Tell me.. what happened to Kasumi?
Nabiki slowly rose to her feet, eyes red rimmed from crying for the past three hours. "Thats it!" She cried, and cast one final look around the Kunou household.
"I'm out to search for my one true love and wont return here till I find it!" Nabiki ran into her bedroom and grabbed her clothes and lots of money. 'After all, how can I do anything without money?' She thought to herself as she quickly got out of her house and set off down the road.
Little did she know what troubles awaited her, during her travles.
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Akane sat, looking at the man startled. 'This has got to be a joke!! this can't possibly be real!' And shook her head in disbelieve. Raistlin sat quietly staring at Akane as if he knw exactly what she was thinking the whole time.
"I've come to give you a chance to know what happend to your sister Kasumi, Akane Tendou. But this information will come at a price" Raistlin said, smirking slightly. Akane blinked, and her eyes widdened.
"H..how do you know what really happend to Kasumi sir?" she asked in surprised and flinched slightly when Raistlin began to laugh.
"I am the master of past and present dear child. I know what has happend as I see what will happen" With a bit of shatterd laughter Raistlin said this and took a sip of his tea. Startled Akane didn't know what to say, and sat there contiplating the situation.
'I could know what happend to Kasumi, but at a price. I'll pay any price to know what happend to her!' Akane made the decision quickly and downed the rest of her tea.
"Ok, so tell me Sir. What happend to Kasumi? I'll pay any price to know." She stated firmly and for the first time started into his eyes. The golden colored hour glassed puplied eyes of the mage before her. She involintarily shudderd and looked back to the floor.
"The payment for this knowledge is your life Akane Tendou, and as you said any price you would pay. This Information is yous.." Raistlin smiled at Akane with pleasure. "Your sister, Kasumi killed herself with poison. Only one other person knew that she was going too, and that same person knew the reason why.."
He quieted to see Akane's reaction before continuing. Akane's head shot up and she looked at him in utter surprise and amazement.
"Poison!!?? why??!! who knows!?!?" She clentched her fists and pounded on the table.
"Yes poison, she poisoned herself because she was violently raped and became pregnant. Your sister Nabiki knew the whole time and had promised Kasumi she would not tell a single soul." Raistlin stoped, he had one more bit of information. One more speck of knowledge he could tell Akane before he took her life and left. He could tell her, who had raped her sister.
Akane fell silent, blinking and looked as if she was going to faint. "Who?!!! who did this to Kasumi!! tell me !! Was it Ranma?! Ryouga?! Father? Mr. Soatome?! Who!! tell me!!" Akane burst in a sudden flare of Anger and almost threw herself at the seemingly defenceless Raistlin Majere.
"I was just about to tell you Akane, please, calm down a bit. Killing me before you have all the information would be useless to you" With those words Akane calmed a little and sat glaring at Raistlin waiting for him to speak again.
"Alright.. I can see you want this bad enough.." Raistlin said a sneer coming to his lips. "The one who raped your sister was, the one who goes by the name......" Akane leaned foward waiting, impatiently for the answer. Seeing her so waiting Raistlin laughed softly. "Her rapist was none other then.. Furikan Highs own Tatewaki Kuno..."
Akane's eyes widdened with surprise and then narrowed with anger. "You lie! Kuno could.. never, would never do anything like that!" Raistlin shook his head sadly.
"I didnt think that you would believe me Akane, but what I tell you is the truth." He stood, leaning on his staff of brown wood, Toped with a golden dragons claw clutching a crystal ball. He stepped towards Akane, who involintarily steped back a few places. She stummbled over her chair and fell on her back. Looking up at Raistlin with fear in her eyes she placed her hands over her face as if to ward off a blow.
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Soun and Genma both having been broken hearted from Kasumi's death died that night. Asleep in eachothers arms died peacefully and without pain. As the clock in the hallway of their apartment chimed twelve midnight, they both took their last breaths ending forever what had been a not so happy life.
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Ranma smiled as he sat there watching Ryoga and Kuno sleep. "To bad it wont last for long." He thought and he drew a Katana from his bag and stood, standing over the sleeping forms of Ryoga and Kuno. Tears welled up in his eyes and he drew the blade over his head and plunged it into the heart of Kuno, who promtly woke with the pain and screamed. Before his life was drained out of him, Kuno griped Ryoga, who had woken from the scream.
Tears streaming Ryoga watched Kuno die, and looked up at Ranma, tears staining his face and blood covering his hands and his Katana. Ranma stood there, his faced renched in pain for what he had done, and he turned the blade upon himself and thrust it in his chest. Ryoga screamed and jumped for him, but it was too late.
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Ran-ko lifted the picture and studied it with tear redend eyes. "Oh Ucchan, how can I show you how much I love you?" She said to the picture as another tear fell down her check. She lowerd her head and cried again, her tears forming little rivers as they flowed down her cheeks and onto the picture of Ukyo, ruining it completely.
But Ran-ko didn't notice, her tears kept falling as she went deeper into the black whole in which she now knew as her only salvation from life...
