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Ronny Hedin <thark@hem2.passagen.se>Comments (any and all) to "thark@hem2.passagen.se"; find my other crapat "http://nabiki.newberry.edu/thark/fanfic/". As you'll soon find out,this starts shortly after the end of volume 38.Some of the characters and concepts used below were created byTakahashi Rumiko, others by Howard Phillips Lovecraft and variousauthors (most notably Clark Ashton Smith). To these people, my eternalgratitude, and I sincerely apologize for using said characters andconcepts without permission.Big thanks to my prereaders, Gary Kleppe and Cyber-com Ash, and to allothers who've already commented on this.Enough ranting; here's...Shadows on the WallA Ranma 1/2 fanfic, by Ronny Hedin (thark@hem2.passagen.se)Now that I know that the right time has comeMy prediction will surely be trueThe impending disaster it loomsAnd the whole of the village is doomedWhy won't you listen to meIs it so hard to understandDave Murray & Steve Harris - The ProphecyI still don't know if I really should be writing this. You'll probablythink I'm crazy. Heck, I think so myself half the time. My wife insists,though, and I guess she knows best.Back when all this shit was happening, I didn't think I was ever gonnabe writing anything. If anyone told to jot down two paragraphs in a row,I'd laugh in their face. But then, I'd probably do that if someone toldme to *read* two paragraphs in a row, too. I wish that hadn't changed.Still, I'm no good at this. Thank god for the machine; nobody couldread my handwriting even before I started shaking.But I guess I better get on with the story. I don't know when itreally started, so I'll begin when I first started noticing somethingwas wrong.Back then, I still had four girls fighting over me. Yeah, I know whatyou think; god how I wish *that* was the least believable part of thestory. Anyway, at the time, my fiancee and I were still arguing all thetime. I guess the others were fiancees too, but I never thought of themlike that. Only Akane. We were both just beginning to figure out how wefelt, though we had already almost been married.I'll start on the day after that. You see, two of the other girls,Ukyou and Shampoo (don't ask) had attacked the wedding. I figured they'dbe upset, sure, but not that crazy. Hurt us both pretty bad. All in all,a pretty bad day, even for me. Well, then.Anyway, I'm sorry I'm drifting off. I'm no storyteller and my mind
 
ain't what it was. The next morning, I managed to tell Akane I was sorrywithout getting my head pounded in, and we walked off to school hand-in-hand for what I think was the first time. I still remember how happythat made me.We'd come about halfway when I saw the girls approaching. Didn't thinkmuch of it, except I was surprised they'd apologize so soon. Well, allfor the better - I still don't like making enemies, so I'd forgive them.So I was about to greet them when I noticed both girls still had thatmad gleam in their eyes. Stunned me for a while. Too long. Akane hadn'tnoticed anything wrong - she was busy being generally mad at them. Itried to pull her close, but Ukyou had already thrown one of her flourbombs.Sounds corny, right? It ain't. When the smoke cleared, the first thingI saw was Akane lying there on the ground, lights out. I got plenty ofbruises myself, but how could I care about that when I could be nearlosing her for the third time in a week?So I scooped her up and ran off towards doctor Tofuu's clinic.Luckily, I was faster than the girls. I could hear Shampoo shoutingbehind me, "Die Ranma!" with that Chinese accent she still had - Ireally got running after that; something was seriously fucked up.It took a while to shake them off, with mini-spatulas flying by myears and all, but by the time I got to the doctor's, it was just me andmy fiancee. Looking back, they should've figured out where I went prettyquickly, but at the time, I didn't wanna look a gift horse in the mouth.I wonder how the bastard did that...Well, the doc let me in quick enough, and of course, he looked prettyshocked."What happened, Ranma?" he asked when we'd gotten her down on a bed.He'd already started checking on her."Ukyou got her with one of her flour bombs," I told him. I saw a cuton my arm, and I put a hand there to stop the bleeding, so the docwouldn't see. I didn't wanna bother him when Akane could be badly hurt.He looked about as surprised as I had. "Ukyou?" he asked.I nodded. Hey, what was there to do? "She and Shampoo looked plentymad. The old ghoul musta' drugged them or sumthin'," I said, shaking myhead. I couldn't wait to get my hands on the dried-up mummy.Right, old ghoul, that's Shampoo's granny. Cologne. Real nasty amazonbitch, though she had her moments.That was when the doc widened his eyes and got this really worriedlook. I almost had a heart attack. Couldn't stop myself from shaking himby his shoulders. "Whatsa' matter, doc? Tell me she ain't gonna die!" Idon't know what I'd do. Probably cut my neck with the nearest scalpel.Luckily, the doc shook his head, and I let him down to work on Akaneagain. "The injuries aren't so bad," he said calmly. Woulda' relieved memore if I hadn't seen that look, so I stared at him as good as I could.
 
"Doc, what's wrong?"He looked up and put a hand on my shoulder. "She's ill." That had meshaking real bad. I imagined all the nasty shit I'd ever heard of. Idunno if any of it was as bad as what the doc said next, though.He looked into my eyes, and said, with a totally calm voice, "It's thesame disease that killed her mother." Good thing he didn't act upset orso. Now I just sorta sank into a chair. All my energy just ... left. Ikept looking at the doc, begging him for something to give hope."She might live, Ranma," he said soothingly. Might. I'm not sure Ireally heard him. Felt like he was miles away. I know I head tears in myeyes but I'm not sure if I was crying or not. "It will take at least afew weeks though. She'll have to stay here. I'll do what I can, but Ican't promise anything."I nodded, so I guess I must've heard him. Doctor Tofuu's the best doc,I told myself. He'll save her. I looked up at him. "Can I stay here?"The doc looked like he was thinking before he answered. "Yes, Ranma."I guess he kept saying my name to calm me down. "I think you should.Your presence will give her strength.""Thanks, doc. I guess I'd better call the Tendous." That's her family.Me and pop were staying with them. They'd take it about as well as Idid."I'll bring you a mattress," the doc said, though we both knew Iwouldn't be needing it. "Things will be much better if you stay."Right, things. You trust the doc, right? He knows what's best foreveryone. Besides, I was the one that brought it up. You wouldn'tbelieve how much I hate myself today, though that's just one of thereasons. Why do I have to be so fucking blind?It seemed like a pretty big coincidence that she turned ill at aroundthe same time she'd been injured. At the time I was thanking my luckystars the doc'd found it out so quick. Heck, if I didn't need to staywith Akane, I'd go out and thank Ukyou for attacking us. Now ... I stillhaven't figured out how he did it.Anyway, the Tendous came pretty quick. As soon as they had the old manunder control, I'd wager. He was a real crybaby, old Souun. Still is,for that matter. Luckily, Kasumi stayed home; Nabiki'd told her sheneeded to be home in case somebody came. Thank god for that girl's sharphead; I wish she was still around, even if I'd never afford the Dojo.She'd be able to deal with this shit a lot better than me.Well, enough self-pity; after all, I'm supposed to be some big, machoguy. As I'd thought, Souun kept crying about his poor girl. Couldn'tblame him, except half of the time, he was gonna rip my head off forletting her get hurt. Pop, he wasn't much better. Went on and on abouthow a real man would have stopped those crazy chicks.After a while, I couldn't stand it, family or no. "Shut the hell upyou fucking morons!" Oh, that got'em quiet alright. I think I saw Nabsapplauding. I did my best to glare at them, not that it helped much. Pop
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