This is unusual but...
Is anyone reading this stuff?
Does anyone notice that I'm posting? (hint to Freemage, update)
Is it too much to ask to get some c&c?

No, wait. It is too much to ask.
I don't even get any from my prereaders (wich is why this has
been so delayed).
But please! Someone send me a reply.
If you liked, great!
If you didn't, fine.
All I want is to know that it's actually read.

(Or in Freemages and my prereaders case, noticed)

Now on with it.
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Ranma - A ghost of a thread
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Silent as a mouse I creep past my foe.
Waiting for the horror to move.
Unwanted sights that I avoid
I want them to avoid me to!
If I could not be seen I'd be much relieved.
But that is not the case.
That wich I do not want to see
will always go for my face.
Better yet for me not to see them
then I would not become.
Though that would be the worst thing
     ...for they'd go at my face like a drum.
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^

-Yaaaauugh! That was terrible! I almost thought Akane had been
in the kitchen without warning me.
Kasumi sat up quickly, holding her hand over her mouth and eyes
wide.
-Nabiki what are you staring at?

Kasumi looked down at herself. She was sitting on a pair of wet
clothes. No, that wasn't exactly right. She was sitting _in_ a pair
of wet clothes. No, she was sitting in the floor? (What am I doing
sitting an inch below floorlevel?) She floated up 'til she was sitting
on the clothes.

-Much better! Now I should reheat the food so that we can eat.
She floated into a standing position and frowned.
-So Akane really was here.
Kasumi walked over to the stove and moved as if to pick up a pot
that stood on the largest plate. Her hand moved through the pot.
-Oh my.
She moved her hand through the pot again.
-Akanes cooking! She mumbled angrily.
Kasumi raised her arm to open a cupboard that hadn't been
wrecked despite the destruction around it and her hand again
moved though the object.
-Again!?
She rushed to the sink and franticaly tried to turn the knob for cold
water.

--

The corridor was dark, there was no light on anywhere
apparantly. She put her hands on a door. (I wonder where the
doorknob is, I can't see it anywhere) The door was blue and
shimmered faintly. She yawned and leaned towards it. (God I'm
tired) Suddenly door gave way.
-Yaaah!
She grabbed the doorpost and hang there panting. There  was
no floor for her to stand on.
-*Huff, puff* I wonder wher this leads?

Earlier she had assumed that she was walking in darkness. She
had been wrong. Despite not having a light source, the corridor
was far less dark than what lay beoynd the door. She tried to
peer further into the blackness. (There's something moving in
there) As she stretched her neck, she beggan loosing her grip on
the door frame.

-YAAaaaah! She screamed again as she fell.

--

(This would be much harder if he actually touched the ground)
Akane opened the gates to her house and pulled her father
inside. She knocked on the door and waited. (Hope they're in
there. I have no intention of dragging him anymore)

There was noone to answer. That of course did not mean that
there was noone behind the door. When she pushed the door
aside the parot gave off a surprised squawk, he had put his ear
to the door to hear who was on the other side. The fact that he
was in the middle of the doorway did not really matter since
Akane just ignored him. She walked right over him as if he wasn't
there.

-Hello? Where is everybody?

(Great I'm the first home) She walked out, trampling the dizzy
parrot on the floor as she did so, and picked up Soun again. She
walked back and stood still on top of the parrot, trying to decide
where to drop her dad.

--

-Ranma! Get out I'm naked! Aaargh get off me you pervert.
The chair bounced up and down as Ukyou tried to remove a
halfblind duck that tumbled around in her lap. The duck being the
duck that it was did not really see in who's lap it was in and
Ukyou, having as little on her as she had, did not enjoy the ducks
attention. The fact that Ukyous legs were seperated did not really
help matters.

Nor did the fact that there were a lot of people seeing her naked.
A tall woman in a white kimono cut off her bonds. Immediately,
she threw the bird into a wall.
-Creep.
She stood up and bowed briefly to the woman who had saved
her.
-Thank you for saving me...?

The woman offered her a blanket.
-Put this on dear. I don't want you to catch a cold here. You can
wait until we get home for that.

-Thank you misiss...?
She continued prodding for a name, she couldn't remember
seeing this woman before.

The woman looked at her with a worried expression.
-Did they do anything to you dear?

-Not that I know of...Don't worry Ukyou, Ranma interjected while
grabbing her arm, mom and I will take care of everything once
we're home.
Ranma led her gently down the stairs.

-Home? She asked.

-Yeah, our home. Just take it easy and we'll get you there.
-Bweee! Ryo-chan agreed from his perch on Ranmas other arm.

-Our... home?
Ukyou was walking on cloud nine. (Ranma and I live together?)
She had completely forgotten about Shampoo, thankfully
Cologne hadn't.

--

-GHHD UMPHF MMM!

-Huh? Akane looked down. She was standing on a red doormat.

-UMPH MM! It repeated.

She took two steps forward and turned around.
-You're a parrot?

It flew up and glared straight into her eyes.
-YES! I'm a parrot! You pissin' ninny. Only a blind pig could have
been so ignorant of something so freakin' obvious.

Akane lifted her head and sneered disdainfully at him.
-I do not talk to people who insult me.
She turned on a dime and dragged her father farther inside.

-Hey! Get back here you... CATPISS! DOGPOO! JUSENKYO-
SPRING!! He screamed at her.

-Be polite. Was all the answer he got.

--

The tank stretched miles. It should because it housed a very large
animal. A dinosaur in fact. It was one of those things with a long
neck and fins. You know, constantly called Nessies because of
where they live.

The plus side of the tank being so large was that it probably
stretched across the whole lab. The down side of it being equally
that the tank was so large, you couldn't see the bottom. You
couldn't see the sides of it or the end of it. It was like standing on
a frozen sea where the horizon was darkness. Occazionaly you
could see glimpses of the monster as it swam close to the top of
the aquarium. If you made enough sound, you could see more
than glimpses.

A girl was standing on the tank and she wasn't very happy. She
was lost, as much as she could be in such a huge place. She had
short black hair and she was steadily getting more and more
angry.

-WHERE IS THE DOOR TO THIS PLACE?
She started stomping her foot on the glass as much in irritation
as a means of venting her anger.
-WHERE IS THE EXIT?

A large shadow moved towards her from below the glass. It
opened its jaws and raised its speed. The girl continued to
stomp her feet in regular intervals.
*Kadunk*
She lost her footing and fell on her bottom. She looked down.
There was a huge yellow eye staring at her. The pupil was as big
as head.

-YAAAH! She jumped in fright.
-HEEEEEEELP!
She began running. It didn't matter to where as long as it was a
straight line away from the monster. Sooner or later she would hit
a wall or something that she could follow to get out.

--

Ryo-chan snuggled contentedly against one of his "owners".
Everything was fine, tonight he'd make sure they both got to bed
and, most importantly, to sleep. Tomorrow he'd worry about their
mental health.
*growl* His stomach alerted him of it's state.
(I better make sure I... We get something to eat before sleep.
Maybe I should sleep with Ukyou tonight? She will need the
comfort. But Ranko's been acting weird too, I can't leave her
alone)
*Growl* The stomach repeated.
(Food first then I decide) He closed his eyes, rested his head on
the arm and gave off a sleepy bwee.

--

Kasumi was steadily geting more agitated as she began
realising what had actually happened to her. Her hair was ruffled
and her dress looked ready to fall apart. Kasumi herself looked
ready to burst with anger, literaly. Her skin was already boiling.
Bubbles were created, poped and healed continously, leaving
unmarred skin after they'd gone.

She was not a pretty sight. Nor was the kitchen. Less so than
before actually because, as Kasumi had tried to pick up each
pan and open every cupboard, she had left white slimmy residue
behind. Everything was covered in it, except for Nabiki and the
"dog".

-YOU! Kasumi screamed and turned towards Nabiki.
-YOU DID THIS TO ME! Her head was a replica of Souns latest
demon-head. slightly nauseating since she was a woman and
women didn't normaly have mustashes.

Nabiki was sitting on her rump and was looking up at her with an
expression that succesfully mixed the slightly sarcastic "who-
me?" that she normaly wore, the doe-eyed "I'm-innocent!" and
the terrified and shocked expression that she reserved for when
she was truly surprised.

-I- I- I...

-Mrff! The dog supplied.

-QUIET! Kasumi lunged herself at Nabiki. Her fingers had
become claws as sharp as her filet knife and they were spread
out. Nabiki crossed her arms in front of her protectively. Kasumi
slashed with her claws and...

...passed though Nabiki as if she wasn't there. The dog just
watched on in amasement. Nabiki lowered her arms and shot
scared looks around her until she found Kasumi to be behind her.
She jumped to and faced her sister.

-Wh-what happened?

--

*Bamm*

-*Huff, puff, wheeze* Where *huff* am I *wheeze* now?

She looked around and found, to her surprise, that she was on a
walkway high up. There were no supports. It was only connected
to the door she had left. It practicly floated in the air. Not that there
seemed to be anything other than air, the walkway and those
green wet-looking things that were falling from the ceiling into the
nothingness below.

-Where does this lead?

Standing were she was could not be a viable option. It was all to
likely that those green "whatever'th'ares" would be harmful to her.
She began walking, occasionaly looking down or up when she
thought that there might be something to see.

There never was though. Except for those green things that kept
falling out of nowhere.

--

Black thing sniffed the hydrant carefully. Was it the right colour?
(Red, as always) Right shape? (Check, there was no mistaking
it) Did it smell like a thousand dogs had visited it? (No, more like
human perfume. Belonging to a brunette most probably) Black
thing pondered this for a moment. (Must be installed recently, by
a woman. I can't remmember a hydrant being here before)

He raised his hindlegg...
*Wroom*
His target was on the other side of the street. Black thing backed
off and hurried towards the closest tree that he could remember.
("When hydrants walk away, you've been led astray" as pappy
used to say and I have yet to see a tree move)

On his way to the park he passed three women and their pet.
One of the women was naked but he wasn't interested. She was
after all, not a dog.

--

-Where is everyone?
Akane left her dads room swiftly. (I wonder what that parrot was
doing there? It almost sounded intelligent) She skipped every
second step on the stairs wich should look awkward except it
didn't, not to her.

-Rwooaargh!
(That came from the kitchen. Wait! Wasn't there some nonsene
about a wolf that Ranmas dad had captured. He was talking
about a parrot as well... THE WOLFS IN THE KITCHEN!) Akane
ripped the door open and rushed in... side...

(When did Kasumi learn to phase through objects?)
Kasumi was chestlevel with the floor and drumming on it with her
fingers. Her eyes alight with fascination. Nabiki was looking
stupidly at the oven while stroking some sort of dog.
-Hi Akane. Kasumi smiled. She waved shortly with her left hand.
-As soon as I figure out how to touch things again I can reheat the
food so that we can eat.

Akanne blinked once. Then she blinked again. Then she smiled.
Kasumi sweatdropped, Nabiki was still looking at the oven.
-Don't worry oneechan. I can reheat the food.
Now Nabiki sweatdropped.

--

*Sploof*
-Great. Now I have to walk in it!
One of the green things had fallen on the walkway, covering that
section totally. There really was no way around it as it had had
"enveloped" that part in front of her. She took a step forward.
*tchlump*
-Why. She asked in a plauged, outdrawn, tone.
Her foot was covered in green, slimy, goo. (I'm having a
nightmare. Soon I'll be naked and running from a horde of boys.
As long as the tentacles don't show up I'm going to be alright)
She took a few more steps forward and paused.
(Wat was that noise?)
*Whiiiiiii*
She looked down.

A thin red thing stretched out from the nothingness below. It was
round, looked slightly like a humungous worm and it had a small
mouth at the end of it. The girl reckognised it instantly.
-Waaah! Tentacle!
She closed her eyes and started mumbling.
-This is a dream. This is a dream. This is a dream. Please let this
be a dream.
When she opened her eyes, she gulped audibly. The tentacle
was sloshing about on the floor of the walkway, sucking up all the
green goo.
-At least I'm not naked, she sighed. (Oh no! This IS a dream) The
girl looked down terrified of what she might see. Then she
blinked. (Well. If I'm not naked and that tentacle is still there...)
She looked up.

The floor was clean. As clean as if Kasumi had cleaned it. The
tentacle was hanging in front of her, looking very hungry.
-YAAAaaaaaaa...
She ran back the way she came as fast as she could.

--

Ranma hugged Ryo-chan tigthtly to her bossom and started
holding the same pace as her mother. Nodoka wrapped one arm
around Ranma and one around Ukyou. Ukyou strained against
this but Nodoka didn't let go.

When a bush rustled by the side of the street both girls reacted.
Ukyou glared at it and Ranma tensed up when she noticed.

-Ukyou? She asked.
-What!
-Is one of th-them close?
-What are you talking about! Ukyou growled.

-Ukyou! Nodoka scolded. Girls do not behave in that manner.
Apologise please.
-Why should I. I don't know what he's talking about!
A treebranch hanging over the road rustled and released a cat
from within. Its hold. The cat landed on the pavement below, feet
down. As all cats should.
-Hssssssss!
Ukyou tore herself from Nodokas protective arms and flung
herself at the cat. Wich turned tail and ran as fast as its paws
could carry it, right into another enemy. A black dog by the name
of Black thing.

--
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-Ranma, stay with me!
Ranma was lying on the ground bloodied and pale. He looked as
much like the son Genma used to know as a bloody steak.
Genma kicked at the cats who stilled lingered.
-Get away. You've done enough damage!
He threw a few pebbles at them but they still came closer, sniffing
the smell of fish that the boy had been drenched in. Genmas
mind clicked.
-DON'T COME NEAR MY BOY!
He slashed at them with his hands, driving them back. He hissed
at them and they scampered off. When they where out of his
sigths he shuddered. (If they weren't necessary for the Neko-ken
training I'd have never touched those things) Genma sighed and
looked down at Ranma. He was now lying on a bed made of thin
stripes of wood. (My own little wild horse. He has to heal now.
Maybe I should try again with Ukyo. It has to be something in the
method of the training)

Two yellow eyes opened up on a tear that clung to his cheek.
They appeared puzzled. Suddenly the tear expanded to cover the
whole room. When the water retracted, there was another man
sitting in Genmas place. He was older and thinner but there was
a definite resemblance.

-Genma. He called.
-Yes! Replied a small pipy voice from the outside.
-I've got a new tecnique for you to learn. The man said sternly.
A young boy came running through the open door.
-Yaah! Little Genma stopped in front of the man.
-Stand still. The man again, sternly, said.
*blink,blink*
Genma stood entirely still. He had fish tied to his arms and to his
legs even a bunch around his waist. Though he could still move
freely. He just couldn't understand why. ("Don't move when you're
in there boy, or else." What a stupid thing. If I wasn't supposed to
move why not make it impossible for me) Hundreds of eyes
opened up around him. (Marvelous) Genma rolled his eyes.
(Cats! What use is a household pet as a training tool)

One of the cats sniffed his leg, then licked it and finally, took a
bite. It didn't actually bite anything off of course but it still hurt.
(Now I get it. Fish and hungry cats. Must be an excersise to
handle pain)
*Fwoosh*
A wave passed through the room.
Genma was standing in the room with the cats for the fifthieth
time. He was bloody and had sores that hadn't healed since the
last time. But he still stood there.
The wave passed through again.
Genma was standing in place as always, he had lost count of
how many times this had happened. The cats moved in. The first
one, the one who had bitten him the very first time, bit him again.
Genma didn't move. At a moments notice, all the other cats dog-
piled him, biting and clawing to get to their meal before someone
else took it. Suddenly the pile erupted.
-ENOUGH!
The cats flew all over the place. Where there had been a pile
once, Genma now stood, alone. He had a corona of yellow light
surrounding him and a catlike snarl was etched on his face.
-Hsssssssssss!
He flailed around wildly with ki-claws that had grown from his
hands, striking at as many cats as possible.
*Fwoosh*
Another wave filled the room with water
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--

-HELP!

She had been caught by the tentacle and as she expected it was
roaming around her body. Sneaking around inside her dress and
nibling on pieces of her skin. There was just one thing that was
wrong with this. She had expected it to do something to her that
would render her helpless to it's ministrations.

She just hadn't expected it to tickle her.

-Help! Hahahaha. Help mfhfhfhf.

Of course. A tentacle isn't a being in itself* and it didn't really
matter how it incapacitated her if it's main body could get to there
before she had escaped.  wich it, in this case, had already done.

Ten meters or so away from the laughing girl a huge red
meatclump was approaching with it's toungue licking it's teeth.

--
*Unless you live in the world of "Day of the tentacle".
--

The door opened hurriedly and two girls where thrown inside, one
naked, one with clothes and a piglet struggling to breath that the
later pressed to her breasts. After wich a woman rushed in with a
folded blanket and a katana in her hands. She quickly shut the
door behind her.

-I'll KILL Genma when he comes back. Then! I will evaluate my
son.
She bent down and wrapped the blanket around Ukyou again,
kissed the cheek of her daughter and led them both into the
dining room by their hands where she seated them at their seats.
-Oh dear. Ranko, have you already eaten?
Slowly, as if waking up from a bad dream, Ranko nodded.
Nodoka sighed and hugged her.
-What did Genma do to you to make you act like this?
She looked over at Ukyou who was breathing heavily and glaring
at the food as if it had made a personal insult.
-To either of you?
She didn't say anything more. She didn't need too. A tear trickled
down Rankos cheek and she made no move to stop it.

--
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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:
What, Akanes ooc? Well, she's not really herself at the moment.
That is, she can't be if Akane is walking around, can she? Don't
worry I'm only out to confuse you.

I have taken the liberty of inviting someone very special this time.
He comes from  a "manga" that hasn't been "released" yet. In
fact it's so new that the author is unsure of what to name him.

Welcome snowy.
-I prefered Fuyuki actually.
Alright snowflake. I'll call you winter but if Awe Gahn wants to
change it again...
-*Snort* I think Fuyuki will do nicely thank you!
I don't know, I kind of liked "baby of snow".
-Plain Fuyuki is perfect and it's a LOT better than Dewin or Awe.
Maybe you should be called Awe then. Ne, Fuyuki?
-So I can relate to Keichi, so what! Why was I brought here
anyway!
You were supposed to state the disclaimer and say something
funny.
-Okay...

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This fanfic is a fanfic and as such the fanauthor promises never
to make money of it. He also promises that noone else shall
profit on it. All legal rights to Ranma 1/2 characters belong to
Takahashi, kitty tv and viz.
All legal rights to Tenchi related characters belong to Pioneer
All characters that do not belong to them belong to the fanfic
author.
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-Hello to the audience.
Hey! That was mean.
-Goodby Dewin.

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(I wonder how many people got that one? I know very few people
who can serve as natural air-conditioners and few of them can do
it in a physical sense. He was IC though noone can complain
there)