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Chapter Fourteen: Akane

I raced Akane all the way back to the house, but I didn't swim to fast in case she messed up and sank. The beach house wasn't so far away anyway so I doubt she would drown by then. When we got back Kasumi was making breakfast and I was hungry so what luck.

"Oh hello you two. Up awfully earlier." Kasumi said to us in her same cheerful mood she always has.

"More like up awfully late." I was kind of tired after all that. First thing though to become guy so I took the water Kasumi was heating and used it for myself. Akane was looking at me funny though when I did it.

"Hey Kasumi. I'll make breakfast today." I heard Akane say that and I felt the end of the world coming.

"You don't want to do that Akane." No way would she be cooking my meal. I'm still getting over Salmonella poisoning from that last meal.

"Shut up Ranma. I can do it today okay?" I didn't move in time to dodge her elbow to my chest. That sucked.

"Well, er, how about you make breakfast for you two, and I'll do it for everyone else? Less work for you." Kasumi saved everyone but me. I may have to do my normal escape plan.

"Fine. What do you want Ranma?" Akane said to me as I prepared to exit.

"Uh, I'm not that hungry. Er, I had a big dinner." I began to get out the front door, but I saw Akane's teeth clench and hands become fists.

"No you don't!" On those words I was gone running across the beach. "Come back here!" I was soon hit to the ground by a large piece of wood. By the time I got up Akane was there.

"I want eggs. You can't mess them up if there's no microwave. Like that one time." She won that battle. Hard to believe she has problems making eggs. "What is it?" Why was she smiling? Since when is it when you're angry you smile.

"I remembered what I wanted to say. It was thank you." Earlier this morning she said that she had something to say, but never said it. She stands in front of me almost on my feet. "Earlier I wanted to say this." That's when she surprised me by kissing me. This is different from the kiss I gave her to shut her up. Did she really mean this?

"That's what you wanted to say?" I broke our kiss because I had no idea what it was for. I just know I'm feeling every emotion I have right now. "Your welcome by the way. How about we make breakfast together? That way I can make sure the right things go in." I can't be mad at her, but I can't just say I'm happy she did that. So I just went for the house.

"Uh, s-sure thing Ranma." Damn I'm feeling so tired right now. Maybe this is all just me in a delirium.

"We have to find Nabiki though." Knowing her she was right there to take that picture of Akane kissing me. That's a dangerous item to have.

"Why's that Ranma?"

"She took a picture of that." Nabiki is one girl that occasionally ticks me off.

"Let her go Ranma. I can always blackmail her with a certain photo I hold." I heard Akane laugh. It's not that bad of a laugh and it's grown on me. Still Akane doing evil deeds is something.

"I'd hate for two old men we know to get that though. They'd think they won, but they didn't." Our blasted fathers would have a field day with this if they found out. "I mean if they think their plan to come here worked they're wrong. Akane do you think if it wasn't for them we could actually make this thing work? Our engagement I mean. If we were to get rid of those two, and everyone else that bothers us. It would've worked?" What am I doing? I really am just trying for her to say she loves me so I won't have to say it. I think I have some weird disease that makes it so I'm a bumbling idiot sometimes.

"Ranma I don't care. I just care about what is true, and that's what I'm doing. Forget all about the engagement and lets act better. We're just two people, two and a half I mean." Why'd she have to make fun of my curse? She laughed about it too. I could have done without that mocking laugh. I didn't like that type.

"Akane someday something will happen. Just not today." I said with a smile then running ahead into the house and sitting down for the meal Kasumi made. I forgot about Akane wanting to cook and was hit on my head like always. "Eh-heh. I was kidding Akane." It's to early/late to piss that tomboy off so I better go along. I'll need napkins to spit whatever she makes into.

"Whatever. Eggs right?" I followed her not showing my anger.

She may stink at cooking, and be a tomboy built like a brick, but she's my tomboy built like a brick. It's not her body that matters anyway, even though I think even myself, as a girl is hotter. It's just her. She beats me up everyday, and I come back for more. My father's plan worked and I lost because I really do like her, and when I get back home I'll start trying to get this working. This wasn't my summer. It was all Akane's and I was just along for the damn ride.

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That was it. For the moment at least. Depending on the review level I will post the sequel which is called "Cooking with Ranma" in a few days, maybe Saturday. Anyway that's the end to this story at least and I hope I get up to at least 75 to 85 reviews to finish off with.

Thanks to:

Mary11: They aren't together yet, but they want to be. That is the goal of the next story.

Judah: You're entitled to your opinion and I respect that. Nothing comes easily though even though I excluded the other fiancées, besides next story we get them all since they go back home.