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Ch 3: Ranma's power

_*_*_*_*_*Where Ranma was *_*_*_*_*_

"Happosai this better be good! I have plans ya know!" Ranma said, irritated.

"Ranma, would you try this on for me?" he asked innocently.

Ranma only glared at Happosai. He took the package from him and opened it. It revealed a bra that Ranma had seen in Akane's laundry basket. He immediately closed it and shoved it back to Happosai.

"No way! I'm not wearing that damn it!" Ranma said indignantly.

"Come on! What so wrong about it? You're only going to wear it a bit!! It's not like it'll be stuck on you or anything." Happosai said trying to restrain himself from trying to force Ranma when he's Ranma-chan to wear it.

"No!! Forget about it!!!!" Ranma shouted.

Happosai was about to force Akane's bra on Ranma when Akane came into the room. (I don't know where to put this in so I just put a room) She saw that Happosai was holding one of her bras and Ranma there looking directly at her. Her face glowed a brilliant shade of crimson, and then glowered at Ranma who was sitting there staring nervously at her. Happosai smiled inwardly, as he knew he wouldn't be the one feeling Akane's wrath.

"Ranma, what are you doing with my bra?" Akane shouted.

"Akane it wasn't me! Happosai's the one who took it! I didn't even touch it!" Ranma tried reasoning with Akane, who was now advancing on him. He nervously moved back. Akane was now growling at him.

"Raaaaaaaanmaaaaaa!" was the only thing Akane could say in her angry state of mind. Just then Akane took out a huge mallet. A mallet that was much, much bigger than her usual one. By this time Ranma was running for dear life. He quickly ran out into the garden.

Ranma looked at his surroundings trying to see where he was. He didn't notice the way he as going, because he was too occupied with getting away from Akane. After few seconds, his mind concluded that he was in the garden.

*Crack* Suddenly a flash of lightning lit up the sky. Rain slowly started falling. The rain was icy cold; it was the same when he and Kagome had first met. Ranma became Ranma-chan.

Suddenly Akane burst through the shoji screen. Ranma-chan looked wide-eyed at Akane, who was in a blind fury. She looked in front of her; the wall was standing in his way. But she was in a situation where natural instincts took over. She jumped onto the ruff of the wall and quickly ran. But Akane was on her tail. She raised the mallet and almost brought it crashing down onto Ranma-chan's head but missed. She made another attempt on Ranma-chan, but missed again.

_*_*_*_*_*In Ranma's room *_*_*_*_*_

Kagome heard loud crashes, and was a bit worried. She opened a window and saw Ranma-chan running from a very angry Akane. She let out a small squeak, and rushed down to the garden.

_*_*_*_*_*In the living/dining room*_*_*_*_*_

There was a huge hole through the shoji screen, at the sight Kagome stepped back. She shrugged off the feeling of foreboding and ran out into the rain.

'I hafta help Ranma' she thought to herself over and over again, trying to will herself to do something useful. After a moment the thought faded away and was replaced with a new one.

'The rain...it's just like the one when I met Ranma... The rain that revealed his other side to me... The rain that...brought me him.' She was rudely woken up from her train of thought by a crack of thunder. She shook her head and looked frantically around for any sign of Ranma.

Ranma-chan didn't notice Kagome, because she was trying to reason with a very angry Akane. But Akane noticed, and turned her head to face Kagome then lunged at her. Ranma-chan was shocked by her sudden surrender, but sensing that that wasn't quite it, quickly looked at the spot where Akane had jumped off. Kagome was standing there wide eyed in shock.

"Give me the Shikon shards!" Akane yelled at Kagome in a voice not her own. Akane's eyes were glowing crimson. Kagome gave a yelp, but she was still too scared to move away.

"Kagome!" Ranma-chan yelled. She grabbed Kagome before Akane could lay a finger on her, and leapt out of reach, with Kagome in her arms.

Kagome finally snapped out of her shock.

"Ranma! A youkai's possessed Akane! And it wants the Shikon shards!" she shouted over the rain and thunder. Ranma-chan was dodging Akane's attacks, but she still listened to Kagome. By now Akane dropped her mallet and was fighting Ranma-chan with her fists. Ranma-chan could tell that there was something making Akane more powerful. Kagome's explanation had only confirmed his suspicions. Ranma dodged a few more attacks and kicked Akane in the stomach, sending her all the way back into the wall. Ranma quickly put down Kagome and rushed to Akane.

'I wish Miroku was here now!' Kagome thought as she watched Ranma-chan dodging Akane's attacks. 'His exorcism charms would be really useful right now.'

Ranma-chan occasionally got a hit in between dodges. Ranma-chan tried reasoning with the possessed Akane, but Akane wouldn't listen. Akane tried to go towards Kagome, and the shards, but Ranma-chan always got in the way. Finally Ranma-chan knocked Akane out with a strong punch.

She walked over to Akane, and stared at her still form. Ranma-chan could feel that Akane's aura was corrupted with evil. Now the problem is, how to get the youkai out of her. Kagome walked to Ranma-chan 's side, and knelt down next to the unconscious Akane.

The youkai pulled itself out of Akane's body and jumped to the sky. It looked like a weasel youkai. It eyed Kagome with a glare, then, sensing the power of the jewel, it lunged at her. Before it got anywhere near Kagome, Ranma-chan punched the youkai in the face. It recoiled and flew back into the air.

"Ranma, keep it busy. I'll get my bow," Kagome declared. She ran into the living room and began to search for her bow. She had left it there after she and Akane talked.

Ranma-chan was keeping the youkai busy. They had an unfair fight. Ranma is and always would be stronger than the youkai.

Ranma-chan was furious at the youkai for taking possession of Akane. The youkai in return was furious at Ranma-chan for interfering in it's attempt to get the shards. The fight lasted for few more minutes before Kagome arrived with her bow in hand. The only reason Ranma-chan let it live for so long, was because she wanted to torture a bit before it died. (I know totally not Ranma!! I know it's so ooc! But go with it!)

She aimed an arrow at the youkai, and fired it with a twang of her bow. The arrow soared through the air, engulfed in a pinkish light. When the arrow arrived at its target, the light brightened, as if cleansing the evil from the area. Since the youkai had no good intentions, it was dissolved into nothing. Kagome held her bow in the exact position she had when she had released the arrow. After witnessing the destruction of the weasel youkai, Kagome dropped her bow and ran to Ranma-chan who was starring at the spot where the youkai was seconds before.

"Ranma," Kagome said softly. "I mean Ranma-chan," she corrected herself. "We should get Akane inside before she wakes up." Ranma-chan nodded. She took Akane's still form and walked back into the dojo. By some miracle none of the other people living at the Tendo Dojo woke up from the noises from outside. Ranma-chan took Akane to her room and laid her on her bed.

_*_*_*_*_* Meanwhile *_*_*_*_*_

Kagome watched as Ranma-chan took Akane to her room.

Turning her head just as their figures disappeared into the darkness, her eyes fell to the spot where she had killed the weasel youkai. Something glowed on the ground; Kagome took a step closer and then sensed a Shikon shard. Finally she realized that the youkai carried a Shikon shard.

'But if it carried one of the shards, why didn't it use its power?.......... Or maybe it was! And since Ranma was giving it such a hard time, I'm sure it tapped into the power of the shard. Ranma was having no problems with the youkai at all! That must mean that Ranma is WAY more powerful then I first assumed!' Kagome thought as she crouched down and picked up the shard.

"Hey! I got a shard and I'm gonna get another one tomorrow," she said happily. After a moment of triumph, she turned around, and walked back to the house. Stopping at the porch, Kagome picked up her bow before racing to Akane's room.

End of Ch: 3

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A/N: I bet ya none of ya wouldn't have guessed that Akane was possessed! Anyways, I'm stalling until I can come up with something for when they go to the grounds. I'm having a hard time thinking of a way to make Kagome become ya know whatever she becomes. I do know what it is but I'm not gonna spoil it for you! And sorry for any spelling and grammar mistakes.

I'm still holding the contest! And no one who voted can vote again!

In this story Akane like Ranma but Ranma doesn't like her in that scene. But Ranma cares for her.

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