You're In My Heart FanFic based on Ranma ½ By Kris Thompson This is a work of fiction based on Rumiko Takahashi's 'Ranma Nibun no Ichi' a.k.a. Ranma ½ and was created for the author's personal enjoyment. The song "You'll Be In My Heart" was written by and sung by Phil Collins and I take no credit for it. I couldn't write anything that good. An older Akane looked out the window at the falling snow. A slight smile crossed her face at the recollection of a memory. ##start of flashback## A sixteen-year-old Akane stood near the front door, pulling on her light blue coat and started zipping it up to her chin. "Hey, Akane," she turned to see Ranma standing in the hallway. "Where ya' goin'?" "It snowed last night. I'm gonna go outside." She said turning to put her boots on and walked out the door. It wasn't too long after that when Ranma himself came out, dressed in his own coat and boots. "So what's so special about the snow anyways?" Ranma asked, picked up some snow in his gloved hand. Akane glared at him. "It's pretty, Ranma. Like that would actually mean anything to *you*." She threw a snowball at him and laughed as it hit him with a splat! He shook off the snow and grinned at her. "Hey now!" He made his own snowball and threw it at her, hitting her on the arm. "This means war!!!" She shouted as they proceeded to pelt each other with snowballs. Then Ranma ran up to her and tackled her. They both laughed and rolled in the snow before stopping, both out of breath, but still laughing. Akane became aware that Ranma was almost laying on top of her and she blushed and turned her head. Ranma looked down at her. "Akane..." she turned he face back to him and their lips met. Then, Akane closed her eyes, as did Ranma. Then they broke the kiss and stood up in the snow, both smiling at each other. He leaned over and whispered into her ear. "You'll be in my heart." She smiled. ##end of flashback## Akane smiled at the memory of her first kiss with Ranma. It had been... sweet. The thought of her first kiss brought up another memory... ##start of flashback## It had been two years since her first kiss, and now she was going to give Ranma a kiss in front of both of their families. For their wedding. Soun and Genma had found out a few months after Akane and Ranma had both kissed that they were starting to get along better and had tried to set up another wedding for them. But Ranma and Akane both talked with their fathers and they had all agreed that the two would marry no later than their eighteenth birthday. And now the day was here. Akane sighed. She was happy. She was marrying the boy - no, *man* she loved. She smiled. Her dreams were coming true after all. The wedding went well, for once. Shampoo and Ukyou didn't interfere. Shampoo didn't bother to come. She had left Japan the year before when she had finally realized that she could never win Ranma. Ukyou simply sat in the back of the church and an occasional sob could be heard from her. Now Akane was no longer Akane Tendo, but rather Akane Saotome. ##end of flashback## ##start of flashback## It was almost a year after their wedding when their fist child was born. It was a beautiful baby girl, which they had named Michika, Michi for short. Michi had her mother's hair and her father's blue eyes. She was such a quiet child, hardly ever cried, always smiling and cooing. Akane would often find Ranma in the nursery playing with his daughter. He had really grown attached to his child. ##end of flashback## "Momma!" A cry brought Akane out of her thoughts. She turned just in time to see a little girl come flying through the doorway, her long hair fluttering behind her. "Momma!!!" "What's wrong, Michi?" Akane asked as the girl flew into her arms. "It's Daddy!" Michi said, pointing at the door. Ranma appeared around the door and growled, charging at his wife and daughter. "AH!!! He's gonna get me!" Akane smiled. "Oh no he won't. I won't let that monster get my baby girl." She whipped out a tiny version of her regular mallet and tapped Ranma on the head lightly. In mock-injury, Ranma fell over and played dead. "Yea, Mommy! You hurt him!" Michi jumped down to inspect her father. She squealed with delight as he grabbed her around the waist and held her above him. "Daddy! Is that you?" Ranma smiled as he stood up and put Michi back on the floor. "Yes, it's me sweetheart. Go downstairs, Mommy and I will be down in a minute." The five year old smile a toothy grin and ran out of the room, humming to herself. Ranma walked over to Akane and kissed her. "You're in my heart, Akane." He whispered in her ear, like he had so many years before. "You are too, and always have been." She replied in her own whisper and kissed him again before they both went downstairs with Michi. Fin. Author's Notes: I hope you liked it. I got the title from Phil Collins' "You'll Be In My Heart", but ended up changing it to "You're In My Heart". If you've never heard the song, you need to. It's really quite cute. Why did I write this? I really have no idea, which is my response to why I write most of my fics. I'm sad, I know. Oh well. Thanks for reading! Signin' off! ~krissy