Virtual Insanity
Prelude


"That's about as much as we can get done here, I think we'll be
leaving China soon enough." Genma rifled through his pack as his son
looked on impatiently. "I've just got to send.. hello? What's this?"

"Whatcha got there, Pop?" Ranma questioned, his interest piqued.

"I'm not quite sure, it seems to be a brochure, but it's in Chinese."

"I still don't get why we're here if we can't even understand the
language." Peeking over his father's shoulder, Ranma tried to get a
glimpse of what had his old man so excited.

"Shut up, boy!" Genma reached back with his free hand and pulled his
son off balance, dropping him to the ground, "I'm trying to read."

The younger of the two, dressed in a a slightly worn gi, returned to
his feet swiftly, launching an assault on the older man.

"What's the point? You said you couldn't read chinese!"

Two swift kicks to the head later, the father dropped to his knees in
a daze and the pamphlet into the Ranma's eagerly waiting hands. Genma
was about to teach his son a lesson about ignoring a downed opponent
when his son spoke up, "Pop, doesn't that mean 'Training Ground'"?

Grabbing the pamphlet that was being shoved into his face, Genma rose
to his feet in an instant. "Son, I think maybe we should check out
this Jusenkyo."



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Akane slouched forward at her desk, elbows supporting her as she
cradled her head in her own hands, near tears. Her older sister,
Nabiki lounged next to her on Akane's bed, staring up at the ceiling.

"I really think I'm going to leave," Akane began. "It's just so..."

"Sis, what are you talking about?" Nabiki turned her head towards her sister.

"All the stupid boys!" Akane sat straight up in her chair and stared
directly into her sisters eyes. "I can't believe they attack me every
single day!"

Nabikie turned towards her sister, "It's you own fault, you know, Miss
'I know martial arts I can defend myself'. If you hadn't set the
cuteness factor so high you wouldn't be having these problems."

"Ok, ok! I still think that.."

>From downstairs, both girls heard their father calling, "Akane!
Nabiki! Could you both come down here?"

"Coming Daddy!" Nabiki stood up to leave, "Ok, we'll talk about this
at supper, but I think it will work out."

"You really think so?" Akane dried her eyes before turning to her
sister and noticing the smile working it's way on to her face. "Do you
know something?"

"Nope, just a hunch, C'mon kiddo, Daddy's calling."



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"... And then this idiot tries to set me up with some chick, but she's
crazy, tries to kill me for no reason!" Kensuke Aida glowered over at
his friend Touji, who smiled back.

"You get what you deserve.. That's for last friday."

"Mokoto? You didn't even have a chance with her. And I thought you forgave me!"

"How long have they been married?" Tenchi quietly asked the boy next to him.

"Since grade four, I tell you they haven't changed a bit." Ataru
whispered back to his friend. Kensuke and Toji didn't notice the
exchange, as they continued bickering. All four fell silent as a boy,
smaller than Touji, but lean and well built, muscled through the
group. Tenchi was about to speak, but Touji quickly covered his mouth.

"Listen," Touji started in a hushed tone, "That guy. You don't mess
with him, he doesn't look like much but the last person who did got
hurt, hurt real bad. They say he got put in the hospital for a month."

"Are you talking about Mizuhara? I thought he had appendicitis?" Ataru piped up.

"That's what they said but," Touji nodded over at the retreating form.
"His father is the principle. Add that to him being on all the sports
teams, and he does whatever he wants. Don't mess with Shinji Ikari,
it's not healthy."


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"I can't believe that pervert! Sneaking in on me in the bath!"

"Hey, you walked in on him!"

"He's still a pervert."

"You said the same thing about Keichi two years ago."

"Well he was a pervert!"

"Was? Why just yesterday..."

"Was and still is!"

"Kinda boring without him here, aint it?"

"Yeah..."

"Without him to torment, your day must be kind of empty, isn't it?"

"I've got tons of other stuff to do.. like.. ummmm.."

"Then you'll stay?"

"Yeah, fine, I'll stay."

Urd just smiled, Skuld was so easy to manipulate.


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END PRELUDE


For the life of me I don't know when this was written... It was a
while ago though, and after cleaning it up a bit, I've decided to post
it and see what people think. I know it seems extremely fragmented,
but it's a prelude, I'm just introducing who will be the main
characters. Should I continue? Any C&C is appreciated.

P-R-P-Chan

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