Akane Grows Up

Disclaimer: I do not own Ranma or any other series in this story. This is simply fanfiction.

!SPECIAL EFFECTS! "THOUGHTS"

Chapter Seven

Back in the real world:

Akane's comatose body was resting in Dr. Tofu's clinic right after Ranma had defeated Saffron. However, when he and everyone came back, Akane had still not woken up.

"She's simply in a deep sleep. There's no waking her. She'll wake up eventually. But there's one thing that's piques my interest. Her ki keeps going up. It's as if she's training in her dreams. By the time she wakes up she'll be very powerful," Dr. Tofu explained.

"I noticed that too, Doc. I also noticed her muscles are a lot more defined and conditioned but despite all this she's a whole lot better looking and her hair has grown longer. I wonder what she's dreaming about. But then it's like I always thought. The only way Akane could be a great martial artist is in her dreams," Ranma said. At this everyone there face faulted.

"You can take her home. Just put her in her bed and let her sleep. There's nothing else any of us can do. I don't know how long it will take but she should wake up in a few days," Dr. Tofu explained.

"After she wakes up we can have the wedding! Then the schools will be joined!" Soun and Genma exclaimed happily as Ranma rolled his eyes at this.

"Can we wait until Akane wakes up before we start talking about that?" Ranma asked in frustration.

Shampoo then spoke up. "Just leave Akane and come back to China with Shampoo."

"Hold it, Sugah!" Ukyo said in response. "Ranma's marrying me!"

"Ranma you womanizer. This is all your fault!" Ryoga said menacingly.

"My son is so manly!" Nodoka said with pride.

"Shampoooo! Marry me! I love you!" Mousse said to Shampoo.

"Go away Stupid Mousse! Shampoo no love you,!"

Eventually, Akane was taken home and put into her own bed.

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Back to the dreamworld:

Kaneda woke up in the middle of the night after he had dreamed he was Akane in Dr. Tofu's clinic.

"Only a great martial artist in her dreams?" Kaneda said perturbed. "I'll show you Ranma! Just you wait! As soon as I get back, I'll show you how good I am. But for now, I'll train hard to defeat the Ranma I have to deal with while I'm here. And I'll train the Akane that's here!"

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AUTHOR'S NOTES: I hope this intermission chapter explains a lot. Now back to the main story.