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THE DRAGON CRONICALS
BOOK ONE
OF DRAGONS AND DEMONS
CHAPTER ONE
HERE COMES THE MAGIC! AND THERE GOES A FIANCÉE!
At Furinkin High school a boy of seventeen years, dressed in a samurais outfit, his name: Tatewaki Kuno, was waiting at the front gate for Ranma Saotome to show up, thinking that he will finally defeat the 'foul sorcerer' Saotome and free Akane Tendo and the 'pig-tailed goddess'.

"Excuse me upperclassman but would you know where I can find Ranma Saotome?" asks a young man around 5'10", sixteen years of age, wearing a white t-shirt with a black dragon on it, black jeans, and a black leather belt that has a dragon etched in silver going around it, with his hair in pig-tail that comes down to the end of his shoulder-blades.

"I am currently waiting for the cur my young friend. So that I can strike him down and release my two loves from his spell." Replies Kuno.

Just as the young man was going to ask Kuno why Ranma was a cur and who his two loves where the said mentioned cur arrived.

"KIAAA!" yelled Kuno as he attacked Ranma. Now Ranma was used to Kuno attacking him in the morning at the school what he wasn't expecting was Kuno throwing ninja stars at him. Now while Ranma was dodging Kuno was papering to strike Ranma.

"Now I shall defeat you Saotome, and release the pig-tailed goddess and the fair Akane Tendo from thy grasp."

"Look upperclassman I don't know what you got against Ranma but I can't let you hurt him. FIREBALL!" With that said a ball of flame leaves the young man's hands and flies towards Kuno's chest and hits him engulfing him in flames then dying out suddenly leaving a smoking but still alive Kuno and a very surprised Ranma on the ground.

"Ranma are you O.K.?" asks the young man as he helps Ranma up.

"Yeah. Who are you and how did you do that?"

"I'm shocked that you don't remember me Ranma," said the young man with laughter in his brown eyes, "I'm Rangar Johnson your cousin from Kyoto."

"Class we have a new student today," said Miss. Hinako, "his name is Rangar Johnson. Rangar please introduce your self to the class."

"Hia sensei," Rangar said bowing to Miss. Hinako, "well you know my name so I'll tell you my hobbies. I'm a student of anything goes martial arts, I'm also 1st class mage of the anything goes magical arts, and I'm also Ranma's cousin."

Now to give you an idea of what the class was going through I'll tell you. When he mentioned martial arts every one looked at Ranma, when he mentioned magic every one looked at him with wide eyes, and when he mentioned that he was Ranma's cousin every one was looking at the both of them. Now back to the story

"Take the seat next to Ranma, Rangar." Said Miss. Hinako

"Hia." Rangar says as he sits next to Ranma, "So cuz what's going on?"

"Tell you at Lunch, Kay?"

"Kay."

"You could have told me that she could suck the chi out of people, Ranma." Said a tired Rangar at Lunch.

"You should have known by the way everyone jumped out of the way including me."

"Ran-Chan come over here for Lunch," calls out a young woman with mid- back length black hair, dressed in a boy's uniform, and holding a giant spatula. "Ok Ukyo." Ranma calls back, "come on Rangar, your about to have the best okonomiyaki you ever had."

Ukyo, now where have I heard that name before? Rangar thinks to himself as walks with Ranma towards Ukyo.

"Rangar this is Ukyo Kuonji, my best friend since I was five."

Uh...oh, Rangar thinks as he hears the last name, I hope she doesn't recognize me.

"Ukyo this is my cousin Rangar Johnson..."

"You!" Ukyo yells as she looks at Rangar for the first time.

Jigs up "See ya Ranma, got to run" Rangar says as he turns around and starts to run for the hills.

"Come back here!" yells Ukyo as she chases after him.

"Umm...." Is all Ranma can say as he watches Ukyo chase Rangar out of the school.

"You still can't be mad about what I did?" asked Rangar as he dodged the spatula shaped shuriken.

"Get back here so I can give you the answer in the form of kicking your but!"

"Look Ranma's my cousin, and when we met you told me that you had to beat the crap out of him for your family honor. I figured that I had to protect him."

"YOU. SENT. ME. TO. CALUFORINA."

"Oh yah, he. Bye." And with that he was gone.

"Get back here Rangar!!"

Finally lost her. Rangar thinks to himself. Now let's see where I am. As he looks around Rangar notices the signs of a recent fight wow that must have been some fight to leave that indent Rangar thinks as he looks at a human shaped indent in the wall.

"AHHH!" THUD! Suddenly there's another one next to it with the guy still inside of it.

"God, are you okay?" Rangar asks the guy.

"Yeah," the guy says as he removes himself from the wall, "just forgot to dodge that things punch again."

"Thing?"

"Yeah, what else would you call that?" The guy says as he points at something that stops at nine feet high, five feet wide, and as ugly as a piece of crap.

"3rd level demon, I think." Rangar says as he looks at the thing.

"Demon?"

"3rd possible 4th level demon."

"Ooookay, how are you supposed to defeat that demon then."

"Oh, with this." Rangar says as he holds one of his arms out in front of him "LIGHTING BOLT!" lighting shoots out of Rangar's outstretched arm and hits the demon fully on the chest. "Ooookay, that was suppose to knock him down." Rangar says as he sees the demon still standing.

"So you are a 1st class mage."

"My god it can talk." Says the guy.

"Well no duh, all demon's can talk one way or another." Replies Rangar. "Yeah I'm a 1st class mage, what of it."

"You can not defeat me for I am a 6th level demon."

"6th level, you say, huh." Rangar says as he stares at the demon, "Then try this on for size, martial arts/magic combination: LIGHTING BARRAGE!" As Rangar says these words his hands start moving as if he was doing the chestnut-fist attack, but in stead of a target being hit lighting shoots from his hands and impacts on the demon's chest.

Who is this guy? I better help him. "SHI SHI HOKODAN!" with this said a ball of green energy leaves the guys hands and hits the demon, destroying him as the energy mixes with the lighting.

"What was that!" Rangar exclaims. Surprised at what happened.

"My chi attack, the Shi Shi Hokodan." Replies the guy.

"Ah, so that was a chi attack. Oh I haven't introduced myself yet, I'm Rangar Johnson." Rangar says as he extends a hand, and as he does he looks at the young man. Hmm, that headband has some magic in it and it looks like he's cursed too.

"Ryouga Hibiki." Ryouga says as he shakes Rangar's hand, "So where from?"

"Let's grab something to drink and I'll tell you."

"Six years ago I was in china, near an area called Jusenkyo. I happened to come across an Amazon village. I was challenge to a fight by one of the guards, who just happened to be my own age. I defeated her and then learned that I was married to her." Rangar passes here to take a sip from his drink, "Now both of us were eleven, and I tell you now, I was smitten with her the first time I saw her. She took me to see her great- grandmother, now I tell you that lady looked more like a ghoul than anything else, thankfully she knew Japanese and told me the laws. Now I stayed with them for a year and during that time I learned Chinese, the chestnut-fist, the breaking point, and the Hiryuu shoten ha."

"Why did you leave?"

"My curse."

"Wait you fell into one of the springs at Jusenkyo?"

"Yes, how do you know of the springs."

"I have a friend who went there," Ryouga says.

"Yeah, imagine the guards surprise when I came back to the village, in the rain, in my cursed form, without clothes. Let's just say I was chased all the way to the port, with it raining all the way. But at least I don't have to worry about the clothes problem anymore. But I do miss my 'wife', but every time I plan on going back the monsoon season starts."

"So, what was her name?"

"In Chinese its Xian Pu, translated its Shampoo."

"SHAMPOO!"

"You know her?"

"Let's just say that I know her and the old ghoul, and that old ghoul swings a mean cane."

"That's Ko Lon alright. I still have some of those bumps." Rangar says as he laughs. "But tell me how they and the village were."

"The village I don't know about, but they're doing fine. The Nekohaten is making enough money for the three of them."

"Three? Nekohaten?"

"Ooh, Moose is with them and the Nekohaten is the restaurant that they own here in Nerima."

"SHE'S HERE!"

"Yeah."

"Wait, did you say Moose is here also?"

"Yeah."

"Is he keeping people from Shampoo?"

"Yeah, why?"

Rangar smiles to himself then starts heading down the street at a fast walk.

"Hey wait up, you haven't answered my question yet." Ryouga yells and goes after him, but this is Ryouga, the eternally lost boy, were talking about. and finds himself in a forest. "WHERE AM I NOW!!"

'NEKOHATEN: The Best Raman in Nerima' Rangar reads to himself as he looks at the sign on the building in front of him. I hope Ryouga was right about her being here.

"Welcome to the Nekohaten. Table for one?" asks an old woman that could only be described as a ghoul.

"(Hello you old bat, long time no see. )" Rangar replies in Chinese

WHACK! "(I always told you to respect your elders Gar. Gar? )" Cologne's eyes widen as she realizes who she's talking to. WHACK! "(Where have you been for the past five year's son-in-law? )" WHACK! "(We thought you dead! )" WHACK! "(Xian Pu grieved for two years! )"As she raised her cane to hit him again Rangar held up his hands.

"(Before you hit me again Ko Lon, I have to tell you that I fell into a spring at Jusenkyo. )" Rangar says as he rubs his head, "(and that I was chased out of the village when I tried to return. )"

"(Why were you chased out of the village? )" Asks the old ghoul

"(It was raining and I didn't know how to talk in my cursed form yet. )"

"(So why did you not return on a day that the sun was shining? )"

"(One: I was chased to the harbor. Two: I hid on a ship. And three: the ship left the harbor as soon as I got on it. )" Rangar tells her. "(Now can I sit down please, I've been on my feet all day and I just defeated a daemon a little bit ago. )"

"(Choose a table, you are family. )"

"(I'll take the one in the shadows, so that way I can see Xian Pu with out her seeing me. )" Rangar says as he looks around the room. "(By the way where's Mu Tsu? )"

"(He's in back doing the dishes. He's so nearsighted that he has been saying hello to the plant when a customer comes in.)" Cologne says. "(Shall I tell him you're here? )"

"(No, I want to surprise both of them. )" Rangar says as he sits down at the table in the shadows.

"(Grandmother I'm home! )" Yells a purple haired young woman as she comes into the Nekohaten.

"(Good, we are closing early today. )"

"(Why? )"

"(We have a visitor. )" Ko Lon says with a smile on her face.

"(Okay. )" Says the young woman, who is slightly puzzled by her grandmother's behavior.

She's still beautiful. Rangar thinks to himself as he looks on from the shadows.

"(Mu Tsu get out here! )"

"(What do you want old ghoul? )" Asks the young man that comes out of the kitchen.

WHACK! "(Mind your elder's boy. )" Ko Lon tells the young man. "(Now, we have a visitor that we haven't seen for five years. )"

"(Who is it grandmother? )" Asks the young woman.

"(Someone that has missed you as much as you missed him. )" Rangar replies from the shadows.

The young woman's eyes widen as she realizes whom the voice belong to. "(No it can't be, he's dead, killed by that beast that was driven away from the village. )"

"(Why do you think I was killed by 'that beast')"

"(I found your clothes torn and ripped apart. )" Says the young man, "(But if you are who you say you are, tell me something that only he would know. )"

"(Okay,)" Rangar says, "(so how is Pur Fum these days Mu Tsu? Last time I saw her, you and her where a little 'busy' if you get my meaning.)

"(Gar, it is you. My friend, I welcome you and know that I kept the honor of your wife safe. )"

"(Well Xian Pu are you going to give me a welcome home hug or am I to wait another five years. )" Rangar says as he steps out of the shadows. With tears in her eyes the young women know as Xian Pu gives the only man she's loved a hug.