So I think I confused some people (unintentionally) with the last chapter but imam break it down Barney style. Sam is a girl but because Sam is a unisex name, Ranma thinks it's a guy, thus making his jealous. But Maliki got away from the breakfast table and heard a female voice on the phone and put two and two together. Now she's 'stretching the truth' in order to earn some more money. I hoped that helped! Sorry if I did so have some Halloween Oreos. On with story.

Disclaimer: you wouldn't hit an injured person with glasses would you? … You would?….. Oh…

"Sam can come over." Soun said.

Akane told Sam the good news. And for the third time, removed the phone from her ear.

Little did the trio know, someone was spying on them. And any news in the Saotome household didn't stay a secret for long. Nabiki walked away from the room and up the stairs with a smile on her face Perhaps this piece of info would bring in some big cash, especially if the boys, particularly Ranma, thoughthewas ashe.

Ranma walked on the side of the fence, his hands behind his head and looked up at the sky. He was nervous. His stomach churned and his mind ran wild with 'What if's'. Ranma close his eyes.

What if she ignored him? What if she didn't forgive him? What if she rejected him, broke off the engagement and insisted to Mr. Saotome that she wanted to be engaged to Ryouga or even worse, that Sam guy?! Suddenly, he saw Akane standing at an alter wearing a white wedding dress. Her veil was pulled back to where you could see her face. And on that face was a smile. That rare, Akane-like smile that she smiled but it wasn't directed toward him. No, it was directed toward Ryouga, who was on the opposite side of Akane. He was dressed in a classic tux with this stupid grin on his face. Then Ryouga's face shifted into this black mass as Akane leaned in to kiss the mass.

'NO!'

Ranma snapped his eyes opened. His imagination was going to be the death of him. He glanced down at his fiancé. Akane seemed to be, if possible, in a better mood than this morning. She seemed to glow in her own way. Ranma's mind sent him the mental image of Akane back at the alter with that black mass. He shook his head. It all went back to that phone call Akane received earlier this morning.

Both Ranma and Genma didn't register that the whole Saotome family was in not in the room until Ranma saw Mr. Saotome sit back down at the table, his mind seemed to be elsewhere. Soon as Mr. Saotome came into the room, Kasumi came into the room with her usual smile. Akane was the last to arrive at the table but she seemed to be happy.

'Maybe it's because Sayuri called her about something.' Ranma mused. But the voice in the back in his mind voiced a different opinion.

'Maybe it's because a boy confessed to her.' Ranma's mood darkened. 'I'll ring the poor fool's neck if he thinks he's got a shot with her!'

Ranma went back to inhaling his food until he noticed the time and ran up to his room to get ready for school (or at least not to be holding water pails).

"Uh Akane..." Ranma started.

Akane looked up at her fiancé on the fence. The sunlight blocked her vision for a moment before her vision came back in to see her fiancé looking at her. His body seemed to be outlined by the sun and before she knew it, Ranma leapt from his spot on the fence to right in front of her.

Akane blinked a few times before focusing on the man in front of her. Then all the memories from what Ranma said to her yesterday came back like a flood of ice water and Akane's happiness about her pen pal coming over in less than a month was ruined.

"Yes Ranma." Akane said, slightly agitated.

There was hurt in his eyes but it vanished quickly.

"I just want to apologize…."

"Apologize for what Ranma? You've always said I'm built like a brick, that my thighs are too thick. Why do you want to apologize now?" Akane looked down and lowered her voice. "It doesn't matter anyway. Let's get going."

Akane looked up and attempted to move around her fiancé. An arm shot out and grabbed her upper arm.

"WHAT THE HELL RAN-!"

"You know I don't mean those words don't you Akane?" Ranma's voice was small and child-like. It startled Akane for a minute. What happened to her cocky fiancé? Was this even her fiancé? Akane looked at her fiancé. His head was downcast and his grip on her arm wasn't firm, not to lose but not too tight either.

Akane's heart softened.

"Ranma…."

Ranma looked at his fiancé. He stared at her, burning the image of her into his mind. Her lips were slightly agape, her face slightly flushed. Her eyes is what drew him in. Brown eyes looked at him with this tenderness that made him look away.

"AIREN!"

Ranma quickly let go of Akanes arm and was knocked down by Shampoo and her bike.

"Airen, you take Shampoo on date yes?" Shampoo said as she glomps onto Ranma.

"Ack! Get off me Shampoo!" Ranma tried to say.

Akane had gotten over her shock of what Ranma's expression and focused on the daily scene in front of her.

"Shampoo, don't you have anything better to do?"

Shampoo stopped death-hugging Ranma and stood up. "Don't you have to go burn some dish, kitchen-wrecker?"

Akane had a moment to register the insult before her temper got the best of her.

"WHY YOU-!"

"I know you're not making a move on my man you Chinese hussy." Ukyou yelled as she came onto the path.

"Who you talking to, you cross-dressing girl?" Shampoo walked up to Ukyou until the she was in her face.

"Ranma's my man, Shampoo so take a hike." Ukyou snarled.

Shampoo looked smug at this point. "Hah! As if he'd want to date a girl like you. I got bigger boobs than you ever will."

Ukyou's angry went from low too high in one sentence. "Let's settle this now!"

Soon the two were fighting in the street, shampoo on one side and Ukyou on the other. Ranma was happy that the attention was no longer on him but when he looked around for Akane, she was already halfway down the street. Scrambling for his bag, and ran down the street after yelling "Wait up 'Kane!" as the two women fought out their own problem.