Ranma 1/2 Fan Fiction ❯ Ranma in 2halfs ❯ Part 1: Confession ( Chapter 1 )

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Part 1: Confession

Akane stood frozen at the bottom of the stair case with one foot on
the first stair. Her hand was holding onto the railing. She knew now she truly
had feelings for Ranma, but the question was, did he feel the same? She wasn�t
sure if she should go up and talk to him. Lately they hadn�t been talking
because of another stupid argument they had and she was more then afraid of
telling him how she truly felt. What would he do? What would he say?! She didn't
think that she'd be able to live with the rejection, which she was sure she'd
get. But then again, he might actually feel the same. Maybe he wanted to be with
her as much as she wanted to be with him. Could it be possible? NO! He hated her
and there was nothing in this world to change his mind. Or maybe . . . She just
didn�t know! She went back and forth with each thought, contemplating the
situation at hand.

For a long while she just stood there, thinking. Thinking back to
the day when it all began. Two weeks before Ranma had been acting strange.
Shampoo too had started acting strangely. At times she would complete whole
sentences which had only amazed her. Neither Ranma or Shampoo acted themselves,
but Akane could care less about Shampoo. Her main concern was Ranma. At times it
was almost as if he had become a whole different person. He�d do things that
just weren�t him. And then after he�d act as if he had never done such a thing.
A week after Ranma began acting differently, she and he and the fight which
stopped all conversations between them. The fight had all been because Shampoo
had been all over Ranma. He didn't even try to remove her from himself. Instead
he had encouraged her! It had made Akane very angry and very jealous. Though she
had denied it the first time. But now she knew the truth. But why had Ranma done
that? She had no idea, but she wanted an answer. He hadn't been himself and he
still wasn't. He became different at times. Especially, around women. All women,
except for her.

Well, the day of the fight, Akane had walked over and pushed the two
apart after catching Shampoo all over Ranma. She yelled at both of them, using
"We're in public!" as her excuse for pushing them when they asked. Ranma then
after played stupid. He pretended he had no idea what she was talking about. He
said that he had not encouraged Shampoo to do anything when Akane asked him. It
created a big conflict. Akane had called him a liar and a couple of other names
as well. Ranma had told her she was over reacting and that he had done no such
thing, but of course Akane knew better and pretty soon Shampoo had gotten into
the act and told him of the things, the disgusting things he had said to her to
encourage her to come on to him. Akane was disgusted beyond words. She
remembered walking away, but not before slapping Ranma across the face. Shampoo
had been a little upset that Ranma had pretended not to know what he said, but
she had forgiven him.

The conflict grew bigger from there. When school was out they
continued to fight. They argued on and on about what Ranma had done in the
morning and yet Ranma still protested against it. With one last slap across the
face for Ranma, Akane finally shouted, �Don�t ever speak to me again, do you
hear me?!� Ranma had fallen to the ground by the force of the slap, but he
quickly lifted himself up and replied, �Fine then! I won�t! It�s not like I was
planning on talking to you again anyway!� And with that they had gone their
separate ways. Ranma didn�t come bak to the dojo till late that night.

Akane had cried that night while Ranma was out. After denying it for
hours she had realized that she was indeed in love with him. More than anything
she wanted to fix the problem between them, so she had gone to Ranma�s room to
talk to him when he had returned to the dojo, but he just wouldn't listen and
told her she was wasting her time trying to apologize because he wasn't going to
forgive her and he had reminded her that she no longer wanted to talk to him.
Ever since that day about a week ago, they stopped talking. And if they did
talk, it was just more arguing, which let's face it, it was not talking.

Akane shook her head, wanting to erase the memories that clouded her
vision of the day of the fight. Finally, she had got up her courage and walked
up the stairs. She slowly walked to Ranma's room. She stood outside his door
wondering if she was about to do something wrong. She took in a deep breath and
cautiously knocked on the door and then waited. There was no answer. Was Ranma
really sleeping? She knocked again, but this time she heard a voice. The voice
she was waiting for.

�Go away, Akane!� Ranma's voice penetrated through his bedroom door.
Akane opened it only slightly, disobeying him. �Damn it! I said �go away!�� His

�How did you know it was me?� she asked, as she opened the door a
bit wider. She took one step inside, keeping the door close to her body. She
watched as Ranma sat up in his bed. He brought his knees up, placed the palms of
his hands on his forehead, and his fingers in his hair. He then slowly placed

�Because you�re the only one in the house, other than me and also
because you knocked on the door with caution like you did two nights ago when
you tried talking to me and then you opened the door only slightly.� He paused.
�I'm gonna tell you what I told you before. Don't bother apologizing because
your wasting your time. I'm not gonna forgive you, Akane. All those things you
said I did, I know I didn�t do.�

Akane�s anger began to grow. �Please, I'm sorry,� she said through
clenched teeth. She tried not to lose her temper. She couldn�t believe he was
still denying it. He sounded like he actually believed it too. That stupid jerk!
�But you acted like you didn�t encourage Shampoo with those, uh! Disgusting
suggestions. But I just want your forgive - "

�My forgiveness? Why, Akane? Why do you have to have my
forgiveness?� Ranma asked as he picked his head up and looked at her. She
blushed as she looked away.

�It's - � She paused. Her anger began to subside. This was it. This
was the time to tell him how she felt. He asked why she needed his forgiveness
and she�d give him her answer. �Just listen, please," she pleaded as she entered
the room more and shut the door behind her. She looked at him and he looked away
as he nodded his head.

�Whatever,� was all he said. She watched him as he looked away from
her. She admired his muscular body. He was shirtless and she couldn't take her
eyes off of him. �Well?� he asked impatiently turning his head to face her once
more, she turned away, blushing furiously, wondering if he had caught her
staring.

�I just wanted to say that I . . . Ranma . . . What I'm trying to
say is that I . . . Well, to make things short I . . . See . . . It's like this
. . . ," she began, but she just couldn't get the words out. She took a deep
breath as she walked closer to his bed. When she was finally beside the bed she
knelt down and looked at him. She saw something in his eyes that had not been
there before. Almost as if he something was coming from the inside, slowly. It
was almost like he was struggling from the inside, but struggling with what? He
looked away and shook his head. He put his hands on his head and groaned.

Akane was taken a back by this. �What's wrong?� she asked quickly.

�Nothing! Nothing! Just go before I . . . AHHH!� His screams echoed
outside. Akane shouted out Ranma's name with concern audible in her voice.

After about a minute or two of silence, Ranma shook his head and
looked at Akane again, almost as if nothing had happened. �So, you were saying?�
he asked. He didn't even sound one bit angry. It was like things between them
were good again and they were talking about any old thing.

�I . . . I was saying that I think I'm . . . in love with you. No, I
know I am. And I want to know if you feel the same. And about the fight I was
jealous and a bit angry. I really am sorry, Ranma. Forgive me, please,� she
pleaded.

�You�re forgiven,� he said as easily as one, two, three. �I too,
love you,� he said. Akane looked deep into his eyes. They were different, almost
as if they didn't belong to him, but she believed him and his eyes held no lie.
�Come here,� he encouraged softly. He extended his arm to help her stand up.
While she stood, he patted the space on the bed beside him, indicating for her
to sit.

At first she hesitated, but sat down beside him. He put one of his
arms around her waist and pulled her close to him. Her body met his. She felt
the warmth of his body mixing with her own. He leaned in a gave her a kiss. She
kissed him in return. This was unbelievable! Was it truly happening? She hoped
it wasn't another one of her dreams. He pulled away from her to look her in
face. He smiled. Akane smiled in return, but she noticed that his smile was
different. It wasn�t his usual smile. It was that of a guy who knew what he�d be
getting and where this would be going.

Slowly she felt his hand slid down her cheek to her thigh. He rubbed
it and massaged it. Akane shut her eyes, loving the feel of his touch. His
noticeably different smile was no longer any of her concern. He slowly moved up
his hand from her thigh to the inside of her shirt. He moved his hands up and
down her mid-section, touching every inch while Akane moaned. She then felt his
hand slipping out of her shirt. That�s when she began to unbutton it. He moved
to help. They shed each others clothing one piece at a time, but for some odd
reason Akane had felt that it was wrong. That she wasn�t with Ranma. She felt it
was someone else, like the Ranma she knew was no longer in the room. No where to
be found. To her it felt like it was someone else touching her body. Someone
else kissing her, but she shook the thoughts out of her head, needing this.
Reasoning with herself, no longer wanting to stop what she knew was only natural
for her and Ranma.