(Well, it's been a while since I updated this story. So, in short, thanks to James Birdsong and The Time Traveler for reviewing. Hope you all enjoy this 2nd part of this day of fun co-made by me and Octopus Ink. Enjoy.)

Copyright 2009

(Akane's P.O.V.)

Yuki, Michelle and Erin all leaped together into the mud, nude and screaming, while Reika, Mira and Kari with horrified expressions slowly stripped down to just their bathing suits. They slid after the three insane friends of Nabiki, and got up covered in mud.

"Wow, you can't even tell that they're nude!" Ranma said laughing.

Jealousy of some sort simmered in my tummy.

"Oh, and you'd like that, wouldn't you Ranma?" I said, slapping him slightly. "Avert your eyes, dummy."

"Love you too, Akane," He replied, rubbing his cheek.

I rubbed his cheek too.

"Gee, Nabiki hasn't changed on the craziness," I said to Ranma.

"I'm just glad she said she said she wasn't going to slosh around in the mud," Ranma said to me.

"Yeah," I agreed.

Nabiki was standing at the hose, spraying down her dirty friends who were covered with mud.

(Nabiki's P.O.V.)

As I sprayed them down, I forced Mat, Ranma, Kuno and Dr. Tofu to look away. But there was really no point in spraying down Ranma and Kuno, since they continuously went on the slide.

"Nabiki, let's start up some music!" Ranma suggested.

And so we did. So far, the party was a blast, not to mention a success – everyone loved the slide, drinks, food and cake. Mat had come over and offered if I wanted to sneak away with him to the beach, but it seemed too evil to leave Akane by herself at the tables.

Now, she and I were chatting about the amount of sourness in the lemonade, when the clocks fell to 5:00 p.m.

"How many lemons are in here, Nabiki?" Akane asked.

"Well, we bought the lemonade last week," I told her.

"Odd," Akane said.

I sprayed another one of my friends down after she just slid through the mud in her swimsuit. It was Corina.

"Do you plan on taking the party to the beach?" Akane asked me.

"Sort of," Nabiki said. "In the neighborhood, if it's your birthday, the beach is all yours for the day... so I'm planning to take the girls that want to go down there for a bare party."

"That is ULTIMATELY crazy, Nabiki," Akane said. "Count me out. That's not a nude beach."

"No it isn't," I said. "But if it's your birthday, you can MAKE it a nude beach for the day."

"Still... count me out," Akane said.

"Okay, you don't need to go there... those who don't want to go can stay at the beach house," I said to her. "But it's not coming until later," I added.


"Let's go girls!" I called out, while Akane squirmed in her chair.

All the girls followed, leaving poor Akane alone.

"Aww, cheer up, Akane. It's nothing to be ashamed of!" Mat said, trying to cheer me up.

"Yeah, Akane; think… it's not like they wanted to see your body anyway!" Ranma added.

"What's THAT supposed to mean, Ranma?" I scowled, got up and stormed to the beach.

As I reached the beach, I had seen that most of them had already taken their suits off and were either swimming, splashing or sunbathing.

"Hey, Akane!" Nabiki called to me. "Glad you could come!"

I blushed fiercely. I didn't want to remove my suit, but it was too late to be a coward and go back with the boys. I slowly removed my swimsuit, feeling over exposed and self-conscious.

I ran into the water; the faster, the better. I swam further into the cold water, trying not to get too deep.

"Hey, Akane, catch!" Reika threw a Frisbee at me.

It went right over my head, so I began to swim out to get it. As I went to get it, I came to the drop off, and salt water washed into my eyes, nose and mouth.

"Aahh!!" I screamed, covering my eyes with my hands.

I wiped my face with my hands and picked up the Frisbee. After I threw it back at Reika, I looked around the beach. Nabiki and her naked girlfriends were scattered everywhere. Some were streaking, swimming, and sunbathing.

"Akane, heads up," Reika called again.

The Frisbee was floating through the air. I caught it with ease.

"Hey, girls," Another voice called out.

I looked over and saw Corina with a volleyball.

"How's a game of volleyball sound?" Corina asked. "Nabiki and me are the captains."

"I'm in," Reika called out, running to Corina.

"Are you in, Akane?" Corina asked. "Nabiki said that if you don't want to be here, you can go back to the pool area."

"No thanks, Corina! I'll stay swimming." I replied.

"Suit yourself, Akane!" She said.

"Ewww, this sand is all wet and foamy," Reika noticed. "Let's go down the beach, it's much nicer there."

And so I was left alone floating in the water. Soon they were just tiny specks and I was alone.

"Hey, Akane!" I heard a familiar voice called.

Ranma was standing at the top of a hill, double checking that the nudies were out of sight.

"Don't look," I said, going deeper into the ocean.

I wanted to hide my nude body so that Ranma wouldn't get a nosebleed. I was walking deeper when I slipped on a shell and plunged backwards, shooting water up my nose.

"Akane!" I heard Ranma cry out.

And sooner than that, he had stripped off his shirt and was in the water swimming towards me.

"I'm fine! Don't worry," I mumbled, my nose still full of water, but I wasn't worried about that.

I was trying to cover my chest with my arms so he couldn't see.

"Akane..." He replied.

I just wanted him to get in the water.

"Ok, let's go deeper in," I said to Ranma.

"Deeper in?" Ranma asked me.

"Yes," I replied. "Anything to get away from Nabiki and her nudie friends."

"Did you wanna go underwater and see some marine life?" Ranma asked.

"Whatever works for you," I replied.

Ranma's brows pulled together for a second, but then he smiled. He reached for my hand, and I groggily gave it to him.

"1,.. 2… 3!" We both dove under into the blue, diving deeper.

There wasn't much to see… really; just off the coast of Japan, but we did see a few colorful fish, and that is how we found ourselves sitting on a rock, in each other's arms.

"Akane, I..." He said.

I pressed a finger to his lips. All I wanted to hear right now was his heartbeat and the waves.

"Not a word, Ranma," I demanded.

I simply clutched his manly body. I was so glad that Dad and them didn't see this. As we clutched each other slowly, I leaned in to whisper him a question.

"Ranma," I whispered. "Do you wanna do some REAL skin diving -- as in you and me going underwater without our suits?"

He blushed, trying not to look at my nude body.

"Uh... uh... uh..." Ranma stammered.

I patiently waited for his answer.

(Nabiki's P.O.V.)

"Ace!" We declared, getting another point.

Reika served it, and we watched it hit the net.

"Short!" I called out.

But as the ball came soaring back down, it landed on a passing hermit crab.

"Oh no!" Corina wailed.

I snickered, "Who wants to buy another ball from me for let's say....2000 yen?"

"Nabiki!" They glared.

"OK! OK! Birthday discount!" I said as I went over to my towel and brought back the back-up ball.

"Alright, I believe it's my serve," I said after I came back.

I served the ball over to Corina's team. It went back and forth for a while until Michelle spiked it and it landed right behind my team.

"Point!!" Reika called out.

The ball had rolled to the shores of the water. Erin went ahead and got it.

"Your serve, Corina," She called out, tossing the ball to Corina.

Corina served it over the net to the team of myself, Reika and Michelle, opposed to her team of Erin and her. Sure, we might have had one more player, but Erin was a volleyball player down at the University and could easily outplay our sorry butts.

"Short!" I called, just as it hit the net.

(Ranma's P.O.V.)

The sun was setting, and Akane and I were back in the water still embracing.

"Oh, Akane," I said in a bit of a moan.

"Oh, Ranma," She said back, looking skyward.

I clutched her nude body gently and looked into her eyes.

"Are you ready?" I asked her.

"Mm-hmm," Akane replied.

I clobbered over her down underwater. We swam down to the ocean floor as far as we could.

(Nabiki's P.O.V.)

"Come on girls, I'd say that was a good game," I called out.

The girls were wrapping their towels around themselves as we began to head back to the staircase that led to our beach house… wait – Akane was nowhere to be seen.

"Hey, did any of you guys see Akane?" I asked.

"No," They all replied.

"LOOK! Her swimsuit is still here! She might be in trouble!" Corina cried, pointing to Akane's blue suit lying in the sand.

"Let's go then!" I gasped, running out to the water.

The girls and I removed our towels and began running into the wide ocean.

"Wait, Nabiki... shouldn't we get our swimsuits?" Michelle asked.

"Too much time, Michelle," Reika jumped in.

"Akane, you better not be too far away," I said to myself.

As soon as the girls and I were floating in the water... no ground beneath us, I turned to the others.

"Reika, you and Michelle check the west side," I said. "Corina, check back at the house... maybe Akane's there; if she's not, come back here; Erin and I will check the rocks here."

"Okay," Each of the girls responded.

(Reika's P.O.V.)

I ran around frantically looking for Akane. I didn't know her that well, but she was Nabiki's sister, and Ranma's wife. In high school I had always noticed how much chemistry they had together and if Akane drowned or died, I knew Ranma would be devastated.

"Akane!" I shouted.

Still no answer… except for the waves crashing at my feet. Wait, what was that? Something red was floating in the water, coming towards the waves. I dove in and swam to it. It was… a fish corpse? A bird feather? No, bigger. I dove after it. It was... Ranma's shirt?! That meant… that meant that Ranma was out there too! Possibly looking for Akane already? I swam out to sea, looking for them, when something jabbed at my foot. I screamed – a shark was going to eat me!

But then, smooth fingers were wrapped around my leg. I was scared to look down. What if it was Akane's body? I had no choice. I looked down and saw Akane smiling through the salty water up at me. I sighed in anger. She swam to the surface, but... but, Ranma was with her?!

"Hey, Reika," He shakily said.

I screamed and covered my chest.

"Sorry!" He looked more embarrassed than me. "Not looking!"

"Akane, everyone is looking for you! They think you might have, might have-"

"Drowned?" Her smile vanished.

"YES!" I almost yelled.

"We better go back then," Ranma said, still averting his eyes.

"Great, but...which way is back?" Akane said.

I looked behind me. I couldn't see any land. Just waves crashing in all different directions, with the sun low in the sky.

"I don't know," I whispered.

"Maybe our best bet is to find Nabiki," Ranma replied.

"I think you're right," Akane agreed.

"REIKA!!" I heard a voice scream.

Swimming up to us was Michelle. She had gotten her swimsuit back on. It was a one-piece baby-girl pinkish color.

"Looks like you found them," She said to me.

"Yeah, but we couldn't find our way back after I found them," I told her.

"We were going to find Nabiki before you showed up," Ranma replied.

"Good thing you were going there," Michelle said. "Nabiki gave us orders for me and Reika to check this side while she and Erin checked the other and Corina went back to the beach house to see if Akane went back."

"So, Michelle, where's the way back?" Akane asked.

"This way," Michelle replied, pointing southward.

And so we began to swim south.

(Akane's P.O.V.)

Fatigue was beginning to come to my arms, and I was slowing down a bit. Unlike the others, I had only been swimming for a short period of time and wasn't used to swimming through currents like this.

"Are you ok, Akane?" Michelle noticed.

"Uh, I think," I replied, spitting out water.

Ranma turned back and was watching me.

"I'm fine, Ranma," I said.

But just as he turned back around, my arms gave up and I started letting the waves drift me towards them, until a wave plunged me under.

"Ra-g-n-glub-ma!" I yelled.

The others instantly turned back to me and dove in to help. Ranma slung me over his back, Reika helped lift me out of the water, and Michelle positioned me so I wouldn't breathe in water again. Suddenly, a wave the size of a swimming pool knocked us all under water, and completely threw me off my cozy little piggyback ride from Ranma.

"Akane!" He cried, swimming towards me.

"Reika?! Are you ok?" Michelle swam and helped Reika get water out of her nose.

Once again, waves were crashing in different directions.

"Now where are we?" Michelle wailed.

"Maybe we should try and find Nabiki?" I suggested.

"No luck, last time I saw her she was getting out of the water to head back to the beach house to double check that you didn't go to the bathroom or something," Michelle said.

"Well, we can't just tread water here! Akane already can't swim any further and it won't be long before the rest of us can't as well!"

Ranma and Michelle looked around for some land. There were no big strips of land for who knows how far. Our chances were slim and it became an instant nightmare for me.

"Look... a small cave," Reika shouted pointing to a cave with a big enough entrance for a car to be driven through.

"Can we make it there?" Ranma asked.

"I think we can... we better try make it back before the sun goes down... and it's VERY close to setting completely," Reika answered.

"Come on... that cave is our only chance," Michelle ordered.

"Someone take Akane," Ranma offered. "Any longer and I'm gonna have to take pain killers for my back."

(Michelle's P.O.V.)

No one offered. My arms themselves were already beginning to ache.

"Ranma, just let me swim on my own. I can manage," Akane said, trying to slide off Ranma's back.

"Oh yes, and then by the time we get to the cave, we realize we left you in Davy Jones' locker. Just give her to me," Reika rolled her eyes, swimming over to line up with Ranma.

Akane was passed on to Reika, and Ranma seemed a bit perkier. When we made it to the cave, Reika gave an unconscious Akane back to Ranma for him to carry inside. The sun had set, and the sky was now grey with rain clouds, but not dark. Reika had stopped bothering to cover up her body in the presence of Ranma a while back.

"So, now what?" I asked.

"We'll camp here until Akane's strong enough to swim back," Ranma replied. "If we're lucky, maybe Nabiki or Erin will spot us."

"Sure hope so," Reika answered.

Akane was still lying down motionless on the rough rocky ground.

"Wait... what about bathrooms?" Reika spoke up. "What about cover up if we have to sleep here? Akane and I don't have anything on, but Michelle and you do, Ranma."

"Just lie down behind a rock or something," Ranma replied.

"Reika, relax, we'll get back to Nabiki's beach house eventually," I said.

"Knowing Nabiki, she'll probably not want to rest until we're found," Ranma said to me and Reika.

"Thank goodness this was an all night party; at least the others will be able to sleepover tonight and make sure we're ok. If, that is, they find us in time." Reika remembered.

(Ranma's P.O.V.)

"Here, Reika," I pulled off the black tank top I usually wear under all my shirts, that I had luckily kept on when Akane and I were having our moments and threw it to her.

"Thanks, Ranma. What about Akane?" Reika asked, pointing to what looked like a corpse… that was Akane.

"Well, body heat is one of the best ways to spread the love," I smiled, walking over and picking her up.

They both glared at me.

"I mean heat. Body heat is a good way to spread the heat," I sat down and basically cradled Akane while they sat and huddled together trying to warm up as well.

It began to rain. Raindrops landed inches away from us outside the cave, missing us by not much.