Ranma 1/2: The Insanity Continues
Volume 2 - Reflections and Changes
Chapter 1 - Honeymoon Blues
By: Lord Archive.
Authors note: This series takes place after Manga volume #38.
This chapter is Lemon-scent. There are a fair number of sexual references
and innuendoes, but nothing explicit (except in side stories).
This chapter will seem to jump a bit as this chapter is really the
starting point of the series as each character starts down a new path and
only a few of them cross paths at this point.
Legal babble: Ranma 1/2 and all characters (except the delivery-men) are
copyrighted by Rumiko Takahashi, Viz Video, ect... and is used without
consent. I am only borrowing them. I will return them... eventually.
< > represents a character's thoughts.
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Intro: Hello! Saotome Akane here. Yes, you heard right, Saotome. I
finally married that baka, one month after the bombed wedding. It
happened after I had a private talk with Ranma, found out about Ryouga's
curse, and got pregnant. You would think that this would end at least
some part of the insanity of the past year and a half, but it didn't.
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She had lost him. Without him, she was nothing, cared for nothing, had
nothing. Eleven years of her life, her childhood, her womanhood, all
wasted chasing a man she could never have. And he had just married
someone else. What was worse, she couldn't exact her vengeance upon him
as she still loved him.
Kuonji Ukyou sat on the floor of the restaurant she had built for her
love, cursing him and the memories her restaurant brought up. After ten
o'clock, she got off the floor and grabbed some pens and paper.
Motioning to Konatsu, who had been watching her from the shadows the
entire time, she handed the writing equipment to him.
She stated with a sob, "Write down any ideas you have to remodel this
place."
"Huh?"
She did not reply as she walked over to the counter, pulled out her
whoop-ass spatula and decimated the counter.
Konatsu shouted, "Ukyou, Stop! What are you doing?!"
"My old life is over," she said, not looking up from the debris for a
moment. Then she turned to him, looking at him with tears in her eyes.
"So I'm preparing to make a new one."
"What are you planning to do?" Konatsu asked in a worried voice.
"I'm going to gut Ucchan's and open Ukyou's in it's place. And when I see
Ranma and Akane again I'll... I'll... I don't know what I'll do."
"They didn't mean to hurt you. They are your friends. Please don't push
them away."
He did not get a reply as Ukyou resumed her destructive outpouring
against her restaurant.
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Kuno slowly marched into his room, crestfallen. The loves of his life
just married each other. Well, one of his loves, the other was a lie. He
glared at a poster of the girl he once called his pig-tailed goddess.
He raised his bokken to the poster and shouted, "You vile cur. You have
deceived me, the Blue Thunder, with your heinous magic. For that alone I
have the right to seek vengeance, but you have also captured the heart of
the beauteous Tendo Akane. For that the swift punishment of heaven is not
enough. You deserve the slow agonizing revenge of hell!"
He shredded all the pictures of onna-Ranma off his walls, and then his
eyes befell the pictures of Akane.
"You are now lost to me for all time. You, the fairest of women, lost to
the evil Saotome. I shall honor your wish and not interfere, but I shall
have my revenge on Ranma, somehow. Now I must commit the ultimate
sacrifice and lay low my love for you."
He took down all the pictures of Akane. As he removed the final poster,
he noticed a picture that had been placed there over two years ago, before
his obsession with Akane.
"Maybe it is you who is truly the love of my life. A girl of cunning and
intellect that reviles no other, but your spirit does not match what a
noble warrior such as I should have as a wife and love. After all this
time, there is still something that beckons me to you, though. I shall
sleep on this thought."
He walked over to his bed and fell dead asleep.
The only picture remaining on his wall was tattered and slightly faded
with age. It was almost indistinguishable, however, the image of a fifteen
year old girl with short brown hair could still be seen.
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Overnight the unusually warm weather passed and gave way to the cold
chilling rains of winter. Ranma and Akane didn't care, they weren't going
anywhere while on their honeymoon. Most of their friends and rivals,
however, felt the weather suited their moods perfectly.
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Ryoga stood at the door of the Unryu farmhouse, watching Akari feed her
pigs. He was lost in thought. He lamented the loss of Akane, and hoped he
was not losing Akari. He made a mistake at the wedding. A mistake he
doubted she would truly forgive him for. Akari returned from her morning
chores and looked at Ryoga with concern.
Akari asked, "Ryoga are you okay?"
Ryoga looked at her with sorrow filled eyes, "I'm fine."
Akari shook her head, "Ryoga, I realize it's hard to let go of someone
you love. But you should know first loves never work out."
"Who was your first love?"
Akari sighed, "I guess if I tell you, it'll help you get over Akane. Well,
he was this guy at school and when he laughed he sounded like a pig...."
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"Here you go Mu Mu-chan," said Kasumi as she placed some food and water
near Mousse.
Mousse quacked his thanks. He was thankful Kasumi allowed him to be her
temporary pet, so as not to inconvenience the Saotomes and the Tendos. He
sat in the kitchen and watched Nodoka and Kasumi get into a pleasant
argument of who should cook.
He really didn't mind being Kasumi's pet, as it was better than being
Cologne's pet. Even if he had to be Cologne's pet, he would be happy.
Shampoo was free of Saotome and he now had the chance to win her through
combat.
He wanted to go to Shampoo and declare his love to her, but he knew that
would cause him no end of pain from either Shampoo or Cologne, possibly
both. He just sat there and took comfort knowing that soon he would be
able to prove his love.
He was distracted from his thoughts by Nabiki asking, "So, what are you
doing here, Mousse."
"Quack, quack."
"Oh, he's been thrown out of his home until he can defeat Shampoo,"
answered Kasumi.
"Decided to play the P-Chan act, huh?" Nabiki asked.
Mousse nodded. "Quack."
Nodoka, realizing this was the same guy Shampoo threw into the koi pond
at the wedding reception, asked, "Why is he staying a duck?"
"He insisted because he doesn't want to inconvenience us," answered
Kasumi.
Nodoka shook her head, "My son certainly has some interesting friends."
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She did not understand how she had lost him. She was cuter than Akane,
she was a better fighter than Akane, she was a better cook than Akane...
in fact, she was better than Akane at everything else she could think of.
She lay on the bed, bemoaning her loss.
Shampoo had loved Ranma with all of her heard, but after he got Akane
pre... pre... pregnant, he had to marry her. Shampoo had never managed
to get anything more than a hug or a kiss from Ranma. Who was she
kidding? All of the times he hugged her were drug induced, and she forced
all of the other hugs and kisses upon him. She had never gotten anything
from him.
Shampoo rolled over, revealing the tears in her eyes. All she wanted to
do was to be able to wake up and find this was all just a nightmare, but
she knew in her heart that it wasn't. Ranma was lost to her...
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Cologne worked the Neko-hantan alone as Shampoo was still in bed. Cologne
would have to get her downstairs soon to help with the lunch rush.
Cologne wanted to help Shampoo get over the loss quickly. Regrettably, she
had not raised a child nor dealt with these matters for a VERY long time.
She had spent the last year training Shampoo as a warrior, rarely giving
what could be considered motherly advice. What she told Akane after being
freed from the Imprisonment Gem was something she had said to many young
mothers before, and would do so many times in the future. They weren't
exactly her own words, either.
Cologne wanted to kill Akane for interfering with Amazon laws, but could
not do so because of the same laws. She used her last chance to get Ranma
as a protector, and possible addition, to the Amazon tribe, by making
Akane an Amazon, and it worked. The only man who has a chance to defeat
her had pledged to help the Amazons in times of trouble, thereby gaining a
powerful protector. Ranma still remained an enigma to her. He was only
seventeen, yet he was among the top ten human warriors on the planet. <How
could one so young be so powerful?> she mused. She pushed the thought
aside to be pursued again in the future.
She decided to see if she had a potion that could dull the love Shampoo
felt for Ranma, wishing she had realized the need to use it on Akane
before it was too late.
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Ranma slowly woke with a smile on his face. He frowned a little when he
realized that Akane wasn't there. <Where is she?> he thought. He heard a
noise approach the door and was suddenly filled with dread. <Akane's
bringing breakfast! She wouldn't start the 'punishment' on our honeymoon.
Would she?>
The door opened to reveal Akane holding a tray with two bowls, two
glasses, two spoons, a container of milk, a container of orange juice, and
a box of cereal. Akane saw the frightened look on Ranma's face and was a
little angry.
Ranma relaxed at the sight of cereal and smiled, "Good morning."
There was a short battle in Akane's head, whether to be angry at Ranma or
to forget about it. She forgot about it.
"Actually it's afternoon now," she blushed. "You can thank your Mom for
suggesting cereal for breakfast. She thought it best for me to keep
things simple, at least during the honeymoon."
He nodded in agreement, thinking, <Thank you Mom.>
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Under the trees, in the cracks and crevices, and along the rooftops of
Furinkan High School were hundreds of male figures. Some were wearing
all black in mourning, some were plotting and planning, and some were
designing highly explosive land mines. All, however, shared one common
feature, they were all crying over the loss of Akane.
Hiroshi and Daisuke were among the few who were happy. Sure Akane was no
longer available, if she ever was. The wedding freed Ukyou and Shampoo to
enter the dating circuit.
"So which one do you want to go after: the Amazon or the chef?" asked
Daisuke.
"I prefer the chef. The Amazon seems too...well...she's easily swayed by
mood swings and is extremely violent," replied Hiroshi.
"But that would also describe Akane, and you know what kind of following
she had. Besides Shampoo is a much better looker."
"Looks are good, but not everything."
"True, but it is a large part of the consideration."
Hiroshi leaned toward Daisuke and asked, "Are you foolish enough to
challenge her to a fight?"
Daisuke grinned, "Challenge her to fight, no. Set a trap to defeat her,
yes."
Hiroshi shook his head, "Are you stupid? If you defeat her like that she
might decide to kill you. If she doesn't, you'll have to marry her and
move to China. Leaving everything behind."
Daisuke leaned back, "It might just be worth it."
"You are stupid."
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Nabiki picked at her lunch. She was trying to figure out what money
making schemes to start considering. Her main source wasn't going to
generate as much money as it used to. Her last scheme was to open a
betting pool on how long it would be before Akane got pregnant. This
didn't fool many of the students as several bets were placed that she
already got pregnant. Three people won so far out of the forty-two who
placed bets. Most of them thought she's been pregnant for more than a
week.
She looked over her mental list of people who made her money. <I've got a
couple days before I need to figure out how to make money off Ranma and
Akane. Ryoga will be gone for weeks if not months. Ukyou won't be much
help. Shampoo... may have to check on her. May start a contest to find a
husband for her. Mousse... he'll be training at the dojo for a while. I
can set up betting pools concerning his attempts to get Shampoo. Kodachi
was always a bit of a loose cannon, but charging guys to date her would
be good. Kuno-chan is no good until I find out who his next love is. I
wonder who it'll be...> She absent-mindedly wrote down some of her ideas.
Nabiki looked up and said to one of her cohorts, "I want to set up a
betting pool based on Mousse's attempts to win Shampoo. Bets should be
taken on date of first battle, winner of said battle, if Shampoo is
defeated and/or married before Mousse can defeat her, and if Shampoo
accepts Mousse if he wins."
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Two of Akane's friends sat eating lunch.
"That was an interesting wedding," Sayuri said.
"Certainly was," agreed Yuka.
"It seems that nothing is normal for them."
"They lead an interesting life. Just be thankful we get to watch from the
sidelines."
"Wouldn't want to get involved in some of that craziness."
Yuka nodded, "It would prove rather bad for our health."
They giggled a little. Sayuri started to pick at her food and said, "It
seems odd that Akane got married."
"How so? She was engaged to him for a year and a half and they love each
other."
"Yes, but before then she screamed daily, 'I despise men!' or 'I hate
boys!' And she's the first to get married and to someone who's, 'a man
amongst men.'"
Yuka giggled, "Maybe she wanted to marry his girl half."
Sayuri laughed, "I doubt it."
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"I hope they like the futon I picked out," Nodoka thought as she walked
to the restaurant section of the market. She stopped as she noticed Ukyou
and Konatsu taking a broken table to the trash.
"Hello," Nodoka greeted.
Ukyou and Konatsu replied, "Hello."
"Ukyou, I thought you would be at school now."
"I don't feel up to going to school right now."
"What seems to be the matter?" Nodoka asked.
"Everything is wrong," Ukyou replied angrily.
"Why don't we talk about it? It would make you feel better."
"It couldn't hurt anymore than I feel now."
Ukyou led Nodoka into what used to be Ucchan's. Konatsu continued to
clean up what was left of the place. Nodoka was shocked at the damage.
"What happened here?"
"I ripped the place apart," Ukyou said, unemotionally.
"Whatever for?"
"I built this place out of my love for Ranma. I built it here so I could
be near him. And if he had chosen me, I could have supported him. This
place was a symbol of my love for him, and he rejected that love. This is
what's left of that love," Ukyou finished as she waved her hand across
the decimated room.
"Ukyou dear, Ranma didn't reject your love. He still cares for you. It's
just that there is someone more important to him. He wants to stay
friends with you..."
Ukyou angrily interrupted, "That's all I ever was! Just a friend! He
never gave me chance to be more than friends. I wanted us to be married.
Why didn't he choose me? I love him more than Akane ever could."
"Are you sure about that?"
"Even Ranma admitted I love him more than she does! He means everything
to me and he left me behind. Again!"
"Why does he mean everything to you?"
Ukyou looked a Nodoka for a moment. "Because he's the first person to see
the real me."
"Did he really see the real you, or the you you wanted to be for him?"
"What he saw was the real me."
"From what Ranma told me about you, the Ukyou he knew would never have
attacked him at the wedding attempt nor destroyed her own restaurant. Yet
you've done both. You've been hiding behind masks your entire life, first
as a guy and then as Ranma's cute, friendly fiancee. I suspect neither of
them are the real you."
"Who am I then?" Ukyou asked sarcastically.
"I don't know. But, you've been given the opportunity to find out. You
might even realize that you never really loved Ranma in the first place,
but was in love with the idea of being in love with him."
Ukyou replied angrily, "But I love him, not some idea of love."
"When you thought of your future with Ranma, was it always perfect."
"Of course."
"You realize, if I asked Ranma or Akane that, they would say otherwise."
"Huh?"
"They realize their life will have problems, especially with the insanity
my son seems to bring with him. They'll fight to make things better,
because of their love for each other. They know a perfect ideal life is
impossible for them."
"I could've made his life perfect."
"Are you willing to put up with the life my son leads? Not knowing if the
animal that entered your home is really an animal or not. Having demons
crash into your living room. Going a week without something magical or
supernatural happening would be a rare event. Knowing that one of his
adventures will be the death of him, you, or someone you care about. Have
you ever thought of these things being part of your perfect life?"
Ukyou stared at Nodoka. She had never thought about his future in that
context. It was always of him being a loving husband with him helping her
or her helping him in their chosen professions. For some reason she felt
the insanity would end with their marriage.
Ukyou, uncertain how to answer, asked, "Did you ask Akane this?"
"Yes, after the first wedding attempt, when I realized just how much
craziness my son's life has. Akane told me that her time in China proved
to her how much she loves Ranma, and his love for her. Did you know they
both almost died trying to save each other?"
"But I'd die for him too!"
"Would you also put up with being kidnapped and used for bait?"
"I'd never get kidnapped."
"Really. Do you think you could fight off dozens of attackers that are
all dan level martial artists? What if they fly? Use magic?"
"I don't know." Ukyou looked at floor.
Nodoka put her hand on Ukyou's shoulder. "Ukyou, Dear. I think you've
been living in a dream. A dream that ended with an outcome you didn't
want. It's time you looked at things for what they really are, and not
what you want them to be."
Nodoka's words struck at Ukyou. Everything she thought she knew about her
life had just been shredded apart. What did she know? She knew how to
make the best Okonomiyaki, but right now it seemed she didn't really know
anything else.
Ukyou gave Nodoka a confused look, saying, "I'll think about what you
said. I need to get back to fixing this place."
"If you need to talk, call me," Nodoka said as she pulled a peice of
paper and pen out of her purse and wrote down the number to the Saotome
home. "If I'm not there, I'll be at the dojo."
Ukyou nodded and said, "Thanks."
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Ryoga and Akari sat quietly in her kitchen eating lunch.
"Akari?" Ryoga began, "You're not completely over your old boy friend,
are you?"
Akari shook her head, "I guess not. I thought I was, but talking about
him brought back some memories. I guess there will always be a place in
my heart for him, as Akane has in yours."
Ryoga nodded, "It gets easier, right?"
"You mean easier to not think about them."
"I guess."
"It does get easier, and the pain of missing them also decreases over
time."
"I'm lucky, I found someone before I lost Akane," he smiled.
"It's too bad about Ukyou and Shampoo, though, from what I understand
they don't have anyone else."
Ryoga nodded in agreement, "Especially Ukyou, besides Ranma, her only
friends are Akane and Konatsu. And, well, you can guess what she thinks
of Ranma and Akane now."
"Maybe we should visit Nerima soon, and help."
"That would be great," he smiled. While he was beginning to like staying
at the Unryu farmhouse, he still disliked being near a pig farm.
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After that little incident with Ukyou, Nodoka began to worry about the
other people hurt by this marriage. Because of that she decided to drop
by the Neko-hantan and check up on Shampoo. Besides, she was hungry- she
hadn't had lunch yet.
"Nihao," Shampoo greeted sadly.
"Hello," Nodoka returned.
Shampoo led Nodoka to a seat. "What does mother-in... Ranma's mother
want?"
After a second of looking at the menu, "I guess I'll have Pork Ramen. Oh,
Shampoo, when you have some time I'd like to talk to you."
"Shampoo no want to talk now."
Cologne appeared next to Shampoo and interrupted, "Shampoo would be happy
to talk with you after the lunch rush is over."
"But..." Shampoo said before Cologne gave her a stern look. "Okay,
Shampoo talk with Ranma's mother later."
Cologne went back to the kitchen, thinking, <I hope Mrs. Saotome wants to
help Shampoo get over Ranma.>
Shampoo walked over to her various customers. She talked to them in a
sober voice. And, much to the dismay of the male clientele, she didn't
bounce around like she normally did.
Shampoo had devoted her attention to the customers, until Nodoka was the
only one left. She sighed and walked over to her. "Shampoo free to talk
now."
"How are you feeling?"
Shampoo began to study the floor, saying, "Not good. Shampoo trying to
understand why ai... Ranma chose tomboy over Shampoo."
Nodoka replied with a smile, "The simplest of reasons, love."
"But why Ranma love tomboy?"
"I couldn't begin to even try to know all the reasons."
Shampoo shook her head, "Shampoo is better than Akane in everything,
Ranma should love Shampoo."
"Dear, if being better meant anything, I would never have fallen in love
with Genma. Even after all his failings and mistakes, I still love him."
Shampoo blinked. "How love man who isn't even good panda?"
"I'll let you know when I figure it out."
"Don't know?"
Nodoka shook her head, "No, I don't."
"One should love someone who's perfect, like Ranma," Shampoo protested.
Nodoka laughed, "No one is perfect. To truly love someone you need to
recognize their failings, and accept or even prefer them."
"Ranma not perfect?"
"If Ranma was perfect, would he have kept his relationships unresolved as
long as did, lied to me about his curse, or insult someone he loves?"
After a moment, Shampoo answered, "Shampoo don't think so."
"Akane recognizes these faults, and even sees some that aren't even
there, and yet she loves him. Ranma also sees her faults and accepts them
too."
Shampoo shook her head, "Thought Shampoo knew what love was. Now not so
sure."
"Love is something that is unexplainable. If you can explain it, it's not
love."
"Maybe should talk with Mousse, about this. Mousse can list why love
Shampoo."
"Then maybe he doesn't really love you, he just thinks he does."
"Like Shampoo thought love Ranma," Shampoo said soberly.
"While you may not have really loved him, it doesn't mean you don't have
strong feelings for him that resemble love. You'll still miss him and
yearn for him, but it's not true love."
"Not true love," Shampoo repeated as she turned away and walked off, lost
in thought.
"Thank you. You've helped a lot," Cologne said as she arrived at the
table.
"It's the least I could do, considering my son is the cause of her pain.
If she needs someone to talk to, I'll being willing to listen." Nodoka
handed Cologne a peice of paper.
"She just might take you up on that offer."
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Ranma was awake in bed with Akane sleeping on him. He gently stroked her
hair.
"You may be uncute, but now you're my uncute wife," he whispered.
Akane was not as asleep as she appeared. She opened her eyes, letting a
hidden tear fall. "Ranma," she sniffed. "Why do you still call me that?
Do I really look that bad to you?"
He sighed. "Akane... I'm not insulting you by calling you uncute. And
I'm not talking about how you look, either. You're a very beautiful
woman, but you aren't cute."
Akane didn't quite look so sad, but now she looked very confused. Ranma
sighed. "You aren't some giggling school girl, you aren't some bubbly
flirt, you don't act very... how do I put this... you aren't TOO feminine.
You're cute enough- especially when you smile... but you're not what
people generally consider cute. You don't fit the 'ideal' model- you're
don't have Kasumi's innocence. You aren't a ditz like... say... someone
like Azusa or Shampoo. You aren't subservient or child-like... you're too
mature for me do consider you cute all of the time. I don't think I could
have fallen in love with you like I did if you weren't..."
She snuggled closer to him. "Well, I guess I might not have fallen in love
with someone who wasn't a bit of a pervert."
"Who is calling who a pervert? You're the one that seduced me."
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Ukyou lay in bed, eyes open, staring at the ceiling and thinking <Was I
living a dream that has become a nightmare? I guess I have. I deluded
myself in thinking Ranma loved me as much as I do him. But he doesn't
love me, he loves someone else. I should have seen it sooner, but that
would have destroyed 'my perfect world.'>
She rolled to her side, still thinking. <Did Ranma ever really see the
true me? Do I even know who's the real me? Did I really want to have the
'perfect life' I imagined, and end up like Kasumi? A subservient person
to Ranma's wishes. I thought that's what he wanted because Akane isn't
like that. Maybe that's the problem. Ranma chose her because she isn't
like that, that she'll stand up to challenges his life brings to her.
That one day, if he doesn't come home, she'll move on.>
She rolled over. <What about all that insanity in his life? Could I have
lived with it? I'd try. I love him enough to put up with that craziness.
Can Akane hold up to the craziness?> Ukyou sighed. <Yes, she can. She's
been putting up with it since she met him.>
Ukyou rolled onto her back. <What about what Nodoka said about whether
I'm really in love with Ranma, or I'm just in love with the idea of being
in love? No, I love him. He means everything to me. I just don't mean as
much to him as he did to me. Is it his fault he loves someone else? He
could have at least attempted to try a relationship with me. But then,
what if he did try and it didn't work out? Could we have been friends
afterwards?>
She rolled to her side, still thinking, <Why couldn't he have loved me? I
was always there for him. If he needed help or someone to talk to, I was
there. Ah, why am I even thinking about this? It doesn't matter now. I'm
just going to have to learn how to live without him. There is one thing I
could do first, though, and that is to get revenge on him for stringing
me along like he did.>
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<What a great way to start a lousy day,> Nabiki thought as she sloshed
into class. She really didn't like the longer amount of time it took to
get to school from Nodoka's home. Seeing Kuno's bright cheery face this
morning didn't help matters. <What's he so happy about? He must have
decided who his new love is. If that's case, I'll just have to find out
who.>
She sat down at her desk and opened her school bag. When she went to
place a couple books into the desk, she felt something was in there.
Something she did not remember putting there. She bent over to take a
peek inside. Her eyes widen at what she saw. It took her a couple seconds
to regain composure. She didn't remove it. Rather, she proceeded to empty
her book-bag into her desk to keep anyone from seeing it. Once done, she
noticed that Kuno's smile was much bigger and that he was failing rather
badly at looking inconspicuous.
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After school, in the auditorium of Furinkan High School, a large number
of guys were in a meeting.
"Now that Akane has married Ranma, we must disband the Tendo Akane Fan
Club. But, we can form a new club and set our goals on another girl," the
guy at the podium announced. He pressed a button on the podium and a
picture was displayed on the screen behind him. "This girl, Shampoo, is
an Amazon. Unlike Akane, defeating her in battle will not get you a date
with her, but married to her!"
"Why Shampoo? I think we should go after Ukyou," one of the guys
retorted.
"Look at Shampoo! She is beyond cute. How could you prefer that
cross-dresser?" another guy shouted.
"She doesn't have a homicidal maniac chasing away her suitors," answered
yet another guy.
"Hey, what about Kodachi? She's gorgeous," one guy said before being
thrown out.
"Let's put it to a vote. All in favor of Shampoo raise your hand," stated
the guy at the podium. He quickly counted the hands. "Now, those in favor
of Ukyou." After he finished counting, he announced, "23 votes for
Shampoo and 23 votes for Ukyou. Hey, how can we have 46 votes from 41
people?"
"Simple, some of us just want to get a girl."
The guy at the podium smacked himself in the head, and then his eyes got
wide as an idea hit him, "I got it! We'll make two clubs. One club goes
after Shampoo, and the other Ukyou."
Most of the guys nod in agreement. After hours of bickering and
nit-picking the two clubs were formalized, the Get Married to Shampoo
Club or GMSC and the Ucchan Fan Club.
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Nabiki stayed late at school. She always found one thing or another to
help her make money while there. This afternoon it was the formation of
the two clubs designed to snare Ranma's ex-fiancees. The GMSC promised to
be the more profitable of the two.
While making money was her normal reason to stay late at school, it was
far from the only reason today. She didn't want anyone to see what someone
had put in her desk. It was a couple hours after school and most of the
sport teams were already on the way home. She decided now would be the
time to get the item. She removed the books from her desk and placed them
into her school bag. She then reached in and pulled out the item, a
bouquet of red roses. She inhaled the aroma of the sweet pollen, bringing
a smile to her lips. She noticed the card attached and read it.
To one whose beauty outshines the morning star,
and whose cunning and intellect exceeds others by far.
with love,
Your Secret Admirer.
Nabiki couldn't stop laughing, "Secret admirer! Who's he kidding! Ranma
could figure this one out." She breathed in the fragrance of the roses
again. "Well, it is kind of sweet," she smiled. She carefully placed the
roses into a large paper bag that she had brought with her. She left,
thinking, <It's been a very good day.>
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A truck with Nerima Furniture written on its side sat in front of the
Saotome/Tendo home. Two men stood at the front door and knocked. A
disheveled looking girl with red hair answered the door.
"What do you want?" a tired yet angry Ranma asked.
The taller of the two men said, "We're hear to deliver a futon couch to a
Saotome Ranma."
Ranma replied, "I'm him."
The delivery men blinked simultaneously.
"If you would sign here, we can bring it in," the shorter man said.
He handed Ranma a clipboard and pen. Ranma looked it over for a second
before signing it.
An equally disheveled girl with short black hair entered the hallway and
asked, "Ranma, who's at the door?
"It's the delivery men with our wedding present from my Mom."
"Oh. Better clean up our room while they get it."
Ranma handed back the clipboard, "You can bring it upstairs."
The two men looked stupefied. They turned around and went to get the bed
from the truck.
"Wedding present?" the taller man muttered, "Aren't they both girls?"
The shorter man mused, "Changing times I guess."
When they returned, they saw the same short-haired black girl helping a
guy with wet jet black hair, dressed exactly the same as the redhead,
move a mattress.
"You can put our futon in that room," Ranma said as he pointed.
They shook their heads in disbelief. <Let's just do our job and get out
of here...> the two thought simultaneously
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Author's Notes:
Thanks to David Tatum for helping write a couple scenes, Brent Neef for
massive grammar check, and William Jone, Adam M Noonchester, The Rams, and
any of the other people who pre-read this chapter that I failed to
mention.
Thanks for reading this, hope you enjoyed this and the future chapters.
Draft of Chapters 2 and 3 are available, along with my other fics, at
http://www.mich.com/~archive
As I'm setting up a timelime, I need to know when major school events
happen. (Start of year, end of year, normal holidays, ect...) The more
information you can give me, the better.
Series information (spoilers follow):
How many of you doubt this chapter will be the only mention of Akari's
old boy friend. Well, if did doubt it, shame on you. He'll show up
sometime around volume 5. See 'Reversal' for his possible first battle.
For those who can't figure out who is Nabiki's secret admire. Tough! I
won't tell you. I gave you more than enough hints.
Current plans:
Volume 2 - Reflections and Changes. Initial reactions of Ranma cast.
Volume 3 - Anything Goes Martial Dance Contest.
Furinkan Junior/Senior Prom
Vote for who should win:
Ranma/Akane (Gee surprize pairing here ;)
Kuno/Nabiki (Damn, guess I told you who the admirer is.)
Ukyou/Hiroshi (I planned from the first volume to give these to a date.)
Ryoga/Akari (Accidently got roped into the contest.)
Kasumi/Dr. Tofu (Chaperons)
Sayuri/Daisuki (it works)
Yuka/Hiro (random male student)
Gosunkugi/Kodachi (Gos paid Nabs to find him a date, Kodachi in't happy.)
A normal couple.
Volume 4 - A Night on the Town
Akane sets plans to go out on the town with the female Ranma cast, but
Ranma really doesn't like the idea. So, while the girls are away, the guys
will play. Ranma decides to go out with the guys.
Volume 5 - Subsitute Teacher.
Ranma's history teacher is sick, so a subsitute is called in, Godai.
How does everyone's favorite ronin turned teacher deal with Furinkan High.
Also intro Akari's ex-boyfriend, Putafuji (little male), with this volume.
I might have Ryoga meet Hibiki Dan. (his uncle?)
Volume 6 Anyting Goes Martial Arts Baseball.
Volume 7 Girls Night Out 2, this time Ranma joins the girls.
Volume 8 Finals! End of junior year.
Volume 9 to 11 School break.
Volume 12 Senior year begins.
Intro Kuno Shiono (Kuno's cousin), Lee Ving (a new Amazonin in town), and
a girl who takes Nabiki's place at Furinkan High (need a name for her).
Archive (blinks): At my current rate of writing, I've got all of '98
planned. If anyone one wants to take over a volume to write, just ask. The
above set of ideas are not set in stone, if you have another idea for a
chapter or volume I'd be willing to alter the timeline to fit it in.
So far, I have only two fics dipicting Ranma's and Akane's honeymoon,
kitchen and dojo. I would like to have a couple guest writer write a lemon
scene or two that'd occur as they 'break-in-the-house'.
email is archive@mich.com
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