All characters depicted herein are the property of Rumiko Takahashi;
Used without permission. (I'll try to return them before anyone
notices)
Somehow, I feel the need to apologize for this one in advance....
Anyone curious about what's up with my OMG fic, "Obeying Destiny,"
see the note at the end....
And of course, huzzah for the return of the FFML!
****
Ranma looked nervously at the entrance to the kitchen. He hoped that
the violent noises coming from inside didn't mean that Akane was
destroying the kitchen, especially considering how Kasumi reacted the
last time. Why, she almost frowned when she saw it! Ranma shuddered
at the memory.
He looked around the otherwise deserted room and sighed. *It's funny
how everyone else seems to find somewhere else to go when it's
Akane's night to cook,* Ranma thought glumly. *I hope she doesn't
try anything too elaborate.*
Ranma turned at the sound of Akane emerging from the kitchen.
"Dinner's ready!" She was carrying two steaming bowls, one of rice,
and one of something that looked vaguely like curry.
Ranma stifled his sigh of relief. *Oh, good, she cooked something
that she knows how to cook. Kind of.* However, he almost changed
his mind as she placed a helping in front of him. The smell
was...different. He looked up at Akane, who was watching him
expectantly.
Nervously, he picked up a morsel and gingerly put it in his mouth.
If anything, the taste was even odder than the smell. Ranma couldn't
quite put his finger on what it was. On the other hand, it was
edible, and Ranma thought that maybe he should just count his
blessings.
Akane smiled in relief as she saw her fianc� swallow her cooking
without gagging. Much. "Do you like it?"
"Uh.... It tastes kind of different from last time, Akane," Ranma
replied, deftly (he thought) changing the subject. "What did you put
in this?"
"Here, I'll show you!" Akane quickly got up and ran into the
kitchen. She soon returned with some unopened cans. "I got a lot of
these on special at the market...."
Ranma lost track of what Akane was saying, as he focused on one of
the cans she was holding. Feeling a little queasy, he jumped up and
excused himself hurriedly.
Akane watched him run up to the bathroom in confusion. This was
rapidly replaced by anger. "Ranma! How DARE you snub my cooking
again!" She threw down the cans and chased after him.
Unattended, the assortment of cans rolled to a halt. They were each
clearly labeled with their contents -- "Godzilla Meat."
***
Author's Note:
Erm.... sorry about that....
[ducks under table]
This piece of fluffy nothingness was inspired (inflicted) by this
brief article published in the St. Paul Pioneer Press on Monday, June
18, 2001.
Oh no! You ate Tokyo!
In Japan, you can now find the monster that flattened a nation -- in a can.
"Godzilla Meat," actually 3.5 ounces of corned beef from Tokyo toy-maker Takara
Co., is packaged with pictures of the stomping, fire-breathing,
irradiated lizard made famous by Toho movies that started coming out
in the 1950s, after U.S. hydrogen bomb tests in the South Pacific
supposedly created the radioactive monstrosity.
For the full article, click on this link.
http://www.pioneerplanet.com/living/skinny/67044.htm
And for those of you who are wondering where chapter 4 of "Obeying
Destiny" is, well, I'm about half way through it. Work on it is
going slowly, due to the fact that I'm changing jobs at the moment
(I'm in the JET Programme, I leave at the end of July). I hope to
have it done and posted, here and on my website, within the next two
weeks. Let's see if I can stick to one of my deadlines this time....
Raja
atendido@mindspring.com
http://atendido.home.mindspring.com
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