Chapter 1

The sound of a door slamming echoed throughout the house caused everyone to wince in anticipation of yet another one of Ranma and Akane's fights. Kasumi started to clean a little faster as she thought of what was about to occur once more. She knew that Ranma and Akane loved each other, but with all of the interference from the other girls and their fathers, there was practically no hope left in the eldest Tendo. If I could have just one wish, I could solve their problems quickly, but I know that it doesn't always happen that way. If Akane learned to control her temper.." Kasumi frowned while dusting off one of the shelves while muttering,"Ranma needs to learn to control his mouth. Akane needs better training in order to be as good as Ranma and she needs to be more understanding of what Ranma goes through when he gets hit by water. That would help a lot in bringing them closer together.

Suddenly, a strong gust of wind blew through the open shoji doors, brining with it the petals of some cherry blossoms. A whisper echoed faintly into the room and drifted to her ears,

Kasumi suddenly felt a sense of well being enter her heart and smiled, suddenly feeling very hopeful of what the future would bring. Looking up, she noticed that it was time to prepare dinner so she put away her cleaning rag and walked into the kitchen to get started.

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It was the middle of the night. Akane was lying on her bed fast asleep when a ghostly figure stepped into the room through a mirror hanging on the wall. Urd grinned while laughing silently as she flew over the Tendo girl and lifted the special container of curse water. "This should change your perspective of how Ranma deals with his chaotic life," she thought. Whispering a silent apology to the girl and a prayer, "I'm sorry that I had to resort to this....and father, please forgive me." Then, Urd quickly unscrewed the cap and poured a small amount of the water on the girl's head.

Akane form shifted causing her to stir slightly, but she didn't wake; Akane quickly turned over while kicking the covers off of her. Urd whistled silently while she admired Akane's new muscular body. Bending gently at the waist, the goddess of love gently kissed Akane on the brow causing her to shift back into her birth form. Then lifting her hands over her head, she gathered some of her powers and muttered an incantation that would let her control her temper.

Satified with her work, Urd smiled and walked out of the room to continue with her other subject of this particularly difficult assignment. Quickly fading further out of existence, she fazed through the pigtailed boy's wall and entered the room. Quickly she knelt down and touched Ranma's lips while chanting a brief spell. "You should be able to feel confident of your feelings towards Akane. Ranma, I take away most of your doubts and insecurities." Urd decided to leave a little bit to be on the safe side and just enough for him to be able to stay out of trouble.

Finally finished, she whispered another apology, I'm sorry that I had to do this, but I'm desprate." Then, she quickly faded from the mortal realm and returned to Asgard to watch and wait. "I'll keet watch so I can run interference if any more of Loki's pranks rears their ugly head. Once back in the control room, Urd settled herself into one of her favorite chairs. Quickly conjuring up a drink, she turned the view screen; It won't be long now, before I can take that vacation I've been wanting for over a millennium.

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