finally, I will soon be getting this up...I know you're probably mad at me,

but I haven't had a choice...I can't log into my stupid account

because of the damn security feature...secure my ass...

Anywho, I dedicate this to Sailor Pluto Rok for bothering to ask me to

update... thankies for the compliment!

Chapter 6: For the Love of Food

RANMA'S POV

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When my eyes flicker open, I hear the voice of a formally kawaiikune(uncute)

girl, now a kawaiikune woman. Of course, I was lying when I said that, then

and now, anyway, so you needn't concern yourself with me.

"It's about time you got up! I thought you wanted to get to know Nerima

again! Come on, I'm taking a day off school for you, so you'd better be

gratefull,"Akane chirps.

She's already digging through my stuff. Before I can ask her what's she's

doing, a bundle of my clothes are thrown into my face, and Akane's out of the

room, shogi shut, telling me to hurry and get dressed.

As soon as I'm dressed, and out of the room, she's tugging me down the

hallway. "What's the big hurry?" I ask.

She smiles her cutest smile. My heart skips a beat. She is so cute when she

does that...It makes me want to take her in my arms and whisper love-words

into her ear. Silly me, I should know better than to trust that cutesy smile.

"I made you breakfast!"

And I'm still too mezmerized by her cuteness to run away.

"Good morning Ranma,"Mom, dad, and Mr. Tendo tell me when I get into the

kitchen.

Dad and Mr. Tendo are laughing it up about something, and mom is piling my

breakfast onto a plate. I take a bite, and my tastebuds do a dance.

I think they're dancing in plea to the taste kami that they die. Cute as she

is, Akane still can NOT cook...

AKANE'S POV

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I look up at Ranma, hope in my eyes. Will he like it? I hope so! I worked

hard on it...

He shoves the breakfast into his mouth, and chomps once, then, his eye

twitches, and then, he begins to cough. "Terrible...I'm dying..."he moans.

So! Insult my cooking will he? The old Akane resurfaces for just a moment,

and I pick up the table, and slam Ranma over the head with it. "BAKA! I

worked hard making that for you, and you tell me it kills you!"

He just sits there with that same look in his eyes.

"And while you're at it, wipe that stupid look off your face!"

I slam him through the ceiling, and he goes flying to who knows where.

I grab my stuff and march off to school. Who needs a jerk like him anyway?

RANMA'S POV

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After I dare to insult her terrible cooking, Akane throws me through the

ceiling, just like in old times. Yeah she's cute, and yes I love her, but she

really does need to take something for that temper of hers.

I just happen to land headfirst onto a stool at Ucchan's. Ukyo and Konatsu

are there, cooking away, and serving away.

Konatsu toddles up to me. "Can I hellllp you?" he wonders with his feminine

smile.

"I'll have a stamina okonomiyaki, please," I reply.

He still looks like a she, but then again, Ukyo still looks like a he, and

from the wailing in the background, I can guess they fit together pretty well.

Ukyo dashes off, and returns with a crying baby cradled in her arms. She

cooes at it, before handing it off to Konatsu, whom she playfully calls,

"Daddy."

Yep. They fit together just right.

Ukyo finishes what she had been doing, then starts on my order. She shoves

it onto a plate, and then does a double take. "Ranma!"

I nod, sit upright, and dig in.

"Oh my GOD! Where have you been all these years? What have you done? How

are you? oh my GOODNESS!"she smiles.

I smile through a mouth full of okonomiyaki, and answer, "I was in China. I

got cured, and no, I really haven't been doing anything, although I am good.

And yourself?"

She blinks, and looks down shyly. "I waited for you, Ranma, for five years,

but then I decided I really never would see you again, so I kind of got

together with Konatsu. As you can see, we're a happy little family now...In

fact, I

think everyone has a family...Shampoo and Mousse have a daughter, and

Happosai got ran off for good, and Cologne lives with her Shampoo and them, and

Ryoga

married Akari and they had a son a couple of years ago, and Kuno, despite all

the family troubles, got married to some chick and they had a son, and

Kodachi has a daughter. Nabiki is supposedly due in about 3 months, and Kasumi

and

Tofu's kid is staying with their grandma."

"Wow. Everyone's changed a lot, then, huh?"I mutter.

"Yeah...What about you, Ranma? How's your family?"Konatsu asks, glancing up

from the baby.

"I don't have one!" I laugh.

"You're the same as Akane then..."Ukyo sighs. "Poor thing; she just can't

seem to get over something..."

I beam, and say, "Actually, I'm staying with them! I mean, Dad and Mom are

there, too, so it's not like I don't belong."

Ukyo stares straight at me. She waves a spatula dangerously in my face.

"Don't get yourself into trouble, Ranma."

I grumble, "Too late. I insulted Akane's cooking, and she kicked me through

the roof."

Ukyo nods, and I continue, "I wasn't being mean, either. I just told the

truth. Would she rather I lie and have it become worse when someone else tells

her it tastes bad?"

Ukyo resumes grilling her okonomiyaki, but tells me, "She probably wouldn't

care if nobody else liked her cooking, as long as you do, Ranma. She really

does want to impress you."

"Why?" inquires me, the ever unaware Ranma Saotome.

A saucy, hot okonomiyaki lands square on my face, and Ukyo yells, "Because

she loves you!"

It falls off, and I pay my bill numbly. I leave, lost in the one repeating

thought. 'Akane loves me!'

AKANE'S POV

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I sit through school, just barely. When I make it to Dr. Tofu's, I hear

Kasumi bustling around, and their daughter, Kyoko(ha ha, Maison Ikkoku)

age 6, is helping in the kitchen.

I get to work on mending a patient's sprained wrist. I don't bother speaking

to them, until I notice who it is. "Ryoga! So good to see you!"

He smiles at me, and says, "Akane! It sure is! How're you?"

I smile. "Everything is good. How's Akari and your son?"

"They're fine. Akio is good, he's learning to crawl now."

"That's wonderful! Ooo, guess what!"

"What?"

"Ranma's back! And he's staying with me! You should see him."

"Good, and I will try to. Has he been nice to you?"

"Well, I supposse, but he insulted my cooking."

"I'm sure he didn't mean to hurt you though. He never wanted to hurt you."

"Sure, Ryoga. How would you know, anyway?"

"Well, we were rivals, and rivals know a few things about each other, even if

they don't mean to. And I knew he loved you."

I jump, and twist Ryoga's wrist far to the side. I can hear it crack loudly.

Wanting to focus on anything else, I tend it properly with all my

concentration.

So why can't I stop the happy bubble inside of me from swelling to maximum

happiness? The thought jumbles about in my head over and over. 'Ranma loves

me!'

,mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm-kay, I can't think of no more for now, sorry

ah, and I won't update again until the counter says I have 65 reveiws...so tell people to read and review...heh heh heh

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PS: Sailor Pluto Rok, please don't be mad at me! I didn't mean to piss you off! You were right too, it was just...WAAAAAAAAAAAhhhhhhh

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