(Well, it's been a while since I updated this story. This is a day of fun that Octopus Ink and I did together. This should give everyone the action that I hope they've been looking for. Thanks to vleroy728 and James Birdsong for reviewing. Hope to see more soon.)

Copyright 2009

(Akane's P.O.V.)

A month had passed since Ranma saw me in my bikini while cleaning our pool. I awoke from my slumber and looked at my calendar at what was on the agenda for today. I realized that today was Nabiki's birthday. I got out of bed and got my swimsuit and things to get ready for the party she was holding today.

"Okay, hope I'm not too late for help," I said to myself as I grabbed my change of clothes and left my room.

I remembered that I was going to come down early and help Nabiki and Mathew set up.

"Ranma!" I called down the stairs to see if he was ready to go. No reply. "Ranma?" Still no answer. I walked down and found a note on the counter:

Akane,

Went to buy Nabiki a b-day present.

-Ranma

Oh, why does he have to be such a procrastinator, I thought to myself.

I had already chosen her birthday present, a silver necklace, which I made sure Nabiki would find expensive, with small heart on the chain with a tiny M for Mat on it. I was sure she'd love it; she had always been complaining about having no jewelry to wear. I decided to walk down to Nabiki and Mat's place; they were probably still eating breakfast. And, if I was lucky, I might run into Ranma, as I saw he did not take his car. It was nice to feel the morning sun on my face and the warm wind tousling my dark hair, and I especially couldn't wait for our sunset swim tonight with the rest of the party crew.

(Ranma's P.O.V.)

I desperately raced around Nerima, looking for something a girl like Nabiki would want. While shaking yen in my hand, I went through my ideas: a customized Okonomiyaki; a box of candy; or a cake. But I remembered girls usually didn't like food for presents, but I needed something. It was getting close to 12:00, the exact time the party started. I paced around frantically... until... I saw the perfect gift: an orange and purple two piece bathing suit, with a perfect cut. The top was orange in color had some purple grapes on it. The bottom was purple and had some oranges on it.

"Gotta pay for this," I said, in a bit of a rush.

I raced to the counter to pay for the suit. After that, I raced to the parking lot to get to their beach house.

(Akane's P.O.V.)

I was just let in to Nabiki's beach house. Mathew had let me in.

"Hi, birthday girl," I said when I saw Nabiki.

I gave her a hug and handed her my neatly wrapped present.

"Glad you decided to help, Akane," Mathew said. "Nabiki's inviting a whole bunch of friends over."

"Wow," I said. "So, how's your party going to work out, Nabiki?" I asked her.

"Just have some food, our pool... and one more thing," Nabiki started to say before leading me outside to one side of her beach house.

There was a small pathway of dirt leading to a bigger spot of dirt. Right behind it all were some blinds.

"What exactly is this, Nabiki?" I asked.

"Slip n' mud slide," Nabiki said with a smirk and a wink on her face.

"Nabiki, are you serious?! That's crazy--" But before I could finish, Ranma ran out of nowhere and knocked me down.

"Sorry, Akane. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, NABIKI!" He said, helping me up.

"Thanks, Ranma," She smiled back.

"Here's your gift. Since it's not much, I've also decided to forgive you for almost ruining my life when we became fiancés back when we were 16 and 17," Ranma replied.

Nabiki smiled sarcastically.

"Touching, Ranma-baby," She said, gently taking the gift and opening it.

I watched as she opened up Ranma's present. It was a two-piece orange and purple swimsuit with some purple grapes on the top and oranges on the bottom.

"You got her that?" I asked Ranma.

"I like it," Nabiki said. "Thanks, Ranma."

She gave him a kiss on the cheek.

"I'll open your present later," Nabiki said, turning to me.

"Ranma, did you hear what Nabiki's going to have for her party?" I asked Ranma.

"No... I didn't," He pulled his brows together.

"She's having a Slip 'n Slide... made of mud..." I explained slowly, hinting to him how much I disliked getting dirty.

"NO WAY!" He screamed.

A humongous smile washed over his face, and I felt like slapping myself in the face, but, it was Nabiki's birthday and I wanted her to see me having fun.

"Yeah, I can't wait," I said, trying to smile.

(Nabiki's P.O.V.)

"Yeah I can't wait," Akane said, with a smile on her face, but eyes thinking something else. Oh well.

"Ok, so, Akane, you and I can help set out drinks over by the pool. Ranma, you can help Mathew inside," I told them.

"Sure," They said, creepily synchronized and headed out in separate directions.

After Ranma disappeared inside of my beach house to help Mathew-baby, Akane and I went to take care of the drinks. I kept some sodas, some water, and some juice, but NO ALCOHOL.

"Whew, thanks, Akane," I said after we fit the drinks in one of Mathew's coolers.

"You're welcome," Akane replied. "By the way, Nabiki, what gave you the idea of a slip n' slide made of mud?" She asked me.

"You should know, Akane," I said. "I live life on the edge... and this is how shameless I can be at times."

I stuck a sign on the side of the house that said "Mud Slides Here; Swimsuits Optional".

"Before you ask, Akane," I said. "I'm NOT going to slosh around in mud, period."

She was relieved about that.

"And, Akane... you don't HAVE to slosh around in the mud if you don't want to," I added.

Akane closed her eyes and breathed out, "Thank goodness,"

There was a second of silence before we both burst out laughing.

"Hey, Akane, can I show you something?" I asked her.

"Sure,"

"We have to go to the front of the house," I told her.

She frowned, "Ok..."

"After you," I smiled, mischievously.

Just as we were passing the mud pile, I nudged her in, and at that moment, only a scream could be heard in Nerima. It wasn't any sooner that she pulled me in the mud with her that Ranma and Mat ran outside.

"Akane, what's wrong?"

"Nabiki, what happened?"

I scowled at Akane, and she scowled back.

"I think they're having a frowning contest." Mat said, eagerly.

After about 3 more seconds of glaring at Akane, I laughed… and to my delight, so did she. Akane and I made our ways out of the mud. Our clothes were soaked with it. Parts of our bodies had mud clinging to us like glue.

"Do you girls need a spray down?" Mathew asked.

"Yes," We both said at the same time.

"Ranma, get me my bathing suit," Akane requested.

I knew she didn't bring a change of clothes.

"Me too, Mathew-baby," I added.

The boys ran in and got our swimsuits. Ranma came back with Akane's and Mathew came back with one of my one-piece suits and my two-piece swimsuit Ranma gave me for my birthday.

"Thought I'd let you pick, Nabiki," Mathew said.

I didn't want to look ignorant in front of Ranma, so I chose the one he bought me. We walked over to the hose, leaving a trail of mud behind us. Ranma and Mat snickered, and Mat picked up the hose and was about to spray us when Akane yelled "STOP!"

"Aww, what, Akane?" Ranma groaned.

Akane ran over to the hose. "Do you have it on Mist? Or squirt? Cause mist will-"

Once again, she was cut off by Mat spraying her while laughing his butt off. She screamed at the top of her lungs. I ran up and pushed her to the side and let the water hit me. I couldn't help but join Akane – the water was as icy as his cooler. When he was done, Akane and I rushed to a hiding place to change.

(Ranma's P.O.V.)

We watched as they emerged from the bush, laughing; they were still sopping wet. Nabiki was wearing my present, and dare I say, it looked GREAT – it nicely emphasized her curves. I knew I shouldn't have been thinking of that with my wife right next to her, but Akane's blue suit didn't look too bad either. That was one thing I liked about Akane – it was her legs… no matter what she wore, they always looked appealing. All of the Tendo girls had different and nice features, and it was always nice to look at someone cute.

"Ranma, thanks," Nabiki said to me. "The bathing suit's a perfect fit."

"Way to go, Ranma," Mathew said to me. "She's even MORE appealing to me now."

I saw Nabiki saunter up and give him a hug. Akane on the other hand, looked pretty sad about something.

"What's wrong, Akane?" I asked.

"Those clothes I was wearing that got dirty from Nabiki forcing me into the mud," Akane started to say. "Those were my only clothes... now I'll have to go home in my swimsuit."

"Gee, Akane, I can just lend you some." Nabiki offered.

Akane perked up a little, "Yeah, I suppose."

"Or we could wash your muddy clothes," I put in.

We all looked over to the pile of mud drenched clothes.

"Yeah, I don't think they're going to make it," Mat said, picking up Akane's t-shirt by a corner, with a disgusted look on his face.

"Come on, Akane, let's see what I've got upstairs,"

Nabiki led her upstairs while Mat and I stared at the poor clothes that seemed to have the mud drying and turning crusty, then melting into the clothes from the hot sun.

"Let's just wash them, Ranma," Mathew said to me.

"Why?" I asked.

"It's only a matter of time before the mud stains will be permanent," Mathew explained.

"Alright, let's wash them," I said, picking up Akane's dirty clothes.

Mathew picked up Nabiki's dirty clothes and he led me to where their washing machine was. We tossed them in and Mathew filled it up with some water and laundry soap. That's when we looked over our shoulders to see our wives with smiles on their faces.

Akane was wearing a blue sundress and went barefoot, and Nabiki had thrown a pair of shorts on over her bikini bottom.

"Thanks, guys," Akane gushed, hugging both of us.

"Yeah," Nabiki added. "We'll see if we might save that new skirt I just bought."

(Akane's P.O.V.)

Nabiki looked at her watch. "And its 12:00 – Kasumi, Dr. Tofu, Kuno-baby and the others should be arriving any minute now."

Ranma's jaw dropped.

"Kuno, KUNO? YOU INVITED KUNO? ARE YOU INSANE?" He screamed.

Nabiki winked, "Old pal, I thought we'd catch up, you know?"

Suddenly, a pair of arms wrapped around me, and the most annoying and familiar voice echoed inside my ear, "Akane Tendo, a beauty I have not seen in ages. Date with me, will you?"

Before Tatewaki Kuno could even finish his sentence, I had booted him through the wall.

"Akane, is that any way to treat my guest?" Nabiki laughed, and we all joined in.

"Doesn't that Kuno know we're married?" Ranma said with a frown.

"I know," I said, agreeing with Ranma.

"Hey, let's all be cool-headed about this," Nabiki said, trying to break up any fireworks.

"Happy birthday, Nabiki," We heard two voices say.

Nabiki looked over her shoulder and saw that it was Dr. Tofu and Kasumi with the birthday cake.

"Thank you," Nabiki said, running to hug them.

"Ranma Saotome, I see a ring on your finger. Explain to me why you didn't invite me to your wedding," Kuno re-appeared, with a frown.

"Why would I invite you to my wedding?" Ranma gaped.

"I would think my own sister would want to invite me to her wedding day," He said sternly.

"I'm NOT married to Kodachi! I'm married to Akane!" He growled.

"Oh, really? No need to make excuses for not inviting me, I forgive you," Kuno replied.

"Are you really that stupid?" Mat asked.

I went over to try and break up any fireworks between Kuno and Mathew. Those two had some history after Nabiki and Mathew went on their first date to the pool at a fitness center.

"Hey, no fights since today's Nabiki's birthday," I said to the men.

"Yeah, just keep him out of my way," Mathew said, not sounding too threatening about it.

He gripped Nabiki and she showed Kuno her wedding ring.

"I think a few of my other girlfriends are coming too," Nabiki added.

"Nabiki! Happy birthday!" One of Nabiki's friends, Reika, with cheekbones that stuck out just a bit too much and dyed platinum blonde hair rushed over and hugged her.

Nora, another good friend walked over and handed her a box wrapped in newspaper. "Sorry Nabiki, Michelle ripped the other paper we used."

Nabiki grinned slyly. "That's ok, I wasn't even expecting presents anyway."

I admired Nora's hair. It was shiny and dark, just like mine, and a tad longer than Nabiki's.

"How many friends did you invite, Nabiki?" Mathew asked her.

"Besides Kuno... 12," Nabiki answered. "There's a few more coming right now -- 9 more to be exact."

"Are they all girls?" Ranma asked.

"Mm-hmm," Nabiki answered. "I don't know how many of them are going to come to slosh around in some mud though."

That's when the doorbell rang again.

(Nabiki's P.O.V.)

I opened the front door and saw the same two friends I invited to the public bathhouse which we had gone to when Kasumi mentioned to Daddy that there wasn't any hot water. Malia (the fire-haired girl) and Francine (the short black-haired girl) stood in front of me. They both had presents of their own.

"Happy birthday, Nabiki," They said at the same time.

"Thanks, come on in," I said, graciously letting my two friends in.

Shortly afterwards, another friend of mine, Corina -- a girl with a slim build and long brown hair the same color as me, came to the front door with a gift as well.

"Happy birthday, girlfriend," Corina greeted.

I let her in after I said "Thanks." Just then, three more friends arrived with gifts. Their names were Mira, Kari, and Erin. Mira had long blonde hair and a slim build; Kari had short red hair and a slim build too; Erin also had a slim build, but had long blue hair, almost like Akane's when it was long. As the last three of my friends came, Yuki, Ami, and Kayel, we invited them outside into our backyard.

"Well, who's going to be the first to jump in?" I asked as we all stared at the pool longingly.

But, something pushed me from behind. I hurled into the pool and submerged under. As I came to the surface, I saw Akane laughing.

"That's my revenge for shoving me in the mud!" She screamed.

And with that, everyone leaped into the pool, whether they were wearing clothes or not… everyone, except Akane.

"C'mon Akane, what's the wait?" Ranma asked.

But she looked puzzled.

"Come on, Akane... have some fun," I called from the pool.

"Come on, Akane, I'm not embarrassed to show off my torso," Ranma said, running his fingers down his upper body.

"I guess," Akane said, removing the sundress, exposing her swimsuit.

She went ahead and jumped in.

"Alright," I announced to the group. "I do have some food here, and... our pool... and... a slip n' slide of mud. Enjoy yourselves."

"And one more thing," I added. "Swimsuits are optional... but shirts and shorts aren't allowed."

And, at that second, Tatewaki Kuno took Akane down and while locking her in his embrace went down the muddy Slip N' Slide.

"Get off me you FREAK!" She booted him up, and up he went, but came back down, and belly flopped into the pool.

Akane slipped a little farther until she got up, lurked over to the pool and jumped on his back, plunging him under again and sending herself down too, washing the mud off.

(Akane's P.O.V.)

When I was fully washed off once more, they were cutting the birthday cake and singing Happy Birthday to Nabiki, and that old song, "For She's a jolly good fellow."

It looked delicious – a sponge cake with raspberry filling and vanilla frosting and strawberries.

"You should open your presents, Nabiki!" Corina suggested.

"Yeah!" I agreed.

Nabiki opened my gift first. It was the necklace I bought.

"Thanks, Akane," Nabiki said to me.

She opened the rest of her presents. She got a new pair of tennis shoes, new tennis rackets and balls, and some new cosmetics... along with a hairbrush.

"Thank you all," Nabiki announced to the group. "Now, you all can do what you want... but nobody leaves -- the party doesn't end until sunset."

6 of the girls Nabiki invited decided to swim; the others decided to slide through the mud. I watched some of them walk over to the side of the house where the mud was.

"What's with the blinds, Nabiki?" Malia asked.

"Well, Malia," I heard Nabiki say. "Look at the sign – 'swimsuits optional'."

"Geez, Nabiki!" She said. "You're shameless; that's really living life on the edge."

I decided to stand next to Nabiki at the mud slide. And at the same time, Yuki, Michelle and Erin unbuttoned their shirts that they wetted from the pool. The others watched in horror as they removed their clothes.