The Evil Within
Disclaimer: Don't own a thing, not making any money from this.
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A lone figure sat in a darken cave, the only sound that could be heard was the heavy breathing it made. He stood up and slowly walked to the middle of the cave. He looked into a glass pyramid. "Soon....soon you will join me and nothing will stop us" his raspy voice much too loud for the cave."It'll be time to set you free, my new pet.....hahahaha" laughed the figure as the pyramid glowed, Akane's sleeping figure flashing on the panel.
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The whole Tendo household was standing in Akane's room. After hearing her scream they all got out of bed and ran to her room, only to find her drenched in sweat and gasping for air. *Just a dream* she kept whispering to herself. "Akane, are you alright?" Akane opened her eyes to find herself staring at her older sister. The concern in her voice snapped her out of the memory of the nightmare. "I'm fine Kasumi, it was just a nightmare" she answered. "Even when I'm asleep you make me suffer, tomboy!" Ranma said failing to notice the red battle aura that was flowing from Akane. "WELL EXCUSE ME FROM MAKING YOU SUFFER!!!!". Soon enough Ranma was thrown out the window to land perfectly in the pond. Ranma stood up her clothes soaked to the bone. "Stupid tomboy! Why do I put up with you?!" she whispered as she squeezed the water out of her clothes. She opened the sliding door and went to her room grabbing some dry clothes. After changing back into a guy Ranma went back to his room and laid down on the futon. He put his arms behind his head and thought why he ran so quickly to Akane's room when he heard her scream. *Is not like I care for that clumsy tomboy*, and with that thought he turned over and fell asleep.

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The smell of Kasumi's cooking flowed through the house reaching inside Akane's room. Akane was sitting at her desk reading a book, she inhaled deeply and decided to get up and get ready for school. Stretching out her stiff muscles she walked in the bathroom and locked the door. She gasped at her reflection *why am I so pale?Hmmm... Probably because I didn't get any sleep*. She got into the furo and let her muscles relax, she closed her eyes and let her mind wonder. Her thoughts were disrrupted by the sound Ranma and his father practicing outside by the pond.
"Breakfast is ready" Akane rushed out and changed into her uniform. She came down the stairs and sat at her usual place and waited until breakfast was served.
"Sheesh! Akane you look like a walking zombie". Ranma said as he walked in through the patio door.
"Shut up Ranma! I didn't ask for your opinion!" Akane was not in the mood to deal with his insults, so she decided to ignore him for the rest of the day. The family ate their breakfast quietly and the three students left to go to school. Akane walked quietly thinking about what that dream meant. * It felt so real, the horror on Kasumi's face scared me to death* Akane sighed. The teacher took role and was soon passing out the exam they took last week, she was sure she did well, since she studied all day for the exam. The teacher placed the exam on her desk and gave a disappointing look towards Akane. She got worried and quickly looked at it. * A 65! How in the world?! I studied hard for this exam, I guess I was too worried that day* she sighed and reached into her school bag. * Where's my notebook I was sure I put it in there* she shuffled through all her papers and books, but without success. She decided to stop looking and just pulled out some paper. The class continued on, Akane looked back and saw Ranma sleeping. *That baka just sleeps all day......humph!*. The bell rang for the next class she sat in her usual seat, Ranma next to her, she turned to him "Hey, Ranma you should pay attention in class, what did you get on the last test?"
"I got a 90, how about you Akane?"
"Umm....I forgot." She sat forward quickly, avoiding his questioning look. *That's impossible, I studied all day and he just got into a fight with Ryoga* She put a trembling hand on her temple and rubbed it slowly. *All this stress is giving me a major headache*. Ever so slowly time went by, Akane just stared at the clock willing it to be lunch time soon. Her headache had grown into a complete monster and everything was bothering her. The bell rang way to loudly for her comfort and she walked slowly outside. Ranma noticed that his uncute fiancee was not her usual self and decided to see what was wrong with her. He saw her sit against the tree and lean her head back breathing deeply.
"Yo! Akane, what's wrong?"
"I just have a headache Ranma. Noth-"
"Nihao! Airen come eat with Shampoo not kitchen destroyer. I make too good ramen for you Ranma!"
"NO WAY! Ranchan is going to eat with me!" the okonomiyaki chef stood prepared to give the Amazon a beating.
Akane sighed, getting annoyed at all the noise they were making, got up slowly and walked towards the gate, her hand slowly rubbing her temple. No matter what she tried she couldn't get the pounding headache to go away. She thought she heard Ranma call after her, but she ignored it consumed in the pain. She reached the dojo's gate her eyes watering, her breathing shallow.
Ranma tried to get away from that spot as his other two fiances argued with each other when he noticed that Akane had left without saying a word. She was acting way too strange and his instincts were telling him something was horribly wrong. He asked a student if they saw where she went and they told she left school. "Akane! Wait up!" he yelled as he ran after her. He saw her walk past the gates and time slowed down as he felt his heart drop when Akane collapsed.
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A/N: Alright! Colabear here, just throwing out this new story see where it goes. I'm not sure what to do with "A new friend" so kind of put the story on a break and started this one. Read and review please! No flames, constructive criticism. I'm a nursing major not an english major, if you couldn't tell. ^_^!