Disclaimer: Guess...I dare you...Just guess...Do you, readers, think I own Ranma ½? You're right! No!

Author's Note: *waves* Hi. Like my other Fic (Fresh Mountain Air) Akane's thoughts are written like this: {thought} and Ranma's like this: [thought] Anyone else's thoughts will be written like this: /thought/
Keruri is a random character I made up...Don't worry, she won't have a large part.
By the way, thanks to Final-Fan for pointing out my typo—Akane actually turned *18* I'm an idiot for not noticing my mistake...Ya, well, you get the idea.

"I'm leaving," Akane said one morning at breakfast, a couple days after she turned 18. Everyone at the table practically spat out their food, and it had nothing to do with the taste.
"WHAT?!" her father sputtered.
"I've decided to go away to a private school for awhile. After all, Ranma's going to that boy's school, isn't he? Why shouldn't I go to a girl's school?"
"But…but…His school is in town!"
Akane shrugged, "I can rent an apartment and ride my bike to school. I'm old enough to be on my own now."
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Akane eventually won everyone over to her side, much to Ranma's disappointment [She can't go away! We were just starting to get along! But if I argue she might think I like her...] Sighing in relief, she hurried over to her friend Keruri's house.
"Okay, time for my makeover!"
Keruri giggled, "Are you sure you want to do this?" In response, Akane nodded enthusiastically. The other girl looked her up and down, then smiled, "You're cute, this will be hard, it's a good thing you're with the best!" She led Akane into a separate room, and several hours later, two people walked out. Keruri...And a boy. Sure, he was extremely cute, and a little girly looking, but he definitely was a GUY. Keruri grinned, "Akane, I can't believe it! If I didn't know any better, I'd be asking you out."
The boy blushed, "You really think so? Show me." The boy, who obviously was Akane, looked in the mirror Keruri held up for her.
"See? You'll do fine," Keruri giggled again, "Ranma will never know!"
Akane smiled slowly, "You're right!" And indeed she was. The 'boy' Keruri had transformed Akane into was sweet faced, average height, with dark brown hair and bright green eyes (thanks to a pair of tinted contacts). The odd thing was, the boy didn't look like Akane at all.
"So, you're going to get an apartment in town?"
"Yup...Hopefully I can convince someone I'm old enough."
"You'll be fine. Just flirt with them a little and they'll let you anywhere."
Akane made a face, "Keri! Not funny. I can't even flirt with guys, how will I be able to flirt with other girls?!"
"Don't worry, you'll be fine," Keruri laughed. "Now go get 'em, cutie!"
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Keruri was right--Akane had no problem finding a small flat she could rent, even though it required living through rough flirtations and crude suggestions from the landlady, who looked to be about 25. And a couple weeks after Akane's departure, a new student showed up at Ranma's school. The boy stood in front of the class, shifting from foot to foot nervously. All the other boys whispered, eyeing the newcomer, wondering what he might be like. [He looks a little familiar...I must have seen him somewhere around town. Or maybe he came to the school for to request training]
"Kengi, you can sit nest to Ranma," The instructor pointed, "There." 'Kengi' walked over and sat down, smiling shyly to the people around her. "Ranma, could you show Kengi around the school?" Ranma nodded, and grinned at him.

Author's Note: Sorry this first chapter is so short, I wanted to make sure people were interested (which mean's you have to review if you want more!) If people seem interested, I'll add more shortly.