Akane's Crime...
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P-Chan looked up, gratefully, from the scraps of food Akane had given him.

Akane smiled as the little piglet gobbled up every last bite.

"At least *someone* around her appreciates good cooking." she proclaimed.

P-Chan bwee'ed in agremement. But then, he began to feel dizzy and tired. The room spun around him and his eyes became cloudy. Then, quite suddenly, he passed out.

Akane smiled and carried P-Chan up to her room.

Akane stroked P-Chan's back as the small piglet slept on her chest. Then, once she was sure he was sound asleep, she made sure he was lying on his stomach and poured a cup of hot water onto him.

Ryoga lay on his stomach on top of Akane. She wrapped her legs around him and began moving under him, stroking his cock until, despite his being unconscious, it was firm and erect, and guiding it into herself.

"Mmmmm...." She sighed as she began to rub herself up and down the shaft of Ryoga's erection. "oooh... yeah.. this is the life... ooooh!! OH YES!!!" she came, her orgasm causing her to shudder. her pussy spasming around Ryoga's cock, causing it to ejaculate deep inside her.

Smiling, Akane pulled Ryoga's softening cock out of her and fixed her clothes. Then, she poured a glass of cold water onto his back, changing him back into P-Chan, unaware that he had been awake for the past three minutes.

The horrified piglet leaped out of Akane's bed and ran straight through the door, breaking it down. He barrelled down the corridor as fast as he could,leaping into Ranma's bed and bwee'ing loudly.

"P-chan?" Ranma asked.

P-chan kept bwee'ing frantically at him.

"What happened?" Ranma asked, pouring some hot water onto the piglet.

The look on Ryoga's face was one of utter shock, shame and embarrassment.

"Akane raped me." He whispered.

Ranma couldn't believe what he'd just heard. Ryoga had been practically begging for Akane's affection, had been getting into bed with her as P-Chan every night, and now he was accusing her of *rape*?! With an expression of pure hate on his face, he slapped Ryoga hard enough to knock the other boy to the ground.

"You were asking for it." he pointed out.

"How *dare* you." Ryoga hissed, venomously.

"No. How dare *you*." Ranma snarled. "How dare you come into this house and accuse Akane like that. Why don't you just leave?!"

"Fine. I will." Ryoga said, turning and walking towards the door.

"That's the closet, stupid." Ranma snapped.

Ryoga walked towards the other door, and, after a few unsuccessful tries, finally managed to leave the house.

Ranma got back into bed, and failed to fall asleep.

*****

"Akane," Ranma asked, "Ryoga says you dishonored him last night."

"He..." Akane began.

"Its okay." Ranma reassured her. "I know he was lying. I think he's just trying to get attention. He gets lonely being lost so much and..."

"Let's not talk about it." Akane cut him off. "The idea of someone accusing me of.. of that... it turns my stomach."

"Like your cooking turns mine?" Ranma teased.

"RANMA NO BAKA!" Akane cried out as she clubbed him with her mallet.

*****

Several miles away, Ryoga was lost again. Lost and with no place to go to. He couldn't return to the Tendo Dojo. He didn't even want to. He was furious at Akane for so callously taking his virginity without even asking him first.

"I would've given it to you, Akane." he whispered. "If you'd just asked."

And then there was Ranma. He loved Ranma even more than Akane and had turned to him for comfort when Akane had raped him. But Ranma had thrown him out, calling him a liar and even saying that Ryoga had been asking for it. He supposed Ranma had meant that Ryoga had wanted to make love with Akane. That was true. But he wanted to make love, be a part of the experience, not be used like some kind of sex toy.

It had been two months since that day, and Ryoga could not get over it. And now, hopelessly lost, and with nowhere to turn, Ranma had surely told the others that Ryoga was making up lies about Akane and had certainly convinced everyone not to listen to him, Ryoga knew there was only one way out.

Standing there he began to glow as a Perfect Shishi Hokodan formed throughout him.

*****

At the Tendo Dojo, the phone rang.

"Hello?" Ranma anwered it.

"Ranma." Dr.Tofu replied. "Is Akane there?"

"She's at the market, Doc. Is there a message?"

Dr.Tofu considered for a moment. Then decided there would be no harm in telling Ranma something he would certain find out about. After all, it was Ranma's... right? "Well, I went over her test results from her last physical and I noticed an anomaly, so I took them to the local hospital for chemical analysis."

"What are you saying, doc? Is Akane sick?" Ranma was worried out of his mind.

"No." Dr.Tofu replied, his voice cheerfully reassuring. "No, she's just pregnant."

Ranma suddenly felt sick himself as the events of that night two months ago suddenly resurfaced like a bad clam dinner.

"Oh shit." Ranma whispered in horror. "Ryoga."

And then he was running, his heart heavy with regret, hoping he would reach the lost boy before it was too late.

"Ranma?" Dr. Tofu asked. "Ranma?"

*****

Ranma spotted Ryoga a few minutes later. It would've been impossible not to. The boy was glowing, every part of him enveloped by.

"NO!"

Ryoga didn't move. He was too caught up in the build-up of the Perfect Shishi Hokodan.

"Only one chance." Ranma thought. He put his arms around Ryoga, lifted Ryoga's chin, and looked into Ryoga's eyes. "I'm sorry." he said, tenderly. "I know you were telling the truth now. I'm so sorry."

The glow began to subside around Ryoga.

Ranma felt relieved, but Ryoga was still glowing. There had to be more he could say. But what? He reached into his past, trying to find some little tidbit. He could apologize about the bread. After all, he supposed that had been pretty low for a Martial Artist, to use his abilities to take food from a person who needed it as badly as Ryoga. But he'd only done it to get Ryoga's attention.

"Why?" his conscience

/Don't be stupid, Ranma./ he thought /You know why./

"Tell him."

"I love you." Ranma whispered, as he pressed his lips to Ryoga's. He didn't care who saw. Let the whole world watch. All he cared about was Ryoga.

The glow vanished from Ryoga's trembling body.

"You hungry?" Ryoga asked Ranma a couple of days later. "How about some pork fried rice? Or roast pork? Or how about..."

"Forget it, Ryoga." Ranma bonked his companion, playfully, atop the head. "I'm not cooking P-Chan." he smiled wickedly. "I wouldn't mind another taste of you, however." he said, pressing his lips to Ryoga's again.

Ryoga responded, parting his lips slightly, letting Ranma's tongue find its way into his mouth. responding with his own tongue until the two former rivals pulled apart and sat there, breathless.

"I can't live with that kind of dishonor." Ryoga pointed out.

"What dishonor?" Ranma asked. "She drugged you and raped you."

"I was the one who chose to be in her room." Ryoga pointed out.

"That doesn't give her the right to do what she did." Ranma argued. "Ryoga..."

Ranma paused.

I can't believe I'm actually suggesting this, he thought. After all I let her do to me. Still, malleting a guy's one thing. But raping a guy...

"Ranma?" Ryoga asked.

"Ryoga. You should press charges." Ranma found himself saying.

Akane looked up from her desk in school. She wasn't showing yet and the other students didn't know about her condition. She'd have to tell them, eventually. But she'd deal with that when the time came. Now she had more important things to worry about. Like passing today's test, remembering to pick up tonight's grocries on the way home, and wondering why there was a cop at the front of the classroom.

The cop seemed to be talking to the teacher. Then, he turned toward Akane.

"Akane Tendo." He said. "Please come with me."

Akane followed the police officer out of the classroom.

"So, what do you want?" She asked. "I was in the middle of a test."

"Akane Tendo," the cop told her. "I'm placing you under arrest for the rape of Ryoga Hibiki."

(A Word about Japanese Courtroom Procedures:

Trials must be conducted and judgment declared publicly, unless a court unanimously determines publicity to be dangerous to public order or morals. However, trials of political offenses, offenses involving the press, or cases relating to the rights of the people as guaranteed in the Constitution must always be conducted publicly.

- Copied from gopher.ncc.go.jp)

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"I can't do it, Ranma." Ryoga told the other boy. "I can't."

"You're going to be all right." Ranma reassured him.

"Ranma! If I go out there, all of Japan is going to know that I, Ryoga Hibiki, couldn't even defend myself against a girl."

"You were drugged, Ryoga." Ranma pointed out. "Even Arnold Schwartzennegger couldn't defend himself under those conditions. Now, go out there, and fight. This is your honor that's at stake."

"Its already gone," Ryoga whispered, brokenly.

"Only if you stand here and do nothing, Ryoga. Now, get out there and take back what she stole from you!" Ranma kissed Ryoga, tenderly. "And remember, no matter what the outcome, I will always love you."

Ryoga walked into the courtroom.

"You're late." The judge barked at him.

"My apologies, your honor." Ryoga bowed. "My embarrassment got the better of me."

"Let us proceed." The judge turned to the bailiff.

"Your honor, this is case number 719644A of the Nerima District Court Criminal Division, Hibiki Vs. Tendo."

"Call the plaintiff to the stand." the judge ordered.

"Call Ryoga Hibiki to the stand." The bailiff requested.

Just be calm, Akane. Akane told herself. He'll get lost on the way to the stand. No problem. Just a few minutes and.

"Do you swear the testimony you're about to give in this court of law is the truth to the best of your knowledge?"

"Damn." Akane whispered to herself. She looked up.

"Please tell the court what happened." the prosecutor began.

"I trotted into the Tendo kitchen at around 11:45 PM. Akane put a plate of food down on the floor and, being hungry, I wolfed down every bit. Then I became very tired. I assumed it was all my travelling catching up with me. I must have fallen asleep, because I barely remember Akane picking me up and carrying me upstairs to her bedroom."

"I object, your honor." the defense attorney stood up. "Surely this man doesn't expect this court to believe my client carried him up a flight of stairs."

"Well?" The judge asked.

"If the court would indulge me." The prosecutor held up a glass of ice-water and poured it onto Ryoga, who had explained to him about the curse when they had been discussing the case prior to the trial.

The onlookers gasped as they stared at a bandanna-clad little black piglet. Ryoga's clothes were left draped over the chair.

"Hot water will change him back." The prosecutor explained. "But..." he looked at the pile of clothes.

"You may use my chambers." The judge told them. "You have five minutes."

The piglet followed the prosecuting attorney into the back room.

There was a murmur thoughout the courtroom while those present awaited the return of the plaintiff.

Within moments. Ryoga re-emerged from the judge's chambers, in his true form and fully dressed.

"Please continue." the judge ordered.

The prosecutor nodded. "Can you tell us what happened next?" he asked.

"Well, I don't know everything that took place." Ryoga admitted. "I was unconscious for most of it. But I woke up and found myself in human form with Akane under me. She was .... " he looked down at the floor in embarrassment.

"Please maintain eye contact with the court." the judge instructed.

"She was..." Ryoga felt a terrible sense of humiliation. He wanted to stick his finger down his throat and do a shishi hokodan. Anything to not have to admit that he had been overwhelmed and deflowered by a girl. He saw Ranma and remembered his words:

No matter what the outcome, I will always love you.

"She was raping me, your honor." Ryoga managed to say.

Ranma took the stand on Ryoga's behalf. He told those who were listening about Akane's violent behavior, about the way she would often make accusations, refuse to listen to Ranma's side of things, and then hit him and call him names.

Ryoga also spoke of these things, and of his curse. He spoke of how he'd always kept silent about it, out of embarrassment and shame. That he never suspected Akane new until he'd woken up when he wasn't supposed to, and found her moving him upon her.

The courts didn't believe Akane had enough strength to lift Ryoga at first. But that all changed when Akane, angry at the prosecuting attorney, lifted the judge's bench over her head and nailed him with it.

"The court finds the defendant, Akane Tendo, guilty as charged." The judge told her. "We order her to spend the rest of her life in..."

"Your honor," Ryoga spoke up, "if she goes to prison, her family name will be shamed. She did wrong, but they are not at fault. Perhaps an alternate sentence. Banishment, for example, or perhaps hospitalization."

"Appealing, but denied." The judge told them. "Hospitalization is only for the insane, and while she is deeply troubled, she is not insane. As for banishment, there'd be no guarantee she wouldn't return."

"What if she were to be placed under house arrest in a private home belonging to someone not in her immediate family?" A voice sounding familiar in its tone, but strange in its words asked from nearby."

"Your idea has merit." The judge told him. "Very well, mr..."

"Kuno," the speaker replied. "Tatewaki Kuno. "

"Very well, Mr. Kuno. I shall place Miss Tendo into your custody. She will be ordered to remain inside your home. She is not to leave the premises under any circumstances except for obvious emergencies."

"I will not play house with you, Kuno!" Akane snarled.

"You'll 'play house'," the judge told her, "or you'll be looking at the inside of a women's prison for a very long time. This case is adjourned."