A Phoenix Reborn
Chapter 2
By The Senshi of Valis
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the series within this story as it is a work of
fanfiction.
1"Who are you?" Akane demanded storming up behind the shocked figure and yanked back at the hood revealing a very familiar redhead which shocked Akane to the point she failed to put up in defense from the backhand from the redhead which knocked Akane into the wall.
"RANMA!" Soun bellowed as he stormed out of the house towards the redhead, demon head inflating.
"ACCK! DEMON!" the red head exclaimed jumping back, holding out the ring as it pulsed with power. "Though I hold no amenity to those coerced into evil, but to those vile beings who toy with the hearts and souls of men, since the time of Ancient gods we have been your DESTROYERS!" the figures cloak and clothes were ripped away as power rushed through her forming a form fitting red silk dress, sleeveless and slitted on both sides mid thigh down. On her forearms and ankles were gold bracers. "Behold demon, the one hundred and tenth generation devil hunter, Ranko is HERE!"
"R-Ranko?" Soun gasped, demon head deflating as Ranko grabbed him by the throat and lifted him into the air with ease.
"Y-You aren't a demon..." Ranko whispered.
"Please don't hurt him." Kasumi begged as she hurried over to where Ranko was holding Soun off the ground.
"Don't worry," Ranko said, dropping Soun unceremoniously to the ground on his but, "I'm a devil hunter, he just startled me with that stupid trick."
"Thank you, Ranko-san." Kasumi smiled, "I'm Kasumi Tendo and I'm sorry about my sister and father."
"That's okay." Ranko said smiling, this girl seemed pretty nice. She almost reminded her of Bell. "Where's Ranma though?"
"R-Ranma?" Kasumi asked, glancing worriedly where the angry girl malleted the other redhead just a few minutes ago.
Ranko noticed Kasumi's worried expression and thought about Genma's curse putting two and two together she swore, "Oh hell no..."
"A-Are you another fiancé?" Kasumi asked.
"W-What?" Ranko sputtered, "Hell no I ain't his fiancé, I'm his sister!"
"Oh my."
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"Mom...dad wants to know if we can come over to his dojo tomorrow night for dinner." Hikaru said nervously as she helped put the groceries away from their shopping trip, hoping that her mom would say yes.
"Sure dear, I don't see why not. It'd be nice to see your father and brothers." Nodoka said wistfully. Hikaru knew how much her mother missed Ranma and Ranko, Ranma being taken away almost twelve years ago and Ranko leaving to take care of some kind of devil hunter buisness in China which Nodoka was reluctant to let Ranko even go. Since then the older woman had tried to fill the hole in her heart by helping take care of Hikaru's Shidou brothers after their mother died about five years ago. The largest problem with that being the boys heavily disliked Nodoka even though they loved Hikaru very much. They knew Hikaru was proof of their father cheating but they forgave everyone involved except for one person, Nodoka.
This bothered Hikaru on so many levels, she was always worried that one of the two families would reject her some day. Either the Shidou family wanting to get rid of the proof of the stain on their family Nodoka reuniting with Ranma and Ranko coming back and then Nodoka would just abandon Hikaru for her real family. Any way Hikaru looked at it she knew that she was illegitimate and many people frowned on that around there. Even at school she was treated poorly because of it at times though her older brothers often looked out for her.
She hid all her inner pain and fears though from everybody, constantly wearing a mask of cheerfulness not letting anyone know about the pain inside. She had only ever told two people about the worries that she felt and those two people had helped her deal with a lot of it on their journey and she helped them with their own pain and fears bringing the three very close, forming a sisterly bond while on Cephiro and they still stayed close though they didn't like what they were forced to do in the end of their adventure. In fact the thought of the betrayal of the ones they had come to think of as friends still made them sick.
Hikaru was putting away the last of the groceries when the phone started ringing. Hikaru watched Nodoka pick up the phone to answer, the woman's expression turned hopeful then swiftly to furious before hanging up. "We need to head over to Nerima, dear." Nodoka said icily, "That was your sister, she found that bastard." Hikaru didn't even need to know who her mother was talking about, it had to be Genma which caused a little bit of nervousness to form. Of course she wanted to find Ranma and see her sister again, she also wanted to see Nodoka happy. What was worrying her was what would happen after they find Ranma.
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Natsume sighed as she was standing outside of the hospital on her break getting a little fresh air. A few more hours then she would finally be able to go home and spend some time with her daughter. She didn't get a lot of time lately to spend with Ami but she was off the next couple of days and intended to make it count. Maybe the two of them could go see a movie or go shopping, maybe even go looking at some cars since Ami would soon be getting her permit then license.
A loud crash jolted her from her thoughts, frowning she followed where the noise seemed to have come from. She was shocked when lying in a newly created crater was a very badly injured Ranko in a tuxedo lying in the center. Hurrying to the injured girl Natsume checked the red heads vitals and sighed in relief that she was still alive. A few orderlies arrived on the scene as well which Natsume ordered to get a gurney to help get the girl inside for treatment. Pulling out her cell phone she dialed Nodoka's number and sighed as no one answered. Hanging up just as the orderlies and a few nurses arrived Natsume helped get Ranko loaded as the group rushed the hurt read head into the emergency room.
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AN: Thanks everyone for your kind words and support but I will not try to justify myself to people who flame me.
Until Next Time,
Ja Ne.