So, he decided to use the power of his crystal ball to peek in on those whom he had met in another life.
"Let me repeat this yet again, since you seem to be as deaf as you are blind." Shampoo growled as she stood in front of the boy who had been bothering her for so very long. "I have not, do not and will never, love you. I barely even tolerate you, and that's because we come from the same village, damned all the luck!"
"But Shampoo! We're destined to be together!" Mousse protested.
"The only destiny that you and I have together is for me to be constantly hitting you. So... GO AWAY!"
"My love!"
Upon seeing that he was about to charge her again, she quickly dodged and kicked him in the backside, managing to get it so that he made a neat arc over the animal housing areas. "Damned idiot!"
"Why don't you tell him how you really feel?" asked an aged voice.
"Because I'm running out of insults to use on him. Here I am, on my way to practice, and he comes out to grab me. It was totally insulting Great Grandmother."
"That he grabbed you?"
"No, that he grabbed a fence post."
Cologne laughed softly, and smirked at her heir. "Are you telling me that you would prefer it if he could see enough to hug you rather than whatever he mistakes you for?"
"Ugh. No. Please, no. The thought makes my skin crawl. He's all touchy feely, and his hands... And when he does manage it, he's always rubbing up against... Brr... I'd rather my bed be empty than to ever share it with someone like that."
"Then find someone else."
"I don't think so. I'd like to have a man with at least some backbone, but most of those that are left for me are weaklings. And those that aren't know what that fool will do to them." The younger Amazon shook her head. "Sorry, but I'll just continue as I am, and forget about that sort of thing."
"You will have to at least produce an heir of your own..."
"If that blind fool is shows what we have, I'd prefer to wait, if you don't mind. Besides, I have plenty of time for that, and the warriors need to have their Champion now."
"I do understand..."
"Good. Then I shall see you later Great Grandmother," Shampoo said respectfully, and stalked away, her shoulders tense with frustration.
'That was different,' Ranma thought to himself, 'Shampoo giving up? At least she's got the respect of those villagers...'
Then, shrugging slightly, he decided to check out someone else.
Akane Tendo ate her lunch more on habit than anything else. She moved with simple repitition, her motions almost exactly the same as the ones before it. Her chopsticks went into her bento, picked up a piece of food and placed it into her mouth before doing anything else. even her chewing and swallowing were the same.
But it wasn't daydreaming or sadness that had her like this.
It was anger, pure and simple, and that deep seated emotion appeared on her face as she ate.
"Kuno bothering you again?" Sayuri asked from where she sat nearby.
Her chopsticks making an extra viscious stab into her food, Akane snorted. "When is he not?! Bad enough that the jerk has all those idiots trying to beat me, but now he's gone and decided that we're dating!"
"I thought that he called it 'courting'," Yuka commented, and wilted under the glare that the youngest Tendo sent her way. "Err... sorry."
"I don't care what he calls it! We have no relationship whatsoever, and that's final!"
"You know, if your sister didn't sell him those pictures..."
"I know! How could she do that to her own flesh and blood, I don't know!" Sayuri agreed.
"Nabiki would do a lot for a bit of cash," Akane muttered darkly, "And she's made it so that I have to lock my door so she can't try to get more!"
"I thought that was because of your 'Grandfather'..."
"That pervert is no 'grandfather' mine! About the only good thing about having him around is that I've gotten better in the Art! Just trying to get away from him gives me more exercise than I could want!"
"Then if you have gotten plenty of exercise, then perhaps you would like to sit with me," Kuno asked as he wedged himself in so sit next to her.
*WHAM!*
"I've suddenly lost my appetite," Akane growled, and her two friends nodded as she led them away, leaving the wannabe samurai twitching on the ground.
Waving away the image, Ranma pondered what he had seen, and realised that while some things had stayed the same, others were very different. Of course, as there hadn't been interruptions to the path that events had been heading to, they had continued on as they would have.
Considering what he had seen, he decided that he would:
(Posted Sun, 18 Apr 2004 21:42)
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