Chapter 1: Råñmå : Tɦɛʀɛ fօr yօʊ
Akane is seen sneezing a couple of times in her room. She blows her nose in a tissue, before getting out of bed. She grabs a yellow sweater and puts it on before walking out of her bedroom.
Akane walks downstairs and towards the living room and joins everyone.
Kasumi looks over at Akane.
"Akane, are you sure you should be out of bed? You still look unwell." Kasumi said.
"I'm fine, sis...Just a cold." Akane says before going into another coughing fit."
"Akane, you don't sound fine at all. You should go back to bed and rest" Kasumi looks concerned as she hears Akane coughing.
"I'll bring you some soup or something." Kasumi smiled.
"No...I'm fine. I just need to get some food in my stomach, and I will be fine. I swear." Akane says before wheezing a bit.
Ranma couldn't help but overhear and looked at Akane, noticing her coughing and wheezing a lot.
"Akane. you should listen to Kasumi. You look and sound terrible." Ranma admitted.
"Gee, Thanks. I'll remember that." Akane lets out another cough before speaking again.
Ranma stares at Akane.
"I'm...fine...just need something to eat." Akane's voice is raspy and tired-sounding.
Ranma keeps looking at Akane, clearly not buying it.
"Sure, you are. You look like you're about to pass out any minute." Ranma gets up from his spot next to the table, on the floor, walks over to her spot, and sits next to her.
Ranma places a hand on Akane's forehead to feel her temperature.
Akane's body temperature feels very hot, clearly indicating a bad fever. She tries her best to smile.
"See? I'm fine..." Akane said, forcing a smile.
Ranma raised an eyebrow at her response, clearly unconvinced.
"You're burning up, that's not fine". You need to go back to bed, you're too sick to be up right now." Ranma declared.
Akane's too stubborn to admit she's unwell.
"No, I'm fine. I...I just need some food that's all." Akane goes into another coughing fit.
Ranma looks at her, clearly frustrated but also concerned.
"Akane, you're not fine. You sound terrible, and you don't even have the energy to stand up straight. You need to go back to bed and rest before you collapse or something." Ranma responded.
Kasumi nods in agreement with Ranma.
"Yes, Akane, please listen to Ranma and go back to bed. You're in no condition to be up and about right now." Kasumi replied.
Akane lets out another cough before slowly nodding, realizing they're right.
"Okay... fine! I'll go to bed..." Akane says weakly as she starts to walk back to her room.
Kasumi smiles and watches as Akane walks back to her room.
"Poor thing...She's not well at all..." Kasumi says.
Ranma frowns that Akane wasn't feeling too well.
Gemma, Ranma's dad, chimes in while slurping his noodles.
"She looks like she is about to drop any second. Maybe we should get her some medicine or something, eh?" Genma suggested.
Kasumi nods, agreeing.
"Yes, I'll go and get her some medicine and then make her some soup." Kasumi quickly leaves, going to the kitchen.
Ranma watches Kasumi leave the living room, then turns back to Genma, his Dad.
"You know, for once, you said something helpful, old man," Ranma said.
Genma slurps his noodles again before replying.
"Hey, I can be helpful sometimes, ya know. I may be old, but I'm not completely useless yet." Genma said.
Ranma rolls his eyes at Genma's response.
"Yeah right. You're more useless than a screen door on a submarine most of the time." Ranma said.
Genma lets out a huff of mock.
"Excuse you! I may not be as young as I used to be, but I still have my uses. I'm not completely incompetent, you know." Genma said.
Ranma laughs sarcastically at Genma's response.
"Oh? Name one useful thing you've done lately. Go ahead. I'm waiting." Ranma says.
Genma thinks for a moment before replying.
"Well, I fixed the broken toilet last week. That counts as useful, doesn't it." Gemma spoke.
Ranma rolls his eyes again.
"Oh wow, you fixed a toilet, big woop! That's hardly something worth bragging about. Besides, I'm sure you probably did a crappy job of it anyway." Ranma says.
Genma lets out a huff.
"Hey, I'll let you know I did a great job fixing the toilet! It works just as good as new, thank you very much." Genma said.
Ranma smirks at Genma's response.
"Sure, sure. I'll believe it when I see it. You probably just slapped some duct tape on it and called it fixed." Ranma said.
Shampoo was standing outside of the tendo's house. Seeing everyone sitting in the living. She was particularly waiting for Ranma.
"Hiyaaa! Hey, Ranma!" Shampoo waved excitedly, walking and sitting next to Ranma, hugging him, smiling sweetly.
"Shampoo?! What you doing here?" Ranma questions.
"Ranma, Can talk to you for a minute?" Shampoo smiled happily.
Ranma looks at Shampoo, surprised by her sudden appearance, and her hugging him at random.
"Hey! Uh, sure...Shampoo. W-what's up?" Ranma says, nervously.
Genma watches as Shampoo approaches Ranma, a hint of annoyance in his eyes.
"What does she want now?" Genma mutters under his breath.
Ranma ignores Genma's mutter and focuses his attention on Shampoo, slightly amused by Genma's irritation.
"Ignore him, he's just being a grumpy old man. So what did you want to talk about?" Ranma asks.
Shampoo scoots closer to Ranma, her gaze locked on his.
"I just want spend some time with you, Ranma. That's all I want." Shampoo bats her eyelashes at him, almost as if trying to tempt him.
Ranma raises an eyebrow at Shampoo's behavior, somewhat intrigued. He glances over at Genma, who's still watching the two of them with irritation, then back at Shampoo.
"And why do you want to spend time with me so badly all of a sudden?" Ranma raised an eyebrow.
Shampoo smiles mischievously and scoots closer to Ranma.
"Because you the one I want. You've always been the one I wanted." Shampoo runs a hand up his chest, her fingers tracing over his muscles.
Ranma's breath catches in his throat at Shampoo's touch, her hand tracing up his chest making him feel a mix of emotions.
Ranma glances over at Genma again, who looks even more irritated now, then back at Shampoo.
Ranma is aware of Genma's annoyance and doesn't want to provoke him further, but he can't deny the effect that Shampoo's touch is having on him.
"Shampoo... You know we can't..." Ranma said.