While I'm waiting for my computer with all my Girl
Days files to be 
fixed, I might as well start on the second in the
Girl Days cycle-- this time 
a much more imporobable romp.  Well, personally, I
like redheads... and these 
are my two favorites. ^_^

	Kenko

::cheers:: Yay! More story is fun!!

	Chapter One-- In which a noted Martial Artist is
found in two
predicaments, of which one is unfamiliar and the
other is all too
familiar.  Also in which a certain Sorceress finds a
possible hint to
the realisation of certain dreams, both of potential
wealth and
avarice and of finally looking REALLY good in a
bikini.

Quite to the point!
 

	"I dunno.  Looks kinda frumpy to me," the redhead
mused. 

Frumpy? Hah!

	Akane giggled.  It had been a peculiar thing, that
the female
training had caused the two to get along better no
matter which
gender Ranma was.  He or she was more careful in
speaking, less
insulting, and understood girls a lot better.

That's so nice!

	"Sorobadens's Magical Costume Shop?  What kind of
store is that?

I thought the name said it all...

The shopkeeper-- if that was what he was-- stood

nearly seven
feet tall and probably weighed less than Ranma. 
Gaunt was another no
longer adequate word that leapt to mind.  Emaciated
came closer to
the case.  His skin was almost papery in appearance,
his hair long,
tangled, and gray.  He looked like something out of
a Universal
horror flick.  You know, as in dead.

Don't suppose you have read any Bruce Coville books..
Reminds me of Mr. Elives, the Magic shop owner...
::shrugs:: Might just be me
 

	Only the eyes remained alive.  And they were fixing
Ranma with a
actinic glare.

::goes and looks up actinic:: Ooh, new vocab! 
 

The voice remained flat as a laser.

As a laser? Never heard that one before

	"Mister, I got WAY more than enough excitement in
MY life for a
hundred people.  I knew there was something screwy
about this place.
Akane, come on, we got to get out of here!"

Heh.
 

	The gaunt man blinked.  "Um... excuse me.  I said
strange lands
of adventure and wonder.  People usually leap at the
chance.  It's
exciting."

	"Yeah, yeah, I heard.  Me, I'd like a shot at dull
for once.
AKANE!"

Heh!
 

	The shopkeeper's voice began to lose it's flatness.
 "Are you
saying that you DON'T want a magical and thrilling
adventure?"

	"You got it right on the head, mister.  I
definitely don't.
AKANE!!"

	"This isn't right.  You're supposed to leap into
this heedlessly,
following your innate heroic nature."

	"Yeah, right, and the rabbit in the moon delivers
mochi to your
door every morning too.  A-KA-NE!!!"

::falls over:: HAH!
 

	And that hand had always been set firmly on the
shoulder of Ranma
Saotome.

How true :)
 
	"It's late, and the store's probably closed.  We'll

do it
tomorrow.  Besides, what could possibly happen?"

	The stone began to glow.

	Ranma shot Akane a very very accusatory look, as
the world
vanished.

Figures :D
 

	####

	It was a perfectly ordinary inn.  There were the
perfectly
ordinary farmers, wanderers, and hedge mages in the
common room
drinking perfectly ordinary ales, wines, and the
occasional substance
that could eat right through battleplate.  Ordinary
carousing,
arguing, and brawling would break out from time to
time in a
perfectly ordinary way.

How... ordinary.
 

	"Huh?" the man said, who we can only suppose is
Gourry.  Which
strongly suggests that his companion is You Know
Who.

You bet I Know Who
 
"We could go to Sailoon and see if Amelia has heard

of some new
questy type thing for Justice?" suggested Gourry.

I don't think that it was a question
 

	"Maybe you could visit your family?"

Not a question either
 

	Ranma woke up to find that certain things had
definitely changed.

	She was in a forest.

	Akane was in the forest with her.

	Neither of them were wearing any clothes.

Heh!

	She had no idea how she'd gotten to a for-- wait. 
back up a sec.

	No clothes.

	"YAHHHHHHHHH!" said Ranma.  Waking Akane up.

	"Ranma, what happ-- EEEEEEEEEEEEKKKK!!"

	"It's not my fault!  I don't know what happened!  I
really
don't!"  Ranma was in a state of mixed confusion,
panic, and
embarrassment.

Wouldn't you be too?
 

	"Where are my CLOTHES?" screamed Akane.

	"I don't know.  Right now I'm as lost at Ryoga. 
Maybe-- Ouch."

as Ryoga... unless Ryoga is a place, but even then, it
makes little sense. :)
 

Then she saw that Ranma had been referring not to a
location, but
rather to a large wooden chest that had dropped from
nowhere onto her
head.	

I'da thought she'd have said more than "ouch." Maybe,
"OUCH!" or "DAMN!" or "OWW!!" 
 

	Well, envelopes are for opening, she reasoned, and
did so.

Actually, envelopes are for confusing your friends and
sticking to the walls of your room... I thought
everyone knew that!

	Right now you are probably going half mad wondering
where you
are.

And how they're going to be REALLY mad when they
finish this letter!

 That I can tell you.  But you are going to
have some difficulty
believing it.

This being Ranma, probably not.
 

	Do not make the mistake of assuming that you are in
a mere
cartoon.

Of course not ;)

 This is a real universe, a real world,
where events much
alike to that of the animated series you know have
occurred.  There
is real danger, but I have little doubt of your
abilities to handle
it.,, as long as you keep in mind that this IS real.

No ,,
 

	I do apologize for the interruption in your normal
lives, but it
couldn't be helped.

Hah! Normal!

  The chain that sent you

here is still in
Miss Tendo's room, and will stay there.

Unless Kasumi finds it and puts it somewhere...
 

	Exactly like Lina Inverse.  

HAH!
 

	"Egotist. **snicker** Well, it's not like we'll
meet her, is it?"

Of course not, not in a crossover!!
 

	Ranma looked up to see six men in ragged clothing
and armor,
holding very large swords, clubs, and things like
that there, all of
who were ugly as sin and leering.

all of whom

 Thinking back to
the anime, she
realized that the two had just ran into a pack of
classic
stereotypical bandits.

just run
 

	Now, let's look into the mind of the bandit, shall
we?

Whee!
 

	Red hair.

Check 

	Short.

Check

	Dressed, he now realized, like a sorceress.

Check
 

	And there was a ball of light in her hands.

I wonder where you are going with this? ;)
 

	Akane leapt forwards to put her training under
Ranma to good use.

leapt foreward

	"He called me an UNCUTE demon from hell!"

	Ranma nodded.  That was never a good thing to call
Akane.

Hah!
 

	"And how do we do that?  We're in the middle of a
fantasy world
where the nearest telephone is a five hundred years
away at least.
Besides, there's no real police that I remember from
teh series
except in big cities... and we have to have funds."

the series (don't worry, all my first drafts consist
of 'tehs' and 'don;ts')
 

	She was bored Stiff.

'Stiff' doesn't need to be capitalized

	"And she has MUCH bigger-- OWIE!  Why'd you hit
me?"

	"Because if you'd finished that sentence I would
have had to kill
you.

heh!

	Before Lina could stop the swordsman, Gourry stood,
walked over
to the two, and said, "My friend Lina wants to talk
with you.  Are
you hungry?  Because if you are we can buy you
dinner."

:::blink-blinks::: And so we have a perfect example of
Gourry...
 

 Gourry, looks like we're going to
Sailoon after all,
to check the library there."

:::whacks her moniter::: Geez, I always think it says
'Sailor Moon'...
 

	Lina looked shocked.  "Oh, but I'm the most
selfless person
alive!  I'm a living paragon of charity to the lost
and oppressed!"

HAH!
 

	What could go wrong?

:::ominous music plays:::
 

	And of course the moat was muddy, algae covered,
and had things
in it that were vicious, vaguely reptilian, and
highly carnivorous.

Kenneth Stars?
 

	Pass through the halls.  See the sputtering smoky
torches that
create more smog than light.  The ancient suits of
armor that all
look subtly and disturbingly misshapen.  The crossed
axes upon the
wall that have stains that you just KNOW isn't rust.

	Then enter the main hall.  The dark throne.  The
evil tapestries
depicting all manner of vileness and perversion. 
And on that
throne--

Sounds like a brochure... 
 

***

Well, it sounds really great! Keep it up! :::saves the
story in her saved e-mails box:::

Bai!

-Shadra

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"The Blue Monkey of East Chapel Hill High School"
~~~~~
"Mathematics: The use of non-existant figures to explain stuff in our universe"
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"Mind over matter... but we have no mind, so it doesn't matter... nevermind" - ilac
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