This is my first fic, so keep that in mind when you start to think "This guy
writes like an amiture!"

---Petes-kun

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	A storm is brewing on a foreboding hill. As lightning strikes a light
reflects off a rusty old sword drove into the ground at the top. The storm 
grew stronger and almost drowned out a voice that can be heard in the distance. 
"Nothing truly dies."	


	Ranma 1/2	A Warrior Arises:  Part 1#  Scrap in Nerima!	

	By: Peter Detenbeck	a.k.a. Petes-kun
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	All Ranma 1/2 characters are property of Rumiko Takahashi and all  
	characters introduced in this series are property of me. 
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	China 1953	

	There was a storm that day too, only the storm was coming from a fatal
battle about to commence. There were four figures standing on a hill, three 
side by side and one standing alone with faith and courage as his aides. 
"So Maverick you have come like we requested, the final confrontation is apon
us!" exclaimed one of the three as he leaned slightly on his halberd, his 
tall hat and long flowing robes were in the colors of ice and snow. 
"How long has it been since you first fought each of us?" asked another of 
the three, this one wearing a cloak decorated like a stormy sky, his round 
straw hat tipped low enough for him to see yet his face was hidden by a 
shadow. 
"You I fought since '49." Maverick the lone warrior replied flatly to the 
cloaked one who's name was Ikazuchi. 
"And you I fought since '50." He said to another of the three that floated 3'
off the ground, his long hair draped over some of his face, his name was 
Halcyon. 
"And you, since '51 I believe." he said to the last one who leaned on his 
weapon, this one was called Kouri. The lone warrior wore a sleeveless black 
shirt, a red bandanna tied around his neck, and a pair of gray pants. 
Strapped at his side was a long well crafted samurai sword. His face showed 
the look of fear and determination wrapped together. His green eyes burned 
with hatred for these soulless warriors, who didn't care where the blood 
flowed from. 
"Just give in and make your death painless. You'll never defeat us!" 
Exclaimed Kouri as he started to get up from his position. 
"I agree, I won't win and live." Maverick said as he unsheathed his sword, 
light brightly reflected off it. 
"So then you'll allow us to put you out of your misery?" Halcyon questioned 
as he looked up to get a last look at his foe. 
"Oh no. I said I won't do it and live. I never said anything about not being 
able to do it and die." Maverick said as he stuck his sword deep into the 
ground, he looked up and they saw a grin that would spook the devil himself. 
"What... Do you mean?" Ikazuchi asked rather annoyed with Maverick's 
arrogance. 
"This." Maverick started to glow brightly and the warriors could then tell 
that his battle aura was rising to great proportions. 
"Death blossom!!!" Maverick yelled as his glowing became blinding and his 
body felt weak. Then Maverick's battle aura grew and grew into a large 
semi-circle of energy that began to engulf the hill. The three could do 
nothing as they were like dear caught in headlights. Then suddenly the blast 
collapsed on itself revealing only a barren hill and a sword driven into the 
ground.	


	China Present day	

	"Here sirs, we have come to the cursed hill of Xao Lin." said a guide
as the two travelers who hired him climbed up the hill after him. 
"There very strange tale about it, happen many year ago. One day farmer saw 
the hill glow brightly and when he come here he only found sword. He no take 
out though, he think it cursed." the guide continued as the travelers reached
the top. 
"This the sword?" asked one of the men as he bent down and examined it. 
"Hey this rust is flaking off! I don't recognize these letters." he said as 
he started to flake off more rust. 
"Oh sir don't do that! It..." the guide was interrupted by the other man 
"Yeah we know cursed, you said that about the last two places and we're 
still here." all of a sudden the sword became completely clear and stated to 
shine. 
"Huh, I didn't touch the rest of the rust. And where is the light that it's 
reflecting coming from, the moon's covered with clouds." the man inquired as 
he stepped back from the sword, thunder seemed to be his answer. 
"Oh dear."	

				***		

	Japan (two days later)	

	The passengers on the boat finished gathering their things and were 
getting off. One lone man walking down the ramp look at his surroundings with
curiosity. He wore a pair of brown pants and a large brown jacket. Slung over
his shoulder was a large backpack loaded with travel supplies. 
"<The world seems different now, slightly anyways.>" he thought as he walked 
down the ramp. He picked up a news paper from a pile. The date was what he 
found quite interesting, 1994.	

				***

	"<So this is Tokyo. Make's me wonder why I left Tailand...>" thought
Kuroimichi Mizu as he straitened his hat and walked off the boat. 
"<Doubtful there's a big need for freestyle kickboxers... Well I can still 
put my skills to use, though it's not quite legal...>" 
And with that thought Mizu, ran down the alleyway with plans that'll keep him
fed for quite some time...

				***

	"OK, so that one ramen and tea." said Shampoo as she laid out a bowl 
of ramen and a cup of tea on the counter. 
"Thanks, man I'm hungry." the customer exclaimed as he snatched a pair of 
chopsticks. 
"That'll be...hey what you doing?!?!" she asked as she saw the customer 
running out of the cafe without paying. 
"I'll pay my tab next time!" he yelled back as he got out the door and 
shoveled the meal into his mouth. 
"Hold it right there sonny boy!" proclaimed a small elderly lady as she stood
in his way. 
"*snicker* You're not going to stop me are you?" he said with a smug look on 
his face. The old lady then swung her stick in an ark trying to hit him in 
the head, the guy narrowly dodged the strike. 
"Hah! That all you can do?" he said as he regained his footing now standing 
in a fighting stance, an little hint of mockery was in his voice. 
"Oooh, so you want a challenge eh? All right then." she chuckled as she also 
struck a stance. 
"You ready? Cause here I come!" he yelled as he charged her this time with a 
sword suddenly in his hands. The old lady leaped up dodging his charge and 
then she let loose a flurry of strikes from her stick, the man met every 
strike with a parry from his sword, he soon realized that her stick was 
moving faster and faster, soon he couldn't see the stick anymore and he only 
knew when to parry when he heard the whooshing noise it made. She then broke 
off and just hung on the top of the stick and examined him. 
"Well, aren't you going to attack?" he asked rather annoyed that she stood 
there just staring at him. Soon Shampoo ran up to the two stalemated fighters.
"You're good, though I was going a little easy on you..." she finally said as
she hopped off her stick and stood there on the ground. 
"Well that's what I hoped I'd be." he said, only seaming to acknowledge the 
part about him being good. 
"Listen I have a little proposition for you, if you'll accept I'll forget 
about the little food thing." she said as she walked closer to him, she now 
looked like a withered 2' tall child closer up. 
"Hmmm, what sort of deal?" he said as he followed her back to the cafe.

				***

	The Tendo household was having dinner, as usual Genma and Ranma were 
eating faster than the rest. Things have seemed to calm down after the whole 
wedding fiasco, Ryouga has left on another training trip after five times 
trying to find the door, Cologne seemed to stop scheming to get Ranma to 
marry Shampoo and there hasn't been a visit from the black rose in a while. 
Everything seemed calm and normal for once. Too bad that their time in the 
eye of the tornado won't last very long. 
"Aaahh, that was a good meal. I think I'll train a bit now." Ranma exclaimed 
as he got up off the floor and started for the sparring room. 
"Why hello there son-in-law." said Cologne as she hopped in the room on top 
of her stick. 
"What are you doing here you old ghoul?" Ranma said as he spun around to face
the 300 year old lady. 
"A customer was in my cafe today and he asked me to give you this." she said 
as she handed him a piece of paper. 
"Dear Ranma, I challenge you to a fight. Meet me outside the dojo at 14:00..."
Ranma read out loud 
"Signed Maverick." 
"So who's this Maverick guy?" Akane asked as she got up to have a look at the
note. 
"I dunno, maybe another guy that has "problems" like Ryoga." He said as he 
handed the note to Akane. 
"Hmmm, maybe he just heard of you eh?" Cologne said as she still stood there.
"You know who this guy is don't you!" Ranma said as he lunged forwards to 
attack her. She hopped out of the way leaving him to fall onto the ground. 
"As a matter of fact I did mention your name to him." she said as she landed 
on the ground. 
"He said that you sounded like a great chance to dust off his skills. And 
decided to challenge you." she then hopped closer to Ranma. 
"You better save your energy for tomorrow, you'll need it." she said as she 
then hopped out of the house. 
"I'll be ready for him you just wait!" Ranma yelled as he saw her leave. 
"Ranma are you sure you can defeat this Maverick guy?" Akane asked in a 
rather worried tone. 
"Don't sweat it Akane, he's probably just another amateur full of hot air." 
Ranma said but he seemed a little curious of how strong this guy is.	

	"Gee, thanks for the new clothes!" Maverick said to Cologne as he 
straitened the red bandanna tied around his neck. 
"Yes, well you didn't look impressive in those dumpy clothes." she replied 
looking back and forth for Ranma. The new clothes Maverick wore were dark 
green pants, a black sleeveless shirt that had gold Chinese patterns and trim
and he wore a red bandanna, not the one he used to wear but nice none the 
less. Maverick took his sword out of it's scabbard and started twirling it 
around one finger. 
"You sure he'll come?" he asked still twirling his sword. 
"Oh don't worry, my son-in-law never gives up a challenge. He'll be here." 
she answered. 
"Talking about me?" Maverick was startled by the new voice coming from behind 
him. He whirled around to see that the dojo gates were open and there on the 
other side stood Ranma. 
"So you must be Ranma. Not very tuff looking." Maverick said as he scanned 
him from top to bottom. Ranma was a little nervous when he saw what Maverick 
looked like. He had muscles slightly larger than Ranma's, his appearance 
seemed a little tough and grizzled and he stood over 6' tall, much larger 
than Ranma, but then this guy's name sounded American so it was expected, and
after all Ranma defeated fighters much larger than him before. 
"And you must be Maverick." Ranma said back as he walked over to size each 
other up. 
"Now that you've both met let's discuss the terms." Cologne said as she 
hopped over to the two martial artists. 
"So this was a plan of yours then!" Ranma said rather angrily. 
"I'll admit that it was my idea to have you two fight, but you need the 
training anyways." she said calmly 
"Now then, Ranma if you lose you must marry my great grand daughter..." 
"Not that again!" Ranma interrupted. 
"And, Maverick will get free meals at the cafe." she finished. 
"All right, but I won't be held responsible for any low self-esteem caused." 
Ranma said smirking at Maverick. 
"Begin!" Cologne yelled and the fight began. They started to circle each 
other, staring into each other's eyes. 
"Hyaaa!" Maverick cried as he leaped up and went into a drop-kick. Ranma 
jumped out of the way and jumped up again as soon as he landed. 
"Tenchiamiguriken!" Ranma attacked Mav' with a flurry of punches, but with 
equal speed Mav' blocked every punch. 
"Seishou bakufuu!" Maverick said as a burst of ki came from his 
hands from his hand, narrowly missing Ranma. 
"<Geez, this guy is tough! Better use the Saotome school final attack.>" 
Ranma then faked an attack and then broke off and ran.
"<You can run but you can't win.>" Maverick thought as he chased after him. 
When Maverick finally caught up with Ranma he was standing on a fence that 
had a sewer line on the other side. Maverick wasted no time for his chance 
and he took out his sword and slashed into the air. Although the fence was 
out of the swords reach it still was cut in two. 
"<Just as I hoped.>" Ranma thought as he fell into the water. Maverick was 
putting his sword away when all of a sudden a red haired girl leaped out of 
the water. 
"What the?!" Maverick exclaimed as he now saw a girl in Ranma's clothes. 
He then charged the girl, striking between questions 
"How'd you do that?" (punch) 
"Answer me!"
(kick), little did he realize that he was chasing him in a spiral. Ranma then
ducked low and gave Maverick a strong uppercut 
"Hiryu shoten ha!" Maverick went soaring into the sky and was soon out of 
view. 
"That'll teach you." said Ranma-chan as she ran back to the dojo.  

	Meanwhile at the dojo Cologne sat there waiting for Maverick to 
return as the victor. Suddenly something fell out of the sky and into the koi
pond behind her, up floated the body of Maverick. 
"I take it you didn't win." she said dryly as she walked over. 
"What happened? One second he was a he and the next he was a she?" Maverick 
said as he ringed his shirt out. 
"If you stay in Nerima you'll find out." Cologne said as she walked away, 
Maverick new that she now held a lot of disgust for him. 
"I think I will."	

	"Supper!" Kasumi called into the dojo where Akane and Ranma were doing
some more sparring. When Ranma walked into the living room his jaw nearly 
dropped. 
"What is it Ranma?" Akane asked as she walked in from behind him. 
Sitting there was Maverick. 
"Ohiyo." 
"What are YOU doing here!?" 
"When he got out of the koi pond I offered him to stay for dinner." Kasumi 
blank mindedly said as she continued to set the table. 
"Hey no hard feelings eh?" Maverick said as he stuck his hand out in Ranma's 
direction. 
"Well, sure. I guess. so why are you here anyways?" Maverick picked up his 
chopsticks as he hungrily looked at the plate of rice and fish set in front of
him. 
"That's for me to know and for you to forget." Mav' simply said and then he 
started to scarf down the food at an alarming rate. 
'Hungry boy' Mr.Panda's sign read.
"What style was that anyways?" Akane asked as Mav' stopped to sip his tea.
"Well it's a combo of Tenchido and Dragon martial arts. Sort of the forgotten
arts." 
"Tenchido?" Ranma asked. Mav' gulped down the rest of his meal and 
tea. 
"You know "the way of heaven and earth", kinda a mix of Kempo and
Kendo. It originated in a ancient country that was assimilated into Japan a 
few hundred years ago (about 900yrs or more), too bad it was nearly forgotten 
if it wasn't for the last samurai of Kishoto." 
(note: Mav'' doesn't mention this but Kishoto is the name of the small country) 
"How interesting." Kasumi blankly replied as she slowly ate her rice, she 
most likely didn't understand a thing he said but it was rude to not say 
anything. 
"So, are you from America?" Soun asked
taking his part to break the silence. 
"Well I'm from Canada, most people mistake me for an American a lot though. 
By the way, Ranma what in the world was that you did to look like a girl and 
confuse me?" This question was unexpected and caught Ranma off guard. 
"Well... You see, there was this place in China..." 
"<Of course, China! Why is it always China?>" Maverick thought as
Ranma went through the story of how he and Genma became cursed.
"...And now me and Pop are stuck with this curse. *hmpf* Going to China 
without knowing how to speak Chinese."
"You think I was going to waste all that training time to learn!?"
"Well it's all your fault!"
Maverick watched as Ranma and Genma began to fight.
"<Gee, and some people call me a "excessive agressor"...>"
"So will you be staying in Japan long?" Kasumi asked as she put her bowl down.
"I'm not too sure... I guess when I feel that I should get going, I will."
"Well you can stay here if you like. I'm sure that Ranma and Mr.Saotome won't
mind sharing the guest room." This got Soun a *little* peeved, he didn't want
another freeloading, blackhole stomached, guest.
"Er, can't you stay in a vacant lot?" He asked with hope in his tone.
"Why father, he's a visitor to our country and that makes him a guest to us 
all. We should be hospitable." Kasumi said politely.
"Well I'm thankful that you're offering me a place to stay. I can sleep on 
the roof if it's allright." Maverick said motioning at the ceiling.
"Allright," said Soun. Then he leaned towards Mav' "But you better not eat 
all our food like someone else.."
"Why Tendo, I had no idea you saw me in that light."
"Ah, Saotome... You know I was only kidding. *heh heh* Right?"
Genma ignored Soun who was trying to apologize.
"I'll get you a futon Maverick... Oh! I didn't get you last name." Kasumi 
said looking as if she insulted him by not asking before.
"Sorry, it's Kuro."
Kasumi then left. Maverick glanced at the Tendous and Saotomes and decided to
himself...
This is gonna be a weird few days!

				***

	Korea (same time)

	Villagers ran in fear as the tall, muscular, aged figure walked down 
the road. His face devoid of all expresions. And his eyes staring at some 
unseen subject. The anceint one has come down from the mountain after 
centuries of seclution in his shrine. Though he is only known as 
'Anceint one' to the younger generations, but to the elders who's ancesters
before them passed down their knowlege, he is called by his Japanese name, 
Tekkijidai, 'iron age'.
"For years I have waited for my chance to challange you, and now the time has
come... Beware young Kuro! I shall be your down fall!"


			End of Part 1#

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Next part: AWA prt.2# Maverick vs Ryouga: Dragon martial arts final attack

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Author's notes:

Finally I'm done! I've been working on this since March. (pathetic, ne?)
It's a rough start, but after part 3 I'll be more "gooved" into the storyline.
I'm trying my best to make Mav' as un-Godly as possible. I don't want this to
end up as one of those fics that people avoid like the plague.

Translations:

Seishou Bakufuu- Spirit Energy Blast
Tenchido- I said it before "the way of Heaven and Earth"
Halcyon- Calmness (it's English BTW)
Ikazuchi- Thunder
Kuroi- Ice

Please give me any C&C, all flames will be taken as criticism.



---Petes-kun
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Current Emperor of Jurai
Hoarder of Ranma hentai! H_H
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