Subject: [FFML][Ffic][teaser][xover][Tenchi+r1/2]
From: "Theodore Sommer" <sommer@nb.net>
Date: 10/18/1997, 1:07 AM
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A little teaser from a story I'm going to post someday. (When I figure out
how to make it work.) Tell me what you think.


The explosion lit up the night sky, allowing those recovering on the
surface of Earth to see what had transpired in orbit.

"My god. That was the P-Chan, wasn't it?" was all Ranma could say as he
watched the fireball bloom even brighter in the atmosphere.

"Brother." Ryoko felt alone once more. She had just rediscovered her
sibling after so many centuries, and now he had been taken away from her,
again. This time forever. A single tear started to form in her good eye.

Yosho walked to the center of the group, if he was to maintain some
semblance of order he had to move now.

"All may not be lost. Tenchi is very resourceful. You can attest to that
Ranma." He simply nodded his head in response. "All we need now is some
method of space travel. Some way to check on them. I'm certain they are
alive." His gaze turned to Cologne. Perhaps his one time love had some
idea. If it was one thing Yosho had come to realize in the last few days,
since meeting her again, it was that she had grown even wiser and more
shrewd over the passing centuries. It had always been her mind, not her
beauty, that had attracted him to her in the first place.

She returned his glance with a nod. She never could deny him anything, no
matter what the consequences. That was why she had been stranded in the
first place. She had searched for him across the vastness of space and
finally ended up here, on Earth. Cologne turned her gaze towards Shampoo.
The young Amazon realized what her great grandmother had in mind, and
wanted no part of it.

"Forget it! No way! Not a chance! Shampoo refuse!" She crossed her arms to
emphasize the point.

"You make it sound as though you have a choice little one." and with a
flick of her gnarled staff she hurled Shampoo into the pond that had formed
next to the space tree, Funaho.

Ranma walked over to the elderly Amazon. "Wha'd you do that for?"
Realization suddenly dawned on him. "Wait a minute. You mean to tell me
that Shampoo fell into one of them cursed pools too?" Cologne nodded. "Well
then, which one was it?"

Cologne started. "Well it just so happens she fell into it when she was
just a little girl. I told her to stay away, but no, she just couldn't
listen."

Ranma broke in, "Look! Now ain't the time to reminisce about the good old
days granny. What pool did she land in?"

A small furry shape leaped out of the water, away from the others, and
started to shake itself dry.

"As it turns out, she landed in the Pool of Drowned..."

Ryoko finally got a good look at the creature that emerged from the pond.
Her eye lit up when she saw what it was. She smiled, shouted a single word,
and flew over to it. 

"Ryo-Ohki!"

"...Cabbit." Cologne finished.

Shampoo-cabbit was less than thrilled at the sudden attention she was
receiving from the alien demoness. She backed off, hissing and bearing her
claws.

"Get the hell away from me you crazy bitch! I'm not your stupid pet!" Of
course, all of this was said in cabbit, meaning the only one who could
understand was Ryoko.

That's all for now.
D.B.Sommer
sommer@nb.net