Hi there to all for you. Sorry for not updating for a while. I do have a life and even though I really want to continue this fic, it's just so hard to find time for it. Anyway, I would just like to tell you all that your reviews didn't make me down. Actually, I'm very happy that most of you really spend their time reading this then giving me constructive criticism. Now, that's what I'm talking about! Hope you guys continue in being great reviewers! Thanks ever so much!

yas, thanks for telling me the summary error. I changed it already with the help of your review.

Kool Moe D., so do you want it as a crossover? What about you others? If you want to, then what should I use other than the Ranma ½ cast for the crossover?

Ghost in the Machine, I changed Mousse's name already. Thanks for telling me. Yeah, I know how you felt. I experienced that too and I didn't like it. So sorry about that.

The Rabid Badger, thanks for pointing that out. Gotta admit, I'm not good in word choice that much. That is one problem I always have. So thanks for pointing that out..

Being scared, a feeling that's not great to have, a feeling that usually makes you feel inferior, incapable, small. But even though that's the case, being scared is inevitable. We all have our fears and we have to admit it. However… we don't stop there, we have to face those fears. For if you want courage, you have to remember that it is the mastery of fear, not the absence of it. Everyone has a fear, even God. His own fear is for us to sin against him and he has to face that everyday. So, that's what all the characters have to realize, because since Ryoga had returned, everybody knew that everything wouldn't be the same and they were scared. Maybe not directly because of Ryoga, but it was because of his return or something that might happen because of his return.

Akane knew that Ryoga would later find out what happened between Ranma and her, so that made her really scared. For her, she still did love Ryoga, but she was still figuring out why she kissed Ranma a few days ago. She assumed that it must be because of just missing Ryoga, but we never know, there might be more to it.

Ranma was too scared since he sensed that Ryoga was a talented martial artist and if he found out what happened when he was gone, Ryoga might just fight him. Ryoga could even be the worst enemy Ranma was avoiding all along. Yes, he was never afraid of anybody, not even Mousse. But he knew that someday, one person would defeat them, and he kind of believed that person might be Ryoga since he gave him a different feeling. Not only did he like feel Ryoga was like him in terms of physical appearance, but also in aura. It was as if they almost had the same battle aura for Ranma, a dangerous and fierce aura.

Next, Ukyo was also scared. She loved Ryoga, yes. But she was scared if she couldn't control her feelings towards him. Akane was really important for her too since she is her bestfriend, but she really couldn't take hiding her feelings to someone that meant a lot to her. Ryoga saved her when she first came to Nerima and that was very important for her. But Akane's also the reason that she had a friend and that she had a home and it would be very mean of her to betray her all because she wanted was to proclaim her love to Ryoga. She was perplexed, worried, but most of all, she was definitely scared for she had to decide on what to do, on who to pick, Ryoga, the guy she loved since she met him or Akane, her bestfriend who was always there for her.

Another person who was scared too was Shampoo. She still didn't feel good about Akane's presence in Ranma's life because her feelings towards her since they met weren't that good. But now that she knew Akane had a boyfriend, who is Ryoga, it didn't make things better for her. At her view, Akane seems to like Ranma better than Ryoga, and she was of course not very happy about it. Yes, she's happy that Ryoga might help in distracting Akane from Ranma, but somehow, she thought it wasn't going to be that simple. She had a lot of presumptions on what might happen since they were partners. A lot of what ifs got in her mind. And all of those didn't make her feel a tiny bit better but just more scared by the minute. Ranma was hers and she didn't want him to be stolen by anyone, especially someone she didn't like.

Lastly, Mousse was scared too. The long haired teenager with glasses loved Shampoo very much since he met her but he wasn't really sure if he would succeed for her in loving him the say way he does. Shampoo had Ranma and because of that, he became his rival since the two of them got together. But whatever he did to tear them apart, whatever happened to them, Shampoo would always come running back to Ranma. But now, for Mousse, Ranma has Akane, who is Ryoga's girlfriend. Well, technically, only in his own mind. But if he did bring Ranma and Akane together, it would just make Ryoga angry. This might even cause him to tell Shampoo his real plan for he knew that when he charged him at China. Shampoo would have then been ultimately mad with him and he would lose total chance of her. He didn't want that to happen, he was haunted and scared of that to happen. He wanted to get rid of Ranma from the picture but still make Shampoo his, but he knew that was definitely hard to do. Though, that didn't mean that he wouldn't give up.

But all is not lost because they are all ought to develop feelings for the one who is right for them. Though, this may not make things pretty and just a little bit more complicated for these feelings might just intricate everybody's feelings toward each other.

Ukyo and Ryoga at Ukyo's House

It was a hard day, more projects were given and also homeworks and quizzes too. But since Ranma was going over to Akane's, Ryoga decided that he too should go over to Ukyo's so that he could help her out with their projects, homeworks and even quizzes. He didn't even have a hint of jealousy for Akane being with a guy for hours since he was completely trustful towards her. So, all he really wanted was to help Ukyo since they were partners and since he was gone for so long and just let Ukyo work by herself, she had to make up for everything he had missed.

Since this was his decision, at the end of the school day, Akane decided to drop his boyfriend off at Ukyo's so that he wouldn't get lost. Of course she didn't want him to disappear to who knows where again.

"Okay Ukyo, I'll leave him to your hands now. Take good care of him, please. And Ryoga, please stay put here with Ukyo. Don't leave her. I'll go pick you up when Ranma and I are done with everything that is needed to be done. Well… behave okay? Bye sweetie," Akane said then kissed Ryoga. She afterwards walked over to the door and left.

Ukyo then became jealous but still tried to remain calm. She knew she shouldn't envy her bestfriend, and she really tried not to. But, love is hard to overcome sometimes, especially when you're gonna spend even only a few hours with that person you love, like Ukyo.

"So, should we start now?" Ryoga asked Ukyo after Akane's departure.

"Oh, sure. Let me just change my clothes. I'm still wearing my uniform and I'm not that comfortable with this at home. I'll fix us some pancakes too. Please wait a while. Don't you go anywhere okay Ryoga? Akane would kill me if you got lost again," Ukyo said to him then left to dress and cook up some pancakes.

Ryoga waited for a while alone, trying to stay put but still exploring the small but very interesting house of Ukyo. Ukyo had a lot of pictures from school, from her favorite things and more, but the most peculiar thing was there were no pictures of her family. Ryoga wondered why this was so and came to a conclusion. "Ukyo may not have a family, like me. Well… I technically I do… but, I'm never with them, I don't even remember their faces. All of us get lost that we never have the time to spend with each other. Why do we all have to be so bad with directions?"

After a few minutes, Ukyo then returned wearing a blue shirt, draping her body which made her really sexy and a pink flowing mini skirt. She was also holding the pancakes she cooked for them to eat. "So, I'm ready," she smiled as she said that.

"U…Ukyo, you look really… pretty in that outfit. This is the first time I saw you wear anything else other than your uniform," Ryoga said as he blushed madly. Ukyo was really beautiful and any guy would be crazy to not be attracted to her. And Ryoga as a normal un-crazy guy was definitely engrossed to Ukyo's transformation of attire.

"Wow, he liked it! Maybe I should wear this more often," she thought to herself. "Uh… thank you. Well, let's start eating the pancakes, then we could start with the projects," she answered blushing madly too.

"Okay, I can't wait to taste your delicious pancakes. I never really had one, but Akane always say to me that they taste great."

"Well, taste one," Ukyo said as she tried to feed Ryoga while blushing.

Ryoga too blushed on what Ukyo was about to do, but he thought it wouldn't be bad. Besides, they were just friends. "Okay," he said and accepted it then afterwards ate it. "Wow! That was good! You're a great cook Ukyo, you know that?" Ryoga said as he ate more of her cooking.

"You're just joking," she said as she blushed some more. "Ryoga's been giving me a lot of compliments today. This is such a great day! I'm so glad that he's my partner."

"No I am not. It's really good! I'm sure you would make a great wife someday. Your husband would be very proud. His food everyday would be ultimately delicious," he explained, still eating Ukyo's pancakes.

"Thank you so much Ryoga!" Ukyo said as she blushed to crimson then accidentally hit Ryoga with his big spatula.

Ryoga of course got hurt. But even though that was what unfortunately happened, he still had the strength to respond, "You're welcome. But… uh…Ukyo? Could you please… remove the spatula from my head?"

"Oh! I'm so sorry!" Ukyo said to him then removed it. She then got some ice for her to put on his head.

Ranma and Akane at the Tendo Dojo

"I'm home!" Akane said as she entered the house.

"Finally woman! Come on, we have a lot to do. Where have you been anyway?" Ranma asked being bored all alone in the house. Kasumi was out buying some ingredients for dinner while Nabiki was out somewhere, hustling someone innocent, as usual. Soun in the other hand was by the spa since the water pipes were broken and Happosai was training Kuno somewhere.

"I just dropped Ryoga off to Ukyo's. I wouldn't want him to get lost, would I?" Akane said angrily.

"Oh… is that so? Well, anyway… let's just start the projects," he said, trying to hide that he was jealous even though it was pretty obvious to anybody who would have seen him except Akane.

"Fine by me. Let's see…" Akane paused to think. She then continued, "Why don't we do the mitosis replication in clay first?"

"Mitosis?" Ranma asked not knowing what that word meant.

"The project for Biology stupid!" she explained briefly.

"Oh! I remember! Those things with circles! Wait, do you have clay here? We can't possibly make that mitochondri… mito… that, without the clay."

"Uhmm… I know there's some on top of the cabinet. I'll go get them," Akane said as she left him. Ranma then just decided to follow her so he could help her out in getting the clay.

Akane then took a small ladder to get the clay from the top cabinet. Though she didn't know that the ladder was already damaged with its left stand had a hole, she still climbed it to get the clay. Because of this, she then fell. But luckily and also unexpectedly for her, Ranma was behind her, and he caught her from the fall.

"Stupid girl. You should have checked the ladder before you used it," Ranma explained to her.

"I'm sorry. I just wanted to get the clay," she humbly said then walked away from Ranma.

"Come on, just hop on my back. You can use it to get the clay," he explained.

"Are you sure?" she turned around all surprised with a small hint of blush on her face.

"Yeah, I can take your weight, no matter how heavy you are," he joked.

He then deserved as slap from Akane and got it. That was pretty nasty and left a mark. His face now had a red hand mark. But afterwards Akane's action to what Ranma had said about her weight, she jumped on his back. "So, am I heavy?" she asked.

"Wow… surprisingly… no. Well, come on, go get the clay," he said and then brought her near the cabinet.

Shampoo and Mousse at Cat Café

"So… Shampoo, where's everybody? Why are you the only one left here at the caf?" Mousse said as she followed Shampoo to the customers to take their order.

"Cologne had an errand to do. While Ukyo's with Ryoga making their projects for school And Ranma… she's over Akane's doing the same thing," Shampoo said, a little bit annoyed and worried at the same time since she was the only one left in charge at Cat Café.

"So… who's Ukyo? She's having a relationship with Ryoga?" Mousse asked assuming the fact.

"No. She's Akane's bestfriend and she works part-time here. Why do you think she's having a relationship with Ryoga? Ryoga's Akane's boyfriend," Shampoo wondered as she went over the kitchen to cook the orders.

"Well you said Ukyo and Ryoga were doing the same thing as Ranma and Akane. In my view, Ranma and Akane are more than mere friends and partners. I can't even believe that you let Ranma be with Akane, even only for a few hours. It's pretty obvious that something's up between them," Mousse explained, following Shampoo and trying to make her angry with Ranma.

"What makes you say that?!" Shampoo said angrily at Mousse while almost cutting her own finger from slicing the carrots.

"Well… when we met Akane, Ranma was kinda avoiding her though he was blushing. I'm just thinking something must have happened between them two. It may even be continuing. And besides, as your bestfriend, I have to tell you what I think about your boyfriend. Maybe he's not that good for you anyway, why don't you just break up with him? There are more guys better for you, even me!"

Shampoo then paused for a while because of what Mousse said. "Better guys for me? Like Mousse-y? That can't be. He's my bestfriend," she thought as she blushed a bit for a while. But after a while, knowing that she had to say something to him, she then spoke, "Mousse, I love Ranma so much to doubt him, you know that. I don't trust Akane, but I trust him. Besides, I know you're just joking. You're my bestfriend. Also, if you're not joking, I'm still not sure if what you're saying is true."

"Well then, let's get over to Akane's house and spy on them to make sure," he suggested.

"That's not a bad idea, come on!" Shampoo said as she pulled Mousse and left the customers.

"Hey! What about our orders!" the customers yelled chaotically as they left.

Ukyo and Ryoga at Ukyo's House

"This is great! We've finished the mitosis replication! That was hard! I mean, it was so small but so detailed. So… what's the next thing we have to do?" Ryoga asked.

"Hmm… oh, the art project. The one wherein we have to put about ourselves, but in a creative manner," Ukyo explained.

"Why don't we just make like a scrapbook of the two of us?" he suggested then took some papers for them to use.

"You know… that's not a bad idea. Okay, let's first find out what we should put in the scrapbook."

"Okay, I think we have to put about… our favorite things, our friends, our family-"

"I technically… don't have a family," Ukyo said sadly.

"Well… I techinically don't have too, since we seldom see each other since all of us have a tendency to get lost. But what about you? Why don't you have a family? Is that why you got here at Nerima?" Ryoga questioned.

"Well… not exactly. You see, when I was small… I ran a pancake cart with my dad. My mom died from bearing me. Anyway… my dad and I would sell tons of pancakes everyday since he's such a great maker of pancakes. He's the one I got my ability to cook from. But… when I was 12, in one unfortunate day… my dad asked me to buy some more ingredients. I left him for a while and did what he asked me to. But when I came back… I saw that some martial artists killed him. I figured they must be pretty tough that they were able to beat him. He wasn't only a great cook, but also a great martial artist. But… it didn't matter anymore since… all that was left of my dad was… his lifeless body and the necklace he was wearing. So upon seeing that, I decided to take his necklace and burry him in a grave," Ukyo said and started crying.

"Ukyo… If you don't want to talk about this, you could-"

"No… It's okay Ryoga. I guess it's time that somebody should know. Anyway… I swore to find the ones who killed him and I did. I even defeated them in battle because of my violent anger. But… when we fought… they got my necklace. They recognized that it was my dad's. And… one of them threw it. He threw it to the ocean to gain revenge for me killing his friends. But… it didn't fall in the ocean, it fell on a boat which was about to leave. And… it was going to Nerima. I couldn't stop the boat, I wanted the necklace back, but I couldn't. It had left and I couldn't catch it, even if I swam for it. But… I still wouldn't give up. I just first killed them all then headed off over here to find my dad's necklace. But… I'm not sure that it's even here at Nerima. I searched high and low as soon I was here and still couldn't find it. I eventually lost hope. And on that day that I did… some thugs threatened me. I was defenseless, I wanted to die and my spirit was weak. My dad wasn't alive anymore and I couldn't find his only legacy. So, because of this, I just didn't fight back, though I was scared to die painfully like my dad did. But… then Ryoga, you showed up and protected me. You afterwards brought me to Akane. And she found me a home. You both helped me and… I became very happy to have some people like a family. Thank you very much. At least I still have a reason to live," Ukyo said then hugged Ryoga while she continued crying.

"Don't worry Ukyo, you deserve better and I know you had a rough life. But I'm sure we'll find your dad's necklace. So don't cry, okay? All of us will help. Don't cry, you'll look less cute when you do," Ryoga said as she accepted Ukyo's hug.

"Thanks," Ukyo said then broke the hug. "Wait, did he just call me cute?" she suddenly realized. "Anyway… I'm sorry for you seeing me like this. I just had to get that out. So… let's start of the scrapbook. I'll write my facts about me, and you do yours," she continued then wiped of her tears

"Sure, that's a good idea," Ryoga said as she caressed Ukyo's face with a smiling face.

Ranma and Akane at the Tendo Dojo

"Okay, I still don't get it. What is FOIL method anyway? Couldn't it be plastic method?" Ranma asked.

"Ranma, please don't be so corny. To further understand FOIL, let's use it for the example in this equation, (x+y) (a+b). F stands for first, so it becomes ax, O, stands for outer, so it becomes bx, I stands for inner, so it becomes ay and L stands for last, so it becomes by. So, being given that, the final answer is ax+bx+ay+by," Akane explained.

"Oh, so that's why! Man, that's too hard. Can't it just be xy+ab? I mean, why do you have to multiply all of those?!" Ranma said.

"No you can't do that! X and y have the plus sign and so does a and b. You can't just multiply them. You have to use FOIL, whether you like it or not," Akane told him.

"Yeah, yeah, whatever. Jeesh, Algebra was never my thing. I mean, I'll surely forget Algebra, especially FOIL. Why does a martial artist need to know that anyway?"

"So… you don't know why FOIL is important for martial artists huh? I'll show you. Stand up," Akane ordered with a smirk as she stood up. Her smirk showed that she had a good plan though it was gonna be messy. Ranma didn't know what it meant so he just eventually stood up. "Okay, here I go!" she said and went to fight him. "First outer!" Akane said as she kicked his groin. Then when Ranma screamed with his mouth full open, Akane then said, "Inner last!" as she pulled her tongue.

"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!" Okay, I get it! I get it! You made your point!" Ranma said and tried to stop Akane. He was really hurt and he almost cried. What Akane did was too much for him to bear.

"Okay, that's good. Anyway, let's get back to studying. Now, since you can use foil with simple binomials, let's use it with radicals," Akane said as she sat down.

"Hachoo!" somebody sneezed behind the bushes. And unfortunately, when Ranma was about to sit, he then heard it.

"Who was that?" he asked.

"Who was who?" Akane wondered, not hearing the sneeze.

"Didn't you hear that? It came from the bushes outside. I'm gonna check it out," he said as he started to go outside.

Shampoo and Mousse behind the Tendo's bushes

"Mousse, why did you have to sneeze?" Shampoo whispered to him, being annoyed that he blew their cover.

"A fly went to my nose," he explained.

"Oh no! What should we do? Ranma's coming here!" Shampoo said all nervous.

"We could turn into a cat and a duck," Mousse explained.

"Ranma knows what we look like! And when we do- Ranma!" Shampoo said as she saw Ranma had seen them inside the bush.

"Shampoo, what you are doing here?" he asked.

"Fine, you caught us. Shampoo just wanted to see how you were doing. Shampoo don't trust Akane, I'm sorry. Besides, we saw what she did to you. She hurt you badly Ranma. Could you just pick another partner?" Shampoo asked.

"No, I can't. It's final. The teachers picked her to be my partner," Ranma explained.

"Did you ask for an exchange?"

There was then an awkward silence. Ranma didn't ask for an exchange and neither did Akane. In fact, they didn't feel so bad about them being partnered. Yes they felt a little bad that they were partnered, but somehow deep insinde, they actually kinda liked the idea. Though, they would never ever admit it.

"I take it that you didn't ask for one. Okay Ranma, if you really can't change your partner, then Shampoo will just have to be there for you to make sure that you and Akane aren't having an affair," Shampoo explained.

"How are you gonna do that? Besides, we're not hiding anything! Most certainly we're not having an affair. You just saw what she did to me! We're just friends, nothing more," he explained.

"Shampoo not definitely sure, so Shampoo just want to know the real truth. But… you'll soon find out how Shampoo will know everything you two are doing whenever, wherever. Come on Mousse, let's go and fix some things up," Shampoo said then leapt over the Tendo wall with her hand holding Mousse's.

Mousse became very happy. Yes, Shampoo would occasionally hold his hand, whenever she needed him the most, and that made him so happy. And one moment was now.

"Shampoo!" Ranma said as she called her to come back.

Akane then came over Ranma as she saw that Shampoo left from the bushes and over the wall. "Ranma, why was Shampoo here?" she curiously asked.

"To spy on us. She didn't trust me in staying here with you. I can't believe her. Girlfriends are supposed to trust their boyfriends. You know what I'm saying?" Ranma said to Akane, annoyed from what Shampoo had done.

"Yeah, I just understand you. That's why I trusted Ukyo with Ryoga. Ukyo's my bestfriend and I know that she would never do anything to harm Ryoga or even me. Don't worry, Shampoo will soon know how to do so. If she's really the girl for you, she'll figure out a way to trust you," Akane said as she put a hand on Ranma's shoulder.

"What if she doesn't trust me? Does that mean she's not the right girl for me? Then what is the use of meeting her in the first place if we aren't meant to be?"

"Well… I actually don't know. But don't worry Ranma, the right girl for you will come soon. It may or may not be Shampoo but if it isn't her, she would still be someone to teach you experience in relationships."

"What makes you say that? What makes you say that any girl would want me? I'm a jerk, I'm arrogant too, I admit. Why would girls go for a guy like me? When Shampoo and I got together, I couldn't even believe it myself that it was true."

"You're a great guy. Yes, like you admitted, you are sometimes a jerk, sometimes arrogant too. But, you're sweet and you're strong. Besides, you're good looking too. You do look like my boyfriend. Anybody would be happy to have you as their boyfriend," Akane explained.

"Oh… so… does this mean you're flirting with me, Akane?" he asked seriously even though it was a joke.

"No I am not!" she answered then hit him. "Well… sorry for that. You did deserve it. Anyway, we should go now. It's getting late. Let's go pick up Ryoga, then we two could walk you home," Akane continued.

"Let's pick him up but… I can get home on my own. Don't worry about me. My directions are- nevermind. I don't want you to hit me again. Especially because I said something bad about Ryoga," Ranma said then lead Akane out the house and off to Ukyo's. The reason he didn't want Akane and Ryoga to lead him home is for Akane not to see that he lives with Shampoo at Cat Café. If she did, then she might wonder why she never saw her there. Her 'other self' might even be revealed.

Shampoo and Mousse at the Office of the Principal of Furinkan High

"Sir, we would like a transfer to your school," Shampoo explained.

"I see," he said as his glasses reflected to the light of the setting sun outside of his office.

Ukyo and Ryoga at Ukyo's House

"There! Everything's done! Ranma and Akane must be on their way here anyway," Ukyo said as she glued the last piece of paper on the scrapbook.

"Yeah, I guess they must be. So… Ukyo… I just found out from the project, you're a cat hater. Tell me why?" Ryoga asked.

"I dunno. They just creep me out. I really hate them! Anyway, enough about my cat phobia. What about you and your hate for chocolate? Akane loves chocolate. Don't tell me you never gave her some!" Ukyo asked.

"Well… yeah, to be honest, I never did give her chocolate. I mean, it will just make her crave for it more. Besides, she doesn't care that I don't give her some. I give her roses anyway," Ryoga explained.

"Wow, I thought you knew everything about her! To be totally honest… Akane hates roses. They just remind her of Kuno and her sister Kodachi. And you know how psycho they are," Ukyo explained.

"Oh… so I was wrong about that. Wow, it makes me wonder if she's really the one for me. Based on the scrapbook we've made, it's like we have a lot of things in common than Akane and I. I can't believe that you love Algebra. Almost everybody hates it!"

"Well, it is my favorite subject since I knew of it. But, I too can't believe that you love it. Seriously, I thought I was the only Algebra-lover in Nerima. Even in Japan. Though… it's not only that we have in common. I can't believe we both like a lot of other things. It's like we're the ones meant to-" Ukyo said but was cut of by Akane.

"Hey Ryoga, Ukyo," Akane greeted as she appeared from nowhere but still hearing a bit of their conversation before.

"Akane, you're here! We didn't hear you come in," Ryoga answered as he stood up then kissed his girlfriend on the lips.

"Oh, I chose not to knock," she answered then kissed Ryoga. "You and Ukyo are expecting us anyway. So… what were you two talking about? Continue your sentence Ukyo, you and Ryoga are the ones meant to what?" Akane continued with a hint of jealousy. She was kind of guessing of what Ukyo might say anyway and she was kinda being like Shampoo, not trusting her boyfriend.

"Shoot, I wasn't thinking right. I was about to say we were the ones meant to be together. Like boyfriend and girlfriend. But… that's not possible. He's with Akane," Ukyo reflected. After a few seconds, she then answered, "Oh that? I just thought we're meant to be bestfriends too. I found out that we have a lot in common, even loving algebra. Could you believe that, Akane?" she explained.

"Oh… wow, you both do huh? I never knew that. Though, it is weird that you both do love it, isn't it Ranma?" Akane asked him, still not totally trustful of what Ukyo had said.

"Yes, it kinda is. Especially for you Ryoga. Akane told me about you not having that much great sense of direction. So… if you're good at Algebra, you must at least know what kilometers, or what distance it is to Akane's house, am I right? Then why do you get lost?" he asked a little bit acting like a jerk though he didn't want to. He was just really like that, sometimes he may seem arrogant when he doesn't want to be.

"Well… I am great in Algebra I admit. But… I just don't know… I always get lost automatically. Though, it's really none of your business," Ryoga explained, insulted from Ranma's question so of course mad at him. "Why would Akane tell him that? By the way he asked me, I don't like him at all. And I'm also sad that Akane would just tell anybody that! She should at least tell him in a better way if he really needed to know!"

"Uh… Ryoga, Ranma, let's go now. Ukyo must be tired. Beside, it's getting late," Akane said as she noticed that Ryoga was annoyed from Ranma already.

"Fine by me," Ranma answered.

"Yeah, me too. See you tomorrow Ukyo. Thanks for being my partner. I had fun. Hope to do it soon," Ryoga said to her then left the house. Ranma and Akane too bid their goodbyes to Ukyo then followed Ryoga outside.

"Yeah, I had fun too. Bye Ryoga."

"So, Ranma… I guess you should be on your way home. It's getting late. See you tomorrow at school," Akane said to him.

"Yeah, I guess I must be. Well… Bye Akane, Ryoga," Ranma said then left them.

After he was nowhere at sight, Ryoga then told Akane, "I don't like him as your partner Akane, he's arrogant. He's even kind of a jerk. I even felt insulted back there by him. I can't believe he'll say such things about my directions. Yes I know I'm not good at it, but he doesn't know me well enough to rub that in! Why would you even tell him that on the first place?" Ryoga asked with a raised voice.

"Well… he's usually like that but… he's really kind when you get to know him. Besides, we can't change partners anyway. If I could, I would partner up with you. But… don't worry Ryoga, I only told him about your problem with directions because at first I thought… he was hitting on me. So I told him I had a boyfriend. He wanted to know if I was lying, so I accidentally said that you weren't that good in directions. I'm so sorry. I should have thought before I told him," Akane explained then kissed Ryoga. "Come on honey, I'm so sorry, you know that, right? Let's just go back home, okay?" Afterwards, he then took her hand and they walked together back to the Tendo Dojo at early night.

"Fine Akane, I believe you. I just hope what you just said was the truth."

Kuno with Happosai, Training

"Very good student, you have now mastered the ultimate attack. Now, you are ready to beat Ryoga and anybody else who will get in your way. I am proud of you disciple," Happosai said to him.

"Oh, thank you master! After all the hardship I have been into, I can't believe I've finally mastered this. I've mastered the ultimate attack to beat up anybody who gets in the way of my Akane Tendo and pigtailed goddess! Anybody who gets in my nerves! Wahaha!" Kuno said filled with assurance of his capability then bowed before his master.

A/N: Well? How was this chap? Yeah, it was pretty long. I think the longest in the story even. Anyway… hope you guys liked it! Mwah! Please R&R okay?! Thanks to you all for spending your time in reading this! I really liked this chap because I was sooo inspired in writing this so I hope you do like this too!