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This story is set one year after the start of the series and
it continues from there.

< > represents a character's thoughts.



DISCLAIMER : We have written this story out of fun. In no
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Rumiko, Shogakukan Inc, Shonen Sunday Comics, and Viz Video. 
The song 'Everything I Do (I Do It For You)' does not belong to
us.  It is performed by Bryan Adams.


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    The Pursuit Of Akane

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Part 1 : Ryouga confesses


 He gazed into her deep blue eyes and his hand rose to caress
her soft cheek. Akane closed her eyes and waited expectantly for
his kiss.  He leaned forward as his lips brushed against hers.
Wrapping his other arm around her tiny waist, he pulled her closer
into their embrace as their kiss deepened.



 "Nooo! How dare you force yourself onto Akane! Ranma,
Prepare To DIE!" Ryouga lunged forward and with a mighty
kick, sent Ranma into outer space.  He turned towards Akane and
asked, "Are you all right?"



 "All right! How can I be all right when you kicked my
husband into outer space!"



 "What! Your husband? But.... I thought you hated him."
Ryouga's face was contorted with shock and despair."



 "Yes, at first but he was always there for me. You weren't.
Ryouga, you had gone for so long, I couldn't wait for you, I..I
couldn't."



 "But, Akane, I.... Love....You."



 "You're too late, as usual," Akane said bitterly.




 "Noooooooooooooo." An anguished cry reverberated
throughout the entire forest. Ryouga sat up, his heart threatened
to leap out from his chest and his face was ashen white. He looked
around and realized that it was all a dream. Upon this realization,
he managed to calm himself down. Akane's final words kept replaying
in his mind and he vowed never to let this dream become a reality.
He had to profess his love for Akane before it is too late. With
a determined look on his face, he got up and ran towards the direction
of the Tendo dojo (or so he thought).



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6 months later.



 After walking though the Sahara desert, braving past the
riots in Indonesia and wandering into the nuclear testing in India,
Ryouga finally reached the doorstep of the Tendo dojo. His eyes
were brimming with tears of happiness. As he knocked the door,
his mind filled with images of him and Akane living happily thereafter.
As fate would have it, a car came by, splashing water onto him
transforming him into a cute little black piglet known as P-chan.
(Oh, the irony of it all.) 



 "Oh my!" Kasumi said, as she carried P-chan into
the house.



 "Akane, look what I've found!" Kasumi passed the
little piglet into Akane's waiting arms. As she hugged him and
planted kisses onto the little pig, he muttered a little "Bwee"
before he fainted. 



 Ranma entered the room and was fuming with anger when he
saw Akane with P-chan.  <Just wait till I get my hands on you
for taking advantage of Akane.>



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 Later that night while everybody was asleep, a dark shadow
was creeping into Akane's room.  Moving with a grace of a martial
artist, it carefully removed P-chan from Akane's sleeping form.
 It jumped through the window into the backyard below, with P-chan
struggling in its hand.  With lightning speed, it poured a kettle
of hot water onto P-chan before he could protest.



 A naked Ryouga appeared and shouted, "Why did you do
that for?!"



 "An honourable martial artist would never take advantage
of a girl." Ranma countered as he dumped several articles
of clothing to Ryouga. 



 Ryouga frantically put on the clothes and lunged forward
to attack Ranma shouting, " I would not be in that cursed
form if not for you!" 



 Ranma, seeing the attack, leaped away to safer grounds and
launched an attack of his own. Ryouga blocked the blow and tried
to punch Ranma in the gut but Ranma wasn't there and his fist
connected with the wall.



 "Stop that! Both of you are waking up the whole neighbourhood,"
as a giant mallet appeared to smash the two martial artists into
pancakes. "Boys." Akane muttered as she went back to
her much-needed sleep.



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 Morning has arrived and usual mayhem has started. (insert
the usual fight scene between Ranma and father, which ended with
both parties in the koi pond) Ryouga went to look for Akane and
found her in the kitchen making some sort of poisonous 'food',
which would make Kodachi proud. 



 "Akane, can I have a talk with you alone after school?
 We can meet in the park." Ryouga said. 



 "Well, okay," Akane nodded absently as she poured
a kilogram of flour into the luminous blue soup. "Ryouga,
do you want to try some?"



 "Er, why don't you give it to Ranma instead, I'm not
hungry right now." Ryouga nervously replied as he backed
away.



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 While Akane and the others were in school, Ryouga hid in
a room to prepare a confession of his feelings for Akane. 



 "Akane, you are the apple of my eye. 

Thy infinite beauty makes the world go round.  

Thou art the air that I breathe, 

The soil that I walk on 

And the water that I quench my thirst with. 

Thou art the........"

<Wait a minute, that sounds too much like Kunou>, Ryouga
thought as he tossed the paper away.



 "I need something more natural. How about...... 

If you were the tree, I would be the woodpecker. 

If you were a flower, I would be the bee hovering around you.
 

If you were a leaf, I would be the earth that catches you
when you fall. 

If you were the earth, I would be the sun that shines on you.


If you were a flea, I would be the dog that provides a home
for you. 

If you were a rat, I would be the garbage can where you find
food. 

If you were a fly, I would be that pile of shit. 

Ew, this is so disgusting. No, I have to think of a better
one." Another crumpled piece of paper joins the rest in the
trashcan. 



 "How about.... 

Look into my eyes 

You will see what you mean to me. 

Search your heart 

search your soul 

And when you find me there 

You'll search no more. 

Don't tell me it's not worth tryin' for, 

You can't tell me it's not worth dyin' for." 



 Ryouga broke off singing off-tune, "You know it's true,
everything I do, I do it for you. Don't tell me it's not worth
fightin' for. I can't help it, there's nothin' I want more. Ya
know it's true, everything I do, I do it for you." 



 In the background, we hear dogs whining and people shouting
"SHUT UP!!!" In a brilliant moment of insight, he realized
his crooning could never compare to that of Bryan Adams and unless
he wants to be flattened by Akane's mallet, he had better write
another confession.



 "Ah" inspiration hit him and he began scribbling
into a piece of paper. 

"The second I saw you, I knew it was love. 

The moment I touched you, it was love. 

And after all this time, you're still the one I love.

I was once lost, always struggling in a unfamiliar territory

But you give me hope to carry on. 

On all those lonely nights when I'm lost, 

All I need to do is to think of you and I'm home. 

I always imagine us having a future together, 

A cozy house, several children and you welcoming me back from
work. 

I want to make this a reality. 

Akane, I love you." 



 Ryouga with a satisfied smile on his face, carefully folded
the paper and placed it inside his pocket. He approached Kasumi
to ask if she could lead him to the meeting place which she happily
agreed. 



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 The sun shone brightly and the birds were chirping merrily,
all in all, it was a peaceful afternoon in the park. Until....




 "Ranma, no baka!" and Ranma was seen shooting into
outer space, courtesy of Akane Airlines.  Several moments later,
Akane stormed into the park and sat down next to Ryouga.  Ryouga
seeing the angry look on Akane's face, was hesitant to confess
his feelings for her yet.



 Akane slowly calmed herself down, looked sweetly to Ryouga
and asked, "What do you want to talk to me about?" 




 Ryouga nervously swallowed and took out his written confession
of love. He began to read, "The second I saw you--"
when suddenly, a gust of wind blew the piece of paper away.  "My
paper!" he yelled as he watched the piece of paper fluttered
into a nearby pond. He turned to Akane who has an expectant look
on her face.  <I'll just have to wing it>



 "The second I saw you...I...uh..."<oh shit what
comes after that> as he looked desperately into Akane's eyes,
trying to seek inspiration from them. 



 "Yes, Ryouga? What are you trying to say?" She
asked impatiently.



 Ryouga was flustered as he couldn't remember the words and
spoke the first thing that came to his mind. "The second
I saw you, I knew Ranma made you angry and I'm going to make him
pay for it." Ryouga hurriedly left the scene.



 "He asked me here to tell me this! I don't believe it."
She muttered to herself.  



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 Ryouga was walking aimlessly and reproached himself. "I'm
such a coward!  I don't have to rely on a stupid piece of paper
to confess how I feel.  All I have to say is just three simple
words.  If I don't, Akane might mar..ry Ranma."  He shuddered
at the thought.  "The next time, I swear I will tell Akane
my true feelings for her."  Busy with his introspection,
he failed to notice that the sky has become dark. The sky roared
as rain came pouring down, triggering his curse. 



 "P-chan, what are you doing outside?" Akane exclaimed
and hugged P-chan to her bosom. "Bwee bwee bwee," the
piglet squealed (which in pig language means I Love You). Ryouga
thought to himself that it was so easy for him to confess in pig
form when Akane couldn't understand him. "Come on, P-chan,
let's go home." Akane said.



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 Back in the Tendo dojo, Ranma was surrounded by his fiancees.
 Shampoo was sitting on Ranma's lap and trying to feed him. "Ai
ren, come try my new recipe."  Nearby, Ukyou brandished her
spatula, trying to separate both of them. "Can you please
get off me?  I can feed myself." Ranma said as he tried to
push Shampoo off his lap.



 "Ranma, no baka, why is Shampoo sitting on your lap?!"
Akane's battle aura was already raging furiously. 



 "Didn't you want to break off the engagement? So why
should you care? Besides, Shampoo has a much a better figure than
you and she is a good cook too."  Ranma answered on reflex.
   



 Shampoo smirked at Akane and turned to kiss Ranma full on
the lips. Ranma was too shocked by the kiss to notice that Ukyou's
battle aura has flared up as well. Two simultaneous battle cries
were heard "Ranma, no baka!" and "Shampoo, you
hussy!" Ukyou attacked Shampoo with her spatula, separating
Shampoo from Ranma as Akane lunged forward to attack Ranma with
her mallet. Faster than a speeding bullet, Akane's mallet smashed
repeatedly onto Ranma. "WHAM! WHAM! WHAM!"  Each time
her mallet connected with Ranma's body, her fury and heartache
only increased.  His words had cut her deeply, far more than that
kiss with Shampoo.  <Did he really feel that way?> she wondered.
 <If we cancelled the engagement, would he be thrilled?>
 Her vision began to blur.  Akane blinked furiously to prevent
tears from falling.  <Why should I care about how he feels?
 I'll be better off without him and his band of admirers.>
 Her vision started to go blurry again. <I better go.  I'll
be damned if I let anyone see me cry because of that jerk.>




 Akane ran up the stairs with P-chan in toll, leaving Ukyou
and Shampoo to pick up the pieces that was Ranma. Once in the
privacy of her room, she began sobbing. "P-chan, why can't
I have a normal fiancé instead of the stupid jerk who is
always surrounded by women. All he does is criticize my cooking
or insult me.  I just want a man who loves me wholeheartedly,
to be always there. He need not be a great martial artist or a
handsome guy so as long as he treats me well." P-chan 'bwee'd
in sympathy, snuggled closer to Akane and rubbed his nose against
her leg. "Why does he always hurt me like that? Does he love
me at all? Maybe we should just call off the engagement since
we seem to quarrel all the time. Besides, all his other fiancees
are more feminine than I am, how can I ever compete? To him I'll
always be a violent tomboy.  Maybe I should just give up on this
'relationship', we will both be happier." With one final
sob, she curled up on the bed with P-chan and fell asleep.



 P-chan crawled off the bed and went in search for hot water.
He tried to find the toilet or the kitchen but found Ranma in
the dinning room instead. Without hesitating, P-chan zoomed in
to bite Ranma at his leg. "Ouch, what you do that for, you
pig boy!" Ranma tried frantically to shake P-chan off his
leg. Grabbing a nearby tea cup filled with hot tea, Ranma emptied
the contents onto P-chan. 



 Ryouga got up and went in search for his backpack. The gods
must be smiling at him for he did not get lost to and fro. With
a familiar battle cry "Ranma, prepare to die!", Ryouga
charged at him. Ranma was not prepared for this attack and still
groggy after Akane's wallop, did not evade the attack in time.
"This is for hurting Akane," Ryouga landed blow after
blow on Ranma's chest. "How can you make her cry?" Ryouga
continued. 



 "What?" Ranma yelled as he jumped away from Ryouga.
Ranma's heart sank on realization that Akane cried because of
him. This momentary distraction had allowed Ryouga an advantage
to punch Ranma into an unconscious state.



 Ryouga, feeling happy about defeating Ranma, went to check
on Akane. It was an improvement compared to his past attempts,
it only took him an hour to find Akane's room. He knocked on the
door and waited. Just as he was about to give up, a teary-eye
Akane opened the door and let him in. Akane smiled at Ryouga but
her eyes showed signs of despair. His heart was broken at this
sight. <She needs to know that someone loves her> he thought.
 With a deep breath, he confessed, "Akane, I can't bear to
see you looking so upset. Why carry on this engagement if that
jerk, Ranma, is treating you so badly. Especially since there
is someone else who loves you with all his heart and soul. This
person has fallen in love with you from the beginning and his
passion grows stronger with each passing day. He would do anything
to protect you, for you are all that matters. Akane, you would
make that man the happiest person on earth by giving him just
one chance to prove his love." Ryouga's hand covered Akane's
as he softly continued. "Akane, that person is me. I have
loved you from afar for so long. Could you please give me a chance?
Say you would go out on a date with me." Ryouga stared beseechingly
into Akane's eyes.



  Akane was shocked and had no idea that Ryouga had felt this
way about her. Being in a fragile state, she was touched by his
speech and was moved by the knowledge that someone has cared so
much about her. <If only Ranma has cared so much about me...>
but she quickly banished the thought away before it made her sad.
Maybe it's time to move on. "Yes, I would like to."
Akane replied.



 <Yippee!>  It was all Ryouga could do to restrain himself
from shouting out in joy.  Finally, he was going out with Akane,
the kind, beautiful, innocent, gentle, lovely...  The way he was
feeling now, he couldn't do a Shi Shi Hodakan to save his life.
 



 Akane smiled faintly at Ryouga's silly grin.  <I did that?>
she wondered.  "When?"



 "Huh?"  Ryouga blinked, waking himself out of a
daydream in which he and Akane were sitting intimately in the
park, murmuring sweet nothings.  



 "I asked when is our uh... date?" asked Akane,
blushing.



 "Oh...How about Sunday?  We can spend the whole day
together," said Ryouga as his cheeks turned to a delightful
shade of pink.



 "Ok."



 "Ok," Ryouga replied as he floated out of Akane's
room and closed the door.  Then he did a victory dance that was
a hybrid of the moonwalk and the a-go-go.  <Now all I have
to do is to stay in Nerima from now until Sunday.  Oh boy.>




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 Three days had past.  It was now Sunday morning and Ryouga
was still in the Tendo house!  Wasn't it amazing what could be
achieved with the proper motivation?



 "Kasumi, I'm going out with a friend.  Back after dinner,"
said Akane softly.



 "Ok.  Oh my!  You look kawaii!" exclaimed the eldest
Tendo daughter.



 "Really?"  Akane beamed as she twirled around and
struck a pose.  Kasumi nodded.



 "Well, I'll be off now.  Bye."



 "Bye.  Have fun."

 

 Akane walked into the dojo where Ryouga was waiting.  With
his bad sense of direction, if Akane had waited for him to fetch
her, their date would have to be cancelled.  "Come on Ryouga,
let's go before the others wake up."



 "Uh..."  Ryouga's throat suddenly felt dry as he
stared at Akane.  "You...lookk...beau..tiful," he stammered.
 For once, he wished he was like Kuno, able to eloquently express
how ravishing Akane was in her pale yellow sundress and the matching
crescent moon earrings.  



 Now, they were walking in silence to the bus stop.  <Ok,
we take the bus to Kyoto and shop, go for lunch in any restaurant
other than Ucchans and Nekohanten, spend some time in the park,
watch the movie "Deep Impact", eat an early dinner in
that fancy hotel and bring her home without anyone noticing. 
Feasible.>  Ryouga thought.  It was perfectly logical for them
to keep the date a secret.  Like Akane had mentioned, her father
would kick up a big fuss about her being unfaithful to Ranma,
Genma would try to sabotage the date and who knows what Nabiki
would do.  However deep down, a part of him was afraid that Akane
hadn't wanted anyone to know about the date, that she didn't _want_
to go out with him, that she didn't want Ranma to know about it
because she cared about him.  His heart sank.  <But I'm here
with her now.  Doesn't that account for something?  Being with
Akane is what I've yearned for god knows how long, I should try
to enjoy it> 'because it might be the only chance I get,' a
part of him answered.



 After lunch, the two were strolling in a park.  <Argh!
 I'm bored to death.  Some date this turned out to be.  All Ryouga
ever does is smile or stutter a few words.  I don't think he said
a full sentence today.  I rather be home with Kasumi, Nabiki,
father and Ranma...  I'm not missing him.  He's an insensitive,
perverted jerk>  "Ranma no baka" she muttered under
her breath.



 "Huh?" Ryouga turned towards Akane.



 "Nothing," said Akane as she walked faster.



 <Damn that Saotome!  Even when he's not here, he manages
to make Akane angry.>  Ryouga scowled.  <I'll just have
to find some way to cheer her up.  Oh yeah, that's a great idea.
 Mr. Always Depressed cheers Akane up.  If there's one thing I
know, is how to be bright and joyful all day long.>  He thought
sarcastically.  Then he saw it.  A bush with pale blue blossoms.
 



 "Here.  For you," he said shyly while thrusting
forth a bunch of flowers.  Akane was surprised.  Her hand reached
out to accept the flowers just as a shout rang out.  



 "Hey, no picking of flowers!"  They both turned
to see the speaker, a policeman, running towards them.



 "Quick, let's go!" Ryouga yelled as he sprinted
away, dragging Akane with him.



(After hours of running...)

 

 "STOP!" shouted Akane.  They halted to a stop in
a dark corridor.  "I think... the policeman stopped... chasing
us... a long time ago," she panted.  



 "All right." 



 <Amazing!  Here I am, panting and wheezing, and probably
a total mess and he isn't even sweating!> She thought jealously.
"Where are we?"  Ryouga shrugged sheepishly.  



 "Great.  We wouldn't be lost if you hadn't picked those
flowers."



 "I'm sorry but its just that you looked so moody and
then I remembered that you liked those blue flowers so I thought..."
His voice trailed off as he held up his right hand which was still
holding the bouquet.  Akane's face softened.  "I'll dump
this," continued Ryouga.



  "No!"  Akane grabbed the wilting and disheveled
bouquet and smiled.  "Its lovely.  Thank you."  Ryouga's
heart soared.  "Now, let's get out of here."  Akane
sighed as she led the lost boy out of the corridor and into a
noisy, green field.



 (In French)"...This is a crucial moment for Holland
and Belgium. With only minutes before time-out, this corner kick
may spell a victory for Holland. He kicks!  The ball sails towards
the goal posts only to be kicked away by a man with a striped
bandanna.  A man with a striped bandanna?  Wait a minute, he isn't
part of either soccer team!  What's he and that girl doing here?"




 Holland and Belgium players and umpires began advancing angrily
towards our hapless pair, while hurling verbal abuses.  The packed
stadium, the players' speeches and the sign proclaiming, "World
Cup '98", began to fit like a jigsaw puzzle in Ryouga's mind.
 They're in France!  Akane and Ryouga looked at each other and
ran away before things got really violent, with Ryouga yelling
out apologies.  



 Minutes later, they were in a street full of shops.  Ryouga
had asked around and found out that they were in Paris.  Of course,
the Eiffel tower looming in the distance was a dead giveaway.
 When Akane found out, there was a strange gleam in her eye, kind
of like Nabiki's eyes when she sees a thousand yen.  She was like
a tornado, zooming in and out of the shops, trying on this and
that.  'I'm shopping in Paris!' was the sum total of her thoughts
that afternoon. 



 Later that evening, Ryouga and Akane were sitting in a French
restaurant, poring over their menus.  Well, actually Ryouga was,
Akane didn't know French and her English was terrible.  A waiter
came over and asked for their orders.  Akane randomly pointed
to a dish and said, "This."  



 Ryouga paled.  "Uh, Akane, you've just ordered their
deluxe special.  It's a dinner for a party of ten."  Akane's
eyes widened and asked Ryouga to help her order instead.  Ryouga
nodded and started ordering food in fluent French.  



 "Wow, when did you learn to speak French so fluently?"
asked Akane as she started on her dessert.



 "You don't go around the world without learning a few
things along the way.  I'm sorry that I got us lost but we'll
take the first flight back to Nerima in the morning.  We'll spend
the night in the Hilton hotel."



 "Flight?  Hotel?  How could you afford it?  You've already
paid for all of my purchases."



 "With this," said Ryouga as he whipped out a credit
card from his backpack.  "My parents gave me one.  I can't
possibly carry all the currencies."  He smiled a bit when
he saw Akane's surprised look.



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 Everybody was in the Tendo home having dinner when the phone
rang.  Kasumi answered it and  a minute later, motioned Nabiki
and Ranma into the kitchen.  "Akane is in Paris with Ryouga."




 "What!" shouted Ranma while Nabiki raised an eyebrow.




 "Apparently, they had gotten lost and will be spending
the night in a hotel," continued Kasumi.



 "Nani!" yelled Ranma.  



 "They'll be catching the first flight home but they'll
miss school tomorrow.  Akane said not to tell father or uncle
Saotome about it.  I hope Akane has a great time there, and Ryouga
is such a nice young man."  

 

 "Sure, onee-chan," agreed Nabiki, perhaps a little
too quickly.



 Ranma began even angrier as he imagined Akane and Ryouga
alone in a hotel room.  Nabiki noticed his reaction and couldn't
resist a little teasing.  "Why Ranma, don't tell me you're
jealous?"



 "What?  Me, jealous over that uncute tomboy?  Never!
 She could stay there with Ryouga for all I care!" 



 "Sure," smirked Nabiki.   



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 Next morning, Nabiki and Ranma walked to school, upon reaching
the school gate, a familiar cry was heard.  "Akane, thy sweet
angel, let me prove my love for you.  Do not worry, for I shall
be gentle.  Wait.  Where's Akane?"  The Blue Thunder of Furinkan
High looked around but could not find his beloved.  "Foul
sorcerer," he shouted, while aiming his wooden bokken at
Ranma, "What have you done to Akane?  Release her at once!"




 "Nothing!  I haven't even seen her for two days!"
Ranma yelled while grabbing Kuno's weapon and flinging him to
the ground several times.  Everyone else, with the exception of
Nabiki, cringed at the sight.  They all moved back to let a fuming
Ranma storm into class.  Once, the danger had past, they began
bombarding Nabiki with questions.  



 "Ok.  You know the rules.  One thousand yen each to
know why Akane wasn't here and why Ranma is so mad," said
Nabiki.



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 Lunch time.  Ranma fumed in a seat as he thought of all the
rumors that were spreading like wild fire, like Akane and his
engagement were off, the missing pair were in love and the most
ridiculous of them all, they had eloped!  A few gossipmongers
had tried asking him for details but sending one of them to the
sick bay, soon put an end to their questions.  <That Nabiki!
 Never could resist money.>  Ukyou sat down and offered him
okonomiyaki.  Ranma started to gobble up the food in his usual
speed, somehow being angry seemed to have increased his appetite.
 



 "So is it true that Akane and Ryouga are out on a date?"
asked Ukyou.  



 "Who cares!"



 "Well, I've always thought that they got along well.
 She is gentle and sweet when talking to him.  But around you,
she is angry most of the time."  Ranma ate faster, ignoring
her.  Ukyou pressed on, "You don't have to worry Ranma, I'll
always be here for you.  I won't dump you unlike Akane."
 Ranma scowled.  



 "Ni hao ai ren.  Shampoo heard violent girl abandoned
you.  She know Shampoo best choice so give up.  Brought special
ramen to celebrate,"  Shampoo purred as she glomped onto
Ranma.



 <Great.  Nabiki sold the information to Shampoo as well.
 Is there anyone in the world, except Pop and Uncle Tendo, who
doesn't know about it?> thought Ranma.



 In cyberspace, a Korean and an Eskimo were chatting.  "Did
you know Akane has left her fiancé and eloped with another?"
typed the Korean.



 "Really?  Who's Akane?" typed the Eskimo.



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Dictionary:



Ranma, no baka = Ranma, you idiot



Nani = what



Ni hao = hello 



ai ren = beloved

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