Well, I started this fic about a year ago. Didn't really get much
responses off it. So I stopped, and now I think I want to try again.
It's a crossover fic. Vampire: The Masquerade / Ranma 1/2. It's sorta a
dark fic. Well, anyways, here it comes.

                                                Nerima By Night


Prologue

It was a dark night with a full moon shining above, sounds of fighting
were heard throughout the
neighborhood of Nerima. Loud shouts punctuated with sounds of
destruction were also heard.
Those that heard these terrifying sounds, to them, felt as though atomic
bombs were sweeping
the area of Nerima. One particular familiar voice shouted out in the
night.

"RANMA!! PREPARE TO DIE!!", Ryoga angrily shouted.

This was punctuated with a massive lunge of his heavy umbrella towards
his opponent. Ranma
sensed the impending object, swiftly dodged to the side, gave a quick
kick to Ryoga's
midsection, and a strong, fast punch to Ryoga's fighting arm, which
disarmed him of his
dangerous weapon. Ryoga retaliated with a powerful roundhouse towards
Ranma's face, but
Ranma barely blocked in time with his forearms. Ranma, being pushed back
by Ryoga's
formidable strength, waited patiently for Ryoga to close the gap between
the two. Ryoga sensed
immediate victory and stepped up to flail upon Ranma.

But as he got up a little closer, Ranma shouted, "Katsu Tenshin
Amaguriken!"

Ryoga was immediately besetted with hundreds of blows throughout his
entire body, which in
turn was thrown against the side of a building. Ranma paused as he
examined Ryoga from afar,
thinking that the fight was over, but got ready into a fighting stance
as Ryoga warily got up.

"Ranma, you made my life into a living hell and now is your time to
pay!", Ryoga angrily swored.

With that being said, he summoned all the ki energy he can and formed it
into a little ball of
energy between his palms.

"Take this, SHI SHI HOKODAN!!", Ryoga screamed as he thrust the power of
his blast
towards Ranma.

Ranma, after he seen this blast coming to him, immediately summoned all
of his ki energy into an
almost identical ball of energy.

After it was fully formed, he shouted out, "MOUKU TAKABISHA!!".

Both Ryoga's and Ranma's collided and it almost seemed that they were
tied in strength, but
Ranma won out because Ryoga was a little worn out by the Amaguriken
technique. Ryoga, after
he sensed that he could not win the KI blast contest, tried to throw his
arms out in front of him to
futilely absorb some of the blast, but he was too late and was knocked
back into the side the of
the building, which rendered him unconscious. Ranma breathed heavily
because of the exhausting
fight and took one last look at Ryoga.

Ranma said with a smirk, "Thanks for a good workout, P-chan!", before he
turned away to head
back to the Tendo Dojo.

A few minutes after Ranma had left, a figure wearing a trenchcoat
stepped out from the shadows
and went to check on Ryoga. The stranger slapped Ryoga lightly to wake
him up. Ryoga woke
feeling exhausted and in pain. He immediately checked his surroundings
and found a stranger
leaning over him trying to wake him up.

"Who are you and where's Ranma?", Ryoga voiced out.

The stranger looked at him for a moment before removing its hood,
reveiling a pretty
brown-haired girl, and said, "My name is Kaeri and your friend left
about 10 minutes ago."

Ryoga sat there nervously at seeing a pretty girl for a moment before he
replyed, "Excuse me,
miss, I must go after him." He tried to get up, but he was mysteriously
held down by this girl who
look no older than him.

"Please, rest awhile and I will tell you a way to get revenge on your
friend.", Kaeri said sternly
while she stared into his eyes. Ryoga thought up a quick excuse, but it
quickly died as he stared
into Kaeri's green eyes. Ryoga was confused. He wanted to go after Ranma
but everytime he
tried to voice that opinion, a voice would tell him that it was a not a
good idea and he should
listen to Kaeri.

"Now, how would you like to able to have the power to win any fight
between you and
Ranma?", Kaeri asked. Ryoga quickly nodded, being unable to voice his
assent.

"Good, now be still and let me bestow you my gift of power.", Kaeri said
as she leaned forward
to kiss his neck.

Ryoga sat there dumbfounded as his brain tried to register a girl
kissing his neck, but then he
registered pain as he felt Kaeri bite his neck, slowly she drank him
dry. Ryoga felt despair; he
believed he is going to die, never going to tell Akane that he loved
her. Kaeri quickly made a
slight incision on her wrist to make the blood flow out of it and tried
to make him drink the blood.
Ryoga resisted as he was disgusted at thought of drinking blood.

Kaeri said sternly, "If you don't drink, you will never defeat Ranma and
you will die."

Ryoga sensed his time was almost up and so, he complied and drank. Ryoga
felt a new
sensation, the sweetness of blood. Kaeri remained silent throughout the
ordeal and patiently
waited for Ryoga to fill himself up.

After he was full, his brain finally registered that he did, indeed,
drank blood and *liked* it. He
stared at horror at the some of blood that dripped onto his hands.

He looked up at Kaeri, and said, "Who are you and what have I become?"

"My full name is Kaeri Hitoshi, Clan Gangrel, and you have just become a
creature of the night, a
vampire.", Kaeri replied.

Ryoga stared at nothing as his brain feverishly tried to register
everything that was said and done
before he released a long wail of anguish and depression....