Akane eyes flipped open from the terrible nightmare. She had fallen into a spring somewhere, after fighting Shampoo…Shampoo…and then it all came back to her. Shampoo trying to take Ranma away, far away. In her mind the whole fight flashed before her. She had fought well, maybe her best. All for Ranma. Maybe she did love him after all, even though he was a stupid, clumsy fool. She had tried to save him anyway. Had he tried to save her when she fell in the spring? No…THE SPRING!
Akane fingered her arm, spun around and eyes her backside ferociously, but no soft white fur was to be seen, and no cotton tail sprouted on her nightgown. Maybe it was just a dream, she thought anxiously. But there was only one way to find out. Akane reached out to the vase on the table, the one that held the cherry blossoms. She picked up the delicate flowers, her hand shaking as she placed them on her bed. Then, she overturned the vase on top of her dark, short hair.
The cold water rushed over her as before, and she felt the strong pull, seeming to come from inside her and turn her inside out. She saw the white fluff on her arms and, spinning around, the caught a glimpse of her cottony tail.
"Oh no," she whispered, "NO, NO, NO!!!!!" Her voice became a shriek, and was suddenly swallowed up as she shrunk down, her ears growing and her features shrinking.
Suddenly someone was there, lifting her shuddering body into the strong arms, holding her close, and stroking her soft fur. And she never wanted it to let go. And Akane rested at last.
Ranma slammed through the hall, running into the room where the cries where echoing from. Akane, Akane, Akane!
There on the floor was a white rabbit, so miniscule, whiskers twitching in fear.
"Oh Akane!" Ranma whispered into her ear as he picked her up, stroking her back. "Not you too!"
Ryoga heard her shrieking from his room. So she's found out, then, he mused. Then, heavy footsteps pounded through the corridor, but Ryoga paid them no heed, to engrossed he was in worry.
What had she turned into?
Will I still be able to love her?
Will she love me?