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| Elseworlds of ISM |
| Created by: Janelle Thompson/Edited by: Monica Velasquez |
| Based on characters created by: Rumiko Takahashi |
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Akane in Wonderland
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Authors' Note:
Uh... Well, we thought this up in the middle of the night in the pit
of boredom . We are not into writing what some call lemons (number one:
Because we are too young for those things, number two: lemons aren't as
weird as what we write.) We go a little overboard every now and then, so if
you get messed up, e-mail us any time at ranko@mnl.sequel.net or
AkaneZinj@aol.com. C&C most definately wanted!
------------------On With The Show!!----------------------
[Scene begins in the front of the Tendo Dojo and familiar screams can be
heard inside. A panda walks to the entrance way, yawns and turns around back
into the house.]
Nabiki: I don't want to go to some boring historical bull, there's money
to be made!!
Kasumi: Father, I think that's a great idea. I think it's about time to go
on a family outing like the old days with Mothe...
Akane: (interrupting) Kasumi... (Akane gave Kasumi a 'keep your mouth
shut' look and then directed her attention at Soun.) Where is this place you
want us to see?
Soun: It's a tourist site in the mountains. An old cave where historians
thought they found the entrance to the mythical 'Phoenixes' Den'.
Ranma: Why are we are going?
Nodoka: (suddenly appears, interrupting) Because, my son, I thought it
might be a good
little getting to know each other time for you and Akane without the other
three of your admirers on your tail.
[Ranma and Akane face fault]
Ranma: WHY WOULD I WANT TO SPEND TIME WITH A BOY-HATING, SEXLESS,
KAWAIIKUNE LIKE HER?! Anyway, there're better things for me to do...
*WHACK!*
Akane: (fuming) SEXLESS?! WELL, RANMA SAOTOME, YOU ARE A TWO IN ONE DEAL,
YOU HENTAI CROSSDRESSER!!
Nabiki: How about Akane and Ranma go on their lonesome... sort of like a
honeymoon
rehearsal...
Akane: (A little less ticked off) Nabiki! I am _not_ going to marry that
hentai!
Ranma: Kawaiikune!
Akane: Pervert!
Ranma: Pervert?! Unfeminine!
Akane: Why you...
*WHACK!*
Nodoka: (breaking Ranma and Akane up) Nabiki, that s a great idea! Kasumi,
you go too.
(Whispering to Kasumi) I am sending you for two reasons: number one, make
sure they don t kill each other. Number two, to save my son from food poisoning.
Kasumi: Who will take care of the house?!
Nodoka: What am I? Chopped liver?
Panda: (thinking) Yeah, I wish. Then I wouldn t have to run for the hills
every time the
subject of Ranma's engagements come up. (sign) Have fun!!
Ranma & Akane: *humph!*
[Ranma, Akane, and Kasumi are walking on a mountain trail with a truckload
of tourists.
Kasumi has her usual bright smile (scary, if you ask me...) , while Ranma
and Akane frown behind her carrying large back packs four times the size of
Happosai and Cologne put together.]
Kasumi: You can just breathe in all that fresh air. Don t you love the
scenery? (taking a
camera out of her pocket, and taking a few photos)
Tour Guide: Okay, we'll rest at the level ground about two kilometres up.
We ll be there for
about an half hour, then continue our way to the other side of the mountain
to the cave where the entrance of the Phoenixes Den lies.
Ranma: It s about time. My back s killing me and I think the altitude s
giving me a bloody
nose...plus I have to be stuck behind this kawaiikune...
Akane: What was that, Ranma? (suspiciously)
[Scene changes to the end of the tourist parade which Ranma, Akane, and
Kasumi are in the
middle of. We see the top of a head. It's a brunette, and as we slowly go
along his profile, we see a yellow bandanna with black spots...]
Ryouga: (thinking) Where on Earth am I _now_?! And where is my dearest Akane?
[Scene fades into black and comes back at the level ground on the
mountain side, Kasumi is warming food on a portable stove, while Ranma is
anxiously waiting for the food to be ready. Akane is just staring into the
heavens...]
Akane: (thinking) What a curse it is to be stuck with such a hentai! I
would have stood up to
Nodoka s bird-brained idea, except for the fact she can kick my butt. (turns
to watch Ranma sit up and guzzle his food) Sheesh...
Ryouga: DIE, SAOTOME!! (he thrust from mid air on a collision course with
Ranma s head
when Ranma dodges and Ryouga's head is snugly fit into his rice bowl)
Ranma: I can live with you trying to take Akane, since I _can_ live
without her, but when
you mess with my food...
*POW!*
[You see the top of the mountain with a terrified Ryouga on the summit.
He's looking
downwards trying to find a way down. He accidentally slips causing a large
avalanche on all the tourists, and of course our heroes, Akane, Ranma, and
Kasumi.]
Akane: Kasumi!...(Grabs Kasumi and slides the side of the mountain at an
angle with her
feet flat against the mountain side<don t ask me how...>)
Ranma: (his mouth half full) Wait for me! (he slides down after them with
grains of rice on
the sides of his mouth and then finds himself with a large snowball on his
trail and starts to run on his tiptoes, but he's tooslow. He is devoured by
the snowball)
[Akane and Kasumi slip up near the bottom and fall into a cave, and the
entrance is then
blocked with snow, Akane still holding Kasumi]
Akane: Oh great! What now! Where s that baka when you need him!
Kasumi: Why do you insist on calling your fiancée a baka?
Akane: We re here!! The cave, the entrance to the Phoenixes' Den . I
recognize it from the
brochure that Dad gave us. (pulls out brochure from her back pocket) If I'm
right, if we turn
here...whoa...
[There before the two stands an enormous mirror with a gold frame in the
shape of
Phoenixes . They stand and glare at the majestic splendour and draw closer.]
Kasumi: Akane... be careful...
Akane: Don't worry about it... (leans against the mirror) what can
possibly happpeennnn....Ahhhh!
[Akane falls through the mirror to find herself in a dry, dry place that
has reddish soil and
jagged mountains. The mirror is behind her and she tries to walk back
through, and gets a large bump on her head. She sees Kasumi gazing in shock,
then beginning to cry...]
Akane: Oh, Kasumi, don't cry. I m all right. I think. (thinking) Now I
know how Ryouga
feels...(looks around at the surroundings) but the real world was never this
ugly...
[On the other side of the mirror...]
Kasumi: AKANE!! Why Akane? She's young yet... (stares upwards) God, save
my sis...
huh?
[A sudden rumbling sound can be heard from outside]
[Outside, the snowball which encases Ranma has stopped almost directly
above Kasumi.
Ranma pokes his head out, and then a piece of a bandanna can be seen...]
Ranma: Huh?! Ow, my head... Akane? Kasumi? AKANE!! (a loud echo can be
heard and a
head pops out of the other side of the snowball)
Ryouga: Akane!?! Where?! My love...
Ranma: (walks around the snowball) P-chan. Humph. I should have known.
Ryouga: (reality hits) My Akane's under the snow somewhere!! (Ryouga makes
like a power
drill downwards into the mountain side)
Ranma: _Your_ Akane?!
[Scene: Kasumi is still looking up and you can see Ryouga coming closer
through the side
of the mountain. Ryouga hits the cave's roof...]
Ryouga: Aaahhhh!!! (plummets onto Kasumi s lap)
Kasumi: Ryouga?! Ryouga get off of me!!! Please?
Ranma: (looking down into the hole) Ryouga?
Kasumi: Ranma!! Ranma!! Get down here!!
[Ranma gracefully jumps down into the hole made by Ryouga and flips on
contact with the
floor having a perfect landing. Ryouga just stares as he sees Ranma in 100%
good condition and himself with bruises to the head and arms...]
Ranma: Hello. Where s Akane?
Kasumi: (breaks into tears and points to the mirror) She was swallowed by
that mirror! I'll
never see my youngest sister against!!
Ryouga: Akane! I will save you! (runs towards the mirror resulting in
another bruise to the
head...)
Ranma: How are we supposed to get through that thing?
*POOF!*
[Gosunkugi appears out of a puff of smoke. Everyone stands dumbfounded,
including
Gosunkugi]
Gosunkugi: Where in the world am I now?!... That sensei of mine can t
teach me anything!
Ryouga: (thinking) Now he knows how _I_ feel...
[Back at the other side of the mirror...We follow Akane around the side of
a jagged
mountain where she bumps into a long-haired stranger.]
Girl: What are you doing here?
Akane: I was about to ask you the same thing. Are we really in the...
Girl: Phoenixes' Den? Yep! You must be from the other side. I was born
there about 16 real
world years ago.
Akane: Huh?
[Akane glares at the girl in disbelief. The girl has long, black rippling
hair and a star
emblem in the middle of her forehead and is wearing a black gi.]
Girl: Let me explain. I m Yoshi Satori. I've lived here for what seems
like three years, but
on the other side is three days. Just wondering, ever been to Jusenkyou?
Akane: The cursed pools?! No, anyway... about the time...
Satori: Good, then when I get you back over there, (thinking) which I have
to figure out how
to do... (speaking again) you won't have side effects.
Akane: Time difference? Side effects? This sound like Quantum Leap or
something!!
Satori: Calm down, Miss. I had a few side effects on my first visit back.
I fell into a
Jusenkyou pool, where a guy drowned, but when I went back there, I wasn't
cursed anymore.
Akane: How do you plan on getting us back?
Satori: I don t know if I can get us _both_ back.
[Back to Gosunkugi, Kasumi, Ryouga, and Ranma. They are trying to figure
out a way to
get Akane back....]
Ranma: (thinking) Has he ever thought that he can never be taught? (to
Gosunkugi) Do you
know where we are?
Gosunkugi: I just got here, remember?
Kasumi: Ranma, we are where we were planning to go...
Ryouga: Where was that?
Ranma: This is where the entrance to the Phoenixes' Den is? I expected a
little more, I
mean...
Kasumi: (hysterically) WHO CARES WHAT THE SCENERY IS! GET MY SISTER OUT
OF THAT MIRROR!!
Gosunkugi: Mirror? What mirr...(faces mirror) Oh.
Ryouga: (grabs Gosunkugi by the collar) Get _my_ Akane out of there!! You
re supposed to
be some sorcerer or some...
Gosunkugi: You want a sorcerer?! If you want _my_ Akane out of there, we
need some
backup... (sits Indian style on the floor and then closes his eyes)
(thinking) Sensei, I need your assistance. Help your pupil...I don't want to
be alone...(nothing happens) DO YOU HEAR ME UP THERE OR WHAT?!
Kasumi: _My_ sweet sister Akane. Yes, she was childish and stubborn but...
Ranma: WHOSE AKANE?!
[Back to Akane and Satori...]
Akane: WHAT?!
Satori: Don t get your panties in a bunch. I have never had to bring
someone out with me. I
was about to go on my vacation to the other side, until I bumped into you...
Akane: SORRY TO DISRUPT YOUR _VACATION_, SATORI, BUT...AHHHHH!!
Satori: Huh?
[Satori looks behind her. There is a large animal which looked like a red
dragon with a bird's head and wings and is the size of one of the jagged
mountains. Satori looks completely calm while Akane goes into fighting stance]
Satori: Calm down Akane. This is Yomato. He's my pet...
Akane: Phoenix?
Satori: How'd you guess? This is the Phoenixes' Den after all...
Akane: (in awe) Are there any more? That doesn't look like the Phoenixes
in the story
books...
Satori: Well... there are a lot more, except... they aren't tame like
Yomato. And he doesn t
look like the _Japanese_ story books, since he's _Chinese_.
Akane: Yomato doesn't look that tame to me... (Yomato gives Akane a dirty
look. Akane
gives Yomato a I didn't mean it that way look.)
Satori: Yomato, put your collar back on.
[Yomato pulls out a collar from under his left wing and slips in around
it's neck. Akane
notices a few computer chips sticking out of the collar...]
Akane: What the...?!
Yomato: The collar enables me to talk.
[Akane gives Yomato a No, really?! look]
Satori: I made it for him on my first visit back to the other side.
Akane: (to Yomato) Will you help me... us get back?
[Yomato nods]
Satori: You see, he has to help. Yomato was human once until he went
through the mirror.
Then the overlords got him...
Akane: Overlords?
Satori: Oh, I forgot to tell you, the overlords are the ones who
imprisoned all the Phoenixes
in here. The Phoenixes are the only thing that can equal their power, but
the Phoenixes still don't understand where they are... and they've been
stuck here for billions of years!!
Akane: What would happen to us if the overlords...
Satori: You don't want to know. They do experiments with you, clone you,
and dissect you.
I used to have a twin sister...
Akane: Oh, sorry...
Satori: SHe's not dead. Let s put it this way, we look nothing a like now.
Anyway Yomato
has to help because
we can t leave or come without a scale of a phoenix...
Akane: Then how did I get here? Whoa...!!
[Satori grabs Akane s foot causing Akane to fall on her back. Then pulls
of a small red
disk.]
Satori: I must have left one of my spares on the other side! I was
wondering how someone
like you could get
in here...
*WHACK!*
Akane: What do you mean a person like me?! I oughtta...
Satori: I meant a commoner!! You really didn t plan on coming through the
mirror did you?
Akane: No... sorry. I've got a bad temper sometimes.
[Satori gives Akane a No, Really?! look and then takes two new scales of
Yomato s back.]
Yomato: Ow! Did you have to pull so hard! I m only human... Uh... [a
large smile from ear
to ear is visible]
Satori: (glares at Yomato for a moment) humph. Let s go. Your friends and
loved ones may
be worried. About an hour has passed in the real world.
[In the real world...]
Ranma: Are we going to just sit here until the polar ice caps melt, or what?
Kasumi:... my sister... Akane... oh, Mother, I need your guidance...
Ryouga: (banging against the mirror) Give me back my Akane!!
[A girl looking like Akane, but in Satori s clothes, bulldozes Ryouga. Two
other guys pop
out, also stomping on Ryouga, one in girls' clothing and one in red Chinese
clothing.]
Kasumi: Akane!! (Hugs Akane )
Satori: (pushing Kasumi away) Huh? Who are you?
Kasumi: It s me your sister...
Satori: What sister?...what?!
[The real Akane grabs Satori and drags her off to a corner a long with
Yomato. Akane and
Satori stare at each other for a while, while everyone else glares in their
direction]
Kasumi, Ranma, Ryouga, & Gosunkugi: (thinking) Who the heck...? What s
with Akane?
[We go to the corner where three mixed up people are conferencing]
Akane: (whispering) Satori... look at yourself! You're me!
Satori: (whispering and looking downwards at herself) Oh no. My curse
affected both of us!
You're in my boy form!! Yomato's fine, since he's got the chi of the phoenix
to protect him...
Yomato: (guy form, whispering) In your face!!
Akane: Yomato?! (thinking) He's cute... (to Yomato) This is not a joke!
Satori: If I'm not mistaken, cold water will make me you, and you me. You
know the
Jusenkyou deal, right? This has never happened to me before, since I've only
come through with Yomato. If I m not mistaken, this curse should last from a
week to a month.
Akane: I can't hide _this_ (pointing at her belt line...) for very long. I
live with two girls, and
three guys. (thinking) Actually, 2 1/2 girls and 2 1/2 guys...
Ranma: (interrupting) Anything wrong Akane? You look a little different...
Akane: I m...
Satori: (abruptly) I m fine!
Ranma: Who are they?
Satori: Our new house guests!
[Scene: The gang gets saved by a rescue team and are escorted home. Yomato
and Satori
greet Genma, Nodoka, Nabiki, and Soun. Then Yomato, Satori and Akane run to
the bathroom to have another meeting...]
Satori: Here! (hands Akane some hot water and drowns herself in hot water
in the shower)
We've got to figure out an excuse for me, the female half, for being here.
And for my male half disappearing...
Akane: That's easy, just say you were cursed! Then we ...
Yomato: That won't work Akane. If you get doused in water, Satori will
have to be there so
you can switch. But, if Satori s not there, the jig will be up.
Akane & Satori: Oh, yeah. We re dead...
[Akane and Satori face fault]
[The camera fades out of the bathroom down the stares to the living room,
where everyone
else ponders...]
Ranma: Is it my imagination or has...
Nabiki: Akane been acting strange? If it's your imagination, it's contagious.
Kasumi: Probably just shock from the mirror experience. She'll be fine
after a few weeks or
so.
Soun: I hope she snaps out of it before school tomorrow.
Ranma: (thinking) She better had or I ll have to fight all those boys by
myself, even though I
am capable...
Akane: (normal form) Hi! What's everyone up to? (thinking) Just act extra
cheery. (to
everyone) I'd like you to meet my friends, Satori and Yomato. (thinking and
looking at Yomato) He is really cute. He may not be a man all the time, but
at least He's not a jerk.
Yomato & Satori: Nihao!! (whispering to each other) Act extra cheery!...
Ranma: (thinking) SHe's cute. She doesn t seem to be like that kawaiikune,
Akane...(to
Satori) Hi! And you are...
Satori: Yoshi Satori. And he's Yoshi Yomato.
Nodoka: Siblings?
Yomato: Actually, we aren't. We met by...
Akane: Coincidence!
Soun: And how do you know them? And hey...where's that other guy? And
where did Satori
come from?
[Akane, Yomato, and Satori face fault]
Ryouga: (looking suspiciously at Yomato) Yeah! How do you know each other?!
Akane: Well, you saw how...
Kasumi: In the mirror?!
Satori: I guess...
Yomato: (puts his arm around Akane and ruffles her hair) She was scared of
me! Little ol'
me!
Gosunkugi, Ryouga & Ranma: Grrr...
Gosunkugi: (thinking) He will not be flirting with Akane for much
longer... sensei will help
dispose of him... (face fault)
Ranma: (thinking) He can have her. I thought she hated guys... why is she
letting him...(face
fault)
Ryouga: (thinking) He'll be buried with Ranma. They shall all die!!
[Yomato lets go of a red Akane and Satori has a Nabiki grin]
Akane: (thinking) That was nice...
Yomato: (thinking) I think I can get used to being human.
Satori: (smiling and thinking) Yomato may not come back with me...
(looking at Ryouga)
and I don't think I want to go...
Kasumi: So how long are you planning on staying?
[Everyone face-faults]
Satori: It depends. Maybe from a week to a month....
Nabiki: (Thinking out loud) Can't give her monthly rates....
Akane: Nabiki!
Nabiki: Can't blame a girl for trying to make a little cash!
[Akane face-faults]
Yomato: Akane, how would you like to show us around Nerima?
Akane: Sure!
Ranma: (thinking) Why is she being so nice? Last time she played innocent
was when she
had a crush on Dr. Tofu....
[The background fades into black and Ranma is left alone in a face-fault.]
Ranma: (thinking) Oh no!
Satori: (Being pulled outside) See you!!
Soun: (yelling) Don't come home too late, tomorrow's school!!!
[Outside, Akane pauses then pulls Satori and Yomato behind the wall
surrounding the
house.]
Akane: What are we going to do about school? You two can't stay home. (To
Satori) We
have to stick together.
Satori: I'll be a guest at school. You know, I go to school for a little
while and I have to
accompany you everywhere and I don't have to pay anything. Yomato can pair
up with Ranma.
Yomato: Don't _I_ have a say in this? I want to be with Akane! (Akane
blushes.) Satori, why
don't you bring Ryouga along? _You_ think he's cute, anyway. (Satori blushes)
[Kasumi runs to the entrance of the Dojo]
Kasumi: Akane! (She turns) Oh, there you are. Father wanted to make sure
you had money.
(Hands Akane 10,000 yen)
Akane: This is a _little_ too much....
Kasumi: (whispering) I know. (winks)
[Kasumi goes back inside and we see Akane and company in front of a movie
theatre. We
also see several shadowy figures watching all around...]
Yomato: So, what do you want to see?
Akane: Guess. (Points to a billboard at a title: The Phoenix of Nerima)
Satori: Let's go! (pulls the two of them into the movie theatre.)
[Kunou jumps out of one of the shadows, Ranma out of another shadow with
Ryouga close
behind him, with Gosunkugi doing his usual *POOF!* and the whole parade
follows Akane, not noticing each other.
[Akane and Yomato sit down in the theatre while Satori goes for popcorn.
Satori sees
Akane's crowd of admirers.....]
Satori: (thinking) We were followed....(hurries and tells Akane)
['Akane walks out of the theatre, alone and goes to a restaurant. Her
admirers follow.
Satori: (thinking) The jerks. They're so gullible. I'll lose all of
them...._ except_ for
Ryouga...
[Satori-Akane goes into the ladies' lavatory and jumps out the window.
Then she runs
around the building watching all the guys enter. She grabs Ryouga,
blindfolds him and sucks into an alley.]
Satori: (pours boiling water over herself and takes off Ryouga's
blindfolds.) Good morning,
Ryouga.
Ryouga: What was _that_ for?!
Satori: Akane and Yomato ditched me, and for some reason some horde of
guys started to
follow me. I saw you and thought you would like to protect me. (thinking.)
Except he doesn't know all that fighting with the overlords and phoenixes,
I'm a superb martial artist!
[Back in the theatre....]
Yomato: So, how's the movie so far?
Akane: Shouldn't you know? You're right next to me and watching the movie....
Yomato: I _am_ sitting right next to you, but I wasn't watching the movie.
(puts his arm
around a blushing Akane. (thinking) I must have a pure talent. I can make
anyone blush.
[The camera zooms in on Ranma.]
Ranma: (thinking and pausing) Who am I following? Akane, my fiancée? Or
Satori, the cute
mystery girl? Hmm....I think I'll go into the theatre and think this
through. Akane left the theatre anyway, the only people I can bump into are
Satori and Yomato....
[In the alley...Satori being to drag Ryouga out of the alley to a nearby
park where they sit
down on a nearby bench.]
Ryouga: You see any of those goons that were following you?
Satori: Isn't it a beautiful day? (dreamily looking at the sky)
Ryouga...How long have you
known Akane?
Ryouga: Akane...sweet Akane...my Akane....
Satori: Hmm...If I didn't know better I would think that you were in love
with Akane....(glares at a blushing Ryouga) (thinking) I should give up that
daydream about him and me. Anyway, I could still play along so that Yomato
and Akane could have some time alone....
[We see Kunou and Gosunkugi in the middle of nowhere and they then go back
into the
theatre.]
Kunou: I lost my one true love....
Gosunkugi: She's _my_ one true love. You have a backup, the pig tailed
girl, remember?
Kunou: I shall have them both!
*WHACK*
Gosunkugi: Hey! What'd you do that for?
Kunou: Saotome wasn't around.
[Inside the theatre, Akane is snug under Yomato's arm and they are both a
little red as their hearts beat a little faster.] <There will be no 'lemons'
in this story!>
[A few rows back, Ranma sits himself down and then starts to watch the
movie, he looks
around for Satori,....and Yomato, and _finds_ Yomato....]
Ranma: (thinking) Hey! Where's Satori? Who's that under his arm? Is that
Satori? They
make a real sweet couple. I wonder if I'll see a goodnight kiss.... I hope
they invite me to the wedding.... Waitasec... they have the same last
name... maybe they're already married... but wait...that's... that's....
Kunou: AKANE!!
[A fight once again breaks out. Even some of the other members of the
audience join in just for kicks. Kunou is double-teamed by Yomato and Ranma.
Gosunkugi is knocked out by a single punch from Akane. Yomato grabs Akane
and runs. Ranma tries to follow and is intercepted by
Kunou.*POW!**OUCH!**WHAM!* And Kunou flies through the air....it's a
bird....it's a plane....no, it's KUNOU!]
Ranma: Where in the world are they now?!
<this line is getting very popular nowadays>
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Commercial break!
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Author's note:
Okay, a little break, since our hands are killing us. Anyway.... What
do you think of this so far? Can you understand it? Even the editor didn't
get the Jusenkyou-type changes. Anyway, when this thing's finished, you'll
have a blast!
Sincerely,
Janelle Thompson (writer) Ranko Velasquez (editor)
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[Skip to Yomato and Akane. They stand in a near by park...]
Yomato: (sits Akane and himself down) About time we're alone again.
Akane...(thinking) I think I can even make myself blush, with Akane's help
of course...
Akane: Yes, Yomato?
[They gaze into each other's eyes for a moment...]
Yomato: Akane... would you... I mean, could you...
Akane: (anxiously) Yes? Yes?
Yomato: ...would you... like to go out again tomorrow? (thinking) _ I_
chickened out! Geez! I was going to ask her to come back with me through the
mirror! God dammit!
[Akane face faults and quickly snaps out of it]
Akane: SURE!! (thinking) I wouldn't even care if I have to pay _again_...
[Yomato and Akane meet with Ryouga and Satori near the exit of the park.
Both couples
are arm in arm]
Ryouga: Grrr.... (Satori claps her hand over his mouth.)
Satori: (whispering to Yomato and Akane) I'll keep Ryouga and Akane's
other admirers
away on your date tomorrow, too.
Yomato: Arigato!
[Back at the Tendo Dojo, Ranma arrives alone and sees Akane and company
walk up to the
entrance from the opposite direction.]
Satori: Hi, Ranma. (smiles)
Ranma: Uh, hi.
[Everyone walks in. Ranma drags behind and Satori goes back after him.
Satori: (Whispering) Why don't you just admit you love her instead of
following her around the town all the time?
[Ranma blushes. ]
Ranma: (whispering) I _thought_ I _did._
[Inside, everyone's waiting for the return of the two cute couples and the
"1/4" of a couple. <Ranma>]
Kasumi: How was your night, Akane>
Nabiki: (whispers to Akane) Give me all the juicy details at school tomorrow.
Akane: Daddy, where are Yomato and Satori going to sleep?
Kasumi: Satori can sleep with you, and Yomato with Ranma and Mr. Saotome.
Nabiki: Then, where's Ryouga sleeping?
Akane: (Whispering) Your room has a vacant spot....
Nabiki: AKANE!! (whispers) We are not under the influence of Shampoo's
love potion
anymore, remember?
[In Akane's room. Akane and Satori have a girl to girl talk.]
Akane: Do you _have_ to go back?
Satori: Who will you miss more? Me? Or.... him?
Akane: Well...
Satori: Admit it. You like Yomato.
Akane: Not so loud!
Satori: Ranma might hear me?
Akane: Not _one_ word...( eyes are narrowed.)
Satori: Hey! Don't get your panties in a bunch! I was meaning to ask you
this before, and I think Yomato wants to know, too.
Akane: What _is_ it, Satori?
Satori: Are you going to come and see us in the "Den"?
Akane: Maybe, but how will I....
Satori: Here. (hands her a small pouch) This is one of my spare pouches of
phoenix scales.
Akane: Poor Yomato! How many did you pluck?!
Satori: Hundreds!
[Ranma and Genma's room. Ranma and Yomato are alone because the panda is
downstairs
getting his butt kicked by both Soun and Nodoka in mahjongg, and Nodoka
verbally.]
Yomato: How long have you been engaged?
Ranma: How'd you know?
Yomato: Why else would you follow her to the theatre unless you were her
fiancée? Or
loved her....
Ranma: _One_ word....
Yomato: (Splashes Ranma with a nearby bucket of water.) Why don't you
cool... AAHHH!
Ranma-chan: Now you know my secret. Oh well. You would probably find out
eventually
from Akane. You two are sooooo close and all....
Yomato: _One_ word! We're _just_ dating, and if you're really that
jealous, why don't you confront her?
Ranma-chan: Me? Jealous? Never! I'm just concerned. About your butt
getting kicked by
Akane.....
Yomato: Yeah, yeah, yeah. I've heard _that_ before. Come on, let's get
some hot water.
(Starts to drag Ranma-chan until Ranma-chan jerks back)
Ranma-chan: How did you know I need hot--(*SPLASH!*)
Yomato: (drenched) I'm not cursed.
Ranma-chan: Then who is?
Yomato: Uh-oh. Uh.... SATORI!!
[Satori rushes in and Yomato runs out grabbing Satori and they run into
Akane's room.
Ranma follows and gets a door slammed in his face.]
Yomato: We have a problem.
Akane: What?
Yomato: Ranma's catching on.
Satori:(Staring accusingly at Yomato) And what led him on, dearie?!
Yomato: I sort of stumbled onto his secret.
Akane: Oh.
Satori: What secret?
Yomato: Think Jusenkyou. Think transvestite.
Satori: Oh. But what does that have to do with anything?
Yomato: He...she....Ranma wants to know how I know the temporary cure.
Akane: Hot water?
Satori: Hot water.
Akane and Satori: Oh.
Satori: That doesn't mean anything, we are still in the clear right.
[Ranma opens the door.]
Ranma-chan: Am I missing something?
Akane, Yomato and Satori: Uh-oh.
[Scene fades out and in again.]
Akane: Ranma, uh, this is hard to explain. Do you remember the mirror?
Ranma-chan: How can I forget.
Satori: Well, originally, I was cursed, except the mirror seems to screw
up Jusenkyou
curses. I would usually turn into a guy, but instead...
*SPLASH!*
Yomato: She turns into Akane.
Ranma-chan: I can see that, you idiot!
Akane: That's not all.
*SPLASH!*
Yomato: Akane changes into Satori's boy form.
[Ranma-chan face-faults.]
Ranma-chan: I'm not blind, you jerk! How come _you_ don't change?
Satori: Uh....well... you see....well.....
Ranma-chan: Spit it out already!
Akane-kun: On the other side of the mirror, he turns into a phoenix.....
Yomato: (interrupting)...most of the time.
Akane-kun: Huh?
Satori: I didn't mention? He only turns into a phoenix if he's wet on entry.
Ranma-chan: Huh?!
Satori: In the cave, there used to be a hot spring, but when we came out
this time, it wasn't there.
Akane-kun: It might have frozen or caved in, or some thing.
Yomato: Well, that's no skin off _my_ back.
Satori: Don't be a fool! You'll never be able to survive in human form
back there! You suck at martial arts!
Yomato: (whispering) Please don't deflate my image in front of... (glances
at Akane.)
Satori: But _Akane's_ great at Martial arts. (Whispers to Yomato) hint! hint!
Yomato: Akane... (kneels) come back with me? (thinking) Don't say
no..please...don't say no...
Ranma-chan: You can't be considering...
Akane-kun:...
*SPLASH!*
[Satori pours hot water on all the cursed people in the room. We hear a
rumbling
noise....comparable to a bulldozer]
Ryouga, Kunou and Gosunkugi: NOOO!!!
Akane: Ulp. Could you guys excuse me for a minute?(she silently pushes all
of them out the door.)
Satori: Me, too?
Akane: Please?
Satori: Okay...call me first when you have a decision.
[Akane nods and closes the door. She flops onto her bed.]
Akane. *sigh.* (Thinking.) What now? I have had several proposals in the
last two years, and not all from Ranma. Come to think about it, _none_ of
them were from Ranma! But this one's different. Yomato's special. Not just
because he's a phoenix...well, mainly because he's a phoenix...but I just
don't know. I mean, he's sweet, cute, kind and a great cuddler. Shinosoke is
sweet, cute, kind, I owe him my life, but yet, forgetful. Maybe I should
have said yes to him? Nah! Ranma? He never asked _me_ to marry him. Not even
under the love potion influence. Ryouga, we'll be lost for the rest of our
lives, but yet together. Hmm...times 'a wastin'! Why me? Why not Kasumi?
She's probably _too_ sweet...except for Dr. Tofu... *sob!**Sob!* Humph! I'm
going back into the broken heart phase again. *CRACK!* There are just some
times when I have to hit myself....(A broken bed board is visible)but not
today. Hmm. *sigh!* *Sigh.* Waitasec...me and Yomato won't be married. We'll
still be dating! Okay, I'm going. I'll come back, but since there's a time
difference, they'll never know. Hah! My decision is made.
[Akane is opening her door as a horde falls into her lap.]
Akane: SATORI!!
[Satori manages to get Akane out from under Ryouga. It took a while, but
it happened (with Ranma's mallet's help.)]
Akane: Shut the door, will you, Satori?
Satori: Sure!
*SLAM!* *OUCH!* *CRUNCH!*
Satori: (to herself) Ow! (To Akane) Have you chosen?
Akane: Shh...! (She pulls out a piece of paper from her desk and a pen and
writes.) I'm coming but after 1 "real world" day, I'm coming back.
Satori: Yeah! (Jumps up and down with joy.)
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The End... for now...
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Author's Note:
What you think? I like it. Look for the sequel: Akane Through The
Looking Glass. Oh, I'm not a good typist, therefore if there are typos or
grammatical errors, sorry.
Sincerely,
Janelle Thompson(writer)
Editor's note:
You like? I like. I'm more a co-writer than an editor, but since I fix
up all the spelling mistakes, discontinuities and whatnot that she's
forgotten, we decided that that's a better name for me... This story comes
after "Putting Your Heart In the Right Place", by John Biles. We make a lot
of mistakes, I know, and we're not entirely sure about all of the
information, but what the hey, this is just for fun, right? C&C quite
welcome (in fact, we'd really appreciate it). Arigato!
See you soon,
Ranko Velasquez (editor)