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|Notes: Just a little piece I threw togather in the wee hours of the |
|morning. Not to be taken seriously, or IC, or canon in anyway. |
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|WARNING! WARNING! -- This is not a serious fan fiction! It is a |
|Sequal to a pointless, amusing little piece I did a while back called |
|Misconception. So, please let me know what you think! |
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Ranma 1/2
Misconception - The Sequal!
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by James Epnett
(The Man With the Machinegun)
"Thanks for offerin' to help, Ukyou."
"Anytime, sugar. Just ask." Ukyou smiled sweetly and
reached up to adjust the wide collar on Ranma's brand new
dress shirt. "After all, it's not every day that you try to
get into college, is it?"
"I never thought I would," Ranma admitted as he
watched Ukyou fiddle with his collar. "But Akane... well...
she thinks I should."
Ukyou bristled and reached over to grab Ranma's tie.
She jerked it hard, causing it to tighten. "Akane does,
huh?"
"Urk!" Ranma's face began to grow blue as the tie cut
his breath off, constricting his windpipe. "Ukyou... to...
tight... Ugh...!"
"Oh!" Ukyou ran her fingers between the tie and
Ranma's neck, pulling it lose quickly. Her face flushed red
and she smiled sheepishly. "Sorry, honey."
Ranma gasped for air and took Ukyou's hands away from
his neck. "Yeah... well, anyway, Akane thinks I should
'Start worrying more about my future'. I thought she wanted
me to run the Anything Goes School of Martial Arts. Turns
out she wants me to get an..." Ranma paused and shuddered.
"Education."
Ukyou shrugged and leaned over to look at Ranma's
pants legs. "These are to long."
"Hmm?" Ranma looked down, past Ukyou's head, and
shrugged. "I can roll 'em up."
"Hold on, I'll do it." Ukyou reached out quickly and
began to roll the excess cloth up. After a few moments, she
stood back up straight and looked Ranma over. "Well, I'd say
that about does it... But..."
Ranma frowned and looked himself up and down. "But
what?"
"Well..." Ukyou reached out and flicked Ranma's tie.
"This tie..."
"What about it?"
* * *
Akane moved toward the stairwell, an upset expression
plastered over her soft features. She sighed. //Ranma, you
big dummy. Why'd you have to invite Ukyou over to help you
get ready for your interview? I could have...\\ She shook
her head and sighed again.
She moved up the stairs quickly, toward Ranma's room.
//Guess I should check and see if Ranma and his CUTE fiancee
are being good....\\ Akane suddenly felt a surge of jealousy
flood through her, but she instantly pushed it back. //What
do I care, anyway?\\
Stopping at his door, Akane reached up to knock, but
suddenly fell silent.
"What about it?"
That was Ranma's voice. Akane listened for a moment.
"Well, it just hangs there. It's too limp."
Akane's eyes widened at the sound of Ukyou. //What are
they talking about in there?!\\
"It IS the only one I got. I don't know how to make it
stiffer. Why should it matter, anyway?"
"Because it's distracting. It's color is all wrong,
too. The way it swings around, plus the color... I don't
know, I just find it distracting."
* * *
Ranma frowned. "Oh well. We can worry about that
later. Let's just try to finish, okay?"
"What's left?"
Ranma bent over and picked up a pair of black shoes
that had been polished up nicely. He looked from the
footwear to the girl across from him. "The opening's kinda
small." Ranma wiggled his foot in the air and smirked.
* * *
"You think this monster'll fit?"
Ukyou chuckled. "It isn't THAT big, Ranma."
Akane's eyes narrowed suddenly. //Why... why that...
that HUSSY! And that pervert!\\
"H-Hey! What are you saying? It isn't exactly little!"
"I'm just teasing. Come on, I'll help ya fit it in,
okay?"
* * *
Ranma sat down on the bed quickly and tossed one of
the shoes down on the floor. "Good. I've been havin' trouble
doin' it on my own."
"You've tried already?" Ukyou knelt down before Ranma
and grabbed the shoe. She looked it over and realised that
ir was at least one size too small.
"Oh yeah, lots of times." Ranma wiggled his foot
again. "It's just too big."
* * *
"Don't worry. You won't have to deal with it for that
long. No more than a few minutes, if we're lucky."
"You're right. Well, come on. Got to get done soon so
I can get down and present myself to Akane."
//The nerve!\\ Akane huffed and listened for a moment
more.
"Urk! That hurt!"
"Sorry, sugar."
//She hurt HIM?\\ Akane's blinked in confusion and a
perplexed expresion painted her angered features.
"I didn't mean to hang you like that."
"Just be careful, would ya? This is one of my more
sensitive areas."
* * *
Ukyou smiled up at Ranma and chuckled as she unhung
the shoe from his foot. "I could kiss it all better..."
Ranma frowned. "Yuck! No way!"
"That's it!"
"Huh?" Ranma and Ukyou looked up at the door as it
exploded open.
Ranma's mouth fell open. "A-Akane?!"
Ukyou marveled at the bright blue energy that surged
around Akane's body. "What's wrong, sugar?"
"How dare you two act so innocent!" Akane moved
forward suddenly.
Ranma felt his body launch into the air, and
experienced the sensation of splintering wood against his
back as he exploded through the ceiling of the house. "BUT
WHY....!!??" His voice faded away as he vanished from view.
"Akane!" Ukyou now stared in disbelief at the enraged
girl. "If I'd have known you felt so passionately about
putting Ranma's shoes on his feet..."
"Akane's gaze shifted to Ukyou and she blinked in
confusion as her aura began to fizzle away. "Wha?"
Ukyou lifted Ranma's shoes. "His shoes.... We were,
uh, trying to force them onto his feet..."
Akane stared blankly at Ukyou, and suddenly she felt
her face begin to flush red. She turned slowly to look at
the hole in the ceiling and her hand rose to her lips,
stifling a quiet "Oh my..."
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