BattleMage Series

Here’s a bit of the next scene we finished. Just the last part and we should have it up for posting.

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It was a short trip to the skating rink, with the three passing the time with small talk about inane topics and deliberately avoiding mention of the wedding attempt or Ranma. Shortly after their arrival and the subsequent rental of three pairs of ice skates, they were all out on the ice, gliding about and trying to look as graceful as possible or simply doing their best to avoid collisions with other skaters.

“Akane,” Yuka said after a time, finding herself unusually reluctant to completely drop the subject, “I still think you’re blaming too much on Ranma.” In truth, like many of the girls at Furinkan, Yuka had more than a passing crush on the handsome young martial artist. If Akane had not been a long time friend, or been so violent in marking him as ‘her’ property, Yuka would have jumped at the chance of gaining him as a boyfriend. “From what you told us, he didn’t even know about the wedding until he got home, so he couldn’t have invited anyone to something he didn’t even know about.”

Akane shot her friend a betrayed look for bringing the subject back up, but couldn’t find a way to refute Yuka’s statement. At least, not in any way that made sense. So okay, maybe Ranma was not ‘directly’ involved in ruining her wedding day, but… “I still say it’s his fault,” she finally responded with some heat in her voice. “Maybe not directly, but by refusing to get rid of the other girls, once and for all, he all but gives them an open invitation to interfere in our lives whenever it suits them.”

“Can he ‘get rid of the other girls’, Akane?” Yuka pressed. “As I understand it, his father took Ukyo’s dowry and Shampoo is already married to him under her laws. Kodachi probably wouldn’t listen to him, even if he told her point blank that he wasn’t interested in her, as crazy as she is.”

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After the holidays have left we might have it completed. Until then. Happy Holidays!