Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters in Ranma ½. If you sue me you will get about five cents…if that.
Yesterday's Memory
The day had started out close to normal. The only real difference was the fact that Akane still wasn't talking to Ranma. You see, last night Ranma and Akane were talking. He was having trouble with his homework and Akane decided to help him. After a short while, the homework was forgotten and they were talking about the weirdest things. Ranma had talked about his travels while Akane reminisced about her mother. They were having a very nice evening until…
"Aiya. Shampoo bring ramen for Airen!" Akane just rolled her eyes and waited for Ranma to tell Shampoo to leave.
"Hey! Great timing, Shampoo, I was really getting hungry." Ranma grabbed the ramen and began eating.
Shampoo had attached herself to Ranma and Akane was forgotten, so she decided to take a bath. Akane could hear Ranma and Shampoo from the furo. Shampoo was talking about marriage and Ranma was slurping up his ramen. Akane looked out of the bathroom window. The sky was really clear that night. There was a full moon and she could see all of the constellations. When Akane was looking for the Scorpion she noticed a shooting star and decided to make a wish.
"I wish that I could make Ranma as jealous as he makes me."
Little did Akane know, she didn't need to wish for this. All she had to do was sleep with her pet P-chan, but Akane was going to get her wish none the less. As Akane got out of the bath she thought about ways to make Ranma mad, something Akane is good at. Since Ranma likes being the center of attention all the time, Akane figured that ignoring him would be her best option.
Ranma got Shampoo to left by reminding her that she's probably needed at the restaurant. He realized that Akane had left because she was mad at him and he also knew that she had every right to be mad. He had pushed her aside for some food. 'And we were really getting along too.' Ranma thought to himself, as he waited for Akane to get out of the bathroom so he could apologize.
Ranma had realized that he had feelings for Akane but he really didn't know how to tell her. What if he sounded stupid? What if she laughed at him? And, worst of all, what if she didn't feel the same way? Damn his pride, it got him every time. That really didn't matter now. He waned to apologize to Akane and get back to what they were talking about.
I wont go much detail, when Akane came out of the bathroom Ranma went up to her and apologized in a way only Ranma could. He basically said:
"Well you had been talkin' for so long and I was really hungry." There's Ranma for you. Well Akane stuck to her resolve and ignored Ranma completely. She didn't yell at him, she didn't talk to him, she didn't even look at him. And, just as expected, this got Ranma really irritated.
"Oh, come on Akane. It's not that big of a deal! So I ate some ramen, I don't deserve the silent treatment." After Akane finished putting her school supplies back in her bag, she just walked up to her room. Ranma, realizing how tired he was decided that Akane would be over it by morning and went to bed.
Well it was morning and Ranma was running behind because Akane refused to wake him up that morning. She must have left really early because Ranma ran to school and Akane was already in class pulling out her notebook. Ranma walked up to Akane's desk to tell her what he was thinking.
"That was a dirty trick Akane!" All she did was roll her eyes and sit down. The bell was just about to ring and the classroom was filling up so Ranma decided to take his seat and deal with Akane at lunch.
Akane wasn't really in the mood for school, it was just one of those days where you didn't want to do anything. So Akane decided to rest until the bell rang. She folded her arms on the desk and then rested her head on them. When the bell rang the teacher came in and announced that there was going to be a new student in the class. Seeing as though new students always ruined Akane's life she decided to ignore the new student as long as she could, so she kept her eyes closed.
The new student walked into the room and half of the class started talking. The teacher hushed them and introduced the new student.
"Class, this is Minagai Kyo, our new student." Akane raised her head upon hearing the name. And whispered "Kyo-san", so only she could hear. It couldn't be him, but it was. He was standing in the front of the class. He was right there as though he never left.
"Mr. Minagai, you can take a seat next to Ranma, he's the one not wearing a uniform."
Ranma looked this new guy up and down. He was an inch or so taller then Ranma with brown hair and eyes. He had a small frame, it was obvious he wasn't in martial arts. Ranma noticed that Akane hadn't taken her eyes off of the guy. In fact, most of the class was whispering about him. As the boy made his way towards Ranma, he paused in front of Akane's desk only to have her look out the window. Now, Akane may have been a macho tomboy to Ranma, but she was usually nice to people she didn't know.
Kyo took his seat next to Ranma and smiled. Ranma decided to find out this guy's story before he started trouble. So Ranma used his rapier wit to strike up a conversation.
"Hey, what's your story?" Ranma mentally kicked himself for that one.
"Excuse me?"
"Well it's just that you seem to know a few people."
"Oh, that, well I used to live around here. I moved about 3 years ago." Well, Ranma was satisfied. This guy checked out, he probably wouldn't be starting any trouble. Then Hiroshi and Daisuke started talking…and Ranma got worried.
"Hey Kyo didn't think you'd ever come back." Hiroshi said
"Yeah, I mean, you had it all and then you just left." Daisuke added
"Well, it wasn't really my choice guys. I would have stayed if I could have." Ranma didn't like being out of the loop, but he wanted as much info as possible so he kept out.
"Yeah try telling Akane that. She'll kill you for sure." Daisuke said
"Akane?" Ranma wanted to know what she had to do with this.
"Oh, yeah Ranma you don't know. Kyo and Akane used to go out. They were all over each other all the time! And then this fool up and left!"
"They were what?!" Ranma couldn't believe what Hiroshi just said.
"Yeah, and if you're looking to get back with her Kyo, you're way too late. Her and Ranma are engaged." Ranma just gave Daisuke five points.
"They're what?!" Now was Ranma's turn to shine.
"That's right. We're engaged, so don't go trying to put the moves on her or nothing."
"And what if I do?" This response was truly unexpected.
"Well, I'll have to beat you up. Really badly."
"I doubt you could. I've studied many fighting styles."
"Well I've studied Anything Goes Martial Arts."
"Never heard of it."
"Well you're going to be sorry you had."
Unbeknownst to the two boys, they were standing up and yelling to one another.
"Ranma, Kyo, in the hall!" The boys grabbed the water buckets and went in to the hall. All the while Akane was sitting at her desk thinking one thing: 'Why me?'
Ok that was the first chapter. And maybe the last if no one wants to see an ending. I know the characters are OOC, but oh well. Reviews welcome. Thanks.
