grip so that she couldn't defend herself. As expected, the totally confused Akane tried to scream, but it didn't help. She barely made a sound from the hand that was on her mouth.

"What do you want here?" Asked a very familiar voice sternly.

That voice ... "Ranma? Is that you?" She asked softly and in a very frightened tone when she had managed to turn her head a little so she could speak again. She felt the person twitch. Was it really he?Of course it had to be. After all, there weren't very many people who could hold Akane so easily. She stopped her thoughts when she felt the grip on her loosen.

"Akane?", Ranma whispered uncertainly and waited eagerly for an answer. Yes it was. That was Ranma's voice. Actually, she wanted to answer immediately to let him know that it was she who he was holding in the dark and so that he finally released her, but the feeling of being in his arms made her hesitate. His body radiated an incredible warmth and she could feel every single one of his muscles through her thin nightgown. He probably wasn't wearing very much. At these thoughts Akane blushed ... "Yes, it's me ..." she whispered.

Now Ranma was sure. He was clutching Akane. Wait a minute ... Akane? In his arms? As if at the push of a button, Ranma spread his arms and pushed Akane slightly away from him, after all she could strike again right away, as she usually did.This dissipated the lovely feeling Akane had in Ranma's arms. Did he have to let go of her? Couldn't he even do what she wanted him to do? But stop, ... did she want him to hold her, ... that he took her in his arms? ... Frightened by her own thoughts, she backed away a little and caught the light switch.

Akane's fawn eyes widened when she saw Ranma, clad only in his skimpy shorts. She fell silent. The sight of Ranma made her mouth so dry that she couldn't utter a single sound. Suddenly she remembered that he had held her very close to him. Now when she thought about it ... He was only wearing his shorts ...

Ranma winced. Akane must have spoken her last thought out loud. Both turned tomato red. Akane reflexively pressed the light switch again and turned off the light.

In order to avoid this embarrassing situation, Ranma turned around and wanted to disappear into his room with a bright red face, but Akane stopped him again briefly."Thanks again," she said softly, but he heard it. He stopped with his back to her. “For what?” She swallowed. "For putting me ... well ... to bed ..." it was little more than a whisper, but he heard it anyway. He held his breath, he didn't know what to say to her now. It was as quiet as a mouse, you could have heard the famous pin drop. "..You ... you are ... not because of that ... mad at me?" he asked hesitantly, but still had his back to her. Akane was now looking at the floor too. "N..No ..... Good night!" With these words, she quickly disappeared into her room. She leaned against the door from the inside and closed her eyes. Her heart was racing. She tried to force herself to calm down ..... after a good 5 minutes her heartbeat had slowly calmed down and she breathed in and out evenly ..... at least she could comfort herself with the fact that he was apparently just as embarrassed like you. A smile crossed her lips as she collapsed into bed and soon fell asleep ....


Ranma had just got into his bed when the door opened and his father came in. "Father? I thought you fell asleep downstairs ..." "You are still awake Ranma? .... Well, we kind of fell asleep, but suddenly the light went on and I woke up. Soun is still sleeping. And since you are awake, I assume that you were the one with the light. "Again Ranma blushed a little as he thought of the incident in the hallway. "Um ... yes, that was me ..."> ... more or less ... <"Oh, well then, good night, Ranma." "Yes, you too, father ..." With these words Ranma turned on her other side and closed her eyes. Before long, he fell into a dreamless sleep.



In the middle of the night Ranma was awakened by a soft voice. “Ranma, Ranma my darling, wake up.” Slowly and sleepily, he opened his eyes and looked closely into the face of a relatively young woman. But there was something strange about her. It didn't seem real somehow.And a strange glow of greenish light emanated from her .... Ranma knew the face, he knew it from somewhere, he was sure of that, but where from? “Ranma, honey, how are you?” Ranma no longer understood the world. > Oh man, I must be dreaming ... I've never had such a crazy dream. But it has to be a dream, it can't ... <"..Mama ???" The woman in front of him nodded. He looked to the side, even more confused than before. His father sat cross-legged on his mat and nodded with his eyes closed. Ranma looked at the woman again. "But ... that ... that can't be, oh man, this is really a crazy dream." "I really wish it was like this, my darling. I wish you would only dream, but it isn't Ranma. ”The woman lowered her head in a depressed voice. Ranma had meanwhile sat up and pinched her arm. "Au, damn it ... but that must be a dream, my mother is ... dead ..." He got quieter with every word so that the last words were little more than a whisper.He looked down sadly, the thought of his mother hurt ... the memory of her death .....



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The little boy with the black hair was jumping happily on his father's hand. It was a beautiful, sunny day and the birds happily sang their song. It was peaceful everywhere, but what the father with the child by the hand didn't know was that this apparent peacefulness was deceptive. "Dad, when will we finally be there? When will we be back home with mom?" "In a moment, my son, we'll be there in a minute." The boy laughed happily at his father and hopped on happily. > Forgive me, Nodoka. I know I promised you I would never come back, but I can't help it. I really want to see you again, hug you again ... and besides, Ranma has started to ask questions ... he wants to see you ...


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.... Ranma closed her eyes convulsively and shook her head, wanted to suppress these images, but it did not work. He saw the picture of his mother lying in the puddle of blood with empty eyes, her mouth still half open, her white apron dyed blood red ..... "No!" The woman carefully hugged him. “I'm so sorry, my darling, I never wanted to hurt you so, that's why I sent you away then.” Ranma looked up. "You knew this was going to happen?" Genma asked in surprise. The woman nodded, but didn't look at him. "Why didn't you tell me Nodoka? I could have helped you!" "No, Genma, you couldn't. Nobody could have helped me. YOU are too powerful. And I knew that YOU would come to get what They wanted." "How do you mean? And who are you? “The woman waved it off.” It's a long story and I don't have enough time to tell you everything. I'm here for a reason. You have to help me. "Ranma and Genma nodded." How? "Asked Ranma resolutely. And the woman began to tell ...." As I said, I sent you away with your father to protect you from YOU, Ranma. But about nine months later I had another child, a girl. "" But that would mean I still have a sister! "" Yes Ranma ... "She turned to Genma." ... you surely remember the night before you left ... "Genma nodded." Good, but now ... you I got it out of danger, Ranma, but what should I do with her? Believe me, I love you both, but YOU wanted not only me, but also all of my descendants, so I had to send you both away. After you left, I removed all traces of you so I could be sure that YOU would never find you.But it was more difficult with my daughter. I just didn't see any other option ... "A single tear rolled down her cheek, the memory of laying her daughter in the arms of a strange woman hurt." And where did you take her? "asked Genma with her eyes closed." To a place where YOU could never find her. I sent them to ... another dimension. That sounds totally crazy to you now, but unfortunately I'm not a completely normal woman, as you thought. I had the power and the means to bring them into a parallel world without anyone noticing. There she should live, safe and happy. In a new family. This was the only way I could save her from her fate ... "More and more tears now crept their way down the woman's cheek. Genma took his (former) wife gently in her arms, so that she slowly calmed down a bit and continued said. "But she can no longer stay there.The gates of space and time between the dimensions have to be closed again, otherwise there will be a catastrophe and one of the two worlds