"Are you sure this is necessary?"
     He was standing by the northern wall of a room.  A bolder was suspended 
in the air and pulled back against the other wall.
     "...Yes...very..." Cologne said, cutting the rope that pulled the 
bolder to the side of the wall.
     *SMASH*
     The bolder swung towards him.  When he tried using Bakusai Tenketsu, 
the bolder didn't smash, but smashed him into the wall.
     *...This is going to hurt...ALOT..*

Torak awoke with a start. He had the damn dream again. But this time it was 
different. Renee stilled Died but there was a new presence there, one that 
had not existed before. The presence was a man in all black. Every thing was 
black. Torak knew it was a sign. He had to find out what it meant and Fast. 
If Torak had an ally he knew nothing about, it would be helpful in his fight 
against Luca Blight. Torak got up, got dressed, and headed down stairs to 
open shop.

     *This is nuts!*
     The bolder had been sent flying at him half a dozen times already, but 
he didn't feel he was making progress.
     *It'll work.  If what I've heard of Cologne is correct, it'll work...I 
hope...*
     *SMASH*
     "..not...this time..." he coughed out.

"Ha ha ha hah dad, that's funny. I can't believe that, oh man" Eric said in 
between his fits of laughter.
        "Laugh all you want boy, but remember I am the Owner and Master of 
this house and if you wanna be an orphan keep it up!!" Torak said in a 
mocking tone.
        "Well dad, how are you gonna find him," Eric began. "Nerima is a big 
city after all and He is one man."
        "I am gonna use the Rune to find him boy." Torak said.
        "Well good luck dad." Eric Said. "Have Fun heh heh heh."
With that Torak exited the shop and began his search for the Man In Black.

     *Ok, one more time...*
     He was standing there, a satanic grin on his face.
     *I'm going do it this time...*
     Cologne cut the rope, and the bolder came flying at him.
     "BAKUSAI TENKETSU!"
     A sense of joy an accomplishment filled him.
     *Ah shit...*
     he pulled up his torn up coat to cover his face from the flying rubble.
     "I did it...I DID IT!"
     He smiled, his whole body bruised and bleeding, his clothes torn up.
     *Knock*
     Someone was knocking at the door.
     "Aiya!  Maybe Ranma!  I'll get door great grandmother!" Shampoo said, 
running for the door.  "No Ranma.  Weird man in armor to see you 
noname-person," Shampoo said walking back.

	Torak reached the place where the Rune told him he would find the one he 
sought.
        "Cat Cafe huh, Nice Place here. I think it is Cozy." Torak said to 
himself.
Torak entered the restaurant and awaited the one he'd been looking for. The 
Man who was the Night itself. He wore all Black and was sure he was here. 
With his heart racing a mile a minute he sat and Awaited his destiny.

     *I don't know no one in armor...*
     "Thanks Shampoo..." he said walking out of the room.  Shampoo nodded 
and smiled.
     He walked into the room, clothes ripped and torn all over, blood 
smearing on the ground as he walked in.  The person stood up.  He was about 
6'8" tall, with long silvery hair.  His eye's were a hazel color, and the 
right side of his face had a scar going down the eyelid.
     He coughed up a bit of blood then said, "Hello, can I help you?"

	"Your him!!!!" Torak exclaimed. "You're really the Man of The Night. Wow 
and to think I didn't believe you might exist. But where are my manners." 
Torak walked up to the man. "Hold still ok." Torak began to chant the words 
of Magic.
        "Rune of the Waves, Heed my call. I summon the Power to Heal All, 
KINDNESS RAIN!!!!"

     He stood there, and after the stranger said those words, he felt 
refreshed again.  He looked at his cuts and bruises, and they were gone.
     "Ah, arigato stranger.  Are you sure you're looking for me and not 
Gordon, the other magic user?"

	"Yes you are the one I seek" said Torak. "Let me introduce myself, I am 
Toranius D Macleod of the Royal House Macleod. You can Call me Torak though. 
And you are my good man?" Torak finished his introduction.

     "Oh...um..."
     *I hate this...'Oh, hi!  I have no name!'...ya...that's going to go 
well...*
     "Hi!  I have no name!"
     *Idiot!*
     Torak had a puzzled look.
     "Ah...why don't you come with me..." he said, walking to the door.  
Torak sat down on the porch, and he lay down on the grass, looking at the 
clouds.
     *Didn't I just say not to do that!  Hell, what else am I going to say?  
Give him a fake name like I did to Akisame?  Who cares...*
     "So, did you want something?" he said looking towards Torak.  As he 
looked over, he saw Cologne and Shampoo stick their heads out of a window 
higher up.

	"Yes I did." Torak said. "I came to you cause I saw you in a dream of mine. 
I was wondering if you can help me locate the other objects like this." 
Torak finished Showing him the 2 star Dragonball.

     He stared at the Dragonball a second, then asked, "Can I see that?"
     Torak smiled and passed him the Dragonball.
     he sat up and pulled out his, examining them both carefully.  Unlike 
his, Torak's had two stars.  His had seven.
     "Where did you get this?"

	"I bought from an Antique Dealer for 10,000 Potch." Torak explained. Torak 
noted the confused looked on Noname's Face.
        "Let me explain." Torak said. "Potch is the money from my world. It 
is very expensive there for a Fire Rune. It cost 6,000 Potch. Yet here It 
seems that everything is cheaper. Maybe you or Your friends up there can 
Explain." Torak said handing Noname 5 Potch.

     "He gave you a Dragonball for only $10,000,000?!"

        "Yeah, you seem quite surprised Noname." Torak said. "Are they much 
more expensive than that or something?"

     "A Dragonball is something to be cherished always, for the one than can 
gather all seven dragonballs may have any one wish they desire.  I would 
give my life protecting my Dragonball..."
     *...so that I can wish Pat back...*

         "Ohhhh I see. Well I am trying to gather all 7 so I can wish my 
wife back." Torak told to Noname.

     *Great, another one looking for the dragonballs.*
     "Hey, um..."  He stopped.  He heard something from behind the fence.  
Torak was about to say something, but he put his finger in front of his 
mouth and pulled out a magnum, aiming at the fence.

	The Rune in Torak's brow glowed. "Huh, Damn Company" Torak said. "C'mon on 
out I know you're there!" Torak ordered.
5 men came out from behind the fence.
"Torak Macleod," The Leader spoke, "You are to be taken back to Highland for 
your trial of Treason against King Luca Blight. Surrender now!"
"Just what I needed" Torak started. "Highland Troopers on Earth."
Torak unsheathed his Sword. "Noname get back, I got them." Torak said.
With a shrill war-cry Torak charged the Highland Soldiers.
Torak looked at one of the soldiers and Cut him down as if it was routing 
for him. The soldier fell and the other four were on Torak.

     Shampoo looked down at the fight, and then jumped from the window, 
knocking one of the men down.  Another one knocked her down, and the other 
two were on Torak.  The nameless person didn't notice her, and was shaking 
his head at the weird man in armor as he pulled out his sword and swung at 
one of the two men on the armored man.
     "Get your hands off of Shampoo!" the familiar voice of Mousse cried 
out.  From behind the fence Mousse jumped up and sent a dozen chains with 
various sharp objects on the end of them at the man holding Shampoo down and 
the man Shampoo had knocked down.
     Shampoo noticed the weird man in armor and the nameless person looked 
over for a second, then continued with their battle.
     "Don't worry, Shampoo, I'll save you!"

"Bastards Die!!!!" yelled a very pissed off Torak. "I am in no mood for 
games and you choose to come here. I will Kill you."
"Rune of Power, Rune of Combat, Activate and lets end this Fight.... 
Excertion Rune Level 1!!!" A Bright Red Aura surrounded Torak and he Charged 
the Commander of the Troops.

     *Interesting, a magic casting warrior...reminds me of Gordon...*
     He decided to sit back and watch for once.  He quickly knocked the guy 
he was fighting in the head with the butt of his sword, then walked over to 
where Mousse had caught two of the guys.
     Mousse was looming over the two men as if he was about to do something.
     "Mousse, I'll take it from here..." he said, grabbing the two men.  
Mousse just nodded and made sure the chains were on tight.  "Ok you two..." 
he said to the men.  "Unless you tell me everything I want to know, I'll let 
him..." he said pointing to Torak, "...get at you."
     *Wow, for once I'm actually not going to pound it out of them...*
     One of the men was about to say something, but then stopped when he 
heard the shriek of their commander.
     He smiled.
     "Perfect...Now, who are you and who sent you and what do you want?"

	Torak ran the Commander through his Heart, Lifting him up, and tossing him 
through a Wall. "Heh please talk unless you two wanna end up like him, heh 
heh heh." Torak said with a wicked Glee.
"Ok ok we'll talk!" Cried one of the soldiers. "We were sent by Astinius to 
find you Milord."
"ASTINIUS.... That's impossible he's dead. You lying Little sack of......." 
Torak started to say.

     "Torak!" he shouted.  "Please, allow me..."
     *I can't stand this!  A new player comes into the game and I haven't 
done anything!*
     He picks up one of the two, signaling to Mousse to release that one, 
which Mousse does.
     "Now, I was in a good mood 'til I heard a new bad guy came to town, and 
as you will learn shortly, you don't want to see me mad..." he said, a grin 
on his face, holding the man by his neck a foot above the ground.
The man's pants began wetting at the groin.
     Without another thought, he fried the man's head with one blast, then 
let him drop to the ground.
     Turning to the other man he said, "...talk..."

"How did you do That Sir Noname? I felt no Magic Power from you and yet you 
fired A magic blast. How did you do that?" Torak asked.

     "Don't tell me you've...just a sec..." he said, turning back to the 
man.  "Good-night..." he said, jump-kicking the man in the head, knocking 
him out.  "Now..." he said turning to Torak, "Don't tell me you've never 
heard of ki?" he said.

"Ki....is it like Magic?" Asked Torak.

     "Um...I don't know...kinda I guess...no, actually it's not.  But in a 
way it is...a damn...Here, I'll show you..." he said, turning to one of the 
bodies on the ground.
     "Kamehameha!"
     He focused his ki into his hands, then let it out at the body, sending 
a blue energy beam at it.
     "That is ki.  From what I understand of magic, it takes it's powers 
from the environment around you, ki is the energy you have inside of you..."

"Ohhh I get it," Said Torak. "Ki is like your soul right, I have a 
proposition for you. You teach me how to use Ki and I will teach you how to 
use Rune Powers. Do we have a deal Sir Noname?"

     "Um...ah...no offense, but I don't need to learn magic..." he said.  
Torak was going to say something, but then he started talking again.  
"...but if you want to learn how to control your Ki, I'll teach you.  Just 
one thing..."
     "And that would be..."
     "You help me with a few things..."

"And What are these "Few Things" Sir Noname?" asked Torak.

     "On site training..."

"On site training?" asked Torak. "What is that? Is it like we fight and 
train at the same time? Or is it completely different?"

     He grinned.
     "Follow me..."
     *Won't be to hard to find another Umbrella factory...must be one 
somewhere around here...*
     He walked around the building, leaving Mousse and Shampoo to deal with 
the bodies.  He unlocked his car and opened up the passenger side, waving 
for Torak to sit down.

Torak looked at Car and laughed a little. He knew that Earth was not as 
advanced as Keldjor was, but still it looked weird to see a car with wheels. 
He seen them in Keldjoran history books but not up close. He looked at 
Noname and got in. "So where are we off to Sir Noname?" asked Torak.

     "What's so funny?" he said as Torak closed the door.
     Just then a bird landed on the hood of his car.
     *What the...RYOKO!*
     "Ryoko!" he said, getting out of the car.

"Ryoko..... As in the Space Pirate Ryoko!!!! Where is that Villain at!" 
Torak shouted as he drew his Sword again.

     "Relax.  This is Earth.  Year 2000.  We don't get too many space 
pirates around here..." he said, eyeing Torak.  Ryoko chirped a bit, then 
hopped up to the roof of the car.  "Come on, let's go find some clothes..." 
he said, walking back to the Cat Café.

"Ohhh, ok then" Replied Torak sheathing his sword.  "I can see now that I am 
mistaken. Well....hold on did you say clothes Sir Noname?"

     "Yes, I did..." he said, Ryoko flying over onto his shoulder.  Inside 
he found Shampoo.  "Shampoo, do you have some extra clothes for Ryoko?"
     Ryoko fluttered down onto a table as he walked into the kitchen and 
started boiling some water.

"I hate to be rude Sir Noname, But that is a Hawk if I’m not mistaken." 
Torak began. "Why would it need clothes for?"

     "Oh, that's right.  You're not from around here..." he said, as almost 
on cue Ranma walks through the door.  "Hello Ranma.  This is Torak.  Torak, 
Ranma..."
     *SPLASH*
     He took a bucket of water and splashed it at Ranma, transforming him 
from a male to a female.
     "Hey!  What'd you do that for!?"
     "Torak, it's from an ancient cursed springs in China.  If you fall in 
one of the springs, whenever hit by cold water, you turn into whatever 
drowned in it last.  Hot water turns you back..."
     *SPLASH*
     He took the boiling water and splashed it at Ranma, turning her back 
into a male.
     "Do you understand yet?" he said, smiling.
     "Would you quit doing that?" Ranma asked, grabbing a towel and drying 
himself off.
     "Aiyaa!" Shampoo cried out, running over to Ranma.  "You come to see 
Shampoo!" she said, wrapping her arms around him.
     "Ranma, you cretin, get away from Shampoo!" Mousse said, walking in 
from outside.

"Ok I thought Keldjor was wired that People attached Runes to their bodies 
but that takes the Cake!!!" Torak Exclaimed.
"Hmmmm lets see shall we. Flowing Rune Water attack...."
*Splash* Ranma becomes a girl.  "BWahahahahahahahaha.... that's so funny" 
Torak fell over laughing.

     "WOULD YOU PLEASE STOP SPLASHING WATER ON ME!" Ranma screamed.
     "That's right!" Ukyou said, stepping through the door.  "That's my 
job!" she winked.
     *Ukyou...*
     He darted out a back door before Ukyou saw him.  From inside the 
building an argument was arising.  Mousse was trying to get Shampoo.  
Shampoo was trying to get Ranma.  Mousse was trying to beat up Ranma.  Ukyou 
was trying to get Ranma for herself.  Then Cologne was heard.
     "Ah!  Future son-in-law!"
     And Torak was heard laughing after splashing a few of the other people 
in the Cat Café.
     "AAAAHHHHH!"
     Ranma ran out of the building, followed by a white cat.  A duck was 
closely behind the cat, and then Ukyou came after that.  Ranma and the 
others continued around the building.
     "Ukyou..." he said, not able to run this time.
     "Noname-san!" she said, looking surprised.  From in the building 
Torak's laughter was at an all time high.
     "HAHAHAHAHAHA!  MY SIDES HURT!  HAHAHAHAHA!!!"
     *Well, this is certainly an awkward moment...*
     "Hi, I was...ah..." he started.
     "AH!" Ranma cried out.
     *CRASH*
     Torak's laughter was silenced.  He and Ukyou ran back into the Café and 
saw that the front door was bashed in, and Ranma was lying on the floor.
     *Must have been thrown in...Ryouga maybe?*
     He looked once more, and saw a cat and a duck were lying on the cement 
in front of the restaurant.  In through the door hovered a man, his body 
silhouetted in the door frame.
     *Something tells me this is a bad thing...*
     He clutched one hand around his magnum, his other around the hilt of 
his sword.

"No It can't be...."Torak started. "it can't be....."
"Yes Torak tis I your old friend Astinius" Astinius said with a smile.
"You're Dead Astinius," Torak said. "I killed you a long time ago"
"Yes you did Loser," Astinius said.  "You killed me and Took what was mine, 
Jurai's Power!!!"
"Jurai's Power is theirs not yours!!" Torak yelled. "And further more, I 
think you need to die again." Torak charged Astinius.
"Pathetic Torak.....DIE!!!! SHADOW BOLT!!!!!"
Torak is hit by a beam of Black energy. He gets blasted right through the 
wall.
"Bwahahahahahaha... You're Pathetic Torak. I'm gonna enjoy this." Astinius 
said as he walked up to Torak.

     *Damn, I don't like fighting fights that I don't know what they're 
about, but...*
     He pulled out his sword and jumped up, coming down on Astinius.  
Astinius pulled out a sword of his own, blocking his attack.
     "I don't know who you are, but if you're defending Torak...SHADOWBOLT!"
     "Kamehameha!"
     The spell and the ki blast met at the center of the room, and a bright 
light formed.  The two blasts stayed there, moving one way or the other.  
Astinius just smiled, then the shadowbolt spell raced toward him.
     *Shit!*
     "KAIOKEN!"
     He flared up in a bright red aura, the Kamehameha blast growing in 
diameter rapidly, meeting at the shadowbolt spell.  It paused for a 
split-second, then raced at Astinius.  Astinius wasn't prepared for the 
sudden jump in power from a non-magic user, and the Kamehameha blast 
canceled out the spell, hitting Astinius sending him through another wall of 
the Café.  At this point he stopped using the kaioken.
     "Torak, are you all right?" he said, running over to aid the rune-user.

"Uhhhhhh.... I hate this" Torak said getting up. "Damn where is he at?" He 
looked to Noname. "And further more what was that you just did, Kamehameha 
and kaioken I think? What were those"? Torak asked.

     "Oh, well, I think he's about three blocks that way," he said, pointing 
to the other hole in the wall, "and Kamehameha and kaioken are two ki 
technics I use.  Problem is I can't sustain the kaioken for very long."
     "What happened down here?  Sounded like a fight..." Ryoko said, walking 
downstairs in a blue Chinese dress of Shampoo's.

"Oh shit, Eric is in danger.  I have to get to him quickly!!!" Torak said.  
"Before Astinius does!"