Akane first thoughts were as follows... What? What? What? What!
There was currently a storm in her head of what Kuno had just said... now if her flowery talk was still up to pare. The insane swordsmen had just said that Ranma and Ryoga had kissed... that was being clearly said with how Kuno stuck his bokken forward.
"I've fought my way in order to get my beloved Pigtailed girl back... You are undeserving of her affection, you cretin!" The Blue Thunder proclaimed, then turned his head to the side and noticed Akane. "A-Akane Tendo!"
Ranma and Ryoga froze in place... they were caught and they'd have to explain what was going on. They slowly moved their heads in the direction of the blue haired girl and saw that she was literally baffled, meaning she really couldn't say a thing at this moment.
"Ranma..." Akane growled, raising her hand up and staring at the red headed girl. Instantly she realized that it must've been some sort of scheme and Ryoga had been an innocent bystander that was mixed into Ranma's foolish antics. "How dare you involve Ryoga in your stupid plans!" Akane was able to piece half of the story together. She wasn't sure why Ryoga was in this, but first, she'd have to deal with her stupid fiance.
"A-Akane, wait... I-I can explain!' Ranma pleaded, leaning back and holding her hand out in front of her. Ranma resorted to another tactic, she hastily turned her head to the lost boy and made a look of distress; obviously hoping he'd help. The face Ranma was making didn't even seem threatening or a cocky look that suggested he help her, an honest plee for help. Being the kind hearted person Ryoga was, he stood before and blocked Akane from getting any closer to Ranma.
"Akane... this was Ranma's plan." he stated.
That only caused Akane's suspicions to be confirmed, "But I was doing this of my own free will..." the lost boy blushed, he hadn't even fully registered that he was helping his enemy and rival in love. It seemed as if his mind wasn't processing what was going on.
Akane stopped and stared at Ranma and Ryoga, she already knew that Ranma and Ryoga were doing what they were doing in order to get Ranma to be free of Kuno's constant pestering and demanding of dates. The one thing she hadn't been able to figure out... what was Ranma saying in order to force Ryoga in order to get him to comply and follow his commands? Once she heard Ryoga's explanation, she wasn't as angry as she was. In fact, it seemed that her overpowered battle aura flared back down.
"W-wait...," Akane stated, stepping back and placing her hand on her head.
Throughout all of this, Ranma blushed. Had Ryoga just stood up for her? It made no sense... she was scared that Ryoga would just go on Akane's side and use that to his advantage in order to try and be free of hers and Ryoga's deal. Instead, he did what she asked and stood up for her. She pondered for a second and concluded that he was doing it in order for her to not to spill the beans about their plan. Ranma didn't want to think of the possibility that Ryoga had any other reasons. If he did than this game was going too far. Getting rid of Kuno wasn't worth acquiring another suitor... or was it?
She shivered.
The blue thunder was once again stuck listening from the side lines. The strange course of conversation hadn't made much sense and his mind figured this was something else. "Argh...! You threaten to steal the love of both Akane Tendo and my beloved pig tailed girl!" Kuno shouted, once again trying to slay Ryoga.
"Butt out!" Akane exclaimed; with a twist, she used an uppercut on the babbling moron sending him flying into the air. Almost ten seconds of air time before he came to the ground, the impact shuddering the dirt beneath their feet. The amount of force Akane used in her punch was so immense, that it probably would've taken down a horse.
The two martial artists grew nervous as they watched her catch her breathe, that mallet technique wasn't very convincing for two that were fearing for their lives. "Ranma... you have a lot to explain when we get back home, and Ryoga..." she paused and lowered her head. "I-I don't know, just come too; wait here when schools over."
Ranma looked over to the unconscious sword wielder and sighed, she figured Akane's mallet would have him out for way longer than the rest of the school day, she knew she'd be if she was hit with that much tomboy battle aura.
Ryoga exchanged glances with Ranma once and she nodded her head once, leaving the lost boy with the knocked out Blue Thunder.
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A few hours later
Ryoga sat on the roof top of the school; as he had been doing the entire day. During his time there on the roof, he couldn't help but wonder why he had helped Ranma... the guy was forcing him to help. Though there was something to Ranma's face whenever she cried out for help, she looked... dare he think, cute? Ryoga was indeed a sucker for a pair of blue eyes... there was a beauty to Ranma's girl side. As more and more time went by, he came to accept that Ranma had made an attractive girl. Not personality wise but image wise...
This was really starting to mess with his mind, to even think these things about the pig tailed girl were strictly taboo! Akane was his fairest his kindest and more affectionate; although she showed him no signs of being interested in that way, he still clung to her as a dream. Further ideas lead him to comparison of the two girls. Ranma's girl side was much more forceful and had a strong flare that would make any man fall to his knees. Akane on the other hand was much more sweet and innocent, the type you'd like to settle down with. For a much simpler life. One of the main key factors about both of them was... they were both gorgeous.
When you took Ranma's male side out of the equation, and her utterly insufferable attitude, you'd have a nearly perfect girl. With Ranma's strength and ability to consider others emotions, she'd be one nice girl... though somewhat arrogant and macho headed, she'd still attract men with her almost intoxicating facial features.
"Argh!" Ryoga groaned, slapping his forehead, kicking himself for even letting his mind wonder to those perverse thoughts. Ranma was the pervert here! "What the hell is wrong with me?' he thought out loud and then turned to the still unconscious Blue Thunder. This was one of the people that caused his life to be miserable... although most of it was Ranma's fault, that didn't excuse Kuno from taking half the blame in this situation. The lost boy has heard about being delusional but this guy was on an entirely different level.
A few seconds later his thoughts lingered some more... Ryoga contemplated his thoughts on the situation at hand. Was there a reason to go with Akane and Ranma? The conversation was most likely going to include Ranma and Ryoga explaining the entire truth. He knew Ranma would be able to stand his ground in argument against the blue haired Tendo. Though when it came down to it... Ryoga would fall under Akane's innocence's spell and reveal everything. From there, she'd learn the truth about his curse and hate him.
I'm sorry Akane,but the truth is... I'm P-chan, Ranma was threatening to tell you about my curse, if I didn't follow along... can we still be friends? Even in his own imagination, Ryoga wasn't able to escape the hard truth now. "Damn it! Why does my life always go to hell?" he shouted, curling his knees up to his chest an holding them. To think all that he had worked to in order to stay in Akane's good graces, all to have it taken away in one day.
"I'm sorry Akane..." Ryoga stated, looking to th sky with a teary eyed expression, his face gently pleading for anything to ease his fears. "I know Ranma's going to tell you..." he finished and turned to the chain fence on the roof, standing up he lost boy ran over to the fence and jumped onto the railing. He looked around frantically, trying to find Akane's house... being that he would need his traveler's back pack.
That hadn't gone so well, so, he concluded that he needed to at the moment... was to run. With that mindset in place, he jumped from the roof and landed on the hard ground below him. As luck would have it, he was able to avoid the side of the school that was near the swimming pool. Though it was unfortunate for him that he choose the wrong direction even when he already saw the way to Akane's home... his departure wasn't even quiet too. His feet slammed into the ground, making a rather loud thumping sound.
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Classroom
Ranma looked up from his paper and turned his head in that direction, "Ryoga..." he gasped, though was unable to leave the classroom or he'd be sentenced to another detention session... or worse, be forced to hold buckets of water while everyone worked and he'd have to learn from reading rather than hearing a lecture on whatever subject they were studying.
This wasn't going to go well... I swear I'm gonna' kill him... Ranma thought. That meant he would be the only one to face Akane's wrath, this was fate's cruel way of making him suffer.
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Ryoga
Once the overly sensitive boy had gotten out of the school grounds; he began running around all of Nermia. In hopes of escaping his already drawn out confession time with Akane. Though his efforts of escape seemed to all be in vein because his curse; not P-chan. Caused him to once again lose his way and travel in strange patterns that lead him straight back to familiar landmarks.
Due to this...
There were only a select few words that could describe Ryoga's feelings. A few of them being, scared, nervous and heartbroken. The scenarios that played out in his mind while running involved Akane's reaction to him being P-chan. Now everything was coming crashing down, 'Damn it Ranma...!'
There he was again... the main center piece that brought him all this pain and suffering; the person he had wrongfully stood up for. For a reason, that was completely and utterly baffling to him! In fact, many things that occurred when around Ranma confused him... the strange almost giddy feeling he'd get when reminiscing about her gentle... "Argh!" he groaned.
His mind seemed to follow his sense of direction's tactic... drifting to unnecessary thoughts.
After running for what seemed like hours... Ryoga took a moments breathe in order allow himself to continue on further. One of the things that bugged him most was... that he kept coming across the Nermia district park. That stupid park was going to have to face reconstruction if Ryoga ever saw it again.
"Why the hell can't I get outta' here!"
"Huh...," Doctor Tofu said, "what brings you here, Ryoga?" He asked; putting his broom down to the side as he saw that distressed teen.
"Doctor Tofu...?" He gawked, "What're you doing all the way out here?"
"All the way out where...?" Doctor Tofu needed a few seconds to remember Ryoga's condition. If being terrible at remembering patterns was considered a condition. Though Tofu might have considered putting Ryoga in the Book Of World Records or maybe just putting Ryoga's condition down as a rare brain disorder. No one could possibly be so distracted that they lose themselves on a nearly constant basis. "Oh... actually Ryoga, you're right outside my little clinic here," he offered a light smile.
Ryoga took notice of his surroundings and felt his own eye twitch in irritation from the frustration of trying to escape from his own grave... well the grave of his feelings and the hopes of ever ending up with anyone. "Damn it... damn it!" he cried, falling to his knees and placing his hands forward to catch himself from falling down completely.
With all good conscious, Tofu wasn't able to turn someone down in their hour of need. True he hadn't known all that much about Ryoga except maybe the obvious fact that He was madly in love with Akane. "Ryoga!" Tofu exclaimed, moving over the vulnerable teen. "Hey now... it can't be all that bad, please... step into my office and have some tea, maybe we can discuss this."
"I can't...," Ryoga replied, "I have to go... Akane, she'll know..."
"She'll know what, Ryoga?" Tofu asked, patting the Lost Boy's shoulder.
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Nabiki
The brown haired vixen know simply as Nabiki Tendo was determined on making a profit on Ranma. Therefore she had to call the betting table members over, which consisted of Nabiki, Sayuri, Yuka, Daisuke and Hiroshi. This elite group of gamblers were notorious... for not being notorious! Their bets would often involve couples getting together or whether which old teacher was going to retire next or if the gym teacher would suffer a fatal death; with all the strange things that happened at the school... was a fatal death really that far from happening? Not in Nabiki's mind it wasn't.
Each one of them sat across on their own chairs. The classroom being currently vacant due to Nabiki having a different launch period than Ranma and Akane. Hiroshi and Daisuke had both changed the directions of their chairs in order to face Nabiki and the other girls chairs.
"I'm guessing everyone know why we're here, right?" Nabiki asked, her hands clasped together in front of her while they laid on her table.
"Don't we usually bet on something when you've called us here?" Daisuke asked; sitting while leaning back against his chair and his hands behind his head.
"Are you calling us here to bet on when my eye heals?" Hiroshi asked; holding his hand up and pointing to the eye patch currently covering his damaged eye.
"How did that happen?" Sayuri gasped, placing her hands over her mouth.
"The teachers said there as a spill of toxins that came from the roof... the nurse said that I'm lucky that the toxins didn't make me permanently blind...," he sighed, "She said whatever hit me... was almost as strong as battery acid."
Nabiki shook her head, this must have had something to do with her sister's cooking. The scent of the poisonous material was in the air, but she figured that Hiroshi wouldn't even listen to her claim about her sister's cooking; being that Hiroshi and every other guy in the school, had a crush on the blue haired Tendo.
"As I was saying... we're here for another bet," Nabiki smirked; standing up from her seat and slapping her hands down on it. She was a business woman and she needed them to get back to the subject at hand.
"Hm... for which bet?" Yuka asked, leaning on her table with her hands crossed.
"The bet on who ends up with Ranma..." Naiki smirked.
"That doesn't seem to be going anywhere lately... why bring it up?" Daisuke wondered.
"That's because I'd like to change my bet...," Nabiki said, "I think Ranma has someone new to care about, someone other than Shampoo, Ukyo, and Akane," she then paused, "And Mousse."
"What? Doesn't anyone here but me, like yaoi?" Yuka asked, then pouted.
"Sadly you're all gonna' think of me like her...," Nabiki stated, crossing her arms and lowering her head a bit.
"You mean, you think Ranma is gonna' end up with another guy?" Daisuke asked, shocked that Nabiki would actually switch her bet to someone else.
"Wow... which guy is it?" Sayuri asked.
"It's Ryoga." The brown haired girl stated, causing them all to gasp. They could all believe that Mousse had a questionable sexuality, but someone like Ryoga? it seemed way too out of the norm. The entire school knew about Ryoga's little crush on the blue haired Tendo sister. To think that someone like Ryoga would up and give up his passion for someone like Ranma? Who wasn't even a girl!
"Wow... I think you've finally lost it, Nabiki." Hiroshi added.
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"You know me, I bet to win."
The others all felt the need to look to their sides, Nabiki did have a type of foreshadowing when it came to bets. Her choices always lead her to victory, she had a flawless record of always being right and always knowing where to place her bets.
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Doctor's Office
Doctor Tofu was known for giving expert advice on pretty much any subject; some would even say that the man was like a young sage. Though he was even an excellent martial artist, from what Ranma and the others could tell. The true extent of his abilities still remained a mystery.
Ryoga found himself sitting down on the examination bed, then looked around to see that it was the usual kind of doctors room. Nothing serious was ever done in these rooms, it was meant for checking temperatures and subscribe medications. He knew that they weren't there for him to get a check up of any sort. This had been a casual moment where Ryoga would have a calm, pleasant conversation with the good doctor. Still... he wasn't as comfortable as he would've liked; a nervous feeling in his chest still pounded at him like the thuds of a hammer on nails.
After what felt like a long moment's pause, Doctor Tofu entered the room with two cups of tea; a traditional set which always appeared to be a light green cup with some sort of white trim at the edges of the top of the cup. "Here, I hope you don't mind green tea," he said, handing the lost boy his cup with a gentle smile.
"I don't...," Ryoga replied, taking his cup and staring at it.
Mental preparation was always much simpler with tea, at least that was one of Tofu's sayings in life lessons. "Ryoga, I'd like to start with some basic questions. Why are you planning on leaving so quickly? What's troubling you so much?" he asked, taking a seat on his near by doctors swivel chair; behind him was his desk.
Letting out a deep sigh, the confused teen tightened his gripe on the tea cup, "Everything that we say in here is just between us, right?"
"Ryoga, I have to be professional about this, so, of course, I won't speak about anything that we're discussing." he replied, taking his cup and blowing it, taking a small sip; almost as if he was trained in the ancient arts of martial arts tea ceremony.
"It's about, Ranma."
"I see," Tofu said, trying to piece together all that he gathered. It, of course, wasn't enough to form a solid theory , all Doctor Tofu had was "It's about, Ranma." and "She'll know..."
"That bastard has me involved in one of her crazy schemes...," Ryoga stated, "if that isn't bad enough, she's using threats in order to get me to play along." the anger that had built up inside him began resurfacing, that was obvious with Ryoga's mountain like battle aura climbing all the way up to through the roof... and then some.
"It's okay, Ryoga." Doctor Tofu said, "Just start from the beginning and we'll analyze the situation as we go long, alright?"
Someone in Ryoga's position was likely to lash out at anything that instructed them to stop and or calm down, so, Doctor Tofu allowed him to relax and regain his focus. He placed his hand up against the middle of his glasses and pushed them up, raising his head up once more.
"Sorry about that... well, it started with Ranma, telling me about her plan about finally getting Kuno to stop chasing her when she's a girl, then, the next day, she was holding onto my arm and calling her boyfriend!" he said; venom dripping in his tone, yet, there was also some hesitation in his voice.
"I think I hear what you're saying, Ryoga." Tofu nodded and ushered him to continue.
"Then the bastard tricks Kuno... but in order for him to trick that stupid bastard, s-she had to... she had to kiss me!" Ryoga exclaimed, then brought his tea up to his lips and drank... ignoring the burning sensation from drinking it without taking the time to cool it down.
"Oh..." Doctor Tofu stared; then felt his own glasses fog up from hearing that. From there he placed his tea down on his table and grabbed his glasses, clearing them before bringing them back up and adjusting them to his face. "That's certainly interesting, then again I can't say that surprises me all too much."
"H-huh...?" Ryoga blinked.
"Ranma's been known for using underhanded tricks in order to gain the advantages over his enemies, but in this case, he was willing to get rid of Kuno, therefore causing him to leave Ranma alone, am I right?" Tofu asked.
"Yeah... that was the plan, bu it backfired on her, so, she had to come and try to get me again, using that same threat again-"
"Let me stop you there Ryoga." Tofu said, raising his hand, "This threat, would it happen to be your cursed form?"
Letting out a deep sigh, Ryoga reluctantly nodded his head in response.
"Hm...," Tofu paused, placing his hand under his chin in a thinking pose, "let me see if I'm able to piece this together," gathering all the information he could, now he could form a theory as to what was happening with Ryoga and Ranma. There was Kuno, Ranma, and Ryoga. Then there was also that her he was mentioning, but there was also the fact that he kept referring to Ranma as a 'her' but of course Ryoga wouldn't be bothered by Ranma's opinion of him. That could only lead to one possible conclusion.
"So, do you got anything, Doctor Tofu?"
"I think I understand what's been happening here," he said, turning his attention back to the Lost Boy, "Ranma was having problems with Kuno's affection and sought a way to be rid of him, during that time he considered using someone to help him, then it turned out the only person that could possibly help him was you, Ryoga."
The good doctor reached out and took his cup, taking a calm gentle drink before he continued. Ryoga watching him with a curious look, wondering how well Tofu was able to piece all this together; which the doctor seemed to be doing well at so far.
"When he confronted you about this... he obviously knew you were going to refuse his proposal and decided to use your weakness against you, so, he threatened to use your curse and perhaps tell Akane about it."
"W-wow...," Ryoga was truly impressed with Tofu's deductive skills.
"From the looks of it, I'm guessing Kuno still hadn't learned and came back for Ranma once again, trying as hard as he could to get his girl form to fall for him, but that wasn't about to happen. Somehow, he must have told about you and Ranma's kiss, while Akane was present, that's why you kept talking about 'She'll know' meaning she must want you and Ranma to explain what's going on, but you not wanting to be there for the possible chance of her hating you, you've been trying to run away, then ended up where you're currently now seated," Tofu finished, searching for any signs of confirmation from Ryoga.
"That's right... that's all right, but how?"
"You aren't all too difficult to figure out," Tofu chuckled, "I can tell you what you have to do, but I'm not sure you'll like it."
"But it'll help, right?" Ryoga asked.
"That really depends on you, Ryoga." Tofu retorted.
"Give me the news; I can handle it." Ryoga stared at Tofu; determination in his eyes. If Tofu could help him repair his relationship with Akane and keep himself from being hated by her. It was all well worth it.
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Ranma
The pig tailed boy was exhausted, all day he had to avoid meeting up with Akane and avoiding eye contact with her. It seemed that she hadn't noticed that small shock wave on the ground that signaled Ryoga's departure, 'typical... Akane doesn't even know that little piggy, Ryoga went we-we all the way home,' Ranma thought, even in his own mind he couldn't help but mock his rival.
When the bell had rung, Ranma sprinted in an attempt of avoiding detention and possibly worse... Akane. His current goal was to seek out his partner... er... his idiotic rival. "Damn it, Ryoga!" Ranma shouted; jumping up to the roof tops. His eyes scanning the grounds for any possible signs of Ryoga. Although he should have reasoned with himself, Ryoga could have been long gone by this time or not... that was the strange thing about Ryoga, of course. He could be far away or be only a few yards close by.
"I'm coming for you Ryoga!" he proclaimed, jumping over a fence and hoping to land in a back yard and the continue jumping from there; too bad for him that he hadn't noticed that he was falling straight into a pool. "Wha!" Ranma screamed, falling in. Then seconds later jumped out the small back yard pool.
She hadn't noticed that the owner of the pool had gotten there when she was submerged, and then noticed that she sprang forth and continued with her search, grunting about being a girl.
"My pool... it magically makes beautiful women!" the man in swim shorts danced before he happily jumped into his pool.
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Ryoga
The chat with Tofu hadn't gone as well as Ryoga had expected it would and his advice was not really very good, at least that's what Ryoga thought. At first, Tofu had told Ryoga that explaining himself to Akane would hopefully get her to not entirely hate him for having slept in her bed as her pet pig, P-chan.
"Ryoga, I'm sure if you have faith in Akane, she'll understand." Tofu said, placing his hand on Ryoga's shoulder.
The lost boy smiled at this, then took another sip from his tea
That was about the only thing had really liked about their chat, the rest was something he considered to be insane and completely nonsensical. To even allow himself the time of day to consider this was ludicrous; not like Ryoga's conscious would allow him not to consider this idea, 'Damn you and your sense making, Tofu...'
"This brings up another interesting point Ryoga...," Tofu commented.
"What do you mean?" Ryoga asked.
"You've been referring to Ranma as a 'her' throughout this entire session, you've also been blushing when mentioning Ranma." With that, he looked up and locked eyes with Ryoga. "Has Ranma's girl form been troubling you?"
"W-what!" the directionally challenged boy gasped, "There's no way I'd ever be looking at her body like that-" he paushed, "I-I mean his girl body!"
Tofu raised his hands up out in front of him and chuckled nervously, "Now, Now Ryoga... it's alright. You're a growing boy, it's perfectly nat-"
"I told you I don't like her body or her kisses!" Ryoga shouted, holding his hands close to his chest while screaming to the ceiling. From there, he stopped and turned his head back down to Tofu.
"I never mentioned her kisses, Ryoga." Tofu blinked, now certain there was something about Ranma's actioned that had effected Ryoga.
"Oh..."
It was even harder to believe that Tofu explained why Ranma wouldn't tell Akane about his curse since Ryoga thought of Ranma as the ruthless jerk that would do anything to make him suffer. But Tofu's speech had enlightened him to other possibilities. One that he'd never even contemplated.
"I don't think Ranma had ever planned on telling Akane your secret." Tofu assured him.
"How can you be sure about that, he's Ranma!" Ryoga countered.
"Because, Ranma's had many opportunities in which to tell Akane, but hasn't until he needed you for his plan; do you wonder why?" Tofu probed.
Ryoga opened his mouth to reply but found that he had nothing to say.
"Its because he must see you as his friend and rival, perhaps you keep things interesting for him when he wants a challenge or just someone he views as someone he has something in common with."
There were so many things wrong with this day, so many days indeed... now he even wondered why he had helped her when she as pleading for him to save her from Akane. Was it that attraction Doctor Tofu had been going on about? All that served to further confuse him, and now he knew what to do, but could he bring himself to do it? No, he just couldn't admit to himself that he found Ranma's girl form attractive "I'll be damned if I ever admit that Ranma looks good as a girl!" he thought.
"Ryoga you stupid pig!" Ranma shouted, jumping down from a roof to see that Ryoga had bee wondering the streets around Doctor Tofu's office.
Ryoga looked up to see that a soaked red headed girl calling out to him; all Ryoga needed were some beads and he would be in Marty Graw.
The red-headed girl walked over to him and grabbed him by the collar, pulling him in close and glaring right into his eyes, "Why the heck was ya' planning on ditching me wit Akane, huh?" she demanded; not even noticing how dazzling she appeared with her hair moist and trickling with drops of water. That seemed to enhance the red-headed beauty's blue eyes; it didn't help that the sun was adding little sparkles to the droplets on Ranma's face and hair.
"R-Ranma?" Ryoga stuttered, then reached his hands out and placed them on the red head's shoulders. He could hear her gasp as he pushed her back and then turned his head back to her.
Ranma was a little shocked to see that Ryoga wasn't violently trying to defend himself from Ranma's shouting; it wasn't like Ryoga to back down from arguments. "What're you doing?" she asked, blinking in surprising.
Once again Ryoga felt himself staring at his hated enemy. The adorable look of confusion on her face, the way her eyes would blink like a cute puppy, the way the water gave her hair a damp lustful look, as if she'd been sweating with thoughts of him... If that weren't enough to confuse him, he saw how her cloths clung to her form. Her shapely body put Akane's to shame. That's where Ryoga couldn't stand to see her anymore.
"L-leave me alone, Ranma..." Ryoga said, his voice caught in his throat slightly. Closing his eyes tightly and turning away, he moved his hands off her shoulders and tried to walk away from the situation.
Ranma's confusion was only growing, why had he been staring at her? Though wen he tried to weasel his way out of Ranma's two cents, she knew that she'd try and get him to confess on why he had left.
"Oh no!" Ranma shouted, grabbing Ryoga's shoulder, attempting to turn him around and give him a piece of her mind. "Listen here ya'-" she was cut short as she found that Ryoga's hand caught her wrist the moment she placed it on Ryoga's shoulder.
She saw Ryoga's battle aura come to life, causing her to gasp at how sudden a change, within that gasping time Ryoga managed to take her hand and drive it against a wall with her following.
She grunted and saw Ryoga's face mere inches from her own.
The downcasted look on his face seemed to tell a compelling story, "Ranma, you jackass... why can't you ever just leave me alone... thanks to you, my life has been hell, thanks to you I turn in that damned pig, and thanks to you... I'm so confused," he choked up on his words a bit, "To think that I can... can..."
Ranma found composed herself once again and shook her had, "To think what, huh?" she glared, knowing that she'd easily be able to escape his grasp, but she wanted to his excuse for ditching her the explanation to Akane.
"To think I can be attracted to your girl form makes me sick!" Ryoga roared; he inched his face closer to hers with his fangs bared.
"H-huh?" Ranma blinked.
"This is all your damn fault!" He continued, raising his other fist up and holding it out in front of the red-headed girl, "Thanks to all your damn kisses, now I'm confused and can't stop these horrible... horrible thoughts... they're like real life nightmares that make me happy, that make me wish for things I have no way of explaining..." suddenly feeling like there was a lack of air in his lungs, Ryoga moved his lips closer to Ranma's.
Ranma swore she could feel the hairs on the back of her neck stand stiff as Ryoga explained all of this, even more so when he tried to close the gap between them with his lips. At first, Ranma's thoughts were clouded by an unnatural feeling of doubt and confusion. Coming to her senses, she realized she was about to kiss Ryoga without Kuno being present to view, that wasn't part of the plan.
An immense amount of pressure collided with Ryoga's stomach and sent him skidding back on his feet, "Mph!"
"What the heck is wrong with you?" Ranma demanded, blushing deeply and panting as well, "Y-you tried to kiss me, I'm a guy you jerk!"
"Don't you think I know that...?" Ryoga asked, tilting his head upwards ad meeting eyes with her, "How the hell do you think I feel, knowing that...?"
"W-what're you getting at, P-chan?" she asked, glaring at the lost boy while she crossed her arms together.
"I doubt you'd know what I'm talking about." Ryoga answered, "If you're thinking about telling Akane about my cursed form... then go ahead, just don't expect me to be around anymore." Ryoga finished, lowering his head and turning in the same direction he had been wondering around in.
"You can't seriously mean that, right?" Ranma asked, stunned that Ryoga would give in and try to run from the situation.
"How the hell can't I mean that?" Ryoga asked, stopping short once more. "I've put up with this long enough... I can't even look at you, damn it!" Ryoga shouted, gritting his teeth, switching mood like a person switching channels on a TV remote.
"I can't find that uncontrolled rage when looking at you, I can't find that need to yell and say "Prepare to die Ranma!", I can't find anything that makes me feel what I'm supposed to!" Ryoga finished, walking over to her, hatred in eyes as he stared at her. Though it was forced, by the look of it.
"Uh... I-I don't know how to answer that, Ryo-" she stopped to find that Ryoga had leaned in and pressed his own lips to hers; having caught her off guard and assuming it'd just be answer close counters shouting... she was way off.
That had been enough for Ryoga, there was only so much temptation he could take before caving in to trying to solve his dilemma. He figured that indulging in his confusion would ease his already troubled mind.
As Ryoga dived deeper into a more passionate kiss, Ranma could feel her skin crawl wile he was doing it 'Why is this happening to me?'
Finally letting up, Ryoga eased his head away from hers and waited for any sort of response.
"R-Ryoga...," Ranma blushed, looking up towards him.
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Kuno
The possibly insane madman known as Kuno was running around the city, in search of his pig tailed girl and seemed to have no such luck. That's until he heard the shout of a certain girlfriend stealer, "Ah ha!" he exclaimed, dashing off in mad pursuit.
Shampoo
This day certainly wasn't what Shampoo would like to call relaxing or very amazing. There was still some part of her that was grieving over the loss of her former airen, and to think she lost to a man of all people. Then again Ranma hadn't noticed her very much other than the first time they've kissed. From then on out, Ranma and treated her like a pest and someone who would just beg for his attention. In the end, none of that mattered because Ranma made his choice and if she respected him enough to accept his choice, she could perhaps be his friend instead.
"Ah ha!"
Turning her head in the direction of that shout, she saw that Kuno was running off somewhere, no doubt to try and ruin Ranma's time with Ryoga. "Hiya! Stupid boy no learn that Ranma is no interested in him!" Her delivery could wait; Ranma needed hr help and that's what she would do.
She gave chase and saw that he running over to where Ranma and Ryoga where, although they were just sorta' visible, she could tell Kuno was heading in the right direction towards them. She used her bike skills in order to jump onto of roof tops and move her way through them by jumping her bike up between the gaps of houses and finally made her way over an past Kuno. Once she saw an opening, she hooped down from a roof top and stopped her bike in front of the bokken wielder.
"Shampoo no let you pass!" The purple haired amazon declared.
"Please, I have no time to date with you!" Kuno said, placing his hand on his bokken in case he needed to defend himself.
"I no here for date, stupid," Shampoo replied, stepping away from her bike and taking an offensive stance.
"Fine... you have forced my hand. We shall do combat." Kuno announced, unsheathing his bokken from his side. "Ha!" he charged, taking his best moves out; the kind he'd try to use on Ranma.
Shampoo saw that Kuno's bokken speed had increased to dramatic levels, nothing like she had seen before. She was still ale to dodge most of his strikes, but he was still getting hits on her. "Nyah!" she screamed, getting jabbed in the shoulder blade.
From there she found an opening, so, she kicked the bokken master on his side and sent him cringing to the side.
"Argh... fortunate, aren't you?" Kuno mocked; once again claiming her skills as just luck.
"Shampoo show you skills!" The enraged amazon shouted, charging him as they both went against each in an exchange of blows. Neither underestimating one another, putting forth everything they could until they were reaching a climax to their battle. Kuno had shot his bokken straight to Shampoo's chest and Shampoo had sent her foot flying towards Kuno's chest. The Blue Thunder's bokken attack struck first, but that didn't stop Shampoo from going.
Shampoo pulled back, as Kuno was sent skidding back with the amount of force she had used in her kick.
There seemed to be a moment of pause, then suddenly Kuno rose his head with tired eyes and smirked, "Perhaps I was wrong to judge you..."
"You nooo..." she got as far as those words before she collapsed; face first. The pain too much for her to bare.
"I knew you weren't able to defeat the noble, Tatewaki Ku-" he grunted, before also joining Shampoo in he face down position.
Shampoo knew that she had lost, she had been hoping that Kuno would fall first; therefore making her the winner. Though as luck would have it, she instead ended up falling first. 'Shampoo now is having to marry Kuno...'
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