well this is another series ihave in the works.. i'm co-writing it with my
friend Ben Kalman <rkalman@dsuper.net> and although things have been slow as
of late it is still being worked on.. you'll notice a similarity with the
rest of my worx in that it's short.. someday i'll master the art of text
expansion... until then (shameless plug: I'll be sending the first few
chapters of Ben's work RanmaSpotting within the next few weeks, as well as
the next part of Of Honor Won and Time Lost, plus, if i have the time and
inclanation, the beginning of one of the 10 or so fics i have in
prduction... well until i actually get the work done)




	Diablerie:Nerima

	Prologue

	Ranma woke with a start.  It was about midnight, a hot summer night in
Nerima.  He had heard the door slam downstairs.  He rose and went onto the head
the stairs and watched as Akane slowly approached.  She was in her own world, 
swaying slightly, and drenched in blood.  She looked up and met Ranma's
wide-eyed
gaze.
	"A-A-Akane? Are you ok?"
	"Fine Ranma, just fine.  You know, you really shouldn't worry so much about
me."
	"I'm NOT worried! I'm definately not worried, but you ARE covered in blood..."
	"I'm alright Ranma...," Akane said, as her eyes began to glow, "next ting you 
	know, you'll wake up and find out that this was all a really weirs dream.
So wake
	up Ranma...wake UP RANMA..."

	"WAKE UP STUPID...ARRRRGHH!!!"
	Ranma's eyes flew open at the sound of Akane's voice. "Of everything
that could possibly be the first sight i see in the morning, why do i have to
 be unlucky enough to see your face?!?"
	Akane's face grew crimson. "WHAAAT??" She screamed, her voice rising 
an octave or two.
	"It's bad enough that i had that stupid dream about you last ni..oops.."
	"WHAT DREAM?!?"
	"Well...er..."
	"You pervert!! I can't beleive you're having sick dreams about me!!!
You're even worse than Happosai!"  There was a resounding smack as Akane
malleted
Ranma over the head.  Ranma, as a result, got silly.
	Nabiki, at this exact moment poked her face around the door and said,"If 
you two don't mind, could you finish your lover's quarrel and come down to
breakfast
before it gets cold?"
	It almost seemed to Ranma, that a forked tongue poked out of the corner of
Nabiki's mouth at that moment, but he just passed it off as a brain
hemmorage, induced
by Akane's uncuteness.
	"Don't even THINK it Ranma!!!" Akane screamed at the top of her uncute lungs
as she whacked Ranma again with the hammer.
	"You-u a-are s-so uncu-" Ranma stuttered as he passed ouy.
	"Nabiki! if you don't stop doing that, then he'll find out the truth!"
	"Well, Akane, if you don't stop treating him as one of your herd.."
	And with that comment, they turned and walked, arm in arm, to the dining
are. They didn't notice Ranma listening in a semi-concious state.


	
	Chapter 1

	Cologne looked up from her studies with a strange look upon her face.
	"Granddaughter, come here."
	Shampoo bounced over to Cologne,"Yes, Grandmother?"
	"I fear for my son-in-law.  I feel he may be in danger.  I have had
a scrying vision.  There are strange things afoot in Japan."
	"What so unusual about that, Grandmother? This place weird to 
begin with..."
	"Strange things even for Nerima!"
	"If Ranma in trouble, Shampoo help!"



	Ranma pranced along the fence to school, while Akane ran ahead.
	"Where're you going, Akane?"
	"I'm late!!"
	"For what? We're actually early, for once.  Which is strange
considering I practically needed medical attention."
	"I've got a meeting for the upcoming blood drive!"
	"Hunh? But the blood drive isn't 'till next month, Akane."
	"Listen Ranma, I don't have time for your useless comments!"
	"You're the one who'd commenting! I'm just asking questions."
	"Shut up Ranma! What do you know about blo..HEY! Did you just 
call me USELESS??"
	Ranma then discoverd how to fly.. at least for the block or two
before he landed in a puddle of water, just freshly ladled out by the old 
woman living down the street.
	"Damn!" Ranma yelled, "AND I JUST DID MY HAIR THIS MORNING!!!"

	
	As the beatiful red-head approached the gates to the school, Shampoo 
just had to bounce over and glomp hello.
	"Nihao, Ranma, Shampoo come sit on face?"
	"WHAT?!?!?"
	"Shampoo learn that from american television show. It funny, no?"
	"What are you doing here, Shampoo? I'm gonna be late."
	"Shampoo come to save Ranma from terrible danger...and to give
Ranma freshly cooked ramen!!"
	"Danger..what danger? I'm sure Akane didn't make my lunch."
	"SHUT UP RANMA!! stop making fun of my cooking!" Akane yelled
as she ran by, nailing him over the head with the hockey stick she was
returning to the gym.
	"OW!! What'd you do that for?!"
	"Here, Ranma, Shampoo kiss and make feel better!!"
	"NO... OWW STOP THAT! YOU'RE HURTING ME... AKANE!! IT'S NOT WHAT
YOU THINK...I SWEAR IT!!!"



	Lunchtime approached.  Ukyo cornered Ranma, just as he finished
dousing himself with hot water, and asked him to accompany her to an inviting 
broom closetand sample some freshly cooked okonomiyaki.
	"Why did you store it in the closet... i mean couldn't you find
a better place to eat lunch?" Ranma asked as he was led away, unsuspectingly.
	Akane turned to Nabiki," Hey, where're they going?"
	"Ummm.. Akane.. you don't want to know."  Her forked tongue, however,
betrayed her as it flicked out and licked her lips, twice.
	"NOOOO!! I can't allow it!! He's MINE!!"
	Nabiki glared at Akane.
	"I mean 'ours' dear sister.  We can share."  Akane said meekly.
	"Of course YOU can share, sister"



	Meanwhile, in the broom closet...
	"Hey Ukyo, I don't see any food.. hey let go of that-Oh!"
	Half a minute later, Ukyo exited the closet, wiping her lips, with
a smile on her face.  She turned back to Ranma, slumped over in the corner, 
mouth wide open.
	"You won't tell anyone, will you," Ukyo said, girlishly, hands 
clenched tightly to her chest, eyes positively aglow with delight.



	Ryoga wandered through the streets clueless as to where he was, perplexed
by the activities of the night before.  He remembered Akane hugging him
closely and 
then seeing red, often his reaction to the close company of females, but
this time
something was different.  When he woke up this morning he felt particularly
drained, 
but for him to lose that much blood there must have been a damn good reason.
Now if 
only he could figure it out.  Could it be that Akane had shown him a side
she hadn't 
before? that could be the only explanation.  He always seemed to forget what
happened 
while he was P-chan... only vague hints and recollections.  As soon as he
found his
way back to the Dojo, maybe Ranma could answer his questions.  First he had
to get back 
there, maybe those penguins could help, they'd never steered him wrong before.
        P-R-P-Chan
        P-R-P-Chan's Pathetic Little Place
        www.colba.net/~andersn/