I recently tries to send a completed version of "Wishing Upon the Same
Star" to the list but I don't think it ever made it.  At least I didn't
get it so I guess I'll have to repost it part by part, page by page
again.  Hope this doesn't cause any problems.  

	I'm eventually going to do this with "The Legend of Ranko" as well.  As
soon as I finish the fifth part and get C&C for it.	

	I'm doing this for anyone who missed any parts so everyone can get
caught up.  It has been revised slightly and I'd like to personally
thank Weddragon, Bengman and Raphael See for their insightful C&C as
well as eveyone else who sent me feedback for this series!  I really
appriciate it!

Sincerely,

Megane 6.7


"Life is Real, Life is Earnest,
If you're Cold, Turn up the Furnace."

- Herman Munster

PROLOGUE

MAY 1
SOMEWHERE IN CHINA
10:00 P.M.

     	The crescent moon shone clearly in the evening sky as a 
lone figure stoked his campfire and stared into the black center of the 
dancing orange flames.  It was a young man, well built and healthy, 
his eyes dark and intense but with a haunted look to them.  He sat, 
shoulders slightly hunched, as if deeply absorbed in thought, all his 
attention concentrated on the fire as if attempting to figure out some 
hidden meaning to a complex puzzle.  Finally he relaxed enough to 
release a long sigh and look resigned as if he had solved the unseen 
jigsaw puzzle but didn't like the picture that it had formed.

     	"There's no getting around it.  I have to face the truth." 

     	The young man continued to study the fire for a long 
moment.  Finally he stood up, moving slowly over to a large 
backpack.  He briefly ruffled through it until he found a sleeping bag 
which he rolled out near the fire.  A thin, cold breeze whispered 
past him as he did so, causing him to involuntarily shiver as he 
climbed into the sleeping bag and stared up into the sea of stars.

	"I was so close."  "Maybe....No I've been gone too long as it 
is."  "I have to go home and be with her."

	The young man smiled for a moment as thoughts of his 
beloved drifted through his clouded mind.  He pictured her smiling 
face as she awoke by his side in the morning, greeting him with a 
warm hug, holding him close to her as she told him how much she 
loved him and how cute he was.  He closed his eyes and gently drifted 
off to sleep and continued to dream of being with the one he loves....

	Several hours later, the moon had reached the highest point 
of the sky and was beginning its slow descent downwards.  The 
young man slept with a peaceful look on his face, his chest rising and 
falling with each even breath he took, even as a shadow gradually 
fell over him.  The shadow was attached to a short young female, 
although only modestly built.  The girl smiled down at the form 
of the young man, her eyes brimming with both amusement and 
affection.  She knelt down next to the boy's head and softly stroked 
his hair with one of her soft hands.  The boy stirred lightly at the 
sensation and the smile reappeared on his face.  and then, in a soft 
voice, the boy murmured...

"Akane...."

	The girl paused for a moment, as if mulling something over, 
and then she leaned down and whispered in the boy's ear.

	"Yes, Ryouga....It's me.  she whispered as she leaned closer.  
"Wake up."

	Ryouga Hibiki slowly opened his eyes and stared up at the 
face of Akane Tendo.  He blinked several times, trying to decide if he 
was dreaming or not.

	I must be dreaming.  Ryouga thought to himself.   What 
would Akane be doing here in China.  "Uh....Hello Akane."  Ryouga 
quietly said. 

	"Hello yourself."  Akane replied with a grin as she continued 
to lightly stroke Ryouga's hair.  Ryouga started to sit up but then 
remembered something and lay back down.

	"What's wrong?"  Akane asked

	Ryouga sighed.  "This is a dream isn't it?  Everytime I have 
a dream like this, you disappear before I can say or do anything."

	"This isn't a dream, Ryouga-Kun."  Akane replied softly

	"Oh yeah?"  Ryouga retorted  "Then what are you doing in 
China?"

	"I felt your pain earlier and came to comfort you.  I missed 
you and P-Chan for weeks now."  Akane replied with concern in her 
voice.

	Ryouga's eyes grew wide with shock.  The dark secret he had 
tried so hard not to reveal to her was finally out in the open!

	"Y..Y...YOU KNOW....?"  Ryouga stammered.

	Akane laughed softly while placing her other hand on his 
cheek, caressing it lightly as she spoke.

	"About you turning into P-Chan?"  "Of course silly!  I have 
known for a long time."

	Ryouga could not help but wonder why Akane was being so 
nice to him after he had slept in her bed so many times as a pig.  
Then Ryouga figured it must be the calm before the storm and 
decided he should at least apologize before she killed him.  
Ryouga quickly sat up, startling Akane as he closed his eyes 
and bowed before her in apology, his head touching the ground.

	"I'm so sorry I wanted to tell you but I thought you 
would hate me and never want to talk to me again so I kept my 
mouth shut but then I was afraid you would be mad at me for not 
telling you before and then Ranma...."

	"R....Ryouga, it's okay!  Calm down!  I'm not mad at you!  
Honest!"  Akane tried to reassure a near-hysterical Ryouga.    

	Ryouga stopped babbling and looked up at Akane, wanting 
to believe.  Seeing him calm down, Akane pressed forward. 

        	"I understand why you did it and why you couldn't tell me.  I'm
not mad at you."  Akane said reassuringly

	"Are....Are you sure?"  Ryouga asked cautiously

	"Positive."  Akane firmly replied.

	"But how....I mean....If this REALLY isn't a dream....How 
did you get here?"  Ryouga said, confused.

	"Well, how did you get here?  Akane asked

	"Me?  I just....well....I was walking in a certain direction, 
I zoned out for a while I guess, next thing I know I'm in China."  
Ryouga recalled as he rose to a kneeling position in front of Akane 
and sighed.      

	"I've spent the last two weeks looking for Jusenkyou so I 
could finally find a cure to my curse and be normal."

	Tears began to form in Ryouga's eyes as he finally 
revealed the cause for his current depression.  A familiar green 
aura began to form around him and he suddenly stood while Akane 
slowly backed away a safe distance.

	"But....even though I'm in China....even though I've spent 
the last 3 weeks walking across China....I STILL CAN'T FIND THE 
STUPID NANNICHUAN!!!!!"  Ryouga screamed with utter 
frustration.   

	And with that, Ryouga sent a Ki-Blast into the sky, briefly
illuminating the surrounding mountains and sending several wild 
animals running in fear.  After several moments, the heaviness of the 
ki caused the blast to fall back down, enveloping Ryouga and the 
ground around him in a pillar of greenish ki-energy.  When the blast 
faded, there was a ten meter long crater with Ryouga in the center of 
it.  Then Ryouga began to collapse from the energy discharge and 
Akane rushed forward to catch him before he fell.   

	"RYOUGA!"  Akane looked at him with intense concern  
"You...You don't have to get rid of P-Chan!"

	Ryouga was still in tears as he sobbed  "Yes I do!"  "I'll 
never be a whole man again until I do!"  "I can never tell you how 
much I....how much I want to hold you....to protect you....to tell you 
I..I....I...lo....!"

             Tears formed in Akane's eyes as she realized what Ryouga 
was trying to say to her.  Ryouga closed his own eyes in shame and 
embarrassment.

             I can't even tell her how I feel in my dreams.  Ryouga 
thought bitterly to himself.  

            "Ryouga, I love you both as...."  Akane began

            Ryouga's eyes snapped open.  "W..What?"  he managed to 
choke out

	Ryouga stared into Akane's eyes.  He saw concern there as 
well as something he didn't recognize, but something that made his 
heart of glass melt away.  Then she finished her sentence....

	"I....I love you, Ryouga Hibiki."  "Both as a pig and as a 
man."   
          
	Ryouga could only stare at Akane in shock.  It happened.  
The moment he has waited for so long has finally happened. What 
does one say when confronted with such a happy revelation?

	"N....No way!"  "This HAS to be a dream!"  "A good, no, a 
GREAT one, but a dream....This....This can't be happening!"  
Ryouga's voice was on the verge of panic again.

	"Maybe this will convince you."  Akane replied.

	Akane gently cupped Ryouga's face with her hands and then 
leaned over to deliver a kiss on his lips.  Ryouga's eyes glazed over 
completely and his brain went into instant shutdown as he felt the 
warmth of her soft lips against his.  They kissed for quite a while, 
Ryouga being too shocked to move a muscle and Akane not 
wanting to release her embrace.

	"Maybe....just maybe it's not a dream...."

	"IT'S NOT A DREAM!?!?"  

	Finally it hit him.

	If this wasn't a dream then he was kissing Akane for REAL!  
WHICH MEANT....

	Ryouga instantly passed out.  Surprisingly even though he 
was out cold he could still see Akane embracing him, only this time 
from a distance.   She finally released the kiss and stared at his 
unconscious self in confusion for a moment and then realizing he 
was out cold, she sighed to herself.

	"Oh, P-Chan....Why'd you have to pass out now?"  Akane 
sighed, her voice laced with disappointment.

	Knowing Ryouga was out for the night, Akane gently 
lowered Ryouga onto his sleeping bag.  Then, without another word, 
she snuggled up next to him and drifted off to sleep.  Ryouga wanted 
to hold her, to tell her he was right here and they could still
continue, but for some reason, Ryouga couldn't move his legs....


(Fade to Opening Credits)


"WISHING UPON THE SAME STAR"

(A Ranma 1/2 Fanfic)

>From the Desk of Megane 6.7

This is a work of Fiction.  All Characters and Landmarks, with the 
exception of Taimak, are the property of Rumiko Takahashi, 
Shogakukan Video, Kitty Films, Viz Video, Shonen Sunday, and 
anyone else who legally owns the rights.  


PART 1:  AN ACT OF KINDNESS IS RYOUGA'S REWARD

MAY 2
RYOUGA'S CAMPSITE
5:15 A.M.

	A thin ray of sunlight shone down from the brightening sky 
to illuminate the prone form of Ryouga.  He was still sleeping with a 
peaceful look on his face; then he began to stir as he heard the 
sound of the birds and a single sunbeam fell over his eyes.  He slowly 
opened his eyes and blinked several times, adjusting them to the 
morning light.  He then wiped the crud out of his eyes and rolled out 
of the futon.  He stretched out and yawned, getting out any kinks 
from his muscular frame, and then glanced beside him to see....an 
empty space.  

	Ryouga sighed to himself.  "I guess it was a dream after all. 
"I should have known better.  Still it seemed so real...."

	He could still picture Akane leaning over him, running her 
slender finger through his hair and the kiss....the first kiss he had 
ever received from Akane as a man and not as a pig.

	"Too bad it was only a dream...."

	He sighed again and then stood up, preparing to clean up 
his campsite and move on.

	"I guess I'm just going to have to live with this damn curse 
a little while longer."  Ryouga muttered to himself.   "I've left Akane 
alone for far too long.  There's no telling what Ranma's gotten her 
into since I left.  At least I have a new technique to try out on him.  
I hope it's enough this time.  Maybe I'd better practice it again...."

	Ryouga walked a safe distance away from his campsite and 
searched for a clearing to practice his technique, not wishing to harm 
any innocent animals.  He wouldn't have cared less if he were in the 
city, but spending so much time lost in the mountains and forests, he 
had developed an appreciation and respect for nature and knew 
enough not to disturb it too much.  Then he found the place he was 
looking for, a wide spacious clearing near a cave.

	"Okay.  Now, how did it go again?" Ryouga struggled until 
he remembered.

	He forced himself to relax, to release his doubts and 
concentrate on the task at hand.  Then he opened his senses to 
everything around him, the smells, the sounds, the sights, the 
sensations; he became one with the forest.  Then he glanced down 
at himself and was delighted to see he had turned invisible!  The 
technique worked perfectly!  Ranma wouldn't be able to see what hit 
him....literally! Except....

	Ryouga became visible again as the drawback of this 
technique weighed down on him, breaking his concentration.   
Although the technique would make him invisible to almost any form 
of direct and/or inner sight, it required a great deal of concentration 
and Ryouga had found he had to remain perfectly still in order to do 
it properly, which made attacking with it impossible.  

	Besides that, it was dishonorable to attack someone from the 
blind side anyway and Ryouga would not smear his honor, just as he 
hadn't when Genma, Ranma's cowardly father, tried to tell Ryouga 
about Ranma's weak spot in order to get revenge on him for 
something or another.  Ryouga had learned this invisibility technique 
by telling himself that Ranma used his weakness of turning into a pig 
all the time and thus attacking invisible was justified, but now that he 
had learned it, he wouldn't allow himself to be dragged down to 
Ranma's level.  Not that he could use the technique as a weapon 
anyway but still, he would beat Ranma honorably.

	Ryouga was still lost in his train of thought when a loud 
crash caused him to look behind him.  In the tree behind him, a small 
animal had stepped into a handmade snare and was now hanging 
upside down by one leg and looking quite terrified.  It looked like a 
cross between a owl and a baby fox and its soft fur was a snow white 
color, Ryouga had never seen an animal like it, not in China or Japan.  
However the animal was so small and bony, Ryouga doubted it was 
being trapped for food, which meant they most likely wanted the fur.  
Ryouga wondered if he should free him when he received the shock 
of his life.

	"Help me!"  The animal cried out in perfect Japanese.

	Ryouga was startled to say the least.

	"He must have fallen into a Jusenkyou spring!"  Ryouga 
pondered.  "Wait a minute!"  "I can't talk when I'm P-Chan!"  "This 
must be something else...."

	The strange animal pleaded to him again.

	"Please kind sir!"  "Whoever set this trap will come for me 
soon."   "I do not wish to die today."  

	Ryouga hesitated briefly, then walked over to the animal 
and gently loosened the vine tying his legs together.  Once free, the 
animal quickly took flight into the sky and was soon out of sight.

	"You're welcome."  Ryouga sarcastically replied to the 
empty sky.   

	Ryouga shrugged and decided to head back to his campsite, 
pack up his stuff and begin what would surely be a long dangerous 
journey to find his way back to the Tendo Doujou in Japan and his 
beloved Akane.  When he arrived he was surprised to see the animal 
he saved perched on top of his backpack.

	"Oh, so you came back?"  noted Ryouga.

	"Yes.  Please pardon my rudeness for not immediately 
thanking you for saving my life."  "I was too caught up in my 
freedom to notice."  "Freedom is a wonderful thing you know that?"

	"Uh....I guess so."  Ryouga shrugged   "Umm....could you 
get off my backpack?" "I have to be going."

	The animal rose an eyebrow at that and seems truly stunned 
that Ryouga would suggest such a thing.

	"Leaving?"  "I thought you would want to stay here forever!"  
The animal said in a shocked tone of voice.

	"What?"  Ryouga shook his head  "No, I mean, I have 
somewhere I have to get to....Someone I want to be with."

	"Ah....Would this someone be a girl?"  the animal asked in 
a knowing tone of voice.

	"Um....yeah." Ryouga blushed involuntarily.

	"I see."   "Only for true love would someone leave this 
paradise and go elsewhere."  the animal said in a wistful tone of 
voice.  "Does this girl love you?"  he inquired. 

	Ryouga's shoulders slumped and his eyes grew misty, as he 
had asked himself this question many times and still had no clue to 
how Akane really felt about him.

	Ryouga bowed his head as he replied.  "I....I don't know.  I 
wish I did."

	"Really?"  The animal said curiously  "Tell me....What is 
your name?"

	"Hibiki Ryouga."

	"Hmm."  "Well, Ryouga, my name is Taimak....I'm afraid 
my last name is a bit difficult for humans to understand."   "So let's 
stick with Taimak, shall we?"  Taimak said in a friendly tone of 
voice.  "I never was one for formalities."   

	"Okay, Taimak."  Ryouga agreed.

	"Good."   "Now that we've cleared that up, allow me to 
properly thank you for saving me."  Taimak paused to take a breath.    
"I have it within my power to grant you one wish and one wish only."  
Taimak's tone grew harsh for a moment.  "Once it is used, it can be 
neither changed or recalled."  "However...."  Taimak's tone grew soft 
again.  "Since my intentions are to reward you, I will not grant the 
wish until you have specifically and precisely told me what it is you 
want, so there will be no misunderstandings or accidents."

	"A wish?"  Ryouga said with a blank face.

	"A bit slow are we?"  "That's quite all right."  "Having the 
power to wish for anything you want is a bit overwhelming after all.
" Taimak said in a amused tone. 

	"I can wish for anything I want?"  Ryouga said, excitement 
growing in his voice.

	Taimak beamed  "Anything you want."  "For example, you 
could be the ruler of the world....

	Taimak paused in mid-sentence and looked closely at 
Ryouga, sizing him up. 

	"However I think the world might be better off on it's 
own....no offense intended."  Taimak cautiously pointed out.

	"None taken....I guess."  Ryouga frowned.

	"Or if you want you could wish for a harem of women to 
satisfy your every...."  Taimak stopped in mid-sentence and seemed 
to blush.  "Oh!  I forgot, you already have a true love don't you?"  
Taimak backtracked.  "Never mind then."  "You could also wish for 
riches beyond your wildest...."

	"I....I think I know what I want to wish for."  Ryouga 
interrupted.

	Taimak cocked an eyebrow, or at least made the same 
motion with his forehead.  "Already?"  "My!"  "That was quick!" 
"Are you certain young man?"  Taimak asked with a note of worry 
in his voice.  "Remember, once you've made the wish you can't take 
it back!"

	"I know."  Ryouga said confidently  "I know what I want."

	"Very well."  Taimak gazed into Ryouga's eyes.   "What is 
your wish?"  "Be specific and precise now!" he admonished.  

	"And you're sure I can wish for ANYTHING I want?"  
Ryouga asked, excitement creeping into his voice again.

	"Ask me again and I'll tell you the same."  Taimak replied 
matter-of-factly. 

	"Okay then."   

	Ryouga mulled over the wish in his mind.  While he was 
tempted to make at least two other wishes that would guarantee his 
happiness, he remembered what Taimak said about misunderstandings and
having only one chance at this.  And if this creature could truly grant
him this....

Ryouga took a deep breath and made his wish....


(Fade to Black)


CONTINUED IN PART 2....