Chapter Four

"C'mon now"said Ranma. Ken darted his eys around, searching for a way out. Looking over the armed men and Ranma, an idea formed in his head. "Daivs"he whispered. He looked to him. Seeing what they were doing, Kari winked at them before starting to make a fuss. "We're not going!"said Kari. "You are and-"No, no no!"said Kari stomping her feet like a little child. Yolie and Jun gave her a have you lost it look. "They're distracted. They have hand guns in their belt, if we take them, we can take them out before they even try shooting us"whispered Ken. Davis nodded, the guards surrounding and smacking Kari, getting her to be silent. Ken and Davis rushed up, grabbing the handguns from the belt, managing to have it slide. "Now!"said Ken. Ranma and the guards noticed this. Ken shot one in the leg, Davis shot another in the side. The others came but due to the fact they were so close, picking them off was easy. They made sure only to wound, not kill. Ranma ran up to stop them but Kari caught her arm and yanked her back, nearly yanking her arm out of her socket.

"How dare you!"she yelled coming down with her hand but Jun caught it from behind. "Your men are down"said Ken. Ranma slapped Jun and wrapped her arm around Kari's throat, tightly. Kari attempted to pull her off but Ranma's grip was suprisingly tight on her. "I'll strangle her"threatened Ranma. Davis held the gun up still so that it was aimed at her head. His arms shook a little but Kari wasn't tall enough to cover Ranma's head. "Davis, you can't make that risk, we can get Kari back but not if she's dead"said Ken. Davis ignored him and got ready to shoot but Ranma was allready running. Kari was a lightweight for a girl her age and she didn't give Ranma much trouble. "Damn it!"scowled Davis. "She's got Kari hostage, even if we could catch up to her there's nothing we could do"said Yolie. Ken looked down, bending to one of the wounded soldiers, holding a gun to his head. Jun immidiately kicked their bigger guns away. Ken put the gun right to the man's forehead, the man clutching his knee in pain. "I got a few bullets leaft and I will use them"said Ken. "They'll put you away for life!"said the man, grinding his teeth. Ken snickered. "I will, and maybe I deserve to after what I've down. However if I can save this girl from being taken away from her life then maybe it'll be worth something. Is my hand trembling? Do I look or sound afraid to kill you right now?"asked Ken. The man shook his head and took a paper from his pocket, his other hand still clutching the knee. Ken took it. "Many of us don't work directly at headquarters so she has these directions for where to drop the kids off"he said. Ken stood up, sighing.

He handed the paper to Davis. "Go to T.K's, you can all go after Kari"said Ken. "What about you?"asked Jun. "I'm calling 911 for these guys, then I'm out of here. Go now!"said Ken. They nodded and rushed out together. Ken sighed before going to the phone.

"We'll never make it in time!"panted Yolie. "Shut up! I'm not letting Kari down this time!"said Davis.

They were in the bushes now, Ranman had one arm around Kari's body and another clamping her mouth. She was thrashing her body about the best she could but it was doing her no good. She sat there for awhile, trying to think of how to get all the way back. She couldn't simply use the van as she was certain the children saw it and the Police would look for it."Stop it now!"ordered Ranma shoving her to the ground painfuly. Kari pushed herself to her knees but Ranma grabbed her ankle and pulled her backwards, Ranma standing up over her with a hand still on her ankle. Kari spun her body, and thrust her leg out, kicking Ranma in the arm. Ranma howled in pain and let go. Kari clawed herself out and stood up, running away. Ranma cursed aloud and dashed out after her. Kari turned her head around and saw her. With a yelp of fear she ran harder however Ranma was still catching up. She thrust her arm out towards Kari's hair but Kari felt something coming towards her head and ducked in time, rushing forward further. Flashing lights poured and both stopped. "NO!"yelled Ranma as Police cars and an ambulance was rushing by. The police stopped, surrounding the two. "Freeze, don't make a move. Kenji, get that girl home"ordered one of the cops, most of them holding a gun out at the woman. They had not failed to notice her chasing relentlessly after Kari. If Ken had not told them about Kari, they may have ignored it.

"Kari!"called T.K. She turned around, T.K was rushing towards her, the others she could barely see trying to catch up. Kari rushed up and they sahred a quick hug. They broke up before blushing, Kenji just laughing. "Were you hurt?"asked T.K. Kari shook her head. The men inside confessed to everything as Ken began walking away. "Ken! Thank you for saving me"said Kari. "Huh?"gasped T.K picking his head up. Ken's back was to them so they couldn't see the smile on his face. "What are you talking about?"he asked before walking away again.

"What was that about?"asked T.K.

Few Days Later...

Kari had yet another dream of what she called the Black and White Beach. This of she jolted up in bed, sweating terribly. That night the men confessed to what Ranma did and thus after the men were treated to, they joined Ranma in prison and all the children were found. Everyone else embraced Kari as well and of course she told them what happened. She could tell they felt guilty over how they treated Ken. Ken's whereabouts were currently unknown. Kari continued to have nightmares. She figured it the sleeping pills but without them she couldn't seem to sleep, her body was restless. Many of times she would puke and end up taking more, almost overdosing. She feared at times she would be dead before she awakened.

When she told her family they took her to a doctor. They diagnosed Kari was becoming addicted to it. She had to take it to go to bed her body had decided. She was to be taken to a Rehab center for about a year as they found the addiction may be growing stronger. The rehab was on Okinawa which meant Kari had to leave. As she packed her things, T.K met her up in her room. She had said goodbye to everyone else one by one, except T.K. "You were gonna leave without saying goodbye?"asked T.K. Kari gasped spinning around to face him. Then she gave a somewhat sorrowful smile. "You're my best friend. If I saw you, I might not have been able to leave. To tell the truth, I'm not sure I can go through with this"said Kari, a tear beggining to fall down. T.K put a hand on her shoulder. "I can only see a few people managing to remain good after going through what you did. You had some moments where it seemed you let it all get to you but in the end you remained the same. Rehab's nothing, you're strong"said T.K. Kari couldn't take all these kind words, she began to cry. T.K noticed this and Kari knew it so she wiped the tears away.

"I'm not going to see you for awhile"said Kari. She walked up and hugged him tight, T.K returning the hug. Tears shed from his eyes as well. "Just remember Kari, no matter how bad it get's, remember when it's all set and done, you'll be back and we can start haning out without your health being in danger for a change"said T.K. They both giggled, then quickly pecked eachother on the lips. They blushed a little but it just came to them so naturaly it didn't give them a real embaressed or emotional feeling, not any more then now. "It's time to go Kari"said her aunt. "Bye T.K"

Epilouge:

Kari went through rehab, which was pretty much Hell from the withdrawl but she came back within a year feeling much better. The sleeping pills were thrown away and Kari was able to get herself to sleep. She began haning out with Davis, T.K and Yolie having much fun with eachother.

Cody went to the foster home Kari had gone to when she lost her memory. Her and Mimi became quick friends. Ken had yet to return. He went back into juvy to comeplete his sentence, as you recall he never comepleted it. They would visit him sometimes and found him to be a good natured person. His bondage fetish seemed to have dissapeared. He said when he was let our he would go back to his old town and be with Rika as much as he could. His parents still didn't want anything to do with him and Ken couldn't blame them. Rika was living her aunt and uncle, much like Kari.

Speaking of, Kari and T.K had grown closer. They would be teased by Davis and Yolie that they were a destined couple to which they would blush and yell. When in private they were like brother and sister, but of course they never took their feelings too far. There was time for that in the future. She would finally begin to live life as she wanted it, in her way. Kari's Way was the only way for her to live.

The End

Once again thank you to the readers who reviewed read these. I know I've been a pain in the ass when it comes to updating these but for some reason I require long breaks inbetween chapters of these. It's the first non fantasy fic I've written for this site and overall I'm satisfied with it. I may do more like these in the future. I hope you've enjoyed the Kari's Way series and check out my next trilogy, back to the fantasy I'm oh soo good at. I know it's shameless to advertise but between some of the failiures I have written(some removed, some not) my concience pretty much let's me do whatever. The first is called Orang's Truth.