Right or wrong
Life sucks (sometimes)
Ranma's eyes got really big, "what?" he asked no one in particular, then he spit out the pill.
"Cologne, you lied to me" Ranma said silently fighting off Shampoo.
He stepped forward towards Cologne, whom of course sensed him "you promised!" he growled.
"Yeah and you promised to take the pill" Cologne said pointing at the small pill on the ground.
Ranma shook his head rolling his eyes "were you expecting me to admit defeat?" he asked mockingly.
Ryouga, whom surprisingly enough was still there, stepped up to them "let med fight for her" he said, preparing for battle.
Everybody looked at the lost boy they completely had forgotten.
"Our laws state that she must die" Cologne said looking at Ranma.
Ranma screamed in frustration, "NO!" he yelled "I'll fight you, heck I'll fight all of you" he said determinate.
Cologne smiled evilly "I'll go easy on you, choose the one you want to fight" she said letting her arm shove of all the people.
Ranma had already started to look around for an opponent.
"But" Cologne interrupted "if you loose, Akane dies and you wed Shampoo right away, you can choose to take a love pill if you wish".
Ranma huffed "if I win you must set Akane free and leave her and I alone, forever".
Cologne nodded "but I can't promise my great granddaughter wont follow you".
Ranma looked at Shampoo "she won't" he said narrowing his eyes, to show Shampoo how mad he was at her for pursuing them and intending to kill Akane.
He finally found himself an opponent and they stepped out on an open field.
Ranma looked at Akane, he could hear her pleading him not to loose and so he smiled "don't worry" he whispered.
Looking back at his opponent Ranma made himself ready to fight.
Jumping back Ranma just managed to avoid the first hit, he was trying to get the hang of his opponents technique.
Then he finally attempted to hit back, but was grabbed by the arms and swung across his opponents shoulder.
His opponent apparently fought by his thoughts, Ranma nodded to himself.
Everybody stared as Ranma started laughing, Ranma whom was giving himself compliments in his own mind was gathering up a rather large bulb.
When it had about twice the size of Ryouga's light bulb he send it of, his opponent barely managed to react before getting hit by the power.
Ranma went in for the hit, seeing an opening.
Ranma stepped back and his opponent hit the ground head first, Ranma had once again won a fight to save her, he felt really proud about it for a second.
Then he realized that it was all his fault that she was here in the first place.
Throwing his unconscious opponent on the ground he turned around, everybody looking baffled at how quickly the fight had been settled.
Then Ranma jumped over to Cologne without the smallest sign he hit her 100 times in the stomach, Cologne coughed barely able to stand up Ranma looked at her his eyes narrowed "don't ever try to kill Akane again, next time I'll kill you, all of you" he threatened.
Ranma jumped over to Akane and took her down, it had always been his fault, hadn't it?
Every time she had been in serious danger, not like loosing a little pet pig, shivering at the memory of his 'first' kiss, he looked down.
"Thank you" she said silently, standing next to him.
Cologne got up "now that's not going to be pretty tomorrow" she said looking down herself, then she looked up at Ranma "you're a worthy opponent. We'll leave you alone from now on, the rules have been broken. Shampoo must go search for another husband" Cologne finished of turning to leave.
Shampoo ran up to Ranma "you suppose to be Shampoo's airen, it not to late to change mind. Shampoo promise we have wild night when married, just like you want".
Cologne pulled her great granddaughter back, "you know what he could do to you? What he could do to our tribe? You do best to stay away from him from now on".
Shampoo though she wasn't happy about the order she nodded, it was true he had gotten strong enough to wipe all of them out.
Ranma looked at the little mummy and his ex fiancée, then turned back to look at Akane.
Whom had raised an eyebrow, he barely got time to look at her and laugh a little silly before she smacked him on the back of his head, "baka" she said but couldn't help laughing a little bit at his new found skin color.
Ranma grinned silly and went for the hug, he snatched her up in his arms, he could have sworn that the time stopped for a second, then he suddenly got his senses back to and put her down.
Clearing his throat, he patted her on the shoulder "good to see that you are still alive" he said nodding to himself.
She crooked a smile and gave him a simple very small kiss on the cheek, then laughed at his once again reddish skin color.
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Ranma looked over his shoulder, he could be a whole man for her know, then they could get married and start a new life together.
She was wearing the most beautiful smile, singing silently to herself.
"Yo" he said, not really knowing what he was about to say next "Akane, um you know we're in China…" he said hinting to her.
Akane laughed made a dumb look and asked "no… really?"
Ranma could just have strangled her, "yeah. No, what I'm trying to say is that Jusenkyou is right that way" he said pointing at his right.
"Oh", she said not really having realized it "well that's great" she said putting on a false smile.
Ranma noticed this and heard her uncomfortable thoughts "you know I could always come back for it" he said sounding disappointed.
Akane cursed at herself, "don't be silly" she said taking the lead towards the road he had pointed out to her.
"You know, you don't need to follow" he said stopping her.
"You want to be alone?" she asked a little offended.
Ranma started spluttering "n-N-I mean, tha-not what I meant, Akane-I mean-if you are not ready yet we can wait".
Akane looked at him as if he was strange "wait, wait with what?" she asked.
Ranma cursed the gods and wished that his voice would work probably now "marry, I mean, wait to get married!?"
She took a moment to decide if she should be confused, hurt or happy, she chose mad.
"Oh, so you don't want to marry me?" came the annoyed retort from her.
"No, yeah, but" Ranma took a deep breath "yes, yes I want to marry you! If you could just wait for a little".
Akane snorted "sure, why don't we talk about it again a couple of years from now" then she narrowed her eyes "nah, let's wait till next life" she then huffed angrily at him "you know, let's just never get married".
Ranma had, had it "fine I won't force you, just don't expect me to be there waiting for you when you come back" he shouted.
"Gees, you know I think I will do fine without you" she snorted.
"Oh yeah?" he asked, actually not even noticing that they had moved further apart "what about when you get in trouble, who will be there to safe your life?" he asked controlling his voice the best he could.
"Surprisingly enough I think I will do fine without you, the gods know that you brought a hell lot of trouble with you as you came into my life" Akane said.
Ranma was truly hurt, she had just pointed it out in words "it's not like I'm asking you to wait for ever" he said moving a little closer to her.
"Well for how long then, how long is it going to take?" she asked divided in two, the one who wanted to follow him blindly and the one who wanted to be able to take care of herself.
Ranma sheepishly scratched the back of his neck "well if we go to Jusenkyou now and get the naniichuan water then we could go home and get married tomorrow for all I care".
Akane stepped away from him, "what about Ukyou, Kodachi, Kuno, the hell of the matter? What about them, nothing will change you know. We'll still fight, you will still put your foot in your mouth, I'll probably still be violent, can you handle that?" she asked.
Ranma looked surprised, then he started laughing "everything will be like I've learned to like it, maybe even love it" he said now suddenly standing right behind her.
"Will you, be able to handle it?" he asked, expecting a kiss.
She could feel a burning sensation in her eyes, oh crap she was about to cry and it weren't happy tears.
Gathering all her courage she turned to look at him "no" the answer had barely left her lips before the tears escaped, she panicked and run away, she didn't want to hurt him further.
Ranma looking at the path his fiancée had taken and followed her, what the heck she had run towards Jusenkyou.
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A/N: Well she's a little emotional don't you think, maybe it's PMS... heh, I freak when I've got it and start crying over practically nothing, but then again I always do...
Hmm, let's see how next chapter is going to work out! That's it for now, leave a review if you want, I'll be very happy if you do!