Disclaimer: Rumiko Takahashi, Viz and Kitty own Ranma.
Rating: Pg-13
A/N: I just figured out that I am really bad at comma placement! Thank you to all the people who reviewed and told me there were spelling mistakes because there were so many! I also redid all the chapters so that you can figure out who is speaking easier. Some parts are not as good if it says that someone said that after it but I'll try to make it clearer. How many chapters do you think I should write? Thanks to all the people who review me and my stories! Please, no flames. If you want to email me you can at tiney_panda@hotmail.com Thanks for reading!
* * * What do we live for, if it is not to make life more difficult for each other? - Anonymous * * *
Ranma smiled and walked up to Akane. He poked her on the nose and smirked.
"Gotcha!"
He took it back? AGAIN? That was worse than saying it in the first place! Akane grasped the nearest thing and conked Ranma over the head with it. He fell to the ground and she screamed. She couldn't believe she had knocked him out. She took out the perfume Suru had gotten her from Paris for her birthday and used it as a smelling salt. She put a little on her finger and rubbed it all over Ranma nose not knowing how this worked. He shot up with a scream.
"WHAT IS THAT STUFF? *cough* *cough* YOU'RE NUTS!" Ranma stopped yelling when he saw Akane right in front of him with a worried look on her face.
She was feeling really bad right now. She was acting so mean even though he did deserve it.
"That's for telling me things and not meaning them."
"It's okay. I accept your apology." Ranma said this as sweetly as he could.
How could he get the word sorry out of that?
"YOU MUST BE DELUSIONAL! I NEVER REMEMBER SAYING I WAS SORRY!" Akane wanted to hit him again but she remembered that she was an adult and that meant that she couldn't throw things. Too bad Ranma couldn't figure this out.
"Delusional? You're the one who's delusional if y'think that I'd ever fall for a girl like you!" Ranma stated calmly.
"I HATE YOU!" Akane was getting more and more angry.
"Y'know, you're pretty cute when you're angry."
"Yeah right." He was just trying to trick her again. She wasn't used to this with Suru. She decided she was just getting sloppy that was all. Ranma was not going to win this fight. If he wanted to play dirty than she would too.
"You are! Wow!" Ranma said mid-smirk.
"You're not too bad yourself!" Akane smiled but inside she was trying her best not to kill him. This was getting to Ranma even more than making fun of him. He wasn't expecting her to play along so he started to walk backwards and tripped over the bed. She heard a groan and burst out laughing.
"It's not funny I think I'm bleeding!" Ranma turned his back to her and held his stomach.
"Seriously? I'm so sorry!" Akane walked over to Ranma as she said this and pulled his hands away from his stomach to see how bad it was. There was nothing there.
"Gotcha!" Ranma poked Akane and moved right up to her. He grabbed her waist and Akane froze. She seemed to be doing a lot of that lately.
Akane moved into his arms and almost pushed him away thinking she was forgetting something. It didn't matter now. She was in Ranma's arms just like in her dream except this was reality! He pulled her in closer and she put her arms around his neck. They turned to each other and just stared for a second. He wasn't going to leave again, he was going to stay right here and be with her forever. They moved closer and closer, inch-by-inch the thought of Ranma leaving disappeared. No going back now. The kiss Akane had been playing in her mind over and over was about to happen! Ranma smiled.
"I've been waitin' for this for a long time." He barely whispered this as he moved in. Their lips were less than a centimeter apart, closer than ever and they were going to get closer.
"Sorry wrong room! The girl in this room should be slamming the guy into a wall at about this point!" A calm figure stepped through the doorframe that had been opened while the two were . . . busy.
They both jumped at the figure and face faulted.
"NABIKI?"
"The one and only. No autographs please!" She walked right through the two and sat on the bed. She looked down at the two scared faces and smiled.
"Haven't seen that in awhile."
"How much?' Ranma blurted out as if by reflex. Akane smacked Ranma and looked to Nabiki.
"Don't ask Ranma. Why would we have to pay for anything? Nothing happened. Nope. Nada. No way. So Nabiki what's up?"
"Well, you know what they say, no rest for the wicked." Nabiki put her hand out for a bribe and waited. Akane jumped up and gave her sister a hug.
"Where have you been? Everyone's been worried sick!" Akane looked at her sister and noticed she was a lot taller and had a harder looking face.
"Not Dad. Let go of me okay? You just let out enough emotion for the both of us." Nabiki smiled and let Akane sit beside her. Ranma got up and sat on a chair looking at the two reunited sisters. He noticed Akane looked so relieved. He wondered why she was so happy to see Nabiki. He had seen Nabiki since he left when he had gone to America to a city called Boston.
"How did you get a long? Do you have no money left? Oh poor you!" Akane was about to hug Nabiki again when Nabiki got up and dusted herself off.
"This," she pointed to her outfit, "is an Armani suit. This watch is Gucci along with the purse and that Ferrari out there is my third car. I guess I'm getting along fine."
Akane stopped talking and tilted her head to see outside. There was a red Ferrari with the license plate 'GIMMECA$H" and a gold chain around it.
"I thought you were only allowed seven digits on a license plate." Ranma questioned.
"YOU are. I know people, let's leave it at that." Nabiki walked to the door and shut it. Akane laid back and wondered what was going on.
These days had been a blur to her. So much had happened in her love life and now this? She was glad that Nabiki was back but she was upset. She was mad at herself for the reason she didn't want Nabiki to walk through that door. She had wanted to kiss Ranma and Nabiki had gotten in the way. She was mad at herself but she just could get over the anger she felt towards Nabiki right now. She would get over it though, she had to. Nabiki was her sister and Ranma was just a boy. Just a boy that she had just almost kissed. Just a boy that she was still willing to kick her long lost sister out to kiss for real this time . . . just a boy.
"Don't you get sick of all this money?" Ranma was looking out side and asked Nabiki with out even turning his head. Akane noticed that Ranma was also looking pretty jealous.
"Money can't buy happiness but it sure makes misery easier to live with..." Nabiki looked to Ranma and then to Akane. She picked up something that had fallen during Ranma's fall and started to laugh uncontrollably.
"I never thought you'd actually hook up with him!"
"Who? Suru?" Akane looked at the picture and that feeling of forgetting something finally hit her. She had forgotten Suru.
"Suru? Don't you mean-" Nabiki couldn't finish her sentence due to the hand clasped over her mouth.
"Suru! Yes well that's his name. It doesn't start with an oh hey I dunno 'R'. Right Akane?" Ranma was smiling and took his hand off Nabiki's mouth.
". . . Right." Akane slowly stated.
"One sec 'kay Akane? I need to talk to Ranma." Nabiki cleared her confused face and dragged Ranma out of the room and into the small bathroom.
Akane was so confused. What did she mean by never knowing she would go for him? She never met Suru before in her life! Akane was beginning to think there was a lot more to him then he let on. A lot more. This was beginning to turn out really crazy. In a matter of days her life was turned into a soap opera. She had lost most of the normality in her life and yet she felt very at home in this environment.
For the first time she wasn't panicking because everything was out of control she was relaxing in the feeling that she wasn't in charge of any of this. She was beginning to be very aware of when Ranma was lying and when he was sincere. She was beginning to not think about how logical things were and to just take things in as they came at her. She was proud of the new her but she never wanted to stay in this place for long and realized that sooner or later she would need Suru to bring back down with the rest of the normal people.
Ranma was a hawk. He could fly and soar above people and not care what they thought because he knew he belonged up there, flying through the wind. He was sharp and could tell someone's weaknesses because he had a hidden talent. He could soar up to where he belonged and see them in full view.
Akane decided she was like a wounded bird that couldn't remember what kind it was. She wasn't sure if she was made to fly but at certain times she was said to have flown above the rest of them. The only problem was when she did this no one enjoyed her flight. They wouldn't gaze upon her like they did Ranma, they would try to drag her back down to where they thought she belonged It wasn't Ranma's fault they were so different, he knew where he belonged and she didn't.
She was never allowed to notice the things he did and that was why they fought. Akane was jealous of how anywhere Ranma would go he would fit in. She had tried to fit in with many groups and found out that she needed to decide what she was going to be.
Suru was like a dodo bird. He was content with the fact that he can't fly. They like the ground and never even associate with hawks or any crazy flyers. She needed Suru so she could try to fit in but she kept dreaming of flying. Hawks always flew away but dodoes couldn't because they were stable. They could run but would find it useless. Akane wanted to be a hawk but she couldn't figure out how to stay flying. Ever so often she would fly but for short periods because she was afraid that if she actually found out she was a hawk there was one question. Could she handle it?
"Well I've talked it over with Ranma and we're going back to Nermia." Nabiki walked out of the bathroom with Ranma not far behind.
"What about Genma?" Akane was happy that Nabiki came in when she did. She always found a way of coming in at the most interesting moments.
"Him? Oh I paid a little boy to steal him so I could meet you guys again. Okay so Ranma, which car are you going in?" Nabiki said this with pleasure and Ranma began to bite his lip nervously.
"Yes Ranma, whose car?" Akane was interested if he would ride with her now that Nabiki was there. Was he just riding with her before because he had to?
The two girls walked up to Ranma and waited for whom Ranma chose.
"Uh . . . how 'bout I take the bus?"
A/N: Like the bird analogy? I just watched "O" and they were talking about hawks. How many chapters do you think I should write? Review or I might forget to write the next chapter. Next chapter hopefully up soon!
Rating: Pg-13
A/N: I just figured out that I am really bad at comma placement! Thank you to all the people who reviewed and told me there were spelling mistakes because there were so many! I also redid all the chapters so that you can figure out who is speaking easier. Some parts are not as good if it says that someone said that after it but I'll try to make it clearer. How many chapters do you think I should write? Thanks to all the people who review me and my stories! Please, no flames. If you want to email me you can at tiney_panda@hotmail.com Thanks for reading!
* * * What do we live for, if it is not to make life more difficult for each other? - Anonymous * * *
Ranma smiled and walked up to Akane. He poked her on the nose and smirked.
"Gotcha!"
He took it back? AGAIN? That was worse than saying it in the first place! Akane grasped the nearest thing and conked Ranma over the head with it. He fell to the ground and she screamed. She couldn't believe she had knocked him out. She took out the perfume Suru had gotten her from Paris for her birthday and used it as a smelling salt. She put a little on her finger and rubbed it all over Ranma nose not knowing how this worked. He shot up with a scream.
"WHAT IS THAT STUFF? *cough* *cough* YOU'RE NUTS!" Ranma stopped yelling when he saw Akane right in front of him with a worried look on her face.
She was feeling really bad right now. She was acting so mean even though he did deserve it.
"That's for telling me things and not meaning them."
"It's okay. I accept your apology." Ranma said this as sweetly as he could.
How could he get the word sorry out of that?
"YOU MUST BE DELUSIONAL! I NEVER REMEMBER SAYING I WAS SORRY!" Akane wanted to hit him again but she remembered that she was an adult and that meant that she couldn't throw things. Too bad Ranma couldn't figure this out.
"Delusional? You're the one who's delusional if y'think that I'd ever fall for a girl like you!" Ranma stated calmly.
"I HATE YOU!" Akane was getting more and more angry.
"Y'know, you're pretty cute when you're angry."
"Yeah right." He was just trying to trick her again. She wasn't used to this with Suru. She decided she was just getting sloppy that was all. Ranma was not going to win this fight. If he wanted to play dirty than she would too.
"You are! Wow!" Ranma said mid-smirk.
"You're not too bad yourself!" Akane smiled but inside she was trying her best not to kill him. This was getting to Ranma even more than making fun of him. He wasn't expecting her to play along so he started to walk backwards and tripped over the bed. She heard a groan and burst out laughing.
"It's not funny I think I'm bleeding!" Ranma turned his back to her and held his stomach.
"Seriously? I'm so sorry!" Akane walked over to Ranma as she said this and pulled his hands away from his stomach to see how bad it was. There was nothing there.
"Gotcha!" Ranma poked Akane and moved right up to her. He grabbed her waist and Akane froze. She seemed to be doing a lot of that lately.
Akane moved into his arms and almost pushed him away thinking she was forgetting something. It didn't matter now. She was in Ranma's arms just like in her dream except this was reality! He pulled her in closer and she put her arms around his neck. They turned to each other and just stared for a second. He wasn't going to leave again, he was going to stay right here and be with her forever. They moved closer and closer, inch-by-inch the thought of Ranma leaving disappeared. No going back now. The kiss Akane had been playing in her mind over and over was about to happen! Ranma smiled.
"I've been waitin' for this for a long time." He barely whispered this as he moved in. Their lips were less than a centimeter apart, closer than ever and they were going to get closer.
"Sorry wrong room! The girl in this room should be slamming the guy into a wall at about this point!" A calm figure stepped through the doorframe that had been opened while the two were . . . busy.
They both jumped at the figure and face faulted.
"NABIKI?"
"The one and only. No autographs please!" She walked right through the two and sat on the bed. She looked down at the two scared faces and smiled.
"Haven't seen that in awhile."
"How much?' Ranma blurted out as if by reflex. Akane smacked Ranma and looked to Nabiki.
"Don't ask Ranma. Why would we have to pay for anything? Nothing happened. Nope. Nada. No way. So Nabiki what's up?"
"Well, you know what they say, no rest for the wicked." Nabiki put her hand out for a bribe and waited. Akane jumped up and gave her sister a hug.
"Where have you been? Everyone's been worried sick!" Akane looked at her sister and noticed she was a lot taller and had a harder looking face.
"Not Dad. Let go of me okay? You just let out enough emotion for the both of us." Nabiki smiled and let Akane sit beside her. Ranma got up and sat on a chair looking at the two reunited sisters. He noticed Akane looked so relieved. He wondered why she was so happy to see Nabiki. He had seen Nabiki since he left when he had gone to America to a city called Boston.
"How did you get a long? Do you have no money left? Oh poor you!" Akane was about to hug Nabiki again when Nabiki got up and dusted herself off.
"This," she pointed to her outfit, "is an Armani suit. This watch is Gucci along with the purse and that Ferrari out there is my third car. I guess I'm getting along fine."
Akane stopped talking and tilted her head to see outside. There was a red Ferrari with the license plate 'GIMMECA$H" and a gold chain around it.
"I thought you were only allowed seven digits on a license plate." Ranma questioned.
"YOU are. I know people, let's leave it at that." Nabiki walked to the door and shut it. Akane laid back and wondered what was going on.
These days had been a blur to her. So much had happened in her love life and now this? She was glad that Nabiki was back but she was upset. She was mad at herself for the reason she didn't want Nabiki to walk through that door. She had wanted to kiss Ranma and Nabiki had gotten in the way. She was mad at herself but she just could get over the anger she felt towards Nabiki right now. She would get over it though, she had to. Nabiki was her sister and Ranma was just a boy. Just a boy that she had just almost kissed. Just a boy that she was still willing to kick her long lost sister out to kiss for real this time . . . just a boy.
"Don't you get sick of all this money?" Ranma was looking out side and asked Nabiki with out even turning his head. Akane noticed that Ranma was also looking pretty jealous.
"Money can't buy happiness but it sure makes misery easier to live with..." Nabiki looked to Ranma and then to Akane. She picked up something that had fallen during Ranma's fall and started to laugh uncontrollably.
"I never thought you'd actually hook up with him!"
"Who? Suru?" Akane looked at the picture and that feeling of forgetting something finally hit her. She had forgotten Suru.
"Suru? Don't you mean-" Nabiki couldn't finish her sentence due to the hand clasped over her mouth.
"Suru! Yes well that's his name. It doesn't start with an oh hey I dunno 'R'. Right Akane?" Ranma was smiling and took his hand off Nabiki's mouth.
". . . Right." Akane slowly stated.
"One sec 'kay Akane? I need to talk to Ranma." Nabiki cleared her confused face and dragged Ranma out of the room and into the small bathroom.
Akane was so confused. What did she mean by never knowing she would go for him? She never met Suru before in her life! Akane was beginning to think there was a lot more to him then he let on. A lot more. This was beginning to turn out really crazy. In a matter of days her life was turned into a soap opera. She had lost most of the normality in her life and yet she felt very at home in this environment.
For the first time she wasn't panicking because everything was out of control she was relaxing in the feeling that she wasn't in charge of any of this. She was beginning to be very aware of when Ranma was lying and when he was sincere. She was beginning to not think about how logical things were and to just take things in as they came at her. She was proud of the new her but she never wanted to stay in this place for long and realized that sooner or later she would need Suru to bring back down with the rest of the normal people.
Ranma was a hawk. He could fly and soar above people and not care what they thought because he knew he belonged up there, flying through the wind. He was sharp and could tell someone's weaknesses because he had a hidden talent. He could soar up to where he belonged and see them in full view.
Akane decided she was like a wounded bird that couldn't remember what kind it was. She wasn't sure if she was made to fly but at certain times she was said to have flown above the rest of them. The only problem was when she did this no one enjoyed her flight. They wouldn't gaze upon her like they did Ranma, they would try to drag her back down to where they thought she belonged It wasn't Ranma's fault they were so different, he knew where he belonged and she didn't.
She was never allowed to notice the things he did and that was why they fought. Akane was jealous of how anywhere Ranma would go he would fit in. She had tried to fit in with many groups and found out that she needed to decide what she was going to be.
Suru was like a dodo bird. He was content with the fact that he can't fly. They like the ground and never even associate with hawks or any crazy flyers. She needed Suru so she could try to fit in but she kept dreaming of flying. Hawks always flew away but dodoes couldn't because they were stable. They could run but would find it useless. Akane wanted to be a hawk but she couldn't figure out how to stay flying. Ever so often she would fly but for short periods because she was afraid that if she actually found out she was a hawk there was one question. Could she handle it?
"Well I've talked it over with Ranma and we're going back to Nermia." Nabiki walked out of the bathroom with Ranma not far behind.
"What about Genma?" Akane was happy that Nabiki came in when she did. She always found a way of coming in at the most interesting moments.
"Him? Oh I paid a little boy to steal him so I could meet you guys again. Okay so Ranma, which car are you going in?" Nabiki said this with pleasure and Ranma began to bite his lip nervously.
"Yes Ranma, whose car?" Akane was interested if he would ride with her now that Nabiki was there. Was he just riding with her before because he had to?
The two girls walked up to Ranma and waited for whom Ranma chose.
"Uh . . . how 'bout I take the bus?"
A/N: Like the bird analogy? I just watched "O" and they were talking about hawks. How many chapters do you think I should write? Review or I might forget to write the next chapter. Next chapter hopefully up soon!