Disclaimer: None of the characters belong to me. No money is being made off of this. This is all fun! Author's notes: It'll get back to the regular two page length next chapter (maybe) and so far, it looks like it's going to be a 16 chapter story! WHOA! Too many ideas! ^_~ hope you enjoy!
Ukyo had to start thinking about her moves better. So far only way she got Ranma and herself closer was living in the under the same roof.. ON the other hand, she had brought him and Akane in the same room, in the same Bed, and now they were holding hands all the time! Her plans weren't working out exactly as she thought. In her mind she and Ranma were supposed to be picking out the place settings and looking at churches, but if things kept on like they were, she'd be watching him and Akane do that when they really go to be married.
There was no way she believed those two got married! There was absolutely no way! Sure they were starting to get along like they were a real couple, but it did not mean they were *together*. If only she could catch them in their lies, Ukyo was well practiced in discovering loopholes in opponent's tactics this was no different. Even the combined will of the three Tendos and Ranma the plan and plot couldn't be perfect.
Surely there was something she was overlooking, something simple that hardly any one would think of...but what? Drumming her fingers on her desk, the girl tucked a fist under her chin. To say the least, this whole situation was getting annoying.
"WOW! That is pretty!" A girl exclaimed, holding up her magazine for her friend to see. Catching the brunette's interest, Ukyo spared a glance in the general direction and immediately perked up. THAT WAS IT!
"Are you sure she didn't help you cook this?" Ranma whispered to Kasumi as she set down several more dishes that were covered in sauce-even the rice.
"Oh yes, Akane spent the entire day in her-I mean you two's room. Ukyo was the one to help me." Kasumi answered with her normal sweet smile and went back to the kitchen to get more dishes.
A few minutes later almost all household, guest and resident, was present. Akane came into the room stretching and yawning before taking her seat beside Ranma. Nabiki took this chance, like she already did, to help her dear sister and 'brother-in-law' to blush.
"What's the matter, Akane, tired?" Nabiki asked coyly, smirking.
"Yeah," the youngest girl muttered in a short reply.
Switching her gaze over to Ranma, who was trying to avoid Ukyo hand feeding him, Nabiki then said, " Ranma, really you should let my little sister get more sleep at night!"
Blood red blushes for Mr. and "Mrs." Saotoma.
"What?!" Ranma screamed when he was finally able to use his voice again.
"Like I would ever-"
"But he's your husband Akane, so why wouldn't you?" Ukyo, looking past Ranma at the nuisance, questioned sweetly. The fathers, having been married, knew a start of a cat fight, and decided to smartly shove food in their mouths and not say a single word.
"Well, yeah, but, uh," Akane stuttered, looking at her 'husband' for help, but he was too busy being red and now fighting his father for food to pay attention to her. When the dark haired girl made eye contact with her eldest sister, Kasumi understood.
"Oh my, Ukyo! They're still both too young!"
"Hmm, Sure." Ukyo wasn't pleased with that answer, so came out the new idea that had formed earlier when the classmate flashed a picture in her general direction. "So Akane, I don't see a ring on your finger."
Ranma's attention got forced back to the girls' conversation with the question and a sharp look from Nabiki whom did not like this new turn of conversation.
"Well, no, but that's because, uh, Ranma why don't you tell her?"
"M-me? Why should I?"
"Oh come on you two, just tell her the truth." Nabiki said, waving nonchalantly in their direction.
"The TRUTH?" Ranma and Akane squeaked at the same time, sweat drops began rolling down Ranma's forehead.
"Oh fine, make me do it. Ukyo neither of them have rings, because we haven't held the ceremony yet." The girl's eyebrow rose in question, and the middle daughter continued, "They were only married legally. Not formally, not yet anyway."
"What did she mean 'not yet anyway'? This is going to be a problem in the future." Ranma muttered, as he hoped into bed. It wasn't time to go to sleep, but this is the only way to hide from Ukyo's seductions was to be near Akane. He could be doing homework, but really, who had the time?
Akane, who was sitting at her desk, looked over at him and in annoyed voice, "It's a problem now!"
A few minutes passed, Ranma was already bored. Akane wasn't up for talking, since she *somehow* found the time and patience to do her schoolwork. Sighing in mental defeat, the boy rolled out of bed, stretched and paced around the room.
Another five minutes rolled by, the steady pacing was getting on her nerves. "RANma, why don't you go practice or something? You know, OUT of the room! Just because you like to fail doesn't mean I do!"
With a snort of disgust and insult, the boy gave a snappy reply and marched out of the room and to the Dojo. Once inside the building, the teenager began to do random katas, his mind not in his art, but rather still in the house. Within a month things just kept getting weirder, one thing he was glad about was that Shampoo had yet to bombard the house with her normal "Ranma Shampoo's!"
Actually, the pig-tailed martial artist mused, it had been pretty quiet. Kuno had been the only upset every morning, as usual, but besides that-nothing. NO mad Princes after Akane, no jealous Chinease girl and Granny, no crazy rose girl and her annoying laugh, just him, Akane, and Ukyo. That was a problem all in itself and being dealt with in the most untruthful way possible. One person Ranma thought would have been back by now was Ryogua 'P-Chan' Habiki.
"RANMA! PREPARE TO DIE!"
Nevermind.
"OH geez, Ryogua! Where you been?" Ranma asked, dodging the attacks the fanged boy dished out.
"None of your business!"
"What did I do now?!" Ranma demanded as he began to counterattack.
"You?" Ryogua asked, stopping the small spat, "huh, don't flatter yourself. I came here to see Akane." With that, the boy dropped his sack, and took off to the koi pond.
Uh-oh, bacon breath didn't know about the new sleeping arrangements! If he ever found out, Ranma thought it would be a pretty safe bet, Ryogua would try to pulverize him into an early grave.
"Ryogua wait up!"
SPLASH.
Too late. Crap!
A little black piglet with a yellow and black bandanna wrapped around his neck stepped out of the pond, shook a little, and then began to trot towards the house. Growling, Ranma cursed at the pig and began to run after him.
"No!"
"Yes!"
"NO!"
"YES!"
"NO WAY am *I* sleeping in the same bed with that PIG!"
"YES you are unless you want to sleep on the floor! This was MY room first RANma, and what I say goes!" Akane, with a smug pig in her arms, protested. They'd been fighting over the P-chan ordeal ever since Ranma had come crashing into the room chasing the annoying black beast of burden.
"You're choosing HIM over ME!" Ranma exclaimed, not too surprised, but if he was suppose to be her husband, how the heck would it look to have Akane choose her pet over him?
"Right! If you don't like it, go sleep in Ukyo's room! Then remember to invite me to your wedding!" Akane hissed out.
Ranma made a disgusted face at her hateful words, grumbled, and quickly got into bed. "If he touches me, I'll throw him out the window."
"If you pick on him, I'll throw YOU out the window."
Later in the night, Ranma concluded, when Akane was asleep he rid himself of the little black pest. But when later came, Ranma propped himself on his elbow and stared down at the pig returning the smug look Ryogua had given him earlier. It would be so cruel to rip him out of Akane's vice like grip. Not to mention the little piggie was just TOO cute with his big eyes bugging out and his little hoofed feet waving madly about trying to escape the death grip of Akane Tendo. Maybe it wasn't so bad to have the piglet in the bed, at least this way he would get what he deserved!
NEXT CHAPTER PREVIEW: Ryogua's still hanging around...don't forget that boy had fangs! Ranma won't be! ^_~ AND due to a little tiff between two people, the window is broken! Now Ranma and Akane are sick! How are they going to handle THAT?