Hi there its me again....well, i just finished chap.2 and i think its pretty good. Well, i guess i will let you ppl decide that. btw I think i also fixed that word wrapping thing, if i didnt im sorry.
                        
                                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, who is whining over a balloon,
and Mikido Sanzenin are standing in front of 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 wandering 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-haired 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 to find Ranma holding 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.  "Where are you, Ranma, my boy?"
Genma questions as he stares up at the ceiling.
	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 a tear trickles from his eye.


			


					     Chapter  2



	It is a cloudy evening in the skies above Nerima.  The clouds swirl and shift in the skies.
Well, most of the clouds move except for one, which seem to be stationary.  To the naked eye, this
would appear to be a cloud, but it is not.  Heavy turbine engines support a well-disguised ship of
unknown origin.
	Evil laughter rings thoughout the halls of the unknown ship.  A dark robed figure sits on
top of a throne made of gold.  A finely crafted bottle sits to the right of him on a pedestal.  The
figure reaches down and picks up the bottle.  The dark figure looks at it and sees a miniature girl
sleeping.
	"Now, I have you Nabiki Tendo," laughs the dark robed figure.
	The sleeping girl stirs and wakes up.  Akane sits up and blinks.
	"Huh," she says looking confused. Akane looks around and sees that she is in what's
looks to be a bottle.
	"Where am I," Akane gaps.
	"Well, well, Nabiki Tendo, I see that you are finally awake," laughs the figure.
	"Who did you call me?" Akane shockingly replies.
	"Don't play games with me Nabiki Tendo," shouts the dark robed figure.
	"For, I am D'Rehn of the Sacred Mongoose School of Martial Arts."
	"Sacred Mongoose School of Martial Arts, I never heard of it," Akane shouts back.
	"Now, let me out of here," she violently screams.
	"What, you never heard of the Sacred Mongoose School of Martial Arts, but how can this
be," D'Rehn stutters.
	He puts the bottle back on the pedestal and walks away mumbling something about not
knowing who he is.  As the door opens, D'Rehn turns around and shouts, "Nabiki Tendo, you will
learn to love me or you will never leave here alive."
	"But, I'm not Nabiki," screams Akane at the top of her lungs.  Her scream falls on deaf
ears as D'Rehn turns and leaves.
	Akane sits down and looks up. "I'm not Nabiki," she whispers and starts to cry.
	"Oh, Ranma were are you?" Akane manages to say though tear-streaked eyes.
	Akane wipes away her tears and stands up.  "Wait a second, Ranma is never going be
able to save me," Akane realizes.
	"That jerk, *hum*, he probably doesn't even know that I'm gone," Akane fumes.
	Akane walks over to the edge of the bottle and starts pounding away.  "Stupid, *BLAM*,
jerk, *WHAM*," Akane puffs out.  Eventually, Akane collapses to the ground from exhaustion and
falls asleep.
	A few moments later, a blonde-hared beauty materializes in the room and picks up the
bottle.  "So, this is the famed Nabiki Tendo," mutters the woman.
	"Doesn't look like much, very uncute and look she is built like a brick," she laughs.
	"I should smash you here and now," she screams as she raises the bottle above her head.
	The woman stops and gently puts the bottle back on the pedestal.  "Alas no, I cannot for it
would crush poor D'Rehn's heart."
	"Beware, Nabiki Tendo, for I am watching you," she says as she disappears from the
room.