The long awaited (not long enough for some people) part 3 of my first
fic is ready.  Pleas go easy on me...
-Sel


This should be the last installment of A Wrongful Wish. If it's not, I
give the readers permission to flog
me or something. I'll try to make this chapter as big as possible. And
as a forewarning, parts of this will
be dark. But in the end it will have a happy ending. ? Ah well. Akane
has apologized to Ranma and
admitted that she liked him. And Shampoo let Ranma and Akane know that
Cologne has something up
her small sleeve. What she has planned is the death of Ranma and she is
using Ryoga as her tool. (Quell
all hentai thoughts here and now!) Anyway, that�s the gist of it. So
here we go!

A Wrongful Wish Pt 3

Nabiki looked up from her manga as her bedroom door opened. She smiled
as Akane stepped in,
scowling as usual. "Thanks for coming, Sis."
"What did you want Nabiki?" Akane asked, a little more venom in her
voice than she'd have liked.
"What's wrong?" Nabiki asked.
Akanes scowl deepened. "That baka of a fiancee is gone and he didn�t
tell me where he went." She
growled. "I don�t mean to be jealous but�" she trailed off, unwilling to
continue.
"But you think he's with that purple haired girl." Nabiki finished for
her. When Akane nodded, she
continued. "That�s why I called you here." Nabiki noted her sisters
confused look.
"You know where he is?" Akane asked.
"No. I called you here to ask you a question." Nabiki said. "I don�t
trust that guy. He showed up two
days ago and attacked his father. And he won your heart in those two
days. In my personal opinion,
Kuno is better." She saw Akane scowl but continued anyway. "Then he
claims to be from another
dimension and time. To top it all off, he thinks he knows us. I think he
has a few screws loose." Nabiki
made a crazy motion with her hand.
"Well I believe him." Akane said. "His dad was complaining about him
being a lousy martial artist, and
he showed up and mopped the floor with him." She paused as if to
consider something else. "And I
have a feeling like we've met before�"
Nabiki shook her head. "Whatever. Anyway, I need you to spy on him. Get
as much info on him as
possible."
Akane looked at her in shock. "Spy on my own fiancee?! Why!?"
"Like I said, I don�t trust him. And I'll find out what I can." Nabiki
stood up and gave Akane a hug. "All
I want is for my baby sister to be safe."
Akane returned the hug hesitantly. "'K, but I won't do anything to hurt
him. I do like him."
Nabiki stepped back with a huge grin plastered on her face. "Not by the
way you two act."
"Oh shut up!"
Nabiki waited for her door to close before lying back down with her
comic. <Hmmm�I wonder where
he is? > She thought.
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Ranma sneezed as he watched his father dig a father large hole in the
forest. "What is that Baka up to
now?" he mumbled to himself. "I have a feeling that this concerns me."
He watched Genma sit down on the edge of the hole and open a book. It
was too far away for Ranma
to see what the title was but he was getting a bad feeling about it. He
absently rubbed his head. That last
hit really hurt. It had taken some explaining on his part but he
convinced Akane that the other Akane
was the one from his real dimension. She finally bought it and let Ranma
recuperate in peace.
He froze when Genma stood up. What is that Ba�
"Now to get Ranma." Genma announced to no one in particular.
"Shit!" Ranma swore. "Gotta get home." He jumped out of the tree he had
been hiding in and sprinted
off too fast to hear Genmas next words.
"Oops! Gotta go to the pet store first." He said. "Need those cats."
Changing direction he then headed
for the nearest store while studying the book. He rarely even glanced up
from it to see where he was
going. "Um hum�yes�" He mumbled while looking through the book.
"I almost don�t even have enough money for the cats." He said. "We'll
skip the sausage."
He flipped through the pages until he found what he wanted. "Ah! The
effects of the technique. Must be
done properly? Feh! What are the results if it's not? Insanity?" Genma
ignored the many people staring
at him as he went into the pet shop, laughing hysterically.
He came out minutes later dragging a large carrier on wheels behind him.
Coming from it were mews
and purrs. "With the Neko-ken, my boy will be invincible!"
And with that he headed back to the pit.
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"All right Ryoga, now focus all your strength, through your finger, at
this boulder."
Ryoga did as she was told and jabbed the large rock with her right index
finger. She felt something
crack and pulled her finger back in pain. "OOOWWWW!" she shouted, waving
the digit in the air. She
was so focused on her pain that she failed to notice the splinter of
rock come off.
"Ryoga, you are not concentrating enough." Cologne chided. "Focus only
on destroying the rock." She
provided him with another demonstration, jabbing the boulder and turning
it to pebbles.
Ryoga shielded her face from the debris with the hand that wasn�t in
pain. "You make it look so easy."
She complained. "Plus if I were in my normal form, I could do it."
"How many times do I have to tell you, if you can do it in that form,"
she gestured at Ryoga, "You can
do it easier when you're a man." She spoke the last word with disgust.
"Now try again."
Ryoga sighed and limped over to a boulder. When they first started, the
old hag had started throwing
the rocks at her, hoping she would get the move out of desperation.
However, Ryoga missed dodging a
boulder and it hit her in the ankle, instantly spraining it. "Stupid old
woman�" she muttered. "I probably
wont get this move down�Bakusai Tenketsu!"
The boulder looked normal, and Ryoga thought, <Great! Another fail� >
but she was shocked out of
her thoughts when the boulder began to crack, then crumbled to dust. She
smiled to herself and then
looked at Cologne who was smiling herself. "Did it! I did it." She
shouted.
Cologne hopped over to the maniacal girl and put her hand on her
shoulder. "Very good. Now ten more
and we'll go to the next test." She ignored Ryogas complaints as she
walked back to her seat. "You can
begin now."
Ryoga muttered again before beginning. Envisioning Colognes face on the
rock, she struck. "Bakusai
Tenketsu!" crack! "Bakusai Tenketsu!" She shouted again picturing
Colognes face. Crack! She did this
a few more times before finding another outlet. "Damn you Ranma! This is
all your fault! Bakusai
Tenketsu!" This time the rock detonated instead of cracking, sending
rock shards everywhere.
However, Ryoga was too enraged and depressed to notice and continued
shattering rocks.
"Hold up young lady!" Cologne shouted. "You�ve done well."
"I. Am. A. Guy." Ryoga seethed.
"Whatever. Are you ready for the next test?" Cologne asked.
"Next test? What other test?" Ryoga responded.
In response, Cologne backed up a few steps, picked up a boulder, and
tossed it at Ryoga. Ryoga
'eeped' as the hunk of rock slammed into her face.
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Ranma finally made it back to the dojo. He had run faster than he had
ever run before to get back and
was now feeling extremely stupid. He knew that his father would never
get to be that fast.
"Awww�huff�crap!" he said as he stumbled inside. "I-I'm home!"
Akane darted around the corner and tackled him to the ground in a
hug-and proceeded to punch him in
the jaw. "Jeeze!" Ranma shouted after Akane let him up. "What was that
for?"
"For making me worry about you!" Akane shouted back. "Where were you!?"
Ranmas mind didn�t register her second question as he was stuck on the
fact Akane said she was
worried about him. "You-you were worried about me?" Ranma asked
stupidly.
"I just said that you Baka." Akane replied. "Where were you?" she
repeated in a more civil tone.
Ranma was still in shock about Akane admitting that she was worried
about him, he could only mumble
a reply. "S-spying on Oyaji�" he shook his head to clear the cobwebs.
"Speaking of which, where is
he?"
"I don�t know. He said something about a secret technique."
Then it clicked in Ranmas head. The familiarity of the location, the
book, and the size of the pit all meant
only one thing. Ranmas face paled and he began to lose his balance. "No!
Not that!" he said reaching
out to a nearby table for balance.
"What? Ranma what's wrong?" Akane asked worriedly.
Ranma finally lost his battle and passed out. "Ranma!" Akane shouted.
"C'mon Ranma, say something."
Akane pleaded, tears beginning to form. "Dad! Dad, help!"
"Daughter, I'm in the dining room." Soun replied. Akane sprinted in his
direction, and failed to notice
Ranma being dragged off.
"Dad! Ranmas in trouble. I told him what his father was doing and he
passed out and now he won't
wake up." Akane said frantically. She was trying to hold back the tears
but failed miserably.
"He is probably sleeping."
Akane glared at her father and grabbed his arm to drag him into the
family room. "I'm serious. Now
come on."
Soun calmly finished his beer and stood up when they got there. "Where
is he?"
Akane began to glow. "He was here. That jerk ticked me!" she shouted
lividly. "Wait until I get my
hands on him."
Soun calmly (crying his eyes out) said, "Why don�t you follow him. He is
your fianc� after all. You
should find where he�" (Sobbing all the while) Then he noticed Akane had
her backpack on and was
headed out the door. "Be careful!" He turned back around to get back to
his seat. "If she kills him, our
families will never be united.
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Genma shifted the weight of his son on his shoulder. Even though his son
was a girl now, she was
extremely heavy. "Boy, you need to work out more." He said even though
Ranma was still unconscious.
"This is probably the only advantage to your girl side."
Finally reaching the clearing, Genma dropped his son down on the grass
with a hollow thud. In one of
his kinder moments he decided to let Ranma wake on her own than
splashing her, and was content on
reading his book. "Says here that the results should be�hmm�increased
speed, agility and strength.
Must be done properly�bah!"
He walked over to the pit to double-check the dimensions of it. Sure
enough, they were off but Genma
blew that off too. Checking another time to see if Ranma was awake, he
noticed that she was stirring.
"Ah, boy do I have a surprise for you!" he said happily.
Ranma sat up and rubbed the back of her head. "What happened?" she
asked. "And where am I?"
"You fainted, therefore saving me the trouble of knocking you out. We're
here to start your�" Genma
said, but was interrupted.
"You couldn�t knock me out if your life depended on it, Oyaji." Ranma
spat. "Anyway, where ever we
are, I'm going home."
Genma stepped in front of her. "I can't let you do that boy. I went to
all this trou�" Genma was again
interrupted.
"And what are you going to do to stop me?" Ranma growled, dropping into
a light defensive stance.
"If that�s the way you want it, boy." Genma replied. He attacked and was
surprised when Ranma fell
back, frightened out of her mind.
"Ohmygodohmygodohmygod�" Ranma said trailing off. Her eyes were widening
by the second.
"What is it boy?" Genma asked. Ranma just pointed behind him. Genma
turned around and saw the
source of Ranmas fear. A tiny white kitten. "How did you get out?" Genma
asked, picking the Kitty up.
He turned back to Ranma and saw that she had her back to a tree. "Oh
well better begin your training
now."
Ranma saw her father coming with the large viscous beast in his hand and
tried desperately to get away.
"Getitawaygetitaway!" she shouted, trying to back up even more.
Genma was astounded. His son, afraid of a tiny, little, kitten. This was
bad. He stepped closer and
watched Ranmas fingers dig into the tree. "This is for your own good
Ranma." He said. Then he shoved
the cat in her face.
"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH"
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"Uh oh!" Nayru said, stepping away from the window. "This is bad. Din!
Farore!" she called as she ran
to the main room of their castle.
"What is it now?" Din asked disgustedly. "I'm busy." She held up a TV
guide.
Nayru grabbed her sister's arm and dragged her toward the viewing
window. "I don�t care what you're
doing. This is important." She practically flung Din at the window.
"Look!"
"Holy shit!" Din said, dropping the magazine. She watched as Ranma
shuddered and went into the
Neko-ken, then kicked her father around the forest. "Hey this is kinda
funny."
"You idiot!" Nayru said, trying not to shout and failing miserably.
"Don�t you get it?"
"No. But it's funny."
Then Farore walked in. "What's funny?" she asked as she yawned. (Hey,
even goddesses get tired.)
"Oh, good, its you." Nayru ran over to Farore and proceeded to drag her
to the window. "Look!"
Farores eyes widened in realization. "Oh dear! This is very bad."
Din still hadn't caught on. "What? Why is this so bad?" she asked,
gesturing to the window.
Farore grabbed Din by the shoulders. "Tell me. What is the Neko-ken?"
she asked.
"A technique that Ranma knows. Very powerful and�" Din trailed off. She
looked at the window
where Nayru was looking down worriedly. "You mean, Ranma might�?" she
drew her finger across
her throat.
Farore nodded. "Uh-huh."
Din wrenched herself out of her sister's grasp and ran to the window.
"We gotta do something." She
pleaded. "If Ranma does, ki�ki�that," she drew her finger across her
throat again, "He'll ruin his life."
"Well, duh!" Farore said. "You have a knack for the obvious."
"Care to repeat that?" Din growled.
"I said, don�t you hav�"
"But what can we do?" Nayru asked, breaking the tension between her two
sisters. "We can't do
anything for Ranma for a few days yet." Then she resumed looking down on
the fight. "Ohh! Ranmas so
cute when he's a girl!"
The other two ignored that comment. Farore shook her head as she
thought. "Well, we could make
Genma a decent martial artist. He might�" but she was again interrupted,
this time by Dins hysteric
laughter. "What's so funny?"
"You haa haa ha think making Genma a martial artist will work?" she
asked in between spasms of
laughter. Farore nodded and Din calmed a bit. "That would be about as
good as us going down there
and stopping it physically." She pointed out.
Suddenly, Nayru was frantic. "We have to hurry!" she cried. "Ranmas
getting violent!"
After the other two recovered from their face fault, Nayru spoke up.
"Akane always had a calming
effect on Ranma. Why not bring her there?" She waited for the approval
of the others. "Ok! Then lets
do it!"
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Akane grumbled as she shifted the weight of her backpack. When she found
Ranma she was going to
tear him apart. Tricking her like that. How dare he? Just when she was
starting to get used to the
engagement, he has to pull something like that. She felt the anger flow
through her veins. "O.K. Akane.
Calm down. You don�t need to do this to your self." She said. <Save it
for Ranma. > She thought.
Then she had a thought. What reason did Ranma have to do this? Its not
like he has a girlfriend. He's
only been here for three days now, and he even admitted that he liked
Akane. Akane forced the
jealousy back. And, even though she was no doctor, she knew when someone
had passed out. <So
why did I overreact when that happened? > She thought. Then another part
of her mind spoke up. <But
who would have taken him? > Finally the jealous part chimed in.
<Probably that slut, Sham-whatever. >
She set her backpack down and sat on a near by log. "Oh, my head." She
complained. She looked
around and realized that she hadn't the slightest idea of where to look.
"Great now I'm lost."
<You know I'm right. > Jealousy said. <No you're not! > A new voice,
concern, said. <He might be
hurt you know? > Pretty soon all the parts of her mind were arguing,
giving Akane a pounding
headache. "Will you all just shut up and go away?!" She shouted at the
top of her lungs.
"Sorry. I thought you needed help."
Akane jumped to her feet and whirled around in shock. "Where did you
come from?" she asked while
trying to calm her self. "And who are you?"
The woman turned back around. "You said you were lost so I decided to
help. But you told me to go
so�" she turned to leave again.
"No! Don�t go�" Akane pleaded. <I need someone to talk to so bad I'm
beginning to hear voices. >
"I knew that you needed help." The woman said. Akane got a good look at
her. She was wearing a
pink robe tied with a maroon sash, had blue eyes, and long blond hair in
a braid with a ridiculously large
flower in it. She looked almost god like. "What did you need help with?"
she finally asked.
"Ummm�I'm looking for my fiancee, really. You see he�" she started.
"Is that him over there?" the woman asked. "Beating up that man?" she
pointed over Akanes shoulder.
Akane looked in that direction. "No, that�s a girl." She said. Ignorance
slapped her around a little. <You
Idiot! He turns into a girl remember? > "I mean, yeah that�s him�er
her."
Akane didn�t realize that she had just been transported ten miles or
that the beautiful woman was gone.
She just ran up to where Ranma was mauling her father. "Ranma!" she
shouted.
Ranma looked at her and meowed. "Meroww?" her hand was raised above
Genmas unconscious head
for the final blow.
"Ranma drop him." She commanded. Ranma did so and Genma regained enough
consciousness to roll
away�right into the cat pit. [Rowrrr! Hiss! Spit! Claw! Scratch! And
numerous other painful sounds]
Akane walked over to Ranma and glared at her. "Why are you acting like
that?" she snapped.
Ranma just meowed. Akane took her head in her hands. "Why me?" she
asked. Then she looked at
Ranma again who was curled up at her feet. "You're acting like a cat."
Then she recalled Ranma
mentioning the Neko-ken.
Flashback
"Well I wouldn�t if you hadn't taught me the Neko-ken" Ranma said
End
"So this is what the Neko-ken is." Akane said in realization. "Oh Ranma,
I'm so sorry."
However Ranma didn�t hear this as she had fallen asleep. "You idiot."
Akane said gently. She couldn�t
help but rub Ranmas head as she said it. "When you wake up, we'll go
home."
In the background, various sounds of pain and agony can be heard as
Genma continued to be mauled
by the angry felines.
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Shampoo was beginning to get worried. Her great-grandmother left with
that strange girl over three
days ago and hadn't returned yet. Sure, Cologne had done this before,
but this was a strange land. Who
knew what kind of people lived here? Granted, Cologne was a big girl,
(Ugly too! Smack!!!) and she
could take care of her self, but Shampoo couldn�t help but be worried.
All this new technology� She
shuddered when she thought of her great-grandmother getting shot in the
head.
She brushed that aside. Cologne would be careful enough not to get in
trouble. Even so, she was gone,
and that meant� Shampoo squealed in delight at the thought of making one
of her own potions. How
'bout a sneezing potion in case Mousse showed up? Or maybe a love potion
for snaring Ranma? She
sighed at that one. A potion that would convince Ranma of who he really
loved.
She squealed again as she made a list of what she would need. She
stuffed it in her pocket and ran out
the door.
Meanwhile at the front desk�
"Y-yes officer? H-how can I-I help you?" The manager asked nervously. He
was obviously hiding
something. "Anything a-at all."
However, this particular officer was not concerned with such matters.
His thoughts were filled with
visions of a violet maned goddess of love. "Yes. Did a purple haired,
Chinese woman check in here
anytime this week?" he asked. "We need her for questioning."
The manager, convinced that the officer was not after him, calmed down
considerably. "No, but I did
see a smaller, older Chinese woman come in. Very nice woman." He said,
remembering the wad of
cash.
The officer looked down trodden. "And I was sure that she was here. Oh
well. If you see her, let me
know." He hung his head sadly and began to leave when a purple blur
caught his eye. "It's her! Hey
wait!" he shouted. "I just want to talk."
The manager watched him sprint off after her. "Strange man." He mumbled.

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"Ouch! It hurts it hurtsithurts!" Ryoga complained, holding her ailing
forehead and kicking her feet from
her spot on her back. When Cologne tossed that boulder at her, Ryoga had
not been ready for it and
had taken the rock right in the face. Needless to say, a large lump was
forming right in the center of her
forehead.
Cologne looked at Ryoga in scorn. Actually, she was trying to contain
her laughter and it looked like
scorn. When she finally regained control of herself, she attempted to
talk. "Why did you let that hit you?"
she asked, trying to control spasms of laughter. "You said that you were
ready."
"I said I was ready for the next test." Ryoga said as she sat up, still
holding the lump on her head. "Not
for you to toss the rock at me you old hag!"
That earned her a whack from Cologne but it didn�t stop her laughter.
"You should treat me with
respect young man." She said. She had purposely been calling him a girl
because 1: He was a girl at the
moment and had been for about a week now and 2: She knew that it pissed
her off. "Now then, let me
know when you want to start the next phase of your training." She
finished.
Ryoga grumbled to her self as she rubbed the new lump on her head. This
dried up old monkey was
really starting to tick her off. But it would be worth it when Ranma was
dead. At least the hag was
calling her a man. "I'm ready now." She said then cringed as the touched
her forehead. "Ouch!"
Cologne watched her stand up and hopped over to a nearby boulder and
hefted it. "Let me know�"
"Now!" Ryoga shouted. She watched Cologne effortlessly hurl the large
hunk of rock at her.
Concentrating on only that rock, she lashed out and shattered it into
dust. She and Cologne both smiled
at how easily that had come, but all Ryoga needed was an outlet for her
anger and depression. Ranma.
<Now you're mine, Ranma. > They both thought grimly.
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The crickets had just woken up, and the sun was just peeking over the
horizon, spreading gold and
violet rays. However, the crickets were not the only things awake.
Kasumi Tendo was too, as well as
another shadowy figure. This shadow seemed too large to be moving as
quietly as it was and yet it was
making no noise. And it was quiet enough to sneak up on one Ranma
Saotome.
Ranma was, at this time, asleep and snoring contentedly. One couldn�t
blame him either. After his father
had tried (emphasis on tried.) to teach him a technique that he already
knew, he had used it and it had
exhausted him. Now he was unaware as the shadow crept closer and closer�

SPLASH!! Ranma felt the cold water of the koi pond envelop her now
smaller frame. After realizing
that she couldn�t breathe under water she poked her head above the
surface and looked for the culprit.
"All right!" she shouted, coughing water from her lungs. "Who did that?"

When no one answered she crawled out of the pond and into the kitchen,
where Kasumi was happily
preparing breakfast. Then she noticed the small girl on the floor. "Oh,
Ranma-kun! You're awake.
Would you like some hot water?" she asked. Ranma coughed and tried to
nod, but Kasumi under stood
her. She set a kettle on the stove and helped Ranma to her feet. "Are
you all right?" she asked.
Ranma coughed a few more times before answering. "I am but cough whoever
did that is going to die."
Kasumi just smiled as Genma walked in shaking his head. "I knew that you
were just lucky when-
ooofff!" he was cut off when Ranma implanted her fist in his chest,
knocking the wind out of him and
sending him careening into the back yard.
"What was that Pop!" she shouted, leaping after him. She didn�t hear the
teakettle whistle.
However Kasumi did. "Oh dear. He forgot his water."
Meanwhile, in Akanes room, the sounds of her fiancees battle with her
father was waking her up. Her
eyes slitted open before actually opening as she remembered the previous
day�and events�
Flash back�
Akane checked her watch for the millionth time, since Ranma had fallen
asleep. Three hours had passed
and she still wasn�t awake. And all this time the cats were still
mauling Genma. "Ranma wake up."
Akane said. "I don�t want to carry you home."
But Ranma just mumbled something and continued sleeping.
End flashback�
Akane rubbed her sore muscles. Even though Ranma was smaller and lighter
than she was, Akane was
still not used to carrying a load that big. Plus, she had gotten lost on
the way back. She didn�t know
how that happened either. She was pretty sure of the path back to
civilization. But she finally got back.
She sat up and rubbed her eyes wearily. What day was it anyway? Monday,
she thought. "Ugh! A
school day�" she mumbled before sitting getting up. She grabbed her gi
and went into the bathroom,
emerging a short time later clad in it. She headed down the stairs, and
smiled at the aroma of her sisters
cooking.
Soun had since gotten up as well and greeted his daughter in his usual
way�after she gets back from a
trip. Holding her legs and bawling his eyes out. "Oh, Akane! I'm so glad
that you're Ok." He cried.
She, however, was so transfixed on what was going on in the yard that
she ignored her father and
Kasumi. Ranma and her father were sparring, but not in any way that she
had seen before. Leaping ten
to twenty feet in the air over the pond, Ranma would repeadiatly strike
at Genma and block his attacks.
But it seemed that Ranma was holding back. She knew that Ranma was good
but she also knew that a
martial artist should never hold�
Another splash snapped her from her reverie. She watched Ranma land
right in front of her and stick
her tongue out at the panda. "Stupid old man. You'll never beat mEE!"
She began dodging a flurry of
blows from the panda, Making Akane jump out of the way or be trampled.
"Watch what you're doing you idiot!" Akane shouted. Ranma turned her
attention away from the fat
animal and looked at Akane. Genma decided to attack but didn�t account
on Ranma punching him in
the head, knocking him out.
"Huh? Oh sorry Akane." She extended her hand to Akane.
Akane accepted it and hot to her feet, but backed away in shock when
Ranma changed. "Wha?" she
said.
Kasumi stepped from behind Ranma and went over to the unconscious panda.
Akane relaxed visibly
when she saw that. "So," she began casually as she headed out toward the
dojo. "Are you ready for
school?"
"School?" Ranma asked, perplexed.
"Yes school, stupid." Akane replied, slugging him in the arm. "Dad, said
that he talked to your dad
about it. They agreed that you would go to furinkan."
Ranma groaned as he rubbed his arm. "Ugh, Kuno�"
"You know him?" Akane asked. Ranma was about to reply but Akane
continued. "Oh, I forgot about
the wish you made."
Ranma was about to say something but was again interrupted. "Akane.
Could you come up here
please?" Nabiki said from her window. Ranma looked up at her with barely
hidden annoyance and
found her returning a similar look. One of distrust.
"Sorry Ranma." Akane said before running off. To his surprise she came
back and gave him a quick
peck on the cheek then turned and ran.
Ranma reached up to the still tingly skin and smiled. < She likes me� >
But Akane had and ulterior motive behind the kiss. Sure, she wanted to
kiss him. He was cute and
handsome and�cute�nice too, but she knew that Nabiki was watching and
wanted to get her riled up.
Apparently it worked as Nabiki was sitting on her bet with her arms over
her chest and a scowl on her
face. "Well�" Akane said.
"Before I start�what was that for?"
"What?" Akane said. "The kiss?" Nabiki nodded. "Can't I kiss my own
fiancee?"
Nabiki humphed before continuing. "Whatever. So," she began her tone
lighter, "What did you find
out?"
"Nothing that you couldn�t have." Akane said. "He's a good martial
artist, he really dislikes his
father�um�oh and he's afraid of his mother." there was along pause
before Nabiki spoke up.
"Why?" she asked astonished.
"He told me that if she finds out about his curse, he'll have to commit
seppuku." Akane said.
Nabikis expression didn�t change, but she silently pitied Ranma. Even
she loved her mother. When she
was alive. "Anything else?"
Akane umm'ed and looked above her head.
"Um what? Is that all?" Nabiki asked annoyed. Akane nodded. "I should
have done this by my self."
Akane shrugged and walked out. "Who am I to stop you?"
 "Akane wait�" Nabiki pleaded.
"Look Nabiki," Akane said in a tone that made Nabiki cringe. "He is my
fiancee and I do not want to
do anything to hurt him. He has made it clear to me that he likes me,
even loves me. I don�t know the
extension of my feelings for him but I do know I like him. So, leave me
out of this!"
Nabiki watched her sister leave and suddenly felt like crying. All she
was trying to do was protect her.
She had a very bad feeling about that Saotome kid. She flinched when
Akane slammed the door behind
her. "At least I have something to use against him."
Akane stomped down the stairs and back to the dojo. Now she was in a bad
mood. She didn�t need
this, this morning but Nabiki insisted on doing it. Then she noticed
Ranma. He was still in the position
she had left him with his hand on his cheek. When she got close she
could hear him mumbling. "She
kiss�kissed�me."
Of course Akane took that in the wrong way, probably because of the mood
she was in, and
immediately got angry. <Why that� > she thought menacingly, balling up
her fists. <I thought he liked
me. > She finally succeeded in containing her anger but sadness welled
up in its place. "Why Ranma?"
she said through her tears.
Ranma turned around and faced her, a giddy smile on his face. However,
she couldn�t see that because
the tears streaming down her face blurred her vision. He finally noticed
that she was crying and snapped
out of it. "What?"
"I th-thought you l-like-d me." Akane cried.
"Akane I don�t like you, I�" however he didn�t finish the sentence as
Akane ran off sobbing. "What'd
I do?" Then his words replayed themselves in his head. <Akane I don�t
like you� > "Oh good job
baka!" he growled at himself. "Akane wait!" he shouted running after
her.
"Tendo, I have a feeling that those two are never going to get along."
Genma said, never looking up
from the shogi board.
"Please Akane I�WHUMP!!!"
Soun just cried.
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"Please talk to me, Akane!" Ranma pleaded. "I don�t even know what I
said." He knew that was a lie.
Akane ignored him.
"C'mon Akane. Tell me what I did. Whatever it is I'm sorry for it."
Ranma begged.
Akane ignored him.
"Please Akane. Whatever you want, I'll do it just tell me what I did."
Now Ranma was on his knees.
Akane didn�t ignore him this time. "I'll tell you what you did!" she
screamed. "You practically proclaim
your love for me then when I kiss you, you say you don�t like me!" she
began to sob again, ignoring the
stares of the passers by.
"You didn�t let me finish what I was saying." Ranma shot back.
"I don�t want to know what you were going to say." She said, still
crying.
Ranma stood up and crossed his arms. "Figures. I knew that you would act
un-cute." He said. <You
shit head! > His mind yelled at him. <Don�t ruin what you�ve got goin'.

In an inspiration, Ranma

decided to listen to his mind.
"Pervert." Akane said.
Ranma shut his eyes and counted to ten before speaking again. "What I
was going to say was�"
Akane turned away and crossed her arms. "I don�t want to hear it."
"�I don�t like you."
Akane turned around horrified. "You-you don�t l-like me? For real?" she
said, her eyes again filling with
tears.
"I l�lov�love you." Ranma spat out. He didn�t see Akane turn around and
look at him because he
had his eyes closed. "I-I've loved you since the day I laid eyes on you,
but I was too proud to admit it.
Akane," he opened his eyes and stared into her big brown eyes and the
words froze in his throat. His
face inched closer, closer, and then�
Akane slugged him in the jaw, knocking him to the ground. He looked up
at her astonished. "You Jerk!"
she spat. "You lead me on like that then pull that! I hate you! I don�t
ever want to see your face again!"
Then acting against her words, she, knelt down, scooped Ranma up in her
arms, and kissed him full on
the lips.
Needless to say, Ranma was a little more than surprised. He tensed up,
but soon melted into the kiss.
He was enjoying himself so much that he zoned out, and didn�t notice
when Akane pulled away.
She looked at his face and noticed the silly grin on his face then
hugged him. "I�I think I love you
too�jerk." Then she checked her watch. "Oh no! We're going to be late
for class!"
Ranma felt himself get tugged and snapped out of his stupor and noticed
Akane sprinting off toward the
school. Wordlessly, he sprinted off after her, thinking only of the
kiss.
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 Nabiki watched and listened to her sister and Ranma from a distance and
what she heard was not
good. At least in her opinion.
"I'll tell you what you did! You practically proclaim your love for me
then when I kiss you, you say you
don�t like me!" she began to sob again.
Nabiki scowled and thought of bad things to do to Ranma, but he
responded.
"You didn�t let me finish what I was saying."
 <Oh. This should be good� > Nabiki thought.
"I don�t want to know what you were going to say."
<Way to go Akane! >
She watched Ranma stand up and cross his arms. "Figures. I knew that you
would act un-cute." He
said. <Ok, that's it. > Nabiki thought. <I'm gonna kill him. > Then she
saw him wince at his own words.
"Pervert." Akane said.
Nabiki silently cheered for her sister. If Ranma deserved anything, it
was to get a slap in the face like
this.
"What I was going to say was�" Ranma set his jaw and closed his eyes, as
if what he was about to say
was the hardest thing in the world.
<He had better not hurt her or I'll� > Nabiki let the threat hang.
Akane turned her back from Nabiki and crossed her arms. "I don�t want to
hear it." She said still in
tears. But Ranma continued anyway.
"I don�t like you�" he said.
"I've heard enough." Nabiki said to her self as she turned to leave.
She didn�t know that she missed the last of their conversation and the
kiss, but she stopped and turned
back around to look at them. What she saw horrified her. Even after what
he said, he was still chasing
after her. "That bastard!" she spat, her fists clenched angrily. "I'm
going to kill him. That is a promise."
And Nabiki always kept her promises.
End Part 3
Ok I lied. This wasn�t the last part. Sue me. NO! I was kidding! Please
don�t. I'm broke anyway. Well
it seems like Ranma made a very dangerous enemy. Whats gonna happen?
Heehee� no teaser of part
four this time. You will just have to wait. I will, however, tell you
that I'm going to try to fit the
goddesses in to it more.
"You'd better�" Din growls.
"Oh, be nice Din." Nayru says. "At least he put us in this fic. We
should show him some hospitality."
(Eyes widen in fear.) Oh well. Come back soon for part four.
-Sel

Like I said...go easy...
P.S. Hey JG!  Didja get my last message?