Time passes, but the world is still troubled


A/N: Thanks for the reviews.  I guess a few of the readers were wrong about Kaze and Shiva
Ha Ha You should have never guessed.   Also you got to love Akane's reentrance.

Oh yes Kaze, Shiva and any other original characters are my property,  please ask before you use them.

Oh yes please read my other stories. 

Don't own any Ranma½ characters so there

( ) Means thoughts

Ryoga's point of view

Ch.4: The mallet strikes twice, or in some cases, many more.

"A-a-akane!"

She turned towards me and I could believe it.  She looked even better then the last time I saw her.  Her bluish/black hair went all the way down to her waist and at the tips was a dark red.  I looked upon her beatifull face and found she had one ear pierced several times as well as her lip.  She seemed to have grown several inches and her bidy looked slender. I could tell despite the robe she was wearing.  I must have embarrassed myself because next thing I knew, I was holding her hands.

"It has been a long while, how have you been?"

"Ryoga"

I saw her eye twitch.  Then I got the sinking feeling I forgotten something, but I kept on speaking without thinking.


"I was worried, you have been gone for a long time."
"Ryoga"

She said in a tone that made everyone else in the room back up, but me.

"I can't believe that jerk, Ranma made you chase after him.  Has he no honor!  If he was here, I would gladly send him to hell."


I knew the minute I said those words, I knew I was going to hurt.


"How dare you!!  Never talk about Ranma again!!!"

Then her mallet came out.   I suddenly remember what I forgotten.  The cursed springs.  She found out about my curse.  I didn't have time to apologize because I was pounded into the ground several hundred times.

"Growwff"

Yes I made a sound like that damn panda.  My face, or whats left of it turned red before I passed out

(A/N:  Time for a new P.O.V while our Ryoga is sleeping with the fishes.)

Nabiki:

I'm shocked.  Of course I didn't show it.  After hearing Genma's story about what happened after Ranma carried off his sorry ass and hearing the true story of who Ranma's father is from Kaze.  To top it off, my little sister just came back.  I almost felt sorry for Ryoga, but hey he insulted Ranma.  I know that despite what my sister says, she loves him.  Well back to the present.  Ryoga just used Saotome's school special attack; open-mouth, enter-foot.  Afterwards Akane hit him so many times in a short period.  I could count one hundred and twenty five in a minute before I lost count.  I saw Ryoga in la-la land and sighed.  I thought that after a year he would be over Akane.  After she was done, she dusted her hands.

"That should teach you for insulting Ranma"

She began to walk away, but quickly came back and hit the unconscious boy about ten more times with an even bigger mallet.  (I wonder where she hides those)


"What was that for?"  I asked

"He didn't tell me about his curse."
"Oh"

I went over and picked Ryoga out the hole in the ground.  I put him in the chair next to mine and helped myself to my fee.  I turned towards Akane, who still had a frown on her face.

"What's up"
"Wait for it"

She took out a even bigger mallet and moved to a spot in the room

"Count back from ten"

"Uh Okay"


So I counted back from ten

Ten

Nine

Eight

Seven

Six

Five


Akane took a practice swing as I heard a sound getting louder

Four

Three

It's getting louder


Two

One

Genma came crashing through the ceiling, screaming the whole way.

Zero


He came into contact with Akane's mallet and was sent right back through the ceiling making three holes that I have to get repaired.  Akane looked into the hole and whistled.  I sighed.  (I'm doing that a lot lately.)


"Okay sis.  Now that you had your kicks, mind if you explain where you been for a year."
"Can I get a little relaxed?"
"What do you mean?"

She then proceeded to take off the robe.  Underneath, she was wearing a blue turtleneck sweater and a black dress.  The wardrobe would of looked normal if   Akane didn't have two flaming wings on her back.  She arched her back and the wings opened.  They seemed to have a wingspan of about sixteen feet and the edges looked really sharp.  She moaned in relief.


"That felt better."


I looked around the room.  Ryoga was still passed out, Soun looked like a deer caught in the headlights while Kaze and Shiva looked amused.  Shiva was the one to speak


"Look Kaze-baby.  Isn't she an Ifrit?"

"Why yes I do believe so.  I thought the last one drowned many years ago"

Akane smiled.

"You guys are right,  I am an Ifrit,  but who are you two?"


Kaze smiled.


"I am Junbe Tome,  you can call me Kaze."

Akane's face contorted in surprise.

"Tome?  As in son of one Hiro Tome?"
"Yes"

Suddenly Akane was across the room hugging him.  That surprised me because I thought she hated boys.


"You must be Ranma's older Brother, right?"

My jaw dropped

"Why yes I am, if I may inquire, how do you know that info?"

"I was traveling when I met Hiro Tome.  He had found and saved me when I was attacked by demons.  At first when I woke up, I thought he was Ranma because of the resemblance, but then he told me his connection to Ranma.  He told me of Ranma's true heritage and the evils that the bastard we know as Genma has done"
"Why did my father tell you this?"

Akane blushed and showed her hand.  On her ring finger was a platinum ring that was shaped like a dragon and in the center of it was the most expensive diamond I have ever seen.  The diamond was shaped like a eye and surrounding it was a swirl of topaz and onyx.  I looked back up in Akane's face to find it even redder, must be because she had everyone's attention  even Ryoga.


"Because I'm…"


Kasumi patted Akane on the shoulder

"Go on, little sister"

Akane smiled and took a deep breath.  She held out the ring and I could see that the band wasn't all platinum it had swirls of red and blue in it.

"Because I am Ranma's wife"

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