HEY ALL!

Yeah, I know what you're thinking: "What the hell is she doing writing more effing drama? Why isn't she, well, fixing Fix You so it gets better soon?"

Well, after looking at the outline and realizing that Fix You will be really hard to read, and feeling ABSOLUTELY bad about it and how it's making some of you wonder if I was born without a heart (that's a story for a different day), I've decided to provide a little fluff on the side. This, dear readers, is exactly what the summary says: a bunch of short stories regarding our favorite Ranma and Akane moments in the anime that we'd like they had taken a more romantic turn.

I promise there is no drama here; just humor, romance, and fluff. I hope it helps deal with the chaos that Fix You is, and allows you to be able to read the rest of the story knowing there is a nice side of me that wants Ranma and Akane to be happy together.

In the words of Will Smith in I Am Legend: "Light up the darkness…"

And this is the temporary light I can give to you before it hits the pitch black darkness of Fix you.

Situation: Ranma thinks about how Akane defended him against Kuno while he was trying to change back into a guy while hanging from a tree.

Chapter 1: A Sudden Storm of Love

Ranma Saotome had to deal with a whole new load of adventures since his arrival to Nerima, Japan just over a week ago. His previous idea that swimming his way to China from Japan, falling into cursed springs, being chased by crazy Amazons, and then having to swim back to Japan from China had been tough, had been quickly and completely overcome with what he had to endure here in his new home.

Deep inside him, he hoped this place would be his new permanent home. So far, his father seemed as if he were really comfortable living here, having the opportunity to hang around with his best friend on a daily basis. He figured this was a pretty powerful incentive for his father to stay in place, once and for all. Truth be told, Ranma had been acquiring a pretty powerful incentive to stay himself, and it presented itself in the form of a rather cute blue-haired girl that he had no trouble hanging around with.

In fact, thinking about this fact reminded him of the conversation he had with his old man just a few minutes ago regarding Akane's efforts in protecting him from the crazy idiot by the name of Tatewaki Kuno. He had yet to have the opportunity to use his true skills against anyone or anything here, so of course she had no idea how strong he really was. Her first instinct had been to help him, thinking his girl form was not as resilient as his man side.

After thinking it over, he decided he did owe Akane a thank you after attempting to save his ass. He got up from the floor of his room and walked straight to Akane's room, which was not far from his. He lifted his hand to knock on her door but a heated conversation taking place inside between Akane and Nabiki made him stop in his tracks.

"What's the big deal Akane? I think's it's cool that he can turn into a girl," Nabiki said behind the closed door. He heard Akane growl and something snapped, as if she had hit her desk with a little too much strength before she retorted back to her sister.

"Cool? That's easy for you to say, Nabiki. Think about it! I'm engaged to my worst nightmare: a guy who looks prettier than me when he's a girl!"

Ranma heard the commotion inside the room as Nabiki began walking towards the door, but he was glued into place by Akane's words. "Does she really think that?"

Ranma's thoughts were interrupted when the door in front of him opened and revealed two surprised teenaged girls staring at him. Nabiki was the first one to recover from the shock of seeing the boy they had just been talking about stand in front of them. She cleared her throat and began walking out the door by going around the still stumped Ranma. She looked back at Akane and waved at her as she left.

"Good look with your handful, Akane, dear."

The couple stared at each other, both trying to come up with a word, any word to utter first. Ranma took a small step into the room, as if measuring how mad she really was before he ventured any further into her space. When she looked away from him and took a step back herself, he knew there was no immediate danger.

"So," she finally said, "What are the odds you didn't hear all of that?"

"Pretty low."

"Ranma, look...I didn't mean…"

"Save it, Akane," he began, making her flinch at being caught talking bad about their guest behind his back. He, however, had other plans as he continued his response. "I know what you meant…I mean, I've said that too, right?"

Akane looked up at him, trying as hard as she could to read his eyes. When Ranma offered her a small smile, she could not help but return it. He took another step back towards her, unconsciously closing the door behind him. "Anyway, I…I came here to say thank you, for –for helping me with that idiot Kuno."

"Oh, I…it was nothing," she said, blushing slightly as she did. Ranma blushed a little himself, scratching his cheek in nervousness.

"Yeah, well, I still wanted to thank you."

"Come on, Ranma. It's not a big deal. Anyone would have done the same for you."

Ranma scoffed, knowing that his old man would have not done so, and would have probably let him get beat and then mocked him for it, too. Knowing he had accomplished what he had come here for, he nodded to her and walked back to the door. He opened the door and took a step back, stopping for a moment to tell her what was really on his mind.

"Maybe, but I don't have anyone but you, right now. So…thanks."

He heard Akane's gasp as he closed the door behind him, resting his back against it, feeling his legs shake underneath him. He smiled to himself, remembering his initial thoughts before he had walked toward her room.

"Yup, good reason to stick around."

A/N: YAY! So, who likes it? There is more to come. I have been watching the episodes since this morning and making notes of which episodes I can use for this story. The names of the chapters match the name of the anime episodes, but the different chapters themselves are not necessarily connected to each other. I am following the order the episodes were created, not aired. As it turns out, the order of the episodes when aired in the U.S. is, for the most part, completely messed up. I'm trying to follow the order that match the story so that the progression of the fluff makes sense.

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