A little note from me, the author.....

Hi again!  Welcome to the second installment of "Mirror, Mirror....."
*^_^* I hope you like it so far *^_^*  This is short and sweet so Ja
mata!

Oh yeah one more thing, I DO NOT write lemons!  Never have and never
will.  The series of Ranma � wasn't like that, so I like to stay
somewhat true to what Rumiko-sensei has written (but I add more
romance..did  I mention I'm a big ol' fan of Ranma and Akane?  I'm a
HUGE fan of Ryouga and think he's a cutie with his fangs but I think
Ranma and Akane are more suited for each other)  Anyway, here's a
little brief time description of what you are about to read *^_^*  It
takes place around the time of just after the failed marriage attempt,
which is at the end of the manga.  This story contains time warping
mirrors, martial arts action, LOTS of romance, fighting,
interdimentional mallets, LARGE grill spatula's, rainbow bonbori's, ki
attacks, yadda yadda yadda... I think you get the picture :P  It's
just like a normal Ranma � story... but with a few twists, as all good
fanfic writers throw in.  Okay well on with the story!  Just mail me
at carlychan@yahoo.com with you Flames and Praises.... but please...
no infernos... a girl can only take so much ^^; Oh yeah.. BTW.. I
FINALLY got a spell checker!! *glee* :P ^^;;

"This is someone talking"
*This is a thought*
**This would be an action**
[Panda sign anyone?]
((This is a flashback))
~~Someone talking in Mandarin~~
==(This is a note/tidbit/thought/whateveryouwanttocallit from me
*^_^*)==

And so the show goes on after a lot of rambling from me.....</H4>

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<H3>"Mirror, Mirror....."  Part 2 (Seeing Double)</H3>

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"A-A-Akane?!?!?"  Ranma spat out in disbelief.  He took a look down to
the girl fast asleep in his arms, then up to the one standing in front
on him, then back down.  This went on for a few minutes.

Meanwhile, the Akane that had come from the house was reacting much
the same as Ranma.  Her eyes widened and her mouth dropped down into
an "o" shape.  

"Akane-chan?"  Yelled a male voice from inside the house, "Who is it? 
Not the old lech again is it?.. Man that guy gets more annoying and
easy to beat every time..."  Soon from the house emerged a slightly
taller, more muscular man who looked almost like Ranma....well.....
EXACTLY like Ranma, only a little older.  The man walked up to the
other Akane and wrapped his arms around her waist and set his head on
her shoulders.  "So, who is it?"

"Umm..uhhh...it's...uhh.... us.."  The other Akane dead panned.

==(From this point on... young Akane will have "-chan" after her name 
and young Ranma will have a "-kun" after their names, the other ones
will have a "-san" just so there's no confusion between the four okay?
*^_^*)==

Ranma-san looked down to..well.. himself with wide eyes.  "What the?! 
Who the heck are you!?"

Ranma-kun felt his blood begin to boil, "Who am _I_?!  I should be
asking you the same thing!!  Who the hell are you?!?"

Ranma-san frowned, "I am SAOTOME RANMA, and this is my wife, SAOTOME
AKANE."  

Ranma-kun's jaw dropped to the ground, "Th...that can't be true!  I am
Saotome Ranma!" 

"Sorry kid, there can only be one of me.."  Ranma-san said straight out.

"Yeah only enough room for one of your egos..."  Akane-san retorted
with a grin.

"I'll get you later....."  Ranma-san said with a smile, sarcasm
dripping from it.

"Waitaminutewaitaminute!  Did you say Saotome Akane???"  Ranma-kun
shook his head in disbelief.  Suddenly a thought dawned on him and he
patted his shirt pocket.  Sure enough, no mirror.  Ranma-kun groaned,
"I really am that stupid aren't I?" 

"Uh...care to fill us in?"  Ranma-san asked, well, demanded was more
like it.

"Umm... do you think we  could, uhh...go inside?"  Ranma-kun asked
sheepishly.

Akane-san looked the two over skeptically but she was also very
curious as to what was going on, "Fine.."  
She said after a pregnant pause, "But I warn you.  If you try anything
me AND my husband are trained martial artists...."

Ranma-kun nodded his head.  Akane-san, Ranma-san, and Ranma-kun
carrying Akane-chan walked into the house and sat in couples across
from each other.

"Alright so what's your story.."  Ranma-san asked, not wanting to
delay the answer any longer.

Ranma-kun took a deep breath and began, "Well, short story.... You are
me.."  He said directing his sight to Ranma-san, "Actually, let me
rephrase that.... I am you.  And this girl..."  He said while pointing
to the sleeping girl in his arms, "..is her."  Ranma-kun drew his
sights on the older looking version of Akane.

The older pair gave odd looks to each other, "Say what?!"  they spat
out in unison.

Ranma-kun shook his head, *Jeeze, am I really this dumb?* "Okay,
Saotome Ranma-san, you would know this better than Tendou Akane-san
would..."

"Saotome Akane-san you mean." added in Akane-san, which made Ranma-san
grin.

Ranma-kun shuddered, "S-s-Saotome Akane-san..  But anyway, Ranma-san,
do you remember Happ-" Ranma-kun soon found a hand slapped over his
mouth and the two across from him were making "shhh"ing noises.

"Don't say the masters name!  If you say it he's bound to show up
within an hour!"  Ranma-san yelled.

*Oh no...* Ranma-kun thought to himself, *I've become my oyagi...* A
shiver passed down Ranma's spine.  "Okay well anyways, you remember
the old lech right?"

Ranma-san nodded, "Damn fool used to come over here with...cold
water..."  An obvious groan could be heard from Ranma-san's lips.

The Akane in Ranma's arms stirred at the commotion and soon her eyes
fluttered open to sight of Ranma looking down at her.  She blinked a
few times and spoke, "Ranma....."

Ranma-kun's eyes opened wide in fear, "A-A-Akane... it's not....let
me...."

Akane-chan's eyes narrowed and jumped out of Ranma-kun's arms, "Ranma
no..." she began as her interdimentional mallet flickered in her hands,

"Akane wait I can explain!"  Ranma-kun backpedaled away from the
obviously angry girl.

"HENTAI!!!!"  Akane-chan raised the mallet over her head and was ready
to strike down when she saw the couple sitting across from her.

Ranma-san gasped, "No way....... A-Akane..."

Akane-chan's mallet flickered when her eyes lay down on..... herself. 
She drew herself closer to the woman for a better inspection.  "Who
the heck is this girl?"  Akane asked her Ranma.

"I was just about to explain it Akane..."  Ranma-kun straightened
himself out.

"Please do.." Akane-chan replied.

"All I can explain this by is because of Hap....uhh... I mean that old
lech.  Ranma-san, you would know about this more than Akane-san would.
 Do you remember that one time you used the lech's mirror with oyagi
and the old man?"  Ranma-kun inquired.

"Wait a sec... how the hell did you know about that?"  Asked an almost
enrage Ranma-san.

"Man you really are that stupid aren't you.."  Ranma-kun dead panned.

"WHO ARE YOU CALLING STUPID!?"  Ranma-san yelled to the obviously rude
boy sitting across from him.

"I'M CALLING MYSELF STUPID!"  Ranma-kun yelled back.

Ranma-san gave him an odd look and settled back in when Akane-san
grabbed onto his hand and smiled at him.  Akane's smiled had always
worked on Ranma though.

"Alright if I can continue...  You remember that mirror right
Ranma-san?"  The younger pig-tailed boy inquired.

"Yeah I remember it..."  Then it dawned on Ranma-san.  He hit a fist
to his palm, "Ohhhhhhhhh okay I get it."

Ranma-kun smiled, "Very good...."

The two Akane's looked at each other, "Mind filling us in?"  They said
together.

"Oh yeah.... sorry honey.."  Ranma-san said to his wife, "I would like
you to meet Saotome Ranma-kun, and his fiancee, Tendou Akane-chan..."

"EH????"  Akane-san spat out.

Ranma-san grinned, "The master has a special mirror that, if you make
a wish to see somewhere in time and then let a tear fall on it, it
will transport you to whatever time to wanted to see."

"Hontou?"  Akane-chan asked.

Ranma-san smiled at her, "It's true Akane-chan.."

*Akane-chan?* Akane could feel her face turning red so she over
towards the mirror image of herself.  "And this is me?"  She asked.

Akane-san looked over to her younger self, "Wow, I really was cute as
a little girl."

"Little girl?"  Akane-chan asked, her blue aura ready to show it's
ugly face.

Akane-san sweated, "Not what I meant.... I just mean.. I think you're
very pretty...I'm very pretty... that sounds really conceited... oh
this is all too confusing!"

Ranma-san put an arm around his wife and kissed the top of her head,
"By now I would think you would have come to expect this kind of
thing.." 

Akane-san smiled to her husband, "Everything still surprises me since
you came Ranma-chan."

"Wait wait wait one minute here!!"  Akane yelled over the scene going
on, "I remember the fight me and Ranma had and we wished..well...sort
of indirectly to see the future.  So this is the future right?"

The couple in front of her nodded.

"So, me and Ranma get married!?!?!?!?!?!  And we're happy about
it?!?!?!"  Akane asked, wide-eyed.

The two looked to each other with loving eyes, "Yup."  They said
smiling, with Akane-san showing off a small wedding ring.

It was the last thing Akane-chan could remember before the comforting
darkness that comes with fainting.

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"Akane-chan......Akane-chan are you awake?...Akane-chan you have to
get up now..."  Akane slowly opened her eyes to see herself staring
back at her.  

"KYA!" She yelled and flung herself against the wall.  Akane-san
stared back at her blankly.   Akane-chan took a good look around to
find it was her own room, with a few moderations of course.  Where her
single bed once lay there was a queen size.  Her desk wasn't present,
but her small shelf was.  She also spied a larger chest of drawers in
one corner.  She looked back to her double and quietly apologized for
her rudeness, "Gomen.."

"Oh don't worry about it Akane-chan.  In fact.. Well... I'm a little
bit creeped out from this myself."  Akane-san looked down somewhat
nervously while playing with the hem of her dress.  Luckily, for both
of them, Ranma-san walked into the room carrying a tray of tea. 
Akane-chan thanked Kami-sama for the distraction.

"So, you two ladies having fun?"  Ranma-san asked while smiling. 
*Akane was even cute when she was younger...*  He thought to himself.

Akane-san stood up and smiled to her husband, "Hai.  But I think it's
time I started on lunch."

Ranma-san nodded and smiled to his wife as she departed the room.

Akane sat blinking in disbelief, "Did she just say 'make lunch'?  And
you're happy with it?!"

Ranma-san raised an eyebrow then laughed lightly, "I forgot you
couldn't cook when you are younger..."

A small blue aura glowed around Akane, "Can't cook?!?!?"

Ranma's eyes widened, *Uh-oh.. I know what that means...*  "W-w-wait
Akane-chan... I didn't mean to insult you, really!"

Akane-chan gave him a skeptical look but soon let her guard back down
and settled.  Ranma-san sighed in relief.

"R-Ranma-san....."  Akane fumbled out.

"Hai, Akane-chan?"  

Akane could feel the blush creeping back up her face,  "I...I
was...wondering...wh-when..."

Ranma grinned, "Wondering when I finally admitted I liked my wife,
right?"  

Akane now knew her face was red, "Hai...."  She spoke in a small,
embarrassed voice.

"hehe.. He's going to hate me for this one."  Ranma-san grinned and
stood up from the ground and walked to the door but just before he
exited he spoke, "Akane-chan... I always did..."  He winked and shut
the door behind him, leaving Akane staring wide eyed to the back of
the door.

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Ranma-kun peered at Akane-san in the kitchen.  Akane was cooking, but
there was something off, something not quite right.  No Fire.  No
Mutates comming from pots. No Smoke.  No unpleasent smell.  And she
was humming.  It reminded him of Kasumi.  This Akane was definately
different from his Akane.

"Is there something you need Ranma-kun?"  Akane-san asked with her
back still turned.

Ranma was caught off guard, "Um.. uh.. n-no nothing's wrong."

"Wondering why the house isn't burned down already I bet.."  she
commented while grinning.

Ranma looked down sheepishly and nodded.  Akane smiled.

"Don't worry about it Ranma-kun.  Practice makes perfect, right?" 
Ranma merely nodded.

"Why don't you come in?  I always enjoy company while I'm cooking." 
Akane-san smiled warmly making Ranma blush.  Akane always did that to
him though, but this Akane's smile was even more powerful it seemed. 
Ranma-kun entered the kitchen cautiously and sat in a small chair
placed near the door.  It felt weird to him.  Kitchen's were for
women, and he was a man!

"Here, try this."  Akane brought over a small spoon to him filled with
a yellowish liquid.  He took a sip, and nodded.

"It's really good...."  Ranma said while still blushing slightly.

Akane grinned, "I'm glad.  Hehe.. I guess that's one of the reasons I
liked you so much when I was younger.. Even though you knew it would
taste very bad you still had some."

Ranma's mouth gaped open, "W-w-w-w-what?"

Akane covered her mouth, "Oh no... I guess I should have stayed quiet.
 I thought you already knew."  Akane shrugged and went back to her work.

Ranma stared, big-eyed at her, "B-b-b-but Akane d-doesn't like me...."

Akane-san shook her head, "Dolt...."

"HEY!"  Ranma retorted to see Akane smiling down at him.  He soon
backed off.

"I know I was probably a pain back then... but you brought it on you
know.  Calling me kawaikunee and sexless all the time..."

Ranma blushed deeply at the embarassment, "G-gomen..."

Akane smiled, "It's okay my Ranma calls me it too still when we
fight... but I get him good.."  A wicked smile played across her lips.

Ranma knew it could only be one thing, "You still the mallet?  Even
after you're married?"

Akane nodded, "Of course!  Things aren't that much different around
here you know.  Shampoo is still around..."  Akane narrowed her eyes,
"Ukyou too!  But she's fine now.  In fact she's married also!  To
Konatsu no doubt!"

Ranma gasped, "She married HIM?"

Akane nodded, "Don't look so surprised, you told me that you thought
they looked good together.. oh sorry.. I forgot, Konatsu doesn't dress
like a girl anymore.  He's actually quite handsome."

Ranma shrugged, "I guess I never really thought about it....umm...
Akane-san..."

"Yes?"  Akane inquired seeing as Ranma wasn't answering.

"H-how is your marriage?"  A visable blush could be seen over the
bridge of Ranma's nose.

Akane-san grinned, "Oh it's great!  We hardly fight anymore...well....
okay so sometimes... but we never stay mad long.  I'm really happy."

"Y-you are?"  Ranma was almost shocked to hear.

Akane nodded vigorously, "Very!  I know I never showed it then, but I
always had faith in you Ranma-kun.  You always came and helped me out
when I was in serious trouble.  I knew I'd be alright as long as you
were around."

Ranma tried to conceal a smile but failed quite miserabley. 
"A...arigatou.."  

Akane-san smiled adn went back to her cooking humming happily.

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Next up...  There's that problem with the mirror again...... ummm...
where is it again?  ^^;

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<b><u> Some Translations that might be helpful</u></b>

-chan: transfixed to a name of someone younger or of the same age of
you.  Also used to show affection to pets, friends, siblings, of
boyfriends/girlfriends

-kun: transfixed to a name of someone younger than you, generally
around the age of 6-17

-san: transfixed to a name of someone older than you, or to show
moderate respect

-sama: transfixed to a name to show GREAT respect to one.

Arigatou: Thank you

baka: stupid, jerk, idiot, silly, etc.

hai: yes

hontou?: really?

kawaii: cute

kawaiikunee: uncute

koi: like goldfish

okonomiyaki: kind of like pizza except a lot thinner and made into a
batter and fried on a grill.

onee-chan: older sister

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