Disclaimer:

I do not own these characters nor do I claim too, this is a simple fan based homage. Their creators and the companies they work for and with own the characters and all that pertains to them. (I.E. Rumiko Takahashi, Viz, Shougakukan). I do not intend on making any profit from making this story but only a writer writing about one of her favourite character, namely Nabiki.

Author's Pre-notes:

Sorry But I just couldn't help but reply back. To the author Marik Kurakashi,:

Please let me start by saying that I admire your work and thanks for the constructive criticisms and review. It was greatly appreciated.

I got to admit you got me scared for a minute. You have touched some issues that I have not yet revealed in the story. I wanted this fisc to be mysterious but I guess your are right. My story has a lot of loop holes in it but rest assure all will be revealed when the Mystery Person is revealed and I plan on revealing this mystery person soon too.

All I can say is your first theory is right. But the other four I cannot answer since it will ruin the suspense of my story. G-men to everyone.

This is the second mystery fic I wrote. The first one was "History Repeats Itself" which is currently being reworked once again. (Sighs)

So to everyone please bear with me and enjoy the rest of the story.

Domo arigatou


Previously:

Akane and Nabiki had a fight resulting Akane to disown Nabiki as her sister. As the two depart they were comforted by two unlikely people. Ryouga and Ranma. Akane bumped in to Ryouga and had comforted her. Meanwhile Nabiki was comforted by Ranma and shared a very intimate kiss.

Italics Means Thoughts


Kuno didn't know how to react or feel as he stood there and saw his wife in the arms of another man. Jealousy wouldn't be the right word to describe what he was feeling. It was murderous rage!

How dare Saotome take what is his?

Wasn't Akane enough for him?

"WHAT IN THE HELL ARE YOU DOING WITH MY WIFE SAOTOME!" Kuno yelled out as he saw the two. Ranma's arms around Nabiki. His Nabiki.

"Kuno?" Ranma cried out in surprise but didn't let go of Nabiki. Nabiki in the other hand let go of him.

Kuno was standing in front of them in mere seconds as he grabbed Ranma by the shoulders, hauling him to get up.

"This is not what it looks like Tachi…" Nabiki said as he saw her husband's animosity against Ranma.

Kuno simply ignored Nabiki as he hatefully glared at Ranma.

"Look Kuno let me explain." Ranma said as calmly as he can.

"EXPLAIN IT TO MY FIST!" Kuno cried out before he punched Ranma in the face with every strength he got. Making Ranma fall over because of the impact.

"GET UP SAOTOME!" Kuno snarled as Nabiki tried her best to pull Kuno back. Not for Ranma's safety but his. Kuno hasn't been keeping up his kendo unlike Ranma who continued to practice the art to this very day.

Nabiki tried her best to calm her husband. She had never seen him like this before. She pleaded for him to stop.

Kuno was deaf to the pleas of his wife. His anger ate at him. He felt guilt gnawed at him.

Wasn't he doing the same thing just few a hours ago?

Annoyed and totally consumed by anger, he jerked free from Nabiki's grasp. Pushing her to the side making her stumble and fall. Not really realising what he did.

Ranma's eyes saw red as he saw Nabiki fall to the ground. Nabiki was innocent.

How dare Kuno lay a hand on her?

Kuno's actions dawned to him when he saw Nabiki fall. He froze instantly. His anger stop cold. The woman he loved dearly was hurt, by his own hands.

"Nabiki… I…" But before Kuno could have finished his sentence, he was abruptly turned around by Ranma.

Ranma turned him around to face him, before punching him in the face with a loud resounding crack that sent him off the ground by a few inches and made him fall flat on his back. Ranma approached him ready to give him some more rough treatment he was sure he was going to do to him when, he found his path blocked by non other than Nabiki.

"RANMA… PLEASE… ENOUGH…" Nabiki pleaded as tears proceeded to flow from her eyes, landing on the floor.

Ranma's face softened as they landed on her, then he glared at Kuno.

"YOU IDIOT! DID YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT YOUR WIFE HAS BEEN THROUGH!" Ranma yelled at Kuno.

Kuno froze.

Could it be that she knew?

"YOUR WIFE JUST HAD ANOTHER FIGHT WITH AKANE! I WAS MERELY COMFORTING HER!" Ranma reprimanded Kuno.

"Ranma… Please enough…. I think you better go… Please…" Nabiki begged him. As she began to help Kuno sit up.

Ranma looked at her and then at Kuno.

Despite what he did to her, she would stay with him?

Despite the fact that he almost hit her?

Ranma looked at her, unable to interpret what he felt at the moment. He decided it was best to leave.

Nabiki continued to sob while she sat up her husband. Somehow in the deep recesses of her mind, she knew it was her fault. She was making a mess of things. She willed her tears to stop.

"Nabiki… I…" Kuno said trying to find the right words. He had hurt the one person he promised himself to love and remain loyal to. Accused her of being unfaithful when it was he who was at fault.

Kuno then noticed a pink handprint on her left cheek. He felt that it was he who had given that to her.

"I'm so sorry Nabiki." Kuno said as he engulfed her in his embrace. Ashamed of what he did.

Nabiki remained silent in his arms. Unsure what to say or what to feel.

"Please say something Na-chan. Anything . Yell at me. Scream at me. Hit me if you must but please speak to me." Kuno pleaded. He couldn't bare it that Nabiki won't speak to him.

"Tachi…" Was all she said before she buried her head on his powerful chest.

Kuno just held on to her tightly.

"Never again Na-chan. Never again." he found himself say as he held her. He would never ever let his anger preside over him again. Not when it brought the woman he loved like this.


Ranma walked briskly home. He didn't know how to feel. He was upset that Akane had laid a hand against her own sister. He knew Akane laid a hand on Nabiki. She saw the telltale handprint on her cheek. He was even more distress that he found himself kissing Nabiki. The most surprising part was that he didn't want to stop.

The kiss had so much passion and held so much promise. It was soft and exquisite. It burned on his lips and on his mind. It had been a long time since he had a kiss like that. It has been a long time since he and Akane shared a passionate kiss like that.

A kiss that made you forget. A kiss which brought so much tenderness and made your heart soar with intimate delight.

It upsets him that he shared that kiss with Nabiki. Nabiki who he now considers one of his closest if not a best friend. She had been there for him since the beginning.

True they were not friends at first but she really proved herself to him after what she did for him and Akane at their marriage. And the years after that. She was always there for him when he needed someone to talk to.

So why now did he have to stuff it up?

Why did he find the impulse to kiss her?

Why did it hurt him to hear her dismiss the kiss they shared as if it were nothing?

Ranma was filled with so many questions. So many questions that was left unanswered. He breathed in deeply and looked up. He was approaching the Tendo Dojo. His house. Not a home. It hasn't been home for a long time now. He reluctantly went inside.


Kuno was aghast when Nabiki finally told him what happened with her untimely confrontation with her youngest sister at his insistence. At first he couldn't believe that Akane would be so cruel. So callous. He thanked the Kami that be, that his disillusionment with her was now over. Still it was still hard to believe that the girl he used to obsess over in his youth could have been so cold hearted towards her own flesh and blood.

Nabiki told her husband about what had happened with her visit to Kasumi up until his arrival to their house. She did not mention however what had happened between her and Ranma. Despite what had happened, she dismissed it as a moment of weakness. Her own chaotic emotions running wild at the time.

Kuno had apologised time and time again about how he reacted.

Nabiki had forgiven him. Though in her mind she knew that it was suppose to be she that was meant to ask for his forgiveness for a moment of indiscretion. Scenes keeps playing in her mind of what could have been, if Kuno had arrived a few moments earlier and found them in that compromising situation.


3 weeks have passed…

"Is there something you want to tell me Ranma?" Dr Katherine asked across him. She felt there were things that the man in front of her was not saying.

"What do you mean Doctor?" Ranma asked.

"Ranma, you have to understand that I'm here to help you and Akane. I'm not here to make judgements." The doctor replied.

"I know that." Ranma merely replied.

"Feel free to tell me anything. Anything at all. You can assure that I will keep everything you say in confidence." Dr Katherine Yumiko explained.

"I will." Ranma replied.

Katherine felt like hitting her head on a brick wall. Both Akane and Ranma made little progress. Both were weary about opening themselves up. If this continues, there was no point of seeing them. Their relationship was already doomed.

Both people have erected a wall over their feelings. Reluctant to let anyone to get too close. Katherine had encountered these type of people before but normally by now she had been able to surpass their walls and have gained their confidence. The doctor couldn't help but take this case personally. She loved a challenge and never failed before. She will see to it that this couple mend their ways and get back together. After all this is what she was here for.


Kinnusuke reluctantly answered his cell phone. He had been working with Nabiki now for a week. Still she avoided him like the plague. He was getting quite frustrated. He wasn't getting any response from her at all. Unlike a month and a half ago. When he had cornered her against her desk and was about to pillage her lips. Those lips that until now taunted him. Something has definitely changed.

"Moshi-moshi?" Kinnusuke greeted.

"Haven't you gotten her yet?" said an irritated voice on the other line.

"THIS IS NONE OF YOUR GODDAMN BUSINESS!" Kinnusuke hissed.

"THIS IS MY BUSINESS! WHEN YOU DEAL WITH HER IT BECOMES MY BUSINESS!" hissed the voice on the other line.

Kinnusuke took a couple of deep breaths before replying back.

"Again what is this to you?" Kinnusuke asked.

"Revenge." The voice answered.

"But why? What had she done to you?" Kinnusuke frowned. He didn't want any harm to befall on Nabiki. His Nabiki.

"She ruined me." The voice said painfully. As if fighting back the tears and emotions on her voice.

"What makes you think I will help you if you intend to hurt her?" Kinnusuke challenged. He wanted Nabiki to be his, but he didn't want Nabiki to get hurt.

"Oh I wont hurt her. Not in the way your thinking. I just plan to ruin her like she ruined me." The voice answered coldly.

"And when she is ruined you can have her. Isn't that what you want?" The voice replied back. "All submissive and crawling to you?"

Kinnusuke remained silent. He wanted Nabiki. Wanted her so much. But it seemed he was bargaining with the devil.

"Think about it… I will call back…" The voice taunted before it hanged up.

Kinnusuke stared at his phone. He stared at his phone like somehow contained the answers he seeked.

It seemed Nabiki had made a powerful enemy but who?

And would he really work with the devil just to attain the woman that plagued him all this years?

A thousand questions ran in his head. All requiring answers he couldn't attain.


A figure in a darkened office played with her drink. She watched as her drink swirled around the crystal glass in which it had been poured in. Deep in thought.

It seemed she couldn't trust Kinnusuke's help. Or if he did, he will back stab her only to have Nabiki. It seemed she had to plan her next move.

She then took a sip of her red wine. The drink calming her. As she closed her eyes. She began to smile evilly as a plan formulated in her mind. It was just too easy. As long as Kinnusuke continue to act the way he is. She also hasn't forgotten Tendo Akane. But Akane Tendo was doing very well for her part. She didn't have to do anything but watch her marriage fall apart. Akane Tendo was a destructive force all on her own. She only had to make sure it stayed that way.

She began to laugh. She could taste the fruits of her labour. She could smell the ultimate defeat of Nabiki and her sister Akane. She cannot wait but taste the glory of her triumph. The sweet taste of victory.

She only needed to make some well placed calls, and watch the drama unfold.


Ranma walked back from his session alone. He was on his way home. He preferred walking rather than take any mode of transport. It gave him time to clear his mind. His mind was jumbled and his emotions are even worst.

He kept thinking back to that moment when he had held Nabiki and kissed her. How everything felt so right. How she seemed to belong in his arms and how easily she fit in there. How sweet her lips tasted so sweet that he couldn't stop. He wanted more.

He shook his head.

But it was wrong. He knew it. Nabiki knows it. They both know it. But it didn't stop his heart from pounding heavily against his chest every time he thought about her. Or how his stomach twisted in knots from wanting her. The desire to see her or just to hear her voice.

It had been three weeks since that faithful moment. Three agonising weeks of not being able to talk to her and share his inner most feelings or thoughts like he used to. He never felt so hopeless before. He felt so lost. So confused.

It was then that he noticed a silver BMW gradually slowed down along side him. His heart skipped a beat when he recognised the car. Especially the driver.

"Need a lift?" Nabiki asked from the driver's seat.

Ranma then smiled. It was the first time he smiled that day.

Nabiki then unlocked the passenger side door and let him in.

"Where to boss?" Nabiki said as she smiled at him.

"Home Jeeves." Ranma played along.

Nabiki just laughed as she began to pull away from the curb and drove off.

Unbeknownst to them that a certain person had seen them.

"That was Nabiki's car. And did Ranma just get in? Do they know each other?" Dr Katherine Yumiko frowned. As she also began to drive off.


The trip home was filled with silence.

The silence became uncomfortable.

"So hows your day?" Nabiki said trying to fill in the void.

"Good. What about yours?" Ranma replied back. When he wanted to honestly tell her that, thoughts of her was eating him alive.

"It was ok. I was still having problem with the case I've been working on." Nabiki answered. All the while wanting to say that, this was a mistake. That it was wrong to assume everything will get back to normal.

Then silence befell on them again. They stopped at the red light.

Ranma just looked at her.

Nabiki tried to summon all her strength not to pay any attention to the fact that Ranma was looking at her. She tried to calm her body from responding.

Ranma couldn't help but grasp her free hand.

"Nabiki." Ranma said her name. Just saying her name made him breathless. Caressing her hand.

Nabiki couldn't help but look at her hand, encased in Ranma's.

"Ranma" Nabiki uttered.

They began to slowly lean towards each other. As if controlled by some strong magnetic force.

Ranma reached out to gently caress Nabiki's cheek. As his eyes drifted to her soft and inviting lips.

Their lips were now within inches from each other, when the heard the car horn.

"MOVE!" Shouted the angry driver from the car behind them.

They jumped apart from the surprise.

Nabiki regaining her bearings then began to drive.

"Nabiki?" Ranma tentatively called her.

"Ranma don't… Just please don't" Nabiki replied back, unable to look at him.

In Nabiki's mind she screamed.

WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT!

Ranma couldn't take this anymore.

"Pull over." he demanded.

"What?" Nabiki asked confused.

" I said pull over. Were going to have to talk about this Nabiki wether you like to or not." Ranma said in all seriousness.


Author's note:

Well What do you all think?

Please review.

Just who is my mystery person?

What exactly did Nabiki do to piss her off?

How does Dr Katherine Yumiko know of Nabiki? Are they acquaintances?

What will Kinnusuke do?

What are happening to the couplings?

All this and more so please Stay tuned.

Ja Ne,

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