I do not own Ranma 1/2

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Fair Warning: I'm not a professional writer and english is not my first language. I'm just doing this for fun, nothing more.

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On the night of that day when the guests went away and everything quite down, a girl was on the bed of her room looking up to the ceiling with blank stare. While two fathers were crying like babies on the courtyard about schools that would never be joined, she was thinking on the decision made some hours ago. Now that she was thinking better, it was a very stupid thing to do. She should never had done this, especially now that she knows the truth. What was worse was that she would look like a stupid in front of him now.

"What I'm going to do now?" Akane asked herself, ""I can't go back in time and change things. I have to be strong and face the consequences of my actions. The big question is: Will I be strong enough? Also, what would my family and friends think? What HE would think? Well, to tell the truth I don't know if what he think matters anymore now that I know the truth. Sure, I consider him a friend, but when he backed away when I asked if he loved me, I felt as if I had lost something that was inside me. I don't know what it was, however it was there.

Akane sat up on the bed and sighed. Things would be very difficult now.

"If I only had him on my side... He's probably the only one that will understand me. I know he will still be here, but the truth is I don't know if he will make fun of me or not. Besides there are the others girls... I think it's better to not think about this for now.

The youngest Tendo rose and went to the mirror located on her desk and started to analyze her face. She changed a lot since Ranma and his friends came to Nerima. The most significant was her hair that was cut. Looking closely now, she had to admit the short hair suited her better, as Ranma stated in the past. Not that she didn't look good with long hair, far from that. But better leave the long hair for women like Kasumi.

The makeup from her failed wedding was still on her face, but a bit smudged. Akane was ready to start cleaning her face when a slight tap on the window caught her attention. Turning around she saw her fiancé upside down on the outside, his grey-blue eyes looking at her with it seemed like a mix of a sad and apologetic expression.

Akane opened the window and let Ranma in. Without saying anything he sat on the foot of the bed averting his gaze from his fiancée. He was feeling extremely nervous. First because of what happened earlier, and second because he was alone in Akane's room. Ranma had a reason to be there, it was part of his plan. However, theory and practice are two different things.

After several minutes of tense silence Ranma was able to gather all his courage to try to start a conversation.

"Are you ok, Akane? I mean, do you have any injuries? You know, after the bombs Ukyo threw on the dojo and Kuno swinging his sword like crazy."

Akane cringed with the mention of the of two suitors. Just remembering what they had done was enough to make her wants to punch something really hard.

"Yes, I'm fine," She answered with clenched teeth.

Ranma saw Akane's reaction and for a moment he thought she would hit him. To try to avoid any damage he decided to act.

"Look Akane. About what happened earlier I'm sorry," He said lamely.

Akane sighed deeply. As much as she wanted to blame Ranma, Akane knew it was Nabiki's fault for inviting those lunatics.

"Don't worry, Ranma. I'm not blaming you. Though you should take care of your little fan club. They already destroyed your mother's house. Today they destroyed my family's dojo. What's next? My house? The whole school?"

""It's not that I wanted them to do that."

"But you never did anything to stop them." Akane accused.

"And what did you want me to do?" He asked angrily because of the tone Akane used to talk to him, "Do you want me to hit them on the head the same way you do to me all the time?"

"Hey! I don't hit you like that!" It was Akane's turn to be angry, "I only hit you when you're doing something wrong."

"You mean when YOU think I'm doing something wrong," The Saotome heir spat, "'You never give me a chance to explain myself before you bring down you mallet."

The blue haired girl looked at her fiance with fire in her eyes and said, "If you came here just to say this, I think it's time for you to leave."

"Make me." Ranma challenged.

Akane grabbed the shinai she kept in her room in case of attacks of perverts. Her battle aura raised immediately, as she ready herself to attack Ranma. At the last moment she stopped. It just didn't feel right to attack him right now. Besides, she was feeling tired both physically and mentally after everything that happened today.

"Go away, Ranma," She turned around and hung her head, "I don't want to fight with you today."

"Are you sure you're ok?" Ranma asked forgetting their little bickering and visibly concerned with his fiancée, "What's the problem?"

"I'm just tired. I want to rest a little."

"Are you sure?"

"Leave me alone."

"Ok. But before to leave, can I ask you a question first?" Ranma inquired with uncertainty tone. And maybe a little fearful.

"No." Akane replied dryly.

Ranma ignored Akane's request and went on, "I just wanted to ask..." Ranma paused for a moment, unsure if he wanted to hear the answer of the question. What Akane did a few hours ago was something very serious. She was ready to marry someone she didn't love. At least he thought so, "Why did you agreed with our stupid fathers to go on with the wedding?"

Akane slightly quivered with the question. Of all things she was expecting him to ask, why he did have to ask it now?

"Why do you want know?" She tried to keep her voice firm.

"Well, as far as I know ma-marriage is something very serious. You just don't marry someone you don't lo-lo... like. At least I though so," Ranma thought how easy the words came out from his mouth. Perhaps it was because Akane wasn't looking at him directly. So she wouldn't see how uncomfortable he was for asking this question

"Do you want know the truth?" The serious tone made Ranma shiver as if he were having a bad omen.

"You don't need to tell me if you don't want to," He said, trying to avoid the subject, "Maybe I should go now."

Ranma was ready to leave but before he could escape, Akane turned around and grabbed him by the collar of his shirt.

"No, you will stay here and listen to the truth!" She said angrily almost shouting, "I wanted to marry you! And you know why?" Ranma shook his head lamely, "Because I love you, Idiot!" Akane said loud enough so only the two of them could hear, "I've been in love for a long time, but you are such an idiot that you couldn't see even if I rub it on your stupid face."

Ranma just stayed there with a blank expression while Akane shook him. The words she said had not yet been processed by his brain

"I don't know when or why but I fell in love with you." She declared frustrated, "Maybe it was because you were always rescuing me whenever I needed help, or maybe is was because I have already seen you beyond the mask you wear. I know you're not a complete jerk, you have a good heart. You're always helping everyone... This is why." Akane didn't know the reason but her eyes started to moisten, "'I know we fight a lot but I thought if we married, we could give US a try. I really wanted it because... I heard when you said you loved me in Jusendo." Akane was openly crying now, her tears coming down like a cascaded.

Ranma blanched when Akane mentioned Jusendo. Immediately he remembered everything that happened on that day. The fierce battle against his most powerful enemy, the fact that he'd thought Akane died, not one but two times, was enough to make him tremble like a coward. However she declared her love for him just now with all the letters. Different from him who backed away, she made her feelings clear as crystal for him. But how? He was... He was...

"How can you say you love me if I'm... cursed. I turn into a woman when splashed with water?" Ranma couldn't hide his disappointment. His cure was so close a few hours ago. If wasn't for Happosai, he would be a fulltime man now.

"Your curse," The youngest Tendo released her grip and took a few steps back, "I remember I was really annoyed with your curse when I found out about it. I couldn't accept a boy was better built and more beautiful than me, it wasn't fair," the blue haired girl complained, "But then, I started to see you in a different light as time passed. When I started to fall in love with you I was confused because I was also attracted to your cursed form. I thought I was becoming a pervert, a lesbian," Akane admitted sadly, "But then I saw that wasn't the case. It wasn't that I was attracted to other women, I was attracted to you regardless your form. Like I said, I saw your true self, my heart saw you beyond your form. I could easily show affection to you in your male form but I was still afraid of what would you think If I tried the same thing in your cursed form. And I also feared what other people would think of that."

Ranma was completely speechless by everything Akane was saying.

"I never knew you without it. So for me, It's like part of yourself," Akane wiped her eyes as the tears slowed, "That's why I did what did. When I thought you loved me, I decided to show you that I loved you too with or without the curse."

"But, but you could have told me without agreeing with our fathers. I'm not sure if I'm ready for marriage!"

"And have you denying your feelings like you did when I asked you?"

"I didn't do that. I was caught by surprise."

"So answer me now. Do you love me?"

"Well, I, hum, you know, er," Ranma babbled, unable to form clear sentences as he felt the pressure on him again. Talking wasn't one of his qualities, especially about feelings, "Akane , I..."

"Wait," Akane interrupted, "Before you answer, would you be able to do the same thing I did for you. I mean see beyond the appearances? See my true self?"

"Well, you're violent, like to jump to conclusions, jealous, stubborn and a lot of others things. However," Ranma Stopped and looked her in the eyes, "I know you're a sweet girl." When you're not trying to mallet me, he added mentally, "Even with all this I still lo, lo, lo, like you."

Akane shook her head and smiled. At moment she knew it was all she would get from him. It was good to know that at least he liked her. But will he still say the same thing after the revelation? There was only one way to know.

"Ranma," she went to her desk and picked a glass of water that was there, "'Would your feelings change towards me," The contents of the glass was poured on the top of her head. The water slipped through her body as Ranma's eyes widened. The change was immediately. Akane grew a few inches, the volume or her chest disappeared and her shoulders broadened. The hair that was blue turned black as was Ranma's birth form, "If I'm like this?"

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(A/N) The story behind this is, I saw(most of times) a lot of authors write Akane naturally accepting Ranma's curse. But what about Ranma? If Akane was cursed to turn into a man, could he accept her?

Big thanks to my friend BobV for encouraging me to write something, for the premise of the story and for helping me with the grammar. Well, the truth is we both suck in english XD

And also, special thanks to Pendagar for correcting all grammar errors in this chapter.

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