[FFML] [R.5][very short]Chess

Blame it on one too many R & R's with Diet Rite
(sometimes the Atkins plan ruins good drinks....)

Disclaimer at the end.

CHESS

Ranma couldn�t believe it. He was learning CHESS of
all things! Here he was, the greatest martial artist
of his generation (perhaps ANY generation, at least in
his own mind) and he was learning to play a GAME! He
consoled himself with the fact that it was at least a
game with a basis in warfare. It wasn�t a true
martial artists� pastime, but it broke the monotony.

For a brief moment he considered that this might be
the sort of game that Kuno might like, but he squashed
the thought. It was getting easier not to think of
Kuno now that it had been nearly two years since that
worthy had been committed to an �institution� along
with his sister. Their father had been deported to
Hawaii about the same time.

He looked over at his opponent, an elderly friend of
Soun Tendo and wondered what the old man got out of
the games. Ranma figured it must be something
otherwise Jet Black would have called off his attempts
to teach the more arcane aspects of the game to the
youngest true master of martial arts of all time. He
had just attempted to explain the ramifications of a
move called �castling� a few moments ago.

As he watched Jet ponder his next move he wondered
where any of his old friends were. Sure, he knew that
Ukyou had moved to Seattle with Konatsu and started a
restaurant there. He also knew that Ryouga had gotten
work testing GPS units for the worlds leading designer
of them. Since Shampoo had finally gotten tired of
waiting for him and found some excuse (something about
the statute of limitations regarding Chinese Amazons)
and left--Mousse and Cologne following suit--there
wasn�t much for him to do.

Sure Happosai showed up from time to time, sometimes
with Taro in tow, but those occasions were few and far
between. Even when they did happen, it only took a
moment to wipe the floor with both of them. They just
weren�t a challenge.

Akane hadn�t even been kidnapped since Kuno was
committed. What was wrong with the world? Had it
lost all sense of proportion? He was SUPPOSED to live
in interesting times! The old chinese seer had
promised it!

Dammit his was supposed to be an EXCITING life, not
some dull, hum drum existence where he learned CHESS!

In a flash he realized his problem. He was shackled
to a dream not his own. A dream of his father�s and
his father-in-law�s. This was NOT his dream. He
would have to do something about it immediately.

Well, after the next move anyways....

)))))))))))))))))

Okay, this started out to be a shortfic about how
Ranma finally snapped at the boredom of a normal
life...somehow I got this. Don't ask me how!

Disclaimer:
I do not own Ranma 1/2 or even Cowboy Bebop (notice
the short reference?), and write this for fun, not
profit. That would violate the first law of
fanfiction.

Of course, not that such a silly disclaimer would
protect me from prosecution if a high paid lawyer
decided to sue....reminds me of Farscape and the
planet that was 90% lawyers....LOL.

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