Ranma 1/2 Unexpected Results 8
By: J-Hunt
Ranma came awake suddenly in a cold sweet, breathing heavily. She had
had a nightmare, and though the details of it had faded her heart was
still hammering and she could still feel the last shreds of the terror
on her soul. She sat up slowly and turned to look first at the window,
then up at the bed where Akane slept. Ranma watched her fiancée sleep,
and sighed sadly.
-To bad she can't be that cute when she's awake,- the red head thought,
then frowned and looked at Akane curiously. -She IS cute. When the
heck did this happen. Man, I'm definitely losing my mind.-
The girl's shoulders slumped then and she looked away from the sleeping girl.
-What's it matter if she's cute or not. When she finds out I'm pre-pregnant, she's gonna hate me. Feh, I'll be lucky if she doesn't kill me.-
Ranma stood then and stretched. She walked around the bed and looked
down at her other fiancée. A slight smile crossed her face as she bent
down and brushed a strand of hair off of Ukyo's face. Ukyo mumbled
something in her sleep, then sighed and shifted from her side on to her
back, throwing the cover off of her slightly. She had not bound her
breasts and the top two buttons of shirt she was sleeping in had come
undone exposing her neck and teasingly interesting amount of skin.
Ranma felt a warmth go through her body and know she was blushing as
she stared, mesmerized, at the swell of Ukyo's chest. She swallowed
and carefully took the blanket and pulled it back up, then stood.
-Okay, I gotta get out of here, this is getting too weird,- She thought. Quietly, she opened the door and made her way stealthily through the sleeping house. She made her way to the dojo and slipped inside. She turned on the lights and moved to the center of the floor.
She began going through some warm up katas, letting her body and mind
loosen up, then gradually increased the intensity. Time ceased to
exist as she lost herself in the movements, as her body and mind
became one. She pushed herself, throwing her entire being into the
kata, searching for a moment of perfection and understanding in unity
of form, mind and soul. She could feel her blood pounding, and the
sweet beginning to cover her body as her muscles worked, refining
themselves as they grew stronger. She could feel the exhilaration
and joy practicing the art gave her. Then she felt something foreign
and disturbing. She could feel the life growing inside her, and
felt a moment of disgust and panic. Instantly, she stopped her kata.
She was breathing hard and soaked with sweat. She wiped the sweat from
her eyes and took a deep breath, then blew it out loudly.
"Ranma?" she heard a timid voice say, and turned to see Akane standing in the doorway looking at her. Ranma frowned at the strange look Akane was giving her.
"What are you doing up?" she asked. Akane blinked.
"I've been up for about an hour," Akane said nervously. "Kasumi sent me to tell you breakfast is almost ready."
Ranma blinked then began to rub the back of her head nervously.
"Guess I lost track of time," she said sheepishly, then her stomach growled. "Breakfast sounds good though, I'm starved."
Ranma started towards the door.
"Err, Ranma?" Akane said. Ranma stopped and looked at Akane.
"Yeah?"
Akane blushed.
"Y-you might want to take a bath and change first."
Ranma blinked then looked down at herself. The sweat of her work out had soaked her white muscle shirt to the point that it was almost transparent and left none of her assets to the imagination.
"Thanks," Ranma said with a grimace. "Having Mom see me like this would be all I need. Speaking of which, where is she?"
Akane's face clouded for a moment.
"She and Ukyo are helping Kasumi with breakfast," she said. "I offered to help but Kasumi said with Auntie and Ukyo she didn't need me."
-Smart girl,- Ranma thought, but for once managed not to say it out loud.
The two stared at each other in silence.
"Well, I better go take that bath now," Ranma said.
"Ranma?" Akane said as the smaller girl walked past her.
"Yeah?"
"Nevermind, it's nothing," Akane said looking away. "You better hurry or you'll miss breakfast."
Ranma frowned.
-Something's, up.- she thought. She was about to question Akane about it, but her stomach growled again. She gave Akane one more look, then turned and walked out of the dojo.
When Ranma had gone, Akane took a deep breath and placed her hands over her pounding heart. When she and Ukyo had awakened and found Ranma gone, Ukyo had freaked. Ukyo had almost ran out of the room in only her nightshirt and panties to look for her. Akane had managed to slow her down long enough to get her to get dressed first, but truthfully Ukyo's reaction had scared the death out of her and the two of them had practically thrown their clothes on. They had then flown down the stairs, where the were met by Kasumi. They had asked her if she had seen Ranma and she had replied that she had heard someone in the dojo and had found Ranma there working out, and that as far as she knew Ranma was still there.
The two of them had then gone to check and had found that Ranma was
still there. Akane couldn't recall ever seeing Ukyo look so relieved.
Ranma, meanwhile, seemed to be totally absorbed in her katas, so
they had left her alone and went back to the house. Akane had then
tried to get Ukyo to tell her what the point of the whole incident
had been, but the chef had been irritatingly closed mouthed.
When Kasumi finally sent Akane to get Ranma, Akane had paused in the
doorway and watched her fiancée workout. She was amazed and more then
a little envious of Ranma's skill. She was just about to call Ranma's
name when it had happened. Akane knew that the red head was fast,
but her jaw had dropped at what she had seen. At first, it appeared
that the speed of Ranma's movements had slowed. For a few moments, it
looked to Akane like she was watching a tape in slow motion. Then, as
Ranma moved it appeared as if she had sprouted a second set of arms,
and then Ranma's entire body had blurred and seemed to split in two
identical forms, then merge together. Her mouth had gone dry when she
realized what she was seeing. Ranma was moving so fast that all that
was visible were brief after images.
Akane shook herself and turned to leave the dojo. As she left she wondered if Ranma would be willing to train her, but she quickly crushed that idea. She could just imagine what he would have to say about that.
-I can't ask that Baka to train me,- she thought angrily. -Besides,
even if he did agree, all he'd do is dodge and not take me seriously.-
Akane thought about the fight she had had with Ukyo the night before,
and sighed sadly.
-I'm in love with a man who won't take me serious and is always insulting me,- she thought. Then bits of Ukyo's argument and accusations came back to her and she grimaced. Once again she heard Ukyo's voice: 'It'll never work between you two.';'It's obvious that the two of you will never be happy together.';'At least I can admit my feelings for him.'
Tears started coming to her eyes.
-Dummy, why do you have to be so stubborn?- she thought, not knowing
if she meant Ranma or herself. Visions of Ukyo and Ranma together.
She admitted to herself that she was envious of the closeness that
the okonmiyaki chef shared with Ranma.
-I'm losing him to her,- she thought miserably, then wiped her eyes.
-No, he's not hers yet, at least I hope not, and, and I still have a
chance. Oh, Ranma, I know Ukyo is wrong and the two of us can be
happy together. If we don't drive each other crazy that is.-
Akane came to a decision then. One not based on anger, or pride, or even family honor. As much as he irritated her sometimes and despite the fact that he was the biggest jerk she had ever met, she wanted Ranma Saotome for her own. If she lost him to Ukyo eventually, then she would accept that, but she wasn't going to lay down and let her take him with out a fight.
Akane took a deep breath, wiped the tears from her eyes, and took the first tentative step into what she hoped was a better future.
The end part 8
Okay, I know I know. I am slow. Anyway, next chapter we will see Ukyo and Shampoo beginning their training, Nabiki finding out a certain secret, and P-Chan finds his way home. Heh, heh, heh. See ya then.
Oh, and by-the-by, PLEASE send any C&C to me at J-Hunt