Scarlet Phoenix, Blue Dragon
Chapter 4, Friendship and Family
Author's Notes: Here's the next chapter! I'm sorry it took so long, but I am finally giving another try at building a webpage. It will probably suck anyway. Just check it out at www.geocities.com/silverflame_maiden/Ranma_and_Akane_homepage.html?976781725000.
I will probably put some stories there that I won't put on Fanfiction.net to save space. Like my new story The Royal Servant and maybe some one-shots. Check it out and tell me what you think.
Disclaimers: Ranma 1/2 belongs to Rumiko Takahashi.
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Akane took her cell phone out of her Gucchi handbag as it rang loudly.
"Hello?" she said into the small phone.
A voice rang from it, "Hey, Ne-chan, why ain't you you here yet? You do know that the warehouse doors will close at exactly 1 right? I need you here, now!"
"Oh, don't get all snitchy, Ucchan, I'm almost there anyways. It's not my fault I'm late, my stupid Benz broke down and I had to walk since none of the cabdrivers will drive to here," Akane complained.
"Full of excuses, huh? Well, just get here soon. I'm getting freaked out," Ukyo shivered.
"Aw, is the big bad Ukyo afraid of the dark?" taunted Akane.
Ukyo scowled, "I'm not afraid of nothin' Akane. It's just that I happen to be alone, unarmed, on RURO street. RURO street Akane, the Blue Dragon's territory."
"What are you doing being unarmed and by yourself you idiot?!" Akane practically yelled.
"Well, how is it my fault all the guys was called off today because of the raid in our south warehouse. It ain't my fault either that my gun was stolen," Ukyo said defensively.
Akane racked her mind remembered the raid. She had called all of her bodyguards off her too, but she still kept a small handgun in her pocket. Now, something nagged at her mind, the raid...the raid at the south warehouse...Ruro street...new shipment of weapons to Ruro warehouse...minimum fee...Ruro street was...was...Ruro street was in the NORTH!
Akane broken into a run and screamed into her phone, "Ukyo! Get your butt out of there now! It's a trap! Now!" and she threw the phone onto the floor, not noticing that the line had already gone dead before she finished.
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Akane rounded the corner just to see a bleeding Ukyo on the floor, her brown hair clinging in clumps to the rushing blood on her head. A group of 6 men and women surrounded her and a 7th man standing in the middle, beside her unconscious body, smiling grimly as he poised a gun directly in front of her head.
Fear gripped Akane as she felt a depressing deja vu...
######Flashback, years before######
Akane stared wide-eyed in shock as the man clad in blue held a gun in front of Tyra's bleeding body. She held the small gun in her hand, her hand shaking. The gun was directed at the man and all she had to do was pull the trigger...pull the trigger...and take a life. The second of her decision seemed to expand to an eternity and all she saw was blood. Tyra's blood...and the mans' if she pulled the trigger...blood that she would cause. Her gun dropped the exact moment the bullet shot from the gun piercing straight into Tyra's temple. Her blood gushed out and Akane saw it. She knew she had indirectly caused it...either way...she had let someone die...and this time it was her friend that did, not her enemy.
The man in blue turned to look first at the dropped gun at her feet before bringing his contact-blue eyes to meet Akane's. Contacts, she knew that they were that, for no one in this business showed their real eye color. His eyes told her everything, mocked her about her weakness...about her vulnerability. He took the gun and aimed it straight at her heart as his head nodded slightly at Tyra's bloody dead body. Akane knew what it indicated, he wanted her to know that all he had to do now was pull the trigger, one slight movement...and she would be lying dead on he floor just like Tyra. She knew that he was mocking her, and she hated him all the more for it.
Akane made sure her eyes told him, wordlessly, just how much she despised him, before she put her head up stiffly and opened her arms out, her eyes never leaving his. *Go ahead, kill me...* she taunted him in her mind *...and it will just show how much a coward you really are.* He gave her a cold half-smile, then, clearly amused at her courage for he knew she was quaking with absolute terror on the inside. He threw the gun at her feet, knowing full well she would not pick it up to shoot him; he was just too good.
Akane glared at him as her hatred, fear, and anger grew. She hated him for killing Tyra, she hated him for scaring her, she hated him for taunting her, mocking her; she hated him for all those things and more...but she hated him most for making her hate herself for failing to save Tyra. He nodded towards Tyra again telling her that he could have...but didn't.
The man in blue walked away and Akane caught an animal on the back of his shirt next to the scar on his right shoulder. It was a blue dragon.
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Mel sat at her chair looking at Akane like a cold ice queen on her throne. Akane dared not look into her eyes, the disappoinment there cut her to the very core.
"What have I taught you, Fe-fe?" the Lady asked her neutrally.
"Kill or be killed. If you do not kill the enemy, the enemy kills you. There are no friends in the world, only family. No one to trust, but family. No one to protect, but family and my only family is my clan," Akane replied with more emotion in her voice then her words.
"Then, why have you allowed Tyra to die at the hands of another when you could have saved her?" Mel demanded mercilessly.
Akane choked back a sob, "I am at fault for not being able to save Tyra's life when I could and I am shameful of my fear and ready to face the consequences."
"Then, let it be so: Sandy, enter," Mel said.
Sandy entered the room carrying a large potato bag, a stick, and a grown cat. She looked at the Lady and sighed inwardly. She had never seen the Lady so sad at punishing someone. Sandy walked up to Akane and the blue-haired girl courageously climbed into the bag holding the edges with her small trembling fingers. Sandy dropped the cat into the bag near Akane's bare legs. With one last apologetic glance at Akane, Sandy used the stick to hit the cat. Akane gave a scream as the cat clawed at her feet and continued to as Sandy kept on hitting the cat.
"This is for your own good, Fe-fe," Mel whispered to herself.
######End of Flashback######
Akane grabbed her gun from her handbag and shot the man on the arm. The other men turned towards the direction of the shot, ready to fire, but Akane was quicker. With two shots towards one woman's hand and leg, she jabbed her elbow in one man's stomach before flipping him onto his back. The other four started shooting at her, but Akane dodged every attempt as she gave an upper kick at one man's head, then did a complete turn-around and kicked two women onto the floor. The last man was ready to strike at Akane, for his gun was empty, just like hers. With a cry, he lunged aimlessly toward her. Instead of dodging, Akane punched him straight in the head. Without a final look, the blue-haired girl picked up her friend and carried her towards the hospital.
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Akane leaned back on her leather office chair looking out her window at the dark looming city. Ukyo was fine, she lost a lot of blood, but with some blood transfusions, she was ok again, though still unconscious. The Scarlet Phoenix refrained from breaking down into tears, but it was difficult. It wasn't really the fear of losing her best friend that frightened Akane, it was the reminder of her failure and shame years before. She hated the Blue Dragon with a stronger vengeance now.
She twirled her red mask around her slender fingers. *The mask makes the person...* Thank goodness, Ukyo had worn her mask, otherwise they would have known who she was. Akane felt a deep biting regret. When she put on the mask, the contacts, and the red hair extensions, she was no longer Akane Tendo. She was the Scarlet Phoenix, the beautiful, mysterious, ice queen of the South and East side of the city. The one all men wanted, but were to afraid to try. The one that all women envied and yet scorned. Akane knew the rumors everyone spread about her. To them she was nobody, but a weak slut that only gained this position by sleeping with every man ever.
That was why Akane would not, could not, allow any of her people, her family to die. They were the only ones that understood who she was. Yet, even her friends and the people that work for her only know her for the sophisticated, determined, confident, businesswoman that she was. They only knew Akane Varshardi. No, they didn't know Akane Tendo and few did.
Ukyo knew Akane Tendo, the tomboy that laughed with her in a small Okonomiyaki restaraunt. Kasumi knew Akane Tendo, the younger sister that never really grew up and loved to have fun. Tofu knew Akane Tendo, the little patient that was full of energy. Asako and Mayabi knew Akane Tendo, the aunt that taught them what life meant. Soun knew Akane Tendo, the angry martial arts daughter he was so proud of. Ranma knew Akane Tendo, the kawaii girl that he fell in love with.
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On the other side of the city, a man got out of his large bed. He looked down to see the beautiful blonde sleeping naked in his bed and he snorted disgustedly at himself. He walked silently towards the window and closed his eyes, breathing in the night air. He picked up a photo frame from his desk and hugged it tight.
Two different people, across this large city, what fate shall hold for them? Do you believe in soulmates? Do you believe that two soulmates must face obstacles and overcome them to be able to come together again? Well, the only thing between these two soulmates were a bunch of misconceptions, lies, hatred, pain, mistrust, and a large city only big enough for 1 clan.
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Author's Notes: Check out my website people!
Chapter 4, Friendship and Family
Author's Notes: Here's the next chapter! I'm sorry it took so long, but I am finally giving another try at building a webpage. It will probably suck anyway. Just check it out at www.geocities.com/silverflame_maiden/Ranma_and_Akane_homepage.html?976781725000.
I will probably put some stories there that I won't put on Fanfiction.net to save space. Like my new story The Royal Servant and maybe some one-shots. Check it out and tell me what you think.
Disclaimers: Ranma 1/2 belongs to Rumiko Takahashi.
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Akane took her cell phone out of her Gucchi handbag as it rang loudly.
"Hello?" she said into the small phone.
A voice rang from it, "Hey, Ne-chan, why ain't you you here yet? You do know that the warehouse doors will close at exactly 1 right? I need you here, now!"
"Oh, don't get all snitchy, Ucchan, I'm almost there anyways. It's not my fault I'm late, my stupid Benz broke down and I had to walk since none of the cabdrivers will drive to here," Akane complained.
"Full of excuses, huh? Well, just get here soon. I'm getting freaked out," Ukyo shivered.
"Aw, is the big bad Ukyo afraid of the dark?" taunted Akane.
Ukyo scowled, "I'm not afraid of nothin' Akane. It's just that I happen to be alone, unarmed, on RURO street. RURO street Akane, the Blue Dragon's territory."
"What are you doing being unarmed and by yourself you idiot?!" Akane practically yelled.
"Well, how is it my fault all the guys was called off today because of the raid in our south warehouse. It ain't my fault either that my gun was stolen," Ukyo said defensively.
Akane racked her mind remembered the raid. She had called all of her bodyguards off her too, but she still kept a small handgun in her pocket. Now, something nagged at her mind, the raid...the raid at the south warehouse...Ruro street...new shipment of weapons to Ruro warehouse...minimum fee...Ruro street was...was...Ruro street was in the NORTH!
Akane broken into a run and screamed into her phone, "Ukyo! Get your butt out of there now! It's a trap! Now!" and she threw the phone onto the floor, not noticing that the line had already gone dead before she finished.
* * *
Akane rounded the corner just to see a bleeding Ukyo on the floor, her brown hair clinging in clumps to the rushing blood on her head. A group of 6 men and women surrounded her and a 7th man standing in the middle, beside her unconscious body, smiling grimly as he poised a gun directly in front of her head.
Fear gripped Akane as she felt a depressing deja vu...
######Flashback, years before######
Akane stared wide-eyed in shock as the man clad in blue held a gun in front of Tyra's bleeding body. She held the small gun in her hand, her hand shaking. The gun was directed at the man and all she had to do was pull the trigger...pull the trigger...and take a life. The second of her decision seemed to expand to an eternity and all she saw was blood. Tyra's blood...and the mans' if she pulled the trigger...blood that she would cause. Her gun dropped the exact moment the bullet shot from the gun piercing straight into Tyra's temple. Her blood gushed out and Akane saw it. She knew she had indirectly caused it...either way...she had let someone die...and this time it was her friend that did, not her enemy.
The man in blue turned to look first at the dropped gun at her feet before bringing his contact-blue eyes to meet Akane's. Contacts, she knew that they were that, for no one in this business showed their real eye color. His eyes told her everything, mocked her about her weakness...about her vulnerability. He took the gun and aimed it straight at her heart as his head nodded slightly at Tyra's bloody dead body. Akane knew what it indicated, he wanted her to know that all he had to do now was pull the trigger, one slight movement...and she would be lying dead on he floor just like Tyra. She knew that he was mocking her, and she hated him all the more for it.
Akane made sure her eyes told him, wordlessly, just how much she despised him, before she put her head up stiffly and opened her arms out, her eyes never leaving his. *Go ahead, kill me...* she taunted him in her mind *...and it will just show how much a coward you really are.* He gave her a cold half-smile, then, clearly amused at her courage for he knew she was quaking with absolute terror on the inside. He threw the gun at her feet, knowing full well she would not pick it up to shoot him; he was just too good.
Akane glared at him as her hatred, fear, and anger grew. She hated him for killing Tyra, she hated him for scaring her, she hated him for taunting her, mocking her; she hated him for all those things and more...but she hated him most for making her hate herself for failing to save Tyra. He nodded towards Tyra again telling her that he could have...but didn't.
The man in blue walked away and Akane caught an animal on the back of his shirt next to the scar on his right shoulder. It was a blue dragon.
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Mel sat at her chair looking at Akane like a cold ice queen on her throne. Akane dared not look into her eyes, the disappoinment there cut her to the very core.
"What have I taught you, Fe-fe?" the Lady asked her neutrally.
"Kill or be killed. If you do not kill the enemy, the enemy kills you. There are no friends in the world, only family. No one to trust, but family. No one to protect, but family and my only family is my clan," Akane replied with more emotion in her voice then her words.
"Then, why have you allowed Tyra to die at the hands of another when you could have saved her?" Mel demanded mercilessly.
Akane choked back a sob, "I am at fault for not being able to save Tyra's life when I could and I am shameful of my fear and ready to face the consequences."
"Then, let it be so: Sandy, enter," Mel said.
Sandy entered the room carrying a large potato bag, a stick, and a grown cat. She looked at the Lady and sighed inwardly. She had never seen the Lady so sad at punishing someone. Sandy walked up to Akane and the blue-haired girl courageously climbed into the bag holding the edges with her small trembling fingers. Sandy dropped the cat into the bag near Akane's bare legs. With one last apologetic glance at Akane, Sandy used the stick to hit the cat. Akane gave a scream as the cat clawed at her feet and continued to as Sandy kept on hitting the cat.
"This is for your own good, Fe-fe," Mel whispered to herself.
######End of Flashback######
Akane grabbed her gun from her handbag and shot the man on the arm. The other men turned towards the direction of the shot, ready to fire, but Akane was quicker. With two shots towards one woman's hand and leg, she jabbed her elbow in one man's stomach before flipping him onto his back. The other four started shooting at her, but Akane dodged every attempt as she gave an upper kick at one man's head, then did a complete turn-around and kicked two women onto the floor. The last man was ready to strike at Akane, for his gun was empty, just like hers. With a cry, he lunged aimlessly toward her. Instead of dodging, Akane punched him straight in the head. Without a final look, the blue-haired girl picked up her friend and carried her towards the hospital.
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Akane leaned back on her leather office chair looking out her window at the dark looming city. Ukyo was fine, she lost a lot of blood, but with some blood transfusions, she was ok again, though still unconscious. The Scarlet Phoenix refrained from breaking down into tears, but it was difficult. It wasn't really the fear of losing her best friend that frightened Akane, it was the reminder of her failure and shame years before. She hated the Blue Dragon with a stronger vengeance now.
She twirled her red mask around her slender fingers. *The mask makes the person...* Thank goodness, Ukyo had worn her mask, otherwise they would have known who she was. Akane felt a deep biting regret. When she put on the mask, the contacts, and the red hair extensions, she was no longer Akane Tendo. She was the Scarlet Phoenix, the beautiful, mysterious, ice queen of the South and East side of the city. The one all men wanted, but were to afraid to try. The one that all women envied and yet scorned. Akane knew the rumors everyone spread about her. To them she was nobody, but a weak slut that only gained this position by sleeping with every man ever.
That was why Akane would not, could not, allow any of her people, her family to die. They were the only ones that understood who she was. Yet, even her friends and the people that work for her only know her for the sophisticated, determined, confident, businesswoman that she was. They only knew Akane Varshardi. No, they didn't know Akane Tendo and few did.
Ukyo knew Akane Tendo, the tomboy that laughed with her in a small Okonomiyaki restaraunt. Kasumi knew Akane Tendo, the younger sister that never really grew up and loved to have fun. Tofu knew Akane Tendo, the little patient that was full of energy. Asako and Mayabi knew Akane Tendo, the aunt that taught them what life meant. Soun knew Akane Tendo, the angry martial arts daughter he was so proud of. Ranma knew Akane Tendo, the kawaii girl that he fell in love with.
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On the other side of the city, a man got out of his large bed. He looked down to see the beautiful blonde sleeping naked in his bed and he snorted disgustedly at himself. He walked silently towards the window and closed his eyes, breathing in the night air. He picked up a photo frame from his desk and hugged it tight.
Two different people, across this large city, what fate shall hold for them? Do you believe in soulmates? Do you believe that two soulmates must face obstacles and overcome them to be able to come together again? Well, the only thing between these two soulmates were a bunch of misconceptions, lies, hatred, pain, mistrust, and a large city only big enough for 1 clan.
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Author's Notes: Check out my website people!