Before she could say anything, Akane recalled what happened earlier in the day. Thinking it over carefully, certain events suddenly started to be more clear from her point of view. Ranma was trying to get away from those other girls when try tried to come onto him. He hadn't been a pervert all these times at all! Well, not as big a pervert as I thought he was, Akane corrected. In fact, it was those same girls who caused most of her own grief. Now what if....
"I wish that those hussies would stop chasing you!" Akane said aloud.
Pausing to take a good look at Akane, Mihoshi noticed that the other girl seemed frustrated to the point of being annoyed and even looked as if she was a bit jealous. "Oooh, I didn't know things were like that around here!" Clapping her hands, she chirped, "Wish granted!" as a thick fog encompassed her entire being.
When it cleared a couple of minutes later, Mihoshi was still standing, looking as confused as everyone else. Scratching her head, she said, "That should have worked. Let me try this."
Once again she clapped her hands, and this time it caused a figure to drop in the middle of the living room. A woman in her early twenties with long blue hair and a figure most women would be envious of, she was trying to make sense of what just happened. "Where am I?" she asked at the same moment her eyes came upon the cause of her predicament.
A few seconds passed during which the features of both girls changed rapidly. This ended with Mihoshi sporting a grin that covered nearly half her face while the other girl exuded complete terror.
"Kiyone!" Mihoshi shouted joyously as she ran up to her partner and gave a big hug.
In response, Kiyone Makabi, formerly the happiest girl in the universe, screamed loud and hard as her dreams of a Mihoshi-less life disappeared faster than food in front of a Saotome male.
The others in the household could only watch the reunion, not completely sure of what was taking place.
During the commotion, Ranma walked up to Akane. "So, Akane, what was your wish supposed to do?"
Lightly whacking her fiance on the back of his head, Akane smirked and replied, "Baka, you should be thanking me!"
"Umm... thanks? What for?"
Sighing Akane said, "Nevermind. You'll find out tomorrow." She was sure Ranma would be pleased with how much easier his life (and, for that matter, her own) will now be now that the none of the other so-called 'fiancees' won't chase him.
She gave a large smile, no different from Mihoshi's a while earlier, as she thought of the changes which had to be taking place even at that moment -- all of which were definitely for the better.
***
Kodachi glanced at the photo she had in her hand. Grabbing a picture of Akane from her brother's massive horde was rather easy, and it wasn't like he would notice that one (or even a few) picture was missing.
She just didn't have any idea of what to do next. Shouldn't I be reacting in some manner to this? she thought while staring at the image of the youngest Tendou in a bikini.
It had all started a week ago, when she had visited that shrink which certain people had insisted on her to see. At first she had deemed him to be nuttier than she could have been thought of by her peers.
But then there was the moment when she realized how true his words were -- the day when the first part of the doctor's diagnosis was shown to be one hundred percent true.
Kodachi Kunou had been, in fact, cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs. Why that rich chocolate taste of the cereal was always in the back of her mind, to the point where it definitely would have been madness-inducing; even savoring each small morsal was not enough for her.
And if that part was true, then certainly the analysis about her latent desires for one Akane Tendou also had to be a fact.
It all even made a weird sort of sense once one thought it over carefully. Her reasons for not being on the receiving end of Ranma Saotome's love was not because of him, but instead her. As shown by the incident earlier in the day, Kodachi just wasn't trying her hardest to nab the boy. It was obviously because her heart wasn't in it, meaning that she was in love with someone else.
But then why would she still try to be around him? Only because she wanted to be in the precense of the beauteous Akane Tendou.
"Now that I'm sure about my desires for Akane, should I extend my feelings for that pig-tailed harridan as well?" She shook her head almost immediately after the thought. "No, for then people would think of me as some deranged pervert. And besides, the lovely body of Kodachi Kunou can only belong to one person alone! OHOHOHOHOHOHO--"
Pausing midway in her laugh, Kodachi grabbed another handful of Cocoa Puffs and began to munch on it.
***
Having closed Ucchans early, Ukyou was in her room, contemplating over the day's events.
Once again her fiance had spurned any sort of advance in their relationship. The fact that he's also avoided any of the other girls was of little consolation to the chef.
The latter part did, though, help cement a theory she came up with recently.
What if Akane had actually been true all this time -- that her Ranchan was actually a pervert? There must have been some truth to it considering that the two were living in the same house.
Thinking it over carefully, she concluded that, while Ranma might not have been a complete pervert, he might have some perverted thoughts.
Considering the way he would avoid all of the girls but wouldn't try to get rid of the outright, there was more than a slight possibility that it wasn't that he didn't want to marry one of them but that he wanted more than one girl to be with.
It even explained Akane's animosity towards him at times. She probably found out about Ranma's desires and came up with her conclusion through that.
Suddenly Ukyou knew what she must do. If she were to convince Akane that being with another girl was alright....
It might be a small sacrifice on my part and I would have to learn how to love another girl as well as a guy... but then Ranchan would be so proud of me!
Standing up, Ukyou vowed, "Akane Tendou, when all is said and done I'll swear I'll make you fall in love with me!"
A loud thud was heard.
"Oh, my!" Blushing, she quickly shouted, "Pretend you didn't hear that, Konatsu!"
***
Shampoo was at a loss as to what her next course of action would be.
For over a year she had been trying to win the love of her airen, only to be spurned each and every time. Recently, though, there was a feeling of desperation in her efforts. She had to find a way for Ranma to fall in love with her before anyone else could. Because if she didn't....
Wiping the tears from her eyes, the Amazon shuddered at the thought of failing once again. The first time around it caused her to be cursed (into something Ranma was afraid of, to boot). Another such failure on her part would result in her getting kicked out from the village.
And with each passing day, her current course of action looked more and more to be a lost cause. It seemed that, no matter how hard she tried, Ranma and Akane were getting closer. To make things worse, he didn't seem to be all that concerned about her own well-being and what his actions might result in for her.
This was why Shampoo decided on a different course of action. Maybe Ranma would never end up loving her, but it didn't mean that she couldn't get some form of revenge.
While Akane did have some feelings for Ranma, it was obvious that she didn't seem so sure about it at times. Now if she were able to take advantage of that and woo Akane away from Ranma, then, while Shampoo still wouldn't be allowed back to the village, she would have gotten even with Ranma for all the trouble he put her through.
It was definitely a good plan.
***
Yes, Akane thought to herself, not knowing of what was going through the minds of the other girls, tomorrow will definitely be a good day.
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