Disclaimer: Rumiko Takahashi owns Ranma ½ and all the other people she has
sold the rights to including Kitty and Viz.
A/N: I hope you like this chapter and I'll make it a bit longer. I'll try putting it up soon. I've been working on my other fic that is set as a seventh season of Ranma with every chapter equaling an episode. Then I've got my original fic that I made SO long ago! It's gonna be fun! This fic is too though and I'm in the mood to write this. You won't be seeing my Ranma ½ seventh season until I'm done. Then I've got another fic! Lol! It's set right before the wedding. I've gotta write something if I've got the idea and that's why I've got about twenty things goin' right now! Lol! What do you think? Thanks to all the people who review my stories and me! You can email me at tiney_panda@hotmail.com. Thanks for reading!
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That is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you've understood all your life, but in a new way.
--Doris Lessing
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Akane imagined herself holding a glass or something and letting it crash to the floor as her mouth dropped about five feet to the floor. Something to break the silence would be nice. Akane was tempted to pick up a vase near her and drop it. She thought about this again and decided against it. Not a good idea!
This had to be in her mind, it was too unreal to imagine! Ranma alive? He couldn't be alive, Akane threw the idea away. She had seen the flowers and the bed. As she thought about this he just sat there lazily playing with a half full wine glass in his hand smirking.
"Wh-wh-who a-are y-y-you?" Akane stuttered. If there was one thing she hated it was a ghost. Especially because until now she had never believed in them before. Well, there was that one time at that tunnel. Akane stared stunned at Ranma as he sat up and put the gauntlet down on the kitchen counter. He hopped off the counter and in one movement was right in front of Akane's face.
"Boo." Ranma said quietly.
Akane screamed. First instinct was working pretty damn good right about now, the Ranma ghost jumped back and shielded himself which confused Akane.
"Ranma, or whoever you really are," Akane added suspiciously, "if you were a ghost then I wouldn't be able to hit you. Why did you jump back? And don't sneak up on me like that, you forget, Ranma could do that when he was alive too." Akane pointed a finger at the ghost whose turn it was too look shell-shocked. He certainly wasn't expecting her to be calm. Akane smiled, she wasn't that afraid of ghosts. At least she hoped not.
"Of course my love, ya see, it was a reflex. I mean, if you had to live with ya then wouldn'tcha wanna duck too? Especially if ya were me!" The ghost laughed. It moved back a bit and bowed lowly as it did. Akane saw this opportunity and, using all her courage threw her fist into it's back.
There was a swirl of colors in front of her and she took her hand back afraid it would be sucked into the swirl. It disappeared and Ranma was still in the same place he had been before. He tilted his head up to her and smiled arching an eyebrow.
"Is that enough evidence that I am exactly what I say I am?" Ranma asked with some difficulty. She noticed his try at being superior with a higher tone and using a different language all together to him. She laughed.
"Don't call me your love." Akane said while smiling. She walked over to the kitchen quickly. She had given in, and she knew that even if he was alive he was never as fast as he was just now. Besides, he wasn't a ghost.
"Deal," Ranma said as he jumped to the counter and grabbed his wine before she could take it away, "but ya haven't asked why I'm here, don'tcha wanna know?"
Akane smiled, "Nope, see, you are not a ghost, you are a figment of my imagination and I know there's no point to try to get rid of something in my mind. Sorry but I see through your disguise. I might even be asleep right now." Akane said as she opened the fridge to try and find something good to eat.
Ranma cocked his head to one side and took an apple from a bowl on the counter. He walked over to Akane as she talked and plopped it on her head. It hurt for just a sec and Akane turned around letting the apple fall to the floor. It was no crystal vase but at least it was something.
"Ow! What was that for?" Akane asked as she walked and picked up the apple. She put it back in the bowl and stared confused at Ranma.
"See, it ain't a dream." He said matter-of-factly. He smiled and Akane took another swipe at his face but her hand just went through nothing.
"Whatever, I still think you're lying." Akane said and stuck out her tongue.
Ranma smirked, "Foreplay Akane? Remember I'm a ghost but maybe we can work somethin' out." He smirked again and made Akane throw the whole bowl of apples at him but they didn't hurt him.
"You forget Ranma," Akane said devilishly, "I have Suru."
"I thought you gave that thing up," Ranma said dumbfounded, "Oh well, some habits are hard to kick right?"
Akane sneered at him and walked to her couch, "So why are you here? To help me get over your death . . . To find my soul mate? To warn me off going to some haunted house or something? Well, you're too late for number one, I don't need another 'friend' and I do NOT believe in ghosts!" Akane had to catch her breath she had yelled so hard at Ranma. He hadn't even flinched. Maybe Ranma was a ghost, even she would be afraid of herself this time. He only shook his head from side to side happily.
"None of the above. If ya needed a soul mate then ya could just buy a pit bull. Really Akane, I thought ya were better than that." Ranma tut-tutted and crossed his arms trying to look quite serious. It didn't work of course but it was a good try, well, for Ranma.
"At least I'm not dead." Akane countered angrily.
"Touché, but at least I'm not engaged to Suru." He smirked.
"Why don't you just tell why you're here?" Akane had had enough of this, her dreams usually didn't take this long and that apple had hurt a little. What if she wasn't dreaming? What if Ranma really was a ghost and she had been making it mad this whole time? Akane started to worry about this and looked away from him feeling so stupid and scared that she had angered it.
"Well, the reason I'm here is to make yer life better. Well, that ain't the whole truth, my real mission is a lot funner." Ranma said.
"What?" Akane asked now more scared than ever.
"To make sure you don't marry Suru." Ranma said simply. Every shred of fright or stupidity left Akane at that moment.
"WHAT?" Akane took a ton of swipes at Ranma and stopped, realizing there was no point to hitting him. She sighed. She couldn't believe she had actually been afraid of this ghost. She couldn't believe she had been afraid of ghosts. They were just really annoying; maybe that's why people were afraid of them. They were entirely obnoxious.
"It's my mission and I do intend to keep it." Ranma grinned.
"Well, it's just too bad then," Akane, said with her hands on her hips, "because me and Suru are going to marry pretty damn soon." Akane smiled, it looked like she would be marrying Suru after all.
Akane thought to herself about this. Before she had decided against it but now she had to. If she was going to show this thing up then she would just keep going on with this charade. In the end, Akane didn't know if she would say yes or no but for now she would just pretend that she would. Up to the rehearsal dinner, she wouldn't have to make a decision. She would decide then though, no matter what the cost!
"Fine, see if I care." Ranma crossed his arms and looked away smugly.
"I will."
"Good."
"Fine."
"I hope you two'll be happy!"
"I'm sure we will!"
"Fine."
"FINE!"
"Are you as turned on as me right now?" Ranma asked as he popped up in front of Akane. She could smell the sweet scent of Ranma's breath and her eye's were about as wide as golf balls.
"NO! You pervert!" Akane said moving quickly back.
"Then you must not be my Akane." Ranma smiled. He started to laugh, Ranma's laugh. She missed that laugh that brought the carefree feel of being near him. How he could make her blush at just about any time was driving her crazy. How could he stop a fight like that? Just throw away what they were fighting about and try to win with dirty tricks. He was a cheater and it made Akane smile.
She thought back to him when he was just sixteen and noticed there wasn't much difference, he had become somewhat more mature but that wasn't much in Ranma terms. She looked into his eyes and remembered so much more. He couldn't be a dream, this was the real thing, the real Ranma and it scared Akane.
It was her fault he had died and was here. If she had just been looking at the road then maybe thing's would've been different, Ranma might still be alive! Sadly that wasn't the way it was and she couldn't stand being around him anymore.
He was still laughing when Akane grabbed her purse and ran out of her apartment. Ranma stopped laughing as he saw this. She slammed the door as she heard Ranma saying something but the door stopped his response. She quickly locked the door and then fumbled down her stairs and into the outside street.
She walked to the nearest street corner and something caught her eye. Ranma was leaning on a tree trunk and smiling.
"Ya never let me say sorry. Not that I would." Ranma pointed out serenely.
Akane looked in awe again. How could she not? He had been right in front of her in her apartment a few moments ago and now he had come through a door to be leaning here for what seemed like a while.
"How did you get here?"
Ranma laughed, "You forget, I'm a ghost. We've got lots a special powers." Ranma said smiling all the while.
"You do?" Akane asked.
"I think so." Ranma said genuinely.
"Prove it then." Akane spared as she laughed.
"I'd love to." Ranma said smiling sweetly as he snapped his fingers. As he did so a taxi came around the corner and stopped right in front of her.
Akane looked on in terror, he really could do magic. She then shook off this silly idea, it was just a coincidence and yet . . .
Ranma smirked again, "What can I say? I'm magic."
A/N: Was that longer? I think it's longer!
And now . . . NEXT TIME ON DON'T LEAVE ME:
(drum roll please)
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My drumroll rules.
I'm gonna make these cryptic again. For you new people you have to guess what the secrets to them are! Okay,
The next chapter's movie title's are:
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
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A/N: Review my story or I might forget to write the next chapter! Next chapter hopefully up soon!
A/N: I hope you like this chapter and I'll make it a bit longer. I'll try putting it up soon. I've been working on my other fic that is set as a seventh season of Ranma with every chapter equaling an episode. Then I've got my original fic that I made SO long ago! It's gonna be fun! This fic is too though and I'm in the mood to write this. You won't be seeing my Ranma ½ seventh season until I'm done. Then I've got another fic! Lol! It's set right before the wedding. I've gotta write something if I've got the idea and that's why I've got about twenty things goin' right now! Lol! What do you think? Thanks to all the people who review my stories and me! You can email me at tiney_panda@hotmail.com. Thanks for reading!
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That is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you've understood all your life, but in a new way.
--Doris Lessing
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Akane imagined herself holding a glass or something and letting it crash to the floor as her mouth dropped about five feet to the floor. Something to break the silence would be nice. Akane was tempted to pick up a vase near her and drop it. She thought about this again and decided against it. Not a good idea!
This had to be in her mind, it was too unreal to imagine! Ranma alive? He couldn't be alive, Akane threw the idea away. She had seen the flowers and the bed. As she thought about this he just sat there lazily playing with a half full wine glass in his hand smirking.
"Wh-wh-who a-are y-y-you?" Akane stuttered. If there was one thing she hated it was a ghost. Especially because until now she had never believed in them before. Well, there was that one time at that tunnel. Akane stared stunned at Ranma as he sat up and put the gauntlet down on the kitchen counter. He hopped off the counter and in one movement was right in front of Akane's face.
"Boo." Ranma said quietly.
Akane screamed. First instinct was working pretty damn good right about now, the Ranma ghost jumped back and shielded himself which confused Akane.
"Ranma, or whoever you really are," Akane added suspiciously, "if you were a ghost then I wouldn't be able to hit you. Why did you jump back? And don't sneak up on me like that, you forget, Ranma could do that when he was alive too." Akane pointed a finger at the ghost whose turn it was too look shell-shocked. He certainly wasn't expecting her to be calm. Akane smiled, she wasn't that afraid of ghosts. At least she hoped not.
"Of course my love, ya see, it was a reflex. I mean, if you had to live with ya then wouldn'tcha wanna duck too? Especially if ya were me!" The ghost laughed. It moved back a bit and bowed lowly as it did. Akane saw this opportunity and, using all her courage threw her fist into it's back.
There was a swirl of colors in front of her and she took her hand back afraid it would be sucked into the swirl. It disappeared and Ranma was still in the same place he had been before. He tilted his head up to her and smiled arching an eyebrow.
"Is that enough evidence that I am exactly what I say I am?" Ranma asked with some difficulty. She noticed his try at being superior with a higher tone and using a different language all together to him. She laughed.
"Don't call me your love." Akane said while smiling. She walked over to the kitchen quickly. She had given in, and she knew that even if he was alive he was never as fast as he was just now. Besides, he wasn't a ghost.
"Deal," Ranma said as he jumped to the counter and grabbed his wine before she could take it away, "but ya haven't asked why I'm here, don'tcha wanna know?"
Akane smiled, "Nope, see, you are not a ghost, you are a figment of my imagination and I know there's no point to try to get rid of something in my mind. Sorry but I see through your disguise. I might even be asleep right now." Akane said as she opened the fridge to try and find something good to eat.
Ranma cocked his head to one side and took an apple from a bowl on the counter. He walked over to Akane as she talked and plopped it on her head. It hurt for just a sec and Akane turned around letting the apple fall to the floor. It was no crystal vase but at least it was something.
"Ow! What was that for?" Akane asked as she walked and picked up the apple. She put it back in the bowl and stared confused at Ranma.
"See, it ain't a dream." He said matter-of-factly. He smiled and Akane took another swipe at his face but her hand just went through nothing.
"Whatever, I still think you're lying." Akane said and stuck out her tongue.
Ranma smirked, "Foreplay Akane? Remember I'm a ghost but maybe we can work somethin' out." He smirked again and made Akane throw the whole bowl of apples at him but they didn't hurt him.
"You forget Ranma," Akane said devilishly, "I have Suru."
"I thought you gave that thing up," Ranma said dumbfounded, "Oh well, some habits are hard to kick right?"
Akane sneered at him and walked to her couch, "So why are you here? To help me get over your death . . . To find my soul mate? To warn me off going to some haunted house or something? Well, you're too late for number one, I don't need another 'friend' and I do NOT believe in ghosts!" Akane had to catch her breath she had yelled so hard at Ranma. He hadn't even flinched. Maybe Ranma was a ghost, even she would be afraid of herself this time. He only shook his head from side to side happily.
"None of the above. If ya needed a soul mate then ya could just buy a pit bull. Really Akane, I thought ya were better than that." Ranma tut-tutted and crossed his arms trying to look quite serious. It didn't work of course but it was a good try, well, for Ranma.
"At least I'm not dead." Akane countered angrily.
"Touché, but at least I'm not engaged to Suru." He smirked.
"Why don't you just tell why you're here?" Akane had had enough of this, her dreams usually didn't take this long and that apple had hurt a little. What if she wasn't dreaming? What if Ranma really was a ghost and she had been making it mad this whole time? Akane started to worry about this and looked away from him feeling so stupid and scared that she had angered it.
"Well, the reason I'm here is to make yer life better. Well, that ain't the whole truth, my real mission is a lot funner." Ranma said.
"What?" Akane asked now more scared than ever.
"To make sure you don't marry Suru." Ranma said simply. Every shred of fright or stupidity left Akane at that moment.
"WHAT?" Akane took a ton of swipes at Ranma and stopped, realizing there was no point to hitting him. She sighed. She couldn't believe she had actually been afraid of this ghost. She couldn't believe she had been afraid of ghosts. They were just really annoying; maybe that's why people were afraid of them. They were entirely obnoxious.
"It's my mission and I do intend to keep it." Ranma grinned.
"Well, it's just too bad then," Akane, said with her hands on her hips, "because me and Suru are going to marry pretty damn soon." Akane smiled, it looked like she would be marrying Suru after all.
Akane thought to herself about this. Before she had decided against it but now she had to. If she was going to show this thing up then she would just keep going on with this charade. In the end, Akane didn't know if she would say yes or no but for now she would just pretend that she would. Up to the rehearsal dinner, she wouldn't have to make a decision. She would decide then though, no matter what the cost!
"Fine, see if I care." Ranma crossed his arms and looked away smugly.
"I will."
"Good."
"Fine."
"I hope you two'll be happy!"
"I'm sure we will!"
"Fine."
"FINE!"
"Are you as turned on as me right now?" Ranma asked as he popped up in front of Akane. She could smell the sweet scent of Ranma's breath and her eye's were about as wide as golf balls.
"NO! You pervert!" Akane said moving quickly back.
"Then you must not be my Akane." Ranma smiled. He started to laugh, Ranma's laugh. She missed that laugh that brought the carefree feel of being near him. How he could make her blush at just about any time was driving her crazy. How could he stop a fight like that? Just throw away what they were fighting about and try to win with dirty tricks. He was a cheater and it made Akane smile.
She thought back to him when he was just sixteen and noticed there wasn't much difference, he had become somewhat more mature but that wasn't much in Ranma terms. She looked into his eyes and remembered so much more. He couldn't be a dream, this was the real thing, the real Ranma and it scared Akane.
It was her fault he had died and was here. If she had just been looking at the road then maybe thing's would've been different, Ranma might still be alive! Sadly that wasn't the way it was and she couldn't stand being around him anymore.
He was still laughing when Akane grabbed her purse and ran out of her apartment. Ranma stopped laughing as he saw this. She slammed the door as she heard Ranma saying something but the door stopped his response. She quickly locked the door and then fumbled down her stairs and into the outside street.
She walked to the nearest street corner and something caught her eye. Ranma was leaning on a tree trunk and smiling.
"Ya never let me say sorry. Not that I would." Ranma pointed out serenely.
Akane looked in awe again. How could she not? He had been right in front of her in her apartment a few moments ago and now he had come through a door to be leaning here for what seemed like a while.
"How did you get here?"
Ranma laughed, "You forget, I'm a ghost. We've got lots a special powers." Ranma said smiling all the while.
"You do?" Akane asked.
"I think so." Ranma said genuinely.
"Prove it then." Akane spared as she laughed.
"I'd love to." Ranma said smiling sweetly as he snapped his fingers. As he did so a taxi came around the corner and stopped right in front of her.
Akane looked on in terror, he really could do magic. She then shook off this silly idea, it was just a coincidence and yet . . .
Ranma smirked again, "What can I say? I'm magic."
A/N: Was that longer? I think it's longer!
And now . . . NEXT TIME ON DON'T LEAVE ME:
(drum roll please)
_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_
My drumroll rules.
I'm gonna make these cryptic again. For you new people you have to guess what the secrets to them are! Okay,
The next chapter's movie title's are:
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!
xing@fanfiction.net: I'm glad you like it! Just tell me what you want me to send you and I will! Maybe when I get the email I might add in the newest chapter before everybody else gets to see it if I wrote it then. Lol! I usually post it right after I write them though. What are you talking about embarrassing yourself? Guess! Guess! Who knows? Maybe I'll get an idea from your review!
QuirkyCellist: Ah! Beef, I hoped to be filet mignon! I get the confusing thing from a lot of people! Tell me what's confusing and I'll fix it! Lol! Your review is great because it's so long and informative! I don't know if I addressed this but Shampoo went back to China with Mousse and Cologne to find Ranma. Maybe she can be at the wedding. If there even is a wedding.
Lilstarblossom: You get the clues? Good. I sometimes don't so it's good that you do! I've always wanted myself addressed in the same sentence as Tony the Tiger! Thanks!
Kura-kun: I did try for secret messages but I didn't think they were that important. What did you get out of them?
Ranma+Akane4Ever: No problem about the reviewing thing! You reviewed right? Thank you so much for the compliments but I'm really not that good! I just put enough surprises in the story to keep you guys reading. Lol! I wonder if she'll ever even know he is Ryoga. Hmmm . . . now there's a thought! Thanks so much for adding my things to your favorites list! I totally don't know when I'm gonna end this but defiantly not at 14 chapters right?
Apie: Lol! That sly dog is right! He's acting extra cool there isn't he?
Butterfly: I'm sorry if it's confusing! Thank you for telling me and didn't I take awhile on that last chapter? Do you think this was that long?
Erie: Ah a game!
A/N: Review my story or I might forget to write the next chapter! Next chapter hopefully up soon!