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Chapter 2
A taxi pulled up a distance away from the summit of a vast mountain. Out of the taxi, stepped Akane. Dressed in shorts, a t-shirt, with a sweater wrapped around her waist and a medium sized traveling backpack full of warmer clothes, food and different types of gear.
"Are you sure you want to climb that mountain, lady?" asked the taxi driver as Akane paid for her ride.
Akane wasn't really paying attention to his words. She didn't need to be confronted that question twice. Her mind and heart were set.
(flashback) Akane sat at her living room table, staring at her flower. She knew somehow it was her ticket to finding Ranma but it proved to be very puzzling, indeed. Around her, Kasumi was wandering around the room with her feather duster hunting down those evil cursed dust bunnies, Nabiki was counting her profits after recently after ripping off some poor soul, and Soun and Genma, who was in panda form, played their usual game of shogan. P-chan sat next to her grunting and oinking softly, as though understanding what Akane said and replied to each gently.
Without notice, the wall to the left of the back door collapsed under the pressure of Shampoo's blow to the wall.
"NI HAO!" she shrieked. Puzzled, she looked about the room. Confirming in her mind that Ranma wasn't in the house, she turned to leave but her attention was captured by Akane's flower.
"Aiya!" she exclaimed. "Where you get flower?"
"My pen pal sent it to me," said Akane in a quick reply.
"That flower found only at summit of sacred mountain. Few go up but no come back. Those who do say it a treacherous journey. Even top Amazon warriors couldn't reach top."
"The sacred mountains?" inquired Cologne. Akane jumped slightly at her sudden appearance. "Legend has it, that near the peak of that great mountain is a beautiful, lushish land, rich in fruit and animals, and most important of all, a pond that can heal any sort of illness or curse. But the journey is a harsh one for the one who goes, for there are ancient civilizations who don't take lightly to outsiders and many unknown forces."
"Wow." thought Akane. "That must be where he is." (End Flashback)
The taxi pulled off and drove away.
"Are you ready to go P-chan?"
"Oink oink!" he grunted. (Translation) "Akane, I'm ready to follow you to the ends of the Earth!"
In full force, she sprinted up the summit, ready to find her missing fiancee.
Chapter 2
A taxi pulled up a distance away from the summit of a vast mountain. Out of the taxi, stepped Akane. Dressed in shorts, a t-shirt, with a sweater wrapped around her waist and a medium sized traveling backpack full of warmer clothes, food and different types of gear.
"Are you sure you want to climb that mountain, lady?" asked the taxi driver as Akane paid for her ride.
Akane wasn't really paying attention to his words. She didn't need to be confronted that question twice. Her mind and heart were set.
(flashback) Akane sat at her living room table, staring at her flower. She knew somehow it was her ticket to finding Ranma but it proved to be very puzzling, indeed. Around her, Kasumi was wandering around the room with her feather duster hunting down those evil cursed dust bunnies, Nabiki was counting her profits after recently after ripping off some poor soul, and Soun and Genma, who was in panda form, played their usual game of shogan. P-chan sat next to her grunting and oinking softly, as though understanding what Akane said and replied to each gently.
Without notice, the wall to the left of the back door collapsed under the pressure of Shampoo's blow to the wall.
"NI HAO!" she shrieked. Puzzled, she looked about the room. Confirming in her mind that Ranma wasn't in the house, she turned to leave but her attention was captured by Akane's flower.
"Aiya!" she exclaimed. "Where you get flower?"
"My pen pal sent it to me," said Akane in a quick reply.
"That flower found only at summit of sacred mountain. Few go up but no come back. Those who do say it a treacherous journey. Even top Amazon warriors couldn't reach top."
"The sacred mountains?" inquired Cologne. Akane jumped slightly at her sudden appearance. "Legend has it, that near the peak of that great mountain is a beautiful, lushish land, rich in fruit and animals, and most important of all, a pond that can heal any sort of illness or curse. But the journey is a harsh one for the one who goes, for there are ancient civilizations who don't take lightly to outsiders and many unknown forces."
"Wow." thought Akane. "That must be where he is." (End Flashback)
The taxi pulled off and drove away.
"Are you ready to go P-chan?"
"Oink oink!" he grunted. (Translation) "Akane, I'm ready to follow you to the ends of the Earth!"
In full force, she sprinted up the summit, ready to find her missing fiancee.
