The Oracles Chosen: Vampires
By The Dark Necromancer

Disclaimer

Ranma ½ was made by Rumiko Takahashi I am not their owner although I would love to be!



Introduction

A dark figure stalked the night streets of Nerima his steps bespoke him full of a purpose his dark clothes making him seem little more then a shadow

'So this is the place of the powerful readings' the figure thought silently. It opened its mind to find his prey and hissed in delight.

'Four powerful warriors… who would of guessed it and so close to home? They will be hard to capture though mmmmm such a powerful prey' he seemed to laugh at this. 'Not now though…I need my… colleagues… to tell them I have found the place', he spotted something and his eyes narrowed

'Yes you will do for now' his eyes glowed red as he homed in on an old homeless man.

Chapter One – And So it Begins

Ranma walked on the fence as usual with Akane below him. Ranma seemed to be daydreaming and walking more slowly then he normally did holding his hans on the back of his head with his eyes staring at the sky.

Akane looked up at his face and in irritation yelled at him
"Ranma we are going to be late!" she screamed and then proceeded to run.
Ranma shook his head getting rid of what he was day dreaming. It was strange, he tried to remember it was a nightmare of something, but he couldn't remember no matter how hard he tried. When Akane yelled something had been coming to him…something red? But his concentration was now broken he leapt off the fence.

"Hey!! Akane wait up!" he shouted as he broke out into a flawless run.

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"BAKA!" Akane yelled at Ranma. They were late now because Kuno had decided today was the day to challenge Ranma again in combat. While Ranma was quick to defeat Kuno, it still took him time to get into class.

Ranma heaved his bucket to a side and silently tried to get back to what he had been thinking about, he noticed Akane glaring at him again.

"What is it Akane" Ranma said with a sigh.

"If you hadn't been day dreaming we would have been here sooner!"

Ranma nodded but otherwise didn't say anything else.
Akane was about to yell at him again or berate him for his lack of manners when she noticed he genuinely was worried about something.
"What is it Ranma?" Akane asked concern in here voice as she asked softly.
"S'notin really…its just…I dunno I feel something is up. Something bad. It seemed a dream but kinda real too y'know?." Ranma mumbled
"What was it about?" She looked at him curiously
Ranma shrugged
"That's the thing it's so hard to remember and what I do remember don't make any sense. I dreamt I was looking out of the window in the hall and then I looked around and I was gone lost in a forest noises all around me hissing and biting I started to run and I could feel something chasing me." He looked at her his eyes brooding "It scared me Akane more then C-c-cats almost and finally I saw something…something red and I woke up its just so real I was wondering what does it mean."

"Well it perhaps doesn't mean anything Ranma." Akane said trying to make him feel better

"And what would a tomboy like you know about dreams." Ranma retorted

Akane fumed a blue aura around her.

"RANMA NO BAKA!!!" she yelled and slammed him into the ground with her mallet

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Ranma sat down and began watching the T.V he flipped and began to watch the news.
"A mysterious murder occurred last night in the Nerima district an old homeless man was found dead and mutilated. It is unknown as to how he died. So far, the police aren't giving any details."
Ranma turned it off. It wasn't helping he had a bad feeling about the old man.
"Hello? Ranma what are you doing back from school so early" Kasumi asked politely.
"Arghh I wasn't feeling too good Kasumi I decided to come home. I told Akane though so she knows" Ranma Stretched off the chair facing her
Kasumi spoke as he started to leave
"okay ramna. I'll call you for lunch if you like."
Ranma nodded and felt his eye lids start to close

Finally Ranma reached his room and lied down on his futon. In just a few seconds, later he was asleep.

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dream
Again, Ranma found himself in the same forest surrounded by noises of hissing and biting. looking to the trees he saw being with red eyes leering at him the same way a cat does to a mouse.
"wha? Who are you?!" Ranma yelled at them.
A figure approached. It was female but there was no hiding its malice and Ranma ran off once more deep into the woods. Running he stopped dead in his tracks his eyes wide
'No!' He silently shouted in his mind
The women grabbed him from behind by neck and lifted him up easily as one might a child
"Oh but yes Ranma my dear" The women said staring into his eyes. Ranma looked back seeing blood red eyes and curved fangs the figure slashed forwards

"No!" Ranma yelled as he woke up looking around he noticed it was night time and he was drenched in a cold sweat he quickly tried to remember the image in his mind before he woke…it was Akane…and she was on a crucifix with her throat torn out.

Shuddering, he went to the bathroom and washed his face with cold water. He felt himself shrink as he changed form and grew breasts. Accustomed to the sensation he splashed hot water on himself afterwards, restoring him he was feeling a little better. He started to try and remember the dream but he found himself starting to forget already until it was just something nagging him in the back of his head and he no longer could find out what it was. Thinking about it and trying to remember why he woke up in a cold sweat he finally gave up trying to find out what it was and just accepted that it would come to him eventually. Whistling he went down stairs to see why Kasumi hadn't called him for lunch.

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"Ah Ranma you're awake," Kasumi said she as she prepared dinner
"Um Kasumi why didn't you call me for lunch?"
"Well, you were sleeping and I shouldn't wake you if you are not well. Sleep is the best cure for colds" She replied
"Hey Ranma are you okay?" Akane asked holding a dosing P-Chan
"Yeah I'm fine Akane I guess I was just tired." P-Chans eyes snapped opened and glared at Ranma. Ranma glared back at him finally Akane slapped Ranma
"Stop glaring at P-Chan!" Ranma grumbled and sat down to eat dinner
Soun and Genma finished playing Shogi and assumed their respective positions for dinner to be served.

Dinner went pretty much normally or for what passed as normal in the Tendo household with Ranma and Genma stealing food from each other's plate and everyone else ignoring them as they ate apart from Akane who alternated from looking at Ranma with disgust and with concern.

After the meal Ranma felt he would explode
"That was great kasumi!"
Akane smiled and handed Ranma something green on his plate
"Here Ranma I baked this custard desert just for you."
Ranma firstly at the custard which was a pale green and seemed to froth a little bit and then at Akane's eyes, which seemed to be firstly soft and shone at Ranma but then turned into pointed daggers.
"You gonna eat it or not?" she asked in a hard voice.

Ranma gulped
"ummm Akane what flavour custard is this meant to be?"
Akanes voice hardened even more
"its banana flavour can't you tell?!" She said glaring at him
"Isn't that meant to be ummm yellow?" He replied and proceeded to poke the custard
"Just try it will you! Please?" She said firstly in her hard voice but the please came out as a plea
Ranma sighed 'It sucks to be her fiancé!'
Gulping Ranma reached and took a small piece of the pale green custard, finally he proceeded to place it in his mouth and chew it finally he swallowed

Everyone seemed to be looking at his reaction, Ranma closed his eyes and fought the urge to hurl up his dinner all over the table

"Gee…Akane that tastes..Different I'll give you that!" His eyes started to go unfocussed and he started to have trouble with his movements
"I think I'll go…um…have a bath! Yeah that's it" So saying Ranma ran to the bathroom where he could be heard being nosily sick
"oh my its unhealthy to have a bath after dinner" kasumi said
Akane grumbled
"How dare he not finish my custard I worked so hard at it too!" She moved to taste a bit and licked a bit of it and promptly spat it out
"Ugh! It's horrible! But why?! I added all the ingredients! And I even added more just to make sure it tasted fine…"

Ranma overheard Akane at that point and hurled even more violently into the toilet especially at the point where she said she added more ingredients after about 20minutes puking he came out of the bathroom looking a bit more greener and paler

"I think I'm gonna go off to bed again" he mumbled and staggered off
"Oh My Not feeling well again Ranma?" Kasumi asked
"somehow that doesn't surprise me" Nabiki said as she watched Ranma leave.

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Ranma lay on his futon he couldn't sleep no matter how hard he tried his stomach kept rebelling and keeping him awake. While he no longer felt like throwing up he just couldn't sleep and this sudden restlessness annoyed him. He looked over at his father sleeping in his panda form growling occasionally and munching could be heard.

Thinking a good beating of his old man might make him feel better he stood up and was about to kick him when he heard something…a hiss?

Turning slowly he looked around the room his eyes wide trying to take into account every small detail of where a threat maybe. He took a defensive posture ready for any idiot who would try to mess with him he wondered who it could be Ryouga? Cologne? Happosai? Shampoo?
"Hahahahaha" Came a low chuckle that seemed to be everywhere and hiss at him
Ranma shuddered. That wasn't Kodatchi's laugh, this one was very different.
"The most strongest one of all is scared of the dark?" It said mockingly.
Ranma was pushed hard
He swore he never even heard the person move he tried to regain his balance but didn't have enough time before he finally slammed against the wall. Finally he was to glimpse his attacker. He wore black totally black it was as if he was no more then a shadow until you looked at his faec, the darkness of his clothing contrasted strongly with the white of his face. That was all really Ranma could see as the darkness cloaked him in the room as if he was a movable shadow.

Ranma threw a mighty punch at where the figure stood which would of broken a hole through in the wall. The attacker didn't even dodge but instead he clasped the punch into his own hand and squeezed hard. Ranma cried out as he felt his hand being crushed. This guy was very very strong, wincing he threw another punch with his free hand. The attacker let go of his hand and dodged. Ranma's punch flew by harmlessly[leaving him open the attacker back handed Ranma across his face sending him flying through the air and he hit once again the wall once more. He felt himself lifted and thrown across the room landing on his back and sliding across the floor. The attacker walked to him and pinned Ranma to the floor with a foot on his chest. Ranma struggled but to no avail. This guy felt like he was made of iron and weighed a lot more then he looked. Finally in desperation he shouted.
Ranma started to swear the figure pressed harder down onto Ranmas chest causing Ranma to scream as his ribs started to feel as if they were about to break. Ranma started to wonder why no one woke up, that was strange someone should of woke up his own father was in the room and the noise from the fight was loud enough that someone in the house should of gotten up, suddenly Ranma felt suddenly very alone.

The attacker grinned at him his fear aura and silence spell were perfect Ranmas fear was increasing and no one would be coming to his aid. Reaching down he grabbed Ranma's hands in one of his own and then proceeded to lift Ranma off the ground. The attacker stared at Ranma in his the eyes two sparks of a deep dark red started to glow. Ranma felt all his resistance melt away when he stared in those eyes. They promised joy a love he couldn't describe. The attacker grinned and showed his hollow fangs, that alarmed Ranma and he tried to struggle even a little but he couldn't so much as move. The attacker tore the top of Ranma's shirt exposing his neck, he then lowered his head whispering with dark intent and malice in Ranma's ear.

"This is going to hurt."

He then moving fast he slammed his fangs into Ranmas neck and pierced his main vein catching the blood that flowed, and drinking it. Ranma cried out in pain he felt like he was going to die his strength started to fail. His cries quickly became lower as he felt light-headed and drowsy and darkness started to creep towards him.

The vampire let go of Ranma and laid him down to his futon with strange care. Finally he put his hand to Ranma's neck, the fang wounds healed slowly but finally there was no longer even a mark.
Ranma's vision was blurry and he felt himself slipping into darkness as the vampire said
"Forget"
Ranma finally fell asleep unaware of the tragedies that awaited him.

End Chapter One

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