Hey, I'm sorry this chapter came out later than I had planned. Anyway, I don't know when the next chapters comming but trust me, it's comming.
It was almost midnight when Nabiki let out a long sigh as the chief walked up to her desk. He was a very muscular man who was forced to spend most of his time at a desk. The result being that he was generally stressed and counted down the hours until he could go back home and get some sleep.
"Have we identified the body yet" he asked.
"Uh, yeah" replied Nabiki as she lifted a folder from her desk and opened it.
She started, "His name is Hikaru Gosunkugi. Time of death around 9:00pm, age 24, yadda yadda yadda"
"Any leads on who killed him,"
"No. All we can figure is that it may have been cult related."
The chief let out a sigh of his own. Then rubbing his temple he finished, "Just file the report, then you can go home."
"Yes sir. By the way, I've got some Tylenol in my desk if you want," said Nabiki.
"Goodnight Tendo", groaned the chief.
While walking to her car, Nabiki got the strange feeling that she was being followed.
She quickly turned around and to her disgust, found Raye standing there with his arrogant smirk.
"Hey Tendo, wanna join me for a drink" he asked.
Nabiki glared at him and retorted, "Didn't you get off an hour ago. Were you waiting for me this whole time?"
Raye slowly walked behind her and started to clumsily massage her shoulders. He leaned into her ear and continued, "Come on. You know you want to. You had a long day and no down time. Stay with me tonight and I guarantee you'll be completely refreshed by tomorrow."
Nabiki quickly pulled away. "Raye, when you made this plan you clearly forgot one crucial factor."
"And what's that"
"That we'd both be off duty and I used to live next to a martial arts dojo."
Nabiki then kicked Raye in the face, knocking one of his teeth out.
"Asshole" she remarked as she got into her car and drove home.
It was almost midnight when Ranma finally arrived at the front gates of the Kuno mansion. The crow had decided to make itself at home riding on his shoulder.
As the bird cawed, Ranma was busy formulating a plan.
I can't just charge in there. The last time I was in that place, I had to deal with all sorts of traps. Although, I wonder…
Ranma closed his eyes and concentrated. Then as the crow cawed again, a breeze quickly blew off a cloud of black ash from him. Then there was a redheaded pigtailed girl in Halloween makeup and black clothing standing in his place
I'm going to walk right through the front door.
Ranma walked up the the front gate and casually hit the buzzer.
"Who is it as this late hour?" said a voice that Ranma instantly knew was Kuno.
She decided to play along with his fantasies, "It is I, your beloved pigtailed girl. I have returned from far off lands just to see you."
The gates of the mansion soon opened and Ranma slowly walked in. Kuno met her at the front door with open arms. Kuno for the most part looked the same as he always did, except for the fact that it looked like he hadn't shaved in a while.
Kuno quickly ran up and embraced her, "Pigtailed girl, oh how I've missed you. And I love the kabuki makeup."
Ranma eventually, and with great effort, pushed Kuno off her. She felt something kind of pressing against her shoulder however. She examined Kuno and noticed a small lump on his chest.
Suddenly, one of her memories came back to her.
He sat in the chair being forced to watch Akane being raped by those bastards.
That's when his vision focused as Kuno removed Akane's engagement Ring.
"You won't be needing this. No one will want a soiled bride"
Ranma continued struggling in his chair, yelling muffled profanities.
Ranma clenched her teeth and allowed Kuno to hug her once again. Kuno simply thought his loves' hands were caressing him until he felt a tug at the chain he wore. Ranma felt her anger levels rise as she confirmed what she had feared.
"Oh Kuno, can I ask what this is" she asked as she held the ring up to Kuno's face.
Kuno quickly took the ring back from her, "It is a token from a lost love of mine."
"And who is this girl who you apparently loved more than me"
"I could never love anyone more than I love you. An evil sorcerer tragically struck down the girl who gave me this ring. I was able to get revenge but I wanted to have one last memento of her. But suddenly I feel less lonely now that I have you back"
Ranma slowly walked behind Kuno and started to massage his back.
"You poor thing. You need to relax and let my hands do their work. Theres something I need to ask you though."
"Of course I'll marry you my pigtailed goddess."
"No not that. You always call me pigtailed girl even though I know you know my real name. I want to hear you say it."
"What kind of silly request is that?"
"Please, for me."
"Why"
"If you call me by my real name, I'd do anything for you."
"Your name is R-Ranma……S-Saotome."
"Thank you"
Then Kuno felt a sharp jab in his spine, as if someone had jabbed knife in him. Then he felt his body go limp and he fell to the ground paralyzed.
He looked up at Ranma, "What have you done my sweet."
Ranma reached down and in one swift motion, took the ring back from Kuno. Ranma then kicked Kuno in the face remarking, "That was for Akane."
And to Kuno's horror, the wind blew off a cloud of black ash as the beautiful redhead was replaced by someone who should have been dead.
"What are you doing here? You should be rotting in hell with the rest of your demon brethren."
Ranma kicked him in the face again, "She was my fiancé."
He kicked him again, "You killed her!"
And again, "You raped her!"
And one final time, "I'm sending you where you belong."
Kuno started to spit blood and a few teeth out. After everything that had happened, his mind couldn't take anymore. He started laughing and continued laughing until his voice was hoarse. Ranma just dragged him down to the water.
Ranma whistled until he could see small ripples starting to come towards him. The ripples started to get larger and then the head of Kodachi's pet alligator, Mr. Green Turtle started to appear.
Ranma once kicked the still laughing Kuno near the alligator.
"He's all yours," said Ranma as he started leave. He heard Kuno's last speech before Mr. Green Turtle devoured him.
"I should have known it was you. Nevertheless, it cannot be you. We killed you. There is no coming back. This is the real world. There is no coming back. THERE IS NO COMING BACK"
Then the rest of his words were cut off by the hungry alligator.
Ranma did not even bother rolling his eyes at Kuno's last words. He just placed the chain with Akane's ring on it inside his pocket. Then he took off for what was left of his home.
Keiko did not know what she was thinking that morning. As soon has her chores were done, she took off to a place all too familiar.
Why am I even here?
She slowly walked up to Ranma and Akane's old house.
What am I even expecting to find?
She walked through what remained of the front door.
This is crazy.
She walked around until she found a very large hole in the floor. She peered down into the hole and heard a fluttering noise.
What was that? What the heck is down there?
Keiko remembered where the door to the basement was. She quickly went over to it, only to find out that it was already open. She sighed, it was bad enough that her friends were gone but now they were also being robbed.
She grabbed a piece of burnt wood from the ground and slowly made her way down. She heard the fluttering noise again. Keiko gripped her weapon tighter as walked around the darkness of the basement.
Suddenly, the fluttering noise got closer. Then Keiko suddenly felt a sharp pain in the back of her head, causing her to drop the piece of wood.
She swung her fist behind her but hit nothing but air. Then she heard the caw of the crow as it came at her with its talons bared. It was just centimeters from her eyes when she heard someone shout, "STOP".
The crow quickly halted in its attack and flew out of the hole in the floor.
I recognize that voice.
"Ranma," she called.
She looked over in the direction she heard the shout come from. Keiko gazed upon a figure dressed in black. She couldn't quite make out the face.
"It was you wasn't' it. You sent me the training tips. Your handwriting was almost a dead giveaway. And what's with the clown makeup"
Ranma remained silent and started to use his umisenken in order to hide.
"Come on Ranma. I know it's you. I miss you and Akane. It gets real lonely all by myself."
Then Ranma disappeared from sight altogether.
Keiko got mad and yelled, "Fine forget it. It thought you cared."
Keiko started to walk out of the basement when suddenly she felt a presence behind her.
"I do care" was all Ranma said before hugging her. Keiko quickly turned around to hug him back and let herself cry in his arms.
The station was a madhouse that morning. When Nabiki walked in, she quickly sidestepped several busy officers who were carrying paperwork all around the station.
"What's going on?" she asked the chief.
He sighed, rubbing his temples as he spoke, "Tatewaki Kuno was found dead in home this morning by his servants. Apparently, their pet alligator had a late night snack craving. "
Nabiki pretended to look shocked, simply so not to arouse suspicion. Ranma had been busy last night. Oh well, at least this time it looked like a natural cause.
Then Raye walked up.
Raye put his arm around the chief while commenting, "I don't know. Kuno dies the same night as that guy Tendo and I found in the park. From what I've heard, Kuno wasn't the most sane person on the planet. Maybe he could have been mixed up with whoever killed Gosunkugi."
The chief looked over at Raye and commented, "Are you missing a tooth Matsuda."
"That's not the point. I'm just saying that maybe Kuno was murdered by the same person or persons that killed Gosunkugi."
Nabiki noticed a look in the chief's eye. She feard what it would mean for her.
He looked over at Nabiki and said, "Matsuda may be on to something. You two look into it and report anything you find."
Nabiki internally sighed and said, "Yes sir."
Then when know was listening, Nabiki muttered, "Damn it".
Roughly, half an hour later, Nabiki and Raye stood in Kuno's front lawn. Nabiki tried to make herself look busy. She checked behind shrubs and walked around the house, pretending to be looking for evidence of murder.
Raye however was actually working. He was going through some old photos Kuno had in his closet. Aside from the numerous pictures of some pigtailed girl and Tendo's sister, he had found nothing. Then, the last picture made him raise an eyebrow. He had found an old school photo of the entire student body of Furinkan High.
It's almost too coincidental. Tendo, Kuno, and Gosunkugi all went to the same school.
Raye folded the picture and placed it inside his pocket.
"Did you find anything?" asked Nabiki as she entered the room.
"No, nothing" said Raye.
Nabiki was already in the car and waiting for Raye. Raye had been held up by one of Kuno's servants.
"I think you may want to have a look at this," he said as he handed Ray a tape from one of the security cameras.
"Thanks" said Raye as he took the tape and entered the car.
Later that day, Nabiki received a phone call.
"Who is this", she asked.
"It's me. There is a legal matter that I want your help with"
