Forever Bound
Chapter 16, Warning Discarded
Author's Notes: Here we are Chapter 16, so near to the end of the story (I hope). Nothing to say except all comments and criticism to silverflame_maiden@hotmail.com.
#### means flashback
Disclaimers: Ranma 1/2 belongs to Rumiko Takahashi. Ah! My Goddess belongs to whoever made them.
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Akane entered the Saotome home living room and saw Nodoka sittiing on a chair crying. She rushed towards Nodoka and comforted her as she asked her what was the matter. Nodoka just continued the cry and say it was her fault.
Akane finally shook Nodoka by the shoulders and asked, "Autnie what is your fault?" Nodoka looked at Akane blankly for a minute before she said into the distance, "I can't tell you. I can't tell anyone. They'll kill him." Akane shook her again and asked, "Auntie! Who'll kill who?" At Nodoka's blank stare Akane said, "Auntie!"
Nodoka finally looked at Akane and whispered, "Okay." She stood up and walked around the room before she stopped and stared at Akane beginning, "Years ago when Ranma was just about 4 before he went with his father I was walking home from a temple to wish him a safe journey...
#######Flashback, 24 years before#########
(Hill Temple)
A young Nodoka held her son's hand tightly and she pocketed a good-luck charm she got from the temple to give to her husband. Ranma ate at his lollipop and turned his innocent grey-blue eyes up at his mother wondering why she decided to take him to the temple. Nodoka looked down at the eyes of her son and smiled brightly as she said, "Do you want to be a man amongst man, Ranma?" Ranma's eyes sparkled and he jumped as he yelled, "Yeah!" Nodoka's smile brightened at her son's enthusiasm and some of her guilt vanished.
Suddenly, without looking, Nodoka bumped into an elderly old lady with a cane and the good luck charm fell out of my pocket.
"Oh, I'm so sorry, here let me help you up," Nodoka said as she let go of Ranma's hand and helped the lady up giving her her cane. The lady stared intently at Nodoka though Nodoka could tell by the way her eye stood still that she was blind. Nodoka fidgeted under the lady's stare and thought of pulling her hand away before she heard Ranma beside her say, "Mom, who's that?"
Like she was burning the old lady dropped Nodoka's hand and fell back staring at Ranma as if she could see through him. The old woman's terrified expression edged Nodoka until the lady lunged at Ranma, every intent on killing him. Nodoka saw this and pushed her back.
"What's the matter with you?!" Nodoka screamed holding her son close.
The lady just looked past Nodoka at Ranma and said in a panicked voice, "You can't keep him. He's not human. He's too strong for us, water god. You have to kill him now before he realizes and remember what we did to him and his wife and his daughters. You have to kill him before he realizes his power and how we humans wronged him. If your not going to kill him, you better be able to find Marshidi, his wife, only she can control him, only she can stop him from destroying us. It wasn't our fault, Larchlarn! She made us do it! Grenada made us do it! She made us kill them!"
Nodoka, frightened, pulled her scard son from the pathway of the temple to, away from the screeching lady. All that was left on the path as night fell was a good luck charm meant for a little boy on his training.
#######End of Flashback#######
"...and the old lady came back into my dreams yesterday, Akane. She said I made a mistake because he's remembering now and nothing will stop him. Oh, Akane, what am I going to do. If I don't kill my son, someone else will if they find out," Nodoka said.
Akane digested the information that Nodoka had given her slowly. *The old lady called Ranma Larchlarn. According to my dream I'm Marshidi, but...* incoherant thoughts wandered through Akane's mind and she stood up.
"Auntie, I won't tell anyone about this and you shouldn't either, not even Ranma. I need to decipher this first and I tell you, o.k?" Akane asked as Nodoka nodded. Akane made a weak attempt at a smile before she ran out of the house. Nausea seemed to fill her throat as her heart refused to remember and acknowledge what her mind tried to tell. Akane ran to her favorite spot to think, the swingset at the park. Yet, when she got there she saw a crying girl there.
Akane forgot her worries for a moment and went to the little girl. As she put her hand on the small girl's shoulder and the little girl looked up, Akane gasped. *So familiar...* ran through her mind. The little girl had bronze skin and platinum hair along with silver hazel eyes. The girl turned her tear filled gaze at Akane and sniffed.
"What's your name?" Akane tried to breathe from the familiar eyes. #####"Mommy! Help, Mommy!"######
"M-my name is Urd," the little girl sniffed. *Urd...* #### "Urd darling, come here" ######
"Where are your parents Urd?" Akane felt a lump begin to grow in her throat suffocating her.
"I don't have any. The bad man that took me here from far away killed my mom and dad. Please don't give me to the government," Urd pleaded. Akane just nodded absently, she didn't want the girl to leave either. ##### "Mommy, mommy, look, I made the water move with my hands."#######
Akane didn't know what took over her, but she felt she had to and at that moment nothing else mattered but that little girl. "Do you want to come home with me, Urd?" she asked. Maybe if Akane had bothered to think at that moment she would have been suspicious at why the little girl wasn't afraid at this strange lady that offered her a home. She didn't though.
"Yes, will you be my mommy?" Urd asked a little too enthusiastically.
Akane nodded and held out her hand to the little girl. Urd took her hand and they walked on towards the Tendo dojo.
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Akane held onto Urd's hand as the little girl chattered on. She suddenly bumped into a lady. Today really was a day for coincidences. She apologized to the lady until she looked at her face.
"Da-chan?" Akane asked. Grenada smiled and nodded, "Hi, Akane. Funny seeing you here." Grenada suddenly stopped smiling and looked down Urd who was glaring at her.
"And who's the little darling?" Grenada asked stressing on the darling as if it was some vile word.
"None of your buisness," Urd spat out. *Say a word and I'll blow your cover...*
"Oh, but sweety, I would love to know how you know Akane here," Grenada said as she held onto Urd's wrist oh so tightly. *Ah, but if I blow my cover it won't be so bad, whereas you...well, you know..."
"Oh, Mommy here just decided to take me home," Urd said stressing on the Mommy. *Your going to lose so don't threaten me, it won't be healthy for you...*
"Mommy, huh?" Grenada asked squeezing on the arm tighter. *What are you going to do. I'm stronger then you are....*
"Ah, Mommy she's hurting my arm," Urd whined helplessly. *Oh really...I'll still win back what was rightfully mine...*
Akane saw Grenada hurting her daughter and a strange posseiveness for the child gripped her. Akane pulled Grenada's arm away from Urd. Grenada's lips thinned a minute before she smiled and apologized, "Oh, I'm so sorry Akane. I didn't mean it. I'm so sorry dear." Akane smiled relieved that the hostility she felt between the two were gone.
"It's o.k," Akane said.
Grenada smiled at her a minute before saying, "I would love to just stay and talk, but I really must be going. Buisness, my dear, you understand." Akane nodded and Grenada walked away. Urd glared at Grenada's retreating back a minute before smiling again and the childishness was back.
Today Akane was truly oblivious. For is she wasn't she would have noticed many wierd things. She even would have noticed that for the briefest of moments, Urd's childishness was gone and her eyes held something far beyond her years.
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Author's Notes: Yay! Now all comments and criticism to silverflame_maiden@hotmail.com.
Chapter 16, Warning Discarded
Author's Notes: Here we are Chapter 16, so near to the end of the story (I hope). Nothing to say except all comments and criticism to silverflame_maiden@hotmail.com.
#### means flashback
Disclaimers: Ranma 1/2 belongs to Rumiko Takahashi. Ah! My Goddess belongs to whoever made them.
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Akane entered the Saotome home living room and saw Nodoka sittiing on a chair crying. She rushed towards Nodoka and comforted her as she asked her what was the matter. Nodoka just continued the cry and say it was her fault.
Akane finally shook Nodoka by the shoulders and asked, "Autnie what is your fault?" Nodoka looked at Akane blankly for a minute before she said into the distance, "I can't tell you. I can't tell anyone. They'll kill him." Akane shook her again and asked, "Auntie! Who'll kill who?" At Nodoka's blank stare Akane said, "Auntie!"
Nodoka finally looked at Akane and whispered, "Okay." She stood up and walked around the room before she stopped and stared at Akane beginning, "Years ago when Ranma was just about 4 before he went with his father I was walking home from a temple to wish him a safe journey...
#######Flashback, 24 years before#########
(Hill Temple)
A young Nodoka held her son's hand tightly and she pocketed a good-luck charm she got from the temple to give to her husband. Ranma ate at his lollipop and turned his innocent grey-blue eyes up at his mother wondering why she decided to take him to the temple. Nodoka looked down at the eyes of her son and smiled brightly as she said, "Do you want to be a man amongst man, Ranma?" Ranma's eyes sparkled and he jumped as he yelled, "Yeah!" Nodoka's smile brightened at her son's enthusiasm and some of her guilt vanished.
Suddenly, without looking, Nodoka bumped into an elderly old lady with a cane and the good luck charm fell out of my pocket.
"Oh, I'm so sorry, here let me help you up," Nodoka said as she let go of Ranma's hand and helped the lady up giving her her cane. The lady stared intently at Nodoka though Nodoka could tell by the way her eye stood still that she was blind. Nodoka fidgeted under the lady's stare and thought of pulling her hand away before she heard Ranma beside her say, "Mom, who's that?"
Like she was burning the old lady dropped Nodoka's hand and fell back staring at Ranma as if she could see through him. The old woman's terrified expression edged Nodoka until the lady lunged at Ranma, every intent on killing him. Nodoka saw this and pushed her back.
"What's the matter with you?!" Nodoka screamed holding her son close.
The lady just looked past Nodoka at Ranma and said in a panicked voice, "You can't keep him. He's not human. He's too strong for us, water god. You have to kill him now before he realizes and remember what we did to him and his wife and his daughters. You have to kill him before he realizes his power and how we humans wronged him. If your not going to kill him, you better be able to find Marshidi, his wife, only she can control him, only she can stop him from destroying us. It wasn't our fault, Larchlarn! She made us do it! Grenada made us do it! She made us kill them!"
Nodoka, frightened, pulled her scard son from the pathway of the temple to, away from the screeching lady. All that was left on the path as night fell was a good luck charm meant for a little boy on his training.
#######End of Flashback#######
"...and the old lady came back into my dreams yesterday, Akane. She said I made a mistake because he's remembering now and nothing will stop him. Oh, Akane, what am I going to do. If I don't kill my son, someone else will if they find out," Nodoka said.
Akane digested the information that Nodoka had given her slowly. *The old lady called Ranma Larchlarn. According to my dream I'm Marshidi, but...* incoherant thoughts wandered through Akane's mind and she stood up.
"Auntie, I won't tell anyone about this and you shouldn't either, not even Ranma. I need to decipher this first and I tell you, o.k?" Akane asked as Nodoka nodded. Akane made a weak attempt at a smile before she ran out of the house. Nausea seemed to fill her throat as her heart refused to remember and acknowledge what her mind tried to tell. Akane ran to her favorite spot to think, the swingset at the park. Yet, when she got there she saw a crying girl there.
Akane forgot her worries for a moment and went to the little girl. As she put her hand on the small girl's shoulder and the little girl looked up, Akane gasped. *So familiar...* ran through her mind. The little girl had bronze skin and platinum hair along with silver hazel eyes. The girl turned her tear filled gaze at Akane and sniffed.
"What's your name?" Akane tried to breathe from the familiar eyes. #####"Mommy! Help, Mommy!"######
"M-my name is Urd," the little girl sniffed. *Urd...* #### "Urd darling, come here" ######
"Where are your parents Urd?" Akane felt a lump begin to grow in her throat suffocating her.
"I don't have any. The bad man that took me here from far away killed my mom and dad. Please don't give me to the government," Urd pleaded. Akane just nodded absently, she didn't want the girl to leave either. ##### "Mommy, mommy, look, I made the water move with my hands."#######
Akane didn't know what took over her, but she felt she had to and at that moment nothing else mattered but that little girl. "Do you want to come home with me, Urd?" she asked. Maybe if Akane had bothered to think at that moment she would have been suspicious at why the little girl wasn't afraid at this strange lady that offered her a home. She didn't though.
"Yes, will you be my mommy?" Urd asked a little too enthusiastically.
Akane nodded and held out her hand to the little girl. Urd took her hand and they walked on towards the Tendo dojo.
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Akane held onto Urd's hand as the little girl chattered on. She suddenly bumped into a lady. Today really was a day for coincidences. She apologized to the lady until she looked at her face.
"Da-chan?" Akane asked. Grenada smiled and nodded, "Hi, Akane. Funny seeing you here." Grenada suddenly stopped smiling and looked down Urd who was glaring at her.
"And who's the little darling?" Grenada asked stressing on the darling as if it was some vile word.
"None of your buisness," Urd spat out. *Say a word and I'll blow your cover...*
"Oh, but sweety, I would love to know how you know Akane here," Grenada said as she held onto Urd's wrist oh so tightly. *Ah, but if I blow my cover it won't be so bad, whereas you...well, you know..."
"Oh, Mommy here just decided to take me home," Urd said stressing on the Mommy. *Your going to lose so don't threaten me, it won't be healthy for you...*
"Mommy, huh?" Grenada asked squeezing on the arm tighter. *What are you going to do. I'm stronger then you are....*
"Ah, Mommy she's hurting my arm," Urd whined helplessly. *Oh really...I'll still win back what was rightfully mine...*
Akane saw Grenada hurting her daughter and a strange posseiveness for the child gripped her. Akane pulled Grenada's arm away from Urd. Grenada's lips thinned a minute before she smiled and apologized, "Oh, I'm so sorry Akane. I didn't mean it. I'm so sorry dear." Akane smiled relieved that the hostility she felt between the two were gone.
"It's o.k," Akane said.
Grenada smiled at her a minute before saying, "I would love to just stay and talk, but I really must be going. Buisness, my dear, you understand." Akane nodded and Grenada walked away. Urd glared at Grenada's retreating back a minute before smiling again and the childishness was back.
Today Akane was truly oblivious. For is she wasn't she would have noticed many wierd things. She even would have noticed that for the briefest of moments, Urd's childishness was gone and her eyes held something far beyond her years.
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Author's Notes: Yay! Now all comments and criticism to silverflame_maiden@hotmail.com.