Ranma ½ Fan fiction

Desperation

Part one Ties Broken and made

Chapter Four Life anew

The fight had ended. The disciples looked on in sorrow. Their master had lost. A part of their pride was lost as well. They had questions running through their head as to how, and why this boy beat their master. The master of the dojo rolled over. Ranma lent him his hand.

"Sensai, I am sorry that I had to beat you, in front of all of your pupils as well but, you were the one that said that I was unworthy of requesting to learn what your school had to teach."

"I was wrong, what is your name?"

"I am Saotome Ranma, of the School of Anything Goes Marital Arts."

"And my boy, I am Sherojo Furhikem of the Sorrojo dojo. I fear that I have nothing that I could teach you. But I believe that I do know someone that can."

"I would be honored. I have another question, I am also searching for someone, a girl. Has there been any that were very good stop at any of the Dojo's in the area, say within the last six months?"

"I don't believe so. Well like I sad, I think that a friend of mine would be able to teach someone of your rank a few things. What rank are you at?"

"I have never been tested, my father always said that all someone needed to do was fight me to see what rank I was, and to tell you the truth I like it that way. When the people that you fight against don't know how to judge you it gives you an edge on them. Not that, it is an honorable edge at times, but did you really think that I was weak when you started our match, or couldn't you tell?"

"I could tell, but you have, a 'soul of ice' my son."

"Yep, had to learn that when I learned the Hyru Shoten Ha."

"You know the Heaven Blast of the Dragon, at your age?!?"

"Sure. I had to learn it when my fathers master, put some burn on me that left me as helpless as a baby. If I wasn't able to beat him, he wouldn't give me the stupid pressure point chart so that I could have my strength back."

Ranma wasn't trying to boast, and he didn't mean to sound so full of himself. He hated that now, every place he went, he was better, and he hated it really. But he was glad that at this moment, the sensai was to busy taking all of his accomplishments in to notice his head drop a little, when his thoughts started to remind him that he was only on one mission.

"My my! Wells my boy, some sensai's would dream to know that attack, isn't that from the Amazons? I thought that they didn't teach attacks to outsiders?"

'The man asks too many questions.' Ranma thought. 'He is wasting my time. I want to know what he is really going to tell me so that I can leave.'

"Oh, that bit. Well I happened to beat the Amazon and I didn't know that if I beat the chick, that she would want to marry me. Well if I had known I would have purposely lost. She even chased me to Japan. Well her great- grandmother taught it to me so that I wouldn't be a puny husband to her grand daughter, as if I would even marry her."

Every time that he started to talk about any of the past, his heart ached, because he now saw all of the problems that he had been in. So many that his ego wouldn't let him see all of that time.

'I feel so sick, I miss her so much. Will I ever come any closer? It hurts too much.'

"I think I would find it an honor to marry an Amazon." Is he obsessed With Amazons? I should bring him Shampoo, I am sure that he could beat her if he tried, he is pretty good, then he can see how it really is."

"Well you didn't know this Amazon."

"Well this man that I'm taking about lives on the outskirts of Komott just about two weeks walk from here. When you get there ask for Tomijorera Jematsu, he should be able to help you on your quest for knowledge."

'Finally.'

"Thank you Sensai."

Amazon's tribe:

"We must wake her up for the birth, I fear that if there are complications that either of them might suffer."

"Very well but immediately after we must sedate her."

"Yes, by all means."

They fed Mais Su some mushed up tea leaves, and her eyes snapped open. She screamed in labor pain.

"What is happening, what is happening to me . . ." She started to think about her surroundings, mumbling a name as her pain subsided, and she turned over. She started grabbing the bed covers as another pain awakened in her abdomen.

'Who were all these strange people, why am I still alive . . . what is happening to me?'

She looked at her stomach. It was bulging.

'Oh my god . . .' she remembered . . .

Her memories were groggy, only because she felt half dead and like she hadn't moved in months. But she remembered. She looked around, she was surrounded by old hags. The women must have been the same age as the old hag herself. She wanted a knife, this time she would succeed in finishing the job of killing herself. There was a pair of chopsticks sitting on the table next to her. When the next pain subsided, she grabbed them and broke them in half . . . she raised them above her wrist, and attempted to rip the now healed scars on her wrists open once again. But her hand was caught by one of the old crones who shook her head.

"LET ME DIE!" Akane screamed half cried, begging them to end her misery.

"Just end it here, PLEASE, I don't want this . . . I want to DIE!"

The woman started to jabber in Chinese. She couldn't understand a word of Chinese. But then one just said,

"Push and it will all be over."

Largely because of the pain, and only a little because she knew that the crone was right, did she obey. There was a sharp pain and she screamed one last scream,

"RAANNMMAAA!!!!"

Fighting the pain trying to squirm out of the grips of the old women, and then it was over. The last thing that Akane heard was a child screaming, but the last thought that Akane had, as Akane, was peace.

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"Boy! I know that you can do better than that!"

"What is it that you think I am you old pervert, your demolition machine!?"

The old man stopped in his insults. Out of pseudo space, the old man pulled out an enormous mallet, the size of a crane, and smashed Ranma into the ground before he could jump out of the way.

'The boy has skill, I do believe that this time around, the Technique will live longer that three generations.'

"Ranma, I am not going to take insults form my pupils."

'But this boy's mouth, and personality, they anger me. He has gone through too much, and he is still only a boy in the body of a man.'

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"It is a girl. What will you call her?"

Lali Su had been thinking about this since the day that Akane, had come. Since the elders said that all of Akane's memories were going to be erased later on that night, she though of the old Akane dying in a sense. So she though that in honor of the mother that gave birth to the child, which was now to her dead, she would name her Akane, or Aka.

"The child that has given birth to this baby girl is dead. I will name the daughter after her dead mother, Akane, or Aka Su for short."

"Very well. The ceremony will be held in eight days."

Break too outside the tent:

"Mother."

"Muts Su. She had a baby girl."

"What is her name? Is she healthy? Are you going to claim her mothers' rights? Is Akane all right?"

"She is a healthy girl. She weighs 9lbs and 7oz, her name is Akane or Aka Su for short. Akane though is dead Muts Su, now only Mais Su lives."

Mouse found it somewhat awkward to be so joyful about the whole situation, but after all the birth of a baby, if it is healthy, is always a happy occasion even if the child is a bastard.

"I understand."

"She will be happy here, and will live a good life."

"I know. When is the ceremony?"

"The baby's or Mais Su's?"

'And then you move from happy to depressing all in one minute. It is a wonder everyone in this tribe hasn't died from suicide yet, so much happens that is so sad, or messed up.' Mouse thought.

"Mais Su's."

"In about two weeks time. She had to recover from birth. She has not walked around in months, she just lays there. It will take her body longer to heal."

"I will wait till then to leave."

'I hope that she will not be too mad at me that I am leaving so soon. She never understands, I love her, yet there are just some times that I have to leave, to take care of the others. I know that she will always be all right, so that is why I don't worry so much about her.'

"What . . . ?"

"I will explain later."

'I just wish that she understood.'

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"Shan Pu?"

"Yes. Great-grandmother?"

"I feel that nine months is long enough. We will not find Ranma. We must return."

"But that will mean that I will have to . . ."

"Yes I know. But it is not as bad as wasting your life away on Ranma."

"But I . . ."

"No buts."

"Yes Great-grandmother."

End

Author Note: The Next Chapter will be the ceremony . . . , aren't you all excited? See you then!

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