Ranma 1/2 Fan Fiction ❯ Chasing Akane (DC) ❯ Part 3: Akane Falls in Love ( Chapter 3 )

Chasing Akane: Part 3

Note: I don't own the rights to View Askew or Ranma, just to Dimi-Chan and Juton (but not to the "Silent" part of Juton, or to the characters they represent in this fan fiction.

INT. Studio-That Afternoon

There is a door, there's a knock on that door. Akane opens it and Ranma is standing there (in girl-form, which he will always be in unless otherwise specified).

Ranma: Somebody told me they make Mangas here, and I've got an idea for this story about a girl who comes to a club and high-tails it when she fins out this girl she knows is actually…and oh, get this-A GUY WHO TURNS INTO A GIRL!...any interest in a story like that?

Akane smiles.

EXT. Riverfront Park-Day

Ranma and Akane walk through the park, eating fortune cookies.

Ranma: Gainax?

Akane: A whole season. (looks at fortune) Love can come from unusual places.

Ranma: That's good isn't it? (looks at her fortune) Weird, it's the same as yours.

Akane: Ryouga seems to think it's good. And yeah, maybe the company that prints them doesn't make that many possible "fortunes", and they end up getting recycled to often…or maybe…IT'S FATE!

Ranma: Nah…so you don't think it's good that they want to make a anime series out of your manga?

Akane: Well, they want our characters to be all deep and shit-not two-dimensional. I think having two-dimensional characters is more fun for the readers because they can use their imaginations to fill in the psychological gaps.

Ranma: And write fan fictions about the guy and girl characters who hate and loathe each other secretly being deeply in love. So deeply in love that the moment they figure it out they go straight into a lemon scene.

Akane: Yeah, what kind of losers write trash like that?

They see Dimi-Chan taking Juton for a walk (you know, with a leash and all).

Akane: Forget I asked. So, was that whole girl thing the only thing your father did to you?

Ranma: Well, my whole life after the training mission was a living hell. At a very early age he threw me into a pit of cats with a bunch of fish tied to me. I got so afraid of them that I'd actually start acting one if I was around them long enough. That was the main reason for my therapy, which my father thought putting me through would help to save his marriage. But for one it was already falling apart, and for another thing the whole therapy thing made me "less than a man", so to speak and that's how the whole conflict started in the first place. But in the end, I turned out as a better person, and my father turned out gay!

Akane: Well, so what are you more like now? A guy who turns into a girl, or a girl who turns into a guy? You know, spiritually?

Ranma: Well, I don't really think of it so much as a transformation anymore. When I'm a girl, there's still a part of me that's a guy, and when I'm a guy there's a part of me that's a girl. Both of these bodies and both these minds are a part of me. They make me who I am.

Akane: You HAVE been through some INTENSIVE therapy, haven't you?!

Ranma: Yeah, most girls used to think that I was a real jerk, and I guess they were right. If anyone so much as rubbed me the wrong way ONCE, I'd be totally confrontational with them. And then they'd be the same way towards me. It went back and forth all the time and nothing ever got solved. Now, I try to face the problem's source and get things resolved.

Akane: Like with me?

Ranma: Yeah, and I know it's my fault because I didn't tell you right from the start.

Akane: Yeah, it's okay. You're forgiven.

Ranma: Thanks, I though you'd stop being friends with me or something.

Akane: Yeah (sighs), we're still friends.

INT. Bullet Train Station-Day

Akane enters and Ryouga tries to balance way-too-much luggage

Akane: Did I forget to mention that this is just a two-day trip?

Ryouga: I've got a Playstation in one bag, my clothes in the other, and two months worth of unread mangas in this one.

Akane: Okay, we're going to be busy from ten in the morning until eight at night each day. When the fuck will you have any time to use this stuff? In fact, let's just leave these two bags that don't have clothes in one of the lockers!

Ryouga: Hold on a sec (starts digging through one of the bags).

Akane: What are you doing?

Ryouga: I just have to get something (pulls out a huge stack of hentai mangas).

Akane: Ryouga, what are you going to do with all those?

Ryouga: Read the stories. What do you think I'm going to do with them? What any other normal guy does when viewing pornographic material!

Akane: You've got like thirty of these things here! We're only there for two days!

Ryouga (leafing through the mangas): Variety's the spice of life. I like a wide selection. Sometimes I'm in the mood for fairies having sex, sometimes I'm in the mood for some hermaphrodites. Sometimes it's bondage, sometimes it's video game or anime characters. Also sometimes, but not often-tentacle rape.

Akane's cell phone goes off, to the tune of the Ranma Season One opening theme. Akane checks it.

Akane: Go check us in. It's Ranma.

Ryouga: Ah, her master's voice.

Akane: Put that stuff away.

Akane goes off to the side and answers her cell phone. Crosscut between her and Ranma at home.

Akane: What's up? I'm about to get on a bullet train.

Ranma: Ohhh, why?!

Akane: Last minute invite to a Manga Convention.

Ranma: Well, crap.

Akane: What?

Ranma: My cousin's at my parents-I was gonna go see her. I was staying all weekend and I wanted to hang out with you. This sucks.

Akane: Hmmm…well, both of us don't have to go to the convention.

Ranma: Really?

Akane: Yeah, Ryouga can go by himself. It's not like we're on a panel or anything. It was just a signing appearance.

Ranma: Are you sure Ryouga can handle the tracing harassment on his own?

Akane: Probably not, but it's not my problem.

Ranma: Okay, well if you pick me up I'll be your best friend.

Akane: Where's your apartment?

Ranma: I'm not there. I'm at a friend's. I'll text you the address so you won't have to write it down.

Akane: I'll get there as soon as I can.

Ranma: Thanks.

They hang up, or in Akane's case, she presses the hang up button. She reacts to something o/c and heads quickly over to Ryouga.

Ryouga: And then the squid beast slipped its largest tentacle up her quivering thigh…

Girl (off Manga): Wow!

Akane grabs Ryouga's arm and drags him away.

Akane: What are you doing?

Ryouga (waving at the kid): I think I want my own kids some day, they're so fun.

Akane: Okay, listen to me-I'm not going. You're going to have to do this one by yourself.

Ryouga: By myself? MYSELF?!

Akane: You ask why? Okay, well Ranma's coming down for the weekend, so I want to hang out with her. You don't need this. (grabs her excess baggage). So I'll take this stuff home, you can keep your mangas. I'll pick you up at nine Sunday night, how about that? Call me if you're bored.

With that, Akane leaves. Ryouga stands there, open-mouthed.

INT. Hallway Outside of Ranma's Friend's Apartment-Day

Akane knocks at the door and it opens. Ukyo is standing there. She looks Akane up and down and smirks.

Ukyo: Let me guess, "The right girl"?

Akane: Excuse me?

Ukyo: You've got it in your head that Ranma could really get into lesbian sex, that she just hasn't met the right girl. And you believe you're it. You're going to treat her right, send her into multiple orgasms, and make her want it all the time. And the sad truth is that you'll accomplish none of that and wind up as either an even bitter man hater or a reverse straight-hag, whatever that's supposed to mean.

Akane's at a loss. Ranma slips in past Ukyo, carrying an overnight bag.

Ranma: Don't mind her, that's just her way of saying hello.

Ukyo: Actually, it's my way of saying-"Give it up."

Ranma (to Ukyo): Why do you have to get so jealous all the time? I thought we were past that engagement thing my father got us into.

Ukyo: Hey, I'm just looking out for you. It's my duty as your childhood friend, to try and ward off sluts.

Akane (holding out hand): I'm Akane, by the way.

Ukyo: I'm the voice of reason that Ranma's having such a hard time listening to.

Akane: Look, we're just friends.

Ukyo: That's what every lesbian says before she tries putting her hand up your cunt.

Akane: And how do you know so much about lesbians?

Ukyo: Uh…no comment…

Ukyo slams the door. Akane looks at Ranma.

Akane: Who was she?

Ranma: My ex-fiancé. My father stole her dowry when I was young, so there was an "obligation" and stuff. It all got settled, eventually, but we're still friends-although you can be really bitchy sometimes, especially during "that time of the month", which I have been able to relate too since I've taken to being a girl most of the time. She makes great okonomiyaki, though.

HANGING OUT MONTAGE BEGINS

Ranma and Akane share a triple-stacked ice cream cone, each licking a separate side. Akane "accidentally" licks Ranma's face. Ranma blushes and Akane just giggles before going back to licking the ice cream cone.

Akane and Ranma watch a Disney parade in Tokyo. Suddenly, Dimi-Chan and Juton drop down from a helicopter onto the birthday cake float and start beating up Mickey Mouse and the gang. We then cut to afterwards and see Dimi-Chan escorted from the float by six Prince Charmings and Juton escorted by six Cinderallas with a big grin on his face.

Ryouga has apparently gotten back and is watching sumo wrestling with Ranma and Akane. Ranma and Ryouga get into an argument then they start to reenact the sumo wrestling match-Ranma ultimately wins, but ends up in a slightly compromising-look position with Ryouga.

Ranma hands a black pig with a bandana scarf around its neck and a name tag that says "P-CHAN" to Akane. It immediately cuddles up to Akane, but when Ranma tries to pet it, it almost bites his hand off.

Ranma and Akane are at a movie concession stand. Suddenly hot popcorn butter is splashed on Ranma, turning him into a guy. It turns out that Dimi-Chan is running the stand today. Juton's head pops out inside the popcorn machine, looking slightly confused.

INT. Arcade-Day

Ranma: Okay, here it is-the holly Skill Crane!

Akane: Skill crane? This looks complicated.

Ranma (inserts tokens and grabs the joystick): The premise is very basic-you maneuver the claw around (demonstrates) and try to get it just perfectly over the prize you want-which usually isn't worth hardly as much as how much you pay attempting to get it. Anyway, there's a timer (the claw goes down prematurely) which runs out and the claw goes down whether you've got it in the right place or not.

Akane: If the prizes are so cheap, then what's the point?

Ranma: It's fun.

Akane: This is the last time I let you pick the game. So is this even competitive?

Ranma: Well, there are two machines, so we can make it competitive. First one to catch a prize-well, gets the prize. Here's your roll of tokens (hands Akane a roll of tokens, which she opens).

Akane: Okay…so I just move this thing over the prize I want?

Ranma: Very precisely, and the prize has to be in a certain position and the right shape to be grabbed.

Akane: There are things in here that the claw can't grab?

Ranma: Sometimes.

Akane: Then what's the point of having them in there?

Ranma: Well, if I nearby prize gets grabbed or moved slightly that prize might get moved into a position where you can grab it.

Akane: This is a really stupid game.

Ranma: Yeah, but it's fun-and you told me I could pick this time.

Akane: Okay…

Ranma: Alright, insert tokens-NOW!

They start moving their joysticks around-going after the prize that seems to be the easiest to catch. After countless tokens, Ranma finally wins. His prize is a pink little Pokémon-like plush toy.

Akane: Aw darnit I lost!

Ranma: Well, now we're even. But since there wasn't a prize for our first game-I think I'll let you have my prize.

Ranma hands her the plush-toy.

Akane: Oh, Ranma you don't have to.

Ranma: Hey, I only like pink on my clothing, because I look so cute in it, but anywhere else is off-limits for me.

Akane (giggles): Well, thank you, Ranma.

INT. Studio-Night

Akane enters, Ryouga is sitting there watching T.V. with P-Chan laying next to him.

Ryouga: So how was your pseudo-date?

Akane: Leave it alone.

Ryouga: That girl/boy bothers me.

Akane: Everyone bothers you, Ryouga.

Akane walks over to her drawing table and takes off her coat. Ryouga just sits there, a bit dazed. He gets up and crosses to the drawing table.

Ryouga: What the fuck is going on here?!

Akane (pulling out a pencil): I'm starting a new page.

Ryouga: Not with this shit! With you! What the fuck is going on with you and Ranma?

Akane: We're friends.

Ryouga: But you do realize he's really a guy.

Akane: Yeah, so?

Ryouga: You used to say you hated guys.

Akane: Well, for one, she's only half-a-guy, and for two-you're a guy, and I don't entirely hate you.

Ryouga: Well, okay-let me show you something.

He grabs Akane's pencil and starts drawing something on the page.

Akane: What the fuck are you doing?!

Ryouga: Bear with me here. I just want to put you through a little exercise (is drawing rapidly). Okay, now see this? It's a four way road, okay? Now in the middle, there's a whole bunch of money.

Akane: It looks like a pile of bricks.

Ryouga: Just trust me, it's money. Okay, so at the end of each of the streets are four pigs, okay? You following? Up here we have a pig that is a guy who turns into a girl and has absolutely no problem with it or exploring his sexuality with either body, okay? Now down here, we have a guy pig who turns into a girl pig and totally hates it. To the side, we've got Santa pig, right? And over to this side-the Easter pig.

Ryouga finishes drawing. Akane's shaking her head.

Ryouga: Which one is going to get to the pile of bri-I mean, money-first?

Akane: What is this supposed to prove?

Ryouga: I'm serious. This is a serious exercise. Now which pig gets to the pile of money that looks like a pile of bricks first?

Akane: I don't know, Santa pig?

Ryouga: You're not getting this, are you?

Akane: Yeah, I am getting this, from my research of Junsenkyo, there is only one spring of drowned pig, and that pig was male. And it's the Easter bunny, not the Easter pig. Those are all just figments of your imagination.

Ryouga: So you're saying that Santa pig exists?

Akane: Haven't you seen him at the mall during Christmas time? He's just adorable!

Ryouga: Okay, I'm getting nowhere with this. Well, let me put it this way. You should know with this girl…guy-whatever-you have no chance of getting her into a lesbian situation! Do you think this is some kind of challenge? Is that it? Well let's look at your chances for success-hey looks like they're (shakes an imaginary 8-ball)-NOT FUCKING LIKELY! What a shock, "Not fucking likely"! This relationship of yours is affecting you, our work and our friendship, and the time's going to come when I lay it all down and say it's me or her! And then what're you going to say?!

Akane (after a moment): I think you should let this one go.

Ryouga: No, what would you say?! Would you sacrifice twenty years of friendship because you've got some baka-notion that this guy will let you sniff "her" boxers, let alone shove a dildo in her?

Akane: Let it go…

Ryouga: What the fuck…WHAT THE FUCK MAKES THAT NYANNEECAUN BOY ALL THAT IMPORTANT?!?!

Akane looks at Ryouga for a long time.

Akane: I'm in love with her, Ryouga.

Ryouga stares back at her, looking into her eyes. Suddenly, he softens a bit. He drops his head.

Ryouga: Fuck.

He walks away. Akane watches him as he exits.

To be continued…

Conclusion: I have in this part one of two scenes where the character roles are reversed and Ranma becomes Holden and Akane becomes Aylessa. It just made since to me to do that in those scenes, but of course, in the end Akane represents Holden and vice-versa in the scheme of the story. I hoped you enjoyed this part, and everything I've done so far. Either review this story here or e-mail your comments to: deejaygamer@yahoo.com

Thanks.