Changes Chapter 12: Tsubasa Returns! Ukyo's Ruined Date?, a ranma fanfic

Disclaimer: Ranma 1/2 is a trademark of Rumiko Takahashi and Viz Video. I have no ownership to these characters, or names.

Ranma 1/2

Changes: Chapter XII. Tsubasa Returns! Ukyo's Ruined Date?

Note from the author: I hate word pad. I miss my microsoft WORD. anyways, on with the story.

"DIE DRAKE!" Screamed the trash can that was following Drake. Then it jumped into the air and did a dive straight for him.

"What the? " Drake jumped back and watched the trash can bounce off the ground and then lunged straight for him. Drake let himself fall to the ground and kicked with both legs as hard as he could when the trash can got close enough.

"Maybe that was too much force." Drake said as he watched it fade of into the afternoon sky.

"What was too much force, sugar?" Ukyo asked having walked on to the scene.

"Oh, hi Ukyo." Drake turned to greet her. "You love that outfit, don't you?" Drake said, noticing that she was wearing her chef's outfit.

Ukyo smiled at him. "Well, what can I say? It's my most comfortable outfit. "Anyways, you dodged the question."

"Oh, sorry, I just sent a trash can flying, and I'm not crazy, it attacked me."

"Oh no! not again."

"Again? Do trash cans have a habit of attacking people around here?"

"No it's" Something caught Ukyo's eyes. "Drake, watch out!"

Drake managed to jump out of the way of a soda machine. It was screaming the same way the trash can did. as it readied another charge, Ukyo jumped in the middle. "Stop it Tsubasa!" She cried.

The soda machine stopped and the front opened up to reveal a young person in a school girl's dress. "Oh, my dear, dear Ukyo!" Tsubasa tried to jump into Ukyo's arms, but was met with a giant spatula to the face. Tsubasa staggered back to his feet. "But Ukyo-sama, how can you want to date someone like him when you've got me?"

"I can't imagine." said a random passer-by.

"Tsubasa it's good to see you, but I'm trying to enjoy my date with Drake."

Tsubasa looked ready to cry . "But Ukyo, I'm the only man for you!"

Today, Ukyo Kuonji was just not in the mood. Tsubasa found this to be true when he was sent flying spatula express. Ukyo felt a shock go through her when Drake put his hands on her shoulders.

"Calm down." he said. "That much stress isn't good for you. So relax, and lets go on our date okay?"

'What was that? Did he do something to me?' She thought, then smiled. "Sure, that sounds great!"

Ranma was nursing his sore head, with the force Akane hit him with, most people would be dead. Not Ranma Saotome though, no he just had a lovely migrain. But aside from all of that, his luck seemed to be good today, for when he got home, he found Nabiki waiting with a bottle of asprin and a bag filled with movies. Ranma stared at her with a confused look on his face.

"No charge, Saotome. After all, it'd be wrong of me to extort money from my fiancee." At that, regardless of the pain, Ranma couldn't help but laugh. Nabiki just glared at him. "Hey, it can't be that funny Ranma!"

"I'm sorry Nabiki, I don't mean nothin by it." He walked up and gave her a quick hug. Nabiki, while shocked, couldn't help but enjoy the moment.

"Come on Ranma, I've got alot of your favorite shows here. I just hope your mom's got some popcorn."

Ranma looked in the bag and smiled. "Hey, alright! These are my favorites, how'd ya know?"

"I know everything Ranma."

"Hey, how come your being so nice?"

Nabiki latched onto his arm. "I told you, we have to look like a couple so they'll leave us alone."

"Oh yeah."

They went inside and snuggled on the couch to watch the movies.

Akane was working through one of the katas Drake taught her, it was still sloppy, but, at least it was something she could focus on. Drake told her after she hit Ranma that he was just trying to help the girls with their balence. Akane knew that, but she explained to Drake that she couldn't help herself. Every time she saw Ranma around another girl she just always got angry and hit him. This new kata was helping though. She wasn't sure of what to think of Drake. Didn't he want Ranma and Shampoo to get togather? If so, why was he trying to help her get along better with Ranma?

Soun was watching his daughter train. She seemed so calm, so at peace. She hadn't been like this since Kimiko died. It brought a smile to Soun's face, to see his daughter finally back to the way she was. It made him question himself, it made him wonder if the actions he'd taken since then were honorable. No, his actions toward Ranma were not. He'd never even considered Ranma's feelings, or wishes, when he told him that he had to marry one of his daughters. of course, he hadn't considered their feelings either. Did his wife's death have that much of an effect on him? No, he could not, would not blame this on her, his actions were his own doing. He had to try and fix the mess he made. He and Genma had already put Ranma through too much. He would definetly need to talk with Nodoka about this.

Ukyo was fuming, Tsubasa just wouldn't go away. The cross-dresser kept finding ways to interfear with her date. Ukyo hit Tsubasa harder each time, but he just kept coming. She was glad when Drake found a way to get away from Tsubasa, he took her into a restaurant for couples only. Ukyo finally relaxed and slumped herself over to lean on Drake. Though Drake couldn't fully understand Ukyo's frustration, seeing as he'd never been chased so unrelentlessly, he just put and arm around her and tried to put her in a good mood. Every time she'd get close though, a certain someone would try to sneak in. Ukyo decided that next time she got the chance, she'd pound Tsubasa into the ground instead of the air.

"Would you like some more rice Ryouga?" Akari asked.

"Yeah, I'd love some more, thank you."

Ryouga and Akari were enjoying a nice quiet dinner, just the two of them. Ryouga still wasn't quite comfortable be around Akari, after all he felt horrible for the way he'd treated her. He felt stupid for thinking that Akane would accept him with his curse when she seemed so unnerved by Ranma's. He knew he didn't deserve Akari's love, but if that was what it took to make her happy, then Ryouga Hibiki would gladly grant her request.

Akari was having alot of mixed feelings. She was still hurt that Ryouga had chosen Akane and not her, but Ryouga was here with her now. She knew how much he loved Akane, and now he had told her that it didn't matter how he felt because Akane couldn't ever truly return his feelings. When Ryouga finished his story, Akari made sure he knew how she felt by throwing her arms around him and kissing him. She still found it funny when Ryouga feinted right there in her arms. He was still shy around her, but she'd find a way to get him past that, after all, she'd been patiently waiting for him for over two years and she wasn't going to wait anymore. She loved Ryouga and she felt that he loved her too.

"Ryouga, do you love me?" Akari asked.

"I'm not sure just yet. I think I do." Akari pouted. "I want to, I do care about you Akari, and that's at least a start right?"

"You'll stay with me won't you? I don't want you to dissapear again."

"I'll try my best Akari, I promise."

Akari went over to him and snuggled against him. "That's all I ask." She said.

It was getting late, and Cologne was able to close the cat-cafe for the evening. She told Shampoo earlier that their talk woulld have to wait until after the afternoon rush. She went into Shampoo's room to find her staring at the picture of her and Ranma that she'd drawn herself. Shampoo met her gaze, she looked like she'd been crying. "What's bothering you Shampoo?"

"Shampoo figure out how she can have Ranma, but you no is going to like."

Ukyo broke down when she and Drake got back to her place. It took forever, but she'd finally gotten rid of Tsubasa for the time being, but then it started raining. Niether of them had an umbrella so now they were both soaked.

"You must have had a horrible time, I'm sorry Drake." She said.

"Don't be, it wasn't really so bad, after all, I did get to spend the entire evening with you."

Ukyo blushed. "You mean it? You really enjoyed spending time with me?"

"Yeah. I got to learn alot about you today, we should go out again sometime."

Ukyo threw herself at Drake. "I'd really like that." She looked up at him and smiled. Drake learned in quickly and kissed her full on the lips.

"Goodnight Ukyo." He said after breaking the kiss. After that he turned and headed for home leaving a very shocked Ukyo on her door step.

Ukyo put her fingers up to her lips. 'Tonight turned out to be a good night after all.' She thought as she watched him walk off. She sneezed after Drake was out of sight. 'Man, I should go inside and get out of this freezing rain.' She went in to take a bath.

Tsubasa stood hidden in an alley on the other side of the street. 'That bastard!' He thought. 'There's no way I'm going to let him get away with this!'

End Chapter 12.

Sorry about the overkill on the Shampoo cliffhanger, it will be in chapter 13.

Innortal: Drake's accual talk with Akane about her actions is coming, there was the brief explination earlier, but that won't be all there is about it. Laser sights are a scary thing, thanks as always.

Wonderbee31: Looks like I've really got you guess eh? And yes, Akane's temper will truly be adresssed. Nabiki and Drake, or Ranma, seems like an interesting idea. I'll have to think on that on. Lol, leave it to you guys to add to my plot ideas, not that I mind.

MazokuRanma: I hear you on that one. I've posted reviews that ended up being answered in the next chapter which had already been posted. Yes, it's true, though I'm basically writing an SI fic, I'm not usually much of a fan of them. This is due to the fact that most stories of this type just introduce some random being, and most times there is absolutly no explination as to why this character is around. That is true, no plans for R/A, and I'm starting to wonder what I'll accually do with her.

I blame word pad in it's entirity for my divisor problems, everything I have tried up to this point has horribly failed. Aha! The XD works!

Cologne can be tricky sometimes, but you are right, thanks for making me think about it again. Phew, I don't mind essays, honest. Thanks for the review.

dana-san: Glad you liked it. It's going to be interesting to write that's for sure, good ol' Shampoo would get a kick out of getting to hug Ranma in front of Akane. Training is coming soon.

Neverwinter: I'm gonna start tallying this stuff, lol. Thanks for the review.

goku: Damn, is that really all? Lol, I knew that part already. Oh it's sad, I hoped there would be more! Thanks alot for the info.

devilsbard: Fair enough. But Ranma did say this in the second episode of the T.V. series while standing in the hall with Akane. "I don't fight girls. Not even you Akane."

Tai Khan: Thank you. An understanding is a strong possibility. But when Ranma is the "prize" things usually get out of hand. I always thought that Ukyo also didn't really mind his curse, but maybe thats just me? Your curiosity will be answered next chapter.