El Hazard 1/2
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El Hazard is the property of other people, not me. And so is Ranma 1/2.



 "Stupid tomboy," Ranma growled as he rubbed his tender cheek.

 " Shows you should never offend women," Mr. Fujisawa offered his usual
advice, taking a long swig from his bottle of sake. Mr. Fujisawa was a
new teacher but he had adapted pretty well to Furinkan high, taking the
wierdness that went on with it pretty well after the first few initial
shocks.

 "What was I supposed to do? Actually eat her cooking!?"

 "Well you shouldn't have said you'd rather eat toxic sludge."

 Ranma muttered a few choice phrases under his breath, about 'kawaiikune
tomboys' and 'macho chicks'. "Well thanks for listening to me anyway, I
gotta be going," Ranma said, getting up from the floor.

 "Take care kid," Mr Fujisawa waved good-bye to him as he left.

 ****

 "Sensei?"

 "Huh, oh it's you Akane," Mr. Fujisawa said after a quick glance before
returning to drinking his sake.

 "Have you seen Ranma? I have something I want to give him," Akane said,
and Mr. Fujisawa saw the small bento that she held.

 "Uh...yeah he just left," Mr. Fujisawa said a bit hastily as he eyed
the bento with growing discomfort.

 "Thanks Sensei. Since you're on night shift, I brought you some food.
Here," Akane smiled as she thrust an extra bento towards him.

 "Uh...thanks," Mr. Fujisawa said as he took hold of the bento
cautiously, eyeing it suspiciously as if he expected to come alive and
sprout legs. "Well, aren't you going?"

 "I'll wait until you finish the food. That way I can collect the
bento."

 "......"

 ****

 "Ranma!"

 "Huh?" Ranma turned around to see who had spoken. He remembered that
voice very well. "Saffron!"

 " Ranma Saotome. Finally I can have my revenge upon you for foiling my
transformation!" Saffron yelled as he jumped at Ranma, one clawed hand
extended out to gut Ranma.

 "Hey!" Ranma exclaimed as he dodged Saffron's strike, "Weren't you
turned into a baby! How the hell did you grow up so damn fast!"

 "Fool, my people grow up faster than others. I have waited a long time
for this!" Saffron screamed, as he continued trying defeat Ranma.

 Ranma simply jumped out of the range of Saffron's claws. "Yeah well if
you had just restored Akane instead of having been such a stubborn
bastard," Ranma said, remembering the details as if it was yesterday.
The day Akane had almost died. He noticed as Saffron seemed to freeze in
mid air and never one to look a gift horse in the mouth, he charged for
the opening.

 "Kachuu Tenshin Amaguriken!" He yelled, launching hundreds of fists at
Saffron, *I won't let him hurt anyone again!* It took a second before he
pulled his hands away and started blowing on them.

 "Ouch! What are you made of?" He glared at Saffron who remained
completely still. "Saffron?" He waved his hand in front of Saffron,
trying to elicit a response. "Hey bird-boy?" He said, preparing to duck
thinking that Saffron would come back to life and punch him.

 He was about to try more when he felt something calling to him.
Following with curiousity, he followed the voice in his mind.

 ****

 *Wooh, the school basement. Never been here before," Ranma thought as
he walked down the stairs.

 "Hello? Anyone?" He said, his voice echoing off the walls. He stopped
in front of a solid wall. "Walk through here?" he asked the voice
calling him while pointing towards the wall. "Fine," he said, as he
pulled his fist backwards, ready to destroy the wall with one punch. He
wasn't as strong as Ryouga, but he was strong enough.

 He launched his fist forward, throwing his body weight into the punch,
intending to shatter the wall. But to his surprise, his fist passed
through the wall as if it wasn't there and he fell forward, landing on
his face.

 "What? What happened?" Ranma asked, as he picked himself up. *Man this
place looks like one of those ruins that the teacher always talks
about," Ranma thought as he examined the place he now found himself in.
Noticing a rather large canister in the room, he walked towards it not
knowing what drew him to it.

 Suddenly beams of light shot out from the floor, snaring him. "What!?"
Ranma exclaimed, struggling with his bonds, trying to break free. "Let
go!"

 Suddenly the canister began to spin, until finally it opened, revealing
a rather pale woman in it. The woman looked up, and spotting him, began
to walk rather unsteadily towards him. Her clothes seemed to have been
fine once but was faded and tattered with age.

 She fell into his arms, embracing him tightly while Ranma just stood
there gathering his wits. It was not everyday that you hear a voice call
to you, go to your school basement and discover there's a ruin there and
then get trapped by light and finally meet a woman who came out of a
canister and hugs you.

  I've waited so long for you.." said the woman,  "I've been patient
these last ten millennia, but this moment has finally arrived after ten
thousand years."

 "Wait? Ten thousand years?" Ranma said, trying to reason it out. At
first he suspected his pop had gotten him another fiancee, but ten
thousand years of waiting for him? "But I don't even know you."

 "You mean you have forgotten? Throughout the endless night I dreamt
only of you, of you my dear Ranma..." the woman hugged Ranma tighter.
"Time grows short...my powers have grown weak with the passage of
years..."

 Letting go of him, she said, "You must prepare to embark on your
journey to El Hazard. With my remaining strength I will send you to El
Hazard."She took a few steps back from Ranma, clasping her hands
together and began to mumble something as a strange wind began to blow
through the ruins even though there were no windows around.

 "What's El Hazard?!" Ranma tried to ask her, but she wasn't answering
him, merely smiling at him. "Hey, what's El Hazard!? Answer me at
least."

 "I know I can relay upon you, Ranma, I will carry you within my heart
and thoughts until our paths cross again." The woman smiled at him
sadly. That was the last memory he had before blacking out as strange
images began swimming in his head as a strange light burst from the
woman.

 The strange light burst out from the ruins, covering a large part of
the school, striking the still forms of Akane, Mr. Fujisawa and Saffron.