Hi Minna! How are you doing? Sorry it took me so long to update this fic, but I have been SOOO incredibly busy. I really want to thank the people who took the time and reviewed my story; it made me really happy. Please keep on reviewing. Okay, on with chapter 2!
Disclaimer: I don't own Ranma ½ :(
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Akane continued to stare into the confused eyes of Ranma. 'This can't be happening.' Akane thought desperately, unable to believe that Ranma had forgotten her.
When Ranma received no answer, he decided to ask again. "Um…do I know you?" He asked again. This girl seemed to know him, but he didn't quite seem to recognize her.
"Ranma…" Akane said brokenly, looking over at Ranma.
"That's what I have been meaning to tell you Akane." Dr. Tofu said breaking into her thoughts. He gently took Akane by her shoulders and led her outside of the room, gently closing the door. He then turned her so that they were making eye contact.
"Akane, apparently he doesn't remember anything up until a couple of years. He didn't even remember who I was." Dr. Tofu said sadly.
"So you mean he doesn't remember meeting me or living with me and my family?" Akane asked, even though she already knew the answer to that question.
"Correct." Dr. Tofu said softly, taking his glasses off and dusting them off with his shirt to prevent looking at the broken girl.
"Do you know what has caused this to happen? And will he ever get his memory back?" Akane asked desperately.
After repositioning his glasses Dr. Tofu gave her a helpless look. "I found him unconscious, Oddly, without a scratch on him. As for when his memory will return, I'm not sure so I can't promise you anything.
Akane slowly turned away from Dr. Tofu to stare at the closed door of the room that her confused fiancé now occupied. 'How could this happen to him? To us?' Akane thought her eyes starting to brim with tears. 'This is all my fault.' She thought allowing herself to fall into self-pity
Dr. Tofu stared at Akane's turned back. Seeing her so dispirited hurt him immensely. Sighing he turned to go call the other residents at the Tendo dojo and inform them of the bad news.
Akane angrily wiped at her tears. She had no time for this. She had to find a way to get Ranma to remember her. 'Don't worry Ranma, I find a way to get you back. I promise.'
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'Amnesia huh?' Ranma thought as he came away from the door in which he had been eavesdropping. The guy that had been helping him; Dr. Tofu is what the girl had called him, had already filled him in, but he was still pretty dazed by what was going on. So maybe that girl did know him one point in time. The way she had looked at him when she had found out about his predicament caused an unexpected ache to begin in his heart. She had looked as though her world had just ended.
Dr. Tofu opening the door to let his father in and an unknown man suddenly interrupted his thoughts.
Genma gave his son a once over. "He looks okay to me. Do you remember me boy?" Genma asked, looking at Ranma intently.
Ranma rolled his eyes. "Of course pops. Now what are we doing in this town?" He inquired.
"Do you remember this man?" He motioned to the Soun.
"Um…no." Ranma replied, looking at Soun carefully.
Soun and Genma stared at each other for some moments. Unexpectedly, they both burst into tears, crying over Ranma's current position.
Ranma, embarrassed by his father's display of emotion, he came up the two sobbing parents. "Old man, we don't have time for this! Tell me who he is and why we are living in this town!" He yelled exasperatedly.
Unfortunately, his plea fell on deaf ears as the two grieving parents continued to cry over there misfortune.
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They finally made their way back to the dojo with the confused and highly incensed boy in tow. By the time that they arrived at the dojo, Ranma was well and truly infuriated. No one was telling him what was going on. He knew the amnesia part but as far as him coming to live here and all these different faces he didn't know.
"What the HELL is going on!? Somebody better answer me now damnitt?" He yelled finally.
At his explosion Genma turned to Ranma. "Ranma, if you want answers, ask Akane-chan here." He replied motioning to the remote girl right next to him.
At the mention of her name, she raised her head in surprise to look at Genma; And then at Ranma. "All right." Akane silently complied as she led Ranma to her room.
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"Okay, I already know the part about losing my memory. So, how did I come to be here?" He asked curiously, seating himself in the chair at her desk.
Akane took a deep breath. She was contemplating on whether or not to tell Ranma that she was his fiancée. She decided on the later. "Well, both of our fathers have been best friends for a really long time. You guys didn't have anywhere to live, so you moved in with us." Akane finished in a rush. She hated lying to him, but the shock of learning that he was already engaged might have been too much for him to digest at the time. And besides it wasn't like she would never tell him. She would tell him the truth. Eventually.
"So that's it? That's how we came to be here?" Ranma asked dubiously.
"Yeah, that's it." Akane said quietly, looking away.
After an eerie silence, "So, what's my relationship to you, were we ever friends?"
This question seemed to pain the girl because she wore an expression of anguish. However, just as soon as it appeared it disappeared. She gave a shaky laugh. "Yeah, you could say that. Kind of like best friends."
"Oh." Maybe that's why he had trusted this girl. He didn't even remember this girl, yet something inside him said to trust her. He didn't like where his train of thought was going. "Okay…I think I'm going to go to bed now." He said, as he was about to exit her room. As he was leaving, it seemed as thought there was something that she was forgetting to tell him
Abruptly, she made a grab for his hand. He whipped his head back around to stare at their hands and then at Akane. "Ranma, we'll find a way to get your memory back." She assured him silently.
He turned his gaze on their intertwined hands. Having her touch him was strangely comforting. It also got rid of the doubts about her lying to him. They must have had a pretty close relationship if her touch was comforting right?
Ranma reluctantly detangled his hand from hers. "I'm sure we will." He replied quietly, as he finally left her room.
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Lush, green grass surrounded the park area as a couple sat on a blanket, having a picnic.
The girl with the short black-bluish hair handed a container to the pigtailed boy she was sitting next to.
She smiled becomingly. "Ranma, I made this. You should try it." She said opening it up for him.
The pigtailed boy gulped nervously. "I-I love you Akane." He said sweetly, hoping to get out of eating her food.
She rolled her eyes, exasperation written all over her face. "I love you to Ranma. That's why I worked really hard on this dish, so you should eat it." She finished nearly shoving it in his face.
He took the dish from her and looked at it strangely. Then he looked at her apologetically. "Okay, I'm sorry…I'll try it." He said as he reached for an article of food to eat. He popped it in his mouth and started to chew…then choke.
Akane immediately became sorry when she saw Ranma chocking. She patted his back roughly until he discarded the food. She turned away from him disappointed. "Ranma, I'm sorry. I always seem to fail at cooking." She said dejectedly.
Taking Akane's shoulders, he turned her to him. "Akane, I don't care if you can't cook, I love you just the way you are." He said sincerely.
To Ranma, in that instant, Akane looked more beautiful than ever before with love softening her eyes.
He gently took the sides of her face bring his lips to meet with hers. She rapped her arms around his shoulders and soon the kiss was turning into something more heated…
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Breathing hard, Ranma woke up immediately after the dream. 'What kind of dream is that to have about your best friend?' He thought, sitting up. He looked over at his father to see if he had disturbed his sleep.
He ran a hand over his sweaty brow. He had just had a dream about him and his best friend? But in this dream, they were more than that. And startling enough, they seem to make a good couple.
He shook his head vehemently. What was he thinking? He hardly remembered the girl. He quickly but silently got up, getting ready to go outside.
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On his way there he stopped outside of Akane's bedroom. Her door was slightly ajar. He slowly walked in to look in on the person who had invaded his dreams.
She was asleep. As Ranma walked closer, he could clearly make out the watermarks on her pillow. Tear stains? Ranma then took a look at her serene sleeping face.
She must have just gotten to sleep. Crystalline tears still sparkled in her lashes. At that moment, she looked the very vision on innocence and beauty.
He shouldn't be here. He had no right to invade her privacy.
As he turned to leave, a soft voice stopped him.
"Ranma, don't go…I need you." Akane murmured softly in her sleep.
Ranma turned back to the sleeping figure, worry and indecision clearly etched on his face. He wanted desperately to go over and comfort the girl, but something held him back.
Only when Akane's lashes slowly started to flutter and the rest of her body started to stir, did Ranma finally leave her room.
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Akane awoke from her dream. In her dream Ranma seemed close and within reach until she reached for him. Then he just seemed to get further away. She sat up until her back was to the wall closest to her window.
It seemed like her dreams were her reality, she thought wryly. She and Ranma had finally been where they were supposed to be. Together. Then fate had intervened and torn them apart.
She shook her head in denial. They were going still be together if she had something to do about it…
TBC
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