HI! I'm back and better 'n EVER!!! Ok, as I mentioned in the last chapter, I will be writing a mini summary of the chapter. So here goes...

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Visions of Truth

Akane has been kidnapped and all hope is lost. As the weeks go by, Ranma is flustered by Shampoo's growing obsession and Nabiki's affections?!?!?! Has the ice queen finally let her heart melt .....for Ranma?

Akane has awakened, not knowing who or where she is. What's going on? Ryouga begins to guide her through her lost life- their life. It seems that she was in love w/ Ryouga before her memory was lost. Akane accepts this man's story, but why does she see a blue-eyed boy in her dreams? And who is the villain Ranma, Ryouga tells her is evil?

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The wind is blowing softly. The trees sway almost silently, save a sweet rustle that haunts the path ahead. We are holding hands, he and I. We stalk along giggling silently as to not disturb the peace. What does he want to show me? His hand pulls harder as his legs begin to move faster. We are running now. The laughter we had suppressed earlier busts out and we are soon breathless. Finally we stop, though I still have to catch my breath from the occasional spurts of laughter that followed. He leads me to a clearing. Smiling with his sapphire blue eyes....oh, those beautiful blue eyes. And it seems to be the view of a city- a city that I am familiar with. I squeal with girlish delight as he whisks me into his arms and holds me tight. I close my eyes and imagine being here forever.....forever....

"Akane?" I wake up and stretch my limbs. I look up to find Ryouga " Oh, hello Ryouga. Is it morning already?"

He smiles down and blushes a little, " Are you hungry?". I nod. The boy leaves me to get more food. I get up and go outside with one of the apples he had brought earlier. The first bite is sweet and delicious. I wander outside of the fence and enter the edge of the wood, close to the house we found...our house. It still sounds odd. Ryouga and me. But I can understand why I fell in love with him, I suppose. " Ryouga is kind and sweet and cares for you..." I remind myself. I LOVE Ryouga. Ryouga told me all about it, but why don't I FEEL anything? Perhaps I've forgotten what it is to be in love. Perhaps what I do feel for Ryouga now isn't just friendship. But then what is this feeling I sometimes get in my dreams? For....for the blue eyed boy.... What is it? I shake my head and finish my apple.

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The dojo is silent. Even the crickets outside hold their breaths now. The blue eyed boy stood still, and then....

Light flashes through the house.

For a few moments, the Tendou house wavered and then stood still again. The pigtailed boy panted heavily as he wiped sweat of his brow. * Well, at least I'm getting stronger. But what use is that if....she isn't here....* the black haired martial artist slumped onto the floor and stared into space. HER face looking at him from all directions. With the look that she had before she was....where was she now?

'Clap, clap, clap.' The boy turned his towards his head towards the entrance where the sound was coming from. In the doorway stood the notorious Nabiki. Ranma smiled and let his soul lighten a little. It seemed that lately, Nabiki had befriended Ranma after she cried in front of him. Perhaps it was just so he wouldn't tell, but she could always use blackmail instead. Ranma had given up on trying to figure out Nabiki and simply accepted her friendship as a token of thanks.

"Impressive." The brown haired girl said while taking a look around the rather battered room. " So what's this new technique called?"

Ranma scratched behind his head as he searched his mind for the name. Why was it that he never forgot techniques before, but it now seemed he couldn't remember anything? " Uh.... I think it's called the-"

" Ni hao Ranma!"

A blue and green bicycle came riding through the door. On it was a robust Chinese Amazon who was carrying a case of dumplings.

" Oh Ranma! Come date Shampoo! Ranma make Shampoo Happy Happy with date! Come make nice nice with Shampoo on picnic!"

The blue-eyed Ranma looked at Shampoo, trying to keep the hatred from his eyes. " Not now Shampoo." He growled.

" But Shampoo make special dumpling for Ranma! Ranma eat dumpling!" The girl protested. The pigtailed boy's eyes suddenly flared, unable to control his emotions. " GET OUT! I DON'T WANT YOU HERE AND I NEVER DID!!!" The purple haired Amazon stood stunned for a second. Had she heard right? She was here to comfort him, and he told her to go away?! How could he do this to her?

" R-Ranma...I-"

" Shampoo," The boy stood there with hatred seeping from his blue aura-his fist clenched tightly, " I don't want to hurt you, but GET! OUT! NOW!!!!!!!!"

For the second time, a blast of light flashed through the house.

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Pain

The girl felt a jolt of pain course through her body, as she sat bolt upright on the futon. What had happened? The dream, there was the blue-eyed boy...her mystery boy....he was with other people. The girl....purple hair, dumplings?....Anger-hate....and then the bright light- and the pain. The pain was gone now- or at least had numbed down to a mild throbbing. But there was still an ache somewhere. Somewhere....

The raven-haired girl slowly touched her heart. Was that where the pain was coming from? Tears pricked the soft amber eyes that had been so cold and confused before. She knew she felt something....something for the blue eyed boy? Who was he?

A figure stirred on the futon beside her. " Mmmmmmhhnnnn....Akane? Are you awake?" The man she called Ryouga sat up to find his true love crying. " Akane? Are you ok?" The boy's eyes were so full of love and concern, it broke the girls heart. But not the same pain she felt for her mystery boy...a kind of sadness that she would never- could never- love him back, not in that way....and yet, he still loved her. The dark haired girl felt that he knew and still he didn't let go. Let go to who? Was it the blue- eyed boy? A name...Ranma?

The girl shook her head as she wiped the tears away, " No, I just hurt some...Ryouga? Who is Ranma?"

The brown-eyed boy seemed surprised and startled by her question and suddenly began to fumble with his words- as he did every time he was nervous or embarrassed, the girl noticed. The shorthaired girl looked trustingly into his eyes and couldn't figure out what was going on in his head. " Ryouga?"

" Ranma? Where'd you- um- get that name?"

" I don't know," The girl sat back and tried searching her dim memory for where'd that name came from. All she truly knew was that she liked the name. It gave her comfort to hear it- or say it. " I think it just came to me."

" Ranma..is..Akane," The boy suddenly became stern. " Akane, this..Ranma was the one that took you from me..and erased your memory. This Ranma is evil. Stay away from him."

Now it was the amber-eyed girl's turn to be stunned. Could this name really represent someone so terrible? For some reason, the girl did not believe her companion. " Oh...Alright." The girl lay down and began to turn the thought over in her head. * who could Ranma be?* the girl gently closed her eyes and decided to leave it till morning.

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The brown-eyed boy stared up t the ceiling. *that was close. Tomorrow, we leave...this place must be bringing her memory back, but how? And where are we anyway? Damnit! I cant even tell if we're getting closer or farther from Nerima...what'll I do.* the frustrated martial artist closed his eyes and decided they'd leave in the morning. * That's it just get farther away from Ranma.*

....only a few miles away, the Tendou residence shakes from the devastating blow of a certain martial artist's new technique.

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The streetlights glimmered lightly, reveling a shadow darting across the rooftops of Nerima. Over shops and apartments, the speedy figure jumped light and elegantly, never missing a beat. The dance like movements dashed across the city, leaving nothing behind- nothing but tear drops.

" Midnight. I believe this is after your curfew Great Granddaughter." An old withered woman sat on the floor of a small training room, meditating,- her back to the open window.

" Sorry Grandmother." The purple haired Amazon murmured softly. The deft hand quickly wiped the last tears from her eyes.

" I take it that your first meeting with Ranma since the....incident did not go well?"

" No great grandmother." The girls voice suddenly filled with bitterness, " perhaps if I had gone soon-"

" You are foolish. 2 weeks was too soon to see him. And besides, he probably knows by now." The small woman stood up on her pole and hopped lightly to the door. " That girl, Nabiki, perhaps she will be useful to us. Great Granddaughter, bring her to me." The young Amazon nodded and jumped onto the roof, ready to retrace her route.

The wind blew gently into the room, blowing the long strands of silvery hair from the womans face- revealing a small smile.

" Yes.." The old woman muttered. " Nabiki..you SHALL be of use, and if not, we need to dispose of you anyway- can't have you give away TOO much." And with that, the aged grandmother hopped to bed.

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Okay, I wrote an extra long chapter to make up for my long over due update! I hope you liked it! And PLLLLEEEEAAAASSSSEEEE review!!!!! I only have 6!!!!! How sad is that? Very! So if you want anymore I want reviews! *Raises flag defiantly w/ rising sun in the backround* And I've decide I want a minimum of 12 reviews till I'll post -or write- the next chapter! So REVIEW!!!!!