This is a small rewrite that, hopefully, will clear up a few problems.
I will probably post another version of this story from Ranma's point of
view. Cross your fingers.

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The Fallen One
Ajin
By: Silver
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    This is the one who summoned me? This little gnome? I should have
stayed in bed. These bindings, they're pathetic. I can easily sense the
surroundings. There are five people inside this house, beside me and the
gnome. One outside. On this floor there's a girl, a really angry girl. A
pitiful anger though, used to hide her true emotions from herself,
nothing to waste my time on. On the bottom floor, two girls and two
older men. One very scared girl, hides behind a facade of greed and ice.
One depressed, hides behind cheerfulness. A greedy man without empathy.
The other one a wreck, a shadow of his true self.
    On the roof, misery, self loathing, depression. This bears looking
into. I step out of the poorly prepared circle and head for the door.
The gnome yells something at me. I destroy it, no traces. I then walk
slowly down the stairs, attracting strange stares from the two young
women. I nod curtly at them, disguising my contempt for their weak
nature. As I pass the men, one of them dares ask me who I am. I would
destroy him but I am no longer in that mood, instead I direct an angry
scowl his way. My eyes show him what he doesn't want to know. Weak as he
is he cowers under my gaze; I let my eyes wander across the room,
evoking shudders from all present.
    I start walking again, heading for the front door, as I reach it one
of the girls call out. "If you want Ranma, I'll tell you where he is.
For a price." How dare she try to get money out of me? I rip the door
from its hinges and walk out through the opening. When I reach the yard,
I rise from the ground, float up over the roof to land beside a damp
redheaded girl. I lay a hand on her shoulder and she jumps up into a
ready stance.
    "I am not here to fight you." I state. It doesn't seem to soothe her
though.
    "What d'ya want?" She seems rather set on fighting.
    "Talk." I answer her. From her incredulous look I guess this isn't a
regular occurrence.
    "Yeah right!" She says, dropping out of her stance. "What'd he do,
engage me to your sister or something?"
      "She would never marry." I respond. "She's rather easy." The
redhead gives me an inquiring look before sitting down again. I sit down
beside her, staring at the horizon. After a while a ladder rises beside
me, it's that angry girl. I push the ladder down on her head. She's even
angrier now. A small rock appears in my hand and I retract my hand to
throw it. Red turns my way and I shrug before throwing the rock, evoking
a yell of pain from a tree not far away. A camera comes crashing down.
    "..."
    "I'm Ajin."
    "Saotome Ranma." She turns towards me. I watch her eyes but I see
her soul.
    I rise from the roof to leave; before I can the redhead grabs my
wrist.
    "How're ya doin' that?" She asks.
    "It's a gift." I tear loose and glide to the ground.
    "Farewell." I say and she grunts. I disappear. She probably didn't
even notice.

    She's sitting on her futon sullenly, almost as the last time I met
her. Except this time she's beat up, her clothes are torn and bruises
show on her legs and arms.
    "What happened?" I ask and she jumps slightly, she'll get used to
it.
    "Nuthin'." Yeah right.
    "Tell me about this 'nothing'." I move to stand behind her, my hands
on her shoulders.
    "It was just Ryouga, attacking me for no reason."
    "Should I kill him for you?" Tell me and I will.
    "WHAT? NO!" She turns around, surprised.
    "Why not?" I want to.
    "You can't just go around killing people." Her shoulders slump.
    "Yes I can, that's what I do." Maybe I should kill him anyway. She
moves to back away and I take a firmer grip off her shoulders.
    "You're an assassin?"
    "No, I'm a demon." Maybe I shouldn't. Her shoulders slump deeper.
    "What do you want with me then? Did pops sell my soul for a pickle
or something?"
    "He has nothing to do with this, and I require nothing from you." Am
I to think that she has been sold often?
    "Yeah right. Everybody wants something from me." I detect bitterness
in her voice, and there should be.
    "You believe what you want to believe. Do you wish that I leave?" I
should go now.
    "I guess so." I'm gone.

    I think this was a good idea. Ever since I started following Red
around things have been quieting down around her. I've had to have the
violet haired girl participate in a couple of accidents and I took out
that loon once but that's it so far. I watch as Red, in her other form,
makes her way towards Furinkan. A few crashes are heard in the affinity.
    "RANMA PREPARE TO DIE!" That's not nice. I jump down from the
rooftop to land beside the angry girl. She gives me a curious look
before turning back to the battleground. A boy carrying a large umbrella
charges Red, surrounded by a green aura. He misses. He then turns
towards Red and the aura expands only to retract again, into his hands.
As he yells and fires I move, to fast for mortal eyes. I intercept the
blast with my chest. It's a week blast, it won't bruise. As I move to
kill the boy, Red catches my wrist. I turn to her, watch her eyes for a
few seconds, and back down. I move towards the angry girl, my back to
the fight. As I reach her, she charges, a large hammer in her hands.
    "Ranma, stop teasing Ryouga!" She bellows and moves to strike. I
catch the hammer, destroying it. My hand flies forward to slit her
throat. Once again, I am stopped by Red.
    "Don't!" She whispers forcefully. I bow my head slightly and
disappear.

    "I didn't need your help you know. I'm a guy, I can take care of
myself" Red states as I walk up behind her.
    "Perhaps." I reply and put my hands on her shoulders. She snorts and
puts one of her hands on one of mine.
    "I could take you away from all this you know." I say, and I would
like to.
    "I can't run away." She replies.
    "I could kidnap you." I suspect she's smiling.
    "No you couldn't, they would come after us." Still smiling I think.
    "Not where I would take you." The smile disappears from her face.
    "I would need to think about it."
    "You need only wave your hand." I fade back into the shadows.

    I stand beside her futon, looking down at her. I've taken to
watching her at night, she looks beautiful sleeping. Her eyes open
suddenly and she jumps me, her mouth pressing against mine. I'm too
startled to react. She lets me go, a terrified look in her eyes.
    "Sorry!" She almost yells, blushing. "I was drugged. By Cologne."
    "Calm down." I say, and she does. "It wasn't unpleasant." She gives
me a probing glance, blushing more fiercely, before lying back down.
    "What kind of drug?" I ask.
    "Love potion." She answers. Aphrodisiac.
    "I can remove it."
    "Please do."
    "Done."
    She smiles in gratitude and a few moments later she's asleep again.
I kiss her forehead and disappear.

    Days later I find her badly beaten inside the dojo. That angry girl
again. I walk up to her and take her in my arms. I then carry her with
me up to the roof before waking her. She opens her eyes to stare at me.
I stare back.
    "Let's go." She whispers weakly.
    "Are you sure?" I need to know.
    "Yeah." I stare at her for a while before opening a portal with a
wave of my hand. As I take her through she changes back. The portal
closes behind us.
    That night, Nerima burnt to the ground.

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This is a rewrite with a few changes. Things that have been pointed out
to me, by others or myself, have been corrected.
Please note that I don't agree with the portrayal of these characters
myself. It just seemed to fit.
Happosais demise is not noticed because he is often gone for long times
and no one would miss him enough to search for him.

My gratitude to:
Small Pink Mouse - for pointing a few things out and giving me
inspiration.
HammerFall - for the song "Child of the Damned".

//Silver

kurogin@hotmail.com



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