The Liz: Yo! Time for the second chapter of Green. And just so yall know, the title might not make sense till later on, but it will make sense eventually. I have to say though, I'm awfully proud of myself for writing a fic with an ongoing plot. Normally, I don't do that, but who knows?
Disclaimer: I just read a fic where someone bolded all the wrong words. So I think I'll have fun with that. I do not own the Ranma ½ series. I do own a Hello Kitty alarm clock and an evil lair where I plot my plans for taking over the world! Now read all the bolded words.
"Hey wait a minute! You cheated!" Ranma yelled. He was sitting in the classroom playing Rummy with Daisuke and Hiroshi during lunch break. He had already looked in his lunch box to realize that Akane had helped Kasumi make it. More like she destroyed what Kasumi made, Ranma thought bitterly as he scanned his cards.
"No dude, I won, you lost," Daisuke said. Hiroshi looked down at a piece of paper and whistled.
"Okay, that puts me at 455, Daisuke at 495, and Ranma at..." Hiroshi grimaced. "You've got negative fifty," he said facing Ranma. "You sure you don't wanna forfeit?"
"No way! I'm not eating that lunch!" Ranma said as he shuffled the cards.
Daisuke's eyebrow rose. "So that's why you bet you're lunch," he said.
"Well yes," Ranma said. "Now pick up you're cards and let's play."
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"Ranma, why are you in such a bad mood?" Akane said.
Ranma glared at the ground. "Didn't eat lunch," he said.
"Oh really? And why not?" Akane asked, a threat lining her words.
"You know why! Pretty dirty of you sneaking your cooking into my lunch," he said.
"Excuse me for trying to be considerate!" Akane yelled at him.
"If you wanted to be considerate..." Suddenly Ranma was knocked to the ground violently.
"Niho Ranma!" Shampoo squealed into his ear.
"Shampoo..." Ranma growled.
"Ranma happy to see Shampoo yes?" Shampoo said.
Out of the corner of Ranma's eye, he could see a small blue flare around the area Akane was. Oh shit.
"Ranma, I'm going on ahead," Akane said coldly. "I'll see you at home."
"Huh?" Ranma said. She didn't step on me? Threaten me? Is she feeling all right? As Akane walked by, she stepped on Ranma's foot, grinding it into the ground with her heel. "Ouch!" There she goes!
"Aya, violent girl is so annoying!" Shampoo said, hanging onto Ranma's arm. "You come to Cat Café, yes? Eat Shampoo's cooking?"
Ranma looked nervously at Shampoo, and then heard his stomach growl. "Well..."
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"I'm home," Akane yelled as she entered the house.
"Hello Akane. Did you have a good day?" Kasumi asked from the front door where she had been sweeping.
"Fine," Akane said grudgingly. She lifted her leg to take her shoes off when she noticed an unfamiliar pair of shoes. "Kasumi, is someone here?"
"Oh yes, I almost forgot. Ryouga-san's waiting in the family room. He said he has something important he wants to tell you," Kasumi said.
Hmm... I wonder what it is. Akane thought as she slipped on her slippers. She walked into the family room to see Ryouga in deep thought, sipping his tea.
"Ryouga-kun!" she said as she walked in.
Ryouga's eyes grew wide and his tea cup broke. "A-Akane-san," he said nervously.
"Kasumi said you wanted to tell me something," Akane said as she sat down.
Ryouga's face went bright red and steam hissed from his ears. "Well, y-yeah. I-I was w-wondering if..." Ryouga's thumbs were spinning so fast they became a blur.
"What is it Ryouga? Something wrong?" Akane asked a worried smile on her oblivious face.
Steady now Ryouga, just go on and ask her, he thought to himself. He took a deep breath and... "Tickets, Jazz, Come With Me!?"
Akane looked at him with a blank expression.
Ryouga sighed. "Never mind," he said as he stood up to leave.
"Wait Ryouga," Akane said. "I'd love to go!"
Suddenly, Ryouga's legs turned into jelly as Akane's words registered in his brain. "You will?!"
"Yeah sure. I love jazz," Akane said with a huge smile. "When is it?"
Ryouga who was unable to even speak just held out the tickets for Akane to see.
"This Friday? Okay, why don't I meet you there at 7:45?" Akane said.
Ryouga nodded and started to walk very carefully out the door.
"I'll see you then!" Akane said.
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"Taste really good yes?" Shampoo asked as she placed yet another plate of food in front of Ranma. Ranma ignored her and continued to stuff his face. Shampoo smirked. "Shampoo so glad you like. Because now you do what Shampoo say," she said evilly.
Ranma stopped eating immediately and looked down at his food like it was going to eat his liver. "What did you do to it?" he asked in squeaky voice. Experience had taught him to be very afraid of the Amazon spice rack.
"Ohohoho. Shampoo no tell you. Not unless you confess love to Shampoo," she said with a glint in her eye.
"Shampoo, did you want this antidote to that spice you used earlier or should I put it away?" Mousse asked, coming into the room.
"Mousse, give that to me!" Ranma yelled as he leapt up from his chair.
"Idiot Mousse!" Shampoo yelled. "Put it away, put it away!"
Suddenly everything seemed to freeze in time. Even Ranma dropped to the ground in shock. "Sh-shampoo. You used correct Japanese," Mousse stammered, still holding the antidote in his hands.
Ranma, who was able to recover from the surprise more quickly, darted towards Mousse and grabbed the antidote. "Later guys," he yelled as he ran out the café.
"Wait! Ranma! You don't know how..." Mousse began before...
"Stupid! Stupid Mousse! Stupid!" Shampoo yelled as she repeatedly hit Mousse on the head with her Bonbories. Ranma bounded away on the roofs laughing.
I wonder what she did to me though, he thought to himself. Whatever, I've got the antidote so it's okay! Bottoms up! Taking a handful of the small pills, he swallowed two. Ah, feeling better al-. Ranma stopped in mid- air and grasped at his throat.
What the hell?! Suddenly, his whole body went numb and he plummeted to the ground, crashing through a roof and landing with a splash in the local baths. From the corner of his eye, he could see the pills spilling into the pool and dissolving in the water.
BATH SALTS? The antidote is a bunch of BATH SALTS?! he thought before he blacked out, floating amongst a hoard of very shocked bathing women. Unfortunately for the unconscious Ranma, they wouldn't be confused for long.
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"Ugh, my head," Ranma groaned as he opened his eyes. He was looking up at a crimson sky and he felt like he had been beat to a pulp. What happened? Memories of Shampoo and the antidote filled his brain and he groaned. Aw man, I just can not get a break today!
Getting up slowly, he began to walk towards the Dojo, cradling his aching head. I hope Kasumi saved some dinner for me.
A few minutes later, he entered the door of the Tendo household when he heard a laugh. A horrible, familiar, and unwelcome laugh. Oh god, please don't do this to me.
"Ranma darling!" Kodachi cackled as she leapt over the dojo wall. "Ranma darling, there you are!"
Gotta get to the pond! Ranma thought frantically as he sprinted towards the back yard.
"Ranma, my darling! Wait for me!"
Almost there...
SPLASH
Ranma dove into the pond, and landed head first on the ground below the water. MY HEAD! Suddenly, she felt herself being pulled up by the feet. She was brought face to face with Kodachi, a position that she had never liked.
"Where is my Ranma darling you wretch?" Kodachi asked coldly.
"He ran that way," Ranma said nervously, pointing the side over the wall.
Kodachi nodded and let go of her grip on Ranma, sending the poor girl head first into the water again. BANG Ranma could feel the little men in her head beating his skull. This sucks. Her feet landed heavily on the ground and the rest of her floated to the top. Ranma closed her eyes to protect her nerves from the light.
"Ranma?" Akane's voice said over her. "Are you alright?"
"Aspirin," she mumbled.
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"What happened to you anyway?" Akane asked as she put a bandage on the now male Ranma.
"Well let's see, I got poisoned, was paralyzed, went through a roof, got beat up, and had my head banged in twice within thirty seconds," Ranma said bitterly.
Akane looked at him distrustfully. "And how much of that was your fault?"
"None of it!" Ranma snapped which he immediately regretted and clutched his head. "How long until the aspirin kicks in?"
"Thirty minutes I think," Kasumi said as she walked in carrying a tray of food.
"Great," Ranma grumbled.
"Whatever," Akane said as she moved over to the table.
"Hey Akane," Nabiki said as she entered. "I hear you got a date."
There was a loud ping in the room, causing everyone to look at Ranma, whose eyebrow was twitching violently. "A-a date?" he croaked.
Akane laughed nervously and waved her hands as though waving away the thought. "It's not a date Nabiki. Ryouga-kun just asked me to go with him to this concert, that's all," she said.
"Ryouga?" Ranma said in a low voice.
"I don't know Akane," Nabiki said, ignoring Ranma. "It sounds an awful lot like a date to me."
"Nabiki, it's not a date!" Akane said nervously.
"Ha." Everyone turned to look at Ranma once again, who had seemed to regain his composure. "Like anyone would want to out with a sexless tomboy extraordinaire. They'd probably get malleted instead of a kiss," Ranma said.
The room got quiet and unbelievably blue. "Ranma," Akane growled.
Ranma suddenly became the whitest thing in the room. "I-it was a joke Akane! You know hahaha..." Ranma looked at Akane who seemed to have grown at least three feet. "Ha?"
BAM
As the three Tendo sisters watched Ranma fly through the air, Nabiki turned to Kasumi. "How far do you think?"
Kasumi watched the speck Ranma fly away with squinted eyes. "I think Akane might've held back a little. How bout the school?"
"Right, and I think the next town," Nabiki said. "Regular wage?"
Kasumi nodded towards her sister with a smile.
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Splash
Ranma-chan's body floated to the top, spread out eagle style with little swirlies for her eyes. Water. It's always water, Ranma thought as she opened her eyes. God, it feels like somebody's drilling a hole in my head.
She floated there for a bit, letting the current take her a little bit further down stream, which is not a smart thing to do but Ranma didn't really care at the moment. She watched the night sky when something bumped into her head. Is there a large target on my head or something? she thought as she turned to face whatever it was that had bumped her.
A large chunk of trash floated in front of her containing paper, plastic, and some sticks it had caught on it's way down river. Uh, that thing bumped into me? Ranma thought. Suddenly, something flashed inside the pile. "What the?"
Ranma pushed aside a large stick and pulled out a piece of wood shaped like a human face. Is that a mask?
The inside of the mask flashed green in the now moonlite sky, causing Ranma to bring it closer to her face.
Put it on. It'll be okay, just put the mask on.
Ranma brought the mask closer and closer to her face...
"Hey you!" a voice said from the road above the river. "Are you alright?"
Ranma stood up straighter, as though snapped out of something. "Uh, yeah! I'm fine!" she yelled back.
"You might wanna get out of that river, all sorts of stuff could be floating down there!" the man from the road yelled back.
"Right," Ranma said as she swam to the edge, the mask still in hand.
The Liz: So did yall like it? Do yall know what movie it is? Hm? Anyway, please read and review, it'd mean a lot to me!
Next Chapter: It's Ranma's turn to have fun and we discover why the story is called Green.