Loud sounds of an approacher stopped them both from discussing this any further. The approacher appeared to be Ryoga, looking a bit mad to say the least.
"So, not only do you get to ruin my life, you get a girl that likes you enough to share her tent with you?" Ryoga asked, sounding like this was most unfair thing since slavery.
"Well maybe if you stopped obsessing over beating Ranma you'd find a girl who liked you." Akane told him. 'For the love of Kami-sama, what will it take to get thru to this guy? He's as dense as Kuno is.'
"Stay out of this for once you nosy bitch. This is between me and Ranma and I'm sick to death of you butting in." Ryoga said to Akane before returning his glare to Ranma. "Or have you gotten weak Ranma and need this girl to fight for you?"
Ranma looked at Ryoga without responding. 'Okay, it's plain obvious Ryoga has no intention of letting go of his grudge until he beats me in a fight, and even if I let him win it wouldn't be the victory he's after.' After looking at Akane for a moment then back to Ryoga, the pigtailed young man sighed and threw up his arms. "Forget it. I'm not fighting you anymore Ryoga."
"What?" Ryoga asked, both surprised and offended Ranma was dismissing him so much.
"It's pointless." Ranma told him. "If I win, you're just going to keep coming back over and over again. If you win, I'll be honor bound, and harassed by my old man, to do the same until I win. What's there to gain?"
Akane smiled, proud that her favorite male wasn't giving in so easily here.