This is chapter basically the 10th installment to my 'Just Won't Die'
series.  It takes place immediately after my 'Just Won't Die Shinji'
story. If you haven't read any previous chapters leading up to this
chapter, there's a very good chance you'll find yourself very confused
since this chapter will make reference to all the previous chapters
before this in the series. This is most likely going to be the final
chapter to my 'Just Won't Die' series so I want this series to end with a
bang^_^

To anyone who haven't read this series, you can check the series out from
the beginning. You can find it on my webpage,
http://www.anime.sobhrach.com/~jeffwong/  It has its own section called
'Just Won't Die'. If you plan on reading it from the beginning, you've
got quite a bit of reading since this series is nearing, what, 8+megs in
size now....

This story will come out on the fly. I'll post updates as I write them,
usually daily if I'm on a roll. Since I usually average around 40+kb
updates daily or semi-daily, you don't have to worry about this list
being flooded.....



---
Jeffrey "OneShot" Wong


Just Won't Die Reborn




   Shinji didn't bother to look around to find out where he was. He knew
he was clueless as to his whereabouts. All that he knew was that he was
in a world that was not his own. Not knowing where he was wasn't
bothering all that much either. What really bothered him was what lead to
him being sent to this world.
  "Goddamn," Shinji swore himself, walking down a random street. Judging
by how busy it was, it was most likely a weekday afternoon, people on
their way home after a hard day's worth of work.
  "What the hell am I gonna do?" he asked, fighting back tears,
"Everyone's dead and I'm the only one left. Urd says I have to somehow
beat Ranma. But how the hell am I gonna beat him? I've yet to ever hit
him and now I have to beat him when he has the powers of God,"
  Shinji sighed. He needed someone to help explain things to him. He
couldn't figure things out on his own, could he?
  "Ranma somehow went crazy," he said, scratch his head, "As to why, I
have no idea. I'm sure Ritsuko would know but.....she's dead, like
everyone else,"
  A tear trickled down Shinji's cheek.
  "I'm all alone," he said in a very soft voice, "What am I going to do?
In an instant, I lost everyone. Why am I the only one left? Wouldn'tve it
be easier if I died along with 'em?"
  He paused as something dawned on him.
  "I-is this how Ranma felt after the 'Nerima Massacre'?"
  He shook his head, banishing the thought. This wasn't the time to be
thinking or even feeling things. Somehow, he had been thrown in to a
situation where Urd, as well as the existence of all that existed,
depended on him.
  "God, why me?" he asked, "I can't do this!"
  Several passerbys stopped to look at the crazy young man. Why was he
talking to himself?
  "Let's try and analyze everything," he said, "Everyone was killed
because Ranma somehow went crazy. As to why he went crazy, I have no
idea. However, it's gotta be the God-version breaking out and basically
taking possession. I mean, why the heck would Ranma kill everyone?"
  "Shinji," came a voice.
  Shinji turned around and was very shocked to see Urd.
  "U-Urd!" he said in surprise and relief, "W-where did you come from?"
  "Sorry, I'm only dropping in for a bit," she said in a rushed voice,
"Ranma's hot on my heels,"
  "W-what do you mean?"
  "What do you think? He's chasing me," she replied.
  Shinji looked around, wondering where Ranma was.
  Urd shook her head, "No. This is not that kinda chase. He's chasing me
across worlds. I lost him somewhere around the beginning of time, but
before long, he'll figure out where I went,"
  "H-how's he chasing you?" Shinji asked.
  Urd said, "How the hell do I know?"
  "I thought you were all-knowing," he commented.
  "I am," she said, "But not all-knowing in the sense that I know Ranma.
I know fate. Everyone and everything is tied to fate. The problem is that
Ranma, much like myself, isn't confined to the path of fate,"
  Shinji was silent. 
  "You have no idea just how many worlds were knocked out of its path
because Ranma showed up there, blew up a few things as he chased me," Urd
said, "If I survive this, it's going to take me forever to fix everything
up. Man, I wish I knew this was going to happen so I would've ended
Ranma's life before this happened, but since he isn't tied to fate, I
don't know anything about him or what's to come from him,"
  "You didn't know that this was going to happen?"
  "I just told you," she said, "Ranma's not tied to fate so I know as
much about what he would do as you do. His fate was severed ever since he
died and came back. He should've stayed dead,"
  "When?" Shinji asked, "Ranma died a few times already,"
  "The first time around," she said.
  "What?" he asked.
  She waved a dismissive hand, "That's not important. The thing is is
that I don't have much time and I need to relay some important
information to you. I hope I can clear things up,"
  "Hopefully," he said, "Because I'm seriously confused about
everything,"
  "First off, everyone that you know, died," she began, "And, no, it
wasn't Ranma's complete doing. It was actually me,"
  "Y-you?!" Shinji's eyes widened.
  "Yes, me," she said, "At the very last moment, as the other Ranma's
personality was surfacing, I tried to kill him off. Unfortunately, he
walked away and the entire city was wiped out. You have nothing to worry
about because I can bring them back, provided we get through this,"
  "What do you mean by that?" Shinji asked.
  "The Ranma we're facing now is the God-version of Ranma from before,"
Urd said, "However, as if we weren't in big enough trouble dealing with
something like that, this Ranma happens to have the fighting abilities of
the Ranma you know. To put it simply, picture having to go up against an
evil version of Ranma with powers tantamount to my own,"
  "Damn," Shinji said, "How is Ranma evil? I mean, why's he doing this?"
  "This Ranma's not evil," Urd said, "He's suicidal. All he wants is
death,"
  "So why don't you kill him?" Shinji asked, "Why do I hafta be the one?"
  "I keep telling him that," Urd said, "I keep telling him that I'll be
more than happy to kill him off but he wants none of it. I really don't
know why he's like that. I assume it's because he doesn't want to risk my
remaining alive and bringing him back,"
  "How can someone hate life that much?" Shinji asked, "Is it possible to
have that much resentment for oneself?"
  Urd nodded, "Yes. That Ranma's a living example of just that,"
  "All because of society, huh?" Shinji asked.
  Urd shrugged, "I assume so. However, with Ranma, I can't really tell. I
think it might be something even deeper than that but that's the best I
can think of at the moment,"
  "Deeper?"
  Urd nodded, "Ranma's always been partially suicidal, even before the
incident where he became God. It seems he prefers death to life,"
  "What?!? Really?!" Shinji's eyes widened.
  "Yeah," Urd said, "You remember hearing about how Ranma died?"
  Shinji nodded, "Yes. This was after he came back with Asuka after
preventing Second Impact on the other world. One of his ribs punctured
his heart and he died the night after he came back,"
  Urd shrugged, "I guess we could use that as an example as well. With
that one, what no one knows is that Ranma could've survived that night,"
  "H-he could've!"
  Urd nodded, "Yes. I was the one that came down and talked to him while
he sat on the hospital bed,"
  "W-whoa! Whoa! whoa! Back it up! Are you serious?" Shinji gasped.
  "Yes," she said, "I showed up in front of him that night and offered to
let him live. I was particularly intrigued by him, what with the
accomplishments he had done. He was a normal human and he prevented
Second Impact on another world which saved billions. That's one heck of
an accomplishment. As a favor, as well as my respect for him and what
he's done, I offered to heal him. I told him that if he doesn't accept my
help, he will die,"
  Shinji gulped.
  "Ranma purposely declined my offer," she said, a bit sad, "It stunned
me at first because I wasn't expecting him to choose that path. Of
course, I didn't know that he would choose such a path since I was
nothing more than a goddess then. The thing is is that he choose death
over life,"
  Shinji was silent.
  "Of course, the Ranma born from Unit-01 on the world where Second
Impact didn't know that that Ranma chose that choice and went on living.
The point is is that given the choice, he would choose death over life,"
  "But why?"
  Urd shrugged, "I don't know. It's probably got something to do with him
swearing to himself after the 'Nerima Massacre',"
  "What did he swear?"
  "That he would avenge the deaths of his friends and loved ones," she
said, "He would not rest until then. Since he did do that after he came
back to Japan after a decades long training trip, he basically became a
wanderer waiting for death. Keep in mind his life centered around
avenging his friends' and family's death. He did that long ago so he
accomplished what he had set out to do,"
  "If he wanted death so bad, why didn't he just kill himself?" Shinji
wondered why he would ask such a question. Meeting Ranma was one of the
best things that had ever happened to him. To have him kill himself and
not meet him disturbed Shinji.
  Urd said, "Ranma's got the willpower to rip out his own heart if he
wanted to. However, he's not the type of person to take his own life. He
would rather someone take it for him,"
  Shinji thought about it for a moment. He remembered seeing Ranma
jamming an index finger right in to his forearm without a hesitation as
well as commented about he actually could rip out his own heart if he
wanted to. What didn't makes sense was that if Ranma never wanted to take
his own life, there was an incident where he did try.
  "Then how come that other Ranma tried to kill himself with the Lance of
Longinus?" Shinji asked, "If Ranma's against killing himself, then that
kinda contradicts his personality,"
  "That's probably because of that Ranma's personality," Urd shrugged,
"From what I believe, Ranma's suicidal tendencies seemed to be more
predominant with that Ranma because of the life he lived,"
  Shinji rubbed at his temples, "This is just too much to take. I feel
like things are moving too fast,"
  "Things are moving at light speed," Urd smirked, "But you're gonna
hafta accept it whether you like it or not,"
  Shinji sighed, "But I don't even know what I'm supposed to do,"
  "You need to find the Ranma of this world," Urd said, "And get him to
help you,"
  "There's so many Ranmas. I'm confused," Shinji commented.
  "There're only two Ranmas you need to worry about," Urd said, "There's
the Ranma you need to somehow find a way to kill before he kill me. And
then there's the Ranma of this world, the one you helped out not too long
ago that stabbed himself with the Lance of Longinus. Although this is an
alternate Ranma of the one you helped, he's still basically the exact
same person, every bit as cold and powerful,"
  "What about the Ranma that I know?" Shinji asked, "The one that has
been training me all this time?"
  Urd gave a sad look, "He doesn't exist anymore, at least his
personality doesn't exist anymore. His was basically replaced by the
Ranma you need to face now,"
  "What happened to the Ranma I know?" Shinji asked again.
  "Like I said. He's gone," Urd said, "He's basically died without
physically dying,"
  "No," Shinji found himself about to cry.
  "At least your friend Ranma finally got what he wanted, death,"
  At that moment, in the middle of a very busy intersection, a blue
portal opened up. From that portal emerged Ranma. Several cars swerved
out of the way, hitting in to various objects, a massive pile up ensuing.
  Ranma didn't so much as flinch.
  "Fuck, he found me," Urd said, the worry in her voice genuine.
  She turned toward Shinji.
  "I gotta go," she said, "Somewhere on this world exist the Ranma that
can help. It's up to you to find him and get him to give you his powers.
I don't know how you're going to do it, but you're going to have to.
Everything depends on you,"
  Shinji gulped.
  A massive spherical energy blast came rocketing right toward Shinji and
Urd from Ranma's direction.
  Shinji, in a moment of panic, instinctively tried to block it, not
knowing what would happen if it struck him. Luckily, Urd was there and
used her divine powers to deflect it.
  The blast ended up getting deflected toward the sky where it
disappeared high in to the heavens, so powerful that it would continue on
its travel path forever.
  "Good luck, Shinji," Urd said, "I'm counting on you,"
  With that said, Urd opened up her own portal and disappeared.
  Shinji watched as Ranma approached him.
  He narrowed his eyes at the young man, "Where did she go?"
  "I-I-I don't know," he stammered, overwhelmed by the aura of power
surrounding Ranma that he ended falling back on to his backside.
  Ranma stared at Shinji for a moment, not recognizing him. Shinji
immediately noticed this. He realized that the Ranma standing before him
was not the person he knew. All he was was a mere personality, an
unstoppable driving force.
  "Hmph!" Ranma let out an annoyed breath.
  At that moment, a portal opened up right next to Ranma. 
  Without so much as saying another word, Ranma disappeared through the
portal.
  Shinji found himself gasping for air. He had never been so terrified in
his life. There was an aura to Ranma that was absolutely paralyzing.
  It made him wonder what the heck role he had been thrown in to so
suddenly.  
  "H-how t-the hell am I supposed to beat that guy?!?"
  
  
  
 <all ive got so far>
 

 Misato: I was just reading Donny Cheng's 'Life and Times' fanfic.
 
 OneShot: And?
 
 Misato: Why the hell do we get stuck with a prude version of Ranma while
 the girls over in that fanfic can have sex with him?
 
 (Just Won't Die)Ranma: Hey!
 
 (Life and Times)Ranma: Misato, why don't you and your friend come over
 here to my fanfic? There's plenty of me to go around.
 
 ('Just Won't Die' females head over toward 'Life and Times' fanfic.)
 
 OneShot: Hey, where are you girls going?
 
 Girls: Where do you think?
 
 OneShot: Fine, if you stay, I'll write a fic called 'Just Won't
Die-Usual
 Morning'
 
 Girls: Ooh, sounds interesting.
 
 (Girls head toward 'Just Won't Die' fanfic)
 
 (Life and Times)Ranma: I have more experience.
 
 (Girls head toward 'Life and Times' fanfic)
 
 (Just Won't Die)Ranma: I know the orgasm pressure point from Spinoff 3.
 
 (Girls are torn between which Ranma to choose)
 
 (Both fanfic series)Girls: Screw that, we'll take both of them. Two
 Ranmas are better than none.
 

  


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