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The Triune Power
a Ranma ½ fanfic
by Kayko
Chapter 1
part 1 : Only in your dreams
In class 1st period.
Akane looked over to the side of her in disgusted. "That dolt." She thought while she stared at Ranma with his right arm holding up his head, eyes closed and sleeping.
Ranma mumbled something low, but Akane couldn't make it out. "I wonder what he is dreaming about?" She said to herself.
The night before
Ranma ran through the flowered filled meadow, jumping, flipping and having a great time. His hair was wet and stuck to his face. It was raining and he was a guy! "Yes! he Yelled, "I'M A GUY!! No Boobs here, even though it's raining! It's raining. Cold water! Hee eheheheheeeeeeeee…..I'M A GUYYYYY!!!
…..Raaannnmmmaaaa……….
He stopped. "What was that?" he said.
The meadow was the same, it was still raining, but what was that?
…Ranma….I'm coming……please…..help meee……., it said in a female singing voice.
"Wh whoo? W…what? Are you?
…Ranma….I'm coming……please…..help meee……., it sang again.
The rain stopped. He stood still.
I…..coming…..it said as it faded out.
Ranma opened his eyes, sat up and saw the sun coming though his window. "That was weird", he said to himself "Oh well, it's just a dream, nothing to worry about."
Back in class
Ranma mumbled again. Akane turned and noticed that some of her classmates started to stare at the sleeping Ranma.
"Who are you?" he said in his sleep aloud.
Akane saw the teacher and noticed that she had heard Ranma's mumbles. "Oh great the jerk is in for it now." She said to herself.
BAAMMMM! Ranma's head slammed down on his desk. His hand slipped from under his head and let it drop.
"Ouch", he said rubbing his forehead. "That hurt."
"Well Mr. Saotome, if you feel that you know enough that you can sleep during my class, by all means go stand out in the hall." The teacher said.
b..but, but…
"Go, Mr. Saotome!"
"ahhh man."
The day went and everything was typical for Ranma and the Tendo household. The sky darkened and the stars shown brightly. The house was quite. Everyone was asleep, and in dream land.
This time Ranma found himself at the beach surfing, as a Guy. This must be a dream he thought as he road the waves with ease. He could feel the cold salt water hit him in the face. He couldn't help but smile. It felt great. He wasn't changing into a girl. There were no Fiancés trying to marry him. No tomboy hitting him over the head with a mallet. "Where did she get that thing anyway?" He wondered.
The sun was bright, but didn't burn, the ocean was dancing with him, and Ranma loved it. But all of a sudden the sea calmed its self. And Ranma still on his surf board, road in the last wave to the beach. He didn't know what happened, then he saw it. Or who. Down the beach he could see a person, but he couldn't tell if it was male or female. It came closer, it seemed to float. Ranma didn't feel any danger, just a strange aura. He could now make out it was a girl. Looked about Akane's height. She had blond braids hanging in front of her ears that fell down passed her breasts. He couldn't tell if her hair was tied in the back or was cut. Her outfit consisted of black fitted pants, a purple Chinese silk shirt with embroidering that hung like a coat, but was tied with a black silk tie. She came closer, he now notice upon her forehead a green-blue jewel, that was slightly covered by her blond bangs. She was now right in front of him, about a foot away. He stared at her big blue eyes.
Who….ar…
she raise her hand interrupting him.
"Hello Ranma" she said
"I'm so glad to see you in person."
"Umm.. Uh" Ranma stutter.
"Shhh, let me finish."
"My name is Keiko. And I need your help."
"My help? From what?" he said.
That I can explain later when I come to you outside the dream world."
"When will that be?" Ranma asked.
"Soon. He's coming for me and I can't seem to evade him any longer."
"Who's coming for you?!"
"Again that can be explained later." She looked over her side towards the water and saw the blue sky starting glow and to turn white. Ranma also notice this.
"I have to go. I will try to come to you the next time you sleep." She started to fade out of site.
"Wait… what? How can you do that!" he yelled
"Ranma…I am coming and I need your help."
"Wait! Wait!
W A I T !!!! He sat up screaming in his futon. He was in his room, Genma was snoring loudly next to him. She wasn't there. Who was she? She seemed familiar, but from where? "Oh I hope she isn't another fiancé." Ranma looked over at his father and punched in the stomach. He didn't move. "Huh? Still asleep." I'll guess I'll let the old man sleep some more before kicking the crap at of him when we spar."
Part 2: I got a headache this-------big!
The next day
Kasumi was humming to herself in the kitchen. She loved to take care of her family. She was preparing breakfast when a familiar sound roared through the house
"RRRANNNMMMMA!!!!!!!" Akane yelled. "You Pervert!!!"
"Oh my. Kasumi said. "Well I guess Akane and Ranma are up."
"And so are the rest of us." Nabiki said walking into the kitchen, eyes half open and hair a mess.
"Nabiki, dear could you please tell Ranma and Akane breakfast is going to be ready in a few minutes."
"Sure sis."
"Baka. Baka yaro." Akane said low. Ranma replied in the same low tone, "Tomboy." While feeling the new found bump added to his collection on his head.
"Stupid tomboy."
Akane glared at him.
"Well, may I inquire what prompted this mornings fight?" Nabiki asked Akane.
"Why are you looking at me? I didn't start it." She said.
"It was this," looking at Ranma, "pervert's fault."
"It was not!" Ranma stated. "Well I didn't mean it."
"Oh sure, sure you didn't. You pervert."
"Hey!" Ranma stood up. "Stop calling me that!"
"Boy, sit down and continue telling us what happened." Genma said.
"Okay, like I said before I didn't mean anything. I had a really, and I mean really strange dream. But, it's weird, as I try to remember it I can only remember a voice and a girl. And then I woke up all sweaty.
"Geez, Ranma what were you really dreaming about?" Nabiki said with a sly smile.
"Shhhh Nabiki, let Ranma finish." Kasumi said calmly.
"Anyway," Ranma said, but not after giving Nabiki the evil eye. "Since I was all sweaty, I decided to take a quick bath. So I went in to the bathroom, trying to figure out the dream, my head was down and I didn't see the sign on the door, and walk in and saw…umm…uh. I saw Akane there just getting up from the bathtub and….Uh."
BAMMM! A mallet came crashing down on top of Ranma's head.
"Akane, you ever heard the word, overkill?" Nabiki said.
"Oh you shush Nabiki, it wasn't you in the tub. Plus, I don't think you would of like it if this pervert came walking in one you!"
A smirk came over Nabiki's face, to herself she said. "No it wasn't me in the tub, but see the difference between you and me, Akane is that I would of charged him a fine."
"What does it matter, anyway? He's going to see you naked when you are married. What's the difference if he got a peek now?" Nabiki said.
"WHAT?!?!" Both Akane and Ranma Yelled.
"Hey who says I'm marrying that tomboy freak!"
"Tomboy Freak?! You're the FREAK! And your not marrying a freak!?! I'm not marrying a FREAK like you!"
Both continue to argue, about who's not marrying who, and who is more of the freak. The rest of the family went on to their daily routines. Until Kasumi told the fighting couple that they really should get going to school or they will be late.
In class 3rd period
The teacher, standing in front of a map, talking about something Ranma could really care less about, continued her lesson. He was so tired. His eyelids seem as if they weighed 50 pounds each. His head seemed heavier, holding up his head with his hand he started to drift to sleep.
This time his dream seemed empty. He found himself walking, walking along a black paved street. Fog surrounded him. He could here his footsteps echoing. There were no street lights, but the street gave off the glow as if there were lamps lit. Then he saw her again. Dress the same way he saw her last. With her long blond braids and a green-blue jewel resting on her forehead. She spoke.
"Ranma, I have been fighting and running to long to keep it up much more. I am going to try to reach you by grabbing on to your position on the earth and pull myself through. Are you ready? I will warn you that this might sting a little at first. "
Ranma nodded his head. What else could he do. He didn't know this girl, yet she seem so familiar. What could he do? Say no. No I can't help you, my life is much to important to help you. No! he was a martial artist with honor, and she needed his help. he was going to give it to her. "Wait, what do you mean pull yourself through?" he asked, but he received no answer.
Akane noticed Ranma sleeping again. He was nodding to someone in his dream. "I wonder if it's that girl he's dreaming about ?" she thought. "Probably some perverted fantasy." Akane looked at the clock on the wall. Class was just about over when she heard Ranma scream. She looked over and saw him grabbing his head in intense pain. His blue aura started to flare, but then died out as quickly as it started. Ranma laid with his head on the desk, and his hand fallen towards the floor. The teacher rushed over to see if he was okay.
"Is he dead?" asked a student.
"That was weird." Said another student.
"Please, this is Ranma when isn't something weird happening to him?" said a female student.
Akane didn't like this. Not one bit. She pushed herself through the circle of students that stood around Ranma. "Is he okay?" she asked the teacher softly, so not to let the other students know that she cared for Ranma. "He has a pulse." The teacher answered.
She pointed a male student and yelled. "Go and get the nurse. I don't want to move him."
As soon as she said that Ranma started to groan, and move his arms towards his head. He lifted his head, groaning louder and rubbing it. "OH what happened?" he moaned sitting up.
"That's what we like to know, Ranma?" Akane asked. Ranma just seem to look past her and everyone else in the room. The bell rang. Ranma got up from his seat, grabbed his books and walked out. Akane sat there stunned, while the teacher was yelling at him to go and see the nurse. Akane then grew angry at him. Here she was showing compassion for that jerk and he just gets up and walk away, not even giving an her any idea what just happened.
Later during Lunch.
Ranma sat underneath a tree rubbing his head again. "This will sting just a little, she says, A little my Ass!" he said out loud, not caring that other students were pointing and talking about him once again.
Not concentrating on reality, he didn't notice the short blue hair girl sit down next to him. "So Ranma, are you going to tell me what happened back there or are you just going to let me guess?" she asked.
"Akane…I..can't for some reason remember anything clearly. I can remember bits and pieces, but nothing more."
"Well, then tell all of what you do know."
"Okay, I'll try. I remember this jewel on this girl's forehead. I think her name is Keiko and she needs my help."
"Your help? With what?"
"I don't know. But the only thing I remember clearly is the last thing she said to me."
"And what that?"
"This might sting a little at first. "
"The next thing I know my brain felt like it was on fire. Burning me, but at the same time a reassuring voice told me I'll be all right. And….
And?"
And that's it."
That's IT? She said
"Yup, that's it."
"Well that explains a lot."
Hey, what I say, that's all I can remember."
They both sat in silence for a moment, looking around the schoolyard. Seeing the students walking around, talking and occasionally pointing towards Ranma.
"There's a pool going around seeing how long till you drop dead, or some monster comes flying from your body."
"Let me guess, Nabiki is running the pool?"
"Did you really have to ask."
He laugh slightly "No I guess I didn't. What are the odds?"
"97 to 3"
"Wow, I see everyone has confidence in me."
"Well, you have to admit that was pretty strange what happened to you. People thought you were dead at first."
"Yeah well I hope I didn't disappoint to many."
Ranma started to get up and offered a hand for Akane to help her get up. She took it, got up and realized a couple of students were staring at her. She felt her face turn red and let go of his hand.
"Do you think Nabiki will make a good profit." He said
"Knowing Nabiki she'll make a profit either way."
They were in the middle of the school yard now. When…
"Ranma." Someone said softly.
"What?"
"I said, knowing Nabiki she'll make a profit either way."
"Ranma I'm coming." Someone said again softly.
"Did you here that?" he asked Akane.
"Hear what?"
"Ranma I'm coming now."
"That! Did you here that?"
"Ranma I don't know what you are talking abou..."
"AHHHHHHHHHHH!!" Ranma screamed and grabbed his head with both his hands. A blue aura flared around his head.
The schoolyard stopped of movement. All eyes were on Ranma.
"Ranma! Ranma! What's wrong!" Akane yelled to him.
"AHHHhhhhhhhhhHHHhhh! He scream.
Now his aura was all around his body, glowing.
Ranma didn't know what was happening to him. His head was on fire. There was no voice this time telling him it'll be okay. The pain increased. His left knee was on the ground. He couldn't stand anymore. Tears ran from his eyes. He felt like passing out, the pain was so bad, but then it stopped. He could no longer feel the ground below him. In fact he couldn't feel his legs or his arms anymore. His body was going numb. "This is it." He thought. "I'm a goner." "Akane I do l..lo..lov."
Part 3: Is there a doctor in the house?
"RANMA! WHAT'S GOING ON!!" Akane yelled. "RANMA!"
A few minutes ago he was fine. He was joking about Nabiki and then he was grabbing his head and screaming. Akane thought to herself.
There were students and teachers watching now. Some on the schoolyard, others hanging from the windows of the school. "Hey what's going on with Ranma." One student yelled. "Maybe someone should get a doctor." Another replied.
"A Doctor that's it!" Akane said "Dr. Tofu would know what to do!"
Akane turned and searched the schoolyard frantically and spotted her friend Jenna.
She ran up to the gasping girl. "Jenna! Jenna." Akane yelled as she grabbed her arm to get her attention. Jenna looked at Akane with a blank expression. "Jenna! I need you to run to Dr. Tofu's and get him, NOW!
"Huh?"
"NO TIME FOR HUH'S JUST GO!!" She took her friend by the arm and pulled her behind her until she got the gate. "Jenna Please go and Hurry!"
"Okay Akane I will!"
Akane watched as Jenna ran down the street. "Thank the gods she's on the track team, and Dr. Tofu's office is close by. Oh Ranma." She thought.
Jenna ran up to Dr. Tofu's office, passing the huge panda sweeping the front walk. She ran into the office. "Dr. Tofu! Dr. Tofu!" she yelled slightly out of breath.
"Yes , is something wrong?" a tall man wearing a black gi and round glasses on his face said. "I was just working out and..."
"No time for that now!! Ranma needs your help! He's at the school, Go please! Hurry!!"
Dr. Tofu grabbed his medical bag, ran out the door and passed the panda. He reached the school yard and ran right up to Akane. "Akane what's going on?"
"Oh Dr. Tofu, it's Ranma, look at him." She said as pointing towards him.
Dr. Tofu look to where Akane was pointing and saw Ranma.
"He was on one knee a minute ago, screaming. But now look at him, he floating!"
Yes, indeed he was. Ranma floated about a foot above the ground, with his arms limp at his side and toes pointing down. He look like he was being possessed with his blue aura glowing around his body. His eyelids were closed but there was definite eye moment behind them. Dr. Tofu could tell. He started to approach Ranma, he got within a foot of distance and said "Ranma, this is Dr. Tofu, can you hear me?" no answer.
"Ranma, I'm just going to feel for your pulse." He went to reach out his hand towards Ranma's wrist. but his blue aura flared. A strong wind came from his glowing body pushing the doctors hand away and throwing him back about five feet.
"Dr. Tofu! Are you all right?" Akane yelled as she ran to him.
"What's going on doctor? "How did you get thrown back?" she asked while kneeling down to help him up.
"I don't know, but it's like his asleep and dreaming."
"Dreaming? Why do you say that?" Akane asked
"His eyes are moving behind his eyelids, like when you dream."
Ranma began to levitate higher. He was a good 20 feet in the air now. Everyone was staring up at him.
"RANMA! You sorcerer of black magic! I will strike thee down now!"
"Oh no, not Kuno. Not now." Akane said.
Kuno came running up with his bokkon in front of him. Akane gave him a swift punch in the face and throw him over her shoulder, into a near by wall. "There that will keep him out cold for a while." She said while smacking her hand together.
"Woah! That's not right." Dr. Tofu said.
"What?" Akane yelled sounding confused. "What's not right?"
"Well, I 'm pretty good at reading peoples auras.?"
"Right, I know that." She said with a questioning look.
"Okay, Ranma usually has two distinct auras, his male one and his female one. And now I'm seeing three."
"Three!" Akane yelled.
"Yes three, Ranma's auras are usually blue, even through his female one is a lighter shade. But this third one is purple."
"How could there be a third aura?" She asked the doctor "I can't see it, I only can see his blue battle aura."
"You can see wisps of it, look carefully." He said.
Akane raised her head and looked closely at Ranma floating body. She couldn't see what Dr. Tofu was talking about. "I don't kn…." Wait! There she saw it. It was flying throughout his aura. She glazed more and notice it seem to be coming right from Ranma's body. "Uh, Dr. Tofu do you see what I'm seeing?"
"Yes I do. And I don't know how this is going to effect him."
The purple colored aura was overpowering Ranma's blue aura. It almost completely covered his, when quick flashes of light were escaping Ranma's now open eyes. With each flash something was materializing. First Akane notice a green-blue jewel on Ranma's forehead. But when she looked more closely she saw it wasn't Ranma's face it was someone else. Another flash. Now blond braid could be seen resting on Ranma's shoulders. The flashes came faster, like a strobe light at a dance club.
Akane didn't know how much time had past. It could of been a minute to an hour. But it didn't matter, she couldn't take her eyes of what she was seeing. Right in front of everyone was this girl materializing from Ranma. The white flashes began to slow and now the girl with blond braids and a green-blue jewel resting on her forehead was separating from Ranma. The flashes were now slow and countable. On the fifth flash she was almost clear from his body. The sixth flash was the last one. In the sky now held two different people. A sex changing young martial artist and the unknown blond. Floating only a few inches away. Akane now understood the third aura. It was the girl's purple aura. She could see it now, along with Ranma's blue one.
The students and teachers at the school just stared, stared with amazement. The two figures were still in the sky, when both auras around their bodies faded and they dropped. Akane and Dr. Tofu looked at each other and ran to catch the falling bodies.
Dr. Tofu got underneath Ranma and grabbed him before he hit the ground. Akane did the same for the mystery guest. They began to lay both of them down when the girl in Akane's arms lifted her arm, spread her fingers and let go a white light that seem to encase the school and it's surroundings. Then she fainted.
To be continued….
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Author's note: Well I hope you are enjoying the fic. A whole lot is explained in the next chapters to come. They are already written, actually the entire story is written but I'm revising it at this moment. If by any chance you noticed that the girls name and my name sound the same; well good for you. Her name was originally spelled Kayko when I first wrote this story. Why you ask, because I heard the name somewhere and spelled it phonetically. In NO WAY WHAT SO EVER is this character supposed to be me. I just like the name that I chose it as a screen name.
That is all for now, Feedback is always welcomed, but please be gentle this is my first long running fic and I'm still kind of new at it.
Ja ne
~Kayko
The Triune Power
a Ranma ½ fanfic
by Kayko
Chapter 1
part 1 : Only in your dreams
In class 1st period.
Akane looked over to the side of her in disgusted. "That dolt." She thought while she stared at Ranma with his right arm holding up his head, eyes closed and sleeping.
Ranma mumbled something low, but Akane couldn't make it out. "I wonder what he is dreaming about?" She said to herself.
The night before
Ranma ran through the flowered filled meadow, jumping, flipping and having a great time. His hair was wet and stuck to his face. It was raining and he was a guy! "Yes! he Yelled, "I'M A GUY!! No Boobs here, even though it's raining! It's raining. Cold water! Hee eheheheheeeeeeeee…..I'M A GUYYYYY!!!
…..Raaannnmmmaaaa……….
He stopped. "What was that?" he said.
The meadow was the same, it was still raining, but what was that?
…Ranma….I'm coming……please…..help meee……., it said in a female singing voice.
"Wh whoo? W…what? Are you?
…Ranma….I'm coming……please…..help meee……., it sang again.
The rain stopped. He stood still.
I…..coming…..it said as it faded out.
Ranma opened his eyes, sat up and saw the sun coming though his window. "That was weird", he said to himself "Oh well, it's just a dream, nothing to worry about."
Back in class
Ranma mumbled again. Akane turned and noticed that some of her classmates started to stare at the sleeping Ranma.
"Who are you?" he said in his sleep aloud.
Akane saw the teacher and noticed that she had heard Ranma's mumbles. "Oh great the jerk is in for it now." She said to herself.
BAAMMMM! Ranma's head slammed down on his desk. His hand slipped from under his head and let it drop.
"Ouch", he said rubbing his forehead. "That hurt."
"Well Mr. Saotome, if you feel that you know enough that you can sleep during my class, by all means go stand out in the hall." The teacher said.
b..but, but…
"Go, Mr. Saotome!"
"ahhh man."
The day went and everything was typical for Ranma and the Tendo household. The sky darkened and the stars shown brightly. The house was quite. Everyone was asleep, and in dream land.
This time Ranma found himself at the beach surfing, as a Guy. This must be a dream he thought as he road the waves with ease. He could feel the cold salt water hit him in the face. He couldn't help but smile. It felt great. He wasn't changing into a girl. There were no Fiancés trying to marry him. No tomboy hitting him over the head with a mallet. "Where did she get that thing anyway?" He wondered.
The sun was bright, but didn't burn, the ocean was dancing with him, and Ranma loved it. But all of a sudden the sea calmed its self. And Ranma still on his surf board, road in the last wave to the beach. He didn't know what happened, then he saw it. Or who. Down the beach he could see a person, but he couldn't tell if it was male or female. It came closer, it seemed to float. Ranma didn't feel any danger, just a strange aura. He could now make out it was a girl. Looked about Akane's height. She had blond braids hanging in front of her ears that fell down passed her breasts. He couldn't tell if her hair was tied in the back or was cut. Her outfit consisted of black fitted pants, a purple Chinese silk shirt with embroidering that hung like a coat, but was tied with a black silk tie. She came closer, he now notice upon her forehead a green-blue jewel, that was slightly covered by her blond bangs. She was now right in front of him, about a foot away. He stared at her big blue eyes.
Who….ar…
she raise her hand interrupting him.
"Hello Ranma" she said
"I'm so glad to see you in person."
"Umm.. Uh" Ranma stutter.
"Shhh, let me finish."
"My name is Keiko. And I need your help."
"My help? From what?" he said.
That I can explain later when I come to you outside the dream world."
"When will that be?" Ranma asked.
"Soon. He's coming for me and I can't seem to evade him any longer."
"Who's coming for you?!"
"Again that can be explained later." She looked over her side towards the water and saw the blue sky starting glow and to turn white. Ranma also notice this.
"I have to go. I will try to come to you the next time you sleep." She started to fade out of site.
"Wait… what? How can you do that!" he yelled
"Ranma…I am coming and I need your help."
"Wait! Wait!
W A I T !!!! He sat up screaming in his futon. He was in his room, Genma was snoring loudly next to him. She wasn't there. Who was she? She seemed familiar, but from where? "Oh I hope she isn't another fiancé." Ranma looked over at his father and punched in the stomach. He didn't move. "Huh? Still asleep." I'll guess I'll let the old man sleep some more before kicking the crap at of him when we spar."
Part 2: I got a headache this-------big!
The next day
Kasumi was humming to herself in the kitchen. She loved to take care of her family. She was preparing breakfast when a familiar sound roared through the house
"RRRANNNMMMMA!!!!!!!" Akane yelled. "You Pervert!!!"
"Oh my. Kasumi said. "Well I guess Akane and Ranma are up."
"And so are the rest of us." Nabiki said walking into the kitchen, eyes half open and hair a mess.
"Nabiki, dear could you please tell Ranma and Akane breakfast is going to be ready in a few minutes."
"Sure sis."
"Baka. Baka yaro." Akane said low. Ranma replied in the same low tone, "Tomboy." While feeling the new found bump added to his collection on his head.
"Stupid tomboy."
Akane glared at him.
"Well, may I inquire what prompted this mornings fight?" Nabiki asked Akane.
"Why are you looking at me? I didn't start it." She said.
"It was this," looking at Ranma, "pervert's fault."
"It was not!" Ranma stated. "Well I didn't mean it."
"Oh sure, sure you didn't. You pervert."
"Hey!" Ranma stood up. "Stop calling me that!"
"Boy, sit down and continue telling us what happened." Genma said.
"Okay, like I said before I didn't mean anything. I had a really, and I mean really strange dream. But, it's weird, as I try to remember it I can only remember a voice and a girl. And then I woke up all sweaty.
"Geez, Ranma what were you really dreaming about?" Nabiki said with a sly smile.
"Shhhh Nabiki, let Ranma finish." Kasumi said calmly.
"Anyway," Ranma said, but not after giving Nabiki the evil eye. "Since I was all sweaty, I decided to take a quick bath. So I went in to the bathroom, trying to figure out the dream, my head was down and I didn't see the sign on the door, and walk in and saw…umm…uh. I saw Akane there just getting up from the bathtub and….Uh."
BAMMM! A mallet came crashing down on top of Ranma's head.
"Akane, you ever heard the word, overkill?" Nabiki said.
"Oh you shush Nabiki, it wasn't you in the tub. Plus, I don't think you would of like it if this pervert came walking in one you!"
A smirk came over Nabiki's face, to herself she said. "No it wasn't me in the tub, but see the difference between you and me, Akane is that I would of charged him a fine."
"What does it matter, anyway? He's going to see you naked when you are married. What's the difference if he got a peek now?" Nabiki said.
"WHAT?!?!" Both Akane and Ranma Yelled.
"Hey who says I'm marrying that tomboy freak!"
"Tomboy Freak?! You're the FREAK! And your not marrying a freak!?! I'm not marrying a FREAK like you!"
Both continue to argue, about who's not marrying who, and who is more of the freak. The rest of the family went on to their daily routines. Until Kasumi told the fighting couple that they really should get going to school or they will be late.
In class 3rd period
The teacher, standing in front of a map, talking about something Ranma could really care less about, continued her lesson. He was so tired. His eyelids seem as if they weighed 50 pounds each. His head seemed heavier, holding up his head with his hand he started to drift to sleep.
This time his dream seemed empty. He found himself walking, walking along a black paved street. Fog surrounded him. He could here his footsteps echoing. There were no street lights, but the street gave off the glow as if there were lamps lit. Then he saw her again. Dress the same way he saw her last. With her long blond braids and a green-blue jewel resting on her forehead. She spoke.
"Ranma, I have been fighting and running to long to keep it up much more. I am going to try to reach you by grabbing on to your position on the earth and pull myself through. Are you ready? I will warn you that this might sting a little at first. "
Ranma nodded his head. What else could he do. He didn't know this girl, yet she seem so familiar. What could he do? Say no. No I can't help you, my life is much to important to help you. No! he was a martial artist with honor, and she needed his help. he was going to give it to her. "Wait, what do you mean pull yourself through?" he asked, but he received no answer.
Akane noticed Ranma sleeping again. He was nodding to someone in his dream. "I wonder if it's that girl he's dreaming about ?" she thought. "Probably some perverted fantasy." Akane looked at the clock on the wall. Class was just about over when she heard Ranma scream. She looked over and saw him grabbing his head in intense pain. His blue aura started to flare, but then died out as quickly as it started. Ranma laid with his head on the desk, and his hand fallen towards the floor. The teacher rushed over to see if he was okay.
"Is he dead?" asked a student.
"That was weird." Said another student.
"Please, this is Ranma when isn't something weird happening to him?" said a female student.
Akane didn't like this. Not one bit. She pushed herself through the circle of students that stood around Ranma. "Is he okay?" she asked the teacher softly, so not to let the other students know that she cared for Ranma. "He has a pulse." The teacher answered.
She pointed a male student and yelled. "Go and get the nurse. I don't want to move him."
As soon as she said that Ranma started to groan, and move his arms towards his head. He lifted his head, groaning louder and rubbing it. "OH what happened?" he moaned sitting up.
"That's what we like to know, Ranma?" Akane asked. Ranma just seem to look past her and everyone else in the room. The bell rang. Ranma got up from his seat, grabbed his books and walked out. Akane sat there stunned, while the teacher was yelling at him to go and see the nurse. Akane then grew angry at him. Here she was showing compassion for that jerk and he just gets up and walk away, not even giving an her any idea what just happened.
Later during Lunch.
Ranma sat underneath a tree rubbing his head again. "This will sting just a little, she says, A little my Ass!" he said out loud, not caring that other students were pointing and talking about him once again.
Not concentrating on reality, he didn't notice the short blue hair girl sit down next to him. "So Ranma, are you going to tell me what happened back there or are you just going to let me guess?" she asked.
"Akane…I..can't for some reason remember anything clearly. I can remember bits and pieces, but nothing more."
"Well, then tell all of what you do know."
"Okay, I'll try. I remember this jewel on this girl's forehead. I think her name is Keiko and she needs my help."
"Your help? With what?"
"I don't know. But the only thing I remember clearly is the last thing she said to me."
"And what that?"
"This might sting a little at first. "
"The next thing I know my brain felt like it was on fire. Burning me, but at the same time a reassuring voice told me I'll be all right. And….
And?"
And that's it."
That's IT? She said
"Yup, that's it."
"Well that explains a lot."
Hey, what I say, that's all I can remember."
They both sat in silence for a moment, looking around the schoolyard. Seeing the students walking around, talking and occasionally pointing towards Ranma.
"There's a pool going around seeing how long till you drop dead, or some monster comes flying from your body."
"Let me guess, Nabiki is running the pool?"
"Did you really have to ask."
He laugh slightly "No I guess I didn't. What are the odds?"
"97 to 3"
"Wow, I see everyone has confidence in me."
"Well, you have to admit that was pretty strange what happened to you. People thought you were dead at first."
"Yeah well I hope I didn't disappoint to many."
Ranma started to get up and offered a hand for Akane to help her get up. She took it, got up and realized a couple of students were staring at her. She felt her face turn red and let go of his hand.
"Do you think Nabiki will make a good profit." He said
"Knowing Nabiki she'll make a profit either way."
They were in the middle of the school yard now. When…
"Ranma." Someone said softly.
"What?"
"I said, knowing Nabiki she'll make a profit either way."
"Ranma I'm coming." Someone said again softly.
"Did you here that?" he asked Akane.
"Hear what?"
"Ranma I'm coming now."
"That! Did you here that?"
"Ranma I don't know what you are talking abou..."
"AHHHHHHHHHHH!!" Ranma screamed and grabbed his head with both his hands. A blue aura flared around his head.
The schoolyard stopped of movement. All eyes were on Ranma.
"Ranma! Ranma! What's wrong!" Akane yelled to him.
"AHHHhhhhhhhhhHHHhhh! He scream.
Now his aura was all around his body, glowing.
Ranma didn't know what was happening to him. His head was on fire. There was no voice this time telling him it'll be okay. The pain increased. His left knee was on the ground. He couldn't stand anymore. Tears ran from his eyes. He felt like passing out, the pain was so bad, but then it stopped. He could no longer feel the ground below him. In fact he couldn't feel his legs or his arms anymore. His body was going numb. "This is it." He thought. "I'm a goner." "Akane I do l..lo..lov."
Part 3: Is there a doctor in the house?
"RANMA! WHAT'S GOING ON!!" Akane yelled. "RANMA!"
A few minutes ago he was fine. He was joking about Nabiki and then he was grabbing his head and screaming. Akane thought to herself.
There were students and teachers watching now. Some on the schoolyard, others hanging from the windows of the school. "Hey what's going on with Ranma." One student yelled. "Maybe someone should get a doctor." Another replied.
"A Doctor that's it!" Akane said "Dr. Tofu would know what to do!"
Akane turned and searched the schoolyard frantically and spotted her friend Jenna.
She ran up to the gasping girl. "Jenna! Jenna." Akane yelled as she grabbed her arm to get her attention. Jenna looked at Akane with a blank expression. "Jenna! I need you to run to Dr. Tofu's and get him, NOW!
"Huh?"
"NO TIME FOR HUH'S JUST GO!!" She took her friend by the arm and pulled her behind her until she got the gate. "Jenna Please go and Hurry!"
"Okay Akane I will!"
Akane watched as Jenna ran down the street. "Thank the gods she's on the track team, and Dr. Tofu's office is close by. Oh Ranma." She thought.
Jenna ran up to Dr. Tofu's office, passing the huge panda sweeping the front walk. She ran into the office. "Dr. Tofu! Dr. Tofu!" she yelled slightly out of breath.
"Yes , is something wrong?" a tall man wearing a black gi and round glasses on his face said. "I was just working out and..."
"No time for that now!! Ranma needs your help! He's at the school, Go please! Hurry!!"
Dr. Tofu grabbed his medical bag, ran out the door and passed the panda. He reached the school yard and ran right up to Akane. "Akane what's going on?"
"Oh Dr. Tofu, it's Ranma, look at him." She said as pointing towards him.
Dr. Tofu look to where Akane was pointing and saw Ranma.
"He was on one knee a minute ago, screaming. But now look at him, he floating!"
Yes, indeed he was. Ranma floated about a foot above the ground, with his arms limp at his side and toes pointing down. He look like he was being possessed with his blue aura glowing around his body. His eyelids were closed but there was definite eye moment behind them. Dr. Tofu could tell. He started to approach Ranma, he got within a foot of distance and said "Ranma, this is Dr. Tofu, can you hear me?" no answer.
"Ranma, I'm just going to feel for your pulse." He went to reach out his hand towards Ranma's wrist. but his blue aura flared. A strong wind came from his glowing body pushing the doctors hand away and throwing him back about five feet.
"Dr. Tofu! Are you all right?" Akane yelled as she ran to him.
"What's going on doctor? "How did you get thrown back?" she asked while kneeling down to help him up.
"I don't know, but it's like his asleep and dreaming."
"Dreaming? Why do you say that?" Akane asked
"His eyes are moving behind his eyelids, like when you dream."
Ranma began to levitate higher. He was a good 20 feet in the air now. Everyone was staring up at him.
"RANMA! You sorcerer of black magic! I will strike thee down now!"
"Oh no, not Kuno. Not now." Akane said.
Kuno came running up with his bokkon in front of him. Akane gave him a swift punch in the face and throw him over her shoulder, into a near by wall. "There that will keep him out cold for a while." She said while smacking her hand together.
"Woah! That's not right." Dr. Tofu said.
"What?" Akane yelled sounding confused. "What's not right?"
"Well, I 'm pretty good at reading peoples auras.?"
"Right, I know that." She said with a questioning look.
"Okay, Ranma usually has two distinct auras, his male one and his female one. And now I'm seeing three."
"Three!" Akane yelled.
"Yes three, Ranma's auras are usually blue, even through his female one is a lighter shade. But this third one is purple."
"How could there be a third aura?" She asked the doctor "I can't see it, I only can see his blue battle aura."
"You can see wisps of it, look carefully." He said.
Akane raised her head and looked closely at Ranma floating body. She couldn't see what Dr. Tofu was talking about. "I don't kn…." Wait! There she saw it. It was flying throughout his aura. She glazed more and notice it seem to be coming right from Ranma's body. "Uh, Dr. Tofu do you see what I'm seeing?"
"Yes I do. And I don't know how this is going to effect him."
The purple colored aura was overpowering Ranma's blue aura. It almost completely covered his, when quick flashes of light were escaping Ranma's now open eyes. With each flash something was materializing. First Akane notice a green-blue jewel on Ranma's forehead. But when she looked more closely she saw it wasn't Ranma's face it was someone else. Another flash. Now blond braid could be seen resting on Ranma's shoulders. The flashes came faster, like a strobe light at a dance club.
Akane didn't know how much time had past. It could of been a minute to an hour. But it didn't matter, she couldn't take her eyes of what she was seeing. Right in front of everyone was this girl materializing from Ranma. The white flashes began to slow and now the girl with blond braids and a green-blue jewel resting on her forehead was separating from Ranma. The flashes were now slow and countable. On the fifth flash she was almost clear from his body. The sixth flash was the last one. In the sky now held two different people. A sex changing young martial artist and the unknown blond. Floating only a few inches away. Akane now understood the third aura. It was the girl's purple aura. She could see it now, along with Ranma's blue one.
The students and teachers at the school just stared, stared with amazement. The two figures were still in the sky, when both auras around their bodies faded and they dropped. Akane and Dr. Tofu looked at each other and ran to catch the falling bodies.
Dr. Tofu got underneath Ranma and grabbed him before he hit the ground. Akane did the same for the mystery guest. They began to lay both of them down when the girl in Akane's arms lifted her arm, spread her fingers and let go a white light that seem to encase the school and it's surroundings. Then she fainted.
To be continued….
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Author's note: Well I hope you are enjoying the fic. A whole lot is explained in the next chapters to come. They are already written, actually the entire story is written but I'm revising it at this moment. If by any chance you noticed that the girls name and my name sound the same; well good for you. Her name was originally spelled Kayko when I first wrote this story. Why you ask, because I heard the name somewhere and spelled it phonetically. In NO WAY WHAT SO EVER is this character supposed to be me. I just like the name that I chose it as a screen name.
That is all for now, Feedback is always welcomed, but please be gentle this is my first long running fic and I'm still kind of new at it.
Ja ne
~Kayko