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Notes: Well, I'm glad you guys are interested in the story. I'm not sure how many chapters there will be. I'm thinking there will be about 5 but I get new ideas everyday, so it's not definite. Without further ado…

Yesterday's Memory

Ranma had been home for an hour. He had left Akane when she told him too and she never went back to class. Ranma had looked for Akane after school but he couldn't find her. He went home to see if she was there or at least to see if she made an appearance. The first person Ranma saw when he got home was Kasumi, but she didn't look very happy.

"Hey Kasumi. Have you seen Akane?"

"Oh, hello Ranma. Yes, Akane came home early and she had a friend with her. They went up to her room and talked for a while then she left a while ago."

"Thanks Kasumi." Ranma was about to leave to find Akane, but Kasumi stopped him.

"Ranma, I don't think you should go looking for Akane. She's going to want to be by herself for a while. I heard some of what her and Kyo were talking about and you don't want to get dragged into that Ranma." Ranma looked at Kasumi and realized where he was going to get the best information possible about Akane's and Kyo's past.

"Kasumi, you had to have known this Kyo guy if him and Akane were as close as everyone says they were. What was so great about him? I mean why did she go out with him?"

"Well, I think that Akane liked Kyo because of the way he treated her. All the children regarded Akane as a boy and she didn't want to be a boy. Kyo was the only child in the class who treated Akane as a girl. I remember her seventh birthday, all of the children gave Akane boyish things, like weights and sport equipment and what not, and Kyo gave her a bouquet of flowers. She was so happy that she cried. Ever since then they were friends and then they were more and then he left. It was a very hard time for her."

"So this guy is special cause he gave her flowers and made her feel girly?"

"I suppose you could say that."

"Do you think…do you think that he might ask her out again?"

"Oh, I don't know Ranma. All I know is that Akane knows that she has a commitment with you and if he did ask her out I think that she'd talk to our fathers and you." Ranma decided that Kasumi was right about Akane and that he'd be a lot better off waiting for her at home then going out and looking for her.

"Thanks Kasumi. I'm going to go practice. Can you tell Akane that I want to see her when she gets back?"

"Of course Ranma." Ranma thanked Kasumi and then went into the dojo and he's been there since his talk with Kasumi. He was running though some katas when the door to the dojo opened.

It was Akane and she looked really happy, too happy. She had changed out of her school uniform and into a knee length blue skirt and a white tee shirt. Akane walked up to Ranma and got into a fighting stance.

"Come on Saotome, give me all you got!" Ranma could tell that Akane knew he wasn't going to fight back. Firstly, she was in a really sloppy stance and secondly, she knew his rule.

"I'm not really in the mood Akane. I want to talk to you." Akane broke out of her stance.

"Oh Ranma, I've been talking all day. I'm sick of being serious I just want to relax and have a little fun."

"Akane, do you still like him?" A frown replaced Akane's smile and she sat down.

"Ranma I've hated Kyo since he left and I thought I would always hate him. But today we talked and he apologized for the things he did and I don't know. I guess you can say that I think I could put the past behind us but I don't think I could ever go out with Kyo again. No matter what he says he broke a promise to me and I can never forgive him completely for that."

"What was the promise." Ranma didn't mean for the question to be so blunt but it was really bugging him.

"Well he promised to always be there for me. He said that he'd never leave me and when I asked him if he would keep his promise he said yes."

"Is that really that big of a deal?" Ranma noticed that Akane's eyes became glassy.

"Well before Kyo, my mom made that same promise to me and she didn't keep it. He knew that, and when he made the promise he said that he'd never go and that he'd always be there. When he left me all those years ago it was like loosing my mother all over again. So you understand why I can't ever really completely forgive him. And I've moved on. I'm not the same girl I was then. I'm engaged now and I have an obligation to you and my family."

"If you really like him, you should go out with him. Don't hold back because of me or our fathers." Ranma didn't look at Akane, he couldn't.

"That's sweet Ranma, but I've made this decision for me, not for you or our fathers. I made a promise to myself after Kyo left. I promised that I'd never put myself in that position again. I promised myself that I'd never feel that bad again, and I keep my promises." With that, Akane got up and left the dojo. Ranma was left stunned with the information he had received. He didn't really know what to think. Had Akane just told him that she wasn't going to go out with Kyo cause of a promise, or because she was engaged to Ranma? And what had she meant when she said 'I've made this decision for me." Is it that she wanted to keep the engagement? Ranma was tired of thinking, so he went back to doing his katas.

Sorry it took me so long to get this chapter out, but I had a busy weekend. Because I've been keeping you guys waiting so long, I'm going to write chapter 5 right now! Comments welcome! Bye!