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[FFML][Ranma][Fanfic][Lime] Childhood of a Modern Dynasty - Chapter 4B:
Gifts of Love {DRAFT}
Here's the next chapter of CMD. It's the end of the first story arc
as well. Let me know what you think. Any and all C&C is welcome and
begged for.
{section B}
-C- -M- -D-
Ranma and Nabiki arrived at the Kuno mansion and knocked on the
gate. As they were waiting for an answer, Nabiki said, "Remember, let
me do the talking and ABSOLUTELY NO FIGHTING!"
"Okay, but they'd better not start anything!" Ranma replied,
smacking a fist into his other hand.
Sasuke answered the gate and let them in. He led them to what
looked like a meeting room. A large statue of the Kuno's stood in the
corner, obviously there to intimidate people. Tatewaki and Kodachi Kuno
sat at the far end. Tatewaki was in a wheelchair, his casts still
visible under the samurai clothing he wore. Ranma smiled at the sight
of the casts.
The five big ugly women lawyers that Nabiki had worked with after
the destroyed wedding were also at the end of the table with the Kuno
siblings. On the end that Ranma and Nabiki sat at, Dr. Tofu and another
professional looking man were seated.
"Good, I see the doctors have arrived. I assume that their
credentials meet with your approval," Nabiki asked the lawyers.
The head lawyer said, "Yes. Let's get started."
"Fine. The purpose of this meeting is to stop Tatewaki and Kodachi
Kuno from bothering Ranma Saotome and Akane Tendo, or their families,
ever again." Ranma tugged on Nabiki's blouse and gave her a look.
Nabiki added, "Also, the red haired girl that Tatewaki knows as his
'pig-tailed goddess'. I could have just got a restraining order, but I
doubt either of them would had abided by it."
"I shall never give up my fair Akane Tendo or the pig-tailed
goddess!" Kuno declared.
"Nor I my darling Ranma!" Kodachi yelled, then cackled maniacally.
The professional man made some notes.
"Okay, we'll let you rant for now," Nabiki said, earning scowls
from the Kunos. She continued, "First we have a few things to prove to
you both. Dr. Tofu please do as we planned," Nabiki instructed.
Dr. Tofu got up and led Ranma over to Kuno and Kodachi. Then he
said, "Would each of you please place a hand around Ranma's wrists?"
Kuno reluctantly did so and Kodachi cut off his circulation with
her vise like grip.
"You both agree that this is Ranma Saotome and that he is a man?"
Nabiki asked.
Kuno nodded his agreement. Kodachi tried to undo his pants to
confirm the fact, but was stopped by a slap from Ranma. Sadly, she
nodded her agreement. Nabiki nodded for Dr. Tofu to continue.
Dr. Tofu took out a flask and poured the cold water over Ranma.
Ranma transformed into a girl and filled out the shirt Ranma is
wearing. "You can now see that Ranma is now a girl. Your hands never
left his wrists so they are one and the same person," Dr. Tofu
explained.
The lawyers all looked shocked. All of them wanted to know how
this was done so they could look more feminine. They all thoughtfully
scratched their stubble.
"My pig-tailed goddess!"
"Where did my Ranma go?!" Kodachi asked and looked under the
table.
Ranma yelled, "Stop squeezing me!" She slapped both of Kuno's
hands that were squeezing her breasts to make sure they were real. "I
am Ranma! I'm cursed to switch genders when splashed with hot or cold
water! You idiots!" Nabiki shot him a glare to shut him up. Ranma shut
up.
To prove this, Dr. Tofu poured hot water from a different flask
over Ranma's head. She turned back into a man. "I have certified that
this is indeed the same person. Blood types, fingerprints, all sorts of
identification methods...they all match," Dr. Tofu said, then handed a
file to the lawyers.
"It's magic!"
"It's some trick to keep me from my darling Ranma!"
"Tatewaki Kuno, your pig-tailed goddess is a man and he is going
to marry my sister," Nabiki exclaimed.
"Never!"
"Kodachi Kuno, your darling Ranma is a hermaphrodite and a
cross-dressing jerk," Nabiki said. Ranma flinched at this, but Nabiki
completed her statement, "He is going to marry Akane Tendo, because she
doesn't care about his perverted body. Can you say the same?"
"Oh, this cannot be true!"
"Have either of you seen them together at the same time?"
"Come to think of it. I have not. That is most strange, but is a
result of the evil sorcerers magic!" Kuno exclaimed.
Ranma relaxed internally. He had been afraid that Kuno might
remember that time that the mirror version of his girl side was running
around, but then Kuno wasn't the most observant person in the world.
"It is magic, but a magic that curses Ranma to turn into a girl
when splashed with cold water. Try it yourself," Nabiki suggested, then
put two bottles on the table, marked 'hot' and 'cold'. Kodachi and Kuno
took turns transforming Ranma, who was growing very wet and very mad.
"I still don't believe it!"
"I shan't believe it myself, 'tis but a trick."
"Okay. Whisper something to Ranma, then use the water and he or
she will repeat it,'
They both took turns doing so, but were still not satisfied. Ranma
shook his hair dry again. The professional man was busy making notes.
"Okay...lets try this," Nabiki said. She handed two markers to
Kuno and Kodachi. Then she said, "Now make any mark on Ranma that you
want and we will transform him. Then you will see that they are one and
the same person.
Kodachi made a cute little black rose design, or brand, on Ranma's
cheek. Kuno made a big 'X' over Ranma's whole face and then wrote
'Ranma Saotome is a heathen' across Ranma's forehead. Ranma grew
angrier, but kept his anger under control. Nabiki handed a cold water
bottle to Kuno and motioned him to pour it. He did so and Ranma
transformed into a girl, the marks were all still there.
"No! This cannot be true!" Kodachi screamed, then ran into a
corner of the room, curled up into a ball and started to cry.
"To think that my beautiful pig-tail girl was the perverted
monster know as Ranma Saotome all this time. How dare you deceive me!"
Kuno shouted, then pulled a bokken out and swung at Ranma. Since Kuno
was in a wheelchair, Ranma was able to disarm Kuno very fast.
"Knock it off! I told you and told you, I even transformed in
front of your eyes many times!" Ranma yelled back.
Nabiki spoke up, "Now then, all we ask that you and your sister
never bother any Tendo or Saotome family members again. Ranma Saotome
will marry Akane Tendo. Neither of them have any interest in either
Kuno sibling, besides avoiding them."
"Right! So leave me and Akane alone already!" Ranma declared.
Nabiki pulled out a videotape from her briefcase and put it into
the VCR in the corner, then hit the play button. The screen showed a
rather ugly young boy with a pig like nose and a little girl with a big
Barbara Streisand-like nose playing at the Kuno mansion. They both had
huge ears. "I believe that you'd rather not have this videotape seen by
anyone?" Nabiki asked the two Kuno siblings.
"It is a fake," Kuno said.
"I never looked like that!" Kodachi screamed.
"Whatever, but it'll still be interesting watching for the
residents of Tokyo," Nabiki said.
"How dare you blackmail the great Tatewaki Kuno!" Kuno declared.
"All we want you to do is leave our families alone. Just sign
these papers and we'll leave you both alone. We only ask that you do
the same," Nabiki said, then held out some papers.
The lawyers took the papers and studied them carefully. Finally,
the head lawyer said, "Mr. and Ms. Kuno, as representatives the Kuno
family, we must recommend that you sign the forms and do as they ask.
If you don't we will be forced to protect the Kuno name, as is our
responsibility, and cut off your trust funds."
Nabiki smiled broadly, but inwardly wondered what was so special
about the Kuno name to protect. Everyone in Nerima just laughed and
ridiculed them anyway.
"You wouldn't! The great Tatewaki Kuno cannot live as a commoner!"
Kuno shouted.
"What use is money without my darling Ranma!" Kodachi cried, from
the corner.
After more posturing, crying, temper tantrums, detailed
explanations of the curse, and declarations of revenge, both of the
Kuno siblings eventually signed the forms, but only after Nabiki handed
over all copies of the videotape. Well, except for the dozen copies
that she had in various safe deposit boxes around Tokyo.
As Nabiki and Ranma left the Kuno mansion, fourteen hours after
they entered. They said goodbye to Dr. Tofu and then the professional
man handed Nabiki a set of papers. "You were quite right, Ms. Tendo. If
they bother you again, call me and I'll have them institutionalized for
observation," he said, then departed.
"Institutionalized?" Ranma asked.
"Just insurance in case they break the agreement. They still might
not be convinced that you and your girl-side are the same person. In
addition, they might also seek revenge or just do something crazy. In
fact, it's almost assured they will do something to break that
agreement. I'm just doing my job to keep them away from you," Nabiki
informed Ranma. <If they do break it, I'll be in for a pretty hefty
cash windfall,> Nabiki thought, then smiled.
"Thank you, Nabiki," Ranma said.
-C- -M- -D-
Snow was falling over the Tendo house, covering everything in a
light dusting of white snow. Ranma and Akane sparred in the dojo; Akane
was landing a few choice hits. Her eyes sparkled. Suddenly, Ranma threw
his hands in front of him and yelled "Moko Takabisha!!!"
Akane eyes went wide and she jumped straight up and grabbed one of
the roof rafters. Then she frowned when the expected chi blast never
came. "What did you do that for?" she finally asked, then dropped to
the ground.
"Just checking your reaction to unexpected events. You did good,"
Ranma said.
"Thanks, but you scared me to death," Akane said, then took some
deep breaths.
"Sorry, but I wanted to see what you'd do in that situation.
Besides, I'm going to try and teach the Moko Takabisha to you when we
go on our training trip," Ranma explained.
"Really? Cool!" Akane exclaimed.
"Yup, I don't know if I will be able to, but I'll try."
"Thanks, Ranma," Akane said, smiled and walked over and kissed
him. "I'll do my best to learn it."
"You'll have to do better than your best if you want to learn it."
"I'm up to it!" Akane declared.
<I hope she is, this could really hurt her if she can't handle
it,> Ranma thought as he watched his fiancee glow with excitement.
"Um...I wanted to give you your gift before dinner. It's something I'd
rather the family not find out about right away," Ranma said, then went
over to the doorway and picked up a package that had been covered with
a towel.
Akane smiled, "You are full of surprises."
"You have no idea," Ranma said. He grinned and handed the large
paper bag to Akane.
Akane opened the bag and pulled out the present. She was amazed at
the sight of it. Amazed at how cheep it was, that is. "A calendar?"
"It's much more than that. It's to pick a date with."
"A date? A wedding date?"
"Of course."
"But, we still have to get Kodachi and Kuno off our backs."
"That is the other part of the gift. With Nabiki's help we've
gotten them to believe in my curse and back off pursuing us," Ranma
informed her, crossing his fingers. "I hope."
"WHAT????" Akane shouted. "You didn't tell Nabiki about..."
"Nope, just that I wanted to get them off our backs. She even
arranged a safety net if they break their promise, which they may very
well do."
"How could you do this to me!" Akane screamed. Her battle aura
sprang to life and she started walking menacingly towards Ranma with
anger in her eyes.
Ranma flinched, then started to back away. Then he said, "I'd
thought you'd be happy. I thought you wanted to get married." Ranma
looked sadly down at the floor.
"I do! But this is going to make my gift to you seem
really...really...lame!" Akane said, then smiled broadly. Her battle
aura disappeared.
Ranma looked up and fell over backwards when he saw the smile on
her face. "Gaaaaa..."
Akane walked over to him and looked down at the twitching figure,
then said, "You okay?"
"Next time just hit me, it's less painful!" Ranma finally managed
to say and got up with Akane's help. As they rose, they held each other
and kissed. "That was really cruel of you."
Akane looked up at him, then said, "I know, but it serves you
right for getting me a gift I couldn't possibly top."
"I'm sure I'll love your gift too," Ranma said. He sat down on the
floor and opened the calendar, then asked, "When looks good to you?"
Akane sat down beside him and looked at the calendar, "Well, as
much as I'd like to do it tomorrow...I think maybe we should try the
break before our Senior year. We'll both be eighteen by then too."
"That long, huh? " Ranma said, then flipped the calendar to March
and looked at the dates. "March twentieth, it's a Saturday."
Akane smiled, the said, "March twentieth sounds great. It'll be a
nice spring wedding. Guess we have to figure out where to go for our
honeymoon, too."
Ranma blanched at the mention of the honeymoon, then gasped,
"Honeymoon?"
Akane grinned. "Yes, that's what usually follows a wedding."
"Well, I wasn't really thinking that far ahead."
"Pity, that's the best part of being married," Akane winked. Ranma
blushed.
"Well, I'm already maxed out with Nabiki for credit, so we can't
go anywhere too fancy," Ranma insisted.
"I have a feeling we can get our parents to spring for it. We just
have to apply the right pressure."
"Something along the lines of...'We'd like to get married, but we
just can't afford a honeymoon right now'?"
"Exactly," Akane said, grinning.
"So what is my present?"
"I'll give it to you before dinner."
"I can hardly wait."
"For the present or March twentieth?"
"Both."
-C- -M- -D-
Ranma and Akane walked down to the family room, Ranma wearing his
present from Akane. It was a hand knitted sweater. It was fairly good,
a few dropped stitches here and there, some extra yarn poking out, and
only one extra arm. Ranma sat down and swung the extra arm around his
neck like a scarf.
"Are you sure you like it?" Akane asked.
"Sure, it's very warm and the built in scarf is a good idea,"
Ranma insisted.
Akane knew he was just being nice, but for Ranma, that was like a
bonus present in return. <Damn, he really outdid me in presents this
year. Next year I'll make sure to make him something really, really
good!> Akane thought, the wheels in her mind spinning rapidly. They
knelt down at the table. The entire household was there, plus Dr. Tofu,
Ukyo, Ryoga and Konatsu. A knock was heard form the door and Nabiki got
up to answer it.
"It's not as big as last years party, but it's nice to have good
friends over," Kasumi said, meaning everyone, but was looking at Dr.
Tofu at the time.
"It was nice of you to invite me, Kasumi," Dr. Tofu said.
"Yes, thank you for inviting us too," Ukyo said. Konatsu and Ryoga
nodded their agreement.
Nabiki walked back with Mousse on her arm. Nabiki took great
pleasure in showing off the man that she was dating. They sat down at
the table and then Nodoka brought out the meal.
Everyone dug in and talked about the past year, except Shampoo's
death. No one even got close to talking about that. The dinner was a
celebration, not a wake.
The fake P-Chan walked up to Akane and tried to crawl up on her
lap. She helped him. "Little P-Chan wants some company, don't you?"
Akane said, scratching the pig's chin.
"Careful, Akane, don't let P-Chan see the pork buns," Kasumi
reminded her.
Ryoga stopped eating the bun he was eating. Then with his mouth
full, he said, "Po...mfff bum...mffs?"
"Yes, do you like them Ryoga?"
Ryoga put down the half eaten pork bun, then said, "They are
great, Kasumi." His face didn't match his statement. The people at the
table who knew about his curse couldn't resist grinning.
"So how is P-Chan, Akane?" Ukyo asked.
"He's great. He hasn't wandered off since summer, looks like maybe
he's finally decided this is his home," Akane said, smiling and giving
some lettuce to P-Chan.
"I guess so. Lucky pig," Ryoga muttered, earning him a jab from
Ukyo and a hostile stare from Ranma.
"So, Akane, have you and Ranma set a date yet?" Nabiki suddenly
asked.
Akane's jaw dropped as she looked towards her sister. Ranma choked
on the pork bun he was eating, mostly to taunt Ryoga, then shot daggers
at Nabiki.
Forgetting that they had indeed set a date or maybe just out of
habit, Ranma and Akane both shouted, "No!"
Akane added, "Mind your own business!" Akane and Ranma exchanged
awkward glances, then had to start denying that they had decided
anything about a wedding.
-C- -M- -D-
Akane was packing her backpack for their training trip down south.
It was too cold to use the spot they used in the summer, much to their
regret. Akane opened a pocket in the side of the backpack and found the
unopened box of condoms that Nabiki gave her as a joke before their
last training trip. With a little smile, Akane put them back into the
pocket. "Just in case," she muttered. A knock was heard on her door.
"Come in."
"Huh, Akane. I guess we should tell the family soon, before they
drive us crazy," Ranma said, as he came in.
"Let's do it after we get back from our training trip. I guess we
both denied it at dinner out of habit," Akane said, then gave him a
kiss.
"Yeah, sorry about that. I hope you realize it's just for
appearances sake. I'd love to shout from the roof top that I love you
and that we were going to be married," Ranma said.
"Except that you would instantly be attacked by hordes of people,
even if we've dealt with the big problems," Akane suggested.
"True. Sometimes I think we should just elope," Ranma suggested.
"Trying to push the wedding up?"
"No, I just don't want another destroyed wedding."
"Well, let's stick with March twentieth for now."
"Okay," Ranma agreed, then kissed Akane again.
-C- -M- -D-
Ukyo knocked on the door to Ryoga's bedroom, which used to be
called the storeroom. "Come in," Ryoga voice was heard from inside.
Ukyo opened the door and walked in. "Ryoga, I just wanted to give
you this. Thanks for being my friend this year, you've helped me get
over Ranma," Ukyo said and handed a bag to Ryoga.
Ryoga opened the bag and pulled out the hand knitted scarf, with
the same yellow and black pattern as his bandana. "Wow, this is great.
Thank you, Ukyo. Um, I got something for you too." Ryoga rummaged
around in his pack and finally pulled out a small round pin. "I'm sorry
I didn't have time to wrap it," Ryoga said, then looked down shyly.
"That's okay, Ryoga," Ukyo said. She took the pin and examined it
closely. "It's a little okonomiyaki!" Ukyo exclaimed when she
recognized the design. She smiled.
"Yeah, thought it suited you."
"Thank you, Ryoga," Ukyo said. Then hugged Ryoga and then kissed
him sweetly on his lips. She walked out of the room with a big smile on
her face. <What a thoughtful friend,> Ukyo thought, as she attached the
pin to her shirt.
Ryoga just sat back down on his futon and stared at Ukyo's
retreating back. "I love you, Ukyo," he muttered.
-C- -M- -D-
Ranma and Akane had spent a good part of their day on a train.
Ranma hated to use the train, but it would have taken too long to hike
somewhere warm enough for their training trip. It was still cold in the
forest that they had hiked into, but not freezing.
After a short workout, Akane and Ranma setup their single tent,
made dinner, and turned in for the night. They took great joy in
falling asleep in each other arms for the first time since their casts
were removed.
-C- -M- -D-
Akane stood and faced the boulder that Ranma had painted the large
'X' on. It was around fifty meters away. Ranma stood by her side and
raised his hands and Akane followed suit. "Okay, Akane. I've perfected
the Moko Takabisha to allow for a beam blast or tossing a ball of chi
energy," Ranma began to instruct Akane.
"Yes, I've noticed you've used both. Not to mention that rapid
fire thingy."
"Yes, but it is extremely draining to form so many chi balls all
at once. We'll start with you forming a single chi ball, since they are
a little easier to launch. The more energy you funnel into the chi
ball, the more damage it does. If you put enough energy into it, you
can actually generate a chi ball or blast that will reduce anything it
touches to ashes. So, you have to be careful only to focus as much
energy as you need to beat your opponent." Akane nodded her
understanding, so Ranma continued, "The Moko Takabisha is based on
confidence. So you have to concentrate on something you are very
confident about, then mentally focus the chi between your hands. It's
kind of like pushing your feelings into your fingers and then out of
them. We'll start with you trying to get a ball of chi to form between
your fingers."
"Confidence, huh?" Akane muttered. She thought about their wedding
date, but as much as she wanted to marry Ranma, she couldn't be
confident enough that the wedding would actually happen as planned. She
thought about her family, but nothing happened. Then finally, she
thought about her love for Ranma. She willed her confidence that she
loved Ranma into her fingers and then between her hands. A small
glowing ball of chi energy appeared between her hands. She smiled at
the sight and the ball disappeared.
"Lost your concentration. Try it again. This time hold it there
for at least ten minutes. Don't worry about putting large amounts of
energy into the ball, just worry about holding it stable," Ranma
instructed.
Akane nodded, then held her hands out, soon a small ball of chi
formed. She concentrated on it and kept it stable for about a half
minute before it flickered and vanished. "Darn."
"That's fine, Akane. I've only been able to keep a chi ball stable
for a few minutes myself," Ranma said.
"Then why did you say ten minutes?" Akane asked.
"To give you a larger goal than you really needed. Sometimes
setting lower goals makes people get lazy."
"Okay," Akane said, then mentally decided that she would try to
beat his time. She grinned.
Ranma noticed her grin and had a pretty good idea what she was
grinning about. The challenge to Akane's ego had worked, she'd try
harder now. <Best not to tell her I'd kept one going for an hour
already. No need to put too much pressure on her,> Ranma thought.
"Okay, this time create and hold the chi ball stable, but also you need
to focus more energy into it. Then shout out 'Moko Takabisha' and give
the ball a 'shove' with your mind," Ranma instructed. Then he quickly
pointed towards the boulder with the 'X' on it, and added, "Oh...aim
towards the target."
"Do I have to yell the name out?"
"It's not required, but it helps focus your mind on the direction
of the blast and until you get more proficient at focusing your chi,
you'd probably be unable to focus correctly without it."
Akane built up a ball of chi energy. After it grew a bit in power,
she shouted, "Moko Takabisha!!!!!" The chi ball flew out a couple
centimeters from her fingers, then suddenly it dropped to the ground.
Akane screamed in pain as the chi blast hit her on her foot.
Ranma grabbed Akane as she doubled over in pain. He examined her
foot. It was burnt, but not badly. He lifted her into his arms and
carried her back to their camp.
-C- -M- -D-
Once back to their camp, Ranma set Akane down on a log, pulled her
pants off, and draped them over her lap. Akane blushed a bit. He
examined the burned foot and noticed some marks further up her leg. He
grabbed a bottle of water and proceeded to wash the foot and leg, in
the process he splashed himself with the water. "Damn," she cursed,
after transforming.
"How does it look?" Akane asked.
"Not bad; looks superficial," Ranma said, then pulled some burn
ointment out of their medical pack. She massaged some ointment into the
burned foot and leg. "How do you feel?"
"Humiliated! I shot myself in the foot!" Akane exclaimed,
irritated at herself.
"Don't sweat it, you did well up to that point. Focusing the chi
is the hardest part. We'll just have to have you work more on your
delivery," Ranma insisted.
"I'll wear shoes next time."
"Good idea, can't have these cute little toes being burnt off. How
does your FOOT feel now?"
Akane was laying back as he massaged the foot, she replied,
"Great. The burn still hurts, but your hands feel wonderful. Why don't
you do the other foot now?"
"But you only hurt this one..."
"I know, but I have to milk the injury for as long as I can. And a
foot and leg massage sounds pretty good right now," Akane said, then
held out her other leg.
Ranma grinned. Then she said, "Okay, I know when I'm licked." She
picked up the other foot and proceeded to massage it as well. It wasn't
long before Ranma was working on her legs. Not long after that, she had
abandoned the legs and started kissing Akane's sweet lips.
"Hmmmm," Akane muttered, running her hand through Ranma's unruly
mane of hair.
Ranma started to kiss Akane's neck. Her hand slipped down, opened
Akane's gi, and she cupped one of Akane's breasts. This was nothing new
to either of them; they had caressed each other's breasts before. What
followed next was a new sensation for both of them. Ranma kissed
Akane's neck again then slid her other hand down Akane's back. Her lips
slid down to Akane's breasts. Ranma kissed them gently and teased the
skin with her tongue.
Akane moaned in pleasure, not being able to describe what she felt
at that point. They had fooled around a bit before, but this was
something more. It was fantastic.
Ranma felt Akane respond to his teasing, knowing exactly what that
Akane must be feeling. She moved to the other breast and repeated the
teasing, before applying some suction.
Akane gasped; suddenly she realized what was happening and what it
was likely to lead to. She slid back away from Ranma. "Ranma...I'm
sorry. I'm not ready for that." She pulled her gi closed again.
"I understand," Ranma replied, then apologized, "I'm sorry,
Akane." Silently, Ranma pulled out some gauze and she began to bandage
Akane's burned foot and leg.
-C- -M- -D-
The campfire blazed into the night sky. Ranma, now male again, and
Akane were huddled close to stay warm. "Akane, I'm sorry if I got
carried away earlier," Ranma apologized yet again for the earlier
incident.
"It's all right, Ranma," Akane insisted. "You can stop apologizing
now."
"Err...okay. Sometimes it's just so hard to wait for our
honeymoon," Ranma confided, then blushed.
"I know the feeling, but I'd rather not go too far as girls
before..." Akane let her statement trail off.
"As girls? Um...well, I assumed you meant you weren't ready to go
that far period."
"Well...don't get me wrong. I love you, male or female. But..."
"You feel more comfortable with me as a man?" Ranma completed her
thought.
"Yes. To tell you the truth I was enjoying myself...maybe I
shouldn't have stopped you," Akane confessed, but looked at the ground
and blushed.
"When you're ready just tell me. Just let me know which body you
want me to use, okay?" Ranma asked.
Akane smiled at this and said, "We're going to have a interesting
life if I have to tell you which body to use when we make love."
"Make love...err...I wasn't thinking of going that far this
afternoon," Ranma insisted, even though it did cross his mind. Or HER
mind at the time.
"It's crossed my mind a lot lately," Akane admitted.
Ranma gulped. "Really?"
"Especially since we set the date for the wedding."
Ranma and Akane held each other by the fire for several minutes,
then Akane leaned in and they passionately kissed each other.
When the fire had died down to a few small flames, they went into
their tent. As they curled up on the bedroll, Akane leaned over and
whispered to Ranma, "Now that you're a guy...let's pickup where you
left off."
Ranma's eyes went wide; he pulled Akane close and kissed her. His
fingers only shook a little bit when he unbuttoned Akane's pajama top.
He kissed her neck, moved down to her breasts, and repeated the kisses
there.
Akane moaned.
The fire finally died out completely about an hour after Ranma and
Akane turned in for the night. Ranma stumbled out of the tent in his
shorts and dug out the small box of condoms from Akane's backpack. He
walked back to the tent and tripped over a rock on the way. Getting
back up, he entered the tent looking very nervous and at the same time
expectant.
-C- -M- -D-
Ranma awoke and felt Akane's breasts against his chest. He smiled
and looked down at Akane. He ran his hand over her hair. "I love you,"
he said softly. He held her in his arms for several minutes before she
finally woke up. "Good morning."
"Morning, lover," Akane said, when she saw Ranma.
Ranma blushed. Then he repeated his earlier statement, this time
while Akane was awake, "I love you."
"Well, three months early, but I guess that counts as our
honeymoon," Akane suggested.
"Well, then we'll just have two honeymoons," Ranma said.
"Sounds good to me," Akane said, then was silenced by Ranma's
kiss.
It was mid-morning before they finally had breakfast. Ranma sucked
down the rice and soup Akane had whipped together. "You've gotten
pretty good at making food that's non-toxic since our summer training
trip," Ranma complimented Akane.
Well, it was meant as a compliment, so that's how Akane decided to
take it. "Thanks," Akane said, with a smile. "So...what are we going to
do today? I still can't walk too well on my foot."
"There are some things I can show you that don't require you to be
standing."
"Oh really? Pretty confident after last night, aren't you?" Akane
smirked.
"I was referring to some techniques that help me control the Moko
Takabisha," Ranma insisted. "And YOU always called ME perverted."
Akane laughed. "Nothing perverted about what we did. Just the love
between a man and a woman."
-C- -M- -D-
After a couple more days in the forest, Ranma and Akane sat on a
train headed back to Tokyo. "Wish we didn't have to go home already,"
Akane said, as she snuggled up to Ranma's side.
"Me too, but we couldn't train that hard since you can't do any
kicks or leaps with your foot," Ranma explained, then he added with a
wink, "We also ran out of our protection."
Akane smiled knowingly, the fact that they had run out of condoms
was probably the biggest reason for leaving the forest. Then she said,
"I know. I still wish I could have done better with the Moko
Takabisha." She had managed to throw it only about five meters by the
end of the trip and it still didn't have much power when it hit the
ground, so Akane still had a lot of work to do.
"You did good for your first time. At least you're not shooting
yourself in the foot anymore," Ranma said, grinning.
Akane stuck her tongue out at Ranma, which Ranma took as an
invitation to kiss her. He did. After the kiss, with a touch of
jealously, Akane said, "But you picked it up so fast."
"Well yeah, but I'm the best!" Ranma declared, puffing his chest
out.
"Are you sure that the Moko Takabisha isn't based on a bloated
ego?" Akane remarked, smirking.
"Ouch. Just be patient and do your best, Akane. These things take
time," Ranma insisted. He didn't want to mention that he thinks it
might be because he seems to be able to focus chi better than Akane
can. Akane can make an impressive battle aura, but that's all unfocused
energy. It's mostly for show and to intimidate your enemy. To cause
damage with chi you have to be able to focus it and Akane was having
trouble with the focus part.
"Kitakyushu. Next stop, Kitakyushu," the conductor announced over
the public address system.
Ranma looked up when he heard the voice. He thought for a few
seconds, then he got up and grabbed their packs.
"What are you doing?" Akane asked.
"Well, between the two of us I think we should have enough money
for a hotel,"
"My...my...Mr. Saotome," Akane said, mocking being shocked.
"Besides, it's New Years Eve. We can go to the local temple, then
watch the fireworks."
"And find a drug store," Akane added, winking.
Ranma smiled.
-C- -M- -D-
Ranma and Akane were unpacking their backpacks, when Ranma heard
something and looked over at the door of their hotel room. He walked
over and opened the door, then looked out in the hallway.
Akane asked, "What is it?"
"I could have sworn I heard a voice that I recognized," Ranma
said. He closed the door again, walked over, and sat down on a bench
with Akane.
"You're just nervous about spending tonight with me in a hotel
room," Akane suggested. On the mountain or in the forest at least they
were relativity safe from accidental discovery. That was not quite true
of a hotel in a large city like Kitakyushu.
"Yeah, that's probably it," Ranma agreed, then kissed Akane.
-C- -M- -D-
Ranma and Akane, both wearing a kimono, sat on the lawn in front
of the hotel. They held each other close and looked up at the
fireworks. "Lovely," Akane commented.
"Yes, both you and the fireworks."
"Thank you, Ranma."
They enjoyed the fireworks and held each other close.
When Ranma and Akane finally returned to their room they snuggled
together on a large futon. Ranma suddenly swore, "Damn, I forgot to
find a drug store."
"Too late now," Akane said, then slid her hands across Ranma's
chest and started to kiss his chest.
"Um, Akane. Maybe we shouldn't start anything we can't finish."
"Who says we won't finish?"
"Well, we don't have any...protection," Ranma stammered.
"A splash of cold water will be good enough protection for
tonight," Akane said, looking Ranma in his eyes.
"You mean..."
Akane nodded. She had been preparing herself to take this step
eventually. <No time like the present,> she thought, mostly to keep
from backing down.
Ranma swallowed hard.
-C- -M- -D-
Kasumi and Dr. Tofu, both dressed in kimono, walked down the steps
from the temple. "Thank you for accompanying me tonight, Tofu," Kasumi
said, as they walked back towards the Tendo house.
"It was my pleasure, Kasumi," Dr. Tofu said.
They walked in silence the rest of the way to the Tendo house. At
the gate, Kasumi turned around and smiled, then asked, "Would you like
to come in for some tea?"
"Well, it is late," Dr. Tofu said. Kasumi cocked her head to one
side and just looked at him. Dr. Tofu looked into her eyes, for once
his glasses didn't steam up, then changed his answer. "Actually, I
guess it's not that late. Thank you, I'd love to."
Kasumi led him into the house and to the family room, then she
went in to heat up some water.
They sipped the tea and talked quietly. When they finished their
tea, Kasumi showed Dr. Tofu to the gate. "Well, thank you again for a
lovely evening, Kasumi. I always enjoy your company," Dr. Tofu said,
when they stood at the gate, yet again.
"And I enjoy yours, Tofu," Kasumi said, then closed her eyes and
tilted her head upwards. <Please, Tofu...> she thought, before she felt
his lips against hers. A jolt shot threw her. When the short, but
electric, kiss was over she opened her eyes and met Dr. Tofu's eyes.
"Good evening, Kasumi. I'll see you soon," Dr. Tofu said.
"Yes, I'd enjoy seeing you soon," Kasumi replied. The watched Dr.
Tofu walk away towards his clinic, only hitting a telephone pole once.
When he was out of sight, she turned around and walked back into the
house. She didn't fall asleep until the sun rose the next morning.
-C- -M- -D-
Ranma awoke to the feeling of Akane's breasts against her own.
<Well...that was different. I wonder if Akane feels that good when
we... It almost felt better as a woman. Nawwww....just different.>
Ranma continued to reflect on their night together until Akane awoke.
"Good morning, Akane," Ranma said, then gave her a deep kiss.
Akane sighed after the kiss finished, then said, "Have fun?" Akane
grinned.
"Yes, I guess I found one good thing about this curse after all.
Alternate protection."
"Well, that's another hurtle we've jumped over."
"Yes. I love you."
"Me too."
The two women snuggled together until the desk clerk knocked on
their door and said, "Checkout time!"
Ranma and Akane both sighed. "No more money, we've got to go
home," Akane informed Ranma.
"Let's get married on the way home," Ranma suggested, half
jokingly.
"Don't tempt me, but I'd like to have a nice wedding and I've
already promised Kasumi she could be my maid of honor."
"Not Nabiki?"
"After the last wedding? You've got to be kidding. She's still on
my hit list," Akane quipped.
"Didn't you forget a 'S' in that list?"
Akane smiled, then said, "Nope, it's a list of people who deserve
to be hit by me."
"I'm probably on the top of that list."
"Yup, but don't worry...I've found something better to do with you
now."
Ranma blushed. "Well, you deserve a nice wedding. Guess we'll
stick to the March twentieth wedding then," Ranma declared.
"Yup! We'll just have to find excuses to 'train' more often until
then," Akane said, then winked.
"Pervert," Ranma said.
"Tomboy," Akane replied.
"I think we mixed those pet names up."
"What does it matter."
They didn't even think about changing their pet names this time.
They kissed some more, until the clerk banged again on the door, very
loudly this time.
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>From the personal journal of James Davidson:
I was sweating profusely. I looked over to Hanaki and blushed. She
wasn't even fazed at the very graphic descriptions that Akane had just
given me of the first times that she and Ranma made love. "Could I have
some water, Hanaki?" I finally asked.
"Sure," Hanaki said, then got up and went to get some water.
"You didn't need to get that detailed Akane."
"Sorry if I embarrassed you, but unlike Ranma, I don't pull
punches," Akane said. She reached behind her, pulled out a photo album,
and opened it.
"I'll have to tone down the descriptions a bit for the book of
course."
"I'd appreciate that," Akane said, then held out the photo album.
"There. That was after Kodachi attacked us."
I looked at the picture and blushed. "Thanks for sharing that with
me, but it's not necessary."
"Now, James. Don't be such a fuddy-duddy. I got over my
awkwardness about nudity a long time ago. With Ranma around someone
always seemed to be running around nude," Akane calmly stated.
"Mostly him, if I recall the stories you've told me correctly."
Akane smirked. "Yes, but we all took turns."
"Say...do you have any pictures of you two on New Years Eve?" I
asked casually.
Akane blanched. "Err...no, some things are more private."
"Gotcha!" I declared and grinned.
"Just for that you can't date Hanaki anymore."
"Try and stop me."
Akane grinned mischievously and held her hands out. A ball of hot
chi energy formed.
"Um...err...I was only kidding!" I shouted, backing away.
"Stop it, Auntie. You're scarring him!" Hanaki exclaimed, coming
back with the water.
"Gotcha back," Akane said, then flipped her hands casually towards
the open doors. The chi ball flew out the doors. "Target: Intercept chi
ball," she said calmly.
Outside the house a round target rose from the ground and was
launched into the air. The chi ball hit the large metal target and
reduced it to ashes.
I gulped.
"Don't worry, James, I was only kidding. These days it'd take more
than a little teasing for me to really hurt anyone," Akane said,
smiling. She excused herself and went to the back of the house.
I finally took my water and drank it. "I thought she was serious
for a second."
Hanaki smiled. "She enjoys scarring people like that sometimes,
but only close friends," Hanaki said.
"I'd hate to see what she'd do if I was her enemy," I mentioned.
"Yes, you would. You'd be dead. She doesn't pull punches."
"Yes, so she says. Where would you like to go out for dinner
tonight?" I asked her, desperately trying to change the subject.
"Well, I know this great French restaurant," Hanaki said, after
thinking for a bit.
"Not in Paris, I hope?" I quipped, remembering the time she wanted
us to go to Mexico for some Mexican food.
"Nope, it's over in San Francisco. I just got my pilot's license
yesterday, so we can take one of the family jets."
She was serious. "San Francisco?" I gasped.
"Sure, with a quick sub-orbit burn, we can get there in under two
hours," Hanaki said.
"You've soloed before, right?"
"Yup, in my certification flight yesterday," Hanaki informed me.
I gulped. I suddenly knew exactly what Ranma must have felt like
whenever Akane made something new for him to eat. I pitied him at that
moment. I choked back my fear, then said, "Ah, you just want an excuse
to fly somewhere." My first time I drove the family car I had the same
attitude. It didn't matter where, I just wanted to drive. Then I
thought about the accident that I had the first time I drove by myself
and I grew nervous again.
"Maybe. Come on...let's go to San Francisco!"
I never could refuse her anything, so I agreed. "Okay. It's been
quite awhile since I've been there anyway."
Hanaki jumped into my arms and hugged me closely. "Goody! Query:
Available spacejet to San Francisco," she queried the Compound systems,
except for the 'goody' part of course.
A rather normal sounding, if flat, female voice came out of
nowhere, "There is a Tendo spacejet available at the Tokyo spaceport.
It can be prepped in time for flight at fifteen hundred hours. Do you
wish confirm using this vehicle?"
"Yes, confirm," Hanaki replied, then started to drag me off. "Come
on! Let's get to the tube."
"You are very impulsive, Hanaki. Guess that's what I love most
about you," I said and received a kiss. Then I had an impulsive thought
of my own.
-C- -M- -D-
We were airborne, or actually spaceborne since we were skimming
the top of the atmosphere. I looked out at the stars and marveled at
the sight. I had taken spaceplanes before, but only commercial ones. A
private spacejet gave you a much better view. "Amazing!" I gasped as I
saw the sun disappear behind us.
"Glad you like it. It feels good to get out of the Compound every
now and then," Hanaki said, as she adjusted some controls. For a low
Earth orbit spacejet, the controls were fairly simple, but I decided
that I wasn't likely to learn how to fly it.
"Not bored at the Compound, are you?" I asked.
"Nope, but now that I have my license I can see more of the
world," Hanaki informed me. She didn't say it, but I assume she meant
like Ranma had.
"I can understand that. I've flown all over for my writing."
We spent most of the rest of the flight talking about my travels
and her dreams for the future.
-C- -M- -D-
We ate at the French restaurant, which overlooked the bay. She was
right, it was a great place to eat. After we finished dinner, we walked
hand in hand down the Embarcadero and sat down on a bench that had a
great view of the triple-decker Golden Gate Bridge. It looked similar
to the original, but much bigger of course.
I held her in my arms and looked at her eyes, then asked, "Hanaki,
I'd like you to share my travels with me. Would you do me the honor of
marrying me?"
Hanaki smiled broadly, then she exclaimed, "Yes of course, James!
I'd love to!"
We kissed and then I pulled out the ring and placed it on her
finger. "Where did you get the ring from?" she asked.
"Oh, I've sort of have been carrying it around for the past two
weeks looking for the right time. This seemed like a good time."
She smiled up at me and said, "Nice choice." We kissed again, then
looked out at the bridge.
[End - Chapter 4]
Coming soon: Chapter 5: Splitting Up is Hard to Do
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The real author's (Jim Lazar) notes/ramblings:
The mess Ranma made when eating his fajita was similar to my first
attempt, but a lot messier.
There will be more lime chapters in this series, but this one probably
went the furthest in it's descriptions because I felt I had to show how
far Akane would go before stopping girl Ranma that first time. If I
decide to get more explicit in the future I will probably do lemon side
stories. I felt that Akane would have to get comfortable with Ranma's
girl side if she was to marry him. It's all a part of the evolution of
their relationship.
The juggling act was inspired by a piece of artwork from volume 20 of
the manga which showed Ranma learning the Moko Takabisha.
This concludes the first story arc for CMD. I hope you've enjoyed it so
far, the next story starts to build on the foundation laid down in
chapters 1-4. As in these early chapters, there will be some funny
times, some happy times, and some sad times. No one ever said love was
easy, especially not Ranma and Akane's love. Stay tuned, it's going to
be one hell of a ride.
Unlike the other characters in this fanfic, I created James Davidson
and Hanaki Ono. I claim full ownership for them. They are fictitious.
Any similarity to actual persons (living or dead) or other fictional
characters (animated, written, or live-action) is unintentional. Of
course, for descendents of the original Ranma characters there is
likely to be some similarity to Rumiko Takahashi's characters.
I'd like to thank various FFML members and my pre-readers: David
Johnson, Ryan Erik, and Anthony Pardilla. Of course in the end, any
mistakes and botched characters are my fault.
This chapter written on location in Canyonlands National Park, Utah,
USA. Revised elsewhere.
Revision 0.0 - Rough draft (June 8, 1998)
Revision 0.3 - Pre-reader draft (July 30, 1998)
Revision 0.4 - FFML draft (August 5, 1998)
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"You made Akane whose daughter?!?!"
"Genma's."
"Has she hit you with her mallet yet?"
"Several times, actually."