A.N: I apologize, hadn't planned on taking so long to update.
Be my beloved enemy
Insomnia
The night came as a nightmare upon the Tendo's house. Akane had been opening drawers, tears falling from her swollen eyes as she managed to pack her suitcase. Shinosuke had run away from her room unable to hold the sight, not even for a minute. He did come back later though, midnight had long ticked by, he opened her door to see her sister hugging a rusty teddy, a present their granpa had given her when she had turned five. Shinosuke leaned down and touched her hair gently then, in a second, Akane let go of the stuffed toy and hugged her brother tightly to her. Tears were falling again, rolling down her cheeks…
"W-wh-why?" her voiced trembled, shattered.
"W-hy ca-can't I just s-stay?" she was shaking now, sobbing uncontrollably.
Shinosuke was rocking her body gently back and forth while whispering softly."It's going to be ok, honey. Don't worry. It'll all be alright"
It became harder for her to breathe as her anxiety took over and overrode her senses. Shinosuke pried himself out of her arms and forced her to look at him."look at me. Now try to relax, breathe in and out slowly, softly."
She did as he told her, then swallowed and hiccoughed. Her eyes settled on her brother's before letting a strangled cry.
"don't let me go"
Shinosuke hold onto her once more, stroking her back up and down, waiting for her to calm down, tomorrow was going to be a long day for her and she'd to have at least some rest. An hour had passed by and after having had accepted a sleeping pill from his brother did she fell asleep.
Shinosuke guarded her closely, wiping some hair out of her forehead and placing a gentle kiss upon it.
"This place is no longer safe for you, honey. It's better for you to leave"
He grabbed a hem of the blanket and pulled it up her body tugging her gently in
"You're my only family now."
He turned to leave turning off the light but not before whispering…
"I'm going to miss you"
And then did he close the door.
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The shadows danced on the street following Ranma's smooth yet powerful moves through buildings and houses. His heartbeat was painfully thrusting against his ribcage and his hands felt sweaty and shaky.
It was far from over.
She was not going to go away from him.
Not now, not ever.
Yeah, it was far from over.
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"How is she doing?" Ukyo asked concerned etched on her voice.
"How do you think she took the news? As bas as expected, if not worse". Shinosuke sighed and sat defeated on the sofa, his head lulling backwards, hitting the soft cushion behind.
Ukyo was resting upon the threshold her worried eyes travelling between Shinosuke's exhausted body and the folded letter he had an iron grasp upon.
"It's time for her to know the truth" she said, echoing the words she'd voiced out at the hospital.
"I know"
"We kept her out of trouble for as long as we could. She has to go for a while until we find out who eliminated your grandfather"
He grimaced at the word "elimination"
"you could at least be more tactful, it's my family you're talking about"
"I'm sorry" and she really was, she walked to him and sat down grabbing his hand in hers.
"It must be hard" she said, rubbing her thumb along his open palm.
"Excuse me for my lack of sensibility just then, it's just the mere fact that the one who murdered your grandfather is still outside makes my blood boil"
"That's something we can take care of as soon as I've my sister safety guaranteed. She's my first priority"
"Yeah, that's true. I'm glad though, that you decided to tell her of her story"
Shinosuke grimaced.
"I just feel bad for her, finding it this way, maybe it's better I didn't let her know just yet"
Ukyo looked at him astonished.
"She deserves to know. The sooner the better" she sounded angry.
"Maybe you are right but, it'll probably be to much for her to handle"
"She'll have to endure the pain the knowledge will bring her but at the same time it'll help her understand why it's necessary for her to go away, why it is we believe she is in danger if she stays."
"I know you are right" he sighed, he looked older than he was "I just don't want her gone" he added softly almost afraid to voice it out.
Ukyo's arms engulfed him
"I know"
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Just the vaguely sound of rustling leaves entered the darkened room. Ranma tip toed along the wooden floor to where he knew he'd spot her. The moon light danced through her face and Ranma's eyes noticed her tear-strained face.
'You're beautiful when you cry'
It was like a déjà vu. Hadn't he been in that position long ago? Hadn't he just admired her then too? It seemed so long ago, as if he were reliving a dream and not something that had actually taken place. He kneeled down and traced her cheek, he recalled having caressed her then too, entranced by something he couldn't decipher. Something he now knew but feared to voice out nonetheless.
The sound of voices woke him from his stance and just as he'd planned, he gathered her up in his arms, careful enough not to disturb her sleeping manner, and then, just as silently as he'd entered he leapt outside silently stepping on the wet yard grass and just as gracefully started running away.
He half run half flew from roof to roof, clutching her small form to his body. She was wrapped in a baby blue blanket and he had rested her head against his shoulder, she'd still moved though, unconsciously accommodating herself to Ranma's, surely searching his body heat. Her mouth was now so close to his face that he could feel her little hot puffs of air against his cold skin.
"Sweet torture" muttered the teenager martial artist.
Ryoga was pacing Ranma's room in circles, stopping every now and then to run her hand through his hair and then continuing her journey. He should've expected his cousin to act on impulse, never one to sit down and think through the stuff. He was worried though, a sign that could be taken upon the fact that he was swearing darkly under his breath.
'moron, idiot, jerk…'
"and a good night to you too" Ranma's cheerful voice greeted him.
Ryouga turned around, ran to him and grabbed him by the collar, not having time to acknowledge the bundle being carried in his cousin's arms.
"You sodding son of a bitch!" he seethed.
"shhh. Can't you see, she's sleeping?" he retorted angrily, yet as quietly as he could muster.
It was only then, when Ryouga had retreated his hand back and stepped a few feet away from Ranma than he did realise what was happening.
"What the hell! Are you fucking out of your mind?" his hands were now running strange patterns trough his hair. "How can you be so…arghh. What are you thinking about bringing her here?" he couldn't help but demand louder.
"Cut the shouting out, you're going to wake her up" Ranma argued back.
Ryouga regarded his cousin astonished. Ranma was gracefully sitting on the bed; he had yet to let the Tendo girl go, as she clung gracefully to him. Ranma was watching her mesmerised forgetting for a moment about Ryouga's presence while the latter kept a good eye on them.
Ranma's hand traced Akane's face softly then wrapped the blanket more guarded around her tucking it gently at her neck.
It was when Ryouga started laughing out of the blue, a habit he had taken on doing quite often nowadays at Ranma's expenses, that the boy noticed him again.
"You're pussy-wipped"
Ranma groaned under his breath.
"You're in big shit, dear cousin"
"You know how much it disgusts me when you use the term "dear" when you talk about me… and yeah, no news here."
"My god's Ranma, you should think before acting! What the hell are you going to do with her now? You are surely not planning to keep her here…"
"That's exactly what I'm going to do"
'I need to sit down, maybe even drink some vodka' Ryouga muttered darkly, pacing once more through the room.
"You must be kidding me" Ryouga repeated not quite yet believing him.
"I can assure you I am not"
Ryouga's hands run across his dishevelled hair.
"My god, you can't be serious. It's your father who is after her! She is no safer here than she'd be out alone in the forest with a pack of starving wolfs!"
"Yet again another assumption I'd have to disagree with. As you can expect, no-one will ever think of her being here."
"And what do you plan on doing? Not letting her go out of your room? She could be discovered for all we know!"
"But that's were you come in. You did say you'll help me with this."
"yeah, I did say that but I had never expected you to do any of this! Besides, you were supposed to fetch me, you impatient idiot! Now, look what mess we are into!"
Ranma looked down at Akane before answering.
"I couldn't let her go"
"It's ok, I understand, it's just you should've thought about well…"
"now it's done. Besides, I did think of it. I'll take care of her, furthermore Genma is going on a trip tomorrow morning; he's visiting Mouse as far as I know. He won't discover her; I'll make sure of that and so will you"
"Where are you planning to make her sleep?"
Ranma coked an eyebrow slyly.
Ryouga laughed softly saying.
"I'll let you be then, good night indeed" he said, the gleam in his eyes didn't go unnoticed by Ranma.
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