I will always love you

Disclaimer: I do not own Ranma ½. Just give me a break here!

Overview: Shampoo kidnaps Akane after Ranma tells her that he will never love her. Now when Akane's life is threatened can Ranma get there in time to save his one true love? R/A

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Ranma ran into the room with new determination. He looked around it was dark and he couldn't see Akane, luckily for him, she could see him.

"Ranma, I'm . . ." but she passed out before she could finish the sentence. Ranma's heart jumped out of his chest, was she okay? He had to find her.

He felt out for others in the room. He was alarmed to find there were two people in the room, other then himself that is. One of them, as he had confirmed, was Akane.

He looked around the room; he could make out a silhouette of someone. Then the lights went on. He could see Akane in the corner, the sight of her mangled body made his stomach turn. The other occupant was a male, his body was built and he had a sick twisted smile on it.

"What have you done to my Akane?" Ranma yelled.

"Well, I beat her. Then I poured alcohol on her wounds, and then I beat her again. Well I must say, if you hadn't shown up I most likely would have raped her. Lucky aren't you?" the man said. His smiled a sickening smile.

"You sick, sick bastard," Ranma said, his voice was dripping with poison. "MOKO TAKABISHA!" Ranma screamed, using the technique that he had learned to counter Ryoga's depressed attack.

The man screamed as the attack hit him head on. When the smoke cleared there he was burnt to a crisp on the ground. Ranma didn't pay much attention to him though he ran right to Akane.

"Akane, are you alright, wake up please," Ranma cried as he carefully lifted Akane's body off the blood soaked ground.

"R-Ranma?" she whispered, her eyes opened slightly. Her body shivered. Ranma took off his coat and placed it gingerly over Akane's shoulders.

"Hold on, I'll get you home. Come on Akane, you are too stubborn to die!" he said, his tears were falling slightly. He picked her up and winced when he heard her cry out in pain. He carefully jumped out the window and ran down the street.

When he got to the Tendo household he collapsed in the doorway. His body frozen solid, his muscles all used up. He held to Akane though, and when he fell he took the blunt of it.

Everyone in the house ran when they heard the noise.

"Ranma, Akane!" they yelled and ran to the fallen couple.

"We need to get them to bed now!" Kasumi said Soun and Genma got right on it; they took them both to Ranma's room because it had easy access.

Ranma laid softly, his wound bleeding and his head sweating. Akane lay next to him, she had cuts all over her body and she was shivering ever since they removed Ranma's jacket.

They covered them with a blanket while Kasumi cleaned there cuts. Nabiki got on the phone to try to get a doctor over there. There was only one problem, it was three in the morning and no one could come. They just had to bear it for now.

An hour later Kasumi had finished. She pulled the blanket up to their chins and watched them sleep.

"They look good together don't they father?" Kasumi said to Soun.

"That they do my daughter, that they do," Soun said, they left them alone, the both needed there rest.

Ranma woke in the morning, his whole body hurt. He slowly sat up despite the immense pain in his side. He was immediately at Akane's side; he held her hand and was glad to feel some warmth coming from it.

That morning Kasumi had phone Dr. Tofu Ono. She was hoping that he could help them. She was very confused on why Nabiki said that she had to stay in a closet when the doctor was there. She said that she would hurt instead of help.

Dr. Tofu didn't know too much about bullet wounds but he was trying as they all could tell. He didn't know what he could do, he was only a chiropractor.

Ranma watched as he moved his hand over his wound. He didn't want to be lying on his back; he wanted to be with Akane. As Dr. Tofu applied the slightest of pressure to his wound he screamed in agony.

"I am sorry Ranma, but I have to get you to lie on your back and stay still somehow," he said, Ranma knew this was going to hurt, and bad.

Dr. Tofu put on his gloves and started to work. He went to examining to wound, every time he touched it Ranma took a deep breath. He knew this hurt but Ranma's safety was more important. He was lucky that the bullet had gone into the side and out of the side. He didn't have to pull anything out.

He took out some bandages; he then wrapped it like he was taught in medical school. When he was done he could tell just by looking at the expression on his face that he was in a lot of pain. He gave him some pain killers and watched as they made Ranma so drowsy that he fell asleep.

Dr. Tofu sighed, "I hope he will be okay," he said. "He has a strong will but he lost a lot of blood. His will is what has kept him alive right now," he said. He had to look away; he couldn't stand the sight of Ranma.

"I also have a suggestion, with Ranma out like this his rivals might attack, he will need your protection. As for Akane, her spirit seems broken but her body will heal in time," Dr. Tofu said, he looked at the couple. "If my instincts are correct, they will need each other to get over this," he told them. They nodded, they knew he was right.

He left after they had paid and thanked him. Kasumi stayed with Ranma and Akane while Genma and Soun watched the grounds. No one was going to hurt their children!

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Another chapter, another bunch of reviews. I hope!!!!