Reviews would be greatly appreciated since they'll give me ideas on how to proceed with the story. I am trying to make this different, yet funny. I have read too many where the characters are at each other's throats. This is just a different point of view.

Chapter Two: Breaking the News or a Few Necks?

As Sakura got dressed, she thought about how friendly Akane had been to her. She also noted how scornful she was towards Ranma.

"She'll lose her mind when she finds out that the girl, she was being friendly with at first was Ranma not me. She will go ballistic when she finds out he was the one that beat her in the dojo. On the flip side, she scowled at me in the dojo, and now we're here in the bath, she has been the friendliest I have ever seen her since meeting her earlier." thought Sakura

A few minutes after Sakura had dressed, Kasumi called everyone down to dinner.

While the family sat around the table the Saotomes sat by the Washitsu entrance and collectively bowed and formally introduced themselves.

Soun began by introducing Genma Saotome, he bowed politely. "These are my son and daughter, Sakura and Ranma." Each bowed in turn as their names were mentioned.

Akane visibly scowled at Ranma, as he was introduced. Sakura noticed this and sighed quietly to herself. Her mind and thoughts were back in the bathroom with Akane.

"Oh boy," Ranma thought quietly to himself.

"I know the feeling," Sakura whispered to Ranma.

"Daddy?" Kasumi asked her father. "What happened to the panda that was here earlier?"

Genma stood when Kasumi asked the question and asked for a drink of water for himself and the kids.

"Surely," stated Kasumi heading for the kitchen.

Both Ranma and Sakura watched and wondered what their father was up to.

"What the hell is he going to do?" thought Ranma.

"I think I know what he's up to bro," whispered Sakura.

Ranma turned and looked at Sakura. "I wish I could hear your thoughts as you can hear mine. It would make talking more convenient."

Sakura smiled when Ranma finished his thought. "Maybe if we work on it, you can brother dear," Sakura whispered for only Ranma to hear.

Ranma nearly choked when he heard that it may be possible to talk with her without saying a word.

"We'll see, my dear brother. If you're good, we can work on it." Both teens smiled at their shared thoughts, despite everyone only hearing Sakura speaking.

"Here's your water Mr. Saotome." Offered Kasumi placing a tray in front of the trio.

Genma gestured to the teens and Ranma picked up his glass of water.

"Kasumi, could you please also put on a kettle of water," Soun mentioned halting Genma from proceeding.

Kasumi watched this exchange but nodded and went into the kitchen and placed a kettle of water on the stove to heat up.

About 10 minutes later she brought the kettle in and placed it on the table. "Father, what was the hot water for, did you want me to make tea?"

"No Kasumi, it was for the Saotomes, thank you."

Kasumi usually very calm about things visibly wondered if her father had been hitting the sake too much lately.

Genma stood with the glass of water and poured it over his head. His entire body structure changed. He grew taller and now donned the fur and markings of a giant panda.

Kasumi seeing the transformation just frowned slightly. Nabiki jumped back and hid behind her father again. Akane handled it the best as her eyebrows lifted when she saw him change from a man into the panda she saw before her.

The panda pulled a sign from out of nowhere that had "your turn" written on it. He was showing it to the kids as they both stood with Ranma holding the water in his hand.

"My name is Ranma Saotome, sorry about this." He poured the water on himself and changed from a tall muscular teenager to a petite red-headed teenager, a near-spitting image of his sister.

Akane's intake of breath was audible as her eyes flashed a fire engine red and she screamed. "You!"

"Oh boy, this is about to get ugly." Ranma thought as he quickly backpedaled away from Akane and her battle aura. "Hold on, I can explain."

At the same time Ranma changed, Akane noticed that Sakura changed as well from her female form to what Ranma was just a few moments before. It was almost like they switched places. The only difference was that Sakura wasn't as tall as Ranma was and carried herself like a girl just looking like a guy. Anyone looking at her would have thought she was just Ranma but gay.

Akane's fury and aura died away almost immediately and were replaced by confusion. She stares from Sakura to Ranma and back again. The confusion on her face was more than evident.

The rest of the family was no less flabbergasted, but Akane seemed to be speaking for the whole family minus Soun, who had talked to his friend before the kids came down for dinner.

"What just happened?"

"Akane, Ranma was the one you were sparring with within the dojo, not me." Began Sakura. "When we were in the bathroom, it was me you had been talking to, not the one you had been sparring with. Sorry about this."

Akane could only look from one to the other and her confusion was muted in a way that showed she wasn't angry, or anything, just confused.

"How is this possible? Akane asked scratching her head.

"Uh." Ranma stuttered with his hand behind his head.

"Way to go dumbass," Sakura said as she gritted her teeth at her brother.

Akane noticed that Ranma was looking at his sister and it looked like he was trying to get a message across to her. A moment later she said, "I got this knucklehead."

Sakura nodded her head before returning her focus to Akane "Freaking boys, right?"

Silently Akane agreed with Sakura but didn't say anything until she heard the whole story of what the hell caused them to be able to change like this.

"I am sure you know that we took a training trip to China a couple of weeks ago, right?

The Tendos' all nodded their heads but remained silent.

"Well, my idiot father took us to a place in Qinghai Province, China." Sakura rubbed the bridge of her nose as she continued. "The place was called The Legendary Training Ground of Accursed Springs."

Ranma thought to himself, "So far they're taking it well."

Sakura arched an eyebrow at him, and he quickly shut up.

"The place was full of many different springs and the guide said that each was the site of a different tragedy. Apparently, a different person or animal drowned in each of the springs."

Genma tried to sidle towards the windows. Sakura noticing this was immediately next to him pointing him out. "This dumbass can't read a lick of Chinese and brought us there."

Ranma nodded as she continued.

"He and Ranma both jumped onto a pole over a spring, a few moments later pops fell into a spring and the next moment a giant panda was jumping back onto the pole where my father had been."

"I had no idea who the hell that was, so I looked at the guide and asked what the hell that thing was. Ranma said.

Sakura mentioned that the guide told them "A panda had drowned in that spring over 1000 years ago." He also said, "Whoever falls in spring takes the shape of a giant panda."

"I noticed that Ranma was distracted, and the panda knocked Ranma into a nearby spring." Sakura stopped and took a deep breath before finishing the story. "I don't remember a thing after that because Ranma fell into the spring, and I passed out." Sakura looked at the wall and remembered that day.

"When I came to, I was on the floor, and I looked up and noticed my brother had to body of a girl, while at the same time I had a pain in my crotch. I then noticed that I had the body of a boy." Sakura's eyes started watering as she continued. "Somehow I share the curse with Ranma and my father despite the fact that I never touched a drop of the water. I have reason to believe it has something to do with our DNA, and how we share genetic material, so, therefore, I shared his curse." Sakura finished before sitting down.

Before anyone else could begin speaking Sakura began again, "The cursed springs caused my brother to turn into a girl and me a boy, and our father a panda." Began Sakura tearing up. "Pass me the kettle Ranma, please."

Ranma reached over and handed Sakura the kettle. She checked the temperature and then poured a little of it on her head triggering the reversal of the curse.

Akane watched as the boy Sakura turned into the Sakura, she had become friends with. She smiled wanly. She then turned her attention to the now male Ranma.

Her smile faded as she saw the person, she had been sparring with becoming a boy.

Nabiki noticed the change in demeanor in her sister and offered to help her out.

"Didn't he beat you in the dojo earlier Akane?"

Upon hearing those words, she jumped up and walked up to Ranma, and promptly slapped him across the face. "Liar!, You could have told me you were a boy instead of letting me believe that you were a girl! You had better not tell anyone that you beat me in a fight, do you understand me Ranma!" emphasized Akane shaking her fist in Ranma's face. He had enough sense to nod his head yes.

"I am sorry for thinking you were a boy earlier when I was sparring with this one," Akane stated glaring at Ranma. "I did mean what I had said that I wanted to be friends, Sakura. I just didn't know I was extending that invitation to an imposter." Akane glared at Ranma.

"I didn't mean to fool her, but I hadn't had a chance to change back to a boy yet when we got here earlier." Thought Ranma.

"Why don't you actually say that so she can hear you." Sakura crossed her arms and tapped her feet as she spoke.

Ranma covered his face when Sakura started to throw him under the bus for his thoughts.

"Was there something you wanted to tell me, Ranma?" Akane tapped her foot as she waited for Ranma to speak.

He glared daggers at his sister, who was smiling nicely at him despite his demeanor being the exact opposite of hers.

"I thought you loved me."

Smiling sheepishly Sakura said, "Brother dear, I do love you, I was only trying to help."

"Help you say like Nabiki just tried to help and caused her to jump all over me. Thanks a lot." Ranma stated sarcastically.

"I'm just enjoying watching you sweat." Smiled Sakura, thankful her brother couldn't hear her thoughts yet.

"I'm waiting Ranma."

Ranma caught her annoyed voice and turned back to Akane. "Uh," was all he could get out before Akane was right up in his face.

Soun stood and walked between them, causing Akane to back up a little from Ranma.

"Girls please, sit I have an announcement to make." Ranma turned from Akane to look at Soun with a mean expression.

Sakura had to hide her head, as she stifled a chuckle. She also noticed Akane, nearly lost it too, when she heard her father calling Ranma a girl.

"Technically, he was a girl a few moments ago, so dad was not too far from the truth." Akane thought looking at Sakura in her current female form and smiling.

Soun stood and called for everyone's attention. "My friend Genma and I, have an agreement we had made years ago to have our schools of martial arts be united." He looked from his girls to Ranma and Sakura.

"We agreed the schools should be united through marriage."

Nabiki's eyes flew wide open when her father mentioned this.

"How old is Ranma? Asked Kasumi.

Akane answered before the Saotomes could speak. "They're 16, the same age as I am, Kasumi."

"Then it's settled then Akane would be the perfect candidate to marry Ranma." Offered Kasumi.

Nabiki nodded her head in agreement. "I agree completely."

Akane's amazement was palpable, and she immediately jumped to her feet. "What!? you must be joking. Why would I be..."

"Well think about it Akane, you're in luck, he's half-girl!"

"Me, marry that liar? Never!" screamed Akane.

"Who are you calling a liar? Ranma interjected also jumping to his feet.

"You lied to me while we were sparring!"

Ranma fumed, "You asked me if I wanted to practice and pulled me into the dojo."

"You could have told me you were a boy before we started."

"If I had told you I was a boy, would you have believed me?" asked Ranma.

Akane heard the question and paused as she thought about it.

Sakura watched the exchange and held her breath as she waited for Akane's response.

"I'll admit I would have probably thought you were pulling my leg."

"Besides, I didn't know you had a problem with losing to boys." Declared Ranma.

"I'll let that slide, but you better not tell anyone that you beat me, do you understand me Ranma!"

Sakura hearing Akane thought about her previous statement briefly. "Akane, why do you not want Ranma to talk about beating you, since technically you were sparring and not fighting?"

"I'll tell you later Sakura. I just want to make sure that Ranma won't discuss this with anyone."

Akane's eyes were nearly fire-engine red when he looked at her.

"I don't understand what the big deal is, we were just sparring and technically, you were just missing since you never even hit me."

Akane quickly rectified that oversight by slamming the table before them over his head, knocking him out.

"I am surprised he didn't see that coming," was written on the sign their father was holding up.

Sakura winced as she saw Akane trying to control her breathing as she looked down at the prone Ranma.

"Akane, I think you may have made me an only child," Sakura mentioned checking her brother to see if he was breathing.

Ranma woke and found himself in a room he didn't recognize. As his eyes focused, he saw Sakura, Kasumi, and Nabiki watching him.

"Where am I?"

"At the Tendo house in Nerima Japan, dumbass," Sakura told him.

What did I get hit with?"

"If she had her way it would have been with a sledgehammer, but she settled for a table." Sakura again mentioned.

"Are you enjoying my misery?"

"Yes, I am." Smiled Sakura.

"Don't mind Akane, she can be a bit manic at times," stated Kasumi,

"Sure Kasumi, that explains everything. A stick of dynamite has a longer fuse than she does." Chided Nabiki.

"Ranma, now that you're awake, would you like to get cleaned up, I saved you some dinner." Smiled Kasumi.

Ranma sat up rubbing his head. Sakura turned towards Kasumi and nodded. "I'll take him and get him cleaned up. Thanks, Kasumi."

"You're welcome." Kasumi watched as Ranma was a little unsteady as he stood up. He was braced by his sister, and they walked down the hall toward the bathroom.

"Well, she took finding out I was a boy very well," Ranma noted still working the cobwebs out.

"I'll find out why that is such a problem, maybe I can smooth some of this over with Akane," Sakura assured Ranma.

A bucket of water splashed over her head as she thought to herself, "Make a fool of me, I couldn't hit him he says. I damn sure hit him then. I wonder what he's got to say about that?" Akane stood and walked over to the changing room door when the door slid open a little.

She jumped back not expecting the door to open. She saw Sakura holding Ranma up as he was undressing.

"Are you going to be long Akane, I need to help Ranma get cleaned up in body since you cleaned his clock earlier."

"If you'd like you can join me, but leave him out there, I can't deal with him right now." Offered Akane.

Sakura thought for a moment but instead declined. "Thanks, Akane I would love to, but I have to get him cleaned up since Kasumi is holding dinner for him."

"Okay, then I'll just be a few more minutes, can you wait that long?"

"Sure, we can wait that long, do you need a towel or are you okay getting dressed in there?" asked Sakura.

"If you could just give me my clothes and I'll dress in here, and then you can have it." She answered.

"Thanks, Akane we'll talk again later."

Akane looked at the water, she really wanted to soak in there. "I really wish he hadn't tried to deceive me when we were sparring. Why did he have to be a guy, why couldn't he have stayed a girl."

Akane looked around and saw where she had left her towel. A few moments later Sakura walked in holding her clothes for her. She accepted them,

"Thanks, Sakura."

"You're welcome and sorry we interrupted your bath."

"No worries, I'll take one later, then you and I can talk." Smiled Akane.

Sakura also smiled as she turned and left the bathroom to attend to her brother.

Looking one last time at the tub full of hot water, she retrieved her towel and then started getting dressed again. Once she was dressed, she walked out into the front of the bathroom and saw Sakura holding up her brother. She noticed he was not wearing any clothes. Resisting the urge to check him out she calmly walked past Sakura and Ranma and left the bathroom.

Sakura noticed the look of disdain she had given to Ranma, thankfully Ranma was in no condition to notice how she had looked at him. Sakura held him up as he walked into the bathroom. She helped Ranma get cleaned up, before bringing him back downstairs for the dinner he "slept" through.

Once Sakura and Ranma were seated and Ranma's dinner was before him, Soun called for attention again,

"In light of what had happened earlier, Genma and I have decided that Akane would be the best choice for Ranma's fiancé."

The look given to Soun by his daughter brought him up short and Genma panda just backed away and casually abandoned his friend to his fate.

"Is there something wrong Akane-chan?"

Akane smiled as Soun backed away one step at a time. Akane moved forward keeping in step with his backpedaling.

"I am not sure I like the idea of being engaged to be married to someone I don't know. No offense, Ranma and Sakura."

Sakura smiled as Akane continued to face down her father.

"I will be spending some time getting to know our guests before such an arrangement can be made, isn't that right father?" Soun agreed very quickly as Akane's battle aura flared around her.

Soun looked around and didn't see the panda anywhere, Soun realized he had been abandoned by his best friend.

"I am so glad that was not directed at me," thought Ranma. Sakura looked at him and smiled.

"Yes, brother dear, you are so lucky I'll try to defuse this situation and try to make things good again."

"I will then owe you one, sis." Thought Ranma.

"Yes, you would, bro, yes you would." Smiled Sakura.

"Mr. Saotome, are you going to stay a panda, or am I going to need to boil some water? Kasumi asked.

Genma Panda held up a sign that said, I'm good."

"Hmmm, we going to need some more room." Kasumi thought for a moment and pulled a large platter of bamboo from out of nowhere and placed it on the table. Genma Panda happily dug in.

Dinner was an event, since Ranma, and Sakura had to fight their father for their food since he kept stealing it from them.

"You're a panda, why are you taking food you can't eat?" yelled Ranma.

"You need to prove you deserve to eat this food Kasumi made." Read the sign he held.

While he held the sign Sakura got a few dumplings and passed them to Ranma, which he quickly ate before Genma could react.

"Hey, you're not supposed to help him!" Read the next sign he had.

Sakura smiled as she ate her dumplings. "We share everything, so I can help if I want to."

The Tendo's watched the exchange, thankfully they only fought over food on their plates and not on the table.

As they were sparring over the food, Akane just watched as Ranma, or Sakura got their food back from Genma Panda. She also thought about the discussions from earlier and realized that she may have overreacted to Ranma. She couldn't blame either of them for accidentally getting cursed.

Looking at both Ranma and Sakura as dinner ended.

"We need to talk in a while, is that okay, Sakura?" She nodded.

********** A LITTLE WHILE LATER **********

Sakura approached Akane after dinner and her look must have been evident.

Upon seeing Akane smile she motioned for her to join her in the garden. "Ranma can come out here too, I don't mind if he sees and hears this."

Sakura nodded, but in her mind, she wasn't sure this was a good idea. Ranma tended to talk without engaging his brain sometimes.

"What Sakura, my head hurts." Complained Ranma still rubbing his aching head.

"Come here you freaking idiot. Akane wants to show us something. Be quiet and don't fuck this up." Admonished Sakura looking at Ranma.

When they were all in the garden, Akane's demeanor changed, and she smiled as she led them to the stand of trees in the garden and pointed to each of them in turn.

"Each of these plants was planted for each of us girls." Stated Akane as she pointed out the three plants in the garden.

"Kasumi's the Ajisai (Hydrangea), Nabiki's the Matsu (Chinese Pine), and of course, mine is the Sakura which means Cherry Blossom."

Akane smiled even brighter as she indicated her tree and then pointed at Sakura. Sakura felt very good knowing that her name and Akane shared a kind of connection.

While watching them talk Ranma thought for a second, "I wonder if Akane knows what my name means and if we have anything in common because of it?

"Sakura's eyes lit up and she immediately screamed, "Don't you dare, tell her that."

Akane looked from one to the other and nearly jumped out of her skin at the outburst.

The rest of the family and Genma looked at the garden and had puzzled looks on their faces.

Sakura quickly pulled Ranma away from Akane and politely said, "Excuse us for a moment, please Akane."

Regaining her composure, she nodded her head and walked to the washitsu with the other family members as they walked off to speak privately.

"Do not speak any words, think them to me, you idiot." Whispered Sakura as she watched the Tendos to see if they were eavesdropping on them. "Don't tell her that both of you have something in common." Whispered Sakura through gritted teeth.

Ranma watched his sister and decided that he should not say a thing. Sakura noticed this and smiled.

"I know your name means crazy but telling her that you have that in common would not endear her to you. She may actually hate you and then try to kill you."

Ranma noticed that Sakura was still smiling. "I seriously think that you and pop are basically brain-damaged. In the end, I still love you and would like for you to hang around just a bit longer if you don't mind. Got it!"

Ranma nodded very quickly.

Both walked back over to the Washitsu and Akane again joined them in the garden.

You two must have a good understanding, since I didn't hear either of you speak a word, yet you seem to have had a conversation."

Both smiled as they put their hands behind their heads and breathed out a sigh of relief.

"I wish I was that close to my sisters and could talk like that."

"You have no idea what it takes to have this level of understanding." Ranma thought to Sakura. He then doubled over as Sakura punched him in the stomach.

She then mouthed, "Be quiet, dumbass."

Akane smiled until she saw Ranma doubled over.

"He must have thought something rude. I wish I knew what he'd said. I just wonder if it was directed at me."

Sakura's smile got even wider as Akane continued. "The bond between twins is something I wish I had."

"It's not all it's cracked up to be Akane, it sometimes leads to confusion and you're better off having the easier conversations you have with your siblings,"

Sakura mentioned as Ranma was able to stand upright again.

"That hurt." Thought Ranma. Sakura just smiled as Akane looked from them to her family thinking about their relationship.

"Akane, Ranma, and Sakura, can I speak to you for a moment?" Inquired Soun. The kids all sighed as they came into the washitsu to speak to Akane's father.

"As you've said earlier, I am aware that you will be getting to know your fiancé before finalizing the arrangement. Until you reach a decision, I am just reminding you that you have school in the morning."

Genma Panda held up a sign that read, "You two too."

Ranma and Sakura both stared at their father. "You can't be serious!" yelled Sakura and Ranma.

They then laughed as again they spoke at the same time.

"Yes, school again." Read the next sign.

"You'll need to walk with your fiancé Akane." Mentioned Nabiki.

"No problem, I'll show them where the school is," Akane stated winking at Sakura.

Kasumi walked up to Sakura and Ranma. "I have already set up some futons and bedding in our upstairs guest room. Mr. Saotome, I am sorry, but you'll have to share the room with Ranma and Sakura."

Kasumi looked at the sign that read, "Thank you."

Akane bade them follow her, "Kasumi, I'll show them to their room." as she led them upstairs.

Sakura and Ranma retrieved their backpacks from the front hall and met her up the stairs.

Once upstairs Akane pointed to the first room on the left. "This is going to be Ranma and Mr. Saotome's room." Passing the room and going to the t-intersection. "This is Kasumi's Room," pointing to the left, "This is Nabiki's," pointing to the middle room and pointing to the last room on the right with a duck placard on the front "This is mine, you're welcome to share it with me if you don't want to share a room with your brother."

Sakura smiled, "That would be great Akane, but for now like I had mentioned earlier, Ranma and I share everything since we're twins. We also have never been apart since we were born."

Akane's smile waned a bit hearing this. "Well, the invitation is always open if you'd like to spend some girl time together." Akane smiled leading them back to the first room she had indicated.

Sakura walked in first and saw the three futons laying on the floor in a neat little line. Both placed their packs by the door and took out some clothes.

"Would it be alright if we bathed again?" Sakura asked Akane. "Sure, that would be fine."

Sakura then turned and looked at Ranma.

"Do you want to work out first before we take a bath?" inquired Sakura.

"Sure, I would like to have a more competitive workout than I had before," said Ranma.

Akane blanched and turned beet red again. Sakura smacked him across the head.

"The workout you had earlier was not a workout because you didn't go all out.", whispered Sakura. "I was watching, all you did was dodge around her katas and then touched her to signify that you had hit her, something she couldn't do to you."

Ranma watched as her battle aura flared momentarily before dying down. He then looked at Akane and noticed that, unlike Sakura, her battle aura did not dissipate.

He could have sworn it increased. "Oh boy," was all he could say as Akane regarded him.

"Had I gone all out, do you believe she could have taken me?" Thought Ranma.

"Considering her dad, and our dad were both trained in the same styles, I believe she's going to need some time to learn our style before she can compete." Said Sakura.

"Well let's go." Ranma pointed out leading the way to the dojo.

They walked out of the room and turned right and went down the stairs. Akane went to her room.

"Akane, can I ask you a question first? Ranma I'll meet you downstairs. Would you like to join us for another workout since your earlier one was so short?"

Akane thought for a few moments before answering. "Yes, but I only want to spar with you and not your brother. He lied to me earlier and I haven't quite gotten to the point that I forgive him."

"Okay, I'll let Ranma know so he doesn't do anything stupid."

"Thanks, Sakura."

A few minutes later bowing to the Shinzen, Akane and Sakura entered the dojo and found Ranma stretching. The girls placed their towels along the side of the practice hall and began to stretch themselves.

As she was bending down and stretching her legs, she looked up at the twins and noticed they were looking intently at each other. She had no idea, what they were doing but she was very curious as to what they got out of staring at each other like that.

As Akane stretched, Sakura looked at her brother and whispered, "I have already told you what Akane wants, you are not to engage her. She still thinks you lied to her before."

Ranma yelled. "I lied! She already said that had I told her she would not have believed me." Ranma stated as he continued stretching.

"Basically, what you're saying is that if I told her, she'd think I was lying, and not telling her, she thinks I'm a liar. Is that right?"

Sakura nodded. "Has she ever told you why me beating her was so bad? Ranma yelled as he sat on the floor and stretched his hamstrings.

Sakura shook her head as she also stretched the same muscles Ranma was.

"Well then, we'll have to do this before we begin, do you want me to ask first, or should you?"

Ranma thought for a moment not wanting to begin on the wrong foot.

Sakura pointed to herself. He saw her pointing and took a deep breath and finished their stretches.

Akane watched and heard their exchange and just waited to see what would happen.

"Sakura and I are going to spar. You know that you can join us if you want to. Bear in mind though there is a chance either of us could beat you or at least outperform you.

Akane nodded her head. "I am aware of what can happen during a sparring match, and results are not official and we're just practicing, right?", asked Akane.

A sigh of relief was audible when Sakura finally breathed.

Akane smiled and turned towards Sakura. "Did you think I was going to pound him?" Akane asked as she turned to face Sakura.

"To be truthful, I actually believed I was about to become an only child for the second time today." Laughed Sakura.

Hearing this Akane joined in too.

"Thanks, sis, you too Akane", stated Ranma sarcastically.

"You're welcome.", said Akane and Sakura at the same time, causing them both to laugh even harder.

"Are you ready Sakura?" Inquired Ranma. Sakura turned and bowed to Ranma, and he bowed to her in turn. Akane watched as they each were very respectful of the other.

"Tatakaimashou"