Here's part three.  I'm getting REALLY nervous at about this point, because
I haven't even gotten much e-mail on part one yet, so I don't know if anyone
liked any of this yet.  Comments would be much appreciated and would bring
the authors stress level down a notch or two =)
Azusa-chan



Azusa-chan
mimzy@ix.netcom.com
A Ranma 1/2 fanfiction =)

Ranma 1/2 is the property of the wonderful Rumiko Takahashi.
All rights reserved.

*****Watashi wa Ranko*****
Part three:
Pretty ring

After dinner that night, I went up to the room that I used to
share with Pop before I lost my memory.  I was really happy
that I had that memory.  That I had any memory.
   I went into a drawer that had appeared in my memory.  Deep
inside, there was the pretty box that the pretty ring had come
in.  I pulled it out.
   It was a thin gold band with a sapphire.  Looking at it
made me think of Akane.  Of her blue eyes.  Maybe that was why
I had bought it.  I wouldn't know until the rest of my memory
returned.
   I put on the ring and admired it on my finger.  I decided
to put it away so that Akane wouldn't see it.  If it had been
for her, it would be better to really surprise her.  That was
when I got an idea.
   Whether it was for her or not, I would give it to her.  Not
yet, not until I remembered.  All I knew about the ring was
that it was important.

The next few days passed.  I didn't learn any more about the
ring, but my memory was returning a bit at a time.  I saw
Ryouga today.  He came over for lunch.  He was trying to get
somewhere, but he decided since he was in town he would drop
by.
   "Hi, Akane," he said.  He got a better look at what was
going on in the room.  He got mad for some reason when he saw
that I was sitting next to Akane.  Akane explained my memory
loss to him.
   "You don't remember...Anything?"  I looked up at him.
   "I remember a few things.  I'm slowly getting my memory
back.  I know who people are."  I sighed.  "I just...I still
feel like I'm a girl."
   Ryouga looked at me with pity.  I knew from the memories of
him that I had regained that I would have more expected him to
gloat.  "I'm sorry, Ranma.  Let me know if there is anything I
can do to help."
   Ryouga had honour, I realized at that moment.  Suddenly, a
memory came back to me without me even having to use a pill.
Of Happosai making me lose my strength, and Ryouga helping me.
   "You are very honourable, Ryouga.  Thank you," I said.
   Akane felt my forehead.  "You're definitely not back to
normal yet.  You just said something nice to Ryouga!"  We all
got a good chuckle out of that.
   Ryouga sat down and the three of us talked for a while.
They recounted some of their favourite memories of me, and I
joined in whenever I knew what they were talking about.  I
remembered a few things during this time.
   I think Ryouga and I are friends now.  I remember enough of
him that I know that we used to fight, but now I was glad to
have an honourable friend like him.  I realized I had often
misjudged and underestimated him.  He was just misunderstood.

Ryouga got up to get something from the kitchen for us, but he
got lost and wound up leaving.  That was okay though, because
I was getting a little tired and it was time for me to take
another pill.  I was getting worried.  There weren't many
pills left, and I was still forgetting so much.
   Akane asked me how my memories were coming along.  "I'm
getting little flashes now and then, without even needing a
pill sometimes.  I think I'm recovering."  I looked at the
bottle.   "Well, I've been taking these for five days, and it
says that I'm supposed to regain my entire memory in seven
days."
   Akane smiled.  "I'm happy for you," she said, and gave me
a kiss on my forehead.  "Good-night."

That night, I dreamed.  I was a boy in this dream.  I was
traveling in China with my father, and we came to a training
ground.  The guide was trying to warn us of something, but we
ignored him and began to train anyway.  Pop fell in a pool of
water and...
   The dream changed.  I was a girl now.  I was being carried
by my dad, who was a panda.  I was kicking and yelling.  He
plopped me down in front of three girls and a man.  The man
hugged me, then noticed I was a girl.  A girl with brown hair
that I recognized as Nabiki poked at my chest and made the
announcement that I was a girl.  The man fainted.  Then...
  The dream changed one more time.  I was a guy and I was in
the bath.  A beautiful, naked girl with long blue hair walked
in on me...
   I didn't dream anymore.

Authors Notes:
I'm really beginning to have fun writing this one and I don't
want it to end!  Unfortunately, I just set myself up to have an
ending soon.  Oh well.  So, what do you think?  I'm having so
much fun with this one, even though this is an overused plot
line =)