I DON'T OWN RANMA 1/2, SO DON'T COMPAIN! This is going to be a crossover with Element (the manga I am working on. Hopefully it will be published and sell well. If it does, look for it my friends say its pretty good. If you ask I might be able to scan some of it for you (can't have ya knowin' how the whole thing turns out can I? You're already getting ta know quite a bit))Arigoto!

New Power

Chapter 1: Thinking

In her room, on her bed, Akane lay there thinking about how Ranma was being a little nicer to her over the last few days, nearly a week, and they hardly even needed to raise their voices, she didn't slam Ranma on the head with her mallet, but only a slap or two to the back of his head instead, less arguements altogether, and he even gave her a few compliments. She thought there was something wrong with him at first but a week after the failed wedding she was starting to think that there wasn't anything wrong with him, it was just his way of showing that he cared about her. She also remembered that he had actually killed Saffron to save her life and when she didn't wake up right away he thought she was dead and said that he loves her, but denied saying it when she woke up.

It was pretty quiet in the Tendo house, which was unusual. Akane knew Kasumi was in the kitchen preparing dinner, Nabiki was out doing some "errends", her father and Mr. Saotome were playing shogi again, and Ranma had dissapeared somewhere. She stood up thinking she should check his room before looking anywhere else first.

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Ranma was laying on his futon for hours now with his eyes closed so that if you looked at him you would think he was asleep. But that was far from the truth, in fact he was simply meditating there thinking about his life, all the stupid engagements his father set up for him, how to get rid of all of his fiances, well all but one. He couldn't ever get he out of his mind, he fought with her, insulted her, risked his life for her on numerous occasions, gave up cures for his curse so she wouldn't be cursed, hell he even KILLED A GOD to save her life.

Whenever she was around things seemed to be better except when Shampoo would glomp him or when the the he was thinking alot about would try to cook. Her cooking could make you sick and usually hard to recognize, but he had to admit to himself that she tried to cook only for HIM and she was getting better every time she would practice patiance.

He found that he really did like her, the tomboy he's known and lived with for nearly a year, when they didn't do anything to upset the other they were best friends and even when they were mad they were insperable. He noticed that he slept better when he dreamed about her, about kissing her, about being married to her, having kids with her...

He sat up suddenly, eyes wide about what he just realized,"I..I love Akane." The he heard a small gasp next him...

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Meanwhile a boy wearing a tan t-shirt and green shorts with a short sword on his waist knelt next to a spring. He looked to be about seventeen years old when he brought his head up to stare at a hundred or so springs eith bright blue eyes with vertical pupils like a cats as he pushed his blonde hair back with a hand. A couple food wrappers and a water bottle lay next to a heavy looking backpack. Kuso... this will take a while but I guess I'm the only one who can remove the curses from these springs without being cursed myself. Thank the kami for my thunder dragon spirit. With that thought he placed his hands in the water and released a blast of ki and lightning that could be seen miles away, effectively reducing the spring to nothing more than a steaming crater in a few minutes."Wow. If it takes that much power to destroy one of these curse traps then it might take three days to finish." He repeated the cycle again and again taking a break after every five or six springs. Nearby a teenage girl with shoulder-length blonde hairknelt by another spring that glowed softly when she placed her hands in the water before moving to the next one.

To be continued...

For those of you who have enjoyed this story before, I am sorry for removing it from the site, but it's back up for everyone to read and hopefully I'll get more reviews this time. Don't forget to read my Naruto story; "Kitsune and Dragon".