Subject: [FFML] [Ranma][Draft]Akane 1/2 - Part III
From: skeezy5
Date: 8/11/1998, 3:34 PM
To: "ffml@fanfic.com" <ffml@fanfic.com>
Reply-to:
skeezy5@geocities.com

For the few of you who are reading this, sorry it took so long.  Like I
said, I was reconsidering my decision on what gender to bring Akane to
school as...  
I had origanally brought her to school as a guy, but reconsidered, wanting
to diverge from Ranma 1/2 as soon as possible...  I re-outlined the whole 
series, bringing her to school as a girl, but that plot line kinda dead 
ended.  
Plus, I kinda viewed upon it as crucial that their engagement be public 
knowledge.  More on why later.
C&C, MST, anything at all...  Please?
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Michael Won <skeezy5@geocities.com>
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Akane 1/2
	by skeezy5

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Ranma 1 / 2 etc. all belong to Rumiko Takahashi...

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Part Three - Welcome to Furinkan

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	"School?"  Akane-kun looks up at the eldest Saotome son.
	"Yes, you know, as in place of education?"  Akama replies with 
sarcasm.  "Looks like you're going to be here for a while, might as well 
go, ne?  I thought about your curse a bit and registered you as a boy.  
It'll be easier to avoid hot water than it will be to avoid cold water, 
especially with the weather as it is."
	"But I'm a girl!"
	"Akane, would you like to have your curse revealed in public?"  
Akama raises an eyebrow at Akane-kun.
	"Err... no."  
	"Then you'll go to school as a guy.  Go get ready.  Tenma and 
Ranma will be leaving soon."
	"Actually, I'll be seeing you there Akane, I'm leaving right now."  
Tenma smiles and runs by, dressed in a school uniform instead of his 
usual robe.
	"Tenma, wait!  I'll go with you!"  Ranma comes running down the 
stairs, his skirt billowing as he jumps the last five steps.
	"Ranma, Akane is your fiancee, remember?  You should walk her... 
er, him to school."  Tenma waves and leaves the house.  Ranma and Akane-
kun turn to look at each other, then spin away with matching scowls on 
their faces.
	
^_-

	"We are not going to get married, you know."  Ranma grumbles, 
glancing at Akane-kun, who is walking on the fence next to the road.
	"You're tellin' me?"  Akane-kun looks at Ranma in disbelief.  As 
if she was interested in the jerk.
	"So don't hang around me in school."
	"What, you afraid I'll tell all your friends that you're a 
transvestite?"  Akane-kun readies herself for a counter-barb, but Ranma 
is no longer paying attention to her.  She watches in curiosity as Ranma 
enters through the gates of a clinic and knocks on the door.  
	"Oh, hello, Ranma."  A tall man wearing glasses opens the door and 
greets him.
	"Doctor Tofu, I was wondering if Kimiko's still here?"
	"Oh, no.  She left a while ago with Tenma."  Dr. Tofu adjusts his 
glasses and looks up at the strange boy standing behind Ranma.  "Is this 
your betrothed?"
	"Uhh... I guess Tenma told you."  Ranma makes a mental note to 
yell at his brother later.  
	Dr. Tofu frowns and whispers to Ranma, "Does he know that 
you're..."
	"Umm... Yeah.  Its a long story.  Can I tell you later?"  A large 
bead of sweat forms on the back of Ranma's head.  *Barely going to make
it to school on time as it is.  No time for lengthy explanations.*
	"Sure, Ranma."  Dr. Tofu merely shrugs.
	Ranma begins to turn away, then a frown creases his face.  "Did 
Tenma tell Kimiko too?"
	"Why yes.  Kimiko asked where you were, and Tenma told us you'd be 
coming with your 'fiance'."
	Ranma grimaces at this news, and makes a mental note to do 
something really nasty to his brother later.  "Thanks, Doctor."
	Once they are back on their way to school, Akane-kun asks, "Who 
was that guy?"
	"Doctor Tofu, the chiropractor."
	"Martial arts master, too, isn't he?"
	"Huh?  How could you tell?"  Ranma looks up in surprise at Akane-
kun, who is walking on a wall now.
	"He was radiating ki like a master.  His aura was very smooth."
	*Show off.  Pretending like she knows something.*  Ranma grumbles 
inwards but decides he doesn't have enough time to get into a fight at 
the moment.  "Yeah well, he's been the family Doctor since I was born.  
He's really good at that too."
	"I see.  So who is Kimiko?" 
	"Nobody."  Ranma feels the slight blush form on his face, but 
angrily shakes his head.  Though he was going to say something more, he 
frowns inwardly, seeing the school gates coming up.  Ranma breaks into a 
sprint, watching the crowd that is waiting in the courtyard take notice 
of his arrival.
	Akane-kun picks up her pace and runs after Ranma.  Her eyes bug 
out as she sees the stampede that is emerging from the school gates.  
"Huh?"
	"Ranma!  Don't come any closer!"  Closer inspection reveals a 
sizable crowd of boys, mostly dressed in various marital arts and 
athletic attire.  The boys are running at Ranma and various ones at the 
front are yelling.  "They all want to beat you!"
	"Out of my way!  I'm late!"  With that cry, Ranma dives upstream 
into the flow of testosterone charged teenagers.  Akane-kun jumps on to 
the post of the school's main gate, watching in amusement as Ranma 
proceeds to flatten each and every one of the boys.
	*Maybe he's not so bad...  God, I'd hate to be fighting in a 
skirt.  But what the heck is this all about?*  As if hearing her 
thoughts, a voice rings out.
	"Akane!  Get in this school!  Now!"  Akane-kun looks up to see 
Tenma leaning out a window.
	"But... But..."  She points at the ongoing melee.
	"Don't worry about Ranma!"  Even as Tenma yells, Ranma knocks down 
the last of the boys.  He adjusts his skirt as he catches his breath.
	"For Pete's sake.  Every morning!  What a drag!"
	"Truly.  Such a boorish lot.  Evidently each of them intends to 
ask you out, Ranma..."  Akane watches as a tall figure steps out from 
behind a tree.  His boken and manner of dress mark him as a kendoist.  
"...on the dawn that he finally defeats you."
	"Oh.  Upperclassman."  Ranma's exasperated voice is full of 
derision at the title.  "Good morning."
	"And now, Saotome Ranma..."  He flings an envelope which Ranma 
catches between two fingers.  "...Might you fight with me?"
	Akane-kun jumps off the post and lands next to Ranma at this exact 
moment.  "Man.  You're popular, aren't you?"
	"Stay out of the way.  You'll get hurt."  Ranma glances at Akane-
kun with annoyance.
	"What's going on?"
	"You'll see."  Ranma sighs.
	Trying to regain the spotlight, the kendoist points his sword at 
the new boy and asks, "You there!
	"What?"
	"Why are you interrupting a man to... a challenge?"
	"Tell him Ranma.  Ranma?"  Akane-kun turns to Ranma, who has an 
expression of absolute innocence pasted on his face.  Obviously, Tenma 
isn't the only one that inherited a bit of Mrs. Saotome's expressions.
	"Tell him what?"
	Seeing that the two teens' attentions are once again drifting away 
from him, the kendoist yells out, "Who are you boor?  Ah!  But it is 
custom to give one's own name first!  Fine, then!  Mine I shall give!"
	"Huh?"  Akane-kun, who had been ready to give her name, stalls.  
"If you want..."
	"My name is Upperclassman Kuno.  Junior.  Group E.  Captain of the 
Kendo Club.  Undefeated new star of the high school fencing world.  But 
my peers call me... the Blue Thunder of Furinkan High!"  A crash of 
thunder marks his statement, and Akane-kun looks up in wonder at the 
clear sky.
	"I'm heir to the Tendo school of Anything Goes Martial Arts."  
Akane-kun tosses her bag at Ranma.  "I am Tendo Akane.  And I accept 
your challenge."
	Kuno brings his sword up engarde, and Akane-kun drops back into a 
relaxed stance.  The two of them eye each other, trying to gauge their 
relative strengths.  Watching this, Ranma buries his face in his right 
hand.  "You are so annoying."
	"Eh?  So you scoundrel, you are hounding Ranma here?"  Kuno takes 
a small step forward, readying to charge.  His sword is placed high, in 
a strong offensive stance.  "I, upperclassman Kuno shall bring you to 
justice."
	"So who's 'hounding' anybody?"
	"That's not who I was talking about, Kuno!"  Ranma shakes his head 
in exasperation, knowing that they are all going to be late.  *Stupid 
girl, why does she have to butt in on my fight?*
	"Silence fool!"  With a battle cry, Kuno charges in, bringing his 
boken down in a vicious slash.  Akane-kun almost seems to flicker as she 
dodges out of the way faster than the eye can track.  The wooden sword 
cuts into the school wall, though, demonstrating the deadly force of 
Kuno's attack.
	"Blast!"  Kuno pulls his sword out of the wall and attacks again, 
slashing at the tree that Akane-kun jumped on to.  The tree is cleanly 
bisected by the blow, but again, Akane-kun has moved out of the way.
	"Now hold on!"  Akane-kun dashes in, getting under Kuno's guard 
before he can even blink.  "Let me make this perfectly clear..."
	"Eh?"  Kuno almost stumbles back, amazed that the boy had pierced 
his defense before he could react.  *This boy is good!*
	"Ranma means nothing to me!  If you want a flat chested, 
unfeminine chick like her, you can have her!"
	Intellectually, Ranma knows that there's no reason for him to get 
mad, since he is flat chested and unfeminine - considering that he's a 
guy - but he gets angry anyway, thinking that Akane-kun had been 
throwing a calculated low blow at him.  Winding up, he throws Akane's 
bag straight at her.  "Who are YOU calling unfeminine!"
	"Will you just butt out?!"  Akane-kun looks back, astounded that 
he actually got angry by that.
	"Silence, fool!"  Kuno's boken cleaves through the bag as if it is 
made of butter, but once again, his target is long gone.  As he looks in 
surprise, Akane-kun grabs his right forearm with one hand and pushes in 
his elbow with the other.  As his elbow grates, not being able to bend 
backwards, he is forced to let go of his sword.
	"Well that was easy."  Akane-kun mutters with a bored expression 
on her face.
	*Show off.*  Ranma grimaces, hearing the starting bell ringing.

^_-

	"Well it does seem to be true, that you were in China until 
recently."  The teacher adjusts his glasses as he looks up from the 
folder.  "But that doesn't change the fact that both you and Saotome 
Ranma were late.  Stand in the hall."
	Akane-kun and Ranma are standing in the hallway, holding buckets 
in their hands.  Ranma fumes at Akane-kun, "This is all your fault."
	"My fault?  It was your fight, remember?"  Akane-kun looks down at 
him in disbelief.
	"Yes, but every morning..."  Ranma glares back into her dark brown 
eyes.  "...I finish my fight before school starts."
	"What was that all about, anyway?"  Akane-kun shrugs, never having 
seen such wild battle at school.  What were the teachers thinking?
	Sighing, Ranma says, "Kuno told them that if any of them wanted to 
date me, they'd have to defeat me first."

^_-

	"What?!  Engaged?!"  Kuno's words explode out of his mouth, 
bringing the class to a screeching halt.
	"Uh huh.  My dad and his dad agreed to marry their children 
together.  Mother decided to follow dad's will, and engaged Akane and 
Ranma together."  Tenma looks up and repeats what he had just said, 
wondering which part of that Kuno isn't understanding.
	"That is the most vile, disgusting thing that I've ever heard!!!"  
Kuno shakes his head in revulsion as the rest of the class watches on.
	"Kuno.  Go stand in the hall."

^_-

	"I forbid such a vile arrangement to take place!"  Kuno runs down 
the hall, dressed again in his Kendo garb, still carrying the two 
buckets in his hands.

^_-

	"You mean you fight with Kuno every morning?!"  Akane-kun shakes 
her head in disbelief at the boy's story.  She would've gone nuts if in 
the same situation.  Then, she breaks out laughing.  "Wouldn't he be 
surprised if he knew that you were actually a boy."
	"Shh!  Not so loud."  Ranma pauses for a few moments before going 
on.  "Besides, Kuno knows."
	"You mean...  he plays for the other team?!"  Akane-kun looks 
shocked and takes a step away from Ranma.  "I mean, he seemed to like 
that sword of his a lot, but..."
	"Oh please, you are so passe.  Where'd you come out of, the 
nineteenth century?"  Ranma rolls his eyes at the girl's old fashioned-
ness.  "And no, he isn't that way.  He isn't trying to date me."
	"Huh?"
	"He was probably thinking that he was doing me a favor, since I 
can beat those idiots any day of the week.  That way guys wouldn't be 
hounding me around all the time."  Ranma shakes his head again at Kuno's 
idiocy.  "What an idiot.  At least I could just reject them instead of 
having to deal with that stampede every morning..."
	"Then why did Kuno try to fight you?"  Akane-kun looks at the 
envelope Ranma hands her.  "A sign up form for the Kendo Club?"
	"We made a deal that if he beats me, I'd join the Kendo Club.  I'm 
better than anybody else in the school.  Maybe even better than Kuno."
	"Why'd you agree to a stupid deal like that?"
	"Because he said he'd stop bothering Kimi..."  A spout of water 
suddenly appears and Ranma gets soaked.  Akane-kun had jumped out of the 
way, having developed a reflex to avoiding water.  Not that it matters, 
since she's already in guy form.
	"Never, Tendo Akane!"  They look up the hall and see Kuno standing 
there with an empty bucket in his hands.
	"What do you think you're..."  Akane-kun glares back, surprised 
that Kuno had been able to sneak up on them.  
	"Upperclassman Kuno..."
	"I shall never accept your engagement to Ranma!  And you, Ranma!  
How in the world did you ever agree to such a foul arrangement?!"  As 
the two of them try to shush Kuno, the windows out into the hallway snap 
open, and all the students in the classroom are bursting out of them.
	"What?  Engagement?!"  The boys scream, many of them feeling that 
their lives are over.
	"How could you Ranma!  And you said you weren't interested in 
guys!"  The girls yell, slightly disappointed that the handsome new guy 
had been taken even before they got a fair shot at him.
	"Wait, its not true!  Its..."
	"Out parents decided!  We never..."
	Their protestations are cut off as Kuno wildly swings with his 
boken, narrowly missing Akane-kun.  "Stand your ground!"
	Akane-kun runs down the hall, wanting more space to maneuver.  
"This is no place to fight!  Follow me!"
	"That I shall!"  As Kuno yells and follows, the rest of the class 
pours out into the hallway.
	"This is great!"  They rush down the hall, chasing after Akane-kun 
and Kuno.  "And the winner gets to go out with Ranma!"
	Seeing an open window, Akane-kun decides to take the shortcut.  
"Let's get outside!  Follow me!"
	"Fear not!"  Following Akane-kun, Kuno leaps through the window 
also...

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[Author's Notes]

	Yes, I know, it still hasn't diverged much.  That's cause I
was mistaken about where the chapter breaks were.  I swear to God,
though, that it will pick up, so please, please, please keep on reading.
	The interesting parts of the story will pop up once I start 
explaining the past.  Trust me.  
	FYI, I'm using the Manga almost verbatim in my dialogue, so if
you find a discrepancy, it'll probably be some indication of a differing
plot point...
	"Kimiko, Kimiko, Kimiko."  Just who the heck is Kimiko?  Well, 
obviously, she's taking Dr. Tofu's place as Ranma's hopeless love 
interest.  You'll be surprised when you meet her though.  (She's not a 
female version of Dr. Tofu, if that's what you're thinking...)