"Here Akane this is for you."
How he wished he could have taken that back. If he had not given it to her none of this would be happening. All of them would be home and safe. However safe the Tendo Dojo was. He screamed and shouted not to give it to her but he did it anyway.
"Wat'cha got their P-Chan" Ranma said as he took the object out of my hands.
Yes take it away. Keep it from Akane.
"Ranma give that back its for Akane."
No don't give it back.
"Feh, It's just some rock." Ranma said as he tossed the stone cube aside.
"Ranma You jerk!" I heard myself say as I charged it combat. No don't get the stone and take it far away from here. Far away from Akane. But I did not listen. As I gave pursuit of Ranma through the Tendo Home.
"Ranma no BAKA!" Akane cried as she picked up the stone an gave chase.
No leave it and flee I yelled to her. She did not listen.
I continued to yell to myself to stop as I chased Ranma through the house.
Others were there as I chased Ranma. Ukyou, Taro, Shampoo, Mousse, Cologne, Happosai, Tofu, Kuno, and Satsuke. I could not tell what they were doing or why they were there. I did not care. I just knew that they were. My attention went to Akane as she followed us into the room.
I shouted to her to stop. Hoping their was still time. Then it happened.
The stone cube started to glow and a hole appeared. Pulling Akane in.
Then I jumped in after her. Knowing without looking that Ranma was beside me. Then the pain began.
Sounds and images rushed through my mind a fleeting glimpse of a woman on a large dog asking us to look after her children. Then falling. Falling for an eternity till we were there.
Only he wasn't where he rememberd going. He was somewhere else. The others were gone. A fleeting memory.
He was alone on a cliff. As he looked down below him he was over come with a sense of dread. He knew where he was for once he was not lost and wished he was. Below him lay Jusenkyou.
As he watched the mists shapes began to form above the pools. There a Panda. Over there a Duck. Another had a six armed Monster. Down at the base of the cliff to his left floated a little pig.
Then he was falling, falling again. But not towards the pig. He was falling to a spring beside the pig. His mind reeled in horror as he saw the figure above the spring. Then he hit the water and felt his body change.
Ryouga woke with a start. It had only been a dream though it seamed so real. Still the dream would not fade and the eyes. The eyes of the figure above the spring staring up at him. They were yellow like his own.
Ryouga looked around it was almost dawn. He decided to get up and pack. They would be leaving the Tuatha'an camp this morning and he doubted he could get anymore sleep after that nightmare.
End Prologue