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My Beauty Queen
Chapter One
Kasumi hummed to herself quietly as she finished preparing the last of Sunday's dinner. What a feast it was! She smiled to herself, knowing how much the two Saotomes would love the meal. Checking the pots once more she turned down the heat, letting the contents simmer while the rest of the food finished cooking.
Just as she was about to sit down, in came Akane with a piece of paper held firmly in her hands. "Nee-chan?" Kasumi smiled her famous smile. "Yes Akane- chan?" Kasumi noticed Akane looking around nervously. "Is something wrong Akane?" Blinking, Akane shook her head, "no nothings wrong. Is Ranma anywhere within ear shot??" Kasumi blinked, imitating her sister's earlier actions, a bit confused at the question. "No I don't think so why?"
Akane sighed happily and thrust the colorful ad in her eldest sister's hands. Kasumi started at it for the longest. "A teen beauty pageant?" Akane nodded as she sat opposite of her. "I was thinking about entering it." "Hmm" Kasumi eyed the ad yet again. "So, tell me Akane dear, what does Ranma have to do with all of this." Akane looked away. "Well you see nee- chan that's what I wanted to talk to you about. You see . how do I put this?" Akane thought for a moment, then looked her sister straight in the eye. "Well, do you . do you think I'm ugly?"
Kasumi was taken a back by the sudden and serious question. "What ever gave you that idea Akane-chan?? Oh wait . don't tell me . did Ranma say that?" Akane nodded shifting her gaze to the pots resting on the stove. "Oh Akane, you know he didn't mean that." Akane sighed and placed her head in her hand, turning it a bit back to the eldest Tendo sibling. "But that's not a reason to enter these kind of things."
"But I want to."
Kasumi rose and made her way to the simmering food, lifting the top off to stir it slightly. "If you don't mind, may I ask why?" Akane stared at her sister's back. "I want to because I'm tired of him always finding something about me to make fun of. I want to show him that he's wrong, that I am cute. And to do that I need to win this beauty pageant, or at least make it pretty far."
Kasumi turned and smiled yet again. "Well, if you really want to do it, which I can see you do, I'll help out as much as I can." Akane jumped out of her seat suddenly and flung her arms around her sister. "Arigato nee- chan!" Kasumi giggled. "Sure thing. How about tomorrow we'll call the number and see what we have to do to enter you okay?" Akane nodded, a wide smile on her face. "Well, now that that's done, could you go get everyone and tell them that dinner is ready?" "Hai!!!"
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Ranma finished up his last set of warm ups, wiping his brow free of sweat as he seated himself on the floor. * Where is that girl at?* As if on cue, Akane entered into the dojo, quietly as possible.
A soft voice calling his name was easily heard and upon turning around, he discovered Akane standing in the doorway. "'Kane." She looked around the dojo, at anything that wasn't him. "Uh, Kasumi says dinner is ready." * Why am I so nervous?? I should be beat the crap out of him right now!* Reluctantly she allowed her eyes to wander over him. His shirt and hair was sticking to him with sweat and he was breathing heavily. "Um. maybe you should take a bath or something before coming to the table." He nodded and Akane turned on her heel, ready to leave.
"Akane"
She looked back, a bit startled at his calling. "Yeah?" Ranma looked down at his hands, his thumbs twiddling rapidly in his lap. "Um. well, um. about what I said earlier." Akane held her hand up, silencing anything else that should fall from his lips. "Don't worry about it." He blinked and looked at her. Was she saying what he thought she was saying? "Do you really mean that?" She nodded, smiling slightly. "Uh. yeah I'm not mad or anything, really. If that's what you think then there's nothing I can do about it."
Ranma's eyes widened at what she was saying. * Oh no, this can't be good.* He opened his mouth to protest what she was saying but found he was too late, for she was already gone. "Not again." He sighed and picked himself up off of the ground. "This really can't be good." Slowly he made his way out of the dojo and back into the house.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Akane sighed and flopped down face first onto her bed. "Bakabakabakabakabakabaka. BAKA!!!!!!!!!" Screamed into her pillow, beating the mattress repeatedly as she let out her frustration. "oh. what an idiot! I should have said something!" She stopped and turned her head to her desk. There, lying ever so slightly on top of it was the ad.
"What am I stressing over? After this. he won't call me that anymore." Her sister's voice calling for her to come down for dinner brought her back to reality. Quickly she put the ad back down and made her way out of the door and ran downstairs, totally oblivious to the tall masculine pig-tailed teenager standing next to it.
Ranma stared at the little yellow duck on the door; it's big red English letters staring back at him when realization hit him like a ton of bricks.
Akane was planning something. Something that was going to affect him. he had to get to the bottom of it and quick!
"We'll just see what you're up to." his stomach growled involuntarily "After dinner that is." Running to his room to finish getting dressed, Ranma thought about what she could possibly be planning. Whatever it was, he had to make sure he had a plan of his own!
KTKG: Okay. so maybe this chapter seems a little. strange. yeah. I'm not sure anymore, but maybe if I get some more reviews I'll now what you guys think! It's really important to me so please guys. make me happy! Questions, comments, suggestions, it's all welcomed! Thanks!
My Beauty Queen
Chapter One
Kasumi hummed to herself quietly as she finished preparing the last of Sunday's dinner. What a feast it was! She smiled to herself, knowing how much the two Saotomes would love the meal. Checking the pots once more she turned down the heat, letting the contents simmer while the rest of the food finished cooking.
Just as she was about to sit down, in came Akane with a piece of paper held firmly in her hands. "Nee-chan?" Kasumi smiled her famous smile. "Yes Akane- chan?" Kasumi noticed Akane looking around nervously. "Is something wrong Akane?" Blinking, Akane shook her head, "no nothings wrong. Is Ranma anywhere within ear shot??" Kasumi blinked, imitating her sister's earlier actions, a bit confused at the question. "No I don't think so why?"
Akane sighed happily and thrust the colorful ad in her eldest sister's hands. Kasumi started at it for the longest. "A teen beauty pageant?" Akane nodded as she sat opposite of her. "I was thinking about entering it." "Hmm" Kasumi eyed the ad yet again. "So, tell me Akane dear, what does Ranma have to do with all of this." Akane looked away. "Well you see nee- chan that's what I wanted to talk to you about. You see . how do I put this?" Akane thought for a moment, then looked her sister straight in the eye. "Well, do you . do you think I'm ugly?"
Kasumi was taken a back by the sudden and serious question. "What ever gave you that idea Akane-chan?? Oh wait . don't tell me . did Ranma say that?" Akane nodded shifting her gaze to the pots resting on the stove. "Oh Akane, you know he didn't mean that." Akane sighed and placed her head in her hand, turning it a bit back to the eldest Tendo sibling. "But that's not a reason to enter these kind of things."
"But I want to."
Kasumi rose and made her way to the simmering food, lifting the top off to stir it slightly. "If you don't mind, may I ask why?" Akane stared at her sister's back. "I want to because I'm tired of him always finding something about me to make fun of. I want to show him that he's wrong, that I am cute. And to do that I need to win this beauty pageant, or at least make it pretty far."
Kasumi turned and smiled yet again. "Well, if you really want to do it, which I can see you do, I'll help out as much as I can." Akane jumped out of her seat suddenly and flung her arms around her sister. "Arigato nee- chan!" Kasumi giggled. "Sure thing. How about tomorrow we'll call the number and see what we have to do to enter you okay?" Akane nodded, a wide smile on her face. "Well, now that that's done, could you go get everyone and tell them that dinner is ready?" "Hai!!!"
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Ranma finished up his last set of warm ups, wiping his brow free of sweat as he seated himself on the floor. * Where is that girl at?* As if on cue, Akane entered into the dojo, quietly as possible.
A soft voice calling his name was easily heard and upon turning around, he discovered Akane standing in the doorway. "'Kane." She looked around the dojo, at anything that wasn't him. "Uh, Kasumi says dinner is ready." * Why am I so nervous?? I should be beat the crap out of him right now!* Reluctantly she allowed her eyes to wander over him. His shirt and hair was sticking to him with sweat and he was breathing heavily. "Um. maybe you should take a bath or something before coming to the table." He nodded and Akane turned on her heel, ready to leave.
"Akane"
She looked back, a bit startled at his calling. "Yeah?" Ranma looked down at his hands, his thumbs twiddling rapidly in his lap. "Um. well, um. about what I said earlier." Akane held her hand up, silencing anything else that should fall from his lips. "Don't worry about it." He blinked and looked at her. Was she saying what he thought she was saying? "Do you really mean that?" She nodded, smiling slightly. "Uh. yeah I'm not mad or anything, really. If that's what you think then there's nothing I can do about it."
Ranma's eyes widened at what she was saying. * Oh no, this can't be good.* He opened his mouth to protest what she was saying but found he was too late, for she was already gone. "Not again." He sighed and picked himself up off of the ground. "This really can't be good." Slowly he made his way out of the dojo and back into the house.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Akane sighed and flopped down face first onto her bed. "Bakabakabakabakabakabaka. BAKA!!!!!!!!!" Screamed into her pillow, beating the mattress repeatedly as she let out her frustration. "oh. what an idiot! I should have said something!" She stopped and turned her head to her desk. There, lying ever so slightly on top of it was the ad.
"What am I stressing over? After this. he won't call me that anymore." Her sister's voice calling for her to come down for dinner brought her back to reality. Quickly she put the ad back down and made her way out of the door and ran downstairs, totally oblivious to the tall masculine pig-tailed teenager standing next to it.
Ranma stared at the little yellow duck on the door; it's big red English letters staring back at him when realization hit him like a ton of bricks.
Akane was planning something. Something that was going to affect him. he had to get to the bottom of it and quick!
"We'll just see what you're up to." his stomach growled involuntarily "After dinner that is." Running to his room to finish getting dressed, Ranma thought about what she could possibly be planning. Whatever it was, he had to make sure he had a plan of his own!
KTKG: Okay. so maybe this chapter seems a little. strange. yeah. I'm not sure anymore, but maybe if I get some more reviews I'll now what you guys think! It's really important to me so please guys. make me happy! Questions, comments, suggestions, it's all welcomed! Thanks!