One, day after having watched the 5 deadly venoms, I wondered 
what would happen if Ranma had been trained in the School of Shaolin. 
And, thusly, this fic was born.

This never happened in the REAL Ranmaverse. This is an alternate 
timeline, in which the Hunan Temple was not destroyed.

Enjoy!

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	A lone figure easily and gracefully alongside the paved highway. 
He wore a leather jack, canvas pants, and a used-looking leather hat. 
Across his back a bedroll was slung, along with a bamboo flute. The jack 
was slung over his shoulder, revealing a kung-fu shirt without sleeves. 
On his forearms were the scars of a tiger and a dragon. That could mean 
only one thing. He was Shaolin. And so young! He was only a teenager. Yet 
he had mastered every style of Shaolin kung fu. He was Shaolin.

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	"Today, my daughters, Saotome and his son are due to arrive!" An 
ecstatic middle-aged man was saying. He started crying. "You three must 
choose amongst yourselves who he will marry."

	"Father, this is the 90's! How can you expect one of us to marry 
this guy, 'Ranma,' is we've never even met?" The question came from a 
girl with short brown hair. 

	Suddenly turning very serious, Soun Tendo said "all of our 
family's honour is resting on your shoulders. One of you must marry 
Saotome's  son!"

	The three young women sighed unhappily.

	Akane, the youngest daughter, glanced outside the window, and noticed 
that it was raining hard.

	The doorbell rang, making the four people jump.

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	The traveler stopped. *This is the place* she thought. *This is 
where Pop wanted me to go.*

	She rang the doorbell. 

	The door was opened by a pretty, young woman, looking like the 
proverbial "traditional" Japanese daughter.

	The first girl inhaled deeply. And spoke.

	"Greetings, I am Saotome Ranma, only son of Genma Saotome," the 
red-head said. "This is indeed the Tendo dojo isn't it?"

	"Yes, it is. I am Tendo Kasumi, please come in."

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	Soun burst into tears at the sight of Ranma. "My boy! It is good 
that you have come to marry one of my daughters!" Soun felt something 
against his chest. He looked down. Ranma was a girl! Thinking, Soun did 
the only thing that he could, logically. He started crying. A girl with 
short brown hair began to poke Ranma in the breast, gently. 

	"You really are a girl aren't you?" She asked.

	The female Ranma responded cryptically. "About half the time."

	Akane asked Ranma a question. "Ranma, do you want to spar?"

	"Okay... uh... I didn't get your name earlier. What is it?" Ranma 
said. What he thought was *my God! She is really cute!*

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What do you all think? Is this one a keeper, or should I keep fishing?

	Thomas Hamill