The Road to Freedom
By The Senshi of Valis
Chapter 27
I don't own W.I.T.C.H. or Ranma 1/2
It didn't take long for Ranma and Will to find the trail for that Nodoka was taken down once they landed on Metamoor. The problem was that they seemed to be traveling pretty quickly and all ready had a head start against Ranma and Will.
Ranma wasn't too sure what to think about all this though, why was his mother even in Heatherfield to begin with? Did she come with the others and wanted to start trouble as well? That was one thing he wouldn't tolerate but even if that was the case he couldn't just leave her in Phobos's hands to be possibly used against him later on.
"Ranma, are you all right?" Will asked softly, seemingly sensing his confusion.
"I'm sorry, Will." Ranma sighed, shaking his head as he looked over at her while they walked down the road toward the castle. "I don't know what to think, if she's here to cause trouble…but why wasn't she with the others if she was?"
"Maybe she understands how much she hurt you and she changed." Will suggested, "Maybe she wants to work things out."
"I wish I could believe that." Ranma sighed, "I hate her so much, Will and yet…I love her…"
"She's your mother, Ranma." Will said as she took his hand and squeezed it gently, "Of course you love her and after the way she treated you its understandable that you have feelings of hate toward her. A mother is supposed to be there and protect her children, not support their abuse by everyone surrounding them."
Ranma knew Will was right and in a way that was exactly how he was feeling. He felt betrayed by her in some ways after finally meeting her and finding out his image of her was completely the opposite of what she was. Instead of the loving and supportive woman Ranma often dreamed about Nodoka never listened to him and seemed to care more about what some piece of paper said than his own well being. That was something that had hurt him a lot.
What if Will was right though and Nodoka wanted to make things better between them? Would Ranma believe and accept the woman back into his life? Could he for that matter? Nodoka had caused Ranma some of the worst pain in Nerima, despite none of it was as violent as most of the others. It was the rejection of his own mother that hurt the worse.
"Ranma, we aren't too far from the castle." Will said softly, "What if…what if they made it back?"
"Then I'll go in and get her." Ranma said, "I have too."
"We will go in, Ranma." Will said, squeezing his hand. "We are in this together."
"Thanks Will." Ranma said, squeezing her hand back as the castle came into sight. This was going to be very difficult to do but Ranma was intent on doing it.
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Frost was furious, Phobos had told him not to even bother returning to the castle until he retrieved the pendant that was loaned to him. It apparently was very important but Phobos had been sure that Frost would have been successful which he almost was. The only problem was that he never, in his wildest imagination, would have thought an attack like the one that robbed him of his pendant was even possible. Yet it was and it had defeated the supercharged Frost which landed him in the dilemma he was now.
A familiar scent stopped him though, the scent of the girl that he had once captured a long time ago, the fire guardian Taranee. It would be an easy task to capture her once again and use her to trade for the pendant. Another quick smell made him smile as he recognized another scent that was with her, Cedric. With Cedric there there was no way Frost would lose against the likes of one guardian.
An evil smile crossed his lips as he started following the scent towards some other strange, yet kind of good smelling foods. That was one thing he had learned about earth, they may have had strange foods but they were also some of the best foods that he had ever tasted. Maybe he could capture the girl and grab some of that food while he was at it. After all, he hasn't really eaten much lately and who could pass up a possibility like that.
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AN: Hi everyone, I know this is short and I'm really sorry. I had to study for a test and didn't have as much time as planned to work on this chapter or The New Guardian which will have a new chapter tomorrow night. Also, if Brit gives me back the next chapter of The Power of Love and okays it I'll post it as well. Thanks everyone.
Until Next Time,
Ja Ne
