******A Note From the Author******

My second post ever on the FFML.

Just another little short (and I mean SHORT) one from Akane-chan!!
Mail all your C&C's to akane_chan@mailexcite.com or carlychan@yahoo.com!


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Bad Dreams

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**KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK** 

"A....Akane.... Are you up?" Ranma whispered. 

Akane groaned from the inside of her room and rolled over to her side. 

*Three o'clock in the morning? What does he want now....* 

There was another light rapping from the door. 

"Yeah I'm awake Ranma....." Akane grummbled. 

Ranma cautiously opened the door and stuck his head in, "Sorry for
bothering you..." He whispered. 

Akane sat up and stretched out her arms. *I should hit him for waking
me up this early... but I don't have the energy....* 

"Is it okay if I come in?" Ranma asked, a bit of nervousness in his
voice. 

Akane looked at him with discretion, but assumed he wasn't hiding
anything so she let him in. "What do you want Ranma? It's 3 o'clock in
the morning...." Akane yawned. 

"Sorry about that. I... I just needed someone to talk to. I wouldn't
go to Oyugi, he wouldn't listen or fall back to sleep or somethin.
Nabiki would use it against me somehow. Kasumi...well... Kasumi's a
great person and all.. but sometimes she seems like she not all
there....." Akane frowned slightly to that remark, "I wouldn't go to
your dad. He'd probably take it another way and we'd be married by
now. I just figured you'd be the best choice.... as long as you don't
hit me or nuthin..." 

Akane looked at him in concern. He seemed more open than he usually
was. More like a small child comming to his mother after skinning his
knee by tripping over a crack in the pavement. "Are you okay Ranma?" 

Ranma shook his head slightly, "I had a bad dream... I know it sounds
like I'm being a baby. But it seemed so real. I just had to make sure
it wasn't is all.." 

Akane nodded. She remembered back when she was a little girl. She had
a terrible nightmare and woke up in tears. She was going to run to her
mother. She'd make it all better. She always made everything all
better. She peeked into her parents room to find loneliness. Her
mother wasn't there anymore. She'd never be there. There was no one
who could comfort her when she had a bad dream. No one who could make
her happy by simply saying "I love you". No one would know what her
mother really meant to her. 

"What happened?" Akane inquired. 

Ranma frowned slightly, "I...I was standing in the koi pond. I don't
know maybe you threw me in there or something." Ranma smirked. 

Akane gave him a glare, but urged him to go on. 

"Okay as I was saying, I was standing there as my female self. Then
everything went black and shadows were being cast all over. I wasn't
in the pond anymore but an empty room. I looked up and I saw myself,
well I should say my male self. He was staring at me like he wanted me
dead. He was laughing at me as he walked away. I tried to go after him
but it seemed like my feet were glued to the ground. I was all alone
again and then..y-you appeared. It looked like you were crying. Akane
it....it... it hurt me cuz you looked like you were in a lot of
pain...." Ranma looked down and blushed slightly which went un-noticed
by Akane. 

The knot in Akane's stomach grew tighter, "What happened after Ranma?"
Akane asked. 

Ranma looked back up to her, "It looked like you were going to reach
out your hand towards me but it was pulled back. You faded away. I was
alone again and I heard the word 'sayonara'...... I thought I was
going to be left alone in that place forever. T-that's when I woke up." 

Ranma looked away thoughtfully, "It was like they were leaving me. I
mean, my manhood... and you..." 

Akane stared at her iinazuke with sympathetic eyes, "Ranma, don't feel
like a baby just because of that. I mean, everyone has a bad dream
sometimes, ne?" 

Ranma looked up to her in surprise, "Y...You're not going to make fun
of me?" 

Akane seemed hurt, "Why would I make fun of you for something like
that?" 

Ranma lifted his hands up defensively, "G-gomen! I didn't mean it as
an insult or anything I..I just..... thanks Akane, for listening to
me.." 

Akane smiled, "It's okay. You can talk to me anytime." 

Ranma blushed to her smile, "Thanks Akane. You know, I bet you'd make
a good mother some day." Ranma jumped to his feet and waved her
goodnight as he exited her door. 

Akane could feel her face turned bright red. "Ch-ch-children?" Akane
shook her head and laid back down. *Children huh?* Akane smiled. *I
bet if I ever am half as good a mother as my own... my child will be
happy...* 

Akane shook her head and closed her eyes, "Good night Ouka-san...."
She whispered. 

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Okay all done you can go home now *^_^* I admit, I got this idea from
another fanfic I read. I just can't think of the name of it at the
moment. I'll dig it up and post the link to it sometime! Arigatou for
reading!! Ja mata!   Please be kind when sending C&C's ^^;;

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