Ranma 1/2: Two Become One [ON HOLD]

Ch. 3: Fight for Affection

I pant softly as I jog and performed a few karate moves down the street. I stopped as I neared the entrance of my house. I wiped my forehead as I pumped into my father, "Ooops! Sorry father I didn't see where I was going." 

"It's Fine, Megumi. How was your morning routine?" He smiles.

"It was refreshing!" I happily said.

"Say Megumi, can you and Akane take Ranma with you to school today." Father said as he sits down for breakfast.

"Sure dad-W-Wait! What? Why father?" I claimed as I finished wiping my face.

"Ranma and his father will be staying with us for a while." He says happily as he opens up his newspaper.

"You're not serious are you?" I raised my eyebrow. Hoping what I herd was wrong, yet father shakes his head. Signaling that he was indeed serious.

I sighed, *Why Me?*

~*~*~*~*~

After taking a quick bath, I changed into my blue uniform dress. While I tied my hair with my white ribbon, Kasumi calls out to me, "Megumi I made your lunch bento. Is on the table, Ok?"

I smiled at myself on the mirror since I was satisfied how I appeared, "Ooookie!" I quickly walked out my room when I noticed that Ranma walking down the hallway.

"Uhh..." Ranma was stumped as well, he didn't expect to see me. He stared down at me not knowing if I was going yell at him or anything. I notice his reaction, which made me feel awful. I didn't meant to hit him yesterday, but what girl would not freak out when they find a guy in the restroom?

"Ah Ranma..." I grabbed my left arm as I looked down at the floor, "Umm...I am sorry about yesterday I really am." I rubbed my shoulder out of nervous reflex.

Ranma was shocked. *What? She is apologized to me?* Ranma scratched his head, "Its ok. I don't blame you for reacting that way. I supposed you were shocked. It's was our fault for not explain everything for the beginning. Everything would have been different if we did. I am sorry, I didn't meant all that to happened yesterday."

I was surprised to hear him apologized, I didn't expect him to apologize back. I looked up at smiled at him, "Thank you, Ranma. Well I hope you're ready, I'll wait for you so we can go to school together."  I walked down the stairs. Ranma stared at me dumfounded.

"That's a great quality she has to become your fiancé, Ranma." Genma speaks behind him.

Ranma was shocked to see his father behind him, "Ack! What are you talking about?"

Genma smiles, "She is courteous. She apologized to you for hitting you yesterday. Wouldn't you think that makes an attracting characteristic for a fiancé?"

Ranma blushed, "N-No it don't!" Ranma grabs his school bag from his father's hand.

~*~*~*~*~

I am walking beside my twin, while Ranma walks on the fence. I looked up at Ranma, "Aren't you afraid you gonna fall onto the water, Ranma."

"Tsk! Nah, I got perfectly good balance." He smirks to himself.

I pondered to myself as I grabbed hold of my chin, "Hmmm...What are we gonna say when our classmates sees us walking to school with Ranma, Akane?"

Akane: "We are going to be strangers."

Ranma: "Of course."

Akane: "Let's get something straight. At school don't act like you know us, okay?"

Ranma: "Who me? I can't stand violent girls like you girls!"

*WHAT! After I apologized to him this morning.* I squeezed my fist out of anger because his comment betrayed me. Akane got furious and was about to hit him with her school bag when Genma pops out of nowhere and hits his son on the head.

Ranma yells, "Wh-What'd you do that for, Old Man?!"

Genma yells at his face, "How dare you talk to your fiancées like that!" Akane and I simply blink in confusion. "Listen, Ranma, Let me tell you something..." Ranma didn't want to hear what his father had to say to him that he trips his father over the water.

Ranma smartass remarks, "What's wrong, Old Man? Weren't you gonna say somethin'...?" Genma pops out of the water as the Panda. They begin to spar.

I looked at my watch to see that we only had a few minutes left before school starts.*Agh! We don't have time for this!* I quickly jumped in the middle of their fight while holding down at their punches with my bare hands. "ENOUGH! We don't have time for this! We are going to be late if you both don't stop your nonsense. Let's go, Ranma!" I pulled on his ear.

"OW! Hey let go Will yah!?" Ranma yelled before I let go of his ear. Leaving Akane and I run fast as we can towards the school grounds. Ranma rubs his ear *Courteous girl huh? Yeah right! Pulling on my ear like if I were a little kid* Ranma picks himself up from the floor and catches up to Akane and I. "HEY! Wait for me!"

I quickly look back, "I am sorry Ranma. We can't!"

"What? Why the heck not!?" He says as he cashes up to us.

I was about to explain our situation when Alkane announces, "MAN! I hate boys!" 

Ranma looks at us weird. Knowing why she said something like that when he didn't do anything to her when he hears a stampede of guys running from the school gate. I smirked as Akane looked at me, "You ready, Akane." She smirks as well, and nods.

*Huh? What the.* Ranma thinks to himself noticing our smirks as he head towards the stampede of guys.

All the guys yell in a union, "Megumi and Akane Tendo! Ladies of our Youth! Please go out with one of us!" Akane quickly counter attack every guy that comes out at her. I on the other hand, evaded each blow that came at me.

Poor Ranma was confused, "What's going on here? What is this?" He asked himself. He didn't understand why Akane was fighting off the guys, while I was dodging every one of their attacks.

"Ranma!" Nabiki yells from the classroom window, "Stop standing on that wall! Come down and get to class!"

Ranma: "Yeah, but what about—?"                 

Nabiki: "They will be just fine. This happens every day! Don't worry!"

"What? No way." Ranma looks down from the wall he sat, and watched us as the last guy falls down unconscious.

Akane and I both panted. Akane pushes back her hair, while I adjusted my bow and said, "Honestly. Every single morning?!"

Akane grunts, "This is getting annoying. You would think that they would learned by now." I shaked my head. I noticed at the corner of my eye, something was thrown at me, *A rose? AGH!* We looked at the rose in disgust.