Kamy: Hello, peeps. Kamy very sorry, but had english project, and TAKS tests coming up. ACK! Tommorow is my German final! SHIT! I'm very sorry for not updating. T-T Please forgive me.
angel61991: I'm sorry I didn't update sooner! I blame school, but you can blame me! WAGH!
Rabid Badger: Thank yous! I'll try to find those hinding Akane fans!
ranmafan56: I'm glad somebody likes the whole 'twin' thing.
ajmukon: I'm glad you like my story. I'm afraid Ranma doesn't change...but I'm putting a different little curse in instead...bwa ha ha ha.
Akane: Kamy's very sorry for not updating sooner.
Ranma: Don't blame her, though. School is a pain. Like some certain tomboyish fiancees.
Akane: -magic mallet- Die Ranma! -sends Ranma into orbit-
Kamy: I've always wondered Akane. Where'd you learn to pull mallets out of thin air?
Akane: Um...Well...Uh...ON WITH THE CHAPTER!
Kamy: Hey! That's my line! And besides, Ranma hasta give the Disclaimer.
-Shampoo bursts through door- Shampoo: Shampoo do for Ranma! Then Ranma love Shampoo!
Kamy: Not sure how THAT works out, but whatever, as long as it gets done.
Shampoo: Kamy no own Ranma 1/2 (Shampoo do!) Kamy DO own Kila, Mica, Fuwa, Umi, and Tama. HitomiSohmatheDog own Hitomi (duh) and LonelyLenne own, who else? Lenne.
Chapter 4
"There's your ride, Tama-chan!" Akane exclaimed as they walked down the school steps. She pointed towards a girl with black hair to mid back with two forelocks (some tied into a rare purple Hawaiian flower) and had black eyes rimmed with green (A/N: Shippo eyes!) The girl had on a waitress uniform, which consisted of a blue blouse with long sleeves, a black corset top over it, a red apron wrapped all the way around her, tied with a stringy bow, and just below the rim showed her blue skirt, revealing long legs.
"Hey, Kila!" Tama shouted as she, Akane, and Ranko ran up to her. "Kila, this is Ranko. She's new. She traveled through China, just like Mica."
"Hiyas, Ranko-chan! I'm Kila!" the black haired girl replied, excitedly shaking her hand.
"H-Hello, K-Kila-san." Ranko said shakily as her body shook from the force of the hand shake. Once she was released, Kila was bombarded with questions. "Why are you dressed like that? Do you always talk funny? Who's Mica?"
Kila simply giggled. "Kila doesn't talk funny, Kila just talks in third person. Kila is wearing this because Kila works at Tama-chan's family business, the Nanaomi Bar. Mica is Kila's friend who also works there. You want to come with us to get a soda at the bar?"
"That sounds great!" the group turned to find Ranma and Shun standing behind them. Suddenly Ranma blushed at his friend's outburst. "He means we can pay." Shun pouted.
Again, Kila giggled. "This one's on the house.
The group started walking away when Ranko noticed someone missing. "Akane?" She and her brother looked back. "Aren'tcha coming?"
Akane looked surprised for a second, before looking at the ground. "I have to get home."
She let out a yelp when four arms grabbed her. She looked up into Tama's blue eyes.
"Akane, you're coming. Come on, everybody MISSES you. Ever since Nabiki went over seas…" she trailed off when she saw Akane wincing.
The other girl who had grabbed Akane (Kila) gently let go of her upper arms before hugging Akane around the waist. "Mica will be there. And Umi. And Hitomi, and Fuwa, and Lenne. Please come, Akane-chan." Kila mumbled into her midsection.
Akane finally gave in and the group continued along. No one noticed when the twins looked at each other skeptically, trudging behind the others. Ranma said to Ranko…
"Who's Nabiki?"
---On the other side of Nerima---
"Is this Furinkan High School?" the bandana boy from before asked a construction worker.
"It was, 'till some student called Shun planted a cherry bomb in the boy's bathroom. Now its ruble." (Insert pic of Shun in victory pose here)
"Do you know where the students were sent?"
"Some place on the other side of town. Called Kolkuz High School."
"Thank you" was the reply as the boy went off in the opposite direction.
---At Nanaomi Bar---
"HeLLO, everyone!" Tama shouted into the bar, catching the few customers off guard. "Umi! Where are you!"
No sooner did she say it did a blonde girl emerge from the storage room. Three pieces of hair covered owe side of her face, a tiny pony tail held back a bit of her hair. The rest was left down to her shoulders, slightly curled to the sides. She wore a red collared shirt with puffy sleeves covered by a blue corset. She had an apron matching Kila's (red), but her skirt was blue. Her average length legs were covered with light colored stockings.
"Hello, Tama-chan!" Umi said, her similar blue eyes glowing with happiness. "You can go change in the back. Oh, you brought new peoples! And Akane-chan!"
As soon as she said it, a blue and black blur latched onto Akane from behind. "Akane-nee! Mica miss you!" Everyone blinked at the girl, before Shin gave out a sigh. "Mica, let go of Akane, turn around, and meet out new friends" The girl did let go of Akane's midsection, but kept an arm looped with the raven-haired girl.
Mica had light brown hair with bushy bangs and two pieces framing her face. Her hair went just past her shoulders, some pulled into buns like Shampoo; hers tied with a single bell on each bun. The most amazing thing about her was her eyes. They were purple, almost wine colored, but the pupils were slits like cat eyes. Her uniform was a plain, red, long sleeved shirt with a black corset. Her apron was blue and instead of a skirt, she had black skin tight pants that went to mid calf.
"Nihao!" Mica said. She walked up to the twins and slowly circled them, keeping an eye on each. Soon they became uncomfortable. But before they could say anything, an older voice cut through.
"Mica, stop that!"
The voice belonged to a tall girl with long dark brown hair pulled into a large, black bow at the nape of her neck, her hair trailing to just past her hips. Her bangs were parted in the middle, causing them to cover her chocolate brown eyes. Like Shampoo, she had some hair in front of her ears, tied at the ends with tiny black bows. Her uniform was a tight red shirt with a black corset top, her apron blue and her shorts red. She looked about a year or two older than Mica.
"Mica no can help! Have see if good fighters!" Mica shouted back in response.
"They're good, Mica." Said Akane as she turned to the other girl. "Fuwa, can I get a soda to go? I need to get home soon."
Fuwa looked saddened. "Alright, Akane. Could you wait 'till Lenne and Hitomi come back from the store? You don't come 'round here often, they'll wanna see you."
"Alright" she sighed. The rest of the group sat down at the bar (in order left to right: Shun, Ranma, Ranko, Akane) Fuwa, Mica, and Kila walked off to help other customers. "Who's gonna take our order?" Ranma questioned.
"I am!" they looked towards the similar voice. Tama stood on the other side of the bar. She was wearing her uniform as well. A red, sleeveless collared shirt with a blue corset top. The apron was black and she had blue bell-bottom pants. "What can I do ya for?"
They all ordered and Tama returned later with their drinks. As they started to talk about random junk, the front doors slid open, revealing two girls with bags of groceries in their hands.
"Hitomi! Lenne! Over here!" Tama shouted. The two girls trudged over to the bar, dropping off the bags on the counter. The red haired one went to sit by Shun while the black haired one sat by Akane.
"It's been awhile, Akane-chan. You don't come around here as often as you used to." She said in a soft voice. She had bangs pushed up slightly, covering her strangely colored amber eyes. Her long black hair went just above her butt and shined in the dim lights. She had two red strips on each cheek (Everyone excepted these as tattoos) Her uniform was a red dress shirt with sleeves to right above her elbows and a blue corset over it. Her apron was red and she had baggy pants and black slipper shoes like Umi, Kila, and Fuwa.
"Ya, Akane, why aren't you around so much any more?" said the other girl as she leaned on the bar counter. She had bangs similar to the other girl, except her hair was dark red and went to hover beside her hips. She had light brown eyes filled with a held in fire. She wore a plain red, long sleeved blouse, the corset was black like her skirt and the apron was blue. She had white slipper shoes like Tama and Mica.
"I'm sorry I haven't been around, Lenne. As for you, Hitomi," Akane said, pointing at the red-head. "You know my dad needs help with the do—oh NO!"
Everyone blinked in surprise at her horrified expression as she hurriedly got her things together. "What is it, Akane-chan?" the black-haired girl, Lenne, asked.
"I gotta go--oh he's gonna kill me!--see you around guys! Tell the others I'm sorry!" and with that she ran out the door like the devil was on her tail.
Hitomi blinked. "What was THAT about?"
---Tendo Dojo---
"Please don't be there, please don't be there!" was the mantra Akane ran through her head as she turned the house door knob with trembling hands. She opened the door to find a dark, empty house.
She let out a sigh of relief as she quietly closed the door and left her loafers at the door. As she put down her satchel, she saw something glint in the faint sunlight coming through the window.
Before she could scream, a large hand covered her mouth and shoved her roughly into the wall. It didn't take long for her to recognize the hand as her fathers and the glinting object as a knife, which was currently three inches from her face.
"You're late, Akane." He said venomously. "You had you're father worried."
She nearly whimpered in fear as the knife neared her face. "I…I'm sorry…" she managed from around his hand.
Soun let out an exasperated sigh as he released her. Before she could run, he roughly grabbed her by her longhair, bringing the knife close to a piece just below her ear. "Now, Akane." he started. "I told you to come straight home after school. It seems you need a REMINDER!"
With that, he ran the knife through her hair, making the left side shorter than the right, except for the piece in front of her ear. Tears formed in her eyes as he did the same to the right side. He slapped her once, forcing her to the ground, kicked her in the stomach, and walked off like it never happened.
Slowly, Akane picked herself up and dragged herself to her room, grabbing a pair of scissors on the way up, and plopped down in front of the chipped mirror hanging on her wall. More tears came as she fingered her short hair, a memory coming back to her.
---Ten years ago---
"Akane-chan, I've been thinking…"a nine year old Kasumi said to her little sis.
"Thinking about what, oneesan?" The six year old Akane replied.
"I think you should grow out your hair." Kasumi said, picking at a strand of said hair.
"Why?" Akane asked with big eyes.
"So that way, if I ever lose you, I'll be able to find you by looking for your long, black hair!"
"That's silly, oneesan." Akane wrapped her tiny arms around Kasumi. "You'll never lose me."
---Present---
Akane finally let it out. She sobbed and cried 'till she couldn't anymore. She shakily held the scissors to her hair, cutting it into straighter lines. She looked in the mirror to see the damage. Her hair was noticeably shorter, stopping just below her ears. It flared out, making her look more tomboyish. The hairstyle looked much cuter on her than her old one. But…
Now Kasumi couldn't find her.
End Chapter 4
Kamy: That it! Please tell me if you like my characters or not! They required extreme detail, so Kamy sorry!
Akane: I like them!
Ranma: -flies back into room- Damn. You really bonked me that time Aka--Shampoo!
Shampoo: Ranma! Shampoo so happy, finally found you! -glomps Ranma- Kamy so weird, is make Shampoo be violent girl friend!
Akane/Kamy: Hey!
Kamy: You should be happy I'm not make you a slut like Kodachi! I liked you enough to at least give you SOME time with Ranma/Ranko!
Shampoo: -sticks out tongue- Shampoo no care bout that. Shampoo want Ranma all to self! No WANT be with Mousse.
Kamy: I COULD pair you up with Happosai. -evil smirk-
Shampoo: Uh...Kamy want 20 reviews. Mean 9 more.
Kamy: Subject changer!
Akane/Ranma: -look at each other and smile- Review please!
Shampoo: You stay away for Ranma, Akane!