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I don't own Ranma ½

The fishing rod of love

Ranma sighed as he walked in from his morning spar with Genma, surprisingly not wet. "I think I'm finally getting enough experience to honestly beat the crap out of Oyaji." He muttered as he stared at his fist. Looking up he shrugged "Not like Oyaji was ever a match for me once we started living here." He looked around and noted that only Kasumi and Soun were at the table. "Today Sunday or something?" he asked as Akane wasn't at her usual spot.

Soun shook his head "No Ranma-kun you finished your spar early. In fact you usually finish thirty minutes later." He smiled kindly at Ranma as he set down his paper. "You've improved greatly since coming here. Or maybe…you've stopped holding back against Saotome-kun?" he inquired thoughtfully.

Ranma blushed as he rubbed his head causing Kasumi to giggle. "You uh…noticed that?" he asked sheepishly.

Soun nodded his head as his smile widened "I may be out of practice Ranma-kun but I am not blind. I could tell that you didn't want to possibly destroy whatever semblance you had of a relationship with the only constant in your life. Now that more things are becoming constant for you you're gradually coming to accept that it is no longer necessary to hold onto your rivalry with Saotome-kun so tightly." If it wasn't for the fact Soun was extremely out of shape Ranma would have thought him a sage for his words.

As it was he saw him as one of those old wise men no one believed until what he said came true. "Thanks Tendo-san." He said sincerely as he looked around. "Uh…you got something I can kill time doing? I'm not really used to having free time like this." He smiled nervously as the two elder Tendos laughed.

Kasumi nodded her head as she stood up "Why don't you come help me around the house for now?" she asked as she offered him a hand up which he gladly accepted with a smile.

When Akane came in from her morning jog she paused as the lack of noise registered in her mind. "Those two decided not to spar today?" she asked herself in shock as she slowly made her way to the backyard. She blinked in surprise when she saw Ranma sweeping the garden with a calm expression on his face. An expression she had never seen. 'He usually looks stressed out even when nothing happened yet.' She thought as she walked up to him "Ranma what's going on?" she asked as she wiped her forehead with a towel.

Ranma looked up and smiled which caused Akane to blush "Oh I finished my spar with Oyaji early so I decided to help Kasumi around the house until it was time to go." He closed his eyes in thought as he continued. "Tendo-san mentioned that it had something to do with getting used to having more people around me." He said with a hint of sadness in his voice as he spoke.

Akane was about to ask why it took so long to realize that when she paused. "Wait Ranma…who's the new constant?" she asked needing to know if it was the girls, or maybe the rivals. 'No I doubt both, they cause nothing but trouble for him…me included…I guess.'

Ranma paused his sweeping as he thought about it. "You know I'm not really sure, but it was probably Senshi. Ever since he got here my life has been comparatively calm compared to before he showed up." His smile dropped slightly when he thought about it. "I guess I feel bad for having all the usual chaos turn to him for amusement instead of me."

Akane laughed as she nodded her head. "You're so right, it seems like almost all of the trouble in Nerima is attracted to him now doesn't it?" she asked as she walked inside. "I'm going to go get changed okay? So, don't use the Furo!" she shouted as she walked inside.

Ranma sighed as she disappeared from his sight. "Too bad this only seems like a momentary thing." He mumbled as he continued to sweep.

On the way to school

'I knew it…' Ranma thought as his eye twitched as he beat down Kuno for the fifth time that morning alone. "Give it a rest! What the hell is up with you I already beat you five times and we haven't even gotten to school yet!" he shouted in annoyance, Akane having long since went on ahead leaving him to deal with the crazy Kendoist.

"I shall not for today is the day I free my three loves from your vile grasp!" Kuno shouted as he lunged once more only to be beaten down…again.

Ranma sighed as he ran the rest of the way "Damn him now I'm late! Hinako-sensei is going to be so mad!" he shouted as he ran into the building and up to his classroom. "Sorry I'm late!" he shouted as he entered the classroom.

Hinako nodded her head "Don't worry you're excused for today Saotome-kun. Tendo-san explained the situation to me and I have to agree Kuno-kun definitely needs to lay off you for a bit." She motioned for him to sit before she addressed him again. "But that won't excuse you if I find you sleeping in class again.

"Yes Sensei" Ranma said as he took his seat while sending Akane a thankful glance to which she smiled. 'Maybe things are looking up for me.' He thought happily to himself as he took a few notes.

Senshi sighed as he watched Ranma during the class. 'Well he seems happy. Man I seriously wonder if all of his problems suddenly switched their sights on me.' He thought depressed on how his life was turning out. 'And what's worse? My past is starting to catch up to me.' He sighed as he pretended to listen to Hinako's lecture.

When lunch time came around Ryouga wandered in as he followed closely behind Nana, who was holding a fishing rod. "You sure you want to use that thing Nana-san? I mean it makes the person you reel in fall madly in love with you no matter what gender they are."

Nana smirked "Oh don't worry Ryouga-kun I plan on baiting some girl to snag Sen-chan with it and capture the whole fiasco on tape to blackmail him with. Isn't it a perfect plan?" she twirled around happily and accidentally let go of the fishing rod letting it sail off. "Oops." She muttered as Ryouga palmed his face.

Senshi blinked when he felt something stick to his chest. "What's this?" he asked as he looked down at the suction cup like thing attached to his chest. He suddenly found himself yanked towards the other end of the line, and landed unceremoniously in front of Nabiki who held the fishing rod. "What the hell are you doing?" he asked nicely.

Nabiki shrugged "This thing landed in my hand and I just reeled it in to see what was on the hook. Apparently you're the catch of the day Senshi-kun." She laughed at her own little joke, but abruptly stopped when she felt arms encircle her waist. "What…wait hey! Let go Senshi! Let me go!" she shouted as he held her to his chest tightly in a lover's embrace.

"Tendo Nabiki…I love you!" he shouted as he lifted her up and twirled her around. The sudden action froze Nabiki as she loosened her grip on the fishing rod sending it flying once more as Senshi spun her around quickly before he dipped her and kissed her on the lips, causing a series of 'ohs, and ahs' from the surrounding girls.

And of course as fate would have it the suction end landed on Ranma who froze as he recognized the thing. "Oh Kami-sama not again…" he mumbled as he felt the pull. "Please let it be someone who doesn't want this!" he shouted out loud causing many students to look at him in question.

Akane blinked in surprise when Ranma landed at her feet after she gave the fishing rod a good yank. "Uh…Ranma…what is going on?" she asked hesitantly.

Ranma shook his head and looked up at her. "Fishing rod of love…same thing Ryouga accidentally used on me a while back, remember?" he asked as he felt the effects start to take hold.

Akane thought through the many weird things that have happened over the many months of Ranma's stay at Nerima and paled as she remembered this particular item. "Oh crap." She mumbled before she took off like a bat out of hell.

"Come back my darling!" Ranma shouted as he gave chase hearts basically dancing in his eyes.

Sayuri and Yuka blinked as the two disappeared from view. "Any clue about what just happened?" Yuka asked calmly.

"Nope not a single one." Sayuri responded in the same fashion before both sighed and went back to eating.

With Nabiki and Senshi

Nabiki was running away wildly as she couldn't believe what was happening to her. "First his cursed side and now his normal side? What the hell is going on here?" she shouted as she ran into the Nekohaten "Obaa-san you got to help me!" she shouted into the empty restaurant.

Cologne hopped in on her cane with a questioning glance on her face as she was followed closely by Shampoo. "My word what's wrong child?" she asked as she blinked in confusion at the middle Tendo daughter.

Nabiki froze as Senshi's voice floated into the room in a sing-song fashion "Oh Nabiki-chan where are you?" it called out passing by the restaurant. "Come out, come out wherever you are sweet cheeks!" he called out lovingly.

Nabiki turned to regard to two Amazons who were on the verge of laughter as they stared at her. "It's not funny!" she hissed quietly. "I reeled him in with this weird fishing rod on accident and all of a sudden he's in love with me!"

Cologne wiped a few tears out of her eyes as she calmed down "Alright child describe the fishing rod to me." She said in a commanding tone.

Nabiki did so as Shampoo went to get everyone some tea. However before she left the room she mumbled loud enough for Nabiki to hear. "Mercenary girl can no take affection? Maybe you is lesbian?" she inquired thoughtfully before she left the room giggling like a school girl.

Nabiki would have retorted if Cologne had not coughed to gain her attention. "Yes I know of the fishing rod of which you speak. The only way to break the effects is to snag the mark on his chest, and pull it off with the line." Cologne nodded her head as she spoke signaling to Nabiki that she was putting some thought into her answer. "As far as I know there aren't any tome limits you have to worry about or anything like that. However you have to place the suction on the fish marking on his chest or it won't work, in fact his love for you may very well increase if you miss your mark."

Nabiki sighed in disappointment at the news "Oh great now I have to go back outside." She muttered darkly only to freeze when the door opened before she could do so herself.

"Darling!" Senshi screamed happily as he scooped her up into his arms and kissed her on the lips again.

Shampoo blushed as she wished she could do the same thing with Ranma "Aiyaa Mei Ling and others not be happy to hear about this will they?" she asked her great-grandmother who shook her head.

"No great-granddaughter I don't think they will be" she mused aloud as she puffed on her pipe. "But right now that's not our concern, in fact this is quite entertaining!" she laughed loudly as Nabiki flailed her arms around in an attempt to get away from him.

Shampoo nodded her head happily as she bounced into one of the back rooms and came back with freshly prepared popcorn "Want some?" she asked as she took a handful and put it in her mouth.

"Why thank you Shampoo I'd love some." Cologne said as she took some and ate it. "This is great free entertainment!" she trailed off as she started cackling in amusement. Shampoo could only nod in agreement as Nabiki continued to try to escape Senshi's grasp.

With Akane and Ranma

At the same time Akane had run straight home and into her room where she barricaded the door and window, before sitting down to catch her breath. "I never thought this would happen to me." She said to herself as she lay on her bed.

Ranma sat outside her window in thought as his heart ached to be with her. "Now how should I get inside." He mused thoughtfully as he sat there. He paused when he noticed something "Hey she forgot to lock her window." He grinned as he slid the window opened and pushed over the mountain of stuff she had blocked it with. "Akane-chan I've come to profess my undying love for you!" he nearly shouted as he lunged at her.

Reacting on instinct more than anything else she slapped him and jumped out the window, rolled onto her feet and took off in a dead sprint. Ranma smiled as he gave chase easily keeping up with her. "Oh she's so cute when she's flustered." he said happily as he hugged himself. "I can't wait to hold her in these arms of mine." He sighed wishfully as he caught up to her.

Grabbing her and pulling her into a lover's embrace he asked almost desperately "Do you hate me Akane-chan?" his eyes were watery and Akane found that she couldn't answer him the way she wanted to.

Instead she found herself saying the honest truth. "It's not that Ranma…it's just this fishing rod's fault you're not acting like your usual arrogant self." She looked away from him as he didn't respond. Than slowly he cupper her chin and turned her face towards his own.

"Maybe so, but please accept my feelings as they are now." He whispered as he pulled her into a passionate kiss.

Of course Ryouga happened to pass by with Nana and noticed them. "Ranma how dare you defile Akane-san! Prepare to die!" he launched himself at them his fist cocked back to strike. It was over in a flash as he found himself on his back as Ranma lifted Akane up and started to walk away.

"Nice going bacon-breath you ruined my lovely moment with Akane-chan!" he said angrily as he hopped onto the roof and jumped away. He eventually dropped down into a secluded area in the park where he set Akane down on her feet. "Now where were we my most beloved Akane-chan?" he asked in a loving tone that sent a blush to Akane's face.

Akane shoved Ranma away from her and soon found herself going down with him as he pulled her on top of him. "Oh so bold!" Ranma whispered into her ear as he lay flat on the ground with her on top of him. "What are you going to do to me next sweetie?" he asked quietly as he smiled up at her.

Akane's face turned beet red as the implications ran through her head. "Ranma no Hentai!" she huffed in annoyance as he chuckled.

"Only with you darling" he said as he kissed her on the lips again.

Akane wasn't sure how but she eventually broke free and ran towards the school hoping to find the fishing rod unaware that Nabiki was doing the exact same thing.

At school

Both girls were running as fast as they could looking around frantically for the fishing rod which happened to be in Ukyo's hands as she examined it. "Ukyo give us that fishing rod!" both girls screamed loudly as they approached the Okonomiyaki chef.

Ukyo blinked in surprise as she handed it to Nabiki who then turned around and struck a cute pose. "Hey Senshi…could you take off your shirt for me?" she asked in her cutest voice possible as everyone stared in shock as he did just that.

"Anything for you my love!" he shouted as he took his shirt off for her allowing everyone to see the image of a salmon on his right pectoral.

"There it is." Nabiki muttered as she moved in and allowed herself to be hugged as she stuck the suction onto the fish and pulled on the line. She smiled in satisfaction when it came off. "Good" she mumbled as Senshi slowly came back to his senses.

"Huh…what happened?" he asked as he looked around. He paused when he noticed that his chest was bare and that he was holding someone against it and looked down into his arms, and froze in shock when he saw Nabiki held firmly in his own arms.

She slowly wedged her way out of the shocked boy's arms and handed Akane the fishing rod just as Ranma came by. "Hey Ranma could you show me your chest please?" She asked cutely as eh held a finger to her lips.

Ranma nodded vigorously as he ripped open his shirt and showed her the image on his left pectoral. Sliding up to him she placed the suction on the image and pulled. She was happy to note that it indeed came off. She was horrified however when she heard the click of a camera and realized just what position she was in.

"Nabiki-Onee-chan what did you just do?" she shouted desperately as she tried to snatch the camera away from her sister who grinned at her.

"Oh nothing just pictures to sell to the public." She said innocently. "And to think I was the only one who had a camera with me today!" she laughed loudly as Akane hung her head in shame.

"Not quite" a new voice said causing everyone to turn around. They all gulped when Nana walked up to them with a camcorder in her hands. "I caught the entire thing involving Nabiki and Senshi on tape. Now unless you want this distributed across all of Japan I advise you to do as I say Sen-chan." Her tone was merciless as she waved the evidence in their face.

Senshi reached for it when Nana crushed all of his hopes "I already had Ryouga make a few copies for me, and they are safely stored away for later use." She stated evilly as she laughed at them.

Senshi sighed in defeat "alright what do you want?" he asked dejectedly as he followed her home. Ukyo, Ranma, Akane, and Nabiki followed them in interest as Akane filled Ukyo in on what had just happened.

"I want you to model a few things for me of course." Nana stated happily as they walked into Senshi's house. Idly they noticed that his stalls were both ready for business and just need customers.

Senshi groaned in frustration "What exactly am I modeling?" he asked in trepidation as he looked around in worry.

Nana waved her finger in his face before she dragged him into a room with her. "You guys wait out here." She said as she closed the door behind her. The group watched in wonder as sounds of a struggle followed shortly after the door closed.

When the door opened they blinked in surprise as they looked at the person in front of them. "Senshimaru-san…is that you?" Ukyo asked unsure as the person in front of her could definitely be a woman.

"Yeah it's me. I hate my life sometimes." He said as he looked over his state of dress. It consisted of: a bright pink Chinese dress that had a slit running up the length of his right leg. It was tied at the waist by a bright red ribbon. Overall if none of them knew any better they would have thought Senshi was a girl.

Of course right at that moment the Amazons came in. Senshi's five suitors, and Shampoo blinked in surprise. "Who you?" Shampoo asked in suspicion as the person in front of them were dressed in their Nation's garments.

Senshi sighed "It's me" he simply stated. Recognizing the voice all of them stepped back in shock.

"Airen?" Mei Ling asked fearfully.

He nodded his head shamefully as he bowed his head. "Yeah it's me." He said sadly as they walked up to him. He flinched when Hua Nu started to fondle him.

*It's him all right I'd recognize the feel of his body anywhere.* she said in mandarin, which Ren translated for the non-Chinese speaking audience

Senshi sighed in annoyance as he walked back into the room and changed clothes. Walking back out he was wearing his usual mix of a white Gi and red Chinese silk shirt. "I hate these modeling things Nee-chan." He stated simply as the phone rang.

Walking over to the phone ignoring Nana's comments about how he should listen to her as his older sister he picked up the phone and spoke into it. He never noticed Nabiki picking up another phone in the house and setting it on speaker for everyone to hear.

"Hello?" he asked into the receiver. Nabiki held a hand up to tell everyone to be quiet as they listened.

"It's me" a male voice replied back

Senshi's eyes narrowed as he spoke "How did you get this number?"

"I have my ways, but that's beside the point. I have a job for you." The voice said smugly. The eavesdropping group looked at each other in confusion as they tried to figure out what was going on.

Senshi's voice was cold, colder than anything they had ever heard him use before. "What kind of job?" he asked stiffly.

"A cleaning job of course" the voice said nonchalantly.

End

There you go, what's this mysterious new voice talking about and why is Senshi acting the way he is? Find out in the next chapter.

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