The Evil Within
By James Moore
The characters in this story are not mine, so there :-p
Chapter 2
Enough is Enough
15 years later. Ranma's 17th birthday
It was Ranma's birthday. His one special day of the year. Today, he was turning 17. It looked like a lot of people came to wish him a happy birthday. Unfortunately, it seemed to be all people who wanted him in some way. As usual, a fight broke out.
It all started when Shampoo glomped him, asking him for the millionth time to go on a date with her. The fiancée brigade had, predictably, gotten mad. "Let go of my Ranchan, you purple-head bimbo." Ukyo batted Shampoo off with her spatula. Ukyo then hugged Ranma and said, "It's me he wants to go out on a date with." Kodachi jumped into the growing battle. "oh ho ho ho. It seems I have to rescue my dear Ranma from the clutches of you peasants." Using her trademark ribbon, she wraped it around Ukyo, tossing her away. All three girls started hugging Ranma, while trying to break the others' hold on him.
Akane saw this, and came to the usual conclusion, that Ranma was cheating on her. "RANMA NO BAKA," she screamed, hitting him to the wall, "As far as I'm concerned, we were never engaged." "Waaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh. Now the houses will never be joined." "Boy, apologize to Akane. The honor of the school depends on it" "No. Ranma will marry Shampoo and come home to China," said the withered old ghoul, Cologne.
"Ranma Saotome. How dare you hurt Akane like that. Prepare to die." "Saotome, give me back my Shampoo." "Sorcerer. release your hold on the Fair Akane and the pig-tailed girl" " "Oh, Ranmachan. Put on this bra." "Oh, what a great idea. I could take some pictures." "Son, not choosing a wife is very unmanly."
This went on until he was being pulled by each of his limbs. It was supposed to be his special day. The one day when things went his way. To say he was annoyed that they were acting like this was an extreme understatement. He was PISSED.
No one noticed yet, but he started glowing with ki, red out of anger. "ENOUGH" He blasted everyone away from him. He waited for everyone to look at him. When they did, they were afraid. Here was an angry Ranma. Ranma never got angry. To be like this, they knew that one wrong move could end up with someone severally injured. None of them wanted to be the one that had to deal with that.
When he saw everyone's eyes on him, he began talking. His voice was so cold it could freeze hell. "First off, you four." He pointed to Ukyo, Shampoo, Kodachi, and Akane. "I'm sick of you fighting over me. I haven't even said I like any of you, and your trying to marry me. Well, that ends now. I don't care what reason you have for doing it, but I'm calling off all fiancée pacts. In time I will let you know what, if and, feelings I have for you are, but you will have to regain my trust. If any of you try to hug me, kiss me, or something along that line, you will regret it. Do you understand? They nodded.
Pointing to Ryoga, Moouse, Kuno, Hapossia, and Nabiki, he said, "And you five. I'm sick of you using me or blaming me for things that are not my fault. Kuno. Get this through your head. Your pig-tailed goddess and I are one and the same. And Hapossia and Nabiki, if you ever try to take advantage of me again, I will make you hurt for a long time. Maybe not physically hurt, but you will hurt."
"Finally, I want you all to treat me with the respect you know I deserve. If any of you try to do anything to me, you won't like my response. Am I PERFECTLY clear?" When everyone nodded, he left the room.