Ranma/Rift War Saga : The Unknown Art Chapter one
Created by Long Ngo
Started July 1, 1998
Finish July 21, 1998

      With a popping sound Ranma found himself in a wooded meadow. Looking around, *Where am I and where did that black robe guy disappear to?* Ranma thought. Hearing a shout, Ranma turned to see a girl being chased by two very ugly looking furry monsters headed his way.

      Carline was scared. For the first time in her life, she was terified. There were no soldiers around and her brothers were not here to protect her. Looking ahead, she noticed a strange boy in front of her. At first she thought that this boy might be able to save her or at least help her escape the two trolls that were chasing her but seeing that he had no weapons, her hopes died. Willing her mouth to work, "Run!"

      *What did she say?* Ranma thought.   Ranma was still a little irritated at not being able to find that black robed individual who had attached him. Seeing an opportunity to relieve some stress, Ranma looked at the two approaching monsters, *They don't look so tough.*

      Running past the boy, Carline took enough time to look behind her and gasped. *Is that boy crazy?* It looked like the strange boy was going to fight the two monsters. Any other thoughts were lost as the strange boy engaged the two monsters. Soon, Carline was staring in awe as the strange boy started to skip and jump around the trolls' attacks. *He's incredible.* Hearing some sounds coming from her left, she turned her head towards the sound, afraid that there were more trolls around. When she saw the other boy, Pug, if she remembered correctly, she relaxed somewhat.

      Pug was looking at the strange boy fighting the two trolls and he gapped in astonishment as well. In the back of his mind, he started to feel a tingling sensation. Something he could not place. Soon, Pug could feel it throughout his body. Looking more closely at Ranma, he could see what seems like waves of energy flowing around the strange boy's body. *What is he?* he asked himself silently.

      Carline had never meet anyone like this before. In front of her was a very handsome young man who was, in her eyes, protecting her from these two huge trolls. Not even her brothers or their swordmaster were this good and he didn't even have a weapon. In that same time frame, she developed a crush for her would be savior. She stilled wondered how this person without a weapon was going to kill these two trolls.

      Deciding that it was finally time to end this little duel, Ranma leaped back and stood next to the girl he had meet earlier and the new boy that had just appeared. Powering up for a ki blast, Ranma let his battle aura appear.

      Seeing her savior leap back, Carline was worried that he had been hurt. When she noticed his body being surrounded by a faint blue aura, she backed up a few steps. *Is he a magician as well?* Having lived with Kulgan for all her life, she was use to such things but was still a little startled at seeing Ranma glow, not even Kulgan was able to do that.

      The tingling feeling Pug had felt earlier was now blazing throughout his body. Grabbing the princess, he dragged her a away from the glowing boy.

      The two trolls, who were charging Ranma, suddenly stopped as they saw Ranma glow. Something inside their head told them to run away. One troll decided to listen to what his instincts were telling him while the other troll was so hungry that he didn't care and wanted something to eat and so charged Ranma.

      Seeing that one of those creatures were stupid enough to charge him, Ranma concentrated and cupped his hands in front of him, aimed at the charging troll. Rays of light and energy could be seen dancing around Ranma's arms and hand. A few seconds later, Ranma was holding a ball of energy in his hands. As he unleased the ki blast, Ranma yelled out, "Möko Takabisha!" Expecting to knock the creature back with the blast, Ranma was surprised at the results and turned a little white. There was nothing left of the creature that he had blasted, there wasn't even a single living plant life behind where the creature use to be as well. *What happened? How come my ki blast was so powerful?* After a few more moments, *What have I done? I just killed,* Ranma realized, falling to his knees.

      Seeing what happened to his companion, the troll started to run away faster.

      Pug just stared at Ranma. *Whoever this person is, he is very powerful. He also saved both of us.* Looking at the path of destruction, Pug stared at Ranma with respect and a little fear. He did not see the waves of energy surrounding Ranma any longer.

      Carline just gasped at what she just witness. She was sure Kulgan couldn't do what this boy in front of her just did. Seeing that the boy had not moved, she slowly approached the strange boy, hoping that he was not hurt. "Are you alright?" she asked. Hearing no response, she leaned down and heard a faint mubbling in a language she had never heard before. It was strange because she sometimes attended court and heard the various different languages and she knew a few herself. She was confused as to why this boy who just saved them in a very impressive way was acting like this until Carline made a huge mental leap as she remembered how Arthur had acted after he had first killed someone as well but what confused her was that with the level of skill this boy possessed, why he had never killed before. Arthur had first killed a thief that had pulled a sword on him at the age of 15 and this boy seems to be around 18 or 19. "It's alright," she soothed, not once did she think of her rank and hoping that the sound of her voice would help the stranger even though he did not understand what she was saying. . It was the least Carline could do after how he saved them.

To be continued