Hello ^.^ This being my first post (and second day on this thing) you'll have
 to excuse my dumb-ness. ^.^;; Anyway, heres my story. C&C welcome, but pwease
 dont flame me horribly, I jus' a baby ^.^

Ryoga's Secret

	A busty pig-tailed girl climbed out of the pond a the Tendo Dojo. "Ryoga,
 youre dead!" 
Ranma flew at Ryoga, almost landing a kick to his face. Ryoga threw Ranma back
 into the pond. What he didn�t expect was for the girl to grab his shirt and
 drag him into the pond with her. 
	"Bwee!" a cute little black pig wearing Ryoga�s bandanna around his neck rose
 slowly out of the water. He looked confused till he noticed he was sitting
 atop a shock of red hair. Ranma bounced out of the water, sending the pig
 flying into a tree. 
	"Hmmph! Serves ya right. We both know that I'm the better martial artist, and
 you 
still try to beat me. You'll never give up, will you?" She looked almost sorry
 for the small black pig. The moment passed as she kicked him into orbit. Ranma
 went inside to the kitchen, where she found Kasumi cooking dinner. 
	"Oh dear. Ranma, did you fall into the pond again?" Kasumi poured a kettle of
 hot water over the already-wet girls head and went back to cooking. "And
 please tell Akane that dinner will be ready soon, will you please?"
	Ranma trudged up to his room to change clothes, ignoring the fact that he was
 supposed to tell Akane about dinner. Someone else would do it for him. Once he
 was in his favorite red silk Chinese shirt and black pants, he flopped onto
 his bed. He closed his eyes and let his thought wander. Soon, Ranma found
 himself thinking about the one thing besides martial arts that was always on
 his mind. "Oh Akane..if only I could hold you, embrace you...kiss you,"
 Suddenly he realized what he was saying. "Akk! What was I thinking?! No way
 that violent chick would ever let me touch her. Like I'd even want to. Dumb
 tomboy can't even cook..."

knock knock knock<<

	Ranmas eyes flew open,. How long had he been up there, thinking about Akane?
 Trying to get his mind off of her? 
	The door opened slowly, and Akane poked her head in. "Ranma, are you ok? You
 missed dinner." she looked truly concerned for his well-being. Either that, or
 she was a really good actress. 
	Ranma stood up. "Im fine, why do you ask?" He slowly walked to her and took
 her hands in his.
	Akane shifted her gaze down to her hands which at the moment were clasped
 tightly in Ranma's. <There must be something wrong..hes actually being nice to
 me. Showing affection even..> "It's not like you to miss a meal, I-I thought
 you be hurt or something like that.."
	Ranma lifted one hand to touch her chin and tilted her face up towards his.
 He stared deeply into her eyes, gently caressing her cheek. Ranma noticed the
 warmth of a deep blush in Akane's cheeks. A small smile played on Akanes lips.
 "You really are cute when you smile."
	Akane blushed even harder now. "R-ranma, I..I..." <Can he possibly know that
 I lo..like him? Does he feel the same way?>
	Ranma put one finger to Akane's soft lips. "Shhh..." he let the finger slide
 slowly down 
her lips, down her chin. Over her neck and shoulder. He traced it ever so
 slowly down her collar-bone, sliding down her arm, stopping at her waist to
 pull her closer to him. Akane's free hand came up to rest on Ranma's muscular
 chest. Ranma's face inched dangerously close to Akane's. He closed his eyes
 and took a deep breath. Could he really do this? And what if she didn�t want
 to? She would probably hit him again. Ranma was about to pull away when
 quickly a soft warmth brushed over his lips. <That couldn't have been her. I
 must be imagining things..>
	Akane looked somewhat scared. Had she just done that? Had she just done what
 she had wanted to do since the first time they had met? <Did I really just do
 that? Oh please tell me that this isn't just another dream. Please let it
 really be Ranma here, really holding me in his arms!> She looked at Ranma, who
 still had his eyes closed, trying to figure out what he had just felt. She
 took in a deep breath and slowly, ever so slowly, wrapped her arms around
 Ranma's neck. <Ok, Akane, go for it. You know you want to, and I guess he does
 too, so just do it!>
	This time Ranma knew that he felt something. This time it didn�t; leave his
 lips in a instant. The warm softness lingered on his lips for several seconds.
 He opened his eyes to see Akane's face only millimeters away from him, her
 lips pressing gently to his. <Oh wow..I'm with Akane, and shes not trying to
 kill me! Shes actually ki...ki...> Both arms were around Akane's waist now,
 pulling her ever closer as her kiss was returned. 
	Finally they pulled away for air and opened their eyes. When the realization
 of what they had been doing hit them, they jumped back several feet. A deep
 red blush was on both young faces. 
	"Did we just uh...?"
	Ranma nodded. "Yeah, we did. Did you feel anything? Like uh..fireworks or
 something?"
	Akane looked slightly confused. Fireworks? She hadnt seen any fireworks. She
 could, however, feel a pleasant tingle on her lips. Akane smiled sweetly, then
 lunged for the kill. She wrapped her arms around Ranma's neck and kissed him
 with such a passion, even Shampoo wouldn�t dare try to match it. 
	They kissed like that for several minutes before Ranma slowly moved them to
 his bed, and sat down with her on his lap. He felt like he was in heaven. All
 that time, and all he had to do was be nice to her! Ranma kept kissing the
 cute girl that sat on his lap, wondering why he hadnt thought of doing
 something like this before. Ok, so he had thought of it, but never had the
 guts to actually do it. He didn�t even know why tonight he had done it...it
 just felt *right*.
	Ranma heared a noise and opened his eyes just in time to see a small black
 object attach
 itself to his face. 
	"P-chan! What are you doing here?" Akane giggled. P-chan oinked at her, then
 turn his attention back to Ranma. He let out a low piggy growl and started
 beating on Ranmas face with his hooves. Ranma threw P-chan into the wall,
 knocking him unconscious. "Ranma, how could you!? I thought you cared about
 me, but you cant even bring yourself to be decent to my poor pet!" 
	"B-b-but Akane..." he was silenced by a mallet to the head. Akane picked up
 the little piglet and carried him to her room, leaving Ranma grumbling angrily
 to himself.

	A few hours later P-chan groggily opened his eyes. Akane was there, smiling
 down at him. "My poor baby, are you ok?" She picked him up and hugged him
 tight to her chest. P-chan snuggled comfortably up to her. He loved it when
 Akane held him like this. It was probably the closest he would ever get to
 actually being with her. P-chan made a decision then and there that he had to
 tell Akane how he felt about her. Maybe this time it would actually come out
 as normal words. But first he had to get back to normal form. He wiggled out
 of Akane's arms and jumped down to the floor. P-chan walked towards the door,
 stopping to motion to Akane to follow. Akane obeyed her "pet" and followed him
 up and down the halls for 20 minutes. After passing her room for the 5th time,
 Akane picked up P-chan and looked at him. "You dont know where you want to go
 do you?" P-chan nodded. "How bout if I start walking, and you tell me where
 you want to go. Ok?" P-chan nodded again. Akane laughed, "It's almost as if
 you really understand what I'm saying..."
	Akane started walking, stopping at every door she came to. When they finally
 passed thebathroom, P-chan got excited. "Kwee! Kwee kwee!" Akane looked at him
 and walked into the bathroom, closing the door behind her. P-chan leaped from
 her arms and landed on the edge of the furo. Oh, how badly he wanted to change
 back, how badly he wanted to confess his true feelings for Akane..but all he
 managed was to faint, and fall to the floor. His poor piggy circuits were
 overloaded with thoughts of Akane knowing how he felt, and maybe actually
 returning his love. 
	Akane looked at him and sighed. "Poor P-chan..must be tired. Oh well, since
 Im already in here.." Akane stripped off her clothes and tossed them on the
 floor by the hamper. She sat on a small bathroom stool and washed herself off
 with cool water and soap. When she thought she was clean enough, she rinsed
 the soap from her body and stepped into the steaming hot water of the furo.
 Akane sighed contentedly, and closed her eyes.
	Once P-chan awoke from his little "nap", he noticed something was amiss. He
 was in what appeared to be a bathroom, he remembered that part, but wasn�t
 someone with him? Akane! Thats was it, Akane had brought him in here. But
 where was she? he looked around slowly, making sure not to move from the spot,
 for fear of getting lost. He saw the mirror, the cabinets, the clothes hamper,
 Akanes clothes tossed carelessly on the floor..." Akane's clothes?! He went to
 them to be sure they really were. Sure enough, they were the same clothes that
 Akane had been wearing that afternoon. That could only mean one thing. He
 nervously looked up into the furo. From his low position on the floor, all he
 could see was her naked shoulders and the tops of her breasts. This was enough
 for him..too much, actually. He promptly got a nosebleed and fainted with a
 loud   >>thump!<<
	Akane heared the noise and looked over the side of the furo to see what it
 was. "P-chan!! Are you ok?" She jumped out to pick him up, carelessly
 splashing the warm water all over the floor, herself again, and the small
 black pig in her arms. Suddenly there was a weight in her arms much too heavy
 to be P-chan. She looked down to see a half-conscious, very naked Ryoga. 
	
	Mousse looked up from scrubbing the floor of the Nekohanten when her heared
 an ear-pearcing scream. "Hmm..Akane and Ranma must be in another fight..." 
	"Mousse be quiet! Finish scrub floor so can scrub bathroom!" Shampoo glared
 down at him.
	"Yes Shampoo, anything you say!"

	By this time Ryoga was full awake, and fully aware than he and Akane were
 both totally naked in the same room together. For some reason he didn�t pass
 out this time. It was too important that  he tell Akane the truth now.  "A-
 akane-san, please let me explain. This isn�t what it seems.."
	"Oh, so you *aren�t* P-chan, and you *haven�t* been lying to me so you can
 sleep in my bed, watch me undress, and hear all my personal secrets?"
	"Yes! I mean, No! I mean...I'm sorry" he hung his head in shame. "Im really
 really sorry, Akane-san, it wasnt my fault. I was knocked into the Spring of
 Drowned Black Piglet at Jusenkyo, and you saw me in my cursed form and you
 fell inlove whit me. But it wasn�t really me, it was P-chan. And even though
 you only loved me as a pet, I loved you with all my heart...I still do."
	Akane stared wide-eyed at the poor boy in front of her. "I..you..." the
 events of the last few moments, and what they said about the past year finally
 dawned on her, and she started to glow a soft shade of blue which seemed to
 grow brighter with every passing second. "Ryoga no BAKA!" 
	Ryoga felt a red-hot sting on his cheek. It wouldn�t have been so bad if it
 had been someone else, but it was Akane who slapped him. Akane who he loved,
 and thought the world of. The horrible slap across his face, like the hot sun
 beating on his left cheek, like daggers in his heart, proved Akane had only
 cared for him as a pet and a friend, and was extremely pissed at him, to say
 the very least. 
	Akane ran out of the bathroom, still naked, not caring who saw her. She
 slammed the door to her room, and did the only thing she thought was suitable
 for this situation. She cried her eyes out. 

	Ranma heared a shrill scream, followed by "Ryoga no BAKA!", the slamming of a
 door, and sobbing. Even though shouts were no stranger to the Tendo household,
 usually he was the one being yelled at, not Ryoga. Unless of course it was him
 yelling at Pig-boy. He knew that something had to be up. Ranma followed the
 sobbing down the hall to where it got the loudest. He stopped in front of a
 door with a wooden duck hanging on it with English writing on it. He knew the
 letters well enough, he had been past, and into that room enough times that he
 should. "AKANE" <Akane's crying? I though for sure it would have been Pop or
 Mr. Tendo. Akane doesn�t usually cry, especially not like this..I hope she
 isn't still mad at me for beating on Ryoga?> Ranma knocked gently on the door.
 "Akane? Are you ok? If its my fault youre crying, Im..Im s-sorry." When there
 was no answer, he slowly opened the door and walked in cautiously. He saw
 Akane on her bed wrapped up in her blanket. Her eyes were puffy and blood-shot
 from crying. 
	"I didn�t know..why didn�t he tell me?" she sobbed.
	"Huh? Akane, what are you talking about?" 
	"Ryoga...P-chan...bath...Jusenkyo..."
	Ranma finally caught on to what she was trying to say. "Ooooh! So you finally
 figured out that Ryoga is P-chan, huh? I'm surprised you didn�t realize it
 earlier, its *so* obvious.."
	"You knew?! You knew and you didn�t tell me?! How could you not tell me? You
 let him *sleep* with me! In my bed! Ryoga in my bed, with me, alone!"
	"Geez! Im the one that was always tryin to get him outta there, if you dont
 remember. Besides, I couldn't tell you. It would be against the warriors code.
 I knocked him in by accident, so I had to keep his secret. Of course, it never
 woulda happened if he hadn't followed me to China. He should have just showed
 up to the fight *he* scheduled, lost to me, and gotten on with his life so I
 could do the same."
	"But...but..." Akane still looked upset. 
	Ranma sat down beside her, trying to comfort her troubled mind. As she lay
 her head on his shoulder, half of the blanket slipped down her shoulder,
 exposing more than was needed. Neither of them seemed to notice or care as
 they sat in a comforting embrace, Akane crying softly into Ranma's shirt.

	Ryoga opened a door which he thought to be Akane's. Of course, with his
 horrible sense of direction, it wasn�t. Kasumi looked up from her cup of tea
 and smiled. "Hello Ryoga-kun, its lovely to 
see you. What brings you here tonight?" 
	Ryoga blushed slightly, cursing himself. "Im sorry Kasumi, I was looking for
 Akane-sans 
room. I need very much to speak to her." 
	Kasumi smiled her sweet innocent smile again. "Akane's room is upstairs, on
 the right." 
	"Arigato, Kasumi." he bowed slightly and wandered off to find the stairs. 
	About 5 minutes later he came across another door he thought might be the
 right one. He knocked, and a female voice allowed him in. Ryoga opened the
 door to see Nabiki at her desk doing something that looked like a spread-sheet
 on her computer. "This had better be good, Im busy.." she said, only looking
 away from the screen to cross something off in a ledger next to the keyboard. 
	"Oh...I was looking for Akane-san's room. I suppose this isn�t it."
	Nabiki finally looked up, "How badly do you want to get there?"
	Ryoga fished a 100 yen coin from his pocket, along with some never-to-be-
 delivered love notes to Akane, which he quickly shoved back. "This is all I
 have, please, I really need to know where Akane's room is." 
	Nabiki got up to take his money. "Keep going down this hall. When you come to
 a door with a wooden duck that says "AKANE" in English, you�ll have it." 
	"Domo arigato!!" Ryoga rushed out of the room, leaving Nabiki to figure new
 ways to extort money, and who owed her what.
	Several minutes later Ryoga found the door marked with the wooden duck, just
 as Nabiki had promised. He opened the door and timidly peaked in. <NO!!
 Saotome, today is the day you die!!> Ryoga growled and slowly advanced on the
 couple on the bed who had hardly moved at all in the last 20 minutes. Ranma
 had had his hands all over Akane earlier, but now she was half-naked. That was
 even worse. Ryoga wondered again how the flow of blood from his nose didn�t
 come as usual.
	"Ryoga!" Ranma and Akane were both startled to see him advancing on them,
 fangs bared, a murderous glint in his eyes.
	Akane stood up, "Ryoga, stop right now!" Ryoga stopped mid-step. "Ryoga, you
 should have told me that you were P-chan" Akane sounded unnaturally calm. "You
 betrayed my trust. I hope that you're happy now, I can never trust you again.
 " Akane was once again in tears. �Why dont you just...just...go get lost!"
	Ryogas heart sank to his feet. "Akane-san, Im so very very sorry. If I had
 told you my secret before, it still would have been bad for our relationship,
 whatever that means to you. Maybe it wouldn�t have been as bad as it is now if
 I had just told you, and it hadnt happened the way it did. But I suppose
 things happen for a reason. I'll leave you now, get lost, as you said. You'll
 never see me again. I hope that for your sake that you and Ranma have a nice
 life together.." Akane and Ranma blushed deeply. "If I cant have you for
 myself, at least I can know that youre happy. No matter how much you hate me
 for this, I want you to always be happy, and remember only the good times we
 shared." Ryoga bowed to them and headed down the stairs, going to who-knows-
 where. 
	Ranma and Akane could do nothing but stare after him. "Did he...does he..why
 did he...?" Akane looked confused again. 
	"It figures you wouldn�t get it. Dumb tomboy, how do you expect to get a
 boyfriend if you chase off the pet that you love, and the only guy besides
 Kuno that lo..likes you?" 
	"The *only* one?" Akane walked towards him, slowly, seductively. Then she
 pulled him close and kissed him passionately.
	<Wow, a guy could get used to this..maybe Akane will finally stop hitting me
 and we can "live happily ever after" or whatever...> he thought as he returned
 Akanes kiss with as much passion as it was given. Suddenly he felt a hard blow
 to the head, and himself flying out the window into the night sky.
 "KAAAWAAAIIIKUUUNEEE!" 
	Akane smiled slightly. "That should teach him. Hes the one that l...lo...Why
 cant I say it?" <because you know its true, and you lo..love..him too> she
 answered herself, surprised at her own thoughts. She put on her cute yellow
 P.J.s and climbed into bed. <I'll talk to him tomorrow, see how he really
 feels. Oh well, off to sleep....>


~Ranko~
'La Kawaii Girl'
Who does not yet have a cute phrase for the end of her postings