The Road to Freedom
By The Senshi of Valis
Chapter 15
I don't own W.I.T.C.H. or Ranma 1/2
Ranma watched in partial relief as Ryoga woke up and sat up slowly, obviously getting his bearings. He was very nervous at the same time though, while Ryoga didn't seem like he wanted to attack Ranma when the lost boy was half awake earlier, if Ryoga did attack now the resulting chaos would cause too much trouble for the rebels and most likely would destroy much of their camp here. No, Ranma couldn't afford to let Ryoga get out of control here and if the lost boy did Ranma knew that he would have no choice but to end it quick and efficiently without holding back at all.
"Hey Ranma." Ryoga said as he crossed his legs on the bed and leaned back against the wall while looking at Ranma through half lidded eyes.
"Hey P-Chan." Ranma said then mentally smacked himself, he couldn't let himself fall into old habits.
"Ranma!" Ryoga growled then settled back down, "Don't piss me off, I'm not…I don't know wether to beat you to a pulp or not right now. I'm not like I used to be Ranma…"
"So you aren't a directionally challenged piggy looking to get in Akane's bed?" Ranma asked, once again cursing himself. Why was it being so hard to keep his mouth shut and not smart off Ryoga?
"I guess even if I wanted to I wouldn't even really stand a chance against you Ranma…" Ryoga sighed sadly.
"What do you mean?" Ranma asked worriedly.
"Don't worry, it's nothing fatal Ranma but thanks. It's my chi attacks, I pretty much had to stop using most anything I did with chi. I can still do some little things like my belt or bandanas and roof hopping but too much of anything else uses too much chi…" Ryoga explained, a sad tone in his voice.
"What's wrong with your chi?" Ranma asked, starting to grow worried for his sometimes friend.
"Doctor Tofu figured it out actually, it's what you use to channel your chi…every time you use it that emotion grows stronger and more dominant inside you. For me I always used negative emotions…that's why I was always blaming others for my problems and acting like such a dishonorable jerk. Also…if I keep it up, I'll snap and either seriously hurt someone or kill myself." Ryoga said.
"Wow…I'm so sorry Ryoga, I never knew half of that." Ranma said shaking his head.
"How much you want to bet Cologne knew about it and used it against us?" Ryoga said.
"It's like some kind of damned trap." Ranma sighed, slumping into his chair.
"Yeah, something like that. That's why I think Akane is so messed up…well, that and she's a spoiled brat." Ryoga grumbled.
"Wait…I thought you was in love with Akane…" Ranma said, actually surprised.
"I was until you disappeared…who do you think became Akane's new punching bag?" Ryoga asked.
"I am so sorry, Ryoga. I wouldn't even wish that on my worst enemy." Ranma said with a smirk. "Or you for that matter."
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"Please, Will, can we talk?" Elyon asked. Will could tell by the tone of voice she was using that something was wrong for sure.
"Sure, lets go back here." Will said pointing to a shady alley, "Velspa, I'll be back in a minute."
Will followed Elyon into the alley until the girl stopped then turned to face her while pulling back the hood. Will could tell that any spark of malice that had been in Elyon's eyes before was now completely gone. However, there was a worried look in the girl's eyes now that bothered Will.
"Will…M-My brother has been lying to me. I looked around Meridian for myself and talked to the people. They're miserable, they hate my brother and his rule."
"He's a tyrant, Elyon." Will said, "He's evil and doesn't care about anything but himself."
"That isn't true, Will." Elyon said, "I know he's lied and I know that he's done wrong but…but he is my family and he truly cares about me. There's good in him Will…I can feel it, I just don't know what to do, how I can bring it out in him."
"Princess Elyon, your brother has been so worried about you." A familiar voice hissed behind Will as a hand grabbed her by the neck and lifted her from the ground and slammed her face first into it hard. As Will began to lose conciousness she noticed Will screaming for Cedric to stop. Will could see him as he reached down to take the Heart of Candracar which fell next to Will but it disappeared in a flash of light before she slipped into the darkness.
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"You, married, that's a laugh Ranma." Ryoga said as he laughed.
Ranma shook his head and sighed, looking Ryoga straight in the eyes he was about to make a retort when a bright flash of light appeared and left the Heart of Candracar floating before him. Reaching out with a bad feeling Ranma took the heart and clutched it tightly.
"What the hell is that!" Ryoga asked surprised.
"The Heart of Candracar…Will…she's in trouble…I can feel it." Ranma said, growling as a huge aura sprang to life around him. "I'll kill them if they hurt one hair on her head."
Ryoga looked on in awe and fear, the power Ranma was giving off at the moment dwarfed anything he showed when fighting Saffron. In fact, if Saffron showed up right now Ryoga had no doubt the phoenix man would be cowering in fear in the corner where Ryoga wished he was. He never saw Ranma this mad before…and for once Ryoga had no trouble admitting that the pigtailed martial artist was so far out of all the Nerima Wrcking Crew league even when put together. The fools back in Japan would have a death wish if they invaded Ranma's new life.
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Akane was very nervous as she paid for her plane ticket from the money she had put back for college. She kept feeling like someone was following her after she found out where Nabiki was going. She was almost sure she seen someone out of the corner several times actually but when she turned to look they were long gone. Shaking her head deciding it was just paranoia Akane went about her business.
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Cologne was ecstatic when all of hard work of spying on the youngest of the Tendos finally paid off. Now she knew where son-in-law was and now she would collect him for the good of the Amazon Nation. After all, even though he defeated Saffron Ranma was still merely a male and males were nothing when it came to three thousand years of Amazon history. Oh, Cologne intended to have the last laugh on those fools on the council who was too terrified on continuing the chase when the whelp killed Saffron.
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Sasuke and Konatsu nodded to each other, they had been training with each other lately since they each had skills they could help each other with. Sasuke was helping Konatsu with stealth skills while Konatsu helped Sasuke with reading lips and spying on others. Now Sasuke had the information that he had been wanting for both his masters but Konatsu…he had the information that Ukyo was dying for but if he turned it over to her he would be losing her for sure. If he kept it to himself he would be betraying her which he could not do. Sighing as the two ninja went there separate ways Konatsu knew what he had to do no matter how much it broke his heart.
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Genma smirked as he dropped the Umi Sen Ken, he knew where the ungrateful boy was now and now Soun and himself could retrieve the dishonorable child and make him do the honorable thing by marrying Akane and joining the schools. Soon Genma could retire and live off all of Ranma's hard work. Yes, retirement was looking so sweet.
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Nodoka looked at the broken honor blade with disgust as it lay on the table, all these years she let her family and self delusions guide her and what did it gain her? Nothing…but it cost her everything. Sighing, she left the room and turned off the light and grabbed the small pack by the door. She left the Saotome residence to never return again, she no longer wanted to be a member of such a dishonorable clan. She would seek redemption in some way but she vowed to leave all of the things that led her to her sons loss behind and start anew.
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AN: Hi everybody, hope everyone enjoyed this chapter. Please leave a review and let me know your thoughts.
Looks like Will is Cedric's prisoner now but for how long? And who will save her?
Until Next Time,
Ja Ne
