Part 1: "What's new today?"

"RAAAAAAAAAAAAAANMAAAAAAAA!!!!" At the sound of that, there was feet running and swearing being heard. Ranma ran from Akane, as most people would, and behind her was Shampoo and Ukyuo. Ranma did it again. What? He didn't know. All he knew was to run from Akane whenever she was pist, and she is pist!

"I'll get you this time Ranma!" Gasping and puffing, Ranma turned his head around and yelled, "What did I do THIS time?!" The four people ran into the house, and passed the kitchen. Kasumi leaned her head out and very sweetly said, "Please don't run in the house! You might fall down or hurt yourself." As usual, her words fell on deaf ears.

Ranma ran into the closet and slammed the door closed. He was in there gasping and gulping. "Ranma." a voice growled. "Please Akane! Give me a break! Shampoo is the one who is always hanging on me!" Even though it was so black not one of them could see, Ranma could almost see Akane foaming! He burst out of the closet and ran...tripping over the couch.

He couldn't run any more, so he decided to take whatever Akane threw at him. She was just about the smack him over the head with a frying pan, when Shampoo and Ukyuo entered, bringing her down. They tumbled over on the floor, each of them trying to hit eachother at every opportunity. Ranma jumped up and yelled, "Hey! Yamero! Stop it!" They did, but decided to word fight.

"He doesn't deserve you, the way you treat him!" Ukyuo fired at Akane. "He deserves every second of it!" "Ranma especially doesn't need Akane cooking!" Shampoo yelled. "He's nothing but a pervert!" Akane yelled back. "That's not what you said last night..." Ranma mumbled, making sure no one else heard it. Kasumi came in all sweet and innocent as usual. "Dinner time!" she sang-songed. Ranma sighed in relieve as Akane and him went into the dinning room. Ukyuo and Shampoo went out the front door, knowing how dinner time was.

All was silent except the chewing of food, and a page turning of a news paper. Akane looked across the table at Ranma, and he looked back. Nabiki took a picture of them looking at eachother. Both of them looked back at Nabiki with shocked faces, and she took a picture of that. "What'd you do that for?!" Ranma asked Nabiki. "Don't talk to my sister that way!" Akane fired at him. "In what way?!" "Like the way your taking to me!" "How am I talking to you?" "Don't get smart with me!" "What shouldn't I?! Your just an uncute tomboy who makes my life miserable as well as others! Your not even WORTH the time nor the fussing over!"

Normally, Akane would hit him over the head with her fists or an object. Tonight, Akane's eyes vibrated and she burst into tears, running up to her room and slamming the door. Everyone looked at Ranma with mad faces, except Kasumi. Her face had a look of wonderment as she brought a subject to everyone's attention. "She sure had been acting not like herself lately! I mean, just the other day she was cutting an apple, then she started crying. I asked her what was wrong, and she said she didn't know why she was crying."

Nabiki nodded. "That's not the only time. One time we where walking to school and she started to cry. She said she was crying because she stepped on a flower. So she bends down to pick it, and says she's going to Dr. Tofu's because he'd know what to do." Tendo nodded to. "I remember back a few weeks ago, she came back from school all happy and light-on-air kind of mood. I came up to her and kissed her forehead, and asked her if she had a good day at school. She looked up at me and went from mad, to sad, to happy, and finally stayed at sad. That's where she started to cry."

Ranma thought hard after those comments. "She seems to be more easier to piss off, if she ever was then! But one night, she came into the room where the Old Man and I sleep, and she laid down next to me, and said she was scared. She curled up to me and used my chest as a pillow!"

Everyone nodded at the facts of Akane's strange behavior. "I think we should bring her to the doctor's after she gets home from school tommorow, Otou-chan." Nabiki told her father. "She could just now be suffering a case of emotional break-down from Kaa-san's...death.." Mr. Tendo looked away with tear-filled eyes. "She...could be..." he agreed to Nabiki's suggestion.

************************* That was yesterday. Today, Akane woke up feeling dizzy and sick to her stomach. She sat up with a sigh, but a wave of nausea hit her so hard, she felt dizzy! She quickly got up, holding her hand to her mouth, but as soon as her feet touched the ground, she fell down on the floor.

As quickly as she could, Akane ran to the bathroom, lifted the toilet seat up, and started throwing her guts up (not really). When she was finished throwing up, Akane went to the sink, and turning the faucet on cold. She cupped her hands to fill them up with the nice, cool water, drinking it in, then splashing it on her face.

This is the second time in 5 weeks I've been throwing up, but this morning was the WORST! Akane thought to herself. What is wrong with me? "Akane dear!" Akane's thoughts were interrupted by Kasumi calling her. She looked at the bathroom doorway, where Kasumi appeared.

Akane forced a smile, as she always does. "Akane, tou-san has been thinking of bringing you to the doctor's for a check-up. He is worried about you, as is everyone." She glanced at the toilet, that still had the remains of what was in Akane's stomach. She gasped and looked at it like Akane had just thrown-up blood.

Akane quickly reached for the toilet lever and pushed it. The remains went down the toilet hole. "Akane!" Kasumi gasped. She put her hand up to feel Akane's forehead. "Your a little warm. Do you feel ok? Do you want to eat?" Akane slowly shook her head. If she didn't do everything nice and slow, then she'll end up throwing up again.

Kasumi gave Akane a steady look. "Tou-san wanted to bring you to the doctor's after you get home from school. Are you upset, and it just now hit you, that Mother died?" Akane's eyes went wide with shock. "N-No! Of course not! I mean I'm still sad that she did, and I miss her all the time, but why would I act like this?"

Kasumi nodded, not wanting to push Akane for more information. "Breakfast is down on the table." Akane could feel her stomach turn as she thought of the food. "N-No thanks, Kasumi. I'm not hungry." "Are you sure your feeling all right?" Akane nodded fast, and turned around laughing joyfully.

Kasumi laughed along with her. "All right! I'm convinced!" Akane waited till she could hear Kasumi in the dinning room. She closed the bathroom door, and started throwing up again.

*********************** Kasumi was at the table, serving everyone. "I had a talk with Akane just a few moments ago." She told anyone who was willing to listen, which was everyone. "She seems just fine as she always is. The only flaw was that she said she wasn't hungry, but that is normal, right?" Everyone nodded.

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Akane and Ranma, for the first time, walked to school instead of run. Ranma looked at Akane and she looked at him. "What?" she asked. Ranma shruged. "I don't know. But, was that you I heard in the bathroom throwing up?" "I just felt a little sick." "Oh." And they walked on till they got to their classrooms, and through out the rest of the day, as usual, acted as if they never knew eachother.



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