Author's Intro: So here we go already with a second chapter, this one will have a brand new 3rd-person section in it. I also skipped an entry I wrote because I condensed the first entry while expanding it to fully explore the Akane-factor.
Ver.: 2.0
Update: None, this chapter seems to be perfect.
May 26th, 2003: I HATE NABIKI! How's that for emotional insight?! I think she saw me writing in it, and decided to not just take a peek at it, but to scan it into her computer and start printing out copies for everyone to read! The moment I found out I made sure that Nabiki hadn't distributed anything to any of my fiancés or any people they might know that could share the entry with them. Nabiki said she only got a chance to get it to people in the house, and then I swore I'd kill her, or at least cause some pain or injury to her if she distributed any more copies. Then she complained about all the printer paper she wasted and I gave her some money as "compensation". So apparently everyone in the house knows, and definitely my dad and Soun. They've already set a wedding date exactly 2 months from now! Now Akane is apparently missing, and according to Nabiki she also has a copy. So now I have to go to the mall and buy a box with a padlock or something to put this journal in. I hope Nabiki isn't skilled at picking locks or anything-I'll hide it somewhere just to be sure. But first, Soun and my old man have insisted on me going out to look for the little tomboy. Why must this happen to me?!
Dear Diary,
Ranma obviously doesn't no the first thing about journals. You're supposed to AT LEAST keep them in a safe place! Of course, I keep you locked and hidden where I'm certain Nabiki will never find you. But now I have a dilemma, my father and Ranma's have also seen the journal entry. Oh, I'm sorry, I only explained about Ranma not being about to hide his. Nabiki found it and, of course, started making copies and giving them out to us. She seems to take joy out of snooping into other people's business and then sharing that business with the world. If she ever gets a job, it's probably going to be some kind of spy work or something. Anyway, my Dad and Ranma's, as I was saying before, got their own copies like I did, and have considered my engagement to Ranma to now be official. That's a bunch of bologna because from what I read Ranma wasn't even all that serious about his whole "plan" to marry me. And by plan, I mean literally, a plan, and thankfully they are sticking with that plan, although so far I haven't heard word about which day me and Ranma can call it off. They're probably going to conveniently skip that part.
So I'm here, in the park, next to a fountain, it's a beautiful day at least. I've gone out for a little air and to collect my thoughts, something that you are always helpful for. Still, I haven't even begun to figure this out yet. I've just been talking about what's been happening, really. How do I feel about this? Well, the past two years that I've known Ranma there have been only rare instances where he wasn't being a jerk, most of the time he has been. And maybe he isn't that perverted, likely he's just a victim of circumstance, and I've probably seen that all along without ever admitting it. He also seemed to have a plan, and at that something he didn't try with the others, he said it himself in the entry. There's something about me that made him want to figure out a way to make things work between us, even though he didn't take it so seriously, it's just one of those annoying things that makes me hate most of the guys out there. I think Ranma's different for them, for one he doesn't go leaping on me, or trying to get my affections, it's just the way he goes about doing that, or rather, not doing it, that irritates me. He acts like he has no interest in me whatsoever, and hell I'm being hypocritical because I've been doing the same thing to him.
Well, wait…is that Ranma? How'd he think to look here? I'll write more tomorrow, I think I need a break anyway.
Sincerely, Akane Tendo
"Kasumi told me you might be here." Ranma said.
"I didn't really think you'd know that much without someone telling you." Akane replied, a little nervous.
"So you have a diary. How do you keep Nabiki from doing what she just did to me?"
"Simple, I have a lock on it, see?"
She showed him the lock on the side of the book.
"And I'm very good at hiding it."
"Perhaps you could hide mine for me, I plan on getting some kind of way to lock it up, but Nabiki probably has some paperclips for such an occasion."
"Aren't you afraid I'd go through it myself?"
"I don't think you'd want to go through the trouble of learning how to pick locks. Besides, we need to start trusting each other, I guess…"
"So what, are we going along with this whole thing?"
"I'm going to try and push the wedding day back another month and establish a point where we can call it off if necessary."
"That definitely sounds like a good idea, I'd say go for even longer but you'd probably be pressing your luck."
"Yeah, they'd probably make it sooner if they thought I was pushing too hard."
"So are we going to do that whole agreement thing, no fights? Being civil to each other for once?"
"I didn't think you'd be this up to it."
"I didn't think you'd come up with something like this in the first place."
"I didn't think I'd have to use it at all. It was just a hypothetical situation, and now that it's happening it's scary as hell."
"We're going to have to tell the others."
"I think Ukyo would take it well enough, but Shampoo, and Ryouga…I've been trying to tell you he's P-Chan for the longest time, that's a little more honesty for you."
"I…didn't…know…are you kidding me?!"
"No, I'm not."
Akane could see he was telling the truth.
"Great, now something else to worry about emotionally, there's you, graduation, and now Ryouga!"
"And the dance this weekend, I have a feeling our parents will be expecting us to go together, and you're going to have to buy a dress, definitely."
"So we're just going straight into the dating part?"
"We've already known each other for two years, and here's another rule: No sex, no making out, or at least nothing you aren't comfortable with, which I think I can safely assume is a long list of things."
"Wow, you know me a little better than I thought you did!"
"Hey, I've thoroughly memorized all your faults, I'm just having trouble with your better traits, that's all. And I do know you have some, I've just acted like I haven't all this time."
"Well, at least we're off to a good start."
With that, they started walking home, and Ranma stayed on the ground for once, instead of walking on the fence.
Author's Conclusion: There you have it, a second chapter and all in one day. These are the benefits of pre-writing your material, my fellow fan fic authors! It allows one to plot out the, uh, plot and set up the storyline and character development for the story, then you can go crazy and do some more stuff, from revisions to just plain starting the chapters again from scratch using what you wrote as a basis.
In the next chapter, Ranma and Akane go to the Mall to do some shopping, and Ranma starts to get in touch with his "feminine side", and that's all I'm going to say about that.
Ver.: 2.0
Update: None, this chapter seems to be perfect.
May 26th, 2003: I HATE NABIKI! How's that for emotional insight?! I think she saw me writing in it, and decided to not just take a peek at it, but to scan it into her computer and start printing out copies for everyone to read! The moment I found out I made sure that Nabiki hadn't distributed anything to any of my fiancés or any people they might know that could share the entry with them. Nabiki said she only got a chance to get it to people in the house, and then I swore I'd kill her, or at least cause some pain or injury to her if she distributed any more copies. Then she complained about all the printer paper she wasted and I gave her some money as "compensation". So apparently everyone in the house knows, and definitely my dad and Soun. They've already set a wedding date exactly 2 months from now! Now Akane is apparently missing, and according to Nabiki she also has a copy. So now I have to go to the mall and buy a box with a padlock or something to put this journal in. I hope Nabiki isn't skilled at picking locks or anything-I'll hide it somewhere just to be sure. But first, Soun and my old man have insisted on me going out to look for the little tomboy. Why must this happen to me?!
Dear Diary,
Ranma obviously doesn't no the first thing about journals. You're supposed to AT LEAST keep them in a safe place! Of course, I keep you locked and hidden where I'm certain Nabiki will never find you. But now I have a dilemma, my father and Ranma's have also seen the journal entry. Oh, I'm sorry, I only explained about Ranma not being about to hide his. Nabiki found it and, of course, started making copies and giving them out to us. She seems to take joy out of snooping into other people's business and then sharing that business with the world. If she ever gets a job, it's probably going to be some kind of spy work or something. Anyway, my Dad and Ranma's, as I was saying before, got their own copies like I did, and have considered my engagement to Ranma to now be official. That's a bunch of bologna because from what I read Ranma wasn't even all that serious about his whole "plan" to marry me. And by plan, I mean literally, a plan, and thankfully they are sticking with that plan, although so far I haven't heard word about which day me and Ranma can call it off. They're probably going to conveniently skip that part.
So I'm here, in the park, next to a fountain, it's a beautiful day at least. I've gone out for a little air and to collect my thoughts, something that you are always helpful for. Still, I haven't even begun to figure this out yet. I've just been talking about what's been happening, really. How do I feel about this? Well, the past two years that I've known Ranma there have been only rare instances where he wasn't being a jerk, most of the time he has been. And maybe he isn't that perverted, likely he's just a victim of circumstance, and I've probably seen that all along without ever admitting it. He also seemed to have a plan, and at that something he didn't try with the others, he said it himself in the entry. There's something about me that made him want to figure out a way to make things work between us, even though he didn't take it so seriously, it's just one of those annoying things that makes me hate most of the guys out there. I think Ranma's different for them, for one he doesn't go leaping on me, or trying to get my affections, it's just the way he goes about doing that, or rather, not doing it, that irritates me. He acts like he has no interest in me whatsoever, and hell I'm being hypocritical because I've been doing the same thing to him.
Well, wait…is that Ranma? How'd he think to look here? I'll write more tomorrow, I think I need a break anyway.
Sincerely, Akane Tendo
"Kasumi told me you might be here." Ranma said.
"I didn't really think you'd know that much without someone telling you." Akane replied, a little nervous.
"So you have a diary. How do you keep Nabiki from doing what she just did to me?"
"Simple, I have a lock on it, see?"
She showed him the lock on the side of the book.
"And I'm very good at hiding it."
"Perhaps you could hide mine for me, I plan on getting some kind of way to lock it up, but Nabiki probably has some paperclips for such an occasion."
"Aren't you afraid I'd go through it myself?"
"I don't think you'd want to go through the trouble of learning how to pick locks. Besides, we need to start trusting each other, I guess…"
"So what, are we going along with this whole thing?"
"I'm going to try and push the wedding day back another month and establish a point where we can call it off if necessary."
"That definitely sounds like a good idea, I'd say go for even longer but you'd probably be pressing your luck."
"Yeah, they'd probably make it sooner if they thought I was pushing too hard."
"So are we going to do that whole agreement thing, no fights? Being civil to each other for once?"
"I didn't think you'd be this up to it."
"I didn't think you'd come up with something like this in the first place."
"I didn't think I'd have to use it at all. It was just a hypothetical situation, and now that it's happening it's scary as hell."
"We're going to have to tell the others."
"I think Ukyo would take it well enough, but Shampoo, and Ryouga…I've been trying to tell you he's P-Chan for the longest time, that's a little more honesty for you."
"I…didn't…know…are you kidding me?!"
"No, I'm not."
Akane could see he was telling the truth.
"Great, now something else to worry about emotionally, there's you, graduation, and now Ryouga!"
"And the dance this weekend, I have a feeling our parents will be expecting us to go together, and you're going to have to buy a dress, definitely."
"So we're just going straight into the dating part?"
"We've already known each other for two years, and here's another rule: No sex, no making out, or at least nothing you aren't comfortable with, which I think I can safely assume is a long list of things."
"Wow, you know me a little better than I thought you did!"
"Hey, I've thoroughly memorized all your faults, I'm just having trouble with your better traits, that's all. And I do know you have some, I've just acted like I haven't all this time."
"Well, at least we're off to a good start."
With that, they started walking home, and Ranma stayed on the ground for once, instead of walking on the fence.
Author's Conclusion: There you have it, a second chapter and all in one day. These are the benefits of pre-writing your material, my fellow fan fic authors! It allows one to plot out the, uh, plot and set up the storyline and character development for the story, then you can go crazy and do some more stuff, from revisions to just plain starting the chapters again from scratch using what you wrote as a basis.
In the next chapter, Ranma and Akane go to the Mall to do some shopping, and Ranma starts to get in touch with his "feminine side", and that's all I'm going to say about that.