Here are some ideas I'm giving up for adoption.  Please look them over.  If you do want these ideas, go ahead and take them.  I'm not able to work on this.  Some were made on the fly, others had been partially constructed beforehand.  Any extra writing we did on them has been added, but feel free to rewrite to your heart's content.

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    Idea #1
    Series: Neon Genesis Evangelion (with influences from a little known comic called Silbuster)
    Proposed Idea: This time, Gendo and SEELE are both in complete agreement that Third Impact must _never_ occur.  Instrumentality is never started.  The Evangelions are made and the pilots are all trained by martial artists and firearms experts.  The Children number a good twelve to fourteen, are all fifteen to sixteen years old, and each have their own Evangelions with numerous lesser mecha are support.  (Note that since any child of Gendo would need to be present at NERV for training, he (meaning Gendo) might actually be a semi-decent father)
    However, the Angels never arrive for some reason.  Instead, a warlike group of aliens who favor giant biochemical monsters lays siege to Earth.  And some of their thousand biochemical monsters have AT field-esque abilities.  They set up shop on Mars and ship their biochemical beasts to Earth.  Of course, not all of them are huge, but the human-sized ones are far easier to kill.
    Now Earth's defenders are keeping an eye on Mars as whichever side is facing Mars is the most likely to be attacked.  The forces are spread out.  The monsters are powerful.  And then there's the most terrifying aspect of all...
    The monsters they send first are the races' very first 'Prototypes', meaning that the later monsters will be far more powerful....
    Take it whatever way you want.

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    Idea #2
    Series: Pokemon
    Proposed Idea: Humans and Pokemon DON'T get along for the most part.  There are tribes of humans that are on friendly terms with Pokemon, but most city folk can't get near one.  After a few decades, most humans and Pokemon develop an uneasy "don't bother us and we won't bother you" sort of attitude.
    However, a sudden invasion of varying types of robots from deep underground surprises both sides and now only the tribes who have been with Pokemon all this time have the power to fight them with the help of their powerful partner pokemon.  Sadly, the human half of these tribes have been dying off, meaning fewer humans to help defend the cities all over Earth
    Only a unique fighting technique can turn the war around.  This technique fuses a pokemon with a human to make a hybrid of the two.  The two become permanently fused until a reverse technique can be developed, something that might not come about if the robots aren't destroyed completely.  The thing of it is that only strong-willed humans and pokemon can perform this technique and survive without losing the mind of one or both.

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    Idea #3
    Series: Ranma 1/2
    Proposed Idea: This time, Genma refused the Kuonji dowry as he had plenty of money.  The problem of a cashflow began when Genma decided to take Ryouga along to train the Hibiki boy to be Ranma's sparring partner.  Unfortunately, neither Ranma nor Genma knew of the extent of the infamous Hibiki curse when they took him along and they accidentally gave him all of their money (giving them an intense hatred of RYOUGA instead of the other way around!).  So, for the past five years, Genma has taken a few students, but the sheer cost of feeding himself and Ranma is usually too expensive for most to last, until they met another boy, this one more determined than the rest and had a stronger supply of cash.  Even so, they can only pay half of the tab.
    Ukyou has made the Kuonji business into an enormous corporation and attends Furinkan only because it's the closest school to the newest Nerima branch (and because she doesn't want to transfer any more until she's had the chance to graduate).  She and Akane have also been sparring and as both of them become better, they learn a lot of each other's styles.
    Akane has an unusual fixation on Ukyou, to the point that she politely declines Tatewaki's affections.  Tatewaki, stunned by the polite turn down, actually takes up a more noble attitude.  He still believes Akane loves him, but he feels she needs time.  Why jump into a relationship only to have it die quickly when a relationship built over years lasts far longer?  However, since Tatewaki is a heart-throb, his fans now hate Akane for turning the handsome Kunou down.  And Kunou hasn't been slacking off either, he's been busy developing new and better techniques.
    The Tendo's mother is still alive, but she has a strange fixation on spicy food.  And while Kasumi is still at the Dojo, she's working up funds to go to college.
    As Ranma, Genma and the newbie head for the Tendo Dojo, they stop off in Okinawa to throw off the five amazon women.  Three of them are seeking out their 'wild' husband, which seems to be the newbie, while the other two are looking for Ranma!  And what of the newbie's curse?  And what do Ranma and Genma turn into THIS time?  And finally, Genma has something in mind in the final scene that I've written down, but I let anyone who takes this story up decide what that 'something' is.
    To anyone who takes this up, I'd like you to keep everyone at least semi-active.  No sense in just letting threads sit and die after being introduced, ne?
    Here's what I have down:

    In an okonomiyaki shop, the truly impressive was occurring.  A young man in a blue chinese shirt and pants was facing off against a bald middle-age man in a white karate gi.  A second young man, in a blue Cutey Honey t-shirt and black jeans was watching both in despair.  The first youth had black hair with the back tied into a fairly long pigtail.  The middle-aged man, as stated before, was bald.  The second youth had messy browish-blondish-black hair, which would seemingly change color depending on what angle you looked at him from.
    Ranma Saotome glared at his father, then at the tag-along his father had picked up.  The tag-along was someone Genma had just met a few weeks ago.  Then, Ranma's gaze lowered to the table, where a lone okonomiyaki lay.
    "It's mine this time, pops." Ranma growled.
    The tag-along sighed and looked at his wallet.  Ranma didn't know where the guy had come from, but Genma was adamant about training him.  Which meant, for some reason, that the new guy was paying the bill.  Only several bills were in the wallet and the new guy had a look on his face so dreadfilled, that his face was almost turning blue.  Ranma's gaze turned back to the okonomiyaki only to find the plate it had rested on.
    "FMuhhmmm fmmow." Genma's muffled taunt rumbled out inbetween his chewing.
    Ranma looked at the new guy for help.
    "No." the new guy responded, as if knowing what Ranma was about to ask.
    "Then, time to go.  We've got to get to this 'Jusenkyo' place before sundown." Genma said, nodding.
    The trio stood up, grabbed their packs and ran out of the resturaunt, leaving the proprietor in their dust.
    "COME BACK HERE, YOU GAWDDAMN THIEVES!" came the angry bellow, but only the dimwitted thieves and the all-too-honest would-be thieves would answer to that call.
    "Aww, knock it off.  Besides, they left some bills left behind.  Not the entire amount, mind you, but somethin's better than nothin'." another patron responded.
    The proprietor snorted.  Everything would have been better than nothing.
    "I'd sell my soul if I could curse those three bastards something awful." the proprietor growled.
    Three weeks later, he felt a bit empty inside, but happy for some reason.  Something to do with three curses....

    Elsewhere, three men were not pilfering okonomiyaki.  This elsewhere had a name, Furinkan High School, and a reputation, as it was haunted with, the former principal once stated, "The weirdest fucking things you've ever seen in your entire kami-sama-damned life."
    In this elsewhere, a girl with long brown hair and sandalwood eyes was heading for school.  She had a pink ribbon tied in her hair and she wore the standard blue on blue school uniform with a slight alteration of jogging shorts underneath.  Because, in this elsewhere, no girl dared wear a skirt of any sort without shorts.  It was to piss off all of the hentais with their skirt flipping and mirrors on shoes and their hidden cameras.  And this brown-haired girl was the one who introduced the concept to all of the very grateful girls of Tokyo.  This girl had a name, Ukyou Kuonji.
    Because of her incredible discovery and the fact that she wasn't a stuck-up bitch, almost every girl in the school adored her and many of the more intellectual men appreciated her beauty.  Naturally, all of the perverts disliked her and the upper-crust of school's female population resented her, declaring her a silly twit who got lucky.  Regardless of the mixed feelings, she was still just an ordinary girl.  She just had a few quirks.
    One being that she was into an unusual brand of martial arts.  Many people knew of the styles she had branched into, it was hard to not know kendo, kempo or karate as they were among the best known styles in the world.  However, her core style was Martial Arts Cooking.  One might think that it involved beating up on food supplies and ended with the act of throwing someone into an alleyway for some reason, but that one would be entirely wrong.
    It most certainly didn't involve beating up on food supplies.
    It did, however, involve throwing someone in an alleyway, as the style was based on teaching food thieves a serious lesson.  As such, a vast majority of the teachers and students of the school bore enormous cooking utensils to show that they were members of the school, though rumors spoke of a lost Italian branch that used their hands.  They were false, obviously.  It was the Pizza branch that used their hands, and while some of the branch did exist in Italy, they were mostly concentrated in North America.  Even then, they preferred wooden baker's peels that were far larger than normal baker's peels.
    Because Ukyou belonged to the Okonomiyaki branch, she bore an enormous metal spatula on her back.  It was crafted by the finest spatula maker in all of the Eastern Hemisphere in the grand tradition of the thousand fold technique usually used for sword-making.  Regardless of what branch she belonged to, the founding belief of the school was that all chefs were created equal and when a chef required aid, all members of the school responded.  So, it was kinda like a Justice League of Chefs.  And while that may sound silly, at least it wasn't the Justice League of Janitors, the Justice League of Ewoks or the Justice League of Bed-Wetters.  (This just in, the author of this fanfic is being sued by the JLJ, the JLE and the JLBW for misrepresentation.)
    A girl with long blue hair appeared next to Ukyou.  She had hazel eyes, which were close to Ukyou's sandalwood eyes unless you were a color perfectioniest or something (in which case, I'll call you by your new official title: Whiner-san), and was a martial artist, but of a different school of martial arts entirely.  The second girl's name was Akane Tendo.  The two had met in school study hall during Ukyou's first day at Furinkan.  Ukyou didn't know why, but Akane was even more solidly disliked by most of the girls at Furinkan, because of the fact that all she refused to date Tatewaki Kunou, the Junior grade heart-throb.
    "Hey, Ukyou, you going to the dance?" Akane asked.
    "I was thinking about it, but I don't have anyone to go with." Ukyou answered.
    "I'll go with you.  I mean, it'd be a waste to not go because you don't have a boyfriend." Akane noted.
    Ukyou nodded.  Despite the fact that she was mostly in Tokyo to set up another branch of Kuonji Okonomiyaki, Inc., she wanted to at least go to all of the dances at her school.
    "Okay.  Who knows, maybe someone'll ask us to dance." Ukyou responded.
    Akane smiled and Ukyou got the feeling that something about that statement had a meaning she hadn't intended.
    "Anyway, do you have practice tonight?  We could study for Mister I-can't-go-a-week-without-a-test Watanbe's test tomorrow afterwards." Akane suggested.
    "Sure." Ukyou replied.
    The duo walked in school, Akane humming a happy tune to herself.  Until, that was, they got to their lockers.  Akane sighed, clapped twice and ducked.  Everyone else in the area immediately pinched their nose, took a deep breath and gave Akane the thumbs up.  Akane opened her locker and a blackish-purple smoke flowed out of the locker, like an ifrit emerging from a censer.  A pair of industrial-strength fans blew the smoke out the open doorway.
    Once everyone was certain the air wasn't any distinct shade of purple, they all let go of their noses and continued on their way.  Akane picked up her shoes, turned to the trashcan that had been placed at the aisle's end for her and turned the shoes upside-down.  Out of the shoes dumped a remarkable amount of dead cockroaches, pins, needles, crushed spider-monkeys and one half-eaten donut.
    "I want to know where they find the time to learn how to cram all that crap into your school shoes and yet they don't find the time to get a clue and approach Upper Classman Kunou." Ukyou declared.
    "I know.  You'd think a direct order by the Upper Classman to leave me alone would disuade them, though." Akane responded.
    "Yeah, though I don't know why you don't go out with him.  I mean, he's a nice guy." Ukyou answered.
    "Yeah, but he's not the kind of person I wanna go out with, you know?  I've got a person in my head and I just have to find the nerve to tell them how I feel." Akane told her.
    "Well, you better act fast, or else they might find someone without you knowing." Ukyou declared.
    "Oh, I'd know if they had found someone." Akane stated.
    "Huh." Ukyou replied.

    Ranma huffed at the newbie, who was panting hard as he stumbled forward up behind the two Saotomes.
    "Pops, why are we doing this?" Ranma asked.
    "We're doing it because he has a steady supply of money.  Of course, I'd like to know where he gets it.  His wallet is never in his pants when I check for it and when he pulls it out, he always seems to have at least seventy thousand yen on him." Genma replied quietly.
    "But why?  We always ditch places without paying." Ranma snorted.
    "Yes, but with someone leaving money behind, they'll think less harshly of us if we happen to come back.  People remember those who steal outright, but they're less inclined to remember if someone just short changes them.  Nuisances can be forgotten, but thieves are remembered." Genma retorted.
    "Of course, we wouldn't have been living like thieves if you had kept a closer eye on that first guy." Ranma growled.
    "How was I to know he'd take off all of a sudden?  I swore he was standing behind me when we entered that village, but no one had seen hide nor hair of that Hibiki boy the entire time we were there." Genma responded.
    "When I see Ryouga Hibiki again, I'll pound him into paste!" Ranma snarled.
    "Yeah, just keep telling yourself that, baka." the newbie huffed as he caught his breath, before glaring at Genma, "Our deal was that you don't look for my cash supply."
    "Sorry, but I can't help but wonder about money.  You never know about thieves..." Genma began.
    "Yeah, I'm looking at one." the newbie puffed out, before standing upright, "And I'm still holding you responsible for getting us cursed."
    Genma snorted, "You knew the risks when you started training under me."
    "If it were mere physical pain, I could deal with it.  Even a social scar or some mild mental tramua could have been ignored.  BUT DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW ANNOYING BEING... THAT... IS?  At least you and Ranma turn into something you can control all the time." the newbie griped.
    "Hey, I'm not much better off than you, you know." Genma retorted.
    "Heh.  That's the one thing I _am_ happy about." the newbie noted, a mixture of a cruel grin and a sneer on his face.
    "In any case, we'll all be a lot happier once we get out of here and to Tokyo.  I think we shook most of our tails..." Genma declared, scanning the environment for anyone hiding.
    "Was that an insult, Saotome?" the newbie demanded.
    "Not at all.  I was just commenting that I was certain that we'd lost most of those amazons..." Genma responded hastily, not feeling like being mauled.
    A blush covered the newbie's face while Ranma began sweating nervously on reflex.  The trio continued on their way, not a word spoken between them.

    "A FIANCEE?!" Akane demanded.
    "I know it's old fashioned, Akane, but we should at least check out the goods.  Who knows, maybe he'll be really cute." Nabiki noted with a smirk.
    "I truly feel for you, Akane-san." Tatewaki noted as he listened from the doorway with Ukyou.
    "I thought this was family only." Nabiki commented to her father.
    "I could not help but hear.  I'll remain quiet as usual." Tatewaki smiled.
    "Father, how old is he?" Kasumi inquired.  She had dated younger men before, but she didn't want someone who was much older or younger.  Robbing the craddle wouldn't look good even in this modern society.  And she didn't want to fall into a Maison Ikkoku scenario.
    "What's he look like?"
    "Does he enjoy afternoon tea?"
    "Can he dance?"
    "What's he look like?"
    "Thai or Chinese tonight?"
    The last statement startled the group and they turned to look at Mint Tendo, Soun's wife.
    "Neither." was the collective response.
    "Spoilsports.  Fine.  Eel then." Mint huffed.
    "Dad, where did mom get a tasty for spicy food?" Akane asked.
    "She had a spicy chicken sandwich in America and she's taken it upon herself to eat anything that's incredibly spicy without flinching." Soun replied.
    "In any case, daddy, we want to know more about him." Nabiki declared.
    "I'm afraid you'll just have to wait, Nabiki.  You'll get to know him when he gets here." Soun told them, folding his arms across his chest.
    Though it wasn't spoken aloud, all of the Tendo girls knew that meant he knew nothing other than the fact that the fiancee did, in fact, exist.

    The huntress sighed and laid back on her laurels.  Glancing to the rest of her group, she knew they had been no more successful than she at catching their trail.
    "They're too good at shaking people.  One would almost think husband was a bandit more than he is." the huntress declared.
    "YOUR husband might have been." another member of the group retorted.
    "The beast you call husband is despicable!" the huntress snapped.
    "Hmph.  You've never tried it wild, I take it." the other girl retorted.
    "Just because he's-" the huntress began.
    "CHILDREN!  ENOUGH!" a sharp and commanding voice interupted.
    The four hunters turned to the eldest member and by far, the most powerful one among them.
    "We shall find them and then we will bring them home.  Bragging of who is the better husband will _NOT_ find them.  And if you had been looking more cautiously, you would have noticed that this is a deliberately false trail!  They double-backed, you hormone-driven ninnies!" the eldest member snapped, before turning her back to the rest of the group and starting off back the way they had come.
    The four girls exchanged glances and shamefully followed, embarrassed to have fallen for such a ploy.  But, then again, they all had to admit that it was pretty clever how they were avoided.  Truly, their husbands would be quite the catch when they finally _did_ catch them.

    Somewhere, in a savannah, a young boy looked around him.
    "Oh!  I've got to find them!  They need this money and their stuff!" the boy griped, before commenting to no one, "well, what's left of it..."
    Sighing, the boy continued on.

    "Okay, we're here, we're dry and we're all normal.  Where on earth are we going to hide for now?" came the newbie's demand.
    "Heh, heh, heh... that's for me to know and you to find out!  Don't worry, I've got everything under control!" Genma grinned as he stepped out of a phone booth.
    The newbie didn't like Genma's smile, nor did he like the way Genma was waving for a taxi.  A taxi stopped next to them and Genma opened the door for the newbie.
    "After you." Genma declared politely.
    Glaring more intensely at the eldest Saotome, the newbie stepped into the taxi, followed shortly by Ranma and Genma.
    "Where to?" the taxi driver inquired.
    "The Tendo Dojo, please." Genma informed her.
    Lightning crashed and thunder boomed.
    "How omnious." the taxi driver declared.

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    Idea #4
    Series: Sailor Moon
    Proposed Idea: It was just another day.  It seemed like any other.  But this was no ordinary day.  It was the day from Hell.  It was... The April Fools' Day that would never end.  Think people wearing underwear over their clothes and driving backwards is bad?  Rei has just been proposed to by Setsuna, Makoto is obsessed with eating Skittles and gum at the same time (alternating the kinds of gum), Ami keeps injecting herself with various fluids (and she gets weirder with every injection), Usagi and Haruka are robbing banks in Senshi form, and Michiru seems to be obsessed with being naked and popping up in the most bizarre places.  On top of all that, Minako keeps grabbing people and pulling them into alley ways, but only she walks out.  What's up with that?
    Chibi-Usa and Hotaru must fight a new threat to Earth by themselves, but with both of them eight year olds and Chibi-Usa only having recently mastered the Pink Sugar Heart Attack and the Moon Tiara Magic, can they defeat this new threat?  Or will the threat be too weirded out to stay?  Why are Luna and Artemis playing in Dr. Tomoe's lab with DNA from each of the Senshi and various enemies?  Where's Mamoru Chiba, Motoki, Umino, Naru, or any of the other usual cast members?  And what was banging around in that van that Minako shoved into the river?


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    Idea #5
    Series: Those Who Hunt Elves
    Requirements: Knowledge of Variable Geo, Ranma 1/2, Dirty Pair Flash, Those Who Hunt Elves and most animes with android, cyborg, nano-enhanced or people who can interact with a machine at a higher than basic user-interface.
    Proposed Idea: Those Who Hunt Androids.  Sylvie (of BGC 2033) was going to send three people back to their home dimensions with some Magitek when the device was interupted by Largo.  Now, Jun Kubota (of Variable Geo), Kei (of Dirty Pair Flash), and Tsubasa Kurenai (of Ranma 1/2) must find the magitek password to reactivate the gateway to their homes which is now on the bare skin of various androids.
    Please note that everyone will need to be a bit stronger in order to go through THIS adventure.  If you do replace the current cast I've set out, please don't use obligatory powerhouses, like the high-end DBZ characters (Vegeta, Goku, Goten, Cell, etc.), Iczer 1-3 or anyone from Fist of the Northstar.  It would lead the readers into thinking, "PFFFFT!  Who or what COULDN'T they take down?"
    Whoever takes this up must have an incredible repetoire of androids in mind.  The term android _can_ include anyone who has cybernetic implants or nanite treatment.  Some proposed (some are not necessarily APPROVED of) androids are as follows:
    Makato, Rune Venus, Fatora, Ifurita of El Hazard (either one from anime or even the two new ones that appear in the manga) (red herrings?)
    Androids 8, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, Cell and Frieza of Dragon Ball Z
    Key of Key the Metal Idol (a false trail?)
    Vash the Stampede and Knives of Trigun (a red herring?)
    Alita/Gally of Battle Angel Alita (use the manga one if you want to have a kick ass fighter)
    The Ripper (Caroline Evers), Phantom Woman, Iris Cara, Vanessa Back, Jeana and Billy Fanward from the AD Police Files (the original ones)
    Anri, Sylia, Sylvie, Brian J. Mason, Largo and Mackie of BGC 2033
    Col. Lando and his Illegal Army; Adama from BGC 2034
    Maria from Burn Up W
    Sylia, Priss, Nene, Linna, Mackie and Galatea from BGC 2040
    Kei and Yuri of the Original Dirty Pair (the manga only?)
    Wuitzil of Dark Stalkers
    Jack of Tekken
    Motoko Kusanagi and Batou of Ghost in the Shell
    Eimi and Nuku Nuku of APCCGNN
    Catty from Gall Force
    Yurika, Megumi, Ruri, Akito, Inez, Ryoko, Hikaru, Izumi, Jun, Nagare Akatsuki, Erina Wong, Minato, Jiro Yamada, Omoikane of Nadesisco
    All of the main cast of Voogie's Angels
    Mica and Mew of the Hyper Dolls
    Marie from Boku wa Metal Marie
    Lain from Serial Experiments Lain (perhaps as a replacement to the 'spirit' episode, you could have them go 'virtual')
    Iczers and Iczelions from the Iczer Series
    Spike, Jet, Ein and Ed from Cowboy Bebop
    Main cast of Sakura Wars (more red herrings?)
    Ryoko, Ayeka, Sasami, Tenchi, Yosho, Washu, Achika, Ryo-Ohki, etc. from Tenchi Muyo
    Honey Kisaragi, Black Maiden, Peeping Spider and Grandpa Danbei from Cutey Honey
    Ami and Viluy of Sailor Moon
    Shinji, Asuka, Rei, Evangelion Unit 01 of Neon Genesis Evangelion
    Skuld of Ah! Megami-Sama! (any others?)
    Jean Bu, Himeko, D from Dual
    Ai of Video Girl Ai
    Manami of Sailor Victory
    Jax of Mortal Kombat
    Robo, Mother Computer, Schala, Queen Zeal and Robo's girlfriend from Crono Trigger
    Lime, Tamasburo, Baiko, Cherry, Bloodberry, Panther, Tiger, Luchs and Marine from Saber Marionnettes J and J Again
    Aika and Nina from Aika
    Hikaru, Fuu, Umi, Zagato and Princess Emeraude from Magic Knights of Rayearth
    Melfina of Outlaw Star
    Giant Robo from Giant Robo
    Dorothy Waynewrith, Big O, Big Double O from Big O
    The Nurse from Irresponsible Captain Tylor
    Various members of FF9
    Mega Man, Roll, Rush, Beat, Mega Man X, Zero, Iris, Protoman, Bass, Treble, etc. from Mega Man

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    Idea #6
    Series: Ranma 1/2/Magical Project S fusion
    Proposed Idea: Two friends, Ginji Kawai and Shigeru Amano, make a pact that their children will marry after escaping an ancient city and it's deadly traps together.  Shigeru continues archaelogy and finding mysteries while Ginji continues treasure hunting and researching the occult.  Both manage to send letters back and forth.  When the two finally meet up again with their children, all ready to marry, they find that their children are both girls... but Misao Amano accidentally bathed in the Nanniichuan as they were passing through the Bayankala range.  So, the problem might be solved, if either of the two girls can get over their sheer embarrassment of the situation, that is.

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    Idea #7
    Series: Ranma 1/2/Final Fantasy 3 (Japanese Version)
    Proposed Idea: Ukyou asks Ranma over to help move her dryer and washer as the people who delivered them left them behind her resturaunt.  Ranma, unsure of how heavy the washer and dryer are, asks around to find two more people to come with him.  Pick any two that you can reasonably pull into it. After the group manages to get the two appliances down into the basement and the group sets down the appliances, the ground collapses beneath them and sends them deep underground.  They find themselves in a massive cavern, where they find a large crystal glowing with an almost blinding white light.
    From the crystal come a swarm of birds and insects, all glowing with the same intense light.  The group is forced to battle the birds and insects, however, midway through the battle, the insects and birds begin fusing into much larger creatures.  When the larger creatures are finally defeated, a massive Griffin appears out of the crystal.  The group fights it, but are far too weak to battle it.  Flame erupts suddenly from the ground in front of the Griffin, forcing it back to the Air Crystal it came from.
    It's then that the group hears that they were brought here by an ancient prophecy that will send them after the eight crystals of the world.  If they don't, the world will become flooded with monsters far stronger than the griffin that they're facing.  The Crystals were originally made to help take over the world, but the mage who made them was killed after sending them off to power up (Nerima was chosen because of all of the aerial moves Ranma and Co use.  It used to be around Shampoo's village and the Musk Dynasty as they used the Hiryu Shotenha the most often).  A new mage has entered to take their power, but the heroes who stopped the first mage give their support to Ranma and crew.  (it's up to you to decide if any of the heroes survived)
    Giving the heroes a reprieve from attack, the griffin and the air crystal are teleported away and the group finds themselves back in the Ucchan.  They have a map with them leading them to the first crystal.  Choose any order, but please don't make Earth the first one.  Ne? ^_^
    Each crystal is guarded by an powerful guardian (and usually a lot of minor monsters/creatures), each tied to an elemental force: Earth, Air, Fire, Water, Ooze, Magma, Ice, Lightning.  The heroes will likely have to destroy each of these crystals to keep the new power leech from abusing their powers.
    Earth's Crystal is buried in a savannah or a plain.
    Fire's Crystal is buried under a hotspring resort.
    Water's Crystal is buried in the Bering Strait or a similarly deep undersea chasm. (magic or an elemental user of water will be needed to reach it)
    Air's Crystal is hiding in the clouds around a mountain top. (a plane, magic or an elemental user of air will be needed to reach it with any speed)
    Ooze's Crystal is hiding in a swamp or marsh.
    Magma's Crystal is hiding underneath a volcano.
    Ice's Crystal is hiding in Siberia, the Artic Circle or Antarctica.
    Lightning's Crystal is hiding above or inside a large metal tower notorious for lightning strikes.

    Optional if you want more comedy: Even more confusing is the fact the only save point is Kasumi's panty drawer.  No matter which drawer she places them in, it's always THAT drawer.  It gets really confusing when she carries them or when she wears them all.  The activation sequence is putting them on their heads (which gives them a message, "Wouldst thou wisheth to save thy quest?").  To foil things, have Happosai steal Kasumi's panties, meaning they can't save until they find and beat the hell out of Happosai.
    In order for any new panties to work (if they opt to just buy new panties for Kasumi), she has to wear them, wash them and put them back into her panty drawer in order to activate the magic.
    If you're wondering, the last four crystals were chosen as additional story elements.  Four crystals can make for a short story.  Twenty elemental crystals would make for too long of a story (and it would be a tad repetitive unless you brought in a lot of minor/major rivals).  Twelve was too difficult, because that would likely have to include the negative elemental, Dust, Ash, Smoke and Vacuum.  And good luck finding a place for the first three to gather energy.

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    Idea #8
    Series: Vampire the Masquerade/Forgotten Realms
    Proposed Idea: Two opposing groups of kindred (of varying Clans) appear in Faerun.  To the surprise of all of them, they are immune to the sunlight produced by the Faerun-ian sun.  Now no longer weak to the main restriction of all Kindred, the two Clans set about starting a war in this 'new' world.
    All stats can be made into the equivalent levels.  Stats translate as so: * is equal to 3-5, ** is equal to 6-9, *** is equal to 10-12, **** is equal to 13-15, ***** is equal to 16-18.  Potence maxes strength (i.e. it becomes a natural 18) at *, goes to 19 at ** and so on.  Fortitude and Celerity would do similiar things.
    Thaumaturgy-users can use their rituals as usual, but they can also learn any Faerun magic on a different scale.  * is 1-2nd level, ** is 3-4th level, *** is 5-6th level, **** is 7-8th level and ***** is 9th level magic.
    And as all vampires in Faerun gain control over lesser undead, any unattached lesser undead that the Kindred wander by.  However, the priest's ability to turn undead would repel (but never destroy) and any holy symbols would do aggravated damage.  Healing magic would actually heal them.  Necromancers of Faerun wouldn't be able to affect them AS WELL as they might another undead, but any controlling spells would act like 'charm person' or 'geas'.  Animals probably won't react as favorably to Gangrels as before.
    Anyone with a solid knowledge of both worlds should be able to make the rest of the transition.  I'd just like to see what might happen if a Malkavian ever visited Waterdeep or Shadowdale and met the master mages who reside there.  And what could Tzimince or another Kindred do with Vicissitude and how would the Realms dwellers react to some of the more macabre works of the crueler users of the art?
    And just think how valuable Auspex would be to merchants?  How about Obfuscate to thieves?  Think of Animalism's powers (difficulties of control magical beasts would be higher), but otherwise... and what of the nasty little tricks you could do with the other Disciplines?  Detect magic wouldn't find an Obfuscated opponent and there's a good chance that Detect Invisibility might not either.

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    Idea #9
    Series: Ranma 1/2
    Proposed Idea: (at a time before Ranma comes along) Akane accepts a date from Tatewaki, hoping it'll get him off her back.  Instead, it goes the exact opposite way.  Kuno begins trying to drive off all possible suitors.  Akane, enraged at Kuno, begins to seriously train, actually transcending the level she was stuck at in the series.  By the time Ranma comes around, Akane has developed a unique fighting style that overwhelms most other fighters.  When Ranma comes, Akane isn't insulted at Ranma's incredible speed and agility.  Instead, she sees it as a perfect opportunity to improve her skills against faster and more agility opponents.
    When the other fighters begin showing up, Akane becomes more and more serious in her training, not only reaching Ranma's level, but keeping up with him and developing new techniques.

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    Idea #10
    Series: Gundam Wing / Martian Successor Nadesico / Cowboy Bebop
    Proposed Idea: The solar system has been colonized as Gate technology has allowed faster than light travel.  Over fifty colonies are spread throughout the solar system, though only half are self-sufficient.
    However, a dispute over the control of Mars, Deimos, Phobos and the nearby colony satellites leads to a violent military seizure of the colonies.  The planet of Mars and it's moons become a staging point for resistance, which results in the sabotage of the new Gate technology.  Mecha and ships become the vessels for rampant attacks.  Battles are waged between and inside the gates.  The colonies, the Earth and the Martian Alliance all develop unique types of mecha and some battles last hours, days, even weeks.  The other planets decide to remain ardently neutral, only allowing civilian/merchant vessels to enter into their territory.

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    Idea #11
    Series: Dragon Ball Z
    Proposed Idea: A different spin on Dragon Ball Z.  Bardock, Goku's father, managed to send a warning ahead to Planet Vegeta.  Only two hundred managed to make it off planet, but those have dwindled under Frieza's "employment".  Now only ninety or so Saiyans remain and Vegeta isn't going to put up with Frieza's tyranny any longer.  He believes it's time to start gathering his allies.  All of the Saiyans that have been found already have been sent out to investigate the planets where the unconfirmed Saiyan children were sent in hopes of gathering not only the Saiyan, but any other warriors who would be willing to destroy Frieza.
    Raditz arrives on Earth with Indigo, a female saiyan, and they locate Goku only to find that Goku has two children.  One is Gohan, but the other is a girl Goku adopted.  Well, the rest of what I've come up with is below.
    I hope whoever picks up this series will have everyone fighting a tad more realistically.  In other words, training to fight in a coordinated pattern rather than just standing around and waiting for someone stronger to sock the bad guy hard.

    Goku sighed.  The day was fresh and new.  He loved taking walks with ChiChi, but he wished she hadn't come up with that crazy idea of making their son a scholar.  Their son already showed the potential for a great fighter, even if only Goku knew of it.
    Speaking of his son, Goku looked down at his son, Gohan, and couldn't help but feel giddy.  He was a father.  The greatest thing ever known to him, besides his love for ChiChi, was being a daddy.  Sure, fighting was okay, but it never gave the sense of accomplishment that being a father did.
    They were walking past the tree again and Goku couldn't help but stare at the crescent shaped indentation on the tree.  A few weeks ago, Gohan's carriage had gone out of control down the hill and towards the tree.  When the carriage crashed and Goku found himself accidentally on the other side of the tree, his son had flared with a powerful aura and damaged the tree, saving himself.  Goku had not done a thing, but ChiChi assumed he had.  He didn't have the heart to tell her.
    As they neared the forest's edge, a metal plate suddenly slammed down next to the couple.  Goku glanced at it and blinked.  It wasn't long before a wolf-like humanoid landed painfully on top of the plate, blood flowing from it's mouth.
    "CHICHI!" Goku warned.
    ChiChi hit the brake on the carriage and leapt in front of it just as a girl landed nearby, snarling angrily at... the air, apparently.  She had long wild brown hair and sharp blue eyes.  The tattered remains of a dress was wrapped around her body like a bikini.
    "A girl?" ChiChi inquired.
    "She's.... a..... monster....." the wolf-man wheezed out with his final breath.
    "RAAAAAAAAAH!" the girl roared, leaping at Goku.
    The World Champion barely had time to block the hit and he was startled by the fact that he was sent reeling despite his block.  He blinked and watched in horror as the girl launched herself at ChiChi.  ChiChi dodged two of the girl's wild attacks before retaliating with a mantis strike to the girl's chest.  The girl struggled against the pressure point strike, flaring anew with her energy and leaping away.
    "She took a paralyzing pressure point and she's still moving?" ChiChi asked.
    The girl thrashed wildly, stomping and flaring with more power.  Goku saw an opening in the girl's defenses.  It was one of thousands, but it was the one that would provide him with a means of calming the girl.  Goku dashed forwards and caught the girl in a sleeper hold.  The girl struggled against his mighty arms and for a few seconds, Goku was worried he might lose his arms before she fell asleep.  However, the girl finally relaxed and Goku released his hold.
    "That is one dangerous girl." Goku noted, rolling his arms in their sockets to remove the numb sensation that coursed up and down the limbs.
    "I wonder if she has a family.... they're probably worried sick about her..." ChiChi began.
    "I'll take her to the nearest town.  Maybe the sheriff can help find her folks.  NIMBUS!" Goku called.
    "I'll take Gohan home.  Try not to miss dinner, sweetheart." ChiChi told him.
    Goku nodded as the Flying Nimbus arrived.  Goku hopped on and flew towards the nearest town.

    The police chief sighed as he turned to Goku.
    "I'm sorry, but the girl's family is dead." the police chief explained.
    "D-dead?" Goku asked.
    "They were murdered by a group of bandits about two days ago.  She's been missing since that day.  If what you told us was true, she probably took them all out." the chief told him.
    "What's her name?" Goku asked.
    "Flaw." the chief stated.
    "FLAW?!  What kind of name is that for a kid?" Goku demanded.
    "I don't really know.  In any case, I'm afraid I'm going to have to ask you and ChiChi to take the girl in." the chief responded.
    "Why?" Goku inquired.
    "Normally, we'd put her in a cell until social services came by and they'll put her in an orphanage.  However, our cells are full up and if she's as powerful as you let on, she'd probably just bust out anyway." the chief told him.
    Goku looked at the girl.  She was still unconscious and she had the most angelic look when she was asleep.
    "Okay then.  I guess we can take her in..." Goku said.
    "Hey, it's won't be so bad.  Tell ya what, I'll talk to some of the local merchants and see if they can't give your family a discount for a while.  Okay?" the chief asked.
    "Hey, thanks." Goku responded.
    "It's the least I can do, Goku.  After all, you've do so much to curtail the crime around here." the chief explained.
    "Okay, it's a deal." Goku laughed, picking up the girl and exiting.
    The chief smiled and waited until he saw Goku zipping away on the nimbus cloud.
    "I'm sorry to lie to you, Goku, but she'll be in better hands this way." the chief whispered.
    The truth of the matter was, the nearest Social Services office was twelve days away and he knew most orphanages had become fronts for recruiting for militaries or bandit gangs.  He sighed and wished he could've been more forward with Goku.  He might tell the world champion in a few years, after Goku and ChiChi had grown attached to her.
    Goku himself was still wondering what kind of parents would name their child 'Flaw'.  She was still young.  Maybe she'd prefer a different name.  Goku pondered.  What WAS a good name for a girl?
    ChiChi would probably know that.  They had spent so long discussing the possible names if Gohan had been a girl.



    Three years later...
    Gohan reached for the apple at the end of the branch he was on.  It was the juicest apple the tree had to offer and he wanted it.
    "You're gonna faaaaallllll..." came the taunting voice of his sister.
    "Quiet!" Gohan replied.
    Gohan scooted a bit further down and grabbed the apple.
    "Ha HA!" Gohan laughed.
    Then, the branch broke.  Gohan yelped as he fell towards the river, only to be intercepted and pulled back to dry land.
    "Told you so." his sister giggled.
    "Aaww, man." Gohan groaned.
    "Come on, squirt, dad's waiting." she told him.
    "Where are we going?" Gohan asked.
    "To meet some friends of dad's, at Master Roshi's.  You've been there before, but you probably don't remember." she responded.
    "So, Haruka, you gonna come with?" Gohan asked.
    "Yeah, mom says I should see what kind of guy she doesn't want me to marry." Haruka answered.
    "What's that mean?" Gohan inquired.
    Haruka shrugged.

    The spaceship slammed into the ground.  Opening his eyes, the warrior exited the pod and looked around.
    "Not much of a place, is it?" came an inquiry.
    "My little brother is supposed to be here, so why isn't this place leveled yet?" the warrior demanded.
    "Not all Saiyan warriors are like you, Raditz.  I mean, your dad was more civilized than you and he was still considered among the Saiyan best.  I mean, Bardock may have been a low-classed Saiyan, but he was still impressive.  Word had it that before he died, he was as powerful as Nappa or possibly even Prince Vegeta." the other person told the long-haired Saiyan warrior.
    Raditz glared at his companion.  She was smaller, but even he knew smaller didn't mean weaker.  It just did less to intimidate one's opponents.
    "Regardless of your nattering, Indigo, we have to locate my little brother." Raditz told his purple-haired female companion.
    Indigo clicked on her scouter and blinked, "Wow, chi ratings are higher than last scouted.  I'm reading quite a few over a thousand...."
    "Kakarott's got to be the most powerful one.  I just know it." Raditz declared.
    "Hey, what about what Vegeta-" Indigo asked.
    "Not with the scouters on!" Raditz snapped.
    Indigo sheepishly nodded and tossed hers into her pod while Raditz did the same.  The pods closed and the two Saiyan warriors flew about six miles away.
    "What about Vegeta's plan?  Do you really think if we find your brother that a measly ninety Saiyans could defeat Frieza's goons?" Indigo asked.
    "I have no doubts.  Bardock's final words rang true.  Thank the gods that he managed to send that hidden message to Planet Vegeta before Frieza arrived." Raditz noted.
    "No kidding.  Too bad only two hundred actually heeded his words." Indigo noted.
    Raditz nodded.
    "In any case, I remember a single powerful source that way.  It wasn't quite the strongest, but it was pretty darn high." Indigo noted.
    Raditz grunted in agreement.

    "HEEEEEY!" came the call.
    The ancient turtle hermit, Master Roshi, turned and looked up to see Son Goku flying towards the island on the flying Nimbus.
    "Hey, Goku!  Long time no see!" Roshi replied, waving at the approaching hero.
    The Nimbus landed and Roshi blinked.
    "Is that... Gohan?  But I thought you said Gohan was a boy...." Roshi began, staring at Haruka.
    "I'M NOT GOHAN!" Haruka growled.
    Gohan raised his hand, "I'm Gohan."
    "Oh!  Sorry about that!  Heh heh, I guess I'm getting old..." Roshi laughed.
    "Quit with the old geezer routine, Master Roshi, I know your eyes are better than dad's are." Haruka huffed.
    "Can't fool you, eh, Haruka?  Still, the two of you have gotten pretty big. I can't believe that the two of you used to be a full foot shorter than you are now.  And Haruka, you're looking stronger than ever." Roshi noted.
    "Of course, Dad and I train and spar with weighted clothing day and night." Haruka replied.
    "Speaking of which, I was wondering if you knew of any other techniques to train." Goku began, before leaning close to Master Roshi, "I need to slow her down.  If this keeps up, she'll be twice as powerful as me in less than a year!  She's so strong that I'm only matching her now!"
    "Ah, an appetite for training, eh?  I think the only things left would be my patented turtle shell training or something Bulma's been talking about.  She'll be here in a few minutes, so she can tell you what it is herself." Roshi explained, before turning, "Hey, Krillin, better get out here or else Goku'll be gone!"
    As if on cue, Bulma's hovercar pulled up to the island just as the bald martial artist came out of Roshi's house.  The turquoise-haired scientist practically leapt out of the car as Krillin hurried over to his best friend. Goku found himself being hugged by his old companions.
    "Hey, what's up you two?" Goku asked.
    "Goku, it's been so long!  I can't believe you keep me waiting for three years before you decided to make this get-together!" Bulma scolded the mighty warrior, tears of joy in her eyes.
    "Yeah, ya big goof!" Krillin replied, smiling despite the frustration he felt the last time Goku had visited while he had been off on a date.
    "Sorry, but I've been a bit busy..." Goku said, motioning to Gohan and Haruka, who had finally stepped off the Nimbus cloud.
    "Huh?  Did you have another kid and not tell us?!" Bulma demanded, pulling on Goku's cheek like an angry aunt.
    "YEAH!  How could you not tell your old pal Krillin?!" Krillin declared, ready to kick Goku across the island.
    "Oh, that's right.  Krillin missed your last visit..." Roshi noted aloud.
    "No, she...uh..." Goku trailed off, unsure if Haruka wanted to have everyone know.
    "Dad and mom adopted me after my real parents were killed by a bunch of bandits." Haruka stated firmly.
    "Oh... I'm sorry...." Bulma began, letting go of Goku's cheek.
    "There's nothing to be sorry about.  Dad's been training me in Martial Arts and I've never felt better." Haruka answered confidently.
    "Really?  Wow, you must be pretty tough..." Bulma commented.
    "Yeah, I can kick Dad around!" Haruka declared, leaping forward and launching a punch at Goku that the mighty warrior barely blocked.  The block sent him sliding backwards three full feet to the water's edge.
    "Whoa...." Bulma complimented.
    Haruka smirked.
    "Now, now, Haruka, no need to get all riled up." Goku laughed tentatively, reflexively rubbing his forearm where Haruka's fist had landed.
    Suddenly, everyone save Gohan and Bulma tensed up and turned to face south.
    "What's wrong?" Gohan asked.
    "A sizeable power... is facing off against Piccolo." Haruka declared.
    "Two powers." Krillin corrected.
    "Huh.  He's at an equal standing with the powers, he should be okay." Goku noted.
    "Anyway, Bulma, Master Roshi said you had a new way to train?" Haruka asked.
    "Oh yeah, my dad just invented a brand new gravity training room.  The gravity machine doesn't generate much gravity right now, but I thought you'd need some new training sooner or later the way you keep advancing, Goku." Bulma noted.
    "Hey, that's great!" Goku declared.
    The conversation stopped again as two dots appeared on the horizon to Bulma's left.
    "What are those?" Bulma inquired.
    "Here they come." Goku noted, turning to face the two newcomers.
    The two aliens landed on the beach.
    "Who are you?" Goku asked.
    "You must be Kakarott..." Raditz noted.
    "Uh... what?  My name is Goku..." Goku answered.
    "Oh no, I know your real name is Kakarott, you're a Saiyan, just like us." Raditz declared, motioning to his tail.
    "Search your feelings, you know it to be true..." Indigo snickered.
    Goku pondered it, "Well, it does feel really familiar..."
    "How about the name Bardock?" Raditz inquired.
    Preprogrammed learning kicked the name to Goku's forebrain and Goku gasped as the knowledge spoken to him by the recorded voice in his spacecraft as a child clicked with the rest of his memories.
    "So... I guess that makes you my uncle." Gohan noted.
    Raditz looked past Goku and nearly facefaulted.
    "Kakarott... you mated?" Raditz inquired.
    "Uh, yeah..." Goku replied.
    "Heh!  I guess your little brother's more popular than you, Raditz." Indigo teased.
    "HEY!  SHUT UP!" Raditz retorted.
    "So, what does that make you?" Haruka asked Indigo.
    "Well, a god-aunt is the closest I think I'll be to you two." Indigo told her.
    "So, Uncle Raditz, wanna spar?" Haruka asked, looking Raditz over.
    "Heh heh, your daughter's quite the comedian.  Like a little pint-sized half-saiyan like you could defeat me..." Raditz chuckled.
    "Uh, Raditz... you really shouldn't-" Goku began to warn.
    "Let's see if you can hurt me." Raditz declared.
    "Indigo, maybe you can talk some sense into him..." Goku tried to request.
    "Okay..." Haruka grinned.
    It was too late to warn Raditz.
    "Haruka, pull your punches, please..." Goku managed to get out.
    Goku could only wince as Haruka leapt forward and socked her uncle fifty feet backwards to splash thunderously in the ocean.
    "Oy...." Goku moaned, covering his face.
    Raditz burst out of the ocean and stared at his niece before returning to the beach.
    "How in the world did she _do_ that?!" Raditz demanded.
    "Well, I've been training her pretty intensely for the last three years...," Goku began leaning close to his brother, "in fact, I'm not sure if it's her doing the training or me."
    Raditz could only stare at the girl.  Though Indigo wasn't staring, she certainly was sweating.  They hadn't stopped to look at the actual power levels of the earthlings, they had only searched for power levels higher than a thousand.  Of course, since Raditz's power was at roughly nine thousand and she herself was nine thousand two hundred, to even hurt Raditz meant that Haruka was destined to be great warrior indeed.
    "She's going to get more powerful?!" Raditz asked.
    "Well, yeah, that's the idea of 'training'." Haruka responded sarcastically.
    Raditz and Indigo could only swallow hard at the thought of Haruka's power getting much higher.
    "She might be one of those destined to be a Super Saiyan..." Indigo noted.
    Raditz nodded, before wincing and clutching his jaw.  Haruka had pulled her punch and it still sent him flying.  This was a bad omen for Frieza, a wonderful omen for the Saiyan race.

    Goku sat down, still trying to get used to the fact that he had a brother and that both of them were aliens.  Indigo related the legend of the Saiyan race to everyone present.  Raditz knew the girl would've preferred being a storyteller.  She was so wonderful at it.  Even he was finding himself re-enraptured by her words as she told of Frieza's betrayl of his allies and Prince Vegeta's plan to unite the universe against Frieza and his father, King Cold.
    "...and that's why we're here." Indigo finished.
    "Wow.  This Frieza fellow must be really bad..." Goku noted.
    "You don't know the half of it.  Frieza probably already knows what Vegeta's planning, but he's not doing anything for one reason." Raditz continued.
    "What reason is that?" Haruka asked.
    "He's incredibly bored." Raditz declared.
    Everyone stared at Raditz.
    "You may think it's weird, but in all of the records of the Saiyan race, Frieza has only needed to transform up half a level." Raditz stated.
    "What do you mean 'transform'?" Krillin inquired.
    "Frieza has four levels of transformation.  Each transformation is different from each of the other forms he assumes.  His weakest form is the one he's worn for most of the time we've worked under him.  He only used his half-level transformation against Prince Vegeta's father.  His final form is his most powerful form, but no one, outside of his own people, has even seen it." Indigo explained.
    "As I was saying, he's only used half of a transformation in quite a while. However, the Saiyans were all brothers and sisters, a unified race.  We may not always give courtesy or know proper etiquette, but back then, when you hassled one saiyan, you hassled them all.  Now that our numbers are below a hundred, Frieza doesn't need to worry so much about us simply killing him with overwhelming numbers.  He realizes now that any real challenge left will be in the form of a united resistance and whatever powerful saiyans can be brought to combat him.  He too has a warrior's spirit, even if it is being crushed under his desire to control the universe.  He wants a fight that he'll remember.  And that's why he's letting us do this." Raditz told them.
    "I'm amazed you figured all that out, Raditz." Indigo declared.
    "Even I have a head on my shoulders, even if it isn't the best." Raditz retorted.

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    Idea #12
    Series: Slayers
    Proposed Idea: The Pledge of Power is made by swearing one's life to a Mazoku, a human can gain all the powers of the Mazoku.  However, like the Pledge of Immortality, the power of the Mazoku and the human are tied.  As the Mazoku or the human grows stronger, so does the other.  If one dies, the other gets all of the power that the other had, which may not be much if they were in a fierce battle.
    This is advantageous to Mazoku as the human can draw in power from dark emotions for it to feed off of, even if the two are separated by great distance.  The link allows a monster to regain it's strength at double the normal rate if both are in an area that has dark emotion.  The Mazoku can also gain a moderate immunity to things it would've otherwise avoided, such as songs of love, sealing barriers, etc.  The human, on the other hand, grows more sensitive to things that the Mazoku avoids.  He or she may become uneasy.  Unsure how this would turn into a story.  Maybe an extension of a few episodes on an existing story.

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    Idea #13
    Series: Slayers
    Proposed Idea: The Continent of Mystos, a land where six dragon clans reside.  Within two days of travel of the entire continent, flight becomes impossible.  Ships can sail through fine.  Once on the island, two days worth of travel inland becomes a dragon-only place.  Only by wearing special magical amulets that transform humans into dragons can allow them to go further.  No human can go further than three days travel inland without being violently attacked by dragon patrols.  If between two to three days travel, they are told to leave.
    All of the dragons there can assume a human form.  Many use their smaller human forms to their advantage so that they require smaller dwellings to live in, but they resume their dragon forms when on patrol.
    On the continent resides the Air Dragon Goddess, Lelelia.  She wants the heroes to go on a quest for her to collect three rare mystical artifacts in order to help seal a treaty between the Beast Master Zelas Metallium and the Dragon Gods.  None of them have any significance to either Mazoku or Dragon, so it's considered by all to be a safe deal.

    Red - They had the basic flame breath, but they can cast spells and transform easily.  They're larger than the Golden Dragons, but not by much.  They tend to be the most rational of the six dragon clans and are only second to the Golden Dragons in average intelligence.
    Yellow - They have a paralysis gas that can affect even non-breathing Mazoku, but they can't use spells.  They can shift into three other forms, Human, Wolf and Lizard.  They tend to be very laid back and connected to their environment.
    Blue - They have a lightning breath, can transform, and use lesser holy spells.  They tend to be irritable.
    Brown - They have a gravity breath, can transform, and can use white magic, but cannot manage much holy magic as a clan.  They are the most serious of the dragon clans.
    Silver - They can use magic and can transform, but lack a breath weapon.  They tend to be the haughtiest of the dragon clans.
    Black - They have three breath weapons, flame, ice and fog.  They can transform, but can use very little magic.  The pranksters of the dragon clans.  (I am so sick of Black Dragons being considered 'weak', 'dumb' or 'evil'.  I'm also sick of Silver being attributed to good or holy.  Need I remind you all that Silver is also incredibly weak and soft?  - A-kun)

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    Idea #14
    Series: Those Who Hunt Elves
    Proposed Idea: Those Who Hunt Heroines.  Here are the replacements I'd suggest, Futaba Shimeru (of Futaba-Kun Change) in the place of Airi, Gohan Son or Trunks (of Dragon Ball Z, preferably when they're teenagers) in the place of Junpei, Ryoko Subaru (of Nadesico) in the place of Ritsuko, and Usagi Tsukino in the place of Celcia.

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    Idea #15
    Series: Those Who Hunt Elves
    Proposed Idea: Those Who Hunt Supporting Cast.  That's right, take three main characters, give them something to travel in and send them after the supporting cast.  Whether or not they have to check background characters is up to you, but the main character should have a lot of stamina and the ability to get the hell away.  BTW, most supporting cast usually have a name and a line attributed to them.  Background characters are people who get one-liners and rarely a name.

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    Idea #16
    Series: Darkstalkers (or Night Warriors)
    Proposed Idea: As the world becomes more and more 'polluted' with darkstalkers, various humans begin changing spiritually.  Some say this alteration in the spiritual paths is 'tainting'.  Two children don't think so.  The evolution of mankind is required, but so long as humans think themselves as 'superior' or claim high moral ground, a true path cannot be found.  Both of them believe that by creating a new path, one can break the cycle of hatred and war that had perpetuated.  However, they must battle Darkstalkers and humans alike in order to find the general path that must be taken.
    I hadn't really had much chance to develop this much further.  The problem was getting the two to the level required to face other darkstalkers.  Darkstalkers have a natural ability to continue long after they should have been dead.  And not only that, the threat of Pyron or Jedah also lingers.
    One answer would be to give them an extraordinary talent for fighting, like Ranma, Goku, Ryu, etc.
    The next answer would be to grant them demonic/angelic ancestry or darkstalker blood, but that feels like a cheat.  Also it might force them to get all angsty like Donovan was in the anime/manga.
    Yet another answer would be to make them part of a famous bloodline of warriors or berserkers.  This might make their temper hard to control.
    The fourth answer is to give them magic, but if you've ever seen the American cartoon version of 'Darkstalkers', you'll understand why I feel that's the stupidest f**king idea I've ever seen.
    A fifth answer would be to give them a magical artifact, cybernetic enhancement, mutant genes or a cursed weapon, but I would like to see a hand-to-hand brawler between the two.
    The sixth answer would be for them to have trained in an area where both darkstalkers and humans live, allowing them to test their skills against both.
    The seventh answer would be to have them as an emissary to a great power, but again, this feels like a cheat, because the great power might give them more power when they need it.  (face it, it would make them too difficult to defeat)
    The eighth answer might be to give them extraordinary training, like gravity training or weighted clothing.
    Of all of them, I approve of ideas 1, 3, 5, 6, 8.  If you _really_ feel up to doing the others, go right ahead, but they'll likely become angst-ridden and I think Darkstalkers is already too damn angsty.  Just maintaining that angst or increasing it a bit would do for my tastes.

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    Idea #17
    What it is: A multi-universal crossover
    Series: Bakuretsu Hunters/Sorceror Hunters, Thousand Arms, Those Who Hunt Elves, Slayers
    Proposed idea: Those who saw the end to Those Who Hunt Elves will know what happened to Celcia's second attempt to return everyone home.  (Personally, it was for the best.  I mean, Mike the Tank would definitely be dangerous in our world)  Well, that combined with the effects of the Sarin Saerat (sp?) instead sends Those Who Hunt Elves into the Slayers Universe, also snatching various people from the other two worlds.  Like certain villians.  Magic would probably work for the other groups... for the most part as magic is magic, but summoning spells won't work at all for obvious reasons. (even magic has it's limits of bend-ability)  Mostly, I just wanted to see a fight between Muza and Gourry while at the same time seeing Gateau and Junpei go at it.

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    Idea #18
    Series: Mega Man
    Proposed Idea: Quite a while after the last Megaman game, Dr. Cossack and Dr. Light have created two new robots, Blaze and Amp.  These two are similiar to Megaman in design, but have built in flaws, just in case.  Blaze, obviously, can only use fire based attacks, and Amp can only use electric-based attacks.  However, the two have a knack for exploring that gets them in trouble.  Dr. Wily has returned, but it seems that even he is getting tired of fighting, so he intends to make this his grand finale.  And what better way to start a finale than to pick on two new 'bots?
    And to add to the confusion, two more robots have appeared, neither made by Wily, Light or Cossack.  Crimson Earth and Dark Freeze seem to be out to kill Amp, Blaze, Megaman, Bass and Proto Man, but neither seem to care about the other robots that exist.  Anyone who picks this up should have a knowledge of Megaman 1-7, at least.  Below is what I have written.

    At the opening of a cavern, two figures appear.  One is obviously the shorter by a whole foot, but both were of fairly average height.  The shorter of the two took up a cocky stance while the taller one seemed uncertain.
    "This cavern runs pretty deep.  Are you sure you want to go in?" the tall one asked.
    "Of course.  I didn't come all this way just to chicken out, dude." the shorter one replied.
    "Stop calling me 'dude'." the tall one growled.
    "Look, it's just an ancient rumor that 'dude' means an ingrown hair on an elephant's butt.  Besides, why would people go to that length just to give an elephant's butt _hair_ names?" the shorter one inquired.
    The tall one fumed, not wanting to discuss how embarrassing it was to take rumors for the truth.
    "In any case, I wanna check out this new mod I got." the shorter one said.
    "You and your mods.  Besides, who knows what's down there?" the taller one asked, taking off her helmet briefly to let her long brown hair breathe before replacing the helmet.
    "No one, that's why _I'm_ checking it out.  If you don't wanna follow, then don't." the shorter answered.
    ".......... I can let you do something that'll get you in trouble with Dr. Cossack, no problem.  But.... I'm not about to let you face this alone, Blaze." the taller one shot back.
    "Great to hear that, Amp." Blaze replied, not putting any inflection to indicate if he was actually happy about that or not.
    Amp sighed.  They had both been created by Dr. Light and Dr. Cossack as friends for little Kalinka, Cossack's daughter.  And while Blaze did protect and occasionally play with Kalinka, he often headed for old sites that Dr. Wily had been at and challenged the old labs in hopes of finding something of interest.
    "Hey, Amp, going to sit back there and cycle on your fem-bot processors or not?" Blaze inquired from about two hundred feet below Amp.
    "BLAZE!" Amp roared, leaping down after the arrogant robot.
    "Hey, that time of the software upgrade?" Blaze asked.
    Amp fired a few plasma bolts at Blaze.  Yelping and dodging, Blaze realized he had accidentally hit the female robot's buttons a little too hard.  Blaze hurried into the hull of one of Dr. Wily's now-ruined ships, seeking shelter from the now enraged female robot.

    Megaman Chaos
    Chapter 1 - Dr. Wily's Surprise

    Dr. Cossack wasn't very happy at the moment.  He had been planning on giving Amp her newest mod, but it seemed she and Blaze were gone again.  Luckily, Roll entered the room, giving Cossack a person to talk to.
    "Dr. Cossack, what's up?" Roll asked.
    "Roll, do you know where Amp is?  I was going to give her the same modification I gave Blaze, but now I can't find her." Dr. Cossack responded.
    "Actually, I think I saw her and Blaze heading for Jagger's Cavern earlier. They probably went to check on one of Dr. Wily's old lab.  They'll be back soon, so don't worry." Roll told him.
    "I can't help but worry.  Blaze always goes off the instant I give him a new modification.  I'm almost ready to stop giving him modifications altogether." Dr. Cossack growled.
    "He's young.  Megaman and I were the same way before Dr. Wily came around.  Blaze just needs some real experience and then he'll calm down." Roll replied.
    "Where is Megaman, anyway?  I wanted to give you and him both this new modification." Dr. Cossack inquired.
    "I think I saw him in his garden.  Every since he took up the hobby, he's become surprisingly good with plants." Roll responded.
    Dr. Cossack was about to head outside when Roll inquired, "What's this new modification anyway?"
    "It's something I've been tinkering with.  It's a brand new strength augmentation.  I got the idea studying Megaman's modification of Gutsman's power.  I want to install it in you all in case of an emergency where you can't lift something by normal strength alone.  It might even let you jump higher than you normally can." Dr. Cossack answered.
    "Hmmm, well, anyway, Kalinka should be home from school soon, so don't dally." Roll told him, trying to sound appreciative, even thought she didn't particularly like the obvious combat-orientation of the modification.
    "Right.  I'll get Megaman's modifications done and that'll be it for the rest of the day." Dr. Cossack answered.
    "Okay." Roll finished.
    Roll exited the room and headed to the kitchen when she noticed Dr. Light slumped in his favorite recliner.  Her mechanical heart skipped a beat before she heard his light snoring.  Relaxing considerably, she grabbed a blanket and laid it over him.  Just a few years ago, he would stay awake for the standard 16 hours a day, but age was finally catching up on the good doctor.  Now she worried that he was finally going to pass away.  He was well over eighty-seven, yet he tried to act like he was a teen.
    If it weren't for Dr. Cossack, Thomas Light might've overworked himself to death.  But now, with a new co-worker, Dr. Light had time to take these unexpected naps.  Roll was thankful for Dr. Cossack's kindness, but little Kalinka needed her father.  So it was time for Roll herself to pick up the engineering angle of the miniature war that seemed to be occurring in the unstable world.
    "Dr. Light, when you wake up, please teach me to build and invent like you do." Roll murmurred.
    Roll turned and headed for the kitchen, unaware that Dr. Light had been waking up.
    "So, Roll, you know it too, eh?  Well, time to get inventing..." Dr. Light whispering to himself as he slipped out of his chair and into his lab in less time than it took for most people to stand up and take two steps.  Thomas Light set about creating a true masterpiece of software: A program to continually invent new inventions.

    Blaze powered up his cannon and fired into the swarm.  The blast took out about seven of the robots, but did nothing more.
    "We just HAD to come down here, didn't we?" Amp asked, firing a full-powered megabuster shot at the cluster, annihilating a good majority of the swarms security bots.
    Blaze switched to his fire cannon and blasted the remaining bots, before replying, "Look, if WE don't take care of them, then who knows what will happen!  Besides, it's either fight them here, or fight them in a populated city.  Which do you think will get us grounded more?"
    Blaze looked for the robot generation unit as Amp ducked out of some nearby remains of a wall as a cannon popped out of the ceiling and started firing at her.
    "THERE!" Blaze growled, unleashing a high-powered megabuster shot.
    The generator exploded just as the shot struck it.
    "Ha!  No one can get the best of me." Blaze declared cockily.
    That's when he was flung backwards, courtesy of the ceiling cannon.  Amp blasted the cannon the instant it took it's attention off of her, but her shot destroyed the cannon a little too late.
    "Blaze, you okay?" Amp inquired.
    "My auto-repair is doing just fine.  Two seconds before I'm back to tip-top shape." Blaze responded.
    "That blast must've been a strong one if it's taking you more than three seconds to recover." Amp noted, frowning.
    "Yeah.  I think Wily primed that cannon for defeating Megaman in a few shots." Blaze stated, sitting up.
    "I did." came a very familiar voice.  The voice was so familiar that both bots had it analyzed instantaneously.
    "WILY!" both bots exclaimed.
    Dr. Wily, evil genius extraordinaire, stood on the balcony of the once-abandoned castle that the duo had come to investigate.
    "Time to move on, little bots." Dr. Wily growled.
    "No way, Wily!  We may not be as tough as Megaman, but we sure as heck aren't going to let YOU get away with anything!" Blaze snapped back.
    Dr. Wily's grin turned sinister.
    "Then fight my newest creation..." Dr. Wily said, motioning to the ground below him.
    Well over sixteen tons of scrap metal lay in front of the castle and Wily.  Out of the scrap came a single figure.  Searching their memory archives of old Wily bots, the closest that came to the figure was Dust Man.  However, whereas the last Dust Man had his face in the middle with the vacuum on the top of his body, this Dust Man had his head on top and the vacuum in the middle.
    "You sent DUST MAN after us?  Geez, Wily, I knew you could be stupid, but SHEESH!" Blaze growled.
    "Blaze, Dust Man _was_ _still_ a Robot Master...  and he looks a lot bigger and..." Amp reminded him.
    "Yeah, and Megaman beat him years ago! Which means, he should be a cinch for me!" Blaze laughed, leaping at the reconstructed Dust Man, ignoring the spontaneous ominously rolling thunder.
    That was when Dust Man started collecting some of the scrap metal.  He stopped abruptly and launched something at the incoming Blaze.
    "WhA!?" Blaze yelped, dodging as best as he could as the object in question slammed into the ground in front of Amp.
    "It's... Guts Man?!" Blaze asked, landing halfway to Dust Man.
    The orange and red industrial robot was almost unmistakable, but there was something wrong about his body.
    "ZOMBIE BOT!" Amp shrieked.
    "Rrrrrgghhh...." the robot exclaimed, climbing out of the ground to attack Amp.
    "IT'LL EAT MY PROCESSOR!" Amp cried hysterically.
    Amp fired a charged shot of plasma at the reconstructed robot.  He shattered like cheap glass.  She let out a sigh of relief.  Then, he reassembled.
    "What the-!  Guts Man couldn't do that!" Blaze demanded.
    Before Blaze could protest further, he was blasted from behind by a powerful explosion.  He rolled to a stop and turned to see Air Man... sorta. Air Man had been reconstructed so that he only had one eye, he seemed to have Napalm Man's right arm and Guts Man's left arm.  And his left leg looked too weak and flimsy to be his own.
    "Hey!  No fair!" Blaze protested.
    "Run along, little robots." Wily laughed.
    "Napalm, eh?  Well, I hope you haven't eaten, bomb-boy, because I'm about to give you a knuckle sandwich!" Blaze growled, firing an explosive naplam canister at the reconstructed bot.  Only, the canister was eaten by a snake.
    Blaze blinked, then turned to see Drill Man, only Drill Man seemed to have Spark Man's left arm as his own, and an extra arm above his right arm.  His right leg didn't look right either.
    And Drill Man wasn't alone.  There was Spark Man and Skull Man behind him.  Skull Man was mostly just a skull, but he had Crash Man's right arm, which seemed to take the place of a body.  He had a red ruby on his forehead and was floating without any visible form of propulsion.  He also had a disturbing purple aura around him.
    Spark Man had Drill Man's missing arm in place of the one that the electric Robot Master had lost.  However, Charge Man's head-mount and backpack were also on the Robot Master and he had Hard Man's right leg, which was giving off an unhealthy green glow.
    Not only that, but Guts Man had gotten ahold of Amp and was crushing her.  She remained brave while making a futile attempt to break free, "Why does this feel like bad remake of Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' with cheaply made robots in the place of zombies?"
    That's was when a series of Crash Bombs struck Amp, damaging the female bot and shocking her system.  The Skull Man head floated back and forth, considering Amp's state of shock.  Blaze considered all this and decided that he might as well take everyone else down.  He began powering up for an overload.  Wily, realizing what the bot was about to do, considering his options.  On the one hand, it would get rid of an annoying creation of Dr. Light.  On the other, he wasn't a cheap mechanical robot like all the other times, and dodging shrapnel wasn't something he was up for these days.
    "I'm feeling merciful.  After all, I want that annoying blue hero instead of you two.  Run home to Dr. Light and tell him that I'm restarting my reign of terror one last time.  All or nothing." Wily told them.
    Realizing that Wily was going to let them go, Blaze leapt back next to Amp and shot both Skull Man and Guts Man, causing the floating head to spin away and the industrial Robot to fall apart again.  He wordlessly picked up Amp's damaged form and started to run for cavern's opening.  That was when he felt another explosion hit him.   Blaze tumbled forward, losing his grip on Amp, who was still recovering.  The two bots slid to a stop a few feet from each other, but relatively all right.
    "Hey!  I thought you were letting us go!" Blaze growled.
    "I am.  If you can get out of this cavern alive, you may go!" Wily laughed.
    Blaze grabbed Amp again as Skull Man began firing mines all around him and both Spark Man and Drill Man began tossing out bolts of electricity.  Glancing back, he noticed that Dust Man was creating another Robot Master.  Growling and dodging as best as he could, he double-timed it to the entrance of the cave.  That was when Air Man unleashed a gale wind, sending both Blaze and Amp flying out of the cavern.
    Blaze slammed into the ground a lot harder than Amp did.  Wincing at the fact that 67% of his body was in desperate need of repair, he managed to get leverage from his position and forced himself into a crouch, so he could fire at the still approaching Robot Masters.
    "Wily, you backstabbing-" Blaze began before Spark Man slammed into him, sending the robot to his back.
    Spark Man raised his drill arm and prepared to rend the younger bot to pieces when a buster shot blew off his drill arm.
    "They're free to leave." came a menacing voice.
    "Proto... man..." Amp managed to get out as she tried to pushed herself upright.
    The reconstructed Robot Masters backed off, turned, then re-entered the cavern.
    "You two okay?" Protoman asked.
    Blaze was silent while Amp managed a response, "56% damage to legs, 78% damage to arms and torso."
    "You two are in nasty shape.  I'll get you home." Protoman assured them.
    "Thanks Protoman." Amp replied.
    In a burst of light, the trio returned to Dr. Light's lab.

Terms: Somewhere in the games, the normal shot from a Megabuster was called a Megabuster shot.  To me, a Megabuster shot is actually a reference to the first-stage of charged shot that a Megabuster has.  A high-powered Megabuster shot is the maximum power output the Megabuster in question can fire.  A Plasma shot is what the normal shot will be refered to as.

    "..." Megaman noted.
    "..." Roll scolded.
    "I can't believe you two!  You go running off to a dangerous place, you nearly get yourselves destroyed and you don't even have anything to say for yourselves!  Amp, you ran off without waiting for your own upgrade, and Blaze, I'm sorely tempted to remove YOUR upgrade." Dr. Cossack ranted angrily at the two recently repaired bots.
    "Sorry." Blaze muttered apologetically.
    "But in the end, Dr. Cossack, it was for the best.  We now know that Wily is back _again_ and this time seems to be far more dangerous than usual.  He's never issued a formal challenge BEFORE his reign of terror." Megaman noted.
    "That's true.  That means he's been planning extensively, so you'll need their help.  But, Blaze, you are going to be under VERY close supervision." Dr. Cossack declared.
    "So, what sound we do?  Wily's probably long gone, so we should probably search for clues." Roll concluded.
    "Right.  Where's Rush?" Megaman asked.
    "He's playing with Kalinka.  When we're not with her, Amp makes sure Rush is-" Blaze noted.
    An explosion sent everyone to the ground.  Scrambling to their feet, Megaman, Blaze and Amp hurried out of the room, follow shortly by Beat, Tango, Dr. Cossack, Dr. Light and Roll.
    Standing over Rush's damaged form was black and red robot that was similar in design to Amp, but it had a sinister look in it's eyes.  It stood at Amp's height, and if it weren't for the lack of flesh-tones on it's face, it would've looked just like the young robot.
    Behind the sinister black and red robot was a robot that almost looked like a human female, save for the acutuator lines around it's joints.  The female robot had long blue hair and wore a purple dress.  In her hands was Kalinka, obviously out for the count.  Snorting at Cossack's terrified cry, she dropped the young girl to the ground.
    "Hello, little ones.  I am Dark Freeze and this is my partner, Crimson Earth.  We came to extend a little greeting.  We'll be seeing you later..." the woman declared, leaping away and blinking out of existance with a flash of light purple light.
    Crimson Earth vanished a few seconds later in a red light.


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    Idea #19
    Series: Megaman Legends
    Proposed Idea: A continuation of Megaman Legends, which starts with the Bonnes landing on another island.  Well, read what I have below and see if you can continue.  It'll help if you've played Misadventures of Tron Bonne.

    Two years ago...

    The beach was a serene place.  Many people go to the sea to get tans, relax or find things.  The group that had just landed on this beach in particular was out to find things, but not the stuff normally found at beaches.  Then again, they had just floated here on a ship that resembled an enormous metal innertube, pulled by a tank-like mech.
    A green-armor wearing man stepped out of the tube-shaped ship and leapt to the sand.  He looked around briefly, his abnormally long and spiky white hair shaking back and forth like a tail as he turned his head.  His solid red eyes blinked a few times before he turned to the mech that had pulled the tube.  The mech stood as tall roughly 10 feet tall.  With two fairly short legs, two enormous arms, a massive chest, and a tiny head with a strange cannon stuck to the back, the mech looked like a gorrila made of metal.  Only gorillas don't normally have jump jets on their backs, nor do they replace their left hand for weapons.
    "How's the Gustaff doing?" the man inquired.
    The chest of the mech opened, revealing a tiny yellow robot that had an enormous blocky head, two clamp-like hands, and a blue body.  In all, it looked like a 2'5" Lego man.
    "It's doing just fine, Mr. Tiesel, sir." the Lego man responded.
    "Where are the other Servebots, #1?" Tiesel asked.
    "They're right behind you, sir.  They're retrieving Master Bon and Miss Tron." Servebot #1 informed him.
    Tiesel turned to see an hulking orange and yellow form that was easily as large as the Gustaff.  It had two arms like the Gustaff, but it's legs were long and thicker while it's main torso also took the role of a head.  A orange and yellow device stuck out of the torso of the form's torso, which looked like a pacifier.
    "Babuu." the form told Tiesel.
    "I'm glad you aren't feeling sea sick, Bon." Tiesel answered.
    "Hey, what about me?" a yound girl asked.
    "We're waiting for you to be described." Tiesel informed her.
    "......" was the girl's reply.
    The girl in question was the final member of the family, Tron, the only full-human in the family.  Her hair was pulled back in such a fashion as to give her the look of wearing a baseball cap backwards.  Pink gloves covered her hands, and she wore black pants and a black coat that was left open to show her pink shirt.  On the chest of her shirt was a skull design.
    "Okay, Tron, it's over." Tiesel responded.
    "......" was the girl's reply.
    "All right, first order of business is this: Servebots, you scout out the area.  Bon Bonne, you and the Gustaff get that enormous refractor out of the water and place it on the beach." Tiesel called out, before turning to his sister, "Tron, you check on the ship.  See if we could do anything with it.  In the meantime, I'll help the Servebots scout and try to find a-"
    Another mech, very similiar to the Gustaff landed on the beach in front of the group.  The major difference between the Gustaff and the mech in question was the bulk.  The new mech was slimmer in the torso, had longer legs and possessed a pair of secondary arms just below the main ones.
    All forty Servebots panicked and stepped away, save #1, who closed the hatch on the Gustaff and prepared for combat.  Bon also took up an aggressive position.  The mech slowly walked forward as Tron hurried over the Gustaff.  #1 opened the hatch to let Tron in and then shut the hatch again.  Tiesel backed away uncertainly, as he had no real weapons of his own.  Then, the mech stopped and the chest opened to reveal a brown-haired, blue-eyed young man.
    "Tiesel Bonne.  I never thought I'd say that name again." the young man said, climbing out of the mech to reveal a slightly overweight body that was covered in sweat.
    [Mental note to self: Put better air conditioning in mech.] the young man thought to himself.
    "D-d-David Fulner?!  What are you doing here?!" Tiesel asked, relaxing considerably.
    "Trying to start up a new crime wave, what else?" David answered.
    "Tiesel, who is this?" Tron demanded as she exited the Gustaff and headed over to her brother.
    "This is David Fulner, a young man who I did some of my early heists with.  He and I go WAAAAY back." Tiesel responded.
    "In fact, I was the one that helped your brother after his accident.  Of course, I had to go into hiding after that little incident because the Police got my name on tape." David told them.
    "Sorry about that, David." Tiesel replied.
    "No harm done, Tiesel.  Besides, you took care of that jerk Loath.  That earned my respect-" David began before noticing the enormous refractor tied to the back of the Bonne's ship, "And you just hit the jackpot, my friend."
    Tiesel noticed his gaze and gave a smug grin.
    "Yes, I did." Tiesel answered.
    Shaking in disbelief, David walked closer to the ship to examine the refractor.
    "Isn't it a beauty?" Tiesel asked.
    "I'll give you five million zenny for it." David responded.
    Tiesel choked.  Five million was roughly what he thought it worth.  To get anyone to actually PAY that amount...
    "I sense your hesistation, but I won't go any higher than seven million." David told the leader of the Bonne family.
    "SEVEN MILLION ZENNY?!!" Tron blurted, flabbergasted at not only the price, but the fact that one of Tiesel's buddies had that much to spare.
    Tiesel was hyperventilating.  It was too good to be true.
    "David, you-you're going to BUY this refractor?!" Tiesel inquired.
    David nodded seriously.  Tron's shock faded as she started considering what the other pirate would need a giant refractor for.
    "But what would you need that big of a refractor?" Tron asked.
    "We're building an enormous airfortress.  One that not even the police could stop and one that would add more space to this small mudball planet.  But to keep it up in the air, we _need_ an enormous refractor.  If we don't get one, we'll likely wind up creating too many engines for the damn thing." David responded.
    "But how on earth did you get seven Million zenny?!" Tiesel asked.
    David sweatdropped.
    "Um.... it's part of a payment plan, right?" David inquired.
    Tiesel facefaulted.  The Servebots stared.  Tron rolled her eyes.  She should've expected this.
    "Payment Plan?" Tiesel asked.
    "Look, only loan sharks have millions of zenny on hand.  Pirates like me have built up nest-eggs, but even so, we're not going to have seven million outright." David informed the tall man.
    "What kind of idiots do you take us for?!" Tron demanded, getting ready to punch this newcomer.
    David waved his hands in defense.
    "Whoa, whoa!  I'm stupid at times, but I'm not about to cross the Bonne family.  I've got two million zenny right now and unless you take the payment plan, you're not going to get much more from anyone else on this planet.  Plus, I'm promising another five million zenny.  The most you'll probably get on the market is about three million zenny.  And that's if a collector or an art fetishist wants it and I'll probably wind up stealing from those sorts anyway.   Come on, Tiesel, we're buddies.  You'll accept an IOU from me, right?" David inquired.
    "Let me think about this." Tiesel responded.
    "Sure, I'll head down the beach.  Send one of your bots to get me when you've decided." David said, heading back to his mech and climbing in.  In a few minutes, he was out of sight.
    "Tiesel-" Tron began.
    "No, Tron, he's right.  Something like this will only attract attention from other pirates.  Not to mention I trust him as far as I can spit a rat and that's more than I trust other pirates.  If he says he'll pay us seven million, he'll pay us seven million.  Besides, we can rebuild the Gesselschaft with the money he's offering and even improve it!" Tiesel noted.
    Tron sighed.  It seemed like the best offer they were ever going to get.  She turned to Bon, "What do you think, Bon?"
    "Babuu baaaabuu babu babuuu." Bon told her.
    "Hmmm, I guess you're right.  #16, go get him." Tron said.
    Servebot #16 raced down the beach, but had to stop short as David's mech was heading back towards them.
    "Bad news!  Police are here!" David called.
    "THE POLICE?!" Tiesel and Tron demanded.
    "The Police?!" The Servebots asked.
    "#1, Bon, get the Refractor!" Tiesel demanded.
    "Hey, wait, the police aren't _THAT_ big of deal.... are they?" Tron asked.
    "Most police forces aren't, but the one for THIS island IS." David answered, turning and extending one of the secondary arms before firing a number of plasma bolts in the direction he came from.
    Seven police mechs came running up the beach.  All seven of them were slightly taller than the Gustaff and carried enormous clubs as well as guns.
    "HALT IN THE NAME OF THE LAW!" came the yell from the mechs.
    "Let's move, everyone!  Some of my boys'll be showing up soon!" David answered.
    Bon Bonne picked up the giant refractor by himself.
    "Bon, Tiesel, and all Servebots not prepped for combat, get going.  We'll hold off the police." Tron said, hopping into the Gustaff once more.
    "Head towards the island's center.  Tell them that you're the Bonnes and they'll get you to safety." David responded, extending all of the arms on his mech and firing alternating shots and the surprisingly agile Police mechs.
    The Gustaff aimed it's Search Cannon and fired, striking the Police mechs dead on while David's fire either forced them together or drove them apart.  The police could handle dodging one attacker, but not two.  The small Servebots began tossing bombs and grenades at the Police mech to keep them back where the fire power of the twin mechs was superior.  A few of the Police mechs fired shots at the two mechs, but the bullets did very little damage to the hard armor of the Gustaff and David's mech.
    "Let's finish this, shall we?  Razorblade, Ultimate Shot!" David yelled.
    All of the arms powered up and fired a combined beam of solid plasma, sweeping the area the Police mechs were in.  The beam blasted all of the police mechs onto their backs, where they kicked and flailed helplessly.  However, Tron noted that the police mechs were still fully operational.
    "Not bad, but a little wasteful." Tron told him.
    "Well, it's the most effective attack my Razorblade has." David responded.
    "It almost reminds me of Glyde's attack." Tron noted.
    "He was the inspiration.  I decided if that dork could create a powerful attack with one beam cannon, I should be able to copy it four times over.  Unfortunately, the armor upgrades that the Police mech had recently are severely dampening the after-effect.  In any case, we should get going.  It'll take them a good eight minutes more to get up." David said, turning the Razorblade in the direction that Tiesel and Bon had run off into.
    As the Servebots and the Gustaff began following, numerous explosions popped up a short way in the distance.  Panicking at the thought of Tiesel and Bon being injured, the group hurried.  Finally, they came into a clearing where they found Tiesel and Bon on the ground with numerous injuries.  A massive crater filled the rest of the clearing.
    Bon Bonne had fairly non-critical injuries, but Tiesel had very critical injuries.  And that made Tron's heart turn to mushy oatmeal.
    "TIESEL!" Tron cried, turning the Gustaff towards him and hurrying over.
    "Master Tiesel!" #28 cried, leading a majority of the Servebots over to Tiesel.
    The other Servebots hurried over to Bon to check on him.  The Razorblade walked over to the crater.
    "Hey, Tron, GET OVER HERE!" David called.
    Tron growled, before turning to #28 and addressing him, "#28, you're in charge.  Get Tiesel to a hospital!"
    "There's one to the east about a minute away.  If you get him there fast enough, he should be fine." David said.
    Eight of the Servebots carried Tiesel off while twelve more carried Bon in the same direction.  The Gustaff hurried over to where the Razorblade stood.
    "This had better be important!" Tron growled.
    "What form of explosive makes a crater, but doesn't kick up any dirt?" David asked, motioning to the peculiar hole.
    "Huh?" Tron inquired.
    "Look around.  Do you see any dirt kicked up from a missile or a bomb?  Anything that made this and did that to Tiesel Bonne would need to be strong.  And yet, this crater is almost sculpted." David explained.
    Tron took note of the crater.  David was right.  It was after if someone had taken an enormous ice cream scoop and craved out the crater, then smoothed the remaining ground to an almost glass-like surface.
    "What the-" Tron began.
    "I don't know how they did it, but someone managed to attack your brothers and take that enormous refractor in the span that it took us to be distracted by the Police mechs." David stated.
    Before David could say anymore, the Gustaff leapt into the crater and walked to the center.  Reaching down, it grabbed something and began pulling.
    "Little help!" Tron called.
    David frowned in confusion and leapt into the crater as well.  The two mechs grabbed the object and freed it from the ground.
    ".........." David responded, staring at the refractor that had been 'lost'.
    "No one stole the refractor, it just got buried.  But... why would someone attack Tiesel and Bon and not take the refractor?" Tron asked.
    Suddenly, the ground began shaking.
    "I think that answers that!" David said, as they raced up and out of the crater.
    An massive hulking form popped out of the ground.  It looked remarkably like the Gustaff, causing everyone to blink briefly.  It stood over fifty feet tall with one hand turned into a gatling cannon.  Tron handed the large refractor over to the Servebots.
    "Great, a Reaverbot!" David growled.
    "Get that to a safe place and guard it until I, Tiesel or Bon come get it!" Tron said.
    Tron nudged #1.
    "Let's do it." Tron growled.
    The Gustaff and the Razorblade charged the large figure...


    * * * * * *


    Present Day

    "Hey, Bon, have you found those ruins yet?"
    "Babuuu." Bon replied.
    David smiled.
    "Great.  We're only two million from finally paying you guys back, and if what they say about the size of the refractor in this ruin is true, we'll be all paid off." David noted, before commenting to Bon, "By the way, thanks for helping us out, Bon.  This probably would've taken a lot longer if you hadn't helped out."
    "Babuu." Bon informed him.
    David's smile faded.
    "Someone else is there?  Crap!  I'll be there in a few seconds!" David growled.
    "Razorblade II, this is the Gessellschaft II, are you okay down there?" came Tron's voice on another communications line.
    "Yeah, I'm fine, but Bon found someone else at the ruins.  I'm going to back him up, but I get the feeling we might need you guys to send in the Gustaff." David responded.
    "Hmmm.  Right.  Block D, prepare a few Drache.  I'm going down there personally." Tron growled.
    As the communications line closed, Tiesel's protests began.
    "But, Tron-" Tiesel began.
    "No 'buts', Tiesel.  I've got a bad feeling that I should be down there.  Besides, I've managed to upgrade the armor and weapons on the Gustaff.  This will be no problem, even if something like a giant reaverbot is down there." Tron told him.
    Tiesel sighed.
    "Fine.  Just promise me that you'll come back, okay?" Tiesel asked.
    Tron sighed inwardly.  Ever since that reaverbot attack two years ago, he'd been in a large funk.  He had lost most of his arrogant rage and with it, most of his confidence.  He had recovered quite a bit, but it was very sad to see him.  He stayed on the bridge and ate in his room.  She'd have to snap him out of this funk before David finished paying them back and the Bonnes went off on their own again.  Deciding to once again put it off, she went to the launching platform with seven of her Servebots.

    The Gustaff raced up the sharp slope with surprisingly little effort.  The servebots following along, however, struggled a bit more.  With really needing any instructions, the servebots linked hands just before the Gustaff grabbed the one furthest up the slope and hoisted all of the the servebots up the slope.  At the top of the slope,  Tron and the
servebots noticed the Razorblade II and Bon Bonne.  She piloted the Gustaff over to them.  The servebots followed shortly.
    "Tron, there's the problem." David said, motioning to the ruins.
    Tron grumbled as she took note of what was going on.  A group of very distinct characters stood at the entrance of the ruins.
    The first one was an almost bald barrel-shaped man with a permenant grin and a cone-shaped metal nose that ended in a dangerous point.  He was wearing a faded three-piece purple business suit that was tattered a bit around around the cuffs.  The next was a tall man wearing a brown outfit with a gold trim.  His hair was a very light brown feathered in a style that covered his left eye.  The rest of the group was made up of small foul-mouthed bird-robots that had two dimensional personalities.
    "Birdbots!" all of Tron's servebots cried in dismay.
    "Glyde and Loath!" Tron spat.
    "Baaaabuuuuuu.   Babu baaabuuu babuuuu." Bon noted.
    Tron nodded.
    "You're right, Bon, it IS strange that they managed to get out of jail.  I mean, it's only been four years.  You'd think they'd be in for a lot longer." Tron agreed.
    "Why do you think Loath was always so difficult for the police to catch?  I mean, Glyde went off on his own quite often, so Loath must've had someone to bust him out." David declared.
    "Oooohhh!  That guy is as slippery as an eel!" Tron growled.
    "Well, we certainly can't let them have the refractor." David noted.
    "Hey, where's their mech?" Tron asked.
    "Mech?" David asked.
    "Babuu?" Bon inquired.
    "I don't think Glyde would try to go through a set of ruins without a mech to back him up.  His Bird bots are tough, but they can't handle Reaverbots." Bon declared.
    "Hmmmm, they might have it looking for...." David trailed off, before both the Razorblade II and the Gustaff spun around and fired wildly.
    The bird-esque mech that had been descending towards them in an attack run was knocked aside and it's powered shot struck a canyon wall.  The wall fractured, but remained in one piece.
    "Come on, we've got to make sure Loath, Glyde and those stupid bots don't get the treasure!" David roared, piloted his Razorblade II forward as Loath and company hurried into the ruins.
    "But what about their mech?" Tron asked.
    ".....!  Bon, let's take it down. Tron, you and the Servebots go after Loath and company.  We'll be along shortly!" David answered.

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    Welp, that enough to convince you I haven't been sitting on my can?

    Anyway, if you want to pick these, I wouldn't _mind_ being sent an e-mail being informed of it at akun15@hotmail.com with the subject line, "picking up your idea" or something similar.

    By the way, anyone out there got a copy of Breath of Fire 2 and want to sell it from less than $10?  I've been bitten by the nostalgia bug and I've always wanted to finish what I started when I rented it.  I can send you the money and pay for the return shipping, but I haven't got any more money.  For reasons outside of my control, I've been left with a temporarily permanent character flaw of "mostly broke" as well as "spend without thinking much".

    Oh, and to everyone out there, DO NOT BUY THE SOFTCELL ANIME KNOWN AS AKIKO.  IT SUCKS DONKEY TURDS, REALLY!

 Ben McCrillis <aka. A-kun>
 reply at akun15@hotmail.com
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