Konnichi wa, mina-san:

  As a budding author of limited experience and skill in the field, 
everything presents itself as an opportunity/ possibility to me. And 
although I know that Ranma 1/2 has been crossed over with almost every 
storyline known to man, I still present this idea with hope that it will 
actually be something worthwhile.

  Since I am do not have a lot of background information/ on-hand 
sources about Ranma 1/2 or Neon Genesis Evangelion, the history arcs 
will be imperfect. I plan to circumvent this problem by using the 
ultimate excuse in poetic license, and simply make this an alternate 
universe.

  NGE: Rei is attacking the Nth angel where she decides to commit 
suicide by detonating the N2 mine at point blank range. I believe, 
according to the anime, that her last wishes included a desire to "join" 
with Shinji. Because of the power released by the combined explosions of 
the Angel's death and the N2 detonation, a rip in the fabric of 
space/time/whatever allows her 'soul' (yes, I believe she posses one, 
damnit. :>) to slip through into a world of Chaos.

  R1/2: Ranma and Genma have already been cursed, and this story line is 
well into its first year, I think. (After all the movies, after the 
wedding fiasco. Or maybe I'll just have it in a totally alternate 
universe where Ranma's skill has come to the point where he's learned 
all the techniques that the anime presents: Katchuu Tenshin Amaguriken, 
Hiryu Shoten Ha, Mouko Takabisha [I've read these names so many times, 
but I can't remember for the life of me how to spell them correctly], 
etc.) Whatever. Anyhow, since his curse is a magical altering state, and 
since Chaos pretty much follows him around (this philosophy was picked 
offa other fanfics which explore this phenomenon in greater detail) one 
of his changes allows Rei's soul to merge with his female half. 
Physically, everything looks the same, but now he's sharing his mind 
with Rei. Scary.

  Basically, he has two souls in his mind. When he's in his male form, 
Ranma is the dominant half. When he's in his girl form, Rei's the 
dominant personality. But both retain the power to control both halves, 
should the need arise. So both are always conscious to a degree. And the 
whole story revolves around him having to deal with Rei in his mind, and 
how he lives life due to this new factor. And of course, I plan to have 
Ranma and Rei undergo personality delopments, especially Rei. At least, 
that's all I have so far. Here's a VERY ROUGH excerpt of what I plan to 
do:

~*~*~*~

  Ranma ran atop the fence which ran the road from the Tendou dojo to 
Furikan High School. Akane left for school without him since he was 
admanant about spenting an extra few minutes to play Dueling Chopsticks 
with his dad over breakfast. Some instict within him knew that he was 
going to be late nevertheless, and that he would spend most school-time 
either standing in the hall with buckets, or sleeping in class anyhow, 
so the question was "Why bother with it anyhow? Even if you didn't want 
to cut class, you'd probably still be forced to flee the grounds if the 
Nerima gang decided to release their frustrations on you again."

  Of course, the question wasn't really phrased in such eloquence, more 
along the lines of "Damn, why do I even bother. It's all the same", but 
the point was made.

  "Because I need to protect Akane, that's why," was the mental response 
-- which in turn was followed by a bunch of unsorted and warm fuzzy 
feelings about said girl that confused Ranma such, he tucked them away 
for later ponderance. Yeah, right.

  As he flew by on the metal rail, he glanced up at the clear blue sky. 
The clouds aimlessly drifted by in the bright sunlight, and all daily 
life pretty much progressed as if there wasn't a care in the world. As 
he daydreamed, he became aware of another consciousness in the back of 
his mind. It didn't probe at him annoyingly, but the way the image of 
Rei took back seat in his mind wasn't a little nerve racking at times. 
She just seemed to ... well... stand there and stare at him. 

  Finally, she spoke. *Why do you run?*

  Ranma mentally responded with all the wit and charm he possessed. 
^Huh? Whaddya mean?^

  *Why do you run to school?*

  "My gods," he thought, "She speaks. And she actually wants to know 
something" ^I, um, ah- well... I always run on the fence. Balance 
practice. Y'know, martial arts. And I'm running to school because I 
don't wanna be late.^

  *Why?*

  ^'Cause Akane'll be angry and she'll hit me.^

  *But you said that you'd be late anyway*

  ^Well, at least I can try to be there early. Besides, if I don't come, 
she might think I'm fooling around with Ukyou or Shampoo.^

  *But doesn't she think that anyhow?*

  ^Err..^

  *And didn't you say that everything always goes the same anyhow?*

  Ranma pivoted the corner a dime and sped off. ^I, um-- hey, I never 
said that! Stop reading my personal thoughts!^

  *Sorry.* Rei looked down and away.

  Ranma's mental form quickly waved his arms, ^Hey, I'm sorry. I didn't 
mean to yell at you. Yer' not gonna cry or nuthin', are you?^

  Rei looked up at him. *Why would I cry?*

  Ranma leapt a 10 foot break in the fence and continued his way as his 
mental form did a double take. ^Err... I dunno. 'Cause yer' a girl?^

  Rei stared at him. Somewhere in the real world, a fish flipped through 
the surface of a koi pond and fell back down into the water.

  Ranma felt uncomfortable at Rei's gaze. It gave him shivers whenever 
he looked into her eyes. It was like staring into a field of glittering 
stars, only you knew that each star was staring back at you with a 
determined and piercing light.

  A heartbeat later, Ranma continued for the sake of having some sound 
in his mind to remind him that he was a living being.

  ^Well, everything that can go wrong does seem to happen everyday. I'm 
gonna end up in the hall late, then Kuno's gonna come after me. Then 
Akane's gonna find some reason to beat me, and Ryouga's prolly gonna 
show up and challenge me. During lunch, either Shampoo or Ukyou try to 
feed me food, which causes trouble. Well, Akane does it, too, but I 
wouldn't call it food... ah, the hell with it. You're right. It's always 
the same no matter what I do.^

  Ranma idly did a backflip over a small wall jutting and, using the 
lamp post as a rebound, he flew 20 feet over to the other side of the 
street and landed on that side's railing. *Why are you running?*

  ^Yeah, huh. It's a nice day. I guess I can take it slow to school.^ He 
leapt off the railing and landed nimbly onto the sidewalk. It felt 
strange not to be in a rush, either in pursuit of Akane's new captor, or 
in flight from his foes. Sticking his hand into his pocket, he walked 
the final block to school. Again, he looked at up at the sky. "What a 
beautiful da--" ~splash~

  Onna-Ranma looked down at herself as a voice in the back of her head 
said glumly, ^This is why I run atop the fences.^

  Rei, now in prominant control, blinked a few times, and continued 
walking to school. It was all so new to her, to be in a body that was, 
although not her own, much more powerful and vibrant. Although Ranma was 
a superb martial artist, and the fence-running didn't even cause him to 
break a sweat, she still felt the after effects of the energy rush. The 
strong heartbeat, a bit of pounding in her veins; the acute sight and 
other senses which allowed her to see the world as if through a HUD. The 
most prominant feature was the amount of chi energy she had at her 
disposal; the swirling energies which fueled Ranma's most powerful 
attacks flowed through her veins. Even though she'd been in his body for 
a week, it was still enough to cause her to faint from sheer pleasure 
overload.

  Ranma conjured up a cushion and sat behind her a few feet. ^Hey, don't 
lose it now. It's not like I don't trust you or nuthin', but the sooner 
we find some hot water, the better. I don't want you to get hurt or 
nuthin'.^

  Rei nodded. Even with access to all his skills and fighting knowledge, 
she lacked the experience and practice to use this body effectively if 
placed in a combat situation. All she could hope for was to get to the 
school bathrooms for some hot water without any disturbances. Stepping 
foot into Furikan's courtyard, she noticed that it was bare. All the 
students were in their first class already, and it was silent. Well, at 
least it was.

  From the third floor, Kuno leaned out the window and addressed his 
pig-tailed goddess, "Ah, thine beauty exceeds the wonderous in our 
spherical heavens. Nature hath only desire to capture but a fragment of 
your splendor in its flora." With that, something speeded towards her 
with tremendous speed.

  Inherent training and instinct allowed Rei to barely snatch the 
bouquet of roses aimed at her. In that time, Kuno had someone descended 
three floors and ran towards her from the front doors. "My goddess!!" he 
screamed as he lunged towards her.

  Ranma growled and made boxing movements in the air, ^Here he comes! 
Knock him a good one! Kick him into the stratosphere! Slug him in the 
stomach!^

  Utilizing all Ranma's speed and martial art reflexes, she executed a 
beautiful maneuver that had Ranma speechless. Simply stepping to the 
side, she seemingly vanished and reappeared a few feet to the left of 
Kuno, who was now attempted to fly by throwing oneself at the ground -- 
and failing. Kuno hit the floor with a ~THUD~ and a dust cloud arose to 
appropriately cover his form and bruised ego. Ignoring the body next to 
her, she calmly walked to the front doors.

  By now, all of Kuno's class was leaning out of the windows to view the 
commotion. Some were hoping for a spectacular fight of some kind, and 
were kinda lent down when all they saw was Kuno's prone form and 
Onna-Ranma walking to the doors. But things weren't going to be over so 
quickly.
 
  "O--HO HO HO HO HO HO HO! You may have defeated Brother-dearest, but 
you will feel the bite of my lash, you barbaric harridan. Release my 
beloved Ranma-sama and I might spare your untimely fate! OHO HO HO HO 
HO--" Kodachi's maniac laugh from upon a nearby wall was cut short as 
Rei turned and regarded the threat. With the markmanship abilities 
ingrained in her via NERV training with firearms, enhanced by Ranma's 
body, she flung the bouquet of roses at Kodachi.

  But before they got within 5 feet of their target, Kodachi used her 
ribbon to shred them into flowing petals. Leaping to the ground, Kodachi 
ran towards her prey, keeping her body low to the ground. Her hands 
blurred and a series of small bladed hoops flew towards Rei. Standing 
her ground, Rei caught the first ring and used it to deflect the other 
three. But that was only a decoy, as Kodachi had already come within 
striking distance. Lashing out her ribbon, the gymnist brought it down 
on her surprised prey.

  Still new to the battlefield, Rei could only block the ribbon by 
raising her arm. The razor sharp whip wrapped itself around her forearm, 
cutting into her skin. Rei winced as it tightened, drawing a few drops 
of blood. Kodachi's laugh only perturbed her more, "You are getting 
weak, witch. Perhaps I may spare you afterall, since it seems that you 
are not as formidable as you once were. Give up your claim on Ranma-sama 
and I'll--"

  Kodachi's tirade was cut short as, out of the mess of students 
watching the battlefield above, Akane emerged. Growling, she whipped out 
her mallet and uttered her battle cry, "RANNNNNNMAAA!! Once again I 
catch your flirting around!! No wonder you're late!! BAKAAAAAA!!" 
Hurling the massive wooden mallet from the window, it flew straight with 
deadly accuracy towards Rei's head.

  Ranma had already begun to formulate his verbal defense as he stood in 
the classic finger pose. ^Aw, shit. I had nuthin' to do with it!^

  But Rei had other plans. She felt a strange feeling of anger towards 
Akane for misunderstanding, and towards Kodachi for interfering. Most of 
all, although she knew that Ranma's body could handle the impact, being 
unconscious was not a pleasant thing. Survival skills kicked in as Rei, 
using Akane's outburst as a distraction, leapt towads Kodachi, covering 
the 6 feet between them. While still in a crouch from the recovering of 
jump, she used the upward momentum of standing to slice through 
Kodachi's ribbon with the bladed ring she had caught. With her free 
hand, she musted all her anger and lashed out with a vicious attack 
towards Kodachi's face.

  ~SLAP!~

  The slap echoed through the empty field, only to be punctuated when 
Akane's mallet came crashed down onto the spot where Rei once was. Ranma 
was wide-eyed at the Rei's outburst, and yelled, ^Hey! That's enough! I 
don't hit girls!^

  The shocked Kodachi could only stare at Rei in amazement and fear as 
she took notice of the girl's eyes. They were blood red. A deadly soft 
and lifeless voice followed, "Stop it."

  Rei turned as Kodachi fell towards the ground on her knees. Her eyes 
quickly reverted to Ranma's blue hue as she unwrapped the ribbon 
fragment from her arm and walked away towards front doors. She was on 
such a power high right now, she could feel her heart beating her head. 
Half of her wanted to take this surge of energy and leap up to the third 
floor, but Ranma's outburst had caused her to reconsider doing anything 
else rash.

  ^Damned it! Why'd you do that, Rei?!^

  *She attacked me. I defended myself.*

  ^But you hit her! Hard, too! I don't hit girls!^

  *She was a threat. Threats are enemies. Enemies are neutralized.*

  Ranma was frantic and both concern and anger. ^But you don't go around 
doing that! I mean, with Kuno and them, that's okay, but not to the 
girls!^

  Rei stared at Ranma with her red eyes. *Why?*

  ^Because-- Ah, screw it! Just forget it. At least she won't be bother 
me for a while.^

  Rei remained silent as she ascended the stairs, leaving the dazed 
combatants and stunned students in her wake. Akane stayed at her window, 
starring at the remains of the battle. *Ranma... * she thought.

~*~*~*~

  That's it for now. I just kinda wrote this on the spot. All 
constuctive criticism and C&C are gladly appreciated. All flames will be 
taken with a pinch of salt, a dash of soy, stir-fried in a wok over 
medium heat, and served to my pet Gremlins.  ^_^


Mata ne,
~Linna

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