All characters trademark and copyright 1999, Time Warner and Rumiko Takahashi, Ying & Yang have never been so much fun!

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Akane slept peacefully in her bedroom.  It had been the first sleep she had gotten in two days since she stumbled upon Ukyou and Ranma making out in the dojo.  Akane�s world had shattered in that instant.  Out of guilt, Ranma admitted that he and Ukyou had been seeing each other since shortly after the failed wedding a year earlier.  Ukyou had been so desperate to stop the nuptials that Ranma finally realized how much she cared for him,
and slowly, he realized that he too cared for her.

But that was the problem.  As Ranma finally gave into his feelings for Ukyou, Akane had allowed her feelings towards Ranma to change, and grow into love.  But then had come the nightmare two days earlier.  Akane had gone into the dojo determined to get Ranma to agree to take her to Furikan High�s graduation dance, and instead found Ranma and Ukyou locked in a passionate embrace.  Rather than scream �RANMA NO BAKA� and mallet both Ranma and Ukyou into the stratosphere, Akane had instead collapsed to the ground and began sobbing uncontrollably.  Hearing her cries, Genma and Soun had come running into the dojo and had seen Ranma holding Ukyou in his lap.

In the shouting match that ensued, Ranma finally stood up for himself, and declared that he was going to marry Ukyou, even if it meant ruining his family honor.  Soun then kicked Ranma and Genma out of the house, banishing them back to Nodoka and her katana.  Of course, Nodoka didn�t kill Ranma or Genma.  Rather, she welcomed them
back, then kicked Ranma out of the house when she found out about Ukyou.  The last anyone had heard, Ranma was living at Ucchan�s.

Now, two days, and much crying, later, Akane finally slept peacefully.  At least, she slept peacefully until she heard the heavy breathing from above her.

�P-Chan...?�

No, it was not P-Chan.  P-Chan did not have glowing yellow eyes and thick fangs.

�Who..who are you?�  Akane had thought she knew what fear was, but now she knew fear on a whole new level.  Standing before her was a long-haired, pale-skinned man in
his early 20s.  He had giant fangs protruding from his mouth, and his forehead was twisted into a permanent glare.  He looked almost primal in his appearance.

�My name is not important, Slayer.�

�Slayer?  Wh-what�s a Slayer?�

�You are, my pretty.  At least you were until you met me?�

�Wh-what the hell are you talking about?�  Slowly, anger began to replace the fear in Akane.  She felt...weird.  It was as if some hitherto unknown power had been unlocked
inside Akane with this man�s arrival.  She felt.....stronger, somehow.

Also Slayers come into there powers only after some training
Besides Akane pretty well can smack any Vampire senseless
by herself, she is a black belt / master level martial artist
much as that fact is downplayed.

�What I mean, is that you are my dinner.�

Something inside Akane snapped and she felt more rage and fury than she had ever felt with Ranma.  How dare this.....this thing call her dinner.  Akane leapt up from the bed, catching the creature off guard and nailed him with a reverse spin kick.  Next she hit a chain of urakens (spinning back fists), followed by a cartwheel kick which sent the creature crashing into the wall.

�Where the hell did I learn to do that?�  Akane wondered.  As skilled a martial artist as
she was, pulling off complex combinations of moves like that had never been her forte.  She usually just used a ki-blast or a mallet shot to win a battle.  Even her father had never been particularly good at combos, and Ranma only used them when in the Nekoken trance.

The creature roared in anger as he staggered to his feet.  Whatever was human in him ebbed away as an intense bloodlust overtook him.  He charged at Akane, only to have her leapfrog over him and kick him in the small of the back, sending him flying out of the window.

Finally, Akane noticed that Happosai was standing in the doorway, watching in awe.

�What are you doing here, you old letch?�

Happosai shook his head, snapping back to reality.  �Helping you.�  He pulled a wooden stake from his jacket

Happosai in a JACKET??

and tossed it to her.  �Here, you�ll need this.�

�Huh....but....�  Akane stopped.  Somehow, she instinctively knew what she must do.  Summoning her mallet from subspace, she leapt out the broken window, landing next to the unconscious vampire.

Putting aside the queasiness she felt as she prepared for the task at hand, Akane placed the stake in the middle of the vampire�s chest, and then drove it into his heart with the mallet.

�What the hell is Akane doing??!!??�  Happosai spun around to see Nabiki (who shouted the question), Kasumi and Soun standing behind them, all of them horrified at what they had just witnessed.  Happosai then looked down at Akane, who, mystified, looked back at him.

Happosai smiled.  �She�s embracing her destiny, that�s what she�s doing.�

W*ING Higley Presents:

Akane The Vampire Slayer

ARRGH WHY oh smeeging why do something original!!
like use Nabiki or even Kasumi as the Slayer

Akane takes to Slaying very well yes but someone
else has done it!!

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