Legal Note: You know by now that I don't own Ranma so I won't bother to mention it anymore. There was much rejoicing.
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Chapter Five: Akane
We walked together down a street until we came to the fancy club I found a pool at. I got us in by saying I was thinking of joining. I brought Akane over to the in-ground pool they had.. I didn't expect it to be so big, and it probably was very deep at the deep end.
"Here we are Akane." I led her to a chair where he put our stuff down. "You ready?" She seemed rather nervous about all of this.
"To swim?" She seemed surprised that I'd let her go in right away. "You haven't taught me anything yet." I wanted her to get in the water first.
"We're just gonna go in the shallow end." I scoffed thinking she was acting too scared. So unlike her. "There's no way you could drown there."
I took her hand and brought her over to the pool. I saw some other people, but I couldn't concentrate on anything else at the time.
"Here goes." Ii took her down the steps into the pool. It was cold. I thought a pool of this sort would be heated, but it wasn't and I went girl. "It's not so bad huh Akane? Akane?" I turned to her to find her already underwater. I grabbed her bringing her over to the steps. "How do you drown in four feet deep water?!" I was silently laughing, but then I saw her slump. I took my chin in my hand to look at her in the eyes. They were pretty, and I just stopped before I could tell her to lighten up.
"Uh, Ranma." I shook my head coming out of that daze. "We should try again." I nodded and I could feel my face was red.
"Right. This time I'll hold onto you as you move your arms like this." I motioned my arms looking like a total dork. She nodded along. I took her back into the water holding her from under her arms.
"I can do this." She began treading the water with her arms. I heard her giggle so I guess she was doing it. I wasn't really paying attention. I was still feeling awkward around her.
"Okay now kick your legs slightly to tread the water." She began to do as I said and was succeeding. "Okay now try without me." I let go of her and she went under and came back up thrashing. She was drowning again.
I moved grabbing her in a hug and took her over to the side as I sighed. She was safe again. "Don't worry about it Akane. It was your first try." I just stared at her until I noticed she was a bit nerved. "Oh, sorry." I let go of her in embarrassment. She was probably hating being held by me.
"That's three times you've saved me now." She sat on the ledge looking away from me..
"I know you want to swim." She wanted to not be saved. She's too proud of the fact she's strong.
"It's not too important." She didn't look at me so I know she was lying.
"No it is. Knowing how to swim is important Akane. I've got an idea." I gave her a smile which she gave back. I had a plan now. That crazy hair-cutting Kuno had the right idea. He just went about it all wrong.
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Bbb: here's Ranma's part. Sorry I was sleeping for the first time in three days so I wasn't about to update.
Bandersnatch: There really isn't any locations or anything. Most of it's on a beach or a pier or a beach club pool. I like that line too.
Sel: It may be a bit repetitious only because it is the same scene. There is a difference though in thoughts and I add some more things in Ranma's view. Some scenes are completely different like chapter three when she was at the house and he was with Ryoga. Soon It'll be completely diff when they are off on their own so wait for that.
