C&C is not only wanted, it is craved! Like a man lost in a desert craves water!

<Part 1>
 

    Akane glarred at Ranma and the little pig he was holding, "Give me back P-chan Ranma!"

    Ranma sat the piglet on the floor and smiled triuphantly, "He doesn't want to go with you."

    "Stop picking on P-chan!"

    Ranma found himself smashing through the roof of the dojo.

    P-chan watched with wide and worried eyes.

    "Come to mommy P-chan." Akane reached to lift him and P-chan spun and bit her hard on the
hand before running to find Ranma. "Ranma! What did you do to him?!"
 
 

    Ryoga got lost looking for Ranma and ended up outside of his old home. Ranma's mom still lived
there. He gasped though, at the dark feeling that came from inside. He climbed up to peek through
the window and gasped! Saotome Nodaka was standing before a demon, frowning and yelling at the creature.

    "You promised me a son who would be a man among men! Now I find out he's gay?! And turns
into a woman?! You broke our pact!"

    "I did nothing of the sort woman." The demon grinned, "He _is_ a man among men. Closer to
them than most but. . ."

    "You know what I ment."

    "Should have worded it more clearly."

    "And the curse?"

    "Now that one was a surprise." The thing frowned, "Didn't see that coming."

    "Then what are you good for?!"

    It leared, "Listen! We had a deal. I give you a child and in return I take it's soul."

    Ryoga shivered, //No!//

    "He's my child!"

    "He's Satan's spawn." It laughed, "You think any other seed would grow in your baren belly? You gave birth to the son of Hell!"

    Ryoga felt lost, more lost than ever before. //A demon? Ranma's youki? How. . . why was I
assigned to be guardian to a demon? and Ranma, he doesn't know! They're going to try to take him
away!"

    "You lied to me!"

    "I'm Youki, what'd you expect."

    "Bastard!"

    "Thank you." He saluted and was gone in a flash of fire.

    "Ranma." Ryoga began to run as fast as he could. He had to get back to Ranma.

    "Angel Ryoga." Micheal appeared beside him, "We have news of your charge."

    Ryoga tumbled to a halt, "Is he ok? They didn't get him did they? Take me to him!"

    "You are relieved of your assignment to him."

    "WHAT?!"

    "Saotome has been uncovered as one of Satan's bloodline, therefore he needs no guardian. Come back with me now."

    "No! Damn it I'm not abandoning him!"

    "You have no choice."

    "Yes I do." He began to run again.

    "Ryoga! They will take your wings! Damn it get back here!"

    Ryoga didn't stop until he found the Tendo Dojo and was safe in Ranma's arms. The pigtailed boy was shocked when his lover came bursting in the door and began to cry, but he wasn't about to
leave him now.

    "Ranma." Ryoga sniffled.

    "Shh, I'm here angel."

    He was shocked when the endearment only made Ryoga cry harder.

<Part 2>
 

MICHAEL

    The angel jumped as his lord's voice touched him, "Yes."

THE ANGEL OF WAR KNOWS KNOWS

    "Yes lord, I ordered him to return but. . ."

FLY SWIFTLY MY SON, HE WILL DO ANYTHING TO STAY WITH HIS HUMAN.

    "Any. . ." He gasped, "He wouldn't!"

YOU KNOW HE WOULD. GO. AND MAY YOU FIND YOUR WAY TO GLORY THROUGH GOODNESS.

    "My lord." The angel nodded and vanished to Earth. //God let me get there in time!//

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    Ryoga woke up to find himself craddled to Ranma's chest as the pigtailed boy leaned his back against his bedroom wall. "Ranma."

    "You ok now?"

    He shook his head, tears threatening once more.

    "Wait! Before you start to cry again why not tell me what happened, maybe I can help."

    "They want to take you away from me."

    That was the last thing Ranma had expected to hear, "Wha. . .?"

    "I can't leave you!  I can't!"

    "You don't have to." The pigtailed boy smiled, "It's ok P-chan, you aren't going anywhere unless I go too."

    "But they can make me go. As long as I'm an angel. . . Ranma!"

    "What?"

    Ryoga spread his wings out visible behind him and handed Ranma a knife.

    "What is this for?"

    "Cut them off."

    "WHAT?!"

    "My wings. Cut them off."

    "Ryoga are you nuts?! You could bleed to death!"

    "I won't." The clear blue eyes pleaded for some reason for his sudden outburst but Ryoga couldn't give him any. Not without hurting him.

    "There's another way, there's gotta be ok? We'll find it, we did before."

    "This is worst than before."

    Ranma paled slightly, remembering his possession by Satan, but he caught himself. Ryoga needed him to be strong now!

     "There's no other way. They can force me to leave this time. But not if I'm not an angel anymore. Go on. I can't do it myself."

    "Ryoga." His voice was full of love and concern and Ryoga bit his lips and squeezed his eyes shut, "DO IT!"

    The knife fell from Ranma's hand and Ryoga picked it up and put it back there. "I . . ."

    "Please! Ranma I need you to do this!"

    He almost sobbed, "Ryo-kun. . ."

    "RANMA IF YOU LOVE ME. . . DO IT!!!"

    The knife cut an arc through the air before hitting down, feathers and bone, and sliced through the thick appendages attatched to Ryoga's shoulderblades. The dropped bloody to the floor as Ranma caught Ryoga to him. "Ryoga! God what did I do?!"

    Ryoga swallowed his pain, fought the hoarse cry back into his throat and hugged Ranma tightly, afraid to let him go, "You freed me."

    "RYOGA!"

    Both boys jumped as Arch angel Michael grabbed up Ryoga's severed wings and shoved them out to the young men.

    "What have you DONE?! You idiot!"

    "I'm not leaving him." Ryoga growled and placed himself protectively in front of Ranma.

    "Do you know the trouble you'll cause with this scandle?!" He rubbed the bridge of his nose in an adgitated manor, "The angel of war gives his wings to remain bonded to the son of Sata. . ."

    "SHUT UP!" Ryoga cried out but it was too late, Ranma had heard.

    "Son of Sata. . ." His breathing grew ragged as he realised what the angel was going to say, "Satan. I. . . The Devil is my dad?"

    "Ranma, you didn't do anything wrong!" Ryoga grabbed his lover close and burried his face in Ranma's strong chest, "It was your mom, she made a deal. . ."

    "So I would be a man among men." He said softly. "She. . . what does that mean? That I am everything I am just because of a contract?" He shivered at the thought and held Ryoga tighter, "That I love you just because they wanted to torment my mom?"

    "NO!" He spread kisses all over the other boy's face and neck, "Satan can't make love. It's too pure. We love eachother because our souls are the same."

    Ranma's voice was quiet and broken, "Do I have a soul?"

    "Ramna." Ryoga kissed him softly and tightened his embrace, "Don't look so lost. That my job, remember?"

    "Why did you do it Ryoga?"

    Michael cleared his throat and waited for the two to glance up at him, "Ryoga, I hate to remind you. . . But You Seriously Fucked Up!"

    He glarred at his ex-boss and shook his head, "I did exactly the right thing."

    Ranma snuggled closer to him and Michael frowned.

    "Nothing is going to take him away from me."

    "I am seriously regretting ever appointing you as a guardian."

    "Get over it fly boy."

    The look on the arch angel's face was priceless. Once he broke from his shock he dissapeared in a flash of light and Ranma started laughing quietly. Ryoga paused a moment then joined him and soon both of them were giggling uncontrolably.

    When they finally calmed down Ranma smiled at his angel, trying to put all of his emotions into that one gesture, "I love you. I'm glad you didn't leave."

    "I may get lost a lot, but I always know I'll find my way home. It's a fact of life."

    "But aren't you. . . I don't know, turned off by me now? I mean now that you know what I am and who my dad is. . ."

    "You are not your father. As far as I'm conderned Genma is still you're dad and biology doesn't matter."

    "Ryoga."

    "You're my human." He lifted Ranma easily and carried him to lie on their bed, "And don't you forget it."

    Ranma's eyes flashed and he smiled, "You wanna remind me?"

    Ryoga didn't have to be asked twice.

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    Satan smiled evily at his demon, "So the whelp is Saotome's son. I knew there was something familiar about him."

    "Should we continue as planned? I mean, the angel. . ."

    "Fuck the angel."

    S'iret Fyre grinned and slipped from her place in the shadows, "That whould be your son's job now, wouldn't it."

    The demon froze and stared at the newly dead Hellion. She had just finished her Walk, just barly dead,  but Satan liked her. No one but S'iret Fyre could speak to the devil and get away with it. She was a favorite of his.

    "Would you like to bring my son to me, Fyre?"

    "Your wish oh dead one." She smirked.

    "Go then."

    She smiled and stepped back.

    "Oh, and S'iret."

    "Mmm?"

    "Bring the angel too."
 
 
 

~tbc~