Just Friends
Disclaimer: Boohoo.Ranma ½ and all the characters in it do not belong to me. But if you want to sue, you can have my younger sister for free even. *grins* :P
Author notes: Ok, my 4th chapter and I hope you guys still like it. I'm trying my best here, so please help me by sending in your reviews so I can improve on my writing skills and keep writing better stories for you all to enjoy. Arigato! *Sakuma-chan bows*
Legend(s):
+flashback+
"speech"
*thoughts*
Chapter 3- Just Friends
Heading down the familiar streets, Akane smiled a small smile that just kept growing bigger as she kept walking and just when you thought her smile could not have gotten bigger, she reached the house. (phew.she could have smiled to death.*BASH!* sorry Akane, I didn't know you were there.BYE!)
Knocking, she waited a while but no one answered. *That's strange I wonder why no one came to answer the door?* She rang the bell but also no one came to answer. *That's weird.* Just before she could knock a second time, she felt someone's or something's hand on her left shoulder. Turning around, she saw a vaguely familiar face she had not seen in a long time. Surprising the man, Akane felt tears in her eyes as she looked at the face of Saotome Ranma.
"Ranma!" Akane said excitedly and hugging the handsome black haired man.
"Do I know you?" asked the man. *I wonder who she is, though I must say there's something about her that I can't quite put my finger on.*
"Ranma! It's me!" said Akane not in the least bit flustered. She knew her friend tended to be a bit forgetful sometimes. "Does the name "Tendo Akane" ring a bell?"
"AKANE! Oh my G. What are you doing her? I thought you had moved out?" asked Ranma. *Is that really Akane?*
"Baka! Of course I moved out but I came back to see you and." she said not finishing her sentence. Dropping into a whisper, " I need to ask a favour of you."
*Ok now I'm sure this is DEFINITELY not Akane. The Akane I knew would never be so secretive about anything. Never mind I shall soon see. Play along first.* "Akane, what do you want me to help you with that has to be SO secretive?" Ranma asked in a bored voice.
"Umm. Ranma, do you mind if we went inside your house first before I tell you what's going on?" Akane asked.
"Err..sure." Ranma answered uneasily. Hesitating slightly, before opening the door to his house, he stepped in and let Akane in. Switching on the light, Akane gasped at the mess in his house. *He still hasn't changed a bit. Still so messy. Tsk tsk tsk.*
Making himself comfortable on the black sofa situated in his living room, gestured Akane to sit down too. Walking slowly, Akane sat herself opposite of Ranma.
"It's like this Ranma. I'm not too sure if you can remember my family members, but as you know, my family had moved from Nerima to stay with my mother who was quite weak and she couldn't move around too much. So to accommodate her, we moved to a house near the hospital she stayed at to look after her. Even my grandfather who we hardly ever see had come to visit my mother." Akane explained "However, after my mother's death when I was about 15, I couldn't stand it anymore at home.
Everyone looked as if the earth was going to be destroyed the next second and even my grandfather stopped going on his usual rounds of underwear stealing. After finally saving enough money, I moved out of the house at 19 and bought myself a house away from my family. It then became a habit for my dad to invite all our relatives to visit when my mother when she was still alive.
I thought it would stop but I was wrong and it soon became a yearly tradition to do so. I tried to skip it, but to no avail and only went last year because my mailbox kept on getting filled with all the invitations my dad sent. This year, they EXPECT me to go and unfortunately I can't miss it as the head of our family, my grandfather, Happosai has demanded I go. Worse, I'm expected to go with at least a fiancé." Akane said, knowing she had spoken too much kept quiet as she watched Ranma's expression as he took in what he heard. "Ok.I understand what you are explaining about but what do you have to tell me this for." Questioned Ranma looking slightly bewildered.
"Ok. here's YOUR part in all of this mess. Ranma as you heard, I'm expected to go with my fiancé, but knowing my family they would probably be happier if they know it was a husband instead and it would also stop them from asking so many questions.
So. I was hoping you could pose as my husband JUST for this event only and after that I will never ever ask you of another favour again, I would not have asked you, but if you must know, my boyfriend broke up with me and after just breaking up, I don't think its ok if I ask him to accompany me there, so in the end I realized that you are the only other NORMAL guy friend I have that can help me in this. Please say yes Ranma." Akane pleaded with huge puppy dog eyes.
Unfortunately for Akane, Ranma had not heard anything after he had heard the part where he was to pose as her husband.
"EXCUSE ME!!!? YOUR HUSBAND!!?" screamed a frantic Ranma.*KAMI-SAMA WHY ME!!!!*
"Too bad Ranma, but you owe me one," grinned Akane, an I-know-you-too-well- and-besides-you-owe-me-one look on her face.
"As if I can EVER forget that," retorted Ranma, irritated that she still remembered. "Only a kawaikune like you would remember such things."
+Flashback+
"Ranma! Hurry up you slowpoke!" shouted 8-year-old Akane, sticking out her tongue at her friend.
"Oi! Akane! Wait up..AH!!!" screamed Ranma.
"What is it Ranma?" asked Akane truly curious as to what could make her usually fearless friend scream like that.
"C-c..cat!!!!!!!!!!!!" screamed Ranma again, this time so loud it scared the cat that it got so angry that it attached itself to Ranma's face. Annoyed by her friend, Akane gently coaxed and detached the cat down from Ranma's face. Giggling at her friend's unusual fear of cats, Akane released the cat.
"Go on laugh all you like but I can't stand cats." Ranma grunted "Much as I don't like it, I owe you one and I'll do what I can to repay you."
"I shall think about it Ranma. I shan't use this debt you owe me yet." Akane said grinning cheekily.
+End of Flashback+
"if I didn't remembered wrongly, a certain Saotome Ranma promised me he would pay me back no matter he could and lucky for me, I was smart enough not to use it." Said Akane smugly, ignoring Ranma's mention of his old nickname of her.
*Life has just gone down the drain.* (Ranma)
"Fine! Kawaikune." Ranma reluctantly agreed.
"Really?" asked Akane her eyes shining with tears of joy. "I knew that you would help me!"
*Why did I bother?*
Later.
"Bye Ranma!" waved Akane as she headed home. *YES! Now that I've got that done. I can relax now. Maybe I go over to Ucchan's to tell her.* Akane thought as she smiled to herself.
*I hate myself* grumbled a certain black pig-tailed man.
Reaching home, Akane picked up the red telephone and dialled Ukyo;s house number.
"Ucchan? Can I come over? Yeah. I agree it has been quite sometime since I've dropped by. Today's fine? Really! Okay. See you later!" smiled Akane as she put down the phone. *Now I've just need to pack some things.*
Getting up, she walked to her room and taking out a somewhat large suitcase, began to pack.
A/N: I have changed this chapter slightly making it longer and speeding up the progress, according to the reviews I have received (which I totally appreciate). Thank you one and all and tell me if the changes work kaes? *Smiles* Bye!
Disclaimer: Boohoo.Ranma ½ and all the characters in it do not belong to me. But if you want to sue, you can have my younger sister for free even. *grins* :P
Author notes: Ok, my 4th chapter and I hope you guys still like it. I'm trying my best here, so please help me by sending in your reviews so I can improve on my writing skills and keep writing better stories for you all to enjoy. Arigato! *Sakuma-chan bows*
Legend(s):
+flashback+
"speech"
*thoughts*
Chapter 3- Just Friends
Heading down the familiar streets, Akane smiled a small smile that just kept growing bigger as she kept walking and just when you thought her smile could not have gotten bigger, she reached the house. (phew.she could have smiled to death.*BASH!* sorry Akane, I didn't know you were there.BYE!)
Knocking, she waited a while but no one answered. *That's strange I wonder why no one came to answer the door?* She rang the bell but also no one came to answer. *That's weird.* Just before she could knock a second time, she felt someone's or something's hand on her left shoulder. Turning around, she saw a vaguely familiar face she had not seen in a long time. Surprising the man, Akane felt tears in her eyes as she looked at the face of Saotome Ranma.
"Ranma!" Akane said excitedly and hugging the handsome black haired man.
"Do I know you?" asked the man. *I wonder who she is, though I must say there's something about her that I can't quite put my finger on.*
"Ranma! It's me!" said Akane not in the least bit flustered. She knew her friend tended to be a bit forgetful sometimes. "Does the name "Tendo Akane" ring a bell?"
"AKANE! Oh my G. What are you doing her? I thought you had moved out?" asked Ranma. *Is that really Akane?*
"Baka! Of course I moved out but I came back to see you and." she said not finishing her sentence. Dropping into a whisper, " I need to ask a favour of you."
*Ok now I'm sure this is DEFINITELY not Akane. The Akane I knew would never be so secretive about anything. Never mind I shall soon see. Play along first.* "Akane, what do you want me to help you with that has to be SO secretive?" Ranma asked in a bored voice.
"Umm. Ranma, do you mind if we went inside your house first before I tell you what's going on?" Akane asked.
"Err..sure." Ranma answered uneasily. Hesitating slightly, before opening the door to his house, he stepped in and let Akane in. Switching on the light, Akane gasped at the mess in his house. *He still hasn't changed a bit. Still so messy. Tsk tsk tsk.*
Making himself comfortable on the black sofa situated in his living room, gestured Akane to sit down too. Walking slowly, Akane sat herself opposite of Ranma.
"It's like this Ranma. I'm not too sure if you can remember my family members, but as you know, my family had moved from Nerima to stay with my mother who was quite weak and she couldn't move around too much. So to accommodate her, we moved to a house near the hospital she stayed at to look after her. Even my grandfather who we hardly ever see had come to visit my mother." Akane explained "However, after my mother's death when I was about 15, I couldn't stand it anymore at home.
Everyone looked as if the earth was going to be destroyed the next second and even my grandfather stopped going on his usual rounds of underwear stealing. After finally saving enough money, I moved out of the house at 19 and bought myself a house away from my family. It then became a habit for my dad to invite all our relatives to visit when my mother when she was still alive.
I thought it would stop but I was wrong and it soon became a yearly tradition to do so. I tried to skip it, but to no avail and only went last year because my mailbox kept on getting filled with all the invitations my dad sent. This year, they EXPECT me to go and unfortunately I can't miss it as the head of our family, my grandfather, Happosai has demanded I go. Worse, I'm expected to go with at least a fiancé." Akane said, knowing she had spoken too much kept quiet as she watched Ranma's expression as he took in what he heard. "Ok.I understand what you are explaining about but what do you have to tell me this for." Questioned Ranma looking slightly bewildered.
"Ok. here's YOUR part in all of this mess. Ranma as you heard, I'm expected to go with my fiancé, but knowing my family they would probably be happier if they know it was a husband instead and it would also stop them from asking so many questions.
So. I was hoping you could pose as my husband JUST for this event only and after that I will never ever ask you of another favour again, I would not have asked you, but if you must know, my boyfriend broke up with me and after just breaking up, I don't think its ok if I ask him to accompany me there, so in the end I realized that you are the only other NORMAL guy friend I have that can help me in this. Please say yes Ranma." Akane pleaded with huge puppy dog eyes.
Unfortunately for Akane, Ranma had not heard anything after he had heard the part where he was to pose as her husband.
"EXCUSE ME!!!? YOUR HUSBAND!!?" screamed a frantic Ranma.*KAMI-SAMA WHY ME!!!!*
"Too bad Ranma, but you owe me one," grinned Akane, an I-know-you-too-well- and-besides-you-owe-me-one look on her face.
"As if I can EVER forget that," retorted Ranma, irritated that she still remembered. "Only a kawaikune like you would remember such things."
+Flashback+
"Ranma! Hurry up you slowpoke!" shouted 8-year-old Akane, sticking out her tongue at her friend.
"Oi! Akane! Wait up..AH!!!" screamed Ranma.
"What is it Ranma?" asked Akane truly curious as to what could make her usually fearless friend scream like that.
"C-c..cat!!!!!!!!!!!!" screamed Ranma again, this time so loud it scared the cat that it got so angry that it attached itself to Ranma's face. Annoyed by her friend, Akane gently coaxed and detached the cat down from Ranma's face. Giggling at her friend's unusual fear of cats, Akane released the cat.
"Go on laugh all you like but I can't stand cats." Ranma grunted "Much as I don't like it, I owe you one and I'll do what I can to repay you."
"I shall think about it Ranma. I shan't use this debt you owe me yet." Akane said grinning cheekily.
+End of Flashback+
"if I didn't remembered wrongly, a certain Saotome Ranma promised me he would pay me back no matter he could and lucky for me, I was smart enough not to use it." Said Akane smugly, ignoring Ranma's mention of his old nickname of her.
*Life has just gone down the drain.* (Ranma)
"Fine! Kawaikune." Ranma reluctantly agreed.
"Really?" asked Akane her eyes shining with tears of joy. "I knew that you would help me!"
*Why did I bother?*
Later.
"Bye Ranma!" waved Akane as she headed home. *YES! Now that I've got that done. I can relax now. Maybe I go over to Ucchan's to tell her.* Akane thought as she smiled to herself.
*I hate myself* grumbled a certain black pig-tailed man.
Reaching home, Akane picked up the red telephone and dialled Ukyo;s house number.
"Ucchan? Can I come over? Yeah. I agree it has been quite sometime since I've dropped by. Today's fine? Really! Okay. See you later!" smiled Akane as she put down the phone. *Now I've just need to pack some things.*
Getting up, she walked to her room and taking out a somewhat large suitcase, began to pack.
A/N: I have changed this chapter slightly making it longer and speeding up the progress, according to the reviews I have received (which I totally appreciate). Thank you one and all and tell me if the changes work kaes? *Smiles* Bye!