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- SIGNS
" " - Japanese
* * = Thoughts

++++ = Flashback
***** = Another place

Timeline - After the Jusendo incident... Ranma saved Akane's life by killing the god Saffron and using the water from the dragon tap.(1)

************ Ranma's Ignorance *************

Part 1 - Truth be known.

To Ranma, this was his life. To those who have never visited, nor heard of Nerima, this would come as a surprising feat. Ranma was currently fighting his way through a crowd that laid in front of the school. For Nerima, as well as other places, this was a rare thing that had happened. Usually it was Akane who had the mob of boys attacking her in the morning. But this particular morning, the girls were trying their best to attack Ranma. Even going as far as using weapons and cheap tricks to throw him off guard. Nabiki watched with amusement as Ranma got hit in the head by a book bag that one of the scrawnier girls had been carrying. Smiling to herself, she patted herself on the back *That's probably the easiest one hundred thousand yen I've ever made* She turned her back to the window, her smile only increasing when she got a heated glare from her sister *Stupid bitch,.... all of the sudden the attention isn't on her, and it's on Ranma. Can she be anymore jealous?* she walked over to Akane's chair and smiled at her "Hey Akane, what's up?"

Akane growled under her breath before looking at her sister, her grip tightening around the desk "Hi Nabiki,... just getting mad at that pervert! Look at him, he enjoys having the girls fight over him!" Her grip on the desk tightened so much that the ends broke off as her aura increased around her "Just wait till I get my hands on that Baka!"

Nabiki smiled to herself as her plan seemed to be working *Hopefully Ranma-Kun will appreciate this.... I don't like to sell out my own family* She left Akane to herself and walked toward a desk that was empty. Sitting down, she tilted her head and looked out the nearest window as the commotion hit an all time high. She then remembered what had started this.

+++++++ two nights ago +++++++

Ranma-Chan was running. From what, was a mystery to everyone except for Ranma himself. She turned a corner and smacked into a couple who had been walking at the moment. Looking up and looking at the two, his eyes were swimming with water as Nabiki blinked at him, not sure whether it was the rain, or that Ranma-Chan was crying. Ranma jumped into Nabiki's arms and let out a small cry at the injustice of it all. This shocked Nabiki to the core, as she knew that Ranma was too proud to cry in front of anyone. He had always mentioned that 'Men don't cry' and then would drop the subject. Nabiki looked at the red head in her arms and asked in a shaky voice "R-Ranma?"

Pushing herself against Nabiki, the tears cascaded down his now her cheeks as her voice was nothing but a slight whisper "N-Nabiki... It was horrible"

Nabiki had barely made out what he was saying, and pulled her head away from her chest "What's wrong Ranko? What was horrible?"

Adverting her eyes from Nabiki's, the tears strengthened in force "A-Akane... Akane was" her voice trailed off again as sobs racked the small red-head's body.

This shook Nabiki to the bone when Ranma brought her little sister into the conversation "W-What's wrong with Akane?!?!" She shook the smaller girl with anger and fear "Ranma, Tell me!"

Looking up into Nabiki's eyes once again, her own were brimming with anger "She was fucking Ryoga!" Shaking with anger and betrayal, Ranma gripped onto Nabiki for life "I was walking down the street.... and I saw Akane being pulled into an alley! I was going to help her, but by the time I got there.... She was... She was....." Tears flowed from her eyes as the images played through his head once again.

Nabiki held Ranma gently as her mind reeled in the revelation *Akane,..... why did you do this?!?* She looked down at Ranma-Chan once again and sighed out, her heart aching at the sight.

+++++++ present +++++++

Nabiki sighed out as Ranma walked into the classroom, bruised, battered, and pure anger on his face. No one dared go near him for the fear of being beaten to a pulp. However, that didn't apply to one Akane Tendo, as she got out of her chair and marched over to him "Ranma you pervert!" She brought out her mallet and pulled back, getting ready to strike. Before Nabiki could say anything to stop Akane from attacking, Ranma had already stepped out of the way of the attack and launched his own. Ranma's leg lashed out and slammed into Akane's side, throwing her like a rag doll across the classroom.

Walking over to her shaking body, Ranma glared down at her in utter hated "So,.... still think your Ms. I'm-a-Martial-Artist-too?" He then leaned down and was inches from her face, the hatred still in his voice as he said something only she could hear "I know about you and Ryoga.... "

Akane's eyes widened at the implications before she stood up, blushing crimson and holding her fists tightly "Ranma you hentai!" Ranma sneered at her when she made another mallet appear. Turning his back to her, he started to walk away and leave it how it was when he was attacked once again.

The door to the classroom was blown off of it's hinges as Ryoga ran in "Ranma Saotome, Prepare to die!" he then punched Ranma in the face and slamming him through the nearby wall "Ranma! How dare you hit Akane!" He checked on Akane as she blushed slightly and didn't look him in the eyes. Immediately thinking that Ranma had done something, his depression his an all time high "Damn you! Shi Shi Hadoken!" he plunged Ranma deep into the greenish black ball of Ki, as it slammed into Ranma's chest and made him grunt in pain. Smirking to himself, he proceeded to help Akane back onto her feet, having been blown onto the ground by the blast.

Nabiki stared at the hole in surprise *Ryoga's never done anything like this before.... could... could what Ranma said that night be true?* She looked at Ryoga and Akane as they looked like a couple, fussing over Akane's bruise that shaped along her side. Nabiki's mind was recoiling in surprise as everything seemed to fall into place *That bitch,... she knew about P-Chan,.... god knows how long this has gone on...* Her eyes roamed back to the hole that Ranma had been blasted through *Poor Ranma...*.

The cement blocks that were loosely hanging from the wall fell to the ground as Ranma stepped out of the hole, his shirt ripped in multiple places "Ryoga...... just the bastard I was looking for" Ranma snarled and smirked at the same time, which made everyone nervous. Cracking his knuckles, Ranma started to laugh, the insanity of his life finally catching up with him. He flashed forward at a speed that Ryoga thought impossible. Within a millisecond, Ranma was in front of him and slammed a straight fist into his stomach. Ryoga's eyes widened in terror and pain as he felt the blow to his stomach, and coughed up a small amount of blood.

Random thoughts were circling around the classroom as the site played it's place "Did you see that?" "Yea, Saotome just decimated Ryoga in one punch!" One of the girls screamed out as Ranma didn't look like he was going to stop anytime soon "R-Ranma's going to kill him!"

Sneering at Ryoga, Ranma gripped him by the neck and lifted him into the air, red Ki swirling around his body "So,.. P-chan,... How was she?" seeing Ryoga's widened eyes, he took it as true and dropped him, but not before spinning around and sending his heel deep into his ribcage. Not being able to withstand such power, a cracking noise filled the air as Ryoga screamed out in pain.

Ryoga got to his feet, but not before spitting out a large amount of blood "R-Ranma,..... because of you I've seen hell!" he ran toward Ranma and pulled back to punch him. When he let the punch move forward, Ranma slammed his head against the fist, stopping most of the power and shattering Ryoga's knuckles.

When Ryoga pulled back and was gripping his hand in pain, Ranma chuckled darkly "You don't honestly think that you've seen hell, do you? Since your so bent on me sending you there... I'll prepare your casket" Ranma was about to rush Ryoga again, with a murderous intent, but was stopped when Nabiki gripped him from behind "What the hell are you doing Nabiki! Let me GO! I'm going to kill this son of a bitch!"

Ranma tried to throw her off of him, but it was either a unconscious act of kindness, or the she had a tight grip on him, but she did not even budge "Ranma! Don't! You'll regret it for the rest of your life! Leave it at this, you've humiliated him in front of the school!"

Growling under his breath, Ranma glared over his shoulder at Nabiki, his eyes catching a small concern in Nabiki's own "Fuck that! I am going to tear his spine out!" his eyes swirled back back to Ryoga, who was now in front of him and pulling back a punch. With a surprising shock, Ryoga punched Ranma in the face and threw him backward toward the wall. Something snapped in Ranma's mind as his aura blazed around him and defied gravity, his body spinning in mid-air and twisting so that he was the one to get hit instead of Nabiki. Ranma slammed face first into the concrete wall and didn't budge from it.

Nabiki released her hold on Ranma and fell to the ground before looking from him and back to Ryoga who was now cackling about his defeat of Ranma "R-Ranma,.... he did it to save me...." Her look went back to Ryoga as she walked up to him and slapped him hard across the face "You bastard! You could have killed me!"

Ryoga gave a non-caring shrug before looking at Nabiki "What do I care? If your not Akane, then you don't deserve my protection"

Nabiki stared at him like he was stupid before Ranma's words played through her mind "I thought it was a martial artist's duty to protect the weak!"

Snorting in disgust, Ryoga lowered a glare at her "I don't care about that crap. All I care about is defeating Ranma!"

Akane ran over to Ryoga, pushing Nabiki out of the way in the mean time "Ryoga! Your so strong!" Ryoga then brought a hand behind his head and scratched it nervously before letting out a maniac like laugh. Most of the people in the classroom were wondering what was going on, and were about to ask. However, when the first one took a step forward, the classroom shook slightly. A slight chuckling noise came from the area that Ranma was currently embedded in, as his aura flashed and destroyed the wall around him.

Ranma turned around and stared at Ryoga with blood filled pupils "So,... the truth comes out" Ranma brought his hand up and wiped away some of the blood from his face and snarled "Let's see just how strong you are... bacon breath" Not even sparing a second, Ranma's body blurred and slammed into Ryoga, throwing him through the window. Ranma quickly jumped out after him and rapidly threw a flurry of punches into his chest with a shout of "Kachuu Tenshin Amaguriken!" As the ground sped toward them, Ranma made no motion to stop his attack. As soon as Ryoga slammed against the ground, Ranma's knee was planted deep within Ryoga's stomach, doubling him over in pain. Getting to his feet, Ranma placed a palm toward Ryoga's head and charged it with Ki "Are you ready?".

Before he could get off the blast, a gunshot rang out and Ranma's arm erupted with blood "Freeze!" Ranma's eyes looked at the police that were currently surrounding him, guns drawn. Ranma weighed his odds, before accepting his defeat and raising his good hand into the air. Police swarmed around him, and applied the cuffs to his wrists. As a ambulance pulled up, the medical team jumped out and started to diagnose Ryoga.

One of the medical team looked at Ryoga's vitals, before staring at Ranma in shock "This boy..... he'll never... walk again!"

Ranma chuckled to himself before giving a grin "Good, then I got my point across."

The girl from the medical team walked up to Ranma, tears in her eyes, as she pulled back and slapped him across the face "You bastard! Don't you even care that you've crippled this man?!?!"

Bursting out in laughter, Ranma leaned forward and stared into the girls eyes, making her flinch "Why should I? This bastard" He shook his head toward Ryoga's groaning form "has been trying to kill me for the past five years. Hell, he's almost killed innocents in the mean time!" He glared at the girl before softening his gaze "He's an honor less pig.... he does nothing for anyone except for himself" tears finally found their way from Ranma's eyes as he fell into unconsciousness. The girl, who was too surprised at his reaction, got to her knees and checked Ranma's body and gasped at what she found.

Lifting her head from Ranma's body, she yelled at the police that were trying to pick him up by the cuffs "Release him this instant! This man needs medical treatment!" The police instantly removed the cuffs as the girl turned Ranma over, and tried to hold her lunch in. Ranma's stomach has a deep gash that went vertical, almost to his throat. She started to apply pressure, in hopes of stopping the bleeding. However, she found herself fighting a losing battle.

Nabiki then came running out of the building and looked at Ranma's blood filled form and gasped "Is he okay?!?"

The medical girl looked at the girl before shaking her head "This boy won't live through the night." Not noticing Nabiki's reaction, the girl looked over to Ryoga's body as it was being stitched up "What caused these two boys to do something so vicious?"

Nabiki choked back a sob as she fell to her knees, images of Ranma smiling and laughing flashing through her head "R-Ranma.....Why did you save me..." She then slammed her fists against Ranma's body, blood splashing out "Why didn't you save yourself!"

The girl turned her head toward Nabiki and blinked "Save himself....? What happened?"

Nabiki sobbed gently as tears flowed from her eyes "R-Ryoga attacked Ranma for doing something,... then Ranma retaliated. I tried to stop him from fighting, but Ryoga punched him and almost crushed me against a wall. Ranma twisted his body so that the blow would hit himself instead of me..."

The girl looked at Ranma's body, instantly wishing that she hadn't said what she did before "Oh,.... I-I'm sorry...." She sat beside Ranma's form as his head fell limp to the side. She then picked up his wrist and felt for a pulse, and shaking her head when she got none "H-He... he's dead"

Nabiki's eyes widened when she heard those words, and her heart shattered "NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!" Nabiki then threw herself across Ranma's blood filled corpse and cried hard. When it was time to put Ranma's body into a body bag, the medical team pulled Nabiki off of his body. Nabiki stared at the pool of blood that laid on the ground, and then stared at her blood coated dress.

Akane chose this time to come up behind her "The Baka got what he deserved"

Gritting her teeth in anger, Nabiki turned and glared at her sister, pulled back and struck her across the face "Y-You bitch! He was your fucking fiancée!"

Fearing another fight was going to break out, the police gathered the two girls up as they were about to go at it "That bastard was always screwing behind my back!"

Struggling against the cop, Nabiki growled "Akane! Ranma constantly came to me in hopes of getting the fiancée deal situated! He wouldn't have done anything like this if he didn't catch you fucking Ryoga!"

Akane flinched back and blushed as she remembered that night "T-That wasn't my fault.... And why are you covering for him!?! Were you fucking him too?!?!"

Breaking free from the cops grip, Nabiki punched Akane in the face and sent her sprawling to the ground "If you didn't want him,... you should have asked ANYONE!" Akane got to her feet and was about to strike back, when she noticed all the females from the school glaring at her. Most of the boys were also sending hate filled stares in her direction "Everyone here had no problem with him, except for you, Ryoga, and Kuno!" Nabiki balled her first tightly "If you didn't want him. Then you should have said something instead of leading him on! Hell, even some of the teachers here wanted him!!!" Akane looked at everyone, nearly the entire school was glaring at her now. She wanted to escape from it all, but the police soon put her into custody.

TO BE CONTINUED__________

(1) - I think that is what it was called :D