The Next Day…
In the world outside the Nodoka and Ranma's cell was in uproar, outside a large government building an army of Japanese citizens were hammering on the gates, armed guards on the other side, only two of them. The citizens held up signs saying things like 'Down With The Vampire Scum' and 'Destroy The Demons' and these were the more friendly signs, other citizens were armed with stakes, crossbows some even had a UV bomb or two that was left over from the war.
They slammed on the gate, it shook as they continued to do so, the guards took aim, they were charged with defending the facility, including the two vampires no matter how much they despised their kind, angry shouts filled the air as the gate continued to be shook, showing it wouldn't last much longer.
Within The Cell…
The two vampires could hear the angry shouts on the outside, Ranma looked to his mother fearfully.
"What's going on?" Ranma asked, Nodoka let out a sigh of defeat, she knew what was coming, on rare occasions vampires were born with certain gifts some could shape shift, others could phase through solid matter, Nodoka was granted the gift of sigh, she could see through time and she had seen her destiny.
Nodoka's eyes clouded and threatened to release a wave of tears, she turned to Ranma, she could see the fear in his eyes and regretted that she couldn't of spent more time with him, she hated the fact she wouldn't see him grow and mature, wouldn't be able to help him cope with being the last, but there was something good in this, she had seen Ranma's fate and she had seen the vampire race return.
"I'm sorry Ranma" Nodoka whispered as she hugged the eight year old tightly.
"What do you mean?" Ranma asked as he hugged her back.
"Listen Ranma you're going to have to be strong now, remember everything I taught you, be true to who you are and the vampire race shall rise again…I have two last gifts for you my child" Nodoka said, her voice barley a whisper and filled with emotion.
"What do you mean mom, what's going on?" Ranma asked, looking up to his mother, their eyes met, her tears fell onto Ranma's cheeks, Ranma's eyes widened as his mind was assaulted with information, everything his mother had learnt in her life, she gave him her entire life, memories of her friends, family, his father, everything.
"That is the first gift and here is the last one" Nodoka whispered as she reached to her katana and placed it on her lap, in front of Ranma.
"The family honor blade?" Ranma asked confused.
"Yes…you will be the only Saotome left after this day, take this and remember me" Nodoka whispered.
"Why? What's gonna happen to you?" Ranma asked, his voice shaking.
"Ranma the minute you get chance I want you to run, use every ounce of your speed to get away and find shelter and live Ranma just live your life" Nodoka instructed, her voice shaking, Ranma saw fear in his mother's eyes, fear, regret, sadness and hate, but the hate wasn't aimed at him or her, he knew that, her mother's memories were his now and now he saw who the hatred was for, the humans.
The large door to their cell slammed down on the ground, a small army of people charged in, stakes held high, Nodoka pushed Ranma off her lap, rising to her feet, arching forward slightly, her finger nails sharpened and grew into claws, her irises turned crimson, her canines sharpened into fangs and she hissed at the intruders.
They charged at her all at once and all Ranma could do was watch as they took hold of her arms, pulling them out wide, another human came round and kicked her lower back, hard causing her to fall to her knees, she tried to break free from their hold but found herself too weak to do so, like in her vision, they had yet to be fed that day and even though she had fed yesterday she was still weak, too weak.
Her irises returned to their natural brown colour, she looked up at the humans pleadingly but she knew that they wouldn't show mercy, she looked over her shoulder at her son, their eyes made contact, her eyes much like his were full of tears, she gave him a weak smile.
Ranma was paralyzed, he was terrified and all he could do was watch as the stake was brought down and pierced her heart, time seemed to slow down as Ranma watched his mother, a weak smile still on her face, her skin slowly turned grey along with her clothes, she began to slowly crumble and fall to the ground, her face been the last to go as it closed in on her, she said one last thing to Ranma via telepathy.
'Ranma I always have and always will love you even after my death, please don't give in to your rage' Nodoka begged, tears falling from her eyes and turning to dust, her face fell to the ground along with the rest of her body as a pile of dust. Time sped back up.
Ranma just stared at the pile of dust, tears streaming down his face, the humans charged at him, staked raised once again, he griped the katana hard and hugged it against his body, just as the stake was brought down on him he burst into action and ran past them at such speed that he wasn't even a blur to the humans and ran through the hole that was once a door, leaving the humans to believe him dead since he hadn't moved till the stake was touching his shirt.
He ran, ran as fast as he could, he felt his body burning under the sun's scorching glare but that was nothing compared to the pain of his heart, the pain caused by watching his mother turn to dust, realization began to set in as he found an old warehouse scheduled for demolition, sheltering him from the sun, realization that he was the last of his kind set in, realization that he was alone in a world that despised his kind and would kill him the minute they found out what he was and would then celebrate the extinction of the vampire race.
Ranma rested on the floor, leaning against a wall, staring out of one of the many holes of the warehouse at the outside world, he just stared out there, the streets over the next couple hours filled up with people as a festival of sorts began, they were celebrating the end of the vampire race and all Ranma could do was watch them as he hugged the katana close to his person, it was all he had left of his mother other than his memories of her and the ones she gave him.
A/N I know not very long chapters, I'm working on that, a story line is beginning to materialize, still not sure on a pairing, open to suggestions, hope you all liked the update, plz review.
