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The Lovers\' Law	By : unicornlord Category: +M to R > Ranma ½ Views: 20892 -:- Recommendations : 2 -:- Currently Reading : 3
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As dusk began to settle over the town of Nermina as Cologne and Nodoka bantered and discussed something in secret, Genma and Soun trying their best to listen in to their conversation. They could hardly catch a thing but a laugh, but they seemed to be getting along joyously.

Which couldn't be good. Cologne eventually produced a book from her sleeve, the book opening instantly to a mark. She passed it along to Nodoka, who fingered the page and the words. She seemed to struggle with the wording, which amused the old amazon, who produced a smaller piece of paper and handed it to the younger woman. Nodoka gasped, her face flushed.

"R-ranma would-!"The two boys heard her stammer aloud. She leaned in close and pointed at various pieces of the text, Cologne answer each question in turn. The younger of the nearly exploded at the mention of somethings. She seemed to faint into thought, and then nodded, a slight smile on her face.

"You can come in now, you two. You too, son-in-law." Cologne chuckled. They hadn't even notice the dim aura emanating my the rooftop outside, let alone the strand of red ponytail that swung gently out of view. The young redhead jimmied on down and glared at Cologne from next to her mother's side. "It's good your here, son-in-law. Saves time."

All of them settled down the table, all turned to the book in front of Nodoka. It was a list of martial laws of Nermia. "What's this all about?" Ranma huffed. Cologne smiled, and motioned to the page in the book.

"Son-in-law, are you tired of the girls fighting over you?" That caught the redhead's eyes. "The bickering, the fighting, the property damage?" Ranma swallowed, but didn't answer. "But... You're too nice to turn Tendo and Kuoji away."

Genma and Soun wanted to correct her, but she continued before they had the chance. "Son-in-law, I think you can have your cake, and eat it too, as it were. Look. Here." She prodded the page midway with a her cane, directing the young girl's eyes down. "This page contains a law set many years back, but is still in effect. A single, solitary law."

"The Law of the Lovers?" She said aloud. She read through it, but soon matched the same confused look her mother had had a few minutes ago, scrunching to try and decipher the complicated language. "I can't make it out, and it's in Japanese!"

"No worries, Son-in-law." Cologne said. "I shall explain."

The five leaned in.

"It's a polygamy law." All of them, saved Nodoka, who flushed at the thought, jerked back with an audible breath, like they'd all been punched in the gut. "The only law that allows someone to have a polygamous marriage."

"Ranma! H-How could you!?" Soun immediately shouted, ready to defend his daughter's honor.

"Ranma!" Genma shouted. "This is!..."

Ranma's head slammed down on the desk as Genma gave him a thumbs up. His pride was soon challenged by Soun's murderous intent. "Now... Tendo! Calm down!"

"Will both of you shut up!" Ranma yelled. "Cologne! You can't be serious! None of the girls will agree to that!"

"So... you'd be willing to if they were?" That caught the room off guard.

The old woman jumped down, hobbling over to the pathway outside. She seemed deep in thought, a stark contrast to the two men fighting each other behind her. Ranma walked over to her. "You didn't answer my question, son-in-law. Has your heart been decided?"

"Why bring this up, Cologne?"

"I want to be a great grandmother, someday, you know." She said.

"But... Polygamy?"

"It's not polygamy in the same sense." Ranma's brows furrowed curiously as Cologne turned to her. "Despite your best efforts, all three girls have wiggled into your heart, in the same place. You even grew furious when Shampoo turn against you. You visit the chef and my Shampoo daily, despite what your other betrothed would think."

The chef? She must me Ukyo. Ranma thought. And Akane must be the other betrothed.

Kodachi was the only one who didn't have any standing argument to even be near her, only a sense of greed that drove her to bug all of them on end to claim him. "Son-in-law, focus." Cologne gently thumped him on the head. "Now's not the time to think about the past."

"So what if I make friends with my fiancees, old ghoul? I can't be friendly."

"You're not the only one." She said.

This really caught the red head's attention. "The girls have gotten closer. Friendly. Small bonds have begun to form between them, and it seems less and less likely you'll ever get to the altar without destroying the trust and friendship they formed."

"Old ghoul?"

"They could become lovers, with a little push. All of them."

"I don't think their into-"

"They all don't seem to mind this form. Shampoo grew up among amazons; it's not all that uncommon. The chef dresses like a boy; not to far of a leap to make, no? And Akane hated men outright, if I recall, before you came around. I daresay she probably went the direct opposite way."

"Did you just call Akane gay?"

"No. Only that she preferred women's company before her fiancee bridged the gap."

"Where are you going with this, Ghoul?" Ranma said. "And what's the girl's being bi have to do with the The Law?"

She spun around, and stomped her cane, instantly ending the childish antics of Sound and Genma with a leer.

"Tendo, Saotome!" all four of them turned to the suddenly booming amazon. "The Law of the Lover's is a 24 test to prove that the love between the group is equal, not hoarded by one partner, or driven by the greed of men's lust! The girls must love each other as much as Ranma! They will all be engaged to each other, by their own accords! Akane and Ranma will have three fiancees, not one! As will my granddaughter, and the chef Ukyo!"

"What?!" came the collective reply from all three males.

"Old Ghoul!?"

"Ranma! The Law of the Lover's is simple. Most polygamous relationships are driven by the greed of one. Thusly they were outlawed. But, ages ago, a single group of three challenged the law, saying it tore the love between the three apart, as neither heart could decide upon one or the other. They asked the courts for a reprieve from the laws, as all three truly loved the other, and would prove it by having all three marry the other, so no party held unequal power over the other two. Since then, only a party of true love will be allowed to form such a bond."

Ranma gulped. "The rules are simply Ranma; we shall give you time to prepare, and on the day of, I will request the special permit license. At it's dispersal, you will have 24 hours to get all three of the girls to willing accept the others as lovers. And sign their names on the permit."

"Well, that should be easy." Ranma said. "We'll just tell them and they should be able-"

"Unfortunately, The girls cannot be made aware of the law by our hand. Only the party who invokes the permit can know about it. The girls have to willing agree, without being coerced by the others. The party who challenged the law were brought to knowledge of the test through the judge in his chambers, and held in silence for fear of losing the other two. Should any of the girls be told by us, you'll forfeit the permit. The girl will have to come into knowledge of the permit all their own."

"... Anything else?"

"Yes. Aside for the premit... you'll have to prove your love... through a kiss." Ranma's face paled. "All of you must kiss the others in true love. No hesitation, no remorse."

"A kiss of true love... between four people!?" Genma said in shock.

"C-can such a love even exist?!" Soun followed. "Saotome!?"

"Luckly, they only need to be done in front of a neutral party who will report this to the judge overseeing the case." Cologne nodded. "It will be me, in this case?"

"Why you?!" Soun said.

"Because I will remain impartial, regardless of how it will end." She said simply. They waited as an air of silence came down.

"Is that it?" Ranma said. "The girls propose to each other and kiss each other? That shouldn't be too hard."

"That's the spirit, son-in-law." Cologne said. "But it's a challenge more difficult then it appears. Hearts are as fickle as your curse is with water. Should the slightest thing go wrong... you only have those 24 hours to correct it. And there is... one thing. Not that should should matter at the end, since you will succeed."

"Cologne, just tell me."

"It's an all or nothing gamble, Ranma." Nadoka spoke up. "Should you fail... you'll be barred from seeing any of the girls. Ever again."

"WHAT?!" All three of the men shouted. "B-barred?!"

Ranma's face dripped with fear. Lose his friends... forever!? He would have to move to get away from them... they'd be forced out of Nermia! His mother wouldn't be able to make the distance to a new home, would she?

How would he even explain to the girl what he'd try to do? How would they take it? Thoughts of being pummeled for being a pervert, of losing the girls filled his head. "PERVERT!" Akane would yell. "Ranma is shameful husband!" Shampoo would say as she spiked with with a spear. "I can't believe you, Ranma!" And then Ukyo would fry him.

The shocked settled in, thoughts began to wander about. Tendo and Genma fell into mediation, or maybe just thankfulness the decision was not theirs' to make.

"A terrifying gambit. To risk the love of one's life for such a love, one must be truly in love!" Soun contemplated. "Ranma, your heart must truly be open to multiple loves! As will my Akane's! What will you do?!"

Ranma sat there in silence. Seconds ticked away, before the short red-headed girl rose to her feet. She turned to the outside walkway. "Ranma?!" Genma said.

"C-can I get some time to think? I-i.. I need time to think." Soun was about to shout something, but was silenced by a motion of Cologne's cane.

"Take all the time you need, Son-in-law. I will see you when you are ready."

Night eventually settled, and as the girls returned back home, the found dinner had become quiet and down trodden. Most notably, because of the lack of a certain jet black haired boy/ ruby headed girl. Of course, it was Akane who spoke up first. "Where's Ranma?"

The two men remaining dove deeper into their meals.

"Ranma will be busy tonight, Akane. He has something important to do today." The girl didn't seemed satisfied with the answer, but left it alone.

Truth be told, Ranma hadn't gone that far. The smell of his mother's home cooking was driving him slightly mad. "I should've gone to the school or something." Maybe Ukyo's... or Shampoo's. Get a sense of where I'm at with them. No wait... If it did that, I might screw up and let something slip or push them to early... He ruffled his hair in fustration. He wanted to yell.

He looked back over to the stars. "Cologne, you old fool... Why do this?"

"Because you won't say no." Ranma jumped, finally noticing the old ghoul sitting next to him. "and neither will the girls."

"How you be so sure?"

"They've already each have two lovers, Ranma."

"W-what? WHO!?" He growled in anger. Was it Ryoga, the bastard!? Surely not Mousse, or that bastard Kuno! How could they do this to him?!

"Calm down, son-in-law. I meant you... and you."

"Huh?" The red head blinked in surprised. "Me, and me?"

"As much they are the same person, they're completely different as well." Cologne said. "The girl had to accept a different person completely; smaller, softer, weaker, with beautiful eyes, and exotic hair. Despite what you think, Ranma, you, and your female form are two different people to everybody else. Just because your friends and family eventually accepted your unusual identity crisis, doesn't mean it's still there, in some small part."

"H-how..." Cologne turned cocked her head as Ranma sat back down. "how do you know they've really love me as a girl? That they're open enough to accept the others... and the way they are. I don't even accept my girl form."

Cologne thought for a minute, and then popped open Ranma's shirt, exposing the deep valley of cleavage that formed from her impressive bust. Instinctively, the red head covered up. "What the hell!?"

"Ranma... if you're still a boy, why are you covering up? I didn't even expose you. Why should you even care?" The thought hit Ranma like a ton of bricks. "You've developed the habits of both men and women. You've grown a feminine personality, little by little. Every so slowly, you've become two people."

Ranma looked down at her hands, still gripping her shirt tightly together. She let go, and looked down at her bust. "Shampoo had to deal with this fact. As has Ukyo Kuoji, and Akane Tendo."

She continued. "If you think they only love you a woman, approach them as a man then, Ranma. But, if you want to confirm they've accepted your girl half, I'd use this form. You're certainly pretty enough for them to love, Ranma-chan~."

Ranma cringed at added jab. "I can understand. It's a scary prospect; losing your friendships. But, you're not going to win big without taking a big risk. Think of this as an all in shove in one of your poker games: you're putting all your faith in being right one time, with the risk of losing it all if you're wrong.."

"..."

Silence fell again, broken only by the dim, far off sounds of traffic and the night time bugs and animals. Ranma face seemed twist in argument with itself.

"I'll do it." she finally said.
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