A. N.: Yo, wassup my peoples??? Man, I sound lame writing (or even saying) that. Lol, J/K, anyways, this is a new story from the one and the only, yours truly, moi!!! Yay, aren't you excited?! I know I am, I'm starting school in awhile and I can't wait to go back and see all those people I missed so much and couldn't do without (yeah right!)!! Yeah, well, I'm just trying to do a lot of stuff before I have to go back and have all these privileges taken away from me by school! Anyways, like always: 1 4 3 Frankie, even though you're a big jerk to me most of the time and Lil'Rob rocks! Oh yeah, I almost forgot, but I'd like to thank Ashlee Simpson since I was listening to her song "Shadow" while I was writing this ficcie, it's a good song! I hope you enjoy my story!!!! :P
Disclaimer: I sadly don't own Ranma ½, so don't sue me! I also don't own "Shadow" from my new fave singer Ashlee Simpson, don't sue! Thankies! :)
Living in the Shadow Chapter 1: Lonely
Akane looked up at the sky, it was the most beautiful thing she had ever seen, well at least that's what she thought at the moment.
"Akane-chan, are you coming along?" A soft voice from afar called out to her and made her turn around; it was her eldest sister, Kasumi, surrounded by a large mob of guys.
Akane frowned but nodded nonetheless. "Yes Kasumi, I'll be there in a moment." She whispered softly so only her sister could hear. "Just go on ahead, I'll catch up."
Kasumi smiled warmly and waved a hand at her little sister as she entered a record store with the hoard of guys right behind her, following her every move as if she was an angel sent from above.
Akane sighed and found a bench beside the entrance of the store to sit on for awhile, she wasn't tired or bored, she was just lonely. She looked back up at the sky and smiled despite what she was feeling at the moment; her mother had always told her it was better to look at the beautiful things on the Earth than to concentrate on the problems at hand. It was never good for the soul to think and depress over something in the past; her mother had always told her when she was a very hurt little girl.
"Akane, what're you doing here all alone?!"
"Oh Kami-sama, don't tell me you ran away!"
Akane blinked and turned to stare at her two best friends, Yuka and Sayuri, she hadn't expected to run into them at a time like this. It's just my luck that I would though, Akane thought absently as her friends approached her worriedly.
Yuka grabbed Akane's hands motherly which made her look into her eyes curiously. "Is it Kasumi-san, Akane?" Yuka asked with a very worried and concerned face. "Do you feel rejected again . . . like last time?"
Akane shot right up on the bench as her eyes widened shockingly. "W-What're you talking about Yuka?" She asked feigning ignorance with a forced smile. "I never felt rejected! I'm happy Kasumi oneechan gets all the attention she receives, it's good for her. I can tell she really enjoys it."
Sayuri sighed and rolled her eyes lamely. "ACHOO!" She all of a sudden sneezed. "I'm sorry Akane. It's just that I'm allergic to BULLSHIT!"
There was a short pause as Akane and Yuka stared blankly at Sayuri before finally bursting out in a short giggle.
Akane smiled slightly at her giggling friends. "I'll tell you what," She began to get their attention. "If you guys come with me I'll tell you the whole thing, huh?"
Yuka and Sayuri both stopped giggling at the same time as they looked at Akane disappointedly.
Sayuri was the first to open her mouth as she reached for Akane's hair. "I'm sorry Akane-chan. We were just about to go home right now." She said softly. "Yuka's mom is waiting for us at that toy store over there with her little brother and sister, we gotta go and meet up with them. Do you think we could talk about this tomorrow? It's Sunday and we've both got nothing to do."
"That's okay. I guess I'll see you guys later." Akane said with a small smile as she stood up and patted off the imaginary dirt on her long light blue coat, although the sky was beautiful it was awfully cold out since it was winter. "Kasumi's inside waiting for me, so I gotta go too, bye!"
Yuka smiled and dragged Sayuri along with her as they began to walk away, towards the toy store. "Bye-Bye Akane-chan, see you later!"
Akane nodded and smiled once again forcefully after them, having them as friends since childhood sure was a lot of work, but she knew in the end they truly cared for her, it was just that she didn't really care much about anything anymore.
"Oh Akane, I thought you went back home!" Kasumi exclaimed with a surprised look on her face as she walked slowly towards her little sister. "Come on, let's go inside where it's warm and I'll introduce you to some new friends of mine!"
Kasumi smiled brightly as she dragged Akane from behind her and into the record store, it was warm but it also felt very cold at the same time.
"Whoa, look at her, now that's a woman for sure!"
"Hmm, nice ass, pretty face, great hair, sexy style, I could ask her out."
"Like she'd say yes to you! A girl like that has got to have a boyfriend already!"
"She's so fine!"
Akane blushed and looked the other way as all the guys began to stare at her eldest sister in awe, she couldn't blame them, Kasumi was perfect.
"CHIAO!" (I dunno if guys do this just where I live, but they have this habit of yelling out something like that to good-looking girls as they pass by. Don't ask me why, I dunno myself.)
Kasumi giggled girly and faked a blush as she neared a totally different hoard of guys than before, her eyes beginning to wander around to find a new, more interesting pack. "Hey, Koichi-san, I'd like you to meet my little sister, Akane-chan." Kasumi whispered shyly at what seemed to be the cutest out of the bunch in Akane's opinion. "I love her to death, and she's so cute, don't you think so you guys?"
Koichi and the rest nodded at the same time as if they were being hypnotized by her beauty and couldn't talk at all, only gaze at her as she talked and talked. Akane soon got bored as Kasumi continued to talk and further hypnotize the guys with just her voice, well at least it seemed like it to her.
"Um, Kasumi, I think I'll just go look at what's new in store. Is that okay?" Kasumi looked over her shoulder at Akane and blinked. "Sure, just make sure to meet me outside in like . . . half an hour. Okay Akane-chan?"
Akane forced an imitation smile of Kasumi's. "Okay, see you later Kasumi oneechan!"
Kasumi hadn't spared another look as she resumed to talk the guys up once again, her charm making them much more enticed with her voice and looks.
Akane wandered around for awhile until she found something moderately interesting. "Hmm, this looks good." She whispered to herself as she picked up the CD and looked at it.
"It is good," Said a voice from beside her, making her turn around slowly only to see a boy she recognized from her high school. "That's probably the only CD I like from the band, I think you should listen to it."
Akane blinked and nodded her head slowly, why was he talking to her when he could very well be with the mob of guys around her sister instead? She smiled nonetheless though. "Thanks for telling me, I'm Akane Tendo."
The boy had a puzzled look on his face as he stared at her. "You . . . Are you related to Kasumi Tendo?" He asked with a smile on his face that made Akane's heart skip a beat.
"Um, yeah, she's my sister." Akane whispered with a frown, he was probably one of those boys that only wanted to get with to be close to her sister. "She's right over there if you-"
"I know. She's really nice to talk to." He said and then stuck out his hand. "Hi, I'm Ranma Saotome, nice to meet you. I think you're in one of my classes aren't you?"
Akane blinked and then smiled warmly at him. "Yeah, I think so."
-End of Chapter 1: Lonely
A. N.: Phew, that took forever! Anyways, that's all for now, laters!! Please RR ! Thankies, and Buh-Bye for now! :P