Chapter: rest

"Don't we want to go to bed slowly?" Ukyo muttered tiredly.
Akane and Ranma were dueling with duel cards (* gg *).
"No!" they both called out of one mouth and went on playing.
"Give up, Ranma. I win!" "I never lose to you!" Ranma shouted, playing a card in defense mode.
Ukyo yawned loudly.
Akane played a trump card and drained his last life points from Ranma. "Won!" she cheered. Ranma mourned his lost game and gave up in resignation.
"So, now you can kiss me ..." he grinned.
Akane took a breath. "oh no, stop it!" she muttered.
"Huh?" asked Ranma.
Ukyo became more awake.
"You really let him down?" she asked. Akane didn't answer. "But Ranma was so happy ..." Ukyo tragically exclaimed. "Happy? Me?" Ranma jumped up and wanted to pounce on Ukyo.
Akane gave in. "All right, come here!"
Ranma blushed and sat down.
Akane crawled over to Ranma on his knees and kissed him on the mouth."I'm too tired to discuss now anyway ..." she muttered and her eyes closed.
Ranma stared at Akane in amazement. + This girl confuses me more and more ... + he thought. + just on the mouth ... +
Ukyo smiled slightly. "Come on, we'll sleep another lap too ..."
Ranma nodded, carefully laid Akane's head on a pillow and lay down next to her.
"What the heck ..." were his last thoughts before falling asleep.

Early morning ... Tendo residence ...
Akane woke up. How long had she slept?

She yawned and opened one eye.
"Urgh ..." she exclaimed and opened both eyes.
Ranma lay next to her. Pretty close ... too close ...
One arm was on her side.
Ukyo slept on the other side. Nothing moved, the birds whistled their melody softly.
Akane gently lifted his arm and smiled. "I have to go get some rolls ..." she whispered and got up.
Slowly she crept up to her room and changed.
When she was on the stairs, her wallet fell from her hand and the coins landed on the floor with a loud clang.That, of course, woke them up. No trace of Kasumi, Nabiki, Soun and Genma.
Akane pressed his lips together and sighed.
Ranma trudged in and rubbed her eyes. "You tramp!" he yawned and began to collect the coins.
Ukyo stood behind him. "Where do we want to go?"
Akane smiled. "I'm going to get some rolls ..."
Ukyo nodded. "Oke. I set the table!"
Ranma handed Akane her wallet back.
"Don't junk it like that ..." he muttered.
Akane nodded. "Don't worry ... I keep coming back ..."
Ukyo withdrew into the kitchen. Akane turned to Ranma again. "It's ... very inconvenient and rude ... but I have something ... to tell you ..." She looked into his eyes. "My kiss yesterday ... came from the bottom of my heart ... I just wanted you to know!"
Ranma looked at her. Then he hugged her. "A girl like you ... can just be loved ..." he whispered. Akane's eyes came to tears. "I love you ..." she whispered gently in his ear and hugged him tightly.Ranma smiled. "Iyou too…"

Akane, full of luck, ran out into the open road and ran down the path. The baker wasn't far. (do they eat bread rolls in japan?)

Ukyo was leaning in the kitchen. "Did she tell you?" she asked Ranma when he came in.
Ranma nodded happily. Ukyo smiled. "That's ... nice ..." she muttered.
"Hm?" asked Ranma.
Ukyo pushed off. "I only want the best for my ... GIRLFRIEND!" she called and laughed. "You don't have such a great girlfriend every day!"
Ranma didn't understand. "Akane is friendly, helpful and super cool! Why did I never notice that before?" Ranma shrugged her shoulders. "Because you didn't want to see her like that ..." he muttered.
Suddenly he was standing bolt upright. Ukyo too.
"Did you feel that too?" asked he. Ukyo nodded. "Yo."
"Let's go ..." said Ranma, turning on her heel.

Akane was walking down the street, humming a tune.
Suddenly she felt an ice-cold look on the back of her neck. She stopped and turned.There were a lot of people on the street, but no one paid any attention to Akane.
+ Funny ... + Akane thought and turned around. Contrary to expectations, shampoo stood in front of her and smiled coldly. She too had an invitation in hand. "Is that true?" she asked in her accent. Akane stared at the map and blushed.
"Uh ... well ... well ... uh ..." she stuttered and played with her fingers. "So is it?" Shampoo asked briefly, cracking her fingers. "I hate you!" she hissed and wanted to pounce on Akane. "You and your ugly face!"
Akane dropped her shopping basket.
The impact reverberated softly. Everyone avoided the two fighters.
Shampoo grabbed Akane's hair and jumped off with her over the rooftops of Nerima. "Auauauauauaua!" Akane cried in pain and anger. "Let go of me ... let go!"
Shampoo stopped at a small meadow and let go of Akane. "We don't want anyone to get hurt ..." she laughed and got into position. Fighting was impossible in her dress.Akane knew that. Without further ado she tore it into a short skirt and tore off the sleeve of the blouse. "I'm ready!" she called and took up position as well.

Shampoo started with a leg puller. Akane fell, deftly converting her fall into a kick. Soon there was also shampoo and after a short breath we went on. Akane was far weaker, but she didn't give up
Blood ran down her chin and neck. Their blows weakened. Shampoo took advantage of this and hit Akane in the stomach. Akane gasped and sank to the floor.
+ Why does everything have to end like this ... + she thought. "Hold on, dear enemy. What I took from you you will never get back." She whispered.
Shampoo paused. "And if I will ..." Shampoo shouted. Tears ran down her cheeks. "Our fate was predetermined ..." Akane whispered on. She could hardly breathe. Suddenly Ranma and Ukyo appeared. "Akane!" yelled Ranma and dived towards her.
Shampoo backed away."My fate was predetermined ... And now, what you started to end, bring to an end."
Shampoo trembled. Ranma looked at her. His expression was sad. + What did you do ... + Shampoo turned and pressed his hands to his ears. "Don't look at me!" she screamed. Akane was shaking with a spasm.
"I'm coming to an end ..." she muttered. "No! Akane!"
Ranma shook it. "I'll take you to the hospital!"
Ukyo stared at shampoo, speechless. There were tears in her eyes. "You ... you ..." She paused. Then she lost her strength. "How could you…"
Ranma picked Akane up gently. "You have to run the dôjô ... and help your father ... and ..."
Akane shook his head. "Why are you here?" she then asked.
"We asked the people on the street if they had seen you. They said you were with a strange looking woman. We knew immediately that it had to be shampoo and ran in the direction the man had shown us ... from then on it was no longer difficult ... "Akane nodded. She grimaced in pain and moaned. Ranma ran back into town with her. "You have to go to the hospital straight away ..." he insisted and took her there straight away. As if by chance they met Soun, Genma, Kasumi and Nabiki on the way.
"Oh my god ... Ranma ... what happened?" Soun exclaimed in amazement and looked at the bleeding Akane.
"A fight ... accident ..." he muttered and kept walking. First of all afterwards, of course. Ukyo was sitting with shampoo. "Why…"
Shampoo shrugged. "I don't know ... I was so mad for reading this and I was just seeing Akane. I ... just lost control."
Ukyo pressed her lips together. "Akane mustn't die ..." she whispered and tears ran down her cheeks. "She is the only thing that Ranma really and wholeheartedly loves ..."
Shampoo sobbed. "It's all my fault ..." she cried and buried her face in her hands.

+ A doctor ... a doctor + Ranma thought in panic. + Dr. Tofu!+
he thought then and sprinted off.
Akane was getting colder. Her lips trembled. "Wait! We'll have made it!" muttered Ranma. Akane shook his head. "No! Hold on! I can never do it ..."
She spat out exudate phlegm. "I think one of my heart problems has been hit ..." You grab your neck and gasp. "It hurts so much ..." she then whispered.
Ranma carefully put it down and looked around. They had landed in the park. Some looked curiously, but nobody cared. + Why doesn't anyone help ... why? +
Ranma was almost desperate.
Akane smiled at him. "I've ... never had the chance ... to kiss you properly ..." she muttered.
Ranma looked at her with wide eyes.
"I think that's called predestination ... I'm dying now ... but ... if ... I want to ... kiss you ... one last time ...!"
She smiled with her soft brown doe eyes and her purple lips.
Ranma nodded. "Oke ..." he whispered.
Then Ranma leaned over Akane.Akane closed his eyes.
Slowly his lips touched hers.
When he straightened up, he looked at Akane expectantly.
"Akane?" he then asked. "Akane?"
He gently touched her cheek. It was cold as a stone. "AKANE !!"
Akane was dead. She was lying on the grass with a smile on her lips and seemed as if she would sleep in eternal peace and no one would have been able to wake her, from the beautiful dream called death ...

Maybe it was better that way. Nobody could say I had not lived properly. Loved and lived. I will definitely meet Ranma again. At some point ... In another life ... in another time ... But still, this one short life gave me everything. Pain, sadness, joy, love, friends, enemies ... death and life ... If I could have done something different ... Then I would have wished that I had met Ranma earlier ... But ... I was happy. Happy to have met them all. And therefore ... Bye-Bye ... until we meet next time ...Look into my eyes - you will see
What you mean to me
Search your heart - search your soul
When you find me there you`ll search no more
Don`t tell me it`s not worth tryin` for
You can`t tell me it`s not worth dyin` for
You know it's true
Everything I do - I do it for you

Look into your heart and you will see
There is nothing to hide
Take me as I am - take my life
I would give everything - would sacrifice everything
Don't say there's nothing that's not worth