Ranma was looking forward to this. Martial arts was in him down to his bones, and he really did want a good proper fight. If he remembered correctly, Ryoga was always kinda tough. Stupid, but tough. It had been a big disappointment for him when the big lug didn't show up for their duel way back when due to his direction sense. Though, remembering that was making him a little nervous about whether Ryoga would show up on time or not.
"Hey Ryoga!" Ranma said, one whole day before they were due to meet up. The lost boy had quite literally pitched a tent out at the site they were supposed to meet up. This was no guarantee he would be there, but it was probably the closest anyone could get.
"Ranma Saotome, we will settle this tomorrow!" Ryoga called out, not even looking in his direction. Well, okay then. He probably wouldn't be in much of a chatty mood until the fight, so Ranma shrugged, went home, sparred with Akane adn then wound up pounding her and Nabiki for a good two hours after Nabiki pointed out that bullfighters often fuck the night before a performance to help steady their nerves. It wasn't like Ranma needed that or anything up against Ryoga, but the way Nabiki put it had made the argument feel quite convincing.
Also, he wasn't gonna turn down a chance to lay into those two. While sex was far from his priority, he was still into girls enough that he wasn't turning down either of them.
But that's not why we're here today. Instead, we're here to see what happens when Ranma shows up to this fight in male form. At the appointed time, he stood outside of Ryoga's tent. He didn't have to wait long for the lost boy to emerge. Just ten minutes, while he was trying to leave the tent from behind. "Where the hell did the zipper go?!" the lost boy was yelling from within. Eventually Ranma sighed, stepped forward and opened the tent for him. "Oh, there you are!" Ryoga said. "I was beginning to think you'd gotten lost."
Oof! If it was his intention to start with irony as an attack, it landed dead centre on Ranma's very soul! He reeled from it, then instinctively got into his relaxed battle posture just in time for Ryoga to hand over - Huh? A box of chocolates?
"Here! For you!" Ryoga said.
"Oh, thanks, that's very nice of you," Ranma said, taking the box. What a weird thing to do before a fight. Oh! Did Ryoga remember when his birthday was? But that was months ago. Ah, he might have meant to hand this over then and wound up being unable to hand it over until now for whatever reason. Well, okay. Still a weird thing to do before a fight... And now that he thought about it, wasn't this kind of a weird place for them to throw down? A bit too crowded here. Neither of them would be able to move easily. "So where do you want to do this thing? Not sure this is the best place..."
"Hehehehe..." Ryoga cackled. "You want to know where we're doing this? Is that it? Very well, Ranma Saotome! Come with me!"
And off he went. Practically skipping away down the street. Oh, that idiot! "Hey, hold up a second!"
"Catch me if you can!" Ryoga laughed. Ah, fooling around like this! What was he up to?! Ranma gave chase, of course. That utterly moron was gonna get himself lost and wind up blaming Ranma, somehow, for not being able to keep up with him! He had to say though, Ryoga was a bit faster than he'd anticipated. He was almost being playful about it, dodging and weaving and -
Wait a second. Ranma had a pretty good idea where they were going. Wasn't this the way to... Yeah, there it was! In fact Ranma could see a familiar looking black and white mutt making its way right towards Ryoga, not that the lost boy seemed to notice right away. Not until the dog jumped up and started licking his face.
"H-Hey, Shirokuro!" Ryoga gasped. "My goodness, look at how big you are! This doesn't look like overeating, are you - "
"Looks like your dog is having puppies," Ranma said. The dog turned to look at Ranma and panted excitedly. "Hey, hey, good to see you again too. Who's a good girl? You've been keeping his place tidy while he's been wandering the land?"
"Arf, arf!" Shirokuru barked, and then led Ryoga the rest of the way home. Ranma trailed behind, watching Ryoga smile a bit. Ah, that was nice to see. He was used to the lost boy being stressed out or pissed off, seeing him smile like that made him feel really good deep in the pit of his stomach.
"Come in, come in," Ryoga said, and Ranma did exactly that. He still thought this was going to be a fight at this point, bear in mind. After all, their original duel was meant to be behind the Hibiki home in an empty lot. Where else would be more suitable for them to finish matters? Oh, but right now he was getting a bit distracted by his dog, who he probably hadn't seen for a while. That was fine. Ranma could wait a bit before they threw down. "Some tea?"
"Ah, I guess that would be nice?" Ranma said. He sat down, a bit surprised at how tidy the place was when Ryoga probably hadn't been here a while. Until he saw the dog carrying a full tea set out to the living room atop a tray. Alright, that did make a fair bit of sense now. Very smart dog. Probably smarter than its owner actually.
"So, it's just the two of us now," Ryoga said.
"Right," Ranma said. He took a sip of his tea. Were they gonna have this duel or what? The way Ryoga was acting, it was like he'd totally forgotten why they were meeting up right now. Minutes passed. Idle chatter between the two of them. All friendly and smiles - But no mention of a fight! Had this idiot got himself so excited about being home for the first time in a while that he'd completely forgotten about the duel? Ranma was willing to be patient for that, and to be honest this wasn't exactly boring for him, but they were here for a reason! "So Ryoga, about today - "
"Hey, let me get rid of that for you!" Ryoga scooped up the tea set and carried it back to the kitchen. "Back in a sec!"
"Okay..." Ranma weakly muttered. "Urgh, that idiot. Are we gonna throw hands or what?"
With Ryoga gone, Ranma watched in keen interest as Shirokuro carried a pale of water and a mop around. Honestly now, Ranma couldn't let that be. "Hey, let me help with that!" Ranma insisted. Seeing an obviously pregnant dog going around doing housework didn't sit well with him at all. And so, he stood up and walked across the room, not noticing a carelessly discarded towel lying on the floor until he'd already stepped on it, and then -
Well, if you have any familiarity at all with Ranma 1/2, you have a pretty good idea of what happened next. Ranma, tripping in the vicinity of a pail of water? Not a hard equation to solve.
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The date was going well. Really well! It was a bit weird that Ranma had shown up in boy form, but if this relationship was going to work out then this was the way it would have to be. He would have to get used to the idea that sometimes, Ranma would be male. He could get used to that. He could adjust. Ryoga stared outside wistfully, feeling like he was walking on cloud nine. After his weird adventures at the Tendo place and the things those sisters had done to and with him... Simply spending time alone with Ranma was extremely pleasant.
Still! He had to work up the courage to go further. That was something he should do, right? Except he had no experience with men. Which meant he had to ask Ranma to go girl. An awkward thing to ask for, and Ryoga wasn't exactly the best at making such requests. After all, Ranma had shown up in male form, hadn't he? Why, he'd accepted the chocolates without question. Even played their flirty game of tag right before running into -
...
Actually, hold on a moment. Staring out this back window was reminding Ryoga of something. That was where they were supposed to have their fight, before Ranma ran away like a coward .For once in his life he was actually putting some deep thought into something. Ranma had shown up as boy form rather than girl, right? Could it be...? Had there been a misunderstanding here? Might Ranma think they were supposed to be having a duel rather than a fight? In which case, that sort of tracked with his behaviour didn't it? No, actually if you put it like that nothing he's been doing so far has been especially date like!
"I guess that makes sense," Ryoga mused. "There is that bit of tension between us, right? So long as that fight is unresolved, nothing can really happen between us..."
Alright. Ryoga clenched his fists. He was determined now. He'd make sure of it. He'd settle that battle between himself and Ranma today first, then he would ask her out properly. Yeah. Yeah! That was the trick! He'd make sure there wouldn't be any further obstacles between them before doing a single thing more! And so, Ryoga turned around, marched out of the kitchen -
Leading to him beholding Ranma, in girl form, with her shirt off. Squeezing water out of it while Shirokuro mopped up water from the floor. Not that Ryoga was paying a whole lot of attention to that, not when those boobs were out in the open. Wet and gleaming, utterly exposed, jiggling around unrestrained on that cute, sexy shortstack body...
No, don't get distracted now! You've already made your mind up. Ranma is here for a fight, not a date!
"Ranma, I think it's time we settled this once and for all, don't you?" Ryoga asked. In an instant Ranma was inside his personal space, looking up at him excitedly. Oh, gosh, it wasn't fair how cute she was.
"Hey, I was just thinking the same thing!" Ranma said, fluttering her eyes at him. "Are you ready to get physical, Ryoga Hibiki?"
"I am!" he replied. "Once I get my hands on you, it'll be over before you know it!"
"Not much to brag about, I'm more looking to go for the long haul." Ah, is that it?
"You'll find I have a lot more stamina than you think," Ryoga said. "You'll definitely run out before me!"
"Oh, I see. You mean that you'll finish me quickly, while you'll keep going and going...?" Ranma asked. "Sounds like my kinda throw down. So? Where are we doing this?"
"The back lot behind the house."
"Where everyone can see?" Ranma gasped. "Well, I don't have a problem with that, I'm sure they'd enjoy seeing us work up a sweat, but -"
"What's wrong?" Ryoga asked. "Afraid that everyone will see me give you a spanking?"
A strange gleam shot through Ranma's eyes just then. "In that case, buster, follow me. I'll lead you to our - ah, battlefield right away, and we'll see who gives who a spanking."
To emphasize this point, Ranma brought her hand down and slapped her own cheek, then proceeded to strut out of the house with Ryoga following behind, eyes glued to her not so gently swaying ass. Endure it. Endure it! For the sake of your relationship, focus on the battle at hand! Then let her know your feelings and you can overcome this blatant taunting and tap that on the regular!
Needless to say, but these two idiots weren't quite going to get what they were expecting...
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