"Akane." A voice whispered with a light knock."Akane. Open up." Akane opened her eyes softly staring into her alarm clock that read 3 am very clearly to her. She sighed a yawn, then got up from her cozy bed she opened the window feeling the wind blow through she shivered slightly as there kneeled Ranma at her window. "You wanted to see me, Akane?"

"Yes I did." Yawned a sleepy Akane, as she crawled back into her bed and pulling her covers over her she turned to face Ranma who entered her room. He closed the window now feeling the warmth of the room he turned to her. Pulling the chair from the desk he leaned back on it as he sat placing his feet on the desk, facing her.

"Well?" Ranma questioned.

"What do you mean 'Well'?" Akane mumbled trying not to be pulled into her dreams. "You know why I asked you here."

"Yeah…" Ranma stated sitting up leaning closer to Akane so he could hear her better, he clamped his hands together as he blushed slightly."Kanna and rantome."

"Well." Akane stated taking a deep breath."Do you want to try to ignore it?"

"Yeah." Ranma sighed. "I guess it's for the better we don't want everyone at school to know."

"You know." Akane mumbled. "There's always a chance to change the future, you won't have to get stuck…with a… ugly tomboy…like me…anyways…" Ranma looked up at her words seeing she had fallen sleep against her wishes. Ranma got up slowly, pushing in the chair as he listened to Akanes soft breathing. Ranma walked over to Akanes side as she slept he pulled the blankets higher on her making sure she was warm, he saw the moonlight cover her as though a blanket of light. Ranma sighed softly opening the window, he glanced back at her.

"Stupid Akane." Ranma jumped out the window and disappeared into the dark.

"Hey Moron; WAKE UP!" Ranma yelped feeling cold water poured on him.

"HEY!" Ranma looked up to see Rantome smirking with a bucket of water over his now female forum. "Why did you do that for?"

"Well I tried everything else." Rantome stated as he recalled shaking, pulling and hitting Ranma to wake him.

"Great now I need a bath!" Ranma sighed angrily as she grabbed his bathing stuff.

"You better hurry up breakfast is almost ready!" Rantome laughed walking down the hall, as Ranma walked out the other direction passing Akane in the hall.

"Oh, Good morning Ranma." Akane said. "You're up. I was about to get you up."

"Too late Rantome did that already." Grumpy Ranma sighed. "Good morning Akane."

"Hurry up with your bath now. We're going to be late."

"Alright." Ranma stated as Akane walked down the hall, she was already ready for school. After
Ranma's hot bath, he followed the smell of food to the nosiest room of the house.

"So how long have you guys been married?"

"Around 6 years." Rantome answered.

"Really now." Nabiki smiled. "Oh Ranma we were just talking about you."

"Funny." Ranma snapped sitting down next to Akane on reflex.

"Six years is a long time." Kasumi stated.

"Wait." Ranma stated confused. "If you're not cooking Kasumi who is?"

"Kanna is." Kasumi stated causing half the people in the room to freak except for Akane and Rantome.

"WHAT?!" Ranma yelped.

"Clam down idiot." Rantome stated as Kanna entered the room with food and quickly rantome started eating mouth loads.

"How can you eat that stuff?!" Ranma whispered.

"It's good that how." Rantome stated. "She got better at cooking…Or I just got so use to it that my body adapted."

"What did you say?" Kanna anger spilled from her words causing rantome to flinch.

"N-Nothing!" Kanna gave him a dirty look and grabbed his food away.

"Good then you don't need anything to eat."

"But AK-I mean KANNA!" Rantome cried as she walking into the kitchen. "I'm hungry!" Ranma and the group looked at the food at the table the only ones who had dared to pick it up was Akane and rantome; Akane took a bite and smiled, scooping herself a plate.

"This is good Kanna."

"Thank you." Kanna smiled sitting down scooping herself some. "Don't worry Akane when you marry Ranma you will have a lot of free time to learn to practice to at least be able to make normal tasting food." The Group grabbed a scoop and started to eat it down, in shock they turned to each other.

"WHOA!" Ranma yelped. "It's normal!"

"I-I want some." Rantome cried trying to sneak bites off Ranma's plate.

"No you don't Rantome." Ranma stated jumping up and eating it all.

"You guys better hurry up you'll be late." Kanna stated looking at the clock.

"Ah!" Akane yelped getting up. "Oh no! Come on Ranma!" Akane ran out the room and out the door, followed by Ranma.

"Wait Akane." Akane stopped seeing Kanna running over to her."Here you go." Akane looked seeing an umbrella in kanna's hands, Akane grabbed it and bowed.

"Thank you…" Akane whispered.

"Come on Akane!" Ranma yelled.

"Coming!" Akane yelled running after Ranma. "Bye."

"Hey Akane." Ranma stated jumping off the fence and running beside her.

"Yeah?" Ranma smiled.

"Don't give up on cooking ok?"

"Ranma?" Akane blushed.

"Cause you suck." Ranma stated sticking out his tongue earning Akane's book bag to the face.

"Jerk." Ranma let out a laugh but they didn't notice two figures following behind them.

"Isn't today beautiful?" Kanna stated as she walked with a basket under her arm. "You know you didn't have to come right?"

"I know." Rantome stated walking on the fence keeping to kanna's pace.

"Then why did you come?"

"What you don't want me here or something?"

"That's not what I-"

"I see you rather be alone!"

"No ran-"

"Yeah; whatever." Rantome stated then jumped away.

"FINE GO SEE IF I CARE!" Kanna yelled as thunder sounded not far off.

"We're late." Ranma stated as the bell rang but was drowned by the sound of thunder. "And it looks like it's going to rain! Damn I forgot my umbrella."

"Oh!" Akane stated. "I have one!"

"Way to rub it in Akane."

"No. I mean I have one-!" Akane stated defensively before she could finish a voice cut in.

"Ranma! Ranma my darling!" Kodachi Kuno jumped from the roof of a nearby building sending flowers all around.

"Ko-Kodachi?!" Ranma yelped as Kodachi jumped as cling to him.

"Ranma, my love!" Kodachi Smiled. "I brought an umbrella for us to share!"

"Whoa. Thanks Kodachi." Ranma sighed out of relief. "You're a life saver! I don't know what I would do without you!" Ranma didn't notice Akane's hurt expression hidden in her change of mood as her stuff dropped from her hand.

"You know what Ranma…" Akane mumbled. "I forgot something at home…I'll just see you at school ok?" Akane turned tears started to forum as she started to run the other direction. 'Stupid Ranma I was going to share with you! Why don't you ever care about anyone but yourself?'

"What's her problem?" Ranma asked as it started to rain, he quickly ducked under Kodachi's umbrella; He picked up Akane's items. "I guess she I'll give her these at school."

"Come on my love!" Kodachi stated clinging to his arm. "Let me walk you to school…Unless you want to get wet!"

"C-coming!" Ranma yelped as thunder roared.

"Father!" Kasumi screamed.

"What's wrong Kasumi?"

"I was just looking at the news paper Kanna and Rantome brought from the future." Kasumi stated running over to her father.

"What of it?"

"The news paper! It changed!" Kasumi yelped as thunder boomed. Kanna gasped feeling odd for some reason; she reached back and felt her hair. Oddly, her once short hair was extremely long ponytail and the dress she wore was gone; replaced with a light pink kimono with cherry blossoms.

"Oh no…RANMA!!!" Kanna yelled running in the direction rantome ran off. Rantome who was resting under a building waiting for the rain to stop listened to the rain.

"Stupid Akane." Rantome mumbled opening his eyes as the lighting and thunder started over head; he felt odd. Looking down at his clothes he noticed his clothes had changed, His once red Chinese top was now a black shirt with dark purple. The black pants he wore where different, looked more expensive and not the same. "What the-"

"Ranma!" Rantome looked up seeing the changes in his wife as she rushed over to him.

"Akane." Kanna started to cry. "We changed!"

"I know…shh…" Rantome tried to comfort his wife. "It's alright."

"Ranma I'm scared what else has changed?!"

"I don't know Akane…I don't know…"

"Hey everyone I'm home!" Ranma stated entering the door to the house.

"WHAT DID YOU DO?!" Ranma yelped getting a swift punch to the face from Rantome.

"OUCH! " Ranma rubbed his cheek."Why did Akane say something? Where is she I'll show her a thing or two!"

"What do you mean 'where is she?' Wasn't she with you?" Kasumi stated.

"But she said she left something here so she came back…"

"No!" Kanna stated. "Something happened because now I'm Akane Kuno!"

"What?!" Ranma growled.

"Whatever happened between you two has caused us to change." Rantome replied bitterly throwing the news paper to Ranma. Ranma looked over the paper to see Rantome hand and hand with Kodachi as well as Kanna with Kuno."You better fix this! What happened?"

"Well…" Ranma started trying to remember.

"We're late." Ranma stated as the bell rang but was drowned by the sound of thunder. "And it looks like it's going to rain! Damn I forgot my umbrella."

"Oh!" Akane stated. "I have one!"

"Way to rub it in Akane."

"No. I mean I have one-!" Akane stated defensively before she could finish a voice cut in.

Then just as the thunder sounded Ranma pieced together what Akane was going to say.

'No. I mean I have one we could share.'

"Oh damn, I'm an idiot." Ranma sighed, grabbing Akane's umbrella; he ran out into the rain. Akane sat under a large tree, her knees to her chest she sat quietly crying softly. Light dew from the trees coated her but she didn't seem to mind.

"A-Akane?" The voice was soft and familiar; she looked up to see the face of the voice and was staring into soft blue eyes."Do…Do you wanna share my umbrella?" Ranma blushed he was soaked and a girl now but it didn't matter right at this moment. Akane smiled softly, watching Ranma kneel down slightly and extended his hand to her. Akane reached up her hand and placed her hand in his outstretched palm, he helped her up. It had started to rain harder as they walked in silence, but they have not seemed to mind.

"You know technically." Akane spoke. "That is my umbrella."

"Technicalities. Technicalities." Ranma shrugged it off causing Akane to giggle.

"You know you didn't have to come find me."

"What are you hoping I wouldn't?"

"No." Akane stated smiling happily. "I'm just glad you did." Ranma cheeks burned as she smiled at him, he turned his head slightly.

"Come on Akane let's go home." Ranma stated holding out his hand to Akane; Akane smiled when blush formed on his face. Akane placing her hands in his; they walked home hand and hand.

"Whoa." Rantome smiled as he then felt weird again, and he changed back.

"Look we got our old clothes back!" Kanna cheered.

"-And your also married to one and other again." Kasumi stated showing the news paper.

"I'm glad." Kanna smiled intertwining her hands with Rantome's they Eskimo kissed as their wrist started to glow. "Huh?" They looked at their wrist and noticed one of the bracelet beads glow and fade into a beautiful dark red. "The bracelet!"

"Just 27 to go…" Rantome smiled.

"Just one step closer to our answer…" Kanna smiled.