O.K.  i think I got this thing figured out.  Please look
through the story and try to spot any mistakes (spelling,
grammar, line breaks, and the like) and let me know.  I
would greatly appreciate it.  Thanks.  If any of you are
interested, what I did was go set the wrap to 70 characters
per line then go through and arrange the rest manually.  It
sucked!
-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