Enter the Wolf
Chapter Seventeen
Four year have passed since Ookami has left Nerima to travel the plains of existence Pansa and the rest of Ookamis' pack left and went back to Texas soon after Kuma returned from a bar to find everyone injured and the house in ruins. Ranma and Akane finally got married about 6 months after Ookami left. Nabiki went to college and is now an executive a major company. Kasumi eventually married Dr. Tofu and they live at his clinic. 'She' comes to visit Ranma and Akane every year on the anniversary of the day Ookami left today happens to be that day
"How have you two been?" she asks
"We've been fine." answers Akane "You?"
"Same as always." she says sadly
Before anyone can say anything else a tear appears in thin air and some one steps through. The figure is wrapped in a black cloak with its face completely hidden by the hood.
Ranma jumps to his feet and takes up his trademark fighting stance before asking "Who are you and what are you doing in my home?"
The hood of the cloak moves as the person tilts their head to the side in confusion.
"Answer my husband" says Akane as she takes her place beside Ranma
The figure moves a clawed hand to its head and grasps the hood of his cloak and pulls it down reveling a very familiar face.
"Ookami?" gasps Akane
"How have you survived this long?" asks Ookami in confusion
"What do you mean 'this long'?" asks Ranma "you've only been gone for four years."
Ookami stares disbelievingly at Ranma and says "You have to be kidding me it's only been four years here?"
"What do you mean 'here' " 'she' asks
Ookamis' head snaps in her direction before he blurs and grabs her and lifts her off the ground chanting "I though you were dead, I'm so glad you're alive, I'll never leave you again."
"Exactly how long do you think you were gone" asks Akane
"A little over eight hundred thousand years." answerers Ookami
"WHAT?" yells Ranma
"Exactly how many years is a few over eight hundred thousand?" 'She' asks
"Since I left that day I have experienced Eight hundred and thirty seven thousand two hundred and fifteen years of life." replies Ookami
"Wow" all three of the humans said at once.
"That's why I thought you were all dead it took me three thousand years to figure out how to choose what plain I went to by that time I figured there was no point in coming back." said Ookami
"How is all of this possible?" asked Akane
"You are married to Ranma and ask that?" says Ookami
"Yeah" answers Akane
"Ok I guess it's some kind of time distortion, which would explain why I didn't age." replies Ookami uncertainly
"That kind of makes sense." said Ranma trying to make it look like he knew what they were talking about.
As they were trying to make sense of Ookamis' time difference a familiar and unwelcome voice is heard.
"Vile sorcerer I will save Akane from this unwanted marriage!" yells kuno
"He still wont take a hint?" asked Ookami
Akane and Ranma both just shook their heads no.
"kuno I would recommend that you leave." said Ookami as he walks outside to see kuno standing with a katana
"Ah the werewolf has returned but you shall flee the might of the blue thunder once again." said kuno
"kuno you have two choices leave here of your own free will, or leave here in a body bag choose now." said Ookami
"You can not harm me vile creature I will not leave until I free the fare Akane Tendo." says kuno arrogantly
"I told you it's Saotome now!" yells Akane
"You had your chance now you will die kuno." said Ookami before reaching into his stuff space and pulling out a katana of his own
"If you wish to face me in honorable sword combat then you will now meet your doom." laughed kuno
Ookami drew his katana and everyone kuno included took a step back. There was a clear aura of blood lust coming from the sword which had the kanji for wolf sword engraved near the hilt.
"What sorcery is this?" asked kuno fear evident in his voice
"This is a sword I made." said Ookami "Normally when you cool the blade during forging you use water, but I used my own blood, sweat, and tears, now this sword hungers for blood."
"No sorcery will stand in my way." stated kuno pompously
Ookami blurred from sight and appeared on the other side of kuno with his sword re-sheathed.
"Training with the Battosai really helped." said Ookami with a smirk before kuno fell into two pieces cut vertically right down the middle.
"What was that?" asked Ranma
"The most deadly sword style ever invented, it never fails to kill an opponent." answered Ookami
"Wow where did you learn that?" Ranma asked
"From a friend." said Ookami
Mean while on a roof nearby a man was watching all of this through the scope of a .308 rifle. He had been sent to follow a girl four years ago and once this man had appeared he was to kill her. The agency that had hired him had the idea that if this man wouldn't join them then he would be miserable.
"What a shame she was cute but a job is a job." said the man as he loaded a shell into his rifle and prepared to fire
Back in the dojo yard Akane was hugging her friend congratulating her on Ookamis' return when a bullet passed first through 'her' and then Akane killing 'her' instantly and mortally wounding Akane who would be dead within minutes. Ookami turned just in time to she his whole reason for living fall to the ground dead, Ranma was frozen in shock and could do nothing but watch as his wife fell with the dead girl.
Ookami was instantly covered in a black aura his eyes glowing red and shaking in rage. The man with the gun noticed this and tried to get up and run but before he could even get to his knees Ookami had kicked him into the dojo yard.
"Please don't kill me I was just doing my job." pleaded the sniper
"You will suffer a face worse than death I will turn you over to Lolth and I think that she would like a human to play with but first you will tell me who hired you."
"Some agency I didn't get the details but I was paid to watch the girl and when you arrived kill her." stammered the gunman
"Why?" asked Ookami
"I the letter it said if you wouldn't join them then you would be miserable." said the sniper
"I think I have heard enough." says Ookami as he opens a portal to Lolths' realm and the spider queen steps out
"What do you want?" she snaps
"I was just going to give you a new human to torture." said Ookami with an evil grin
Lolth takes one look at the cowering human and smiles "Thank you Ookami I won't forget this." and drags the man back through Ookamis' portal.
After the portal shuts Ookami falls to his knees and cries out his pain as Ranma does the same over his now dead wife.
"If only I could go back I would have told you sooner." Ranma says to Akanes' body
Ookamis' head snaps up and turns to Ranma "What did you say?"
"I said that if I could go back..." Ranma started to say before he was cut off
"Ranma you are a genius!" yells Ookami
"I am?" asks Ranma uncertainly
"Of course I'll just go back in time and fix everything." Ookami mutters to himself
"How?" asks a hopeful Ranma
"Easy I'll use the last part of the spell." answers Ookami
"Will that give you the power to go back in time?" asked Ranma
"Of course it says so right in the text." replies Ookami "I'll do just what you suggested and go back and tell her how I feel sooner."
"What about me?" asked Ranma indignantly
"I knew her long before I knew you so it will be no problem to come and help you after." said Ookami
"OK! Lets do it." exclaimed Ranma
"Stand back this will have side affects just like last time." said Ookami
"I didn't notice any side affects." said Ranma
"I cant get rid of my claws and fangs and my eyes are stuck yellow." said Ookami
Ookami backs away from Ranma and starts the incantation. When it finishes Ookami begins to shift once again going from the bipedal wolf form he had acquired from th last level of the spell into something bigger his falls forward on his front hands as they change into paws his entire head elongates into a wolfs head just like his ki attack. By the finish of the spell he is a giant wolf the top of his back is about six foot tall. He shifts back into his original wolf form and looks to Ranma.
"I'll see you in the past friend." he says as he tears open his portal in time and steps through
Almost instantly Ookami is back in America in his past on the first day of kindergarten standing in front of his grandmother.
"Are you ok?" she asks
Ookami looks up at her and says "I'll be fine now I'll see you at home" and walks into his class.
As he enters the classroom he sees 'her' sitting by herself at a table so he walks over until he is standing in front of her and says "Hi I'm wolf wanna be friends?"
The End
Ok that's it the end of this fiction I'm going to write a sequel and help Ranma from the beginning of the series so watch out for it. If you have any comments or suggestions e-mail me.