Some of you may remeber this teaser from a couple of months ago.  There
were a number of people interested in it, unfortunately school and a
_REALLY_ bad case of writers block has slowed things down.  Is there
anyone interested in becoming a pre-reader for this fic when I get it
done?

Thanx

AJ

whose mind went wandering...and decided to follow Ryoga...


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Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 16:01:00 -0700 (PDT)
From: Anthony Woo <ez073249@mailbox.ucdavis.edu>
To: FanFic ML <fanfic@fanfic.com>
Subject: [ffml][darkfic][teaser]Broken Dreams

	"Who need her anyway," Hino Keichii gumbled to himself as he left
behind Tokyo, his home, and his girlfriend.  He trudged up a dirt path
that climbed up one of the tall hills overlooking the city.  He'd had
another fight with his girlfirnd, Morisato Ami, and, as far as he was
concerned, it was the last straw.
	"Why couldn't she belive me when I told her that Makoto was just
an old friend," he said as he kicked a rock down the hill, "who needs her
anyway."  With that Keichii kicked another rock.
	"Actually," said a wry voice in front of him, "it sounds like you
do."  Keichii looked up in shock and saw a man in his early twenties
sitting on a large boulder looking back at him.  The man was wearing a red
chinese style shirt, black pants, and worn tai chi shoes.  His tousuled
black hair was tied back into a pig tail that reached to his shoulders.
Strapped to his back was a large travel pack and a katana.  At his side
was a tanto blade.  
	"I belive you kicked this?" the man held out the rock that Keichii
had just kicked.  Keichii blushed.
	"I'm sorry," he said with a bow, "I didn't mean to disturb you."
	"Oh, you didn't disturb me," the man said with a shrug, "I was
just about to leave anyway.  So," he continued, "girl friend problems?"
	"Yeah, kind of," Keichii said sitting down next to the man.
	"You want to talk about it?"
	"Not really," Keichii answered throwing a rock down the hill.
	"Okay."
	"That's it," Keichii said, looking up at the man, "you're not
going to try to talk me into telling you?"
	"It's none of my business," the man said, "If you don't want to
talk about it, who am I to tell you you should."
	"Oh," Keichii sat back for a moment, thinking, "so where you
headed?"
	"Tokyo."
	"Why you going there," Keichi asked, hostility creeping into his
voice as he remembered someone else who lived in Tokyo.
	"I used to live there."
	"What happened?" Keichii asked, more interested in making
conversation than an actual answer.
	"I had a fight with my fiancee and left, just like you're doing
now."
	"Did I ask for your advice," Keichii glared at the man.
	"What advice?  I simply stated the obvious.  You're leaving
because you had a fight with your girlfriend."
	"Yeah, but you were implying that I should go back."
	"You sound like you don't want to go back."
	"I don't!"
	"So why are you here listening to me?"
	"Because..." Keichii's voice trailed off, why was he sitting here
listening to this person.
	"Look I know you didn't ask for my advice, but I'm gonna give it
to you anyway.  If you really love her you'll go back, if you don't...
keep going.  Just don't make a mistake, or you'll end up spending the next
five years regretting your decision."  With that the the man got up and
started walking down the hill.
	"Wait," Keichii called, "I don't even know your name."
	"Ranma," came the fading answer, "Saotome Ranma."

Five years ago Saotome Ranma finally chose which fiancee he was going to
marry.  He chose wrong.  Now he's back to atone for his mistake and maybe
pick up the pieces of his...

BROKEN DREAMS

Coming Soon...

Ranma 1/2 belongs to Rumiko Takahashi