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	This bunch of author's babble is in two sections for your reading ease
Obligatory Update on Existing Fic:
Hello, it's been about a month since I posted part 2 of Nabiki and Ranma � 
and I'm sorry I haven't gotten part 3 out but the last weeks of school were 
super hectic and add on top of that that I had to restart twice because of 
losing the work I had done on it, it seems that it just didn't want to be 
written yet. Luckily this time it's coming along smoothly, no time problems 
and I carefully weighed my options and decided on 5 back-ups. : ) 
About This Story:
Anyway, this is the first chapter of a story I've had on hold for a while. I 
first sent a chapter of this... a while ago and generally it needed a whole 
lot of work. (Hey, it was my first attempt at writing a fic.) And though I 
kept telling myself I wasn't going to do two series at once... Well, "Oops." 
: ) SO, here is the first chapter of Ranma and Ryouga: A Second Chance at 
Love. Be warned though, this is a Ranma and Ryouga match up fic and has a 
dark beginning.


Disclaimer: I own none of these characters.
Warning: Dark beginning and yaoi parts coming up. Nothing lemony^ will enter 
the real story but most likely Lime. So, if that doesn't suit you, you 
probably won't want to start reading this.
^(Well, maybe a non-plot effecting side story or two but that's for later.)


	Ranma opened the door to the Tendo home and walked in. As he entered 
he was almost bowled over by a hysterical Soun. "Ranma! Where's my baby! 
Where's Akane?!" The eldest Tendo screamed as he straddled the youngest 
Saotome.

	Ranma gurgled out an incomprehensible answer.

	"Speak up boy!" Shouted Genma as stood behind his long time friend.

	"I... can't... breathe..." Ranma choked out.

	Soun realized the situation and let up on his grip. To a degree. 
"Ranma, where's my little Akane? What have you done? Why isn't she with 
you?!" Shouted a distraught Soun through his torrents of tears.

	"What do you mean where is she? Isn't she here?" Asked Ranma, more 
worry creeping into his voice with each syllable.

	"No! She's not here! She's supposed to be with you! On your date! You 
better not have hurt my little girl Ranma!" Shouted Soun at the top of his 
lungs.

	"Well, she's not and I didn't. I don't hit girls" Said Ranma.

	"What happened, boy?" Asked Genma.

	"That crazy chick Kodachi hit me with some sorta paralyzing gas while 
Akane and I were sitting in the park. Akane was getting a drink from the 
fountain though and didn't see it. When I didn't, couldn't, move while 
Kodachi groped me Akane hit us both and then ran off! She didn't even try to 
find out what was going on! She just automatically blamed me like always." 
Explained Ranma before muttering, "Stupid uncute macho tomboy."

	Soun didn't hear the last bit. He was too busy running around 
screaming about his poor little lost girl.

	As Genma berated Ranma for letting Kodachi get the drop on him Ranma 
tuned him out.

	Soun, Genma and Ranma stopped doing what they were and stared as a 
crying Kasumi ran into the area of the house they were occupying. She was 
frantic as she tried to talk but couldn't.

	Soun only cried more. Genma tried to calm Kasumi down enough to talk. 
He did and she gave them the bad news. "We've got to get to the hospital 
quickly! Akane's been in an accident and the doctor said she wasn't in good 
condition."

	Soun slowly turned to Ranma. He took one long, deep breath and in 
full demon head mode screamed, "AKANE BETTER BE ALL RIGHT RANMA OR ELSE 
YOU'LL WISH YOU'D NEVER BEEN BORN!"

	Ranma 'eep'ed and fainted. Genma slung him over his furry shoulder. 
Furry because the wind pressure from Soun's voice had knocked a vase of water 
into him. Quickly gathering Nabiki the group rushed to the hospital.

	Ranma and Ryouga: A Second Chance for Love Part 1
		By: Mike Malaspina

	When they arrived at the ER a Dr. Nakajima greeted them. The short 
man looked at the Tendo/Saotome party with pity evident in his eyes.

	"Mr. Tendo, correct?" Asked the doctor.

	"Yes, is my daughter Akane all right? When can we see her?" Replied 
Soun.

	"Ah, Mr. Tendo, why don't why don't you come with me. I have some bad 
news." Said Dr. Nakajima. *If this had been in my job description I never 
would have gone to med school. Be a doctor, saves lives, Mom said. Sure, 
that's great but... I'm not sure it makes it worth it to have to do this.*

	Soun's lip quivered as he followed the doctor. Before they could get 
to far Ranma stopped them. "Hey, if you're going to see Akane I'm going to."

	"I'd like to see Akane as well." Said Kasumi.

	Dr. Nakajima, "I'm sorry, but I really think that only your father 
should see your sister right now."

	"But I'm her fiance! Come on doc you gotta at least let me see her 
too." Said Ranma scared by the doctor's words and tone. *Oh, gees, if Akane 
is seriously hurt I don't know what I'm gonna do. It's all my fault. Pops was 
right, Kodachi shouldn't have been able to sneak up on me like that.*

	Dr. Nakajima thought for a moment and sighed. "All right, you and Mr. 
Tendo follow me."

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	Nabiki, Kasumi and Genma sat in the waiting room. Two faces hopeful 
Akane would be okay. One, Nabiki's, hoped Akane was all right but also hoped 
that she was wrong.

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	Ranma didn't like what was happening. Instead of going into one of 
occupied hospital room, which were becoming more and more sparse, they just 
kept walking. Soon they saw no patients. No hospital rooms. Dr. Nakajima 
opened a door and entered a room. Soun and Ranma followed. Soun knew 
immediately where he was and became white as a ghost. He didn't cry, didn't 
scream, didn't move. Ranma was too confused to notice.

	"Uh, doctor, shouldn't we be in a hospital room... I wanted to see 
Akane, not a bunch'a silver doors in the walls." Said Ranma, frustrated and 
worried and not really sure what to do.

	"We aren't here to see Akane in the way you're thinking. We need you 
to identify her." Said Dr. Nakajima.

	Soun sank to his knees behind the other two men. Dr. Nakajima led the 
confused Ranma over to the far left-hand side of the right wall. Neither man 
noticed Soun as Dr. Nakajima slowly pulled on one of the handles belonging to 
one of the doors. Out slid a long shelf. On it laid a large lump under a 
sheet. The lump looked too much like a body for Ranma to like. The doctor 
carefully pulled the sheet back revealing it was a body and Ranma felt his 
insides go cold.

	Under the sheet was Akane's body. Ranma didn't mean to, but he shoved 
Dr. Nakajima aside sending him to the ground in his haste to be next to his 
fiancee. The doctor shook his head in pity for the poor boy. Ranma quietly 
whispered, "Akane?" He got no response.

	He gently shook her shoulder with a trembling hand. "Akane? 
A...ak..akane?.... Akane!" Ranma screamed out in anguish, tears flowing down 
his face. He frantically shook Akane, calling her name and crying. Finally he 
broke down sobbing and hugging Akane's lifeless body to his. He was beyond 
thought as he shook uncontrollably.

	Dr. Nakajima couldn't bear to look at the poor boy and so tried to 
console Soun.

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	Akane had been dead one week and Ranma wouldn't speak to anyone. He 
didn't move from his spot in the middle of the dojo where he wouldn't move 
except to eat. And then he only moved enough to take a few bites and push the 
food away. If he was using the bathroom no one knew of it.

	Soun was in the same condition in his room. Only he wouldn't move to 
eat even. He was far away and wouldn't be back, but no one wanted to voice 
their fear of such being true. Genma had sat with his friend constantly. 
Doing everything he could to bring the man out if it. So far nothing had 
worked.

	Ukyou had come by on the third day and like Genma had tried 
everything she could to bring Ranma about. She elicited no response. She had 
trudged away crying and feeling every one of the worst emotions she could 
think of. Hopelessness, helplessness, sadness, anger, guilt... all of them. 
She couldn't understand why she felt some of them. Like the guilt and anger. 
It made her cry harder.

	Cologne had seen Ranma for only a minute when she decided that it 
would best for she and Shampoo to return to China for a few months. She 
didn't like to admit it but Shampoo was likely to do something stupid, like 
suggesting how great it was that the stupid Pervert Girl would no longer get 
in the way of their love, and get herself killed. Mousse followed after he 
had offered condolences to Ranma. Ranma didn't respond, Mousse hadn't 
expected him too.

	Ryouga arrived in Nerima one week after it had happened. He found out 
when he saw the headline in a newspaper as he asked for direction to the 
Tendo dojo. He had instantly become a beacon of glowing rage quite literally. 
Had it not been for a car driving by and a puddle Ranma would have died. But 
a piglet no matter how mad couldn't hurt anyone too much. Even if the person 
the piglet was attacking wouldn't have even tried to defend themselves.

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	*RANMA! Damn you! You will die! You will die tonight Ranma! This is 
all your fault!* Bellowed Ryouga to himself, wishing he could cry, wishing he 
could find Ranma, wishing he could have protected Akane. Wishing he could do 
something besides scream inside his head and wander aimlessly trying to find 
the Tendo dojo.

	When Ryouga saw it he was more determined than ever to kill Ranma. He 
quickly found a loose board in the outside fence and crawled under it after 
pulling it out with his snout. He rushed to the open door of the dojo to see 
if Ranma was there. He could hear a soft whimpering from inside. *Ranma can't 
be in there. He doesn't cry. It must be Kasumi... Or Nabiki... Maybe I should 
make sure she's all right.* Ryouga quietly crept into the dojo. What he saw 
shocked him deeply. There was Ranma curled up in a ball in the center of the 
dojo, in girl form, crying her eyes out.

	Ryouga carefully trotted up to Ranma. He pondered what to do for a 
full minute. Finally he nudged her arm with his snout. She didn't notice. 
"Bwee?" He grunted trying to ask if he was all right.

	Ranma did notice this and looked up. Ryouga felt physically hurt as 
he saw the pain in Ranma's eyes. "She's... she's gone Ryouga." The whisper 
from the girl did more than just state a fact. The feelings of loss and pain 
oozed out and spoke millions to Ryouga. He stepped forward and hesitantly 
nuzzled Ranma's cheek. Ranma wrapped her arms around him and hugged the 
piglet, crying into his short, stiff fur.

	After a few hours both slept fitfully and clutching to each other, 
Ryouga only doing the best he could in pig form.

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	Ryouga slowly woke. He could tell instantly he was a pig. *Damn you, 
Ranma.* was his instant response to his cursed form. Next he realized he was 
warm and being held. *Oh, Akane, if only I coul... could... Oh, no... Oh 
Kami...* The small black piglet with the tiger striped bandanna tried as hard 
as it could to cry.

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	Ranma woke to find a shaking piglet in her arms. She held her tears 
back as best she could and petted Ryouga as she started hugging him again. 
"Oh, Ryouga, why couldn't I protect her? Why wasn't it me?"

	"Bwee!" *It should have been!* Ryouga communicated angrily, again 
damning Ranma for his cursed pig body.

	"Oh, Ryouga, why couldn't it have been me. Akane, never did anything 
to hurt anyone. And I lo... lov... loved her so much. Why d... did..." 
Ranma's next words were cut off as she couldn't hold her tears back any 
longer.

	*Ranma, how can you do this to me! I shouldn't feel sorry for you! I 
should want to kill you!... But... I can't. Oh, damn you, Ranma...*



C&C is of course heavily desired, flames are feedback too if that's what you 
prefer and I always love random and incoherent babbling. You have to when you 
do so much of it yourself. : )


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