Realizations
A Ranma ½ fan-fiction by 'heavens-dark-hanyou
Disclaimer: I do not own Ranma ½ and never will
Authors Note: This story also popped into my head while I was in the shower, so it has no plot whatsoever, just concepts I want to put into a story.
Chapter 1: Prologue: A Meeting
"Ranma! Prepare to die!"
At these words, Ranma fell into the sidewalk in surprise. Hearing the words "prepare to die" while walking along the sidewalk to school would surprise any normal person.
Ranma was not normal. He was walking to school, not along the sidewalk, but along the fence. He was used to hearing "prepare to die" on his way to school. What surprised him was that it wasn't just Ryouga telling him of his impending death. He heard a second voice today. The voice sounded strangely like it belonged to…
"Mousse! What's he doing here?"
This exclamation came from Akane. She was walking along the sidewalk when she heard them yell. As soon as Ranma got off the ground, they turned around to see both Ryouga and Mousse running towards Ranma.
Ranma immediately thought he could easily take both of them. First of all, Ryouga wasn't carrying his usual umbrella. That thing weighed a ton. Most people couldn't lift it. The lack of the umbrella meant he wouldn't have to try to avoid it.
The second thing Ranma noticed was that Mousse wasn't wearing his glasses. Mousse was almost as blind as a bat without them. He couldn't tell the difference between a lamp and a person. It was kind of funny when he wasn't trying to hurt you.
Ryouga and Mousse caught up and started attacking Ranma. Mousse seemed to not need his glasses, seeing as Ranma actually needed to dodge his attacks, and Mousse didn't mistake him for Shampoo. Right now, he looked almost close to the same as Shampoo. This was only because the old lady with the water splashed him again on his way to school.
Ranma looked into both of their eyes as they were attacking him. He saw reluctance, sadness, and a bit of joy.
They a piece of paper in his hand and ran off. Akane was standing nearby, slightly shocked that the two attacked him for only two minutes before running off. She didn't notice the note they gave Ranma. He decided that it was probably important if they took the time to give it to him.
It read: 'Ranma. We need to talk to you. Alone. We will not attack you. Meet us at Ucchan's as soon as you get this. We will be there for half an hour, waiting. Come to find us at the Cat Café if it is any later. Mousse and Ryouga.'
"Hey Akane. Go on to school without me, I have some business to take care of with these two right now," he said.
"Alright Ranma, but hurry up. You don't want to be holding buckets again. Do you?"
With that, Ranma set off toward Ucchan's, an okonomiyaki restaurant owned by Ukyo, a childhood friend. Akane set back off toward school again.
On the way, Ranma did something that very few people thought he could do. He thought. 'I wonder what they want to talk to me about, they said they wouldn't attack me, and I believe them for some odd reason, and they wont have anybody else attack me. They're too proud to go ask for help. I guess I'll find out when I get there.' He really was thinking. He didn't often do a lot of it because, as a martial artist, it was better to act on impulses rather than thoughts. If he took the time though, he could be very insightful. As long as 'Saotome foot-in-the-mouth disease didn't kick in, he could have ended up saying something that would make Akane happy with him. However, it always decided to kick in eventually, so Ranma savored the moments when they could be nice to on another.
With his last thought, he sped up toward the okonomiyaki restaurant to meet Ryouga and Mousse.