Infinity's Shore:  Deathplane Prologue

By James Barnhill



Disclaimer:I own none of these characters, they just happened to end up
bound and gagged in the trunk of my friends car, really!  Not...like I had
anything to do with it, atleast that I can remember.....



Thanks go out to my prereader Jerry and the Ranma Fanfic Forum.



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From beyond the rapidly cooling martial artists body a ripple formed in the
darkness, seemingly getting closer yet farther away at the same time while
the dead body continued to drift within the dead universe.  The ripple, no
more then a faint spark against a backgroun of perpetual darkness,
resembled nothing more then a cloud of bits that would resolve itself into
different shapes and sizes as it came closer, like some sort of warped
cloud changing with the winds itcontinued its approach toward the abyss's
newcomer.



"I knew this would happen.  This is the price we all must pay.  Whether we
like it or not."



The ripple stopped and at once took on a definite form of a purple face
with similiarly dark purple hands that gravitated toward Ranma's body.
With palms facing the heat a shimmering half seen light enveloped the body,
preventing the death of its bodily tissues.  With one hand maintaining the
caccoon the other swung out over some empty space with the fingers curled
as if gripping something as dropplets of blood rose up from the darkness to
form a sphere of solid blood.  When the last drop was collected a surge of
power went through the collected cells, turning their normal crimson color
to a dark purple shade as she sphere was placed directly over the neck
wound where the changed blood flowed back into the body as if it had a mind
of its own.  With the last rop gone the hand that had contained the blood
waved over the neck wound leaving behind healythy skin where before there
had been a nasty gash.



Another wave of the hand, this time over all of Ranma's body, changed Ranma
back into his male form before the caccoon winked out.  The hands went to
Ranma's skull, each one firmly pressed to a different temple, then faster
then the blink of an eye the normal dark purple color pulsed with some sort
of inner life while Ranma's face twitched every now and then.



"Pathetic, just like the rest of his kind...."



Immediately the hands were over the chest, emitting busts of electricity
directly into the heart to coax some semblance of life back into the body.
Jolt after jolt of electricity coarsed through the body's nervous system,
producing muscle spasms that turned into convulsions without any sign of
progress when suddenly with a gasp Ranma came back to life choking up the
remainder of his blood.



"Welcome, Ranma.  To Deathplane."  Said a eerie voice from behind Ranma's
left shoulder.



Ranma turned his head to look at the direction where the voice came from.
His eyes caught the distinct purple hued hands and widened distinctly as he
could make out a cloaked figure that seemed to be sitting down with its
legs crossed.  He gulped as he recognized the thing before him.



"Wiseman....?"



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Authors Notes:  I bet that right now your wondering right now WTF is
happening, ne?



Well to sum everything that I do and do not know up in a simple sentence I
am trying something different to see how it works.  And though this branch
of the story could have been added as a simple sidestory I wasnt sure where
it could go, what the characters might do and what questions I might be
able to explain using this branch of the story.  But in case your wondering
it wont be THAT long, maybe three to five chapters at the least.



Then again it all depends on what I decide to add for later on, and, also,
I am still learning when it comes to writing so I need to experiment to see
what works and what doesnt.  Who knows, maybe Ill come up with something
truly innovative?



Nah.



As always all input appreciated, C+C and what not or just any wierd ideas
as long as they dont involve writing a non-sensical lemon scene into the
story to 'lighten' its dark atmosphere (dont ask, please believe me, dont
ask).



Until next chapter, Ja Ne.



All comments and such can be sent to my E-mail address at:
Mecvolve@onebox.com



Additional Notes:  Some of you are probably wondering why this fanfic had
such a dark ending, ne?  Well truthfully I love happy endings but my muse
cant seem to inspire me to write such.  I remember one person wanting Alia
to call forth a fleet of White Stars to come and kick (or in this case
blast) the Senshi's ass's.  That would have made a very happy ending with
the right spin to several parts to explain the various outcomes and what
happens to who, but that in itself would have run counter to everything
that I have psuedo planned right now (I say psuedo because my imagination
could never make up its mind!) for the future of this series which is also
going to crossover into two of my other stories, though I wont tell you
which:)



But rest assured that this series will continue and crossover with alot
more anime series to that end I was wondering if any of you would like to
suggest a universe for this story to crossover with?  I have a list here
somewhere, well lets see how many I can recall...



Star Fox, Exo-Squad, War of the Worlds, The Black Hole, Slayers, The
Avengers, Dragon BallZ, Gundam, IRIA, Dirty Pair, Andromeda, Gasaraki,
Bubblegum Crisis,Martian Successor Nadesico, Revolutionary Girl Utena,
Ina-Yushu, EON, Methusaluh's Children, Star Wars, Earth Final Conflict,
several H.P. Lovecraft stories...........Im afraid thats all I can recall
for the time being, I know I have a more detailed list here somewhere but I
seem to have lost it.  Gomen



Well Im open to pretty much every possible idea whether its just the title
for a universe to cross this story with (in that case please include
whether the universe in question is a anime/book/movie) or a detailed
explanation of what your imagination has come up with in regards to how the
characters in this story might interact with those of the other.  I just
enjoy hearing ideas!  And if you want I can either not disclose where the
name came from or add with these notes who created this idea, its your
call.



I look forward to hearing from all of you, Ja Ne.