Heavenly Intervention
Chapter 09
And Other hair products
Akane smiled bubbly as she skipped down the stairs. She was pleased with herself at the moment.
It had taken her three days but her room had been completely redecorated and she now had some
popular music to listen to.
Ranma seemed a little put off by her lately but she had decided to stop waiting for him to ask her
out and ask him out at lunch. She had made a special bento for him with a little note on it. She
couldn't ask him directly of course. That would be too embarrassing.
"BYE!" She called out behind her to the occupants of the house as she fled down the street
towards the school.
Kuno stood behind the tree at in front of the school sniffing a rose. There were several other boys
in various sports gear waiting at the gates of the school.
"Soon Akane. I will court you." Kuno muttered as he stared off into the distance as some
lightning cracked in the distance.
Ranma stood waiting with a brick in his hand by the school wall, hiding just out of sight as he
watched Akane skip towards the school yard. Okay. He mentally sighed as he prepared himself
to hit his fiance over the head with the brick. He then noticed that all the boys from all of the clubs
were standing in the yard waiting... and they were all wearing some sort of athletic gear. "What
the hell?" He muttered as waves of male students poured out from every hiding place there was
and waited. What's going on? He thought to himself in confusion.
Akane entered the gates moments later and all of the boy's rushed forward in what appeared to be
an attack. All of the boys were yelling things along the lines of:
"I love you Akane!"
"This is for you!"
"Date with me Akane!"
Ranma was about to protect her and rush to her aid but stopped he then smiled. "Maybe these
idiots will be able to knock the sense into her for me." He muttered.
Akane frowned as she ran into the crowd of students head on. She hadn't expected this and was
caught somewhat by surprise. "EEEK!" She screamed rather girlishly as she jumped onto the
head of one of the attacking students and bounded off into the middle of the crowd where a boy in
hockey gear took a swing at her., she ducked under it and then hopped over a tennis racket from
behind her. "BULLIES!" She screamed at them as she continually bounded around different
blows and strikes, yet never making one of her own.
"Wow." Muttered Ranma as he watched his fiance hop around with speed that he could barely
see. He then gasped as he realized what it was she was doing. She was dodging all of the strikes
but making sure that they always hit another one of the attacking boys.
The technique was flawless and she never missed but it was taking a lot longer than it would have
if she herself attacked. Ranma realized that none of the boys we're going to be able to hit Akane
and he decided to step in to speed up the process.
Ranma beat them all up in a matter of seconds. It was a rather one sided battle and Akane and him
stood amongst the pile of unconscious boys with scowls on their faces. "What's wrong with these
guys?" Muttered Ranma as he glared at them.
"You protected me?" Akane asked, staring at Ranma with glistening eyes.
"Uh yeah... You were taking quite a while with them." He stated.
Just then a rose impacted with one of the unconscious boys ass cheeks right in front of them,
moments later Tatewaki Kuno walked out from behind a tree.
"The vengeance of heaven is slow yet sure beautiful Akane Tendo. I have recovered from my
injuries at your hand but alas it be not enough to keep me from pursuing your gentle embrace."
Ranma frowned at the boy. "Can't you take a hint Kuno?" He asked, irritated at the boy's
constant stupidity and blind persistence.
"Nay. For I the Noble Blue Thunder of Furinkan high cannot deny true love! I shall defeat the
beauteous Akane Tendo and earn the right to date with her."
"What are you talking about?" Ranma inquired.
"Ah yes... I suppose the cur does not know yet." Kuno started. "Only those who can best Akane
Tendo in combat can date with her."
"I don't remember consenting to this Kuno Sempai." Akane said. "Besides I'm already engaged."
"Yeah!" Ranma stated. "She's my fiance."
Akane gasped as Ranma stated this. And hugged Ranma . "YAY! YOU LOVE ME! I always
knew you did Ranma!"
All of the nearby students who weren't unconscious gave a collective gasp as Ranma revealed this
to the entire school. The gossip and rumors started up instantly "Ranma's engaged to Akane?"
"An older woman?"
"No stupid! She just looks older."
"Aren't they a little young."
"I was hoping Ranma would ask me out!"
"Doesn't Akane have a twin brother with the same name?"
Kuno sputtered at the display of affection, and the talking crowd that confirmed over and over
what he had just been told by the black sorcerer.. "SILENCE!" He screamed at everyone.
"SAOTOME YOU VILE SPAWN OF THE DARK LORD! UNHAND HER AT ONCE!
AKANE TENDO'S AFFECTIONS ARE ONLY BEFITTING ONE IN STATURE SUCH AS
I! THE GREAT TATEWAKI KUNO!"
"Whatever Kuno." Ranma stated as he tried to pry Akane off of himself.
Kuno fumed with anger and decided to attack. "STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE!" He repeated over
and over as he continually stabbed at Ranma with his boken over and over with blurring speed.
Ranma dodged around it easily, as did Akane.
Ranma smiled as he realized that this was the perfect time to strike and just as he gave a hard kick
to Kuno's face he threw the brick at the back of Akane's head. He managed to knock Kuno out
but Akane turned around to walk towards class, ignoring the fight and just dodging the brick by a
mere inch, not even noticing it, or at least appearing not to.
"Damn." Ranma muttered as he walked beside her. He'd have to find a more sneaky way to bash
her over the head. She was too skilled of a martial artist for such simple attacks. This would take
some work.
"I... fight... on." Muttered the mostly unconscious Kuno as he hugged one of the other
unconscious boys.
Soun and Genma nodded to each other. "She seems to be avoiding head injuries by herself just
fine Tendo." Genma stated. "You trained her well. Maybe we don't have to protect her."
"Too true Saotome." Soun seconded. "But we've made mistakes like this before. We should stick
around just in case. We have to make sure she stays like this. We'll be able to have that wedding
in a matter of days."
"Indeed." Genma stated.
The two middle aged men then jumped down from the wall after another silent nod and
disappeared.
Akane sighed as she and Ranma stood outside of the classroom in the hall holding two buckets
full of water. They were both very strong and skilled so the holding of the buckets didn't really
bother them. Akane was a little more upset than usual though because of her new condition. "This
is terrible. Because of Tatewaki and all those other bullies we were late." She muttered.
Ranma just shrugged. "It ain't so bad Akane. At least we don't have to listen to the teacher.
That's a lot more boring."
Akane giggled. "You're funny Ranma. I'm glad poppa engaged me to you."
"What about Shampoo?" Ranma asked.
"Huh?" Offered Akane.
"Shampoo." Ranma started. "I thought you loved her. You've never shown any interest in me
before. Why are you so interested now?"
Akane smiled, "I've always loved you Ranma. I've just been so shy. I didn't know if you liked me
back. You showed everyone today how you truly feel about me though."
Ranma frowned. He didn't much like the response. Sure he liked Akane... but he liked the other
Akane; The one that wasn't so girly. This one seemed so superficial and fake. It wasn't the girl
he'd grown to like. "And Shampoo?" He asked.
"I love her too." Akane said. "But just as a friend. I miss her, but there's nothing I can do about
it. She had to move back to China."
Ranma nodded. "I see." It was obvious to him now that she was indeed not herself anymore, she
was a completely different person now. He knew that Akane liked Shampoo more than a friend.
Not many people didn't. Ranma then got to thinking about the morning attack that they had to go
through. "Do you have any idea why everyone attacked you this morning?" He asked his
wayward fiance.
Akane scowled at the memory of it. "They're all a bunch of perverts! I talked to Nabiki and she
told me that Kuno said that anyone who wants to date me has to defeat me in combat. He ought
to be ashamed, trying to beat up a girl."
"You did all right." Ranma stated.
Akane smiled. "Thanks sweety."
"Will you date someone if he defeats you?"
"No... they're all a bunch of perverted losers. I recognized most of them and they already have
girlfriends."
"I see." muttered Ranma. "So... how much do you remember before your fight with Ukyo?" He
asked.
Akane looked thoughtful. "Well how far back?" She asked.
"Like say... from when me and you met." He said.
"Well After my training trip with Daddy we came home and then Mom told us all about the
engagement. Daddy decided I would be the one to carry on the school so we were engaged. I
didn't like you much at first because of your curse but I got over it and now I'm totally in love
with you." She said happily.
"What about your curse?"
Akane looked confused at her fiancé's question. "What curse?"
"Your Jusenkyo curse? The one you had before Cologne cured you." Ranma reminded. "You had
the exact opposite curse from me."
Akane shook her head slowly, giving Ranma a little wider girth than normally. "I beat Daddy at
Jusenkyo. He got the same curse as you... I didn't fall in the springs." She stated.
"Akane you must have some sort of memory of..."
"Look Ranma, stop it! All right? You're starting to sound weird. I never fell in the springs." She
stated with a soft glare.
"Akane you did have a curse and the sooner you remember..." Ranma started.
"NO!" Akane screamed. "There's nothing to remember! I never fell in the springs! I am a girl,
always have been a girl AND ALWAYS WILL BE!"
"WELL YOU'VE NEVER TAKEN INTEREST IN ME OR ANY OTHER GUY SINCE I MET
YOU! WHAT'S WITH THE SUDDEN CHANGE OF PERSONALITY!" He shot back at her.
Akane growled, tears formed in her eyes at the emotional battle between them. "I'M SHY! I
HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO EXPRESS MYSELF THAT WELL!"
"WELL FINE YOU UNCUTE GORRILLA!" Ranma
"YOU JERK!" Akane screeched back.
The two of them paused momentarily and turned their heads towards the classroom which had the
window's connecting it to the hall open with every person in class looking at them as their verbal
battle raged on. "Are you finished yet Ranchan?" Ukyo asked.
Ranma cleared his throat. "Uh that is..."
Akane sniffled. "Fine then Ranma... if this is how you think of me? I don't want to be engaged to
you." Akane then turned and ran away from the crowd of people, wiping tears from her eyes. "I
WISH I'D NEVER MET YOU!"
Just then Genma and Soun jumped out from the classroom window on the other side of the hall.
"RANMA WHO ARE YOU TO SPEAK TO YOUR FIANCÉ LIKE THAT!" Genma bellowed
at his only child. "IT'S DISGRACEFUL FOR A MAN TO YELL AT A WOMAN!"
"WE DEMAND YOU GO MAKE UP WITH HER AND GET MARRIED RIGHT AWAY!"
Soun added. "IT'S THE ONLY WAY TO CLEANSE YOUR HONOR!"
"WHERE'D YOU TWO COME FROM?" Ranma growled at the two incompetent fathers.
"And what about me!" Ukyo added as she climbed out into the hall from her perch at the
window. "I'm engaged to Ranma too!"
All the students from all the nearby classrooms perked up and began gossiping and spreading
rumors again for the second time that day about Ranma.
"Two fiances!"
"That's scandalous!"
"Lucky bastard?"
"How far have you gone with them?"
"A base, B base, or C base?"
"At the same time?"
And it went on as such. "What are you two doing here? Are you following me or something?"
Ranma said with a glare at the two old men.
"Heavens no. We got called in to speak to some of your teachers. Apparently you two have been
causing trouble here at school." Genma stated with his fingers crossed behind his back.
Ranma balked at that. "W...What?"
"That's right Ranma." Soun continued. "And the teachers all agree it's because of your feud with
my daughter! So! You two must get married immediately to stop all of the fighting!"
"GET OUT OF HERE!" Ranma and Ukyo screamed simultaneously at they kicked the two
adults through the roof.
Akane sniffled as she entered the house she had a tissue in hand and had been dabbing at her
runny nose and leaking eyes since she left school. She didn't even bother stopping to talk to her
mother or even Kasumi as they tried to console her on her way to her room.
Kasumi flinched as Akane slammed her door and turned to her mother who was with her in the
kitchen when Akane had come home. "Should we go and talk to her?" She asked.
Kimiko shook her head no. "I think we should leave her alone or at least not help to encourage
her new personality's behavior. Until we can find a way to get our Akane back I think we should
leave her to her self.
Kasumi nodded. But looked skeptical. She knew all about the girl's sexual preference and it was
wrong... the new Akane was more normal and more feminine. It was rather refreshing and she
didn't understand why everyone wanted to bring back the scandalous, tomboyish Akane. The
eldest of the Tendo children sighed and picked up her text books for the University Entrance
Exams which she was currently studying for.
Shampoo smiled widely, a large toothy grin as she soared through the cover of night through
Japan on her way to the Tendo dojo. Her tendril like haired whipped about and her wings pumped
repeatedly in between restful moments of gliding. She had to take cover on a large building top
before night when it was safe to fly. She had already met a couple of crazy people trying to hunt
her because of her new form, and she didn't want to risk causing a panic of some sort with the
general populace. She had just barely escaped her last encounter with one boy in particular who
was intent on taking her head as a trophy.
"Stupid idiot boy." She muttered to herself at the memory as she grew nearer to the dojo, she
smiled as she finally caught sight of it and glided down to land in the yard. She had some bad
experiences learning to land properly in the last few days. She'd grown to hate billboards with a
passion recently.
She stopped her reverie as she watched the Tendo residence. It was very late out so more
than likely everyone in the house would likely be asleep. Shampoo smiled to herself and swooped
down for a landing. Maybe a pleasant surprise was in order.
Akane yawned as she woke up. It was another sunny morning and the light crept through her
window to land upon her face, awaking her from her slumber. She paused, feeling somewhat
different than normal. She was sleeping on her side facing the wall so she turned over to the other
side, only to be staring right into Shampoo's face. "AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!"
Moment's later Ranma, Kasumi, Kimiko, and Soun rushed into the girl's room to see what was
the matter. "Akane! What's wrong?" Called Ranma, seeing Akane huddled up against a wall with
her bed sheets curled around her body. Ranma then looked over to where Shampoo was yawning
and stretching at the side of Akane's bed. She was also quite naked. "Airen like surprise?" She
said not really noticing the rest of the household staring at her.
Soun sputtered and gawked at the naked teenaged girl in his daughters bed. He then looked over
to Akane. "AKANE! HOW COULD YOU? HOW LONG HAS THIS IMMORAL UNION
BEEN TAKING PLACE?"
"WHAT!" Akane screamed. "I JUST WOKE UP AND SHE WAS IN MY BED NAKED!
IT'S NOT MY FAULT!"
"What the hell?" Muttered Ranma, strangely feeling a little tingly in the pants from looking at the
very naked amazon.
Shampoo walked up to Akane and smiled. "Shampoo and Akane in love. Is lovers."
Soun chose that point in time to pass out. Kimiko sighed. "Akane you really should be a little
more secretive about this sort of thing. You're father's far more old fashioned than I am."
Ranma spun on Akane's mother and glared at her. "YOU KNEW ABOUT THIS?" He
screamed.
Kimiko blinked. "I thought everyone knew about it. They were always holding hands and going
out together. And she did tell everyone that she wanted to marry the girl"
"I THOUGHT THEY WERE JUST GOOD FRIENDS!" Ranma stated. "You're supposed to be
my fiance Akane!" He said as he turned on said girl.
"I AM!" Akane screamed back as she pushed Shampoo away. "I don't know what's going on
here!"
Shampoo tried to advance on the girl again, tears starting to well up in her eyes at the violent
rejection. "But... Shampoo love Akane. Akane love Shampoo."
"NO!" Akane yelled. "WE WERE ONLY EVER FRIENDS! WE'RE BOTH GIRLS FOR
CRYING OUT LOUD!"
Shampoo's tears continued to roll down her face. She looked around the room and noticed it was
infinitely different than when she was last at the Tendo dojo. It was really... girly. She hadn't
noticed it when she had snuck into the house because it was so dark but now... some thing was
up... she didn't know what it was but Akane didn't seem right. Shampoo wiped her tears away
and sighed. "Shampoo go now. Is sorry for trouble." With that she swept up her clothing from the
floor, which was confusingly in tatters, opened the window, and jumped out into the early
morning.
Kimiko sighed. Her entire family was completely oblivious to all of the signs that Akane gave off
that she was a lesbian but as soon as she stops being one they finally notice. "Ranma help me
carry my husband into my room there's something I want to talk to you about."
Ranma looked confused but nodded, giving a final glance back at his supposed fiance. "Right."
With that Kimiko and Ranma carried Soun away, leaving Akane and her older sister Kasumi.
Kasumi walked over to Akane's bed and sat down on the edge of it. "Do you want to talk about
this Akane?" She asked pleasantly.
Akane sighed and walked over to the bed with her sister, covering herself up in her blanket a little
more. She sat down and Kasumi put a comforting arm around her little sister's shoulder. Though
with Akane's more developed body they looked somewhat around the same age. "I'm so
confused Kasumi." She stated, leaning into the older girl a little.
"It's normal for a girl your age to go through these types of things Akane. But women aren't
meant to like other women... girls shouldn't date other girls."Kasumi started.
"I don't like girls!" Akane fumed, though her heart didn't really seem into the anger she meant to
put into her voice. "I like Ranma... I want to marry him."
Kasumi smiled. "Why...?"
Akane didn't let her finish. "It's not that liking girls thing that I'm confused about... it's...
everything. Shampoo says we're lovers,..." Kasumi twitched at the word but let it go and didn't
say anything. "Ranma's talking about some curse that I don't even remember having... and all the
boys at school are trying to beat me up."
Kasumi frowned. "You know the first time you said you wanted to marry Shampoo everyone
thought it was just a cruel joke to upset father..."
"But I never said..." Started Akane.
Kasumi just smiled lovingly and that shut the younger Tendo daughter up. "Akane you were in an
accident. During that fight with Ukyo you got hit on the head and then overnight became a
completely different person. You don't know it but everyone else is worried about you... you're
not the real you right now."
Akane frowned. "Kasumi that was mean!" Akane stated, frowning at her sister.
"Akane I..." She started.
Akane brushed her older sister off and stood up from the bed. "I didn't know you could be so low
Kasumi. I know who I am. I have all of my memories, I'm a girl, I like guys. What's the
problem? If this so called REAL me is a lesbo then I don't want that personality back! I'd like to
be a normal girl and get married to Ranma thank you!"
"But Akane!" Kasumi started. "It's not the real..."
"NO!" Akane screamed before running out of her room and down the stairs. She didn't even
notice Ranma standing outside her room.
"Do you love Akane?" Kimiko asked the boy sitting across from her at the table. Kasumi had
gone to her Entrance Exam test for Tokyo University, Nabiki, Akane, and Tetsuo were at school,
and Soun was out with Genma by her request so she and Ranma we're in complete privacy at the
moment.
Ranma balked at the question. And then blushed. "Well..."
"You can tell me Ranma. Akane had hidden nothing from me in her entire life. If you plan on
going through with the arrangement then I expect no less honesty from you as well. So I ask you
again Ranma Saotome, do you love my daughter Akane?"
Ranma fiddled with his fingers a bit as his blush deepened. "Well I think she's very pretty... and...
she doesn't care about my curse... I think she... understands me."
Kimiko smiled. "Ranma you didn't answer me."
Ranma nodded. Then he shook his head. Finally he sighed and hung his head. "I don't know Mrs.
Tendo... I'm not used to relationships and engagements and stuff. All I really know is martial
arts... and my fiancé knows more about that even than I do."
Kimiko's smile turned into an all out grin. "Which Akane do you like better? The martial artist
tomboy... or the girly fragile hearted one?"
Ranma frowned at the mention of Akane's new personality.
Kimiko nodded at his reaction. "I see." she paused and they sat in silence for about a minute.
"Well Ranma you're going to have to find some way to get her back soon. Tofu-san says that if
she stays in this personality too long she may never come back to normal."
"What?" Ranma asked surprised by the revelation.
Kimiko nodded. "It's true. We have to get her back to normal before the Akane we know is lost
to us all together. I want my daughter back... I don't care if she likes girls or guys, or if she
dresses manly and listens to heavy metal. Please Ranma. Please help me get my daughter back...
you're the only one who could possibly manage to hit her hard enough to jog her memory."
Kimiko then had a tear run down her cheek. "Please?"
Ranma sighed. There was one thing that he couldn't say no to. A crying girl. "Okay. I'll do it...
I'll get Akane back. I won't let you down Mrs. Tendo."
With that Ranma got up and left the room.
Kimiko stared after him and wiped her eyes. "I'm so sorry Ranma."
TBC
Next Time: Ranma tries with all his skill to hit Akane over the head. Ukyo get's Jealous, and
Soun and Genma are getting sneaky.
Author's notes: Well minor changes again... but I think I'm going to make some cool stuff
happen in later chapters. I wanna write more about explosions and fights. I dunno. I just feel like
it.
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