Here is the revised edition, not major was changed

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Ranma � / Rift War Saga : The Unknown Art Prelude
Created by Long Ngo
Started June 29, 1998
Finish July 1, 1998

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      *After so long, I'm finally home,* a man with his hair in a ponytail
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?*  Thinking back to that fateful day, *Still can't believe it's been ten
years.*  

* * * * *

	Walking around a corner, Ranma bumped into a man in a black robe.  "Gomen,"
he apologized.

	The stranger soon recovered his balance.  "Magget!  How dare you touch me.
Tell me where I am and I shall consider sparing your life."

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

      Not understanding what the man was saying, "Nani?" asked Ranma.  Getting
the same gibberish again, Ranma turned around 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 accidentally struck a globe 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.*

* * * * *

      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 didn't 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.  *There's something familiar about him,* she
thought.  *He's seems so mature and confident.  I wonder who he is?*  As
Kasumi continued to examine the man in front of her, she final noticed his
eyes.  They were a grayish blue.  "Ranma?  Is that you?  What happened to your
hair?  Why did you cut it?  Where have you been these past three months?"
Kasumi asked.  There were so many questions that she wanted to ask.  The
foremost was why did Ranma look like he was in his mid twenties.

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

To be continued