Well,

after what seems to be the complete flop of "Godzilla Z" and "The 
Golden Rabbit", I guess I'll just stick with what is working....

So here's chap. 13 of TRIO.

				    TRIO:
				 THE VISITOR!

	Ranma felt something brush against his lips.  He squirmed in his 
sleep and ignored it.  However, when he opened his mouth and started 
to snore, whatever had touched his lips now crammed itself into his 
mouth.  He gagged and opened his eyes.  Eyes which went wide when he 
saw the offending object in question was the left bun on Usagis head. 
 He quickly scrambled to his feet and tried to take in his 
surroundings.  He saw Gohan and Usagi sleeping on the living room 
floor and then Ranma remembered why they were like that.  Apparently, 
they had been through as rough a night as he had, maybe even rougher.


	He noticed the cuts on Gohan and thought, "Definatly rougher."

	He stood and stretched.  His back sent a wave of pain through him 
and he groaned quietly, trying not to wake his friends.  He walked 
gingerly into the backyard and stood in a ready stance.  He attempted 
to try several katas but the pain running through him caused him to 
stop before he could get to any of the real physical moves.  Suddenly,
 he felt a strange presence behind him.  He turned but saw nothing.  
The feeling would not go away.  "Something about this day is going to 
be different," he thought, "Very different indeed."

	Later....

	Gohan awoke and rubbed the sleep gunk out of his eyes.  He yawned 
and saw Usagi snoring away.  He didn't see Ranma however and he grew 
concerned.  "Ranma?" he called out.

	"Right here Gohan," Ranma popped his head in from the kitchen, 
"You're awake I see."

	"Yeah," Gohan replied as he stood and stretched.

	The numerous cuts he had received from Blade Bot had started to fade 
but he still felt like he had been used for a pin cushion.  He turned 
red as his stomach let out a gurgle.  Ranma chuckled until his own 
stomach answered in kind.  Gohan smiled and said, "Let's go see 
what's for breakfast."

	He walked to the fridge and opened it.  All that was inside was a 
half drunk bottle of Sunny Delight, a single piece of vanilla cake 
(that it had survived this long was a miracle) and a brown head of 
lettuce.  "Time to go shopping," Gohan deduced.

	"I'm going shopping," Gohan said, "I'll be back soon."

	"Need some money?"

	"Nope.  Got my own."

	"Really?  Where did you get it?"

	"My little secret."

	"We are going to have to have a LONG talk about this REAL soon."

	Gohan exited before Ranma could say anymore.  After he was gone, 
Ranma walked upstairs and got his blanket from his room.  He then 
walked back to the living room and draped the blanket over the still 
sleeping Usagi.  "It's a bit cold this morning," he thought 
defensively to himself, "A girl shouldn't have to be cold if it can 
be helped.  That's all.  Nothing more."

	He wondered for the rest of the morning why he had to have a reason 
to be nice.

	A few hours later, in the city.....

	Gohan walked through the city.  Carrying the three filled grocery 
bags.  This wasn't a complete re stocking.  It was just enough to 
hold them over for the day and then tomorrow the three of them would 
go for their big food shopping spree.  He was so lost in thought he 
hadn't noticed when he bumped into... was that Trunks?  "Trunks?" 
Gohan asked.

	"Forgive me," the man replied, "You must have me confused for 
someone else.  My name is Troy."

	Gohan looked at the man and saw that the man in front of him had 
grey hair with a purplish tint to it and blue eyes.  Also, there was 
no sword and his jacket was a normal black one with now words on it 
whatsoever.  "Sorry," Gohan apologized, "I must have had you confused 
with someone else.  Wait a minute, are you the same Troy who Usagi 
works for?"

	"You know Usagi?" Troy asked.

	"Yep," he stuck out his hand, "nice to meet you.  My name is Gohan.
"

	Troy accepted the out stretched hand and replied, "Nice to meet you 
too.  By the way, where is Usagi?  She didn't show up for work today.
"

	"She's a little under the weather."

	"I see."

	"Sorry to cut our discussion short but I have to get some of this 
stuff home before it spoils."

	"See you around."

	Gohan and Troy each continued on their separate ways.  Gohan didn't 
notice Troy let out a sigh of relief and didn't hear him whisper, 
"Thank goodness you're all right my friend."

	Gohan continued on his way until he ran into somebody else... or to 
be more accurate, the person fell into him.  Gohan dropped his bags 
and caught the poor soul before he hit the ground and Gohan heard the 
person say weakly, "Wh..where am... I now?"

	The man was dressed in a vagabonds clothes, with a yellow bandana 
with black poka dots on his forehead.  A large backpack with an 
almost as large umbrella was on his back and his face seemed to have 
a strange, cat like quality to it.  As the two of them sat on a 
nearby bench Gohan asked, "Are you okay?"

	"Sorry," the stranger said in accented English, "I've just been 
traveling for a while and I got lost..." the stranger added under his 
breath, "AGAIN."

	"Where are you headed?  Maybe I can help you?"

	"I'm looking for the Tendo Dojo in Tokyo."

	"TOKYO!" Gohan exclaimed, "I'm afraid your off by about a whole 
continent!  This is New York!"

	"NEW YORK!!!" the stranger cried, "How the hell did I end up here?
!!"

	Gohan thought sarcastically, "Didn't he notice a big body of water 
known as the 'Pacific Ocean' and a land mass known as the 'USA'?"

	The stranger meanwhile continued his rant, "I mean, when people were 
talking English, I just assumed it was California or something, I've 
ended up there several times before, but NEW YORK?!!  I'm just glad 
Ranma will never hear about this.  He'd never let me hear the end of 
it!"

	"Did you say Ranma?" Gohan asked, "As in Ranma Saotome?"

	The stranger turned his head and suddenly seemed to be filled with a 
new energy.  "YES," the stranger exclaimed, "that's him!"

	Gohan thought, "This looks like a good opportunity for Ranma.  He'd 
welcome the chance to learn about his past," then he asked aloud,  
"Is he a friend of yours?"

	The stranger paused for a while and then said in a strange tone of 
voice, "Why yes.  Yes he is.  Do you know where I can find him?  Last 
I heard, he'd disappeared without a trace."

	"You're in luck," Gohan said, "I know where he is."

	"That's good."

	The stranger then added under his breath, "At last Ranma... revenge 
will be MINE."

	Gohan stood and motioned for the stranger to follow as he said, "My 
name's Gohan.  What's yours?"

	"Ryoga."

	Back at the house....

	Usagi stirred and awoke with a large yawn.  She sat up, the blanket 
wrapped around her.  She wondered where it came from.  She didn't 
remember much of last night after the parking garage had collapsed.  
Ranma looked up from where he had been watching TV from the couch and 
said, "Good morning," Ranma glanced at the clock, "or should I say, 
good afternoon."

	Usagi looked up at him and replied sleepily, "Wha tim iz it?"

	"Noon."

	"Th'n why do I feel lick it'z four AM?"

	Ranma grinned and said to himself,"DEFINATLY a rougher night."

	"And why does my hair feel wet?" Usagi asked as she started to gain 
more consciousness.

	Ranma decided to keep his mouth shut and simply shrugged.  "Where's 
Gohan?" Usagi asked as she looked around.

	"He's out shopping.  He should have come back a while ago."

	"Maybe he ran into somebody he knows... or it could involve that 
'job' he won't tell us about."

	"Yeah, maybe.  How about I leave a note and we go get some lunch?"

	"Sure," then Usagi grinned, knowing what she was going to say next 
was going to shock Ranma, "after practice."

	Ranma started and replied incredulously, "You mean you WANT to 
practice?!  What brought this on?"

	"Well," Usagi said as she gripped the sides of the blanket, "the 
incident with Magico and after nearly getting killed last night got 
me thinking..."

	"THAT'S a dangerous thing."

	"Do you want to hear this or what?!"

	"Sorry."

	"You certainly are."

	"HEY!"

	"Sorry (hee, hee).  Anyway, I just got thinking that if my broach 
got stolen once, it could happen again... and I don't want to be 
helpless like that again," she gripped the sides of the blanket 
harder, "never again."

	"I understand.  Go get ready and I'll be waiting out back.  I may 
not be able to help you much though, my back is killing me.  I must 
have hurt it when I landed in that dumpster."

	"Dumpster?  I think we better swap stories about last night later."

	A little later....

	"Forward punch."

	Usagi complied.

	"Now into a back elbow."

	Usagi complied again.

	"Better."

	Usagi cleared the sweat from her brow with her right hand.  "This is 
HARD and I'm soooo hungry," she thought.  Aloud she said, "Really?"

	Ranma smiled and replied, "Yep.  If Magico was still around, I'd 
probably kiss him.  I couldn't have motivated you better myself."

	Usagi had to grin at that.  This was no longer a matter of WANTING 
to learn.  It was a matter of HAVING to learn.  Her survival depended 
on it... and she liked her life way too much to give it up without a 
fight.  "Now," Ranma said, "let's work on your blocking."

	Usagi went into what she thought was an okay high block but Ranma 
could see it was sloppy at best.  He walked behind her and 
straightened her arms and put an arm around her waist to correct her 
form.  They both froze as Ranma did the latter and a rush of thoughts 
ran through their heads.

	"What's with me?" Usagi thought, "I haven't reacted this way before. 
 Then again, he hasn't been this close to me before."

	She took a quick glance over her shoulder and got a peek at Ranmas 
profile.  "I guess he is kind of handsome... when he's not being a 
jerk!  Still..." she thought, then she mentally shook her head, "Wait 
a minute Usagi.  You DO realize that there's a fifty/fifty chance 
that he's really a girl, don't you?  Oh well, a girl can dream can't 
she?"

	Ranma noticed Usagi blushing slightly and he thought, "She's kind of 
cute... when she isn't drowning the house with tears that is.  Hey, 
wait a minute!  What if I'm really a girl???  Well, maybe I go that 
wa... ewww!  Gotta stop thinking like that!"

	It was at this point, as the two of them stood with Ranmas arm 
around Usagis waist, and they tried to gather their thoughts, that 
Gohan, with Ryoga in tow, walked into the back yard.

	Ryogas vision turned red as he totally misread the situation in 
front of him.  Gohan chuckled in amusement at the "busted" looks 
which were on Ranma and Usagis faces.  He then turned to introduce 
Ryoga but was shoved out of the way by Ryoga.  The lost boy then 
charged at Ranma as he shouted, "RANMAAAA!!!  HOW *DARE* YOU PLACE 
YOUR HANDS ON YET *ANOTHER* WOMAN!  DIIIIIIE!!!"

	Ryoga pulled out his umbrella and swung it at Ranma.  Usagi shrieked 
and dodged out of the way as Ranma jumped up into the air and avoided 
the swing.  "Who the hell are you?!" Ranma asked confused as he 
landed and grimaced as pain shot through his back.

	"Don't pretend that you don't remember the name of Ryoga Hibiki," 
Ryoga growled, "The name which keeps you awake at night in a cold 
sweat!  Know now that the score between us will be settled once and 
for all you shadow of a man!"

	"So that must mean I'm a guy," Ranma suddenly found himself thinking,
 "Glad that's out of the... HEY!  I gotta think about this later!  
This guy is trying to KILL me!  I'm in no condition for a fight 
now!"

	Ryoga thrust again but by this time Gohan had recovered and he 
leaped forward and grabbed the umbrella in mid strike.  Stopping it 
cold.  "Wha???" Ryoga stammered, "How???"

	"You lied to me," Gohan said in a low growl, "I don't like being 
lied to.  You are not welcome here anymore.  Leave!"

	With that Gohan flung the umbrella skyward, with Ryoga still 
attached to it.  Ryoga went spinning off into the sky and out of 
sight.  "Gohan," Usagi exclaimed, "what are you thinking???  You 
could kill him!!!"

	"In case you hadn't noticed," Ranma muttered, "he was trying to kill 
ME!"

	"Does that matter?!"

	"It sure does to me!"

	"You're hopeless!  I'm going to check and see if he's still alive."

	As Usagi ran off in the direction Ryoga had hurtled off in, Gohan 
lowered his head in shame and thought, "I didn't want to kill him.  I 
hope he's okay.  Even if he is a lying jerk."

	Ryoga hurtled through the air about a block and as he was falling 
downward he thought, "That guy threw me away like I was nothing!  
He's strong!"

	At that instant he fell to the ground and collided with a fire 
hydrant.  The hydrant burst and shot water up into the sky.  Ryoga 
was drenched and his curse was activated.  P-chan crawled out of his 
clothes and squealed in sadness.  Here he was, farther from home then 
he ever had been, he had failed once again to get revenge and now he 
was in his cursed form.  He wondered how this day could get any worse.


	At that instant, Usagi came down the street and saw the pile of 
clothes and a small black pig with a bandana wrapped around its neck 
sitting on them.  She wondered why Ryoga would abandon his clothes 
and then took one look at the pig and cried, "OH, look at the cute 
little piggy!"

	She grabbed the pig in her arms and cuddled him as she cooed, "Awww. 
 Did that big, mean, nasty, Ryoga guy have you stuffed in his big, 
old, scarry bag?"

	P-chan started to squeal in protest and then he thought, "Hmmm.  
This could be my chance.  This could get me in close to crush Ranma...
 and besides," P-chan blushed, "this kind of feels nice.

	"NO," Ryoga thought, "I must stay faithful to beautiful Akane!  This 
girl is just a tool I can use," even as he thought it, he felt his 
honor starting to belittle him.  "I can't let that distract me now!  
Destroying Ranma is more important than anything!  I'm sorry for what 
I must do young lady."

	Usagi place the pig under her arm and then decided that she might as 
well teach Ryoga a lesson in manners and took his clothes back with 
her.  She decided to leave the back pack and umbrella for him to find 
later and chuckled as she thought, "Talk about the BARE essentials."

	She carried the pig and clothes back to the house.  When she walked 
in, the two men saw the clothes and pig in her arms and they stared 
at her.  "Oh it's not what you think," Usagi scolded, "I found this 
little guy next to these," she indicated the clothes, "They were 
abandoned.  So I decided that he was probably all right and taught 
him a lesson in not lying."

	The two men laughed. "That'll teach him," Ranma said in between 
chuckles, "I hope it's cold tonight."

	To their surprise, the pig suddenly leaped up and started to attack 
Ranma.  "Hey (ow) get this (ow) thing off me!" he yelled.

	Usagi quickly tried to pull the rabid pig off and she scolded it 
with , "Bad pig!  Bad, bad pig," as she gave it a small cuff on the 
ear.

	Gohan held his nose as he said, "I think his smell is more dangerous 
then anything else."

	The other two sniffed the air and gagged.  "Yuck," Usagi retched, 
"pig sweat."

	"Give him a gath alreagy woulg ya," Ranma gasped around the smell 
which was quickly filling the room.

	"I'm on it," Usagi said as she headed for the bathroom, holding the 
pig in front of her.

	P-chan realized what would happen if he didn't do something quick.  
He struggled in Usagis grasp but the girl simply tightened her grip 
and P-chan was effectively helpless.  They reached the bathroom and 
Usagi closed the door behind them.  She placed P-chan in the tub and 
then placed Ryogas clothes on top of the toilet.  P-chan tried to 
crawl out but the bottom of the tub was too slippery.  Usagi observed 
the pigs behavior and decided, "If he's going to thrash around like 
that... I don't want my shirt getting wet."

	She started to unbutton her shirt and P-chans eyes went wide before 
he turned around.  "Well what do you know," Usagi thought as she saw 
the pigs actions, "a modest pig."

	Usagi removed her shirt, reveling a simple white bra and grabbed 
hold of P-chan.  "Easy fella," she said, "I'm just holding you until 
I'm sure the water temperature won't freeze or burn you."

	Being this close to any woman and in this position, was too much for 
P-chan and he fainted dead away, a small trickle of blood falling 
from his nostrils.  Usagi turned the tubs handle on and ran her free 
hand under the stream until she was sure the temperature was hot 
enough to get the job done but not hot enough to make bacon.  She 
filled the tub several inches and then she prepared to dunk the pig 
into the water.

	P-chan regained his senses and for a second didn't know where he was.
  He was reminded when he was submerged in a bath of warm water.

	Usagi was reaching for some soap but stopped as she felt the pig 
beginning to change in her grasp.  What had once felt like a pigs 
back, now felt like somebody's chest.  She slowly turned around and 
came face to face with Ryoga.  The two of them did their impressions 
of deer in car headlights.  Then, slowly, Usagi took her shirt, put 
it on,  buttoned it, and walked zombie like, out of the bathroom.  
She closed the door behind her and after a long pause...

	She screamed the house down.

	Gohan and Ranma snapped their heads around as they heard the scream 
and watched as a blond streak zipped down the hall and hid behind the 
couch.  "What is it?" Gohan asked in concern.

	"Th-the p-p-pig," Usagi stutterer in shock, "i-i-it w-was s-s-some...
 Ijustputhimintothebathtuband...."

	Usagi was too rattled to continue and so Ranma and Gohan ran down 
the hall and into the bathroom.  There was no one in the bath tub.  
"Where's the pig?" Ranma asked.

	"I've got another question," Gohan noted, "where are Ryogas clothes?
"

	"Probably the same place as Ryoga," Usagi said from behind the two 
of them, making them jump.

	"Whadda ya mean 'Ryoga'?" Ranma asked.

	"I guess the shock got to me but now that I think about it, the guy 
looked way too much like Ryoga to be a coincidence."

	"Ryoga was the pig?" Ranma exclaimed, "Weird."

	Ryoga, who was now dressed and leaning over on the roof, nearly fell 
off of the ledge upon hearing Ranmas remark.  "So," Ryoga thought, 
"he's forgotten all about me.  I wonder what else he has forgot.  
Maybe he's even forgotten some of his moves.  This is my big chance 
to finally get revenge!  Now I've just got to find my back pack and 
umbrella.  Now, which way is it?"

TO BE CONTINUED.....