I do not own Ranma ½ or bloody roar. Or the mark of the cevar.

Ranma is owned by Rumiko Takahashi and bloody roar is owned by…I have no idea…but not me. ^_^

Same goes for the mark of the cevar. That is owned by whoever made the anime 'shadow skill'.

                                                                         Prologue

            Ranma stood alone, sweat and blood covering his body. Not just his blood, but also the blood of the phoenix god Saffron. The battle was finally over and he had poured every last bit of strength and energy into his final attack. Ranma was victorious… in the fighting sense that is. Akane, the one reason he was fighting Saffron at all, had been killed. Ranma wasn't fast enough, he wasn't skilled enough, and he wasn't powerful enough to save her. Her…Akane. The first friend he had since moving to Nerima. Akane Tendo, his first of many fiancé's.

            They may have fought every single day, but he still loved her. Maybe not in the way a husband his wife, but in the way a brother would a sister, or best friends even. Actually, in all truthfulness, that's the way he felt about all his fiancé's. He didn't want to marry any of them. But he loved them all. They were his family. The only one he's had in eighteen years. The ones that have loved him and have been with him even in the roughest of times, but now that Akane was gone. He felt that that family had been broken. Everything was off now. Everything was going to change. Ranma was used to change. But…this change he didn't want to accept. So in the first time in a long time he cried. No one blamed him really. Even his father Genma didn't blame him, the father that had taught him not to cry.

            After all that had happened. The adrenalin rush from the battle finally stopped and all that was keeping him up finally gave way. Ranma Saotome, the slayer of a god, fell unconscious, causing a short wet sound when he hit the ground.

His friends then picked him up, and carried him to the nearest village. They would let him rest before going back to Japan. He deserved it.

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            That night while everyone was about to sleep, a crashing sound was heard. Everyone except for Ranma gathered outside to find out where it came from. Everyone coming to the same conclusion that the phoenix people were coming to get revenge on Ranma for defeating their god, they all rushed to where he was sleeping.

What they found, however, was not the phoenix warriors coming to exact their revenge. It was a man…no…a robot or cyborg. They didn't know which. He had a head that was made of silver metal with a red emblem on its forehead. He had what seemed to be long tassels of metal hair poking strait out towards the back of his head were where his temples should be if he were human. He had a long pointy chin and a human shaped nose. His mouth was wide and in an evil grin, and his eyes were narrow and the shadows covered them. He was wearing a red armor top and yellow baggy pants that ended at his red armor boots.  

            It was an assassin, Kohryu by name. Luckily for Ranma and the others, it wasn't here to kill anybody. Unlucky, however, was the fact that was here to abduct Ranma, who was still asleep, and the others were too tired to put up a decent fight.

"It not man!" Shampoo yelled, still slightly confused as to what was going on.

"What do you want?!" Ryouga yelled, getting into a fighting position, as did everyone else in the room.

"I am here for the martial artist Ranma. I will give you one chance. Leave." Kohryu stated. Emotionlessly.

"Like hell we will" Ryouga yelled, rushing towards him top speed.

            Ryouga was then thrown back. He landed unconscious leaving a hole in the wall. Closer inspection would show that he ran up with lightning fast speed and punched him with speed to match the chestnut fist. But no one was inspecting. He ran at speeds that made him look like he was teleporting from place to place and knocked everyone out. He then took Ranma in his arms and jumped out of the hole he had made a few minutes ago.

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            The assassin then arrived a few hours later at an underground Tylon laboratory with the young martial artist being carried atop his shoulders.

            The laboratory had giant tubes filled with some kind of unknown liquid all over the place. Many gadgets that look like torture devices of some kind, and a few operating tables. The room was dark with very little lighting at all. Actually, the only lighting seemed to be coming from the tubes with the weird liquid in them. There were a few beakers filled with chemicals of different types and one in particular the only other occupant in the room was holding.

            The man's name was Busuzima. That is, if you could call him a 'man' at all. He's very limber and skinny. He has a green Mohawk and goatee, and since his mouth is wide open, he is giving a clear view of his extremely long tongue. Basically, a human lizard without the green skin, he is also wearing a tropical shirt and khaki shorts. Believe it or not, this man is a scientist… of the criminally insane variety of course.

"Where do you want me to put him Busuzima?" Kohryu said in a rough, raspy, evil sounding voice.

"Right there on that operating table will duuuuuue!" Busuzima said in a singsong voice. "So this is the young Ranma Saotome that I've heard so much about? Doesn't look like much…I'll just have to change thaaaat! Lets see if we can change this human into a Zoanthrope." Busuzima looked at the vial he was holding then grinned. " And using the blood of a phoenix god will due very nicely to help in the process."

            Busuzima set the vial down and picked up a sedative. It really wouldn't do for his little test subject to wake up in the middle of the operation. He might try to escape, and the data Busuzima has gathered tells him that even in his beast form he might have trouble facing him.

"So Kohryu. What do you think he'll be, hmm?" Busuzima, asked excitedly.

"Probably a phoenix. You are using Saffron's blood after all." Kohryu said, not really caring too much for the subject. He did his job, now he wants to go out and kill more zoanthropes.

"You think so? That would be interesting. But my studies show that everyone has the gene inside of them. It's just that the gene isn't dominant. So he already has an 'inner-beast' already. He could be anything from a fly to a chimera. But the phoenix blood just might have an affect on that. Ohhhhhhhhhhh! I just can't wait!" He squealed like a little girl. It really is quite scary listening to it. Even Kohryu cringed a little bit.

'Now for a beast mark… I have the perfect design!' He thought, getting out his materials to make a brand.

            In a little less than half an hour later, the brand was finished. The mark of the cevar was now branded on the back of Ranma's right hand. It seemed to fit. If only Busuzima could remember where he had seen that mark. Oh well. It didn't matter.

"Can I leave now?" Kohryu asked.

"*Sigh* Fine!" Busuzima said in an annoyed tone.

"Good." Kohryu then bowed. A few seconds later he disappeared into thin air.

"How the heck does he do that?!" Busuzima yelled at no one in particular.

End prologue

An: Don't worry. I'm still righting my other two fics. Still on a writers block for wild horses' destiny. I know what I want to do with it, but I still don't know how to present the next chapter. I've given it some thought and I got an idea. I'll right a rough draft within the next week. And my Ranma and Inuyasha crossover(name takes long time to type.) if it makes ya feel better. I'm halfway done with the next chapter. So don't worry about that either. I just got this idea in my head and had to write it…

Anyway. How do ya like this fic so far? I know it's just the prologue but still. Anyway there are a few things I want to explain. This will be a Ranma/Uranus pairing. Why? Because Uranus is the coolest freakin' character in bloody roar!

Anyway, some people believe that Uranus is married. This might be true. But think of this as an alternate universe. And it takes place before primal fury. So Cronos is non-existent right now. Uranus, from what I gather was created by Tylon, using Uriko. (the half beast) I don't want to ruin what I have planned but I won't explain too much. But I don't think anyone knows why she has the chains or why she can't maintain her beast form… and if you do tell me. Although what I write is probably the real reason. It makes sense any way. And don't worry about age difference. Ranma is eighteen. This takes place before primal fury so Uranus will be a bit younger too. I might make her either the same age, or 1-3 years older. So it won't matter much.

I also am taking suggestions to Ranma's beast form. Though I already have one in mind. And it doesn't look too much like a beast but I'm looking for some suggestions. And if you say a cat because of cat fist it aint gonna happen. (I already thought of it. He may gain control of it, but wont use it often. This is still in the planning stage really) But the phoenix blood will contribute to some of what his beast form will be.

And if you don't know what the mark of the cevar is. Look up the anime shadow skill. Awesome martial arts anime, and cool mark. ^_^

Anyway. I'm looking for info and suggestions. So anything would help. This is just an idea right now but I think it has a lot of potential. I will most likely change a few things in my chapters as I get new info and idea's. but not so much as you have to reread the same chapter everytime I update. And it will most likely be extremely small changes.

Sorry for the grammar errors. I'm extremely tired right now. Another thing I'll have to fix. This is kind of like a rough draft that I'm posting to get some feed back.

Please email me with info and suggestions. Or just your thoughts on this fic. Thanks!

Don't worry. Ranma will brake out soon enough! ~_^

And other bloody roar characters will be introduced eventually.