Boy,

This story sure is getting LONG.  Well, for those fans who have been 
reading and as a way to apologize for my (shudder) Usagi/Luna Lemon 
(DON'T ask) here's chap 15 of TRIO.  It's a bit short but still 
enjoyable.

				   TRIO:
				WOE BRINGER
				   Part 1

	"HIIIIIYAAAAAAA," the two fighters cried as they charged each other 
again.

	Ranma and Gohan were sparing in the junk yard while Usagi watched 
from what she hoped was a safe distance.  She took interest in the 
way they both moved and the way they fought.  Gohans style seemed to 
be more interested in striking hard and fast, causing the most damage 
in the least amount of time as possible.  Ranma moved with a flowing 
style that used his opponents movements to better his position and if 
Gohan made a mistake, Ranma was quick to capitalize.  Gohan also 
picked up on slips in defence and missteps although he did so less 
frequently and every now and then, he didn't see ones even Usagi 
noticed.

	Usagi noted with a small grin that she was able to notice such 
mistakes easier then she had before.  In the three months that had 
passed since Ryoga had decided to... pay a visit, she had improved at 
an admirable rate.  She was about the equivalent of a yellow belt now 
and improving every day.

	Gohans thoughts were along the lines of, "Man.  I keep forgetting 
just how GOOD he is," as he compared their relative attributes.

	Naturally, Gohan had a big edge in strength, even though he was 
holding back on it, and endurance, since it would take something that 
could strike with more force then a cruise missile to really hurt him.
  In speed, the two of them were almost equal, while agility, if 
Gohans ability to fly didn't count (which it didn't) went to Ranma.  
He just seemed to be able to bend and twist in ways that Gohan had 
thought humanly impossible.

	The biggest edge Ranma had however, was pure martial arts skill.  
Take away the super powers and Gohan might have been able to hold his 
own but still, Ranma knew more ways to kick butt then Gohan did.

	Ranmas thoughts were focused only on the battle and something he had 
wanted to try.  "Hey Gohan," he said as the two boys went back into 
ready stances.

	"Yeah?" Gohan replied as he wipped sweat from his brow.

	"I got something I wanna try.  Come at me as fast as you can and try 
to throw your strongest punch at me."

	"Are you sure about that?" Gohan asked, his strongest punch would 
probably tear Ranmas head off if it connected.

	"I'm sure," then Ranma tried to taunt Gohan, "come on.... or are you 
a chicken?"

	Gohan shrugged and charged.  Ranma dodged and said, "Now keep 
following and trying to hit me."

	Gohan complied, and from her position Usagi noticed that Ranma was 
leading Gohan into a spiral.  "What's he doing," she thought, "trying 
to make him dizzy?"

	They kept going around and around until they reached the middle of 
the spiral and then Gohan felt a strong wind pick up but nothing else 
seemed to be blowing.  Then Ranma shot an uppercut to the sky and 
cried, "HIRYUU SHOTAN HA!!!!!"

	The next thing Gohan knew, he was in the middle of a vicious tornado 
that sucked him into its core, pounded him with the force of a 
hurricane and then blasted him into the sky.  Usagi meanwhile, had 
been blown off her feet by the wind blast and a large bag of garbage 
landed on top of her.  As an added humiliation, the bottom of the bag 
had a tear in it and its contents spilled out on her.  "UGH," she 
gagged as she pushed the bag off her and got to her feet as she 
yelled, "RANMA!!!"

	Ranma turned and looked at Usagi, who was completely covered in 
garbage.  He turned his back and his shoulders shook in strange up 
and down motions as he said, "Sorry,(MMPH) Usagi.  I (snicker) was 
(HA) aiming for (Tee hee) Gohan."

	Usagis face turned redder then it had been already and she snapped, 
"Don't you DARE laugh Ranma."

	Ranma couldn't hold it in anymore and he laughed his head off.  "I 
warned you," Usagi said as she picked up a thrown out thermos from 
the garbage pile next to her and threw it at him.

	"HEY," Ranma-chan exclaimed as the thermos hit her and reveled that 
there was (only god knew how old) coffee inside, "what did you do 
THAT for?!"

	"Now we're even," Usagi replied with a grin.

	Ranma-chan was about to say something back, when a thought hit her.  
"Hey," she asked, "Where's Gohan?"

	"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!" 
(THUD!)

	Gohan hit the ground, head first, between Usagi and Ranma-chan.  He 
sat up and said, "Whoa!  What a rush!"

	The two women looked at their male companion and soon all three 
burst out laughing.

	Unfortunately, this would turn out to be the last laugh Ranma would 
enjoy for a long time.

	At Eclipse Tower......

	Seer chanted under his breath.  Dark energy filled the throne room 
as Eclipse Lord and Lujane looked on.  Seer spoke in several dead 
languages as he cast his spell.  A ball of blood red light formed 
between his hands.  He raised his hands over his head and the ball 
followed suit.  Then, the ball grew in size and enveloped all of 
Seers body.  Lujane covered her eyes as the red light became blinding.
  Eclipse Lords eyes narrowed and he let out a dark chuckle.  
Suddenly, the light faded and Lujane looked up again.  "Impressive," 
Eclipse Lord said, "for a primer spell.  I will be much more 
impressed however, if you manage to pull off the whole thing."

	"Of course master," Lujane said with a bow, "Now that Seer is ready, 
I can unveil our newest servant.  May I introduce, Woe Bringer."

	The two shadow like beings observed the creature that was brought 
into the room in the stasis tube.  "Again," Eclipse Lord said, 
"impressive.  I assume that you have taken Sailor Moon into account?  
She could be the ruination of this plan of yours if she remembers... 
a certain detail."

	"Yes," Samaron said as he stepped out of the shadows, "that is why 
Turbo shall be sent to keep her busy."

	A red and gold streak raced into the room and screeched to a halt in 
front of Eclipse Lord to become a man in a red jump suit with gold 
stripes going up and down the sides and a red crash helmet on his 
head with a black visor.  "Didsomebodycallme?" Turbo said as fast as 
the Micro Machines Man as he kneeled, "Iheardmynamesosomebodycalledme.
"

	"SILENCE," Eclipse Lord commanded, then he turned to the three 
members of the Inner Four present, "I approve of this plan.  You may 
begin."

	Later that day.....

	Gohan and Ranma were talking about their sparing session while Usagi 
watched TV.  "There's two questions I want to ask you," Gohan said.

	"Go ahead," Ranma replied.

	"That move of yours... how did you learn it?"

	"How did you learn that Kame-Hame-Ha thing of yours?"

	"It just came to me."

	"Exactly."

	"Okay, second question.  Would it have worked if I hadn't gone after 
you like that?"

	"No.  I remember that it requires a certain amount of your enemies 
force to make it work.  Also, now that you know about it, I probably 
won't be able to trick you into following me into the spiral pattern 
again to make it work."

	"So that means you can only use the move on an opponent once or 
twice before they catch on."

	"Right."

	"EEK!" Usagi shrieked.

	The two boys rushed into the living room, wondering what had 
happened.  "What's wrong?" Ranma asked.

	Usagi looked at them, pale in the face and said, "Tara just told 
Frank that she was his evil twin sister but she's in love with him 
anyway and she didn't know they were related because she had amnesia.
"

	Gohan fell over while Ranma sighed and said, "Are you watching those 
stupid soap operas AGAIN?  You know they're bad for you."

	The next day.....

	Ranma-chan left the restaurant through the employees exit and when 
no one was looking, took out a thermos of hot water and poured it 
over her/his head.  Ranma was about to leave when a cold voice behind 
him said, "Hmph.  A bit mild as far as curses go."

	Ranma whirled around to face the source of the voice.  He saw what 
he could only describe as a living shadow.  "Who the hell are you and 
what do you want?!" he snapped.

	"I am Seer," the shadow replied, "and as for what I want..."

	Seer raised his right hand and shot a bolt of red lightning at Ranma 
as he finished with, "I want YOU!"

	Ranma jumped over the lightning bolt and pressed his ring.  As Yin 
Yang, he aimed a jump kick at Seers head.  Seer however, teleported 
out of the way and Yin Yang hit nothing but empty space.  Seer 
reappeared behind him and Yin Yang tried to hit him with a spinning 
back fist.  That missed as Seer teleported out of the way of that as 
well.  When Seer reappeared again he said, "To be more specific, I 
want your body."

	"Oh great," Yin Yang quipped, "I'm being attacked by a perverted 
shadow."

	"That isn't what I meant."

	"Whatever."

	Seer shot another burst of red lightning at Yin Yang, but the hero 
jumped over that as well.  While he was in mid air though, Seer 
grabbed him with the Kinetic Force and threw him into the back wall 
of the restaurant, face first.  "Oops," Seer taunted, "I MUST be more 
careful.  I'm going to need you in one piece."

	"What 're ya talkin' about?" Yin Yang said as he unsteadily got to 
his feet, dazed from his impact into the wall.

	"I'm talking about THIS!"

	Seer teleported again and appeared behind Yin Yang.  The shadow 
grabbed him in a hammer lock and while Yin Yang tried to escape, his 
ring was hit and his costume disappeared.  Ranma, continued to try to 
escape but with no avail.  Seer then began chanting under his breath 
and Ranma felt a strange sensation come over him.  It started as just 
a tingling but as Seers chant continued, it became uncomfortable and 
then unbearably painful.  His struggles weakened as he had to focus 
more and more of his mind on blotting out the pain.

	A flash of blinding light suddenly filled the alley, along with the 
sound of a scream of pain ripped from Ranmas throat and then the 
light faded and there was silence.  Lying face down on the ground was 
Ranma.  Seer was no where to be found.  Ranma snapped open his eyes.  
There was something different about them though.  They were filled 
with a coldness that Ranma had never possessed and the grin which 
formed on his face was one of pure evil.  "It worked," he said in 
slight disbelief as he rose to his feet, "it truly worked!  Now the 
fun REALLY begins!  Your body belongs to ME now Ranma Saotome and as 
for you.... enjoy the ride."

	In Central Park....

	The stasis tube containing the monster started to vibrate, cracks 
formed up and down its length and finally, inevitably, it broke.

	Ranmas thoughts were a jumble.  Where was he?  What had happened?  
What had Seer done to him?  He wobbled to his feet.  He tried to walk 
but found it difficult.  His stomach threatened to lurch and he sat 
back down.  A person came walking down the path and stopped dead in 
his tracks as he got a look at Ranma.  "Excuse me sir could you..." 
Ranma stopped as he heard that his voice was strangely distorted.

	The person ran away, screaming his head off.  Ranma thought, "What's 
with him?"

	A small pond was close to him, so he pulled himself over to it and...
 his heart stopped as he got a look at himself.  What stared back was 
not the man or woman who normally stared back.  Instead, it was a 
beast of pure horror.  It was vaguely raptor like in appearance, with 
long black fur covering it from head to toe.  Teeth at least a foot 
long each filled the gapping maw of its mouth.  Pupil less orange 
eyes peered out from the face.  It was the form of Woe Bringer.

	Ranma-Woe Bringer stood slowly, his mind racing with nothing but a 
single thought, "No... it can't be.... I'm... I'm.... I'm a 
monster!"

	Then, a feeling of pure rage filled him and took control of his 
thoughts and actions.  He felt a pulling at the very depths of his 
feelings, he swore, "Seer.  I'm coming for you."

	He stood to his feet and started to move out of the park and towards 
the city.  He let out a roar from his new throat, if he was going to 
be a monster, he may as well act like one was his reasoning.  The 
gate in front of him was locked and, through knowledge gained by 
instinct, Ranma-Woe Bringer opened his mouth and a beam of rainbow 
colored energy blasted forth and destroyed the gate.  He stated at 
the city in front of him and let out a roared, "SEER!  I'M GOING TO 
FIND YOU AND RIP YOUR SHADOW HEAD RIGHT OFF YOUR SHADOW SHOULDERS!  
AND I DON'T CARE IF I HAVE TO TEAR DOWN ALL OF THIS CITY TO DO 
IT!!!!"

TO BE CONTINUED......