Here's the first part of my new series, tell me what you think. Please send
C&C, MSTs, etc. to JLee100441@aol.com. 

Statis of my other projects.

Alternate Future: Working on the outline for part 10. I may be doing a short
side story before that.

Nodoka's Daughter: Outline for part 4 is finish and I have started writing on
it. It will be a while though as writing on it is going very slowly.

Asuka 1/2: Have started part 3 but may have to rewrite.

The Bond: I've handed this project over to Rob Barba. He's already released an
expaned version of part one and it is an excelent read.

My Evangelion/Jurrasic Park crossover: Going nicely. ^_^

Neko Can't

By: James Lee
Story idea by:Gregg Sharp

Disclaimer: These characters do not belong to me. Ranma 1/2 belongs
to Rumiko Takahashi. Gold Digger belongs to Fred Parry. Suing
me would be pretty useless.

Thanks to Metroanime for letting me use his story idea.

Part 1
	Sergeant Kanuka Clancy of the Nagoya police department 
looked at Cadet Noa Izumi as she entered the patrol car.
	"You remember my cream and sugar?"
	"Yes Sergeant It's right here in the bag." Said Noa, handing
her the cup of coffee and a paper bag.
	"Good lets get ro..."
	[Any nearby units, we have disturbance at 335 Takahashi 
Street..Possible 9-11]
	"Well off to work." Said Kanuka grabbing the radio handmike.
"This car 45. We're in route, should be there in ten minutes."
	
	A short while later the police car rolled up to a small house.
Kanuka could see that a car had already arrived. Stepping out the 
car Kanuka and Noa walked over to the two officers at the scene.
	"What-ya-got Hiromi?"
	Corporal Hiromi, a large officer from Okinawa, stepped forward. 
"There's an empty lot behind this house. The old lady that lives here 
says she saw a big man throw a small child into a pit there. She then 
heard a whole lot of screaming, crying, and yawling."
	"Yawling??"
	"That's what she said. Anyway me and Ota where about to 
check it out."
	"Well lets go then." That said the four police officers went around
the house. Approaching the empty lot, Kanuka could see a large man
in a white Gi. The man was bald and wore glasses, he was pulling on 
a rope. Taking a breath Kanuka spoke.
	"Excuse me." The startled man let go of the rope. There was
a thud followed by some hissing and yawling.	
	"W-What? Can I-I help you officer?"
	"What's going on here?"
	"Oh nothing..nothing.." Said the man nervously eyeing the pit.
This was not lost on Kanuka.
	"What's in the hole?"
	"Umm N-nothing."
	Kanuka narrowed her eyes. "Step aside please."
	The man slowly stepped away from the pit. As he did the officers
moved forward. "Noa, check it out."
	"Right Sergeant."
	Kanuka turned her attention back to the man. "What's your
name?"
	"Ah Genma."
	"Genma what?.."
	"Oh my god!" Kanuka turned to see cadet Noa jump into the
pit. There was more hissing and yowling, as well as Noa yelling. "Scat! 
Beat it! Get off him!"
	"What going on Izumi?"
	"You better call the paramedics Sergeant! This bad, real bad!"
	"Hiromi." The large officer nodded and start calling for an 
ambulance. Walking up to the pit, Kanuka shined her flashlight into it.
She gasped at the sight of the small bloody body inside. Whirling on 
Genma, Kanuka screamed.
	"WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS HUH!!?"
	Genma looked down. "I-It's just martial art's training. The boy
will be fine. Please j-just let me collect my son and we'll be on our
way..."
	"Like hell! You're under arrest ASSHOLE!" Kanuka yelled as
she started to draw her weapon. Another police car then pulled up 
with two more officers.
	Seeing this Genma kicked the gun out of Kanuka's hands,
causing her to fall into the pit. He then turned and jumped over the 
fence into the next yard. He hated to abandon his son, but could come
back for him later. After all, it was just a pit of starving cats. That
couldn't
have hurt him too badly, could it?
	"Sergeant!" Hiromi rushed up to the edge of the pit to see Kanuka
pulling herself off of Noa. He then turned to his partner. "Ota, get 
after him!"
	"Right Corporal. Come on you guys let's get em!"
	Ota and the other officers took off after Genma. After they 
were gone, Hiromi looked back down into the pit. "You OK Sergeant?"
	"Yeah I'm fine. Where are the paramedics?"
	"They're pulling up now."
	"OK how about that guy? Did they get em?"
	Hiromi turned to see Ota coming back shaking his head.
"The son of bitch just disappeared."
	"He got away Sergeant."
	"All right I want an APB put on his ass. When we get back, 
we'll get a warrant put out for his arrest: Child abuse, attempted murder,
malicious maiming, cruelty to animals, and anything else you can think
of." Kanuka looked down at the small boy. He had stopped breathing
and Noa was now giving him CPR. "Let's get this kid to the hospital."

			*****
Nagoya police department, seven days later:
	"Take your seats." Said the chief as he sat down, looking
around at the various officers under his command and the doctor that
was joining them for this meeting. "Let's begin, you first Goto."
	Lieutenant Goto, an officer who always seemed to wear a 
bored sleepy look on his face, spoke. "A short while after the incident
at the lot. My men found what appeared to be this Genma's camp. 
The man had already been there and gone by the time my men 
arrived. He apparently grabbed any identification as to who he was 
along with all his gear. All my men found was the boy's tent and back
pack."
	"Was there anything in the pack?"
	"Just clothes, camping gear, and this nice little toy." said Goto,
taking out a rather large tanto.
	The Chief nodded. "Lieutenant Nagumo?"
	A female officer with a pony tail looked down at the files she
had brought with her. "We have an APB put out on this Genma, but
besides an incident at the hospital, we haven't gotten anything yet."
	"Incident at the hospital?"
	"Yes apparently he tried to get the boy out of ICU. He fled
when they called police on him. We now have the boy under police
protection."
	"We've also added theft to the warrant for his arrest. Looking 
back the past few weeks, we've found several missing animal 
reports. These where family pets that this Genma stole from nearby 
homes to add to his pit." 
	The Chief nodded.
	"Also we may have a last name. Some of the residents in the
area mention the name Saotome. We won't know for sure though until
we question the boy."
	The Chief nodded and looked at the doctor. "Well Dr. Mizuko,
I'm glade you were able to join us today. What is the condition of the
boy?"
	"Well the boy suffered from severe blood loss caused by multiple
animal bites and scratches. He also has a dislocated shoulder. We don't
know if this was from when he was thrown into the pit or when this
Genma let go of the rope while pulling him up. At any rate the experience
proved near fatal. In fact, we had to use the crash cart and jump start
the boy during surgery."
	"The boy woke up today however, we have another problem.
This experience has also proven to be a massive mental trama. To deal
with it, the boy now apparently thinks he's a cat."
	"WHAT!?"
	"When he woke up, he started screaming, yawling, and clawing
at anyone who came near. We had to put him under again when he
broke one of his restraints, he was starting to make his injuries worse."
	"So we won't be able to question him then?"
	"I'm sorry, probably not."
	"Hmmm."
	The Chief turned to a slightly over wight officer. "Do you have
something to add inspector?"
	Inspector Matsui looked up at the chief. "I have an American
friend, Dr. Theodore Diggers. I met him when I assigned to work with
a special unit of the American FBI. His methods are kinda weird, but
I've seen him do some pretty amazing things with junkies and people
who thought they were possessed by demons." *and people who 
WERE possessed by demons!* "Anyway, he happens to be in Tokyo 
right now and I think he may be able to help this kid."
	The Chief look at the doctor. "Well Doctor?"
	Dr. Mizuko shrugged. "Why not?"
	"OK Inspector, call your friend, see if he can come down and
help."

			*****

	The others watched as the man placed candles in various parts
of the room. The man was tall with a slight beard and was dressed in
black. The boy who was awake growled at the man when he placed
the last candle a little close. The man then turned to Dr. Mizuko.
	"Are you using oxygen here? I'm going to light these candles."
	"Umm no. May I ask what you are doing Dr. Diggers?"
	Dr. Diggers looked at the doctor for a moment and thought. 
He then walked up to the doctor whispered to him.
	"I believe the boy thinks he is possessed by a demon. What 
I'm going to do is try to cure him by making him think that the demon
has been exorcised. I'm going to do this by giving him a very convincing
light show." *..and by using some real magic.* "I must ask that no one
interfere, no matter what happens. I need this to be as convincing as
possible."
	The doctor nodded and joined the police standing near the 
door. Walking to the center of the Dr. Diggers closed his eyes and began 
to whisper some words that the others couldn't understand. The fact 
that they were from one of the ancient languages of the world of Jade, 
might have had something to do with that. As he whispered, the lights
went out. The others then jumped as the candles flared with purple 
flames. The boy started growling, but the mage continued to speak 
the words.
	Suddenly light began to stream from the boy. Gathering above
the child, the light took the form of a very large cat. Snapping his eyes
open, Dr. Diggers raised his now glowing hand. A beam of light shot
out from the hand and struck the cat. As it did, the Growling hissing cat
vanished. The candle flames then died down and the lights came back
on. Walking up to the bed, Dr. Diggers looked down at the boy.
	"Hello, how do you feel."
	To everyone's surprise the boy answered him. "T-tired."
	Dr. Diggers smiled. "What's your name?"
	"R-Ranma...Ranma Saotome."
	"Well why don't you get some rest. The police will want to 
ask you some questions in a little while." The boy nodded and closed
his eyes. Dr. Diggers then walked over to the Dr. Mizuko. "Give him
some time to rest. He should be able to answer your questions later."
	The doctor nodded. "Thank you Diggers-san. I was afraid we
were going to have to put the kid in a mental institute."
	"No problem at all. I was glad to help." Dr. Diggers then walked
out of the room, Matsui followed him.
	"So how much of that was real?" asked the police inspector.
	Dr. Diggers smirked. "All of it."
	Matsui raised an eyebrow at that. "You mean that kid really
was possessed by a demon?"
	The archmage nodded his head. "Yes, one of his own making.
So what's going to happen to him now?"
	"Well when he's well enough to leave, we'll probably put
him in a foster home. There's no way in hell there going to give 
him back to the father, if that was who he was. If the man is seen
again, he'll be arrested on the spot.."
	"I should hope so."
	"Don't worry. A guy who feeds his little boy, to a bunch of
starving cats. We could burn him at the stake and no one give a shit.
Unfortunately, he's one slippery bastard. Did you know he tried to
get the kid out of the hospital?"
	"No I didn't."
	"Yeah walked right in and said he'd come for his son. Like
the kid wasn't hurt at all. When the nurse said he couldn't be moved
from ICU, he started yelling. He then disappeared again, when he
they started calling the police. The boy's been under police protection
since."
	"So there's no family, you can send the boy to?"
	"Not that we know of. They were living on the streets, so
there may not be any."
	Dr. Digger thought for a moment. "Do you think there'd be
any problem with me taking him in?"
	"What?"
	"I'd like to keep an eye on him. In case of an unlikely relapse."
	"I don't know Theo, I mean you be raising the kid by yourself
and he'd have to move to the US."
	"Well raising a kid by myself isn't something I haven't done
before, besides I'll have Gina and Britanny to help. As for the move,
at least in the United States he'll be out of reach from his father. I have
a few friends who can help me have a restraining order put out."
	Matsui nodded his head. "OK I'll see if I can pull a few 
strings. In the mean time you can talk to the kid and see what he
thinks. By the way, how are your little mages?"
	Dr. Diggers smiled. "They have about as much magical
talent as you, not that I mind. Gina is becoming quite a scholar and
scientist. And Britanny..." Theodore then deadpanned. "..Britanny 
is becoming quite a shopper." Matsui laughed.
	"Wait till she discovers the magic of credit cards."
	Dr. Diggers's shoulders dropped. "She already has."
	"Ouch!"

			*****

	Ranma laid on the bed wondering were his Papa was. The 
police officers all told him that his father had been wrong to throw
him in the pit. They said that his Papa would be arrested and sent to 
jail, if they caught him.
	Ranma didn't know what to think of that. He had not like the
pit of starving cats at all, but Papa had said that it was for the art.
His father said that to be a true martial artist he had to do it. And
Papa was always right, wasn't he?
	Ranma wondered what would happen to him now. Would
they give him back to his father? If so, would he throw him back into
that pit? If they didn't give him back to his Papa, then what would 
they do with him? Would they throw him in jail instead? Ranma 
was thinking about all these things when the door to his room opened.
	Ranma then saw a foreigner enter the room. He recognized the
gaijin as the same one he had seen to when he woke up. The man
was as tall as his Papa, but much leaner. He had yellow hair and beard.
Looking down at him, the man smiled. 
	"Hello Ranma how do you feel today?"
	"Umm OK. Who are you?"
	"I'm Dr. Diggers. You may not remember, but I helped you
overcome the 'shock' you suffered after being thrown into that pit."
	"Sh-shock? Where's my Papa?"
	"We...We don't know Ranma. He may have left town.."
	"Well I see him again?" asked Ranma.
	Dr. Diggers shook his head. "No, probably not."
	"W-Why?" Tears were starting to well up in Ranma's eyes.
He knew he wasn't supposed to cry but he couldn't understand why 
all these people didn't want him to be with his father.
	"Well Ranma your father....your father did some rather bad
things to you, I'm sorry."
	"W-What will happen to me?"
	"Well Ranma, they are going to try to find some of your 
relatives. Maybe an aunt or uncle, you can stay with."
	"How about Mom?"
	"Maybe, is your mother alive?"
	"Umm I don't know, I think so."
	"Do you remember where she lives?"
	Ranma shook his head. "No."
	"Well maybe they'll find her."
	"What if they don't?"
	"If they don't find her Ranma, then I'd like to ask you to 
come with me back to America. To be a part of my family. Would
you like that?"
	"A-Amer-ric-ca? I-I don't know. Would I still be able to
be a martial artist?"
	Dr. Diggers smiled. "I think we could arrange something."

To be continued.

Next:

Ranma goes to America 

Meets his new sisters.

And grows up in the Diggers family.

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