"Young Hearts Unyielding."
-By Moonlyte Junko
Chapter one
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"Akane, what are you doing?" Ranma Saotome asked, a slight bit shocked to see Akane so close to him.
Akane looked up at him hurt playing across her face,"What do you mean? I'm just showering my husband with
affection. Is there something wrong with that?" she asked. "No, I'm just not use to it, that's all,"Ranma defended himself.
"Oh. So your not use to having the uncute tomboy cuddling you?" she asked, anger in her voice. "No, that's not it at all-I..."
Akane giggled, it was so much to fun to make Ranma squirm like that. "I was just playing." she said and leaned closer
to him. Ranma smiled a little bit. It felt sort of nice cuddling with her like that. It was much nicer to the alternative of a big
wooden mallet making contact with his skull. He relaxed and put his arm around his wife. "You look really kawaii
today." he said and smiled towards the ceiling so Akane couldn't see him blushing. But she knew he was, he couldn't
hide it from her. She just leaned her head on his shoulder and smiled. The second wedding had been better than the first,
which had been ultimately ruined by Ranma's assortment of fiancees. The second wedding had been held in secret,
and everyone, except their immediate family knew about it. It was probably better that way, although Akane
didn't like Ranma's other fiancee's trying to get to him. Of course, Ranma was hers, she knew that. Smiling with
content thoughts, she lowered her head, and fell asleep on his shoulder.
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Ukyou Kuonji was busy cleaning off the grill at "Ucchan's." It had been a busy day, and plenty of customers
came in, but not Ranma. It was odd considering that Ranma was a usual, and that she was his cute fiancee.
A knot of worry formed in her stomache, that one night ago, there was a ceromony of some sort at Ranma's house.
She, nor anyone else was aloud in, and Kasumi had told them it was celebrating her birthday. Ukyou had just dismissed
this as true, since Kasumi was the sweet unlying woman that she was. But still Ukyou couldn't resist the feeling
that something sneaky had gone on behind her back. Ukyou sighed, and thought about things. She knew that
Ranma was somewhere with Akane, and that disturbed her considering they had already tried to get married once.
Ukyou shook the thoughts out of her head and happily went back to humming and cleaning off the grill.
Ryouga stumbled into the restraunt,"Excuse me but does anybody know the way to Furikan High?" he asked.
Ukyou laughed and Ryouga glowered at her. "In the one year or so that I've known you, all your good
for is getting lost." Ryouga gave her an annoyed look,"What do you know? All your good for is cooking."
he said with a grin and slid into the seat. It wasn't Ranma, but it was better than noone. "What will it be?"
she asked. "Anything, but no pork." Ryouga said. Ukyou smiled, for some reason he always said that and she
never had the nerve to ask him. Ryouga watched as she stirred the batter and set the japanese pizza
to cook on the grill. "You've been gone for a while, where've you been all this time?" Ukyou asked, as
she kept her eyes on the Okonomiyaki. "To tell you the truth, I don't know. I had to spend a night in a feild
full of cows though." Ukyou looked up at him with a look that said your kidding,right? Ryouga shrugged.
"I feel sorry for you, stupid and lost." Ukyou said and she prepared the plate and handed it to Ryouga.
"Har,har." Ryouga said and grabbed the Okonomiyaki and with a few quick bites it was gone. Ukyou
stared in disbelief,"You were hungry huh?" Ryouga only nodded. "So why did you want to find Furikan High?"
Ukyou asked getting to the original question. Ryouga looked embarrassed,"Well, I got a letter from my mom
and she told me that she wanted me to go to school, since I've missed so much." he said. Ukyou
smirked. "You'll probably get lost on the way to the bathroom." Ukyou said and started to prepare a second
helping for Ryouga,"That only happened once!" Ryouga defended and Ukyou smiled at him.
Kina cute when he acts so offended like thatUkyou thought and smiled. "Where are you going to live until
then?" she asked. Ryouga face faulted,"I guess I forgot about that little detail." Ukyou laughed. "Sometimes
I worry about you Ryouga." she said and handed him a second helping. "Actually another reason I came back to see the girl
I've had a crush on for a long time." he said. Ukyou raised an eyebrow,"Lemme guess, Akane?" Ryouga looked
down at his plate,"You could say that."
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Akane woke up and saw her husband asleep, getting up carefully enough as not to wake him she crept
to the kitchen to get a quick bite to eat. When she got in she saw Nabiki, muching on some toast and reading
a book at the kitchen table. "Hi, oneechan." Akane said. Nabiki looked up and grinned,"Oh, so Mrs.Saomtome
waltez into my mist." she said with a grin. Akane smirked,"Well, someones in a good mood. Who'd you manipulate now?"
she asked with a laugh. A catlike smile spread across Nabiki's fair face. Raising one hand she held
up a diamond ring,"Soon you'll be calling me Mrs. Kuno Nabiki." she said with a grin. Akane
gasped, although it really didn't surprise her. It was bound to happen one way or another.
"I guess you can pay me now." Nabiki said with a little yawn. Akane raised her eyebrows in surprise.
"For what?" Nabiki let out a triumphant purr,"Why for getting Kuno off yours and Ranma's backs,my
dear little sister." Nabiki said, intending to sound tender, but sounding certainly evil.
Akane put her hands on her hips, her sister was one of the most manipulative people in the world.
But in her eyes.
Could Akane be seeing..love?
Love for Kuno?
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"So, if your coming back to see Akane..did you break up with Akari?" Ryouga twindled his
fingers,"Well the truth is, I haven't yet. I need to work out my feelings with..Akane." Ryouga
said. Ukyou nodded, and was busy preparing his fourth Okonomiyaki. He didn't say he was hungry,
but he didn't neccissarily tell her to stop and she was itching for company that day. Konatsu
had the day off due to the flu, and Ranma hadn't come in that day leaving her bored.
"So how about you and Ranma?" Ryouga asked, hoping Ukyou didn't hear the worry in his voice.
"Slow, really slow." she said softly,"Kinda like buissness lately." she said with a half-hearted grin.
She heard Ryouga let out a relieved sigh. "Ryouga.." she began,"By any chance, would the girl
you have a crush on, not be Akane?" she asked. Ryouga looked away,"Uh, no it's Akane."
Ukyou leaned towards him,"Your a bad liar." she said and went to the back of the restruant.
Ryouga only watched. Well, there goes my chance. he thought sadly, and picking up his things
preparing to leave. He heard the sound of something flying at him. Turning around he grabbed it.
It was a book entitled, "Algebra Volumes 1-4." Ukyou grinned,"If your starting highschool again you'll
need a tutor." she said. Ryouga looked at the book and then back at her. He sat down on one
of the stools. "Open the book to page one, it's the little vertical line with a indent on top." she said in a sing
song voice. Ryouga glowered at her but didn't say anything. Ukyou sat down and cross her legs,"Besides
If you want to get Akane to like you, you better be smart." she said with a grin, emphasizing the name Akane.
Ryouga set down his book,"Don't mock me." Ukyou looked surprised,"Mocking?" she asked, innocently.
Ryouga leaned foward and smoothed back her hair. Ukyou was speechless. As they leaned closer Ukyou
felt her heart pound. She pulled away at the last second,"Ok, Ryouga. Here is the first problem: 4 + A=54.
What is A?" she asked while blushing. Ryouga sat back down in his seat and sighed."50." he muttered.
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White pumps clicked along and made small echoes in the Kuno Mansion. "Kuno-baby.." Nabiki said in a low voice.
"I distintcly told you that I don't like that name!" Her fiancee said from the staircase. Nabiki gave him a small
hug and then leaned on his chest,"Oh, don't be upset Kuno-baby,"she said loving to push his buttons.
Kuno just snorted. "Besides, how is your sister's intensive therapy going?" she inquired.
"Well she didn't try to hide cyanide in my breakfast this morning," Kuno muttered. Nabiki gave another
famous feline smile,"Oh why..that's good." she said ruffling his hair. The art of manipulating
was simple, Kuno probably the easiest. All you had to do was pet him and he'd
give you anything you want. Nabiki sighed hapilly at her good fortune, knowing she would
soon tap into the Kuno Fortune. Kuno raised and eyebrow,"Ah?" Nabiki grinned.
"Oh, Kuno-baby. You humor me, I'm not trying to push a deal through. I just want to be with
my fiancee." she said. And the funny thing was, she wasn't lying.
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Ranma like before, enjoyed the special times he could enjoy alone with his wife. For instance
kissing was a good thing. An even better thing was she wouldn't hurt him for doing so.
Of course Shampoo could walk in through the wall any second and cause serious complications.
"Akane, when do you think we should tell anyone? You know, about us being...husband and wife?"
Ranma said with a goofy grin. Akane leaned on him,"Well,perhaps in a room with rubber walls
and no sharp objects." she said. "Sort of like Kodachi's room?" Ranma asked. This caused
Akane to let out a very feminine giggle. Like before, he did enjoy those special times.
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To be continued