Hi, I just finished part five of this little Fanfict piece and I decided 
I should Repost the previous parts along with the new one.  Input is desired of 
course.

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Legal: The characters of Ranma 1/2 were created by the great Rumiko 
Takahashi.
The characters of Gargoyles are the creations of Disney.
I am using them without permission, hopefully for the purpose of 
entertaining someone.  If anyone who has a right to sue me has that 
desire, I have almost no money.

	C&C is appreciated, you can contact me at 
brenda02@sprynet.com
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What happened in Chapter one: Ryouga and Ranma got into a fight, 
however just as Ryouga was about to fire off a Shishi-Hokodan, Fox 
Xanatos stepped into the line of fire with Alexander and in the course of 
protecting them Ranma suffered a broken leg which Ryouga quickly 
capitalized on before being thrown into the canal by Fox.  When Akane 
heard about this she decided that she had to put an end to the feud 
between Ranma and Ryouga.  Now it's visiting hours and all three 
fianc�e's plus Kodachi are coming to visit Ranma in the hospital, and 
they're all bringing food.

			Ranma, the Time of Changes
			By Brendan O'Donnell
			Chapter two

	Ranma was a martial artist of considerable experience and 
training.  This training had over time coaxed from Ranma an awareness 
of his surroundings almost supernatural in its sensitivity.  Now, as he lay 
in his hospital bed, watching the clock tick down the seconds until 
visiting hours, he could feel a wave of anger and violence washing over 
the hospital.  Then, from the front of the hospital he heard something 
that chilled his blood.
	"Shampoo bring Ranma lunch, not stupid Spatula girl!"
	"Oh no, Ranchan's going to eat my okonomiyaki!"
	"Ohhhohohohohoho!  I'm going to be feeding Ranma-Sama 
these cookies baked with all my love!"
	"Not mention Poison, crazy girl!"
	"How dare you, you Chinese strumpet!  Prepare to die!"

	Ranma tried to tune out the sounds of violence as he did a quick 
assessment of his condition.  His right shoulder had no real need of the 
bandages on it; he would have no troubles fighting with it.  His ribs had 
been fractured, and if he needed to move fast he'd have to move 
carefully and keep close control over his breathing.  Finally, his right leg 
was broken just above the knee.  The cast kept his entire leg 
immobilized, and if he had to move he would have to keep his weight 
off it.  This was his biggest problem, since his main concern with the 
girls he had heard was evasion and escape.  *Guess I'll have to try 
talking and hope they'll listen.*  He decided that Shampoo and Kodachi 
had about as much chance of listening to him as Ryouga.

	Suddenly, he heard the door open and a doctor let Akane in.  
Ranma looked toward the sounds of fighting which he still heard from 
out front.
	"I decided it'd be simpler to slip in through the side entrance."  
Akane said, seeing Ranma's look.  Understanding it's source she added, 
"I guess I was right," with a small smile.
	Ranma looked at her, marveling at how cute she looked: the 
smiling face, the flower pattern dress, the tin...  *That's a cookie tin.*  
Ranma thought as he tried to keep the fear he was suddenly feeling from 
becoming visible on his face.  He almost succeeded.
	Akane felt somewhat flushed as she saw Ranma look at her; 
something about the look made her feel so good.  Then, he looked at 
the tin and tensed up.  *He must think I made them.*  She thought as 
she fought down a scowl.  Setting the cookie tin on the table she said, 
"They're Kasumi's."
	"Whew!"  Ranma exclaimed as he relaxed.  Then he tensed 
again, looking apprehensively at his fianc�e.
	"Don't worry, I'll save that for when your out of here," she 
replied in a joking tone.  Then, she sat in a chair by the head of his bed, 
and looked at Ranma with a serious expression on her face.
	*Uh oh, what's she looking so serious about?*
	"Ranma...  I need to know just what you and Ryouga were 
fighting about.  I mean, Ryouga wouldn't endanger a woman and her 
baby like that unless he was totally consumed with something!"
	*Oh boy,*  thought Ranma.
	"Now I've respected your desire to keep your personal grudges 
personal, but it's gone beyond being just personal.  So I want you to tell 
me why you and Ryouga hate each other so much!"
	Ranma replied, "I don't hate Ryouga.  I hate some of the things 
he's done, but not him."
	"Then why are you two always fighting!"
	"You'd know already if you could see past your nose!"  Ranma 
responded in an annoyed tone.
	Akane clenched her fists, tightened her face into a silent snarl, 
then took a deep breath and forced herself to relax.  "I'm not going to 
be distracted."  She said as she closed her eyes.
	*Hmm, guess she's more serious than usual.*  Ranma thought.  
*Can't betray Ryouga, though.*  "We're always fighting because 
Ryouga keeps attacking me!"
	"What about those times you've disguised yourself as a girl to 
pick on him!"  Akane responded.
	"That jerk deserved it every time!"  Ranma responded angrily.  
Then he thought and added quietly, "Well, maybe I went a little 
overboard on that fianc�e thing; but that hentai did try to grope me..."
	Akane fought down her angry retaliation, closed her eyes and 
took a deep breath.  Releasing it she looked at Ranma and said 
"Ranma, from what Ryouga said, this has dated back to that first time 
he showed up here.  Now I know that bread feud wasn't what you 
were fighting over, so what was it!?"
	*Uh oh, what do I say?*  Ranma thought for a moment then 
concluded *I guess it's gotta be the truth.*  "I can't tell you."
	"What!  Why not!?"
	Ranma looked her in the eye.  "Look Akane, Ryouga's got two 
big reasons for attacking me all the time.  One of them I've wanted to 
tell you for a long time.  Thing is it's the kind of personal weakness I 
have no right to tell anyone about.  And since I'm partially responsible 
for inflicting it on Ryouga, I can't say anything no matter what the hentai 
does."  Ranma looked at Akane, then continued, "The second reason:  I 
could tell you,"  *I don't want to tell you!  If you and Ryouga...* "but it's 
Ryouga's business.  It's very personal to him."
	Akane looked at him and replied, "Ranma, if this feud goes on 
you'll be endangering everyone around you.  I think that's justification 
for answering my question."
	"If I break the trust and tell you Ryouga's secrets I'm no better 
than my father," Ranma said.  He spoke so quietly that Akane almost 
couldn't hear him.

	The door opened and Shampoo, Ukyo, and Kodachi walked 
in.  Ranma and Akane looked at the three girls in surprise.  Barely three 
minutes ago they had been fighting in front of the hospital;  Such 
conflicts were seldom resolved so fast, or so quietly.
	*What?  Damn.  I was so caught up in talking to Akane I didn't 
hear them stop fighting.*  Ranma thought to himself.
	"What violent tomboy doing here?"  Shampoo asked in an 
angry tone.
	"I didn't want to fight by the hospital, so I came in the side 
entrance."  Akane replied with a voice filled with annoyance.
	Shampoo pulled out a pair of bonbori, when a man behind the 
trio cleared his throat.
	Shampoo looked back to see Owen shielding a cough with his 
stone fist.  Letting the appendage drop to his side, Owen said "You did 
agree to a truce, right?"
	Shampoo sighed and put her maces away.  She made for the 
seat opposite Akane, as did the other three.  When Kodachi leaped 
over the bed to land in the chair, Shampoo grabbed at her to pull her 
away.  Ukyou pulled out a pair of small throwing spatulas, then slipped 
them away and pulled up a chair at the foot of the bed next to Akane.
	"No fighting in the hospital.  Right?"  Ukyou said to the pair on 
the opposite side of the bed.  Shampoo and Kodachi looked at her and 
took their hands off each other.  Kodachi dropped into the chair with a 
look of smug satisfaction.  Shampoo glared at her a moment then pulled 
up a chair of her own, pushing it so close to Kodachi's it touched.  She 
sat down, and suppressed a snarl at the black haired girl beside her.
	Ranma stared at the trio, feeling like someone had changed a 
law of nature and forgotten to tell him about it.  Clearing his throat he 
said "Uh, is there something I should know?"
	"Oh, Ranma-Sama"  responded Kodachi before the others 
could start.  "You are here because your nobility of spirit brought you to 
the defense of the helpless and weak.  How could I not likewise shield 
the people confined to this place by withholding my retribution against 
these common scullery maids who seek to steal you from your one true 
love?"
	In the back of Owens mind Puck thought *Helpless and 
weak... FOX!!*  and started laughing uncontrollably.  Owens mouth 
twisted into something about a millimeter short of being a smile.
	Shampoo and Ukyou glared at Kodachi a moment, then Ukyou 
added, "A truce sounded right."
	"Truce important."  Shampoo said.
	Ranma looked at the girls, then glanced at Owen who had a 
barely perceptible smile on his face.  "Thanks."
	Owen glanced at the three girls, who were all looking much 
more cheerful and relaxed at Ranma's approval.  In the back of his 
mind, Puck's raucous laughter at Ranma's situation increased in 
intensity.  Owen's smile increased by about six angstroms.

	Akane sighed to herself as she walked home.  With the other 
two fianc�e's and Kodachi present, she hadn't felt right pressing Ranma 
for details on the mysterious two grudges Ryouga had against him.  She 
felt even less comfortable thinking about Ranma's final remark before 
their solitude was shattered.  *'If I break the trust and tell you Ryouga's 
secret I'm no better than my father.'*  Just casually thinking about 
Genma she could see his tendency to completely forget honor whenever 
it was inconvenient.  She was glad that Ranma was refusing to emulate 
this in his father, and yet...
	*I'd better try to avoid thinking about this.*  Akane thought to 
herself.  *I don't even know why this upsets me.  Everything I've seen 
or heard about Genma doing is probably just a fragment of what 
Ranma's personally witnessed.*  She picked up her pace and focused 
her eyes ahead of her.  *Anyway, I don't think I can get Ranma to tell 
me.  However, I know a little more about it so I can find out from 
Ryouga the next time I see him.*

	"Hello Akane.  How was your visit with Ranma?"  Kasumi 
asked as her sister entered the house.
	"Well, I haven't gotten my answers yet.  But, I will."  Akane 
replied.
	"Oh yes."  Kasumi replied, "Ryouga was by earlier and he 
asked me to give you this."  Kasumi pulled a letter from her apron.

	Several hours ago, Ryouga had stepped from the Tendo's bath.  
He had dressed in the spare set of clothing he had hidden within quick 
searching distance from the Tendo bathroom, and tried to decide on a 
plan of action.
	*What will I do!*  Ryouga thought for the seven hundred and 
eighty seventh time that hour.  *I've got to tell her how I feel about her!  
Maybe it embarrassed her to admit that she likes me to her sister, 
maybe once she knows my feelings she'll decide that I'm a better choice 
than Ranma.*  Ryouga had a hopeful look on his face, which then 
collapsed.  *No, she's mad at me now, she wouldn't take the news of 
my real feelings well.*  Ryouga thought.  *But how can I not tell her 
now.  If I try to put it off she'll just get impatient, and she'll be even 
madder at our next meeting.  Wait, suppose I leave her a letter...*  
Ryouga sat down and pulled a piece of paper and a ball-point pen from 
his backpack.  He thought a moment then began to write.

	Dear Akane:
	Recent events have caused me to fear that I might be a 
danger to others, and I am going off to train so that this fear of 
mine shall never become a reality.  When I return, I have 
something I want to discuss with you.  Please allow me to 
discuss it with you over a meal at Ucchan.  I hope you will 
allow me this.
			Ryouga Hibiki.

	Akane looked up from the note.  *Well, looks like Ryouga 
wants to solve this too.*  She thought, then frowned.  *But training isn't 
the answer; he has to end the feud with Ranma.*  Then she smiled 
*Well, at least Ryouga wouldn't try to weasel out of this.*  Her smile 
became a puzzled look as she thought, *But I wonder what those two 
reasons for the vendetta Ranma mentioned are?*
	Akane thought back to just after the meeting when she had told 
"fianc�e's two and three"  and Kodachi about what Ranma had said 
about Ryouga's reasons for fighting him, and asked them if they could 
shed any light as to what motivated Ryouga's grudge.  Kodachi had 
gone on a diatribe about how Ryouga was obviously jealous of Ranma; 
Ukyou had looked her over grinned and professed ignorance; and 
Shampoo had laughed at her and said "Violent tomboy too stupid to see 
bandanna!"  No need to recall the fight, except that it ended when her 
grappling with Shampoo until they both dropped into a drainage ditch 
full of water.

	Ryouga Hibiki was trying to get lost.  However being a Hibiki 
the one place he could never reach easily was his destination.  *Arch!*  
he thought to himself as he passed Ucchan for the fifth time.  *Why 
can't I find my way out of Nerima!  I left Akane that note, so all I have 
to do is go to China and find the Nanichuan and I can come back and 
tell her how I feel.  I hope she feels the same way...  Stop that, fear is 
the only thing that's kept me from telling her the truth a long time ago.  I 
just need to get rid of P-chan and I can face her without shame!*
	"Ryouga?"  Came Ukyou's voice from the doorway he had just 
passed.  Turning around Ryouga saw that she had just taken down her 
shops exterior curtains and was looking at him.
	"Oh, hi Ukyou."  Ryouga responded.  *Hey, maybe she can 
help me!  But if I tell her what I want to do she'll want to know why I 
want to go to Jusenkyo.  Wait, I can say I'm trying to get some 
Nanichuan water as a peace gesture for Ranma.*
	"Hey I was just closing up, but if you're hungry I can make you 
up something," Ukyou said "Besides, I wanted to talk to you about 
something."
	"Well, OK."  Ryouga responded.

	Ryouga sat at the seat before the large griddle, on which Ukyou 
was rapidly assembling one of her perfect okonomiyaki.  "Now, before 
I say anything else I should mention that if you ever hurt my Ranchan 
again, I'll feel compelled break you in half," she said, pausing to glare at 
him.
	Ryouga tensed up and reviewed his possible exits.  He knew 
that he could easily outfight her, but fighting a girl felt so wrong...
	"But I'm willing to let you off the hook this time,"  Ukyou added, 
at which Ryouga relaxed.  Pleased that Ryouga was afraid of her, 
Ukyou flipped the okonomiyaki onto the plate before him and 
continued, "You know Akane's looking for you.  I mean, when we were 
leaving the hospital, she was asking us about you."
	"I know,"  Ryouga responded.  "I'm going on a little trip to take 
care of some personal business.  But when I'm done...  could you help 
me tell Akane how I feel?"
	"Finally!"  Ukyou responded as she turned off her grill.  "Don't 
worry, I'll help you set up the right mood.  Why wait though?  Akane's 
really intense about finding out what's behind your rivalry with Ranma, 
and you're being gone is only going to annoy her."
	"No, I can't talk to her about it, not yet anyway.  That's why I 
need to take this trip."  Ryouga responded, picking up his okonomiyaki 
and taking a bite out of it.
	"Ok.  One thing though, what is that second reason behind why 
you're always fighting with Ranchan?"
	Ryouga froze.  His okonomiyaki fell to his plate which quivered 
a second than went still.  Ukyou looked into Ryouga's eyes.  She raised 
her hand and waved it before those eyes.  Ryouga swallowed the bite 
of okonomiyaki in his mouth.
	"Ryouga?"
	"S-second r-reason?"
	Ukyou looked at Ryouga with intense curiosity.  "Akane said 
that according to Ranchan there were two reasons why you attack him: 
one which he couldn't talk about because it wasn't his business, and one 
that he couldn't talk about because it was partially his fault.
	"I'd say that you being in love with Akane is what's none of his 
business, so what's partially his fault?"
	*OH NO!!!  I can't not tell Akane about Jusenkyo now, but if I 
tell her she'll never forgive me, and could I think up something to tell 
her?  Arch, if I try to invent anything, Ranma will just tell her it's not 
true, and I'm a really rotten liar anyway she'll see right through me. 
WHAT AM I GOING TO DO!!*
	"Ryouga?"  Ukyou said in a worried tone as she watched 
Ryouga's face distort through at least seven distinct panicked 
expressions.  *No eight, his eyes just rolled up in his head and... oh he's 
passed out.*  With a sigh, she looked him over, and upon dismissing the 
possibility that he was injured, she started cleaning up her restaurant.  
When she was done she looked at Ryouga again, and seeing he showed 
no sign of waking up, she dragged him to the spare room.  After 
slipping one of her extra blankets over him she went to her room and 
prepared for sleep herself.
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	In part three, Akane's search for the Truth continues, Ranma checks 
himself out of the 
hospital, and Ranma and Ryouga sit down and make nice with each other.