Twister of Fate - 5: Midday

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This is part 5 of Twister of Fate. I don’t own Ranma ½.

Akane looked at the tent as she woke up. Ranma was asleep his arms wrapped around her head resting on the curve of his neck. He was murmuring in his sleep, she smiled as she ran her finger lightly against his check. Her hand froze as his face changed in to Aries. “It’s the sad truth of the curse Akane.”

Akane sat up and looked at Aries they where in the dojo. He was lying on the floor looking at her. His left eye green his right eye blue staring intently at her. “What?”

She asked wide-eyed as he smiled, his hair in a ponytail. “Mousse knows the truth, he was there.” She looked at him now with narrowed eyes. “What truth! What is going on!”

Aries rolled on his side looking at her. “In the end it doesn’t even matter you know. Pride fuels but love does.” He smiled at her. “ If I offered him the cure in exchange for you he’d take it.” She glared at him as he continued. “I mean after all to be whole again, he’d come after me and challenge me to a fight to get you back,but..well..”

Akane drew her hand back and slapped him hard in the face. He just began to laugh. ============================================

Akane opened her eyes Ranma was holding her close to him staring at her and smiling.

“Hey, I was wondering when you’d wake up.” He asked running his hand across her shoulders. She smiled and tilted her head slightly. Looking in to his blue eyes he wondered if what Aries said was true would he give her to him so he could get the cure. Only the cure was a dagger to the heart or maybe not. She frowned, what was going on.

Ranma noticed the change in her behavior and smiled sadly. Pressing her body to his he began to kiss her forehead. Moving his hands up and down her back. Last night he just held her to him no intimacy just holding her. Now looking at her confused and cloudy face he knew they both needed it.

Leaning in he began to kiss her lips softly, focusing on her lower lip as he began to bite her gently. She wrapped her arms around his neck and began to kiss back. Moving her mouth slightly to focus her attention to his upper lip. She ran her tongue along his lip before biting him gently. Opening her eyes she looked at his face. The closed eyes and slightly blushing cheeks. She ran on hand over the base of his neck. Feeling him stiffen at her touch. She looked at him as he let her go. She smiled as he placed her under him. She ran her fingers across his face, his lips, and his neck. She pinched his nipple and smiled as he winced. He kissed her shoulder blade and smirked as he began to kiss her neck. Bringing one leg up she looked at the roof of the tent. “I love you, oh god I love you.” She heard him whisper as he pulled her closer to him still kissing her neck. She moaned and watched as the shadows above the tent changed. Her eyes became unfocused as she watched the tent shadow become darker. Ranma nuzzled his cheek against her collarbone, she was here again, and not some fantasy nor dream. Smiling he put his fingers with hers. Holding her hand he looked at her closed eyes and smiling lips, he kissed her chin and smiled.

She opened her eyes and brought her other leg up trapping him there. He shifted his body and moved in slowly, growling low in his throat as he began his entry. He could feel her tighten around him, opening for him. He moved his hips back and kissed her forehead as he pushed all the way in, she whimpered. He looked at her and just began to move in her, he kept holding her hands as he moved. His eyes locked with hers, watching her. Trying to memorize her every detail. He felt her move with him her eyes closed and mouth slightly open. He moved slowly in her before picking up speed. Watching her arch her body against him and moan. She ran her fingers along his back.

“Did you get those scars by training?” Hadn’t she asked him that? He never answered her question. Aries had changed the subject and then.... Her eyes widened and she looked at the dark tent. Did he really change the subject or was that the answer.

Ranma looked at her as he felt her tense. “Akane?” he asked unable to focus his thoughts she had moved and the heat tightened he began to move in deeper harder. Akane wrapped her legs around his hips and arched.

“Ask Mousse he was there.” There for what? Grinding her hips against him she began to notice the whole tent becoming black.

Mousse was standing by the tent he saw the shadow and frowned. “ Come on out.” He hissed as he stared at the shadow.

Akane remained calm moving towards the light. There was another second that passed except here it seemed like eternity. She frowned as she moved to the second stone; there was something really wrong. Ranma looked at her and frowned as she moved away from him. “I promised to stop it from happening didn’t I?”

She nodded and covered her chest with a book. Her mouth moved but no sound came out. “ The past will be saved for us but first I must remove you to safety. But I can’t let go.” Akane moved over to him and dropped the book holding him tightly to her. On her back was a whole about 3 inches wide and 1 inch thick. The hole showed Ranmas shirt.

Mousse held his head and fell backwards on the floor. He noticed the man smiling at him. “Stay out of my way Mousse you know what is happening.”

Shampoo looked at her great grandmother as she moved to stand by the dojo. Holding a spear in her hand. “If only way to cure husband I do.” Cologne smiled and nodded. It was time for the cure to begin the only true cure to be whole again. “Shampoo does your neck still hurt? “ Shampoo shook her head on her neck was a thin line like knife wound to her jugular.

Ryoga looked at Ukyo as the wind began to pick up. “Seems like a storm of some kind is moving in.” Ukyo nodded and began to help pitch the tent up. “We’ll remain here for a little while just until the storms goes.” Ukyo nodded as Ryoga began to help her. “It’s safer if we both remain in the same tent.” Ryoga nodded at he reasoning.

Aries stood in the shadow and smiled. “Come here Mousse.” Mousse moved over to him sadness in his eyes. “You know what I want you to do, cloud his mind like you did Souns and bring Akane here.”

“I can’t do that what will Ranma think?”

“Just make him believe that I have her that he never got her back. Take him back to the dojo. The cure is waiting for him. “

“Once he has it I can release his mind and tell him the truth?”

“No change it so he believes she’s camping with some friends.”

Mousse nodded guilt eating away at him but he had seen what would happen, the outcome. So he made a deal with the devil himself to stop it.

“I’m not he devil.” Aries whispered and disappeared to await the change.

Akane looked at sleeping Ranma and looked as Mousse opened the tent flap. “Akane we need to talk.” Was all Mousse said as she nodded and got out of the tent. Ranma rolled over to her side and let a meow of sorts. “Mousse what’s happening?”

Mousse hit her over the head with his hand. Lifting her up he carried her to the trees. Ranma remained asleep dreaming of the events and the happiness of her warmth.

Aries took Akane from Mousse and smiled. “Now hurry before it gets too late.”

“It already is to late.”

Ranma stood there in just his pants and shoes. “How dare you turn on me Mousse!”

Akane looked at the glass timer the sand running through it as if in slow motion.

Opening the book she sighed and began to read from the highlighted passage.

“AS I LAY ME DOWN TO SLEEP I PRAY THE LORD MY SOUL TO KEEP”

Mousse looked at him and silence. “it’s not what you think.”

Ranma looked at Aries his battle aura growing to almost covering them all. “How dare you touch her! HOW DARE YOU TOUCH WHAT IS MINE!”

“FOR IF I DIE BEFORE I WAKE I PRAY THE LORD MY SOUL TO TAKE”