[FFML] [Fanfic][R1/2] Family Secrets - Chapter 1

[Ignacio Moreno]

I think that I didn't post this story here, so...


Disclaimers:

- Ranma belongs to Rumiko Takahashi.

- This story is made for fun and is meant for the enjoyment of the fans.

- I have to thank Kirra and Rebecca Thornton for revised this chapter. Thank
you very much.

- Please R&R.

- If anybody wants to be a pre reader and help me you only have to e-mail
me. I would be happy to accept. Thanks.

- I would like to have ilustrations of my histories. So if anyone is
interested, please email me. Thanks.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Chapter 1: Secrets Unveiled.

Nodoka was drinking tea quietly in the living room of the Tendo's house.
Little volutes of steam rose from the hot liquid. The warm cup laid between
the delicate hands of Nodoka, who from time to time, brought it near her
lips and drank a sip.

The tranquillity and silence reigned in the house and only the martial
shouts of the students, muffled by the distance, challenged this calm.

Suddenly the entrance door busted open with a blow strong enough to break
the peaceful atmosphere of the house and instead, announced the arrival of
the two youngest habitants of the house. Nodoka sighed for the lost
tranquillity and turned towards the door of the room. A moment later the
door opened and Ranma and Akane entered in the living room where Nodoka was.

"Good afternoon." Nodoka greeted them with a smile while she stood up;
however neither teenager returned the greeting.

Ranma stood by the entrance of the living room with his eyes fixed on the
floor, avoiding eye contact with his mother. At his side, Akane stared at
him. Her hands, crossed in front of her, held her school-bag with so much
strength that her knuckles had turned white.

After a moment of odd silence among the three, Ranma looked at Akane. She
frowned and pointed at Nodoka with a slight movement of her head. Ranma
turned towards his mother.

"Mom… Listen… Today we talked with Ukyo. Well, no... Ukyo came to talk with
me…"

The smiled disappeared from Nodoka's face, but neither Ranma, who was too
busy searching for appropriates words, nor Akane, noticed it.

"We didn't talk with her since the wed… well… you know."

Akane huffed and started to repeatedly hit her school-bag with her
forefinger.
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The sound of the bell echoed through the halls, indicating the end of the
class. Ranma stretched out in his chair, trying to get the stiffness out of
his muscles. At his side, Akane went to talk with her friends while the rest
of his classmates stood up, started to clear their tables or talk among
them. Ranma took his school-bag, opened it and, without hurry, started to
put away his books; until he felt unexpectedly, that somebody pulled his arm
gently. On raising his head he met Ukyo's inquisitive glance.

"Why have you been avoiding me all week?" she asked seriously, yet almost in
a whisper, so no one, especially Akane, could hear her.

Ranma looked away angered and fixed his eyes on his desk.

"How could you even ask me, after what Shampoo and you did?" The curtness of
his answer surprised Ranma himself; but it didn't frighten off Ukyo; who let
out a loud guffaw.

"Come on Ranma! Don't tell me that you really wanted to get married." She
answered in an amused and slightly sarcastic tone.

Neither realised that Ukyo's laugh have caught Akane's attention; who
approached them, an expression of anger on her face. But Ukyo continued on,
so Akane couldn't interrupt her, either Ranma added anything

"You don't need to lie. Your mother was the one that invited me to the
wedding. She told me that you would be happy if, for any reason, the wedding
didn't take place."

Ranma looked at Ukyo; who saw clearly in the face of her fiancé the surprise
and confusion that her words had caused. The idea that Ranma didn't know
anything about the plans of her mother assailed Ukyo. A question pronounced
in a low voice at her back interrupted her thoughts.

"Why?"

Ukyo's words had stopped Akane just when she had gone to grasp the shoulder
of her rival; so when the young chef turned around, she met Akane's
half-outstretched arm. Ukyo noted that Akane's hand shook slightly and her
face had the same expression of surprise and disbelief of Ranma's. Akane
didn't pay attention to Ukyo. Her eyes were fixed on Ranma, with the vain
hope to find an answer to her question.

"Why?"
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Ranma finished his story and the silence returned to the room. Akane had
stopped hitting her school-bag and both teenagers observed Nodoka with the
hope that this one refuted Ukyo's words. However Nodoka merely continued
looking them with a sad expression. All that could be heard during a few
minutes were the deadened noises in the dojo and the birds chirping outside.

Finally Nodoka made a decision. She sat down again in front of her cup of
tea and she started to stir the cold liquid with a teaspoon.

"Do you really want be married?" Nodoka asked. The tone of her voice was
calm but it had a touch of sadness.

Neither Ranma, nor Akane expected this question; therefore it caught them
completely by surprise. Ranma started to babble an answer but before he
could say anything coherent Akane exploded.

Akane's anger had risen greatly after seeing Ukyo talking to Ranma, but the
words of Ukyo had covered her rage with surprise and confusion. Nodoka's
inappropriate and rude question filled Akane with rage; a rage hidden under
her surprise, but which was fed by her confusion.

"Since when do you care about our opinion?"

Ranma and Nodoka looked at her surprised by her outburst. Akane had her head
lowered, her glance fixed in the floor, her shoulders sank and all her body
trembled with rage.

"Our fathers are only interested in joining of the schools. You are only
interested in Ranma's manliness. You helped them to prepare the wedding. And
you never asked us what we wanted!"

"Akane…" Nodoka whispered but nobody heard her.

"Now it turned out that you told Ukyo to sabotage our wedding. Why? Do you
enjoy fucking with our lives?"

Akane rose her head on saying the last question, and Ranma's mother could
see the tears that flowed down by Akane's cheeks. Nodoka sighed and shook
her head.

"You don't understand. You and Ranma can't marry." Nodoka's tone emphasized
the impossibility of this union.

"Why?" Ranma exclaimed before Akane could react.

"Because you and Akane are siblings." Nodoka said.

TBC...
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