> "HA! The fool! They're all fools! So easy to read. So easy >to enter. So easy to patronize!" > A lone figure looks down upon the city of Nerima. One figure >which should not exist. One figure who's laugh will forever be >etched into the mind of the one without a name. > "These people are so gullible…* > The figure looks up at the stars. > *Why do I even bother with them…* > > "Sorry sir, but you'll have to turn your car around and…and…" >The guard looked at the man in the car. "SIR!" the guard squeaked. >"Sir! I didn't…" The guard turned to his partner. "OPEN THE GATE! > Sorry about th…" > "Save it…" the man said, then drove into the compound. > "Who was that?" his partner asked. > "It was the boss…" he answered. > > "How's the test subject?" a man wearing a very expensive suit >asked a man in a lab coat. > "You mean ReH1a? It's doing quite well. It can take a grenade >and just shrug it off," the man in the lab coat answered. "It was >too bad Reston didn't send the report before he died. It would have >made the…" > "I don't care about details, I just want to know if it's what >we expected!" the man in the suit barked. > "Sorry, sir. ReH1a is actually better than in the initial >report. I'll have a full report on it in one week…" > "I need it by tomorrow…" > "…um…yes, sir…" > > "Humans…what a fragile breed…what a stupid race…" a being >talked to itself will viewing the Earth from a distant place. > The moon. > "Why do I toy with them? I should just get the planet ready >for take over…" The being stood up. "I feel so weak in this body…" > A human figure stepped into the light of the sun. Not wearing >anything but a ragged shirt and a pair of shorts. "These humans >aren't very strong…" The human figure walked forward a few steps. >Standing in one of the moon's many craters, the figure dropped. >Dead. > *Maybe the next will be stronger.* > A body laying next to the one that just dropped stood up. > "No difference…THESE DAMN HUMANS ARE USELESS!" > One by one, each of the thirty or so bodies in a crater stood >then dropped. Then the next body stood then dropped. > *Damn freakin' humans! I need a strong body to fight that one. > All these are too weak! If I could only get a Sayain body, then I >could walk freely among the humans without notice.* > Out of the crater came a glowing, floating gaseous orb. > *Wait a second…* > The orb went back into the crater. A second later, a body >climbed out of it. The body sat on the lunar landscape in a >meditated state. After ten seconds, the body raised it's head and a >large grin came across it's face. > "And he saves me the trouble of hiding the tail…" > > "Hello everyone. I've called this meeting… Kamiya-san, >where's Mikami-san?" > "Oh, he not come today, Mester Trent." > "And why not?" > "He after the one." > "Then he's dead. As I was saying…" > "No he not! The one be weak now! Affected by Weakness >Moxibustion!" > "Even in his weakest state he can be lethal…" A new member of >the circle spun his chair to face Kamiya. >"Let me make myself totally clear, White Umbrella doesn't need your >services, Sakaki, you just make it easier. Don't push your luck." > "Jackson, he's right, let's just move on," Sidney said. > Trent looked around at the group. Jackson was sitting beside >Sidney. Across from Sidney was Kamiya. To Kamiya's right was an >empty seat. Mikami's. Sakaki was on Kamiya's left. Between >Jackson and the empty seat was the European "boys". A man and a >woman. They never did much. Trent sat across from them. Beside >Trent was a seat for the boss. > "Ok, let's get back to business." As Jackson spoke, he rubbed >his mustache. > "As you were saying, Trent." Sidney took a sip of his tea. > "I called you all here to discuss him. We have a very >important shipment of the DNA in Japan, but unfortunately, he's >there." As Trent spoke, he never changed his posture, his tone, >anything. That drived them all mad. > "We could have a distraction. I'll send my people into town >and start tarring it apart." >"That won't work, Sakaki. He doesn't know you're part of us right >now. He wouldn't give a damn what happens to the people of Nerima. >All he does is find a town to sleep for the night, scout out the >facility, then take it down. He'd just let the local authorities >deal with your little monsters." >"There must be some way to get at him…" > "No there isn't. He has no family. No friends. He's alone in >this world. He doesn't care about anyone, and no one cares about >him…" > > He sat in the stands. What a week. He finds out that he has >to go to Japan. Then he has to get his car. After that he… After >that he went to the restaurant… Then he ate… Then he saw her… >Then he left… Gone to the factory and hid the shipment then back to >the restaurant… Then stayed with her… Talked to her… Told her >about his past… Then Ryoko and Ryouga came and he beat them up then >that damn Moxibustion thing then back to the restaurant… Then he >woke up… Then she told him about the chart… Then Ranma, Ryoko and >he went to Shampoo's where they met Mousse and Cologne and they >decided to have the tournament thing then they went back to the >restaurant… Then they all walked to the school… Then the assassin >came along and then they got to the tent and sat down… > *Oh just stop it…you know you like her. Just admit it…* > But he couldn't. He'd managed to put aside all emotions since… > *You have to get over that. How would you know. How could you >know? She would want you to get on with your life. Don't spend >your days alone.* > "SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP!" > He shot up in his seat, jumped up, went through the roof of the >tent, somersaulted, landed with style, and ran off. > >"Um…looks like my dream stirred him up a bit…" A figure in the >shadows watched as a man in a large black coat ran done the street. > > He ran for about a mile then stopped. > "What the hell am I doing… I did this once before…" > He remembered a time when he was running for what seemed like >days. He had picked up the body of his friend. It's funny almost. >It wasn't until that moment that he realized he loved her. He had >picked her up in his arms and held her tight. Then, for the first >and last time, he spoke the words 'I love you'. He'd never said >that to another. He never had said it ever. Until that moment, he >had no idea what true love feels like. He ran. He ran half-way >across Nevada before he collapsed of dehydration. > "Running from your feelings doesn't work." > *Go back to the tournament. Win he tournament. Get the chart. > Get cured. Go and remove all traces of Umbrella for Japan. Go >stick it to the high circle. Destroy Umbrella. Then, if you still >have feelings for her, tell Ukyou how you really feel.* > He returned to the tent. > *Pat, please forgive me…*