I got this concept from a very good friend who will get what she deserves
in due time...
Spamfic #13: Good Comes to He Who Waits
By Nikholas "Mayhem" F. Toledo
The Kendo Club Dojo was empty as Kuno slid open the door. "It is
time," he thought. "The time is the same as any other, the outside world
sings the same songs, yet in this room, the universe seems to stop, and
the world is silent. Aye, 'tis a good time and place."
He placed the cup of ice tea on the floor in front of him as he sat
down on his usual place for meditation. For months he had sat on the same
spot, asking the same question. Finally, his mind is clear, and now, for
one last time, he will clear his mind. The decision shall be made, and it
shall be now.
"The pig-tailed girl or Akane Tendo," he began, searching deep
within his soul, locating his ki that he will use in this final trial.
"For many moons I have wondered who would be the rightful one. The pig-
tailed girl, fast and swift as the wind. Akane Tendo, the strong-willed
goddess of beauty. Oh, if only my heart had the space for both. But to
love two women at the same time may not be seen by some to be the
characteristics of a morally upright individual such as I, the Blue
Thunder of Furinkan High.
"But I have loved them both well! There was no depth I would not go
to show my love. Even against the evil of the world, the practitioner of
Black Magic, the cretin Ranma Saotome, I have tried victoriously to free
them from his slavery, to be on the guard whenever my two loves should
need me. Though I shall smite him until he is no more, I feel that
somehow I am in his debt.
"I have battled countless odds for both the pig-tailed girl and
Akane Tendo. There was even one where I had to ally with the evil Ranma
to save the fierce yet fragile Akane Tendo from the hands of the even
more evil Kirin of the Seven Lucky Gods Martial Artists, whom had evil
designs to use the sacred Akane to conquer the world. I, Tatewaki Kuno,
single-handedly financed the entire expedition to China. I sank so low as
to even let the use of my legendary craft, the Sub-Dragon V, to peasants,
my self-proclaimed sidekicks in the campaign. I could have defeated even
Kirin himself, for I am ten-no-twenty times more man in he is. Imagine to
hide his attacks in light so bright as to get a clean shot at me. Hah! If
he had been more honorable, I would have finished him with one hand tied
behind my back! I merely let Ranma Saotome win that battle, for noble men
such as I should not fight such dirty men.
"On the way home, the fools even decided to go on sight-seeing.
They thought best not to let me know their destination, but the fair
Nabiki Tendo was aware of my status to tell me of the evil plans of
Ranma. For they were to go to the Cursed Springs of Jusenkyo, the place
of the blessed pig-tailed girl's origins. For there, Ranma Saotome would
finally get rid of the pig-tailed goddess.
"I, Tatewaki Kuno, chose not to let that travesty happen! I should
rather die then let that fool to touch even a hair of her head. I engaged
him in a holy war amongst the cursed springs. It was a glorious battle,
one that shall not be forgotten in a long time. I, Tatewaki Kuno, the
Blue Thunder, shone like the true warrior I am. I smote and smote and
smote! I fought like never before, for the very existence of the pig-
tailed girl, whom I love so dearly.
"I made that Ranma, when he lay defeated, dying, that he free the
pig-tailed girl from his spell. He was more than willing, for he is no
man who would die for his woman. And with a few of his magical spells, he
freed the pig-tailed girl, and now, her love for me shines free."
And Kuno frowned. "Now, the pig-tailed girl is with me forever.
Everywhere I go, there she is too. She loves me and I love her! However,
my love for her seemed to lessen with the passage of time. For like a
bird that flies in the air, I had only loved her for her freedom. Her
elusiveness is what makes her so beholden to me. How I have longed that
we be of one mind and body. But happiness was the pursuit of it, and not
its attainment. Now, I am sure, that it is Akane Tendo whom I love.
"Yet, how am I to break the news to my goddess? Oh, no need. For
what I think, she does too, for what I am, she is." Kuno looked around
the room, where only the poster of Akane Tendo attached. I shall smite
Ranma Saotome until he is returned from the hellfire where he came from
and Akane Tendo, like the pig-tailed girl, shall be set free.
"But with her freedom, shall my love also decrease? No, that I am
sure. For I love Akane Tendo for her fierceness. I had loved the pig-
tailed goddess because she could not be mine. My love for Akane shall
remain. The time might come when I too will have to get rid of the pig-
tailed girl, but until that time comes, she will help me to win my true
love, for truly, she is understanding.
He took a deep breath. He was finished. "Blessed be the pig-girl,
for she is honest. Blessed be the pig-tailed girl, for she is gentle.
"Blessed be the pig-tailed girl, blessed be the Blue Thunder. How
is it that a man could not have two hearts, but two minds? For I be
Tatewaki Kuno, Tatewaki Kuno be I." He paused, "Yet..."
<splash>
"Yet, for I be Tatewaki Kuno, for I too be the pig-tailed girl."
And Kuno stared at the image in the mirror, an image that both
strange and familiar, the face of one that is both not him and him, the
red-haired, blue-eyed, bokken-wielding, pig-tailed girl.
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