Broken Hearts, Mended Souls
By
Nuclear Twinkie
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Disclaimer: In all seriousness, all rights to Ranma1/2 and its characters go to Rumiko Takahashi. In all silliness... Hey Mr. Tendo! Mr. Saotome! Come help me with the disclaimer. "I think we can help you with that, right, Genma?" "Sure thing Tendo!" "Let's see, the rights to all this go to Rumiko Takahashi. If you claim otherwise, the lawyers will get you. The path of a true fanfic writer is fraught with peril." "Tendo, you forgot the other part." What other part? "Oh yes, all fanfics writers are obligated to have Akane and Ranma marry and inherit the Tendo dojo" "That's right, Tendo!" Hey! Stop adding stuff to my disclaimer! Oh man, I got to get some decent help with these disclaimers someday.
{} = Character Thoughts
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"Why violent girl kiss my airen?" Ranma's three fiancées (Akane, Ukyo, and Shampoo) are standing the living room of the Tendo household. They just watched Ranma walk out of the house with Genma, Soun and Mousse. Shampoo and Ukyo have turned to face Akane.
Ukyo is standing with her hands on her hips. "Yeah Akane, that was a dirty trick." {I wish I had thought of it.}
"Well... I just... I mean... why do I have to explain myself to you two? You're probably just upset that you didn't do it first!"
Shampoo pulls out her bon-bori and assumes a combat stance. "Violent girl go too far. As great-grandmother always says, obstacle is for killing."
Akane also assumes a fighting stance and attempts to stare down Shampoo. "Too bad this obstacle fights back."
Ukyo attempts to step in between the two angry girls. "Hey, we're supposed to be protecting the dojo, not fighting each other."
"Get out of way, stupid spatula girl. I defeat you after violent girl." "Don't butt into somebody else's fight Ukyo. I can take Shampoo any day!"
Ukyo pulls out her battle spatula and prepares to join the battle. "If you two think I'm going to let you talk to me like that, you have another thing coming."
Ryoga has been watching the situation deteriorate rapidly. {What do I do? I can't stand them threatening Akane like this, but I can't fight them. We're supposed to protect the dojo. If Ranma would be a man and take responsibility for his actions, this would not be happening. I'll have to beat Ranma for this one. I've got to do something.} Ryoga steps forward and raises his hands in a peaceful, warding gesture. "Now girls, we're supposed to be guarding the dojo. Let's stop fighting and get into the dojo like Mr. Tendo said."
"Stupid lost boy go away!" Shampoo swings at Ryoga who easily dodges the swing. Shampoo's bon-bori does hit and smash the kotatsu. Ryoga turns around to survey the damage and suddenly freezes in shock. The glass of ice water that was left on the table is flying through the air right at Ryoga. {Oh no! I'm doomed! Akane will see me...} The glass of water hits Ryoga right in the chest. His Jusenkyo transformation activates and he shrinks from view. The girls turn to stare at Ryoga vanishing form. Shampoo and Ukyo smirk slightly and return to the upcoming fight. Akane is staring at the small form squirming underneath Ryoga's clothes, and watches as the head of a small black pig emerges.
Akane is staring at her P-chan in near shock. "Ryoga... P-chan is... Ryoga is... P-chan... Ryoga..." The other two girls stop their fighting and turn to look at Akane who is now starting to glow a bright red color. "Ryoga... YOU PERVERT!!!" Akane kneels to deliver a devastating punch to P-chan, who barely dodges out of the way. The floor now has a large hole in it. Akane reaches over her back and comes down with an overhead swing of her largest mallet. "DIE RYOGA!!!" Her mallet comes down and connects with nothing but floor. Akane looks up in anger to see P-chan being held in one of Shampoo's hands. "What are you doing? He's mine!"
"As much as Shampoo hate to admit, we need lost boy to help defend home. You kill later."
"Yeah Akane, save it for the guys who might attack us.
Akane stands up, with the mallet still in hand. She is staring directly at P-chan, who seems to be shivering in fear. {I can't believe these two are defending that lying, betraying, perverted jerk! Look at him sitting in Shampoo's hand like that. He's probably enjoying himself. He looks so... scared. Of me? I was going to... First there was the news about Mom, and then Ranma going to hunt the guy, and now this. I can't take it. I just...} The hostility vanishes from both Shampoo and Ukyo as tears appear in Akane's eyes. {NO! I have to defend the dojo. I cannot cry now. I will deal with him later.} Akane blinks the tears out of her eyes and appears to tense up slightly, yet continues to direct her attention at Ryoga. She begins to speak in an un-emotional, monotone voice. "I don't know if I'll ever forgive you. You have betrayed my trust and my friendship. I would rather lose the dojo than depend on you to defend it." She turns her attention up to Shampoo and Ukyo. "I'll get some food and stuff from the kitchen and meet you in the dojo." Akane turns and walks into the kitchen.
Both girls turn and look at each other with a look of concern on their faces. "Shampoo take lost pig-boy to dojo. You go help Akane. Shampoo think she not alright."
"Sure, give me the easy job."
Shampoo smiles slightly and leaves the room. Ukyo sheathes her battle spatula and starts walking to the kitchen. {I don't know what to say to her. I hope I can find some connection to her as a friend, even for the moment.} Ukyo stops at the entrance to the kitchen. Akane is putting some instant ramen and some canned drinks into a bag on the counter. {She's moving with so little emotion. Akane may be violent and prone to lose her temper, but she almost always shows emotion. This is scary.} "Uh, Akane? Can I help you with anything?"
Akane replies, "No thank you." in the same monotone voice as she shuts the refrigerator door and carries some more things over to the bag. Ukyo walks into the kitchen and closer to Akane. {She's really hurt. I have to try to do something.} "Akane, you'll never be able to defend the dojo like this. You have to put this behind you, at least for now."
Akane slams a can down onto the counter. "How would you know how I feel? Do you have any idea how much his betrayal hurt?"
"You mean when your best friend steals your okonomiyaki cart and leaves you in the dust? When someone who you trust to be with you for the rest of your life betrays that trust? I spent ten years carrying around that pain. I realize now, after all that time, how useless that was." Ukyo walks up and puts a hand on Akane's shoulder. "You have to realize that pain will hurt only until you let it go."
Akane turns to face Ukyo with tears streaming down her face. "But why? Why did he do it? He slept with me. He saw me naked. He listened to my innermost secrets. Why would he do such a thing? He was my friend. Why? Wh... why?" Akane breaks down and starts crying.
Ukyo moves up to hug Akane, who hugs Ukyo back and continues to cry. {Why is she hurt so much? I didn't think Ryoga was that good of a friend? She always hangs around with Sayuri and Yuka at school, unless it's something else. I guess she has been through a lot. Akane tends to go to extremes when it comes to this emotional stuff.} "Akane, I know you've been through a lot, but you have to be strong for just one more night. If you want, I'll even help you beat on Ryoga for a while. It'll make you feel better. OK?"
Akane's crying has died down to sniffling. She pulls herself away from Ukyo. "Thanks, Ukyo. I guess with everything that's happened..."
"Don't worry about it. For tonight, we'll be friends instead of rival fiancées."
"Sure, but don't forget you promised to help me beat on Ryoga."
"Are you sure you want to still hurt him?"
"I suppose I don't really want to now, but we don't have to let him know that, do we?"
"No, we don't. C'mon Akane let's get the stuff and..." They both hear a loud crash from the front of the house. They turn to look in that direction when the backdoor flies off its hinges and into the kitchen. Men dressed in dark clothing come pouring into the room to attack Akane and Ukyo.
"C'mon Akane! Let's go out back and then around to Shampoo!" Ukyo backs up into the living room and looks to see more men coming from the front of the house. Ukyo pulls out her battle spatula and swings at the first man. She connects solidly and sends him flying into the others behind him. "C'mon Akane!!"
Akane is fighting several men in the kitchen with the same ferocity she fought the hordes of boys at school with. She hears Ukyo yell and decides to head out of the kitchen. A man comes at her and swings a fist at her head. She grabs the offending limb and throws the man over her shoulder into the others. Akane sprints through the living room, over the porch, and joins Ukyo in the backyard. There are several men charging Ukyo. Akane jump kicks her way in to the group of men, hitting two of them and landing next to Ukyo. Akane shouts, "There's at least this many in the house! How many did they send, and where's Shampoo?"
Suddenly two of the men in front of Akane crumple underneath a pair of bon-bori as Shampoo land next to the other two girls. "Shampoo right here, violent girl. Worry about self, not Shampoo."
The men start to circle around the girls, attempting to surround them. Ukyo shouts, "Get to the corner of yard! We can use the wall to guard our backs!" Akane, Ukyo, and Shampoo jump over the men into the corner of the yard. The men immediately surround them and press their advantage.
Akane ducks under a punch and punches back. "There's so many of them! How many of them are there?"
"Bwee!?!?" {Damn it! Where is the bathroom? I have to change and go help Akane! After what she said to me, I have to do whatever I can to prove myself to her! DAMN IT! Where is...} P-chan looks down to notice he is standing on bathroom tile. Looking around, he sees the bathtub. {YES!!!} He jumps in only to come out naked, but determined. {Boy, I'm lucky I always have a spare set of clothing here in the changing room or I'd really be in trouble.} Ryoga quickly dresses and stands just outside the bathroom. {Great, now which way do I go?} Ryoga hears the sounds of battle. {I may get lost, but I can follow sounds.} Ryoga runs down the hallway and into a dead end. Literally.
The outside of the house explodes as Ryoga finds himself in the backyard. He sees over two dozen of those black clothed attackers around a corner of the yard attacking the three girls. "AKANE!!!" Akane's line of sight quickly turns to Ryoga, but that one moment is enough. One of the men powerfully swings his fist and connects with Akane's jaw. Time seems to slow for Ryoga. Akane's head swings back and forth as a line of blood flies from her mouth. Akane's entire body goes limp as she falls from the ground like a marionette that just had it strings cut. "NOOOOOOOO!!!!!" {Akane! She got hit because of me! She hates me! She doesn't even want to be my friend! IT"S ALL MY FAULT!}
Everyone present stops and stares at the ominous black glow surrounding Ryoga. Shampoo and Ukyo quickly recognize this. Shampoo grabs Akane and jumps over the wall. Ukyo quickly follows her.
Ryoga looks up with tears in his eyes and screams, "Ultimate Shi-Shi- Hokodan!!"
The glow from Ryoga shoots into the air in a column of black light. It then condenses into a ball covering the entire backyard. A moment later, the energy slams into the ground taking out every one of the men in the area. They are now piled into a crater 10 feet deep and nearly 30 feet wide. Ryoga looks at them with tears in his eyes and hopelessness in his eyes. {I have nothing, but the knowledge that Akane, the woman I love, the woman that now hates me, is safe.} Ryoga turns and walks away, hoping to get lost forever.
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Author's Notes: [UPDATED 08/23/02] 2nd draft. Sorry I didn't get back to Ranma and his group, but Akane and the girls are safe. That's good, isn't it? Yeah, yeah, I know. Write faster. Anyway, please e-mail me with opinions, criticisms, and suggestions. Please be constructive with all C&C. I don't mind being told what someone doesn't like, as long as they provide some direction to make it better. (ntwinkie@effectnet.com)
By
Nuclear Twinkie
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Disclaimer: In all seriousness, all rights to Ranma1/2 and its characters go to Rumiko Takahashi. In all silliness... Hey Mr. Tendo! Mr. Saotome! Come help me with the disclaimer. "I think we can help you with that, right, Genma?" "Sure thing Tendo!" "Let's see, the rights to all this go to Rumiko Takahashi. If you claim otherwise, the lawyers will get you. The path of a true fanfic writer is fraught with peril." "Tendo, you forgot the other part." What other part? "Oh yes, all fanfics writers are obligated to have Akane and Ranma marry and inherit the Tendo dojo" "That's right, Tendo!" Hey! Stop adding stuff to my disclaimer! Oh man, I got to get some decent help with these disclaimers someday.
{} = Character Thoughts
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"Why violent girl kiss my airen?" Ranma's three fiancées (Akane, Ukyo, and Shampoo) are standing the living room of the Tendo household. They just watched Ranma walk out of the house with Genma, Soun and Mousse. Shampoo and Ukyo have turned to face Akane.
Ukyo is standing with her hands on her hips. "Yeah Akane, that was a dirty trick." {I wish I had thought of it.}
"Well... I just... I mean... why do I have to explain myself to you two? You're probably just upset that you didn't do it first!"
Shampoo pulls out her bon-bori and assumes a combat stance. "Violent girl go too far. As great-grandmother always says, obstacle is for killing."
Akane also assumes a fighting stance and attempts to stare down Shampoo. "Too bad this obstacle fights back."
Ukyo attempts to step in between the two angry girls. "Hey, we're supposed to be protecting the dojo, not fighting each other."
"Get out of way, stupid spatula girl. I defeat you after violent girl." "Don't butt into somebody else's fight Ukyo. I can take Shampoo any day!"
Ukyo pulls out her battle spatula and prepares to join the battle. "If you two think I'm going to let you talk to me like that, you have another thing coming."
Ryoga has been watching the situation deteriorate rapidly. {What do I do? I can't stand them threatening Akane like this, but I can't fight them. We're supposed to protect the dojo. If Ranma would be a man and take responsibility for his actions, this would not be happening. I'll have to beat Ranma for this one. I've got to do something.} Ryoga steps forward and raises his hands in a peaceful, warding gesture. "Now girls, we're supposed to be guarding the dojo. Let's stop fighting and get into the dojo like Mr. Tendo said."
"Stupid lost boy go away!" Shampoo swings at Ryoga who easily dodges the swing. Shampoo's bon-bori does hit and smash the kotatsu. Ryoga turns around to survey the damage and suddenly freezes in shock. The glass of ice water that was left on the table is flying through the air right at Ryoga. {Oh no! I'm doomed! Akane will see me...} The glass of water hits Ryoga right in the chest. His Jusenkyo transformation activates and he shrinks from view. The girls turn to stare at Ryoga vanishing form. Shampoo and Ukyo smirk slightly and return to the upcoming fight. Akane is staring at the small form squirming underneath Ryoga's clothes, and watches as the head of a small black pig emerges.
Akane is staring at her P-chan in near shock. "Ryoga... P-chan is... Ryoga is... P-chan... Ryoga..." The other two girls stop their fighting and turn to look at Akane who is now starting to glow a bright red color. "Ryoga... YOU PERVERT!!!" Akane kneels to deliver a devastating punch to P-chan, who barely dodges out of the way. The floor now has a large hole in it. Akane reaches over her back and comes down with an overhead swing of her largest mallet. "DIE RYOGA!!!" Her mallet comes down and connects with nothing but floor. Akane looks up in anger to see P-chan being held in one of Shampoo's hands. "What are you doing? He's mine!"
"As much as Shampoo hate to admit, we need lost boy to help defend home. You kill later."
"Yeah Akane, save it for the guys who might attack us.
Akane stands up, with the mallet still in hand. She is staring directly at P-chan, who seems to be shivering in fear. {I can't believe these two are defending that lying, betraying, perverted jerk! Look at him sitting in Shampoo's hand like that. He's probably enjoying himself. He looks so... scared. Of me? I was going to... First there was the news about Mom, and then Ranma going to hunt the guy, and now this. I can't take it. I just...} The hostility vanishes from both Shampoo and Ukyo as tears appear in Akane's eyes. {NO! I have to defend the dojo. I cannot cry now. I will deal with him later.} Akane blinks the tears out of her eyes and appears to tense up slightly, yet continues to direct her attention at Ryoga. She begins to speak in an un-emotional, monotone voice. "I don't know if I'll ever forgive you. You have betrayed my trust and my friendship. I would rather lose the dojo than depend on you to defend it." She turns her attention up to Shampoo and Ukyo. "I'll get some food and stuff from the kitchen and meet you in the dojo." Akane turns and walks into the kitchen.
Both girls turn and look at each other with a look of concern on their faces. "Shampoo take lost pig-boy to dojo. You go help Akane. Shampoo think she not alright."
"Sure, give me the easy job."
Shampoo smiles slightly and leaves the room. Ukyo sheathes her battle spatula and starts walking to the kitchen. {I don't know what to say to her. I hope I can find some connection to her as a friend, even for the moment.} Ukyo stops at the entrance to the kitchen. Akane is putting some instant ramen and some canned drinks into a bag on the counter. {She's moving with so little emotion. Akane may be violent and prone to lose her temper, but she almost always shows emotion. This is scary.} "Uh, Akane? Can I help you with anything?"
Akane replies, "No thank you." in the same monotone voice as she shuts the refrigerator door and carries some more things over to the bag. Ukyo walks into the kitchen and closer to Akane. {She's really hurt. I have to try to do something.} "Akane, you'll never be able to defend the dojo like this. You have to put this behind you, at least for now."
Akane slams a can down onto the counter. "How would you know how I feel? Do you have any idea how much his betrayal hurt?"
"You mean when your best friend steals your okonomiyaki cart and leaves you in the dust? When someone who you trust to be with you for the rest of your life betrays that trust? I spent ten years carrying around that pain. I realize now, after all that time, how useless that was." Ukyo walks up and puts a hand on Akane's shoulder. "You have to realize that pain will hurt only until you let it go."
Akane turns to face Ukyo with tears streaming down her face. "But why? Why did he do it? He slept with me. He saw me naked. He listened to my innermost secrets. Why would he do such a thing? He was my friend. Why? Wh... why?" Akane breaks down and starts crying.
Ukyo moves up to hug Akane, who hugs Ukyo back and continues to cry. {Why is she hurt so much? I didn't think Ryoga was that good of a friend? She always hangs around with Sayuri and Yuka at school, unless it's something else. I guess she has been through a lot. Akane tends to go to extremes when it comes to this emotional stuff.} "Akane, I know you've been through a lot, but you have to be strong for just one more night. If you want, I'll even help you beat on Ryoga for a while. It'll make you feel better. OK?"
Akane's crying has died down to sniffling. She pulls herself away from Ukyo. "Thanks, Ukyo. I guess with everything that's happened..."
"Don't worry about it. For tonight, we'll be friends instead of rival fiancées."
"Sure, but don't forget you promised to help me beat on Ryoga."
"Are you sure you want to still hurt him?"
"I suppose I don't really want to now, but we don't have to let him know that, do we?"
"No, we don't. C'mon Akane let's get the stuff and..." They both hear a loud crash from the front of the house. They turn to look in that direction when the backdoor flies off its hinges and into the kitchen. Men dressed in dark clothing come pouring into the room to attack Akane and Ukyo.
"C'mon Akane! Let's go out back and then around to Shampoo!" Ukyo backs up into the living room and looks to see more men coming from the front of the house. Ukyo pulls out her battle spatula and swings at the first man. She connects solidly and sends him flying into the others behind him. "C'mon Akane!!"
Akane is fighting several men in the kitchen with the same ferocity she fought the hordes of boys at school with. She hears Ukyo yell and decides to head out of the kitchen. A man comes at her and swings a fist at her head. She grabs the offending limb and throws the man over her shoulder into the others. Akane sprints through the living room, over the porch, and joins Ukyo in the backyard. There are several men charging Ukyo. Akane jump kicks her way in to the group of men, hitting two of them and landing next to Ukyo. Akane shouts, "There's at least this many in the house! How many did they send, and where's Shampoo?"
Suddenly two of the men in front of Akane crumple underneath a pair of bon-bori as Shampoo land next to the other two girls. "Shampoo right here, violent girl. Worry about self, not Shampoo."
The men start to circle around the girls, attempting to surround them. Ukyo shouts, "Get to the corner of yard! We can use the wall to guard our backs!" Akane, Ukyo, and Shampoo jump over the men into the corner of the yard. The men immediately surround them and press their advantage.
Akane ducks under a punch and punches back. "There's so many of them! How many of them are there?"
"Bwee!?!?" {Damn it! Where is the bathroom? I have to change and go help Akane! After what she said to me, I have to do whatever I can to prove myself to her! DAMN IT! Where is...} P-chan looks down to notice he is standing on bathroom tile. Looking around, he sees the bathtub. {YES!!!} He jumps in only to come out naked, but determined. {Boy, I'm lucky I always have a spare set of clothing here in the changing room or I'd really be in trouble.} Ryoga quickly dresses and stands just outside the bathroom. {Great, now which way do I go?} Ryoga hears the sounds of battle. {I may get lost, but I can follow sounds.} Ryoga runs down the hallway and into a dead end. Literally.
The outside of the house explodes as Ryoga finds himself in the backyard. He sees over two dozen of those black clothed attackers around a corner of the yard attacking the three girls. "AKANE!!!" Akane's line of sight quickly turns to Ryoga, but that one moment is enough. One of the men powerfully swings his fist and connects with Akane's jaw. Time seems to slow for Ryoga. Akane's head swings back and forth as a line of blood flies from her mouth. Akane's entire body goes limp as she falls from the ground like a marionette that just had it strings cut. "NOOOOOOOO!!!!!" {Akane! She got hit because of me! She hates me! She doesn't even want to be my friend! IT"S ALL MY FAULT!}
Everyone present stops and stares at the ominous black glow surrounding Ryoga. Shampoo and Ukyo quickly recognize this. Shampoo grabs Akane and jumps over the wall. Ukyo quickly follows her.
Ryoga looks up with tears in his eyes and screams, "Ultimate Shi-Shi- Hokodan!!"
The glow from Ryoga shoots into the air in a column of black light. It then condenses into a ball covering the entire backyard. A moment later, the energy slams into the ground taking out every one of the men in the area. They are now piled into a crater 10 feet deep and nearly 30 feet wide. Ryoga looks at them with tears in his eyes and hopelessness in his eyes. {I have nothing, but the knowledge that Akane, the woman I love, the woman that now hates me, is safe.} Ryoga turns and walks away, hoping to get lost forever.
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Author's Notes: [UPDATED 08/23/02] 2nd draft. Sorry I didn't get back to Ranma and his group, but Akane and the girls are safe. That's good, isn't it? Yeah, yeah, I know. Write faster. Anyway, please e-mail me with opinions, criticisms, and suggestions. Please be constructive with all C&C. I don't mind being told what someone doesn't like, as long as they provide some direction to make it better. (ntwinkie@effectnet.com)
