This is the story of a cursed martial artist who saves his forced uncute fiancée from the claws of a god; by killing him, for almost killing her, the love of his life.
When he realizes that he has lost her, no matter what he did, he almost confessed it all, at that exact moment, life went back to her…
When they come back to Japan, uncured; an improvised wedding is organized, well, she is bribed into agreeing and he was "persuaded" by a dozing blow on his neck. The pig-tailed boy, after waking up in a tuxedo, rushes to the girl's room. He gets stricken by her beauty, but also with the news that the cure is under the same roof… while denying his feelings towards her.
Well, as you know this martial artist is a trouble magnet, so, his other 3 fiancées showed up: a crazed Chinese Amazon, a cross dressing okonomiyaki chef, a deluded poisoning gymnast; with his rivals for Akane's affection *not that he'd admit he wants it…*: a poetry-vomiting bokken-swinging jerk, a forever lost pig boy; a couple of more people who want the cure for the Jusenkyo curses: a blind Amazon goose and a coward sign-writing panda; add a perverted old freak, a money-thirsty sister-in-law, a flood-like weeping father-in-law and viola!… the perfect recipe for a disastrous wedding.
Well, after it, his 'almost' father-in-law declared it was only "overtime".
So, this story is about what happens during & after the overtime. This story is about what happens… BEYOND
Beyond
A Ranma ½ continuative
alterverse fan fiction by nm3
Disclaimers: This is a fan fiction based on the characters made & owned by the ingenious Rumiko Takahashi, which I, without her permission (like millions of fans out there) borrowed for the sole propose of creating this humble non-profit fic. Gomen! Takahashi-sama!
One last thing, this story has lots of SPOILERS ½!! and it may be better that you know the end of the series ( Volume 38 ) =).
*…* are thoughts
Things spoken in mandarin
~~ stuff ~~ ( he he!)
That's it! ^_^
On with the story!
Chapter
3:
"Eyewitness: Part 1"
"Phoenix Wings"
Cologne continued remembering while tightly grabbing on to her staff.
*We got to China. In Josetsusoku, we went to find Xian Pu, Ranma and Akane. Only to be witness of the whole thing: Xian Pu's losing of her privilege state as my heir, Ranma's incredible battle against Saffron, and Akane's courageous stunts to save Ranma… and being declared an Amazon against her will… and my new heir…
~~
Cologne's Flash back continues ~~
"Summon
our ten best warriors, and pack up supplies for 5 days. We will leave as soon
as the preparations are ready and the warriors arrive" Cologne ordered.
"Ying
Xu Mai, you may come, if you want."
"The
whole council wants to be in the quest, Cologne-sama" Ying Ma Rei declared.
"I
don't see why you should bother, I think that the 10 warriors and I can handle
any trouble"
"It
will take longer if you wait for those training youngsters to arrive, and if we
all go, we will definitely conquer victory" Rei said.
"
Besides, we all are curious about the legendary winged creatures of mount
Phoenix, we want to know if all those legends about them are true, to see it
with our own eyes." Kang Li Kira,
the youngest elder, finished.
" We
might even pick up a new technique or magic , who knows?" young Mai added,
while her great grandmother scowled her.
"You
shouldn't be going… but I won't question Cologne's judgment" Rei clarified.
"Well,
then" Cologne added "We will leave as soon as the supplies are
ready." out loud, she finished.
*
Maybe that was my first mistake, letting myself be convinced by their wishes to
go… I shouldn't have permitted them…. But I could not stop the unstoppable.*
Cologne quickly added to herself.
"Be
extremely careful while walking around the springs, we don't want anyone
getting a new pet name" Kira finished.
"Indeed"
Cologne reassured.
"I
see you've come to train here, Kira" Cologne asked
Kira
is the youngest of the elders, she is barely 168 years old, and looks like a
lady in her late 40's. Her mother died very early, at her 432 years, so she
assumed her seat at the council, at a very young age to be an elder.
"
Yes, my mother brought me a couple of times, before her sickness, I think
she wanted to 'test' me" Kira added with moisture in her eyes. She still
lacked the years of experience to be able to hide all her feelings and
weaknesses, when remembering…
"Hey!!
Look!!" Mai exclaimed
Everyone
gasped.
"The
springs…" Kira started
"…are
drying!" Cologne finished
"
But why?" Mai asked.
"They
have broken into Jusendo…" Rei clarified
"…
the source of the magic water of the Jusenkyo springs…"
* If
they haven't been cured, they have lost their chance… forever!* Cologne's mind
reeled. * Xian Pu's honor… unfulfilled*
"
Look, some outsiders!" a guard said.
"
S… son-in-law…" Cologne gasped, she couldn't miss that fire red hair,
even from that far distance. She saw them staring at the dried springs.
"
Aren't we going to help them?" Kira asked taking a few steps forward.
"
No, we will not interfere, we are only here to find Xian Pu and Saotome
Ranma, and be witnesses of the retrieval of their honor. We will also find
Akane Tendo to let Xian Pu carry on the vow of the kiss of death herself, to
fulfill all honor bounding affairs." Cologne said while stopping Kira.
"
We will follow them at a fair distance, without being noticed" Cologne
added. "… and, we will _only_ interfere if Xian Pu's life is in direct
danger, understood?… we will not endanger Amazon blood for outsiders…not even
for Mousse, he is a mere male, and we
will not endanger Xian Pu's opportunity to regain her honor back, either"
"Look,
they're going somewhere" Mai affirmed.
"We
will set camp in that clearing, if needed" Cologne pointed it with her
staff. The clearing was in the Jusenkyo valley, but a little further away from
the springs, for obvious reasons.
"You
two" she addressed the guards. "You will watch out closely in that
direction" pointing to where Ranma & Co. went "…Any moment you
notice any movement, you shall let us know, wake us up, what ever it takes, we
can't loose their trail…On that very second, we will leave after them, so be
ready to get going on that very moment" She finished, addressing everyone,
mainly, Mai.
"
Kira, Rei, I need to have a word with you…"
Both
of them looked up and saw Cologne's serious expression.
They
followed the staff bouncing elder to a bunch of rocks hidden behind some
bushes.
"Cologne
may I ask a stupid question? " Kira tried.
"
Yes, what is it child? " Kira frowned at that last word…*but I _am_ an
elder!!*
*sigh*
" Hmmm…. Why are you always jumping & balancing on that staff, all the
time?"
"
Well, This staff is precious to me. You see, my mother gave it to me when I
was 7 years old, as part of my training, she said I needed more balance for the
new techniques I was about to learn, so I had to bounce on it and stand with
it, It was strange at the beginning, but when I got used to it, It was an
advantage, I could see over crowds, use it as a weapon or an instrument. I
stopped using it as I grew up, but when I found it, when cleaning, I just got
too used to it again…" Cologne clarified.
With a
'pout', Kira realized " Of course! … brilliant!"
"What
is it that you wanted to talk to us about?" a bored Rei asked.
"Yes,
well, I wanted to ask you if you know _anything_ about 'the secret of Jusendo'…
I heard Plum, the guide's daughter, addressing the map as such"
" Well, I don't know what that is about,
I know that Jusendo is where the magic Jusenkyo waters come from but that's
all" Rei answered.
Cologne
& Rei turned around ad stared at Kira.
"
Hey, Hey! Don't look at me! How would I know more…" with a sober
expression, Kira finished "I know
as much as Rei just said".
"Well,
don't worry, we thought that maybe your mother knew something and that… she was
only capable of telling you, in her death bed…" Cologne clarified.
"
I know you still regret the fact that we went into the mountains for 6
months, before she died, but I just wanted her to be… to die… happy" she
finished in broken mandarin, but with dry eyes.
"
Of course…"
"THE
OUTSIDERS ARE ON THE RUN AGAIN!!" the guards yelled to the whole group.
"
Let's GO!" Cologne yelled at the very moment she started bouncing on
her staff, and the rest where on their feet, running after her.
"Remember
what I said before!" and with that Cologne speed sprouted taking the lead.
" It
is a damn fortress!" Ranma cursed.
Cologne
stopped abruptly and signaled everyone else to do the same. Some hid behind
some bushes and the rest behind some rocks. They were all hearing the
conversation very carefully.
"It
seems like it has thousands of doors, but all of the doors except the correct
one, are bobby-trapped…" Plum warned.
" Then
which one is the correct one?" Ranma asked.
"He,
he, eh… I forgot!" Plum simple replied.
Ranma
plopped.
"Let's
use this door!" Plum cheered while pointed a door, which was named 'Employee
entrance'.
" O.."
started Ranma.
" Ok"
finished Ryoga.
"Yes"
agreed Mousse.
Genma
Panda pulled out a sign saying ' Are you sure!?'
Cologne
jumped out from the bushes at the same time that Ranma, Ryoga & Mousse
jumped into the slammed open door.
" Keep
your eyes peeled!" Ranma warned
Then,
as a magnet attracts metal, water seemed to jump out of nowhere.
"
Gah!! Cold water!"
Cologne
and the rest of the amazons ran forward only to see Xian Pu.
"
Mistress Kiima has ordered: I must destroy all intruders!" Xian Pu yelled while
she charged with her bonbori.
* Oh
no!! She's still under Kiima's control*
At the
same time, Ranma said out loud exactly what Cologne was thinking.
" I
*dodge* must *dodge* disarm *dodge* her… *dodge**dodge**dodge* without hurting
*dodge* her!" Ranma grabbed one of the bonbori and half disarmed Xian Pu.
She
jumped up the stairs, at the very same time Ranma yelled "Mousse! Trap her
while she's out of reach!"
Mousse's
chains trapped Xian Pu in mid air.
"An
opening!" Ranma pinned Xian Pu against the floor.
*The Outsider is good…* was the thought that surfed through most of the Amazon's heads.
" Isn't she the outsider who defeated…" Mai tried to ask.
"Shhh!"
Cologne nodded affirmatively.
"We
are your friends, Shampoo, try to remember!" Ranma tried to pound reason into her brain.
"Shampoo
have no friends" Xian Pu replied in bad Japanese.
"What
are they saying?" the couple of guards asked. All the elders scowled them,
while Mai quickly explained.
Xian
Pu kicked her remaining bonbori. It developed a perfect trajectory towards the
Panda. Genma 'hiiyaa'ed the bonbori
open, and some eggs flew out of it, breaking and enveloping the Panda, making a
giant egg.
"Surikomi
eggs!!" all the elders silently cursed.
*So…
this is how they possessed Xian Pu…* Cologne realized.
"
Aiya! Now the Panda is an egg!" a wide-eyed Plum affirmed the obvious.
"Pop!"
Ranma yelled. Concern flowed through his feminine features while staring at his
now egg father.
Xian
Pu used Ranma´s distraction to bump him down
" Xian Pu
has you now!". She started to free herself from the chains.
"Stop the
girl! The Panda is inside of those eggs that we saw before…The Panda will
become her slave if she is the first being that the Panda sees when he comes
out of the egg!!" plum yelled, while Xian Pu jumped towards the egg.
"KIAI!"
Xian Pu yelled with her bonbori leading the way to break the egg.
"Not if I
can help it!"
With
incredible speed, Ranma got up and kicked the egg away from Xian Pu, whose
bonbori slammed the floor.
" Oh
no! You won't…"
Ranma
got up and cracked the egg with his flattened hand.
" Get
out a there, Pop!"
Ranma
took Genma by his collar.
" Hey
Pop!! Look at me!" Ranma yelled.
"
Pop!??" was all Ranma said before he started shaking and slapping the dozed
Panda.
" Wake
up, ya old man!!" Ranma's girlish voice echoed in his mind.
Genma
opened his eyes, but the second before, Xian Pu had jumped on Ranma's head,
pining him, head first, into the ground, and now she was glaring into the Panda's
eyes.
"
Panda will now eliminate intruders!" Xian Pu ordered her new slave.
Genma
pulled a sign that read 'Yes, mistress Shampoo!'
" Uh
oh…" escaped Ranma's lips.
"Bweek!"
The
Panda started a full attack on Ranma-onna, Ryoga-pig & Mousse-duck.
" Ack!
*dodge* Ack! *dodge* Ehh! *dodge*"
"
Mental control has slowed you down, old man!" Ranma affirmed it with a double
kick right on Genma's cheek.
A
mighty kick flew towards Ranma's face.
"Damn!"
was all Ranma could say before he was sent flying across the room, with a pig
and a duck close behind.
"I
forgot about Shampoo" Ranma said on his short flight.
" This
is bad! Plum will help honorable guests!" she said while pulling something.
Ranma,
Ryoga & Mousse hit the wall behind them, and instantly disappeared.
"
Aiya!! They're gone!" Xian Pu finished, before taking off, with Genma behind,
in search of Ranma.
After
they were left alone, they left their respective hiding places.
"What
happened?" the guards asked.
"Who
knows!" Mai replied
"I
clearly heard Plum say that she was going to help them… but how did she?"
Kira asked.
Cologne
walked to the center of the room and stared at the walls. She started tapping
the wall with her staff. *Solid* *solid* *solid* *weird* she tapped a couple of
times more. With a knowing grin on her features, she turned around.
"
They escaped through…" Cologne was cut off.
"…a
secret door." Rei finished.
"
Of course!" Kira finished with a 'pout'. " Since the whole place is
bobby-trapped, the ones who built it must have had some way to get in and walk
around safely!"
"
Not the whole place has traps, because if that's true, they would have
triggered lots of traps during the fight" Cologne corrected.
Kira
was looking for the thing that opened the secret door, where Plum had been
standing.
"
We better walk through the normal tunnels, since we don't know this place,
and be might get lost on the darkened secret ones" Rei tried to convince
the group.
"
You may be right" Said Cologne. "We will continue through this
tunnel, but if we are in danger of being discovered, we will go through the
secret tunnels instead, understood". Everyone nodded.
"Look!"
Kira semi-cheered "This is how you open the secret doors"
With a
loud "CREAK!" the wall where Ranma & Co. disappeared into, opened.
"
And when you let go…" Kira let go of a tiny rock connected to a black
chain. The wall closed almost immediately, making an equally loud "CRAEK!"
"…
it closes" Kira finished.
"
Very well… Let's get moving!" Cologne ordered.
A
deafening sound yelled through the tunnels.
"What's
that!?!?" Mai asked.
"Some
sort of alarm…. Come on…" Cologne ordered.
"I
see some light coming out of there!" Mai cheered.
Leading,
Cologne slowed her pace and neared the entrance on another room cautiously, so
did the rest of the Amazon group.
There was
an opening inside the mountain, a precipice, huge logs that were used as
bridges, to link the tunnels, crossed it.
A subtle
mumble of commotion started to sound as if unpredictable disaster was nearing
the precipice.
It was.
A chinese
outfit hugged a girl who was running across one of the huge logs. She was being
chased by a rather large group of winged guards, including Masara and Koruma.
"There
she is!"
" You
won't escape from us!"
They were
all shooting arrows and rushing to catch their runaway.
Deflecting
the well-aimed arrows with a cell bar, Akane tried to run away. In that same
moment, a door that was much higher, abruptly opened, revealing a confused
Ranma and a yelling Plum.
"I won't
give up!!" Akane yelled.
"
Did you see that?" one of the elders, Key Ling, exclaimed.
" Is she
Kiima? NO!…" *they would not attack their very own captain!* Ranma's mind
reasoned.
*Oh Kami…
I need help!* Akane thought.
" She is
the _real_ Akane…. HEY! AKANE!!" he yelled.
"Get her"
Arrows
flew from all directions
And from
the heavens, help came! Ranma leaped through his "I´m coming Akane!!"
" Uh no!
you won't!" defied Koruma.
"
Ran…MAA" was all Akane said before Koruma and Masara caught her.
"You…
RATS!!" Ranma cursed when he saw Akane being taken away from him, again.
"Mousse!"
Ranma ordered. Mousse attached one of his chains to one of the pursuing guards'
torso. "Hey!"
Ranma
swung above Koruma & Masara, kicking them on their heads, full force.
"
Ahh!! I'm falling!" Akane panicked at the vision of the
bottomless pit under her.
Ranma
flew to grab her. " Gotcha!"
"
'Bout time" Akane smiled.
At
that very moment, the guard disengaged from Mousse's chain. And the group
started their downward descent.
"
We'll go into that tunnel" Ranma yelled.
Everyone
looked at the whole-like-tunnel that was miraculously in front of the falling
group.
But
the group's trajectory wasn't good enough…
"
Kerr!" Everyone except Akane 'splatted' just above the tunnel, on the wall, and
Akane fell inside, disappearing.
Ranma,
P-chan, Mousse, and Plum were pealed from the wall by gravity and started to
fall…
"
RAAANMAAA!!!" a desperate yell was heard. * Not now!! It can't end like this!*
Akane prayed.
"
RANNNMAAA." The shout was caught off when the Japanese shorthaired girl's mouth
was covered and a shadow engulfed her.
A
moment later a loud 'Splash' came from the base of the pit.
"
They're gone!… How ??"
" I
think the fell here… You see? I told you it was more than just a spring!"
The
guards commented between themselves while looking for the runaways into a
spring, which resembled a fish gargling after brushing his teeth.
"
What are they saying!?" the guards asked.
"
It seems like they fell in that spring, that is more than meets the eye… So
they say…" Mai sarcastically said "It just seems like a weird looking
spring to me."
"
Let's get moving! Those guards there may see us… Follow me, quietly"
Cologne hopped from rock to rock that stuck out of the wall, to reach a nearby
tunnel. The rest of the Amazon group did the same.
They
were walking cautiously down the tunnel, aware that now many guards were spread
out, searching…
"
Did you noticed…?" whispering, the elder Key Ling almost asked the group.
"
What?" some chorused.
"
The glow, that… flicker, on that girl's chi…" Key Ling tried to explain.
"
Yeah, It was weird, a little impressive… but THAT can't be! She's not an
Amazon!" Tsuli Koimi, another elder, added.
"
She isn't even a descent martial artist" Cologne finished.
All
the elders, except Key Ling, shook their heads and almost chorused a sober
"No, it is not"
*What are
they talking about * Mai asked herself, and tried to ask out loud, but was
silence by Cologne's "Make a line behind me, Mai, you stay behind at the
tail" when they where about to get to the exit of the tunnel.
An * Aaw
man!!* expression crossed Mai's face.
Cologne
reached a peak that was a dead end. To her near left there was another peak,
ending another tunnel. In front of them
there where two big figures…
"These
are the phoenix and the dragon" a voice wearily audible came from her left.
*Akane?…*
Guards
surrounded both enormous statues.
"
Look! There's that girl and the Jusenkyo springs guide" one of the guards
noted.
"
Quiet down!" Rei ordered.
"…Yes,
honorable guest, look, there you can see that both the Phoenix and the Dragon
are connected to the same body, at the base… The body goes deep down the
mountain, where the source of the magical water is." the guide explained.
" The
only way to restore Jusenkyo water is to put the key on dragon's head… As you
can see, honorable guest, it's easier
said than done!"
" Those statues
are like pumps for the water below!… It's not that hard!! Let me try it!" Akane
realized while trying to get a better glimpse…
" Eeepp!"
The guide
forcefully pushed Akane to the ground.
"
Honorable guest, please, lower your head!"
"Mai"
the other guard whispered " What are they saying?" Mai tried to whisper
an explanation while paying attention to the conversation on the other peak.
Saffron
appeared from one of the tunnels below them, carrying the kinjakan; Kiima and
his old counselor followed him.
" That's
Kiima!!… I still owe a lit-tle somethin' to that birdie!"
" The boy
that is with her, is Saffron, the prince of mount Phoenix. They are all very
dangerous…" the guide warned.
" My lord
Saffron, The time has come to initiate your voyage. You must put the Kinjakan
on the Phoenix's head" The old counselor tried to guide Saffron, kneeling to
him.
" Yeah!
Yeah! I already know…" Saffron snapped.
With a
sudden thrust, Saffron incrusted the kinjakan into the Phoenix's scalp.
" What's
with the brightness?"
"
Kinjakan generates great heat when it shines. This relic was created to make
the water bud pure and very hot"
Finally,
Saffron twisted the incrusted kinjakan.
" My lord
Saffron, the time is near. Shall you please enter the bathing area?… Hot water
will flow from the Phoenix, any second now…."
"
Aiyaa!!… It is too late!!… Once the hot water erupts, cold water will be gone…"
the guide exclaimed.
" Nani? "
Akane sweat dropped.
" There
is only one water source… all Jusenkyo water will disappear!" Akane was
explained to.
" And
what the hell are we doing here sitting around, doing nothing!?!?" Akane
punched the guide hard on the head.
" Too
many guards. Too dangerous to try something now…"
" And
what about with ' Risking your life for Jusenkyo' !?!? I thought this was your
whole life!!!"
"
Guide can't abandon wife and little daughter…"
A thought
crossed Cologne's mind…* Figures… she just _needs_ to argue… and _hit_ someone,
whoever that is!*
" WHAT
THE HELL!?!?… THE WATER ISN'T COMING OUT…"
" What's
happening to this thing??!"
"
Something inside it must be blocking the water's exit… wonder what that could
be??.."
Some
strange noises erupted from the Phoenix's mouth…
Suddenly…
HOT water exploded from the mouth…
"
Gwaahh!!!"
…Accompanied
by a male Ranma, an unconscious Plum, a bandana clad only Ryoga and a nude
Mousse.
"
Raannmaaa!" Akane yelled.
" What
the…!!" Kiima cursed.
" Damn!"
Ranma cursed, coughing between gasps.
" I
thought that tunnel would _never_ end!" Mouse tried to say.
Ranma was
finally able to lift his gaze…
"
Saffron!!" Ranma re-cursed
Ranma
jumped towards Saffron…
"I'll
reduce to a pulp, you freakin' brat!"
With that
said, Ranma cracked the floor below his
feet, using said brat's body.
" Lord
Saffron!!" Kimma war cried, unsheathing her sword, trying to attack Ranma.
A chain
that went around her wrist persuaded her otherwise… and a powerful "take that!"
swing from Ryoga sent her crashing against a very ungentle rock.
" It's
time for you to pay what you've done, you little bastard!!" Ranma shouted to
Saffron's face, while strangling him against the cracked floor. "I strained myself before, 'cause you seemed
only a stupid spoiled kid, now I'm seriously reconsidering that!!!"
" Ha!
Keep your compassion to yourself, peasant!"
…Meanwhile the water has been pouring down, and was
pooling in the bath area…
"Whaatt??"
confusion flowed in Ranma's head
A weird
energy field started to grow from Saffron…
" Lord
Saffron!!"
"Old man…
What's happening!!" a winged guard asked, panic in his voice.
"Ooohh!!…
The transformation has begun" the old
an explained. "Don't just stand there, staring, you idiots!! Run!!! Run away!!
The one who gets caught in that energy field will be fried chicken!!"
"
Eeepp!!!"
"Outta my
way!!.."
Hair like
strings grew around Ranma's hands…
" What
the hell!??! I can't break loose!" Ranma tried…
" Ha! Ha! Ha! Ranma...
you are so naive, like all terrestrials…"
"You'll
be fuel for my Renaissance!"
*Fuel??
What's happening!?!* Ranma's mind 'almost' panicked.
" Oh
Kami-sama! What are all those strings!?!" Akane did panic.
" Heirs
of mount Phoenix produce strings to create a transformation egg" the guide
answered. " Whoever is grabbed by those strings, gets caught by an egg. The
person is dissolved and is used as fuel for the transformation… Very cruel way
to die… That boy's tragic destiny…"
*
Son-in-law…*
"Should
we help him?"
"It
would be quite a horrible death!"
Cologne
took a few moments to answer… *Sorry Ranma*… " What did I tell you all!! NO
INTERFERING !!! only, and only if Xian Pu's well being is at stake… no one
else's…"
" The hot
water is what's causing it!!" Mousse realized
" That
brat!! He's reacting to the hot water, and those strings he's making…" Ryoga
lost his words… "…And this can't be happening!" Ryoga tried to do something by
breaking a whole that would drain the hot-pooled water.
" These
freakin' strings are too strong!! I can't rip 'em off!" Ranma tried to explain.
Thousands
of glowing hairs enveloped Ranma's wrists.
" You
have no escape!!"
Saffron
threw a wave of strings, and tied them around Ranma's neck, sending him flying…
…and
crashing him hard into the cracked ground.
" Give it
up!! As long as the hot water flows down to me… You're doomed!!" Saffron felt
victory.
A chain
encircled Ranma's torso, wrapping him.
" Hold
on, Ranma!! I've got you!" Mousse shouted.
Suddenly,
the hairy strings climbed up the chain heading towards Mousse.
"
Mousse!! Stay Back! Don't touch those things!! If you do, they'll catch you
too!!" Ranma yelled back.
Mousse
cut off his chain, and Ranma fell…
* Shit!!
Where the hell my strength went!!?! * … * I can't die like this!! Not 'cause of
this stupid brat!!*
Akane
jumped off the peak and landed on the Phoenix's neck.
"I've
got to stop the water! It's the only way to save him!" Akane yelled to the
guided while rushing to the kinjakan.
*Oh Kami!
What is she up to!!* Cologne's mind reeled…
"Look!! The glow, the
flicker!!…Again!!" Key Ling exclaimed.
The
elders were not sure… but they were impressed, nonetheless.
"Aiyaaa!!!
Please, honorable guest!! Don't do it! Is extremely dangerous!!" the guide
shouted an unheard warning to Akane.
"
Akane!" Ryoga was the first to notice her.
* How the
hell did she get here??* Ranma asked
" Oh
Noo!! OH NOO!!"… "Please!! Don't do it!!! Kinjakan very _veeryy_ dangerous when
hot!" the guide warned again.
Akane
finally climbed the Phoenix's head, grabbed the kinjakan, and tried to twist
it, yelling " Ranmaaa!!! Try to escape
as soon as you can!! Quickly!!"
Meanwhile,
Kiima, the old counselor and all the guards where hiding.
" Oh Noo!
What the hell does she think she's doing?!?" the old man shrieked.
" Foolish
Terrestrial!! Does she love that boy that much??" Kiima asked out loud to no
one.
" I will
not let you interfere!!"
Saffron
tossed another wave of strings at Akane…
" Gyaa!!"
…but it
was too late, she had already twisted the kinjakan.
A painful
noise cried from within the Phoenix.
" The
water has stopped flowing!! Run away, Ranmaaa!" Ryoga shouted.
" Rrrgg!!
I'm workin' on it!"
Many
strings snapped, and Ranma ripped himself loose.
"
Look!! The glow is brighter !! it seems like it is turning on!" Key
Ling noticed. As well as the rest of the amazons did.
Ranma
lifted his gaze to meet Akane's sight.
"
Akane?!? Thanks!!! I'm s…" Ranma was
cut off by his most feared sight…
Intensive
light started to attack Akane's glowing form while she hung to tightly to the
kinjakan. Ranma's panic began to choke him. Both, the kinjakan's shine, and
Akane's chi's glow started to flood the chamber. Finally, brightness blinded
their eyesight.
"
Akaaaaaaaaneeeeeee!!!" Ranma yelled
"
THOSE are…"
"The
legendary Phoenix Wings!" the elders chorused.
*And that
was the exact moment where Akane's life changed for ever…*
*
Including the amazons', Xian Pu's and mine…*
END OF CHAPTER 3 PART 1
Author's notes:
Thanks
for reading!! This is my first fanfic ever! So I really hope you like it!
This
chapter is a draft, so sorry for the grammar/spelling bloopers!
Gomen!!! Sooorryyy!!! For taking so long in writing
this 3rd part! ^_^ but I've been busy doing prep for college!
(This will be my 1st year…
from Senior to freshman again! He he!)
I
need pre-readers & reviewers! =) or any comments & criticism, please
write to nm3@hotmail.com!
Again,
thanks for reading and reviewing! … Ahh! By the way!! Thanks _a lot_ to everyone for their encouraging reviews!! Honto ni arigatou!! ^_^
See
ya! Ja ne!
^_^ Nm3 ^_^
"
The ones who love us, love us. The ones who doesn't love us, doesn't; may God
turn the hearts of those who doesn't, and if he can't, may he turn their heels,
so we can tell them apart by their limping"
Someone
(sorry!, I don't remember where or from who I
heard it!)