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"Japanese"
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CRIMSON TEARS PROLOUGE: INNOCENCE LOST
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Kitakami Mountains, Japan
The Surrounding Forests of the mountains contain hundreds of species of animals
of hundreds of different varieties. Normally the forest can be heard full and teeming
of the wildlife that was place upon this earth by divine beings thousands of years ago.
From the sound of deer or birds chirping in the air normally there would not be a
single square of land that was filled with melody and life. However today the forest is silent
and devoid of any sound creating a deafening silence over the entire surrounding lands.
The forest itself seemingly empty of the life that it once contained just days ago.
why?
why is did all the forest creatures leave or place in hiding?
fear.
They can feeling it.
Something evil is roaming the forest.
something horrible. hunting.
And so in fear they leave.
And there is only silence.
silence.
The Were-beasts moved silently through the forest as they attended their
attention for any signs of prey. They had already passed through a couple of the
humans villages and took what they wanted. The were-beast Lo'rang, head of his pack
runs through the forest his pack-members behind him. He was the strongest of the
pack at 7'1 with a large build and dark brown fur. Running through the Brush he
suddenly slows and stops his pack-members silently following him. His enhanced smell
picks up something and he stiffens slightly.
: Breeze downhill...snif..snif..three scents..snif..snif..humans: a slight look of
distaste crosses his face.
: peh..Humans disgusting little creatures. Nothing but Cattle for those of the night
Taste pretty tolerable though, nothing like a good deer in its prime but not to bad:
His thought ended on that note almost thoughtful look upon his face. Before a malicious
smile spreads upon his face and a psychotic gleam appears in his eyes.
: prey. :
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Genma watched silently in disapproval as the two kids played around
laughing. Genma Saotome was a man that age had not taken itself well toward him.
He was a heavy set man and had the signs of a beer belly emerging from the Karate
gi that he was wearing which was taking on a Grey tint itself from lack of washing.
He in terms of personality and morals he was on the lower end of the scale of humanity
and had the tendency to forgo his morals and conscious in favor of his greed and stomach
and if any conclusion can be seen from how he was raising his son he full intended to
place such...ahem. 'loose' morals upon his offspring.
: hmm.. friends will just make the boy weak.:
He glanced at the Yattai cart next to him and a slight smirk danced at the edge of his
lips.
: At least the boy is becoming useful ..the Yattai cart should last us a good couple
of weeks and all I had to do was engage him to his daughter :
Returning his attention back to the two kids he sunk further into thought. Of course he
had absolutely no actual intention of keeping the arrangement. He was just helping the
boy practice for his real engagement to one of Tendo's girls to unite the schools of
Anything Goes Martial Arts...err yeah that right. Besides the boy is still just a child
he'll probably just forget her in a couple of months anyways. Taking the cart in hand
he approached the two kids. He had to move quickly. He had already lost Mr. Kuonji about
half a mile back and needed to grab the boy and leave before he finds them.
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"na..na can't catch me!"
"come back here you jackass!"
Chibi-Ranma laughed as he ducked under another swing from Chibi-Ukyo's large Spatula.
He hadn't had this much enjoyment and fun for as long as he could remember and hope
that they could stay here for awhile with his new best friend Uuchan. He had never had
a friend before much less a best friend so He held him close to his heart and valued their
friendship greatly by any six year olds standards. Suddenly they were covered in a
large shadow and stopped their Game to look up to see who blocked their sunlight.
"hi popa!"
" come along boy we have to go." stated Genma in a gruff voice.
Chibi-Ranma looked downcast and sad at this new news.
" w..what we gotta go now?" Chibi-Ukyo poked her head around his shoulder and saw Genma
carrying the Yattai.
"hey Mr.Saotome how come ya got my dads cart?" Genma suddenly started to sweat and
look around nervously and retorted to the Saotome Family philosophy of ' insult them
until they are mad enough follow you to hell and back '.
"Boy! playing with a Girl has made you soft! now come along we need to leave Now!"
Ranma merely cranked his head to the side in confusion.
"wadda mean boy poppa? Uuchan's a guy!"
~BOP!!~
"I'm a Girl you Jackass!" Chibi-Ukyo yelled while dislodging her spatula after bopping
Chibi-Ranma on the head.
"Really?!"
"didnt ya know!?"
"B..but."
Genma who had enough of this childish display ..and nervous about Mr.Kuonji finding
them decided to intervene.
"Enough! Come along Boy W.." But was suddenly cut off when his danger sense went
skyrocketing and a low growl could be heard coming from in back of him. Tensing up
he slowly turned around and a silent 'eep' escaped his lips at what he saw faced him.
A group of large beasts with muscled fur covered bodies with large, sharp teeth bared
and a low growl could be heard emanating from the group. He knew and understood the
glint that could be seen in their eye for he had the same glint many times before. The
look of that you were hungry and just found dinner. So he utilized the only technique
he knew to do in a life and death threatening situation. He used the dreaded Saotome
School Final Crouching White Tiger Technique.
....In other words he wailed and Begged.
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Lo'rang smirked in amusement as the Fat, Smelly Bald Human crouched before them muttering
incoherently and offering them nearly anything just so that they would let him go alive.
He could hear Several of the other pack-members huff in laughter at the pathetic human's
attempts at preserving his own presumably meaningless life. He crunched his nose in
disgust as his were-enhanced sense of smell caught the stink emanating off the
Human before him which stunk of predominantly Sake and a number of other things. However
he raised his eyebrow at some of the things he was offering. It would seem the human
instinct of self-preservation was incredibly high for this one as he was even offering
the other two small humans next to him. Lo'rang suddenly smiled as a thought and Idea came
to his mind and waved a hand instantly silencing the fat looser.
"Enough...I have decided to agrrree to yourrr offerrrr human.." the man immediately
began to thank him When Lo'rang smiled as he stated the terms of the agreement.
"In exchange forrr the two youngerrrs as you sssaid of courrrse..." He was delighted
as he watched the mans face turn to shock to worry and a multitude of other
expressions and silently hoped that the man would rebel. It would make killing him
that much more fun. He gave a mental pout when the man gave a sad sigh before nodding his
head in agreement.
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Chibi-Ranma stood in absolute shock as he watched the proceedings in front of him.
poppa w.was leaving him?...He inwardly cringed as he felt a torrent of emotions
flow through them and felt a growing pain in his chest as every second passed by
and could only watch silently as his father forfeited his life to the were-beasts. Along
side this torrent of feelings he could feel something else begin to surface
in his soul, something cold and unfeeling, slowly and lightly whispering to him
about terrible things, to do terrible things. Meanwhile Chibi-Ukyo stood
behind him and was not taking the news nearly as well and let her opinion known.
" YOU JACKASS WHAT DO YOU THINK YOUR DOING!!!!! "
The WereWolf smirked and at her before returning his attention to Genma.
"Verry well you may leave..." Genma gave them a last apologizing glance before
turning back and thanking the Were-beast and immediately took the Yattai and started
sprinting away. All of the surrounding Were-beasts were-beasts were laughing some even
rolling on the ground holding their sides while watching Genma run away like a dog with
its tail between its legs.
Ukyo seeing that all of the monsters attention seemed to be distracted spotted an
opening and grabbing her best friends arm and pulling him along as they sprinted through
the opening and into the forest in an effort to escape.
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Lo'rang couldn't help but erupt in laughter as he watched the fat, smelly man running
away after abandoning the two younger's.
:Heh.. typical human behavior ..no sense of loyalty.:
However one of the recovering werewolves, a thin but agile pack brother named Kalt'on
had noticed that the other two humans had fled and left through a small opening into
the surrounding woods to the east.
" Lo'rrang the two childrrren have escaped." Lo'rang waved his hand in a dismissive manner to the
pack-brother.
"No matter we have their scent...come...let us hunt." With that Lo'rang grinned for a
moment before raising his head up to the sky and releasing a bone-chilling howl and soon
was followed by the howls of all his other packbrothers.
The hunt had begun.
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The two children crashed through the woods as fast as their young bodies could take
them as they rushed through trees brush not taking notice if some clothing was caught
in a twig. If they tripped and fell down they didn't make a sound in fear of further
giving away their position but soundlessly scrambled back up and kept running. In the
distance behind them the sound off of howls could be hear only serving to increase the
tempo of their running. However this was only partially true for one of the children. As
Ukyo was running in almost a blind panic the only two things on her mind was running to
safety and of holding on to her best friend's arm as she led them. Ranma's mind however
was torn between paying attention to where they were going and sorting out the feelings
that were tearing within his very soul.
His father had left him. For up to his life at that moment his father and the art were
the only two things that he could depend on always being there and so built a dependence
upon them which would explain why he still stuck with Genma despite everything Genma
put him through. However that is not the case and so little Ranma's mind is for the
moment thrown into chaos. He could feel the dull stinging sensation he was feeling in his
chest begin to increase and a slight headache surface in his head as the whispering and
dark, cold feeling began to increase tempo slightly. however, despite all of
the turmoil he was going through a couple of coherent thoughts came into his mind.
:m..momma gone:
:p..popa gone.:
:be martial artist..:
:..only Uuchan:
:..Uuchan:
He was momentarily shaken from his thoughts as a he felt a cool wet sensation in his
feet and became aware of the fact that they were apparently crossing a small stream.
suddenly his childish mind kicked into overdrive as he thought back to all the time
when they would be chased by animals they would always run into the river because
Animals track by smell and in river they can smell. A idea forms into his mind and
he suddenly stops in the middle of the river. Ukyo took a couple of frantic steps
before noticing that he had stopped for some reason and looked liked he was thinking
about something. The distant sound of howls echoed in the distance and Ukyo looked
around frantically at her best friend.
"Ranchan what are you doing?" Ranma remained in the position for a couple more
moments before nodding his head to himself and then looking back at his friend with
a determined look in his little eyes.
"Uuchan your shirt off." Ukyo looked at Ranma in confusion.
"wha.."
"trust me I got a idea." Ukyo nodded and took of her shirt so she only
wore a white t-shirt underneath it. taking her over shirt he put it on himself
before turning back to her.
"k.. I remember once when me and da..pops was being chased by some doggies and pops
said that they find people by smell and that if ya cross a water thingy they can smell
you no more so I think its same with those things so I'm gonna run that way and you
run down that way through da water so they follow me and not you."
Ukyo tried to protest her concern but he stood firm in his decision and soon she relented
and gave him a soulful hug before letting go.
"pinky promise always be friends and more no matter what." She said sniffing with tears in her
eyes while holding out her pinky finger. Ranma nodded happily for a moment and they shook
their pinkies before she took off running down stream leaving Ranma to watch her for a moment
before hearing the howls get closer and shivered before sprinting across the stream
and running into the forest as fast as he could. Overhead the sun cast a dull blood red glow over the
sky as it began to set almost as a forewarning of what was to come.
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The were-beasts stopped when sighting the stream. One of the head hunters crossed the
stream and sniffed around before calling out.
" I've found a trrail with both thierrr scents. theirrr heading this way!!"
Lo'rang nodded and signaled all of the others to follow and they ran. However one
stayed behind and sniffed the air in the middle of the stream for a couple of moments
before glancing back in the direction the rest of the pack had gone and began traveling
downstream instead.
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Ukyo was running as fast as her little legs could take her through the forest. She had
traveled downstream for about half a mile before running back into the wood in the
opposite direction from where Ranma had gone. She could feel the blood pumping through
her body and her heart and lungs felt like they were going to burst. She was terrified
at the moment as she ran through the forest alone and wished ranma was with her. She hoped
with all her heart that Ranchan was going to be ok and was worried about him but trusted him
like noone else but her father and so followed his directions. Though she was a little
mad that he didn't realize that she was a girl he was still her best friend. Right now
however her mind was completely focused upon running away and so she kept going until
her legs simply failed her and she felt to the ground in a exhausted heap. She laid there
for a couple of minutes the forest of trees around her silent except for the sound of her
labored breathing.
: I..think..that...I..got...away.. : she thought to herself between gasps of air.
:..maybe..ranchan..lead..them..awa..: her line of though stopped and she felt a cold
feeling settle in her stomach when she heard a low growl emanating from behind her. All
other thought locked up and she slowly turned her head inch by inch her entire body
beginning to tremble until she faced the source of the growling.
It was one of the were-beasts.
He was at the moment crouching about thirty meters away from her about to leap.
Ukyo did the only thing her seven year old mind could come up with.
She screamed.
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Ranma ran through the forest the only thing on his mind was getting as far as possible
from the were-beasts after him. The forest and brush almost blurred past him. He could
feel his heart feel as if it was about to burst his lungs burning from lack of oxygen
he was supplying to them. Finally he cut through some extra brush and found it opening
up to a clearing. Running though the clearing his legs suddenly at that moment decided to
take a rest and he stumbled onto the ground and gasped as the air was knocked out of him.
He sat there for a couple of minutes simple gasping and trying to recover the lost air from
his body and kept telling his body to move. That they need to move. need to get away.
But his body refused to respond and cooperate and the best he could do and begin to
walk a few shaking steps before stumbling once again. As he felt fell he gritted his
teeth from yelling as he felt his knee scrape against a rock and break skin. He felt
tried. His body was screaming at him to stop and his emotional status was a complete
wreck the only thing keeping him moving was to give Ukyo more time to escape. All the while
he could feel the cold painful feeling in his chest whenever he would think about his
father. His mind was only now beginning to decipher what truly his father did to him
and was in emotional hell trying to sort the feelings going through his mind. He shook
his head in a effort to dispel the voices and whispers that were getting louder
and louder and felt like there where people talking all around him and it was
beginning to become painful. He felt a cold shiver run up his back as he heard a
low grumble that seemed to be a mix of a growl and chuckle from behind him.
"well..well it looks as if the prrrey is morre rrresourceful then anticipated..."
Turning around he looked up to see Lo'rang emerge forest with other werewolves
following behind him. his eyes Widened in fear at the sight and he began to scramble
back and run in the other direction only to see a couple of more were-beasts emerge from
that direction and his heart sunk as a realization dawned upon him.
He was trapped.
"It would seem that yourr companion has escaped for the time.."
His eyes widened and he could feel his heart leap.
:u..Uuchan got away..: but all feeling left his soul and his skin paled when a scream
could be heard ringing in the distance.
Lo'rangs grin quickly formed into a malicious smile. "..orr perrhaps not..."
But Ranma didn't hear his words the scream echoing a hundred times within
his mind. Time froze in Ranma´s mind as the ice covered his mind, covered
his very soul. The scream and images of Ukyo played and replayed in his
mind. The laughing little bo..no girl played in his mind and the fun they
had with their games. A small part of his mind remembered his father saying
that how girls were weak and that he shouldn't play with them. But at the
moment he was seriously reevaluating and discarding anything that his
'dad' has ever taught him.
He didn't care.
Uuchan was his best friend.
his only friend.
was dead.
dead.
The word and its meaning echoed deep into Ranma's soul. His eyes were stuck
forward staring into something only he could see. Blocking out everything
around him he didn't notice anything much less how the were-beasts were coming
progressively closer and closer closing a tight circle around him. A image
of Uuchans face appeared in his mind. It was a sunny day and they were laying
on the ground in the grass with a cool breeze passing through them while they
lay and watched the clouds go by. He looked at her and couldn't but help
smile at her peaceful face and marked it in his mind.
carving it into his heart. forever.
He closed his eyes and shed a single tear.
a tear for Uuchan.
a tear for his innocence.
both lost.forever.
Taken.
Destroyed.
by them.
As peaceful as he was outside, his visage only changed by the single tear trailing
down his cheek inside his soul a emotional geyser exploded. The
ice and coldness that had taken control of his mind and froze his soul blew up and
melted as the fires of rage, hatred and a thousand other feelings that he had never
felt or experienced before coursed through his entire body. For a few precious
moments He was nothing more then a entire mass of confused feelings his mind
desperately trying to sort them out but failing. Then from the chaos one feeling
surfaced and took dominance over all.
The need for Vengeance.
But despite all this Ranma was not a complete fool. Though Genma took very little
notice of his sons education for many subject he made sure Ranma was taught Battle
tactics and strategies like his ABC's. Ranma's mind computed the situation and knew
that he didn't stand a chance against one of these monsters much less the entire
pack.
his Soul and mind howled and screamed in anguish and frustration.
He needed to be stronger to beat them.
he needed more power.
But where could he get the power to destroy them?
To satisfy his hungry and need for Vengeance.
For their blood.
Then He found it.
The voices.
The Whispers.
By now the voice that were heard within his mind had increased in volume until
almost everything had been block accept for their voices. Before he had ignored
them. But now he listened to what they had to say.
Hatred.
pain.
vengeance.
vengeance.
He could feel the darkness within those voices and knew that something was not
right about them.He knew that it was a power that emanated from a side of his
inner being that belonged to his wild, uncontrollable side. A power that until
now had remained dormant within himself.
They were not natural to this world though somehow he knew
that they were apart of him.
But that didn't matter .
they promised power..and with that something even more.
vengeance.
So he accepted.
He embraced the voices.
Embraced the power.
From that moment on a part of Ranma died to forge a new Ranma.
His eyes opened; his deep blue turned into solid red as he looked at his
surroundings, searching for the ones who did this, the one's responsible
for all his pain.
they were all around him.
Finally taking notice of his surroundings he found that the were-beasts were
now looking at him with a look of terror and fear and were beginning to back
away. to escape.
he would not allow that.
Opening his mouth a silent scream of anger and hatred laced with pain escaped his
lips. He felt the power fill him as a soft red aura started to burn around him,
blood-red with black tendrils mixed into the pattern.
All that burning in his mind was revenge.
And then there was only Darkness.
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The Were-beast that were surrounding him being to back up and a feeling of fear
spread through the pack as a dull blood-red glow began to emanate from the
boy before them. Lo'rang watched as his pack-brothers slowly began backing up
from the menacing aura surrounding the child. He knew that they had good reason
to fear.They all could feel the power emanating from him and were
worried for only one reason.
They knew this power.
They had felt it before.
It was the power of the Aristocracy of Darkness.
The rulers of Night.
Kindred .
The eternal Enemies of the Werebeast Clan's .
Vampires.
However, before any of them could react the childs eyes opened and Lo'rang and he knew
his fate was sealed by looking into the boys eyes and confirming his suspicions.
They were blood-red.
He was Kindred.
Powerful Kindred.
He watched, paralyzed in fear and hatred, as the child's hair began to flutter as if pushed by some
unseen wind and he opened his mouth a silent scream of fury emanating from him as the
aura surrounding him suddenly flashed and exploded in a fury of power, his fangs becoming
visible as they grew in length with his fury.
The last thing he saw was the howling sound of wind and a flash of blinding bright
light before a sudden sensation of pain overtook him and the world went dark.
End Prolouge.
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DISCLAIMER: RANMA 1/2 , VAMPIRE HUNTER D, VAMPIRE PRINCESS MIYU AND WORLD OF DARKNESS: THE MASQERADE ALL BELONG TO THEIR
RESPECTIVE CREATORS AND ARE ONLY BEING USED IN A FANFICTION STORY SO I DON'T OWN ANY OF THEM.I POSTED THIS STORY UP
BEFORE BUT FOR SOME REASON IT DISAPPEARED SO I'M PLACING IT UP AGAIN.
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[[ Radio frequency ]]
:thoughts:
"( english )"
"Japanese"
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CRIMSON TEARS PROLOUGE: INNOCENCE LOST
******************************************
Kitakami Mountains, Japan
The Surrounding Forests of the mountains contain hundreds of species of animals
of hundreds of different varieties. Normally the forest can be heard full and teeming
of the wildlife that was place upon this earth by divine beings thousands of years ago.
From the sound of deer or birds chirping in the air normally there would not be a
single square of land that was filled with melody and life. However today the forest is silent
and devoid of any sound creating a deafening silence over the entire surrounding lands.
The forest itself seemingly empty of the life that it once contained just days ago.
why?
why is did all the forest creatures leave or place in hiding?
fear.
They can feeling it.
Something evil is roaming the forest.
something horrible. hunting.
And so in fear they leave.
And there is only silence.
silence.
The Were-beasts moved silently through the forest as they attended their
attention for any signs of prey. They had already passed through a couple of the
humans villages and took what they wanted. The were-beast Lo'rang, head of his pack
runs through the forest his pack-members behind him. He was the strongest of the
pack at 7'1 with a large build and dark brown fur. Running through the Brush he
suddenly slows and stops his pack-members silently following him. His enhanced smell
picks up something and he stiffens slightly.
: Breeze downhill...snif..snif..three scents..snif..snif..humans: a slight look of
distaste crosses his face.
: peh..Humans disgusting little creatures. Nothing but Cattle for those of the night
Taste pretty tolerable though, nothing like a good deer in its prime but not to bad:
His thought ended on that note almost thoughtful look upon his face. Before a malicious
smile spreads upon his face and a psychotic gleam appears in his eyes.
: prey. :
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Genma watched silently in disapproval as the two kids played around
laughing. Genma Saotome was a man that age had not taken itself well toward him.
He was a heavy set man and had the signs of a beer belly emerging from the Karate
gi that he was wearing which was taking on a Grey tint itself from lack of washing.
He in terms of personality and morals he was on the lower end of the scale of humanity
and had the tendency to forgo his morals and conscious in favor of his greed and stomach
and if any conclusion can be seen from how he was raising his son he full intended to
place such...ahem. 'loose' morals upon his offspring.
: hmm.. friends will just make the boy weak.:
He glanced at the Yattai cart next to him and a slight smirk danced at the edge of his
lips.
: At least the boy is becoming useful ..the Yattai cart should last us a good couple
of weeks and all I had to do was engage him to his daughter :
Returning his attention back to the two kids he sunk further into thought. Of course he
had absolutely no actual intention of keeping the arrangement. He was just helping the
boy practice for his real engagement to one of Tendo's girls to unite the schools of
Anything Goes Martial Arts...err yeah that right. Besides the boy is still just a child
he'll probably just forget her in a couple of months anyways. Taking the cart in hand
he approached the two kids. He had to move quickly. He had already lost Mr. Kuonji about
half a mile back and needed to grab the boy and leave before he finds them.
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"na..na can't catch me!"
"come back here you jackass!"
Chibi-Ranma laughed as he ducked under another swing from Chibi-Ukyo's large Spatula.
He hadn't had this much enjoyment and fun for as long as he could remember and hope
that they could stay here for awhile with his new best friend Uuchan. He had never had
a friend before much less a best friend so He held him close to his heart and valued their
friendship greatly by any six year olds standards. Suddenly they were covered in a
large shadow and stopped their Game to look up to see who blocked their sunlight.
"hi popa!"
" come along boy we have to go." stated Genma in a gruff voice.
Chibi-Ranma looked downcast and sad at this new news.
" w..what we gotta go now?" Chibi-Ukyo poked her head around his shoulder and saw Genma
carrying the Yattai.
"hey Mr.Saotome how come ya got my dads cart?" Genma suddenly started to sweat and
look around nervously and retorted to the Saotome Family philosophy of ' insult them
until they are mad enough follow you to hell and back '.
"Boy! playing with a Girl has made you soft! now come along we need to leave Now!"
Ranma merely cranked his head to the side in confusion.
"wadda mean boy poppa? Uuchan's a guy!"
~BOP!!~
"I'm a Girl you Jackass!" Chibi-Ukyo yelled while dislodging her spatula after bopping
Chibi-Ranma on the head.
"Really?!"
"didnt ya know!?"
"B..but."
Genma who had enough of this childish display ..and nervous about Mr.Kuonji finding
them decided to intervene.
"Enough! Come along Boy W.." But was suddenly cut off when his danger sense went
skyrocketing and a low growl could be heard coming from in back of him. Tensing up
he slowly turned around and a silent 'eep' escaped his lips at what he saw faced him.
A group of large beasts with muscled fur covered bodies with large, sharp teeth bared
and a low growl could be heard emanating from the group. He knew and understood the
glint that could be seen in their eye for he had the same glint many times before. The
look of that you were hungry and just found dinner. So he utilized the only technique
he knew to do in a life and death threatening situation. He used the dreaded Saotome
School Final Crouching White Tiger Technique.
....In other words he wailed and Begged.
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Lo'rang smirked in amusement as the Fat, Smelly Bald Human crouched before them muttering
incoherently and offering them nearly anything just so that they would let him go alive.
He could hear Several of the other pack-members huff in laughter at the pathetic human's
attempts at preserving his own presumably meaningless life. He crunched his nose in
disgust as his were-enhanced sense of smell caught the stink emanating off the
Human before him which stunk of predominantly Sake and a number of other things. However
he raised his eyebrow at some of the things he was offering. It would seem the human
instinct of self-preservation was incredibly high for this one as he was even offering
the other two small humans next to him. Lo'rang suddenly smiled as a thought and Idea came
to his mind and waved a hand instantly silencing the fat looser.
"Enough...I have decided to agrrree to yourrr offerrrr human.." the man immediately
began to thank him When Lo'rang smiled as he stated the terms of the agreement.
"In exchange forrr the two youngerrrs as you sssaid of courrrse..." He was delighted
as he watched the mans face turn to shock to worry and a multitude of other
expressions and silently hoped that the man would rebel. It would make killing him
that much more fun. He gave a mental pout when the man gave a sad sigh before nodding his
head in agreement.
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Chibi-Ranma stood in absolute shock as he watched the proceedings in front of him.
poppa w.was leaving him?...He inwardly cringed as he felt a torrent of emotions
flow through them and felt a growing pain in his chest as every second passed by
and could only watch silently as his father forfeited his life to the were-beasts. Along
side this torrent of feelings he could feel something else begin to surface
in his soul, something cold and unfeeling, slowly and lightly whispering to him
about terrible things, to do terrible things. Meanwhile Chibi-Ukyo stood
behind him and was not taking the news nearly as well and let her opinion known.
" YOU JACKASS WHAT DO YOU THINK YOUR DOING!!!!! "
The WereWolf smirked and at her before returning his attention to Genma.
"Verry well you may leave..." Genma gave them a last apologizing glance before
turning back and thanking the Were-beast and immediately took the Yattai and started
sprinting away. All of the surrounding Were-beasts were-beasts were laughing some even
rolling on the ground holding their sides while watching Genma run away like a dog with
its tail between its legs.
Ukyo seeing that all of the monsters attention seemed to be distracted spotted an
opening and grabbing her best friends arm and pulling him along as they sprinted through
the opening and into the forest in an effort to escape.
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Lo'rang couldn't help but erupt in laughter as he watched the fat, smelly man running
away after abandoning the two younger's.
:Heh.. typical human behavior ..no sense of loyalty.:
However one of the recovering werewolves, a thin but agile pack brother named Kalt'on
had noticed that the other two humans had fled and left through a small opening into
the surrounding woods to the east.
" Lo'rrang the two childrrren have escaped." Lo'rang waved his hand in a dismissive manner to the
pack-brother.
"No matter we have their scent...come...let us hunt." With that Lo'rang grinned for a
moment before raising his head up to the sky and releasing a bone-chilling howl and soon
was followed by the howls of all his other packbrothers.
The hunt had begun.
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The two children crashed through the woods as fast as their young bodies could take
them as they rushed through trees brush not taking notice if some clothing was caught
in a twig. If they tripped and fell down they didn't make a sound in fear of further
giving away their position but soundlessly scrambled back up and kept running. In the
distance behind them the sound off of howls could be hear only serving to increase the
tempo of their running. However this was only partially true for one of the children. As
Ukyo was running in almost a blind panic the only two things on her mind was running to
safety and of holding on to her best friend's arm as she led them. Ranma's mind however
was torn between paying attention to where they were going and sorting out the feelings
that were tearing within his very soul.
His father had left him. For up to his life at that moment his father and the art were
the only two things that he could depend on always being there and so built a dependence
upon them which would explain why he still stuck with Genma despite everything Genma
put him through. However that is not the case and so little Ranma's mind is for the
moment thrown into chaos. He could feel the dull stinging sensation he was feeling in his
chest begin to increase and a slight headache surface in his head as the whispering and
dark, cold feeling began to increase tempo slightly. however, despite all of
the turmoil he was going through a couple of coherent thoughts came into his mind.
:m..momma gone:
:p..popa gone.:
:be martial artist..:
:..only Uuchan:
:..Uuchan:
He was momentarily shaken from his thoughts as a he felt a cool wet sensation in his
feet and became aware of the fact that they were apparently crossing a small stream.
suddenly his childish mind kicked into overdrive as he thought back to all the time
when they would be chased by animals they would always run into the river because
Animals track by smell and in river they can smell. A idea forms into his mind and
he suddenly stops in the middle of the river. Ukyo took a couple of frantic steps
before noticing that he had stopped for some reason and looked liked he was thinking
about something. The distant sound of howls echoed in the distance and Ukyo looked
around frantically at her best friend.
"Ranchan what are you doing?" Ranma remained in the position for a couple more
moments before nodding his head to himself and then looking back at his friend with
a determined look in his little eyes.
"Uuchan your shirt off." Ukyo looked at Ranma in confusion.
"wha.."
"trust me I got a idea." Ukyo nodded and took of her shirt so she only
wore a white t-shirt underneath it. taking her over shirt he put it on himself
before turning back to her.
"k.. I remember once when me and da..pops was being chased by some doggies and pops
said that they find people by smell and that if ya cross a water thingy they can smell
you no more so I think its same with those things so I'm gonna run that way and you
run down that way through da water so they follow me and not you."
Ukyo tried to protest her concern but he stood firm in his decision and soon she relented
and gave him a soulful hug before letting go.
"pinky promise always be friends and more no matter what." She said sniffing with tears in her
eyes while holding out her pinky finger. Ranma nodded happily for a moment and they shook
their pinkies before she took off running down stream leaving Ranma to watch her for a moment
before hearing the howls get closer and shivered before sprinting across the stream
and running into the forest as fast as he could. Overhead the sun cast a dull blood red glow over the
sky as it began to set almost as a forewarning of what was to come.
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The were-beasts stopped when sighting the stream. One of the head hunters crossed the
stream and sniffed around before calling out.
" I've found a trrail with both thierrr scents. theirrr heading this way!!"
Lo'rang nodded and signaled all of the others to follow and they ran. However one
stayed behind and sniffed the air in the middle of the stream for a couple of moments
before glancing back in the direction the rest of the pack had gone and began traveling
downstream instead.
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Ukyo was running as fast as her little legs could take her through the forest. She had
traveled downstream for about half a mile before running back into the wood in the
opposite direction from where Ranma had gone. She could feel the blood pumping through
her body and her heart and lungs felt like they were going to burst. She was terrified
at the moment as she ran through the forest alone and wished ranma was with her. She hoped
with all her heart that Ranchan was going to be ok and was worried about him but trusted him
like noone else but her father and so followed his directions. Though she was a little
mad that he didn't realize that she was a girl he was still her best friend. Right now
however her mind was completely focused upon running away and so she kept going until
her legs simply failed her and she felt to the ground in a exhausted heap. She laid there
for a couple of minutes the forest of trees around her silent except for the sound of her
labored breathing.
: I..think..that...I..got...away.. : she thought to herself between gasps of air.
:..maybe..ranchan..lead..them..awa..: her line of though stopped and she felt a cold
feeling settle in her stomach when she heard a low growl emanating from behind her. All
other thought locked up and she slowly turned her head inch by inch her entire body
beginning to tremble until she faced the source of the growling.
It was one of the were-beasts.
He was at the moment crouching about thirty meters away from her about to leap.
Ukyo did the only thing her seven year old mind could come up with.
She screamed.
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Ranma ran through the forest the only thing on his mind was getting as far as possible
from the were-beasts after him. The forest and brush almost blurred past him. He could
feel his heart feel as if it was about to burst his lungs burning from lack of oxygen
he was supplying to them. Finally he cut through some extra brush and found it opening
up to a clearing. Running though the clearing his legs suddenly at that moment decided to
take a rest and he stumbled onto the ground and gasped as the air was knocked out of him.
He sat there for a couple of minutes simple gasping and trying to recover the lost air from
his body and kept telling his body to move. That they need to move. need to get away.
But his body refused to respond and cooperate and the best he could do and begin to
walk a few shaking steps before stumbling once again. As he felt fell he gritted his
teeth from yelling as he felt his knee scrape against a rock and break skin. He felt
tried. His body was screaming at him to stop and his emotional status was a complete
wreck the only thing keeping him moving was to give Ukyo more time to escape. All the while
he could feel the cold painful feeling in his chest whenever he would think about his
father. His mind was only now beginning to decipher what truly his father did to him
and was in emotional hell trying to sort the feelings going through his mind. He shook
his head in a effort to dispel the voices and whispers that were getting louder
and louder and felt like there where people talking all around him and it was
beginning to become painful. He felt a cold shiver run up his back as he heard a
low grumble that seemed to be a mix of a growl and chuckle from behind him.
"well..well it looks as if the prrrey is morre rrresourceful then anticipated..."
Turning around he looked up to see Lo'rang emerge forest with other werewolves
following behind him. his eyes Widened in fear at the sight and he began to scramble
back and run in the other direction only to see a couple of more were-beasts emerge from
that direction and his heart sunk as a realization dawned upon him.
He was trapped.
"It would seem that yourr companion has escaped for the time.."
His eyes widened and he could feel his heart leap.
:u..Uuchan got away..: but all feeling left his soul and his skin paled when a scream
could be heard ringing in the distance.
Lo'rangs grin quickly formed into a malicious smile. "..orr perrhaps not..."
But Ranma didn't hear his words the scream echoing a hundred times within
his mind. Time froze in Ranma´s mind as the ice covered his mind, covered
his very soul. The scream and images of Ukyo played and replayed in his
mind. The laughing little bo..no girl played in his mind and the fun they
had with their games. A small part of his mind remembered his father saying
that how girls were weak and that he shouldn't play with them. But at the
moment he was seriously reevaluating and discarding anything that his
'dad' has ever taught him.
He didn't care.
Uuchan was his best friend.
his only friend.
was dead.
dead.
The word and its meaning echoed deep into Ranma's soul. His eyes were stuck
forward staring into something only he could see. Blocking out everything
around him he didn't notice anything much less how the were-beasts were coming
progressively closer and closer closing a tight circle around him. A image
of Uuchans face appeared in his mind. It was a sunny day and they were laying
on the ground in the grass with a cool breeze passing through them while they
lay and watched the clouds go by. He looked at her and couldn't but help
smile at her peaceful face and marked it in his mind.
carving it into his heart. forever.
He closed his eyes and shed a single tear.
a tear for Uuchan.
a tear for his innocence.
both lost.forever.
Taken.
Destroyed.
by them.
As peaceful as he was outside, his visage only changed by the single tear trailing
down his cheek inside his soul a emotional geyser exploded. The
ice and coldness that had taken control of his mind and froze his soul blew up and
melted as the fires of rage, hatred and a thousand other feelings that he had never
felt or experienced before coursed through his entire body. For a few precious
moments He was nothing more then a entire mass of confused feelings his mind
desperately trying to sort them out but failing. Then from the chaos one feeling
surfaced and took dominance over all.
The need for Vengeance.
But despite all this Ranma was not a complete fool. Though Genma took very little
notice of his sons education for many subject he made sure Ranma was taught Battle
tactics and strategies like his ABC's. Ranma's mind computed the situation and knew
that he didn't stand a chance against one of these monsters much less the entire
pack.
his Soul and mind howled and screamed in anguish and frustration.
He needed to be stronger to beat them.
he needed more power.
But where could he get the power to destroy them?
To satisfy his hungry and need for Vengeance.
For their blood.
Then He found it.
The voices.
The Whispers.
By now the voice that were heard within his mind had increased in volume until
almost everything had been block accept for their voices. Before he had ignored
them. But now he listened to what they had to say.
Hatred.
pain.
vengeance.
vengeance.
He could feel the darkness within those voices and knew that something was not
right about them.He knew that it was a power that emanated from a side of his
inner being that belonged to his wild, uncontrollable side. A power that until
now had remained dormant within himself.
They were not natural to this world though somehow he knew
that they were apart of him.
But that didn't matter .
they promised power..and with that something even more.
vengeance.
So he accepted.
He embraced the voices.
Embraced the power.
From that moment on a part of Ranma died to forge a new Ranma.
His eyes opened; his deep blue turned into solid red as he looked at his
surroundings, searching for the ones who did this, the one's responsible
for all his pain.
they were all around him.
Finally taking notice of his surroundings he found that the were-beasts were
now looking at him with a look of terror and fear and were beginning to back
away. to escape.
he would not allow that.
Opening his mouth a silent scream of anger and hatred laced with pain escaped his
lips. He felt the power fill him as a soft red aura started to burn around him,
blood-red with black tendrils mixed into the pattern.
All that burning in his mind was revenge.
And then there was only Darkness.
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The Were-beast that were surrounding him being to back up and a feeling of fear
spread through the pack as a dull blood-red glow began to emanate from the
boy before them. Lo'rang watched as his pack-brothers slowly began backing up
from the menacing aura surrounding the child. He knew that they had good reason
to fear.They all could feel the power emanating from him and were
worried for only one reason.
They knew this power.
They had felt it before.
It was the power of the Aristocracy of Darkness.
The rulers of Night.
Kindred .
The eternal Enemies of the Werebeast Clan's .
Vampires.
However, before any of them could react the childs eyes opened and Lo'rang and he knew
his fate was sealed by looking into the boys eyes and confirming his suspicions.
They were blood-red.
He was Kindred.
Powerful Kindred.
He watched, paralyzed in fear and hatred, as the child's hair began to flutter as if pushed by some
unseen wind and he opened his mouth a silent scream of fury emanating from him as the
aura surrounding him suddenly flashed and exploded in a fury of power, his fangs becoming
visible as they grew in length with his fury.
The last thing he saw was the howling sound of wind and a flash of blinding bright
light before a sudden sensation of pain overtook him and the world went dark.
End Prolouge.
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