Copy writes.  Ranma 1/2 is a creation of Rumiko Takahashi 
and is owned by Viz video and all that.  None of the 
characters belong to me and I just used them to expand 
my own creativity.


Ranma1/2

Giver of Heart

It was a typical day in Nerima.  Ranma and Akane were 
coming back from school.  Of course they were both arguing 
with each other.  It seems that Akane was yelling at Ranma 
about him eating lunch that was made by Ukyou or Shampoo.

In the middle of their arguing however, Akane stopped with 
pained look on her face and stopped walking.  Ranma, not 
noticing it at first continue to walk when he noticed that 
Akane wasn't walking with him.

He turned to look back and saw that Akane seem to be in some 
kind of pain.

"Hey Akane, are you ok?"

"Yeah, I'm fine, just little winded that's all"

When Ranma heard that, he didn't believe her at all.  Akane 
was suppose to be in a great shape.  She ran every morning 
and she did martial arts.  Now she was telling him that she 
was little winded from walking back from school, which they 
have been doing for a long time.

"Akane, what's wrong?"

"Nothing Ranma.  I'm fine now, let's go"

With that Akane started to walk again, little faster.

Although Ranma thought that something was wrong, he just 
didn't know what it could be and decided it might not be 
such a big deal and went after her.

Later...

Akane and Ranma were in the dojo sparring or Akane trying 
to hit Ranma and Ranma dodging everything that Akane had 
to throw at him.  Akane was getting mad at this usual game 
that Ranma played with her.

"Ranma!  Why don't you fight me for real?"

"Ah, Akane, you know you can't handle me for real"

"Ranma!  How dare you?"

With that she launched more brutal assault against him, 
which didn't help much.

This went on for a while, when Akane, stopped, making a 
pained expression again and this time clutching at her chest, 
collapsed.

Ranma saw Akane go down and knew that this time it was serious.  
This was something serious and Akane was in trouble.

"AKANE!"

He went to her, checking her vital signs and when he felt a 
irregular heart beats, he knew something was definitely wrong.

"SOMEONE CALL THE HOSPITAL!"

Later...

The Tendo family and Saotome family was in the waiting room 
of the hospital that now held Akane as one of their patients.  
Waiting for a doctor to come and tell them that Akane was ok 
and that she'll be fine to go home by tomorrow.

"Is she ok?"

The question was asked by someone behind the family and when 
the family turned to see who it was, they met Dr. Tofu standing 
there with worried expression on his face.

"We are not sure, the doctor here haven't told us anything 
yet"

Through out all this, one person who seem most worried was Ranma.  
He wasn't pacing around like Nabiki, or crying like Soun, or 
any other things.  He was sitting on a chair looking at the 
door that held Akane just behind it with intensity that can one can see.

Dr. Tofu noticed this right away and walked to where Ranma 
was.

"Are you ok?"

"She was hurt and I didn't even know"

"Ranma?"

"She was hurt and I didn't even know.  I should have, I 
should have known that she was hurt.  I should have helped 
her, I should have brought her to you or something sooner"

"Ranma, I'm not sure what happened, but I'm positive that 
there was nothing you could have done"

"No, you don't understand, I saw her with this pained 
expression on her face when we were coming back from school 
today.  She said she was just winded, but I should have known 
that was a lie.  Why would she be winded from a walk back 
from school?  We've been walking to and from school for as 
long as I was here and she for longer"

"Ranma, you shouldn't blame yourself like this"

"But it was my fault!"

"Ranma..."

Dr. Tofu didn't get to say much more, because the door opened 
to reveal the doctor that was working on Akane.

"Doctor, how is my little girl?"

Soun asked through the tears.  

However, the look from the doctor wasn't all that encouraging 
to the family.  

"The patient has suffered a severe heart failure.  It seems 
that she has a very rare heart disease that had been lying 
dormant for sometime.  It could have been passed down from 
her mother's family"

When Soun heard that, he was in shock.  

'It can't be!'

"Doctor is there anything you can do to help her recover?"

Kasumi asked the doctor with hope in her voice.  However, 
the look from the doctor wasn't encouraging at all.  It 
seems that they doctor had already given up on Akane.

"85% of her heart has already failed.  Only thing that is 
keeping her alive right now is the machines that we managed 
to connect her to.  If it was even 10 minutes late, we might 
not even had the chance to use these machines on her"

"Doctor?"

"Yes?"

"My name is Doctor Tofu Ono.  Isn't there anything that you 
can do for her?"

"Doctor Tofu Ono?  I've heard about you.  Well, her case is 
very rare, and even with the machines sustaining her, she 
doesn't have much more to live.  Unless we find a healthy and 
strong heart that matches her and that her body will accept 
it, she doesn't have a chance"

"Oh..."

"I'm sorry"

"Do you have a matching heart available then?"

It was Nabiki who asked that question, already forming an 
idea in her head how to get her that heart if it was available.

"Unfortunately, we do not have a 100% match.  The closest we 
have right now is 76% match, but with her condition and her 
disease, if it's any less than 95% match, there is almost 70% 
chance that her body will reject the heart.  Once the heart 
transplant has been attempted and fails, then her chances at 
survival becomes less then 30%"

When the doctor said it, the place was covered in silence.  
They all understood the situation and what it meant.

"What if her family member gives her the heart?"

Kasumi asked the doctor with a straight face that shocked 
most of the people there.

"Well, even if her family gives her the heart, if they are 
her sisters, they have the possibility that they also carry 
the disease that is laying dormant in their heart.  If that 
is the case, as soon as the heart is introduced to the body, 
the disease will become active and it will be for nothing"

"Then, my baby girl has no chance?"

"I'm sorry"

"Doctor Tofu?  Isn't there anything that can be done?"

"I'm sorry.  I know all your family very well and I have all 
your family record.  Mr. Tendo can't even if he wanted to 
offer his heart to Akane.  Both of you, Kasumi and Nabiki, 
can't because you are both female siblings and that you may 
have the possibility of having the diseases yourselves.  
I'm sorry"

"Doctor Tofu, can I talk to you?"

Tofu turned around to see Ranma.  He had very serious expression 
on his face.

"What about?"

"In private please"

"Oh"

With that curious Doctor Tofu and Ranma walked down the hallway 
together to talk about something.

10 Days later...

"Where am I?"

Akane opened her eyes and looked up to an unfamiliar 
surrounding.

"You've finally woken up"

It was Kasumi who greeted her, but without her usual 
cheerful voice.

"Where am I Kasumi?"

"You are in Tokyo General Akane"

"Tokyo General?"

"Yes"

"What am I doing here?"

Akane was very puzzled, last thing she remembered was 
having a sparring match with Ranma and then nothing.

"Hey, where is Ranma?"

"Ranma is..."

"Glad to see you finally woke up Akane-San"

Akane turned to look at a man who was in his mid 40's 
and next to him Doctor Tofu.

"Who are you?"

"Oh, let me introduce myself to you.  I'm Doctor Samura, 
your cardiologist"

"Cardiologist?"

"Yes, Akane you had a rare heart disease that almost 
killed you.  Lucky for you that you were brought in just 
in time for us to keep you alive when Dr. Tofu here found 
a perfect matching heart for you to receive"

"Perfect matching heart?"

"Yes.  It was a lifesaver.  I don't know where he got it, 
but the heart was very healthy and 100% match to you that 
there was no problem"

"What are you talking about?"

"Akane, you have suffered from a rare form of heart 
disease and you now carry someone else's heart"

It was doctor Tofu who said it.  If it was anybody else, 
Akane might not have believed it, but because it was doctor 
Tofu, she had to believe it.

'I have someone else's heart inside me?  This beating 
heart that I feel is not mine?'

Doctor Tofu saw the troubled expression on her face and 
decided to comfort her a little.

"Akane, the heart that is beating within you is a 
precious gift.  It is something that was given to you to 
give you another chance at life"

"Oh...ok"

Akane was still little uneasy about having someone else's 
body part inside of her, but she had to accept the fact 
that without it she will not be here now, having this 
conversation.

"Well, I guess I can let the rest of your family in now"

Said Dr. Samura and started to walk out.

"Akane, the procedure was perfect success and pretty soon, 
you'll be able to go back to your ordinary life"

"Thank you doctor"

When Doctor Samura went out, rest of the family came in.  
Soun, Nabiki, Genma, Nodoka, and few of her friends came 
in all with worried expression on their face.

"Akane, it's so good to see you wake"

"How are you doing sis?"

"AKANE!!!!"

Of course the last one was said by Soun Tendo, who was 
crying buckets.

"Now father, you remember what the doctor told you about 
that"

When Kasumi said those words in her gentle manner, Soun 
calmed down like magic.

"How are you feeling daughter?"

"I feel fine daddy"

"That's good.  I'm going to tell you something Akane"

"What about?"

"It's about how your mother died"

"How mother died?"

"Yes.  You were too young to understand at the time, 
and I wanted to spare Nabiki and Kasumi of the burden 
as well.  So I kept quite about how your mother died"

"What is it father"

"Your mother died of the very same disease.  She was so 
healthy before she got sick that we didn't even suspect 
anything.  Then one day she just collapsed.  It turns 
out that females of her family has always carried this 
diseases with them.  Most cases, they are dormant and 
does not become active, but some cases they become 
active and kills the person within days"

"Mom?"

"Yes, that is how your mother died.  I was hoping 
that you and your sisters were spared of the fate, but 
it seems that the disease somehow become active in your 
cases"

"What about Kasumi and Nabiki?"

"We had it check out Akane.  It seems that Kasumi and I 
won't have to worry about it"

"That's good"

With that Akane looked around her family and friends 
that were all there for her.  But something was wrong, 
something was missing.

"Where is Ranma?"

"Ranma is not here"

Kasumi said it.

"Actually no one knows where Ranma is.  When you got 
sick, he disappeared that same day"

It was Nabiki who clarified it for her.

"Why that pervert!  I know it.  When it looked like I 
wasn't going to make it, he probably went to one of his 
cute fiancee!"

"Akane!"

It was surprisingly authoritative voice that stopped 
everything.  Akane turned to look at where the voice 
had come from and saw that it was Dr. Tofu with odd 
expression on his face.

"Akane, Ranma told me to give this to you"

With that he handed her a note.  Akane took the note 
and looked at it.  It was written in his bad handwriting.  
She read it out loud so that everybody in the room can 
hear it.

	Dear Akane,

If you are reading this, that mean you are better 
now and that you are on your way to full recovery.  
That's good, I wish I could be there to see you smile 
and be happy with your family.  I'm sorry, that I'm not 
there with you to share such a happy moments with you, 
but I have to go on a journey now.  It's going to be a 
long journey and I'll probably not make it back.  I just 
wanted to say that it was great living with you and your 
family.  I hope you find happiness and joy in your life.

						Ranma Saotome.

When she finished reading the note from Ranma, the room 
was in chaos.

"How dare that boy leave on a journey when his fiancee 
is in the hospital bed?!?!"

"How could he!"

"Ranma how could you son?  I thought you were man among 
men"

Comments like that were popping out of everyone's mouth.

This was when Doctor Tofu decided to put an end to it.

"WILL ALL OF YOU JUST SHUT UP!!!"

That got the room quite.  The usually quite and gentle 
doctor yelling at them to shut up didn't happen everyday 
after all.

"I can't believe all of you!  Saying all these things 
without knowing the full truth!!!!!"

"Huh?"

That was what most people could say.

"I wasn't going to tell you this, he didn't want me to 
tell you this.  He said it will hurt Akane and he didn't 
want that to happen.  However, you ungrateful people and 
your idiotic ways have convinced me to go against his 
wishes"

"Doctor?  What are you talking about?"

When Akane asked this, he turned to her with very sad 
expression.

"Akane, where do you think the heart came from?  Akane?  
Where do you think I could have gotten a heart from?"

When he said it, Akane got this sinking feeling, she was 
beginning to feel the wrongness of the whole situation, 
the whole thing was wrong.

People in the room started show understanding as well.  
They all turned to look at Dr. Tofu to continue, but most 
of them already knew what he will say.

"Akane, the heart that is beating inside of you is 
Ranma's"

"No"

"That day Ranma asked to talk to me and we talked for a 
while.  He asked if his heart can be used.  I have his 
record and your blood type is different and I told him 
so.  However, he had another idea.  It was so in the 
open that I'm surprised that I missed it.  He asked to 
have his female type checked out and see if that might 
work"

"No"

"I did the check up and was surprised to find that his 
female body type perfectly matched yours.  It was almost 
exact match"

"NO"

"He asked that his heart be used to save your life.  At 
first I said no and that as a doctor I cannot condone 
such action.  Kill a living person just to save another 
person.  Who am I do decide who lives and who dies?  I'm 
a doctor not god"

"NOO"

"He wouldn't listen to me.  He was very strong in his 
opinion about it.  I told him to give it up that will find 
another way.  It seem like he gave up the idea when he 
walked out of my office.  But when he came back later, he 
had that note with him and was bleeding from his wrists.  
He cut his wrist and came to me just in time so that I can 
use the heart but not enough time to save him"

"NOOOOOOO!"

The room was quite.  The soulful cry by Akane and the 
explanation by doctor Tofu had shut every one up.  Many had 
tears in their eyes.  Soun was crying, but not his usual cry.  
Genma had tears in his eyes, for the first time he honestly 
cried.  Nodoka, learning about the extent her son went for 
his fiancee couldn't help but cry.

"Ranma, you are truly a man among men"

Nabiki, who used Ranma every inch of the way, saw Ranma as 
nothing but a money cow, was crying at how much he actually 
oved her sister.

Kasumi was spilling gentle tears for what this young man had 
done for her sister.  That same young man who appeared to be 
brash and uncultured showed that he truly loved her and made 
the ultimate sacrifice for the person he loved.

Akane was crying.  She cried for Ranma.  She saw his face in 
her mind, his smiling face.  Then she started see all the 
images of her abusing him in every possible way.  Just because 
he was a boy and not a girl.  And later because she was jealous.  
And later, because she was falling in love with him and didn't 
know how to show it.

"Ranma"

Ranma showed that he loved her.  Ranma had proven to her 
and to everyone, beyond the shadow of doubt that he loved 
her and that he had given his heart to her.

It was too bad that it actually took his death and sacrifice 
for everyone, even Akane herself to see that.

"Ranma no baka"

Akane whispered those words that she used on Ranma many 
times.  However, this time she flinched after using it.

"No, I'm sorry Ranma"

She was now speaking to herself, no she was speaking to 
Ranma, that now she carried within herself.

"I meant to say I love you.  I will always love you.  I'll 
carry you with me all the time now"

The room was filled with sad tears and people remembering 
the young martial artist who made a great sacrifice for 
his love.

The end.

Note:

This I didn't send it to pre-readers.  I didn't wanted to 
bother them with a oneshot fic.

I know this is kind of a sad fic, but I recently had someone 
who died of a heart disease and this idea came to me so 
I wrote it.  I'm not sure how people see Soun's wife died, 
but I don't think it was ever really explained in the manga 
or anime, so I decided to make it a rare heart disease that 
only the females of that family carry.

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