Ranma 1/2 Fan Fiction ❯ A Simple Wish ❯ The Challenger ( Chapter 7 )

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Xero-ghost: I'm not really picking and choosing their history, most of their personalities stay the same, even Ryouga's. He did in on of the OVA's help train Akane to defeat Natsume and Karumi, so that's where I got that idea from and its not really that far fetched that he would also help her when she's up against a strong challenger as well.. Even though I gave Ryouga a little bit of the Ranma name calling thing, he is still the same inside.

 

HyperActivePinky: Heehee if I told you what happens then what's the point in reading the story? *Grins*

 

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Disclaimer: Not mine. Cries I wish!!

Summary:  Ranma is fed up with Akane; he makes a simple wish to never have met her.  Lady Fate takes pity on him and grants his wish.  A problem arises with this wish; he remembers everything before the wish was granted.

 

 

 

 

A Simple Wish

Episode 7-The Challenger

 

Ranma was reading on the subject of Ancient Grecian farm life in the History class, he looked up at Akane who was reading up on the Greek Myths. "Akane I don't even know how to begin writing this report."

 

Her eyes shifted from her book to Ranma. "I don't really know either, what exactly should we write the report on? Does Iru-Sensei want us to write how the people lived during this time or what?"

 

Iru was passing Akane's desk while talking quietly with Konton, she heard what Akane said and looked over. "You may write your report on anything that deals with Ancient Greece."

 

"Might I suggest something?" Konton asked Akane, Iru rolled her eyes and continued to the next pair of students who were also in need of a question answered.

 

"No." Ranma said bitterly while continuing to flip through the pages of the book.

 

Akane groaned. "Never mind him, what is your suggestion Konton?"

 

Konton brought a chair over and sat down facing Akane. "I suggest writing your report on a God who hardly gets any recognition at all. One that very few know about; because the stupid people that wrote about the Gods, they didn't think that this one was important enough to include in their tales." Konton was slightly angry, but not so much that it was noticeable. Both Akane and Ranma's brows arched in thought while looking at each other.

 

"Well, who is it?" Ranma snapped at Konton, why did he feel the urge to ram his fist into his face every time he saw him? Probably because Konton here was smug, arrogant, and a downright jerk.

 

"His name happens to be Chaos, Lord of mischief, misfortune, suffering and destruction." Konton said proudly.

 

Akane coughed. "Uh, I don't think such a God existed if they were real that is, there would be some proof in a book or something wouldn't there be?"

 

Konton's brow arched. "Oh really, you don't think such an immortal being exists? Hmm that's rather closed minded of you."

 

"Well it is rather unbelievable, since the other Gods are in charge of those particular qualities." Akane said looking down at her text book, she missed his eyes narrowing.

 

`They wish they were in charge of what I control,' Konton thought to himself. "Well it was just a suggestion, but if you really want to know what you are dealing with…in a report then you will take my advice and at least look something up on him, I think your report will be much better if you include something with all of the Gods in it, not just the most popular and widely known ones."

 

Ranma rolled his eyes. "We'll consider it, okay buh, bye now." He waved Konton off rather rudely.

 

Konton stood, the chair feet scratching the floor as the chair moved a few inches. "I can take a hint, Saotome, I know where I'm not wanted." Konton glared hard at Ranma before turning around and heading back to his desk.

 

"Ranma, that's awfully rude. He was just trying to be helpful."

 

Looking over at Konton, Ranma watched him talking with Fuwa. "I just don't like the guy, there's something about him…"

 

"Who are you to judge someone? You turn into a girl for heaven's sake." Akane had leaned closer to him.

 

Ranma looked around wildly. "Shh, we don't need that getting out you know."

 

"It won't hurt you to show a little kindness to Konton, although he is slightly odd, he's a nice guy." Akane sat back against the back of her chair, looking around the room. "You know I don't feel much like working on the report after school today, I'm really busy at home with the challenge coming up in a few weeks."

 

Not knowing why he wasn't telling her that he was her challenger, Ranma said. "You know Akane, maybe they will have second thoughts and back out of it."

 

"I don't think so, I hear the person I am up against is really arrogant and wants to prove that he can beat anyone anywhere, no matter what is at stake." Akane looked right at him.

 

"Hey! That's not true, I'm sure your challenger just wants to prove that he is the best fighter, he probably doesn't mean any insult to you or your family's dojo."

 

Akane rolled her eyes. "This guy, I think his name is Gendo or something, his name kind of slips my mind at the moment. Wants to acquire my family's Dojo, I mean what's the point in it? Why do something like that? We'd have to start all over again from scratch and we don't have enough funds to do that. And we certainly don't want to teach what he teaches, honestly, a more deceptive version of the Anything Goes Martial Arts."

 

"Maybe your challenger will go easy on you, and well let you win."

 

"Oooh the jerk better not, I want to win fairly not because he let me, but because I truly have what it takes to win. Understand? I do have some pride after all."

 

Ranma thought about what she was saying; perhaps he could help her out a little. If they have to fight each other, then he might as well give her a few tips maybe she would win, but then again he was a guy and she was a girl and there is just no way she would beat him being female and all, but he could help her to feel better about herself at the moment. But something tells him that if she found out that he was her challenger, well it just wouldn't be a good thing if she found out before the match. "You know, I was thinking that I could help you out. I'm pretty good at Martial Arts myself."

 

"Really? I mean Ryouga helps me train he might be a little upset if I had someone else help me as well."

 

With a shrug Ranma said, "Who cares, let the pig boy suffer a little." He chuckled. "You want to win right?" He saw her nod vigorously. "So then it is all in the sake of winning, it's not like I have another motive for helping you."

 

Fuwa leaned closer to her brother so they could talk privately. "Man even without his memories he is still getting close to her. Maybe you should give up this whole thing."

 

He shook his head no. "No way, this is what I am going to do." His face twisted up into a sinister grin. "You see it's simple, I won't have to do any memory erasing for what I had in mind. I am simply going to get Akane Tendou to hate Ranma Saotome."

 

"You're kidding, how will you do something like that? She doesn't look like she could hate him, even in this reality she seems to be drawn to him even though Ryouga is her fiancé." Fuwa leaned her elbow on the table. "You need to have a better plan than that."

 

"Do you have no faith in your own brother? Honestly Discord I am ashamed." He couldn't help the tiny chuckle that he tried to suppress. "Trust me, when she thinks he has betrayed her trust she will hate him."

 

"But does she even trust the guy?"

 

"Well enough to let him help her in practicing for her challenge which he happens to be the challenger." Konton lifted his head as he heard the bell wring ending the school day. He saw Akane leaving with Ranma and Ryouga who of course looked very angry. He snickered and couldn't wait to put his idea into action.

 

"I still don't see why this creep has to help you Akane. Don't I do a good enough job?" Ryouga asked on the way home from school

 

"Hey, leave her alone. I offered and she could probably use more than just your help." Ranma answered for Akane, who merely shrugged.

 

She looked at Ryouga. "I can use all the help I can get and you know it."

 

Ryouga couldn't help the next thing that came out of his mouth, he often never thought before he spoke. "It sounds like you're making an excuse Akane, so that girly-man over here can touch you again." Both Ranma and Akane stopped short, their cheeks flaming red.

 

Akane shook her head. "Ryouga, that is insane. What makes you think of such stupid things?" In some way Ryouga was right, because it was a much different feeling when Ranma had in some odd bizarre way caressed her. She didn't want to think about it, no it was wrong because she had feelings for Ryouga, right?

 

Ryouga shrugged. "Who knows where I get these ideas from, perhaps I just observe well or I just simply make them up in my insane head." He was now sounding sarcastic.

 

"Ryouga… I just want you to know that no matter what happens, I will not leave you." Akane felt her cheeks blaze hotter, "I promise."

 

He scoffed. "Its not like you have a choice now is it. I mean you have to stay with me right? Because of our parents."

 

"That's got nothing to do with it…I…ugh, never mind I don't have to explain myself to you! It wasn't on purpose you know, it was an accident!"

 

Ranma nodded. "I tend to agree with her, she would have had a pretty smashed up face if I hadn't stopped her from falling."

 

Ryouga moved right up into Ranma's face. "I don't believe that for one second, I can understand the saving her from falling part, but that other thing you did." He shoved his index finger in his face, "And don't you dare deny it, you know what you did and you had no right!"

 

"Fine Ryouga have it your way, but don't worry it didn't mean anything, it was done unintentionally." Ranma's eyes were narrowed.

 

"Let's just go home, Ryouga. Come on I'm tired of hearing about this. It was embarrassing enough as it is." Akane took a deep breath, she did not want to keep remembering what happened earlier this morning, all she wanted to do was forget it. Yet her mind was not letting her forget. She started walking further on down the sidewalk towards home.

 

With a grunt, Ryouga tightened his fists. "If I ever see you touching her like that again I will make you pay, do you get me? Akane is my fiancé and I will not allow her be stolen by the likes of you."

 

Suppressing the need to roll his eyes, Ranma merely smiled. "Fine, I won't. She is your girl I know that. Don't worry Ryouga it won't happen again." He turned and headed on down the street as well. Ranma couldn't believe it, that idiot saying he was going to make him pay, yeah right. There was no way Ryouga could ever beat him and Ranma knew that. But he also knew which battles to fight and when. This was definitely not the time to fight over a girl, because he didn't really care about Ryouga's girl.

 

But if he didn't care about her then why was he helping her with her martial arts? And why did it feel so good when he held her against him? It never felt like that when Shampoo or Ukyou managed to hold on to him, or even Fuwa. With Akane it felt right, almost perfect. Oh yes he recalled how Akane fit against him, how her firm backside… `Ugh Ranma stop it, she's Ryouga's'. He thought to himself harshly.

 

Ranma finally snapping out of his dirty thoughts went on down the sidewalk towards Akane's house. He saw her taking off her shoes she smiled at him and he felt his heart melt. Man! What was the matter with him?! He needed to stop feeling what he was feeling. He didn't even understand it; he hasn't even known her a whole week and he's practically melting under her gaze.

 

"I'll just go get changed and then we can start," She looked at his school uniform. "Would you like something else to wear, or can you do it in that?"

 

"I think I'll be fine in this," He said after unbuttoning the jacket part so that he was only in the white shirt and blue uniform pants. "Where should I hang this?"

 

Akane stepped forward with her hand extended. "Here I'll take it." She waited as he placed the garment in her hand, his fingers lightly brushing against hers. Feeling a pleasant sensation running through her now, both she and Ranma looked up at each other, then both of them, their cheeks reddened. Akane and Ranma's eyes both shifted to the floor and she cleared her throat uncomfortably. "I…I'll hang this up in the closet and you can go ahead to the dojo, you know where it is right?" She asked while staring at the floor.

 

Ranma nodded quickly. "Yeah." He heard her footsteps and glanced up, she had her back to him as she slid open the closet door, Ranma let out the breath he was holding and removed his shoes, then walking along the hardwood floor he made his way outside and to the dojo.

 

On his way there he saw Ryouga and his father fighting, much like he did with his own father. But Ryouga and his father seemed different, Ryosuke was actually smiling and when Ryouga kicked him to the ground, and Ryosuke was laughing.

 

"That was a good move son."

 

"Yeah I learned it from you Dad." Ryouga extended his hand and his father grabbed it and Ryouga helped pull his father to his feet.

 

Ryosuke clapped his son on the back. "How about we get some tea?"

 

Ryouga shrugged. "Sounds good." And they both headed the opposite way of the house.

 

Ranma rolled his eyes and shook his head, man they both had the bad sense of direction. He opened the dojo door and stepped inside, somehow the room smelled familiar, like he has been in here before.

 

"Ranma?" It was Akane's voice, and he spun around to face her. "Is everything all right? You seemed to be lost in space."

 

Shaking his head, Ranma said. "Just thinking." He looked around the room at the walls the mini shrine on the shelf as Akane walked towards him. "This is nice."

 

Shrugging her shoulders, Akane smiled. "I suppose so, it always been in our family. It would be terrible if someone took it away from us."

 

"That would be terrible." That did it, Akane loved her family's dojo and it would in fact be wrong to take it from her. Once he got home later tonight he would speak with his father about this. He was not going to fight Akane for it, he glanced at her and figured that since he was here he could still give her a few pointers just in case someone else came around challenging her family's dojo. "Do you want to get started or what?"

 

"Sure." Akane grinned and started her warm up session…

 

 

* * * *

 

"Akane?" Ranma was trying to calm his breathing "Why don't we take a little break?"

 

Feeling her limbs about to fall off Akane nodded, agreeing. "I think that's a good idea." Dragging herself to the closet door, she opened it and inside was a small mini fridge, after opening the door she pulled out a bottle of water. "Would you like some water Ranma?"

 

"Yeah sure," He was leaning against the wall, his eyes closed. This was not exactly a good idea, she was better than he thought. But still not as good as he was. Yet every time he wanted to show her something, he would have to touch her which sent his mind in an uproar, and not to mention his… he cleared his throat and sat up straighter.

 

She grabbed another bottle, turned and tossed it at him. Ranma caught it in midair, after twisting the lid off he downed like half of it. He needed to get his mind off of her uh parts and the way she would wiggle around not really knowing the effect she had on him.

 

"Thank you for helping me with this, I really appreciate it." Akane said quietly.

 

"No problem," He smiled uncomfortably. "I'm glad to help."

 

Someone coughed lightly by the door of the dojo and both Ranma and Akane looked towards the sound. It was Kasumi standing there with a smile on her face. "Akane you have a visitor."

 

"All right," She looked at Ranma. "I'll be right back." She hurried towards the door and looked out, seeing Konton standing by the koi pond with his hands folded behind his back, he was looking into the water as the fish came up and ate the food the Kasumi had just thrown to them. Why did he look so intimidating standing over there like that? Akane slowly headed in his direction, and he suddenly looked up and over at her. "Hey Konton, what brings you by?"

 

He waited till she was standing in front of him before he spoke. "I have to show you something, you see I consider us friends and it wouldn't be right if I just ignored what I saw." Konton noticed she looked confused. "I was in town, looking at the shops and trying to pick up something for dinner for my sister and I, when I saw this panda handing out papers."

 

"A panda?" That was odd Akane thought, there were no wild pandas here, unless one broke out of the zoo or something like that.

 

Konton reached into his pocket. "Yes a panda, anyway he had these." He pulled the yellow folded paper out of his pant's pocket. "Take a look." He extended the paper to Akane,

 

She took it looking at it curiously. Unfolding the paper, she discovered it was a flyer of some kind, she read it out loud. "Come one come all, watch as heir of the Anything Goes School of Martial Arts, Ranma Saotome crushes Heiress Akane Tendou of the Tendou Dojo, in battle on March thirteenth…" She stared at the paper, what was this, was this real? It couldn't be, could it? Was this guy that was slowly becoming her friend actually the one that she was supposed to be fighting in a few weeks?

 

Seeing the hurt in her eyes, Konton placed a tender hand on her shoulder and her head snapped up, anger was blazing in her eyes. "I figured that you'd want to know, I mean it would be wrong to keep you in the dark like this, when I'm sure someone you thought was your friend keeps this from you."

 

"He could have told me, damn-it!" Akane almost never cursed but when she did, that meant it was very serious. "I can't believe it, he was pretending to be my friend and what he was really trying to do was… UGH! He's a dead man."

 

"That's right Akane," He softly rubbed her shoulder, trying to comfort her. "You can't trust a guy like that. It's pathetic really, him using you like this, probably to learn your moves, your techniques so he could squash you in the match and take away something that you and your family loves."

 

"It just seems so unbelievable, you know like a dream."

 

Konton sighed for effect. "He tricked you is all, I don't think he even cares that he has hurt you. He would have told you that you two were supposed to fight if he was any kind of friend."

 

Akane growled, turning her angry and hurt gaze upon Konton. "You need to leave, Konton."

 

"Are you sure Akane, you really want me to leave?"

 

"Yes! Go!" She turned away from him and raced back towards the dojo, she was going to confront that lying jackass about this right now.

 

Konton watched with a sly smile as she hurried towards the building. "Akane, I think this worked a little too well." He tossed a rock into the koi pond before moving away from it, and towards the gate which led out of the Tendou's yard. Tomorrow was definitely going to be an interesting day.

 

Plastering a totally fake smile upon her face, Akane stepped inside the dojo. "Oh Ranma?" She said sounding sickeningly sweet.

 

"Are you feeling all right?" He asked a slightly uneasy with how she sounded. He noticed that she was angry, her whole body was shaking and she was keeping a completely straight face.

 

"Would you kindly tell me what this is?" She crumpled up the paper and threw it at him, the paper zoomed through the air and hit him right in the forehead. He blinked as he held his hands open and the yellow paper ball fell into his palms. Uncrumpling the paper, Ranma flattened it and began to read it.

 

He felt his heart thud painfully in his chest, Great! She found out he was her challenger and this paper well it was so rude and arrogant sounding. He groaned as his stupid father must have been handing these out. "How did you get this?"

 

"It doesn't matter." She answered tightly. Akane took a deep breath. "So, it's true then?"

 

Ranma looked away from her for a moment. "It is, I mean I didn't really…" She looked like she was about to cry, he could see and tell from how she was holding herself, and that is one thing he can not take is a woman crying. "Oh, Akane I…"

 

She closed her eyes. "How dare you, how dare you pretend to be my friend when you were only using me."

"What?!" It was hard to form thoughts in his head, but he had to defend himself. "I was not using you."

 

"Yes you were!" Her eyes opened and they were so dark with anger. "You only helped me so that you could learn my weaknesses so you can crush me on March thirteenth!"

 

"That's bullshit!" Ranma growled out. "I didn't write this, my stupid father wrote this!" He pointed to the paper, "I was going to go to him tonight to say that I wasn't going to fight you."

 

Akane laughed hard and sarcastically. "Yeah right, I can't believe it! You should have told me first off that you were my challenger. My father only told me that it was his old used-to-be friend's son that I was up against, no names no nothing. But you…you knew this whole time!"

 

"Yes I knew this whole time, is that something you want to hear, Akane?"

 

Akane yelled loudly in frustration, hurt, anger, betrayal and she ran towards him, intent on causing him some kind pain. She saw his eyes widen a bit, but it did nothing to stop her. "I'm going to make you suffer!" She tried kicking at him but he dodged her foot, she growled and kept trying to kick him in the head. Clinching her teeth together, She thrust her fists forward again and again but he just kept moving out of the way. "Damn you, stay still!" She hadn't noticed the tears streaming down her face, it shouldn't have hurt this much that he… pretended to be her friend, she hardly knew him.

 

"Stop it, Akane you are in no condition to fight me." He kept moving out the way of her blows.

 

"No, you will pay for this, for…" She saw him jump over her head, and she was about to turn around when she suddenly flew forward up against the wall, she groaned as her body made contact with the hard wood. She noticed she couldn't move away from it and that someone was pressing her hard against the wall. She grunted and moved around and then something flattened against her, keeping her there.

 

It was difficult but Ranma was able to hold her against the wall, she needed to stop and settle down, if she didn't she really was going to injure herself. "Akane come on settle down, you're going to hurt yourself."

 

She was not listening to him, there was no way she was going to let him trick her again. "Get off me!" Akane snarled, thrashing about to move him off of her.

 

"Akane, shh please listen to me. I'm sorry you had to find out like this…" He noticed she stopped her struggling. "I was not just using you to learn your weaknesses, honest." Ranma could feel her shaking so he knew she must be crying, but it was silent, he let out a soft sigh. "I know we haven't known each other that long, but Akane I do think of you as my friend. Really I would not intentionally hurt you like that." She sniffled, and without really thinking about it he lifted his hand into her hair, running his fingers through her short dark tresses. He could hear and feel her breathing mellow down, Ranma bent a little and nuzzled his nose in between where her shoulder and neck met. He felt her pulse quicken and her breathing hitched. Ranma's eyes were closed. "I'm sorry Akane, I'm sorry." He whispered soothingly.

 

His hands slid down from where he was holding her against the wall by her shoulders down to her waist where he twisted her around, her face was red and wet from her tears. He pulled her into him, her face buried in his shirt. Ranma leaned his cheek upon the top of her head. "You can trust me you know, if I couldn't have gotten out of the match I would have told you that it was me that you were to fight."

 

Akane took a step back, looking up at him. "Honestly, you were not just trying to learn my weaknesses?"

 

"Honestly," Ranma said, as he stared into her pretty chocolate brown eyes were glistening with her tears. "Doesn't it seem a little silly now? You got all worked up over nothing."

 

"Yeah…nothing."

 

Ranma's fingers were in her hair now, he swallowed hard as they drifted closer to each other, it all seemed like it was in slow motion, her eyes fluttering closed as his mouth neared hers. His fingers gently stroking up her neck, her cheeks. Ranma was moving closer to her, so close their lips barely touching when she suddenly pushed him from her.

 

Akane spun around covering her face with her hands. "Oh God, what am I doing?"

 

Ranma felt like he had just snapped out of some kind of daze, was looking at her so very confused. "Akane?"

 

She turned slowly lowering her hands from her face, looking right at him. "D-do you realize what almost happened here?" Her voice raised an octave in alarm. "This is not right, it isn't." Akane noticed he was listening intently to her, watching her every move. "I don't know why, but this…I can't do this…It's so strange I feel so different around you and I..." She looked at the floor. "I am so confused, how can I feel like this around someone I hardly know."

 

"Akane…I know how you're feeling because I feel something too. Something that I just can't explain, a feeling that I just want to be near you, and do certain things that are not spoken about in polite conversation, I just can't get the idea of you out of my mind." Ranma stepped closer to her and she took a step back away from him.

 

"I…I know, it's the same way with me." Akane was trying to calm down. "And it shouldn't be that way, it can't be that way."

 

"Why not? Why can't it be that way?" Ranma said gruffly, moving forward a step. "If it's something we both want?"

 

Akane shook her head no. "Ryouga, I…he… you know he's my fiancé and I care a lot about him."

 

"But your parent's set that up, didn't they?"

 

She nodded. "They did, but I have grown to like him so much. He's always been there for me in his own weird way. It might even be said that I love the jerk."

 

Ranma moved right up to Akane. "No you don't, not if you-" He was cut off when Akane turned away from him and stepped forward, but Ranma quickly caught her about the shoulders and pulled her back against him. "Akane I don't know what's happening, I don't understand it. But for some reason I don't want to be without you."

 

"No!" She in an almost violent fashion pushed away from him. "Don't say something like that to me." She hugged herself, seeming like guarding her heart with how her arms crossed over her bosom and her head tilted slightly downward. "You have to go, I can't deal with this right now. I just can't!" Her eyes slammed to his. "Please, just go?"

 

Feeling crushed Ranma nodded. "I will do as you ask." Taking slow steps towards the doors, he knew Akane was following after him, he didn't have to turn and look at her to know that she was there, he could feel her. Ranma walked through the yard, and into the Tendou's house, quietly, he gathered his shoes and slipped them on, opening the front door he stepped outside the door closed quietly behind him.

 

Akane leaned forward resting her forehead upon the cool wood of the door, she heard a knock and jolted back a little. Pulling the door open she saw Ranma there. "Ranma? What-"

 

He cut her off. "My uniform jacket." Ranma pointed to the white shirt he was wearing.

 

"Oh right," Her voice was quiet as she turned around and took three steps back, sliding the closet door open she pulled his blue uniform jacket from off the hanger. She looked down at it as she stepped back to the open door. Akane lifted her eyes to his and held the jacket out to him.

 

Ranma reached forward and grabbed her wrist yanking her forward, without giving her any time to speak or gasp he covered her mouth with his. She was crushed in his arms as he kissed her, and she was not resisting. In fact she seemed to be kissing him back. Their mouths opened, and softly, experimentally, Ranma touched her tongue with his, he heard her soft moan caused him to kiss her more confidently, his mouth wet and his tongue slipping and sliding powerfully against hers. Ranma felt a spark and heard something odd. `We are not a couple, we're fighting…there is no way I could marry someone like that! …Just because I call you uncute doesn't mean that I… Akane is mine and no one is going to take her from me…Akane belongs to me!!...Ranma please, I like you the way you are!!... Akane, if he makes you happy I won't stand in your way, but tell me why, why are you choosing him over me?'

 

This was it! This was what was missing, he could feel it, see it, he could remember it. Ranma saw the moment he and Akane met up until now. Lady Fate visiting him one night, him making a wish and how he had gotten here to this point. He saw that woman, that Fuwa erasing Akane from his mind. But now he could not let go, not now. It was then that he felt Akane stiffen completely, she started wiggling about. Probably remembering that she was not supposed to be doing this.

 

Ranma released her and she took a step back, her head tilted downward. "Akane, I…"

 

"Leave, Ranma go now." She said tightly, trying to control her emotions and everything she was feeling. Akane was not going to look up at him, she just couldn't. She heard his footsteps slowly walking away from the door. Akane took a long, deep breath and closed the door. Feeling lower than dirt she hated herself, she had done an unforgivable thing, she had betrayed Ryouga and with his rival. How could she live with herself now? Why did this happen, why now of all times?

 

"Akane?" It was Kasumi's voice.

 

Akane's head shot up, tears again for the second time that night streamed down her face, she ran to her elder sister and threw her arms around her. "Oh Kasumi."

 

Kasumi was shocked even if she didn't show it. "Akane? Shh it's all right, don't cry." She put her arms around her sister, holding her tightly. Soothing her much like their mother would have. She looked up over at the door, wondering what had happened to make Akane act this way.

 

As Ranma was walking home that night, only two thoughts where in his head Akane of course and just who were Konton and Fuwa? They were not human. Ranma gazed up at the stars, Fuwa was able to make him a spineless jelly fish, and control most of his thoughts and Konton was able to create a strange fear and not to mention that eye changing thing. Something was telling him that these two were dangerous, not only to himself, but to Akane as well. Now that he had his memories of her back, Ranma was not about to lose them all over again. Why would they want him to forget about Akane anyway? Just what is going on?! He was now a man on a mission, and he would not rest until he figured out just what purpose Konton and Fuwa had here.

 

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Well that's it for episode 7, I hoped everyone enjoyed it, because I really enjoyed writing this episode. And if you are as huge a Ranma fan as I am you will all know exactly where and what episodes I got Ranma's memories from ^_^ Until next time viewers er I mean readers.

 

Thanks and remember to review,

Ryoko Blue