Disclaimer: I do not own Ranma.

Authors Notes: You guys, this is the final chapter! Aren't you excited! Well, this should be a long one. I have so many ideas that I need to put into this chapter. I have a beginning, a body, and a conclusion, all of which are about 5 pages long in my head. So, I hope you're ready for a nice long read. Please enjoy the conclusion of:

Yesterday's Memory

Ranma and Ryoga had the plan all worked out. There wasn't even a threat of Ryoga getting lost, but we'll get to them later. At this very moment, Kyo was walking into the living room with a tray of food for Akane. He put the tray down in between Akane's chair and the empty one and went back into the kitchen. Akane looked at the food. She really wasn't hungry, in fact, she was feeling very sick. Kyo walked back into the living room with two drinks and then sat down. He looked at Akane and smiled.

"Come on Akane, dig in."

"NO! Kyo, you'd better let me go! If what Ranma did to you earlier hurt then you're going to wish you were dead when he finds you!" Kyo chuckled.

"Like that moron could ever find me. You should stop standing up for him Akane. It doesn't look good when you're sticking up for another man over your boyfriend!" Akane's aura flared.

"BOYFRIEND!? You are not my boyfriend and you never will be! Ranma is my fiancé and you need to realize that! You need to understand that Ranma and I are together and that we always will be!" Kyo knocked the table over, stood up and started yelling.

"NO! NO YOU WONT! AKANE YOU'RE GOING TO BE WITH ME FOREVER AND THAT'S FINAL! AND IF YOU EVER SAY THE NAME 'RANMA' AGAIN," Kyo produced a knife from seemingly nowhere, "YOU'RE GOING TO LOSE YOUR VOCAL CHORDS!" Akane had gone pale. The tears were stinging her eyes, but she wasn't going to cry. She couldn't let Kyo know what he was doing to her. She looked towards the window hoping that Ranma would crash through it and save her. She was close to being right.

Ranma and Ryoga had their plan down to the smallest detail. Ranma was very proud of himself for thinking of such a good plan in such a short time. Ryoga wasn't very happy with the idea, but for Akane, he'd do anything. Ranma and Ryoga both looked toward the house when the heard the sound of something breaking and Kyo's yelling. Although they couldn't hear exactly what he was saying, they figured it wasn't good and that now was the time to set their plan into action. Ranma turned toward Ryoga and said,

"You know what to do." Ryoga nodded his head, not taking his eyes off of his goal. Ranma looked back towards the house.

"On three. One. Two. Three." Ryoga ran for the window and Ranma headed off to the back of the house.

The plan was simple. Ryoga breaks in through the front window and stays there until Kyo comes after him. While Ryoga is fighting Kyo, Ranma sneaks in though the back, grabs Akane and then leaves the way he came in. The plan was simple yet effective. Ranma was hoping that Ryoga would be so pissed that he let of the biggest Shi Shi Hokodan of his life. The only thing Ranma was worried about was the state that Akane was in. She had been with Kyo for at least an hour and who knows what he's done to her. And even though Ryoga was going to beat up Kyo, Ranma was going to come back, and do a lot more damage then anyone could imagine. Ranma was going to put Kyo through hell.

Akane was looking at the window hoping that Ranma would break though and save her and then someone came though the window. Akane turned her head so glass and debris wouldn't get into her eyes. When she looked back she saw an outline of a person. She knew that it was Ryoga because she could see his umbrella. When all the dust had settled Ryoga looked at Akane.

"Akane! Where is he?" Akane looked around. Kyo must have ran when Ryoga came through the window.

"I don't know! He must have left. Ryoga come and untie me, I think I cut my hands." Ryoga ran over to Akane. He knew that it would be more helpful to do untie Akane then it would be to go after Kyo. Ryoga notice that Kyo really wanted to keep Akane in that chair. Her hands were tied with a rope, then with a zip tie, and there was duct tape over that, her legs were tied in the same fashion, except without the zip tie. Ryoga ripped all of the duct tape off, then easily broke the zip ties, and then untied the rope. Akane stood up and looked around the room, Ryoga was doing the same. Akane looked at Ryoga.

"Ryoga, do you know where Ranma is?" Ryoga figured that Kyo had tried to get away and that Ranma must have went after him.

"I'll tell you in a minute, let's just get you out of here first." Ryoga grabbed Akane and ran out of the hole that he came in. They went to the corner without Ryoga getting lost and then they went all the way back to the school with no problems.

"Wow, Ryoga. You got us all the way here without getting lost. Your sense of direction is getting better." Ryoga looked at Akane and smiled. He knew that she was only saying that to loosen the tension, but it was nice to hear and it was true.

"Thanks Akane. Um, Ranma was there. He was going to sneak in the back and get you while I got Kyo, but I'm guessing that they ran into each other and the plans were changed a little." Akane smiled at Ryoga and looked back in the direction of Kyo's house.

"I hope he's ok." Ryoga chuckled a little.

"Believe me Akane, Ranma is fine." Akane turned towards Ryoga.

"I wasn't talking about Ranma." Ryoga was about to ask Akane what she meant when Nabiki came running out of the school. She stopped when she saw her sister and Ryoga.

"Boy do I have a story for you."

Ranma was about to sneak into the back window when he saw Kyo sneaking out the back door. The farther Kyo was away from Akane, the safer she was. So Ranma decided to follow Kyo for a while and then he'd confront him. Kyo was running down the street unaware that he was being followed. Kyo just kept running and Ranma just kept following. Finally they ended up in an empty lot somewhere near the outskirts of town. Kyo had stopped to take a breath and Ranma took advantage of this. He hid himself behind a bush and started screwing with Kyo.

"So you thought you could take her? YOU thought you could take HER?!" Kyo began looking around the lot. He couldn't tell where the voice was coming from and Ranma wanted to get his message across.

"You took something that didn't belong to you and now you're going to have to pay for that. What should your punishment be?" Kyo fell to his knees in the middle of the lot. He looked at the ground and shook his head.

"Not again! Not again! This isn't happening! I can't hear you! She wanted me to take her! She wanted to get away from him!" That statement really pissed Ranma off.

"No she didn't! You know that! You know she doesn't want to be with you! Why did you take her? Why?" Ranma had just realized that Kyo was crying.

"Because…"

"He what!"

"Are you serious?"

"Am I ever wrong?"

Nabiki had been looking up stuff on Kyo since Ranma and Ryoga left. She was looking into his files when she came across an interesting file. Apparently, both of Kyo's parents were mentally unstable. His mother had bouts of chronic depression and often tried to kill herself, and Kyo's father heard voices in his head and listened to what they said. While both parents were on medication and a nurse came over daily to keep them in line, there were times when the parents would slip. Kyo's mother had tried to kill herself 10 times in one year when their cat die and Kyo's father had voices telling him to burn the house down, which he nearly succeeded in.

Once Kyo's father heard a voice that told him to kill himself. The voice wanted credit so it also asked him to write a note explaining his death. In the letter, Kyo's father said that he didn't want to do it, but the voice was so loud and it never stopped. It was also stated in the letter that he loved his family, which showed that he did have some sanity. His father killed himself by hanging at 2:30 in the morning, in the middle of living room, where the ceilings were vaulted. The first person to see him was Kyo's mother. She walked into the living room, looking for her husband at 3:15 and killed herself at 3:45.

At 5:30 that morning Kyo walked into the living room. He was only going to pass though the room on his way to the kitchen, but what he saw made him stop dead in his tracks. He ran from the living room to look for his mother and tell her about his father. When he got to his mother's bedroom she wasn't in her bed. He went into the bathroom, noticing that the light was on, and saw his mother in the bathtub with both wrist and her neck slit. Kyo ran from the bathroom and into his room. He called the nurse and told her what he's seen and she came right over. Being a small community as it was, the nurse decided that it would be a better idea to keep the matter as low-key as possible. So she arranged to take Kyo to a foster care center and have a truck from the mental institution come with her to the house. The neighbors were accustomed to the truck and didn't think anything of it when it showed up. The nurse opened the garage door and had the truck driver pull in there. They found Kyo's father's note in his mother's hands along with a picture of the family. Both parents were put in the truck and taken to the appropriate place and Kyo went with the nurse.

The nurse put Kyo in a mental institution for trauma and because of the random acts of violence he inflicted on himself and others. Kyo was never formally adopted, but the nurse had quickly become his mother. She was the only person who could calm him down and make him feel better. She died three months ago in a car crash. Kyo didn't know what to do, so he went back to the only other person that he remembered who ever made him feel good. He went back to Akane and he had to have her. He needed to feel good, but the voices that haunted his father were now haunting him. They were telling him that Akane was the reason for his unhappiness. If she'd just give up Ranma they'd both be happy. Akane didn't give up Ranma and for a while Kyo was ok with that, but soon, the voices became too loud and Kyo was so unhappy.

It wasn't fair! From what Kyo had heard, this Ranma had everything. He was one of the best martial artists ever, he had women throwing themselves at him, and he had Akane, and yet he was a jerk! Kyo had nothing, and he was nice to almost everyone! The voices were right. Ranma was forcing Akane to stay with him. She was just scared that Ranma would hurt her if she left, but if someone took her, then Ranma couldn't do anything. Kyo was helping Akane, he knew he was. And right when he tied her to that chair, the voices stopped. They all just went away. And then when she said that she wanted to be with Ranma all of the voices came back louder then ever and they were all saying the same thing: Kill her! Kyo didn't want to do it, but he had to. And then someone came in through the window and Kyo ran. He didn't want to hurt Akane and he was glad that he was able to run. But the voices followed him, and he thought that they turned on him in that lot. Kyo thought that the voices were fighting. Some were telling him to go back and kill her, and another very loud, very familiar voice was admonishing him for kidnapping her in the first place.

"Please, just go away! I can't take it anymore." Kyo was crying and Ranma realized that he should come out of his hiding place now. What Ranma didn't know was that there were other voices talking to Kyo. And when Kyo saw Ranma he…

"Ryoga we need to find them! Who knows what Ranma is going to do to Kyo! Or what he might do to Ranma!" Ryoga agreed.

"Ok, the best place to start would be the house. From there, if you lead, we might be able to find them. If he was running then he'd most likely stay on a main road, and he'd only get so far before he got tired, and knowing Ranma, we'll be able to hear his voice a good five feet away." Ryoga was trying to make light of the situation, and while Akane appreciated the thought, it wasn't helping. She needed to save both Ranma a Kyo and she knew exactly how she'd do it. She just hoped that Ranma wouldn't get mad. So, Akane and Ryoga set out towards Kyo's house. They went to the back door and noticed some footprints in the unkempt garden. They followed the footprints to the street and Akane knew to go left because there were a couple of feint dirt prints in that direction. Luckily for Ryoga and Akane the path was straight and it gave them a clear shot to where Ranma and Kyo might be. Ryoga just followed Akane. They were really silent for a while and then Akane said:

"Ryoga, you're going to have to keep Ranma clam. He's not going to like what I have to do." Ryoga looked at Akane.

"What are you going to do Akane?"

"You don't want to know." And then they heard Kyo screaming and Ranma trying to talk to him.

"Why do you mock me! I don't want to see you! I don't want to hear you! I don't want you! Go away!"

"Look, I'm not going anywhere! You took something that wasn't yours and you need to learn your lesson! So get ready to fight!" Kyo looked at Ranma, but he didn't really see him. He saw "the voices".

"You know I can't fight you! I've never been able to! If you want a fight do it with someone else!" Kyo was hitting the ground with his fist. Ranma was about to say something else when Ryoga tackled him from the side.

"What are you doin' Bacon-Breath?!" Ryoga Moved to the left of Ranma and said:

"I was told to keep you calm." Ranma looked at Ryoga.

"Who told you to do that." Ryoga pointed towards Akane.

She was at the edge of the lot, moving in on Kyo slowly. He still had his head down and he was mumbling to himself. Akane was approaching thinking of what to say to make Kyo calm down. Ranma, on the other hand, was freaking out.

"Akane! Get away from him!" Ryoga held Ranma back, which wasn't very easy. And at the mention of Akane's name, Kyo lifted his head. He looked at her and she was the only thing that was in focus. All the trees and the ground and the sky melded together in color, but Akane was distinct. He could make out her every feature. It reminded him of when his nurse was around. All the voices had stopped and he felt safe. Akane was walking towards him, with her arms out stretched.

Ranma was watching in horror as Akane wrapped her arms around Kyo. Ryoga had been trying to make excuses for what Kyo did, but Ranma wasn't listening. Ranma couldn't even hear Ryoga, all of his senses shut off, except for his vision. He couldn't even move. Then, Kyo put his arms around Akane, and Ranma got all his motor functions back.

"Get away from him Akane! Get your arms off of her you jerk!"

"Ranma! Akane knows what she's doing. You could make it worse. He's clinically insane Ranma. I'm not talking Shampoo insane. I'm talking reality, like really can't control their actions. You do in there now and he might kill her. I know it hurts, but you're going to have to sit back and watch for a while. If he does anything, then we'll go in, but right now she's helping." Ranma looked at Akane and Kyo.

Kyo was crying into Akane's shoulder like a little kid. Akane was holding him, saying words that her mother used to say to her when she was crying. Come to think of it, Akane was crying. She was crying because of all of the things she had thought about Kyo. It wasn't his fault he couldn't help it. And what Ranma almost did to him. Akane looked towards Ranma and Ryoga. Ranma was pacing back and forth and Ryoga was talking to him. She wanted to tell Ranma what she was doing, but she had to help Kyo before dealing with Ranma. Kyo looked up at Akane and she looked down at him.

"Akane, it hurts. I don't want to hurt you, or anyone, but the voices wont go away unless I do what they tell me."

"I know Kyo. I want to help you, but the only way I can help you is if you let me. Do you want me to help you Kyo?"

"Yes. I'm sorry." Akane stood up and pulled Kyo up with her.

"You don't have to be sorry Kyo, it's not your fault." Akane took Kyo's hand in hers and walked out of the lot.

Ranma watched Akane and Kyo walk away.

"Where the hell does she think she's going?"

"She's going to walk him to the train station, get on a train to Okinawa with him, and check him in to the best mental hospital in Japan. It's the right thing for her to do Ranma. I suggest you go home wait for her." Ryoga then walked off. He didn't know where he was going and he didn't care. He had finally realized what he should have known all a long. Akane didn't really love him and she never will. This idea had always been floating in the back of Ryoga's mind, but now it was a reality. He wasn't discouraged though, he would always love Akane, and she would always love him, even if only in his pig-form.

Ranma watched Ryoga go down the street. How could Ryoga have grown up so much? It didn't matter though. Even though Ryoga told Ranma about Kyo's "problems" he still wasn't happy with him.

"How could anyone be so weak!" Ranma punched a tree and a cat fell out of it and onto Ranma's head. Ranma started freaking out until the cat got off.

"Point taken."

Ranma had gone home to an empty house. Apparently, Nabiki came home and took everyone out to dinner…and paid for it with Ranma's stash of money. He didn't care though, he was saving up to pay her back anyway. Ranma was watching TV for a while. He was watching a show that Akane got him into. The only reason he liked it was because most of the main characters had curses similar to his own. Ranma was so involved with the story that he didn't hear the door open and he didn't notice the other person in the room. Well he didn't notice her until,

"Well, well, well…" Ranma turned around and was face to face with Akane. She had sat down in her usual spot next to Ranma.

"What are you doin here?" Akane smiled.

"I though you said you'd never watch that show." Ranma turned to the TV and then turned it off.

"I wasn't watching that, I was waiting for it to end! Iron Cook was supposed to come on after it! That's beside the point! What are you doin' here?"

"I'll have you know that this is my house, you jerk!" Akane got up and went into the kitchen, knowing that Kasumi had probably left something. Ranma followed her cause he wanted an answer to his question.

"That's not what I meant. Ryoga said that you were going to take Kyo to Okinawa." Akane had stopped walking, she looked solemnly to the floor.

"I wasn't going to, but he said that he wanted to do it on his own. That he had been dependent all of his life and he needed to do something for himself. So I let him go. I'm going to call the hospital tomorrow and make sure he actually checked in and that they're treating him right. I really hope he gets better Ranma." Akane was crying now. Ranma really didn't know what to do so he said the first thing that came to mind.

"I'm sure he'll be fine Akane." She looked up at Ranma.

"When my mom died, it was the worst thing that ever happened to me. But I had people around to help me pull through. I had a lot of people; friends, family, neighbors, everybody. Kyo's parents killed themselves and he only had one person to go to. And then she died. I don't blame him for what he did. In fact, I'm surprised he was able to hold back for so long. I don't think I'd blame him if he really hurt me." Ranma looked at Akane.

"Well I would. I don't care if he is crazy! He should be able to control himself, especially if he studied martial arts! I mean, no matter what's wrong with me I always protect you! If he really loved you he'd be able to do the same!" Akane looked up at Ranma.

"What did you just say?" Ranma looked up and repeated himself.

"He should have been able to control himself?"

"After that." Ranma thought about it for a second.

"He should have had more control?" Akane rolled her eyes.

"Ranma, you said that if Kyo really loved me, he'd have protected me like you do. Do you mean what I think you do?" Ranma tried to look for an out, but then he realized that he couldn't get away from her.

"NO! It's just that, well if I don't like you that much and I do it all the time, someone who loves you should be into it that much more." Ranma was so proud of himself. Akane would buy this for sure.

"Sure Ranma, if you say so." Akane went back to fixing herself an early dinner. All she ended up doing was heating up some water for ramen. As she did this Ranma was thinking on how to ask Akane a question that had been bugging him for a while. Since he couldn't think of a better way to put it, Ranma decided to ask the question straight out.

"Akane, remember a while ago, when you told me you loved someone and that's why you couldn't go out with Kyo? Who was it?" Akane took the kettle off of the stove and poured it into the ramen cup and then turned to Ranma.

"Who do you think it is Ranma?"

"Well, if I knew that I wouldn't be asking!" Akane smiled.

"Try and guess. I'll even give you a hint. He's a martial artist." Ranma grunted.

"Well that narrows it down a whole lot! In Nermia every other guy is an martial artist! Give me a better hint then that!"

"Fine, he's the heir to his family's fighting technique." Ranma thought about it for a while. Akane had begun eating her ramen. She just gave Ranma the biggest hint of all, if he asked for another, she'd hit him.

"There's no one like that in Nerima! Come on Akane, no foolin', who is it?"

"Ranma, I gave you a really good hint! You can't think of anyone who fits that description?" Ranma thought about it for a few seconds.

"No one except for me." Ranma looked at Akane she was smiling.

"Wait…it's me?" Akane began blushing. Then Ranma blushed.

"Akane, I lo…" just then the front door opened and Kasumi yelled into the house.

"Akane, Ranma, we're home!" Akane walked past Ranma and into the entry hall. She said hello to her family and told Nabiki about Kyo. Then she went to her room.

"And how was your day Ranma?" Kasumi asked with her usual smile.

"It was very, interesting."

"Well that's good!" Kasumi went into the kitchen and Ranma went upstairs to finish his talk with Akane.

Finally!!!! It's over!!! I'm sorry it took so long, but I had a lot of school work this past week. At least I got it done today because I'm going out of town this weekend! I hope you guys liked the end…I made Ryoga more grown up then Ranma because I think that's the way it should be, with all the stuff that Ryoga has gone through, it's only natural. It was way OOC at the end but…oh well. Comments welcome. See you later!