This is going to be an extremely dark fic, so if you are of weak heart
or if your offended by violence and bad language (or if you just don't
like Ranma 1/2 in general) I would not recommend reading this. For
those who don't fit in those categories... I suggest that you let your
emotions run wild while reading. It may start like any normal Ranma
adventure, but things don't always work out in our heroes favor. If you 
didn't get the prelude, I can mail it to you upon request.

Most of the characters within the story are from the Anime Series,
Ranma 1/2 and are property of Rumiko Takahashi, and whoever else may
own the rights. I write this without permission and do so with no
attempt to profit off of the marvelous works. Please enjoy.

Notes:  <Chinese>
	"Japanese"
	'Thoughts'



A Ranma 1/2 Fanfiction: Vengeance
	Part One: The Answer
		by Ryan Erik



	Akane looked into his eyes so deeply he could not turn away.
He then realized how close they were to each other, but neither wanted
to turn away. Their mutual gaze broke only when Ryouga tilted his head
in to kiss his beautiful goddess' mouth. Her lips were so soft they
gave way and parted, allowing his tongue to explore her mouth. They
held the kiss so long he almost thought it would last forever, but
rather he broke it off started playfully kissing her face, then to her
neck and he started to go lower when he heard something. "Oh don't
stop my love!" Akane called out and he shifted his attention back to
her, but that noise seemed to be growing louder, and the room they
were in started to vibrate. "Don't stop!" He heard Akane's cry but
couldn't do anything about it for the bed they were sitting on gave
way and he fell onto a grassy surface.
	His eyes scanned the area looking for his one true love, but
she was no where to be seen. "Akane! Where are you?" The trees around
him only swayed with the wind in response. "No! I will not lose you!"
His cries were frantic as he searched his now jungle like surroundings
for any sign of her. After a few moments he found a rock and sat down,
more frustrated then anything. "Why does fate separate us? Why?!"
	"The only reason she even tolerates your petty existence is
because she thinks your a pig!" the voice of Ranma taunted. Ryouga
spun around to be face to face with Ranma, but now he was sitting on
a rock near the koi pond in the Tendo Dojo. "She'll never love you and
if she ever finds out your P-chan she'll skin you alive!" Ryouga
scowled at him, his depression and anger rising. "Hey pig-boy! Why
don't you do us all a favor and skin yourself? I bet you taste pretty
good!"
	Ryouga's sadness became a pure beam of chi energy as he
yelled, "Shishi Hokodan!" The pure beam left nothing of Ranma but I
pile of smoking ash. His reality changed and he now was sitting on the
booth at Ucchan's. Ukyou came from the back and scowled at him. "You
good for nothing pile of shit! What the hell are you doing back here?"
Ryouga's face became one of surprise as Ukyou had never treated him
like this before. "Wha..." he didn't even get to start his question
when Ukyou again started yelling at him. "Well while your here, I can
fry you up and make plenty of bacon!" His eyes narrowed in anger.
"What's wrong Ryouga? Pig got your tongue?" That was the last straw.
Ryouga felt the burning anger inside of him and channeled it out in
one blast red chi reducing Ukyou and the rest of Ucchan's to nothing
more then ash.
	"Your pathetic Ryouga! Slightest bit of anger and you kill all
of my friends! Why I even considered you a friend of mine, I haven't
the slightest idea." He turned to the newest voice and noticed that he
now stood inside Akane's room facing... Akane. 'No! Anyone but her!!!'
"You sicken me Ryouga! I..." He held his head and concentrated on
building what little chi energy he had left. 'This is it,' he thought
to himself as he released the blast against himself.

		*		*		*

	Ryouga woke up, completely covered in sweat. His breath was
quick and shallow and he shuddered at the thought of that nightmare.
His nightmares always tended to get bad when he would leave in bad
terms with Ranma, or anyone else for that matter. One word could
injure his fragile pride severely.
	The chill in the air brought him back to reality and he sat up
taking in his current surroundings. He was in a forest with trees in
every direction, but none too thick. He noticed that it was still
night time and he relaxed once more yawning deeply, taking in the
fresh air that he so desperately needed. "All of it... all of this is
your fault RANMA!!" He yelled at the night sky. "I'm forever alone."

	Daylight shown on Ryouga's head waking him up from his light
slumber. He then proceeded to explore his surroundings and upon coming
to one clearing he noticed a familiar village. "What? Where is this?"
His mind worked overtime but he couldn't figure out where this was.
He decided he might as well take a look and maybe ask someone how to
get back to Nerima.
	He stood from his vantage point when he felt a prick of cold
steel press up against his neck. Whatever it was, it was very sharp.
A girl spoke to him in Chinese, <Your not welcome here! Turn around
and leave or I will be forced to kill you!> He slowly turned himself
around and faced his attacker. Before him was a very beautiful, and
very deadly Amazon warrior. <Your not listening! I said leave!>
	<Please forgive me, I knew not where I was.> He tried to calm
her and get her to take the spear point off of his neck with little
success. <I'll leave, if you can show me which way is opposite of
your village?> She nudged him to his left with her spear, and he
he started to go to the right.
	<The other way stupid!> she yelled and he turned around and made his 
way far away from the village.

		*		*		*

	<Stupid men,> the beautiful Amazon said as she watched Ryouga's 
departing figure disappear out of sight. <Stupid but handsome.> She 
decided to follow him just in case he decided that he'd enter the 
village anyway.
	<Where did that stupid fool go?> The Amazon girl had never
lost someone in HER own territory before. She looked around but the
stranger seemed to have vanished after he turned around a very large
rock. <Oh well, back to guard duty.> She turned to leave and saw
Ryouga in the distance heading on the path that would take him
straight to Jusenkyo springs. <Good, I hope that stupid fool falls
in!>

		*		*		*

	Ryouga again was lost in thought and didn't watch where he was
going, even though he was entering a familiar area. How could he
possibly get revenge on Ranma anyway? He could never beat him, even
with that psycho old pervert Happosai's help. He remembered all the
tricks he'd employed and all of the techniques he learned in an
attempt to bring down Ranma. 'He may not be the smartest person, but
when it comes to Martial arts, Ranma can't be stopped...' he thought.
There had to be some way to stop him though. Ranma could not be
allowed to hurt Akane anymore.
	A slight rumble in the sky caused Ryouga to mechanically pull
out his umbrella and hold it above him. There had to be a way to stop
even Ranma. Maybe he work through Akane? Somehow he had to let her
know of Ranma's sins, but every time he tried fate stood in his way
and didn't allow him back to the Tendo dojo.
	Tears appeared in Ryouga's eyes as he continued his journey into the 
unknown. Maybe if he could get Ranma to disappear, Akane would like him 
instead? Ranma wouldn't even leave for a cure, how could he get him to 
leave of his own free will?
	"Why not just kill him?" a voice in the back of his head asked.
	'Why not?' he thought to himself partially listening to the
voice.
	"I'll tell you why not! Your not a murderer Ryouga!" his
conscience argued back. "Your a good person! Ranma's the one who is
doing the crimes! Don't sink to his level." His conscience did make
sense, but putting him out of the way permanently was just so
tempting.
	"If you kill him you will be doing everyone so much good!" The
voice in the back of his head argued back. "Imagine how happy everyone
would be." Ryouga's mind pictured him and Akane standing around the
Tendo dojo with all of their friends with no common feud called Ranma
to split them apart. "The only reason Shampoo and Mousse weren't in
love and married is because of Ranma! He leads her around but has no
intention of doing anything but sleeping with her!" Ryouga's mood
darkened at the thought of Ranma's horrible sin against the purple
haired beauty. "Think of Ukyou... his crimes against her go way back.
Even longer and worse then yours!" Ryouga's mind thought of when he
first heard the story of Ranma's broken promise to Ukyou. Even at the
tender age of 5 Ranma was a demon in human skin.
	"Don't listen to him Ryouga... you can't give in to murder or
you'll be just as bad, if not worse, then Ranma himself!" His
conscience was pleading with him. "Things will turn out for the best
if your hearts in the right place." Oh how good it sounded just to
slay Ranma, but he was not like that. He would find another way to
rid his life of that foul person, without using murder as a tool.
	"You'll regret not killing him in the future Ryouga. He will
ruin yours and Akane's life. He will kill you!" The dark side of his
thoughts tried to get Ryouga's anger built, but it failed. Ryouga was
not like Ranma. He would not do something that he would regret later.

		*		*		*

	Two girls walked in the rain hand in hand. One was a read head
with her hair in a ponytail, and was an inch or two shorter then her
partner. She wore a red, Chinese style, shirt that was hanging out of
her black pants which were tied off at the waist. Her whole outfit was
quite oversized and didn't fit her well at all. The girl next to her,
of whom's hand she held, had short black hair and wore a white, and
equally soaked, gi which pressed up against her skin very tightly. She
did seem a little conscious of this but the wide smile on her face
showed that it didn't bother her.
	"I love you Akane." The red head released Akane's hand and put
her arm around her shoulders receiving an arm around her waist in
response. "I love you too, Ranma." The mutual love between them kept
their spirits high and their bodies warm. They walked along the side
walk with no hurry to get to their destination at all. Ranma pushed
her bangs out of her face.
	"This was a good idea, love." Akane said to Ranma who smiled
sweetly at her and kissed her on the cheek. 'He can be sweet when he
wants to be...' Akane couldn't remember a time where she was more
happy. The day started strangely peaceful for once, and they didn't
fight at all before school. He didn't even walk on the fence like he
usually did, so that instead they could walk, hand in hand. Of course
they couldn't avoid Kuno's challenge, but Ranma quickly dispatched of
him so they could continue in relative peace. After school he asked if
she wanted to go to the park for a little practice, because the dojo
was under repairs. She dressed in her gi, and he in his normal Chinese
outfit like he normally would. When they got there, she was in for a
surprise that shocked her so much she passed out. He made a picnic
instead. 
	She awoke in his arms and they stayed like that for what seemed like 
forever. After they ate, they fed the ducks at the pond with some extra 
bread that they brought along. They could've stayed there forever, and 
she really wanted to do so, but Nerima's strange weather patterns called 
for today to be rainy. They took shelter under a grove of trees and they 
stayed for a bit but the rain didn't let up, so they walked home.
	They arrived at the gate to the Tendo dojo and they stopped
short of entering and looked at each other. Akane wondered what Ranma
would do? As if answering her, Ranma put her arms around Akane and
held her close then tilted her own head and kissed Akane full on the
lips. Akane was at first a little shocked, but after a few seconds
she eased into it and took her in.
	After a few moments Ranma released her and opened the gate. They 
entered the compound and closed the gate behind them. They walked
through the grounds, passed the koi pond, and into the house without
seeing anyone. 'It must be late,' she thought as walked through the
main living area.
	Then she felt how tired she really was. "You okay Akane-chan?"
Ranma asked in a near whisper. Ranma was very close, for she could
feel her warmth, but in exhaustion her eyes started to close
involuntarily. She then felt herself being picked up and carried
upstairs when sleep finally claimed her.

	Ranma smiled as she placed Akane on the bed after putting a
towel down so that she wouldn't soak while laying there. 'This is the
best day I've ever had.' Ranma thought it and knew it was truth. She
had never not been harassed, attacked (Kuno doesn't count), and
flattened (by Akane) all in one day.
	Ranma, like Akane, started to feel extremely drowsy but she
wasn't about to go to sleep on Akane so she exited the room and walked
into the bathroom and stripped her clothes off. She then grabbed a
towel and walked up and turned on the bath.
	She went over to the mirror and looked at her reflection. She
saw a young red head, a beautiful young red head for that matter,
standing looking back at her completely nude. Of course she stared at
her own reflection but this still seemed like a stranger, who's body
she was taking. 'I don't know if I'll ever be completely used to this
curse.' She always told everyone that she'd give up her curse in the
blink of an eye, but from all of her chances her wondered if she had
to keep it for some plot that fate had for her.
	She turned to the bathtub and turned off the faucet. 'Either
way, its better to be half-girl then a girl all the time.' She could
not imagine being like this full time. She always considered herself
a male, in thought and in body (well half the time). Recently though,
she was becoming more and more at ease with some things that would
normally bother her, but it mattered little. She could get a cure
later, when things cooled down.
	She entered the hot water of the tub and underwent the
transformation that she, now a he, never really noticed. Every time
hot or cold water would hit him he never really noticed changing until
obvious anatomy became apparent that he was in his other form. He
might never fully be used to the curse, but he was becoming quite
comfortable.
	Of late, things between Akane and him weren't too bad at all.
She still used her mallet every now and again, but rarely with enough
anger to send him flying to far away from the Tendo dojo, and after
settling the problem of multiple fiancee's he felt a lot more light
hearted about the future. Shampoo had taken it rather well, as did
Ukyou but Kodachi went nuts and tried to kill Akane, which landed her
a good place in an insane asylum outside of Tokyo. Now he was only
interrupted by Kuno and Ryouga, whenever he would actually show up.
Other then those two, no one was actually trying to split them up.
The couple's parents actually started to give them privacy, and less
encouragement since they decided to get married. Everything was going
very very well in his opinion. 'Now where's that damn soap?'

		*		*		*

That same night.

	Ukyou Kuonji stared at the night sky from atop the roof of her
restaurant that was now far away from Nerima, far away from the crazy
things that went on there, far away from Ranma. Her heart still ached
every time she thought of him, but she was a strong woman and she
would be just fine. Why just yesterday she met a nice gentleman who
offered her a date, which of course she couldn't say no to. Through
it all though she was still recovering from Ranma's choice of Akane.
	She wanted to hate Akane for having Ranma but that was not her
way. She would pull through this, and every other obstacle that lay
in her path from now on. Why does it have to hurt so bad though?
	Something odd took her attention from the sky... her chimney
was moving towards her. After a moment of confusion, she reached for
her spatula and growled one name in anger, "TSUBASA!" which was then
proceeded by a loud crunch, a flying cross dresser and his shredded
chimney disguise.
	'Will that baka ever give up?' Well, things were almost able to be 
considered normal. A little piece of Nerima would always be with
her. Whether that was good or bad, she did not know, but either way,
she was going to make it out okay.

		*		*		*

	Ryouga was not in a good mood. The lost boy, as his name
implies, was once again lost. At least he knew he was in China, which
made him wonder how he got there once more. He remember walking
through Nerima, then he remembered turning a corner then all of a
sudden next thing he realized was that he was in a thickly forested
area which he wandered until he was tired. Now he found the Amazon
village but was turned away.
	So now he was once he could be anywhere on the Asian continent. 
Thankfully in his travels he picked up enough languages to keep him out 
of trouble. 'I wonder where fate will lead me to this time?' As he 
thought to himself, a low cloud cover turned into fog and made it all 
but impossible to see more then a few feet ahead. 'Just great, I'll 
probably wander right into a lake, or an ocean.'
	Now was a time for action and a time for plotting, but of course there 
isn't much you can do in China when you need to be in Japan. He wondered 
if he'd make it back to Japan before Ranma and Akane's wedding, which he 
did doubted seriously. If he didn't make it in time there would be 
almost nothing he could do, and his life would
effectively be pointless. "DAMN IT ALL TO HELL! I'LL DO ANYTHING TO BE
ABLE TO STOP THAT WEDDING AND GET RID OF RANMA! DO YOU HEAR ME?!
ANYTHING!!!!" He yelled so loud that Ranma himself all the way in
Japan probably heard.
	"Do you mean that?" The voice from days before had returned and it was 
stronger now. "If so all you have to do is agree to kill Ranma and your 
wish will be granted." He wondered if what this voice
promised could be delivered.
	He thought on it for a second and answered, "How can I know that what 
you promise can be granted?" He heard a quiet laughter that
seemed to echo from within him. "I don't believe you, and I already
told you that I won't kill him, no matter how badly I want to. Who
are you anyway?!"
	"You did say anything..." the voice taunted. "Who I am matters
not, but what I offer can give you the happiness that you've wanted
all of your life."
	'At what cost?' Ryouga not be one of the more intelligent people on 
earth but he was by far not one of the stupidest. "No! I will not kill 
anybody! I want him to pay for what he's done but I don't know if I can 
actually kill him."
	There was a brief silence but then the voice came back to him.
"There's no need to kill him. All you have to do is ruin his life
beyond repair." Ruin Ranma's life? HAHAHAHA! Ranma out of the picture
and Akane with him? and all he has to do is ruin Ranma's life?
	"DEAL!" he screamed in acceptance.
	"Remember though, that as long as Ranma lives he is able to try and get 
revenge on you for what you will do. You accept this?" Ryouga nodded 
vigorously. "Good, now just follow the path and you will find everything 
you need to defeat Ranma." As the voice stated that, the fog cleared 
revealing a path that seemed to stretch on as far as the eye could see. 
What else was there to do but follow it?

		*		*		*

	The Jusenkyo Guide sat in his cabin with his pipe in hand,
smoking it thoughtfully. So many people had been coming through this
area recently and getting cursed. The last couple who came through
here where very unlucky, the young man falling into the spring of
the drowned tiger and the woman into spring of the drowned wolf. Why
anyone would want to come here in the first place was beyond him.
	He looked over at his daughter, Plume, sleeping soundly. He had to 
watch over her most of the time so that she did not fall into any of the 
springs, but she was pretty good about avoiding them unlike
all the visitors here who ended up getting cursed more then not. He
wondered who would be next to fall to Jusenkyo's curse?
	He gazed out the window of his cabin and saw that the heavy
fog was departing from the area enabling him to see any would-be
visitors so that he could warn them before they were to be cursed.
Besides the daunting knowledge of Jusenkyo being a very horrible and
cursed place, it was actually quite peaceful when animals and people
weren't falling into the springs.
	Just in that moment, a figure approaching his cabin caught his
eye. He looked out trying to get a better view and saw it to be a
human walking straight towards the cursed springs area of Jusenkyo.
<Oh no! He'll fall in!> he whispered frantically.
	The guide rushed outside just in time before the young man that was now 
before him was cursed. He took in the figure and recognized him at once. 
"Ahh, you the boy who fall in Heitueniichuan, spring of drowned black 
piglet. You come back for cure, no?" The young man looked at him quite 
startled.
	"So this is where they want me to go?" he whispered but the
Jusenkyo guide heard him quite well. "Yesyesyesyes! Please take me
there!" The boy's formerly dark mood seemed quite cheerful now at the
proposition of a cure.
	"Last time I check that pool was quite empty, but it no hurt to check." 
The young man seemed saddened but he look like he still held onto hope. 
He then lead the young man, after several checks to make sure he didn't 
wander off, to the spring of the drowned man which was quite full now. 
"You have much luck sir. You jump in and be cured." 
	Without a second thought Ryouga jumped into the spring.

		*		*		*

	"RANMA NO BAKA!" The familiar cry was yelled out, but there was no 
mallet to bash him into unconsciousness. Ranma opened his eyes and 
looked at his fiancee tentatively as if it were a ploy to catch him off 
guard. "Ranma, your such a jerk! My cooking is not bad!" She
apparently put her mallet back wherever she had gotten it from in the
first place.
	"Akane... I'm sorry but it just tastes so bad that..." He let
his mouth go before his brain again. Now he prepared to be smashed
but instead Akane glared at him then calmly walked upstairs most
likely to her room. "Akane wait! I didn't mean it like that! Please
wait!" She didn't stop so he tried to follow her up but as he went to
enter she slammed the door in his face and he heard it lock behind
her. "Akane please open up?" he pleaded at her door.
	He was answered with silence.
	He slid pressed his back up against the door and slid down it
to sit down. He heard her softly crying inside. 'I hate it when girls
cry... especially when its Akane.' He sat staring at the wall, and
wondered why he always let his mouth get himself into trouble. Then
again, why didn't she just stop and realize that her cooking IS bad.
He wasn't trying to insult her but her food was just plain unedible.
"Akane, I may not be the best cook in the world but I promise that I
will show you a few pointers if you open up." Her crying stopped from
within and he heard her walk slowly up to the door.
	"You will?"
	"Yes. Please open up. Let's talk."
	With that he heard the lock rotate and the door slide open,
taking away his backrest, causing him to fall back a bit. "Baka, get
in here." He smiled at her statement and stood up and she moved aside
to allow his entrance. The door then shut behind him and she jumped
on her bed motioning for him to sit down.
	He sat and she rested her head on his shoulder and then he
spoke up. "I really didn't mean to insult your food, Akane. I know
you worked hard on it, but that brings me to my point." She looked at
him taking in what he was saying. "Well, you tend to try to hard and
you make simple mistakes which cause the food to taste... not so
good."
	"What do you mean?"
	"Let me start by giving you those few pointers. First of all,
I've learned... well... er... you should first gather all your
ingredients together, and measure everything first off so that you
don't make a mistake. Don't stray from the original recipe by adding
or subtracting anything, that way what you cooked should stick pretty
closely to what its supposed to be like." He continued on explaining
and told her to make sure she grabbed the correct ingredients, and
check them more then once. She listened to his very in depth tips, and
stared at him in awe.
	"When did you learn all this?" she asked.
	"Well... umm... I kind've watch Kasumi once or twice," he had to 
stretch the truth for that one. Actually he had questioned Kasumi and 
watched her quite a few times, while she cooked. He mainly did it out of 
boredom and curiosity never fully intending to learn that much.
Akane bought that and he then told her a few other things. "So
tomorrow, ya wanna cook with me helping? I'll only do this if you
listen to me without bashing me. Okay?"
	She playfully punched his arm and nodded with a broad smile on
her face. He then stood up to leave but was pulled back roughly. "You
didn't give me my good night kiss."

		*		*		*

	The look on Ryouga's face as he departed from Jusenkyo explained 
everything he was planning on doing. He finally figured out how he would 
ruin Ranma's chances with Akane and his life forever. His
confidence soared more then it ever had before in the passed since
Ranma entered his life nearly a decade ago. His mind wandered and he
began day dreaming of his long awaited revenge. Vengeance would be
his... just as soon as he could find the Tendo dojo.

______________________________________________________________________

This series is far from over as you will see.
Next time, Ryouga attempts to destroy Ranma's
happiness like he tried to unsuccessfuly oh
so long ago. Will he succeed this time?
Thanks to Sam Vilsmeier (who wrote Ranma x2, a 
very funny/trippy fic), for letting me use his
fanfic idea, couldn't have done it without'em.
(Contact Sam at sam_74@email.msn.com)


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