ranma finally woke up after she had rested for a few more hours. she got up from her futon and walked unsteadily to the bathroom. she got undressed and turned on the water. the warm water that came out of the shower had turned ranma from a girl back into a boy. again as ranma was taking a shower he asked himself again "what do i want?" ranma then finished up his shower and wrapped a towel around his waist. he walked over to the sink and grabbed a bucket that was on the floor and filled it with cold water. he then splashed himself with the water in the bucket and felt the transformation start as he turned into a girl once more. she walked out of the bathroom and towards her and her father's room. she opened the door and walked into the room to grab a new change of clothes. ranma then opened her bag that she had brought with her when she and her dad had moved in with the the tendos. she then pulled on an outfit that was exactly identicle to the one that she always wore. she felt happy for some reason that she could not understand herself. however she let out a joyful laugh and ran into the hallway. then she ran downstairs and saw everyone sitting in the kitchen eating breakfast and doing their daily business. ranma felt slightly happy being a girl for once. ranma turned to akane and smiled. "what are you so happy about?" akane asked with a confused expression on her face. "just happy." ranma said with a slight giggle. akane then put her hand on ranma's forehead. "did you hit your head or something when you fell yesterday?" akane asked as she thought ranma was acting weird. "no, why?" ranma asked ranma still smiling. "just... curious." akane said thinking ranma was up to something. nabiki and kasumi were listening to ranma and akane's conversation but did not say a word. "just happy to be alive!" ranma exclaimed with excitement. akane, along with soun, nabiki, and genma suddenly facefaulted at ranma's exclamation. genma(still a panda) held up a sign that said "i think ranma's gone crackers." as genma held up that sign, a persistant, chinese, purple haired girl came crashing into ranma's face on her bike, cause ranma to bend backwards. "ni hao ranma!" the girl said with excitement. "where ranma?" the girl asked looking around. "try looking under you shampoo." ranma said as shampoo looked under her to find the tire of her bike crushing ranma's face, leaving marks. shampoo quickly got off of her bike and loudly said that she had some great news for ranma. "ranma, shampoo and great grandmother may have found a way to cure jusenkyo curse." on the outside ranma was jumping for joy, but on the inside she wasn't very sure she wanted the cure anymore. genma held up yet another sign that said "hoo-ray, i won't have to be a panda anymore!" shampoo noticed the sign that genma was holding and said "not for you, stupid panda, is only for ranma!" genma facefaulted but didn't get back up after hearing that the possible jusenkyo cure was only for ranma or that shampoo only wanted to give it to ranma. "just for me...shampoo?" ranma asked as her voice trailed off. shampoo nodded her head yes. in truth ranma was battling herself in her own mind just for the ability to say yes or no. suddenly ranma's whole facial expression became blank. the thing that she had wanted for so long was right in front of her, and she couldn't even figure ou if she even wanted it anymore. "ranma?" shampoo asked as she snapped her fingers in front of ranma's face about two or three times trying to break her trance. "ranma, ranma!" akane and shampoo screamed in unison. ranma came back to reality and gasped at what she had seen in her trance. "i saw me and ryoga as boyfriend and girlfriend." ranma said trying not to panic at her vision. "i really need to go!" ranma shouted as she ran outside for god knows what. "what wrong with ranma?" shampoo asked. "she's just having trouble making a life changing decision." kasumi finally said. everyone looked at kasumi with confused expressions on all of their faces. "how would you know that kasumi?" akane asked, questioning her older sister. "ranma and me had a personal conversation, and that is all i am going to say. ranma was embarrassed just trying to tell me so she made me promise to keep her "life changing decision" a secret." akane then stared at the floor wondering what was going through ranma's mind. akane and shampoo looked at each other and then out the door and thought at the same time "please be okay ranma."