Ranma 1/2 Fan Fiction ❯ Curiosity of the Cat ❯ Chapter 3 ( Chapter 3 )

Author Note:

Hello all! I just wanted to clear up a certain fact about Ranma and the Cat-fist. Ranma still has his insane fear of cats and this is still the only way for him to access it. But once he is in hit, he has conscious control of all the abilities. Think of like this. In order to use the 'cat' skill, part of his humanity must be suppressed. This is done with the fear of cats. He gains skills, but will also gain a cat's natural instinct, such as playing with a ball of yarn, or being distracted by cat-nip. Those are instantaneous reactions that initially her can't hold back, but can take back control over it after a few moments. Anyway, this is why while in the Cat-fist, Ranma is always rubbing up against Akane and reacts to her petting him in some places.

Enjoy!

Chapter 3 Encounters

It had been a few hours since our confession to each other. Along with Kasumi, we laid out our plan and how we were going to set it in motion.

On her way from the market, Kasumi was going to try and find a stray kitten and bring it back. It will be in a cardboard box so I won't freak out immediately. While she was supposedly doing this, Akane and I were talking a little bit.

"…Well, I'm not really too sure when I started to have feelings for you. It just sort of happened all at once. Since you seemed to like Dr. Tofu so much, I didn't want to be in either of the two of your ways…" I said as we I leaned back in the couch. Akane was sitting a few feet away. I guess we still weren't used to the idea of a close relationship thing.

"<sigh> I got over him a long time ago. He was helplessly head over heels in love with Kasumi. But then, he just up and leaves to who knows where." says Akane looking out into space. "Though she doesn't show it, I think that hurt Kasumi dearly."

I absently nod my head, and look over to Akane. 'Why the hell not, only thing she could do was knock me through the wall...and fence…and into the next Ward…ahh who cares!' I slowly start to scoot over toward her, trying to make it look as casual as I can. I freeze when she sees me. I absently raise my right arm above my head when she leans forward to move. I wait for the mallet and the ever present call of 'PERVERT' to make its faithful way to my ears. 'Well, guess it is too soon to be so sudden with her…' I stop myself when I feel a pressure on my chest. I look down… and Akane is leaning against me!

Being the smooth guy I am, I play my little arm movement off as if it was intended to go around her shoulder in the first place, and not to block Mallet-sama. I rest it around her shoulders and can feel that she is just as tense and nervous as I am. I 'huff' and give a little chuckle. She leans back and looks up at me.

I see her raise an eyebrow and I give her a small smile, still chuckling. "What?" she asks in a playful voice.

"Well," I said, "The most sought after girl at Furinkan High and the best martial artist of his generation…fall to pieces and are totally lost when it comes to something like this." I give her shoulders a squeeze and can feel her loosen up a bit. She brings her right hand up and places it on my chest.

"What, a tomboy like me, making the great Ranma nervous?" she says in a playful tone as she draws little circles on my chest with her finger. I reach down and grab her hand in mine. She looks up.

"Yes, the great Ranma falls to pieces around this uncute tomboy every time she's near." I say back. Her eyes slightly show pain in them as I say those words, and I was confused for a minute until she talked.

"That's something I've wondered ever since earlier today. How could you have picked an 'uncute tomboy' over someone like shampoo, who has a body of a supermodel, or you're 'Ucchan,' who can cook and stuff…" she stops talking as I raise her hand to my lips and place a gentle kiss to her knuckles. She looks up to me again and I lean down to where our faces are only inches apart.

"You know why I always called you uncute?" I whispered, eyes never leaving hers. After she nods, I lean down so that my lips are next to her ear. "Because you aren't cute… you the most beautiful thing I've ever lain my eyes on…" I said in a low, husky voice. I placed a light kiss to the inside of her ear, and could feel her shiver under my touch. My heart is going a thousand miles a minute too. I feel her arms go around me, under my arms, and I place mine around her waste, forming a loose embrace. I give her feather-light kisses along her neck, and she raises her chin up to answer them. The trail leads to her jawbone, and she begins returning the treatment to the side of my head.

"You know I love you, and only you, right?" I murmured, stopping my trip to her lips. She gave me a small kiss on the nose in a playful manner. "Yup." She says, trying to keep a straight face.

I wait for her to return the words I loved to hear from her lips, but she just continued looking at me trying to keep the smirk off her face. I raise an eyebrow. "Yup? Oh I see, so you don't love me back, hmm?" I give a small pout and lower my eyes. 'Not a bad view…' I think to myself as my line of vision falls on her… 'ahem' anyway, I take a peek from under my bangs at her.

"Maybe, maybe not." She says in a sing-song voice, as she brings her right hand up to her chin, acting as though she was contemplating the question. I growl a little bit.

"Is that so, you uncute tomboy…" I said, as I got up on my hands and knees. She backed away in mock fright. I start walking towards her place at the other side of the couch on my hands and knees. "We'll see about THAT." And with that, I leaped on top her.

"GUAAAHHH!! Hmm-hmm…Ranma stop tickle<giggle> tickling…guahhh… HEEEELP!! HAAHAA" She screamed.

"Saotome School of Indiscriminate Tickling final attack!!" I said as I relented on the tickle attack. "GAUFFS OF LAUGHTER" I yelled as I proceeded to combine the Amiguriken with my tickle assault. Her laughter could probably be heard from outside before I finally stop. I find myself leaning over her while she's on her back, both of us still trying to catch our breathes.

"Alright…<Huff huff>…you win…<huff> I guess I do love you." She says it as though it was forced on her.

"Oh really," I say in a low voice. I lean down and plant an open-mouth kiss to her neck. She stiffens below me and I continue laying kisses up to her ear. "I guess if it's so bad to love me, then I'll just go over to Sham…" I said as I begin to get up, only to be yanked back by her hand around the front of my shirt.

I could feel my pigtail stand on end as she gave me one of the…well THE most passionate kiss I had ever had. My arms unconsciously go up to the sides of her face and I stroke her cheek with my thumb, while her arms go around my neck to play with my pigtail. I just about passed out when her tongue darted into my mouth. After awhile though, I got used to the new, more powerful sensation and, being the incredibly adaptive fighter I am, I picked up on this new kissing technique and improved on it. We sat there for an un-namable amount of time, until…

"Well well well, so THIS if why you two came home earlier?" I'm dumped unceremoniously onto the floor as someone says that form the direction of the door to the front hall. I watch from my spot on the floor as Akane peeks over the top of the couch.

"Umm… hi oneechan…" says Akane as I got up. I looked over the top of the couch and there stood, with a smirk on her face, Nabiki. School-bag in hand and all.

"So let me get this straight. You have been able to fool not only Cologne and everyone else," says Nabiki, "But me? My my my Saotome, it seems there's more to you then there seems. Looked like you had great form during that kiss too." Said Nabiki as she raised an eyebrow in my direction.

"Well," I started, "you know me, always the bes…Oof!" I gently remove Akane's elbow from my ribs and obediently shut up.

We had spent the last forty-five minutes or so explaining to Nabiki what we planned to do with the other fiancés and rivals. She said nothing throughout our explanation, but it seed as though she was contemplating it the whole time.

"So that's what we are planning on doing to take care of the others." Said Akane, pulling her elbow back. I rub my ribs and give her a hurtful look. She winks at me and I smirked in return.

Nabiki raises an eyebrow once again and looks at me. "And actually planning these things out. My god Saotome…" she says, shaking her head. "Well…I'll help out whenever you need me. Just think of it as an apology for the wedding thing a few months ago."

Akane let out a sigh of relief and squeezed my hand that she held. She smiled, "Thanks oneechan, I'm sure you'll be a big help."

"Don't mention it sis, besides, with you two getting together, I won a ton of yen on the 'Ranma Relationship' pot at school." She grins and looks at us.

"That's…great." Said Akane in a monotone voice, as she rolled her eyes.

"Taidama!" Came a voice from the front door. In came Kasumi, holding a brown box and paper sack in each arm. Nabiki got up and went over to help her. She came back and set the brown box next to her on the couch. I immediately tensed as a small 'mew' came from the box. I feel arms slip around me from behind and before I knew it, Akane had me in a death grip.

"Well," she said into my ear, "Cologne should be here soon. So better get you ready, hmm?" she said in a low, playful voice. She gave me a kiss on my ear lobe and tightened her grip. "Okay Nabiki, bring out the kitten."

"My pleasure sis." says Nabiki, reaching into the brown box. Then…

"GUUUUUUAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!" Car alarms throughout Nerima went off. Dogs barked and men and women turned to look as the sound of screaming reached them. I sounded like someone was being brutally murdered. A moment later, the people shrugged their shoulders and continued on their way. Hey, when you live in Nerima, not much effects you.

Author Notes:

There ya go, now the three sisters are going to help out in Ranma's plan. What plan you say? Well keep reading to find out.

Next time: Enter Cologne, Matriarch of Jokenzestzu!!

Thx

Eternal Flame