Chapter 2
Yay! Finally I finished chap 2! Oh, sessha is sooo happy she got reviewed! [Jumps like an idiot with happiness] ^_^ It was just the final push I was needing to finish it... so thanks y'all!
Chinmoku – não se preocupe neechan, dessa vez eu termino o fanfic, oka? [principalmente pq, se eu não terminar, alguém aí me mata, né? ^_^]
Erie Maxwell - thank you so much for you review! I really didn't know about that, so you helped me a lot explaining it for me!!! Thus it gave me a lot of new ideas... [Wait! He actually said that??? Ranma can be such a coward when it comes to face feelings... -_-;;]
Saijoru - thank you for your review! It means a lot to sessha!
Before I go [and forget], sessha knows that some of you may have thought that the first chapter was a little serious – as I was expecting, since my first thought was to put chapter 1 and 2 together... – but do not worry! There is a very good reason why I put this fic as an romance/humor fanfic: it's because it IS a romance/humor fic! I do plan to make it more funny, it's just that I couldn't do it on the first chap cuz... well, cuz Akane, Ryouga and everyone else didn't appear yet, right?
........... [total silence] ^_^; heheheee.....
Err, just read it alright? Sessha is trying her best to write a good fic for you!
Oh right, for those who doesn't understand Japanese [and no one is obligated to] there's just one thing or two to know in this chapter:
Nani – what
Nan da yo?! – expression that means something like 'what do you mean?' It doesn't have an literally meaning, though
Hai – yes
Iinazuke - fiancé[e], one who was promissed to marry someone
Baka – idiot, stupid... in this case the phrase 'Ranma no baka' means Ranma you idiot!
-san – particle used after someone's name as a sign of respect, friendship, etc, depending of the case.
Sessha- this unworthy one [well, is kinda how I feel when I put my story online... ^_^]
Shigata ga nai ne? - it goes something like 'What can one do?' It's usually said in situations where you can't do very much about it... I think it's kinda ironical, don't you? ^.^
On with the story!
DISCLAIMER:I do not own Ranma ½ or any of the characters, bla bla bla, Rumiko Takahashi-sama is a genius for doing that, so please don't sue me!
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Chapter 2 – How hard can it be?
Akane was starting to feel annoyed. Actually, she already was VERY annoyed with that staring thing from the beginning. She just didn't imagine it would last that long, after all, Ranma has been doing that all the way from their home to their old school. After the class begun, Ranma then started to paid attention to the teacher, but still occasionally looking at her. "What the hell does he want with me anyway? He keeps looking at me like I'm some kind of... there, he did it again!" Akane could feel her stomach crumbs, her strength leaving when their eyes met for the fifth time that day. "What's wrong with him? Oh no, no, no Akane you won't go there! You promised yourself you wouldn't!"
She remembered of all the times she helped him when he needed. Even when they where fighting and Akane wanted Ranma's head on a tray, she cared for him. This is, until that day when she thought that everything was settled, and she was finally going to be happy with him at her side. Ranma had said that he loved her, and Akane had finally accepted to marry him. They would have, if Ranma didn't denied what he had said to her. "Like seeing almost everyone I know trying to stop that wedding wasn't hard enough for me, that jerk had to do that on top of everything!" Those three words she wanted to hear so badly, for so long, and he took it back. He had DARED to take even that away from her, and this is something Tendo Akane could not, and would not forgive.
After that she kept all her feelings locked up inside her, until she could move on, and forget all about it, the newest Ice Queen of the Tendos. Still, she was not like Nabiki, and whenever she remembered what happened, Akane could feel her blood boils with anger, and that sentence coming up through her throat...
- Ranma no BAKA!!!!
- Tendo-san, to the hallway – was all the teacher said.
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It has been almost an year since Nabiki went to college and Akane and Ranma finished Highschool, but neither the Tendos nor the Saotomes had money enough to send their 'kids' to a paid college. So both Soun and Genma - after a long time of arguing and 'family meetings' - had decided to send the last two to study another year in their old school, this time in a preparatory course, for the public college exams. Ranma not knowing what career did he wanted to study didn't really care at all – specially with Genma at his side, constantly reminding him of how Ranma wouldn't need a career once he take over the Saotome's Anything Goes Martial Arts School and the dojo...-, and Akane just agreed without arguing very much. 'After all, it was just one more year! How hard could it be?' Soun repeated to his younger daughter several times...
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Between his thoughts and memories of his dreams, Ranma watched puzzled the whole scene: his iinazuke fighting with herself, her grasp on the pencil getting harder until it cracked while she started to flush with anger to then scream - better, insulting him out loud - in the middle of the class, getting everyone's attention. He knew he wasn't quite being himself lately, but to make Akane mad at him "and who knows why?" was something he didn't expect at all.
- Just a few more months Akane. – She said to herself at the hallway, sighing – Just those final exams and then it'll be over: all these studying, all this pressure... and I'll be free.
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On the other side of the city, a couple of teenagers were just arriving Nerima after weeks of travelling by foot.
- Are you sure that we're on the right city? I don't recognize any of these buildings or houses...
- That's because your memory sucks, just like your sense of direction Ryouga-baby! – She said calmly, with an obvious tone of sarcasm – Or have you forgot? Because if you did, I can remind you of all the times we got lost thanks to you...
- Yeah, yeah, I know, no need to say it again... – Ryouga just hated his lack of sense of direction, now as much as he hated his other curse. "And talking about hating..."– uh, and Ukyo-san, could you stop that '–baby' thing? It's kinda of er, I mean when people hear it, they look at us like.. well, hum... y-you know...
Ryouga had been travelling with Ukyo for weeks, after she found him lost somewhere in Osaka, trying to get back to Nerima. Since then she had helped him to get back without getting lost (except two or three times he got both of them lost, but Ukyo had managed to find their way back right after). They became close friends while that, but Ryouga still found very embarrassing the way Ukyo called him, especially him being extremely shy...
- Oh, that? I'm sorry Ryouga...kun - she forced herself to say -, but I only remember that after I already said it. It's just the way I call everyone, but if you hate it that much I'll try not to say it again, ok honey? – She said flashing a smile at him. - Now, where do we go first? My restaurant? Oh, I can't wait to see it again! – Ryouga just shook his head hopelessly, while he followed the excited Ukyo into the city.
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At the ending of the afternoon, all the Furinkan Highschool students had already left the place. All but Ranma's class, that kept studying for the college exams until dark, this time leaving a little more early. He and Akane were half way home when she suddenly broke the silence between them:
- What?
- What what? – He asked back, none of them even bothering to look away from their paths. Akane sighed again. "I can't believe I'm doing this..."
- You've been staring at me all day, like you have something to say to me. What is it?
Ranma stop on the fence he was walking on to look surprised at her. "I didn't knew I was staring THAT much at her! Maybe... maybe I should try..."
- Uh, it's just... I, er... nothing. Forget it. – "Nah, I can't do it! She'll just laugh at me, like in my dreams..."
"Man, he IS getting weird! What's wrong with him?" Akane stopped for a while, but when she saw he wasn't going to say anything that would make sense, she kept walking without looking back. Frustated for not knowing what the hell was going on with Ranma, she was trying hard to keep herself calm. "I won't fight him again, I won't fight him again, I won't...."
- Coward. – she finally blurted out, not being able to hold herself anymore. Ranma ran after Akane and jumped in front of her, now shouting angrily:
- Hey! I heard that!
- Well, duh! And who said you're not supposed to?
- I'm no coward, you tomboy!
- Nani?! Why, you.... freak!
- Ugly! Unsexy!
Both started to argue on the street, almost like they used to, and, oddly enough, feeling so good about it that Ranma almost couldn't dodge a huge umbrella flying in his direction.
- Saotome Ranma, finally I found you! – Ranma grinned at the phrase he heard so many times before, recognizing now the umbrella that flew at him.
- Ah, it's you Ryouga! I haven't seen you in a while. Got lost again?
- Laugh all you want now! I didn't spend all this time training for nothing. This time I'll win you!
- Yeah, right... So how far did you went this time, huh P-chan? – Ranma kept teasing him, trying his patience to the limit. Ryouga was about to explode when he got interrupted by Akane:
- Ranma, stop making fun of Ryouga! He just got back from a trip and this is how you welcome him?
- Nan da yo?! Since when do you stand up for him, tomboy?
- RANMA NO BAKA!
- DIE SAOTOME!
Both Akane and Ryouga attacked Ranma at the same time, punching him hard. A few minutes later, Akane decided to just leave the boys and go home, since it was getting late, and they didn't seem to finish their bickering so soon. She sighed heavily, her father's voice going through her one more time: 'It's just one more year. How hard can it be?' "Oh daddy, you have NO idea..."
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End of chapter 2
Ok, ok, so it's not as funny as I thought it would be. I really tried to, but in the middle of the chapter I decided to make Ryouga's and Ukyo's appearance, so a lot of other things were left out to the next chap... ^_^ oh well, if that doesn't work until next chapter I'll just change the humor to angst or something... shigata ga nai ne?
About the whole college thing, well I'm not sure of how does all this 'getting-into-college' system thing works in Japan, but as far as I know, it's very similar to the one I have in my country, so I decided to make it EXACTLY like it is in here [that, and because is much easier this way... I know, I'm hopeless!!! ^_^;].
Guess that's it for now... so review people, please!!!
Until next chapter!