Ranma 1/2 Fan Fiction ❯ Balance of Power ❯ An Unexpected Visitor ( Chapter 5 )

Volume 1

Chapter 6

An Unexpected Visitor

Akane slowly made her way home. The streetlights were not working and she was bathed in darkness. Which fit her mood perfectly.

"That idiot, that jerk," Akane said to herself as she stopped in the street and began to softly cry.

"Akane," a soft voice spoke from behind her.

Akane turned around and saw Ranma standing a few feet away from her. She quickly wiped the tears off her face and stopped crying. She did not want to see Ranma right now.

"What is it Ranma?" Akane asked, hoping that he had not guessed that she had been crying.

"I'm sorry," Ranma said closing the distance between them to about a foot. "I didn't mean what I said back in the hospital."

"Then why did you say it?" Akane asked angrily

"I-I can't tell you," Ranma said sadly.

"Why can't you tell me?" Akane asked, getting irritated by Ranma's silence.

"I promised Ryoga I wouldn't tell anyone," Ranma said, "You just have to trust me that I didn't mean what I said."

Akane opened her mouth to respond but was cut off as Ranma began talking again.

"I know what you're going to say, why the hell would you trust someone like me? All I do is insult you and lie to you. I admitted my love for you but here I am standing in front of you and I still have two other fiancées. You'd be better off if you had never met me," Ranma stated and turned to walk away.

Akane spun him around and grabbed Ranma's collar, pulling his head down to face hers.

"Now you listen to me Ranma Saotome!" Akane nearly yelled, inches from Ranma's face, "If you ever, and I mean ever, doubt my love for you, I will beat you into the ground so damn hard that you will never be able to walk again. I love you, Ranma, and nothing in the whole damn world can change that so accept it!"

Ranma was speechless as he stared at Akane.

"If I was ever given the choice between living my life the way it was before I met you, and living the way I have now, my decision would always be the same."

Akane paused and let Ranma think about what she was about to say.

"I can't imagine living my life without you. The way my life is now is way too perfect for words. There isn't anything I would like to change, except maybe a few meddling fiancées and crazy bokken wielding fools and his gymnast sister," Akane said smiling.

Akane stared at Ranma and found that she could see moisture in his eyes. She realized that he wasn't about to cry out of sadness but happiness.

"Akane I…I-"

Ranma wasn't able to finish, as Akane had closed the distance between their faces and was now kissing him fiercely. Akane felt Ranma's hot tears roll down his face. She tasted the salty liquid and almost began crying herself.

Ranma couldn't stop the tears that were now flowing freely from his eyes. He loved Akane so much and to hear her so openly return that love, it was too much for him.

As they ended their kiss and began to part, the whole row of streetlights suddenly flickered on.

They both started to laugh at the odd occurrence.

"It must be a sign," Akane said as she wiped the tears from Ranma's face.

"Yeah," Ranma agreed as he turned away from Akane.

"You don't need to try and hide the fact that you were crying Ranma," Akane told him. "If there is anyone in this entire world that should be able to cry, it would be you."

"Sorry Akane," Ranma said, "It's just that I-"

"What?" Akane interrupted. "It's not manly to cry."

"No, I just thought that you would think I'm some kind of wuss or something," Ranma said, staring at the ground.

Akane cupped Ranma's chin and brought his face up to meet hers.

"Ranma, to cry without shame over our admittance of our feelings is manlier to me than you would think," Akane stated. She pulled his head down and kissed him, lightly on the mouth.

Ranma took Akane's hand in his and began their walk home.

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Ryoga and Akari returned from there late night snack in the cafeteria. Ryoga turned on the lights to his room and lay down on his bed, leaving enough room for Akari to lie down as well. He swung the mechanical arm around to in front of him. He switched the television on that was attached to the arm. Akari joined him on the bed and together they watched the television. Ryoga wrapped his arm around Akari and she lay her head down on his chest. Her arms were wrapped around his body and she was pressed tightly up against him.

Akari rolled over Ryoga and got off the bed.

"Where are you going?" Ryoga asked.

"Nature calls," Akari smiled and winked at Ryoga as she stepped out of the room and into the washroom.

Ryoga hopped out of the bed and removed the small velvet box he had hidden under a cushion on the couch.

"Hookay, here goes," Ryoga said to himself. He shut off the television and pushed it aside. Next Ryoga switched off the light.

"Perfect," he said. The room was bathed in darkness and the only light source was the window, from which Ryoga had positioned himself. Now all he had to do was wait for Akari.

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Akari gently opened the door; she began to walk out but stopped when she noticed that the room was pitch black. She stuck her head around the corner but couldn't make out any significant shapes.

She cautiously slipped into the room. She relaxed when she saw Ryoga standing by the window.

"Is there something wrong Ryoga?" she asked.

"Come over here Akari," Ryoga said, motioning with his hand.

Akari complied with his request and walked over to Ryoga. Ryoga's eyes followed her all the way.

Neither of them said a word as Akari approached him. Ryoga outstretched his hands and Akari took them in hers.

"Akari," Ryoga said, "I don't think I have ever told you just how much you really mean to me."

Akari was not used to the seriousness in Ryoga's voice so she simply nodded her head.

Ryoga smiled and kissed Akari.

"You mean more to me than anything in the entire world. Before you, my life was simply one long depressing day. I was hateful and I didn't have any feelings of love that were returned to me from anyone, but when I met you, my whole life changed. There you were, willing to love me, and I found that I was constantly looking for ways to love you back. You are everything to me Akari."

Ryoga went down to one knee and pulled the small ring box from out of his pocket.

"I-I have waited a long time to do this Akari, and I hope you won't have changed your mind," Ryoga said.

Akari began crying and went down to her knees, hugging Ryoga fiercely.

"Of course I'll marry you, you big dummy," Akari smiled as tears flowed freely from her face.

"You will?" Ryoga asked his voice cracking as he did so.

"Yes!" Akari yelled as she drew Ryoga in for a kiss. Ryoga burst into tears as she said this and quickly returned her kiss.

"Oh Akari, you've made me so happy," Ryoga whispered into her ear.

Neither of them said anything else as they both silently cried as they held each other. After awhile they both stopped crying and slowly released each other. Ryoga opened the box and extracted the ring and slid up Akari's finger. Ryoga smiled as he watched Akari's eyes light up like Christmas lights. He got to his feet and helped Akari's to hers. They walked back to the bed, Ryoga got down first and Akari came down next, landing half on him and half off.

"So when are we going to hold the wedding?" Akari asked as she wrapped her arms around Ryoga.

"Hmm, I don't know," Ryoga admitted. "It should be on a date that gives us plenty of time to prepare and enough time for my parents to find their way there."

"Where will we hold the wedding?"

"I asked Mr. Tendo if we could use the Dojo and he said it would be okay with him," Ryoga said, "But we shouldn't be worrying about this stuff now Akari, we'll have plenty of time to think all this stuff through later."

Akari yawned and nodded her approval. She nuzzled up against Ryoga and slowly drifted off to sleep. Ryoga stroked Akari's hair for awhile but sleep soon overtook him as well.

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As the hours rolled by, storm clouds formed over Nerima and as always happens in the small community, it rained. The storm did not wake the sleeping couple in the small hospital room, as they lay entangled in each others arms.

The door to their room opened and someone slowly stepped in. He crept towards the bed that was occupied by the sleeping couple. There was a syringe in one hand and a small medical scalpel in the other. The needle tip was positioned just above Ryoga's elbow and when the intruder was about to dip the needle into Ryoga's arm, something struck him from behind and he was hurled against the wall. He crumpled to the ground, unconscious.

The noise woke Ryoga and Akari. Ryoga leapt from the bed to face the other occupant in the room.

"Calm down Ryoga," the familiar voice said.

"Seiji? What the hell are you doing here?" Ryoga asked in a sharp whisper.

"I came to stop your doctor from killing you," Seiji said.

"What!?"

"The needle your doctor tried to give you last night was not filled with antibodies; it was some kind of tainted blood, maybe infected with aids. Look," Seiji said, "We don't have time to talk right now. Just grab some changes of clothes and follow me."

Ryoga and Akari quickly complied with what Seiji said and followed him out to a car that was waiting. Inside the car were Ranma and Akane. They got inside and Seiji pulled away from the hospital.

"What the hells going on Seiji?" Ryoga asked.

"I'm sorry you guys but I seriously underestimated the amount of resources Toshi had in place. The Yakuza are after my head, someone tipped them off to my involvement in Toshi's death. By now they have all learned of your involvement and now it seems they are going to great lengths to try and eliminate you. I am terribly sorry but to stay here would be suicide. Your families should be safe and I am taking a lot of measures to try and make sure nothing happens," Seiji told them.

"Where are we going to?" Akane asked.

"China."

"China!?" they all responded at once.

"Yeah, it is the perfect place for us to go. I have far more resources there than here. We should be able to hide out rather easily there. This is also the perfect opportunity for me to repay Ranma and Ryoga for there services," Seiji said, a smile creeping onto his face.

"Does this mean were going to..." Ranma couldn't finish the sentence as he was soon filled with a massive amount of joy.

"Yes, were going to Jusenkyo."

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Author's Notes: This marks the end of the first volume. I decided not to name this volume the first time I wrote it because I could not come up with an appropriate name for it. I still have yet to think of one so I will leave it as is. I hope everyone has been enjoying the story so far, and I hope that everyone is reviewing.