Ranma 1/2 Fan Fiction / Sailor Moon Fan Fiction / Tenchi Muyo Fan Fiction ❯ Project II: Saiyan Ranma ❯ Old Aquiantances and New Problems! ( Chapter 4 )

It's been a week since Ranma and Urd first came to school, and stole everyone's attention. Rumors of two of them not being virgins were the main topic now and Nabiki's income rose rapidly, she had much to thank for. But, as usual, the youngest Tendo didn't share Nabiki's liking towards the couple.

 

“I HATE HIM!” Akane shouted as she punched and broke a wooden stick which was used as a perimeter around a young tree. Ranma once again, insulted her skills, and when she lashed out during class, not only was she beaten, but she was given punishment as well.

 

Nabiki shook her head. Following Ranma and Urd was no easy feat. They seem to go to the TV store again and again, and when any of her lackeys try to go in, they just disappear. Nabiki loved the way Ranma was shrouded with mystery. It's giving her quite a challenge.

 

“I heard Ranma beat you in class...” Nabiki said. Akane growled.

 

“It was a fluke!” Akane said. “He won by chance!”

 

“Oh, come of it Akane...” Nabiki began. “He beat you with one move, and he was SLEEPING!”

 

“Shut up!” Akane said. It was embarrassing to say the least. During class, Akane accused Ranma of being a pervert as usual. Urd would interfere and the two would team up against her until she lost her temper.

 

`Heck, even my tail can beat you...' Ranma had said before he slumped towards the desk and snored. Akane, who took a few minutes to realize what he meant, lashed out with her fist going to his face. Ranma's tail suddenly intercepted the punch and threw her out of class. The teacher saw the attack was started by Akane gave her punishment and continued the class.

 

“Damn him! I'll get you for this, Ranma!” Akane shouted.

 

“Did someone say Ranma?” asked a voice on their right. Akane whirled around and saw a boy about her age, cleaning the outside of what looked like a restaurant. The sign said `Ucchan's'.

 

-Omega X Present-

 

-Project II: Saiyan Ranma-

 

-Chapter 04: Old Acquaintances and New Problems-

 

“Excuse me, did you say Ranma?” the boy asked.

 

Nabiki jumped. “Yes! Do you know him?”

 

The frowned a bit. “Yes, I remember that Saotome. We met before.”

 

Akane raised an eyebrow. “Saotome? His name is Son Ranma...”

 

The boy looked miffed. “Son? Are you sure?” and both Tendos nodded. “Hmmm, that's strange. Not many people are named Ranma... Anyway, where are my manners. I'm Kuonji Ukyou, and I own this restaurant. I just arrived in here in Nerima. Many people here, so I thought it would be nice open an okonomiyaki restaurant.”

 

“Tendo Nabiki,” Nabiki introduced. “And my sister, Akane.”

 

“Nice meeting you,” Ukyou replied. “Study in Nerima High?”

 

“Yep...”

 

“Ranma studies there as well?”

 

“Yes...” Akane said slowly. “Why are you so interested in this Ranma?”

 

“Oh, he could be the one I'm looking for. He owes me a bit for some okonomiyaki I gave him. Fare well,” he replied, and walked back to the store.

 

“Weird...” Nabiki said. They walked home.

 

Ukyou, who was inside an obviously a recent renovated room which had tables and chairs covered in plastic, frowned deeply.

 

(If it is him... then my search is over...) he thought, and then, looked at a large spatula which was situated in the wall on his right. (This is it. Time to finish this...)

 

=House near the Temple, living room=

 

“Did you see the look on Tendo's face?” Urd began, laughing. “I thought she was going to send deathrays from her eyes!”

 

“Hey, it wasn't my fault she is short tempered... It reminds me of a kawaikune tomboy we have here...” Ranma said.

 

POW!

 

“Care to repeat that, you jerk?” Skuld said, holding a mallet which whacked the saiyan down the floor.

 

“Kawaikune...” Ranma muttered.

 

Later...

 

Ranma was in the garden again, practicing on a new kata he just developed. Knowledge of some fighting style he never knew was just appearing from his head. He tried to picture more moves, but the picture gets all fuzzy. Ranma tried to do the move again, making smooth punches and the pictures came alive once again for him to try and follow.

 

Urd watched with a lot of interest and awe. (If my memory serves me correctly... those moves are the moves Goku did before... The Kamesennin style...) she thought.

 

Ranma took a deep breath. He smiled. The kata he did was almost perfect. All he needed now was some fine tuning. He faced Urd who smiled back.

 

Being stuck with a very sexy goddess can do wonders with a man. Ranma, who was usually very shy with girls, found himself a bit more open with them. Sure, Urd still made him feel more comfortable than any other girl, but he was now thinking like a normal 16 year old. He was slowly, even when he didn't realize it, liking her a lot.

 

“That was very good, Ranma,” Urd said. “A little more, you can start your next phase in the training...”

 

“What is the next phase?” Ranma asked, curios.

 

“Ahh, now that is a...” Urd was cut off.

 

“Oh, not another secret...” Ranma made a mock groan. “I just cant stand it if you try to copy Xellos. It kinda sucks when you try to figure out who's older...”

 

Urd twitched. “Care to repeat that, squirt?”

 

Ranma began to make faces, trying to get to Urd. It worked. A minute later, they were running around the garden, Urd chasing Ranma with her nails out. It took a while, but Urd finally caught up with Ranma and pinned him in the ground, laughing. Looking up in the sky, Ranma wondered for the first time, how he got his abilities.

 

“Urd,” Ranma began, “I remember in China, my dad fell in a spring and out came a panda... What was that?”

 

Urd looked at Ranma, and sighed. She began to tell him all about Jusenkyo.

 

=Time Gate=

 

Setsuna just narrowed her eyes. Whatever or whoever is with the Saiyan, it seems that they are training him. Power readings in Japan are getting stronger and stronger and she began to get more and more nervous. And she couldn't do anything.

 

Setsuna prided herself from being someone who could control the timeline. Control was good for her, and when there is something she could not understand or control, she feared it.

 

But Crystal Tokyo was still alive, and if her eyes were deceiving her, the timelines which it exist increased by 15%.

 

(I need to know...) Setsuna thought. (If he'll be with us or against us...)

 

=Washu's Lab=

 

Well, opposite to the Senshi of Time was the mad scientist, which had the biggest brain [and ego] in the whole universe. Washu, still keeping the secret of her readings about the saiyan was typing fast. Whoever this saiyan was very good. She couldn't track him and find him. He just appears from Nerima and disappears.

 

For someone like Washu, someone like that made her very obsessive. Anything the greatest scientist in the universe can't explain, she needs to study it like a drug... and fast!

 

(Where are you...?) Washu thought.

 

=Next Day, House near a temple=

 

“AAAGGGHH!” Skuld screamed. “Give me back my beef!”

 

Ranma, who used his chopsticks to steal from Skuld, looked at her in surprise. “What?”

 

“You stole my food!” Skuld said, glaring at the young Saiyan. “Give it back!”

 

The beef piece which was still in Ranma's chopsticks went straight towards Ranma's open mouth. “Um- I didn't steal - um - from you...” he said, while chewing. He raised his chopsticks. “See? No beef!”

 

“Because you ate it!” Skuld began to shout.

 

“Now, now,” Urd began. “Skuld, you should not shout t our house guest like that... It's child-like...”

 

Skuld faced Urd with most disgust in her face. “I didn't ask you... Waitaminute! Is that my chicken nugget piece?” she asked, pointing at Urd's chopsticks.

 

Urd looked curiously at Skuld, side view, but her two eyes still looking at Skuld. She shrugged her shoulders and ate the piece of chicken in her chopstick. “Now it's not,” Urd said, chewing.

 

Skuld twitched. It was bad enough for Ranma to be stealing her food, but Urd was beginning to show the same quality as well. During lunch times in Furinkan, Ranma and Urd's food escapades trained her to be faster as the two couples began exchanging techniques. Ranma would be taught Kamesennin and Urd was taught Anything Goes. Sure, Urd still had a long way to go, but the speed techniques of Ranma were quite useful.

 

“Come on, were late!” Ranma said, sitting up and going towards the living room. “Thanks for breakfast, Belldandy.”

 

“You're welcome, Ranma-kun,” Belldandy said. “Kei-chan, do you need more?”

 

“Yeah, thanks Belldandy...” Keichii replied.

 

“HEY!” Skuld began. “Don't get all cozy now!”

 

Urd followed Ranma, who was already switching the television on and she took Ranma's hand as they both traveled to Nerima via TV airways.

 

=Nerima=

 

Ukyou walked towards Nerima High and looked around. It seems silly, as she cancelled her grand opening today, just to see if Ranma is really here. She sighed. (No, Honor before business!) she thought.

 

“Come back here you runt!” a girl screamed from Ukyou's left. Ukyou looked at that direction and saw a very familiar boy, jumping around making faces at a very pretty girl.

 

“Can't catch me!” the boy said.

 

Ukyou's eyes widened. Her mind went back to the past as we can see a young Ukyou and a young Ranma chasing each other. `Can't catch me...'

 

She quickly ran towards them, intent of giving Ranma a beating of his life.

 

“SAOTOME RANMA! PREPARE TO DIE!” Ukyou shouted.

 

“Huh?” Ranma asked, looking at his left. Urd, who also looked in the left, didn't stop as she tried to pin Ranma again to the ground. She ended up plopping on top of him.

 

“So, the dishonorable Saotome still runs from his past!” Ukyou shouted.

 

Ranma recognized the uniform he wore. It was almost like the uniform that his child hood friend wore. A dark purple gi with silver mini spatula's attached to the belts.

 

“Ucchan?” Ranma asked. “Uh, Urd, get off me, you're heavy...”

 

“What did you say?” Urd began, but stopped when she suddenly saw Ranma's face.

 

Ukyou stiffened at the name Ranma used to call him. “Never! Never will I forgive you! I'll meet you later at the gymnasium during dismissal. Then, we'll settle this!”

 

He walked away.

 

Ranma looked thoroughly confused. There was his childhood friend he didn't see for the past 10 years, and he was angry with him...

 

Urd looked nervous. She read Ranma's file from the Yggdrasil, and read also about Ukyou.

 

The day started with Kuno being knocked unconscious by Urd's lightning since Ranma was thinking heavily about Ukyou.

 

=Dismissal=

 

“Have you heard?”

 

“Ranma's going to fight that Ukyou guy!”

 

“Ukyou?” Akane asked Nabiki during dismissal. “Wasn't he the chef in that store Ucchan's?”

 

“Yes...” Nabiki said. “Apparently, she's convinced that Ranma is really Saotome Ranma...” (I have to ask daddy if there is another practitioner of Anything Goes...) she thought. Ever since Ranma introduced himself that he uses Anything Goes, Nabiki was trying to think ways to find out more about Ranma. She asked her dad about the Son family, but Soun didn't recognize the name, but he did mention about Ranma and Saotome clan.

 

All the people went to the gym. Akane wanted to see Ranma fight, thinking she might be able to learn it and beat Ranma with it.

 

Ranma and Urd were the last to arrive. Ranma still looked down and Urd was beginning to worry.

 

“What the - !” one of the boys shouted, and Ranma looked up, and almost fell. The gym contained a ring which was never there from the beginning. It was like a boxing ring, but had a small white surface, and at the edges were black metal surface. And in the center of the ring, was Ukyou with her large battle spatula out.

 

“Ranma, prepare yourself!” Ukyou said.

 

Ranma just jumped towards the corner of the ring. “Hiya, Ucchan,” he said nervously.

 

“Do you remember what happened before?” Ukyou asked. “Remember how you stole my father's yattai and left me?”

 

Akane narrowed her eyes. (So this is why he is so fixated on Ranma... Ranma is really dishonorable!)

 

“Stole? My old man said you guys gave it as a gift...” Ranma said, thoroughly confused.

 

Akane and almost all the school who watched the fight fell down.

 

“Liar! You stole the yattai with your father. You even waved good-bye at me!”

 

“So, my old man stole the cart... but why are you ma-“ and he was cut short by Ukyou's swinging of her battle spatula, which Ranma just jumped over it and Ranma landed on the spatula cleanly, his tail swinging from side to side.

 

“SHUT UP!” Ukyou said.

 

“Damn it, Ucchan, you're the most stubborn guy I ever met...” Ranma began, but was cut off when Ukyou used all her strength to throw Ranma of the spatula like a catapult.

 

“TAKE THIS!” she said as she threw a lot of little spatula's towards him. Ranma rolled away, trying to avoid the mini-spatulas and his tail touched the black metal part.

 

FWISH!

 

“AAAGHH!!!” Ranma jumped, clutching his tail. Some of the audiences said `Huh?' and tried to hold the metal surface. It was burning hot.

 

“What was that for?” Ranma asked, looking at Ucchan.

 

“Tail?” Ukyou asked, ignoring Ranma's question. “When did you get a tail, Saotome?”

 

“You're really getting me angry Ucchan!” Ranma said, glowing now a red aura which looked like a flame. “You attacked me for no reason, and burned my tail... You know how long this heals?”

 

“Like you don't know!” Ukyou retorted. “BECAUSE OF YOU, I LOST ALL CHANCES IN LOVE!”

 

“What did I do?” Ranma asked, surprised, and his battle aura fading away.

 

“YOU LEFT ME ALONE! LEFT ME WHEN I AM SUPPOSED TO BE YOUR FIANCE!”

 

“WHAT?” Ranma asked. He was not the only one though. The other people watching around, also wondered why Ranma should have a male fiancé.

 

“My father and your father made a deal. You take our yattai and you marry me, but you betrayed us and left me alone!”

 

“Why should I be engaged to a boy?” Ranma asked.

 

Anger, soaring high in the sky, was all Ukyou felt now. It was anger that made her forget that people were watching. It was also anger which made her forget all about modesty as she ripped her shirt open in front of Ranma. Ranma goggled as he saw Ucchan's chest was swelling, and was restrained by some wrappings. No matter how small it looked, Ranma was definitely sure what they were. The boys knew too, as they promptly fainted from nosebleeds. Only Akane and Nabiki were left awake to listen more.

 

“Does THIS look like a BOY TO YOU?” Ukyou asked Ranma.

 

“Uh... Excuse me, are those breasts?” Ranma asked.

 

Ukyou nodded angrily.

 

“So... you're...” Ranma was lost. “Since when?”

 

“Since when?” Ukyou began with disbelief, anger out of her voice now.

 

Ranma just took out a kettle of steaming water [out of no where] and poured the contents towards Ukyou, who wriggled her hands in the heat and slapped him.

 

“What's THE BIG IDEA?!” Ukyou demanded, anger returning her voice.

 

“You're not CURSED?!” Ranma exclaimed fully surprised. He was expecting Ukyou to revert back to a male. He had thought about Jusenkyo ever since Urd told him about the Cursed Springs.

 

“Do the sight of cleavage make you INSANE?” Ukyou began. “We were supposed to be married, and because of you and your father, I had to live my life as a male! Who would want someone dishonored like me?”

 

-Flashback-

 

Young Ukyou, standing in the street, tears was threatening to wash her face as the girls around her. They were the same age as her, and didn't bother to cover their voices as they passed her.

 

“Her fiancé left her...”

 

“Of course he would. Who would want a tomboy like her?”

 

-End of Flashback-

 

Ranma looked at Ukyou with sadness. “So... that's why you're after me...”

 

“That's right! Now that I found you, I'll finish it! HYA!” Ukyou dashed. Urd had enough. Adding a bit of mana in her voice, she said:

 

“STOP!” Urd shouted. Everyone [meaning Akane and Nabiki only] looked at her.

 

“Who are you?” Ukyou asked.

 

“It's finished, Kuonji,” Urd said in a very commanding voice. “Ranma is no longer a Saotome. He changed his name and now he is Son Ranma. All engagements made by his stupid father are null.”

 

Ukyou looked at Urd and looked at Ranma. “Is it true?” she asked with disbelief, implementing that she didn't believe Urd.

 

Ranma nodded. “I'm sorry for everything Ucchan... Hope I can make it up to you.”

 

“You can...” Ukyou said. “you can make it up to me -“ and she raised her battle spatula “- by standing still!”

 

Ranma and Urd both sweat drop.

 

“Uh... Ucchan, since I'm no longer engaged to you that means you have your honor back, right?” Ranma asked nervously as Ukyou was dashing towards him.

 

Ukyou stopped. It was true. The change of names broke the engagement... but still...

 

“Yes... It does mean we are no longer engaged...” Ukyou began. “But there is still the dealing of your father. He made the deal valid. He is the only one which can break it.”

 

Suddenly, Ukyou took a step and raised the edge of the spatula to Ranma. “Where is your father?”

 

Urd took over. “He's dead...”

 

Ukyou looked surprised. “If he is dead... that means...”

 

“The engagement is off...” Ranma finished. He smiled. “That means you have your honor back!”

 

Ukyou slowly smiled as what Ranma said began to sink. She swore she'd never love again because of Ranma, yet Ranma, whether intentionally or not, gave her back her honor. And the news of Ranma's baka oyaji death seemed to relieve her of more stress. Suddenly, she threw something at Ranma, and Ranma just caught in mid-air.

 

“Well, let by-gones be by-gones!” Ukyou exclaimed. “Friends?”

 

Ranma nodded and smiled. “Friends... Damn Ucchan, long time no see.”

 

Ukyou smiled. “So Ranma, who's she?”

 

Ranma introduced Ukyou to Urd.

 

“Meet my friend, Baka Urd...”

 

SLAM!

 

“HOW MANY TIMES I TOLD YOU NOT TO CALL ME THAT?” Urd said as she took Ukyou's battle spatula and slammed the poor [yeah right] saiyan in the ground.

 

Ukyou took a step back, nervous, and laughed.

 

Ukyou, Urd and Ranma left together. Ranma wanted to know what happened to his best friend and Ukyou wanted to do the same. Akane and Nabiki followed them until they took another route to go home.

 

Ranma and Urd accompanied Ukyou all the way to her still closed restaurant.

 

“Sigh...” Ukyou said. “I was supposed to open today. Grand opening... Come in!”

 

Ranma looked in the restaurant. Everything was prepared; seats were arranged, pictures were set up and menus were around the table. “Wow, Ucchan,” Ranma began. You were going to open it today?”

 

“Yeah... tomorrow will do fine anyway...” Ukyou said. “So, what would you like?”

 

Ranma looked at Urd. Urd looked back and they shared the same look.

 

“How about we help?” Ranma asked Ukyou. “If you're going to open tomorrow, we can help!”

 

Ukyou looked at Ranma. “Really?”

 

“Yeah,” Urd said. “Its weekends tomorrow. Not only that, I have a sister which is a very good cook, and if you need some flour or anything pounded at all, my little sister would come as well. She's quite good with her mallet as she practices with Ranma's hard head.”

 

Ranma gave a mock groan. “Do we have to bring her?”

 

Urd just nodded. “Hey, if it's a grand opening tomorrow, we need to make it a success, so business will boom. Right?”

 

Ukyou smiled. “Right! Thanks!”

 

Ranma shrugged. “What are friends for? See you tomorrow?”

 

“Sure!” Ukyou nodded.

 

From that day on, Ranma lost his male friend, Ucchan, but regained a female one.

 

=Tendo Household=

 

It was after dinner already. Akane went straight to her room and Kasumi took care of the dishes. Nabiki, though, went towards her dad.

 

“Daddy,” Nabiki began. “Do you know the Saotome's?”

 

Soun looked at her surprised. “Why, yes. I never told this to anyone, but how could it hurt... Anything Goes Martial Arts are divided into two parts. One part is our family's school. The other is for the Saotome family...” and he sighed. “My friend sent a letter, saying his son drowned. And I was hoping we would unite the schools...”

 

“Excuse me?” Nabiki asked. “Unite the schools?”

 

Soun tried to wave it off, but Nabiki kept on pressing. He finally gave in when Nabiki threatened him with a very effective blackmail.

 

“Saotome Genma had a son, and I was hoping that one of you would marry him... What was the boy's name? Ranma!” he said, remembering. “Poor boy... he drowned china...”

 

That hit Nabiki off. The name Ranma, the claim of Ukyou that Ranma was a Saotome and now, China. Nabiki remembered the time Akane grumbled during lunch the first time Ranma appeared.

 

`They all like him because he's from China... Big deal!' Akane had said.

 

Nabiki, heavy in though, didn't hear Soun ask her what was wrong. Her mind raced as she began to think all the profit she could make by using this information against Ranma. If he was rich, he could pay her off, and if he was not, maybe some services could be done. NC-17 thoughts sprang into Nabiki's head as she began to imagine Ranma and her, alone in a room, buck naked and all.

 

Nabiki reached her room as she began to imagine doing all positions she read from a magazine. Being the stature called `Ice Queen', it didn't stop her from drooling over Ranma's physique. Just like any girl, she wanted to always be in Urd's shoes when they were alone.

 

Nabiki opened the door, thinking a perfect way to get to Ranma when she saw someone in her room. It was a he, and very old if the long beard white beard gave a clue. The beard was long enough to be used as a belt. He wore something like a cloak and a pointed hat. He was pointing at her with a long stick in his hand.

 

Before Nabiki could react, the man whispered. “Obliviate!”

 

Nabiki's expression turned light as her eyes lost focus. The man disappeared with an audible pop and Nabiki's eyes came to focus. She had a feeling she forgot something, but shrugged it. It was nothing important.

 

=Outside Tendo Household=

 

The same old man appeared in a deserted alley with another pop. He was smiling, and then, something in his clothes rang.

 

RING! RING!

 

Fumbling on his coat, the old man finally found what he was looking for. A cell phone.

 

“Hello?” answered the old man.

 

“First Class Kami, Merlin,” said another voice at the end of the line. It was Kami-sama.

 

“Oh, hello. Yes, I did cast a memory charm on her... No she wont remember. Yes...” Merlin said.

 

“Good,” Kami-sama said on the other line. “So, are you going back to watch over Potter?”

 

“Of course. He'll be the downfall of the Dark Age once he is ready...” Merlin said. “He's quite gifted. But tell me, why do I have to use this Muggle stuff? Can't you just send me an owl?”

 

Kami-sama laughed. “An owl would be slower than this. Anyway, good luck and thank you.”

 

“No problem,” Merlin said, and disaparated.

 

=Next Day=

 

Ucchan's opening was a success. With the help of Ranma, Urd, Skuld, Keichii and of course, Belldandy,