Part 4: Nabiki. 

Warning, this part is a Lime.

What has gone before:
	Part 1: Akane meets Ranma at age 12.  They spar.  Akane walks in on Ranma
	Part 2: Ryoga first appears.  Ranma shows off in Gym class.  Ranma is
challenged to teach the class gymnastics.  Ranma walks in on Akane.
	Part 3: Akane teaches the uneven bars.  Sensei Ogawa has an agenda.
Nabiki takes a picture.  Ranma walks in on Akane.

	Nabiki Tendo should have known that pasting a blow up of Ranma nearly
kissing Akane, carefully cropped so they appeared to be nude, on Akane's
English book was going to cause problems.  Ranma was red with
embarrassment. And Akane, well... Akane didn't know the picture was there.
(although some of her classmates had spotted it when she pulled it out of
her backpack.)  So, she could be excused for not hiding it when she was
called to read before the class.  It was fortunate that the piece was
rather humorous, otherwise the teacher might have suspected something.
	It was a good thing that class ended after her reading, because it gave
Ranma a chance to tell Akane about the picture.  "Ah, Akane, remember that
picture Nabiki took a couple days ago?" he asked.  Akane nodded.  "Well,
she pasted it to the back of your English book."
	"I'm going to kill Nabiki!" rang out in the hallway, as Akane ran towards
Nabiki's fourth period Economics Class.  Ranma, after a pause, followed.
	"Akane, this isn't going to help," Ranma said, pulling along side her.
"You'll just end up getting in trouble.  Come on, we've got Gym.  You can
get your revenge later."
	They had just reach Nabiki's classroom.  Inside, Nabiki could be seen in a
terrified cringe.
"Plus, revenge is a dish best served cold," Ranma said, turning Akane from
her target.  "Now, it's the girl's turn to do the vault this week.  How
would you like to run that?"
	"What about the uneven bars?" Akane asked, as Ranma kept a firm grasp on
her, steering her to the gym.
	"I'm checking people there today," Ranma said.  "I'm sure they'll be
better than the pommel horse.  That was a disaster."

	Generally Akane sat with Nabiki at lunch, and Ranma joined her.  But
today, she rather mad at her sister, so she sat with her oldest sister,
Kasumi.  There were several reasons why Akane usually didn't sit with
Kasumi.  Kasumi was three years older in her final year of junior high, and
had little in common with Akane, while Nabiki shared some of the same
friends, being just a year older.  Kasumi was also a little air-headed, and
way too traditional for Akane's tastes.  But that wasn't why she didn't eat
lunch with Kasumi often.
	"You're still not eating the crusts?" Kasumi said.  "I thought you out
grew that years ago."
	"Well, if the bread wasn't burnt," Akane said before she could stop herself.
	"I know, I burnt the bread again," Kasumi said.  "Perhaps I should give up
on bread making."
	"Please don't Kasumi," Akane said. The bread was actually quite good,
especially compared to the store bought bread that she had eaten over at
Ranma's during the previous night's study session.  "It's quite good."
	Ranma arrived slightly late.  He placed his lunch bag down next to Akane.
"Hi Akane," Ranma said.  "I almost didn't find you.  Why aren't you eating
with Nabiki today?"
	"I'm still mad about that picture," Akane said.  "So I decided to sit with
Kasumi.  What did Sensei Ogawa want?"
	"She's critiquing my teaching methods," Ranma said.  "Says I need to give
more compliments.  I don't know why.  My Dad never does."
	"Ranma, your Dad has the craziest training methods I've ever heard of,"
Akane said.  "I think Sensei Ogawa may know more about teaching than he does."
	"Sensei Ogawa has won the Best Teacher Award for Neima," Kasumi noted.
Then she noticed that Ranma and Akane had exchanged desserts.  "What's
wrong with the cherry pie, Akane?"
	"Nothing, Kasumi," Akane said.  "I'm just tired of pie, and Ranma loves
it, so we trade.  I get his chocolate pudding, he gets my pie."
	"And I think I get the better side of the trade," Ranma said.  "It's a
really good pie, Kasumi."
	"Thank you, Ranma," Kasumi said.

	"Are you sure this will work?" Akane whispered.  She and Ranma were both
in the bathroom, waiting.
	"It will," Ranma said, listening.

	Outside of the changing room, Nabiki was wondering where Ranma was.  He
wasn't in the Dojo, the kitchen, or Akane's room.  Maybe he was in the
changing room?

	The changing room door's latch was easily heard by Ranma and Akane. They
looked at each other, and Akane giggled.  Then they took up their positions.

	He wasn't in the changing room.  Wasn't that Akane's giggle?  And the
water wasn't running.  There was no sound of splashing water.  What was
going on in there?  Nabiki opened the door to the bath.  There was Ranma.
Naked. With her little sister in his arms.  Who was also naked.  Both
kissing passionately.  All semblance of consciousness left.

	Hearing the sound of someone collapsing, Ranma and Akane stopped kissing
and turned to see Nabiki laying on the floor.  "It looks like it worked,"
Akane said, reluctantly pulling away.
	"Yeah, it did," Ranma said.  "What should we do with her?"
	"Put her in her bed," Akane said, turning to pick up her robe.  
	Ranma put on the one he'd brought from his place when it had became
apparent that Kasumi wouldn't let him leave until he bathed.  Together,
they carried Nabiki up to her room.
	"By the way, Ranma," Akane said, as they entered Nabiki's room.  "That was
a nice kiss.  It felt really good."
	"It was," Ranma said, as they laid Nabiki down.  "I liked it."
	"I could tell," Akane giggled.
	It was to that giggle that Nabiki awoke.  "How did I get here?" she asked.
	"You fainted," Akane said.  "So Ranma and I carried you up here.  If
you're okay, Ranma and I will return to our bath."  Nabiki nodded and Ranma
and Akane left the room.
	Images of what she had seen flooded back into Nabiki's brain.  It appeared
that Akane was beating her at everything now.  Akane was better at martial
arts (not that Nabiki really cared about that).  Kasumi was a better cook.
And now Akane was ahead in the boyfriend category.  Apparently way ahead.
Sure Nabiki had some guys check her out.  At thirteen her figure was
filling out nicely, but Akane had gotten a kiss, a very romantic kiss from
a guy when both were nude.  It probably would have gone further if Nabiki
hadn't interrupted.  The worse part was, Nabiki felt that she had cause the
whole thing.  She had been continuing her teasing of Akane just like she
had for years.  It had always been fun to get Akane embarrassed.  She
always gave a satisfying reaction.  This time, it just made Nabiki
depressed.  

	Ranma and Akane relaxed in the furo, the warm water kneading out the
strains that their work out had given them.  The two weeks of constant
interrupting each other in the bath due to Nabiki's tricks had made them
give up on separate baths.  Still this was the first time they had relaxed
together in the furo.  So they were a little nervous.
	"Ranma, do you really think that our plan will stop Nabiki?" Akane asked.
	"I don't know, it was your idea," Ranma said.  "Plus, it's not like she
can do it now."
	"What do you mean?" Akane asked.
	"Well, we can't exactly walk in on each other if we are both here," Ranma
said.
	"Right," Akane said.  Then she got a glimmer in her eye.  "And this time,
I get to tell her how it felt."
	"What do you mean?" Ranma asked.
	"Well... When Kasumi went to the dance last year, Nabiki and I spent hours
questioning her about it," Akane said.  "Today, I did something neither of
them have done.  I got a romantic kiss from a handsome guy."
	"Who?" Ranma said.
	"You, you silly boy," Akane said, splashing him.
	"Silly?" Ranma said returning fire.  
	The bath quickly dissolved into a water fight.

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