A Third Chance at Life

Fighting Demons and Sayuri's Demons

Disclaimer: I do not own Ranma or Inuyasha, they are the property of Rumiko Takashi and some companies I can't remember, I also do not own Shadow Hearts, I am making no money of this work.

Author's Notes: Here's the next Chapter, it contains my first fight sequence, so any constructive criticism will be appreciated. As always thank your reviews, I hope you enjoy this chapter.

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"Hey Kasumi, did I hear our dear baby sister come in." Nabiki asked as she walked into the living room. "Oh, wait you don't have to answer the hole in the ceiling is definitely Akane's work. So what did Ranma do to set her off anyways?"

"It was Akane who caused the hole, but it was Father and Mister Saotome who were the ones who brought about her ire and were malleted." Kasumi said as she continued to sweep up the pieces of ceiling that fell on the floor.

"Hahahahahahahaha, what a pleasant change, it was someone who deserved it rather then Ranma. So what did he say to it?" Nabiki laughed as she wiped a tear of mirth from her eye.

"He's not here, I think Akane said something about him making sure Sayuri got safely home for her." Kasumi stated.

"Oho, reeeeally." Nabiki drawled, "Thanks Kasumi, I believe I need to talk to Akane, Later."

"Hope she's careful, not sure how well she'd take a mallet strike." Kasumi mumbled.

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"So sis, what's up, well other then Daddy and the Panda." Nabiki asked sweetly causing Akane to wince.

"Sorry about the ceiling." Akane mumbled.

"Usually I wouldn't be to happy about it, but considering who it was I found it funny as hell, and pretty much worth it." Nabiki laughed, "I am curious though where is Ranma?"

"He's walking Sayuri home, I was gonna do it originally, but I ate too much and it made me really groggy and sleepy, so he offered to take her home for me." Akane yawned.

"Surprised you trusted Ranma to do that usually you jump to every bad conclusion you can when it comes to him." Nabiki declared causing Akane to wince again.

"I'm not that bad, he does act like a pervert a lot, but I know I can trust him with Sayuri. I don't think Ranma would try anything with her and even if he would Sayuri would never go along with it." Akane said.

"I see." Nabiki nodded 'Guess she doesn't realize that her two friends are two of the biggest buyers of pictures of Ranma shirtless.'

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"So did you have fun Ranma?" Sayuri asked as they continued walking.

"Yeah, what about you?" Ranma asked.

"That was great, I've never been to such a fancy place, my Grandma doesn't have the money to go out to places like that." Sayuri smiled.

"You live with your Grandmother?" Ranma asked.

"Yeah, my Mother's dead and my father is…well the less I think about him the better." Sayuri said softly as she shivered and crossed her arms.

"Sorry didn't mean to upset you." Ranma whispered.

"You have nothing to apologize for, I'm the one who brought it up, didn't mean to be a downer." Sayuri said.

"It's okay, I don't know what happened with you r family, but I can relate to having issues with parents, my father put me through ten years of torture. Now due to a lot of the ridiculously dangerous things he had me do, I'm a great martial artist, but he did a lot of things that are really bad, not the least of which is the Neko-ken. So if you ever want to talk about things I'd be willing to listen." Ranma smiled comfortingly.

"I'd be willing to talk about it, only if you talk about your issues with your parents as well, I don't want to be the only one to spill my life's story." Sayuri said.

"Alright, I guess we don't have time know though, it's pretty late and I think we're getting close to the place you said your place is. So mayb…" Ranma trailed off as he turned around and inspected their surroundings. 'Do you feel that?'

'Yes and it's something NOT good, it feels like demonic energy and it's filled with malice.'

"Is something wrong?" Sayuri asked as she looked around nervously.

"Something dangerous is closing in on us." Ranma growled.

"What, why?" Sayuri said.

"I don't know, but whatever it is tainted and malicious, it's definitely something evil and it's definitely after one of us. It, no they are coming straight towards us." Ranma stated as he shifted into a fighting stance.

"What should I do?" Sayuri asked.

"Stay back and if I say run then run and call the Nekohanten and tell Cologne what's going on." Ranma said.

"Alri, what the FUCK is that thing?" Sayuri shouted while pointing at a huge wolf with glowing green eyes.

'That is a light spirit, but don't let that fool you light is just as capable as being evil as darkness.'

'I can tell, it's just as malicious as the one that's trying to sneak up behind me.'

A loud screech erupted from behind Sayuri and Ranma as the other demon leaped at them, meanwhile the wolf roared and charged forwards. Ranma reached out quickly grabbing the demonic monkey before it could strike and whipped it at the wolf.

'sneaky bastards.' Ranma thought as he sprung forward at the tangled demons.

"Amaguriken" Ranma shouted as he launched seven hundred punches at the monkey, but if it felt any pain it didn't show in it's soulless black eyes.

"Errrah" the monkey squeaked as it kicked off of Ranma's body and gained room between him and the target.

Ranma moved to charge forward, but felt the wolf switch it's focus to Sayuri.

'shit' Ranma bounded towards the wolf and launched a round house to it's side and felt something in it break at the force of the kick.

'Not that strong thankfully.'

'Don't underestimate them, they'll have some strong abilities, the wolf may even know healing magic, so finish him quickly, use your Ki against the wolf and spiritual energy against the monkey.'

"Erraaahhhh" The monkey screeched as it bounded forward to it's allies aid and Ranma felt a sharp burn across his arm as one of it's claws managed to land despite his dodge.

Ranma responded in kind with a side kick to the demons head launching it away before he turned back around and focused his Ki into his palms and launched another hundred punches into the wolf's haunches.

The wolf bounded away and Ranma would have followed, but again he felt the demon he wasn't about to attack switch targets to Sayuri so instead he twisted back around and got of an uppercut that sent the darkness demon flying.

"Aaaawwwwwwwwrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrroooooooooooooooooo" The wolf howled and he and the monkey both glowed white before the wolf charged forward again..

'I was right healing magic.' Kikyo noted as the wolf no longer showed any of the injuries Ranma inflicted.

'Damn it, these things are attacking Sayuri too, if they weren't this fight would already be over. But that's okay I'm the best I can still beat them.' Ranma thought building up his confidence. "Moko Takabisha" Ranma shouted as he launched a glowing blue Ki blast at the wolf.

"Arp" The light demon whimpered pathetically as the blast hit and it faded into nothingness.

"Aaaaaahhhhhhhh" Sayuri screamed causing Ranma to whip around what he saw confused the hell out of him, Sayuri holding her head and the demonic monkey just staring at her.

'BLAST IT QUICK, IT"S USING A MENTAL ATTACK.' Kikyo shouted through his mind.

"Leave Sayuri alone you damned monster" Ranma shouted as he in an instance closed the distance between him, then forced spiritual energy into his palms and shoved it through the monkey.

"Erreah" The demon moaned before it to faded into nothingness.

"Sayuri, are you okay?" Ranma shouted as he ran up to her.

"I-it made me watch the night my father murdered my mother." Sayuri sobbed.

"What?" Ranma spoke shocked.

"My father killed my mother after she caught him hurting me." Sayuri said, "and it made me remember the whole night, but instead of me escaping like I did he had me cornered and was reaching for me, I god," Sayuri murmured as she continued to shake as she cried.

"Sayuri it's okay, the demon was trying to hurt you by showing you what you fear, but it's gone now, you'll be okay." Ranma said as he took her hand.

"It's gone?" Sayuri asked.

"Yeah I destroyed the monster, so lets get you home okay you'll be safe there." Ranma said as he gently pulled her to her feet.

Sayuri clung to his side still shaking. "Thanks for helping me again" Sayuri whispered.

"For my friends anytime." Ranma smiled causing the shaking girl to calm, smile slightly and blush lightly, but she still didn't let go of his side as they continued on their way to her house.

A Dark presence watched from a distance and swore softly once the two teenagers had left.

'Someone fucked up royally, and Vlad's probably not going to be happy about this.'

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"Tendo residence, Nabiki speaking." Nabiki stated as she picked up the ringing phone.

"Nabiki it's Ranma, while I was walking Sayuri home we got attacked by some sorta monsters." Ranma said softly.

"Are you and Sayuri okay?" Nabiki asked worried.

"Sayuri was pretty shook up because of what happened, but she's okay now. I'm gonna be a bit late in getting home though cause I wanna talk to the old ghoul." Ranma spoke.

"Do you think she had something to do with it?"

"No, it's just magic and monsters is her department and she may be able to help me figure out why they attacked." Ranma said.

"Okay, be safe Ranma, I'll call the Nekohanten if anything weird goes down here." Nabiki responded.

"Thanks Nabiki, I will, you be careful too." Ranma said before he hung up.

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Um sorry about the shortness of the chapter, but this feels a good place to stop. I hope the fight scene was okay and uh, remember all reviews are appreciated.