"Why do you want to kill me!?" Still no answer.

        He had to move quickly as more rapid blasts where thrown at
him. *Shit! She�s throwing them like it was nothing! Have to find a way
to stop her* Another volley of flaming shards sped at him, but he
jumped up avoiding them. When he landed he could noticed the scorched
land around him. *Her hands! Every time she shot at me, she had to put
up her hands!* Ranma figured if he could bond his opponent�s hands,

{"bind"}

then she would be helpless.

        Rushing towards the woman now with a plan, he narrowly
escaped the incoming volley. Just as he was about to reach her, his
plan fell apart. Ranma was just about to grab her, when a kick came
out of nowhere, nailing a surprised Ranma�s in the mid-section.

{"Ranma's mid-section."}

        Suddenly the magical barrage stopped. And in its place, a volley
of physical attacks came. She was a martial artist also it seems to
Ranma�s mid-calculation. *She�s good* His opponent features never

{Ergh.  "it seems to Ranma's mid-calculation"?  What the heck is that?}

changed even with her unrelenting assault. Ranma gave up ground in a
hurry, dodging and blocking furiously.

                                < OH MY! >


        "What�s going on here?" Siuan, finally reached the
battleground, huffing and puffing from exhaustion. That�s when she
felt a powerful source of Sadiar. It came from the person cloaked with

{"Saidar"}

red triangles embroilery. A power like she never seen before radiated

{"cloaked with red triangles"?  I don't get that either.  "embroidery"}

from her, and the face, one that Siuan never expected to see again. It
was Moiraine Demodred, her long time friend, also known to be dead.

        Ranma was caught surprised by the new arrival, and the halt
had cost him another kick to his chest. Moiraine hand�s whirled and

"Moiraine's hands"

rose towards a surprise Siuan; a blazing fireball shot out towards her.

{"surprised"}

He leaped up in front of the fireball, almost unconscious of his
actions,
and it stuck.

        Siuan watched in horror as cloud a black smoke exploded on the
boy who had tired to save her. *The power...* The glow around Moiraine

{"tried".  Actually, to heck with that, he did save her from that 
attack.}

was impossibly bright, as if she held a san�angreal. Fear stuck up in
her
mind, and she grabbed for the source. It came as a torrent, more
power that she could of hoped rushed into her, filling her to near
ecstasy. She had just enough time to slice Moiraine�s incoming weave
from reaching her. She knew that weave, one meant to permanently
sever her link with the source. 

{Although of course, one person can't normally cast it.}

There was no emotion from the
supposedly dead Moiraine, but she wasn�t trying to just capture.

        "Moiraine! What are you doing!?" There was no response; it was
almost as if her attacker was a shell of the real thing.  More incoming

{It wouldn't take Siuan long to decide that this must be an imposter.}

assaults of deadly weaves came at her, each one meant to do
something horrible. Franticly Siuan rushed to meet every single one,
slicing one after another, know if she missed one, it would be her last.
She had no opportunity to attack back, it was all she could do to
defend.

        *Something is different* She knew her power was mysteriously
much more powerful then anything she could normally handle, but it
was her only hope of surviving right now. Something else was different.
*Hew power, it smaller now. Fish guts! We�re dead even!* Her sense
told her they were in a dead match of equally powerful one power.
Sweat trickled down her face, but nothing appeared on Moiraine. *Blast
her, if she had the power I�ve seen before, why don�t she use it. Is she
playing with me!?*

        Ranma rose up from the pain. He could still feel the massive
heat that hit him. Glancing over, he saw the two women, staring at
each other. Siuan, face was determined and deep in concentration, but
the other�s facial feature had never changed. *Something is
happening*

        Sprinting towards the woman, Ranma tried to take advantage
of the battle, and tried to reach Moiraine yet again, but at the last

{If I was Ranma, I would have thrown a rock instead.}

moment, she twisted, and a kick went for his face. He ducked just in
time and had to block and evade another series of moves. Then
something flashed from her hands and he felt more pain as he flew
back once more.

        Siuan barely recognized the opening before she launched her
first attack, but it was too late as Moiraine did something she didn�t
recognize and her head spun with pain. Struggling for recovery, she
saw a bright light launched towards her. Desperately she wove a
barrier of air to stop it, but it was all she could manage to do, as the
blast was relentless, and she felt herself getting weaker. Then she saw
something and she knew.

        *The power, she�s getting stronger again! My power is getting
weaker. We�re sharing the power like tugging for supremacy with a
giant razor-fish. And I�m losing!* She could feel her power slowly
fading. Siuan struggled to pull for more, but it was no use as
Moiraine�s
glow slowly brightened, and her attack was still unrelenting.

        Ranma saw in horror as Siuan was starting to buckle from the
magical assault. He felt a great need to save her, but he still couldn�t
bare to hurt a girl still. *I can still stop her!*

{"bear"}


        Jumping up high into the air, he flew straight towards her.

        "Kachu Tenshin Amaguriken Revised!"
        "Speeding pressure points!"

        His opponent�s attack stopped and her hands tried to block
him, but it was too fast, too late. Numerous pressure points he knew
to sleep were touched and she fell onto the ground eyes closed.

        Suddenly he felt a rush of emotions assaulting him, and he felt
it. *What�s happening to me!?* Ranma felt a new presence inside him.
*It�s feels almost like...a bond...* Glancing around his eyes focused on
Siuan, and he knew. *It�s her...I can feel her--and...* Glancing back,
he
looked at the fallen attacker. *And her...*

        Siuan suddenly felt a link, it was as if it had been hidden, and
then suddenly springing out fully out into the open. Looking at the boy
she knew. *A bond. He�s my warder...Ranma...*

        The two stared at each other, for a long time.

                                < OH MY! >

A SD figure clasped in a cloak of pure white, with some red decorations
along the edges walks out. SD fumbles with a heavy book in her hands.

        "Quit poking me!"--"Alright, alright, I�ll do this already."

        "Hello there, I�m here holding this big book hear to give you

{"here"}

some worthless information--hey I told you to quit poking me!"

        "Nisao Sedai, of the Yellow Ajah. Basically one of the more
loonier doctors who got caught in the cookie jar by Egwene. So she
swore her oath and now has a ball and chain to lag around."

{She does?  You didn't mention that in the story.}


        "Faolain Sedai. She�s not very interesting to talk about. She
was newly raised in a little dead town call Salidar. Basically, she
choose
to lug around the ball and chain for Egwene."

        "Rebel Aes Sedai Camp. Because The women couldn�t agree on
who gets the guy, (Rand) they broke up. Now, Egwene being the new
leader wants to put it back together, and she has an army to do it."

        "Snow storms...what!? Why would I need to explain a thing like
that!-- Hey watch were you�re sticking that thing! Someone screwed
around with the Bowl of Winds, and poof."

        "San�angreal, a more powerful form of an angreal, which
increase power."

        "Gareth Bryne, tee-hee, you�ll find out."