DISCLAIMER: All the characters are either owned by or inspired by the works of Rumiko Takahashi. I'm poor college student so do not sue me you won't get much out of it, just enjoy the fic and let me know what you thought of it. C&C to Eric Oh Ranma 1/2 What happened? Chapter 1 As the sunlight seeped through the curtained window, Akane Tendo woke up from a deep and peaceful slumber. She woke up with smile on her face. Ranma told her he loved her yesterday and she told him that she loved him. It was the best night of her life. She couldn't wait to see Ranma this morning. As she made her way down the way, she felt something was wrong. For one thing, she couldn't hear Ranma and Genma's usual fighting. It's really unusual for them not to spar, but she just let it pass. Another thing that she noticed was that she couldn't smell Kasumi's delicious cooking coming from the kitchen. "What's going on?" She said to herself as she made her way to breakfast. She saw Nabiki sitting on the table alone. Something that was very unusual. "Nabiki, what's going on? Where is Ranma and Mr. Saotome? For that matter where is Kasumi and dad?" Soon as she asked the question, Nabiki looked at her with questioning look and also a look that asked 'are you alright' Sure enough "Are you aright Akane?" "What are you asking that question for Nabiki? I just asked where is everybody, it's a simple question" Akane couldn't wait to seek Ranma again, after what they shared last night, she couldn't wait to share more of those pleasant moments with him. "Akane, I think you better sit down for this one. I won't even charge you for this one" "What's going on" Now Akane was feeling scared and sensing something is really wrong. "Well, Akane what do you remember?" "Huh?" "What do you remember?" "Well, it's kind of private." Akane said it with blush, remembering the private moment that she shared with Ranma last night. "I need to know in order to tell you what is going on, so what do you remember" 'That's really odd question, what is going on?' Akane thought to herself, but decided to go along with her sister, not really seeing any danger in telling her sister what she and Ranma shared last night. "Well, last night Ranma told me that he loved me and I told him that I love him. We shared some private moments that I don't want to go into detail about." Akane blushed deep red as she said the private moment part. "So, what's going on here? Where is everybody" Nabiki seem really troubled after hearing what Akane had said. "Well, you are going to have little trouble believing what I am going to tell you, but everything I'm about to tell you is the truth. Here we go. Akane you've lost about 6 years." "WHAT!!!!!! 6 YEARS!!!!!! WHAT ARE YOU TALKIG ABOUT!!!!!" "Like I told you Akane, you've lost about 6 years and Ranma, Mr. Saotome, Kasumi doesn't live here anymore." "They don't live here anymore? What are you talking about, why won't they live here anymore?" Akane was in shock, she lost 6 years? It was unbelievable but she decided to go with Nabiki for a while try to figure what kind of sick joke everybody in playing on her. "They don't live here because Ranma and Kasumi is married and have a place of their own, and Mr. Saotome moved in with auntie Saotome." That little information that Nabiki gave Akane just caused her the most unbelievable pain that she had ever known. "WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!" 'She's got to be joking, she has to be joking, she must be joking, she is making this all up. Ranma and Kasumi cannot be married, no they cannot be married, and they don't have a place of their own that's not funny. "That's not funny Nabiki, now where are they?" "Akane, I'm sorry, but it's the truth, they got married about 2 years ago and moved out of here mainly because of you." Akane was in turmoil and pain. 'I cannot believe this is happening, this joke is going too far, why would Ranma marry Kasumi when he said he loved me' "Nabiki, why would Ranma marry Kasumi when he told me that he loved me? Answer me that!!!" Nabiki, was looking at her sister with pity and sorry expression. "Well, mainly because you told him that you hate him" "WHAT!!! WHEN DID I EVER TELL HIM THAT I HATE HIM WHEN I JUST TOLD HIM LAST NIGHT THAT I LOVE HIM!!!!!" "That's what I was telling you Akane, you've lost 6 years and in between that 6 years lot has happened." "NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! I DON'T BELIEVE YOU, NOW WHERE ARE THEY TELL ME THE TRUTH OR HELP ME I WILL FORCE IT OUT OF YOU!!!!!" Akane was in pain and she was angry, this joke has gone for too long and she did not want to be a part of it any longer. "Akane calm down, I'm telling you the truth, if you want we can drop by their place, Kasumi can't come because she can't really move around much with her being 9 month pregnant" "NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO, THIS IS NOT HAPPENING, THIS IS NOT" After yelling out her denial, she broke down and started to cry, she couldn't handle the stress anymore. Nabiki after seeing her sister break down decided to call Dr. Shinji. Dr. Tofu moved after Kasumi married Ranma. Dr. Shinji came out from Akane's room and entered the living room where the family has already gathered after receiving a call from Nabiki. "Doctor, how is my little girl doing?" Asked Soun, amazingly he was not crying and had a look of seriousness about his eyes. "Well, Mr. Tendo, it seems that she just had a break down and is some how is out of the influence of the potion, but that has caused her to forget about past 6 years from the time she was influenced by the potion." After Dr. Shinji explained this to the family, they all got the look of understanding in their eyes. "She is sleeping right now, but it seems that she is due some explaining after she wakes up, I better get going there are other patient that needs my attention" After the doctor left, the family started to discuss how they are going to explain what happen to Akane who has lost past 6 years to no fault of her own. "Well, we'll just have to explain it to her what happened and hopefully she'll accept what happened" Said Ranma who now seem more mature and more calm than ever. He has aura of power and maturity that would shock Akane upon seeing him. "Ranma's right, we'll just have to explain it to her, but we'll have to explain it to her exactly what happened" Said Nabiki, who changed with time but not for much. "I agree. She would also need support and understanding from us and she would need us to help her through this" Said Kasumi who was in semi-inclined position because of her huge belly that made her look like she just slowed a basketball or two. "Say, Kasumi how are the babies doing?" Asked Nabiki looking at Kasumi with worried eyes and also Ranma with the same look. "They are doing fine, they are due in about a week, or so. They are strong and healthy, you should feel them kick, just like their father" With that said, Kasumi turned to her husband of 2 years. Ranma of coursed looked proud and embarrassed at the same time. "Well, let's eat!" We all know where that came from, 6 years have not changed Genma much and although living with his wife has changed him a little, Genma's true nature as selfish and cheating bastard did not change. His statement caused several people to give him the look of death. They were specially coming strong from Ranma and Nodoka who still carried the family sword but did not have a reason to use it, yet. "Dearest, you will forgo without food for the rest of the day for that thoughtless comment is that understood?" Nodoka said with her calm voice. Genma tried to argue, but from the look that he got from both Ranma and Nodoka made him give up. He wanted to turn panda from the looks, but could not for the shear fact that no one will fall for that act anymore. "Well, hopefully, Akane will listen to us and understand what happened and learn to live the life that is in front of her." Said Soun who uncharacterically said something that was intelligent and thoughtful. 6 years have changed him for the better. Unlike his friend Genma, with Ranma and Kasumi's marriage, he has changed for the better and became a man that he was before his wife had died. "Your right, we must hope for the best and help her as best as we can and hope that she can learn to live the life that is in front of her now." Said Ranma with what looked like pain in his eyes. Everyone had their own unique thoughts after what Ranma and Soun had said. Everyone had their own things to think about and how they are going to explain to Akane what has happened past 6 years and how it turn out to be the way it has. Of course, Genma was thinking about food that he could be eating right now. Akane woke again and though about that horrible nightmare that she just had. "That was so horrible, losing 6 years and learning Ranma and Kasumi are married with Kasumi pregnant. What could be worse?" With that she made her way downstairs to meet the family. Of course everybody was there and she was relieved. As she made her way, she saw their expressions and knew something was wrong. She also noticed the way Kasumi was sitting. 'No no no no no no no, this cannot be true, I must still be dreaming... PLEASE LET ME BE DREAMIN!!!' She was repeating the thought over and over again in her mind when Soun spoke up. "Akane, how are you doing?" "I don't know... what's going on? I don't understand..." "Well, Akane, it's like this, you've lost 6 years and we'll just explain to you what happened in during those 6 years." Ranma said it, and everybody just looked at him for his lack of tact. Although 6 years has taught him powerful martial arts and calm him down, it still could not teach him the art of tact. "It's true than, I lost 6 years?" "Yes daughter, you've lost 6 years. I'm sorry" "How did it happen? I don't understand, last thing I remember is Ranma telling me that he loves me and me telling him that I love him. After that we talked and did things and I went to sleep. That's all, and now you are telling me that I lost 6 years. What's going on???" Akane started to cry while saying those things and Nodoka got up and pulled her down to a sitting position and gave her a hug to comfort the distressed girl. Poor girl that has lost 6 years of her life. "Dear, I'm sorry, we are all sorry about what has happened to you, but it is true, you've lost 6 years of your life and we'll explain to you. Ranma, why don't you start?" End of Chapter 1 Authors Note. Well, I don't know where the idea for the story came from but it kept coming and I couldn't help but write it. I am Akane and Ranma get together fan, however after reading few of the fanfics out there, I seem to have gotten a rather poor view of Akane as a person. This story will consist of the family members recalling of the past 6 years of what happened. It will start with Ranma and how things happened and so on and so forth with each family members telling of how it happened. Well, any question or comment can be send to Jjang13977@aol.com and if you have any suggestion please let me know, even if they are bad. Thank you for reading my fic. DISCLAIMER: All the characters are either owned by or inspired by the works of Rumiko Takahashi. I'm poor college student so do not sue me you won't get much out of it, just enjoy the fic and let me know what you thought of it. C&C to Eric Oh Ranma 1/2 What happened? Chapter 2 Ranma was thinking, he saw how much Akane was hurting and he wanted to go to her and comfort her. Even after 6 years he still loved her. It's true that he now loved Kasumi and married to her, but that doesn't mean that he forgot all about Akane. "Akane, please come down and I'll start with what happen after the night you remember" Ranma said it looking at Akane, wanting to go to her, to help her but he couldn't because he didn't know how he was going to comfort her now that he belong to someone else. Her own sister no less. "Someone please tell me this is just a joke please?" Akane pleaded from her position being hugged and comforted by Nodoka. "Akane, please, calm down and let Ranma explain things to you" Kasumi said from her position next to husband for the last 2 years. "Ok...... ok..." "Go on Ranma, it seems like Akane is ready to listen" Soun told Ranma to begin his explanation and Ranma gathered himself so he can tell Akane the tale as how she lost past 6 years and how he is now married to Kasumi. "Well Akane from what I've been told by Nabiki telling me what you last remember you lost little more than 6 years. It's more like 6 years and couple of days" Ranma looked as though he was in pain, and he was. It hurt him so much to have to tell this story to Akane and it hurt him so much that he had to tell it. It hurt him to recall the memory. "You remember how I told you that I loved you and that you told me you love me right?" Ranma waited for some kind of response from Akane. "It seems that when we were... snuggling, we weren't alone, some people were watching us and they didn't like what they saw..." The Past... "Ranma I can't believe that you love me, I've been waiting for you to tell me so long" "I can't believe you love me. I never told you because I thought you hated me" Ranma and Akane was sitting on the roof, a couple of minutes before, Ranma and Akane confessed their love to each other and shared their first real kiss. "Ranma, what made you think I hated you?" Akane asked him, already semi-knowing the answer to that question herself. "Well, you always called me a pervert although you know I'm not. You never trusted me and you always jump to conclusion about me without ever letting me explain first. Beside, you told me that you hate me many time..." Akane was looking at Ranma as he was telling her the reasons, he was not looking at her and she saw the pain in his expression. She for the first time ever, really truly saw the pain in Ranma's eyes and it made her feel sad and hurt. 'I can't believe I caused him so much pain. I can't believe he actually thought I hated him' "Ranma, I'm sorry, I never really hated you. Only reason I was doing those things were because you always called me names like uncute or macho chick or things like that" Ranma looked up to see Akane's face and her eyes. She held pain in her eyes and Ranma didn't like seeing it there. "Akane, only reason I called you name in the first place was because you started calling me pervert and started blaming me for everything that was wrong with your life. The forced engagement...and everything else that followed..." Akane knew that she was unfair to him. That doesn't mean that Ranma was without fault but she was the one who did the most damage in their relationship. Ranma caused her emotional pain when she caused him physical, emotional, and mental pain. "I'm sorry Ranma, we were both so stubborn, I wish I got to know you first before I made up my mind about you." "It's ok Akane, we got here didn't we? I mean yeah, there was lot of problems and challenges that we had to get through, but we are here now aren't we? We just confessed that we love each other" Akane looked into Ranma's eyes which now held love. Love for her and understanding. "Ranma, I love you" With that both kissed again, and this one lasted a long time. While the lovers were kissing on the roof under the moonlight, they were not alone. They were being watched by an angry cat. This cat was angry and already planning revenge on the girl that took her husband's heart from her. 'Violent kitchen destroyer will pay for taking my husband!' The cat, now we know as Shampoo ran from her hiding spot back to Nekohentan to plan her revenge and with her great grandmother's help she will get the best revenge yet. Present... "Akane, it seems that Shampoo was watching us that night. You know how her and that old ghoul was. They came up with a plan to get you out of the way" The Past... "Great grandmother!!! We have trouble!!!" Yelled a wet purple haired girl entering the room of her great grandmother. "What is it Shampoo? What are you talking about?" Here at the 300 year old mummy... 300 year old being that was Shampoo's great grandmother. "Great grandmother, Ranma and violent girl closer!" The mummy... the being... whatever... was not very shocked. She has been expecting something like this. Ever since the Mt. Phoenix events, she knew that Ranma truly cared for that Tendo girl. 'Hmm... it seems like Son-in-law has finally made his choice' "Great grandmother, you have to help Shampoo get violent girl out of the way!" "Shampoo, do you know what you are talking about? If we were to hurt the Tendo girl, Ranma will surly come after us with vengeance. How will you than capture him as your husband?" Shampoo didn't really know how, and that stopped her. She really didn't think about how, she just knew that she had to. "Aiya, than what we do great grandmother?" The thing started thinking about what to do. She cannot return to the village. She will be the laughing stock of the whole village if she returned without Shampoo's husband. She the matriarch of an Amazon return a failure because of a mere male. 'Hmm... there is something...' "Shampoo there is a way for us to get Akane out of the way without harming her. We won't even have to lay a finger on her" With that the dried up monkey started to collect things that looked as old as herself. The Present... "The next day Shampoo and the old ghoul showed up on our house telling us that they have given up on me and will be returning to China. I don't know, we were both too happy to notice that something was wrong. Why would they just give up and leave? I don't know why I didn't see it before. They insisted that they throw us a party to celebrate our love. I was so stupid, I should have seen it coming" The Past... "Hey, are you serious? You are just going to pack up and leave?" "Yes Ranma. We will be returning to China soon" 'Wow, she must be serious, she didn't even call me son-in-law. It's about time they gave up!' "Well, that's cool, I mean it's been fun and all, and I'm not saying that I'll be glad to get rid of ya or nothing" The thing was tempted to just bop him on the head with her staff, but she held back. The plan called for her to remain complete calm. "Ranma, would you allow us to throw you and the Tendo family a party before we leave for China? We would like to thank you and the Tendos for the most entertaining time" "Sure" Ranma agreed, not seeing anything wrong. They were leaving soon and he wasn't about to pass up a chance at free meal. The Present... "I can't believe I agreed so quickly. If I only learned how to think with my head instead of my stomach, this would have never happened." "Well, Ranma what can you expect? You were raised by Mr. Saotome there" When Nabiki made that comment everybody gave Genma the look of death once again which caused Genma to try to make himself as small as possible. "We went to Nekohentan for the farewell party. All of us not expecting that Amazons had one more trick..." The Past... "Aiya, welcome to Nekohanten goodbye party" Shampoo greeted Ranma and the Tendos with a smile. Although she didn't like putting a happy face when her husband and that Tendo girl was so close to each other, thinking about what will happen if the plan succeeded made it easier to smile. "Thanks Shampoo, it's too bad about you and the ghoul going back to China" "Ranma will miss Shampoo, yes?" Shampoo asked with a cute expression on her face that people usually had trouble saying no too. "Uh, yeah, sure I'll miss you and all... hey, where is Mousse?" Ranma try to change the subject before Shampoo said something or he said something wrong and Akane will beat him for it. Although Akane promised him not to hit him again for stuff like that, you can never be too careful with Akane. "Mousse not here. Shampoo told him Mousse should be here." In truth, Mousse found out about what Shampoo and the dried up monkey was planning to do and wanted to warn Tendos, however the incredibly not dying old thing got to him first and he was in the cage in the basement. "Well, that's too bad, I wanted to say hi to him before he leave" Akane said, taking her place next to Ranma, giving Shampoo the look of victor. 'Ha, eat that you Amazon hussy. He loves me and not you!' If she could, she wanted to dance around the place with Ranma in her arms. Showing off him to the world that he loved her and not any other girls. But she had to calm down, Ranma and she agreed not to reveal too much to anybody before settling things down with all the girls. That's why this came as an unexpected surprise. One of the girls that Ranma and her had to take care of was just taking care of herself for them. "Shampoo make sure Mousse get message" With that Shampoo moved away from Akane. She couldn't take the look in Akane's eyes anymore. Shampoo wanted to yell at Akane, tell her to get away from her husband, tell her to leave, but she had to keep up the act so she just left so not to look at Akane and Ranma together. "Welcome to the final party that this restaurant will ever throw. This is in honor of Ranma Saotome who have eluded the amazons for so long and the Tendos who have provided us with such an entertaining time" The old mummy started to make her speech. She looked at everybody here. She saw that no one was suspecting anything. 'Good, none of these fools are expecting anything. This is going to be easy' "Without further talking, let's get to food. I know how much Ranma and his worthless father likes to eat" With that the short so-called woman produced incredible amount of food. Of course Ranma and Genma were the first people to get there and they started to do their traditional battle for the food. This was when the little gnome made the second announcement. "I have already anticipated this action by Ranma and Genma, that is why I have already prepared an individual meals for everyone" With that the little troll produced the second set of table with food for everyone. When everyone sat down around the table, they began eating. 'Good no one is suspecting anything. Perfect. Now to execute the plan' "Now, I will treat you all to the famous amazon dessert. This recipe has been passed down for 3000 years among amazons" With that she produced a dessert that looked delicious that no one would be able to resist it. She placed one in each and every one that was at the party. She waited everyone to finish their share and when Akane finished hers she smile. 'It worked!' She looked towards her great granddaughter and caught her eyes 'It worked great grandmother!' The Present... "We were so stupid to not have seen it. We should have known that they were going to try to pull one last trick" "Don't kick yourself too hard Ranma. Even I didn't see it" Nabiki told Ranma. She was still feeling guilty for not being able to see it herself. Her, the most intelligent and manipulative of the Tendo was outsmarted and she blamed it as partially her fault. "We didn't know something was wrong until we came home. I think they did that on purpose so that we won't suspect them" The past... "That was a great meal wasn't it?" Ranma asked Akane was they were walking back to the Tendo place a head of everyone so that they can have some private time without anybody around. "Yes, it was pretty good. I'm surprised that they threw a party for us even after how hard they tried to get you" Akane was in happy mood so far. Just yesterday Ranma and she confessed their love to each other and now one of the problem was solving itself for them. "Yeah, I was surprised too, but nothing happened and we all had a good time. Shampoo didn't even try to glomp me" "I know, it was good" They continue to walk in silence until they reached the Tendo home. "Well, my uncute tomboy, it seems like we are home, shall we go in?" Ranma asked with a smile on his face. He decided to continue to call Akane uncute tomboy, for several reasons. One of them was that it is just what he has been calling Akane for so long it kind of became his pet name for her. However, as soon as Ranma said it Akane just froze up on the spot and did not move. This worried Ranma a little when Akane just stopped moving with him. "Akane are you ok?" When Ranma asked the question and touched her, Akane looked up and what Ranma saw made him blink. What Ranma saw was not love in her eyes but something equivalent to hate. "Who are you calling uncute tomboy you pervert!!!! I HATE YOU!!!" End of Chapter 2 Authors Note. Well, I don't know where the idea for the story came from but it kept coming and I couldn't help but write it. I am Akane and Ranma get together fan, however after reading few of the fanfics out there, I seem to have gotten a rather poor view of Akane as a person. This story will consist of the family members recalling of the past 6 years of what happened. It will start with Ranma and how things happened and so on and so forth with each family members telling of how it happened. Well, any question or comment can be send to Jjang13977@aol.com and if you have any suggestion please let me know, even if they are bad. Thank you for reading my fic. DISCLAIMER: All the characters are either owned by or inspired by the works of Rumiko Takahashi. I'm poor college student so do not sue me you won't get much out of it, just enjoy the fic and let me know what you thought of it. C&C to Eric Oh Ranma 1/2 What happened? Chapter 3 Present... Akane was confused, she's been listening to Ranma telling her how she lost 6 years of her life, but at this point she lost him. "Ranma, I don't understand. Why did I all of a sudden yell at you and tell you that I hate you?" "I'm not sure Akane. At first I thought it was all an act, a very good act, because I saw unmistakable hate in your eyes, but I let it pass, thinking it was just my mistake" Past... "BOOM!!!" That was the sound of Akane's mallet hitting Ranma and sending him through the door into the Tendo house. "Ranma! How dare you call me a tomboy, you sex changing perverted freak!!!" 'Wow, Akane's really going overboard with this pretending stuff' "Ranma, I never want to see you again, don't ever bother me again!" With that Akane took angry stomps and walked into the house and up to her own room. Little later, you could hear the door slamming, which was hard enough to shake the whole entire household. Present... "It was really stupid of me. I should have realized right away, that it was the Amazons, but I was too stupid. I thought you were putting a show on for the family. I should have seen that our family was still little too far away to hear us or see us" "Ranma..." Akane quietly whispered his name looking at him with love and longing in her eyes. She couldn't believe what she was being told, but there he was, sitting there with his head and eyes cast down, and so much pain showing from his face. So much pain and regret. Akane wanted to reach out to him, to touch him, to grab him into a strong hug, to make the pain go away, for both herself and for Ranma. However, before she could move, someone else's hand grabbed hold of Ranma's. It was Kasumi's, looking at Ranma with love and support, looking at Ranma with encouragement, and looking at Ranma like how a loving wife would look at her husband. Akane saw this and didn't wanted to watch them anymore. That was suppose to be her place by Ranma, her hand holding his, her eyes giving him such love and support, but somehow, it wasn't her doing that. It was Kasumi who has taken on that role and she was left out, with 6 years missing from her life. "Thank you Kasumi. Well, I guess we need to continue with the explanation. Well, that night, after I made sure all the family were a sleep, I went to your window hoping to spend some more time with you" Past... "Knock, knock" Ranma waited for Akane to open the curtain and window and let him in, so he can share some time with her. However, no matter how much he waited, there was no answer and no sign of either happening. "Knock, knock!" He knocked little louder, and waited again. After little while, he saw a little movements and waited for Akane to open the window. He wasn't disappointed, however, what happened, shocked him to the core. The window opened revealing, very angry looking Akane, looking at him with anger and hate filled eyes, and this time, he could not mistake it, he saw them for what it was. "A..Akane?" "Ranma, I told you that I never wanted to see you again! How dare you wake me up from my sleep! I HATE YOU!!" With that she launched a vicious right uppercut that caught Ranma squarely between the eyes and sent him flying. "PERVERT!" As Ranma was flying, he heard her yelling that last word at him. He was confuses. Just last night, they shared a beautiful moments together, confessing their love for each other, and today, Akane has changed dramatically. "Maybe, maybe she hit her head" Present... "That was so stupid... maybe she hit her head... Why couldn't I have seen that it was the Amazons?" "Ranma, stop doing this to yourself" Kasumi said gently, trying to comfort her husband of 2 years, and soon to be father to a twins. "I just can't help feel..." Akane was going break down and cry. She could not believe what she was hearing. She actually did that, that she would actually do that the Ranma. "What...what happened next?" Akane asked in small voice, full of emotion. "Well, I convinced the family the next day to take you to a doctor" Past... "Well, let's see, Akane Tendo, how do you feel young lady?" Asked doctor Shinji, the new doctor after doctor Tofu left town. "I feel fine doctor" "Well, still I'm going to have to do a little check up on you ok?" "Fine doctor" Ranma was listening in on what was going on between the doctor and Akane. He was so focused in hearing what was going on, he didn't even feel someone coming up behind him. "Saotome, this better be good" "Huh?" He turned around to see Nabiki standing behind him. "Oh, what did you say?" "I said this better be something good, you have caused the whole family to drag Akane to the doctor, for what I can, a no reason at all" "Nabiki, trust me, something is wrong with her" "Whatever you say Saotome" Ranma knew that Nabiki didn't believe him. Why should she? He just said there was something wrong with Akane, while she was acting normal as usual, except towards him. She was truly hostile towards him. Before, he could feel some reluctance when Akane would hit him, or when Akane would call him names but now, he knew that she meant every words, and her hits were as if she wanted to kill him. He was thinking too hard the he missed the fact that doctor and Akane was done and Akane just stepped out of the office just to bump into him. "Out of the way pervert!!" With that, Akane hit him with a back handed slap which caught him in the right cheek. With that, Akane just went back to her family, without even looking at his direction once. Nabiki who was still hanging around saw the whole thing and thought it little strange but nothing out of the ordinary. After all, Akane beat up on Ranma all the time. Although, she did that less these days, but Nabiki just guessed that Akane was going back to her favorite past time, beating up on Ranma. When they were heading back to the Tendo home, Ranma tried walking close to Akane, but she just did a judo toss on him, which made him end up upside down, against a wall. This didn't even cause one person from the family to bat an eyelash. This wasn't something that was not normal, it was actually pretty normal for Ranma and Akane to behave this way. Ranma had to walk as far away from Akane as possible or else, she would continue to beat up on him. No one pay any attention to it, except for one purple cat, who was watching them with something of a joy in her eyes. 'Yes! The magic potion work! Akane now hate husband. Now he will abandon the violent pervert girl and come to Shampoo!' With that the purple cat, that is Shampoo headed back to their new place, since they had to act like they at least left for a while not to buy the suspicion of the others. Present... Akane watched Ranma as he continue to tell the story, and she watched him flinch and squeeze Kasumi's hand every time he mentioned something about being hit by her. Akane couldn't stop the tear from rolling down her face, she watched Ranma and couldn't help feel responsible for the pain that she caused him. "I'm sorry" When Akane said it, the whole family had to look at her. "I'm sorry Ranma" Akane was about to cry when, Ranma looked into her eyes, and looked at her with love and caring. It was obvious that Ranma still loved Akane, but it was dying down. Now he was in love with Kasumi, perhaps as much as he was in love with Akane 6 years ago. "I'm sorry Ranma, I didn't mean..." "No, it wasn't your fault. This was not your fault or anybody's fault but the fault of those selfish and foolish Amazons, who wouldn't know when to give up, who wouldn't know when to let go, who wouldn't know when to see that they lost the fight" That was true, but Akane saw that Ranma said it with ice in his voice. Ranma never really hated anyone, even when he had to destroy Saffron to save her, he didn't hate him. Oh, he might have felt hate for the moment, but he forgave as soon as he killed him, and saw that Akane was alive. If he truly hated him, he would have attacked the baby Saffron, to truly kill him. But now Akane saw true hatred in Ranma's eyes. It was something that was very scary. Then, Akane realized something that she must have looked at Ranma with that kind of look during the 6 years that she lost, if what they are telling her is the truth, Ranma had to suffer that kind of looks from her, her, who was supposedly in love with him, her who he used to love with all his heart. When she realized this, she couldn't help but cry. She realized how much pain she caused him. "Akane?" The whole, family except for Kasumi, and Genma made their way around Akane. "Akane, are you ok?" "I'm sorry, I'm so sorry!" "Akane, it's ok, shhh, it's ok" "I'm so sorry, I'm sorry" She kept repeating that over and over again while finding and holding onto Ranma. "That's ok Akane, that's ok, get some rest Akane" With that Ranma pushed some pressure point which put her to a gentle sleep. There was a silence for a while, then finally Nodoka spoke up. "This is hard on her isn't it?" "Yes" "And it's hard on you too" She asked Ranma, who held Akane in his arms, and looking down on her. "It's not as hard, it won't compare to what she will feel when she learn what happened next" "That she almost killed you?" End of Chapter 3 Authors Note. Well, I don't know where the idea for the story came from but it kept coming and I couldn't help but write it. I am Akane and Ranma get together fan, however after reading few of the fanfics out there, I seem to have gotten a rather poor view of Akane as a person. This story will consist of the family members recalling of the past 6 years of what happened. It will start with Ranma and how things happened and so on and so forth with each family members telling of how it happened. Well, any question or comment can be send to Jjang13977@aol.com and if you have any suggestion please let me know, even if they are bad. Thank you for reading my fic. I finally have a web page where I post all my work. It's really bad but it has all my work so if you want to visit, this is the address. http://www.angelfire.com/anime2/ericheeohfic/index.html