Avenging Spirits
by
imortis

I don't really know what changed everything. One day, she just disappeared. Although I sit here finally, its all for not, akane is still dead. I've punished those that were responsable for her murder, years later I finally found out what had been done to her.

It all started one fateful night after a particularly bad fight between akane and I. She had gone into the park and never come back. Only years later, after swaring off everything but martial arts I came across another mirror, like the nanban, but this one, sends you into the body of your past self. But one other thing it does, it lets you watch others in the past.

Thats why, at this time, I sit in the far corner of the Utchans storage room, my younger body strange and feeling weak on me. I await they're return. Its funny really. My younger self doesn't exist anymore, thats one of the reasons the mirror was a one time thing, you can't jump from a body you just jumped to. For all this is worth, this is my home, and I'm looking forward to it.

My eyes flick to the door to the storage room as it is flung open and I can feel the rage inside me burning ever hotter when I look upon the two that dared take her from me, not again, not ever if I had anything to do with it. "Aiya, Pervert Girl heavy!" a voice said in the mongrel nonesense his first target used. "Shut up and shut that door." his other target said. Ranma nodded seeing the bundle they carried, almost time for me to end this.

Ukyo snorted tossing Akane onto the metal table she had put in there for this and looked grimly at the girl "You know what do Spatula Girl?" Shampoo hissed. Ukyo nodded hissing back "I'm not stupid, I can do it." She nodded turning to go "just remember, no can let great grand mother know." she said softly shutting the door. Ranma grinned as he appeared behind Shampoo and shattered her shoulder blade and hip bone at the same time he knocked her out and grinned slipping her to the floor silently before grabbing her bonbari and walked silently back towards the room opening the door "did you forge-" Ukyo broke off as I smash the weapon into her skull using the perfect copy of Shampoos favorite strike, grimly satisfied that it was enough to shatter it, killing her instently. He nodded seeing the blood start to pour onto the floor.

He walked back to the front room letting the blood trail and smashed it into the floor before slipping out of the shop. Ranma hurried up to the doors and smashed them in "Ucchan?!?!" he bellowed angrily then waited a few seconds before hurrying to the backroom and stepped over Ukyos corpse, wanting to look at Akane, he checked her pulse and breathing before picking her up and carried her out into the restaurant. He set her down gently in a booth after untying her and dashed to the phone hefting Shampoos other bonbari and struck himself in the head, must look like it happened. "Hello?! I- I... someones dead, I got here and she.... there was blood all over it and... I... I think I killed her..... I went to... check on... Ucchan and she's... she killed her! I... I'm at the Ucchans!" He nodded frantically to the voice on the line "no sir, I saw the two... they had knocked her out and carried her off, I followed but by the time I got there, shampoo..." he looked up hearing cop cars "the cops are here., do I... you know, stay on the line?"

When the cops ran in the room they blinked seeing the boy babbling in a panic to who ever he was talking to before he handed the phone to the nearest cop "the 199 guy said give the phone to you." he said weakly. He let it go and hurried over to Akane and looked worried at the police man checking Shampoo "did I kill her?!" he pleaded. The cop checking her shook his head and Ranma sighed in relief "I came in the front here because I caught a glimse of them carrying Akane, when I got here she was carrying that and it was c- covered in blood! I... I saw red thinking she had killed Akane..."

The cop nodded seeing the frantic worry he kept shooting at the girl in the booth. He nodded trying to sooth the boy as one of the cops came from in the back "the owner of the shop here is in back sir, her forehead was caved in, she's dead." he said. Ranma nodded looking dazed "I tripped on her.... I ran in the room and there was Akane layed out on the table and I tripped on Ucchan..." The cop looked simpathetic when he started crying in shocked panic.

Ranma looked up when a medic tried to take Akane out of the seat and moved over her protectively panic filling his eyes "No son, he just wants to see if she's alright." the cop soothed him. Ranma nodded looking relieved. The cop nodded "can you tell me what you did to this girl?" he asked. Ranma shook his head "I don't know, I don't know! I saw the blood and I just had to make sure Akane was ok, one minute she was standing before me the next I was shoving the door to the room open, I can't remember even if I hit her! She was standing there then she was on the floor and I ran into the back praying it wasn't akanes blood..." he shook his head hugging himself tightly.

The cop nodded soothingly patting his shoulder and made him sit in the booth. He nodded silently as he watched the medic tend to the cut on Akanes forehead. He started rocking gently as he watched her face and was so caught up in it he cried out jumping away from the hand that had clamped down on his shoulder. He blinked looking wild eyed at Genma and his mother, Soun was bawling over Akane "whats your problem Boy?! What happened here!?" Genma demanded.

Ranma blinked a few times before snarling and bounced over to crouch next to Akane watching him warily. He blinked at him for a minute before the investigating cop came over "from what we know, your son came in thirty minutes ago and discovered this one being carted off here, walking out of the backroom with that thing, we haven't be able to remove..." he trailed off when Genma reached for it, looking for permission, he nodded "already got a set of finger prints." he said. Genma nodded pulling it out, then dropped it seeing the hair and blood caked on it "saw it covered in blood and freaked out."

He motioned to Ranma hugging himself looking dazed while watching Akane "he ran in the back room after taking her out and after seeing Ms Tendo on the table back there tripped over Ms Kounji heres corpse laying in the floor. The blood on the shoulder of his shirt came from that." They blinked when Ranma looked and freaked ripping the shirt off in a panic. He checked quickly to make sure there wasn't any of it on him before going back to watching Akane. "He picked Ms Tendo up and carried her out here before playing a guessing game with the operator before just telling us the address, when we got here he was babbling like a frightened little boy. Thats all we got so far."

Nodoka nodded hearing all she needed to know from the last statement and walked over to Ranma and hugged him tightly "its ok Ranma, sshh, its ok." she rubbing his back soothingly. He nodded relaxing some before making her yelp as he fell asleep in her arms and the cop and Genma looked shocked seeing the matted blood on his head and yelled for an ambulance.

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Ranma blinked awake slowly and groaned at the pain in his head. He opened his eyes and blinked at a sight he hadn't seen in ye- no, a few hours ago "are you alright?" he asked softly. She nodded "the cops think that you must have just stopped Shampoo from killing me, she hit you pretty hard in the head, split your scalp open, they were shocked it didn't shatter since they say she hit you as hard as she did poor Ukyo."

Ranma held out his hand to her and she took it readily. He squeezed weakly "please, lets never fight again, I almost didn't get there in time, oh god Akane. The idea of a world where your not with me is hell. I felt like I was gonna die the whole way there, I was scared to death I wouldn't get there in time." She leaned forward and wiped the tears from his eyes looking worried.

"Its ok Ranma, I'm right here! You don't have to worry." she said blushing softly. He shook his head "yes I do Akane, they were going to kill you, Shampoo killed Ukyo! If I hadn't made so much noise when I came in, she would have killed you as well!!" she stood up trying to sooth the fear in his face "Ranma, its ok, you saved me, you always save me! When ever I'm in trouble... you're always there for me. You care." she blinked wiping at the tears in her eyes.

Ranma blinked looking wide eyed at her as she continued "you always save me, when ever I'm hurt.... your always kind and understanding, and.... you never stop fighting until I'm safe." He blinked at the quietly crying girl before sitting up to look at her. He tilted her face up to look at him "Akane.... don't you realize that.... I do all those things because... I love you? I love you so much that... the idea of something happening to you sends me into a blind panic. I feel like somethings squeezing my heart until I find you, make sure your safe. Akane I'm nothing if your not with me."

When he stopped talking he looked at her with pleading written all over his face as she sat there looking completely stunned. He shook her hand gently snapping her out of it "Akane.... How.... How do you.... Do you love me?" She blinked in surprise at him and realized why it looked like he was in pain, he had just said he loved her and she hadn't said anything back. "Yes, oh yes Ranma, I love you!" she cried pulling him tightly to her and held him joyfully. He crushed her against him deeply relieved. When they broke apart Ranma darted in and captured her mouth with his and kissed her passionately. Akane moaned into his mouth and responded to the kiss in a big way.

After a few minutes of that Akane yelped when Ranma slumped back against the bed breaking the kiss. He blinked dazedly up at her worried face "why am I dizzy all of a sudden?" he groaned touching his head. She giggled softly and kissed his forehead "you lost a lot of blood silly, we shouldn't be doing this, oh, I hope you get well real soon!" she smiled lovingly giving him another quick kiss before darting out of the room exstatically. He chuckled softly when he heard the whoop of joy as the door shut.

He sighed falling back into the mattress feeling pleasently dazed by the kisses "I would know just what happened Ranma." Cologne hissed appearing from the open window. Ranma hissed glaring hatefully at her, making her pause in surprise "its your damned fault! If your damned village hadn't poluted Shampoos mind with that kill anyone in your way garbage Ucchan wouldn't be dead, I wouldn't have hurt her so bad!" She blinked at him for a few minutes and examined the bandage on his head "she struck you?" she asked. He snorted "I can't remember, all I remember is breaking in the door and Shampoo runs out of the back room with her bonbari covered in blood, the next thing I remember is running in the store rooms door and tripping over Ucchans body! I didn't even know I was hurt until Mom calmed me down."

She nodded slowly at the truth she could see, she saw that he believed thats what happened. "Shampoo did this." she prompted. Ranma shook his head "Shampoo and Ukyo were working together, I saw them ambush Akane in a dark alley, when I got there they were already gone, I searched the area for a minute before hurrying to Ucchans thinking they might take her there, I did not think.... I did not think them to be cold blooded murderers. They had Akane out on this table with a metal top, she had all these knives everywhere!! Why the hell would Ukyo need a cleaver with a jagged edge for!? She doesn't buy things she would need to cut into bone!"

Cologne nodded looking grim "you think they were going to kill her there." she said softly. Ranma nodded "and I can just imagine what Shampoo thought, she just happened to be coming over when she discovered' Ukyo dismembering Akane and killed her. Then poor Ranma run to wife'. She killed Ukyo first, that means she planned on cutting Akane to peices herself!!!"
He snarled in hate "if I see her again, if she dares call me anything but stranger I will kill her this time. You think your laws matter more then mine!? Akane and I were betrothed from birth. I have been hers since I was born! Nothing your laws say can change that fact, even though I knew nothing about it, I still belonged to a wife even before I met Shampoo. I've been researching it, it seems my defeat of Shampoo as a guy does not matter by your laws, yes, I defeated her in defence of my chosen mate." Cologne looked at Ranma for a few minutes before nodding "as you wish, I had not known the specifics of your engagement to Akane. In this you are right." She sighed sitting back "this means I have disgraced myself in the eyes of my people, and Shampoo has shamed our clan."

Ranma blinked "would..." he broke off thinking about it "Shampoo is a lost cause.... is it possible to regain your place if.... if you gain forgiveness from the woman you wronged? Pay her a penence in apology?" Cologne frowned at him looking interested "you know more about our laws then you should, what would Akane except?" she asked. Ranma blinked "what if... Akanes mother is dead, what if you made her your daughter and trained her? In the end you would suceed, I will marry Akane." She blinked looking shocked "why do you think the council will except that?" she asked.

He shrugged "nothin' really, its just that, Shampoo is a child of you, her actions have disgraced and shamed you in there eyes, by wronging Akane, by taking whats hers. If Shampoo goes back
they will kill her for the dishonorable way she planned to remove the woman I rightfully belong to. If you banished her for actions dishonorable to the amazon nation, she would at least be alive. And if you took Akane into your family in Shampoos place.... would the council except that?"

She blinked and nodded "they would, how is it you speak wiser then most adults now Son in Law?" she asked smirking. He shrugged gingerly touching his head "I don't know, my head feels like it got scattered and put back together the wrong way, I got these... thoughts... I don't know where they came from. Thoughts like... I don't need to spiral my opponents to activate the dragon accention. I can picture what it means and.. I understand it. Its amazing what these things say. Like... I can remember how to draw energy from the rocks and the trees and use those for attacks instead of tiring myself out by using my own energy. I see myself standing off against an enemy I've never seen before, I raise my hands like this.." he raised his hands and Cologne quickly slapped them down "don't ever do that boy! Never do that inside a building!!" she shouted paniced.

He blinked "its because it destroys everything isn't it? In my dream, when I lowered my hands.... the sea was rushing up to meet me, but the reef was a hundred yards farther out! I saw, everything where the attack hit was gone!"

She looked worriedly at him "how is this possible?" she asked. He shook his head "I don't know, but the me in the dreams.... he scares me, he isn't me and yet... I don't know what to make of it." She nodded thinking hard "I will look into it, will you broach this matter with Akane?" He nodded laying back in the bed feeling tired. She nodded patting his hand "sleep child."

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AUTHORS RANT!!!!!

Hello hello hello! So I'm starting another story, LIVE WITH IT!! This is another of my cross overs, like Boy! And like that one, its crossed over with the same series! So like that one, try to figure out what I have crossed it over with! (Oh wait... I haven't introduced ranma in Boy! Yet.... ehhehe...!)

Anyways, ok, so both of these two stories ar a ranma DBZ cross over, Boy! Gets a lot better then it looks in the first chapter, and so does this! So review both of them or I won't post the next chapter! (Authors threats are real and should be taken seriously.) So if I don't get at least two reviews per chapter I won't post the next one so there!

This is imortis and I feel that I can personally proof read this story because..... ding! I have written a lot on this story and I feel its safe to do that since the part I'm working on right now is far enough away for it mnot to be spoiled! Look for some DBZ characters in the next chapter! Ja ne!