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Chapter 1: "Blackout"
Ranma was on the roof, looking at the stars and thinking about that day. Luckily for him, it had stopped snowing. He had a fight with Akane again, over Shampoo. Of course, that was normal, but he was a little tired of it. She even hung around Ryouga a little too much this time, she was being so nice to him on purpose. She spent all day with Ryouga, and he had followed. She talked about him, how he made her feel so angry, and how jerk could he be sometimes. And Ryouga agreed with her in every little thing. That pig even made him look far too worse in front of Akane. He leaned over the top of her window and sighed. There she was, tucked in her bed with the snoring pig sleeping at her side. She was beautiful when she was so calm like that, not malletting him or screaming. Ranma looked a little more closer. The piglet was on the pillow, snoring softly. Ranma felt the anger rising inside. Was he jealous? Of course I am! he thought. He would kick Ryoga's ass in the morning. He had to sleep now, after all it was school night. With a scowl on his face, he headed towards his window.
(The next morning)
"I'm gonna kick your ass you pig!!"
"Bweeeeee!"
"Don't run away on me pork-chop! I saw you last night!"
"Bweeeeeee buki bukiiiiiii!!"
"Ranma what the hell are you doing?? Leave P-chan alone!"
WHAM
"Come here you poor thing…is that baka annoying you again?? mm??"
"Bweee…."- Akane scooped the piglet into her bosom and the little animal squealed
"Are you hurt P-chan?"
"Buki…"
"I'll get you to the vet when I come back from school, alright? don't worry, I'll take the jerk with me…" She kissed its forehead and put it on her bed, then exited the room, dragging a very unconscious pigtailed boy with her.
Once they were gone, the piglet jumped out of the bed and walked to the door. With a leap, he turned the doorknob and headed to the bathroom. He was lucky that Kasumi always left the bathtub with a little of hot water. He jumped inside and moments later a very wet and naked Ryoga climbed out of it. He searched the room for one of his changes of clothes that he always left in the bathroom, just for cases like this, and got dressed. He'll try to explain his presence later, first he wanted something to eat.
After an hour of wandering, he found the kitchen and saw Kasumi. She looked at him and greeted him with a smile
"Why good morning Ryoga-kun, you're visiting again?"
"Uhh yeah, sorry I didn't knocked, I just wandered in, that's all"
"Oh don't worry Ryoga-kun, I'm used to it by now," Kasumi giggled. "Would you like some breakfast?"
"Why yes Kasumi-san, thank you very much"
I'm gonna kill that pig. Just wait till I get home, I'm gonna make him eat the grass!! That jerk, talking bad about me in front of her, making me look like a jerk! And in my face! Oh you're so dead Ryoga, so dead!! Akane glanced at Ranma and frowned Why is he so mad today? It can't be because of P-chan, my little baby did nothing to him… wonder what could be? .
They kept walking to the dojo, Ranma on the fence as usual and Akane on the sidewalk.
"What's wrong with you today?"- She suddenly asked
"Nothing," he growled
"You're upset about something… What's wrong?"
"I said nothing ok?!" He kept looking forward. "Like you care" He said under his breath. Unfortunately, Akane heard him
"You know what? You're damn right! Why should I care about a jerk like you?!" She shouted and started running to her house
Uh-oh Ranma thought
Ryouga stood on the front porch looking at the sky. It was time for Akane to come back, and he was waiting for her to, maybe, ask her out or something. He was shocked when she ran right past him crying and shoved him to a side. He stood there surprised until a very familiar figure entered the front garden calling for Akane. He stopped right in front of him, blocking his way.
"Move out of the way piggy!" Ranma snarled
"What did you do to her now?!" Ryouga demanded
"That is not of your goddamn business! Get out OF THE WAY!"
"Not until you tell me what the hell did you do this time!"
"Fine pork-chop, you own me one from yesterday anyway… Get your bacon butt outside so I can kick it!!" The pigtailed boy shouted stepping back outside and taking a fighting stance
"Fine!" The fanged boy said and followed him outside. He didn't have time to think, Ranma was already attacking him. Ryouga could barely block the blows. They weren't hard, but very fast none the less. Ranma was really pissed off, he had though it was because Akane, but he realized it was because of him. The only times Ryouga had seen Ranma like this was when he discovered he had been sleeping with Akane, like this morning. But he never fought him this bad before. He was furious, and Ryouga was getting tired of it. He started to attack as well, connecting once or twice, but Ranma was outraged I'm tired of him getting into her bed, tired of having to put up with his nonsense, tired of his stupid curse, of my stupid curse, of the fiancés, of my father, of the fights with her!! I'm goddamn tired of her being nice to you!! Ranma thought as he aimed a deadly kick to his temple. Ryouga saw it coming and tried to dodge, but his foot stepped into a sock fallen off the clothesline near the surrounding wall, and slipped. Everything seemed like in slow motion then. Ranma knew that kick was dangerously aimed, and he was subconsciously sure that Ryouga was going to block it, after all he didn't want to really kill him, just to inflict as much pain as he could. So, when Ryouga slipped forward and he saw his foot going directly at his temple, everything inside Ranma went cold. The foot connected and Ryouga was slammed into the wall, head first. His unconscious body slid down the wall and remained there, on the ground. Ranma stood still in a fighting stance waiting for the lost boy to get up and attack him. But the attack never came.
"C'mon pork-chop. I'm waiting"
Silence
"You'd better not be faking it…" he threatened He's tough, I know he's faking it… right? But Ryouga didn't even move.
"Alright, you win…I'll finish you after I'll help you get up" Ranma sighed and went to his side and knelt.
"C'mon porky, stand up, it's not funny anymore." He shook him a little and frowned.
"I said that's enough already! Stop faking it!" He slapped the back of the lost boy's head and waited, starting to get worried. He wont get up… oh my god, oh my god, oh my… Ranma turned the boy's head around and gasped. He had a really nasty bruise on his left temple, where the kick connected. But the right side of his head was dripping blood. Ranma's heart stopped at the sight This can't be, he should have blocked that stupid kick, he's tougher than this… please Ryouga wake up!! Ranma lifted his unconscious rival and took him inside…
"Kasumi quick, call the doctor!!!"
"Ranma what happened? Why is Ryouga-kun bleeding??!!"
"Just call the damn doctor will ya??!!!"
Kasumi ran to the phone and called dr Tofu. Ranma laid the Hibiki boy on his bed and waited.
"You're better not be faking it Ryouga… please..." He was scared. He never hurt Ryouga that way, the lost boy will always take the blows and not even wince. Why had this happened? Was he really trying to kill him? Gods I was so angry… and it wasn't his fault, why did I take it on him? Shit!
The dr rushed inside the room and checked up the injured boy. He started to clean the boy's wound and began to put stitches. Ranma was the only one in the room with them, and was practically eating his fingernails.
"What happened Ranma? Did you do this?"
"We were fighting, like always," he sounded terrified. "I kicked him but I thought he was gonna block it and he didn't and then he slipped on a sock and hit the wall I didn't mean to I'm so sorry he'll be alright ne?"
"I see…" was the only thing Tofu said. He bandaged the healed wound and checked on Ryouga's pulse again. Tofu sighed. This wasn't going well…
"S-so?"
"He's asleep Ranma. But it was a very hard blow," he turned to look at him, but the pigtailed boy was looking down. "If he doesn't wake up soon, he might fall into a coma"
"Wh-what?" Ranma looked up horrified "You m-mean he's…he's not gonna make it?" he felt his hands tremble as tears began to form in his eyes.
"As I said, it was a very hard blow Ranma." Tofu's voice was ice cold "You're lucky he didn't die"
"What?" He barely whispered. He couldn't believe this, he wasn't that bad, nor that strong to hurt Ryouga like that. It was an accident, he knew Ryouga would block it, he knew it. Or at least dodge it, right? He had plenty of room to do something to avoid the blow… he had plenty of room, between Ranma and the corner of the wall, right? It's not like he was penned… between Ranma and the corner of the wall. Ranma went pale. He had cornered Ryouga, and the only way to get free was hurting Ranma. And he didn't. Ryouga just stood there and took the blow. It was the sock… it was an accident, that's all, right? Akane, Kasumi and Nabiki stood behind the door waiting for the dr to tell them what was going on. When he finally slid the door open, the girls gasped at the look on his face
"Is Ryouga-kun alright?" Akane asked, tears forming in her eyes
"I'm afraid not, Akane." The girls just stared at the dr. He was in Kasumi's presence and didn't even stammer. This was serious. "The hit was really hard, and Ryouga might fall into a coma if he doesn't wake up soon"
"Oh my…"
"The best thing we can do is take him to the clinic and wait. I can take care of him better that way. I gave him an analgesic shot to kill the pain, but I'm afraid that it's the only thing I can do…"
They called the ambulance and dr Tofu got Ryouga into it. As they watched the vehicle go away, Akane turned to Ranma.
"Will you tell us what happened?" She asked, tremor in her voice
"It was an accident, he slipped into a sock and… fell..." He felt sick at the lie, but what else could he do? "I couldn't catch him on time"
"Oh… I see… but he'll be alright ne? he's strong, he'll make it…" She looked into his eyes pleading, "right?"
"Of course Akane, he'll be alright…after all, it was just an accident" she smiled at him and he felt his gut go cold. Was he so disgusting? To lie that way? It's to gain time, that's all… he'll be fine and then we'll laugh about it… yeah, it's just that
End chapter one
A/N: Ok, first chapter up!! I know I kinda made Ranma look like the bad guy, but it's not what I intend to do, please review!!