A/N: These characters do not belong to me (except one) but I recently fell in love with this anime (I now love Ranma and Akane) and had a story pop into my head and I just had to write it down and share it. I think I have about 5 chapters that I will post, some will be longer than others, but it's mostly a short story with semi-short chapters as the complete story totals about 4000 words. So sorry, but the chapters won't be too long, but they will flow together nicely I think! I hope you enjoy it! Reviews are appreciated! :)
A Forever Love
"Daddy, Daddy!" a young voice called out anxiously, "Can we please go see Mommy today? Pleeeeeeeassssee?"
Ranma smiled down at his 6 year old daughter, she was the spitting image of her mother, with big brown eyes and cute blue hair. She was adorable and hyper, with the patience of –well I guess neither of them had much patience, mind you they had changed a lot since becoming parents. Ranma chuckled to himself.
"Sure thing Kimi, we can stop and get her some pretty flowers too if you like!" he told his daughter while she nodded back up enthusiastically at him, "But we also have to visit Grandpa today too."
She smiled, "Yeah, Grandpa and Mommy, yaaaay!" She jumped up and down in circles as her father laughed at her excitement.
They stopped at a florist on the way to the hospital to pick out a beautiful bouquet. Kimi decided since purple was her favourite colour, it had to be Mommy's too and Ranma paid for a gorgeous bouquet of various purple flowers. "Mommy's gonna love it!" Kimi said in a proud and awed voice as she stared happily at the pretty flowers. Ranma smiled, walking beside her, of course she would. Akane loved everything her daughter picked out!
"We'll visit Grandpa first, okay Kimi?" his daughter nodded as she ran down the hall to her grandfather's hospital room.
"Grandpa, Grandpa!" she called excitedly running over to give him a hug. Grandpa Tendo eagerly embraced his granddaughter and pulled her up onto his lap. "Will you be in here much longer Grandpa?" she asked him, looking at the tube sticking into his left arm in vague interest.
"Nope," he replied, tweaking her nose as she giggled, "I get to go home tomorrow!"
"That's wonderful," Ranma said, sitting in the chair next to the bed, "the girls will be happy to have you back home!"
Grandpa Tendo smiled and nodded, then pointed at the flowers, "those for me or are you going to visit Akane today?" he asked with a smile.
"Those are for Mommy!" Kimi said as she started prattling on about all sorts of things her 6-year-old mind found interesting. Grandpa Tendo was thrilled with her stories, she reminded him exactly of Akane at that age. He smiled fondly down at his granddaughter, nodding whenever she seemed to require some form of agreement with her stories. God, she was exactly like Akane!
After a short visit, it was time to go and Ranma took his daughter's hand as they headed to the elevator.
"Can we go see Mommy now?" she asked with pleading eyes.
"Of course we can," Ranma replied, ruffling her hair.
A short while later, Kimi tugged her father's arm to pull him down to her level, "Can I give Mommy the flowers?" she asked, whispering in his ear, as if afraid her mother would hear her.
Ranma smiled softly and handed the bouquet over to her, "Of course, she will love getting flowers from you!"
Kimi jumped up and down in glee and took the flowers from her father before rushing over to the tombstone.
"Look what we brought for you, Mommy!" Kimi said, placing the flowers carefully in front of the tombstone that read, 'In memory of a Deeply Loved Daughter, Sister, Wife, and Mother; Akane Saotome, you'll be forever in our hearts.'
