a Ranma 1/2 fanfic by Catbert25
Ranma 1\2:One simple wish.
a fanfic by Sean D'anna.
I own none of the characters so don't sue me as they all belong to
Takahashi samma. I'd appreciate C&C. Send to Catbert25@juno.com This was
originally inspired by the song 'Don't turn around' by Ace of base. I'm
not a fan of this band or anything but it came on the Radio and I was
driving, and I started to think.....Also I'd like to say that this is in
no small part inspired by the OAV 'AKANE AND HER SISTERS.
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prologue.
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Soun and Genma looked at the cave as they stood breathlessly
resting after the long climb. Soun looked down the mountain they had
climbed to reach the cave and a small amount of egotistical pride emerged
in his chest. "Just like old times eh Saotome?" he commented.
"Quite so Tendo." agreed his old friend.
"Lets get going, I hope this works Saotome. �Said Soun as he
walked into the cave.
A Few moments later the two weary travelers looked upon a
beautiful pond just inside the cave, it seemed to glow with a natural
light from within the water. Genma, who had some experience with magic
springs, edged away carefully. Soun looked at the spring and sighed.
"There it is Saotome the legendary "Spring of Eternal Light" Said Soun
with tearful eyes.
"It is said that those who travel here are granted a single
wish." said Genma sagely. Soun took a coin from his pocket and threw it
into the spring.
A beautiful woman with long flowing hair rose from the water, she
opened her eyes revealing her almost transparent eye color. "Her eyes
glow like the water." said Genma with an odd look on his face.
"What is your wish?" she asked in a strange ghostly voice.
Soun spoke up. "We wish that our children fall in love so that
our families may be joined." he said.
"Your wish is the same?" It asked Genma.
"Y-yes." said Genma remembering the legend, only one wish is
granted, those who wish more get none.
"Go your wish is granted and my time here grows short." she said
as she sank beneath the water. The two men left the cave with tears of
joy in their eyes.
As they reached the bottom of the mountain the two weary
travelers sat for a moment to rest. "At last Tendo, our families will be
joined!" said Genma. Soun began to reply but was cut off by the
explosion. The two looked at the top of the mountain and saw fire and
lava erupting from the huge hole where the mountain top and the cave had
once been.
Ranma looked down at the battered Kuno and smirked "Hey Kuno,
g'morning!" he quipped after giving him his ritual beating for the day.
Nabiki smiled at this slightly and started. "What brought that
on?" she wondered.
Ranma looked at Nabiki for a moment and stopped. �Does she always
watch me like that?" he wondered...
A few days later the two joyous travelers returned to their home.
"Oh father, Mr.Saotome! your home! every one will be so pleased." said
Kasumi cheerfully greeting the two men.
"Where are Ranma and Akane?" the men asked.
Seemingly in reply, "Ranma you JERK!" came from upstairs and
Ranma flew from the stairs and crashed into the Koi pond with a large
mallet shaped dent in his head.
"Uncute tomboy." he grumbled. "Hey Pop, finally came back from
cowering from the old freak?" he asked noticing the two men.
Soun looked at Genma. "It didn't work...nothings changed!" said
Soun in tears. "The explosion must have..." the two men cried together
not realizing how wrong they were.
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Part 1: Only you...
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Ranma shifted uncomfortably as he sat looking straight ahead
noticing Nabiki's gaze was on him again. "Whats wrong with you?" asked
Akane sounding angry.
"Nothing." replied Ranma glancing at Nabiki. Nabiki walked off
looking strange as she headed towards the door. She glanced at Ranma for
a moment and looked at the ground as she walked away.
Ranma looked uneasy as Nabiki looked at him. "I hope she's all
right..." he heard himself say.
Akane looked at him oddly, "All right Ranma what has she got on
you?" she grumbled.
Ranma looked at her, "Nothing, thats whats bothering me, she
hasn't tried to get a single yen out of me in days." he said.
"Whats wrong with that?!" yelled Akane defensively.
"Nothing except I'd give all I have to he..." Ranma's train of
though stopped abruptly. "What am I thinking?" he said aloud.
"Not much." said Akane as she dragged him outside for school.
A few days later Akane walked up to Nabiki uneasily. "Whats with
you two? You've been avoiding each other all week, do you have something
on Ranma?" she asked angrily.
"More than you'll ever know." said Nabiki. "But that has nothing
to do with this." she continued dryly.
"Whats going on?" asked Akane.
"It's better if you don't know." replied Nabiki. Akane looked at
her for a moment. "And don't bother asking Ranma because he doesn't
know." she added and winced at her actions, it wasn't like her to show
weakness like that.
Just then Ranma walked by with Shampoo and Ukyo in tow. "I said
I'm not hungry!" he said to the pair.
Akane's face darkened "Jerk." she growled. She stopped. Had
someone else said that too? She turned to face Nabiki and saw her slowly
moving away from her as she walked away. "I must have imagined it..."she
said to no one.
"Man I hope Nabiki doesn't see this." said Ranma under his breath
as the two girls badgered him.
Ukyo stopped her argument with Shampoo. "Nabiki? why?" she said.
"Because stupid spatula girl she sell to violent tomboy." said
Shampoo trying to sound smart with her accent totally dispelling the
illusion.
"Ranma we need to talk." said a voice from behind them.
"UUH Nabiki I can explain..." stuttered Ranma nervously. "Alone."
she said.
Ranma looked nervously around as Nabiki lead him into the storage
shed. "Look I can explain..." started Ranma.
"Shut up Ranma." said Nabiki.
"From the way your acting I'd say my suspicions are true. Since
when do you care what I think?" she said angrily.
"What? I always cared!" said Ranma looking at her and blushing.
"No, it just seems that way because your in love with me." she
said. "What?!! No! I..." started Ranma.
"The way you seem to have lost interest in Akane you've hardly
spoken to her all week. Plus you dodged her the other day and ran away.
That is some thing you never do just on a whim without reason." said
Nabiki in her most calculating voice.
"What?!! I.." began Ranma.
"Can it Ranma. I think this is just one of Colognes games, now
tell me. Do you love me?" she looked at him with a hurt and angry gaze.
"Yea." he said looking ashamed.
"Don't be ashamed, its not your..." she stopped herself as much
as she wanted to comfort him, now was not the time. "I am having the same
feelings." she said looking angrier. "I don't like having my feelings
toyed with." she said coolly.
"You think I do?" he asked looking at her.
She blushed remembering the time she tricked him into being her
fiancee'. "I am sorry about that..." she said.
"Am I really?" she wondered.
"So what do we do?" asked Ranma trying very hard not to make any
kind of bodily contact.
"WE do nothing, we friegn ignorance until I can figure out
exactly what happened to us." said Nabiki.
"All right." said Ranma with a heavy sigh. And the two went about
their day.
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part2 :What do you want?
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Inside the Cat cafe', Nabiki looked at Cologne angrily. "Spell?
I'm afraid I don't know what your talking about child." Replied the elder
Amazon.
"What?" said Nabiki. The old woman would most likely help her it
was not in her interest to see her and Ranma in love.
"I'm afraid It has been some time since I have tried magical
means to ensnare the son-in-law." said Cologne calmly.
"But who? and why?" said Nabiki coolly.
"Tell me the nature of the spell and perhaps I can help." said
Cologne.
"It is a love potion, and in almost two weeks it has not worn
off." said Nabiki.
Cologne looked at her calmly. "I would have known by now if my
Shampoo had been messing with any of my spices that could even have such
an effect, and two weeks is far to long for any of the spells I could
create here. Are you sure this is a spell child? It may just be that you
have fallen for him." Cologne said with a wicked smile.
"I'm not foolish old woman. I thought of that but Ranma and I
have been down this road before, if you remember." she said coolly.
"Your so called engagement was hardly like this child, perhaps it
was just your time for such a thing." said Cologne carefully.
"You think I didn't consider that? No, I'm fairly sure this is a
spell." Said Nabiki reinforcing her point.
"And why is that?" asked Cologne with a small smile.
"Because Ranma is effected as well." said Nabiki . Cologne's
smile disappeared.
Ranma looked at Nabiki as she stood next to Cologne, pretty much
ignoring the old woman. "I see what you mean." said Cologne looking a
little annoyed. "You were wise to keep this from Shampoo."
"I�ve e seen how she deals with her problems." said Nabiki dryly
"Ranma please stop looking at me that way." said Nabiki after a moment
blushing slightly. Ranma also blushed and turned away.
"Cologne what can we do?" asked Ranma. Cologne looked at him.
"He used my name?" she thought idly. Cologne took something from
her clothes. Ranma immediately Recognized it.
"The Reversal jewel?" he said with a slightly strained voice.
Ranma was an easy to read person, Nabiki knew he did not like this item.
"Yes its original purpose is to counter love spells. What you
know of it is just an interesting side effect." said Cologne. "Place it
on its side over your heart child and if it is truly a spell it will be
able to push the effects away perhaps long enough to discover the
source." she said with a small smile, she never told many this but she
rather enjoyed this sort of thing.
Nabiki smiled weakly at Ranma and placed the jewel on... "nothing
happened." she said.
"Son in law now you place it on in the same manner. Ranma
complied. he looked at Nabiki who watched closely. Cologne sighed.
"It is as I feared." she said Finally. "What is it." asked
Nabiki. "This is no spell child, no wizards no matter how powerful they
are, can change the fates lines. You two are truly in love. Nabiki Tendo
you are now an obstacle to my granddaughter. You had best prepare."
Cologne warned her as she lept away.
"Nabiki...I'm not sure I would have wanted things back the way
they were." said Ranma as he put his arm around her as she cried.
She looked up at him, "Thanks Ranma." she said.
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part 3 :Truth be told.
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"You see child it is as I feared." said Cologne as she looked
into the amulet.
"Shampoo only saw a small light." said the young girl. The thread
of love that was between Ranma and Akane has been severed it is now a one
sided love." Cologne said to her great granddaughter.
"Aiya! Shampoo so happy!" Squealed the amazon.
"But a new thread has been created between Nabiki and Ranma one
even stronger than the one between Akane and Ranma it is as if Ranma's
brotherly feelings towards her have been combined with his love for the
youngest Tendo girl." said Cologne.
Shampoo smirked "I crush puny girl. She no can fight." she said
with a large grin.
"She is a more dangerous adversary than you think child." warned
Cologne. "And the groom will be very protective of one so weak in battle
be cautious." she continued only to turn and see Shampoo had already
left.
Ranma stood back behind Nabiki and watched warily as she
conducted her business. "Are you sure you have no pictures of the
pigtailed goddess? asked Kuno with a slight hunger in his eyes. Nabiki
stole a glance at Ranma and saw he was trying very hard to control
himself.
"I'm afraid those pictures will no longer be available." she said
looking at him. he flashed a small smile of thanks to her. That alone was
worth the loss of profit to her.
"I will pay any price!" said Kuno loudly. Ranma grit his teeth.
"I said they are not available any longer Kuno." she said calmly.
"So you wish to keep me from my Goddess as well?! it seems you
have fallen under Saotome's spell as well Nabiki Tendo!" he said looking
at her angrily. Suddenly he felt an Iron grip on his shoulder and he
looked to see Ranma holding him forcefully down.
"Thats enough Kuno." growled Ranma through his teeth.
"Take your hands off my personage knave!" said Kuno.
Ranma tightened his grip and Kuno cried out in pain. "I said
thats enough." he said coldly.
"No, Ranma you stop." said Akane from behind him.
Ranma looked at his fiancee with sad eyes. "What's gotten into
you Ranma? You've become Nabiki's guard dog and you haven't spoken to me
in weeks. What ever it is I can take it ..I...I promise not to get
angry." she said looking at him.
"How could have I have been so blind? She -is- in love with
me..." he thought with a small amount of pain, he would not enjoy hurting
her but it was the only way, for all of them. "Don't make promises you
can't keep Akane." he said as he walked way.
"Ranma?" she said looking distraghtly at her fiancee.
The next day Ranma ate his breakfast in his usual manner with the
exception of his apparent loss of interest in Akane. Akane looked at him
angrily as he sat between Nabiki and his father. "Jerk." she muttered.
"Now what did I do?" he asked. Nabiki got up and left for school,
Ranma followed.
"Ranma?" asked Nabiki as she walked along side him.
"Hnn?" replied Ranma pretending he wasn't watching her.
"Don't turn away I'm allot more observant than Akane." She said
with a wry smile. Ranma blushed.
"Do you want to be cured?" she asked him nervously. "Huh? Of
course I do...Oh -that-." he said looking dumbly at her as he jumped down
beside her.
"I hate to admit it but...I've never been happier. I don't think
I could go back to who I was even if I was cured, I'd spend all my time
and energy just trying to find this again. I..I don't want this to stop."
she said sadly.
Ranma stopped and looked at her softly. "I've never had a normal
relationship before." he said with more than a little red in his face.
"It is kinda nice..." he commented dryly. Nabiki grabbed him and kissed
him hard on the lips eventually probing his mouth with her tounge. Ranma
hugged her and returned the kiss after a brief moment of suprise. They
broke it abruptly.
"Akane is not going to take this well." said Nabiki with a sad
look.
Ranma looked slightly sad as well. "I'm more worried about
Shampoo, she can be dangerous Nabiki. You have to avoid her at all cost
now." said Ranma warningly.
"You can train me." She said with a small smile as she thought
about a buff and tried looking Ranma after his usual workouts.
"I can and will your in good shape and it wouldn't take more than
a few months to get you halfway decent, but no where near good enough to
even stand a chance against Shampoo or even Akane. Besides I don't want
Shampoo giving you the kiss of death on the off chance you can beat her."
said Ranma looking at her softly.
"Akane is not going to take this well." She thought again as a
plan formed in her mind. "I want you to start training me, tonight." she
said.
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A few weeks pass...
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Ranma looked as Nabiki sat in front of a small fire and began to
train for the chestnut fist. "OW! damn it!" she said wincing in pain.
Ranma looked at her in wonder. She had a great deal more skill
than he had originally thought. Apparently she had trained when she was
younger and she kept in shape. Also he was amazed at her seeming Renewed
interest in the art she was almost obsessive in the arts, she trained
harder in these three weeks than he had his whole life. "Nabiki you
haven't developed the speed and arm strength to do this yet." he sighed
as he tried to convince her to quit.
"I will get this." she said through her teeth. "I never thought
Shampoo was so relentless." she thought bitterly. She had spent the
better part of the day avoiding the Amazon.
"Yea,... in a few months maybe, your not ready for this yet." he
said weakly. Nabiki ignored him.
Soun smiled as he saw the light in the Dojo still on. He was glad
his other daughter was once again interested in the arts. Although why
she insisted that Ranma train her, he reluctantly complied in the end.
Akane also watched as the Dojo light was still on. She was a bit angry
that Ranma had been spending all his time training her sister and a bit
jealous of her sisters determination. Ranma had barely been able to
speak with her in the past three weeks with school and Nabiki's training
schedule that according to him she herself made. She wondered if it had
anything to do with the fact that Shampoo had been looking for her for
the past three weeks. She had shown up several times and waited for her
at the Dojo, only to Just miss her. It was as if Nabiki had been avoiding
the amazon. She thought she even heard her training late at night when
every one else was asleep. She was beginning to worry that something had
happened between her and Shampoo.
Shampoo growled at the luck of Nabiki Tendo she had tried several
times to remove her obstacle only to be stopped by Ranma, why was he
defending her? She supposed it was because she was weak and he felt it
was his duty to defend her. She felt a small amount of pride that he was
that chivalrous. Then the other day she had been able to escape her on
her own. The cold bitch was getting better, no where good enough to beat
her, but better still. She was also getting harder to find her, Great
Grandmother was right about her being more dangerous than she expected.
She would have to be more careful.
Ukyo Konji looked at her clock and saw it was time to close the
store. Ranma had not been by for some time now and she was getting
worried. She closed her store and thought for a moment he had been
spending allot of time training his new student and she saw him at
school, perhaps he just hasn't had time to come..."He doesn't have tome
to see his own fiancee? He is going to have some explaining to do." she
mentally growled as she scrapped off her grill.
The next morning Ukyo turned the corner to make her way towards
the school, only to wish she never got out of bed. There was Ranma locked
in a passionate kiss with Akane his hand on her chest and hers on his
ass...That was not Akane.
Ranma looked toward the sound of anger and braced himself. Ukyo
was looking at him with a rage in her eyes. "How dare you cheat on me!"
she yelled . Ranma backed against the wall with a look of fear in his
eyes.
Nabiki looked at her hard. "Excuse me?" she said.
"You get your hands off my fiancee' you hussy!!" she yelled as
Nabiki looked at her.
"A-actually I grabbed her." said Ranma looking very upset and
ashamed. "And I'd appreciate it if you didn't talk to her that way." he
added as he looked at the ground his voice wavered. Ukyo looked at him
and stopped as a horrified look spread across her face she turned and ran
away with tears in her eyes. Nabiki looked at him and stared, he had
never done any thing like that for Akane, it was very likely he had just
lost his best friend. She hugged him as he looked at Ukyo's fading
silhouette.
"That hurt Nabiki-chan." he said sadly. "I know Ranma-kun." she
said as she hugged him softly.
Later that day P-chan was enjoying a nap on Akane's bed when a
shadow loomed over his small body. "Hello Ryoga." said a female voice.
Ryoga's eyes snapped open as fear ran down his spine. he turned to face
Nabiki, and breathed a small breath of relief. "We need to talk." she
said as she carried him towards the bathroom.
"Jeez Akane you think you could follow the instructions in the
book just once?" said Ranma as he sat up after another one of Akane's
meals.
"You ungrateful jerk!" screamed Akane as she hit him on the head
with her mallet and slammed him face first into the table.
Nabiki looked at Akane darkly. "I'm going on a trip." announced
Nabiki. Everyone turned to look at her. "I'll be gone for two weeks."
she added.
"What where?" said Soun and Ranma in unison.
"I need to do the taxes and I need quiet." she said not entirely
lying.
"Two weeks?" asked Soun sounding distraught and not entirely
convinced.
"We are being audited and I have to sort through all the extra
bills of two free loaders, and the damages from 'The happy couple." she
winked at Ranma and gave Akane a dark look. Causing both to blush. "I�m'
leaving tomorrow." she said.
Ranma wanted to get up and tell every one that he would be going
with her but he knew he could not, not yet.
Soun Reluctantly complied and everyone accepted her excuse.
After allot of crying (Compliments of one Soun Tendo.) Nabiki made her
good byes and left. Once outside She headed for the vacant lot where
Ryoga was staying. "Lets go." she said.
"Are you sure you want to do this? You could be killed, at your
strength you'll at least be very seriously hurt." said Ryoga in the vain
hope she would reconsider.
"I don't care." she said coldly.
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10 DAYS LATER...
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Ryoga looked at Nabiki and sighed in relief. "I told you." she
said looking at him defiantly.
"Your lucky you didn't die." replied Ryoga with an angry look.
"Your secret is safe." she said trying to sound as friendly as
possible, "I'm sorry I had to do this that way." she said.
Ryoga snorted. "So now what?" he said looking at her side ways.
"Now I go home, after I make a stop." she replied. At first he
refused to train her even in light of losing his secret, but after he
heard her reasons he was allot easier to convince. "I missed something."
she said as she walked away leaving a confused Ryoga behind. He followed
her after realizing he didn't know where he was.
"Father Nabiki's home early!" called Kasumi as Nabiki entered the
house.
"Oh, my little girl is home!" he cried. He stopped as she saw
Ryoga standing beside her with a strained look on his face. Ranma ran
down the stairs to greet her but also looked at Ryoga.
Akane looked at Ranma angrily as he ran past her. "Oh Ryoga-kun
you decided to stop by?" she said seeing her friend. Ryoga looked at her
sadly.
"Ranma its time." said Nabiki with a small sad smile. A slow
dawning crept across his face.
"That wasn't a business trip at all?" he said aloud.
"No" said Nabiki.
Ranma grabbed Ryoga by his shirt. "What did you do?" he asked
angrily.
Akane growled at him and pulled out her hammer. "Don't touch him,
Akane." said Nabiki. "You had your chance, I wont let you hurt him any
more." she said sternly. Ranma backed away as the shit was about to hit
the fan.
Akane looked at her sister. "What?"
"You keep your hands off my boyfriend." said Nabiki coldly.
Akane looked at Ranma with an angry look in her eyes. "You..You
pervert!" she yelled as she charged him only to get knocked away by
Nabiki's kick. She stood and looked at Nabiki.
"Ranma and I are engaged Akane." she said as a slow comprehension
hit Akane.
"This has been going on for a while hasn't it?" she said as she
looked at her sister. Nabiki nodded. "And you think I'll just give up
after I almost died for him?" she growled.
"You'll have to no matter what now I'm afraid." said Nabiki with
a sad look.
"You BITCH! yelled Akane as she charged Nabiki. She looked in
horror as Nabiki walked into her punch unfazed.
"You had him Akane. and all you did was hurt him, I wont let you
hurt him any more. 'KATSU TENSHIN AMSGURIKEN"!" Nabiki felt her fist hit
Akane hundreds of times in the space of a second. Akane reeled from the
blow but was not taken out as Nabiki lacked accuracy.
Ranma looked at Ryoga with a questioning glance. Ryoga only
nodded in answer, looking ashamed to have put her through the Bakusai
Tenketsu Training
Akane traded blows with Nabiki and looked angrily at her. I can't
hurt her she thought as her punches had no effect on her sister. She
swung again and Nabiki blocked. Akane started and swung again at the same
spot...blocked again. Akane backed away and looked at Nabiki. She punched
her in the face and chest each time getting hit back and Nabiki made no
attempt to block. She swung at her sister once more, and stopped mid
swing. Nabiki looked at her sisters confused and hurt gaze, and nodded.
Akane looked at her sister and stood. "Late night training in her sisters
room? apparently not." she thought bitterly.
"I found out a few days ago." said Nabiki. Akane turned
wordlessly and walked out of the Dojo, and out into Nerima. Ryoga
followed her wordlessly. Ranma looked at Nabiki and held her as she came
into his arms with tears in her eyes.
Soun looked at his daughter, and frowned. �The wedding will be
tomorrow." he said to Ranma. Ranma nodded and looked at his soon to be
wife. he kissed her and looked at his father.
Genma looked at Soun in horror. "It wasn't supposed to happen
this way." he said.
Akane had not returned after several days. Ranma had tried to
comfort his wife the best he could and her suprise pregnancy had not
helped matters any. They had received a letter saying that she had gone
on a training trip and did not know when she would return, if ever. It
pleaded for them not to worry about her. "This is all our fault Saotome."
cried Soun.
"How so Tendo?" asked Genma trying to comfort his friend.
"The wish, it came true." sobbed Soun from his mat as he lay
distraught on the floor. Genma paled.
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Epilogue 15 years later...
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Ranma sat with Akane on the porch of the Tendo, now Saotome, home
"I'm Glad you decided to visit." he said looking at his sister.
"Well, I love spending time with my nephew, and niece. How are
they anyway? I haven't seen them yet." said Akane cheerfully to her
brother.
"Well Reiko is probably off with Spring. We have to watch them
like a hawk. Ever since he beat Spring me and Shampoo have to watch them
like hawks the little perverts are allot more receptive to that law than
I was with Shampoo." he said looking annoyed. "Mai-chan is working for
Ukyo, I still think she get her cooking skills from your side of the
family but Ucchan says she has promise." He says with an amused smile.
"Baka raising twins has made you soft." said Akane playfully.
"You sound like Ryoga when Akari is not around, I'm still good
enough to kick both your butts." said Ranma with a smile.
"That still pisses me off Here I went and devoted my entire life
to martial arts and travel around the world learning all kinds of things
and I come back and you still dance around like always..." Akane
grumbled. "How do you do it?" she asked.
"Ryoga mostly, he shows up every couple of weeks and we beat on
each other until one of us wins and then drink beer and talk shop and
about old times. Mousse too, whenever he shows up in Japan on business, I
think he and Shampoo have been seeing each other behind the gouls back.
Probly ever since she stopped trying to kill Nabiki ten years ago. You
should have seen the mess we made last time all three of us got
together." said Ranma with a chuckle.
Akane smiled. "So how long you gonna be in town?" asked Ranma.
"Just a few days, you know I like to move around. I'm starting to
feel like Ryoga." said Akane.
"Nah, you actually know where your going most of the time." said
Ranma with a smile.
"So when you gonna find a man?" Teased Ranma.
"Jerk, you know I've been seeing that Teacher in Okinawa for a
while now." she replied. The phone rang and Ranma looked over Akane's
shoulder towards the house.
"Useless old men." he muttered as Soun and Genma continued to
play Shogi and ignored the phone.
"He seems nice." Said Ranma as he got up to answer the phone.
"Hello?...yes dear." Ranma sighed as he picked up his coat and walked
over to Akane. "I gotta go over and Pick up that pervert son of mine from
the Cat Cafe' they were at it again. Luckily Shampoo caught them before
anything happened, wanna come? I�d appreciate the embarrassment factor
you'd provide." he said as he walked towards the door.
"Sure like father like son." she said as she joined him. "Is
Nabiki already there?" Asked Akane.
"How did you..." started Ranma.
"Because you'd be in real trouble if you started calling Shampoo
dear." she quipped. Ranma turned red. "I want to get in a match with my
sister while I'm here and see how good a teacher you really are." said
Akane as they walked out the door.
"Aw come on Akane you know she stopped after Shampoo and Ukyo
stopped trying to kill her, quit teasing her about it already." said
Ranma with a smile.
"We could go by Ucchan's for lunch on the way back." commented
Akane.
"If its open, she and Konatsu have been running off allot lately.
I kind of wonder about them..." said Ranma as he opened the door.
Together the pair walked into Nerima.
C&C to Catbert25@juno.com
DA End.
Well there it is all cleaned up and spell checked. Purty ain't it? I know
Nabiki is OOc in this, but remember she is under the influence of love.
That can do allot to someone's personality. Also remember that Shampoo is
actively trying to kill her. That would be a large incentive to learn
martial arts. Especially since she probably would have to cut her
business dealings down in order to survive. [Just try and keep her away
from money, I dare ya!]
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