This is a dark fic, so if you are of weak heart or if your offended by 
violence and bad language (or if you just don't like Ranma 1/2 in 
general) I would not recommend reading this. For those who don't fit in 
those categories... I suggest that you let your emotions run wild while 
reading.
**If you're missing part one or the prelude, don't hesitate to email me 
for them.**

Most of the characters within the story are from the Anime Series, Ranma 
1/2 and are property of Rumiko Takahashi, and whoever else may own the 
rights. I write this without permission and do so with no attempt to 
profit off of the marvelous works, rather I do so for everyone's 
benefit. Please enjoy and tell me what you think.

Notes:  <Chinese>
        "Japanese"
        'Thoughts'
        /Panda Signs\



A Ranma 1/2 Fanfiction: Vengeance
        Part Two: Friends?
                by Ryan Erik


	Genma Saotome and Soun Tendo sat across from across from each other, 
both on opposite sides of a black and white checkered shoji board. With 
their minds concentrating on keeping the other from cheating, they 
stared at each other carefully not missing a single move. Lately, their 
minds had been rather clear, for their children finally decided to get 
married with the wedding to be held on the first day of spring. Life was 
good at the Tendo home.
      "Your turn, Saotome."
      "Ahh yes." Genma moved one of his pieces and grinned evilly at his 
opponent. "I have you now." Soun looked at the board, pondering on what 
he should do next.
      Then a voice was heard from the kitchen, "Breakfast is ready!" 
which was followed by Genma running straight to the table. 'Good move 
Saotome, but mine is better!' Soun then quickly switches a piece here 
and there before heading to collect breakfast.
      A loud crash was heard from upstairs which was followed by a 
sprinting Ranma coming down the stairs, with Akane right on his heels. 
"Ranma, you baka!" Seeing that she didn't carry her customary mallet, 
Soun and Genma passed a smile to each other. "Good morning everyone."
      Ranma then took his normal seat in between his father and Akane 
wolfing down his food at an incredible rate. Akane shook her head at 
this before sitting down and grabbing whatever food that remained. 
"Where's Nabiki?" No one answered for a few moments; they are to busy 
eating. "Ahem! Didn't anyone hear me?"
      "I believe she said she was heading over to the Kuno estate in the 
morning." Kasumi always had the answers. Akane looked at Ranma and 
placed a hand on his shoulder. He turned and smiled at her happily, 
giving Genma enough time to steal most of his food, which was stolen 
right back a few seconds later. 'Will those bakas never learn that they 
always end up with more or less what they started with?' Akane was in 
good spirits this morning and she was determined to let nothing change 
that.
      All in all, they carried out their morning pretty normally. That 
was until Ranma stopped in the middle of his meal and turned to Akane, 
whispering low enough so no one else could hear, "After breakfast I have 
something to show to you." He turned back to his meal and continued 
eating.
      'What could he have to show to me?' The thought stayed on her mind 
all morning, and when Genma noticed she wasn't eating up to normal speed 
he turned to her. "You going to eat all that?" The warning mallet that 
appeared in her hands was all the reply he needed. Genma wiped away the 
drips of sweat that formed on his brow.
      With breakfast out of the way, Akane stared expectantly at her 
fiancee. "Aren't you going to show it to me?" He looked at her 
quizzically and remembered the whole point in his pause of eating 
earlier. He grabbed her hand and dragged her upstairs into his and 
Genma's room. He then motioned for her to sit. After she took a seat, he 
sat across from her.
      "You know, I was thinkin' about how this whole marriage thing was 
forced on us, and I sort of wanted to show that I am very serious about 
wanting to do this. I also want to prove that this is of my own free 
will." Akane looked into her fiancee's eyes, trying to figure out what 
he meant to do. A few thoughts later she was blushing. Oddly enough, he 
patted his pocket and then begin to search around his futon. "Umm... 
I'll be right back Akane! Don't move a muscle!" She stared at him 
curiously as he ran out of the room.


      Where was it??!! He had purchased Akane's ring only a few days ago 
and he already lost it? He went into Akane's room and briefly searched 
everywhere he had been. He then ran downstairs and checked around the 
table. His eyes filled with dread as he looked over to the koi pond. "Is 
something the matter Ranma?" He didn't even hear Kasumi's question as he 
sprinted over to the pond and jumped in head first. "Oh my."
      He searched frantically for the object but there wasn't enough 
light to make out the bottom of the pool. He began feeling the bottom 
with his hands only to come up for air. "Please be down there," he 
prayed as he went down a second time. The koi in the pond regarded him 
oddly as he began to panic. 'Oh lord... where is it? I hope I didn't 
spend a month of servitude to Nabiki for nothing!' His head came up for 
breath a second time and he remembered all the horrible things that she 
made him do. He didn't know whether he hated modeling or being her 
personal servant/bodyguard worse. He took a deep breath and plunged 
under once more. "Ah hah!" he gurgled as he found the metal object that 
he was looking for.
      Ranma ran inside, not even bothering to dry off, and ran passed 
the two fathers, who didn't even regard this as out of the ordinary. He 
didn't even take the time to notice that he was now a she, as she ran 
back into the room where Akane nervously chewed on her top lip.
      She looked up at her, obviously quite confused. "Is everything 
okay Ranma?" Ranma caught her breath after a few seconds and started 
working up her confidence. 'You can do it... just come out with it all 
at once.' That wasn't the best thing she could've thought but it got her 
to speak.
      "Umm, Akane?"
      "Yes?"
      "Err... well..." She then thrusted up the ring that lay hidden in 
her hands. "Will you... mmm... mm... marry me?" A broad smile quickly 
replaced the shock on Akane's face. She stared into her lover's sapphire 
eyes and answered, "Yes! Yesyesyesyes!" Grabbing Ranma into a tight 
embrace, she kissed her mercilessly. "I love you!"
      Ranma fell over with Akane on top, kissing the life out of the red 
head.

                *               *               *

      After losing a game of shoji that he thought he would win for 
sure, Genma-panda walked upstairs to the room he shared with his son, in 
preparation to take a nice nap and dream of eating. Days at the Tendo 
dojo were getting surprisingly good now that Ranma and Akane started 
getting along.
      He decided to rephrase that. They are getting along VERY well. 
/Pardon me.\ He closed the door to his room and grinned like a child 
getting candy. Even though his son was in girl form at the time, the 
picture of Akane on top of Ranma made him chuckle. Yes they are getting 
along very well indeed.

                *               *               *

      Happiness was not a word that could describe Ryouga Hibiki's mood 
at the present. Rational was also a word that couldn't be placed near 
Ryouga at the moment, let alone ever. Anyone passing by him could see 
the anger burning in his eyes, but for once, he had that it under 
control. He knew what he had to do, and he was not going to fail this 
time.

                *               *               *

      Mascara rolled her eyes as she was once again patrolled the 
outskirts of her village. She had always been told on what an honor it 
was to be doing such a job, but no one ever told her that it would be so 
utterly boring. Besides that stupid boy that came around a few weeks 
ago, no one was seen near the border at all.
      Life, currently in Joketsuzoku, was a living hell. When Cologne 
returned with her great grand daughter, life took a turn for the worse. 
Shampoo had come home without killing her target and was, therefore, 
dishonored. She then took off on a self-imposed exile only a few days 
after this had happened. Mascara thought back to the odd exchange 
between Shampoo and herself that was only a few hours after her 
encounter with the stupid boy.


      <Mascara?>
	She turned her head and saw the purple haired woman of whom everyone 
had been talking about lately.
      <What do you want?> she asked in reply.
      <You reported that you saw a young man who was lost and had a 
yellow bandanna with black spots?> Shampoo's question surprised her. Why 
should she care about such an event with all the things happening around 
her?
      <Yes. He appeared to be very lost and could not take directions 
very well.> Shampoo looked surprised by her answer and seemed to go into 
a deep state of thought. <Why do you ask?>
      <I think I may know who he is. Do you know which direction he 
went?>
      <He headed straight to Jusenkyo. I hope that dummy falls in.> She 
didn't really mean it, but the fact that she thought of initiating 
combat with him and losing on purpose (which by law means she would have 
had to marry him) made her feel a little nervous. He was cute though.
      <Thanks!> Shampoo then ran towards Jusenkyo.
	  

                *               *               *

	For Shampoo, life had never been worse. She had been dishonored by her 
inability to bring Ranma home, but that was not the main reason behind 
her sadness. Ranma was to marry in a few weeks, and it wouldn't be her. 
Though she had been required to marry him by tribal law, she had loved 
him more then life itself. Thinking back, maybe trying to drug him left 
and right wasn't such a good idea to gain his love and respect.
	Despair was the only thing that was real in her life now that he was 
out of it. He had filled the void of her existence, but no longer would 
he be there. Her heart ached with loss and there was nothing occupy that 
empty feeling... no one to soothe her... no one left to love her.
	She looked at the well worn card that was in her hand and tried to 
focus on it. She read the writing, his writing, for the hundredth time 
out loud to herself. "You are hereby invited to the wedding of Saotome 
Ranma and Tendo Akane..." She read it to herself so many times just to 
hear her own voice. Tears seemed to permanently stain her beautiful 
face.
	<I will get to you in time Ranma. I have to!> Why did he hold her heart 
so? Was it because he was the strongest man she had ever encountered? 
Was it because he was so God damn handsome? 'No, its probably some cruel 
hand that fate dealt me.'
	Reality penetrated her dream-like state when her ship arrived in Japan, 
She had to warn Ranma of his impending danger. She could only hope she 
would make it in time.


	<I am never going on a God damn ship again!> was the first statement 
Shampoo made upon getting off of the boat that had transported her from 
China to Japan. She had barely managed to hold down water and was unable 
to eat the whole trip due to motion sickness. The only other time she 
had felt this sick was after she first heard Ranma's plan to marry 
Akane, and that was because she drank enough alcohol to make a larger 
number of people very drunk.
	She stealthily slipped away from the docks to avoid attention and made 
her way through town until she found a motel where she could spend the 
rest of the day and night. She paid the owner, received a key, and went 
straight to the room. Her legs completely cramped over the moment she 
laid down on the bed.
	She fell asleep almost instantly.

		*		*		*

	Shampoo ran at top speed towards Jusenkyo, wondering what stupid Ryouga 
was up to now. He was obviously lost, but why he was heading towards the 
cursed springs? There is no way he could do that without someone 
actually guiding him.
	She managed to find Ryouga trail without much trouble for he left a 
path of destruction that was as good of a sign as any. She would 
probably catch up to him within a few hours.


	After a few moments of rest, she continued on and was rewarded by 
finding her target. She approached where Ryouga stood all by himself, 
apparently lost in deep thought. Something was wrong with him other then 
his normal hatred for Ranma. He seemed to be arguing with someone, even 
though no one but herself was present. Ryouga was visibly agitated about 
something.
	A few minutes later, he started walking, followed by the Amazon. 
Unfortunately for Shampoo, a thick fog formed over them, reducing 
visibility to that of a few feet. She had no problem following him 
though, for he was hardly paying attention to anything but what was 
ahead of him.
	Ryouga stopped and yelled at the top of his lungs, "DAMN IT ALL TO 
HELL! I'LL DO ANYTHING TO BE ABLE TO STOP THAT WEDDING AND GET RID OF 
RANMA! DO YOU HEAR ME?! ANYTHING!!!!" Shampoo's eyes narrowed. She 
figured that he would have gotten over Akane since he had started dating 
Akari, or at least accepted the situation by now. Apparently, Ryouga 
planned to bring Ranma and Akane's wedding to an abrupt end. This, of 
course, was not unusual but something was wrong. She could feel it.
	She then noticed that Ryouga had disappeared in the thick fog.
	Where would Ryouga be now? What could he be planning? Then some of 
Mascara's words came back to her. <He headed straight to Jusenkyo.> 
There's no way he could get there without someone guiding him? Could he?


	Shampoo sprinted, moving as fast as she could, towards Jusenkyo. Her 
feet begin to fail her, but her effort had been good enough for she 
could see the springs in the distance. Only a few moments and she'd be 
there.
	What Shampoo saw took her aback. The Jusenkyo guide led the lost boy to 
a spring and was talking to him in Japanese, but what they was too quiet 
to make out. She watched in fascination as Ryouga jumped into a spring, 
and came out... normal. She put her hand over her open mouth and was in 
shock. Not only did Ryouga make it to Jusenkyo, but he found the right 
spring and didn't jump in the opposite pool. Was his poor direction 
sense cured?
	The guide then led Ryouga to another spring. A look of horror spread 
over Shampoo's face. He was collecting water from a spring, which, 
naturally, he was planning to use on Ranma. Several thoughts went 
through the young lady's head after she witnessed this, from thoughts of 
Ranma deserving the fate he made for himself to thoughts of stopping 
Ryouga before her former love was given a second curse, or worse.
	She decided to follow Ryouga a little longer, while she made up her 
mind as to what to do about this. She watched the young man, his anger 
visibly controlled and fueled into keeping up a horrid pace that she had 
a hard time keeping up with.
	Shampoo's concern for Ranma did not make her decision, nor did her 
hatred for his happiness. Thoughts of going back and Ranma marrying her 
after she stopped Ryouga, she did not even take seriously. What did made 
up her mind was the strangeness of the whole event. Ryouga was going 
above and beyond the boundaries of sane revenge, and this scared her a 
lot. She saw herself in the young man that she was now chasing. She saw 
what she was capable of before she came to her senses about Ranma and 
Akane's love. She was bound by honor to stop this maniac from doing 
something that would tear apart a family, true love, and not to mention 
her conscience. 	Never again would she think of Ranma as her husband, 
but now she could only hope to be his friend. She had pressed herself on 
him even though she saw how he rescued Akane without considering his 
personal danger and all the other things. Although he did lead her on 
for a long time, she could forgive him for that. He certainly forgave 
her already.

		*		*		*

	Shampoo awoke from her dream, sweat covering her from head to toe. She 
had to get to Ranma quickly before Ryouga did or it could be to late for 
him... but she needed rest... yes... rest...


		*		*		*

	Nodoka Saotome arrived at the Tendo dojo with high spirits. Her son was 
marrying the youngest Tendo daughter in but a few weeks! No matter how 
badly her stupid husband Genma had brought up Ranma, he turned out to be 
such a fine young man. The pride for her son was overwhelming.
	"Mom!" Her son, currently daughter, yelled to her in reception. The 
little red head then bound up to her and hugged her. "I'm glad you could 
settle things so quickly! I was afraid you'd not make it back in time."
	She looked at her son, er daughter, and saw the reflection of herself 
when she was at that age. "Hello Ranma-chan!" She smiled at her daughter 
and asked, "You think I'd miss the wedding of my only child?" She winked 
at her, releasing their hug, continuing into the Tendo home where her 
husband, currently in Panda form, and Soun Tendo sat, playing their 
usual game of shoji.
	/Hello Nodoka-chan!\
	"Good day Saotome-san!"
	The two greeted her at the same time but were too fixed upon keeping 
the other from cheating - without much success - to look up at her. Boys 
will be boys. After being greeted by the whole of the Tendo clan she 
found her way to the sofa and sat down next to her soon-to-be 
daughter-in-law Akane.
	"Mind if I have a word with you upstairs?" she whispered to Akane. The 
girl nodded and they went up to Akane's room, shutting the door behind 
them. Akane sat on her bed and was shortly followed by Nodoka who then 
begin her questions, "How are things going with my son? Are you two 
getting along?" Akane smiled at this, apparently they couldn't be too 
bad off.
	"Oh yes Saotome-san! Look at what Ranma gave me!" Akane held up her 
left hand and displayed a small but beautiful diamond ring. "He wanted 
to prove his love and commitment to me!" Nodoka beamed a smile at the 
girl. She seemed so happy.
	"I'm so glad you two are getting along." In truth she was far beyond 
glad that they were getting along. She hated the two fathers' wish to 
marry off their children so quickly and early on. She thought it could 
only lead to disaster, but with Ranma and Akane she was completely and 
utterly wrong. They, not to mention Nodoka herself, couldn't be any more 
happy about it, now that is.
	The two talked for a while, the younger listening to stories of the 
elder's early married life and then the elder listening to how Ranma had 
been behaving in regards to her lately. After their conversation, they 
left downstairs to get to dinner before the others finished it off, in 
if Ranma and Genma hadn't been too busy fighting over the food to 
actually eat it, they would have been too late.
	Soon the two lovers would be married and all would be right for the two 
households.

		*		*		*

	Kasumi Tendo, while busy cooking dinner for the family, heard a knock 
at the door. Assuming that someone else would get it, she continued 
preparing dinner happily. After a few moments, she heard the knocking 
again. Briefly checking to make sure everything was in proper order, she 
walked calmly to the door and opened it to reveal a soaking wet Ryouga 
Hibiki.
	"Oh my! Ryouga-kun, your all wet! Come inside and dry off!" It always 
seemed everyone around here was always getting wet for some reason or 
another. Ryouga thanked her when she handed him a towel and told him to 
have a seat. "Ranma and Akane are gone right now, but they should be 
back in a few minutes if you care to wait?" He nodded and she smiled at 
him. "I hope you'll be staying for dinner tonight?"


	Ryouga watched Kasumi go back into the kitchen and then pulled out a 
small jar full of a clear liquid. He considered it for a few minutes 
before putting it away, safely in his pack. 'How tempting it is to use 
it right away... but no, I must wait for the right time.' After a bit of 
waiting, his eyes slowly starting shutting by themselves and a few 
minutes later he was sound asleep.

		*		*		*

	Ranma and Akane spent the day shopping, which actually consisted of 
Ranma following Akane into stores and making stupid remarks while she 
did the actually shopping. This normally would have led into a conflict 
but instead Akane simply took it light-heartedly. They got what they 
needed and hadn't encountered water on their way once! Today was 
definitely a good day!
	He smiled joyfully and put his arm around Akane, receiving a sigh and 
her head on his shoulder in return. He kissed her forehead and closed 
his eyes for a moment. The moments seemed like hours for the two lovers 
as they passed silently over the streets of Nerima. He took a deep 
breath, taking in the smell of his lover. He playfully kissed her ear, 
and received the response he had hoped for. Akane turned her head toward 
him and they kissed. How he wish this moment could have been hours, or 
even days, but as one walks in the right direction he or she will 
eventually arrive at their destination. That excludes Ryouga, of course.
	The two walked through the gate and into the house. "We're back!" Ranma 
called out ritually, causing a sudden shifting noise from the living 
area. "I wonder what that was?" Akane shrugged and they walked to 
investigate. Upon seeing Ryouga's groggy form, Ranma cautiously 
approached eyeing the recently awakened individual suspiciously.


	The lost boy looked up at the two, like daggers of ice stabbing, and 
stood. "Hi Ryouga! Last time you ran off I didn't think we'd get to see 
you again. I'm really glad you changed your mind!" Akane released Ranma 
and grabbed Ryouga, in a friendly hug. He almost swallowed his tongue, 
but he gathered his wits. He couldn't let anything distract him.
	"Yeah... well, you don't think that I'd miss the wedding on purpose, 
now do you?" That came out too easy but Ryouga didn't think over his 
good wording for a moment. How badly he wanted to yell his trademark, 
"Die Saotome!" and crush the asshole, but he wouldn't let anything tare 
down the confidence that he built up. Not even the smug little bastard 
who calls himself Ranma.
	Ranma looked at him and responded with more then a little surprise in 
his voice, "Well, I'm glad you came around, buddy. It wouldn't have been 
the same without you." He wondered if Ranma really meant it, but it 
wasn't possible. It had to be some sort of trickery to catch him off 
guard. Ranma was always fooling him with something.
	"Well, I know we haven't been the best of friends but I came with a 
peace offering." Ryouga then pulled out a rose in one hand and handed it 
to Akane, and then he held out his empty hand to Ranma. "I offer 
friendship." Sheer force of will kept Ryouga from blasting a hole in 
Ranma's head. 'Can't lose control now!'
	The look on Ranma's face was that of utter shock. Ranma glanced out the 
window for the briefest of a second (perhaps looking for a flying pig?) 
and then turned to meet Ryouga's glare, failing to see the hatred that 
burnt within them. Their hands shook and Ranma then hugged him saying, 
"I can't tell you how much this means to me, man!" Ryouga nicely shoved 
Ranma off of him and fought the urge to smash him into the next world. 
The sincerity in Ranma's voice made Ryouga think a bit. Could he have 
meant it? Why would Ranma care at all?
	"Don't mention it." That was the best think that he could force himself 
to say. He really didn't want Ranma to mention it. His lies were 
beginning to make Ryouga lose his cool completely again. If he had a yen 
piece for every lie that came out of the bastards mouth...
	Akane's eyes shined at him, softening his heart a bit. He had to save 
her from Ranma's treachery. There was no doubt that Ranma had to be out 
of her life, but normal methods couldn't be applied here. 'Oh God, help 
me do what I have to do.'

		*		*		*

	Ryouga woke up from where he had fallen asleep the night before. Ranma, 
Akane and he had been watching an early Jackie Chan movie and by the 
looks of it, not a single one of them made it through the whole flick. 
He focused his eyes and stared at his beloved Akane's sleeping form, 
resting up against her fiancee. Ryouga held in his jealousy in check and 
tried standing up, but his legs didn't feel like responding that day.
	Ryouga thought over what they had talked about the night before. Ranma 
was having his bachelor party this very night, and Ryouga was now 
invited. This would be the perfect time. He decided to go back to sleep 
since it wasn't dawn yet.


	Akane's eyes slid open slowly and she sat up and gazed down at her 
soon-to-be husband. He seemed so peaceful that there was no reason for 
her to wake him. She looked over at Ryouga, who also slept soundly. She 
was so glad that Ranma and Ryouga worked out their differences. Recently 
everyone was getting along pretty well, and the fighting had nearly 
ceased. This did not include the Kuno's though, for Tatewaki was still 
trying his best to prevent the 'evil wizard Saotome' from marrying 'his' 
Akane and trying to force the release his pig-tailed goddess, which was 
of course Ranma's female form. That stubborn fool would never give up. 
She didn't want to even ponder Kodachi's fate... even Akane felt sorry 
for her.
	She yawned and then got up. 'I bet they'd be so happy if I made them 
all breakfast!' Her hopes sank upon walking in the kitchen and seeing 
Kasumi already up to the task. "Hi Kasumi."
	"Good morning Akane-chan!" As usual, Kasumi, in her ever-cheerful mood, 
flashed her a big smile. "Breakfast will be ready shortly." How Kasumi 
managed to wake up every morning and beat her to making it was amazing 
indeed.


	The second breakfast was ready, Ranma's senses suddenly came to life 
and he jumped up and ran to the kitchen table ready to eat. He looked up 
at Akane with a smile as she and Kasumi walked in bringing food. "Aren't 
we punctual when it comes to food?" Akane commented.
	His response was muted by him chowing down. Genma and Ryouga walked in 
about the same time, followed by Soun a short time later. After they 
were well into their meal, Ranma spoke to Ryouga. "Hey bud, after 
breakfast ya wanna spar a bit?" Ryouga nodded as his mouth was very full 
at the time. Ranma smiled and went back to his food.


	Ranma and Ryouga stood across from each other in the dojo in defensive 
stances. They considered each other for a bit when Ryouga took the 
offensive. He charged and lashed out with a few punches and then ended 
with a kick, all easily dodged by Ranma who then counterattacked with a 
high kick of his own. Ryouga went straight into the attack and managed 
to score a few hits  against Ranma who was expecting him to dodge. 
Despite taking the kick head on, Ryouga seemed relatively unfazed. Ranma 
went on the offensive and faked a left punch and then turned it into a 
back kick which sent Ryouga sprawling backwards. Ryouga's frustration 
began to build, but he released it while they continued their brawl 
which didn't quite go all out, but instead was a rather friendly of 
skill.
	This continued, with Ryouga taking plenty of hits, and scoring plenty 
himself, but they did so without hitting that hard. Ranma was obviously 
doing more damage then he was taking, though, and Ryouga had to give up 
sooner.
	"That was a good match... thanks Ryouga." Ranma grinned at him as they 
went back to the house. How badly Ryouga wished that he could wipe that 
grin off of the fool's face. With anger carefully in its unusually 
submissive place, Ryouga scowled and followed Ranma closely as to not 
get lost.

		*		*		*

	Shampoo opened her eyes and sat up. She lay on the bed of the motel 
room that she had rented the day before. Noticing the very disgusting 
taste present in her mouth, she ran to the bathroom and swished sink 
water in her mouth. The tap water itself wasn't that good, but it at 
least did the trick. She walked over to the window of her room and 
pushed aside the blinds, revealing it to be night.
	A sigh of utter hopelessness escaped her mouth as she cleaned up and 
prepared to move on. She had to hurry for Ranma's sake. Fantasies, that 
she knew could never be, flooded her mind as she left the motel, leaving 
the key with the manager.
	She traveled by roof top, jumping from house to house like super heroes 
do in comic books. Her pulse rushed as she kept moving as quickly as she 
could. She had to beat Ryouga... she had to!

		*		*		*

	A maniacal giggle escaped the ancient man's mouth as he collected 
another bundle of his precious women's undergarments. Oh, how the poor 
little things cried out for him to take them up safely, and take them 
back with him. He beamed a smile of pure satisfaction as he traveled the 
roof tops of a nearby district. Nerima had become a place where one 
couldn't leave their window open at night! What has become of it now 
that most people lock their windows and doors so tight?
	Another giggle escaped his lips as he noticed a figure bounding over 
the roof tops in the direction he was headed. How sweet it was indeed, 
when he noticed who the figure was.

<The rest will be on a following post.>

Ryan Erik
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