Hello all you wonderful ppl out there in the ml land he he :)
        Well, it finally happened. I wrote a fan-fic. Well sorta, this is
only chapter 1, so dont go crazy on me ok...bwt I would like to 
        thank Sage for getting me to write this stupid thing.  Well, enjoy.
        I hope you like it.....   :)    Dodekain
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                            The Tide that Binds



                                 Chapter 1


	It is an average day in the town of Nerima.  The sun is shinning brightly.
The wind blows though the town and the people of Nerima go on with their
daily lives.

	Inside the Tendo Dojo, Ranma Saotome is watching television.  Next to him,
Soun Tendo and Genma Saotome are happily at odds over a game of  Shogi.
Kasumi is hard at work making the Tendo family dinner.  Nabiki, lying on her
bed, listens to her headphones and devises another plot to earn her some
more money.  Akane, as usual, is outside practicing.

	Farther down the street, Ukyou Kounji is chasing her shop sign down the
street.  Cologne and Shampoo were closing their restaurant after a hard day
work and Mousse, in duck form, is upstairs, locked in a cage, in Shampoo's
room.  Azusa Shiratori, whining over a balloon, and Mikido Sanzenin are
standing at a balloon stand.

	At the Kuno family home, Tatewaki Kuno is mediating over Akane Tendo and
the mysterious pig-tailed girl.  Kodachi is happily at work making some new
form of potion.  Sasuke is practicing his formidable ninja skills. Happosai
is jumping from Kodachi's bedroom with a bag full of panties and bras.

	 Last of all, Ryoga Hibiki, just wondering around somewhere in Africa, is
daydreaming about how to win Akane's heart.

	Each one of them stops what they are doing and look up.  It only lasts for
a brief second and then they go back to doing whatever they were doing.
Except for a black-hared girl, named Akane Tendo.

	Akane just stands there looking at nothing.  She blinks.  She blinks again
and lets out a scream.  Well, not really a scream that the human ear can
hear, but sort of an internal scream.  A few minutes later, her body slumps
to the ground.
 
	No one hears this scream, except a certain boy named Ranma Saotome.  Ranma,
who is watching television, looks up and blinks.

	"Huh," he says staring blankly at the t.v. screen.

	The silent scream hits him again and Ranma jumps up.

	"Akane," he yells and rushes out the door.

	Genma and Soun look up as Ranma rushes by.

	"What was that?" Genma said looking confused.

	"A...Ak...Akane," stutters Soun Tendo.

	Kasumi pokes her head in from the kitchen, "Was that Ranma?"

	Genma and Soun get up and chase after Ranma.  Soun accidentally knocks over
the Shogi board.

	Ranma arrives at the practice area only to find Akane's body lying on the
floor.

	"No," Ranma screams as he runs over to Akane's body.  He kneels down and
puts her head on his lap.

	Soun and Genma arrive only to find Ranma crying over Akane's body.

	Soun collapses to the ground shouting, "Akane, my dear sweet Akane."

	Genma walks over to Ranma and asks, "What happened, boy?"

	Ranma looks up and stares at Genma unable to say anything.  He looks down
at Akane and sees no spark of life.  Ranma strokes her cheeks and bends over
to kiss her.

	"Akane," Ranma whispers overcome with emotion.  He stands up and jumps over
the wall.

	"Ranma, come back," shouts Genma, as Ranma leaps over the wall.

	"Oh Akane, my dear sweet Akane," cries Soun.

	Genma walks over and picks up Akane's limp body.

	Kasumi walks around the corner and says, "Father, what is all the commotion
about?"
 
        She looks confused as she sees her father kneeling on the ground
crying. Then, she spies Genma holding Akane.  "Genma," Kasumi says softly.

	"Kasumi, help your father," Genma says as he passes her and heads straight
for the house.

	Kasumi helps her father to the house and up the stairs to Akane's bedroom.

	Meanwhile, Nabiki is still in her room planning and scheming.

	Soun runs over to Akane's bed and starts crying again, "Akane, come back to
me."

	Genma looks at Akane and then over at Soun.  Genma questions, "Ranma my
boy, where are you?"

	Ranma sits on top of a rooftop somewhere in Nerima and looks at the fading
sun.  "Akane, I will avenge you," Ranma silently says, as tears stream from
his eyes.



                Well, this is the end of Chapter 1. I hoped you liked it  :)

                                        Dodekain