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Chapter Six: Ranma
I went to the nearby store to pick up a few things that may help Akane swim. I came back by the late afternoon with a big bag. I gave her a smile to show I had a great idea. "This time you'll swim."
"Are you sure Ranma?" She looked at me in a weird way again.
"I've got the perfect thing for you. You ready?" She nodded her head. "Okay so here it is." I took out a pair of swimmies and began to blow one up. She'd swim this time.
"Ranma why are you doing this to me?" I stopped blowing into the swimmie wondering what she was talking about. "Those are for little kids."
"Yeah, but since you didn't have them back then you can use 'em now. See these are really to help teach kids to swim." I gave a nice smile. Why was she so intent not to give them a chance?
"Did you use them?"
"Well, no. My dad just threw me in the water and said swim." I remember that well and my father was such a bastard, but to believe some of the things he did to me. "But I'm not a normal guy so lets just do this okay." I went back to blowing them up to avoid the situation.
"It's not you doing this though." She was right, but why was she so against swimming all the sudden.
"Shut up Akane and just do this. Stop complaining like a baby." I yelled while still blowing into the swimmies, but I stopped because I wanted her to like me. "I'm trying to help you here so stop whining." I finished handing her one swimmie.
"I'm not whining!" She swiped the swimmie and put it on her left arm in such anger. "Now stop calling me names you egotistical moron." I finished blowing up the second one throwing it to her. How dare she?! Egotistical? I'm helping her!
"Alright lets go baby." I turned for the water. Strange thing was that usually she would have stormed off or she would have hit me by now.
"Okay. I still don't think these will work." She went with me into the water. She got out until she was past her height in water, but she didn't float. I pulled her back to the steps.
"Okay, maybe you weigh more than a kid. I should have bought more than one set." I took off the swimmies and put them on my own arms. "I mean they couldn't make someone our age float." I jumped in to explain my point, but I was floating. I quickly jumped out not wanting her to know. "Uh, I was swimming, yeah swimming." I had to lie about what happened so she wouldn't get angry.
"That was a dumb idea." She was right.
"Right. It wasn't my only idea though." I went back to my bag and took out a life vest throwing it to Akane. She put it on, as I wasn't looking, but wondering if it'd work. "Okay there's no way you can sink now."
"I'd be ashamed if I did." She went back out and was soon dropping out of the jacket and into the water. I grabbed her arm bringing her back.
"You didn't do the straps did you?" I pointed them out.
"There are straps?" I took the jacket she had dropped out of from the pool. I put it on her and did the straps blushing. "Okay here I go."
"I won't save you this time so don't drown." She nodded her head and went in, she got out into the water that was over her head and I saw the jacket slide off her. She was back under the water trying to swim. I couldn't watch anymore so I grabbed her hand with my own.
"You're okay tomboy." I pulled her out of the pool as she was in a bit of shock.
"I thought you weren't gonna save me." She looked at me as I just sat. I had hoped if she knew I wouldn't help her that she'd actually do it.
"Er, well, I, uh." She gave me a smile as I tried for an answer besides I didn't want her dead because, because, she's my fiancée.
"You like me too much to let me die."
"Uh, sure. Look I have one more idea." I grew back my confidence, but still had an obvious red face.
"What is it?" I felt a tug on my arm, and realized I hadn't let go of Akane yet. I let go of it embarrassed.
"Uh, well, we can use these fun noodle things I got."
"What are those?"
"These things made of foam. They'll help you float." I made my way to my bag taking out the two small fun noodles. "Here. They'll work fine." I held them out to her.
"Okay here goes then." She took them into the water with each under an arm. "You sure this will work? They don't seem any different then the swimmie idea."
"These weren't made for little toddlers in mind." I crossed him arms in satisfaction. "You can use these to stay a float and then can practice swimming by moving your arms." I nodded agreeing with what I said as she began to walk into the water.
"Whatever." She stepped into the deeper area when I saw the noodles came out and she sunk. I was about to jump in again, but I saw her come out into the shallow area walking on the bottom. Thank Kami she's alive.
"Okay. I'm out of ideas at the moment. Lets try again tomorrow." I took the noodles putting everything away in my bag sighing. I had let her down.
"I'm sorry." What did she say? Why did she say it?
"Why are you apologizing to me? I'm sorry Akane. I let you down after bringing your hopes up." I never looked at her as I said it, I couldn't bare facing her in my failure.
I can't believe I failed. I just kept packing up my things. I couldn't even look at her. I had let her down after promising her that she'd swim. Okay, I never promised her, but it felt that way.
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Tyverius: That's your opinion. It isn't the same story, it appears to be, but I don't just copy and paste and edit text. Not even for what they say I rewrite it, which is a waste of time too. Ranma's version is a totally different story in a way and I never consider the two the same. What do you want? Me to take out all the Ranma views totally or make them their own story? No one state that it's the same thing anymore okay.
Siribe-chan: I'm so happy and proud you really like it. Maybe I will do that.
Arcia: The vest just slid off the first time because she didn't do the straps, but the second time she was going down and the vest the opposite so she slid out of it again. Maybe she's just really heavy. I don't know. They say the teen years are the best years.
And thanks to anyone else who read this but didn't review, if there are any of you.
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