One Step' plus bonus short 'Fishsticks'

by Brianna Aisling

'One Step:' Akane stands on the steps of Furinkan, thinking over her high school career. 'Fishsticks:' A short AU scene.

2. Fishsticks

Fishsticks

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            Two cats sat side by side.  The larger one, the tom, had his head turned away.  He was sleek and dark with ice blue eyes.  His tail twitched nervously, giving his emotional state away.  The other, the female, was quite and still.  She looked at the ground.  She was slender and dark with firey red highlights in the shine of her coat.

            The tom cleared his throat.  The female looked at him.  If one looked closely, one could see a ghost of a smile curl her lips upwards.

            "Um...Akane?"

            "Yes, Ranma?"

            "I-I wanted to say....  I mean, I--"  The tom's tail swished around wildly.  The female smiled.  She leaned up against him and wrapped her tail around his, forcing it to calm.

            "It's okay, Ranma.  I understand."

            Ranma's only reply was to purr.

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Just a cute scene of a type of AU that no one else has written.  Oh, I gave Akane red highlights because of her name--it had nothing to do with Ranma's cursed body.