Brothers of Old
(This chapter is Mainly about Ranma and goes around him. Sailor Mercury/Ami and Kyo are not involved what so ever.this is after the fight and they put Kyo into bed so sorry if I skip a few parts of the story.)
(Enjoy!)
Chapter 8: Visit to the Shrine Part 3b
Ranma and the others walked down the corridor into the living room.
"Did you HAVE to go so far in your spar there Ranma?" Rei asked still shocked at the brutality of the two. Ranma closed his eyes and turned around and faced Rei.
"He wanted me not to pull any punches back so I honored his wish that is all," Ranma said as he paced around the room a little, "I'm going to bed." He said after a few minutes.
"I'll guide you to your room then." Mr. Hikawa said as he got off the couch. After the two left the room the women went into a little discussion.
"Auntie, why didn't you stop them when clearly they were going too far even for a spar?" Makoto asked the mother of the two boys.
Nodoka closed her eyes and replied softly, "It's not my place to say."
"What do you mean by that! You're their mother!" Aino yelled.
"Let me ask you, after 11 years of being separated, do you believe that they would listen to me?" Nodoka said, "I mean what am I supposed to say to them?" she began crying.
"It's alright auntie, we're sorry. We didn't mean to touch an unhealed wound in your heart." The girls said as the hugged Nodoka.
"Thank sniff you girls" Nodoka said as she hugged the girls. The door opened and walked in Mr. Hikawa.
"Man, that boy must have been as tired as Kyo! As soon as he got the futon out he went down." Mr. Hikawa said.
"That's my son for you." Nodoka said giggling a little.
"Umm, could you tell us a little about your sons auntie?" Makoto asked. This put a smile on Nodoka's face.
"Sure" She said as she gestured all the girls to gather around, "Well, My son's are very honor bound and I must say that they are man amongst men because they will do nothing to break their honor codes and will fight to the death to protect their loved ones. I even heard that Ranma killed a god to save one of his ex-fiancée."
"How could he have killed a god! That is just impossible!" Rei said shocked.
"I don't know but you have to ask Ranma about that later." Nodoka said.
"Is there anything else that you know about your son auntie?" Aino asked.
"All I know is that their good for nothing father sold them and engaged them to multiple people for food, and that their father made their lives an exact definition to Hell on Earth." Nodoka said with a little sadness in her voice and mixed in was a hint of hate and malice.
"I think we all need to rest. It's getting late and I think we should give ourselves some time to let our minds digest the information!" Mr. Hikawa said. All the girls nodded and got up to go brush their teeth when-
"AAAAAARRRRGGGGGHHH!"
"What was that?" the girls asked each other.
"It sounded like Ranma's voice." Rei said.
"Girls what was that scream!" Mr. Hikawa said as he came running with Nodoka right behind him.
"I don't know grandpa but I think that was Ranma!" Rei said. Mr. Hikawa ran towards the room where Ranma was sleeping in. everyone followed behind him. Once they reached the room Mr. Hikawa knocked on the door.
"Ranma! Ranma are you Ok! Ranma!" He yelled but the only answer he got was another blood curdling scream.
"Ranma I'm coming in!" Mr. Hikawa said as he opened the door. The sight was sickening. Ranma was lying on the floor in a fetal position holding on to his head as claw marks became apparent on his clothes and blood was flowing out from the wounds.
Then Ranma started to speak in a barely audible voice, "Mom, Pops, Someone help me! It hurts! Make it stop!" he said as he cried. The girls saw this and were horrified. At the sight Aino promptly threw up, Makoto fainted, Usagi and Chibi Usa followed suit and feinted, Rei was with Aino and threw up.
"Nodoka ran to her son and held him in her arms crying, "What's wrong Son? Please answer me." She cried as the only answer she got from Ranma were hiccups and sniffs from the crying form of Ranma.
"I was afraid of this." Mr. Hikawa said walking towards the boy.
"What's happening to him?" Nodoka asked tears running down her face, "What's wrong with my son?"
"What we are seeing is the side-effect of learning such a traumatic thing as the Neko-ken. Every practitioner of the neko-ken as you know, other than Ranma, has gone insane. Well this is what happens in many cases with survivors of the experience. Every once in a while they relive their experience in the Dark pit in their dreams eating away at them mentally, so another words if the training itself didn't drive you inane, these dreams will." He explained, "From what Kyo said he learned the neko-ken at the age of 11. He probably went through this for several years. I'm amazed this boy is still sane."
This information made Nodoka hate Genma even more and Hate herself for not being able to protecting her own son. She hugged him tighter and started to run her hand through his hair.
"Shhh. Everything is going to be alright my son, mother is here for you now." She said softly to Ranma who began to calm down being in a loving embrace by his mother.
"I couldn't be there when you needed it the most. But I swear I will protect you and Kyo for as long as you need me to." Nodoka said as she hugged her son even tighter.
"Mr. Hikawa I think you should take the girls to their rooms." She said to him. After which he promptly picked the girls up to take to their sleeping quarters.
She Looked at Ranma's face to see a smile on his face. Soon sleep took over her body.
To be continued…
(I know it was a little graphic but give me a break here Oh and sorry if this chapter felt a little too short for your taste. You have my sincerest apologies for that.)