Chapter 1: How It All Began

"This one guarantee change you into your self," convinced the Jusenkyo powder seller with his strong Chinese accent. "No lie." In his hand was a shiny red sachet. The rays of sun made the red surface shone.

"Heh? This thing, for real?" Ranma snatched the oh-so-alluring sachet. He examined the thing thoroughly, and even tried his best reading kanji words of the product description and warning. He really hated reading, especially kanji words with their annoying complicated strokes. "Warning: Not suitable for people with double personality disorder."

Just then the front door slid open. "I'm home!" exclaimed a familiar voice. "Hey, Ranma! I got you strawberry parfait on my way home wi- Oh! It seems like we have a visi-"

"AKANE! LET ME HAVE THE PARFAIT!" Ranma's eyes gleamed and his hand reached out to a pink paper box on the table with a leap.

"SHOW SOME RESPECT AND BEHAVE WILL YA?!" Akane landed her fist on Ranma's head. She took the paper box away and stored it in the freezer. "Anyway, who are you, Mister?"

"I humble seller from Jusenkyo and this young man seem interested to buy that thing, Miss," explained the Chinese man briefly, pointing to the sachet Ranma held.

Ranma suddenly sat up and immediately regained consciousness. "Ah, I forgot! Akane! What do you think of this?" He passed the sachet to Akane.

"He? What is this?" asked Akane, taking and observing the red thing curiously. "Ju-sen-kyo re-verse ef-fect pow-der," she spelled carefully. "Jusenkyo reverse effect powder?" repeated her with a questioning tone. She didn't seem to quite get the product description. It didn't look appealing nor special to her.

"It changes you, into the you, inside yourself," replied Ranma short, with a touch of excitement on each of the "you" word.

"Err…" Akane switched her eyes to Ranma, then to the sachet, the Ranma again. "So, you are saying that this would change you back to your complete male form?"

Ranma nodded enthusiastically.

Akane half slammed the sachet on the table. "I doubt that very much," stated her straightforwardly and without hesitation. A moment of silence went pass them along with the summer breeze.

The Jusenkyo traveler had imaginary sweat drops on his head. Akane shot a sharp glare at Ranma. Ranma looked as if he had just been stabbed on his heart.

"Eh…? Why n-"

"Because you have been acting like a girl lately. You eat like a girl, dress like a girl, flirt like a girl, and stay in your girl form more frequently and intentionally," blurted Akane out. Ranma was already as flat as the tatami mat when Akane finished her sentence.

Ranma got up, looking discouraged. His head pointed downward and he started walking out of the room. "It's not my fault to have this curse on me. I just wanted to try something new," muttered Ranma, sounding depressed. He dragged his feet pass Akane.

"Ranma, I-"

"I guess I would never be able to make the man out of me." Ranma slid the door open. He sighed. "I just… I want to…" He paused. "Fulfill my childhood promise that I made with my mother."

"Ranma, wait!" Akane shouted to Ranma, stopping him from walking any further. She lost her mother and she would do anything to make her proud, or happy. "I'm sure Ranma would want it too. I could at least help him out, right?" thought Akane. "For the sake of Ranma, Genma, Mrs. Saotome, and… mother!"

"Ranma," called Akane. "Let's give it a shot!"

Author's note: Greetings, fellow readers! Thanks for reading and know that this is my first work and I really need reviews to improve. I'm still a newbie and let me know if there are mistakes in my grammar (English isn't my language, still, it's not an excuse) and I'm open to any personal thought or suggestion or even critics ^_^ And yes! I will update the chapters weekly (I'll try my best be on time), so look forward to them!