So as of this point I guess this story is gonna end up being kinda in the anime universe, of course its not really canon anywhere, but I decided for the purpose of some plot points and the fact that a not totally established love story works better, thats what I'm going with.

There wasn't anything we could think of to say, in all honesty I had never been so lost for words in my entire life. I looked at the other three occupants of the room. Mousse was staring very intently at the table scratching at its metal surface in an attempt to not look over to his left where the blue haired girl sat. Shampoo was pacing, she had long since exhausted yelling even though it seemed she was the one to take the necklace, now she was simply looking liable to explode after discovering that she to didn't change anymore. Apparently you weren't able to when...I looked to Ryoga, his face was buried in his arms miserably and had been that way since we had discovered the real meaning of what had happened between us. What were we going to do? Beyond anything else that was all I could think of, it didn't matter that I was ready to murder Ryoga, though of course it wasn't anymore his fault than mine, and it clearly wasn't helping Shampoo to feel better as she had only stopped her pacing to pummel Mousse who slumped forward ignoring her, which only pissed her off farther.

I sucked in another breath trying to rid my chest of this horrible constriction that was causing me to be lightheaded and yet it wouldn't go away. Damn!

"Ranma?" I looked up to Ryoga who was now curled in his seat though he still wasn't looking at me. "I'm sorry..." His voice was barely audible from where his face was crammed into his knees. Gah why was he always like this!? It would have been easier to sock him if he wasn't sulking!!

"Its whatever..." I said quietly, it wasn't worth yelling about right now cause frankly that wouldn't solve anything or make anything any less impossible between the two of us. He seemed to considered for a moment what to say than shifted to continue. "Its not like you chose to and god knows I didn't either!" I snapped, his crest fallen attitude was beginning to grade on my last nerve. The necklace was cursed, plain and simple as that could be and apparently part of that curse made both parties involved do exactly what the necklace wanted them to. At least that explained one thing in this whole mix of bizarre events...

"I know we didn't but...What are we gonna do?" We? Where the hell was he getting a we in this whole equation!?

"Well you are gonna stop being so damn stupid for one!" I reached forward grabbing the front of his shirt and pulling him forcedly from his chair. "I'm outta here, and you ain't gonna follow me cause this ain't got nothing to do with you Ryoga!" I shouted pushing him to the ground and turning towards the door. "And you two..." I could hear Shampoo's footsteps stop behind me. "I'll deal with you later! This whole mess is your fault so your dead when I've gotten rid of this stupid problem!" Before any of them could utter another word I stalked from the kitchen and quickly out the door.

God damn it! This just couldn't be happening, it couldn't! I sped up my walking, the faster I got back the sooner I could come up with a plan that would make sure I would never have to think of this whole horrible event ever again. I slumped onto the floor in my bedroom staring up at the clean white ceiling. There wasn't anything that I hadn't been able to over come in my own right and this was just another stupid challenge being thrown my way. Life had a way of doing that to me didn't it?

"Hey there your back!" I looked quickly back down to the rest of the room. Back? Oh yeah it had only been about an hour since we had been talking hadn't it? At least she appeared to be in a good mood at the moment, she could be difficult to communicate with when she was distracted by something that was bothering her. "I was hoping you would be, Kasumi wants me to run to the store for her and I didn't wanna...Whats wrong..? Where'd you guys go anyway?" She sank down to sit next to me on the ground. It was all I could do to keep from pouring out everything that I had just been told, but this wasn't her issue and I didn't need another person giving me that horrible "I'm so sorry" look again, at least not today I don't think I could stand it! I turned back to her trying my hardest to not let any emotion show on my face. There wouldn't ever be a need to tell her after all, this...this problem could be dealt with just the same as any other.

"No I'm cool. I guess he was just getting me back for last night is all." I shrugged.

"I thought you said you two weren't fighting last night?" She said raising an eyebrow suspiciously.

"We weren't." She crunched up her face in confusion.

"Than what are you talking about?" She reached out placing a hand on my arm, I turned quickly so not to meet her eyes. "Your not making any sense you know that?" No I probably wasn't, how weird that I wasn't making sense when someone just told me that I was pregnant, I think it was the world that wasn't making sense at the moment!

"I know, but can you take my word that I really am fine." I sucked in a breath and smiled at her as best I could, best not to get her worried cause frankly that wouldn't help either of us. "Seriously why are you worrying about me anyhow Akane?" I said as pointedly as possible. She colored turning away angrily.

"Oh never you mind than, I don't even care Ranma. So are you gonna come with me or not!?" Thats the Akane I was looking for, it would make things easier as long as she was acting normal I could forget about everything else.

"Is that the best you got, gosh your slow!" I yelled ducking from yet another of her punches, Akane sneered jumping to the side to try again. Now that dinner was over we were sparing in the dojo as we'd been doing a lot recently, it sure beat having to practice with my dad, stupid old man that he was, plus it was obvious she was enjoying the challenge. "Aren't you gonna hit me slow poke!" I narrowly missed her hand this time, hm she was getting faster.

"Oh yeah so cocky, I'm gonna catch you one of these days." She laughed half falling over as I moved out of the way yet again.

"Are you done yet, I haven't even broken a sweat." I dropped to the ground followed by her.

"So your giving up, fine by me Ranma. Ah well I guess we can be done for the night it you need." She shock a hand through her hair closing her eyes as she bumped her head back against the thin walls. I crossed my legs watching her momentarily.

"Thanks." I said quietly. She opened one eye looking me over.

"For what?" For creating forced normality for me....

"I don't know, just you know thanks." I shrugged, words had never been my strong point, especially when I had a deeper meaning to what I was saying.

"Alright than, your welcome or something." She laughed, clearly she thought I was joking or something, I really wish I was Akane. "Well if you done I'm gonna check in." She stretched standing up to leave. "You coming?"

"Sure." I muttered pressing up against the wall, she was almost at the door when I realized I didn't want her to leave go, maybe it wouldn't hurt to tell her what was happening... "Hey Akane." She stopped with her hand hovering over the door handle.

"Yeah what is it?" I meet her brown eyes only momentarily and let than looked back down to the floor.

"Remember how I said I wanted to talk to you, you know before I left?" Her footfalls came back across the room dropping back by my side.

"Yeah of course I do, but you dropped the subject when you got back. So your gonna tell me whats going now?" What was the best way to begin this? I guess with what happened last night, that was the only way it would make any sense...Though I was unsure of how she would react, as close as we were sometimes she was had short fuse when it came to me and other people, even if it was so completely nothing like this was.

"Well its about what happened last night, between me and Ryoga. We really weren't fighting I promise." I said quickly as she looked about ready to start snapping at me. "Really it wasn't like that, it was actually more..." I could tell she was now listening intently. I breathed in again trying to regain my thoughts enough that I was able to form words clearly. "It was actually this bizarre..." My words were cut off when a tiny something slammed its body directly into my leg. Without even looking I knew perfectly well who was now sitting next to me and he was by far the very last person I wanted to see at this moment. "Oh you better run fast, cause there is no way I'm letting you stay here!" I snapped jumping at the small black creature only to receive fist to the face.

"What the heck is your problem! Don't hurt P-Chan, he has as much right as you to be here!" Akane shouted scooping up Ryoga in her arms and cuddling him to her chest, oh that was it seriously to much!

"Fine do whatever you want with him, just promise me that creature doesn't get anywhere near me or hes dead!" I shouted, it wasn't rational, but everything that was grading on my mind at this moment was because of a stupid problem he had dragged into my life! The last thing I wanted to know was that he would be in her bed all night...I slammed my fist against the wall stalking as quickly as I could out of the room. If that how it was going to be, than fine!

I crushed my eyes closed, having ignored her calling my name as I reached my bedroom. It was late anyway, I could just sleep, yeah that would help me stop thinking...Stop myself from exploding at someone else I cared about...

Stupid girl! Just ahead I could hear her yelling at someone else in much the same tone she had used with me.

"Come and get it! I'm here to whip you two into shape!" She cried as I caught up to her in a clearing which she had just jumped into. There were two more completely unfamiliar people present, another girl though this one was tall and lean with sheets of straight black hair which gleamed blue in the moon light, a sharp contrast to her red brocade outfit. She was on the ground clearly trying to move the boy who was propped up against a rock, arms slung over a wooded pole.

"Lame. Must we all always take ourselves so incredibly seriously?" He muttered rolling wide brown eyes. Like the girl by his side, he was tall though much broader than she with shaggy brown hair falling across his face dramatically.

"Fine stay there all night, but your gonna lose and you don't like that!" The girl I'd followed shouted from her perch in a tree not far from the other two occupants of the clearing. The boy shrugged unenthusiastically.

"Start?" Asked the taller girl straightening up from the ground and looking to the rest of us for confirmation. Start what exactly? I thought wishing that there would be a little more clarification, but of course that was the way of it sometimes....

"That we shall." The little brat in the tree said. "You better be on your guard as well." She smiled maliciously at me. Like that could do anything to me, though I had to admit she did move fast.

"Like I'm ever not..Ah!" A metal fan dug into the tree right where my shoulder had been only seconds before.

"Good thing you move so fast!" The red brocade girl laughed twirling an identical fan between her fingers. Oh no one messes with me like that and lives to tell the tale, the game was on now!

I rolled over in bed rubbing the sleep out of my eyes. Weird, I had never in my life had a dream continue from the previous night. But that had definitely been the same situation...

I made my way downstairs, it was a weekend which meant that everyone would be trickling down slowly from bed rather than all showing up at once. As an early riser I didn't expect to see much of the household. I sank down receiving nods of acknowledgement from my dad and Mr. Tendo.

"Good morning Ranma." I gave a half smile to Kasumi who was currently placing breakfast on the table. In the hallway I heard the door open and close, and looked to the oldest Tendo girl to see if she had any ideas who could be coming in. Kasumi cocked her head to the side in confusion. "Odd I don't know who that could be." Not really that odd around here to be honest with the number of people that came in and out without any regard for wither or not we wanted them here.

"Hello is anyone home?" A female voice called from the hallway...Oh just great, was all I could think.

Thanks as always for reading. I tried to update yesterday (which would have been weekly) but life has a way of getting the way these days. So hope it was alright ~Arra