Please forgive me my spelling.
III
Ukyo looked up from her grill to find Ranma standing in her doorway. He was alone and Ukyo knew that that wasn't good.
"Hey, Ranma." She wouldn't dare call him `Ranchan.'
"Kasumi said you came looking for me and Akane."
"Yeah. I wanted to, um, to apologize. For doing what I did at the wedding." Ranma nodded.
"Do you want me to bring Akane by?"
"You sound like you don't trust me."
"I don't. I used to."
"I know." She sighed. "Yeah, please, bring Akane by. I'd appreciate that."
"Um, Ukyo, I think you should know that Akane and I got married." Ukyo swallowed.
"When?"
"The last day of our trip. On our way back."
"Oh. Congratulations."
"Thank you. Can I ask why you are so calm about this?"
"I knew. I knew when I went to the house the day that guy harassed Akane. I knew I had never had a chance." Ranma nodded.
"Is tomorrow after school okay?"
"It's fine." He nodded again and left. Ukyo stared at the door and then looked down to find that she had burned her first okanomiaki. It didn't matter much because the tears would have made it too salty anyway.
"Ayia! Airen, where you go? Shampoo no see you for two weeks."
"Shampoo, I came to talk to you and Cologne."
"Why Airen no answer question?"
"Shampoo, go get your great grandmother." Shampoo hesitated, wanting to say more, but the look on his face silenced her. In the background, Mousse watched Ranma as he waited for the female Amazons to return. The martial artist did not have that nervousness that Mousse had assumed he would have. It was obvious to the half-blind Amazon that Ranma had chosen who he would marry.
Shampoo came back, Cologne closely following her. The matriarch uneasily noted that Ranma seemed surer of himself that he ever had before.
"What is this about, son-in-law?"
"Well, first off you'd better stop calling me that. I don't love, Shampoo. I'm not going to marry her. At this point, I don't even really like her. She's made no attempt to apologize and I don't appreciate it."
"Spatula girl no make attempt."
"Actually she did. Akane and I are going to see her tomorrow after school."
"Shampoo thought Airen no want to be married."
"That's no excuse to throw bombs at people who have no martial arts training and my family. You could have hurt or even killed someone. You could have hurt Akane."
"Airen no care for Violent girl and Violent girl no care for Airen. Why it matter if she hurt?'
"It matters, Shampoo, because I do care for Akane. I love her and if anything were to happen to her, someone would pay dearly."
"It no matter who Airen love, you married to Shampoo."
"Tell me, Shampoo, what do your laws say about a man having more than one wife."
"Is no possible. Man have only one wife, only woman may have many husband."
"Well, then, I guess I can't marry you." Shampoo stared at Ranma. He couldn't be saying what she thought he was saying.
"What you mean?"
"I mean I married Akane already. Of my own free will. She and I are husband and wife."
"Is the marriage consummated, Ranma?" Ranma turned to look at Cologne. She seemed defeated. He smirked.
"Many times over." Cologne nodded and turned away from her great granddaughter.
"Shampoo, if you chose to pursue this man, you will no longer be an Amazon." Shampoo stared at her great grandmother.
"Ranma Shampoo husband."
"No. He is no longer pure. A man must not be married or impure if he is to be worthy. Ranma is both."
"Thank you, Cologne." Ranma turned and left. Shampoo stared after him. It was unfair that she should lose her husband. He said he was married to Akane though, and that he had slept with her, many times apparently. Shampoo sighed.
"Great grandmother, I want to go home," she said softly in her native tongue. Cologne returned her sigh.
"I know, granddaughter, I know."
III
Ukyo looked up from her grill to find Ranma standing in her doorway. He was alone and Ukyo knew that that wasn't good.
"Hey, Ranma." She wouldn't dare call him `Ranchan.'
"Kasumi said you came looking for me and Akane."
"Yeah. I wanted to, um, to apologize. For doing what I did at the wedding." Ranma nodded.
"Do you want me to bring Akane by?"
"You sound like you don't trust me."
"I don't. I used to."
"I know." She sighed. "Yeah, please, bring Akane by. I'd appreciate that."
"Um, Ukyo, I think you should know that Akane and I got married." Ukyo swallowed.
"When?"
"The last day of our trip. On our way back."
"Oh. Congratulations."
"Thank you. Can I ask why you are so calm about this?"
"I knew. I knew when I went to the house the day that guy harassed Akane. I knew I had never had a chance." Ranma nodded.
"Is tomorrow after school okay?"
"It's fine." He nodded again and left. Ukyo stared at the door and then looked down to find that she had burned her first okanomiaki. It didn't matter much because the tears would have made it too salty anyway.
"Ayia! Airen, where you go? Shampoo no see you for two weeks."
"Shampoo, I came to talk to you and Cologne."
"Why Airen no answer question?"
"Shampoo, go get your great grandmother." Shampoo hesitated, wanting to say more, but the look on his face silenced her. In the background, Mousse watched Ranma as he waited for the female Amazons to return. The martial artist did not have that nervousness that Mousse had assumed he would have. It was obvious to the half-blind Amazon that Ranma had chosen who he would marry.
Shampoo came back, Cologne closely following her. The matriarch uneasily noted that Ranma seemed surer of himself that he ever had before.
"What is this about, son-in-law?"
"Well, first off you'd better stop calling me that. I don't love, Shampoo. I'm not going to marry her. At this point, I don't even really like her. She's made no attempt to apologize and I don't appreciate it."
"Spatula girl no make attempt."
"Actually she did. Akane and I are going to see her tomorrow after school."
"Shampoo thought Airen no want to be married."
"That's no excuse to throw bombs at people who have no martial arts training and my family. You could have hurt or even killed someone. You could have hurt Akane."
"Airen no care for Violent girl and Violent girl no care for Airen. Why it matter if she hurt?'
"It matters, Shampoo, because I do care for Akane. I love her and if anything were to happen to her, someone would pay dearly."
"It no matter who Airen love, you married to Shampoo."
"Tell me, Shampoo, what do your laws say about a man having more than one wife."
"Is no possible. Man have only one wife, only woman may have many husband."
"Well, then, I guess I can't marry you." Shampoo stared at Ranma. He couldn't be saying what she thought he was saying.
"What you mean?"
"I mean I married Akane already. Of my own free will. She and I are husband and wife."
"Is the marriage consummated, Ranma?" Ranma turned to look at Cologne. She seemed defeated. He smirked.
"Many times over." Cologne nodded and turned away from her great granddaughter.
"Shampoo, if you chose to pursue this man, you will no longer be an Amazon." Shampoo stared at her great grandmother.
"Ranma Shampoo husband."
"No. He is no longer pure. A man must not be married or impure if he is to be worthy. Ranma is both."
"Thank you, Cologne." Ranma turned and left. Shampoo stared after him. It was unfair that she should lose her husband. He said he was married to Akane though, and that he had slept with her, many times apparently. Shampoo sighed.
"Great grandmother, I want to go home," she said softly in her native tongue. Cologne returned her sigh.
"I know, granddaughter, I know."