Ranma May Cry.
Disclaimer: I am in no way the owner of the series/characters used in this fic. They belong to someone else. I am not making any profit writing this.
This will be a Ranma ½ D.M.C. (Devil May Cry) crossover/fusion. The story will start at the beginning, Ranma arriving at the Tendo's. There will be a mayor difference, he will be very OOC but this will be explained later on. The story will be rather dark and contain fairly bloody scenes. Also the story will take place after the events in the game. Now I hope you enjoy it.
'': Chinese ^ ^: Telepathy
Chapter Ten
"Oh I might be tired but you are everything but fine. It seems that you demons can't feel it when there's something strange with your body. Because you are already dead." Ranma then held up three fingers. "Three seconds and then you're in for a world of pain. Not even hell can match the pain you will feel. One! Two!"
As Ranma counted down Mimicon became even more frustrated. "DIE SAOTOME!!" Mimicon charged Ranma just as she finished her last count.
"Three."
As soon as the last second past a hellish pain shot through Mimicons tails. "She" stopped dead in "her" tracks as "her" tails literally exploded. Blood and pieces of flesh where send flying everywhere. Mimicon looked back and just stared at her tail. The tail was almost completely gone, only small pieces of flesh and some bone remained. "H-H-How, what happened?" The question wasn't directed at Ranma but more to "herself". Nonetheless Ranma answered the question.
"This is just the effect of the attack I used on you. It's just to bad that you demons can't feel it when there's something wrong with your body. If you had been able then you would have felt what I did to you. Now all you can do is die." Ranma hovered back a bit as Mimicon remained where "she" was.
Suddenly Mimicon was experiencing pain unlike anything "she" had ever felt or imagined. All over "her" body "her" skin was blown open as flesh, blood, muscles and fat flew everywhere. It felt as if small bombs where exploding inside of "her" body. "She" tried to scream but the pain was so intense that all "she" could do was gasp. As fast as the pain had begun it stopped. Mimicons body was completely torn, holes everywhere and blood seeping out from every wound. Inside the wounds torn muscles could be seen as blood vessels where exposed to the outside world. Mimicon was conscious but just barely. "her" own blood covering "her" face obscured "Her" vision. Slowly "her" vision sharpened and "she" was able to see Ranma hovering a few meters away. "She" tried to speak but nothing came out since "she" no longer had any vocal cords.
Ranma watched as Mimicon was blown to pieces, she enjoyed the sight of a demon in pain. She noticed that Mimicon was trying to speak. Ranma's smile grew.
Mimicon saw the smile on Ranma's face and "she" knew that "she" had lost. "She" saw Ranma's hand go up and "she thought that Ranma would deliver the final strike but all Ranma did was point at her own head. At first Mimicon didn't know what was going on but then it struck "her" and it wasn't a fist or anything like that. When Ranma had executed her attack she ended with a punch to "her" head. That last punch was the only punch that had been needed to kill "her" but Ranma had hit "her" hundreds of times. As "she" took a closer look at Ranma's face "she" saw her hate and anger towards "her", no towards every demon in existence. "She" now knew that Ranma wasn't a normal half-breed, she was a demon among demons and every demon that would get in her way would die. Yet "she" wasn't worried at all, "she" knew that Lothar would get the sword and that he would rule all. "She" just hoped he would get to it before Ranma found out or he would have a hard time getting it.
As those last thoughts went through "her" mind so did a pain of relief. Mimicon died as "her" head exploded into hundreds of pieces.
Ranma enjoyed the sight of Mimicons exploding head she had just hoped that "she" could have been made to suffer longer but Ranma wanted to go back and rest. She was also relieved that Akane didn't see this side of her, this side without any remorse, only anger. She took a deep breath as her anger subsided. Ranma then turned around and went over to where he had left Akane and Asuka's parents. It took her only a few minutes to get there and as she landed she saw Akane and the parents sitting there staring at her. She was about to ask how everything as going when Akane walked over to her and placed a jacket over her shoulders. It was then that Ranma noticed that she was a she and without a shirt. She quickly closed up the jacket and walked over to Asuka's parents.
Ranma looked at the two adults, she could tell that the brainwashing was done and by the dried tears that Akane had told them everything. "You two can rest now, that demon won't come back anymore." Ranma said with a gleam in her eyes.
Satoro and Usagi sat there holding each other and staring at the young red headed girl. From what they had seen before they had a feeling that this was the same person as the young man who had flown away. After several moments of silence Satoro was able to speak. "Who or what are you? No human can have wings like you have."
"Me, my name is Ranma Saotome and for what I am, let's just say that part of me is the same as the one I just chased of. Don't worry even though I'm part demon I am a human at heart. I will do everything in my power to rid this world of demons and protect anyone in danger. I can understand if you are afraid and I don't blame you. But enough about me. Has Akane explained things to you?" Ranma knelt in front of the two and looked at them.
"Yes she told us everything she knew, about what she knew of the demon and about our daughter. Thank you for saving her." Both Satoro and Usagi bowed to her.
"You don't have to thank me, all I want you two to do is go over to where your daughter is. When she comes to she will need your support."
"You are right but we want to do something for you. We will go and see our daughter in the hospital and our cabin has been paid for another 5 days. We want you two to stay here in our cabin. There is enough to eat and drink so you should be comfortable. We will tell the reception and if you would leave the key to the cabin at the reception when you leave."
"We'd be delighted to stay here, it's a very nice resort. Thank you and tell your daughter we said hi. I will see her when we get back and thank you again." Akane made a polite bow to thank them.
"We will tell her and again thank you for helping us." Satoro and Usagi got up and packed their stuff and left as soon as they where done. Ranma and Akane helped them to pack and after they where done they send them off.
When they where gone Ranma and Akane went back to the cabin and first thing Ranma did was pick up her bath supplies. When Akane asked what she was going to do all she said was: "I'm going to take a nice long hot bath. This is a hot spring resort after all."
"Oh wait for me, I'll go with you. Akane immediately picked up her bath supplies and both where off to take a nice hot bath. When they reached the hot springs each went their separate ways. "Let's say we meet back here in about 2 hours."
"Two hour?"
"Yeah, I think that's how long I'm going to soak in the tub so to speak. That is if you don't mind it?"
"No, no I don't mind but I though that a long soak in your eyes would be about an hour. But if you take longer I don't mind. If I'm not here in two hours I'll be back at the cabin okay?" Akane didn't think she would be in the spring for two hours.
"Done, also if I'm not here in two hours you go on ahead okay?"
"Okay."
Both them went their own way, Akane to the side meant for female guests and Ranma to the side meant for male guests.
As Akane was getting undressed she remembered something, Ranma was still a she. Oh well it's her problem now. Akane finished undressing and put away her clothes and made her way to the spring area and as she slipped in the water she immediately relaxed. "Ahh now this is nice." She closed her eyes and relaxed.
Ranma in her turn got some strange looks from people exiting the springs but she paid them no attention as she got undressed. When she was done she went over to the springs and as she walked in she noticed that many of the men there turned away with a red face. "What's up with everyone here?" She just shook her head and stepped in the hot spring. As soon as she had stepped in she felt a tingle and suddenly she knew why everyone was looking at HER. Ranma changed back into his male from and noticed even stranger looks on the people's faces. Oh well to late to do anything about it now. I'm here to relax and not to worry so I'll do just that.
Ranma found a nice and quiet spot, he closed his eyes and he dozed off. The fight with Mimicon tired him so a nap would do him good.
Akane was in the spring side for female guests, she had dozed of for an hour it seemed and she felt completely relaxed, she decided to get out and go back to the cabin. She knew that she had told Ranma that they would meet in two hours but she had enough of the spring now. She got out and after drying of she got dressed and went back to the cabin. Once she was in the cabin she looked around and noticed that it was a nice and luxurious cabin. After examining the cabin she found enough food to last the two of them for a week or even more. "I know what I'll do. Ranma told me that he liked my cooking so I'm gonna make him a nice dinner. But what should I make? She rummaged through the things and she found a cookbook. She saw that it contained a lot of foreign recipes and after looking through the ingredients she found out that she could make a lot of the food in the book. After looking at some more recipes she found one she like, Hungarian goulash. "I'll try and make this, hmm let's see." Akane then collected the ingredients and examined the recipe. "Ok here we go." Rolling up her sleeves Akane went to work. This would be quit a challenge.
Ranma opened his eyes, yawning he stretched and looked at the time and saw that he had slept for almost three hours. "Whoa that was a great nap, Akane is probably back at the cabin. I'll go join her." He got out of the water dried of and he was on his way. When he reached the house he could smell something very delicious coming from inside. Hmm smells great, wonder what it is.
As he came in he looked in the kitchen and saw Akane at work, she was setting the table and finishing the meal. Akane was covered in what seemed to be tomatoes and other kinds of vegetables. Whoa looks like she's been fighting something.
"Hey Akane. Need a hand?" Ranma entered the kitchen and walked over to the table. He was a pan with some kind of sauce and another one with white rice. "This smells and looks great Akane, what is it?"
"Oh hi Ranma, how was the hot spring?"
"Man it was great, I needed a little nap and some relaxation, now what is this, it smells fantastic and I'm starving?"
"Oh this, this is called goulash and I made it after finding a cookbook with many different recipes in it. I thought you'd be hungry and though I'd make some food. Now sit down and enjoy, I hope you like it." Akane took of her apron and sat washed up a bit and sat down across to Ranma.
"Well like I said, it smells great so here's to a few days of R&R."
Picking up a spoon they took a bite and after tasting it their eyes grew and without any other words they emptied the plates and kept eating until everything was gone.
"That was great Akane, you truly did great." Ranma got up and cleaned the table. He walked up behind Akane and placed his hands on her shoulders. Whoa she's tense.
"Hey Akane, you're tense, what's wrong?"
"It's just that so much has happened to me in such a short time. You becoming my fiancée and then finding out you where part demon after being kidnapped by one. After that you fought another demon and after killing it I find out that a friend of mine was kidnapped by demons and that her parents where brainwashed by demons. So you see that is a reason for someone to be tense."
"I see what you mean, well you just sit back and relax." Ranma started to rub Akane's shoulders and gently began to massage them to get the tension out of them.
"That feels great Ranma, where did you learn that?" Akane closed her eyes and as Ranma continued she began to relax considerably.
"Hey I had Samantha to practice on you know. When she would come back from school she would be tense just like you and I decided to see if I could do something about that and after reading a few books about massage and pressure points and such I got pretty good at it. Samantha told me that she could just close her eyes and fall asleep.." Ranma noticed Akane's slower breathing and smiled. "Just like you it seems." He continued to loosen her muscles and then picked her up to put her to bed. He put her in the large two-person bed stepped outside.
When he got outside he noticed that the sun had begun to set. Taking a deep breath Ranma closed his eyes and begun a slow kata. The kata wasn't meant to train his body but to train his ki and demonic powers. As he went through the movements of the kata a blue aura formed around him. The aura continued to grow until it was twice as big as he was and slowly the form of the aura changed. The aura took on what seemed to be a human form. As it changed someone who saw the aura and Ranma would be able to see the resemblance. All of a sudden a bright red, fire like, aura appeared around the blue aura and after a few moments this aura changed also. At first it looked like a larger version of the blue aura but then it continued to change. Soon wings could be seen coming from the aura and it changed even more. Where the blue aura's forms were somewhat gentle and round. The red aura looked more menacing and "sharp" around the edges, it was as if the red aura was some kind of armor. Both auras went through the exact same motions as Ranma for one difference. Where the blue aura's and Ranma's moves where in a way gentle, precise and soothing the movements of the red aura where, even though they went through the exact same motions, different. Instead of being gentle and soothing the red auras move where vicious and could strike fear in peoples hearts. By this time Ranma had been performing the kata for almost an hour and as he went on the auras continued to change. They seemed to be merging, the blue aura just slightly smaller then the red one and the image became so clear that someone seeing the aura would recognize Ranma as if he was looking at mono-colored photo. The auras grew brighter every passing second and all of a sudden, when Ranma stopped his kata and opened his eyes, the aura's disappeared.
Even though Ranma had been doing the kata for well over an hour he wasn't sweating. He did not look tired, quiet the opposite, he looked relaxed and at peace. Looking at the horizon he was able to see the last rays of sunshine as the sun completely set. Looking at the beautiful scene before him he vowed that nothing would prevent him from ever seeing a sunset again. He would outlive any demon getting in his way. He took one last deep breath and went back inside and over to the other room with the single bed. Even though he felt at peace there was still something bothering him, what was Lothar up to? He hoped that Dante would arrive soon so they could try and find out what he was up to. After tossing and turning for a few hours Ranma finally fell asleep.
Ranma looked truly at peace as he slept, or so Akane thought as she looked down on the sleeping Ranma. She had awoken a few moments ago and decided to check up on Ranma. When she entered the room she found him asleep in bed and looking at him she smiled. Where Ranma's life seemed to be very chaotic he now looked truly at peace and relaxed. She exited the room and outside after putting on her own gi. She decided to do some working out, usually she would go out for a jog but this time she decided to skip the jogging and work on her body control. She still remembered the first time she sparred with Ranma. To put it simple she sucked, Ranma decked her with a single strike. When Ranma awoke she would ask him if he would be willing to train with her. One of the most important goals in her life was to become a highly skilled martial artist. In her eyes Ranma would be a very good teacher. She looked around and after concentrating for a few minutes she began a kata of her own. To someone who was trained in martial arts this kata would look fluently and controlled. Yet if someone who was capable of being a teacher saw the kata he or she would see that it looked to forced and stiff and Akane thought the same. She could somehow feel that she was moving to stiffly and uncontrolled. She tried to force herself in doing better and being more controlled. All of a sudden she heard someone speaking to her.
"Don't force yourself, let the movements come to you naturally. If you force yourself you will only do worse. Rest for a few minutes and then try again."
Akane stopped and turned around, she saw a somewhat sleepy Ranma looking at her. "Ranma, you're awake. I did not expect you to wake up so early. It's barely 7 in the morning."
"Oh I always sleep for but a few hours a night, comes with being a demon hunter I guess." Ranma stepped of the porch and stretched himself, popping back a few bones.
"Huh what do you mean comes with being and demon hunter?"
"Well most of the time Dante and I did the hunting at night so we would only get a few hours sleep every night. At first this was hard because I truly liked to sleep but I got used to it."
"Oh I see." Akane looked around a bit nervous, she wanted to ask for Ranma's help but she felt uneasy asking him.
"What's the matter Akane, you look nervous." Ranma walked over to Akane and placed a hand on her shoulder.
"It's just that. How should I put this? Well you said before that I should relax and let the movements come to me naturally. I can't exactly see what you mean and ohm would you help me with that?" There she had asked him for his help now she hoped he would be willing to help.
"You mean you would like me to help you out with martial arts and such? I would love to. Well let's begin right away." Ranma stepped back a bit looked at Akane. "Now look at me and tell me what's the difference between my and your kata. Ranma the slowly began his kata, moving through it slowly and fluently as if this was second nature to him.
Akane stood there mouth agape. She had rarely seen someone performing a kata so beautifully or so controlled.
Ranma went through the kata and when he was done he turned to Akane. "Now Akane tell me what was the difference between my kata and your kata?"
"That's easy, yours was so much more advanced and difficult than mine."
"Wrong! Look again and now compare with your kata." Ranma began anew and when he was done he faced Akane again.
Akane was silent for a few minutes while she compared her kata with Ranma's. Then it hit her, Ranma performed the exact same kata as she had, it only looked harder and more advanced. "It was the same as mine. But it looked so much better and more controlled."
"I know, that's because I let the moves come to me naturally, I did not force my body to perform the moves. Now that you know that I want you to try, don't use your mind to force your body. Let your body and mind work in perfect harmony."
"But I don't know how." Akane really wanted to try but she had no idea how to do it.
"Just try, relax take a few deep breathes and then try again." Ranma stepped back and watched Akane as she took several deep breaths to relax.
Akane closed her eyes and relaxed and when she felt ready she began. She wasn't even at it for 2 minutes when Ranma called out.
"Wrong, you are forcing yourself. Try again."
Akane wanted to say something but Ranma interrupted her. "Don't speak, just try again." Ranma's voice was strict and she knew not to question him. She started again and this time she didn't even last 30 seconds before Ranma interrupted.
"Again!" Akane sighed and begun anew and again she was interrupted. This went on for almost two hours and slowly she had begun to lose her temper.
Ranma saw that Akane was getting annoyed, he knew this would happen and he could use this. "Stop! Let's stop for a while and get something to eat." Ranma didn't wait for Akane's response, he simply went inside and whipped up some breakfast, the one meal he was actually good at making.
Akane followed Ranma inside and sat down at the table and waited. When Ranma was done he set the table and both ate.
Ranma was the first one to speak during their breakfast. "Akane, a word of advice. When you practice martial arts don't lose your temper. Losing your temper will have a negative effect on your ability to learn. You know why?"
Akane was clinging to every word Ranma said. "No, why?"
"When you get emotionally upset you will try harder to do it right and get angrier when you fail. In other words, when you loose your temper you will go and force yourself in doing things right and when you fail you will force yourself even more. So when you fail don't get upset, I know this is hard but try. If you are able to in a way "ignore" your failures you will be on your way to learning. So when you're ready we'll go at it again."
"Yes, I will try." Akane quickly finished her breakfast and when she was done they went outside again to practice.
To be continued.
Disclaimer: I am in no way the owner of the series/characters used in this fic. They belong to someone else. I am not making any profit writing this.
This will be a Ranma ½ D.M.C. (Devil May Cry) crossover/fusion. The story will start at the beginning, Ranma arriving at the Tendo's. There will be a mayor difference, he will be very OOC but this will be explained later on. The story will be rather dark and contain fairly bloody scenes. Also the story will take place after the events in the game. Now I hope you enjoy it.
'': Chinese ^ ^: Telepathy
Chapter Ten
"Oh I might be tired but you are everything but fine. It seems that you demons can't feel it when there's something strange with your body. Because you are already dead." Ranma then held up three fingers. "Three seconds and then you're in for a world of pain. Not even hell can match the pain you will feel. One! Two!"
As Ranma counted down Mimicon became even more frustrated. "DIE SAOTOME!!" Mimicon charged Ranma just as she finished her last count.
"Three."
As soon as the last second past a hellish pain shot through Mimicons tails. "She" stopped dead in "her" tracks as "her" tails literally exploded. Blood and pieces of flesh where send flying everywhere. Mimicon looked back and just stared at her tail. The tail was almost completely gone, only small pieces of flesh and some bone remained. "H-H-How, what happened?" The question wasn't directed at Ranma but more to "herself". Nonetheless Ranma answered the question.
"This is just the effect of the attack I used on you. It's just to bad that you demons can't feel it when there's something wrong with your body. If you had been able then you would have felt what I did to you. Now all you can do is die." Ranma hovered back a bit as Mimicon remained where "she" was.
Suddenly Mimicon was experiencing pain unlike anything "she" had ever felt or imagined. All over "her" body "her" skin was blown open as flesh, blood, muscles and fat flew everywhere. It felt as if small bombs where exploding inside of "her" body. "She" tried to scream but the pain was so intense that all "she" could do was gasp. As fast as the pain had begun it stopped. Mimicons body was completely torn, holes everywhere and blood seeping out from every wound. Inside the wounds torn muscles could be seen as blood vessels where exposed to the outside world. Mimicon was conscious but just barely. "her" own blood covering "her" face obscured "Her" vision. Slowly "her" vision sharpened and "she" was able to see Ranma hovering a few meters away. "She" tried to speak but nothing came out since "she" no longer had any vocal cords.
Ranma watched as Mimicon was blown to pieces, she enjoyed the sight of a demon in pain. She noticed that Mimicon was trying to speak. Ranma's smile grew.
Mimicon saw the smile on Ranma's face and "she" knew that "she" had lost. "She" saw Ranma's hand go up and "she thought that Ranma would deliver the final strike but all Ranma did was point at her own head. At first Mimicon didn't know what was going on but then it struck "her" and it wasn't a fist or anything like that. When Ranma had executed her attack she ended with a punch to "her" head. That last punch was the only punch that had been needed to kill "her" but Ranma had hit "her" hundreds of times. As "she" took a closer look at Ranma's face "she" saw her hate and anger towards "her", no towards every demon in existence. "She" now knew that Ranma wasn't a normal half-breed, she was a demon among demons and every demon that would get in her way would die. Yet "she" wasn't worried at all, "she" knew that Lothar would get the sword and that he would rule all. "She" just hoped he would get to it before Ranma found out or he would have a hard time getting it.
As those last thoughts went through "her" mind so did a pain of relief. Mimicon died as "her" head exploded into hundreds of pieces.
Ranma enjoyed the sight of Mimicons exploding head she had just hoped that "she" could have been made to suffer longer but Ranma wanted to go back and rest. She was also relieved that Akane didn't see this side of her, this side without any remorse, only anger. She took a deep breath as her anger subsided. Ranma then turned around and went over to where he had left Akane and Asuka's parents. It took her only a few minutes to get there and as she landed she saw Akane and the parents sitting there staring at her. She was about to ask how everything as going when Akane walked over to her and placed a jacket over her shoulders. It was then that Ranma noticed that she was a she and without a shirt. She quickly closed up the jacket and walked over to Asuka's parents.
Ranma looked at the two adults, she could tell that the brainwashing was done and by the dried tears that Akane had told them everything. "You two can rest now, that demon won't come back anymore." Ranma said with a gleam in her eyes.
Satoro and Usagi sat there holding each other and staring at the young red headed girl. From what they had seen before they had a feeling that this was the same person as the young man who had flown away. After several moments of silence Satoro was able to speak. "Who or what are you? No human can have wings like you have."
"Me, my name is Ranma Saotome and for what I am, let's just say that part of me is the same as the one I just chased of. Don't worry even though I'm part demon I am a human at heart. I will do everything in my power to rid this world of demons and protect anyone in danger. I can understand if you are afraid and I don't blame you. But enough about me. Has Akane explained things to you?" Ranma knelt in front of the two and looked at them.
"Yes she told us everything she knew, about what she knew of the demon and about our daughter. Thank you for saving her." Both Satoro and Usagi bowed to her.
"You don't have to thank me, all I want you two to do is go over to where your daughter is. When she comes to she will need your support."
"You are right but we want to do something for you. We will go and see our daughter in the hospital and our cabin has been paid for another 5 days. We want you two to stay here in our cabin. There is enough to eat and drink so you should be comfortable. We will tell the reception and if you would leave the key to the cabin at the reception when you leave."
"We'd be delighted to stay here, it's a very nice resort. Thank you and tell your daughter we said hi. I will see her when we get back and thank you again." Akane made a polite bow to thank them.
"We will tell her and again thank you for helping us." Satoro and Usagi got up and packed their stuff and left as soon as they where done. Ranma and Akane helped them to pack and after they where done they send them off.
When they where gone Ranma and Akane went back to the cabin and first thing Ranma did was pick up her bath supplies. When Akane asked what she was going to do all she said was: "I'm going to take a nice long hot bath. This is a hot spring resort after all."
"Oh wait for me, I'll go with you. Akane immediately picked up her bath supplies and both where off to take a nice hot bath. When they reached the hot springs each went their separate ways. "Let's say we meet back here in about 2 hours."
"Two hour?"
"Yeah, I think that's how long I'm going to soak in the tub so to speak. That is if you don't mind it?"
"No, no I don't mind but I though that a long soak in your eyes would be about an hour. But if you take longer I don't mind. If I'm not here in two hours I'll be back at the cabin okay?" Akane didn't think she would be in the spring for two hours.
"Done, also if I'm not here in two hours you go on ahead okay?"
"Okay."
Both them went their own way, Akane to the side meant for female guests and Ranma to the side meant for male guests.
As Akane was getting undressed she remembered something, Ranma was still a she. Oh well it's her problem now. Akane finished undressing and put away her clothes and made her way to the spring area and as she slipped in the water she immediately relaxed. "Ahh now this is nice." She closed her eyes and relaxed.
Ranma in her turn got some strange looks from people exiting the springs but she paid them no attention as she got undressed. When she was done she went over to the springs and as she walked in she noticed that many of the men there turned away with a red face. "What's up with everyone here?" She just shook her head and stepped in the hot spring. As soon as she had stepped in she felt a tingle and suddenly she knew why everyone was looking at HER. Ranma changed back into his male from and noticed even stranger looks on the people's faces. Oh well to late to do anything about it now. I'm here to relax and not to worry so I'll do just that.
Ranma found a nice and quiet spot, he closed his eyes and he dozed off. The fight with Mimicon tired him so a nap would do him good.
Akane was in the spring side for female guests, she had dozed of for an hour it seemed and she felt completely relaxed, she decided to get out and go back to the cabin. She knew that she had told Ranma that they would meet in two hours but she had enough of the spring now. She got out and after drying of she got dressed and went back to the cabin. Once she was in the cabin she looked around and noticed that it was a nice and luxurious cabin. After examining the cabin she found enough food to last the two of them for a week or even more. "I know what I'll do. Ranma told me that he liked my cooking so I'm gonna make him a nice dinner. But what should I make? She rummaged through the things and she found a cookbook. She saw that it contained a lot of foreign recipes and after looking through the ingredients she found out that she could make a lot of the food in the book. After looking at some more recipes she found one she like, Hungarian goulash. "I'll try and make this, hmm let's see." Akane then collected the ingredients and examined the recipe. "Ok here we go." Rolling up her sleeves Akane went to work. This would be quit a challenge.
Ranma opened his eyes, yawning he stretched and looked at the time and saw that he had slept for almost three hours. "Whoa that was a great nap, Akane is probably back at the cabin. I'll go join her." He got out of the water dried of and he was on his way. When he reached the house he could smell something very delicious coming from inside. Hmm smells great, wonder what it is.
As he came in he looked in the kitchen and saw Akane at work, she was setting the table and finishing the meal. Akane was covered in what seemed to be tomatoes and other kinds of vegetables. Whoa looks like she's been fighting something.
"Hey Akane. Need a hand?" Ranma entered the kitchen and walked over to the table. He was a pan with some kind of sauce and another one with white rice. "This smells and looks great Akane, what is it?"
"Oh hi Ranma, how was the hot spring?"
"Man it was great, I needed a little nap and some relaxation, now what is this, it smells fantastic and I'm starving?"
"Oh this, this is called goulash and I made it after finding a cookbook with many different recipes in it. I thought you'd be hungry and though I'd make some food. Now sit down and enjoy, I hope you like it." Akane took of her apron and sat washed up a bit and sat down across to Ranma.
"Well like I said, it smells great so here's to a few days of R&R."
Picking up a spoon they took a bite and after tasting it their eyes grew and without any other words they emptied the plates and kept eating until everything was gone.
"That was great Akane, you truly did great." Ranma got up and cleaned the table. He walked up behind Akane and placed his hands on her shoulders. Whoa she's tense.
"Hey Akane, you're tense, what's wrong?"
"It's just that so much has happened to me in such a short time. You becoming my fiancée and then finding out you where part demon after being kidnapped by one. After that you fought another demon and after killing it I find out that a friend of mine was kidnapped by demons and that her parents where brainwashed by demons. So you see that is a reason for someone to be tense."
"I see what you mean, well you just sit back and relax." Ranma started to rub Akane's shoulders and gently began to massage them to get the tension out of them.
"That feels great Ranma, where did you learn that?" Akane closed her eyes and as Ranma continued she began to relax considerably.
"Hey I had Samantha to practice on you know. When she would come back from school she would be tense just like you and I decided to see if I could do something about that and after reading a few books about massage and pressure points and such I got pretty good at it. Samantha told me that she could just close her eyes and fall asleep.." Ranma noticed Akane's slower breathing and smiled. "Just like you it seems." He continued to loosen her muscles and then picked her up to put her to bed. He put her in the large two-person bed stepped outside.
When he got outside he noticed that the sun had begun to set. Taking a deep breath Ranma closed his eyes and begun a slow kata. The kata wasn't meant to train his body but to train his ki and demonic powers. As he went through the movements of the kata a blue aura formed around him. The aura continued to grow until it was twice as big as he was and slowly the form of the aura changed. The aura took on what seemed to be a human form. As it changed someone who saw the aura and Ranma would be able to see the resemblance. All of a sudden a bright red, fire like, aura appeared around the blue aura and after a few moments this aura changed also. At first it looked like a larger version of the blue aura but then it continued to change. Soon wings could be seen coming from the aura and it changed even more. Where the blue aura's forms were somewhat gentle and round. The red aura looked more menacing and "sharp" around the edges, it was as if the red aura was some kind of armor. Both auras went through the exact same motions as Ranma for one difference. Where the blue aura's and Ranma's moves where in a way gentle, precise and soothing the movements of the red aura where, even though they went through the exact same motions, different. Instead of being gentle and soothing the red auras move where vicious and could strike fear in peoples hearts. By this time Ranma had been performing the kata for almost an hour and as he went on the auras continued to change. They seemed to be merging, the blue aura just slightly smaller then the red one and the image became so clear that someone seeing the aura would recognize Ranma as if he was looking at mono-colored photo. The auras grew brighter every passing second and all of a sudden, when Ranma stopped his kata and opened his eyes, the aura's disappeared.
Even though Ranma had been doing the kata for well over an hour he wasn't sweating. He did not look tired, quiet the opposite, he looked relaxed and at peace. Looking at the horizon he was able to see the last rays of sunshine as the sun completely set. Looking at the beautiful scene before him he vowed that nothing would prevent him from ever seeing a sunset again. He would outlive any demon getting in his way. He took one last deep breath and went back inside and over to the other room with the single bed. Even though he felt at peace there was still something bothering him, what was Lothar up to? He hoped that Dante would arrive soon so they could try and find out what he was up to. After tossing and turning for a few hours Ranma finally fell asleep.
Ranma looked truly at peace as he slept, or so Akane thought as she looked down on the sleeping Ranma. She had awoken a few moments ago and decided to check up on Ranma. When she entered the room she found him asleep in bed and looking at him she smiled. Where Ranma's life seemed to be very chaotic he now looked truly at peace and relaxed. She exited the room and outside after putting on her own gi. She decided to do some working out, usually she would go out for a jog but this time she decided to skip the jogging and work on her body control. She still remembered the first time she sparred with Ranma. To put it simple she sucked, Ranma decked her with a single strike. When Ranma awoke she would ask him if he would be willing to train with her. One of the most important goals in her life was to become a highly skilled martial artist. In her eyes Ranma would be a very good teacher. She looked around and after concentrating for a few minutes she began a kata of her own. To someone who was trained in martial arts this kata would look fluently and controlled. Yet if someone who was capable of being a teacher saw the kata he or she would see that it looked to forced and stiff and Akane thought the same. She could somehow feel that she was moving to stiffly and uncontrolled. She tried to force herself in doing better and being more controlled. All of a sudden she heard someone speaking to her.
"Don't force yourself, let the movements come to you naturally. If you force yourself you will only do worse. Rest for a few minutes and then try again."
Akane stopped and turned around, she saw a somewhat sleepy Ranma looking at her. "Ranma, you're awake. I did not expect you to wake up so early. It's barely 7 in the morning."
"Oh I always sleep for but a few hours a night, comes with being a demon hunter I guess." Ranma stepped of the porch and stretched himself, popping back a few bones.
"Huh what do you mean comes with being and demon hunter?"
"Well most of the time Dante and I did the hunting at night so we would only get a few hours sleep every night. At first this was hard because I truly liked to sleep but I got used to it."
"Oh I see." Akane looked around a bit nervous, she wanted to ask for Ranma's help but she felt uneasy asking him.
"What's the matter Akane, you look nervous." Ranma walked over to Akane and placed a hand on her shoulder.
"It's just that. How should I put this? Well you said before that I should relax and let the movements come to me naturally. I can't exactly see what you mean and ohm would you help me with that?" There she had asked him for his help now she hoped he would be willing to help.
"You mean you would like me to help you out with martial arts and such? I would love to. Well let's begin right away." Ranma stepped back a bit looked at Akane. "Now look at me and tell me what's the difference between my and your kata. Ranma the slowly began his kata, moving through it slowly and fluently as if this was second nature to him.
Akane stood there mouth agape. She had rarely seen someone performing a kata so beautifully or so controlled.
Ranma went through the kata and when he was done he turned to Akane. "Now Akane tell me what was the difference between my kata and your kata?"
"That's easy, yours was so much more advanced and difficult than mine."
"Wrong! Look again and now compare with your kata." Ranma began anew and when he was done he faced Akane again.
Akane was silent for a few minutes while she compared her kata with Ranma's. Then it hit her, Ranma performed the exact same kata as she had, it only looked harder and more advanced. "It was the same as mine. But it looked so much better and more controlled."
"I know, that's because I let the moves come to me naturally, I did not force my body to perform the moves. Now that you know that I want you to try, don't use your mind to force your body. Let your body and mind work in perfect harmony."
"But I don't know how." Akane really wanted to try but she had no idea how to do it.
"Just try, relax take a few deep breathes and then try again." Ranma stepped back and watched Akane as she took several deep breaths to relax.
Akane closed her eyes and relaxed and when she felt ready she began. She wasn't even at it for 2 minutes when Ranma called out.
"Wrong, you are forcing yourself. Try again."
Akane wanted to say something but Ranma interrupted her. "Don't speak, just try again." Ranma's voice was strict and she knew not to question him. She started again and this time she didn't even last 30 seconds before Ranma interrupted.
"Again!" Akane sighed and begun anew and again she was interrupted. This went on for almost two hours and slowly she had begun to lose her temper.
Ranma saw that Akane was getting annoyed, he knew this would happen and he could use this. "Stop! Let's stop for a while and get something to eat." Ranma didn't wait for Akane's response, he simply went inside and whipped up some breakfast, the one meal he was actually good at making.
Akane followed Ranma inside and sat down at the table and waited. When Ranma was done he set the table and both ate.
Ranma was the first one to speak during their breakfast. "Akane, a word of advice. When you practice martial arts don't lose your temper. Losing your temper will have a negative effect on your ability to learn. You know why?"
Akane was clinging to every word Ranma said. "No, why?"
"When you get emotionally upset you will try harder to do it right and get angrier when you fail. In other words, when you loose your temper you will go and force yourself in doing things right and when you fail you will force yourself even more. So when you fail don't get upset, I know this is hard but try. If you are able to in a way "ignore" your failures you will be on your way to learning. So when you're ready we'll go at it again."
"Yes, I will try." Akane quickly finished her breakfast and when she was done they went outside again to practice.
To be continued.
