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"Oh this is so cool. Can you believe it Akane, they’re fighting over me."

Akane turned and gawked at Summer in amazement. {I can’t believe she just said that. Ranma’s about to get the crap beaten out of him, and she’s happy that they’re fighting over her. Why is Ranma fighting for her in the first place? After all he is my fiancé, shouldn’t he be fighting over me? What am I saying? This is not the time or place to be worrying about stuff like that, I just have to focus on what’s going on right now…Which just happens to be Ranma facing off against Kuno.}"Um yeah Summer that’s real great, but why don’t we watch the fight from over there instead?" Grasping Summer by the wrist Akane pulled her over to stand just in front of a group of excited onlookers.

"Come on man, are you ever gonna attack?" Ranma asked in a less then friendly tone. He had been waiting for over five minutes for Kuno to attack, and he still had not made his move.

"I will not fight you, whilst thou are holding such a vile weapon."

Ranma looked around in confusion at Kunos comment. "Weapon? What weapon?"

"You cretin, I am talking about the weapon that you doth clasp in your hand."

Looking down Ranma discovered that he still had a hold of his school bag {this fool thinks that my bag is a weapon, how dumb can he be?} "Um hate to tell you this but this is my school bag. I really don’t think it would make an effective weapon."

"Silence…You dare to deceive the genius that is the Blue Thunder? I will not tolerate it, nor will I strike you while you hold such a dishonorable weapon. Dispose of it and I will smite thee with the fury that does now rage within my heart."

"Hold that thought for a minute will ya?" Turning to face the crowd Ranma walked the couple of steps to Akane and Summer and faced the two girls. "Hey Akane hold this will ya?"

Akane took a hold of Ranma’s bag and brought it up to her chest wrapping both arms around it. "Sure Ranma…um, Ranma, be careful okay?"

"Careful what’s there to be careful of?"

"Well Kuno of course, after all he is the best kendoist in the school, in fact he might be the best in Nerima."

Ranma looked down at Akane with a surprised look in his eyes. "Why Akane could you actually be showing some form of concern for me? I’m so honored that you care enough about me to be so scared for my safety. But it’s not necessary…I’ll have that guy down on the ground in no time at all, or my name isn’t Ranma…"

"…Saotome." It was Kuno. "It is time for us to begin. Or are you to scared of what will happen?"

"Me scared of you? Get real bub, I’ve seen fleas that are scarier then you are."

"How dare you compare me to an insect, for that I will kill you…CHARGE!!!!"

With his fierce battle cry echoing through the school grounds Kuno rushed toward Ranma, bokken in the ready position for a strike. As he was charging forward he failed to notice Ranma sidestepping out of the way. It was only when he hit the wall that he noticed.

"Ouch that’s gotta hurt…" Exclaimed one of the one lookers.

Peeling himself off of the wall, Kuno turned to face a smirking Ranma. "Wipe that smirk off your face you vagrant."

"Look, I would love to stay and fight but I have to go to school, call me when you’re through with the wall." Ranma said as he turned and made his way in to the school

"Wait, what just happened here?" "I think the new guy just dissed Kuno."

As Ranma continued his journey in to the school Akane gazed after him in shocked amazement,

"Akane…Akane, hello earth to Akane."

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"Miss Tendo, watching Mr. Saotome fight is not an excuse for being late. You fight everyday, and you still make it to class on time. Now would you kindly go out and stand in the hall with Miss Shores."

Akane turned and walked out the door to stand in the hall beside the other girl. As she passed Ranma’s desk he couldn’t help but comment. "Yeah, Akane go stand in the hall. That’s the proper place for people who are late like you."

"It’s also the place for people, who act up in class Mr. Saotome. Kindly join the girls in the hall, until I tell you otherwise."

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"Curse that retched Saotome! How dare he embarrass me in such a fashion, if it were not for the fact that he was one of those infernal exchange students I would smite him, and smite him well."

Nabiki, who had been sitting quietly listening to Kuno rant, looked up from her book with a smirk etched on her face. "Kunobaby, I believe I have some information that you’d be interested in."

"What? What information do you posses Nabiki…confound you spit it out woman."

"Not so fast, you know what I want Kuno. 5000 yen."

"Done!" Kuno shouted as he slammed the money down on Nabiki’s desk. "Now tell me what you know."

"Well Ranma isn’t an exchange student." Nabiki paused and leaned in closer to Kuno so only he could hear what she had to say next. "He’s Akanes…"

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"I can’t believe we have to do this." Ranma grumbled as he stood in the hallway with the two girls. "Don’t they have any better punishments like gee I don’t know, staying after school or something like that."

Akane glanced at Ranma out of the corner of her eye. "We have to do that anyway."

Staring at his fiancee, Ranma opened his mouth to reply, but quickly shut it when he heard the sound of approaching feet.

Kuno turned the corner and marched up to Ranma with a menacing look in his eyes, "Never! I will never allow it."

Ranma looked at the two girls standing beside him, and shrugged.

"You’ll never allow what?" The three teens asked in unison as they stared at Kuno in confusion.

"I will never allow your engagement to Akane Tendo, that is what I will never allow."

Akane who had been standing quietly by Ranma swallowed hard, and looked around the hall making sure that no one had heard what Kuno had just said. "Kuno, what are talking about? Ranma and I are not, the word you just said."

"Engaged?" Summer supplied helpfully.

"Yeah that’s right, Ranma and I are not ENGAGED!!!"

Ranma turned to look at Akane, wincing as he did. "Did you have to do that?"

"What? What did I do?"

"You just told the whole school that we’re…"

"ENGAGED?" the cry erupted from within the classroom and soon the hall was filled with students trying to discover the details of the relationship. "How did it happen?" "When did it happen?" "Oh Akane you are sooo lucky." "Darn that means she’s not free anymore?" "So, Saotome how far have you gotten with her?"

Ranma and Akanes mumbled various replies to the questions that were being thrown at them, looking uncomfortable the whole time.

"Never! Never! I Tatewaki Kuno will never allow such a fool to marry a goddess such as Akane."

Ranma stared at Kuno in disbelief, "What you think I *want* to marry her? Think again, it was our parents who set this thing up not us, so get over it."

"What the hell do you mean by that Ranma? Why wouldn’t you want to marry me?" Akane asked as she wheeled to stare at Ranma.

"Gee I don’t know Akane. Maybe it’s the fact that you’re violent, rude, and so uncute." Ranma retaliated, as he tried to block out the thought that there were way too many people witnessing this.

" Well sorry for not meeting your expectations you, you, YOU UNGRATEFUL PIG!" Akane screamed as she turned and walked down the hall leaving a trail of whispers behind her.

Ranma stared at the retreating form of his fiancee, unsure of what he should do. Suddenly he was aware of a poking sensation in his ribs.

Summer continued to poke at Ranma until she was sure that she had caught his attention. "Ranma, aren’t you going to do something."

"I don’t know." Ranma replied with a shrug, "To tell you the truth, this has never happened to me before."

Akane raced down the hall of the school ignoring the questioning stares of her fellow students and the warning glances and words of her teachers.

The thought brought Akane to a sudden halt. She wasn’t sure why she thought it, she just knew that she didn’t like the thought. Sure in the short time that she had known Ranma he had managed to insult her, embarrass her and ruin her whole life –at least in her thoughts – but deep down Akane felt that if the two of them really tried they could become at the very least friends.

"Akane."

"Nabiki…" Akane slowly turned to look at her sister. "I guess you heard what happened."

"Heard? Little sister I saw the whole thing. So did half the school actually. But for a modest fee I’m sure that I could stop people from talking."

"What?"

"I’m joking Akane," Nabiki replied before her sister could totally go off the deep end "go home, I’ll take care of things here for you."

"Thanks Nabiki."

"It’s free this time…." Nabiki quietly added as her sister walked out of the school.