A.N: Thanks for everyone who encouraged me . This chapter, though it may be a tad bit shorter is dedicated to all of you: raddle, goku90504, Aerissy, Aevum, Xoxosilver, teenjaq, cherryblossom-crystal, kaochan82 & tkdl. Thanks for reviewing. And just to let you know, I'll revise chapters 1 and 2 & will have them rewritten. For now, I just wish you like this new "bite" of the story.
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Ukio had been wandering around the school trying to find her fiancée, she kept looking around and around. But had she known what the sight to greet her was going to be, she'd have surely not walked in the A2 class…
Her arch-enemy was right in front of her having a hard snogging session with no-other than her Ran-chan. She was so flabbergasted that her voice suddenly left her, her face blank, devoid of any emotion as she stood there silently watching her heart break in two. She was outraged; little by little, though, her face gestures were changing as her eyes, dim with tears, clouded the eerie image of the two lovers. She was rotted to the spot as a tear travelled down her cheek and a muffle sound was heard.
And then, by a quirk of fate, Ranma's eyes fluttered open and as if sensing something he scanned the area. As soon as his blue orbs reached those of Ukio's, she stormed out of the class, running all along the hallway, while angry tears streamed down her puffy red eyes… And the worst of it was that she knew he won't follow her. She was alone.
She felt helpless and scared and nothing seemed familiar or safe to her anymore. She had nothing to hold onto. She'd never felt so isolated in all her life. But most of all, she had never fell so betrayed.
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Akane, that until then hadn't acknowledged a thing, looked baffled at Ranma, who all of a sudden looked like a deer caught in red lights.
- "Ranma?" She dared say
- "We are doomed" he drawled, eyes still glued to the open door.
- "what's wrong? All of a sudden I just felt you going stiff and…"
- "She saw us, Akane. She saw us" He cut her off
- "What are you talking about? There's no-one here"
-"Ukio"
- "But that's just not possible, we would've heard her had she come in. Besides, the door is closed and…"
At that very moment Ranma moved to the side allowing her to see the open door he was blocking with his body. Akane's hand flew instantly to her mouth.
- "Oh my….the door" she whispered nearly not believing her own words. "What are we going to do?" Her eyes, full of worry darted once again to Ranma's.
He wrapped his arms around her little body trying to give her some comfort, running his hands up and down her back while edging his head closer to hers and resting his chin on the top of her head. He drawled in a deep yet soothing voice "I don't know. I don't know". And he bent down to kiss her forehead lovingly.
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It was getting a tad nippy, Ranma felt himself getting cold in the bathroom. He had been taking a bath though; he was so caught up in his thoughts he hadn't realised the water turning icy-cold. He woke up from the tube with a start wrapping a towel around his waist. His blue lips moved up and down with the chattering of his teeth. 'Gods, he was going to be sick again…Just his luck'.
Akane and he had agreed before departing from the A2 class, to avoid one another for the rest of the day and try to act casual if being forced to interact. He couldn't bear not to be able to be close to her, but he felt some uneasy feeling building up at the pitch of his stomach at his reflection on the bathroom mirror.
- "Ukyo" it was more a breathed thought than a spoken word.
Ranma was truly confused about her, he didn't know if he had to apologize. He only did that when deemed necessary and as hell he would do so for kissing his fiancée. Then again, he felt sorry for her and the guilty feeling, instead of subsiding, increased…
- "Damn. Empathy is a bitch!"
He felt himself getting giddy as his body fought the urge to plop on the floor. His hand reached the door-knob and he held his weight on it. The burden he was wearing was too big for him to put up with and as the darkness engulfed him, he felt himself giving away. Ranma collapsed on the bathroom tile.
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Ranma felt a tingling sensation in his lips he darted his tongue out and licked something that tasted like strawberries. When he opened his eyes again, he was lying on his futon, his muscles felt sore and his head was still spinning as he tried to stand up to a sitting position. A hand came up to his chest and pushed him urging him to lie down. His eyes still unfocused meet Akane's worried ones and all of the sudden she was all over him, straddling him in such a way that it made it difficult to breathe. Her hug was powerful, filled with love and care. She had been terrified out of her mind when she had run into the bathroom to find an unconscious Ranma.
- "Ranma, you idiot!"
- "would you mind not yelling!"
- "Ow, sorry. It's just…you scared me. You wouldn't wake up. I tried everything but it seems that only kissing you worked"
- "well… I guess I'm some kind of 'sleeping beauty' then" he chuckled
- "What happened to you?"
- "I've no clue. I was so in deep thoughts that the water run cold and…well, I passed out"
- "What are we going to do about Ukio?" she demanded
- "Well, I'll go and talk to her about what's happening. Don't worry Akane, we'll deal with this. But, for the time being. You can deal with something else. I don't know why all of a sudden I feel dizzy again. Wouldn't want you to panic, so… I guess you could kiss and make it better" He said smirking
"Why you…" she said all of a sudden embarrassed while twiddling with her fingers.
But was cut off by his warm lips sealing hers. Ranma pulled her down on top of him, his hands drawing her body closer to his, needing desperately her warmth to survive. Akane tangled her fingers in his hair dishevelling his pigtail. The kiss grew deeper and rougher and none of them seemed to notice their hands fondling one another bodies…
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Ukio had been walking around Nerima, not knowing were to go. 'It was not fair. He was hers, hers and no-one else. Akane was the devil. She had made her life a living hell. And she was going to make hers as well.'
"Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned!" She hissed
She came to a halt in front of the Nekokanten.
'Or maybe it did'
- "Shampoo! There's something important that you must know"
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A.N: yeah, more frightening is 2 scorned woman, don't u think? HOPE U LIKE IT
