This was just a little rough something that popped into my head.  I
was thinking about how I want to greet my girlfriend when she comes back from
the east coast (She's been there for the past eight months, and she'll be
there for two more...)

                                The Airport

        As night fell across Tokyo, one very tired traveller got up from her
plane seat, took her carry bag from the overhead rack, and exited the plane.
Having been away in an american school for a year had taken a lot of energy
out of her, and she was glad to be back in her homeland.
        The young woman trudged down the ramp, towards the exit.  She hoped
that he would be there, waiting for her.  Although their relationship seemed
rocky on the surface, she could tell underneath that he really did care about
her.  It was strange that she had never noticed it while she was near him.
        Those sleepless nights in america, when she would think of her home
and of his face, shy to the point of embarrasment, trying to say those words
that she wanted to hear so much.
        She peered around the people in front of her, trying to catch a
glimpse of his face.  The last letter from her family had said that he would
be coming by himself to pick her up at the airport.  Unfortunately, a tall
european man in front of her blocked the view.  Frustration started to set
in, and her temper went up a notch, from "Cool" to "Lukewarm."
        Finally, she reached the top of the gate, and came out into the
terminal.  Frantically, she looked all around for her loved one.  She was
tired of waiting for him to say those three words, she was going to force
them out of him - IF she could find him.
        "Lukewarm" became "Frustrated."
        Suddenly, a pair of arms wrapped around her from behind.  A voice
whispered in her ear, "Welcome back, Akane.  I've missed you."
        The voice sent chills down her spine.  He had come for her!  She
was so happy to hear his voice again, even if it had changed so much in a
year...
        "Oh, Ranma, I'm so glad you came to get me!" she exclaimed, then
gasped as the arms suddenly tightened around her.  The arms unclenched, and
let her go, and the posessor of the arms suddenly fainted behind her.  She
turned around and saw...  Ryouga?!?
        "Frustrated" became "Royally P.O.ed Beyond All Hopes of Redemption."
        "RANMA!  I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!!!!" yelled Akane, as she pulled her
mallet out of HammerSpace.  People melted away like the sea from Moses, as
she fell back into the routine which she had left for too long.
        Akane went on a Search and Mallet mission.

        MEANWHILE, (Don'tcha just love that word?) at the Nekohanten, Cologne
sat on top of a tied-up Ranma, contemplating which mind control drug she
should use on her son-in-law this time...


Author's Notes
        Ok, this is just a one shot, so no asking about what happens next,
I'm not going to write it.  If someone else wants to write a follow up, go
ahead.  I know that people usually have to go through customs, I just didn't
feel like writing it in.  (I had a bad experience with Customs in Japan,
something about them not believing that a 17 year old male would not be
carrying pornography with him, leading to an hour long examination, as they
dissasembled my luggage and waited for the interpreter to show...) Anyways,
I'd like to hear your comments, so shred away!

Fnord.