Hi all, I just decided that this edition of my little piece was up to a 
little scruteny.  I might make some major changes in it, then again I might not. 
 Anyway tell me what you think.  And mail me if you want parts 1 and 2.

Legal: The characters of Ranma 1/2 were created by the great Rumiko 
Takahashi.
The characters of Gargoyles are the creations of Disney.
I am using them without permission, hopefully for the purpose of 
entertaining someone.  If anyone who has a right to sue me has that 
desire, I have almost no money.

	C&C is appreciated, you can contact me at 
brenda02@sprynet.com
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What has happened so far: Ryouga and Ranma got into a fight, however 
just as Ryouga was about to fire off a Shishi-Hokodan, Fox Xanatose 
stepped into the line of fire with Alexander and in the course of 
protecting them Ranma suffered a broken leg which Ryouga quickly 
capitalized on before being thrown into the canal by Fox.  When Akane 
heard about this she decided that she had to put an end to the feud 
between Ranma and Ryouga.  In the hospital Akane demands that 
Ranma tell her the reasons behind his and Ryouga's rivalry.  Ranma 
evades answering by telling her that Ryouga has two reasons for fighting 
him, and gives a quick explanation for why he can't tell her either.  
Ryouga had overheard her decision to end his and Ranma's feud, and 
left after leaving her a letter.  While he was planing to make his way to 
Jusenkyo Ukyo invited him into Ukchan's for some okonomiyaki and 
conversation.  When Ryouga learned what Ranma had told Akane, he 
passed out.

			Ranma, the Time of Changes
			By Brendan O'Donnell
			Chapter three

	Ryouga opened his eyes and sat up.  The blanket draped over 
his still clothed form slid into his lap.  Stretching Ryouga took stock of 
his current location.  *Ok, where am I,  Lets see:  I'm sleeping on the 
floor of a storeroom, I've got a blanket over me, That's not common but 
there's a few places it could be. Let's see, what here... Hey that's 
Okonomiyaki sauce!  Yeah I was in Ukchan's last night.  Let's see, 
Ukyo gave me some Okonomiyaki, she talked to me about Ranma and 
Akane, she told me...*  "OH NO!!!"
	Ryouga fell back to the floor, and clasped his hands to his head.  
"Damn that Ranma!  He told Akane about my curse!"  Ryouga said 
angrily.  *What am I going to do!*  Ryouga closed his eyes and started 
thinking to himself *Calm down, Ranma didn't tell her what it was, she 
just told her that I had a problem that he was partially responsible for.*  
"Partially, IT'S ENTIRELY RANMA'S FAULT!!!!"  Ryouga blurted 
out as he came to his feet.  "Damn you Ranma!  Why must you cut 
down my every hope of happiness!"
	"Calm down, Ryouga!"  Came Ukyo's voice from the doorway.  
Ryouga looked and saw her standing there in her Chief's outfit.  "Come 
on out and take a seat,"  She said turning and walking behind the 
griddle.  "Now I'm going to do everything I can to help you with Akane, 
but you'll have to tell me everything so I can help deal with it."  *I'm 
probably grasping at straws, but even if Akane doesn't fall for Ryouga, 
if Ranma gets jealous I might be able to get him to do something that'll 
push Akane away.*  She thought as she looked over the lost boy who 
came up to the griddle and sat down.
	*What do I do!*  Ryouga thought to himself again.  He looked 
at Ukyo, and suddenly he thought back on his life both before and after 
he first met Ranma.  "Ukyo..."
	"Yes, Ryouga?"
	"Well...  My father started training me in the family martial arts 
style when I was six..."

	"... Nayoko was the only girl I've ever gone on a date with, and 
after she let me lead the way on a walk and wound up wandering for six 
days she never spoke to me again.  She also told everyone about it so 
no one else was willing to let me ask her out either..."

	"I met Ranma just after the start of the next school semester, it 
was lunch time and I was grabbing the last piece of curry bread..."

	"... And this girl knocked me off a cliff.  I landed in a pool of 
water, and all of a sudden my body wasn't acting right..."

	"... And then Akane gave me a little kiss, and I realized that I 
would do anything for her."  Ryouga stopped talking and with a sigh 
looked ahead with eyes foggy with love.  Ukyo blinked a second, and 
shook her head.
	*He's stopped!*  Looking at the clock hanging on the wall she 
saw that, *He's been talking for a straight hour!*  she thought to herself 
with almost no exaggeration.  *Ok what's he said about Ranchan?*  
She thought trying to sort through the information she had partially 
tuning out the last half hour.  *Hmm, let's see Ranma stole his bread, He 
followed him to China, got knocked into a pool that turns him into... a... 
pig...  And he fell in love with Akane after meeting her in that form!?*  
"Your P-chan!"  Ukyo exclaimed.
	Ryouga was too busy thinking about Akane to notice anything, 
so Ukyo took one of his hands and put it on her griddle.  It sizzled a 
few seconds, then with a scream Ryouga yanked it off.
	"HOT!"  Ryouga screamed as he started blowing on his now 
red hand.
	"Well now that I've got your attention, answer me this.  Are you 
P-chan?"
	Ryouga froze again.  *I... I told her about Jusenkyo!*  He 
thought as he realized how he had just told her everything about his life 
since that old woman had slapped his butt and proclaimed 'It's a boy'.  
"I... yes."  *The secrets out*
	*Well at least I know what Shampoo was talking about*  
Thought Ukyo as she recalled the Amazon's comments about Akane 
not seeing the bandanna.  *ARGH!  So much for grasping at straws, 
there's no way even Akane will forgive bandanna boy for hiding that!  
And considering the way he just blurted everything out...*  "And while 
she'd have forgiven you if you'd told her the truth right after that first 
night, by continuing this you've gone past the point of being easily 
forgiven."
	"I never meant for this to happen."  Ryouga said quietly as he 
started recalling all the times Akane had come so close to discovering 
the truth about him and P-chan.  A little imagination and he could see 
himself as the target of an intensity of his beloved's anger which even 
Ranma had never provoked.
	"Well, it's too late to think of what you should have done in the 
past, we've got to think about the future."  Ukyo said in a voice of 
forced cheerfulness.  *Ok, how do I get Akane to accept only learning 
one element of Ryouga's rivalry with Ranchan?  Maybe she'll be 
forgiving about the P-chan thing?  No, not a chance.  And even if she 
forgives Ryouga she's always brought up his honesty when she's talked 
about his good points, she'll never see him that way again if she learns 
this.  Hmm...*
	"Do you think I have a chance?"  Ryouga asked, trying to put 
aside the crushing depression his imagination was inspiring within him.
	Ukyo looked at Ryouga.  *Slim and none.*  she thought to 
herself as she smiled and said, "Of course Ryouga, She likes you, so all 
we have to do is get her to think of you as a boyfriend instead of as the 
brother she never had."  For a moment Ukyo thought of her own 
relationship to Ranma, then she pushed the thought away with a 
shudder.  "I think our best shot is for you to tell her how you feel, and 
meanwhile get her to accept you solving Grudge number two with 
Ranma in private."  She thought a moment then added.  "You know, 
whatever happens you're going to have to genuinely end your feud with 
Ranma."
	Ryouga thought about this a moment.  *End the feud with 
Ranma.*  he thought to himself.  He began to indulge himself in a little 
fantasy
	>"Oh Ryouga, I love you too."  Akane said.
	"Akane."  Ryouga said as his lips came close to hers.
	"Hands off now!"<
	Ryouga blinked and saw he was grabbing Ukyo's hands and 
leaning across her griddle so his face was close to hers.  With a little 
yelp he released her hands and jumped back.  *Damn, I can't even 
dream about it.*  he thought to himself.  He began to feel the depression 
which was such a strong part of his entire existence as he began to think 
of the other extreme of how Akane could react.
	>"Oh Ryouga, it means so much to me that you've stopped 
fighting with Ranma."  Akane said smiling at Ryouga.
	"Akane...  Akane I LOVE YOU!"
	"... You what?"  Akane said quietly, her smile vanishing like the 
sun behind a thundercloud.
	Ryouga suddenly felt himself being pounded into the earth by 
Akane's hammer.
	"You JERK!  I thought you were a friend, but all this time 
you've been beating up Ranma just because you want me?  I love 
Ranma and I never want to see you again."  she cried as she pounded 
him and then launched him into LEO.<
	*Ok, so that's a bit far fetched.*  He thought to himself as he 
reviewed his dark fantasy.  "But any form of rejection by her will shatter 
my heart like glass!"  He said, tears streaming down his face.
	Ukyo looked at him and sighed to herself.  *I really don't know 
if I can do anything for that idiot.  But I've gotta at least make the 
attempt.  And I think the best time is while Ranma's still in the hospital.*

	*I love martial artists.*  Thought the nurse as she put her hand 
to her head in expectation of a coming headache.  She took a deep 
breath and looked at Ranma.  She had been told to give him a pair of 
crutches and coach him in their use.  She was now watching her charge 
use the crutches to keep his broken leg off the ground while he 
performed a series of leaps, flips, and lightning fast maneuvers with his 
uninjured leg.  "Mr. Saotome!  If you reinjure your leg you're going to 
be stuck here twice as long!"
	"Hey, I'll wind up back here just as fast if I can't move right."  
Ranma replied.  He jumped, spinning his uninjured left leg in a kick 
through the range a foot above where his own head would be, just 
before landing on that same leg.  As his foot had struck, he had lashed 
out with his crutches, on either side of his foots target.  And when he 
landed they were ready to support him again.
	*He needs restraints not coaching!*  "OK that's enough, time to 
get you back to bed."
	"I'm fine."  Ranma said with a scowl.  "And I'd like to see 
whoever I need to see to get out of here."
	*Sigh*  "Mr. Saotome, we are simply trying to make sure you 
get well.  We'd prefer to keep an eye on you a little longer."
	"I've been taking care of myself all my life.  I can handle myself.  
And I'd like to leave now."
	*I love martial artists.*  "Ok, right this way."

	Akane looked over the kitchen.  *Kasumi did a good job of 
cleaning up everything I did last night*  She thought with a surge of guilt 
as she remembered her attempts to coax something resembling edible 
food from this room.  She was back now that school was over to try 
yet again.  *I'm going to show everyone that I can cook!*  She thought 
pushing aside her guilt with determination.
	The telephone rang.
	"Akane, do you mind getting that?"  Called Nabiki from her 
room.  Since Kasumi was out shopping and her father...  Akane walked 
out of the Kitchen to pick up the phone.
	"Mushi-Mushi?...  Oh hello Ukyo, Ranma's still at the hospital...  
Oh, Ryouga's there and he wants to talk to me?...  I'll be right over, 
don't let him out of your sight."
	"Who was that?"  Nabiki asked as she walked down the stairs 
and saw Akane taking off her apron.
	"Ryouga's at Ukchan's.  I'll head over and hopefully we can 
figure out a way to permanently end this feud."
	"Ok lets go."  Nabiki answered.
	Akane blinked.  "You... want to go with me?"
	"Sure it's always fun to watch Ryouga wriggle.  Besides I'm a 
little curious what he'll say."  Nabiki replied with a grin.

	"SIT."  Ukyo commanded and Ryouga collapsed back into his 
seat.  "Akane's on her way and you're not moving till she gets here."
	"But I usually have something to give her, there's a flower shop 
down the corner, maybe I should run down and grab her a bouquet..."
	"RYOUGA!"  Ukyo retaliated, bringing her combat spatula up 
menacingly,  "You are going to stay right here.  The only thing you will 
be giving Akane are your love and your promise to resolve your fight 
with Ranchan.  Now just sit still and wait!"
	"ok."
	Ryouga sat still and closed his eyes.  He thought back to the 
many times he had tried to express his feelings to Akane.  Always he 
came to her tried to say what was in his heart, sometimes Ranma 
messed things up, the rest of the time he just chickened out and gave 
her something he had picked up during his travels.  *This time I am not 
going to let anything distract me.  This time I'll tell her how I really feel!*
	The door opened and Akane walked in.
	Ryouga felt his resolve fade like a shadow before a floodlight.
	"Hi Ryouga."  Greeted Akane in a friendly tone.
	Ryouga focused all his effort into coming up with a smooth 
romantic greeting.  "A-Akane!"  He stammered
	"Come in Akane!  Have a seat!"  Ukyo called to her rival 
fiancÈe.  "I'll make you  an deluxe on the house!"  She noticed Nabiki 
enter behind Akane  "And one for you too Nabiki."
	"Thanks Ukyo."  Akane responded with a small smile.
	"Seconded."  Said Nabiki as she sat at the grill separated from 
Ryouga by one seat.  Akane took that seat a second or two afterward.
	"So Ryouga, you wanted to see me?"  Akane said.
	Ryouga looked at her *I love you, I love you.*  "Uh, you know 
I got in a fight with Ranma yesterday,"
	Akane frowned somewhat and said "Yes I heard about that."
	*OH ON SHE HATES ME!!*  "Well...  I...  I heard someone 
talking about Ranma getting hurt protecting someone and I remembered 
that that could have caused the mistakes he made in the fight.  Was, 
was there anyone there?"
	Nabiki piped up "Yep, one of the richest and most famous 
women in the world with her month old son."
	Ryouga paled.  *Oh no, if I had hit that baby....*
	"Ryouga calm down.  Their both fine."  Akane said putting her 
hand on his shoulder.  Then her expression became more serious as she 
added "But if you and Ranma keep up this feud you might hurt someone 
next time."  She smiled looked at him saying "I know you weren't 
planing on anything like this happening.  So I'm going to help you and 
Ranma put this behind you."
	*I could look at that smile forever*  Ryouga thought.
	"Ok, now if you'll tell me why you and Ranma are always 
fighting, I'll try to help you resolve it."

	The sun was setting as Ranma hopped along the fence by the 
Canal.  After a few feet he jumped down and continued his journey with 
his crutches.  *Ok it's a little trickier, but not that difficult for me.*  He 
thought to himself.  *Finally, I'm out of there.  Who wrote up all those 
forms anyway?*  Ranma winced at the thought of how his hand had 
ached right after he had left the hospital from all the writing he had done 
to leave.
	Ranma felt a familiar presence behind him.  *Nabiki*  He 
thought to himself.  *I wonder what she wants, and how much it'll cost 
me?*
	"Mr. Saotome?"  Came deep male voice from right behind him.  
Suppressing a start Ranma looked over his shoulder to see Owen 
walking up to him with Nabiki pacing him.
	*Hmm, I knew she was there, but I couldn't feel him.  I guess 
he's better than he lets on*  "Hi Nabiki.  Owen right?"
	"Indeed sir."  Owen said as he came next to Ranma and 
adopted a pace that precisely Matched his own.
	"Hi Ranma."  Said Nabiki with a big familiar grin on her face.  
"I've got some great news for you."
	*Oh boy, here comes a big sales pitch.*  Ranma thought to 
himself.  "Uh, I don't exactly have much money Nabiki."
	Nabiki's smile increased slightly "Well, then you'll be really 
happy to know that you no longer owe me anything."
	*HUH!!??*  Ranma thought as he came to a complete stop.  
"Uh, Nabiki are you feeling all right?  For a second I thought you 
said..."
	"That I'd decided to forget everything you owe me?  Come 
come Ranma you know I said no such thing."  Nabiki responded.
	"I... I didn't think so."  Ranma said trying to figure out what 
Nabiki was talking about.
	"I was saying that I made a little deal on your behalf and the 
profit takes care of you're entire debt to me with ten thousand yen left 
over for you."
	Ranma looked at her.  He looked at Owen.  "What deal."  He 
asked cautiously.
	Owen responded "A subsidiary of Xanatose corporation has an 
interest in accelerated healing, such as what you've displayed.  We 
simply paid for a copy of your medical records and some tissue 
samples."
	Ranma scowled at the pair.  "I am not some human guinea pig!"  
He shouted.
	"Ranma, Ranma, ranma..."  Said Nabiki as she walked up to 
him shaking her head.  "You're stay in the hospital makes your rapid 
healing capability public knowledge.  You'd be harassed with similar 
offers for years, so why not make it simpler on yourself and get it over 
with before it starts.  The tissue samples were easier to take while you 
were already in a hospital, and took no time away from you that you 
weren't already loosing.  Besides it's a good deal for you as well as me."  
She concluded with a grin.
	*Why do I even try to argue with Nabiki?*  Ranma thought to 
himself.  "OK ok,  So how's, uh the Dojo,"
	Nabiki looked at Ranma and with a grin answered "Akane's 
fine, Ranma."  She then Grimaced and added "Though I'd be careful 
around her today, she was up cooking all night."
	Ranma froze with a terrified look on his face.
	Nabiki looked at him with a sympathetic look and added "She 
apparently decided that it's be a good idea to cook something for you 
so she just kept trying to make cookies and when a recipe failed she 
tried something else."  she glanced at Ranma who's terror was being 
replaced by a look of worry.  "She quit trying when Kasumi sent her off 
to school."
	*When Akane starts cooking she doesn't stop till she's shoved 
something toxic down my throat!*  Ranma thought to himself.  "Uh, and 
when she got back?"
	"Well Ukyo called and said Ryouga was at the restaurant and 
wanted to talk with her about ending your feud."
	*Why that sneaky little... trying to go out with MY fiancee while 
I'm in the hospital!*  Ranma thought, an extremely angry expression 
forming on his face  "And?"  he said with a voice like dry ice.
	"I think you know what Ryouga said."  Nabiki answered.  
"Akane was taken totally by surprise though.  I mean she thought it 
over, then she clocked him one in the face and told him it was for 
treating her like a prize to be won.  Then she asked him if he had been 
trying to snag her with the Koi fishing pole that time and when she saw 
him trying to answer she hit him again.  Anyways she told him that she 
was really angry with him about a few things but that she still wanted to 
be friends.  Then she asked about reason number two, and Ukyo said 
that Ryouga thought he could resolve it with you personally and Ryouga 
shouted his agreement."  Nabiki shook her head and added "Then he 
ran out of the Restaurant before any of us could stop him.  He said he 
was heading for the hospital but he was heading the wrong way.
	"By the way, Akane wants me to look into that Rivalry myself.  
Are you going to tell me reason number two now or later?"  Nabiki 
added.
	*That jerk keeps turning into a pig so that he can con Akane 
into sleeping with him!*  Ranma wanted to tell Nabiki this very badly.  
"I have no problems with you learning Ryouga's secrets, but I am not 
going to be the one to tell you."  He sighed "I own him that much."
	Nabiki looked at Ranma and said "Do you honestly think I can't 
find out?"
	"I'm surprised you don't know already."  Ranma responded.  "I 
can't betray that pig no matter how much he does to warrant it."
	Nabiki looked at him.  *Damn, I hate this guy's sense of honor!  
Then again if his honor wasn't so strong he'd have probably clobbered 
me a couple of times this year.*
	The trio made the remainder of the trip to the Dojo in silence.

	"ARGH!! WHEN DID A FOREST GROW IN THE 
MIDDLE OF TOWN!?"  Screamed Ryouga as he looked around the 
forest he found himself wandering.  He had told Akane that he would 
resolve his problems with Ranma personally but he would have to find 
him first.  *Akane Rejected my love!*  Tears streamed down his cheek 
as Ryouga felt the despair which had so long been the center of his life 
rise up like a wave to engulf him.  *I told her how much I love her and 
she was just angry at me.*  He tried to dampen the rising blackness in 
his heart with the knowledge that Akane had at least wanted to be 
friends with him.  *Friends, friends and never anything more no matter 
how much I want it, no matter how much better I am for her than 
Ranma.*  Like always his attempt to push back his depression was a 
dismal failure, but now as so often he was able to transform his despair 
into anger.  Anger focused against a single figure.  "IT'S BECAUSE OF 
YOU RANMA!"  He screamed.
	Ryouga started running straight ahead, ignoring the trees as best 
he could.  Suddenly he made himself stop as he found he had come to a 
beach.
	"Who is this?"
	Ryouga spun as he heard this query.  Standing behind him were 
three women in long white robes.  Indeed except for the varied color of 
their long hair, they would probably be impossible to tell apart.
	"We have seen ones much like him before."  Stated the blond 
woman.
	"But they have never lingered."  Commented the black haired 
woman to her left.
	If they had smiled at him, or been wearing anything more 
revealing Ryouga would have been reduced to a total idiot.  As it was 
he said "I, uh, well... can you tell me how to get to the Tendo Dojo!"  
Ryouga was able to blurt out after he closed his eyes.
	The weird sisters looked at each other then looked back at 
Ryouga.
	"We have no obligation to aid one such as him."
	"Yet he came from the mortal realm to Avalon without our 
knowing."
	"That is a deed which bears investigation."
	"But we cannot interfere with his life."
	"We can, however respond to a plea for help."
	"Indeed, and we can only help him travel if we know the 
means."
	The trio began to circle Ryouga.
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	In Episode four,  Ranma and Ryouga sit down and make nice 
to each other (Sorry I didn't get to it in this episode, I'm basically 
making this up as I go along)  Sevarous makes a cameo appearance, 
and Xanatose discovers why so few people study the Anything Goes 
style.