Twister of Fate - 4: Rainbows

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Here we go again, I don’t own Ranma1/2. So beep off!

Especially all you evil people who try to flame, I’m an Aries. I like heat, and I will continue to annoy and persist in writing stories that will piss off! I LOVE YOU JERICHO!

1 Twister of Fate: part 4

Akane walked behind Aries as he made his way up the path. She sighed wondering how close Ranma was to her. She shifted her bag and frowned, it was getting heavier. Aries turned and held out his hand to her.

“Need help?” Aries asked as he took the bag from her. She handed him the bag, since he did offer. She frowned as he carried it like nothing. Everything was busy and changing around her. “I haven’t walked this far since I was training with Ranma.”

Aries frowned and then moved to her. “Do you need to rest again?” She nodded as they sat by the brook. Removing her shoes she but her feet in the brook. “Everything looks nice.” She murmured. Aries frowned and moved to her. “This is the world outside the front yard.”

Akane narrowed her eyes as Aries removed his shirt. “Okay how does fish found?” Akane narrowed her eyes. “Fine.” Aries had scars around his back and sides. “Did training cause the scars?”

Aries didn’t turn around or acknowledge her question. He continued grabbing the fish bare handed and frowning. “Akane, if you stabbed Ranma’s female self, the female part of him would die just leaving the male right?” Akane stared wide-eyed at the question. “Nani?”

Ukyo was cooking some rice and fish as Ryoga was chopping the wood. “It’s so nice out here almost too nice.”

Ryoga looked up from the wood and nodded. “Yah, like the calm before a storm.”

Akane stood up and grabbed his wrist. “What do you mean!?”

Aries looked sadly into her eyes. “That’s the sad truth of the curse, Akane.” She looked at him in shock. “The only way he could become a true man is too...No I wont allow it I love him the way he is!” Aries watched her turn and run. He sighed and sat down. He knew every inch of the path even the paths outside. Where ever she went he could find her.

Akane ran up the path. He scared her how did he know about the curse and how to cure it did he fall in like Ranma. Then she stopped, those scares weren’t random they where actually in a pattern. Did he cure himself and then now is offering to cure Ranma as a way of a present for her. She shook her head and sat down on a rock. Covering her ears with her hand she screamed a loud ear-tearing scream that echoed through the silence like a gun in a playroom.

Ranma looked from his training, Mousse put down his weapons and to got a pained expression on his face. That scream was caused from agony that scream sounded familiar. Ranma eyes widened as he broke into a sprint. “AKANE!”

Aries put his hand on her shoulder. “Don’t think of what I said anymore. I’m sorry it was cold of me to bring that up when you still love him.”

Akane sat their eyes closed tears running down like endless falls. She began to sniff as she stopped yelling. She looked at him as he offered her his hand. “Come on back to camp, we have a long way to go.” He smiled at her and helped her up. Hugging her to him he closed his eyes. “Go on and cry Akane. You may never get a chance to cry for him again.”

The dirt path around them silent, as the endless growth of trees that seemed to reach the high sun. Covering them in shadows and streams of low light. The dim world around them echoed back in cold wind that picked up the dirt around them. Brushing their ankles and bodies. He remained like that till her hands clenched his shirt in fists. He opened his eyes and pressed his cold check on the top of her head. Letting the hairbrush against the skin. He held her tighter as the wind around them got more violent and the sound of chains being thrown caused him to wake.

Ukyo looked at the sky and frowned. “I always hated mid day.” Ryoga looked up from his plate of food, He gave her questioning look that begged her to continue.

“During this time its always so hot and sticky. Like well sex.” Ryoga chocked on his food and looked at her. “What?”

She smiled. “I don’t like sex, I’ve seen people go at it jumping from roof top to roof top. They’re all sticky from the sweat and their skin looks like it’s boiling off. The female always looks in so much pain.”

Ryoga just looked at his plate. "I wouldn’t know I’ve never seen people go at it. Fact is I don’t even know how it works.” Ukyo laughed at this and broke into a large grin. As she went back to eating, Ryoga smiled back and went back to eating his food.

Aries grabbed Akane and jumped away from the chains. She held on tightly to him, confusion clouding her brain. Mousse stood there his glasses on and the chains ready to fly again. Aries put Akane down on to the dirt. She sat there silent and eyes closed. She knew what was going on. Ranma looked at Aries and then at Mousse. “Distract him while I go get Akane.”

Aries smirked as he saw Ranma. Mousse pulled on the chains and Aries felt himself fly back. His cockiness had gotten the better of him. He didn’t notice the chains in bed themselves in to the dirt. He had been to busy getting Akane away from the fight. Mouse let out another pair of chains Aries dogged. Grapping one chain he pulled on it with all his strength, Mousse was unprepared for this as he slammed forward.

Ranma reached Akane and grabbed her. Seeing Mousse fall he yelled. “Mousse I got her we need to retreat!” Mousse nodded and released the chain.

Aries frowned he knew where they were headed. Then he smirked, he knew how to get there before them.

Ranma looked at Akane as she held on tightly to him. Arms wrapped around his shoulders. Mousse couldn’t get the strange feeling of dread out of his system. Fallowing behind he frowned something bad was approaching. Ranma could feel prickling sensations of fear in his body, that was too easy. Something was up.

Akane looked at Ranma as he jumped to the floor and put her down. He smiled at her and kissed her forehead. She held him tightly to her and smiled, snuggling closer to him. The words continued to sting her except one sentence he said that had her holding him tighter to her. “That’s the sad truth of the curse Akane.” Closing her eyes she pulled him to her and smiled. “I love you.” He kissed her back and murmured against her lips. “I love you too.”

Mousse looked at the couple and frowned, Aries held her the same way. In the darkening trees he stared watching the two hug, knowing that Mousse was figuring it out. That made Mousse very dangerous to his plans, too dangerous. Jumping to the ground he raced to camp. They wouldn’t leave until the morning.

Grinning he ran he knew where they were going. That was the sad part of the truth. The truth of the curse his smile vanished replaced by a cool glare like a snow without a coat.

Ranma held her to him as he led her in to his tent. Mousse shook his head and pulled out his earplugs. This was another one of those nights but his tent was next to theirs. Sighing he began to fall asleep.

Ranma removed her shirt and smiled as she began to undo his buttons.

Aries stood on the tree again holding his bag to him as the wind picked up. His green eyes changing blue in the starlight, mockingly he laughed.