Subject: [PMFFML] Rain[Part7][Umm. Aparently I didn't send this before...heh]
From: Ryoga P Hibiki
Date: 4/25/2001, 11:14 PM
To: ffml@patchmonkey.net

    Rain

    Part 7

    Brotherly Love?

+++++++++++++++++++

    Ranma sat beside Ryoga in Tofu's office, the lost boy groaned
painfully as
the man finished setting the cast over his shoulder.

    "You two are going to kill one another one of these days," muttered
the man
irritably. "I can't believe you did this, Ranma."

    The boy merely nodded in reply, not looking the slightest bit ashamed
of
what he had done. The odd thing was, Ryoga didn't appear to be angry
either.
Both of them had been silent since they had show up, giving Tofu only the
information he needed to fix the wound.

    The trio simply sat in silence for a long moment. Finally, Tofu sat
up and
sighed. "Don't move, that has to dry."

    Ryoga gave a small nod and put his head back against the hospital bed
where
he was resting. The doctor stepped out of the room, leaving the pair
alone. He
muttered too himself as he walked and closed the door behind them.

    Ryoga was the first to speak. "So, we finally know who's better?"

    "That doesn't sound like you at all," commented Ranma lazily.

    "I suppose not," agreed Ryoga with a small nod.

    "Don't worry about it, you'll be back too your old self again in no
time,"
said Ranma with a slight smirk.

    "Who says I want to go back to that?" muttered Ryoga irritably.

    "Whatever," muttered Ranma as he glanced away from him indifferently.

    "What did you do anyway? The curse I mean. I don't know why, but I
know it
was you," said Ryoga as he mirrored the boy's look almost exactly.

    "I just turned it off, Shampoo and Mousse can keep theirs for a while
though," he frowned as he muttered the last part.

    "Why me then?" asked Ryoga flatly.

    "You're the first friend I've had in a long time," replied the
ponytailed
boy with a shrug.

    "Friend?" Ryoga gave a crude snort.

    Ranma nodded his head. "Don't play dumb with me, you've always had
other
motives for what you've done I know, but you've always been there for me
when I
needed you. I actually used to look forward to when you'd show up again,
just
so I could have a real fight."

    "Some friend, I've done my best to make your life miserable," said
Ryoga as
he glanced up at the boy for a moment. "At least let me think I did a
good
job."

    "Ha! That's a lie and you know it," said Ranma with a small chuckle.

    "What do you mean? I've always tried to make you miserable!" snapped
Ryoga.

    "What about the time when Happosai made me weak? Or how about when we
fought Herb? That koi rod comes to mind as well..."

    The lost boy turned his head away and blushed. "I had my own
reasons."

    "If we aren't friends, then why did you come to me after you couldn't
get
rid of that mark on your stomach?"

    "I tried everything else first, you were my last option," snorted
Ryoga
angrily.

    "Still, you came too me in the end. I also recall you allowing me to
prepare for your Shi shi houkou dan attack," said Ranma with a light
smile
forming on his face.

    "Yeah, well a friend doesn't try to freeze you to death, a friend
doesn't
impale you through the arm either," countered Ryoga.

    "You knew I wouldn't die," said Ranma. "I could have aimed a little
to the
right too."

    "Think what you like," said Ryoga, he had yet too look at the boy
again.

    "I think I will, don't be a stranger," said Ranma as he walked out of
the
room and left him sitting there.

    "Right," grumbled Ryoga as he looked up at the ceiling and sighed.
"Friends..."

++++++++++++++

    "Ranma."

    The ponytailed boy blinked in surprise and turned his head as he
exited
Tofu's office. Urd was standing outside, waiting for him. She was leaning
against a telephone pole, still dressed in her uniform.

    "Hi."

    "What are you?" she stared at him for a moment.

    He smiled at her and shrugged his shoulders. "I dunno."

    She narrowed her eyes at him and frowned. "What do you mean?"

    "Just what I said. I ain't sure," he said as he strolled up next to
her.
"Mom says I'm starting to remember things, but I still ain't sure what
any of
it means. She told me some stuff, but I ain't real sure about it either."

    "Remember things?" asked the goddess.

    "Yeah, like your name, and those other two goddesses. Things like
that,"
said the boy as he grinned at her sheepishly. "You know anything? It
might
help."

    "So, you know about that?" Urd shook her head, turning her face away
from
him. She hugged herself and seemed to shiver, despite the warm
temperature. "We
could be enemies."

    Ranma blinked, he'd never considered that. "Look, I don't think that
sounds
right."

    "But you don't know either," said the woman as she continued to stare
off
into space.

    "Right," muttered the boy glumly.

    "I like you, I hope you're right," said Urd as she smiled at him
gently.

    "Yeah, me too."

    "I'll see you around," said Urd as she turned away and walked off,
leaving
him alone again.

    "Bye," he muttered, uncertain about what to do now.

    "Yeah," she said to herself more than him. Her mind was off in a
world of
it's own, trying to figure out what to do next. "He's obviously been
reborn.
That could mean anything though, he might still be a mortal, or a god, or
even
a demon."

    She clutched herself again as she walked; a small fluttering in her
heart
seemed to form as she struggled for an answer. A hand on her shoulder
forced
her to pause, and she turned to find Ranma standing behind her again.
"Wha?"

    "You look good with long hair. Here," he put his shirt over her
shoulders
and walked off again.

    Urd blinked in surprise, realizing that she looked like she was cold
again.
"That's not it at all," she said to him.

    "Huh?"

    "I'm not cold at all, quite the opposite actually," she said as she
turned
her head and smirked at him.

    "Oh," he replied with a small shrug. "Sorry."

    She rushed up beside him again, and gently turned him around by his
shoulder. "Hey, do me a favor. Wink at me."

    He cocked his head in confusion, and did so. "Okay?"

    "No, close your left eye," she said gently, her hand still rested on
his
shoulder.

    With another small and confused looking smile, he did so.

    Urd jumped into his arms, clutching him desperately. "Oh Father!
Thank
you!" she whispered as tears began to form in her eyes.

    Ranma looked confused, but returned the embrace. "Are you all right?"

    "I've never been better," said Urd as she held him at arms length and
smiled. "Why don't you come with me for a while?"

    "Huh? Why?" said the boy dumbly. "I suppose I could, but people tend
to get
mad when I'm late..."

    Urd smiled wickedly. "You'll be late. I promise."

    "Umm..." Ranma looked up and the markings on the girl's face began to
glow.
She grew taller, and parts of her body matured in an instant.

    "You'll be very late," she put her hand under his chin and tilted his
head
up slightly. She was still crying, for reasons he didn't understand.
Strangely
enough, she looked happy, a little too happy actually.

    Part of his mind wanted very desperately to escape; however the rest
of him
was very much against the idea.

    Urd merely chuckled at the confused stare she was getting, and hefted
him
up into her arms.

    "Hey! Wait a..." Ranma was cut off as she kissed him and started
walking at
the same time.

++++++++++++++

    In his office, the Almighty sat at his computer with an odd looking
smile
on his face. The screen readout in front of him was one he had not seen
in
thousands of years.

    Kura Okami: God of Rain, Defender of the Heavens.

    Storm God: One of three.

    God 1st class Unlimited: War class.

    Status: Deceased: Predates Time/ No date available.

    He chuckled to himself as he erased the last line, and replaced it
with a
new entry.

    Status: Active.

++++++++++++++++++

    "Ranma! Where have you been?" snapped Akane as she rushed up to the
boy as
he walked into the Tendo home.

    The boy blinked at her, and turned his head towards the entrance. "He
ain't
here yet."

    "Huh? He left school over three hours ago," said another Ranma as he
walked
through the door. "Where the heck is he?"

    "I dunno," said the first Ranma with a shrug. "He ain't here though."

    "You again?" gasped Akane as she stepped back away from them.

    "Jeez, no need to act all weird on us," snorted Fujin calmly as he
smirked
at her. "Where's Yamma?"

    "Yamma?" muttered Nabiki as she rounded the corner and stared at the
pair
for a moment.

    "Come on out, I know you can hear us!" cried Raiden as he strolled
past
Akane and into the home.

    "Who do you think you are?" snapped the girl angrily as she followed
him.

    She almost gasped when Nodoka appeared in front of the two gods. She
had a
very angry scowl on her face. "What do you two want?"

    "We were supposed to give you this. Our little brother has a new
status
now," said Raiden as he handed her a worn looking paper. It was obvious
the
page had barely survived the trip to the home.

    "Active? He's not ready yet!" snapped Nodoka as she glared at them.
"This
had better be a joke!"

    "Humph! No such luck, straight from the big man himself," said Raiden
with
a short nod. He was obviously enjoying this.

    "You aren't permitted here! Leave now!" snapped Nodoka angrily.

    "Ha! Quit your bluffing," snorted Fujin.

    "What?" gasped Nodoka as she stepped back.

    "Kura is active now. You've got no jurisdiction over him any longer,"
said
the god arrogantly. "Where he is, we are."

    "What do you mean? What's going on here? I demand to know!" said Soun
as he
pushed himself between the pair and puffed out his chest.

    "It means, that as long as the boy named Ranma is staying here, then
so are
we," said Raiden coolly.

    "What? Now see here!" started Soun.

    Happosai walked up from behind Raiden and Fujin. He stepped up to
Soun,
looking up at him calmly. "You'll listen to them if you know what's good
for
you, Tendo." The look in his eyes gave no room for argument. He turned
towards
Nodoka next and frowned deeply. "You as well. It's time for this to end."

    "What?" said the woman in shock.

    "Kura is not under our protection any longer," said Happosai as he
strolled
away from the scene calmly. He took out his pipe and lit it before
sitting on
the ground in the living room to smoke.

    "What's going on? Father? Who are these people?" asked Kasumi
nervously.

    "Master?" said Soun dumbly as he looked at the old man and started to
cry.
"But I can't afford to keep two more house guests! They can't just barge
in
here and demand things like this!"

    "He's right you know. Who are you to barge into my house this way?"
said
Nabiki as she stood in front of the pair rather bravely. "And who the
heck is
this 'Kura' guy?"

    "Kura is Ranma's real name," said Nodoka quietly.

    "What?" gasped Akane as she turned to stare at the woman in shock.

    "These two are his brothers, Raiden and Fujin," continued Nodoka.

    Both boys gave a small bow, and smirked at each other.

    Genma blinked and looked at his wife. "You mean...you...and some
man..."

    She turned to face him and smiled. "Of course husband, you were gone
ten
years after all." She then turned her gaze towards the pair again.
"Raiden and
Fujin are Kura's elder brothers though. They are also not my children."

    Akane stared at the pair and gulped. "Um, but that..."

    Genma was completely pale as he turned towards Nodoka.
"But...dear...they
aren't my children..."

    "Don't be silly Genma!" Nodoka gave a small laugh and smiled at her
husband
wickedly. "Neither is Kura."

    Genma Saotome passed out in a dead faint.

    "Ha! I knew it!" said Nabiki as she turned away and left as if
nothing had
happened.

    Soun was sitting on the floor, crying like a baby. He had a
calculator in
his hand, and was trying to rework his budget.

    Nodoka put her hand on Akane's shoulder and smiled at her. "Don't
worry
about it too much dear."

    "But..." stammered the girl as she looked up at her 'Auntie' in
shock.

    "Akane, you've known my husband for about a year now. Are you really
that
surprised?"

    The girl blinked and looked down at Genma, who was still lying on the
floor.

    "I guess not."

    Kasumi sighed and watched as Raiden and Fujin simply walked by her
and sat
at the table next to Happosai. "Oh my. I guess I'll have to set some
extra
plates tonight."

    "Well, I guess you'll be here for a while then?" asked Happosai.

    "Don't see any reason why. He's not going to be able to hang around
much
longer," said Raiden with a small shrug.

    "That's true. I'm going too miss this place," said the old gnome with
a
heavy sigh.

    "Still into playing pervert I see," commented Raiden as he pulled a
brazier
from behind the old man's shirt.

    "Well, it has its moments. The thrill of the chase is a wonderful
thing!"

    "Who says he's acting?" commented Fujin.

    "That was a smart play old friend," commented Raiden.

    "What? Keeping you two idiots from blasting this whole family into
oblivion? You moron's never think. Kura would have been pretty upset with
the
both of you."

    "What? For the sake of a few mortal lives?" snorted Fujin.

    "He's grow attached to these mortals," said Happosai irritably.
"You'd
better watch yourselves around them."

    "He always was a bit softhearted," snorted Raiden irritably.

    "It's one of his better traits," commented Happosai.

    "Whatever, that one in the kitchen gives me the creeps," said Fujin
as he
glanced over his shoulder.

    "Tell me about it," agreed his brother.

    "Heh, Ranma's always been a bit wary of her too, although he doesn't
realize it," said Happosai. "That one is gifted, such a waste too. She
would
have been a powerful priestess."

    Nabiki walked in front of the television. She was wearing short cut
off
shorts, and a small shirt that left her belly exposed.

    Raiden and Fujin paused and stared at her for a moment. They had
their eyes
on her stomach. Raiden licked his lips and slowly rose to his feet.

    The girl paused and glanced at them. "What are you looking at?"

    Raiden merely smiled. "Dinner."

    Happosai seemed to realize something was wrong and blinked. "Uh oh."

    Fujin had moved behind Nabiki circling her like a wolf cornering its
prey.

    The girl seemed to suddenly realize that she was in a bad situation.
"What
are you two doing?" she said coldly.

    Fujin jerked back as someone grabbed his hair and pulled down hard.
He
smiled as he found himself staring into a mirror image of himself.

    "What the hell are you doing?" said Ranma as he glared at the god
irritably.

    Raiden turned his attention away from the girl and frowned as he saw
Kura
with Fujin in his grasp.

    "Nabiki, go change out of that shirt. Right now," said Ranma as he
glanced
at her calmly.

    "What? Why?" said the girl angrily.

    "Just do it, wear something that covers you all the way," the
ponytailed
boy glanced down at her stomach for a moment and turned towards Raiden
again.
"Keep your hands off these people."

    The god's both blinked and looked up innocently as he glared at them
both
for a moment.

    Nabiki rushed by them and up the stairs.

    "Ranma! Where have you been you jerk!" snapped Akane as she charged
into
the room.

    "None of your business, not right now Akane," said Ranma as he
glanced at
her.

    "Ranma! How dare you speak to your fiancee like that!" cried Soun.

    "Indeed! I know I taught you better than that boy!" agreed Genma.

    "You didn't teach me anything old man," said Ranma as he eyed the man
coldly.

    "What? You ingrate! How dare you speak to your father like that!"
snapped
Genma as he charged forward.

    Ranma held out his palm, and seemed to lightly touch the man on his
chest.
Genma was sent sprawling across the ground again. "You're not my father."

    Akane gasped and put her hand over her mouth. She stepped away from
the
scene and wisely decided to sit down and shut up.

    "Welcome home Ranma," said Nodoka as she walked into the room and sat
down,
she stepped over Genma in order to do so.

    "Hello," he replied with a small nod. "So, what are you two doing
here?" He
turned his attention towards Raiden and Fujin.

    "We're moving in," said Fujin cheerfully.

    "Yeah, neat huh?" agreed Raiden.

    "I guess," said the boy with a shrug.

    "Gee, you don't have to look so excited," deadpanned Raiden with a
slight
frown. "It's only been what? A couple hundred thousand years?"

    "I still don't remember," said Ranma with another shrug.

    "Well, we've got lots of time to catch up," said Fujin cheerfully. He
paused and noticed something different about his little brother. "What
the heck
happened to you?"

    Ranma blinked and looked down. His clothing was hanging in shreds off
of
his body, and he had several distinct scratch marks visible on his skin
where
there were holes in his shirt. "None of your business."

    "Oh," said the god with a small shrug.

    The ponytailed boy walked up the stairs and closed the door to his
room.

    The two gods turned towards Akane and smiled.

    "So, you're our little brother's lover then?" asked Fujin.

    Akane simply stared at him for a moment. "What?"

+++++++++++++++

    Ranma narrowed his eyes, he had just changed his clothes when a loud
crash
came from outside the room. "What the hell was that?" He opened the door
and
rushed out. "What the hell? What are you two doing?"

    "She attacked me," said Fujin as he stood over the cowering form of
Akane
Tendo. The girl was sitting on the ground, with her back against the
wall. The
shattered pieces of her mallet lying around on the ground at her feet.

    "Akane! Are you nuts?" snapped Ranma as he jumped down next to her.

    She burst into tears and jumped into his arms. "They tried to kill
me!"

    "If they had, you wouldn't be talking to me right now," said Ranma
gently
as he put his arms around her shoulders.

    "What?" muttered the girl as she looked up at him for a moment.

    Raiden had an angry scowl on his face as he watched the scene before
him.
"That little wench. How dare she speak to us that way. Doesn't she know
who we
are?"

    "No, she doesn't," said Ranma as he glared at him for a moment. "All
of you
had better calm down."

    "What are you talking about? How dare you barge into my house like
this?
Who do you think you are?" she snapped angrily.

    "Here it comes," said Happosai as he rolled his eyes.

    "I am Raiden, God of Thunder, Demon first class unlimited, defender
of the
heavens, and war god in the army of the Almighty," said the boy as he
stood up
to his full height and stared her down. The sky went dark outside, and
thunder
rumbled across the sky angrily.

    "What?" gasped the girl as she cowered deeper into Ranma's arms.

    "Foolish little mortal. Don't you understand yet? We aren't named
after
gods, we are gods," said Fujin with a small chuckle.

    Nabiki frowned at the display and was unimpressed. "I know a guy who
knows
that same trick."

    "Really now?" said Raiden as he stared at her. His eyes started to
glow,
and he frowned a little harder.

    "Nabiki," said Soun firmly as he stood between them. "Apologize."

    "What? But he..." snapped the girl in shock.

    Her father merely glared at her for a moment.

    The girl hung her head and nodded. "I'm sorry."

    "See that your tongue doesn't slip again," said Fujin with a small
nod. "I
might decide to remove it if it does."

    Nabiki growled under her breath, but said nothing else.

    "Are you two idiots finished scaring the hell out of my friends and
family
now?" snapped Ranma as he slugged Raiden in his stomach.

    "Oof!" gasped the god as he leaned forward and clutched at his belly.
"Hey!
Why'd ya do that?"

    "Ya jerks! You coulda hurt someone!" snapped Ranma as he smacked
Fujin in
the back of his head.

    Akane was still cowering in his arms, and looked up at her fiancee
dumbly.
"Ranma? What are you doing?"

    Nabiki's eyes went wide, her hateful thoughts forgotten for a moment.
"Wait
a minute! If these two are Ranma's brothers...then..."

    "You are correct," said Nodoka with a slight nod.

    "He's a god?" said the girl as she stared at the woman.

    "Most impressive isn't it?" asked Happosai cheerfully.

    "Both of you?" gasped Nabiki as she stared at the pair.

    "You should feel honored," said Nodoka with a serious looking nod.

    "Right! Why, to have a god personally fondle your breasts. Such an
honor!"
exclaimed Happosai.

    At that, both of them burst into laughter.

    "You've been freeloading off my family for almost a year now and you
think
that's funny?" snapped the girl in shock.

    Nodoka walked over and grabbed her by her shoulder. "Tendo, feel
fortunate.
You have not lacked what you have needed over the past year. It has
always
worked out in the end, has it not?"

    The girl blinked, and slowly nodded.

    Nodoka continued, "You are in a unique position. You've found
yourself and
your family in the favor of the gods themselves. If I were you, I would
do
everything in my power to try too keep things that way."

    In an odd way, it made sense. Nabiki found herself nodding in
agreement.
There had to be ways for her to make a profit off of this, something that
would
benefit her entire family even. She turned and saw Akane still hiding
under
Ranma's arm, he didn't appear to notice this, and talked with his
brothers.
"This could work out..."

+++++++++++++

    Urd was cheerful, happy, and humming a tune too herself as she sat on
the
back porch of the Morisato home. She was doodling in the dirt with a
small
stick, and looked quite pleased with the results.

    Skuld frowned as she saw this. She knew from experience that Urd
being in
this good of a mood always meant trouble. "What's she up too?"

    Urd was oblivious to the frustrated musings of her little sister, and
continued to draw in the dirt.

    Finally, Skuld had enough. She came from around the corner and
stomped up
to her sister. "What are you up to? I know it's something! You're in too
good
of a mood!"

    "Huh?" muttered Urd as she looked up from her drawing and noticed the
girl.

    Skuld paused and looked down at the doodle. It was a little man with
an eye
patch over his left eye, he was wearing armor of some kind, and had a
little
cartoon sword in his hand. There were also several hearts drawn around
him.
"Oh. Is that all? Another boyfriend? Really Urd!" snorted Skuld as she
walked
away from the woman.

    "No, not this time," she said as she wiped the image away with her
foot and
smiled a little wider.

++++++++++++++

    Akane Tendo walked out of her room in the middle of the night. She
yawned
and frowned at the two idiot gods who had decided to take up residence in
her
home. They were sitting in front of the television screen watching
something
that they thought was hilarious apparently.

    She strolled by them and went into the kitchen to grab a drink of
water.
After a moment she walked back out and frowned at them with the glass in
her
hand. "Keep it down would you? The weak little mortals have too sleep."
She
turned away from them and went back up the stairs again.

    Raiden and Fujin looked at one another and shrugged. They both turned
back
to the video they had taken of Urd and Ranma rolling around on the ground
in
passion.

++++++++++++++++

    Keiichi frowned as he looked at his alarm clock, the two idiot gods
were
gone, and he finally had some peace and quiet. Unfortunately, something
had
been bothering him all day. It was a premonition, or a feeling he'd
gotten
after the pair hadn't shown up that evening. None of the goddesses seemed
to
notice or care, it probably wasn't that unusual for them to just vanish
like
that. Urd had been acting strange all day though.

    "That must be it. I'll bet she's up to something," grumbled Keiichi
irritably. He rolled over and lay his head back down on the pillow again.

+++++++++++++++

    It had been almost a full half-hour, and Raiden and Fujin had just
finished
with the videotape they had made of their time on earth.

    "I bet we can sell these when we get back," said Fujin with a
chuckle.

    "It'd make Kura really angry with us," agreed Raiden cheerfully.

    "Aw, he'll get over it," snorted Fujin. "It'll be like that time we
sold
his boxers to that triad of angels."

    Akane Tendo's door burst open, and she rushed down the stairs.
Without a
single word, she grabbed the videotape from Raiden's hand and put it into
the
VCR.

    "Hey..." said the god in confusion.

    Akane had her eyes locked onto the screen, she was fast-forwarding
through
various scenes that had happened over the last week. Finally she stopped
the
tape and froze the screen. "Ranma?" she muttered weakly as she saw him
locked
in a passionate embrace with the white haired girl from school.

++++++++++++

    Ranma Saotome sat upright as he found a backpack resting on his
stomach.
"Oof! What  the hell? Akane? What are you...?"

    She stared at him, tears forming in her eyes. "Get out."

    "Huh? What are you...?"

    "Just get out," she said as she stared at him. "I never want to see
you
again."

    Ranma stood up, and moved towards her. "Wait! What's going on?"

    "Don't touch me!" she screamed as she stepped back away from him.

    "Akane?" he muttered dumbly.

    "Just go, go to that woman, and leave me alone," she said as she
threw the
videotape at him. It pegged him in the forehead and he fell on his back.

    "Ouch! What the hell?" he cried as he looked at the offending object
in
shock.

    Raiden and Fujin walked in right after she left, both of their head's
hung
in shame. "Hiya, bro..."

++++++++++++++

    "And you were watching it there?" cried Ranma as he found himself in
the
streets of Tokyo in the middle of the night with both of his brothers.
"You
idiots! What the hell were you doing following me around like that
anyway?"

    "We weren't allowed to talk with you yet, so we were just keeping
tabs,"
said Raiden calmly.

    "You don't seem too upset," said Fujin cheerfully.

    "Just...shut up," said Ranma as he shook his head in disgust. "I was
hoping
to be a little gentler than that."

    "Well, we know a place we can go," said Raiden cheerfully.

    "It's in a place called Nekomi," answered Fujin.

    "Well, I'm tired now. We'll camp out here and go there tomorrow,"
said
Ranma irritably.

    "Okay," said the other two gods with a small shrug.

++++++++++++++

    TBC...

    Next Time: Fiancee Fury!

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