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 twelve.
Bounding from rooftop to rooftop it took Ranma but a few minutes to reach tofu's clinic while carrying Nabiki and Ryoga. He landed in front of Tofu's clinic and ran inside, knocking the door off its hinges. "Doc you here!"
Ranma stormed through the waiting room and into the treatment room. Once he was inside he saw Tofu sitting in a chair sipping tea. Or at least he was sipping tea until Ranma stormed into the front door.
It did not take Tofu long to determine that something was wrong. He could see that Nabiki had a head wound, easily treated. But the boy looked like he had been beaten to a pulp, he was blue all over and Tofu was almost certain that some of his bones where broken. Yet all that paled in when he felt the amount of ray chi radiating from him. "Put Nabiki down in that chair over there and put him on the bed and take of his clothes." Tofu wasted no time whatsoever, as soon as Ranma had put down Ryoga he helped take of his clothes and examined him. "Tell me what happened to him, why is he so beat up?"
"I fought him, I know him from when I was younger his name is Ryoga. A few days ago I ran into him and he wanted to fight me, he wanted to finish a fight that we didn't finish all those years ago so I accepted. When I arrived at place where we would fight he came charging at me like a mad bull. At first I thought he was just anxious to fight. But as the fight progressed I found him unreasonable and when I hit him he showed no signs whatsoever. I know that I hit him hard enough to knock out any normal human but he just kept going. When I tried to sense his chi flow I found it very irregular and it looked as if his own body was being consumed to create all that raw energy. I don't know what did this to him but I know that he had to be helped so I came here. Akane will be following soon." Ranma stood next to Tofu as he examined Ryoga. "Can you help him?"
"I think I can, I know what can do this to a human body. You see there is a pressure point on the human body that when triggered it will force the body to generate large amounts of raw chi. This would give any person above normal strength and abilities but it also has a big disadvantage. When used the body will generate all that energy and in the process the body will be consumed to create this energy. Also the person will go into an uncontrolled rage due to the large amount of chi. I can undo this but when I do this, his body will stop generating chi all together and he will discharge all of his remaining chi. In other words when I undo this he will die unless someone can replace the energy that will be missing. I would do this but I can't generate the amount of chi to sustain him by myself. I will need the energy of at least three healthy strong people so we will have to wait for Akane before we..." All of a sudden Tofu felt a huge amount of chi behind him and unlike Ryoga's this energy was controlled. He turned around and saw Ranma standing there enveloped by chi.
"Will this suffice Doctor?" Ranma's voice was dead serious, it was obvious that he wanted to help Ryoga.
"Ranma how is it possible that you can generate this much energy? Never mind no time for it now, yes that will suffice but will you be okay if you give of so much energy?" Tofu stepped aside as Ranma stepped closer and placed his hands on Ryoga's abdomen.
"I'll be fine, tell me when to begin."
"Very well, let's begin. When I push his pressure point all of the energy in his body will discharge. This discharge can be very powerful at close range so you better stand back until after he discharged his energy."
"No I will be okay I want to be as quick as possible to help him. Do it!"
"I hope you know what you are doing, like I said the discharge will be strong. Here I go." Tofu leaned in and pushed a pressure point on Ryoga's chest and he quickly jumped back.
All of the energy in Ryoga's body left him in a single burst and like Tofu had said, at close range this was a powerful blast. Ranma's shirt was ripped to shreds and his pants where torn. Otherwise he seemed unaffected by the discharge. "DO it now Ranma, I will tell you when to stop."
Not waiting any longer Ranma began to feed his chi into Ryoga's body. He just hoped that he was able to completely contain his demonic powers so that they wouldn't hurt Ryoga.
Tofu stood there staring at the scene unfolding before him. Ranma was giving off large amounts of energy but it looked as if he could do this for hours. What's with this boy? Ranma seems to be capable of generating more energy then I have anyone I know. How is this possible?
Little did Tofu know that Ranma was trained in the use of his chi and in the use of ki for attacks and strengthening his body. One of his stronger ki attacks would take more energy then he would give off in the way he was doing now. Okay now he had to show Tofu his aura in order for him to see if the energy he was giving off was enough to help Ryoga.
Ranma was still re-charging Ryoga when Akane came running in. As soon as she entered the door she was overwhelmed by the energy in the room. She saw Ranma standing there glowing bright blue and he seemed to be transferring his energy in Ryoga's body. She saw Nabiki lying in a chair and looked at Tofu. "What's going on here, what's Ranma doing and how are they?"
"Oh Akane, Ranma is using his own chi to recharge Ryoga's body. When I checked him over I found out that somehow a very powerful and dangerous pressure point had been triggered. This pressure point would force his body to generate large amounts of chi but it would also destroy his body and make him go insane. In order for me to cure him I would have to press a pressure point that would discharge all of his chi from his body. As soon as I did this in would have to have someone who would be able to recharge him so to speak. Normally it would take at least three healthy people to do this but Ranma by himself is able of generating the energy needed. "Ranma you can stop now, all we can do now is to let him rest, I will get you some water and check Nabiki over." Tofu walked away and filled glass with cold water and wanted to give it to Ranma but he slipped over a piece of Ranma's shirt. Now instead of handing Ranma the glass he emptied the glass by splashing it in his face. What happened then shocked him even more then the other events. Where there had been a healthy young boy before there now stood an almost naked, buxtious and wet redhead. Tofu suddenly felt a large amount of blood flowing to his nose and other areas. He then felt someone pull his arm and when he looked he saw Akane.
"Doctor this is not the time trust me when I tell you that that is still Ranma and he will explain after you help Nabiki okay. And Ranma cover yourself up will you?"
"Okay Akane." Not looking at Ranma Tofu went over to Nabiki to check her over while Ranma used some blankets to cover herself up. She then sat down on the bed and watched as Tofu checked Nabiki.
"Man when will I get some rest, for as long as I can remember my life has been as chaotic as hell. Probably has something to do with my demonside, oh well."
Tofu was quickly done with Nabiki, she was just unconscious and had a concussion. "She'll be fine aside form a slight headache and."
Nabiki slowly opened her eyes and groaned. "Oh my head, what happened? The last I remember was Ryoga screaming and then waking up here." She looked around and saw Ranma, Akane and Tofu looking at her. Tofu in his turn had a somewhat stern look on his face.
"Nabiki are you okay?" Akane felt relieved now that Nabiki was awake.
"Yes I'm fine, just have a headache."
"Ahum, Nabiki can I ask you something?" Tofu was looking at her with a look that told her that something was wrong.
"Uh sure." Nabiki wasn't sure what Tofu was going to ask but she had a bad feeling.
"A few days ago you came here for a book about pressure points. Tell me what did you do with the book, I mean you told me that it was for school but did you use it for something else?"
As soon as Tofu mentioned pressure points he got Ranma's and Akane's attention.
"I uh well." Nabiki wasn't sure what to say, she knew she was in trouble.
Ranma got up from he bed and walked over to Nabiki. "Nabiki did you use the book for your own gain. Did you use the knowledge in the book to make Ryoga stronger so he would win the fight?"
Tofu decided not to interfere Ranma with her interrogation, he had a feeling that she would do just fine.
"Don't think about lying because I can see it in your eyes now TELL ME! DID YOU OR DID YOU NOT USE THE KNOWLEDGE IN THE BOOK FOR YOUR OWN GAIN. AT THE RISK OF SOMEONE ELSES LIFE.!!" Ranma was now screaming because when she thought about it all became clear. Nabiki wanted to make some profit and if he was right almost everyone there would have bet on her while she would bet on Ryoga.
"I didn't mean any harm to come to him, all I wanted to do was make some profit." By now tears where welling up in Nabiki's eyes.
Akane was furious at what Nabiki had done but she couldn't see her sister in tears so she placed a hand on Ranma's arm. "That's enough Ranma, she's sorry for what she's done."
"I can see that but Ryoga could have died because of her greed for money and that's unacceptable."
"I know but trust me when daddy hears about this she will get what's coming to her. Also I know a way to punish her myself, that is if she doesn't want dad to find out about what happened." She then turned to Nabiki and smiled. "Nabiki what do you say we make I deal."
By now Nabiki had pushed away her tears and was looking at Akane with her business look. "What kind of deal Akane?"
"I you agree to what I have in mind I won't tell daddy what happened. I won't tell you what I have in mind you either agree or you don't agree. What do you say?"
"I don't like where this is going but I don't want daddy to find out what dad will do to me when he finds out. I agree, what do you have in mind?"
"Okay that's a deal. Starting tomorrow we will start your martial arts training again. You have been slacking off too much so we will have to work hard. If Ranma is willing to help out then you will get better really fast. Also you will give Ryoga some money for him to get home after he is well enough to travel and you will pay for some clothes for Ranma. Considering his clothes where torn when he helped Ryoga. Oh and if you try and skip on any of the things I said I will tell dad and drag you off to the dojo myself. SO now when you are ready let's go home." She then turned to Ranma and smiled at her. "So Ranma you think that this will suffice?"
"NO, when Ryoga comes to I want Nabiki to apologize to him in person." Ranma glared at Nabiki who just nodded and turned away from her glare. "Then that's settled, that is unless doctor Tofu has something to ad or ask."
"Well I think that what you had in mind is good enough for me but I was curious about what happened to you Ranma. Why are you a girl now, I mean I thought you where a boy?"
"Trust me when I tell you that I'm a boy, you see a few months ago I . . . . . ." And so Ranma told Tofu about his encounter with the cursed springs of Jusenkyo. After she had finished her story they all went back home. Nabiki was quiet all the way home and when she came home she went straight for her room. Ranma was about to go upstairs and take a bath when Kasumi came up to her.
"Ranma, I have a letter for you, here you go." Kasumi handed Ranma what seemed to be an airmail letter.
Ranma looked at the letter to see whom it was from, when she saw the address she knew who it was from and smile came on her face. She didn't wait with opening the letter, she opened it and took out a letter and when she checked the envelope she found two rings inside. By now everyone had joined them in the living room because it was almost dinnertime. Ranma looked at the two rings and her look went from a happy one to a sad one. She opened the letter and read it.
Hello Ranma,
It's been some time since we last heard from you so we decided to ask Dante where you where. He told us that we would have the best chance of reaching you at the Tendo Dojo in Nerima. So if you're reading this letter then we've found you. Together with this letter you'll find a small box in this box is something that we felt should be in your possession.
Recently when we visited Samantha's grave we found your engagement ring on top of the grave. We decided to take it with us because we where afraid that it would be stolen and we couldn't allow that to happen. So inside the envelope you'll find that ring but you'll also find Samantha's ring. You see before she was buried they gave us back the ring they found on her body. Fortunately it wasn't destroyed in the fire so we decided to give that to you also.
About one week after she died we found her diary and when we read it we found a passage concerning the ring she had bought for you. After reading it we came to the conclusion that the both of you bought the ring at the same shop, go figure. The passage in her diary described something the storeowner told her concerning the ring.
"This ring is the sister ring of another ring. These two rings are one of a kind. It is said tat these rings where created by God himself. Each ring is unique in it's own way while still similar to one and other."
"God, is said to have created these rings for there will come a time in which Darkness threatens the light of humanity in this world.
"You see in the early days after creating man's worst enemy, man, God was resting. During his rest it's said he had a vision foretelling almost every important event that will happen to our world. If you ask me he had just smoked a joint and had a bad trip or something alike. Anyway, the vision showed him every important event up until the point that Darkness threatens our very existence. From this point on nothing has been determined. After having seen that, he decided to create this ring and the other one. It's said that when the moment of Darkness nears these two rings will find their way to each other. When in the hands of a chosen warrior these two rings will show their true form and unleash their hidden power. It's not known who or what kind of warrior the chosen one will be. Neither is known what the true form of these rings is."
After having told Samantha this story she had asked if she still wanted to buy the ring. Well you know how Sam was, when she sees something she likes, her mind is set. After having heard the story she told the storeowner that this story only strengthened he decision to buy the ring so she did just that. Now who would have guessed that you would buy the other ring for Sam? This only shows that you two where truly meant for each other and that which happened to you both shouldn't have happened.
Again we want you to understand that we do not blame you for Samantha's death. Please let us know how you're doing and when possible come visit us. Also we heard from Dante the reason why you where going to Japan. We hope you're getting along with the fiancée your father set you up with. We would rather had it you'd be with Samantha now but that's not possible.
We really miss you, Tom and Hinako Conners.
Ranma folded the letter and stared at the two rings in her hand, tears where in here eyes. Soun saw Ranma standing there with two rings in her hands and his mind went into marriage mode. "Oh my Ranma you bought a ring for my little girl. Well what are you waiting for, why don't you give it to her?"
Akane saw Ranma flinge at Soun words.
Without looking up Ranma spoke. "Mr Tendo these rings are not for Akane, they belong to someone very important to me. Someone I miss with all my heart and if things had been any different I would not have been here today."
"What do you mean, to who do those rings belong then."
"To me and Samantha, my fiancé..."
Hearing Ranma talk about another fiancé made Soun to into Demonhead mode. "WHAT HOW DARE YOU, YOU WILL NOT LEAVE MY LITTLE AKANE FOR SOME HUSSY.." All of a sudden all words left Soun as he stared into Ranma's eyes which where like twin fire from hell.
Ranma heard Soun's words and nearly lost control, she clenched her fists and looked Soun in the eyes and with a voice as cold as hell she spoke. "Mr Tendo it would be wise if you'd keep your mouth shut. I will not let anyone talk badly about Samantha. When I came here you asked me about what had happened to me in America well let me tell you. When I was there I met a girl named Samantha and we fell in love and if things had been different I would have been there instead of here. But fate had something else in mind you see she died in my arms. Like I said these two rings belonged to Samantha, and me I had left my ring on her grave. I thought it to be a proper way to put the events that had taken place behind me so that I could go on with my life. Ever since I had left America I had regretted my actions, I wanted the ring back as a memory of Sam but I did not want to ask her parents or anyone else to send them to me. I was afraid that it would open up healed wounds if I where to have the ring in my hand again. Now that I have both her ring and mine I am glad that I have them, these two rings symbolize a period in my life in which I had found complete happiness and total peace. I hold these rings dear and will not let anyone take them away from me. Also I will not let anyone talk badly about Samantha, she was the best thing that had even happened to me." After finishing Ranma looked at the two rings again and she sighed. "Now if you all would excuse me I want to think for awhile. I will go for a walk and I don't know how late I will get back so don't wait up." And so without saying another word Ranma left, he put the two rings in her pocket and left.
Little did she know that her conversation had been overheard by someone who had been following here every movement. A small form dressed in brown watched as Ranma left the house and smiled. This would be perfect to get her where his master wanted Ranma to be. He had been following Ranma ever since China. After his master had heard from contacts in America that there was a young man who was able to control fire he had been send out to follow Ranma. He had recently heard from his master that he wanted Ranma to enter a tournament he had set up to see how good this young man was. He had been looking for a way to force Ranma into entering the tournament and now he had found it. It seemed that those two rings where very important to her and he would use those rings to make him enter the tournament. He quickly followed Ranma and after following Ranma for a while he made his move. He got in front of Ranma and in an alley disguised himself and walked towards Ranma. When he was close enough he bumped into the young redhead.
Ranma was walking down the streets when someone bumped into her. She looked up and saw an old lady sitting on the ground. "Sorry miss, let me help you." Ranma helped the old lady to her feet and after asking if she was okay she was on her way again.
The old lady looked at Ranma's disappearing back and smiled. She opened her hands and there where two rings, the rings belonging to Ranma. She the shed her disguise and ran, he would return to his master to report but not after dropping of a letter at the Tendo dojo, a letter addressed to Ranma.
It was well past nine before Ranma came back to the dojo. She had walked ever since she had left, thinking about the things she and Samantha had seen and experienced. When she came back home she entered the living room and saw everyone sitting there.
Soun saw Ranma enter and got up and walked over to Ranma and made a deep bow. "Ranma I want to apologize for the things I said earlier. It was wrong for me to say those things and I want you to know that I didn't mean to insult Samantha. I'm sorry."
Ranma looked at the older man bowing before her and she sighed. "It is okay mister Tendo, I know you didn't mean it. Forget about it what's done is done now if you excuse me I'll be in the dojo working out a bit." Ranma walked past Soun and exited the house and headed for the dojo but stopped at the koi pond when she heard someone call her name.
"Ranma can I speak to you for a second?" Ranma had followed Ranma outside and closed the door behind her.
"What's up Akane" Ranma stopped and looked at Akane.
"I was just curious. I mean you told me about Samantha and how the two of you met and became engaged but I wanted to ask you if I could see the rings. When you took them out of the envelope I did not have a chance to see them. That is if you don't mind showing them to me."
"I don't mind." She reached in her pocket but the rings weren't there. "What the hell I know I put the rings in this pocket, where are they?" Ranma began to search the other pockets but cam up empty handed. She was about to enter the house when Kasumi came out, holding yet another letter.
"Ranma, I have another letter for you." Kasumi handed Ranma the letter.
Ranma stared at the letter in her hand and got a bad feeling about all of this. She opened it and read the letter aloud.
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 twelve.
Bounding from rooftop to rooftop it took Ranma but a few minutes to reach tofu's clinic while carrying Nabiki and Ryoga. He landed in front of Tofu's clinic and ran inside, knocking the door off its hinges. "Doc you here!"
Ranma stormed through the waiting room and into the treatment room. Once he was inside he saw Tofu sitting in a chair sipping tea. Or at least he was sipping tea until Ranma stormed into the front door.
It did not take Tofu long to determine that something was wrong. He could see that Nabiki had a head wound, easily treated. But the boy looked like he had been beaten to a pulp, he was blue all over and Tofu was almost certain that some of his bones where broken. Yet all that paled in when he felt the amount of ray chi radiating from him. "Put Nabiki down in that chair over there and put him on the bed and take of his clothes." Tofu wasted no time whatsoever, as soon as Ranma had put down Ryoga he helped take of his clothes and examined him. "Tell me what happened to him, why is he so beat up?"
"I fought him, I know him from when I was younger his name is Ryoga. A few days ago I ran into him and he wanted to fight me, he wanted to finish a fight that we didn't finish all those years ago so I accepted. When I arrived at place where we would fight he came charging at me like a mad bull. At first I thought he was just anxious to fight. But as the fight progressed I found him unreasonable and when I hit him he showed no signs whatsoever. I know that I hit him hard enough to knock out any normal human but he just kept going. When I tried to sense his chi flow I found it very irregular and it looked as if his own body was being consumed to create all that raw energy. I don't know what did this to him but I know that he had to be helped so I came here. Akane will be following soon." Ranma stood next to Tofu as he examined Ryoga. "Can you help him?"
"I think I can, I know what can do this to a human body. You see there is a pressure point on the human body that when triggered it will force the body to generate large amounts of raw chi. This would give any person above normal strength and abilities but it also has a big disadvantage. When used the body will generate all that energy and in the process the body will be consumed to create this energy. Also the person will go into an uncontrolled rage due to the large amount of chi. I can undo this but when I do this, his body will stop generating chi all together and he will discharge all of his remaining chi. In other words when I undo this he will die unless someone can replace the energy that will be missing. I would do this but I can't generate the amount of chi to sustain him by myself. I will need the energy of at least three healthy strong people so we will have to wait for Akane before we..." All of a sudden Tofu felt a huge amount of chi behind him and unlike Ryoga's this energy was controlled. He turned around and saw Ranma standing there enveloped by chi.
"Will this suffice Doctor?" Ranma's voice was dead serious, it was obvious that he wanted to help Ryoga.
"Ranma how is it possible that you can generate this much energy? Never mind no time for it now, yes that will suffice but will you be okay if you give of so much energy?" Tofu stepped aside as Ranma stepped closer and placed his hands on Ryoga's abdomen.
"I'll be fine, tell me when to begin."
"Very well, let's begin. When I push his pressure point all of the energy in his body will discharge. This discharge can be very powerful at close range so you better stand back until after he discharged his energy."
"No I will be okay I want to be as quick as possible to help him. Do it!"
"I hope you know what you are doing, like I said the discharge will be strong. Here I go." Tofu leaned in and pushed a pressure point on Ryoga's chest and he quickly jumped back.
All of the energy in Ryoga's body left him in a single burst and like Tofu had said, at close range this was a powerful blast. Ranma's shirt was ripped to shreds and his pants where torn. Otherwise he seemed unaffected by the discharge. "DO it now Ranma, I will tell you when to stop."
Not waiting any longer Ranma began to feed his chi into Ryoga's body. He just hoped that he was able to completely contain his demonic powers so that they wouldn't hurt Ryoga.
Tofu stood there staring at the scene unfolding before him. Ranma was giving off large amounts of energy but it looked as if he could do this for hours. What's with this boy? Ranma seems to be capable of generating more energy then I have anyone I know. How is this possible?
Little did Tofu know that Ranma was trained in the use of his chi and in the use of ki for attacks and strengthening his body. One of his stronger ki attacks would take more energy then he would give off in the way he was doing now. Okay now he had to show Tofu his aura in order for him to see if the energy he was giving off was enough to help Ryoga.
Ranma was still re-charging Ryoga when Akane came running in. As soon as she entered the door she was overwhelmed by the energy in the room. She saw Ranma standing there glowing bright blue and he seemed to be transferring his energy in Ryoga's body. She saw Nabiki lying in a chair and looked at Tofu. "What's going on here, what's Ranma doing and how are they?"
"Oh Akane, Ranma is using his own chi to recharge Ryoga's body. When I checked him over I found out that somehow a very powerful and dangerous pressure point had been triggered. This pressure point would force his body to generate large amounts of chi but it would also destroy his body and make him go insane. In order for me to cure him I would have to press a pressure point that would discharge all of his chi from his body. As soon as I did this in would have to have someone who would be able to recharge him so to speak. Normally it would take at least three healthy people to do this but Ranma by himself is able of generating the energy needed. "Ranma you can stop now, all we can do now is to let him rest, I will get you some water and check Nabiki over." Tofu walked away and filled glass with cold water and wanted to give it to Ranma but he slipped over a piece of Ranma's shirt. Now instead of handing Ranma the glass he emptied the glass by splashing it in his face. What happened then shocked him even more then the other events. Where there had been a healthy young boy before there now stood an almost naked, buxtious and wet redhead. Tofu suddenly felt a large amount of blood flowing to his nose and other areas. He then felt someone pull his arm and when he looked he saw Akane.
"Doctor this is not the time trust me when I tell you that that is still Ranma and he will explain after you help Nabiki okay. And Ranma cover yourself up will you?"
"Okay Akane." Not looking at Ranma Tofu went over to Nabiki to check her over while Ranma used some blankets to cover herself up. She then sat down on the bed and watched as Tofu checked Nabiki.
"Man when will I get some rest, for as long as I can remember my life has been as chaotic as hell. Probably has something to do with my demonside, oh well."
Tofu was quickly done with Nabiki, she was just unconscious and had a concussion. "She'll be fine aside form a slight headache and."
Nabiki slowly opened her eyes and groaned. "Oh my head, what happened? The last I remember was Ryoga screaming and then waking up here." She looked around and saw Ranma, Akane and Tofu looking at her. Tofu in his turn had a somewhat stern look on his face.
"Nabiki are you okay?" Akane felt relieved now that Nabiki was awake.
"Yes I'm fine, just have a headache."
"Ahum, Nabiki can I ask you something?" Tofu was looking at her with a look that told her that something was wrong.
"Uh sure." Nabiki wasn't sure what Tofu was going to ask but she had a bad feeling.
"A few days ago you came here for a book about pressure points. Tell me what did you do with the book, I mean you told me that it was for school but did you use it for something else?"
As soon as Tofu mentioned pressure points he got Ranma's and Akane's attention.
"I uh well." Nabiki wasn't sure what to say, she knew she was in trouble.
Ranma got up from he bed and walked over to Nabiki. "Nabiki did you use the book for your own gain. Did you use the knowledge in the book to make Ryoga stronger so he would win the fight?"
Tofu decided not to interfere Ranma with her interrogation, he had a feeling that she would do just fine.
"Don't think about lying because I can see it in your eyes now TELL ME! DID YOU OR DID YOU NOT USE THE KNOWLEDGE IN THE BOOK FOR YOUR OWN GAIN. AT THE RISK OF SOMEONE ELSES LIFE.!!" Ranma was now screaming because when she thought about it all became clear. Nabiki wanted to make some profit and if he was right almost everyone there would have bet on her while she would bet on Ryoga.
"I didn't mean any harm to come to him, all I wanted to do was make some profit." By now tears where welling up in Nabiki's eyes.
Akane was furious at what Nabiki had done but she couldn't see her sister in tears so she placed a hand on Ranma's arm. "That's enough Ranma, she's sorry for what she's done."
"I can see that but Ryoga could have died because of her greed for money and that's unacceptable."
"I know but trust me when daddy hears about this she will get what's coming to her. Also I know a way to punish her myself, that is if she doesn't want dad to find out about what happened." She then turned to Nabiki and smiled. "Nabiki what do you say we make I deal."
By now Nabiki had pushed away her tears and was looking at Akane with her business look. "What kind of deal Akane?"
"I you agree to what I have in mind I won't tell daddy what happened. I won't tell you what I have in mind you either agree or you don't agree. What do you say?"
"I don't like where this is going but I don't want daddy to find out what dad will do to me when he finds out. I agree, what do you have in mind?"
"Okay that's a deal. Starting tomorrow we will start your martial arts training again. You have been slacking off too much so we will have to work hard. If Ranma is willing to help out then you will get better really fast. Also you will give Ryoga some money for him to get home after he is well enough to travel and you will pay for some clothes for Ranma. Considering his clothes where torn when he helped Ryoga. Oh and if you try and skip on any of the things I said I will tell dad and drag you off to the dojo myself. SO now when you are ready let's go home." She then turned to Ranma and smiled at her. "So Ranma you think that this will suffice?"
"NO, when Ryoga comes to I want Nabiki to apologize to him in person." Ranma glared at Nabiki who just nodded and turned away from her glare. "Then that's settled, that is unless doctor Tofu has something to ad or ask."
"Well I think that what you had in mind is good enough for me but I was curious about what happened to you Ranma. Why are you a girl now, I mean I thought you where a boy?"
"Trust me when I tell you that I'm a boy, you see a few months ago I . . . . . ." And so Ranma told Tofu about his encounter with the cursed springs of Jusenkyo. After she had finished her story they all went back home. Nabiki was quiet all the way home and when she came home she went straight for her room. Ranma was about to go upstairs and take a bath when Kasumi came up to her.
"Ranma, I have a letter for you, here you go." Kasumi handed Ranma what seemed to be an airmail letter.
Ranma looked at the letter to see whom it was from, when she saw the address she knew who it was from and smile came on her face. She didn't wait with opening the letter, she opened it and took out a letter and when she checked the envelope she found two rings inside. By now everyone had joined them in the living room because it was almost dinnertime. Ranma looked at the two rings and her look went from a happy one to a sad one. She opened the letter and read it.
Hello Ranma,
It's been some time since we last heard from you so we decided to ask Dante where you where. He told us that we would have the best chance of reaching you at the Tendo Dojo in Nerima. So if you're reading this letter then we've found you. Together with this letter you'll find a small box in this box is something that we felt should be in your possession.
Recently when we visited Samantha's grave we found your engagement ring on top of the grave. We decided to take it with us because we where afraid that it would be stolen and we couldn't allow that to happen. So inside the envelope you'll find that ring but you'll also find Samantha's ring. You see before she was buried they gave us back the ring they found on her body. Fortunately it wasn't destroyed in the fire so we decided to give that to you also.
About one week after she died we found her diary and when we read it we found a passage concerning the ring she had bought for you. After reading it we came to the conclusion that the both of you bought the ring at the same shop, go figure. The passage in her diary described something the storeowner told her concerning the ring.
"This ring is the sister ring of another ring. These two rings are one of a kind. It is said tat these rings where created by God himself. Each ring is unique in it's own way while still similar to one and other."
"God, is said to have created these rings for there will come a time in which Darkness threatens the light of humanity in this world.
"You see in the early days after creating man's worst enemy, man, God was resting. During his rest it's said he had a vision foretelling almost every important event that will happen to our world. If you ask me he had just smoked a joint and had a bad trip or something alike. Anyway, the vision showed him every important event up until the point that Darkness threatens our very existence. From this point on nothing has been determined. After having seen that, he decided to create this ring and the other one. It's said that when the moment of Darkness nears these two rings will find their way to each other. When in the hands of a chosen warrior these two rings will show their true form and unleash their hidden power. It's not known who or what kind of warrior the chosen one will be. Neither is known what the true form of these rings is."
After having told Samantha this story she had asked if she still wanted to buy the ring. Well you know how Sam was, when she sees something she likes, her mind is set. After having heard the story she told the storeowner that this story only strengthened he decision to buy the ring so she did just that. Now who would have guessed that you would buy the other ring for Sam? This only shows that you two where truly meant for each other and that which happened to you both shouldn't have happened.
Again we want you to understand that we do not blame you for Samantha's death. Please let us know how you're doing and when possible come visit us. Also we heard from Dante the reason why you where going to Japan. We hope you're getting along with the fiancée your father set you up with. We would rather had it you'd be with Samantha now but that's not possible.
We really miss you, Tom and Hinako Conners.
Ranma folded the letter and stared at the two rings in her hand, tears where in here eyes. Soun saw Ranma standing there with two rings in her hands and his mind went into marriage mode. "Oh my Ranma you bought a ring for my little girl. Well what are you waiting for, why don't you give it to her?"
Akane saw Ranma flinge at Soun words.
Without looking up Ranma spoke. "Mr Tendo these rings are not for Akane, they belong to someone very important to me. Someone I miss with all my heart and if things had been any different I would not have been here today."
"What do you mean, to who do those rings belong then."
"To me and Samantha, my fiancé..."
Hearing Ranma talk about another fiancé made Soun to into Demonhead mode. "WHAT HOW DARE YOU, YOU WILL NOT LEAVE MY LITTLE AKANE FOR SOME HUSSY.." All of a sudden all words left Soun as he stared into Ranma's eyes which where like twin fire from hell.
Ranma heard Soun's words and nearly lost control, she clenched her fists and looked Soun in the eyes and with a voice as cold as hell she spoke. "Mr Tendo it would be wise if you'd keep your mouth shut. I will not let anyone talk badly about Samantha. When I came here you asked me about what had happened to me in America well let me tell you. When I was there I met a girl named Samantha and we fell in love and if things had been different I would have been there instead of here. But fate had something else in mind you see she died in my arms. Like I said these two rings belonged to Samantha, and me I had left my ring on her grave. I thought it to be a proper way to put the events that had taken place behind me so that I could go on with my life. Ever since I had left America I had regretted my actions, I wanted the ring back as a memory of Sam but I did not want to ask her parents or anyone else to send them to me. I was afraid that it would open up healed wounds if I where to have the ring in my hand again. Now that I have both her ring and mine I am glad that I have them, these two rings symbolize a period in my life in which I had found complete happiness and total peace. I hold these rings dear and will not let anyone take them away from me. Also I will not let anyone talk badly about Samantha, she was the best thing that had even happened to me." After finishing Ranma looked at the two rings again and she sighed. "Now if you all would excuse me I want to think for awhile. I will go for a walk and I don't know how late I will get back so don't wait up." And so without saying another word Ranma left, he put the two rings in her pocket and left.
Little did she know that her conversation had been overheard by someone who had been following here every movement. A small form dressed in brown watched as Ranma left the house and smiled. This would be perfect to get her where his master wanted Ranma to be. He had been following Ranma ever since China. After his master had heard from contacts in America that there was a young man who was able to control fire he had been send out to follow Ranma. He had recently heard from his master that he wanted Ranma to enter a tournament he had set up to see how good this young man was. He had been looking for a way to force Ranma into entering the tournament and now he had found it. It seemed that those two rings where very important to her and he would use those rings to make him enter the tournament. He quickly followed Ranma and after following Ranma for a while he made his move. He got in front of Ranma and in an alley disguised himself and walked towards Ranma. When he was close enough he bumped into the young redhead.
Ranma was walking down the streets when someone bumped into her. She looked up and saw an old lady sitting on the ground. "Sorry miss, let me help you." Ranma helped the old lady to her feet and after asking if she was okay she was on her way again.
The old lady looked at Ranma's disappearing back and smiled. She opened her hands and there where two rings, the rings belonging to Ranma. She the shed her disguise and ran, he would return to his master to report but not after dropping of a letter at the Tendo dojo, a letter addressed to Ranma.
It was well past nine before Ranma came back to the dojo. She had walked ever since she had left, thinking about the things she and Samantha had seen and experienced. When she came back home she entered the living room and saw everyone sitting there.
Soun saw Ranma enter and got up and walked over to Ranma and made a deep bow. "Ranma I want to apologize for the things I said earlier. It was wrong for me to say those things and I want you to know that I didn't mean to insult Samantha. I'm sorry."
Ranma looked at the older man bowing before her and she sighed. "It is okay mister Tendo, I know you didn't mean it. Forget about it what's done is done now if you excuse me I'll be in the dojo working out a bit." Ranma walked past Soun and exited the house and headed for the dojo but stopped at the koi pond when she heard someone call her name.
"Ranma can I speak to you for a second?" Ranma had followed Ranma outside and closed the door behind her.
"What's up Akane" Ranma stopped and looked at Akane.
"I was just curious. I mean you told me about Samantha and how the two of you met and became engaged but I wanted to ask you if I could see the rings. When you took them out of the envelope I did not have a chance to see them. That is if you don't mind showing them to me."
"I don't mind." She reached in her pocket but the rings weren't there. "What the hell I know I put the rings in this pocket, where are they?" Ranma began to search the other pockets but cam up empty handed. She was about to enter the house when Kasumi came out, holding yet another letter.
"Ranma, I have another letter for you." Kasumi handed Ranma the letter.
Ranma stared at the letter in her hand and got a bad feeling about all of this. She opened it and read the letter aloud.
To be continued.
