Christine:
*Chuckles* Well i'm sure we all can see that akane was worried about ranma,perhaps she was alittle too crazy!lol Can't wait till next chapter.
&
Mary:
Akane's perfect. She's insane as usual. And she cares about Ranma too, which is good. Yes, very good indeed.
Response: It's so difficult finding that balance. And now that I've found it, I'm suddenly afraid…NOW I HAVE TO KEEP IT GOING! DOH!
Anime Goddess:
luv yer story keep it comin thanx fer updating i luv yer story!
Response: I'm sorry I didn't update yesterday, by the way, I was really busy, and I'd like to kind of think of it as taking a break from writing this. I've done a little research on Kenpo which is according to the manga at least one of the styles that Ranma uses ("Do you know Kenpo?" "A little…"). If anyone has any info on what other styles of Martial Arts Ranma and Akane use, please feel free to share so I can make the later training chapters as accurate as possible.
BlazeStryker:
Ya know, people's biochemistry aren't all the same.rnrnI say this, as we also gain tastes in food to match the biochemical needs, given half a chance.rnrnAkane may be a bit.. 'off' from most people in terms of nutritional and biochemical needs.rnrnSure would explain her cooking, no?rnrnLater.
Response: Thanks for the biology lesson. Actually, it reminds me that Akane's cooking will have to be addressed at some point, I think at least in the original draft her cooking was brought up, now I'm going to have to look back @ chapter one and hope to God I didn't skip over that little tidbit at the start, otherwise it'll probably be the one most major change to ver. 2.0. I also know about the whole "change of tastes ever seven or so years" thing-I think someone I know told me that before, not sure who.
Z:
other than out of character moments(which i do find refreshing 50% of the time) It's a great story so far. One question though, about the Akane bisexual thing? Is that just part of the story, or am I stupid and haven't read far enough into the series? I know that's a completely moronic question, but that's just how it is I guess. Good job.
Response: It's a story element, in fact, a back-story element at that. It's something completely outside of the series, so don't worry, I'm the one completely obvious to about everything that happened after the first season. And: What about the other 50%? lol
Butterfly:
Sorry that I didn't review the last update. I kinda didn't know what to say. You said something big was going to happen and I just didn't think it was that big at the time... But as I see it now, it might get much more interesting in time. rnI loved the last part to this chapter, made me lough out loud. Akane is moody, you can't help that. Though the strange thing is that Ranma is supposed to sleep in the same room as Genma in the series (and manga). Where is Genma now?
Response: Genma is probably sharing a room with Soun, maybe anticipating something like that happening, I don't know. Or maybe having his own room was a "present" for his 18th birthday. Really, you can make your own guesses, it's something I as an author leave to my readers to determine. lol
On another note, I suppose there may just be questions about some other characters, such as Happosai, Cologne, Akari, and Konatsu. These characters I do not know too much about at all, so I don't think there'd be too much point trying to portray them at all. I've seen the movies, but only once each, and all I can remember is the times when Ranma "proudly" called Akane his fiancé, Happosai's obsession with panties, and Cologne constantly called Ranma her "future son-in-law". Since I'm having a hard time as it is portraying the characters I DO know about, it'd be futile to try and even think of portraying these characters, even given the info off the site I went to in order to figure out who these characters were. Also, there is the character of Ranma's mother, I've read about her in a few fan fictions, and done some research at that same website, but the same thing applies: I don't know enough about her to make more than a reference or just have her show up closer to the wedding as a "guest", or something.
Ver.: 2.0
Update: None
Anyway, on to the story:
Akane was sleeping quite soundly when she felt someone nudging her awake.
"I can't believe I'm doing this!" a familiar voice said, "Akane! Wake up! Unless you want to miss your last day of school!"
'Ranma? What's he doing here?' She thought, then thankfully was not in a violent enough mood to take action before remembering.
"Ranma, remember next time I come in here and pass out on the floor to go to my room and fetch my alarm clock."
"You could bring it with you yourself, if there is a next time."
"Yeah, right, what time is it?"
"Almost breakfast time, c'mon, I'll help you up."
"No, no, I'll be fine."
"Don't trust me?"
"No, it's just that I trust I'll be able to get up by myself."
And that she did.
"I don't need your help for everything."
"Yeah, but I need your help to get to sleep during a thunderstorm, apparently."
"You aren't mad about that, are you?"
"Dito."
"Dito?"
"You seemed rather mad yourself last night. Can I ask a personal question?"
"What?"
"Are you schizophrenic or something?"
"…"
"It's just that whole 'Shut up voice-in-my-head!' thing…and I've seen A Beautiful Mind, you know…"
"…"
"It's a joke."
"Really…"
"No, not really…but if it were, it wouldn't be a good one."
"Ranma, let's just have breakfast."
"Alrighty…"
After a quick breakfast, they headed out to go to school.
Ranma was walking on the fence again.
"Why do you always do that?"
"It helps me practice my balance, that's a very important skill, particularly in Kenpo."
"Well, it seems you've got it down."
"Can't hurt really. I'd like to see you try it."
"That would take quite a long time, to get where you're at, anyway, not even needing to use your arms."
"Who says I'm not using my arms?"
"Huh?"
"I may not be sticking them out, but I have to keep them in balance. Every part of my body has to be in constant balance. The arms, legs, torso, you get the picture?"
"Makes sense."
"I suppose it isn't really necessary to be able to balance on a fence, it could be anything, something simpler, even."
"I'm not really that sure I want to learn it."
"There's a lot you need to learn if you're really serious about your art. Because although you're undoubtedly very good, the fact that you can't even manage to hit me, I mean, without creating some kind of unfair distraction, speaks volumes."
"Maybe sometime later."
"Yeah, we'd probably better work on your cooking, first."
"Ranma, I thought…"
"I think I may have wrote something about ways of improving it…"
"Ukyo or Kasumi?"
"Kasumi would be closer to home, in fact in-home. Ukyo, however, is a lot better and can teach you a whole lot more, yet she may be hard to convince and either you'd have to go to her every day or she'd have to come to us. Considering that she runs a restaurant, the former would probably be the way to go."
"We can talk about it later, we're here."
Fortunately, the guys how used to fight Akane had given up the battle long ago, and now with news of the engagement out in the open, it was obviously hopeless, anyway.
"C'mon, we don't want to be late!"
With that, they went for their last day of school.
Author's Conclusion: Really, there's not much to say about what happens during the day that day, but considering that the next entry will have journals, they'll likely outline anything I come up with. I hope you enjoyed this chapter, like all the chapters before, and I'll try to update again soon.
*Chuckles* Well i'm sure we all can see that akane was worried about ranma,perhaps she was alittle too crazy!lol Can't wait till next chapter.
&
Mary:
Akane's perfect. She's insane as usual. And she cares about Ranma too, which is good. Yes, very good indeed.
Response: It's so difficult finding that balance. And now that I've found it, I'm suddenly afraid…NOW I HAVE TO KEEP IT GOING! DOH!
Anime Goddess:
luv yer story keep it comin thanx fer updating i luv yer story!
Response: I'm sorry I didn't update yesterday, by the way, I was really busy, and I'd like to kind of think of it as taking a break from writing this. I've done a little research on Kenpo which is according to the manga at least one of the styles that Ranma uses ("Do you know Kenpo?" "A little…"). If anyone has any info on what other styles of Martial Arts Ranma and Akane use, please feel free to share so I can make the later training chapters as accurate as possible.
BlazeStryker:
Ya know, people's biochemistry aren't all the same.rnrnI say this, as we also gain tastes in food to match the biochemical needs, given half a chance.rnrnAkane may be a bit.. 'off' from most people in terms of nutritional and biochemical needs.rnrnSure would explain her cooking, no?rnrnLater.
Response: Thanks for the biology lesson. Actually, it reminds me that Akane's cooking will have to be addressed at some point, I think at least in the original draft her cooking was brought up, now I'm going to have to look back @ chapter one and hope to God I didn't skip over that little tidbit at the start, otherwise it'll probably be the one most major change to ver. 2.0. I also know about the whole "change of tastes ever seven or so years" thing-I think someone I know told me that before, not sure who.
Z:
other than out of character moments(which i do find refreshing 50% of the time) It's a great story so far. One question though, about the Akane bisexual thing? Is that just part of the story, or am I stupid and haven't read far enough into the series? I know that's a completely moronic question, but that's just how it is I guess. Good job.
Response: It's a story element, in fact, a back-story element at that. It's something completely outside of the series, so don't worry, I'm the one completely obvious to about everything that happened after the first season. And: What about the other 50%? lol
Butterfly:
Sorry that I didn't review the last update. I kinda didn't know what to say. You said something big was going to happen and I just didn't think it was that big at the time... But as I see it now, it might get much more interesting in time. rnI loved the last part to this chapter, made me lough out loud. Akane is moody, you can't help that. Though the strange thing is that Ranma is supposed to sleep in the same room as Genma in the series (and manga). Where is Genma now?
Response: Genma is probably sharing a room with Soun, maybe anticipating something like that happening, I don't know. Or maybe having his own room was a "present" for his 18th birthday. Really, you can make your own guesses, it's something I as an author leave to my readers to determine. lol
On another note, I suppose there may just be questions about some other characters, such as Happosai, Cologne, Akari, and Konatsu. These characters I do not know too much about at all, so I don't think there'd be too much point trying to portray them at all. I've seen the movies, but only once each, and all I can remember is the times when Ranma "proudly" called Akane his fiancé, Happosai's obsession with panties, and Cologne constantly called Ranma her "future son-in-law". Since I'm having a hard time as it is portraying the characters I DO know about, it'd be futile to try and even think of portraying these characters, even given the info off the site I went to in order to figure out who these characters were. Also, there is the character of Ranma's mother, I've read about her in a few fan fictions, and done some research at that same website, but the same thing applies: I don't know enough about her to make more than a reference or just have her show up closer to the wedding as a "guest", or something.
Ver.: 2.0
Update: None
Anyway, on to the story:
Akane was sleeping quite soundly when she felt someone nudging her awake.
"I can't believe I'm doing this!" a familiar voice said, "Akane! Wake up! Unless you want to miss your last day of school!"
'Ranma? What's he doing here?' She thought, then thankfully was not in a violent enough mood to take action before remembering.
"Ranma, remember next time I come in here and pass out on the floor to go to my room and fetch my alarm clock."
"You could bring it with you yourself, if there is a next time."
"Yeah, right, what time is it?"
"Almost breakfast time, c'mon, I'll help you up."
"No, no, I'll be fine."
"Don't trust me?"
"No, it's just that I trust I'll be able to get up by myself."
And that she did.
"I don't need your help for everything."
"Yeah, but I need your help to get to sleep during a thunderstorm, apparently."
"You aren't mad about that, are you?"
"Dito."
"Dito?"
"You seemed rather mad yourself last night. Can I ask a personal question?"
"What?"
"Are you schizophrenic or something?"
"…"
"It's just that whole 'Shut up voice-in-my-head!' thing…and I've seen A Beautiful Mind, you know…"
"…"
"It's a joke."
"Really…"
"No, not really…but if it were, it wouldn't be a good one."
"Ranma, let's just have breakfast."
"Alrighty…"
After a quick breakfast, they headed out to go to school.
Ranma was walking on the fence again.
"Why do you always do that?"
"It helps me practice my balance, that's a very important skill, particularly in Kenpo."
"Well, it seems you've got it down."
"Can't hurt really. I'd like to see you try it."
"That would take quite a long time, to get where you're at, anyway, not even needing to use your arms."
"Who says I'm not using my arms?"
"Huh?"
"I may not be sticking them out, but I have to keep them in balance. Every part of my body has to be in constant balance. The arms, legs, torso, you get the picture?"
"Makes sense."
"I suppose it isn't really necessary to be able to balance on a fence, it could be anything, something simpler, even."
"I'm not really that sure I want to learn it."
"There's a lot you need to learn if you're really serious about your art. Because although you're undoubtedly very good, the fact that you can't even manage to hit me, I mean, without creating some kind of unfair distraction, speaks volumes."
"Maybe sometime later."
"Yeah, we'd probably better work on your cooking, first."
"Ranma, I thought…"
"I think I may have wrote something about ways of improving it…"
"Ukyo or Kasumi?"
"Kasumi would be closer to home, in fact in-home. Ukyo, however, is a lot better and can teach you a whole lot more, yet she may be hard to convince and either you'd have to go to her every day or she'd have to come to us. Considering that she runs a restaurant, the former would probably be the way to go."
"We can talk about it later, we're here."
Fortunately, the guys how used to fight Akane had given up the battle long ago, and now with news of the engagement out in the open, it was obviously hopeless, anyway.
"C'mon, we don't want to be late!"
With that, they went for their last day of school.
Author's Conclusion: Really, there's not much to say about what happens during the day that day, but considering that the next entry will have journals, they'll likely outline anything I come up with. I hope you enjoyed this chapter, like all the chapters before, and I'll try to update again soon.