Disclaimer: I may not own Ranma ½, but I own a nifty collection of shiny objects. ::Beams::
Letting the Truth Out
Ranma's Bright Idea 4
Ranma was sitting in one of his favorite spots to think about things: the roof. Once again, the plan he'd come up with to expose "p-chan" had failed. Perhaps the problem was that HE was trying to expose Ryoga, instead of getting Akane to expose him. With that in mind, a plan quickly formed. He just hoped Ryoga would make another appearance, soon. It was long past time to settle this. He wasn't sure how he was going to get Akane to forgive him afterwards, but that wasn't as important an issue.
Unfortunately, Ryoga didn't make an appearance for several days after that. It seemed the jerk was never around on the rare occasion that you wanted him. He continued to be nice to Akane (well, fairly nice; he was down to only getting hit by her once in an average day), and, although she seemed sad for a couple days, she seemed to get over whatever it was pretty quickly, and they were getting along again. True, in order to keep getting along, he couldn't relax for a second, as he knew that would be when Kodachi, Shampoo, and Ukyo would ALL show up, and spoil everything, but it was worth it. It reminded him of when he first arrived in Nerima, before all the fiancees and rivals showed up.
However, Ryoga always ends up back at the Tendo dojo, often when he's least expected, and, a little more than a week after he was last seen, he once again made a suprise appearance, when he walked out of the coat closet, and cried out, "Where on Earth am I?!" Being Jusenkyo cursed, he managed to trip over a bucket that Kasumi had been using to clean the floors, and was instantly reduced to his pig-form. Kasumi came back, noticed the spilled bucket, and clothes on the floor, and quickly cleaned up, never once considering what might have caused such a situation. However, a little later, she noticed P-chan sitting on the floor, and said, "Oh, P-chan! Akane will be happy that you're back. Here, let's just put you up in her room to wait for her." With that, she picked him up by the bandanna, and moved him to Akane's bed, to await her return from school.
Sometime later, Akane and Ranma arrived home, talking and laughing. In fact, both were laughing so hard that tears were running down their faces. Akane, however, was trying to maintain some semblence of composure. "You know, Ranma, it's really not funny." she gasped out between guffaws. Ranma finally managed to stop laughing long enough to reply, "What are ya talkin' about? I've never seen anything that funny! I haveta wonder who thought it would be a good idea to have Miss Hinako teach Sex Ed, though." with that, he lost what little composure he had, and burst out laughing once more. Akane chuckled and replied, "Oh, and you were that much better than she was? You didn't get why everyone started laughing until you were informed that those 'balloons' were really condoms, and what they're used for, and then you nearly fainted!" As she laughed at his expense, he stuck his tongue out and replied, "Maybe, but now we know which of us is the real pervert!" and started laughing even harder as Akane blushed bright red.
"Oh, Akane, Ranma, you're home." Kasumi greeted them as they came into the living room. "Yes," replied Akane, "and I agreed to help Ranma study for the english test tomorrow, since the dummy always sleeps through class." Ranma exclaimed an objection: "Hey! I can't help it if that monotone he uses always puts me to sleep!" Akane smiled; the teacher was pretty dull, and also, Ranma looked cute when he was asleep. "Oh, come on. We have a lot of material to cover. We should get to work." As they started to head upstairs, Kasumi decided to be her usual industrious self. "Do you want me to bring you two snacks for while you study?" Akane shook her head, "No thank you, I'll just hold off until dinner." Ranma, on the other hand, said, "Sure, Kasumi, I'd like a snack." Akane rolled her eyes theatrically. "Always thinking with your stomach, right, Ranma?" The good-natured bickering continued as they headed towards her room. Soon, Ranma was seated at the desk, trying to learn the material, as Akane looked over his shoulder, and corrected his mistakes. Eventually, the sound of their voices woke up a small sleeping pig, who poked his head out from under the pillow with a "bwee?". Inwardly, Ranma groaned. Things had been going so well, and Ryoga would just have to show up and screw things up. Well, this would be his last chance, as soon his curse would be revealed.
"Yo, 'Kane?" He asked the girl, who was now fawning over her pet pig. "If he was sleepin' in yer bed, he musta been cold. Maybe ya' should give him a nice, warm, bath." She looked suspicious. "Ranma, you've never suggested anything nice for P-Chan before. Why are you now?" Fortunately, he had prepared an excuse for just this situation. "I don't really like 'im, but you're pretty attached to him, so I figure doin' somethin' nice for him is like doin' somethin' for you." Of course, Akane nearly melted at hearing this, but, instead, beamed, and squeezed p-chan a little tighter. Ryoga, for his part, was shocked; Ranma was actually being NICE to Akane. Something was horribly wrong; Ranma was an unloving, undeserving jerk; he couldn't be nice to Akane! Then he realized just what Ranma had suggested, and his eyes widened. After all this time, Ranma was going to reveal his curse! 'Ranma, I'll get you for this! This is all your fault!' He tried to say, but, of course, it came out "bwee!" Ranma smiled, "See, Akane? Now, you should go give him his bath before he catches a cold." She nodded, and ran downstairs. However, once in the bathroom, she noticed that all the hot water taps had a sign reading "Do not use" on them. Dissapointed, she went to the kitchen. "Kasumi, why can't we use the hot water?" she asked. "Oh my, I completely forgot to tell you and Ranma!" Kasumi fretted. "The main pipe from the hot water heater sprang a leak this morning, and so the water is turned off until the plumber can get here, tomorrow."
Akane's face fell. "Why, did you need hot water for something?" Kasumi asked. "Well, P-chan seemed a little cold, so I thought I'd give him a warm bath, to warm him up." Akane replied. "I see. Why don't you use this kettle I had on the stove. I was going to make some tea for father and uncle Saotome, but I can wait until I heat up another kettle." "All right, sis, thanks!" Akane replied, as she grabbed the kettle and swept out of the kitchen. As she reached the bathroom, she put p-chan in the bottom of the empty furo, where, in spite of his efforts, he couldn't get out. Just as she was about to add the hot water, though, the wall bulged inwards, and crumbled, as Shampoo bounced in. However, this distraction gave p-chan the chance he needed, and he scrambled out of the furo. Attempting to run through the newly-made hole, he pulled a Ryoga, as usual, and ran headfirst into the wall, cracking the cold water pipe, and spraying water throughout the room. By the time Akane managed to shut off the water, however, he was gone, leaving neko-shampoo struggling to get out of her suddenly oversized and soaking wet clothing.
Sighing, Akane poured some of the contents of the kettle onto the cat, and, a moment later, Shampoo was standing there once more, readjusting her clothes. "Why are you here, Shampoo?" Akane asked, dully. "To take Airen on date, of course!" The amazon replied. "And why didn't you break through the living room wall, like usual?" Akane continued. "Nice girl ask Shampoo not to damage living room anymore." Shampoo replied, puzzled. "Okay, that's all I wanted to know." Akane said, and stepped aside. Not one to look a gift horse in the mouth, Shampoo started to walk by her, but stopped when Akane spoke again. "Oh, one more thing, Shampoo..." Just then, Akane grabbed the bucket, which had collected some of the water from the broken pipe, and splashed Shampoo once more. Before the now-feline female could react, Akane grabbed her by the scruff of her neck, and flung her out the hole she had made, yelling, "Get lost, you shameless amazon slut!"
She grabbed a towel on her way out, and stormed back upstairs, after informing Kasumi that there was some new damage to the bathroom. Ranma saw her storm into her room, where he had been studying, and silently congratulated himself. However, not wanting to mess up how nicely things had been going, he said, "Oi, Akane, what happened?" She glared at him for a moment, just in case it was, somehow, his fault, and replied, Shampoo decided to come in through the bathroom wall, and now p-chan is missing again." Then she noticed him hitting his head against the desk.
"What's the matter, Ranma?" She asked suspiciously. 'He better not be upset that I caught Shampoo trying to get him out on a date!' She thought, preparing to hurt Ranma severely. "Oh, it's just that Shampoo seems to live to make my life more difficult." he prevaricated. "I just wish she'd leave me alone, sometimes." Her temper rising, she asked, "And what about the rest of the time, Ranma?" Not noticing her anger, he replied offhand, "Well, she's not so bad to have around as a friend, sometimes..." Of course, she hadn't listened to anything past "she's not so bad to have around", before her temper boiled over, and she lashed out. "Fine, then, why don't you go VISIT HER THEN!" She yelled as she punched him out the window. As he unintentionally flew over the block, a cry could be heard; "What'd I dooooooooo?"
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Author's Notes: Yay! Another chapter done! *poing* *poing* *poing* Took me long enough, ne? Well, I can't start on the next chapter right now, having to go to work in a couple minutes, but, hopefully, I'll either start it at work tonight, or sometime tomorrow. So, in exchange, all you people who read, please review. I want opinions, suggestions, corrections, whatever, for any of my chapters of this story, or, for that matter, any of my stories. 'Kay? An' I'll try and get some writing done.
As for what's coming next... I have no idea! But, never fear, I'll come up with something.^_^
Letting the Truth Out
Ranma's Bright Idea 4
Ranma was sitting in one of his favorite spots to think about things: the roof. Once again, the plan he'd come up with to expose "p-chan" had failed. Perhaps the problem was that HE was trying to expose Ryoga, instead of getting Akane to expose him. With that in mind, a plan quickly formed. He just hoped Ryoga would make another appearance, soon. It was long past time to settle this. He wasn't sure how he was going to get Akane to forgive him afterwards, but that wasn't as important an issue.
Unfortunately, Ryoga didn't make an appearance for several days after that. It seemed the jerk was never around on the rare occasion that you wanted him. He continued to be nice to Akane (well, fairly nice; he was down to only getting hit by her once in an average day), and, although she seemed sad for a couple days, she seemed to get over whatever it was pretty quickly, and they were getting along again. True, in order to keep getting along, he couldn't relax for a second, as he knew that would be when Kodachi, Shampoo, and Ukyo would ALL show up, and spoil everything, but it was worth it. It reminded him of when he first arrived in Nerima, before all the fiancees and rivals showed up.
However, Ryoga always ends up back at the Tendo dojo, often when he's least expected, and, a little more than a week after he was last seen, he once again made a suprise appearance, when he walked out of the coat closet, and cried out, "Where on Earth am I?!" Being Jusenkyo cursed, he managed to trip over a bucket that Kasumi had been using to clean the floors, and was instantly reduced to his pig-form. Kasumi came back, noticed the spilled bucket, and clothes on the floor, and quickly cleaned up, never once considering what might have caused such a situation. However, a little later, she noticed P-chan sitting on the floor, and said, "Oh, P-chan! Akane will be happy that you're back. Here, let's just put you up in her room to wait for her." With that, she picked him up by the bandanna, and moved him to Akane's bed, to await her return from school.
Sometime later, Akane and Ranma arrived home, talking and laughing. In fact, both were laughing so hard that tears were running down their faces. Akane, however, was trying to maintain some semblence of composure. "You know, Ranma, it's really not funny." she gasped out between guffaws. Ranma finally managed to stop laughing long enough to reply, "What are ya talkin' about? I've never seen anything that funny! I haveta wonder who thought it would be a good idea to have Miss Hinako teach Sex Ed, though." with that, he lost what little composure he had, and burst out laughing once more. Akane chuckled and replied, "Oh, and you were that much better than she was? You didn't get why everyone started laughing until you were informed that those 'balloons' were really condoms, and what they're used for, and then you nearly fainted!" As she laughed at his expense, he stuck his tongue out and replied, "Maybe, but now we know which of us is the real pervert!" and started laughing even harder as Akane blushed bright red.
"Oh, Akane, Ranma, you're home." Kasumi greeted them as they came into the living room. "Yes," replied Akane, "and I agreed to help Ranma study for the english test tomorrow, since the dummy always sleeps through class." Ranma exclaimed an objection: "Hey! I can't help it if that monotone he uses always puts me to sleep!" Akane smiled; the teacher was pretty dull, and also, Ranma looked cute when he was asleep. "Oh, come on. We have a lot of material to cover. We should get to work." As they started to head upstairs, Kasumi decided to be her usual industrious self. "Do you want me to bring you two snacks for while you study?" Akane shook her head, "No thank you, I'll just hold off until dinner." Ranma, on the other hand, said, "Sure, Kasumi, I'd like a snack." Akane rolled her eyes theatrically. "Always thinking with your stomach, right, Ranma?" The good-natured bickering continued as they headed towards her room. Soon, Ranma was seated at the desk, trying to learn the material, as Akane looked over his shoulder, and corrected his mistakes. Eventually, the sound of their voices woke up a small sleeping pig, who poked his head out from under the pillow with a "bwee?". Inwardly, Ranma groaned. Things had been going so well, and Ryoga would just have to show up and screw things up. Well, this would be his last chance, as soon his curse would be revealed.
"Yo, 'Kane?" He asked the girl, who was now fawning over her pet pig. "If he was sleepin' in yer bed, he musta been cold. Maybe ya' should give him a nice, warm, bath." She looked suspicious. "Ranma, you've never suggested anything nice for P-Chan before. Why are you now?" Fortunately, he had prepared an excuse for just this situation. "I don't really like 'im, but you're pretty attached to him, so I figure doin' somethin' nice for him is like doin' somethin' for you." Of course, Akane nearly melted at hearing this, but, instead, beamed, and squeezed p-chan a little tighter. Ryoga, for his part, was shocked; Ranma was actually being NICE to Akane. Something was horribly wrong; Ranma was an unloving, undeserving jerk; he couldn't be nice to Akane! Then he realized just what Ranma had suggested, and his eyes widened. After all this time, Ranma was going to reveal his curse! 'Ranma, I'll get you for this! This is all your fault!' He tried to say, but, of course, it came out "bwee!" Ranma smiled, "See, Akane? Now, you should go give him his bath before he catches a cold." She nodded, and ran downstairs. However, once in the bathroom, she noticed that all the hot water taps had a sign reading "Do not use" on them. Dissapointed, she went to the kitchen. "Kasumi, why can't we use the hot water?" she asked. "Oh my, I completely forgot to tell you and Ranma!" Kasumi fretted. "The main pipe from the hot water heater sprang a leak this morning, and so the water is turned off until the plumber can get here, tomorrow."
Akane's face fell. "Why, did you need hot water for something?" Kasumi asked. "Well, P-chan seemed a little cold, so I thought I'd give him a warm bath, to warm him up." Akane replied. "I see. Why don't you use this kettle I had on the stove. I was going to make some tea for father and uncle Saotome, but I can wait until I heat up another kettle." "All right, sis, thanks!" Akane replied, as she grabbed the kettle and swept out of the kitchen. As she reached the bathroom, she put p-chan in the bottom of the empty furo, where, in spite of his efforts, he couldn't get out. Just as she was about to add the hot water, though, the wall bulged inwards, and crumbled, as Shampoo bounced in. However, this distraction gave p-chan the chance he needed, and he scrambled out of the furo. Attempting to run through the newly-made hole, he pulled a Ryoga, as usual, and ran headfirst into the wall, cracking the cold water pipe, and spraying water throughout the room. By the time Akane managed to shut off the water, however, he was gone, leaving neko-shampoo struggling to get out of her suddenly oversized and soaking wet clothing.
Sighing, Akane poured some of the contents of the kettle onto the cat, and, a moment later, Shampoo was standing there once more, readjusting her clothes. "Why are you here, Shampoo?" Akane asked, dully. "To take Airen on date, of course!" The amazon replied. "And why didn't you break through the living room wall, like usual?" Akane continued. "Nice girl ask Shampoo not to damage living room anymore." Shampoo replied, puzzled. "Okay, that's all I wanted to know." Akane said, and stepped aside. Not one to look a gift horse in the mouth, Shampoo started to walk by her, but stopped when Akane spoke again. "Oh, one more thing, Shampoo..." Just then, Akane grabbed the bucket, which had collected some of the water from the broken pipe, and splashed Shampoo once more. Before the now-feline female could react, Akane grabbed her by the scruff of her neck, and flung her out the hole she had made, yelling, "Get lost, you shameless amazon slut!"
She grabbed a towel on her way out, and stormed back upstairs, after informing Kasumi that there was some new damage to the bathroom. Ranma saw her storm into her room, where he had been studying, and silently congratulated himself. However, not wanting to mess up how nicely things had been going, he said, "Oi, Akane, what happened?" She glared at him for a moment, just in case it was, somehow, his fault, and replied, Shampoo decided to come in through the bathroom wall, and now p-chan is missing again." Then she noticed him hitting his head against the desk.
"What's the matter, Ranma?" She asked suspiciously. 'He better not be upset that I caught Shampoo trying to get him out on a date!' She thought, preparing to hurt Ranma severely. "Oh, it's just that Shampoo seems to live to make my life more difficult." he prevaricated. "I just wish she'd leave me alone, sometimes." Her temper rising, she asked, "And what about the rest of the time, Ranma?" Not noticing her anger, he replied offhand, "Well, she's not so bad to have around as a friend, sometimes..." Of course, she hadn't listened to anything past "she's not so bad to have around", before her temper boiled over, and she lashed out. "Fine, then, why don't you go VISIT HER THEN!" She yelled as she punched him out the window. As he unintentionally flew over the block, a cry could be heard; "What'd I dooooooooo?"
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Author's Notes: Yay! Another chapter done! *poing* *poing* *poing* Took me long enough, ne? Well, I can't start on the next chapter right now, having to go to work in a couple minutes, but, hopefully, I'll either start it at work tonight, or sometime tomorrow. So, in exchange, all you people who read, please review. I want opinions, suggestions, corrections, whatever, for any of my chapters of this story, or, for that matter, any of my stories. 'Kay? An' I'll try and get some writing done.
As for what's coming next... I have no idea! But, never fear, I'll come up with something.^_^