OlderRanma:Um......I was sent here to......bring Akane to the main office.
Teacher:Is there something wrong? Is she in trouble?
OlderRanma:....um....I don't know, the principal never told me.
Teacher:Okay.
(We see the teacher turn around and walks towards the back of the room,
where Akane was working. OlderRanma takes a step into the class to further
observe it. The first thing he noticed was that the class was all female.
There wasn't one boy in the entire class. The next thing he noticed was
that the entire class stopped what they were doing to see who the handsome-
looking male was. To their delight, they noticed it was Ranma. To their
disappointment, they realized that he was engaged to Akane. They continued
on with their work, taking quick glances at OlderRanma, wishing he was
their fiancee. Akane, who was in the back of the room, talking to the
teacher, looks up and sees OlderRanma. She gets up out of her seat and
walks to the front of the class, stopping short when she was in front of
him. The teacher stayed near the back of the class, helping the students
out with their projects.)
Akane:Why do I have to goto the main office, Ranma?
OlderRanma:You don't.
Akane:What?
OlderRanma:Can you please come out into the hallway for a minute?
(Akane gives a slight shrug and thens head out into the hallway with
OlderRanma. Outside, the hallway is completely empty, leaving Akane and
OlderRanma alone.)
OlderRanma:I was just wondering if we can have lunch together...It'll be
you, me, and the other me.(Smiles)
Akane:I'd love to. But this period won't end for another half hour.
OlderRanma:Well, can I at least stay with you until it ends?
Akane:I don't see any harm in that. But what am I going to tell the
teacher?
OlderRanma:I don't know, but we should be able to come up with something.
Akane:I guess you're right. C'mon, lets go in.(Turns to head back in)
OlderRanma:Akane.
Akane:(Turns back around)Yes?
OlderRanma:(Extends a hand forward)Can we go in together?
(Akane smiles warmly, which really brought joy to OlderRanma's heart. She
extends her hand forward and takes hold of OlderRanma's hand, noticing how
nice it felt to be holding hands with Ranma, even if it was the Ranma from
the future. Together, Akane and OlderRanma walk into the classroom, hand in
hand.)
(We are looking at the school from the courtyard. It is now the noon. The
sky has this terrific shade of blood red. There were black clouds in the
sky that blocked out the sun, letting only small amounts of light pass
through them. There were strong gusts of winds that blew by, violently
shaking the leaves of the courtyard trees and foliage. We watch this for
several moments and realize that the winds aren't letting up and are
getting worser by the minute. After a short time, we hear a bell ring,
which indicates lunchtime.)
(Inside the school, Akane and OlderRanma walk out of Home Economics class,
both seemingly enjoying one's company. We see them both head down the
hallway, which was filled with people rushing back and forth, towards
Ranma's classroom. As they arrive there, they both see Ranma walk out of
the class, yawning terribly.)
Akane:Hi Ranma.
Ranma:(Yawns)Hi Akane.
OlderRanma:I don't blame you for being so sleepy. I remembered that Miss
Hinako's class was so boring. I guess it still is.(Smiles)
Ranma:(Waking himself up)What are we going to do now?
OlderRanma:Lets go eat.
Ranma}:)ood, I'm starving.(Heads towards the cafeteria)
Akane:Ranma.
Ranma:What is it, Akane?
Akane:Can we eat outside for once?
Ranma:Sure, I don't see any harm in that.
(We are outside again. As students pour out through the doors, they all
stop to look up towards the sky, not knowing of what to think. They seemed
to look up at the sky in both awe and fear. Some of the students run back
into the school, while some stand there, unable to move, their fear
preventing it. All they knew was something was terribly wrong. After a few
moments, we see Ranma, Akane, and OlderRanma walk out through the door.
Ranma and Akane both look up at the sky, a sense of fear enveloping the
both of them. OlderRanma was looking up at the sky, disturbed to his very
core.)
Ranma:What's going on here?
Akane:(Noticing OlderRanma's visage)Are you all right?
(OlderRanma says nothing. All he does is continue on staring towards the
sky. Akane asks him again and receives no response again. After a few
moments, OlderRanma snaps out of his state of shock.)
OlderRanma:Ranma, Akane, you have to get out of here!
Akane:What going on?!?
OlderRanma:This is exactly what I saw on the day you died, Akane!
(Akane's heart sank. Her face turned to utmost fright. Ranma, who stood
next to her, placed both arms around her, comforting her.)
Ranma:(Still holding Akane)I thought you stopped this Kythen from
coming about.
OlderRanma:I thought I did also.
Ranma:Then how could this be?
OlderRanma:(Realizing)Happousei!
Akane:Didn't you stop him?
OlderRanma:No......I think I was the one who caused him to do this!
Ranma:What?!?
OlderRanma:I think it was my attack on Happousei that led him to do this.
No......it can't be! I remember in my past when Happousei came into the
backyard and I punted him away for splashing me with cold water and
grabbing me. Either way, whether or not I was here, Happousei would've
called forth Kythen. Damn! I should've watched over that little pervert
more carefully!
Ranma:I don't get it!
OlderRanma:Remember when Happousei came into the backyard two days ago.
Well, lets just say I wasn't here to attack him. What he would've done was
splash you with cold water and grab you. That, in turn, will lead to you
punting him away. And because you did that to him, he calls forth Kythen to
punish you.
Ranma:But you were here.
OlderRanma:I know. But I attacked him and let him live. And since he
thought I was you, he called forth Kythen to punish you. You see....either
way, Kythen would've come about, whether it was you who kicked him away, or
my attacking him.
Akane:What's going to happen now?
OlderRanma:From what I remember, he will be here at any moment....that
means you have to get the hell out of here, and fast. Plus, you have to get
everyone else to safety. I'll stay behind and fight him.....I have to....or
you will die, Akane!
Akane:But how will I die?!?
OlderRanma:You will be killed when one of Kythen's stray ki blasts hits
you. I was too late in pushing you out of the way. Ranma, please, do as I
say and keep Akane safe. I don't want to see her die again!
Ranma:I will! That I promise!
OlderRanma}:)ood! Now gather everyone up and get out of here before its too
late!
(Just as OlderRanma said that, a massive sphere of black appears in the
courtyard. It stays like that for a few moments before it disappears,
leaving behind and man that was within the sphere. The man just stands
there, tall and proud. Kythen had taken the form of mortal man not as
homage but as a mockery. He was clad in armor made of what looked like
molten metal. His long hair was made of fire crackling in flames as it
flowed down the length of his back. His eyes were nothing but black, the
pit of darkness. He was the as tall as OlderRanma, but his fingertips
looked like it could brush the clouds and shatter them asunder. He stood
there for several long moments, regarding OlderRanma. Ranma and Akane
stare at him, riddled with fear.)
OlderRanma}:)et out of here!
(The sound of OlderRanma's voice seemed to bring them back. They both
looked at OlderRanma, then at Kythen, and then back at OlderRanma. They
then turned around and ran back into the school to gather everyone up to
flee. In the courtyard, OlderRanma and Kythen were both staring at each
other.)
Kythen:(His voice thunderous)Are you Ranma?
OlderRanma:(Proudly)Yes, I am.
Kythen:Then you will die!
(Kythen disppears and reappears in front of OlderRanma. Before OlderRanma
could react, Kythen strikes OlderRanma with a viscious punch to his face,
causing him to go flying backwards into the school wall. The impact
OlderRanma struck it with was so powerful that the wall was indented and
cracked. He slides down onto the floor as if unconscious. After a few
moments, OlderRanma slowly gets back up to his feet.)
Kythen:You wish to die swiftly or die slowly!
OlderRanma:I'm not the one who's going to die!
(Kythen seems outraged by this comment. He punches OlderRanma again in the
face. OlderRanma gets thrown back into indented wall again, which collapses
in behind him. OlderRanma ends up on his back, inside the school, where
students are fleeing for their lives. Slowly, OlderRanma gets back onto his
feet. He looks around and realizes that he's inside a classroom, which is
now empty. He looks towards the hole in the wall and sees Kythen enter
through there.)
Kythen:You are strong! That will make your death so much more amusing for
me!
OlderRanma:I am a lot stronger than you think!
(OlderRanma lunges forward and lands a vicious punch in Kythen's face,
sending in backwards out of the hole he entered through. OlderRanma quickly
runs up the the hole and exits back out into the courtyard, where Kythen is
slowly getting back onto his feet. There, OlderRanma readies for another
attack.)
Kythen:You are very skilled! Now it's my turn!
(Kythen releases a massive ki blast from his hands, which sizzles through
the air towards OlderRanma at blinding speed. OlderRanma quickly jumps out
of the way, just as the ki blast flies by, entering the building through
the hole in the wall, blowing a hole all the way through to the other
side. OlderRanma quickly gets to his feet and shoots his own ki blast,
which gets easily and skillfully deflected by Kythen.)
Kythen:Ha! Do you really think those puny ki blasts of yours will ever hurt
me!
(Kythen disappears and reappears in front of OlderRanma again. Before
OlderRanma could react again, Kythen punches him in the face again. the
force of the punch was so intense that the windows of the school shattered.
OlderRanma was sent backwards again, into another part of the school's
wall. Shards of glass from the story above fall towards the ground, some
of them hitting OlderRanma. Kythen quickly jumps backwards before he
himself got impaled.)
OlderRanma:(Bleeding from lip and cut near his eye)C'mon!
Kythen:So, you wish to die swiftly!
(Kythen lunges forward and punches OlderRanma in the stomach. With his
hand by his stomach, Kythen pushes forward and slams OlderRanma into the
wall again. OlderRanma didn't even yelp out in pain. Before Kythen had a
chance to retract his arm, OlderRanma sent a massive ki blast from his
hands, hitting Kythen right in the chest. Kythen was blown backwards,
slamming the outside walls of the courtyard. OlderRanma, having been within
such close proximity of the explosion, was slammed back into the wall
again, it collapsing in on him again. Slowly, OlderRanma got back onto his
feet and stepped back out into the courtyard. There, he saw Kythen getting
to his feet.)
OlderRanma:You seem to have gotten weak, Kythen!(Thinking)You are not as
powerful as I last remembered you.
Kythen:For that, you will pay!
(Kythen launches two ki blasts, one right after another. OlderRanma was
forced to jump out of the way of the first blast. Before he could get onto
his feet again, the second blast struck him in the chest. OlderRanma
doubled over and fell onto his stomach in excruciating pain. As OlderRanma
slowly pushed himself up, Kythen sent another ki blast straight towards
him. OlderRanma quickly rolled out of the way, but was hurt terribly from
the shards of concrete that struck him after the impact. Slowly, OlderRanma
got back onto his feet. He checked his chest, which felt wet, and noticed
that he was bleeding terribly. The blood ran down the length of his chest.)
OlderRanma:(Thinking)Oh god, I don't remember him being able to do that!
(Kythen releases a special ki blast towards OlderRanma. The blasts catches
OlderRanma by total surprise and envelops him in a blue light. All of a
sudden the blue light disappears to reveal an OlderRanma, standing
motionless, unable to move.)
OlderRanma:(Thinking)I remember this! Once he comes close enough to me,
I'll finish him off! All I have to do was wait before I break out of this
holding spell of his.
(But Kythen never walked up to OlderRanma. Kythen released a huge ki blast,
which hits OlderRanma in the chest before he could react. OlderRanma was
sent flying backwards and fell onto his back. Kythen releases another ki
blast and it hits the OlderRanma again, causing him more excruciating
pain. There was no way for OlderRanma to get back up, all his energy was
spent and he was too weak to continue on. Kythen walks up to OlderRanma and
easily picks him up by the collar of his shirt.)
Kythen:You were strong! But not strong enough to kill me!
(OlderRanma said nothing. He couldn't. He could feel himself die as he was
being held by his collar. He had lost so much blood. He felt his vision
starting to blur. He felt himself starting to shiver. He remembered this
was the same predicament he was in before Ryoga saved him. But Ryoga wasn't
there. No one was there to save him. Kythen smiles wryly as he held
OlderRanma on his feet.)
OlderRanma:Akane......I tried....the best....as...I....could.
Kythen:Now you will die!
(Kythen raises OlderRanma high into the air and slams him down on the
concrete floor. OlderRanma could feel and hear his ribs break from within
his ribcage. OlderRanma tried to yelp out in excruciating pain but his
lungs were full of blood. All he did was cough up blood. Kythen wasn't
through with OlderRanma yet. He made sure he didn't kill OlderRanma when he
slammed him into the ground. Slowly, Kythen picked OlderRanma up onto his
feet. OlderRamnma watched through blood covered eyes as Kythen picked him
up of the ground with one hand. He watched as a ki ball grew in Kythen's
other hand. But just before Kythen had a chance to kill OlderRanma with
that final and fatal attack, a massive ki blast sizzled through the air and
struck Kythen in his back. OlderRanma knew that it was Ranma who released
that. He knew that if he didn't do anything, and fast, he and Ranma will
both die. As Kythen turned around to face his new opposition, OlderRanma,
using the last of his strength, released his whirlwind punch.)
OlderRanma:Hiyru Shotenha!
(A massive tornado envelopes Kythen and sends him up towards the heavens.
OlderRanma, who was still being held by Kythen, was brought along with him.
Ranma watched in shear horror as OlderRanma was enveloped in the tornado.
Ranma rushed forward to pull OlderRanma out of the tornado but was too
late. By the time he reached him, OlderRanma was too high in the sky.
After a few moments, the tornado disappeared to reveal two figures high in
the sky. The two figures plummeted towards the ground at high speed. Before
OlderRanma struck the ground, Ranma quickly jumped up into the air and
caught him, landing safely on the ground with OlderRanma in his arms.
Kythen struck the ground with thunderous impact, causing a crater to form.
Before Kythen even struck the ground, he was already dead. Ranma is kneeling
down in the courtyard, OlderRanma in his arms. OlderRanma is badly hurt. We
could see bruises all over his body, especially his face. There's blood
everywhere. OlderRanma's chest rises and lowers slowly, every breath for him
a struggle. As Ranma continues to cradle his olderself, Akane comes running
up to them.)
Akane:Oh my god!
Ranma:(Crying)Please, don't die!
(OlderRanma slowly opens his eyes, one of them swollen shut. At first,
OlderRanma doesn't recognize them. After a few moments, he smiles.)
OlderRanma:Can....I....ask....of....something......from the two....of you?
Akane:(Tears running down her cheek)Please rest, Ranma. You'll be all
right.
Ranma:Come on! Just hang in there! Akane, please, go call an ambulance!
OlderRanma:No.....don't. Please, let Akane stay by my side!
Ranma:Fine, I'll go call for one.
OlderRanma:No......I want the two of you to stay by my side....I want to
remember the two of....you....before I die.
Ranma:What are you talking about?!? You're not going to die!
OlderRanma:Can you......two please do..........me a favor?
Akane:Of course. What is it?
OlderRanma:I....want the two of you....(Coughs up blood)....to bring me
back..........to my time so.......I could be...........with my friends.
(Weakly reaches into pocket with a bloody hand and takes out the nanban
mirror)Please.....
Ranma:But we have to take you to a hospital!
OlderRanma:Don't bother........I'm going to die whether you like it or.....
not. Don't....you remember.........about the....poison.
Ranma:...................
OlderRanma:Just........let me die on........my friends' graveyard.
(Ranma takes hold of the nanban mirror. He then looks at Akane and then
back at OlderRanma. OlderRanma smiles weakly at Ranma. Ranma gently picks
OlderRanma off the ground, the nanban mirror in one hand. Akane gets to
her feet and stands next to the two. Ranma then says a few words. The
mirror glows brightly and the light envelopes them. After a second, the
light disappear, Ranma, OlderRanma, and Akane with it.)
(We are now in the future. The sky is dark yet it's still the middle of
the day. We are in the school's future courtyard. The courtyard is barren
and void of life. There are no trees or bushes anywhere. The concrete
ground is filled with holes and cracks. The school is no longer there.
All that remains is a pile of rubble. In the distance, there are no
buildings or skyscrapers. The entire city had been destroyed. Near the
courtyard, there was a graveyard, a graveyard for all the people who died
in the city. A blue sphere appears out of no where in the middle of the
graveyard and then disappears, leaving Akane, Ranma, and OlderRanma
behind.)
OlderRanma:(Weakly points to one side of the graveyard)Their....graves...
are....over...there.
(Ranma gently carries OlderRanma towards where OlderRanma pointed, Akane
walking right next to him. Ranma seems to be overwhelmed by just how many
graves there were. There must've been close to several thousand graves, all
of them stretching far off into the distance in every direction. Akane is
also overwhelmed, probably more overwhelmed than Ranma. She was desperately
fighting back her tears. After several minutes of walking, the three
arrived at a single tombstone that was surrounded in a circle by many other
tombstones.)
OlderRanma:Ranma.......why don't you....go...see...who's grave that....is?
(Ranma gently places OlderRanma on the ground and walked up to the
tombstone and reads it. After reading the first line, his face went ashen
and colorless. He took a step back, not believing in what he just read.
Akane, who was kneeling beside OlderRanma, knew exactly what had caused
Ranma to become so disturbed. She knew he had just read her name on the
grave. She looks at the other graves and squints her eyes to read their
names. She was shocked to realize that she was reading all the names of her
friends.)
OlderRanma:Akane....this....is.....my....future.....but......this....won't..
....be.....yours.......(Closes his eyes)
(With that said, OlderRanma dies.)
Akane:Ranma! No! Don't die!
(It was too late. OlderRanma's body goes limp in her arms. He never
responds to Akane's pleads. He never will. Ranma, who watched all of this
happen, gently walks up to her and places a hand on her shoulder.)
Ranma:Akane. There's nothing we could do. He's dead.
Akane:No!
Ranma:.............
(As Ranma stood there, watching Akane try to rouse OlderRanma awake, he
realized and remembered exactly how profound an impact he had on his life.
He realized just how much he took everything for granted. As he stood
there, he vowed to himself that he will never take Akane for granted
again. After a few moments, Akane gave up, realizing that OlderRanma will
never respond again and that he had gone to a better place. Gently, she
places OlderRanma up against her grave.)
Ranma:(Softly)Akane.
Akane:(Tears in her eyes)Yes?
Ranma:I love you.
<End for now>
There....another fanfic. Hope you enjoyed it cause this took a big chunk
of time out of my day to write. First off, the characters from this story
was created by the Rumiko Takahashi. I would never take credit for any of
her works. If you are reading this, then that means you bothered to read
this fanfic till the end. I'm sorry for any spelling or grammatical
errors. I only spent one sitting writing and editing this entire fanfic.
When I wrote this fanfic....I absolutely had no idea where this was going.
I just sat down in front of my computer and started typing and kept on
going on from there. I guess I was lucky that I could keep the story
flowing. All I know is that the first few pages of the beginning was very
interesting for me to write....and most likely to read. I'm sorry if you
were disappointed when you found out this wasn't as zany as the
Ranma-universe in other fanfics, but I like write in a serious fashion.
PLEASE, send comments. I would really appreciate it. I'm not too sure you
guys(and gals) appreciate my stories. If you enjoyed this fanfic, I'm happy
to say that I'll continue writing more. As to why I wrote this.......I
have absolutely no clue. I hope OlderRanma's death had an impact on you
cause it sure did for me.
P.S.-If you want any of my other fanfics, just ask.
Jeffrey "OneShot" Wong
<Bye>