Subject: [FFML][fanfic][Ranma][Riftwar Saga] Prelude
From: ShortYes@aol.com
Date: 6/29/1998, 12:44 PM
To: fanfic@fanfic.com

This is still a draft but I couldn't wait to write this piece of fanfic.  I am
doing a crossover between Raymond E Feist Rift War saga and Ranma 1/2.  This
is the first of this crossover.  So many people have written a cross between
the wheel of time and Ranma that I thought to do something different.  I am
starting two new series.  One will be the Riftwar saga and the other Wizards
First Rule.  Hope you like it.

Long 

June 29, 1998

      *After so long, I'm finally home,* a man with his hair in a pigtailed
thought.  Walking down the streets of Nerima, he almost cried.  *It looks all
the same.  Nothing has changed.  I wonder how everyone is doing after ten
years?*

* * Flashback * *

      A strange man in a black robe pointed at Ranma and spoke in a tongue
that he did not understand.

      *Only later did I find out that he was speaking the native tongue of
the Tsuranuanni Empire.*  

      Not understanding what the man was saying, Ranma asked, "What?"  Getting
the same gibberish again, Ranma turned around and and started to walk away
when he felt a wave of pain wash over him.  Getting up, Ranma looked behind
him to discover the man with the robe had threw some kind of special attack at
him.  Furious at having someone else attack him other than his usual rivals,
Ranma charged the man.  Seconds later, both Ranma and the black robed figure
disappeared into a black hole.

      *I accidently struck a scroll the Great One, yes that is what people
called those black robed individuals over in Kelewan, was holding and created
a portal to a world called Midkemia.*

* * End of Flashback * *

      Knocking on the door of the Tendou Training Hall,  Ranma was greeted by
Kasumi.  Taking a huge step, Ranma gave the eldest Tendou daughter a big hug.
"I've missed you so much, Kasumi."

      *I was so happy that I did not notice she had not changed at all from my
early memories.*

      Kasumi was shocked and then puzzled at the strange man's reaction.  *Do
I know him?*  After the man had placed her two feet back on the ground, Kasumi
took a good look at the man.  Seeing his blue eyes and his trademark pigtail,
she suddenly realized who was standing before her.  "Ranma?  Is that you?
Where have you been this past year?"

      Nodding his head as in answer to her first two questions, he stopped
after the third was asked.  "Nani?  One year?"

To be continued