Authors Notes: Yay it's up. Sorry it took so long but I took someone's advice and made it longer. I combined a couple smaller chapters into this bigger one. I was also delayed because of the holidays but I dont think you want excuses so here it is, after the replies toreviews of course. This chapter isn't one of my best but it gets better as it goes along. And for all the Ranma and Akane fans out there don't be distressed, I am one too so you can almost bet on that pairing. This break up was one of the best excuses I could think of for the Inuyasha gang to go to China. Also I added the two Gods for a reason so that will be explained later

Disclaimer: I don't own InuYasha or Ranma ½. They belong to Rumiko Takahashi.

Chapter 4: Feelings and Explanations

A beautiful woman walked through a gigantic garden. Her long blonde hair draped down to her mid back. Her blue eyes glinted with pride and mischief as she exited the garden and walked into a huge palace. Almost as soon as she had entered what must have been her bedroom she heard a knock on the door. "Come in." she said.

The doors opened and another woman walked into the room. "My lady." She said with a bow. "Lord Chaos (Kaosu) is here to see you. He seems very angry. Should I let him in?" To her surprise the woman beside her started laughing softly.

"Yes let him in." She said controlling her laughter. "I guess he found out."

"Yes my lady." She said and with another bow exited the room. A minute after the woman had left the room the doors burst open and a tall man with short black hair stormed into the room. He walked right over to where she had stood up.

"Order (Kiritsu)…" He growled.

"Yes Lord Chaos or should I say Kaosu."

"Stop trying to play innocent Kiritsu." He spat. "You know what you did and you know that you cheated."

"Cheat is such a strong word. I merely gave them a push in the right direction."

"You deliberately cheated so you would win the bet."

-Flashback-

"Lord Chaos! You should not torture those people in Nerima. I've had enough of it."

"Neither should you. You always break up my fun." He retorted. "Besides it's not like Ranma and Akane would get together anyway."

"Would you care to make a wager on that Kaosu?"

"Fine Kiritsu! The loser of the bet has to stay out of Nerima forever."

"And until then we both do not meddle with the people of Nerima."

"Agreed." He smirked 'She has no clue what she just agreed too.'

"Fine." She said calmly. 'He will live to regret that bet.'

-Back to Fight-

"If I recall we promised not to meddle with the people in NERIMA." She shouted pronouncing every syllable of Nerima. "And I did not. I merely lifted the ability for certain people to go through the well." I had nothing to do with them falling in or the destruction of the well. And even if I had it wasn't in Nerima so it doesn't count."

"This is not over Kiritsu." Chaos spat as he left the room.

"That is where you are wrong Lord Chaos."

"All finished Inuyasha." Kagome said as she finished tending to his wounds. Looking down at Inuyasha she asked, "How did Ranma do such a number on you anyway."

"He just got lucky!" Inuyasha growled as he got up. At that Inuyasha left towards the forest. Once he was sure no one was following him he leapt up into a tree. 'Man that Ranma is good. I could tell he was just playing with me. He could have won much faster but he didn't. What was he trying to accomplish? Ahh I'd better forget it. All this thinking is making my head hurt."

Meanwhile Akane, instead of tending to Ranma's wounds, was creating them. "Ranma you baka! Why'd you go pick a fight with Inuyasha? You could have been seriously hurt or even killed!" She screamed as she pounded him into the ground with her mallet. "I think I have a fitting punishment though." She said as she stopped pounding him into the ground.

"What is it?" Ranma asked.

"Just look down at your neck." Akane replied.

-Flashback-

Akane walked up to Kagome who was helping out in the village. She started to help Kagome and finally asked, "How did you subdue Inuyasha just by saying "sit"."

"WellKaede made a bead necklace for Inuysha whichreacts to the special word." She explained. "Why did you want to know though?"

Akane looked at her with a mischievousglint in her eyes. "How long does it take to make one of those."

-End Flashback-

"Kaede agreed to make you one too and it wil only respond to my one word." She explained. "I did it while you were sleeping. It took quite a few tries to find the word."

"What...word...is...it." Ranma stammered not liking the look in her eyes one little bit.

"Cat." She said as he plummeted face first into the ground. Ranma immediately got up and headed for the door. "Cat." Akane said with malice. "You want to go huh.THEN HERE!"She yelledas she sent him flying through the air and into the forest.

When Ranma woke up he saw he was in the forest. He looked up and saw Inuyasha in what looked like deep thought. "Wow you're actually thinking. This is a first." He called. Inuyasha didn't move at all so he bounded up to the branch Inuyasha was on. When he reached the branch he found Inuyasha sleeping. "So much for thinking." He said almost falling out of the tree from surprise. He tried to wake him up by shaking him but it didn't work so he did the next best thing, "Kagome is in trouble, mutt face." He said to Inuyasha who instantly sprung up.

"Where is Kagome? Was it Naraku? Got to save her. He asked clearly frantic. Then he noticed Ranma's smirk and asked, "What are you doing here?"

"Kagome is fine. I just did that to wake ya up, mutt face." He said ignoring Inuyasha's last question. "She must mean a lot to ya though."

Inuyasha started to get a blush but quickly covered it growling at Ranma. "What's it to you."

"Oh nothing." Ranma said innocently. "I just have a feeling that ya have hidden feelings for her but can't get the courage to tell her."

Inuyasha again started to blush but again covered it with a growl as he quickly thought up a come back, "I have the same feeling about you and that Akane girl."

Ranma quickly bounded down from the tree but not after saying, "You didn't object to my previous statement."

Inuyasha bounded down too, not willing to let Ranma humiliate him like that. "You didn't object either."

Ranma turned and started to walk towards the village saying, "I don't want to have this stupid argument with you." Inuyasha quickly followed him towards the village.

"Akane…" Kagome started as she approached her friend who had sent Ranma flying shortly ago. "What's wrong?"

Akane turned towards Kagome and showed her tear stained face. "It's Ranma." She said finally. "He always says and does hurtful things to me and I just can't take it."

"Akane. He really does care about you he just doesn't show…"

"No Kagome. I can't take it anymore. I HATE RANMA! Besides, who would fall in love with a sex changing freak like him." Akane shouted.

Both Ranma and Inuyasha entered the village when they heard, "…I HATE RANMA! Besides, who would fall in love with a sex changing freak like him." Ranma froze.

'Akane hates me.' He thought. He looked next to him at Inuyasha who was for once being sympathetic and he ran into the forest.

Inuyasha watched Ranma run into the forest. "Dammit. I feel sorry for him." He said as he walked over to Kagome and Akane.

Kagome looked up as she heard a person walking behind her. It was Inuyasha. "Inuyasha you're back. What's wrong?" She asked noticing his sad face.

"It's Ranma. He…" Inuyasha started but was interrupted by Akane.

"What's wrong with Ranma? Is he okay?" Akane asked.

"No he's not. Someone hurt him really bad." He said.

"Who hurt him? I'll make them pay." She said conjuring her mallet out of thin air.

"You did Akane. You hurt him emotionally."

"How?"

"He walked here with me and we heard what you said to Kagome. He loved you and you said you hated him."

"But I didn't mean it. I only…"

"Then you shouldn't have said it." Inuyasha said over his shoulder as he started walking away. "Oh and he ran into the forest if you wanna know."

'I hope that she follows him.' He thought walking into a hut.

Ranma ran not caring where he was going. He only thought of one thing, 'I have to get away from Akane.' He just kept running. Finally he found himself in the clearing with the well. 'I guess I should just go back.' He thought as he jumped into the well.
Akane was racing through the forest trying to find Ranma but managed to come up empty. 'Where could he be?' she thought. "Of course. The well. He's planning to go home." Akane ran to the well. After a minute of running she arrived at the well and was put off because she couldn't see Ranma anywhere. 'I guess he jumped.' She thought walking to the well. When she looked down she saw an unconscious Ranma starting to stir. "I'm going to get you out." She yelled. "I'll be right back Ranma.

Ranma woke up with a giant headache. He looked up just to see Akane leave and hear her say she'd be right back. 'I can't face her now.' Ranma thought. I guess I'll just have to find a way out of here on my own.' Ranma thought for a second and finally decided to climb up the vines on the side of the well. He wasn't sure they were sturdy but he managed to reach the top. Almost as soon as he was out of the well he heard someone approaching the clearing. 'It's probably Akane. I can't face her.' With that thought he left the opposite direction into the forest.

When Akane came back with a strong looking vine in her hands she went over to the well and looked down. 'How did he get out and where did he go?' She thought. 'Maybe he went back to the village.' With that she ran at full speed towards the village. She started to feel a little uneasy as she neared the hut. 'What if he doesn't accept my apology what if he ran away from me.' She quickly shook those thoughts out of her head and ran into the hut. She looked around and noticed no one else there. "Ranma. How…could…you…leave…me?" She thought and immediately burst into tears. While she was crying she didn't notice that another person had walked into the hut and was right behind her.

Sango walked into the hut and was stunned by the sight she saw. The girl she recognized from having been introduced to was kneeling on the floor crying her eyes out. She quickly regained her composure and placed a hand on the bawling teens shoulder. She felt the other girls body stiffen and she said, "It's all right. Everything's ok now." She quickly felt the other girl relax and she sat down next to her. After a few moments of them sitting in silence she asked, "Do you want to tell me what happened?" She didn't see any sign of reaction from the other girl. She tried another question and asked, "Does this have something to do with that boy who was here earlier?"

She quickly discovered this was not the right question to ask. Almost as soon as she said it the other girl started crying again. After a few minutes she got her to relax again. She was about to try another question when she heard the other girl speak. "Yes it is about Ran…him."

Sango saw this as a sign to proceed and asked "Can you tell me what happened?"

After a few moments of silence in which Sango thought the other girl was thinking she heard her say, "I said that I hated him and I found out that he loves me. But I really didn't mean it. Really love it I just couldn't admit it when Kagome asked." She cried.

"Your name is Akane right." She said and saw Akane nod. "Well I am no expert but maybe you should try and make it up now by telling him how you really feel."

"That's the problem." Akane replied. "He left."

"Like through the well?" Sango asked

"No apparently he couldn't go through it because when I found him he was unconscious on the bottom of the well."

Sango was shocked by this. 'He couldn't go through the well. I have to tell Kagome later.'

"Are you okay Sango?" Akane asked. "You look shocked."

'I can't tell her she might not be able to go home. Not until I check with Kagome.' She thought. "I'm fine. I was thinking since Ranma is gone how about you travel with us in our hunt for the jewel shards. That way if we see him on our travels you can talk to him."

"That sounds fine." Akane replied much more cheerful than at the beginning of their discussion. "You're a marital artist right?"

"Yes I am the last of the demon slayers. We hunt down demons and destroy them." She replied seeing the confused look on Akane's face.

"How about we spar then. We can teach each other what we know." Akane said. Seeing the look of uncertainty on her newest friends face she added, "Just a friendly match. No weapons and no killing blows."

Sango was still a little uncertain. 'What if I hit her too hard and hurt her.' She thought. 'Well I guess I can just go easy on her until I know how strong she is.' Finally making up her mind she replied, "Ok. There's an open field on the outskirts of the village."

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