A Ranma ½ Fanfic: Nightmares of the Heart.
Written by Lucious Coulter.
Ranma ½ does not belong to me, but Rumiko Takahashi. Oh well…
Chapter 2: Preparations to leave.
"So let me get this straight." Nabiki said with her normal bored look on her face.
"Some dark Emperor came from dream land to abduct Akane, and now you have to travel to this place in order to rescue her from certain doom." Even as she looked at him skeptically, Ranma knew how ridiculous this whole thing sounded.
"I don't care if you don't believe me, but I need your help to keep everyone from finding out about this or they'll want to come and I'll have more problems to deal with than I would going alone." He glared back at her stubbornly as she stared at him from her chair. He had come straight to Nabiki after the incident to get her to help him. But of course she had to do her daily game of 'Make the fool out of Ranma.' She then sighed and turned to her desk to pick up the strange black jewel that Ranma had been given.
"Don't worry Ranma. I do believe you. This is after all Nerima. I was just thinking it was about time we had another big problem on our hands." She looked closely at the jewel.
"I do believe this is a type of black diamond." She tapped a few keys on her computer.
"It is. It says here that they were used in ancient rituals to appease the dark gods." She glared at nothing.
"Figures." She said. She then threw the stone at Ranma, who caught it reflexively.
"Hurry and get ready Ranma. You have a fiancé to save. And don't worry about everyone else. I'll make sure that they are…" She then got her traditional evil look on her face.
"Dealt with." She then pushed him out and shut the door. He stared at it for a minute then headed downstairs. 'Women' He thought. 'I'll never understand them.'
Ranma went into the back yard, well fed by Kasumi and their fathers cowering from Nodaka. Nodaka smiled at him.
"Take care dear! And don't worry. I have everything under control here." She whipped out her katana and pointed it at the two trembling men.
"I won't have any trouble from you two now will I?" They frantically shook their heads no and fled the room in a dust cloud. Nodaka smiled and sat at the table.
"I think I'm going to enjoy staying here for a while." She said smugly. Ranma chuckled and waved goodbye to both his mother and 'future' sister in law. He took out the black stone, wondering what to do with it, when it suddenly started to pulse. It seemed to grow in his hand until he was swirling around inside it. He kept on spinning and was just about to be sick when his feet hit solid ground and he fell over. He stayed there for a couple of minutes to catch his breath, and then stood up. He was in a dark and silent forest. He noticed a piece of paper on the ground and picked it up to read. 'Welcome Ranma Saotome. Welcome to the realm of Nyxalia. You will need to travel through several places in order to get to my palace. The first area you are in now is The Forest of Silence. Have fun…' The paper was then burned up by a black flame.