A Second Too Late
	Part 6
	By: P-R-P-Chan and Ranchan

	Ranma and Akane sat patiently, not because patience was a strong point in
either of them, but more because they didn't want to have to part.
	
	"I hope you don't get into to much trouble with your mom.."
	"Well you know how she is.. It only makes me more manly.."
	"Trust me, your manly enough.."
	Ranma blushed, looking around to see if anyone had overheard, "Geez Akane..
You have to be so loud about it? So anyways.. um.. When do you finish
school?" Ranma finished, content with himself at being able to change the
subject, without Akane beating him in the head.
	"Two months, then I'm free for the summer."
	"Maybe we could go somewhere, the ocean or something.."
	"Oh Ranma! That would be great!, " suddenly Akane's face lost all it's joy,
as her train began pulling into the station, "I .. I guess I have to go..I
love you Ranma.."
	Akane flung herself into his arms, pulling him into a passionate kiss, one
they held until the conductor interrupted them, "Either of you two getting on?"
	"That would be me!"
	"Well you better hurry up, Miss.  The train is leaving in two minutes."
	As he left, Ranma pulled Akane back into his embrace, cradling her head
against his chest.
	"I love you too, Akane.  You better go, you'll miss your train."
	"That's an idea.."
	"Akane.. I'll miss you too.. but we can talk on the phone.. maybe I could
come see you for a few days.."
	Akane looked up at Ranma with tear stained cheeks. "Really? So you'll come
see me?"
	"I'll try my best, " Ranma said, as he wiped the tears from Akane's cheeks.
Akane took a moment to recover, before gathering her bags and giving Ranma a
kiss on the cheek.
	"So I'll see you then?" Akane asked in anticiptation, as she boarded the train.
	"Call me as soon as you get back!" Ranma yelled after her.
	"OK!"  With a final mournful look in Ranma's direction, Akane climbed the
stairs, disappearing from view.  Ranma collapsed onto a bench, heartache
already setting in, realizing how dismal his life would continue to be
without Akane around.  


	With a look of aprehension upon his face, Ranma quietly slinked into his
home, hoping to escape his mother's questions.  His foreboding feeling was
justified, as he walked straight into his mother's waiting arms.
	"MY SON! YOU'RE FINALLY A MAN!! NOW YOUR FATHER CAN LIVE WITH US AGAIN! I'M
SO HAPPY!"
	Behind the sobbing Nodoka, Genma stood in panda form, brandishing one of
his signs. 'Thanks son, now I can finally come home.' He gave Ranma enough
time to read it before flipping it around to reveal another message. 'So how
was she?'
	"Pop, why'd you gotta go asking me that for?"
	"Well, how was she, dear?" Nodoka prodded.
	"Mom? What's gotten into you to?"
	"I'm just so proud, my son has finally become a man!"
	With a look of annoyance, Ranma voiced his opinion on the matter. "I really
don't wanna havta deal with this.  I'm going to sleep."
	'She keep you up all night?'
	"I thought I told you to butt out!" Ranma yelled, kicking his father down
the hallway.


	<RING>X3</RING>
	Ranma rolled over in bed, hoping someone else would pick it up.  After
another couple of rings, he gave in and picked up the phone.
	"Moshi Moshi?"
	"It's me."
	"Akane!" Ranma, now fully awake, sat up in bed, "you're already back? so
how was the train ride?"
	"Well I tried to sleep but i couldn't stop thinking about you.."
	"Yeah me too.. when did you get home?"
	"Just now.. I haven't even taken off my coat.. I miss you, Ranma."
	"You've only been gone," looks over at clock," 5 hours."
	"Yeah, but it seems like forever"
	"Don't worry.. I've got a bit of money saved up from working at the dojo..
I'll come down and see you next weekend.."
	"I can't wait... so how'd it go with your parents?"
	"It went down well.. a bit too well.."
	"What do you mean by that?"
	"Well you wont believe it but they're asking how you were and stuff.."
	"Nani?!?!?!"
	".. and now that i'm 'such a man' mom decided that pop can come home...."
	"I dont know wether to be insulted embarrased or happy..."
	"just ignore them ..."
	"Yeah, well, if you're happy thats all that matters."
	"As long as I've got you I'll always be happy."
	"Well I gotta go. I've got an early class... call you tomorrow?"
	"ok."
	"Love you, Ranma."
	"Me too."
	<click>


	Ranma walked in to the tendo dojo, beginning his stretches before class.
Sensing someone approaching, he looked up to notice Nabiki waiting for him.
	"I heard you had an.. eventful weekend." Nabiki said with a smirk.  Ranma
froze in mid-stretch, 'Could she know?'
	"Nani!?  What do you mean?"
	"Well with your mom gone, i expect you had something planned, ne?  Maybe
you snuck Ukyou or Shampoo over."
	"....uhm..... yeah ... I had Ryouga and Akari over for dinner." Ranma
retorted, quite proud of his coverup, if a bit hurt by the crack about his
other fiancees. 'How am I gonna break it to them?'
	"So who cooked supper? Don't tell me you invited Akari over just to cook
for you?"	
	"Uh no .. I did... You know I can cook.. whatcha gettin at Nabiki?"
	"Oh nothing.. just wanted to see if your weekend went as well as mine..."
	"Oh..ok!" Ranma said, relieved that Nabiki wasn't onto them.
	"I made some pretty big cash, never thought I'd get to collect on that bet
though.. anyways,  looks like you've got some of your students.. I'm off to
the store.. C'ya."
	As Nabiki left, Ranma's students started filtering in, cracking sly grins
at him, while the few females seemed to be trying to contain some inner
rage.  This seemed to go on throughout the entire two hour session, the guys
looking at him like he was their idol; the women seething, looking as much
as they could like the betrayed girlfriend.  Not knowing the reason for
this, but seeing how no one was getting anything right, Ranma decided to cut
the class short.  
	As the class piled out, he noticed Ukyou was at the door waiting for him,
she had a frown upon her face, but more importantly some okonomiyaki in her
arms.
	"Hi Ucchan, what's up?"
	"You bastard! Don't you Ucchan me... not after what you did....." Ukyou
finished as she slapped him across the face, dropping his lunch to the
floor, and running from the building.
	"Ucchan! wait!"  Ranma called after Ukyou as he chased her down the street.
Realizing that he wasn't going to catch up to her, he turned to back into
the dojo; then, he noticed it.
	"MR.TENDO!!!!"
	Soun came running to see what the fuss was, "What's the matter, Ranma?"
	"Nani!!?!? What do you mean, what's the matter?!?!"
	Ranma gestured to the sign over the gate, proclaiming in bold letters
'RANMA AND AKANE HAVE FINALLY CONSOMMATED THEIR RELATIONSHIP THEREFORE THIS
DOJO IS NOW SECURE' and in the not so fine print below, 'wedding soon to
come', signed Genma and Nodoka Saotome and Soun Tendo.  Ranma turned back to
the aging martial artist and was about to turn his fury on him, when he
heard a sound that sent a shiver up and down his spine; a bike bell.
Frantically he jumped, tearing down the advertisement of his sex life, and
tried to hide it behind his back as Shampoo rode into view.
	"Nihao Ranma! Shampoo bring you lunch!"
	"H.. Hi.. Shampoo.." Ranma managed, as he tried to keep between her and the
sign.
	"Ranma, what you have behind back?" Shampo asked, as she tried to peek
around his body.
	"Nothing just some junk I've got to throw out...." He answered, attempting
to edge away from Shampoo and the possibility that she would find out.
	"I've gotta go Shampoo.. gotta class in a few minutes...."
	"No teach class, eat lunch with Shampoo"
	"umm," Ranma decided agreeing was the easiest way to get out of the
situation, "ok.. I guess. You stay here, I'll be right back.."  Ranma backed
away, carefull not to give Shampoo a good view of the sign. Giving Soun one
final glare he turned and rushed off, keeping the sign in front of him where
the amazon's questioning look couldn't make it out.  Dashing into the house,
he looked for a place to put it, finding nowhere else he threw it into the
kitchen and went back outside to meet his wanna-be wife.
	

Hentai Outakes	
"Boy, if you can make that fish raw, you can eat it!"
"Well I had my sushi"
"I got pussy.. and it wasn't mine!"
"I'M THE MAN! and the woman..."
"A good man shares everything with his friend.." "ahh.. yes Saotome.. words
of wisdom.. I still remember when you were courting Nodoka *EHG*"

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