*peeks out from behind a wall* Ossu minna! Now, before you all start
throwing things hear me out. I haven't posted in FOREVER because of
all the renovations that went on at ff.net, and until last week i could
log into my account. This chapter WOULD have been a helluva lot longer
but i figured you all wanted what i have instead of waiting a bit
longer! So here it is!

Discaimer: Guess what? I don't OWN ANY OF THE CHARACTERS! MWAHAHAHA

Anime High

Chapter Six

"Usagi!" Usagi looked up from her breakfast that she was eating in
front of the school as Minako came flying towards her waving a little
piece of paper. He stomach began to fill with a feeling of dread as
her friend drew closer.

"Hey Minako, what's up?" She asked smiling warily.

"I made you a list!" She announced proudly handing Usagi the list.
"Those are all the eligible guys that you can go to homecoming with."
She stated proudly.

Usagi scanned the list. "WHAT? Why is Van the first guy?" She
screeched.

Minako rolled her eyes. "Duh! He's cute, well muscled, gullible AND
he's rich!" She stated.

"Hitomi and he are an item." Usagi glared.

"That's why there are ten of them, because you're picky." Minako
plopped down next to her.

Usagi kept looking at the list. "Why is Duo number two?"

"He's cute and funny. You'll have a good time with him, plus,
he seems like a good kisser." Usagi nearly fainted at that comment.

"Heero?"

"Niiiiiiiiiice eyes!"

"Trunks?"

"You need an explanation there? All those muscles... The guy is
fine!" Minako overly pronounced the 'I' in fine.

"Gene?"

"He's a senior! Automatic brownie points!"

"Ranma?"

"He's on the football team, automatic votes there! You have to
publish who you are going with so you get more votes."

"You've researched way to far into this. What about Quatre?"

"He's a billionaire!"

"And who is Tasuki?"

"I scooped out the Katana High boys and he is one of the cute ones."

"I've never even met him!"

"Yeah you have! Remember when we ran into that group of guys a few
days ago from Katana High?" Minako reminded.

"Minako!"

"Calm down, you don't have to go with him! Now keep reading."

"Trowa?"

"Quiet, smart, and cute!"

"I don't like the hair."

"He could change it."

"And what about Wufei? He'd insult me the whole time!"

"That's why he's the last one on the list."

"How come Gohan isn't on the list?" Usagi asked throwing the list
in the trash.

"Hey! I spent a long time on that!" Minako cried diving into the
trash for the list. She grabbed it and unwrinkled in and stuck it
in her back pocket. "I didn't think you liked Gohan more than a
friend."

Usagi blushed. "I, I don't. I, he, we are good friends." Usagi
blurted standing up. Minako narrowed her eyes suspiciously. "So
who do you plan to go with?" Usagi asked changing the subject.
Minako's eyes grew distant and a smile played on her lips. Usagi's
eyes widened. "This wouldn't happen to be R-"

Minako quickly clamped a hand over Usagi's mouth. "NEVER say his
name out loud! Someone might find out!" She whispered
frantically.

"What about Squall?"

"He's a backup plan. Now c'mon, I'm not in the mood to run up those
stairs, and if we start now we should get there in plenty of time.
Plus, I think it's going to rain." Minako glanced at the sky before
standing up. Usagi nodded and followed her into the school.

~~~@~~~

Gohan silently watched Usagi walk in with Minako. They were talking
about dresses. Gohan sighed and glanced at Trunks, who was hastily
finishing a paper. They both wanted to ask the unsuspecting Usagi
to the dance but Gohan would never let Trunks know.

"Hey Gohan!" Usagi greeted as she walked by him on her way to her
desk.

Gohan snapped towards her. "Hey Usagi, how are ya?" He asked
smiling.

"Good, I can't believe what we're doing in English next period!"
Usagi giggled.

Gohan raised his eyebrows. "What are we doing in English?"
He asked.

"We're watching 'Clash of the Titans' and then 'Odyssey'." She
giggled. "Two of the worst movies ever made." She laughed.

"Really? I've never seen any of them." Gohan smiled.

"They are based on Greek mythology, obviously, and they were made a
long time ago." Usagi giggled thinking about the screeching vulture
that needed to be shot and done away with.

RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIING!

Usagi jogged back to her seat as Setsuna walked into the room.
"Good Morning class." She smiled at them.

" 'Morning Miss Meioh." The class chimed back. Shampoo looked
urgently around for Ranma or Akane. She sighed and sunk into her
seat when she didn't see either of them.

"Ryoga, where Ranma?" She whispered up to him.

"I'm not sure, I had been wandering for three hours this morning
before I got to school." Ryoga whispered back.

Down the street to where Ranma and Akane are...

"Ranma! This is ALL your fault!" Akane yelled dragging Ranma down
the street.

"MINE? Kuno is after YOU not ME!" Ranma argued. They had run
into Kuno again this morning and Akane has taken longer than normal
to beat him up. Kuno was surprisingly getting stronger but still no
mach for Ranma.

As they ran neither of them noticed the drops of water falling from
the sky...

The two extremely tardy students ran down the hall towards homeroom.
Akane and Ranma ran burst into the room panting. Setsuna looked up
startled at the two. "Miss Tendo you are five minutes tardy... and
who are you Miss?" Setsuna looked at Ranma.

"Miss?" Ranma asked confused and looked down at himself, or shall I
say herself, in confusion. Her eyes grew wide as she realized that
she was in girl form. Ryoga chuckled evilly and Shampoo gave Akane a
glare that said, 'why didn't you notice Ranma was a girl?' "Uh...
Wrong room, sorry." Ranma mumbled before shooting out into the
hall. The class was silent as they listened to curses in the hall
and then an "OUUUUCH! THAT'S HOT!" A few seconds later Ranma,
know a boy, waltzed into the room a tad wet. "Sorry I'm tardy Miss
Meioh." He bowed before running to his seat. He gave Akane the
'why didn't you tell me?' glare and Akane responded with the 'you
should know when you change' look.

Minako sat in her desk chewing on her pencil as Setsuna read the
announcements. She was thinking about how embarrassed Usagi had
gotten after she said Gohan and her were just friends. She glanced
over at Gohan to see him sneaking a peek at Usagi, who was sleeping
with her head in her arms. She watched the small smile that
appeared at the corner of his lips as she watched her. Minako
smiled evilly pulling out her pad of paper. It has a little Sailor
V holding up the victory symbol. She began to form her plan,
operation Usahon.

~~~@~~~

Usagi sighed coming out of the Auto room. She saw Minako with her
pad of Sailor V paper earlier and knew Minako was planning something.
Gohan walked silently next to her musing in his own thoughts.

Ranma was leaning against the wall waiting for Usagi to trudge out
with Gohan. "Hey Usagi, can I talk to you alone?" He asked eyeing
Gohan. Gohan shrugged and continued walking down the hall.

Usagi glance curiously up at Ranma. "What's up?" She asked.

"I, I was wonderin' if you would... well, this is kinda embarrassing,
you see, Akane and Shampoo have this silly contest going on over who
gets to go with me over the dance, and then I KNOW that Kodachi and
Ukyo will somehow find out about this and join up and then some other
girl who I've never even met will join claiming SHE'S my fiancée and-
will you solve this for me?" Ranma pleaded.

"Sure, how?" Usagi asked. She lost what he was talking about when
he mentioned Kodachi.

"Would you go to the dance with me?" Ranma asked.

"Ranma, I can't do that!" Ranma's face fell as Usagi continued.
"Shampoo and Akane are my friends, I'm not to sure who Kodachi or
Ukyo are but-" Usagi was cut off by the captain of the basketball
team.

"Hey Usagi! I hear you are single for the dance and do not have a
boyfriend. So I'm granting you the honor of being my date." He
strolled up to her and smiled down at her and putting an arm around
her shoulders.

Usagi cringed but then saw Ranma looking sad and mad at the same
time. She shoved Lee off of her. "Sorry but Ranma here is taking
me." She grinned grabbing his arm.

Ranma's face lit up with delight. "Yeah, so, be careful of what you
say." Ranma threatened. Lee sighed and trudged down the hallway.
"Thank you SO much Usagi!" Ranma cried hugging her tightly.

"This is ONLY to keep guys like Lee off of me, Minako too. We are
strictly going as friends. I don't want to deal with an angry
Shampoo or Akane." Usagi told him laying out the terms.

"Deal." Ranma nodded smiling happily.

~~~#~~~

"You're WHAT?" Hitomi shrieked as she and Usagi jogged to the track.

"I'm going to the dance with Ranma." Usagi repeated.

"Shampoo and Akane are going to KILL you!" Hitomi warned tossing
her duffel bag onto a bench. Usagi's bag fell next to hers.

"We're going as friends. Ranma doesn't want to chose between Akane
and Shampoo." Usagi explained. Hitomi sighed shaking her head.
"Plus, I'm tired of every guy in Auto shop trying to hook up with
me." Usagi shuddered at her memory of Lee.

"What about Gohan?" Hitomi asked sitting down on the bench to tie
her shoes.

"What about Gohan?" Usagi echoed plopping down next to her.

"Don't you think he'll be a bit disappointed?" Hitomi asked tilting
her head to look at her friend.

"Why would be disappointed?" Usagi narrowed her eyes.

"He likes you, I mean he REALLY likes you, I think everyone knows
this but you." Hitomi smiled.

"But, we're just-"

"-Friends." Hitomi finished.

"Really, we are." Usagi tried to convince Hitomi. "What about you
and Van?" Usagi asked changing the subject.

"I don't know. Van doesn't really get the whole homecoming thing."
Hitomi shrugged.

"Guess I'll just have to talk with him." Usagi smiled dangerously.

Hitomi's eyes widened. "You wouldn't dare. And don't you change
the subject!"

"C'MON GIRLS! HURRY UP!" Amano yelled from the track impatiently.

"Saved my the Amano." Usagi winked before sprinting for the track.
Hitomi sighed and shook her head before following.

~~~$~~~

"RAAAAAAAAAANMAAAAAAAAAA!" Shampoo hollered across the boy's locker
room after football practice. Shampoo came marching through all the
locker halls while half naked boys screamed and grabbed for towels.

"Shampoo? What are you doing here?" Gohan asked zipping his pants
while Trunks and Ranma pulled theirs on before Shampoo could see
Trunks' Pokemon boxers and Ranma's Superman boxers.

"Ranma! Why you taking Usagi to Dance and not Shampoo or Akane?"
She demanded. A few boys were poking around the corner, namely Wufei
and Duo who wanted to see some fireworks.

"WHAT? YOU'RE TAKING USAGI?" Trunks and Gohan yelled at the same
time.

"Guys! Calm down! We're going as friends! Promise! And don't you
dare hurt Usagi Shampoo! I asked her because I couldn't decide
between you and Akane." Ranma held up his hands in defense.

Shampoo glared. "Fine, Shampoo no hurt Usagi. Usagi is Shampoo's
friend. Shampoo might tell Kodachi." Shampoo grinned evilly.

Ranma's eyes widened. "NO!"

"Then Ranma give Shampoo a slow dance!" Shampoo glared.

"Agreed."

"Good." Shampoo smiled satisfied stomping off. Ranma breathed a
sigh of relief and turned back to Trunks and Gohan, who were glaring
at him.

"Ranma, you KNOW I like Usagi." Trunks growled.

"Yeah, you know I- I mean, TRUNKS likes Usagi." Gohan covered.

"Uh... well, I gotta go, I think I hear coach calling." Ranma cried
dashing off leaving his jersey behind.

Trunks shook his head and sighed. "What did you almost say Gohan?"
Trunks asked turning to his friend.

"Uh... nothing. I think I hear the coach calling too, we can't be late
for practice so let's get moving." Gohan sputtered out changing the
subject off of him liking Usagi. Trunks gave Gohan a stern look
before following.

~^~^~^

"Usagi is WHAT?" Minako cried dropping her poms.

Akane looked up at her from her stretches. "She is going to the
dance with Ranma because Ranma couldn't decided between Shampoo and
I." Akane told her.

"NO! This ruins EVERYTHING! I had the GREATEST plan to get her
together with Gohan and this is NOT ALLOWED." Minako fumed and paced
around Akane.

"You're telling me about it, I bought a dress in Ranma's favorite
color." Akane sighed.

"There HAS to be a way to change this! I betted twenty dollars I
don't have to Rei whether Gohan would ask Usagi out to the dance or
not." Minako moaned sinking down on to the floor with Akane. "Say,
do you have twenty dollars I could borrow?" Minako asked Akane.

"None." Akane sighed.

"That's it, I'm going to find Gohan." Minako stomped up and marched
over to the doors that lead to the football field where the players
were running sprints. She was still in her cheerleading skirt and
had a white tank top on.

"Miss Aino, what are you doing on the track?" Aisha questioned as
the blonde stomped towards her.

"I have some important business to deal with Gohan." Minako glared
at the black haired boy. He stopped his sprints when he heard his
name and glanced over at Minako.

"All right, but make it quick. GOHAN, TAKE FIVE." Aisha called out
to him.

Gohan nodded and jogged to Minako. "Hey Minako, what's up?" Gohan
asked after taking a swig of water.

"Listen Gohan, you HAVE to take Usagi to the dance." Minako started.

"I can't, Ranma's taking her." Gohan told her quickly glancing
around.

"So? I KNOW you have the HOTTS for Usagi! I'm the DAMN SENSHI OF
LOVE! Now, you are GOING to take USAGI TO this DANCE or ELSE!"
Minako yelled in his ear.

The whole football team stopped dead in their tracks and looked at
Trunks. "I, I don't know what your talking about." Gohan stuttered
as he saw Trunks' disbelieving stare.

"You know what I'm talking about, you even told Van you did!" Minako
pointed out. The whole team leaned in closer to hear the exchange.

"How did you know?" Gohan gritted his jaw.

"When it comes to manners of the heart, I know EVERYTHING. Plus, I
was hiding from an angry mob of Rei and Haruka." Minako said in a
manner of fact sort of way.

"Listen, Ranma is my friend, and so is Trunks even though he wants to
rip my head off at the moment, so go back to practice Minako." Gohan
whispered harshly before stalking back on the field. Minako sighed
and trudged back to the gym.

~~~*~~~

The next chapter will have shopping madness, the dance and the game!