Well, this idea was inspired by a comment I had
made to RaeMowse@aol.com who further
encouraged me to go for it.

MAGICAL GUARDIAN RANMA!

DISCLAIMER: 'Ranma �' and all characters
 therein belong to Rumiko Takahashi,
Shogagukan, Kitty, and Viz Video. This fanfict
has been produced for my own enjoyment and to
pass on without profit. Other characters that come into
play in this fanfict may or may not be pulled from other
sources (including other fanficts, RPGs, manga, anime,
literature, or possibly even *GASP* American comic
books!).

PROLOGUE:

Genma looked out across the sea from the railing of the
ship that was taking him back to Japan. Another expense he
hadn't planned on, but again the cost was much less due to
Ranma's current state. When? When did things start going
so terribly wrong? Was it at Jusenkyo?

The decision to find and train at Jusenkyo was definitely
not one of Genma's better ideas, but the fact that the springs
turned out to have real curses was more bad luck than anything
else. Most of the training grounds Genma had taken Ranma to
over the years had legends that were just that - legends with
no current basis in reality other than historical curiosity. That
the last one on the trip turned out to have a legend that was
remarkably active was entirely unforeseen.

The... incident... at Joketsuzoku was also a result of some
poor decisions on his part. Eating the prize for the annual
village tournament had not endeared him to any of the
Chinese Amazons. Oh, they had spared him, for Ranma's
sake if nothing else, but Genma was under no illusions that
he held any respect in their eyes. About the only good they
saw in him was his desire to find a cure for his son.

Leaving as he had, in the middle of the night with Ranma,
wasn't likely to endear him to any of the Amazons either, but
Genma couldn't allow the bonds that were forming between
his son and Shampoo to strengthen! If Ranma was going to
form ties with anyone, let it be one of the Tendo daughters!
It would be a way to keep the pledge after all...

Perhaps the only way...

Tears of a father who deeply and truly regretted the actions
that had cost his son so much poured unhindered down
Genma's grief stricken face.

The Guide and the Amazons had called it an honor...

They had said that the Nyannichuan would have turned
Ranma into a girl had Jusenkyo not found him worthy of
a higher purpose...

DAMN THEM! A girl would have been much better than this!

Genma looked down at the sapphire lens clenched tightly
in his fist.

"Don't worry Ranma... Surely one of the Tendo girls will be
able to activate you and release you from your token..."

END PROLOGUE



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