Soun then turned his head to glare at his own daughter: "Akane if I ever see you talking with a ********* like him,you won't ever see my good side again and I will hurt you very badly, am I clear?" Akane just nodded, she was very scared and started shaking.
Oh Ranma, I hope your plan will work because if it won't , I will probably die. As soon as her father left the room, she threw herself on the bed and bursted into heavy tears.
The next morning, Ranma decided that it was time to execute his plan. He quickly made his way to the Nekohanten. There, he saw Shampoo preparing food for some clients.
"Uh hello Shampoo." Ranma greeted.
Hearing his voice, Shampoo quickly turned her attention to the pigtailed boy."Oh hello Ranma! Shampoo very very happy to see you!"
"Um hehe thanks Shampoo, I'm happy to see you too but...er actually I came here to discuss with Cologne." replied Ranma nervously.
Shampoo noticed this. "Is something wrong? Ranma look nervous... anyway great grand-mother is upstairs, Ranma wait here so Shampoo can tell her."
"Thank you Shampoo I appreciate it."
"You very welcome Ranma" The purple haired girl replied before making her way upstairs.
(LATER- AT THE TENDO DOJO)
Akane woke up very late. In fact, Kasumi had to wake her up and was very concerned about her little sister.
"Akane what's wrong? It's 12 o'clock! You missed breakfast... Are you ok?"
Akane was trying to find a concrete answer to avoid worrying her oldest sister with her recent problems:"Umm Kasumi everything's fine it's just that... I mean it's sunday and I don't have to go to school." Kasumi still unconvinced, insisted: "But Akane , even if you don't have school, you always wake up around 8 o'clock!"
"It's ok Kasumi don't worry... I was very tired yesterday, those things might happen you know." Kasumi, knowing her stubborn sister,decided to drop the suject for now: "Ok Akane, but if there's something bothering you don't hesitate to tell me about it."
Akane was happy to see that Kasumi gave up and simply replied: "Ok thank you oneechan."
"Ok lunch is almost ready so go down as soon as possible."Kasumi returned to the kitchen to finish the delicious meal she was preparing.
Akane was scared. She didn't want to face her father after yesterday's events. She wanted to avoid him as much as possible, but she knew that she must come down sooner or later.
Soun, Kasumi and Nabiki were already gathered around the table. They all saw Akane making her way down very slowly. Soun's face started to show anger, but then he decided to forget what happened yesterday by greeting his youngest daughter as cheerfully as possible: "Hello my little Akane, come and site down quickly we're about to eat Kasumi's new dish!"
Akane's fear was reduced by her father's surprisingly cheerful mood but she wasn't totally relaxed yet. She sat down and they started to eat, with Akane failing to notice the occasional glares her father was throwing at her.
(BACK TO THE NEKOHANTEN)
Cologne made her way downstairs to meet Ranma. "Hello boy, how may I help you?"
"Hello Elder, I wish to talk to you in private." suggested Ranma seeing that there were a lot of people inside the restaurant.
"Very well boy, follow me." Together they made their way upstairs and entered a room. Once inside, Cologne closed the door behind her and motioned for the boy to have a seat. "So boy, what do you wish to talk about?" Said Cologne. "Well I would like to ask you about a potion." replied Ranma.
At this Cologne raised her eyebrows, and asked: "What sort of potion are you talking about?"
"Eeh I'm talking about a mind control potion."
Cologne quickly understood what Ranma was up to. "Well boy I'm happy to tell you that I have a chinese potion but-"
"YEEES thank you Elder, can I have it?" An overjoyed Ranma quickly interrupted.
"Wait boy I'm not done... I'm afraid that I need more than a month to prepare it! Are you willing to wait that much?" Ranma was disappointed by this fact but nonetheless nodded firmly.
"Very well boy.I'll send Shampoo to you once I'm done with it."
"Thank you very much Elder!" But Cologne stopped the excited boy from leaving.
"One more thing Ranma, beware what you do with that potion. It is very dangerous.I suppose you will use it on Soun Tendo. "
"Yes thank you for warning me Elder."
With that last comment,Ranma bowed in respect and returned home satisfied with how thinks went so far.
(AT NIGHT)
It was very late. Ranma stealthily made his way to the Tendo dojo. He was happy because he once again escaped from his home and was unnoticed by his parents. He carefully jumped and landed near Akane's window and gently knocked on it. Akane was startled and was about to scream but then she saw that it was Ranma. She hastily opened the window and allowed Ranma to come in.
He gave her a quick kiss on the cheek and said: "Hey Akane how are you?"
"I'm fine Ranma I missed you, I really wanna see you during the day." Ranma held her hand and replied:"It's ok Akane I hope my plan works and everything will be okay."
"Ranma you didn't tell me about the plan." Ranma knew that this question was coming sooner or later. Ranma wasn't at all excited to tell Akane that he was planning to use a potion on her father, so he decided to drop the subject.
"It's ok Akane, just trust me. We will be married very soon." Akane's eyes were full of hope despite the curiosity still eating her. Then she was rushed by all the love she felt for him and she kissed him deeply, her arms wrapping around his neck. Ranma instantly responded, his arms coming to rest around her waist. They pulled back after their lungs protested needed to be filled with air. Ranma then added:
"I promise Akane."
They were so caught up by each other that they failed to notice a pair of hateful eyes spying at them from the barely opened door.
Author's note: Hey everybody! It's been a long time! Anyway, just wanna thank the ones who reviewed so far. I've already started with chapter 5, so hopefully I'll update very soon!