Hi everyone, I'm Desert Wolf, and this is my very first fanfic. Most likely you will not know me because I haven't appeared on this site yet, not even as a reviewer. This is gonna be a Ranma 1/2 Self Insertion, but not a normal one. Instead of just getting into the Ranma universe myself, I have created an original character to go in my place. Think of Kimiko as an avatar, a female version of myself, who at the same time represents me and is still someone else. You might think I'm a pevert because I turn myself into a girl for the purpose of writing this story, but I think it's not really worse than the kind of SI where the main character gets a Nyannichuan curse during the first or second chapter. I just thought it was an original idea because I haven't seen anything like this been done before.

This story was heavily inspired by Morden Night's (a.k.a. Josh VanHalteren) story "Heavenly Intervention". In this story the main character Josh dies and gets reincarnated as Akane. That's where I got the idea to write a SI with a female version of myself. It's a really good story, so if you like SI's I really recommend you to read it. Also check out his other stuff, he's really a good writer. Thank you Morden for giving me so much inspiration.

Warning: I also have to include a warning here. as I mentioned above, this is my first story. I'm really trying my best, but don't expect to much.

English is not my native language, so I apologize in advance for any spelling or grammar mistakes I might have made. I try as hard as I can to ensure there aren't to many mistakes in this story, but there's always a chance that I overlook some of them.

I also think it is necessary to warn you of some facts to ensure that you enjoy your read. I don't have much of this story planned out yet, so some of the warnings here may or may not become outdated later on, but for now I will include them all because they are meant to show you what could happen.

First of all this is a SI fic, so if you don't like SI's, I can only advise you not to read it. Second, apart from Kimiko, Ryoga will be the second main character of the story. If you don't like Ryoga, you should also consider staying away from this story. Same goes for the hardcore Ranma fans. Ranma's roll in this story is not yet clear. He could become anything from a major player to a minor character, but at this point I absolutely cannot guarantee that he will have an important roll in the story. I'm also a big fan of crossovers. Right now I plan to turn it into a crossover in later chapters, but if the story goes in a direction where that crossover would be damaging it, I'll maybe leave it out. I'm really not sure about that one. And one last thing: I'm a fan of shoujo ai, so maybe there will be some shoujo ai elements later on in the story. I can tell you that much now: Kimiko is definitely a lesbian. I just can't stand the thought of me getting involved with other guys in a romantic or sexual way, not even if it's a female avatar version of myself. Sounds cheesy, but Ranma SI authors do it all the time.

So long story short: If you don't like SI's, don't like Ryoga, don't like Ranma not being the main character, don't like crossovers or don't like lesbians, than this is most likely not the right story for you. You have been warned.

So enough of the overly long introduction already. If I didn't scare you off with my trash talk by now, I can only tell you this: Have fun and enjoy the story.

The Tale of the Lost Ones

A Ranma 1/2 fanfiction by Desert Wolf

Chapter One: Lost through a Wish

Standard disclaimers apply. I don't own Ranma, so don't sue me please.

Somewhere in Tokyo, a lone figure entered what most people would have called a typical otaku's room. There were many bookshelves filled with various manga, and the walls were covered with posters of different characters from the said manga or their anime adaptions. There were also a bed, a desk and a closet, but not much more since the bookshelves already took away most of the rooms space.

The person who had entered was a girl dressed in a red pullover and a pair of blue jeans. Her name was Kimiko Miyamoto, and she was the person who lived in that room.

She was a japanese girl, but her appearance wasn't japanese at all due to the fact that most of her ancestors originally came from europe. She was rather tall for a girl and had long hair. Her haircolor was somewhere between a very dark blonde and light brown, and her eyes were also brown. She was relatively good looking, although she ever really cared that much about her outer appearance.

After entering the room, she imediately fell onto the bed and sighed. Today had been a hard day. Actually most of her days were hard. Being a female otaku seemed to be even less common than being a male otaku, so she was practically an outsider who didn't have any friends at all, and dealing with all the complicated problems of life without someone to talk to could be hard at times.

She sighed again and looked at one of the bookshelves. She quickly located the place where she stored all the volumes of her favorite manga series Ranma 1/2.

'If only I could be there in the Ranma universe.' she thought to herself. 'With all the freaks around there I would most likely be less of an outsider, and besides it would be fun.'

She continued to daydream about those thoughts until she slowly drifted away into the land of dreams.

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Her dreams were all but pleasant ones. She dreamt that she fell into a deep, black hole. The fall seemed to last forever, and it felt a bit to realistic for her taste. She desperately struggled to wake up, but for some reason she couldn't. She screamed at the top of her lungs, but of course that didn't change anything.

After what seemed like an eternity to her, her fall ended suddenly when she finally hit some kind of ground. The impact was so hard and, like the fall which came before it, so realistic that she had to ask herself again if this was only a dream. But before she could think this over, the effect of the impact hit her, and she fell unconcious.

And then there was silence.

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When she awoke again she imediately realized that something was not right. She tried to open her eyes, but she was blinded by the unusually bright sunlight. After her eyes finally adjusted to her surroundings, she saw what exactly was different.

Her room was ... gone.

Instead she found herself lying on the grass in which seemed to be the middle of nowhere. There wasn't anything but even more grass around herself for as far as her eyes could see.

'Strange.' she thought 'I feel like I'm awake again, but it's rather clear that I'm stillt dreaming. Either that or this is all a very bad joke someone is trying to pull on me right now.'

She looked around herself a bit more and spotted something on the ground. She reckognized it as her wallet and picked it up.

When she took a closer look at the wallet she noticed that its contents had changed. Apart from the fact that there was much more money inside than there should have been, there was also a small note, and the content of the note was what shocked her most.

It read:

"Your wish has been granted. The contents of this wallet should help you starting out. Anything else is up to you."

After she read it once, something happened which caused her to nearly freak out. The note crumbled to dust and was gone in a heartbeat.

'No this cannot be true. Now I'm sure I must be dreaming. But if all this is really just a dream why does it feel so damn realistic. Maybe it actually is a very bad joke, although preparing all this would require quite a lot of effort to prepare it. I can't think of anyone capable of doing this who would be interested in scaring me like that. This is all so confusing.'

She continued to think about it, but she couldn't find an answer to all her questions. So after she had calmed down a bit, she took another look at the wallet. There was really quite a big amount of money in it. Some of it in Yen, and some of it in some banknotes she had never seen before in her life. Her papers were also inside, but something about them was odd as well. She took a closer look at them and realized what it was: Her adress was missing. According to her papers she was now homeless.

This was getting weirder every minute now. First that note, then the weird money, and now she was supposed to be homeless. Whatever was going on here, it really started to frighten her.

Then she realized something else. She suddenly started to feel slightly hungry. This finally convinced her that she wasn't dreaming. She didn't know where she was, and she had no food with her. She had to find someone as soon as possible, or she would starve to death. She could care about finding out what was going on afterwards.

So she just shook her hear to clear her thoughts, took her wallet, stood up and started walking.

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After some hours of walking she began to feel tired again, and it was already getting dark. She had found a small river along her path and decided to follow it, but she hadn't met any other humans yet. So she decided to rest for a while. She lay down in the grass near the river, and before she even realized it, she was already asleep again.

She woke up when she heard the sound of a voice. "Hey you, are you alright?" It was clearly a boys voice.

When she opened her eyes she saw that he was standing beside her. He looked down on her with concern on his face. He had black hair, and his clothing consisted of a yellow and black bandana, a yellow shirt and black pants. He had an oversized backpack with a strange umbrella on top of it attached to his back.

Somehow he seemed strangely familiar to her.

He started to speak again: "I found you lying there unconcious, so I got a little worried, but you seem to be alright now."

While he spoke, she saw his fangs and realization struck her like a blow in the face.

But that couldn't be. He really looked like ... but that wasn't possible ... someone had to be kidding her ... There was no way he really existed.

But his words confirmed what she had guessed. "By the way, my Name is Ryoga Hibiki, and what is yours?"

'That's it. Either I'm going insane, or this is the final proof that something is terribly wrong here. I guess I'll just play along for a while to find out what's going on here.' With these thoughts in mind, Kimiko finally managed to answer Ryoga. "I'm ... I'm Kimiko Miyamoto."

"Pleased to meet you Kimiko-san. So what are you doing out here anyway?"

"You could say I'm kind of Lost" She couldn't manage to come up with a better description of her situation right now without sounding like she was out of her mind. She just hoped he would buy it.

His answer surprised her a little bit "Yeah I know that. Happens to me all the time."

'This guy really does think he is Ryoga Hibiki' she guessed. That guess proved to be correct when she asked him. "So what are you doing out here Ryoga-san?"

His expression darkened a bit and he answered. "I'm searching for a rival. His name's Ranme Saotome, and he's a coward. He ran away from our duel."

'There's no way all this can be true. Either I really am in the Ranma universe, or this guy is completely nuts.'

The second possibility seemed just the slightest bit more realistic, but she still needed proof that this 'Ryoga' was really insane. So she asked him. "A duel? So you are a martial artsit?" "Yes I am." "Wow that's pretty cool, can you show me?" She was sure that this would be to much for him, and that it would show her that he wasn't the real Ryoga, but rather some really crazy fanboy instead.

But Ryoga just shrugged. "Sure why not." And with those words, he walked up to a nearby rock and shattered it with a punch of his fist and a loud battlecry on his lips.

Kimiko just stared at him.

Who needed realism anyway?

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Author's notes: So thats it for the first chapter. I hope you enjoyed it. So what's gonna happen next? How long will it take Kimiko to recover from the shock that she's been sent to the Ranma universe, and what will she do then? And what about Ryoga? Find out in the next chapter. I have it planned out already, I just have to get to writing it, so it shouldn't really take to long. A couple of days maybe.

Anyway, if you want to give me feedback, feel free to email me. Constructive criticism is always welcome and appreciated.

See ya next time.

So long, Desert Wolf.