Hey guys!
Thanks for all the lovely reviews, and for being so eternally patient with me! I have a good excuse though! I'm taking my SATs on May 1st, and we've all been working our asses off. I'm sorry the chapters have been so short, I take your note Kalen Darkmoon and Doctor Emmit Brown and I will do my damndest to make them longer without babbling.
Kat14: {DEEP SIGH] The reason he didn't turn into a girl, genius, was the fact that he was sitting in a tub of HOT water!! I said specifically "he turned on the HOT water tap..." LOL. It's ok people, I know her personally, so I can talk to her like this (.
Doctor Emmit Brown: Dammit. I know it's just a little thing but it's still annoying. But you're right. Could you do me a favor and tell me exactly which manga the botched wedding takes place in? I've been trying to find it for eons with no success.
Sayurichan1432: WOAHWOAHWOAH!!! I'm glad you like the story dude, but lets not resort to bodily harm here!! LMAO. I'm doing the best I can in the updating dept, and I'm tres flattered that you like my story!
On! On with le story! Story awaaaaaaay!! (Gallops off into the sunset leaving some very confused people in her wake).
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Akane sat in the waiting room of the hospital. She sat in a chair with bandages wrapped around her cut feet. She had sat here for what felt like hours, as the last human being she had seen was the nurse who asked for a number where they could reach Ranma's "next of kin". Akane had wanted to slap the stupid woman for talking like Ranma was going to die, but of course she hadn't and had given her Soun Tendo's phone number. Genma had gone off on one of his eternal "training trips" about six months ago, and hadn't been seen or heard of since. But Akane felt certain that wherever he had gone, her father would be able to find him. Besides, she needed someone. Someone to hold her and tell her everything was going to be all right, someone to tell her, above all, that she hadn't been responsible. Akane wanted someone to tell her that she had not killed the man she loved. She shivered. She wished that they might have given her a blanket or something. Her pants were still damp from the water on the bathroom floor. She listened, but all she could here was the crackling static sound of the intercom summoning various doctors to various patients. She wondered who was taking care of Ranma. Were they good? Were they good enough?
Clackclackclackclackclack...
Akane jerked her head up. She knew that sound. There was only one person in the world who made a sound like that!
Akane leapt out of the chair ignoring the pain in her feet and ran toward what she called that day and every day after that, her Angel of Mercy.
"NABIKI!!"
Nabiki ran towards her, tripping slightly on her six-inch heels that clattered loudly on the linoleum. Akane flung herself into her sister's arms. She breathed in her perfume. She felt a weight lift off her chest. Nabiki was here. Akane wasn't alone anymore.
"Oh Akane! Dad called me the second he hung up with the doctor. He told me to come and tell you that he's gone to find Mr. Saotome. He didn't tell me where he was going, but he did say he was sure he knew where to find him." Nabiki stepped back and looked her sister up and down. Then she added in a softer voice: "How's Ranma?"
Akane's heart dropped into her stomach. She had hoped Nabiki would bring some kind of news from the doctor.
"I don't know anything more than you do, sis. We came in, must have been at least a two hours ago. No one's told me anything Oneechan, and I'm so scared!"
Nabiki lead Akane over to the row of orange plastic chairs and they sat down. Nabiki faced her sister.
"Tell me everything little sis. Don't leave a thing out."
Akane gulped and started to tell her. For several minutes Nabiki didn't say anything, but just listened.
"... And he was kissing me Nabiki, and it felt so good and so right! It felt like nothing could come between us ever again. And then I saw them...all those stupid bitches that tried to get Ranma away from me... I just saw them in my mind's eye, and it was like I was sixteen again, all the rage and jealousy, I felt it so much it was like it was all happening again ..."
Akane trailed off. "And that's what happened. When I got to the apartment he'd –"
"You don't have to say it sis."
Nabiki rubbed her head. "So basically your telling me that you paid Ranma a visit in your pajamas, at the precise moment he was lying in the bathroom dying, deduced that that was the reason he didn't answer the door, and broke the door down? Is that what your saying?"
Akane looked at the floor. Nabiki stared. "Akane... How did you know?"
Akane hesitated. Would Nabiki think she was some kind of freak? Would she think she was lying? But then she thought, *this is my sister. If I can't trust her who can I trust?... Nabiki's different now, I can trust her. And she'll know... she'll understand. *
So Akane told Nabiki about her vision. When she'd finished, she finally looked up from the floor, and saw Nabiki had an expression on her face that she could not quite read.
"Oneechan ..."
"Akane, did you ever-"
Suddenly Akane heard her name called. She turned to see Moriko, the woman with the paramedics coming towards her. She and Nabiki stood to meet her.
"Hello I'm Dr Nakamura. You are ..."
Nabiki introduced herself, and Dr Nakamura turned to Akane. "I need to ask you a few questions about Ranma. Are you ok with that?"
Akane nodded. She hoped the questions would involve Akane getting some sort of hint about how Ranma was doing.
"OK. I'll be blunt with you Akane, do you know if Ranma has a past with drugs?"
Akane started. "Drugs? No, not Ranma. He takes care of his body; he's a martial artist! He knows how stupid that sort of stuff is." Akane said, feeling if not mildly hypocritical.
Dr Nakamura looked at Akane over her glasses. Then took her hands in hers like she had done back at the apartment.
"I wish I didn't have to tell you this Akane, but we found heroin in Ranma's blood. We also found a bottle of it in the bathroom, so there's no doubt as to what it is."
Akane's stomach lurched. She doubled over and fell to her knees. The whole room was spinning, and Akane didn't know whether she was going to throw up, faint, cry, scream or laugh. So she didn't do any of them. She was vaguely aware of Nabiki dropping to her knees beside her and putting both arms around her, wrapping her in a safe haven of love and sisterly protection. She was also vaguely aware of Nabiki conversing with Dr Nakamura, but she didn't hear what about. All she could hear or feel was the heroin coursing through Ranma's veins, and Ranma's voice, calling her name, and speaking what may perhaps have been his final words.
-R&R-
*~*Dark Eyed Mermaid*~*
Thanks for all the lovely reviews, and for being so eternally patient with me! I have a good excuse though! I'm taking my SATs on May 1st, and we've all been working our asses off. I'm sorry the chapters have been so short, I take your note Kalen Darkmoon and Doctor Emmit Brown and I will do my damndest to make them longer without babbling.
Kat14: {DEEP SIGH] The reason he didn't turn into a girl, genius, was the fact that he was sitting in a tub of HOT water!! I said specifically "he turned on the HOT water tap..." LOL. It's ok people, I know her personally, so I can talk to her like this (.
Doctor Emmit Brown: Dammit. I know it's just a little thing but it's still annoying. But you're right. Could you do me a favor and tell me exactly which manga the botched wedding takes place in? I've been trying to find it for eons with no success.
Sayurichan1432: WOAHWOAHWOAH!!! I'm glad you like the story dude, but lets not resort to bodily harm here!! LMAO. I'm doing the best I can in the updating dept, and I'm tres flattered that you like my story!
On! On with le story! Story awaaaaaaay!! (Gallops off into the sunset leaving some very confused people in her wake).
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Akane sat in the waiting room of the hospital. She sat in a chair with bandages wrapped around her cut feet. She had sat here for what felt like hours, as the last human being she had seen was the nurse who asked for a number where they could reach Ranma's "next of kin". Akane had wanted to slap the stupid woman for talking like Ranma was going to die, but of course she hadn't and had given her Soun Tendo's phone number. Genma had gone off on one of his eternal "training trips" about six months ago, and hadn't been seen or heard of since. But Akane felt certain that wherever he had gone, her father would be able to find him. Besides, she needed someone. Someone to hold her and tell her everything was going to be all right, someone to tell her, above all, that she hadn't been responsible. Akane wanted someone to tell her that she had not killed the man she loved. She shivered. She wished that they might have given her a blanket or something. Her pants were still damp from the water on the bathroom floor. She listened, but all she could here was the crackling static sound of the intercom summoning various doctors to various patients. She wondered who was taking care of Ranma. Were they good? Were they good enough?
Clackclackclackclackclack...
Akane jerked her head up. She knew that sound. There was only one person in the world who made a sound like that!
Akane leapt out of the chair ignoring the pain in her feet and ran toward what she called that day and every day after that, her Angel of Mercy.
"NABIKI!!"
Nabiki ran towards her, tripping slightly on her six-inch heels that clattered loudly on the linoleum. Akane flung herself into her sister's arms. She breathed in her perfume. She felt a weight lift off her chest. Nabiki was here. Akane wasn't alone anymore.
"Oh Akane! Dad called me the second he hung up with the doctor. He told me to come and tell you that he's gone to find Mr. Saotome. He didn't tell me where he was going, but he did say he was sure he knew where to find him." Nabiki stepped back and looked her sister up and down. Then she added in a softer voice: "How's Ranma?"
Akane's heart dropped into her stomach. She had hoped Nabiki would bring some kind of news from the doctor.
"I don't know anything more than you do, sis. We came in, must have been at least a two hours ago. No one's told me anything Oneechan, and I'm so scared!"
Nabiki lead Akane over to the row of orange plastic chairs and they sat down. Nabiki faced her sister.
"Tell me everything little sis. Don't leave a thing out."
Akane gulped and started to tell her. For several minutes Nabiki didn't say anything, but just listened.
"... And he was kissing me Nabiki, and it felt so good and so right! It felt like nothing could come between us ever again. And then I saw them...all those stupid bitches that tried to get Ranma away from me... I just saw them in my mind's eye, and it was like I was sixteen again, all the rage and jealousy, I felt it so much it was like it was all happening again ..."
Akane trailed off. "And that's what happened. When I got to the apartment he'd –"
"You don't have to say it sis."
Nabiki rubbed her head. "So basically your telling me that you paid Ranma a visit in your pajamas, at the precise moment he was lying in the bathroom dying, deduced that that was the reason he didn't answer the door, and broke the door down? Is that what your saying?"
Akane looked at the floor. Nabiki stared. "Akane... How did you know?"
Akane hesitated. Would Nabiki think she was some kind of freak? Would she think she was lying? But then she thought, *this is my sister. If I can't trust her who can I trust?... Nabiki's different now, I can trust her. And she'll know... she'll understand. *
So Akane told Nabiki about her vision. When she'd finished, she finally looked up from the floor, and saw Nabiki had an expression on her face that she could not quite read.
"Oneechan ..."
"Akane, did you ever-"
Suddenly Akane heard her name called. She turned to see Moriko, the woman with the paramedics coming towards her. She and Nabiki stood to meet her.
"Hello I'm Dr Nakamura. You are ..."
Nabiki introduced herself, and Dr Nakamura turned to Akane. "I need to ask you a few questions about Ranma. Are you ok with that?"
Akane nodded. She hoped the questions would involve Akane getting some sort of hint about how Ranma was doing.
"OK. I'll be blunt with you Akane, do you know if Ranma has a past with drugs?"
Akane started. "Drugs? No, not Ranma. He takes care of his body; he's a martial artist! He knows how stupid that sort of stuff is." Akane said, feeling if not mildly hypocritical.
Dr Nakamura looked at Akane over her glasses. Then took her hands in hers like she had done back at the apartment.
"I wish I didn't have to tell you this Akane, but we found heroin in Ranma's blood. We also found a bottle of it in the bathroom, so there's no doubt as to what it is."
Akane's stomach lurched. She doubled over and fell to her knees. The whole room was spinning, and Akane didn't know whether she was going to throw up, faint, cry, scream or laugh. So she didn't do any of them. She was vaguely aware of Nabiki dropping to her knees beside her and putting both arms around her, wrapping her in a safe haven of love and sisterly protection. She was also vaguely aware of Nabiki conversing with Dr Nakamura, but she didn't hear what about. All she could hear or feel was the heroin coursing through Ranma's veins, and Ranma's voice, calling her name, and speaking what may perhaps have been his final words.
-R&R-
*~*Dark Eyed Mermaid*~*