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Final Moments

Chapter 1: Awakening

As Ranma wakes up and looks around, he notices that the setting around him is quite different from the Tendo house that he went to sleep in. All around him, as far as the eye can see is darkness. As he looks around to get a better feel of the area, a voice speaks up behind him.

"So you're finally awake at last..."

Whirling around, Ranma is shocked by what he sees, and the retort that was beginning to form quickly died on his lips. Standing before him is a mirror image of himself with subtle differences, the most obvious being the tear shaped marks under his eyes and a diamond shaped mark on his forehead. But, Ranma is too used to the chaos in his life to be stunned for long.

Shaking himself out of his stupor, Ranma demands, "Who are you!"

At this, the mirror image looks amused. "Look like you... You have it the other way around Ranma. You were created in the image of me." Seeing the confused look on Ranma's face, the image explains, "Every god and goddess has a demon counterpart to balance the good and evil in the world. However, once every couple of eons, a human counterpart is also born. The human portion of a god's soul... They have the power to change the world and shake its very foundation. Throughout history you've seen this.
These mortal selves of us serves as a catalyst for our power, helping us to raise our power beyond our reach here in Midgard. You are merely an image of me."

Shaking his head, Ranma mutters, "That can't be true... it can't be..." Then,
Ranma yells out, "You're lying!" He launches himself at the god, intending to strike the smirk off of the gods face and dispelling the ring of truth in the god's words.

Before his attack lands, faster than even Ranma could react, the god grabs onto Ranma's face. Slowly increasing the pressure, he forces Ranma into a kneeling position before him. Even as Ranma desperately tries to shake off the grip, he refuses to shout out in pain. Another battle that he had no intention of losing.

The god leans close to Ranma's ears and whispers, "Don't worry, it won't take long." Then the god's hand begins to sink into Ranma's face. Slowly, the god was forcing the merging, pushing himself into Ranma. Ranma loses control and he cracks. He scream of fear and pain echoes, amplifying the terror that he was feeling.

His screaming stops abrubtly. Slowly standing upright, he brushes the dirt and leaves off of his clothes. Then looking around for a moment, he walks towards the path that led to this clearing. After walking for about a half a mile, he encountered a barrier. To his touch, it felt glasslike, smooth and hard. Yet where he to see it from a distance, it would appear to be smoky and gaseous. Suddenly,
electricity starts to appear where he placed his hand and travel up his arm.

As he pushes harder against the barrier, the power of the electricity begins to intensify and as stray lines of power hits the ground, in it's wake, lies all things burning and destroyed. Suddenly, a loud crack sound comes from the barrier and it shatters. Large glass-like shards falls to the ground, but before reaching it, turns into sparks and disappears.

As the barrier shatters, the gray haze too disapears and the sky becomes blue again. The forrest remains, burning from the bolts of power that was unleashed from the barrier. A man who seemed to be in his late forties comes running up to him. A european from the looks of it. The man has a large beard and thinning hair. The man is out of shape as can be seen from his gasping gulps of air and a rather large pouch. He's dressed in some type of a robe that is elegantly designed with gold threads on white cloth.

"Wha- what happened! The barrier-" The man begins, then suddenly stops as he takes a closer look at his face. A horrified look passes over his face, then he gasps out, "You-" He stops himself from speaking further, then a look of determination passes across his face. Moving his hands through a series of symbols,
the man begins to mutter words.

The rest of what he was about to say is suddenly cut off as a hand grabs onto his head. Then a small mocking voice whisper, "My, my. I should have known. That little lightning attack... and now you. This must be the section Thor was supposed to guard." Saying this, he leans towards the man's ear and says,
"Well tell Odin and Thor that I'm back when you reach Valhalla." After giving the man the message the hand clenches and caves in the man's head.

Shaking his hand on the ground, splattering brain tissue and blood, he looks around. In the distance, he sees a large temple with diciples running out. A small smile crosses his face as he gathers energy into his hands. Looking at the peaceful blue sky, he whispers, "It is a good day."

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Authors note: Sorry the chapter is so short. I actually have more, but I thought it would be better to just leave that for the next chapter. Don't want to have too much occur in one chapter. (Not that a lot occurred in this one.) Still setting up the story.
And don't worry, I won't have Ranma be possessed too long. Or at least I'm not planning to anyways, but who knows.

If you have any ideas or matchups that you are interested in, send me an e-mail or post it in the review. Please read and reply and comment. Thank you.