Soun and Genma's Excellent Plan
Version 2 - 3.11.02
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Ch 4: The Results
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Once everyone was inside the main room of Ranma and Akane's suite they sat down and got to business. Harry explained to everyone what needed to be done and the options that they had. Three hours later they all went to the courthouse to fill out all of the necessary paperwork.
"Well, Ranma and Akane, congratulations. You are now married and free to go. Here is a copy of your marriage certificate. A copy has already been sent to the Japanese Embassy and a copy has been filed here."
It was evening when they finally left the courthouse.
"I'm hungry. Why don't we stop and get something to eat?" Asked Nodoka.
Everyone agreed, some more enthusiastically than others.
[I can't believe that I am now Mrs. Saotome Akane. I wonder if Ranma will want the annulment? I hope not. Even though this was forced. I like being married to Ranma.]
[I can't believe I am married to Akane. I hope she doesn't want an annulment. Even though this was forced I like bein' married to her.]
[I'll talk to him/her about it later.] Thought the newlyweds.
The meal passed slowly. There was a lot of small talk going on, but most of the group was watching Ranma and Akane. None of them were sure how this was going to work. Ranma and Akane for their part were fairly oblivious to what was going on around them. They were lost in their own thoughts and would occasionally sneak a peak at the other.
When everyone was done eating they all headed back to the Happy Couples Resort.
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Thanks to Nabiki, the Happy Couples Resort was afraid of a possible lawsuit from the parents of the teens that were now married due to the resorts allowing the minors to rent a room together, to appease the families they gave them a pair of suites next to the teens, for free of course.
While Ranma and Akane went straight back to the resort, the rest of the group headed by their hotel to check out and pick up their luggage.
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Ranma and Akane were walking towards the Happy Couples Resort.
"Akane, you know right before the wedding fiasco back home, when you asked me if I loved you?"
"Yeah."
[Where is he going with this?]
"Then I asked you why you thought that and you said it was because you heard me say it at Jusendo."
"Yeah, and then you denied ever saying it." Akane replied hotly. This was dangerous ground for the couple.
"I didn't say it. I _thought_ it."
"What?" Akane grabbed Ranma's arm and turned him towards her as they stopped.
"I didn't actually say it. I screamed it in my head. I don't know how you heard it, but you did. I think that it might have been ishin denshin or maybe your soul heard it before it reentered your body. I am sorry that I didn't tell you this before, but I was afraid."
"Afraid of what?"
"Afraid that you didn't really love me like I loved you. I was afraid of allowing you in and running the risk of losing the only true friend that I have. Akane, will you stay married to me?"
"Yes, Ranma I will stay married to you, and I will always be your friend." Akane said through her tears.
[He loves me! Me, they uncute, tomboy, fiancée. Out of all the girls that he could have he loves me.]
The couple walked the rest of the way to their suite holding hands in silence.
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By the time that everyone else was settled into their suites it was late in the evening. They all met in Ranma and Akane's main room to talk. Ranma and Akane were sitting on the floor next to each other. Noticeably relaxed from when they first heard about their marriage, but still a little tense.
[I know that Ranma loves me now and that he wants to stay married, but am I ready for what comes with being married? Am I ready to do _that_ with Ranma?]
[While it is nice knowing that Akane wants to stay married. Why didn't she say that she loves me? I wonder if she realizes what married couples do on their honeymoon? Will she still beat me to a pulp if I try and touch her?]
Both teens thoughts were interrupted when Nabiki spoke up.
"So Akane, I bet that you can't wait for tonight." Teased Nabiki while throwing her a box of condoms.
"Wh… what are you talking about Nabiki?" Akane asked stunned at her sister's brazenness and blushing at what she was now holding.
"Oh come on Akane. You _do_ know what newlyweds do on the first night they are married don't you?" Nabiki said with a smile.
"YES I DO!" Cried Akane as she was starting to get mad.
"Are you _sure_? I could get some illustrations if you want."
"We don't need any illustrations?"
[Oh, it's _we_ now. That's interesting. Time to go in for the kill.] Thought Nabiki.
"HAHAHA! Oh relax, Akane. We all know that neither one of you has the guts to do anything like that."
"Is that a challenge, Nabiki? It sounded like one to me. I think that _we_ will just show you who has enough guts to do what." Akane screamed at Nabiki while turning and grabbing Ranma by the arm.
Ranma was stunned.
[Is she saying what I think she is saying?]
"Come on Ranma we're going to make love all night long if we have to." Akane said as she drug him towards the bedroom.
The others looked on in astonishment, as Ranma was drug into the newlywed's bedroom with a goofy smile on his face.
SLAM!
"And if anyone, and I mean anyone, tries to intrude or interrupt us I will introduce them to a new definition of pain." Akane said as she stuck her head back out the door a second later.
Back in the room, Ranma was standing by the bed with that goofy grin still plastered on his face. He hated what he was about to do, but it had to be done.
"Akane, are you sure this is what you want? I don't want you to regret this later." Ranma said soberly.
"Ranma, I won't regret this later if you won't. We're married so it is okay, and well. Ranma, I love you and I want to do this." Akane said nervously as she blushed.
"I love you too, tomboy. Believe me I wont regret it, I've wanted to do this with you for a while now." Ranma said as he hugged Akane and kissed her fully on the lips.
"Pervert." Akane said tenderly after the kiss as she pulled him onto the bed.
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It took the others a couple of minutes to recover from their shock.
"Well, _that_ wasn't what I was expecting to happen." Said Nabiki.
"Umm, I think that it would be best for all of our health if we left them alone for the rest of the night." Said Kasumi from under her deep blush.
"Agreed." Said everyone.
As they were leaving Nodoka turned to Genma.
"Dear, how did you and Soun come up with this plan?"
"Well dear, it was actually Cologne's fault."
"Cologne's" Asked Kasumi in surprise.
"Yeah, you know how she is always saying that Shampoo's claim is a law and therefore stronger? Well we thought that if we could find some other dumb law that would force Ranma and Akane to get married then their claim would be stronger, since it also involves both families honor." Answered Soun.
"So we were researching on laws when I came across www.dumblaws.com. It had a lot of dumb laws from all over the world. That was when we found this law in North Carolina. It was perfect. It was in the U.S. so it would supersede anything from a backwards place like Juketszouku, as far as the Japanese government was concerned. It also helped that we knew Harry." Added Genma.
"So all that we needed then was a cover story as to our real intent. The Happy Couples Resort just fit right in." Soun supplied.
"That was when we decided to get Nabiki to help make sure that those two came here and registered as a married couple." Genma said with some pride.
"I am amazed at you two. It all worked out great. They even still have almost two weeks worth of vacation to use as their honeymoon." Nodoka said.
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At three in the morning Nabiki was woken from her sleep again by a loud scream. There had been a lot of screaming going on that night. None of it in anger.
[What the hell! This is this the fifth time since I went to bed.]
Picking up a shoe she started to pound on the wall.
"Hey you two! Enough is enough! Some of us are trying to get some sleep!"
The screaming stopped and was replaced by soft giggles from Akane.
"Honestly, you would think a resort for newlyweds would have thicker walls." Nabiki replied angrily before going back to sleep.
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Author's Notes:
Well this is my first completed story to post. I hope that you liked it. I got this idea when I was over at my in-laws and my little brother-in-law was watching Ranma and surfing the net. He was showing me a site that a friend of his had found. It was dumblaws.com. It was hilarious. We were looking through when I saw the law used above in North Carolina. This made me wonder what would happen if Soun and Genma had found this law. Thus this story was born.
Now, before I get all kinds of nasty reviews telling me that there is no such law, or that this isn't how the legal system works, I know this might be the case. I am not from North Carolina nor am I a lawyer, but I wrote the story like this because I thought that it was somewhat realistic and I liked it.
Description of Ishin denshin –
"… an empathy or silent understanding - a heart to heart. There are some other connotations with this concept as well, as it is often associated with couples who have been married for some time, or are very close..."
Copied from the translation of volume 38 found at http://web3162.servers.instant-web.co.uk/RanmaFAQ/
Thank you for reading and please review. Any critiques on flow of dialogue, speech consistence, grammar, easy of scene shifts, or other mechanical things would be greatly appreciated.