Suikoden Fan Fiction ❯ Suikoden2 ❯ Suikoden2_3 ( Chapter 3 )

[ P - Pre-Teen ]

Still don't own Suikoden2 and never in my entire life will.

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Meg, Millie and Connel were waiting in front of Huan's office waiting for the results. Meg was
sitting near by crying. Millie and Connel were pacing in front of the door waiting for the
results. They heard a couple of foot steps coming in and Connel and Millie looked. They saw
Luc and Nanami running toward them.

" *huff* *puff*, sorry!! We just heard the news. So, another war is about to start huh." said
Nanami, as she caught her breath.
" Yes, that army was serious, LOOK HOW BADLY KINNISON WAS INJURED!!" screamed Meg. The yelling
took Luc and Nanami by surprise and fell back dazed with swiels in their eyes.

" Hey would you make the room stop spinning?" asked Luc.
" Owww. I can understand Meg!! Turn the decimals down!!" yelled Nanami.

" Sorry." replied Meg, going back to her bench. They waited a couple minutes more and then
Huan came out with the news. Everyone croweded around him and starting asking him questions.

" Is he alright!?"
" Did he make it!?"
" How is he doing?"
" Will he live?"
" Anything at all!?"

" Whoa, whoa. Yes, he's alright, yes he made it, he's doing just fine, he'll live thankfully,
and all of the above." replied Huan sweat-dropping.

" Whew." weezed everyone. Espcecially Huan with all those questions.

" May I, go see him?" asked Meg timidly.
" Yes, you may."

" OH!! Wait a minute, there is a person that might be wanting to see him." cried Millie.
Nanami looked at her strangly and Connel nodded and the two of them ran off.
Luc looked at Nanami expectanly. Nanami shook her head.
" Don't even ask. I have NO clue what they're talking about." sighed Nanami.

Inside the medical office


" Kinnison?" asked Meg timidly. Kinnison was sleeping and his arm was bandaged. Meg walked up
to the bed and kneeled down and held his hand.
" Please wake up." Meg said. Suddenly, she felt his hand sqeezing hers and she looked at him,
tears glisering in her eyes.

" I'm just fine." replied Kinnison weakly. Meg sighed in relief and then got an angry look on
her face.
" NOW DON'T YOU EVER DO THAT TO ME AGAIN MISTER!! YOU SCARED THE HECK OUT OF ME!!!" screamed
Meg.
" Yeow. Meg, I already have one bad injury. I don't need my ear drums blasted out." replied
Kinnison putting a hand up to the side of his head .
" Eheheheheh. Sorry." grinned Meg sheepishly.


Back to Millie and Connel


Millie and Connel were looking for somebody and found her by the telescope.
" AYDA!!" they cried. Ayda looked at them surprised.
" Yes?" asked Ayda looking at them.
" Do you know that Kinnison is your brother?" asked Connel. Ayda looked shocked!!!
" My brother!! Well, I did have an older sibling when I was younger, but I never expected it to
be him!?" cried Ayda.
" Well, he is and Meg is with him. You should tell him. We brougt the family records for proof."
added Connel.

" Alright! Let's hurry." replied Ayda. Soon all three of them were running to Huans. When they
got there Meg had just exited the room, with a smile on her face. She looked very glad Kinnison
was alright.

Nanami and Luc were just leaving, talking about something together. Huan has just finished
treating Kinnison's other wounds with Tuta, and Tuta was still reluctant and had to be tugged
out again.

" Why can't I see this!?" cried Tuta, folding her hands, while being pulled away from the
office.
" Because it is none of your concern to be involed with a patient's personal life, and
remember we promised to check on Victor. I think he ate too much again." sighed Huan.

" There goes my appetite." groaned Tuta, going green in the face.


It was quiet in the office, and Kinnison wasn't expecting anymore vistors and was surpriesed
when Ayda came in.

" Kinnison?" asked Ayda. Kinnison looked up and saw Ayda. He smiled.
" Hey, I've been meaning to talk to you, but with my injury and all." grinned Kinnison. Ayda
laughed.
" To get right to the point, ummm. Kinnison are you my older brother I lost a long time ago?"
asked Ayda nervously. Kinnison looked surpriesed at first then replied," Yes, I am.".
Ayda was VERY surpriesed!! She started to have tears in her eyes and started weeping.
" Ayda, sis. What's wrong?" asked Kinnison getting out of bed.
" You..you called me 'sis'. Kinnison, thank you. I've been so lonley." cried Ayda into his
shoulder.
" Hey now, we have each other and we also have Meg." added Kinnison smiling.
" Yeah, you're right. You know, when I saw you, I thought I loved you, but I still do, but in a
sisterly way." grinned Ayda. She got out of Kinnison's embrance and walked to the door. Kinnison
went back to the bed.
"What're you going to do now?" asked Kinnison.
" I have to give Meg an apology." replied Ayda.
" Why?" asked Kinnison.
"Well, you see, I kinda got jealous of you two, you know. When I thought I 'loved' you?" replied
Ayda.
" Yeah? And?" asked Kinnison.
" I've been kinda cold to her and wanted to say i'm sorry." finished Ayda. Ayda had her hand on
the knob, but before she turned it Kinnison said," I have a feeling you don't have to be looking
far."
" Huh? Why?" asked Ayda as she turned the knob. When she swung the door opened, and guess who
fell in.
Meg, Millie, Luc, Futch, Nanami, Wakaba and Connel were on the floor in a complete mess.
Ayda and Kinnison sweat dropped as the others were struggling to get out of the pile.

" WHY DID I HAVE TO BE ON THE BOTTOM!?!?!"

" I KNEW I SHOULD HAVE JUST STAYED TESTING MY SOUND SETS!!!"

HOW DID I GET IN THIS MESS!!!"

" YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO EAVESDROP WITH ME!!"

" YOU DRAGGED MOST OF US INTO IT YA KNOW!!"

" NANAMI WE SHOULD HAVE STAYED IN THE DOJO!!"

" WHAT!?!?! YOU TWO WERE ALONE IN THE DOJO!!!"

" ITS NOTHING LIKE THAT!!!!!!!!" screamed Luc and Nanami in unison.
By the time they had gotten out of the pile, Ayda and Kinnison were laughing with tears streaming
down their faces.

"AWWW SHUT UP!!!"

Suddenly, Luc, Nanami, Wakaba and Futch were being pulled away. Kinnison and Ayda looked at
Millie and Connel and they replied," Probably a cooking contest."

"Ahhhhhhh." said Ayda and Kinnison finally getting it.



Into the Kitchen..............................................................
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" Today for our panal of judges, he's the apprentice of Lekknat with a cute face but a cold
personality. His appeitie is also a mystery!!" cried Fu Tun Chen.

Luc was quietly trying not to use ' OPEN GATE ' on the annoucer when Nanami cried out next to
him. "HEY!!! ARE YOU MAKING FUN OF LUC!!!"

" NANAMI!!!" cried Ranma turning around.
" WELL!?!?!" cried Nanami. Fu Tun Chen ignored her and then shouted out," And our next judge is
Lord Ranma's hot head sister Nanami, also who was sticking up for her boyfriend!!"

" I AM NOT A HOT....BOYFRIEND!?!?!?!?!" yelled Nanami turning red. Luc was also cherry red in
the face. Wakaba and Futch laughed at the two of them.

" You know, we should tell Meg, Millie, Connel and Kinnison when we're done with this." grinned
Wakaba. Futch laughed even harder, at the thought of telling the others about this. He nearly
fell off of his chair.

" FUTCH!! WAKABA!! WHAT'RE YOU TWO LAUGHING ABOUT!?!" cried Luc and Nanami turning their heads
towards the two of them, their faces still as red as a tomato.
" AHHHHH!!!!" cried Futch. Their screaming had taken him forcefully and he DID fall off his
chair, he landed on his back his leg sticking up. Now Nanami and Luc were the ones laughing as
well as Ranma, Hai Yo from the other side, and the other chef competing against Hai Yo.

" Hey Futch, let me give you a hand." grinned Wakaba. She stuck out her hand and Futch grabbed
it and she pulled him up but soon accidently let go of his hand when the annoucner suddenly
shouted," Our next judge a karate trainee, her favorite food is salad and she is helping her
boyfriend up, the next judge Futch the dragon knight and his girlfriend helping him up!! his
appetite is a mystery!!!"

" OOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWW!!!!!" cried Futch as he fell onto the ground again and then got back up.
His face an extrodinary shade of red, along with Wakaba.

" ITS NOT LIKE THAT!!!!" screamed Futch and Wakaba in unison. Nanami and Luc were still laughing
but then they calmed down. They all sat down their faces still red and started glaring at Fu Tu
San.They were each trying not to hurt him for Ranma's sake. Each of them trying not to use their
rune. ( In the order they were annoucned, the order the runes will be given)
'OPEN GATE''FLAMING ARROWS''WHITE TIGER''FIRE WALL'

" You better stop the shouting about them being a couple Fu Tun Chen." whispered Ranma as he was
about to introduce the other chef. Fu Tun Chen looked at Ranma," Why?" he asked. Ranma just
pointed at the judges and Fu Tun Chen sweat-dropped,gulped and nodded.
" Eeeeppp." he squeked. Ranma faced them and signaled that they could stop resisting to summom
their runes. Nanami and the others sighed.

" *cough* *Ahem*. Anyway here's the rival chef, Futtie Mysanko!!"
" And our army chef Hai Yo!! Now let the cooks decide what they want to cook. Okay, they all
seem ready. Let's begin!!"


Soon Ranma and the other chef were cooking like crazy. After a couple of minutes, they were
ready. They passed out Futtie's first dish. They all took a spoonful and swallowed. Their faces
suddenly turned blue. They swallowed and made a face.

" Psst. What the heck did you put in it!!" cried Futtie looking at the judges giving her a one.
" I just put in what the recipe told me!! some onions, potatoes, bananas, and pickles." replied
her assitant. Futtie's eyes widened. " PICKLES!?!?!" she shriek quietly. The assitant coward.
" Wasn't...wasn't that suppose to go in?" asked the assistent nervously.
"I'm going to kill Lizzy." growled Futtie. The assistent looked confused then narrowed her eyes.
" Don't tell me your little sister added an extra ingredient again!!!" yelled the assistant.
Futtie nodded sadly. " Of all the times she had to screw around and add ingredients to my own
cook books, she just HAD to pick the one I was going to use to challenge Hai Yo." growled
Futtie.

Hai Yo's dish came up and the judges tasted it. It was decent to their relief, they nearly
felt like they were sufforcating with Futtie's food. Anyway they all gave Hai Yo a three.


Futtie begged to the heavens that this isn't on of the foods that Lizzy messed with. Her
assitant sweatdroped as Futtie folded her hands together and started mummbling,"Plese don't let
Lizzy screw up this one...." over and over.

Luc and the others were a little nervous trying Futtie's second course, when they looked over at
Futtie, they could tell by Futtie's assistent sweatdropping and Futtie's praying that somehow,
it wasn't her fault, also they saw Ranma give them a look that said, ' Just get it over with.'.
Luc, Nanami, Wakaba and Futch sighed and tried it. It was really good. They gave her a three.

They saw the assistent poke Futtie and she looked up. When she saw the scores she smiled and
hugged her assistent. Luc and the others, as well as Hai Yo and Ranma sweatdropped as they saw
the assistent's face turn blue. Ranma went over and tapped her shoulder. Futtie looked over and
Ranma pointed at the person she was hugging and saw her face nearly turn purple. Futtie
sweat-dropped and let go. Her assistent gasped for breath and glared at Futtie. Futtie
sweat-dropped again and started mummbling apologies to her.

Now onto the second course. It was Futtie's secret recipe she had made and had taken over three
years to make it perfect. When the judges tasted it, it was VERY delicious. They gave her two
fives and the rest were fours.
Next came Hai Yo, with the Rokkaku Course, they gave him a perfect score.

Last was the dessert. They gave Futtie a four and the rest were threes, and Hai you got the
samething. Now all the scores were added and................HAI YO IS THE WINNER BY TWO POINTS!!"

" Good job Hai Yo. I must challenge you when my sister stops adding extra ingredents to my
recipes." sighed Futtie shaking Hai Yo's hand.
" Yes!! You're a tough competitor!!" added Hai Yo. "Are part of the group." Futtie shook her
head. "No, I just wanted to test out my cooking skills. Here, take my recipe. I hear the
arrogant fool, the one that was making a mockery of you is tough, and this recipe is really
great. I've dedicate my life to try and create better recipes, and maybe, I could become your
second cook, if you have your hands full." grinned Futtie. Hai Yo nodded.
" Its a promise." " RECIEVED SERENITY'S KISS."



Later........................................


As Nanami, Luc, Futch, Wakaba and Ranma were walking to tell Kinnison, Meg, Connel and Millie
about the cook off. Ranma was still laughing at what had happened.

" You should have seen your faces!!!" laughed Ranma. The others just turned crimson and kept on
walking. They saw Jowi and he joined them and asked what Ranma was laughing about. Ranma told
him and Jowi started to laugh also.

"AWWWW!!! WILL BOTH OF YOU PLEASE BE QUIET!!!" cried Luc, Nanami, Futch and Wakaba in unison.

Suddenly, Ranma felt like he was losing concious, and fell forward his eyes closing. Everyone
turned around and saw Ranma fainting on to the floor.

" RANMA!!!" cried everyone. They gathered around him and saw that his eyes were closed, also he
was shivering!?
" We have to get him to Huan!!" cried Nanami," He's burning up also!!" Jowi got down and picked
Ranma up. He gave Ranma a piggy back ride all the way to Huan. When they got there, Kinnison was
surprised and so were Millie, Connel and Meg.
" What happened?" asked Huan as Ranma was being placed into the bed. Wakaba shook her head.
" We don't know Huan. He just suddenly fainted and Nanami said he was burning up also."

" Hmmm." replied Huan and walked towards Ranma still shaking, even though he was covered. Huan
examined him and replied." I'm sorry to say, but I have no idea what's happening to him. We'll
just have to wait for the results. Futch, go tell Shu, Ridley, Klaus, and Apple what has
happened. Wakaba, you go with him and inform, Filk,Victor, Camus and Miklotov. Luc and Nanami, I
want you to stay here and watch him, Jowi you stay also. I must go and help Tuta. I would stay
here but, I have other duties. I am sorry." Huan told the group. Luc shook his head," Its okay,
we know you and Tuta are the docters here, and it would be natural for you to have other duties.
Don't worry. With us here, we'll make sure to inform you of any changes." replied Luc. Huan
smiled. " Thank you Luc. Take care. I'll see you in a little while." said Huan and he left.

" C'mon Ranma. You have to make it. For all of us. Remember? You promised that you would get
Jowi back for the times that he got you wet, and you made a promise to me that you would always
be there for us well, NOW IS THE TIME BROTHER!!" cried Nanami and started to cry on to Luc's
shoulder. Jowi looked sadly at Ranma. Jillia and Pilika ran into the office only to see what was
happening. " We just heard. Jowi, i'm sorry." said Jillia. Pilika started crying also.
" Uncle Ranma!! Uncle Ranma!!" she cried. Jowi bent down and picked her up.
" Don't....don't worry about 'uncle Ranma'," said Jowi, trying not to get teary," he'll be
alright. He always makes it."

Pilika nodded and hugged Jowi around the neck and Jillia put her hand on Jowi's shoulder. He
looked at her and she smiled." You're right. We just have to have faith in him."
Wakaba silently left Futch's side and went and check Ranma's pulse. She gasped and everyone in
the room stared and Kinnison asked what was wrong.

" His....his...pulse!! Its getting weaker!!" she cried.
" WHAT!?!?!?" cried everyone in the room.

" C'mon Ranma!!!" cried Nanami.

IN RANMA'S DREAM......................................................

(NOTE: IF YOU PLAYED THE FIRST SUIKODEN, THEN YOU WILL KNOW WHO THE PEOPLE ARE, WHEN THEY COME UP)


" Hey. Where am I?" wondered Ranma. He was floating in a void of darkness. He didn't know
where he was going, or IF he was going somewhere.

Ranma looked scared for the first time. He started to shiver and curled up into a ball. He
suddenly looked up and saw a bright light. He was suddenly floating towards it then he started
to fly there. He was temporary blinded for a mintue and shield his eyes fromt he light and then
he looked up. He was standing in Greginmister. But it didn't look the way he saw it last time.
The rune shop was smaller, along with the armorer and item shop. They were both in different
buildings. He walked around in a ghostly figure, and he walked through a door of a house that
seemed very familier to him in some way. He walked through and saw no one was here as he flew
upward through the floors and looked around. He didn't see anybody or here anything. He was
about to leave when he heard a voice in the left corner of the floor.

" Where's daddy?" asked a young boy. Ranma didn't go through the door. It was like something
was holding him back. Then an older man's voice came in. Probably the sitter.
" He's at the palace young master."
" Why?"
" He's bringing home a surprise."
" Is it going to be big?"
" I think its going to be rather small. Smaller than you young master."
" Smaller than me? Then why did Phan and Cleo have to go with dad?"

'Phan and Cleo!? Why do those names sound so close to me!?' Thought Ranma wildly. Then he had a
feeling that he should just stay here and wait for the surprise, this boy's dad was bringing
home.
" Where's mom also?" asked the boy. The sitter laughed.
" She's the one who's actually is bringing home the surprise."
" Is that the reason mom's been eating a lot of strange food combinations and getting fat?"

The sitter laughed at this hysterically.
" Yes. Yes young master. That's why Phan and Cleo went with your father. Now just do something
for a while. Draw. I have to get dinner started before they come home. We're having a big
party." said the sitter as it sounded as he had his hand on the door knob.
" Why? It isn't anyone's birthday is it?" asked the boy.
" You'll see young master. You'll see." and the sitter opened the door and Ranma stared at him
opened mouth. He looked VERY VERY familier to him, but he couldn't make out a face, only a scar
on his right cheek that looked like an 'X'.



Twenty minutes later


Ranma was still felt that he was being held back, because he couldn't get into the little boy's
room, where the conversation had taken place.

The door from below opened and a voice yelled," YOUNG MASTER!!! YOUR FATHER IS HERE!!!"
The door burst opened and the young boy ran past Ranma. The boy was too fast and Ranma sweat
dropped as the dust settled back onto the floor after it had been whisked away.

Ranma jumped and fell through and landed on the first floor on the stairs. There were some
people standing there, and a woman sitting down.
" MOM!! DAD!!! CLEO!! PAHN!!" cried the young boy bounding down the stairs. He looked over and
saw several people's smiling faces.

" So!? Where's my surprise!?" cried an excited boy. The man and his wife looked at each other,
and the man said," Sure son. Here's your surprise." He parted away along with Cleo and Phan,
and the surprise was revealed as a baby boy. The young boy was in shock.

" Wow. He's so little." said the boy awed, he put his hand up to the baby and the baby looked at
him with his cute little face, smiled and grabbed his index finger. The boy laughed.

" He already likes me!!" cried the boy in happiness. Then when he tried to get his finger back,
the baby wouldn't let go. The boy started to yell.

" DAD!! MOM!!! SOMEBODY HELP ME GET THIS BABY TO LET GO OF MY FINGER!!!!" he screamed. Everyone
laughed and the mother gently took the baby's hand and her son's finger and gently tugged them
apart. The boy fell back onto his rear and was holding his finger. The baby just laughed cutely.
" HE TRIED TO PULL MY FINGER OFF!!" cried the boy. Everyone in the room laughed.
" Now now. Its just a baby. He doesn't know better." smiled Cleo.

" Anyway, what should we name him?" asked the wife.
" How about............." started the man, but then Ranma was suddenly pulled back and forward
into time. He got thrown into the living room, where Phan, Cleo, and the two adults were trying
to make the baby talk.

" C'mon. Say 'mama'"
" No, say' dada'
" say something!!"
" PHAN!!!"
" Sorry. When's lucnh?"
Everyone but the baby and the young boy playing on the other side of the living room, with a
ball, fell down.
" IS THERE A TIME WHEN YOU DON'T THINK OF FOOD!?"
" Ummm. No."
" Aghhhhhh."

" Aren't you going to try and get the baby to say your name young master?" asked the man with
a scar, getting up from the floor.
" Nah. Its the baby's own decison if he wants to talk now or whenever." shrugged the boy. He
stood up trying to get his cookies from the table. He put the ball on the table and still
couldn't reach for the cookies.

The baby then looked over at his older brother's antics, and then he started to get up and
walk towards his big brother. Phan, Cleo, and everyone in the room were shocked, except for
the boy trying to get his cookies and the baby walking towards him. When the baby got to him,
he tugged on the boy's pants and the boy looked down.

" What is it?" he asked.

" Buh...buh..big..buh..big buther. Big Brother!!" cried the young boy happily.
" HUH!!!" cried everyone in the room.
" Alright!!" cried the boy and he picked up the young boy and lifted him up onto his shoulders
and the yong boy grabbed the cookies and was set down.
" YAH!! Cookies!!" cried the young boy and both of them started to eat them all up. Everyone
was staring at their antics.

" Well, at least he learned to walk and talk already." grinned the man.
" Yes. But they didn't have to go and gobble all my cookies now!!" Cried the man with a scar.
All the adults walked over there, gave each of the young boys two more cookies and set the
cookies farther on the table. The older boy finished them up, and started to get his ball. The
younger one, looked at his two cookies and walked over to his brother and tugged on his pants.
The boy looked down and saw the kid holding one of his cookies for him.
" Huh? For me?"
" Yes."
" Thank you." replied the boy eating it happily. Then he held up a ball and they both sat down
and rolled the ball to each other.

Ranma was watching the scene play before him. He was wondering why the young kid looked a lot
like him when he was young, and who these people were, that seemed very familier to him.

" Why am I seeing this. This....and the other scenes before this one. Why am I seeing this?"
thought Ranma.



Suddenly he was lurched forward again and fell onto his face in a forest.
He looked up and saw the little boy looking for something. he looked to be about four years old.

" Now where did that stupid kite fly off to!?" he cried in frustration. He looked and saw
something stuck in a tree and yelled.
" Alright!! It didn't fly that far off from the gates!!" cried the boy and scambered up the
tree and got the kite and climbed down. When he climbed down, he started walking to where it
looks like the gates of Greginmister.
The boy happily thinking that this was easy when something was moving in the bushes. Ranma looked
around and saw a shadow crouched behind the bushes looking for its prey, or rather, already
found its prey.

Ranma tried to call out to the boy, but it was pointless.

The thing with lighting fast speed, caught up to the boy and before the boy could let out a
yell, the thing realed back and slashed the boy on the stomach, and the boy let out a defining
scream," AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!"

The thing got scared and ran off. Then Ranma looked at the kid and ran over. It was a sad sight.
The boy was gasping for breath, crying and his chest was bleeding badly. Ranma tried to take
off his scarf and cover it up, but he went right through him. Ranma started to cry also at the
life that he couldn't save.

Suddenly the bushes parted again and then it was revealed as the man with the scar and the boy's
older brother.

" AHHHH!!!!" cried the boy as he saw his little brother in that condition. The man with the
scar looked over at the little boy and took off his green cloak. He wrapped it around the litte
boy's bloodied body and tied it tightly, to stop the blood.

" We better get him to the house, young master. If we don't get a docter soon...."

"Alright." the young boy replied. He was about to follow when his eyes caught something nearby.
It was a kite. He walked over to it and picked it up. Then he made a mad dash over to the gates,
before the 'thing' got to him. They ran all the way to the house and burst through the door.
Phan and Cleo ran towards them and gasped as they saw the young boy bleeding in the man's arms.
The blood was already starting to get through the green cloak, not a lot, but barely. They ran
to a room and plopped him in the bed and wrapped his chest in bandages.


" What happened!?" cried Cleo.
" We don't know, just you and Phan better get over to the castle. I think there is a docter
called Luiken there.

" Alright!!" they cried and ran out the door. The man with a scar went to see if he could find
some extra bandages, and the young boy was watching the kid in bed, bleeding and breathing
heavily.

" Don't...don't worry." cried the boy. He grasped the kid's hand into his own and started to
cry. Ranma started crying also and when the boy was still crying, Ranma had tears streaming
down his cheeks. He walked up to the boy in bed and suddenly gasped!!! The rune on his hand was
reacting to something. Ranma looked around and suddenly saw a neon green light surround the
boy in bed and then the kid opened his eyes and weakly said," Brother? Where's my kite?". The
young boy stopped crying and then started to yell with happiness. He hugged his brother until
he was nearly choking him, and let go after that. The man with a scar came running in along with
Phan and Cleo, who had just brought in the docter.

" We got him." they panted. They were tired from running all the way. Then they stared at the
room and saw the young boy sitting up.

" Okay. What in the world happened?" asked Phan.
" I don't know. He just suddenly woke up." replied the young boy. He then got up and handed him
his kite. The kid yelled happily.
" Next time, you WILL take someone with you to get it." smiled the boy. The kid nodded.
"I think I better be going, it looks like I won't be needed smiled Luiken. Phan and Cleo sighed.
" We are sorry we literaly dragged you here." they apolgized. Luiken just waved good bye and
left, but before he did, the man with the scar suddenly turned and said, " Luiken!! I think he
might have twisted his ankle!!" Luiken came back and examined the ankle.
" It is twisted alright, here, i'll wrap it up and make sure he doesn't walk on that foot.
He'll need these crutches for about two weeks." Luiken replied and then left the house.

Later the father had walked in along with the mother carrying two gifts. The two young boys
looked at the gifts.

" Who are those for?" asked one of them. The parents both smiled.

" These are for the both of you." replied the mother. The father just looked around and was
wondering what had happened to this place.

" Okay. Why is our youngest son in bed, and everyone looked like he was almost dead?" asked the
father.

Everyone one in the room was quiet. The silence was broken by a voice in the bed.

" Dad? It was my fault. I know I wasn't suppose to go past the city gates, but my kite string
got snapped off, and I had to look for it. I just took a couple steps out of the gates, and
discovered that it was only a couple feet away from me and in a tree, so then I climed up the
hill and climbed up the tree. I must have fallen out of the tree when I grabbed the kite and then
twisted my ankle and lost concious." replied the boy. Everyone was looked at him now, he looked
so pale and weak for a while.

The father sighed.
" Well, at least you're okay. That's all that matters." replied the father.

" Still, who are the gifts for?" asked Phan. The mother replied," One is for our youngest son,
and the other is for the older one."

She opened both boxes and pulled out a handkerchief and called the oldest son over to her. He
came over and looked at her and she tied the handkerchief around the top of his head and smiled.
" Perfect." she replied. She then walked over to her son in bed and then pulled out a gold
ring-shaped headband.
Ranma gasped. As she was slipping the headband on, Ranma felt he was being pulled back again,
when he couldn't see the picture anymore, he touched the gold headband on his forehead.

" That....I....I know now, that, that is MY past. But why am I being shown this? and what
happened to my mother, Phan, Cleo, the man with the scar, and my big brother?" asked Ranma aloud.
A voice replied to him quietly around him, ' Your mother died. She had to carry you away from a
invasion from your original hometown, and when she got you to a safe place, she died from
exhaustion and an illness.'

" Okay, so what about the others!!" shouted Ranma.
' You shall find out about the other members, but your father's death you shall know later.'

" WHY ARE YOU SHOWING ME THIS!?" cried Ranma.
'To save you.'
" To save me?"
' Yes, a curse shall be upon you one day. I had to show you this in order for you to get the
antidote. The cure of the curse is in an old riddel, listen closely, so that you may save you
life: IN ORDER TO BREAK THE CURSE OF THY SELF, FIRST YOU MUST GATHER WHAT MUST BE DONE. FIRST
THE CLEAREST OF WATER SHALL HELP BREAK THE SPELL, FIND IT IN AN UNDERGROUND WELL. NEXT ON THE
LIST A PETTY FLOWER YOU MUST HAVE, IN THE HIGHEST OF LANDS IS WHAT IS IS KNOWN. THE LAST AND
FINAL PART, BLOOD OF A BROTHER, SO YOU MAY, BE CONNECTED FOREVER AND A DAY. BEFORE THE HOUR
OF THE FINAL OF THE FIVE DAYS GONE, YOU SHALL PERISH, UNLESS THREE ITEMS ABOVE ARE IN YOUR
POSSESION, THEN MIX THEM ALL UP AND DRINK IT DOWN, BEFORE THE FINAL STRIKE OF THE CLOCK SHALL BE
DONE."'.

After the voice said what was to be said, Ranma felt himself flying up and suddenly he had to
squint his eyes because of the light and suddenly woke up in Huan's medical room. He looked
around and saw everyone gone. Huan must have told them to leave, and he must have gone some
where else to help someone, Tuta must've gone with him. Ranma looked around and forced himself
out of bed and then quietly opened the door. He wanted some fresh air and since he couldn't go
outside of the castle, he wanted to go the the balcony near his room on the fifth floor. Ranma
walked tiredly through the castle until he made it to the eleveator went inside quietly and
went to the fifth floor. He walked past his room and to the stairs to the left, and then was on
the balcony. He felt better to be out of the room. He looked around in front of him and sighed.

'I hope that I can actually find my brother. Maybe when i'm well, I'll go and see Emiliea for a
book about curses and get some hints into where they are, just to be on the safe side.' thought
Ranma. He suddenly shivered, not again like last time, but he was just cold, since he walked bare
footed around the castle, and he scarf and gloves were removed from him eariler.

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