Ranma ˝ fanfic A Blissful Dream By Kris Thompson This is a work of fiction based on Rumiko Takahashi's 'Ranma Nibun no Ichi' a.k.a. Ranma ˝ and was created for the author's personal enjoyment. Akane awoke in the middle of the night to the sound of fighting down stairs. She quickly got up from her bed, grabbed a robe and hurried downstairs. When she reached the bottom step her eyes grew wide. There, sitting in the middle of the living room were Ryouga, Kuno and Ranma. All three of the boys turned to her. "Greetings, dear Akane. And how might one of your unsurpassed beauty might be doing at this fine hour?" Kuno asked her. Ryouga leaned over to Ranma. "You know, a simple 'How are you' would have been fine." Ranma nodded his head. "I'm, uh, fine, I guess." Akane replied in confusion. Why in the world were Ryouga and Kuno here? And why was Ranma up so late? "Hey Akane!" She looked over to see Ranma standing by the door. "Come out here. I wanna show ya somethin'." "Hello Akane," Ryouga said bashfully. "I have something I really need to tell you." Akane looked at him. "What is it, Ryouga?" "Um, well, I'm kinda, sorta P-chan. I'm really sorry." He looked at the floor in shame. Before she had time to pound Ryouga into the floor with her mallet, Ranma grabbed her by the arm and drug her outside and pointed at the sky. "Look," he said. As she looked up she gasped at the sight. "Oh my-" she quoted Kasumi as hundreds of shooting stars streaked across the sky, her anger at Ryouga suddenly forgotten as she stood with her fiancé under the night sky. "Wow! It's beautiful!" Akane said cheerily. She felt him take her hand. "Yeah, beautiful," Akane dared herself to look over at him-to find him staring at her. "Ranma," she said almost in a whisper. As they leaned towards each other, Akane closed her eyes. 'This is it! He's finally going to kiss me!' "Akane my beauty! Away from the vile Sao-urk!" They didn't here the rest of his speech seeing how both Ranma and Akane had kicked him off into the distance. Ranma turned back around to her. "I hate how we always get interrupted." Akane smiled. "Yeah, me too. Where were we?" "Here, I think," he said as he leaned toward her and kissed her... ~*~ Beeeep! Beeeep! Beeeep! Beeeep!... Akane sat up in her bed, the feeling of Ranma kiss still fresh on her mind. She looked around for the scene that she had seen earlier of the night's sky and the sky full of shooting stars, but found none of it. "..." 'It must have been a dream,' Akane thought sadly as she stood. She went to her door and opened it and she and Ranma ran into each other, throwing themselves back from each other. "Owwww... whaddya do that for?" Ranma asked rubbing his head where it had hit the banister. "Me? What about you? This is my room, last time I recalled." Akane said, picking her self up off the floor and walked over to him. "I was just coming to check on ya. It's almost noon, ya' know." Ranma said. Akane stood there for a moment, then smiled. "Okay, Ranma. I'll be down in a second." Ranma gave her a puzzled look. "Are you feelin' well? You ain't sick, are ya'? Akane's smile grew. "Nope, not at all." She shut the door and leaned against it. 'What a blissful dream...' she thought. "And Ryouga, P-chan... too weird." she said out loud, never again thinking of the two being one. fin. Author's Note: Okay, I wrote this after I had a dream similar to this. o_O Yeah, I know, weird. I came out of my room and Kuno, Ryouga and Ranma were fighting in my living room. Then Ryouga asked if I had anything to eat and I gave him some fish? Too weird, even for me. Well I hope you liked it... or... not... whatever. Anyways, write me at cartoonpaperclips@email.com or if you can catch me online, my ICQ # is 42567516. Signin' off! ~Krissy cartoonpaperclips@email.com www.geocities.com/kuroi_hoshi