Time for Reckoning By: Kyo Phoenix Ranma, Dr. Tofu, and Ukyo looked at the vague figure that emerged from the window. The figure spoke again: "YOU! Now I can finished what I started, Saotome!" Realizing that Ranma was in no condition to fight again, Dr. Tofu intervened. "Ryouga, he is not the enemy....Your love, Akane is!" "What are you talking about, Doc?", Ryouga asked, with interest. He stood by the doorway and let Ranma tell him EVERYTHING that happened. He soaked it all in, but his facial expression still didn't change: "Why should I believe you, Saotome?" "We're in a freaking hospital, you jack-ass! Why would we lie?", Ukyo added. "Well....I guess you got a point.", Ryouga finally agreed, "But I still love Akane, and nothing's gonna change that!" Then he realized something was wrong with the picture set before him: "Hey didn't Shampoo bring you two here?" They both nodded. "Then where is she?", he continued. "She's gone after Akane....you've got to stop her!" Ranma said. Ryouga didn't like that answer. "Why me?", he asked. "Well, Ranma would do it, but a certain jack-ass put my fiancée in a hospital bed!", Ukyo cooed with anger in her voice. "Oh yeah!.....sorry about that, Ranma.", Ryouga apologized, but Ranma ignored it: "Nevermind that, you have to stop Shampoo or Akane's dead!" With that said, Ryouga rushed out of the window as quickly as he came. Dr. Tofu just got a bad thought: "Ya know Akane's doomed, right?"."How do you know that, Doc? We just sent Ryouga after Shampoo..." Ranma asked. "That's the point!", Dr. Tofu replied, "Everyone knows that he has trouble getting out of his own backyard, let alone looking for a Amazon girl!" Both Ukyo and Ranma had dumbfounded looks on their faces...but Ranma had faith...maybe once, just once.... he'd come through. As soon as he jumped from the window, Ryouga looked around, and realizing that he had idea where to begin his search, he decided to go back to Ucchan's. Suprisingly enough, he knew where it was, and it only took him 15 minutes to get there. When he arrived, the place was in shambles, just like he left it, but there was no sign of Shampoo or Akane. He went upstairs to Ukyo's sleeping quarters... sign of them, but he did find some stained sheets: "Ranma, you sly-dog", Ryouga thought to himself, "He must've fucked her brains out...she didn't even feel like changing the sheets!" He concluded that neither of them was here, so he tried the next logical place...The Tendo Dojo. Again, it took him minimal time to get there. He knocked on the gate to announce his presence. Kasumi, as usual, answered the door. "Well hello, Ryouga!", she greeted him. As soon as his named rolled off of her lips, everyone came to the front door. Both Soun and Genma got in their battle stances as if poised to attack Ryouga, Nabiki came with comic book in hand, and even Happosai came in from the back door, complete with his underwear knapsack. Kasumi, without showing any signs of anger, simply asked Ryouga the burning question: "Ryouga, why are you here?" In between catching his breath, he managed to answer her: "Where....is....Akane?" "You have some nerve, son," Soun butted in, "to show your face around here, after what you and my good-for-a-horse-daughter have done!" As usual, Genma had to add his two cents: "For shame!" Despite the threats, Ryouga continued: "Shampoo is planning on killing her, that's why I have to get to her first!" "Who told you that?", Nabiki asked, showing no concern what-so-ever. "Ranma..." Ryouga started, but was interrupted by Nabiki: "Ranma...you heard from Ranma? Where is he?" Ryouga, finally finished catching his breath, answered: "He's in the hospital." Suddenly, with the exception of Kasumi, everyone's facial expression changed. Genma was the first to speak: "How did my ingrate son get in the hospital?" He answered with shame in his voice: "I....I put him there....but I was under the influence of Akane..." Genma and Soun reverted back to their fighting stances. Somehow, Ryouga convinced everyone to listen to what he had to say. He told them what went on at Uccahn's. Now everyone believes that Akane is the root of the evil that has occurred recently, and with the help of Ryouga Hibiki, the entire Tendo household is on the search for Akane.....before Shampoo gets to her. They went around town, looking for Akane, asking everyone that they knew. Nabiki went to the Kuno mansion, Soun and Genma went to the Nekohanten in hopes of finding Shampoo before she found Akane, and Happosai went to the girls' locker room at Furinkan High School. He says that he's going to look for her, but they know better. Ryouga went all around the city asking all of the local fighters that he knows, and Kasumi stayed at the Dojo in case she decided to come home. They searched for nearly 4 hours, then they reported back to the Dojo, one-by-one, all with the same news....no luck. None of them had a clue as to where to look next, but suddenly Genma made a suggestion: "Let's go see Ranma everyone!" "Not a bad idea, Saotome", Soun agreed. Ryouga, however, declined and continued on his search for Akane. Everyone else went to the hospital, but this time Happosai stayed home to 'admire' his collection from his earlier. "Hey Gramps", Nabiki began, "Where did you get those from? I thought you were looking for Akane?" He answered innocently: "I was...but I figured that it would much more interesting to look for these, HA HA HA!!!" Everyone had a disgusted look on their face, but it didn't last long, as for they all left him to his collection. As they neared the hospital, Genma noticed that it colder and colder as they got closer and closer. He ignored it, but in the long run, he shouldn't have. When they finally arrived, all of the lights were out, so they figured that they were closed so their patients can get some rest, but Nabiki realized that it was only 8:17pm, and visiting hours ends at 10:30pm, so something was wrong...dreadfully wrong. They searched all over the place for Ranma and Ukyo's room. They came to a room on the 3rd floor, and it was the only room with a light, so they went in...but they were not prepared for the horror that beset them. The room was in shambles, Ranma was sitting up in the far corner in a pile of blood, but his resistant will has kept him alive, Dr. Tofu appears to be dead, and Ukyo is missing. Kasumi almost has a heart attack when she looks at Ranma, then her beloved Dr. Tofu. But to her suprise, he spoke to her: "Akane.....her eyes.........", then he passes out. Nabiki goes to the side of Ranma and checks his pulse. "He's got a pulse, but it's fading fast...he may not last the night...", and she sheds tears. Kasumi goes to everyone and tries to report what Dr. Tofu told her. "Akane is not Akane!" However, Kasumi didn't say that. Everyone turned to the window to a small figure. "We have to act quickly, or it will be the end for all!", the figure spoke again. She emerged from the shadows to be none other than Cologne. She carried a small box with her, and immediately walked over to Ranma and opened it. Inside was a genki-ni-naru pill, and she wasted no time in giving it to him. She forced it into his mouth, and almost instantly he revive. Although he was dizzy, he did recognize the people around him. "We have got to save Ukyo & Akane!" Everyone had puzzled looks, so he decided to tell them what had transpired, but at that moment, a busty Shampoo ran in with nothing more than a nightgown on. "Ranma, you ok?", she asked with concern. "Yes, Shampoo, I'm ok.", he answered, "Now everyone, pay close attention....." -FLASH BACK BEGIN- "Ranma-honey, do you think we can count on Ryouga", Ukyo asked her fiancée. He replied shamefully: "We have no choice...we gotta believe in him." Ranma turned to face her and he could tell that she was getting horny, and he was, too, but there was nothing that either of them can do in their position. "I'll tell ya what, Ucchan," he began, "After we get some rest, I'll make ya feel real good." She liked that idea, so she immediately went to sleep. Ranma, however, had a hard time getting to sleep. All he can think about is what has happened to him within the last week. "What the hell is going on?", he thinks to himself. While pondering, he dozes off, but is soon interrupted by a loud scream coming from down the hall. He quickly sat up in his bed, but he didn't get a chance to do anything else, for suddenly the room goes completely black. Ranma decided to investigate, so he hopped out of his bed and limped do the hallway, only to find that it was out of lights, too. As he returned to his room, he hears a voice: "So...you think that you're gonna marry Ukyo, huh?" Ranma quickly turned around, immediately he was hit with a gigantic force of energy that sent him flying into the far corner, and literally shattered the room. Before he passed out, Ranma did get a nice long look at his attacker...it was Akane...but something was different about her. She was wearing a tight black leather skirt, a see-through top, and her eyes were pure white...so white that there were no pupils. It was as if someone was controlling her. "Poor Ranma...all you had to do was fuck me like I asked", Akane continued, "and none of this would've happened, but just had to be stubborn!" Dr. Tofu came rushing in from a patient's room downstairs due to the blast. "What the hell is......Akane? Is that you?" He was flabbergasted due to her 'whorish' look. "What do you think, Dr. Tofu?", she asked, softly and sexually. However, he didn't get a chance to finish, as she slapped him so hard that his knees buckled, and he passed out . "Yeah, Dr. Tofu, like I really give a damn what you think!", she said coldly. Unbelievably, Ukyo was still asleep, but Akane intended to make her stay that way, for he she had something in store for her: "You little bitch...you're the cause of this...YOU WILL PAY!" She grabbed her, and just as fast as she appeared, she disappeared. Ranma looked in amazement: "Ukyo....my love....." He joined Dr. Tofu in the passed-out zone. -FLASH BACK END- "...and that's all that I remember," Ranma concluded. "It is possible that Akane could be controlled, but who would do it?" Cologne pondered. "That's not important, you ghoul!", Ranma said, "We have to get her and Ukyo, now!" "I'll take Dr. Tofu back to the Dojo and nurse him there." , Kasumi stated. Everyone agreed, and they departed from the room. The search party now consisted of a Ranma at full health, Cologne, Shampoo, Soun, Genma, & Nabiki. As they ran outside of the hospital, Ranma realized that he had absolutely no idea where they were going, so they formed a huddle and thought up some places where to go. After a little mumbling, Nabiki suggested that they go to the Kuno Mansion. "Why there?", Ranma asked. "Why not, Ranma?", she cooed. Having no time to argue, he decided to go along with it, and off to the Kuno Mansion they went. "Yes!", Nabiki thought to herself, "Now I can extort some money from Kuno since I am kinda broke." No one ever realized how far away the Mansion was, maybe that would explain why Kuno is always late. After nearly 2 hours of constant walking, they finally reach what appears to be the mansion. They are immediately greeted with a black rose, signaling the presence of Kodachi, but apparently she must've not seen Ranma. She was attacking the party with ribbons and more roses until Ranma finally spoke: "Kodachi, it's me, Ranma!" She almost instantly ceased the attack, and came to greet him. "Hi, Ranma-darling!" she said. She walked up to him, and suprisingly enough, she kissed him on the cheek, as if no one else was there, but even more suprising is that she slapped him right afterwards. "How dare you show yourself here after what you did at the flower shop? Insolent fool!", she scolded. Even at full strength, it still hurt, and Ranma fell to the ground with a thud, but of course he got up. She resumed her attack, only to be thwarted by Nabiki's inopportune question: "Where's Kuno-chan?" Everyone stopped their fighting and turned to her. Realizing that she wasn't gonna win, Kodachi led them up to his sleeping quarters. Kuno was having a dream of his beloved Akane and the pig-tailed girl. Ranma almost barfed when he saw his female-side hanging on his wall...in a picture he's pretty sure he didn't pose for. Kodachi woke him them the only way she knows how...she threw a brick on him. "Brother dear, you have visitors." When he awoke, he saw Ranma first, and he immediately went for his wooden sword...until he saw Nabiki. "Ranma...Nabiki...what are you doing here?" "Ranma, may I handle this, please?", Nabiki asked Ranma. Although he was hesitant, he allowed her to handle it, so everyone left them alone, leaving her and Kuno alone. As soon as the door closed, Nabiki wasted no time...she mounted Kuno, and held the collar of his of his pajamas to immobilize him. "You know the drill, Kuno!", she said. "Right now, mistress Nabiki?", he answered as if frightened. She nodded, and they positioned themselves. Nabiki pulled down her pants and laid on his bed with her legs spread open while Kuno prepared himself. He got on his knees, and began to eat her out. Judging by her facial expression, Kuno could tell that she was not enjoying this not one bit, even after he trained so hard to please her. Despite that, he kept going, he managed to make her cum once. She was very disappointed: "Ranma is a LOT better than you, Kuno!", she scolded, "If you ever want to be as good and him, you're gonna have to make me cum AT LEAST 3 times, so try harder, now gimme my 4,500 yen!" Kuno had no choice but to as his 'mistress' beckoned. "Oh, and by the way, have you seen Akane or Ukyo anytime today?", she asked. As he gave Nabiki her extortion, he answered her: "I seen Akane head towards the school earlier." "Next lesson is Tuesday at 4pm...be ready!", she told him as she left his room. "Why do I pay her for me to eat her out...it doesn't even taste that good!", Kuno thought to himself. Soon he was back in dreamworld. Meanwhile, Ranma was busy dodging Kodachi's black roses while everyone else was sitting down waiting on Nabiki. She emerged at the top of the stairs, refitting her pants, and started to speak: "He said that she headed to the school earlier?" "It took you that long to get that out of him?", he asked while nearly getting blasted with Kodachi's rocket launcher. "I had to persuade him to talk", she replied while winking at him. "We go High School, now?", Shampoo asked impatiently. "Yep, let's go," Ranma concluded while escaping a mean left hook. As everyone was leaving, Ranma lagged behind for a minute. He approached Kodachi, who was looking for something to blast Ranma with. he grabbed her, and gave her a kiss: "Bye, Kodachi!", he said as he left. She didn't know how to react to it. She dropped her gun, and ran after him, calling his name: "Ranma sweetums! Come back to me!" As they were running towards the school, Nabiki noticed that Kodachi was following them: "I thought she was mad at you, Ranma?" "I also had to do some persuading, Nabiki!", he answered her shyly, and this time he winked at her. "I taught you well, Saotome", she replied. As the group neared the school, Ranma and Nabiki was the first to notice that the school didn't look right, but they ventured inside anyway. When they got to the gate, a familiar voice spoke to them: "Ah, Ranma, you've finally made it, and I see that you've brought company...the more to entertain me!" Soun recognized the voice as his beloved youngest daughter, Akane. "We're here to save you, Akane!", he responded. "But dad, it's not me who needs to be saved...it's all of you!" With that said, the whole group was whisked away to another dimension. The only thing that was here, however, was the school. When everyone came to, Ranma heard a voice cry for help: "Ranma-honey, HELP!!!" He responded to the familiar voice: "I'm coming, Ukyo!" "If you think that you can find me, then c'mon in, fools! Ha Ha Ha!" Shampoo finally lost all of her patience: "Akane, I get you for what you do to Shampoo!" "Let's go, everyone!", Cologne motions everyone to go inside... To Be Continued...