Subject: [FFML] [Spirit within part20-27]
From: catbert25@juno.com (Ryoga p Hibiki)
Date: 8/21/1998, 10:40 AM
To: fanfic@fanfic.com

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part21: a turn for the worse 
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	"Ukyo been gone for week." grumbled Reiraku. 
	"She said she'd be back." said Mousse in a tired voice. "We will
save Shampoo from marrying that monster who did that to her." Mousse was
sounding very motivated and very tired. 
	"I getting board, when we face Ranma? I tired  waiting, Great
Grandmother say she make Ranma marry Shampoo soon." said Reiraku. 
	"In a few more days I will have mastered this technique and we
can face him then...with or without Ukyo." said Mousse. 
	"You only have until I can break the son in law to defeat him"
said Cologne "It seems he has a girlfriend, she must be taken care of.
Soon he will have nothing, and he will cling to Shampoo as his only hope
for a life." she smiled at her plan. From the roof of the Cat cafe Ranma
frowned and crept away not even Cologne had felt his presence.

	Later Ranma lay in his bed and Sighed, "This is not good." he
thought as he lay in the pitch black darkness. He felt something smooth
and silky pass over his chest and he froze. What ever it was it was
trying to hide something cold. 
	"Ranma." said a voice softly "die." it said. Ranma heard it grunt
as he moved and grabbed at the intruders arm his other hand moved
instinctively up and he touched its face. Ranma gasped. he turned and
pinned the intruder to the wall. The lights came on blinding him for a
moment and the intruder tried to struggle away taking advantage of this
situation, but Ranma had anticipated this. 

	"Ranma are you OK?" asked his mother as she entered the room
expecting her son to be having a nightmare. Instead she found her son
pinning a beautiful young girl to the wall of his room. She gasped and
blushed. Then he grabbed her hair and pulled back hard causing her to cry
out in pain. She was about to rush to pull her son off the poor girl when
she saw the long curved knife she held in her hands and something else,
she turned away with a look of horror on her face. 
	"What's going on?" said Genma. "Shampoo!!" he said in horror
looking at the girl with a look of fear. 
	Ranma looked hard at Shampoo and growled at her "You tried to
kill me. You have some explaining to do..."

	ALAS WHAT A CRUEL PLACE THIS WOULD BE TO CUT AWAY....

	Ukyo looked at the mess she had created before her. "I did it!"
she cried. 
	"Hmmm yes." said the old man with a small amount of
disappointment "looks like that was my last free Okonomiyaki." he
thought. 
	"Ranma! Today is the day you breathe your last!" cried Ukyo.

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part22: the secret.
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	Ranma pulled down hard on Shampoo's hair as his parents walked
into his room with looks of concern on their faces. Her thick bangs moved
away from her face revealing a long scar and an ugly white eye stairing
at him coldly. 
	"You tried to kill me. You have some explaining to do...Reiraku."
he said coolly. 
	Shampoo growled at him, "you did to me." she said pointing at the
scar on her face "I get revenge. I was beautiful once now I... look at
me!!!" she screamed at Ranma. "I die before I marry you." she spat
coldly. 
	"Release her groom." said an aged voice. "I will tell you of how
'Reiraku' came to be, in exchange for her life." she noticed Ranma had
turned the knife in Shampoo's hand on her throat. "She will not attack
you." said Cologne. 
	Ranma eyed her coldly. "All right." he said and slowly released
her. 
	"Go Shampoo, we will discuss your actions later, you know *you*
should never have attacked him." Cologne scolded. Shampoo looked at Ranma
with a venomous gaze and left. "Now where to begin....
	
FLASH BACK: THE AMAZON VILLAGE. this scene is totally in Chinese except
for <>.

	Cologne watched in horror as Ranma raised her arm in the spiral
uppercut and called the sleeping dragon. 'HI RYUU SHOUTEN HA!!' "No!" she
cried as Shampoo was thrown violently into the air. 
	Ranma shifted inside the blast he couldn't see much and it was
difficult to move around without getting caught in the blast. <I should
feel drained...but I don't.> he thought as he stood in the nexus of the
blast. 
	Shampoo struggled in the blast barely holding on to her
conciseness as she moved upwards. "I won't lose." she thought as she
turned downward and started to move down. Ranma looked up as the blast
reached its peak only to see Shampoo directly above him with her Bonbori
raised. She swung downwards . Ranma met it with his finger, and the
Bonbori exploded in her face sending her flying up into the blast. Ranma
braced himself and lept from the blast.

	Shampoo woke three days later and saw her family looking solemnly
at her.  "Did I win?" she asked already knowing the answer. Her father
looked at her and shook his head slowly. 
	"My daughter." he said softly. She turned to face Cologne, "Then
I am to marry him?" she asked. 
	"Yes." Replied Cologne. 
	"So at last I am defeated by a worthy opponent." she thought with
a small amount of relief that he was her own age and reasonably good
looking. "My head hurts." she commented. It was too much, her mother ran
from the home. "What is wrong?" asked Shampoo. 
	"I-it is better to see." replied her father looking sadly at her.
Shampoo looked into the mirror and started to scream.

	Shampoo looked out over the cliffs. "So I will die like this."
she laughed with the irony, she had laughed at other women who found
their engagements unacceptable and met dishonorable death at the cliffs
surely that was not for her, and yet here she was. "To marry the man who
did this to me..." she thought. 
	"Shampoo stop." Said Cologne. 
	"I will die before I marry him." said Shampoo to the elder. 
	"Because you were injured so there is yet another way, although
you may prefer death. Still I feel you should know of this option. A
chance for vengeance." Cologne smiled as a fire lit in her Great Grand
daughter's eyes.

	"Stand boy.� said Cologne to the figure that emerged from the
spring. she turned to face the villagers. "A new member  of the village
has arrived. Stand forward Reiraku." she called. Shampoo stepped forward
in her new male body. 
	"Who are you?" Cologne asked. 
	"Down fall." replied Shampoo. 
	"What is your pourpose?" Cologne questioned Shampoo. 
	"To kill Ranma Saotome to avenge my sister Shampoo's injuries and
release her from her marriage." he said angrily. 
	"You understand that You are not Shampoo but a completely
different individual who can never be destroyed, even if your task is
completed?" Shampoo grit her teeth. 
	"I do." she replied reluctantly. Cologne had neglected to mention
this. 
	"Who will teach him our ways?" called Cologne. 
	"I will, she will learn to be an Amazon and a warrior." Said
Mousse as he emerged from the crowd. Worried murmurs were heard from the
crowd. Mousse frowned as he heard 'weakling Mousse?' from the lips of
more than a few of his villagers. 
	Shampoo gasped, "Great grandmother choose weakling Mousse to help
Me?" she said with a horrified look. 
	"You will soon learn Respect." snorted Mousse.
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part23: Ukyo and the Lions Roar
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	Ranma looked at Cologne as she lept out the window of his room
and smiled. "She would make an interesting wife 'Son-in-law'" she cackled
as she turned away. 
	"You keep your hands of her or I'll kill you." said Ranma to
Cologne. 
	"What?" said Cologne looking at him. 
	"You know who I mean, she has no part in this." said Ranma
looking at Cologne his expression unmoving. 
	"You can't protect her all the time, and you know how things
are." she said coldly. "Humph. Kill me indeed." she snorted as she lept
away.

	The next day Ranma walked next to Akane towards the school.
"What's eating you?" she asked noticing his somber look. 
	"Nothin." he said looking cheerful for a moment, "Just tired I
guess." he said looking at Akane. 
	Suddenly, "RANMA PREPAIR TO DIE!" rang out. 
	"Ryoga?" thought Ranma but he was suprised to see Ukyo running
towards him with an angry look. "Now what?" he asked. 
	"Ranma I challenge you!" she called throwing an Okonomiyaki at
him with a challenge written on it. 
	"Sure thing Ucchan." said Ranma. looking up from the challenge. 
	Ukyo grabbed his collar. "Who you callin Ucchan?" she growled. 
	Ranma blinked in mild suprise. "She's acting like...Ryoga?" he
thought. Ryoga turned the corner to see Ranma Being grabbed by Ucchan.
	 "Ranma? whats going on." he asked. 
	"Just a challenge." said Ranma. 
	"That Uncute tomboy Challenged you?" he asked with a serious
look. 
	"Shut up you jack ass!" yelled Ukyo as she hit Ryoga over the
head. 
	"Violent tomboy." Retorted Ryoga. Ranma was watching this
exchange with mixed feelings, amusement, wonder, and slight disgust. He
looked at Akane who was just bewildered. "It's like we should be..." he
thought, And they all headed towards the school. "It must be love." he
said aloud. 
	Akane looked at him. Ryoga and Ukyo just stopped and staired at
him. "With that uncute tomboy?" yelled Ryoga. 
	Ukyo bat him on the head. "My heart ain't exactly a flutter for
you either Jackass!" she countered.

	AFTER SCHOOL...

	Ranma looked at Ukyo sighed. "Let's get this over with." he
muttered.
	She growled and swung her spear at him "You ruined my life!" she
screamed and swung furiously at Ranma. Ranma dodged and punched her in
the gut taking a light hit on the cheek. 
	"Damn I gotta be more careful." he said "I should have dodged
that easy." He chided himself. "Better end this before she hurts herself
with that stick." he said goading her. 
	"For all the humiliations for every thing you've done to make me
suffer. You pay now Saotome!!! Eat this! 'SHI SHI HOKO DAN!'" Ukyo shot a
blast of blue green energy hitting Ranma on his right side hard. 
	"Uhng." cried Ranma in suprise and pain. "Where the hell did
*you* learn that?" he yelled at her.
	 She smiled "I have you!" she cried. She prepared a huge blast
even larger than the first and shot it towards Ranma. 'SHI SHI HOKO DAN'
	 Ranma smiled "you think so?" he said confidently. 'MOUKO
TAKABISHI'  he yelled and sent a solid blue wave of energy into Ukyo's
blast.  
	"No! Impossible" she cried as Ranma's blast cut through her's and
hit her dead in the chest knocking her out cold.
	 Ranma clutched his shoulder. "Ranma your hurt!" cried Akane as
she rushed to his side. 
	Ryoga picked up Ukyo and went toward The clinic...or so he
thought.
	"Ryoga you jerk how dare you take me to Hokkiado?!!" screamed
Ukyo as she beat him on the head. "You mean this isn't the school nurses
office?" he asked as he looked around.
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part24: The good doctor
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	"So Ranma is it? I hear you and Akane are quite an item." said
Dr. Tofu as he patched Ranma's shoulder. "This should be gone in a few
hours. It's amazing how fast you can heal." he said as he looked at the
wound, "What kind of fire was it?" he asked. 
	"Shi shi hoko dan" replied Ranma. 
	"You really shouldn't get into fights with people who can throw
chi blast Ranma, you should respect your elders." said Tofu with a
warning gaze. 
	"She was sixteen, and I won." said Ranma with an amused look. 
	Dr. Tofu looked at Ranma for a moment in suprise. "Ranma can
throw a Ki blast?" he asked Akane. She nodded. "Tell me Ranma does it
usually take you this long to calm down after a fight?" he asked. 
	"Calm down?" asked Ranma. 
	"Your Battle aura is still very large." Tofu said looking at
Ranma. 
	"I am calm Doc." he said. "
Come now Ranma." said the Doctor pushing several calming points on his
body...several times. He backed away. "Ranma you have twice the battle
aura that any one man should have." he said. 
	"I've studies martial arts a long time." said Ranma with a shrug.

	"No Ranma, everyone is born with a set amount of Ki in their
bodies, it is always pretty close to the same amount for every one. its
like a battery if you use it up it regenerates, and also like a muscle
the more you use it the stronger it gets. But the amount never change you
get more control and more potent as time goes on but the amount never
changes." Dr. Tofu looked amazed at Ranma. 
	"What about Happosai's Battle aura trick." Asked Ranma. Dr. Tofu
looked at him quizzically. "He makes himself look really big." said
Ranma. 
	"That's just control of his Ki. He uses it to manipulate the
natural Ki in the air around him." said Dr. Tofu after a few moments
thought. 
	"Natural Ki isn't really much good for anything but illusions
using it in an attack is kind of like trying to drown a fish. Happosai's
real attacks are disguised in the Illusion. Of course that is just an
educated guess." he said looking thoughtful "At any rate your Ki is still
highly undeveloped, but there is allot of it, thus making it easier to
control." he guessed. 
	Ranma was becoming board and stood to leave. "Well it was nice
meeting you but I gotta head home." he said as he walked out with Akane.

	After dropping Akane at her home he stopped and watched the
sunset from a rooftop. "It seems we both kept our Ki Saotome." he said to
himself smiling quietly at his personal joke. "So that's how I learned
the Mouko takabishi and the Hi ryuu shoten ha so quickly...: he mused as
the sun slowly sank behind the rooftops of Nerima. "Mabey that's why I
wasn't drained after those Ki attacks." 
	
Spirit wihtin part 25
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Ryoga meets Happosai
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	Ryoga once again looked out over the roof tops of Nerima, with a
wistful look on his face. "Ukyo why do you have to be such an uncute
tomboy?" he said as he rubbed the bump on his head casually, it didn't
really hurt but still he wondered why he'd gotten it. Ranma looked on as
Ryoga got up and dusted himself off after his landing. 
	"So I take it you've seen Ukyo again?" he said casually from
behind Ryoga causing the lost boy to start suddenly. 
	"Yes sensei." said Ryoga bowing respectfully to his master.
 	"So, you've taken on a student Ranma?" said Happosai from behind
Ranma. 
	"Thats right." said Ranma showing no sign that he had been snuck
up on, while Ryoga almost screamed again. "Put the water away Happosai."
said Ranma in a warning voice. 
	Happy smiled and said "OK" as he dumped it on Ranma. Onna-Ranma
turned angrily on the little pervert. 
	"Why you little..." she started to say when Ryoga piped up. 
	"How dare you treat my sensei like that you dirty old man!"
yelled Ryoga as Happosai unsucsessfully grabbed for Ranma's breast. 
	"Ryooga, no!" cried Ranma as Ryoga swung at the old man. 
	"My such a strong boy." quipped Happosai as he hooked his pipe
under Ryogas wrist and flung him into the air. A few moments later Ryoga
came crashing down and immediately got up. 
	"Why you..." he said as he stalked towards the evil pervert. 
	"My such a strong young man." said Happosai as he patted him on
the head after Ryoga picked him up by his shirt. Ryoga felt every almost
every muscle in his body tighten up in a cramp and cried out in pain.
Ranma walked up to him and hit him hard on the back. 
	"Why did you do that?!!" asked Ryoga angrily. "Hey the cramps are
gone." he said looking at Ranma dumbly. 
	"Been hanging around tha chiropractor have you Ranma?" asked
Happy lightly. 
	"I'm his favorite patient." said Ranma coolly. "Besides he's a
freind of Akane's." he continued. 
	"Who is this guy Ranma?" asked Ryoga warrily. 
	"Master Happosai, Grand Master of the anything goes school."
replied Ranma. Ryoga's jaw dropped. 
	"M-master? I am so sorry please forgive me!" cried Ryoga looking
helpless. 
	"Ryoga get up." said Ranma after Ryoga prostrated himself on the
ground. "He doesn't deserve *that* much respect." said Ranma. 
	"Hey!" cried Happy. "Shut up you old perverted freak." said
Ranma. 
	"R-ranma?" said Ryoga looking at him sideways "You treat your
master like this?" he asked. 
	"He is my old mans master not mine he also taught Akane's old
man." said Ranma coolly.  
	A some what evil plan formed in Happosai's and Ranma's minds.
"You'll learn to respect me boy." quipped Haposai. 
	"Fat chance old man." said Ranma coolly looking at Ryoga. Ryoga
just looked at the two and shrugged.  

	Several days later Ukyo Konji looked out over the streets of
Nerima with a strange gaze, Mousse had several problems with this new
tecneique of his and the Attack on Ranma had been delayed several times.
Since the Reiraku attacked Ranma in his sleep the old hag had made it
difficult for him to practice. Also it had become a rare site to see
Akane any where without Ranma close by, not that that was unusual but he
was going to extream lengths to protect her from something. So what she
was seeing could not be real. Ranma was walking down the street with an
ordinary looking man in traveling clothes and ... her father. But that
was not even the best part her father was smiling at Ranma and talking
like a friend to him. 
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Spirit within part 26:  Ryoga and Ukyo.
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	"WHAT?" asked Ukyo with rage in her eyes. Ryoga just staired at
the Three men in shock. "Don't just sit there you jack ass say
something!!" she yelled at him. 
	"T-to that uncute tomboy?" he asked. Ukyo hit him over the head. 
	"I see what you mean, my wife reacted the same way when our
parents told us about the engagement." said the strange man to Ranma. 
	"Ranma has offered an honorable solution to our problem Ukyo, and
we will accept." said Ukyo's father. 
	"Daddy!" said Ukyo angrily. 
	Ryoga looked at the man sitting across from him. "You and Ryoga
will marry and Ranma's fiancee and your children will marry thus
combining our two lines and eraseing the dishonor placed upon us by his
father." said Ukyo's dad.
	 "B-but..." he started. 
	"Quiet boy I only wish I had provided for you sooner." he said to
his son. 
	"Dad?! to that uncute tomboy??!" yelled Ryoga. 
	Ryoga's father laughed out loud "I said something simmilar when I
met your mother." he said heartily. 
	Ryoga didn't know what to say. "But to that uncute tomboy?!" was
all that came out. 
	"Will you quit saying that!!??" said Ukyo as she hit him over the
head again. 
	"Ranma where did you find him?" asked Ryoga quietly as he staired
at his father whom he hadn't seen in three years. 
	Ranma smiled at Ryoga, he was getting over the shock of the
engagement thing and still hadn't attacked him, Ranma decided he had made
the right choice. "You have no Idea how hard it was to do." said Ranma
with a small laugh. Truth was he had found him totally by chance after
only a week of searching. Ryoga moved back to his seat as Ukyo yelled at
her father who smiled at how much she protested the engagement, almost as
much as she protested against Ranma when he first told her about that
engagement.
	
	A short time later Ryoga glared at Ranma from on top of the roof.
"I can't beleive you did this too me!" he yelled angrily. 
	"I am aware thet you like her Ryoga." said Ranma. 
	"So what?" Ryoga yelled. Then stopped realizing he had just
admitted his feelings for Ukyo. "Thats not what I meant." he retorted.
facing away from Ranma. 
	"Ryoga I did this because I don't want to hurt her, she was my
friend once. If things had gone on much more I may have had to deal with
her, Mousse and Reiraku all at once and Cologne is trying to get Akane
now. If she was helping them and they hurt Akane I may have done
something I would have Regretted,That you would have Regretted. What
would you have done if I had seriously hurt or even had to kill Ukyo?"
said Ranma gravely. Ryoga looked at him. "It may come to that in the end
Ryoga, I pray it doesn't. This takes Ukyo out of the game." he looked at
the stars as he said this pretending not to notice Ryoga's horrified
reaction to his words. Ranma turned to jump off the roof. 
	"Ranma...thank you...........for finding my father." said Ryoga.
Ranma said nothing but smilled a little at the real meaning from those
words.
	
	Ukyo looked at the two men on the roof of her restaraunt Ryoga
would be living with her now when he was in Nerima and her fight with
Ranma was over. She looked bitterly as Ranma lept off the roof. "Looks
like you win." she said somberly. A smile crept on her face as she
thought about some possible living arangements with Ryoga. She crushed it
quickly. "Let him sleep on the grill." she grummbled without much malice.
she started to smile again at an amusing immage of Ryoga sleeping on the
hot grill, but quickly squelched it as well "Ryoga get down off the roof
and let me show you your room. " she called. She heard a thump as Ryoga
jumped  off the wrong side of her home. "Moron." she said as the smile
snuck on her face again.

	The next day at the Cat cafe'...

	"Mousse." said Reiraku looking at the duck in the middle of the
floor of the restaraunt covered in water. "I just get word Ukyo no can
helpus. Ranma trick her father so no can help any more!" said the boy
with an angry look. 
	"Quack." said the duck angrily.
	"And after we went to all that trouble to train her too." said
Cologne. "I guess I should take care of the girlfreind soon." she said
with a sigh. She walked from the Kitchen and up to the duck. "I'll give
you one final chance Mousse. If you fail Shampoo will marry the son in
law, and my plan to destroy his life will begin soon. "I do not wish to
see my Great grand daughter unhappy so I will help you this once." she
said Darkly. "If he succeeds I won't have to kill anyone." she though
coolly.

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Spirit within part 27:Mousses Secret Technique...
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	Mousse stood at the gates of Furinkan in wait the wind blew his
hair dramatically as the students filed around him. "Ranma." he said as
Akane Tendo approached. "Ranma Saotome I challenge you." he said pointing
at the bewildered Akane. Mousse fell to the ground as Ranma kicked him in
the back of the head. 
	"Over here stupid." said Ranma looking at him with a confident
smirk. 
	"Ranma Saotome I challenge you." growled Mousse as he got up and
faced him. 
	"Great when?" said Ranma. 
	"Now you fool!" yelled Mousse. Reiraku stood a small distance
away and approached casually.
	 "I can't now I got school." said Ranma pointing to the building.
	"You fight us now." Said Reiraku as he swung at Ranma with a
spear he had hidden in his cloak. 
	"OK Shampoo I'll bite." said Ranma as he jumped to avoid the
spear. 
	Ranma looked around the area there was a large crowd surrounding
the fight. "Damn I was hoping they would back off till later." he
thought.  

	Akane looked on in confusion as the two tried to get Ranma
between them. Then Shampoo did some thing strange. She seemed to avoid
being directly between Mousse and Ranma. "What is she doing?" thought
Akane. 

	Ranma dodged the pair's strikes easily enough and backed away.
"This is to easy, better be ready for the real attack." he thought as
they forced him back. A new voice rang out from behind and Ranma turned
to see Kuno behind him. 
	"Well Ranma Saotome it seems you are out numbered." he said
looking the situation over. 
	"And who you is?" asked Reiraku cautiously. 
	"I am Tatewaki Kuno the rising new star of the high school
fencing world! The sound of my voice strikes fear into the hearts of my
peers, they cal me "THE BLUE THUNDER OF FURINKAN HIGH" and I seek to free
Akane Tendo from the grasp of his evil heart." said the Kendoist
dramatically. 
	"Great all three of them." grumbled Ranma. Kuno stood opposite
the pair of Amazon warriors and smiled. 
	"Today is the day of your defeat Saotome." he smiled. "Mabey I
can use him, if I can get us away from the crowd..." thought Ranma.

	Ranma desperately Dodged the attacks of the Three and even took a
few light hits from the battle. "Damn I can't take much more of this."
thought Ranma as he rushed at Kuno again. 
	Mousse grabbed at Kuno with his chains. "What are you doing knave
I almost had him!" cried Kuno in anger. 
	"This fool is going to get us killed! Ranmas trying to use him
for the Hi ryu Shouten ha." Said Mousse. Reiraku nodded in agreement and
turned on the kendoist Knocking him out cold in a few seconds as Ranma
was kept barely at bay by Mousse. "Now we end this Saotome." said Mousse
as Reiraku joined the fight once again.

	Akane watched from the shade of a nearby tree as Ranma was
pummeled By the pair mercilessly barely keeping away from the blades they
wielded. 
"Ranma be careful." she said. Mousse smiled and stopped his attacks as
Reiraku slid to the side and held her spear in ready. 
	"Now Ranma we end this foolish battle." Ranma turned his head
slightly to see Akane was behind him watching with a worried expression.

	 Mousse lifted his arm and took up a strange stance. "What the?"
thought Ranma as Mousse pointer his sleeve at him. Ranma heard a familiar
click and his heart stopped. "No." he said. Akane was behind him and he
couldn't dodge. He turned and yelled "Akane get down! He's got a gun!" 
	Mousses Robe sleeve exploded in a loud bang sending scraps of
cloth flying through the air.  Ranma felt the bullet whiz past him and
through his shirt. Ranma turned to see Kuno with his back turned standing
over Akane  as she crouched defensively on the ground as if waiting for
the bullet that never came. Kuno Turned towards Mousse. "A dishonorable
attack." he spat at him. 
	Mousse smiled. "If the end result is Shampoo being mine who needs
Honor?" he said. Kuno fell on top of Akane as a large red stain formed on
his side. The crowd snapped out of shock and stampeded.

	Mousse cried out in frustration as Ranma disappeared into the
crowd. "Coward!" he yelled chasing after him. 
	"Ranma is gone." said Reiraku coolly.

	Ranma collapsed after arriving in Dr. Tofu's clinic with Kuno and
Akane over his shoulders. "Ranma?!" said the Doctor rushing to his side.
"A bullet wound?" he said noticing Kuno as he breathed heavily where
Ranma had placed him before his own collapse. Akane was in mild shock but
did not appear to be injured. Ranma had a few light cuts and allot of
bruises but was not seriously injured. 

	Ranma awoke a few hours later with a start. "Finally awake?" said
Akane as she kissed him gently. 
	"Y-yea." said Ranma shakily. "How's Kuno?" he asked. "Stable at
Nerima General." said Akane smiling. "You saved his life." she added.
Ranma noted that they were still at Dr. Tofu's clinic. 
	Akane saw him looking around and smiled. "Dr. Tofu went with Kuno
he'll be back later." she said. "He took a bullet for me..." she said
with tears in her eyes. Ranma held her for a moment top comfort her. 

	"I hope we aren't interrupting any thing." said an icy voice from
behind them. Akane turned to see Ryoga and an annoyed looking Ukyo
standing in the door. 
	"Ryoga Kun, Ukyo san. What are you doing here?" she asked
suprised. 	"This fool wanted to see you after he heard what
happened." said Ukyo with a tone that said she had to be talked into
bringing him. 
	"You OK sensei?" asked Ryoga looking at Ranma with a smirk.
		"Yea." said Ranma. "So how are things between you two?"
asked Ranma. 	"Shut up Saotome I still haven't forgiven you for
that." growled Ukyo.  
	Ryoga just scratched the back of his head. "Why you gotta be so
uncute in front of my friends?" he grumbled. Ukyo hit him over the head.

	Ukyo and Ryoga stopped Fighting when Mr. Tendo appeared in the
door way. He was not happy. "You have endangered the life of my
daughter." he said as Akane pulled away from Ranma slowly. "I will not
allow this relationship to continue." he said as he roughly took Akane by
the arm and pulled her away. 
	"Akane...he's right." said Ranma looking sadly at her. Soun
stopped and looked at him in suprise. "Until those two are stopped you
can't see me. It isn't safe, I'd never forgive my self if something
happened to you because of me." he said looking at her. 
	A look of dread crossed Akane's face. "NO! she yelled and pulled
away from her Father. 
	"Akane please try to understand." pleaded Ranma. "Never I will
die before I leave you like this." she cried with tears in her eyes.
Desperately pulling away from her fathers grip towards Ranma. 
	Ranma got up form the cot and walked out the back way.
"Akane...I'm sorry I love you too much to see you hurt in this." he said
and walked out the door.

	Soun held his daughter and smiled as he comforted her. "It will
be all right Akane. I'm sure you just need time." he said to her. 
	In his mind he thought of his friend Genma. "In time she will
forget Ranma and then Genma's son Can meet her and they will both fall in
Love and the Tendo family legacy will be secure!" He was almost giddy
that Akane was finally free of that evil Ranma boy. But still he was not
completely heartless he felt sorry for what his daughter felt now and
tried to comfort her as best he could.

	Ranma walked into the streets of Nerima with a heavy heart and
sighed. He stood confidently and stared into the sky as it began to rain.
"This ends tonight." he said defiantly and headed towards the Cat Cafe. 

	When he arrived there he looked in silent horror at the empty
building. "I-Its gone." he said dumbly. 
	"I had a feeling you would come here tonight." said a familiar
voice. 
	"Ryoga?" said Ranma as he turned to see his friend standing in
the rain. It felt strange seeing Ryoga in the rain unchanged. Ukyo walked
up behind Ryoga and smirked. 
	"You were right Ryoga he did come. Your in no condition for a
fight like this and you know it." she growled at him. Ranma hung his
head. "Your lucky they moved somewhere else or I'd have to stop you from
getting yourself killed." she spat at him. 
	"What?" he said looking at her in suprise. 
	"I may not like you very much Ranma but Akane would never forgive
me if I let you get killed." she grumbled at him blushing. 
	"Your right but Mousse has no honor he'll try to get me in my
weakened state." said Ranma. 
	"Doubtful, They'll have to lay low for a while because of the
police. Why do you think the Cat cafe is empty?" said Ryoga. 
	"That little stunt he pulled has got every cop in Nerima looking
for the two." agreed Ukyo. 
	"But Cologne and Shampoo can still move around freely." said
Ranma. 	"Yes." agreed Ukyo. 

	Soun and Genma Drank another toast to the end of Akane's
relationship With the evil boy. "At last we can bring our families
together!" cried Genma. 
	"Yes but Akane needs time to recover." slurred Soun solemnly.
"You think a week is long enough?" asked Genma. 
	"Plenty." said Soun as he poured another cup of sake.


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