From the creative moron who brought you the unfinished works, "Out There", "2 Be a Master", and "Personality" comes worst possible fic ever imagined. A self insert featuring a crossover of Angelic Layer and Ranma ½.

Laying it on the Line by Lioconvoy.

Ranma ½ is the creation of Rumiko Takahashi, and Angelic Layer is the creation of CLAMP. I own none of their characters nor do I own any of other well knows characters that may appear in this story. The story itself is mine and I ask for no money.

"Angelic Layer is a game of the mind. The toy that started in Japan has now become widely popular around the world. The current world champion young high school girl named Misaki Mihara." A red haired American woman sat at a computer typing as she spoke to herself.

"Who are you talking to old man?" said a Japanese girl from behind her.

"I'm not that old, I'm only twenty-five. Really after this last year do you have to treat me as if I was your father?" The red haired woman turned in her chair to face her young ward. The Japanese girl like herself was a redhead, but only when she was a girl. With hot water the Japanese girl became a Japanese boy with black hair. No mater what the hair color it was always tied back in a braid, a habit the girl/boy had picked up from the woman herself. Another habit of her ward was the wearing of blue jeans and short sleeved T-shirts no matter what the weather. Only when Ranma needed to dress up did she wear a red silk Chinese shirt, and black silk pant. Although the clothes above didn't change all that often, Ranma always wore the appropriate undergarments for his/her gender.

At present Ranma had just returned from school and was in her female form. The woman smiled at her ward. "I type better when I'm speaking what I enter into the computer. How was school today?"

"It was normal, guys hitting on me, Lyn staring at me for no reason at all, Sarah talking about boys, and Christine reminding me I need to keep my grades up." Ranma frowned. It was the decision of her Guardian that she would attend school in her female form because the rarity of hot water's presence there. This made it impossible to make any male friends so she was stuck with only female ones. Not that she would complain about the friend she made. Lyn, Sarah and Christine were all very nice. For a girl Lyn was an exceptionally good sparring partner, Sarah although a bit boy crazy was also an expert of fending them off, and Christine helped her keep her grades up. "We're going to have a study session after they're done playing with those dolls at the Piffle Princess."

"Angels. Those dolls are called Angels. Angelic Layer is a lot more then just playing with dolls. It's a sport of the mind, the stronger one's will, the stronger one's Angel. In the end the strongest will wins." The woman turned around in her chair and typed out the later part of what she had just said. She then pushed her chair back and stood up. "Any way what I'm working on is a favor for a friend. Icchan asked me to write a biography on Angelic Layer for the American players."

"How does the father of Angelic Layer, Ichirou Mihara, know the down and out writer Lioconvoy?" Ranma smirked.

"Hiraishin and I operated out of Japan for a bit and we stole some of the prototypes. We almost ruined him. I felt sorry for the guy and returned them without asking for my usual finder's fee." Lioconvoy said as she walked past Ranma out of her office.

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Somewhere in Japan a masked man sneezed as he was selling a panda to the zoo.

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The now male Lioconvoy stepped out of his room and into the living room carrying a platform. He then walked back in grabbing two head sets and a shoe box. The now male Ranma watched as he took out two Angels from the shoe box. "I thought you said you returned the prototypes?"

"I did, these are from the first sales production, Icchan gave 'em to me." Lioconvoy took out one of the Angels, which was dressed in ninja gi, he inspected before setting it down.

"Okay let me get this strait; you stole some of the prototypes, returned them, and then became good friends with the guy?" Before Lioconvoy had become Ranma's guardian he and his former partner had been con-artist. After Lioconvoy's partner pushed him into the spring of the drowned girl, the same spring Ranma's own father had knocked him into; the two went their separate ways. Hiraishin fled Lioconvoy's wrath with Ranma's panda pop, and Lioconvoy, or Lio as he asked Ranma to call him, took him in.

"What can I say Icchan's a weird guy." Lio turned on the platform and a column of light formed above it. "This is the Layer, or actually it's a portable Layer, only on the Layer do Angels have life."

Lio took out the other Angel and handed it to Ranma. It was a red haired girl with pigtails and wearing a tight body suit. Lio then handed Ranma a headset after plugging it into the layer. Ranma then sat down in front of the Layer. "What do I do with these?"

"Put the headset on and throw Asuka into the Layer." Lio smirked.

"Asuka? You name your dolls?" Despite his comment Ranma did as he was told and through Asuka onto the Layer. She landed with a plop. "What I do wrong?"

"Everyone names their Angels, again they aren't dolls. Asuka is Hiraishin's." Lio picked up the other Angel then sat in front of the Layer himself. "As for what you did wrong, what exactly are you thinking of at the moment?"

"How stupid this all is. I don't see why Lyn, Sarah, and Christine find these things so fun." Ranma tried to will the doll to dance or do just anything but nothing seem to be happening at all.

"Before you learn to walk you have to learn how to crawl. Think about Asuka standing and only of that." Lio watch as slowly Asuka stood up. "There you go. Take things slow and as you get better it will naturally become easier to move the Angel.

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In the remote reaches of China outside the hidden village of Joketsuzoku a withered old woman balancing on a cane looked displease at her great granddaughter. She had been trying to teach her the Hiryü Shöten Ha, but Xian Pu just couldn't master the Soul of Ice needed to perform the move. "That is enough for this morning child."

"I am sorry I cannot master this technique Great Grandmother. I can't help but wonder what happen to Mu Tzu. He has not been seen in the village for over a year. Maybe he is learning some foreign magic to make me his." Xian Pu frowned.

"Child, Mu Tzu has left the village unescorted. When and if he returns you do not have to worry about him doing anything to you. The other Elders and I will take care of him. Tell me Granddaughter do you actually miss him?" As she said this she started hopping over to the village.

"Why would I miss that idiot" Xian Pu pouted a little, there were many men in the village, but they all were afraid of her because of her fierce strength, Mu Tzu was the only one who would dare go near her. Even if he was annoying she couldn't help but miss him a little despite what she had just told her grandmother.

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At the Piffle Princess two of Ranma's friends sat around a rented Layer while the third stood by and prepared to watch their Angels' battle.

Lyn's Angel Mu Tzu was a stood at the ready. The male Angel was dressed in Chinese robes with long purple hair flowing down its back and bangs covered it forehead just short of the thick glasses it wore.

Sarah's Angel Rinoa just sat on the layer with its knees held to its chest. The female Angel wore black shorts, a black tank top and a blue vest. One the back of the vest when the angels long black hair wasn't covering it you could see the pattern of white wings.

"Angelic Fight!" Christine called out.

Immediately Rinoa was up and rushing at Mu Tzu. With just a lift of an arm Mu Tzu sent a blade of wind strait towards his opponent. Rinoa jumped but the attack caught her leg and she came crashing back down. Taking advantage of his fallen foe Mu Tzu closed the distance between them. As Rinoa got up a strip of cloth caught her neck from the sleeve of Mu Tzu's robe. With force Mu Tzu lifted her by the cloth and sent her flying from the Layer.

"Victory! Lyn and her Angel Mu Tzu!" A Christine announced.

"Hey isn't that whip illegal" Sara pouted as she picked up her angel off the ground.

"It's Mu Tzu's belt. I've seen other Angels use their clothes as weapons." Lyn herself was a master of hidden weapons was proud that she was able to get that trick to work.

"I agree with Lyn it's a part of Moose clothing so I don't think it be illegal. Remember last year's doubles final. One of the Golden Pair's Angels used his bandana's as projectiles. He didn't get disqualified and that was how the Golden Pair got the Doubles championship title from Misaki Mihara and Hatoko Kobayashi." Christine smiled. At least she and Sarah wouldn't have to take on Lyn in the doubles tournament. Although neither of them had a chance in the singe tournament.

"His name is Mu Tzu, not Moose." Lyn now pouted. She had given her angel her real name and it annoyed her how easily everyone mispronounced its name.

"I wonder if we can coax Ranma into playing Angelic Layer, that way Lyn can have a partner." Sarah giggled. Upon finding out Ranma's little secret, she had been trying to get Ranma and Lyn together. She assumed Lyn had already known Ranma was really a guy and the reason she always stared at him was because of a crush.

"Can we wait until after the tournament to get Ranma interested. I really don't want to go against Moose in the doubles Tournament." Christine's own angle Fryer had an even record against Moose, but Lyn had definitely added more tricks to her arsenal lately.

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At the residence of Lio and Ranma, Ranma still sat in front of the Layer, but now Asuka was doing one of the more complicated katas of the Saotome School of Anything Goes Martial Arts. Along side Asuka, Recca was performing the same kata just as flawlessly.

"How come your Angel can learn the martial arts, but you can't?" Ranma himself had tried teaching Lio a few times and he never got the hang of it.

"What an Angel can do is only limited to one's imagination, a person has more set limits." As Lio said this he thought about Athena's Astral Emission, Wizzard's Magic Guard, and Ellen's Reversal Hexagon. His thoughts then turned to Recca's own secret technique. "Beside even if Recca is mimicking your kata now, I assure you she doesn't move quite as smoothly under fire."

"So can we try a battle?" Ranma smirked. This might be fun after all. Asuka finished her kata and stood ready.

"I'm afraid I'm going to have to decline. This layer is too small for a proper Angelic Fight. Surely you notice how many times Recca and Asuka almost collided during the Kata. How about tomorrow we go to the site of next week's Tournament. Icchan gave me an ID badge so we can get in no problems. You can invite the girls if you want too." Lio took off his headset and went into his room. While in there he pulled out two eggs from beneath the bed.

Ranma took off his head set as well and stood up stretching his legs. "I guess there is something to these dolls after all."

Lio returned from his room with the eggs and a few bags. "Angels, not dolls. Interested enough to make your own then? I have two Angels Eggs here, one male, one female. Both are the latest models. I've be playing around with the idea of making a second angels for myself, but I'll let you have first dibs on the eggs."

"Why not?" Ranma said taking the female egg from Lio.

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Kuh Lon frowned. Her granddaughter obviously missed the stupid boy. She would rather Xian Pu forget him, he was not worthy of her. Still if he seemed worthy or not Xain Pu did care for him.

What to do, Kuh Lon pondered. Xian Pu's depression seemed to deepen every day. In this state it was impossible to teach her what she must know to one day become the Amazon Matriarch.

Two month prior the blind fool had sent Xian Pu a package. The council of elders had decided they had to inspect the package before she was permitted to know it had arrived and accept it. Inside the package was and egg and some accessories for a game that was popular in the outside world. Although there was no return address Mu Tzu had included a short note that read "Meet me on the Layer."

Although few Amazons ever left the village they were aware what went on elsewhere in the world. In a few weeks time the national preliminaries for the Angelic Layer World Championship would take place.

Maybe what Xian Pu needed was some time away from the village. Maybe she could find a strong husband on the outside. There was no doubt in her mind that the blind fool would never make it to the level needed to see her great granddaughter so no harm could come from this plan.

Now she would talk with the other elders, and then tonight she would give Xian Pu the Angels Egg.

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Lio's Corner:

-Confused at where the story is going or where it's been? Good, I hope that brings you back for more.

-This story takes place a year after Ranma received his curse so he's seventeen, you'll learn more about what happened to some of the NWC in later chapters.

-For those unfamiliar with Angelic Layer, the Piffle Princess a department store where you can rent time on layers. They are the only place you can play Angelic Layer besides Tournament Arenas.

-This is a revamped version of the "Laying in on the Line" story. Upadated: 7 April 11

-As a bonus, my friend and pre-reader Hiraishin will try to add and Omake and the of each chapter, these do not take place in story continuity.

Q-Q

Omake by Hiraishin:

Genma and Hiraishin faced off. Hiraishin looked at the stump of his right arm before mournfully looking over the edge to where his hand and mountain dew went before glaring hatefully at the panda. That accursed demon god assault bomb or whatever it was took his dew. The panda held up a wooden sign.

#Soda never told you what happened to your father.#

"He told me enough! He told me you killed him!"

#No. I am your father.# Hiraishin looked at Genma in horror.

"No. That's no true! That's impossible!"

#Search your feelings. You know it to be true!#

"!" Hiraishin stopped and then glared at Genma. "I mean really. I'm neither Japanese nor a panda. What the hell are you smokin' and why haven't you shared you greaseball! It's off to the zoo with you!"

#Just try me stumpy!#

And once again the duo locked into combat.