Ranma 1/2 Fan Fiction ❯ Promises Forgotten ❯ Chp 2: Past Resurrected ( Chapter 2 )

[ P - Pre-Teen ]

"Ranma..."

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Promises Forgotten
By Ling Mao
Chp 2: "Past Resurrected"

Start: 5-27-2001
Finish: 6-02-2001

Normal disclaimer applies

< > = Thought
> < = Sound
[ ] = Panda signs
" " = Spoken
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"Ranma..." she said again. Time stopped. Only the sound of the falling rain
could be heard. It happened again. The shock from the change. It had happened when
the first day the met and now it was happening again. Only this time, this time the
change brought her a feeling of joy. The time stop began to break as Akane jumped
towards the girl.

"Ranma!" Akane's arms opened wide and wrapped around the red head girl.

"Ranma!" she sobbed into the girl's clothing. Years of worry lifted, years
of anguish lifter, years of fear lifted. He was back. He was back. Ranma was back.
Ranma was home! Akane pulled back a bit in order to get a better view of Ranma, He
had grow, the muscles he had years back were larger, his face was a bit longer.

Suddenly she felt something tap her back. It was the woman with Ranma. She
just stared at Akane, Then Akane looked back towards Ranma, but she just stood up.

"Are you alright?" The woman asked Akane. Akane looked at her oddly.

"Am I alright?" She looked back at Ranma who was picking leaves out of her
hair.

"I know this may be a shock... But I assure you that this man...girl... is
human. Please let me explain, you see it happen a long time ago..."

"No... No... I already know. I already now." Akane had her hands on the
woman's shoulders. "Let us go inside. I'll bring hot water." Akane said, leaving
her guests to follow.

Akane quickly poured the hot water on Ranma and sat down at the table,
opposite from Ranma. Both her arms were crossed on the table and her head rest on
the hands. She kept her eyes on Ranma.

"...How is it that you know of this curse?" the woman asked.

"Because this is Ranma!" Akane said giggling to herself.

"...I think that you've been mistaken..." the woman said softly.

"No, I know THIS is Ranma." The woman gave a weird look towards the
supposed Ranma, and then glanced down at the table.

"No... I'm sorry... I believe you've been mistaken. The man you look at
here, his name is Ra Ra. He is my husband." Akane shook her head at this.

"No, you're mistaken. This is Ranma! I know it." She looked over towards
the man. "Right, you're Ranma, right, tell her...," she said almost pleadingly.

The man looked up at her with somewhat of guilty eyes, for what reason, he
did not know.

"I'm sorry." He said. Akane sat gawking at the two.

"What?"

"I'm sorry, I think you are mistaken...," the man said again.

<This can't be> Akane thought, she looked over the man again. Sure he had
looked a little different, but that was expected being the time that passed. He was
still her Ranma... he had to be... he promised...

"I guess... I made a mistake...," she said, but this was only a temporary
defeat, she would find the truth, she was sure of it.

"Please, allow me to tell me about myself. My name is Tai Lei and this is
my husband Ra Ra. We met about four years ago in China. Before I met Ra Ra, I was
on a trip, which I guess I still am on, for you see I'm looking for someone, but
that's not important right now. I accidentally bumped into Ra Ra and to be honest I
felt sort of bad for him. He looked rather ratty and poor, but he was like me. He
too was searching for something. So we decided we'd travel together, being that I
just don't seem to have the best of luck with direction. It was ironic; we both had
a feeling for this area. Something about it." Akane nodded.

"Perhaps what your looking for is here."

"Yes... Perhaps..." Akane glanced over towards Ra Ra. <Can this be true?>
She sighed and looked over towards the clock. It was getting a little late. Akane
stood up and brushed her pants.

"It's getting a little late. I'll go set up the room for you two. You may
stay as long as you like. It gets a little lonely here once in awhile since
everyone is gone now..." Tai and Ra Ra bowed slightly.

"We thank you for your kindness." Akane just nodded and headed upstairs.

<Something about her...>

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Akane shut the door to the guest room, leaving Lei and Ra Ra inside. Akane
walked into her own room and climbed into bed.

<I just don't know what to do.> She thought to herself. She reached over to
the frame on the corner of her desk and held it in front of her. She sighed. It was
a picture of young Ranma. So much had happened since. First off, Akane was now the
only one residing in the house. Soun had died over a year ago due to heart failure.
After Kasumi got married, she moved in with her husband, Dr. Tofu. Nabiki had grown
tiresome of Nerima and had moved to travel. Akane too would have left, but she had
promised to wait, and wait she would. <That had to be him, it just had too...> She
sighed again. <But even he said that it wasn't true... What am I suppose to do
now?> She rolled over to her side and gave her pillow a squeeze before going to
sleep.

In the guest room, Lei and Ra Ra lay with their eyes open.

"Did you feel it too Ra Ra?" The man just nodded. "That's what I thought.
But what could it mean? I mean the both of us... Could it be what we are searching

for is here?"

"Perhaps... That girl... She seems... I can't put my finger on it... Just
something..."

"Maybe our work has finally paid off. Maybe this IS the place." Ra Ra
mumbled something, but Lei didn't catch it.

Lei shut her eye momentarily and allowed her mind to fill with the thoughts
of the past.

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"Look at the baby." said a woman. A young girl with brown hair stood next
to the woman, looking down at the child the woman held.

"Why is it so ugly?" asked the child. She was no older than 5.

"Why it's not ugly, it's your baby sister." replied the woman.

"It's ugly. I don't need another sister. I already have one."

"Oh, but honey, you'll love your sister."

"I want to kill it..."

"What?... No, no you wouldn't want to do that. She's your sister.," the
mother hesitantly said.

"I hate the baby! What about me! Your gonna forget about me again!"

"Now now, why would I do that? You know I still love you-"

"NO! You did it before! You did it before! You're a lair! A LAIR!!! I hate
you!!!!" screamed the child. The child ran up the stairs and slammed the door.

"Wait!" said the mother. She looked down at the baby, a cooed gently to it.

"Don't worry... Your sister loves you. She does... Shhh... It's alright."
From the corner of the room the second child watched curiously.

Years passed by and the resentment grew.

"No! I said No!" screamed the older of the three.

"No, it's mine!" shouted the baby of the family.

"Stop it you to," scolded the mother, "Now you behave. And you," she said
pointing to the older child, "You should know better than to pick on your little
sister." The older child glared at her mother, then at her sister. <It's always
like this> the older child thought. <She always takes her side. What about me? I
guess that I'm just not good enough, aren't I? I'll prove them wrong. I'll prove
them all wrong. Then who'll be laughing?>

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"Mama!" called the oldest child. "Mama come down, I wanna show you
something!" The second child looked up from the table.

"What is it dear?"

"Just follow me." she said, tugging at her mother's clothes.

"Darling, it's dark out."

"It's ok, it'll only take a moment, I promise. Please." The mother sighed
as she followed her eldest into the forest.

"Were almost there."

"How much further, it seems as if we have been walking for a while now."

"Just a little further." She said. When the stopped, they stood in front of
a river.

"Now what is it you want to show me?" Her mother said as she peered into
the water, leaning over slightly.

"Over there!" the daughter pointed in the distance.

"Where?"

"Over there, can't you see it?" she said pointing further off. The mother
leaned out more.

"I still don't see it..." The daughter stood behind her mother. Slowly, the
daughter pulled something from behind her.

"Over there!" She continued pulling the item out, slowly bringing it over
her mother's head.

"Are you sure there's anything."

"Try looking harder." she replied. She held her arms up high. In her hands
she held what looked like a kitchen knife.

"I don't see anything..." Her mother said, slowly turning around.

"Try HARDER!" She shouted as she plunged the knife downward. The knife cut
the mothers face, and stab into her breast area. She fell back from the force and
plunged into the river. She thrashed the water, sending water all over.

"Help!" she gurgled, still swinging her arms in confusion. The daughter
stood there, watching her mother drown. <Too bad you can't swim...> Her mother
began to float down stream with the current. The thrashing lessened, and soon her
mother could not be seen.

The child clapped her hands together to get rid of the dirt that had
collected. There was a slight rustle of the bushes behind her.

"Who's there!" she demanded. A small figure came out of the bush, revealing
it self to be the second oldest child. The child moved up towards her older sister,
then spoke.

"Kasumi..."

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Notes: Ok, yes I know it seems OOC, but trust me, it's only because I haven't
explained things yet. Well just so you know, this story will (or I will try to make
it have) contain many twists. Also I know the mother thing is off, but it just
helps to make the story go so please understand.

Anyways, fear not, this is still a flash back, the story is still about Ranma and
Akane, but there are many twists as I said before.

I'm too lazy to reread it, so please alert me of any mistakes.

Sorry for taking so long, I really don't know where I'm going... sorry... Thanks
for reading- Ja