Ranma 1/2 - Fantasy Beyond 

A pseudo Fantasy Dungeons & Dragons crossover

by DJGeek


Disclaimer: Ranma 1/2 is not mine, and Dungeons and Dragons is
                      also not mine.  If I said it was mine, I�d be 
                      sued out of my wallet.


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PART 1
THE TALE AS IT BEGAN
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Ranma realized he was alone.

Even though he had Akane, the Tendo family, and his �best friend�, 
it was still not enough.  Although he lived in the Tendo dojo for 
a long amount of time, he still did not actually know the rest 
of the entire family, except for Kasumi.  Even she had her own
dreams but was tied down due to her responsibilities.  Ranma felt 
so sorry for Kasumi and tried to take her responsiblity, but 
nevertheless she had refused, explaining this was her chosen path.  
Reluctantly, Ranma accepted it albeit it seemed wrong to him.

The young martial artist breathed a deep breath of the chilling 
air of night and looked at his hands. he kept on remembering 
about the fight with Saffron in China.  For all these years, 
he stuck down to the belief that a martial artist could not kill 
out of cold blood, yet he shed blood out of hatred and desperation, 
and for Akane.  Luckily, he suceeded to bring his fiancee back to 
life.

But that was not just the problem.  He discovered that he had 
immense skill and power, enough to alienate himself from anybody, 
even other martial artists.  Saffron was not just anybody; he was a
demigod, and demigods were extremely difficult to die.  Yet, Ranma 
was successful in destroying him.  Ranma didn't just improve his 
skills; he was THAT powerful.  It also scared him.  Many of his
peers began to be afraid of him and avoided any contact.  Even the 
whole Tendo family, with the exception of Akane, avoided him.  His 
fiancee remained herself.

Hiroshi and Daisuke seemed slightly distant to him.  It was not just 
of his intimidating stature, it was lack of communication.  Sure 
they talked the occasional small talk, but it wasn't that.  He 
didn't show any real friendship with them due to his pride and lack 
of real knowledge of friendship.  Heck, even though he thought 
Ucchan was his best friend, he began questioning that ever since 
she kept on chasing for his affections and ruined the wedding.

Akane.  He said those three words when she came back to him, but he 
realized those were just words of relief and desperation.  After 
the wedding, she became more angry at him and distant. not to
mention a driven desire to become better than him.  Ranma had notice 
the increase of Akane's skills, but every time he tried to have a 
tender conversation with her, she would back off and question his 
sanity.  Therefore, the only words of tenderness was "Hi" and 
"Wanna spar?"

His rivals and fiancees were no exception.  Ryouga was still himself, 
and Ranma's fiancees didn't learn anything when he told them he 
didn't love them.  Kodachi blamed Akane for his madness, and Shampoo 
believed Akane did something to him.  But the worst of all was that 
Ucchan didn't listen to him.  She kept on insisting that he was making
a wrong choice and threatened to break off his friendship.  But being 
the weak spine he was, Ranma still maintained her engagement.  
Sometimes, he would curse himself for that.

Ranma didn't want to be alone anymore.  He wanted friends, someone or 
anybody he could call his compatriot, and it didn't matter if he or 
she wasn't or isn't into martial arts.  He realized friendship was one 
of the main important parts, not martial arts.  Martial Arts is a form 
discipline and martial skills, and was not a form for anything that 
dealt with the matters of the heart, which was something he desperately
craved for.

Although he knew he didn't know anybody in high school, but friendship 
could start with the ones he knew somewhat, namely Daisuke and Hiroshi.

The lonesome boy sighed again and went off to Hiroshi's house, hoping 
he could hang out there.  It was getting too tense to still stay in the
Tendo residence.


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Five minutes ago...
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"Oh Ranma, its bedtime," called out Kasumi.  She was wondering Ranma had 
gone.  She was worried that if he was still outside, he might catch a 
cold.

But then, she noticed a note on the table in the dining room.

It said:


	Gone to Hiroshi's house.  I'll
        be back sometime tomarrow.  
   
                            Ranma



Kasumi smiled at the note.  She was concerned about Ranma being alone.  
Her family wasn't doing anything in making him feel accepted.  NOw, she
was proud of him having the will to find true friendship.


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Hiroshi's house

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"Hey Hiroshi, got any beer!?" yelled out Diasuke.  He needed some
alcohol, 
and it was not leet to not have beer.

"Yeah! it's in the fridge!  Help yourself!" yelled Hiroshi from the 
basement.

"Okay!" responded Diasuke.  "Wierd," he thought. Why is Hiroshi in the 
basement and what was he doing there?  Ah, but those questions were
better 
left to sages or the Kami-sama.  He went fill to himself with Ebisu 
beer.

"Hey guys, I've brought my character and some dice!" yelled out a female 
voice.  The voice came from a mixed Japanese and Scottish girl with 
reddish-brown hair, wearing a Metallica T-shirt and wornout jeans, and 
carrying a Dungeons & Dragons player handbook and a bag of dice.  
Katherine was an American foriegn exchange student and met Hiroshi
and Daisuke, while finding their love for gaming while also revealed her 
own love for gaming.  In fact, she was taking programming classes here in

Nerima so she could be on her way to her dream career: to be a computer 
game designer. 

"Cool!" Hiroshi yelled.  "Just set it there on the table Katherine-san!

Katherine setted the handbook and dice on the table and proceeded to
relax.  

Diasuke went into the living room, holding a six-pack, chilled to
perfection, 
and handed a can out to the red-brown haired girl.

"Here you go Milady," said Daisuke in English.  His speech and English
skills 
improved while hanging around with Hiroshi and Katherine.

"Cool," thanked Katherine as she recieved the gift from her fellow Jap.  
She snapped the opening of the can and took a swig, while muttering, 
"I killed you in Counter-Strike Dai."

"Hey!  It was plain luck!  I couldn't get my leet skills in time!"

"Right, SOME leet skills you got..."

"Hey, I SUPPOSE you don't remember who headshot you FIVE times in a row, 
eh?"

Katherine winced at that bit of truth.

"Camper."

"AM NOT!  You're just jealous."

Both friends laughed at the sillyness of trying to start an argument 
about gaming.  As much it was silly, it was just fun attempting to.

Katherine and Daisuke was wondering what took Hiroshi so long.  Their 
session was supposed to start soon.

"Hey Hiroshi!  What's taking so long!" yelled both fellows.

"I'm almost done!  Gimme a few seconds!"

After a brief period of time, Hiroshi came up, holding an item which 
looked to be a chain-linked shirt, attached to a collar that had some 
sort of fantasy influenced design.  Kath and Dai's mouths were  both on 
the floor as they were amazed at the craftwork.

"Damn, you DID that!?  That is so leet!" exclaimed Dai while chugging 
his beer.

"Shit Hiro, that is awesome!" followed Katherine suit while downing 
twice the beer than Daisuke.

"Does it fit?" both the amazed asked.

Hiroshi, needless to respond with words, just nodded.

Both quickly tried on the chainmail shirt only to find it fit them 
perfectly, though it was a bit loose for Katherine.  After being amazed 
for thirty minutes at the Hiroshi's craftwork, The party setted up the 
game, with the daily ale readied in their hands.  But Daisuke insisted 
on wearing the chainmail shirt for he said something about protection 
against the evil darkness.   

"So, what campaign are we playing?" asked Daisuke, eagerly anticipating 
on trying out the new sword his paladin recieved from the last adventure.

"It's called, the Ruined Mirkwoods campaign.  This time, this campaign 
is really going to drive you crazy," answered Hiroshi, giving off an evil
grin with the promise of misery.

"Cool!  We get to fight baddies with higher levels and stuff?" asked 
Katherine, already pshyched into the game.

"You'll see."

After thirty minutes, the party found themselves surrounded by four drow 
and their pet spiders.

"Damn!" yelled Daisuke(Alanon) as he missed the drow's head.

"Alanon!  Look out!" warned Katherine(Ghaladria) as she casted bless on 
the surrounded paladin.

"Alanon misses the drow while Katherine casts bless.  You both have plus 
two on attack roles and a bonus one on saving throw," explained Dungeon 
Master Hiroshi.  "The drow are furious that you've killed one of their 
kin, and are beginning to advance.  The spiders are near Alanon, and
begin 
to attack."

The DM started to roll the dice while Dai was sweating bullets.

Then, there was knocking on the door.

"Great," sighed Hiroshi.  "Wait guys, I'm gonna go get the door."

"cool."

The DM exited from the adventure and went to the entrance to answer the 
door.

"Alright, who's there... Ranma!?"

There was Ranma, in front of the entrance.  But there was something 
different about him.  He didn't wear his usual Chinese clothes, it was 
just a T-shirt and pants, and although he had a confident look on his
face, 
his eyes were tired and pleading for acceptance.

"Uh, hi Hiroshi."

"Hey Ranma but, what're you doing here?"

"Hey, uh, can I hang around here?  I just don't feel like being around in

the dojo.  Things are getting too tense there."

"Akane, huh?"

"Something like that."

"Uh sure, you can come in," offered Hiroshi.  Ranma gave a huge smile 
and accepted his offer.

"Thanks man," thanked the fellow martial artist.

"No prob," kindly replied Hiroshi.

As they both entered the living room, Daisuke noticed the pigtailed boy.

"Yo Ranma!  Lookin' large," greeted Dai as he slapped hands with Ranma.

"Hi!  I believe we haven't met before," welcomed Katherine.  She had 
heard about Ranma from the duo, but she didn't know he was THAT
cute.

"Uh, hi," nervously replied the pigtailed boy.  He noticed the papers, 
illustrated maps, and dice littered all over the table, and noticed
Daisuke wearing some sort of chain suit while muttering about big swords 
and evil darkness.

"What are you guys doing?" asked Ranma.

"We're playing a game Ranma," answered Hiroshi.

"That don't look like any game I've seen before."

"It's a kind of a different game Ranma."

"Do you wanna play?" tenderly asked Katherine.  She wanted to get to know

Ranma as well as having another player.

"Uh..."

"So, you wanna play?" asked Daisuke.  Even he was eager to let Ranma
play.  
He wanted to see what role his martial artist friend would take.

"Um..."

"Uh, so... you in?" joined the DM.

Ranma, knowing he had nothing to do in the evening except for doing
katas, 
which he did for a long time, decided to try it out.  Maybe this'll get
his 
mind off of stress, plus he wanted to know more about his friends while
sharing his thoughts.

"Yeah.  I'm in."

"YEAH!" yelled Alanon, as he was grateful in welcoming another member to 
the party.  Ghaladria was glad too.

And so started the Band Of Misfits.


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The pool of dimensions...
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Toltiir was busy looking at some of the dimensions of many Ranmas until 
he saw something that caught his eye...

Ranma playing Dungeons & Dragons.

It was kind of wierd, Ranma, being a jock would playing something so 
geeky like D&D...

It was really strange.  Until he came up with this idea...

After thinking about the Lord Of The Ring movie he had seen during his 
off-duty time, he now had an idea on which dimension to send Ranma in:

A Fantasy world of elves, dwarves, halflings and the like.

The World of Erithia.

Perfect.

"And now to plan the game," chuckled Toltiir.

But something else, Toltiir finally admitted he was a sucker for anything

fantasy like.  He had a whole set of Lord of the Rings 
books...  

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some months passed...
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Ranma had never been so happy in his entire life.  He had finally found 
true friendship with his mates and a couple others.  He also found he 
felt better when he opened up alot more.  He gained acceptance in the 
entire Furinkan High, and he had more fun hanging out than actually
trying 
to prove himself of his skills.  Unfortunately, this brought up alot of 
attention from the girls and made Ranma nervous whenever a female tried
to 
approach him.  He was a bit fearful that his "Fiancee troops" might take
it
the wrong way and try to harrass her.  But the only true female friends
he 
ever had was Sayuri and Katherine.  He had told Sayuri, who was Akane's 
friend, about what the pressure he was under and told her he didn't love 
Akane anymore.  Ranma was more honest about himself to many of his
friends, 
and so Sayuri became one of his dearing companions.

The martial artist found himself liking Dungeons & Dragons and having an 
interest for the fantasy genre.  He liked playing a new role in a
different 
world, while using his own imagination to do unlimited actions in
different 
situations.  Plus, he learned alot of English from Hiroshi, Daisuke and 
Katherine during their adventures together, almost shocking English
teacher 
Hinako when she graded his papers.  Plus, he didn't need to have godlike 
powers; just his tactics.

His friends were the ones that encouraged him to be more open, to enjoy
life 
and find that life is more than just martial arts.  Ranma discovered that
he 
liked gardening, going to movies, and found an interest to pick up a
fantasy
book to read when he wanted peace and quiet to rest his weary mind.  But 
still, his future career was being a martial artist and having his own
dojo.


Unfortunately, there are the bad parts.  The bad but good part was that
Kuno 
was extremely jealous of the attention Ranma was getting, so he
challenged 
Ranma to a duel.

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Flashback...
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"I challenge you to a duel Ranma!"

"And," asked Ranma with a serious face.  He didn't need this now.

"If I win, you shall reveal your own farce to your peers!" exclaimed
Kuno.

"And if I win, I want to beg for your forgiveness for anything I have
done
you wrong," replied the challenged.

Kuno was a bit taken back from this since he felt no sarcasm from
Saotome, 
just seriousness.  Still, nothing good can come from Ranma...

"Prepare to be vanquished, cur!"

As Ranma brought himself to a defensive stance, Kuno charged with his
bokken
at forward.  But as he reached nearer, he found his opponent was not
aiming 
for offensive.  He was just... standing there.  The  pseudo-samurai boy
could 
not stop his weapon on time and made contact.

CRACK!

The pigtailed boy staggered a bit in pain ashe reached for Kuno's hand
and 
shook it.

"Congradulations Kuno," said the injured opponent.  "You've shown
improvement 
in your skill.  The battle is yours."

Before Ranma started to leave, Kuno yelled out, "WAIT!"

"What is it, Kuno?"

"Why?  Why have you left me victory when I knew you were not attacking?"

"Because Kuno, defeating you would still make you hate me more.  I didn't
want 
you to hate me more."

"I...."

"Don't worry about it.  Work on your skill, and you'll defeat me."

As Ranma left, Kuno was in thought.  Ranma didn't show any sarcasm.  He
said it 
with his heart, and the victor could feel the pigtailed boy's sadness
within 
and after the battle.

"Ranma... I guess I was wrong about you..."

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So, Kuno had become his friend and sparring partner, increasing his skill
to 
ten-fold with Ranma's sparring and training.

Akane was also jealous of Ranma's new outlook in life, and was angry that
one 
of her best friends was also one of her "fiancee's" best friends.  In a
fit of
rage, due to their discussion about Ranma, she cancelled contact with
Sayuri 
and told her she wasn't her friend anymore.  Ranma came and convinced her
to 
bring back the friendship, telling her what she was doing is wrong. 
Akane was 
even shocked about how she actually listened to Ranma for the first time.

But since then, the worst part of it all was Ryouga and the fiance
troops,
Whom had some sort of idea that Ranma was having an affair with
Katherine.

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Another flashback...
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"Ranohan, you are in a forest, surrounded by eight orcs, which all want a
piece 
of you.  Alanon and Ghaladria are right behind those orcs, six spaces
away.  
What is your action," explain Hiroshi.

Ranma(Ranohan) the ranger was sweating in fear and nervousness.  He was
down to 
the point of being moderately injured, ran out of charming creature
spells, and 
there was no way out.  He had to do the only logical thing.

"I become the decoy.  I'll attract their attention by throwing rocks at
them," 
answered Ranma.

Hiroshi rolled the dice.  "Success, you managed to get their attention
and they 
are now approaching you."

Thank goodness later, Alanon took the orcs by surprise and whacked the
remaining 
ones while Ghaladria healed Rahonan of his injuries.

"Rest time, I need a beer," exclaimed Ranma.

"Yeah, me too, that was one tough battle," agreed Daisuke.

"I'll get it," offered Ranma.  As he went to the kitchen, he started to
feel a 
tremor.

"Uh... guys... you feel that?" asked Ranma.

"Uh, no... did you pissed someone off?" joked Hiroshi.

"No..."

"Guys, I feel it too," agreed Katherine as she began to feel something
was wrong.

"Methinks it be evil zombies," chuckled Dai.

But suddenly, the floor was ripped open, and Ryouga was there, looking
straight 
at Ranma, with murder in his eyes.

"Ranma.... I found you..."

"Uh... hey Ryouga."

"Ranma, you shall pay for your crimes against Akane."

"Excuse me," defended Katherine.  "I'm not affliated with Ranma in
anyway..."

"Shut up you two-timing slut!"

"Hey!  You don't come here and insult my friend!"

"Shut up, I heard from Akane!  You went frolicking with this girl behind 
Akane's back!"

"WHAT!?" 

Suddenly, a Chinese boy named Mousse arrived at the scene.

"Mousse!  You too?"

"No Ranma, not this time.  I'm trying to warn you that..."

Suddenly, the roof ripped out.  Out came the Fiance Troops, including the
one 
and only, Akane.

"M-My beautiful house!," cried Hiroshi.

"Ukyo, Shampoo, K-Kodachi?  Akane, you too!?"

"Ranma!  How dare you cheat on me with this bitch!" angrily hollered
Akane.

"WHAT THE HELL!?  You apologize right now..."

"Ranchan, I thought we loved each other!" exclaimed Ukyo.

"Ucchan, put the weapon down..."

"Or Ranma my love, let me strike down temptress so we can go back to our 
lovemaking!"

"NO!"

"Come on girls, its time!"

"No!  Shampoo, don't do it!" desperately yelled 
Mousse.

The girls ignored his heed and went towards Katherine, brandishing their 
weapons.

Katherine closed her eyes, while saying goodbye to all her dear friends
and 
family.

But nothing came.

Instead of being overwhelmed by the United Fiancees Attack, Ranma took
the 
brunt.  She saw him bleeding from cuts.

For Ranma, it was ENOUGH.

"THAT'S IT!  I'VE HAD IT!"

"Ranma blew his ki against his fiancees, and approached them with furious

intent.

"I thought of you as better Akane and UKYO!  I thought you can trust me. 

but NO!  Even hanging around with friends isn't ENOUGH!  And Ukyo, I 
thought you were really my friend!  FRIENDS DON'T ATTACK OTHER FRIENDS!  
SHAMPOO, you can forget my friendship, BECAUSE YOU'VE LOST IT!  AND 
KODACHI!  WORST OF ALL!  I GAVE YOU FRIENDSHIP,AND YOU GAVE ME TRUST, BUT

NOW YOU'VE TORN IT ALL AWAY, BECAUSE YOU CAN'T STAND ME HAVING A FEMALE 
FOR A FRIEND!"

"I'm telling you, I'VE HAD IT!  NO MORE ENGAGEMENTS!  FORGET THIS RANMA,
'CAUSE YOU CAN'T TOUCH THIS," loudly yelled Ranma while pounding where 
his heart is to emphasize his point.

Ryouga decided that Ranma had enough speeches.

"Shut up Ranma!  You die now!"

"Wait, Ryouga!" called Akane.

Ryouga charged at Ranma outside of the house, with Akane her fellow 
fiancees pursuing the chase.

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As Ranma and Ryouga fought in the streets, they did not realize they 
were in Nerima park and near the fountain.  The distraught, pigtailed 
boy was too busy dodging all of Ryouga's attacks to notice the fountain
behind him.

"Damn it Ryouga, didn't you hear me?  It was the wrong truth; she's my 
friend!" gasped Ranma, trying to put some sense into Ryouga.

"Shut up, Ranma!  I had enough of your lies!  You're always trying to 
find some way to get out of the mess you've cause!  YOU are the
reason for the hell you caused to me and Akane!" Ryouga yelled back 
as he attacked Ranma only to meet the air.

They were getting REALLY close to the fountain.

But the worst part was that Akane and the fiancee troops were there, 
viewing the fight.

"Now Ranma, you die."

The lost boy charged a ki attack using the basest of all of his 
depressions.

"Ryouga, wait, you don't know what your doing..."

"I know EXACTLY what I'm doing, which is trying to kill you!"

The over-depressed martial artist let loose his energy, aiming for 
Ranma.

"Shi-shi, Houkoudan!"

A huge beam of ki when towards Ranma, but he was quick on his feet, 
dodging the projectile.  But something was wrong; Ranmahad noticed 
the fountain, and the Houkoudan struck and broke it, releasing water
everywhere.

"NO!" cried out Ranma.

The pigtailed boy tried to get Ryouga out of the way but it was too 
late.  Both were engulfed by the water land on top of them.  Ranma 
had changed into a girl, and Ryouga a pig.

But what's worse is that Akane was witnessing the event.  She was in 
shock when she found out who P-Chan really is.

Ranma-onna carried the drenched piglet out of the water, and met up
with Akane, standing straight before her eyes.  Then she realized 
something.  Her fiancee had seen Ryouga transform.

"Oh, shit." she fearfully thought.

"Ah, Akane, I can explain..."

"Ryouga, is that you?  You're P-chan!?" asked Akane, totally and 
trying not to believe this.

"Squeel," squealed Ryouga-pig as he looked in Akane's eyes.  They 
were so beautiful, yet so cold.  Then he realized something.

"SQUEAL!"

"Ryouga-no-hentai!"

Ryouga-pig, embarrassed and shamed, ran away in tears while Ranma 
looked at him as he left with sadness in her eyes.

"I'm so sorry Ryouga." apologized the now female Ranma, although 
P-chan was nowhere in sight now.

"I...I'm sorry Ranma, I..."said Akane, hoping to gain her fiance's 
forgiveness but was quickly cut off.

"I'm sorry too Akane, but it's over."

"W-what?"

"It's over.  The truth is, I don't love you anymore."

"Is it because.."

"No, it's not Katherine.  I'm not into that with her.  She's my 
best friend, and you made me lose respect of you when you tried to 
attack her."

"But.."

"No buts Akane.  I'm done with this.  I can't do this everyday.  
If no one trusts me nor tries to become my real friend, then forget 
it.  And it's not just you Akane, it's also Ukyo, and the other
girls."

"But, I love you..."

"Well, I don't.  I'm sorry Akane."

And that said, Ranma left for Akane to figure it all out.


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After the whole fiasco, Ranma broke off contact from Ukyo until she 
extremely apologized to him and Katherine, and discontinued the 
marraige contract.  Now they were back together as friends,
hanging around with the Band of Misfits.

Shampoo and Cologne, realizing that there was nothing that they can 
do to capture Ranma anymore, returned to their tribe and wished him 
the best of luck.  The pig-tailed boy told Shampoo that although
he didn't love her, he could always be her friend.  That said, he 
gave her a bonquet of flowers he had specially grown to give a gift 
of rememberance to all the good times they've had instead of the bad
ones.

The marraige contract between Genma's son and Soun's youngest daughter
was finally broken, and Ranma was not allowed anymore in the household,
including Genma.  Ranma's father returned home after finding out that 
Nodoka wasn't that serious about the seppuku contract. But she was 
finally happy to meet her son, and agreed that he could stay in
Nerima. 

As for Ranma and Mousse, they both became good friends and lived in 
Hiroshi's house and rebuilding it, while introducing the Chinese boy 
to D&D.

So far... it was okay...


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Six weeks later...
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Ryouga was happy.

He finally found a solution to all his problems with Ranma.  It 
came in the form of a rod that he stoled off from an old antique 
store.  The rod was a half-staff with a crystal orb attached 
to the head.  There was an engravement on the rod which had this 
phrase: "Yeloem Ehl Portal".  Ryouga didn't understand what that
meant, but he did understand that the rod had a useful purpose to his 
own interests.  He read the manual that came with the rod.  The manual 
was in Olde English, but being a well language-educated boy like Ryouga, 
he could translate the manual.




Ye whom ever holds this rod of power,
Dost have power to send,
The chosen one doth desire the most,
To be sent to The Time Of End.
Thus To do this wretched deed,
Must focus upon thy enemy of most burden,
Chant the words, "Liebrem Verata Niktu",
And send him to his own fate to the end of time.




This was what attracted him to this artifact because IN other 
words, Ryouga could focus this rod on Ranma, chant the words, and 
send him to the burning depths of Hell.  It was a brilliant plan.  
There would be no more Ranma in his life, and his enemy would finally 
face the pain that he had brought upon Ryouga.

"This is it Ranma.  Finally you will pay for the crimes you have 
committed against ME and Akane," promised Ryouga.

Then, he heard a whistling.  It was Ranma.



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Ranma was whistling, enjoying the peace he never had for a long time, 
while delivering Kasumi's groceries.  Although he did not live in the 
household anymore, he was still intent on helping out Kasumi.  But 
nevertheless, he was glad because he had no more fiancees to chase after
him, and no enemies trying to kill him yet.  It was a beautiful day, the 
sky was clear, the air was good, and it was quiet.

But then suddenly, he saw Ryouga, looking still mad as hell, but with a 
strange grin on his face when he had his eyes set on him.

"Great, there's Ryouga. I hope he's calmed downed about last time.  I
guess I should say how sorry I am.  Hmm... why the heck is he smiling
for?" thought Ranma.  He was worried when Akane found out who P-chan 
really was.  In any rate, he was expecting that Ryouga would soon come 
and try to kill him.  But when he was deciding that when Ryouga arrived, 
he was going to restrain him first, and then talk some sense into him.

Then by some dumb luck, he managed to spot Ryouga.

"Uh, hey Ryouga!  What's up," greeted Ranma.

Ryouga, knowing his expected reaction in the encounter, charged at Ranma.
"Ranma, prepare to PAY for your crimes!"


"Hey man, you're just who I wanted to see,"  gladly responded Ranma as he

dodged every blow Ryouga tried to dish out.  "I want to talk to you."

"THERE'S NOTHING TO TALK ABOUT," angrily grunted Ryouga as he thrusted
punch 
after punch in hopes of making contact with his opponent.

Then Ranma managed to leap out of the way. "Ryouga, calm down man.  I
have 
to talk to you about yesterday.  It wasn't my fault," explained Ranma.  
Too bad words can't reach to a guy like Ryouga Hibiki.

"That doesn't matter anyway!  You're finally going to pay for all the
pain 
you've caused to me and Akane," yelled Ryouga.

"What's the matter with you," replied Ranma.  Ryouga was SO irritating
when 
he wouldn't listen to reason.

"Forget it Ranma.  This time, you're not getting out of this one," calmly

said Ryouga with a tone of menace in his voice.  He then pulled out and 
readied the rod on his right hand.  "And this is the tool to finish my 
revenge."

"Uh... Ryouga... WHAT are you going to do with that?"

Why is Ryouga carrying that stick?

"I'm going to send you to Hell Ranma.  Then you're going to feel the pain

I've felt ever since you ruined my life," smirked Ryouga.  He then
pointed 
the rod at Ranma, concentrating his hate upon the rod to Ranma.

"What the hell," thought Ranma as he backed away a bit.  He could see
that 
the orb that was attached to the rod was glowing, and then seemed to be 
charging.  Then suddenly, he realized that he couldn't move his feet, no 
matter how he tried.

"SHIT RYOUGA, WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING!?"

"THAT'S JUST IT RANMA!  I'M SENDING YOU BACK TO HELL!"

Then Ranma heard the words from Ryouga's lips.

"Liebrem Verata Niktu!"

And in a flash, he was gone.

Finally, he's gone," smiled Ryouga.

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Toltiir was now glad his plan was finally in action.

"Now the game begins," he purred.

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==============================================

Six months later in the Kernsen Forests, located in Lotheria, the 
northern continent of the world of Erethia...

==============================================


A ranger knows patience.

A ranger is also attuned to the ways of nature.  Everywhere 
around, it is nature that is his ally, his benefactor, and his 
home.  He is patient to everything even when situations become 
dire.  A ranger must become vigil to anything that dark that 
seeks disguises it self from its true intentions, and even respect 
nature itself because although there is beauty, there is her wrath.  
But also, to be a ranger is to know the truth between what is good 
and evil without prejudice based on emotion.

Ranohan was now utilizing his patience for it was required in 
ambushing the orcish bandit group.  He pulled tight the string of 
his bow Silveindal and aimed his readied arrow, positioning his aim 
at the at the head of an orc that seemed to be the leader.  The 
ranger was on top of the tree, hidden by the branches, waiting for 
his target to be within his sight.

One of the things he learned as being as ranger under the tutelage 
of Master Ranger Roarn  was the way of the bow.  He had learned that 
patience, endurance, controlled strength and skill were the key 
elements of the skill of fletchery.

Finally, the bandit group stopped, and seemed to have their backs 
turned.  Now was the time to strike.

Ranma fired his bow.

FWWWOOOSH!

As soon as the arrow struck the Orc bandit leader, The orcs without 
their source of leadership were confused and panicked.  Ranohan 
leaped from the trees, and he then unsheathed his blade Windstrike 
and sliced two more orcs.  he flipped landed on the ground, giving a 
look that promised pain.  One orc fled except the ones who wanted to 
show this human the fury of their might.  He did a somersault to 
manuever from the swings of the Orcs' blades and flip-kicked the orc 
to the right.  As another orc charged at him, he quickly crouched low 
and simultaneously slashed low at the orc's gut, hearing his cry of 
pain.  the ranger then unsheathed his other sword Dragontail and 
commenced a two-weapon form that was unpredictable for the orc to
parry, and injured him before he could strike again.  After knocking 
him out, it left the only one who dropped his axe, after seening his 
injured and defeated warkin and knowing true defeat.  He then dropped 
to his knees, pleading mercy in rough orc language.

"Raliek Krahn!" cried the orc.

Ranma went up to the defeated orc, pointing both his swords at the orcs 
throat.  "Never ever come back to Hiemsdale again.  If I see you 
again, then I will kill you," replied Ranma in orc langauge.  A ranger 
was also merciful.

The orc, thankful for his enemy's mercy, fled from the scene.

"Hey Ranma!"

Ranohan, also known as Ranma, swerved his head to look for the one with 
that voice.  It was his best friend, a half-orc girl Giel' Kre, now a 
first orc to be a ranger.  But she was not like those other orcs; she 
fought for justice, peace, and honor.  But also, she fought to defend 
the weak and her friends.

"How do you fare?" asked the Japanese ranger.  But it was not in 
Japanese anymore, but the Westron Common.

"My group managed to repel the bandit invasion," Giel' Kre proudly said 
as she held her fist to her chest.

"How fare you," she asked.

"I'm successful," answered Ranohan as he wiped clean of his blades.

"Hey, come on, let us go give them a proper burial and head back to the 
inn to enjoy our evening with a mug of Woodsberry ale.  How's that
sound?"

"Don't worry.  You go ahead.  I'll follow."

"You don't need help?"

"No.  Besides, it was me who shed blood in the first
place."

"Okay," replied Giel' Kre as she went off, but also giving Ranma a 
pleasurable smile.  To Ranma, it nearly melted his heart.

As he gave the passed bandits a burial and proper prayer to his god 
Anlokeen, the lord of warriors and lord of honor, he sighed and thought 
back to his old life.  He knew that he did not have a chance of returning

back to his own world, but at least could find friends here.

Looking at the sunset, Ranma, or Ranohan thought back to the first time 
he came to this world.


END PART 1

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Author's note:

I was totally in serious thought today.  I was talking
to Rob Barba about serious fic writing and we were
talking about MeToo fic writers.  Looking back, I've
seen that my fic crossover Fantasy Beyond was almost
venturing to MeTooism, due to short, rushed plot, and
short details and bad characterization.

I HAD to improve it.

Now, you get Part One.  Finally.  It's the longest I've
ever written, and I'm proud of that.  I didn't have the
will to actually write fanfiction, but thanks to Rob,
I've found it.

I'll be rewriting the entire chapters until I deem
them to be good.

Until then, have a spicy meatball.

DJGeek, out.
evening   


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