I just hope this thing is properly formatted...
This fanfic is based in Ranma 1/2 characters, they are property of Viz
communications and Rumiko Takahashi.
Written from Ryoga's POV.

FOR HER, I'LL DO IT.
BY
DR_FACER


I can't stand it anymore, just how long is this chaos going to last?
Back there, Shampoo is fighting with Ukyo for Ranma, on the other side
of the hall, my sweet Akane is kicking Kuno and trying to get rid of
Happosai, and right behind my back Mousse was just flattened by that old witch Cologne, Mr. Tendo is crying and Ranma's parents are not doing anything! And look at Akane's sisters! Kasumi is helpless, does she really thinks this is part of the party? Then look at Nabiki, she has no right to ask for money from the guests!

And me? I haven't feel this depressed in months; at least the wedding
was stopped, but the Nannichuan water is now lost forever, how come the
Tendos had some? Well, I guess it doesn't matter anymore, does it? A
loud crash? What could have caused it? I turn around and see what it
was, oh, Akane just kicked Kuno through the roof, nothing important,
(sigh) I better get going, there's nothing for me here right now. But
before I go, I'll stop this mess I helped to create, it's partly my
fault and since no one else is going to do it...

I shout at both Ukyo and Shampoo to leave Ranma alone. Fool girls, they
are attacking me? Bad, bad move, now I'll have to show them not to mess
with me when I'm depressed; a Shishi Hokoudan is all I need to send them flying all the way to Tokyo's downtown, I wonder if they'll reach
Akihabara? Now Mousse is yelling at me, great, he put his glasses on and saw what I did to Shampoo and on my right I have that sexually confused ninja that lives with Ukyo, I don't like the way he's looking at me, but I better deal with Mousse first. There, I got his chains, now I'll just spin him and....Done! Mousse is now on his way to meet Shampoo by air courtesy of yours truly, now the ninja freak, uh? Where'd he go? Did he ran away? That's fine with me, that way I can finish my work more quickly, Kodachi was a though one, who would have known she had that sleeping gas there? Such a stupid place to hide it if you ask me, anyway, that gas helped me since Happosai was kind enough to jump in the way, now that the old ruin is sleeping and that Kuno's sister is gone, there's only Cologne and that psycho teacher from Ranma's school left; the old Amazon was easy, she even apologized before leaving! The teacher on the contrary, was a little bit more complicated, she said she wouldn't leave without a big piece of the wedding cake, good thing Kasumi gave it all to her. A few minutes later, only the Tendos, the Saotomes and myself are here, now I finally can see how Akane is doing, will she blame me for this?

Thank the gods! Akane thanked me for what I just did, she even smiled at me! Oh Akane if only you were wearing that wedding dress for me! I'd be the happiest man on this planet! Uh? Someone is asking for my help? Oh, it's just Ranma's mother, she wants me to take Ranma to his room? Well I can certainly do that, especially since she says she'll lead the way, she reminds me a lot of my own mother. I haven't seen her in what? Ten years now? I suppose I'll go and search her after I leave here, maybe I'll have Akari help me find her, if I can find Akari first, that is. I wish I could do something with this lousy sense of direction I have, ah! Ranma's room at last! I leave the room as soon as I put Ranma in his futon, I don't want to interrupt his mother, she really was concerned about her son.

The first thing I see in the corridor is a door slamming, Nabiki's
bedroom's door, it's the first time I've seen her doing it, what could
have make her do that? She's not the kind of girl that would get angry
because of this, it wasn't her wedding after all. Oh well, it's not my
business so I move on, just to run into Akane in the stairs. She looks
so miserable, I can see that she is fighting back her tears. She
apologizes and goes to her room, I let her go, there's nothing I can do
to comfort her.... But, but I know someone who can, someone I'm sure
will be willing to help her.

I hate myself for doing this, but it's all I can do to help my dear
Akane. Luckily no one was in the kitchen yet, Kasumi is still cleaning
the hall. I hope Ranma would awake soon, I know that as much as she
loves P-Chan; it's just not the same, she needs Ranma, maybe only to hit him and blame him for the wedding fiasco, but she needs HIM; my pig form is only a substitute, but it'll make her feel better, so I do it. I pour the cold water on my head.

Akane sure was glad to see P-Chan, she tells me everything that
happened. So Jusenkyo is back to normal? That's the first good thing
I've heard today, and the Nannichuan was a wedding gift? Who would have
thought it? Poor sweet Akane, she doesn't deserve this kind of
suffering. She's leaving the room, why? Oh, I know why, she just heard
Ranma. Damn, I don't want him to see me right now, so I hide under
Akane's bed; it was a good thing Akane was so worried about Ranma
because she didn't noticed what I did.

Ranma said he wanted to talk to me alone for a minute, that reminds me
of the koi rod disaster; so I hesitate, but it's no use, I can't refuse
while I'm a pig. Well, the hot water in the tub sure felt nice, Ranma
thanked me too? Just because I got rid of all the other crazy jerks?
That's very strange. Oh, I can see it now, he's asking me why I'm still
here. I tell him the true, lies are no longer necessary. He blinks, it
seems that he didn't understood. Huh? He's asking me if I mean what I
just said? Well, I did! And yet he's still looking at me, he must be
thinking that I am a liar. Fine then. I'll convince him, I walk out of
the tub and stare right in Ranma's eyes, I speak again, slowly.

"Ranma, I'm not lying, I'm really doing this, why don't you trust me?"
"Look Ryoga, you might have helped the Tendos out this morning, but how
do you expect me to believe you? How do you expect me to believe that
you're willing to be a pig for the rest of your life?"
"Because I love Akane, and if the only way I can help her to be happy is by being her pet and loosing my manhood.... Well, for her, I'll do it!"

I walk towards the cold water filled bucket and splash myself, then I
walk to the door and wait until Ranma opens it for me; he still can't
believe what I'm doing. I don't blame him, I can't believe it either,
but as I said before, I love Akane more than anything else. I love her
more than Akari, in fact I don't really know if I still love Akari
anymore. All I know is that Akane needs me, that she needs the love of
her pet, a love only I can give her, even if it means that I'm destined
to be a pig for the rest of my life. I don't care, I love Akane, and for her, I'll do it.

END.

Well, that pretty much ends this story. I placed it between the last two pages of book 38 of the manga, just after the wedding is crashed and Ryoga is sitting there watching the destroyed Nannichuan barrel, fully depressed. I don't know why, but that scene inspired me to write this; it's short, actually the shortest fanfic I've ever wrote, but I think it came out quite nicely. If you have critics, comments or something else to say about the story, please do so.

Dr_Facer.




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