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Ranma- Love at last!
Chapter 2- School
On The Way To School: Nerima Streets
Ranma was, as per usual walking on the fence. He still looked angry and avoided looking at Akane.
He was trying as hard as possible to stay angry with her. He was failing! He was starting to cave and couldn't really take it anymore.
Akane was, as usual walking beside him on the footpath. She kept looking at Ranma with sad forlorn eyes. She looked like she was going to cry any minute.
Akane looked up and said,
"Ranma?"
He continued to ignore her and stared straight ahead.
She continued,
" Ranma please! I'm sorry about this morning!"
Ranma couldn't take being angry with her anymore.
Screw this! I can't stay angry with her!-
A smile began forming at the sides of his mouth when he said,
" Already forgiven Akane!"
With that he jumped from the fence to land beside her.
She looked up at him, her eyes were full of joy.
Thank Kami! And he's walking beside me! That's a first!-
" Thanks Ranma!"
With that Akane gave Ranma a true, loving smile, which simply confused Ranma and made him worry a little.
The two of them turned and waited for a car to pass before crossing the road. Turning the next corner they headed down a narrow street.
Halfways down Akane remembered something and smiled.
" Ranma."
" Mmm!"
" Stop!"
Both of them froze, Ranma was about to protest but Akane raised her finger to her lips to silence him. She pointed in the direction they were heading.
Suddenly, a few metres ahead of them, a gush of water came flying down from the balcony. Looking up they saw the old lady that used to always drench Ranma with the bucket.
" Now we can go!"
With that Akane set off again, followed closely by Ranma. Ranma caught up with her and said,
" Akane… Thanks!"
Akane smiled and turned to him,
" Your welcome! Now, just avoid the flying, purple-haired, bimbo's bicycle attack and well be fine."
Ranma smiled at her and replied,
" I'll try my best!"
Most of the rest of the journey passed quite uneventfully, especially considering that we're talking about Ranma. Shampoo had even decided to leave her "Airen" alone for once (actually she was currently in her cat form being chased by a pack of starving dogs, so her "Airen" wasn't at the top of her list of priorities at that particular moment in time)
As they neared the gates they groaned, almost the entire school was crowded at the gate, just waiting for them to come. Even worse, Kuno was in front of this crowd, bokken raised, waiting for his " Goddess Akane" and the " Vile Sorcerer".
Akane groaned, muttered something under her breath and rolled up her sleeves.
Leaning forward she prepared for the onslaught, but she was stopped short as Ranma placed his hand on her shoulder and turned her to face him.
" Akane I'm sick of this fighting every day, please let me sort it out. Please?"
Akane glared at him indignantly, anger was building in her,
Does he still think that I can't do this myself-
" I don't believe you Ranma! I can handle this! You don't have to fight for me!"
Ranma looked at her with a deadly serious face and replied,
" I know you can! I didn't mean that!"
Akane looked at him quite puzzled,
" What did you mean then?"
Ranma smiled his usual cocky smile,
" We ignore them!"
Akane looked at him, even more puzzled than before,
" Huh? "
With that Ranma grinned and in one smooth movement scooped Akane off her feet.
" Hey! HEY! What? PUT ME DOWN! AIEEEEEEEEE!"
Akane screamed as Ranma built up speed and taking a huge jump. He vaulted over the school wall, past the stunned mob and landed carefully on the ground, standing Akane back up on her feet.
" WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO THAT FOR, YOU JERK?"
Akane screamed at Ranma and pulled out her ever-ready mallet. She whapped him over the head with it. Not as hard as usual, but still hard enough to make him recoil.
" What did you hit me for? You sexless brick! I'm only trying to get us to school on time! No reason to hit me"
Ranma spat back at Akane while rubbing his head,
Akane was just about to shout back at Ranma when a shout caused them to pause and turn.
" RELEASE THE GODESS AKANE YOU VILE, HONOURLESS CUR!"
Ranma " Urked", when he saw the mob, lead by Kuno, running towards them shouting and screaming.
Wide-eyed and visibly worried he grabbed Akane's arm and pulled her up the steps and into the school.
Slamming the big double doors behind him, Ranma grabbed a metal brush that was leaning against the wall beside them and pushed it through the handles off the doors, thereby barring it shut.
Ranma and Akane both winced when, a few seconds later, the mob impacted with the door. Kuno's face was squashed up against the window, they could hear him shout,
" RELEASE THE BEAUTIOUS TENDO YOU TREACHEROUS SORCERER".
Ranma looked at Akane and said,
" We should go!"
" Yeah!"
Akane nodded and they both took off down the corridor to get ready for class.
Morning class:
The classroom was empty, infact the entire school was empty as all the students were still locked outside. A faint thudding could be heard coming from outside, no doubt the mob was trying to get in.
Akane and Ranma both looked around nervously before Akane went over to her seat and sat down. She began taking out her books as Ranma headed for his seat at the back of the room.
" Ranma wait!"
Akane mumbled, Ranma looked up at her with a confused face,
" Wait for what Akane?"
Akane looked around nervously; slowly she patted the seat beside her,
" I Yuka is sick today, well she was the last few days according to what Nabiki told me this morning!"
Ranma looked at her his face blank,
" And you want me to sit beside you, why?"
he asked, knowing full well that he would love nothing more than to sit beside her.
Akane blushed and looked at her desk and mumbled,
" Cause I um… need some help in Japanese history and that's the only subject your good at!"
Ranma shrugged to himself, he knew damn well that that wasn't the reason for her wanting to sit beside him, but he didn't need a written invitation to sit beside her.
He walked up to the seat beside Akane and plopped down on it. She was smiling at Ranma when he looked up at her. Blushing both of them stared down at their desks.
Luckily they were saved from their nervousness as at that moment Hinako (In adult form) walked into the class. She placed her books on the table, sat down and looked up at her class.
She froze when all she saw was a very embarrassed Ranma sitting beside a blushing Akane.
Raising an eyebrow she spoke,
" After what I heard what happened yesterday I wasn't expecting you two to come in today. Shows how wrong I was, I got the exact opposite, you're in, no one else is".
Ranma blushed and mumbled,
" There all, erm still outside".
Hinako smiled with an evil grin,
" Well then I'll be sure to punish them for being late."
A loud crash, and a bang were heard from downstairs. The mob was obviously successful in breaking down the door.
Ranma rolled his eyes and muttered,
" Speak of the devil."
The rumbling continued and began getting louder and louder. The room began shaking. Rolling her eyes up to heaven, Hinako slowly dragged herself from her chair and walked towards the door of the classroom, pulling out her 50-yen coin as she went.
She stopped in front of the door and raised her coin and waited.
Just as the students of their class rounded to corner she shouted in a loud booming voice,
" STOP!"
Everyone froze in their spots, Hinako continued,
" Bucket duty for all of you, until lunch! Got that."
One brave (stupid) student voiced an argument,
" Hey no fair we were locked outsiiiiidddddeeee uhh"
Hinako had drained him of his energy, he slumped to the floor without a sound.
Hinako looked up at the rest of her class,
" Any one else"
…..Complete silence….
" Good now get to it!"
Everyone scrambled to get buckets before the crazed, chi-vampire of a teacher decided to drain someone else.
Hinako turned around returned to her desk.
" Alright cla… you two, we'll start with history."
Akane smiled at Ranma and whispered,
" Good you can help me, c'mon pull your desk next to mine"
Both of them blushed as Ranma moved his table over beside her.
Hinako smiled, she always had a weak spot for the two of them, like most educated, non-nutcases she knew the two were meant for each other and she definitely didn't want to disturb this peaceful moment.
For the next hour Hinako took them through an in-depth description of the political turmoil between the clans during the " Sengoku Jidai".
Neither Ranma nor Akane paid a lot of attention to Hinako. Both were lost in their thoughts, taking turns blushing as they were caught sneaking looks at the other.
Hinako knew that they weren't paying attention, but since she knew that they had just been through a disastrous failed wedding attempt only the night before, she let them get away with it. She smiled as the two gazed at each other for a moment before blushing and turning away looking nervously at the floor and ceiling.
The rest of the lesson went on a lot like this. About a half an hour before lunch she switched to teaching math. Not that it made any difference, they still didn't pay attention, Ranma even "forgot" to move his table back and stayed beside Akane.
By the time the lunch-bell rang both of them couldn't have gotten any redder from blushing. Without a word they both took out their lunch boxes and headed out the door, still blushing of course.
They were both so lost in their thoughts as they walked outside that they had completely forgotten about the rumour-horde waiting for them. As soon as they stepped outside the front door of the school they froze.
Before them stood at least 200 pissed-off students, who had all been late because of Ranma barring the door. Once again Kuno stood at the front of the horde with his bokken raised.
Scanning the crowd Ranma noticed that Ukyo wasn't in school that day.
Just as well! I would have given her a piece of my mind. I mean, how dare she do that after everything that happened in China-
Kuno charged towards Ranma screaming with his bokken raised above his head. Moments later he was sent flying skywards by a vicious uppercut from both Ranma and Akane.
Ranma stepped forwards menacingly and cracked his knuckles,
" Anyone else?"
Almost everyone in the horde glared at them but most of them realised that to challenge Ranma, was to invite certain pain. And so the horde dissipated everyone going back to their normal groups.
Hiroshi and Daisuke walked up to Ranma, while Yuka and Saiyuri walked up to Akane. Then the two split and went to eat lunch with their friends.
" Sorry 'bout locking you guys out 'dis morning".
Hiroshi laughed and answered Ranma,
" S'ok man! No worries I didn't have my maths homework done anyway".
Daisuke gave Hiroshi a glare,
" Speak for yourself man! If I'm late one more time I get detention."
He turned to Ranma,
" Not t worry dude, I'm not blaming you, I shouldn't have followed the crowd in the first place, it was my own fault really."
Hiroshi grinned at Ranma and said,
" So man, I know the wedding was a failure but, did ye have a wedding night after all?"
To say Ranma went red was and understatement, he blushed so much that for just a moment a new shade of red was created only for the purpose of making him look incredibly embarrassed.
" NO nononono NO, what gives you that idea, I'd never do that with anyone like her."
Daisuke almost wet himself,
" If you'd never do that with her why are you blushing so much at the thought of it".
" Cause I…. Erm…….. AKANE?
Ranma shouted her name as he saw her take off out the school gate.
Daisuke and Hiroshi spun around just as Yuka and Saiyuri ran over to them.
" Ranma! You'd better follow her. Some girls were teasing her, saying she was dumped on the alter because nobody liked her. "
Yuka puffed,
Looking shocked Ranma replied,
"WHAT?"
Saiyuri continued,
" Yeah! And I think they struck a nerve or something! Cause she ran home, I think she was crying".
Ranma looked furious, he spat under his teeth,
" WHO said that? "
Yuka pointed towards a group of girls, Ranma recognized them. They were often trying to make Akane feel miserable ever since their boyfriends dumped them to try and go after Akane.
" Right, lets settle this!"
Ranma stormed over to them. They didn't notice him coming towards them until it was too late. They looked terrified.
" YOU…. You bitches! Not happy with being miserable by yourselves, you have to make other people miserable as well!
" We were just…We didn't…"
" Listen you hags. Akane used to fell really sorry for you and she was always trying to get your guys to leave her alone and go back to going out with you. But now, I wouldn't blame Akane if she ripped your heads off."
Ranma stepped forwards and raised his fist threateningly.
" If I EVER find out that you, or any one else in this school does anything to hurt Akane then so help me, they'll be wearing their guts for garters."
The girls were absolutely terrified. Ranma snarled at them. Spun around and headed straight out the school gate to go home, not caring that his bag was still in the classroom.
VERY IMPORTANT:
This doesn't really have anything to do with this chapter, but it is very important for future chapters.
Takahashi never really gave a timeline with Ranma, but since I need one, I'm taking a bit of a guess and am making my own.
Shortly before summer holidays : Ranma's birthday 16
Near the start of the summer holidays: Akane's birthday 16
Right near the very beginning of the school year after the holidays: Ranma and Akane meet….
( All the original volumes)….
Near the end of the school year: China, Jusenkyo, Saffron, Ranma's birthday 17 ( not celebrated because they were in china at the time), failed wedding attempt.
Two weeks before the summer holidays: This story begins
Near the start of the summer holidays: Akane's birthday 17