Ranma 1/2 Fan Fiction ❯ The Road to Freedom ❯ 8 ( Chapter 8 )

The Road to Freedom

By The Senshi of Valis

Chapter 8

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Will sighed as she looked at her orange juice, she was totally exhausted after staying up all night thinking about what to do before waking up after only an hours sleep to talk to Ranma about what she was thinking about. She loved her mother and wanted to stay there forever but what about all of those people on Metamoor? She owed them so much and she refused to turn her back on them but what could she do? She couldn't abandon her mother so soon after reuniting with her.

 

“Will, honey, you hardly touched your pancakes.” Susan said, sounding worried as she played with a piece of syrup drenched hotcake with her fork.

 

“I…I have a lot on my mind mom…” Will said sadly.

 

“What is it, Will?” Susan asked.

 

“It's…Mom, I can't just abandon all of those people who need me back on Metamoor. They're good people who deserve to be free of Phobos once and for all.” Will said, “I…I don't know what to do, I can't abandon them but I don't want to leave you either.”

 

“Why don't we go back and forth, Will.” Ranma suggested.

 

“Maybe but we'd have to make a portal close to where we live on Metamoor and see if we can't connect it close to here. I'm not even too sure if we could even do that.” Will said, pushing her plate away. “And if we did, I don't want Phobos connecting who we are on Metamoor to who we really are.”

 

“Will…I don't want to lose you again.” Susan said, pain in her voice.

 

“I promise you that you won't mom, I…its just time to end this once and for all.” Will said, “For everyone's sake. I want to be home here with you mom and hopefully with the other girls if they still want me as a friend. I want to be here with you Ranma. I want to be here even for school. Theres so much I want to do but I can't as long as Phobos still reigns over Metamoor.”

 

“We train the others Will, we take a month and train them enough for a distraction while you and I hit Phobos himself and take him out.” Ranma said.

 

“If they even agree to it.” Will sighed.

 

“Will…I don't know if I like this.” Susan said warily.

 

“I don't either mom.” Will laughed bitterly, “But it may be our best chance at peace. If we leave Phobos to grow stronger then we may not get another chance.”

 

“I guess we'll need to wait until this is over before we fix everything here, huh?” Susan asked sadly.

 

“It won't be long mom, I promise.” Will said, “We can go back and forth a little I guess but we need to stay here mostly. I want to be near you mom and we will need to train the others but we also need to stay in contact with Altair.”

 

“But what about school?” Susan asked worried.

 

“Mom…I've been gone for six months, I seriously doubt another one will make much of a difference.” Will said.

 

“Okay, we will talk about this some more later tonight Will but I really need to get to the office so I can talk to Levin. Please Will, please promise me you won't go back there yet. Promise me that you won't run away either.” Susan said, her eyes clearly begging as she looked deep in Will's eyes.

 

“I prmise, mom.” Will nodded, “I just want to get out a little today and look around.”

 

“Okay dear.” Susan said getting up and kissing the top of Will's head, “Will you two please take care of the dished this morning? I really need to see Levin before he gets into any meetings today.”

 

“Sure.” Ranma said, shrugging. “Have a good day mom.”

 

“You too, Ranma.” Susan said kissing the top of Ranma's head which Will noticed brought a strange smile to his face.

 

“Liked the kiss?” Will teased.

 

“It's nothing like that, I swear.” Ranma said making warding gestures.

 

“Relax, Ranma, I know.” Will giggled.

 

“It's just nice having someone acting like they really care for me like…well…” Ranma said, fumbling for words.

 

“Like a mother should?” Will asked, sensing that was pretty much what he was trying to say.

 

“Exactly.” Ranma said.

 

“She cares a lot about you Ranma, especially after hearing what those monsters did to you in Japan.” Will said, “Neither of us will ever let anything like that hurt you ever again. If they ever show up they have to go through us to get to you.”

 

“Thanks Will but I'm through being a doormat for them, if anyone wants to hurt you I won't hold back against them…even if it was one of them.” Ranma said.

 

“Thanks Ranma.” Will said smiling, she knew he was telling the truth. She got up and started gathering the dirty dishes as Ranma got up and did the same helping out. The quickly washed, dried and put up the dishes and was out of the apartment making there way down the street.

 

“So where are we going anyways, Will?” Ranma asked as he took Will's hand.

 

“I'm not really sure, I just want to look around some. I've been really homesick in some ways.” Will said kissing Ranma's cheek, “Thanks for everything Ranma.”

 

“What are loving husbands for?” Ranma asked.

 

“I can think of some things…” Will said, partially suggestively. “Do you…do you regret not consummating our marriage Ranma?”

 

“I know you're not ready Will.” Ranma said, squeezing Will's hand which helped her relax a little. “And frankly I'm not really either. I just…I just want to be with the girl I love, we have all the time in the world for the other stuff.”

 

“Thanks Ranma.” Will said.

 

“What the?” Ranma almost growled out, pointing to a couple of goons harassing a girl, a girl that looked familiar. When the girl turned around a little more rage filled Will as she recognized Irma with Uriah bugging her with his goons. Usually Will knew Irma could wipe the floor with the spikey haired jerk but with the sad look on the girl's face, it looked as if Irma didn't have any fight in her.

 

“I'll kill the bastard!” Will growled out storming towards the group.