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                                Akane's Revenge


                    Japan | Tokyo | Furinkan High | 3:05 PM


				       1


	School had just let out at Furinkan.  Ranma was taking great care to avoid
Akane, they'd gotten into another big fight on the way to school.  At lunch,
he refused to eat the meal that she'd specially prepared for him, claiming
"I'd like to live long enough to see dinner."  That made her mad enough to
punch him through the cafeteria wall.

	When school ended, Ranma darted out of class before Akane could even ask
where he was going.  Now outside the schoolyard, it was smooth sailing, at
*least* till the next time he saw Akane.  Deciding to take a shortcut home
through an alley Ranma turned to see a startled Ryoga walking towards him.
"How did you get all the way out here?", the confused Ryoga asked.

	"What are you doing here *P-Chan*?" Ranma said sarcasticly.

	"Huh, what, how dare you call me that,"  shouted the visibly angry Ryoga.  
        Ranma just smiled, he'd gotten the desired effect.
	
	"Ranma!" Ryoga shouted as he lifted a trash can above his head.

	"I cannot allow you to marry Akane!" Ryoga said as he let lose with his
improvised weapon.

	Ranma easily dodged the deadly can.  "That was really sad, even for you,"
Ranma joked.

	Ryoga was now a mixture of surprise and outrage at what the still living
Ranma had just said.  "That's it, prepare to die!" he roared as he leapt
into the air.

	Ranma took a defensive stance, ready for the outstretched foot of his opponent.

	Akane was walking home the usual way.  When Ranma left so suddenly, she
decided not to stop him, instead, she chose to walk home alone.  As she left
the schoolyard, she was assaulted by the love struck Kuno.  "Take these as a
token of my love," blurted the hopeless romantic.

	She accepted the flowers with the *hope* that Kuno would go away.
Unfortunatly for Akane, Kuno was planing on being *very* persistent.

	"Would you date with me?", the now hopeful Kuno asked as he got down on one
knee.

	Oh not again thought Akane.  "Kuno, I gotta go," she said as she ran off.

	"Ahh, Akane you will be my . . . . ."  BANG!!!  Kuno never saw the lilac
haired girl on her bicycle coming.

	"Silly Kuno, why you not get out of Shampoo's way?" and with that said she
rode off to finish her deliveries.

	Kuno laid there face down with hands that had the pinky and pointer fingers
pointed up, and thumbs out to the side.  A tire track could be seen on the
back of the fallen upperclassman.


	Ranma blocked the foot of his outraged opponent.  Ryoga bounced off Ranma's
arms, did a back flip in midair, and landed ten feet away. Pulling out his
metal umbrella, Ryoga charged again.  Holding his umbrella high above his
head, Ryoga swung down at Ranma.  Ranma jumped back just in time to avoid
the umbrella which created a sizeable crator where he'd been standing.
Woah, he's really juiced, maybe I shouldn't have made fun of him like that
thought the now surprised antagonisor.  As he landed, hedecided to make his
first attack.  Ranma ran towards the now charging Ryoga.  As he ducked under
the umbrella, he launched his fist at the face of his rival.  Ryoga dodged
left and readied his next attack, as did Ranma.  They fought this way, in
the cramped confines of the alleyway for several minutes.  Attack, block,
block, attack; each scored hits, but they did little damage.

	As they fought Ryoga managed to get Ranma off balance.  He did this by
using an attack that's designed to have your opponent block high, in such a
way that would leave their chest open. 

        "Ranma, now you die, "shouted Ryoga as he punt-kicked Ranma's chest.

	The kick launched Ranma into the air, out of the alley, and crashing into
the street. Ranma sprung up, dusted himself off, looked in the direction of
the alley and said "This fight isn't over yet."  With that said, he ran back
in the direction of the alley.

	After Akane lost Kuno, she continued her walk.  She wondered why Ranma
always made fun of her.  She tried so hard to cook for him.  Did he like her
cooking?  No.  Did he even pretend to like her cooking?  No. He had made
that crystal clear.

	Akane continued to walk, still lost in thought.  Hey, I learned how to boil
water without starting a fire.  In a week or two I should be able to cook
rice without putting anyone in the hospital. Ranma you fool, you jerk, you .
. . . . . Akane suddenly lost her train of thought when she saw someone who
looked a lot like Ranma come flying out of an alley and go crashing into the
street.


				       2


	Akane held her hand in front of her eyes to block out the sun. "This fight
isn't over yet!" the shadow yelled.  By the tone of the shadow's voice,
Akane knew it was Ranma.  "Ranma, what are you doing?"

	Ranma was one step from the alley when he herd Akane's yell. "Akane, what
are you here to do, hit me again?" Ranma jokingly asked.

	Akane now realized that he was making fun of her *again*.  She grasped her
school bag tightly, and readied it for flight.

	Inside the alley Ryoga was incenced that after insulting him once, Ranma
would *dare* ignore him; in the middle of a fight no less.  "Ranma, how dare
you ignore me!" Ryoga roared.  A yellow aura began to form around Ryoga's body.

	Akane let loose with her missile.  Ranma leapt into the alley, being
careful to avoid the bag.  The bag struck the wall directly behind where
Ranma was just standing.  A large chunk of the wall crumbled onto the street
after the bag struck it.

	Unfortunately for Ranma, he landed right in front of the now glowing Ryoga.
"Rrrrrrrrr," he angrily growled as he lifted Ranma off the ground by the
collar of his shirt.

	"Ryoga, your still here?", Ranma questioned, and with that, Ryoga snapped.

	Ryoga's mind began to burn as if it were on fire.  He had hated Ranma since
Jr. High, lothed him since China, but now Ryoga felt a hate so powerful, so
intense, that it made him change.  Ryoga was not standing there any more,
instead, an angel of death stood in his shoes. Never had Ranma pushed him so
far.  Ranma insulted him, ignored him, disrespected him, and then to forget
him in the middle of a fight.  That was too much for even Ryoga to handle.
Ranma had to die, he had to die now.

	Ryoga was normally really strong, strong enough to lift telephone poles out
of the ground. When aided by his aura he became even stronger. Ryoga was mad
enough to use an attack that drained all of his battle aura and channel it
into one last ditch attack.  If this attack failed, Ryoga would be helpless
to do anything but run away. If it were to hit, Ranma would be in big trouble.

	Ranma saw the punch coming and he set up to block it, not aware of what was
about to strike him.  When Ryoga's fist met Ranma's block, the force of the
punch was far too powerful for even Ranma to stop.  Then Ryoga's fist met
with Ranma's chest, a shock wave could be seen to ripple through his body.
A loud snap followed by a large explosion rocked the alley.  Ranma's body
went limp, and blood began to pour from his mouth and nose.


				        3


	After tossing her bag at the *idiot* she had to call her fiance, Akane
stood on the sidewalk breathing heavily, allowing the stress to escape her
body.  Again she thought about having to marry Ranma. If they did marry,
would he still make fun of me, or call me names, and would he eat my
cooking?  She began to walk toward the alley where her school bag had landed
when she heard a loud *BANG*, followed by a weird groaning sound that was
emanating from the alley.

	Ryoga dropped Ranma, too tired to hold him any longer.  Ranma fell to the
floor, not moving.  Ryoga looked at his downed opponent wondering if he had
killed him.  Ryoga nudged Ranma with his foot, he didn't move.  "Ranma get
up," muttered Ryoga.  He then noticed a small pool of blood forming on the
ground below Ranma's head.  I... I... I beat him, Ryoga joyfully thought.
"I beat him, I beat Ranma!" Ryoga said aloud.

	After hearing the weird groan, Akane began to worry.  She felt a solitary
drop of blood escape her nose.  Ignoring the blood, she ran towards the
alley into which Ranma had ducked. When she turned the corner, Akane saw
what she had been *dreading*.  Before Akane lay Ranma's pale and twisted
body.  Ranma was lying face down, arms and legs in odd positions. Akane
began to cry.  She could see no obvious injuries, but Ranma looked bad,
*real* bad.

	Choking back the tears Akane knelt down beside Ranma.  Seeing no physical
injuries, she rolled Ranma over to find a pool of blood under the right side
of Ranma's face.  She set his head on her lap.  She could now see the blood
running from Ranma's mouth and nose.  With his head in her lap she began to
cry again.
	
	"A . . . kan . . . . e." Ranma weakly uttered.

	"You're alive!" Akane happily replied.

	"Why did *cough* you distract *cough, cough* me?"

	"Distract you?" Akane angrily snapped.

	"I would *cough* have won *cough* if you hadn't . . . . . . ." with that
Ranma left the world of the conscious.

	"Ranma, please don't die." pleaded Akane.

	"Don't die, don't die, I love you too much for you to die." she yelled.

	Now screaming at the top of her lungs, "No Ranma, please don't die, I love
you, don't die."

	While Akane was making her pleas, Ranma was getting more and more pale.
His body began to grow cold, and his breathing slowed, then stopped.  Ranma
was dying, and there was nothing Akane could do.


				       4


	The wind was not particularly strong that day, but Akane's plea seemed to
carry to every part of town.  Soun & Genma were playing their afternoon game
of go when they heard Akane's plea.  Before the go piece Genma was holding
could hit the game table, Soun and Genma were already outside the dojo gates
heading in the direction of Akane's cry.  Kasumi dropped the plate she was
holding when she heard Akane's cry; she began to cry aloud.  Nabiki was in
her room working in her log book when she heard Akane's scream; she broke
her pencil and sobbed quietly.

	Shampoo had just returned to the restaurant after finishing a delivery, she
put up her bike and walked towards the door.  She was depressed to see
Mousse waiting for her at the doorway.
	
	"Back so soon Shampoo?" Mousse asked.

	"What Mousse want with Shampoo now?" Shampoo angrily snapped.

	"Will you go on a date with me tonight Shampoo?"

	"Shampoo no go to date with Mousse, Shampoo have date with Ranma tonight." she
joyously replied.

	Just then they heard Akane's screams. "Ranma dead?  Ranma no dead! How Ranma
die?  Who kill Ranma?" Shampoo managed to get out before she burst into
tears and ran inside to seek help from Cologne.

	Mousse was still standing outside, he looked towards the sky and yelled,
"Ranma was to be mine!"

	Mousse began to glow.  "I will find the one who has killed Ranma, then they
will be mine." He finished his speech and ran off in the direction of
Akane's cry, he never saw the wall.

	Too weak to leave, Ryoga lay atop one of the buildings that formed the
alley.  Peeking his head over the ledge to see what was going on down below,
he saw Akane crying with Ranma's head in her lap.  Ryoga was not so happy
anymore.

	Ryoga, now gaining some of his strength back, began to ponder what
had taken place.  Should I have killed him, Ryoga wondered.  I love Akane,
but can she love me if knew what I did?  Can she love me knowing I killed
Ranma?  What should I do?  What should I do?  What should I do?

	These questions tore through Ryoga's mind, his head felt as if it was on
fire.  He reached up and pressed hard against his skull.  Ryoga began to
painfully grimace, fangs in full view.  I, I must find answers, thought
Ryoga.  Suddenly his hands dropped to his sides, his grimace becoming a frown.

	"I know what I must do." he told himself.
	
	Ryoga knelt down to slip on his backpack, stood up, jogged across the
rooftop, jumped onto the street, and headed off into the sunset.


                                                     5


	After crying for several minutes Akane was in shock to see Ranma's chest
rise and fall. With out a word Akane knew what she had to do.  She gently
cradled Ranma in her arms, and ran off towards Dr. Tofu's.

	Soun & Genma arived in the alley shortly after Akane left with Ranma in her
arms.  They were both horrified to find only a half dried pool of blood in
the alley.  They both wondered what
happened, and where their children were.  Soun snapped his fingers, looked
at Genma.  "Dr. Tofu!" they said simultaneously.

	Akane set Ranma down on the examing room table.  Dr. Tofu looked Ranma
over, he did not like what he saw.  He performed some tests, when he saw the
results he became even more depressed.  "He's alive, but, he has lapsed into
a coma." said Dr. Tofu.

	"What about all the blood?" Akane questioned.

	"It has alredy been healed." Dr. Tofu responded.

	"But he died, his breathing stoped, he grew pale . . . ."

	"Akane, you know Ranma is a very powerful martial artist?"

	"Yes, but not even he could...?"

	"Akane, Ranma's body did die, but he brought himself back from the dead."
Tofu replied.

	"But how?  Not even Ranma could, could he?"

	"Yes, Ranma is apparently powerful enough to bring himself back from the
dead, but . . . "

	"But what?" Akane askad.

	Dr. Tofu walked to his bookself.  He proceeded to fumble through the tomes
until he grabbed a large brown book.  He opened the book to an already
premarked page, and smiled.

	"What is it Dr. Tofu?"

	"Just as I thought, no one can just bring themself back to life."
he said as he read the book.

	"What do you mean?"

	Dr. Tofu placed his index finger in the book and quoted to Akane, "One must
have a reason to bring themself back. These reasons may include, but are not
limited to, revenge for an unjust death, or the completion of an important
quest.  The most powerful reason one may escape death's icy grip is true
love.  This is the one force that even death can not overcome."
	
	"What are you trying to say Doctor?"

	"Akene, I believe Ranma is still alive because of his love for you."

	Akane grew wide eyed, she was in shock from what she had just been told.
She was too stunned to speak.  She turned to face Ranma.  Akane reached her
arms around his stomach and lay her head atop his chest.  She was too
confused to think straight, the only thing that mattered was that he was alive.


                                                  6


	Soun & Genma arived at Dr. Tofu's several minutes after they left the
alley.  They entered the examining room to see Ranma laying face up on the
table, with Akane standing by Dr. Tofu who was on the phone.  Genma walked
to his son, while Soun moved to where Akane and Dr. Tofu were.

	"Akane, what has happaned?"

	"Dad, what are you doing here?"

	"That is of no concern, now, tell me what has happened?"

	Dr. Tofu hung up the phone and looked at Soun.  "Mr. Tendo, Ranma is not .
. ."  He was interupted by the speech Genma was giving his son.

	Tapping his son's chest, not realizing he was breathing, Genma began to
talk to his dead son.  "Ranma, what have I done?  Was I not supposed to
teach you to walk the path of martial righteousness?  How could you be
defeated?  What have I done to deserve this?"

	Genma began to beat hard apon Ranma's chest.  "How will I tell your mother
you're dead? I promised your mother I would make a man out of you. I told
her everything would be o.k.  When she finds out what has haponed to you,
i'll. . . i'll. . . . . . . i'll be joining you my son! "

	"Ranma's NOT DEAD!" yelled Akane as she punched Genma through the roof and into
the air.

	"Not dead did you say?"

	"Yes Mr. Tendo, Ranma is quite alive, but he has fallen into a deap coma.
I have called an ambulance to pick Ranma up and take him to a hospital which
is designed to treat people in his condition. "

	"Will he be ok, Dr. Tofu?"

	"Knowing Ranma, he should be up and about in no time.  Afterall, he did
come back from the dead."

	"What was that, he died did you say? "
	
	"From what Akane told me, Ranma stoped breathing for several minutes."

	A wet Genma-Panda entered the room. He looked at Akane and growled. Reaching
behind his back, Genma-Panda pulled out a sign that read, "Akane, was that
necessary?"

	"Humph." Akane snorted.

	"Ranma's not dead, fool." snapped Akane.

	Walking to the sink and filling a pail with warm water, Genma poured the
warm water over his face.  Now returned to his human form, Genma walked to
Akane and put his hands on her shoulders. Dr. Tofu and Soun looked on.

	"Akane, you are his fiance, it is your job to protect Ranma as it is his
job to protect you. Do you understand what I am saying?"

	"Ye, Yes."

	"I need you to be honest with me."

	"Ah.. o.k."

	"Now tell me exactly what happaned to my son, your fiance."

	"I... don't know."

	"What do you mean you don't know?  We know you were the on that found him,
now tell me what you saw.

	Akane began to grow teary eyed once again.

	"It's, it's, i'ts all my falt. "

	"All your falt you say? " Soun asked.

	"Ranma was fighting someone and I destracted him, and, and look at what
happaned to him because of me! "

	Soun walked to his daughter.

	"Akane, how could it be your falt? " He inquired.

	"IT JUST IS! "

	Akane side stepped Genma  & Soun and ran through the waiting room doors.
She never looked back to see the two confused fathers. When she got outside
she noticed the ambulance pull up to the clinic, but she ignored it and ran
for home.

	"I had better go after her, you comming SaoTome? "

	"No Tendo, i must accomponey my son to the hospital. "

	"Well, i'm off, later SaoTome, Dr. Tofu. "

	"Later Tendo. "

	"Goodbye Mr. Tendo. " The Dr. added.

	The medics spoke with Dr. Tofu for a moment about the patient. He explained
about the coma, and the possible internal injures, but he never mentioned
Ranma dying, then returning from the dead.

	Genma accompanied Ranma to the hospital, while Soun went to find his
daughter. Dr. Tofu stayed behind to fix his roof, and bone up on the book
which he quoted to Akane.

---
" Curse those evil Octopi! "