Greetings all,  I'm just posting this part of Time of Changes because to 
be perfectly honest I'
m a little stuck on what to do next.  I know where I want to head but I'm a bit 
iffy on the path.
	To be a bit more specific I'd like some ideas on what sort of devious 
scheems Fox might come up with to reunite Ranma with his mother in a way that 
lets Ranma's real manliness shine.
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Legal: The characters of Ranma 1/2 were created by the great Rumiko 
Takahashi.
The characters of Gargoyles are the creations of Disney.
I am using them without permission, hopefully for the purpose of 
entertaining someone.  If anyone who has a right to sue me has that 
desire, I have almost no money.

	C&C is appreciated, you can contact me at 
brenda02@sprynet.com
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What has happened so far: Ryouga and Ranma got into a fight, and 
Ranma was put in the hospital in order to keep Fox Xanatos and her 
son Alexander from being hit by some of Ryouga's attacks.  When 
Akane heard about this she decided that she had to put an end to the 
feud between Ranma and Ryouga.  In the hospital Akane demands that 
Ranma tell her the reasons behind his and Ryouga's rivalry.  Ranma 
evades answering by telling her that Ryouga has two reasons for fighting 
him, and gives a quick explanation for why he can't tell her either.  
Ryouga had overheard her decision to end his and Ranma's feud, and 
left after leaving her a letter.  He wound up at Ucchan and on learning 
about what Ranma had told Akane decided to tell her his feelings.  
Akane was angry with him for treating her like an object to be won, but 
told him she still wanted to be friends.  When she questioned him about 
the second reason Ranma spoke of for the feud between the pair; 
Ryouga bolted with the promise of resolving it with Ranma, and 
promptly wandered to Avalon and met the Wierd sisters.  They gave 
him the power to transport to other places when he REALLY wanted 
to go there.  And after discovering that Akane knew about P-chan 
Ryouga really wanted to be anywhere far away and found himself in 
New York.  Demona sensed his teleportation and is planing to learn 
more about him.

			Ranma, the Time of Changes
			By Brendan O'Donnell
			Chapter six

	Ryouga sat in the back seat of the police car, wrapped in a 
tablecloth.  *I sure hope he did say something about getting me 
clothes.* Ryouga thought to himself.  He slumped, letting himself 
collapse into the seat.  *I'd better not fall asleep.*  He thought.  To 
distract himself he thought of how he had gotten where he was.
	*Akane knows.  She was holding me talking about what she 
wanted to do in retaliation, then there was a flash of light and I'm falling 
onto a table.*  He had glanced off the edge of the table, however the 
impact had overturned a pot of hot water siting on the edge.  A quick 
splash and he had been a naked man in a small restaurant.  Naturally his 
first instinct was to grab a tablecloth and cover up.
	Unfortunately for the coffee shop owners the disorientation of 
teleportation, the noise of New York city, and the way people 
screamed around him in a language he barely understood combined to 
scare the young martial artist silly.  When the waiter approached, 
Ryouga had shifted into a fighting stance, however as he lost his balance 
and fell on his back he had realized that he was too tired to fight 
anyone.  He used this feeling of helplessness as a focus to gather his 
Shishi-Hokodan.  Fortunately for the people in the coffee shop, Ryouga 
recognized that they weren't directing any hostility against him.  So he 
had released the energy he had gathered in the only direction he was 
sure it wouldn't hurt anyone, straight up.

	Elisa Maza walked toward the doors of the precinct.  Her shift 
was over.
	">Morning Maza.<"  Morgan called to her as she walked 
toward him.  He was walking just behind a young man with a white 
tablecloth wrapped around himself.
	">Hi Morgan, who's he?<"
	">Oh, weird thing, according to him one second he was in 
Tokyo the next he was standing naked in a coffee shop downtown.  Do 
you speak any Japanese?  He's not that comfortable with English.<"
	">Sorry Morgan.  I can't help.<"

	Ryouga was siting on the floor leaning back against the wall.  
*Ok, this is New York City, which means I traveled almost halfway 
around the world without walking a step.  Of course walking to New 
York would be real unusual for me.  I mean New York isn't Honshu, or 
Okinawa, or Hawaii,  was that place Texas...?*
	">Hey Hibiki, your lawyer's here.<"  Said the guard as he 
walked up to the cell and opened the door.
	">Lawyer?<"  Said Ryouga as he rose to his feet.  He was 
wearing a plain white T-shirt and blue jeans with blue canvas sneakers.
	">Well, she says she's working for you.  She was even ready to 
pay your bail if that Cafe's owner wanted to press charges.<"
	">He didn't want to press charges though, so you have no 
reason to hold my client.<"  Said a serious faced brunette as she walked 
past the guard.  ">Shall we be going Mr. Hibiki?"
	Ryouga looked at her, then sighed and said in Japanese "It 
doesn't matter," as he walked out of the cell.

	Cologne sat in a room beneath the Nekohanten writing a letter 
to her daughter.

Channel,
	Thank you for telling me what Perfume is planing.  If she 
attempts to act I grant you this proxy to oppose her with my full 
backing and authority.  As for the question of my return, I 
consider the Saotome boy a prize of great value, but the cost of 
making him part of the tribe has been enormous, and we still 
have no assurance that our goal will be achieved.  Failure is 
unacceptable, however I have recently found a possible 
alternative.  It will take several months to explore the 
possibilities, during that time I will continue aiding my 
granddaughter in her pursuit of Ranma.  Should she continue to 
fail however, I shall accept it and return home.


	Ryouga walked down the steps of the police station following 
the woman who had arranged his release.  She glanced back at him.
	"This way sir.  My client wants to talk to you."  She led the way 
to a limousine and opened the rear door.
	The red haired woman inside smiled at Ryouga.  ">Come in, 
we've a lot to discuss Hibiki-san.<"
	After hesitating a moment Ryouga entered the Limo.
	">An associate of mine saw that energy display you put on last 
night, I was very impressed by what I heard.<"
	">Uh, thank you...<"
	">Destine.  Dominique Destine.<"

	Ranma walked into the Tendo home and shut the door behind 
him.  "I'm back."  he announced.
	"Ranma," Nabiki said as she walked out of the main room.  
"You said something about Ryouga appearing with some flash of green 
light, didn't you?"
	"Was he here?" Ranma responded looking Nabiki in the eyes.  
She looked calm and collected as usual, but here and there the mask 
was slipping revealing the uncertainty she was feeling.
	"Well P-chan was."
	Ranma scowled.
	" Akane and I were scaring him a bit when he started glowing 
green and vanished.  Now you've seen this, do you think he's OK?  I 
mean Akane's scared that he might have really hurt himself because of 
her."
	Ranma shifted to a thoughtful look.  "Hmm, the last time he 
didn't seem to be hurt by that green thing, just tired.  And part of that 
could have been from walking for however long he walks.  Still we can't 
be sure till we get some sort of confirmation.  Hmm."  Ranma thought a 
moment, then walked to the phone and dialed a number.
	"Who?"
	Ranma raised his hand.  "Obachan?  Yes it's me Ranma...  No 
he's not here...  Well you recall how I saw him appear the other day?...  
Yes the green light...  Well Akane made him disappear while we were 
talking...  I don't know, I guess she was getting back at him for P-chan 
and he got scared...  Ok thank you."  He hung up the phone.
	"Who was that?"
	"Mrs. Hibiki.  She promised to call us when she hears from 
Ryouga.  And Ryouga always sends her postcards whenever he has the 
opportunity."
	Nabiki looked at the phone a moment then said, "Akane's in the 
Dojo."

	"Akane."
	Akane turned to look at her fiancee standing in the doorway of 
the Dojo.  "What do you want Ranma?"
	Ranma entered and looked around.  There was a pile of 
smashed cinderblocks visible through a hole smashed in the floor.  
"Nabiki said that Ryouga teleported again."  *I'd better not give any 
indication that he might not be ok.*
	"Ranma...  What if whatever that green light was hurt him.  
What if he's...  It'll be all my fault!"  She roughly wiped away the tears 
from her eyes.
	"Akane, there's no way of knowing where Ryouga is so we 
should just assume that he's somewhere he can handle.  Anyone who 
can give me as good a fight as he can is pretty well prepared for most 
situations."
	"But he was a pig when he disappeared."
	"He's been a pig almost as long as I've been a girl.  He knows 
how to handle himself.  And when he gets the chance to mail his mother 
another postcard she'll tell us."
	"His mother?"

	"So he can't see his mother because he's scared how she'll react 
to the curse?"  Fox said to her husband.
	"It seems that when Genma left ten years ago on his training trip 
ten years ago he swore an oath that Ranma would grow up to be a 
'Man among Men'  If Ranma failed to measure up he and Genma would 
have to commit sepoku.  Ranma and Genma will use Tanto to slice 
open their stomachs, with Nodoka decapitating them once they've cut 
deeply enough.  Once she ends their suffering she would be obligated to 
use the sword on her own throat."  David Xanatos replied.  "It's a 
question of honor, and here in Japan it's counted as more important than 
life.  Especially for a martial artist like Ranma."
	"'Man among Men' That leaves some room for interpretation."  
Fox thought a moment then  turned back to David.  "We're treating the 
Saotome and Tendo family's to dinner in two days right?"
	"Indeed Mrs. Xanatos," Owen replied.
	"Good." she said as she opened her cellular phone

	"It's all Ranma's fault."  Ryouga said as he looked out the 
windows of the limousine.
	">Ranma?<" Dominique asked.
	Ryouga blinked a moment and glanced at her.  He scowled a 
moment.  ">Ranma is... Ranma is Son of a thief and coward, He's 
dishonorable, cowardly,<"  Ryouga slipped back into Japanese as he 
became more caught up in his explanation, "He, he has three fiancee's 
and is always after more!  One of them is the sweetest woman in the 
world, and if it wasn't for him she might want me like I want her!  
RANMA!!"
	"RYOUGA!"  Dominique's sharp statement drew the lost boy's 
attention back to his host.  Who was now looking at him with an 
annoyed expression on her face.  "You break it you bought it."  She 
gestured at him and Ryouga realized he had manifested a fairly strong 
aura as he went on about Ranma.
	">Gomen, sorry.<"  He said, dimming the aura to nothing with 
feelings of calm and embarrassment.  Then he blinked and looked at 
her.  "You speak Japanese?"
	">Not in a while.  And I think you'd better practice your English 
unless you're planing on leaving soon.<"
	Ryouga looked at her a moment.  ">Nowhere to go.<"  He 
looked out the window.  "There's nothing for me anywhere."
	">What are you moaning about.  After hearing what you did in 
that coffee shop I've come here because you're going to be swamped 
with job offers and I want you working for Nightstone unlimited.<"
	Ryouga looked at her a moment then asked ">Uh, you offering 
a job?<"
	Dominique grinned at Ryouga.  ">I haven't decided on a 
position yet, but anyone with your abilities would be an incredible asset, 
especially with all the industrial espionage to deal with.<"
	Ryouga thought.  He thought of Nerima.  *I wanted to distract 
myself from Akane.  Maybe I can forget about her here.*  ">I accept.<

	Xanatos rolled across the floor again, then with a shift rolled to 
his feet instantly pivoting where Ranma had stood before he threw him 
across the Dojo.  The Dojo was empty.
	"Ok,  not bad," came Ranma's voice from above him.  Xanatos 
looked up as Ranma jumped off his head.  Xanatos looked at him with 
a slightly annoyed expression.  Catching it Ranma replied "Hey you are 
improving pretty well, it's just that there's no way you could train up to 
my level in only a week."
	"I know,"  Xanatos replied, looking annoyed.  "It's still annoying 
when you do stuff like that."
	"Well let's call that enough for today."  Ranma said walking 
toward the entrance to the Dojo.
	Xanatos stared at him.  "Are you sure?"
	Ranma turned and looked at him.
	"Not that I'm questioning your judgment, it's just a real change 
to stop before all my limbs are feeling numb."
	"You have to be careful about getting to attached to any 
patterns."

	"And when the body is falling asleep the Chi flow in these 
meridians diminishes while it increases in these."  Cologne said, 
indicating several lines on a human shaped doll.
	Dr. Sevarius clicked the trackball on his laptop a second then 
sat back and took a sup from a glass of water.  "Yes..."  He peered at 
the screen.  "Yes, I think I've got it!  I'll have to custom build those 
completely new biosensors, and figure out a way to get him to wear 
them, but it looks like it can work."
	Cologne smiled as she looked at the Laptop's screen.  
"Excellent."