OK. First of all, I want to thank you for stopping by to read my First,( and probably only) Ranma 1/2 crossover(and since there are no Figure 17 stories I have found yet),from among the multitudes of other Ranma stories here. Second, I hope you all enjoy my offering here..( and to those looking, I will be back at it on IMM and The honda factor soon) and of course Third, I don't own Ranma 1/2, Figure 17, or any other stories I may ...ah, borrow from...and make no claims to anything but what I create here from my erratic imagination. (And enjoy the title for this one. And thank you to those who submitted reviews. I hope this don't become yet another boring Ranma and Akane pairing, and with the thought I have in mind, it wont, but the muse can be fickle sometimes)
BTW ...The story here takes place about 5 years after the end of Figure 17, which will also bring into play Ranma 1/2 just after the Safron storyline...

Figure 17 One Half

By Talonhunter

Chapter 2...Of Ramen, Miso and...P-Chan?

In the forests of Hokaido, near a splendid view overlooking the glass still waters of a pond, we see a all too familier banbana wearing boy setting up his camp for the night. Suddenly a phone rings and the boy answers it. "Moshi,moshi. Hibiki Ryouga here."

"Sorry, I must have dialed the wrong number" the voice on the other end said.

"No problem, Have a good day" click and Ryouga hangs up the phone. 'I at least have a signal here". He thought. 'At least I can call Akari and let her know I am ok, and eventually where I am.'

The phone rings again. "Moshi,moshi. Hibiki Ryouga here."

"... Sorry again, it seams the number I have is no good. Once again have a good day." click

' How strange. To think that people stil get bad phone numbers in this day and age.' he thinks. Unseen by Ryouga, a set of eyes is watching him...

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In a space ship on the outer edges of the sector of space we know as Alpha Centari, A man with Aqua green hair turns off his communications grid.' Well, I guess thats what happens when you leave a number unpaid for on earth' he thinks.

"Any luck in contacting Hikaru or Tsubasa yet,DD?" the blond haired woman asked.

"No, apparently the old cell phone had its number reissued. I do know that the girls are in Hokaido though from what information Hikaru sent me. I could try contacting Tsubasa at the Farm house though. If the memory blocks are still in place, no one will remember Hikaru, but there is no way to tell what will happen if she were to be seen accidently." DD spoke.

"Have those scientists you were with been able to come up with any ideas as to why a figure was able to attain independence?"

"Not yet, just some theories about Youth DNA and such. That reporter didn't have any problems with the Reburs so they think it wasn't anything to do with the human genome, but then they also argue that it may be only from the young, so who knows."

" Well that is a discussion for another time. Do you still have the number for the farmhouse?" Oldina asked.

" yes, I have it, but getting thru on it will take a bit longer..."

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Meanwhile, back on earth...

Akane was on the phone talking to Nabiki, letting her know they had arrived.

"So, has anything 'intresting' happened yet." The middle Tendo girl asked.

"What ever do you mean?" Akane replied in a 'o so inocent ' voice that got the Ice queen to laugh.(A rare treat reserved for family members)

" So the chaos magnet strikes again. I knew that boy could't keep out of trouble." She said. " So how long did it take and what was the resulting damage?"

'oh boy' Akane thought." If I tell you, please don't go wagering with everyone"

"On my honor, I wont go wagering." Nabiki said, though what Akane didn't know was it had already been done, long before they even left Tokyo.

"Ok. It went like this..." and Akane told her of the adventure so far, but leaving out the part of Hikaru and Tsubasas transfomation. As far as Akane was concerned, Nabiki didn't need to know that about them.

It was then Kasumi spoke up on the extention." Oh, I remember the Shiinas'. It was too bad about them. Ms Shiina was a nice person."

Nabiki audiably flinched. " KASUMI! Don't do that."

Akane smiled at that. Only Ranma and Kasumi could do that to NAbiki, and only recently had Ranma been able to do it to Nabiki. "Do you remember much about them, Kasumi?"

"Only that she and mother had lunch together sometimes. After they moved, mother lost track of them." Kasumi said. Suddenly there came a beep on the phone.

"Sorry Kasumi and Nabiki. There is a call coming in. I will call you back next week." and with that switched the phone over to the incoming call.

"Hello, Hokaido residence"

A mans voice came on the line. " May I speak to Tsubasa please?"

"Sure just a moment." Akane replied back and took the handset over to Tsubasa and Hikaru. "Someone calling for you, Tsubasa." and she handed her the phone.