DB Sommer wrote:
% Good ole' DC wrote:
ear to the proceedings. She
had tried to stay up in her room so that she would not be able to see
her dad and sister like this. They were basically vegetables
% Ah, but what kind? I see Soun as being something leafy, while Akane
being something like...say...a carrot. ^_^
Nah, Soun's an onion nd Akane's a hot red pepper :P
His
sister and Akane not in their right minds did not help things. Mousse's
mourning was the real surprise.
% That is a suprise.
However, Nabiki suspected it was more
for the way Ranma affected Shampoo than any real grief over Ranma
himself.
% Ah. That makes sense.
Heh, one of the only people I can actually see celebrating otherwise.
Akane's dull eyes flashed with hatred as Kuno's words reached her. Her
hand shot out with ferocious speed and grabbed his shirt. Roughly, she
pulled him to her until his face was an inch from her own. "Kuno. If
you ever say that again, I will _hurt_ you. Ranma _is_ coming back.
% Yep. Just not for a while. A long while.
Yep ^_^
Kuno took up the picture and let a finger graze across Kodachi's
cheek. *How lucky you are, sister. So easy for you to escape
reality.* Kodachi was in hands far more capable to taking care of her
than he would ever be able to. In some ways, Kuno found himself jealous
of that fact.
% An unusual admission, but not OOC.
Ah, Kuno's characterization along with Mousse, I could never get the
hang of. :P
beaten Ranma. The
more you tried to deny him something the stronger he tried to get it.
If she couldn't outright tell him that he could not see Akane, she would
have to divert his attention.
% Heh. Since I've read the mainstory, this is some diversion ^_^
What can I say. Nabiki is thorough, if she wants to divert someone, she
does it completely :P
*Why did I not see this? The meetings about selling pictures had all
been a pretext to see me. How it must have wounded her heart to give me
the images of my loves, her rivals.
% heh. Typical Kunou.
Heh, glad I got that to come out right.
"Bwee!"
Akari looked up from the pigpen. "Ryoga?"
% Ah, so you are dealing with Akari.
Yeah, a minor snippit because I like her :P
Ryoga grunted as the bar of soap hit him in the face. He tried hard
not to dodge as a bucket hit him on the chest. It hurt like hell.
% Must have revealed his curse.
Yeah, tried a different way from the other stories where I read that
Akane finds out. Jumped into the middle of her finding it out instead
of doing it gradually.
"What's with Ryoga?" Nabiki asked upon entering the living room. Ryoga
was black and blue all over and seemed to be in a very deep sleep. She
carefully placed the six shopping bags she had with her on the table,
hoping Kasumi would help her put them away. *I should have pretended to
be Kuno's girlfriend earlier.*
% Heh. He is good at lavishing attention.
Combined with Nabiki's squeeze water out of rocks, she's a happy girl
indeed :P
"Uh, he slept... I mean, he is... oh my! How should I put this? Ryoga
has been sleeping with Akane for the past year."
% Hmm. Yep. That was probably the worst way to do it, all right.
There are worse ways. She could have said P-Chan was taking advantage
of Akane ^_^
"What!? But, but, what about Ranma?"
% Kasumi: Oh, Ranma was sleeping with me for the last year. I thought
everyone knew.
Nabiki: You too? Man, we could have had a threeso...
Akane stood staring up at the ceiling. Teardrops welled up in her eyes
making it hard for her to see too clearly. *I didn't mean it, Ranma. I
wasn't angry at you. You must have had some reason to keep it a secret
from me. I know that you would never hurt me if you could help it.*
"Bwahahaha! I tell you, Nabiki. You think that joke was bad? You
should listen to the time we snuck Happosai into the room as P-Chan.
Man, me and Ranma had fun with that one."
% Ohhh. That is wicked.
Yeah, went a little overboard with Ryoga here, but he's desperate.
Akane said firmly. This new tidbit of information reinforced her belief
in her former fianc�e. It also, strangely, made her at peace with
Ryoga's curse. *I know Ranma would have killed Ryoga if he ever
suspected that I was being abused.*
% true.
Yeah, Akane has learned a few things now that Ranma has gone.
"You've got to be kidding me," Nabiki said, still shocked at what Kuno
was saying.
"I must have you both!" Kuno yelled leaping at Nabiki.
%Ah, he's starting to fall for her then.
Heh, having a feminine body part pressed against you does wonders :P
She opened her door only to see Mousse standing there, ready to give
his daily opinion of her former husband. She sucker punched him in the
stomach before he could talk.
% heh.
One of his faults. Whenever he speaks :P
"<Yes,>" Mousse managed to squeak out.
*Stupid, Mousse,* Shampoo thought shaking her head. Even now she could
see the love in his eyes. *Was I that bad with Ranma?
% Not quite, but close enough
One thing that made it difficult for her to get Ranma and the same is
true for Mousse.
% Ah. A nice touch. A mutual signal to one another that they are going to
try to move on.
% A nice story that fills in the gaps of what had happened in the first
months over the intervening years.
Yeah, I may try to fill in more, but will probably leave it at that.
D.B. Sommer
Thanks for the C&C!