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***** = memory
------- = another location
==== = Another TIME

+++++ = another location in the memory :D

************** Beginning of time ***************

Britanny yawned and stretched out her sore muscles, with an audible popping noise. She smiled to herself, which quickly went to dismay as she looked over to the clock. She jumped out of bed, quickly getting dressed and running downstairs. She sat at the table and looked around, wondering where everybody was. She waited for what must've been around a half hour, staring at an empty plate. With a sigh she got up and walked over to a cupboard, picking up a note that was placed there.

Dear Britanny,

Sorry we aren't here this morning, but if I know you well enough, you are pretty mad at us right now. *she nodded* Sorry about that, but we have school this morning and we were running late. Miss you.

Ranma

She blushed as she read it and placed it back on the counter. She hummed a slight tune to herself as she danced happily around the kitchen, making herself something to eat. When she went to reach for the tuna, she spied a bag by the cupboard. Picking it up she examined it, and immediately went wide eyed.

Britanny : Damn, Hotaru left her lunch.

She smiled at the prospect of being able to see her Ran-Chan however. So she took the lunch, packed it in a bigger bag and ran out the door putting on her Cheetah speed.

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Ranma stalked toward the two idiots that had been bothering Hotaru for the past few minutes. He was getting angrier and angrier as the seconds ticked by, and he wasn't about to let anything stop him. He casually jumped over a ten foot fence and ran toward the two boys full out, becoming a blur to the normal eyes and earning awe stricken gasps. As he neared the boys, he heard a loud rumble coming from the side and stopped dead in his tracks to look. He chuckled to himself when he noticed Britanny running toward them in her hybrid form.

Britanny : Hotaru-Chan! Ran-Chan!

Ranma waved slightly and moved to the side as she came barreling through where he once stood and stopped over by Hotaru. She looked curiously at the boys before smiling a little.

Britanny *Sing song voice* : Hi! Whatcha doin?

Ranma tensed up as soon as heard her sing song voice, knowing she was pissed off. He chuckled to himself and sat down next to a nearby tree.

Ranma : It seems, that I won't be needed.

The two boys that were harassing Hotaru looked at Britanny and began to drool, as the buxom beauty stared at them.

Daisuke : We were,... uh.... just talking with Hotaru. Right Hotaru?

Daisuke laughed nervously as he looked over to Hotaru with a pleading look, only to be glared at by his friend.

Ryujin : What are you talking about Daisuke, we came to ask about her, remember?

Daisuke slapped Ryujin upside the head and swore at him under the breath.

Daisuke : Stupid, don't you see what's going on?!?

Ryujin : uh....... no?

Daisuke : Idiot! She's the spotted goddess that we saw before, do you want to get her mad at you?

Ryujin : Of course not!

Daisuke : Then shut up and let me do the talking.

Britanny : H-Hey, are you listening to me?

Daisuke : Ah my spotted goddess, it does my heart good that you have come to my loving aid. Please allow me to the honor of inviting you to date me!

Britanny *appalled* : What?!?! The only date I want is with my Ran-Chan!

Hotaru : YOUR Ran-Chan?!?!

Britanny walked over to Hotaru and stood up, towering her in size.

Britanny : You know what I mean. I would like to go on a date with Ran-Chan ALONE.

Hotaru : No way! I want to!

Ranma sighed and mentally kicked himself for thinking this could've been solved without his involvement. He got up and walked the rest of the way over to where the two girls were in the middle of their 'catfight'. Ranma cleared his throat and directed their attention toward him.

Hotaru & Britanny : WHAT?!?

Ranma *paling* : Scary.

Britanny : Ah, Ran-Chan!

Britanny hugged onto Ranma and squeezed him tightly.

Hotaru : Hey, get off Ranma you hussy.

She grabbed Ranma's other side and they began a grueling game of Tug-o-war with Ranma as the rope. Daisuke and Ryujin watched in mock horror as they chose the 'weakling' over someone so noble as themselves.

Daisuke : H-hey!

Britanny : Mine!

Hotaru : MINE!

Ryujin : God damnit, listen to us!

Hotaru & Britanny : SHUT UP!

They both 'eeped' and took a tentative step away from the scary girls.

Ranma : Enough already!

They both stopped and looked at Ranma, who had a bemused look on his face. He sighed and freed himself from their grip, wiping the dust from his clothes.

Ranma : I thought we had this settled. What is going on between you two, I thought you had settled on a truce.

Hotaru : We did.

Britanny : yeah.

Ranma *sweat drop* : THIS is what you call a truce? Playing games with me until I snap?

Britanny looked down at the ground and shuffled nervously, and Hotaru fidgeted with her hands. They both look up and see Ranma staring into the horizon, his eyes hard and narrowed.

Ranma : What the hell.

There was a slightly whistling noise as the object he saw, zeroed in on his position. Ranma, thinking fast, pushed the girls out of the way as the 'bomb' hit the ground, exploding and engulfing Ranma's body. Britanny and Hotaru stared in horror as Ranma pushed them out of the way, and the explosion tearing up the ground where they had been standing at. They both stood up fast and searched around blindly through the smoke, looking for a trace of Ranma.

Britanny : Ranma!!!

Hotaru : Ranma! Answer us!

They abandoned their search as another whistling noise pierced the air, dropping toward their location. Britanny, knowing Hotaru wouldn't make it in time, lunged at her in an attempt to push her out of the way. She almost made it in time, but the whistling got louder and time slowed down. Ranma walked out of the crater, coughing a bit and looked toward Britanny and Hotaru to make sure they were safe. He noticed the panicked look on Britanny's face and looked toward the bomb in horror. He ran forward, his hand stretched out trying to save them as the bomb landed where Hotaru and Britanny stood and threw Ranma back, into the fence behind him. Ranma looked up in surprise, then quickly tried to find any traces of them, much to no avail.

Intercom : Students, this is an emergency. Please proceed to the nearest bomb shelter. This area of Juuban is under attack.

Ranma made no attempts to move, nor budge from the spot where he stared at the newly formed crater, tears running freely from his eyes. He screamed out at the injustice of it all, and slammed his fists into the ground repeatedly igniting his power and ripping the ground under him up in chunks. He growled as he looked up at the incoming forces, all targets aimed at him. They fired, and he chuckled to himself. He pointed his palm toward the helicopters, and fired a blast of raw energy that surged from his hand and tore the planes from the sky in a fiery fashion. He stood up and looked at the crater which once held Britanny and Hotaru, and with a choking sob he ran toward his home.

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Ranma paid no heed to anything at his house, he just ran up the stairs two at a time until he reached his room. He went over to his dresser and opened it slowly, pulling out a small object. He smirked and unveiled the item he held.

Ranma *silently* : The nanban mirror.

Without a word, Ranma shed a tear onto the mirror's surface and disappeared in a flash of light.

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Ranma sat in a room filled with darkness as the world around him burned in a fire that was real, and yet not. The heat he felt was in fact nothing at all but his mind playing tricks on him. He got up and looked around him at all the buildings and corpses that looked freshly burned, almost like he was the person responsible for this terrible disaster. But it couldn't be him, could it? Martial artists were honorable and could never kill a person. The figure stood up at around six foot in height, muscles rippling and yet dense on his tall lean form. His eyes were icy blue and had a look of kindness of a young man, and the hardness of a veteran warrior. He started walking and looking around the burning town, and his glance wandered toward a large tree in the center of the town and headed toward it.

Ranma : So, we meet again.

Ranma smiled and walked toward the burning town, the past once again replaying in the back of his mind.

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End of, Beginning of Time. Stay tuned for my new series called "Endless Sorrow" which will be a 'Sequel' to Beginning of Time.

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I will be taking some time off of this for a while, but rest assured that I will continue it. Right after I write some more on Digger ½ and Psychic Ranma.


Importance of Work :

1) Digger ½
2) Psychic Ranma
3) Endless Sorrow (if your lucky hehehe)

SSJ GUYVER, Signing off.