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A Summer's Proposal
Ch.4: Love loves Tricks
"Okay everyone, class dismissed! We'll see you all Monday." Ranma waved to the class goodbye, as he wiped the sweat off his face with a towel. "Hey Ucchan, catch." Ranma threw a towel to an equally sweaty Ukyou.
"Thanks Ranchan!" Ukyou caught it with ease and began to wipe the sweat off her body. "Oh, hey Ryouga!" Ukyou cried as she saw Ryouga enter the dojo.
"Hey you two. I didn't think you guys would be up this early in the morning, especially after last night," Ryouga said smirking at Ranma slightly.
"Oh, Ryouga-kun, Ranchan just took me home last night. Nothing happened." Ukyou said as she was taking a change of clothes out of her gym bag.
"Yeah, what do you think Ryouga?" Ranma said after he took a sip of water from a bottle, "Do you actually think I would go for a tomboy like her?" Noticing Ukyou's slightly sad yet pissed off expression, Ranma added, "Relax Ucchan, I was just kidding. And how was your night Ryouga? Did you have a good time with that girl from last night?"
"Ah, Akari," Ryouga nodded his head, and turned to watch Ukyou leave the dojo to go to the house and change. "She's a great girl. Strange though. She's into pigs."
"Pigs! Man aren't you lucky," Ranma said chuckling to himself as he began to button up his shirt. "Did she find out about your piggy form?"
"Yeah, at the end. She kept me in my cursed form, and hugged me all night like that. Weird, huh?"
"She's the perfect woman for you, Ryouga." Ranma said as he zipped up his gym bag. "What's taking Ukyou so long? Hey Ucchan, hurry up."
"I'm coming!" Ukyou yelled as she quickly ran back into the dojo. She was wearing a light blue summer dress, with thin spaghetti straps. She left her hair down, with a matching light blue bow. "Sorry, I just didn't want to go to lunch feeling stinky, and dirty."
"Oh, um, it's okay." Ranma mumbled out. He started to walk towards Ukyou to offer his arm, when Ryouga beat him to it.
"Shall we go, Ukyou?" Ryouga asked politely as he extended his hand out to Ukyou. Ukyou nodded in agreement, and took his hand.
"So, where do you guys want to eat? I'm starving," Ranma said as he caught up to them.
"How about the Cat Café where Shampoo works?" Ukyou suggested. "We could probably get lunch for free there."
"Well, I don't know if that's such a great idea Ukyou," Ryouga said reminding Ukyou about the previous night.
"Yeah, she'll probably think that I'm there to see her," Ranma said. "Hey, Ukyou?" Ranma called out to her, trying to get her attention. Ranma followed her gaze, and realized that Ukyou was staring at a girl with black ponytail, was wearing a very expensive pink dress. She was with a good looking guy, who had brown hair, who was wearing khakis and a white polo shirt.
"Do you know them, Ukyou?" Ryouga asked her, as he too noticed the couple that Ukyou was staring at.
"Um, yeah, that guy was my fiance. And that girl is his lover that he dumped me for." Ukyou said as she averted her gaze away from the happy couple. "Hey, come on. Let's go to the restaurant already."
"Hello Ukyou." Tsubasa said. Tsubasa and Kodachi approached them. "How are you doing?"
"I'm doing great." Ukyou said as she looked up at them.
"We'll we are doing just fabulous. Hohohohohohoho!" Kodachi cackled in glee. "See?" Kodachi held out her hand, and showed Ukyou her engagement ring. "We're engaged. The wedding will be in two months."
"So, um, are one of these guys your boyfriend?" Tsubasa asked as he gestured to Ranma and Ryouga.
"Actually, um... "
"Yup! Ukyou and I have been dating for some time, right sweetie?" Ryouga said as he put his arm around Ukyou, and pulled her towards him.
"Of course, Ryouga honey." Ukyou said smiling as she pulled in closer to Ryouga.
"Are you okay?" Kodachi asked a somewhat annoyed Ranma. "You seem a little upset."
"I'm fine," Ranma said back. He was staring at Ryouga with his arms angrily crossed in front of his chest. "Just fine."
"Well, I'm glad that you're doing well, Ukyou. I've always wanted you to be happy." Tsubasa said to Ukyou softly.
"I am happy. And I wish you and Kodachi the best of luck," Ukyou turned back to Ryouga. "Shall we go, honey?"
"Yeah."
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"Airen!" Shampoo cried as she saw Ranma enter the restaurant. "Shampoo so happy airen come and visit Shampoo." Shampoo glomped onto Ranma.
"Shampoo get off of me!" Ranma said as he tried to push Shampoo gently off. "You got the wrong idea the other day."
"What airen talking about?" Shampoo asked as she let go off Ranma a little.
"He means that he doesn't like you Shampoo!" Akane screamed from behind.
"Akane!" Ukyou said surprised. Akane stomped forth towards the glomping Shampoo.
"Shampoo, you're my friend. And that's the reason why I'm not pulling you off of my fiance." Akane said as clenched her fists tightly, trying to control her anger. "So that's why I'm asking you to please let go of Ranma."
"Oh, okay Akane. Shampoo let go now." Shampoo gently released Ranma and walked back slowly, afraid of making any sudden movement that might cause Akane to erupt. "Shampoo show group to table."
"Hey Akane, what are you doing here?" Ranma said as he pulled out Akane's chair for her.
"I was coming here to talk to Shampoo about last night. What are you three doing here?" Akane asked as she looked at Ukyou and Ryouga. 'I thought Ranma and Ukyou hate each other's guts. So why are they here together?'
"Oh, Ranchan was starving. And I would have called you, but you know how he is when he's really hungry." Ukyou said a little nervous.
"Yeah, Ucchan and I were going to lunch, then Ryouga decided to join us, so we were going to eat together. Um, yeah, that's what happened." Ranma answered not sure of what to say to the angry Tendo daughter.
"Ranchan? Ucchan? Why do you guys have pet names for one another?" Akane asked.
"Well, you know last night, when Shampoo said that Ranma proclaimed his love for her, well it's all wrong." Akane nodded, understanding what Ukyou was saying. "So, I went to Ranma's place and talked with him, and Ryouga about it. Then afterwards, you remember how we were all dressed up to go clubbing last night, well, we three went instead." Ukyou smiled nervously at Akane.
"Yup, that's all that happened, Akane-chan." Ranma said putting an arm around her.
"Are you kidding? That's not all that happened last night." Ranma and Ukyou shot him a look, "Ukyou and Ranma were dancing together last night for a long time. It looked like they were getting along great before I left."
"You two left together last night?" Akane asked, getting more jealous.
"Well, yeah. Ryouga here, left with some girl that has an obsession with pigs. So Ucchan and I spent the night together, ne Ucchan?" Ranma smiled putting an arm around her.
"What?!" Akane yelled. People from other tables looked at her angrily. "Sorry." She said to the other customers. "What do you mean you two spent the night together?" Akane said in a hushed whisper.
"Don't give her the wrong idea, Ranchan." Ukyou said shoving Ranma away from her. Then she turned back to Akane with a serious expression on her face. "I got really drunk last night. So Ranma took me back to my apartment. And because it was so late, and cuz we drank a lot, I told him to go ahead and sleep on the couch. Really, Akane nothing happened. I was in my room, and he was on the couch."
"Still didn't help much though." Ranma said grinning. "Even with your door closed, I heard you snore all night."
"What? I snored?" Ukyou said, blushing as Ranma nodded his head. "I'm so sorry."
"It's okay." Ranma put a hand on her shoulder and squeezed it gently. Akane and Ryouga both noticed this.
"Ranma no baka!" Akane pulled out her mallet, and wham Ranma was one with the table.
"I guess we can't eat lunch now," Ryouga said sadly.
"Wait Akane!" Ukyou yelled after Akane as she exited the restaurant.
"Look Ukyou! I don't want to talk to you right now. Just leave me alone," Akane turned away, and sprinted off towards her apartment.
"Akane." Ukyou said to herself quietly.
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"What a horrible day!" Ukyou sighed to herself as she fell on her bed. "Why can't anything in my life go right?" Ukyou began to think about the night before. She remembered the scent of Ranma's cologne, and the feeling of his breathe on her neck, and the way their bodies were so close....
"Stop it Ukyou!" 'That's Akane's fiance. I can't think that way about him.'
"Arrrggghhh!" Ukyou yelled in frustration, as she covered her pillow over her mouth to muffle her yell. "My life sucks!"
Brrringgg, bbbrrrinnngggg
"Hello?" Ukyou said as she answered the phone.
"Hey Ucchan, it's me Ranma." Ukyou blushed a little as she heard his voice. 'Thank goodness he can't see me,' she thought to herself.
"Hey Ranchan."
"I wanted to ask you about Akane. Why did she hit me like that?"
"I think Akane-chan just got jealous. She probably thinks that something is going on between us."
"Hahahaha!" Ranma chuckled. "Really? Well, that should be an easy problem to fix. I'll just tell her that you're my good buddy, Ucchan. You know, like one of the guys."
"Yeah. I guess," Ukyou said with a frown.
"Are things okay between you and Akane? She seemed pretty angry with both of us before she left." Ranma asked concerned.
"We're okay. I think she just needs some time away from me for awhile." Ukyou's sadness more evident in her voice.
"I'll talk to her about it later tonight. Akane and I are going to a restaurant tonight. Don't worry, I'll fix everything."
"Okay thanks Ranchan."
"Um, Ucchan?"
"Yeah?"
"I was wondering if you might wanna go to the park tomorrow. I usually go to the park every Sunday, and it's really nice and everything. Um,... do you maybe... only if you wanna... come and train with me?" Ranma asked nervously. 'Thank goodness Ucchan can't see me right now,' Ranma thought to himself as blushed a little. "You know, to better our skills, and to teach our students better," he added more confidently.
"Sure, I'd love to." Ukyou said happily.
"Great meet me at the park at 5 in the morning. So we can start really early. So I'll see you later."
"Okay, bye." Ukyou hanged the phone with a click and fell onto her bed with a happy sigh.
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Author's Notes:
Hey everyone! I know I quit writing, but I decided to post this chapter up since I wrote a while ago. Might as well try to please a few of my loyal readers. Well tell me what you think. If you want the next part, I'll post. Chapter 5: Confession of Love, is saved already on my computer. So let me know somehow, and I'll post it. Thanks!
YuRi
A Summer's Proposal
Ch.4: Love loves Tricks
"Okay everyone, class dismissed! We'll see you all Monday." Ranma waved to the class goodbye, as he wiped the sweat off his face with a towel. "Hey Ucchan, catch." Ranma threw a towel to an equally sweaty Ukyou.
"Thanks Ranchan!" Ukyou caught it with ease and began to wipe the sweat off her body. "Oh, hey Ryouga!" Ukyou cried as she saw Ryouga enter the dojo.
"Hey you two. I didn't think you guys would be up this early in the morning, especially after last night," Ryouga said smirking at Ranma slightly.
"Oh, Ryouga-kun, Ranchan just took me home last night. Nothing happened." Ukyou said as she was taking a change of clothes out of her gym bag.
"Yeah, what do you think Ryouga?" Ranma said after he took a sip of water from a bottle, "Do you actually think I would go for a tomboy like her?" Noticing Ukyou's slightly sad yet pissed off expression, Ranma added, "Relax Ucchan, I was just kidding. And how was your night Ryouga? Did you have a good time with that girl from last night?"
"Ah, Akari," Ryouga nodded his head, and turned to watch Ukyou leave the dojo to go to the house and change. "She's a great girl. Strange though. She's into pigs."
"Pigs! Man aren't you lucky," Ranma said chuckling to himself as he began to button up his shirt. "Did she find out about your piggy form?"
"Yeah, at the end. She kept me in my cursed form, and hugged me all night like that. Weird, huh?"
"She's the perfect woman for you, Ryouga." Ranma said as he zipped up his gym bag. "What's taking Ukyou so long? Hey Ucchan, hurry up."
"I'm coming!" Ukyou yelled as she quickly ran back into the dojo. She was wearing a light blue summer dress, with thin spaghetti straps. She left her hair down, with a matching light blue bow. "Sorry, I just didn't want to go to lunch feeling stinky, and dirty."
"Oh, um, it's okay." Ranma mumbled out. He started to walk towards Ukyou to offer his arm, when Ryouga beat him to it.
"Shall we go, Ukyou?" Ryouga asked politely as he extended his hand out to Ukyou. Ukyou nodded in agreement, and took his hand.
"So, where do you guys want to eat? I'm starving," Ranma said as he caught up to them.
"How about the Cat Café where Shampoo works?" Ukyou suggested. "We could probably get lunch for free there."
"Well, I don't know if that's such a great idea Ukyou," Ryouga said reminding Ukyou about the previous night.
"Yeah, she'll probably think that I'm there to see her," Ranma said. "Hey, Ukyou?" Ranma called out to her, trying to get her attention. Ranma followed her gaze, and realized that Ukyou was staring at a girl with black ponytail, was wearing a very expensive pink dress. She was with a good looking guy, who had brown hair, who was wearing khakis and a white polo shirt.
"Do you know them, Ukyou?" Ryouga asked her, as he too noticed the couple that Ukyou was staring at.
"Um, yeah, that guy was my fiance. And that girl is his lover that he dumped me for." Ukyou said as she averted her gaze away from the happy couple. "Hey, come on. Let's go to the restaurant already."
"Hello Ukyou." Tsubasa said. Tsubasa and Kodachi approached them. "How are you doing?"
"I'm doing great." Ukyou said as she looked up at them.
"We'll we are doing just fabulous. Hohohohohohoho!" Kodachi cackled in glee. "See?" Kodachi held out her hand, and showed Ukyou her engagement ring. "We're engaged. The wedding will be in two months."
"So, um, are one of these guys your boyfriend?" Tsubasa asked as he gestured to Ranma and Ryouga.
"Actually, um... "
"Yup! Ukyou and I have been dating for some time, right sweetie?" Ryouga said as he put his arm around Ukyou, and pulled her towards him.
"Of course, Ryouga honey." Ukyou said smiling as she pulled in closer to Ryouga.
"Are you okay?" Kodachi asked a somewhat annoyed Ranma. "You seem a little upset."
"I'm fine," Ranma said back. He was staring at Ryouga with his arms angrily crossed in front of his chest. "Just fine."
"Well, I'm glad that you're doing well, Ukyou. I've always wanted you to be happy." Tsubasa said to Ukyou softly.
"I am happy. And I wish you and Kodachi the best of luck," Ukyou turned back to Ryouga. "Shall we go, honey?"
"Yeah."
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"Airen!" Shampoo cried as she saw Ranma enter the restaurant. "Shampoo so happy airen come and visit Shampoo." Shampoo glomped onto Ranma.
"Shampoo get off of me!" Ranma said as he tried to push Shampoo gently off. "You got the wrong idea the other day."
"What airen talking about?" Shampoo asked as she let go off Ranma a little.
"He means that he doesn't like you Shampoo!" Akane screamed from behind.
"Akane!" Ukyou said surprised. Akane stomped forth towards the glomping Shampoo.
"Shampoo, you're my friend. And that's the reason why I'm not pulling you off of my fiance." Akane said as clenched her fists tightly, trying to control her anger. "So that's why I'm asking you to please let go of Ranma."
"Oh, okay Akane. Shampoo let go now." Shampoo gently released Ranma and walked back slowly, afraid of making any sudden movement that might cause Akane to erupt. "Shampoo show group to table."
"Hey Akane, what are you doing here?" Ranma said as he pulled out Akane's chair for her.
"I was coming here to talk to Shampoo about last night. What are you three doing here?" Akane asked as she looked at Ukyou and Ryouga. 'I thought Ranma and Ukyou hate each other's guts. So why are they here together?'
"Oh, Ranchan was starving. And I would have called you, but you know how he is when he's really hungry." Ukyou said a little nervous.
"Yeah, Ucchan and I were going to lunch, then Ryouga decided to join us, so we were going to eat together. Um, yeah, that's what happened." Ranma answered not sure of what to say to the angry Tendo daughter.
"Ranchan? Ucchan? Why do you guys have pet names for one another?" Akane asked.
"Well, you know last night, when Shampoo said that Ranma proclaimed his love for her, well it's all wrong." Akane nodded, understanding what Ukyou was saying. "So, I went to Ranma's place and talked with him, and Ryouga about it. Then afterwards, you remember how we were all dressed up to go clubbing last night, well, we three went instead." Ukyou smiled nervously at Akane.
"Yup, that's all that happened, Akane-chan." Ranma said putting an arm around her.
"Are you kidding? That's not all that happened last night." Ranma and Ukyou shot him a look, "Ukyou and Ranma were dancing together last night for a long time. It looked like they were getting along great before I left."
"You two left together last night?" Akane asked, getting more jealous.
"Well, yeah. Ryouga here, left with some girl that has an obsession with pigs. So Ucchan and I spent the night together, ne Ucchan?" Ranma smiled putting an arm around her.
"What?!" Akane yelled. People from other tables looked at her angrily. "Sorry." She said to the other customers. "What do you mean you two spent the night together?" Akane said in a hushed whisper.
"Don't give her the wrong idea, Ranchan." Ukyou said shoving Ranma away from her. Then she turned back to Akane with a serious expression on her face. "I got really drunk last night. So Ranma took me back to my apartment. And because it was so late, and cuz we drank a lot, I told him to go ahead and sleep on the couch. Really, Akane nothing happened. I was in my room, and he was on the couch."
"Still didn't help much though." Ranma said grinning. "Even with your door closed, I heard you snore all night."
"What? I snored?" Ukyou said, blushing as Ranma nodded his head. "I'm so sorry."
"It's okay." Ranma put a hand on her shoulder and squeezed it gently. Akane and Ryouga both noticed this.
"Ranma no baka!" Akane pulled out her mallet, and wham Ranma was one with the table.
"I guess we can't eat lunch now," Ryouga said sadly.
"Wait Akane!" Ukyou yelled after Akane as she exited the restaurant.
"Look Ukyou! I don't want to talk to you right now. Just leave me alone," Akane turned away, and sprinted off towards her apartment.
"Akane." Ukyou said to herself quietly.
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"What a horrible day!" Ukyou sighed to herself as she fell on her bed. "Why can't anything in my life go right?" Ukyou began to think about the night before. She remembered the scent of Ranma's cologne, and the feeling of his breathe on her neck, and the way their bodies were so close....
"Stop it Ukyou!" 'That's Akane's fiance. I can't think that way about him.'
"Arrrggghhh!" Ukyou yelled in frustration, as she covered her pillow over her mouth to muffle her yell. "My life sucks!"
Brrringgg, bbbrrrinnngggg
"Hello?" Ukyou said as she answered the phone.
"Hey Ucchan, it's me Ranma." Ukyou blushed a little as she heard his voice. 'Thank goodness he can't see me,' she thought to herself.
"Hey Ranchan."
"I wanted to ask you about Akane. Why did she hit me like that?"
"I think Akane-chan just got jealous. She probably thinks that something is going on between us."
"Hahahaha!" Ranma chuckled. "Really? Well, that should be an easy problem to fix. I'll just tell her that you're my good buddy, Ucchan. You know, like one of the guys."
"Yeah. I guess," Ukyou said with a frown.
"Are things okay between you and Akane? She seemed pretty angry with both of us before she left." Ranma asked concerned.
"We're okay. I think she just needs some time away from me for awhile." Ukyou's sadness more evident in her voice.
"I'll talk to her about it later tonight. Akane and I are going to a restaurant tonight. Don't worry, I'll fix everything."
"Okay thanks Ranchan."
"Um, Ucchan?"
"Yeah?"
"I was wondering if you might wanna go to the park tomorrow. I usually go to the park every Sunday, and it's really nice and everything. Um,... do you maybe... only if you wanna... come and train with me?" Ranma asked nervously. 'Thank goodness Ucchan can't see me right now,' Ranma thought to himself as blushed a little. "You know, to better our skills, and to teach our students better," he added more confidently.
"Sure, I'd love to." Ukyou said happily.
"Great meet me at the park at 5 in the morning. So we can start really early. So I'll see you later."
"Okay, bye." Ukyou hanged the phone with a click and fell onto her bed with a happy sigh.
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Author's Notes:
Hey everyone! I know I quit writing, but I decided to post this chapter up since I wrote a while ago. Might as well try to please a few of my loyal readers. Well tell me what you think. If you want the next part, I'll post. Chapter 5: Confession of Love, is saved already on my computer. So let me know somehow, and I'll post it. Thanks!
YuRi