All Ranma ½ characters
belong to Rumiko Takahashi. However this story belongs to ME!
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The presence fought with all the strength it possessed. A little more and the seal would be broken and it's be free of the Hell that was its life. Free of the harpies, free of the love struck dikes!
A month of struggle against its faith, against the rosary beads chaining its only way out; of surviving death and sex threats; of hating and plotting its revenge on the one whom it owned everything it had suffered.
With disgust it shrugged off the arms of its current suitor, a very geekie looking corpse by the name of Go-something who clung to it like a leech. The others it's managed to lose somewhere along the way. Only this one remained with the persistence of a love-sick puppy.
It had no squalls about beating him into unconsciousness (a matter of seconds), before returning to its self-appointed task. It glared at the obstacle but knew that such feelings wouldn't aid its cause. It therefore got control of them, breathing in and out until its body and mind were relaxed. Then it focused its attention on a spot just above it where it knew the way out should be.
Concentrating its spirit it found a weakening. Willing its soul to fortify, it sent its razor-sharp thoughts straight through the spot like a lance of light. With an inaudible shattering of invisible glass, it felt the seal collapse as the energy containing it spilt free.
Its lips curved into a smile. It quickly jumped through the opening, feeling itself sucked up and out.
A blinding flash of pure light.
It opened its eyes finding itself in the very same antic it had just left. Somehow it differed, yet it couldn't quite put its finger on it. In frustrated rage it crashed out, down the stairs, into a room and suddenly it was in a restaurant. A restaurant it had only set foot in once in its life because its owner had immediately banned it.
It steeled itself, expecting the worse which always seemed to happen.
To its surprise it felt warm arms hug him as a female figure pressed herself against it.
"Hai-ya! Shampoo so happy to see you!"
A cold smile illuminated the figure's features. It gently freed itself from the now-cumbersome girl.
"Not now, honey"
The Chinese girl batted her eyes, confused.
It patted her arm.
"Got things to do, revenges to plan, people to kill!"
Her eyes widened. Then she smiled, laughing "Oh you kidder! Ranma funny today!"
It nodded, distracted. Ditching her, it went out and into the street.
Quickly finding its bearings it soon stood before the Dojo.
"Ranma, get back here!"
The doors burst open as a pigtailed boy hopped out followed by a furious dark haired girl.
It watched silently from its place as the two disappeared into town.
Feeling a strange elation, it jumped on the nearest roof and rushed from one building to the other with no clear destination, letting its legs carry it anywhere.
It stopped when it had no breathe, when it thought its heart would burst with joy.
Free! Finally free! Free from its chains, from the bonds that had claimed it since the beginning of its existence. Free!
The air in its lungs had the intoxicating taste of freedom, like the breathe of a newborn. And wasn't that what it was now? New to this world, free to start afresh. Its head swam with the possibilities.
"But before I do anything, I must decide-"
He raised his head proudly
"From now on, I will be known as Ranmaru"
His eyes shone with determination as he looked into the sunset and into his future.
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Would you believe I had a different ending planned out? Everything seemed to have gotten completely out of my control!
And I certainly had no intention of having Ranma so totally beaten up. Apparently Ranmaru had different plans in store.
I've tried to remain as close to the original Takahashi story as possible.
I'd like to THANK all of YOU who've been sending me your opinion. You've spurred me to continue!
I hope you enjoyed this fic and that I haven't disappointed everyone with this final chapter & epilogue. It's the first time I've written a battle scene so I'm not sure I did a good job at it.
Special thanks to my friend Paola for proofreading the fifth chapter of which I had many doubts.
Well, this chapter should be the last, at least according to plan.
Actually to tell you the truth this fic is a prologue to what should be a short series with Ranmaru as main character.
What do you think? Please SEND me REVIEWS!
Also, how about giving a peek to my other fic "A day as P-chan: Ryouga's curse?"
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The presence fought with all the strength it possessed. A little more and the seal would be broken and it's be free of the Hell that was its life. Free of the harpies, free of the love struck dikes!
A month of struggle against its faith, against the rosary beads chaining its only way out; of surviving death and sex threats; of hating and plotting its revenge on the one whom it owned everything it had suffered.
With disgust it shrugged off the arms of its current suitor, a very geekie looking corpse by the name of Go-something who clung to it like a leech. The others it's managed to lose somewhere along the way. Only this one remained with the persistence of a love-sick puppy.
It had no squalls about beating him into unconsciousness (a matter of seconds), before returning to its self-appointed task. It glared at the obstacle but knew that such feelings wouldn't aid its cause. It therefore got control of them, breathing in and out until its body and mind were relaxed. Then it focused its attention on a spot just above it where it knew the way out should be.
Concentrating its spirit it found a weakening. Willing its soul to fortify, it sent its razor-sharp thoughts straight through the spot like a lance of light. With an inaudible shattering of invisible glass, it felt the seal collapse as the energy containing it spilt free.
Its lips curved into a smile. It quickly jumped through the opening, feeling itself sucked up and out.
A blinding flash of pure light.
It opened its eyes finding itself in the very same antic it had just left. Somehow it differed, yet it couldn't quite put its finger on it. In frustrated rage it crashed out, down the stairs, into a room and suddenly it was in a restaurant. A restaurant it had only set foot in once in its life because its owner had immediately banned it.
It steeled itself, expecting the worse which always seemed to happen.
To its surprise it felt warm arms hug him as a female figure pressed herself against it.
"Hai-ya! Shampoo so happy to see you!"
A cold smile illuminated the figure's features. It gently freed itself from the now-cumbersome girl.
"Not now, honey"
The Chinese girl batted her eyes, confused.
It patted her arm.
"Got things to do, revenges to plan, people to kill!"
Her eyes widened. Then she smiled, laughing "Oh you kidder! Ranma funny today!"
It nodded, distracted. Ditching her, it went out and into the street.
Quickly finding its bearings it soon stood before the Dojo.
"Ranma, get back here!"
The doors burst open as a pigtailed boy hopped out followed by a furious dark haired girl.
It watched silently from its place as the two disappeared into town.
Feeling a strange elation, it jumped on the nearest roof and rushed from one building to the other with no clear destination, letting its legs carry it anywhere.
It stopped when it had no breathe, when it thought its heart would burst with joy.
Free! Finally free! Free from its chains, from the bonds that had claimed it since the beginning of its existence. Free!
The air in its lungs had the intoxicating taste of freedom, like the breathe of a newborn. And wasn't that what it was now? New to this world, free to start afresh. Its head swam with the possibilities.
"But before I do anything, I must decide-"
He raised his head proudly
"From now on, I will be known as Ranmaru"
His eyes shone with determination as he looked into the sunset and into his future.
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Would you believe I had a different ending planned out? Everything seemed to have gotten completely out of my control!
And I certainly had no intention of having Ranma so totally beaten up. Apparently Ranmaru had different plans in store.
I've tried to remain as close to the original Takahashi story as possible.
I'd like to THANK all of YOU who've been sending me your opinion. You've spurred me to continue!
I hope you enjoyed this fic and that I haven't disappointed everyone with this final chapter & epilogue. It's the first time I've written a battle scene so I'm not sure I did a good job at it.
Special thanks to my friend Paola for proofreading the fifth chapter of which I had many doubts.
Well, this chapter should be the last, at least according to plan.
Actually to tell you the truth this fic is a prologue to what should be a short series with Ranmaru as main character.
What do you think? Please SEND me REVIEWS!
Also, how about giving a peek to my other fic "A day as P-chan: Ryouga's curse?"