Okay, don't be too harsh in judging this one. I have two reasons. One. This is
my first time writing something serious. Two. This is my first time writing in
prose. C&C will be appreciated. MSTs will be appreciated. ANYTHING will be
appreciated. Yes, even flames. Then I can roast marshmallows.
Mmm...Marshmallows.
TOTALLY INSANE AND SCREWED UP PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS
<cheesy fanfare>
SOMETHING SERIOUS FOR ONCE
(or, Like Mother, Like Daughter)
Tendo Akane stood near her mother's grave. Or what people believed to be her
mother's grave. Kasumi was standing by her, a sad look on her face.
"I never got to know mother," Kasumi said, "She must have been a great
person." Akane nodded, if only to satisfy Kasumi. Kasumi would probably never
know the truth about their mother.
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Flashback
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Tendo Soun smiled. They had finally reached Jusenkyo. Against his better
judgement, he had brought his two daughters, Nabiki and Akane along, mostly
because they were young and he didn't feel safe in letting them stay at the
Kuno residence. There was something wrong about that family. Namely, that
little demon/insanity incarnate Kuno Kodachi and her baby pet "turtle". Kimiko
had insisted that she wanted to further her martial arts training. She had
chosen Jusenkyo as the training site. Soun looked the place over. It seemed
safe enough. There was something disturbing about the water, though.
Soun and his wife began to spar on the poles. Something, though, went
terribly wrong. A large blast and a child's shout of "Ryuusei Hishou" came
from out of nowhere. The ki shattered the pole that Kimiko stood on. Soun was
parylized with panic as he saw his wife fall into one of the springs.
Nabiki and Akane screamed at seeing their mother fall. The guide they had
hired immediately went into a panic.
"That is Xiaonyanniichuan, spring of drowned little girl. Tragic story of a
little girl who drown there 150 year ago. The legend say that whoever fall in
spring take the body of a young girl. Spring has unfortunate side effect.
Change is permanent and memories are erased for many year." Soun, after much
grief, decided to raise his wife as another daughter. He gave her a new name,
similar to her true name. The name was Kasumi.
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Back to the Present
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Akane cried from the memory of that horrible day. The silence of the moment
was soon shattered.
"RANMA!! PREPARE TO DIE!"
"NOT NOW, P-CHAN!"
"SHI-SHI-HOUKOUDAN!"
"MOUKO-TAKABISHA!"
"BAKUSAITEN KETSU!"
"KACHUU TENSHIN AMAGURIKEN!"
"HIRYUU SHOUTEN HA!"
One of the larger chunks of the dojo smashed into Kasumi. She took the hit
easily, and her eyes widened as memories flooded back.
"Akane, my daughter."
"Mom?"
"Yes, it's me, Akane."
Mother and daughter hugged each other, ignoring the fight. It didn't matter
that the dojo was reduced to a smoking hole in the ground, or that Ryoga was
sent to the hospital, or that Shampoo went nuts and married Mousse, or that
Ranma admitted his eternal love for Akane, or that Tsukino Usagi was sleeping
with a guy that was almost twice her age. None of that mattered. Mom was back.
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Okay, how was it? Don't bash me for being
pro-RANMA-AND-AKANE-2GETHER-4EVER-WAFF-WAFF-WAFF-WAFF. I got the idea for this
fic when I was pondering about reasons why Kasumi was so motherlike over a cup
of liquid prozac. Also, I was going to classify this as spamfic, but I wasn't
too sure about the exact definition of spamfic. Could someone tell me? Also,
just out of curiosity, how do you pronounce Belldandy's, Urd's and Skuld's
names. In layman's terms, does Urd rhyme with turd?