Ranma 1/2 Fan Fiction ❯ Neko's Mate ❯ Neko's Mate 3 ( Chapter 3 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

Here's another Neko story. Hope you all enjoy

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NekoRanma ducked behind the bushes. He was having good day. First, his human half had managed to get ahold of some excellent tuna, and then he'd ran into a small kitten, and instead of completely fighting his emergence, had somewhat stepped aside to allow him out to play.

He'd quickly returned home to find his mate practicing her skills in the fighting cave. He watched from behind the bushes as she punched and kicked at the air, her yellow fur she wore for these times moving smoothly over her body. He enjoyed seeing her like this, it gave her skin a healthy glow. She was always happiest at these times, just working on improving her skills as a warrior. He loved that about her. She was the least skilled of all his suitors and rivals, yet somehow, she had been the one born with the fiercest heart. She was a work of art. Strong, caring, and compassionate. She had so many contradictions within her that NekoRanma could barely understand her at times.

It didn't matter though. He'd known since his human half had first looked in her eyes. She was his. And he was hers. It was the only time fear had not awoken him from his rest. Somehow, during that brief glance, both he and his human self had been awake and together in their body. They'd both known instinctively that they'd found something special. Something worth fighting for. Something worth dying for. Something worth .. .killing for. And he had. That firebird fool who had stolen his mate had felt his anger, even though the human self had controlled their body. He'd been able to use the power of NekoRanma to fight the firebird and save their mate. She'd returned to them, and he'd never felt such joy as the moment he'd felt her return as he watched from the corner of his human self that he'd claimed as his own. He didn't think his human self was even aware that he was there. But he was. For the first time, he'd understood the sounds his human self and his species made. He was able to know how close to telling her he'd come and it shamed him that his human self had backed out when the idiots had come to them.

Shaking his head to clear his thoughts of those terrible memories, he stuck his head out of the bush to check on his mate. He was waiting until she finished her excersises before he'd let her know that he was there. He was surprised to find his mate's face inches from his own a smile lighting it up.

Startled he let out a his and pounced back. His mate giggled and motioned for him to come closer, making little cooing sounds that were strangely calming. He tossed his head and stalked forward, coming to rest in front of his kneeling mate. He looked up at her face and started to purr, adding a gentle mew, asking if she was all right.

Her smile grew and she scratched behind his ears, just where he liked it. His eyes closed as the gentle scratching turned to petting and he moved closer, gently nudging her onto her haunches so he could strope her legs. Her hand started to pet his back. He arched happily into her strokes, enjoying the soft, loving gesture, even if she wasn't ready for the rest of the results her stroking of him had. He shifted his legs, hating the false furs his human self forced them to wear.

Looking into his mate's eyes, he leaned up and kissed her, enjoying the shocked look on her face. He twisted so that she was rubbing his belly and purred louder, letting her know how he enjoyed her touch. He noticed his mate's eyes dart to his legs and the darknening of her cheeks. He twisted and turned in her lap, allowing her to see how much he enjoyed what she was doing, even if neither of them was prepared to breed yet. They had time. It wouldn't be safe for their cubs until his human self knocked some sense into their rivals and suitors. Again he marveled that such a perfect creature would choose him and was glad that he had met her.

If he hadn't, he might had been forced to mate with one of those silly dogbitches that chased him. He'd die before he bred a cub with any of them. Only his mate was worthy of his seed. And only he was worthy of siring her cubs. Stickboy, Pigidiot, and all the others were not worth the pain and risk of birth.

Turning, and hiding his arousal, he mewed at his mate and looked to the pond. She understood his question and nodded, motioning to the pond, a thoughtful look on her face. Happily, NekoRanma skipped to the pond, and leapt in, allowing his human self to wake in their female body.

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Ranma blinked and looked around wondering how he got to the Tendo dojo and landed once again in the koi pond. He noticed Akane leaning against the dojo's entrance, a thoughtful expression on her face as she studied him. "Er, what happened, Akane? Last thing I remember, I had stopped for a snack at a diner by the park. Then, I heard something shuffling in an alley and . .. it's blank after that."

Akane walked over with a towel as Ranma dragged herself out of the pond. She silently held the towel out for her fiancee, who took it with a smile. "I think you heard a cat, Ranma. You were in the NekoKen again. I was practising in the dojo and noticed you sneaking peeks at me, so I snuck up while you were ducking under a bush and startled you. You stalked around for a few minutes, then you settled down against me for a good petting. Then you looked at the pond and mewed. I guessed you were asking me if you should turn back human, so I gave you a gentle push and then you hopped over and leapt in."

"Nothing else happened, did it? I didn't kiss you or anything?" Ranma asked, noting the odd look in Akane's eyes as she watched him remove his shirt and dry off. He left the towel wrapped around his breasts, knowing how Akane and her family hated it when he walked around exposing them. Truth be told, he was starting to hate it himself, but he'd worked himself into a corner pretending not to care at all how people treated his girl half.

Akane thought for a moment, trying to decide what to tell her fiancee. She'd never noticed before just how soft Ranma's skin looked when he was a girl, or how little difference it made in her reactions to him, no matter what his sex or species. "Let's just say, you were very, very happy to see me, Ranma. It was partially why you hopped in the pool. It didn't look too comfortable."

It took a few seconds, but Akane's veiled reference finally struck home, causing Ranma to freeze and blush as red as her current hair color. "Uh, . . . sorry?" she stuttered, feeling totally horrified by the idea of Akane seeing her like that. "That happens sometimes to guys. We don't exactly control it."

Akane giggled and bumped Ranma's shoulder. "Don't worry Ranma. I'm not mad. It startled me at first, but after a bit, I realised that it was a compliment, sort of."

"Huh?"

"It means that at least part of you doesn't think I'm a 'Kawekunee Otemba'. You like me." Akane said with a teasing grin on her face.

Startled Ranma turned to face his fiancee. "I do not! You are too a kawekunee otemba!"

Akane grinned and blew a raspberry at her fiancee. "Yes you do and no I'm not."

"You're the most tomboyish tomboy in the world! The only thing cute about you is how uncute you are!" Ranma stated hotly.

Akane pouted at the red haired martial artist. She reached a hand out and poked Ranma's breast, startling them both at how much each enjoyed it. "Yes you doooo!" She called as she turned and sprinted towards the dojo.

Ranma was frozen for a second. It wasn't the first time Akane grabbed or touched her breast, but it was the first time there was no pain involved. Shaking her head, she got a glimpse of Akane's yellow gi as she turned into the dojo. "Hey! Come back here! We're not done arguing yet, tomboy. You haven't bashed me with that tomboyish mallet of yours yet." Ranma spring to the dojo leaping into it without bothering with the steps. She frowned as she looked around, not seeing her fiancee until a hand grasped her shoulder and spun her around.

Akane had a strange smile on her face, one that cause Ranma's insides to tingle and heat to pool in her stomach. Ranma was frozen as Akane leaned forward and gave his lips a gentle kiss. Ranma's hand snapped up to caress her lips in shock.

"I like you too, Ranma." the bluehaired girl whispered as she spun and ran giggling to the house, leaving a stunned and shocked Ranma to watch her.

In a small corner of Ranma's mind, a mewling purr resounded as a part of him he kept hidden laughed his proverbial tail off.