Disclaimer: Rumiko Takahashi, Viz and Kitty own Ranma.
Rating: Pg-13
A/N: Erie, you are nuts. I only put a time limit on your review because I'm mad at you for forgetting to review and mostly because I think its funny. Besides, it was a six-minute time limit. Anyway, I'm adding another new feature to the story. At the end of the chapter I'm going to write a few sentences about the next chapter! Please, no flames. If you want to email me you can at tiney_panda@hotmail.com Thanks for reading!
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"If you learn from your mistakes, then why ain't I a genius ?!"
--Anonymous
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Nabiki's plan had worked out to the tee but Ranma couldn't shake off the feeling that he was forgetting something. Giving Akane his car keys had been nice but stupid. He couldn't believe she had actually gotten into another accident and run away. She just didn't seem the type anymore.
Ranma was glad he had been there to see it or he wouldn't have believed it. She had really sprung out of there, just like he knew she could. He had followed her through her day away and she had been so happy. He hadn't expected it but he knew she would do something. He had made sure that she had had enough to pay at the hotel and even slipped the clerk some money to give her a good room. She was having fun but that didn't stop her from going to a cheap hotel. She really should have splurged at least a little! Maybe she wanted to be in a rough place for a bit. Who knew why she did most things so this one had to be different.
Ranma got up off the couch he had been sleeping on. He looked around for a bit and noticed the huge fridge. The place still smelt like her and it was making him want her there, next to him. It had been risky to spend the night here but it was the one place Ranma knew Akane wouldn't be. Hell, she probably thought the police would be staked out waiting for her. She really didn't understand they didn't care.
She would still have to fill out a couple of forms but they wouldn't even spare one guy to go find some crazy woman who pushed down a ninety-year-old cop. Ranma chuckled to himself as he took a glass of water from her fridge and downed it. He looked back in the fridge and found it fully stocked. This was not Akane's work. She couldn't have afforded all this stuff in one trip! Especially when she hadn't been home for a week.
Suru. Just then the front door opened and Ryoga walked in with three bags of groceries on each shoulder. Ranma smirked.
"Wow Ryoga, you really don't have to make me dinner but if you wanna I'm not sayin' no."
Suru dropped the bags. He ran over to Ranma and circled him slowly while gapping the whole time.
"But . . . your dead. You are dead!"
"Sorry but I just had one last thing to do so I decided 'Hey! I'll go back.' Besides, all my stuffs here anyway." Ranma smirked again and let Ryoga awe in confusion at his mere presence. Ranma felt the urge to kick Ryoga but didn't. He was totally open and it would be fun but he stopped him self. There was no point to hitting him now, he wouldn't feel it. He was way too confused.
"H-h-how? You are definantly dead! I was at your funeral." Ryoga asked this as he circled Ranma again. He didn't know what was going on.
"That's just because you're dumb. You couldn't see through a plot created three seconds before it happened. Ryoga," Ranma walked up next to Ryoga and put his hand on Ryoga's shoulder, "you are slow." Ranma leapt back expecting an attack or at least a fit of rage. Nothing came from Ryoga's mouth. Then suddenly, he opened his mouth a bit and sighed.
"I knew it." He sighed again sadly.
Ranma blinked unknowingly. "Knew what?"
"Ranma, you're not that good at hiding. Besides, I spoke with Nabiki." Ryoga said this coolly.
"YOU WHAT? Nabiki said nobody else was gonna know! We were gonna catch this guy and then I'd be back." Nabiki was not one to be trusted but in a moment of weakness Ranma had decided to help her. He was really regretting it right about now.
"She needed to tell me so I could help fight him too. I am going to be mighty close to Akane and she is the central target isn't she?" Ryoga calmly stated. He smiled wryly as he asked the last question. Ranma went red and was obviously furious. For about three seconds. Then it was masked by an even bigger smirk.
"Whatcha talkin' 'bout Ryoga? She's not gonna want that weddin' now. She's free like a bird." Ranma's eyes widened and his expression turned from anger to happiness almost proudness in a matter of seconds. As Ranma talked about her being free he spread his arms out like wings and widened his eyes even more.
"What do you mean 'free like a bird'? And you know what I forgot to ask, how did you get in? I'm the only other person then Akane with a key and when I came in the lock was fine." Ryoga asked as he studied Ranma closer.
"I work in mysterious ways my friend." He smiled, "I meant that runnin' from the cops and havin' real fun is gonna snap her back to reality and away from," Ranma walked over to Ryoga and pointed a finger at Ryoga's face, "you."
Ryoga tried to say something then shut his mouth. He pushed past Ranma to the door. "Just tell me where she is okay? She's alone out there and really afraid. She was just in the first car accident of her life and-" Ryoga was cut off by Ranma holding his hand patiently in the air and turning suddenly matter-of-factual.
"Second." Ranma stated.
"Second what?" Ryoga asked suspiciously as he walked out the door.
"Car accident, she had her second today." Ranma smiled, "She's at the hotel on Supiko Street. It's the only one. Room twenty-five."
Ryoga nodded and turned to leave again as Ranma laughed. Ryoga stopped for a second and then left. Ranma decided he was probably deciding if Ranma was lying to him.
"How are you gonna marry her now?" Ranma yelled as Ryoga slammed the doors.
Ranma's plan to get Akane back to normal were not going to be stunted by his being dead like he thought they would. Akane was now thinking about this and no matter how much 'Suru' she had, it would never be enough. Ranma smiled at his progress, there was no turning back now, if she could really be saved she would let go today. Let go of Suru's sheltering and his security. She had to live today and hold onto that or they would never make it out alive. Nabiki's plan would only work if Akane wasn't around Suru all the time and he knew it. Then why was he going to see her?
Ranma laughed. He should know he'd be shot down. If he wasn't then Ranma would have failed and there was no hope. It was all going down and Akane needed to figure it out on her own. Ranma started to wonder to himself. What if she didn't let go of Suru? What if she still needed him? What if his whole plan failed? He needed to see her away from Suru. Ranma wasn't feeling too good about his plan's success anymore. In fact, every moment he stayed here he became even more anxious.
Ranma took his coat and left.
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When he had gotten to the hotel the dimly lit hallways turned out to be not nearly as dimly lit as the kid at the front desk. It took him five minutes to tell Ranma which way it was to get to room 25 and even then the kid looked unsure of his success. Ranma muttered a couple things under his breath and the kid left in a split second. He shook his head and headed down the twisting hallway. Every corner he would hide and peek around the corner. The third time he saw something.
It was Akane wrapped in Suru's arms crying, making Ranma lose all hope of success. Making Ranma run out of there as fast as he could and accidentally making Ranma scream. Making Akane hear that scream and look up to see nothing. She wasn't that stupid, she knew it was him for sure! Maybe 'Suru' would cover for him. Ranma grimaced. Now it wasn't up to him. He could do nothing but watch the situation get worse and watch all the hiding people come from the shadows and hurt her. He could do nothing.
It wasn't his entirely fault though; he should have factored it in. He should have known that this was a possibility. He should have figured it out that she wasn't the person she was, that she needed Suru's safety. He hadn't thought it would end like this. That she would ruin everything without ever knowing. That she would break somebody's heart.
That she hadn't chosen him.
A/N: And now . . . NEXT TIME ON DON'T LEAVE ME: (drum roll please)
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I love my drumroll.
I'm gonna make these cryptic okay? And you guys have to guess what they mean! Okay,
The next chapter with be full of 'titles' so your clues for next chapter will be titles of movies. Akane decides on two things, here are your clues
The Wedding Planner
Ghost
That's all for now so without further ado here is what you're really here for,
_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_
This drum roll is longer and unannounced. Ooh. Ahh
REVIEWING REVIEWS!
Christine: If I did kill Ranma off then I'd be in big trouble but if it really fit in the story I would do it. I probably wont though!
Ka_chan: I think this chapter is a bit longer, I don't know. Tell me if you want it longer than this. I used your idea because it's awesome!
Lilstarblossom: You are one of the best reviewers just because you loved the bird metaphor! ~heh~ Oh No! You know about Suru! I wasn't supposed to tell! Uh oh, I'm in trouble. Just don't tell anybody okay? J/k ~heh~ I love that quote you . . . quoted. Anyway, it was awesome!
Kura-kun: Tell me about the hidden messages! I wanna know! ~heh~ Silly Ryoga. She can't find out yet though! That wouldn't be fun! She might not even find out.
May: That's true! Thanks for another great review!
Erie: You crybaby ~heh~ Akane lost her dream world.
A/N: Review my story or I might forget to write the next chapter! Next chapter hopefully up soon!
Rating: Pg-13
A/N: Erie, you are nuts. I only put a time limit on your review because I'm mad at you for forgetting to review and mostly because I think its funny. Besides, it was a six-minute time limit. Anyway, I'm adding another new feature to the story. At the end of the chapter I'm going to write a few sentences about the next chapter! Please, no flames. If you want to email me you can at tiney_panda@hotmail.com Thanks for reading!
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"If you learn from your mistakes, then why ain't I a genius ?!"
--Anonymous
* * *
Nabiki's plan had worked out to the tee but Ranma couldn't shake off the feeling that he was forgetting something. Giving Akane his car keys had been nice but stupid. He couldn't believe she had actually gotten into another accident and run away. She just didn't seem the type anymore.
Ranma was glad he had been there to see it or he wouldn't have believed it. She had really sprung out of there, just like he knew she could. He had followed her through her day away and she had been so happy. He hadn't expected it but he knew she would do something. He had made sure that she had had enough to pay at the hotel and even slipped the clerk some money to give her a good room. She was having fun but that didn't stop her from going to a cheap hotel. She really should have splurged at least a little! Maybe she wanted to be in a rough place for a bit. Who knew why she did most things so this one had to be different.
Ranma got up off the couch he had been sleeping on. He looked around for a bit and noticed the huge fridge. The place still smelt like her and it was making him want her there, next to him. It had been risky to spend the night here but it was the one place Ranma knew Akane wouldn't be. Hell, she probably thought the police would be staked out waiting for her. She really didn't understand they didn't care.
She would still have to fill out a couple of forms but they wouldn't even spare one guy to go find some crazy woman who pushed down a ninety-year-old cop. Ranma chuckled to himself as he took a glass of water from her fridge and downed it. He looked back in the fridge and found it fully stocked. This was not Akane's work. She couldn't have afforded all this stuff in one trip! Especially when she hadn't been home for a week.
Suru. Just then the front door opened and Ryoga walked in with three bags of groceries on each shoulder. Ranma smirked.
"Wow Ryoga, you really don't have to make me dinner but if you wanna I'm not sayin' no."
Suru dropped the bags. He ran over to Ranma and circled him slowly while gapping the whole time.
"But . . . your dead. You are dead!"
"Sorry but I just had one last thing to do so I decided 'Hey! I'll go back.' Besides, all my stuffs here anyway." Ranma smirked again and let Ryoga awe in confusion at his mere presence. Ranma felt the urge to kick Ryoga but didn't. He was totally open and it would be fun but he stopped him self. There was no point to hitting him now, he wouldn't feel it. He was way too confused.
"H-h-how? You are definantly dead! I was at your funeral." Ryoga asked this as he circled Ranma again. He didn't know what was going on.
"That's just because you're dumb. You couldn't see through a plot created three seconds before it happened. Ryoga," Ranma walked up next to Ryoga and put his hand on Ryoga's shoulder, "you are slow." Ranma leapt back expecting an attack or at least a fit of rage. Nothing came from Ryoga's mouth. Then suddenly, he opened his mouth a bit and sighed.
"I knew it." He sighed again sadly.
Ranma blinked unknowingly. "Knew what?"
"Ranma, you're not that good at hiding. Besides, I spoke with Nabiki." Ryoga said this coolly.
"YOU WHAT? Nabiki said nobody else was gonna know! We were gonna catch this guy and then I'd be back." Nabiki was not one to be trusted but in a moment of weakness Ranma had decided to help her. He was really regretting it right about now.
"She needed to tell me so I could help fight him too. I am going to be mighty close to Akane and she is the central target isn't she?" Ryoga calmly stated. He smiled wryly as he asked the last question. Ranma went red and was obviously furious. For about three seconds. Then it was masked by an even bigger smirk.
"Whatcha talkin' 'bout Ryoga? She's not gonna want that weddin' now. She's free like a bird." Ranma's eyes widened and his expression turned from anger to happiness almost proudness in a matter of seconds. As Ranma talked about her being free he spread his arms out like wings and widened his eyes even more.
"What do you mean 'free like a bird'? And you know what I forgot to ask, how did you get in? I'm the only other person then Akane with a key and when I came in the lock was fine." Ryoga asked as he studied Ranma closer.
"I work in mysterious ways my friend." He smiled, "I meant that runnin' from the cops and havin' real fun is gonna snap her back to reality and away from," Ranma walked over to Ryoga and pointed a finger at Ryoga's face, "you."
Ryoga tried to say something then shut his mouth. He pushed past Ranma to the door. "Just tell me where she is okay? She's alone out there and really afraid. She was just in the first car accident of her life and-" Ryoga was cut off by Ranma holding his hand patiently in the air and turning suddenly matter-of-factual.
"Second." Ranma stated.
"Second what?" Ryoga asked suspiciously as he walked out the door.
"Car accident, she had her second today." Ranma smiled, "She's at the hotel on Supiko Street. It's the only one. Room twenty-five."
Ryoga nodded and turned to leave again as Ranma laughed. Ryoga stopped for a second and then left. Ranma decided he was probably deciding if Ranma was lying to him.
"How are you gonna marry her now?" Ranma yelled as Ryoga slammed the doors.
Ranma's plan to get Akane back to normal were not going to be stunted by his being dead like he thought they would. Akane was now thinking about this and no matter how much 'Suru' she had, it would never be enough. Ranma smiled at his progress, there was no turning back now, if she could really be saved she would let go today. Let go of Suru's sheltering and his security. She had to live today and hold onto that or they would never make it out alive. Nabiki's plan would only work if Akane wasn't around Suru all the time and he knew it. Then why was he going to see her?
Ranma laughed. He should know he'd be shot down. If he wasn't then Ranma would have failed and there was no hope. It was all going down and Akane needed to figure it out on her own. Ranma started to wonder to himself. What if she didn't let go of Suru? What if she still needed him? What if his whole plan failed? He needed to see her away from Suru. Ranma wasn't feeling too good about his plan's success anymore. In fact, every moment he stayed here he became even more anxious.
Ranma took his coat and left.
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When he had gotten to the hotel the dimly lit hallways turned out to be not nearly as dimly lit as the kid at the front desk. It took him five minutes to tell Ranma which way it was to get to room 25 and even then the kid looked unsure of his success. Ranma muttered a couple things under his breath and the kid left in a split second. He shook his head and headed down the twisting hallway. Every corner he would hide and peek around the corner. The third time he saw something.
It was Akane wrapped in Suru's arms crying, making Ranma lose all hope of success. Making Ranma run out of there as fast as he could and accidentally making Ranma scream. Making Akane hear that scream and look up to see nothing. She wasn't that stupid, she knew it was him for sure! Maybe 'Suru' would cover for him. Ranma grimaced. Now it wasn't up to him. He could do nothing but watch the situation get worse and watch all the hiding people come from the shadows and hurt her. He could do nothing.
It wasn't his entirely fault though; he should have factored it in. He should have known that this was a possibility. He should have figured it out that she wasn't the person she was, that she needed Suru's safety. He hadn't thought it would end like this. That she would ruin everything without ever knowing. That she would break somebody's heart.
That she hadn't chosen him.
A/N: And now . . . NEXT TIME ON DON'T LEAVE ME: (drum roll please)
_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_
I love my drumroll.
I'm gonna make these cryptic okay? And you guys have to guess what they mean! Okay,
The next chapter with be full of 'titles' so your clues for next chapter will be titles of movies. Akane decides on two things, here are your clues
The Wedding Planner
Ghost
That's all for now so without further ado here is what you're really here for,
_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_
This drum roll is longer and unannounced. Ooh. Ahh
REVIEWING REVIEWS!
Christine: If I did kill Ranma off then I'd be in big trouble but if it really fit in the story I would do it. I probably wont though!
Ka_chan: I think this chapter is a bit longer, I don't know. Tell me if you want it longer than this. I used your idea because it's awesome!
Lilstarblossom: You are one of the best reviewers just because you loved the bird metaphor! ~heh~ Oh No! You know about Suru! I wasn't supposed to tell! Uh oh, I'm in trouble. Just don't tell anybody okay? J/k ~heh~ I love that quote you . . . quoted. Anyway, it was awesome!
Kura-kun: Tell me about the hidden messages! I wanna know! ~heh~ Silly Ryoga. She can't find out yet though! That wouldn't be fun! She might not even find out.
May: That's true! Thanks for another great review!
Erie: You crybaby ~heh~ Akane lost her dream world.
A/N: Review my story or I might forget to write the next chapter! Next chapter hopefully up soon!