/(PRESENT) NERIMA HOUSE OF WORSHIP/
Akane watched as Ranma and Ukyo are standing in front of the priest who was about to marry them. She was the roof of the chapel looking in from one of the nicely painted windows - dressed in a black ninja like outfit without the hood to cover her face.
Ukyo and Ranma looked so happy as the priest started the wedding ceremony.
Akane was not alone, however, two hired goons were with her ready to engage in operation-shattered wedding. Akane signaled the two goons to come over to where she was.
"Yes boss?"
"Wait until the priest ask Ranma to say I do, then move out." Akane said with an angry look on her face as she watched Ukyo in her very pretty dress.
"Will do boss." One of the goons said as they made their way back to their position.
As Akane got ready to take action, she thinks back to how she was able to track down Ranma and Ukyo before they went to get married.
/(FLASHBACK) TENDO DOJO/
Akane ran into the house crying. She went upstairs to her room. Kasumi was in the kitchen getting ready to start on dinner. However, she saw Akane and began to go after her. When she reached Akane's room, she saw Akane lying on the bed crying.
"Akane what happened? Why aren't you in school?" Kasumi asked with a concern look on her face.
"Go away and leave me alone!' Akane said in a sobbing voice.
Kasumi, however, just entered the room and sat down on the bed next to her youngest sister. "Come on Akane? I'm your big sister. You can tell me." Kasumi whispered, while patting Akane on the back.
"No! It's too horrible." Akane shouted, as she continued to cry.
Kasumi, feeling sad for Akane, pressed on. "Nothing can be too horrible to tell me little one. Come on, tell me?"
Akane looked at Kasumi and saw that her motherly sister wasn't going to let it go. So she decided to open up to her. "I saw Ranma and Ukyo in the schoolyard having lunch." Akane said remembering the whole scene.
Kasumi gave a sympathetic look at Akane. "Oh, Akane I'm…"
But before Kasumi could finish, Akane cuts her off and continued. "That's not all. When I went to Ranma. I did something, I thought I would never do when it came to him. I apologized. I told him I was sorry for all the times I hit him and called him a pervert. I even cried and pleaded with him like a weak little girl." Akane explained - her face was starting to turn from sad to angry.
"And what did he say?" Kasumi asked looking at her heartbroken sister.
Akane's eye's started to boil when she heard Kasumi ask this. "What did he say? WHAT DID HE SAY?" Akane repeated twice in a sudden outburst that took Kasumi back a bit. "HE SAID; HE AND THAT BITCH WAS GETTING MARRIED!"
This revelation shocked Kasumi. She never thought Ranma's feelings for Ukyo was so strong that he would go as far as marrying her. She thought Ranma was just using Ukyo to get back at Akane and would come back to her when he thought she had enough. "Akane maybe it's for the best. I mean you two would always fight. Maybe Ranma marrying Ukyo is a good thing for the both of you."
Akane wasn't trying to hear that. "NO! RANMA IS MINE! I WON'T LET HER HAVE HIM!" Akane screamed in pure anger.
Kasumi was starting to get scared for her sister. She saw how obsessive Akane was being lately when it came to Ranma. So she tried to give her little sister a little advice. "Akane let it go. You can't let stuff like this consume you. I told you to tell him how you felt before it was too late, and you blew it. Just look at this as a lesson in life and learn from it. Hating Ranma or Ukyo will do nothing, but destroy you inside." Kasumi said with such compassion, you'd think she was talking from experience.
But Akane still wouldn't hear any of it. "But what about father, and Mr.
Saotome?" Akane asked trying to find anything to hold on to.
Kasumi shook her head and responded. "Well I'm sure they'll be disappointed at first, but they'll get over it, eventually."
Akane looked at her sister in a determined way. "Well, I'm not giving up on him. He is just being stubborn. He knows I'm the only girl for him. I will have Ranma one way or another."
Kasumi, seeing the look in her sister eyes, started to worry. Akane was really scaring her. "Akane please don't get too emotional about this. In the end you'll only get hurt."
Akane began to get upset with her oldest sister for trying to talk her out of getting Ranma back and snapped at her. "RANMA'S MINE! I'M GOING TO GET HIM BACK WITH OR WITHOUT YOUR HELP!"
Kasumi, shocked by Akane's outburst, began crying.
Immediately feeling guilty about making her innocent sister cry, Akane quickly apologized. "I…I'm so sorry Kasumi. I didn't mean to scream at you like that. I was just mad at what happen earlier today. Please forgive me?"
Kasumi sucked up some of her tears and looked at Akane. "I'm just so worried about you. You never acted like this before." Kasumi said with a scared look on her face.
When Akane saw this she moved to the end of the bed and hugged her sister.
"You're right Kasumi. I do seem to be losing it. Maybe I should forget about Ranma and move on with my life. There are a lot more fish in the sea anyway."
Kasumi wiped her teary eyes and gave a little smile "Yeah, that's the way Akane. Trust me, in a couple of years, you'll look back on all of this and laugh."
"You're right. Thanks for the pep talk, I needed it."
"Anytime little one" She gives her sister a proud look. "Oh! Look at the time," her face suddenly turned alarming. "I have to get dinner started. You get some rest. I'll call you when dinners ready okay?"
"Okay Kasumi." Akane answered. Kasumi got up and left Akane's room.
Too bad she didn't realize Akane was lying. She still was determined to stop Ranma and Ukyo's wedding. If only she knew when and where it would take place. "Sorry Kasumi, but I just can't let my love go." Akane said,
before she laid down and took a quick nap.
Couple of hours passed and Nabiki arrived home from school. She immediately headed to Akane's room. When she didn't see Akane during school after lunch, she decided to wait for her after school, but she didn't show then either. So, she wanted to see if her short-tempered little sister came home. When she reached for the door to her room and opened it, she felt relieved. Akane was sound asleep in her bed.
Nabiki wanted to know why her sister decided to go home during school.
She walked towards the bed to woke her up.
"Akane." Nabiki said as she pushed her back and forth trying to wake her up.
After the third push, Akane started to stir. She sat up and looked at who woke her. She saw it was Nabiki. "Nabiki what is it? Is dinner ready?"
Nabiki just looked at Akane and answered. "No. I wanted to ask you why did you leave school in the middle of the day?"
Akane, feeling bad again because of what happened, tried to lie. "I wasn't feeling too good, so I left." Akane answered like it was nothing serious.
But Nabiki wasn't buying it. One of the reasons Nabiki was so successful in her many money making goals, was because of her ability in reading people. And because of how Akane left school earlier today, she knew her sister had something to hide. "Come on Akane you're a straight A student. There's no way you would've left school without a reason. So just tell me what's wrong? It's got something to do with Ranma doesn't it?" Nabiki saw Akane's face grow sad. "I knew it. Just tell me what he did this time? Come on Akane, I'll find out one way or another,
anyway."
Akane, knowing he sister was serious, answered her. "Ranma and Ukyo are getting married. And there is nothing I can do about it, because they're doing it in secret."
Nabiki couldn't believe what she just heard. "You're kidding right?"
Akane shook her head. "No. Ukyo asked him and he said y… ye… yes."
Akane answers in disgust.
Nabiki got mad herself. She couldn't believe Ranma would do this to her sister; first calling her a bitch and now this. It was too much. "Who does he think he is? Throwing you away like garbage and choosing Ukyo.
Well if he think he's going to marry her, he's got another thing coming."
Akane, realizing Nabiki was angry too, smiled. "That's right, you'll help me stop them won't you sis?" Akane gave her crafty sister a hopeful look.
"Of course I will Akane." The middle sister smiled. "First we have to find out where and when their wedding is taking place, then crash it." Nabiki picked up her cell phone and made a call. The phone rang a couple of times before someone answered it.
"Hello Nabiki Incorporated. You got the cash we got the dirt."
"Mayaka, this is Nabiki."
"Oh, hi Nabiki. What do you need?" Mayaka answered in a cheerful voice.
"I need some info on a couple running the only okonomiyaki shop in Nerima. Word on the street is they're getting married soon. I need to know where and when this is taking place." Nabiki said in a commanding voice that showed she was the boss.
"Sure boss. I'm on it."
"Another thing Mayaka. Call the boys and tell them to meet me at the ice cream shop. I have a job for them too." Nabiki finished giving orders with a smirk on her face.
"Sure Nabiki. Consider it done." Mayaka answered still in a cheerful voice. Nabiki hung up the cell phone and puts it back in her pocket.
A month passed since Nabiki agreed to help Akane stop the wedding between Ranma and Ukyo. By that time, Nabiki Incorporated, the business that specialized in secrets and gossip, was able to get everything they needed to know about the wedding taking place in just a month from now.
They knew it was taking place at Nerima's house of worship, just a couple of blocks where the Kuno mansion was. They knew the time the wedding was taking place was at twelve midnight. And they had a plan on how to stop it. Akane insisted she be a part of it, because it was about her and Ranma. Nabiki tried to talk her out of it, but Akane wouldn't do it any other way. So Nabiki laid out the plan for her sister and the two hired goons from Nabiki Incorporated. The two goons were to bust in the front chapel door and fight Ranma two on one. Then Akane was to jump down from the roof and take Ukyo as a hostage and demand Ranma comeback home or else. After looking at the plan over and over again, they decided this was the best course of action.
Another month passed.
/(PRESENT) NERIMA HOUSE OF WORSHIP/
Ranma and Ukyo were standing in front of the priest who agreed to hold this wedding at this time of night. In his life time he encountered many couples that eloped and married in secret, because one or both families were against it. The funny thing was these kinds of marriages were the ones that usually lasted.
"Ranma and Ukyo we are gather here today to unite you two in holy matrimony. To bring two loving souls that found each other together under the eyes of the lord. Ukyo do you take Ranma to be your loving husband, to have and to hold, to love forever, through sickness, and in health, till death do you part?"
Ukyo, looking stunning in her wedding dress, smiled at Ranma. "I do."
Ukyo said in a very happy voice. Ranma, hearing her answer, smiled brightly at her.
The priest continued. "And do you Ranma take Ukyo to be your loving wife, to have and to hold, to love forever, through sickness and in health, till death do you part?"
Akane, seeing the time was right, screamed. "NOW!"
Before Ranma could answer, the chapel door bust open. Two tall and built guys came running in.
The witnessing this, the Priest started to question. "What are you two doing here? GET OUT! This is a private ceremony."
One of the goons ran right at Ranma and threw a punch. Ranma, thinking of Ukyo, first pushed her out of the way and ducked the punch. The goon threw another one, but Ranma blocked it. He then roundhouse kicked the goon right in the face, knocking him down.
"You two are going to pay for interrupting us." Ranma said in an angry voice.
The goon got up from the roundhouse kick and smiled - attacking Ranma again.
While this was going on, the other goon took the priest and tied him up with some rope. "You stay put Father this don't concern you," the goon said to the priest. The goon then went and help out his partner take on Ranma.
Seeing Ranma getting double-teamed, encouraged Ukyo to go help him. "Damn where's my spatula when I need it?" She said to herself. Just when she was about to interfere, she heard a familiar voice.
"HOLD IT RIGHT THERE UKYO!" Ukyo turned around and saw Akane in a tight fitting black outfit with a gun in her hand. When she noticed the gun,
Uko stepped back and looked Akane in the eye. All she saw was a very cold emotionless stare looking back at her. "Make one move and you're dead Ukyo. And don't think for one minute I won't do it, because I'll do anything to get what's mine."
"Akane! Ranma isn't a prize to be won. He's a human being. Do you really think doing this will make him love you?" Ukyo asked, trying to reason with Akane.
But Akane just got madder. "SHUP UP! I DON'T CARE ABOUT THAT! AS LONG AS YOU DON'T HAVE HIM I'M HAPPY!" Akane shouted in a sudden outburst while shaking the gun.
Ukyo, getting afraid, decided to keep quiet and not move.
Akane then looked towards Ranma, and the two goons he was still fighting. As expected, he was starting to come out on top, but he was unaware of Akane's presence. So, she decided to let him know she was there.
"RANMA!" Akane screamed.
Ranma looked toward where the voice came from and saw a shocking site.
Akane dressed in black was holding a gun on Ukyo. Ranma couldn't believe what he was seeing. "AKANE WHAT ARE YOU DOING? HOW DID YOU FIND US?"
Ranma screamed.
Too bad he wasn't paying attention to the goons he was fighting. One of the goons axe handed him in the back knocking him to his knees. Then he and his partner held Ranma by both arms to keep him from moving.
"You forget Ranma, Nabiki runs an information network. Did you really believe you could get married without us knowing about it? I told you,
you were wasting your time and now you see why. No matter, I'm going to give you a choice. If you come back home I'll let your sweet Ukyo live.
If you refuse she dies and we force you back anyway. Either way, one way or another, you're coming back."
Ranma didn't believe Akane had the guts to kill anyone, so he tried to call her bluff. "Put the gun down Akane, you're no killer."
Akane gave Ranma a cold smirk, which sent chills down his spine.
"Really? Are you willing to take that chance?" Akane asked pointing the gun at Ukyo's heart.
"Don't worry about me Ranma. Get out of here!" Ukyo desperately shouted to her lover.
"SHUT UP BITCH!" Akane hits Ukyo with the backside of the gun, knocking her to the ground. Akane then kneeled down and puts the gun right on her head.
"AKANE STOP! DON'T DO IT PLEASE?" Ranma screamed trying his best to get free, but the goons had him locked tight.
"WHAT IS YOUR ANSWER? YES OR NO?" Akane screamed back.
Ranma, looking at the frighten, Ukyo answered. "YES! OKAY? YES! JUST LET HER GO! I'LL DO ANYTHING!"
Akane smiled brightly at Ranma. In fact, it was the same innocent like smile she gave him over three years ago. She took the gun off of Ukyo's head. Then she walked over towards Ranma and kneeled down. She looked to see if Ukyo's watching, then gave him a passionate kiss. Ranma jerked his head back and forth, but Akane held it steady.
"Good boy. Let's go home. Fellows?" After she said this, one of the goons hit Ranma in the back of the head; the blow knocked him out cold. They both lifted him up and walked towards the door.
Akane looked down at Ukyo. "Don't even try to save him, because if you do." Akane shot the gun at the ceiling. The bullet entered the ceiling causing some dust to fall over Ukyo's head. "I WILL KILL YOU!" Ukyo looked at Akane with hate-filled eyes. She wiped the dust off her head.
"Well boys let's get out of here.
As Akane left, Ukyo made this promise to herself: "No matter what it takes, I'll get you back Ranma. I will save you from that nut."
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