Matrix Ranma Style

Disclaimer: I don't own Ranma or the Matrix. But I do own all of my characters, ha ha ha ha ha!

Chapter 4: Finally Out

Koji fell down. (No way! She drank the freak'n lemonade. I am so screwed!) Koji bolted from the scene to the nearest pay phone. (I hope they didn't see it, what am I talking about? Of course they did!)

"What's wrong with drinking your lemonade?" Akane asked.

"Nothing," Ranma replied.

"Okay, whatever, I'm going." The red-hot fiery emotions of resentment had cooled down a little since the insult slinging couldn't produce any productive results. Regardless, they were just tired. Akane walked away and back into the house. Ranma stared at her figure as she walked away. (Sometimes Akane, I would just like for you to actually listen for once. And to think I liked this chick.) His stomach growled. (Gotta eat.) He got up and entered the house too.

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"What's this?" Shampoo asked. She was holding up a red pill.

"Hmmm, let me see it," Cologne ordered. She looked at it closely. "Where did you find it?"

"In the sink." Cologne whipped out a magnifying glass.

"In the sink? Was it there before?"

"Hmmm, I think Ranma try to give red pill to me."

"I wonder why?"

"Quack quack!!!" Shampoo and Cologne turned to see Mousse.

"Oh, it's just Mousse," Shampoo observed. "Hmmm. I wonder what pill does? Come here Mousse." The duck was enthusiastic and made its way over to the Chinese Amazon girl. "Here." Shampoo threw the pill into the duck's mouth.

"Quack!"

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"You idiot! What were you thinking?!" Suzaki fried Koji.

"Look captain, I made a mistake alright?"

"No, not alright! I told you to get it to Ranma! Not his girlfriend!"

"Hey boss?" Suzaki turned to the operator who was monitoring the Matrix.

"What?!!"

"Somebody else got the pill," he reported weakly.

"What?! You idiot Koji! I gonna kill you!" Suzaki grabbed Koji by the collar and began shaking him vigorously.

"H-h-hey!" Koji pushed the captain's arms off him. "I made a mistake, let's just correct it."

"Stupid! You think we can reinsert them back into the Matrix?!"

"No, but we can still-,"

"Shut up! Now we have to take care of these other people!" The captain turned to the operator. "Shin! Get ready to track those nobodies in of the system."

"Okey dokey," Shin replied.

"I'm going to pilot the ship to their location. And you Koji, I'm not done with you yet! You and me later, in the Construct."

"Oh man, you are going to get it alright," Shin teased.

"Shut up man!" Koji snapped back.

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Mousse felt odd while he was bussing the tables. He was getting strange looks from Shampoo and Cologne.

"How come nothing's happening?" Shampoo asked Cologne.

"Modern medicine simply cannot keep up with ancient magic potions, give it time so we can see what happens next." Mousse was in his own demented bliss. (I can't believe it! She's actually staring at me!)

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The day as it is. Ranma was staring at the television screen watching a show; his dad was in panda form eating a bag of chips. They were waiting for dinner to be made. Akane was upstairs in her room writing in her diary, Nabiki was going over her list of people that still owe her money, Kasumi was making dinner and Soun was sitting down trying to come up with special shogi cheating techniques. Tsubasa was lurking around as a trash can near the Ucchan's, Ukyo was busy coming up with new okonimiyaki recipes, Kuno was mentally sinking into pictures of Akane and his pig-tailed goddess, Kodachi was practicing with her ribbon in her tight leotard, and Ryoga is up somewhere still in the mountains training to be strong enough to defeat Ranma. Gosunkugi was practicing his voodoo; little does he know that his photographic services will soon be called upon. Agents were driving in their perfect clean cars searching for any disturbances.

"Is dinner ready yet?" Ranma yelled as he watched the show.

"Just a few more minutes," Kasumi responded.

A few minutes later, everybody was at the table with the exception of Akane was eating.

"Where's Akane?" Kasumi asked.

"She's still in her room last time I saw," Nabiki let known.

"Ranma, call her down," Soun ordered.

"Huh? Why?" Ranma questioned.

"Just do it boy!" Genma demanded.

"Alright." Ranma steadily walked up the stairs and saw the door to Akane's room. He knocked on the door. Knock knock knock. No answer. "Hey Akane, time to eat." No response. "Are you still mad at me for earlier?" No reply. (Of course she is why did I even ask?) "I'm sorry alright?!" (I said I'm sorry, why don't you answer? She better come out before pop gets on my case.) No sound. (This is weird.) He turned the knob the door was unlocked. (If she's there, she can't say I'm perverted right? I mean she didn't even answer.) He moved it ever so slightly. He peeked through the doorway. "What's this?" There was nobody in the room.

"Is everything all right up there?!" Kasumi shouted from downstairs. Ranma ignored Kasumi and he continued to look around. He moved his attention to her bed where there was a diary. (Akane's diary, should I read it? Well, of course!) He moved over to it and saw that it was opened. (She must've stopped writing.) He looked at the page and began reading it. He began to sift through the pages. He scanned all the pages and absorbed the words contained within it.

"I can't believe it! My name isn't even mentioned once!" That was true, she didn't write one thing about Ranma, but that was how he perceived it though. All that was written on the diary were ravings about the one man for Akane. Mostly Tofu at one point, but then she started to write about another man. Of course, Ranma isn't exactly the most perceptive person in the world so Akane's thoughts about him were relatively safe. If he only knew. He closed the diary and went down back to the table wondering whom Akane was writing about.

"Well?" Genma asked.

"What?"

"Where is she?" Soun interjected.

"She wasn't there," Ranma reported.

"What?! Then go find her, now!" Soun screamed at Ranma.

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"Shampoo, where did Mousse go?" Cologne inquired.

"Duck-boy went to restroom."

"Restroom? I was just there checking on things, he wasn't there."

"Duck-boy not here?"

"That's odd, don't tell me he tried to attack son-in-law again."

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Akane slowly opened her eyes. She was in a bed, not her bed, but a bed somewhere. She looked around the room but she didn't recognize it.

"AHHHH!!!" she screamed. A girl with white hair burst into the room.

"What's wrong?"

"WHERE AM I?!" Akane screamed.

"C-calm down. You don't need to be so loud."

"Who are you?! What is this place?!"

"My name is Tomoko, be quiet. You shouldn't yell, save your energy."

"Would somebody please explain to me what's going on?!!!"

"Well first of all, you're in the real world, welcome."

"Huh?!!" Akane felt her head; her hair was a lot shorter than it had been. "What do you mean the real world?"

"A REAL WORLD. A world that is real." Akane felt her body; she felt metal attachments to it.

"What the hell is this?!"

"Those plugs?"

"Plugs, whatever! What are they?!"

"That's how you were connected to the Matrix."

"Matrix? What are you talking about?!"

"Come with me, I'll explain everything." Akane observed the girl; she was about Akane's age. Her hair was white and tied in a braid in the back. The color of her eyes were green, she wore a white tank top with some baggy cotton pants. (I guess I don't really have a choice.) She had finally calmed down a bit. She got up slowly and walked to Tomoko. (Besides the shorter hair and these plugs I feel normal. Is having plugs even normal?)

"Tomoko, about my plugs," Akane asked.

"Don't worry about it, you can't even feel it most of the time. It's normal to have them, everybody freed from the Matrix has them."

"That's weird."

"Well what you're in right now is a ship."

"A ship?!"

"A hover ship called the Obelisk."

"Hover ship? Is this the future?!"

"To you, yes. Just relax." Akane's muscles were tense.

"The year is like, oh I don't know, 2090? 2100? Somewhere around there, we don't know what the year is, not that it matters." They started walking. Akane looked in awe at all the different machines and devices whirring and beeping.

"What's this Matrix you were talking about?" Akane couldn't put her finger on it, but she felt more at ease.

"I'll show it to you." Akane saw a man in his 30's. He had a curly short hair and he was wearing a headset. He wore plain light color shirt and pants. He had brown eyes.

"Hi!" he greeted.

"H-hi."

"That's Shin, the operator," Tomoko pointed out.

"What's an operator?"

"You'll see, sit down here." She was pointing to a black chair that resembled a dentist's chair. Akane lay back on the chair. (What's going on now?)

"Brace yourself."

"What? Oo-," Akane clenched her eyes shut as she felt a burning pain sensation course through her body but then it stopped. She was standing in white space. She took a look around and spotted somebody. She ran to him.

"Mousse?"

"Akane?"

So they're finally out of the Matrix, Akane and Mousse I mean. Well what do you think? R&R!