[Ranma][FanFic] One Simple Wish
carro...@my-deja.com
A Ranma 1/2 fanfic by CarrotGlace
One simple wish.
I own none of the characters so don't sue me as they all belong
to Takahashi samma. The song 'Don't turn around' by Ace of Base
originally inspired this. 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 Tendo 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!"
he started to cry.
"It is said that those who travel here are granted a single
wish," said Saotome 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.
Genma froze up in a sort of dazed fear, but 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 the man,
barely 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 in their eyes.
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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!"
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 mountaintop and the cave had once been.
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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 quickly composed
herself. "What brought that on?" she wondered.
Ranma looked at her for a moment and stopped. "Does she always
watch me like that?" he wondered...
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A few days later the two joyous travelers returned to their
home. "Oh father, Mr. Saotome! you're home! Every one will be so
pleased," Kasumi cheerfully greeted the two men.
"Where are Ranma and Akane?" the two men asked.
Seemingly in reply the thumping of a chase started from the
bedrooms, "Ranma you JERK!" came from upstairs and Ranma flew over the
rail, over the living room, and crashed into the Koi pond outside.
"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 as the tears welled up in their eyes. "It
didn't work...nothing's changed!"
Genma grabbed his friend by his dogi, "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,
he noticed Nabiki's gaze was on him again.
"What's wrong with you?" asked Akane sounding angry as she
noticed he wasn't shoving his breakfast into his mouth this morning.
"Nothing," replied Ranma glancing at Nabiki, mysteriously his
breakfast kept getting smaller as his father ate.
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.
The boy looked uneasy as the girl watched 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, that's what's bothering me, she
hasn't tried to get a single yen out of me in days."
"What's 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," commented Akane as she dragged him outside for
school.
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A few days later Akane walked up to Nabiki uneasily; things has
continued as they had from the day Genma and Soun returned from the
sacred mountain. Of course none of the children knew about that
trip. "What's with you two? You've been avoiding each other all week,
do you have something on Ranma?" she asked her sister sounding angry.
"More than you'll ever know," said Nabiki. "But that has
nothing to do with this," she continued dryly.
"What's going on?" asked Akane.
"It's better if you don't know," replied Nabiki. Akane looked
at her for a moment and frowned, "and don't bother asking Ranma because
he doesn't know," she added and winced at her actions.
Just then Ranma walked by with Shampoo and Ukyo in tow. "I said
I'm not hungry!" he cried in frustration.
Akane's face darkened "Jerk," she growled, suddenly she
stopped. Had someone else said that too? She turned to face Nabiki and
saw her slowly moving away she walked towards her room. "I must have
imagined it..."
"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?"
"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 in a tone that frightened the boy slightly.
"What mercenary girl want with Ranma?" asked Shampoo angrily.
"It's none of your business, a personal business matter,"
Nabiki narrowed her eyes at the pair and smiled slightly. "It's also
important Ranma," she turned and walked away.
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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 you're 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 you're in love with me,"
she angrily.
"What?!! No way! 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, but the girl cut him off
abruptly.
"Can it Ranma, I think this is just one of Colognes games, now
tell me, it's very important. Do you love me?" she looked at him with a
hurt and angry gaze.
"Yeah," he said looking ashamed and angry, he hated when things
like this happened to him, unfortunately they happened a lot.
"Don't be ashamed, it's 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, "and I don't like having
my feelings toyed with."
"You think I do?" he asked looking at her with a small amount
of pain in his eyes.
She blushed remembering the time she tricked him into being her
fiancee'. "I am sorry about that ... " she said turning her gaze away
from him. "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 feign 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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Part 2 What do you want?
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Nabiki looked at Cologne angrily. "Spell? I'm afraid I don't
know what you're talking about child," Replied the elder Amazon.
"What?" growled 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?" asked 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.
The Amazon looked at her coolly. "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 answered 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 seen how she deals with her problems, especially after
the engagement thing," said Nabiki dryly "Ranma please stop looking at
me that way," she said after a moment blushing slightly.
Ranma turned red and turned away. "Cologne what can we do?"
asked Ranma.
Cologne looked at him.
"He used my name?" she thought idly, the old woman took something from
her clothes. Ranma immediately recognized it, "the Reversal jewel?" he
said with a slightly strained voice. The boy was an easy to read
person, Nabiki knew he did not like this item.
"Yes its original purpose was to counter love spells, what you
know of it is just an interesting side effect. Place it on its side
over your heart child; 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."
"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 leapt 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."
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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 Amazon girl.
"The thread of love that was between Ranma and Akane has been
severed it is now a one sided love," the elder 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 he had with Akane; 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, 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.
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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!" cried Kuno in desperation, 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,
he looked back to see Ranma holding him forcefully down.
"That's enough Kuno," he said through his teeth.
"Take your hands off my personage knave!" growled Kuno through
the pain.
Ranma tightened his grip and the kendoist cried out in pain. "I said
that's enough," he said coldly.
"No, Ranma you stop," said Akane from behind him.
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Ranma looked at his fiancee with sad eyes, they where standing
in a quiet corner of Furinkan High School's hallways. "What's gotten
into you Ranma? You've become Nabiki's guard dog and you haven't spoken
to me in weeks. Whatever 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 confused and hurt with her fiancee.
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The next day Ranma ate his breakfast in his usual manner with
the exception of his apparent loss of interest in Akane, she 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.
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"Ranma?" asked Nabiki as she walked along side him.
"Hnn?" replied Ranma pretending he wasn't watching her.
"Don't turn away I'm a lot more observant than Akane," she said
with a wry smile. Ranma blushed. "Do you want to be cured?" she asked
him nervously.
"Huh?" 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 ... "
Nabiki grabbed him and kissed him hard on the lips eventually
probing his mouth with her tongue, he hugged her and returned the kiss
after a brief moment of surprise, 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, remember the last time we tried
something like this? You have to avoid her at all cost now," said Ranma
warningly.
"You can train me," said the girl with a small smile as she
thought about a buff and tried looking Ranma after his usual workouts.
"I can and will, you're 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."
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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 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; she had
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.
"Yeah, in a few months maybe, you're 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 help train her was beyond him. "Perhaps she
likes his flashy nature? After all the girl had seen him fight a great
deal more than himself," he reluctantly complied in the end.
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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 sister's determination. He 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.
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Shampoo growled at the luck of Nabiki Tendo as she stood on the
rooftops of Nermima. 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, nowhere near 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...
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Ukyo Kuonji 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
time to see his own fiancee? He is going to have some explaining to
do," she mentally growled.
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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; "Wait a minute! That is 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
stared at Kuonji with a hard gaze. "Excuse me?"
"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, and 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.
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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.
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"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. Akane hit him on the head with her fist and he fell face first
on 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."
"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."
Ranma wanted to get up and tell every one that he would be
going with her but he knew he could not yet.
Soun Reluctantly complied and everyone accepted her excuse.
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After a lot 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. "Let's 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.
"You're lucky you didn't die!" replied Ryoga with an angry
growl.
"Your secret is safe," she said trying to sound as friendly as
possible, "I'm sorry I had to do this that way." Ryoga snorted at her
as she said this.
"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 a lot 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.
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"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 rushed down the stairs to greet her but also looked at
Ryoga, Akane glared at Ranma angrily as he ran past her.
"Oh Ryoga-kun you decided to stop by?" she said seeing her
friend, Ryoga smiled nervously.
"Ranma its time," she said sadly. A slow dawning crept across
his face.
"That wasn't a business trip at all?" he said aloud looking
surprised.
"No," confirmed Nabiki.
Ranma grabbed Ryoga by his shirt. "What did you do?" he asked
angrily.
Akane growled at him and started to glow, "Ranma!!"
"Don't touch him, Akane!" said Nabiki sharply. "I won't 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 fiancee," 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
her sister's kick, she stood and looked at the girl in confusion.
"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 suddenly overshadowing her anger.
"You bitch!" yelled Akane as she was overcome in anger and
charged her sister like a mad bull. She looked in horror as Nabiki
walked into her punch unfazed. "You had him Akane, and all you did was
hurt him, I won't let you hurt him any more! KATSU TENSHIN AMSGURIKEN!"
Nabiki felt her fist hit her sister hundreds of times in the space of a
second. The girl reeled from the blow but was not taken out. Nabiki
lacked accuracy or any real power.
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 sister's confused and hurt gaze, and nodded.
Akane looked at her sister and turned away. "Late night
training in her sisters room? Apparently not," she thought bitterly.
"I found out a few days ago, after I finished training," said
the elder sister as she moved her arms away from her stomach.
Akane turned wordlessly and walked out of the Dojo, and out
into Nerima. Ryoga followed her quietly.
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 the boy.
Ranma nodded and looked at his soon to be wife, he kissed her and
looked at his father.
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Genma looked at Soun in horror even after several days had
passed, "It wasn't supposed to happen this way," Akane had not returned
for several days; Ranma had tried to comfort his wife the best he could
and her surprise pregnancy had not helped matters any. They had
received a letter from Akane yesterday, stating 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. "And now my little girl..."
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Epilogue 15 years later...
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Ranma sat with Akane on the porch of the 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."
"Well Reiko is probably off with spring, ever since he beat her
me and Shampoo have to watch them like hawks; the little perverts are a
lot 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 said 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?"
"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 ghoul's
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 and looked
somewhat wistful. "So how long you gonna be in town?"
"Just a few days, you know I like to move around, I'm starting
to feel like Ryoga," said the woman cheerfully.
"Nah, you actually know where your going most of the time,"
said Ranma with a smile. "So when you gonna find a man?"
"Jerk, you know I've been seeing that Teacher in Okinawa for a
while now. You sound like Auntie Saotome," she replied.
"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 and smiled. "I want to get
in a match with my sister while I'm here and see how good a teacher you
really are," Akane frowned a little and moved her arms around
impatiently as they walked out the door.
"Aww, come on Akane, you know she stopped after Shampoo stopped
trying to kill her, quit teasing her about it already," said Ranma with
a smile.
Together the pair walked into Nerima.
DA End.
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