here is a fic i'm posting for my brother be gentle it's his first fic
leave the chainsaws in the closet for this one

Goku 1/2

Chapter 1

Disclaimer:  The characters in this fanfic are not mine.  They're someone 
else's.  I took them without permission but I promise I'll return them in 
relatively good condition.  Please don't sue me.

The sun sparkled brillantly through the tops of the trees onto the two 
travelers below.  A man threaded his way through the forest with a 6 year 
old boy trailing behind him.  The man was about average height wearing a 
white gi and had a white bandana covering the top of his head.  The boy had 
black hair tied up in a pigtail and was wearing a red shirt and black pants. 
  They were making good progress through the forest, but this didn't seem to 
be good enough for the man.

"Come on boy!  A true martial artist must have both speed and endurance as 
his allies."  The one known as Genma said.

"I'm sorry pops.  It's just that I'm so hungry."  The boy replied.

"Bah!  Ranma, a martial artist should be able to go days without food."  
Genma responded.  "By sacrificing some things he can devote himself more to 
the Art, and you know how impor........... What's that?"

That in question was some sort of weird sphere that was imbeded deep in the 
ground.  It was white and had what appeared to be a large window in the 
front.  A trail of devastation through the forest led up to it.  Trees were 
knocked down and some looked scorched.  Ranma reached forward and touched 
the pod.  It was slightly warm.

"Hey pops!  Do you think this could have caused that strange light that we 
saw this morning?  Could this be a spaceship?"  He asked with his eyes wide 
open in wonder.

"Nonsense boy.  Everyone knows that spaceships don't exist.  They belong in 
the fantasy world of aliens, robots, demons, and bokken wielding lunatics, 
and not here in the real world of martial arts."  Genma said and he passed 
his hand along the smooth front of the pod.  He seemed to have done 
something he shouldn't have (big surprise) because with a loud whoosh, the 
window of the pod swung upwards.  Inside was what appeared to be an ordinary 
baby boy.  With gravity defying hair.  And a furry brown tail.  Okay fine so 
it wasn't an ordinary baby but like Genma could tell the difference.

'Hmmmm.  Maybe I can sell him for something.'  thought Genma as reached 
forward and picked up the baby.  Lifting it up to his face he appraised it.  
Then for no apparent reason, the baby lashed out with a vicious kick to 
Genma's head.  Caught completely off guard, he fell backwards and dropped 
it.  Ranma watched with amazement as the baby landed on its feet.  It then 
leapt foward onto Genma and continued its offensive by gnawing on his leg.

"My God!" Genma shouted.  "Such speed!  Such strength!  Such fighting 
spirit!  This baby must be destined for greatness as a martial artist.  I 
must train him to be the best.  I'll adopt him into our family.  Ranma meet 
Goku, your new brother!"

A large sweat drop formed on the back of Ranma's head.  "Uh sure pops."

Genma scooped the child up from his meal and tucked him underneath one arm.  
Goku really didn't seem to like that and resisted by flailing around.  
Because he was in a bad position, he couldn't do any damage.  But his 
movements did cause Genma to shift his position a bit which made Goku go 
quiet all of a sudden.  Genma attributed it his great skill at being a 
father and dealing with children.  Full of joy at having another son that 
would become a great martial artist, Genma left towards the next town hoping 
to get some clothes and food with Ranma trailing behind him.  Neither of the 
two noticed that they left the strange pod behind or that Goku's tail was 
pinned tightly against Genma's side.

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A few days later the three sat camped out.  Those days had been a living 
hell for Genma as Goku repeately tried to kill, maim or at the very least 
cripple his "father."  Genma was proud of those actions and kept on saying 
how good a martial artist Goku will be when he grows up.  Ranma couldn't 
figure out if Goku was like that towards everyone or if he just knew what 
Genma was like.  He seemed to be focusing on Genma as his main opponent and 
attacked anyone else only if they were in the way.   Only when Genma held 
him in a special way did he calm down.  Ranma tried to learn if it was an 
actual technique that his father was using or if was just dumb luck.  The 
only other times Goku wasn't actively trying to kill Genma was when they 
were sleeping or eating.  Goku seemed to take quite a passion to eating and 
easily could polish off a meal that was meant for an adult despite his small 
size.  Ranma was amazed.  Sure he ate a lot but not that much when he was 
that young.

Goku was unusually calm tonight.  Even though he wasn't being held, he was 
quiet and actually seemed happy.  Almost as if he knew something very good 
was going to happen to him.  As it was the three peacefully watched the full 
moon come out from behind the clouds.

Ranma was the first to notice that something was wrong.  'Goku usually 
doesn't have red eyes.  Hmm.  Must just be a trick of the light off the 
moon.'  When Goku started growing bigger, Ranma had a much harder time 
explaining that.  The hair sprouting all over Goku's body also left Ranma at 
a loss for an explanation.  The large teeth and snout forming didn't help 
any either.  By this time Genma had noticed.  Having a 30 foot 
Sayjin-monster grow next to you is pretty hard to ignore.

"Boy, here's a bit of advice.  When confronted by a monster like this, a 
martial artist should not panic.  A martial artist should not be afraid.  
And most importantly, a martial artist should not stick around."  Genma 
sprinted off away from Sayjin-Goku as fast as he could.  For once agreeing 
with his father's advice, Ranma followed suit.

A loud bellowing could be heard from behind them as Sayjin-Goku tore down 
all the nearby trees.  He stamped his feet and roared again.  Spotting the 
fleeing martial arts, he was about to give chase when some clouds covered 
the moon.  After a full minute passed after the bellowing stopped, Genma and 
Ranma quit running.  Looking back they just saw night sky where a giant 
monster had just been.  Ranma glanced at the almost hidden moon.  "Could it 
have been that?" he whispered.

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Goku woke up the next morning refreshed after a good night's sleep.  He rose 
to his feet not caring that he was completely naked and looked around.  
Genma and Ranma sat there staring at him with terrified expressions on their 
faces.  They didn't look like they slept all night   'So,' Goku thought to 
himself.  'They're still alive.  I guess I'll just have to destroy them the 
old fashioned way.'  And with that, he launched himself at the fiend who 
kept on grabbing his tail.

Seeing Goku acting like he usually did managed to make Genma recover enough 
to defend himself.  Soon everything was back to normal.  Well at least back 
to what passed for normal the past few days.  The only thing that had 
changed was that Genma and Ranma vowed they would never let Goku see the 
full moon again.

Things changed much more that afternoon.

They were walking near the edge of a trench when Genma paused to shift Goku 
to a new position.  He had been carrying him that way for over an hour, and 
his arms were starting to ache.  Goku took full adavantage of the release of 
his tail.  He leapt off Genma's chest, propelling himself away from his 
tormentor.  What he hadn't counted on was the fact that he had just jumped 
into the crevice.  Right as fell into the depths a hand shot out and grabbed 
him.

"Hold on Goku!  I'll pull you up."  Ranma yelled as he started to pull Goku 
out of the trench.  To his amazement and horror, Goku savagely bit his hand. 
  "Ow!" He shouted, releasing his grip.  Goku plummetted down the chasm.  
"NO!" Ranma cried.  He spied a path that led to the bottom and sped towards 
it.  Genma wasn't far behind.  He wasn't about to let the future world's 
best martial artist die on him that easily.

When they reached the bottom, they were shocked to find that Goku was 
perfectly fine minus the fact that his head was buried in the rock.  His 
legs were flailing around, and he was trying to push himself out of the 
ground.  After pulling him out, they discovered that he really was alright 
except for a bump on his head that would probably heal completely in an hour 
or until the next screen shot, whichever came first.

Goku rubbed his head to ease the pain and then looked up at Genma.  "Father" 
he said and then ran up and gave Genma a hug.  Genma was shocked at this 
behaviour.  'Where was the eagerness to spar that this boy had shown 
earlier?  Oh well, it's probably for the best as I won't have to carry him 
anymore.  And I can relax as he isn't trying to kill me all day long.'

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Several years passed.  From that point on Goku was the perfect child.  He 
always did what he was told, complained very little unless he was hungry, 
and took to martial arts with the same eagerness that Rama did.  His skill 
was improving with each day, but he wasn't a match for Ranma or Genma yet.  
Genma was proud at how fast he was developing physically as well; he was 
much faster and stronger than Ranma was at his age.  Much stronger.  Genma 
thought the boy would soon be able to surpass him in strength if not skill.  
Goku's weakness had been discovered fairly quickly and some sparring matches 
degenerated into games of 'Grab that Tail.'

However, on this day things would change.  It was the usual scene of the 
Saotome morning.  The three way sparring match was just like any other.  
Goku tried to keep anyone from grabbing his tail while attacking when he saw 
an opening.  Ranma spent his time either dodging or striking.  And Genma 
spent his time trying to grab Goku's tail, dodge any attacks, and use every 
cheap trick he knew to get an advantage.

Finally Genma snagged Goku's tail, just as Ranma delivered a kick to Goku 
from the front.  He was expecting Goku to block or dodge it and was amazed 
to see Goku lower his guard as his tail was grabbed.  The blow connected and 
sent him flying through the air.  Unfortunately, no one had realized that 
they had camped next to a cliff that night.  Over the edge Goku went.

"Oh no!" Ranma groaned.  "Not again."  He really wasn't concerned with 
Goku's health this time as he knew the boy could take it, especially with 
his martial arts training.  Ranma grabbed their packs and jogged down a path 
that he hoped would lead him to the bottom of the cliff with Genma following 
behind him like before.

Had they bothered to glance over the edge of the cliff, they would have seen 
that Goku was hanging right near its top.  He pulled himself up and mumbled 
something about getting Ranma for that.  Then he looked around.  His pack 
was gone along with Genma's and Ranma's.  "RANMA!  FATHER!  WHERE ARE YOU?"  
Hearing no reply, Goku wandered off to find his family.

After about an hour of searching at the bottom of the cliff, Genma and Ranma 
were exhausted.  "Where could my son have gone?" Genma wailed in a manner 
resembling Soun's.

"I dunno pops.  He should know we would come looking for him after he fell.  
He might have gotten hit on the head again and changed like he did that one 
time.  Maybe he thinks he's a wild animal now."  Ranma said as he pointed 
into the deep forest.  Spotting movement he ran towards it.  "Hey Goku!  
Goku!"  leaping over a bush he landed right in front his target.  At this 
time Ranma would had said something like 'that's not Goku' but he had other 
things on his mind.  "c--c-cc-c--cc-cc--aaaaaaahhhhhhhhh."  He came charging 
back out of the forest with a slightly confused tiger behind him.  Usually 
its meals didn't jump up right in front of it, but hey it wasn't one to look 
a gift horse in the mouth.  Mmmmmm....horse.  Smacking its lips, the tiger 
redoubled its efforts to catch Ranma.

Genma soon joined Ranma in fleeing from the tiger, and all thoughts of 
finding Goku were forgotten.

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Goku had been walking for several hours and was getting tired and hungry.  
And upset.  Very upset.  He didn't like being lost.  Punching a nearby tree 
made him feel a lot better.  The same could not be said for the tree.  It 
was much worse after that punch.  In fact, it fell over.  Goku was shocked.  
He knew he was strong but not that strong.

"Ummm.  Excuse me, child.  But could you not destroy the forest?"

Goku turned to see an old man with a fairly large sweat drop on the side of 
his head.  "Oh! I'm sorry.  I was just upset at losing my family.  My name's 
Goku."

"Pleased to meet you Goku.  I'm Gohan.  I know it hurts to lose someone you 
love but mourning them the rest of your life won't solve anything."  Goku, 
not being the brightest of fellows, completely missed the implications of 
what Gohan was saying.  He also was distracted by the sudden growling of his 
stomach.  "Hungry eh?  Why don't you come to my home and I'll get you 
something to eat?"

The prospect of food lit up Goku's eyes.  "Okay."  He followed the old man 
deeper into the forest.

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"Hmmm.  Think we should go back?" Genma asked his one remaining son.

"What're you nuts?  Goku might be my brother, and I'd fight anything in the 
world to save him.  Anything except for that c-c-cc--c-tiger.  We can't beat 
that thing.  It probably already got him with those huge teeth and vicious 
claws and blood thristy...."

"RANMA!  That's enough."  'He's really starting to freak me out.  Maybe, 
just maybe, I shouldn't have taught him the Neko-ken.'  "I guess I just have 
to accept the loss of my son."  The two travellers then set off with heavy 
hearts at the loss of a loved one.

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A year has now passed.  After finding out that Goku had no home and no 
parents, Gohan immediately adopted him, and told Goku to call him Grampa.  
He was also overjoyed that Goku was a martial artist, and he began to train 
him in the techniques that Master Roshi had taught him all those years ago.  
Since Goku was very good at bare-handed combat already, Gohan focused his 
training into using the power pole, which he presented as a gift to Goku.  
Teaching him to control his power level also was a major priority for Gohan, 
and Goku was able raise it to very impressive levels, but as of yet he 
couldn't do anything with it besides enhance his physical abilities.  Goku 
became very happy in his new home and forgot all about Ranma and Genma.  The 
only thing he still did was keep his promise never to look at the full moon. 
  At first Gohan had gone along with that, but recently he began to question 
it.

"Goku there's a full moon tonight.  Why don't you come see it with me?"

"I'd rather not."

"Why not Goku?  What's so bad about seeing the full moon?"

"Well.  It's just that my old family always told me not to look at it.  I 
don't know why; it's just a rule they had.  But I guess it's okay for me to 
if you want me to so badly."

"That's a good boy.  You'll see. A full moon is a beautiful and wonderous 
site."

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"Hey pops.  Isn't this where we lost Goku a year ago?"

Genma hung his head in shame at the memory of that event.  'I am a horrible 
father to have left my son to that tiger.'  "Yes, Ranma it is."  Although 
Genma would rather have not lost Goku, he was amazed at the effect that 
event had had on Ranma.  He trained like there was nothing else his life and 
with a passion that went far beyond what he used to have.  Almost as if he 
felt he had to make up for something.  'For the loss of Goku?' Genma 
wondered.  'Does Ranma blame himself?'

"I wonder if that tiger's still around.  This time I'll show it a thing or 
two."  Genma glanced nervously at Ranma after hearing the tone of voice he 
heard.

'He's been surpressing his rage all this time.  I'd better not upset him; he 
doesn't look like he's in a good mood.'  Genma hit the nail on the head with 
that one.  The fact that Ranma was glowing a faint blue probably gave it 
away.  "I don't think so.  Anyway it's getting dark.  We should set up 
camp."

A little way later they lay looking up at the night sky.  Both were thinking 
about Goku and how much they missed him, but they were focusing on what good 
times they had together with him. When the moon came out Ranma gave a bit of 
a chuckle.  "Remember what happened when Goku saw the full moon that one 
time?"

Genma grinned.  "Yes.  How could I forget?  I wonder if that technique was 
anything like the Neko-ken?"

"I don't think so.  Otherwise wouldn't Goku be afraid of the moon?"  They 
both broke out laughing at that.  The thought of Goku trying to run away 
from the moon was just too hilarious for them to be sad about anything.  
Their laughter was cut short as a large bellowing sound was heard.  The two 
martial artist gazed at each other with a mixture of horror and joy on their 
faces.

"GOKU!"  They both shouted simultaneously.

"It came from that way."  Ranma pointed.  They ran off in that direction as 
fast as they could.  After a few minutes of running, they burst into a 
clearing containing the remains of a house, the remains of a man, and Goku 
in Sayjin-monster form.  Screeching to a halt, they wondered what the hell 
they were going to do now.  Goku was pounding the house into the ground and 
so hadn't noticed them.  "The tail!" Ranma shouted leaping onto it and 
squeezing it with all his might.  Genma grabbed it only a second later.  
Goku stopped bashing the house, and hung his arms at his sides.  "It's 
working, but how long can we keep this up?"

Genma face hardened.  He knew what he had to do.  Concentrating for a second 
he opened his eyes and shouted "KIJIN RAISHUU-DAN!"  The Ki powered vacuum 
strike sliced cleanly through Goku's tail.  Genma and Ranma leapt off the 
Sayjin-monster as it began to shrink back down to its normal size.  As soon 
as the transformation was complete, Genma ran forward and cradled his son in 
his arms thanking whatever gods that were listening.

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When Goku woke up the next morning, he noticed some things were wrong.  One, 
where was his room?  Two, where was the house?  Three, where was Grampa?  
Four, who were that man and that boy sleeping beside him. Five, where was 
that draft coming from?  Then Goku realized that he was naked.  Leaping to 
his feet, he went to find his clothes, but promptly fell flat on his face.  
"Whaaa?"  Six, where was his tail?  "My tail!  It's gone!  Where'd it go?"  
Momentarily forgetting his clothes, Goku tried to find out where his tail 
was.  It was quite a difficult task as he couldn't take two steps without 
falling over.  Eventually he adjusted to his new balance and could make a 
whopping 15 steps without falling.  He also found his tail.  Goku picked it 
up and just stared at it.  "My tail."  Deciding that clothes would come in 
handy about now, he got up and managed to find one of his typical blue 
outfits and his power pole.  Then Goku turned his attention to the 
strangers.  After a moment's pause, he realized that they weren't strangers. 
  "Father!" he cried and glomped Genma.  This woke up the afore-mentioned 
person.

"Goku!"

"Father!"

"Goku!"

"Father!"

"Would you two cut that out!!!  I mean...uh...it's my turn.  Goku!"

"Ranma!"

"Goku!"

"Ranma!"

"Alright that's enough you two.  It's good to see you again son.  I hope you 
haven't let your skills deteriorate"

Grining, Goku got into a battle stance ready for a good old sparring match 
when a nagging thought finally managed to hammer itself into his head.  
"Grampa!"

"Huh?"

"Where's Grampa?  Grampa!"

"Who's Grampa, son?  You have no Grampa."

"I think he means him, pops".  Ranma pointed to Gohan's broken body.

"NNNOOOOOOO!"  Goku screamed.  He rushed up to the body and knelt beside it. 
  "Wake up Grampa!  Wake up!  You can't die!  Grampa?  GRAMPA!!!"  Goku 
broke down sobbing.  Then in a dark and menacing voice he spoke again.  "Who 
did this?"

Ranma facefaulted.  "You mean you don't remember? It was yo...."

"Quiet boy!" Genma interrupted him by smacking Ranma's head back into the 
ground.  "Goku, the reason why we always want you to be careful around the 
full moon is because a monster roams around during it.  It could get you so 
you must always be on your guard.  This monster attacked here last night.  
It killed your Grampa, destroyed that house and caused you to lose your 
tail.  I'm sorry but there's nothing you could have done.  But we're here 
for now son.  We missed you so much and the only reason we weren't still 
looking for was because we believed you to be dead."

"Okay father."  Goku managed to work out between sobs.

"Now come now boy.  You must leave this behind you and return to your real 
family."  He then hugged Goku. Ranma was impressed.  Genma had actually 
explained this all without lying.  Well without lying very much.  He still 
remembered that they had found Goku in some sort of spacecraft and that he 
was not his biological brother.

After burying Gohan, the three reunited martial artists continued their 
journey that had been interrupted for a year.

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Several more years passed, and Goku's tail regrew.  Genma refused to teach 
Ranma the Saotome Forbidden Techniques despite Ranma's insistence.  Goku had 
improved greatly in his stay with Gohan.  He was much faster and stronger 
than he was before.  Much stronger.  He could perform feats that would amaze 
Ranma and Genma, such as turning huge trees into firewood in neat piles in 
midair with his bare hands.  Under their training he got even better.  He 
became even faster than he was before.  Not as fast as Ranma was but he was 
getting closer to his level of speed with each passing day.  Only Genma's 
and Ranma's superior skill in martial arts enabled them to win in the 
morning sparring matches.  That and a rule of Anything Goes was that "if 
your opponent gets incredibly weak whenever you grab his tail then feel free 
to do so."  Or at least that's what Genma kept on saying.  Although he still 
had to figure out where Goku learned to use that red stick of his.  He said 
Grampa trained him, and Genma began to wish he had known this person, for 
Goku handled the pole with great skill.  Even though Anything Goes was a 
barehanded fighting style, Goku still used it occasionally.  Especially to 
hit Genma when he did something stupid.  Genma was also not very pleased 
when he found out that Goku could make the pole grow so that he would still 
get hit even if he ran away.  Not that a brave martial artist like Genma 
would run from anything; he just wanted to get a tactical advantage.  
Speaking of Genma running away, there wasn't a repeat of the Sayjin-monster 
incident as Goku dutifully obeyed the rule that he must never look at the 
full moon.  Ranma's skills also improved greatly, and he could beat Genma 
regularly in their morning sparring matches.  He found that his brother 
became his opponent while Genma would seek to get in any cheap shots on 
either of them until one would get fed up and flatten him.

Soon they arrived at the fabled Jusenkyo training grounds.  You get three 
guesses as to what's going to happen next and the first two don't count.

"Are you prepared Ranma and Goku?"  Genma asked.

"This place isn't so impressive."  Ranma replied.

"I think it looks pretty neat."  Goku added.

"Alright!  Let's go!"  Genma and his two sons leapt to the top of the bamboo 
poles.

"No, Mr. Customers!  It very dangerous to fall in springs."  The guide 
yelled to no one in particular since no one was listening to him.

Balancing on the poles the three martial artists faced each other.  They all 
leapt in the air at the same time.  After a brief flurry of punches, Genma 
fell into a spring.  Goku's stomach chose that moment to growl, which 
distracted him long enough for Ranma to knock him into a different spring.  
That was another one of Goku's weaknesses; he couldn't concentrate on 
sparring when he was hungry.  Landing back on a pole, Ranma chuckled.

"That all you got pops?"  He said cockily.  Just then a panda erupted from 
the spring Genma had fallen into.  "What the....."  The panda lashed out, 
knocking Ranma into one of the pools below.  He burst to the surface.  Or 
rather HE didn't burst to the surface, SHE did.  Ranma brushed aside his red 
hair and stared down at her chest in shock.  "Uhhh?"

"Oh no very bad Mr. Customer sir you fall in spring of drowned panda.  
Tragic legend of panda who drown there 2000 years ago.  Now whoever fall in 
that spring take body of panda.  You Mr. Customer sir fall in spring of 
drowned girl.  Very tragic story about a girl who drown there 1500 years 
ago.  And you Mr. Customer fall in spring of drowned......spring of 
drowned.........what is that?"  The guide pulled out his Jusenkyo guidebook 
and started leafing through it.

Everyone else was trying to figure out what exactly Goku was.  He was the 
same height and build, but he was missing his tail.  He was completely bald 
and had two short antenna emerging from right above his forehead.  He had 
fangs instead of his normal teeth, and his skin was very reptlian into some 
places.  Oh yeah, he was also a very ugly shade of green.  "What am I?"  He 
said as he stared at himself.  His voice was very deep and menacing.  (like 
Piccolo's)

"Ah here it is!  You fall in spring of drowned Namek.  Very tragic story 
about Namek that drown there 3500 years ago.  But what is Namek?"  The guide 
began to leaf through the book again trying to find out what exactly a Namek 
was.

Genma stalked up to the guide and grabbed in his massive arms.  Shaking him 
he screamed.  "What have you done?  I'm a PANDA.  My SON is a GIRL, and my 
other son is a MARTIAN!!!!!!"  Then Genma realized that pandas couldn't 
talk, and quickly wrote what he just said on a sign which he carried with 
him for emergencies such as this one.  How Genma was able to forsee himself 
getting turned into a panda remains a mystery.

"Oh me very sorry Mr. Customer sir, but curse can be reversed with hot 
water.  Come to cabin.  I have kettle and stove."  The group made the short 
trek to the guide's cabin, and the Jusenkyo cursed individuals returned to 
their original forms.

"Well that wasn't too bad........" Genma started but trailed off as he saw 
the glares from his two sons.

"How can you say that?  I WAS A GIRL!!!"  Ranma screamed.  "I'm just glad 
it's not permanent."

"Ah Mr. Customer Sir...."  The guide then went on to explain fully how the 
curse worked.  Genma soon came flying through the side of the cabin with 
Goku and Ranma in hot pursuit.  And wouldn't you know it, it started to 
rain.

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A 16 year old boy wearing a gold shirt and a yellow bandanna and carrying an 
umbrella stopped to look at his surroundings.  "Now where am I?"  He asked.  
He obviously was complelety lost.  "Curse you Ranma!  I will find you and 
get my revenge!"

Just then he heard the sounds of running.  Turning his head, he just managed 
to spot a panda in time to dodge it from bowling him over.  However, he 
wasn't prepared for the red-haired girl and the martian following closely 
behind it.  They knocked him to the side and continued their pursuit.  
Ryouga didn't have time to consider why a girl and a martian were chasing a 
panda as he was too busy falling into one of the Jusenkyo springs.  A black 
piglet wearing a yellow bandanna splashed to the surface of the water and 
swam to the edge.  It climbed out of the pool and then paused as if it had 
just realized something was wrong.

Looking down at himself, Ryouga let out a outraged "Bwee!" which we all know 
translates into "Damn you Ranma!" before breaking down crying.

End of Chapter

Notes:  Well chapter 1 is finished.  This is my first time writing a fanfic, 
and I think it turned out fairly well.  Please e-mail me to tell me what you 
think of it at laguna_blade@hotmail.com  I really need feedback on this and 
probably won't write chapter two if no one says they liked it.  I don't know 
what my policy will be on replies to e-mail yet, but I'll try to respond to 
them if I have time.  Suggestions are welcome, but I have this fanfic 
planned all the way up to when Shampoo first appears.  That's all I've 
really seen in the series besides what happens much later on, so I'd 
appreaciate if someone could send me a brief summary of how she arrives and 
gets defeated by Ranma in male form.  Also if any knows the actual name of 
Goku's Sayjin-monster form please tell me.  I'll be gone for the next three 
weeks (until July 25th) and I might not even be able to check my e-mail 
where I'm going so don't expect anything new right away.

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"The Jundland wastes were hostile, barren, forbidden, and very,
very boring. So young people did what young people always do in such
places - drive souped-up vehicles at ludicrous speeds through narrow,
dangerous areas.

     In an area noted for this, Kasumi Tendo was widely regarded as the
Nicest Person In The Anchorhead Area, Most Likely To Make Some Lucky
Man A Great Wife, and Most Likely To Smear Herself All Over A Canyon If
She Keeps Driving That Repulsorlift With Seats The Way She Does."
SW A Faint Hope by Lara Bartram and Mike Loader
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