Author's Notes: I hate writer's block with a passion. Anyone who writes knows what I'm talking about. Well I'm going to try and conquer my blockage with a little piece. Just a little one. Nothing that will develop into a multichapter story that takes my attention away from The New Girl on the Block or Random Destiny. With that said I hope you all enjoy this little offering.
It Had to Happen Eventually
It had to happen eventually. With all the constant fighting that went on around him there was only one way for it all to end. He didn't like the idea of breaking anyone's heart. The very notion that his rivals really were out for his head never entered his mind. It was surreal to him that someone as great as himself could actually be held in enmity. Ranma Saotome of the Anything Goes School of Martial Arts was like that. A paragon of martial arts and dedication. All who looked to him could see that he ate, drank, breathed, and slept for the Art.
It all changed on that day.
There was nothing that could be done about it really. He had stretched his luck just a hair too far and like a rubber band it had snapped back with biting force. It had to happen. One of the women in his life had finally snared him. He had fought, bitterly too, but to no avail. There was nothing that could be done about it. The rivals cheered while the fiancees wept. He tried to cheer them up, tried to tell them that it wasn't the end, but it was. His whirlwind adventure had come to a close.
It all ended in China.
China. Home of the Musk. Home of the Phoenix People. Home of the Chinese Amazons. Also home of Jusenkyo. Certainly could not forget Jusenkyo. It was how he recieved his curse. Another curse in a long line of curses. Well he now had a new one to add to his list. He was now officially a Chinese Amazon himself. How did it happen? He had eaten at the Nekohanten as he was wont to do and it had been drugged. That wasn't the problem really since he was used to being drugged. What was the problem was that he had gotten into a fight, due to the influence of the potion, and had won spectacularly. It had culminated in the rise of a Hiryu Shoten Ha that could have been seen for kilometers around.
It all happened because of that cyclone.
The potion was twofold. It drew out the battle instincts of the imbiber as well as make the subject more willing to agree. Even agree to things that one normally wouldn't agree to. If he lost, he was to marry. It he won, he was to marry. As Nabiki would say "It was a stacked deck". Ranma did say "Shit". There was nothing he could do since he had announced it in front of the whole Nekohanten. Honor could be a fickle thing. It didn't help matters that his mother was there for a beef ramen. His mother deemed the arrangement manly. No one knows what her reaction to the victory is now since she still seems to be in shock.
It all ends here.
It was a beautiful day for the ceremony. A traditional Amazon wedding would be followed by a traditional Japanese one if only for the bride to have a chance to gloat twice at her catch. The priestess spoke the ancient words of marriage with the bride happily reciting them as well. The groom had to be prodded. A lot. The fiancees were a wreck, the rivals rejoiced, and the fathers of the Saotome and Tendo clans? They were back home getting drunk and playing shogi. Once a fool always a fool. With the end of the ceremony the happy(?) couple turned to each other and spoke softly.
"This really sucks you know." Ranma muttered.
"Just wait until tonight Airen." Cologne cackled.
End
Author's Notes: Yeah I know...wierd. Blame the writer's block...blame the president...blame it on the Bosa Nova...I dunno. Well hope you enjoyed. Ja ne!