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"Blabla": speak 'blabla':think [blabla]: Panda

Hunter²

1500 years before the actual story

Near the Pools of Sorrow stood a group of six women. One of the women, a girl who couldn't be older than 17, was on her knees, two of the older women stood behind her. The last three stood in front of her.

"Ran Ko. You have failed in your task. You were unable to kill the outsider who tarnished our honour. For this you shall be cursed by Jusenkyo!", spoke the oldest of the women to the redheaded girl before here.

Behind here the other two women looked down at her, the eyes full of pity.

"Do you have to say anything before you'll be cursed to regain your honour", asked the woman again this time she couldn't hide the pity in her eyes.

"There is nothing to say, I have failed.", answered the redhead. Only someone who stood under her would have seen her trembling lips since she didn't raise her head through the entire procedure.

"Do it" , and with that the two guards dragged the girl to the nearest spring.

As soon as they were near enough the girl went to her knees and the guards gently put her head under the water

Only to scream when the girl was pulled out of their grasp right into the spring.

"Aija, what are you doing? That one is empty pool" , exclaimed the guide from his hut.

"What? That can't be. We used this pool for years. This is the pool of the drowned cat.", screamed the matriarch.

"No is not. The pool of drowned cat is the one next to it.", said the guide as he sprinted to the pool with a rope in his hands.

"Miss, if you can hear me, take rope.", screamed the guide and throw the rope into the pool.

SPLASH

The guide waited for some minutes for something to happen than he pulled the rope out of the water und turned to the amazons.

"I is sorry but miss can't be saved. One month ago pool of drowned cat mix with another empty pool near and became the big pool near this one. That is why you thought that one was it. Now this one shall be known as the pool of the drowned girl."

The amazons looked terrible the two guards still had the shock written over their faces and the other three had masks of guilt.

"I...We...should go back to the village.", said the elder lamely still dazed from what happened.

Slowly the amazons made their way back to the village.

Neither the guide nor the amazons heard the screams of pain from the redheaded girl who's soul was ripped out of her body because of the pool.

No one saw her body disintegrade into nothingness as the magic of Jusenkyo created a blueprint of sorts for the next victim of the Pools of Sorrow.

No one knew what would happen 1500 later.

1500 years later Japan

"Damnit. You steal a little bit of sake, some bread, some pork and some money and the hunt you like you're an animal.", cursed an overweighed, petty, cruel, idiotic, pathetic, ( I could go on for a long while so we better skip that part) Martial Artist

"Come one boy. Show some endurance and don't act like a little girl because your legs hurt. This is all training son."

"Yeah sure it has absolut nothing to do with the fact that you stole from the mob of bloodthirsty people behind us eh Pops?" said the eleven year old Ranma and snorted at his old man.

'I could run for hours old man. You're the one who's slowing us down' thought the boy darkly.

"Quiet your whining. Maybe I overdid it a little bit, but it was all in the mind of your training boy. So show your father some respect"

"Respect? Earn it old man. Oh wait that would mean you would have to work for it. So no deal", the pigtailed boy smirked as the insult hit home.

The older man looked striken for a moment than he continuated running.

"Well maybe it's time for a little trip away from Tokyo."

"Tokyo? You mean Japan since you have an crimeregister all around Japan.", again the boy couldn't help but smirk.

One Time they police had gotten hold of Genma. Ranma had been in the care of a nice couple for a whole week. That was how long it had taken Genma to break out and track Ranma. In that time Ranma had learned a whole lot about his oh so beloved father. That was the moment of an eyeopener. Since then he hadn't had any respect for his old man.

"You know what boy. That isn't even such a stupid idea. Yes we'll go to China I even have an brochure about some traininggrounds somewhere in my pack.", said the fat Marital Artist with an intense look of concentration on his face. It doesn't have to be said that he looked very very stupid. "Can you even read or speak Chinese old man?", asked a somewhat disturbed Ranma.

A bit sweetdrop formed on his head as Genma keeped on talking about "his" fabulous idea of going to China.

'I just know this is going to be bad.'

China, near Jusenkyo

Again our favourite pigtailed Martial Artist walked behind his father. An observer would have noted that the boy kept on muttering about putting a certain someone through a lot of torturs.

The fat, idiotic etc etc.. Master of the Saotome School for Anything Goes Martial Arts walked proud in front of his son. Or at least that was what he hoped it looked like. (No comment there. Grilled Panda rules)

After the last 5 oh so great traininggrounds Ranmas patience was wearing thin. He had been burned, buried alive, beaten, frozen and had nearly been drowned. If this Jusenyko was anything like the hellish torture grounds before. Well Kami-sama would hopefully(it depends on who you ask) have mercy on Genmas soul, through that was a lose chance, since Ranma wouldn't.

After some minutes of walking the finally come to the Pools of Sorrow.

"It doesn't look like much"

"What? Are you girl or what? Cut the whining"

"Take that back old man or I swear I'm going to make you regret it.", snarled Ranma, his patience throwing the towel in and giving room for his anger.

"Hmpf. Well let's get startet."

And with that both hoped on the bambus poles sticking out of the pools.

The startet to trade punches but it was quickly clear that Ranma was at an disadventage. His wounds from the other traininggrounds hadn't closed themselves properly yet so he was quickly getting weaker. Then he jumped again only to use his fathers outstretched leg as a springboard, right in his fathers face.

With a nice thump his fathers rather large form flew into a pool.

"Well looks like you lost again old man. Who's the girl now eh?" asked Ranma cockily from his pole.

Suddenly a big shape flew out of the pool. To large to be his father.

Then he saw the giant panda who stood atop a pole near him.

"Growf [Wheres your defence boy?]", with that said the panda jumped at Ranma who as shocked as he was at seeing a panda attacking him didn't manage to dodge the attack.

With a rather loud SPLASH he landed in a pool.

Suddenly he was pulled down. Not as if anyone pulled him down but as if he hat turned to stone. Then he felt a tingling and suddenly the tingling sensation stopped then .....pain.

The sound of fighting had awakened her. She tried to look outside of her spring but couldn't see anything. Again the longing for a live could be felt.

Then she saw a shape flying towards her spring.

'Another victim of the Pools of Sorrow' she thought with a sigh.

Then she did gasped. The boys, for it was a boy, aura was bleeding out. There was a tear in his soul.

'Maybe I could. But I would have to share a body. But I would be free. I'm sorry whoever you are but I can't let such a chance get away.

The moment the boy was in the water of her pool she forced her very soul near his tear. Before she could even do anything she was sucked inside his body and with her departure the magic of her pool diappeared or at least it should have.

A totally different world

"Jin-sensei look what I've found" shouted a voice.

A darkhaired man made his way to the voice. The voice belonged to boy of thirteen years with rather long hair.

"What is it Kaito?"

"Look, this stone, it has an aura"

"What" within a moments notice the man known to the world as Jin Freeks oder Ging Freekz, Doublehunter, activated his Gyou and saw the rather strong Aura about the item in question which was an fancy looking golden bracelet.

"Well that's interesting. Let me take a closer look", he took the bracelet and looked at it for a minute or two.

'There is absolutly nothing that shows what that thing can do. Hm I wonder. Maybe if I use Nen.'

Suddenly an Aura formed around Jin and the Bracelet startet to glow even stronger.

Then with a loud crack the bracelet disappeared and a boy appeared. Unfortunatly said boy appeared above Kaito, who was to dumbstruck do dodge.

"Ufff, hey, get off me"

"Calm down Kaito, the boys unconscious. If your going to be a Hunter than you should be able to react in time you know."

"Sorry Jin. But he's heavier then he looks."

Jin grabbed the unconscious boy and liftet him.

'Well he certainly is heavier than he looks. If I sense it right his muscles are pretty developed for his age. Could it be that he wants to become an Hunter or maybe he already is one? Bah enough thinking, I will ask the boy when he wakes up.'

He let the boy gently to the ground and grabbed a blanket to cover the boy.

All around him was darkness, Ranma couldn't see anything than he heard it. A growling and a howling. CATS. Slowly he saw the shapes of the monsters. The came nearer. He could already feel the ground shift to that of the pit. The eyes of the cats were all drawn to him.

Then the first were one him and the pain started.

"HELP. Please.Anyone. Please" he startet sobbing . It was useless, he could scream all he wanted. There never came help.

Suddenly there was a warm feeling. The pain went away. Slowly he opened his eyes. And found himself in the arms of another child. She couldn't have been older than him . But somehting in her eyes told an entire other story.

"Psscht. I will help. You helped me to get away from this cursed place, now it's my time to help."

He stared at her. Cursed Place? What the Heck? Did she mean Jusenkyo.But?

"Thank you" and he meant it. For the thirst time in the last 6 years he was glad for someone to hold him. Because for now the pain wasn't anymore.

To be continued