Heres Wait 13. I wrote this while I was at the ISP the other day. Hope
you like it.
All characters are Takahashi's, except for the bikini dancers in scene 8.
Matthew Trotter, return self==loser;
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A Long Period of Waiting of Several Months
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A collection of short stories
by
Matthew Trotter
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Ukyo
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Ukyo looked at the grill. It looked back at her the way it always
had. It was waiting for her to fire it up and get to work. She sighed,
it always seemed like such a hastle...here she was slaving away, while
Akane was just hanging around with Ranma. Well, that wasn't entirely
true. Akane had a way of ruining her time with Ranma. Sort of... Then
again, Ranma seemed bent on remaining loyal to their engagement.
Ukyo put down the spatula and sighed again. That was the problem.
Ranma. She wasn't sure whether he loved her or not.
She looked at the grill. It was sill waiting for her. It was like an
addiction. She knew that once she got started she'd be cooking all day.
No worries. No problems. It was great, but she had to stop at the end
of the day. And then it was too late. She couldn't go see Ranma. She
couldn't do anything. It would be nice to take the day off, but the
expences would pile up. It was a visious cycle.
She looked at the grill and then out the door. It was a nice sunny day.
Perfect for taking Ranma on a little date in the park...She sighed and
fired up the grill. Ranma wouldn't want to go for a nice date in the park.
Not with her. It hurt to admit but he would probably rather go with Akane.
The first customer wandered in and placed an order. She smiled at him and
started cooking.
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She was glad that she had decided (as usual) to go ahead and open.
Things were going well, even after Ranma...she was going to have to close
soon. That was when Ranma was really going to upset her. When she had
time to think. Ukyo sighed (again), it couldn't hurt to stay open
another hour...
Apparently whatever gods controlled fate had been tuned in. Why else
would Shampoo come for a visit?
"Hello, spatula girl."
"Hello, bad dye job girl."
"Why you make fun of Shampoo bad grammer?"
"Why you come in shop and give customers indigestion?"
"You sound just like Akane greedy sister."
Ukyo's hand dropped to her combat spatula, there was no way she was
letting Shampoo compair her to Nabiki, "Them's fightin' words, honey."
"Shampoo no afraid of stupid spatula."
"Ohhohoho, I see the two hussies are sqabling over my darling Ranma."
Ukyo lowered her voice, "god hates me..."
Shampoo whispered back, "what mean hussy"
Ukyo thought about it, "she means you have to steal someone else's
husband because you can't get one on your own"
"Shampoo have husband before you, carzy girl!"
"Ohhoho I doubt that, you amazon trolip. You lack the basic
femininity that Ranma craves."
Shampoo might not have spoken very fluently, but she had a dictionary
and a couple of cheezy romance novels...and embarisingly it did seem that
men wanted a docile quiet woman. Of course Shampoo had to wonder where
Kodachi got off thinking Ranma was going to fall head over heels for some
laughing lunatic. "Shampoo think you have brain injury. You no act like
lady."
"She's gottcha there, Kodachi."
"And what would you know about femininity, you crossdresser."
Ukyo ground her teeth, "At least I can cook!"
"Shampoo can cook!"
"Ohhoho, do you really think my Ranma is going to want ramen or
onimakiyaki every night? I can cook a wider varitey of exquisite foods
that the two of you courtisans can think of."
"what courtisan mean"
"you got me"
"Whispering will do you no good. I assure you, The Black Rose, can
cook more that three dishes."
"Kodachi, what are you doing here?"
Akane. Was there anything else that could go wrong? Anyone else she
didn't want to see? Then again, there wasn't really anyone else she
didn't want to see...
The woman appeared out of thin air. She had on (well technicly) a
bikini that just barely managed to cover her privates. "Helga Love
Goddess of big breasts and thong bikini's is here for her promised fiance
Ranma Saotome!"
Four people put their heads in their hands and muttered, "not again..."
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Ranma snapped awake. God what a dream. She looked at the sleeping(?)
form next to her.
"Ah, the Pigtailed Goddess awakes..."
"I just had the worst nightmare Tatewaki..."
"Fear not my red haired Venus, the Blue Thunder will protect you."
"I dreamed that I was a man."
"Ugh. To what night borne ill might we attribute that?"
"It gets worse, you were still in love with me."
"I feel sick, yet this dose show our love to transend the bounds of
our mear corporal forms..."
"And Akane was in love with me..."
"Akane? You mean my sisters...uh...friend?"
"Yep. And she was still all bossy and mocho too..."
"A strange dream indeed. Who knows what things lurk in the dark of
the dreaming night. Take solice in my presence and allow me to comfort
you as you sleep."
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Fellowship fell over, "How can that be true?!?!?!?"
Sarcasm looked at the table, "Oh, I see, someone was leaning on the
'Whew it was all a dream switch' again."
"Ooops."
"Lets try that again..."
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