Wishes Come True

All Ranma 1/2 characters owned bt Rumiko Takahashi.  Sue me not, for
money I am lacking.

Ranma watched his friends and enemies stand around the wishing pool.
They had fought hard for it, and one by one, each walked up to the
pool, and each had made their wish.  Except for Ranma.  As Ranma
watched the procession, his mind supplied the words that he couldn't
hear.  He knew what wishes they'd make.

Shampoo.  *Shampoo wish to marry Ranma.*

Ukyo. *I wish Ranchan was mine.*

Ryoga. *I wish to be cured of my curse.*

Mousse. *I wish Shampoo would admit her love for me!*

Kodachi. *I wish for my Ranma-sama!*

Akane.  His mind went blank.  What did Akane want?  He began to wonder
about her true feelings, as he always did when he sat down and thought
about her. Did she love him?  Did he love her?  He forced himself to
stop that train of thought.

Thankfully, Kuno was unconscious, due to the popular opinion Kuno and a
wishing pool was a bad combination.

Ranma watched as each one made their wish, and each person's wishes
were rejected.  He thought about the words the guardian said.  "Only
one wish," he had said, "only a truly worthy wish shall be fuffiled."

Ranma realized they all were watching him, waiting for him to take his
turn.  He swallowed nervously, and walked up to the pool, then balked. 
He turned to Shampoo.

"Shampoo, what did you wish for?"  She looked at him in shock, and then
guiltily whispered her wish in his ear.  Ranma nodded, and went to each
one, and repeated the question.  As each told him their wish, he
winced.  It was as he expected.  He knew his friends/enemies/fiancees
well.

He stopped at Akane, and asked her the same question.  She looked at
him angrily, but fought back her temper as she saw the sincerity on his
face.  She blushed heavily, and quietly told him her wish.

As the words came out of her mouth, Ranma felt like his heart stopped.
He gazed at Akane, suddenly realizing the depth of her feeling, and
suddenly realizing the depths of his own.  Determination set into his
soul.  He knew what to wish for.

Ranma walked up to the pool, and made his wish.  "I wish that Akane's
wish could come true."  The others gasped in shock.  A moment later,
Ranma began to scream, as a white light enveloped him.  The light grew,
encompassing them all, blinding them.

The light faded.  Where there was once one Ranma, there was four.  Each
turned and faced a fiancee, and from four mouths came the same words. 
"Will you marry me?"

Each girl shouted "Yes!" And hugged their Ranma tightly.  Mousse began
to weep, but Shampoo turned to him, and smiled, tears of joy streaming
down her face.

"Stupid Mousse, Shampoo marry you too."

"RANMA SAOTOME, I'LL KILL YOU!"  The four Ranmas turned to Ryoga, who
stood there blazing with battle aura.  They looked at each other, then
looked at him.

"Oh, really, P-chan?" They said.

"I'll deal with him," Ukyo's Ranma said.

"No, I will," Akane's Ranma retorted.

"What about me?" Kodachi's Ranma protested.

Not to be left out, Shampoo's Ranma piped up.  "Guys, there's only one
way to resolve this."  The other three looked at him, and he grinned. 
"We'll spar to see who gets to beat P-chan up."

The four girls sighed as their fiancees lept into battle.  Ryoga stared
dumbfounded, and suddenly realized that perhaps it was time he went
back to Akari after all.