Title Entangled
Author landofthekwt
Rating T
Prompt Clue (Fanfic bakeoff)
Word Count 449
Paring Ranma/Akane
Warning none
Summary Red Thread of Fate entangles Ranma and Akane
The old man gazed upon Ranma sleeping in Akane's with satisfaction. He tested the thread. It was firmly attached to their little fingers. Sighing he turned away. After all they had been through
it was nice to know that he had succeeded with at least one destined couple. Tomorrow was a new moon meaning he would not be needed in the heavens. With this couples fate at last secure he could take a short vacation until he was needed again to light up the moon.
Danm that red thread. It just would not come off. Ranma had tried everything. Cutting it. Burning it. Tried for cures from everyone from Cologne to Dr. Tofu, but no luck. Life was not fair. He should not be stuck with an uncute girl like Akane. It was bad enough that he was her fiancé. Being fated to be hers by the gods was too much. It was enough to make one lose their religion.
Akane was pissed at Ranma's attitude. She had not tied the red thread around his finger. If it had been up to her, she never would have been his fiancé. He was the last person she wanted to marry. She complained to everyone she knew. Soon, a crowd gathered before her doorstep determined to cut the thread.
Shampoo, Kodachi, and Ukyo were all eager to cut the thread because the red thread of fate meant that Ranma and Akane were destined to marry. Ryouga was appalled that the gods could have matched Ranma and Akane. Could it really be possible that he would never be anything but Akane's pig?
Mousse was there to make sure that the thread was not cut since it meant that with Ranma out of the picture, Shampoo would be his. Tatewaki was torn. With Akane gone he could give his full attention to the pigtailed girl, but he could not bear the idea of losing Akane to Ranma.
Of course a fight ensued with some trying to cut the thread while others tried to preserve it. Soon they were all hopelessly entangled in the thread. The picture was throughly confused when Kasumi threw out the wash water on the foolish combatants. That night the moon reached it first stage.
The old man dropped by to check on his handiwork. To his surprise he found a duck, a pig, a cat, a boy and girl tangled in the web. The string was still attached to Akane's finger, but the other end was attached a red-haired girl with pig tails. Yuelao threw up hands, cut the string and walked away. There was only so much a matchmaker god could do to bring people together.