Cologne: (Indicates to scroll)This scroll has been passed down for
generation for the Saotome line, right?
(Akane and Nabiki nod)
Cologne: And the journal has been passed down for generation for the
Tendo line, right?
Akane: I don't' understand what you're getting at...
Cologne: Well, from what's written, Ranma died.
Akane: W-what?
Cologne: Ranma, the one that disappeared, has died several hundred years
ago.
Akane: H-how can that be?
Cologne: This scroll, this portrait of a man....is Ranma. This isn't a
Ranma look-a-like. He's the real Ranma. The scroll here indicates that
Ranma died one the same day he saved his ancestors....while protecting
your own ancestors.
Akane: I don't get it.
Cologne: To put it simply. Ranma went back in time to save his
ancestors, but he died in the process.
Akane: H-he did? H-he died?
Cologne: Yes, he died saving both yours and his ancestors. It all makes
sense. You notice how the scroll mentioned that Ranma's ancestors
thought he was a royal guard with a kind heart. Well, in this journal,
Ranma is mentioned to protecting your ancestors...which is akin to being
a royal guard.
Shampoo and Akane: ....................
Nabiki: What about that last message in the end?
Cologne: That's Ranma's writing. He knew he was going to die. This
message, which was written several hundred years ago, was his way of
saying goodbye to the Akane that would be born many generations after
his death.
Akane: No...that can't be true.
Cologne: It seems he went back knowing that he wasn't coming back.
-OneShot
Jeffrey Keith Wong: jeffwong@li.net
http://www.rit.edu/~jkw7063/fanfic/index.htm
http://www.li.net/~jeffwong/index.htm
The latter site has been updated on Nov 10th.