Cheating Death
by DeepQuote
Authors Note: Edited to comply with rules.
Disclaimer: Ranma, Ryouga, Akane, and the others all belong to Takahashi Rumiko, and not me. I am just borrowing them for entertainment purposes. I don't wanna die!
"Shi Shi Hokodan!"
"Shi Shi Hokodan!"
"Shi Shi Hokodan!"
The black night sky is broken by a shaft of enormous power rocketing into the heavens. The pale green beam of raw power clashes brightly with the black night sky. Reaching up into the sky, the blasts of depression dissipate harmlessly in the atmosphere. The source of these blasts stands ready atop the night sky, standing ready for battle atop one of Nerima's skyscrapers.
The young man stands taunt, his muscles bursting with power as the heavy chi gather once again in his hands. The feeling of sadness in his eyes is all but tangible on the rooftop. Finally, the power reaches its peak, and he can contain it no longer.
"Shi Shi Hokodan!"
Power bursts forth from his hands as he launches yet another blast into the night sky. Sitting beside him, a small notebook flaps light in the wind as it lays there. A simple ball-point pen lies atop on of the pages, written along the pages is a neat and concise writing, but it is written in a hand writing that betrays the urgency of the words upon the paper.
Ryouga Hibiki's Journal
Most people might wonder, why a highly trained martial arts is here on the roof, firing chi blasts into the sky. Even I would consider this cause for alarm, and generally keep myself on guard. However, tonight I cannot help it. I've been beaten, finally totally, and forever more. I should be furious, but I cant find the rage any longer. Tonight I mourn, I mourn for my loss, I mourn for what could have been, and most of all, I mourn for my enemy...Yes I mourn for Ranma Saotome.
No, he isn't dead, nor is he wounded. He is alive and healthy. If I had to guess, I would expect he is filling that gluttonous black hole, he calls a stomach with Kasumi's cooking. There he must sit blissfully ignorant of what he had done to me, what miracle he has performed and what he has done to poor sweet Akane.
Akane... My friend, My love...and I had hoped my wife one day. But that can no longer be. Ranma has seen to that, and he doesn't even know it. It all started at Jusendou, with the battle for Akane. Being a martial artist makes me very sensitive to ki, and I know Akane's was exhausted. Akane was dead, and yet I know she is sitting at that same table with Ranma eating at this very moment. How?
It is so simple it is almost funny. Ranma and I have fought countless battle across Japan, I know his face, I know his scent, and I know his fears and strengths. I also know what his power feels like. Hell, I have been on the receiving end of several of his Moko Takabashi, I even helped the jerk develop the damn move. At Jusendou, Akane lay dying, and Ranma did something. I know he doesn't even know what he did, but I know he did it. Lying there with Akane's body in his arms, his power answered his call, and did his bidding. Akane Tendo lives, she lives on the life force of Ranma Saotome. So you see, They are now bound, closer that I could ever hope to get.
Of all the people in the world it had to be him, my enemy, my rival, my reason for vengeance Ranma Saotome. Ranma had to be the one to beat death.