Chapter 6
Ranma-chan moaned in relief as she finally managed to drag herself through the front door. "Man, after the day I've had, I could use a long soak in the furo. Stupid Mu-tsu...mankin' me run thorough the whole of Nerima, and if that's not all...Kuno had to join'n!" Ranma-chan stripped off her filthy shirt as she made her way towards the bathroom complaining the whole way. "Then, that panty stealing pervert had to try'n grope me!...sure did show him though..." Ranma--chan grinned evilly as she remembered how she'd dropkicked the pervert. "...won't be comin' down from orbit till next week!. She sighed and ran a hand through her hair, then grimaced at the feel of grease combined with a few other foreign substances. "Why'd I have ta pick a dumpster ta hide in...yuck! Now, I gotta take another bath!" She ran upstairs while taking the rest of her clothes off along the way. Entering the bathroom, Ranma-chan soaped up and filled a bucket with warm water and dumped it over her head. He repeated the process of soaping himself and rinsing off several times. After he had finally managed to get the last of the mess from his hair, Ranma stepped into the hot water of the furo and relaxed against the wall, within moments he was asleep.
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The sound of the sliding door broke the silence and woke him from his exhausted slumber, blinking a few times Ranma yawned, "I'd better get out before 'Kane walks in on me." He started to stand, but froze and listened harder when he heard someone grumble, "Stupid...gang..." He then heard the sound of clothes hitting the floor followed by before the sound of running feet. Suddenly, the screen door to the furo opened and a boy Ranma had never seen before jumped into the tub with a huge splash.
"What the hell! Who the hell are you!" Ranma yelled in surprise. He didn't know who this stranger was, but if he thought he could break into the house...he had another thing coming. Ranma tensed his muscles and readied himself to give the intruder the beating of his life when suddenly a familiar head rose to the surface of the water, like a mermaid rising from the depths of the ocean as she threw her head back gasping for air.
"Aaaaaa, that's better." Glancing towards her fiancé, Akane mumbled, "sorry about this..." before hunching her shoulders and dragging her knees close to her bare breasts. She stared at Ranma's frozen form, she could clearly see the shock displayed in his eyes as he tried to process what had just happened.
Several minutes ticked by before Ranma finally managed to get ahold of himself. His face-hardened into a mask of rage as he realized that Akane was now cursed. "What the hell happened to you!" he growled, grabbing her shoulders and dragged her closer to stare her in the eyes. Unfortunately, in his current state of mind, he completely forgot about their state of undress. "Who did this to you...I'll kill them!!!"
"I...." Akane tried to speak but Ranma forged on, never letting her get a word in. Pulling her flush against his hard muscular chest he growled, "It was Shan-Pu wasn't it!" he tightened his grip almost painfully before pushig her away to meet her gaze with his fury filled gaze. Akane shivered in fear as Ranma narrowed his eyes to menacing slits, she had never seen him this furious before. She tried once more to get his attention and failed, "Ran.." He didn't hear her and continued, "I'm gonna make her and that old goul wish they were dead!" Ranma growled in a voice so cold that it sent chills running down her spine.
Gathering her courage, Akane took a deep breath and screamed, Ranma! Shut up for a minute and I'll explain!!!"
Ranma blinked in surprise and quickly closed his mouth. Nodding his head he replied, "Ok, but make it quick so's I can kill th' goul."
Realizing that she had a limited amount of time, Akane quickly forged ahead, "Well....it all started this morning when I woke up. I went to the bathroom to take my bath and poured cold water on myself and suddenly I changed. When I felt the results, I fainted from the shock. Kasumi came into the bathroom a few minutes later and explained to me that yesterday while she was hanging up the laundry to dry, that she made a wish. She never expected to hear a whispered reply saying that the wish was granted. I guess that this is the result of the wish." Akane took another breath and watched his face for some kind of reaction.
Akane didn't have to wait long as Ranma's screaming reply echoed throughout the bathroom and upper floor. "WHAT!!! Ya mean this is the result of a friggin' wish that was granted by some god forsakin' Kami!!!" Ranma's face turned redder with each word until he was brighter than a tomatto. Then he started cursing, "Interfearing friggin' kami's! Always causin' trouble...those mother fuckin'...." By the time he was finished screaming his head off and cursing all of the gods who always screwed up his life, he was panting like he had run a marathon and the water in the tub had partially been evaporated due to his enourmous battle aurora.
Akane blinked in shock, she had never realized what a foul mouth her fiancé had when he totally lost his temper! "Oh boy, he really must be pissed to be cursing like this," Akane thought as she waited for Ranma to wind down. When he finally finished, Akane's face was as white as a sheet. Tentatively, she reached out a hand and poked him in the shoulder and said, "Um...Ranma. I didn't know you knew those kind of words."
When Ranma heard her timid words he gulped and groaned inaudibly, "Crap. Pop'll kill me when he hears 'bout this." Ranma knew that when he became extremely mad, his language reverted to the days before his father had taken a switch to his backside for the curses he spouted in every sentence. Realizing that he had to apologize, he glanced back towards her, he suddenly noticed her nakedness and blushed furiously. Quickly stammering a few words, " I..I...s..sory," he turned around so his back was facing her.
Akane frowned in puzzlement before glancing downwards to see that she was completely nude. Blushing furiously, it dawned on her as to why he had turned around. "I'm not going to hit him. It was my fault this time," she thought to herself before speaking aloud. "No Ranma. I'm the one who's sorry. I'm sorry for calling you a pervert. I'm sorry for hitting you when all those other girls hang all over you and chase you all day long." Akane held up her hand when Ranma tried to interrupt. "No Ranma let me finish." Taking another breath she continued before she lost what little curage she had left. "I realized after what had happened to me today that you can't help it. They're all crazy! They chased after me when I was in my other form. Shan-Pu wants to marry me and Kodatchi just wouldn't leave me alone. Kuno want's to kill me and Mu-Tsu thought I was you in your guy form...." Akane sniffled as tears filled her eyes and ran down her cheeks. Her breathing hitched as she continued in a shaky whisper, "I'm just so sorry I never let you explain. I hope you can forgive me...."
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In her office, Urd watched the screen while biting her nails in anticipation. This was like watching a soap opra or a good TV show. Granted, this was real life she was playing around with, but it was her job and she was dedicated to doing her job. "I knew it would work! I'm so good at what I do," she gloated. Then frowning as a particular nasty thought flittered through her mind, she muttered, "But, I'd better make sure everything goes acording to plan. So that means a little personal supervision is in order."
Quickly, she faded out and appeared hovering above the pair, invisible to the mortal eye. Biting her lip, Urd sensed their rising tension and her hand reached towards the space between her breasts, "Maybe I should use this to help them along," and pulled out a pouch of her special love dust. This potion was not her usual love dust. In this This potion couldn't be used on anyone that wasn't meant to be together. Sighing in satisfaction as she withdrew the pouch, Urd smiled, "It's a good thing that this dust only works on soulmates....and if I remember correctly....I had to use this on them the last time." Without giving herself time to reject the idea, The Goddess of Love sprinkled the dust of the two figues in the tub. Then, she sat back to watch the results. "This..." she thought while rubbing her hands together in anticipation, "should be interesting."
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From another corner in the far heavens, Loki watched from his home and screamed in frustration, "No! I will not have all my plans ruined! Those two are my favorie toys to torment and I won't let you do this!" Norrowing his eyes, the god of Chaos quickly recited a spell that would cause alot of trouble for the unsuspecting couple. Chuckling evilly he whispered, "I won't let you win again sister mine!"
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As the dust was absorbed by the couple, Urd suddenly shivered as she felt
the vibrations of a spell from her brother Chaos. Damn!" she swore,
That ass is at it again! she cursed fervently, before quickly casting
her own counter spell. Time heed my call, let none enter this hollowed
hall. All throughout the land, time shall come to a stand whilst I'm not to
blame, the time in here time will be the same! Grinning, Urd rubbed
her hands together and muttered, There, that should do it. I hope Father
won't be too mad at me for fooling around with the time stream, but it was
necassary. Now that time has been kept normal in herethank father that
Skuld owed me a favor. Glancing down, The goddess of love watched in
anticipation as the dust started to take effect.
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*AN:*
Hi Mina!,
Sorry its taken me so long to update this fic, but I've been very busy with my other fics and trying to revise this one has been a challange! Let me know what you think and if you so desire....you can give suggestions on how to improve it.