Forward:

   This is a teaser/ fishing expedition. I'd like to know what people
think if this, and find out if you think this is worthy of continuing.
Despite what it might seem like in the short prelude section this isn't
an original flavor story. The primary characters, at least initially are
going to be the Ranma 1/2 cast. With more possibly being added later.

   Also while there are new characters, I have no plans for them being
the main characters. At least not all the time. I'm thinking of writing
in the style of an author I really like, Robert Jordan. As such
different chapters will follow events of character in different places
from one another. When they aren't together of course. Of course this
depends on the kind of feedback I get, if any. I'll still write it, but
the more responses the better this will be... I hope.

Druid, A walker of the Forest Way.

druid@bbs.chemek.cc.or.us

a.k.a. Bree Duffy


Prelude:


   Sel'altes'n'tas stared down at the young man, dragon before him. He
agonized over the decision he'd made so long ago, the memory's never
leaving despite the difference. The silver scales shimmered with a hint
of green as S'lel stirred.

   His stirring didn't last long, and eventually he settled back into
deep sleep.

   Sel sighed a draconic sigh, and laid the last spell upon him before
leaving and sealing up the cave behind him. He had a lot to do.

Druid Presents,

      Where Dragons Roam

Chapter .5: 9 years 3 months 6 days later,


   Dawn bathed the Tendo dojo in an unusually serene light, giving it an
aura of peace. However chaos was never one to leave the Tendo residence
alone for long, and today was no exception.

   "RANMA! YOU JERK, GET BACK HERE!!!!!" Akane yelled at the top of her
lungs.

   Ranma Saoatome, heir to ?Musabe-Sukakuto-Ryu?, or Anything Goes martial
arts, ran for his life. His hair lay frazzled around him and he wasn't
wearing a shirt. Instead a little black pig had it's ?claws? in his
back, holding on for dear life, as well as trying to bite him. Following
shortly after him was a young woman, her short black hair uncombed, and
wearing a rumpled nightgown. Flames of rage roared in Akane Tendo's
eyes, all of which was directed toward Ranma.

   Akane continued to chase Ranma around the yard yelling, "What was the
big idea coming into my room and grabbing P-chan!?" Ranma stopped. Akane
was shocked out of her rage by what she saw when Ranma slowly turned
around to face her. Rage, a rage that was so intense that she almost
felt scorched by it. Beyond that was something else, something that
she'd never thought to see on Ranma's face which shocked her to the
core, pain. His face was twisted in emotional turmoil, hurt being the
most prevalent. It seemed to say, "WHY CAN'T YOU UNDERSTAND ME!!!!? WHY
DON'T YOU LISTEN?!"

   Slowly he reached over his shoulder and grabbed P-chan in a vice like
grip, and brought him around to his front. Akane watched in shock as a
drop of something dripped from his claws, staining the ground with
Ranma's blood. Confusion came over Akane, followed soon by horror as
Ranma smashed P-chan toward the gates of the wall with a ki charged
fist.

   Both watched as he flew at the wall, expecting a rather loud 'splat'.
Instead the heard a VERY deep rumbling growl. This was instantaneously
followed by P-chan an immediate one hundred and eighty degree change in
his flight path, aiming straight toward the now steaming Koi pond. Akane
and Ranma only caught a glimpse of a mid sized red haired man wearing
loose robes, who glared at the point where P-chan had fallen, and what,
or rather whom was rising in his stead.

   Akane's expression was indescribable as she stared at the young man
who'd risen out of the out of the water. "R...Ryouga?!" she stuttered
out in astonishment, her tone rising toward rage as she spoke his name.
However, she was unable to do more that as she fainted from the shock,
to be quickly caught by a worried Ranma.

End Chapter .5

   Why the .5 you ask? Simple, this is just a rough chapter outline.
There may be more to it, there may not. I don't know yet.