Nekoken Is Out Of The Bag!
By Lord Archive
Author's pre-note:
This is a Lemon. There are sex scenes in this even though it has a plot.
It is also has a couple dark scenes, but isn't really dark, just
serious.
This story takes place after Manga volume 38.
Legal babble: Ranma 1/2 and all characters in this story are copyrighted
by Rumiko Takahashi, Viz Video, etc, and is used without consent. I am
only borrowing them. I will return them... eventually.
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Chapter 13 - (Coming to) Terms
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Akane let out a long breath causing the bath water she was sitting in to
ripple. The person with her asked if something was wrong. "No, Ranma,
nothing's wrong."
Ranma shook his head. "I know something is bothering you. Is it
Happosai's tape? Ucchan? The demon?"
Akane flinched slightly on the first two questions, but her head dropped
and fell into a shallow nod for the third.
"Killing that demon was something that had to be done. You shouldn't
think about it more than that."
Akane hugged herself. "But I can't help but think about it. I've never
killed anything before, and I crushed his skull." She started to cry.
Ranma drew Akane into a hug. "It was a demon, Akane. It was something
sick and abhorrent that needed to be put down. We did the right thing.
What would it have done if we hadn't?"
"It would've killed anyone who was a Saotome."
"Ya see, if it didn't die Mom, Pop and I would be dead." Ranma then
blinked. "Why did it go after you?"
"Spiritually I'm already a Saotome, at least that's what the demon
said."
"Do you want either of us to die?"
Akane broke free of Ranma. "No! Why would you ever ask that?"
"Because, Akane, it was either that thing or us."
"We could've found another way."
"Maybe, but I doubt it. With preparation we might've of been able to
banish it or somethin', but we had ta kill not only to make sure we live
but that it didn't go after Mom and Pop while we tried to defeat it some
other way."
"I... guess your right, but I wish I hadn't been forced to do that."
Ranma nodded. "I wish I'd never had to kill anybody, but sometimes we
don't get the choice."
Akane almost breathed the name, Saffron. Ranma's first kill and all
because he was trying to save her.
They remained quite for a long moment.
"Are you going to be all right?" Ranma asked.
"Yeah. I guess, but school will be a bit hard to deal with."
Ranma nodded. "Yeah, that damn tape won't be something they'll be able
to forget about soon."
"Um, Ranma...." Akane sank deeper into the water. "About that... well,
you know Nabiki was going to help with that. Um, you see she'll be doing
something that will help the girls to stop thinking I'm a complete
pervert."
"Why do I feel that I'm not going to like how she did that?"
Akane blushed deep red. "She took pictures and taped us last night and
has already started to sell them."
Ranma gasped. "Last night? Sell them? You knew?!"
Akane nodded. "It comes with an explanation of why we did what we did on
Happosai's tape. The tape should help counter our lesbian image."
Ranma blinked. "OUR lesbian image?"
"Well, some of the girls at school think we've only made love as girls."
"That's stupid."
"Maybe, but that's what they think."
"Sometimes it doesn't pay to wake up," Ranma groaned.
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When Ranma and Akane arrived at school, they saw that Kuno was shaking
with rage.
"It... it wasn't enough to send my loves to depths of depravity nor to
strip me naked and dump me like some foul refuse, but for you to have
befouled the very bed of Tendo Akane as well- I SHALL SMITE THEE!!!!"
Akane giggled remembering what Ranma's Hiryu Shuten Ha did to the
deluded fool.
Ranma dodged Kuno's attacks with careless abandon. "I sleep with Akane
because we love each other and want to be together. If she didn't want
me there, I'd still be in the guestroom. Don't know what you're talkin'
about leavin' you naked though."
"I will not listen to your heinous lies. Die foul sorcerer."
"Stop livin' in a dream world and ya might actually get somewhere with a
girl without havin' to pay for her time." Ranma decided to try out his
new trick. He poked the ground right underneath the samurai.
Kuno flew a few a meters from the explosion and took a nap.
"Thought that was Ryoga's trick," Hiroshi commented.
"Sure was." Daisuke nodded.
"Think it'll piss off the lost boy?"
"Most definitely."
"How long do you think it'll be before he shows up again?"
Daisuke thought for a second. "It's been almost a week, so any time now.
Probably will be around to give us lunch entertainment, after school at
worst."
Hiroshi shrugged. "I think I'll just watch 'Anything Goes Carnal Martial
Arts 2 - Akane verses male Ranma."
"You got one?!"
Hiroshi lifted his book bag. "Got it right here."
Daisuke drooled a bit. "Cool! We can watch it at my place. Mom's out
visiting Sis at college."
"Sounds like a plan to me."
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Akane wasn't looking forward to this. Changing for gym used to not be a
problem, but the questioning stares of her classmates were making her
nervous. At least they weren't the accusing glares from yesterday. She
tried to ignore them and began to change while facing the wall.
"Akane, can I, ah, ask you something?" one girl asked.
"Um, sure."
"Is it true that you and Ranma were under the effects of something that
panty thief did?"
Akane nodded, blushing slightly.
"You didn't have a choice but to make love to Ranma like that?"
"Not really. I can't believe how horny I felt that night. I would've had
sex with anyone. Even the old lech."
The girls shuddered.
"Did you have to screw Ranma as a girl though?"
"I needed to make love, and the old lech made it so Ranma couldn't
perform as a guy. I'd rather have sex with him as a girl than not have
him enjoy it at all."
"So which do you prefer, Ranma as a guy or a girl?" another girl asked.
Akane's face was deep red. "As a guy, of course. I can't describe what
it feels like with him inside me."
"Should we be expecting an addition to your family soon?"
Akane shook her head. "I've been using protection, but Mother Saotome
might add to it soon."
"Any tips?" one girl asked.
Akane grimaced. At least she wasn't seen as a traitor now, but this was
very embarrassing.
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- Friday
Akane grumbled, returning home from her morning jog. She didn't look
happy; actually, she looked like she had gone through a weed whacker.
Akane stomped into the kitchen to get a first aid kit.
Nodoka looked at Akane in surprise, noticing the numerous cuts she had.
"Akane, what happened?"
"Kodachi just won't take a hint," Akane said bitterly.
Nodoka had found Ranma's ability to attract suitors rather manly, but
she really wished he hadn't picked up suitors that were so stubborn. "Do
you have any ideas of how to stop her?"
"None. I've even broken her nose before and she's still won't stop!"
Akane said angrily. "She and her idiotic brother just won't see reality.
They think just because they're descendants from some high, rich
nobility they can push everyone around, that they are inherently better.
I would've of thought by now they'd realize that money and ancestry
meant nothing to Ranma and me. Pounding them into paste only seems to
encourage them."
Nodoka frowned, but then smiled a little at an idea. "You said that they
feel superior because of their ancestry, right?"
Akane nodded, applying antiseptic to several of her wounds.
"They value the old ways and are committed into honoring them."
"Pretty much." Akane winced from treating her wounds. "Except they have
the tendency to warp it to their already warped view."
"Well, we just have to spell it out to them in a way that they can't
warp it and entrench it into that which makes them feel superior,
honoring the old ways."
Akane looked at Nodoka and hoped that, whatever her plan was, it would
work. She went back to fixing up her wounds.
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-Sunday
In the middle of the Tendo dojo sat Akane, Soun, Nodoka, Genma, and
Ranma. Across from them were Kuno and Kodachi. To the side of the room
sat Nabiki.
Nodoka frowned. She had wished Principal Kuno would've been here, but as
Ranma and Akane had guessed- he didn't bother to show up. She cleared
her voice as she began, "All of our families are traditional, with
customs dating back to feudal Japan or earlier. We all respect honor and
customs of the past, and hold honor dear to our hearts."
Kuno scoffed at the idea of Ranma being honorable.
Nodoka continued, "And, it has come to my attention that Tatewaki and
Kodachi have made their intentions clear that they wish to pursue a
relationship with Akane and Ranma. While your interests flatter them,
they are not free to pursue such relationships. They have been engaged
in accordance to feudal customs. For them not to marry would mar their
honor. Any interference on the part of the Kuno clan or any further show
of intent to pursue a relationship will not be tolerated."
"I cannot allow that vile cur to wed the fair Tendo Akane!" Kuno
protested.
"It is not your right to interfere. This is a matter of the Tendo and
Saotome clans. And let it also be known that by insulting Saotome Ranma,
you insult all of the Saotome clan. Since the Tendo clan is bound by
honor and intent to join together through marriage, an insult to the
Saotome clan is an insult to the Tendo clan. An insult to the Tendo clan
is an insult to Tendo Akane. By calling Ranma a vile cur, you've called
all of us a vile cur."
Kuno blinked and said nothing.
Kodachi could care less about what they were saying.
"The actions of Kuno Tatewaki at the attempted wedding ceremony can be
seen as provocation of war between our clans, as could other actions
that have been enacted by your family members. The Saotome and Tendo
Clans will no longer tolerate any action of hostility towards any of
their members nor any attempts to nullify the agreement to join our
families by the Kuno clan. Any action committed will be seen as
declaration of war and both of our families will be honor-bound to react
in kind.
"If the Kuno clan forces war, we will be forced to raise all resources
to fight you. You do not wish for us to do this. We have within our
means to freeze all the assets of the Kuno clan, have members of your
family arrested for various, documented crimes, and to martial a force
of a minimum of four multi-schooled master level martial artists. At
least two of the martial artists have within their capability of
leveling the Kuno estate in a matter of minutes."
"But how can I allow Tendo Akane to be forced into a loveless marriage?"
Kuno asked.
Akane answered, "The marriage would NOT be loveless. I have come to be
in love with Ranma since his arrival."
"What do you have to say about this shameful engagement, Ranma-sama?"
Kodachi asked.
"I, too, have come to love Akane since I have arrived here. I fully
intend to marry her. I would intend to marry her even without it being
arranged between our families," Ranma answered.
"I ask that the Kuno clan be allowed to challenge the agreement. That we
shall offer up two champions, while your clans do the same. If we win
this challenge, the agreement is declared null and void," Kuno said,
hoping for a final chance to save his 'love'.
Nodoka replied, "We shall accept on the conditions that no further
challenges can be made by the Kuno clan in regards to the engagement and
any results generated by the engagement or this agreement. Also no
further advances will be made towards the one you refer to as the
'pig-tailed girl.' ANY attempts to undermine the engagement, this
agreement, or to assault on any member of our clans made by a member of
the Kuno clan or anyone acting in accordance to the wishes of a member
of the Kuno clan will be considered the final declaration of war. The
challenge is to take place here in fifteen minutes."
Kuno was a little unnerved that he'd lose both his loves if he lost,
but was confident in his ability and had some confidence in Kodachi's
ability that they would win. "Agreed. I name myself and my sister,
Kodachi, as the champions of the Kuno clan."
Kodachi nodded.
Nodoka said. "As champion for the Tendo clan, I name Tendo Akane, and
for the Saotome clan, I name Saotome Ranma."
As the combatants prepared, Nabiki had everyone in the dojo sign a
contract verifying the challenge. Nabiki then brought in several people
to witness the fight, after they paid an admission fee.
When the fifteen minutes were up, Kodachi faced Akane and Ranma faced
Kuno.
Nodoka signaled to begin the fight.
Kodachi let loose her ribbon. "This will be a short battle, and my
darling Ranma-sama shall be free!"
Kuno charged. "I shall finally free my loves!"
Ranma dodged Kuno's attacks, and with a fierce kick of his own sent Kuno
into the wall.
"Akane HA!" Akane shouted, sending Kodachi through the wall with a red
chi blast.
Ranma blinked at the damage. "What emotion did you use?"
"I used my love for you," Akane replied, smiling, before barely dodging
to the side of a razor hoop that sliced into the sleeve of her gi top
and embedded itself to the wall behind her.
Kuno merely snarled as he attacked; he did not want to accidentally
insult Ranma, realizing he would also insults Akane while the engagement
was in place.
"Oh really?" Ranma dodged as Kuno struck at him. "Akaneken!" Ranma
punched the kendoist through the wall and into the stone fence
surrounding the Tendo property. "Cool."
Kodachi charged with spiked clubs. Akane grabbed the Black Rose by her
wrist and used her momentum to throw her across the dojo. Kodachi landed
headfirst.
Kuno charged back towards the dojo. "Ikazuchi Ha!" Ranma shouted,
leaping into a jump kick with chi flaring around his foot. The Blue
Thunder was sent through the stone fence and into the wall fence across
the street. He wasn't the least bit conscious.
As Kodachi moved to get up, Akane brought down her full weight and
chi-enhanced her punch to Kodachi's shoulder. Kodachi collapsed back
onto the ground, and the pain caused her to black out.
Ranma carried Kuno back to the dojo and dropped him next to Kodachi.
"Cute, Ranma. Thunder strike to take out the 'blue thunder,'" Akane
commented.
Nabiki collected on her bets and had everyone there sign that they
witnessed that the Kunos had been defeated in the challenge.
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Author's notes
Thanks to Free Mage and Michael Chase for pre-reading this.
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