Subject: [ranma][lemon]Lemonade Punch#4 [1/2]
From: paladin
Date: 5/9/1997, 3:07 PM
To: FANFIC

Lemonade Punch#4: Passion Fever Nightmare
paladin@mars.superlink.net
Started:  3/29/96
Finished: 5/4/96
        
        WARNING!!!  This is the fourth story of the Lemonade Punch series!
        Wow!  I actually finished!  Anyway, you shouldn't read this kind
        of hentai stuff unless you, yourself are hentai and are allowed by
        your wondrous government to do so.  This is a Ranma *LEMON* so
        beware!  I normally blab on and on in this section with the purpose
        of filling up a page but I won't do that this time....  Nope.  I
        won't do it all... wouldn't want to waste your precious time and
        lives on pointless drivel, would I?  A bit more seriously, though,
        this lemon takes a bit of patience and understanding... you might
        have to re-read a few sections to see how they connect.  Oh yeah,
        one last note: If you don't get a complete copy of this FanFic or 
        want to get the previous stories (which you should have read by 
        now... otherwise this lemon might not make much sense) E-mail me 
        the line that your copy got cut off on or the story you want and 
        I'll be happy to oblige.  Well enough talking... on with the FanFic!
                         
        
        Legal stuff: All characters re- Bah!  Like anyone really cares....



                     Lemonade Punch #3: "Passion Fever Nightmare"

                                                by Paladin


                Under the bright full moon, the Tendo Dojo was a picture
        of serenity.  It was the hour of night that all was still and quiet.  
        Not even the crickets chirped at this hour of night.  This was the
        time of night that was never disturbed by anything, because all
        things, even things of the night, rested at this hour....
                "Raaaannnmaaaa!!!  You get back here, we're not done!"
                Ranma scrambled down the hallway pulling up his boxers
        while trying not to trip.  Glancing behind him for any signs of
        pursuit he nearly fell down the stairs.  Ranma's heart pounded
        and he breathed heavily as he rounded a corner then plastered 
        himself against the wall.
                "Ran-Ma", Nabiki sung, "where are you?"  She walked into
        the room passing underneath Ranma, who was sticking above the 
        door frame, and looked about.  Ranma dropped silently to the floor 
        and dashed for the door.  Nabiki spun around, "Hey!"
                Bolting back up the stairs, Ranma stopped mid-way seeing
        a half-naked, cheerfully smiling Kasumi at the top.  He turned and 
        found Nabiki at the bottom grinning like a jackal.  Ranma looked
        back and forth between the two a few times then vaulted over the
        banister to the floor below.
                Wasting no time to open it, Ranma ran through the paper
        door out into the Tendo Dojo garden.  Out in the garden Ranma
        encountered a series of man-traps, presumably for him.  Out of
        sheer panic, Ranma managed to dodge the gauntlet of traps,
        getting to the front gate.  Ranma bent over panting, he had to 
        give Nabiki credit... when it came to-
                "What the-!"
                *<creeeessSSCRRASH!!!>*
                *<THUD>*  "Ungh!"
                *<phssst>*  "Aaaaahhh!"
                *<boing boing boing>*
                "Tiger pit trap in combo with a snare trap at the finish
        line... clever.", grumbled Ranma as he rubbed the bump on his
        head.  "Hey, let me down!  All the blood's running to my head
        and my ankle's swelling up!"
                Nabiki grinned thoughtfully for a moment and then began
        to saw at the rope with a kitchen knife, "Only if you promise to
        stay put- Hey!"  Ranma bent at the waist, grabbed the knife, and
        cut himself down.  He landed on his feet and jumped out of the
        pit trap.
                "Hah!  I ain't promising nothin- OOF!  Akane?!?"  Akane
        tackled Ranma to the ground then knelt on his chest.  From his
        position, Ranma could almost see up Akane's small nightie.
                "I'm sorry, Ranma, but they *are* my sisters."  With that
        she gave him a warm smile and pulled her nightie over her head,
        exposing her beautiful naked form.  Out of the corner of his eye, 
        Ranma could see Kasumi beginning to undress.  Akane smothered his 
        face with kisses as the already bare Nabiki approached.
                "No!  No please!  No, not *AGAIN*!", Ranma pleaded as
        they pulled off his boxers.
                "No!  I can't- anymore- too tired-!", he was frantically
        stuttering.
                "NOOOOOOO!!!!!!", he yelled once more before he was buried
        beneath a pile of female Tendo flesh....
                                        -=-=-
                "Honneey, I'm home!"
                "Yay!  Daddy's home!"  The seven year old girl leapt into
        her father's arms.  The man hefted her into the air and laughed.
        Ukyou looked on with affection as she cradled a sleeping infant
        and put the baby in her crib.
                "Ahhh, ahhh, me too Daddy!  Me too!"  Cried the five year
        old boy reaching up and tugging at his father's pant leg.
                "Okay, you too, sport.", grinned the happy man as he
        scooped up the boy and held him under the other arm.  Then he spun, 
        causing the young boy and girl to shriek in delight.
                "Hey Dad, look at the 'A' I got in school today!" said his
        teen-aged son.  The man stopped spinning a moment, glanced at the
        paper approvingly, and quickly patting his eldest son on the back
        nearly dropping the girl but quickly catching her causing even
        more giggles.
                "Good job!  Keep it up, Son."
                "Daddy faster!!!", he was just about to comply when Ukyou
        interrupted.
                "Ranma-honey, don't get them too excited, it'll spoil their
        dinner and they might wake the baby."
                "Of course, darling."  He put down the youngsters who
        collapsed onto the floor dizzy and out of breath from laughter.
        Ranma leaned over and kissed Ukyou on the forehead.
                "How was -Genma go set the table- work today?"
                "Oh, the usual... some of the students are preparing for
        their next technique but everything else is pretty normal.  What
        about you?"
                "I have a new flavor of okonomiyaki to test, we'll all be
        having it for dinner tonight.  You must tell me what you think."
                "Okonomiyaki again?  Yay!!!  I love okonomiyaki!  It's
        my favorite and Mom's is the best in the whole entire world!"  The
        whole family sat down to eat, the children lined up by age.  The
        two middle children bore a remarkable resemblance to Ranma in
        both his forms while the eldest son looked almost exactly like his
        mother.  The baby was too young to look like anyone, but she had
        her mother's eyes.
                "Now, let's all-"
                *<SPLASH>*
                "Oh, Genma, you naughty boy!"
                "It's okay, it's just water.", said an uncursed Ranma.
                "I told you that they'd get excited." Ukyou scolded.
                "It's okay, it's okay... just don't spill again, all right?"
                "Okay Daddy."  Ukyou looked at the scene before her then
        tears began to well up in her eyes.
                "Look!  Mommy's crying!"
                "Mommy, I'm sorry, I won't spill again!", Little Genma
        cried.
                "It's not your fault Son... Ukyou, what's wrong." said a
        concerned Ranma.
                "Nothing.  Absolutely nothing, everything is just perfect.
        These are tears of joy, I'm so happy!  I love you all!"
                "We love you too Mom.", said the oldest son.
                "And I'll always love you," then whispering, "...perhaps
        we can fool around a little tonight!"  His whisper did not escape 
        the ears of his eavesdropping children.
                "Yuck mushy stuff!"
                "Oooh, Daddy and Mommy gonna go smoochy smoochy! Heeheehee!"
                Ukyou laughed at the reaction of her children as she
        wiped her tears.
                Suddenly... a there was a knock at the door.
                                        -=-=-
                "AAAAAAAAAGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!"
                Ranma bolted upright in bed, sweating and breathing heavily.
        <Whew, only a dream....>  Although it was a dream, it wasn't far
        from reality... Ranma had been virtually raped by the two elder 
        Tendo sisters for the past few weeks... repeatedly.  And now, when
        they finally allowed him to sleep alone, they haunted and attacked
        him in his dreams.  He hadn't been able to get a full nights worth
        of good sleep for weeks now because he always had one or more
        active bed partners: Nabiki, Kasumi, and/or Miss Hinako... it was 
        driving him to insanity and exhaustion.
                <At least I don't have to *do* Akane....>  Akane was slowly
        getting back to her old self after withdrawing from the use of the
        Passion Fever Dust but it was hard.  Ranma and Akane decided that
        sex would only complicate their relationship, so they would try to
        abstain from each other... yet Ranma could, and would have to,
        continue to make love to the Dust junkies.
                Ranma found it ironic that the one he loved and wanted 
        to make love to was the one he couldn't do it with, while he had 
        hoards of other women that he had to please.  It wasn't as if Ranma, 
        as a martial artist, couldn't escape the advances of Nabiki, Kasumi, 
        or Miss Hinako, it was their reputations he was worried about.  If
        they didn't use him for sex, who would they go to?  They would 
        become the town whores if he didn't keep them in check.
                Even with all that he learned from Miss Hinako, he could
        take only so much.  He had to match them each up with somebody else.
        Kasumi would go to Tofu, obviously, but how would he react to this
        slut who acted nothing like the original, innocent Kasumi?   Ranma
        had no idea who to match the other two with either.  But time was
        running out.   Even if he could hold out longer, the girls were
        beginning to become tired of him, despite the tricks he had learned.
                He had to get help.  He couldn't ask Akane for help in her
        fragile state-of-mind.  He couldn't ask Tofu who would ask for a
        full explanation.  No way in the world would he ask Mr. Tendo or
        his father.  Who did that leave?  Well, whoever he went to, he 
        needed their help soon and fast.
                                        -=-=-
                Ukyou froze in terror at the sound of the knock.
                "I'll get it."  Ranma got up out of his seat and headed
        towards the door.
                <No!  This isn't right!>
                "Honey, please don't get it!", Ukyou said nervously.
                *<knock,knock,knock>*
                "What?  Oh it's no problem, I'm already up."  He continued
        forwards.
                "Ranma-honey!  Don't answer it!!!", she pleaded.
                *<Knock,Knock,Knock>*
                "Uchan, they're already at the door, it's rude to ignore
        them."
                "I'm not expecting anyone, don't open it!!!", she cried,
        almost yelling.
                *<KNOCK,KNOCK,KNOCK>*
                "Really, you're silly.  I'm a martial artist, if they're
        here to cause trouble, I'll turn them away!"  He reached for the
        doorknob.
                "RANMA!  DON'T-"  He opened it....
                "Oh... hi Akane."
                                        -=-=-
                Ukyou looked at the hard-faced, man-like Akane, standing
        at the door dressed in a gi.  She felt her entire universe begin
        to collapse around her.
                "Get out of my home!", she yelled as she charged Akane
        with her giant spatula.  The Akane-kun blocked the overhead blow 
        with its forearm then proceeded to crush the huge metal utensil 
        with one hand.  Ukyou attempted a flying attack but was swatted 
        across the room with a simple backhand slap from the Akane-kun.  
        It laughed evily as Ukyou struggled to get up.  She wiped the blood
        from the side of her mouth and pointed.
                "You!  What are you doing here?  What do you want!?!"
                "I'm here to take Ranma's heart from you, of course!"
                "How could an ugly tomboy, *it* like you steal his love!"
                "Ha ha ha ha!  I'm not the tomboy!  Look!" The monster
        pointed towards Ukyou's chest.  Any trace of breasts had disappeared.
        <They must be bound!>  She tore the front of her blouse open only
        to see a boy's chest.  Looking up in horror, she was stunned even
        further.  Akane now had an extremely feminine form, she had more 
        curves than any super model could hope for, and had her arms around
        Ranma's neck.  Ranma's arms were about Akane's waist and the two
        were locked in a passionate kiss.
                                        -=-=-
                "Honneey, I'm home!"
                "Oh, darling!  You're home early!"
                "Well my last two check-ups canceled so, here I am!"
                "Oh, oh, let me get you're coat... sit down, sit down,
        dinner is already prepared, piping hot."
                "Hmm, looks delicious."
                "It's all Italian.  Spagetti and tomato sauce, breadsticks,
        garlic bread, Caesar salad, lasagna-"
                "Yes, yes, it's all wonderful... but I don't see how the
        two of us can possibly finish all this food."
                "Oh, we'll save the leftovers for Mr. Saotome and Ranma,
        they will finish nearly anything.  Eat, eat."  Kasumi waved her
        hand, gesturing toward the heaping plate of pasta in front of him.
        Tofu looked at it, grinned, then begun to dig in.
                "Mmm, this is great.  Uh, aren't you going to have som-..."
        Tofu's next fork-full missed his mouth entirely, hitting his chin,
        and falling into his lap.  He didn't even notice.  Instead, he
        watched as his beautiful wife, Kasumi, ate a breadstick.
                For some reason, Kasumi's dress was hanging off her shoulders 
        showing ample cleavage.  Her face glistened with sweat and her face
        was in an erotic, pouty expression.  Her left hand was underneath
        the table doing something rather obvious while in her right, she 
        held the breadstick.
                Nibbling on the end, Kasumi continued to stare passionately
        into the eyes of an awe-struck Tofu.  She then began sliding it
        smoothly in and out of her mouth obscenely.  Tofu was getting very 
        excited.  Kasumi took it out, pointed it straight up and licked
        its length slowly.  Still transfixed by the scene, Tofu watched
        as Kasumi then turned it upside down, pointing it down.  She gave
        him a questioning look, and he nodded numbly.  Kasumi brought the
        breadstick under then table then slowly-
                Tofu shook his head and looked up.  Before him was perfect,
        prim, and proper Kasumi picking sparingly with chopsticks at her
        salad.  <Huh?>  Kasumi looked up at him with a concerned look on
        her face.
                "Tofu-love, what's the matter?  You seem tense....  Okay,
        I know what to do."  She got out of her seat, walked behind him,
        and began to administer a shoulder rub.  Tofu sighed and sat back
        in his seat to enjoy it.  Kasumi's hands then began to work their
        way down his sides to his legs and finally to his feet.  Tofu
        swung his legs around so that she could better massage his feet.
        Her hand's worked magic as they relieved tension by striking
        therapeutic pressure points.
                "Oh Kasumi, that's wonderful *<sigh>* but you don't have to-"
        <Eeep!>  Again, Tofu was greeted by another shocking image.  Looking
        down, Tofu found Kasumi at his feet... or more precisely, between his
        (now naked) thighs.  A completely nude Kasumi was desperately taking
        his erect manhood into her mouth repeatedly.  This was too much
        for the poor doctor.
                "Ohhh, ohhh, Kasumi- darling- I-I feel- it- coming.... I-"
                                        -=-=-
                "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!"
                Ukyou bolted upright in bed, sweating and breathing heavily.
        <My God!  What a nightmare!>  She immediately looked down and felt
        for her breasts and breathed slightly easier when she found them
        intact.  After she had calmed down a bit, she examined the meaning
        of her dream.
                Akane's masculinity was her advantage while Ukyou's was her
        disadvantage.  She would have to appear softer, more feminine to
        try to appeal to Ranma.  Ranma was constantly assaulted by violent
        women, but it was the gentle touch that would win his heart... it
        had to be, Ukyou was sure of it.
                With Akane as her only real obsticle (sure Ranma make love to
        Kasumi, Nabiki, and Hinako... but he really only cared about her and
        Akane) she found herself in a panicked race to win Ranma from Akane.
        It was like it always had been except this time the stakes were
        upped.  It wouldn't be a matter of the better cook or person... but
        of the better lover.  She made the decision... tomorrow, she would
        begin her move on Ranma.
                                        -=-=-
                "AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!"
                Dr. Tofu bolted upright on his futon, sweating and breathing
        heavily.  He sat there a moment, panting, then looked with disgust
        at the sticky, white mess in his palm.  He wiped it off on a sheet
        and cursed silently to himself.  For years, he had been dreaming
        of marrying Kasumi.  He longed for her companionship and conversation
        day and night.  He would go mad at the sight of her or even the
        mention of her name.  But now, those dreams were being shattered.
        How could a sweet, innocent, beautiful flower like Kasumi ever love
        a disgusting pervert like himself?
                He didn't understand it.  Up until recently, his dreams for
        himself and Kasumi had been as pure as snow.  A family, a home, a
        steady income... he had not wished for much.  But lately, all his 
        fantasies were downright pornographic.  Tofu hadn't had dreams even 
        mildly stimulating since his high-school years!  Now all his nights
        were being interrupted by wet-dreams... or nightmares, as he saw it 
        now.  He hated himself for being such a pervert.
                She knew too.  Kasumi could somehow sense his dark secret.
        Her purity naturally had an aversion to evil... that's why she
        hadn't visited him in nearly a month.  It had to be... it was the
        only logical reason.  These kind of secrets always came out into 
        the open if hidden long enough.   Tofu had to do something... he 
        had to cure his perversion or lose beautiful, perfect, and pure 
        Kasumi.
                                        -=-=-
                "Mmm, feminine, feminine... Grrargh!!!", Ukyou slammed her
        closet shut in frustration.  After years of pretending to be a boy,
        she didn't have many "feminine" items of clothing or manners... she
        wasn't even sure what "feminine" was anymore.
                "Argh... what do girls wear, they wear dresses, skirts,
        makeup... uh, panties, bras, garter-belts, and stockings-", she
        blushed at her line of thought then grew more frustrated when she
        realized she didn't own any of those items.
                "Ah, who cares what girls wear!  I should care what guys,
        Ranma specifically, *want* girls to wear...."  Ukyou drew from her
        experience, listening to "guy talk" as they "scoped babes" as a
        fellow "guy" in disguise.
                Ukyou thought about it a bit a realized that guys didn't
        want girls to wear anything!  But when they did admire a girl's
        attire, it was when there was less of it... or when it was tight...
        or when it was small and tight.
                "He wants small and tight, I'll give him small and tight!"
        Searching her closet with new hope and inspiration, Ukyou came across
        a white shirt, a boy's uniform.  Ukyou stripped, then tried to put
        the shirt on... it wouldn't button, but she was able to tie the
        shirt tails together to make it hold.
                "Hmm, needs 'less'...", Ukyou ripped the sleeves off the
        shirt and put it back on her bare top.  The outline of her nipples
        showed through the white fabric.  She had always bound her breasts
        so she never needed a bra, thus never bought one.  With her chest 
        bound, she might have fitted the shirt just fine, but with her
        expansive breasts free, the shirt was constricting, small, revealing,
        and tight... it was perfect.
                Now for a bottom.  "Dress pants, dress pants, dress shorts,
        dress pants, dress shorts... doesn't seem to be much else.", Ukyou
        mumbled to herself.  She again decided to improvise.  Taking a pair
        of dress shorts she estimated where the girls' gym shorts would end, 
        then went a few inches higher, and ripped the legs off the shorts.
                Trying them on, without any panties (she didn't own any...
        she did own boxers, but those would be larger than the modified
        shorts), she checked herself in the mirror and smiled.  She was
        revealing way too much, she was nearly revealing her entire bottom
        and what the top covered, was transparent.  <Well, anything to get 
        Ranma, right?>  Ukyou was happy with herself... how could Ranma 
        possibly resist?
                                        -=-=-
                "COME BACK HERE YOU PERVERT!!!"
                The dripping wet woman, wrapped in a towel, threw various 
        appliances and large objects at the scared boy.
                "Please!  I'm sorry, I'm just looking for Furin- OOF!!", said
        Ryouga as the toaster nailed him in the stomach.  That gave the
        furious woman time to rush up and repeatedly beat Ryouga.
                "...teach you!  ...Peep on me will you?!?...  Break into my
        home?!?"  Ryouga began to lose consciousness from the blood running
        out of his nose (he was surprised he didn't already black out from
        that) and the serious thrashing this half-naked woman was giving him.
                <Curse, you Ranma!  I'll make you pay for my suffering!!!>
        His last thoughts were of how Ranma had driven him from Akane.
                                        ...
                "Good-bye my little P-chan!", cried Akane, while sniffling.
                "Akane, it's for the better, trust me...", Ranma said
        soothingly.  P-chan glared at him a squealed madly.
                "I trust you... good-bye P-chan, be a good little pig, OK?"
        said Akane.  She petted him on the head and scratched his chin one
        last time then allowed Ranma to take him out he front door.  Once
        the gate shut, Ranma held the struggling piglet to his face and
        addressed it.
                "Listen up, pork-breath.  I'll honor our agreement, I won't
        tell Akane who you are, so she won't think any worse of you... but
        I love her and she loves me, so she won't be thinking any higher of
        you, P-chan or Ryouga!", P-chan struggled to rip Ranma's face off,
        "Now I could banish you... with your sense of direction I wouldn't
        have to enforce that kind of exile... but you have as much right to
        live here as I do so I'll let you stay..."
                After his little speech, Ranma covered P-chan's eyes with
        his bandanna and after a minute or two let him go.  By the time
        P-chan got the bandanna off his eyes, Ranma was long gone.  P-chan
        looked about.
                <Hey, this is the back of the Tendo Dojo!  All I've gotta
        do is sneak around to the front entrance and I'm back in!>  And thus
        P-chan started on his journey....
                                        ...
                <I'll make him pay!!!>  He would get back Akane too.  <Mind
        control, mind control, it must be some sort of evil mind control
        Ranma's using!  Well he better get ready!  I'm coming for him!!!!>
                And he would too... as soon as he regained consciousness.
                                        -=-=-
                "So there's nothing you can do?"  Ranma sounded desperate,
        while Dr. Tofu began to get slightly annoyed.
                "Ranma, you have to understand that I'm very busy... this
        just isn't one of my priorities.  What are you doing with this
        kind of stuff anyway?  It could be very dangerous in the wrong
        hands."
                "But I *need* an antidote!"
                "Why?  Do you intend to use it on someone?!?  Has someone
        been already affected by this Passion Dust?", he grabbed Ranma by
        the shoulders and shook him, "You must tell me if you want me to
        help!"  Ranma stared at the floor, biting his lip.
                "I can't say... please!  Won't you help me?"
                "Ranma, as a doctor, of course I'll help you.  As a friend,
        though, I'm disappointed and hurt that you can't trust me with this.
        I can help you better if I can understand the situation... or the
        know the possible victims."
                "I'm sorry, believe me, I'm really sorry... but if I told
        you, something even worse might happen, and I just can't afford
        it....  But you'll help anyway?"  Ranma looked up for assurance.
        Dr. Tofu sighed and smiled slightly.
                "Yes, yes, I'll help.  I'll work on it as soon as possible
        but I still have to get these things done."
                "Man, thanks!  You don't know what this means to me!  Uh...
        say, Kasumi hasn't been around here lately, has she?"
                "Ah what?  Kasumi?-", Dr. Tofu's glasses fogged up for a
        split second then went back to normal, he shook his head sadly,
        "Uh, no... unfortunately, she hasn't been by... has she been busy?"
                "Uh yeah, that's it, great, fantastic, thanks, bye!"
                As Ranma left, he wondered what Dr. Tofu would think if he
        knew how much of a slut Kasumi was in her current state.
                                        -=-=-
                "Hi Ranma-honey!", Ukyou said as she assaulted one of his
        arms and clung to it with a vise-like grip.  She smiled widely and
        gazed up into his distracted face.
                "Huh?  Oh, hi Ukyou....", Ranma didn't turn to face her
        and continued to walk forward, deep in thought and hands in pockets.
                "So how are you doing?", said Ukyou, attempting small talk.
                "Hm?  Uh, fine."  Ukyou was getting frustrated... here she
        went to all this trouble to dress up for him, and he wasn't even
        noticing her!  She tried a more direct approach.
                "Ranma, do you notice anything different about me?"  She put
        on a smile that was dripping with sweetness.  Ranma gave her a
        cursory look and continued to look forward.
                "Umm, lost weight?"  Ukyou was getting majorly irritated.
        She hit him, hard, on the arm... but he still didn't seem to notice.
                "No!  Guess again!"
                "New hairdo?"
                "Not quite, try again."
                "Grew taller?"
                "Next."
                "I don't know!  I'm sorry, my mind's not really on this
        right now... hey Ukyou, do you happen to know any guys, Nabiki's 
        age that she likes or like her?"
                "...Nabiki?  Hey, what about me?!?  My clothes, dammit, look 
        at my clothes."  Ranma stopped walking and looked.  Ukyou stepped 
        back a bit then spun around so that he could see *everything*.  For 
        a moment, Ranma seemed interested... *but*....
                "Hmm, very nice... uh, won't you get chilly?  I mean, wearing
        so little and all."
                <AARRRRGGGHHH!!!>, Ukyou mentally screamed, <Aren't I the
        *least* bit interesting?!?>  As if to answer a man on a bike passed
        by the couple and turned his head around to whistle, running into 
        another male, that was equally distracted by Ukyou's attire.  The
        two crashed onto the sidewalk and watched Ukyou walk away, even
        while wounded and tangled together.  <Well at least I know *someone*
        is interested... <sigh>!  But what about Ranma?>
                <Wow!  Ukyou's looking really kawaii!  Bah!  How can you
        even think of a thing like that when you've got a fiancee like Akane? 
        We're just friends... she knows that, despite what we've done we're  
        still just friends!  Right?  They all explained to her what the
        Passion Dust did... neither of us could be held accountable for our
        actions.  Hmmm... back to the problem at hand.... who to pair Nabiki
        and Hinako with? ...->
                "No, I won't."
                "Eh?"
                "I said 'No, I won't.'  Are you listening?"
                "What?"
                "I'll never be cold as long as I am close to the one I-I-
        l-l- *<ah-choo!>* v-v *<sniff>* love!"
                "Sorry, what?"
                "Love!"  The light went on in Ranma's head and he suddenly
        got excited.
                "That's it!"
                "Huh?"
                "Ukyou, you genius!  I could kiss you!", Ranma laughed and
        grabbed Ukyou by the shoulders.
                "Oh Ranma!", said Ukyou, closing her eyes... waiting...
        Ukyou half opened one eye and peeked out to see Ranma running
        down the street waving without turning around to look at her.
                "Thanks Ukyou!!!", he yelled back.
                "Bye.", whispered Ukyou as a tear rolled down one cheek...
        not realizing that she had helped Ranma figure out that he could
        pair Nabiki up with the one thing she loved most in the world...
        Money.
                                        -=-=-
                "Hurry Sasuke!  It must be ready for my Pig-tailed Goddess
        as soon as possible!  My heart doth swoon at the time we spend
        separated!  Hurry Sasuke, hurry!"
                "Here, Master Kuno?"
                "No, you bumbling dolt!  The arrangement must be exactly
        to my ingenious specifications... the sheer poetry of my masterpiece
        must be conveyed exactly as I see it!"
                "Of course.  Forgive me, Master Kuno!  Here?"
                "No, NO, *NO*!  Ah, why is genius always surrounded by
        such idiocy?  Look!  It goes there, there!... No, there!"
                                        -=-=-
                *<SMASH>*  *<BRRMMMM>*  *<CRASH>*
                <Hm... sounds like someone's coming.>
                Ukyou got up off the curb and wiped her puffy eyes, she
        didn't want to be embarrassed in front of whomever was coming.
        She brushed her hands through her hair and straightened what clothing
        she wore.
                "BAKUSAITENKETSU!!!"  *<BRROOOM>*
                Ryouga came through the wall, panting and kneeled over
        with exhaustion.  Looking up he saw a stunning girl so lewdly
        dressed that he began to feel a trickle of blood run down one
        nostril... then he realized it was Ukyou.
                Ukyou looked at the poor boy and began to laugh madly...
        Ryouga had on a light, Spring, flower-print dress and had a bra
        dangling on his head and pink, lacy panties about one ankle.
        Ryouga stared at her with a dirty look, so Ukyou attempted to
        control herself.  Almost getting control, Ukyou wiped the tears
        of laughter from her face and bent over to talk to Ryouga.
                "Mhummm- ha ha- How- hehe- aaaaamm", she bit her lip and
        concentrated her self-discipline, "How?-"  Ryouga cut her off.
                "-Don't!... Don't ask...  Let's just say, I got lost again...
        Grrr!  I could be in the safety of Akane's arms... but NO!! Rrwrw!!
        This is all Ranma's fault!  I'll kill him!  I'll- *<WACK>* -OW!"
                "Leave Ran-chan out of this!  It's not his fault that you
        have the directional sense of a cabbage!" 
                "Owww, that hurt!", Ryouga whined, "It *is* his fault that
        I can't be with Akane, the one I l-l-..."
                "Love?", Ukyou finished, "Here, sit down...  You really like
        her, huh?"  Ryouga balked at the question... he wasn't one to talk
        about feelings, but for some reason he felt at ease talking to 
        Ukyou.
                "Um, yeah, I guess."
                "Why?  ...I mean, what makes you like a girl?"  Now Ryouga
        was getting really uncomfortable.  But he had to answer the question,
        after all, if he couldn't explain why he loved Akane to himself, how
        would he ever tell her?
                "Well, she's cute... hm, she's caring... she has a love of
        animals... ah-..."  Ryouga stumbled realizing his reasons sounded
        lame and could be applied to almost any cute girl.
                "Animals?  What does *that* have to do with anything?  Hmm...
        Ryouga, are you sure you don't like Akane just because she's
        engaged to Ranma?  You know, with all your competition and all."
                "WHAT!?!  Of course not!  I mean it's impossible!", Ryouga
        yelled.  But the damage of Ukyou's question had been already done.
        <Damn Ranma!!!  Now he is even causing me to doubt my love for
        Akane... my only reason for living!!!>
                "Alright then, what is it about her?"
                "I don't know!  No, I do know.  I mean- I mean... guys, they
        like pretty girls but... they want more, you know?" Ukyou nodded and
        encouraged him to continue.  "They want a kind-hearted, sweet, girl
        who will listen to your problems and tell you everything's going to
        be all right... they want a girl that will make them forget all the
        cruelties of this miserable world and give them a reason to live...
        well, actually, I can't speak for all guys, but that's what I want... 
        I guess."  Ukyou sat slightly awe-struck at how much Ryouga had just
        opened up to her.
                "You see all that in Akane?"
                "Yeah, of course."
                "And you love her for that?"
                "I guess."
                "Even if she doesn't ever love you back?"
                "....I-... I think I will always love her...."
                "You know, you and I are a lot alike, we both love people
        who might never love us back, but we don't care."  They sat there
        in silence for a moment... reflecting.  Then Ukyou broke out into
        mad laughter.
                "What!?  What's so funny?"
                "I just had one of my deepest talks with the boy who wants
        to kill my Ran-chan, while he's wearing a dress and a bra on his
        head!  HA HA HA!!!"  Ryouga shot her a dirty look then grabbed the
        neckline of the dress and was about the rip it off when Ukyou 
        stopped him.
                "Wait!  The owner might want it back... do you know where
        this came from?  Of course not, you have no clue, have you?  Well
        give it to me, it's a bit dusty but I can clean it up and wear it
        for Ranma-honey.... um, I think I'll be needing those.", Ukyou
        said embarrassed, pointing to the unmentionables.  Ryouga blushed
        deeply while handing them to her.  Ukyou glanced at her watch and
        gasped.
                "Oh!  I've got to go!  Thanks for the talk Ryouga... and
        the clothes, we've got to do this again sometime!", she kissed him
        on the forehead and ran off, "Bye!"
                "Uh... bye.", said Ryouga, still dumbfounded by the kiss.
                                        -=-=-
                Ranma paused outside Nabiki's room and listened to the
        murmurs inside.  <Oh no, not again...>
                *<Knock, Knock>*
                "Nabiki?  Hello?  May I come in?"  There was the sound of
        movement then a click as the door unlocked.
                "Sure, Ranma, come in and join us... just be sure to lock
        the door behind you, okay?"  <Jesus...>  Ranma walked in and his
        jaw dropped wide open at the sight of Kasumi and Nabiki on Nabiki's
        bed....
                <They- They're wearing clothes!  And their not having sex!!>
        Ranma thanked the heavens that the elder Tendo sisters still believed
        in "quality" time together.
                "Uh, Nabiki... I just was kinda wondering if you would be
        interested in going out on a... well, uh, a blind date with a- uh-
        'friend' of mine.  I mean, Akane and I, we could double with you
        guys if you accept."
                "Hm, I don't know... going 'blind' into something sounds
        awfully stupid.  Is he cute?"
                "The girls swoon all over him."  <Out of disgust, maybe...>
                "Is he younger than me?  I won't date a younger guy-"
                "He's older."
                "He rich?"
                "Yup."
                "Smart?"
                "He's well versed in literature..."
                "Hm, I don't really like smart guys."
                "Well he's not terribly bright, either."
                "Sounds like a geek... he's not a pussy-cat is he?"
                "Nope, he's as brave as he is stupid- oops!- I-"
                "This guy sounds profitable... okay, I'll go out with him...
        for five thousand yen."
                "Five thousand?!?  For what?!?"
                "My fee-"
                "The guy practically sells himself!  He's really rich if you
        want to know... I thought I was doing you a favor!  Forget it then!",
        Ranma started to leave then turned around, "Two thousand."
                "Four thousand five hundred."
                "Nothing, but the date's my treat."
                "Four thousand and your treat."
                "You got to be kidding!  Movie and dinner, my treat."
                "Movie, dinner, your treat, and two thousand yen... that's 
        my final offer."
                "Nabiki, I'm nearly broke!", Ranma whined.
                "New deal then.  Dinner, your treat.  And...-"
                "And?"  Nabiki smiled evily "Oh no!  Please!  Com'on, it gets
        to be too much!!"
                "We have a deal?"
                "Yeah.", conceded Ranma, defeated.  He stood there and
        allowed Kasumi and Nabiki to begin to strip him.
                                        -=-=-
                Only a hour or two later, a depressed and rumpled Ranma was
        allowed to leave the room.  The two girls lay, naked, on their backs
        and talked as they stared at the ceiling.
                "You think he knows?"
                "That we spike his food with the Passion Fever Dust?  No, I
        don't think so... remember last time he found out?  He would be too
        angry to hide it if he knew."
                "It's just trace amounts anyway..."
                "Yes, it makes him a more active participant... he doesn't
        like it as it is, can you imagine if he wasn't on the Dust?"
                                        -=-=-
                Ranma stepped out into the garden for some air and to be
        alone with his thoughts.
                <Che!  I feel bad... I guess I'd better go and call Kuno
        to set up the date with Nabiki.  Of course, I'll have to tell him
        it is with his "Pig-tailed Goddess" but I'll work something out.
        Hm, better make reservations at Ukyou's or something- eh?>
                Ranma bumped into a lamp-post and looked up.  He was standing
        in front of Ukyou's oknomiyaki restaurant.  In his semi-depressed
        state it didn't really bother him that only minutes ago, he had been
        in the garden.  <Feh.  Must be developing a Ryouga-complex... well
        as long as I'm here...>, Ranma thought as he pushed the door open
        and walked in.
                                        -=-=-
                "Wow, it fits perfectly.  Just a few adjustments-", Ukyou
        looked in the mirror and tugged at the waistband to get the hem-line
        to go up and pulled the neck-line down a bit, "-ah, perfect!"
                Ukyou spun in front of the mirror, causing her skirt to float
        upwards, and winked at herself.  She was about to practice poses when
        the shop bell rang.
                "Oh, a customer!"  Ukyou ran out and gasped when she saw that
        it was Ranma.  <I'm not ready yet!>  She ran back inside.
                "Hello?  Anybody here?  Ukyou?"  Ukyou checked her hair once
        more and smoothed out her dress and exited nervously.
                "Oh h-hi Ranma?"  Ranma gloomy face cheered a bit and smiled.
                "Hey Ukyou!  New dress?  It looks really nice on you.", Ranma
        checked to make sure that he wasn't crazy... did he just freely give
        a compliment?
                Meanwhile, Ukyou heart fluttered at the compliment.
                <He noticed!  He *noticed*!  Oh!  What do I do now?>
                "Thanks Ranma, you know, I wore this just for you..."
                <Huh?  How did she know I was coming?  What is she talking
        about?>
                "Uh -gee -well thanks for the thought... I guess.  Um, I'm
        kinda here to make reservations for four tomorrow night, here... is
        that okay?"
                "Of course!  Anything for you Ranma-honey.  You'll get the
        best seat in the house!", then it occurred to her, "Hey, who are you
        bringing?"
                "Oh, it'll just be me, Akane, Nabiki and Kuno."  Ukyou
        breathed a slight sigh of relief.
                <If Kuno and Nabiki are there, it can't possibly be a double
        date... must be school or business related.>  Ukyou then noticed
        that Ranma reverted to his glum state.
                "Ran-chan... is something wrong?"
                "Hm?  Oh, me?  Nah, everything's fine."  When Ranma noticed 
        that she had noticed, he forced a weak smile that died off in a few
        seconds.  Ukyou called on her previous experience with Ryouga.
                "Sit tight.  I'll close up shop and we'll talk... something's
        bothering you.  I don't want you to ever be troubled Ran-chan."
        Somehow, Ukyou's words and voice were soothing and Ranma decided to
        stay.  <Why not?  Maybe I can get a few things off my chest.
        Confession is supposed to be good for the soul right?>
                                        -=-=-
                Hours later, Ranma and Ukyou were rolling on the floor
        laughing.  As they talked, Ranma grew more and more aware of what a
        good friend Ukyou was and how easy it was to talk to her.  Ukyou's
        admiration for Ranma grew deeper as well.  Ukyou began to realize
        the power of allowing people to express their troubles.  She didn't
        want to risk it but she decided to move the subject on to more
        sensitive stuff.
                "Ranma, would you tell me how good I was at making love?",
        Ukyou asked.  Immediately Ranma was silent as he glared at her.
        Ukyou moved back slightly as she felt his anger.  Ranma shook with an
        inner rage and pointed.
                "H-How *DARE* you!"  He got up and began to circle her.
                "Ran-chan, what?  I'm sorry!  What did I do?"
                "You're just like all the rest of them!  You slut!  Why
        can't you leave me alone!", he was screaming at her.  Ukyou started
        crying and begged him to stop.
                "Please!  No!  I don't understand!  Ranma!", Ukyou sobbed,
        while clutching him.  Ranma stopped and looked down at Ukyou and
        looked away in shame.
                "Aw shit, what have I done?", he muttered under his breath,
        "Ukyou, shhhh, it's okay.  I'm sorry.  You're not like them, you
        wouldn't do something like that, shhhh."  He put his arms around her
        and calmed her until she stopped.
                "I-I- just wanted to *<sniff>* know..."
                "Sorry... of course, I'll tell you anything you want to know.
        Just answer this... why?"
                "I-I'm... inexperienced..."  Ranma flushed.
                "Oh.  ...  I see.  What exactly do you want to know?"
                "How can I improve?"
                "But why do you want to improve?!"
                "Because... because I want to be the best I can be for you...
        I want you to want me.", Ukyou said quietly.
                "Wha- ..."
                "You- you had sex with all of them... but I-"
                "They are cursed, an addiction to a drug...-"
                "You like it?"
                "No!  My body responds- they are attractive women... but
        I don't love them.  Uchan, listen to me... sex does not equal love,
        do you understand?  I don't want to- but I have to- my body responds
        but I hate it!  They don't see me as a person, they use me to
        masturbate themselves!  Do you understand?  Sex doesn't equal love."
                "Do you love me?"  Ranma looked at her and then it struck
        him... she did love him.  He always thought it was some silly crush
        or competition between her and Shampoo or something her father told
        her to do to keep her busy.  But it wasn't any of those things... his
        friend... Uchan... she was in love with him.  Even after that time
        together- he never dreamt- Ranma felt sorry for what he had to say...
        he owed her the truth.
                Ranma stared at her for a long time then looking at his
        feet he answered.
                "No... Uchan, no.", he whispered.  Ukyou began to cry
        earnestly now.  Then suddenly stopped.  She seemed to have a new
        resolve and a glint of madness.
                "You don't love them either-"
                "I love Akane!"  Ukyou didn't seem to hear him and continued.
                "-yet they still excite you... could I arouse you?"
                "Ukyou, you're my friend!"
                "A *woman*!"  She started toward him.
                "Ukyou... I just don't think of you that way."  Ukyou
        sniffed as the tears continued to flow down her face.
                "What do you mean 'that way'!  I'm a woman you jerk!",
        Ukyou tore open her blouse, baring her breasts to a shocked
        Ranma, "I love you!  Can't you see that?!?"
                "Ukyou, please...."
                "Take me!!!", cried Ukyou, throwing herself upon him.
        Ukyou pushed him on his back and ripped open his shirt.  Straddling
        him, she forcefully kissed him fully on the mouth.
                "Ukyou!  Mmmmph!  Ukyou please- Mgurglphf!  Ukyou STOP!",
        Ranma nearly shouted pushing back a desperate, sobbing Ukyou.
                "What's wrong with me?!?", Ukyou sobbed, pitifully, "Am
        I that ugly?"  Ranma's face softened and he knelt down next to
        Ukyou, wrapping his arms around her.  Kissing her on the forehead,
        he cradled her in his arms, rocking her back and forth.
                "Uchan... you're one of the most beautiful woman I've ever
        met, one of the kindest, strongest, and smartest."  Ukyou stopped
        sobbing and listened intently, sniffling now and then.  "You're a
        great cook, a good friend, and an accomplished business woman.
        You're loyal, independent, and loving... the perfect girlfriend,
        the perfect wife... I'm crazy not to love you... the only thing
        is... you're not Akane.
                Ukyou, understand that there is nothing wrong with you... 
        it's just that I love Akane.  I know, she's temperamental, judging, 
        and a horrible cook, but I love her anyway, that's how love works."
                Ranma didn't know it, but he had just hurt Ukyou further...
        in her mind he was saying that all the things that made her special
        didn't matter, making her even more worthless.  She began to cry
        yet again.  Ranma stroked her back, rocked her, and kissed her head
        all in attempts to calm her.
                As he did this, a rush of heat went through his body.  He
        tingled all over, his ears burned, and he began to sweat.  Ranma
        became acutely aware of Ukyou's bare chest against his, the smell of
        her hair, tears, and sweat, and how much he was hurting her... 
        somehow, he knew he had felt this before... he had to stop it 
        before- he dismissed the thought... all he wanted to do was make 
        everything better....  He allowed the Fever to take over.
                                        -=-=-
                Tofu Ono yawned and stretched out accidentally knocking over
        a small bottle which fell open, its contents spilling into the cage
        containing the hamster which he had been experimenting the Passion
        Fever Dust on.
                "Oops, better clean up the- What in the-?!?"  The hamster's
        hair was sticking up on end and a strange yellow aura surrounded the
        little beast.  It's eyes widened as it got shocked by blue electric
        field coming from itself.  It let out a high pitched squeal then
        calmed.  Dr. Tofu knelt down to get a better look.  The curled up
        hamster's eyes became evil-looking glowing red slits.  The rodent
        growled like a feral predator then let out a ki blast that sent
        Tofu reeling.
                The glowing hamster flew out of it's cage and hovered in
        front of Tofu, hissing, preparing for the kill.  Luckily, Dr. Tofu
        just happened to have the cure for the Passion Fever Dust ready.  He
        sprayed the super rodent and it squealed terribly as if a demon was
        leaving its body then fell to the ground trembling.
                Armed with the cure, Tofu tried to see what triggered the
        phenomena.  First examining the spilled powder.
                "Hmm, Rylagia pollen... rare, South African flower with black
        petals."  Dr. Tofu took a pinch and sprinkled it on the hamster...
        nothing happened.  He took a little more and tried again with no
        result.
                "Must be something else..."  Looking around, he saw that the
        hamster cage was next to a special order fish.  A patient of his
        wanted a continual source of ki, so he had discovered a species of
        battle fish that fought continually producing an infinite amount of
        battle aura... but that patient had said that she had found her own
        cure so he kept the fish for future use.
                "Maybe..."  He moved the hamster back to its cage a added
        the pollen again.  The hamster began to glow again so Dr. Tofu
        promptly sprayed it, the yellow aura died out.
                "Battle aura and Rylagia pollen... I better tell Ranma about
        this just in case."  He picked up the phone.
                "Hello?  May I speak to Ranma? ...He's not home?  Do you know
        where he is, it's important.  ...No?  Thanks anyway, tell him I
        called.  I want to speak to him right away."  Tofu hung up.
                <Well it should be okay... the chances of running across
        a Rylagia flower in Japan are impossible.  Ranma's not home, huh?
        I wonder where he could be?>
                                        -=-=-
                Ranma held Ukyou closer and began moving his kisses down
        her brow to her eyes, kissing away the tears, to her nose and then,
        ever so lightly, he touched their lips together and held it for a
        moment.  He arched his back and began to work his way down her neck
        and paused.  Ranma pushed her back gently and moved his hands to
        her torn dress.  He slid the fabric off her breasts and off her
        shoulders, exposing her entire top.  Ranma marveled at the beauty
        before him and slid his hands up and down Ukyou's sides.
                Ukyou was confused, she had no idea what was happening yet
        she wanted it to happen so badly.  <Was, Ranma mad?  He just declared
        his love for Akane a moment ago...>  In the back of her mind she
        recognized Ranma's behavior as Dust induced... but she feared facing
        up to that truth.  If she didn't have Ranma, what was left for her.
        From their first time she remembered little... heavy dosages of Dust
        tended to scramble one's memory.  This time she wanted to remember
        everything clearly.  She concentrated on recording every sensation.
                Ranma leaned forward and kissed around her right nipple then
        took it into his mouth, teasing it gently with his tongue and softly
        pressing it with his lips.  Ukyou held her breath.  Ranma moved to
        her left breast, and taking in only the nipple, repeated the teasing.
                Ukyou felt herself begin to get very hot.  Between her legs
        came a great urging and tingling... it felt strange... slightly
        damp?  She didn't want to risk breaking the spell that seemed to be
        on Ranma, though, so she froze.
                Ranma's glazed over eyes stared at her breasts for a moment.
        Then he reached up and cupped them, squeezed them, and massaged them.
        Ukyou let out a gasp and bit her lip trying to hold the moans that
        threatened to escape.
                He pushed Uchan onto her back and spread her knees.  Reaching
        under her skirt he slid his hands along her thighs until he reached
        her thin waist.  Ranma moved his fingers between the inside of her
        thighs rubbed the moist outside of her panties with both his thumbs.
                This time, Ukyou could not hold back her cry and she moaned
        loudly.  She watched as Ranma removed her damp panties and pushed
        them to her ankles.  Ukyou instinctively half-crossed her legs and
        rubbed her thighs together.  When she opened her eyes, she nearly
        panicked, seeing Ranma standing up, thinking that he was leaving.
        But he merely stood there, smiling, and dropped his trousers.
                Ukyou sat up and knelt before him, gazing up.  Ranma held
        out a hand, which Ukyou put her's into, then he guided it to his
        clothed member.  Amazed at its size, Ukyou grasped it with two
        hands and massaged it through the silk boxers.  Ranma's eyes were
        shut and his head was back.  She moved along to its tip, where
        she felt a slightly damp spot.
                Ranma undid his boxers and allowed them to fall to the floor
        as well, giving Ukyou an unobstructed view of his manhood.  Ukyou
        studied it intently, examining its textures, heat, and smell.  She
        fondled it, played with his balls and pubic hairs until she was
        comfortable with its presence.  She then lay on her back, spread
        her legs widely, and waited.
               Ranma got down between her legs and guided his shaft into
        her glistening slit.  Half-way in, Ukyou was already beginning to
        moan.  Ranma eased himself in and out with a steady, slow rhythm.
        Ranma stopped causing Ukyou to bite her lip in anticipation... then
        thrust deeply and hard, breaking Ukyou.  She cried out in pain and
        bit her lip too hard, causing it to bleed a bit.  But her scream
        where quickly replaced by Ranma's soft grunts and her deep moans.
                Ukyou's fears dissipated and she began to move, naturally,
        against him, bucking her hips to counter each thrust allowing Ranma
        to penetrate deeper.  Ranma savored her tightly clenching muscles
        around his hard erection until he decided to bring them both to
        an orgasm.  Fondling her breasts while using them for support, Ranma
        pounded harder and faster into Ukyou's tight sex.
                For the time, Ukyou's world existed of only two things, her 
        breasts and her vagina.  Both were being assaulted by a battery of
        pleasure she never knew was possible.  Suddenly she stiffened, and
        gasped as a river of untapped honey gushed forth.  The ecstasy washed
        over her entire body nearly drove her to tears.  Ranma came quickly
        after that and that caused Ukyou to cum a second time in rapid
        succession.  Somehow Ranma was driven somewhat back to his senses
        for a moment.
                <What the hell do you think you are doing!?!> asked his
        feminine side.
                <Huh?  I'm doing it the way it's supposed to be done!>
                <Sigh... This is all Hentosai's fault, you will never be
        able to have soft sex with anyone...>
                <Grrr, kill Hentosai!>
                <You idiot!  Calm down, don't let that bastard spoil this 
        for Ak- Hey wait a moment!  This isn't Akane!?!>
                <Who cares!>
                <*I* care!!!  You stop that right now or I'll->
                But his animal side was jolted back into dominance by Ukyou's
        latest cry.
                "We're not done?  Oh yes!  OH *YES*!!!"  Ranma's increased
        endurance allowed him to continue please Ukyou, even after release.
        Much later, Ukyou fell unconscious with ecstasy, but Ranma continued
        to make love to her until, finally, his body collapsed out of
        exhaustion.
                                        -=-=-
                The first beams of sunlight broke the night as the early sun
        began to rise.  Ranma began to stir.  He unconsciously began to kiss
        Ukyou on the head.  He moved her leg from around his waist and pulled
        his sticky member from her body.  He snuggled tighter and wrapped his
        arms about her.  Ranma let out a sigh of contentment.
                <Ahh, my dear, sweet, loving Ukyou- ...my friend Uchan...
        My GOD AKANE!!!  *SHIT*!!!!  I've done it again!!!>  The full
        realization of what he allowed to occur hit him.  He had fallen to
        his bodily lusts again and this time there was no excuse for it!
        How would he explain this to Akane?  Ranma needed to think, but
        more importantly, he needed to get away first.
                He got up off the floor and scrambled to collect his clothes.
        Ranma put them on hastily and made sure that Ukyou was decently
        covered then left a note to Ukyou.  After what he had done he could
        not face her, not just yet, but he knew the consequences where
        inevitable.
                                        -=-=-
                Ukyou's murmured and felt for her lover next to her only
        to find her side empty.  Her eyes fluttered open.
                "Ran-chan?  Ranma?  Ranma, where are you?"  She looked
        about the room to find it empty except for a card, standing up on
        the nightstand.  She picked it up and read.
                "Dear Uchan,
                        I'm sorry to leave but I had to.  We've done
                something terribly wrong.  I can't see you right now
                but we need to talk later.  I'll call you.
                                                With My Deepest Apologies,
                                                Ranma Saotome."
                Ukyou was floating on Cloud Nine so the note didn't quite
        get its message across to her.
                <Oh Ranma!  So concerned with tradition... he's so worried
        about pre-marital sex... he's probably arranging the wedding
        ceremony right now!>  Ukyou got up and stretched her gloriously naked
        body in the light.  <Hmm, I think I'll take today off!>  Just as
        she was going off to the bathroom to clean up-
                "Akane?!?  Akane, you home?!?"
                "EEEEKK!!!", yelled Ukyou as she bashed and unsuspecting
        Ryouga with a giant spatula, "Oops!  It's only you... sorry."
                "Eh?  Ow!", said Ryouga as he rubbed his head, "Sorry
        Ukyou, I was trying to- aaaawhaa- awwhhaaaa-"  Ryouga had looked up
        and received an eye-full.  Ukyou was totally naked; clutching a giant
        spatula and a sheet to her chest.  The sheet didn't cover much, her
        elbow covering a more sensitive area, and her smooth thighs exposed
        on either side of the sheet.
                Ryouga could feel his consciousness slowly drift away as the
        warm trickle of blood flowed out his nostrils.  Then pain.  Sharp
        bursts of it, across his face, began to bring him back to reality.
                "Hey stop that!", Ukyou said as she slapped him back and
        forth with a normal sized spatula.  She wrapped the sheet around
        to make herself more presentable.
                "What's that?  Oops, heh heh.  Um, sorry to bother you...
        where's the Tendo Dojo?"
                "Why should I even bother telling you?  You'd probably just
        end up back here the instant you step out that door...  Why do you
        want to go there anyway?"
                "Well- I guess- Our talk made me realize how much Akane means
        to me.  I have to fight for her!  I'm going to challenge Ranma, once
        and for all, for Akane!!!"  He was shaking his fist and his eyes
        were lifted towards heaven... Ukyou only shook her head and muttered.
                "Oh brother."
                "What?!?"
                "You like Akane?"
                "Of course!"
                "Then don't fight *Ranma* for her-"
                "What then?!?  I'll fight dragons, griffins, evil spirits,
        even Happosai!  Anything!!!"
                "No don't fight anything!  That only makes her seem like a
        possession to you.  You like her, you go to her... you tell her how
        you feel."
                "W-what... can't I just fight the dragons?"
                "Ryouga, listen, tell Akane how you feel.  It works, believe
        me, I know."
                "But-"
                "I shouldn't tell you this but... I told Ranma how I felt
        about him... and, well, we had- we had a moment."
                "A moment?"
                "Yes, like a moment together... you know?"
                "You mean-?"
                "Yes, that kind of moment."
                "Ukyou, that's wonderful news!!!"
                "Isn't it?!"
                "Ranma can't possibly claim to be engaged to Akane now!"
                "Watch it, Ryouga", Ukyou threatened, "don't you sully my
        future husband's name!"
                "I won't need to, that was that extra bit of confidence I
        needed!  Nothing can stop me now!!!"
                "Then go get her, Prince Charming!"
                "Thanks a lot Ukyou, bye!"
                Ryouga left with a heart of a lion and the directional sense
        of a cabbage.  But despite his new-found courage and resolve to
        finally capture Akane for his own, his last thoughts as he left
        Ukyou's restaurant were of Ukyou...
                <Hmmm... Ukyou smelled really nice...>
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