The battle had somehow turned for the better after Akito not only was a cursed Akane Tendo, but thanks to some strange powder the girl miraculously used a moment before all those web lines stabbed her helped transform the fighter they all loved into an unstoppable force devoid of all reason or apparent drive.
"Akane?, Akane!?. . .Akane!" Desperately Shouted Ranma, afraid that whatever she used had taken a heavier toll over her mind than what Akane could withstand on her own.
Neither a physical or mental response coming from the zombie like girl nervously altered the redhead and the other teenagers who procured by all accounts to keep her safe from the vast array of attacks coming from that cocoon.
As the battle raged on in the middle of a devastated Nerima city, Ranma, and a woken up Ryoga desperately tried to find out what was going on with their third spouse, that is until the lost boy began to remember a certain situation Akane went through a long time ago.
"I don' get it. I can see her fighting that monster but I can' feel her at all." Said the redhead perturbed by the lack of response from her wife. Akane's footing was there, and amazingly enough every step she took forward came accompanied with unsuspected punches deflecting every web-line mortally aimed at her surroundings.
"I don't understand either dad." Interfered the twelve year old girl in glasses who until now remained unnoticed. "Mom is very much present in my mind, but her thoughts are all jumbled and incoherent." Reported tensely Sachiko next. "She seems in control so far and the way she fights. . .Wow!, I've never seen her so strong, but she is devoid of any other reaction."
Ranma had no argument there, after all, the massive amount of web-lines produced from inside that cocoon not only flew on every direction, but their sharp metallic edges could have sliced her or Ryoga on any given time if it wasn't for Akane's impervious stance.
"I agree with you Sachi-chan. If I hadn't seen 'kane evade an' counter every attack with my own eyes I wouldn't have believed it." Ranma surely was impressed by the surprising agility and precision the raven haired girl used to stay alive, but what snapped her back into reality was the danger every web-line represented against a still unconscious girl.
When the Saotome master turned over to check on Ryoga, the lost boy not only enjoyed the sight to see Akane soar like a true martial artist across the battlefield, but the thought in his head about Akito and Akane being the same person made the boy quiver with more enthusiasm than what he let on.
With an elbow against his ribs the pigtail girl took his attention away from the marvelous fighter, knowing full well that something had to be done to save their spouse. "C'mon Ryoga buddy, don' let us out of the loop. What's goin' on with 'kane?"
The boy immediately scowled at Ranma, slightly angry after forcing him out of the trance, but reconciling back into his casual demeanor when those blue eyes stared back at him puzzled, sight that always weakened his mind and turned him into putty.
Trying to counter those cute eyes from causing him to blush the lost boy used his inner instincts to answer her question with a rhetorical one of his own.
"Can't you remember Ranma?. . .Think!"
The simple, yet cryptic question sent the girl back into looking at Akane. Her movements were that of a master who knew the environment all around, she saw a girl who controlled the way in which those lethal lines darted across the land but failed their targets miserably, and all with the simplest way to graciously maneuver and deflect every swipe with dangerous inhuman strength.
Ryoga found no other choice but to show the redheaded girl a secret no one had seen during this fight. The six teenagers and Ranma stared dumbly as the bandanna clad boy pointed out certain details easily passable by the untrained eye regardless of how experienced they were during battle.
Meanwhile Horo Kumo relentlessly threw every conceivable blade and web like weapon towards that unstoppable force, growling and sneering at the sight of her failed attempts laying defeated across the land.
By now those venomous set of eyes hiding among the shadows sharply turned into flames after all her efforts were thwarted and her imminent beating began to look closer and closer.
"Damn you!. Stop moving and die already!" Screamed the female spider out of her wits.
After a while the lost boy rolled his eyes in defeat after Ranma had no other option but to pout cutely and wait for the boy to explain Akane's sudden transformation without stalling the answer.
"Fine!, I guess sometimes you are as clueless as you are beautiful. . .Here." Ryoga stretched his hands towards Ranma's face, softly leading her jaw line not at the raven haired girl skillfully dodging everything coming her way, but more importantly towards her face which until now had been hidden within her bangs.
"See?" Said the boy, this time focusing in Akane's closed eyes.
"Can't you remember what happened when the lecherous old man made Akane sniff that powder?, She fell asleep and still defended herself regardless of any attack coming her way." The second Ryoga mentioned that incense incident all those years ago the redhead immediately recalled how powerful the youngest Tendo became thanks to that powder.
"I see!, that's what she used just now?. . .If I recall correctly her strength multiplied its maximum level an' no matter what I tried, nothin' could stop her." At this point Ranma knew Akane had a chance after all. The girl let a deep sigh she kept stuck at all times, knowing now that her flat-chested Akane could pull this off all on her own.
"Not only her strength is affected Ranma." Ryoga interrupted the conversation, explaining that the state Akane had reached was beyond that of a magical incense powder.
"I can feel her dreaming. Somehow, after being able to sync my brainwaves at some point, the state she is in acts like a trance where all her instincts are heightened to an incredible level. Akane had trouble adapting to such amazing attack, but being able to unconsciously sense all around herself has even the battlefield."
The lost boy used this time to gather all her family and join with Herb who until now supervised the wounded back at the campsite, but now was ready to get in on the action.
Once in a huddle everyone started to formulate a plan according to Akane's forced dream into the collective connection.
"Ok, Akane-san wants us to handle King Toma's army. For that we need the assistance from the Musk army." The longer Ryoga described what he could sense from her lover, the more interesting things unfurled for every participant.
Herb was the most pleased after he agreed to patrol the moving island as a way to keep Toma in power, that is of course after the browned skinned man would swear not to harm or kidnap another human being ever again.
As the group resolved most issues peacefully, what forced them to intervene during the fight was an action no one perceived until now though.
Everyone expected Akane to end this once and for all, but the moment Hoho saw herself cornered against the wall, the well hidden mutant did what cowardly beasts do on these situations.
Although the vast field seemed like evenly divided between that cocoon, Akane and on the far side the rest of the family, what turned this fight into a living hell was the Togenkyo ruler numbly sitting far from where anyone stood.
Toma unconsciously contemplated his fake Kingdom in ruins while the only person he trusted all these years had finally come clean, and was now taking his throne away. He was never this weak, but feeling desolate and confused by the shocking turn of events made Toma an easy target Hoho had to use on her advantage. A last trump card so to speak.
"Fine!, you want to beat me the hard way?. . .Then, by all means try and stop me if you can!" Screamed the arachnid monster as some of her well sizable blades shot from underneath the earth and fully penetrated a disconcerted Togenkyo King across the chest.
"Awk!. . .Gasp!" Chocked irritated the King, sputtering blood out of his mouth by the strenuous force of the stab. The girls found almost impossible to withstand such horrendous scene where the poor man quickly bled to death, spitting from his lips what it looked like chunks of some kind of flesh exploding within his mangled body.
The timing couldn't be more disadvantageous since neither the teens, Ryoga, Ranma or that unstoppable girl were close enough to avoid such attack. Toma didn't expect the treachery either, and as the powerful ruler soared through the air thanks to those cables attached into his sternum, the man gasped horrified into what it looked like his prompting end.
Kenta, Akemi and Sachiko Immediately turned away, almost fainting at the sight, but firmly held by either Makoto, Shota and Isamu who kept the girls protected from the violent scene. Oddly enough Mei, a somewhat rested Junior and Taiga stared directly at the dying man like if they had seen such horrors before.
After a while Ryoga growled quietly at the mutant female as he found the cowardly attempt tasteless, specially when Hoho previously boasted supremacy during the fight.
A simple nod between the redhead and the lost boy was enough for the old team to dart forward and help break the mighty juggernaut from stampeding Toma and Hoho's defenses alike . Herb still had trouble understanding why would they need to intervene since Akane Tendo kept breaking web blade after blade regardless of how powerful and fast those lines moved all over the place.
"We need to help her Herb-san." Explained Ranma while busily opposing her wife's unstoppable path.
"Because 'kane ain't exactly herself in that state!" Shouted the redheaded girl the second her protective arm clashed against the raven haired girl's more powerful kick unconsciously moving toward the bleeding target dangling from the web-lines.
Herb still questioned the meaning of the comment, after all, the man saw a very lucid Akane defending herself marvelously against impossible odds. Luckily a sudden counterstrike from Akane's right uppercut let Ranma proceed with a more extensive explanation as she flew into the sky, veered around in mid air and dashed back into the fry.
"She can' stop herself from attacking anythin' on her path!. . .Either friendly or not!" Said the girl last. The Musk King began to see the pattern Akane's new ability was made of. A vastly stronger technique where all her senses were increasingly heightened and both, her physical strength and resilience reached anatomically impossible levels in exchange of conscious thought. . .A very dangerous mix, specially with the dragon blood in her veins.
All the kids and the Musk warrior finally snapped back into the fight after the despicable Hoho dangled over the battlefield a raggedy Toma like if he was a dying puppet. His chest wound clearly devoid of blood showed the menacing state in which his life would flicker away at a drop of a hat while his tears demonstrated not his weakness, but his remorse from past deeds.
Hoho wanted a human shield capable to keep the female fury at bay, but even the ferocious woman couldn't understand why was the bandanna clad fighter trying to unhook his mortal enemy from the stabbing blades while the menace with red hair had trouble keeping Akane back.
At first Ranma did her best to avoid Akane's immeasurable pounding punches at a safe distance, after all, that table she used during the last incense incident sure hurt a lot, and all because he worriedly made an opening for the girl to utilize.
Boom! Came the loud bang from a well placed kick directly to Ranma's ribs during a second assault from the sleeping girl, sending the poor redhead like an aimless projectile towards some ruins.
"D-Damn." Bit the girl in anguish, clearly hurt by so much pressurized force in one swift attack. "I had all my bases covered. How in the hell did she make an opening where there were none?" Complained angrily more by a bruised ego than from the actual pain.
Ranma furiously broke the rubble into smaller pieces right before jumping from her landing spot and towards Akane who dangerously closed in to Ryoga and his efforts to free Toma.
The lost boy finally shred the lines from the almost dead body Toma had become, but the second he skipped towards a safer place, the youngest Tendo appeared out of nowhere, ready to pulverize anyone coming across her path.
"A-Akane!, wait!" Exclaimed the fanged fighter while keeping an arm free and barely stopping Akane's kick in midair with it. The pressure was tremendous and although Ryoga could easily stop the attack, being on the air had the disadvantageous misfortune to send both Toma and him away and into a heap.
Ryoga managed to land first as he accommodated Toma in the crevice of his chest. The much older man saw the struggle in the younger boy's face, like if he really cared for his wellbeing, fact that puzzled him beyond reason.
"W-Why. . .Cough, cough. W-Why are you doing this?" Weakly asked the King puzzled.
Ryoga saw a look of regret and painful memories into those brown eyes. The same look he was so familiar with every time he looked into a mirror. "Don't worry Toma, Akane explained everything to us and we'll do our best to solve this problem without any casualty."
The brown skinned man well in his thirties saw devotion and understanding as he looked back into Ryoga's eyes. Perhaps this boy did understand why he had to do what he did, fact that helped him relax and accept the total lack of blood and consequently life escaping his mangled self.
"T-Thank. . ." Was all he could muster before collapsing once and for all. Ryoga felt a pang of desperation before a daunting end to a man forced into a precarious situation. He immediately began to pump his Shi in hopes to keep him alive while Isamu unlatched from Sachiko and rushed to where the man stood still.
As a team, the combined effort between Ryoga and a young acupuncture expert like Ono's oldest son had always worked in the past, and as the dead man laid on the ground free to peacefully leave this world behind, The ability and power from the green infusing Shi was more than able to bring the King back.
Loud gasping sounds replaced the dead silence from a few minutes ago, and as the man opened his eyes once again, Toma saw the gaping hole on his chest shrink at the mere touch from those young hands.
"I-Impossible. . .I, I should be dead!" Claimed the incredulous man. Ryoga and Isamu stayed glued to the Togenkyo King hoping to finish his healing, but their eyes turned towards that girl who always resolved any problem peacefully.
At this point the battle had finally been called. The teens on the far field saw the townsfolk peek from within the rubble, led by Tatewaki and Nabiki Kuno who reminded them peace had arrived to the city once again. They all stared at no other than that redheaded girl accompanied by Akane Tendo, and a slew of new faces foreign to their customary ways.
This was the moment of truth for Hoho who until now saw no other option but to attack head on. The fake woman saw how Togenkyo's army had been rounded up and captured by the Musk, and after she burned any bridge between her King and herself, the spider woman found no reason to use him anymore.
"Gah!. . .No!, it can't be!" Her predicament became unbearably unfair when a yanking pull drove her attention to the other side from her lines where they all resided together in one point.
"W-What the hell?" Questioned the spider mutant after watching all her lines tightly held into Akane's strong fist, their sharp edges bent and dull by the sheer strength infused in those powerful fists .
It was too late to do a thing, thought bitterly the humanoid, watching a satisfied Ranma stand besides no other than a highly perturbed Akane Tendo who had a sizable amount of those web-lines, and using that monstrous might to pull Hoho out from the cocoon.
"N-No!, Let go!" Screamed the woman only to be hauled forcibly from his hiding place and directly against a pulled back fist Akane prepared for the last assault.
PoW!. . .
Ranma, Ryoga and the rest had to wince painfully after the youngest Tendo punched so hard, the entire outer skin from the giant spider broke apart and that old, yet human shaped arachnid exploded from within its husk.
When the fight was over both Hoho and Horo laid together unconscious, the land had been devastated, but the family Saotome-Hibiki-Tendo had finally won.
Cheers and screams from old and young praised not only at the Akane Tendo they knew and loved, but after remembering who that redhead really was, many grudges fell apart and men alike joyously patted Ranma on the back.
"Forgive us Saotome-san. We always undermined your family, and shone away from the heroes we so desperately needed." Said one of the city's council. Most of the men surrounding the girl promised to respect and honor her name regardless of the curse, and even invited Ranma to act as the community's leader, but things didn't happen to go their way.
"Nah!. If there's one thing I learned all these years is that fame don' make me who I really should be." Afterwards the redheaded girl respectfully bowed before them, leaving towards certain loose ends she really needed to tie.
On the far opposite corner An endearing Ryoga stared at the two girls occupying his dreams. The two beings he always strived to prove his worth and the ones keeping his heart in check. When on of those two walked closer to where he stood, even the sky became bright and clear after so much pain had been lifted from his life.
Right there, before family and friends, the lost boy lunged at his long missing partner, cuddling close to her small frame and forgetting the fight while his eyes searched diligently those blue orbs he missed for so long.
"I have waited to do this for years." Said the boy as his hands cupped those reddened cheeks and his lips drove insanely against a nervous redhead.
Those who saw the demonstration had no doubt of their innocence and purity, after all Ryoga had scouted far and wide trying to show Ranma how compatible they were while at the same time the redhead worked all this time with the same goal, only in her own terms.
Moments later they parted away, only slightly afar though. The girl saw enthralled the spark flying from those brown orbs crazily mesmerized into her trembling blue ones.
There were so many things she wanted to tell him, demand from his illogical state of mind and even question about his feelings of worthlessness, but why bring those nasty thoughts out when at the end of the day both were finally together and in one piece.
Besides. The girl had no time to argue after Ryoga reached around, took the thermos from his daughter and poured some of the hot fluid all over the now male fighter.
The shock was immediate, specially when the lost boy twirled him around and whispered into Ranma's ear, ready to tell him what he needed to do next.
"Ranma. . .I was never there for you during your wedding, but here I am now. Akane needs to break the spell and you owe me a wedding kiss." His words were soothing tones of understanding and uncertain trepidation which prompted the pigtailed boy to look at the zombie like girl lazily holding her stoic position in wait for a solution to her predicament.
By then everyone watched goodheartedly at the young man trying to work that ancient courage escaping his bravado. A kiss always meant much more for Ranma, and as he cautiously stepped up towards the dangling girl, Akane began to turn towards his incoming approach.
The boy firmly took both her shoulders and pulled towards his taller frame, stopping the advancing girl mere inches from his chest, and using that short distance to lower his lips down to her asking ones.
It was a very emotional sight for the rest. Herb held tight from Arianna, her queen. Makoto, Isamu and Junior did the same with their respective companions, and although the other kids still worked on a way to find love at such young age they all knew this battle brought new changes to an old city.
A second later Akane opened her eyes, gasping by the welcoming feeling to sense her husband's kiss once again, and enjoying the long lost link they had forged and missed during the years.
"There's the man I missed for so long. . ." Mused the girl with muffled sounds when their lips kept them still very much attached to each other. Ranma instinctively reacted at that smile with a shy of his own, helping him remember the love he longed to declare ever since his wife supposedly left to America.
Splash!. . .Gasp!.
The loud sound came from a second balloon well hidden within Akemi's satchel and thrown directly at an unsuspecting fanged girl. Ryoga suddenly snapped all wet and surprised at Junior who balanced over the slightly older girl and began all manner of congratulatory cheers and hugs.
"We did it mom!. . .We won!" Screamed enthusiastically the thirteen year old boy. Ryoga found his happy face so close and annoying, but what turned her face into a shade of pink was when all the girls jumped on her just like old times.
"Mom!. . .You look so pretty now that I see you more closely." Said Sachiko who always had a knack to distinguish the subtle differences before hand.
"You know Mrs. Hibiki, I think she's right. . .You look. I don't know. Younger than before." Said Makoto next.
"In fact, I think Akane-mom and dad are far different than before as well." When Akemi noted the big change between the couple still holding hands Isamu walked closer to the pair, tilting his head every time the boy read either jumbled aura.
"I believe something happened during that last transformation. I didn't really looked at you at first, busy with the fight and all, but I'd say you two are back into your higher teens." Dictated wisely the boy.
The assessment brought the pigtailed boy and the youngest Tendo to stare at each other. It was clearly that their ages reverted after the technique they used to cure Ryoga consumed more than their collective Chi, but with fight after fight keeping them focus on something else it never actually gave them the chance for appraisal.
"N-No wonder I feel so light an' shorter." Admitted Ranma ecstatic.
Akane did nod at the idea as well, but the girl decided to lead her husband towards a girl who finally made her home whole.
"Welcome home Ryoga-chan. I guess it's time for us to work things out." The raven haired girl reached out a second later, latching her hand with the lost girl and pulling her towards the only transformed man at the moment.
"Ah man, this really feels right." Said Ranma with a smile of satisfaction while holding both girls around their waste.
"Um. . .I think we need some ground rules here." Responded the fanged teen, glad to be together, but annoyed at the dumb look on his male spouse.
"I think so too. After all, Ranma owes Akito a match, and if my alter ego wins, I get you all to myself." Coyly pointed Akane at Ryoga's chest.
The challenge didn't go unheard, after all Ranma had his pride on the line after the way Akito made a statement for all to see. True that it was Akane all along, but after watching his girl in an all out brawl with serious foes, his tongue ran across his lips, hungry to test her in battle.
"You're on!" Answered Ranma back at the girl.
All the family rolled their eyes at the obvious response, but they agreed to make this a real bout in time. Right now they all decided to breathe easily. The bad guys were finally in the custody of the Musk, All those who always blamed Ranma for the city's past incidents finally resolved their differences and admitted him as the hero he so much deserved to be, and as the Phoenix and Amazon armies were sent to their original lands, the Kunos decided to take the lead towards rebuilding the city.
Makoto and the other kids arranged times to pitch in the repairs, bidding their own pace towards the girls leading a very female Ryoga, Ranma and Akane to the wounded camp where Dr. Ono Tofu attended the ill.
Herb took into custody the Togenkyo Island as accorded and even Lime agreed to represent the Musk by working right besides Toma. "Will there be peace this time around, Herb-san?" Asked the brown skinned man somewhat puzzled.
The feral King knew everything would be ok, after all, Ranma and company were going to be close to defend what is right
"I believe there will be Toma-san, and if there's any trouble in the future the Musk will always help this land." Still, the feral king had to be fair with the last outcome, and as the powerful Herb led Toma to his island, the two of them spoke quietly about the misdeeds the Togenkyo ruler did by kidnapping innocent girls.
"I know you suffered my friend, but we kings aren't exempt from the law." Said the Musk leader ominously. Toma accepted his guilt and admitted to be judged according to a fair trial. In the end neither Saotome or Hibiki knew of this, but that had been decided elsewhere.
Back on the camp, in one of the bigger tents, a group of children impatiently waited outside while D. Tofu examined those three champions.
"Um, yeah. . .Ok, now turn around and cough. I see. . ." Said the practitioner after the last patient sat on that makeshift bed. "I can't deny what my son reached upon his check up Ranma. I believe whatever you three did during that transformation technique affected you physically to a point where your age reverted back to someone around the age of fifteen or sixteen years old."
They knew it was true after the way they felt, still, getting younger as a side effect sure brought new problems they didn't take into account until now.
"So. I guess my job as a faculty rector is out of the question?" Asked Akane to Midori who answered her doubted mind with a big nod.
"Yeah. I'm afraid sixteen is an age too young for the job and even though you finished you degree, I think many new employees at the college will doubt of your accomplishments." Once her old job couldn't be reached anymore the raven haired teen turned to see Ryoga and subsequently Ranma, wondering what would they do about this new predicament.
"Well, I worked fine as Kenji's translator at my age, and to be honest, I was stuck at nineteen years old for a long time. My younger self doesn't seem to really affect me at all, so if Kenji-san needs me again, I'd be happy to work for him."
Midori's husband couldn't be happier for the offering which he immediately accepted without reservation. Next, everyone turned to see a pensive Ranma. He kept thinking on a way to make money for the family, but all he could come up with was a shrug from his shoulders and a puzzled look.
"I don' know. . .I couldn't even finish my athletics degree back at Tokyo University, remember?" As he said this Akane did recall the pigtailed grown man quitting his career after Ryoga was taken into hiding all those years ago.
Ryoga felt the need to redeem himself after the chaos he caused because of his dumb choices. He took the lead in the conversation and decided to add a solution to their problems. "Well, there you have it Ranma. I can work as Kenji's assistant, rebuild a restaurant like the one I ran before and even help mom with the Saotome school of ceremony tea. You two can go back to school and finish your degrees and then come back home."
They realized the house needed to be attended equally and leaving all the work to Ryoga seemed awfully unfair for the rest. When Sachiko and the other girls agreed to help on the cause Tatewaki Kuno appeared to make his own point into their plans.
"Ranma-san, I have decided to help this fine city to become even greater. As part of my desire to make this work, I believe a real school should be on the works, thus, I will talk with the corresponding authorities and I will build a college right here in Nerima."
The idea appealed to the family who by all accounts had enjoyed their jobs as either teachers, student assistants and athletic miracles. "Thanks Kuno, that should be great!" Accepted the pigtailed boy enthusiastically.
The rest of the day became an arduous chore to recuperate and salvage the remains of a Dojo and a still standing house. In time they all arrived home where that old koi pond, the somewhat standing wooden gate and their home resided almost intact.
A deep breath coming from an exhausted and somewhat tense Akane made all the memories dissipate into the air. There were no more enemies to worry about, and as that old house began to fill with twelve year old children busily fixing their own rooms, the youngest Tendo decided to admire those two who always belonged to her.
Ranma of course was the first to go into the kitchen. Hungry as he always were, Akane had to roll her eyes and smile at his drive to eat on any given time, but that somehow helped to make her home be restored back into those good times.
Ryoga on the other hand fell on the bigger couch, tired from all the ordeal they had gone through, but patting the old furniture like if he couldn't believe this was over.
"Feels strange doesn't it?" Asked Akane as she snuggled close to a bewildered Fanged teen.
"It does feel strange, and. . .Calm." Both teens embraced each other in such a manner that Nodoka and the other women scattered all around the house the second they went in, leaving the two alone for now. When Ryoga stared at those amazing brown eyes his fears promptly vanished and as if he were a new, more daring man his lips closed in on the girl, kissing her without being afraid to mess things up.
The two enjoyed the little time together until the clanging sound of porcelain cups made them react and watch with surprise at no other than Ranma dressed comfortably in a long dress and walking from a distance with a tea set on her hands.
Both Ryoga and Akane silently gasped at the sight because this wasn't the tomboy they loved and cared for. Ranma was actually walking so feminine and sensual, her swaying hips were those of a seductress who hypnotically entice the senses of foolish men.
Once the ravaging redhead set the tray on the small dinner table, the girl fell on the couch with such finesse Ryoga found increasingly uncomfortable sitting right in the middle of the trio. His eyes trembled furiously after the way both beautiful girls cuddled, one on each arm, and the moment their heads rested on either one from his shoulders the lost boy believed himself to be the luckiest man alive.
"Wow. I had no idea you had it in you Ranma. You really outdone yourself." Admitted Akane impressed by the gracious manner in which Ranma turned up the heat.
"I-I. . .I think so too R-Ranma." Admitted the boy as well.
He wanted to feel comfortable and admire the efforts his old friend and lover was effortlessly putting on, but what completely lost him in the conversation was the next reaction from the girl.
"Well. The way I figure, I think Ryoga-kun has blamed all this mess on himself." The sensuous confession came with one of her fingers running across his ample arm, dancing up and down with the goal to accentuate her smacking lips and penetrating gaze.
"An' I think is time for me an' you 'kane to show this idiot what he really means to us." This time the statement came accompanied with her hand pulling his face towards his side and a kiss so deep Ryoga's face turned beet red by Ranma's effusiveness.
Akane just stared for as long as it took for the redhead to unclasp her lips only to pull the poor boy's face on the opposite direction and plant a deep smooch of her own.
By the time the new teenagers separated from each other both girls smiled and even giggled a little when the fanged teen nervously gasped even louder that before, fighting with the idea to spend the rest of his life with such amazing girls, and more importantly accept if he would have the guts to do so.
"I. . .Um, I-I think that was awesome, but. . ." The second he raised a finger into the air and expressed the fateful "but" both Akane and Ranma stared at him with risen brows.
"But?. . ." Asked both in unison.
The boy felt his cheeks on fire, afraid that maybe he ruined the mood, but his demeanor stayed in course after the importance from his doubted mind forced him to review the future this relationship needed to address today.
"Um. How is this going to work?"
This was the time all three stared at each other, puzzled mostly at first but certain that the solution beckoned in their own shared love.
"I think we can work this out." Said Ranma with pride, and a familiar sly look Akane and Ryoga were always afraid to predict.
At about those few thick minutes clouding the trio the rest of the family began to pour in as part of their daily routine came to a close, leaving the decision for later but keeping all three free to come up with a good strategy.
At the end of the day three mothers with part time fatherhood jobs enjoyed the perks to have children at such young age and thankfully look forward to see them grow at their own pace.
Akane toasted this fine evening in the company of family and friends who took into account their very complicated lives as a way to commemorate their unity.
"Oh yes. This is going to work just fine." Boasted the girl with a cup of tea raised high on the air.