Right of Possession
By Lord Archive
Legal Babble: Characters belong to Rumiko Takahashi, Viz Video, and a
bunch of other companies. They are used without consent. I am only
borrowing them. I will return them... eventually.
Part of this is set in script form as Ranma, Akane, and family watch a
video and make comments on it.
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The feelings in my body return slowly to me. I'm not sure I want to wake
up. If I go back to sleep, maybe the next time I wake I won't feel such
pain... Why am I in pain? Oh... right, the fight with Shampoo... It was
one hell of a battle... and I won.
Akane opened her eyes slowing, not wanting to feel the pain that racked
her body. She felt drained of energy, but she could not sleep any longer.
Akane turned her head and smiled as she saw Ranma asleep, sitting at her
desk. Many times before, when she found him in her room, she had
violently thrown him out. Each time she had done it, she regretted it
more and more. Right now, he'd have to do something pretty stupid to be
thrown out.
Ranma’s arm suddenly slipped off the desk, causing his head to smack the
desk. Akane couldn't suppress a giggle as she saw this.
Ranma, ignoring the pain from his forehead, moved closer to Akane, and
asked with a pained expression, "Akane, are you all right?"
Akane smile grew bigger, seeing how concerned he was for her. "I'm fine.
Just a little sore."
Ranma released a long breath, then asked angrily, "You dummy! What were
you thinking, when you challenged her?!"
Akane's smile turned into a smirk, surprising Ranma, as this was not how
she normally reacted when he yelled at her. "Several things: First, she
was making me mad. Second, I wanted to stop her from using a love potion
on you." Ranma blinked. he wondered. She
continued, "Third, when I won... I forced her to renounce her claims on
you."
He stared at her in shock, stammering, "And, if you lost?"
"I would have had to renounce my claims on you." She twitched nervously.
"Though, I did include a stipulation which said you could ask for a
rematch, if the contest didn't turn out as you liked."
Ranma proptly fell on the floor as he face faulted. He got onto his knees
and looked at Akane, asking "You fought over me?"
"I wasn't going to let Shampoo have you."
Ranma looked down twiddling his fingers, trying to think of what to say.
He had just been made a prize in a fight, and Akane had won.
Akane looked at Ranma nervously, wanting him to say something.
They turned towards the door as it opened to reveal Nabiki standing
there. A frown was initially on her face, but it turned into a smirk as
she tapped the video tape in her hand. "Sorry to interrupt you two love
birds, but someone got the battle on video tape and I'm having tough time
keeping the others from seeing it. I'm making them wait until you two are
ready to see it also, but they aren't going to wait much longer."
Akane's face went white as a sheet.
Ranma didn't notice as he said, "Oh good, I missed the fight."
"T-the whole battle?" Akane stammered.
"And all of the preamble," Nabiki added.
"You can't prevent it?"
"Nope."
Ranma looked at Akane confused.
"Why?" Akane pleaded.
"What's on this tape is the talk of the town. They'll know what's on it
by tomorrow."
Akane sighed, then meekly said, "W-we'll be down in a minute. I need to
talk to him first."
Nabiki grinned. "I'm sure you do, just don't keep us waiting too long."
She left, winking at Akane.
Ranma was totally confused.
Akane looked at him, uncertain. "Um, Ranma,
you remember I've been training in chi attacks?"
Ranma nodded, still quite confused.
"Well, ah, I figured out what I was doing wrong at the start of the
battle. I've been trying to focus on one emotion, like you've told me to,
but I kept on focusing on a cause of the emotion and not the emotion
itself."
Ranma nodded, still unsure of why she wanted to tell him this first.
"I was focusing on what normally causes my anger, you. But, the problem
with that I have other conflicting emotions concerning you that prevented
me from generating the chi blast. Today, however, I focused on Shampoo.
I didn't have any conflicting emotions for her at the time, only rage. It
was then that I learned what I'd been doing wrong and hit her with a chi
blast."
"Hey, that's great. But, um, why did you have to tell me this before we
see the tape?" Ranma asked.
Akane sighed. "Because I used two different chi attacks."
"Two chi attacks?"
"Yes. After I hit Shampoo with the anger chi blast twice, she kept on
dodging them. I needed another attack, one that would throw her off
balance. I searched my emotions and found one even stronger than my
anger. I was surprised at how strong it is, but it is there."
"Um, what emotion is that?"
Akane said something, but it was too low for Ranma to hear.
"What was that?"
"Myloveforyou," Akane whispered.
Ranma blinked, blinked again, and then blinked for a third time.
"W-w-what was that?"
"The emotion is my love for you," Akane said meekly.
"Your love for me?" Ranma asked, not sure if he needed his ears checked.
"Yes."
"You love me?"
"Yes, I love you." Akane closed her eyes, she finally admitted her love,
and hoped he could too. "Do you love me?" Akane asked, her voice pleading
for him to say yes.
"W... I... I..." He started to say before becoming too tongue tied to
speak. He looked into her pleading tear filled eyes. He had been denying
his feelings for so long he almost denied them again, when it would of
hurt her the most. No more hiding the truth. His mouth still refused to
work, so he nodded sheepishly.
"You love me?" Akane’s voice was still pleading.
He regained control of his mouth, barely. "I-I-I... l-l-lllooo..."
"Ranma," Akane said, reaching out a hand and shaking him, weakly. "Do you
love me or not?" Tears started to fill her eyes.
"I-I-I..." He closed his eyes. "...l-llloveyou," he finally
said.
Despite the weariness of her body, Akane hugged Ranma with a fierceness
that put Shampoo's hugs to shame. Ranma painfully hugged her back.
After a moment she broke it off, and said, "What are we going to do now?
I declared my love for you on that tape, our parents are going to try and
get us married tomorrow."
Ranma was silent for a moment. "We'll just have to sit down and talk to
them. You know, set a date we agree on."
Akane smiled from ear to ear, this was the closest he was going to get to
actually propose to her. "Yes."
“Um, what do we do now?” Ranma asked meekly.
“I guess we watch the video,” Akane replied as she slowly got out of bed.
“Let me carry you,” Ranma offered.
“Ranma, I’m not that hurt. I can walk there on my own.”
“At least let me help you walk,” Ranma said as he stood up.
Akane nodded. Ranma took her hand and helped her stand. She leaned on him
as they walked out of the room slowly. As they got to the stairs, Akane
stumbled a bit. Ranma stopped her from falling and picked her up.
“Ranma,” Akane said, embarrassed.
“Come on Akane, you’re still weak from the fight. Let me help you.”
Akane was about to resist his offer for help, but the concern she heard
in his voice and the love she saw on his face stopped her. She instead
wrapped her arms around him and nodded.
Ranma carefully walked down the stairs and walked to the dinning room
where Nabiki had just set up a VCR and television.
Nabiki and Kasumi smiled at the new arrivals.
Genma was shocked that Ranma was carrying Akane, and that she was holding
him tightly.
Soun, concerned for his daughter, asked, “Akane, are you all right?”
“I’m fine daddy, I’m just a little weak from the battle.”
Ranma set Akane down on the floor, and then sat next to her. He was
surprised when Akane moved and rested her head in his lap.
Nabiki smirked.
Kasumi blinked, and then smiled.
Genma and Soun looked at each in shock, hoping they weren’t dreaming.
“Akane, is there anything you want to say before this starts?” Nabiki
asked.
“No. Let it be a surprise,” Akane said, grinning. She felt Ranma stroking
her hair.
Nabiki pressed play and quickly sat down.
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The TV screen showed Akane pacing back and forth outside of Furinkan
High. She was muttering something, but couldn’t make it out until she
moved a little closer to the camera. “Why am I even waiting for that baka
to get out of detention? I should go home and do something... maybe I
could cook dinner.”
The voice of the camera man, Gosunkugi, is heard, “Why does she put up
with that jerk? She should dump him for someone who cares for her and
treats her as she should be treated."
(Ranma: I’m going to have to talk to that little creep about stalking
you.)
(Akane (shaking her head): At least he’s mostly harmless.)
Akane looked as if she was about to leave when she looked at something
off screen. “What is that bimbo planning this time?”
Gosunkugi followed Akane as she approached Shampoo cautiously.
Akane moved to some bushes, watching an argument between Shampoo and
Mousse.
“Shampoo, you must not do this. Do you really want to force Ranma’s love
in such a manner?” Mousse implored.
“Shampoo love Ranma, but Ranma no love Shampoo. Can wait no longer.
Shampoo must marry Ranma, even if Shampoo has to force it,” Shampoo
answered fiercely.
“This is wrong, let him chose who he wants to marry.”
“And let kitchen destroyer have him? No! Ranma is Shampoo’s husband by
Amazon law.”
Mousse and Shampoo couldn’t be seen anymore as Akane’s blue aura obscured
them.
“Ranma is not your husband, you Amazon hussy,” Akane snarled moving
towards the Amazons.
“Stay out of this violent-girl, Ranma is Shampoo’s.”
“He is not yours, Shampoo. I am not going to let you take him.”
“Is gorilla-girl going to stop me?”
Gosunkugi apparently started to climb a tree to get a better vantage
point.
(Ranma: She’s digging herself a grave.)
(Nabiki: She’s using your insults.)
(Ranma: But, I’m only joking, she’s not.)
“Yes,” Akane growled.
“Care to make Ranma prize of fight? Winner gets Amazon right to marry
Ranma, and loser renounces all claims on him.”
Mousse looked at Shampoo in shock.
They remain silent for a moment. “As long as Ranma is the only one that
has the right to call for a rematch.”
Gosunkugi was now in position and commented, “Why are you fighting for
him? Let him go.”
“Agreed. Ranma shall be Shampoo’s and no let uncute, violent, kitchen
destroyer have airen.”
“Die you BITCH!” Akane screamed as beams of dark blue chi shot from
Akane’s eyes at Shampoo.
Shampoo slammed into the wall, dazed.
(Everyone on room, except Nabiki, looked at Akane, surprised.)
(Akane (grinned): I learned a couple new tricks.)
“That’s it! That what I’ve been doing wrong,” Akane elated.
“Wha... what was that?” Shampoo asked pulling herself from the wall.
“Just a new chi attack,” Akane smirked. “EVIL EYE!” Another burst of
energy shot from Akane’s eyes and clipped Shampoo in the side as she
attempted to dodge.
(Ranma: Evil eye?)
(Akane: It works, doesn’t it?)
(Ranma (shrugged): I guess.)
“When violent-girl learn chi attack?”
“Just now. EVIL EYE! EVIL EYE! EVIL EYE!” Akane’s blast were now all being
dodged. With each blast, Shampoo moved closer.
(Akane: At this point I knew I had to come up with something to prevent
Shampoo to get into close melee. I thought of ways to get her hit by the
chi blast, and searched to see if I could call on another emotion for a
bigger attack.)
A smile grew on Akane’s face as the strength of her current chi attack
faded. “Shampoo, I will not let you take Ranma from me because, I LOVE
RANMA!”
Shampoo was right above Akane, as she screamed the final words, and was
blown skywards by a blast of a red chi pillar twenty feet in diameter and
hundreds of feet high.
(Everyone’s jaw dropped to the floor except Nabiki’s and Akane’s.)
Gosunkugi stammered, “H-how can she love him?”
“Wow, I didn’t think I love him that much,” Akane said with an odd smile
on her face.
“Akane, watch out!” Nabiki was heard screaming from off screen.
Akane looked up and saw Shampoo falling straight towards her. Akane
dodged in time. Shampoo had positioned herself to hurt Akane badly in the
fall, and so, landed poorly when she missed.
Shampoo slowly got to her feet. “Shampoo no let violent-girl have Ranma.
Ranma is mine!” Shampoo swung at Akane’s head.
Akane ducked the blow and caught Shampoo’s knee as it threaten to hit her
in the head, but was rewarded for that block with a punch into her back.
Akane retaliated with an uppercut to Shampoo’s chin.
Shampoo moved back and launched a kick to Akane’s side. Her leg was
caught, but twisted so that she could launch her other leg at Akane’s
head.
Akane blinked trying to regain her senses from the blow to the head, and
was struck three times in her chest. She fell onto her back from the
blows as Shampoo continued to pound on her. Akane looked at Shampoo with
a deep hatred, trying to fight back.
“She’s killing her!” Gosunkugi screamed.
“EVIL EYE” was heard and a blast of dark blue chi shot Shampoo through
the air. She landed looking like a heap of dirty clothes.
Akane staggered to her feet and went over to Shampoo. She smiled when she
saw Shampoo was indeed out cold. “I won.” Then Akane joined Shampoo in
unconsciousness.
“AKANE!!!” someone screamed from off screen as a blur of red and black
speed across the screen. After it passed, Akane was no longer there.
Mousse then raced to Shampoo’s side, picked her up, and carried her off.
“All right, Gosunkugi, hand me that tape...” Nabiki said on tape before
Nabiki hit stop on the VCR.
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Ranma looked down at Akane and said, “Promise me you won’t do anything
stupid like that again.”
“You’re the only who can call for a rematch,” Akane reminded him, grinning.
“Good thing for you, I don’t want there to be a rematch.”
“I’ll go call a minister,” Soun said, eyes filled with tears of joy.
“Hey!” Ranma shouted.
“We may love each other, but it doesn’t mean we want to get married right
away. Can we talk about this in the morning?” Akane asked, her voice
tired.
“She’s had a rough day. Let her get some sleep. We WILL talk about this
in the morning. NO plans will be made until then,” Ranma said in a
commanding tone.
Genma and Soun nodded, happy enough for now knowing that their family
lines would be joined. Besides, the look in Ranma's eyes suggested they'd
be taking a swim in the koi pond if they pressed the issue.
Ranma picked up Akane and carried her to her room. He set her down into
her bed. “Now get some rest ya macho chic."
Akane stared at him in shock. Her eyebrows creased in
anger.
Ranma kissed Akane on her forehead, before leaving the room.
Akane, once again in shock, watched him leave. She smiled
as she feel asleep.
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Author's Note:
Thanks to David Tatum and The Rams for pre-reading this story.
I may add more to this, but too much more and it's just another resolve
all the relationships story.
Changed the last couple lines do to a couple complaints about what Ranma
said, saying it was OOC. While, I think, once Ranma admits he loves Akane
in a way that can't be denied, he'd would say 'my love' but they didn't
and Ranma is more likely to say the other ending.
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