A red haired man in a grey uniform with green piping looks into the
darkness.  Stars swirl, fog, coaless into a picture of a tall girl with short
hair in tennis garb.

	He shakes his head, closes his eyes, then bows his head.

	Fade to:

	Ranma, walking to school, Akane on one side, Shanpuu on the other.
Shanpuu is holding her hand, and Akane is talking animatedly.

	OP, same as before.

`	Akane's speaking, `She's really cool, you'd like her.'

	`Not as much as you do,' Shanpuu says.

	Akane smiles, `I should hope not.'

	It figures, somehow.  She's got a girlfriend, which is good, but the
funny part is that the girlfriend has her name, well, almost.  Kasuga Akane.
We're supposed to meet her today, after school.

-

	Molga and Mahala meet us at the gate, Molga getting a kiss, then
stepping in, while Mahala heads back home.  I don't know why Molga still
attends school -- she's already passed me academicly, just like she's caught
up to me in the Art.

	It feels weird -- I'm proud to have such talented students, and
jealous at how they have learned in days what it took me sixteen years to
master.

	`I've been feeling a dark presence,' Molga tells me softly, `In
Juuban,'

	`Another general?'

	`I think so.'

	`Well, suck.'

	She smiles, `Very consise.'

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