Ranma 1/2: Permanent part 6
A veil of lies.

	Two weeks had passed since his failed attempt at Ranma's life. Mousse stood
and looked into the cracked mirror in the old abandoned home he was sleeping
in. He frowned as he placed his glasses on. "My vision is almost normal
again." he muttered bitterly. His eye had gone into shock and rendered him
totally blind when Ranma had stabbed his left eye out. He took the bandage off
and examined the wound. He snorted at the now empty hole on his face. "Another
injury to me you must suffer for Ranma Saotome." He spat at his reflection.
"You have made it impossible for my Shampoo to ever feel my love again, and I
will make you suffer."

	Three days later...
 
	Akane Tendo walked into the bath room and began to undress for her bath. She
stood at the mirror and smiled. She heard the door open behind her and gasped.
A naked Ranma stepped out and stopped cold staring at her.
	"Ranma I'm sorry I didn't know you were in there." said Akane blushing.
	"Its OK I guess." said Ranma as she wrapped a towel around her hair and waist
and stepped out of the room. Akane stared at Ranma wide eyed in disbelief, her
body was covered in scars the two big ones going down her back and stomach
were the most prominent. 
	"I had no Idea it was that bad." she muttered to herself.

	"Do you always smile at yourself like that, or were you just testing your
cheeks?" asked Ranma as they walked to school together a short time later.
	Akane blushed and looked at the ground nervously. "Whats she talking about?"
asked Yuka from beside her. 
	"I-its nothing." said Akane.
	"I understand why you like to bathe alone now." said Akane walking over to
Ranma as she walked along the fence.
	Ranma stopped cold and stared at her nervously. �I had no Idea the scars were
that bad." continued Akane.
	 Ranma relaxed and kept walking. "You get used to it." she replied.

	At the gates of Furinkan Kuno stood in waiting. "Ah tis the beauteous pig
tailed girl and Akane Tendo." he said with his usual arrogance. "Surely today
you will pledge your love for me." he said throwing two roses at the pair.
Ranma swatted hers out of the air. 
	"Kuno we should talk, alone." she said with a smile Akane didn't like.
	"What are you going to do?" she said nervously.
	"I'm going to force the truth down this fool's throat." growled Ranma. The
crowd gasped as Ranma drug a elated Kuno off behind the building muttering
something to herself. 
	Nabiki nodded to her underling and she followed discretely nervously glancing
back at her employer. No one else had dared to follow Ranma and Kuno. They all
knew what Ranma was capable of when she was angry, and most of them doubted if
Ranma was going to give herself to Kuno. Those who though she might glanced at
the corner they were behind nervously.

	A few minutes later Nabiki's 'friend' came back shaken and screaming. Nabiki
stood from her place under one of the tree's in the courtyard. Akane frowned,
she had seen enough, no matter how much of a pain he was, Ranma would not kill
Kuno. If she had tried to explain things to him calmly like she thought she
was doing she could easily end up frustrated and lose her temper. Desperate
cries of pain came from behind the building as the two sisters ran towards the
spot. What they found was not what Nabiki was expecting and what Akane was
afraid of.
	
	Ranma pulled Kuno behind the building. "My l-love tis not right that you
should show your love for me here, we must retire to some place more private
surely." stammered Kuno nervously.
	"No one will bother us. I put a small spell that makes them to nervous to
investigate on every one. You should be flattered Kuno I've been planning this
for a while. You wouldn't believe how long it took to find just the right
spell." she said with an evil grin.
	"Surely such magics could only be spawned from your undying love for me."
stuttered Kuno.
	"Or hatred." sneered Ranma.
	"Tell me who it is you hate so badly and surely I shall slay them!" said Kuno
getting on his knees and grabbing Ranma's hand.
	"It is you." replied Ranma coldly.
	"Ah, I understand. You hate me for not bringing my undying love to you
sooner!" cried Kuno grabbing Ranma in a hug.
	"I tried allowing you to see the truth for yourself, now you must suffer my
way." said Ranma pushing him off. Her hands glowed white and Kuno was pressed
against the wall by an invisible force.
	"Alas I cannot show my love for you! The foul sorcerer Gosunkugi has placed a
spell to force me from movement! I shall smite the weakling after I free
myself and profess my love to you my pig tailed goddess!" screamed Kuno as he
struggled on the wall.
	"Gosunkugi?" thought Ranma Idly and quickly pushed it away, she had more
pressing matters to attend at the moment.
	"You cannot run from the truth forever Kuno. I shall make it so that is all
you can see!" said Ranma with an evil grin. She sat down and began chanting
and a blue aura surrounded her and Kuno. She heard someone scream and run
away. "Damn." muttered Ranma. The spell she used was very weak, anyone would
follow with enough of a reason or enough prodding. Then Kuno began to scream
as well.
	A few moments passed and Ranma saw Akane and Nabiki turn the corner and stop
cold in their tracks. Nabiki stared at Ranma and Kuno in disbelief and Akane
ran towards her. "Akane don't interfere, never interfere with a spell -ever-
understand me?" sneered Ranma as she turned and looked at the youngest Tendo.
	"What are you doing to him?" said Akane glancing between Ranma and the
Kendoist who was writhing in pain against the wall.
	"Making him see the truth." said Ranma.
	"How?!" she cried stepping towards Kuno.
	"Akane if you touch him you may make this worse." warned Ranma.
	"Will he die?" asked Akane.
	"There are worse fates than death." replied Ranma as the glow died around her
and Kuno.
	Kuno fell in a quivering mass on the ground. He stood and stared at Akane and
Ranma.
	"What did you do to him?" said Akane staring at Ranma with tears in her eyes.
	"Simple, he can no longer see or hear any lie, not even the ones he creates
himself." said Ranma with a smirk.
	"Where is the pigtailed girl?" asked Kuno standing and looking around in
confusion.
	"I am her." said Ranma.
	"You are." said Kuno and his eyes went wide in suprise, no matter how badly
he wanted to deny it his mouth would not comply.
	"But you are a..." he started to talk.
	Ranma glanced at him warningly and put her finger to her lips. "That is not
any fault of mine." she said as Kuno stared at the boy before him.
	His attention was only momentary as Akane stood before him. "Oh Akane no
doubt you have come to profess your hatred for me!" he cried and ran up to her
and hugged her warmly. He looked at her as she gazed at him coldly. "You don't
love me at all." he said and began to realize what Ranma had done to him.
	"What have you done!?" he cried and fell to his knees holding his head
protectively.
	"You can no longer hear or see any lie. If you behave yourself I will remove
the spell in a few days." said Ranma coolly.
	"Wha?" said Kuno staring at her blankly.
	"That means that you really are a..." said Kuno with a cool gaze at Ranma.
	Ranma nodded and glared at him. Kuno caught the implied threat and kept the
rest to himself.
	"You don't love me." he said to Akane who stared at him in disbelief.
	Nabiki walked up to the group and stared at them in shock. "Ah, Nabiki, You
will tell no one of what you saw here and keep your lackey quiet." said Ranma
with a smile.
	Nabiki quickly regained herself and smirked. "Why should I?" she said smugly.
	"Because if you do not I will make it so the very site of Yen will repulse
you. You won't ever be able to touch money without throwing up." said Ranma
with a smirk.
	"See if I care." said Nabiki.
	"What?" said Kuno.
	"Oho, looks like Kuno can't hear you Nabiki." said Ranma.
	Akane frowned and looked at Ranma in disbelief. She was enjoying this far to
much. "Ranma stop it your scaring me." she said backing away.
	Ranma stopped and stared at her. "I-I'm sorry Akane." she said looking at her
blankly. With that she turned and walked into the school. "What happened to
me?" she said to herself as she walked in followed by the other three
students, they all went to their respective classes walked in.

	A few moments later in the hall....

	"Ranma what happened to you?" asked Akane as she shifted her bucket.
	"I don't know, I was enjoying myself. I'm not sure why but I actually had fun
doing that." said Ranma calmly. 
	"It was terrible to do that to him, even if he deserved it." said Akane in
shock.
	"In a few days, after I release him, He'll be thanking me for it." said Ranma
calmly.
	"What do you mean?" asked Akane.
	"Kuno has been lying to himself for a very long time, I don't think he even
knew he was doing it anymore." said Ranma with a heavy sigh. "I released him
from an eternal loop of lies. If someone hadn't stopped him it would have
continued forever." said Ranma looking at the ceiling.
	
	Down the hall...
	
	"Nabiki, My poetry is bad." sighed Kuno.
	"Yes it is Kuno chan." replied Nabiki.
	"You say that to annoy me." said Kuno not really paying attention.
	"Kuno?"
	"Yes?" 
	"Shut up."

	Later that day...

	 Soun Tendo sat on the porch of his home and sighed. "I shall drink to your
memory my old friend." he said looking up at the sky as the panda he was
speaking of plopped down beside him. Soun poured himself a small glass of sake
and downed it quickly.
	Akane walked into the room and sat at the table. Ranma leaned her head
against the table and read one of her many books as she watched the television
with Akane and Nabiki, who was playing with her camcorder.
	"Eh?" said Soun and Genma in unison as Kuno walked across the yard towards
the house.
	"Ah, Mr. Tendo, it is agreeable to see you again. I have come to annoy your
daughter with bad poetry and my unwanted advances." he said cheerfully and
then stopped. He hung his head and faced the pair on the porch. He bowed to
Soun "I apologize for the intrusion." He then turned to the naked Genma. He
sweat a little and bowed to him as well. "The same to you good sir." he said
and turned to walk away.
	"What was that all about?" said Soun in suprise.
	"Growf." answered Genma.
	
	"Its kind of nice having Kuno chan so truthful isn't it Akane." said Nabiki
as she walked up the stairs with her camcorder pointed at him.
	"I guess, but I still think you shouldn't have done it Ranma. I mean Kuno can
get into real trouble if he can't even tell a little lie." she said watching
him sulk away.
	"Who said he couldn't lie?" said Ranma with a smile on her face.
	"What?" said Akane a bit suprise.
	"He can lie all he wants. He just couldn't hear it if he did. Its not my
fault he didn't understand what I did to him." replied Ranma.

	A few hours later...

 	A frustrated Kuno walked out of a movie theater. "I don't believe it. I
couldn't see or hear the film I so wanted to see!" he ranted. He turned and
looked at a book store and frowned. Almost half the books in the store looked
totally blank to him, every thing under fiction and even a good portion of the
non fiction. He  turned away and looked at a news paper, about half its pages
were blank. Near by a large group of children stood watching what appeared to
be blank television screens in the front of an appliance store. "This is most
irritating." he muttered and walked towards his home. He stopped and paled as
a naked boy with a bandanna tied around his neck wandered by on his hands and
knees. "Perhaps I should hasten my return, My sister is no doubt Unconcerned
with my absence." he said as he sped up his stride.
	
	At a dock on the other side of Japan...
	
	Two young women in Chinese clothes stepped off the plank and onto the soil of
Japan. the took positions on either side of the boarding plank and held their
long spears at their sides standing like an honor guard. An aged woman in
Chinese robes balancing delicately on a crooked staff pogoed down and hopped
between them.
	<You two go and find Young Mousse, tell him of the situation and make sure he
complies, I warn you not to let your guard down he is more powerful than you
think. He is not the weak boy you once knew, it will take all your skills to
keep yourselves alive until you can speak to him if he decides not to listen
to you. I will deal with this 'Ranma'.> she said to them with out turning.
	<Yes, mistress Cologne.> replied the pair.
	<One more thing. If he still has it, make sure you get it back intact.> she
said before disappearing from view.
	<Yes, mistress.> replied the pair bowing before they went of on their own
quest.
	TbC.....

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