Worth It - Chapter 3 (Lemon Alert)

The sunlight flickered through the treetops, and the wisps fell down onto the eyelids of Ranma Saotome.  He squinted his eyes to try and fight off the morning, but he eventually woke up.

Ranma yawned slightly and was about to sit up when he realized that he was holding something…more specifically someone.  Gazing downward, he saw a beautiful yet familiar face tucked into his shoulder.

Akane wiggled around trying to find a more comfortable spot, and Ranma shifted her body so that her head was on his chest.  He chuckled as Akane purred happily in her sleep.

'I wonder what she's dreaming about?' the martial artist asked himself.

“Hmm…Ranma…” Akane cooed in a soft and sensual voice.

'She's dreaming about me!' Ranma nearly shouted but kept his mouth shut.  He'd dreamt about her many nights as well, but he'd never assumed that she would've reciprocated.

“Mmm, you baka, stop teasing me and c'mere!” Akane rubbed Ranma's chest, and the poor young man finally realized what she was dreaming about.  He gulped nervously; she was having a very 'vivid' dream.  As much as he wanted this to go on, Ranma knew that Akane wouldn't like it so he gently shook her.

“Akane, time to wake up,” he whispered in her ear.

“Ranma, give me five more minutes,” she replied.  Akane's eyes suddenly shot open, and her head jerked up.  She saw her fiancé lying next to her with a very confused expression on his face.

“Ranma!  I…um…I…er…that is…” Akane didn't know what to say.  She'd been having a very naughty dream about her and Ranma.  They were just about to get to the good part when he'd woken her up.  Her face showed her embarrassment as well as her flaming red cheeks.

“Hey!” Ranma gasped and pulled her back down into his arms. “You okay?  You look a little warm?”

'More like red-hot, Ranma!' Akane said silently. “No, I'm okay; I was just dreaming.”

“Must have been a good dream,” he teased.

“Hey, what that's supposed to mean?” she said with a glare.  Ranma tried to look innocent.

“Oh nothing, just that you were calling out my name in your sleep and giving my chest one heck of a massage, Akane.”

The youngest Tendo turned fifteen shades of red, and she lowered her head, unable to meet her fiancé's eyes.

“I'm…I'm sorry, Ranma.” His hand cupped her chin and raised her eyes up to his.

“Akane, it's okay; I've…I've had dreams about you too.”

“You have!” she gasped.  Now, it was Ranma's turn to blush.  The two teenagers looked at one another and laughed.  Ranma pulled her closer and kissed forehead.

“Know something Akane, I could get used to waking up with you next to me every morning.”

“So could I, Ranma.” They kissed each other firmly, and Ranma rolled Akane onto her back.  One of his hands came up to stroke her short, dark hair, and he was rewarded from a contented moan from Akane's mouth.

The kiss grew in strength and passion, and Ranma soon found himself pressing Akane down onto the sleeping bag with his body weight.  The few inches of clothing that separated them were pure torture to him.  Running his fingers down her right arm, he felt how soft Akane's skin was and wanted to feel all of her perfect body pressed up against him.

Akane felt something growing against her waist and realized that Ranma was getting excited by their proximity.  Then, he broke their kiss and raised his head up above hers.  His gray eyes gazed down into her hazel ones, and their hearts communicated thousands of things that couldn't be said.

Releasing his hold on her body, Ranma unzipped their bag and sat up.  Crawling out onto the hard earth, he sprung to his feet and helped Akane up.  His eye caught something interesting, and his hand reached out.

Akane watched as Ranma extended his hand towards her.  It stopped just below her left shoulder, and she looked down to see that the strap on her tank top had fallen very low.  Ranma clasped the strap between his fingers and brought it back up onto of her shoulder.  Akane smiled at him lovingly.  All those times she'd called him a pervert, but he was true gentleman at heart.

 

 

The two of them cleaned up their campsite and rolled up their equipment to put into their packs.  Akane's shoulders slumped.

“Too bad we have to go home.”

“Who says we have to go home?” Ranma interjected.

“What are you saying?  Didn't my father send you to find me?”

“Yeah, but he knows that I've always brought you back before; he'll be fine.  Besides, this gives us an opportunity.”

“Opportunity?” Ranma walked up to her and gazed down into her eyes.  His arm encircled her waist and drew her close.

“Think about it, Akane, nobody knows where we are.  Our parents think that I went to rescue you from doing something stupid, my other fiancé's have no idea that I've even left Nerima, and Kuno doesn't know that you're gone.”

“What are you getting at, Ranma?” His lips quirked up into a sly smile.

“Akane, what do you say to little, private vacation…just you and me.  We've already got our stuff, and I've got you.  What more do we need?” Her fiancé lunged at him and hugged him tighter than Shampoo ever could.

“That's a great idea!  Where should we go?”

“Well, I saw a pretty deep stream not to far from here.  I say we follow it and see where it leads.  My guess is that it empties into a lake of some sort; that would a perfect place to campout.”

“Sounds good.  But I didn't bring my swimsuit?”

“Who said anything about suits?” Ranma said with a wicked smile.  Akane slugged him across the jaw and laughed.

“Shut-up, you pervert,” she said in mock anger.

“Come on, let's get going before the sun gets too high.  Otherwise, we'll get worn out too quickly.”

Grabbing their packs, Ranma and Akane headed off into the woods.  About a quarter mile up, they found the stream that Ranma was talking about and followed it, hoping to find its deposit area.

 

The two of them hiked through the day, following the stream as it steadily grew in size and width.  The sun beat down on them, and Ranma wiped the sweat from his brow.

“Ranma, hang on.” He stopped walking and turned around.

“What's up?” he asked his fiancé.  Akane set her pack down and stretched.

“The sun's killing me out here; I gotta cool off.” Without warning, she grabbed her sweater and yanked it over her head. 

Ranma's blood pressure skyrocketed, but he calmed down when he saw her wearing a gray tanktop underneath.  The only problem was that the perspiration on Akane's body was making the thin material quite transparent.  Trying to think about something else, Ranma set his pack down and pulled off his Chinese shirt.  He felt a little cooler and tucked his shirt into his backpack.

“Ah, that's better!” Akane stated. “Jeez Ranma, how much farther do we have to go?” Her eyes were drawn to her fiancé's hard muscles; they rippled in the sunlight and made Akane very warm.

“Be right back!” Ranma leapt into the air and landed on one of the branches in trees.  He jumped from branch to branch until he was over the covering of the treetops.  He looked ahead and saw what he'd hoped for.  A large lake was about a half-mile ahead, and there were several clearings around it.

 

“Where'd he run off to now?” Akane groaned.  Ranma flipped down from the trees and made her gasp.

“I'm back!” he laughed.

“Show-off!”

“Yeah…yeah.  Anyway, I found the lake; it's about a half-mile ahead.” Akane's face lit up with a smile.

“Thank goodness, let's go.”

The two continued their trek until they finally emerged from the thick woods.  Akane gazed around at the beautiful scenery.  She followed Ranma to the embankment and set down her things.

“Well, I'd say this will do,” Ranma said firmly.

“Yeah, it's nice out here.”

By now, the sun was well on its way to setting, and Ranma pulled out their sleeping bag.  He laid down a tarp so it wouldn't get wet and opened the large bag.  Akane, meanwhile, set up the campfire and took out some of the food they'd had with them.

After a simple dinner, Akane took the dishes to the lake to clean them, while Ranma stretched out the warm earth.  He propped his head up on his hands and gazed up at the stars, which were slowly coming into view now that the sun was well past the horizon.

Akane returned several minutes later and found her fiancé stargazing.  She smiled at him and joined him on the ground.  Ranma felt her warmth next to him and wrap his arm around her.

“Whatcha doing?” she asked softly.

“Nothing, just watching the stars.” Akane looked up the heavens and was amazed at how clear she could see them.  In Nerima, the lights of the city hampered the number of stars that one could see, but out here, it was like their own private planetarium.

“Ranma?” He looked down at his fiancé.

“What is it, Akane?” She looked at him with a slightly darkened expression.

“What's gonna happen when we get back?  I mean…what do we tell everybody.”

“Nothing.”

“What do mean nothing?” Akane said rather annoyed.  Ranma pulled her closer and stroked her hair.

“Akane, what's happened out here is nobody's business but ours.  Yes, we're engaged, but if we blab to our parents about this, we'll be married in less than a day.”

“Don't you want that?”

“Sure, I do, but I want our wedding to be normal this time- not a struggle for life and death.  We'll get married, but it'll be on our terms.  I also want to talk to Ucchan about us; I know that she's not gonna be happy.”

“Second, I've got to find some way of getting Kuno to leave you and me alone for good.”

“Ranma, that's like asking someone to raise the Titanic,” Akane laughed.

Ranma looked down at Akane beside him; she really was beautiful.  Her smile could light up a room, and Ranma cupped her cheek in his hand.  Bringing her close, he captured her mouth in a gentle kiss.

Akane turned on her side, and Ranma did the same.  The two embraced one another as their newly found intimacy drew them together.  Ranma held onto her waist, while Akane held him securely around the neck.

Ranma felt himself slowly losing his mind and rolled Akane onto her back.  He pinned her to the ground and deepened their kiss.  He swarmed into her mouth and met her tongue with his.  Akane moaned as she let Ranma kiss the breath from her lungs.  His hard body pressed up against hers, and she felt her mind clouding with desire.

“Ranma?” she gasped, and he let her up for air.

“Yes Akane?” Her eyes glowed warmly at him, and she clasped him around his neck.

“Ranma, do you remember what I ask you about wanting it before our wedding night?” Her fiancé's heartbeat tripled in a matter of seconds.

“Yes, I do, but why would…” She silenced him with a finger to his lips.

“I want it now, Ranma; I want you and me together now.”

“But what if you get…”

“…Taken care of,” Akane cut off. 

Ranma was fighting the toughest battle that he'd ever fought inside his own head.  She was literally offering herself to him.  Should he?  What might happen if…

'No!' Ranma shouted to himself.  He was tired of playing out the consequences for every single detail. He was tired of looking at the negative side to everything.  Looking down at his fiancé, her eyes held so much warmth and love; Ranma could no longer deny himself.

“I love you, Akane.” He captured her lips in a hot, passionate kiss and wrapped his arms around her.  He kissed his way down her neck and nibbled on her earlobe.

Akane grabbed his hair and pulled his mouth back onto hers.

“Ranma…make love to me, you arrogant, sex-changing jerk!”

“Of course, you un-cute macho tomboy.”

Ranma ravaged her mouth with long, sensuous kisses while Akane ran her hands up and down his muscular back.  She suddenly found herself in midair, and Ranma carried her over to their sleeping bag.

Lying back on the soft material, Akane gazed up at him with desire burning in her eyes.  She curled her finger at him, and Ranma nearly fell into her arms.  They kissed and kissed while exploring one another through their clothes.

Ranma felt his barriers of control falling away as he felt Akane's soft yet strong body rub against him over and over again.  She felt so good underneath him; she was perfect fit against him.

Akane felt her walls of protection fading away as she felt Ranma's gentle hands stroking and caressing what she'd never allowed any man to touch before- her.  Her mouth dropped open when she felt his hand cup her breast.  He carefully rubbed the soft mound through her shirt and stroked the hard nub at the center.

“Oh Ranma…” she moaned.  Pushing him up slightly, Akane grabbed her tanktop and pulled it over her head.

Ranma's eyes nearly exploded as he saw Akane's large, round breasts stretching a white, lacy bra to its maximum limit.

Akane saw the nervousness in his eyes, and she brought a hand up to his cheek.

“Don't worry, Ranma, I won't hit you.” To prove her point, Akane took his hand and led it to the clasp that held her bra closed.  Ranma watched as she led him to the tiny snap tucked between her beautiful mounds.

“Go ahead, I want you to.” He undid the clasp, and her body sprung free. Ranma's eyes were glued to her chest, and Akane giggled at him.  She turned his face up to look at her.

“No more holding back, Ranma, I want to see the man beneath the art.  Show me your true self.”

Without warning, Ranma kissed her almost brutally.  He filled his hands with her soft breasts and ground his hips into her pelvis.  Akane moaned with surprise at his aggressiveness, but it made her even more excited.

Ranma left her sweet lips and moved downward.  He licked and sucked at her neck like a vampire feeding off his victim.

“Yes Ranma, please!”

His next target was her breasts.  His fiancés nipples were already hard, and Ranma eagerly devoured one in her mouth.  He sucked and licked at her rosebud, while listening to Akane cry out to him in ecstasy.  Moving to her other mound, Ranma was determined to drink up all the lusciousness of her body.

“So beautiful…so perfect…” Ranma murmured against her body.  He'd always hated how some women would augment their bodies to look better or more attractive.  Akane was the exact opposite.  Her beauty was one hundred percent natural, and it only made him want her more.

While Ranma suckled her, Akane was busy running her hands over his broad chest.  She slid her hands down over his hard abs and grabbed the tie to his pants.  Undoing the elastic, she pushed the material off his hips.

Ranma stopped his exploration of her to help remove his pants.  Afterwards, he laid one last kiss between her breasts before moving down further.  Undoing the button on her shorts, Ranma unzipped them and pulled them off her hips.  His eyes fell upon the pair of simple, white panties that covered the center of her being.

Depositing her shorts on the ground, Ranma ran his hands up and down her gorgeous thighs.  His fingers glided along her inner thighs, and Akane nearly screamed as he approached her core.

“Ranma, please!” she begged.  Knowing what she wanted, her fiancé grasped her panties between his teeth and pulled them down slowly.  His face passed over her center, and his nose was filled with the scent of her arousal.  Tossing the thin fabric aside, Ranma reciprocated and rid himself of his boxers.

“Ranma, come here, hurry!” Akane cried.  Her body was aching with desire, and his slowness was driving her crazy.

Lying down on top of her, Ranma once again captured her sweet mouth with his.  Akane moaned as her flesh mingled with his.  She could feel something warm and hard rubbing against her thigh.  Reaching a hand down, she grasped the firm hardness in her small hand.

“Akane!” her fiancé groaned.  She smiled, knowing that she was the cause of his arousal.  She ran her hand up and down his staff, and Ranma let out a moan of pure agony.  He involuntarily thrust his hips and accidentally brushed her center with his shaft.

“Ranma…” she cupped his face in her hands and gazed up at him, “…now, my love, it's time.” Her words were all he needed to hear.

Planting his hands on either side of her, Ranma slid forward until he brushed her soft folds.  Trying to be gentle, he slowly entered her channel and almost died when he felt how hot and tight she was.  Ranma pushed in a little further till he felt a barrier within her.  He knew what it was and took Akane's hands in his.

“Akane?”

“Yes Ranma?” His hands squeezed hers, and he readied himself to break her.

“No one but you…” and he buried inside her body.  Akane gasped when her hymen gave way, and a stab of pain shot up her spine.  It only lasted a few moments before a feeling of fullness and wholeness took its place.  She could feel the long length of her fiancé's shaft buried inside her and beamed at the thought of finally being his.  She heard his statement and knew that he would never do this with anyone else but her.

“Ranma,” she said happily.  His eyes were sick with worry, and he looked at her anxiously. “I'm okay, Ranma, don't worry.  You fit just fine.” She smiled at him and only then did his eyes brighten once again.

“Akane…I never thought we'd ever get this far…” He pulled out and thrust back into her.

“…Oh gosh, I never thought that I'd be able to show you how much you mean to me, or how much I really want you.”

“Ranma?”

“Yes?” Akane grinned at him.

“Just shut-up and love me.”

Her fiancé smiled wryly at her and moved his hips back.  He thrust forward again, and Akane cried out in pleasure.

“Like that?” he teased.

“Oh yes, keep going!” Ranma did as she asked and thrust in and out of her body.

Akane was in pure heaven as she felt Ranma's manhood going deep into her body.  He would pull out slowly, then give a long stroke all the way back into her.  Ranma hit her hot spot with every thrust, and Akane grappled him around the neck.

Ranma got an idea and wrapped his arms around her.  Taking care not to break their intimate connection, he sat up, taking Akane with him and rolled back onto his thighs.  Akane now sat astride his legs with her behind resting on his quads.

“Why'd you move?” she asked.

“This way seemed like more fun,” he replied.  Ranma grinned wickedly and kissed her long and hard.  Akane felt him moving in and out of her body, but she wanted something more to do.

The next time Ranma thrust, Akane rolled her hips forward and met him head-on.  She gasped as he penetrated her even deeper than before.

“Ah, so I see you want to help!” Ranma laughed.  Akane smirked at him.

“Well, I can't let you do all the work; that would be unfair to you.”

The two lovers rocked against each other while looking deep into one another's eyes.  Ranma's left hand kept Akane stabilized, while his right hand stroked and massaged her breasts.  He carefully pinched her sensitive nipples, and Akane bucked harder against him.  She bounced up and down on his hips, taking him inside her again and again.

Ranma felt like he was in paradise.  Seeing Akane's face flushed with pleasure and her body riding his was something that he'd waited years to see.  She was everything that he'd dreamed of and so much more.  She felt so wonderful surrounding him like this; her sweet vice held him tightly, while she slid along his shaft time after time after time.

Ranma and Akane watched one another as they made love.  They both wanted to see how the other would react to this.  Akane felt Ranma growing inside her and filling her even more.  She could feel how hard he was, and yet, he felt so gentle inside her.

Ranma could feel the heat inside Akane growing with intensity as if building up to explode any moment.  He knew that he wouldn't last much longer, but he refused to leave her behind.

Ranma grasped her hips and pushed into her harder than he ever had before.  Akane moaned his name as he penetrated her deeper and deeper with every thrust.  He nuzzled her neck while her breasts rubbed up against his strong chest.  The friction of his stone-like muscles against her supersensitive nipples nearly made Akane scream.

“Akane…” Ranma groaned as he tried to hold back.  He couldn't help it as he sped up; she just felt too good.

“Ranma…oh Ranma…” Akane panted his name as she rode on top of him.  Her body jerked every time their hips slammed together, but she didn't care.  This is what she wanted…what she'd always wanted.

They both lasted about another minute before everything came to a shuttering climax.  Akane screamed Ranma's name to the heavens as her body exploded in his arms.

“RANMA!” His name on her lips was his finally undoing.  The martial artist plunged himself into his fiancé's body once more and gave in.

“AKANE!” He moaned out as his shaft erupted inside her.  Akane screamed again when she felt Ranma spurt his essence into her body.  She accepted his offering without hesitation and collapsed against his chest.

 

 

Akane slowly opened her eyes and felt Ranma stroking her hair.  She let herself bask in the afterglow for a few minutes, while her fiancé held her in his arms.

“I love you, Ranma Saotome.” His kissed her hair affectionately.

“I love you too, Akane Tendo.” He tilted up her chin and sealed their promise with a soft kiss.

Akane could feel their combined fluids dripping from her body, but she didn't care.  Ranma was a part of her now; there was a part of him inside her now and no one could ever take it away.

Ranma was thinking the same thing.  Now, he would always carry a small piece of Akane with him wherever he went.  Hearing her yawn softly, Ranma laid her back down on the sleeping bag and reluctantly slid himself out of her body.

Akane sighed when she felt him leave her; she missed that feeling of complete wholeness already.  Ranma lay down beside her and took her in his arms.  Akane snuggled into his embrace and felt him wrap the sleeping bag around their naked bodies.

Ranma thought about everything that he and Akane had gone through to get here:  the battles, the pain, the fiancés, the monsters, everything.  Despite the hell that he'd been through, Ranma would gladly do it all again to relive this night with Akane.  No one would take her from him now; he wouldn't let it happen.

“Mmm, goodnight, my love,” Akane murmured as she closed her eyes with a smile tugging at her lips.  Ranma brushed her sweaty hair off her face and kissed her cheek.

“Goodnight, sweetheart.” After watching her breathing even out, Ranma closed his eyes and let sleep capture him as he held his fiancé in the most intimate of embraces.

 

Author's Notes:  That concludes this part of the tale, but I'm planning on doing a sequel about what happens when Ranma and Akane return to Nerima.  Get ready!