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Chapter Five: Calling Dr. Love

Ranma and Nabiki continued they're kissing for several minutes. Ranma thought to himself why he hadn't done this sooner, while Nabiki thought about how soft his lips were and how much she was really enjoying her first kiss. Eventually though the kiss ended and the two of them looked at each other with love in their eyes, before they came to their senses and jumped apart.

"What brought that on?" said Nabiki out loud, not that she really didn't care how it happened.

"I don't know." Ranma said. "But, I kinda liked it."

"You did?" said Nabiki as she felt her heart racing.

"Yeah." Ranma said as Nabiki noticed he was blushing. She had actually made Ranma Saotome blush.

"I liked it too Ranma." Nabiki said also blushing a little. "The truth is, I've kinda had a little crush on you for the last couple of months."

"You have?" said Ranma as he was jumping for joy inside.

"Yeah. I mean, I've really gotten to know you better these last couple of months, and I've seen a side of you that not many other people get to see." Nabiki said. "I just didn't want to say anything because I thought it would ruin our friendship."

"Nabiki, you'd always be my friend." Ranma insisted as he took one of her small hands in his. "But I'd be lying if I didn't say that I don't have feelings for you too."

"Really?" Nabiki said happily.

"Of course…" said Ranma as he was cut off by Nabiki grabbing him and laying a kiss, hotter then the first one and more passionate.

"Mmmmm!" moaned Nabiki into the kiss as Ranma began kissing her back.

They were like this for a few more minutes until they finally came up for air.

"WOW!" said the both of them after that kiss.

"So, where do we go from here Nabs?" asked Ranma curious.

"Well, this could be just a thing we have for each other, so maybe we should just do like we've been doing now and see what happens." Nabiki said liking that Ranma seemed to really value her opinion so much.

"Sounds good." Ranma said happy that they had a plan. He then decided to take the initiative and kissed her.

They were still like that, laying on her bed when the sun came up an hour later.

Later that week, Ranma was training with Curry again. The sound of KISS filled the air from Curry's Boom Box. Across the field they had themselves an audience consisting of Nabiki, Garlic, Lemon and Curry's girlfriend Shampoo. Ranma dressed as usual while Nabiki dressed in jeans, a tanktop, and the new leather jacket auntie Nodoka had gotten her for her birthday. Curry dressed in his black gi, while Lemon and Garlic dressed in jeans and muscle shirts. Finally, Shampoo was dressed in one of her usual, skimpy Chinese dresses. This one was purple like her hair.

"Shampoo so happy to see Curry practice." Shampoo said happy that it was her day off today.

"Would that be because you love Curry, or the fact that he's taken his gi top off?" Nabiki said teasing the Amazon.

"Shampoo think it both." Shampoo said with a sigh.

"You really love him don't you?" asked Nabiki.

"Yes. Shampoo love him more then life itself." The Amazon replied. "Just like friend Nabiki love Ranma."

"What?" stuttered Nabiki. "What're you talking about?"

"Nabiki no have to cover for Shampoo." She said. "Shampoo see friend Nabiki looking at Ranma. Looks at Ranma like Curry looks at Shampoo."

"Am I that obvious?" asked Nabiki blushing.

"Shampoo think so. Shampoo doesn't think Ranma notice though." She said to her. "Why you no tell him?"

"Because I'm not sure how he feels about me. He just admitted he has feelings for me and I don't want to push it." Nabiki said.

"Shampoo understand. No want to push Ranma into something like many others do." The Amazon said as she noticed it was almost time for Curry and Ranma's break.

Both her and Shampoo quickly set up the blanket that they had planned to use. Since it was a lovely Saturday afternoon, they decided to turn the training into a picnic. Shampoo made a delicious lunch, and Nabiki actually made the desert, a variation of Kasumi's chocolate cake, only with ice cream filling. Shampoo and Ranma had both been surprised to learn that Nabiki could actually cook, but then learned that she could really only make deserts.

"Man this looks good." Ranma said as he and Curry walked up to the blanket.

"Indeed it does my friend." Curry said as they sat down on the blanket.

They six of them quickly dug in and ate. Shampoo's dishes of Ramen, Tai Dop Voy, Fried Rice and Lo Mein were a big hit. But when they got to Nabiki's cake, they were astounded. It was perfect, and they made sure to tell her so.

"Well. Back to training." Ranma said as he started to get up.

"Ranma, hasn't anyone ever told you that it is a bad idea to train on a full stomach?" asked Curry. "Let's relax after that wonderful meal."

"Well, okay." Ranma said as he sat back down. "Pops never really let me rest after a meal."

"Well Panda man not here, so learn relax." Shampoo said as they laid back and looked at the sky. "Such a beautiful day."

"Your right about that kitten." Curry said using his pet name for her as he pulled her closer to him and kissed her. "It's a perfect day and nothing could possibly ruin it."

"Never say that in Nerima." Ranma warned. "The minute anyone says that, someone always…"

"Ranma! Prepare to die!" yelled the voice of the eternal lost boy's voice.

Everyone looked up to see Ryouga Hibiki standing in front of they're blanket. He looked a little worse for wear, but angry like usual.

"See what I mean. Hey Ryouga." Ranma said. "What've you been up too?"

"None of your business!" yelled Ryouga. "You won't hide behind some girl now!"

"Girl?" said Lemon. "I'm a woman buddy. Learn to tell the difference!"

"Who'd like to handle this?" asked Curry. "I'd rather not dirty my hands right now."

"I've got him." Ranma said as he got up. "I still owe him for a week ago."

"Have fun Ranma!" called out Nabiki as they all sat up to watch.

"Prepare to die!" yelled Ryouga as he pulled out his umbrella.

"I'm glad you're here P-Chan!" said Ranma with a little chuckle. "I've got a new move I've been dying to try out."

"Take this!" yelled Ryouga as he charged forward with the intention of smashing his umbrella over Ranma's head.

Everyone, except Curry, watched in shock as Ranma did a very suicidal thing in this situation. He just stood there as the umbrella came down on his forehead.

"RANMA!" screamed Nabiki in fear for his life.

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"Huh?" said everyone except Ranma and Curry in shock.

The umbrella, upon contact with Ranma's head, had just broken in half.

"What the heck?" exclaimed the shocked Ryouga as he looked at his broken umbrella handle as if it had the answers.

"Yeah!" exclaimed Ranma. "It worked!"

"Nicely done Ranma!" called out Curry as he applauded.

"What did you do?" demanded Ryouga.

"It's a little trick using my confidence Ki." Ranma explained. "It's called the Shield of the Tiger. As long as I feel confident in my abilities then when I use the shield, I can't be hurt. My entire body becomes as hard as steel."

"Damn you!" yelled Ryouga as he attacked with his fists. "You'll pay for cheating on Akane!"

"Cheating?" said Ranma confused as Ryouga's fist bounced off of the shield. "Who says I'm cheating on her?"

"You're here on a date with Shampoo!" Ryouga yelled as his hands were killing him.

"Huh?" said Ranma as he realized what he was talking about. "Ha,ha,ha,ha,ha,ha,ha,ha,ha!"

"What's so funny?" asked Ryouga.

"Shampoo isn't here with me." Ranma said. "We're just friends now."

"LIAR!" yelled Ryouga as he threw his bandannas recklessly.

"Hey!" yelled Nabiki. "Watch it with those things!"

Ranma looked as several of the bandannas hit the ground around his friends. Several of the very same bandannas were getting awfully close to hitting both Nabiki and Shampoo.

"Will you watch it you idiot!" yelled Ranma. "There are innocent civilians here!"

"It's there own fault for interfering!" yelled Ryouga.

"Fist of the Dragon!" yelled Curry's voice.

Ryouga looked to his left, only to see Curry punch him in his chin and knock him over the horizon.

"I thought you didn't want to dirty your hands?" asked Ranma jokingly.

"Sorry, but he almost hit Shampoo." Curry said politely. "I tend to be a little over protective of her."

"Ah, no harm was done anyway." Ranma said. "Ready to continue?"

"I swear Ranma, only you could fight someone and want to continue training when it's all said and done." Nabiki chuckled.

"It's a gift." Ranma said jokingly.

"Shall we?" asked Curry as they went back into the field.

"Halt demon!" yelled a voice behind them.

Everyone looked and saw that behind them stood Tatewaki Kuno. Only instead of his usual bokken, he held a large and sharp looking katana.

"Once again, I demand…" said Kuno as he was interrupted.

"Friend of yours?" asked Garlic.

"Nope." Ranma said as he wished he could go a day without being attacked.

"Thou shalt release the pig-tailed girl and Akane Tendo from your spells or face the wrath of heaven!" continued Kuno.

"Pig-tailed girl?" said Curry confused.

"Cold water." Ranma said.

"You mean…?" said Curry as he came to a realization. "Oh god! Now that is hilarious! This moron actually likes her!"

"That's got to be the funniest thing I've ever heard all day!" laughed Garlic with a deep and loud laugh.

"You got that right." Lemon laughed as well.

"Enough talk!" yelled Kuno. "I strike!"

Ranma leapt out of the way as Kuno swung the katana around like crazy. He didn't even care how close he came to hitting anyone other then Ranma.

"Hey!" yelled Ranma. "Watch it!"

"Die foul demon!" yelled Kuno.

"We might as well get comfy." Curry said as they all sat back down.

Nabiki watched as Ranma dodged all of Kuno's strikes and landing some of his own. It looked like this fight would end like all the others, with Kuno either flying through the air, or laying on the ground out cold. It was then she thought she saw something.

She looked around the park to see what it was. She could have sworn it looked like a glint of light off of a piece of metal. Finally she spotted it in a nearby tree. She looked better and saw it was Sasuke aiming a crossbow. Her blood ran cold as she realized where it was aimed. Directly at Ranma, whose back was turned to the tree!

The next few minutes ran slowly in Nabiki's eyes. When asked why she had done this afterwards, she said she didn't know why she did it. Rather then yell a warning to Ranma, she ran forward, screaming his name. He looked at her in confusion as he knocked Kuno away. With all the strength she could muster as she saw the crossbow bolt fly, she pushed Ranma to safety. Then she felt a sharp pain in her back.

"Nabiki?" said Ranma in confusion as he saw her collapse.

Then he saw the arrow sticking out of her back and he froze for a few seconds. He was like that for several seconds before he finally reacted.

"NABIKI!" screamed Ranma as he was at her side. "Nabiki! Are you okay? Please be okay!"

"I'll…be…fine…" said Nabiki as she passed out.

"Nabs! Hold on! I'll get help!" yelled Ranma as he carefully lifted her into his arms and ran as fast as he could to Dr. Tofu's clinic.

"Ha! The fool turns and runs!" said Kuno. "No doubt he fears my prowess! I must give chase and finish him off!"

"Excuse me?" said Curry getting the Blue Blunder's attention.

"I have no time for autographs now!" said Kuno thinking they were fans. "I must give chase and kill the demon!"

"Hurt him!" said Curry as he, Garlic and Lemon advanced on him.

Sasuke prepared to run himself when all of the sudden Shampoo appeared next to him in the tree, her bonbouries in her hands.

"Nihao little ninja!" Shampoo said cheerfully as her weapons hit the ninja.

The park was filled with the screams of agony of a samurai wannabe, and a ninja.

"DOC!" screamed Ranma as he kicked the door to Dr. Tofu's clinic open. "DOC!"

"Ranma?" said Dr. Tofu confused as he entered the room and saw Nabiki. "My god! What happened?"

"She got hit by an arrow in the park." Ranma said as he carried her into the back room. "She did it to protect me! Please help her! You've got too help her!"

"I will Ranma." Dr. Tofu said as Ranma placed her on her side on a cot in the back.

Dr. Tofu looked her over carefully. After several minutes, at least it felt like that to Ranma, he announced she was fine. The arrow hadn't hit anything vital and had in fact been partially stopped by the leather jacket. Her right arm would be sore for a while, but she would heal.

"Thank god." Ranma responded as he appeared to lose all his energy at once and slumped to the floor. He'd been so worried about her.

"Let's get that arrow out." Dr. Tofu said as he used his doctor's tools to pulled the arrow carefully out.

"Will she really be okay?" asked Ranma concerned as the arrow was pulled out. "Why is she unconcious? You said she was fine!"

"She will be." Dr. Tofu said. "She just passed out from the pain. She should wake up soon."

"Okay." Ranma said calming himself. "I'm sorry doc. I'm just really worried about her."

"I know you are." Dr. Tofu said understandingly. "You really care about her."

"Doc, I love her." Ranma confessed blushing.

"I see." Dr. Tofu said as he stitched the arrow wound shut. "Have you told her?"

"I…I want to, but…I'm not sure how she feels." Ranma said blushing. "She's one of the few friends that I have. I don't wanna ruin that if she doesn't feel that way about me."

"I understand." Dr. Tofu said as he finished up. "I feel the same about Kasumi. I'm so afraid of rejection, that I go crazy in her presence just so I don't have to face it."

"We seem to have a lot in common then doc." Ranma said with a smirk.

"I guess we do." Dr. Tofu said. "I'll be right back. I need to get her a sling to use for a week. Nothing's broke, but her arm is going to be sore for awhile."

"Thanks again doc." Ranma said as he left the room to make a phone call.

Ranma looked at the out cold form of Nabiki and smiled. She looked just like she was sleeping. She looked so peaceful.

"God I love you." Ranma said. "So much. I'm happy to just be your friend, but I can wish for more. We may have some little thing right now, but really, what're the odds. Why could you ever fall for a freak like me?"

"Maybe because your kind, sweet and gentle." The voice of Nabiki said as he realized she was awake. "Because you're always there for your friends and you are the most honorable person I've ever known."

"You…Your awake?" Ranma said startled as she carefully sat up. "How long have you been awake?"

"Around the time the arrow came out." Nabiki said as he helped her get into a sitting position. "Thanks."

"No problem." Ranma said as he realized what she had just said. "You mean you heard…"

"…your confession to Dr. Tofu that you love me." Nabiki said finishing his sentence.

"Oh god! I'm so sorry Nabiki!" said Ranma.

"Sorry for what? For loving me?" said Nabiki. "That's something you shouldn't feel sorry for."

"I'm really…huh?" Ranma said confused.

"You shouldn't feel sorry, because…because I'm in love with you too." Nabiki said.

"You…you love me?" Ranma said surprised.

"Yes." Nabiki said. "I've been in love with you for the longest time. I just didn't confess it to myself untila week ago."

"You really love me?" asked Ranma. "Even with all the insanity of my life? Even with my Jusenkyo curse?"

"Yes Ranma. Your curse doesn't matter because it's still you on the inside." Nabiki said. "I love you! Each and every little bit of you."

Ranma didn't say anything for the longest time. Then he let actions speak louder then words as he pulled her into his arms and kissed her. He put all of his feelings into the kiss. Each and every single one of them. Nabiki winced as her shoulder flared in pain, but she didn't care. All she did care about was that she was kissing the man she loved.

"Ahem!" said a voice off to the side.

The two of them separated and looked to their left to find out they had an audience because Dr. Tofu was back.

Ranma quickly jumped away from her as she, reluctantly, did the same! Both of them were blushing up a storm. All the good doctor did was chuckle.

"I take it congratulations are in order." Dr. Tofu said smiling.

"Uh…" said the both of them.

"I always thought you two were made for each other." Dr. Tofu said as he treated Nabiki's shoulder.

"You did?" Nabiki and Ranma said surprised.

"Of course." Dr. Tofu said as voices were heard in the front office.

"Hello? We have some patients here!" said the voice of Prince Curry.

"Please come back here!" called out Dr. Tofu.

Moments later Curry, Garlic, Lemon and Shampoo entered the back office carrying the prone forms of Kuno and Sasuke. Sasuke sported several bump and bruises but looked to be awake. Kuno however, had limbs pointing out in different directions, multiple fractures, and everyone could tell two things. One, he would have a hard time sitting for very long time, and two, he wouldn't ever use that bokken ever again. Unless he was into that sort of thing!

"What happened to those two?" asked Dr. Tofu as he received the whole story.

"So why's Sasuke not hurt as bad?" asked Ranma.

"He confess to Shampoo he only following stick-boy's orders." Shampoo said. "He wouldn't have, but has family to feed. Needs Kuno's money to put oldest daughter through school."

"Well I feel sorry for him." Nabiki said as Dr. Tofu finished up with her. "He goes through too much abuse with that family."

"I as well feel for him." Curry said as Sasuke spoke.

"I truly wish to confer my apologies to young miss Tendo." Sasuke said. "I should never have done what Kuno ordered me to."

"Apology accepted." Nabiki said. "But, maybe you should consider a new job."

"Unfortunately all I know is how to be a ninja." Sasuke said. "I can't do anything else."

"Then leave Kuno and join me." Curry said. "I'll pay ten times what that idiot does, and I have a much better health plan. Plus, I'm royalty."

"Truly you would be kind enough to employ me, even after this?" said Sasuke with tears in his eyes. "Thank you!"

"No problem." Curry said. "I've always wanted my own ninja."

"Well, I'll get to treating these two first." Dr. Tofu said as he did Sasuke first, and then slowly got started on Kuno.

"We've gotta get home doc." Ranma said as he picked up Nabiki in his arms and carried her too the door. "See you later!"

This time, Nabiki didn't complain about being carried at all.

"Bye!" said everybody as he walked out the door and carried the woman he loved home.

To Be Continued…

Author's Notes: Well, Chapter Five is done. Sorry it took awhile, but I had to work. Now, chapter six will actually be based more on Shampoo and Curry. Nabiki has finally found a way to end the Amazon engagement, but both Ranma and Shampoo aren't happy about it. The trick is to keep everyone in Nerima from finding out before it's too late. It's Chapter Six: Shock Me. See-ya then. Ciao.