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These are not my characters, for if they were, I would be rich...which is
not the case. I use them without permission, and most likely in a way the
original creators would not contemplate. OH WELL, such is the way of
fan-fiction :) this story is NOT used for profit, just for entertainment.
Knights Return
chapter 1a
It was the top of Jusendo, and Akane was a doll. Either of these alone would
have been bad enough, but there was also saffron to take into account. That
made it critical, for saffron was standing in the way of ranma saotome^�s
only hope of changing Akane back.
"I^�ve got to use it!", Ranma thought to himself as he dodged another attack
by saffron, "It will kill saffron, and I^�ll be able to save Akane", but this
time around, as he prepared to unleash his most powerful attack, a single
stray thought intruded, "kill?...do I really want to kill?"
His hesitation almost cost his life, as saffron took the moment of
distraction to fire off a lot of fireballs at him. about 500 of them to be
exact. yes, that IS a bit overkill, but ranma was beginning to annoy him.
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As Saffron recharged after the salvo, surprised that a mere human had been
able to avoid that much firepower, ranma saw an opening, and jumped into the
stream of water coming from the dragons mouth, just before the dolls eyes
closed completely.
Ranma held the restored Akane in his arms, and smiled at her. And for a
wonder, she smiled a beautiful smile back. Then she kissed him.
But while the two were caught up in each other, saffron smiled an evil smile
and released one small projectile. Unlike his previous ones, this was tiny,
and had comparatively little power. Just enough to pierce Akane^�s body and
destroy her heart.
Ranma finished the kiss, and held Akane closely, looking into her eyes. He
felt a slight jump, almost a twitch, and saw Akane^�s expression quickly turn
from relief to terror and pain. She opened her mouth to say something, but
instead of words, only a bit of blood came out.
He watched in slowly dawning horror as the light in her eyes slowly went
out.
Thoughts ran through his head, going a million miles a second;
Akane was dead.
It was his fault.
he wasn^�t fast enough.
he deserved to die.
He screamed, the wail of the lost, the cry of the dammed. He screamed the
sound of ultimate suffering.
Saffron smiled, as he watched the human suffer. "Enough of this," he
thought, " its time for him to be put out of his misery" and with that, he
readied his largest fireball.
He gazed at her one last time, one last time before he threw his life away
in a suicide attack to destroy himself and mark her grave forever. But Then
he saw it, the small charred hole in her back, and knew that this was not
his fault. his last coherent thought for a while was that saffron must die.
Then he knew only rage.
He screamed again, but where the first was filled with loss and grief, this
contained hate and rage. As he screamed, his aura exploded, shinning like a
star on top of the mountain, destroying the pool he was standing in, and
leaving a crater 30 feet wide. when the dust cleared, it revealed an
incredible sight.
Ranma^�s hair had gone pure white, and his aura, while diminished from "new
star" level, was still almost painful to look at.
as if this wasn^�t enough, he was floating in mid-air, 30 feet above the
ground, with and expression of anger on his face.
then A gigantic fireball slammed into him, raising more dust and obscuring
the view again.
when the dust began to settle over the now 50 foot crater, it revealed a
scene similar to the first, but this time he looked REALLY, REALLY, REALLY
angry.
end of ch1a
well hows that for a first real fic? C&C wellcome, flames will be eaten,
and MST'S will be enjoyed. I would appreciate a proofreader or two, but if
not, oh well.
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* you know youre watching ranma 1/2 wayy too much when you *
* start trying to grab chestnuts from a fire...
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* comeing (not so) soon: hearts of ice: the musical!!
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* the teflon cat, temporary demon at large.
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