Dear Akane,
There are a million things I want to say to you, but you know I was never very good with words. So, I'm going to try to say just 3, so that I don't make you mad. I always did that. Sometimes it was on purpose, but mostly it was on accident. Even when I didn't mean to, I always found a way to infuriate you.
And I'm sorry. For everything. That's the thing I wanted to say before anyything else. I drove you away, and I didn't even know I was doing it. One day you were just gone, and I realized that it was probably my fault, and it drove me nuts that I had caused it. You see, Akane, just because I didn't show it, didn't mean I didn't care. You may never have known it, but I was, totall, 100 % in love with you.
That was the second thing I wanted to tell you, that I was and AM completely in love with you. You were, you ARE my whole world, and I was too scared to tell you, too scared of rejection, too scared you didn't feel the same way. And I found out I was right when you left, but I couldn't let you go without you knowing how I felt, and knowing that if you ever wanted me, I'll be here.
The last thing I wanted to do, is to challenge you Akane. You said that I never took you seriously, and you were always angry because I would never spar with you. The truth is, it was never because you were a girl. I mean I fought Shampoo, and Kodachi, and even Ukyo. But I didn't fight you because you weren't just a girl. You were THE girl, and I was terrified I would hurt you. But now, I want to fight you. You cannot refuse; your honor would be tarnished. I know it's dishonorable to use tactics like this, but I have to see you, even if it's just this one last time.
I'll meet you at the Sasaki Dojo, tomorrow at 7.
Love always and Forever,
Ranma Saotome
Akane held the letter in small, trembling hands and read the letter over and over 3 times before falling down on the bed wide-eyed, and handing the letter to her sisters. They read it and then glanced at each other, and then at Akane who was staring at the ceiling.
"Are you gonna go imouto-chan?" Nabiki asked. Akane didn't answer, but kept staring at the ceiling with her arms flung over her head.
"Akane?" Kasumi asked.
"No. No, I'm not going to go. I can't. I swore I would never let him find me. I've almost failed in that promise. I have no honor left. But I will not degrade myself even more by breaking my promise. It is more dishonorable not to do something I said I would do, than to not do something someone else has told me I have to do. I will not go." Akane replied in a monotone voice."
Nabiki and Kasumi looked at each other again.
"You are the most honorable person we know, Akane-chan. What ever you do will be right." Kasumi said.
"Silly concept anyway. You did what was necessary to survive, but if it makes you feel better, I agree with Kasumi. Besides, after what he did to you...." Nabiki put in, before being interrupted by her sister.
"Don't, Nabiki. Don't say it, I don't want to remember anymore." Akane sniffed and then sat up smiling as if she'd never heard of someone named Ranma Saotome, much less loved him.
"Hey you guys! There's gonna be this huge ball thing tomorrow night, one of those big pointless social events you love Nabiki. One of my old buddies is throwing it. Do you wanna go? We'd have to go shopping and everything. It would be just like the old days!"
"Hmm, shopping? You know I can't say no to that!" was Nabiki's response. Kasumi looked down at her bulging stomach.
"I... I don't know imouto-chan. I mean, I doubt I'd look very good in a dress right now...." Kasumi said.
"Oh Kami!! I totally forgot, when I was telling you what happened to me!!! Is it Tofu's? How far along are you? Do you know if it's a girl or a boy?" Akane asked in a rush.
"And don't be silly! You would always look beautiful, and if you didn't feel comfortable, they DO make dresses for pregnant people."
Kasumi blushed and said practically glowingly:
"Ok, I guess I could go, and yes it is Ono's. It's a girl, and I'm 4 months pregnant....
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Ranma walked to the Dojo nervously. It wasn't really owned by anyone. According to the stories, centuries ago it had been created by a legendary warrior who invented the most dangerous of all martial arts styles: the neko-ken. People came to the dojo to pray to the warrior's spirit for good luck, and Ranma believed if he ever needed good luck or a patron warrior it was now.
He walked through the shoji doors with a sinking feeling in the pit of his stomach. His instincts, as always, were correct. Across from the doors was a note pinned on one of the support beams. Ranma walked towards it, feeling his heart shattering for the millionth time, before he even reached it.
"It would be a greater dishonor for me to let you find me, than to reject
your challenge. I apologize for wasting your time."
Ranma held the note with his large hands trembling and read it with eyes showing nothing at all.
"Raaaaaaaa!!!!!!!" Ranma yelled in pure frustration and anger, startling the birds outside. He stalked out and slammed the doors shut. If his original method wouldn't work, he would find a new one, just like always. He wouldn't give Akane up, not yet, not till he saw her one last time, and knew why she had left him, and could tell her face to face he loved her. It was time to go back to the police station.
Sitting in one of the blooming cherry trees outside, a beautiful, angry, purple-eyed woman watched Ranma stalk off. She looked away pouting angrily. Once she had been young and bubbly and happy, but she was a shell of what she'd once been. All the goodness in her had been corrupted, and what was left was an angry, bitter, jealous woman, obsessed with her un-catchable prey of 10 years.
******************************************************** A.N.: hey everyone. I didn't like this chapter too much, but that's ok. The next chapter is going to involve both Akane and Ranma's aliases. (could you tell?)^_^ and it'll involve the amazons ...but nothing for sure yet. For all of you shampoo lovers I want you to know that I really DO like shampoo, but I need a bad guy here. The next story I do, I'll make her a good guy k? ^_^. But remember, I can't start a new story if I don't continue this one, and I can't continue this one unless I get reviews. So all Shampoo lovers, ( and everyone else) review pleez!!!! Anyway. Luv u all lots! Independen-and-happy1373
There are a million things I want to say to you, but you know I was never very good with words. So, I'm going to try to say just 3, so that I don't make you mad. I always did that. Sometimes it was on purpose, but mostly it was on accident. Even when I didn't mean to, I always found a way to infuriate you.
And I'm sorry. For everything. That's the thing I wanted to say before anyything else. I drove you away, and I didn't even know I was doing it. One day you were just gone, and I realized that it was probably my fault, and it drove me nuts that I had caused it. You see, Akane, just because I didn't show it, didn't mean I didn't care. You may never have known it, but I was, totall, 100 % in love with you.
That was the second thing I wanted to tell you, that I was and AM completely in love with you. You were, you ARE my whole world, and I was too scared to tell you, too scared of rejection, too scared you didn't feel the same way. And I found out I was right when you left, but I couldn't let you go without you knowing how I felt, and knowing that if you ever wanted me, I'll be here.
The last thing I wanted to do, is to challenge you Akane. You said that I never took you seriously, and you were always angry because I would never spar with you. The truth is, it was never because you were a girl. I mean I fought Shampoo, and Kodachi, and even Ukyo. But I didn't fight you because you weren't just a girl. You were THE girl, and I was terrified I would hurt you. But now, I want to fight you. You cannot refuse; your honor would be tarnished. I know it's dishonorable to use tactics like this, but I have to see you, even if it's just this one last time.
I'll meet you at the Sasaki Dojo, tomorrow at 7.
Love always and Forever,
Ranma Saotome
Akane held the letter in small, trembling hands and read the letter over and over 3 times before falling down on the bed wide-eyed, and handing the letter to her sisters. They read it and then glanced at each other, and then at Akane who was staring at the ceiling.
"Are you gonna go imouto-chan?" Nabiki asked. Akane didn't answer, but kept staring at the ceiling with her arms flung over her head.
"Akane?" Kasumi asked.
"No. No, I'm not going to go. I can't. I swore I would never let him find me. I've almost failed in that promise. I have no honor left. But I will not degrade myself even more by breaking my promise. It is more dishonorable not to do something I said I would do, than to not do something someone else has told me I have to do. I will not go." Akane replied in a monotone voice."
Nabiki and Kasumi looked at each other again.
"You are the most honorable person we know, Akane-chan. What ever you do will be right." Kasumi said.
"Silly concept anyway. You did what was necessary to survive, but if it makes you feel better, I agree with Kasumi. Besides, after what he did to you...." Nabiki put in, before being interrupted by her sister.
"Don't, Nabiki. Don't say it, I don't want to remember anymore." Akane sniffed and then sat up smiling as if she'd never heard of someone named Ranma Saotome, much less loved him.
"Hey you guys! There's gonna be this huge ball thing tomorrow night, one of those big pointless social events you love Nabiki. One of my old buddies is throwing it. Do you wanna go? We'd have to go shopping and everything. It would be just like the old days!"
"Hmm, shopping? You know I can't say no to that!" was Nabiki's response. Kasumi looked down at her bulging stomach.
"I... I don't know imouto-chan. I mean, I doubt I'd look very good in a dress right now...." Kasumi said.
"Oh Kami!! I totally forgot, when I was telling you what happened to me!!! Is it Tofu's? How far along are you? Do you know if it's a girl or a boy?" Akane asked in a rush.
"And don't be silly! You would always look beautiful, and if you didn't feel comfortable, they DO make dresses for pregnant people."
Kasumi blushed and said practically glowingly:
"Ok, I guess I could go, and yes it is Ono's. It's a girl, and I'm 4 months pregnant....
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Ranma walked to the Dojo nervously. It wasn't really owned by anyone. According to the stories, centuries ago it had been created by a legendary warrior who invented the most dangerous of all martial arts styles: the neko-ken. People came to the dojo to pray to the warrior's spirit for good luck, and Ranma believed if he ever needed good luck or a patron warrior it was now.
He walked through the shoji doors with a sinking feeling in the pit of his stomach. His instincts, as always, were correct. Across from the doors was a note pinned on one of the support beams. Ranma walked towards it, feeling his heart shattering for the millionth time, before he even reached it.
"It would be a greater dishonor for me to let you find me, than to reject
your challenge. I apologize for wasting your time."
Ranma held the note with his large hands trembling and read it with eyes showing nothing at all.
"Raaaaaaaa!!!!!!!" Ranma yelled in pure frustration and anger, startling the birds outside. He stalked out and slammed the doors shut. If his original method wouldn't work, he would find a new one, just like always. He wouldn't give Akane up, not yet, not till he saw her one last time, and knew why she had left him, and could tell her face to face he loved her. It was time to go back to the police station.
Sitting in one of the blooming cherry trees outside, a beautiful, angry, purple-eyed woman watched Ranma stalk off. She looked away pouting angrily. Once she had been young and bubbly and happy, but she was a shell of what she'd once been. All the goodness in her had been corrupted, and what was left was an angry, bitter, jealous woman, obsessed with her un-catchable prey of 10 years.
******************************************************** A.N.: hey everyone. I didn't like this chapter too much, but that's ok. The next chapter is going to involve both Akane and Ranma's aliases. (could you tell?)^_^ and it'll involve the amazons ...but nothing for sure yet. For all of you shampoo lovers I want you to know that I really DO like shampoo, but I need a bad guy here. The next story I do, I'll make her a good guy k? ^_^. But remember, I can't start a new story if I don't continue this one, and I can't continue this one unless I get reviews. So all Shampoo lovers, ( and everyone else) review pleez!!!! Anyway. Luv u all lots! Independen-and-happy1373