Note: I don't own Ranma. Unfortunately, Rumiko Takahashi owns it. Hey but she is a great writer and artist so who cares.

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Chapter Ten: Box of My Own

It had been at least an hour since Ranma told her what he had. She was in her room lying on her bed with her legs off. Her sister Nabiki was seated beside her upright. Akane had told her sister everything that happened up to then. The battle, the box, and what Ranma told her.

Nabiki: He really said that?

Akane: Uh-huh.

Nabiki: What about you?

Akane: You know.

Nabiki: You wanted to know if he loved you. Now you know, but do you love him?

Akane: Y-yes. Yes I would like to.

Nabiki: Can you love her as well? Can you love Ranko?

Why'd she have to ask that? Akane had no idea what to say. She wanted to love Ranma. Why did Ranko, his female form, have to be drawn into the equation?

Akane: I can love him. Isn't that enough?

Nabiki: Not for him. Look how much he loved you. He kept a secret box with things of yours.

Akane: So what? I keep a similar box…

Nabiki: You do?

She had forgotten about it until now. When Akane had obtained something she had no clue what to do with she put it there. She put it into a box that she kept under her bed. She had photos too. She had things of his. She also had her wedding dress. Anything she didn't know what to do with.

Akane: Omigod! I do. I have kept this box that I fill with things I can't put anywhere else.

Akane frantically jumped to her knees looking under her bed. Moving multiple things aside and back she stops taking out a box. She places the cardboard box next to Nabiki. Nabiki opens the box to a torn up red Chinese shirt.

Nabiki: A torn-up shirt of Ranma's?

Akane: There's more. Like my wedding dress and there's-

Nabiki: So tell him.

Akane: Y-you're right. I'll do more than that. I'll show him. Maybe that'll help.

Nabiki: You're finally making sense. You go girl!

Akane: Should I go right now? I could wait until dinner. Then I'll be sure to see him.

Nabiki: Stop being stupid. Go right now.

Akane: Right. Thanks.

Nabiki: I've always been right. Just for you I won't charge you for this talk.

Akane left the room with more confidence. Ranma said he could no longer trust her. That wasn't true. That afternoon and evening he had trusted her enough to say what he did. She regained it. With that she could now face Ranma again. She had to show him they were on the same page.

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By now you should have figured I wrote this a while ago, then now I went and added these paragraphs into the story. Would it have been better if I left it in script format? Hell, if you read this far I'm surprised.

By the time you read this I'll have begun my next Ranma project. It's called Ranma vs. Ranma? It's not about Akane and Ranma. In fact it'll be in 1st person POV. I don't wanna say much, but it has to do with multiple Ranma. Each with a different past. Each with a different love. A few chapters will be Akane POV, but that's only cause Ranma will be gone.