Chapter 2: The Begining of the End of Us
A/N: Ok I might be strecthing this a tad long in this chapter, but in Nerima honestly I don't think I am going any where with this plot that at least someone in Ranma 1/2 has gone before...
Disclaimer: I still own the plot, and I sadly found out the rock is not mine...
Ranma staggered forward toward the Akane, a look of utter horror on his face, No way, I didn't mean to say that, No not in front of everyone, why? He then blinked twice and lifted his head slightly. He reached one of his arms behind him, as if getting a hard to reach itch. His right arm was soon folowed by his left. "What the hell is on my back?" He yelled. Ranma pivoted and took a step back, loosing balance when he realized there was no longer any wall under him, he fell to the ground with a thud. Everyone in the Tendo's yard stood quiet, all for different reasons. Shampoo, Ryoga, Ukyo, Nabiki, Kasumi, and Mousse were to flabbergasted to speak, or move for that reason. Soun and Genma were both silently ploting out the wedding. Happosai wasn't interested and dissapeared somewhere (most likely to sort his new additions).
After recovering from the shock of his fall, Ranma stood up and once again tried with no avail to get the unknown obeject off his back. A growl erupted from his throat as he bumped up against the wall. Akane seeing her fiancees annoyed to no end, jumped down from the wall. She walked over to him, grabbed his shoulders and spun him around till he was facing away from her. She stared in wonder at a small dart that was lodged in Ranma's back. She reached up and not tenderly yanked it out. A small girlish squel came from Ranma, that curse must really be getting to him...
Shampoo jumped up onto the wall to get a better look of what was now happening, she was also closely followed by the others, except Mousse. His mind was racing, If Ranma loves Akane, that means they will be able to break his engagment with Shampoo, and that means...I have Shampoo all to myself!. With those thoughts Mousse began to do a small happy dance in the yard, before bindly taking a few steps back and falling into the pond. As he resurfaced he let out a quack that sounded alot like a sigh. Off a small distance someone said something about a stupid duck-boy.
"What's this?" Akane said holding the small orange dart with what she thought was Chinese writing on the side.
"It look like one of Great-Grandmother's truth-" Shampoo said softly but soon realized that she had spoken her thoughts out loud. The others blinked twice in unison.
"A WHAT?" Ranma yelled at Shampoo. Shampoo blinked at him unfaised.
"So maybe I had something to do with it, hmm?"said aolder female voice, seemingly coming from no where. Cologne soon emerged standing upright on her cane.
"Do you just like making my life harder?" Ranma said with apparnet irritation. Cologne just supperesed a small chuckle.
"No of course not son-, Ranma, It seemed that that question plaged everyones mind, so I thought a little truth might help everyone." Ranma stiffened. He slowly turned around to meet the burning eyes of Ryoga, Shampoo, and Ukyo. Ranma glupped down the growing lump in his throat.
"So umm, I'm sorry..." Ranma said while scratching the back of his head. He then stumbled a few steps back as the Ryoga, Shampoo and Ukyo advanced on him.
"Wait, stop!" Akane said stepping in between them and Ranma. She then turned to him. "So, that means you really meant it?" Akane said with hopeful eyes. Ryoga's jaw dropped, No she can't be happy that he said that can she...but I-he..this was always coming, wasn't it...I just was to dum to notice, right, thats what Ranma must be thinking, sutpid Ryoga he had no clue this was coming, the dum pig was too lost anyways to notice.. Ryoga blinked twice, that was it the wholetime, he somewhere inside knew it was coming, he just didn't want to realize it. Ryoga turned around and made his way back in the yard to grab his backpack, maybe I can go so far away I can forget everything, or maybe I should just try and go home, I haven't been there awhile...
"Y-Yeah it w-was.." Ranma stuttered out watching Ryoga walk off, where is he going now?
"Oh, Ranma," Akane's eyes silently filled with tears. Losing all train of thought she shot forward locking Ranma in a tight hug. "I think I love you too." She smiled up at him hoping for some sign that he still wasn't somehow lying to her. Ranma noticed her slight worry and wrapped his arms around her.
"I'm glad..." The two stood there in a warm embrace. Shampoo's eye's darted away to her grandmother.
"Great-grandmother, I go back now..." She turned away, hiding her growing moist eyes. Cologne stared, Amazon womenweren't supposed to show their emotions, so this must have honestly broken her grandaughter's heart. Mousse-duck quacked softly seeing Shampoo run off, he turned and stared at Cologne.
"Go on..." She encouraged him, and he quickly turned and flapped off after his love.
Ukyo's eyes also locked with the pavement. Her thought ran along the lines of Ryoga's. She also some where inside had known the truth but ignored it, but unlike him, she had no where she could run away to. She turned quickly, and walked away, without any word or sound. I'll just go back to my resturant and forget, maybe if I try hard enough I can just pretend that none of this ever happened, right?
Ranma and Akane oblivious to all of this still hugged warmly. "So, let's go inside, k?" Ranma said softly pulling slightly away from her. She smiled and took his hand as they made their way back to the yard.
A:N (again) Ok, that turned out alittle better than I thought...Still hope I didn't go to far. I had to end it alittle earlier than I was going to, but I reconsidered and here seems like a better place to stop...
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Next Chapter coming, promise!