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(Ucchan's Okinomyaki)
	A lone form stands over a table mopping the surface clean with a bucket
and cloth. 'I wonder about that light. He seemed like a nice person
helping Kuno set up that date with me.' she thought as she moved to the
next one. 'But, I found the real reason soon enough. That rat was using
my disappearance as bait for Ranchan.' she thought as she vigorously
wiped the stains. 'But I wonder. Who is he really? Is he really from
another universe and how much can I trust him?' she though as she looked
out into the street outside.

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(Somewhere out there.) 
	'Why do I keep getting lost?' he thought to himself as he looked around
at the lush countryside around him. Entering a small town, he came upon
a person who seemed oddly familiar. 
	"Hi there. Haven't seen you here for quite a while now. Are you still
looking for Furinken High school?" the brown hared stranger asked.
	"Em, where am I"
	"Shikoku." The stranger replies as a large brown boar trotted by
pulling a wagon full of rocks behind it.
	"Oh.. thanks" Ryoga said as he walked away in confusion. "Now how did I
go from here?"
	"Isn't that the boy that came here  looking for Tokyo a while back?" A
villager asked.
	"Un huh. We thought he could be our first tourist attraction but he
doesn't come round often enough for us to advertise." Said villager one.
	"Hmmm. I wonder if he's even found Tokyo yet?" He wondered as the boar
trotted by, pulling an empty wagon behind him.
	"With him, you never know."

Why yes, we are talking about the same Shikoku that was seen when they
introduced Ryoga in the TV episodes. 
'Blatant Heathens! Ryoga has said his first lines in this Fanfic! Bua,
HahaHAhaha.' :an activist from the Shrine of Ryoga.
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(Night..) 
	A figure glides through the clear night sky. Making no sound in the dim
light of the moon, it rides on the currents of the warm summer air.
Cloth wings spread out wide as metal pipes and nylon rope hold the
contraption together.
	Kuno mansion comes into view beneath it, as the light of the moon
bounces off a pair of glasses. A shift in his position and he floats
downwards onto the roof of the Mansion. His black cloak swirling as he
brings his contraption down to the smooth tile. Landing without a sound,
he silently makes his way to the top of the roof. 
Taking a rope from beneath his heavy cloak, he attaches it to the top
and slides slowly down to the side of the roof. With practiced ease, he
slowly lowers himself down to the first of the windows. Peering into the
room, he looks for signs of life. A Hawaiian scene dominates this floor.
Complete with coconut three pillars and a mural of the setting sun. A
blue floor covers half of the floor. The other half is covered with sand
and deck chairs. 'Nope, not this room.' Mousse thought as he lowered
himself to the next floor. 
A room that was dark even under the dim light of the crescent moon. The
scent of exotic flowers and other things best left unmentioned wafted
from the open window. Each evoking different emotions as the different
the scents were brought to mind.  'I don't think so.' Moose thought as
he looked down to the ground another story below. With a mental shrug,
he lowered himself to the ground making sure not to touch the ground
itself for fear of setting off a trap. Looking in, all that he could see
was the spotless interior of the kitchen. 
	'Where is the guest room?' He thought to himself as he slowly made his
way back up the rope. 

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(Kuno Mansion)
	Two people make their way out of the house. They glide through the
gardens like ghosts in the misty light of the false dawn. One of them
suddenly stops and stares at the roof of the house where a person
snores. Following the other's gaze, the second figure picks out the
sight of a rope hanging to the ground. With a shrug, the two of them
turn around and walk into the gardens with their bokkens before them. 
	A few moments later, the sounds of fighting insure as the plants rise
up from their slumber in the pale light and attack the intruders in
their domain. The snores on the roof continue undisturbed as the hacking
continues.

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(A while later.)
	The hacking has stopped and the two people stand facing each other in
the cleared field. Their wooden swords flying in the air around them as
they weaved a deadly web of wood. As before, the sun came free of the
horizon and the combatants stopped and bowed as one before starting off
towards the mansion. 
	"Shall we check on our guest?" Kuno asked as they reached the rope.
	"Why certainly!" Guo said as he leapt up and pulled himself silently up
the rope.
	As he reached the roof, Guo slowed down sensing a change in the air. He
moved to the edge of the roof and peeked his head over the side. There
was a Hang glider vaguely resembling a duck with the brown coloring on
the roof. There at the top of the roof slept a spectacled form with what
looked like a pot of black roses on his head. Guo thought for a second
and reached down and grabbed Kuno as he came up below him. 
	'Heave ho!' Guo thought as he threw Kuno up to the roof. Kuno landed on
his feet and looked at the person before him. 
	"How dare this wretched fo.o..l.. ZZzzzzzz" said Kuno as he toppled
over and fell asleep on top of Moose. 
	'Hmmm,' Guo thought as he slid downwards. "Sasuki! Would you please
come here for a minute?" He called as he reached the ground.
	"Err, Yes?" Sasuki said as he dropped to the ground besides him. 
	"Kodachi's sleeping plant is on the roof again. Can you fetch Kuno and
Mousse down from there?" He said pointing upwards 
	"Err, I think so," the Ninja said "Just let me get my gas mask and I'll
be all set." He said as he turned towards the mansion.
	"Wait, tie Mousse up and bring him to the training hall OK?"
	"Sure."

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(Somewhere our there.)
	"I Where in the world am I?"  
	"Quit shouting boy!" Come a voice behind him. "You're in Hiroshima." 
	"Oh, thank you. Err,, do you know how to get to Tokyo?"
	"Either take the bullet train north of here or go north east until you
see allot of buildings taller than eight stories high."
	"Oh thanks." Ryoga said as he started walking in a direction."
	"Hey boy! Walk north-east not south!
	"Oh sorry," said Ryoga as he walked north. 
	"Darn youngins'" the man spat as he looked at the receding figure of
Ryoga.

'Bua hahahah. . . *bonk.*' "Once is enough don't you think?"
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(Hell in the hole.) 
	"Giggle snort, chuckle, that idiot Mousse. Stupid, Stupid boy.
Chuckle."
	The demon looked around the screens before him at the imp and waved his
hand. A screen appeared besides him as he furrowed his brow. Running it
at quick time, he watched Mousse as he crawled up and down the building.
After about the tenth time, Moose seemed to summon his bravery and enter
a particularly dark room only to emerge a moment later visibly shaken.
He scrambled up the rope as fast as he could and reached the top but, a
pot of roses attached to a ribbon made it's way out the window. With a
flick of the ribbon, the bouquet was launched up onto the roof and onto
Moose who held it idiotically for a second before as he passed out.
	"Interesting subjects." The demon Commented as he looked on, Guo and
Kuno emerged from the basement a few moments later. "Interesting
indeed."

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(Kuno Manor)
	It is a dark room large enough to be an empty warehouse of sorts. A man
sits tied to a practice dummy. A few seconds later, a second  man enters
the room. He looks at the spectacled form for a second before reaching
forwards and removing the mans spectacled. No reaction that can been
seen either than the soft snores of the captive.
	Disappointed, he places it on the ground besides him and reaches into
his shirt pocket. Taking out a small bottle, he waves it under Mousse's
nose, bringing the sleeping form instantly awake..
	"*Urghh.* what's that smell?" Spluttered Mousse as he struggled against
his bonds.
	"That was smelling salts and it worked to wake you  pretty well too."
Came the reply from the person above him. 
	"Err. Who are you?" Asked the wary Mousse at the blurry image before
him. 
	". . . Kaku Komei."
	"What do you want?" Asked Mousse as he thought over that unfamiliar
name.
	"I think I should be asking you that _Question_ since you were the
person sleeping on the roof."
	"Komei Komei.. Light?"
	"Yep. I found out what my name translates into in Japanese. Now answer
the question."
 	'Oh^ oh.' Mousse thought as he realized that his target had him at a
disadvantage. Not that he could do anything about it at the moment.
"Where are My spectacles?"
	"Oh please, I have them with me, now answer the question."
	"Well, I came here to defeat you. . Can I have my spectacles back?" 
	"Not yet. So why sneak around in the night? No, don't answer that. I
can figure that out for myself." Guo said as he placed the spectacles
back on Moose's face. "Why don't you just give up. I don't want to hurt
you or anyone else. So don't force me to."
	"Err. . Why couldn't I find your room?"
	"I was hiding here in the basement Moose."
	"From who?"
	"Kodachi."
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(Another part of town)
	Nabiki and her associates stand before a large building of some sort.
There is the Japanese flag hoisted before it proclaiming it to be a
government office building of a sort.
	Nabiki: "OK girls, you know the plan."
	Long and short hared girls "Distract them and meet back here."
	"Good. Now execute the plan." Nabiki says as the two girls walked into
the building. Nabiki smiled thoughtfully and looks at a clock besides
her. Ten seconds later, she enters the building. Not even looking at the
long hared girl as she flirted outrageously with the security guard, she
walked past. She walked on into an office where a male secretary is
sitting looking bored and unhappy with his job. She only had to wait for
a couple of seconds before the door to the office opened. Out comes
short hair leading an older man out by his arm. 
	"You know you were supposed to take your doctor's appointment last
week,"
	"Yes yes Akimi. Dam why did you have to come today?"
	"Well, as your niece, I can't let my uncle get sick can I ? Anyway your
daughter called me and asked me to take you there while she was at the
Temple."
	"*sigh*" goes the man as he resignedly follows his niece out the door. 
	Unnoticed by the others, Nabiki sneaked into the room behind them and
started playing with the Councilor's computer. 'No codes to break from
here.' She thought as she inserted the diskette into the drive. She
quickly browsed the files and found what she was looking for. The
records office. 
	'Hmm, there is a name here under the deaths. Kohanji Kohan. Dead after
birth eighteen years ago. Let's change that.' She thought as she
inserted a number of modifications into the files.
	"IC number JQ77978401 Age, 17 date of birth, 10/23 place of birth.
Tokyo General Hospital. Time of birth, 1:23am Father. Dead: auto
accident three years ago. Mother. Dead same accident. schooling, Home
schooling. Present address..  Might as well, Tendo Training hall, Nerima
Tokyo, Japan. That takes care of that." She thought as she returned the
screen to the last setting. 'There was enough lies to throw off pursuit
but not enough to arouse suspicion. The only thing is for him to sign a
change of name form to throw off the scent and he would be all set.' she
thought as she waited for Akimi to return for the bag that she  had
conveniently forgotten.

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(Nekohaten) 
	The morning crowd was just gathering, Shampoo was busy serving and
taking orders from the customers. She looks up as the door opens yet
again, a greeting on her lips. She suddenly freezes in place as she sees
the person standing in the doorway. The crowd quiets down as the
customers sense the change in the air. 
	There at the doorway stands a lone figure. His tight beige shirt
showing off his hard chest which his blue jacket tries to conceal. In
his left hand he carries a bag of clothing while his left hand holds a
simple wooden pole at the end of which is a cage. There, a spectacled
duck sits, forlornly looking down at the base of the cage. He looks
around in interest as if seeing a remembered memory and slowly entered
the room. 
	"Hold Warrior," Came a voice from the kitchens. "What have you come
for?"
	"I came to sample the food and clear a misunderstandings." said Guo as
he walked towards the kitchens." I have also come to return something
that I have found." he said as he entered the kitchen and bowed.
	"Thank you for returning Mousse," Cologne said  as she bowed back to
the person before her.
	"It was nothing." Guo said as Shampoo stared daggers at his back.
	"But what misunderstanding do you speak of?" 
	"I speak of a misunderstanding that I hope to forestall. It is that I
did not defeat Ranma of my own free will and hope that you or more
specifically your ward will forgive me for my actions"
	"Shampoo no forgive!" 
	<Little kitten, do not attack our guest. For he came here in peace.>
Cologne said in Mandarin.
	<But grandmother!> Shampoo shouted as fires burned in her eyes.
	<Listen to your elder, child.>  Guo softly rebuked.
	<Y..You know Mandarin?> asked the incredulous Shampoo.
	<I would be a fool if I could not at understand the language of my
parents.>
	<You are full of surprises, Guo.> Cologne interrupted 
	<Nevertheless, I will not fight you if I can help it, Shampoo. There is
no point in destruction. A friend gained is an enemy destroyed.> 
	<That is not the correct proverb but it will do.> Cologne replied. 
	<But grandmother!..  No talk, I kill!.> she cried as she pulled out her
bonbori.
	Guo looked sadly at Shampoo and disappeared from view as the bonbori
flew through the space he had occupied.  
<When you are angry, you cannot defeat me. So don't try.> came his voice
from outside the window. 
	Shampoo spun around looking out the window at Guo. <I kill> she
screamed as she flew at him.  He leapt upwards as she leapt through the
open window. 
	"*sigh* Ok Moose, now wear your clothes and take these orders outside"
Colonge said as she opened the cage door. 

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(Somewhere in Nerima)
	Guo ran through town with Shampoo close behind. Keeping just far away
enough to stay our of reach, he dodged and weaved through the streets
evading her attempts to catch. . kill him. 
	<Stop running!>
	<Why?> Guo shouted back as he ducked around a corner. Shampoo reached
the corner and skidded to a stop as Guo flew over her, running off in
the opposite direction. She quickly turned around and gave chase to the
receding figure.
	'He craftier than Happosai.' She thought as she threw her bonbori yet
again at him.  
	"Ah! It's not often women chase men and I am glad you chose to case
me!" Guo taunted over his shoulder as he dodged.
	"I no chase you stupid man. You I kill!" shouted the infuriated
Shampoo.
	"Then what are you following me for, if you aren't chasing me?" teased
Guo as he rounded another corner.  
	"You I kill!" she shouted as she snatched up the bonbori. A second
later, she reached the corner only to suddenly screech to a halt as a
fist imposed itself right in front of her face.  She stared in shock at
the fist half an inch on front of her nose.
	"Stop this or you will be hurt girl. I don't want to hurt you, or
defeat you."
	Shampoo continued staring in shock at his stern visage as he withdrew
his fist. She slowly nodded as she looked into his dark hazel eyes. 
Seeing her nod, he spun on his heel and turned in the opposite direction
leaving Shampoo to stare as he stalked off. Silent and deadly unlike
before. She noted that he was wet but just stood there as he disappeared
around a corner. 
	 An old woman peered frightened around a driveway at him as he stalked
off into the street. Hesitantly she came back out to pick up her bucket
and scoop off the ground. 

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	He stalked down the street with the dangerous grage of a panther.
Slipping past people like they were standing still in the street he made
his way through them with deadly intent. He slowly stopped as he noticed
something and looked down at his wet clothes. Closing is eyes, he
concentrated. An aura sprang to life around him for a moment before
steam slowly rose from his clothes. Suddenly, his head jerked up in
surprise. Like a sleepwalker waking from a nightmare, he looked around,
uncertain and unsure.
	'What in the world happened? Let's see, I went to the Nekohaten to get
a truce and got Cologne on my side. Shampoo didn't accept my truce and
chased me as I taunting her. Finally, I got hit by water. Wasn't I
supposed to turn into a raccoon or something? I just don't know why I
can't remember.. *Che..* what in the world is happening to me?' Guo
thought as he started walking down the street..

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(Hell hath no fury as a ...)
	"*?* What was that?" 
	"What?" the Demon asked as he typed away into his computer. 
	"The guy got splashed by cold water and changed."
	"Wait a second. " the demon said as he pointed besides him. A screen
appeared. He watched the antics of the last half an hour in quick time
and looked thoughtful as the change in Guo. He slowed the image and
replayed the action again. 
	#The woman splashed Guo, who stood still in shock # 
	#his aura flashed black for a moment #
	#the woman practically leaped back scared #
	#Guo turned and thrust his hand forwards #
	#into shampoo's face as she came around the corner. #
	#He spoke and left #

	'I really need to include sound' the demon thought as he looked at the
figures before him.

	#little while later, aura focusing drying clothes. # 
	#light yellow flash in aura before it died #
	#different stance and posture #

	"Ok, I think I know what happened."
	"What? What happened" 
	"The scroll was cursed." the demon said as he turned to the screens
before him. 'Now, the challenge is to find out what.' he thought as he
turned back to his screens.
	"Are you going to tell me what curse?"
	"Not yet so put your tongue back in your mouth." the demon reproached
as he returned to his typing.

(A cute little tongue it is too!)
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I figure that I can end it here and play around with the ideas for 4.
let me know if you wish to kill me at the moment. I can take it just
don't stall and let me exist without the warm glow of C&C to accompany
me in the lonely night.
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        may the light shine forth young warrior.
        The day is gone and the night is coming,
        let the light shine forth and illuminate the darkness
        beyond....                          .Q
Legends of Ragoon? Heroes of light? 
can anyone answer to ease my plight?
Come on, tell me, I wish to find.
Where from I may have taken this line.
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