Here it is, finally. Thanks for all the reviews, but so much time has passed since I got them that I don't really remember if I had anything to say to anybody. Forgive me please, at least you get to read the story sooner.
There are lemon-scented scenes (adult content, for those who happen to ignore that) here, consider yourself warned.
Ranma, unfortunately, belongs to Rumiko Takahashi on one level and, at least in my stories, to Akane Tendo on another. So no room for me, except for writing fanfiction…
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"Of Loose Gi's and Lost Focuses"
Chapter 6
Shampoo was furious. She had spotted the pair from afar and recognised them immediately, though she could hardly believe her own eyes. Ranma and Akane, kissing? In a public place? And out together – alone – at such a late hour? Someone would have to pay. And Akane was just the person she had in mind.
On her part, Akane didn't know if she was more angry or more afraid of what Ranma's reaction would be. She was tempted to peal Shampoo off him herself but she wanted to see what he would do, so for once she controlled her impulse to pound them both into the horizon.
'Damn, damn, damn Shampoo!' Ranma screamed in his head, trying to keep his face away from the Amazon's lips. 'It's just my luck that she has a late delivery today of all evenings and that she just happens to go through the park when Akane and I are kissing!' He was frantically thinking what he could do. A quick glance at Shampoo's eyes resolved his doubts about what she had seen. Acknowledging this he also realized Akane was in danger. What could he do?
A quick glance at Akane made him decide that the first thing to do would be get himself at a safe distance from the purple-haired Amazon. Using all his martial arts abilities, he unfolded her arms from around his body and jerked away in less then half a second, so that Shampoo barely understood what happened. As Ranma saw that she was getting ready to throw herself at him again, he started speaking.
"Uhmmm, hi Shampoo. Can you please hold still a second?" he asked her with a sheepish smile and his hand behind his head.
Shampoo stopped, surprised. "What Airen want from Shampoo?"
Akane just glared, in shock, trying to understand what Ranma was up to.
"Well, you see…" Ranma was thinking hard what to say but his mind was blank, so he went by instinct. Which was good when it was applied to his martial arts abilities, but devastating when applied to interpersonal relations.
"I… don't you have a delivery to… uhmmm… deliver?" he asked, tentatively. Shampoo smiled cutely, sure about her victory.
"Shampoo always have time for her husband, no worry," and she jumped towards him. But he dodged deftly and spoke again.
"But the ramen will get cold… and besides…" he said as he was moving away from her constant attempts to grab him, "… I was here…" Moving around in order to avoid her, he went closer and closer to Akane, who noticed this but couldn't figure out his intentions.
"… I was here…" he continued while Shampoo was getting annoyed, "with my fiancée and… I don't want you to interfere!" he finished scooping up Akane and running as fast as he could towards some nearby trees.
"IIIIIIIIiiiiiteeeeeeeeeeeeeee" Akane screamed and tried to hold onto him. Her mind had stopped at the point when Ranma had said "with my fiancée" and hadn't restarted working since. She just let him do what he was doing, and that was carrying her faraway from the screaming Amazon.
"Ayaaa!" Shampoo yelled furiously, picking up her bicycle and trying to follow them. But Ranma chose a path where she couldn't follow with her bike, as the shrubs and bushes where too thick for her to make it through.
She was furious, she could just abandon her bike and hop behind them. She was fast and Ranma wasn't his fastest with an armful of Akane. She was so tempted to just follow them, beat Akane in a pulp and take Ranma to the Nekohanten and eventually to China. Once and for all.
But she had her delivery. Great-grandmother wouldn't be pleased if she learned that she had neglected a client, even for Airen's sake.
"Airen, come back! Shampoo fight for Airen, kill Akane and take him to China!" she screamed helplessly. But they were already out of sight and she just stood there fuming for a few more minutes, already planning her revenge. Then she turned around and went to finish her job as soon as possible, so she could go home and plan her next move with Cologne. The situation was getting out of hand. The too-too-violent girl was becoming dangerous. If something happened… Her claim… No, she didn't want to think about that! It wouldn't happen, she would make sure of it. She rushed out of the park and into the streets of Nerima.
Ranma hopped from branch to branch as if she had nothing in his hands. Akane held on for her dear life, afraid to move and fall, afraid to see the Amazon still following, yet strangely comfortable in her fiancé's arms.
Exiting the park at the other side, jumping on a nearby building and proceeding from rooftop to rooftop, Ranma continued his run, not so much for fear that Shampoo would still be following – he knew she wasn't, he sensed it when she had turned around and left – but just for the fun of it. He was holding Akane in his arms and it felt good. Her arms were around is neck, almost squeezing the air out of him. 'Heck, this can be compared to Shampoo's best glomps…' he thought with a grin. Her body was pressed to his and he didn't want to let go. So he just ran on.
After some time, Akane regained her senses and realized that Shampoo surely wasn't following them any more – they were on the outskirts of the city by then – so she raised her head a little from Ranma's chest and looked at him. His happy expression surprised her. The memory of what he had said to Shampoo came to her. "I was here … with my fiancée and… I don't want you to interfere." Akane smiled.
"Ranma, I think we can stop now, she's not following," she said, quietly, still holding him tightly.
"You think so?" he said, looking down at her face. She was smiling. He slowly came to a stop on an abandoned building with a flat roof with no lights around, just the gleam of the stars and a pale moon above them. He didn't let go of her.
As much as she enjoyed being so close to him, she felt guilty at being carried for so long. His arms had to be a little tired by then, even if he was Ranma…
So, unwillingly, she said: "You can put me down now."
He caught her eyes and reluctantly started to put her down. She kept her arms around her neck, though, so she slid along his body and stood up, pressed to him full length.
"Mmmmm" she moaned, looking at him. "Thanks for the ride."
"You're welcome," he blushed, slightly excited by her nearness.
"You know what you just did with Shampoo there, don't you?" Akane asked, a slight shade of worry present in her sweet voice.
"What do you mean?" he asked, confused.
'Typical', Akane thought but said out loud: "You just called me your fiancée in front of her, and after she saw us kissing at that…"
A light bulb went on in Ranma's head.
"Oh, god, I didn't really think much about what I was saying, I just wanted to get away from her and be with you…" Akane held him tighter at that. "Damn", he continued, a frown on his face, "now she'll be after you, and Cologne, too!"
"Shhh" Akane pressed a finger on his lips, afraid he'd say something wrong as usually. "Don't ruing this evening now, it's too perfect. We'll worry about her tomorrow, and besides, she's far away right now, isn't she?"
"Sure, I made sure of that. We must be at least fifteen miles from that park right now," Ranma said proudly. Then, all of a sudden, he noticed that his arms were still wrapped around Akane and that her body was really close. He could feel her breathing, he could feel her chest pressed to his own, her hips a little lower than her own, her thighs practically glued to his legs… He felt a wave of something hot overwhelm him.
Akane noticed his change too, mostly because she suddenly felt something pressing against her lower belly. Something hard. She shivered.
"Well, then", she said, not sure what to do, "let's forget about her and go back to before she interrupted us."
She was surprised herself at her boldness. She blushed furiously, though he couldn't really tell because of the scarce light. Unable to face him any more, she fixed her gaze on his Chinese shirt.
To say Ranma was surprised would be the understatement of the year. He was completely taken aback. He was certain Akane knew his 'state', she sure felt it against her own body. And he had expected her to be angry at him for picking her up like that and running away from Shampoo, not to mention the fact that Shampoo had tried to kiss him as she always did.
Yet, there they were, in a tight embrace, closer than ever before as a matter of fact, and she said they were to resume from where Shampoo had interrupted them. What had they been doing? It dawned upon him.
For her part, Akane was getting nervous. Why was he taking so long? Didn't he want to kiss her? She knew he was… well… very excited, so what was the problem? She decided she couldn't wait any more and tried to back away from his embrace, but he just held her tighter.
He tilted her head up with a hand and looked at her closely. Something in his eyes made Akane relax and change her mind about leaving. He lowered his head and kissed her. Deeply, passionately, not tentatively as that afternoon. His hand roamed over her back, lower, lower… He reached the elastic of her shorts.
Akane was so lost in that kiss, she felt she could melt in it. She felt Ranma's hand on her body, caressing her back tenderly as she played with his pigtail and caressed his neck lovingly. She sensed his hand heading towards her bottom and she tensed just a tiny bit, her feelings a mix of excitement, curiosity and fear of the unknown. Was he going to…?
Ranma sensed Akane tensing that tiny bit, but he also felt her body pressed to his groin and her fingers caressing his neck and lobes and he just wanted to feel her even more. His hand roamed lower and he felt the soft but firm curve of her buttocks under his fingers. Akane moaned. Ranma rubbed his hand up and down, pressing her even more to himself. He kissed her again, feeling his control slipping away.
Akane was in a whirlwind of emotions, most of which she was unfamiliar with, feeling light-headed and dizzy. Ranma was touching her so sensually and she could feel just how excited he himself was. She also had a weird feeling of wetness between her legs, one she was not completely unfamiliar with, yet much stronger than anything she had experienced ever before. She felt him pressing their bodies even closer and she felt a hot rush over her whole body. Any bit of control she had retained drowned in the sensation.
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Finally, chapter 6 is up. I'm really sorry about the long time you had to wait but I was busy and besides I can only write when I'm in the mood for it. No pushing… So tonight I finally managed to get this on screen. Hope you like it. Please let me know with a review or an email; I'm even immune to flames, though I have to apply some salve sometimes… ^__^
