Faking It

Part One

By Philip Weigel

The Disclaimer is in the Prologue.

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Ranma flew through the air, a dazed and confused expression on his face. Then he grinned.

Pulling out a comb he ran it through his hair a few times. Then noticing that he was starting to angle toward the ground, he deftly spun his body and focused his Chi into his legs just before they slammed into the ground. With a small bounce he hopped from his landing site.

"Ok, those two will be busy going at each other for a few hours, so I've got time. And Akane even hit me in the right direction." With a big grin on his face, Ranma started running up a nearby stairway.

"Ranma!" called a familiar voice from the top of the steps.

Ranma smiled as he looked at the woman standing at the top of the steps that lead into a nice five-story condo complex. The woman was tall, 7' to be exact. She had the most generous and curvaceous build one could get. He freckled face with sparkling emerald eyes were framed by a beautiful mane of red hair. This woman was in no way Japanese. "I'm so glad to see you're here, Sheila."

Sheila Silvear smiled down at Ranma. "Of course I'd meet you here. Where else would we go, silly?"

Ranma blushed and nodded his head. Of course she'd be here. The condo they had shared ownership over in this complex was their little hideaway from prying eyes. It was a place they could be together without worry of their normal lives. And a place Sheila could safely go to be 'herself' in this city.

Not wanting to waste anymore time, both Ranma and Sheila ran into the building, both wanting to have some 'fun'. They had both found solace in each other that they couldn't get anyplace else. Where Ranma had the problems with Fiancées, rivals, and constantly being used by those around him, Sheila had almost the exact opposite problem. Where Ranma's problems came from being he was the center of attention, Sheila was more than often not even on the edge of the spotlight. She had a birth defect, which made her different from others like her. She was a Lycanthrope. And no, that was not her problem. Her problem was her strength and build were in her human form, leaving her hybrid form to be rather childish and cute.

Still, Ranma didn't see anything wrong with that. Sure, when they had first met by accident, as both were trying to get away from their daily lives and had gone on a training trip, Ranma was more than scared of her. However, as he got to be around such a nice, caring Werejaguar, he actually felt more control of himself.

They had formed a friendship, and Sheila had gone to Earth during her vacations and she secretly met with Ranma so they could spend Sheila's free time just being with one another.

Of course, it had started out as a friendship. Neither one of them had meant for it to go much further. Sheila was glad she had someone she could spend her time on earth with, besides the Diggers, and Ranma was thankful that she gave Ranma some place to hide-away from his troubles. And best of all, they were true friends to one another.

Of course, things changed as time went on. Ranma become more observant of his lesbian fiancées and their trysts, taking offense to the fact that he was being used as a decoy, a red herring. They were purposely making him the center of attention, and making him look like a bad guy, so that they could have their fun and no one would be the wiser. Sheila had her own guy troubles as well. She couldn't get a date if her life depended on it, and the only guy that showed remote interest in her was a rather perverted Weretiger who was a known Playboy.

So, it really was no surprise on either part when they took their friendship to a new level. After months of talking and getting to know one another, they trusted each other without second-thought. They could truly appreciate one another.

Ranma smirked as they reached the fifth floor and stood outside the door of their condo. Ranma was still surprised when Sheila paid for it in gold, but hey, they had the rent fully paid for five years. "So Sheila, what shall we do first this time?"

Sheila smiled as she opened the door. "Well, Ranma, I was thinking...Of something a little different tonight than what we usually do." Sheila finished as she ushered him in and shut the door behind her, locking it.

"Like what?" Ranma inquired as he turned around to face Sheila, only to find himself in an embrace, which he gladly returned. Then he felt her head descend toward his own, he lifted his head and felt his lips meshing with hers into a kiss...a kiss he more than happily returned.

It was a bit awkward as Sheila was only 2 feet taller than Ranma in human form. So he had to stand on his tiptoes and she had to bend down a bit so they could successfully lip-lock. Not that either cared, this was their moment (or one of them) they were alone, they had each other they didn't give a damn.

After a few blissful minutes of lip locking, the two broke it off and smiled at each other.

"So is this what you had in mind? A major make-out session, or something more Shechan?"

Sheila grinned from ear to ear, lifted Ranma into her arms surprising him, then walked into the bedroom and tossed him lightly on the bed.

"S..Sheila?" Ranma asked a bit confused as he watched Sheila crawl up onto the bed. He then chuckled and shook his head. "Couldn't wait could you?"

"No, I need you badly Ranma it’s been too long since we were last together." Sheila said in a sultry voice as she crawled atop Ranma keeping herself above him on hands and knees smiling down at him.

Ranma smiled and kissed her cheek. "I missed you too Shechan, and I would be cruel to deny you what you want, and quite frankly I can't resist wanting you either."

Sheila licked her lips. "I want to be on top first."

"Be my guest."

Several hours later, Ranma and Sheila lay content under the covers of the bed, both sated and happy from their bout of lovemaking. Sheila was now in hybrid form as she lay there. Sheila liked having sex in both forms. In her human form she was the dominating one during sex, going for slight roughness that got both to work up a good sweat and try out awkward, but kinky positions. As a Jagwere, Ranma took the lead, opting for slow, gentle lovemaking, worshipping the Jagwere woman to heights beyond cloud 9 that just made Sheila feel like she was Queen of the universe.

Smiling as his Jagwere lover purred into his side as they cuddled, Ranma couldn't help but give a small thanks to Kami-sama for leading him to this woman. She cared for him without any pretext, and/or strings attached, and it was mutual on how she felt for him.

Simply put, it was love, true, pure untainted love.

Both lovers looked each other in the eye and smiled, kissed, and then drifted off in each other's arms.

The next morning . . .

As Ranma and Sheila were having breakfast, outside two figures were approaching the complex. "Are you sure that Sheila is here Tirga? We may just be bothering someone needlessly."

"Gar, I'm very sure, 'sides, you were the one who needed my help to find her."

"Yeah, yeah, I know, besides it's your fault that I got worried about her in the first place."

Flashback . . .

Gar saw his sister off as she went to the magic observatory to have a mage there teleport her to Earth. Why she didn't allow him to know where she was going, he would never know. "Come to think of it, ever since that training trip to Earth a year and a half ago, she's never let me know where she was going. Oh, well, she's a big girl, and if anything goes wrong, I'll find out, the Diggers always let us know when something major happens." Gar mumbled to himself.

As Gar was walking back into Seers Hamlet, Tirga came up to him. "Hey Gar, I need to ask you something."

"Sure what is it?"

"Well, have you noticed that every time Sheila comes back from her vacation trips that she's extremely happy? Not that it’s a bad thing, but still."

Gar looked at Tirga through lidded eyes, "Yeah, what's your point, she's happier every time she comes back from Earth, and I don't see anything wrong with that." Shrugging his shoulders he continued, "She's probably made a new friend or something."

"That's my point, she's made a new 'friend' alright, a boyfriend."

"What?!? Oh, come on, if she had a boyfriend she would at least let me know."

Tirga looked at Gar and smacked him alongside the head, causing Gar to fall onto the road, picking himself up Gar glared at him, "Gar ever since she took a training trip a year and a half ago, she's shown even less interest in the guys around here or what people think of her. I'll admit that her self-esteem's gone through the roof, but don't you think it's odd that no one, not even Raphiel knows where she's going."

Gar thought about that, 'Come to think of it, even Onoli asked if I had seen Sheila.' He thought privately. "Alright, we'll ask Onoli if we can go to the Diggers, and I'll prove to you that there is nothing wrong."

End Flashback . . .

Gar shook his head, of course when they got to the Diggers Sheila wasn't there. When they told Dr. Diggers that they only wanted to make sure she was alright, he teleported them to Japan, but not before giving them a light-gate, so they could get home. Fortunately (for Ranma and Sheila) and unfortunately (for Gar and Tirga) the spell didn't drop them off at the right place, only where Sheila and Ranma met. (They didn't know that this was because of all the chaos in the area.) It was a good thing that Weretigers had an exceptionally keen sense of smell, or they'd be looking all over for Sheila.

"And how is it my fault?"

"Because I wouldn't have thought of something like that." Tirga face-faulted when he heard that. "Besides, like I told you, she probably has some new friends and just didn't want you to try and sleep with any of them."

Tirga grumbled and knocked on the door. Meanwhile in the condo Ranma and Sheila were feeding each other when they heard the knock; sighing Sheila put on a robe and went to answer the door. "Um, Shechan, you might want to be in human form, just in case it's one of my rivals."

"Oh, how come?"

"They might attack you in your hybrid form."

Sheila winced but nodded, knowing from Ranma's stories that the Nerimian nincompoops would attack first and ask questions later. Shifting into human form (and stretching the robe to maximum) she went to the door, but not before Ranma whistled at her. Blushing slightly she said, "In a minute dear." When she got to the door and answered it, it wasn't whom she was expecting, her brother Gar, and Tirga. "Gar, what are you two doing here?"

Tirga couldn't believe that Sheila would answer the door in a bathrobe that clung to her so tightly. "Hey Sheila, perhaps we should.." *WHAM* Tirga was now kissing the pavement.

Gar had to ask, "Uh, sis, where'd you get the mallet?"

"Oh, this, I picked it up at a convenience store, then a friend of mine taught me how to pull it out of nowhere."

"Hey, Shechan, who's at the door, and why'd you use a mallet on them?" A voice that was coming from inside, a male voice. Walking into view Gar could see a human male a little bit taller than what Sheila was in hybrid form, wearing a bathrobe and had his hair done up in a pig-tail.

"Sheila who is this?" Gar asked, knowing he wouldn't like the answer.

Blushing Sheila answered, "My boyfriend Ranma Saotome."

"Hah, I knew it. You've had a boyfriend for over a year now." Tirga said as he somehow got back onto his feet.

Gar saw red, "Grr, DIE!!" He would have made good on that promise, but *WHAM* he too was introduced to the ground.

Sheila looked at him, extremely pissed, "Don't you dare, don't you dare attack the one guy that's ever seen me as a woman to love."

Gar and Tirga were surprised to say the least, Sheila finally found someone to love her. Ranma narrowed his eyes at the Weretiger, "Hey is your name Tirga?"

Blinking, Tirga went, "Yeah." *WHAM* and then he went into LEO.

"That's for taking Shechan's feelings so lightly." Blinking Ranma found himself in a hug, which he happily returned.

Gar blinked, first he finds out that his little sister has a boyfriend, then said boyfriend knocks his best friend into LEO and now, the two of them were hugging each other. In a much calmer voice, "Sheila, why didn't you tell me?"

"Because you might have stopped what happened."

Gar winced, "Sorry, I know I'm overprotective. So how about we sit down and have breakfast." Grinning he got up from the ground and followed Ranma and Sheila, who went back into her hybrid form into the house to talk.

A few minutes later, in the kitchen area of the small condo, Ranma, Sheila, and Gar sat around the small round table eating breakfast. It was a simple meal that consisted of large stacks of pancakes.

Staring at his rather tall stack asked, "Wow... Thank you. You didn't have to give me so many though, but still, I thank you."

"No problem." Ranma said around a mouthful of food. Ranma noticed that Gar was staring at him in awe. "What?"

Gar just shook his head he couldn't believe it. That guy had literally inhaled half his stack of pancakes already. "N, nothing."

Sheila rolled her eyes, slightly embarrassed. "Gar, stop staring. He just likes to eat, all right?"

Gar nodded his head to acknowledge his sister. "All right."

Breakfast lasted a few more minutes, as the two Jagweres didn't eat as much as the Saotome martial artist, (though Sheila was pretty fast in her own right.)

Looking over at Sheila, Ranma asked, "So, what shall we do today Ranma?" Sheila winked her eye at Ranma?

Ranma smiled. He was about to say something along their usual line of fun, but the slight glare he received from Gar told him to say otherwise. "Er... How about we sit in the living room and watch a movie?"

Sheila blinked. Turning to her brother, she saw him glaring at Ranma and found herself glaring at her brother. "GAR!"

Gar lightened up his glare and looked at his sister. "Yes, Sheila?"

"I'm a big girl now, you know." Sheila said. "If Ranma wants to have that sort of 'fun' then I'm all for it. So don't try influencing him."

Gar just shrugged his shoulders. "You're still my sister. If he wants to do... 'That' with you, then he'd better be serious about holding a relationship with you."

Sheila sighed. "Gar, he is serious. We've know each other for over a year and a half, and been close for half that time. I'm sure he's serious about staying with me."

Shrugging his shoulders again, Gar said, "He seems like a good kid, but I'm still not convinced."

Watching as now the conversation turned into a slightly loud verbal argument between the Werejaguar siblings, Ranma blinked his eyes as a thought popped into his head. To clear things up, this would be the best time to ask Sheila a question he wanted to ask since they were last together.

Getting up from the table, Ranma went back into the bedroom to get a small box he had hidden in the dresser drawer the last time he was here. Walking back over to the kitchen, he cleared his throat and then said, "Shechan..."

"AND ANOTHER THING..." Sheila was yelling at Gar before she trailed off at hearing Ranma. Turning to her pig-tailed lover, she asked, "Yes, Ranchan?"

Blushing slightly, Ranma walked over to Sheila. Getting on one knee he asked, "Sheila... Will you marry me?" And then held out and opened the box he had hidden in the bedroom. Inside was a simple engagement ring, a gold band with a small diamond. "I know this isn't much, but will you accept?"

Sheila blinked her eyes once, then twice in shock. She looked at the ring, then at Ranma's eyes, back at the ring, and once more staring into Ranma's eyes. Her own eyes began to water slightly and she gave her answer. "YES!!!"

*GLOMP*! *BIG KISSES*!

Gar stared wide-eyed, his jaw hanging. His sister had literally tackled the guy and the two were rolling around the kitchen floor and making out. "Gods... I go from finding out my sister has a boyfriend, to getting a possible in-law all in one day."

Standing up, Gar left the kitchen as to give the two their privacy. "Gods... Do I need a stiff drink..."

Gar walked out of the apartment complex, now in human form so he wouldn't scare anybody. He decided to leave just in case the two lovers decided to 'up' their make-out session, he didn't want to be around if that was the case, he was still reeling from all the sudden changes he'd bared witness to today.

First, he found out that his sister had been seeing a guy on Earth without telling him, nor anyone else, for over a year, then add to the fact that they've been 'intimate' for half that time would make him shiver. And just moments ago he witnessed his sister's lover PROPOSE to her, right there at the kitchen table, and she accepted.

Yes, that would rock his world for some time to come. For now he'd get that drink to calm his nerves, find Tirga, and then...

He then stopped walking and blinked upon seeing a phone booth, his hand went into his pocket, and fished out the phone card the Diggers gave him to use.

"Might as well tell them about this, since they were wondering what Sheila was doing on Earth without telling them either for that matter.." He muttered to himself lightly as he went over to the phone, popped in the correct Earth-currency he was given and dialed the card number.

**Atlanta GA**

Brianna yawned as she sat at her computer in the lab. Boy last night was quite a time.

First Gar & Tirga stop by asking if they'd seen Sheila, then asked her dad to teleport them to Japan. Then, shortly after they left, Julia came in with Britanny all happy and giddy with good reason, Britanny was PREGNANT! That got the whole household super happy, but later that night that shrunken psycho-bitch Tanya tried to kill Brit & the baby on the Ethereal level, but that was promptly stopped by Julia, Gina, Brianna & Theo appearing and putting her in hurts-vile.

Fortunately, after some testing, Gina pronounced Brit & the baby healthy and fine. Stripe & Britanny were out to dinner to celebrate, and everyone else in the household was doing their own thing.

Genn came down to the lab baring a tray of food. "I got some snacks for us Brianna."

"Oooh thanks Genn!"

Suddenly the phone rang, and Brianna picked it up. "Diggers residence."

"Hey Brianna.."

"GAR! How's the search for your sister going?!"

"Very well, we found her.."

"You don't sound too happy about it. What's up?" Brianna was now getting a tad worried. Why was Gar sounding mopy?

"Well Brianna, I just found out Sheila's visits to Earth were because she had a boyfriend she'd been seeing behind my back for a year and a half, and before you ask YES it was obvious they have reached the 'nookie stage' of their relationship...and just before I left their place the guy just proposed to her..."

"WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?! Sheila's had a boyfriend, and now engaged? Why didn't she tell me?"

"Probably because she didn't want you to try and get him in the sack for some nookie." Genn snickered.

"Oh shut up Genn..." Brianna muttered, then returned to speaking with Gar. "I can see why this has you a bit on the down side, yeesh I'd be flipping out if I was in your shoes."

"Thanks Brianna, the sympathy is appreciated. Well, now that I'm informed you, you can spread the word, I gotta go find Tirga."

"Okay doky Gar, take care."

"Thanks, Bye." Gar said before he hung up.

"I didn't expect that in a million years...but it makes since, why Sheila was so...giddy when we last saw her, it was right after one of her personal vacations." Brianna said, still blown away by the info.

"Must be some guy if he can make her THAT happy." Genn mused.

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When Gar had left, Ranma picked Sheila up and took her to the bed. He laid her down gently and then kissed her with a passion that she returned hungrily. While they were kissing, Ranma removed their robes and discarded them on the floor. When they broke the kiss they looked at each other's naked forms, while they had seen each other naked before, their bodies were always something they marveled at.

Smirking at Sheila, Ranma kissed her on neck and continued to plant kisses up her neck and along her face. Sheila was cooing from the gentle kisses that her fiancé was giving her she always loved these. She gasped as Ranma put his hands on her furry breasts and started rubbing and caressing them.

Ranma smirked as he felt her gasp and took it even further. He then lightly pinched her hardened nipples drawing a moan from her, and then it was his turn to gasp as he realized that she wasn't idle this time either. Her hands were on his manhood, stroking and caressing the length of it. Sheila always marveled at the feeling she got from him, Ranma was big for a human, big enough that if he was any bigger, that she couldn't take the entire length of him while in her hybrid form.

Ranma then moved his mouth away from her neck and placed in on her breasts, drawing a gasp and a moan from Sheila. He licked and suckled on her breasts, paying close attention to her nipples. His one free hand, he moved down to play with her thighs, caressing the outer and inner thighs and the area around her sex, but never touching it directly. Ranma then pulled his mouth off her breast suddenly, drawing a gasp from Sheila as the nipple was exposed to cool air, and moved it to her other one. His one hand that was free then moved to caress her backside.

Sheila was stroking his manhood keeping it hard for what was to come. Her moans were coming even more frequently now as he caressed her all over and continued to suckle in time with her moans. His hands that were around her sex finally started to rub it directly, she bit back a scream that threatened to escape as the sensations were incredibly intense. Sheila started tugging lightly on his manhood, hoping to give him the message. "Ranma, uhh, I need, uhh, it right now." Ranma was happy to oblige, and waited for a second for her to set her self up.

After Sheila had set herself up, Ranma put the head of his manhood directly in front of her sex and gave a slow push that went all the way in, to their mutual satisfaction. But they both needed to sate themselves, so Ranma pulled almost all the way out and pushed back in slowly, and started building a tempo. "Ranma so good, uh, need more, go faster."

"You're good too Sheila, uhh, sure thing." And Ranma started to pick up the pace with Sheila matching him stroke for stroke. Ranma wrapped his arms around Sheila's furry and ringed back as he pumped into her even faster. Finally, both reached the peak of the rising crest, and when their hips met they climaxed. They moaned each other’s name as they came long and hard. Both were past cloud nine. Ranma enjoyed the feelings of Sheila's sex as it squeezed his manhood like a velvet glove. And Sheila loved the feeling of Ranma emptying his seed into her. They smiled at each other as Ranma and Sheila rolled to the side, so that they could cuddle each other until they were ready for round two. "I love you Shechan."

"I love you too Ranchan."