Disclaimer: The character in this story belong to Rumiko Takahashi, not me.
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Oh dear...
Shampoo was mad and when she was mad, she was really angry.
Fuming, with so much anger showing on her face that it twisted her look, she stormed (graciously) to the couple.
"What were you doing with my Ranma?"
Akane was startled and froze for a minute. Finally, when Shampoo demanded an answer from her, she said, "For your information, this is my room."
"So?"
"You should be asking Ranma why he is in here."
"Keep your mouth shut, maid."
Akane flinched and stared down at the ground. Was Shampoo testing her? She'd hurt her once. Was she trying to do it again?
"Ranma," Shampoo said, adding extra effort to make it sound saccharine, "why don't you come down with me. I've got a little surprise."
"Uh..."
Her voice tinkled like chimes in the wind. "Follow me."
"Well..."
"Or else."
Ranma looked at Akane, who avoided his gaze and looked elsewhere. This would be his decision, not hers. If he wanted to go, he could. She would do nothing to stop him.
"Sazara," he whispered, trailing his fingers down her arm before he left the room. "I'll be back soon."
When the door was shut and everything was silent again, Akane cried. Nobody heard or saw her for she cried inside, deep in her heart.
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"Ranma, try my homemade breakfast. I made it just for you!"
"Don't pull me so hard, Shampoo."
Shampoo held out a box in her hands. It was wrapped up tightly and a pleasant smell came from it which made Ranma's stomach growl.
"I knew you were hungry," Shampoo smiled. "A wife always knows when her husband yearns for her cooking."
Ranma stared at her. He wasn't her husband yet, but her fiancée.
"Now say 'ahh'."
He opened his mouth and she popped in some fresh looking shrimp.
"Now say 'ahh'."
"Ahh."
She kept feeding him till he protested and asked her to stop. He felt full already and besides, he was beside himself with worry as to whether Akane was fine or not.
"Why don't you want to eat my cooking?"
"It's delicious, Shampoo," he said nervously, "but-"
"But?" she said, leaning in; her voice was threatening.
"Nothing," Ranma ran off.
He quickly escaped to Sazara's room. Shutting the door, with his back to the bed, he sighed with relief and panted.
"At last, I managed to get rid of her."
Her could feel a breeze in the room. The window was open.
"Sazara, why did you leave it open?"
Ranma turned to the bed only to find that there was nobody in the room except for him.
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Shampoo was fed up with everything. With the way Ranma was behaving whenever Akane was around, with the way her plan wasn't working.
Why won't it work? What have I done wrong?
Anger coursed through her. Ranma had fallen in love.
And there would be only one way to get rid of obstacles. Or obstacle, to be exact.
Before Kasumi had returned, she had searched around the house and Lady Luck was on her side, for she had found a vital piece of information.
It was a map of the Lord Ryouga's house.
How it got there, she wouldn't know. But why it was there...
Shampoo smiled slyly before she left to fix an appointment with her dear client, a particular Miss Sazara.
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Akane panicked. For the first time in her life, she was frightened and worried and above all else, scared.
Afraid would not be the word one would choose to describe her. She was strong willed and silent (most of the time) but Time had changed her.
She was a different person from before and she knew it. There was nothing to hide.
Her pendant was gone. Right, the dove was gone from her neck. The moment Ranma had gone, following Shampoo, she felt infuriated and had reached up to the familiar spot at her neck to seek the comfort of her pendant only to find that it was missing.
She could not think of any place where she could have left it.
That was why she was frightened.
She was worried for it was a gift from a close friend.
She was scared for she did not want the present to be discovered by someone and taken away.
It was ironic, how she wasn't afraid of seeing anybody be hurt. After all, she could save them. But a pendant gone and she was set into a state of frenzy. She couldn't save it, could she?
She couldn't save her pendant.
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Shampoo sat grimly at the desk. She was in Sazara's room but there was no one there.
How dare she greet me like this? I made sure I woke up bright and early so that I could come over and talk to her.
The girl was stupid and irritating.
Just then, the window clicked open and Akane jumped in, breathless. She was shivery and cold from having slept on a tree the previous night before. Her search for her jewel was to no avail as it did not turn up anywhere.
"I've been waiting for you."
Akane whirled around. There stood Shampoo, magnificent and majestic. She was in a purple robe which encompassed a mauve gown.
"What are you doing in my room?" Akane demanded. No doubt Shampoo was a lady but she had no rights to barge into her room! Oh, the nerve that woman had.
Shampoo laughed a high-pitched giggle. "I come and go as I want."
"Stop beating around the bush and get straight to the point."
"I have some business to discuss with you."
Akane frowned deeply; there was nothing she would want to discuss with this woman.
"Oh? And what is it that you have to say that will arouse my curiosity?"
"I have a bargain... a negotiation to discuss. It is a matter of importance to both you... and I."
"Really?"
"Yes."
And Shampoo held up the map for her to see. And Akane nearly fainted.
Ranma lolled his tongue. He had shut the window the previous night when nobody was in the room.
But today, he couldn't find Sazara anywhere, either.
"That's really strange. She's usually down here in the morning."
But there was nobody to greet him with a smiling face.
"Well, she'd better be on time for the lesson."
What Ranma didn't know was that he very well might not see Akane for the rest of his life.
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A/N: Well, hey! I know it's been a long time since I wrote. Got caught up in the flow of school and all.
Not much happened during the week and the last save for the fact that two of my good friends tried tricking the rest of the class into thinking that the both of them were fighting. They wanted to see if anybody would badmouth one of them to the other one, they said.
Luckily, I didn't say anything bad, then! Cos I was actually trying to get them back together and all. Now I see it was all a waste of time and I could have actually studied or stuff.
Their pretended fighting started when A complained to B that B should bring her own calculator. Then B got mad and slammed the calculator she was borrowing onto A's desk and they 'stopped talking'.
And that's how it started.
Got a Literature Continual Assessment tomorrow and I haven't even started studying.
And the Assessment is, like, six hours away? And I have to sleep for four hours (until six a.m.) and then wake up. And travel to school. And then I'll have only half an hour to study. Which is a really short time.
But then all I have to remember is quotes and the story. So, I guess it's not that bad...
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Oh dear...
Shampoo was mad and when she was mad, she was really angry.
Fuming, with so much anger showing on her face that it twisted her look, she stormed (graciously) to the couple.
"What were you doing with my Ranma?"
Akane was startled and froze for a minute. Finally, when Shampoo demanded an answer from her, she said, "For your information, this is my room."
"So?"
"You should be asking Ranma why he is in here."
"Keep your mouth shut, maid."
Akane flinched and stared down at the ground. Was Shampoo testing her? She'd hurt her once. Was she trying to do it again?
"Ranma," Shampoo said, adding extra effort to make it sound saccharine, "why don't you come down with me. I've got a little surprise."
"Uh..."
Her voice tinkled like chimes in the wind. "Follow me."
"Well..."
"Or else."
Ranma looked at Akane, who avoided his gaze and looked elsewhere. This would be his decision, not hers. If he wanted to go, he could. She would do nothing to stop him.
"Sazara," he whispered, trailing his fingers down her arm before he left the room. "I'll be back soon."
When the door was shut and everything was silent again, Akane cried. Nobody heard or saw her for she cried inside, deep in her heart.
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"Ranma, try my homemade breakfast. I made it just for you!"
"Don't pull me so hard, Shampoo."
Shampoo held out a box in her hands. It was wrapped up tightly and a pleasant smell came from it which made Ranma's stomach growl.
"I knew you were hungry," Shampoo smiled. "A wife always knows when her husband yearns for her cooking."
Ranma stared at her. He wasn't her husband yet, but her fiancée.
"Now say 'ahh'."
He opened his mouth and she popped in some fresh looking shrimp.
"Now say 'ahh'."
"Ahh."
She kept feeding him till he protested and asked her to stop. He felt full already and besides, he was beside himself with worry as to whether Akane was fine or not.
"Why don't you want to eat my cooking?"
"It's delicious, Shampoo," he said nervously, "but-"
"But?" she said, leaning in; her voice was threatening.
"Nothing," Ranma ran off.
He quickly escaped to Sazara's room. Shutting the door, with his back to the bed, he sighed with relief and panted.
"At last, I managed to get rid of her."
Her could feel a breeze in the room. The window was open.
"Sazara, why did you leave it open?"
Ranma turned to the bed only to find that there was nobody in the room except for him.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Shampoo was fed up with everything. With the way Ranma was behaving whenever Akane was around, with the way her plan wasn't working.
Why won't it work? What have I done wrong?
Anger coursed through her. Ranma had fallen in love.
And there would be only one way to get rid of obstacles. Or obstacle, to be exact.
Before Kasumi had returned, she had searched around the house and Lady Luck was on her side, for she had found a vital piece of information.
It was a map of the Lord Ryouga's house.
How it got there, she wouldn't know. But why it was there...
Shampoo smiled slyly before she left to fix an appointment with her dear client, a particular Miss Sazara.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Akane panicked. For the first time in her life, she was frightened and worried and above all else, scared.
Afraid would not be the word one would choose to describe her. She was strong willed and silent (most of the time) but Time had changed her.
She was a different person from before and she knew it. There was nothing to hide.
Her pendant was gone. Right, the dove was gone from her neck. The moment Ranma had gone, following Shampoo, she felt infuriated and had reached up to the familiar spot at her neck to seek the comfort of her pendant only to find that it was missing.
She could not think of any place where she could have left it.
That was why she was frightened.
She was worried for it was a gift from a close friend.
She was scared for she did not want the present to be discovered by someone and taken away.
It was ironic, how she wasn't afraid of seeing anybody be hurt. After all, she could save them. But a pendant gone and she was set into a state of frenzy. She couldn't save it, could she?
She couldn't save her pendant.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Shampoo sat grimly at the desk. She was in Sazara's room but there was no one there.
How dare she greet me like this? I made sure I woke up bright and early so that I could come over and talk to her.
The girl was stupid and irritating.
Just then, the window clicked open and Akane jumped in, breathless. She was shivery and cold from having slept on a tree the previous night before. Her search for her jewel was to no avail as it did not turn up anywhere.
"I've been waiting for you."
Akane whirled around. There stood Shampoo, magnificent and majestic. She was in a purple robe which encompassed a mauve gown.
"What are you doing in my room?" Akane demanded. No doubt Shampoo was a lady but she had no rights to barge into her room! Oh, the nerve that woman had.
Shampoo laughed a high-pitched giggle. "I come and go as I want."
"Stop beating around the bush and get straight to the point."
"I have some business to discuss with you."
Akane frowned deeply; there was nothing she would want to discuss with this woman.
"Oh? And what is it that you have to say that will arouse my curiosity?"
"I have a bargain... a negotiation to discuss. It is a matter of importance to both you... and I."
"Really?"
"Yes."
And Shampoo held up the map for her to see. And Akane nearly fainted.
Ranma lolled his tongue. He had shut the window the previous night when nobody was in the room.
But today, he couldn't find Sazara anywhere, either.
"That's really strange. She's usually down here in the morning."
But there was nobody to greet him with a smiling face.
"Well, she'd better be on time for the lesson."
What Ranma didn't know was that he very well might not see Akane for the rest of his life.
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A/N: Well, hey! I know it's been a long time since I wrote. Got caught up in the flow of school and all.
Not much happened during the week and the last save for the fact that two of my good friends tried tricking the rest of the class into thinking that the both of them were fighting. They wanted to see if anybody would badmouth one of them to the other one, they said.
Luckily, I didn't say anything bad, then! Cos I was actually trying to get them back together and all. Now I see it was all a waste of time and I could have actually studied or stuff.
Their pretended fighting started when A complained to B that B should bring her own calculator. Then B got mad and slammed the calculator she was borrowing onto A's desk and they 'stopped talking'.
And that's how it started.
Got a Literature Continual Assessment tomorrow and I haven't even started studying.
And the Assessment is, like, six hours away? And I have to sleep for four hours (until six a.m.) and then wake up. And travel to school. And then I'll have only half an hour to study. Which is a really short time.
But then all I have to remember is quotes and the story. So, I guess it's not that bad...