Here's my fic again. This time I redone and edited some parts.

I'm sure that some missed errors will pop up though...

---Petes-kun

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	A storm is brewing on a foreboding hill. As lightning strikes a light
reflects off a rusty old sword drove into the ground at the top. The storm 
grown stronger and almost drowned out a voice that can be heard in the 
distance. 

	"Nothing truly dies."	


	Ranma 1/2	A Warrior Arises:  Part 1#  Scrap in Nerima!	

	By: Peter Detenbeck	a.k.a. Petes-kun
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	All Ranma 1/2 characters are property of Rumiko Takahashi and all  
	characters introduced in this series are property of me. 
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	China 1953	

	There was a storm that day too, only the storm was coming from a fatal
battle about to commence. There were four figures standing on a hill, three 
side by side and one standing alone with faith and courage as his aides. 

	"So, Maverick, you have come like we requested, the final 
confrontation is apon us!" exclaimed one of the three as he leaned slightly 
on his halberd, his tall hat and long flowing robes were in the colors of ice
and snow. 

	"How long has it been since you first fought each of us?" asked 
another of the three, this one wearing a cloak decorated like a stormy sky,
his round straw hat tipped low enough for him to see yet his face was hidden 
by a shadow. 

	"You and I fought since '49." Maverick the lone warrior replied flatly
to the cloaked one whose name was Ikazuchi. 
"And you I fought since '50." He said to another of the three that floated 3 
feet off the ground, his long hair draped over some of his face, his name was
Halcyon. 
"And you, since '51 I believe." he said to the last one who leaned on his 
weapon, this one was called Kouri. The lone warrior wore a sleeveless black 
shirt, a red bandanna tied around his neck, and a pair of gray pants. 
Strapped at his side was a long well crafted samurai sword. His face showed 
the look of fear and determination wrapped together. His green eyes burned 
with hatred for these soulless warriors, who didn't care where the blood 
flowed from. 

	"Just give in and make your death painless. You'll never defeat us!" 
Exclaimed Kouri as he started to get up from his position. 

	"I agree, I won't win and live." Maverick said as he unsheathed his 
sword, light brightly reflecting off it. 

	"So then you'll allow us to put you out of your misery?" Halcyon 
questioned as he looked up to get a last look at his foe. 

	"Oh no. I said I won't do it and live. I never said anything about 
not being able to do it and die." Maverick said as he stuck his sword deep 
into the ground, he looked up and they saw a grin that would spook the devil 
himself. 

	"What... Do you mean?" Ikazuchi asked rather annoyed with Maverick's 
arrogance. 

	"This." Maverick started to glow brightly and the warriors could then 
tell that his battle aura was rising to great proportions. 
"Death blossom!!!" Maverick yelled as his glowing became blinding and
his body felt weak. Then Maverick's battle aura grew and grew into a large 
semi-circle of energy that began to engulf the hill. The three could do 
nothing as they were like dear caught in headlights. Then suddenly the blast 
collapsed on itself revealing only a barren hill and a sword driven into the 
ground.	

				***

	China, Present day	

	"Here sirs, we have come to the cursed hill of Xao Lin." said a guide
as the two travelers who hired him climbed up the hill after him. 
"There very strange tale about it, happen many year ago. One day farmer saw 
the hill glow brightly and when he come here he only found sword. He no take 
out though, he think it cursed." the guide continued as the travelers reached
the top. 

	"This the sword?" asked one of the men as he bent down and examined it.
"Hey this rust is flaking off! I don't recognize these letters." he said as 
he started to flake off more rust. 

	"Oh sir don't do that! It..." the guide was interrupted by 
the other man 

	"Yeah we know cursed, you said that about the last two places and 
we're still here." all of a sudden the sword became completely clear and 
stated to shine. 

	"Huh, I didn't touch the rest of the rust... And where is the light 
that it's reflecting coming from, the moon's covered with clouds." the man 
inquired as he stepped back from the sword, thunder seemed to be his answer.

	"Oh dear."	

				***		

	Japan, two days later

	The passengers on the boat finished gathering their things and were 
getting off. One lone man walking down the ramp look at his surroundings with
curiosity. He wore a pair of brown pants and a large brown jacket. Slung over
his shoulder was a large backpack loaded with travel supplies. 

	"<The world seems different now, slightly anyways.>" he thought as he 
walked down the ramp. He picked up a news paper from a pile. The date was 
what he found quite interesting, 1994.	

				***

	"<So this is Tokyo. Makes me wonder why I left Thailand...>" thought
Kuroimichi Mizu as he straitened his hat and walked off the boat. 
"<Doubtful there's a big need for freestyle kickboxers... Well I can still 
put my skills to use, though it's not quite legal...>" 
And with that thought Mizu, ran down the alleyway with plans that would keep 
him fed for quite some time...

				***

	"So that one ramen and tea." said Shampoo as she laid out a bowl 
of ramen and a cup of tea on the counter. 

	"Thanks, man I'm hungry." the customer exclaimed as he snatched a pair
of chopsticks. 

	"That be...hey what you doing?!?!" she asked as she saw the customer 
running out of the cafe without paying. 

	"I'll pay my tab next time!" he yelled back as he got out the door 
and shoveled the meal into his mouth. 

	"Hold it right there sonny boy!" proclaimed a small elderly lady as 
she stood in his way. 

	"*snicker* You're not going to stop me are you?" he said with a smug 
look on his face. The old woman then swung her stick in an ark trying to hit 
him in the head, the guy narrowly dodged the strike. 
"Hah! That all you can do?" he said as he regained his footing now standing 
in a fighting stance, a little hint of mockery was in his voice. 

	"Oooh, so you want a challenge eh? All right then." she chuckled as 
she also struck a stance. 

	"You ready? Cause here I come!" he yelled as he charged her this time 
with a sword suddenly in his hands. The old woman leaped up dodging his 
charge and then she let loose a flurry of strikes from her stick, Maverick 
met every strike with a parry from his sword, he soon realized that her stick
was moving faster and faster, soon he couldn't see the stick anymore and he 
only knew when to parry when he heard the whooshing noise it made. She then 
broke off and just hung on the top of the stick and examined him. 
"Well, aren't you going to attack?" he asked rather annoyed that she stood 
there just staring at him. Soon Shampoo ran up to the two stalemated fighters.

	"You're good, though I was going a little easy on you..." she finally 
said as she hopped off her stick and stood there on the ground. 

	"Well that's what I hoped I'd be." he said, only seeming to acknowledge
the part about him being good. 

	"Listen I have a little proposition for you, if you'll accept I'll 
forget about the little food thing." Cologne said as she walked closer to 
him, she now looked like a withered 2 foot tall child closer up. 

	"Hmmm, what sort of deal?" he said as he followed her back to 
the cafe.

				***

	The Tendou household was having dinner, as usual Genma and Ranma were 
eating faster than the rest. Things have seemed to calm down after the whole 
wedding fiasco, Ryouga has left on another training trip after five times 
trying to find the door, Cologne seemed to stop scheming to get Ranma to 
marry Shampoo and there hasn't been a visit from the black rose in a while. 
Everything seemed calm and normal for once. Too bad that their time in the 
eye of the tornado wouldn't last very long. 

	"Aaahh, that was a good meal." Ranma exclaimed as he got up off the 
floor and started to go to his room. 

	"Why hello there son-in-law." said Cologne as she hopped in the room 
on top of her stick. 

	"What are you doing here you old ghoul?" Ranma said as he spun around
to face the 300 year old woman. 

	"A customer was in my cafe today and he asked me to give you this." 
she said as she handed him a piece of paper. 

	"Dear Ranma, I challenge you to a fight. Meet me outside the dojo at 
14:00..." Ranma read out loud "Signed Maverick." 

	"So who's this Maverick guy?" Akane asked as she got up to have a look
at the note. 

	"I dunno, maybe another guy that has "problems" like Ryouga." He said
as he handed the note to Akane. 

	"Hmmm, maybe he just heard of you eh?" Cologne said as she still 
stood there.

	"You know who this guy is don't you!" Ranma said as he lunged 
forwards to attack her. She hopped out of the way leaving him to fall onto 
the ground. 

	"As a matter of fact I did mention your name to him." she said as 
her staff landed. "He said that you sounded like a great chance to dust off 
his skills. And decided to challenge you." she then hopped closer to Ranma. 
"You better save your energy for tomorrow, you'll need it." she said as she 
then hopped out of the house. 

	"I'll be ready for him you just wait!" Ranma yelled as he saw her 
leave. 

	"Ranma are you sure you can beat this Maverick guy?" Akane asked in a 
rather worried tone. 

	"Don't sweat it Akane, he's probably just another amateur full of hot 
air." Ranma said but he seemed a little curious of how strong this guy is.	

				***

	"<Thank God there was a black shirt in that backpack.>" Maverick 
thought as he fixed his scabbard to the belt. He took the shirt earlier and
ripped off the sleeves, it suited him more that way. He also was able to
find a red shirt, he took one of the sleeves and tied it around his head.
"<Now you look like you used to!> You sure he'll come?"

	"Oh don't worry, my son-in-law never gives up a challenge. He'll be 
here." Cologne answered. 

	"Talking about me?" Maverick was startled by the new voice coming 
from behind him. He whirled around to see that the dojo gates were open and 
there on the other side stood Ranma. 

	"So, you must be Ranma. Not very tough looking." Maverick said as he
scanned him from top to bottom. Ranma was a little nervous when he saw what 
Maverick looked like. He had muscles slightly larger than Ranma's, his 
appearance seemed a little tough and grizzled, he stood over 6 feet tall, 
much larger than Ranma, but then this guy's name sounded American so it was 
expected, and after all Ranma defeated fighters much larger than him before. 

	"And you must be Maverick." Ranma said back as he walked over to size 
each other up.

	"Now that you've both met let's discuss the terms." Cologne said as 
she hopped over to the two martial artists. 

	"So this was a plan of yours then!" Ranma said rather angrily. 

	"I'll admit that it was my idea to have you two fight, but you need 
the training anyways." she said calmly 
"Now then, Ranma if you lose you must marry my great grand daughter..." 

	"Not that again!" Ranma interrupted. 

	"And, Maverick will get free meals at the cafe." she finished. 

"All right, but I won't be held responsible if I hurt him too much." Ranma 
said smirking at Maverick. 

	"Begin!" Cologne yelled and the fight began. They started to circle, 
staring into each other's eyes. 

	"Hyaaa!" Maverick cried as he leaped up and went into a drop-kick. 
Ranma jumped out of the way and jumped up again when he landed. 

	"Kachuu Tenshin Amaguriken!" Ranma attacked Maverick with a flurry 
of punches, but with equal speed Maverick blocked every attack. 

	"Seishou bakufuu!" Maverick said as a burst of ki came from his hands
from his hand, narrowly missing Ranma. 

	"<Geez, this guy is tough! Better use the Saotome school final 
attack.>" Ranma then faked an attack, broke off and ran.

	"<You can run but you can't win.>" Maverick thought as he chased 
after him. When Maverick finally caught up with Ranma he was standing on a 
fence that had a sewer line on the other side. Maverick wasted no time for 
his chance, he took out his sword and slashed into the air. Although the 
fence was out of the swords reach it still was cut in half. 

		"<Just as I hoped.>" Ranma thought as he fell into the water. 
Maverick was putting his sword away when all of a sudden a red haired girl 
leaped out of the water.

	"What the?!" Maverick exclaimed as he now saw a girl in Ranma's 
clothes. He then charged the girl, striking between questions 
"How'd you do that?" (punch) 
"Answer me!" (kick), little did he realize that he was chasing him in a 
spiral. Ranma then ducked low and gave Maverick a strong uppercut 

	"Hiryu shoten ha!" Maverick went soaring into the sky and was soon 
out of view. "And don't come back." said Ranma-chan as she ran back to the 
dojo.  

				***

	Meanwhile at the dojo Cologne sat there waiting for Maverick to 
return as the victor. Suddenly something fell out of the sky and into the koi
pond behind her, up floated the body of Maverick. 
"I take it you didn't win." she said dryly as she walked over. 

	"What happened? One second he was a he and the next he was a she?" 
Maverick said as he wringed his shirt out.

	"If you stay in Nerima you'll find out." Cologne said as she walked 
away, Maverick new that she now held a lot of disgust for him. 

	"I think I will."	

				***

	"Dinner!" Kasumi called into the dojo where Akane and Ranma were 
doing some more sparring. When Ranma walked into the living room his jaw 
nearly dropped. 

	"What is it Ranma?" Akane asked as she walked in from behind him. 
Sitting there was Maverick. 

	"Ohayo." 

	"What are YOU doing here!?" 

	"When he got out of the koi pond I offered him to stay for dinner." 
Kasumi blank mindedly said as she continued to set the table.

	"Hey no hard feelings eh?" Maverick said as he stuck his hand out in 
Ranma's direction. 
	"Well, sure. I guess. so why are you here anyways?" Maverick picked 
up his chopsticks as he hungrily looked at the plate of rice and fish set in 
front ofhim. 

	"That's for me to know and for you to forget." Maverick simply said 
and then he started to scarf down the food at an alarming rate. 

	'Hungry boy' Mr Panda's sign read.

	"What style is it that you practice?" Akane asked as Maverick stopped
to sip his tea.

	"Well it's a combo of Tenchido and Dragon martial arts. Sort of the 
forgotten arts." 

	"Tenchido?" Ranma asked. Maverick gulped down the rest of his meal 
and tea. 

	"You know "the way of heaven and earth", kinda a mix of Kempo and 
Kendo. It originated in a ancient country that was assimilated into Japan a 
few hundred years ago (about 900yrs or more), too bad it was nearly forgotten 
if it wasn't for the last samurai of Kishoto." 

(note: Maverick doesn't mention this but Kishoto is the name of the small
country) 

	"How interesting." Kasumi blankly replied as she slowly ate her rice.

	"So, are you from America?" Soun asked, taking his part to break the 
silence. 

	"Well I'm from Canada, most people mistake me for an American a lot 
though. By the way, Ranma what in the world was that you did to look like a 
girl and confuse me?" This question was unexpected and caught Ranma off 
guard. 

	"Well... You see, there was this place in China..." 

	"<Of course, China! Why is it always China?>" Maverick thought as
Ranma went through the story of how he and Genma became cursed.

	"...And now me and Pop are stuck with this curse. *hmpf* Going to 
China without knowing how to speak Chinese."

	"You think I was going to waste all that training time to learn!?"
Genma said, trying to once again defend his mistake.

	"Well it's all your fault!" Maverick watched as Ranma and Genma began
to fight.

	"<Gee, and some people call me a "excessive aggressor"...>"

	"So will you be staying in Japan long?" Kasumi asked as she put her 
bowl down.

	"I'm not too sure... I guess when I feel that I should get going, 
I will."

	"Well you can stay here if you like. I'm sure that Ranma and 
Mr Saotome won't mind sharing the guest room." This got Soun a *little* 
peeved, he didn't want another freeloading, blackhole stomached, guest.

	"Er, can't you stay in a vacant lot?" He asked with hope in his tone.

	"Gee daddy, aren't you the generous type." Nabiki said cynically.

	"Well I'm thankful that you're offering me a place to stay. I can 
sleep on the roof if it's all right." Maverick said motioning at the ceiling.

	"All right," said Soun. Then he leaned towards Maverick "But you 
better not eat all our food like someone else..."

	"Why Tendou, I had no idea you saw me in that light."

	"Ah, Saotome... You know I was only kidding. *heh heh* Right?" Genma 
ignored Soun's attempts to apologize.

	"I'll get you a futon Maverick... Oh! I didn't get you last name." 
Kasumi said looking as if she insulted him by not asking before.

	"Sorry, it's Kouryou." Kasumi then left. Maverick glanced at the 
Tendous and Saotomes and decided to himself...

	"This is gonna be a weird few days!"

				***

	Korea (same time)

	Villagers ran in fear as the tall, muscular, aged figure walked down 
the road. His face devoid of all expressions, and his eyes staring at some 
unseen subject. The ancient one has come down from the mountain after 
centuries of seclusion in his shrine. Though he is only known as 
'Ancient one' to the younger generations, but to the elders who's ancestors
before them passed down their knowledge, he is called by his Japanese name, 
Tekkijidai, 'iron age'.

	"For years I have waited for my chance to challenge you, and now the 
time has come... Beware young Kouryou! I shall be your down fall!"


			End of Part 1#

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Next part: AWA prt.2# Maverick vs Ryouga: the Dragon martial arts final attack

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Author's notes:

July,20,1998- Finally I'm done! I've been working on this since March.
(pathetic, ne?)It's a rough start, but after part 3 I'll be more "grooved"
into the storyline.I'm trying my best to make Maverick' as un-Godly as
possible. I don't want this to end up as one of those fics that people avoid
like the plague.

July,22,1998- A few changes have been made, dialogue, OOCness, and the
elusive spelling mistakes. Hopefully I won't have to edit it again...

Translations:

Seishou Bakufuu- Spirit Energy Blast
Tenchido- I said it before "the way of Heaven and Earth"
Halcyon- Calmness (it's English BTW)
Ikazuchi- Thunder
Kuroi- Ice
Mizu- Water
Kuroimichi- Dark Path
Kouryou- rain dragon, hidden genius

Please give me any C&C, all flames will be taken as criticism.


---Petes-kun
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