Disclaimer: Ranma ½ is the property of Rumiko Takahashi.
Well, this is a fic that I made for the Valentines Day holiday. I don't celebrate it, due to not having a girlfriend, but that didn't stop me from writing a fic about the holiday. So, enjoy!^_^
A valentines day in Nerima
Chapter 1
The Kuno's first attempt at love
[February 11]
It was a quiet day in the Kuno mansion. Sasuke, their humble manservant, was typing on a laptop in his room, searching on E-bay.
"I wonder why mistress Kodachi always insists on having her things imported. What's wrong with the shops over here? I mean, sure this site has a wide variety of hard to obtain items, but sometimes the prices of these things equal to that of an arm and a leg."
As he continued to place the usual orders, there was one new item that was all glittered with flashy words.
"Hmm, what's this? 'Secure your one true love with the Arrows of Cupid. One shot and she's yours for life, death even!' Hah! Like anyone is dumb enough to fall for that!"
However, within a matter of seconds, Sasuke entered the item on the list.
"I'll take ten! Even if it doesn't work, master Kuno and mistress Kodachi will be thrilled to know that something like this can be in their possession! Who knows? I might even get a promotion. That is, if it works. I better put it on rush delivery just to be on the safe side."
So he requested the items.
[One day later: February 12]
After constantly pacing in front of the post office for the last few hours on his free time, the packages finally came. They were the usual items, along with the arrows of Cupid. He rushed home, while carrying all of the packages. When he reached home, both Kuno and Kodachi were waiting for him.
"Where were you when I needed you?" asked Kuno. "A master swordsman does not go out into battle without his page by his side."
"And 'I' had some new things for you to test out for me." Said Kodachi. "Without you around, I had to test it on the local schoolboys."
"I'm very sorry, master Kuno and mistress Kodachi. Please forgive me, for I have brought you some great news!"
"And what of it?" asked Kuno.
"This." Answered Sasuke as he took out the arrows. "I got them on EBay! Legend has it that if you shoot this at the one you love, he or she will return the love for you with great passion."
Kodachi grabbed Sasuke by the collar, and held him up to her face.
"Are you saying that the arrows will work on anybody? Even one such as my Ranma darling?"
"Yes, it should."
Then she dropped him. "Brilliant!"
Kuno walked up to him. "If what you say be the truth, could it pierce the heart of the dear Akane Tendo and the lovely pig tailed goddess?"
"Um, yes. But master Kuno, I think-."
"Good! Then it is settled. I shall now date with 'both' of them!"
"Might I warn you, master Kuno, that in order for it to work, you have to be the first person she sees, besides, I haven't tested to see if they even work."
Kodachi grabbed him by the collar yet again. "Then what are you waiting for?! Go and test it! I wish to be with my Ranma darling!" Then she let him go.
"Yes, mistress Kodachi!"
"I shall go with you as well." Said Kuno. "Should these powers be true, we can quickly seek out the beautiful damsels in distress from the hands of that vile sorcerer Saotome!"
Kodachi frowned at this. "What do you mean by damsels in distress? They are both very wicked, wicked girls!"
"Wicked?!" exclaimed Kuno in surprise. "The only one that is wicked is the one that enslaves them! You can do what you want with Saotome, but leave those lovely ladies out of your quarrel!"
Kodachi just rolled her eyes and nodded in agreement. She didn't want her brother to ruin her chances with Ranma.
So the three left the estate, and went into the city of Nerima to test the arrows.
[Later: Cat café]
The three entered the Cat café, and took a seat. Sasuke went somewhere to hide, while Kodachi called for some food.
"Hellooo! Can we get some service here?!"
In the back of the room, Shampoo looked to see who it was. The minute she did, she frowned.
"What she doing here?! Mousse! Go get order!"
"Yes, Shampoo my sweet!"
Mousse quickly ran to the table, and took out a pen and paper.
"So, what'll it be?"
As Kuno was ordering, Kodachi saw Sasuke readying the arrow. She quickly shook her head, which caused him to stop.
"Um, is something wrong?" asked Mousse.
"Oh, nothing important." Answered Kodachi. "Say, what do you think about Valentines Day?"
This made a beam of passion appear in Mousse's eyes.
"Valentines day? Why, I love it! It's the only day of the year when I can profess my love to Shampoo, and not get hit for it!"
"Yes, I love it as well! Ohohohoho! Why, if my Ranma darling were here, I would show him a great Valentines Day gift. One that would even top the wicked girl that lives here!"
"You mean the old ghoul?"
"Well, I guess you could call her that."
This made Shampoo enter the room in a furious rage.
"Shampoo heard that! You want fight or something?!"
Kodachi just grinned. Then she cleared her throat, signaling Sasuke to shoot, which he did without hesitation. However, just before it could hit the Amazon, a wrinkled old hand caught the arrow in mid air, and then grabbed Sasuke out of hiding.
"Ah!! Miss Cologne!" exclaimed Sasuke. "Please don't hurt me!"
"I should hurt you very much after you tried to shoot my granddaughter with an arrow."
All of a sudden, the arrow disappeared, leaving a trail of pink smoke around Colognes face.
"What manner of sorcery is this?!" she exclaimed. "Never in my 3000 years of life as an Amazon have I ever seen an arrow do that! The only way this could be true was if this was the arrow of..."
That was all she could say before her eyes were fixated on Sasuke. Hearts formed in her eyes. Shampoo had a look of concern on her face.
"Great grandmother? What wrong?"
"Nothing is wrong, dear child." Answered Cologne, her eyes never leaving Sasuke.
"Master Kuno! Mistress Kodachi! Help!" exclaimed Sasuke.
Cologne spoke again. "Even though the Amazon law says that this man must defeat me in battle first, I'm sure we could find a way around that."
"What you talking about, great grandmother?" asked Shampoo. "You want to marry little man who tried to shoot Shampoo?"
"That's exactly what I'm saying. The wedding will be on Valentines evening, right here in the Cat café."
Kuno and Kodachi stood there in amazement.
"I-i-it worked." They both said.
Kodachi broke the silence by running up to Sasuke, grabbing the bow and arrows, and running out of the restaurant. "I'm going first! I'm coming, Ranma darling!"
Kuno ran after her. "Dear sister, wait! I wanted to try it first!"
Sasuke noticed that his masters have deserted him. "Wait! I don't want to get married! It's much too soon for me!"
"Nonsense." Cologne answered for him. "You'll make a fine husband." Then she hugged him tightly. "Well, it's time to train you. Come with me."
So she dragged him away, much to his protest. Shampoo and Mousse both looked at the situation in great awe.
"What wrong with great grandmother?" Shampoo asked again.
"I'm, not sure." Answered Mousse. However, he was thinking something else. "(T-those we-were the legendary arrows of Cupid?! I must possess them)!" Then he glanced over at Shampoo. "(It's a good thing she's never heard of it. Otherwise, she would use them for Ranma. I must act fast)!" Then he said aloud to Shampoo. "Shampoo. I'll find out what happened. You just stay with your great grandmother. I promise I'll come back just as soon as I find a way to restore her!"
"Mousse. That very noble thing you say." Then she hugged him. "Shampoo will still marry Ranma, but at least we be better friends." Then she let him go, and sent him on his way.
"(Oh Shampoo! What you said meant a lot to me! I feel bad for lying to you, but it's the only way)!" Then he rushed out in pursuit of the Kunos.
[Later: Tendo dojo]
Both Kuno and Kodachi divided up the arrows amongst themselves, and entered the dojo. Kuno busted through the front door, while Kodachi quietly snuck in the backdoor. Kuno entered during Ranma and Genma's training session, and the surprise entrance caused Ranma to look away from his opponent. Genma, of course, took this opportunity to cheap shot Ranma, and kicked him into the pond.
"Hey! I wasn't ready!"
"Too bad, son." Said Genma. "A true martial artist is always ready, no matter what."
While he was talking, Ranma-chan threw a bucket of water over Genma, now revealing a blabbing Panda. Genma-panda noticed this, and just huffed. Finally, the two directed their attention towards their intruder.
"Kuno?!" exclaimed Ranma-chan. "What are you doing here?! Never mind that! Just get out!"
"Not until I have freed you from the clutches of that vile sorcerer." Answered Kuno. "Where is Akane Tendo? I wish to free her from this prison as well."
Ranma-chan took no time in throwing the only thing she could find at the moment, which was Genma-panda, and threw him at Kuno, who quickly dodged.
"I see the evil Saotome will not let you go so easily. Very well." Then he drew out his bokken. "I shall do battle with you, my darling pig tailed one. After that, Ranma will have no control over you."
"You stupid little twit! How many times must I tell you that.."
Ranma-chans sentence was cut short by a swing of the bokken.
"No time for small talk, my love! I shall release you!"
Dodging each swing and thrust, more and more noise was heard, which caused the other dojo's inhabitants to come out. These were Kasumi, Nabiki, Akane, Nodoka, Soun, and Happosai.
Meanwhile, Kodachi was in a safe distance, readying her arrow.
"I don't want to help my dear brother win this wicked girl, but that's one obstacle away from getting my Ranma darling!"
At the same time, Akane was running over to Ranma with a kettle of hot water. Just as she had the bucket over his head, Kodachi shot the arrow. It flung towards them. However, since Akane was in the arrows path, it hit her instead of Ranma-chan, who changed back into Ranma-kun when the kettle hit him.
While Ranma was getting the water out of his eyes, Kuno pushed him aside, and ran next to Akane Tendo, and picked her up.
"Although Saotome may have used his sorcery to make the pig tailed one vanish once again, he failed to do the same to you. Please, Akane Tendo, speak."
Fortunately and unfortunately, depending on how you look at it, the arrows vanish into pink smoke once they make contact with a living thing. Akane opened her eyes, and the first thing she saw was Kuno.
"Kuno?" she started.
"Yes. Are you alright, my fair maiden?"
"Kuno..I don't know how to say this, but...I love you!"
This caused everyone else to stare wide-eyed in horror and shock. Nabiki was the only one who was able to speak, and walked up to them.
"Well, this is sure a surprise. Um, congratulations?"
"Thank you, Nabiki." Answered Akane. "I'm not sure how this happened. It's just like I instantly realized my love for Kuno or something."
"This isn't normal, even for this family. Tell me, Akane. Do you feel like you're drugged or something?"
Kodachi was grinning at the sight, until she noticed Nabiki.
"She's going to ruin everything! I'll fix that!" Then she readied another arrow.
At the same time, Ranma ran over to Kuno, and kicked him away from Akane.
"What the hell do you think you're doing?! Leave Akane alone!"
Then Akane hit him.
"Moron! I'm feeling this way out of my own free will...strange as it may be."
"Don't talk stupid, Akane!"
"What do you mean, 'me'?! Like you're one to talk!"
The two continued to fight. Kodachi was waiting for a good opportunity to shoot. After a few seconds, both Soun and Genma recovered from their shock, and ran toward them.
"How dare you!" exclaimed Soun. "Don't you remember that you're already engaged to Ranma?!"
Akane frowned. "I'm very well aware of that! In case you didn't notice, I never wanted to be engaged with him in the first place! That was 'your' idea!"
"Don't you 'dare' shame your family like this, Akane! Don't you 'dare'!"
"It's not like she's going to shame anyone if she marries Kuno." Said Nabiki. "Look at him. He's rich, handsome, and knows Kendo martial arts. So technically, the Tendo family name will 'still' be carried on."
Soun thought about this for a minute, and then his eyes brightened.
"You know something, Nabiki? You're right! The Tendo family name is still saved!"
"Don't I have a say in this?!" shouted Ranma.
This made Genma frown. He tapped Soun on the shoulder, and held up a sign that said; "And what about the 'Saotome' family name?! It's still going to be desecrated and humiliated!"
"Not so, my good old friend." Then he pushed Nabiki in front of Ranma. "You see? These two could wed."
"What?!" both Ranma and Nabiki exclaimed.
"But I don't want to marry Ranma!"
"And I don't want to marry Nabiki!"
But the two were no longer listening. They were already jumping for joy at the new arrangements.
"(Now's my chance)!" thought Kuno. He quickly ran to a distance, and shot an arrow at Ranma, which hit him. "Look up on the roof, Saotome!"
But Ranma didn't listen. He rushed at Kuno to use the chestnut fist on him, and done it with full succession. However, he looked at Akane, and then the arrow took affect.
"Akane....I love you!"
This made everyone silent once again. Kodachi was now furious, and she shot another arrow at him, hitting him again. This time, she jumped off the roof, and landed in front of him. Seeing her, hearts formed in his eyes.
"Kodachi....I love 'you'!"
Kodachi embraced him. Everyone else was now very confused. The only one that wasn't was Happosai, who was watching in concern.
"(There's something strangely familiar about those arrows. But how can that be? I thought it was only legend)." Then he spoke aloud. "Those are the arrows of Cupid! Those are the culprit!"
Both of the Kuno's realized the situation, and abducted their love interests. Kodachi threw a smoke bomb. Seconds later, when the smoke cleared, they were gone.
[Later: Tendo dojo]
"Arrows of Cupid?" asked Soun. "I thought those were only a myth."
"I thought so too." Answered Happosai. "But it turns out that they're very real indeed."
"But what can we do?" asked Genma. "Sure, the money's fine and all, but we can't have our children marrying someone they don't love! It's not justifiable!"
"(Like you're one to talk)." Thought Nabiki.
Suddenly, Ryoga burst into the door.
"I heard everything! I'm coming Akane!" Then he ran out of the dojo.
"So, what do we do until then?" asked Nodoka.
"Nothing." Answered Happosai. "True love or Cupid himself is the only one that can break it. I'll just observe them for now."
Suddenly, Kasumi spoke.
"Um, Happosai? Why are you carrying those arrows with you?"
"Um, research, my dear Kasumi. Research...Well, I'm off!" Then he hopped out of sight.
After a few seconds of silence, it dawned on them.
"Oh no!" exclaimed Soun. "He's going to have fun with those arrows! We have to stop him!"
"Yes!" agreed Genma. "We also have to stop those two from marrying the Kunos!"
"Uh, yeah. That too."
"But it's late in the evening." Said Kasumi. "I'm sure you could search better in the morning."
The two looked at each other, and then at Kasumi.
"Yes! That's a great idea." Said Soun.
"After all, we'll need food and rest for our journey tomorrow." Said Genma.
So everyone sat back down and continued eating. Well, except for Nodoka, who was staring at Genma, brandishing her sword, and Nabiki, who was thinking of all the blackmail money that could be made from this.
End of chapter 1
Well, that's it for chapter 1. Tell me what you think. I'll have the whole thing finished just in time for Valentines Day. So, see you next chapter.
Well, this is a fic that I made for the Valentines Day holiday. I don't celebrate it, due to not having a girlfriend, but that didn't stop me from writing a fic about the holiday. So, enjoy!^_^
A valentines day in Nerima
Chapter 1
The Kuno's first attempt at love
[February 11]
It was a quiet day in the Kuno mansion. Sasuke, their humble manservant, was typing on a laptop in his room, searching on E-bay.
"I wonder why mistress Kodachi always insists on having her things imported. What's wrong with the shops over here? I mean, sure this site has a wide variety of hard to obtain items, but sometimes the prices of these things equal to that of an arm and a leg."
As he continued to place the usual orders, there was one new item that was all glittered with flashy words.
"Hmm, what's this? 'Secure your one true love with the Arrows of Cupid. One shot and she's yours for life, death even!' Hah! Like anyone is dumb enough to fall for that!"
However, within a matter of seconds, Sasuke entered the item on the list.
"I'll take ten! Even if it doesn't work, master Kuno and mistress Kodachi will be thrilled to know that something like this can be in their possession! Who knows? I might even get a promotion. That is, if it works. I better put it on rush delivery just to be on the safe side."
So he requested the items.
[One day later: February 12]
After constantly pacing in front of the post office for the last few hours on his free time, the packages finally came. They were the usual items, along with the arrows of Cupid. He rushed home, while carrying all of the packages. When he reached home, both Kuno and Kodachi were waiting for him.
"Where were you when I needed you?" asked Kuno. "A master swordsman does not go out into battle without his page by his side."
"And 'I' had some new things for you to test out for me." Said Kodachi. "Without you around, I had to test it on the local schoolboys."
"I'm very sorry, master Kuno and mistress Kodachi. Please forgive me, for I have brought you some great news!"
"And what of it?" asked Kuno.
"This." Answered Sasuke as he took out the arrows. "I got them on EBay! Legend has it that if you shoot this at the one you love, he or she will return the love for you with great passion."
Kodachi grabbed Sasuke by the collar, and held him up to her face.
"Are you saying that the arrows will work on anybody? Even one such as my Ranma darling?"
"Yes, it should."
Then she dropped him. "Brilliant!"
Kuno walked up to him. "If what you say be the truth, could it pierce the heart of the dear Akane Tendo and the lovely pig tailed goddess?"
"Um, yes. But master Kuno, I think-."
"Good! Then it is settled. I shall now date with 'both' of them!"
"Might I warn you, master Kuno, that in order for it to work, you have to be the first person she sees, besides, I haven't tested to see if they even work."
Kodachi grabbed him by the collar yet again. "Then what are you waiting for?! Go and test it! I wish to be with my Ranma darling!" Then she let him go.
"Yes, mistress Kodachi!"
"I shall go with you as well." Said Kuno. "Should these powers be true, we can quickly seek out the beautiful damsels in distress from the hands of that vile sorcerer Saotome!"
Kodachi frowned at this. "What do you mean by damsels in distress? They are both very wicked, wicked girls!"
"Wicked?!" exclaimed Kuno in surprise. "The only one that is wicked is the one that enslaves them! You can do what you want with Saotome, but leave those lovely ladies out of your quarrel!"
Kodachi just rolled her eyes and nodded in agreement. She didn't want her brother to ruin her chances with Ranma.
So the three left the estate, and went into the city of Nerima to test the arrows.
[Later: Cat café]
The three entered the Cat café, and took a seat. Sasuke went somewhere to hide, while Kodachi called for some food.
"Hellooo! Can we get some service here?!"
In the back of the room, Shampoo looked to see who it was. The minute she did, she frowned.
"What she doing here?! Mousse! Go get order!"
"Yes, Shampoo my sweet!"
Mousse quickly ran to the table, and took out a pen and paper.
"So, what'll it be?"
As Kuno was ordering, Kodachi saw Sasuke readying the arrow. She quickly shook her head, which caused him to stop.
"Um, is something wrong?" asked Mousse.
"Oh, nothing important." Answered Kodachi. "Say, what do you think about Valentines Day?"
This made a beam of passion appear in Mousse's eyes.
"Valentines day? Why, I love it! It's the only day of the year when I can profess my love to Shampoo, and not get hit for it!"
"Yes, I love it as well! Ohohohoho! Why, if my Ranma darling were here, I would show him a great Valentines Day gift. One that would even top the wicked girl that lives here!"
"You mean the old ghoul?"
"Well, I guess you could call her that."
This made Shampoo enter the room in a furious rage.
"Shampoo heard that! You want fight or something?!"
Kodachi just grinned. Then she cleared her throat, signaling Sasuke to shoot, which he did without hesitation. However, just before it could hit the Amazon, a wrinkled old hand caught the arrow in mid air, and then grabbed Sasuke out of hiding.
"Ah!! Miss Cologne!" exclaimed Sasuke. "Please don't hurt me!"
"I should hurt you very much after you tried to shoot my granddaughter with an arrow."
All of a sudden, the arrow disappeared, leaving a trail of pink smoke around Colognes face.
"What manner of sorcery is this?!" she exclaimed. "Never in my 3000 years of life as an Amazon have I ever seen an arrow do that! The only way this could be true was if this was the arrow of..."
That was all she could say before her eyes were fixated on Sasuke. Hearts formed in her eyes. Shampoo had a look of concern on her face.
"Great grandmother? What wrong?"
"Nothing is wrong, dear child." Answered Cologne, her eyes never leaving Sasuke.
"Master Kuno! Mistress Kodachi! Help!" exclaimed Sasuke.
Cologne spoke again. "Even though the Amazon law says that this man must defeat me in battle first, I'm sure we could find a way around that."
"What you talking about, great grandmother?" asked Shampoo. "You want to marry little man who tried to shoot Shampoo?"
"That's exactly what I'm saying. The wedding will be on Valentines evening, right here in the Cat café."
Kuno and Kodachi stood there in amazement.
"I-i-it worked." They both said.
Kodachi broke the silence by running up to Sasuke, grabbing the bow and arrows, and running out of the restaurant. "I'm going first! I'm coming, Ranma darling!"
Kuno ran after her. "Dear sister, wait! I wanted to try it first!"
Sasuke noticed that his masters have deserted him. "Wait! I don't want to get married! It's much too soon for me!"
"Nonsense." Cologne answered for him. "You'll make a fine husband." Then she hugged him tightly. "Well, it's time to train you. Come with me."
So she dragged him away, much to his protest. Shampoo and Mousse both looked at the situation in great awe.
"What wrong with great grandmother?" Shampoo asked again.
"I'm, not sure." Answered Mousse. However, he was thinking something else. "(T-those we-were the legendary arrows of Cupid?! I must possess them)!" Then he glanced over at Shampoo. "(It's a good thing she's never heard of it. Otherwise, she would use them for Ranma. I must act fast)!" Then he said aloud to Shampoo. "Shampoo. I'll find out what happened. You just stay with your great grandmother. I promise I'll come back just as soon as I find a way to restore her!"
"Mousse. That very noble thing you say." Then she hugged him. "Shampoo will still marry Ranma, but at least we be better friends." Then she let him go, and sent him on his way.
"(Oh Shampoo! What you said meant a lot to me! I feel bad for lying to you, but it's the only way)!" Then he rushed out in pursuit of the Kunos.
[Later: Tendo dojo]
Both Kuno and Kodachi divided up the arrows amongst themselves, and entered the dojo. Kuno busted through the front door, while Kodachi quietly snuck in the backdoor. Kuno entered during Ranma and Genma's training session, and the surprise entrance caused Ranma to look away from his opponent. Genma, of course, took this opportunity to cheap shot Ranma, and kicked him into the pond.
"Hey! I wasn't ready!"
"Too bad, son." Said Genma. "A true martial artist is always ready, no matter what."
While he was talking, Ranma-chan threw a bucket of water over Genma, now revealing a blabbing Panda. Genma-panda noticed this, and just huffed. Finally, the two directed their attention towards their intruder.
"Kuno?!" exclaimed Ranma-chan. "What are you doing here?! Never mind that! Just get out!"
"Not until I have freed you from the clutches of that vile sorcerer." Answered Kuno. "Where is Akane Tendo? I wish to free her from this prison as well."
Ranma-chan took no time in throwing the only thing she could find at the moment, which was Genma-panda, and threw him at Kuno, who quickly dodged.
"I see the evil Saotome will not let you go so easily. Very well." Then he drew out his bokken. "I shall do battle with you, my darling pig tailed one. After that, Ranma will have no control over you."
"You stupid little twit! How many times must I tell you that.."
Ranma-chans sentence was cut short by a swing of the bokken.
"No time for small talk, my love! I shall release you!"
Dodging each swing and thrust, more and more noise was heard, which caused the other dojo's inhabitants to come out. These were Kasumi, Nabiki, Akane, Nodoka, Soun, and Happosai.
Meanwhile, Kodachi was in a safe distance, readying her arrow.
"I don't want to help my dear brother win this wicked girl, but that's one obstacle away from getting my Ranma darling!"
At the same time, Akane was running over to Ranma with a kettle of hot water. Just as she had the bucket over his head, Kodachi shot the arrow. It flung towards them. However, since Akane was in the arrows path, it hit her instead of Ranma-chan, who changed back into Ranma-kun when the kettle hit him.
While Ranma was getting the water out of his eyes, Kuno pushed him aside, and ran next to Akane Tendo, and picked her up.
"Although Saotome may have used his sorcery to make the pig tailed one vanish once again, he failed to do the same to you. Please, Akane Tendo, speak."
Fortunately and unfortunately, depending on how you look at it, the arrows vanish into pink smoke once they make contact with a living thing. Akane opened her eyes, and the first thing she saw was Kuno.
"Kuno?" she started.
"Yes. Are you alright, my fair maiden?"
"Kuno..I don't know how to say this, but...I love you!"
This caused everyone else to stare wide-eyed in horror and shock. Nabiki was the only one who was able to speak, and walked up to them.
"Well, this is sure a surprise. Um, congratulations?"
"Thank you, Nabiki." Answered Akane. "I'm not sure how this happened. It's just like I instantly realized my love for Kuno or something."
"This isn't normal, even for this family. Tell me, Akane. Do you feel like you're drugged or something?"
Kodachi was grinning at the sight, until she noticed Nabiki.
"She's going to ruin everything! I'll fix that!" Then she readied another arrow.
At the same time, Ranma ran over to Kuno, and kicked him away from Akane.
"What the hell do you think you're doing?! Leave Akane alone!"
Then Akane hit him.
"Moron! I'm feeling this way out of my own free will...strange as it may be."
"Don't talk stupid, Akane!"
"What do you mean, 'me'?! Like you're one to talk!"
The two continued to fight. Kodachi was waiting for a good opportunity to shoot. After a few seconds, both Soun and Genma recovered from their shock, and ran toward them.
"How dare you!" exclaimed Soun. "Don't you remember that you're already engaged to Ranma?!"
Akane frowned. "I'm very well aware of that! In case you didn't notice, I never wanted to be engaged with him in the first place! That was 'your' idea!"
"Don't you 'dare' shame your family like this, Akane! Don't you 'dare'!"
"It's not like she's going to shame anyone if she marries Kuno." Said Nabiki. "Look at him. He's rich, handsome, and knows Kendo martial arts. So technically, the Tendo family name will 'still' be carried on."
Soun thought about this for a minute, and then his eyes brightened.
"You know something, Nabiki? You're right! The Tendo family name is still saved!"
"Don't I have a say in this?!" shouted Ranma.
This made Genma frown. He tapped Soun on the shoulder, and held up a sign that said; "And what about the 'Saotome' family name?! It's still going to be desecrated and humiliated!"
"Not so, my good old friend." Then he pushed Nabiki in front of Ranma. "You see? These two could wed."
"What?!" both Ranma and Nabiki exclaimed.
"But I don't want to marry Ranma!"
"And I don't want to marry Nabiki!"
But the two were no longer listening. They were already jumping for joy at the new arrangements.
"(Now's my chance)!" thought Kuno. He quickly ran to a distance, and shot an arrow at Ranma, which hit him. "Look up on the roof, Saotome!"
But Ranma didn't listen. He rushed at Kuno to use the chestnut fist on him, and done it with full succession. However, he looked at Akane, and then the arrow took affect.
"Akane....I love you!"
This made everyone silent once again. Kodachi was now furious, and she shot another arrow at him, hitting him again. This time, she jumped off the roof, and landed in front of him. Seeing her, hearts formed in his eyes.
"Kodachi....I love 'you'!"
Kodachi embraced him. Everyone else was now very confused. The only one that wasn't was Happosai, who was watching in concern.
"(There's something strangely familiar about those arrows. But how can that be? I thought it was only legend)." Then he spoke aloud. "Those are the arrows of Cupid! Those are the culprit!"
Both of the Kuno's realized the situation, and abducted their love interests. Kodachi threw a smoke bomb. Seconds later, when the smoke cleared, they were gone.
[Later: Tendo dojo]
"Arrows of Cupid?" asked Soun. "I thought those were only a myth."
"I thought so too." Answered Happosai. "But it turns out that they're very real indeed."
"But what can we do?" asked Genma. "Sure, the money's fine and all, but we can't have our children marrying someone they don't love! It's not justifiable!"
"(Like you're one to talk)." Thought Nabiki.
Suddenly, Ryoga burst into the door.
"I heard everything! I'm coming Akane!" Then he ran out of the dojo.
"So, what do we do until then?" asked Nodoka.
"Nothing." Answered Happosai. "True love or Cupid himself is the only one that can break it. I'll just observe them for now."
Suddenly, Kasumi spoke.
"Um, Happosai? Why are you carrying those arrows with you?"
"Um, research, my dear Kasumi. Research...Well, I'm off!" Then he hopped out of sight.
After a few seconds of silence, it dawned on them.
"Oh no!" exclaimed Soun. "He's going to have fun with those arrows! We have to stop him!"
"Yes!" agreed Genma. "We also have to stop those two from marrying the Kunos!"
"Uh, yeah. That too."
"But it's late in the evening." Said Kasumi. "I'm sure you could search better in the morning."
The two looked at each other, and then at Kasumi.
"Yes! That's a great idea." Said Soun.
"After all, we'll need food and rest for our journey tomorrow." Said Genma.
So everyone sat back down and continued eating. Well, except for Nodoka, who was staring at Genma, brandishing her sword, and Nabiki, who was thinking of all the blackmail money that could be made from this.
End of chapter 1
Well, that's it for chapter 1. Tell me what you think. I'll have the whole thing finished just in time for Valentines Day. So, see you next chapter.