The Liz: I swear, it must be curse that I have. Every sixth chapter I write has to suck. Lately I have been having some major writer's block and it's killing me! I haven't had almost anytime to write because my family is visiting from Ohio and I've had to keep them busy. Good news is that I have almost everything in this story mapped out from here on out. Unfortunately that isn't helping.
And thanks to Gnome Power for reminding me that the Mask only has a green head. I sorta forgot...
Disclaimer: Oh yeah, I forgot to mention The Mask doesn't belong to me. So yeah, it doesn't belong to me.
Nabiki and Akane walked home quietly, Akane deep in thought and Nabiki checking her camera. "I got two whole rolls of tape! This is great!" Nabiki exclaimed, putting her camera back in her clutch.
"Hey Nabiki," Akane asked nervously, gathering her scarf around her shoulders. "Do you think I could have one of those pictures?"
Nabiki looked at her sister sideways. "Only one of them? You don't want all of them?" she asked.
"Why would I want all of them?" Akane asked looking at her sister quizzically.
Nabiki shrugged as looked up at the sky. "No reason. Which one do you want?" she asked.
She watched as Akane turned deep red. "Well... the one at end," she said quietly.
Nabiki smiled. "I got at least five pictures of the end," she said, patting her clutch.
Akane looked up sharply at her sister. "Five? What do you need five for?" she asked knowing full well what Nabiki had five pictures for.
"Well if it makes you feel better, I got a lot more pictures of you dancing with the guy than swapping spit," she said.
Akane blushed again, then cast her eyes to the ground. "I didn't wanna kiss him," she said.
"Coulda fooled me," Nabiki said as they came within distance of the dojo.
Akane sighed. "I just hope he's alright. I mean we left him there with a pretty ticked off Kuno."
"Aw, don't worry about Kuno hurting your lover boy," Nabiki said half-teasingly. "I'd be more worried about what Ryouga will do once he gets his hands on him."
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Ranma stood up and brushed off his suit. "Can I help you?" he asked in a bored tone.
"You swine!" Kuno yelled as he lunged at Ranma. "How dare you soil Akane Tendo's lips with you insolent arrogance?"
"You know for all those fancy words, you're not that smart," Ranma said, easily avoiding Kuno's sword. "In fact, that made no sense." Suddenly, he leapt into the air, avoiding a volley of rapidly flying bandanas.
Kuno screamed like a girl and threw himself on the floor to avoid what looked like razors to him.
"Hey buddy, nice hair ya got there," Ranma said, facing a glowing Ryouga.
Ryouga stood amid a pile of rubble, his aura threatening to burn the place down. "DIE!!!!!" Ryouga yelled as he charged Ranma, tarring off more bandanas and hurling them with all his might.
"Would you cease and desist!" Kuno yelled from under a table. "Or at least aim better!"
Ranma chuckled as he leapt from table to table, facing Ryouga the entire time. "You know you really should consider anger management," he said as he dodged another bandana with a pirouette.
"You must DIE!" Ryouga yelled again while he whipped out his umbrella.
"Here let me help you," Ranma said as he did a flip, landing behind Ryouga. "Take a seat." He ran up behind the dazed Ryouga with a chair, hitting him just behind the knees causing him to sit in the chair. Ranma pushed the chair to the stage, grabbing Kuno by the collar while he was moving.
"Right, you stay there," he said stopping Ryouga in the middle of the stage. "Let me get a seat for you sir," he said, placing Kuno on his feet. He zipped away coming back with a chair just before Kuno was about to fall. "Be right back," he said before zipping away again.
Just before Ryouga was able to get his bearings, a table and dinner set appeared in front of him. Faster than he could say "What the hell?" the green headed man appeared before him in full waiter attire.
"What would you like for dinner Sir?" he said in a bad English accent.
"What the hell is going on?!" Ryouga yelled.
Kuno just sat across from him, looking down at the menu. "Well let's see... That looks pretty good..." he mumbled under his breath. Ryouga looked at him in disgust.
"May I suggest the flaming dessert?" Ranma said the perfect model of decency.
"I don't want anything with the word flame in it, now quit this charade and fight me!" Ryouga yelled, slamming his hand down on the table.
"Yes, that sounds quite nice," Kuno said.
"It'll be ready in a minute," Ranma said, running away to the kitchen. He came back three seconds later, carrying two ice cream sundaes on a tray.
"Here you are sirs, two flaming desserts," he said, placing the dishes in front of the two men.
"I thought they were to be flaming," Kuno said quizzically, poking it with his spoon.
"You idiot! This is no time to be eating..." Ryouga yelled again before the ice cream exploded in his face.
He and Kuno sat there for a moment, Kuno's hair sizzling. "This is no time to be eating dessert!" Kuno yelled, snapping out of his stupor. "That green faced man must pay for what he has done to Akane!"
Ryouga glared at Kuno. "That's what I've been saying this entire time!" Suddenly, he stood up and looked around the room. "Where did he go?"
Kuno looked frantically around the room. "There!" he yelled, pointing to a man leaving rapidly through the hole in wall Ryouga made.
Kuno charged through the room and out the hole while Ryouga went the other way, managing to create a new hole in the wall.
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"We're home!" Nabiki announced, walking into the family room, Akane following her.
"How was you're evening?" Kasumi asked looking out from the kitchen.
Nabiki shrugged. "It was alright, nothing special for me," she said, taking off her long white gloves. "Akane though, she was quite the busy girl."
"Oh is that so?" Kasumi said, brining in a tray of cookies and tea. "Did you have fun Akane?"
Akane nodded taking a cup of tea quickly. "It was nice. I really liked the music," she said as offhandedly as possible.
"That's not all she liked," Nabiki said smoothly, taking a bite of her cookie. "Did you know that Akane is a great swing dancer?"
"Nabiki!" Akane snapped, blushing furiously.
"Oh did you dance with Ryouga?" Kasumi asked.
"Ryouga never showed up," Nabiki said coolly. "But she did dance with several other people."
"Two is not several," Akane grumbled.
"Oh my, two boys?" Kasumi asked shocked. "I never knew you were such a flirt."
"Two boys do not count as flirting! And they came up to me anyway," Akane yelled slamming her hand down on the table.
"Well then does giving one a kiss count a flirting?" Nabiki said.
"What?! Akane, how could you?" Soun cried as he popped up behind her. "You're engaged to Ranma!"
Children! Straying so far!Panda's sign read.
"I didn't kiss him, he kissed me!" Akane yelled in her defense.
Nabiki smiled and rose from her position. "I think I'm gonna go to bed now," she said, picking up her gloves. "Good night!"
"Good night Nabiki," Kasumi said over her father's crying and Akane's protests.
A minute later, a bloodcurdling scream was heard from upstairs, causing everyone to drop what they were doing and run upstairs.
Akane was the first one there and ran into her sister's room. "Nabiki what's wrong? Did someone attack you?" she asked in a worried voice.
Nabiki sat on her bed, her face white as the clean sheets beneath her. "My money," she whispered. "My money's gone."
"What?" Akane said as she came closer to her sister. She saw her sister's closet wide open, a hidden compartment in the wall open revealing a broken safe.
"My photo money, the money I get from Kuno for the pictures," Nabiki said quietly. "I always put it in the safe. I thought no one knew about it."
"Oh my," Kasumi said as she walked having taken her time climbing the stairs. "Do you suppose it was that green man?"
"What?!" Both Akane and Nabiki looked sharply at her sister. "What did you say?"
"Earlier tonight, I saw a strange man with a green mask come out of Nabiki's room," Kasumi said with a worried look on her face.
"You just decided to mention this now?" Nabiki said sharply. Akane was sitting on her sister's chair, her head in her hands.
"Do you think?" Akane asked nobody in particular.
"Come on Akane, how many people in Nermia go around with a green mask on?" Nabiki said to her sister. Suddenly, it hit her. Her eyes narrowed, causing everyone to take at least a few steps back.
"Where's Ranma?"
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Ranma moaned loudly as he turned in his bed. The morning light poured in through the window, targeting his face. Man, I gotta stop doing these late nights.
He heard a sharp knock at the door. "Ranma, wake up," a voice said. That's not Akane, he thought groggily.
"Get up now!"
That's Nabiki. What's she doing here? Suddenly Ranma's eyes snapped open. Shit! "C-coming," he stuttered as he scrambled out of bed.
The door was slid open by a seemingly cool and collected Nabiki. But when Ranma saw her eyes, he knew she was suspicious. "H-hey Nabiki, where's Akane?"
"She's getting up now. She had quite a night last night," she said coolly with a sly smile. "Did you hear about it yet?"
"Ah no, I was sleeping when you guys got home," he lied, praying that she would buy it. Nabiki's face showed no emotion.
"It was quite a show. Akane can be awfully graceful when you're not around."
Ranma chuckled nervously. "I doubt it. That tomboy doesn't have an ounce of grace in her."
"I don't know Ranma, you shoulda seen her with that guy last night," Nabiki said, pushing past Ranma to look around his room. "Maybe it's you."
"What guy?" Ranma asked. He knew what she was talking about, but if he showed it Nabiki would be all over him. Just play along. Pray that she buys it.
"This guy," Nabiki said, shoving a handful of pictures under Ranma's nose.
Ranma took them nervously, afraid Nabiki would strike out at him. She may not be a martial artist but damn she can be scary, he thought as he looked down at the pictures.
Nabiki watched Ranma's face carefully for the usual signs of jealousy, already knowing there would be none. He's lying about being asleep; I saw his room last night. A little messy, but he was not there.
Ranma looked down at the pictures. Hey these aren't that bad. She got my good side, he thought letting his ego get to him. He flipped through the pictures, not really looking at them until he got the picture of him kissing Akane. "WHAT?" She got a picture of this?!
"I have other pictures of that ya know," Nabiki said coolly, watching Ranma through slitted eyes. It was him, I know it. "1000 yen each."
Come on Ranma, play along, act normal. He scoffed, and tossed the pictures to Nabiki. "Why would I want pictures of that dumb tomboy anyway?" he said as he turned around. "I'm gonna go spar with Pop."
Nabiki smiled and bent over to pick up the pictures. Now to catch him in the act, she thought as she flipped through the pictures again. She noticed the one with the kiss was missing.
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Akane walked down the street in silence, clutching her bag tightly. Nabiki can't be right about Ranma. There's no way he could be the Mask, I mean... She blushed as she remembered the kiss the mysterious man gave her last night. There is absolutely no way Ranma would do something like that. She sighed as she tucked her hair behind her ears. No, Ranma would never do that.
Ranma studied Akane as he walked along the fence. She's been awful quiet this morning, he thought. Maybe she figured it out? Ranma almost laughed. She hasn't even figured out about P-Chan, there's no way she figured it out now. Besides, if she had figured it out, I'd be in America by now.
Akane looked at the ground. But that doesn't change the fact that that man is a thief. Nabiki's right about that, not many people run around with a green mask on. Akane looked up at Ranma who was walking along the fence looking at her, but as soon as she looked at him he looked away angrily. Ranma's been awfully quiet this morning. Did he find out about the man? Akane groaned. There's no way he coulda missed it. That's all daddy would talk about this morning. And knowing Nabiki she's already showed him the pictures.
Ranma pretended to look out at the clouds while watching Akane out of the corner of his eye. Maybe I wouldn't be in America. I mean, she wasn't putting up much of a fight with me when I tried to kiss her and I was a stranger then. He watched Akane sigh again with what looked like a dreamy look to him. I mean, it'd be better if she kissed Ryouga, she knows him. But she didn't know me. And she was dancing with that other guy too. Ranma stopped in his tracks. Maybe it is me. Maybe Nabiki was right... Gah! Why do I care what that stupid tomboy does?
"Ranma? Are you alright?" Akane asked him. He looked down to see her looking up at him with a worried look.
"Fine," he said in a gruff voice.
"It's just that you were making all these funny faces just now," Akane said, pressing the matter further. "Is everything okay?"
"Just fine," he said.
Akane sighed and looked down at her feet with an angry expression. I was just trying to help.
Suddenly Ranma jumped down from the fence and faced her. Akane looked at him angrily. "What?" she snapped.
"Did you enjoy it?" Ranma asked flatly.
Akane pushed past him. "Enjoy what?"
"You know damn well what!" Ranma yelled after her. "Since when did you become so easy?"
Akane whirled around. "Well would you've liked it if I kissed Ryouga instead?"
"Well at least you woulda known him!"
Next thing Ranma knew, he was traveling through the air via Akane's book bag. Know what? I think too much.
Akane lowered her arm. "Baka," she grumbled.
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The Liz: Grrrr... Bit of writer's block. I'm gonna cut off here for now. Please don't kill me if you thought some of the characters were OOC. And yes, I know this chapter sucked. I'm working on chapter seven as you read it.
Next chapter: Suspicions are aroused, confirmed, and Ranma makes a date.
Review time!
To Clever Witch: Thank you so much for reviewing. I'm really glad to hear I've been keeping the spirit of Ranma ½ in my story.
To Gnome Power!: Yeah, I hear the comic's violent. Me being the person I am, I like the comedy. And thanks for pointing out that mistake I made. I hope I made up for it here.
To rewind gone nuts: If Ranma Mask's opponents didn't live to tell the tale then that would suck cause I really like Ryouga.
To Ariyah-Chan: I hope the fight lived up to what you were expecting. If not I apologize, I'm not so good at fight scenes.
To Magnus 17: Yes Ranma's curse still works as we will find out, I was hoping to have P-Chan get the mask and someone (sorta) bad will get the mask. You'll just have to wait to find out!
Thanks for your reviews! They really help me out!
And thanks to Gnome Power for reminding me that the Mask only has a green head. I sorta forgot...
Disclaimer: Oh yeah, I forgot to mention The Mask doesn't belong to me. So yeah, it doesn't belong to me.
Nabiki and Akane walked home quietly, Akane deep in thought and Nabiki checking her camera. "I got two whole rolls of tape! This is great!" Nabiki exclaimed, putting her camera back in her clutch.
"Hey Nabiki," Akane asked nervously, gathering her scarf around her shoulders. "Do you think I could have one of those pictures?"
Nabiki looked at her sister sideways. "Only one of them? You don't want all of them?" she asked.
"Why would I want all of them?" Akane asked looking at her sister quizzically.
Nabiki shrugged as looked up at the sky. "No reason. Which one do you want?" she asked.
She watched as Akane turned deep red. "Well... the one at end," she said quietly.
Nabiki smiled. "I got at least five pictures of the end," she said, patting her clutch.
Akane looked up sharply at her sister. "Five? What do you need five for?" she asked knowing full well what Nabiki had five pictures for.
"Well if it makes you feel better, I got a lot more pictures of you dancing with the guy than swapping spit," she said.
Akane blushed again, then cast her eyes to the ground. "I didn't wanna kiss him," she said.
"Coulda fooled me," Nabiki said as they came within distance of the dojo.
Akane sighed. "I just hope he's alright. I mean we left him there with a pretty ticked off Kuno."
"Aw, don't worry about Kuno hurting your lover boy," Nabiki said half-teasingly. "I'd be more worried about what Ryouga will do once he gets his hands on him."
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Ranma stood up and brushed off his suit. "Can I help you?" he asked in a bored tone.
"You swine!" Kuno yelled as he lunged at Ranma. "How dare you soil Akane Tendo's lips with you insolent arrogance?"
"You know for all those fancy words, you're not that smart," Ranma said, easily avoiding Kuno's sword. "In fact, that made no sense." Suddenly, he leapt into the air, avoiding a volley of rapidly flying bandanas.
Kuno screamed like a girl and threw himself on the floor to avoid what looked like razors to him.
"Hey buddy, nice hair ya got there," Ranma said, facing a glowing Ryouga.
Ryouga stood amid a pile of rubble, his aura threatening to burn the place down. "DIE!!!!!" Ryouga yelled as he charged Ranma, tarring off more bandanas and hurling them with all his might.
"Would you cease and desist!" Kuno yelled from under a table. "Or at least aim better!"
Ranma chuckled as he leapt from table to table, facing Ryouga the entire time. "You know you really should consider anger management," he said as he dodged another bandana with a pirouette.
"You must DIE!" Ryouga yelled again while he whipped out his umbrella.
"Here let me help you," Ranma said as he did a flip, landing behind Ryouga. "Take a seat." He ran up behind the dazed Ryouga with a chair, hitting him just behind the knees causing him to sit in the chair. Ranma pushed the chair to the stage, grabbing Kuno by the collar while he was moving.
"Right, you stay there," he said stopping Ryouga in the middle of the stage. "Let me get a seat for you sir," he said, placing Kuno on his feet. He zipped away coming back with a chair just before Kuno was about to fall. "Be right back," he said before zipping away again.
Just before Ryouga was able to get his bearings, a table and dinner set appeared in front of him. Faster than he could say "What the hell?" the green headed man appeared before him in full waiter attire.
"What would you like for dinner Sir?" he said in a bad English accent.
"What the hell is going on?!" Ryouga yelled.
Kuno just sat across from him, looking down at the menu. "Well let's see... That looks pretty good..." he mumbled under his breath. Ryouga looked at him in disgust.
"May I suggest the flaming dessert?" Ranma said the perfect model of decency.
"I don't want anything with the word flame in it, now quit this charade and fight me!" Ryouga yelled, slamming his hand down on the table.
"Yes, that sounds quite nice," Kuno said.
"It'll be ready in a minute," Ranma said, running away to the kitchen. He came back three seconds later, carrying two ice cream sundaes on a tray.
"Here you are sirs, two flaming desserts," he said, placing the dishes in front of the two men.
"I thought they were to be flaming," Kuno said quizzically, poking it with his spoon.
"You idiot! This is no time to be eating..." Ryouga yelled again before the ice cream exploded in his face.
He and Kuno sat there for a moment, Kuno's hair sizzling. "This is no time to be eating dessert!" Kuno yelled, snapping out of his stupor. "That green faced man must pay for what he has done to Akane!"
Ryouga glared at Kuno. "That's what I've been saying this entire time!" Suddenly, he stood up and looked around the room. "Where did he go?"
Kuno looked frantically around the room. "There!" he yelled, pointing to a man leaving rapidly through the hole in wall Ryouga made.
Kuno charged through the room and out the hole while Ryouga went the other way, managing to create a new hole in the wall.
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"We're home!" Nabiki announced, walking into the family room, Akane following her.
"How was you're evening?" Kasumi asked looking out from the kitchen.
Nabiki shrugged. "It was alright, nothing special for me," she said, taking off her long white gloves. "Akane though, she was quite the busy girl."
"Oh is that so?" Kasumi said, brining in a tray of cookies and tea. "Did you have fun Akane?"
Akane nodded taking a cup of tea quickly. "It was nice. I really liked the music," she said as offhandedly as possible.
"That's not all she liked," Nabiki said smoothly, taking a bite of her cookie. "Did you know that Akane is a great swing dancer?"
"Nabiki!" Akane snapped, blushing furiously.
"Oh did you dance with Ryouga?" Kasumi asked.
"Ryouga never showed up," Nabiki said coolly. "But she did dance with several other people."
"Two is not several," Akane grumbled.
"Oh my, two boys?" Kasumi asked shocked. "I never knew you were such a flirt."
"Two boys do not count as flirting! And they came up to me anyway," Akane yelled slamming her hand down on the table.
"Well then does giving one a kiss count a flirting?" Nabiki said.
"What?! Akane, how could you?" Soun cried as he popped up behind her. "You're engaged to Ranma!"
Children! Straying so far!Panda's sign read.
"I didn't kiss him, he kissed me!" Akane yelled in her defense.
Nabiki smiled and rose from her position. "I think I'm gonna go to bed now," she said, picking up her gloves. "Good night!"
"Good night Nabiki," Kasumi said over her father's crying and Akane's protests.
A minute later, a bloodcurdling scream was heard from upstairs, causing everyone to drop what they were doing and run upstairs.
Akane was the first one there and ran into her sister's room. "Nabiki what's wrong? Did someone attack you?" she asked in a worried voice.
Nabiki sat on her bed, her face white as the clean sheets beneath her. "My money," she whispered. "My money's gone."
"What?" Akane said as she came closer to her sister. She saw her sister's closet wide open, a hidden compartment in the wall open revealing a broken safe.
"My photo money, the money I get from Kuno for the pictures," Nabiki said quietly. "I always put it in the safe. I thought no one knew about it."
"Oh my," Kasumi said as she walked having taken her time climbing the stairs. "Do you suppose it was that green man?"
"What?!" Both Akane and Nabiki looked sharply at her sister. "What did you say?"
"Earlier tonight, I saw a strange man with a green mask come out of Nabiki's room," Kasumi said with a worried look on her face.
"You just decided to mention this now?" Nabiki said sharply. Akane was sitting on her sister's chair, her head in her hands.
"Do you think?" Akane asked nobody in particular.
"Come on Akane, how many people in Nermia go around with a green mask on?" Nabiki said to her sister. Suddenly, it hit her. Her eyes narrowed, causing everyone to take at least a few steps back.
"Where's Ranma?"
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Ranma moaned loudly as he turned in his bed. The morning light poured in through the window, targeting his face. Man, I gotta stop doing these late nights.
He heard a sharp knock at the door. "Ranma, wake up," a voice said. That's not Akane, he thought groggily.
"Get up now!"
That's Nabiki. What's she doing here? Suddenly Ranma's eyes snapped open. Shit! "C-coming," he stuttered as he scrambled out of bed.
The door was slid open by a seemingly cool and collected Nabiki. But when Ranma saw her eyes, he knew she was suspicious. "H-hey Nabiki, where's Akane?"
"She's getting up now. She had quite a night last night," she said coolly with a sly smile. "Did you hear about it yet?"
"Ah no, I was sleeping when you guys got home," he lied, praying that she would buy it. Nabiki's face showed no emotion.
"It was quite a show. Akane can be awfully graceful when you're not around."
Ranma chuckled nervously. "I doubt it. That tomboy doesn't have an ounce of grace in her."
"I don't know Ranma, you shoulda seen her with that guy last night," Nabiki said, pushing past Ranma to look around his room. "Maybe it's you."
"What guy?" Ranma asked. He knew what she was talking about, but if he showed it Nabiki would be all over him. Just play along. Pray that she buys it.
"This guy," Nabiki said, shoving a handful of pictures under Ranma's nose.
Ranma took them nervously, afraid Nabiki would strike out at him. She may not be a martial artist but damn she can be scary, he thought as he looked down at the pictures.
Nabiki watched Ranma's face carefully for the usual signs of jealousy, already knowing there would be none. He's lying about being asleep; I saw his room last night. A little messy, but he was not there.
Ranma looked down at the pictures. Hey these aren't that bad. She got my good side, he thought letting his ego get to him. He flipped through the pictures, not really looking at them until he got the picture of him kissing Akane. "WHAT?" She got a picture of this?!
"I have other pictures of that ya know," Nabiki said coolly, watching Ranma through slitted eyes. It was him, I know it. "1000 yen each."
Come on Ranma, play along, act normal. He scoffed, and tossed the pictures to Nabiki. "Why would I want pictures of that dumb tomboy anyway?" he said as he turned around. "I'm gonna go spar with Pop."
Nabiki smiled and bent over to pick up the pictures. Now to catch him in the act, she thought as she flipped through the pictures again. She noticed the one with the kiss was missing.
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Akane walked down the street in silence, clutching her bag tightly. Nabiki can't be right about Ranma. There's no way he could be the Mask, I mean... She blushed as she remembered the kiss the mysterious man gave her last night. There is absolutely no way Ranma would do something like that. She sighed as she tucked her hair behind her ears. No, Ranma would never do that.
Ranma studied Akane as he walked along the fence. She's been awful quiet this morning, he thought. Maybe she figured it out? Ranma almost laughed. She hasn't even figured out about P-Chan, there's no way she figured it out now. Besides, if she had figured it out, I'd be in America by now.
Akane looked at the ground. But that doesn't change the fact that that man is a thief. Nabiki's right about that, not many people run around with a green mask on. Akane looked up at Ranma who was walking along the fence looking at her, but as soon as she looked at him he looked away angrily. Ranma's been awfully quiet this morning. Did he find out about the man? Akane groaned. There's no way he coulda missed it. That's all daddy would talk about this morning. And knowing Nabiki she's already showed him the pictures.
Ranma pretended to look out at the clouds while watching Akane out of the corner of his eye. Maybe I wouldn't be in America. I mean, she wasn't putting up much of a fight with me when I tried to kiss her and I was a stranger then. He watched Akane sigh again with what looked like a dreamy look to him. I mean, it'd be better if she kissed Ryouga, she knows him. But she didn't know me. And she was dancing with that other guy too. Ranma stopped in his tracks. Maybe it is me. Maybe Nabiki was right... Gah! Why do I care what that stupid tomboy does?
"Ranma? Are you alright?" Akane asked him. He looked down to see her looking up at him with a worried look.
"Fine," he said in a gruff voice.
"It's just that you were making all these funny faces just now," Akane said, pressing the matter further. "Is everything okay?"
"Just fine," he said.
Akane sighed and looked down at her feet with an angry expression. I was just trying to help.
Suddenly Ranma jumped down from the fence and faced her. Akane looked at him angrily. "What?" she snapped.
"Did you enjoy it?" Ranma asked flatly.
Akane pushed past him. "Enjoy what?"
"You know damn well what!" Ranma yelled after her. "Since when did you become so easy?"
Akane whirled around. "Well would you've liked it if I kissed Ryouga instead?"
"Well at least you woulda known him!"
Next thing Ranma knew, he was traveling through the air via Akane's book bag. Know what? I think too much.
Akane lowered her arm. "Baka," she grumbled.
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The Liz: Grrrr... Bit of writer's block. I'm gonna cut off here for now. Please don't kill me if you thought some of the characters were OOC. And yes, I know this chapter sucked. I'm working on chapter seven as you read it.
Next chapter: Suspicions are aroused, confirmed, and Ranma makes a date.
Review time!
To Clever Witch: Thank you so much for reviewing. I'm really glad to hear I've been keeping the spirit of Ranma ½ in my story.
To Gnome Power!: Yeah, I hear the comic's violent. Me being the person I am, I like the comedy. And thanks for pointing out that mistake I made. I hope I made up for it here.
To rewind gone nuts: If Ranma Mask's opponents didn't live to tell the tale then that would suck cause I really like Ryouga.
To Ariyah-Chan: I hope the fight lived up to what you were expecting. If not I apologize, I'm not so good at fight scenes.
To Magnus 17: Yes Ranma's curse still works as we will find out, I was hoping to have P-Chan get the mask and someone (sorta) bad will get the mask. You'll just have to wait to find out!
Thanks for your reviews! They really help me out!