Trapped
Written by Lord Archive
Chapter 3 - Countdown to the Wedding
Onna-Ranma opened her eyes slowly as Akane shook her.
"Wake up, already!" shouted Akane.
"Ugh, I feel sick. Did I eat your cooking?" said the groggy Ranma.
"No." responded Akane as she slammed Ranma into the floor and let go of
her.
"Argh, Anyway I had a weird dream last night. It was nice but scary."
"Tell me about it." Akane said, as she thought, "He's probably written of
the past couple days as a dream."
"Um.. er.. I'd rather not."
"Let's see if I can guess it. We got trapped in a magical prison,
declared love for each other, planned to get married, had sex, got
pregnant, and moved up the wedding date." Akane said giggling watching
Ranma's stupefied face.
"It wasn't a dream?"
"If it's a dream, we're living it."
"I hope this dream doesn't turn into a nightmare."
"Whatever challenges our lives hold, we'll work together to keep this
dream from becoming a nightmare."
"I guess the rollercoaster ride that is my life isn't done yet."
"Not yet. By the way Mousse is waiting for his morning practice."
Ranma holds her head in pain and asks, "Um.. can you handle it."
"I'd love too." she joyfully says.
"Just work on his endurance and ability to dodge."
"You don't want me to spare with him?" said with a tinge of anger.
"Well, you won't be much fun tonight if you get hurt." Ranma said with a
painful grin.
"You Pervert!" Akane shouted while laughing and grabs the pillow
from Genma's futon and smacks Ranma in the face. "Okay, I don't want to
spoil tonight's fun either." she said before she kissed Ranma and left.
"This is going to take some time getting used to. Argh.. my head.
Why did I drink so much?" Ranma thought while holding her head.
"I hope you weren't the female entertainment last night?" said Nodaka
from the doorway of Ranma's room.
"I don't think I was." she replied.
"So how are you feeling?" Nodaka said while going over to the closet
starting to pull out Ranma's stuff.
"Fine, if you don't count a splitting headache. Mom, what are you doing?"
"Moving your stuff into Akane's room. You'll be sleeping there from now
on."
"Oh right. I don't know if I'm ready."
"It doesn't matter now if you're ready. You must face the challenges of
being a good husband and very soon a father."
"I hope I don't botch the job as spectacularly as Pop has." Ranma says as
she stands up and does a short presentation of his female body.
"Considering what a great body for a man amongst men he cursed me with."
"He definitely could have done a better job, but he certainly raised a
unique individual. And your manliness does show through even when you're
in a female body."
"Yeah well I'll at least won't make the mistake of taken my kids away
from their mother."
"It's nice to hear that, but I doubt Akane would let you do that and live."
"Probably right about that. Um can I get some of my cloths before you
move all of them."
Nodaka hands Ranma a pair of pants and shirt says, "Here you go, dear.
You better hurry up and get ready for school."
"Thanks Mom." said Ranma as she grabs boxers and T-shirt and leaves to
get changed.
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In the Tendo dining area Soun and Genma are still sleeping of one
side of the room. Ryoga and Nabiki are sitting at one side of the table
and Akane is sitting at her usual spot when Ranma enters. Mousse is seen
outside running with a large stone statue on his back.
"Hi Ryoga, when did ya get here?" Ranma said in friendly manner. He showed
no signs of a hangover.
"Sometime after you plunged your head into the toilet." jokingly replied
a sober Ryoga. "Um.. Ranma, I was wondering... well if we could forget
our past and start over as friends."
Ranma looks at Akane and sees she is smiling. "Sure, but I've always
considered you to be a friend of sorts." he replied.
"You have?" questioned Ryoga.
"Of course. You have been my best sparring partner. I never know when
your going to attack and your skills are close to mine. I wouldn't be
near as good as I am now if it weren't for you."
"You mean, you liked it when I attacked you?" asked a confused Ryoga.
Akane was also a bit confused.
"Not all of the time, but they're were times I was happy to hear "DIE
RANMA" because I felt the need for a good fight. Anyway whenever I really
needed help you came along and helped."
"So you actually thought of me as a friend and liked to fighting me."
"Yeah. But now I suppose we should keep our fights to sparring and
possibly schedule an all out fight every so often."
"Ranma, why do you have to fight at all?" Akane interrupted.
"We're born and bred martial artist. We fight to improve are skills and
see who's strongest. If I don't fight difficult opponents I'll lose my
edge, and the fights between me and Ryoga help us keep the edge. Right
Ryoga?" replied Ranma.
Ryoga nodded in agreement.
Akane shook her head and says, "What am I getting into?"
"Married to a real life action hero, complete with gigantic macho ego."
replied Nabiki coolly. Ryoga laughed shortly followed by Akane and
Nabiki, while Ranma scowled.
"Does anyone know what kind of wedding it'll be?" asked Ranma after the
laughing stopped.
"Western" replied Nabiki.
"Guess I'll need a best man then. Ryoga would you like to be the best man
at my wedding?" asked Ranma
"Of course, my friend." replied Ryoga with a toothy grin. Akane smiles
her approval.
Mousse appears now and drops the statue outside and sits across
from Ranma and Akane. Akane asked, "Finished 100 laps already?"
Mousse replied, "Yes, I shall bare any pain for my Shampoo. So what's on
the training schedule for today."
"Just what I like in a student, complete devotion." said Ranma. "Um..
nothing scheduled today, but if you want something to do, I'm sure Kasumi
could use some help."
Kasumi now entered and called out, "Breakfast!" Genma and Soun
immediately woke up and moved to seats across form Ranma and Akane.
Mousse made room by moving to the corner of the table. Happosai appeared
next to Akane. And Nodaka entered and began to help Kasumi bring out
breakfast. Once breakfast is in place Nodaka and Kasumi sat across from
Nabiki and Ryoga. Everyone began to eat.
"Now Ranma, now was quit some dance you put on for us last night." said
Happosai.
Ranma became a bit nervous, Akane and Nodaka a bit angry, everyone else
was interested.
"I never knew a body could move like that." added a laughing Mousse.
Ranma yelled, "What are you talking about!? I did no such thing."
"Well I wouldn't have called it a dance per say." stated Mousse and
continued, "I'd call it drunkenly going into a combat stance followed by
warp speed travel to toilet."
"You're such a spoil sport." said the upset Happosai.
Everyone started laughing.
After everyone gained some composure Nabiki picked up her notebook and
asked, "I was wondering for the reception what should we order for food.
I was thinking of either roast pig or roast duck."
Ryoga and Mousse turned obvious shades of green at that comment. Nabiki
grinned at look of their faces, while Ranma giggled, Nodaka was a little
confused, Akane fumed, and the others ignored the reaction.
Akane forcefully stated, "Older Sister! Please mind that some of the
guess have a distinct dislike for those foods."
"So what do you suggest?" asked Nabiki.
"Um.. Not sure."
"Don't worry about details, dear. Leave everything to me and Kasumi."
said a smiling Nodaka.
"We'll make sure everything is perfect." added Kasumi.
"Are you sure you can handle it all?" asked Akane.
"Don't worry about it, we can handle it." answered Nodaka.
"If you need any help, I'll be glad to." said Mousse.
"I can also help." added Ryoga
"Don't you have school to go to?" asked Nodaka.
"I do not go to school." said Mousse.
"Me neither"
"Why not?"
"I graduated." Mousse answered. (He graduated from whatever schooling his
village offered.)
"Ah same with me." added Ryoga, not wanting to go into details as why he
doesn't go to school. The others choose to ignore him statement.
"Oh. Then we'll appreciate your help with the wedding."
"Just make sure you don't send Ryoga somewhere alone. Or he'll end up
lost." said Ranma, to which Akane elbowed Ranma and Ryoga snarled.
Kasumi changed the subject at this time and says, "Ranma, Akane, I made
up wedding invitations for you give out. I also contacted some friends
that don't live near by and invited them and also some of our relatives."
"Who did you invite?" asked Akane.
"Let's see, there is Akari, the tea ceremony couple, our grandparents,
our cousins, and some others. The list is near the phone, the ones with
check marks are those that said they're coming and those with dashes
aren't."
"You didn't invite my parents, did you?" said a scared Genma.
"No, I haven't gotten a hold of them." she replied.
"Good, Don't invite them. Bad things will happen if they're around."
stated Genma, while Nodaka shivered apparently at the thought of seeing
her in-laws.
"If you say so." said Kasumi.
"We'd better get going." stated Akane.
"What, its still early." said Ranma.
"We need to get some of these invitations out before school." replied
Akane.
"Oh. Bye everyone." said Ranma.
"Bye" replied everyone.
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On their trip to school they stopped of at a couple places
including a stop at the Cat Cafe to give an invitation to Cologne and
Shampoo. The last stop before school is at Dr. Tofu's office.
"Hello Ranma, Akane. It's been a while." greeted Dr. Tofu.
"Hello, Well we've been getting along a lot better recently." stated Akane.
"That and it takes a lot more to hurt me now than it did before." added
Ranma and got an elbow into the gut for the remark.
"I see, so what brings you here today?" asked Tofu.
"Well, we'd like to invite you to our wedding this afternoon." answered
Akane.
"You to decided to get married!?! Congratulations, I'd be happy to go. It
gives me a perfect chance to test to see if I've been able to gain some
self-control when I'm around a certain girl. I've been working on that
problem for a while now." said Dr. Tofu a bit starry eyed when saying the
last couple sentences.
"Good luck, Doc. I hope it works." encouraged Ranma.
"Um... Dr. Tofu?" said a blushing Akane.
"What is it Akane?"
"I was wondering how far into a pregnancy could a couple still have sex?"
asked a deep red colored Akane. Ranma is also deep shade of red is
showing a bit of nervousness.
"Generally until it becomes to uncomfortable for the woman. It is a good
idea to stop towards the end of the second trimester." said Tofu and then
jokingly said, "Why? Do you think you're pregnant?"
"Um.. well... yes."
"What?"
"I am pregnant."
"Wh..When?"
"Two days ago."
"I'd like you to stop by after school Saturday so I can run some test,
and I like both of you here on Sunday to talk about what to expect."
"Okay Dr. Tofu, we'll see you then. We have to go now, Bye." Akane said
and left with Ranma.
"I didn't think they'd get this far so fast." thought Tofu.
Akane and Ranma ran to school with a minute left on the clock.
Ranma stopped in his tracks as he saw Kuno with a bucket of water. In
less than a second, Kuno launched his and attack. The bucket of cold
water splashed Ranma and he became a girl in front of Kuno.
And those Kuno spoke, "So the vile Tendo Nabiki speaks true that the
pig-tailed goddess of my dreams is but a magical illusion brought on by a
heinous curse. For using the curse to deceive me, I SHALL..." Kuno is
interrupted by a boot to the head, and goes flying.
"Argh... My hangover's back." says holding his head.
"Guess it's your girl form that can't take alcohol." said Akane giggling
just as the school bell rings. "Oh no we're late." Akane said as she
grabbed Ranma's hand and rushed to class.
Akane and onna-Ranma arrive at class late and almost ran over
chibi-Ms. Hinnako when they entered into the room.
"Akane, Ranma. Why are late this time." yelled Ms. Hinnako.
"Argh.. not so loud." howled Ranma.
"We're sorry but we were delayed by Kuno and by delivering these." Akane
said with a smile as she hands Ms. Hinnako a personalized invitation.
Ms. Hinnako immediately opened it and read the card and then screamed,
"Your getting married today?!"
"Yes" Akane said happily. Ranma collapsed to the floor in agony and the
rest of the class surged forward asking questions.
"Quiet Down Everyone, and SIT DOWN!" Hinnako yelled and the class quickly
obeyed when she produces a 50 yen coin. The only exception was Ranma, who
held her head pain.
"What's wrong with you?" asked Ms Hinnako.
"Our Dads decided to throw him a bachelor party last night, and his girl
form has no tolerance for alcohol." Akane answered for Ranma.
"Can I get some hot water." said Ranma weakly.
"No. You will go to your seat and sit there." said Ms Hinnako.
"That is cruel." said Ranma.
"I know." giggled Hinnako.
The class soon deteriorated as everyone, including Ms Hinnako,
asked Akane about the wedding. They' avoided onna-Ranma for fear of
retaliation.
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It was now lunchtime, all the wedding invitations have been
delivered, and Ranma and Akane were eating lunch under a tree. The tree
is surrounded by most of the student from Furinkan High. They asked all
sorts of question, but were being completely ignored.
"I wished Ms. Hinnako would have let me changed back. Having a hangover
sucks." said Ranma.
"If you did, you could have answered some of those questions." replied
Akane.
"Maybe I was better with the hangover."
Ranma's and Akane's attention is drawn to a large movement in the
crowd. The crowd separated revealing Kuno, who approached them and spoke
over the crowd, "I will have words with you. And I the Blue Thunder of
Furinkan High (a loud thunder strike is heard in the background) will
show my intentions with this sign of peace" He tosses his bokken aside and
sits down.
"If ya want to talk Kuno-sempai, talk." replied Ranma. The crowd has
stopped asking questions so they can hear them speak.
"Tendo Akane, I wish to know how a goddess such as yourself, can be in
love with this foul demon?" asked Kuno. Ranma scowled at Kuno.
"Ranma may not be a saint, but he's definitely not a demon either. And as
to why I love him? I... I... I.. don't know. I guess no one can truly
answer why they love someone, it is something that just happens." replied
Akane.
"Saotome Ranma, do you truly love the fair Tendo Akane and can you say as
to why?" asked Kuno.
"Yes, I love Akane. And while I also don't truly know why, I can say one
of the reasons is that I live for the moments I see her smile." answered
Ranma. Akane smiled and most of the girls swooned at the romantic comment.
"One other question Ranma, why is it you used the magic of your curse to
deceive I, Kuno Tatewaki." demanded Kuno. The crowd mumbled as they tried
to figure out how Kuno finally made the connection.
"You should have been the first to realize that I was capable of
transforming into a girl. I've only done it a dozen times in front of
you, and you were too dense to realize the connection even when I
practically told you." answered Ranma.
Akane took what he said and realized the same could be said of her when
concerned with Ryoga. She then said, "Sometimes a person doesn't want to
make the connection. As it goes against concepts a person holds, and so
makes up concepts they are more comfortable with. Such as Kuno believing
your girl form is a separate individual trapped by your magic, or me not
believing anyone would want to be my pet. The deception was not
necessarily the fault of the cursed individual, but is in part our own
fault for not wanting to see the truth"
The crowd mumbled in shock with news of Akane's pet pig being a person
who is cursed with a pig form. Kuno stood up and shouted, "What devious
person would do such a thing to the great Tendo Akane. I shall smite him!"
"Kuno, I do not want you trying to protect me. I am handling him myself.
Besides I have more than enough of a protector in Ranma. I would like you
to go and search for someone who loves you, you may be surprised at who
you find." stated Akane.
"I endeavor myself to try to do as you wish, Tendo Akane. For now I ask
that you shall invite me to your wedding." stated Kuno.
"Of course, you can come." answered Akane.
"You can go, as long as ya don't try anything." added Ranma.
"But remember there shall always be a fiery torch that will always burn
with my love for you, Tendo Akane" Kuno said as he bowed to Akane.
"What about me Kuno-sempai" Ranma said in the most feminine means
possible in his male form.
Kuno turned green, grabbed his bokken and ran off. Ranma laughed and
Akane elbowed him while failed to contain herself from joining the
surrounding crowd's laughter. After a moment she finally could say, "You
shouldn't pick on people like that. It isn't nice."
"But it sure was funny though." giggled Ranma.
From the crowds, a voice was heard, "I will be taking orders for a
picture of Kuno's reaction, 1000 yen each."
"Nabiki, Mark me down for one." yelled Ranma.
"Ranma." she said a little angry.
"Okay, Make that two copies." shouted Ranma as Akane punched him in the
shoulder a bit lighter than she would have in the past, almost playful.
"You know that wasn't what I meant."
"Come on Akane. That picture is a gem, besides how many photos did he buy
of us." Ranma said with a smirk.
Ranma's jovial manner made Akane let go of little anger she had and
said, "Well his face was priceless, it couldn't hurt to have one."
Ranma noticed the crowd's attention was now focused on Nabiki and stated,
"Let's get going, while the getting's good." He picked up Akane before
she could respond and leaped away towards the school building as lunch
came to a close.
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The bell has rung ending the last class. Wanting to get home as
quickly as possible, Ranma jumped out the third story window with Akane
held firmly in his arms, and proceeded to carry her home while running on
the roof tops.
"Air Ranma, the fastest way to travel in Nerima." Akane said giggling
while holding Ranma tightly.
"Yeah, less traffic this way." replied Ranma.
After a moment, Ranma lands at the front door of the Tendo home, and set
Akane down on to her feet.
"It's not so bad to travel that way." said Akane.
"Not so bad for you, but murder on me." panted Ranma.
"Fine, next time I carry you."
"I'd rather not."
"Why not?"
"How does it look for some girl to carry a guy around town while running
like that."
"Who said you were going to a guy at the time."
Before Ranma could reply Kasumi appeared and said, "Oh good, your home
already. We need to get you into your wedding dress. Ranma your suit is
in your old room." She grabbed Akane's arm and rushed upstairs.
"Guess I'd better get ready." said Ranma to himself, a bit thankful of
not having to finish the conversation with Akane.
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Kasumi dragged the recently arrived Akane to her room, to be
fitted into her wedding dress. Akane was surprised to see Nabiki was
already there.
"Your finally here." said Nabiki.
"How did you get here before me?" asked Akane, as she started to get out
of her school uniform.
"I skipped my afternoon classes after I found out a couple details were
being overlooked."
"What details?"
"Things like dresses for the brides maid."
"Brides maids? I forgot I needed brides maids."
"Don't worry I'm sure a couple will show up."
Kasumi and Nabiki are now helping Akane put on her wedding dress.
The dress is a bit more elaborate than the one she wore at the bombed
wedding.
"How come this isn't the same dress I wore at the last attempt?"
"The last one was a rental. This one however is yours, as I'm pretty sure
you will be married this time." said Nabiki.
"Well if this fails this time, I guess we'll have to elope."
"That's the spirit." said Nabiki
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Ranma went upstairs to his old room and found the door locked.
"Why is it locked?" he thought and noticed a sign on the door, "Guys
dressing room." He shrugged and then knocked at the door. A second later
the door unlocks and opens a little. Ryoga peeks through the door, sees
Ranma, grabs him, pulls him into the room, and shuts and locks the door.
Ryoga is mostly into a tux while Mousse, fully deck out in his tux, is
adjusting something under his cloths. A white suit hung neatly in the
nearly empty closet. Ranma spent a minute staring at it.
"It's not going put itself on you." said Ryoga as he started to tie his
bow tie.
"It did last time." replied Ranma.
"That was because it was forced. This time you're doing because you want
to."
"Ahh.. Yeah... Is everything set up." asked Ranma as he warily approached
the suit and started to change.
"Pretty much, your mom is still working on food for the reception. All we
need now is to get you and Akane ready." answered Ryoga.
"That's good." said Ranma.
Ranma quickly got dressed in his suit and straightened it out. Ryoga was
still trying to tie his bow tie .
Ranma saw Ryoga's frustrated look, and said, "Here let me help you."
"If you could." said Ryoga as he resigned to let Ranma help as he walked
over and tied it properly but a bit on the tight side.
"There, perfect." said Ranma with a grin.
Ryoga looked into the mirror and said, "I guess, but do these things need
to be so tight."
"With these cloths, looks are more important than comfort." said Ranma.
"You can say that again." said Mousse still trying to adjust something
inside his Tuxedo and continued, "These things give little room to hide
weapons."
"You hid weapons in your tux?" asked Ranma.
"Of course, there is still a good chance hostility will commence and it
would not do for me to be without some of my weapons."
"I guess." said Ranma.
"If your too uncomfortable you might want to remove some of your
weapons." suggested Ryoga.
"I'll be fine. I'm considering it as endurance training." replied Mousse
"Excellent. With an attitude like that you'll make a great martial
artists." said Ranma.
"But I am a great martial artist." said Mousse
"No your a decent martial artist, your far away from being a great
martial artist." said Ranma with a grin.
"I'll show you." said Mousse angrily.
"Later, right now we have to him married." interrupted Ryoga.
"Right, I'm hungry let's go grab a snack." said Ranma.
"Sure" replied Ryoga and Mousse.
The trio leaves the dressing room, and head for the kitchen.
"Hi, Mom." said Ranma.
"My do you look handsome." stated Nodaka with smile.
"Thanks, I was wondering if we grab a snack."
"Certainly and once your finished you can greet the guests."
"Ugh.. Do I have to." whined Ranma.
"Someone has to, besides what else are you going to do for the next hour."
"Fine we greet the guest." said Ranma.
After Ranma, Ryoga, and Mousse made short work of their snacks,
they went to the front gate and prepared to meet the guests as they
arrive. As they get there, they saw Ukyou and Konatsu were just entering
the gate. Ukyou was wearing a tuxedo while Konatsu is wearing a very nice
pink dress.
"Ucchan, it's good to see you. Thanks for coming." said Ranma happily but
with a touch of sadness as Ukyou was looking quit sad.
"It's good to see you to. I wouldn't miss your wedding for anything, even
though I wanted to be the bride." said Ukyou. This comment caused a
raised eyebrow from the elderly couple that entered the gate behind them.
"Um, Do you think Akane needs any help?" asked Ukyou.
"I'm sure she'll appreciate any help you can offer. She in her room
getting ready." said Ranma. After Ukyou left for Akane's room Ranma
turned to Konatsu and asked, "How's she taking it."
"Fine I think. Until Nabiki stopped by I thought she was going to shut
down completely and emotionally die. Afterwards she seemed better but
still a bit sedated." replied Konatsu.
"I hope she's all right, you can wait in the dojo for the wedding." Ranma
said as he prepared to meet the unfamiliar couple behind Konatsu and said
to them, "Hello, I'm Saotome Ranma, can I help you?"
"So you're going to marry our granddaughter." said the elderly man
gruffly.
"Don't mind him." said the elderly lady and continued, "He can be rude a
lot of the time. We're Akane's grandparents and we are here to see the
wedding."
"Pleased to meet you." said Ranma with a bow and thought <I'm not liking
this.>
"Pleased to meet you to." the elderly lady said with a bow, her husband
did not. She gave him the evil eye and then asked, "I would like to see
Akane and help her if I can."
"Certainly." Ranma said as the elderly lady left for Akane's room. Ranma
turned to look at the elderly man who was closely examining Ranma. <Great
she left him behind> he thought sarcastically.
"What was with that couple before us, and why did you refer to the guy in
tux as she?" asked the elderly man.
"It's a long story, but the person in the tux is a girl. She was raised
as a guy."
"Why did she want to marry you?"
"Because she loves me, the problem is I'm in love with Akane."
"And Akane loves you?"
"If she didn't we wouldn't be here now."
The elderly man made a surprise quick move and grabbed Ranma's jaw and
examined his teeth.
"What ya do that for?" said Ranma as he broke loose of the elderly man's
hold.
"Nice teeth, could keep better care of them though."
"What are ya, a dentist?"
"Horse breeder." the elderly man left for the dojo laughing. Mousse was
also laughing, while Ryoga and Ranma apparently missed the joke.
"What's so funny?" Ranma demanded.
"He made a play on your name. For when a person buys a horse the buyer
checks the teeth to help judge its value."
"Oh funny."
"It is funny, wished I knew the joke earlier." giggled Ryoga.
<This has got to get better> thought Ranma as he spent the next several
minutes greeting nondescript friends and a couple soon-to-be relatives.
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Meanwhile, Akane has been trying to stand still while her sisters
make some alterations to the wedding dress. Akane is a bit relieved when
there is a knock at the door.
"Who is it?" asked Akane.
"Ukyou." replied the voice from behind the door. Akane and Nabiki tensed
up a little.
"Enter." said Akane as she hoped Ukyou was all right and was not out to
cause trouble.
"Hi." said Ukyou meekly as she entered the room.
"Hi, how have you been feeling?" asked Akane with a bit of nervous concern.
"Lets just say I've been considering to ask Ryoga how to use Shi Shi
Hadokan."
"That bad, huh."
"How have you been feeling?"
"Scared, happy, scared, upset, and scared."
"Not to sure about the future are you?"
"Sort of. It's just that so much is changing, I'm afraid I'm going to
lose everything I liked about my childhood. I'm really scared I'll lose
your friendship."
"I don't want to lose you as a friend either, but it'll be hard seeing
you. Knowing it was you who stole my Ranchan's heart."
"I wish that everyone could come out of this happy. But I haven't been
able to figure out how."
"It would've been better if you let me have Ranchan and you took Ryoga."
"I know you tried to get me and Ryoga together, but he could never be
more than a friend. Especially now that I know he's also P-Chan."
"Damn" muttered Nabiki. Ukyou looked a bit shocked.
"No chance of you changing your mind and calling off the wedding." asked
Ukyou.
"None." replied Akane.
"It was worth a shot. Um... Is there anything I could do to help?"
"Well I was wondering if you could be my maid of honor?"
"Me! Why?"
"Because your one of my closest friends, and it would mean a lot for me."
"You want me to be your maid of honor? Despite the fact I've tried to
take Ranchan from you and I help destroy the last wedding attempt."
"Yes, if Ranma can have Ryoga as his best man despite their past, why
can't you to be my maid of honor?"
"I.. It would be honor to be your maid of honor." said Ukyou, she was a
bit unsure if what she's doing was wise.
"Thank you." Akane said with smile.
Now another knock is heard at semi-closed door to which Akane asked, "Who
is it?"
"Hello Akane, it's been a long time." said the voice from the now open
door.
"Grandma." said Akane, Nabiki, and Kasumi.
"It has been a long time." said Akane.
"How are you?"
"Scared mostly."
"We all get scared before our own wedding. Getting married is about
changing your relationship with someone you love. And it's human nature
to fear change, even if at the same time we want it."
Nabiki has picked up a dress that has been on Akane's bed and gone over
to Ukyou. She hands Ukyou the dress while whispering something to her.
Ukyou left with the dress.
"Knowing that still doesn't help reduce my fears." said Akane.
"I know, but it helps confront them. But I am concerned if it's wise to
have the groom greeting guests at the gate, he might get cold feet decide
to run off."
"Not likely, Ranma isn't one to run away from his obligations nor from
fear."
"Unless it's a cat." added Nabiki, to which she received an angry look
from Akane.
"From a cat?" asked Akane's grandmother.
"It's a long story."
"Oh.." Akane's grandmother said before going into small talk with Akane
and her sisters while helping getting Akane ready.
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The moment Ranma has been dreading most has arrived in the form of
purpled haired Amazon and her great-grandmother.
"Hi Shampoo." said Ranma failing to sound enthusiastic.
"Hello. Shampoo here to see Ranma's wedding. Shampoo will cause no
problems. Shampoo hopes Ranma is happy with violent tomboy."
"Thanks. And thank you for coming, and I'm sure I'll be happy with
Akane." said Ranma.
"Come granddaughter, we don't want miss getting good seats."
"Can we trust them?" asked Ryoga.
"They can not interfere now. While losing Ranma as a husband will cause
lose of honor, stopping the wedding or hurting Akane can be severely
punished because of her situation." stated Mousse.
"What situation would that be?" asked Hiroshi as he and Daisuke entered
the gate.
"I think Ranma hasn't been telling us everything that's been going on."
said Daisuke.
"Uh.. He just means that we have admitted love to each other.. that's
all." said Ranma a bit nervously. Ryoga and Mousse are looking away.
"Right." said Hiroshi and Daisuke sounding unconvinced.
"Well it's nice to see you here. The wedding is in the dojo, you better
hurry for a good seat."
<This could be a problem.> Ranma thought.
"He-Hello Akari." spoke Ryoga.
"Welcome, It is good to see you here Akari." said Ranma.
"Hello Ryoga. Ranma, I'm as excited as a pig at feeding time, I've never
been to a friend's wedding before." said Akari.
"Well now your chance." said Ranma.
"Is there anything I could do to help?" asked Akari.
"You can go upstairs and ask Akane and the others if they need help."
"Thanks"
After seeing Akari vanish into the Tendo home, Ranma froze at the sound
of insane laughter.
"Hello Ranma-sama, I hear you decided to marry that violent wretch,
Akane." Kodachi said as she appeared at the gate with Makido Sanezin.
"I don't remember inviting either of you." said Ranma gruffly.
"A minor over sight, I'm sure. Do not worry I will not interfere with
this wedding."
"And I'm just here as her date." added Makido.
"You didn't bring Azuza, Did you?" asked Ryoga.
"No, I left her at a toy store where the girl working there had the gull
of slapping me."
"Poor girl." said Ryoga and Ranma thinking of the store clerk.
"All right, you can be at the wedding. But do anything wrong and you'll
be sent to the hospital. Understand."
"Of course Ranma-sama." said Kodachi.
"I am not one to cause problems." said Makido.
"The wedding is in the dojo." said Ranma.
As Kodachi and Makido left for the dojo, Ranma rolled his eyes at the
sight of the next guest.
"The sorrow of losing one's love is great. To loss her to some evil
sorcerer is far worse."
"Be quite Kuno-sempai, or you'll miss the wedding."
"I shall not miss the wedding of Tendo Akane for any reason."
"Then go to dojo and wait, okay."
"For the sake of Tendo Akane, I shall do as you say."
"Jerk" mumbled Ranma.
"Aloha Ranma." said the patriarch of the Kuno clan.
"Hello principal Kuno. It's ah good that you could make."
"I hope marryin' Akane will cure you of your delinquent ways."
"Fat chance of that." said Ryoga.
"Grrr.. The wedding is in the dojo, please go there and wait." Ranma
said. Once principle Kuno was out of ear shot, he said, "I can't take
much more of this."
"You don't have to. It's time to take your places. The wedding is about
to begin." said Nabiki from the doorway of the Tendo home. She held a
stack of cards in her hand.
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Authors note:
Written 10-97
Please give me C&C and/or MSTing of this work in progress. If you wish to
do so in private e-mail, write to archive@mich.com
This is the start of a series, and I'll refer to as Ranma 1/2 Teen
Mariage or maybe Saotome 1 Whole. (if you can think of a better name,
please tell me). The major focuses of the series will be how does Ranma
and Akane handle being married and Mousse's attempts to defeat Shampoo
and become her husband with Ranma's help.
Volume 2 "Reflections and Changes" will focus on the cast's initial
adjustments to what has happened.
Volume 3 "Return to Abnormality" I plan on making it excessively silly.
(events so far : Ranma's punishment truly begins, return of Tardy
Punishment Week, and much, much more.)
If you want to be a guest writer for the series, please contact me
(archive@mich.com) and we'll work something out.
There are some long range plans I'm not sure what to do with in the
series that I would like to ask, you the reader, to help me figure out
how to do it. Send suggestions to archive@mich.com
1) The most important is who should pair up with Ukyou (if any)?
Current thoughts:
She is (was) the best of Ranma's fiancées and deserves better
things in her life.
I do not plan on doing any love relations with her until senior
year. (but planting the seed of said relationship may
occur earlier.)
I do not want to make a character just to be a love interest, but
if enough readers suggest pairing her with one of the new
characters I'm making for Ranma's senior year. I will try
it.
Right now I'm considering pairing her with Hiroshi or
Daisuki (these to guys are sorely under used).
2) Should Mousse win his battle with Shampoo?
Current Thoughts:
Part of the series will focus on attempts by the cast to make
Shampoo like Mousse and to make Mousse more of what
Shampoo wants in a man.
When all is said and done, will Mousse want Shampoo or someone
else entirely?
Cologne might come up with some plans to select another husband
for Shampoo while Mousse is away training.
?) Any other suggestions.
If you can't tell by now I really want to know what you think, please
tell me. You can reach me at archive@mich.com
Chapter 4 teaser
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Chapter 4 - Meet Mr. and Ms Saotome.
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The final chapter of volume 1. Hopefully it will be finished by next week.
Scenes include:
Ryoga in a dream state says I do during the wedding.
Shampoo tells Mousse off, and states, "Man trained by Ranma defeat
Shampoo, Shampoo marry. If Mousse defeats, Shampoo commit suicide."
Dr. Tofu goes nuts after a dance with Kasumi. (Big surprise there).
And a little incident with a water gun.
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