Ranma stood in the bathroom, dressed in only a muscle shirt and a pair of boxers. Arching her head back a bit, she spat out the mouthwash she was currently gargling into the sink, and pulled down one of her eyelids, checking to see if she had caught anything from that kiss she had given to Ryoga earlier. "Okay good... seems like being a pig headed moron ain't contagious after all," she stated, blinking a few times. Although she'd never admit it, kissing Ryoga actually felt kinda… nice. The pigtailed girl let off a shudder. Whatever, it didn't matter; she had made out with Shampoo and a few other people lots of times, this didn't change anything.

The sounds of shuffling footsteps caught her attention and snapped her out of her reverie. She wondering just who was making such loud noises, and for what reason? Stepping out of her room, she spotted the blue haired Tendo girl rummaging through her things.

"Uh... Akane, what're ya looking for?" the red headed girl asked, raising an eyebrow.

Akane was bent over, trying to look under her bed, searching for any signs of her precious little pet pig. Turning around, the youngest Tendo saw Ranma leaning against her door frame, arms crossed. "Ranma, have you seen P-chan? I can't find him!" she exclaimed, getting up and running over to her closet; it wouldn't be the first time the small piglet had locked himself in there. "I left him right here! How did he manage to get out?" She asked; a worried tone in her voice.

"P….chan...?" Ranma asked, looking away and thinking for a moment until it hit her like a ton of bricks. Ranma had let Ryoga go and stumble away on his own after she had kissed him. Trying to play it smart and deciding she didn't want to get sent flying half across Nerima after the bandanna-wearing boy's shock wore off. Placing her hand behind her head, Ranma replied with a nervous chuckle. "Nope, hehe! Ain't seen him at all!" she shouted, but then quickly ran out of the room as fast as her legs could carry.

"Huh... what's up with her?" Akane asked, returning to the search of her cute little P-chan.

"Gotta' be more careful next time..." she huffed out, walking down to the kitchen. Planning on catching some of the leftovers from the food Kasumi made. On her way there, she heard some dramatic, orchestral sounding music playing and turned her ears to the TV room. Sliding the door open, she saw that that Pokémon cartoon was on again! Though this time the scene seemed much more enthralling, but wait- either her ears were deceiving her, or she could definitely hear the sounds of a man and some kind of animal crying in the other room.

Curious, Ranma looked in to see that Soun Tendo and Ranma's father Genma (In Panda form of course) were both balling their eyes out as a climatic scene unfolded on the box in front of them. Both seemed to be holding each other's hands... er... in the latter's case paws, with tears rolling from the elder Tendo's eyes, the same going for his Panda companion.

"No, no... Don't give up on Pikachu, Ash my boy!" Soun cried, squinting his eyes to hold back the tears.

Moving one hand away from his friend's, Genma raised up his trademarked sign, "Never give up on your friends!" it exclaimed, and although it was somewhat cheesy, it did hold some sort of sense. This oddly enough was something that could be said about all his "sagely" advice.

"We should have seen the first episode a long time ago, Saotome!" Soun started.

Genma flipped his sign around, "You're so right Tendo!"

Having been mentally scarred enough by her father and his friend's antics, she slid the door shut, and went wandering off back to dealing with her main task.

Digging through the fridge, she found what she had been looking for. Holding the plate in her hands with a smile, she closed the door and stood up, but little did she know that Nabiki was standing right next to her, a foreboding shadow encompassing her form.

"Hello… Ranma," she said, smirking with a Cheshire cat like grin.

Screaming in surprise, the redhead accidentally dropped the plate she was holding, placing her hand over her heart to calm down, Ranma turned to Nabiki. "Hey! Don't sneak up on me like that!" she exclaimed, but then, a thought occurred. How could the middle Tendo sneak up on her, a trained martial artist? Maybe it was one of the girl's secret powers…

"Well, whatever you say, but I'm not nearly as sneaky as you," she commented back, but then turned to the broken plate near Ranma's feet. "Oh, and you're paying for that." she pointed, rather dully.

The blue eyed redheaded girl looked down at the waste of Kasumi's delicious food. Lowering her head with a sigh, she turned to Nabiki, "Whatta' mean by 'as sneaky as me?'" she asked, her eyes darting from side to side.

"Oh, nothing, it's just that I saw what you did with Ryoga..." The Paige-boy haired girl said, who was now taking a rather odd interesting in looking her any dirt that might be under her fingernails.

Ranma's face seemed to go blank, "Bu-but how...?"

With a smirk she explained; "I followed you after school... I got curious when I saw you making Ryoga wait outside the school yard, so, I went after you two." She said, "So, let me in on it, making out with a guy isn't something you'd do just out of the blue, and you know I don't like not knowing what's going on around here, if anyone has information, it'll be me, so spill it."

"I uh, needed to get rid of Kuno... and it was the only way I could do it." she replied, blushing furiously.

"So, somewhere down the line, you figured that making out with Ryoga was the best way to get Kuno-baby to stop chasing you?" she asked; lopsided smirks on her face, with a "cat, got the canary" look in her eyes.

"Hey! It's uh, more complicated than that, but yeah, I had to go along with it for the plan...even if I had to do...," she raised her hand to her mouth and let off a fake cough, "that." She said, lowering her hand and smiled a bit. "But it was still worth it, I ain't gonna have ta deal with that freak anymore!" Ranma finished.

"Hmph, I wonder how long that'll last... ole' Kuno-honey hasn't exactly been known to listen to reason," Nabiki said, before turning away leaving a shocked Ranma in the kitchen.

Knowing Kuno, what Nabiki said sort of made sense... and if the middle Tendo was right, Ranma would have to use Ryoga more often. That meant more *gulp*, kissing!

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The Next Day...

Throughout the entire morning, Ranma had been glared at by the Kuno boy. Not once did he leave him alone, at every turn there he was, glaring at the pigtailed martial artist. He was quite relieved by when lunchtime came rolling around and he could get a bit of relief, and luckily for him, this time, his meal hadn't been packed by Akane! Sitting down to enjoy his snack, the black haired boy kept his eye peeled for the insane swordsmen.

Checking his surroundings again, he raised a piece of shrimp up to his lips. Figuring he was home free, so, he closed his eyes with a smile, and prepared to place it in his waiting mouth…

"An opening!" Kuno shouted, slashing his bokken downward.

But sadly for him, Ranma was quicker, as he managed to save his lunch, and himself, from being struck down by the wooden weapon. While in mid-air, he glared angrily at the bokken-boy, and then landed on his feet; his shrimp hanging from his mouth, with that he used his lips to flip his tasty morsel down his throat. "What the hell do you want?" he asked, taking a defensive stance.

"I'm here to right a wrong... for thou hast traded the heart of my beloved pigtailed girl to some other miscreant!" he exclaimed, pointing his bokken at the black haired boy, "And it is my duty as a noble warrior to free her from your clutches..." he stated, staring at him as if he was challenging him.

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Ranma felt his left eye twitch, even after everything he had done, Kuno still hadn't learned. Reluctantly he realized he may very well have to continue his part in the little act he had going on again, but hopefully, though he wouldn't need Ryoga this time, maybe, just maybe, he could make the maniac doubt himself, and give up his chase for his girl side. "I haven't done anything, you psychopath!" Ranma countered.

"Silence!" Kuno shouted, charging forward.

All the swings Kuno took weren't able to get past Ranma's heightened defenses; Ranma could easily send the guy flying, but that wouldn't do, he needed to make some sort of mental impact on him, something that would stick. Even if it was small, it'd at least get him a little closer to being free from his annoying antics. "You just can't accept that that pigtailed girl actually likes someone more than you!" he laughed.

"Enough!" he attempted to strike once more, "My resolve shall not falter!" he shouted, and then swung to the side.

Ranma managed to dodge and jump back at just the right moment. "Ha! Face it, Kuno, you just can't handle the fact that she actually likes someone that isn't you!" Ranma taunted, placing his hands on his face and stretching out the side of his lips while sticking out his tongue.

"Damn you, you vile cretin, hold still so that I may smite you and free my beloved Pigtailed girl!" Kuno demanded, his face squinted into a scowl. With that, he attempted another downwards slash, though Ranma, of course, used his great abilities to move out of the way.

During Ranma's dodge, he did an amazing back flip and landed on the railing of the fence of the roof. Crossing his arms in a gesture, the Saotome heir became cocky; that is not to say he wasn't already like that, but this time, just a little more so. "Knew you couldn't handle her having a guy she actually likes... heck, your "pigtailed goddess" prob'ly didn't even like you in the first place!"

Eyes widening, the bokken wielder became furious and threw his weapon at the other boy. The toss was so strong that it flew right over to Ranma, almost faster than he could evade.

"Wha!" Ranma yelled, arching his head back in time to narrowly miss being stuck by the wooden sword. "Ah!" he screamed again, though, realizing he lost his balance and started falling from the roof. Rapidly shifting around in the air, the pigtailed martial artist turned around in time to see that he was heading down straight to the school's pool.

'Ah geez... I'm gonna get changed into a girl and groped by Kuno again.' Ranma thought before he closed his eyes and braced for impact.

Kuno looked downwards after hearing that something had made a splash, a feeling victorious feeling running through his veins, he ran to the exit and tried to catch up with Ranma, he knew that even if he had gotten hurt by the fall, it still probably wasn't enough to take the foul sorcerer down.

Ranma emerged from the pool, this time in his more feminine form. Crawling out of the water, she rang out her pigtail and turned to the door near the building, the way people sounding it was like they were being pushed out of the way by a crazed madman, or something, that made her realize that it must have been Kuno trying to come and finish him off! She would have been fine with taking him on again for round two, but in this form, the only thing she would be getting was a firm harassing.

Running over to the school fence, she hopped over the offending wall and prepared to make a run for it. But before she could do anything, she accidentally landed on someone, and the two hit the ground hard.

Ryoga had just been minding his own business, walking around starving half to death, all because he hadn't remembered to get his backpack. Therefore leaving him without anything to eat after Ranma and he shared their disturbing kiss. While strolling past Furinkan High in a lost daze, he heard some strange noises coming from inside, turning his head upwards he had little time to react as he was slammed head first into a familiar redheaded girl.

"Argh... get off me," Ryoga grunted, flat on his stomach.

The pigtailed girl smiled. Ranma could certainly use this to her advantage! She just needed that idiot Kuno to come by. And as luck would have it, the blue thunder jumped over the fence and turned around on his heel, holding his sword up.

Instantly Ranma picked up Ryoga and helped the guy stand up, all the while she had made him snake an arm around her shoulder. "Oh! Oh, Kuno... I'm-I'm so sorry you have to see this!" she said, once again putting her marvelous acting skills to the test.

Kuno was stunned, unable to believe the sight in front of him. "Wha-what're you doing, pigtailed girl...?"

"Well... you see, my darling here got lost trying to come to the school for our date!" she exclaimed, leaning her head closer to the lost boy, snuggling her head against his. "When he came by here, though, he tried to fight that Ranma guy and lost! I mean... he really kicked the crap outta' him!"

Ryoga glared at her, though he was too tired to actually do anything about it. Not to mentioned that he was still recovering from some mild blunt trauma to the head.

"I see you're still bound by the foul Saotome's spell... even if you have this-this relationship, with this peasant, I know it to be false," he stated, turning around. "Tell me... where has the sorcerer fled to?" obviously he was angry, but that wouldn't stop him from his search for Ranma.

"Oh, uh... he said he was going to the outskirts of the city! Yeah!" Ranma shouted, smiling eagerly.

"Then I have to make haste! I shall follow him till the ends of the earth if I must!" he exclaimed, running in the direction he figured Ranma would take.

The red-haired girl turned her head to Ryoga, seeing him still glaring angrily at her. "Sorry bout leaving you without any of your stuff yesterday," she said.

Ryoga looked to the side and groaned, "Just-just let me go, okay? I've got to find my things and get out of here." he blushed at the contact she was making with him since her chest was gently touching his side.

"I'll help you with that later... besides, we gotta' a deal to make," Ranma said, leading them back to the school.

Ryoga knew he wasn't going to like this, not one bit.

Ranma had basically carried the lost boy all the way back to the roof when they had finally reached the top, Ranma gripped the fence tightly and managed to send herself over it. After she landed, she walked over to her stowed away packed meal and lowered Ryoga against the side wall of the door that leads down and back to the school. Placing him there against his back, she turned to her box lunch and took out a spare set of chopsticks she always kept; just in case.

Ryoga watched as she took a seat next to him and brought out her set of utensils, tearing them into two pieces. Picking some nice rice out, she plucked it up with her sticks and turned over to Ryoga, "Here ya go, open up for the airplane pig-boy!" she cheekily said, expecting him fully to open his mouth.

"I'd rather die..." was Ryoga's defiant response.

Ranma's brow furrowed as she glared, trying to lean forward for Ryoya to open his mouth, but the lost boy wasn't kidding when he said what he did. Anytime she'd try to feed him some of the rice, the fang-toothed martial artist would just turn his head in the opposite direction of the sticks.

"Come on... eat it, I need you to work with me for my plan ta work!" She stated, glaring at him.

"Never in a million years..." Ryoga replied, and then, with as much insolence as he could muster, he turned his head away stubbornly once again.

Ranma narrowed her eyes, was he really going to make this difficult for her? Forcing him to do it would just be more work than she wanted, there had to be an easier way. That's when it hit her; she was a woman right now.

"Ryoga...," she shyly said, taking on that overly dramatic tone again, "E-even though I'm actually a guy... I still really like you..." she said, turning her head to him; her eyes seeming to sparkle and glow.

The lost boy shot his head in her direction and gasped, "What're you craz-" he got as far as saying before Ranma shot out her hand and placed the rice in his mouth. Unable to resist it, he swallowed the food down and took a deep breath, it was really something else.

"Give me that!" he shouted, taking the box lunch away from her hands as well as the chopsticks, then, as quickly as he could, downing all the food in a mere few bites.

Ranma was somewhat disappointed that she lost such good meal by doing this. Though if it meant she could put his plan further into action, she'd willingly take the hit. She still needed Ryoga to be able to take Kuno down. "Knew that'd work..."

Raising his head from the boxed lunch, he glared at the redheaded girl, "That was cheap and you know it Saotome..." he stated, a small blush as he thought for a moment of what it would be like if she actually meant what she said. It was a shocker. But he still couldn't help his wandering mind from picturing him and Ranma together... romantically involved, he wasn't sure whether or not to shudder.

"Aw come on... you're a perv who thinks I'm hot as a girl," Ranma stated.

"I'd never think that you cross-dresser!" Ryoga countered, setting the box lunch to the side, having regained a good amount of will and energy.

"Yeah, yeah... whatever, I know you got a nosebleed when you saw me naked that one time," Ranma smirked but then winked. "How could I blame you anyway, who wouldn't want some of this?" She said, mockingly thrusting her chest forward. Teasing him was always so much fun.

"You're sick..." Ryoga said.

"And you're the doctor whose gonna' help me." Ranma finitely stated.

"And why would I do that...?" Ryoga raised a brow.

"Well... I guess I'll just have to tell Akane about P-chan then, won't I? Just think about it, she'll never look at you the same ever again, knowing you were sleeping in her bed all those nights." Ranma replied, staring at him with a serious look with her arms crossed.

Leaning away from the red headed girl, Ryoga gritted his teeth; he should have known that Ranma couldn't keep a promise, "I thought I already helped you!"

"Yeah... well, Kuno's still after me... so, you either do it until he stops, or Akane never talks to you again." She said.

"Damn you...," he seethed, revealing those little fangs that poked out from the side of his mouth. "I absolutely loathe you."

"Yeah, yeah... love you too, Ryoga," she smiled.

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