[FFML] [Ranma][draft] Threads 1,1

Disclaimer: I claim that I have never before forgotten diclaimers.







...and that the characters in this story aren�t mine but really somebody elses.

 - Ranma - A tapestry in the night-
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By the water 
and the wind 
and the trees by the lake,

I hereby declare Kuno a flake!

	...I wonder if he'll get it?

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Have you ever seen the stars on a winter night? Seen the way they glow 
brighter than before? If you have, you would know exactly what Ikyo would 
be about to see right now.

There would be one big difference though. You wouldn't have seen a light 
detach itself from the moon and fall into the yard where you'd be standing. 
Not that it hit the yard or anything. Heavens no. This was not a spacecraft. 
Just, a light. Nothing more.

Although...
For being just, "a light", it was a bit unusual. It would not have a source 
and when it would disappear, it would leave behind people. Well, two 
people and a pig, but that goes without saying right?

Look! There it goes.

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A man dressed only in purple sat in his comfychair staring straight into the 
smouldering remnants of a fire that he had made in his fireplace.

-It seems that I will not be left alone. 

He rose from from the chair and sighed. With a look the fire was 
completely dead. 	A purple coat snaked it's way up his back and settled 
comfortably on his shoulders.

-I do believe that I should pay someone a visit.

With a chuckle, he walked out a door that wasn't.

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Inside the tendo house, a little creature stirred. It sensed something in the 
air. Vibrations or smell, who can really tell. Certainly not I. In any case it 
doesn't matter. What matters is that Hayai-ohki did sense something. Of 
some importance was also the fact that she reacted to it.

She jumped out the bedroom window of Ranmas and Genmas room, since 
she had been sleeping there, and sniffed the air cautiously.

Then she sat back on her haunches and stared up eagerly into the sky.

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Genma and Soun where lying on the floor, Soun ontop of Genma. 
Neither of them moved a muscle. Nor did they want to, they were way to 
exhausted. Suddenly Genma spoke up.

-Soun, I've got an idea.

Soun opened one of his eyes.
-What?

-Let's kill the master.
Stunned silence followed then a nod.
-Okay.

A minute or two passed by in silence.

-But Genm...
-No. No buts, just kill him.
-How?

Genma creased his forhead and looked of into the distance.
-We walk to him and say "Now you die!" and then we kill him.
-But Genma! You know what he'll...

Happosai opened his door like a shot.
-What are you two idiots jabbering about?

Silence filled the room.
-Good!
Happosai left again.

-Should we have Ranma do it?
-I'm all for it.

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Out of the light tumbled three forms. One of them rose up quicker than the 
rest.
-What did you do?
Ranma asked.

Iruka coughed into his fist.
-It was actually quite simple if you've got the knowledge required to...

-You came back!

Iruka turned his head to the energy bundle rushing up to hugg him.
-Yes Ikyo, you might say that.

She hugged Iruka tightly and nussled his cheek. Ranma just grumbled 
quietly and started walking into the house. Suddenly, she was on her back, 
wrapped in a hugg by a much tinier thing.

-(Where have you been. I've been searching all over for you!)

As both Ranma and Iruka hugg their respective welcome party, Ryo-chan 
just looks big-eyed at the both of them.

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-Tell son-in-law that he must meet us at the airport. *cough, cough*

-Yes grandmother.
Shampoo responded.

-And if he doesn't *cough*...

-Yes grandmother.

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Iruka stopped hugging Ikyo and looked over at Ranma. Grayfaced and limp, 
he dropped Ikyo to the ground.

-Oh no!

Ranma was showing Hayai to Ryo-chan and she was very happy about it.
Unfortunately, neither of the two animals seemed very pleased with each 
other.

-How did this happen! Ikyo, please get behind me.

He raised his arms, lowered his chin and scratched it slowly.
With a jerk, he got ready.

-From sifting through leads and clues the truth is easily found. I will know 
what's wrong with that guy over there!
He pointed at Ranma and her pets.
He shook his head. 
-No, that isn't ri...

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Three people are walking towards a set of pools well-known to anyone who 
knows Ranma and co.

-Aren't you happy that we lost your dad Ranchan?

-Yes, but we didn't have to do it by getting ourselves lost!

-Shut up Ranma. I still haven't forgiven you for that last time we fought.

-Um Ryouga, why was it we fought again?

-I don't know. But I won't forgive you anyway.

*Yoink*

-Hey! What did you do that for Uchan? You know this is my favorite shirt!

-Look here. "Pools of sorrow! Enter at your own risk."

-HEY RYOUGA! COME BACK HERE!
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Ikyo tugged on Irukas sleave. Unfortunately, he didn't respond.
-I need to go back to bed. Will you go wiiith meee?

Iruka nodded dumbly and followed her. He opened the door for Ikyo and 
stayed on the doorstep, staring ahead stupidly.

-Man that was wierd. I never thought that uncle would do anything like that, 
especially since...

After a short while of staring into nothingness, he shook his head and 
yawned.

-If I don't sleep soon, I'm not gonna be better than a lemming.
The air tingled around him, not that he noticed really as sleepy as he was.

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Ryouga wailed.
-I'm going to die!

Naoko just glared at him.
-Shut up and stop whining. I've never seen you act like this before.

Ryouga sniffed and turned to her. 
-I am going to die.

-How? There's no way she can come close to killing you. She can't hit that 
hard.

He sniffed again for the effect.
-Of a broken heart.

-AAArgh! Just be quiet and go in there.
She pushed him into the room. Then she looked down and craddled her face 
in her hand.
-He forgot the water!

She was just about to open the door when Ryouga rushed out, holding his 
nose.

-What! She asked angrily.
-Urm, I think she was changing.

Suddenly the door burst open and a girl with a red towel stomped out.
-Where's the pervert!

Naoko pointed down the corridor.
-Thanks! She replied and rushed in that direction.

Naoko looked down again.
-Coward.
P-chan hung his head low, careful not to look at the overturned glass.

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-...And this is my bedroom. Iruka what do you think?
Ikyo turned around when she didn't get a responce.

-Where did he go?

She walked down the stairs, turned left and opened the backdoor.

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-Imagine those idiots trying to catch me unawares. They'll be lucky if they 
manage to lift their fingers if they try.

He sighed deeply and looked at the bag he had in his hand.

-I better give this back then.
*Chuckle*
-It would fit that this is the only one I can get close to. 

Quick as lightning he put his hand in the bag...

-AAAAARGHH!

...and pulled out a scorched one instead. With a low head, Happosai started 
walking.

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Ikyo looked out from behind the door.
-Iruka? Are you there?

-Look down here. A voice hissed.

She did and she saw Iruka, as a tiny and furry rodent. She could easily 
recognise him becuase he still had his clothes on. Though they were 
reshaped to fit his new form.

-Do you know of a place where I could find hot and cold water?

Ikyo nodded freneticly, scopped him up in her arms and carried him inside.

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Inbetween a beer drinking pink elephant and a knitting zebragus (a zebra 
with wings) sat a blue dog-like being. 
-FwmpwmpwmphahaHAHAHA--

The zebragus raised his eyebrows and stopped knitting.
-What are you laughing about Blue?

-The man writing this story.

The elephant looked at them groggily and spoke.
-What story? This is reality! Face it, it's the truth.

-Mmhmhmhm.
Blue nodded uncommitedly.
-Maybe so, but what I find even more funny are those twos' dreams.

-The one who thinks that the red-head and the brunette love him and the one 
who is swimming in money becuase of it?

-Or, the ones where they both win over that cooky character and their loved 
ones run into their arms?

-No. Those two.
The two larger beings followed blues paw to look at two bubbles floating 
in the air in front of them. Two out of two billion, but they could easily see 
wich ones he meant.

For the two bubbles bounced back and forth against everything else, 
looking mostly like they were in a fight. Inside of them were depicted, as 
like the rest of the bubbles, dreams.

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Ranma yawned widely.
-Time to catch some z:s. Come along you two.
She bounded out of the yard and to the street.

Hayai and Ryo-chan shot a quick glare at each other and then followed 
after.

Out of the emptiness behind them came no-one and no-ones eyes followed 
them when they turned left past the corner of the street.

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Akane twisted and turned in her bed as she dreamt. This wasn't nesecarily 
because of a bad dream, since she did this every night. It was a very 
energetic one though.

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-I will be the one to win!
Akane screamed as she whipped up another batch of perfect cake dough.
As she plopped it into the oven, she looked over at Ukyou.

Ukyous side of the kitchen looked like a disaster. The oven was smoking, 
the tap was lying on the flooe and tapwater was spraying out of where it 
used to be.
Ukyou herself looked no better. Her hair was full of wet and soggy cake-
dough and she was near tears.

(Well, it's her own fault) Akane thought.
She took out her own perfect cake and showed it to the judges. Without 
even eating it, they gave her a 10.00 each. 

The crowd cheered, the judges smiled and Ukyou broke out into tears.

Akane was happy.

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Ranma bounced happily along the sidewalk and the  two animals trotted 
warily behind her. The pig glanced quickly and frequently at the cabbit 
beside him and likewise did she in his direction.

(I wonder where it came from? I know he doesn't belong with my owner or 
it'd have shown up in his subconcsious.)

She 





After a whole block of this, Hayai nudged Ryo-chan discretly and stared at 
him.

-(Who you?)

Ranma stopped and turned around. Neither of the animals noticed however, 
so they walked right past her legs before they stopped to turn around and 
look at her. Ranma spun around again and said puzzled:
-Hayai, was that you?

-(Yes)

-So you can talk. She concluded.

Hayai pursed her lips.
-(Yup)

Ryo-chan just looked on uncomprhendingly at the two.

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Ukyou lied silently in her bed with a broad smile on her face.

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-I will be the one to win!
Akane screamed before she franticaly created her monstrosity. 

Ukyou paid her no head as she calmly made her own Okonymiaki. She knew 
she would win. There was no need to rush.

As always, she went through all the motions and put her own touch to it. 
But somehow something didn't seem right.

Ukyou looked over at Akane, who seemed almost ready with hers. She 
looked back at her own wich was finished and turned around to the 
audience. They were cheering, but she couldn't see or hear for whom. As 
she presented her masterpice to the judges she shook of her uneasy feeling.

She would win.

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Ranma held Ryo-chan pressed to her bossom while she held a conversation 
with Hayai, who was walking beside her. Hayai didn't say a word of course 
but then, it's not uncommon for people to talk to their pets.

Ryo-chan was glaring at Hayai all the more for every bit he heard.

And behind them. Behind them there was no-one.
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              - - -
Random snippets out of time.
Put on threads that interwine.
It's a story from reality
or whatever the world may be

Thus I write as real as is
to give the semblance of a mindless whiz.
If what I wrote is true matters naught.
But that it's read, or so I thought.

              <Dewin Duvae>
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Authors notes:I am going to get rid of all gimmicks and just plainly tell you 
that I need help. I may know *what* I'm doing wrong but that does not tell 
me *where* I'm doing it wrong. I do not have pre-readers for this fanfic 
Much to my continuing frustation.

I need C&C! That is after all the second greatest reason to why I am sending 
this to the ffml. (The main one being the possible outside chance that 
anyone finds it enjoyable) If anyone would like to volonteer as a pre-reader 
I'd be very happy.

For just sending C&C, you can do what Freemage usually does, point your 
finger at certain scenes and say "I like this." or something to that effect. It 
would be of great help. 

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