Ranma 1/2 Fan Fiction ❯ A Simple Wish ❯ It's in the Past ( Chapter 8 )

a: Oh, it will be explained why Happosai left Genma for Tendou and Ryosuke haha.  Lady Fate hasn't done anything to Akane other then clean her memories out of what Chaos did to her.  She had no idea what almost happened that night.  And the reason Akane has shown nothing but friendship to Ranma up until now is because of the fact that we have mostly been in Ranma's point of view, and not Akane's.  You the readers know that Akane fidgets a lot, but it's not because she is trying to ask a question, it is because she is somehow reacting to Ranma.  People don't fidget when they want to ask questions, they just do it.  I guess it wasn't a good enough clue that she was struggling with something, especially if he is staring at her or if she was standing next to him when she was fidgeting, or fallen that time she fell on him.  That first time she fell on him, if you notice she did not get off of him right away, only when Ryouga was yelling at her.  Since we never really hear her thoughts I wanted to bring them out in chapter 7 that she too is fighting against something that seems to be drawing her to him.  I feel that if someone is hopelessly in love like Akane is with Ranma, and Ranma is with Akane it wouldn't matter what reality they would be in because they would still find each other.  And if I told you about Ranma if he would remember Ukyou's warning then why read the fanfiction? *winks* Some things you just have to wait and see what develops. *grins*

Xero-ghost:  You were right on some of the episodes where I got Ranma's memories.  Although the first ones, where Akane says we're not a couple, we're fighting and I could never marry someone like that, came from the very first episode of Ranma, where they meet for the first time.  Oh and Akane doesn't slap him in Shinosuke's defense, she get's between the two of them at the last moment and Ranma stops instantly.  She doesn't actually strike him at all in that episode.  I should know that is my favorite episode of all time, mostly because it tells you exactly how they feel about each other  I've probably watched it about 100 times.  *snickers*

Bunny/Sailor moon- I am so glad you are enjoying my fanfiction, ^_^  Thanks for reading.

And a big thank you to the rest of you, if it weren't for all of you I wouldn't have felt so motivated into writing this wonderful fanfiction.  Thank you all so very much.

Now on with the show!! :)

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 8-It's in the Past

Akane paced in her room; what was going on here?  Why did she feel a sudden connection with someone that she didn't really know? How is that even possible?  Ryouga has always been the one she thought she had feelings for, not just your small puppy love crushes, but real true love.  It wasn't until this other guy, this Ranma, came into her life and threw her on an emotional roller coaster.  She was so confused and did not know what to do.  She did promise that she would not leave Ryouga and she always kept her word, after all she did care a lot about him, she did love him, and not because of their parent's arrangement, before she realized it, real feelings began to form with him. 

She looked up at the long mirror in her room, at her reflection.  Akane was in a huge mess.  "What should I do?!" She shouted at herself.  Akane turned around to leave the room when she heard someone knock.  "Who's there?"

"Akane, it's me." It was Ryouga's voice that came through the door. "Uh, can I come in.  We need to talk."

Feeling a lump form in her throat she gulped. "Uh…yeah sure."  Quickly pulling the door open, she found Ryouga standing there, emotionless.  "What did you want to talk about?"

Stepping into her room Ryouga ran a hand through his hair. "While I was lost this evening, I was doing some thinking and talking with my father."  He sat down in her desk chair. "I know I've been kinda jerky to you, and I don't really mean to be.  It's just that I don't know how to act around you. I do like you, I really do."  His face was bright red. "In fact Akane, I think, well you know, I uh…"

"Oh…Ryouga.  You shouldn't say things like this."  Akane interrupted him while glancing at the floor, 'why is he making declarations now, of all times?'  She thought to herself.

"Why not?"  He stood up again, walking towards her.  "I think it's time I told you how I really feel about you, even if I don't show it all the time…"

"Ryouga, no! Not now, please."  She couldn't handle this, two different yet strange declarations of feelings from two different people.  It was enough to cause her to have a mental breakdown.

His brows crinkled. "Akane?  What's the matter?"  Timidly, Ryouga reached out covering her hand with his. "Are you mad at me for some reason?  I don't remember doing anything lately."

She shook her head, how could he possibly understand, how could he stand there and look so different and happy while saying all this to her, without him knowing what she did, and how she betrayed him with someone he hated.  "Ryouga, I…I don't deserve you.  You're better off with someone else."

"What?" Now he was really confused. "Akane, what has gotten into you?  This is not like you at all."  He grabbed her hand more firmly and pulled her forward a little.  I know you have feelings for me Akane and you hide it well from me, just like I do from you. Why are you speaking like that?"

"I'm a bad person Ryouga, you deserve someone honest and who won't hit you all the time or call you names or accuse you of doing things you really have no control over."  She lifted her head, her eyes brimming with unshed tears.

He shook his head.  "Akane you are not a bad person, a little violent at times maybe, but I deserve everything I get."  Slowly, unsurely he lifted his fingers to her cheek, and he saw it, her tears started falling.  "A…Akane, I am in love with you."

"No! Ryouga you don't understand!  I kissed someone else!"  And she pulled away from him, cradling her hands against her bosom.

Ryouga's eyes widened.  "What?"

"I'm sorry Ryouga, it just happened.  I didn't mean for it to happen."

All Ryouga could see was red, she had kissed someone, another guy! Hopefully another guy, he mused.  "Who was he?"

"Was? Don't you mean is?"  Akane looked up at him.

"No, I meant was, he'll be dead soon because I'm going to kill him."  His gaze collided with hers. "Akane, tell me who this guy is. Do you like him a lot, better than me?"

She sighed. "Ryouga, how can I compare you two, it's impossible.  You're both completely different."  She paced for a moment then sat down on the edge of her bed, "I am just really confused, I didn't expect any of this.  And I don't want you to suffer because of me.  Ryouga it's probably best if you tell your father this arrangement is seriously not going to work."

Thinking a moment, Ryouga sat down next to her, then turned facing her side.  "I am not going to do that Akane, because I no longer care about the arrangement, I care about you.  And I am going to fight for you.  I know it doesn't seem like I am understanding at all, but there is a lot I hide from you.  I want you to be happy, and I know I can make you happy.  And I will prove it to you.  That other guy, he doesn't have a chance against my feelings for you."

Akane looked at him. "Ryouga…" She sighed, closing her eyes a moment, "I have never heard you speak this way before."  Smiling lightly, she said. "I like it, a lot."

Ryouga smiled too. "That settles it then, Akane no more feeling guilty all right."  He patted her on the hand. "Now tell me who this other guy is."

"You won't like what you hear." Akane said cautiously.

"That doesn't matter."  Ryouga had a feeling who it was, he knew down into the tips of his toes just who this other guy was.

After taking a deep breath, Akane answered. "You know him, I guess you can say he's your greatest enemy."

Was she doing this on purpose drawing it out like this, then Ryouga figured out that she was nervous, her eyes were darting back and forth from him to the wall and she held her hands folded tightly in her lap.  "It's all right Akane, just tell me.

"It was uh…um…Saotome." She closed her eyes tightly, waiting for his cry of I'll kill the bastard right now! But it never came, carefully she opened one eye and saw him sitting there calmly.

He knew it! And he was going to kill him.  But there was no point in showing Akane how insecure and stupid he can be, so he'll just fume silently.  "I see, Akane you should not blame yourself for anything.  I've had suspicions that the idiot was up to something to do something horrible to me.  I'll take care of it."

"Ryouga, what makes you think he was up to something against you, I mean I haven't known him that long and would he if it was some kind of plot to destroy you it wouldn't involve me, he didn't even know who I was until he switched to our class."

"Yeah Akane, he switched to our class.  Why would he do something like that, he's too stupid to pull average grades in our difficult class, and he somehow became your work partner and offered to help you train for the upcoming challenge, plus other things that I have noticed.  For some reason he has been trying his hardest to get close to you."

Akane peered down into her lap, looking at her fingers, hmm did Ryouga have a point?  None of this craziness happened until she actually met the school-famed Ranma, what could he possibly be after?  It sure seemed like he was targeting her, but why?  It couldn't be just to make a fool out of Ryouga, since she heard that happened everyday even before she and Ranma had met.  She just hoped whatever was going on that Ryouga remained safe and well sane.  She looked up at him, concern shown clearly in her eyes. "Just don't do anything you are going to regret."

"There is nothing in my life that I regret, Akane. Nothing."

"Ryouga I am sorry about doing what I did."

He forced a smile. "Have no worries, Akane.  It is not your fault.  I will take care of everything."  Awkwardly he leaned forward and embraced her tightly, then red faced he pulled away and darted quickly from the room, closing the door behind him.  Leaning against Akane's bedroom door, he squeezed his fist tightly, glaring down at the floor.  "Ranma Saotome, prepare to die by my hand." He said out loud to no one in particular,  "You will pay for trying to steal Akane from me, you'll pay!"

Ryosuke's head appeared from within the extra bedroom. "Ryouga keep it down, people are trying to sleep."

Ryouga covered her mouth with his hand. "Sorry dad." Ryouga said a little muffled and watched as Ryosuke's head was pulled back into the room.  "You will pay, oh yes you will pay." Ryouga said quietly and turned to go down the stairs.

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Genma flew back into the wall. "What has come over you boy? I didn't do anything."  He jumped up and Ranma ran at him, hitting him a few times in the face and in the chest.

"Oh yeah, what about this!?" Ranma threw the crumpled up paper that Akane had thrown at him earlier that night.  He moved backwards and Genma came towards him trying to hit him, then Ranma flipped over Genma and kicked him in the back of the head and he zoomed across the yard hitting the tree face first.

Genma groaned out as he fell backwards and opened the crumpled paper and read what it said.  "I didn't write this."

"Then who did?" Ranma stood over his fallen father. "I want an explanation Pop."

Sitting up and crossing his legs sitting in and Indian style while crossing his arms over his chest.  Genma said. "I have no idea who wrote this, of course it does sound rather interesting perhaps I should have written this."

Ranma groaned. "Would you stop clowning around!  This is serious!"

"Ranma, I don't know who wrote that flyer.  You would know if it was me because I would admit to it."  He straightened his glasses a little. "Ranma I've heard rumors, rumors that you have been behaving in a friendly manner with your competition."

He shrugged. "So what, she's my history project partner, I kinda have to be friendly." Ranma lied through his teeth.

"Friendly enough to learn her weaknesses?" Genma's brow arched.

Ranma's fist shot forward and bashed his father right in the nose, he watched as his father reached up and cupped his nose.  Ranma's eyes narrowed bitterly at his pathetic father. "Absolutely not!  And what's more Pop, I ain't gonna fight her.  There I said it."

"What?" Genma slowly removed his hand from his face, and Ranma could see blood from his punch.  "Say that again boy? Did I hear you correctly?"

"That's right, you did.  I ain't gonna fight a girl for one thing, even if I can turn into a girl.  And I will not do anything to take the Tendou's dojo from them.  This is their life's work you're talking about taking here."

"Since when did you get so sentimental, Ranma.  Honestly.  You sound like a girl." He grabbed his son by the back of the shirt and threw him into their koi pond, and a red headed Ranma-chan popped up.

"You jerk! What the hell did you do that for?"

Genma laughed and his fists planted firmly on his hips. "If you're gonna act like a girl you might as well become one."

Ranma-Chan shook with anger. "Why you no good, Jack ass…" She jumped up out of the water and did a double kick with her foot right into Genma's face sending him back a little.  She flipped down behind him and kicked him hard in the back sending Genma right into the koi pond as well.

A large panda holding a sign that read 'not fair' popped up.

"Yeah, well you should have thought of that before you threw me in there you big jerk."  Dripping water everywhere Ranma walked across the yard and into the house, he made his way straight to the bathroom.  "That no good creep, he didn't have to throw me in there." Ranma-Chan muttered as she turned on the hot water and filled the tub, angrily stripping off her clothes she stepped into the tub and sat down turning from female to male instantly.  Leaning against the wall Ranma thought hard about who would have written that flyer if it wasn't his father.

Could Ryouga have done it?  Ranma shook his head… Nah, Ryouga would just try and fight him.  He didn't know anyone else who would know about the challenge.  This was just completely baffling.  And what was so different about Konton and Fuwa, sure they had glowey color changing eyes and Konton threatened him and using odd words like calling him a mortal.  It was then that Ukyou's warning rushed back into his thoughts.  'Ukyou, hmm maybe she was telling the truth?'  He would call her and talk to her.  Getting out of the tub he grabbed a towel and dried himself off before wrapping it around his waist and hurrying from the bathroom and into his own.

On his desk was a white cordless phone, he picked it up, dialed her number and waited… 'Hello, you have reached Ucc-Chan's Okonomyaki, I am not in right now, if you leave your name and number I will get back to you as soon as I can.'  Ranma looked at the receiver, that was strange Ukyou was always there.  Pushing the end call button he looked up and ran his hand through his hair.  He turned around and saw his history teacher standing there. He shrieked and jumped back!  "What the hell are you doing in my room?!" Ranma shouted clutching his towel tighter around his body. "How did you get in here?"

"Walls and locks can not keep me out." Iru closed her eyes and her disguise fell away, and in its place was a very tall woman with silver hair and a silver spun gown which was held up by one strap going over her right shoulder, she opened her eyes and they were the deepest blue Ranma had ever seen.  "Do you recognize me at all?"

Ranma's jaw was dropped and he stared, then suddenly he lifted his hand and pointed right at her.  "You! Its you, I remember you, you are responsible for this whole Ryouga and Akane mess!  You've ruined my life!"

Lady Fate's eyes blazed red and she snarled. "You dare blame this on me! This is your doing! This is what you wanted!  Don't you remember?!"  She snapped her fingers and a scroll appeared in her hand.  "I wish I had never met you Akane," She looked up at him, her eyes changing to a more dull red, but she was still angry.  "That was what you wanted, I gave it to you.  You didn't have to do anything for it and you blame all of your new problems on me?!  How dare you, you ungrateful little mortal."

Ranma jumped back in alarm. "All right, sheesh I'm sorry."

She closed her eyes and tried to calm down. "You need to see something, about Ryouga's past.  It's about time I put this whole thing more into motion, and perhaps this other guy deserves this girl you wished you had never met's attention more than you do."  She pointed at Ranma and he was suddenly in his clothes.  Lady Fate stepped right next to him and touched his shoulder.  "You really are ungrateful you know."  The two of them appeared fifteen years in the past.  "When I changed realities, I had to change the past as well.  Take a look."

Ranma sighed and looked on as he saw a much younger Soun Tendou and his own father fighting.  They were really going at it.

"Yeah, well if you're so much better then me, then you can have this martial arts way, Genma cause I quit!" Soun shouted.

Genma grinned. "Yeah you were always such a little wimp, you can't take anything the master ever threw at you."

"Wanna bet!?" Soun's fists clinched tighter at his sides. "You are such a no good, stuck up womanizing jerk.  You always think you're better than anyone else, to think I wanted us to carry on this martial arts style together and one day have our children marry.  What a fool I was."

"Yeah, well same goes for me. My son wouldn't marry any of your daughters if they were the last girls on Earth."

"Oh yeah!?" Soun growled.

"Yeah!" Genma stood up right in Soun's face.

"Oh yeah?!" Soun stood right in Genma's face and sneered.  "This friendship is over, good luck with handling the master and his panty raids on your own.  I'm outta here." Soun turned and grabbed up his backpack and swung it wildly onto his back and took himself through the woods.

Ranma jumped out of the woods and ran over to his father. "You idiot, don't just stand there, go and apologize!" Ranma shouted at his father, who merely ignore him, the big guy sat down on a rock and sighed looking very depressed.  "Come on get up, he's getting further away!"

Lady Fate shook her head. "Ranma, what are you doing?  He can not hear nor see you, these are shadows of what have been."  Lady Fate's brows crinkled together. "Oh great now I'm sounding like the bloody spirit of Christmas Past." She groaned, "that's the last time I play cards with her, anyway you can only observe what has already happened."

"What a haul, what a haul." Chanted in through the camp as a little man in a maroon gi bounded in with a green sack on his back.  "Get a load of what I captured today."  The little man glanced around, "Hey, where's Soun ole boy?"

"Uh…" Genma jumped up. "He…uh…left.  He said that he was much better than the two of us and that he was starting his own school.  He was being a right jerk about it too, I told him to stay but he tried to attack me.  But Soun was no match for my strength and speed." Genma bobbed around like one would in a boxing ring.  "I fought him off and then he ran off into the woods."

"I see, well I should go and talk to him.  He can't leave me and get away with it.  You wait here with these little babies." Happosai put the green sack of women's underwear at Genma's feet.  "Guard these beauties with your life."

Ranma groaned. "He's always been such a little freak, hasn't he?"

Lady Fate snickered. "Oh indeed, there was no changing him in any reality."

Shaking his head, disgusted Ranma watched as the little man bounded away, Lady Fate then nudged Ranma and pointed for him to follow the little man.  So Ranma did.  The both of them came across Soun sitting at the bank of a river, just watching the water.  They heard a rustling in the trees and Soun turned around and out of the woods came what looked like Ryouga's father fifteen years earlier, he was practically the splitting image of Ryouga.

"Sorry to bother you," Ryosuke said, then opening a map and looking at it upside down.  "Could you tell me if this is Yokohama?"

"Uh…no, this here is Shikoku." Soun said, and saw the young man's eyes close and clinch his fists tightly.

"Shi-Shikoku?"  He said in almost a whisper frustrated and angry.

Soun nodded. "I'm afraid so, you're a long way from Yokohama."

"Damn, stupid map!" He started ripping it up.

"Hey, hey don't do that.  You'll never get where you need to go if you tear up your map."

Ryosuke sat down in huff. "It wouldn't matter anyway, maps just lead me in circles.  I can never go where I need to be."

"Well why were you going to Yokohama anyway?"

Picking up a stick, Ryosuke poked the ground with it. "I heard of this legendary martial artist that lives there and if I got there perhaps he could train me, you know?"

Soun nodded. "You're a martial artist, hey me too." He smiled. "I'm Soun Tendou."  He held his hand out for Ryosuke to shake.

"Ryosuke Hibiki," He said grabbing a hold of Soun's hand and giving it a good shake.

"You've got a good grip." Soun said then letting go.

He nodded. "Yep, strength runs in my family."

"So why do you want to train with this legendary master anyway?"

Shrugging, Ryosuke answered. "Well, my wife just had a child, so I want to provide well for my family and teach them values and perhaps by someday starting my own martial arts school, I can give my family the kind of life I never had."

"Hey, my wife just had another baby as well, I now have three daughters.  And that is exactly how I think, but the master I train under was a pervert and a lecher, so I left."

Someone coughed behind them. "Soo, that's what you're up to is it." Happosai said and glared. "And just who is this guy?"

Soun felt the icy twinge of fear run up his spine. "Uh this is Ryosuke, I just met him."

"Is that so, well..."  Happosai started circling Ryosuke. "I overheard you wanted to train with a legendary martial artist, I tell you now that I am the best you'll ever come across, you should train under me."

"You don't look that great?"  Ryosuke said.

Happosai grinned. "Oh yeah, check this out." He jumped up in the air and kicked one of the trees and it went flying into another tree and into another and another.

"Wow, that was impressive." Ryosuke was definitely impressed.

The old man nodded. "If you train under me, you'll see much more than just me knocking those trees out of sight."

He nodded vigorously. "All right, I'll do it.  You can count on me."

"Excellent," Happosai said. "Training begins now, with a technique I like to call, find and capture.  Come along boys."

Soun groaned, he knew exactly was find and capture was, he was in for a long, long, long training.  He thought he could get away from the master but it looks like some things were just meant to be.

Lady Fate touched Ranma's shoulder. "You see if Genma and Soun hadn't fought like that, Soun never would have walked off and met Ryosuke along the way, that originally did happen that way in the other reality and Ryosuke eventually met up with that martial artist in Yokohama.  Just in the reality that I placed you in because of your wish, I created a huge fight to separate them."

Ranma nodded. "I see, but that was what I wanted at the time when I made that wish."

"Come there is more to see." She touched Ranma's shoulder again and they appeared in a middle school cafeteria.

"Hey I remember this," Ranma said. "This was my old middle school lunch room."  He watched and heard the bell wring and the boys all flooded in the room to the lunch counter.  This was exactly how he remembered it, and look there he was thirteen years old and uh stealing lunch right out from under a thirteen-year-old Ryouga's Hibiki's nose.  He could see the pig boy getting angry that Ranma had stolen everything before he had chance to get anything, Ranma even kicked and punched Ryouga before he could get anything to eat.  Ranma then saw the moment that Ryouga challenged his younger self to a duel.  Of course Ranma nowadays knew what had happened, Ryouga never showed up and chased him all the way to China.  "Hmm this I don't think changed much."

Lady Fate shook her head. "Not at all, I didn't need to mess with this, the only thing that changed was the reason why younger Ryouga came after you.

Ranma saw the world zoom past him and he was now standing in the Hibiki's living room with Happosai sitting on a pillow holding a pair of pink frilly panties in his hand.  He saw Ryouga with his arms folded across his chest listening and well rolling his eyes at what the little man was saying.

"And if that coward didn't show up, you must chase him to the ends of the Earth to have your duel."

Ryouga shrugged. "I don't really care anymore, let him live with his cowardice to know he didn't have the courage to face me."

Happosai jumped off his pillow. "You will find out where that boy ran off to and challenge him.  Your honor is at stake here Ryouga.  He backed out of a duel, what honorable fighter would do such a thing?  It's pathetic.  He ignored you, stolen your lunches from you on several occasions, who knows what else that boy is capable of.  He needs to be put in his place!" Happosai shouted proudly.

Younger Ryouga nodded, thinking about it.  "You know, you're right.  He did skip out on our duel."  He growled and clinched his teeth, "I will track him down, and I will fight him.  He will see that I am not one to be ignored."  He turned and headed strait for his garage and started working on his skills. "Ranma Saotome, I will find you and destroy you!"

"You know, I'm starting to remember a bit of this now, before I hadn't known anything about my past, but now it's all coming back to me." Ranma said looking at Lady Fate.  "He did follow me to China and he did end up in that spring of a drowned pig, but it didn't change much from the original reality."

Lady Fate nodded. "No it didn't, some things did not need altering, just the very first meeting of Ryosuke and Soun.  After that similar things continued, just the final meeting of Akane was slightly different."

"Oh, I don't know if I want to see that."

She smiled. "Oh, but I think you should.  So come along." Lady Fate touched his shoulder and then they were standing in the Tendou's living room.  He saw Kasumi, Nabiki and Akane, and for some reason she did not have long hair but still the same short hair he knew her to have, Ranma could tell that she looked a little angry and Nabiki was saying something along the lines of he might be cute.

Akane groaned. "I don't care, I just don't think it's fair that Dad would just give one of us away as this guy's fiancé without even asking us.  It's our lives too."

"Now, now Akane, we should give Father's friend's son a chance," Kasumi said and saw Akane sigh and lower her head.

"Oh all right, but I'm not promising anything."

Soun stepped inside the room with his old friend Ryosuke who was holding a piglet in his arm.  "Girls, I would like you to meet my good friend Ryosuke Hibiki."

Ryosuke nodded politely. "Hello ladies."

Akane jumped up. "Aww what is that? Is that a little piggy?  It's the cutest thing I've ever seen."

"Well actually, this is-" Ryosuke was interrupted by Nabiki.

"So where is this son of yours, is he coming at a later date?" She asked while looking at her fingernails.

Ryosuke shook his head. "No, he's here." He didn't count on Akane taking the pig from his arms and his eyes widened and he reached for it.  "Um, perhaps I need to explain a few things."

With a giggle, Akane looked down at the piggy he seemed to be afraid since he was shaking, she mistook fear for being cold.  "Oh, the poor little thing is freezing.  I'll take care of this little piggy."

Before Ryosuke could get a word in edgewise Akane hurried into the kitchen, he turned to everyone still in the room. "I really should explain before something rather unfortunate happens.  You see that pig isn't really a pig, that pig is actually my-"

From within in the kitchen Akane's scream could be heard throughout the whole house.

Ryosuke sighed and hung his head. "He is my son, Ryouga."

Akane was running out of the kitchen in alarm and anger. "Th-that is your son?!" Akane shouted at Ryosuke, her temper flaring.

"I'm afraid so, that happened to him at the cursed springs of Jusenkyo."

She couldn't hold in her temper anymore. "That boy is so freaky, marrying that thing would be a mistake, for any girl!"

"Hey!" The boy said from the kitchen, holding a towel over his privates. "It's not my fault this happened, some idiot girl knocked me into the spring!"

Ranma turned to Lady Fate. "Why are you even showing me all of this, I don't need to see this crap." He sounded slightly bitter, this whole situation was so similar to what he went through and to finally see what the outcome was, that Akane had actually liked him, it was causing him pain to see Ryouga in his position instead.

Lady Fate sighed and when she waved her hand, she and Ranma were now standing in his room.  "I need to know exactly what you feel for Akane."

He crossed his arms over his chest. "As if I'm going to tell you anything."

"You really need to tell me, or better yet tell her."

His eyes widened. "What? No way, I almost did and it almost ruined everything.  I probably messed up her life, I confused her and it seemed to hurt her a lot.  It's true that I… Ugh never mind I'm not going to talk about this with you."

"Listen here you." Lady Fate.  "You need to do something, Akane Tendou is in more danger than you realize."

"Danger?" Ranma looked up at Lady Fate surprised. "What kind of danger?"  He was now very concerned, if Akane was in trouble she needed help.

Lady Fate wrung her hands together and started pacing the room. "You see, that part is kind of my fault.  Now don't get upset, I'm not the type to play with mortals like other immortals, but I just couldn't resist.  And there sort of was a bet between another immortal and myself, the bet was that I could make you see that you love Akane Tendou and his part of the bet was that no matter what, that you didn't love her."  Lady Fate sat down, but she was hovering above the ground.  "It kind of backfired, and now this other immortal is intending on…well he wants Akane Tendou for himself."

"What?!  Well he can't have her."  Ranma's eyes narrowed. "Just who does this guy think he is anyway?"

She shook her head, feeling discouraged.  "He is Chaos, lord of well mischief, destruction and all that, and he is one to never back down from a challenge and he gets whatever he wants."

Ranma pinched his sinuses. "Even if he wanted Akane, she would never go with anyone she didn't feel comfortable with, even in this reality.  She would never agree."

Lady Fate stood up. "Don't you see, he doesn't care if he has her permission, if he wants her, he will just take her and there is nothing anyone can do to stop him."

"Oh yeah!?  We'll I'll stop him." Ranma pointed at himself with his thumb. "No one is going to force Akane into anything, not while I'm around."

"There is no way you can go up against an immortal, we can not die." Lady Fate said after letting out a long sigh. "I have made a bigger mess of things, I should not have tried to interfere, he would never have gotten to know her if it weren't for me."

Ranma groaned. "I will never let anyone hurt Akane, I would die first before I let anything happen to her."

A bright smile pushed its way onto Lady Fate's pretty face. "You know, with that attitude you just might have a shot.  Just because immortals can't die, doesn't mean we still don't have our weaknesses, if you want to find out his, you'll have to ask his sister, Discord."

He nodded once. "Where do I find her, or even him?"

She giggled. "Oh you are so silly, they have been beside you for awhile now.  You know Konton Muchitsjo and Fuwa, they are Lord Chaos and Lady Discord."  She saw his eyes widen and then narrow in recognition.  "So what are you going to do now?"

Ranma tilted his head a bit. "Well, I am going to…"

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Well that's it for episode 8, I know it was kinda long but I was a bit necessary.  I hope you all enjoyed it and stay tuned for Episode 9.  It's time for the story to reach it's conclusion, possibly only two more chapters to go, perhaps three who knows.  Just know that these last few chapters are sure to be exciting.

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