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"Speech"
'thoughts'
"letters"
Nermia. Japan
It was a beautiful day in Nermia and almost everyone was enjoying it all but one person. That person was Ranma who had become depressed after his latest battle at Jusendo. His depression was growing so big that even Ryoga noticed it as he had spent most of his life depressed and followed the aura to find Ranma sitting at the canal with a air of depression around him. Having felt Ryoga's aura approaching he sighed and looked up with haunted eyes straight at Ryoga.
"Hello Ryoga."
Ryoga stopped in his tracks speechless at what he had just heard. No P-chan? no witty remarks no insults?Blinking he looks into Ranma's eyes to see a broken person who had seemed to become depressed as he could have before he became happy with Akari.
"Ranma? are you ok man?"
Ranma just shook his head and seemed to become even more depressed and looked back to the canal.
"I can't keep doing this Ryoga... I just can't. It hurts to much I don't think I can take any more of my life. Ryoga... you always said your life was hell because of me but did you ever consider what my life was like?"
Ryoga just shook his head looking at Ranma who looked like his heart was broken.
"And I have no way to show you but by saying it and it still gives me nightmares. I don't know how I am still sane. Ryoga do you know how one learns the the Catfist?"
A negative shake of the head of Ryoga and the question of how in his eyes let Ranma know he hasn't a clue.
"If you knew what it was like you would reconsider if your life was more hellish then mine. To learn the legendary Catfist one must dig a pit and toss in several c..c.cc.ccc...felines and starve them for a few days. Then you take the trainee around age of six to eight wrap in fish sausage and..." Ranma shudder at this point and his eyes crossed before refocusing." Toss them into the pit and leave alone until learned. It didn't work the first time... i was submitted to this for well over a week until I snapped and became a cat in mind and attacked my father. It was a little old lady that brought me out of it. Only those I trust can bring me out of it that and the curse. When I when neko the first time at school the person who brought me out of it was Akane. Not just anyone can do this it has to be someone I care for. But she is slowly killing that care with her mistrust and abuse."
Ranma was crying by this point and Ryoga was stunned and amazed at the same time. Ranma Saotome the man among men crying?
"I have been getting help from Kasumi,bless her, to work on my grammar and my speech patterns. I already knew how to speak like that but using slang so long it was ingrained and I needed help to break free of it."
Ranma started to shake again shaking his head with both hands on it.
"I don't know what to do anymore cause I'm falling for Kasumi more then the big sister thing and I'm trying to win over Akane but shes slowly killing that love and making me turn to someone else. I have heard Kasumi say plenty of times how she finds young men boring I don't know If I could possibly tell her she deserves someone better then me. If only the doc hadn't moved away and dissapeared. For Kami-sama's sake I killed a god for her and she still mistrusts me. I killed for her and she still treats me like trash. Ucchan is to much like a friend for me to marry and Shampoo I don't love her why won't Akane get a clue? Did you know how often I have been thinking about dieing lately? It would let me get some much needed peace but... I couldn't abandon people that still need me."
Ranma wipes his eyes trying to get rid of the still flowing tears but gives up and slumps were is sitting and just stares at the water.
"I'll give Akane two more months... I don't know If I could handle being her finance for more than two more months before I have to stop this. I have kept trying to make this work over and over. I have stopped insulting her I try her cooking I wait until she has had her bath before I take mine. I even buy her gifts which she throws away. Two more months and thats it the engagement to Akane will be over. Cause shes going to kill me with this treatment if I keep trying to make it work longer then that."
Taking a deep breath Ranma relaxes. He looks over at Ryoga gratitude in his eyes visible.
"Ryoga thanks for listening. I have a new thing I want to teach you for listening to me rant. I want to teach you to use pure ki. As you know that I use confidence for mine but I noticed something after battling Saffron. Pure ki is stronger than a emotion based ki because it is pure nothing is fueling it but your will power it is also harder to gather and but once you get the hang of it you'll find its stronger then a emotion based ki.You must will your ki to form in a ball above your hand using no emotions just will power."
Ranma lifted a hand and closed his eyes in concentration and soon a ball of glowing white light was flowing above his hand. Ryoga looked closely and was soon trying to do the same thing as Ranma. A few hours later he had managed to do it.
"Right then Ryoga you should practice forming balls of ki with pure ki instead of emotional based k if you have noticed you had become more and more depressed using depression and I became more cocky and arrogant with confidence based ki. You would have killed yourself sooner or later using depression to fuel your ki. Well Try to master this Ryoga its going to help you in the long run. I gotta go Akane's gonna mallet me as it is."
Ranma turns away and jumps onto a nearby roof and commenced to roof hop to the Tendo Dojo. Ryoga just watches him jump away while hold a ball of pure ki.
"Well Ranma I hope you get your peace you have helped me find mine when I did nothing but try to make your life hell.Any time I see you now I will help you. You can count on that Ranma."
With Ranma
Ranma was roof hopping on the roofs towards the dojo anyone who was seeing this just ignored it as it was common for the martial artist here to do it. landing outside the front gate Ranma sighs and opens the gate to see Akane there wielding her mallet.
"And were have you been Ranma! You better not of been picking on Ryoga!"
Ranma just looks at her and sighs.
"I have only been taking a walk Akane now can you please move so I can come inside?"
Akane only have heard a few of the words began to fume and lifts her mallet.
"I knew it! You were out hanging with your floozies! RANMA NO BAKA!"
Ranma just had time for a brief sigh and a muttered why me before getting malleted on the head and crashing into the ground. Akane stomps off and runs into her room. Kasumi comes out and sees Ranma.
"Oh my! Ranma let me help you up."
Ranma having been malleted very hard this time was having a hard time getting up so he let Kasumi guide him to the kitchen were the first aid box was at. Once Kasumi had him in a seat Ranma broke down and began to cry while Kasumi tried to comfort him.
'Oh Ranma your hurting so much...If only Akane could see the damage she is doing to you.While you have been here I have been watching you. At first you seemed rude and mean but once you get behind the act you can see a caring person with a heart of gold.Seeing you hurting like this is making me sad if only I didn't just foist you off onto Akane this could have been avoided making you feel like this.'
"Ranma why don't you come up and relax on my bed. It will be more comfortable then your futon."
Ranma tried to protest but they were waved away by Kasumi who led Ranma upstairs and laid him down on her bed while she say nearby. With a sigh Ranma looked about the room and then began to stare at the celling.
"Kasumi... I don't know how much more of this I can take. I'm giving Akane two more months to let this work after that the engagement is off I won't able to stand it after two more months I have tried everything I can to get it to work its up to Akane now."
Kasumi listen to all he had to say and was little sad to see that Akane had a limited time now to make it work or the engagement was off. After that Ranma was free mabey then she could open up and tell Ranma she began to like Ranma more then just a little brother.Seeing that Ranma was about to speak again she focused her attention back on Ranma.
"You know I would like to know what sort of Family I had on my mothers side. I only know of my dad and his master Happiosa. Nothing I know nothing of my mothers side not even about her parents or if she really does know how to use the Katana she has.Mabey I'll move into my moms house and learn about her side of the family. I never was averse to learning weapons I just had to say that while my dad was in hearing or he would go off on a rant."
Ranma got up slowly into a sitting position and looked at Kasumi and thanked her and got to his feet and left her room and went downstairs to call his mother. Reaching the phone he dials his mothers phone number and waits after a few rings it picked up.
"Hello who is this?"
Ranma took a breath and spoke. "Its me mom Ranma I... want to move and learn about your side of the family and I mean everything even any sword styles."
His mother simply gushed over the phone. "Oh my son I'll be over in a bit to pick you up!" The phone clicked and Ranma also hung up and went up to his room to pack.While packing he was thinking over a few things.
'Mabey this way Akane can calm down and get a grip on her temper if not... then I guess the engagement is over. I really do wonder if my mother can use the katana she carries around it sure scares pop alot.'
After finishing packing his things he went down with his pack and waited in the living room at the table.
"Its a good thing pop and Mr. Tendo are out drinking. I don't want to deal with Mr. Tendo's fountain-sama or pop's ranting."
Hearing a knock on the door he picks up his pack and answers it seeing his mom he hugs here and then follows her to her car and puts the pack in the back seat and then sat down in the front seat next to his mother while she drove away.
