as the door closed behind her.
Like Ranma before, Akane relaxed in the pleasantly hot water after a short time. Her mind wandered to the time when Ranma had recently moved in with them.The first shock when she found out that he was a boy, his numerous fiancés, his greedy father who had brought everything on Ranma. She still couldn't get on with his fiancée, but he had once told her in no uncertain terms that they meant nothing to him. Yes, they had gotten close back then, what would have happened if their fathers hadn't interfered again ...

~ ~ ~ ~ Flashback - ½ year earlier ~ ~ ~ ~

"... but only very close, I had to force him to practice for an hour a day, otherwise he would have rattled off." Akane had met a friend from her old class and they talked about the school, Kotaris (her friend) swarms , .... About God and the world, when suddenly the situation came to Ranma.
"Really ?! I would have thought he had a huge ambition and he doesn't even want to graduate from school with good grades? Phew, and I thought there wasn't much to know about Ranma, except his body ..." She giggled , but when she noticed Akane's expression on her face, she added hastily: "Akane, don't take this literally, I don't want to spar him ... uh, I mean I don't want anything from him ..." She said Akane had relaxed barely noticeably.Nevertheless, she talked about Ranma as always: "As if there was something about him, he's just a fool. So I wouldn't have cared whether you liked him or not." Kotari's expression spoke volumes, but she said Nothing. She knew that her friend hated it when other girls threw Ranma around her neck.
She quickly changed the subject, if Akane wanted to talk about her fiancé, she would say so. Getting something out of her was impossible, and there were other things to talk about. For example the red-haired boy who recently moved in a few houses away from her ...
The day went by, the two girls had a lot to talk about and the meeting was drawing to a close when Akane suddenly began to speak, "You know, I know I can trust you and I know you won't tell , I rely on you. "Kotari looked at her friend in astonishment, she heard the question that was hidden in this sentence and hacked into Akane with a smile."What has Ranma done mean again, or did you find out that you like him after all?" At Akane's expression she had to smile for a moment. "How do you know ..." she sighed, but then continued. "He asked me to come to the park tomorrow morning, but I don't know why." "Maybe he just wants to meet you?" "I ... I thought too."
She bowed her head before continuing. "But I happened to find out that he ordered Kodachi to the park at the same time." "Kodachi !? That lunatic from St. Bacchus Girls' School!" Man, he really has no taste at all, out of consideration Not to mention. I met her once, I'll tell you, she belongs in an institution or something, it's not really tight anymore! Suddenly came into my room and said something like 'I won't let that happen! Die! 'And then ravaged my room, dismantled my desk and twirled a lot of black rose petals around.I swear to you, it took me hours to clean up the mess! "
They had meanwhile arrived at Kotari's house - Akane had accompanied them - and the two said goodbye to each other with the promise to meet again soon. Before Kotari disappeared into the house, she called to Akane: "I'm sure he has some reason for this, a good reason!" she sent a grin afterwards and closed the door behind her.

* I hope so, but what could it be? *

The next day, Akane made his way to the park in good time. She saw Kodachi from afar, who had drugged Ranma and wanted to give him a kiss. Akane carried Kodachi away from Ranma with a well-aimed blow and then looked at him reproachfully: “If you don't want to be stunned by her, then stay away from her bouquets. What is she doing here anyway?” Ranma mumbled something about “You will be okay still see ... "and then turned away.
+ Ring + Was that about ?!+ Bang +
Bingo. Shampoo had landed on Ranma's head and just greeted him 'lovingly'. Akane was about to explode when Ranma pushed the amazon away from him. "Shampoo, stop and wait a moment, we're not yet ..." "Ranchan!"
*What?! Ukyo too! Now he's exaggerating. *
"Well, now that we are all I want you to listen to me." His words put an end to the brawl among the girls before it began. "You invited shampoo, why did you get an ugly fiancé too?" "Whaaas, Ranchan, is that true ?! I thought you only invited me!" "Ahaha, he brought you to show me his love in front of your eyes . He will be my husband and I will continue the tradition of the Kuno family! "She wanted to pounce on Ranma, but was pulled back by Akane with a grip. “Are you deaf or just stupid?” Her voice was calm. She didn't mean to offend Kodachi, she had just asked it as a question in the room."Ranma said we should wait, so stop acting like crazy." The utter calm with which Akane said this made Shampoo and Ukyo almost freeze the blood in their veins. It wasn't the irascible Akane they knew, it was ... well, someone else. And it was scary to them.
The air was tense to tear apart. The calm before the storm? More like the calm before the tornado.
Inside, Akane was seething, if he didn't have a valid reason to confront her with these ... these lunatics, there was going to be trouble. But she had decided to let him speak and she let him know that too.
Ranma saw the inviting look in Akane's eyes and hurried to begin before changing her mind and letting Kodachi loose on him.
"Hmm, I brought you here because I no longer want you to ..." he looked Ukyo, Shampoo and Kodachi sharply in the eye "... always chasing after you. Before you start to debate ..." he interrupted her beforehand."... please let me finish. All the engagements were arranged by my father, except the engagement with you, Kodachi, you made it up yourself and unfortunately I have to disappoint you: I don't think we can become anything."
Kodachi had watery eyes while Ranma was talking. She looked at him and finally said: "Ranma, I can understand that you are shy and that you cannot confess your love in front of these despicable creatures. I will wait for you until the end of my days!" jumped off with a laugh.
Ranma exhaled audibly, "Well, one less." Then he turned to the remaining three girls when Akane suddenly began to stagger. Ranma was there immediately and caught her.
Everything around her went black and she only noticed the secure grip of her fiancé that caught her before she finally passed out. Her last thought was on Kodachi. * Damn it, I'll warn Ranma about her sleep powder and then get it off myself ... *Akane missed the following conversation. Ranma made it clear to the Chinese woman and the okonomiyaki baker that he would never marry her. When asked who he would marry then, he just blushed and glanced quickly at Akane, who was still sleeping. "First I'll be the best martial artist and then we'll see."
Shampoo and Ukyo had of course not escaped this look and they worked on him a little, whether he might not like one of them a little after all. After a while, however, they realized that there was no point in pushing him. However, none of them wanted to give up, and they made that clear to him in no uncertain terms.
After another heated debate, he had calmed them down and they were just making plans for conquest when Ukyo suddenly asked him again about a possible future one, how she should look.

(I know the last paragraph is stupid and I also make it very easy for myself with the engagements, but I just want to reduce the attacks, not turn them off ^ _ ^)* Phew, what happened? Oh yes, Kodachi, that crazy gymnast ... must have tried sleeping powder on her when she tried to keep him away from Ranma ... Ranma! * She heard voices. They came from Ukyo, Shampoo and Ranma. The girls' voices were insistent, what did they want?
"Well, tell me what your dream woman looks like, you have to tell us, or we will never leave you alone, even if you should be married at some point!"
Akane had woken up unnoticed by the three of them and was listening to the conversation with interest.
"Whaa ?! That ... I mean ... I can't ..." "Ranma ..." The voices of the two girls sounded urgent. "... just a tiny hint ... please!"
Akane quickly pretended to be asleep again. She wanted to hear that. And as far as she knew Ranma, he didn't want her to hear it.
"Well, you know ..." he turned and looked at Akane. Apparently she was still asleep. *Well*
"... I mean ..." Shampoo had noticed the look at Akane and Ukyo had not missed it either.Ukyo took the courage to say what he feared. "Blue-black short hair. And you don't like it that much when people adore you." "Yes, I think you are exaggerating it. And I think your hair is beautiful ... I mean, I have nothing against blue-black hair ... . And yellow G sharp, I think, also look good ... "
He stopped speaking abruptly. Did he really say that ?! Just that he hadn't mentioned Akane's name! He found her cute and her manner also admirable. She didn't put up with anything and didn't fall around the neck of every boy. She literally hated boys, you'd think. But Ranma knew that she was just afraid of being abandoned ... to be left alone. He knew the circumstances in which her mother had died: breast cancer. She was still little back then and he could tell from Kasumi's stories that Akane had been pretty much on her own back then.
He didn't notice that he'd been staring dreamily at Akane, who was lying on a bench a few meters away.Shampoo was about to speak to him about what he had just said when Akane suddenly straightened up.
* Pretend you haven't heard anything. Pretend you haven't heard anything. Pretend ... *
“Did I miss something?” She looked innocently around. Shampoo and ukyo looked at her. They had a serious opponent, more serious than they thought. First shampoo, then ukyo went. Lost in thought.