None of the characters in this fic belong to me. So please don't sue
me. Besides you wouldn't get much, only..umm..*checks pocket* 5 bucks.

 Inu Yasha/Ranma fusion.

 "Inu Yasha, please don't die," Kagome sobbed as she rested her head on
Inu Yasha's slow rising chest. She should never had interfered in the
fight between him and Naraku. He had taken a serious blow while trying
to protect her as usual. Although Naraku had been beaten, the wound had
been serious enough that it looked like he was going to die.

 "Pfeh, don't worry. I...won't die..that easily," Inu Yasha managed to
say weakly as he tried to comfort Kagome. It was a lie though, he could
already feel his heart start to slow down, could feel the blood draining
from him, out of the wound and onto the floor. "Don't....worry," he said
as his eyes went slowly cold. Was this what death felt like. He had no
idea, being a half demon he had lived for years beyond any mortal. He
was slightly scared.

 "Inu Yasha!! No!" Kagome screamed as his eyes glazed over.

 -----

 Inu Yasha found himself drifting in a strange place, a grey void that
appeared transparent in some ways. For some reason he was back in the
body of a child.

 "Inu Yasha," a voice called out warmly. He turned suddenly, hoping
against hope that it was who he thought it was.

 "Mother!!" he cried out, surprised at first but it soon changed to joy
as he embraced his mother.

 "My dear, sweet Inu Yasha," his mother said, hugging him tightly to her
as tears of joy trickled down her cheeks. "My dear, sweet child. I'm
afriad we can't be re-united permanently now."

 "Huh?" Inu-Yasha lifted his face up to look at his mother. "What do you
mean? I'm dead."

 "Yes," his mother replied, stopping down until her face was level with
his. "But you have something more to do in the realm of the living. You
have to help Kagome find the rest of the Shikon shards, you must prevent
their power from ever being used for evil. It is your destiny." Those
four simple words shook Inu Yasha to the core.

 "But I'm dead!" Inu Yasha protested, he didn't want to part with his
mother again. Not again.

 "Yes, but have you ever heard of re-incarnation?" She smiled as she saw
Inu Yasha nod. "Be a good boy now," she said patting his head
affectionately like she always did when he was young, he would never
allow anyone else touch him like that.

 "Make me proud son," she said as she disappeared into the void.

 "Yes I will," Inu Yasha said, trying to hold back the tears. The same
tears that had spilled out when his mother had died. "I will make you
proud."

 ------

 "No!!" Kagome screamed as Inu Yasha's body started to disappear. Wasn't
it enough that he was dead, had been taken from her. Would she have the
final trace of him disappear too? "No!!"

 -----

 "Ugh," Ranma grunted as he woke up. For some reason, he had a pounding
headache. It was like something was trying to drill out of his skull.
For that same reason, he hadn't been able to sleep well the whole of
last night.

 Since he was already awake and it was morning, he might as well go and
see what was for breakfast. He remembered the old saying his pop's
always said to him, 'Nothing is better than a good breakfast...unless
it's a good lunch and dinner.'

 He walked down the stairs. *Strange, something seems clearer than
usual,* he thought. Not that he had bad eyesight like Mousse, but
everything seemed sharper, more in focus. He could even smell whatever
Kasumi was cooking. *It sure smells nice, but then it's made by Kasumi,"
Ranma thought, chuckling to himself.

 "Hey Kasumi, what's for breakfast?" he chirped, popping into the
kitchen only to see Kasumi busy with something.

 "Oh, sit down Ranma, breakfast will be ready soon," Kasumi turned to
face him, with the same cheerful expression she wore every morning(and
afternoon and night). "Oh my!" she exclaimed when she caught a glance of
Ranma. It was the most emotional outburst he had ever seen from her, the
only time she had seen her this surprised was when Akane cut her hair.

 "Kasumi? What's wrong?" Ranma asked, concerned. She seemed to be
looking at something at him.

 "Your hair, what did you do to it?" Kasumi said.

 "My hair?" When Ranma pulled his pig tail forward, he saw what Kasumi
was so surprised about. Every single strand had gone totally white.
"What!?" he yelled as he rushed to the mirror to confirm his suspicions.
Sure enough, every strand had gone white, not just the pigtail. "Okay
who did this!" he growled. Who ever dyed his hair white was going to
regret it very soon.

 "It's probably a side effect of something Shampoo gave you yesterday,"
Nabiki said ,yawning as she stretched herself. "What's the big deal
waking us up with all this commotion?"

 "So that's where you went when I cooked dinner last night!!" Akane
accused angrily as she began to advance on Ranma, mallet drawn for some
heavy-duty damage.

 "Wait!! I wasn't at Shampoo's!! I didn't even go there the whole day!"
Ranma protested, backing himself into a corner. "And I've a witness, go
ask Ukyou if you don't believe me! I was at Ucchan's the whole while!!"
A few seconds later, the brain finally caught up with the mouth. *Opps,*
he thought.

 "So you rather eat Ukyou's cooking than my cooking is that right!"
Akane said with a threatening tone.

 *Great this is all your fault!!* the brain blamed the mouth.
 *Hey, if you weren't so slow...* the mouth trailed off. *Relax, I know
how to get us out of this.*
 "Geez, what are you getting so jealous for? Can't I spend any time with
my friend?" Ranma complained. " Sure, it _just_ happened to be on the
night you were cooking dinner, so?"

 "I am not jealous!!" Akane screamed. "Fine, you can go flirt with as
many girls as you want, you pervert!!" she said before walking off in a
huff.

 *She's just going to be madder at us later," the brain observed.
 *Ah, relax. We'll worry about that when it comes to that,* the mouth
said.
 If the brain had a mouth and respiratory system, it would have sighed
right now. That attitude always got them into trouble.

 ----

 "See ya Kasumi," Ranma shouted as he raced off to school, and after
Akane. Hopping onto the fence, he continued trying to talk to Akane
without falling off and making a fool of himself, no mean feat indeed.
"Hey Akane! I'm trying to talk to you here," he said as diplomatically
as he could.

 Her only response was to 'hmph' and turn away to look at anything but
him. He sighed. "Shoulda known better than to think a tomboy would
listen to reason," he said, slumping his shoulders down in mock defeat.

 "Who's a tomboy!!" Akane said, swinging her bookbag at him which he
easily jumped over. Landing on his feet, he walked backwards so that he
was facing Akane. "Who's the one trying to hit me," he said, glad that
he got her to at least speak to him. Okay so she had also tried to knock
him down too but you had to take the good with the bad right?

 He was so busy teasing her that he didn't even realise they had reached
the school grounds of Furinkan high.

 "Akane Tendo!!I love thee!" Kuno yelled as he rushed up with a bouquet
of roses to give Akane, instead of his usual bokken. He stopped short
when he realised who the boy with Akane was though. "Saotome?" he asked.

 "Yeah, what's it to you Kuno?" Ranma said.

 "Aha! It is you! Finally your evil deeds have caught up with you and
marked you for what you truly are, a vile sorceror for how else would
you explain your white hair? Egads! You must be a vampire too for that
alone can only account for your fangs!"

 "Leave me alone Kuno," Ranma said, pasuing before going on, "Unless you
want me to kick your ass again."  *Fangs?Fangs!?* Ranma thought, *When
did I get fangs!?*

 "How dare you insinuate that you could be me, Kuno Tatewaki, the Blue
Thunder in fair combat!!" Kuno said, already rushing towards him.

 Suddenly something seemed to grip Ranma, as he crouched down, waiting
for Kuno to come closer before he leapt forward, taking Kuno by
surprise. With a sweep of his hand, Ranma sent Kuno crashing into the
school wall.

 *What? How?* Ranma thought as he examined first his hands, then Kuno.
*How did I do that!!?* That was before another one of his headaches
gripped him, this one so intense that it sent him sprawling to the
ground, clutching his head in agony.

 *It is your destiny...* a voice echoed through his mind. *Who! Who's
there!*he mentally screamed. *It is your destiny...* *It is your
destiny...* *It is your destiny...* *It is your destiny...*

 "What! What's my destiny!?" Ranma screamed, the pain in his skull
becoming almost too much for him to bear. "What's my destiny!! Stop the
pain!! Please stop the pain!" he pleaded as he pounded the ground,
trying to distract himself from the pain.

 Finally he could stand it no longer and he ran, trying to leave the
pain behind. Ran like a crazed beast. All the while the voice echoed
within him, *It is your destiny...*

 "Poor guy's finally snapped," Hiroshi remarked to Daisuke.

 ----

 Kagome froze as something struck her. It wasn't something physical nor
definable. It was more like a gut feeling. *Is that.....Inu Yasha?* she
thought with some surprise and shock.


    Authors Note: Why am I getting all these really wierd ideas that
won't leave me alone? I really ought be working on my OMR? series yet I
keep coming up with these ideas. C&C welcome. I might decide to continue
this fic if enough people like it. So please send C&C if you would like
me to continue this. Thank you.

Oh yeah, for those who don't know who Naraku is, I recommend checking
out Chris Rijk site at
http://web3002.servers.instant-web.co.uk/Inuyasha/

23 June 1998