This is something I thought about while just lying around.  It is a dark 
fanfic set in the Ranma ½ universe, while none of the major characters 
are represented in it except in a small scene.  Sorry for the content of 
this fanfic my mind is a little strange.  This is not a lemon for I do 
not believe I am capable of writing one.


This unversed in owned by Rumiko Takahashi and others that I don't know 
about. I am truly sorry for putting my dark mind into your beautiful 
world.  Again Sorry about this.

					The Circus of the Damned 
	by
	John Trombley

	scene: China; in a valley filled with many pools with bamboo 
poles in the center of them.  Jusenkyo.  The cursed valley where each 
and every pool destroys the life of any who bath there, more so for 
these poor souls.

	We see a little girl running to a shack where a pudgy man 
smoking a pipe wearing green communist clothing.  (We recognize this as 
the Jusenkyo guide) 
	"Father, Father, there are customers coming."  Little Plum 
stated in hurried Chinese, trying to catch her breath.
	"Ah, thank you little one."  The guide stated with love in his 
eyes for his daughter. "How many customers did you see?"
	"Very many Father, they are bringing closed off wagons with 
them."  Plum stated proudly, she loved helping her father with his work 
when she got the chance.  There was just so much that he could teach her 
a lot more than any school.  Already she knew Japanese and was learning 
English from his so that on those times when she did not have to go to 
school.  She loved to help him at his work, anyway this would be her job 
when he retired so she might as well know all about it.
	The guide gave a slight look on his face, one of confusion and a 
hint of fear.  "Wagons you say?"  And at Plums confirmation he asked, 
"what else did you see about these wagons little one?"
	"The wagons are all painted like those in a circus, with 
pictures of animals on them."  Her brow scrunched up in concentration 
wanting to give every detail to her father.  "Oh yes, there was also on 
the first wagon a name printed in big letters foreign letters.   
M-ma-dam Ser-ercy's Mys- steries."  Plum tried to pronounce the foreign 
words as well as she could.  "Father who is Madam Sercy ?"
	Unfortunately for little Plum that after hearing Sercy's name he 
grabbed Plum by the arm and quickly pulled her in the shack that served 
as his home.  Quickly he drew away a rug that lied on the floor to 
reveal a trap door.  Pulling the latch open, he led her down inside to a 
where small cubicle existed.  Plum was shocked and scared, for all the 
times that she has visited her father she has never seen this before.  
What could scare him so much that he would show it to her now.  Plum 
started to cry in fear.
	"Hush little one, when I leave, you are to lock the latch to the 
entrance and do not open it for anything until I call for you."  The 
guide said in what he hoped was soothing tone of voice.  "No matter what 
you hear outside do not open this door.  Do you understand?"
	"Y-yes Father."  She trembled out before laying down on the 
sleeping mat that was on the floor.
	"Good little one, very good."  The guide stated as he moved to 
leave. And in a small hushed voice. "I am truly sorry that you must 
learn this so soon little one."   And with that he left the cubicle, 
waiting at the top to make sure the Plum locked the door way as her told 
her.  When he heard the click of the latch being thrown, he then proceed 
to cover the door back up with the rug.  He then moved the table over so 
that it was placed just above it.  Gathering his composure he turned to 
leave the cottage.  To face the evil that is man.
	Little Plum stayed in the cubicle for two days all the while 
hearing screams of pure terror side along with cries of sorrow.  Some of 
the screams she could not understand for they were in a language that 
was unknown to her.  Some were she could understand in broken English, 
while others she understood completely to her dread.  Soon these screams 
were replaced with the cries of animals and then again into something 
that was a mixture of both sounds.  For the rest the time that she was 
down in the cubicle she placed her hands over her ears and started 
singing to herself to block out all the noise, tears of fear and sorrow 
for those poor souls littering down her face.   It was at the end of the 
second day that she heard the stamping of a foot on the door to the 
cubicle.  At first she feared that the strange customers had come for 
her as well, but was comforted to hear her father's voice.
	"Plum, Plum, you can come out now little one."  The grief could 
be heard in his voice. 
	As Plum existed the cubicle she was swept off her feet into the 
arms of her father who then preceded to cry.  Tears of sorrow matting 
the hair of her head down.  That was how they stayed for sometime before 
they prepared for sleep.  
	Just before laying down to sleep Plum asked her father in a 
hushed voice, "Father, who were those people?"
	The Guide just stood still for a moment before answering in a 
low voice.  "They are evil daughter pure ancient human evil."
	"Why do not the government do some thing about them?" Plum 
asked.
	"Like I said daughter, they are human evil and there are those 
in power who fear that evil as well as those who respect it."  The Guide 
stated in shame and sorrow.  "Not even our Jusenkyo committee could not 
bring them to justice.  Those that tried were never seen again, or worse 
they were seen but not as they were known as before."  
	"Fortunately they only come this way in a great many years.  
Their leader Sercy is an old one, it is said that she has lived longer 
than even the oldest of the elders of the village.  Time has marked her 
not, it is said that she made a packed with a major demon to promote 
human misery and suffering in exchange for eternal youth.  She is a 
witch in every sense of the word, she even posses a demon familiar who 
keeps track of the stock for her."  A shiver of fear flows up and down 
her spine as he told her this.
	That night Plum did not sleep well for her dreams were plagued 
with nightmares of the worst kind.  So terrifying were her dreams that 
her father let her lay in his bed with him.  So that Plum finally got 
some rest as she knew he father would never let anything happen to her.
	The Guide did not sleep so well that night for he knew that if 
they wanted to they could take his daughter from him and he could not do 
nothing about it 





	The Circus of the Damned pt 2

	Some where in Hong Kong, a dark and evil deal is being forged.  
  We see two individuals, one a lady of great beauty with a cat of the 
blackest night in her arms, the other a man with a scar on his face 
where once there was an eye.  
	The lady speaks in soft musical voice, "Yes I will be needing, 
hmm, oh about two dozen or so.  Preferredly foreigners so that no one 
would worry over them missing and of mixed genders of course, although 
it matters not as long as you can get then for me."
	"And you will pay in gold as was promised?"  The man asked in a 
raspy voice he had been in this trade for a long time and was used to 
dealing with different types of people with different needs.
	"Of course, but I want you to make sure that there young and 
healthy they will have to survive a long time you know, and I don't want 
them dying on me."  With that she left, knowing the man would not fail 
her for the greed of man is great, greater even than her if that was 
possible.
	
	Jacob laughed with his friends as they watch the two fighters go 
head to head in the ring.  It had been a week since they came to Hong 
Kong wanting to see what the world had to offer that could not be found 
the US.   Sure they've seen some weird things since they got here and a 
lot of beautiful things as well.  What a great way to spend summer 
vacation.  It was a good thing they had Molly's parents plastic or else 
they wouldn't have been able to afford it.  It was a great idea of 
Mike's to come here.

Flashback: Jacob and Mike were just finished with soccer practice and 
were waiting for Molly and Angie to get done with cheerleading practice. 
 It was near summer vacation time when they would leave the life of 
Juniors and come back as Seniors.  Life was great.  Good friends, great 
girls and their whole lives ahead of them.  As they were waiting for the 
girls they started talking about what they would do this summer.  
	"Well we could always go down to Florida again this year" Jacob 
stated a little nonchalant.
	"Na, last year was dull, we need to go some place far away and 
exotic."  Mike replied with a smile on his face, dreaming of seeing the 
world.
	"O.K. how about Europe?" 
	"Nay been there done that."
	 "Australia?"
	 "Maybe."
	 "Well defiantly not Africa, who would want to ruff it during 
summer vacation?"
	 "John would."
	"Ya well John's a nut anyway, his idea of a good time is climb a 
mountain or something."
	"True, still if were going to get him to come with us it's going 
to have to be some place interesting or else none of us will have any 
fun.  You know what happens to John when he gets bored."
	Jacob shuddered at the memory of the last time John was bored on 
a trip.  "We defiantly don't want him to get bored."
	Just then the girls got done with practice and was going to join 
them.  Big gins on their faces from a great practice.
	Both girls were on the healthy side, Molly with short blonde 
hair and Angie with long brown hair tied back in a pony-tail.  The gleam 
of sweat of a hard work-out made them look even more beautiful.
	"Come on guys we don't want to keep John and Susie waiting do 
you?"  Angie berated them.
	"Ya we were just waiting for you two."  Jacob stated in a mock 
scowl that broke into a smile as he went over to kiss her.  Mike and 
Molly imitated their response.

	As the group of for went to meet the rest of their party at the 
mall, they started going on about the summer vacation coming up.  They 
girls stating places, like Paris, Vince, or Rome.  The guys quickly 
discouraged those ideas with statements on how if it was just them they 
would go, but could you imagine John in those places.  Both girls got a 
far away look before shuddering and quickly stating that those places 
were not a good idea.  Both Jacob and Mike smile slightly at that, 
sometimes it was good to have a nut for a friend now they wouldn't have 
to go those places.

	When they got to the mall they found Susie waiting for them at 
the entrance.  They didn't have to ask where John was.  So with a few 
grins and pleasantries they preceded to the arcade to find John playing 
at his favorite game X-men vs Street Fighter.  No matter how many times 
he beat this game he always has to play it at least once every time he 
comes in.  John always stated that he needed to try different ways of 
beating it, he usually used Ryu and Ken but sometimes he mixed it up.  
As they were coming up to him they did not say anything to him nor touch 
him in anyway.  They knew what would happen if someone interfered with 
his game, heck he didn't even know he would do it.  One time a kid came 
up to him when playing a game, watching him and then reached out and 
touched one of the buttons.  If Susie wasn't there to pull the kid away 
he would have had a broken hand, for John's fist slammed down where the 
kid's hand use to be.  There were many the time when John would be 
banded from the arcade for some such thing at least for awhile.  He 
always said that's were he relieves all his stress.  While the rest of 
the group wondered what stress?  For outside of that, he seemed like the 
most relaxed person they knew.
	With a satisfied grin for defeating the game John turned to join 
the rest of the group.  While not very tall, only 5" 7' he had large 
shoulders with black shoulder length hair that for a reason none of them 
could figure out stood right up on the top.  As far a they knew he 
didn't use any moose or something it was just natural.  He was wearing 
his usual clothes that is shorts shirt and sandles he said that he liked 
to let his feet breathe a little.  He was almost scruffy looking if not 
for his calm face and built of some one who likes to be active and try 
knew things.   In the contrast Susie always appears as if she spent 
hours on her self even if she didn't.  I guess they were made for each 
other.  Each tolerated the others mannerisms and still enjoyed being 
with each other.
	Heading over to the food court they grabbed some drinks and 
started wandering the mall, doing a little window shopping.  Eventually 
the topic of summer vacation came up again when they passed a travel 
agency.  They quickly put down John's idea of hiking the Adirondack 
mountains with a lite smack to his head.  It was then that Mike came up 
with the idea of Hong Kong, with the excitement of the far east along 
with the convenience of modern society.  After a few minutes of haggling 
they decided on it.   It did not take long to convince their parents to 
let them go.  The idea of a group of bored teenagers at home all summer 
did not appeal to them.  The making of the plans were left to Mike since 
no one else wanted to do it, and he was the only one that they trusted 
completely not to mess up on it.
  
Back to the present: The group were leaving and talking about the fight 
when this kid came up to Jacob spoke to him in broken English.
	"Hey guys this kid said that there's another fight around here 
do you want to go see it?" Jacob asked his voice betraying his desire to 
go see the show.
	While Susie and Molly were not that enthusiastic about it the 
other three broke out with. 
	"Ya!"
	"Alright!"
	"You bet!"
	They followed the kid down to the docks and into a warehouse 
where a crowd of people were forming a few other Westerners were there 
as well.  While waiting for the fight to start noodle venders came by 
and sold their wears.  It was quite good and the group inhaled the 
noodles.  Then they started asking who was fighting and of course might 
was asking the odds on The fight, he was always looking to make some 
extra cash. 	
	That was when all hell broke loose or would have if it wasn't 
for the noodles that they have eaten earlier.  So it was that the girls 
and Mike slumped to the group asleep while Jacob and John watched.  Not 
knowing what was going on and in true fashion as soon as someone grabbed 
him, John started hitting people.  Of course it was no use, but he had 
broken one guy's leg another guy's arm and knocked two unconscious 
before someone knock him over the head and he went to dream land.  Mike 
didn't even last that long as a similar blow had already sent him there.
	The foreigners were then all carried away, all fifteen of them. 
 They were brought to a place were a dozen more were housed also 
unconscious.  There collars were placed around there necks and placed in 
rows for inspection.  
	Later that night again the beautiful lady and the scarred face 
man met.
	"As you wished two-dozen young foreigners, I also added a couple 
of locals that would not be missed.  Just think of a bonus for you for 
using us in all you market needs."  The scarred man smiled at his humor. 
	"Very well just bring them to the agreed upon place and you will 
be paid the rest." with that the lady handed over a small bag that 
‘chinked' when placed in the man's hand.  The scarred man smile grew 
bigger at the weigh of the bag as it felt in his hand.

	Two days after that transaction our group began to awaken.  They 
did not know where they were but it was dark and they were moving.   
Moans of confusion broke out among the other "passengers"   It was a 
long night as people cried out in fear after finding out about there 
situation.  Not fear of knowing what was happening but fear of not 
knowing what was happening or going to happen in the future.  Outside a 
beautiful lady and her cat of blackest night laughed softly at there 
pain and fear.
	It took a week before they got were they were going.  They never 
saw anyone excepted for the person who brought them food and water.  
There was plenty of room in the cages for the people to move around in 
and even do some small exercises.  They only tried to escape twice, once 
when they rushed the guy with the food only to find that they couldn't 
leave the cages with out pain coursing through there bodies, they were 
not feed for two days after that.  The next time they tried to brake the 
collars on their necks, well John did, he did not like the idea of 
wearing a collar but when it seemed that it was about to brake pain 
started flowing through every one's collar and then they quickly stopped 
any one else from trying for they did not want to feel any more pain.
Scene: we see a valley coming up with many pools with bamboo rods in 
them.  We see a young girl running to a shack where a man sits smoking a 
pipe.  We then see the man and child go into the shack and only the man 
come out.  It is clearly seen that he is quite nervous.  Then he goes to 
the springs and waits for the wagons to come to him.
	"Aaah welcome good sirs to home of cursed springs Jusenkyo.  
Here-" but his speak is cut short as the beautiful woman Sercy steps 
down from her perch on the wagon.
	With a cruel twisted smile and a laugh, "Ha, ha, ha of course I 
know all about Jusenkyo so I don't really need it explained to me."  
With that she directed her crew to set up camp a few yards from the 
spring.  The guide just went to chair to watch the evil that was to 
commence. 

	Sercy liked to think of her self as an artist and finding things 
that people would like to see is an art.  So that Jusenkyo was just the 
tool for her art to manifest it self.  Her crew got the camp site up 
easily for they were not human but lesser demons who served her in 
exchange for the taste of human fear and misery that always manifested 
itself when she practice her art.  The trip here was quite satisfactory 
and the next six months as well would be extremely tasty.  That was 
until the this group was no longer useful, well then Sercy would sell 
them and would start all over again still making a large profit.   
	I'm sure that turn humans into animals would cause quite a lot 
of grief and suffering.  Sercy has found out a little some thing about 
the springs that she has use to create even more suffering.  So it was 
that the first person was brought out of the cages and while the rest 
watched was brought to the edge of the pools.
	After taking off his collar Sercy went to him and said. "Here's 
you chance you can escape all you have to do is run to the other side of 
the valley and you'll be safe."
	After a few nervous looks at the guards the man started running 
through the springs until he tripped over his own feet and went flying 
one of the springs.  What went in was a man what came out was a deer 
with large antlers on his head.  
	Sercy let out a small laugh. "Oh the poor dear it looks like he 
didn't make it."  And then to her demon guards, "boys go get him before 
he falls in another one." and with that they promptly went and got him 
and brought him back to the edge and placed another collar on him and 
then put him in other separate cage.
	To the rest of the group in the cage she smiled, "Welcome to 
Jusenkyo, the valley of cursed springs were who falls into the springs 
takes the form of those that drowned in the spring when it was created." 
 With that many of the group started shouting out in fear stating that 
they couldn't do this to them and all that garbage.
	For the first six or so she just let them run through the course 
and watching them fall in.  The fear that they generated was great until 
they put out John to run through it. 
	"Well boy, what are you waiting for run." Sercy told him
	"No" was all he replied.
	"No? No? And why not?"
 	"Because even if I do I'll get cursed so why should I bother?"
	"Hmm, good point," with that she turned to her guards and simply 
stated, "throw him in."
	With big grins on their faces they both grabbed an arm and with 
a mighty heave threw him to wards the end of the springs.  Just as he 
was nearing the water he reached out grabbed hold of a bamboo pole to 
stop himself.  After he got his balance he simply started for the edge 
of the pools since he was almost there any way and easily got to the 
edge.  Turning around to look triumphantly at his ex-captors and with a 
loud, "HA!, looks like I win!" unfortunately for him he was too close to 
one of the springs so that when he got ready to flee the ground gave way 
underneath him and he fell in and out came a tiger.  Who looked at him 
self in disgust.  While the peals of laughter could be heard on the 
opposite shore, not only where the demons and Sercy laughing at him but 
also were the other prisoners.  All he could grow as the demons came and 
fetched him was, *thanks a lot guys*.
	From that time one the rest of the group were just tossed into 
various springs.  So that at the end of the night the cages were filled 
with various of animals of various sizes, from little birds to large 
horses who had to be placed outside with many other different kinds 
in-between from fish(how a fish could drown is beyond me) to lions and 
one baby dragon.  Various sounds floated through the night as each 
animal cried tears of hopelessness and sorrow the demons feed well that 
night.  This was joined by the silent sobbing of  The Jusenkyo Guide, 
who knew what was going to happen them next. 
	The next morning was one of confusion as they were raised from 
their slumber, for those that did sleep that night.  Sercy came to them 
with a big smile on her face that changed one of mock confusion as she 
asked herself aloud,  "While trained animals would bring in quite a bit 
of money its not really enough to justify the effort what else could we 
do to jump up the profits?"  After a few seconds hesitation and with a 
beaming smile, "ah I know, well boys lets take it from the top."
	With that the guards went in to the cages and brought the deer 
from earlier to a spring and with a sharp push sent him into a spring 
and then out came a nude human female with hooves and  doe like eyes.  
It looked like a cross between a human female and a doe.  She was 
shivering in fear as the demons dragged her back to the first cages and 
placed her in it.  All the while Sercy smiled nastily as she turned to 
the other animals.  "As you can see the effects of the springs are 
cumulative and people will pay more to see freaks of nature than to just 
trained animals."
	In all actuality it was quite interesting to the effects of the 
spring of drowned girl and the other springs when those guys who were 
turned into fish became what looked like mermaids.  Those females who 
were turned into fish were then dropped into the spring of drowned man 
as Sercy knew that if she dropped someone in to the sex of what they 
were originally it would reverse the curse, became tritons.  Sercy knew 
she could use these springs if she came up with something she didn't 
like, so that she could start all over again.  And so another long day 
came about no one but themselves knew who they were originally.  Not all 
of the animals were dropped into the spring of drowned man or girl to 
some she dropped into other springs creating creatures of legend.  
Combining the spring of drowned horse and drowned goat she got what 
looked like unicorns of these she produced two for she of someone to 
sell them to after she tired of them.  By combining the spring of 
drowned lion and drowned eagle she got what looked like a pair of 
gryphons from Greek mythology.  An so the day proceeded until at the end 
it looked like some one opened a book of mythology and dumped out the 
creatures within.  
	  The next morning as the stock was loaded on to the wagons 
again each placed in spot where they could survive i.e. those who needed 
it into a water tank and so on.  Then they proceeded to leave the valley 
the aura around it one of despair and sorrow.  Watching them until they 
had completely left, the Jusenkyo Guide then went to him shack to get 
his daughter and to shed tears for those unfortunate souls and the 
living hell that they would live.
	For if you thought that just changing them into those creatures 
were bad enough the wagons then made a stop at a village of men there 
Sercy held a conference with their leader with the rest stared at her 
freaks of nature.  That night she came upon each of them with a bucket 
of cold water and using a ladle a very special ladle preceded to douse 
each and every one of them. 
	Even then their nightmares have just began, the lucky ones were 
those that held the shape of animals or cross-breeds that they were.  
Those that were once animal and now a mix between animal and human they 
were not so lucky.  For the six months that they traveled there were 
those who were willing to pay extra for a little time alone with the 
mermaids, the tiger-girl, the roe (humanoid deer or faun),fox-girl, 
bird-girl(or angle), or other animal people.  They had the worst of it, 
for they had to be stared and laughed at during the day and fondled and 
raped at night, always with the collars around there necks that 
prevented them from protecting themselves and could only take the pain 
which the demons drank upon.  
	She who became a baby dragon and those that were unicorns was 
bleed almost every night for their blood was magical and many sorcerers 
were willing to pay top money for the blood of creatures that was 
thought of as dead long ago.  They's was living a wasting life, enough 
that they seemed to be in good health but with the knowledge that as 
soon as some one payed Sercy enough she would give them to the person to 
be done with as they willed, at least they wouldn't have to suffer any 
more.
	There were those who were driven insane by all this and that is 
the rarest of dishes for demons to partake, and they feed well.  Then 
there were a few noticeably a tiger-girl, bird-girl, the two unicorns, 
and the dragon suddenly vanished one night to the dismay of Sercy.  
Their collars destroyed on the ground were they once were.  But still 
she smiled at this, for news soon came back of these strange creatures 
that were killing men in towns that they have visited before, and so the 
demons feeds on the lives that were stolen by these creatures. *Oh well, 
I can always get more next year.*