Sarah: its 2:43am on a friday night once again proving that you Eric
have no life.
Eric: oh shut up, i would've gone out but Jason challenged me to game
of honor!
Sarah: he challenged you to a game of Madden '97!
Eric: theres honor in that!
Sarah: okay whatever, so what are we going to do now?
Eric: well lets read another fanfic!
Gi Gi wrote:
Well, her is another attemp to a Ranma Fic. Help is really
needed.
Sarah: ah help is already appreciated! I feel so loved!
Eric: why did i think you up again?
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Lonely Christmas
By: GiGi
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Sarah: chrismas is a very lonely time of year, i mean lots of people
commit really stupid acts and its just terribly depressing isn't Eric?
Eric: Quiet you!
The streets were covered with with ice. Christmas songs were
heard and kids were running up and down the street, some were laughing
and some were yelling. Christmas light shinned outside the streets,
Sarah: I wish I were an elephant...
Eric: what my esteemed *ahem* colleauge is trying to suggest is you use
were an awful lot.
people carrying gifts, and young lovers walking side by side.
Sarah: doesnt that suck around christmas time?
Eric: Quiet You!
Shampoo sighed. She stared at the scenes in front of her. Ten
years, it have been ten Christmas which she had celebrated all by
herself. She regreted she let him go. He went away, and for these long
ten years, she hadn't been able to find him.
Eric: gads! this is already depressing! You had to pick this one?
Sarah: oh shut up, i wonder which him she's talking about.
Shampoo was loonely. After she told Colonge that she didn't
Sarah: Shampoo is loony or lonely? I mean i'll take the loony though.
it could make for an interesting fanfic!
Eric: ...
want
to marry Ranma nor become the next leader of the Amazons, Colonge left
Eric: shouldnt or be used here?
Sarah: oh this from the grammar king himself.
Japan. She knew she made the right decision about leting Ranma go.
Eric: just like that? no big fight Cologne just up and left? Nothing
dramatic?
But
the desicion was too late. He had gone.
Sarah: ahh no its Mousse.
Eric: you only experience with Mousse being from Hearts and Minds you
arent exactly liking the little blind boy are you?
Sarah: he was a jerk in that one!
Seven years ago, Ranma married Akane. There was no destruction
Eric: wow seven years ago.
this time because everyone had found new love. Ukyou with Ryoga,
Koodachi with Mikado, Tsubasa with Akari, and Kuno with Nabiki. She was
the only one without love.
Eric: you do realize that you people are killing me with these sadfics.
I mean shouldnt someone say something inspiring about my recent breakup?
Sarah: wow seven years.. thats a long life you have in front of you
Eric.
Eric: *sniffs* I'll be right back.
Sarah: heh, now i'm in control!
Why did I let him go? Shampoo asked herself. Now it is too late.
Sarah: cuz Mousse is an insensitive jerk? btw those are three
fragments.
Shampoo glanced at the clock. It was already seven. She figured
out that there wasn't going to be more costumers. She decided to close
the Neotaken and go for a walk.
Sarah: i think its spelled Nekohanten or something like that.
Eric: *returning* is it over yet?
Sarah: *grinning evilly* uhh yes.
The streets were full of shoppers and the aroma of turkey and
bread made everyone feel hungry, except Shampoo. She came to a
cross-road. If she goes to the left, she was going to end up in the
Sarah: cross-roads. If she went left, she would end up in the mall. If
she went right she would end up in the park.
mall, and if she went to the right, she was going to end up in the park.
She took the right.
Eric: The right what?
Sarah: path.
Once at the park, Shampoo sat down on a bench. She looked around
her, that's when she spoted two teenagers arguing.
"I don't want you stupid gifts!! Can you get the point that I
don't love you, Ivan? I told you a million times that I only love
Carl!!!"
Sarah: she moved to the USA?
Eric: or russia.
Sarah: maybe Ivan is a foreign exchange student.
"But Yuki, if you will give just one chance you will change your
mind!"
Eric: gah this is horrible I thought you said it was over!
Sarah: *grins wickedly* I lied?
"That's it! I'm going! And don't you dare to follow me!" and
the girl stomped away.
Sarah: you go girl. here's an anvil, go drop it on his head, he'll get
the picture.
Eric: oh come on give him a chance.. one chance!
The scene thigered Shampoo's mind. She remembered the times
Sarah: it did what?
Eric: i think gig means The scene triggered an old memory. Not
necessarily her mind.
she
had wiht Mousse. She didn't want the girl to made the same mistake she
did. With a leap, Shampoo apeared in front to Yuki.
Sarah: oh shampoo don't butt your nose in!
Eric: Go shampoo.
"Hi!" Shampoo said cheerfully.
Eric: she's so cheerful ...
Sarah: and jolly?
Eric: and red?
Sarah: and fat?
"Umm...hi!" Yuki said nervously. She never saw anyone jump like
that. "How you did that??"
Sarah: you see Yuki, she has springs in her shoes. boingy boingy
boingy.
Eric: I created you for what reason?
"I'll tell you soon." during the last ten years, Shampoo has
perfected her Jappanese. "Is that boy your boyfriend?"
Eric: Shampoo had perfected her Japanese.
"Heck no! But why do you care??"
Sarah: dont do it Shampoo!
"I'm going to tell you a story. Come and sit." Shampoo gesture
the girl to sit in one of the nearby benches.
Eric: should be gestured
Sarah: unless the writer took some lessons from Shampoo.
"Long time ago, there was a boy who was totally in love with a
girl." Shampoo began slowly, so Yuki could get all the details. "But
Sarah: more like obssessed.
according to the rules of the village where they lived, a boy had to beat
a girl in order to make her his wife.
Sarah: not a bad rule, makes for strong families and the girl could
always *ahem* have lost if she really loved the boy.
Eric: true, but there's always pride involved and Shampoo had that in
truckloads.
Sarah: boatloads as well?
"The boy didn't want to get the girl like that. He wanted to win
her with love and not with violence.
Sarah: Instead he opted to be a pest and never listen to her!
So day and night, he would tell
her
how much he loved her, but the girl refused him. She refused him over
Sarah: cuz he probably scared her cuz he was soo obssessive.
Eric: well he loved her.
Sarah: he hardly knew her!
and over again, but he came back over and over agian. He never gave up.
"Then one day, a boy beat the girl in combat by accident. After
that, the girl became obssesed about him. She told herself every
Sarah: life imitates art?
night
that that boy loved her. But he didn't becaused he loved another girl.
Eric: no one could prove that at the time.
"Mean wihile, the other boy still woed her over and over, but she
refused him. She told him that she didn't love him. She told him that
she hated him.
Sarah: and rightly she should've
"One day, the girl finally understood that she didn't love that
guy who beated her in combat. She discovered that she loved the other
Eric: either use beat her or bested her.
guy, but it was too late. The guy already left. He left without a
Sarah: but WHY? Why did she love him? Thats important to the story? I
mean was it cuz he always threw himself at her feet or what? What made
her realize that she loved him?
Eric: btw, use He had left ...
word.
The girl knew that she was never going to find love.
Sarah: did she even try?
Eric: its hard when you love someone to let them go.
Sarah: Mousse did. I mean he wussed out!
"As the days passed, a lot of men came to woe the girl, but she
refused them all. The girl saw the shadow of the boy every time she saw
a man. His smile, his face, and his voice."
Sarah: I suppose thats very touching.
Eric: and very real. once you fall in love and lose, you hold that
person up as an ideal to be met and you find many others lacking.
"Why do you tell me this story??" Yuki asked.
"Beacause that girl is me. Ten years has passed, and for ten
Sarah: well Yuki should've seen that one coming if she had a small
brain.
years I have live in total sadness. Give that boy a chance. I don't
Sarah: shamps speech not entirely good yet apparently.
want you to end up like me."
"But I love Carl!" Yuki protested.
Sarah: thats right Shampoo butt out!
"But are you sure that Carl loves you?? Yuki, I was once a
teenager like you. My only mistake was to refuse that boy. Give Ivan a
chance. Maybe he is right. If you don't try it, how would you know
Sarah: and maybe he's wrong! dont necessarily give up on carl!
Eric: I'm begining to agree with you on this one.
he is not for you? Don't make the same mistake I did." with that,
Shampoo left.
Eric: so what Shampoo is saying is to win a girl be completely
obssesive?
Sarah: yes what about respect and friendship and not forcing yourself on
someone or thinking that because you claim you love someone you really
do.
Eric: it takes two to work.
As she walked back to her appartment, two tears rolled down her
cheek. She asked herself why did she refused Mousse. She wished she
Eric: why had she refused Mousse.
could go back, but that was impossible.
Eric: dont we all wish we could go back.
God, she thought. How many more Christmas do I have to spent by
myself?? How many more??
Sarah: well as many as it takes for you to grow up a little bit and stop
blaming yourself. I mean c'mon its been ten years. Have you really
tried?
Eric: Yes. I mean this is sad and everything like that. I mean Mousse
always declared his undying love for her, but did he ever really listen
to her?
Sarah: it was a nice story.
Eric: and it hit way to close to home, what is it with you people
tonight?
Sarah: you have some punctuation errors and stuff, mostly stuff that if
you went over it with a critical eye you'd probably catch.
Eric: anyways thanks for the story and thanks for reminding me why i
hate christmas.
Sarah: its been a Long December, huh?
Eric: to say the least.
Sarah: until next time!
--
"I always hated stories that ended poorly. I
always felt cheated. But you can't feel cheated
forever. And then she woke up...
I suppose there are worse endings."
--Rose Walker, Lost Hearts
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