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Kiyoshi


                "Ryouga’s Passions"
                        Part V

        Ranma lay in the dirt, his eyes shut tightly.  He felt something
moving under him.  It was Akane.  He opened his eyes, and his vision was
filled with her.  Her dark hair disheveled from their flight, her
eyes... he tore his gaze from her and tried to get up.  His body was
immediately wracked with pain.  His back felt like it was on fire, and
he felt something wet dripping down it.  Ignoring the pain, he stood.
He turned around to go.

"Ranma!" Akane gasped. "Your back!"

"It’s nothing" He said as he took a step away from her.
Pain shot through him, and he grunted involuntarily.

"Nothing hey? Come here" Akane told him.
He turned around eyes shadowed.

"Akane... I can’t be around you... it hurts too much..." Ranma
whispered.

"What are you talking about?" Akane asked softly.

"A-Akane... you chose R-Ryouga... and I-I..." Ranma whispered softly.

"What do you mean Ranma?" Akane asked, her heart beat faster.

"Akane... I-I... felt..." He was cut off by a rumbling noise.  The roof
was collapsing.
"Akane!!" Ranma yelled as he grabbed her.  He flung them both further
down the passage.  He turned them in the air so that he would hit the
ground first.  Unfortunately he forgot about his burns.  Ranma grunted
as he hit the ground.  His world exploded in pain... he clung to
consciousness but it ran through his fingers like sand... he passed out.


"Ranma?... Ranma!... Ranma!" Akane said, shaking him.
Ranma’s eyes opened slowly in the darkness.  Ranma looked up at Akane’s
face, it was worried.  Ranma grunted and sat up.  He had bandages on his
back, how they had gotten there he didn’t know but that didn’t matter
now.  Ranma go to his feet slowly.  Akane rose also.  He looked back to
check the extent of the cave in, it filled the entrance completely.
With a resigned shrug, Ranma walked down the tunnel.  Akane stood,
staring after him.

-What’s wrong with him? He seems so sad...- Akane thought, as she
hurried to catch up.

Ranma saw her approaching out of the corner of his eye.  He quickened
his pace slightly so that she could not see the pain in his eyes.

-Ranma, talk to me... tell me what’s wrong...- Akane urged silently.

They approached the shrine, it glittered dully in the light of the
candles.  Ryouga lay on his back, arms folded before it.  Ranma
stiffened visibly at the sight of Ryouga.

"He’s possessed" Akane said.

Ranma remained silent.

"This Mon-shar thing, possessed him and separated all of his emotions.
Now they are walking around out there.  The Ryouga that did the
Shi-Shi-Hokoudan was an aspect of one of Ryouga’s dominant emotions..."
Akane explained to Ranma’s back.

Ranma whirled around.

"And the Ryouga that you were kissing on that stone bench?!" Ranma
demanded, angrily.

"Ranma... I’m sorry... but Ryouga... he was the one who..." Akane
started to explain, softly.

"I don’t want to hear it Akane!" Ranma exclaimed, pain tinting his
words.

"But Ranma!" Akane protested.

"I don’t want to hear it Akane..." Ranma said softly. "So how are we
going to save Ryouga?" he asked her.

"There was this book I read, that told about the monster... maybe we’ll
find something in there..." Akane said.

"Let’s take a look" Ranma responded.

They walked forward and got the book.  Akane started paging through the
book.  Ranma read over her shoulder.  He couldn’t help but inhale her
scent.  A sliver of pain ran through him.  He pushed it aside and kept
on reading.

...is unable to do anything until his emotions are returned to him.

"Wait" Ranma said.

Akane turned to look at him.

"Right there... what does that mean, return his emotions to him?" Ranma
asked her.

"Well... I assume it means... I don’t know..." She responded.

"What if, it meant we had to make him feel those emotions once again?"
Ranma said.

"Maybe... it’s worth a shot..." Akane said dubiously.

"Ok... ummm... Akane?" Ranma said hesitantly.

"Yes Ranma?" Akane answered.

"We’re going to say some things to Ryouga... just trust me..." Ranma
told her.

"Ok Ranma" Akane responded.


        Ryouga lay there.  It was dark.  He could feel an invisible
pressure surrounding him on all sides.  He sat in the middle of his
mind.  He heard voices, but they were indistinct.  Again, he pushed
against the pressure.  It didn’t budge.  Then a voice louder than the
others.

"Ryouga, I love you..." A voice, that sounded suspiciously like Akane’s,
said.

Ryouga saw her in his head.  She knelt before him, looking up at him
with her expressive eyes.  He looked down at her, and lost himself in
her eyes.  He felt something straining at the barrier, it was on the
other side.  He pushed against the barrier from his side.  It broke.  He
felt love wash over him.  Love for Akane.  It was pure and
concentrated... it went straight to his head.  He smiled.  Then...

"Hey P-chan! How’s it going? You still being a pervert and sleeping with
Akane?" Ranma’s voice taunted.

Ryouga silently snarled, as another barrier broke and he felt rage wash
over him.  His rage curled within him, it lashed out.  Something in his
mind howled, and he felt his emotions released.


        Ranma jumped back quickly Ryouga started screaming.  A mist-like
creature rose out of Ryouga.  It was a scintillating mixture of colors.
 It rose, glanced quickly around the room, then left through a hole in
the ceiling.  Ryouga continued screaming.  Ranma shook him.

"Ryouga! Wake up!" Ranma shouted.

Ryouga got up.

"Huh? Wha?" He asked, befuddled.

"C’mon Ryouga we need your help to get out of here..." Ranma told him.

"What?" Ryouga asked him.

"There’s a cave in, you need to get me and Akane out of here!" Ranma
said to him, pulling him to his feet.

"Fine, where is the cave in?" Ryouga asked, straightening his shirt.

"Over here Ryouga!" Akane said from the tunnel.

Ryouga got up and ran to Akane.

"Akane!" Ryouga said smiling.  "Please stand back" Ryouga asked her.

Akane backed up about fifty feet.  Ryouga searched with his mind, he
looked over the rock face.  There it was... the breaking point.

"BAKUSAI-TENKETSU!!!" Ryouga yelled, as he struck the breaking point
with his finger.  The rock shattered, pieces went flying in every
direction.
When the dust cleared, the tunnel was clear once again.  Ranma, Ryouga,
and Akane all walked out into the sunshine of early afternoon.

In the clearing up ahead was a familiar sight.  The Mon-shar.  It
floated above the ground, and surrounding it was Ryouga.  Or rather
several Ryouga’s.  Four to be exact.  They all looked up as the group
approached.  The Mon-shar’s form shifted, it became that of a giant
lizard-man.  It was about twelve feet tall.  It’s scales constantly
shifted color, and it had very long claws.

"My greetings!" The Mon-shar said gutturally.  "I would like to
introduce my lackeys...  these are aspects of your personality Ryouga.
They represent Rage, Lust, Depression, and Happiness"

"Get them..." It hissed.

The Emotions moved forward, all taking an attack stance.

"Ryouga! How are we going to know you from them?" Ranma demanded.

Ryouga responded by tying a bandanna around his arm.

Ranma moved to attack.  He was facing Depression and Happiness.  Ranma
punched at Happiness, then leaned back and executed a backward
flip-kick, catching them both under the chin.  They both fell back.

Meanwhile, Ryouga was having problems with himself.  He faced Rage...
and while Ryouga was good, his double had his rage to carry him.
Everything that Ryouga did had no effect.  His double merely laughed it
away.

"Laugh at THIS!" Ryouga yelled as he kneed his opponent in the crotch.
His double rose about a foot into the air and his breath was expelled
forcefully.

His double’s laughter stopped _very_ abruptly.

"!!!" His double’s eyes popped open very wide, as he clutched himself.

Akane was having some problems of her own... she was fighting Lust, and
he was good.  He didn’t hit back, but he either blocked or dodged
everything she did.  She continued to fight, starting to tire.  She
struck again and again, yet there was always the soft deflection of his
block.  Finally, she collapsed exhausted.  Ryouga moved closer and held
her chin.  His face moved close to hers to kiss her.  It was intercepted
by a one-hundred pound mallet.
"Take that!" Akane screamed, as she beat on his inert form with the
mallet.

The Mon-shar decided it was time to join the fight.  Ranma had just
knocked the Depression to his knees.  The monster decided to take on
Ranma.  It lumbered forward and struck.  Ranma dodged as a large chunk
of earth was ripped out by the monster.  Ranma continued to dodge as the
monster pressed it’s attack.

-Damn it! He’s too fast!- Ranma thought furiously, as he was forced to
dodge yet again.

Ryouga ran over and picked up a small boulder.  He whirled and tossed it
at Rage.  Rage jumped up and caught it one-handed, the other hand still
clutching his wounded manhood.  Ryouga stared at him in shock.

-How...?- Ryouga wondered incredulously.

Rage leaned back and hurled the boulder at Ryouga.  Ryouga braced
himself and caught it.  He hurled it back at Rage.  Then as Rage was
preparing himself to catch it, Ryouga concentrated his depression into a
ball in his chest.  It was there, shining softly, pure concentrated
depression.  He moved it to his outstretched arm and pushed the ball
out.  It floated from his fingers.  He whirled and cupped his hands at
Rage, and released his depression.

"SHI-SHI-HOKOUDAN!!"

Rage stood looking up at the boulder as Ryouga’s blast hit him.  He was
hurled back through a tree by the blast.  The tree cracked and collapsed
 on him.  Ryouga looked around wearily.  He saw Akane pounding on Lust
with her hammer, he saw Rage’s arm twitching from under a pile of
rubble, and he saw Ranma being pressed by the Mon-shar and by Depression
and Happiness.  Ryouga drew his umbrella, taking aim he let it fly using
all his strength.  It struck Happiness in the side of the head.
Happiness dropped unconscious.

Ranma glanced up at Ryouga for a second and nodded thanks.  Ryouga
charged down and joined the fray.  He and Ranma fought back to back
against the Mon-shar and against Depression.  They weaved back and forth
dodging and striking.  Soon Akane joined them against the Mon-shar.

The Mon-shar stood back for a second, seeing that the fight was going
against it, it flung its arms up to the heavens.  Spirit beings flew out
of it in every direction.  They alighted everywhere.  They sat about
four feet tall with devilish eyes and fangs matched with long claws on
the hands.  Several dozen completely surrounded Akane, Ranma and Ryouga.
Looking at the odds, Ryouga made a quick decision.

"Ranma! Get ready to break free of this circle with me!" Ryouga yelled
to him, as he parried a blow.

"Akane... tell Depression that you hate him..." Ryouga said softly into
her ear.

"But Ryouga... why?" Akane asked him.

"Just trust me" Ryouga said.

Akane turned and faced Depression.

"I hate you!" She told him.

He stared at her.

"I hate you!" She repeated.

He fell to his knees, his eyes opened wide the pupils dilating until
there was no white left to the eyes.

"Now Ranma!" Ryouga shouted as he ran against a small pack of creatures.
 Ranma joined him pulling Akane along.

"MOKOU-TAKABISHA!!" Ranma yelled, clearing a path for them.

Demon creatures were flung to either side, and they all ran through.

They ran like hell.  Behind them they heard the faint words...

"Full Shi-Shi-Hokoudan!!!"

It was as if someone had set off a nuclear bomb behind them.  They were
picked up and thrown about twenty feet by the blast.  An enormous shell
of energy formed at the center, it surged outward then paused.  It
suddenly surged into the center and formed a pillar that went up to the
heavens, the flew out in all directions.  Power feeding of Ryouga’s
depression flew in all directions.  The Mon-shar and cronies were
vaporized instantly by the energy.  Ranma sat on the ground Akane
clutched to his chest.  The flow of energy was incredible, lasting for
minutes on end.  Then it ended.


        All was quiet.  Ranma stood abruptly, dumping Akane to the
ground.  She jumped up ready to yell at Ranma but paused at the
expression in his eyes.  It was an expression of sorrow and of loss.  He
stood staring at her.  She looked back into his eyes.

Ryouga groaned, and Akane turned to him.  She saw that he had a cut on
his forehead.  Producing a bandage from nowhere, she wrapped the bandage
around his cut.

"Thank you Akane" Ryouga said to her.

Ranma flinched, he turned and began to walk down the trail.

"Are you feeling ok Ryouga?" Akane asked.

"Yeah I’ll be ok" Ryouga responded.

"Good, there’s something I need to clear up..." Akane said, as she rose
to her feet.


        Ranma walked.  He felt sad that Akane had moved on... but
perhaps it was for the best.  He idly wondered if they would be kicked
out of the Tendou’s dojo, and what would happen then.  Oh well, they
would just have to deal with it.  He also wondered what would happen
with Ukyou and Shampoo, would he marry one of them?  Perhaps in time he
could learn to love one of them...

"You’re cut" Akane said from beside him.

"Ah! I didn’t see you there!" Ranma said, surprised.

"You have a cut on your arm" Akane repeated.

"It’s nothing" Ranma murmured, turning away from her.

"What’s wrong with you!?" Akane demanded, spinning him around to face
her. "You wont talk to me! No tell me what’s bugging you!"

"You chose Ryouga, instead of me... so I’m honoring your choice" Ranma
said, turning once again.

"You know Ranma, the way you’re acting I might think that you actually
care..." Akane prodded.

"Maybe I do!" Ranma yelled whirling around.

"Well I DIDN’T choose Ryouga! HE kissed ME! I didn’t kiss HIM!" Akane
yelled back.

"You di-didn’t?" Ranma asked hesitantly.

"No! You fool!" Akane yelled at him. "I chose someone a long time ago
and I will remain faithful to him!" Akane continued.

"I see..." Ranma murmured, thinking of Dr. Tofu.

"Yes" Akane said.

"Well I hope you two have an enjoyable life together..." Ranma said as
he started down the road once again.

"Oh, I’m sure we will!" Akane said as she spun Ranma and threw herself
into his arms.

"A-Akane?!" Ranma said, speechless.

Akane giggled.


        Back at camp, Genma was rooting through Ranma’s pack.
-It was awfully nice of Ranma to pack these trail rations for me!- Genma
thought happily.

-This way I don’t have to eat Akane’s cooking!-

"Pop! What the hell do you think you’re eating?!?" Ranma yelled.

-Uh Oh!- Genma thought getting up.

He was faced by one very, very angry son who had just had a very, very
bad day.

"Now Ranma... as your father it is my duty to uh... to uhhh.... ummm...
to uhh...." Genma said, out of ideas.

"To eat my food?" Ranma asked dangerously.

"Well not exactly my boy, but kind of... you see it’s like this..."
Genma started.

"No it’s like THIS!" Ranma shouted as he punted Genma into orbit.

The end.


Author’s note:  Well there you have it.  The end of my second fic.  I
        I sincerely hope that you, the reader, have enjoyed reading it.
        I got stuck a few times when writing it, so I apologize
	to anyone who was waiting for it to come out... sorry.  I
	enjoyed this one, however I think that I might just get
	a revenge for it... I hope not... but who knows what the
	future holds.  Anyway I would appreciate any C&C from
	anyone.  Actually if you read this story you are now obligated
	to give me C&C.  It’s in the rules... yeah... that’s the
	ticket!  Anyway, since I don’t have much else to say, bye.
	I think I might write another sometime soon, if you liked this
	one... look for the next one coming out soon.

Kiyoshi
(Brenon Holmes)