[Ranma][FanFic] Unfolding Destiny.pt 1 Beginnings
Rick
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Unfolding Destiny
Part 1
Beginnings
Ranma awoke in the early morning chills his heart still
wavering from the night's cool air. "Its.. c-c-c-c-cold" Her teeth
chattered more than spoke in its wake. It was cold. So cold that the
schools were shut down^Å of course this part of it did not bother the
students of Furinken high, more so the ill gotten flu that
accompanied such coldness. Genma, a panda sleeping comfortably
on his futon next to Ranma, which was not too happy, too see her
father's form.. Mainly because to get into it he splashed himself and
Ranma while he was sleeping... "Stupid old man..." she mumbled
before getting up.
Ranma walked down the stairs and looked around.. It was still
too early for the sun to come up and so it seemed all were still resting
in their cozy beds. Ranma sighed softly and went to the bathroom to
warm up. She slipped off the shirt and shorts he normally wore to bed,
since he *thought* the futon was warm when he went to bed and
should stay warm till morning till Genma ruined that plan as well.
She burred and shivered at the cold water she dowsed herself
with. Making sure to clean up before going into the furo.
"Awwww....." His voice cracked to normal as he sank into the tub..
Basking in the warmth of the bath. His eyes drifted to the window of
the bathroom and look out of it.. the morning snow flowing onto the
ground and the stars barely visible through the clouds. "It seems so
peaceful..." he said to himself enjoying one of the few moments of
peace he really got, out side from the *boring* school days he
endured. At times like this his thoughts went to Akane.. She was there
now. He choked back a feeling.. and sank into the tub.. "Akane..." he
whispered into the steam.
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Akane awoke to the sound of someone walking in the hall. ~It
must be Ranma~ She thought to herself. She had seen Genma fetching
the pale of water after Ranma had went to bed. She really hadn't slept
too soundly for the past week or so. ~It was the cold~ she had given
that reasoning to herself. But something inside her had told her that
that really was not the true answer but it was suffice, and she did not
dwell on it any further.
Lately her nights have been filled with thoughts of Ranma.
Although she protested the engagement, and all the insistings of her
Father. Something was making her think of him. It seemed so strange.
After a year or so she had Ranma in her life and wanted him rid of...
But now.. Now is different, she could not think of her life without
him.. Not with out Ranma...
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Later that morning Ranma realized he had fallen asleep and let
the whole room steam up. "Aw man.." he said as he tried to determine
the switch to the steam fan.
He froze when he heard the door to the bath open... Then he
saw the figure walk in slowly feeling its way through the mist to the
switch, behind Ranma. The closer it got the more sweat appeared on
his forehead.. He was a deer caught in the headlights of a Semi..
Frozen...
He saw a hand reach out and touch him in the chest..
She gasped as her hand touched flesh.. the Steam barely
outlining the body before her.. Ranma stumbled backwards and hit the
switch allowing the steam to leave the room quickly. Ranma's eyes
widened as her face became clear from the steam.. and froze from
another startilization.
She watched his face and chuckled softly "Oh Ranma..." She
leaned in for a kiss and he watched helplessly.. Their lips pressed
together lightly....
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Blublub................!!!!!
Ranma awoke in the tub sputtering and coughing... "Aw man, I
coulda drowned or something.." He said standing shaken from his
realization. His mind drifted to the dream and touched his lips "That
felt weird. Usually I can't feel in my dreams.. at least not like
that.."
He mumbled.
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Ranma walked to the table settling down next to Genma, Kasumi
smiles and set his plate before him "Good morning Ranma" She said.
"Morning Kasumi" he nodded back before he began to shovel his
food into his mouth. Akane watched slightly sighing before finishing
her meal.
"Honestly Ranma, At least you could eat like you weren't
starving." Akane said as she stood. Ranma looked at her a moment, as
if to say something and stopped short remembering his dream. Akane
saw his expression and walked to the dojo "I'll be waiting for our
morning Spar Ranma, if that is OK with you.." Curiosity was riddled
on her face as she left.
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Ranma finally walked into the dojo, he saw Akane strike the
pile
of bricks before her, shattering them with her brute strength. "I'm here
Akane." She jumped and turned quickly to him. Sending a kick to his
head. He ducked and slipped past her as she struck out with a hand.
"Come on, Ranma if we are going to spar, you are going to have
to make an offense" She emphasize *offense* with a quick sidekick,
which he side stepped away from. She felt her heart pound in her chest
while he sat there calm and cool. ~Alright Ranma... Here we go!~ She
said to herself as she quickened the pace. He dodged her attacks easily
and made her mad. "HiYAaaaa!!" She screamed and hit him square in
the jaw sending him reeling back "Baka...." She spoke as she watched
Ranma fly across the dojo.
Ranma Flipped around correcting himself as he flew. With a
smirk he looked to Akane "You got a hit harder tha---" His words were
cut short when his foot landed on a barbell and it slipped from under
him. "Ahhh..!" He yelped out as he fumbled backwards. His eyes
dilating slightly and with a nasty *thrack* he struck his head on the
Barbell rack, throwing his head forward into unconsciousness.
"Ranma!!!" Akane ran to his side, and looked down at the
bleeding Ranma on the floor. "Oh no.... What have I done?" She knelt
down and placed a hand on his chest feeling his heart, it was fading..
"KASUMIII!!!!" She Screamed "CALL DR TOFU!!!".
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Ranma slowly began to waken.. His eyes focusing slowly on the
over head light. Other than the light the throbbing pain on the back of
his head was the first thing that he could afixiate on. He sat up and
laid
back down when a dizzy spell hit "Wh..Where am I?" He said groggily.
"Don't worry Ranma, you're in my office." A familiar voice
said
to him as the light dimmed.
"D-Dr. Tofu?" A gentle arm held him down as he felt the doctor
checking him out
"Yes Ranma, it seems you had a nasty accident and you have a
small laceration on the back of your head with a slight concussion, but
it
will be all right in a few days"
Ranma looked at Tofu and nodded. He heard something and
turned his head to see Akane sobbing silently, mouthing "Ranma, I'm
so sorry" Over and over.. A small smile presented itself to his face and
saw Akane look at him... Her eyes locked in his a moment before
sighing in relief.
At that moment a large explosion boomed over Tokyo, shaking
the clinic. "W-w-w-what was that-t-t-t" Akane's voice stuttered as the
vibrations through the floor jarred her body. Ranma slid across the
room and his eyes whirled uneasily.
Tofu held onto Ranma's table before he hit the wall "Whoops."
Tofu said keeping Ranma's head from hitting the metal guard.
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**** An earth shattering explosion in middle Tokyo was
established to be an unexplainable natural phenomenon, Police has
sanctioned off what appears to be the center of the bl+----.. Nabiki
clicked off the Video of the news coverage.
"Un explainable hmmm?" she sad to her self "I bet it was one
of
their many experiments.." A knock came at the door.
"Dinner's ready Nabiki" Kasumi's soft voice came through the
door.
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Ranma was the last one at the dinner table, his head
supporting an
ice pack to his head. Drowsily he put the food in his mouth and chewed
carefully the ringing of pain shot through his wound but the pain was
dying slowly. a night's rest is what he needed and wanted. So he left
the table and went to bed.
Akane watched Ranma feeling guilty for this mornings accident
although Ranma insisted he was alright, she and the others knew he was
hurt bad. Dr. Tofu told her that the injuries he had sustained would
have
killed any other person were it not for his high constitution he would
have too. He didn't tell Ranma this he did not want the boy worrying
over it, that would definitely flare it up.
Nabiki kept tabs of everyone and knew Ranma would be ok by
Monday, this being Saturday, that is a fast recovery of the loss of
blood
and the almost brain damaging shock Ranma went through.
A knock came from the front door, Kasumi answered it with an
"Oh my.." which caught everyone in the living room's attention.
Kasumi led a very messed up Ryoga who slumped onto the ground.
"D-Doc?" Ryoga groaned as he fell into unconsciousness. Soun
Quickly dialed the all too familiar number.
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Dr. Tofu looked at Ryoga's injuries and began to bandage the
lost
boy's arm. "What happened?" Tofu looked to Akane whose mind was
startled out of reverie with his question.
"I-I-don't know^Å He just knocked on our front door like this."
Akane said shaken.
Ryoga's eye opened up half way before he breathed a long sigh
"I
*am* alive..."
Tofu's eyes turned back to Ryoga hearing the realization. "Now
look, try not to move too much until I get some more bandages on you"
Tofu said as he restrained the boy from sitting up. As Tofu wrapped
Ryoga's other arm he looked to him "Tell me what did this to you"
"Ex-plosion." Ryoga heaved out. Tofu and Akane gasped. "Too
strong." Ryoga's eyes blurred a moment "Ho-ido, Ga-mei" *gasp* "too
strong..." Eyes closing slowly as the pain washed over the medication
"...."
"Hoido Gamei?" Akane questioned more to herself than Tofu.
"Gamei Hoido, I believe he was saying" They both turned to the
door where Nabiki stood. Her sister and the doctor ready to ask her
questions shut them up with a quick finger to her temple. "Yes, one
Gamei Hoido, a martial artist that , in all fairness is a good fighter,
more
like a god of fighting." She looked at Ryoga's semi charred form "looks
like that 'unexplained' event in middle Tokyo is now solved for the
Tendos, Soatomes, and one Hibiki."
They looked at her and Tofu said the next word breaking the
thought filled silence "I see.." He looked back at Ryoga and
administered more pain killers/ "That explains the chi burn effect on
his
body."
They all heard the door to the clinic open and gathered to see
a
battered Mousse holding a what looked like a sleeping Shampoo.
"Please, Dr. Tofu" Mousse pleaded "Help Shampoo.. The old ghoul
was not able to reverse the sleep spell that unearthly creature put on
her.." They all blinked.
~A spell even the old crone wasn't able to cure?~ Akane's mind
whirled. Tofu from behind her, walked around Akane to guild mousse
to a gurney where he could check them both out.
Feeling a bit out of place and with a little added words from
Tofu,
Akane and Nabiki headed home.
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As Akane walked pass Ranma's door she peeked in on him. He
was sleeping quietly curled slightly on his side. She smiled softly and
walked in. Gently tucked the covers over him before leaving the
sleeping boy.
"You know Akane, these times when you actually show
kindness to Ranma seems to tell me that you like him." Akane froze at
the voice and slowly turned around to look into the cool face of her
sister leaning against the wall.
"What are you talking about Nabiki?" Akane retorted.
Nabiki sighed "You know as well as I, that you love him." Her
cool face never letting up. With a red face and a sour look Akane
stormed to her room.
"How would *you* Know?!" Akane said as she slammed the
door.
Nabiki winced slightly, not at the door but her words. The
Coldness of her persona. Everyone thought it went right down to the
core, and now her sister even felt that way, it seemed.
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Monday rolled around and Ranma was at the clinic waiting for
his
check up by Dr. Tofu. "Akane, I said I feel fine." He spoke to the dark
haired girl on his left.
"So?" She looked at her. "You still *need* a check up" Akane
said facing the pigtailed girl. ~*Girl?* When? How?~ She sighted
irritably "When did *this happen?" She said motioning to the red head's
figure. She had dragged Ranma here behind her and didn't notice the
change. Could be due to Nabiki's words on Saturday shook her enough
that she was avoiding looking at him much.. Not wanting to give her
sister the knowledge she was keeping from herself.
"That old lady cleaning the street..." Ranma said sullenly.
"Geez, you always get caught by her dontcha?" She said
teasingly.
"Come on Akane, *You* were the one who dragged me in front
of her!" Ranma retorted and Akane chuckled. "Huh?" ~Whats she
chucklin' 'bout?~ Before she could say anything about it Mousse
walked in and sat down in front of the both of them.
"Mousse, What happened to you and Shampoo" Akane Asked the
blind boy.
"A Man named Gamei Hoido ran into the Nekohanten and took
up Shampoo in his arms." Mousse Spoke with uneasiness "He looked
at her eyes and dropped her saying : "your eyes show me you are not
the one": and she fell asleep". With Remorse he continued softly "I
tried
to fight him but he was too strong for me.."
"Gamei Hoido? Thats the same guy that beat Ryoga." Akane's
mind reeling. "What do you think he is after?" Akane questioned and
Mousse shrugged.
"Whoa Wait a minute, some guy attacked you, Shampoo and
Ryoga?" Ranma Said confused.
"Thats right Soatome." Mousse looked to his rival. Silence
echoed between the three of them. The creaking of wood broke their
steadfast looks and they saw Ryoga holding the door open, his right eye
bandaged and patched, with his right arm in a sling.
He slid into a seat next to the window "I think I heard him
say he
was after some woman." Ryoga said half muffled by the gauze on his
jaw. "I heard you guys talking so I walked in here.. took me a few
minutes to find the door again." He answered their unphrased question
and nodded, with that eye out of commission he is definitely hopeless.
"What kind of girl?" Ranma Said looking through her red bangs
at the taller Ryoga.
Ryoga shrugged "A strong girl, that what I remember." Her cute
voice peaked from the door and yawning she stepped in. The lavender
haired amazon still stifling the yawn as she sat down.
"Tea anyone?" Dr. Tofu walked in with a tray and set it on the
table "Now Shampoo, I told you not to over exert yourself, you know
that if you fall asleep again you will be for a very long time." Shampoo
nodded and sighed as she leaned back. Oh and Akane, as to what
Nabiki said about Gamei Hoido... He is a god." He said seriously. "I
looked him up in my library."
Ranma's ears slightly perked listening to the story Tofu was
about to begin.
To be continued^Å
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