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Tears of Anger
Ranma ½
By Acetalon
Prologue: Leaving

	A dark figure shrouded in darkness walks through the
streets of Nerima in the dead of night. He stopped at the edge
of Nerima to stop for a minute, to look at Nerima one more time
before he left.  To get his last good look before he disapeared
like the wind.

	"I never thought that I would leave here because of this,"
he whispered.

	Ranma placed his backpack on the ground and sat down to
think about his choice.  Saddened by the thought of leaving, he
hesitated when he reached for his pack.  A single tear fell
from his eye as he knew that he might not come back for a long time,
if ever.  There were a few happy memories of Nerima for Ranma.
Those memories surfaced at Ranma's choice to leave.  Then a memory
of what had happened in the last few days popped up.  That tear
evaporated before it even hit the ground at the heat of his anger.
Ranma quickly picked up his pack and left before he had any more doubts.


	"No more.  If I stay here any more I'll just be hurting more
people.  I'm tired of hurting people and I'm tired of being hurt."

	No one knew he left save one person:Kasumi.  Even though Kasumi
wouldn't know until she woke up that Ranma was gone, he trusted her
above everyone else with the exception of his mom.  He left a message
under her door explaining why he had left.  Ranma knew that there would
be many questions.  Questions he would have had to answer.  Questions
about the last few days.  There would be fights between his fiancee's,
and there would be much chaos.

	"But it'll all die down.  The fights, the fiancee's, the
enemies, even Jusenkyo, all started when when I came to Nerima.  But it
shall be gone, since I won't be there to cause anymore trouble."

	The moon was still high, and Ranma had much travelling to do
before he was safe from being followed.  With a sigh, Ranma hefted
his giant pack on his shoulders and shoved all thoughts of Nerima,
fiancee's, and enemies, to the back of his mind, trying to forget all
memories of the last couple of days.  He would only come back to visit
his mom.  And even then it would not happen often.

	Ranma trudged through the forest.  After an hour of seeing
hundreds of trees, he decided to camp out there.  Laying out his tent
and bedroll, Ranma instantly fell asleep the moment he entered the
tent.  It was not pleasant dreams he had as he slept, but the unwanted
memories of the last few days.  They came hit him in full force, making
him remember the betrayal,the anger, the bitterness...

			Next chapter: What has happened the last couple
of days that forced Ranma to pack up and leave the Tendo Dojo.

Authors notes: Pretty short, ne?  Probably not even a page!  This is
my first fic, so please bear with it.  Like it? Dislike it? want it
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