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Letting the Truth Out
Ranma woke up. This, in and of itself, was not remarkable. It happens several times in an average day. However, there were some unusual aspects to it, on this particular occasion. First of all, it was odd that no one woke him up. As he sleeps in the same room as a loudly snoring panda, he has a great deal of trouble getting to sleep, and is usually woken up by said panda, or one of his fiancees, well before he would have finished his 8 hours of sleep. Second, he was awake EARLY, which was nearly unheard of, again due to a certain snoring panda which kept him awake long into the night. However, this was almost certainly attributable to the fact that there was, in fact, no snoring panda in his room.
These things dawned on his mind, as he was still in the process of waking up. A few moments later, he remembered why; Akane had announced, last night, that she was cooking dinner, and both his and her respective fathers had decided to go on a weeklong training trip. He briefly wondered why they decided to leave for a full week, but he wasn't one to look a gift horse in the mouth, and so, promptly dismissed such thoughts.
He got dressed, and went to practice in the dojo for a while. After a brief warmup, and some katas, he decided to take a bath, as he would surely get his daily workout later, when he would, as usual, get attacked by someone or another.
Some time later, he was cleaned up, and feeling quite relaxed from his bath, and he went upstairs to grab his schoolbag, so it would be downstairs when it was time to leave for school. As he exited the room he and his father shared, Akane came out of her room, still wearing pajamas, and carrying a contented looking p-chan. 'Boy, does she look cute like that.', he thought briefly, before noticing a certain pig, at which time, he continued thinking, only on a rather different subject. 'I really hate that Ryoga does that. It's not right. I wish I could keep him from doing it, but if I try anything, Akane will get mad at me for picking on P-chan. I should tell her, but I promised I wouldn't tell anyone about his curse. Grrrr.'
Deciding to ignore it for the time being, he instead said good morning to her, and continued downstairs. A few minutes later, while soaking in the furo, Akane's eyes widened as she realized what had happened, and she wondered, 'since when does he say good morning? It's almost like he was being nice to me...', only to have her mind wander as she fantasized about him being nicer to her. (What can I say? She's weird like that.)
Regardless, as breakfast wasn't yet ready, he decided to go for a run. This, of course, means that he went roof-hopping, but that's kinda the same thing. By the time he returned, breakfast was ready, and so the 4 people present (5 if you count a certain porkchop) sat down to begin their day with a meal. As he ate, he noticed Akane feeding tidbits to "p-chan", and this irked him. Again, however, in an usual display of good judgement, he decided to let it pass, for the moment.
Shortly, he and Akane left for school. Again, this was unusual; not because they left together (they almost always did), or because he walked on the fence (he always did), but, rather, because it was nearly 30 minutes earlier than usual, and so they were able to walk leisurely. They made small-talk as they walked (he'd finally begun improving at this), and so they had a fairly pleasant conversation. However, Akane kept referring to cute things P-chan did this morning, or the other day, and completely missed the twitch Ranma's eye acquired every time she mentioned her beloved pet.
However, she did notice that he wasn't talking as much as he had been earlier. "Ranma? You ok?" she asked, worriedly. "Huh? Yah, just thinkin'." he replied, absentmindedly. Indeed, he was thinking, and here were his thoughts: 'The pig has got to go. I've put up with this for far too long, and I can't stand it any more. Akane needs to know, if only so that he won't sleep with her anymore. I can't stand him doing that to her, abusing her trust, and my honor. But... what can I do about it?'
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Author's Notes:
Yeah, yeah, Ranma revealing Ryoga's curse isn't an original idea. Yeah, yeah, my writing sucks. Blah blah blah. All right, couple'a things. This is going to take a while to write, because Ranma is going to have a bunch of "bright" ideas, and I've only come up with the first 2, and the last one x_x. If you've got a suggestion for something stupid he might try, email it to me at stranger_in_a_normal_land@yahoo.com . Who knows? I might even use your idea (if I do, I'll credit you in the Author's Notes. Give blame where blame is due, and all that ;-) ).
Second, I was told by someone (who shall remain nameless) that he felt that this wasn't as good writing as Layers of Truth. Lest I hear anymore complaints on the subject, I have something for you to keep in mind. This is a COMEDY. A Comedy generally relies on humorous situations, and an informal manner, to amuse the reader. Layers of Truth, being a more serious work, relies on a writing style which emphasises quality, to hold the reader's interest. All of my comedies will suck, and this is (more or less) intentional. Although I will do my utmost to ensure a high standard of grammar, spelling, and formatting (because it pisses me off when I find a story which I can't read/enjoy because of one of those, and because it comes naturally to me), the main idea of this story is to amuse and entertain.
Oh, and you should all review this (and my other) stories. If you don't, I'll keep writing if you hate my stories, and stop writing if you like 'em :-p
Letting the Truth Out
Ranma woke up. This, in and of itself, was not remarkable. It happens several times in an average day. However, there were some unusual aspects to it, on this particular occasion. First of all, it was odd that no one woke him up. As he sleeps in the same room as a loudly snoring panda, he has a great deal of trouble getting to sleep, and is usually woken up by said panda, or one of his fiancees, well before he would have finished his 8 hours of sleep. Second, he was awake EARLY, which was nearly unheard of, again due to a certain snoring panda which kept him awake long into the night. However, this was almost certainly attributable to the fact that there was, in fact, no snoring panda in his room.
These things dawned on his mind, as he was still in the process of waking up. A few moments later, he remembered why; Akane had announced, last night, that she was cooking dinner, and both his and her respective fathers had decided to go on a weeklong training trip. He briefly wondered why they decided to leave for a full week, but he wasn't one to look a gift horse in the mouth, and so, promptly dismissed such thoughts.
He got dressed, and went to practice in the dojo for a while. After a brief warmup, and some katas, he decided to take a bath, as he would surely get his daily workout later, when he would, as usual, get attacked by someone or another.
Some time later, he was cleaned up, and feeling quite relaxed from his bath, and he went upstairs to grab his schoolbag, so it would be downstairs when it was time to leave for school. As he exited the room he and his father shared, Akane came out of her room, still wearing pajamas, and carrying a contented looking p-chan. 'Boy, does she look cute like that.', he thought briefly, before noticing a certain pig, at which time, he continued thinking, only on a rather different subject. 'I really hate that Ryoga does that. It's not right. I wish I could keep him from doing it, but if I try anything, Akane will get mad at me for picking on P-chan. I should tell her, but I promised I wouldn't tell anyone about his curse. Grrrr.'
Deciding to ignore it for the time being, he instead said good morning to her, and continued downstairs. A few minutes later, while soaking in the furo, Akane's eyes widened as she realized what had happened, and she wondered, 'since when does he say good morning? It's almost like he was being nice to me...', only to have her mind wander as she fantasized about him being nicer to her. (What can I say? She's weird like that.)
Regardless, as breakfast wasn't yet ready, he decided to go for a run. This, of course, means that he went roof-hopping, but that's kinda the same thing. By the time he returned, breakfast was ready, and so the 4 people present (5 if you count a certain porkchop) sat down to begin their day with a meal. As he ate, he noticed Akane feeding tidbits to "p-chan", and this irked him. Again, however, in an usual display of good judgement, he decided to let it pass, for the moment.
Shortly, he and Akane left for school. Again, this was unusual; not because they left together (they almost always did), or because he walked on the fence (he always did), but, rather, because it was nearly 30 minutes earlier than usual, and so they were able to walk leisurely. They made small-talk as they walked (he'd finally begun improving at this), and so they had a fairly pleasant conversation. However, Akane kept referring to cute things P-chan did this morning, or the other day, and completely missed the twitch Ranma's eye acquired every time she mentioned her beloved pet.
However, she did notice that he wasn't talking as much as he had been earlier. "Ranma? You ok?" she asked, worriedly. "Huh? Yah, just thinkin'." he replied, absentmindedly. Indeed, he was thinking, and here were his thoughts: 'The pig has got to go. I've put up with this for far too long, and I can't stand it any more. Akane needs to know, if only so that he won't sleep with her anymore. I can't stand him doing that to her, abusing her trust, and my honor. But... what can I do about it?'
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Author's Notes:
Yeah, yeah, Ranma revealing Ryoga's curse isn't an original idea. Yeah, yeah, my writing sucks. Blah blah blah. All right, couple'a things. This is going to take a while to write, because Ranma is going to have a bunch of "bright" ideas, and I've only come up with the first 2, and the last one x_x. If you've got a suggestion for something stupid he might try, email it to me at stranger_in_a_normal_land@yahoo.com . Who knows? I might even use your idea (if I do, I'll credit you in the Author's Notes. Give blame where blame is due, and all that ;-) ).
Second, I was told by someone (who shall remain nameless) that he felt that this wasn't as good writing as Layers of Truth. Lest I hear anymore complaints on the subject, I have something for you to keep in mind. This is a COMEDY. A Comedy generally relies on humorous situations, and an informal manner, to amuse the reader. Layers of Truth, being a more serious work, relies on a writing style which emphasises quality, to hold the reader's interest. All of my comedies will suck, and this is (more or less) intentional. Although I will do my utmost to ensure a high standard of grammar, spelling, and formatting (because it pisses me off when I find a story which I can't read/enjoy because of one of those, and because it comes naturally to me), the main idea of this story is to amuse and entertain.
Oh, and you should all review this (and my other) stories. If you don't, I'll keep writing if you hate my stories, and stop writing if you like 'em :-p