On Sat, 12 Jul 1997 11:21:01 -0700 (PDT), elewyiss@earthlink.net (Combat
Flower-arranging and Martial Arts Cooking obstacle race champ!) wrote:

Heart of the Warrior, side story

by Cindy Toler



       Ryoga Hibiki settled down in his sleeping bag, staring moodily up
at the starry sky.  His eyes, darkly shadowed from lack of sleep, slowly
traced over the forms of the constellations.  Funny how, with his sense of
direction, even the stars never seemed to be in the same place from night
to night...
       Ryoga shifted uncomfortably in the sleeping bag as his vision
blurred.  He shook his head to force his eyes to focus, and heaved a deep
sigh.  He dreaded sleep, but it was only a matter of time now - even the
strongest determination could only put off sleep for so long.  He wondered
if Ranma ever had flashback-nightmares about the drowned red-haired girl.
       The stars blurred again, and Ryoga felt his eyes burning.  Sleep
overcame him gradually but surely, a small taste of death...

[snip]

       "Now, now, that's enough of that!" said a Voice from above.
       "Aw, you never let me have any fun..." the rat grumbled as it slunk
away.  The pig opened his eyes to see a large grey spider making its way
down to his eye level.
       "Salutations!" the spider said cheerfully.
       "Who- who are you?" P-chan asked.
       "A friend," the spider answered.  "You may call me Charlotte."

        Suddenly, a girl on skates appeared. "CHARLOTTE!!!" she cried.
"It's my Charlotte!!" She grabbed P-chan in her arms and skated away.
        "Come back!" the spider yelled as the skater receded into the
distance. "*I* am Charlotte! Me! Me!"


Uh... no? :)

Now that you've seen what I can come up
with when I'm pushed for time, I trust that no-one will object if I take
forever writing my next fic. ^_~

Well, if we put up with Zen... :)

Gary Kleppe
kleppe@execpc.com, Home page http://www.execpc.com/~kleppe
My fanfics and the FFML map are on my comics/manga page,
       http://www.execpc.com/~kleppe/comics