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Chapter 3:

"You two know eachother?" Kasumi inquired, surprised.

"We met the jerk on the way home from school today."

"Oh, Ranma. You mustn't be rude to visitors."

Ranma glared at Andrew who seemed to think nothing of it. He simply shrugged and turned towards Akane. "So?" He promted.

"Hey! Stalker-boy! Shut up, I want to talk to Akane for a minute."

"Oh, be my guest. A minute with you is nothing compared to eternity with me."

Ranma seemed to dispise him more with every breath he took. He motioned Akane out of the room and she did so. "What is it, Ranma?"

"Are you sure you don't know him?"

"What?"

"He's definatley a stanger?"

"Of course he is! I'd like nothing more than for him to leave me alone."

"Yeah, thought you'd say that." Ranma commented whilst spying on him round the corner of the wall. "Pretty persistant, isn't he?"

"What did you want?"

He looked at her. "D'ya wanna marry him?"

"What?! Are you seriously asking that question?"

"Well, I just, err..." He scratched the back of his head nervously. "I wanted to know how you felt."

"I don't want to marry him, no."

"Oh, well, good 'cause he's just another weirdo!"

Just as Ranma said that Soun came back from his trip to the shop to get some things for Kasumi as she was busy doing the laundry. He noticed the two whispering and asked them what they were doing.

"There's some guy who wants to marry Akane." Ranma said.

"Well, if he wants to marry you," he said, turning to Akane, "then he has to ask me and I say no."

"Tell him that. He doesn't listen and is pretty set on having her."

Soun smiled as he entered the dining room with Ranma and Akane behind him. "Here you are, Kasumi." Soun handed over the groceries.

"Oh, thank you, father."

"Now," he looked over at Andrew, "I hear you've asked my dear Akane to marry you."

"That's correct."

"Who are you?"

"I'm Andrew. And you are her father?"

"Yes, and I would just like to say that you cannot marry her. Akane is engaged to be married to Ranma."

"You can't give up on your dreams, right?"

"You can in this case."

"Well, how about a fight? Winner get's Akane." Ranma looked at him for a moment.

"And why do you look so confident about it?"

"I'd kill to get my way." Andrew told him, somewhat threateningly.

"Yeah? Well, no one's ever beaten me. Ever." Ranma said, stubbornly.

"Now, wait a minute! Why am I always the prize in your fights?" Ranma and Andrew looked at her. "I mean, there was that time with Mousse, then Ryoga, it's always Kuno, and that Kirin. And that other prince, Toma, from that island."

"Perhaps it's because you're beautiful." Andrew said.

"I don't care why it is. I'd rather have a say in what goes on."

"So you'd rather just accept my offer of marrige than wait around?"

"Dream on!"

"So you want to play hard to get?"

Akane slapped him around the face. This slap, however, had much more force behind it compared to when she hit Ranma. Ranma winced at the sound of her hand contacting with his left cheek with that much force. He kinda felt sorry for him. Well, not really, he would've hit him too if he was Akane.

"Get it through you thick skull that I'm engaged to RANMA!" She practically screamed in his face.

In the background, Soun burst into tears. "It's just so beautiful that she stays so true to you, Ranma!" He sobbed.

With his hand on his cheek, Andrew stared into Akane's eyes.

Ranma was shocked she wanted to stay engaged to him. Ranma blinked.

Andrew grabbed Akane's arm and said into her ear, "you will be mine!"

Andrew then pushed past her, causing her to stumble back into Ranma's arms.

Kasumi was stood at the kitchen door as he shot a glare at her. "Oh, my." She said to herself.

Nabiki entered and was also pushed aside. "Rude!" She commented sassily as she watched him leave. She slipped her shoes off and entered. "Who was that?"

"He wants to marry Akane, but she refused and stayed faithful to Ranma! Oh, you should have seen it, Nabiki!" Soun cried, happily. (Soun is FANGIRLING! Hehe!)

Nabiki smirked at the two.

Akane, still in Ranma's arms, blushed rather madly. Ranma's cheeks also became a nice, rosy colour.

P-chan squealed as he ran into the public baths. Running out again, now in his true form as a strong teen, he continued on to the Cat Cafe. Upon entering, Shampoo set down the rest of the orders on the correct tables and motioned him to follow her beyond the counter.

"So, what news you have?"

"Some guy wants to marry Akane. She refused to stay with Ranma."

"What you think we help him?"

"To marry Akane?"

Shampoo nodded.

"Couldn't we try to get her to fall for someone like me?"

"She see you as friend. This one have more potential." Shampoo waved him off, sticking to her plan and ignoring any possible protests coming from him.

Ryoga nodded, not enthusiastically, but agreeing, none the less...

I hope you all enjoyed, and fangirled along with Soun! Hehe!