I Don't Own Suikoden, and never will. In this chapter, I've chosen some old friends from McDohl's army to
come back. So sorry if you don't know them, but I hope you like this chapter, and please don't flame or Sue!!

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Days later after Ryu was re-discovered and re-introduced to everyone, things went back to as normal as any day in Wing Zero Castle. Ranma still tend to sleep in, and Jowi ended up giving him a morning run. Other than that everything was fine, until one day, everything was going to change drastically for the worst yet.


"I am so glad I finally got some time off. Those meetings are kind of getting boring." Ranma said happily as he walked a little out of the castle with Ryu. Ranma had managed to get some time off and he wanted to spend it with Ryu. Besides, Jowi was spending his time with Jillia and Pilika, and Nanami was with Luc, practicing their magic. They didn't go that far away from the castle, just under a nearby tree.

"So, did Hai Yo make this?" asked Ryu as he bit into his sandwich. Ranma grinned.

"Nope!! I made it myself. Pretty good ne?"

"YOU can cook?" asked Ryu flabbergasted. Ranma snorted.

"If you had cooking contests that you had to be in, then you would end up picking up things here and there." he replied while biting into his own sandwich. Ryu just laughed as they continued to eat.

"Remember this morning, when we switched clothes and rooms also, the face Jowi made when he woke me up was hilarious once he realized it was me." laughed Ryu. Right now, Ranma was wearing what Ryu wore and vice-versa. It was funny on how the people reacted when they found out.

***************FLASHBACK***********************

LAST NIGHT.........


"C'mon Aniki!! It'll be great for some laughs and Gremio could sure use one!!" pleaded Ranma. Ryu looked at his little brother with an eyebrow raised and arms folded.

"It's just going to be for only tomorrow please!! Besides, I don't have any meetings planned so we don't have to get separated!!" added Ranma. Ryu sighed.

"Fine, I guess it'll be worth a couple of laughs." he said, giving in.

"Great!! Grab an extra set of your clothes and meet me in my room!!" Ranma said as he exited his brother's room and ran up to his own room.

'That Ranma, always loved pulling pranks.' thought Ryu as he gathered his extra set of clothes in his hands and quiet left his room. He opened the door to Ranma's and walked in.

"Okay, here are mine. I think they should fit you." said Ranma handing Ryu his set.

"Alright, and here you go."

Few minutes later.........


"There!!" grinned Ranma as he set the gold ring on Ryu's head.

"Okay, this is perfect, considering we're almost the same height." grinned Ryu. Ranma nodded.

"Okay then, you sleep in my bed and I'll go down stairs." smiled Ranma as he walked towards the door.

"Oh by the way Ryu?" said Ranma, "Watch out in the morning for Jowi." then he left.

"Eh?" was all Ryu said with a blank face confused.

~~~~The Next Morning~~~~


"*Snore*"

Jowi quietly slipped in with the usual bucket of ice cold water. He tiptoed towards the bed when he looked at Ranma.

'That's strange,' Jowi thought for a second, as he looked at Ranma (Ryu).'He looks different. Oh well.'

He splashed Ryu with the water and he sputtered and cried out" Don't splash me again Gremio!!" Then he stared at Jowi's laughing face.

"AHAHAHAH!! Gotcha again Ranma!!" as he stood there.

'So this is what he meant by watch out for Jowi in the morning.' thought Ryu.

he got up and then he grabbed the bucket of water he saw lying next to the bed for some reason. He picked it up and dumped it onto Jowi's head, soaking him, from head to toe.

"GAAHH!!" shouted Jowi, surprised. He took the bucket off and stared at a grinning Ryu. Then he suddenly realized something.

"ACK!! RYU IS THAT YOU!!??" shouted Jowi.

"Yep, Ranma's sleeping peacefully in my room, while I got YOUR rude awakening." smirked Ryu.

"Eheheh." was all Jowi said.

**********END OF FLASHBACK***************

"That was really great huh, Ryu!!" laughed Ranma.

"Yep!!" grinned Ryu finishing up his lunch. Then Ranma spotted some people coming over the horizon.

"Hey Ryu, do you know the people coming over the horizon?" asked Ranma as he started to eat his dessert.

"Can't tell yet, we'll just have to wait until they come closer I guess." shrugged Ryu. They completly forgotten about the people over the horizon, since they were in the middle of lunch as they got closer, they didn't notice them until they had started to shout.

"YOUNG MASTER/ SIR RYU!!!"

"EH!!" cried Ryu. Ranma just continued eating his dessert, while staring at his shocked brother. As the people over the horizon got closer, Ranma choked. He saw there were nearly thirteen people coming this way, this way towards where he and his brother were sitting. Ryu grinned and jumped and hid into the tree.

"ANIKI!!! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING!?" shouted Ranma.

"I want to see something, don't worry, just answer the best you can." grinned Ryu as he watched.

"Awwww shoot." groaned Ranma as he stood up and dusted the dirt from his pants.

"Phan, Cleo? Is that you?" asked Ranma as they were right in front of him.

"Of course it's us young master!! Who wouldn't it be, we're so glad we found you after you disappeared again from Toren." replied Cleo. Ranma took a moment and stared at his brother in the tree while Ryu was sweat-dropping.

'Whoops.' thought Ryu as he stared at Ranma getting attacked by all the questions, from his old friends.
"So what're you doing now?" asked Phan

"I'm...I'm just helping out Ranma a bit." sweated Ranma.

"For what reason? The war is long over." asked Kirkis.

"I...uh.." stuttered Ranma, because he didn't know who half these people were.

"Alen, Grensal, what're you doing here?" asked Ranma.

"The president thought it might be helpful if we came and helped lord Ranma's army, since looking for your little brother, Lord Ryu." replied Alen.

"YOU have a little brother Ryu?" asked Melodye.

"What's his name, how old is he?" added Lotte.

"Where's lord Ryu?" asked Sonya. Everyone stared at her.

"He's right in front of you." replied Kirkis.

"No, he looks the same, but he's not." replied Sonya. Everyone then looked at Ranma who sighed with relief.

"Thank you ma'am. She's right. I'm not lord Ryu." smiled Ranma. He removed his right hand glove and showed everyone the Bright Shield Rune.

"I'm his little brother, Ranma McDohl." replied Ranma.

"WHAT!?!?" screamed everyone.

"Haha. You always did have a sharp eye Sonya." grinned Ryu as he jumped down.

"You...you two look so alike, it's freaky." said Ivanov.

"Well, that's cause he's really IS my younger brother." grinned Ryu. Ranma snorted.

"I found you cause it was a life and death situation."

"You do have to thank me."

"Whatever, Aniki." sighed Ranma. As they were talking some more about the brother thing. Wakaba, Futch, Luc, Nanami, Kinnison, Meg, Connel, and Millie decided to see what was that huge sound.

"HEEEYY!!!! RANMA!!! RYU!!!" shouted Nanami running up to them.

"What is it sis?" asked Ranma.

"We're looking for you everywhere, and why are you wearing nii-san's clothes?" asked Nanami.
"You know, only you and Sonya have identified us, specifically. Everyone else thought we were each other." laughed Ryu.

"Of course!!" said Nanami, "He IS my little brother and we've known each other for sometime."

"Uhh, Ryu, you have a sister?" asked Cleo, sweat-dropping.

"No, she's adopted. Ranma and Nanami were adopted by an old master in what use to be the highland and they've been together for the last couple of years." replied Ryu.

"We see." replied the crowd. Then they heard arguing.

Ranma sighed, "Are those two at it again?"

"Yep."

"I told you to duck!!"

"I did duck!! and then you got me in the gut!!"

"That's what training sessions are FOR Futch!!"

"I know, BUT YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO USE THAT DAMN LIGHTING RUNE ON ME!!!"

"I SAID I WAS SORRY!!! BESIDES YOU USED THAT FIRE RUNE ON!!"

"ONLY AFTER YOU FIRED THAT THUNDER RUNNER AT ME!!"

"THAT'S WHY I SAID DUCK!!"

"NOW WE'RE BACK TO THIS AGAIN!!"

"YOU'RE THE ONE GOING AROUND IN CIRCLES!!!

"ARE NOT!!"

"ARE TOO!!"

"ARE NOT!!"

"ARE TOO!!"

"ARE NOT!!'

"ARE TOO!!"

"NOT!!"

"TOO!!"

"NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT!!!

"TOO TOO TOO TOO TOO TOO TOO TOO TOO!!"

Everyone stared at the arguing people.

"Is...that FUTCH!!!??" shouted Milia.

"Huh!? MILIA WHY THE HECK ARE YOU HERE!!!"

"Captain Joshua wanted me to check on your dragon quest." replied Milia. "So who's the girl you're arguing with? Your girlfriend?"

"WHAT!!! ME/HIM TOGETHER!? NOT IF HE/SHE WAS THE LAST BOY/GIRL LEFT IN THE ENTIRE SILVER COUNTRY!!!" Wakaba and Futch shouted at each other. Everyone sweat dropped at the likeness they had.

Suddenly, Bright came running up to Futch with something in his mouth.

"Whatcha got there boy?" asked Futch as he bent down. Wakaba noticed what it was immediately.

"OH NO!! He has one of my leg guards again!!" shouted Wakaba.

"Not again Wakaba!!" cried Futch as he grabbed the object. he tried pulling it from Bright but he had a good grip on it.

Wakaba helped by getting behind Futch and grabbing his waist and pulling.

"Let's leave the fighting love-birds alone." grinned Luc as he walked up and walked next to Nanami. She grinned and held Luc's hand.

"So, looks like you finally got a girlfriend Luc." smirked Lotte.

"Shut up Lotte." growled Luc.

"Whatever." grinned Lotte. Soon after the little reaquaintance, everyone went back inside the castle, with little arguement, excluding Luc and Lotte and Futch and Wakaba.


"Well that was rather fun don't you think guys." grinned Ryu.

"Yeah, seeing all of those faces again, really made my day." sighed Meg, Futch, Luc.

"Hey Ryu, why did Sonya say she hated you when you first met her?" asked Ranma.

"I'll tell you another time alright?" replied Ryu. Ranma stared at his older brother, but shrugged.

"Alright, if you're not that comfortable telling me now, you can tell me when you're ready." replied Ranma.

"Thanks. Where are you going Nanami?" asked Ryu.

"Luc and I have to practice our training some more, we think we almost master our new magic skills. So we'll be seeing you later, okay?" replied Nanami.

"Okay, don't get too involved." laughed Ranma.

Luc and Nanami blushed heavily and then shouted, "RANMA!!!"

********LATER THAT NIGHT*********


"It's time for the second motion, time to get to work." a shadow figure said. He slipped into the castle grounds and looked at the towers.

"There's the room."

He quietly entered the castle and along the way, he knocked out a couple of guards. He made it to the room, where the person he was looking for and saw her sleeping by the window. He didn't notice that there were two other occupants that weren't in there, but he grabbed the person he was looking for and was about to escape through the window when he was suddenly hit with a dagger.

"GET AWAY FROM MY BEST FRIEND YOU FREAK!!" screamed Meg as she launched more of her daggers at him.

The first one caught him by surprise, but he managed to get a good grip on Nanami and jumped out the window.


"EVERYONE WAKE UP!!! WE HAVE AN INTRUDER!!! I REPEAT WE HAVE AN INTRUDER!!"

Feather heard the call along with several others, he spotted the guy and flew down and attacked. The guy lost his balance and Feather grabbed Nanami, who was still asleep.

"Ugh!!"

"Okay, why were you trying to kidnap my girlfriend?" growled Luc as he held out his rod.

"Yes, we're all waiting on why you held onto young master's sister." choursed Gremio, Phan and Cleo.

"We're waiting." sneered Ranam.

"I'm not about to tell my plans, HA!!" screamed the guy, causing a smoke screen.

"He's by Feather!!" screamed Mille as she threw her boomerang through the fog.

"You missed girl," grinned the guy, as he jumped above the smoke.

"NOT QUITE JERK!!! THOR SHOT!!"

"YEAH!! YOU MISSED US!! EXPLOSION!!!"

The guy looked up and saw Futch and Wakaba fire their rune power at him. He grinned.

As the two attacks combined and hit him, Futch and Wakaba landed and waited for the dust to settle.

As the dust cleared they heard some struggling.

"Let me go you son of a gun!!! Ranma!! Ryu!! Jowi!! Luc!! MEG, MILLIE SOMEONE HELP ME!!"

"NANAMI!!!" every yelled.

Everyone saw her struggling to get out of the guys arms.

"So sorry, but I must take my leave, until the final Bout, see you later, young lords." smirked the guy. Then in another puff of smoke, he disappeared, taking Nanami with him. The last thing the people heard was terrible laughter and one final yell from Nanami.

"LUC!!! HELP ME!!!"
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End of Chapter 7