*** 5 years ago ***
"Back again so soon Ranma?" The voice falling on the ears of the one named Ranma.
Upon hearing this he turned around and face the person who had called out to him. There standing behind the counter was an older gentlemen, with a touch of gray hair beginning to show on the brown hair. He stood there with a smile on his face as he saw one of his favorite customers was paying him a visit. The man also had on a pair of reading glasses. Which he removed as he continued to talk to the boy in front of him.
"Why are you back so soon? Don't tell me you finished all the candles you had just purchased a couple of days ago already?" He said with a hint of humor in his voice.
"No no... I haven't... you see something had ...ahh came to my attention, and I need your help with something." Ranma said with a cheerful smile to the older man. "So what do you say can you help me with this please?" Ranma said as he placed two pieces of paper and a small object as well.
"Hmm. Well Ranma I think I can get all thing done, but when do you need all this done?" The older gentlemen said as he looked at the blue eyed youth that stood before him. Before he continued to read the pieces of paper, and examined the object.
"In two days to be exact. I know this is kind of odd being this a book store now, and it has be so long since anyone asked you for one of these, and well you know your wife had said your family had specialized at making these." Ranma said with a timid smile as he answered the man.
"No problem Ranma that is more then enough time to get this done Ranma. True I may be out of practice mind you, but doing this it just like riding a bike you will never forget once you how too." He said happily to the blue-gray eyed boy just starting his teens.
*** present 1 hour ago ***
"Lief baby! I'm bored lets get another blood sack already."
"Will you just wait already Jessica, and look over there. The answer to our boredom has just left his store." The one named Lief said as he pointed across the street. On the other side was a man dressed in a green sweater locking the door that just stepped out of. "Now see the old man over there with his family we will have only nine more to go." The two teens watched as there target walked to his car and unlocked it with that the male of the duo spoke. "Come on Jessica let get going." He said as they both got on the vespa, and proceeded to followed the man to his home.
*** few blocks away the 1 hour has passed ***
'yawn' "Man I feel tired." Ranma said as he walked down the street stretching one of his arms out while the other arm held a large paper bag. With that he looked around the slightly busy street. Some of the people were still doing their last minute shopping for the day, while the others dinned at restaurants, or were heading on their way home. "Hmm Mr. Davidson's family live on this block I guess I can visit them for a little while, but after that I better get going. I hate to get another ten page essay to write for breaking the curfew." He said to himself as he looked at his wrist watch.
Following his father's death Ranma became a house guest to Helena. This was a very happy time for both of the two involved. Ranma had been freed from his father, and Helena gained a companion that would put an end to her loneliness. Because of this Helena took steps to try and correct the bad influence that Genma had instilled on the Ranma's young mind. One of these steps was to teach Ranma herself. Truth be told Helena had two dreams she had wanted to become a teacher, or a beautiful bride and become a mother with a loving family, but her second birth had put a hinder to her dream, but thanks to Ranma she could indirectly fulfill her both of her childhood dreams. Even with their different sleeping habits they had.
While she slept Ranma would do the work she would assign to him. She also allowed Ranma leeway with the work so he could enjoy his mortal life, and she had set aside a small lot of time for when they were both awake to discuss the work, while the rest was for both for them to enjoy. Even though with these time arrangements she also had put curfew, like any mother would do, but she would once in a while let Ranma ignore it and have some fun. But now it was different. She had advised him to be home before three o'clock to leave him enough time to finish his work.
"I have more then enough time before its three. I'm sure Helena wouldn't mine at all." He said to himself.
With that Ranma took a detour from his normal route and proceeded down the street that would lead him to the Davidson's. As he walked down the street he spotted the Davidson's car parked in the apartment's small parking lot. How ever there in front of the apartment building that housed his friend what caught his eyes was the vespa.
Ranma ignored this and proceeded to walk into the apartment building. Once he was inside the hallway he looked around to make sure no one was around, or looking. With that Ranma jumped through the ceiling phasing through it. Once he was done he took two steps to begin his walk, but he was stopped in mid step. That was when he felt it. A presence but not just any presence. This presence he felt it belonged to an undead being And there was two of them. With that he ran down the hall. There he stood in shock dropping his bag.
He stood in front of a broken down door. The door that was the door to his friends. With that he entered the apartment. The whole living room was in shambles. The whole place was covered with blood, and it was used to write blasphemous messages everywhere. Everything in there was destroyed. He continued to look around the place. That was when he heard voices and these voices were coming from the other room. With that he looked across the room with anger in his eyes. With that he ran and kicked what was left of the door down.
Once knocking the door down he found the two undead that had invade his friends home. He had startled them as he caught them both and they both where in sexual position. They also had fired the firearms that were held in their hands. With that his gaze traveled down to what they hand fire on. It made him tremble in anger there on the floor was his friends family covered in there own blood.
"You ...you both did this." Stated Ranma as he trembled with anger. That was when he felt it a feeling that he had only felt once before. It was a feeling of mixed with sadness that soon became hatred that then started to change into rage. Unadulterated rage for the two that he found before him. This time there was little, or no resistance made by him to subdue it "You both disgust me you both do that while you feasted on my friends." Spoke Ranma as all these feeling like a tidal wave came to him.
"Well don't worry you can join them." The male said laughing as he fired at the ponytail wearing boy. "Heh guess the family also had a son how about you want first at him Jessica?" The male boy said as he zipped up his pants.
"Sure he was cute, but not as cute as you Lief Baby." Jessica said as she noticed his raised eyebrow. With that she started to get up to a standing position, and was going to walk to the down boy to feed on him. But she stopped and spoke up. "Lief... lo ... look!" She yelled as she pointed at the now moving body feeling scared as she watched it moved.
"Guns will not stop me, you fucked up little demons." Ranma said as he began to stand up as blackness filled up the holes in his body. With that he vanished and appear inches in front on the duo and punched Jessica out the window.
"Bastard!" Leif screamed as he tried to punch Ranma but missed as all he connected with was air.
"Hmph You have no control do you." Which was more of an observation then a question. As he disappeared again.
"What the fuck are you?!" Yelled Lief in frustration.
"Compared to you the real thing." Ranma said as he grabbed and threw Leif out the window that he had just previously thrown Jessica out of. When he finished he walked up to the window and watched as the two rode the vespa away. Leaving Ranma alone in the apartment. He turned around, and looked at the remains of the ghouls that were his friends. He walked to the body that was his friends wife and say the heart shaped locket that she wore. Ranma opened it. Upon opening it he saw the picture of his friends family in it. Ranma closed it, and took it from her neck and pocked it. With that he picked up that bag he had dropped, and departed the apartment that held the remains of his friends. As Ranma proceed his way home he pulled out the locket and let the memory come to him as it reminded him.
*** 5 years ago ***
"Again Ranma tell why I woke up to find myself blindfolded?" Helena said as she walked while being led by Ranma.
"I told you already it a surprise Helena." Ranma stated as he led her to her favorite chair. "There you go now just wait just a few more seconds."
"OK." She said as she heard the sound of rustling from one of the corners of the room. Which was followed by the sound of a table being moved.
"OK Helena surprise!" Ranma said as he removed the blindfold. There on the moved table was two wrapped boxes.
"What are these?" Asked the baffled vampire.
"These are presents?" Ranma said in an amused tone.
"I know that Ranma. My question was what for?" Barked the vampire at her mortal house guest.
"Well this is a first. I thought it was the guy that forgets an anniversary." Still in an a amused tone Ranma stated.
"Anniversary?" Helena asked in a bewildered tone.
"Yes, anniversary it has been five years since we met. So I figured I should get you something. Come on open up!" Ranma said in eager tone. With that she did just that, and opened the smaller one which was about the size of jewelry box. Upon opening her suspicion was correct it was a jewelry box. She then opened it and found a heart locket.
"This is for me?" She said as she looked at it and then looked at Ranma who gave her a nod. "This is beautiful." She said as Ranma took the locket and helped her put it on.
"I had Mr. Davidson make it." Ranma said after finished helping her put it on.
"He made this?" She said as her eyes followed Ranma as he too took a seat on the other side of the table. "How is that possible he runs a book store."
"True he does, but his family use to be in the jewelry business." Ranma said with a smile. "So I kind of brought him out of retirement you say."
"Hmm I see." The child formed vampire said before she open the box. Inside the box was a check book. When she opened it and read the contents of it she laughed. "This very cute Ranma, but this very funny as well." She said while pointing to first paper on the book. it read "I Ranma will obey and do what it asked of one Helena. And will do it with out question. 1 of 3. Redeem when desired." "My my Ranma, do you mean I get three whole time to have you do what ever I desire." She smiled at Ranma as she showed him the first paper of the check book.
"Heh yeah I figured I should give you something to kind of square off all the time I disobeyed you." Said Ranma before chuckling as he soon realized the power that he gave Helena.
"Ranma it has been now about two years if I am correct. Two years since I told you what I am. So tell me do you think of me as a monster?" Helena asked the ponytail wearing boy that sat before her.
"I don't think of you as a monster Helena. I mean look at your actions you don't go, and feed on people like a vampire would." Ranma answered her question.
"That is true Ranma, but I do however need to feed on the blood of others to survive." Helena countered.
"Yes you are a vampire." He said as he adjust himself for comfort. "But you live just like any other person does. So why would the fact that you feed ,and live on blood change my opinion about you?"
"Heh you answered just like I thought you would." She smile at Ranma and looked at his blue-gray-eyes. "Ranma I want you to think about what I am going to tell you." Helena pause as she thought how best to word it. "How would you feel about joining the undead? How would you feel about becoming one just like me?"
"Wh...what." Said Ranma before being cut off.
"Ranma I want you to think about it for awhile. You have lived with me and have seen both the benefits, and the drawbacks of being a vampire. When you feel ready to answer me tell me, but for now." Helena ended in a lingering tone and stared back at Ranma with her eyes.
"For now what?" Ranma said as he started to get a dreading feeling.
"For now Ranma please hand me you report on Feudal Japan." Helena said with a smile.
"Umm it was due today?" Questioned a sweating Ranma as he felt it was going to be a long night.
"Back again so soon Ranma?" The voice falling on the ears of the one named Ranma.
Upon hearing this he turned around and face the person who had called out to him. There standing behind the counter was an older gentlemen, with a touch of gray hair beginning to show on the brown hair. He stood there with a smile on his face as he saw one of his favorite customers was paying him a visit. The man also had on a pair of reading glasses. Which he removed as he continued to talk to the boy in front of him.
"Why are you back so soon? Don't tell me you finished all the candles you had just purchased a couple of days ago already?" He said with a hint of humor in his voice.
"No no... I haven't... you see something had ...ahh came to my attention, and I need your help with something." Ranma said with a cheerful smile to the older man. "So what do you say can you help me with this please?" Ranma said as he placed two pieces of paper and a small object as well.
"Hmm. Well Ranma I think I can get all thing done, but when do you need all this done?" The older gentlemen said as he looked at the blue eyed youth that stood before him. Before he continued to read the pieces of paper, and examined the object.
"In two days to be exact. I know this is kind of odd being this a book store now, and it has be so long since anyone asked you for one of these, and well you know your wife had said your family had specialized at making these." Ranma said with a timid smile as he answered the man.
"No problem Ranma that is more then enough time to get this done Ranma. True I may be out of practice mind you, but doing this it just like riding a bike you will never forget once you how too." He said happily to the blue-gray eyed boy just starting his teens.
*** present 1 hour ago ***
"Lief baby! I'm bored lets get another blood sack already."
"Will you just wait already Jessica, and look over there. The answer to our boredom has just left his store." The one named Lief said as he pointed across the street. On the other side was a man dressed in a green sweater locking the door that just stepped out of. "Now see the old man over there with his family we will have only nine more to go." The two teens watched as there target walked to his car and unlocked it with that the male of the duo spoke. "Come on Jessica let get going." He said as they both got on the vespa, and proceeded to followed the man to his home.
*** few blocks away the 1 hour has passed ***
'yawn' "Man I feel tired." Ranma said as he walked down the street stretching one of his arms out while the other arm held a large paper bag. With that he looked around the slightly busy street. Some of the people were still doing their last minute shopping for the day, while the others dinned at restaurants, or were heading on their way home. "Hmm Mr. Davidson's family live on this block I guess I can visit them for a little while, but after that I better get going. I hate to get another ten page essay to write for breaking the curfew." He said to himself as he looked at his wrist watch.
Following his father's death Ranma became a house guest to Helena. This was a very happy time for both of the two involved. Ranma had been freed from his father, and Helena gained a companion that would put an end to her loneliness. Because of this Helena took steps to try and correct the bad influence that Genma had instilled on the Ranma's young mind. One of these steps was to teach Ranma herself. Truth be told Helena had two dreams she had wanted to become a teacher, or a beautiful bride and become a mother with a loving family, but her second birth had put a hinder to her dream, but thanks to Ranma she could indirectly fulfill her both of her childhood dreams. Even with their different sleeping habits they had.
While she slept Ranma would do the work she would assign to him. She also allowed Ranma leeway with the work so he could enjoy his mortal life, and she had set aside a small lot of time for when they were both awake to discuss the work, while the rest was for both for them to enjoy. Even though with these time arrangements she also had put curfew, like any mother would do, but she would once in a while let Ranma ignore it and have some fun. But now it was different. She had advised him to be home before three o'clock to leave him enough time to finish his work.
"I have more then enough time before its three. I'm sure Helena wouldn't mine at all." He said to himself.
With that Ranma took a detour from his normal route and proceeded down the street that would lead him to the Davidson's. As he walked down the street he spotted the Davidson's car parked in the apartment's small parking lot. How ever there in front of the apartment building that housed his friend what caught his eyes was the vespa.
Ranma ignored this and proceeded to walk into the apartment building. Once he was inside the hallway he looked around to make sure no one was around, or looking. With that Ranma jumped through the ceiling phasing through it. Once he was done he took two steps to begin his walk, but he was stopped in mid step. That was when he felt it. A presence but not just any presence. This presence he felt it belonged to an undead being And there was two of them. With that he ran down the hall. There he stood in shock dropping his bag.
He stood in front of a broken down door. The door that was the door to his friends. With that he entered the apartment. The whole living room was in shambles. The whole place was covered with blood, and it was used to write blasphemous messages everywhere. Everything in there was destroyed. He continued to look around the place. That was when he heard voices and these voices were coming from the other room. With that he looked across the room with anger in his eyes. With that he ran and kicked what was left of the door down.
Once knocking the door down he found the two undead that had invade his friends home. He had startled them as he caught them both and they both where in sexual position. They also had fired the firearms that were held in their hands. With that his gaze traveled down to what they hand fire on. It made him tremble in anger there on the floor was his friends family covered in there own blood.
"You ...you both did this." Stated Ranma as he trembled with anger. That was when he felt it a feeling that he had only felt once before. It was a feeling of mixed with sadness that soon became hatred that then started to change into rage. Unadulterated rage for the two that he found before him. This time there was little, or no resistance made by him to subdue it "You both disgust me you both do that while you feasted on my friends." Spoke Ranma as all these feeling like a tidal wave came to him.
"Well don't worry you can join them." The male said laughing as he fired at the ponytail wearing boy. "Heh guess the family also had a son how about you want first at him Jessica?" The male boy said as he zipped up his pants.
"Sure he was cute, but not as cute as you Lief Baby." Jessica said as she noticed his raised eyebrow. With that she started to get up to a standing position, and was going to walk to the down boy to feed on him. But she stopped and spoke up. "Lief... lo ... look!" She yelled as she pointed at the now moving body feeling scared as she watched it moved.
"Guns will not stop me, you fucked up little demons." Ranma said as he began to stand up as blackness filled up the holes in his body. With that he vanished and appear inches in front on the duo and punched Jessica out the window.
"Bastard!" Leif screamed as he tried to punch Ranma but missed as all he connected with was air.
"Hmph You have no control do you." Which was more of an observation then a question. As he disappeared again.
"What the fuck are you?!" Yelled Lief in frustration.
"Compared to you the real thing." Ranma said as he grabbed and threw Leif out the window that he had just previously thrown Jessica out of. When he finished he walked up to the window and watched as the two rode the vespa away. Leaving Ranma alone in the apartment. He turned around, and looked at the remains of the ghouls that were his friends. He walked to the body that was his friends wife and say the heart shaped locket that she wore. Ranma opened it. Upon opening it he saw the picture of his friends family in it. Ranma closed it, and took it from her neck and pocked it. With that he picked up that bag he had dropped, and departed the apartment that held the remains of his friends. As Ranma proceed his way home he pulled out the locket and let the memory come to him as it reminded him.
*** 5 years ago ***
"Again Ranma tell why I woke up to find myself blindfolded?" Helena said as she walked while being led by Ranma.
"I told you already it a surprise Helena." Ranma stated as he led her to her favorite chair. "There you go now just wait just a few more seconds."
"OK." She said as she heard the sound of rustling from one of the corners of the room. Which was followed by the sound of a table being moved.
"OK Helena surprise!" Ranma said as he removed the blindfold. There on the moved table was two wrapped boxes.
"What are these?" Asked the baffled vampire.
"These are presents?" Ranma said in an amused tone.
"I know that Ranma. My question was what for?" Barked the vampire at her mortal house guest.
"Well this is a first. I thought it was the guy that forgets an anniversary." Still in an a amused tone Ranma stated.
"Anniversary?" Helena asked in a bewildered tone.
"Yes, anniversary it has been five years since we met. So I figured I should get you something. Come on open up!" Ranma said in eager tone. With that she did just that, and opened the smaller one which was about the size of jewelry box. Upon opening her suspicion was correct it was a jewelry box. She then opened it and found a heart locket.
"This is for me?" She said as she looked at it and then looked at Ranma who gave her a nod. "This is beautiful." She said as Ranma took the locket and helped her put it on.
"I had Mr. Davidson make it." Ranma said after finished helping her put it on.
"He made this?" She said as her eyes followed Ranma as he too took a seat on the other side of the table. "How is that possible he runs a book store."
"True he does, but his family use to be in the jewelry business." Ranma said with a smile. "So I kind of brought him out of retirement you say."
"Hmm I see." The child formed vampire said before she open the box. Inside the box was a check book. When she opened it and read the contents of it she laughed. "This very cute Ranma, but this very funny as well." She said while pointing to first paper on the book. it read "I Ranma will obey and do what it asked of one Helena. And will do it with out question. 1 of 3. Redeem when desired." "My my Ranma, do you mean I get three whole time to have you do what ever I desire." She smiled at Ranma as she showed him the first paper of the check book.
"Heh yeah I figured I should give you something to kind of square off all the time I disobeyed you." Said Ranma before chuckling as he soon realized the power that he gave Helena.
"Ranma it has been now about two years if I am correct. Two years since I told you what I am. So tell me do you think of me as a monster?" Helena asked the ponytail wearing boy that sat before her.
"I don't think of you as a monster Helena. I mean look at your actions you don't go, and feed on people like a vampire would." Ranma answered her question.
"That is true Ranma, but I do however need to feed on the blood of others to survive." Helena countered.
"Yes you are a vampire." He said as he adjust himself for comfort. "But you live just like any other person does. So why would the fact that you feed ,and live on blood change my opinion about you?"
"Heh you answered just like I thought you would." She smile at Ranma and looked at his blue-gray-eyes. "Ranma I want you to think about what I am going to tell you." Helena pause as she thought how best to word it. "How would you feel about joining the undead? How would you feel about becoming one just like me?"
"Wh...what." Said Ranma before being cut off.
"Ranma I want you to think about it for awhile. You have lived with me and have seen both the benefits, and the drawbacks of being a vampire. When you feel ready to answer me tell me, but for now." Helena ended in a lingering tone and stared back at Ranma with her eyes.
"For now what?" Ranma said as he started to get a dreading feeling.
"For now Ranma please hand me you report on Feudal Japan." Helena said with a smile.
"Umm it was due today?" Questioned a sweating Ranma as he felt it was going to be a long night.