In the end they agreed to ask Nabiki about the money tomorrow after her third cup of coffee. They didn't go to sleep for a long time, after all, pairing Ranma with Akane wasn't an easy matter. First of all, they didn't want to screw it up and secondly, the - mind you: not yet existing - 'plan' was too perfect to leave it to chance ...

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Hall oils! Here I am! Took a while, but now the time has come. End of the chatter, on to the FF:

“Nabiki, would you like the jam?” Soun's voice could be heard at breakfast every morning between the others chewing. "No thanks, I don't like jam." "Nabiki ..." this time it was Genma who spoke to her "... you might like the rice?" None of the rest of the family at the dining table - Nodoka, Kasumi, Akane and Ranma - did not worry about the behavior of the two fathers. Probably the two of them needed money for sake again or something like that ...But Nabiki noticed that something was different. When the two of them needed money, they always offered to hold Ranma for her so she could photograph him. Either they weren't in the mood for a beating, or Ranma shouldn't find out about the money they needed.
* Oh no, I suspect a wedding planning ... *
Without hesitation, she grabbed the two of them by the collar and dragged them out of the room.
"If you are planning a wedding for Akane and Ranma, I will not pay the damages and I will get the money for the invitations."
Nabiki laid the fronts clear on the table. The two unfortunate Go players, however, were stunned. How did Nabiki realize so quickly that they wanted to pair up their children? Soun was the first to speak, after a minute of stunned silence.
"We don't want to marry the two of them, we just want to bring them together. The rest will come by itself." "Oh, and how are you going to do that?"
Now the businesswoman was interested.Had the two of them come up with a plan? Maybe one who was even sensible? *Probably not...*
“We thought about sending them to a camp.” Genma rummaged in his pocket for a brochure, but couldn't find it straight away. "What kind of camp do you want to send them to?" "To a ...", Soun was about to answer, but he was interrupted by Genma, who had obviously found the brochure. “In this one.” He held a turquoise-pink brochure under Nabiki’s nose. She read the description with a frown:

Heart camp!
Are you looking for inspiration, something new in your relationship? Then you are exactly right here:
We offer you rest, relaxation and for each couple a double room with a double bed.
A satisfied customer, Ms. K., reports:
"I and my husband had been married for many years, but we lacked a change from everyday life. So we decided to take this vacation and never regretted it!The lake here is idyllic and it is the ideal area for ... "

Nabiki looked into the expectant faces of the two. “Do you want to bring them together or apart?” The expectant expression turned into a surprised-disappointed expression that made her smile a little. "If you want to bring the two together, interfere as little as possible and, above all, stop pushing them to the wedding. I'll see if I can find something suitable, I want to ..." Nabiki just wanted to start her Enumerating conditions when they suddenly heard Akane's voice from the dining room.

"... shut up Ranma ... Oh yes, Kasumi, I wanted to ask you if you would have a little time for me afterwards." "Of course Akane, what is it about?" Now Ranma joined the conversation again a. "Do you want to make yourself beautiful for the guy who spoke to you the other day? I have to say, apart from the fact that he is obviously half-blind, you have real taste ... only he doesn't have one."+ bang +
"I was thinking that I might want to take a job. Now I have a degree and it might take some time until one of you got married and can take over the dojo." She threw a spiteful look at Ranma, who slowly turned back came. "After all, I'm too ugly to be able to please a man ... but because the 'guy from this afternoon' is, as you said so beautifully, half-blind, he really worked on you, didn't he? "At that, she tapped his bruise and grinned maliciously in his face.

A thought flashed through Nabiki's mind if she could persuade Akane to do it ... She opened the door to the dining room and said to Kasumi with a smile: "Kasumi, before you go to the career counseling with Akane, could you come with me?" Kasumi Just nodded briefly and then said to Akane. “I'll be right back, won't I?” A short smile from the two older sisters and they were gone from the room.“What was that?” Ranma's voice had broken the silence. Akane just shrugged at him. "No idea, but if Nabiki wanted to speak to her, it doesn't worry me as much as if our fathers had." The argument three minutes earlier was forgotten and the two talked until Kasumi finally came back.

At the same time, with Kasumi and Nabiki in the latter's room:

“What is there, Nabiki?” The addressed woman offered her, meanwhile 22-year-old sister, a chair before she began to speak. "As you know, father really wants Akane to take over the dojo with Ranma. And as you probably know, our dear little sister is not quite as enthusiastic about this idea as it at least seems. I was just able to do both of them still keep our two fiancés in one
> Camp for newlyweds and couples in crisis <. The prospectus alone was off-putting ... "At the thought of the turquoise-pink brochure, Nabiki shivered and she had to shake herself briefly before turning back to the conversation.As a successful manager of a large hotel, she was used to a lot, but she had never seen such a miserable advertising booklet. The author must have had bad taste ...

(Note from the author: Nabiki has become a manager in a hotel and earns quite well, but still lives with her family. Kasumi is not yet married and also not engaged, but what is not can still be ... )

Kasumi sighed when the conversation turned to Ranma and Akane. Everyone knew the two liked each other, but their fathers had an amazing knack for scaring them at the crucial moment and ruining the whole thing ...
"Well, to get back to the subject ... I promised the two of them I would help them and I heard you talked to Akane about this professional story. I have a brilliant idea:
I recently read in a brochure that a fitness studio urgently needs trainers. For martial arts.The two of us don't understand that much about it, but I think Akane could be part of it. You would have to do a 2-week training in a training camp. Since karate skills are required, there they will only learn how to teach, what needs to be taught to students, and so on. If Ranma also participates, the two of them can leave together under a valid reason without father and Mr. Saotome crying and starting the "schools-are-united" nonsense. We know that the two would deny everything and how it goes on ...
The only thing we have to prevent is that Mr. Saotome and Father do not follow them. Otherwise the whole thing will turn out as usual and the opportunity would be too good to screw up. "Kasumi looked at her sister with a serious face." Nabiki, this is a brilliant idea, but how are you going to stop Father and Mr. Saotome from following them? You know that the two of them really want to record Ranma and Akane's first kiss on video.If they find out about the camp, they will follow them and it was all for nothing. "Nabiki looked at her sister with a twinkle in her eyes before she answered." Well, I'll take care of that ... "Kasumi saw her little sister and after a few moments was sure that she would rather not know how she wanted to do that, the main thing was that it worked.

Akane looked questioningly at her sister when she entered the dining room (???). "What did Nabiki have to discuss with you?" "She heard about your career aspiration, and imagine she even has an idea!" "Well, I'll leave you alone." Ranma wanted to get up from the table and into the room Left towards the dojo when Kasumi stopped him. "No, Ranma, wait, it could be interesting for you too. Curious, he sat down again and looked expectantly at the eldest Tendo daughter.
"Well, Nabiki noticed that you ...", she looked at Akane, "... looking for a job. She told me that she recently saw a brochure from a fitness center that was looking for teachers for karate students.There is a free training camp included and I figured that might mean some relaxation for you guys. "She looked at Akane and Ranma expectantly and with a smile on their faces.
"Well ..." began Ranma hesitantly "... I guess it might be funny ..." He looked at Akane uncertainly, how she would react. She looked thoughtfully at her sister and finally nodded with a smile. “Could be funny.” And turning to Ranma she said: “Well, what is it? Are you coming with me?”
He was secretly happy about the invitation, but only said: "If it has to be ..."

So it happened that Ranma and Akane made their way to the fitness center the next day.
The huge building complex included a tennis court, a riding court and a soccer field. There were also some training halls for fencing, judo and karate and some large fitness rooms.
"Wow, I didn't think it was such a huge building."Ranma was also impressed by the variety of options and the well-equipped weight rooms they passed.
"Hello, can I help you?" The lady at the reception desk smiled friendly and called the trainer after the two had raised their concerns.
"Mr. Miamoto will come to you soon and see if you are suitable. In the meantime, please put on these tracksuits and then go to Hall 4. The changing rooms are next to the halls. I wish you lots of fun and good luck!" "With that she handed a suit to each of them and turned to the next customer, smiling again.
"Pretty impressive, don't you think?" Akane asked on the way to the locker rooms. "Hm..."
In demand was not quite as excited as his fiancée. After all, she wanted the job,