Ranma 1/2 Fan Fiction / Rurouni Kenshin Fan Fiction ❯ Surprise ❯ Recovery ( Chapter 3 )

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3

Recovery

***
Ranma woke up in a state of pain few ever manage to experience. Lucky for him
he was well versed in the art of pain, so he managed to conceal most of his
pained expression. Right now Ranma felt like he was in a state of Nirvana. He
knows that he's there but doesn't feel like he is. Sounds and everything was
distant to him, only the voice of a woman grabbed his attention.

"Ranma? Can you heard me?" a lady dressed in a purple kimono asked him.

Ranma could see that she was quite beautiful and that her long black hair
flowed passed her shoulders. She seems to be doing something to his chest,
rubbing some sort of herb on it.

Ranma tried to speak to the lady but couldn't. He knew that his eyes were open,
yet it like whatever she was doing to him didn't wasn't quite real. He watched
as the man he recently had acknowledged as his father, seems to hover in the
background looking on with a concern expression on his features.

In Ranma's line of sight he caught other people in the background with his
father. He recognized the one known as Sano because of the chicken-like
hairstyle. He recognized Kaoru, whom he recently had a talk with. He recognized
the girl known as Misao, who seem to be asking the lady near him something. He
saw other people that he didn't know either. He saw a boy around 14 or 15 years
old with a kendo stick by his side look at him strangely. The boy was wearing a
samurai garb like his father but the only differences was that the boy shirt
was yellow. He also saw a man who was wearing a plain brown smock looking at
him with no expression what so ever. The man almost seems to be evaluating him
or something. Ranma, however, could recognize him as a fighter by his looks
alone. He then saw an old man looking at him with a grave expression on his
face but also one filled with respect.

"Ranma? Ranma can you hear me?" the lady in the purple kimono asked him again.
"Nod your head if you can."

Ranma then realized that he was in a room, the thought hasn't even accrue to
him that he was in a room lying on a futon until now. He then decided to answer
the lady but couldn't move his mouth, so he settle for just nodding his head.
Ranma didn't actually nod it, he just moved it a bit but that was enough
confirmation for the lady. The lady smile at him kindly and looked up to his
father and said. "He's find now. However, we should leave so he can rest more
comfortably."

Ranma saw everyone in the room nodded their head and quietly got up and left,
but not before they all stopped by his bed and wish him well. His father just
gripped his shoulder reassuringly and left.

So there was Ranma all alone figure out why he haven't been able to think of
coherent thought yet. He kept on getting flashes of a fight but that about it.
He then decided that if he slept faster he might have all the answers when he
woke up. "Yeah. I'll do that," he thought to himself. And with that close his
eyes.

***
Outsideâ¦

Kenshin was still looking at his son's still form as he laid on the futon.
Kenshin blamed himself for not being about to protect his son. His first day as
a father and he failed miserably.

"Cheer up Kenshin! Megumi said that your son will be find, ne?" Sano said,
while pounding roughly on his back. Kenshin had to smile at Sano effort to take
his mind off his son.

"That a find boy you have there Himura-san," Okina, the elder of the Oniwa
Banshi told him. "Imagine! A boy of almost 17 summer matching another Hiten
Misiguri Ryu master blow for blow!" The old man said with glee.

Kenshin couldn't help but feel pride at that. His son, who was almost 17,
managed to hold his own against a Hiten Misiguri master. The mere thought of it
sent his heart bursting with pride again.

Kenshin turned to see Megumi step out of the room with a strange expression on
her face.

"Megumi-dono. Is something wrong?" asked Kenshin with a worried look on his
face.

"Hmm?" she replied, seemingly to snap out of her own world. "I'm sorry but what
did you ask me?"

"I asked if something was wrong," he told her. "You seem to have a strange
expression on your face when you stepped out of his room."

"OH! That! It nothing," she told him, while laughing. " I was just thinking
that your son was an incredible piece of work."

"Oro?" Kenshin asked, a bit confuse.

"Your son Kenshin," she started. "Is nothing short of amazing."

"What exactly do you mean?" he asked her again. By now the entire group of
people was gathered around Megumi, listening on what she had to say about
Ranma.

"From what I heard of his fighting ability. I would have to say that he is an
incredible fighter," Megumi told them. "But his ability to recover is something
else." She told them with a bit of awe in her voice.

"What do you mean?" asked Misao. Her interest in the boy shot up a couple of
more notches. She prided herself on being an Oniwa Banshi and her ability win
in most hand to hand fighting except against people as good as Aoshi and
Kenshin. She was the only one in her age group that could match most people
twice her age in hand to hand. She away thought that Kempo was a style of hand
to hand fighting like karate and jujitsu could never match kendo a
sword-fighting style like some form of Ninjitsu or Hiten Misiguri Ryu. Kenshin
showed her that with his sakaba he has a longer reach, which he uses to keep
his opponent at bay. While Aoshi may use Kempo, he also has his two kodachi's
blade for extra reach and blocking others' bladed weapons. Sano himself, was no
slouch when it comes down to hand to hand combat, but against people of Kenshin
and Aoshi caliber he doesn't have a prayer of winning. Ranma however had did
something that no one that she knows could have done. He went toe to toe with a
Hiten Misiguri master using his hands only and won. She was pretty sure that no
one alive could have done what he did and much less lived afterward but he did.
So when he wakes up all she had to do was use her girlish charms on him and
he'll teach her everything she wanted to know, that Amaguriken technique was
first on her list of "Technique to learn." She and Ranma were going to have so
much fun.

Kenshin sweated as he saw Misao started to laugh evilly to herself.
"Riiiiiiight," he thought to himself. He turned back to Megumi and urged her to
go into more details about his son. "So what do you mean his recovering ability
was something else?" he asked.

"Kenshin, let me ask you something," she said. "How long does it takes for
someone to recover from the weakest Hiten Misiguri strike?" she asked.

"If done correctly with a Katana? Then the victim would die instantly," he told
her. "However with my Sakaba. I would say around a week before they can fully
recovered from my weakest strike."

"And with the Kzy Ryu Sen. How long would it take a fighter of your caliber to
recover from one of those strikes? Even if you did manage to dodge some," she
asked him.

Kenshin took a moment to chew on that. They Kzy Ryu Sen was a nine hit strike
that when used will hit all the nine vital points of the body simultaneously.
He didn't know anybody that could survive if a katana had been used. But he
guessed that if they somehow managed to survive it the damage would cripple
them, most likely for life. His eyes widen in realization and despair grabbed
at his heart. Ranma had survived, but was going to be cripple.

"Megumi-dono. My son is crippled isn't he?" he asked her very slowly.

"I would think so Kenshin," said a very familiar voice behind him.

Kenshin turned around to see his master standing there. "How is my ungrateful
student?" his master asked.

"M-Master? What are you doing here?" Kenshin asked. He couldn't believe his
master was here. Maybe his master was investigating the murder cases done by
the Hiten Misiguri Ryu master as well.

"Seijiro-sama!" said the two girls of the Oniwa Banshi, who then started to
lavish his master with affection. His master being his master didn't do
anything to discourage them, as a matter of fact he gave them his famous cocky
smile that caused the two girls to swoon.

" I am just too damn perfect," Kenshin overheard him say. Some thing he guessed
would never change.

"Master. You still haven't answered my question. Why are you here?" Kenshin
asked his master seriously.

"I came as soon as I heard of someone was killing people while using the Hiten
Misiguri Ryu name," he told Kenshin. "But I just heard that you confirmed that
it was actually a Hiten Misiguri Ryu master and that he that attacked you last
night."

"It was, and my son was the one that fought him," he told his master.

"Ah yes. Your son, I heard you just recently found out you had one but he got
hit with a Kzy Ryu Sen and could be cripple for life, isn't that right?" he
asked Kenshin.

Kenshin just nodded to his mater in confirmation. "Do you know if anybody has
ever survived a Kzy Ryu Sen attack?" He asked his master.

"Kenshin. I will tell you truthfully that I am really sorry about your son, he
will be cripple for life." He told his student. He regretted giving his student
the bad news but better that it came from him then the woman doctor.

"You see Kenshin. The Kzy Ryu Sen strikes all nine vital parts of the body,
making them cease functioning and would kill them instantly," he said. " But if
it somehow fail to do that, then the damages to them would leave the victim
cripple for life. Either way, your son have no chance of a normal life now."

Everyone was stunned into silence. Kaoru's heart went out to Kenshin and she
hoped that she would be able to ease the pain he would be feeling.

Sano, Aoshi and Yahiko didn't know what to think, but they can only feel sorry
for what Kenshin with what he must be going through right now.

Misao felt like crying. Here was Kenshin finally united with his long lost son,
only to have him be cripple because his father wasn't fast enough to save him.
The whole thing was just too sad for her as she tried unsuccessfully to contain
her tears.


Seijiro watches as his student went through a wide range of emotion. He felt
sad for Kenshin but never showed any sign of it. He knew he had to be strong to
help his student get through this hard time. If he had found out Kenshin had
been cripple in a fight, he would have reacted the same way Kenshin is right
now.

Kenshin just felt a torrent of emotion as he thought about what his son must be
going through. " I have failed my only child," he thought to himself. Kenshin
was on the verge of tears until he heard Megumi laughing. He turned to see her
holding a hand over her stomach while laughing.

Kaoru and Misao couldn't believe how insensitive Megumi could be. Here Kenshin
was on the verge of break down and Megumi is laughing her head off. Kaoru and
Misao started to make their way over to Megumi and teach her a lesson or two
about respect.

Sano, Aoshi and Yahiko thought that maybe Megumi had been making opium again.

Misao and Kaoru got over to Megumi and turned a deathly gaze on her. "What are
you laughing about Megumi?" Kaoru asked with more then a hint of venom in her
voice.

"Yeah do you find something funny with Kenshin son being crippled for life?"
Misao asked.

"Oh no," Megumi said in between laughs. "It just that I found it funny how
everyone jumped to conclusion before I can tell them news about Ranma
condition," then she started o laugh again.

"Megumi-dono. What do you mean by you have news about my son's condition?" He
asked her seriously.

Megumi blushed a bit under his stare. "Well you see Kenshin, your son is
perfectly fine." She told him.

"WHAT?!" everyone asked at once. Megumi had to brace herself from the power of
their voices.

After clearing her ears a bit, she continued. "Like I said, he's fine," she
then turned to Kenshin. "Remember when I asked you about how strong those
blows were?"

Kenshin nodded. "Yeah you were asking how badly can some could get wounded from
the Kzy Ryu Sen before my master's showed up."

"Well, remember when I mentioned Ranma's extraordinary recovery ability?" She
asked him. Seeing Kenshin nod she continued. "Well you see, when I was treating
him last night and again this morning, I discover that his body was recovering
at a rate I found simply amazing! His wounds has started healing up even before
I had put in the stitches and most of his heavy bumps and bruises had already
started to fade. All he really need was a couple of my medicine to speed up the
healing process. "

"S-So you mean that he will be fine?" Kenshin asked her. She nodded. Kenshin
then grab her in a rough hug only release her just as suddenly and started to
hug everyone around him from Kaoru to Misao, even his master couldn't escape
his euphoria.

After thoroughly having embarrassed the people around him with his hugs he
turned back to Megumi. "So, when will he fully recovers?" he asked her.

"Well at the rate he was going and with the help of the herbs I put on him.
Hmmm⦠I would say that he would be fine again sometime this afternoon," she
told him. "He won't be completely recovered until a couple of days later but he
would be able to do normal activities by this after noon."

"Thank you Megumi -dono," Kenshin said with a bow.

"Well now that we'll know he would recover let all have a celebration with good
wine," Sejuro suggested. "After all you haven't given him a proper welcome have
you? And if there is one thing I taught you Kenshin that is that a proper
welcome always starts with good wine."

Kenshin just sweated at that, he didn't want his son to get overwhelmed by his
master too soon. "By the way master, what are you doing here?"

"Hahahaha! Well Kenshin after you left, I periodically stop by here to visit
these lovely ladies," he said as the two girls' started to snuggle up to him.
Giving out a content sigh they started to lavish Kenshin's master with their
attention.

Miaso then came over to Kenshin and whispered in his ear. "He just stops by
because those two always give him wine and that all." None notice the sweatdrop
that appeared on Seijiro's head.

"Well Misao, would you like to go shopping with me so we can throw Ranma a
proper welcome party?" Kaoru asked Misao.

"Hai."

"Sano, Yahiko, your with me," Kaoru told the two just as they were tiptoeing
out of the room.

"Damn it!" Yahiko said and promptly got smacked on the head for it.

"Young children shouldn't curse," Kaoru told Yahiko pointedly.

"What would you know about children you old hag," Yahiko replied as they walked
out and went shopping.

"Well people, lets get started making this place ready for the party,
ohohohoho!" laughed Okina as he started to plan how to decorate the place.

The two girls that were snuggling up to Seijiro suddenly got off of him and
went to go help Okina. They all know that Okina had a terrible sense of art and
if left to his owns devices they would ended up having very, very ugly
decoration.

"Well I guess they are gone," Seijiro then turned to Kenshin. "I think we
should go and help them."


Kenshin just smiled.

***
Some where elseâ¦

A lone figure finally found his hideout. He never thought that he would face
such another formidable fighter there. The Battousai was who he was after but
this boy just jumped in his way and some how manage to block on of the
deadliest move of the Hiten Misiguri Ryu, the Kzy Ryu Sen.

The figure coughed up some blood.

Blocking wasn't the only thing the boy did. Right now the entire left side of
his ribcage was broken and the right one wasn't doing so well either.

He stumble slowly into the cathedral where he knew his sister would be. He had
to smile as he saw the worried look she sent toward him.

"ONIISAN!" was the last thing he heard before he fainted.

***
Back at the Oniwa buildingâ¦

Ranma woke up suddenly as everything became clear. He remembered everything,
how he fought a guy claiming to be god.

" A god my ass," Ranma thought sarcastically, as he remembered everything that
happen in the fight He then looked around as he notice that he was in a room.
It wasn't too big but it was bigger then the one he had at the Tendos'. He felt
tightness around his chest and looked down at it. His was chest was wrapped in
bandages and that he wasn't wearing a shirt. He looked around for his shirt and
didn't find it so he gave up on that. He got up from his bed and found that at
least his pant were still on.

After thoroughly searching for his shirt for the second time he gave up
totally. "Guess I am gonna have to walk out shirtless," he though. He then
look down at his bandages and started to feel it itch. So he carefully
unwrapped them, taking notice of the few new scars that he had collected.
Feeling the scars he could tell that they had healed enough for him to be up
and around.

He then decided to step out and after looking at the sky for a couple of
minutes he finally figured out that it was sometime just before noon.

As he continued to walk he heard a commotion coming from down the hallways.
Using the anything goes sneaking ability he tiptoed down the hallway and peaked
around the door. What he saw there was a mess.

"Okina! You have to hang the sign more to the right. No! Furtherâ¦perfect," he
heard the girl who was known as Misao said.

He also saw his father and a guy dressed up in white help move some heavy items
with the chicken head guy.

Ranma then saw Kaoru came out and say something about needing more salt in the
kitchen. After Kaoru left he caught a glimpse of the sign. On the sign was
words printed out that said "WELCOME RANMA!"

He then decided to speak up to see what they were up too. "Umâ¦. Excuse me?"
he said as every head turned to look at him.

"S-SON! What are you doing out of bed?" His father demanded.

Misao didn't say anything but was blushing like crazy.

The other two girls started to drool.

What Ranma didn't know was that without the bandages every curve of his muscled
chest showed his perfectly formed six packs his pecks and biceps were enough to
make any girl drool. Plus the way he moved towards them, so full of confidence
and grace was enough to make them swoon.

Misao couldn't help but admire the form of his muscles and the way they flexed
as he glided towards them. . " I wonder how it taste like," she thought, then
promptly banged her head against the wall in an effort to calm herself down.
"AoshiAoshiAoshiAoshiAoshiAoshiAoshiRanmaAoshioshioshioshi," was what she keep
mentally chanted even though she didn't realize that Ranma's name had snuck in
there a couple of time as well.


Sano and Yahiko looked from Kenshin to Ranma, wondering how Kenshin could have
spawned someone like that. Beside the facial feature, Ranma was bigger, taller
and buffer then Kenshin.

Kenshin was just worried for his son and after scanning him quickly with his
eyes for any wounds, he embraced his son. "Are you feeling alright son?"
Kenshin asked.

"Oh fine, fine. Couldn't be better," Ranma told his dad.

Just then Kaoru and Megumi came out to check out why the noise has stopped.
They both took a moment to admire Ranma's chisel form then proceeded to ask him
if he was all right.

"Look people, I telling you I'm fine. The fight I had was nothing compare to
what I been through, hell Akane cooking took me out longer then that guy ever
could," he told them to get them to stop babying him.

They all paused when Ranma mentioned Akane's cooking, wondering if they heard
it right. They were about to ask him further questions until Okina stopped
them.

"I am sure Ranma would be glad to tell you everything AFTER we finish the
decoration and cooking, ne?" he asked them.

And so they spent the better part of the after noon finishing the decorating,
while Kaoru and Megumi finish the food. Ranma finally was loaned a shirt form
Sano because of all the stares he kept on getting from the two girls. Pretty
soon they were finish and after having the table set they all took their place
around the table.

"Ranma you're the guest of honor, but we never been introduced to you
properly," Kaoru said. The others just realized that too, she then finish. "Can
we start over?"

Ranma had to smile at that, he could get use to this family. So Ranma then
stood up and bowed to all of them and says. "I am Himura Ranma. Sorry about
this."

To be continuedâ¦


Author Rantsâ¦
I quit, quit I tell you. Kidding but I might not be working on it as much as I
use to any more. Why you may ask? Well truth be told, school is upping the ante
so it will and is taking times away from my writing. Fic will now be coming out
slower then usual. I will try to work on it some more but school laves me
mentally exhausted so I might be too tired to think. Well here is part 3 and
hope you guys enjoy. A proud Couple crossover fan. C+C always welcome Thanks
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