Subject: [FFML] [Fanfic][Ranma] The Taming of the Horse Chapter 8: 

Wedding

The Taming of the Horse

    ~~~~~ Chapter 8: Wedding ~~~~~

    "Saotome!" Genma told Soun firmly.

    "Tendo!" Soun told Genma firmly.

*"Tastes Great!"  "Less Filling!"*

    "Don't you remember what your mother said?"  Akane's
voice changed to a fair imitation of Nodoka's.  "'Engaged
couples can do this!  Engaged couples can do that!  Engaged
couples can do whatever they like!'  Right now, this half of
this engaged couple would like you to sit down here and
snuggle a little."

*Is this based off a scene in the OS?  I haven't seen the later 
chpaters.*

    Ranma had sprung to his feet and faced her, noses six
inches apart.  "Dammit, that's not what I meant!  I wanna
marry you!  I just wanted to give you an engagement ring
first!"

*Alright!  Ranma standing up for himself _without_ being insulting!  And 
well-developed to reach this point, too.  Bravo!*

    Akane opened her mouth to retort, and then his words
registered.  Her eyes went wide and she threw her arms
around his neck.  "Ranma, really?!  I'm sorry!  I thought
you meant..."

*I will not be posting another boring diatribe on ellipses punctuation 
at this time.*

    "Who is it!" Akane called, still sitting on the bed but
suddenly four feet from Ranma.

*It's still a question:  "Who is it?!"  (The double-punctuation is 
legal, in this instance, as you need to reference both the query and the 
volume.)*

    "Hey, it's got more characters, don't it?"  Ranma
grinned.

*Did you really mean for this line to have as many interpretations as I 
got out of it (at least three)?*

    Nodoka nodded understandingly.  "Of course.  Ranma, be
a dear and run along, would you?  Girl talk," she added when
Ranma looked rebellious at the dismissal.

    Ranma's expression changed quickly.  He left almost as
quickly.

*Presumably before he was cast into the role of a participant.*

    "Oba-sama... you're pretty wise yourself."

*"... as long as we're not talking about concubines, that is."*

    Akane took a step forward, fists clenched.  Nabiki held
her hands up in mock defense.  "Hey, I don't blame you.
Ranma's a hunk.  With any luck, he'll turn out to be a stud,
too."  She watched Akane suddenly glance at Kasumi, and was
surprised when Kasumi put a hand to her mouth and giggled.
"What?"

*snicker*

    "You know the technical term for girls who rely on the
rhythm method, don't you?" Nabiki interrupted.

*Hmmm... "teenage mothers"?  "Fools"?  "Catholics"?*

    Akane waved her hand and sighed.  "I don't think they'd
help.  Ranma wouldn't be interested in the biology ones, and
the only way he'd study a sex manual is if it was three
hundred years old and written in Chinese."

*"Oh, that's fine, Akane.  This Chinese translation of the Kama Sutra 
that Doctor Tofu left me is twice that old."*

    "The minister certainly looks... durable," Nodoka
whispered to Genma.  She was wearing a fine kimono, and
looked somewhat out of place next to Genma's claw-hammer
coat and loudly striped trousers.

*GAAHH!!  The scary thing is that I can actually _see_ that outfit.*

    Nabiki pressed the Play button on her boom box.  Da da
da-daaaaa... da DA da-daaaa...

*"Boom-boom shackalackalacka boom... boom-boom shackalacka boom-boom--"  
"Ooops.  I guess I taped over it after the last wedding...."*

    Ranma did not waste time protesting.  "HAMMER!" she
shrieked, flipping.

    "ANVIL!"  Akane yelled at the same moment, pivoting.

    WHAM!

    "...ouch..." Happosai mumbled before falling senseless.

*Ooohhh....  I _like_ it!*

    Ranma sniffed.  "Whatever it is, it's a used one.
Yuck."  He closed the box and put it under the table.  "I
wonder if he meant it for me or for you," he said to Akane.

    "You're welcome to it."

*No... must... fight.... Mustn't apply... hentai... interpretations....*

    Akane stripped the paper off.  "Oh.  Um..."  She looked
down at "The Taming of the Horse: An Equestrian's Guide" and
resisted the urge to brain her eldest sister with it.

*BWAHAHAHAH!!!*

    "It's a business plan for the dojo," Nabiki said
impatiently.  "Class schedules, tax forms, permit
applications, bookkeeping, advertising, everything."

*Nice.  Perfect, in fact.*

    "Such a deal I got," Nabiki boasted.  "You'll be amazed
when you get there."

*The mind boggles....*

    Ranma reached up and felt his ring, secured at the base
of his pigtail by the hands of his wife.  He turned and
looked at her.  "It's good," he said.

    ~~~~~ end of Wedding ~~~~~

*Bravo!  Bravo!  C&C on 9 to follow later this evening.*

Next: "'It's not exactly what I imagined for our honeymoon,' Akane said
softly."
in Chapter 9: Honeymoon
to be posted tomorrow, since it's the longest (and last) chapter.


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