Author's intro: Well, here I go again, this damn program just closes for no damn reason and it drives me nuts! This chapter I'm pretty much writing from what I wrote, since it's so specific and stuff. I already warned last chapter about the characters spinning around three hundred and sixty degrees by the end of this chapter, so just keep that in mind when you go and harass me about it. Lol
Ver.: 2.0
Update: None, the chapters regarding the dance will remain unaltered.
May 31st, 2003: Both myself and Akane are making entries before and after the dance, to sort of note on the changes in our "relationship". We're definitely going to get a lot of chances to talk tonight, and yeah, I can dance, by the way. My old man had me take lessons, although I'm not sure if it was in preparation for something like this or if it was like he said trying to teach me balance and coordination. In any case, that's one of the few things I'm actually glad he did, and apparently Akane took lessons too, which seems weird for her…because she took them to learn how to dance and it had very little to do with her martial arts training. So it's good that we both know how to dance otherwise things could end up very embarrassing for one or both of us. Anyway, my Dad's yelling at me to come downstairs because Akane's probably waiting.
Dear Diary,
No, the dance hasn't happened yet, but I had to make an entry today, because if anything by the time the dance is over, it'll already be tomorrow, that and I'll be tired as hell when I get home. It's weird though, I have this weird feeling that something's going to change tonight, and I don't know why the hell I'm feeling that. Some people say that women have a kind of intuition but considering that I'm kinda "tomboyish" as Ranma puts it, I never really thought I'd have it. I guess I've got to have one other feminine attribute aside from my body type, well actually I have a lot of those kind of attributes, I am a girl, and I'm not ashamed of it, why the hell should I be? I just happen to share some interests that guys have, and thankfully not the ones I loathe. Well, there's my Kasumi, delivering a message from my dad, telling me I need to be downstairs before Ranma comes down. Well, wish me luck.
Sincerely, Akane Tendo
The Big Night:
"Get your ass downstairs! You don't want to keep Akane waiting!" Genma shouted into Ranma's room before heading downstairs to apologize to Soun and Akane for the delay.
Just as Genma was doing that, Kasumi came up the stairs to Akane's Ranma, gently knocking on the door and saying, "Excuse me, Akane, your father wants you downstairs before Ranma gets there."
"I'll be right down in a minute!"
"Okay, I'll go tell him."
Ranma took a moment to adjust his tie. It was a suit his father had gotten for him, it wasn't bad, but then again there might be better ones out there somewhere, he didn't know since he'd never gone to a shop that sold them. No matter.
Thankfully, his old man wasn't waiting outside the door for him, he'd hate that. But across the hall, Akane was just coming out of her own room.
'So much for being down there before he is…'
'So much for making her wait…'
"We both came out of our rooms at the same time! WE MUST BE MEANT FOR EACHOTHER!"
With that, Akane flung herself into Ranma's strong, manly arms in an intimate embrace.
Imagining that, Ranma chuckled to himself, thinking if only it were that simple.
Akane just looked up him, a bit puzzled by his reaction.
"Do you actually think that it's fate that we happened to be leaving our rooms at the same time?" Ranma asked, still chuckling a bit.
"Who knows? Does it matter? They're waiting for us downstairs, we should head down."
Ranma offered her his arm.
"What?"
"I figured we should kinda go down together, it'd make a nice photograph, and I'm sure Nabiki's got a camera down there."
So she wrapped her arm around Ranma's and they headed downstairs, where sure enough they were greeted by a blinding flash of light.
"Ah, you're finally down here!" Soun said.
"Nabiki arranged a few surprises for you." Genma added.
"Does it have anything to do with why I've been seeing her around more at school?" Akane asked.
"Maybe." Nabiki replied, "But I'm pretty sure I arranged for the limo at one of the local rental places."
"A LIMO!" Ranma exclaimed.
"You must remember that she's got the vault full of strings that she likes to pull somewhere. I still haven't found it yet, but it's definitely there."
"Nicely put." Nabiki said.
"Now let them get out there so they can get to the restaurant in time!" Soun said.
"Yeah, I've gotta go pick up my date, anyway."
So they all went outside, and talk about your stretch limo!
"Will anyone else be traveling with us?"
"No, just you two."
"Why all the extra seats?"
"All the cheaper ones were already taken. Besides, this one has a lot more features in it than length, and you'll be glad to know that there's an emergency hot tub for Ranma!"
It was Akane's turn to chuckle while Ranma remained silent.
"So just have a good time, and get to know each other a bit, or preferably, a lot."
"Bye!" Akane said before getting into the limo after Ranma.
The limo did indeed have a lot of extra features, and the main thing they used on the trip to the restaurant was Virtua Fighter 4. Akane won the first three games, then after gripping that Ranma was obviously going easy on her, she got beat once, then beat Ranma fair and square for the last four matches before they finally arrived.
The restaurant they chose wasn't really fancy, just one of those were they serve you at the tables. Once they got seated and made there orders, they got to talking.
"You're pretty good at that game, for a girl I mean."
"Obviously good enough to be you when you're not just letting me win."
"Who said I wasn't those last few matches, I last beat you that one time to show that I could, and to stop your gripping about me 'letting you win'."
"Why tell me now, why not just leave me in the facade you so courteously created for me?"
"Because as I said before, I believe honesty is a nice factor to have in this relationship."
"Oh, like making me think that I was actually winning on my own skills then telling me only after the fact what you were doing?"
"Hey, if you think you won by skill, I won't challenge that, okay?"
The waitress came with the food and drinks, Akane thanked her, but Ranma of course, didn't.
"You know, I'm kinda glad you're a bit of a tomboy."
"Why's that?"
"Because we share some interests, a guess a guy should consider himself lucky to find a girl like that."
"Yeah, you should. Now let's eat before the food gets cold."
"Speaking of cold, we should have some ice cream for dessert."
"Uh…you aren't an…*ahem*…right now."
"So, I'm making an exception today."
"Well, the faster we eat, the sooner we'll get to it."
"My sentiments exactly!"
After finishing the meal, and the ice cream for dessert, they got back into the limo to head for the dance.
Author's Conclusion: I guess I'll be dividing this into parts, since I've already done around three pages which seems to be my standard, plus I'm kinda running out of computer time. It's also a nice time to stop. So yeah, they haven't made there big character turn around yet, but it'll happen on this day in the story, or rather the next day since it'll already be…damn I hate things that go past midnight. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed.
Ver.: 2.0
Update: None, the chapters regarding the dance will remain unaltered.
May 31st, 2003: Both myself and Akane are making entries before and after the dance, to sort of note on the changes in our "relationship". We're definitely going to get a lot of chances to talk tonight, and yeah, I can dance, by the way. My old man had me take lessons, although I'm not sure if it was in preparation for something like this or if it was like he said trying to teach me balance and coordination. In any case, that's one of the few things I'm actually glad he did, and apparently Akane took lessons too, which seems weird for her…because she took them to learn how to dance and it had very little to do with her martial arts training. So it's good that we both know how to dance otherwise things could end up very embarrassing for one or both of us. Anyway, my Dad's yelling at me to come downstairs because Akane's probably waiting.
Dear Diary,
No, the dance hasn't happened yet, but I had to make an entry today, because if anything by the time the dance is over, it'll already be tomorrow, that and I'll be tired as hell when I get home. It's weird though, I have this weird feeling that something's going to change tonight, and I don't know why the hell I'm feeling that. Some people say that women have a kind of intuition but considering that I'm kinda "tomboyish" as Ranma puts it, I never really thought I'd have it. I guess I've got to have one other feminine attribute aside from my body type, well actually I have a lot of those kind of attributes, I am a girl, and I'm not ashamed of it, why the hell should I be? I just happen to share some interests that guys have, and thankfully not the ones I loathe. Well, there's my Kasumi, delivering a message from my dad, telling me I need to be downstairs before Ranma comes down. Well, wish me luck.
Sincerely, Akane Tendo
The Big Night:
"Get your ass downstairs! You don't want to keep Akane waiting!" Genma shouted into Ranma's room before heading downstairs to apologize to Soun and Akane for the delay.
Just as Genma was doing that, Kasumi came up the stairs to Akane's Ranma, gently knocking on the door and saying, "Excuse me, Akane, your father wants you downstairs before Ranma gets there."
"I'll be right down in a minute!"
"Okay, I'll go tell him."
Ranma took a moment to adjust his tie. It was a suit his father had gotten for him, it wasn't bad, but then again there might be better ones out there somewhere, he didn't know since he'd never gone to a shop that sold them. No matter.
Thankfully, his old man wasn't waiting outside the door for him, he'd hate that. But across the hall, Akane was just coming out of her own room.
'So much for being down there before he is…'
'So much for making her wait…'
"We both came out of our rooms at the same time! WE MUST BE MEANT FOR EACHOTHER!"
With that, Akane flung herself into Ranma's strong, manly arms in an intimate embrace.
Imagining that, Ranma chuckled to himself, thinking if only it were that simple.
Akane just looked up him, a bit puzzled by his reaction.
"Do you actually think that it's fate that we happened to be leaving our rooms at the same time?" Ranma asked, still chuckling a bit.
"Who knows? Does it matter? They're waiting for us downstairs, we should head down."
Ranma offered her his arm.
"What?"
"I figured we should kinda go down together, it'd make a nice photograph, and I'm sure Nabiki's got a camera down there."
So she wrapped her arm around Ranma's and they headed downstairs, where sure enough they were greeted by a blinding flash of light.
"Ah, you're finally down here!" Soun said.
"Nabiki arranged a few surprises for you." Genma added.
"Does it have anything to do with why I've been seeing her around more at school?" Akane asked.
"Maybe." Nabiki replied, "But I'm pretty sure I arranged for the limo at one of the local rental places."
"A LIMO!" Ranma exclaimed.
"You must remember that she's got the vault full of strings that she likes to pull somewhere. I still haven't found it yet, but it's definitely there."
"Nicely put." Nabiki said.
"Now let them get out there so they can get to the restaurant in time!" Soun said.
"Yeah, I've gotta go pick up my date, anyway."
So they all went outside, and talk about your stretch limo!
"Will anyone else be traveling with us?"
"No, just you two."
"Why all the extra seats?"
"All the cheaper ones were already taken. Besides, this one has a lot more features in it than length, and you'll be glad to know that there's an emergency hot tub for Ranma!"
It was Akane's turn to chuckle while Ranma remained silent.
"So just have a good time, and get to know each other a bit, or preferably, a lot."
"Bye!" Akane said before getting into the limo after Ranma.
The limo did indeed have a lot of extra features, and the main thing they used on the trip to the restaurant was Virtua Fighter 4. Akane won the first three games, then after gripping that Ranma was obviously going easy on her, she got beat once, then beat Ranma fair and square for the last four matches before they finally arrived.
The restaurant they chose wasn't really fancy, just one of those were they serve you at the tables. Once they got seated and made there orders, they got to talking.
"You're pretty good at that game, for a girl I mean."
"Obviously good enough to be you when you're not just letting me win."
"Who said I wasn't those last few matches, I last beat you that one time to show that I could, and to stop your gripping about me 'letting you win'."
"Why tell me now, why not just leave me in the facade you so courteously created for me?"
"Because as I said before, I believe honesty is a nice factor to have in this relationship."
"Oh, like making me think that I was actually winning on my own skills then telling me only after the fact what you were doing?"
"Hey, if you think you won by skill, I won't challenge that, okay?"
The waitress came with the food and drinks, Akane thanked her, but Ranma of course, didn't.
"You know, I'm kinda glad you're a bit of a tomboy."
"Why's that?"
"Because we share some interests, a guess a guy should consider himself lucky to find a girl like that."
"Yeah, you should. Now let's eat before the food gets cold."
"Speaking of cold, we should have some ice cream for dessert."
"Uh…you aren't an…*ahem*…right now."
"So, I'm making an exception today."
"Well, the faster we eat, the sooner we'll get to it."
"My sentiments exactly!"
After finishing the meal, and the ice cream for dessert, they got back into the limo to head for the dance.
Author's Conclusion: I guess I'll be dividing this into parts, since I've already done around three pages which seems to be my standard, plus I'm kinda running out of computer time. It's also a nice time to stop. So yeah, they haven't made there big character turn around yet, but it'll happen on this day in the story, or rather the next day since it'll already be…damn I hate things that go past midnight. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed.