(Well, here it is, folks, my VERY FIRST anime fanfiction that I have
bothered to post... and of course, it is a spamfic... but they are the
best, ne?)

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Ranma Saotome stood in the Tendo dojo, facing a wall... no wall in
particular, or at least not one that any mere reader would understand
the significance of. 

A single light bulb illuminated the dojo in an eerie light. The power
had gone out across Tokyo, an occurance mainly blamed on a youma that
rampaged through the power plant, causing short circuits and major
electrical feedback all over the city... not that this is important in
any way... at least not in any way that a mere reader could
comprehend..

Ranma was doing some simple katas, mostly to keep his mind clear, but
he found that the rhythym relaxed his body as well... Oh, and another
fact was that he could not sleep. 

Of course, for Ranma, no peace and relaxation could last very long. So,
for that cosmic joke we fondly call 'Ranma's life,' something on the
other side of the dojo creaked.

Ranma whipped around, expecting to see some nemesis of his ready to
fight with him, but he only saw his shadow on yet another wall that no
mere reader could understand the significance of. And of course, being
the man that he was, he was intrigued by his own shadow, a glimpse of
his oh-so-manly body.

Lifting his right arm, he watched as his shadow did the same. Then, he
dropped into a fighting stance and threw some punches, a kick, and an
uppercut, all while watching his shadow.

Suddenly, the shadow blurred and became smaller, and developed more
curves, and some other things that a man usually does not have.
Fascintated, Ranma stood still as his shadow performed a complex kata
under it's own power. Then, it turned towards him and beckoned him to
fight. 

Ranma was happy to oblige. He threw a punch at the shadow, but pulled
it back before it hit the wall. He then aimed a kick at it's
midsection, only to flip over and rebound off of the wall. Ranma
performed a 'Kaschuu Tenshin Amagukerin' at the wall, but pulled each
punch back before it hit.

He proceeded to perform many of his moves (not including one rather
destructive 'Moko Takabisha' or 'Hiryu Shoten Ha') to his shadow on the
wall, while the shadow stood patiently. After he had finished, the
shadow beckoned him closer to the wall.

Ranma walked foreward and was suprised to say the least when the shadow
produced a mallet, shouted "Be quiet!" and slammed him into the far
wall (which no mere reader could understand the significance of).

When his head cleared, he opened his eyes to see Akane in her PJs with
a recently used mallet (he could tell by the Ranma-shaped indent in it)
in her hand.

"Some of us are trying to sleep, you baka!"

Sleep, he decided as he blacked out, was a good idea.

~~~

Ok, feel free to send C&C privately or on the FFML! Oh, and watch out
for my bad uses of tense... I always had a problem with that. =)

-Shadra
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"The Blue Monkey of East Chapel Hill High School"

"Mind over matter, but I have no mind, so it doesn't matter... nevermind." -someone else
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