Jjz_Ranma@Hotmail.com
(Jesus "Jesse" Zamora)

If you have any trouble with this address, please use the ones
below [If you do so, be sure to say that the message is for me.]

Saint@Shadow.net
(Henry "Ho-Sung Pak" Lee.  If you though "Sweet Dreams [Are made
of This]" was bad, check this out, m'man!)

Dyluc@aol.com
(Andre the Giant, who could have prevented Kasumi from being cast
to replace Kain, and didn't, allowing Richard Lawson to poison my
mind with his "Appearances" fanfic)
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     () Soundtrack information.
     [] Notes.
     <> Thought sequences.


A NOTE OF IMPORTANCE:This is not a "Ranma" fanfic, even though it
features three Ranma 1/2 characters [I would not mind it showing
on the Ranma archives, mind you!].  This is an effort on my part
to take the characters from several anime series and place them
in Nosgoth, where they are given roles from Blood Omen.  I'll
explain some of the selections at the conclusion of this story.
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ABOUT THE CIRCLE OF NINE:It is necessary to understand the
original purpose of the Circle of Nine to comprehend the crisis
that Nosgoth is in.  The Circle is a group of nine [duh] persons
who each represent one of the Pillars of Nosgoth.  These pillars
in turn represent one of the nine powers that govern the world:

     The Mind.
     Conflict.
     Energy.
     Nature.
     Balance.
     Dimension.
     States*.
     Time.
     Death.

     Using these powers, the Circle is supposed to keep order in
the world, making sure the forces of evil do not overrun those of
good.  In the event that a member of the Circle should die, the
pilllars will "call" forth someone to serve in that person's
place after a time.                     
[*:In the context used for the pillars, the word "States" is
another word for "Forms."  For example, Onna-Ranma [I personally
prefer "Ranma-chan," but this is better for the tutorial] would
be Ranma's female "state."]

Any other questions about Nosgoth legend can be directed to me at
my address.
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     <> Character thoughts.
     () Soundtrack information.


                          B L O O D    O M E N

                   L E G A C Y    O F    K A S U M I

                         By Jesus "Jesse" Zamora

     Based on "Blood Omen:Legacy of Kain," from Crystal Dynamics.
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                               PROLOGUE

                    "There is a magical operation
                    of maximum importance: The 
                    initiation of a new aeon.  
                    When it becoms necessary to 
                    utter a word, the whole planet
                    must be bathed... In BLOOD..."

Open on a scene of the Jusenkyo Guide, another man, and two woman
standing around a well in a dark, stone room, their cloaks limp
on their skin to indicate the sterileness of the room.  In the
well water, a horrble war between the Saraphan Holy Warriors and
a legion of vampires is being displayed.  The war is evidently
going the Saraphan's way, but the dead of both sides are stacked
sky high.

J. GUIDE:Hmmm... [Raises his arms into the air, as though
preparing a spell]

          (Background Music[BGM]:"Kiddie Grinder [Remix].")

The door to the room suddenly flies open, sending a rush of light
into the room and revealing the savior of the vampires, Ranma
Saotome, wearing a red shirt and black pants, a claw on his right
hand.  He rams the claw through the heart of the man in front of
him, then tosses the corpse aside.  One of the women steps back,
terrified.

WOMAN #1[calling at the top of her lungs]:Kuuuunoooo!!!!

Ranma looks at the woman, his golden, black-slitted eyes gleaming
with murderous rage.  Laughing, he generates a small red energy
sphere in his left hand and chucks it at her, watching in delight
as it hits the poor soul, causing her flesh to rip open and
sending blood flying all over the place.  Sensing the other woman
running to the door, he quickly turns around and flings an Energy
Bolt at her, which blows her to somewhat sizable pieces that
splatter onto the wall.

RANMA[Turning to J. Guide]:Hmhmhmhmhmhahahahahaha.... [Vanishes
into mist]

J. Guide walks slowly around the well, praying Ranma wasn't in in
front of him.  Ranma materializes, not in front of his prey, but
BEHIND him!

RANMA[open-mouthed smiling, his fangs shining evilly]:Hahahahaha
haha....!

J. GUIDE:RRRRrrrrr... [His hands flicker with energy, but
extinguish themselves as he thrusts them at Ranma.  He tries to
gather his energy, but the same thing happens.  He looks at his
hands, which only give a pathetic spark, then looks up, worried
and scared for his life].  [At the top of his lunges,
desperately]  KUUUUNOOOOOO!!!!!!!

In a distant hall, Tatewaki Kuno runs like madness to the calls,
his samurai gear rustling violently.  His katana gleams in the
sunlight beaming from the stained glass windows.

KUNO:<I will not fail!>

Back in the room, J. Guide runs passed Ranma, who casually turns
to face the quarry.

RANMA[confident]:Call your dogs!  They can feast on your CORPSES! 
[Leaps at J. Guide and swings at his head with the claw, cutting
it clean off.  He then draws the blood of his foe into him,
savoring the sweet taste as it passes through his lips and into
his body]

At the sound of footsteps, Ranma turns into mist, walking toward
the shadow on the wall to the right of the door as he fades away. 
Kuno walks in and is immidiately taken aback by the carnage.  As
the shock fades he goes over to one of the bodies to the right of
the door and kneels down before it to examine it.  Suddenly,
there is the sound of something metallic clattering on the
ground.  Before Kuno can turn around, the mist materializes, and
Ranma lets a fierce right hook go, hitting Kuno square in the
head.  Fade to black.

                          (BGM fades away)

Open on what can only be described as a wastland.  The
Necromancer, Rezo, is standing atop a cliff, his thick red
priestly robes swaying lightly.  Several meters down, Kuno is
chained over a pit, bare save for his underwear, a neautral look
on his face.  Just in front of the pit sits an impressive set of
samurai armor, highlighted by what had to be the most beautiful
helmet in all of Nosgoth.

REZO[reproachful]:For failing the Circle, Tatewaki Kuno of the
Saraphan, you are hereby DAMNED!!!

Kuno's flesh falls from his body like dust into the pit, leaving
only a set of dry bones.  His ghost floats to the armor,
disappearing inside of it.  The armor then begins to move, as if
by itself.

REZO:The pleasures of the flesh are no longer yours!

Kuno, realizing that he is now one with the armor, stares into
nonexistant hands, only seeing the metal armbands.  He then looks
up at Rezo.

REZO:You have but ONE purpose, Damned Warrior, and that is to
serve US... For eternity!!!

Kuno stares back at his bones, the armor gleaming unnaturally.

Many years later...

Open on a wall in an unknown building.  Mana is lighting two oil
lamps magically, happily humming a nonsense tune.  Suddenly, a
shadow appears on the wall, looming over her menacingly.  She
turns around, seeing a man in a thick brown cloak, his face
hidden behind the too-large hood.  The man pulls out a wicked
curved knife.

MANA[horrified]:IIIIYYYYYYAAAAA!!!

The man stabs Mana deep through the heart, then the lungs, and
finishes the job by slicing her head off.  Her lifeless form
falls to the floor, blood gushing from her wounds, painting the
wall and the man's cloak a deep crimson.  Somewhere far away, at
the Pillars of Nosgoth, which are in a semicircle atop a wide
platform in some sort of forest, shining bright white in all
their glory.  The Pillar of the Mind, on the far right, dims to a
dull gray and begins to crack, eventually forming an intricate
web of cracks.  The other pillars follow suit, and the sky above
them becomes stormy.  Fade to black.
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     Music:"Kiddie Grinder [Remix]." By Marilyn Manson.  From the
     cd\cassette "Smells Like Children."  Nothing\Interscope
     Records.

     COMING SOON!!!           CHAPTER 1:A magical operation...
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This episode introduced 2 characters: Ranma & Kuno

Ranma was a pretty good selection to be the new Vorador.  He has
a humongous ego, and will snap at the slightest provokation.  He
may even kill if he or those close to him are wronged severely
enough, although we haven't seen anything so bad happen in the
series.  [Vorador's reasons for the slaughter are part of Nosgoth
legend, and therefore you can email me for that information]. 
The most important reason for selecting him, however, was that I
needed someone who could be a believable rival for the person I
use to replace Malek, Kuno.  That one thing kept me from using
Eiji Shinjo from Battle Arena Toshinden.

Malek and Kuno share a commitment to the causes they fight for,
and a strong vindictive feeling towards the people causing them
suffering (Namely Ranma and Vorador respectively).  That is the
main thing that made me choose Kuno.

And now for the first chapter...
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                            CHAPTER ONE:
                         A magical operation...

Open inside a grocery shop in the town of Ziegsturhl late one
night.  Various vegitables, fruits, grains, and meats are
displayed tastefully in closely placed isles.  At the far end of
the shop, Kasumi Tendo, holding a basket, is talking to a hefty
man across the counter.  The man looks at her strangely.

KASUMI:Hello, good sir.  I was wondering if I could purchase --.

MAN[roughly]:Sorry, girl, the shop's closed!!

KASUMI:Oh my!  Can't you help a weary traveler from distant
Coorhagen?  I came so far...

MAN:I stay open past time for NO one in these dark times.

Kasumi gives him a sick puppy-dog stare.

MAN:It ain't happening!  [Curiously] By the way, girl... Why not
just do ya shopping in Vasserbunde??

KASUMI:I tried to look there, but they didn't have what I sought.

MAN[sympathetically]:Sorry, there.  [Sternly] Best be on ya way,
girl.

Kasumi turns around slowly, clutching her basket tightly in her
hands, then walks out the door.  She looks around at the town,
the light of the street lamps glowing eerily along the wooden
walls of the small houses.

KASUMI:Maybe I ought to see that gypsy camp that I passed by on
the way to Nachtolm.

MAN'S VOICE:There she is!!!

Kasumi turns around quickly, a curious look in her eyes.

KASUMI:Who's there?

Suddenly, she is clubbed in the back of the head, sending her to
the floor face first and dazing her.  She is turned around by
stong hands to face the sky and sees a muscular man in an orange
cloak, hood on, and gray baggy pants.

MAN[strong, rough voice]:Well, this looks like the girl that the
boss wanted dead.

Kasumi's eyes widen in horror at those words, and her body begins
to shake from fear.

MAN[smirking]:But he didn't say we couldn't have a little fun
wit' 'er before we kill 'er.  [Out loud]  C'mon, boys!  I got a
little treat fer ya!

Three other men, the "boys" that the man in front of Kasumi
referred to, emerge from the shadows behind the first, dressed in
the same fashion and just as muscular.  Kasumi begins shaking her
head in desperate denial.

"BOY" 1[rugged voice]:Oooh, what a tender little morsel you've
found us, sir!

"BOY" 2[high-pitched, scratchy voice]:Indeed, I like THIS one!

"BOY" 3[deep, sexy voice]:It's so rare that our efforts are
rewarded.  Who is she?

"SIR":That's the hit we were given by the boss; Kasumi Tendo of
Coorhagen.

"BOY" 3:Ooooooh, you're a devient!  Send the girl to hell with
the memory of a good fuck.

"SIR"[nodding]:yeeeaaaahhh...

"Sir" slams his elbow down onto Kasumi's chest, taking the wind
out of her, then rips her clothes off, exposing her impressive
figure.

"BOY" 1[drooling]:Bloody hell, she's a looka!

"SIR":So, who gets first dibs on 'er?

"BOY" 1:You go for tha pussy.  I'm gonna get some head off a her. 
[He kneels down next to Kasumi's face].  [To Kasumi as he undoes
his belt]  Just cooperate, an' ya death won't be as painful.

Kasumi just stares at "Boy" 1 with a saddened and shocked look in
her eyes.  "Boy" 1 gets back up and pulls down his pants as "Sir"
does the same, exposing their hardness to her.  "Boy" 1 bends
over Kasumi slightly and grabs a fistfull of her hair, then lifts
her head to meet his member and forces it deep in her throat,
begining a series of forceful thrusts and bobbing her head with
his hands.  While that is being done, "Sir" places his hands on
her hips, digging his nails into her skin, then lifts them up to
meet his own hips and shoves himself into her unready womb. 
Kasumi lets out a muffled scream at the vile, sickening thrusts
within her, her blood now flowing freely from her torn chastity
like a wave of Red Tide.  The other two watch on eagerly.

"BOY" 3[exited]:Look at 'em go!

"BOY" 2:I'm gonna get some, too!  [To "Boy" 1 and "Sir"]  Hey! 
Lift her up a little more!  I wan' her ass!

"SIR"[voice raspy from his actions]:I can't... get her up... very
high... But I'll try!  [Lifts her hips up slightly, just enough
for his partner in crime to get under while not impeding his own
twisted fun]

"Boy" 2 pulls his pants down, then gets on the ground and rolls
under Kasumi, facing her sweating, bleeding body.  With all the
force he could muster, he rams himself into her one remaining
hole, which instantly gushes blood and intensifies her pain.  She
desperately flails her arms, trying to hit the one in front of
her, but what few hits she lands from her awkward position fail
to even phase her attacker.  "Sir's" face contorts into a teeth-
bared mask of tension as his load builds up.

"SIR":Oh shit, I'm gonna come in 'er!  [To "Boy" 3]  Hey, you...
Wan' some when I'm done?!

"BOY" 3[shaking his head]:Naw, I think someone'll come by if we
delay too long.  [darkly] 'Sides, I like watching.

"Sir's" eyes widen as his dick pulsates and his cum shoots into
Kasumi, sickening her further.  "Boy" 1 follows seconds later,
choking her with his own load, then finally "Boy" 2 has his
moment of pleasure as he comes into the girl's ass, rolling out
from under her as soon as he's sure he has emptied himself into
her.  The three rapists and the vouyer step back as they place
their pants back on, seeing the battered, bloodied body of the
woman they sought to kill, now a crying, pathetic shadow of her
former self.  "Sir" takes off his cloak, revealing a cold black-
eyed man with an angular face and a black crewcut.  He takes his
broadsword from his belt and gives it to "Boy" 3.

"SIR":You ought to have SOME action.  END IT!  NOW!

"BOY" 3[pulling off his hood to reveal his bald, oval-shaped face
and hard jade eyes as he eagerly takes the sword]:Sure thing,
sir!

Mercilessly, "Boy" 3 stabs Kasumi through the heart with the
broadsword, leaving it there and looking at it fondly as she lets
out a last, splitting cry before dying.  The group runs like a
pack of cheetahs to get away from the body before anyone notices. 
Close up on the body of Kasumi, now gushing blood from all
orifices, save the sword wound with is clogged by cold steel
which only allows a small flow of blood to escape.  Fade to
black.

Open on a high cliff, overlooking an endless sea of flames. 
Kasumi, her arms bound by metal shackles to two poles that are
spread out a pace apart, is looking down onto the cliff.  She is
dressed as she had been before being attacked and appears as
though nothing had happened to her, save for the sword through
her chest.  She tries to struggle free, but cannot move.  A new,
dark feeling burns withing her, searing her heart with a dark,
menacing energy, a desire to hurt those who hurt her.

KASUMI[strugging with her bonds]:AARRGGGHHH... <Where am I? 
What's going on?>

A fair-skinned hand rests on her shoulder gently.

KASUMI[flatly]:Who are you?

PERSON[a soft, gentle man's voice]:What do you feel girl?

KASUMI[shocked]:What the...?

PERSON:You hate those men, don't you?

KASUMI:... Hate... I don't... Hate anyone...

PERSON[slightly amused]:Do not lie to yourself.  I can feel your
emotions seething within you, the desire to kill those men
burning within you.

KASUMI[angry]:Stop with the riddles!  Who are you, and what do
you want?!

PERSON:Yes, you are indeed the one.  I am the Necromancer...
Rezo.  [Removes his hand from her shoulder and grips the handle
of the sword].  Would you like to avenge your death?  Your RAPE?

Kasumi starts crying, the aching within her soul too much to take
as she realizes that what Rezo offered her was her one remaining
desire, all she had left.

REZO:It must be hard for someone as sweet as you to even accept
what has happened to you.  Never forget what has happened to you,
never forget the pain you've suffered, the pain you suffer now.

Kasumi's tears subside, and she nods slowly.

KASUMI[murder in her voice]:Yes.  Let me take my vengance!  <What
am I saying...?>

Rezo pulls the sword from her body, and the shackles holding her
open, letting her fall on her feet to the floor.  She turns
around to see Rezo, in thick red robes and holding a holding a
golden staff in one hand, the sword in the other.  Kasumi then
notices her clothing dissapearing, replacing itself with a suit
of black iron armor.  Her skin turns deathly gray, and her eyes
become golden, with vertical slits for irises.

REZO[offering Kasumi the sword]:You will have the blood you
hunger for.

Kasumi takes the sword and walks past Rezo methodically.  Rezo
smiles wickedly behind her.  Fade to black.
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     COMING SOON!!!   CHAPTER 2:The Pain of a New Existance.
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This episode introduced 2 characters:Kasumi & Rezo.

Kasumi might seem a VERY unlikely hero, especially for fans of
"Blood Omen:Legacy of Kain."  However, there is a method to the
madness.  At the begining of the game, Kain is a rather peaceful,
if haughty noble, traveling the land in search of adventure. 
While he is a swordsman, he does not like violence and wouldn't
kill save if he needed to... Until he is savagely murdered by a
gang of bandits.  Kasumi is very much like Kain if you take away
the swordsmanship and replace the adventuring with something
practical [which I'd done].  As she is the least hateful person
in all of the Ranma cast, I needed her death to be all the more
brutal.  Thus the rape scene, the most disturbing thing I have
ever written, which could send any woman into a merderous rage...
Especially the woman who deserved it the least of all...

Rezo was the best person for the job of replacing Mortanius. 
Fans of The Slayers should be familiar with the smooth demeanor
of the Red Priest, who is not above using others for his dirty
work.  He passes himself off as a kindly man whose intrests are
helping people, but he has his own agenda.  That is pretty much
the way that Mortanius was in the game, though he wasn't quite
nearly as kindly.  Rezo and Mortanius also share a cold disregard
for their respective commerades, shown by Rezo when he made
Zelgadis into a monster (Explaned by Zel in Slayers episode
8:"FOCUS!  Rezo's the Real Enemy?") and by Mortanius when he
murders fellow Circle member Azimuth near the end of the Blood
Omen game.  Needless to say, this decision didn't take as much
effort as picking Kain's counterpart.

Episodes one and two will also come as a block.  Thanks go out to
the people who deserve it.  Comments are welcome at my address.

Saraba da, muthaphukkers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

     "What's wrong?  Why do you hold back?"
                              -Ryu
                              From  "Street Fight


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