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Author notes: things are heating up. Helena has just found out she's engaged and the series is nearing completion. I hope everyone is enjoying the last few chapters of this series.
Ranma woke up feeling miserable. Kasumi was angry at him and it irritated him thoroughly. "I have to apologize to her." He said finally. Getting up he donned his usual outfit and walked to Kasumi's room. It was very early two o' clock in the morning and no one was up. Ranma stood at Kasumi's door with a hand raised. Finally he lightly tapped the wood three times.
Minutes went bye without a sound and finally when Ranma was just about to knock again when the door cracked open. Part of Kasumi's face peered at him. Ranma hung his head he could see she had been crying. "Yes?" She asked softly.
Ranma looked back at her. "Can I come in? We need to talk."
She gazed at him for a few seconds then her face disappeared and the door opened slowly. Ranma fought not to gape when he caught sight of what Kasumi was wearing. It was a light pink nightie it contrasted well with her and made her look serene and sexy. However her slight sniff hinted Ranma that she had been crying for the better part of the night. "Come in." She said softly.
Ranma entered the room lacked the calming cheer that it held the last time he was inside. He turned to see Kasumi close the door but didn't turn to look at him. "Kasumi I… I'm sorry, I have no idea who that guy is, for all I know he could be just as bad as Saffron. I let the code of martial arts that my pops follow cloud everything else out."
"The code that you follow is a good one Ranma." Kasumi said finally looking at him. "Martial arts to protect the weak, martial arts to protect life." She took a step toward him now their bodies were inches apart. "But it also has the choice of bringing death and now if you give your life in an attempt to save one and fail what have you accomplished?"
"I would have accomplished trying to uphold my code?" Ranma replied unsure.
Kasumi shook her head. "No you would have died foolishly and place other lives in extreme danger." Tears began to well up in Kasumi's eyes again. "Martial arts to protect life Ranma. Sometimes in order to obey that code you must take it. As a kunoichi I have no such code to follow except that my duty in life is death."
"That's not true." Ranma said.
"A ninja is a ninja till the day they die. I have hastened it when I became a runaway." Kasumi rubbed at her eyes. "But I don't wish to see you die Ranma there is still so much for you to live for."
"Hey there's plenty stuff for you to live for to you know." Ranma said.
"How will I live if I die by my clan?" Kasumi asked in a lower tone.
"What kind of question is that? I already told you that I will protect you." Ranma said. Kasumi glared at him, a hard steely cold glare that made Ranma step back a few paces. "K-Kasumi?"
"And how will you protect me when you're dead because you followed your code and Genra kills you?" She said icily. Ranma opened his mouth but Kasumi cut him off. "Don't give me that "I won't lose" crap and a half Ranma. Everyone loses you know it." She closed the distance so she could look straight up at his face. "But losing because you are unwilling to kill when your opponent shall do everything they will to kill you is extremely foolish. This isn't a fantasy story Ranma where good guys win and spare the lives of evildoers and everything shall go back to normal. You can lose Ranma, lose your life, lose your friends, and lose your family." She grabbed him and buried her head into his chest. "I don't want to lose you Ranma. I don't want…" sobs replaced words as she trailed off.
Ranma stood there both hands raised slightly above Kasumi's shoulders unsure what to do. He could feel Kasumi's tears through his shirt and each sob vibrate her body. He wanted to say something anything. But his mind was a jumble, what was he to do? Follow his code? But Kasumi already explained how things sometimes have to be. He didn't like killing. Saffron was one case but the guy was immortal and he was going to be born again. This Genra guy if Ranma made it through the tournament would not come back. But like Kasumi said he wouldn't hesitate to kill him and since this guy was a ninja that made it even more deadly since he wouldn't fear death. 'And if he kills me without hesitation he won't hesitate killing others.' Ranma thought finally. It was a simple answer but he denied it because of his own thoughts it wasn't the code, the code was right "To protect life." But unfortunately there was a hidden meaning in that code, sometimes you had to take life in order to protect it. Ranma finally wrapped his arms around Kasumi holding her close. "Kasumi you're right, if I die I would fail the in my word to protect you. If what you're telling me of Genra is true then…" Ranma felt the tinge of regret of the next words from his mouth but he knew it was necessary. "Then I won't hesitate to end his existence." Kasumi stopped sobbing as she looked at him. Her eyes were glazed over. He smiled. "I said I'd I protect you if this guy is going to be in the way then I have no choice but to eliminate him." Ranma cursed mentally. 'Man I'm starting to sound like one of the amazons.'
"Ranma…" Kasumi breathed out, her lips trembled. She stared at his face all emotions she had kept bottled up were surfacing and she didn't know what to do. Instinctively she closed the distance between their faces and kissed him full.
Ranma's eyes became wide as saucers and his arms flailed wildly when Kasumi kissed him, and it wasn't exactly the gentle type it was the type that was wild, desperate and trying to clean his tonsils. He tried to back away but Kasumi pushed forward he lost his balance and fell backwards onto her bed there she crawled the remaining distance up to be level with his face still not breaking the lip-lock. Ranma didn't know how long she kissed him but after what seemed like hours she broke it and sat back up straddling his waist. Now that they lay on the bed the dim lights outside of the window were stronger her nightie lit up showing her lithe figure underneath as she stared down at him. For a while Ranma could only stare until he realized Kasumi's hands were busy. She had untied tie number one of his shirt and was working on number two. 'Hello!' Ranma thought. Both hands shot up and grasped her hands and removed them from his shirt. She looked at him her eyes desperate yet confused. He shook his head. "No Kasumi not here, not yet, not how you are right now."
"Ranma… Why?" She finally spoke.
Ranma sat up letting her hands go and held her shoulders. "Your minds going crazy right now, right? You have no idea how to react, you're sad, happy, relieved, everything." Ranma held her close. "I know you want to get closer to me. But don't give something like this up so easily. It will cause more pain then relief." He kissed her cheek. "I'm not dead yet." She got off him as he stood back up. "You should get some rest. We have a fight tomorrow remember?"
"You're right." She said.
"Good night Kasumi." Ranma said opening the door.
"Good night Ranma." She replied as the door quietly shut.
The next morning…
"Yo Ryoga you there? Open up!" Ranma opened the door and saw the pack was missing and so was the lost boy. "Sheesh he got lost in his own room guess we don't have to tell him to forfeit." Ranma closed the door and walked over to Kasumi's room.
Kasumi was just finished putting on her shin guards when Ranma knocked. "Come in." She said.
Ranma stepped in. "Good morning Kasumi."
Kasumi blushed. "Good morning Ranma. Ranma about last night I…"
Ranma waved a hand dismissively. "Forget about it Kasumi. So you ready for your fight?"
"As I'll ever be. Since I gave you information on some styles of some of your opponents mind telling me what I might be facing?" Kasumi asked.
"Sure thing, Hitomi uses Karate very efficiently I might add. I don't know how much she's improved since the draws didn't let us fight but I have to tell you her father K.Oed me back when I was in Junior high." Ranma said.
"I'll be on the look out then." Kasumi said. "By the way. Helena uses Pi Qua Quan and my sister also is Mugen Tenshin but a slightly different variation be careful with her."
"I'll remember that." Ranma said.
Kasumi looked confused for a second then asked. "Where's Ryoga?"
"What do you think?" Ranma said with a sigh. "The idiot got lost. Guess we don't have to tell him to forfeit yeah?"
Kasumi giggled. "You're right."
"Well good luck with Hitomi, Kasumi. I'm off to grab something to eat and head for my match you want to come?"
Kasumi smiled. "I'm all right Ranma thank you."
"Okee doke, I'm off, see ya later." Ranma waved and left.
Kasumi tightened the strings to her shin guards and slid her tanto into her sash taking a deep breath she also left the room.
Ranma stood stretching out on a large balcony when his opponent arrived. She was a very beautiful woman, blond hair tied mid-way by a bow, and very fine looks that showed that she was of very high standings but she wore an expensive looking outfit that looked like she just came back from horse back riding. Still he could sense her determination and he knew despite her rich appearance that she could take a good amount of bruising and was very good in her style of fighting. "Probably give me a better match than Kuno ever would." Ranma chuckled to himself as he faced her.
"Are you Ranma Saotome?" She asked in a voice that was somewhat pissed off.
"Uh, yeah that would be me." Ranma asked. "Why do you ask?"
Helena pulled out a folded paper from her coat top and held it out. Ranma hesitatingly took it feeling the sense of doom creep over him as he opened the paper. After a few seconds he fell over backwards his legs twitching. Helena leaned over him some of the anger gone replaced by worry. "Are you all right?"
Ranma sat back up with an eyebrow twitching. "Can you excuse me for a second?" He asked. Helena barely nodded when Ranma dashed around a corner. Although from the sounds of it, it didn't really help mask it. "DAMMIT POPS YOU DID IT AGAIN! WHEN I GET BACK I'M GONNA KICK YOUR ASS AND THEN SELL IT TO THE ZOO!" With that done Ranma came back from around the corner looking a bit relieved but not by much. "Sorry about that."
Helena blinked. "I take that this engagement was done without your knowing of it."
"Hell yeah, this one and Kami-sama knows how much more my pops made me. You're not the first you know." Ranma said.
"I see…" Helena said finding it difficult to stay mad at Ranma after he said he had other engagements.
Ranma scratched the back of his head. "Look let's talk about this later after we fight. Theirs another girl I found out was my fiancée recently and I promised a friend that I would explain everything."
"Very well than." Helena dropped into a stance. "Show me how skilled you are."
"Helena, I hate to say this but your gonna regret saying that." Ranma said dropping into another stance and both fighters met.
Kasumi stood on the beach facing Hitomi. The match had started and both had exchanged a good amount of blows and counterblows. Kasumi slightly nursed her side where Hitomi landed a double punch. Hitomi favored a leg that Kasumi had hit in the vulnerable joint behind the knee. "Your pretty good." Hitomi said.
"You're not so bad either." Kasumi replied.
"What's your relationship with Ranma?" Hitomi charged forward a high kick passing where Kasumi's head had been before she ducked.
"We travel together. We're friends." Kasumi swept Hitomi's legs out from under her.
"Bullshit!" Hitomi flipped backwards onto her feet launching a punch combo to put up Kasumi's defense and grabbed her arm. "If you were just friends you wouldn't get the looks he gives you." Hitomi held the arm high turned quickly elbowed Kasumi in her gut and then flipped her over her back.
"You're right in a sense." Kasumi rolled as Hitomi stomped where her head was. "We're closer then friends should be. But I know what he's been through."
"What do you know about him?" Hitomi launched a double roundhouse but Kasumi back-flipped out of the way. "I knew him when we were still in junior high." She feinted a high kick and instead performed a thrust punch that launched Kasumi back several feet and a hard impact against a palm tree. "We sparred together, played together, I loved him then and I still do now." She charged the tree launching a straight punch, Kasumi spun away letting the fist impact the tree and leave a good dent in it.
"Your feelings are very strong for him." Kasumi launched forward with her own punch combination forcing Hitomi on the defensive. "But do you know what he went through all those years you've been apart?" Hitomi launched forward but Kasumi flipped over her.
"And what do you know?" Hitomi whirled on Kasumi only to see the kunoichi flip forward with her legs grasping her head on each side.
"I know that his family has manipulated him. His father is greedy and a selfish fat oaf that seeks to reap from what his son toils for." Kasumi threw her weight backwards flipping Hitomi over and hard to the ground. "His fiancées treat him as a trophy to be won, the one girl he would have loved beats him over and over again. I was there unable to do anything because my duty prevented me from it."
"And how did that change to how it is today?" Hitomi pushed herself back to her feet.
"Because my past caught up with me." Kasumi countered a punch throwing shifting the hand in one direction then sharply to the other throwing Hitomi down.
"And like you said your past caught up with you and you place him in danger." Hitomi got up quickly launching another assault two punches a kick then a sweep that knocked Kasumi down. "You plan to lead a life with him with all that? Constantly being hunted, fighting for his life, is that the kind of life you want him to have?" Hitomi leaped bringing her feet sharply down. Kasumi managed to roll out of the way and swiftly came to her feet.
"No I would never want that kind of life on anyone especially to him?" Kasumi countered a kick throwing it to the side.
"Then why are you leading him on with your life?" Hitomi recovered getting ready for an assault.
"Because I gave him something that his family, rivals, and fiancées never did." Kasumi said, launching forward jumping up a leg sweeping out to hit Hitomi's head.
"And what would that be?" Hitomi ducked and shot back up to get a punch in while Kasumi was recovering only to get hit by the follow-up kick launching her several feet back.
"I gave him a choice." Kasumi said as she landed. "He chose to follow me, he chose to protect me. I've spent an entire year watching him and I won't let anyone else harm him. I love him too much." Hitomi got up trying to recover from Kasumi's kick. "And it's because of that love…" Kasumi blurred forward past Hitomi stopping with a skid one arm stiff straight back and both knees bent. Hitomi's eyes glazed as she fell first to her knees and then belly down. "That I can't let you have him."
Ranma sat in the lounge rubbing his temples. Beside him Helena sat sipping her tea as they waited. "I don't know what's worse. The fact that I found out I have two more fiancées, or the fact that I may have to do something I really hate to do if I win the finals." He said.
"Why is that?" Helena asked as she set her tea down.
"I may have to… kill someone." He said.
Helena's eyes widened. "Why would you do that?" She asked.
"Because from what I hear the guy won't hesitate killing me." Ranma replied.
Helena bowed her head. "So much death and suffering has happened here Ranma. I know DOATEC has done some horrible things behind closed doors. The company may look nice on the outside but it is twisted and rotten in the inside."
"Man you sound like you really hate these guys." Ranma said.
"I do..." Helena glanced at him. "Because my father leads this company."
"What?" Ranma said surprised.
"My father is Fame Douglas who leads the company. Before this I was an opera singer I wanted no part of my father's work. Then one day in a performance, there was a gunshot. It killed my mother, it was meant for me but it claimed her instead. I looked hard for the reason of such an act and found it connected to this tournament." Helena gripped her hands in anger.
"There's more isn't there?" Ranma said seeing the tension of more information but was being withheld due to the dangers of it.
"Yes but I've already said so much." Helena said.
"Fire away, I've already dug myself into this shit hole might as well keep going and hope to reach the other side okay." He said.
Helena nodded. "I'm a captive of a faction that is against my father within the company. We are probably being watched right now."
"Really? Oh well can't be helped." Ranma looked around and saw Lei Fang and Tina approaching. "Hey Lei how'd you do?" He asked.
Lei slumped into a seat beside Ranma and leaned into his shoulders. "I lost she pouted."
"Although she put up a really good fight." Tina added.
Lei Fang looked over at Helena. "Hi Helena I see you've met my fiancée."
Helena stared at Lei Fang before looking questioningly at Ranma. The pig-tailed martial artist groaned and nodded. Before Helena could talk however Kasumi and Hitomi came up. "Kasumi! Hitomi-chan! How was it?" Ranma asked.
Hitomi glared slightly at Kasumi and sighed. "I lost Ranma."
Ranma seemed to study Kasumi for a bit. "Not without giving Kasumi a few good ones though. You did good Hitomi-chan."
Kasumi noticed Helena sitting by Ranma. "Oh hello Helena I take it you lost to Ranma."
"I did, however that's not why I'm here." Helena said. Suddenly Kasumi had a bad feeling about this.
"Then what is it? Hitomi asked a bit irritated that this woman was sitting right next to Ranma.
Helena simply pulled out a piece of paper and placed it on the table. All the girls looked at it and after a few seconds eyes widened and stared at Ranma and Helena. Ranma groaned. "Yep that's right, everyone please allow me to introduce Helena, another fiancée to my continually increasing number."
"You weren't kidding about your father engaging you to multiple girls." Tina said as she looked at the contract. Now she was worried she would have to ask her father if he met anyone named Saotome.
"Yep, so Kasumi did you see the draws?" Ranma asked.
"Yes Hayate won by forfeit." Kasumi giggled.
"He did? What happened to Ryoga?" Hitomi asked.
"What do you think? He got lost." Ranma said chuckling, Hitomi giggled, same Ryoga all right.
"Ranma doesn't your sister fight Ayane now?" Lei Fang asked.
Ranma's eyes widen. "Oh shoot! I'm late!" Ranma ran off.
"What was that about?" Tina asked.
Kasumi jumped to cover Ranma. "Um, Ranko was sleeping in and Ranma was supposed to wake her up for the fight."
"Well after finding out he has another fiancée I don't blame him letting his mind slip." Hitomi said. The other girls nodded and Kasumi sighed with relief.
Ranko stood in the same forest area that he and Kasumi were in the previous day. "Come on out Ayane. I know you're in that tree."
The violet haired kunoichi dropped from the tree landing easily. "I see you have some skill. Maybe you will give me a bit of a warm-up before I beat my sister."
"Why are you so angry at her? I know you've lived in her shadow and you don't have parents but still you can pave your own way." Ranko said.
"So she's been talking about me has she? It's not just that I hate her." Ayane glared at Ranko. "And I hate anyone who helps her." Ayane launched forward barely giving the redhead time to set up a defense. Ayane lashed out several strikes, all which would have been very painful and debilitating. Ranko barely blocked them all and tried a leg sweep. Ayane flipped over her and before Ranko could get up Ayane lashed a foot behind smashing Ranko in the back of her head and sending her sprawling. "Pathetic." Ayane turned to see Ranko getting up unsteadily. "You aren't even worth my time."
Ranko turned around and smiled. "I hoped you enjoyed that because now I'm going to kick your stuck up bitchy ass."
"Empty words." Ayane said launching herself at Ranko. She spun quickly her arms lashing out in blurs but Ranko blocked the blows easily and even counter grabbed her kick.
"Don't underestimate any opponent, especially me!" Ranko brought an elbow down onto Ayane's knee and then pushed her leg off, leaped up and did an aerial spin kick that launched the kunoichi face first into stream.
Ayane got up quickly wiping the water from her eyes her pretty face was red with rage. "Damn you, you're going to die for that."
"I don't like to be threatened. But than again that's all you can do right now isn't it?" Ranko said coolly.
Ayane growled as she charged forward and leaped up her body parallel to the ground as she spun feet first in Ranko's direction, but Ranko wasn't there. Ayane caught a glimpse of the redhead on the ground. With a "hup" Ranko kicked out one foot caught Ayane in her gut and threw her whole momentum off, the kunoichi tumbled to the ground.
"Had enough?" Ranko said crossing her arms.
Ayane wiped a trickle of blood from her mouth. "I have to commend you, you're better than I thought, but still I'm going win." Ayane stood up. "I must win." She brought both hands up cradling one as the other sat up on it with two fingers held up. Her mouth moved but no words came from it.
Ranko's eyes as she sensed ki gathering around Ayane a kanji appeared before the kunoichi, it was different yet very familiar. Suddenly it came to her just as Ayane finished. "A ki blast!" She said.
Ayane fired off a blast of ki energy straight toward Ranko who looked really surprised. When the blast hit Ayane smiled as she watched the dust being thrown up. "It was an error to cross me." She said, than her eyes widened when she heard laughter. It was coming from the dust cloud. As the dust slowly settled a shape appeared, then it became a silhouette. Finally when the dust settled Ranko emerged.
"Woo hoo!" Ranko waved a hand in front of her to clear traces of dust still in the air. There was a big grin on her face "That was shocker. I didn't expect a ki blast from someone like you."
"How did you survive that?" Ayane was stunned, that was one of the most deadliest and closely guarded secrets of the Mugen Tenshin and this upstart survived.
"Well that's really simple to answer." Ranko cupped her hands. "You see I have something like that myself." A ball of blue ki formed in Ranko's hands. Ayane's eyes shot wide open. "Moko Takabisha!" Ranko threw her arms forward and the ki blast shot toward Ayane. The kunoichi crossed her arms and braced herself she had no idea how to defend against such an attack. Luckily Ranko wasn't aiming at her but the ground underneath her. When the blast hit Ayane went flying up and was met mid-air by Ranko. Punches and kicks rained down on her before she could even think of setting up a defense she fell to the ground hard and Ranko landed easily nearby. "And that ends it." Ranko said.
"No it isn't." Ranko looked in surprise as Ayane struggled to her feet. "I'm not done yet."
Ranko rolled. "Geez that's really impressive, still wanting to fight after all that. I'm afraid I have to deny you of this though." Ranko blurred forward her hand grabbing Ayane's right breast and her pressure points.
"What the hell are y…" Ayane slumped breathing softly as she slept.
Ranko slung the kunoichi on her back. "Man this girl was one tough cookie. She's about as stubborn as Akane." She glanced at Ayane and smirked. "Although Akane is nowhere near her skill, figure, or cuteness." Chuckling to herself Ranko carried Ayane off.
Kasumi rushed to the door when she heard it knock. Upon opening she saw Ranma there smiling. "What happened? Are you all right?" She looked him over trying to see if there were any near fatal wounds.
"I'm fine, although I have to admit. Your sister is one tough cookie. Did you know she could do ki blasts?" Ranma asked.
Kasumi's eyes widened. "She can? Those arts are trained to the masters and the most experienced ninja for her to know it means…" Kasumi's eyes narrowed. "Genra must have taught her. Ranma the art she used is supposed to be able to kill multiple targets close together."
"A fatal art huh?" Ranma said narrowing his eyes. "Kasumi your clan seems to like to develop things to kill most of the time."
Kasumi shrugged. "It's a ninja clan Ranma, we're assassins usually when you meet one of us you don't live to tell about it."
"I met you and I'm still here. Ranma said.
Kasumi looked at him thoughtfully. "Yes you're right."
Ranma chuckled. "So your brother won by forfeit and I won my match with Helena and Ayane, you beat Hitomi. So the next round you fight Ranko and I fight Jann Lee.
"If Ranko intends to fight me." Kasumi said.
"Right I'll be right back." Ranma said leaving the room.
Kasumi watched him leave before turning toward the window her hands grasped together and held to her chest. "Soon brother, soon we'll see each other again. One more time."
Ranko walked up to the registry she looked sullen. "Hey excuse me."
The clerk looked up. "Yes miss…" He looked at the one of the papers. "Ranko how may I help you?"
"I quit." She said. The clerk was by no means surprised.
"Quit? You mean forfeit?" The clerk asked.
"Yeah I forfeit." Ranko said.
"But why you're in the semi-finals quitting would be such a waste." The clerk said.
"The reason I came here in the first place was to help someone meet someone by eliminating the competition. Now that I'm in their way I must get out of their way. I forfeit." Ranko turned and left without another room.
A knock on Kasumi's door was swiftly answered. Ranma smiled at Kasumi. "It's done your going to meet your brother." He said, Kasumi nodded and hugged him.
"Thank you so much Ranma." Kasumi's eyes began to water. "You've done so much for me."
"It's no problem." Ranma said. "Just when you do meet your brother give him a hard time."
"I will." Kasumi said with a smile. She looked down and grabbed one of his hands. "Ranma do you want to take a walk?"
Ranma looked at the hand she grasped. "You know, I'd like that." He let Kasumi lead him out of the door and into the halls.
"Where did Ranma go? He just disappeared after Ranko went to her match." Tina asked.
Lei Fang was discussing the engagement with Helena. "So you're really actually giving this a try?" She asked.
Helena nodded. "It's lonely being how I am. Men who do court me are interested in two things. My body and my status, it's sickening. However it seems Ranma doesn't really care for either. He's interesting, so for now I'll go along with it." She said.
Hitomi glowered. 'This is just great, it seems that Ranma attracts girls like flies. Not that I blame him, he's a good catch but just how many girls are after him?' Hitomi thought. Just then all current fiancées to Ranma Saotome sneezed.
"That was odd." Lei Fang said bringing her hands down.
"I must be catching a chill." Helena said taking out a handkerchief.
Tina was just about to lead the group to Kasumi's room when she spotted Ranma and Kasumi holding hands and taking a walk. Taking a quick glance back she saw the other girls were still distracted. "Hey guys its Ranma!" Tina pointed behind them. The girls spun searching for any signs of the pig-tailed martial artist.
"I don't see him Tina." Hitomi said.
"I swear I just saw him, keep looking." Tina looked back to see both Kasumi and Ranma looking at her. "Get going you two." She mouthed. Kasumi seemed to get it and nodding in thanks to Tina she led Ranma away. Tina smiled and turned back to the girls trying to distract them for a bit longer.
Kasumi walked just ahead of Ranma. The soft waves from the water were soothing and the light of the moon was bright. Ranma couldn't help but comment as he saw Kasumi in the moonlight her hair waving slightly in the gentle wind. "Beautiful." He said.
Kasumi turned back and smiled. "Why thank you Ranma." She walked up to him and kissed him on the cheek. Ranma grinned as she kissed him. It was pleasant unlike the other fiancées especially a certain Chinese Amazon.
"Hey Kasumi I just remembered something." Ranma said.
Kasumi looked at him puzzled. "What is it?"
Ranma looked at her. "I just remembered the last day of training you kissed me and I didn't know why."
Kasumi smiled mischievously. "And do you remember what I said after Ranma?" She asked, Ranma shook his head she stepped up to him placing her hands on his chest. "I told you if you want to find out… you have to catch me first." She gave Ranma a light shove to get him off balance and took off. Ranma recovered and slammed a fist into his other hands palm.
"Yeah that was it." He took off after Kasumi. "And I remember saying I would."
Kasumi laughed as Ranma chased her across the beach. Right now she was free, for a little while she no ninja she was normal girl being chased by her love. It was a moment that she wanted to last forever, but she'd settle for at least a good ten minutes or so.
To be continued.
Author notes: Hey everyone another chapters up and the next chapter is most likely to be the end of the tournament. But no worries I think I won't end it just then. I think the series at least a couple more chapters before it's wrapped up and I start working on the beach volleyball series next. Till next time Ja ne.