Ranma 1/2 Fan Fiction ❯ You Never Know ❯ Chapter 1

[ P - Pre-Teen ]
You Never Know Until You Try

A Ranma 1/2 fanfiction by SaotomeRanchan

saotomeranchan@allaboutranma.com
http://www.all aboutranma.com/fanfics/

Disclaimers, authorÕs notes, and other fine print follow. You
donÕt really want to read that stuff first, do you?


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The Jusenkyo guide looked out at the vast expanse of what
had once been the Pools of Sorrow, stupefied. Even though the
plain had been flooded during Saotome RanmaÕs battle with
Safuron-sama -- in effect destroying the springs -- he had
remained at his post, hoping that the waters would
eventually recede and the pools once again emerge.

And now the water was completely gone.

HeÕd awakened with a premonition of doom, and had
dashed out of the caretakerÕs hut clad only in his pajamas. At
first heÕd rejoiced that the floodwaters were finally gone. A
moment later, heÕd realized *all* the water had vanished.

Puramu had gone out to the farthest reaches of Jusenkyo,
only to return, her young face grave. The pools out there
were drained, as well.

The guide carefully walked through the now-dry land, his
eyes searching every inch of the ground, looking for some
sign to tell him what had happened to the cursed waters.
After a half hour, he noticed an odd depression in the newly
arid basin where the source of Jusenkyo had been located.

Gingerly stepping his way to the opening, the guide bent
down and blinked. A three-foot hole breached the earth -- a
hole that had never been there before. Pulling out his
flashlight, he shone a light into the mouth of the crater.

He could not see the bottom.

The guide scratched his head in puzzlement. What evil
being would hatch such a fiendish plot that it involved
draining Jusenkyo of all its cursed water?


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In a typical suburban neighborhood in the United States,
three young and rather unattractive girls stood on the roof of a
house, where they had taken refuge from the waters that had
suddenly flooded the backyard. Two held shovels; the one
with the black wool cap held a pickaxe.

The tallest girl, a sallow-faced kid with a monobrow and an
outgrown buzz cut, turned to look at her companions. ÒYou
see, Double D?Ó she said. ÒYou *can* dig a hole to China!Ó


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AuthorÕs Note:

I humbly beg eternal forgiveness for writing this!!! The kids made
me do it! Yeah, that sounds plausible ... whoops, did I say that
out loud?


Disclaimers:

Ranma 1/2 is a creation of Takahashi Rumiko. Ed, Edd, and
Eddy is a creation of Dan Antonucci. Rights to these
characters belong to Takahashi-san, Mr. Antonucci,
Shogakukan, Kitty, Viz, Cartoon Network, and countless
other entities with the power to sue me for borrowing them
for a little while. Please don't -- I'm a starving, penniless
otaku!


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07/08/01