Two of a Kind
Chapter 2
Part 1 of 2
Memories of Me
"I'm who?" The young man replied. Nabiki sat back and said, "You're Rally Danton, you and I are partners in a
security agency. Don't you remember?" Rally sat up and paced his hand over his face. "No, I'm afraid I don't.
Pictures and voices flash in my head, but it's hard to sort all of them out."
Just a few seconds ago Nabiki decided to take advantage of a rare opportunity, this stranger dropped out of nowhere
in her life. Now, due to multiple injuries and almost draining his entire chi energy, he now has amnesia. Since
Nabiki was in need of a Rally Danton, and this man was in need of an identity, everything worked out in Nabiki's
world.
"Its O.K. Take your time, let me go inform Dr. Tofu that you have awakened." Nabiki stood up and handed Rally a
glass of water. "I'll be right back." Rally looked up at Nabiki and smiled, "Thank you, I'm glad I have someone that
knows who I am." Nabiki slightly cringed at that statement, but then brushed it out of her mind. "I know what I'm
doing, it will work out for everyone in the end."
Nabiki walked down stairs to tell Dr.Tofu about his patient. When she walked in the living room, there was only
Akane, Ranma, and Kasumi. "Kasumi, oh no. Well, the doctor is going to be out for awhile." It seems that the good
doctor cannot seem to keep his sanity whenever he is near Kasumi. "By now he's probably dancing like a loon in the
park." Nabiki said.
Akane looked up at Nabiki, "Yep, as soon as Kasumi walked in Dr. Tofu stood up, talked to the fern in the corner,
then started to do cartwheels out the door." Nabiki sat down at the table and picked up a cookie, "You couldn't stay
in the kitchen for another ten minutes."
"Well, I wanted to make sure everyone had eaten and then he just started acting weird again." Nabiki took a bite of
Kasumi's cookie, delicious as usual. "Well he'd be handy right now, Rally's up, but he can't remember a thing."
Everyone looked at Nabiki, "His name is Rally? But I thought you didn't know who he was." Akane said. "Well, he
and I have had an arrangement, part of it is I keep his identity as secret as possible." Ranma propped his head on his
hand and glared at Nabiki, "And what reason would that be?"
"He is a security specialist and a detective. It's imperative that his identity be concealed as much as possible, for his
safety and ours" Nabiki said. Ranma sat back and whistled, "Soooo, he's the mysterious Rally Danton the news
reports were talking about?"
"Yes, so I have to ask everyone here to keep this a secret. He is very particular about his anonymity." Nabiki said
with a very stern look. "No problem, I guess I better go get Dr. Tofu." Ranma said. Akane stood up and headed up
stairs, "I'll go check on Rally and see if he needs anything." Nabiki looked at Kasumi, "Kasumi he may be hungry
could you put something together for him?" Kasumi headed for the kitchen, "Oh my, he must be starved. Tell him
I'll have something ready in just a couple of minutes."
Nabiki headed for the phone, "Well, now that they have something to do, I better get Mr. Danton his paperwork."
She picked up the phone and dialed. When the other end picked up, she stretched the cord around the corner.
"Is this Mr. Nagani? This is Nabiki Tendo. It's timed you paid up on your little debt. I need whatever you can make
up and sent to me immediately. The name is Rally Danton, green eyes, about 6'0", and silver hair. Yes, I said silver
hair. Make sure his birthplace is somewhere here in Japan. Yes, the debt will be paid in full, depending on how
thorough you are. I want Rally Danton to have a solid background, no loopholes. Thank you and goodbye."
Akane slightly knocked on the door, "Rally, are you awake?" she waited to open the door until she heard, "Yes,
come on in." Akane poked her head in and smiled, "Are you feeling any better? Is there something I can get you?"
Rally shook his head, "No, no thank you, I really would like to get out of this bed though. Do you know where the
rest of my clothes are? I'm just wearing my jeans. "Yes they are in the closet there, let me get them for you."
"You know, I really can't thank everyone enough for helping me out like this." Akane looked up at Rally and
smiled, "It's no problem, you were hurt and needed help, it's a martial artists duty to help someone in need. Plus you
seem to be a nice enough guy." Rally slipped on his shirt, "Heh, thank you, like to step outside with me?"
"Sure, I'll show you around." Akane said with a smile. As they walked through the Tendo household, Akane showed
Rally around to all the different rooms. Rally became very happy when the tour came to the kitchen. "Mmmmm,
whatever it is I'll take five helpings."
"That'll be Kasumi fixing you something to eat, she is the best when it comes to cooking.", Rally could not help but
notice a slight frown on Akanes face, "What's wrong Akane?" Akane just waved it off, "Oh nothing, I just wish my
cooking was as half as good as hers." Rally patted his stomach; I'll tell you what, if you need someone to
experiment on, I'll be glad to volunteer. For some reason I get the feeling I have a cast iron stomach."
"You're on, but I better warn you it can be pretty rough." Akane said. Rally laughed a little, "Hey no one could be
that bad, Or at least I hope not." They walked into the kitchen to check to see what Kasumi was cooking. "Oh, hello
Rally. Your meal is not ready yet, but take this glass of milk. Rally took the glass and smiled, "Thanks, I think I'll
go outside and get some fresh air."
Outside, Rally noticed a small but very peaceful looking koi pond. He sat down and gazed into the water. "Hi their
stranger." He said to the reflection. "I'm bound to remember something, but when will I? Every time I try to think of
my past I come up blank." Akane walked up behind him hearing Rally talking to himself. "You know, you shouldn't
try to force it. I hear that amnesia victims get their memories back gradually."
"I'm just tired of looking at a refection I don't recognize." Rally sat down and took a drink of his milk. From above
Ranma landed right behind Rally, "How's it going?" Rally choked on his milk "AcccK, Where'd you come from?"
Ranma sat down beside Rally, "I went looking for Dr. Tofu, no sign of him though." Akane giggled, "He's probably
on the other side of Japan dancing with Betty the skeleton."
"Betty the skeleton? This guy is my doctor." Akane crossed her arms, "I have you know he is a very skilled doctor,
he just has a small problem." Ranma leaned over to Rally, "Yeah, and she should know, she used to have a crush on
him." KRACK! Ranma was planted firmly into the ground by a very large mallet, "Ranma no baka!" Rally watched
in shock, "Geez, she went from 0 to psycho in 2 seconds! And where did that humongous mallet come from!" He
thought.
"Ranma, you die now!" In the air coming right at Ranma was Ryoga. Rally could not tell what was in his hand, but
it looked like an umbrella. "Ranma is still neck deep in the dirt." Rally dropped his glass and leaped up at Ryoga. In
mid air Rally kicked the umbrella out his way with his left foot, and then he spun around and back-kicked Ryoga in
the stomach with his right. This sent Ryoga flying in another direction, landing beside the Tendo home.
"Stay out of this whoever you are! This is between me and Ranma!" Rally landed softly on the ground about seven
feet in front of Ryoga. "Did I do that? How did I? More importantly, that was like kicking a brick wall!" Rally stood
and pointed at Ryoga, "He's kind of busy, hope I'll do!" Rally ran for Ryoga at top speed "Don't force it, just let it
come to you." Ryoga threw out a sidekick aiming for Rally's head.
Rally slid down into a baseball slide, ending up under Ryoga. Rally kicked straight up, striking Ryoga in the groin
area. Ryoga collapsed to the ground and started to change different shades of blue. "Not bad Rally, not bad at all."
Ranma said, dusting himself off. Rally stood up and checked on Ryoga, "I really didn't want to do that, I mean I did,
but I.. Damn, now I'm confused." Akane ran over to Ryoga, "I better drag him inside, he's not going to be happy
with you when he gets his air back."
Rally crossed his arms, "I get this strange felling that this is a common occurrence with me." Ranma slapped Rally
on the shoulder, "You know that was pretty good! I bet you're a martial artist, or you've done some studying in the
arts." Rally looked down at his hands, "Maybe, I don't know. Look I'm going for a walk, tell Kasumi I'm sorry
about the meal she's fixing." Ranma looked at Rally with hunger in his eyes, "Hey, you don't mind if I have it do
you?" Rally walked off out the gate, "Knock yourself out."
Nabiki unlocked the door to her apartment, "Oh it's good to be back, first thing I'm going to do is take a nice hot
bath, and then sleep." Nabiki could not believe the last couple of days. First, she was responsible for artwork that
was worth millions. Second, she was framed, and then she was hunted. Third and definitely not last, she is now
responsible for the man now named Rally Danton.
"All I have to do is get the paperwork to him and he'll be totally convinced of who he is; or should I say needs to
be." Nabiki slipped of her clothes and ran some bath water. Making sure the water was just the right temperature;
she slipped in and closed her eyes. "In a way I'm doing him a favor, he himself said he didn't know who he really
was. I am giving him someone to be, he owes me big time. Yes that's it, he owes me."
Nabiki soaked for a couple of minutes, and then her forehead started to crinkle. "AAAArrrgggggg! I can't believe
I'm doing this!" Nabiki immediately stepped out of the tub, and then went to her room to put some fresh clothes on.
"I don't need him anyways, I can always hire an actor!"Nabiki flew down the steps . "Hmmm, I
wonder where Nadie is, oh well."
Rally was becoming more aggravated by the moment. Every time a picture popped into his head, he would try to
remember what it is. Then it would slip away before he could make anything out of it. "I have got to quit forcing it.
The way things seem to be going I'm never going to get my memory back." He walked around town until he came
upon a crowd that was gathering in front of a construction site.
"Now what in the world is going on here?" Rally walked up to the crowd to investigate. "What's going on here?"
Rally said. A woman turned around, "There's a little girl stuck on the roof of this construction building." Rally
looked up, and sure enough, a little girl seemed to be standing at the edge of the building. It looked almost as if she
was try to grab something.
"She's going to fall at any moment now!" Rally exploded from the crowd, leaping from beam to beam, until he
reached the top floor. Rally slowly approached the young girl, "Um, excuse me but do you realize that your on the
edge of a twenty-story building, it's not even a full building yet."
The young girl turned around, "Of course I know silly, but I need to grab Nicolle before she flies away. Now be
quiet before you scare her. Rally quietly walked up to the edge to see what this Nicolle was. When he peered over
all he could see was a small white embroidered napkin caught on a piece of wire. "That's Nicolle? Have you already
fallen off this building and landed on your head?"
Down below, Nabiki was making her way back to the Tendo home. "I'm just going to tell him the truth, he needs to
find out who he really is." Nabiki stopped to look at the crowd that was gathering in front of the construction site.
"What's this all about?" Nabiki said.
She asked an elderly man looking up at the roof with a pair of binoculars. "Oh, some crazy girl is up on the roof, and
now some idiot is up there trying to save her."
"Idiot? Here let me look.OH.MY.GOD. I cannot believe it. No wait, I can believe it." Nabiki ran into the
construction site and yelled, "Rally, get your butt down here now!" Rally looked down, "Is that Nabiki? Yeah, just
let me grab her and I'll be down in a second!
A strong breeze blew in and whisked the napkin off into the sky. The young girl made a reach for it, but it was too
much. She lost her balance and started to fall of the roof. "Oh crap!" Rally yelled as he leaped off after her.
"I can't look, have they hit the ground yet?" Nabiki looked up and there was Rally hanging by his foot upside down
from a metal beam, at the same time holding onto the young girls hand. "You know if you were that hard up for a
napkin I could have gotten you one!" The little girl looked up at Rally," But I want Nicolle! WhaaaaaAAAaaa!"
"Well, it seems all I have to do is flip and catch her and I'm done with this loon." However, for some reason Rally
could not move, "I remember something." Suddenly, Rally was hanging upside down, but this time he had a rope
tied to him. He slowly swung himself in front of a window. In the reflection, he could see himself, but he looked to
be, eight years old?
In the real world, the metal beam was starting to tilt, and Rally still was not moving. "What's wrong with him? It's
like he's frozen!" Nabiki said. Slowly the beam titled until Rally's foot started to slide off.
End of Part 1
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