AN: Seems I forgot to put the Disclaimer at the start of this fic so I'll add it now....I don't own either of the two stories that this fic is based around this is purely for enjoyment purposes only and I am recieving no form of payment what so ever
"NO YOUR DEAD, I WATCHED YOU DIE!"
Ranma stared at Ryoga in shock for a moment. "Wha…what…no…" Reaching out he grabbed Ryoga's arm in a vice like grip and screamed as a flood of memories washed through him.
*Satisfaction…That's what he felt when he watched the katana slide into Ranmas belly. Joy as he watched the great Ranma Saotome fall to his knees in shock as his blood poured from the wound in his stomach. Tightening his grip on his umbrella he tensed and reared his arm back and swung with all his brute strength. The Lead Umbrella whistled it was moving so fast and with a sickening crunch connected with the back of Ranmas head sending him sprawling to the floor. Again he raised the Umbrella and brought it down leaving the once great Martial artist lay dying on the floor. *
Ranma staggered back a feeling of nausea sweeping through him explosions of light going on behind his eyes he didn't notice when Ryoga pulled off his belt and snapped it Rod straight.
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Akane couldn't believe what she had just heard, Ryoga, her friend Ranma's friend had been there when Ranma died, why, she just couldn't understand, she almost didn't comprehend when Ryoga's belt was stiffened and he started to swing it towards Ranma's prone form. She did all she could think of and she screamed.
"Ranma!"
Looking up still dazed from the psychic feed back and he saw the Ki charge belt whipping towards his and tried to get his body under control and dodge. It was to late, the belt slashed down through his shoulder like a sword cutting through flesh and bone till it stopped almost halfway through his rib cage and he watched as his blood sprayed across the surprised but pleased face of Ryoga.
Ryoga growled with satisfaction as he pulled the blade from the body of the demon or what ever it was that was impersonating Saotome. He knew he was dead, hell he had taken great pleasure in being able to help kill him. He turned and saw Akane and he paled. "Ak…Akane…it…its not what you think!"
"Ain't it pork chop….you helped kill me you son of a bitch…you and Happosai!"
Ryoga stiffened…no it wasn't possible slowly he turned to look at what should have been a corpse and was almost sick as he saw it still standing the wound slowly knitting bone and flesh back together the shirt slowly being re woven. "How!"
"Because I'm dead you son of a bitch!" Ranma raised his hands cupping them and he screamed in rage "SHI SHI HOKUDAN!" the ball of blazing blue chi shooting from his palms to strike Ryoga solidly on the chest blasting him backwards through the garden wall.
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Ryoga pushed himself to his feet groggily just in time to see a black blur leap over the wall. rolling to the left he grunted as the concrete underneathe the black shape explode from the force of the shapes landing. Pulling himself to his feet he slipped into a guard postion as his eyes came into focus and he nearly pissed his pants as standing before him was the demon wearing Ranma's face. It's eyes blazed and it darted forward spinning on it's heel its foot swung round in a backwards arc and slammed solidly into his braced arms driving him back several feet.
"Who are you!" Ryogas arms ached from the kick he had never been hit that hard before. Darting forward mustering as much Ki into his limbs as possible he threw a combination of punches and kicks at the demon.
Ranma growled incoherent in his rage as he seemed to flow around each of Ryoga's strikes before driving an open palm strike to pig boys ribs once again driving him backwards. "I am vengeance...I am revenge, I am the spirit of the friend you betrayed!" As he spoke Ranmas voice grew louder till he was screaming at the lost boy.
"FRIEND!" Ryogas fragile temper shattered. "That honourless bastard was never my friend!" A sickly green aura started to form around the lost boy causing pieces of shattered sidewalk to float into the air around him. "He Had everything....EVERYTHING!" His eyes started to turn the same colour as his aura. "Friends....a home...family....AKANE!"
Ranma stopped and just stared at Ryoga, pity and rage mingling on his face. "I always thought we were friends Ryoga....I even kept your damned secret after everything you did to me with it." Ranma growled. "You dare call me Honourless....you who would attack from the shadows against a wounded opponent....you are nothing ryoga...and when i'm done with you everyone will know what you are."
"Shut up...your not Ranma he's dead I know he's dead because I helped kill him...just like I'll kill you to!" Ryoga screamed in rage as he charged forward his arms and legs moving at such speeds that a trail of green fire was left in their wake.
Ranma smirked as he watched the ever predictable Lost boy lose his temper and go for brute force rather than strategy his own body moving just as quickly as Ryoga's, the thumps of flesh striking flesh filling the night air the cries of the combatants drawing the attention of nerima's population as they heard sounds they thought they would never hear again.
"Katsu Tenshin Amaguriken!"
"Bakusai Tenketsu!"
The pair of Martial artists bounced across the roof tops as Ranma led the lost boy away from the Tendo dojo to try and limit the damage to the property whilst above them the crow circled. Soon Ranma say what he was looking for, a construction site abandoned for the evening. Bouncing from the roof he landed in the open lot and took a combat stance and glared at Ryoga as he landed a few feet away from him. The crow landed on top of an bulldozer
*Kill Him!*
Ranma blanched and turned his attention from Ryoga to the crow. "Wha...What...who said anything about killing him!"
Ryoga snarled and charged when he saw his opponents attention wasn't focsed on him as he should have been and slammed a Ki charged uppercut into Ranma's jaw sending him crashing through steel girders and half built walls. "Don't ignore me!"
*Kill him gain your revenge...take his life as he took yours!*
Ranma grunted as broken bones snapped back into place and healed pushing himself to his feet whilst rubble and bent steel frames crashed to the ground. "No I'm not a murder....I never asked for this!"
The Crow screamed at him a long drawn out Caw that seemed to echo around the construction site. *You never asked to die either...He is your murderer It's not murder it's Justice...*
"Stop ignoring me!" Ryoga charged in swinging his fists trying to overpower the demon wearing Ranma's face, it had to be a demon nothing else could have survived the blow from the sword belt.
Ranma blocked out the incessant screaming from the crow as he focused on the fight with Ryoga trading blow for blow with the Lost boy where as his bruises and bones healed instantly Ryoga was not so lucky and after 20 minutes of full out combat Ranma stood amidst the wreckage of construction site staring down at the battered and beaten form of Ryoga. "I'm not like you....I'm not a murderer Ryoga, you'll pay for what you did to me but death...death is to good for you."
*No!* The Crow flew angrilly around him its voice echoing inside his skull. *Kill him!*
"No....I wont be what he is." Shaking his head he turned his back and started to walk away from the broken martial artist.
Ryoga lay there blood bubbling at the corner of his mouth and reached out shakily grabbing a hold of an still upright support beam slowly dragging himself to his feet. "Its not over yet...We aren't finished yet!"
"Yes P-chan we are." Ranma just kept walking.
"Bastard!" Ryoga snarled and pushed heavily on the support as he tried to straighten up whilst cupping his hands in front of him his hands starting to glow when the shriek of stressed metal forced his gaze upwards as the support beam gave way he stared in horror as the floor above gave way and rebars several dozen of them came crashing down on top of him.
Ranma turned at the noise of protesting metal and watched as the remains of the bulding came crashing down on top of Ryoga burying him underneathe. "No!" Running back to the debris Ranma tosses piece after piece aside till finally he heaved a section of corrugated steel aside and looked down at his once friend.
Ryogas eyes fluttered open the pain in his chest emmense his vision flickering in and out till finally he could focus and saw the two Rebars that where buried in his chest. Laughing he choked as blood slowly started to fill his lungs. "Seems....Like.....You....Got.....You.... What....You....Wanted." His eyes fluttered shut and the final thing the lost biy heard was Ranma's voice saying he did not want this.
TBC...
An: OK I seem to be catching a lot of criticism over this fic......you gotta remember this is my take on the Crow story...there are gonna be difference I'm trying to use two well known Idea's and give them a new slant. So I don't want people to flame me over the fact that Ranma as the crow refused to Kill Ryoga....this is not a carbon copy of any of the movies or the TV show things will be different so just give the fic a chance before you flame the shit out of me