Chapter 3

"Sir, out attempts to subdue Saotome and the other 2 females were failures" explained a nervous voice.

"Fools can't you do anything by yourself"? Came an angry reply. "You shall be punished for your failure."

"But sir…" said the first voice filled with more fear than nervousness this time.

"SILENCE!"

"Sir…no….please…don't…NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO"

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Ranma Saotome was awakened by the smell of breakfast in the kitchen.

"Ukyo must be making breakfast" he said to himself.

Ranma got up out of the bed and walked down the stairs to the kitchen. He was greeted by the sight of Akane and Ukyo in the kitchen making breakfast.

"Oh no" he said quietly. "Akane is cooking; I've died and gone to hell."

Apparently he didn't say it quiet enough cause before he knew it he was lying on the floor with a killer head ache and Akane was standing over him with her mallet.

"RANMAAA, HOW DARE YOU INSULT MY COOKING!!" Screamed Akane.

At that moment Akane was hit with a large metal object. Ukyo was brandishing her Spatula and was surrounded by a bright red battle aura.

"HOW DARE YOU HIT MY RANMA-HONEY, AKANE!!!" Ukyo yelled at Akane. "You had no right to touch him, besides your pancakes are burning." Ukyo said with a smirk.

"Ahhhh!" Akane screamed running over to the grill and flipped her smoldering pancakes. "Since when was Ranma YOURS anyway? He's my fiancé, and furthermore-" Akane was cut off by a sharp look from Ranma.

"If we going to be traveling together, you guys have to stop fighting!" Ranma said with distain. "Do you guys realize that unless you leave me the hell alone, I'm NOT going to choose a fiancée!"

The girls stared at Ranma in awe. This had never happened before. Ukyo and Akane had no idea what to do or what to say. Ranma walked past the staring girls and grabbed one of Ukyo's breakfast okinamiyakis and started munching on it. The girls sat down beside him still looking at him.

"Ranma"? Ukyo finally spoke. "Why didn't you tell me you felt this way"?

"I have millions of times." Ranma stated matter-o-factly. "You guys never listened to me!" "YOU WERE ALWAYS TOO CONCERNED ABOUT WHO I BELONGED TO, IM NOT PROPERTY GODDAMMIT!!"

There was a long silence, a silence that was broken only by the wind whipping through the broken windows and the now non-existent wall. Akane was the first to speak.

"Finish your breakfast Ranma. We should get going."

After breakfast the trio started out on their long hard journey to china. For the most part they walked together in awkward silence. Until Ukyo spoke couldn't take it anymore and spoke up.

"God, this is driving me nuts, will someone please say something?"

"Sorry Ucchan." Ranma said. "I was just thinking about how we are gonna get across the ocean to China.

The girls stared at him. They hadn't thought about that either. Ranma spoke again.

"Well, there are 2 ways to cross. One, we could try to scrounge up enough money for all 3 of us to take a ferry. The only problem with that is it could take months. Two we could swim it just like-"

Ranma's words got caught in his throat.

"Just like pops and I did."

The girls looked deep in thought. Akane spoke.

"I for one think we should swim it."

"Me too Ukyo agreed."

"Ok" Ranma said. "I guess were swimmin' it."

The trio continued to walk not aware they were being watched.