Shampoo hugging Ranma, and immediatly, her mind switched to extra aggressive mode. She frowned, then yelled,"RANMA!"
This drew everyone's attention, to see a fuming Akane. "Uh oh,"Goten said, running his hand down his face.
Akane stopmed forward, as Ranma said,"AKANE! I TRIED TO GET HER OFF! NOT THE MALLET!"Ranma screamed, closing his eyes. To his surprise, no mallet came, but Akane's ard fist did. Ranma got knocked over, and Shampoo looked angrily toward Akane.
"Why Akane punch Ranma?!"she questioned angrily.
Akane had malice flashing in her eyes. Akane couldn't have controlled herself at this point. 'Oh yes, this is what I've been waiting for.....' She smiled, with a more malicious face, than anyone had ever seen. "I suggest you leave Shampoo,"Akane said, calmly, her voice, full of malice. Had you looked, you could see many lost battles, with Shampoo, in her eyes. She had waited for this moment.
"Oh, Akane want to fight Shampoo again?"Shampoo said, confidently. She didn't expect what happened next.
Akane raised her hand, and pointed it at Shampoo. Shampoo seemed dumbstruck at this. Akane's smirked, anger flooding her eyes. A ball of blue energy started to form in her hands. Shampoo's mouth dropped at this. Akane forced the blast forward. Shampoo was too stunned to move. She wouldn't have been able to block the blast, but something jumped in front of Shampoo, while she was trying to shield herself from the blast. Ranma lay on the ground. He had barely been able to move after Akane's uppercuthad hit him. He had barely been able to deflect the blast, and his shirt sleeve was singed, where the blast had it, before being deflected.
Shampoo looked down at Ranma,"AIYAA!"Shampoo yelled, falling down to help Ranma. Veins could be seen, popping out of Akane's head. She rushed toward Shampoo, who screamed, knowing she wouldn't be able to react in time.
Something rushed in front of Akane, stopping her in her tracks. It was Goku. He looked down at Akane, frowning and he was holding her arm. "Calm dow, I know it's hard , but you have to control your energy,"Goku said, still looking down at her.
Akane could only look up in shock. She fought with herself, and was finally able to take back control. "I-I'm sorry...........all of you,"Akane said, looking down. Goku released her, and she walked inside. Goten looked after her, concerned, and followed her inside, to make sure she was okay. Ryoga fllowed after Akane.
Goku turned to Shampoo, who was holding Ranma. But at the moment, she could only stare up at Goku, in awe. "You-you save Shampoo life....."Shampoo said, slightly shocked at Goku's rescue. "How-how Akane so fast and strong?"Shampoo asked, in astonishment.
"She's been in training, and it's uh, made her a litte....touchy,"Goku told Shampoo, searching for the right words.
"SOME TRAINING!"Shampoo exclaimed,"Akane never been that strong!"Shampoo exclaimed again. She turned her attention back to Ranma,"Ranma! Ranma! You okay?!"Shampoo said, trying get a response from Ranma. She pressed him to her chest. "Ranma save Shampoo.................."Shampoo said to herself, tears in her eyes.
It was in this moment, that Ranma woke up. He mumbled something into Shampoo's chest, but no one could understand what it was. Shampoo's eyes went wide, then she pulled Ranma back and said,"Oh Ranma! Shampoo knew you care!"with joy. "Shampoo come back later, okay Ranma?"Shampoo asked, not really needing an answer.
"Yeah, whatever, Shampoo,"Ranma said, no felling in his voice. Shampoo jumped on her bike and rode off, over the wall, while Ranma, was still laying on the ground.
"Ranma, take this,"Goku said, pulling out another Senzu Bean,"You look like you need it."
"BREAKFAST'S READY!"Kasumi's call echoed throughout the yard.
Goku heard this. "ALL RIGHT!"he yelled. "Here ya go Ranma!"Goku said, meaning to drop the bean into Ranma's open mouth. No such luck. The bean landed on the ground.
"Well, that's great...."Ranma said, starting to inching towards the pill....................................
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Well, there's another Chapter, ladies and gentlemen! I still need more input, before I decide if Goten gets a crush on Akane or not. The "I's" lead by one! Keep sending in your comments and ideas please! Next Cahpter should be coming soon!
Your friendly neighborhood writer,
S'rac