Ranma held the repaired Nan Ban Mirror and let a tear fall on it. "Take me to where I am needed. Where I can be happy. Where I can live a good life."
There was a bright flash of light. And then Ranma was gone. The mirror fell to the ground and shattered.
The Nerimans just gaped. They could not believe Ranma had just done that.
How could it have come to this.
One black haired girl just stared and wept then. "Ranma, I'm sorry. I didn't mean it. Please, come back! Ranma, please return! I'm absolutely sorry!" Akane Tendo fell to the ground and wept bitter tears over what she had done to Ranma, and what he had done to get away from them all for her terrible actions.
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Ranma appeared in a field. He looked around and saw a road leading into the distance. Another way was a field of wheat. Another way was a forest.
He heard a voice. It called to him to enter the forest. He felt it was very important.
He walked into the forest, through the woods, and then came to a lake.
Across the lake the mist gathered, and a figure appeared in it.
It looked like a man with the head of a stag and he felt that the form was regarding him, judging him, weighing him and found worthy of what it wanted.
Ranma looked at the form and asked, "Who are you?"
The form looked at him and said, "I am Herne the Hunter. Why are you here?"
Ranma said, "I heard a voice. It called me here."
Herne looked at Ranma and asked, "And what did this voice say?"
Ranma said, "It said 'Nothing's forgotten. Nothing's ever forgotten.'"
Herne said, "So he is free!" He gave a bow and arrow to Ranma. "String the bow."
Ranma looked at the bow and said, "Why?"
Herne looked at Ranma and said, "To give it purpose. And to give yourself purpose as well."
Herne then said, "And a man went into the forest, there to meet with Herne the Hunter, to become his son, and to do his bidding."
Ranma felt that what Herne said was right, that he was Herne's son, chosen one.
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