Chapter 5

Ranma and Akane are walking to school the next morning in silence.

"I got it." Ranma turned to face her while walking backwards.

"What?"

"Want to go on a training trip with me in the woods? We'll have some privacy so we can talk and maybe do some sparring." He turned back around and walked normally again. "We could go for a week or two after graduation."

"That's a great idea, except there's one problem. Our parents! I don't think they would understand if we took off for a week together," sighing, Akane continues to think.

"What if you say your going to a Drama Camp?"

"That might work, and no one would question you going away to train." Akane grins.

"We've got about two weeks to work out all the bugs in our plan and make arrangements." Ranma smiles at Akane, but it faded as a thought came to his mind. "I just realized, we're gonna have to be mean to each other for two weeks if we don't want anyone to get suspicious."

"Oh, ya huh. Bummer, I would kind of liked to continued what we did last night," Akane glanced at Ranma, then blushed.

"Ya, me too." Smiling at her as they entered the school yard.

The school bell rings announcing lunch time.

"Akane, what a beautiful necklace, where did you get it." One of Akane's friends questioned her.

"Um...well...I...uh," stumbling to find and answer she glanced at Ranma for help.

Ranma stood from his desk and pushed his was through the group around Akane.

"Akane, can I talk to you about the homework from yesterday."

"Ya, sure." She stood and pushed her way to Ranma. "Lets go outside."

"Ok" at that he picked up Akane and leapt out the window.

"What was that about? We didn't have any homework yesterday," asked another student.

After jumping from the classroom Ranma ran around behind the school. Checking to see if anyone was around, he set Akane on the ground.

"Thanks, I didn't know what to do about them."

"No problem." He leaned in and kissed Akane. passionately. Ranma reluctantly ended the kiss a few minutes later. "I guess we should eat lunch before it's too late."

"Ya, definitely," They sat and Akane handed Ranma his lunch. "Don't worry, Kasumi made it this morning. Your safe." They started to eat in silence. "I was thinking, we should think of a way to resolve all your other fiancé problems."

"I agree. I don't have any problems telling them off, except for Ukyou, she's one of my best friends and I don't want to hurt her."

"I don't want to loose her as a friend either, but how can we tell her without upsetting her too much."

"Maybe we should wait until after our trip and tell everyone at once." Ranma sat finishing his lunch.

"Ya, we could." Akane stood up and brushed herself off and was soon joined by Ranma at her side. "You know I almost wish tomorrow was the start of our trip." She grinned up at Ranma and kissed him.

The lunch bell rang and brought their attention back to reality.

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