Chapter 4 - D.OA - Death of Akane?! The Night Weeps Blood!

Akari stood in the darkness on the Tendo roof, preparing to cast a sleep spell over the household so
no-one could come to Akane�s rescue. Unfortunately, she was not alone.
�Ohohohohohoho! And who might you be?� asked a leotarded gymnast as she landed lithely on the roof near
Akari, her dark hair billowing in the wind.
�Akari. Akari Unryuu,� she blinked, slightly startled by this arrival.
�That peasant Hibiki�s girlfriend? I�m afraid he�s not hear at the moment, my dear girl. Now vacate the
area, or I, Kodachi the black rose, will be forced to make you!� she stated venomously, readying her
sharp purple ribbon.
*That lunatic just called my Ryoga-sama a peasant!* Akari thought angrily. �I�d love to see you try,� she
said icily, causing Kodachi to scowl and whip the ribbon at her, �but i�m afraid you have to fly!� she
finished, deflecting the ribbon with a stream of blood, which then wrapped around Kodachi�s body. Akari
proceeded to swing the startled gymnast like a discus, finally releasing her to fly off through the air
into the night sky and far away...

*In-joke zone alert!! Members of the Ranma ML, be prepared to laugh your heads off (haha*thunk*)*

On the grounds of the university of Buffalo, a vaguely attractive, brown-haired male student wearing
jeans and a T-shirt walked idly along, keeping an eye out for evil squirrels and wondering how to get
past the teacher of the class he was currently late for. Suddenly, he heard something falling from the
sky, so he looked up to see what it was.
It fell into his arms.
He looked down.
It was the insane gymnast of his dreams, Kodachi Kuno.
Currently unconscious, but then...
He noticed the note attached to her ribbon and read it curiously.
�Hey babe,
 I know this is a darkfic, but hey... I reckoned this would be a great way to say thanks! 
 Enjoy (H_~),
          Kai-Chan�
As he faded out of his state of euphoric shock, a huge smile spread across the boy�s face. �Thanks
Kai-Chan!� he yelled to the sky.
�Ohohoho...� Kodachi groaned as she regained consciousness. �What? Where am I?�
*Yes! She�s dubbed into English!* he thought happily. �Uh... hi there..�
�Hm?� Kodachi looked up into the face of her saviour. *Goodness! He�s so handsome! He must have saved me
after that witch Akari did whatever she did!* she smile lightly. �Tell me sir, what is your name?� she
asked, blushing slightly.
*Yes!* he thought before answering carefully, �Cory. Cory Hotnit.�
�Cory Hotnit,� Kodachi mulled the name over in her mind. *Mrs Kodachi Hotnit, yes, I like the sound of
that!* �Cory darling...� she whispered breathily.
*Yesyesyes!* he thought happily, mentally doing the Happy Happy Joy Joy dance.

*End in-joke zone*

In the darkened dojo, things were quiet. Too quiet. Even for Ranma, the sleep was too deep. Only one
person was awake. The one person who didn�t belong.
Akari stalked through the corridors, up the stairs to Akane�s room. Pausing outside the door, she glanced
at the duck-shaped nameplate and smiled, before smashing it with a feral snarl. Entering the darkened
room, she swung a venomous glance over the surroundings, her eyes glinting crimson in the moonlight as
they came to rest on the bed.
On her.
Akane Tendo.
Curled up asleep in the soft, warm embrace of her duvet, the childish pictures on her pyjamas still
visible in the twilight which highlighted her short, dark hair. Akari could hear her deep, somnolent
breaths, and detect the motion of her chest beneath the covers as she breathed in and out, up and down.
�Well Akane Tendo, tonight is the night you take your last breath, so I hope you enjoy it,� Akari
murmured, a cold smile spreading across her face as the threads of blood poured from her wrist, slipping
underneath the bedclothes with a serpentine motion to wrap tightly around Akane�s sleeping form.
And began to squeeze the very life from her body.

Mousse landed gently on the roof of the Tendo dojo, and swayed as the sleep spell tried to take affect on
him.
�Damnit! If everyone is asleep then Akane Tendo is doomed!� Mousse hissed angrily. *I�ve got to break
this spell!* he decided, quickly moving his hands in rapid, arcane motions even as the dark, inviting
fingers of the sleep spell caressed him, luring him to slumber. As he finished the gestures, he uttered a
single, silent word, and suddenly a brilliant silver-blue light engulfed the dojo, burning away the
darkness of the sleep spell.
Mousse sighed with relief as his senses awakened.
Then he heard it.

Akane knew she was dying. Even though she was asleep, she could feel it. She tried to wake but couldn�t.
Something was pulling her down into the darkness with hands as soft as velvet and a grip as strong as
steel. Even as she felt her ribs crack, even as the searing pain of her body being crushed by some
unknown force flooded through her system, she could not open her eyes, or move or make a sound. All she
could do was float there in hte darkness, drifting ever closer to drowning in the sea of oblivion.
Then, a sudden wave of brilliant light washed over her, driving the darkness away, allowing her to regain
control of her senses.
Her eyes shot open.
She saw Akari, the moonlight shining on her white hair as she smiled evilly.
She saw this look turn to one of shock as Akari realised she was awake.
She saw the ribbons of blood streaming from Akari�s wrist and wrapping around herself, where she felt
them crushing her ever tighter and more painfully.
She screamed with all the breath left in her body.
It was small, it was short and it was far too quiet, the ragged breath stopping only seconds after it had
started.
But it carried the sound of death.
Enough to wake the dead. Or at least, enough to wake Ranma Saotome.

Ranma awoke with a jerk, sitting bolt upright on the tatami. Moments earlier, he had been in the deepest
sleep he had ever known, almost unnaturally deep, until a burning white sensatiobn had restored him to
his normal state of slumber. Then he had heard something which chilled him to the bone, causing him to
wake as suddenly as if he had been struck by a bolt of lightning.
�AKANE!!� he yelled, leaping out of bed and running through the darkened corridors to her room.
�Ranma!� Mousse called, running up beside him.
�What�re you doin� here Mousse?� Ranma asked as they ran up the stairs.
�Saving your life! Get the other Tendos out of here and let me rescue Akane!�
�You _must_ be kidding!� Ranma retorted as they reached Akane�s room.
�Don�t say I didn�t warn you...� Mousse muttered grimly as they entered.
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