unofficial translation by Wei-Hwa Huang Ranma Manga #26 Chapters 2-5 Last Update: 1/20/94 ** See Note in Ranma Manga #26, Chapter 2 Ranma Manga #26, Chapter 3 37.Title: In the Shade of the Forest 38.1 Gra: The well is dry, so we better hope that... 38.1 Gra: The other sources for the Water of Life are intact... 38.2 Aka: Are there many of them? 38.2 Gra: Quite a few. They're all linked by underground tunnels... 38.3 Gra: If we can't find the Water of Life quickly enough... 38.3 Gra: Shinnosuke will... 38.4 Shi: I'll what? 38.4 Aka: Gramps!! 38.4 Aka: Shhh!!! 38.4 Gra: Oh. Yes! 39.1 Shi: Granpa, you look strange. 39.1 Shi: Are you hiding something from me? 39.1 Gra: Uh, uh, uh... 39.2 Aka: Shinnosuke! What's my name? 39.2 Shi: You're Akane. How could I forget? 39.3 Gra: What did you say? 39.4 Shi: I forgot. 39.4 Gra: Let's continue on. 39.5 Aka(t): Without the Water of Life, Shinnosuke will die... 39.5 Aka(t): All because of the wound he suffered for me.... 40.1 Ran: Darn! 40.2 Aka(Rm): I want to stay with Shinnosuke... 40.3 Ran: Hmph! I might as well forget about her entirely! 40.3 Ran: So she's staying. Big deal. I'm going back to Tokyo. 40.5 Ran: Hm? 41.3 Ran: The pool... 41.3 Ran: ...dried up? 41.4 Ran(t): As if something suddenly swallowed it... 42.1 Shi: Grampa, the water here's gone, too. 42.2 Gra: Completely drained... 42.2 Aka: How did this happen? 42.3 Gra: Definitely... 42.3 Gra: It's blocked the source... 42.3 Aka: It? 43.1 Gra: We've no time to lose! 43.1 Gra: We've got to get to the source! 43.1 Aka: Okay. 43.2 Aka: Huh? 43.3 Aka(t): Ranma's tent... 43.3 Aka(t): ...didn't he leave already? 43.4 Shi: Let's go, Akane. 43.6 Ran(t): Why does she keep on looking back? 44.1 Shi: Careful. I've set traps everywhere in the forest. 44.1 Shi: Hold my hand... 44.1 Gra: Hmph! 44.2 Gra: What an excuse... 44.2 Gra: ...just to hold Akane's hand... 44.3 Gra: Boy, Shinnosuke, you're so... 44.4 Shi: Don't TALK about that! 44.4 Aka: This is no time for stuff like that! 44.5 Shi: Let's go, Akane. 44.5 Aka: Okay. 45.1 Nar: Meanwhile... 45.2 Ryoga: Damn! 45.2 Ryo: Where the hell is this? 45.5 Ryo: Oww... 45.6 Ryo(t): Akane... 45.6 Ryo(t): ...how I wish you were here... 46.3 Ryo(t): What? Akane... 46.4 Ryo(t): WHAT!! 46.4 Shi: Are you tired, Akane? 46.4 Aka: Not really, are you? 46.5 Ryo(t): Akane holds the hand of someone besides Ranma...What's going on? 46.7 Ryo: RANMA!! What's going ON?? 46.7 Ran: Ryoga! You're Ryoga! 47.1 Ran: What a coincidence! 47.2 Ran: Go, figure out what they're talking about! 47.3 Shi: Let's rest for a while. 47.3 Aka: Okay! 47.4 Aka: Hm? 47.6 Aka: P-chan! 47.6 Aka: What are you doing here? 47.7 Aka: Lunch, Shinnosuke? 47.7 Shi: You made this? 48.1 Aka: Yep! Don't know how good it is, though... 48.1 Shi: Smells good. 48.4 Aka: S-Sorry... 48.5 Aka(t): What happened? 48.5 Aka(t): Didn't my cooking improve drastically...? 48.6 Aka(t): Could it be that the Water of Life... 48.6 Aka(t): ...is improving my cooking? 48.7 Shi: I actually thought the food you made was bad... 49.1 Shi: There... 49.1 Shi: ...must be something wrong with me... 49.3 Shi: I'm so sorry...you made this for me and I... 49.3 Aka: No! No! It's nothing... 49.4 Aka: No... 49.6 Shi: Akane... 50.1 Shi: Please don't cry! I'll eat all of your dinner tonight. 50.1 Shi: And tomorrow's breakfast, and lunch, and dinner, everything... 50.1 Shi: And the day after... 50.2 Shi: I only wish that I could eat your food for the rest of my life... 50.3 Aka: Oh... 50.4 Shi: I love you, Akane. 51.2 Aka: Shi...Shinnosuke... 51.3 Shi: Do you hate me? 51.3 Shi: Akane? 51.5 Aka(t): Now I must... 51.5 Aka: Why would I ever... 51.5 Aka: ...hate you... 51.5 Aka(t): ...be strong! For Shinnosuke! 52.1 Ryo: RANMA!!! 52.2 Ryo: WHAT'S GOING ON! 52.2 Ran: I don't know... 52.3 Ran: She's been with him all these days... 52.3 Ryo: WHY...WHAT...RANMA, YOU... 52.4 Ran: Get a grip on yourself! Do you want to gripe, cry, or hit me? Choose one! 52.5 Ryo: Akane... 52.5 Ran(t): Is Akane...serious? 52.5 Ran(t): For real? 52.6 Gra: Shinnosuke, you bastard... 52.6 Shi: Granpa? What happened to you? 52.6 Aka: You forgot again?