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Ranma 1/2 Fan Fiction
"This Little Piggy"
by Suds-kun (suds1964@tir.com)

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Ranma 1/2 characters are created by and copyright Rumiko Takahashi.
Published by Shogakukan Inc. and VIZ Comm.
Story copyright Shaun Schillinger.
Intended for the sole non-profit use of R.T. fans.
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This is a DarkFic.  Be warned!

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A cool breeze blew through the cemetery.  The morning light was only
minutes away.  A lone, dark figure was kneeling in front of a family
plot.  Smoke curled up from incense that was burning on the second
newest grave.  As the sun began to rise, the features of the figure
became more apparent.  He was dressed in black, similar to a ninja's
attire.  His long pony tail hung down his back.  he was talking, but
his speech was barely audible.  Occasionally, his hand would either
clench into a fist or brush something away from his face.

Two figures approached.  They, too, were dressed in black.
Differently from the one who was kneeling, but for the same purpose.
They silently stood as they looked at the young man and bowed their
heads.  The taller of the two new visitors approached the monuments,
as the second followed.  They kneeled beside the young man and lit
incense on the remaining monuments.  After several minutes of
silence, the three figures stood, a feeling of awkwardness between
them.  Then they hugged.

"It's good to see you, brother."  Kasumi whispered with a heavy
hearted voice.

"It's good to see you, too, onneechan." replied Ranma.

Nabiki looked Ranma over a little more closely.  "You're not wearing
your Chinese clothes." She commented flatly.

"I'll never wear that type of clothing, again." a hint of pain and
rage was in his voice.

Releasing their hug, Kasumi looked at Ranma.  "It won't bring her
back."

"Ranma bowed his head and turned to leave. "I'll keep in touch."

As he walked along, Ranma's thoughts drifted back, once again, to the
day his joy ended.

===

Ranma looked into Akane's eyes and replied, "I do."  He could hear a
far away voice saying, "I now pronounce you husband and wife."  Then,
as they kissed, a loud explosion ripped the air.

Standing were the dojo wall formally stood, were Ukyo and Shampoo.
Ukyo threw another bomb, separating him from his wife.

"I won't let you marry her!" shouted Shampoo as she jumped towards
the dazed Akane, her sword coming down swiftly.

Ranma was immediately by her side, but it was too lat.  He tried
vainly to put her back together.  His scream of pain and rage was
joined by the other's who were present.

Kasumi and Nabiki had fainted, along with a number of the guests.

Ukyo was on her knees, sobbing "No!" over and over.

Shampoo had a small smile on her face, "Now, you will marry _me_,
Ranma."

Ranma looked up at her and slowly stood.  He looked around and found
a flower arrangement.  He took the vase and dumped the contents on
himself.

Onna-Ranma then walked up to Shampoo.  With her bloody hands, she
grabbed Shampoo's head, turned her face and kissed her on the cheek.
She then violently threw the stunned amazon to the ground.

"I must bury my wife, first." the widow said as she turned to her
wife.

"NO! I will not wait!" shouted Ryoga as he charged Shampoo.  He was
stopped by a fist from onna-Ranma.

"She is mine." growled the red head. "Do not insult my honor."

Ryoga rubbed his chin and looked at Ranma.  "Hai, Ranma. You have one
year."  Ryoga turned and headed for Akari.  He hugged her and tried
to calm her.

Cologne arrived and studied the carnage.  She quickly went to her
great-granddaughter and snapped her out of her shock. "We must leave
quickly." Shampoo looked up, nodded and followed her out of the dojo.

===

Ranma stepped through the doors of Ucchan's and looked around.  The
customers met his icy stare and quickly began to leave.  Ukyo looked
up, "Ran-chan!"  A wary smile on her face.

"I've told you NOT to call me that, Kuonji-san."

Konatsu quietly crept closer to Ukyo.

"Hai, S..Saotome-san." tears started to form in her eyes.

"I see your lawyers got you off on the murder charge."

"I only wanted to stop you from getting married.  I didn't mean for
Akane to die!"

Ranma flinched.  "How DARE you speak her name!" He quickly glanced at
Konatsu and returned his stare to Ukyo.  "You helped take away my
love, my life.  Now I return the favor.

Ranma started to glow.  "Shi Shi Houkoudan!"  At the sound of Ranma's
voice, Konatsu flew at Ukyo, carrying her away from Ranma.  The
massive ki blast from the perfect shi shi houkoudan tore through the
restaurant, destroying everything in it's path.

As the dust started to settle, a crying Ukyo was shaking her head.
"No." she repeated over and over.

Konatsu landed in front of Ranma. "I understand you pain,
Saotome-san, but I cannot stand idly by."  Konatsu started to move
towards Ranma.

Konatsu landed against the only wall left standing.  Blood tricked
from his mouth, matching his lipstick.  A crying Ukyo crawled over to
him.

"Good bye, Kuonji-san." Ranma said, then turned and left.

===

"Excuse me, sir," the red head said in a kawaii voice.  "I can't find
my Muu-Muu.  He's a white duck with these kawaii glasses.  Have you
seen him?"

The Chinese store owner looked at the girl.  "Well, I did see one
yesterday.  It flew into the herb shop down the street."

"Oh, thank you!" the girl said with a smile and batted her eyes.  She
clapped her ands and bounced out the door.

===

Shampoo gasped as the door blew open and she saw Mousse fly across
the room.  "No." was all she could say before Ranma grabbed her by
the hair.  He gently tapped her on the back and she collapsed to the
ground.

"Scream all you want, that shai tsu pressure point works on the voice
as well as your body."

Shampoo's eyes were wide in horror as Ranma propped her up against
the wall.

"I want you to see me destroy your life."

"Leave Shampoo alone!" shouted Mousse as he attacked Ranma.  Ranma
caught Mousse in the air and grabbed his chin with his left hand.  He
reached over with his other hand and grabbed Mousse's far shoulder.
Ranma looked in Shampoo's eyes and wrung Mousses neck.

Tears began to flow from Shampoo's eyes.

Ranma looked around and then at Shampoo.  "I guess I'm going to have
to amuse myself until the old ghoul arrives."  He bent over and
removed her left shoe.

"This little piggy went to market." *crunch* "This little piggy ..."

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Cologne came in the door as Ranma finished with the right foot.
Before she knew it, Ranma was upon her and quickly breaking through
her defenses.  Shampoo stared in horror at the fight.  The two
combatants moved faster than she could follow.  The fight ended just
as quickly as it began.  Ranma stepped back and allowed Shampoo to
view his handiwork. Her o-baba was on the far wall, impaled by her
walking stick.

Ranma talked as he began searching the shop.  "The old ghoul trained
me too well.  It's amazing what you can accomplish when you are
focused." His eyes lit up. " Ah, here it is!" Ranma pulled out a long
sword.  "You cleaned this very well.  You can't see Akane's blood
anywhere on it."

With his foot, Ranma positioned Shampoo in the middle of the floor.

Her eyes pleaded with him.

"Oh, it looks like your feet are injured.  Well, I can take care of
that."

Shampoo didn't feel the sword since her feet had already become numb.

"Oh, I've ignored those pretty hands.  You've started painting your
nails."

This time, Shampoo felt the sword remove her arms.  A river fo tears
flowed from her eyes.

Ranma leaned over her and spoke softly into her ear. "Akane was my
life and you took her from me.  Now I take _your_ life."

She closed her eyes as the sword came towards her throat.

===

"The police found his body beside her grave."  Nabiki spoke as she
walked with Ryoga and Akari.

"The coroner couldn't find anything wrong with Ranma.  He said that
his heart had just stopped."  Kasumi added.

Ryoga squeezed Akari's hand.  "He died from a broken heart."

They approached the graves.  Kasumi lit incense for her mother,
Nabiki for her father, Ryoga for Akane and Akari for Ranma.

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I wrote this while sitting in the hospital as my father was in for
out-patient surgery.  After his lube & oil change, he's ready for
another three months of mobility. :) The surgery lounge can be pretty
depressing at times and this just kind of came out.

C&C is always welcome.

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suds-kun (Shaun Schillinger)
suds1964@tir.com
http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/8222/
"THIS time, we didn't forget the graaavy!" Cat & Mouse to Dog