One Wish, Epilogue:

When Urd had started chanting she was unaware of Loki's subtle influence with the spell. So deep was she in her magical trance that she didn't detect the small twinges of chaos magic mixing with her cure spell. "Take_ that_ sister mine! I will never give up my most favorite toys!" The god of Chaos whispered from his realm in heaven.

Grinning like a Cheshire cat, the god of Chaos sat back with a smile of satisfaction on his face. "I guess, I'll let my sister have her way with those two getting together....but only because if I combine the two.....the entertainment factor will rise!" The god of Chaos laughed evilly while clutching his stomach. The many possibilities of entertainment once these two were married were astronomical. Turning his attention back towards earth, the god of Chaos watched as his sister faded from view......

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Akane and Ranma heard the Goddess of Loves last words and grinned in pure joy. "I can't believe it! I'm cured!" Ranma shouted while bouncing around the room.

Akane grinned as she watched his antics, her gin widened into a full-blown smile when she realized that she too was cured," You're not the only one, Ranma! I can go swimming again and not worry about changing into a boy!"

Ranma stopped bouncing around the room and turned to face her and replied, "Akane, you can't swim."

Akane huffed while rolling her eyes and answered, "I know that, baka. It's the principal of the thing. I can at least wade into the water."

Ranma grimaced when he remembered the last time she had gone swimming. Akane hadn't gone too far out and had been wading when she had slipped and almost drowned in two feet of water. She had been so panicked that she didn't remember that the water wasn't deep, and that she could stand up. He had saved her that time and ended up malleted towards the next town all because he had misplaced his hand on her breast. "Um....Akane?" he asked while recovering from his musings. He thought that it was best not to mention it or he'd get malleted again.

"Yes?" she replied, curiously.

"Shouldn't we go downstairs and help Kasumi set the table?" he asked, nervously biting his lip while edging towards the door.

"Sure! Lets go!" Akane replied cheerily as she bounced out the door and down the stairs. Ranma sighed in relief and followed her while one thought ran through his head," I hope she doesn't try to cook!"

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"Kasumi! Ranma and I are going to help you make dinner!" Akane called as she entered the kitchen.

"Oh my, I would appreciate the help," Kasumi replied with a smile. Turning, she quickly made her way towards the refrigerator and said, "Ranma, why don't you set the table and Akane, could you please stir this for me while I prepare the Beef Teriyaki."


Akane grinned and replied, Sure, Kasumi! Quickly, she grabbed the spoon and began stirring. As she stirred, her eyes roamed the counter only to stop when they spied a rack full of spices. Her hands began to shake while little beads of nervous sweat rolled down her temple as an uncontrollable urge gripped the youngest Tendo. Akane's thoughts ran in circles as her body ran on auto-pilot, Must resist Quickly, Akane clamped her right hand on the counter while her left hand stirred faster. I can't give in her arm shook from the strain of gripping the counter hard enough to break cement blocks as her will weakened, must be strong!

Suddenly a voice whispered through her mind weakening her resistance, Go ahead.you know you want to.just a little won't hurt Akane groaned silently as her hand brushed against the curry bottle and jerked away as her will restored itself.

Up in the heavens Loki growled in frustration. I'll give her a stronger suggestiononly this time I'll make sure she obeys! Weaving his magic through his mind voice, the god of Chaos tried again, Go onit will make it taste betterRanma will love it


Akane blinked, completely distracted by the whispers that ran through her mind. While her attention was elsewhere, Loki took control of her hand dumped the whole bottle of curry into the food and replaced it on the rack. Shaking her head, Akane growled in annoyance, before returning her attention back towards stirring the contents of the pot, Hmmm, why does it have this odd color in it? she thought while scratching her nose. Then, shrugging she mumbled, Maybe its supposed to turn out that way.

Turning her head, Akane noticed that her sister had finished making the rest of dinner and said, Kasumi, do you want me to help carry the rest of this to the table? Kasumi smiled and replied, Yes. Thank you, Akane. That would be very helpful. Kasumi then turned and exited the kitchen while calling, Father, Nabiki, Mr. Saotome! Dinner is ready!

By the time Kasumi entered the dining room, everyone was present and waiting to be fed. As Akane walked into the room carrying the last trey, Nabiki, Soun and Genma cringed in horror. Soun leaned closer to his eldest daughter and whispered, She didn't cook that did she?

Kasumi blinked as she tried to hide her nervousness and replied, Why no, father. Then she eyed the trey of food that Akane placed on the table. Kasumi noticed the odd coloring and thought, I only turned my back on her for a momentoh well, I better not take any since it looks like Akane used the whole bottle of curry in it. Kasumi bit her lip as her conscious warred with her heart, Maybe I better tell everyone to not eat it. Turning back towards her family, Kasumi spoke slowly while trying to decide how to word her next sentence, I'm sureAkane did fine.since I But stopped when she noticed that they had already taken a bite.

Soun, Genma, Nabiki and Ranma all lifted a portion of the food towards their mouths, completely unaware of the on coming danger to their taste buds. Their mouths closed on the concoction and then they froze. Slowly, the nerves located in their mouths screamed out an SOS towards their brains. "Taste buds to central nervous system.we have a five alarm fire sweeping out of control. ----Brain to mouthwe copy thatAkane must have cooked this.we're currently scrambling all available units to put out the flames! ---mouth to brainhurry! Everything is melting in here!----Copy that! All available units.head to your stations! We need water!!!!!!!

As one, Ranma, Genma, Nabiki and Soun's mouths opened and spewed fire while their eyes watered uncontrollably. Ranma went even further than that as he had inadvertently swallowed the concoction. Pounding on his chest, he reached for the centerpiece filled with water and tossed the flower behind him before guzzling down the whole thing in two seconds flat. While Akane watched fuming from her place beside him. She couldn't understand why everyone made fun of her cooking even if she wasn't the one who had cooked it this time I only helped carry it to the table She ground her teeth together in anger while a red aurora surrounded her body, and they still make fun of me!

The rest of the suffering ones opted for a different approach as they all ran into the kitchen to shove ice cubes in their mouths. Kasumi blinked as the dust settled and whispered quietly, Ara! I guess I should have warned them.


Slamming the plastic vase down on the table, Ranma turned towards Kasumi and gasped out unthinkingly, "you said that she," he pointed towards Akane, "...didn't make dinner tonight. I believed you only because it wasn't a green blob of toxic waist crawling across the plate." Two seconds later, he realized what he'd just said when he felt the enormous aurora coming from behind him, followed by the furious yell of his fiancee, "Ranma!!!!!!!"

"Eeep!" he squeaked in terror as he jumped to his feet and ran from the room with Akane hot on his trail.

Once they were out of sight, Kasumi smiled and sighed, "Love. What a great thing to have. I don't think those two will ever get tired of each other."


THE END.

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