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post up my stories and I wouldn't get that many reviews! So the only reason
why I ask for reviews (or demand as some put it) is because I want to have
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apologize if I sounded a BIT harsh! Anyways, along with the story . . .
The morning sun peaked over the top of the Japanese mountains. The cold dew begins to fade away as the sun rose higher throughout the morning, waking Akane from her sleep.
"Morning already?! It can't be, I just went to bed not too long ago."
Akane looked at her watch and saw that it read 8:02.
"Oh now I get it! I set up camp around 4:25. That's how it seems like morning came early. Well, I better get my stuff together and keep going. I don't want anyone to catch my trail."
"Exactly, where is your trail headed?" asked a familiar voice.
Akane jumped and quickly got in a battle stance.
"Who's there? Show yourself!" she yelled as a pigtailed boy walked into her tent.
"Huh? Ranma? What . . . what are YOU doing here?" she asked as she lowered her tightly clenched fists.
"I found your note and decided to track you down." He answered putting his hands in his pockets.
"Well there's no point in taking me back home, cause I'm not going back ever again. And I think you should leave!" She said turning away from him and packing her bag again.
"Well, I WAS planning on doing that, but first I wanted to know WHY you left." He said looking up at her, waiting for her to answer.
Akane finished packing her bag then turned back to Ranma.
"I thought you said you read my note?" she asked passing him and walking out of the tent, Ranma following.
"I DID!" he exclaimed, watching her rip the tent down.
"Then you should KNOW why I left." She said stuffing the tent into its bag as if it were a dead animal that no one cared about.
"Nothing in that note told me the reason why you left!" Ranma said, as he clenched his fists in frustration.
"I didn't say it forward! Any smart person would've been able to figure it out! If you read it again then maybe just maybe you'll figure it out!" she yelled, turning in the opposite direction and walking off.
"Akane! Wait!" yelled Ranma walking after her.
"Leave me alone Ranma! Why don't you go bother one of your fiancés? Cause I'm sure not one of them anymore!" she screamed as she started to run.
Ranma was about to follow her, but decided to hold back. "Ugh! I hate it when she does this!" Then he kicked a rock and slowly started to walk the direction she had ran.
Nabiki quickly opened her eyes as she heard her father scream in shocked and worry
*What the hell is going on?* she thought as she ran down the stairs and into the kitchen to see her father bawling like a baby on the floor, Genma hitting his head on the fridge door, and Kasumi trying to calm both of them.
"What happened to dad?" Nabiki asked, standing in complete shock. Kasumi looked up at her younger sister and handed her a piece of paper.
Nabiki quickly scanned the paper then handed it back to Kasumi. "So where's Ranma in all of this? Still sleeping?" she asked, disappointed that she couldn't see the young Martial Artist's reaction.
"He's not here!" said Genma as he lifted his head from the fridge's surface to face the middle Tendo daughter.
"He's not here? Then where is he?" she asked folding her arms.
"I have no idea. My theory is that he went after Akane. Where else would he be at this time? He could've easily woken up before any of us, read the note, and took off after her." He said staring at Nabiki for an answer.
Nabiki just shrugged her shoulders and peered down at her dad.
"Well, if Ranma went after Akane, then why his daddy still bawling and not jumping for joy that Ranma's chasing her?" she asked, staring at the pitiful site in front of her.
"Nabiki! Don't make father more upset than he already is! Do me a favor and make some nice warm tea and I'll accompany father!" exclaimed Kasumi as she turned back to her task.
Nabiki rolled her eyes and slumped over to the stove.
Akane slowed her pace down to a walk. The morning was old now and she had been running since she had run into Ranma.
*Why is he following me?* she thought to herself as she stopped in front of a local coffee shop, her stomach growling.
"I've been running so much that I forgot about my stomach." She said walking inside. The old place wasn't very crowded and it seemed like a nice place to stop and eat something. She sat at the bar and set her backpack down between her feet.
After a few minutes, a young man about three years older than Akane, walked up to her with a pen and a pad of paper.
"Can I help you?" he asked. His eyes were a sparkling dark brown and his hair was as dark as ink, his smile could make any girl feel warm and welcomed inside.
"I . . . um . . . I'll have the uh . . . the number one . . . combo! No cheese!" she said looking away.
"Alright, it'll be ready in a few minutes" he said walking through a red swinging door to the kitchen.
Akane grabbed her chest and felt like she was about to die. He was so . . . gorgeous! And he seemed so polite. Maybe she should just stay here for the rest of her life?
"He really got to ya huh?" said a voice from behind.
Akane whipped around and saw a young girl in about her twenties.
"Excuse me? What did you say?" asked Akane, giving the girl a puzzled look.
The girl just laughed and sat next to Akane. She had a pink dress that was 6 or 7 inches above her knees that buttoned up at the top with a white collar, a white apron wrapped around her waste. She had dark brown hair that was to her shoulders and beautiful blue eyes that shined bright when she was facing the sun.
"What's so funny?" asked Akane as the girl rested her elbows on the countertop.
"Oh nothing! I was just laughing at how long you stared at my brother!" she said smirking.
"He's you brother?!?!" asked Akane as the young man walked up to her again, carrying her order.
"Here ya go! A number one combo with no melted cheese!" he said placing the plate in front of Akane. He gave her a quick wink and walked back to the kitchen.
Akane melted in her chair and sighed.
"Just what I thought!" said the girl next to her. Akane had forgotten she was there and quickly pulled herself together.
"So . . . HE is your brother?" asked Akane looking at the kitchen door out of the corner of her eye.
The girl nodded and grabbed Akane's hand. "I'm Wendy by the way! Nice to meet ya!" she said shaking Akane's hand violently.
"Uh . . . yeah! Nice to meet you too!" she said pulling her hand away before she didn't have one anymore.
"Like my little bro then huh?"
"What gave you that idea?" asked Akane turning away.
"Oh give me a break! Every new girl that comes in here likes my brother! So it don't surprise me! And I can tell the way you look at him, you like him!" she said grinning, showing a mouthful of crooked teeth.
Akane gave a weak smile and continued eating her food.
"His name is Koji by the way." She said getting up and walking away to the kitchen.
Akane smiled. *He has a nice bod AND a nice name!* she thought reaching into her pocket.
It was empty.
*Oh no! I forgot to get some money before I left! Great!*
As a small stone about the size of a quarter bounced down the street, Ranma Soatome slowly walked down an empty street. He had been walking ever since he had met up with Akane that morning, and thinking.
*I still don't get what she meant! 'Why don't you go bother one of your fiancés? Cause I'm sure not one of them anymore!' I mean, she's called off our engagement so many times I can't even count, but I've never seen her THIS serious about it. I guess I must've really hurt her feelings this time. Grr! Damn you! Why can't I can't I just tell her how I feel? Then if she doesn't feel the same way then me and Pops will go back home to mom! But if it seems so easy then how come I never tell her? Is it because I'm scared of what she'd say? Or is it because I'm better off NOT knowing?*
Ranma scratched his head and kept walking. He would figure this out when he's caught up with Akane again and convinced her to come home. Just then, Ranma heard the sound of a bell, but it wasn't just any ordinary bell, it was the sound of a . . . bike bell.
*Oh no! Don't tell me it's . . .*
"Ugh!!!" Ranma groaned as a five pound wheel slammed in into his skull.
"There you are Ranma! We been looking everywhere for you!" said the high voice of a young girl that Ranma knew too well who it was that was talking to him.
"Shampoo! What the heck are YOU doing here?! And how did you know where I was?!" asked Ranma pulling himself from under the bike and facing the purple haired Chinese girl.
"Shampoo hear that Ranma go after Akane and so she come to stop Ranma from making terrible mistake!"
"Yeah! And I came to ask you WHY you went after Akane in the first place!" exclaimed a young brown haired girl with a spatula strapped around her curvy figure.
"Uchann? You came too? How did you guys find me?" asked Ranma getting really confused on the situation.
"It wasn't too hard really . . ." Ukyo started as she hopped off Shampoo's bike.
"We just go to town border and go from there!" finished Shampoo jumping up and wrapping her arms around Ranma's neck.
"Now will Ranma come home with Shampoo?" she asked resting her head on Ranma's chest.
*Oh man! I really wish Akane was here right now!*
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The morning sun peaked over the top of the Japanese mountains. The cold dew begins to fade away as the sun rose higher throughout the morning, waking Akane from her sleep.
"Morning already?! It can't be, I just went to bed not too long ago."
Akane looked at her watch and saw that it read 8:02.
"Oh now I get it! I set up camp around 4:25. That's how it seems like morning came early. Well, I better get my stuff together and keep going. I don't want anyone to catch my trail."
"Exactly, where is your trail headed?" asked a familiar voice.
Akane jumped and quickly got in a battle stance.
"Who's there? Show yourself!" she yelled as a pigtailed boy walked into her tent.
"Huh? Ranma? What . . . what are YOU doing here?" she asked as she lowered her tightly clenched fists.
"I found your note and decided to track you down." He answered putting his hands in his pockets.
"Well there's no point in taking me back home, cause I'm not going back ever again. And I think you should leave!" She said turning away from him and packing her bag again.
"Well, I WAS planning on doing that, but first I wanted to know WHY you left." He said looking up at her, waiting for her to answer.
Akane finished packing her bag then turned back to Ranma.
"I thought you said you read my note?" she asked passing him and walking out of the tent, Ranma following.
"I DID!" he exclaimed, watching her rip the tent down.
"Then you should KNOW why I left." She said stuffing the tent into its bag as if it were a dead animal that no one cared about.
"Nothing in that note told me the reason why you left!" Ranma said, as he clenched his fists in frustration.
"I didn't say it forward! Any smart person would've been able to figure it out! If you read it again then maybe just maybe you'll figure it out!" she yelled, turning in the opposite direction and walking off.
"Akane! Wait!" yelled Ranma walking after her.
"Leave me alone Ranma! Why don't you go bother one of your fiancés? Cause I'm sure not one of them anymore!" she screamed as she started to run.
Ranma was about to follow her, but decided to hold back. "Ugh! I hate it when she does this!" Then he kicked a rock and slowly started to walk the direction she had ran.
Nabiki quickly opened her eyes as she heard her father scream in shocked and worry
*What the hell is going on?* she thought as she ran down the stairs and into the kitchen to see her father bawling like a baby on the floor, Genma hitting his head on the fridge door, and Kasumi trying to calm both of them.
"What happened to dad?" Nabiki asked, standing in complete shock. Kasumi looked up at her younger sister and handed her a piece of paper.
Nabiki quickly scanned the paper then handed it back to Kasumi. "So where's Ranma in all of this? Still sleeping?" she asked, disappointed that she couldn't see the young Martial Artist's reaction.
"He's not here!" said Genma as he lifted his head from the fridge's surface to face the middle Tendo daughter.
"He's not here? Then where is he?" she asked folding her arms.
"I have no idea. My theory is that he went after Akane. Where else would he be at this time? He could've easily woken up before any of us, read the note, and took off after her." He said staring at Nabiki for an answer.
Nabiki just shrugged her shoulders and peered down at her dad.
"Well, if Ranma went after Akane, then why his daddy still bawling and not jumping for joy that Ranma's chasing her?" she asked, staring at the pitiful site in front of her.
"Nabiki! Don't make father more upset than he already is! Do me a favor and make some nice warm tea and I'll accompany father!" exclaimed Kasumi as she turned back to her task.
Nabiki rolled her eyes and slumped over to the stove.
Akane slowed her pace down to a walk. The morning was old now and she had been running since she had run into Ranma.
*Why is he following me?* she thought to herself as she stopped in front of a local coffee shop, her stomach growling.
"I've been running so much that I forgot about my stomach." She said walking inside. The old place wasn't very crowded and it seemed like a nice place to stop and eat something. She sat at the bar and set her backpack down between her feet.
After a few minutes, a young man about three years older than Akane, walked up to her with a pen and a pad of paper.
"Can I help you?" he asked. His eyes were a sparkling dark brown and his hair was as dark as ink, his smile could make any girl feel warm and welcomed inside.
"I . . . um . . . I'll have the uh . . . the number one . . . combo! No cheese!" she said looking away.
"Alright, it'll be ready in a few minutes" he said walking through a red swinging door to the kitchen.
Akane grabbed her chest and felt like she was about to die. He was so . . . gorgeous! And he seemed so polite. Maybe she should just stay here for the rest of her life?
"He really got to ya huh?" said a voice from behind.
Akane whipped around and saw a young girl in about her twenties.
"Excuse me? What did you say?" asked Akane, giving the girl a puzzled look.
The girl just laughed and sat next to Akane. She had a pink dress that was 6 or 7 inches above her knees that buttoned up at the top with a white collar, a white apron wrapped around her waste. She had dark brown hair that was to her shoulders and beautiful blue eyes that shined bright when she was facing the sun.
"What's so funny?" asked Akane as the girl rested her elbows on the countertop.
"Oh nothing! I was just laughing at how long you stared at my brother!" she said smirking.
"He's you brother?!?!" asked Akane as the young man walked up to her again, carrying her order.
"Here ya go! A number one combo with no melted cheese!" he said placing the plate in front of Akane. He gave her a quick wink and walked back to the kitchen.
Akane melted in her chair and sighed.
"Just what I thought!" said the girl next to her. Akane had forgotten she was there and quickly pulled herself together.
"So . . . HE is your brother?" asked Akane looking at the kitchen door out of the corner of her eye.
The girl nodded and grabbed Akane's hand. "I'm Wendy by the way! Nice to meet ya!" she said shaking Akane's hand violently.
"Uh . . . yeah! Nice to meet you too!" she said pulling her hand away before she didn't have one anymore.
"Like my little bro then huh?"
"What gave you that idea?" asked Akane turning away.
"Oh give me a break! Every new girl that comes in here likes my brother! So it don't surprise me! And I can tell the way you look at him, you like him!" she said grinning, showing a mouthful of crooked teeth.
Akane gave a weak smile and continued eating her food.
"His name is Koji by the way." She said getting up and walking away to the kitchen.
Akane smiled. *He has a nice bod AND a nice name!* she thought reaching into her pocket.
It was empty.
*Oh no! I forgot to get some money before I left! Great!*
As a small stone about the size of a quarter bounced down the street, Ranma Soatome slowly walked down an empty street. He had been walking ever since he had met up with Akane that morning, and thinking.
*I still don't get what she meant! 'Why don't you go bother one of your fiancés? Cause I'm sure not one of them anymore!' I mean, she's called off our engagement so many times I can't even count, but I've never seen her THIS serious about it. I guess I must've really hurt her feelings this time. Grr! Damn you! Why can't I can't I just tell her how I feel? Then if she doesn't feel the same way then me and Pops will go back home to mom! But if it seems so easy then how come I never tell her? Is it because I'm scared of what she'd say? Or is it because I'm better off NOT knowing?*
Ranma scratched his head and kept walking. He would figure this out when he's caught up with Akane again and convinced her to come home. Just then, Ranma heard the sound of a bell, but it wasn't just any ordinary bell, it was the sound of a . . . bike bell.
*Oh no! Don't tell me it's . . .*
"Ugh!!!" Ranma groaned as a five pound wheel slammed in into his skull.
"There you are Ranma! We been looking everywhere for you!" said the high voice of a young girl that Ranma knew too well who it was that was talking to him.
"Shampoo! What the heck are YOU doing here?! And how did you know where I was?!" asked Ranma pulling himself from under the bike and facing the purple haired Chinese girl.
"Shampoo hear that Ranma go after Akane and so she come to stop Ranma from making terrible mistake!"
"Yeah! And I came to ask you WHY you went after Akane in the first place!" exclaimed a young brown haired girl with a spatula strapped around her curvy figure.
"Uchann? You came too? How did you guys find me?" asked Ranma getting really confused on the situation.
"It wasn't too hard really . . ." Ukyo started as she hopped off Shampoo's bike.
"We just go to town border and go from there!" finished Shampoo jumping up and wrapping her arms around Ranma's neck.
"Now will Ranma come home with Shampoo?" she asked resting her head on Ranma's chest.
*Oh man! I really wish Akane was here right now!*
******************************************************************* Thanks for reading! Keep reading and reviewing and I'll post up another chapter!