From: springgrl@aol.com (SPRINGGRL)

Fancy Meeting You Here

By MrsUkyoHabiki

Ranma and Akane's wedding (the fifth attempt) was a great

success. It was a success in that the couple in question actually

got to say "I do", they actually were happy about it, and the

property damage was kept to a minimum. No one seemed to mind that

during the exchange of vows that the groom became a damp girl or that

the tears of the father of the bride caused water damage to the

floor.

Against all odds, the best man at the ceremony was Ryoga Habiki.

Yes he was still Ranma's rival and yes he still had a mild crush on

Akane. However, the rivalry had cooled over time and his affection

for Akane had become more platonic. The bridesmaids at the wedding

included Akari, the real reason Ryoga had chilled out. He and Akari

had become a major item. She never minded that he could turn into a

pig and she gave him unconditional affection. In fact the night

before the wedding,they had explicitly shared in a night of

unconditional affection indeed.

The other two bridesmaids were Ukyo and Konatsu. Technically,

Konatsu is a man but he ended up looking just as nice in the light

blue bridesmaid dress as either Ukyo or Akari. Ukyo, for once, was

not trying to blow up the reception or kidnap Kasumi (thus the

destruction of wedding attempt number 3). No, she had come to a weird

acceptance of everything. If her relationship with Ranma was to be

the defining relationship of her life, it should be of friendship and

love rather than hatred and revenge. Although she still loved him

in a sense, she was happy for Akane and Ranma.

Still the fans of Nerima craziness were not to be cheated this

day. The couple cut the cake and fed each other. Then the bride threw

the bouquet. Kasumi caught it. It was just then that Happosai decided

to make his entrance.

"Sweeto!" The sight of so many fine young ladies in formalwear

was too much for everyone's least favorite pervert. He leeched onto

Ukyo and received a spatula to the head. He clutched the bosom of

Akane and was rewarded by the mallet of doom. He contemplated briefly

glomping Nabiki but then decided just as quickly that he liked his

life and didn't want it to end. He then turned to Akari, which was

his biggest mistake.

As he nuzzled his head between her light blue clad breasts,

Happosai was being marked for near death by both Ryoga and

Akari's pig, Katsunishiki, who had been quietly eating cake nearby.

"Aiiiiiiiiiiiiyyeeee" Akari screeched. Her 'bash and kill' reflex

kicked in and she punched the pervert in the head. He reluctantly

released her from his grasp only to be met by an irate Sumo pig. The

old man was a pervert but he was also fast. He evaded the charging

pig with his speed. He was then met by a very pissed off Ryoga

holding a steel chair from the reception. Ryoga chased the old man,

swinging the chair as he went. Happosai dodged and retaliated getting

in several good hits on Ryoga. Ryoga was tough though and he kept

chasing Happosai. Happosai, furious at being distracted from the fine

ladies, decided to retaliate in full. He slammed Ryoga into a wall.

Ryoga crashed through the wall with such force that he broke the

water line there. It was not a hot water line.

In front of all witnesses, the muscular martial artist was

reduced to his porcine form. His small pig snout peeked out from

under his tuxedo. For all but one person, this was no surprise.

"P-Chan! Ryoga was P-Chan?!?" Akane screamed. "Ranma, you knew

about this didn't you?" Her eyes promised pain for her new husband

and for the pig on the floor. Fortunately for them, Happosai had the

bad fortune of being in Akane's path.

"Die Pervert!" she screamed unleashing a mallet tinged in red at

the old man. Happosai went flying through the roof. Akane stomped off

into the house.

"It ain't like you think, Akane..." Ranma began as he followed

her.

Akari had been watching this spectacle from the side as she

straightened out her dress. She had not been surprised by Ryoga's

change of course but Akane's reaction had surprised her indeed. She

picked up Ryoga from the floor.

"We need to have a talk dear.", she said to the pig she was

holding by its bandana. She also grabbed his tuxedo and she walked

into the Tendo house.

Loud screaming echoed through the house. Nonetheless, Akari found

a room where the sound was muted. She fetched some hot water and

reverted Ryoga to his human form. Her back was turned to him as he

changed back into his tuxedo.

"So you were her pet?" Akari asked, trying to remain calm. Her

intuition was screaming at her telling her something was very wrong

with this scenario.

"Yes. I can explain. Well. Kind of." he trailed off. Viewed from

his current perspective, the way he had treated Akane seemed very

dishonorable. He sighed and sat down in a nearby chair.

"Why did you pretend to be her pet? Why doesn't she know you turn

into a pig?" Akari was starting to show her agitation. She knew she

wasn't going to like his answers.

"I used to have a crush on Akane. I...I used to be 'P-Chan' for

her so I could be near her and hear her thoughts. I don't know why

she never figured it out herself. Ranma never told her because I made

him promise not to."

"Is that all? Why was she so mad then?" Akari responded trying to

stay reasonable.

"Well.."

"Well?"

Ryoga sighed. The truth was out there now and he knew Akari

should hear the story from him.

"She used to take me into her bed as P-Chan at night. She's mad

because...because I saw her..I saw her in her underwear." (And less

but Akari didn't need to know that, did she?)

"Let me get this straight. You used being a pig to peep on a girl

you cared about?" Akari replied. This was getting crazy. More crazy

than sumo pigs and people changing forms in water? Maybe not, but

this was still insane.

Ryoga merely hung his head in shame. Akari, who had been standing

in front of Ryoga, leaned down and raised his head so that he looked

into her eyes. He could tell she was angry from her expression. But

he also saw a weird sadness as he looked into her large brown eyes.

"I love you Ryoga." She said simply. His heart filled with hope

and fear and a cold dread.

"I..I love you too." he replied.

"But I need some time to think. This whole thing is crazy. Maybe

it would be best if we didn't see each other a bit. Some time to sort

this all out. I thought I knew you Ryoga and then I find out you

could do something like this?" Tears had streaked their way down her

face by now. She straightened up and looked away.

Stunned, Ryoga replied, "Will I see you again? Is there any way

we could...".

"Maybe. Maybe. I need to think." At that she left the room and

left the Tendo home. She barely paid any attention to the

surroundings blurred by her tears.

Ryoga wandered through the Tendo home hoping to catch Akari,

maybe plead for her forgiveness. He predictably became lost and

became depressed. He found himself in the Tendo kitchen. From

upstairs he could still hear Akane. She was no longer yelling in

anger but in a more passionate fashion. Apparently she and Ranma had

smoothed things out. Ryoga heard this though and became more

depressed. He had lost BOTH Akari and Akane forever. He would always

be alone, he thought. He began to glow in blue. Shortly after, the

Tendo home no longer had a kitchen.

Meanwhile Akari had come to her own rather devastating

conclusion. After she wiped away her tears and calmed down, she tried

to find her way home. Then she tried to find her way back to the

Tendo Dojo or to Ukyo's restaurant or to anywhere she knew. But no

matter how she tried she could not seem to find her way anywhere. She

would ask for directions and somehow mess them up. She would buy maps

and someway misread them. Apparently love was not the only thing she

had gained by knowing Ryoga. Now she seemed to have his sense of

direction. Her only comfort was that Katsunishiki had followed her

from the Tendo home so at least she wasn't alone.

No one, no Habiki anyway, had ever known how the curse, the

no-sense-of-direction curse, passed to someone who married into the

family. They had all assumed that with the act of marriage, the curse

was passed. Now it seemed to Akari that the physical intimacy she

shared with Ryoga, or admitting that she loved him, or both had

doomed her to the same fate.

It was a year after the successful wedding of Ranma and Akane.

Akari and her pig, Katsunishiki, were walking along. Gone were the

feminine dresses she used to wear in favor of more durable khakis and

a tee shirt. There was a small satchel on her back with patches from

about anywhere in the world imaginable. Also strapped to Katsunishiki

was a bag with even more international patches. After a year straight

of not knowing where she was, Akari was about to end up somewhere

familiar.

Ryoga was lonely, lost, and depressed. Just the usual, really. He

still thought of Akari often. Sometimes he would wander back to the

Unryuu farm or back to the Tendo Dojo. But she was never there. He

and Ranma still fought and after a few months went by he became

friends with Akane once again. And he waited, hoping to see his

beloved. As he wandered that day, a year since the marriage of Ranma

and Akane, he found himself in front of the Tendo Dojo.

Akari walked with her head down, intently studying the map she

knew was pointless. Ryoga stared off into the distance as he walked.

She looked up. He looked in front of him. Their eyes met.

Start music. Fancy Meeting You Here

Didn't you say you were off to China? Fancy meeting you here...

(A flashback of Ryoga walking the Chinese Outback)



Didn't you just board an ocean liner? Fancy meeting you here...

(Akari was walking up the ramp of a boat unknowingly while

studying a useless compass)



Didn't we agree that our affair was too frantic?

(A picture of the Tendo kitchen shortly after Ryoga's depression

wiped it from existence)



And we both feel good divided by the wide Atlantic.

(Ryoga is looking around with the Statue of Liberty in the

background. Akari is doing the same except the Eiffel tower is

in the background)

Weren't you yachting off the Rivera? Fancy meeting you here...

(Ryoga stumbles onto a topless beach in France and promptly falls

down with a nosebleed)

Was it jolly roaming the Sahara? Fancy meeting you here...

(Akari is riding Katsunishiki across the desert dressed in a long

white robe.)

If you don't think I have missed your loving, let's get this

clear dear, I just think it's fancy meeting you right here.

(In front of the Tendo Dojo, Ryoga reluctantly walks up to Akari

and takes her hand)

Did you say that you enjoyed Alaska?

(Eskimos are chasing Ryoga through the snow as he is in pig form)

Did I get a note from Madagascar?

(Akari looks confused as she stands in a jungle surrounded by

exotic birds.)

Didn't we divide our little world in two sections?

Love has sure affected both our senses of direction.

(At the Tendo Dojo, Akari releases Ryoga's hand and he looks

away.)

How did you lose that big fat Persian? Fancy meeting you here...

(Flashback of Akari rejecting the advances of an Arabian king)

Did you take that African excursion? Or the local zoo here?

(Flashback of Ryoga as a pig at Ucchans sitting next to

Shampoo-cat and Mousse-duck)

If you don't think it's a kick to see ya,

let's get this clear dear..

(Katsunishiki runs up to Ryoga and tackles him to the road)

From the way my heart is wildly beating....

(Ryoga stands up and looks into Akari's face.)

What we had is more than worth repeating...

(Akari drops her satchel and runs up to Ryoga)

And it's more than fancy meeting you right here!

(Akari jumps into Ryoga's arms clutching him tightly. He returns

her affection with a gentle embrace.)

End Music

Hand in hand, they walk up to the doorway of the Tendo home. They

knock on the door and a very pregnant Akane answers. As they walk

inside, they both seem to realize that they will never truly be lost

as long as they have each other.

The End.

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Yes it's WAFFy fun for the whole family.

This is the first fic in a possible series. All the stories will be

separate but they will take place in the same "Ranmaverse". The

stories will all be about different characters but all will have

cameos by Ukyo and Konatsu. (Sort of the Jay and Silent Bob of my

Ranmaverse.)

'Fancy Meeting You Here' was recorded by Bing Crosby and Rosemary

Clooney and can be found on an album of the same name.

All C&C, flames, and wedding proposals can be sent to

MrsUkyoHabiki@aol.com.

Later :)