Sick Cycle Of Life
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/.../ - thought
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Chapter 9: In Dire Straits
Awareness was slowly coming back to him. /Damn! What happened?/ Ranma thought. His body felt like it was on fire. The last thing he remembered was a bright light before he was struck with excrutiating pain then blackness as he passed out from it. He could swear he felt a needle prick on his arm before the pain but he dismissed it as one of the sharpnels hitting him. He was faintly aware of people screaming but his brain failed to register the words. When it finally caught up with the rest of him, his eyes flew open in time to see Yue being blasted by a dark figure. "YUE! NO!!!!!!!!" he shouted.
He stood up despite the pain that racked though his body. He tried to go to where she had fallen but his body refused to co-operate. He only managed to take one step before collapsing in agony. To his surprise he didn't land on the ground, he turned his head and saw Wufei had managed to catch him before he fell.
"Are you okay? What happened?" Wufei asked while supporting Ranma's full body weight since the latter could barely stand on his own. Heero moved to Ranma's other side and shared the burden with Wufei.
"Yue," Ranma croaked out. What the hell was wrong with his body? It felt like his strength had been drained completely. It was an effort just to keep his eyes open.
"Airen/Ranchan!" Ukyo and Shampoo were suddenly standing right next to them. Both ready to attack Heero and Wufei.
Wufei and Heero also tensed, their hands clenched their guns tightly, ready to fire at the slightest threat.
/Oh, crap! I forgot about them,/ he groaned silently. "Don't fight," he rasped. His throat hurt but he had to prevent the upcoming bloodshed.
"Ranchan, what happened to you? Come on, I'll take care of you." She moved to take Ranma away from Heero and Wufei but was confronted with two guns pointed at her forehead. She froze.
"Aiya! Shampoo take care of Airen. Stupid Spatula Girl go away now." She followed Ukyo's steps only to end in the same result except she only had one gun trained at her while the other was still trained on the okonomiyaki chef.
"Both of you leave now," Ranma whispered harshly. "I told you I don't want anything more to do with either of you after you bombed my wedding."
"But Ranchan-"
"Don't Ranchan me. You lost your right to call me that when you refused to see that I didn't want to marry you." He closed his eyes, not wanting to see the tears in his former best friend's eyes. "Don't get me wrong, Ukyo. I love you but as a friend but nothing more. If you can't accept that then I can no longer consider you as a friend. You must choose." He opened his eyes again to give her a penetrating stare.
"I need to be alone right now," Ukyo said tearfully and fled the vicinity.
Ranma gazed after her retreating figure sadly. He hoped that she would make the right decision for her sake and his.
"Now Spatula Girl out of the way, Airen marry Shampoo," the Amazon announced gleefully. She was about to glomp him when he started speaking again.
"No, Shampoo. I don't love you and I don't want to marry you. I will never be a second class citizen so you can go back to China because I want nothing more to do with you and your tribe."
Shampoo stared at him blankly for a moment then she produced her sword. "Then Shampoo kill Outsider!" She was about to attack when Heero clicked off the safety of his gun and fired at the girl, missing her head by an inch.
"Leave or next time I won't aim to miss," Heero stated icily. Wufei also pointed his gun towards her, his eyes serious.
Shampoo turned and left but not before giving them one last glare that said it wasn't over yet.
"Heero, Wufei, Ranma!" Quatre yelled to them to get their attention. Trowa was carrying the unconscious form of Yue as they walked towards the others.
"How is she?" Wufei asked when they reached them. He gave Yue a quick glance and she didn't appear to be too injured.
"She's unconscious but fine otherwise," Trowa reported with relief seeping into his normal flat tone. "What happened to you, Ranma?"
But Ranma didn't reply. He couldn't as a jolt of pain went though his body and he started coughing. Talking had cost him big-time. He put his hand over his mouth and when the fit passed, he removed his hand and saw crimson liquid covering his palm. "Shit," he said weakly before passing out.
As soon as he passed out, Heero quickly took command. "Head back to the mansion now and Quatre, see if you can find a doctor in the area."
Quatre nodded and ran out of the school in search for a doctor.
"Guys! What happened?" Duo had just finished his search for the mysterious man and saw Trowa carrying Yue and Ranma slumped between Heero and Wufei. In his hand was a piece of paper.
"Later, Duo. Right now we need to get back to the mansion as quickly as possible," Heero ordered.
Duo nodded, pocketing what he had found and following the others out of the school ground.
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When they reached the mansion, Duo threw open the door and the others went in with their burdens. They walked into the living room, placed Yue on one of the big couches and Ranma on the other. Trowa checked Ranma's pulse and found it was becoming weaker and his breathing was shallow. He cleaned and bandaged the cuts but could do nothing else, he just hoped Quatre arrived back soon with a doctor or the martial artist would not live to see the next day.
Duo, Wufei and Heero were worried, although the latter didn't show it as much as the other two. They respected the pigtailed martial artist after all the suffering he had been through. It was unfair for him to die like this.
The door slammed open and they quickly looked up towards it to see Quatre and a man wearing glasses and a white coat entering the living room.
"Guys, this is Tofu-sensei. He's the local doctor," Quatre introduced the man beside him.
The three of the four pilots nodded in greeting. Duo managed a polite 'hello' but his voice was lacking the cheery quality he usually had.
"Now, who's injured?" Tofu asked. He was unable to see the person lying on the couch because the boys had been standing in front of it.
Trowa gestured to the couch behind him. The doctor walked towards him to examine the injured person and gasped when he saw the patient's face. "Ranma? What happened to him?"
"You know him?" Duo questioned.
"Yes. He's a regular patient in my clinic."
"Can you help him?" Wufei asked. "We don't know exactly what happened but he was knocked unconscious by a blast and when he woke up, he could hardly stand. He started coughing up blood and then passed out."
The doctor didn't answer but started examining the pigtailed boy. When he examined Ranma's right arm, he noticed a tiny puncture mark. He would have missed it if his senses had not been well trained. He deduced that whatever had been injected to Ranma's body was causing the boy to go into a coma. He quickly pressed a few pressure points to slow the drug so he would have enough time to find a cure. When he {had} finished, he turned back to the five pilots. "I'm afraid I have some bad news. Ranma had been injected by an unknown drug and he's slipping into a coma. I've pressed a few pressure points that will slow the drug's effect but we need to find the cure fast or we'll lose him."
The pilots didn't know what to say. A noise distracted them from their grief and they turned to the source. They saw Yue was awake and was attempting to push herself up. Quatre moved to help her.
"Ugh, what hit me?" Yue groaned. Her whole body ached and she had a major headache. She remembered her brothers[1] calling to her to watch out then she was given a free flying lesson before impacting on the hard ground, knocking her unconscious.
"Here." Tofu pressed a couple of pressure point on her temple and her headache miraculously disappeared.
"Thanks," she replied, smiling gratefully at him. She glanced around the room and her eyes fell on the raven haired figure on the couch. She sprang up and rushed towards him. "Ranma! What happened to him? Is he okay?"
She turned to look at the others and saw that Quatre and Duo had a look of sadness on their faces. The rest had blank expressions but she could feel their sorrow. "Ranma," she choked. "No..."
Heero moved behind her and hugged her gently. Yue whirled around and buried her face on his chest, crying softly. Heero stroked her back while murmuring comfort in her ear.
When she calmed down, they all sat around the living room table to discuss the situation. Tofu had left after giving Quatre his phone number and told them to call him if anything happened. They also moved Ranma to one of the rooms so he could be more comfortable.
"Do you have any idea who it was?" Yue asked her brothers. Her face was devoid of any emotion. She had retreated into her soldier mode to escape her pain.
"No. He got away before I could catch him but I found this." Duo took out a piece of paper from his pocket and gave it to Yue. "I haven't had a chance to read it yet."
Yue took the piece of paper and paled. The writing was done elegantly and framed with black roses. The others urged her to read it out loud.
~Dreading for the sun to rise,
open your ears for your loved ones' cries.
Suffering and death are all you will find,
and you will be the only one left behind.
Feel the lightning feel the thunder,
as I tear your heart asunder~
"What kind of a sick freak wrote this?" Duo cried out. He was outraged by the whole thing and when he found out who did this...Shinigami would show no mercy.
"Mamoru," Yue whispered and started to tremble. "No...no...this can't be happening." She repeated it over and over again while rocking back and forth.
"Yue? Yue!" Wufei tried to calm her down to no avail. "She's gone into shock! Call Tofu-sensei!"
Trowa quicky went to the phone and dialled the clinic's number.
Quatre, Duo, Wufei and Heero tried to calm the blonde girl down but she wasn't responding to any of them.
"The dark prince has come..."
*End Chapter 9*
[1] - Although Heero, Duo, Trowa and Wufei are not related to Yue, she considers them as her big brothers.
AN: Well, did you like it? Special thanks to IceAngel who wrote the poem. I had fun writing this chapter. Thank you for all of those who reviewed the last chap! For the rest of you, please review! It's not hard. Just click on the small button and leave me a line or two to tell me what you thought of my fic. More reviews = faster chapters.
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'solarmistress17'- Breathe, breathe! Sorry about the cliffhanger but I was feeling a bit evil at the time and couldn't resist. I'm happy you love{d} the last chapter. I hope you feel the same way about this one.
'Zpan Sven' - The other senshi might come into the picture but I haven't decided yet, meanwhile stay tuned for another chap and I hope you like this one.
'Neko Megami' - Moi evil? *hiding the horns and pointed tail* Surely you jest. Sorry about the cliffhanger. Does this chapter make up for it?
'montymouse' - I can't help myself. That's okay, at least you reviewed the last chap. I won't bash Ukyo because I kinda like her. I might pair her up with someone but I'll decide that later. I will have more Ranma/Usa but I just want to take it slow because I read too many fic that had the guys falling instantly in love with her. I want them to develop the relationship slowly because Ranma is still recovering from his failed wedding and he wouldn't easily fall in love after what he had went through. The same goes with Yue after Mamoru.
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Disclaimer: Don't own anything except the story
"..." - talking
/.../ - thought
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Chapter 9: In Dire Straits
Awareness was slowly coming back to him. /Damn! What happened?/ Ranma thought. His body felt like it was on fire. The last thing he remembered was a bright light before he was struck with excrutiating pain then blackness as he passed out from it. He could swear he felt a needle prick on his arm before the pain but he dismissed it as one of the sharpnels hitting him. He was faintly aware of people screaming but his brain failed to register the words. When it finally caught up with the rest of him, his eyes flew open in time to see Yue being blasted by a dark figure. "YUE! NO!!!!!!!!" he shouted.
He stood up despite the pain that racked though his body. He tried to go to where she had fallen but his body refused to co-operate. He only managed to take one step before collapsing in agony. To his surprise he didn't land on the ground, he turned his head and saw Wufei had managed to catch him before he fell.
"Are you okay? What happened?" Wufei asked while supporting Ranma's full body weight since the latter could barely stand on his own. Heero moved to Ranma's other side and shared the burden with Wufei.
"Yue," Ranma croaked out. What the hell was wrong with his body? It felt like his strength had been drained completely. It was an effort just to keep his eyes open.
"Airen/Ranchan!" Ukyo and Shampoo were suddenly standing right next to them. Both ready to attack Heero and Wufei.
Wufei and Heero also tensed, their hands clenched their guns tightly, ready to fire at the slightest threat.
/Oh, crap! I forgot about them,/ he groaned silently. "Don't fight," he rasped. His throat hurt but he had to prevent the upcoming bloodshed.
"Ranchan, what happened to you? Come on, I'll take care of you." She moved to take Ranma away from Heero and Wufei but was confronted with two guns pointed at her forehead. She froze.
"Aiya! Shampoo take care of Airen. Stupid Spatula Girl go away now." She followed Ukyo's steps only to end in the same result except she only had one gun trained at her while the other was still trained on the okonomiyaki chef.
"Both of you leave now," Ranma whispered harshly. "I told you I don't want anything more to do with either of you after you bombed my wedding."
"But Ranchan-"
"Don't Ranchan me. You lost your right to call me that when you refused to see that I didn't want to marry you." He closed his eyes, not wanting to see the tears in his former best friend's eyes. "Don't get me wrong, Ukyo. I love you but as a friend but nothing more. If you can't accept that then I can no longer consider you as a friend. You must choose." He opened his eyes again to give her a penetrating stare.
"I need to be alone right now," Ukyo said tearfully and fled the vicinity.
Ranma gazed after her retreating figure sadly. He hoped that she would make the right decision for her sake and his.
"Now Spatula Girl out of the way, Airen marry Shampoo," the Amazon announced gleefully. She was about to glomp him when he started speaking again.
"No, Shampoo. I don't love you and I don't want to marry you. I will never be a second class citizen so you can go back to China because I want nothing more to do with you and your tribe."
Shampoo stared at him blankly for a moment then she produced her sword. "Then Shampoo kill Outsider!" She was about to attack when Heero clicked off the safety of his gun and fired at the girl, missing her head by an inch.
"Leave or next time I won't aim to miss," Heero stated icily. Wufei also pointed his gun towards her, his eyes serious.
Shampoo turned and left but not before giving them one last glare that said it wasn't over yet.
"Heero, Wufei, Ranma!" Quatre yelled to them to get their attention. Trowa was carrying the unconscious form of Yue as they walked towards the others.
"How is she?" Wufei asked when they reached them. He gave Yue a quick glance and she didn't appear to be too injured.
"She's unconscious but fine otherwise," Trowa reported with relief seeping into his normal flat tone. "What happened to you, Ranma?"
But Ranma didn't reply. He couldn't as a jolt of pain went though his body and he started coughing. Talking had cost him big-time. He put his hand over his mouth and when the fit passed, he removed his hand and saw crimson liquid covering his palm. "Shit," he said weakly before passing out.
As soon as he passed out, Heero quickly took command. "Head back to the mansion now and Quatre, see if you can find a doctor in the area."
Quatre nodded and ran out of the school in search for a doctor.
"Guys! What happened?" Duo had just finished his search for the mysterious man and saw Trowa carrying Yue and Ranma slumped between Heero and Wufei. In his hand was a piece of paper.
"Later, Duo. Right now we need to get back to the mansion as quickly as possible," Heero ordered.
Duo nodded, pocketing what he had found and following the others out of the school ground.
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When they reached the mansion, Duo threw open the door and the others went in with their burdens. They walked into the living room, placed Yue on one of the big couches and Ranma on the other. Trowa checked Ranma's pulse and found it was becoming weaker and his breathing was shallow. He cleaned and bandaged the cuts but could do nothing else, he just hoped Quatre arrived back soon with a doctor or the martial artist would not live to see the next day.
Duo, Wufei and Heero were worried, although the latter didn't show it as much as the other two. They respected the pigtailed martial artist after all the suffering he had been through. It was unfair for him to die like this.
The door slammed open and they quickly looked up towards it to see Quatre and a man wearing glasses and a white coat entering the living room.
"Guys, this is Tofu-sensei. He's the local doctor," Quatre introduced the man beside him.
The three of the four pilots nodded in greeting. Duo managed a polite 'hello' but his voice was lacking the cheery quality he usually had.
"Now, who's injured?" Tofu asked. He was unable to see the person lying on the couch because the boys had been standing in front of it.
Trowa gestured to the couch behind him. The doctor walked towards him to examine the injured person and gasped when he saw the patient's face. "Ranma? What happened to him?"
"You know him?" Duo questioned.
"Yes. He's a regular patient in my clinic."
"Can you help him?" Wufei asked. "We don't know exactly what happened but he was knocked unconscious by a blast and when he woke up, he could hardly stand. He started coughing up blood and then passed out."
The doctor didn't answer but started examining the pigtailed boy. When he examined Ranma's right arm, he noticed a tiny puncture mark. He would have missed it if his senses had not been well trained. He deduced that whatever had been injected to Ranma's body was causing the boy to go into a coma. He quickly pressed a few pressure points to slow the drug so he would have enough time to find a cure. When he {had} finished, he turned back to the five pilots. "I'm afraid I have some bad news. Ranma had been injected by an unknown drug and he's slipping into a coma. I've pressed a few pressure points that will slow the drug's effect but we need to find the cure fast or we'll lose him."
The pilots didn't know what to say. A noise distracted them from their grief and they turned to the source. They saw Yue was awake and was attempting to push herself up. Quatre moved to help her.
"Ugh, what hit me?" Yue groaned. Her whole body ached and she had a major headache. She remembered her brothers[1] calling to her to watch out then she was given a free flying lesson before impacting on the hard ground, knocking her unconscious.
"Here." Tofu pressed a couple of pressure point on her temple and her headache miraculously disappeared.
"Thanks," she replied, smiling gratefully at him. She glanced around the room and her eyes fell on the raven haired figure on the couch. She sprang up and rushed towards him. "Ranma! What happened to him? Is he okay?"
She turned to look at the others and saw that Quatre and Duo had a look of sadness on their faces. The rest had blank expressions but she could feel their sorrow. "Ranma," she choked. "No..."
Heero moved behind her and hugged her gently. Yue whirled around and buried her face on his chest, crying softly. Heero stroked her back while murmuring comfort in her ear.
When she calmed down, they all sat around the living room table to discuss the situation. Tofu had left after giving Quatre his phone number and told them to call him if anything happened. They also moved Ranma to one of the rooms so he could be more comfortable.
"Do you have any idea who it was?" Yue asked her brothers. Her face was devoid of any emotion. She had retreated into her soldier mode to escape her pain.
"No. He got away before I could catch him but I found this." Duo took out a piece of paper from his pocket and gave it to Yue. "I haven't had a chance to read it yet."
Yue took the piece of paper and paled. The writing was done elegantly and framed with black roses. The others urged her to read it out loud.
~Dreading for the sun to rise,
open your ears for your loved ones' cries.
Suffering and death are all you will find,
and you will be the only one left behind.
Feel the lightning feel the thunder,
as I tear your heart asunder~
"What kind of a sick freak wrote this?" Duo cried out. He was outraged by the whole thing and when he found out who did this...Shinigami would show no mercy.
"Mamoru," Yue whispered and started to tremble. "No...no...this can't be happening." She repeated it over and over again while rocking back and forth.
"Yue? Yue!" Wufei tried to calm her down to no avail. "She's gone into shock! Call Tofu-sensei!"
Trowa quicky went to the phone and dialled the clinic's number.
Quatre, Duo, Wufei and Heero tried to calm the blonde girl down but she wasn't responding to any of them.
"The dark prince has come..."
*End Chapter 9*
[1] - Although Heero, Duo, Trowa and Wufei are not related to Yue, she considers them as her big brothers.
AN: Well, did you like it? Special thanks to IceAngel who wrote the poem. I had fun writing this chapter. Thank you for all of those who reviewed the last chap! For the rest of you, please review! It's not hard. Just click on the small button and leave me a line or two to tell me what you thought of my fic. More reviews = faster chapters.
Replies to reviews:
'solarmistress17'- Breathe, breathe! Sorry about the cliffhanger but I was feeling a bit evil at the time and couldn't resist. I'm happy you love{d} the last chapter. I hope you feel the same way about this one.
'Zpan Sven' - The other senshi might come into the picture but I haven't decided yet, meanwhile stay tuned for another chap and I hope you like this one.
'Neko Megami' - Moi evil? *hiding the horns and pointed tail* Surely you jest. Sorry about the cliffhanger. Does this chapter make up for it?
'montymouse' - I can't help myself. That's okay, at least you reviewed the last chap. I won't bash Ukyo because I kinda like her. I might pair her up with someone but I'll decide that later. I will have more Ranma/Usa but I just want to take it slow because I read too many fic that had the guys falling instantly in love with her. I want them to develop the relationship slowly because Ranma is still recovering from his failed wedding and he wouldn't easily fall in love after what he had went through. The same goes with Yue after Mamoru.
'Kolinshar Jackie-chan Benito' - Thank you! Glad you liked it! I tried to e-mail you about the update but the e-mail didn't go through. Could you give me your e-mail address?
'Sweet Sere' - I'm happy that you like the fic! I was feeling evil at the time because I was a bit depressed by the lack of reviews. I'll try to IM you but I can't promise you anything.
'Ginny Starwind' - You have a bunny? Kawaii!!!! But it's not cute when it chewed the phone cord though. Glad you like the chap!
'tasukiden' - Thank you! I'm happy you like the story. I hope you like this chapter.
'Chibi Shi-chan' - Glad you're enjoying this fic. I hope you like this chapter too! Of course Duo is in here! I could never leave him out. There will be more Akane bashing later.