- Ranma - Be careful where you thread  - 
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^

I left my hope and returned to it.
I left my true friend and she came to me
I left a fight behind and it found me.
I left my mom and she tries to find me.

I left what I was, 
                      will that find me as well?

^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^

-Dorillian? 

The sound was questioning. It bounced around as if unsure where to go. 
It left the lips of the thing that had made it and made it's way over to 
a long transparent tube. Drifting downwards, it spread across a vast 
system of similar tubes that interconnected with the first. 
The sound rolled around and leapt on the walls of the tubesystem until 
it reached an opening. There, it burst free and headed straight down for 
three levels, right half a mile, ducking below the walkway that hung in 
middair, down to a level filled only with different colored vats. And 
finally, it reached the ears it was intended for.

-Dorillian?

The voice came from up above. A lonely man in a labcoat cursed quietly 
and left a large vat of green ooze he had been experimenting on. He 
walked passed the house sized-aqaurium and stepped into a glowing 
circle.

At the push of a button, he was gone.

--

Mousse wanted to go back. Not just to the Nekohanten but home. He wanted 
to go back to china. (What in blazes possesed me to follow Shampoo here? 
Isn't it enough that she had to follow that woman all the way to japan? 
Why did I have to go?)

He sat down on a chair that stood close to the door. Letting the water 
drain out of his clothes. (I will make Ranma pay for what has happened. 
He will rue the day he defeated my Shampoo in combat)

He absently kicked at Ukyou who was staring at him. She shied away and 
made a low growling noise. (If only I wouldn't have come. I shouldn't 
have seen that other girl transform into a dog... dog?)

He took a closer look at the dog he had tried to kick. (That's her 
right?) Quickly, before Ukyou could notice, he scooped her up and put 
her where he put all that other stuff he carried around. In a swift 
motion he conjured up a note that he left on the table.

--

-Ranma, wait up!

A boy, totally dressed in green clothes, was running along a street. He 
was also yelling. Fortunately for him (and for the neighbourhood at 
large) he hadn't inherited too much of his mothers genes.

-RANMA!

He ran back across the street and managed to see something red in a 
window. Having about as much common sense as you average Hibiki, he 
entered through the window.

-EEEEEEK! Die,die,die,die.

Soon, he shot out the front door at full speed. Followed by a woman who 
was waving a backbrush around dangerously. She would have been nude, 
except for a small red towel that covered all the important parts.

--

Ranma leapt into her seat at the table and waited, and waited, and 
waited. 

Anyone who didn't know Ranma might think that she waited a long while. 
This was not the case. It was a long while to her, but to everybody else 
it was two minutes and one half. After that amount of time had passed, 
she finally went to the kitchen to see if her mother was there.

Nodoka wasn't there. Not wanting the food to go to waste, Ranma looked 
it over and brought it out to the table. Where she served a generous 
helping to herself. She was about to "breathe in" the food, as her 
mother usually refered to the method, when Iruka burst in though the 
door.

-Ranma you gotta help me. There's a madwoman on the loose and she wants 
to kill me!

She looked up at him, then at the food, then at him again. After that 
her plate was empty.

-Alright, what happened?

Iruka took a deep breath and started retelling the last four minutes. 
When he was done his face was a shade of crimson that would be hard to 
duplicate through other means.

-...and I opened the door and saw you. Eerr, I don't hink I need you 
help after all Ranma. Anyway, do you know a place that I could sleep?

Ranma pointed mutely at the garden outside.

-Eerr, thanks. 

Iruka walked up the stairs.

--
<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
  ) 
(   Akane held the postcard in her hands. (He is not going to get away 
  ) with this) She crumpled the postcard together and threw it away.
(   
  ) -I am not going through with this!
(   
  ) She stormed out the room and stumbled over a dog that stood in 
(   the doorway. It was holding a small black pig by the neck and both  
  ) looked very lost. Nabiki walked by and wondered when she was 
(   going to get rid of the "pests". 
  ) 
(   -Never, she replied and grabbed the animals by a stranglehold.
  )  
(   All the colors faded away from the area and the black and the white
  ) blended together untill everything was grey. Then the fog drifted 
(   apart to reveal a heated furo and two animals franticaly trying to 
  ) get away from their upcoming bath. The furo bubled merrily. As 
(   the bubles burst open Akane could have heard a snicker floaing in
  ) the air, she could if she had paid attention.
(   
  ) -Now, theres no need to be afraid. Mommy's just going to clean 
(   you up a little. She grabbed a hold of the dogs tale and lathered it 
  ) in. Then she rinsed it with water from the bucket. Next, she did the 
(   same thing to the pig.
  ) 
(   -Akane! She heard her dad calling downstairs. 
  ) She didn't respond. He wasn't on the list of people she would talk 
(   to until he let go of that ridicolus arranged marriage. She made
  ) sure that her pets couldn't escape and climbed in the furo.
(   Suddenly her arm was around the waist of a strange girl who in   
  ) turn was cradeling a very relieved pig. She stared in shock at the 
(   girl, unable to get a word out of her mouth. The girl gently
  ) removed her arm and rose out of the water. 
(   
  ) -Thank you, may I and Ryo-chan please leave now?
(   
  ) Akanes eyes just grew. (Where did she come from? Who is she? 
(   What just happened?) She opened her mouth and drew in breath.
  ) 
(   -AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
  ) 
(   *woosh* 
  ) 
(   The door flew aside. Reavealing a blackhaired boy that stared 
  ) lecherously at her.
(   
  ) -Duuhr! They're naked together. He, he, he.* 
(   
<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>

-AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!

Akane practically flew out of the hospital bed. Eyes wideopen, she 
stared around her. Wires where connected to her left arm and both her 
legs. All the walls where white, the room was totally bare except for 
the bed and a plant that stood by the door. The plant itself looked like 
a gigantic venus flytrap. It bulged and pulsated in ways that hinted to 
it being alive. 

She sat down on the bed again and tried to think. Unfortunately she fell 
asleep as soon as she closed her eyes.

--
*Think Beavis and Butthead
--

Ukyou closed her eyes. She couldn't stand the non-light that exsisted 
where she was. It hurt her eyes just to try to see anything. Thankfully 
it wasn't as if she floated in nothingness. She could feel things 
pressed against her. One was a long polethingy, it pressed against her 
back. On her head she could feel a hat of some sort and on both sides of 
her were pillows. She couldn't move, not even when she tried. Had she 
thought about that fact, she would have corrected herself. All her 
facial muscles worked, but that was it.

-Help! She cried. 

It didn't work. She couldn't hear the words even though she knew that 
she had shouted them. She thought back to what had happened before she 
had been put in this place. (Mousse, he did something. What did he do? 
How long have I been here? Feels like forever) She was partly right. 
Where she was time didn't move. It didn't stand still, but it didn't 
move. Everything just was, ready to be plucked out when someone needed 
it. If a watch was put in there and afterwards plucked out again, it 
would have to be reset. The watch could have gone for three years or for 
two seconds, time was irrelevant. 

Ukyou felt something tugg at her left backpaw. Then air moved around 
her. She tried to open her eyes.

--

Nabiki looked around her again, searching for the parrot that had been 
hounding her for the last quarter of an hour. She hadn't really gotten 
to eat anything yet but she had managed to put all the food on the 
table. 
She raised her chopsticks and took a bite of the food. (I wonder where 
everyone is? And where is that stupid little bird? It should have tried 
to glomp my legg again.) She put the chopsticks down.

*Flap,Flap*

She heard a faint noise behind her and she tensed up. She turned around 
and was ready to punt the annoying little pest to kingdom come when she 
felt herself getting drenched. 

-Kraa?

-YES, I knew that this thing was useful for something. Croahahaha.

--

The flower waited. It could be patient. It was not in it's interests to 
disrupt its creator when she was laughing. It could of course have 
wished for a shorter laugh. 

(Oh well) It released one of its spores into the air and tried to guide 
the spore to settle on the human in front of it. It worked. 
-What will you have me do?
-(Make more flowers!) 
-Yes!

The flower rocked around (like a monster out of a sentai movie) as it 
internally cackled with evil laughter. Soon, soon it would rule the 
world.

--

She opened the door to the restaurant and entered. Immediately she 
spotted Ryo-chan, sleeping, on the floor.  (They really should keep that 
thing on a leash)

-Ukyou-chan? Are you here? Hello?

She scooped up Ryo-chan, who was still sleeping and noticed a note that 
lied on the counter. She walked up to the counter and read it.

^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^

Ukyou is with me.

Go to Nekohanten if you want her back.

                                                  -Mousse

^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^
 
In on swift motion, her katana was drawn. She left the restaurant as 
quickly as possible. Completely forgetting the sleeping passanger she 
brought along on the trip.

--

Genma ordered another bottle and emptied it.
-Place it on Souns tab as usual. He bellowed.

Genma was quite drunk. He had already drunk one, two, ,three... many 
bottles and he was up for a record. (unless he had already reached it, 
in wich case he just wanted to get as much in himself as was possible) 
Aiming a look at the waiter, he saw Kasumi stand in the doorway. She 
held her hand in front of her mouth and uttered her trademark 
expression.

-Oh my! 

Kasumi made a beeline for the bar, stopped right in front of him and 
waved her hand over his face.

-Mister saotome? Are you home?

He growled a bit. He realised he wanted to say something to her, so he 
took in a lot of breath.

-MY son... Ranma is my SON! Martial Artist, you see? He tkaes care of 
anyboby. There's no trouble. If there's a probem, I'd worry about a 
bropem! Ranma's boy right? No boy of mine has a roblem. NOT Ranma!

-Mister Saotome! She exclaimed. I am taking you home.

Then she grabbed his arm and dragged him out.

--

(Hold on whats this?) The wolf looked at a small shiny object stuck in 
the ground beside it. (It's a... spoon?) The woolf tried to look closer. 
(Why would a spoon be stuck in the ground of a pit that is growing? Does 
it actually have any relevance?) It grabbed the spoon with it's jaw and 
pulled it out of the ground. (There, now I can get a better look at this 
thing) (Huh?) 

The pit had disapeared. The wolf was now standing in a slightly damp, 
one inch high, depreesion. (Magic?) It saw the house through the rain. 
(I suppose that's where he headed. Well, I'll just do the same) The wolf 
trotted over to the house and walked in.

--

Ranma finnished eating. She had made sure that there was enough food 
left for Uchan and her mom and she was taking her plate to the kithen 
sink where they belonged. (I wonder where mom is? It's not like her to 
be gone during foodtime) Puting the plate down, she walked outside. (I 
wish Hayai was here.) 

The rain was whaining. It wouldn't last much longer. (Why do I want 
Hayai near me? She looks like a cat!) Ranma walked out into the rain. 
(This is too much. I'm going to look for mom and Uchan and I'll worry 
about cats later)

--

-So you don't think that this is such a god idea?
-NO I DON'T! I HAVE NO INTENTION OF MARRYING!
-Hush, theres no need to scream. Besides, you aren't the one marrying 
him are you?
-Okay so I'm not but I still don't like it!

*sigh*

Dorillian pointed to the door demonstratively.
-You'd better go before they worried. 

*pling*

The door gently closed behind her. He walked back to the glowing ring.
-Things never turn out as you plan them do they? He said into thin air 
before he threw the switch and vanished.

--

-Come child. You don't want to miss this.

Cologne waved Shampoo over to the pot she was stirring. It was a normal 
pot that stood on the stove. It was made of the same things as any other 
pot. It's contents bubbled and gurggled when it should. It would burn 
you if you touched it, but that was ordinary considering that the stove 
it was on, was on. There was nothing that hinted at anything 
extraordinary about it. In fact as was stated before, the pot was 
perfectly ordinary. 

-Look at this. What do you see?

Shampoo looked at the pot.

-Nothing?

Cologne made a swipe at Shampoos head with, her staff, that Shampoo 
easily slid beneath. She then pointed the staff at the pot.

-Look inside the pot.

Shampoo looked inside the pot.
-Shampoo no understand what she look for.

Cologne tapped the staff annoyedly on the floor. 
-It's whats inside that counts. That my dear child is a potion that will 
make Ranma be able to be around your cat form.

Shampoo bounced up and down in excilleration.
-Shampoo finally get Ranma right. Shampoo so happy.
 
*boom*

The pot exploded, covering the hole room with the gook that had been 
cooking in it before. Cologne quickly took out a glass of cold water and 
dumped it over Shampoo. 

-Roll around now and I'll scrape some off the walls for Ranma later.

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              ---
  Can you see the red thread,
  the yellow or the blue?

  Can you see the green one
  inbetween the two?

  Take a look at all of it.
  Can you see it too?

  It all forms a tapestry.
  A tapestry for you

              <Dewin Duvae>
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Authors notes: 
Ranma-sama will be so pleased when he knows that I've done a good thing.
Here goes. 

This is a fanfic and the author has no hold or permition to use these 

characters like he does. Also no one has any rights to make any sort of 
money on this. 

C and C would be appreciated...

What's C and C?

Flames would be also, if only because there are so few replies in any 

case.
He would like this place to be torched? I could arrange for it.

Thats all.

Hmm well, I'll come back with gas and a lighter later. Goodbye.

Duvae@hotmail.com
(NO! Please don't burn my place, please please please please)

Second notes: Stuff it all I'm sticking with these notes anyway. If 
anyone wants to read more of Threads You can find it at

http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Corridor/9118/EastWindow/Eastwindow.html

It's rather hard to miss actually.

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