Bettering one-self.
By Minako-chan.
A Ranma ½ fanfiction continuación series.
Ranma ½ characters originally created by Rumiko Takashi.
Author's notes:
Ok this took long ^^u sorry guys this chapter has been really hard to write, specially the beginning. I wasn't sure how to start and it is the most difficult thing as you know. I've also had exams and I've got to fix up stuff so I can leave to my university September 2nd ^^u but now I have the chapter here and I hope you enjoy.
Last chapter:
But if it was a lie, then where the HELL was Akane? Had she lied to Kasumi too? Or did Kasumi know the truth? Could she possibly be hurt? Could she have been kidnapped? No, she hadn't left a note so the only way for Kasumi to know, was if Akane had spoken to her. Or had she indeed left a note that Kasumi hadn't told them about?
*Damn! Why did that stupid tomboy have to do this!?! So what do I do now? * Ranma's heart and mind were confused, he felt betrayed all over again. He felt disappointed, but most importantly, he was worried.
Chapter 4. "What to do?"
"Crap! Now what?" Millions of thoughts went through Ranma's mind, and he wasn't sure if any of them were true. What if she really had been kidnapped? It HAD happened before. And what if this time he'd taken a month or so to figure out that she had been taken away. What could have happened to her in this time period?
Nodoka approached Ranma's door. After his encounter with the Tatewaki boy Ranma had been extremely quiet. Just after Kuno had been taken away, Ranma had gone directly to his room, and Nodoka was left behind wondering what the truth was.
She hadn't been here when Akane had "left". So the only thing she'd heard was that Akane had left and they'd gotten occasional letters from her since then. But now someone had come and said otherwise. Nodoka had thought it was strange for her to leave so early to college, but had figured that the girl wanted some time alone.
*I wonder if Ranma's alright? * Nodoka sighted. There was only one way to find out. "Ranma may I come in?"
"Sure mom."
When Nodoka came in she saw her son's troubled face. And she also saw his backpack out with a couple of things. "Ranma what is that for?"
Ranma turned to see her mother while he looked for some other things that could be useful to him. "I'm packing mom, I'm going to go look for Akane."
Ok perhaps this was not what Nodoka had first thought her son would do, but she surely had expected him to worry about Akane. Yet she knew he was rushing into things without thinking, whatever he was thinking anyways. "Son you can't just leave like this. You still don't even know where to look."
"Doesn't matter. What if she's hurt? What if she's been taken by some whacko? I've gotta go save her." Ranma pulled his backpack over his shoulder and started to walk towards the door.
"Darling I can't let you leave like this without even thinking of the numerous possibilities." Nodoka was now blocking Ranma's path, and he calmly put down his backpack.
" It's as clear as the sun mom. She must have been kidnapped or she would have told us that she was going to leave!" The pigtailed martial artist was trying to keep his anger at bay; it had been enough to hear from Kuno that Akane was not in Nagoya.
"Honey you got letters from her didn't you? That has to mean that she was not kidnapped."
"I didn't get them Kasumi did. What if they were fakes? What if that's what those creeps want us thinking? That she went to college when in reality she's a prisoner to some guy that wants her to be his wife or just plainly wants to kill her!?"
Nodoka sighted, out of fear for Akane her son was not thinking straight. "Ranma how was it that all of you knew that Akane had gone to college?"
"What does that have to do with anything?! Akane could be in trouble and I'm here wasting my time! If you have to know it was Kasumi that told us, and she could have been fooled as easily as any of us."
Nodoka pulled the worried boy in front of her and sat him down in his futon, then she sat down herself. "Ranma even though you, Mr. Tendo and your father can be sort of absent minded. I'm sure Kasumi wouldn't be that calm if she didn't know something more."
"Kasumi might play dumb sometimes, but she is not blind. She would have noticed the oddness in the fact that Akane left for college to early." Ranma's gears started to work again. His mom could be right.
"Ok perhaps you're right. So then I need to talk with Kasumi first." He stood up and was going to go look for Kasumi when his mother took a hold of his arm.
"It might be wiser if we talk with her tomorrow alone Ranma."
All he could do was wait till morning. He knew he wouldn't be able to sleep, so the only thing he could do was train for a while or just lie on his futon. The first was probably the best to do. "All right. I guess I'll go train for a while."
Nodoka watched her son walk away and smiled sadly. *He really is in love and hasn't even noticed it. Well I guess I should go talk with Kasumi first.* Nodoka left Ranma's room and went to the kitchen to find Kasumi.
Ranma was in the dojo training when he saw a black petal float towards him. *Oh great. *
"Ranma-sama!" Kodachi was soon leaping into the dojo. And she had a big smirk on her face. "Ranma darling, we can finally be together without that girl interrupting us all the time."
Ranma had to move quickly before Kodachi trapped him with her ribbon. *I should have guessed that Kuno wouldn't be able to keep his mouth shut!* "Ummm, Kodachi, hi."
Kodachi was laughing manically as usual, and that always made Ranma's hair stand on end; it was as if he had a phobia towards the girl. "Ranma sweetums maybe we could have some fun tonight. Let's go out." Kodachi started to approach the martial artist in a slow 'sexy' way.
*How to get rid of her?! Why isn't Akane here when I need her!?!? At least she could mallet me somewhere far!* "Ah um, Kodachi, it's umm kinda late. Why don't we just leave this till another day huh?" Ranma's mind screamed 'run for your life! NOW!' So that's what the young man did.
"Ranma-sama! Wait! Let's go out on a date!"
So the cat and mouse chase began. And indeed Ranma fled Kodachi like a mouse would flee a cat. Ribbons flew, balls were thrown and any other gymnastic weapons Kodachi could come up with were directed at him.
Even other objects that were not quite gymnastic. The likes of mailboxes, trees, benches, and anything the mad girl could get within her grip, were in put in motion to intercept the boy's head, legs, or any other part of his body that might immobilize him enough so Kodachi could get him.
Sunrise came, a talented and exhausted martial artist finally arrived to the Tendo Dojo. There were bags under his eyes and he held on to a walking stick. *What were the god damned odds that Shampoo and Ukyo were up making deliveries when Kodachi was chasing me!? *
Ranma sighted and went to the roof without going inside the house. He lied down and looked into the blue sky, the first rays of day were hitting his eyes and skin. The young man's mind was soon drifting off into the memory of a brown eyed, dark haired girl.
*Akane did always get jealous when the girls dropped over. I wonder what she would have said if she had seen me arrive this late in the morning. *
*She'd probably be jogging right now. * He watched the street in hopes to see a smiling face turning around the corner, but this time it did not happen.
Akane hadn't come back and might not even come back if she had been kidnapped. He'd have lots of troubles tracking them down. But if he had to, he'd track them down till the ends of the world if necessary.
"Ranma! Breakfast is ready!" Nodoka was standing out in the garden watching her son. *My poor boy. I hope we're doing the right thing, it's probable that the longer they're apart the more they'll realize that they care for each other.*
"Huh? Oh right. I'll be down in sec mom!"
"All right Ranma." She walked back into the house and went to the kitchen where Kasumi was preparing breakfast. "Kasumi-chan I believe it wiser to leave the house to talk to Ranma about Akane. Don't you think?"
"Hai. I guess he could accompany to the market to get a few things that we've run out of." Kasumi kept staring at the food she was making. It was going to be hard to explain the whole situation. But perhaps if she had some support she could manage to tell Ranma the whole story without having him flipping over at an instant's notice when he heard that it all HAD been a lie.
When Nodoka came in the living room she could see her son sitting on the table, thinking quietly. He turned to look at her and gave a faint smile. Soon after followed Soun, Genma and Kasumi with the food.
The breakfast went on as usual: Genma trying to steal Ranma's food. Ranma trying to eat and protect his food, while trying to steal his father's at the same time. Whilst Nodoka talked with Soun and Kasumi about trivial things.
Eventually when all the dishes and tea cups were empty, everyone went their own separate ways. Genma and Soun sat and played shogi; Kasumi and Nodoka took the dishes and cleaned them. Of course the women were under the watchful eyes of one Ranma Saotome.
"Ranma would you like to accompany me to the market. I'll need some help with the groceries."
"Sure Kasumi."
They both left the house with a list of things to buy and an anxious demeanor. Finally after a while, Ranma broke the somber silence. "Kasumi did Akane really go to the university?"
Kasumi was relieved she had thought that Ranma would never speak. She knew that at any moment anyone could interrupt them, therefore they had to find somewhere to talk in private. So she started walking towards the only place she knew no one would bother them.
"Why do you ask Ranma-kun?" A sigh was heard from the individual by her side, and she turned to look at a troubled pair of eyes.
"Well, it's various things actually. I really hadn't thought much about it before. But now something has made me think about them and I need to know."
"Oh I see. Could it be because of Kuno's visit yesterday?"
A gaze was soon set upon her and for a split second Kasumi felt like turning her head away. *I guess we better get this over with. *
"Kasumi how did you know?" He had been sure that when Kuno had appeared, it had only been him and his mother outside, but perhaps he'd been mistaken.
If Kasumi had been there she'd know why he was sort of worried and why he had to talk with her. He could cut right into the chase and tell her how the whole situation was bothering him so much.
"Ranma-kun why don't we go inside and talk about it there."
*Inside?? * The pigtailed boy's head turned to see the entrance of the building they were at. * Tofu's Clinic!?!? Does she want us killed!?* "Kasumi now wait a minute! This is Tofu's clinic."
Kasumi's sweet smile was replaced with one full of mischief. "Yes, so?" Kasumi went directly in and soon the figure of a young doctor was in front of them. His glasses fogged up and he started stuttering (not as badly as before, but his stuttering was still bad.)
"Ka..Ka.Kasumi. Ha,. umm. what brings you here?" His voice was still shaky but it held some control.
"Ohayou gozaimasu Tofu-san. Umm... Ranma-kun and I were just talking about Akane. "
Ranma could see that Tofu's face had changed, his eyes were no longer that hazy and his smile appeared to be more normal. "Well then come in."
It was amazing. Tofu had only once gone into the closet when he'd led them into the house. And he hadn't stuttered as much as he usually did. Tofu showed them to the living room and asked them to sit down.
"So Ranma you've been asking about Akane?" Before the pigtailed boy could answer Tofu turned to Kasumi. "Have you told him?" And the woman in front of him just nodded no.
"Hey! I'm still here you know! What is it that you haven't told me?"
Kasumi and Tofu turned to look at Ranma, and both smiled.
"Well?? What's going on? Because you obviously know something I don't." It was understandable that this young man was fuming, after all he was in love (he wouldn't admit it to anyone, perhaps not even himself.)
The sweet woman that was sitting next to Tofu turned to look at him. "Should we tell him? Akane didn't want anyone to know."
"Hai, but would you rather have him search for her without knowing where?"
The pigtailed boy was perplexed. Both were talking as if he wasn't there and they surely knew more than they would let on. His heart was clenched in expectation. They knew more of what was going on than him. "Would you please tell me what's going on! I'm tiered of secrets, just tell dammit!"
"Well, you've probably figured by now that Akane did not go to the university. I had hoped that perhaps you wouldn't figure out till Akane came back."
"When IS she coming back? Where is she? Is she in trouble?" The impatient youth had stood up, he had a starve for information about the whereabouts of his fiancee and he wasn't going to back down until he got it.
"Firstly: yes, she might come back, just not that soon. Second: where is she? I can't really tell. And third: I don't think she's in trouble." Kasumi's sweet and calm smile also calmed him down a bit.
" So you know for a fact that she's not hurt or in trouble?"
"No not really. I haven't heard from her in a few weeks. But I'm sure she's fine."
"What?! Wait a sec. What about those letters!?"
The doctor didn't know what Ranma talked about, Kasumi hadn't told him anything about letters. And Akane hadn't even mentioned writing to her family. He turned to look at his life long crush whom had a small blush and a slight smirk. "You wrote those letters Kasumi-san?"
And very different from her usual responses Kasumi laughed nervously. "Perhaps. I just thought that it'd work better with the plan, then it'd be easier for everyone to believe. Who would have known that Kuno would go look for her?"
"Ok so let me get this straight. Akane left for who knows what reason. She didn't tell anyone but you she was going to leave. She hasn't been writing the letters you've read to us and you haven't heard from her in a long while."
"Yes that's about it."
"Well how the hell do you know she's not in trouble!?!? Damn it I mean how do you even know she wasn't kidnapped? Did she tell you in person she was going to leave?"
Tofu knew that Ranma was very confused and frustrated, but his shouts were of no use. "Ranma calm down. We're sure Akane's fine."
"Look I know she wasn't kidnapped because I did talk to her before she left."
"Well why didn't you stop her?! You should have told her that she couldn't just leave like that!!"
Kasumi sighted, she would have to explain everything so he'd understand. "I couldn't stop her. She needed to leave the house."
"Why!? Why would she need to leave?!"
The doctor stood in front of Ranma and smiled. "Ranma you take pride from your fighting skills. You're a martial artist and you've been able to improve your techniques by learning new ones."
"Yeah. But what does that have to do with anything!?" The young martial artist could not stand it anymore he needed an answer as to why his fiancee had left, or he'd go pry it off her.
Kasumi smiled lovingly and spoke "Ranma you've got a martial artist's pride, but what if you weren't strong enough to defeat your opponents? What if whenever you were in trouble you had to rely on someone else to save you?"
"Then I'd train more until I beat them. It wouldn't be fair to have people risking themselves just to save me all the time!"
"Well that's just what Akane felt and that is why she left to train." Kasumi stood up followed by Tofu. "You see, even if she always had someone to protect her, Akane is still a martial artist with pride. I believe she was deprived of her right to learn more of the art for too long. I couldn't deny to her something she really wanted and needed to do."
It all made sense somehow in his mind, but he still couldn't help but worry for his tomboy. He knew that she was good and that she had lots of hidden talent, but how could she see her mistakes if she didn't have someone to help her? * If I let her comeback on her own she might never come back. And if I go get her she just might stay anyway out of frustration.*
Ranma sighted and realized there was really nothing more for him to do. He could only wait for her, whether he liked it or not. He couldn't just run off to find her, because he didn't even know where to look, and also if she decided to come back and he wasn't here she might just leave again without telling him.
Quite a while passed in utter silence, no one dared speak . But the truth is that no one had any idea of what to say next. The only one who had his mind in constant turmoil was the young man that had received the news. He wasn't sure if to be sad, angry or disappointed, the woman he most cared for hadn't had enough trust in him to voice out her worries or thoughts.
"Ranma are you ok?"
"What?"
"I asked if you were ok?" The pigtailed martial artist just sat in front of her without even blinking. It had probably been a hard hit on him. But there was nothing more anyone could do.
Ranma sighted and stood up to leave. "I just need to think Kasumi." And with those last words he left the peaceful yet disturbed clinic.
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Meanwhile somewhere else in Japan, two girls walked side by side. One of them apologizing for ruining desert and the other forgiving her once and again. "Akane I've already told you! It's all right! The hole on the wall can be fixed."
"Mia I'm soooooo sorry. I just wasn't thinking when I let the gas out without turning on the stove. I promise I'll make it up to you! I swear I wont do it again!"
The brown haired girl chuckled for the up tenth time within a 20 minute time lapse. "Look, just next time remember to follow the list I gave you and tick off what you've done. It worked well with the salad didn't it?"
Mia's smile calmed the once named kitchen destroyer's spirit. *Ok so maybe Shampoo wasn't that far off with the nick name. Man I have to be more careful.*
After a month of practice Akane had finally learned some basic rules. First, most of her mistakes were caused because of the nervousness she felt whenever she cooked for Ranma. Second if she layed out all the ingredients in the table before putting them in the dish, she could control more what she put in. And third, which was really the most important point, she had to taste what she cooked step by step to figure out where she had gone wrong.
At first Akane would still cook toxic food. Mia would watch carefully what Akane would do and then correct her where she went wrong. She never dared touch Akane's food, so Akane was the one that fainted constantly because of the intoxication. Finally the shorthaired girl was able to come up, for the first time, with a simple and more importantly edible salad.
And yet she still had problems with deserts. Salads were easy, Mia had told her what condiments went with which, and which condiments could be used in salads. Besides with help of her mother's cookbook Akane had learned some patience. She now had around 4 recipes ticked off.
A while ago, before both girls went out on the street to get some ingredients to make an easier desert (like strawberries and cream), Akane had tried baking a cake. Definitely not a good idea, when Akane had started ticking off her list of things to do, she had opened the gas but had forgotten to turn on the stove.
After a couple of minutes both girls smelt a funny odor. By the time Mia realized what it was, Akane had noticed that she hadn't turn on the stove and had already turned on a match. The good thing was that the gas had run for just a few moments or all the inhabitants of the house might have found themselves in a hospital.
With her mood still sad because of her latest failure, Akane walked the three blocks to the grocery store asking forgiveness time and time again. The main courses and salads were ready, but the Tendo girl had managed to ruin that night's special desert.
It was running late, Mia's brother would arrive soon. The new female member in the Kimura household had been surprised when her friend had told her that she had an older brother and that he'd be visiting them that very same day. Somehow they had forgotten to mention it to Akane.
"So Mia, you never got to tell me where your brother left to or why. What's the scoop?"
"Well, Akira has been traveling for a long time. He's always wanted to become a great warrior, just like mom. Father wasn't much for the idea, he wanted my brother to focus all his attention on the university entrance exams. But my brother and his best friend convinced dad; they got high scores in the entrance exam. They left like half a year ago, so we're all pretty exited about their return."
"So he likes martial arts too huh?"
" Yes well, see he got his love for the art from both my mom and dad. Well we all did."
"All? You mean you and your brother."
" Yes and my sister."
Akane smiled. "Just one question, why don't you ever talk much about your family?"
The girl just shrugged and sighted. "I guess I just sometimes forget I have an older brother and an older sister. I mean it's been a while since we've all been together. Oh hey look we're here! Now we can get the strawberries for desert."
Akane watched as her companion entered the store. She had sensed some sadness and yet joy in her tone. But she wasn't the type of person to pry things off of people, well at least not always. Akane followed and they were soon in and out of the store.
"Do you think your brother will like the salad and the strawberries."
"Of course he will Akane! Besides even if your food does taste horrible it's not like he'll die of it!"
"HA! Tell that to Ranma!" her mood flared up once the words came out of her mouth. Akane still thought a lot about Ranma, and she wasn't sure if she missed him or if she loathed him. She still hadn't been able to master the Kashuu Tenchin Amaguriken and it pissed her off that her fiancee could do it in one day.
"Akane? Do you love Ranma?"
"What?! What made you think that?!" both girls had stopped walking once Akane had mentioned Ranma.
"Well the way you keep talking about him just seems like you care a lot for him. Don't you? Why DID you leave Akane?" The hearty smile Mia gave, made the other martial artist flush.
Akane stared at her hands and then the sky. The sky always did make her think of Ranma. She had always thought of Ranma as a free spirit and she had wanted many times to feel like that. The idea for her trip had sprouted from that thought, but she had stayed because she couldn't leave Ranma. Even with all the fights and the name-calling, Akane felt that their friendship was special.
She needed him as much as he needed her. but as time passed Akane had seen how if neither took a steep further down the road, then nothing would change and neither would grow. Perhaps she did want Ranma to be more than just a friend. "I care for him. But I also need to move forward."
A small yet sad smile appeared on her face "Mia we don't want to be late. Come on lets go."
Mia smiled, she had known every time Akane had talked about Ranma that she had special feelings for him. She had wondered various times why would Akane leave the boy she loved. From the small things she had gotten out of Akane it seemed like Ranma wasn't mature enough to get involved in any kind of serious relationship.
Akane turned to Mia, she seemed to be thinking. Probably about what she had just asked her. Did she really want to be more than a friend to Ranma, but did she really love him? She had been told many times that when you were in love you knew. But she wasn't so sure, she had kept her feelings in for so long that it was hard to identify them anymore.
"Hey Mia where ARE your mother and sister by the way?"
"Back at the tribe. My sister is trainning to become part of it, so my mom had to go with her."
"Tribe, what tribe?"
"The amazons."
The short haired martial artist stopped walking. Did she hear right? The AMAZONS!?. "Mia are you talking about the Amazons in China? The ones that live near Jusenkyo???"
The shorter girl turned to Akane and smiled. "Why yes. Do you know them?"
"Know them?! Are you kidding me? I've known and dealt with some for longer than I'd like!!"
"Really? Who? I've been in the village a couple of times." She was just smiling now, Akane knew the Amazons. She wasn't surprised by her apparent aversion towards them; she knew how some foreigners could misinterpret or judge wrongly her friends. Mia was really surprised now, she took Akane's arm and continued walking.
"Cologne, Shampoo and Mouse. " Akane basically barked out Shampoo's name.
"Wow! You know elder Cologne. She's really respected in the village."
"Yeah well she's pretty annoying if you ask me."
Both girls had ended their walk to the house and stood at the gates.
"That's funny, she was always so kind with me. Hey we can talk about this with my brother! He knows way more of the Amazons than me! Come on let's go in."
The brunette's mood was just as bouncy as usual. She wasn't fazed out by Akane's commentary. There had to be a misunderstanding there and she would get to the bottom of it. Her mother was after all part of the Amazon tribe and Mia knew all there was to know about it. After all, one day she would have to face the test to become an official member to the tribe. Perhaps Akane could become a member too if she agreed to it, they could adopt her into their family and then they would be sisters. It could be great!
End of chapter 4.
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Sorry I left it there ;) It's just been so long that I want to give you guys something. I wanted to include the Kimura's and Akane's conversation here. But I'll leave that till next chapter. I have a few surprises I want to put in there ;). I know Ranma might be a bit out of character, but I want to make them grow. I think that if Kasumi and Tofu explained it to him in terms that he would understand he wouldn't act like his typical self.
Go ahead and review :D I promise this time I'll try to put the next one soon. ^^ I've been kinda busy cause I'm going to the States to study so I've had to fix up all my stuff. I hope school wont take up so much time, I want to keep writing this story. Cya guys ;). Please go ahead and leave criticisms and whatever you like (just be nice and don't put anything insulting ).
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Nikka5.- Thanks for helping me out with the tired thing ^^. I still have quite a way to go.
Inferna.- jiji ^^ Yes Ranma is worried and he always will be ;). I've always thought that they're destined to be together ;) . Oh by the way there WILL be a chapter further on where Ranma will see how Akane's been improving ;). ^^ I just can't wait till I write that one ^^.
Sweet Chaos.- Thanks for your review ^^ I hope I did this chapter a bit nicer for you ;). I tried to omit the usage of their names all the time ^^u don't think I did that well but well at least I tried ^^. Don't kill me please ;)
Ying Fa.- I'm glad you liked last chapter. I hope this one wasn't too borring. Next one I'll put some more action in. And I'll have Akane face up to a new threat ^^, yes! I'll have Akane have an enemy for your entertainment. ^^ I hope you guys will like my idea ;).
Lavender Gaia.- I totally agree with you :D. I put Nodoka in just so she could knock some sense into Ranma, jajajaja ^^. And there will be more of her everyonce in a while. Chris gave me a really good idea, to have Ranma teach Akane the Kashu Tenshin Amaguriken, I'll go with that ;). But note that I will make Akane stronger than the other girls :D. ^^ I want her to kick butt! JAJAJAJAJA
Chris.- you're right it had to be shallow cut for her not to die ^^u, I hadn't thought about that before ^^u. But could you live with her having that cut and not dieying ;) ? By the way thanks for the idea about Ranma teaching Akane ^^ I love the idea and I think I'll just do that ^^. ^^u I hadn't thought about having Akane learn it right away but thanks anyways ;).
Tigris.- You have no idea how it makes me super happy to see that someone really likes my fic :D. Oh and I came up with this idea because I had read too many fics where Ranma would leave Akane. So I thought "Why not? Akane's much more short tempered than Ranma and this is exactly what she would do if she got sick of it. " ^^ So this story popped up ;). By the way I'm drawing my characters ^^ I hope I finish them soon and when I do I'll tell you guys so you'll check them out ;).
Butterfly.- Gomen nasai!!! ^^u I took a long time yet again to update ^^u. Sorry sometimes I just really get bad writer's block and I just can't seem to continue. I know this chapter is a bit slow and not that long and frankly maybe even a bit borring. But ^^ I wanted to show how Ranma reacts to the truth and I wanted to give way to the introduction of my new characters ;). Next chapter will be better I promise!
Raye.- Hihi ^^ sorry I wont have Ranma chase after her yet. ^^ Actually I'm not sure if I'm gonna have him chase after her. But don't worry they'll see each other again ;). This story will be mostly about Akane, but I always try to put some stuff on Ranma in. I hope you don't mind.
Kura-kun.- Don't shoot me! Please don't shoot me ^^ She WILL get some sort of punishment believe me. And Ranma will be the one giving it ^^.
RanmaNoBaka.- My spelling might not be that great ^^u sorry but I'm really trying to fix it. Right now I just got a new computer and it doesn't have word so I'm working with Word Pad, and appearently it doesn't have spellcheck ^^u.
Kinai.- ^^u I hope you don't mind it too much when I put cliffhangers. I've just noticed that when people put cliffhangers I really really want to read it soon ^^. So it's sort of a way for me not to loose your interest in my story.
By Minako-chan.
A Ranma ½ fanfiction continuación series.
Ranma ½ characters originally created by Rumiko Takashi.
Author's notes:
Ok this took long ^^u sorry guys this chapter has been really hard to write, specially the beginning. I wasn't sure how to start and it is the most difficult thing as you know. I've also had exams and I've got to fix up stuff so I can leave to my university September 2nd ^^u but now I have the chapter here and I hope you enjoy.
Last chapter:
But if it was a lie, then where the HELL was Akane? Had she lied to Kasumi too? Or did Kasumi know the truth? Could she possibly be hurt? Could she have been kidnapped? No, she hadn't left a note so the only way for Kasumi to know, was if Akane had spoken to her. Or had she indeed left a note that Kasumi hadn't told them about?
*Damn! Why did that stupid tomboy have to do this!?! So what do I do now? * Ranma's heart and mind were confused, he felt betrayed all over again. He felt disappointed, but most importantly, he was worried.
Chapter 4. "What to do?"
"Crap! Now what?" Millions of thoughts went through Ranma's mind, and he wasn't sure if any of them were true. What if she really had been kidnapped? It HAD happened before. And what if this time he'd taken a month or so to figure out that she had been taken away. What could have happened to her in this time period?
Nodoka approached Ranma's door. After his encounter with the Tatewaki boy Ranma had been extremely quiet. Just after Kuno had been taken away, Ranma had gone directly to his room, and Nodoka was left behind wondering what the truth was.
She hadn't been here when Akane had "left". So the only thing she'd heard was that Akane had left and they'd gotten occasional letters from her since then. But now someone had come and said otherwise. Nodoka had thought it was strange for her to leave so early to college, but had figured that the girl wanted some time alone.
*I wonder if Ranma's alright? * Nodoka sighted. There was only one way to find out. "Ranma may I come in?"
"Sure mom."
When Nodoka came in she saw her son's troubled face. And she also saw his backpack out with a couple of things. "Ranma what is that for?"
Ranma turned to see her mother while he looked for some other things that could be useful to him. "I'm packing mom, I'm going to go look for Akane."
Ok perhaps this was not what Nodoka had first thought her son would do, but she surely had expected him to worry about Akane. Yet she knew he was rushing into things without thinking, whatever he was thinking anyways. "Son you can't just leave like this. You still don't even know where to look."
"Doesn't matter. What if she's hurt? What if she's been taken by some whacko? I've gotta go save her." Ranma pulled his backpack over his shoulder and started to walk towards the door.
"Darling I can't let you leave like this without even thinking of the numerous possibilities." Nodoka was now blocking Ranma's path, and he calmly put down his backpack.
" It's as clear as the sun mom. She must have been kidnapped or she would have told us that she was going to leave!" The pigtailed martial artist was trying to keep his anger at bay; it had been enough to hear from Kuno that Akane was not in Nagoya.
"Honey you got letters from her didn't you? That has to mean that she was not kidnapped."
"I didn't get them Kasumi did. What if they were fakes? What if that's what those creeps want us thinking? That she went to college when in reality she's a prisoner to some guy that wants her to be his wife or just plainly wants to kill her!?"
Nodoka sighted, out of fear for Akane her son was not thinking straight. "Ranma how was it that all of you knew that Akane had gone to college?"
"What does that have to do with anything?! Akane could be in trouble and I'm here wasting my time! If you have to know it was Kasumi that told us, and she could have been fooled as easily as any of us."
Nodoka pulled the worried boy in front of her and sat him down in his futon, then she sat down herself. "Ranma even though you, Mr. Tendo and your father can be sort of absent minded. I'm sure Kasumi wouldn't be that calm if she didn't know something more."
"Kasumi might play dumb sometimes, but she is not blind. She would have noticed the oddness in the fact that Akane left for college to early." Ranma's gears started to work again. His mom could be right.
"Ok perhaps you're right. So then I need to talk with Kasumi first." He stood up and was going to go look for Kasumi when his mother took a hold of his arm.
"It might be wiser if we talk with her tomorrow alone Ranma."
All he could do was wait till morning. He knew he wouldn't be able to sleep, so the only thing he could do was train for a while or just lie on his futon. The first was probably the best to do. "All right. I guess I'll go train for a while."
Nodoka watched her son walk away and smiled sadly. *He really is in love and hasn't even noticed it. Well I guess I should go talk with Kasumi first.* Nodoka left Ranma's room and went to the kitchen to find Kasumi.
Ranma was in the dojo training when he saw a black petal float towards him. *Oh great. *
"Ranma-sama!" Kodachi was soon leaping into the dojo. And she had a big smirk on her face. "Ranma darling, we can finally be together without that girl interrupting us all the time."
Ranma had to move quickly before Kodachi trapped him with her ribbon. *I should have guessed that Kuno wouldn't be able to keep his mouth shut!* "Ummm, Kodachi, hi."
Kodachi was laughing manically as usual, and that always made Ranma's hair stand on end; it was as if he had a phobia towards the girl. "Ranma sweetums maybe we could have some fun tonight. Let's go out." Kodachi started to approach the martial artist in a slow 'sexy' way.
*How to get rid of her?! Why isn't Akane here when I need her!?!? At least she could mallet me somewhere far!* "Ah um, Kodachi, it's umm kinda late. Why don't we just leave this till another day huh?" Ranma's mind screamed 'run for your life! NOW!' So that's what the young man did.
"Ranma-sama! Wait! Let's go out on a date!"
So the cat and mouse chase began. And indeed Ranma fled Kodachi like a mouse would flee a cat. Ribbons flew, balls were thrown and any other gymnastic weapons Kodachi could come up with were directed at him.
Even other objects that were not quite gymnastic. The likes of mailboxes, trees, benches, and anything the mad girl could get within her grip, were in put in motion to intercept the boy's head, legs, or any other part of his body that might immobilize him enough so Kodachi could get him.
Sunrise came, a talented and exhausted martial artist finally arrived to the Tendo Dojo. There were bags under his eyes and he held on to a walking stick. *What were the god damned odds that Shampoo and Ukyo were up making deliveries when Kodachi was chasing me!? *
Ranma sighted and went to the roof without going inside the house. He lied down and looked into the blue sky, the first rays of day were hitting his eyes and skin. The young man's mind was soon drifting off into the memory of a brown eyed, dark haired girl.
*Akane did always get jealous when the girls dropped over. I wonder what she would have said if she had seen me arrive this late in the morning. *
*She'd probably be jogging right now. * He watched the street in hopes to see a smiling face turning around the corner, but this time it did not happen.
Akane hadn't come back and might not even come back if she had been kidnapped. He'd have lots of troubles tracking them down. But if he had to, he'd track them down till the ends of the world if necessary.
"Ranma! Breakfast is ready!" Nodoka was standing out in the garden watching her son. *My poor boy. I hope we're doing the right thing, it's probable that the longer they're apart the more they'll realize that they care for each other.*
"Huh? Oh right. I'll be down in sec mom!"
"All right Ranma." She walked back into the house and went to the kitchen where Kasumi was preparing breakfast. "Kasumi-chan I believe it wiser to leave the house to talk to Ranma about Akane. Don't you think?"
"Hai. I guess he could accompany to the market to get a few things that we've run out of." Kasumi kept staring at the food she was making. It was going to be hard to explain the whole situation. But perhaps if she had some support she could manage to tell Ranma the whole story without having him flipping over at an instant's notice when he heard that it all HAD been a lie.
When Nodoka came in the living room she could see her son sitting on the table, thinking quietly. He turned to look at her and gave a faint smile. Soon after followed Soun, Genma and Kasumi with the food.
The breakfast went on as usual: Genma trying to steal Ranma's food. Ranma trying to eat and protect his food, while trying to steal his father's at the same time. Whilst Nodoka talked with Soun and Kasumi about trivial things.
Eventually when all the dishes and tea cups were empty, everyone went their own separate ways. Genma and Soun sat and played shogi; Kasumi and Nodoka took the dishes and cleaned them. Of course the women were under the watchful eyes of one Ranma Saotome.
"Ranma would you like to accompany me to the market. I'll need some help with the groceries."
"Sure Kasumi."
They both left the house with a list of things to buy and an anxious demeanor. Finally after a while, Ranma broke the somber silence. "Kasumi did Akane really go to the university?"
Kasumi was relieved she had thought that Ranma would never speak. She knew that at any moment anyone could interrupt them, therefore they had to find somewhere to talk in private. So she started walking towards the only place she knew no one would bother them.
"Why do you ask Ranma-kun?" A sigh was heard from the individual by her side, and she turned to look at a troubled pair of eyes.
"Well, it's various things actually. I really hadn't thought much about it before. But now something has made me think about them and I need to know."
"Oh I see. Could it be because of Kuno's visit yesterday?"
A gaze was soon set upon her and for a split second Kasumi felt like turning her head away. *I guess we better get this over with. *
"Kasumi how did you know?" He had been sure that when Kuno had appeared, it had only been him and his mother outside, but perhaps he'd been mistaken.
If Kasumi had been there she'd know why he was sort of worried and why he had to talk with her. He could cut right into the chase and tell her how the whole situation was bothering him so much.
"Ranma-kun why don't we go inside and talk about it there."
*Inside?? * The pigtailed boy's head turned to see the entrance of the building they were at. * Tofu's Clinic!?!? Does she want us killed!?* "Kasumi now wait a minute! This is Tofu's clinic."
Kasumi's sweet smile was replaced with one full of mischief. "Yes, so?" Kasumi went directly in and soon the figure of a young doctor was in front of them. His glasses fogged up and he started stuttering (not as badly as before, but his stuttering was still bad.)
"Ka..Ka.Kasumi. Ha,. umm. what brings you here?" His voice was still shaky but it held some control.
"Ohayou gozaimasu Tofu-san. Umm... Ranma-kun and I were just talking about Akane. "
Ranma could see that Tofu's face had changed, his eyes were no longer that hazy and his smile appeared to be more normal. "Well then come in."
It was amazing. Tofu had only once gone into the closet when he'd led them into the house. And he hadn't stuttered as much as he usually did. Tofu showed them to the living room and asked them to sit down.
"So Ranma you've been asking about Akane?" Before the pigtailed boy could answer Tofu turned to Kasumi. "Have you told him?" And the woman in front of him just nodded no.
"Hey! I'm still here you know! What is it that you haven't told me?"
Kasumi and Tofu turned to look at Ranma, and both smiled.
"Well?? What's going on? Because you obviously know something I don't." It was understandable that this young man was fuming, after all he was in love (he wouldn't admit it to anyone, perhaps not even himself.)
The sweet woman that was sitting next to Tofu turned to look at him. "Should we tell him? Akane didn't want anyone to know."
"Hai, but would you rather have him search for her without knowing where?"
The pigtailed boy was perplexed. Both were talking as if he wasn't there and they surely knew more than they would let on. His heart was clenched in expectation. They knew more of what was going on than him. "Would you please tell me what's going on! I'm tiered of secrets, just tell dammit!"
"Well, you've probably figured by now that Akane did not go to the university. I had hoped that perhaps you wouldn't figure out till Akane came back."
"When IS she coming back? Where is she? Is she in trouble?" The impatient youth had stood up, he had a starve for information about the whereabouts of his fiancee and he wasn't going to back down until he got it.
"Firstly: yes, she might come back, just not that soon. Second: where is she? I can't really tell. And third: I don't think she's in trouble." Kasumi's sweet and calm smile also calmed him down a bit.
" So you know for a fact that she's not hurt or in trouble?"
"No not really. I haven't heard from her in a few weeks. But I'm sure she's fine."
"What?! Wait a sec. What about those letters!?"
The doctor didn't know what Ranma talked about, Kasumi hadn't told him anything about letters. And Akane hadn't even mentioned writing to her family. He turned to look at his life long crush whom had a small blush and a slight smirk. "You wrote those letters Kasumi-san?"
And very different from her usual responses Kasumi laughed nervously. "Perhaps. I just thought that it'd work better with the plan, then it'd be easier for everyone to believe. Who would have known that Kuno would go look for her?"
"Ok so let me get this straight. Akane left for who knows what reason. She didn't tell anyone but you she was going to leave. She hasn't been writing the letters you've read to us and you haven't heard from her in a long while."
"Yes that's about it."
"Well how the hell do you know she's not in trouble!?!? Damn it I mean how do you even know she wasn't kidnapped? Did she tell you in person she was going to leave?"
Tofu knew that Ranma was very confused and frustrated, but his shouts were of no use. "Ranma calm down. We're sure Akane's fine."
"Look I know she wasn't kidnapped because I did talk to her before she left."
"Well why didn't you stop her?! You should have told her that she couldn't just leave like that!!"
Kasumi sighted, she would have to explain everything so he'd understand. "I couldn't stop her. She needed to leave the house."
"Why!? Why would she need to leave?!"
The doctor stood in front of Ranma and smiled. "Ranma you take pride from your fighting skills. You're a martial artist and you've been able to improve your techniques by learning new ones."
"Yeah. But what does that have to do with anything!?" The young martial artist could not stand it anymore he needed an answer as to why his fiancee had left, or he'd go pry it off her.
Kasumi smiled lovingly and spoke "Ranma you've got a martial artist's pride, but what if you weren't strong enough to defeat your opponents? What if whenever you were in trouble you had to rely on someone else to save you?"
"Then I'd train more until I beat them. It wouldn't be fair to have people risking themselves just to save me all the time!"
"Well that's just what Akane felt and that is why she left to train." Kasumi stood up followed by Tofu. "You see, even if she always had someone to protect her, Akane is still a martial artist with pride. I believe she was deprived of her right to learn more of the art for too long. I couldn't deny to her something she really wanted and needed to do."
It all made sense somehow in his mind, but he still couldn't help but worry for his tomboy. He knew that she was good and that she had lots of hidden talent, but how could she see her mistakes if she didn't have someone to help her? * If I let her comeback on her own she might never come back. And if I go get her she just might stay anyway out of frustration.*
Ranma sighted and realized there was really nothing more for him to do. He could only wait for her, whether he liked it or not. He couldn't just run off to find her, because he didn't even know where to look, and also if she decided to come back and he wasn't here she might just leave again without telling him.
Quite a while passed in utter silence, no one dared speak . But the truth is that no one had any idea of what to say next. The only one who had his mind in constant turmoil was the young man that had received the news. He wasn't sure if to be sad, angry or disappointed, the woman he most cared for hadn't had enough trust in him to voice out her worries or thoughts.
"Ranma are you ok?"
"What?"
"I asked if you were ok?" The pigtailed martial artist just sat in front of her without even blinking. It had probably been a hard hit on him. But there was nothing more anyone could do.
Ranma sighted and stood up to leave. "I just need to think Kasumi." And with those last words he left the peaceful yet disturbed clinic.
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Meanwhile somewhere else in Japan, two girls walked side by side. One of them apologizing for ruining desert and the other forgiving her once and again. "Akane I've already told you! It's all right! The hole on the wall can be fixed."
"Mia I'm soooooo sorry. I just wasn't thinking when I let the gas out without turning on the stove. I promise I'll make it up to you! I swear I wont do it again!"
The brown haired girl chuckled for the up tenth time within a 20 minute time lapse. "Look, just next time remember to follow the list I gave you and tick off what you've done. It worked well with the salad didn't it?"
Mia's smile calmed the once named kitchen destroyer's spirit. *Ok so maybe Shampoo wasn't that far off with the nick name. Man I have to be more careful.*
After a month of practice Akane had finally learned some basic rules. First, most of her mistakes were caused because of the nervousness she felt whenever she cooked for Ranma. Second if she layed out all the ingredients in the table before putting them in the dish, she could control more what she put in. And third, which was really the most important point, she had to taste what she cooked step by step to figure out where she had gone wrong.
At first Akane would still cook toxic food. Mia would watch carefully what Akane would do and then correct her where she went wrong. She never dared touch Akane's food, so Akane was the one that fainted constantly because of the intoxication. Finally the shorthaired girl was able to come up, for the first time, with a simple and more importantly edible salad.
And yet she still had problems with deserts. Salads were easy, Mia had told her what condiments went with which, and which condiments could be used in salads. Besides with help of her mother's cookbook Akane had learned some patience. She now had around 4 recipes ticked off.
A while ago, before both girls went out on the street to get some ingredients to make an easier desert (like strawberries and cream), Akane had tried baking a cake. Definitely not a good idea, when Akane had started ticking off her list of things to do, she had opened the gas but had forgotten to turn on the stove.
After a couple of minutes both girls smelt a funny odor. By the time Mia realized what it was, Akane had noticed that she hadn't turn on the stove and had already turned on a match. The good thing was that the gas had run for just a few moments or all the inhabitants of the house might have found themselves in a hospital.
With her mood still sad because of her latest failure, Akane walked the three blocks to the grocery store asking forgiveness time and time again. The main courses and salads were ready, but the Tendo girl had managed to ruin that night's special desert.
It was running late, Mia's brother would arrive soon. The new female member in the Kimura household had been surprised when her friend had told her that she had an older brother and that he'd be visiting them that very same day. Somehow they had forgotten to mention it to Akane.
"So Mia, you never got to tell me where your brother left to or why. What's the scoop?"
"Well, Akira has been traveling for a long time. He's always wanted to become a great warrior, just like mom. Father wasn't much for the idea, he wanted my brother to focus all his attention on the university entrance exams. But my brother and his best friend convinced dad; they got high scores in the entrance exam. They left like half a year ago, so we're all pretty exited about their return."
"So he likes martial arts too huh?"
" Yes well, see he got his love for the art from both my mom and dad. Well we all did."
"All? You mean you and your brother."
" Yes and my sister."
Akane smiled. "Just one question, why don't you ever talk much about your family?"
The girl just shrugged and sighted. "I guess I just sometimes forget I have an older brother and an older sister. I mean it's been a while since we've all been together. Oh hey look we're here! Now we can get the strawberries for desert."
Akane watched as her companion entered the store. She had sensed some sadness and yet joy in her tone. But she wasn't the type of person to pry things off of people, well at least not always. Akane followed and they were soon in and out of the store.
"Do you think your brother will like the salad and the strawberries."
"Of course he will Akane! Besides even if your food does taste horrible it's not like he'll die of it!"
"HA! Tell that to Ranma!" her mood flared up once the words came out of her mouth. Akane still thought a lot about Ranma, and she wasn't sure if she missed him or if she loathed him. She still hadn't been able to master the Kashuu Tenchin Amaguriken and it pissed her off that her fiancee could do it in one day.
"Akane? Do you love Ranma?"
"What?! What made you think that?!" both girls had stopped walking once Akane had mentioned Ranma.
"Well the way you keep talking about him just seems like you care a lot for him. Don't you? Why DID you leave Akane?" The hearty smile Mia gave, made the other martial artist flush.
Akane stared at her hands and then the sky. The sky always did make her think of Ranma. She had always thought of Ranma as a free spirit and she had wanted many times to feel like that. The idea for her trip had sprouted from that thought, but she had stayed because she couldn't leave Ranma. Even with all the fights and the name-calling, Akane felt that their friendship was special.
She needed him as much as he needed her. but as time passed Akane had seen how if neither took a steep further down the road, then nothing would change and neither would grow. Perhaps she did want Ranma to be more than just a friend. "I care for him. But I also need to move forward."
A small yet sad smile appeared on her face "Mia we don't want to be late. Come on lets go."
Mia smiled, she had known every time Akane had talked about Ranma that she had special feelings for him. She had wondered various times why would Akane leave the boy she loved. From the small things she had gotten out of Akane it seemed like Ranma wasn't mature enough to get involved in any kind of serious relationship.
Akane turned to Mia, she seemed to be thinking. Probably about what she had just asked her. Did she really want to be more than a friend to Ranma, but did she really love him? She had been told many times that when you were in love you knew. But she wasn't so sure, she had kept her feelings in for so long that it was hard to identify them anymore.
"Hey Mia where ARE your mother and sister by the way?"
"Back at the tribe. My sister is trainning to become part of it, so my mom had to go with her."
"Tribe, what tribe?"
"The amazons."
The short haired martial artist stopped walking. Did she hear right? The AMAZONS!?. "Mia are you talking about the Amazons in China? The ones that live near Jusenkyo???"
The shorter girl turned to Akane and smiled. "Why yes. Do you know them?"
"Know them?! Are you kidding me? I've known and dealt with some for longer than I'd like!!"
"Really? Who? I've been in the village a couple of times." She was just smiling now, Akane knew the Amazons. She wasn't surprised by her apparent aversion towards them; she knew how some foreigners could misinterpret or judge wrongly her friends. Mia was really surprised now, she took Akane's arm and continued walking.
"Cologne, Shampoo and Mouse. " Akane basically barked out Shampoo's name.
"Wow! You know elder Cologne. She's really respected in the village."
"Yeah well she's pretty annoying if you ask me."
Both girls had ended their walk to the house and stood at the gates.
"That's funny, she was always so kind with me. Hey we can talk about this with my brother! He knows way more of the Amazons than me! Come on let's go in."
The brunette's mood was just as bouncy as usual. She wasn't fazed out by Akane's commentary. There had to be a misunderstanding there and she would get to the bottom of it. Her mother was after all part of the Amazon tribe and Mia knew all there was to know about it. After all, one day she would have to face the test to become an official member to the tribe. Perhaps Akane could become a member too if she agreed to it, they could adopt her into their family and then they would be sisters. It could be great!
End of chapter 4.
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Sorry I left it there ;) It's just been so long that I want to give you guys something. I wanted to include the Kimura's and Akane's conversation here. But I'll leave that till next chapter. I have a few surprises I want to put in there ;). I know Ranma might be a bit out of character, but I want to make them grow. I think that if Kasumi and Tofu explained it to him in terms that he would understand he wouldn't act like his typical self.
Go ahead and review :D I promise this time I'll try to put the next one soon. ^^ I've been kinda busy cause I'm going to the States to study so I've had to fix up all my stuff. I hope school wont take up so much time, I want to keep writing this story. Cya guys ;). Please go ahead and leave criticisms and whatever you like (just be nice and don't put anything insulting ).
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Nikka5.- Thanks for helping me out with the tired thing ^^. I still have quite a way to go.
Inferna.- jiji ^^ Yes Ranma is worried and he always will be ;). I've always thought that they're destined to be together ;) . Oh by the way there WILL be a chapter further on where Ranma will see how Akane's been improving ;). ^^ I just can't wait till I write that one ^^.
Sweet Chaos.- Thanks for your review ^^ I hope I did this chapter a bit nicer for you ;). I tried to omit the usage of their names all the time ^^u don't think I did that well but well at least I tried ^^. Don't kill me please ;)
Ying Fa.- I'm glad you liked last chapter. I hope this one wasn't too borring. Next one I'll put some more action in. And I'll have Akane face up to a new threat ^^, yes! I'll have Akane have an enemy for your entertainment. ^^ I hope you guys will like my idea ;).
Lavender Gaia.- I totally agree with you :D. I put Nodoka in just so she could knock some sense into Ranma, jajajaja ^^. And there will be more of her everyonce in a while. Chris gave me a really good idea, to have Ranma teach Akane the Kashu Tenshin Amaguriken, I'll go with that ;). But note that I will make Akane stronger than the other girls :D. ^^ I want her to kick butt! JAJAJAJAJA
Chris.- you're right it had to be shallow cut for her not to die ^^u, I hadn't thought about that before ^^u. But could you live with her having that cut and not dieying ;) ? By the way thanks for the idea about Ranma teaching Akane ^^ I love the idea and I think I'll just do that ^^. ^^u I hadn't thought about having Akane learn it right away but thanks anyways ;).
Tigris.- You have no idea how it makes me super happy to see that someone really likes my fic :D. Oh and I came up with this idea because I had read too many fics where Ranma would leave Akane. So I thought "Why not? Akane's much more short tempered than Ranma and this is exactly what she would do if she got sick of it. " ^^ So this story popped up ;). By the way I'm drawing my characters ^^ I hope I finish them soon and when I do I'll tell you guys so you'll check them out ;).
Butterfly.- Gomen nasai!!! ^^u I took a long time yet again to update ^^u. Sorry sometimes I just really get bad writer's block and I just can't seem to continue. I know this chapter is a bit slow and not that long and frankly maybe even a bit borring. But ^^ I wanted to show how Ranma reacts to the truth and I wanted to give way to the introduction of my new characters ;). Next chapter will be better I promise!
Raye.- Hihi ^^ sorry I wont have Ranma chase after her yet. ^^ Actually I'm not sure if I'm gonna have him chase after her. But don't worry they'll see each other again ;). This story will be mostly about Akane, but I always try to put some stuff on Ranma in. I hope you don't mind.
Kura-kun.- Don't shoot me! Please don't shoot me ^^ She WILL get some sort of punishment believe me. And Ranma will be the one giving it ^^.
RanmaNoBaka.- My spelling might not be that great ^^u sorry but I'm really trying to fix it. Right now I just got a new computer and it doesn't have word so I'm working with Word Pad, and appearently it doesn't have spellcheck ^^u.
Kinai.- ^^u I hope you don't mind it too much when I put cliffhangers. I've just noticed that when people put cliffhangers I really really want to read it soon ^^. So it's sort of a way for me not to loose your interest in my story.
