If you thought for one second that Ranma was going to kiss Akane and admit his fe- er, say that he loved her, then you had another thing coming! Especially while she was acting so weird. It was obvious something was influencing her behaviour.
So even if he did want to kiss her (and why would he?) it would be kinda scummy to do it under these conditions. It would be, you know, taking advantage of her when she's not in her right frame of mind. He couldn't do that to her. Especially not when she's acting like Nabiki and mercilessly teasing him for some reason...
There was a pattern to this. He knew there was, there had to be! If only he could figure it out! Bah, there was only one thing for it. His hands blurred, and he grabbed the recording right out of Akane's hands, rushing off with it before she pulled something else. There! No more blackmail material! She didn't even get the chance to say something else that would give her even more leverage over him! That would surely -
"Ahem!" Nabiki coughed, tapping her instant camera, and then producing a photograph showing Ranma apparently lunging out towards Akane's breasts with a manic look on his face.
Oh no.
Oh very no.
"I can hear the wedding bells already," Nabiki teased. "Oh, to think you were unable to keep your hands off her to this extent, you fiend."
Ranma's chin was suddenly turned to the side while he gaped open mouthed at the picture. It was, of course, Akane, who wasted little time in giving him a deep, tongue filled kiss that sent his pigtail shooting straight into the air. All while Nabiki made an obnoxious whooping noise and fist bumped the air.
He pushed away, but Akane had a snug hold on the back of his neck. "You're mine now, Saotome baby! You're going to propose by the end of the day, by hook or by crook."
Ranma tried to back away, push Akane at arm's length, but Nabiki whistled and held out the picture - and then produced a copy as well. Damn her! How she'd managed that with an instant camera was, frankly, beyond him but it hardly mattered when he was now the one being taken advantage of! Being forced to k-k-kiss Akane under threat of blackmail! She'd kill him for letting this happen, no question of it. Though, that wuld still be an improvement over having two Nabikis around all the time!
Don't believe him? Right now Nabiki was sarcastically celebrating, she'd even pulled out a little bell. "Yep, those wedding bells are ringing loudly," Nabiki said. She gave them a quick ring. "Do you hear them, Ranma? The sounds of wedded bliss?"
The kiss came to a sudden and violent end, much as Ranma was expecting. However, instead of a slap, Akane turned around, stuck her nose in the air and turned away from him. "Huh, bet you enjoyed that, didn't you? An uncute boy like you probably feels really lucky to get a chance like that!"
"Uncute?" Ranma countered on reflex. "Hey! Says the uncute one around here! What is with you today?"
"I dunno, I'm too busy being awesome and overconfident to notice anything weird," Akane said. "Maybe I'll accidentally compliment you, or casually insult you without meaning to, because I'm kind of thoughtless that way."
Okay...? This didn't seem too out of character for her all of a sudden. Kinda weird that she was calling attention to the way she treated him usually, but - No, something still felt off. Something about her body language was way off, but also felt really familiar for some reason. The way she was walking around, holding her hands behind her head like she was cock of the walk...
"Ah! I know!" Akane said all of a sudden. "Let's go out and find some cute boys, make them really like me and then not make it expressly clear that I'm not interested, making it impossible for anyone to have a serious romantic connection with me! Let's gooooo!"
"Woah, woah, woah!" Ranma said, jumping in her way before she went off and did something really crazy. "Like I'm letting my fiance go out and do that!"
"Oh? Wanna fight about it?" Akane countered, entering a battle stance that... didn't look like her usual one. It was more like one that Ranma used. Eerily so. Actually, she was in it fairly confidently too. It was almost like looking in a mirror - actually, that might be why he didn't recognise it at first. When he did look in a mirror while doing this, the image would be reflected. Akane was actually in the proper position, like she'd copied it from him. Blegh! As if he could admit that she'd done such a good job mimicking him!
"This is how you do it," he teased.
"No, this is how you do it," Akane said right back at him. "Gosh, you really are so uncute, it'll be a wonder if you find a bride."
"Unsexy!" Ranma stuck his tongue out.
"Nothing about you is cool at all!" Akane stuck hers out.
"Oh, this is rich," Nabiki said, drawing both of their attention onto her. "This is very, very rich. I see what's going on now, and it's so entertaining I might actually give you a discount." Nabiki tilted her head as if thinking it over. "Nah, it'll be the full 500 yen this time. You want an answer, don't you Saotome? Why my little sister is acting weird?"
Damn her... Fine! He'd pay up this time. He dropped the coins into Nabiki's upturned palm, and then she pulled out that little bell, coughed and rang it.
"Shampoo."
"Nihao Airen!" Akane yelled, tackling Ranma on the spot.
The bell was rung again. "Ryoga"
"Because of you, I've seen hell!" Akane yelled, and promptly suplexed Ranma to the ground.
Another ring, though Ranma's bell was slightly rung already so maybe not? "Soun Tendo."
"Now, Ranma this is no time to be laying about. You have to marry me - or one of my sisters - for the sake of the dojo's future!"
"And lastly," Nabiki said, ringing the bell again. "Akane."
Then without another word, she turned around, tossed the bell over her shoulder and let it land in Ranma's hand, then gave him a big thumbs up.
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