Akane stared at Shampoo as she hugged Ranma tightly and how he tried to take her off in a very pathetic way. Ranma was wondering what Akane was doing whilst trying to take the pest off him. He was shocked as Akane simply leaned against the wall and watched as he tried to take Shampoo off.
Akane watched patiently enjoying Ranma's confusion and struggle and murmured to herself.
"Three, two, one…" Ukyo jumped into the scene smiling, then frowned in anger as she saw Shampoo on him and pulled her off. Now both were bickering but as Ranma tried to get away they both grabbed him and kept on fighting between themselves. As he tried to get away Akane raised her hand and moving her finger (from her point of view) between Ranma and the girls, she separated them. Ranma started to run towards her and as the other girls started chasing him Akane smirked and if Ranma had seen her smirk he would have frozen in fear. However Akane didn't expect Ranma to pick her up bridal style and jump up.
"Ah! Ranma what are you doing?!" Akane said her face beet red.
"What are you talking about?!" Ranma asked focusing on the girls following them and Akane turned to the girls and moving her hand they slammed into the ground and she left them there for a while.
"My skirt Ranma!" Akane said and Ranma looked down at her and blushed a deep red as he saw her light blue underwear. He grabbed her skirt and brought it down but to hold it down he put his hand on her back side and If it were even more possible they blushed an even deeper red. Both their hearts were racing a million miles per hour. Finally Ranma landed in front of the Tendo Dojo and put Akane down. Akane felt a chill run up her spine suddenly. The person that controlled the boy was watching her but she didn't know where he/she was. In a few nervous words Ranma walked inside whilst Akane followed a short while after.
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Elena smirked as she looked down at Akane and clasped her hands together.
"Niala." She now opened her hands and made a circle around her with them and clasped them back together again. Pointing at Akane a yellow ray of energy shot towards Akane.
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Akane felt the attack long before Elena even said the word and turned around as if out of instinct and faced the ray coming towards her. She extended her hand and the ray continued towards her. Elena smirked. Akane remained calm. The ray hit a barrier five meters from Akane and Elena was shocked then was angry. She jumped down from the cloud where she was and stood ten meters in front of Akane.
"Who are you?" Akane asked a bit shocked about what she had just done and Elena smirked.
"I am Elena." She said. "I'm a witch, I've been traveling the world stealing any other witch's powers I come across to become stronger. Now I've come for yours." Elena said and Akane looked at her confused.
"Witches? My powers? I'm not a witch." Akane said and Elena laughed.
"Let me guess, you actually believe a witch is someone who worship the devil?" Elena asked and Akane didn't answer, as that was what she had been told. "Well, no. A witch is a person who has especial powers from nature. Knowing certain spells can help you accomplish certain things. Normally a witch starts out reading; you'd be surprised how many books there are on the subject. Some are also raised knowing the craft. Some people follow the craft with spiritual powers, some physically like me and you." Elena said. Akane was confused.
"Spiritually, what-?"
"Spiritually, it has effects on the spiritual realm taking a while or for ever for a spell to happen. Physically spells can be done in a couple of seconds and affect people more directly." Elena said. Akane remained silent for a couple of seconds staring at Elena.
"I wont let you take my powers away." Akane said simply and Elena laughed.
"You'll have no choice girl. I am far more powerful than you having absorbed thousands of energies and powers from other people. We'll meet again girl." Elena said and made a cloud appear beneath her and she disappeared into the sky.
Akane looked at the sky confused and went back into the house. She was so into her own thoughts that dinner was a quiet one and everyone thought something was going on so didn't speak but Akane was just thinking about Elena and Ranma was trying to be a gentleman and forget he'd seen Akane's underwear, on her, but failing miserably.
Nabiki had her cold face on but sighed in relief at the calm in the house, giving her more time to think about the letter she received today from Tatewaki.
Akane sighed, Elena was probably right at being more powerful than her, certainly more experienced. If Elena was to take her powers away then she needed to finish the anti-curse spell as soon as possible. Akane stood up and left and everyone else looked at her.
"I'm not hungry, I think I'll go do my homework." Akane said and went up to her room. As she entered she grabbed the book and opened it to the page where the spell to brake the curses was. She looked at the ingredients and closed her eyes, she thought of them, pictured them in her mind and when she opened her eyes they were before her. Akane smiled.
There was a piece of bamboo from the Jusenkyo curses, a large bottle with a tiny bit of water from every single spring, at least a drop from each one; a mix of herbs which Akane didn't know what they were and salt. Akane looked at the strange ingredients and shrugged and looked at the spell.
Akane placed her hands over the objects and one by one said the following rhyme.
"Objects of magic
Receive the light
The pure essence
My soul carries inside." Akane said and one by one she could feel the pure energy surrounding the objects. Again she looked at the book. She materialized a bowl and grabbed the water. She dropped a quarter of the amount of water and grabbed some herbs. The water glowed a tiny bit in a yellowish light. Akane felt herself getting a little bit weaker and looked at the next part on the book.
"Air that holds the spirit of the east break the curse of the drinker." Akane again felt her energies flowing away from her body and into the mixture. Akane poured another bit of water in it followed by another quarter of herbs. Now it glowed a soft red.
"Fire that holds the spirit of south, break the curse of the drinker." More energy left Akane but she still felt strong enough to go on. More water and herbs went in and it now glowed a soft blue.
"Water that holds the spirit of West, break the curse of the drinker." Akane now felt slightly tired but kept going. She grabbed the remaining herbs and poured them all into the mix. Water came last this time, as it said on the book. The water glowed a light green.
"Earth that holds the spirit of North, break the curse of the drinker." Akane said not even needing to look at the book. She grabbed the bamboo and put it in the greenish mix. She watched, as it seemed to sizzle and melt into it even though the mix was cold. She grabbed the salt and poured it in as she spoke.
"And With this I seal this spell, may no dark hand touch, and may all end well." Akane said and moved the mix with a wooden spoon three times clockwise and she poured the liquid into little bottles. She managed to fill 14 bottles. When she was finished she placed them in her wardrobe so they could cool down. Although she hadn't heated them, they were boiling with magic so she needed to leave them so the heat that seems to be radiating out, concentrates in the liquid. Akane sighed in tired relief. She could feel her eyes dropping already from the energy this spell had taken from her. At last it was ready. Thinking of Elena she frowned and placed a concealment charm on the spells so she wouldn't be able to sense them. Better be safe than sorry.
There was a knock at the door and Kasumi walked in with her bright smile as always and Akane tried to smile back even though she was too tired to even do that.
"Akane are you Ok? Are you sure you're not hungry?" Kasumi asked.
"I'm fine Kasumi, I just wasn't hungry today." Akane said and started clearing out her table, the bowl and other things long gone before Kasumi walked through the door. Kasumi looked at her left where the wardrobe was in which Akane had hidden the spells and her smile faltered a little bit but then her smile grew wide again and looked back at Akane who still had her back at her.
"Tomorrow I'm making some biscuits, how about you help me after school? If you're not too busy." Kasumi said and Akane smiled, she never backed down from an opportunity to try to improve her cooking.
"Of course Kasumi. I'd love to help." Akane said and Kasumi nodded and walked out of the room. She walked down to the kitchen and passed through the dinning table and looked out at the cloudy sky and again frowned in the direction of a certain cloud where a certain witch was spying on the household.
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Ranma lay awake at night. He had been playing in his head the idea of going to Akane and say sorry for what he saw today ever since they finished dinner. She seemed distant and it was probably because of him. He shook his head, he couldn't go apologize at this time at night. It was too late tonight, he'd go tomorrow… Still something insisted in him going now. He sighed and stood up. He walked slowly up to her room when he noticed the door to her room was opened. He hesitantly opened the door a bit wider and walked in. His eyes immediately met with Akane's floor where she lay unconscious, still not changed out of her uniform and from the position she was in he could see her underwear again but that went unnoticed by him as he ran to her and picked her up.
"Akane, Akane." Ranma whispered and Akane's eyes opened slowly and looked at him a bit confused.
"Ranma?" She mumbled. He laid her on the bed and he pulled her skirt down so to cover her up a bit mote.
"Akane are you ok? You were just unconscious on the floor." Ranma said and she looked around, yes she still was in her room.
"Um… yeah, I'm just so tired." Akane whispered looked at him, he didn't look away, they started to get closer.
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I'm so sorry I haven't updated in so looong. I'm just up to my neck with exams right now and since the end of school year is close I better keep on focusing on that. But never fear! This story shall continue! Mwahahaha! You'll just have to satisfy with what your imagination decides on what happens next… for now
