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Chapter Seven:
The Lunch

Ranma:

Here I was, sitting at the little table in the middle of the cafeteria that said Basket Boy #4 on it. Kodachi was WAY too close for comfort and I was ready to burst.

I reached out and poured myself a glass of lemonade. I sipped it slowly. I reached into the basket that I brought for our lunch and I pulled out... one of Akane's cookie. My heart sank. I looked over at Akane's table, which was right across from mine. It was the perfect view of my hell. Akane was sitting there, eating slowly and laughing that beautiful laugh of hers.

Why didn't she laugh that way for me? Why wasn't I the one making her laugh?

Gosunkugi was getting on my last nerve. I saw the little stunt he tried to pull with Akane. He held her hand back at the stage! And she let him, too! Why I'd otta…

Kodachi latched onto my arm again. "Ranma darling… isn't it so wonderful sitting here together? Ah… what a dream it is to be sitting with your lover in a room meant for love." I felt her itch a little closer to me (if that was possible). "Let us make this the most memorable moment of our lives…" she whispered.

O-kay. She just beat her own record for craziness.

I put down my glass of juice and I saw Kodachi slip something into my drink. It made the soft yellow color of the lemonade turn into pitch black.

I was definitely not touching that cup again. I pulled on my collar, to get some air. I was definitely feeling uncomfortable.

I looked around the room, trying to clear my mind. I looked at Kai (Basket Boy #2)'s table. He was sitting with Kaori Chento, a girl in mine and Akane's class. I always thought of Kai as a pretty okay guy and Kaori was extremely shy. But right at that moment… I thought Kai was one of the luckiest guys in the world. Not because he had Kaori, but because he was allowed to eat lunch with the girl he wanted and not be judged because of it. To not have constant suitors burst in and ruin everything… to just… be themselves.

Kodachi itched her face closer to mine. She entwined her hand in mine.

I knew the only way to escape this was to think of a plan. Maybe then she'd LEAVE. ME. ALONE.

Plan A: distract.

I moved away from her. "So… um, did you h-have fun at the f-festival, Kodachi?"

She fluttered her eyelashes and then itched closer to me again. "I forgot everything I did today the moment I saw you, darling…"

Damn, so that didn't work. Plan B: ignore.

Kodachi ran her hand up my chest. "Ranma darling," she cooed. "Wouldn't I make the most perfect wife for you?"

I shoved three meat buns into my mouth. I chewed slowly, as slow as I possibly could.

Heh, it was working. I pointed at my mouth to show her that I was eating.

But Kodachi-the-dense-rose didn't get the hint. Instead, she reached out with her chopsticks and picked up a piece of sushi. She waited until I swallowed and she began… feeding me!

"Open wide, darling…" she smiled.

Before I could respond, someone whipped an ice cube at me. I turned around and saw Akane with an angry look on her face.

So, she was angry at me? I didn't even do anything with Kodachi and she was already angry! Well, excuse me, miss a-turtle-can-seduce-me.

I turned my head away from her and put my head in my hands. Kodachi was sitting there blabbing about our future and how great a wife she would be. I didn't listen to a word she said.

I side-glanced back at Akane. She was having a conversation with Gosunkugi and she looked so… beautiful. The way the light made her blue-black hair shimmer in the light, the way her smile could make my heart flutter.

Man, that sounded un-manly. But it was a hundred and one percent true.

Didn't she realize that I… I…

My thoughts were interrupted by a screams coming from outside the cafeteria.

"Ya can't have him, ya hear!?"

"Airen belong Shampoo!"

And that's when Shampoo and Ukyo burst through the door, armed with spatulas and batons.

Wasn't Hinako supposed to be keeping everyone outside?! This was supposed to be a private evening. I peeked behind Ukyo and Shampoo and saw Hinako sitting on the ground, covered in chocolate and eating slices of cake.

Thank you so much, teach.

Kodachi stood up from her seat and put her gymnastics ribbon between two fingers. "No one is going to take my Ranma-sama away from me." she said with a deadly edge to her voice.

Shampoo cracked her knuckles as she walked over to Kodachi. "Shampoo no take it easy on you, crazy girl." she grabbed her baton and tried to hit Kodachi. Unfortunately, she missed and sliced the table right in half.

"You're too slow, girl." Kodachi laughed. "You'll never be able to be Ranma's wife with your reflexes! Ho ho ho ho!"
Ukyo grabbed her spatulas. She ran over to Kodachi. "I'll make you eat those words!" she threw the razor-sharp spatulas in Kodachi's direction. Kodachi moved in the opposite direction and the spatulas almost hit Shampoo. Shampoo jumped and the spatulas barley grazed the soles of her shoes.

"So, spatula girl want Ranma all to own self?" Shampoo said, with a deadly glare in her eyes. She grabbed her batons, Ukyo got her Spatulas ready and Kodachi readied her ribbon.

Then, they all pounced on each other in one big fight.

I noticed Akane and Gosunkugi tried to ignore the fight when it started. And when the noise grew louder, they just talked over it.

But, the fight didn't only stay at our table, to my dismay. The fight began to move around the cafeteria and it was reaching Akane's table. Before anything even happened, Gosunkugi screamed and ran away, leaving Akane by herself.

What a man.

Akane just simply ignored the fight. Grr… stupid Akane and her pride! Couldn't she act like a normal girl and when danger came, to leave? Akane wasn't the strongest person in the world, even if she thought she was, and she could really get hurt.

Then, suddenly, another set of Ukyo's spatulas went flying for Kodachi's head. Kodachi jumped out of the way, and unfortunately there was a certain girl directly behind her: Akane.

I flung over to her table.

Akane:

I clamped my eyes shut, terrified of the slicing spatulas. I knew my head would be decapitated, or I would suffer serious injury in less than five seconds.

I waited for the pain to hit me.

But it didn't. I felt a set of strong arms grab onto me and lift me from my position on the table. The person ran far away from the scene, while cradling me in his arms.

His grasp felt familiar. They were protective, strong arms, but not in a way to cause any pain. They were extremely gentle. I felt relaxed after a few seconds, and I could've drifted off to sleep I if I wanted to. I felt like I was flying.

Slowly, I opened my eyes and looked into the deep blue eyes of my hero.

Ranma Saotome.

I didn't speak a word, and neither did he as he kept his grasp around me and ran away into the night.