I didn't say I was going to write it... I actually said
I'd prefer not to... don't really have the time.  Reading
the prologue and wondering what did this to Ranma gave
rise to the idea that it could have been Asakura Hao and
Spirit of Fire.  

What I suggested as a possible fic for the author or
anyone else (which OBVIOUSLY means to ask the author
first... I have been reading and C&C'ing fics for enough
years to know this) to not use this prologue as is, but
instead use it somewhat as a base to build what is
probably a very different fic than what the author has in
mind now. At this point we have little is any idea as to
what actually happened and what characters will make an
appearance in the present.  The only thing really being
carried over is what gave me the idea... Ranma trying to
defend Akane and both of them being run through by Spirit
of Fire and Asakura Hao laughing manically.  After that...
everything can be quite different than what the author has
laid out here.  The whole "beast" imagery, Ranma in a
different school and home... his overal thoughts and
feelings... they don't necessarily have to be used for the
new fic.  So while *I'd* ask the author and give credit
for being inspired for the new fic by this prologue... in
the end it really doesn't have to bare much resemblance to
it at all.

J

 --- Denise Cameron <elenaholman@opgaming.com> からのメ
ッセージ：

    Excuse me, but you may want permission from the
AUTHOR before making
such a request as this. He may not even have heard
of Shaman King (I know I
haven't myself) and he probably already has plans
for this.

 - Denise


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bickham Jourdan" <bikkamu@yahoo.co.jp>
To: "Troy Thomas" <troythomas3@hotmail.com>;
<ffml@anifics.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2003 11:29 PM
Subject: [FFML] Re: [Ranma]White Clouds in the Blue
Sky - Prologue

Interesting prologue, but I feel like we need to

know a

little more about the characters... the school.  

Not much

descriptions of them, so I am having a hard time

picturing

them in my mind's eye.

Also... you know... this could be the beginning of

a good

Ranma 1/2 / Shaman King fic... it'd be the first

I've seen

if anyone did it.  I7m not quite up to writing a

fanfic

yet I think... maybe as partners with someone, but

not on

my own yet.  Either way the idea is kinda like

that beast

that attacked and wiped everyone out was Asakura

hao and

Spirit of Fire... why was the Nerima crew fighting

him?

If the Shaman fight is over what is Hao doing

here?  As

can be assumed ni the anime, he didn't die at the

end of

the fight...  These questions and more to be

answered by

anyone who wants this fic idea...

J

 --- Troy Thomas <troythomas3@hotmail.com>

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White Clouds in the Blue Sky

Ranma 1/2 and its characters are the creation

and

property of Rumiko
Takahasi.

***

Prologue - Beast

"Don't die."

Ranma remembered those words, but not who said

them.

He felt an ache in his chest, where... He opened

his

eyes, running his hand
over his chest. There was no wound. It wasn't

sticky

with blood.

He pushed himself to his knees, looking down at

his

body.

Had he just been dreaming? He pressed his hand

to

his chest, and then
brought it to before his eyes so he could look

at

his palm.

There was no blood. Had it been a dream? Had he
dreamed everything?

He looked around. He found himself in a field,
covered over by flowers. So
many colours.

There was a wind. Warm. Gentle.

And the sky. Blue. But not the blue he always
imagined it to be, but the
real sky blue that always surprised him whenever

he

looked up. He had always
felt it should be softer than it truly was.

"You won't die. I won't let you."

Ranma remembered those words, but he couldn't
remember who said them.

There was a sudden, terrible ache in his head.

He

grabbed it, screaming.

He then opened his eyes.

***

The night had been hard. Ranma barely remembered
getting to school, he'd
been so tired.

He'd also been numb, but that was the way he

usually

felt now. Numb and
cold.

Bad dreams. He must've woken up at least three

times

last night.

His hand ran over his chest. The scar almost

felt

alive sometimes.

He said, after being prompted by the teacher,

"My

name is Ranma Saotome.
I've just moved here from Nerima." He was then
shuffled off to a desk beside
a girl, behind a guy, both of who watched him

with

curious fascination.

Thankfully, neither asked him any questions. And

the

teacher didn't bother
him.

He probably wouldn't have acted well if anything

had

bothered him, because
of the beast riding on his back.

It sapped his strength. Fed him dark, disturbing
thoughts. And he couldn't
get rid of it.

It wasn't really a beast. It wasn't really

there. It

didn't really exist.

But Ranma knew he wasn't himself lately. And he
wasn't feeling very strong
anymore. And the beast was so heavy.

His mind... Sometimes he forgot things, and not

just

the usual things he
didn't bother to remember. It was anything,
everything. Even the past that
he thought important was going, disintegrating

into

dust in his now brittle
mind.

'Falling apart. Turning into something not

real.'

Ranma stared at his desk.
He knew he should've really been listening to

the

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