Oh and by the way, Akane will not be OOC nor an evil bitch like I made her into in Something Better. This story concept is hundreds of times different.
Disclaimer: I do not own Ranma nor any of the cast. All I own is the hotel in France(appears later in the fic), Tano(also later in the fic) and Koijini(WAY later in the fic)
One last thing. Please don't give me any rants about Japanesse traditions. I don't know them! You'll understand what I mean when you read.
Now seriously, On with the show.
Koijini
Prologue
A Kiss.
That was all it took to change the story so drastically. Everything was going well. And despite the later events... everything ALWAYS went well for Ranma and Akane after that. But their story isn't the only part.
My name is Koijini, meaning "Dying of Love". I was once known as Ranma Saotome. For a long time I was nameless. But, after breaking my second promise, in an attempt to keep my first, I got a name back. I finally became loved again by the only one who had ever captured my heart.
But it will never be the same...
Chapter One: A Challenge for You
"Don't be tense... don't be tense... DON'T TEASE HER! and don't be tense. Kami let me not be tense." Ranma thought to himself.
Ranma was, despite his best efforts, so incredibly nervous that he shook with a mixture of excitement, dread, and aprehension.
They were walking home from their very first date. It had been a real, true blue, official date. And for the most part it had gone extremely well. Ranma was happy with the way it was going because by the way Akane was smiling, it was obvious that he had done a good job.
He was somewhat jealous of Akane. She wasn't nervous at all. No doubt she knew the tradition but had just forgotten with all the madness that usually went on. No wonder she'd forgotten. With all the things that usually happened to her how could she possibly remember such a... normal person traditon?
But Ranma remembered. Probably by some freak accident but somehow he had managed to remember a tradition he had heard of once or twice that whenever a man takes a woman out on a date, they were supposed to kiss at the end when he dropped her off. And therefore, was counting the steps back to the Tendo Dojo gate. There were seventeen... wait... sixteen... fifteen.
He had asked her onto this date two days before. Honestly at first it was just an idea for an apology for something or another that he had done and she was angry about . So he worked up his nerve and knocked on her door.
"Who's there?" She had answered.
"Uh... it's me. Akane, can I ask you something?" He asked from the doorway.
"Sure go right ahead." She replied.
"Uh... in the room?"
"Fine." She muttered.
She opened the door. Ranma walked in nervously. Akane went to her bed and sat down. "Well what do you want?"
"Look Akane, I'm.. .really sorry about Shampoo, ok? And I was just wonderin... well... if there was any chance... you'd wanna go on a date with me.
Akane had been dumbstruck.A bowl oframen at the Neko Haunten - Free. An Okonomiyaki at Ucchan's - Free. The look on Akane's face when He asks HER out. - Priceless.
Akane had looked amazing. When he had asked her out two days previous he had NO idea she would be able to make herself look so... girlish... in just thethree hours between the last time he had seen her and the time she walked out of her room! She stood at the top of the stairs and he was struck senseless with amazement.
He'd of course, been struck like this before. But he'd never had the guts to admit it. On Toma's island he was amazed, but it was hindered by the fact that she looked better and even more by the fact that she knew it.
She wore a slightly altered version of the outfitshe wore when Nabiki pretended to be his fiancee. When Nabiki gave Akane the invitation to date him she dressed herself extreamly well. But the date then turned into a disaster when Ranma pulled her through a bush thinking she was Nabiki...
This was a retry.
On this date they had gone to a movie. Ranma had let his arm slip around her and Akane had allowed it. She had been nervous then. Why was she so calm now? So happy now?
Ranma had almost forgotten that his hand held hers while thinking about it, and he would have forgotten completely had she not stopped and cried out in pain at him for squeezing it so hard.
"Sorry! Sorry! I.. didn't mean it Akane.. I..." he stuttered.
She smiled.
"It's ok... it was worth it." She laughed and skipped on ahead a few steps and then turned around.
"Well, come on! What are you waiting for, baka?!" She asked still in an exhilarated tone.
She held out her hand and Ranma rushed to re-accept it. He loved it when she smiled like that. The sting of being called an idiot... well... being called an idiot seemed more like a pet name when she smiled during it.
They continued on toward the dojo gate, Ranma counting the steps, Akane feeling great about her ability to make Ranma nervous in a way no one else she had ever seen had been able to.
Even Shampoo! Though Ranma did seem extremely nervous right now. She was when she was in the movie theater but the more comfortable she was with his arm around her, the less nervous she became. Holding his hand was a walk in the park!
But why was he so nervous? It seemed to get worse the closer they came to the dojo. Ranma apparently hadn't noticed but he was gripping her hand quite tightly again.
They walked into the gate and up the pathway to the door. Once there Ranma stopped.
"Ranma?" Akane asked.
"Akane... i'm not sure if you, uh.. remember dating traditions the same way... but... I think something is supposed to happen here..." He said, in perhaps an even more nervous tone.
"CRAP! THAT'S WHY HE WAS SO NERVOUS!" Akane thought. Shebegan to sweat. It was late. No one was awake. And the tradition on first dates was a kiss at the door where the man dropped the woman off. Well, this wasn't technically a "drop off"since both of them lived in the same housebut it had the same general idea.
She gulped audibly.
"Uh... I... uh..." She stuttered
Ranma.. relieved that she remembered and was now in the same situation as himself, said. "If .. if you don't wanna. That's--"
"No! I... want to..." She finished slowly.
"A.. allright.." Ranma replied.
It was awkward. Definantly not the perfect first kiss Akane had dreamed of. Not even Ranma's first kiss at all. Mikaido had that. But it was the thing that made up for all of that.
It was Ranma.
It was Akane.
It was a kiss between star-crossed lovers that once upon a time, hated each other.
And now...
They walked up the stairs together as silently as possible.
"Uh... good night... Akane..." Ranma said quickly.
"Ye.. yeah.. goodnight!"
Ranma walked into his room... a wide grin on his face.
Akane walked into her room... a wide grin on her face.
Ranma lay in his futon. Of course, not asleep. He lay, his hands behind his head staring at the ceiling, thinking. And his thoughts based solely around the girl he had just left in her room. "Another date Friday... I gotta wait till NEXT FRIDAY?! ... Damnit... Well, maybe she won't mallet me between now and then?"
Ranma turned over and tried to get to sleep but it took at least an hour for him to attain the state.
Two days past. It was Monday morning and Ranma was up, as usual, bright and early fighting his father.
He jumped from a rock over the koi pond, judging himself to be two feet higher than Genma, he aimed for another rock on the oposite side of the pond. Landing, he lanched himself back toward his father, who lay moving in midair and pounded him in the stomach.
Genma was sent rocketing into the wall, therby ending the mornings fight. One of the few the ended splashless. Ranma was still happy.
"Speaking of Happi." Ranma thought as the deranged old man appeared over the edge of the Tendo wall.
"Ranma, my boy... I need speak with you for a moment." Happi said in an odd sort of tone that Ranma had never heard from him. A tone that sounded as mature as the age of the person who spoke it.
"Hmm? Bout what old freak?" Ranma said casually.
"I've noticed you and Akane recently have been getting a little closer." Happosai replied, "And frankly... I don't think it would be right for you to take my darling Akane out for a date and then accidently turn into a girl. So... I'm going to offer you a challenge."
"Hmm?! What kind of challenge?" Ranma asked anxiously.
"I know of a potion... a potion able to dispel the strongest of curses... such as Jusenkyo..." Happosai said. Expecting an outburst from Ranma he waited but none came.
"Oh?" Ranma said asked, his curiosity, only mildly peeked. "Is that all?Allright sure."
"Your not excited about that?" Happosai asked.
"No... I've had too many false cures to get my hopes up. I'm not gonna dissapoint myself again.So what do I gotta do to get it?" He replied quickly.
Happosai, while mildly disturbed, went on and told Ranma.
"You need to seek out the ingredients in various places around Japan. But I won't tell you the ingredients or their locations until you can defeat me in Anything Goes Martial Arts combat! But this fightis not only for the ingredients. I am offering you this challenge as a way to take my place as Grandmaster of the Anything Goes School of Martial arts!" Happosai exclaimed.
Ranma was shocked. Happosai was... GIVING him the challenge?
"No tricks? Just a straight fight... No splashing me when i'm about to hit you or something?" He asked suspiciously.
"As long as you don't throw any silky darlings into the dirt during the middle of the match. I'm very impressed by you lately Ranma. Defeating Saffron! You should've challenged me long ago. But I DON'T want to give up my Ranma-chan! This will not be an easy win, Ranma!"
"Why should I believe a word your saying?" Ranma asked casually.
"Huh?" Happosai replied confused.
"Since when are you so selfless?" Ranma asked. "What do you get?"
Lowering his tone,Happosai muttered, "I'm only doing this for Akane... I don't want to give up Ranma-chan but if you are what makes little Akane so happy... I'll have to deal with it. I can live with one less girl in the world, Sonny."
"You can?!?" Ranma asked in one of the most surprised tones he had ever managed.
"I'da figured pigs would fly before that could happen." Ranma thought. Suddenly a cry erupted from somewhere south.
"RYOGA NO BAKA!!!"
He suddenly looked up in the sky. Sure enough, there was a small black piglet sailing throught the sky. "Well, that settles it." He thought.
"Heh...allright got yourself a fight old man. I don't expect to lose if there's a cure involved!" Ranma exclaimed, his ego once again skyrocketing.
"Ranma, Mr. Saotome! Oh! Grandmaster Happosai! Breakfast is ready!" Kasumi suddenly shouted.
"Eh... Ranma... do you mind.. postponing this little match? Always good to fight on a full stomach, I always say!" Happosai asked.
Ranma was not there to answer. He allready sat at the table, happily gobbling down the food.
Once breakfast was almost over, Happosai stood.
"Everyone... I have something very important to say right now. Since neither Soun, nor Genma, were ever good enough, and I'm not getting any younger... I have decided that it's high time I passed down the title of Grandmaster of the Anything Goes School of Martial Arts." He stated.
"WHAT!"
The reply was instant and in unison.
"Ranma has accepted my challenge for my right to keep my title. Should he win, he will be the grandmaster of the school and head of the dojo." Happosai finished.
Ranma smiled.
"And I ain't gonna lose either!" With that he continued eating.
No one noticed half of Happosai's food had been abducted before the old man sat down.
"Always good to fight on a full stomach." Happosai said. He then looked down. "Or... well a half full stomach works too..." He said saddly.
"Oh I'm sorry Jijii." Kasumi said pitying the old man. "I thought I'd given you more. Here you go."
"Thank you Kasumi-chan!" Happosai said with puppy dog eyes.
"Your welcome." She replied happily.
After dinner Akane pulled Ranma aside.
"Ranma.. are you really going to fight him all out? Don't you know this is probably just another trick?" She asked.
"I dunno Akane. But ya never know. If he's serious I'll finally get a real fight outta him. It's worth it I think." He replied.
He turned and began to walk toward the dojo.
"Allright, Ranma... but don't lose!" She told him firmly.
He twisted and looked her in the eye. "Do I ever, Akane?"
With that he turned around the corner.
They stood face to face... well... feet to face. But both waited to the sign to begin the fight.
The dojo had been fully repaired, thanks to the hard work of Ranma, Akane, Soun, and, believe it or not, Genma. So it was now in perfect condition to be destroyed again. It expected nothing less.
"Duel for the title of Grandmaster of the Anything Goes School of Martial arts. No hitting below the belt. No Water. No Panties. For everything else. Anything Goes. You can only win the fight if your opponant gives up or is knocked unconcious. Ready? BEGIN!"
Nabiki had taken the role of starting off almost every duel that took place in the dojo. She'd become quite good at it.
Ranma started the fight fast. He lunged for Happosai. He knew Happosai liked to stay in the air to even out the space between their height. So instead of making a low kick, he aimed high above Haposai's head on an off-chance guess that the old man would jump there.
It worked.
Happosai went flying into the far wall. He growled and straightened himself before he hit the wall. He turned his feet toward the wall and launched himself off it.
Ranma quckly dodged to the left. Happosai zoomed off the wall again prompting Ranma to dodge yet again.
Happosai jumped off the wall and landed on the floor. "Heh heh... Anything Goes Martial Arts special attack! Yukai Taihou!"
Happosai curled himself into a ball and launched himself at Ranma. Ranma managed to dodge yet again. But Happosai moved much faster this time. He bounced off the walls in perfect order banging against the ceiling toward Ranma. Off the walls, toward Ranma. Off the floor toward Ranma moving at speeds almost equal to the Amaguriken.
Ranma could only dodge so many. The rest relentlesslybombarded his legs, stomach and a precious few even made it to the face to blow him backward.
"Come on Ranma! Fight back!" Akane shouted.
Ranma, encouraged by Akane, and also by the fact that neither he nor Happosai had begun to fight yet, Ranma set to getting Happosai out of his newfound "Happy Cannon" Technique.
Ranma dodged the next three attacks and with that twisted and punched directly where the pattern Happosai had been repeating said that he would be.
Ranma once again landed a hard hit that sent Happosai careening towards a wall. This time, however, Happosai did not regain his footing. He sailed through the thin wood and out into the yard. Ranma quickly followed out the door.
Not seeing anyone on the ground, Ranma immediatly jumped. Sure enough, Happosai waited for him in the sky. While falling they kept in a steady beat of punches and kicks, neither hitting the other with anything more than a mere close shave.
Meanwhile, the action in the sky began to attract a few spectators. A few became many as the arial battle took place.
Once they hit the ground Ranma immedialty catapulted himself to the nearest roof top, Happosai close behind.
The fought neck and tooth over every nearby roof top, circling the tendo dojo but never leaving it too far behind.
The crowd of spectators had gotten quite large when a familiar sound swept the area.
"PLACE YOUR BETS! COME ON PEOPLE! STUDENT VS. MASTER IN AN ANYTHING GOES FIGHT TO THE FINISH! WHO WILL WIN? AND WILL YOU MAKE MONEY OFF IT? PLACE YOUR BETS!" Nabiki cried into the audience with a loudspeaker that had appeared from no where.
People flocked to her, most betting on Happosai because they had always known Ranma to lose, in general, to Happosai when he was stealing panties and Ranma was chasing him.
The fight was still intense when they ended up in another midair freefall battle directly over the courtyard of the dojo.
Suddenly, as they were almost to the ground, Ranma flipped back and landed about six paces from Happosai.
Happosai, being shorter, had not yet landed leaving Ranma the time to shout, and fire, "MOKO TAKABISHA!"
The blast collided with Happosai. He had managed to put his arms up the block the majority of the blast, but it still threw him back and into the koi pond.
Ranma smirked.
A few seconds later, Happosai rocketed out of the pond to land a few feet away from Ranma, once again face to feet.
Both were breathing slightly harder than usual but neither appeared to be too tired.
"Heh heh... you'll have to do a little better than that... if you.. wanna beat me!" Happosai boasted.
"I dunno.. I think I'm doin alright." Ranma replied.
"We'll see. Happo Daikarin!!" He shouted.
A large firecracker appeared in Happosai's hands and before anyone, except Ranma, knew what was happening, the ball exploded.
Ranma had jumped as high as he could and avoided the blast. Looking down, however, he saw dozens of tiny grenades flying him.
"Aw, crap... this is gonna hurt." He said watching them fly towards him. He managed to successfully dodge the first volley of maybe ten bombs. The second volley of maybe thirty or fourty, he braced himelf for.
The bombs exploded upon impact. About fourteen hit him, while the rest sailed behind him and exploded.
He fell from the sky an landed in a disheavaled lump, charred and aching.
"Ranma!" Akane cried.
"Hmph. I though you were better than that!" Happosai taunted.
Ranma quickly hopped to his feet, most of his body still charred.
"I ain't done yet old man. Take this! Kachuu Tenshin Amaguriken!" Ranma cried.
Hundreds of punches flew towards Happosai. But unfortunantly every punch was blocked perfectly with the pipe.
Ranma quickly realized he would have to rid his opponent of the annoying pipe or he wouldn't be able to hit him with a physical attack unless he got lucky. Ranma began weaving his opponant around, circling him, trying to find a way to force Happosai to drop the pipe.
"Are you just going ot sit there and punch at me all day?" Happosai shouted through his single moving hand.
"Rrr.."
Suddenly Ranma stopped punching, and using a desperation move, slammed his fist downward with almost full strength and speed.
Happosai, not expecting this at all, was squashed like a pancake, into the dirt.
"Ow... panties... bras... silky darlings!..." He moaned, dazed. He wobbled arround for a few more seconds, and then jumped. While in the air, he shook his head and freed himself temporarily of the dizzyness. Unfortunantly for him, Ranma, with a quick flick of the wrist, hadsuccessfully removed the pipe from it's owners hand and broke it.
"Grr. That was my best pipe! Ranma Saotome! Prepare yourself!" Happosai cried. He pulled himself out of the dirt and flew at Ranma. Before reaching him, however, he twisted and whizzed by his head. Ranma turned just in time to see a small foot implanting itself in his face.
He flew back into and through the dojo wall. Barely missing the shrine. He looked up and saw the grandmaster was nearing him again with another kick.
Rolling to the right, he avioded the kick and quickly jumped to his feet, leaving Happosai to ricochet off the wall and back to the floor.
"HAPPO DAIKARIN!" He shouted again. An enourmous grenade materialized above his head. Ranma, chuckled nervously but somehow managed to avoid most of the bombs damage. The wall fared much worse.
Or at least what was left of it.
"My best pipe!" Happosai cried. His anger radiated throughout the dojo as his aura expanded to encompass the entire Tendo estate.
Ranma smirked inwardly.
The leapt toward each other again, both throwing kicks and punches in perfect time, once agian, neither hitting the other.
Suddenly, and seconds too late, Happosai realized that he had fallen for the circular trap that meant...
"HIRYUU SHOTEN HA!" Ranma shouted!
The twiser erupted from his hand, effectively removing the dojo roof.
Happosai flew up with it, completely out of control.
"WAAAAHHhHHHHH!" He cried.
Slowly the cry was replaced by the sound of the dying of rushing winds.
And once the twister cleared itself, Happosai came hurtling out of the sky and landed in a painful looking position at the bottom of a small crater.
He looked dazed but managed to get to his feet. He wobbled a little but managed to get out, "I'm... whew... still not done!"
Unfortunantly for Happosai... the roof chose this point to come crashing out of the sky and land directly on him.
For about three minutes they waited. After that they lifted the roof to find Happosai... unconcious.
"AND RANMA SAOTOME WINS BY A KNOCKOUT!" Nabiki cried.
"I... I did it.." Ranma sighed.
"Ranma! You beat Happosai!" Akane shouted.
"Oh my good job Ranma-san!" Kasumi said.
"Amazing work my boy! I knew you could do it!" Genma shouted as he ran to and hugged his son for quite possibly the first time in Ranma's life.
"Uh... pop..."
"Oh. uh... yeah.. heh heh.. sorry.. it's just such a great day to see my own flesh and blood defeat the master!" Genma cried as tears dribbled down his eyes.
Soun was in no condition to speak as he was creating a small pond at the moment.
Nabiki was busy distributing extremely small amounts of money to the few people who, like her, had bet on Ranma.
"Oh... poor master Happosai!" Kasumi cried. She bent down to look at the old man and picked him up to bring him into the house.
"So... when do you think he'll come around?" Ranma asked. "He would kinda have to be awake to name me master of the school."
"Oh I think he'll be around in a few hours. Just be patient." Kasumi said, kind as ever.
A little while later Ranma and Akane sat in the living room. They were alone again. A while before times that they were alone like this occured so seldomly. Now it seemed like they were alone constantly. Neither complained of course, because, no matter what either said, neither minded.
"So.. Ranma... your actually going to be the Master of the Anything goes school?" Akane asked.
"Seems so..." Ranma replied casually.
"Do you think your... ready to start teaching people? Do you even know how?" She asked tentitively.
"Of course! Akane you act like I haven't been learning all my life!" Ranma said.
"I know that but.. do you know how to TEACH?" She asked in a tone bordering anger.
"I JUST SAID I DID!" Ranma replied. His tone was angry.
"I WAS JUST ASKING! JEEZ RANMA! Why do I even try!?" Akane asked.
She stood and angrily stomped toward the stairs.
"Try what?" Ranma asked. He had dropped the anger and all that was left was mild irritation.
"Well..." Akane said nervously. "I was... wonderin... since your gonna be able to teach and have to teach... I was wonderin.. if you could... well... actually train me?"
"Oh is that all?" Ranma said happily. He almost laughed. She HAD been thinking along the same lines as him. Only.. not quite.
"Akane.. I was allready thinking of training you. But... well... uh... would you like to go on a training trip with me?"
Akane jumped. She felt tingly all over. A training trip.. with Ranma... alone? "Uh... where... too?" She asked.
"Happosai promised me a potion that could be made with certain ingrediants around Japan if I beat him along with the title. I was thinking you could... go with me?"
"Uh... sure... yeah.. I'll.. yeah." Akane replied still very much surprised.
"Uh.. great. Well.. uh.. I'm gonna... go to my room now.. I'm kinda tired.. and uh.."
"Yeah." Akane interupted. "Me too."
She rushed up the stairs. When Ranma heard the loud bang that signaled Akane had made it to her room, Ranma let go of the breath he did not know he had been holding.
He ran up the stairs and knocked on Akane's door.
"Yeah?" She called.
"Uh... don't tell anyone about the potion, ok?" Ranma called.
"Don't worry, Ranma. I won't tell!" She murmured cheerfully through the door.
Ranma sighed, turned around, and walked into his room for a much needed nap.
"Ugh... did any body... get the number on that house?" Happosai muttered as he roused from his pain wroght sleep.
"Sure... the number was 7-6-6-3-8-6-7." Nabiki said. Ironicly enough these words, on telephones, are the numbers for the word "rooftop". Of course Happosai didn't know that.
"Ugh... what hit me?" Happosai cried.
"Ranma... along with 7663867. Or .. a rooftop." Nabiki replied.
Happosai sat up slowly. "He won? The last thing I remember was getting ready to fire another Happo Daikarin and then I felt something really heavy hit me in the head."
"That would be the roof." Nabiki said.
"So he did win? Well.. I had the title for a good two hundred years. I suppose it's time to pass it on..." Happosai said. He seemed downcast but somehow, happy at the same time.
"Jijii? Are you allright?" Nabiki asked.
"Of course Nabiki-chan! A student of my own finally surpassed me. He has managed to learn in seventeen years, enough to defeat my three hundred years of learing. Of course I am allright."
Happosai stood and walked out the door to find Ranma.
"Ranma's in his bedroom I think Jijii!" Nabiki called.
"Thank you, Nabiki-chan!" Happosai called back.
He walked to the room and jumped for the knob. He turned it and and opened the door to find nothing but a room with two futons... one used recently and one used by something with fur.
"Hm... Ranma doesn't appear to be here..."
He turned around and walked out the door. He was on his way back to Kasumi's room, where he had awakened but he noticed an awkward sound coming from Akane's room.
He jumped up and looked through a small crick in the door to see a sight he had once only dreamed fathomable.
Ranma sat, kissing Akane on the lips, and Akane was kissing back.
Happosai truly HATED to interupt but felt it was necisarry. The sooner Ranma got the potion, the sooner his precious Akane-chan could be happy, even if it was with Ranma.
"Did I just think that I would "hate" to interupt Ranma and Akane? Oh my... this loss did more to me than I thought." Happosai pondered.
He barged as loud as possible, emulating a small truck.
"RANMA!" He shouted.
The separated faster than Happosai had entered the room, glared at each other.
"Stupid Tomboy! Whado ya think your-"
"You PERVERT! How dare you even think about-"
"I sat outside the door watching for about five minutes you two." Happosai interupted.
"Chikusho," they replied in unison. The looked at each other and blushed a little.
"Don't worry yet you two. I don't plan on Ranma becoming married before he becomes grandmaster of the school, and those two losers you call fathers won't dare challange me." Happosai said.
"Eh... no offence or anything, Jijii? But why are you being so nice?" Akane asked.
Happosai looked down, hurt.
"Oh Akane! Can't an old man just try to do something for his students for once without being questioned?" Happosai said.
The sad thing about it was... when he said this Akane grabbed her breasts while Ranma fingered a hidden thermos.
Suddenly Happosai jumped up onto the bed and stood.
"Now... Ranma Saotome, I hearby announce you, Grandmaster of the Anything Goes School of Martial Arts. As decided here is the list of ingrediants," Happosai said as he pulled a scroll out of his shirt, "that you will need to develop your cure."
And after that Happosai whispered, "And If I were you, I'd make a copy or two."
"Eh... arigatou Jijii." Ranma replied.
Happosai jumped off the bed. "Ranma? Are you going alone?"
"Uh... well... no... Akane's comin. Were... just telling everyone it's a training trip." Ranma replied.
"Aha... I knew you had some sneakyness in you sonny!" Happosai cried, and with that, left the room.
"Well, that was... interesting." Akane said.
"Eh... I can't believe I didn't hear him coming!" Ranma shouted slamming his fist onto the bed.
"Oh it's ok, Ranma. Apparently Happosai is going on a nice streak. Plus... didn't you have... a pretty good excuse not to hear him?" Akane asked.
"Well.. yeah. Akane... what say we forget the Pervert/Tomboy thing if someone else were to catch us doing that?" Ranma asked.
"Well.. yeah. Ok. But... If you do something perverted I'm still going to call you a pervert." Akane replied.
"Uh... well... ok... I guess that's a start." Ranma blanched as he arose and walked toward the door. he turned and added one last thing before leaving.
"Ok that'll work. But if you do something uncute, i'm still going to call you uncute."
"...Where is he learning this stuff?" Akane thought.
"Ranma! You had better take good care of my baby!" Soun cried as Ranma opened the gate.
"Yeah yeah sure. She can take better care of herself though." Ranma replied, only to feel the sharp pain that you only feel when someone smashes your foot.
They had allready hugged goodbye, or in Soun's case, "been a tear catcher" goodbye. Now they waved and left the gate, hoping to get away before anyone of the MAURON, or "Martial Arts Using Residents of Nerima" found them, they were leaving early in the morning.
"THE SCHOOLS WILL FINALLY BE UNITED!" Genma and Soun shouted for the hundred billionth time.
"I'M GOING TO HAVE GRANDCHILDREN!" Nodoka thought for the millionth time.
"I'M GOING TO BE RICH!" Nabiki thought for sixhundred-fourtyfour-thousandth-seven-hundred and thirty second time. She then left to write down the number.
"Chikusho." Ranma and Akane thought for the hundredth time.
"So... where exactly are we supposed to go?" Akane asked.
Ranma pulled out the ingredient list and looked at a map. "Well, the list says the first of the ingredients is near Okinawa.
"Okinawa it is then." Akane replied.
Ranma's Quote "The god of everything. Creator of the heavens,the stars, the planets,andthe angels... still has to obey his wife."