Akane Tendo (Odd Outcome)

## History

### Part One

Ranma along with Genma, Ryoga, and Mousse were going off on another attempt at a cure for their curse. Given that this was their umpteenth time Akane didn’t care much and was more annoyed at the fact that everyone making such a big deal about it. After they left Soun got on her case for not being sad at Ranma leaving, this gave Ukyo an opening for Ukyo to suggest she call off the engagement, which naturally started an argument between her and Shampoo. When Akane got tired of it Shampoo challenged her to a fight, surprisingly Akane backed down causing Shampoo to call her a coward.

While upset Akane had come to terms with her limitations, though it still took Ukyo to deescalate things. After Shampoo left and Akane calmed down Ukyo took her to her restaurant to cook her an okonomiyakis.   Ukyo told Akane about her plan to deal with Shampoo, despite knowing she was being used as a pawn Akane was intrigued. She needed to come up with a challenge so ludicrous that Shampoo would have no choice but to back down.

Akane spent the day thinking up various things she could challenge Shampoo to. Once she realized she only had to needed to make Shampoo think she could and would do it, Akane finally came up with the answer. The next day Akane went to the Nekohanten and challenged Shampoo to see who was the better love maker. The smug look on Akane’s face dropped when after a second to get over her shock, Shampoo agreed. Akane managed to contain her shock, and came to the conclusion that this was a bluff so doubled down. Shampoo nearly stumbled but then reassembled herself and regained her air of defiance, before asking what the rules were.

Akane still refused to just drop the matter so it was decided that the first to make the other orgasm would win. She though she finally had her as she watched Shampoo debate with herself. Unfortunately after a minute she looked up and nodded in agreement. Shampoo took Akane to her room which Akane noticed was a lot cleaner then hers. Still intent on making Shampoo back down Akane decided to skip the formalities and the two quickly undressed. When that didn’t work Akane took the initiative.

That’s how it went one of them would push the boundary and the other followed.  Before long they had both moved past mere fondling to more intimate contact. Akane never really realized how far this had gone until it was all over. They two had both given into the contest utterly and with no quarter given.  It was a pitched battle, but somehow Akanee came out on top, both literally and figuratively. She beat Shampoo by just a few seconds and when it was over all she could do was roll over and lay there, immobile from exhaustion.

Akane laid there for at least a half hour before the seriousness of the act she had just engaged sank in. her first thought was to clean herself up, not even realizing where she was. So she nearly flipped when Shampoo barged into the bathroom and demanded a rematch. Akane agreed to meet her in two days, her only though that she would win this challenge as well. Akane road the high of her victory, even making a point  of dropping in on Shampoo with all her friends. It wasn’t until she went to Ukyo’s to gloat, that she realized that she couldn’t actually tell her what happened. She ended up just telling Ukyo that it was a secret, and luckily she took it in stride.

It finally hit Akane what happened as she went home, causing her to start freaking out over the rematch. However she still refused to back down. Akane’s determination got the better of her. The type of contest that she was involved in didn't matter anymore. All she wanted was to win. When the next day came there wasn't a doubt in Akane’s mind about what she was doing. This time Shampoo was prepared.  "The challenge" or "the contest" as they referred to it was fierce, even to the very end. By the time they were done Akane was so exhausted she could barely move. The fact that she lost barely even hit her.

All this did was make them even so the two scheduled another challenge to determine once and for all who the better was. They planned on having it at Akane’s house in a week since Cologne would be back by then. It would be on Saturday, Kasumi was going with Soun to visit a friend, meaning everyone would be scarce since she was in charge of cooking.

Ranma returned during this time and as she expected failed in finding his cure. This made Ranma more cranky than usual and their fights kept Akane’s mind preoccupied through most of the interim. Their little contest hadn't slowed down Shampoo in the least. She made it her point to seek out Ranma on every occasion he and Akane were together. By the time Saturday rolled around she was rearing to get into the contest. As she had predicted as soon as everyone heard about the kitchen arrangements they all headed for the hills. Akane spent the time waiting for Shampoo cleaning her room. When she was done she counted the minutes until Shampoo’s arrival.

Shampoo knocked on Akane’s window hanging from the roof much the same way Ranma does. It was an irritating display. Akane took it as Shampoo’s attempt to frazzle her. This challenge started much like the last. They hadn't gotten very far but Akane could tell that she had the disadvantage. Trying to upset Shampoo’s strategy Akane kissed her, something neither had done before. It wasn't much of a kiss, just a small peck on the cheek, but it had the desired effect. Her strategy worked Shampoo was thrown off balance, leaving herself wide open. Before Akane had a chance to take advantage of this though she recovered and countered with a quick kiss of her own.

Akane wasn't about to be outdone so she kissed her back, this time directly on the lips. Before she could withdraw Shampoo wrapped her arms around Akane and returned the kiss. It turned into a battle after that. Who could keep this up the longest?  The real contest was forgotten as we fought to gain advantage in the kiss. Soon instead of the fierce, defiant kiss that had begun this little struggle the two began engaging in a passionate kiss. Only the necessity to take in air finally forced them apart and the magnitude of what just happened hit them both. They had passed the threshold from meaningless sex to passionate lovemaking. Neither could bring up the courage to acknowledge this. Eventually Shampoo came up with the excuse that she wasn’t feeling well, so they called it a tie. That night, Akane’s dreams were haunted by Shampoo's image.

The next few days were very touchy for Akane. She kept as much distance as she could from Shampoo and whenever anyone mentioned her she nearly started shaking. So when Shampoo confronted her a week later Akane found herself totally stunned, unable to move or even talk. Shampoo wasn't much better and just looked at Akane with a show of complete uncertainty. The two stood around awkwardly for a few minutes before Shampoo reminded her that they still haven’t determined who was better. Akane was furious that Shampoo was still thinking about that contest, but when Shampoo asked if she conceded she refused.

They agreed to meet that night at the Nekohanten. The day rushed past much too quickly for Akane’s liking. When night came and she started to sneak out half hoping she'd get caught. No such luck.  The walk over to the Nekohanten was equally uneventful.  All this gave Akane lots of time to think and panic. That night was far different from the last ones. The fierceness was completely gone, only pure emotion remained.  Akane didn’t even know or care who won. Akane woke up in Shampoo’s arms and began panicking upon realizing how late it was. Despite my efforts to be quiet, Shampoo woke up as she was getting dressed. Telling her to go bak to sleep Akane leaned over and kissed her.

It was only on the way home that Akane let herself think about the huge step that she and Shampoo just took. That brought about the question of what everyone else would think especially her family. It was on my way home from school two days later that things got even more complicated.  Akane was walking alone, having just punted Ranma into orbit, and debating what she should do. Letting this relationship end was an option, but she found the thought of that to be very unpleasant. Suddenly something tugged her into an alley and forcibly kissed. Initially thinking it was Mikado or some other jerk who's always after her, Akane couldn't help but give into the kiss upon realizing that it was Shampoo.

Neither of the cared about the risk they were putting themselves in they were just wanted the relationship to continue. Shampoo took her to Tofu’s clinic. Despite the risk of being caught the two made love, in fact it just seemed to add to the excitement of the moment. After they were done Akane and Shampoo told the other that they loved them. Shampoo and Akane’s encounters continued for many weeks in secret. Both of them were consummate actors so no one could tell that thay were any different, at least in public. They had a number of ways of communicating that sounded totally innocent, including the euphemism of "the contest" to refer to what they were doing, but victory in said contest was long since forgotten.

Being together posed a slight problem but that was soon solved. They came up with a little strategy to avert suspicion. They would get into some bogus fight over something (it was surprisingly easy to come up with excuses) and take the fight on the road. After they ditched any onlookers, particularly Ranma, they'd go somewhere. It also wasn't all just sexual anymore. Many times they'd just go off and have some fun together. Of course, after a while it became difficult to find places that were private. It became necessary to risk meeting at night at either Akane’s or Shampoo’s house. Fortunately, a little testing on their parts soon showed that a little noise wouldn't get them discovered.

They were nearly caught one morning when Kasumi came in to check up on Akane. Luckily Shampoo had some water so was able to hide under the blanket. A couple weeks later P-chan finally returned. Shampoo snuck over for a brief little chat that night. They talked for a short time then kissed each other and said our goodbyes until tomorrow. The next morning Ranma started showing his first signs of knowing something. He was unusually quiet through breakfast and didn't say a thing on the way to school. At first Akane was happy nice to not be in an argument for once, but quickly grew uneasy.

The uneasiness continued to grow until lunch time came around and Ranma sought Akane out by the soccer field. Akane knew he knew the moment she saw his face. When he asked about the number of fights she and Shampoo had been having, Akane tried to goad him into an argument, but it didn’t take. he just asked her about the fact that she had started calling her Shampoo-chan. After getting over her shocked Akane played it off as a taunt, similar to what he does all the time. Looking away Ranma finally revealed that he knew about her and Shampoo making out, though he didn’t tell her how.

Caught and with no way out of it Akane gave Ranma the whole story. He was amazingly calm through most of it and when she finished all he could do was shake his head. Akane tried to get Ranma not to tell her father, but he pointed out that this was not something that she could keep a secret. Akane knew he was right.  The problem was she couldn't think of a single way out of this besides ending her relationship with Shampoo. Something she couldn't bare the thought of. Ranma offered a supporting hand to Akane, telling her that what ever she decided he’d be there for her. That statement was shocking, coming from Ranma, and comforting.

Things continued as they were, in secrecy. Actually, things didn't seem to change at all. Despite Ranma knowing Akane and Shampoo couldn’t stop fighting over him. Sure, they didn't come to blows anymore but they still held something for him in their hearts. Eventually the two were caught after their usual pleasantries they awoke to the sight of Cologne and Soun. Cologne was so livid she nearly dragged Shampoo out of the house before she could get dressed. Akane could just wait for the inevitable explosion of accusations to fly.

Kasumi couldn’t stop repeating, "oh my." Soun was having his usual fountain of tears.  Even Genma shook his head and sighed in disbelieve. The only two people who seem in the least supportive were Ranma and Nabiki.

### Part Two

Soun went into a huge lecture that lasted all night, balling his eyes out through most of it. He thought about switching the engagement to Nabiki, only to realize that since she like girls, Ranma and Akane would be perfect together. Similar to Nabiki and Kasumi’s reasoning when she was first chosen. He didn’t say it outright, but Akane knew that he didn’t want her seeing Shampoo anymore. To explain to everyone why they had missed school Nabiki told people that it was private family business. When the students started offering her money gave vague details. This led to half the school figuring it out and telling the other half. Much to Akane’s frustration they started getting these weird looks from everyone, and suspected they were talking about her when she’s not around.

Somehow it Kuno came to the conclusion that it was Ranma-chan that Akane had been found with and confronted the two during lunch. He appeared so suddenly and quickly that he managed to grab up both Ranma and Akane in an embrace before either noticed him. Ranma was so shocked by Kuno weeping at them for forsaking the male flesh that she stopped protesting. Both Ranma and Akane turned away in disgust, but Kuno went on and proclaimed how he would set the twos wayward hearts back on the path by allowing them both to date with him. It was here that Shampoo showed up and ended there misery by knocking Kuno out.

She told the unconscious Kuno that she would date them both not him. She was joking around of course. It helped relieve some of the tension usually, especially now. However, Ranma might have taken it literally. Akane caught on and returned Shampoo’s embrace, and before either of them knew what was happening they were locked together in a kiss. When Shampoo cut it shot Akane and asked what was wrong. She came to the conclusion that it was worried about being found out and stated that Nabiki had already blabbed. When Akane expressed her frustration at this, Ranma jokingly pointed out that they offered her quite a bit. Sometime during their kiss Ranma must have slipped away and was now sitting by a tree. Akane started yelling at Ranma saying that nobody would have known anything had happened if she hadn’t of said anything. She called Ranma out for getting a huge laugh out of this. Ranma crossed her arms and looked away.

Saying that Akane couldn’t take being called the pervert. Had Shampoo not being holding Akane a fight would have broken out right there. Instead she only sneered at Ranma in anger for a moment then walked off to the side with Shampoo to talk. She asked her about Kuno and Akane told her about what Nabiki had done. She started pacing in frustration as she explained everything that had happened since they last saw each other. Calming down she asked Shampoo what happened with her, only to see the sadness in her face.

She told Akane about how Cologne had forbid her from seeing her. Akane started protested loudly asking what gave her the right to butt into Shampoo’s life. Shampoo reminded Akane that Cologne was not only the leader of Shampoo’s family, but the leader of village. She also pointed out that she was right causing Akane yelled out in shock. She told Akane about how much there relationship dishonored not only herself, but Cologne, her family, her whole village.

Akane suggested that she stay in Japan, but her whole life was in the village. She was raised to be the leader of the tribe that wasn’t something she could just cast aside. Then there was the matter of Mousse. Akane didn’t understand while this was important. She told Akane that Ranma wasn’t the first man who got near her that Mousse attacked; he has done so for her entire life. Akane tried to rationalize that she wasn’t a man only to drop that argument and stated that she wasn’t afraid of him.

The only reason Shampoo wasn’t worried for Ranma’s safety was because he was good enough beat Mousse, Akane wasn’t. Akane didn’t back down from her defiance, but she didn’t respond. Shampoo told Akane that they couldn’t see each other; she had to tell the other students that Nabiki was wrong, make sure that Mousse didn’t find out. Akane mumbled about the unfairness of it, Shampoo could only nod in agreement. Cologne was expecting her back so Shampoo hugged Akane for what she thought would be the last time and said her goodbye.

Ukyo had realized that the rumors were true so offered her place up for her and Akane to meet. Akane was agreeable, but Shampoo knew that it was to complicated. So came up with the idea of inviting Shampoo to a weekly poker game she had set up. This would give Akane and Shampoo cover. Since Ranma was invited as well they would just be there to try to get together with Ranma. Akane also felt that she could get some people around the school to come. When Shampoo asked about Ranma Akane replied that while he was being a bit annoying, she thought they could get him to go along with it, not really caring how he felt in the matter.

When Shampoo showed up seeing that one of Ranma’s friends had been invited she and Ukyo got into a fight over my crashing a private party, until Ranma supposedly settled that matter by asking Ukyo to let her stay. They played for most the night. Ranma’s friend finally went broke... well rather he lost all his chips since no money was actually involved, and he left for home. By that time they were all fairly involved in the game so they continued on. Apparently Ranma had been working on his poker face, or maybe he was just distracted by what this was really about. In the end though he got eliminated as well. He watched the girls play for a time, but then dosed off on a sleeping bag Ukyo had provided.

It was around 5am when Akane got eliminated, leaving it between Shampoo and Ukyo, but we decided to end it there. Ukyo showed the two to a room and left them alone as promised. While more of a storage room then any place romantic, the two didn’t care. Akane and Shampoo didn’t start off right away. Being in Ukyo’s place was enough to keep them low key for a while. They talked a little, joked about the poker game and Ranma, and caught up on what had been happening to the other. The small talk didn’t last long though. All the tension built up over their brief but tormenting separation suddenly was let out and the inevitable occurred.

Akane and Shampoo slept away what was left of the night, and for that brief time Shampoo thought it might all come out alright. The morning came and Ukyo woke them up with a knock on the door. It was clear that Ukyo wasn’t a morning person. Ranma was rather gloomy himself actually. He was obviously not very comfortable with this, but Akane didn’t notice. They stayed long enough to have breakfast then left on their separate ways.

The next morning Akane left for her morning jog only to be confronted by Mousse who asked about her and Shampoo’s relationship. Whether he knew is a little uncertain since Akane got angry with him and revealed everything. A fight ensued and Akane ended up unconscious. She woke up in a cave having been set free when Shampoo told him in no uncertain terms that she didn’t love him and never would, whether he left her alive out of indecision, or maybe because he simply couldn’t kill her is unknown. Shampoo took her home to rest and while a little anger at Mousse she was otherwise unscathed by the incident.