SEQUENCE
by Scott K. Jamison
[Note: Ranma 1/2 and its associated characters were created by Rumiko
Takahashi, and NA rights are held by Viz Communications. No infringement
is intended.]
Part Three
(Lunchtime, and the Furinkan High athletic field. Ranma and
Akane watch a softball game in progress. Ranma's stomach growls and she
blushes.)
AKANE: Forgot your lunch again, huh? Good thing Kasumi always packs me
extra. (Brings out lunch box) Oh, and I made the rice balls myself today.
RANMA (blanching): Um that's nice, Akane. I'll just skip the--
AKANE: Oh, try one, Ranma! (Stuffs a rice ball in her mouth.)
RANMA: Mpfk (crackle) shdrlu (crunch) Hey, not bad! A little too
crispy, but edible.
AKANE: You sound surprised. As long as I stay calm, I'm a perfectly
decent cook. Of course, if I had someone making me angry all the time,
my stuff would probably be poisonous.
RANMA: Oh. Um, by the way, you wouldn't happen to know if I'm engaged
to anyone else?
AKANE: Are you sure you're well? Let's see--there's Kunou and--Ukyou!
RANMA: Ucchan!? (face faults)
(Ukyou walks up to them. She's wearing a regulation girl's uniform.)
UKYOU: Hiya Akane, Ranma-honey.
RANMA (sweatdrop): [But she's a girl...isn't she?]
AKANE: Hi! Ranma here has lost track of her fiancees!
UKYOU: I'm not surprised. Why the boys go for you so much I'll never
understand.
RANMA: [whew!] Say, where's your spatulas?
UKYOU: Huh?
RANMA: You know, for making okonomiyaki.
UKYOU: Oh, back at my dad's shop. It's not like okonomiyaki is my life,
you know. I'd never get that obsessive unless someone crushed my
romantic dreams completely.
RANMA: Oh.
(Ryouga staggers up.)
RYOUGA: Ranma! At last I have found you!
RANMA: H-hi Ryouga.
AKANE: Well?
RANMA: Well what?
AKANE: Is that any way to greet your fiancee?
RANMA: I'm engaged to Ryouga!?!
RYOUGA: Yes, my beloved. How well I remember the night beneath the
stars when we pledged to marry. Unfortunately, I got a little lost and
we've seen each other eight days in the five years since. But what is
that to true love?
RANMA: What indeed? [At least Ryouga's a hunk. ... What am I thinking!?]
AKANE & UKYOU: So?
RANMA: Ryouga, sweetheart, would you mind taking a shower first? You've
been on the road a long time.
RYOUGA: No problem! Which way's the locker room?
RANMA: Over there (points).
RYOUGA: Right! (Heads off in wrong direction.)
UKYOU: That was pretty mean.
RANMA: I just need some space, okay? I'm not myself today...and...(eyes
go backwards)
(Pan left to reveal a blue police box standing behind Ranma.)
RANMA: When did that get here?
(Tsubasa bursts out. Yep, he's still a transvestite.)
TSUBASA: Hi honeybunch! I've got tickets to The Birdcage. Whaddya
say? I know you love Robin Williams.
(Ranma suddenly realizes Tsubasa isn't talking to Ukyou.)
RANMA: You're talking to me?
TSUBASA: Well, you are my one and only *gurk* (as Ranma picks him up by
the throat).
RANMA: Get lost! (Tosses the cross-dresser out of the picture.) Am I
engaged to him too?
AKANE: Not really. He just thinks you are. You saved his life a bit
back and I guess you weren't listening too well when he thanked you.
RANMA: Swell. Everyone's heading in; it must be time for--Women's
Studies!? [I'm in trouble now.]
(Evening. The Saotome's apartment building.)
(Inside, Ranma helps her mother put up decorations for a
homecoming party.)
RADIO: And tomorrow's weather for Tokyo, upper 60s with frequent
showers, except in Tomobiki, where they will have a blizzard--or maybe a
volcano.
RANMA: Mom, do you happen to know where in China Pops and Hikaru were
just before they decided to come back?
NODOKA: No, the postmark was smeared by water.
RANMA: I bet it was someplace...real interesting.
NODOKA: You're not jealous of your brother, are you?
RANMA: More like sympathetic. Have I mentioned how good it is to be
around you?
NODOKA: Only five times since you got home. I swear, you act like we
were separated for years. (smiles) But just a little more feminine for
your father, okay?
RANMA: [Better enjoy this while I can. Tomorrow all hell breaks loose.]
TO BE CONCLUDED
SKJAM!
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