Ranma 1/2 Fan Fiction ❯ Key to my Heart ❯ Chp 6: For You are the One... ( Chapter 6 )

[ P - Pre-Teen ]
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Key to my Heart
By Ling Mao
Chp 6: "For You are the One..."

Start: 6-7-2001
Finish: 6-19-2001

Normal disclaimer applies

Dream people aren't described by their names. They are boy, girl, woman... etc.
It may be a bit confusing at first, but don't forget that inside the locket are
nightmares.

< > = Thought
> < = Sound
[ ] = Panda signs
" " = Spoken
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"AKANNNNNNNNEEEEE!" Ranma shouted at the light engulfed him. Akane's body
jolted for a moment, and Ranma had disappeared.

The light vanished, and darkness surrounded Ranma. He opened his eyes and
stood up strait.

<Where am I?> He thought as he slowly walked in hopes of finding some sign
of where he was.

>Th-ump....Th-ump...<

"Huh?" Ranma said, turning around to see a pale light. Of course he walked
towards the light. Everything else was black and made it impossible to tell what
direction you were going. As he neared the light, streaks of pink blasted behind
him.

"Bet you can't catch me!" shouted a little girl.

"Oh yes I can!" responded the little boy. The girl ran towards Ranma, and
stood behind him.

"What the..." The little boy soon caught up and the two made rings around
Ranma.

"Huh?" He said as he moved his head to follow the children as the made circles
around him. The girl tripped and skidded forward a bit.

"Hey are you ok?" the young boy asked, leaning over the fallen girl. The
girl turned onto her back and smiled.

"I'm fine!" she said before giving the boy a small kiss. The boy pressed
his finger against his lips for a moment before speaking.

"Hey!" the boy said. Ranma stood watching all of this, the idea of asking
the children for help still not occurring to him. Ranma moved from his state of
shock and walked towards the kids. He kneeled down so that they were about eye
level.

"Excuse me, but do you know where I am?" The girl gave a little giggle that
echoed.

"Don't you know silly?" Ranma shook his head, causing the girl to giggle
again. The two children took hold of Ranma's hand, one on each hand.

"Follow us." The two said leading Ranma forward.

"Where are we going?" He asked.

"To the key room."

"The what?"

"Shh! You must watch where you are going. If you don't---"

"If I don't?" Ranma said as he went to look down at the girl. She was gone.

"...Ranma..." called a soft angelic voice. His name echoed through the
darkness. Ranma turned around to see who had called him.

"...Ranma..." it called again.

"Who's there?"

"...Shh...Listen..."

>Thu-mp Thu-mp<

"...Can you hear it?..." Ranma looked around him still not sure who or what
was happening.

"Who are you?" A soft giggle replied and a woman appeared in front of
Ranma.

"...Tee Hee..." The girl had long dark hair and was a little taller than
Akane. She had a muscular figure, while still holding it's feminism. Her dark
flowing hair covered and curled around her well-filled bust. She stared intensely
at Ranma with her deep brown eyes and smiled lightly before she moved closer to
him. She put her face near his ears and began to whisper softly.

"...Do you know what it feels like... to be afraid..." she said, her breath
lingering on the base of Ranma's neck, trickling down his spine. He shivered from
the icy coldness of her breath.

The girl smiled again before stepping back and giggling. She turned around
and began to run away, but as she ran, she began to transform. And before long she
had become a he, a young boy to be more specific. A young boy with black hair and
beautiful blue eyes. A young boy in a gi and was running up to someone not to far
in front of him. A young boy whose name was...

"...Ranma!..." the woman who suddenly appeared before the young boy called.
The boy flung open his arms and continued running towards the woman.

"Mommy!" he shouted before tackling the woman with a hug. The woman almost
fell back laughing. She wrapped her arms tightly around the boy who was snuggling
against her.

"Look at you, you're all dirty. It's time for a bath."

"No, no bath!" the young boy whined, still not letting go of his mother.
His mother stood up and took the boy's hand.

"Now now. No one wants to be around a stinky little boy now do they?" She
smiled at the boy. Together they turned and began to walk off away from where Ranma
was standing.

"Mother..." Ranma whispered. A hidden figure began to lurk behind the two.
The mother turned her head to see the figure as it slashed through her. She let out
a scream before collapsing to the ground. The boy next to her stood aw struck, and
unable to move.

"M-m-mommy..." he ventured to call. She breathed heavily, gasping for air.

"Ranma... run... get...away... from..." She was dead.

"MOTHER!" Ranma shouted. The boy and his mother faded into the blackness as
the killer's figure became more defined. It turned towards Ranma and glared at
Ranma with his beady eyes.

"MMMEEEEOOOOWWW..." Ranma's eyes widened in utter terror.

"C-C-C-C-C-CAT!" Ranma stood frozen as the feline approached Ranma while
hissing viscously. His knee's buckled and his teeth chattered as it neared. Then
the cat stopped in front of Ranma, it's large body covered in black fur and it's
green devil like eyes sending knifes through Ranma. The cat grinned at the shaking
Ranma and opened its wide mouth.

>Gulp<

"AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Ranma screamed as he began to fall deep into
the cat.

>UMPH< Ranma feel onto his butt. With caution, Ranma opened his eyes.

"What the..." he said as he looked around him. He found himself on a grass
field. The blue sky bright with puffy white clouds. The cool air brushing by
causing the blades of grass to sway. Ranma stood up and looked around. There was
nothing but grass around him. He began to walk in some unknown direction and saw an
edge not to far. He walked towards the area, towards the edge where one could see
the mountains of green that branched past the small field he stood on. When he had
gotten near the edge, he noticed a few stones neatly lined up, one after another.
He walked up to one of the stones. It had some sort of inscription on it.

"Tendo Nabiki?" He moved towards another stone.

"Hibiki Ryoga? What are these?" He went to another then another then
another, find names on each of them.

"Tendo Soun, Saotome Genma, Tendo Kasumi... So many names, Ukyo, Mu Tsu,
Xian Pu, Cologne, Happosai, Kodachi, Tatawaki, there's more..." He said as he
continued.

"What are these... They look like... They look like... Graves..." He looked
at almost all of the graves, each naming a person he had known. And then he noticed
it. A lone stone at the very edge, further away from the rest. A bouquet of fresh
flowers lay in front of it. The stone was covered in vines. Carefully he pushed the
vines away in order to read the inscription on it.

"Tendo... Akane..."

>Crack... Crack... SNAP< The edge gave away. Ranma and the stone began to
fall into what seemed like an endless pit. The world became black and everything
vanished again except for him.

"Tee Hee" The woman from before appeared in front of Ranma again. Both of
them were still in mid air, falling. She continued to giggle as she took hold of
Ranma's hands.

"What..." Ranma blinked. When he opened his eyes again he found himself in
some sort of warehouse. The sound of clinking metal clashing together echoed
throughout. The warehouse was rather empty except for a door near the end. Being
that there seemed to be no other escape, he went for the door.

The door made a creaking noise as Ranma pushed against the heavy metal. The
floor of the very large room was covered with white tiles. On the ceiling, support
beams could be seen shooting from end to another. Large fans swung their 'arms'
speedily, bringing down cool air. In the middle of the floor, a figure lay loosely
wrapped in pink satin ribbons. Ranma moved towards the figure. It was on its side,
it's face pointing away from Ranma's. The pink ribbon draped around her slightly
curled body hung freely like her short dark hair. Ranma kneeled near the figure and
gently turned the figure so that it lay on it's back. The female, which the figure
could easily be determined as, now had her arms loosely hanging. Ranma bent over
and gently brushed the hair from the girl's face.

"Akane...?!"

"Stop!" shouted a man from behind Ranma. Ranma quickly stood up and to face
the man.

"Do not touch her." the man said in a husky voice. He was well built, and a
little taller than Ranma. He had dark hair and looked only a few years older than
Ranma. He wore a black ensemble consisting of a black tank top and black sweat
pants.

<That's him... the man from the picture...> Ranma thought as he continued
to eye the man before him. <How did he get here?>

"Move away from her." the man blandly commanded.

"And if I don't?" Ranma questioned. The man tightened his fists and took a
fighting position.

"Then I will kill you..."

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Notes: Gomen-Gomen... I have been having a major brain block lately... But finals
are over now... I know I know I said I'd finish it in this chapter... But I thought
that it would have too much if I finished it now... Does this chapter sound too
weird? I mean Ranma's suppose to be in the locket right... So... Does it sound too
off the wall? Originally for this chapter it was going to be kind of lime-ish, but
then I said, nah... too much to put... so maybe I'll do an alternate ending that is
lime-ish later... Sigh... Ok I will try to finish it by the next chapter... Thank
for reading... Please review... Oh yeah... For Love Pill readers... I'm having an
even bigger brain block for that... so it may be a bit... Sorry... Ok I'll shut up
now---

P.S. - Sorry if Mousse's and Shampoo's names are spelled wrong... Oh and thank you
for those who gave me the spelling... I saw that when I was doing a spell check,
but it just didn't look right, so I figured it was wrong... hahahaha stupid me...
Thanks!