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I could hear everything, but couldn't move, call out, or anything else physically that I normally could do. I listened to Dr. Tofu on the phone reassuring the person on the line that everything was okay. I wanted to yell at him for basically paralyzing me, but that was as previously mentioned impossible.

"Yes, she is still immobilized. I will be there soon and might I say that Kasumi did quite the job on her makeup. Kasumi must have really had to work to keep this secret. I feel sorry that she had to endure this for the sake of this fight. Of course, see you then." Dr. Tofu spoke softly and then I heard the phone being placed back on its receiver.

I didn't like where this was headed as I remembered Kasumi apologizing so many times that I felt bad that she was in on whatever they had planned which seemed to involve a dress and makeup. I suddenly realized what I was wearing and what was going on, but was in no way able to defy them. I was merely stuck.


Akane still was nowhere to be found and so I went into the dojo followed by pop, Mr. Tendo, Kasumi, and Nabiki to fight without Akane for support. I froze in place as I saw Dr. Tofu standing in the middle of the room and a fuming Tenmaru was off to the side.

"What's going on and what's up with Akane?" I crossed my arms as the others went over to Dr. Tofu's side. It wasn't hard to miss the fact that Akane was in a wedding dress and that she was unconscious.

"Well, as the parents and creators of this match we have modified the negotiations. Whoever wins gets the right to be Akane's fiancé, the chance to free her from paralysis, and marry her today." Mr. Tendo smiled. He took Akane from Dr. Tofu and everyone moved to the side sitting down next to the wall as they waited for our reactions.

"I won't lose this fight. Akane is mine." Tenmaru turned to me "I will not accept anyone else touching her, but myself." He readied himself as I turned to him.

"Okay, so once this fight is over everything can go back to normal right? I don't really have to marry her today, right?" I sighed not liking the changes because it was a bit over the top.

"Do you even love her?" Tenmaru growled "I mean she may have faith in you, but I don't think anyone else does." He started getting on my nerves.

"That is none of your business and everyone can think what they want, but I will not hand Akane over because it would not only disgrace my family name as a martial artist but upset our parents!" I glared at him ready to fight.

Tenmaru took this advantage to attack first. I dodged his punch caught his arm flipping him onto his back. He jumped up punching me in the gut in the process. We fought like this for a while just throwing punches and kicks back and forth.

Then Tenmaru froze in place eyes closed as I waited to continue this seemingly simple match. He was as still as stone and yet you could feel pressure building all around us.

"Ranma move, that technique he's getting ready to use is highly dangerous!" pops called out.

"No help from the bystanders, old man." Tenmaru's eyes shot open and thrust his fist toward me in a punching motion even though we were feet apart.

I felt a blast of heat and instinctively moved out of the way as a searing burning pain started in my side as the air passed.

"What was that?" I grabbed my side, my shirt torn from where the burning hot air burned through it.

"That is The Burning Fist of Desire, a lame name, but still powerful. It is an art in which the user focuses all energy fueled by desires into one blow. The down side is a recoil effect of some of the energy on the user. While it affectively hurts the opponent the user can only use this move once because the recoil burns the hand and all energy focused is lost in an instant." pops explained.

"You are very knowledge able about your martial arts, but I have trained for years to perfect each technique I learned. Unfortunately for you, I have learned how to affectively use this technique more than once in a battle." Tenmaru grimaced flexing his injured hand. He froze in place again preparing to use the technique again.

I prepared myself this time with a counter for his attack. I focused my energy waiting for the right moment as I saw Tenmaru waver with exhaustion. Then he opened his eyes throwing a punch with his uninjured hand and I quickly focused all my energy into swift punches that created a barrier from Tenmaru's attack and forced it back at him. I gave one last punch and Tenmaru flew back hitting the wall.

"It looks like the fight is already over." I smirked wincing in pain from my burning hands that had taken the beating by blocking the rest of me from the attack. I looked over at Tenmaru and he weakly got up almost all of his energy spent in his two attacks and held his side.

"I'm still not done! I won't give up!" Tenmaru limped forward. He straightened himself up with great effort and readied himself to fight some more.

"Are you two sure you can go on? Don't force yourselves. Remember Akane can hear everything and if she finds you guys injured beyond belief she won't be happy." Dr. Tofu explained.

Suddenly, Tenmaru charged at me and I blocked his punch, but didn't see him lift his leg thrusting his knee into my gut and sending me back a few feet. I straightened up and pain shot through my abdomen.

"You're not finished yet either, Ranma. That's too bad because I won't go easy-" Tenmaru began to waver and then Dr. Tofu stepped in between us as Tenmaru fell over.

Dr. Tofu caught him and gently set him on the floor "The fight is over, Ranma is the victor. Tenmaru was badly injured earlier; I should have stopped you then. Mr. Tendo, Mr. Saotome can you get me water, a place to let Tenmaru rest until he is able to be moved to my clinic and a change of clothes for him."

"Can I help you Dr. Tofu?" Kasumi offered and Dr. Tofu began to go funny.

"Kasumi, why don't you go make us some food for everyone, especially the boys here." Mr. Tendo quickly requested and Kasumi agreed leaving us in the dojo.

"Here I'll remove the paralysis on Akane first." Dr. Tofu normalized and began pressing pressure points and other spots around Akane's body "There you go, good as new. Now let's examine the boy here. The stiffness will wear off after a minute or so."

Akane's eyes fluttered open and she stiffly got up and locked eyes on me and Tenmaru.


I wasn't surprised that Ranma won or the fact that the fight was short, but the damage to both of the boys' bodies was beyond what I imagined.

"Dr. Tofu how is he?" I looked at Tenmaru unconscious in front of me.

"Well, when Ranma sent his attack back at him Tenmaru was unprepared to block. He sustained a few broken ribs, burns, broken hands, and he used up all of his energy. He'll be out for at least a day or so." Dr. Tofu assessed Tenmaru's body carefully "He'll live, but he won't be able to do martial arts until he heals. As for Ranma, I'll let you take care of his minor injuries."

Ranma sat with his arms crossed against the wall next to Tenmaru and Dr. Tofu.

I moved over to him and sighed "Honestly, you guys can't do anything without injuring yourselves to some extent. Let me see your hands, I'll help bandage them."

"I'm fine; go help your friend since he's more important." Ranma sulked a little.

I grabbed his arm gently pulling his right hand into view. I grabbed an ointment from Dr. Tofu's bag "He was more severely injured than you, but that doesn't mean you're injuries aren't important. Look at your hands, they must hurt. This might hurt, but only for a little bit." I gently rubbed the ointment on his right hand first.

Ranma winced, but he didn't pull away as he watched me grab the gauze and wrap his hand up. I moved to the left and he stayed quiet taking the pain in silence. I noticed the tear in his shirt at this point and he tensed as I looked up at him.

"Let me see your side, I'll need to medicate and wrap it as well." I explained and he shrugged his shirt off stiffly.

I rubbed some of the ointment on my hands and carefully applied it to Ranma's side as he squinted. I took some a gauze pad wrapping gauze wrap around his abdomen to keep it in place. Ranma watched silently as I collected everything handing it back to Dr. Tofu. I turned to him again and we stared at each other unable to think of something to say.

"Aw, the two love birds are having a moment. I'm so glad I captured it. Now go suit up Ranma." Nabiki said making us jump.

"Suit up?" Ranma looked up at her confused.

"Yeah, in your tux for the wedding remember. A win is a win. It is time to finally get hitched." Nabiki smirked.

Ranma looked at me and I smiled "Honestly, we don't have to do this. It was our parents' idea."

"I-I, that is Akane-" Ranma began to say.

"Nope, this is no time for flattery lets go boy." Mr. Saotome grabbed Ranma and dragged him out of the room.

Nabiki walked of a glint of evil in her eyes and I sat dumbfounded.

Would there really be a wedding for Ranma and me?

I know this chapter is a little longer than my others, but I wanted to get the fight that has been on my mind for a while into the story! I hope my next and final chapter won't disappoint!