<<Virgo: *Giggle* he said rough...  i like that...>>
<<Rumiko: You would, you hentai freak of nature...>>
<<Robma: You know the drill!  Comments, critics, mailbombs!  Do it!>>

START

A woman's voice narrates.  Her voice hold no emotion as she keeps her
tone 
neutral to all that has transpired.

{Thousands of years ago in the land you call China, a vast empire
ruled the 
land with wisdom and knowledge with the support of the schools of the 
Anything-Goes Martial Art.  But, as with all stories that start like
this, 
it was not meant to last, otherwise, we wouldn't have much of a story
to 
tell, correct?  About three thousand years ago or so, a vast army of 
darkness swept over the land and drove it into chaos.  A powerful
Wu-jen 
used his magic to shatter the peace of this land and wage war against
the 
schools.  The Grand Master of the House of Shiroi was slain and the
Wu-jen 
claimed the Castle, corrupted it and used it to attack the other
houses.  

The other houses fell to his unyeilding army.  The ranks of the Clan
Shadow 
Dragon grew with each victory as it consumes intoits ranks those that
were defeated.  The scattered scions of the Schools 
rallied and gathered under the banner of of the ousted Princess Uki
Shiroi.  
She lead her rebelious Band to victory as they forced the evil ones
back to 
her homeland, the once beautiful Valley of Light and destroyed the
Wu-jen's 
powerful artifact, the Chaos Sphere.  The victoy was bitter, for the
Princess 
had given her life to end the spread of darkness.

The Band that she left behind picked up where she had left off and
fought to 
keep the Clan confined to its Valley of Shadows.  As the years went
by, each 
conflict between their forces chipped away the defenders until they
could no 
longer hold their enemy at bay.  By this time, the Clan had had time to 
reflect on its method and launched its new assault aginst the world,
not by 
force, but subterfuge.  The Band helplessly stood by, powerless to
stop their 
nemesis as they dwindeled and died.  The Leader of the Band could do
nothing 
but pray that Uki Shiroi's prophecy would come true.}

{"When two schools born from without of the Shadow Dragon's influence
merge 
their lines, a star will rise to the Heavens.  One parent of kind
heart and 
fierce temperment, the other who shall walk on both sides of life.... 
A 
star to light the darkness." }

 --------========{ A This Space For Rent Production }========--------

 --------========{        A Ranma 1/2 Fanfic        }========--------

<Valley of Shadows, China>

Not so long ago but long enough to be just right.... 

The moon crested the crown of mountains that clawed at the sky to
pluck the 
shining pearl with their twisted and jagged edges.  The light streamed
down 
through the thick mists to sparkle about the beads of water upon the
lush 
vegetation.  A thousand lights greeted the moon as they glimmered from
the 
growing city at the base of a plateau upon which the monstrous and dark 
Castle Shadow Dragon coiled its length jealously about the mound and
the four
great towers surounding the castle as they stabbed into the sky, a
Dragon 
jealously guarding its treasure hoard.  The gaping maw of the dragon's
head 
screamed upwards at the intruding light that showered upon it carved
scales.  

Two guards at the wall quietly talked about the news of the day as a
small 
shadow slipped past them and over the battlements above them.   The
small 
shadow dropped down from the wall and peeked about the small garden. 
The 
loudest sound was that of the babbling stream feeding into a small
pond and 
flowing under the wall and cascading down the cliffside.  He paused and 
smiled as a small splash gave away the presence of the young bather
and a 
melodious voice sung softly to the moonlight.  

Small hands pushed away the leaves to gaze at the young woman who
stood waist 
deep in the cool waters, the silver light of the moon radiating about
her 
flawless ivory skin.  She desceneded into the water and rose back up at 
rivets of water trickled down the length of her midnight black hair
and the 
curves of her body.  She shook her head about and opened her
disarmingly 
brilliant emerald eyes that made the jewels that they shined like
devalue by 
their mere presence.  The figure was entranced by her beautiful face
and her 
ruby lips until she turned away and began to lather up her wash cloth.
 The 
figure pulled back from the foliage and circled about the pond until
he could 
approach from the side closest to her.

The small hand reached out tentatively and brushed across the gold 
embroidered, silken robes folded neatly upon the flat rock.  His
fingers 
slid gently into the folds of the robes and he gave a short gasp as it 
gripped the prize.  The emerald eyes snapped open and glanced about
the pond.  
She pursedher lips and narrowed her eyes as she slowly scanned the
area.  She 
looked at her undisturbed clothing and jewels and shrugged.  She
resumed 
lathering as the still figure in the brush relaxed and cuddled its
prize to 
it's cheek.  It turned to go...

 --------========{ All characters and events of Ranma 1/2
}========--------
 {   Belong to the Irrepressible Rumiko Takahashi.  She knows.  She
has   }
 {  most of my paycheck by now.  The Anything-Goes Martial Arts Band
and  }
 {  Clan Shadow Dragon belong to Rob Orick, no matter how much I deny
it. }
 --------========{        Goddess preserve me....        
}========--------

It stopped as it wondered...  If this was the prize, what of its
owner?  Was 
its owner as fine as her property?  Who was this owner of such a finely 
crafted object?  It move closer to the edge of foliage and peered out
at 
her.  The daughter of some great lord?  A virgin priestess from Castle 
Kuonji?  Maybe a princess from beyond the mountains?  With a bound, it
was 
determined to find out.  The woman's eyes locked onto the far wall as a 
gloosh sounded and a weight attached itself to her chest.  A slight
squeezing 
informed her that she was not imagining it.

"Ahhhh... How sweet it is...." *Nuzzle, nuzzle...*

The wash cloth fell into the water from nerveless hands.  Her left eye 
twitched uncontrollably as both emerald eyes began to glow dimly with
green, 
furious light.

An intense scream broke through the serene night and echoed off the
walls of 
the Valley.


The guards, much to their benefit, were prompt their response.  The
doors 
flew open and they charged into the garden/bath, their weapons
brandished 
and shining in the moonlight.  The screeched to a halt and stared
forward 
as a blast of green fire shot past them and slammed into the far wall.  
The runtish rogue remained impacted against the wall as the green light 
dimmed.

"ooor... she could be one of the Clan's Shadow Mages....  ugh...," the 
small man fell to the ground.

The guards, much to their misfortune, continued to stare ahead....

The young mage breathed heavily as her poower pulsed about her body and 
concentrated in her hands.  She gulped and brought herself to her full 
height.  She looked at the downed fool who had felt up her body and at 
the frozen guards.  She brought upher arms to cross before her chest
and 
closed her eyes.

"See anything you like?" she spoke as her left eyebrow twitched.

"Yes, ma'am...  I MEAN, NO MA'AM!" The lead guard fell back, the 
others pulled back as she started to glow again.

Her eyes opened quickly and flashed green. "YOU FREAKING HENTAI JERKS!"

An explosion rocked the fortress and a plume of steam rose up from the 
garden.  The thief bolted down the hallways of the castle.

The mage looked down at the piles or charred flesh in her garden.

"Ah, dammit...  I NEED MORE GUARDS!"

  --------========{          RANMA 1/2          }========--------
  --------========{       The Rising Star       }========--------

The City of Darkness was in an alarm as explosions rippled out from the 
castle and through the streets.  The runt dodged hastily thrown ki
blasts 
and weapons as he ran down the street carrying his sack.  He easily
took 
care of the soldiers who got in his way, evading the males and
fondling the 
female contingent...  The crowd pursuing him increased.

A few figures at the edge of the Valley watched with interest as he
escaped 
from the Valley.  They pulled back into the shadows as the young woman
who 
was bathing stood before her soldiers and clenched her fists as her
eyes 
blazed with her fury.

"Find him!  Search this world until you have destroyed him!  DAMN YOU, 
HAPPOSAI!!!!"

  --------========{   Chapter One: Building Character  
}========--------

--------<Nerima, Japan, a few months before the arrival of Ranma>

The young woman wore a red trenchcoat and a wide brimmed hat.  She had
short light brown hair that came toher shoulders and her reddish brown
eyes were coveredby the pair of binoculars that she held to them.  Her
lips scowled as she spied three people walking down the streets of
this quiet neighborhood.  No one who saw her normally would think that
anything was wrong with her... unelss they realised that she was
balanced on top of a telephone pole as the breeze blew past her,
tugging at her short hair, hat and trenchcoat.

  She continued to watch the three walk down the street and took
notice of what they carried.  Building materials....  They were all
dressed alike in grey overalls and hardhats.  The lead person was a
woman with long white hair and twirled about once in a while to chat
with her friends.

  "Virgo Aileia Celestra.  Age: 22.  Martial arts style: Wu Shu," the
observer spoke to herself.  She moved the binoculars to focus on the
woman behind her and to the left.  Her black hair was braided into a
topknot that hung out from under her hat and her bangs came to two
twin spikes before her eyes.

  "Rumiko Sarugakure.  Age: 25.  Martial arts style: Ninjitsu," she
moved her view to scan the last one, a man with his hair pulled into a
ponytail that fell between his shoulder blades.

  "Ah, Scorpio Darien Zodiak.  Age: 30.  Martial arts style: Tae Kwon
Do....," she pulled the binoculars away and glared at the three as
they kept walking.  She crossed her arms and narrowed her eyes in
thought. "What are you up to, big brother?"

  The young woman bounded off the telephone pole and followed them.

  The three of them came to the Tendo Dojo.  Virgo looked about the
outside happily and smiled to her companions.  Zodiak kept his
expression neutraland Rumiko tried to repress her dislike of Virgo's
childish atittude.  Virgo knocked on the door.

  "Yes, who is it?" Kasumi went to the door and opened it.  Virgo gve
her an evil smirk and pulled the trigger on her buzzsaw as the sun
glinted off her 
sunglasses.  "Oh, my!"

  "Good morning, sweetie," Virgo let go of the trigger and perched the
saw on her shoulder.  "Is your old man home?  We're here to renovate
your home as per the conditions in the contest he won."

  "Really?  A contest?  Oh, please come in.  I'll go get him," Kasumi
smiled and called for Soun.

  "Arigato," Virgo steps in and takes off her sunglasses.  She looked
about and nodded.  Rumiko pushed her back and made her move for the
rest of them.

  "What is the meaning of all this?" Soun came to the front door. 
Before Virgo could speak, Zodiak stepped forward and offered his hand
to Soun.

  "Mr. Tendo?  It is our priviledge and honor to inform you that you
have won a free renovation of your home.  This will include repairs
and add-ons as you see fit."

  "Really?" Soun rubbed his chin.  "I don't know..."

  "For no cost to yourself, sir," Rumiko chimed in and bowed.  

  "Oh, why don't you come in and we can discuss what you can do for
us," Soun ushered his unexpected guest inside.

  The red trenchcoat flapped in teh breeze as the woman looked at the
sign outside.

  "The Tendo Dojo... of the School of Anything-Goes Martial Arts?!"
She yanked her hand away from teh sign as it it had just burned her. 
"I don't believe this...  how?  Someone is going to be really ticked
off..."

  Inside, Rumiko whispered to Zodiak.

  "Did you see her?"

  "Yes, my sister, Jody...."

  "She'll report this to them."

  "Not until she gets more information.  We'll have to take her out of
the         before then.  Relax, Miss Sarugakure, it's all under
control..."

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<<I told you it was a rough draft.  i ain't finish yet.>>

  Robma "Soooo... what do you think?" Orick


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