Chapter Five
Ranma was having very scary dream. Despite the fact that the ending of the day hadn't been so bad, he was still disturbed about Kuno. It was near the end of the horrible dream when Ranma was kicked out of the bed.
"Let's spar."
Ranma noiselessly got up and headed towards the dojo.
Fifteen minutes later, Ranma is getting his ass whooped. I mean he just doesn't stand a chance, he gets flung across the dojo, gets up and thirty seconds later he is flung to the other end. Of course WE know it because of how early it is ::wink:: ::wink::. Finally, Akane got bored with tossing her half awake fiancé around the dojo, and they both sat in the far corner of the dojo talking.
"So, Akane?"
"Would you like to go on a date with me?"
"Sure, when?"
"I don't really have anything planned, how about after school today?"
"Okay."
"Ranma! Akane! Breakfast is ready!"
Early in the morning in another part of the world.
"Aargh! Where the hell am I now!?!?" said the little lost boy in the middle of the Sahara desert. "Damn you Ranma! This is all you fault!"
We now realize that this boy has been going in a big circle for the last three hours, and instead of wasting time pondering how you can walk in the same circle without noticing, we'll go back to the main story.
Ranma was sitting in his seat at school. He was currently staring at the back of Akane's head, who happened to be sitting right in front of him.
'Where should I take her? Argh. I don't even know what sort of stuff there is to do in this town. I wonder where she would like to go. What would make her happy? I'm no good at this. Exactly how many times have I even had a decent conversation with females on the road? Ok let's see, I bet you I could count them on my hands with a couple of fingers removed. That's a bit off topic though, concentrate! My god how can I show her a good time without sacrificing my good time? I think we should go to dinner and the movies, but I don't even know where the theater is! I wonder if she knows?'
As you can see, Ranma was a little stressed by his first date, and there was going to be no appeasement until after school, when the date actually began. He would think of something, eventually.
Akane could feel Ranma's eyes bore into the back of her head. It made the hairs on the back of her neck rise. For some reason her battle senses were going crazy, but Akane knew she wasn't in danger from him. After all, he was taking her out not punching her out. Akane spent the rest of the day feeling uncomfortable because Ranma's eyes never left the back of her head.
"Where the hell am I now?"
Rouga was getting a little more than frustrated. He had been walking in circles in the desert for hours, and now, suddenly he was in the middle of a city. He decided to ask for directions. He stopped the nearest person by the collar and hefted him up off the ground.
"WHERE IS FURINKAN HIGH SCHOOL!" Ryouga practically shouted at this perfect stranger."
The perfect stranger gave Ryouga a 'you're a dumb-ass' look and pointed. Ryouga looked in the direction of the pointed finger. It just so happens that Ryouga had been standing next to a sign that read..
"Fu.ri.ka..n High School. I made it. BWAHAHAHA!" Ryouga dropped the stranger and laughed manically. "Could you tell me, do you know where Ranma Saotome is?" The stranger was exasperated as he pointed his finger again.
This time the strange pointed at Ranma and Akane. They were walking side by side silently.
"PREPARE TO DIE!!"
Much to the relief of the nervous couple, this person seemed dead set on ruining their day out. It's not that they DIDN'T want to go on this 'date', but it's just something that neither was rather comfortable with. So when the stranger yelled they both went into dodged the attack and waited, each hoping that it would be them that would be challenged.
"Ranma Saotome, for the hell you have put me through I will make you pay!"
Akane sighed at this statement, and Ranma just smirked as he dodged this strangers onslaught of attacks. "Today is the day that you shall meet your doom, Ranma Saotome!"
"and you are?"
Akane snapped her head around at Ranma and gave him a semi-glare. "You don't know his name? Why are you letting him attack you when you haven't even been introduced yet? Hmph men, you're all idiots." With that, Akane assumed that their date was going to be called off, headed off toward home.
"Akane! Wait! I'll get this settle and we can do something later. At least stay and watch." Akane turned around to Ranma and gave him a questioning stare, but Ranma at that point was too intent on trying to dodge all of this person's attacks."
"Listen, whoever you are, this is no place to fight. Why don't we fight somewhere else, like the soccer field."
"Revenge knows neither time nor place!"
"Revenge? Revenge for what? Anyway no matter how pressing this may be for you, an open field is WAY better to fight in than this walkway to school." And with that, Ranma ran towards the soccer field. He didn't run fast, only fast enough so that the other person could just barely see him at all times. Akane decided to run after the two, because, if for no other reason, he was her date for the night. Ten minutes later the entire school population plus some were sitting in the grass on the other side of the fence. Nabiki headed the gambling that was taking place. "Place your bets, Place your bets! Who will win, Our very own Ranma Saotome or this mysterious new stranger? Place your bets!"
Meanwhile on the battle field..
"Ranma for the hell that you have put me through, you will pay!"
"What did I do?"
"Because you ran away from our fight like the coward you are, I am now experiencing hell!"
"What are you talking about?!? I've never run away from a figh... Ryouga?"
Instead of answering Ryouga tried to punch Ranma in the face.
"Ryouga! Long time no see! It's good to see you! Sorry about that man. I waited for you for four days."
"But when I arrived on the fifth day you had already ran away with your father to China!"
"Ryouga, the lot was directly behind your house. What took you so long?"
"Shut up! Don't tease me!"
'Man this guy's sense of direction is worse than I thought. Still, I was only teasing him back in middle school. I thought we were friends.. WHAT THE.. HEY!'
Those were the exact thoughts Ranma had as Ryouga decided to handcuff the two of them together with fishing line in the middle.
"What did you do that for?"
"Now you can't run away! You'll be forced to face me like a real man!"
'heh! Yeah right! More like so that I won't get lost. I could have fun with that.' Ranma started running for the fence dragging Ryouga along like he was a little lost puppy dog. Akane left the main crowd and followed the two fighters at a safe distance.
They continued fighting down the street, until Ryouga punched a light pole making the base shatter. Ryouga used the pole as a make-shift bat. He got in a good blow, unfortunately he forgot they were both attached. They both went flying toward the fountain in the middle of the Nerima Zoo. Finally, the pressure was too much on the fishing line and it snapped. Sending Ranma into the fountain and Ryouga landed next to it with his umbrella drawn to avoid getting drenched.
"Now look what you've done!"
Ranma immerged from the water fountain and was obviously mad at his/her change of gender.
"Uh, do I know you miss?"
"Ryouga! It's me, the man that you want revenge on." Ranma was attacking ferociously. He ended the statement with an uppercut aimed at Ryouga's head.
"Ranma? How?"
Ranma and Ryouga continue to exchange blows as Ranma clues Ryouga in on his curse.
**Flashback**
You know the flashback, so I'm not going to repeat it AGAIN.. Besides I'm lazy. (
**End Flashback**
Akane arrived at the scene just in time to hear the tail end of the flashback, but stayed under the shade of the trees because she didn't want to interrupt the fight.
"Go ahead and laugh if you want.."
"Hehehe YOU think THAT'S bad? Compared to the hell you've put me through, you're curse is a walk through the park. Now Die!!!"
During his little speech, Ryouga had been pulling access bandanna's from his bandanna, and now he threw their razor edge pieces of cloth at Ranma's head. Ranma dodged the projectiles, and the fight was on.
Something that I probably should have mentioned earlier, but now is a perfectly good time as any.
Meanwhile at the monkey exhibit around the corner from the now infamous waterfoutain, a young girl by the name of Kasumi Tendo was enjoying an outing. She had won free tickets at the supermarket, and they expired tomorrow. Today was a wonderful day to spend at the Zoo. It wasn't too hot, neither was it chilly, it was cloudy out but at least the sun wasn't burning her up. Kasumi heard a noise from around the corner. 'Oh my! Maybe the zoo is having an educational talk!' Kasumi loved nature, so she walked briskly hoping to catch the better half of the discussion. When she rounded the corner she found something unexpected. First of all, half of the high school's population was standing in the Zoo's main square. Secondly, it was a fight not a lecture. Lastly and most impending on her mind, there were sharp projectiles heading for her head. She did the only thing she could think of. She Screamed. LOUD.
"AAIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEE" (or something like that)
Both fighters, and the rather large crowd snapped their head just in time to see a terrified Kasumi standing directly in the path of several bladed objects. Before either martial artist had time to react by either 1) save Kasumi or 2) pull the objects out the air, a blur came streaking past effectively getting Kasumi out of the picture.
Akane was acting on instinct. She snapped her head as she heard a loved one scream in fear, and her automatics kicked in. Before she even registered the sound she was leaping toward the person, tackling her out of harms way. Unfortunately, though, her body was on too automatic. Her body never stopped to think about the landing. Akane made sure that she hit the ground first, but it wasn't a very graceful fall. She landed on her back, which knocked the wind out of her. Even better, they rolled, they rolled right into a cement wall. Akane's ankle hit the wall first.
Akane's first instinct was to gasp in pain, but with no air in her lungs, a sharp inhale of breath will suit the purpose just fine. Of course when you inhale you exhale and then the whole breathing process is restored. So with the first of Akane's problems being fixed, the others were sure to follow. Akane tried really hard to hide her pain, she tried to cover up her panic, she wanted to take this all back and say it never happened, but it did, so now she'll face the consequences. Now if only she could master her pain enough to open her eyes..
Ranma was horrified. The morals that he had been taught were just about to be defied. Martial Artists are supposed to defend the weak not injure them. Numbness was what he felt as the shock took over. How could he cause some innocent by passer to get injured? Then there was the blur, his mind had barely registered Akane before. She was standing off to the side in the shade of some trees, but now that blur, which was obviously her, was rolling on the ground dangerously close to the. cement wall. He heard her smack the wall, and winced.
"Akane!"
Ranma ran towards the two girls, only to be stopped dead in his tracks..
In his path, exactly where Kasumi had stood before, was a big locket of raven hair.
End Chapter
Ranma was having very scary dream. Despite the fact that the ending of the day hadn't been so bad, he was still disturbed about Kuno. It was near the end of the horrible dream when Ranma was kicked out of the bed.
"Let's spar."
Ranma noiselessly got up and headed towards the dojo.
Fifteen minutes later, Ranma is getting his ass whooped. I mean he just doesn't stand a chance, he gets flung across the dojo, gets up and thirty seconds later he is flung to the other end. Of course WE know it because of how early it is ::wink:: ::wink::. Finally, Akane got bored with tossing her half awake fiancé around the dojo, and they both sat in the far corner of the dojo talking.
"So, Akane?"
"Would you like to go on a date with me?"
"Sure, when?"
"I don't really have anything planned, how about after school today?"
"Okay."
"Ranma! Akane! Breakfast is ready!"
Early in the morning in another part of the world.
"Aargh! Where the hell am I now!?!?" said the little lost boy in the middle of the Sahara desert. "Damn you Ranma! This is all you fault!"
We now realize that this boy has been going in a big circle for the last three hours, and instead of wasting time pondering how you can walk in the same circle without noticing, we'll go back to the main story.
Ranma was sitting in his seat at school. He was currently staring at the back of Akane's head, who happened to be sitting right in front of him.
'Where should I take her? Argh. I don't even know what sort of stuff there is to do in this town. I wonder where she would like to go. What would make her happy? I'm no good at this. Exactly how many times have I even had a decent conversation with females on the road? Ok let's see, I bet you I could count them on my hands with a couple of fingers removed. That's a bit off topic though, concentrate! My god how can I show her a good time without sacrificing my good time? I think we should go to dinner and the movies, but I don't even know where the theater is! I wonder if she knows?'
As you can see, Ranma was a little stressed by his first date, and there was going to be no appeasement until after school, when the date actually began. He would think of something, eventually.
Akane could feel Ranma's eyes bore into the back of her head. It made the hairs on the back of her neck rise. For some reason her battle senses were going crazy, but Akane knew she wasn't in danger from him. After all, he was taking her out not punching her out. Akane spent the rest of the day feeling uncomfortable because Ranma's eyes never left the back of her head.
"Where the hell am I now?"
Rouga was getting a little more than frustrated. He had been walking in circles in the desert for hours, and now, suddenly he was in the middle of a city. He decided to ask for directions. He stopped the nearest person by the collar and hefted him up off the ground.
"WHERE IS FURINKAN HIGH SCHOOL!" Ryouga practically shouted at this perfect stranger."
The perfect stranger gave Ryouga a 'you're a dumb-ass' look and pointed. Ryouga looked in the direction of the pointed finger. It just so happens that Ryouga had been standing next to a sign that read..
"Fu.ri.ka..n High School. I made it. BWAHAHAHA!" Ryouga dropped the stranger and laughed manically. "Could you tell me, do you know where Ranma Saotome is?" The stranger was exasperated as he pointed his finger again.
This time the strange pointed at Ranma and Akane. They were walking side by side silently.
"PREPARE TO DIE!!"
Much to the relief of the nervous couple, this person seemed dead set on ruining their day out. It's not that they DIDN'T want to go on this 'date', but it's just something that neither was rather comfortable with. So when the stranger yelled they both went into dodged the attack and waited, each hoping that it would be them that would be challenged.
"Ranma Saotome, for the hell you have put me through I will make you pay!"
Akane sighed at this statement, and Ranma just smirked as he dodged this strangers onslaught of attacks. "Today is the day that you shall meet your doom, Ranma Saotome!"
"and you are?"
Akane snapped her head around at Ranma and gave him a semi-glare. "You don't know his name? Why are you letting him attack you when you haven't even been introduced yet? Hmph men, you're all idiots." With that, Akane assumed that their date was going to be called off, headed off toward home.
"Akane! Wait! I'll get this settle and we can do something later. At least stay and watch." Akane turned around to Ranma and gave him a questioning stare, but Ranma at that point was too intent on trying to dodge all of this person's attacks."
"Listen, whoever you are, this is no place to fight. Why don't we fight somewhere else, like the soccer field."
"Revenge knows neither time nor place!"
"Revenge? Revenge for what? Anyway no matter how pressing this may be for you, an open field is WAY better to fight in than this walkway to school." And with that, Ranma ran towards the soccer field. He didn't run fast, only fast enough so that the other person could just barely see him at all times. Akane decided to run after the two, because, if for no other reason, he was her date for the night. Ten minutes later the entire school population plus some were sitting in the grass on the other side of the fence. Nabiki headed the gambling that was taking place. "Place your bets, Place your bets! Who will win, Our very own Ranma Saotome or this mysterious new stranger? Place your bets!"
Meanwhile on the battle field..
"Ranma for the hell that you have put me through, you will pay!"
"What did I do?"
"Because you ran away from our fight like the coward you are, I am now experiencing hell!"
"What are you talking about?!? I've never run away from a figh... Ryouga?"
Instead of answering Ryouga tried to punch Ranma in the face.
"Ryouga! Long time no see! It's good to see you! Sorry about that man. I waited for you for four days."
"But when I arrived on the fifth day you had already ran away with your father to China!"
"Ryouga, the lot was directly behind your house. What took you so long?"
"Shut up! Don't tease me!"
'Man this guy's sense of direction is worse than I thought. Still, I was only teasing him back in middle school. I thought we were friends.. WHAT THE.. HEY!'
Those were the exact thoughts Ranma had as Ryouga decided to handcuff the two of them together with fishing line in the middle.
"What did you do that for?"
"Now you can't run away! You'll be forced to face me like a real man!"
'heh! Yeah right! More like so that I won't get lost. I could have fun with that.' Ranma started running for the fence dragging Ryouga along like he was a little lost puppy dog. Akane left the main crowd and followed the two fighters at a safe distance.
They continued fighting down the street, until Ryouga punched a light pole making the base shatter. Ryouga used the pole as a make-shift bat. He got in a good blow, unfortunately he forgot they were both attached. They both went flying toward the fountain in the middle of the Nerima Zoo. Finally, the pressure was too much on the fishing line and it snapped. Sending Ranma into the fountain and Ryouga landed next to it with his umbrella drawn to avoid getting drenched.
"Now look what you've done!"
Ranma immerged from the water fountain and was obviously mad at his/her change of gender.
"Uh, do I know you miss?"
"Ryouga! It's me, the man that you want revenge on." Ranma was attacking ferociously. He ended the statement with an uppercut aimed at Ryouga's head.
"Ranma? How?"
Ranma and Ryouga continue to exchange blows as Ranma clues Ryouga in on his curse.
**Flashback**
You know the flashback, so I'm not going to repeat it AGAIN.. Besides I'm lazy. (
**End Flashback**
Akane arrived at the scene just in time to hear the tail end of the flashback, but stayed under the shade of the trees because she didn't want to interrupt the fight.
"Go ahead and laugh if you want.."
"Hehehe YOU think THAT'S bad? Compared to the hell you've put me through, you're curse is a walk through the park. Now Die!!!"
During his little speech, Ryouga had been pulling access bandanna's from his bandanna, and now he threw their razor edge pieces of cloth at Ranma's head. Ranma dodged the projectiles, and the fight was on.
Something that I probably should have mentioned earlier, but now is a perfectly good time as any.
Meanwhile at the monkey exhibit around the corner from the now infamous waterfoutain, a young girl by the name of Kasumi Tendo was enjoying an outing. She had won free tickets at the supermarket, and they expired tomorrow. Today was a wonderful day to spend at the Zoo. It wasn't too hot, neither was it chilly, it was cloudy out but at least the sun wasn't burning her up. Kasumi heard a noise from around the corner. 'Oh my! Maybe the zoo is having an educational talk!' Kasumi loved nature, so she walked briskly hoping to catch the better half of the discussion. When she rounded the corner she found something unexpected. First of all, half of the high school's population was standing in the Zoo's main square. Secondly, it was a fight not a lecture. Lastly and most impending on her mind, there were sharp projectiles heading for her head. She did the only thing she could think of. She Screamed. LOUD.
"AAIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEE" (or something like that)
Both fighters, and the rather large crowd snapped their head just in time to see a terrified Kasumi standing directly in the path of several bladed objects. Before either martial artist had time to react by either 1) save Kasumi or 2) pull the objects out the air, a blur came streaking past effectively getting Kasumi out of the picture.
Akane was acting on instinct. She snapped her head as she heard a loved one scream in fear, and her automatics kicked in. Before she even registered the sound she was leaping toward the person, tackling her out of harms way. Unfortunately, though, her body was on too automatic. Her body never stopped to think about the landing. Akane made sure that she hit the ground first, but it wasn't a very graceful fall. She landed on her back, which knocked the wind out of her. Even better, they rolled, they rolled right into a cement wall. Akane's ankle hit the wall first.
Akane's first instinct was to gasp in pain, but with no air in her lungs, a sharp inhale of breath will suit the purpose just fine. Of course when you inhale you exhale and then the whole breathing process is restored. So with the first of Akane's problems being fixed, the others were sure to follow. Akane tried really hard to hide her pain, she tried to cover up her panic, she wanted to take this all back and say it never happened, but it did, so now she'll face the consequences. Now if only she could master her pain enough to open her eyes..
Ranma was horrified. The morals that he had been taught were just about to be defied. Martial Artists are supposed to defend the weak not injure them. Numbness was what he felt as the shock took over. How could he cause some innocent by passer to get injured? Then there was the blur, his mind had barely registered Akane before. She was standing off to the side in the shade of some trees, but now that blur, which was obviously her, was rolling on the ground dangerously close to the. cement wall. He heard her smack the wall, and winced.
"Akane!"
Ranma ran towards the two girls, only to be stopped dead in his tracks..
In his path, exactly where Kasumi had stood before, was a big locket of raven hair.
End Chapter
