Having a pleasant daydream about lots of little tykes running around the dojo while walking with Ranma, Akane was harshly jarred out of that warm fantasy.
“Hark, is it not the lovely Akane Tendö, seeing fit to grace me with her presence on this fine spring night? Verily if thou wish, I would allow thee to date mine glorious self.”
Almost instantly Akane switched to flatly glaring at the tall samurai-wannabe. “Kunö-sempai.”
Pulling a rose out of his kimono top, Kunö made a show of sniffing it. “Ah, it would seem my glorious self has made thee shy. Pray tell however dear tigress, who might your exotic companion be?”
Glancing over at the puzzled looking Ranma, Akane’s flat stare rapidly changed to a satisfied grin. Turning back to Kunö, she schooled her expression down to a small smile. “Ranma Saotome, of our sister school of martial arts. She defeated me in a fair challenge match earlier today, so we’re out on our date.”
At that the boy in the hakama paused, both at the idea that his precious flower of fierce womanhood had been defeated, and that she would be on a date with the crimson haired beauty she claimed had defeated her. Surely this other flower was indeed lovely, but there was a very obvious flaw. “Heh, surely you must be mistaken, for none other but myself is permitted by the will of the heavens to defeat you. Indeed, battle like love can not truly exist between two girls, this is but the misguided mischief of naive schoolgirls.”
As Akane felt her stomach sink at realizing she was dealing with Kunö, let alone being as foolish as to try and outwit him. The idiot however continued his pompous speech. “However, I am nothing if not magnanimous, for I shall allow the both of you lovely flowers the privilege of dating me.”
Akane was distracted out of her growing desire to punch some sense into Kunö by Ranma speaking up. “Is that that guy at school that made you not like guys?”
Seeing a look of determination on the normally shy red-head’s face, Akane actually calmed down a little, curious how Ranma would react. “Yeah, but be careful, he uses kendö.”
Pulling out a bokken, Kunö lightly readied himself with a grin. “Ah, so the crimson flower of beauty seeks to challenge me? Very well, I accept.”
Seeing Kunö toss something, Ranma was surprised as she gingerly caught the rose, expecting it to at least be a feint for an attack. The tall boy however simply continued his wooing. “Please accept this rose as a token of my admiration. Once thine form trembles at my might and hath been defeated, I might even grace thee with a kiss.”
Eyes narrowing, Ranma held up her fist with the rose clenched in it as if to flip him the finger. “Alright then, if that’s how you want it.”
“This hand of mine glows with an awesome power.”
Backing up as she felt something from Ranma, Akane noticed a shimmer around the red-head as her hair lifted up as if facing into a wind. Then the rose started rapidly wilting, shedding petals.
“It’s burning grip tells me to defeat you!”
At that point the rose and drifting petals briefly burst into flames before floating away as ash dotted with motes of embers. Then Ranma cocked her fist back to telegraph a punch, yet opened her now shimmering hand.
“Now, here I go!”
Finally Ranma shifted into the actual stance to throw a charging punch as the shimmering around her hand gained a golden-orange glow.
“Shining Finger!”
After all the build-up, Akane was shocked as Ranma blurred forward and an explosion happened where Kunö was. Then Ranma was standing where Kunö had been as a smoke trail connected to a figure rocketing down the mostly empty street.
Shaking her hand as if it’d fallen asleep, Ranma brought it up and blew on it as if blowing out a candle.
Staring widely, Akane was a little freaked out. “What was that?!”
Not seeing the big deal, Ranma shrugged, putting an interesting bounce into her breasts. “What? So I like Gundam. Lotsa guys do.”
“Gundam?” Surprised momentarily, Akane shook her head and mimed doing the technique. “Not that, the glowing and the exploding and the burning!”
Ranma however was genuinely confused herself. “Eh? It’s just a ki blast. A really basic one at that. I even telegraphed the hell out of it.”
Panicking a little at having her world view shaken, Akane waved her arms around. “No way! Stuff like that doesn’t exist!”
Staring at her friend, Ranma was a bit surprised that Akane seemed to honestly believe that. Pondering a bit, Ranma thought of something to ask. “Okay, so how high do you think I can jump?”
Surprised by the change in topic, that at least was something Akane could understand as she made an estimate of jumping abilities. Deciding on a figure, she put her hand at breast level. “About high enough to jump over something this tall without touching it.”
Satisfied her suspicions were correct, Ranma picked up her confused friend in a princess carry. Then she hopped up to the top of the closest light pole with her now very startled friend.
Realizing how far above the ground she was, Akane clung tight to the curvy red-head.
Hoping Akane would calm down soon, Ranma guessed that maybe that much was already too much. “Well, is that enough, or would you like to see a big jump?”
Her loose ponytail fluttering in the stiff breeze blowing by at their height, Akane relaxed a bit and looked at the skyline. Although she was pretty sure this was still impossible, her fear quieted down as she relaxed into being safely held tight. After taking a moment to get used to it, Akane hesitantly spoke up. “You can do more?”
A grin growing on her face, amusement danced in Ranma’s eyes. “Maaaaaayyyybe. Would you like to see?”
Not trusting herself to speak, Akane simply nodded.
Smiling in amusement, the red-head certainly did enjoy sailing through the air. Hopefully her friend would enjoy that same thrill.
With her consent gained, Ranma was off, gently leaping from one high perch to another. As the perches weren’t in a straight line, there was a brisk shift in momentum as Ranma launched off each one. Most of the time however was spent in the air, wind whipping by them, cloth and hair fluttering wildly. Then after twenty or more seconds of flight Ranma would once again kick off something else.
Much like a roller coaster ride, it was over after only a few thrilling minutes.
Destination achieved, Ranma sat down cross-legged atop the Tendö home while gently but securely resting Akane in her lap.
Much like a roller coaster novice, it took Akane several more minutes to calm down and release her death grip on Ranma.
Once she calmed down however, she settled down to enjoy being held in the red-head’s lap. After the last few moments she was now appreciative of the firm strength in the arms holding her, making her feel very much like a girl in a romantic mood. Realizing Ranma had firmly defeated Kunö and spirited her away like a princess through the air, Akane went from one sort of heart-pounding feeling to a heart-thumping feeling as she smiled gently up at the red-head.
Akane noticed however that Ranma was blushing and smiling as well, however she looked distinctly uncomfortable with the situation. Since Ranma was just rather chastely holding her close, that mystified Akane until she remembered her busty friend had been raised by an idiot. “Is this the first time... that you’ve held a girl?”
Weak point nailed, Ranma looked away in embarrassment. “Well, yeah. It’s not my fault though. Pops kept putting me in all-boy schools and was all worried about keeping me away from girls.”
Akane hadn’t expected it to be that bad. It would however explain how he managed to keep Ranma from realizing she was a girl. She could just see the perverted boys playing along with it just to see a girl topless in the locker room.
Elsewhere, Genma sneezed and shook his head. He’d of course kept Ranma away from girls for an entirely different reason. At least three different women had actually tried to kidnap the boy in his sleep, and Genma had stopped the women without Ranma being any the wiser of what they tried.
Sighing gently, Akane nuzzled into Ranma’s smooth neck. “It’s okay.” Blushing, Akane realized that Ranma wasn’t technically her first crush, but she didn’t need to reveal that. “You’re the first one for me as well, being like this.”
Considering their situation in the quiet that followed, Akane considered telling Ranma to take advantage of her, but the tomboy had a bout of shyness unlike their earlier bathroom meeting. “And, well, I don’t mind if you hug me. It’s kinda nice.”
Her reluctance brought to mind for Ranma the reason why she was currently holding Akane. “So, about that guy earlier, what was that about?”
Sighing, Akane wondered if Ranma couldn’t read the mood. Well, she was raised as a boy, so best to gently correct her as they went along. Still with the mood already broken, it was a good chance to address the issue. “He announced to all the boys that they could date me only if they defeated me. He’s kinda full of himself and hasn’t seriously tried to defeat me himself.” Grinning, the smaller girl decided it was time to change the mood. “You know, you did defeat me, you want to claim your prize now?”
Ranma however humphed in annoyance. “I wouldn’t use something like that as an excuse to take advantage of a girl.”
That just caused Akane to grin impishly. “Oh? Well how about if I want you to take advantage of me?”
At that Ranma brightened up and took interest with a light blush. “Really?”
Akane simply shifted her grin partway to a smile at the thought. “At least a little. You’re really nice, plus I’d love to see the look on those pervert’s faces if they saw us like this.”
Blushing gently at the idea, Ranma suddenly perked up. Then just as suddenly she stood up and walked off the roof, gently landing before the entryway. Opening the door, she went inside, still carrying Akane in her arms. After slipping her own shoes off, Ranma noticed Akane was clinging tightly to her again. Deciding not to mention it, Ranma reached a little further down her legs to slip off Akane’s shoes for her, dropping them off as well.
That out of the way, Ranma walked a little bit inside and sat down on the stairs near the entryway. In the minutes it took for Akane to calm back down, the entryway opened again as Kasumi announced their return. “We’re home. Akane-chan? Ranma-kun?”
Somewhat amused with the novelty of the situation, Ranma returned their greeting. “Welcome home.”
Popping around the corner carrying shopping bags after slipping out of her shoes, Kasumi smiled at the red-head. “Why thank you Ranma-kun. Shall we use the family room, or would you prefer the privacy of a bedroom for changing?”
Looking around for a moment, Ranma decided they were reasonably alone. “The family room is fine.”
Nodding, Kasumi moved on down the hallway towards the family room.
Following behind her, Nabiki stopped to smirk at the couple. “Moving fast again Akane-chan? Whatever will your admirers think?”
Akane simply made a show of snuggling into Ranma as her arms had been around the red-head’s neck for quite some time already. “Humph, they can go soak their heads. Ranma already met Baka-sempai.” Pausing slightly, Akane hadn’t considered something until just then. “Speaking of which, how bad did that technique hurt him?”
Getting up to go to the family room while still carrying Akane, Ranma paused before continuing on. “No worries. It was just a flashy blow-away technique.”
Perking up, Nabiki was hoping to have something new to tease her classmate about. “Wait, you already met Kuno and defeated him? Wow, speaking of moving fast.”
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