Ranma 1/2 Fan Fiction ❯ A Mind among Men ORIGINAL ❯ Fiancee?!? ( Chapter 2 )

[ T - Teen: Not suitable for readers under 13 ]
A Mind among Men ORIGINAL
A Ranma Fanfic
Written By : Noaki (Noaki@juno.com)

Disclaimer : This while disclaimer thing is kinda cliche isn't it? Oh well, here goes. The characters ain't mine. The original story ain't mine. This story is mine. And I like it that way.

Conversation Key :
[" "]=Thoughts
" " =Speaking
{" "}=Telepathy
(" ")=Panda Signs
\" "/=Other Languages (Usually Chinese, but will be stated)

Chapter Two
Fiancee?!?

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Ranma was rescued from the cat fist by a kind old monk. The monk taught Ranma about the psychic gifts the young boy had. The monk also removed a large part of the fear that resulted from training in the Neko-Ken. Ranma and Genma went to Jusenkyo to train. Genma was cursed with a panda form and Ranma with a red-haired girl. Soon after, due to some complex Amazon laws, Ranma was married to Shampoo because he defeated her in combat. Genma drug Ranma back to Japan to visit the Tendos.

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- Tendo Dojo -

Soun cried as he read the postcard he received from Genma. It claimed that Genma and his son would arrive today. Soun decided to let his daughters know.

- 10 Minutes Later -

Soun and his three daughters were gathered around the table. The three girls were still in shock over what their father had just said. Who would have thought that one of them would be engaged to a complete stranger by the end of the day. Then the doorbell rang.

-10 More Minutes Later -

As Soun came to he heard the voices of his family around him.

"Oh look, Father is waking up!" Kasumi exclaimed.

"What kind of joke is this?" Nabiki yelled. "Does this look like a boy to you?" she continued while physically pointing out that Ranma-chan was female.

"Stop that please," Ranma-chan muttered softly. She was feeling very uncomfortable here. The emotions floating around was enough to give him a migraine. Soun was a waterfall of confusion, sadness, and a little anger directed towards Genma. He couldn't tell anything about Kasumi's emotions. When he tried to sense what Nabiki was feeling it was like she was a solid block of ice, completely devoid of emotion. He could tell she was upset (Anyone could tell that at this point). But the most confusing was Akane. She had been putting out enough anger to power Tokyo when the first meet. Now she seemed to have calmed down quite a bit.

"Nabiki! He... She is out guest!" Akane yelled. Turning to Ranma-chan she said, "Hi, I'm Akane. You want to be friends?"

Ranma-chan was stunned, ["First she seems to be angry enough at me that she could blow up, now she is so nice she is like a flower? Well I haven't had a real friend in a while... unless you count Shampoo. She was really nice to me and seemed to be a nice enough person if you don't try to push her around"]. "Sure," Ranma-chan managed to squeak out to Akane.

- 5 Minutes Later -

"I won't hurt you," Akane said as she and Ranma-chan went into the dojo for a little match. They proceeded to walk to the center of the room and faced off to each other. Akane took up her favorite battle stance. Ranma-chan just stood there.

["Well lets just see how good training in China really is,"] Akane thought. She launched her first attack.

Ranma-chan dodged.

Akane re-chambered her fist then launched into a blurred furry of punches and kicks.

Ranma-chan barely gave any ground as she dodged everything Akane could throw. She could feel Akane's temper rising. ["Maybe I should do more than dodge."]

Akane confirmed this thought when she yelled, "Come on, Attack me!"

The next attack Akane threw was meant to really hit. Ranma-chan dropped to her back and lashed out with her right leg. Akane tripped over Ranma-chan's leg sweep and started to fall. Ranma-chan rolled up and jumped over, catching Akane before she hit the floor. After helping Akane stand up they both started laughing.

"I'm glad you a girl," Akane said. "I'd really hate to lose to a boy."

Ranma-chan stopped laughing happily and started laughing nervously. ["Well this will make my life more chaotic I'm sure."]

- A Few Minutes Later -

"Ranma, would you like to take a bath? You must be sweaty after your workout," Kasumi asked.

"Sure, but can you get a kettle of hot water ready first. I have to show everyone some things that need explaining," Ranma-chan replied. ["I better explain my curse before I take a bath. The worse possible way they could find out about my curse would be if one of them walked in expecting a female Ranma and found a male Ranma instead."]

- Tendo Dining Room 5 Minutes Later -

"Here is the hot water you wanted Ranma," Kasumi said as she handed the kettle to Ranma-chan.

Genma-panda started to back away from the table slowly.

"Thank you Kasumi," Ranma-chan said with a small, polite bow. Taking notice of the panda sneaking out she drug him back in the room. "Where do you think you were going Pops?"

("Umm... Bathroom?") the sign Genma-panda held up read.

"Wrong, now hold still," Ranma-chan said as she poured some hot water from the kettle on Genma-panda.

The Tendos stared in amazement as the panda quickly became human. Where the panda had been sitting there was now an overweight, bald, and very embarrassed man.

"This is my father, Genma Saotome," Ranma started, but had to stop when Soun went into shock.

Soun woke up muttering something about magical pandas a few minutes later. Seeing his old friend Genma standing there he said, "Hello Genma! When did you get in?" thinking that maybe everything was just a dream.

"Me and my father have been here for a few hours now. I'll try and explain everything," Ranma-chan said patiently. "While on our training trip Pops decided to travel to some training grounds he saw in some pamphlet, even though he couldn't read all of it. At Jusenkyo there are a large number of natural springs, each with it's own curse. When you fall into the water, you receive the curse. When splashed with cold water the curse activates and you become whatever last drown in the spring. When splashed with hot water the transformation is reversed, and you get your old body back until you come into contact with cold water again," Ranma-chan demonstrated by pouring the rest of the kettle on her head, changing back to male before four set of very wide eyes.

After gaping wide eyed and slack jawed for a second Soun recovered. "Well, your problem isn't so bad after all. Meet my daughters, Kasumi age 19, Nabiki age 17, and Akane age 16. Choose one to be your fiancee!"

"Oh, he wants Akane. They will be perfect for each other, after all they are both martial artist!" Kasumi and Nabiki said in unison.

Ranma could feel Akane's emotions switch from confusion to anger.

"What makes you think I want to marry this pervert?" Akane screamed.

"Why am I a pervert?" Ranma shouted back, slightly annoyed.

"You are really a boy and you can become a girl whenever you want! Of course your a pervert! ALL boys are anyway!" Akane deduced.

"Don't be such a moron! You don't even kn..." Ranma started before Akane hit him in the head with the table.

- Later That Day -

Ranma-chan woke up with a headache. To add on top of that, she had somehow gotten wet. As the world around her started to come into focus, she noticed she was in one of the guest rooms with two figures sitting nearby. As the double (and triple) images began to fade and merge he recognized Nabiki and Kasumi.

"Are you OK? Don't think too badly of Akane. She's really a sweet girl, just a violent maniac," Kasumi stated.

"Oh way to go Kasumi, don't confuse her... er him like that," Nabiki said.

"That's alright. I actually understood what she means. Akane is a really nice person, she just jumps to conclusions or judges people a little to fast, then reacts violently. I guess that moron comment I made pushed it a little to far," Ranma-chan said as she shook some cobwebs loose.

Nabiki was startled to hear such insight coming from a martial artist. ["Hmm, I thought that most martial artist were just brainless oafs. But Ranma seems to be able to read people almost as well as I can. Maybe s\he isn't just a blockhead after all."]

Ranma-chan sat there hoping tomorrow would be a better day.

- The Next Morning -

Ranma was heading down the hall after changing back to male. ["First this curse, then the Amazons, and now Pops is trying to get me engaged to one of these Tendo girls. Akane has some rather violent dreams where she would beat me into a bloody pulp when I was male then act friendly when I was female. Nabiki was hard to see, but she was mostly dreaming of yen I'm sure. Kasumi mostly had dreams of someone called Dr. Tofu, maybe I'll meet him later, but had a few rather interesting dreams that included myself. Both Soun and Genma dreamed of retirement and playing Shogi all day."] Ranma had a hard time dealing with all of the dreams and emotions floating around, so he had a fairly restless night. This morning it had shown during practice when his father easily knocked him into the koi pond.

"Ranma hurry up or you'll be late for school!" Nabiki shouted as she hurried by. "Akane will show you the way."

Ranma turned to Genma to protest by saying he didn't have school supplies, when the panda handed him a backpack.

"Why do I have to walk with him?" Akane could be heard shouting.

"Because he is YOUR fiancee!" Nabiki replied as she walked out the door.

Akane stepped out of a door, nearly bumping into Ranma. "Well hurry up, I don't want to be late" she grumbled at him.

Feeling how angry Akane was, Ranma decided it would be a good idea to listen, so he followed her out the door and down the street.

- 20 Minutes Later -

Ranma had noticed Akane's anger levels rising as they approached the school. After everything that had happened this morning he thought she was already on edge. How was he supposed to know that old woman used a bucket of cold water to clean the sidewalk every morning anyway? After a brief stop at Dr. Tofu's the pair continued on their was to school. Ranma had noticed Akane's emotions change while she was around Dr. Tofu. ["She really seems to like him a lot. More than she cares about me."] His thought process was interpreted when he heard Akane's battle cry.

"I HATE BOYS!!!" Akane yelled as she launched herself into a battle with a large number of boys they were wearing athletic equipment.

Ranma sat on top of the school yard's fence as he watch the horde of boys attempt to Akane with cries of "Date me Akane!" to "You will be mine after this battle!" When the last boy had fallen Akane stood in the middle of a large circle of unconscious youth, looking slightly winded. Ranma hopped down from his perch on the fence to stand next to her. "What was that abou..." he started before a man in a blue gi and wielding a bokken stepped out from behind a tree.

"Ah Akane, your fiery spirit could never be kindled by one of those mere peasants. Allow I, Kuno, to date you after I have been victorious in our duel." Kuno said as he threw a rose to Akane.

Akane caught the rose and started to get mad again.

Ranma could tell right away that this guy was a real idiot. He was so mentally weak that Ranma was able to read his mind fairly well. ["Hmm... I got to work on this mind reading stuff. It could come in useful. And this guy has no mental barriers, so it should be good practice."]

"So Akane, what is going on here?" Ranma asked.

"Who are you to be addressing the lovely Akane so freely?" Kuno immediately asked Ranma.

Ranma started to answer when Kuno interrupted.

"Wait! Isn't it custom to give one's own name first? Very well, I am..." Kuno started before Ranma cut him off.

"You are upperclassman Kuno. Junior. Group E. Captain of the Kendo club. Undefeated new star of the High school fencing world. Oh and you now go by 'The Blue Thunder of Furinkan High'." Ranma said. ["Jeez reading his mind was too easy. Maybe I should have held back a bit though. Don't want anyone to know I'm psychic yet."]

Kuno stood there with his mouth still hanging open, so Ranma decided to continue. "I am Ranma Saotome, of the Saotome school of Anything Goes Martial Arts. My father and I are currently residing at the Tendo dojo of Anything Goes."

Kuno quickly found his voice after hearing this. "How dare you stay under the same roof as the tigress Akane? And how did you know what I was about to say? Ah, I know! You are a vile black sorcerer! I shall vanquish thee and free the lovely goddess Akane from your evil clutches." Kuno yelled as he leapt toward Ranma, bokken at ready.

Ranma ducked under the blow and said, "You really are insane aren't you? Well if I play for too long I'll be late for class." After saying this Ranma leapt up to the trunk of a nearby tree to dodge a swing from Kuno that smashed through the concrete wall.

Kuno turned and made another wild slash. Ranma pushed off the tree just as it was sliced in two by Kuno's bokken. Doing a quick flip he planted his foot into Kuno's face, did a back flip, stuck his hands into his pockets, then calmly walked towards the school.

Kuno stood absolutely still for a second before falling, stiff as a board, backward.

Ranma looked up and saw some of Akane's friends hanging out of a window. "Is that our class?" he asked Akane.

"Yes" she said, still surprised at how Ranma casually defeated Kuno, "We better hurry or we'll be late now."

Ranma nodded then started walking towards the wall. "I'll take the shortcut then" he said as he leapt up to the third story window of his class.

Akane's friends scrambled out of the way as the young man came through the window.

"Hi, I'm Ranma Saotome, Sorry about that..." he said to them.

- Five Minutes Later -

"Well class this is our new student. His name is Ranma Saotome. I expect you all to warmly welcome him to the school." the teacher said as Ranma stood in front of the class. "But being new does not exempt you and Akane from punishment. Ranma, I don't know what they do in China, but we don't enter class through windows here. Akane, you were late for class. Both of you grab a pail and stand in the hall now."

Outside the classroom Ranma could feel Akane's anger towards him. He decided to be blunt. "Why are you so mad at me?" he asked.

"It's your fault I was late! If you hadn't gotten wet on the way here, or fought Kuno I'd have been on time. Now we are going to miss taking notes!" Akane shouted back at him.

"Sorry my curse causes YOU problems, and Kuno challenged me. I never back out of a challenge. And don't worry, class is only about the Quadratic formula. I can show you that later." Noticing the strange look he was getting from Akane he quickly added "Some of my training with Pops has increased my senses, I can hear the teacher still." ["Can't let her know about me yet. I'm not going to be able to keep this a secret for too long at this rate..."]

That made plenty of sense to Akane. "But how did you know what Kuno was going to spout? Have you meet before?"

"Umm... That's a... secret. I'll just say Pops wasn't my only sensei. Just don't tell him that."

"You vile sorcerer! What spell have you cast on the Tendo family to make them go along in your evil schemes? How dare you force them to engage the lovely Akane to you?" Came a yell from down the hall. Kuno came running into view, bokken at the ready yet again.

Ranma dodged a slash that cut his water buckets in half, and barley dodged the water that sloshed out. ["Cutting metal with a wooden sword. Not bad."] Ranma thought while trying his best to stay dry.

"You won our earlier battle with your black magic! I will defeat you now! I will not allow this engagement to the goddess Akane!" Kuno continued to scream.

Every kid within hearing range popped their heads out a window into the hall and started to bombard Ranma and Akane with questions about the engagement.

All of the excitement Ranma could feel pouring from everyone piled up quickly.

Everyone stopped talking after they heard Ranma wail in agony, his eyes glazing and rolling back, as he grabbed his head then went completely limp. Akane and Kuno gave each other blank looks then picked Ranma up and rushed him to the nurse's office.

Akane was pacing nervously after lying Ranma down on a small stretcher along one of the walls. "Kuno what the hell did you do to him?"

"The coward mush have feared my prowess in battle and fainted in fear." Kuno said, while smiling. "Now that I have freed you from his grasp, I will allow you to date me!"

"I don't want to date you! And that cry Ranma gave off wasn't fearful, it was a cry of pain. Every time I hit a pervert they sound just like that." Akane replied after removing the chair she smacked Kuno with from his face.

"You just hit me and I did not wail!" Kuno stated. "He obviously feared me!"

"No, your just to stubborn to scream." Akane said. ["That or too stupid to feel pain."]

"Ohh... will you two calm down please?" Ranma groaned.

Akane and Kuno turned away from each other to see Ranma start to stir.

"This is the WORST headache I've ever had." Ranma moaned as he sat up. "It hurts more than that time you smacked me with the table." he said with a forced grin towards Akane.

"So the foul black sorcerer awakens! You shall soon feel my wraith! Then I shall honor Akane with a date! Prepare to be conquered you demon from the pits of hel..." Kuno started before he violently flew backwards across the room into a wall. "I fight on..." he muttered weakly before collapsing.

"What was that?" Akane shouted as she got into a fighting stance. ["No one was near Kuno and Ranma didn't move. Is there someone that is somehow invisible in here?"]

["Crud, I forgot that I couldn't use my psychic abilities. Although I didn't know I could throw things like that... that's something else I'll have to work on."] Ranma thought. "Hey Akane, do you think we can go home? I really don't feel that good."

"Sure I guess."

["Well that was interesting, I think I shall follow them."] Nabiki thought as she watched the happenings through a hidden camera.

- Some Village in the Middle of Japan -

A lone boy with a large backpack and a bamboo umbrella was walking down a dusty street. Everyone of the villagers was out of sight. The reason why, a giant boar, was now barreling down the street, intent on ramming the young man.

"WHERE AM I NOW?!?" the boy screamed right before he was sent flying via GBTATO (Giant Boar Tusk-Assisted Take-Offs). ["Hmm... If I'm lucky I'll land nearer Tokyo and away from water."] the boy thought as he cruised along in the air.

- Outside Furinkan High -

As Ranma and Akane were heading out the building kids could be seen in the school yard eating their lunches. Most of the kids looked up as they saw Ranma. They were still wondering how he would fare against Kuno in battle. They were also curious as to the engagement with Akane and what happened in the halls.

["Hmm... Everyone here seems really curious, but it seems that someone very depressed and angry is heading this way. Or I'm just hungry and imagining things."] Ranma thought while walking with his head down to avoid the stares he was getting from the student body of Furinkan High. That's when he noticed a small shadow on the ground that started to grow larger. He quickly reached over and roughly shoved Akane into the grass a few feet away when his sixth sense kicked in strong.

"What was that for you bak..." Akane started before a cry from above drown her out.

"RANMA, PREPARE TO DIE!!!" the boy shouted as he was finishing his decent from GBTATO airways. Leading the landing was his bamboo umbrella, which he planned on using to drive Ranma into the ground.

Ranma did a quick hop backwards to avoid the rather blunt attack.

The umbrella hit the ground Ranma had been occupying a second earlier. A large crater formed a split-second later with the black-haired wanderer squatting in the middle. "Still good at running away I see." the boy replied as he stood up.

["This guy is the source of all that anger and depression. I'm surprised he isn't glowing! There is only one guy I know that gets worked up like this."] Ranma thought before speaking. "Long time no see, Ryoga Hibiki! I didn't know you were coming to school here! Let me buy you some bread for lunch!"

"I don't want bread! I want to kill you for what you have done to me!" Ryoga yelled back as he stood up from the face-fault he preformed at Ranma's bread comment.

"What did I do?" Ranma muttered as he dodged an umbrella strike.

"You ran out on our duel!!" Ryoga shouted as he pulled back for another attack.

"What are you talking about? I waited three days in the vacant lot BEHIND your HOUSE!" Ranma said as he flipped to the side to avoid the umbrella.

"And when I arrived on the fourth day you were gone!" Ryoga said as he started to feel his anger rising even more.

"Four days? Behind his house?"
"I'd have left after a few hours!"
"What kind of idiot gets lost walking out the back door?"
"He must have the worst sense of direction a human could be born with."
The gathered students began to talk back and forth about the newcomer and his ability to get lost.

"My Pops knocked me out and drug me to China!" Ranma said trying to cool Ryoga down. ["He is gonna explode with anger if this keeps up for long."]

"I've been through HELL because of you Ranma!"

"I had to travel with Pops... isn't that worst?"

"Ranma has a point there." Akane piped up.

"Ranma, I will get my revenge and make you pay!"

"You aren't listening to me are you?"

"Ranma, I will take away your happiness!"

"Am I happy?" Ranma asked as he turned to face Akane.

Akane just shrugged.

"Prepare to DIE!!!" Ryoga shouted as he leaped into the air to attack from above.

"I mean, I have to put up with Pops and now Kuno... Is that happiness?" Ranma wondered out loud as he ducked under the attack and punted Ryoga over a fence.

"RANMA! How dare you run out on our battle again! I will find you sooner or later!" Ryoga shouted as he hopped up and ran in a random direction.

The crowd did a collective face-fault as they watched him through the chain link fence Ranma had kicked him over.

"Ranma will you just shut up and keep walking?" Akane said as she started back for the gate.

- Tendo Dojo 10 Minutes Later -

"Hello!" Akane shouted as she and Ranma-chan (Now female thanks to an automatic sprinkler system) walked in the front door.

"Oh my, is everything OK? You two are home a little early from school today." Kasumi said from the kitchen.

"Everything is fine, Ranma just collapsed as school, luckily he hit his head and it softened the fall." Akane said as she passed the entrance to the kitchen.

["Just when I think she is gonna be nice, she makes a comment like that!"] Ranma-chan was thinking as Nabiki suddenly walked inside.

"Are you worried about Ranma too Nabiki?" Kasumi calmly asked.

"I'm not worried about him!" Akane huffed.

"No, I was more worried about Akane. Kuno was spouting off about how he defeated Akane's tormenter and how he was going to find his Lovely Flower and challenger her to another match." Nabiki said. "I was just making sure Akane didn't get whacked with that tuna he was waving around like a bokken."

["I must have left a little mental poison behind when I read his pea... I mean mind this morning. I need to learn more control."] Ranma thought as Akane started to huff about how Nabiki thought that she couldn't handle Kuno.

"Oh, since you are back, you have two guest here to visit with you." Kasumi said to Ranma-chan.

["Who do I know that would visit me, much less know where I am. Me and Pops have only been here a few days."] Ranma thought before she said, "Two guest? I wonder who they are..."

"The older one was very interested in talking to Mr. Saotome, she even recognized him as a panda. The younger one ran around looking for you for a few minutes. Are they some old school friends? I think they are in the living room talking with father and Mr. Saotome right now though." Kasumi replied.

["Who would know about our curses?"] Ranma-chan thought as she headed towards the living room that Genma and Soun played Shogi in all day. She was closely followed by Akane and Nabiki. Opening the door she saw an elderly woman perched on top of a cane staring down at Panda-Genma, who was shaking in fear against a wall. Without turning the old woman said, "Hello great-grandson. Or should I say great grand-daughter right now?"

Simultaneously three things happened.
1. Ranma-chan got very nervous and started to get ready to run. ["The Tendos will not like this. Neither will I for that matter."]
2. ["SHE is Ranma's great-grandmother? They look nothing alike!"] Akane and Nabiki though at the same time.
3. A purple haired bundle of very exited Amazon warrior propelled herself across the room with a cry of "Airen!" right before she glomped onto Ranma.

A split second later Ranma-chan was knocked unconscious from Akane's hammer.

The young Amazon pulled out a broadsword from one of her short sleeves (AN - Yes I am going to say that all Amazons have some hidden weapons training. Mousse is just a master of it, therefore better at it). "Why you hit Ranma? You looking to be hurt by Shampoo?"

"I don't know who you are you purple haired bimbo, but Ranma is my fiancee. So stay away." Akane said before she turned back to Ranma-chan. "How dare you cheat on me behind my back!" she yelled as she proceeded to beat the daylights out of Ranma-chan's prone form.

"Oh my! I better get Ranma a pillow." Kasumi said as she put down a tea tray she had just walked in with and went to find a pillow.

Just then a pipe above Shampoo's head cracked and cold water dripped down onto her head. Everyone stared as the small white and pink kitten that replaced Shampoo.

"Well, Genma that is one reason I am upset with you. In her haste to chase after you she got turned around in the dark and fell into the Spring of the Drown Cat. Oh, excuse me young lady, what is that about your and Ranma being engaged? He is married to Shampoo there. And where are my manners, I am Cologne one of the elders of the Chinese Amazons." the old lady said as Neko-Shampoo curled up in a ball against Ranma-chan's chest, unnoticed by everyone in the room.

"It was our father's idea! I don't want to marry that jerk! He is a freak!" Akane said, very confused about what was going on, but very sure that Ranma was a boy and she hated boys. The fact that Ranma was a girl right now meant nothing.

"Glad to know what you think of me Akane." Ranma-chan said as she slowly sat up.

("Everyone act calm, when Ranma goes into the Neko-ken from his fear of cats don't make any sudden moves if you value your life!") Genma's sign read as he dropped down to play dead.

["Where the heck did he hide a sign that big?"] everyone else thought at the same time.

Everyone turned to look at Ranma-chan who was sitting at the table with Shampoo in his arms. She was holding Shampoo against her chest petting her softly, while wearing a smug grin on her face. ["I was wondering how long it would be before I had to show Pops I was over my fear of cats."] Ranma-chan though as Shampoo purred softly. "Pops you can get up now, Shampoo doesn't bother me."

"Well your skills have improved if you could tell that was Shampoo without knowing about her curse. Now to settle this fiancee thing." Cologne said as she hopped over to the table on her staff.

Kasumi walked into the room at that moment carrying a pillow and a blanket. "Oh my, your awake now Ranma. Are you sure your feeling alright. Akane said you collapsed at school today and with you fainting here too maybe you should see a doctor. Well I guess I can put the pillow back now that you don't need it."

"I think Pops could use it. Seems the excitement was a little too much for him to bear." Ranma-chan said. Noticing the emotional reactions that surged up she quickly added, "No pun intended."

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Authors Notes :

Well that is it for this chapter. I know it doesn't follow the manga or anime as much as it could, I felt that an accelerated time table would make things make sense a little bit better. And to those that feel that this strays too far from the series, I can only say your right. It is an alternate universe, or some other excuse for branching away from the real storyline. Things happen different. Ranma is a psychic and lots of things will be different. And no this hasn't turned into a Ranma-Shampoo fic, although that is how it seems (I still don't know who Ranma will be paired with). After I get the next chapter out it should clear up a bit. I also have skipped over some of the storyline of the original that everyone should know by now. I will be going back and adding it in when I rewrite, but I am more concerned about getting my part of the story down first.

Sorry for all the delays getting this chapter out. It has been one thing after another and school isn't going as well as it should. I'll try to have another chapter out soon, and I am trying to make them longer. But I'm working on a web site to host all of these and am starting a few more fic ideas. Since I write as it comes to me, I write on whatever fic I am inspired to write in. And I try a different writing style for each, which only makes it harder. Enough babbling, I gotta get to bed :P

AN Rewrite :

Finally I have finished the rewrites on all of the chapters I had started. Sorry, but I decided not to add the basic Ranma plot in this time, maybe later. And this has turned into a Ranma-Shampoo fic... don't like it too bad. You can read one of my other fics that has Ranma with someone else if you so desire. I'll get to work on the new chapters soon now that I have fixed these up.

Reviews and comments can be sent to Noaki@juno.com
Flames will be misquoted then used against you. Or I'll just use 'em to heat up some warm water for Ranma.