Akane's Curse: Tsuntsun and Deredere

Unending BE - episode 823032

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People were staring up in disbelief, and could anyone possibly blame them? It wasn't often that the sight of what appeared to be a winged minotaur with his back stuck to a smokestack presented itself, but that is what they were looking at right now. This was Pantyhose Taro, an unfortunate soul that had been given an unfortunate name due to a rather odd village tradition. He was trying to get it changed by persuading the one person able to do so, and if that meant using this cursed form to pound him into a fine paste, then so be it! Unfortunately the reason he was even stuck in this chimney right now was because of a recent addition to his curse - he'd splashed some water from the spring of drowned octopus onto his back, giving him tentacles that were instinctively trying to crawl into a place far too narrow for the rest of his body to enter.

Among those on the ground staring up at the battle was one Akane Tendo, fearful for more than the safety of her reluctant fiance Ranma Saotome in this dangerous struggle against the mighty brute. In an attempt to get Happosai to change his name Pantyhose Taro had acquired some Jusenkyo water he believed to be from the spring of drowned virtuous man. Transforming Happosai into a good person was an idea heralded by all as a wonderful notion. But at some point a mistake had been made. A terrible mistake that could easily cast them all into hell with a single splash. This was perhaps the worst possible spring he could have gotten water to splash upon the perverted master, a transformation that would surely make the whole world shudder. In that bottle clutched within Taro's grip was nothing less than water from the spring of drowned twins! The very thought of two Happosai... it was too much to bear!

With an almighty heave, Taro wrenched the smokestack breaking off a large piece of it and swatting Ranma out of the sky. "Ranma!" Akane yelled as her cursed fiancee fell limp towards the roof of the bathhouse. Taro seized towards him, but since momentum was a thing that existed in this universe all that he managed to accomplish was to make the smokestack stuck to his back continue forward and clobber him right in the mush. The collision was sufficient to cause him to spiral into a freefall as well, and Akane ran towards the bathhouse desperate to make sure that they were okay. The man at the door was too busy staring up at the events above to notice her, which was fine, she could head inside and -

Something wet hit her on the head, dripping down her body. After a brief moment of disorientation, Akane ignored it and ran towards the door only for some blue haired girl with a bowl cut to try to get in ahead of her. "Hey!" Akane exclaimed, and she passingly wondered why she felt so chilly all of a sudden. The other girl turned around, and Akane Tendo found herself looking directly into the eyes of Akane Tendo. While she touched her head where the wet spot had struck her, she realised quite suddenly just what it was. She looked back and saw the bottle lying on the ground. Before she could go to pick it up as its contents dripped out onto the street, she felt a strong pair of hands grab at her and before she knew it she was pulled inside the building.

"What are you, crazy?" the other Akane yelled at her. "You can't be out there like that! Do you want people to see us? Idiot!"

"S-See us like what?" Akane answered back. The other her merely looked down, and she followed the gaze. "Eep!" she yelped, covering herself with her arms while the other her grabbed a towel and threw it at her. She wrapped herself in it, looking around to make sure nobody saw. "I... I guess that makes me the twin, huh?"

"I suppose," the other Akane said. "But we don't really know how this works. Let's both get into some hot water, and see what happens."

"Um, shouldn't we make sure Ranma is okay first?" Akane asked, suddenly filling with concern over whether he was okay. That smokestack did look like it hit him pretty hard, and he did fall right through the roof of the bathhouse at the same time as Taro's cursed form... There was every chance he wasn't alright!

"I'm sure he's just fine!" the other Akane humphed, folding her arms in an act of indignation. "That idiot wouldn't die if you shot him into space. I'm more worried about you showing off so much, you get me?"

"Bu-but Ranma might be hurt, and -"

"And our dads are in here already, remember? Honestly, your arguing is just making us waste time at this point! Come on!"

With great reluctance and eyes cast over towards the male side of the bathhouse, Akane followed her clothed self into the girl's side. The two of them stood at the edge of one of the baths, seized a bucket, and as one ducked their heads under the water...

It was a little later at the Tendo house. Akane and her sisters were sitting in the family room, as were Ranma and Taro. Kasumi had brought in some home made lemonade, which Akane was barely touching. She was too busy staring at her knees and clenching her fists. Not that Ranma particularly noticed. He was too busy dealing with the icy stare of their houseguest, worried that he might try to transform at a moment's notice given how events had gone previously.

"How do I know you're telling the truth, femboy?" Taro asked, tentatively sipping at the lemonade Kasumi had served. "Sure it's a nice story, but how do I know it's right? Thanks to your interference I lost all the water!"

"Yeah, and thank goodness for that," Ranma said. "If the old freak found out, he'd sure as hell try to dunk himself in the stuff. It's better that there's none of it left. Besides, if you thought I was lying you'd splash yourself and tear through this place just to kick my ass."

"Oh no, I'm biding my time. Letting my anger simmer into a bright inferno," Taro responded. "And since there's no way to prove you're right, it looks like I'm about to get to wrecking this place!"

"Um..." Akane interrupted. "It's not exactly true that there's no proof. Something did get splashed by the water, and... Give me a second, I need to do something."

The two cursed boys looked at each other and shrugged in mutual confusion, as did the two elder Tendo sisters while Akane left the room for a few minutes, then came back in. Except... She had been wearing a skirt and flowery blouse when she left. Why did she change into her yellow dress? More to the point, what was she smiling about? She'd seemed a little bit down a moment ago when she left. Now she looked all... cute and stuff.

"Hello Ranma," she said as she sat down next to him. "It's a pleasure to meet you. I'm Dere-Akane!"

He stared in minor confusion at her. Dere-Akane? What did she mean by that? And what was she so happy about all of a sudden? A lump formed in his throat. She really did seem kinda cute just now for some reason. It was almost as if she was happy just sitting beside him.

"What do you think you're staring at, creep?" Akane said, leaving Ranma wondering when she'd learned ventriloquism because that very nearly sounded like it came from the door oh god it did come from the door. There were two of them. His eyes flickered between them both, back and forth, back and forth. The one in the doorway was wearing the same outfit she'd left in, and was currently standing there with her hands on her hips, glowering down at him. "Oh, so now you're staring at me instead!"

"W-wait a minute here. What the hell is going on here?!"

"Oh, I'm so sorry Ranma," Dere-Akane said, seizing Ranma's hands in a cutesy gesture. "Akane should've told you sooner! She got hit by the drowned twins water, and we resulted from that! We seem to have different personalities, so we gave each other different names to differentiate us. Cute, isn't it?"

Yes. Yes it was. Not that he'd admit it, but there was something very adorable about Dere-chan. Not so much the other one... "So if she's Dere-Akane, what does that make you?"

The Akane in the doorway huffed and turned up her nose at them. "If you must know, my name is Tsun-Akane! Not that a jerk like you should care, right? I bet you prefer her over me any day!"

In the meantime, Pantyhose Taro was loving this shit. He was resting his elbows on his legs and leaning his chin in the palms of his hands, smiling like a loon all the while. Loving. This. Shit.

"You shouldn't be so rude Tsun-chan," Dere-Akane insisted. "Don't you think you'd get on so much better with him if you smiled more often?"

"Hmph! You say that as if I wanted to get on with him better!"

"Eh? But why wouldn't you want to get on with him better? He is your fiance too, you know!"

"You really are shameless, aren't you! He's Akane's fiance, not ours!"

"B-but I thought we were Akane!"

"Well, it's been hell femboy!" Pantyhose Taro declared, rising to his feet with a spring in his step. "I was planning on maybe decking you one for wrecking my plans, or at the very least for being such a colossal douche. Somehow I think you'd welcome the beatdown over the hell you're about to experience. Have fun!"

He marched out of the room, letting out a maniacal laugh as he went. For their part, the two Akanes were still wrapped up in their conversation, leaving Ranma feeling a little put out. It didn't exactly help too much that Nabiki was now adopting the same seated position that Taro was in before he left. Ah! But Kasumi was far more useful! Like an angel she appeared, carrying a kettle steaming hot with water that she poured first over Tsun-Akane (who of course complained) and then over Dere-Akane (who pleaded in vain not to be changed back) when that didn't work. This ultimately left one damp and embarassed Akane standing in the doorway.

"Wow, isn't that the coincidence?" Nabiki said in the tone of voice that declared that she was readying a quip. "You have a fiance that's male half the time, and now there's double you! Combine the two of you, and you cancel it out!"

Akane scowled at her sister and stormed out of the room. Ranma was hot on her heels, but damned if he could even begin to think of what to say to her.

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Sat Jun 30 07:27:47 2012

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