Ranma 1/2 Fan Fiction ❯ Destiny of the Magi ❯ Break ups are painful. In MORE than one ways ( Chapter 7 )

"AAHHHHHHHHHHHHH"

Cologne sighed as she sipped on her tea in her hotel room waiting for Shampoo to come back, "I was hoping something doesn't happen to them with the Jusenkyo water. I guess Ranma has too much of a chaotic aura for Jusenkyo to ignore."

"Elder." Cologne didn't turn from her seat to face her great-granddaughter, "I still don't understand why you would want me to challenge this talent."

The elder shook her head and sighed, "You'll see why when you challenge him."

Shampoo kept her neutral expression, "But Elder! That mage can't even stand up to some simply emotion control magic. Even that weakling Mu Tsu from our village can resist it!"

Cologne turned and glared at the young mind mage, "Are you implying that I too am weak! That rod has magic so powerful that even the best mind mage can't stand up to it!" Shampoo only blinked in reply, "That rod is created by a VERY talented mind mage AND a top class imbuer, so I wouldn't judge the talent with this Xian Pu."

Shampoo bowed her head, "I am sorry elder, I mean no disrespect."

"That is quite all right child," Cologne sat back settled herself to a more comfortable position, "You didn't know of the rod's power."

"Then I hope that his wielder of spirits can give me a challenge." Shampoo's expression turned neutral again.

The elder just nodded.

<Yes, I know of Ranma's abilities to an extent. The up coming duel with Xian Pu shall let me see his full potential. But the Priestess... her abilities shall be revealed soon. >

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Act 1: Chapter 7

Break ups are painful. In MORE than one ways

"Say AH!" Ranma said cheerfully as she continue to `spoon feed' Ryoga.

"Hhh-hhaaa" Ryoga replied and begins to chew once the food is in.

"..." Kikori chews in sync with Ryoga as she `observes' Ranma.

<Where IS that enchantment coming from! I can't pin point it. >

"Ryo-sama," Ranma said in her `cute' voice, "Can you take me to the movies?"

"Sah-sah-sure." Ryoga replied before continuing his chewing.

"Then we can go shopping! Oh! And we can go to the amusement park too!" Ranma gushed with happiness.

Kikori's eyes twitched, <Oh NOW he wants to go to the park, when I ask him he's all no no no!>

"Kikori-chan, why are your eyes twitching?" Ranma asked innocently.

"N-no reason." The Priestess's eyes twitched some more.

"Oh ok." Ranma smiled and continue to feed Ryoga.

<Goddess, what have I done in my past life to deserve this! >

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"I love you Hiro! Don't leave!" The girl on the screen wept as the male character walks away.

"Ryo-chan, don't you think this is beautiful," Ranma asked with tears in her eyes, "Undying love even in the middle of a war."

Ryoga just stared at nothingness and continue to watch the air in front of him.

"Wow, I never knew you're into this kinda movie." Ranma smiled happily and latched on to Ryoga.

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"WOW! Can you get me that teddy bear Ryo-sama!"

Ryoga clenched and unclenched his fist over and over again while his eyes twitched uncontrollably. "Sure. Whatever you want."

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Ryoga slammed the door behind him and staggered towards his bed, <I can't take this anymore! Anymore of that cute act from Ranma and I'll be killing myself! >

"Ryoga."

The caller jumped and tried to hide himself from his so-called `lover'

"It's me, Kikori."

Ryoga looked towards the doorway to see Kikori rolling her eyes.

"You've GOT to find out what is wrong with Ranma!" Ryoga begged pathetically, "I can't take the torture anymore!"

Kikori growled irritably, "You don't think I'm trying!"

Ryoga gulped, "Calm down! Calm down! You can figure out what is wrong."

Kikori closed her eyes and took two deep breaths and open her eyes again, "I need a plan."

Ryoga sighed in relief. <After all, like the saying goes, an angry priestess is NOT a good priestess, in more ways than one. You would either get blasted by the gods or you'll never get help from them. >

"I need a way to look over her body to see if there is any sign or marks of the enchantment." Kikori said to herself.

<Look... over... her body? > Ryoga immediately got a nosebleed thinking of a nude girl in front of him.

"THAT'S IT!" Kikori shouted excitedly and turned towards Ryoga to see him lying on the ground with a nosebleed, "I'm starting to think Ryoga is more of a pervert than he lets on."

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"So that's your plan huh?" Ryoga said with his arms crossed.

The priestess nodded.

"If would work pretty well."

A nod was once again his answer.

"Only one problem." Ryoga said.

"What?"

"The curse is reversed with hot water," Ryoga said, "So in other words, if you were to go to take a bath with Ranma, you'd have to see him naked as a guy not a girl."

Kikori blushed, "Well I don't have a better idea. Unless YOUR willing to go."

Ryoga's eyes widened, "NO WAY am I going to take a bath with him as a guy OR girl!"

"Well then it has to be me." Kikori muttered with a blush on her face.

"You just want to see him naked." Ryoga teased.

"Well I can always ignore your asking me for help and let you do the suffering." Kikori replied as she slowly walked out of Ryoga's room.

"WAIT! I'm sorry! Really I am!" Ryoga once again is on the floor begging pathetically.

"Well if you put it THAT way." Kikori smiled.

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"Sure!" Ranma replied cheerfully, "You'll scrub my back and I'll scrub yours."

Kikori's heart almost stopped at the tone of Ranma's voice, "It would be quite enjoyable."

"Lets go!"

Kikori, dragged by Ranma, is quickly arrived to their destination: The Furo.

<This is it, I need to keep myself in full alert, can't miss an inch of Ranma's bod... > Kikori's thoughts stopped cold, <Now why is it that this RIDICULOUSLY big magical marking seem to have slipped my grasp for 3 days?!? >

"Ummm Kikori?"

"..."

"I never knew you swing that way Kikori." Ranma said solemnly.

"Huh?"

"You were staring at my breasts," Ranma said matter-of-factly, "I never knew you like girls that way."

"WHAT!" Kikori snaps out of her stupor, "I DO NOT SWING THAT WAY!"

"Then why were you staring at my breasts?" Ranma adopted a confused expression, which is replaced by a frown, "I know what your problem is!"

Kikori sighed in relief. <Wait, Ranma doesn't know about his own enchantment... Then what does he mean? >

"There's no need to be jealous of my bigger breast Kikori." Ranma stated plainly.

Kikori felt like strangling the girl in front of her, "My chest is completely fine."

"I mean SURE your breasts are kinda small and starting to get droopy, but you can't get jealous of another persons body." Ranma said wisely.

<Oooooohhh, I am going to SO kill you after this Ranma > Kikori gritted her teeth, "Whatever you say Ranma."

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"I've found the origin of the enchantment." Kikori stated in a cold, yet calm voice.

Ryoga took a step away from the Priestess who is fuming in her own, scary way, "T-t-t-that's great Kikori."

"All I need to do is concentrate an disenchant spell on that Koi shaped marking and this would be over."

"Koi shaped marking?" Ryoga blinked, "I thought that was a birth mark of his."

Kikori stiffen, "What did you just say."

"I thought that the Koi marking was just a bir- oh shit." Ryoga chuckled nervously, "Now Priestess aren't supposed to attack in anger right?"

Kikori just smiled, "Oh, that's right, but nothing in the rule books stops me from doing this."

Ryoga just prayed.

"EEKK STOP TOUCHING ME THERE!"

"RYO-CHAN! What are you doing with Kikori YOU CHEATING BASTARD!"

Ryoga just sighed in defeat, "Hell have no fury like a women scorned."

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Ryoga felt like crying as Ranma tended to his wounds that Ranma inflicted.

"I'm SO sorry Ryo-sama." Ranma said in a teary voice, "I didn't know you had a pet mouse that was crawling all over Kikori."

"It's all right," Ryoga said, "Just an misunderstanding."

"But it's MY fault that the mouse got away and is right now starving to death and an easy prey to the owls that are in Nerima!"

"Just an misunderstanding."

Kikori watched the `couple' with an unusually calm expression.

"Why are you so calm Kikori?" Ryoga asked the priestess.

"No reason, except that what happened was rather therapeutical."

"I'm glad you got something out of this." Ryoga said wiry.

"Yes I am." Kikori countered.

"Ok I'm done." Ranma announced and helped Ryoga back on his feet, "You need to get some rest Ryo-chan. You'll be back on your feet by tomorrow."

Kikori continue to sit on the couch, <I'll do the disenchanting tonight. If I screw this up, then I won't be able to pull off the same thing again. Ranma would probably see me as some kind of enemy because of that enchantment. >

"I'm going to bed too Kikori."

The priestess stood up, "Ok, good night Ranma."

"Night."

<So this is what? The 5th time I've need to save you from an enchantment Ranma? > Kikori smiled, <He's going to have a fit after this. >

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Kikori stood next to the sleeping girl and looked down onto her face.

"Well, it's been nice knowing THIS side of you. But I'll need to remove the enchantment now, so, farewell I guess."

The priestess took out her pendent and placed it on the Koi marking on Ranma's exposed chest.

"Goddess of healing, I call for you aid," The pendent shimmered a bit as if to answer Kikori's plea, "Remove the unnatural, destroy the magical, remove the obstacle. DISENCHANT THE MYSTCIAL!"

The pendent flares with a bright blue aura that quickly surrounds the Koi marking.

<Mission Accomplished> Kikori thought to herself happily, <Now let's hope Ranma doesn't kill Ryoga when he wakes up>

Kikori's happy thoughts are quickly dissolved by a blood-curling scream from Ranma.

"What is happening!" Kikori gasped as she scanned Ranma's aura, "What is wrong! The spell is only meant to remove magical enchantments!"

"AAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHH!"

The priestess bit her lower lip and discontinued the spell, "What went wrong!."

Sweat drenched Ranma, her chest heaving from the screaming and she glared at the priestess, "You, you tried to kill me so you can steal Ryo-chan from me!"

Kikori backed away nervously.

Ranma calmed her breathing, "You will learn what it means to cross me Kikori. I thought you were my friend, now I see you were trying to steal Ryo-chan from me. I won't forgive you."

"Ranma, you're under an enchantment! You're not thinking properly." Kikori said in hope of changing Ranma's mind.

"No, this is the most clearly I've thought in all my years." Ranma replied lifting her arm so she is pointing her palm at Kikori, "Now suffer the consequence of slighting me. RELEASE!"

Kikori yelped as she dodged the green globe of magic that was aimed at her.

"Don't run away Kikori! You KNOW you can't last longer than I can even IF I am casting spells AND chasing you!" Ranma said as she released another of her magical blasts.

<Goddess, preserve me! >

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Ryoga picked up the Koi rod from the storage room, <Koi marking, Koi rod. This is so obvious! You are suppose to get rid of the Koi marking with the Koi rod that placed it there! >

The caller frowned as he recalled Ranma's screams, "But still, that disenchant should have worked just as well, unless the Jusenkyo curse is MORE than a shape shifting spell."

Realization hit Ryoga like a truck going at 150 km/h, "OF COURSE! The disenchant spell doesn't work because the Jusenkyo curse is binded to the victims soul! So if it got rid of the curse with the spell, then it'll rip Ranma's soul apart!" Ryoga winced at the thought, "Damn that means I'll need to get to Kikori before she casts another one on Ranma."

Ryoga rushed towards the nearest magical discharge, "Looks like Ranma is pissed too. At least when the enchantment is out of Ranma, he might be too tired to kill me."

Ryoga sighed sadly, "Who am I kidding, he'll just kill me tomorrow."

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"Wind, you are the weapon of DEATH!"

Kikori felt another blow on her shield that she has up as the green blade hits once again. Magical energy floated in the air of Furinkin high is as thick as pea soup and continue to build up as Ranma throws around her magic spells without caution.

"You can't keep that shield up for long seductress!" Ranma said pointingly, "I call upon the breath of a demon!"

Sweat covered the priestess's visage in effort to keep her shield up as thousands of needles rained on it.

"What you don't have anything to say? I call forth the sword of wind." Ranma slashed at the shield with the blade she summoned, "Getting tired! I know I'm not!"

Kikori felt her hold on the spell slipping but desperately holds on to it. <I just need a short distraction before so I can cast the spell again! >

"Imagine, just me and you Ryo-sama!" Ranma said with sparkles in her eyes, "We'll be happy together forever!"

Kikori sweatdropped as Ranma forgets about her completely, <Well at least I can cast the spell now >

"Remove the unnatural, destroy the magical, remove the obstacle. Disenchant the mystical!"

A blue aura once again flared from the pendent and travels to the Koi marking on Ranma's chest.

"AAAAAARRRRRRRRRGGGGGHHHHHHHH" Ranma screamed clutching her chest.

<Can't stop, if I do, I won't be able to cast this once more! > Kikori resolved herself to not stop her spell even when Ranma begs her to stop.

"PLEASE STOP THIS!" Ranma screamed, "I CAN'T TAKE THIS ANYMORE!"

Tears stream down Ranma's eyes as the pain becomes unbearable.

"Kikori! STOP IT! You're killing him!" Kikori is shocked out of her casting.

"Huh?" Kikori turned to see Ryoga running towards her holding the Koi rod.

"The Jusenkyo curse! It binds to the victim's soul so if you remove it, it's like tearing the victim's soul out!" Ryoga explained quickly, "Only the rod can remove the spell now!"

Kikori chided herself, "I should have seen that flaw in my plan."

"Well I guess I'll just fish that Koi out now." Ryoga sighed and lifted his arm over his head swings it towards the marking...

...only to find him not holding the rod anymore.

"What the?"

"Looking for this Ryo-chan?" Ryoga gasped when he saw Ranma holding the Koi rod and swinging it around like he did when he accidentally enchanted Ranma.

"Give it back Ranma."

"Why would I give this back when we can live happily ever after with this?" Ranma countered and swings the rod at Ryoga.

Ryoga dodged skillfully, "Just give it back!"

"No way!"

The caller growled and rushes forward to grab the rod only to be pushed back by a strong wind.

"Getting careless are we Ryo-chan?" Ranma teased and took another swing at Ryoga

<Damn, I should've got the Koi out of him when Kikori was still casting the spell. > Ryoga jumped and reached for his bandannas, <Well time to go old school. >

"TAKE THIS!" Ryoga yelled to direct Ranma's attention to him so the exhausted priestess can take a break and throws his bandannas towards the magically transformed girl.

"What's with the old technique?" Ranma taunted, "Can't think of new tricks Ryo-chan?"

Ryoga growled and once again attempted to grab the Koi rod from Ranma. Ranma shook her head at him and pushed him away with another spell.

"You never learn Ryo-chan!" Ranma said taking a shot at Ryoga with the Rod, "Why don't you just let me get you and we'll live together happily!"

The caller frowned and continues his assault on the smaller girl, who just casts another spell to push him away.

<This is getting me no where! > Ryoga thought as he dodged another attempt to `hook' him. <I can out last Ranma, but last time I did that, I ended up almost losing because he got in more hits than I did. Damn. >

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Kikori watched Ryoga dodging the suction cup of the rod and desperately trying to get the rod away from the enchanted mage. <Something isn't right, Ranma isn't fighting at full strength! >

The priestess once again scanned the pig-tailed mage to see if the enchantment is wearing off, <No... the spell is still as strong as ever. But if it is, then shouldn't Ranma be fighting his earnest to get Ryoga hooked? >

Kikori frowned, "Ranma is either planning something big or something is holding him back."

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"Your aim is getting worst Ranma!" Ryoga taunted, "You missed me by a mile on your last one!"

Ranma just smirked, "Don't worry Ryo-chan, we'll be together soon enough!"

Ryoga rolled away from another strike from Ranma and picked up a rock from the ground and throws it towards Ranma.

Seeing this, Ranma bats away the stone only to see that it was only a distraction and Ryoga is already in front of her.

"Gotcha." Ryoga said and snatched the rod away from Ranma who grabs the line of the rod and throws it towards Ryoga.

"Urk."

Ranma smiled as the cup lands on Ryoga's chest, "We'll be together soon!"

Ryoga's expression turns blank for a moment before life returns to it.

"RYO-CHAN!"

Ryoga blinked, "Ranma?"

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Kikori stared in terror as the end of the line attached itself to Ryoga, <Oh no, how am I suppose to get rid of BOTH their enchantments without getting myself killed or maimed! >

Kikori sighed in despair, "I'm SO screwed."

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Ranma smiled brilliantly as Ryoga walked closer to her, "Ryo-chan."

"Ranma," Ryoga said in a subdued voice.

"Is something wrong Ryoga?"

"Yes," Ryoga said, "Your wrong."

Ranma's eyes widen as she felt the suction cup land on her chest.

"It's over."

POP

Ranma's eyes glazes over as he limps to the ground.

"Finally!" Ryoga sighed, "Well at least I can have a good night sleep before I get killed."

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Kikori felt like laughing like an idiot, "What happened! I thought the rod got you?"

Ryoga scratched his head, "Yeah it did, I wonder why it didn't work."

"Maybe it's an one time thing?" Kikori guessed.

"Oh come on, a powerful artifact like this an one time thing?" Ryoga snorted, "Maybe I just have a strong resistance to magic."

Kikori sighed and shook her head, "And I thought that Ranma had a big ego."

"Ugh, what the HELL happened!" Ranma said standing herself up.

"Not much you'd like to know." Kikori said with a mysterious smile on her face.

Ranma blinked, "My balance is off, my voice sounds different..."

"Really..." Kikori said flatly as she watches Ryoga creeps away from Ranma.

"If I didn't know better I'd say I was a girl." Ranma said to no on in particular, but still looks down to see breast sticking out of her chest, "Ok, who did this."

Kikori just pointed Ranma.

"Ya kiddin' right?" Ranma said unbelievingly.

"No I'm not." Kikori replied.

"Who started this whole thing."

"Just be glad you don't remember." Kikori said and walks off hoping to get a good night's sleep, "Oh yeah, can I talk to you tomorrow?"

"Sure." Ranma answered and frowns, "Wait a minute, Koi rod... Spell... Ryoga started this."

Ranma's eyes narrowed, "You are SO dead Ryoga."

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Kikori yawned and stretched as she once again greets the morning, <And I'm glad Ranma's back to normal! >

"Mornin' Kikori." Ranma greeted her in his usual fashion.

"Good morning." Kikori smiled, "So what do you want for breakfast today?"

"Can't get enough of your omelets Kikori." Ranma grinned, "And after I beat the crap out of Ryoga, I'll need a good meal."

Kikori shakes her head but keeping her smile, "You two would never learn."

Ranma gave his partner a lop-sided grin, "I'll be back as soon as Ryoga gets out of that bathroom and let me kick his ass."

The priestess watched as her partner runs off, "The weird feeling is still there, just not as strong... I wonder why."

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Ranma walks in to the kitchen from the hallway with a pale face, "I just heard the words that prophesies the end of the world."

Kikori looks at Ranma with a skeptical look, "Right, that's what you said when we were going to pick up that weird African tribe leader that hired the mage tower to escort him to his neighboring tribe."

"Ryoga just said I look pretty."

Kikori felt her eyes twitching once more, "So that's why..."

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Cologne of the Amazons cackled madly as she checks in on the trio of mages living in on top of the shop `Mystical Dimension'.

"Thank GOD he didn't turn himself to something else with the Jusenkyo water, or else my dispel won't work." Kikori said after relating the events AND the short little event of dispelling Ryoga's accident with the Koi rod.

"So you have cursed yourself with Jusenkyo young talent." Cologne stated, "Lucky for you you're an spirit mage then."

Ranma blinked, "Why is that? What does being a spirit mage have to do with the Jusenkyo curse?"

"Very simple," Cologne said, "The spirit mage quest."

"But elder, how would that help Ranma?" Kikori asked.

"The mage tower of Australia, Tower of water." Ranma answered.

"Very good Ranma." Cologne said with a smile, "Yes, the Tower of water would be able to cure you of the curse since the curse is a water based enchantment. Of course, you'll need the council's permission to go on the quest."

Ranma winced, "Yeah I know."

"But I'm VERY impressed in how long you have lasted against Ranma's attacks with your shield Priestess Sekihara." The elder said, "Most priestess would have fallen after Ranma's demon breath spell."

Kikori blinked and blushed, "Still wasn't very long."

Ranma frowned, "That was long?"

Cologne rolled her eyes, "Of course, that is the weakness of a priestess, channeling a power of the gods IS extremely taxing of the body you know."

"But how about channelers?" Kikori inquired, "They channel a lot of power too."

"Channelers do not let the power flow through them like a priestess do, instead they guide the power AROUND them so that they don't feel the strain of the power." Cologne explained.

Ranma frowned and huffed, "So why are you here today? The storage in your village already complete?"

The elder looks at Ranma with an amused look, "No, just checking to see if the magic of the artifacts manage to lure you into their grasps."

"Well we took care of that." Ranma replied off-handily, "nothing to worry about elder."

"Oh yes, before I forget," Cologne said, "My great grand daughter wants to challenge you to a duel with no restrictions to test her strength."

"Your great grand daughter?" Ranma frowned, "A mind mage?"

"Yes, quite powerful in her own right," Cologne said wearing a proud smile, "She will become a very good leader for our tribe after I retire."

Ranma nodded, "Well tell her I accept and for her to send me a challenge note with the place we are dueling in to make it official."

Cologne nodded, "I will tell her that. Well until we meet again talent."

Ranma and Kikori watched once again as Cologne jumped out of their window and jumped from roof to roof away from them.

"I'll never get used to seeing her do that." Kikori said.

"Hey where IS Ryoga?" Ranma said looking around, "I still owe him a beating!"

"If I were him, I'd be ways away from here already." Kikori replied walking downstairs to open the shop, "Great, the shop hasn't been open for so long, wonder if people will still come in."

Ranma just fumed, "That coward! Running like that."

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Ryoga sighed in relief, "Glad I got lost."

Ryoga looked around to see people lying on the beach sun tanning and others with surfboards surfing, "I wonder where I am now?"

Next to Ryoga stood the sigh, "Australia's best beach!"

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"How is this in front of me?" Ranma stood in front of the mirror, naked, inside the bathroom, in his cursed form, studying it in depth. Staring into the reflection, "Is this how you would have looked like?"

The mage reached out to touch the mirror trying to feel the face of the reflection but to be stopped by the glass. Sighing in despair, Ranma took his hands off the mirror and once again stared into it.

"I'm sorry, I should have kept you in my sight," Ranma felt tears running down his face, "I failed you Saiko."

The mage slumped down onto the damp floor of the bathroom that is covered in mist created by the furo that has been recently filled, "I swear to you once again Saiko, I will get revenge for you. I won't fail again, sis... I won't."

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<There are days where Ranma would get so sad that even I couldn't cheer him up. Today was one of them. Ranma seem to have this sad smile every time we go near a mirror. I wonder why? > Kikori sighed as she gazed up into the heavens, "At least the up coming duel would cheer him up."

"Hey Ki-chan." Ranma said walking up beside his partner up on the rooftops.

"Ranma." Kikori turned and smiled at her partner before watching the heavens again.

"Ya know ya don't have ta be so up tight with just me around." Ranma dropped beside her.

"I know." Kikori replied.

"Aw, com'on Ki-chan, lighten up!" Ranma said waving his hand in front of Kikori's face.

Kikori giggled and brushed his hands away, "Stop that Rammie!"

Ranma grinned and refused to stop, "That's the Ki-chan I know!"

Kikori continue to giggle, "Stop acting like a kid."

Ranma paused for a moment, "Hmm, should I listen or shouldn't I?"

Kikori took in a deep breath and turned to her side with her head laying of her arm, "Ranma, I have a question for you."

"Shoot."

"Why did you look so said when you looked mirrors today?"

Ranma turned sideways and faced his partner, mimicking her pose, "You know the curse that I got?"

"What about it?"

"The girl, she looks exactly like me." Ranma replied.

"So?"

Ranma smiled, "Ki-chan, did I ever tell you about my twin sister?"

Kikori shook her head as best as she could.

"We were kinda special," Ranma said with a smile, "Even though she's a girl and I'm a guy, we look alike. The doctor says that we are a miracle and that my sister shouldn't have looked like me or I shouldn't have looked like my sister. But we did."

Kikori smiled, "You two must be special."

"Yep, we're the talk of the hospital." Ranma said, "And you know who my curse form looks like?"

Kikori's smile faded.

"My sister, I looked exactly like my sister when I'm in my cursed form." Ranma said staring at his hands, "I get reminded of how she died every time I see her face, now when ever I look at a mirror I see how she dies again and again."

Kikori got up and gave Ranma a hug, "Shh, its all right Ranmmie."

"It's NOT all right!" Ranma yelled, "You don't know HOW she died."

Kikori is startled by Ranma's outburst.

"I'm sorry Ki-chan, I'm so, so sorry," Ranma said, "I shouldn't have burdened you with this."

Kikori shook her head and laid Ranma's head on her lap, running her hand through his hair under the moonlight.

<His twin sister? One of these days I'm going to get the whole story from him>

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<Fools! Those arrogant BASTARDS are trying to do THAT!> Cologne fumed, "And one who is born of sorrow shall lead us to salvation. The one of light shall give us the one that keeps peace. The one that keep peace shall wield the powers of the ancient." The elder recited, "They don't even know the rest of the Amazon prophesy, and most of our prophecies don't even come true."

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Oooo what did I do to Ranma? HOW CAN I TORTURE HIM SO! Well I'm crazy and I'm delusional that's how! And who are those `arrogant bastards' that Cologne aptly named? What do they have in store for Ranma? When is Kikori EVER going to get a full story from Ranma about his past? And most importantly HOW THE HELL CAN I KILL OFF RANMA'S TWIN SISTER IF SHE IS AS CUTE AS RANMA'S CURSE FORM!

The answer to the last question I can answer, `cuz I'm evil. The rest, well they won't be answer till the end of the second arc of the story so I can torment the people that actually read this part. But I'll be dropping bits and pieces of answers out through the story so dun worry, be happy ^^.

This chapter, I went with the really really scary Ranma approach. In other words, Ranma is COMPLELETLY OOC and is acting like a girl in sugar hype. (Sorry to the girls that are reading this, I just don't know how else to describe Ranma in the beginning of this chapter). And since I'm lacking on serious parts in the past few chapters and the MAIN plot of the story doesn't seem to show that much on the other chapters, I decide to introduce a small bit of it in this chapter along with some dark parts. I just hope I didn't go over board with the dark dark Ranma bit.

On a side note: Why were Kikori and Ranma suddenly acting all like that? Well, I have a very good answer for this. In the Manga, the only Ukyou was Ranma's childhood friend and Ranma still tends to treat her like one of the guys until she glomps him. Well Kikori here is a childhood friend of Ranma who ISN'T engaged to him AND he KNOWS is a girl. So logically looking at this, Ranma should feel more comfortable with Kikori since they work together AND known each other since childhood. The best part is, she doesn't put pressure on Ranma. So Ranma SHOULD act like that. Well maybe not, but still.

Next chapter, we will have the official entrance of Shampoo into this fic! I'm so happy ^^. And Shampoo is going to KICK RANMA'S ASS! Well depending on how the duel goes, Shampoo might get knocked around instead, but I'm still going to let her beat the crap out of Ranma before the duel is done ^^. So till next time, and sorry about the delay on this chapter, I KNOW I said the 4th, blame it on my teachers. Damned slave drivers.