Legal Note: I do not own the Ranma property. I do own various stories I've made, but they don't matter. Anyway…

This is the sequel to Aphrodite's Kiss, which was based on a piece of the later parts of Akazu, my own story. This sequel however is not.

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"I won't let him win." A boy said coming out of the forest. "Saotome will not take the girl that should be my own!" He punched a tree breaking it. "I will have to do something about it. I will have to alter his life." He gave an evil grin when he spots a certain bandana wearing lost boy.

"Ranma!" Akane yelled throwing a bun at the boy next to her at the table.

"I swear I didn't do it." Ranma said with a smile.

"You better watch yourself Ranma." Nabiki advised the boy.

"Thanks for the bun by the way." Ranma said picking up the pork bun and raising it to his mouth.

"That's mine." Akane said swiping it back as Ranma went to bite into it. "You aren't worth giving even a pork bun too."

"Hey! Take that back." Ranma said turning to the girl.

"Okay, you are worth a lot more than I said, but not by much." She said with a smile as Ranma slumped and sighed.

"Saotome!" Ryoga said bursting into the room looking around. "Oh, this isn't the right place." Ryoga turned around.

"What do you want Ryoga?" Ranma said standing up.

"Huh? This is really the right place?" Ryoga said with tears in his eyes. "This is the fifteenth house I came into and it finally was the right one!" Ryoga said near crying.

"What do you want pork butt?"

"Oh, right. I challenge you!" Ryoga said standing pointing his umbrella at him.

"Another one? I accept." Ranma said with a smile.

"This isn't a normal duel Ranma. We won't be fighting." Ryoga said putting his umbrella at his side.

"We won't?" Ranma asked with a smile. "How will we settle this then?"

"We will see who can swim the most laps in your schools swimming pool." Ryoga said with a big grin.

"What? Then are you saying, you're not still you know?" Ranma asked staring at Ryoga in disbelief.

"You'll just have to see." Ryoga said about to leave. "Er, maybe I should stay here so I don't get lost for a week." Ryoga said sitting down in the doorway.

"You didn't have to sit there." Akane said moving over to him.

'Is Ryoga cured than? Why else would he challenged this sort of match?' Ranma thought staring at Ryoga's back.

"Come on out." Ryoga said with a mean face as he stood on the roof of the Tendo home that night.

"So did you challenge him?" The boy from the woods said leaping onto the roof. His features still unseen.

"I challenged him. Are you sure this will work?" Ryoga asked looking at the boy his age.

"Yes."

"This is only a temporary cure for my curse correct?"

"Indeed. I do not have the water of that spring. Mainly because it no longer exists, but you should know that."

"Yeah. It doesn't matter. I don't quite understand your plan though. Your plan to ruin his life, and defeat him in the battle of life."

"You sound like I want him dead. I only wish to have everyone hate him, and want nothing to do with him. Especially that fiancée of his, Akane."

"You certainly hate him. Why may I ask? What has he done to you?" Ryoga asked taking a seat on the roof.

"Nothing. I have never even met the guy."

"That makes no sense then." Ryoga said a bit angered.

"No it makes much sense. I never met him, but he has harmed me greatly. I will get what I am after." The boy said with an evil grin. "See you soon Ryoga." The boy said turning away.

"Won't you tell me your name? You know my own." Ryoga said standing up.

"My name is of no concern. I suggest you stay up here until the match tomorrow. We don't want you to get lost." The boy said jumping away leaving the clueless Ryoga.

"What are you after my friend?" Ryoga questioned after the boy was gone.