Kuno gulped nervously while Nabiki dragged him all over the wedding that he was officially crashing and happily announced to each couple that...he and Nabiki were getting married. For emphasis she burnished Ranma's rose bouquet at them and then would give him a loving look. He felt like he was trapped inside a bad dream as she fondled his chest and cracked jokes with her female friends about his manhood; he hadn't even been aware that girls discussed that. Yet he could feel him becoming aware of the attractiveness of his self proclaimed fiancée. When had her breasts become so large, her legs so long, her butt so...? he blushed and looked away from her assets.

He endured her attentions until she had the nerve to pinch his buttocks and publically announced that you could bounce a quarter off of it. He gasped in outrage and burnished his real sword at her to hold her at bay. "You will unhand my person Nabiki Tendo" he cried.

"What's the matter Kuno baby, don't you find me as sexy as I find you?" she purred and rubbed herself against him suggestively.

He blushed at the public scrutiny and still had to admit that the red dress that she wore to match Ranma's bowtie (Ryoga's was yellow), as all her wedding attendee did, left little to the imagination and clung to her like a second skin. "You look very nice" he said, trying to hide the fact that he was getting hard and boxers under hamaka pants hid little.

"Looks like you like her Kuno" someone yelled at him.

"What this, are you proposing marriage to my little girl?" Soun Tendo asked, happy to think that someone wanted to marry one of his daughters after Ranma had rejected them all. He'd nearly given up on that idiot Dr. Tofu for his Kasumi.

Nabiki laughed and said "perhaps later now, I think he has other intentions towards me at the moment"

"What this, unhand my virgin daughter you perverted masher" he demanded when he noticed what Kuno's bokken didn't quite manage to conceal when he held it in front of himself, in fact, it just exaggerated the problem if anything. He turned dead white to be making such a spectacle of himself with his bokken jutting comically out in front of his hamaka.

"You ain't that big" someone observed.

"I'm trying to sir" Kuno said attempting to pry the amorous Nabiki off him with his bokken, only to discover that she had the grip of an octopus...and as many hands.

"I'm sure he's plenty big enough" Nabiki said pressing her body against his.

"What's going on here?" shouted Ranma when she realized that someone was taking the attention away from her.

Shampoo and Mousse wandered over, wondering what the commotion was all about. Spotting the bracelets on their wrists, Shampoo happily cried "hiya look airen, happy new couple. I hope they as happy as us" she said and gave him a sappy look that could have melted sugar. His own could have taken out ten jumbo lollypops, a large chocolate fountain and a full wedding cake.

"Kuno-baby's here" Nabiki cried happily.

Ranma could only stare at her at how enthusiastic she was at this revelation. "Pigtailed Girl, I regret that I am gate crashing your nuptials, but am positive that my invitation was merely lost in the mail" Kuno said.

"Yeah that's the reason" Ryoga said facetiously.

"Did you receive my gift of a toaster? I was told that every household requires one of those" he said while Nabiki clung to him ludicrously happy.

"Yes apparently every household needs ten of them" Ranma remarked giving him a weak smile, not happy to see Kuno on her wedding day, but happy that he'd accepted that she was no longer available.

"Then I shall take my leave" he said with a bow and strode away. Ranma looked shocked when Nabiki keeled over when Kuno had almost reached the gate. Suspecting something, she grabbed her wrist, he eyes opened wide to see a familiar bracelet there.

"Ryoga stop him, they're amulet bound!" she cried.

Ryoga looked at Mousse "do you have any rope?" he asked him. Mousse reached behind him and produced one from nowhere. "Someday you'll have to explain to me how you do that" he observed as he quickly tied it into knots. Mousse just smirked and accepted the praises that Shampoo heaped on him as to how talented and clever he was. Ryoga whirled the lasso over his head and caught the kendoist neatly around his upper torso. Giving the rope a swift yank; he stopped him in his tracks. Using his massive strength, he hauled the protesting boy hand over hand back to them.

"Where did you learn to do that?" Ranma asked in awe.

"Spaghetti westerns, I learned how to do it for our honeymoon" he explained with a wink. She just shivered with anticipation.

"I want nothing to do with Nabiki Tendo" Kuno protested.

"Well until you two get this straightened out, you're living with the Tendos" Ranma said. "You have to remain together or she goes into a coma"

"It true, we explained rules when you bought curse" Shampoo said crossing her arms.

"I didn't ask for this, I want my money back" he demanded.

"Actually you did ask for this, you came all the way to China to buy this curse from us. No refunds" Mousse said firmly.

Kuno noticed Nabiki unconscious in her sister Kasumi's arms, he'd felt something tugging him back but had chosen to ignore it. Without thinking he gathered her into his own arms "Nabiki are you okay?" he asked her frantically.

Her arms came around him and she was suddenly kissing him "you came back to me, you do care" she said with her eyes shining.

"I-I" he stammered as her hand came up and stroked his cheek, her smile was wide and...cute. He imagined how her face would look as he made love to her and blushed.

"Time for you to stand up Nabiki" Ryoga said, pulling the girl away from him. "Akane already got the ribbon at my request" Ryoga said to his new wife.

"You think of everything darling" Ranma said affectionately and kissed him and he got lost in her lips...until someone cleared their throat.

"Huh?" Ranma asked, forgetting where she was.

"Wedding banquet, cake, dancing" Mousse said. "Ring any bells?" he asked facetiously.

"Right, we have to greet our guests. Kuno you're now Nabiki's date. Stay close to her and we'll talk later when we get the chance" she said and walked hand in hand with her new husband to the dojo where they were having their reception. They were followed by Mousse and Shampoo, who appeared to be glued together.

Kuno looked to where Nabiki's sister Kasumi was tying a pink ribbon on her hair band-style with a jaunty bow at the side. He had to admit that it leant the crafty girl a touch of innocence. Kasumi was blushing and whispering to Nabiki. "I said what about Kuno?" she cried and blushed furiously. Nabiki may have been a dab hand in the arts of swindling, espionage, extortions and various other practices that generally make someone a bad person, but she was still a virgin.

"The ribbon allows her rational thought" Kasumi explained. "Sorry I have to go help serve" she said and bowed to who she believed was going to be her new bother-in-law. She wondered if he would be strong enough to make Nabiki give up her swindling ways. She personally doubted it, given what she knew about Kuno himself. She left, leaving the potential lovebirds alone.

Nabiki refused to look at him, she flopped her wrist in his direction "why?" she simply said.

"I meant them for Akane. You were just kind of there" he said dully.

Nabiki couldn't help feeling a little hurt as she struggled against the fact that his aftershave was driving her to distraction. All she could think about was removing his clothes and making love with him right there on the grass. She purged her mind of these thoughts. 'Why does he have to be so damned good looking?' she thought.

"Why does everything about you have to do with my sister?" she hissed.

"I love her" Kuno said.

"You don't even know her" she said, thinking about the crush that she had on him ever since she was young. A crush was an apt name for it; after all, he had crushed her hopes when he fell for her sister. "Come on Kuno-baby, I'm hungry and you have to stay with me" she said and he reluctantly followed her.

Nabiki sat beside her unwilling date as she watched speeches from well wishers and the celebration of the love of the unique couple, she couldn't help but feel envious. She had often dreamed of her own wedding, she wanted it to be on a grand scale. She wanted to wear a wedding dress custom designed by Vera Wang or someone of her caliber, ivory perhaps; it was such a lovely shade on her. She'd always pictured it being held at an upscale location. Perhaps a historical building? With beautiful gardens and a grand ballroom to hold her reception in that was decorated exclusively with red roses. She wanted to look like a Disney princess as they had their first dance together as husband and wife. A champagne fountain, the most expensive caterers in town and wedding favours like Versace sunglasses. Everything expensive, a wedding fit for a queen, followed by a honeymoon at a private resort. Of course she hadn't really pictured her groom yet, but had kind of imagined him to be Kuno.

"It's a nice wedding" Kuno said, taking in the tastefully decorated dojo and how the guests were having fun dancing to a combination of j rock and English music. He was enjoying himself, even if his 'date' seemed miles away.

"It's okay, it's just a homemade wedding" she said dismissively. "It's really no different from how my parents used to decorate the dojo for our birthday parties"

Kuno never had had a birthday party, his father didn't believe in frivolous celebrations for children. "Parties were for grown ups" he would say and go on to say that "they should only be thrown to encourage business relationships." Nabiki had never known how he had envied her the one time he'd been invited to her twelfth birthday party. The decorations and games, followed by cake and ice cream had made his own birthday's seem shabby. His sister and himself would eat cake after dinner and then he would open his presents, end of story. The presents were often expensive, but impersonal that had paled in comparison the handmade sweaters or gifts that the Tendos' loving mother had made for them. That cozy, small home with its loving parents and smiling children had seemed like heaven to the young Kuno in comparison to his own museum-like one where he wasn't allow to touch the antiques and his mother and father always fought. He'd been disappointed that he never had been invited back again. He was unaware that Nabiki had been upset that he spent most of the day talking with her younger sister, when Nabiki was supposed to be the birthday girl. She'd hoped that he'd steal her away and give her her first kiss for her birthday.

Ranma and Ryoga felt they had time to have a talk with Nabiki and Kuno, so they sat at their table and were joined by Shampoo and Mousse. Kuno watched the slightly tipsy couple kiss and snapped "Would you two get married already"

"We are; we have traditional Amazon wedding in China. Mousse look so beautiful in wedding gown" she said giving him a loving smile, everyone glanced around, not sure what to make of her statement. "We sorry we no invite you, but was kind of shotgun wedding. We made love a lot, so great-grandmother say if we make love like rabbits, we probably breed like rabbits and she no want great-great-grandchildren born out of wedlock. Now we back in Nerima and reopen Neko Hanten. Great-Grandmother give us deed because we miss being here" she said with a giggle. There were congratulations all around.

Kuno could only stare at the two happy couples that had been brought together by the amulet and shiver. He furtively glanced and Nabiki and wondered if they would be like this a year from now. He couldn't picture it. "How do we get rid of these things?" he cried.

Shampoo turned to him "curse leave body when love is true and then you sell amulet so it no haunt future generations, we explained all this to you"

"I guess I wasn't paying attention" he said. He's only focused on the part that Akane would have amorous feeling for him and would come to love him.

"It too too good curse, it forces you to stay together and you learn about each other. It inspire wanton feelings, everyone knows that most loves start with lust. You start with physical attraction. People have to have an attraction already or curse ignore them. I happy about curse. I always see Mousse as annoying three-year-old who used to follow me around; I fail to see the beautiful man he become until curse. A man who is strong, skillful, brave, handsome...sexy" she said and stared at her husband and continued to until Ranma snapped her fingers in front of the entranced girl. She blushed and giggled.

"What Shampoo was trying to say is that the curse doesn't randomly pick people. Chances are that even if it was Akane who'd answered the door, nothing would have happened. You two must have a bit of a thing for each other"

Kuno said "of course not"

"I have no interest in him whatsoever" Nabiki said.

Kuno felt something splatter all over the front of his shirt. He looked down in surprise to find chocolate coating it. Nabiki could only blink at the wedge of toned chest coated with delectable looking chocolate and went wild.

"I'm so sorry. Are you okay?" a voice said, it was Kasumi's friend Hanoko. Kasumi, trying to save costs, had opted to buy a cheap chocolate fountain rather then rent one and she'd offered to watch it. Hanoko had been trying to top off the chocolate sauce when she'd tripped over a purse someone had been careless with and spilled it.

Kuno picked up a napkin and smiled at her politely "It's quite alright, I'll get cleaned up. I'm sure one of the males of the house can lend me a shirt" he assured the distraught girl. He heard a funny noise and turned around. His eyes widened to see Nabiki being physically restrained by Mousse and Ryoga; she was licking her lips as if already lapping chocolate from his chest.

Once Nabiki had been tamed enough; by that I mean... they had conked her on the head while Kuno stayed near her and tried to enjoy the wedding as best as he could. Though it wasn't anything like he thought it would be, or rather it wasn't anything even close to what he had planned on doing. His plan had failed and it turned out that he was bound to the middle Tendo sister, which seemed like a fate that the gods cruelly set onto him. During the wedding, he wanted to stand by Akane and try to talk to her... he couldn't bring himself to do it. As strange as it seemed, he had a sense of loyalty to Nabiki. Why did the amulet have to be so strong? How could someone as powerful and charming as The Blue Thunder of Furinkan High end up with such a common woman? She wasn't strong or powerful like Akane or the pig tailed girl.

When nighttime came, the awkwardness of everything was there and he still longed to embrace Akane and the pig tailed girl. Ranma of course avoided any contact with Kuno; choosing not to be groped. That and she didn't really want a police record for Ryoga... since Ryoga would most likely kill the bokken wielder if he got too close to her. Jail could really strain a relationship... not that a jail could hold the powerhouse known as Ryoga Hibiki.

Now all of them sat in the dinning room, Nabiki was seated next to Kuno and next to Kuno was Ryoga; who kept a watchful eye on the manic. Next to the lost boy was Ranma, who was strangely close to Ryoga, maybe because Ryoga was leaning on her too heavily. Ranma thought it was sorta' cute... but it was also kinda' annoying. Next to Ranma was Soun at the end of the table, next to the Soun was the bald father of Ranma. Kasumi sat next to Genma and Genma sat next to Akane.

At the other end of the table sat the ancient master "so... thanks to this here amulet" he pointed, meaning Nabiki's and Kuno's new bracelets. "We've had two couples get together and one in the works, have to say... that's one amazing little trinket" Happosai commented.

"I don't care what the heck this thing is...," Nabiki said. taking a sip of her tea, "I'm not going to be this moron's girlfriend"

"Now, now Nabiki... no need to be hasty" Genma said, raising one of his hands up nervously... trying to talk some sense into her. "The amulet's there for a reason, so it's best that you give the amulet a chance before just dismissing the idea of you two"

"Oh can it pops... you just don't wanna' work and since Kuno's rich, that means you don't have ta' worry 'bout working." the redheaded girl said.

"Look... I also don't believe myself and this...," he stopped, noticing the look Soun was giving him.

"This what... Kuno?" he asked, narrowing his eyes. "What could you possibly say that would best describe my perfect little angel?"

The blue thunder had now become the blue static shock; the kind that comes from rubbing socks on a carpet. "Uh... the point is," he stated, clearing his throat. "I don't wish to be with her as much as she doesn't wish to be with me, but as you can currently see, we're trying our best to avoid the possible outcome of these bracelets" with that he turned to the blue haired Tendo, then to the redheaded girl.

"Don't even think about it..." growled Ryoga; he might've been okay with Kuno being at the wedding, but he could still tell that Kuno was very much attracted to his Ranma and in all honestly, he had good reason to be protective.

"Calm down Ryoga...," Ranma sighed, rolling her eyes "I can handle him too, so ya don't no need ta' worry, kay?"

The lost boy nodded his head; he didn't want Ranma being possibly swayed by Kuno. Though once he gave it a quick once over with his thoughts... he concluded that Kuno wasn't even close to possibly even having a chance with Ranma. He did however, feel bad for Akane.

"Look... Kuno, I had to adjust to all these new things. It seems that the bracelets bind you to the person that you want the most and are meant to be with, since Ranma and Ryoga were linked. It's always bothered me that I wasn't the one but once I thought about it, it's okay because I know Ranma's okay with Ryoga... and since Ranma's okay with Ryoga, then I approved of them being together" Akane explained.

The two martial artists nodded their heads slowly, thanking her for the compliment.

"I actually think it'd be better if you end up with Kuno, Akane." Nabiki stated, "Then I wouldn't be stuck with him."

"We have to make the best of it..." Soun said, although he knew one option to get rid of the bracelets, he just didn't want to have to cut off his own daughter's hand.

There was an awkward moment as silence filled the room, "Well... when are you and Ryoga going on your honeymoon, Ranma?" Kasumi asked, hoping to change the subject.

"Oh... well, we're going early in the morning." Ryoga replied,

"Figured we'd get a head start, know what I mean?" Ranma said nervously. Not liking angry tension between Kuno and Nabiki.

Kasumi nodded in agreement. "Well, I suppose we should all call it a night after we're done eating" she suggested.

Kuno hadn't eaten much, the food was good but it was nothing compared to the food he usually ate... at least that's what he kept telling himself. In fact, the food had a good taste to it... it reminded him of the way his own mother used to cook. Not that he was really willing to take a trip down memory lane at the moment.

Once they all finished, the tension between the two polar opposites... still hung in the air. There were some pauses between them whenever they spoke and some thoughts that they fought with all their willpower. Then there was Kuno's way of distracting himself by trying to spark his feelings for Akane and the pigtailed girl... except maybe going for the pig tailed girl would leave him badly bruised and or beaten.

Now the blue thunder sat at the foot of the middle sister's bed. He leaned against it with his arms crossed and his back against the edge of her bed. "To think someone of my social status should fall so low as to sleep on the floor" Kuno commented, "it's degrading."

"Yeah, well... you had to be the arrogant jerk who tried to get my sister with a cursed amulet, so you know what Kuno-Baby?" she asked, making him turn his head to her. "You deserve it..." she stated, she huffed and slipped under the sheets of her bed.

This was far more annoying than Kuno could stand; not to mention everything around him was just awful. Akane had refused him once again and told him to move on, the pigtailed girl was already with the Ryoga boy and he was bound to his photo dealer. Of course the idea of being with her had once crossed his mind, but that was an accident, a fluke, something that wasn't meant to be because Sasuke had provided the fire fortune teller with non-magical wood. To believe there had been an attraction between them at that time was insane! 'Wait... surely Sasuke is worried about me; he must be worried about me by now!'

Kuno Manor

Sasuke sighed contently as he laid in the hot springs of the Kuno manor, "Ah... I love it when master leaves, it allows me such comfort." he commented, also glad that Miss Kodachi was away at a gymnastics' camp. Maybe things were going too smoothly, but Sasuke wasn't about to let that bother him too much right now. He was tense, overworked and under appreciated... even when Kuno had stated that he would be more considerate to the little ninja.

The Next Day...

The sun rose slowly in the sky, changing night from day. All of the houses tenants were fast asleep... well, most of them. In the room of Genma and Ranma... including Ryoga, The two martial artists were busy packing their things for the honeymoon. The lost boy was taking out some clothes from Ranma's drawer; that was until he came across something that felt strange. Looking behind him, he saw that Ranma was deciding which shirt to wear.

Bringing his attention back to the object in his hand, he saw that Ranma had a red bra. "R-Ranma... were you going to wear this?" Ryoga asked.

"Huh?" Ranma asked, then blushed and reached out to take it from Ryoga. "Hey, that was supposed to be a surprise!" Ranma shouted, taking it in her hands.

A trickle of blood came from Ryoga's nose," S-sorry..." Ryoga coughed. "It's nice..." he commented.

"Y-yeah... I knew you'd like it and I know you'll like it when you get to take it off." Ranma smirked, deciding to play with the lost boy a bit. It didn't matter to Ranma that her father was in the room; the man could sleep through a hurricane.

"Really..." Ryoga smirked, "cause I'd rather have you right now..." he replied, moving towards her.

"Hm... don't know maybe we can do a quickie, if you're not way too quick?" Ranma teased.

"Ranma, you know I'm never that fast." he responded, leaning in enough to capture her lips with his. Ranma moved so that she was now draped over Ryoga... their make out sessions would come as randomly as the wind...though wouldn't depart as quickly as it.

Nabiki's Room

Inside the room of the middle sister... there was something odd about her room. There was no bokken wielder at the edge of her bed and one of the strangest things was; Kuno had left his bokken leaning against Nabiki's nightstand. The reason for this was that Kuno hadn't left, but rather made himself comfortable in the bed of the brown haired Tendo sister.

The Blue Thunder was currently lying on his back while the middle sister clung to his side; the blanket had been shoved to the side of the bed, the side nearest to the wall. The top part of his kimono had been moved as to show off more of his well developed chest and his hair had been messed up from his struggles in the night. He sighed and kissed Akane's cheek, or thought he had in his sleep.

Both were still relatively clothed, not naked at all.

"Ungh..." Nabiki groaned when she felt the kiss. She realized there was something soft and warm against pressed her. The feeling was... pleasant, whatever it was smelled nice. Was that... skin? The girl fluttered her eyes opened and saw that she was holding Kuno in her arms.

"Aieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!" she screamed, startling the kendoist wake.