Ranma 1/2 Fan Fiction ❯ Boys and Girls ❯ Chapter One ( Chapter 1 )

Boys and Girls
A Rena-Chan Effort

Wow, I got lotsa feedback just for the prologue!!! ^_^ thanks soooooo much!

For the people who think this is gonna be the Ranma girl side gig, sorry but that ain't it. Just so you know, I'll be focusing most of this chapter on the self-insert, this is sort of an extension to the prologue, the Ranma cast and the new girl won't meet until maybe next chapter? ^_^ Please bear with me. I'll start updating faster cos my holidays are coming up.

Oh yeah, question: do people like the nameless wimpy deity thingie? If I get enough people sayin yes I'll use him again.

Comments welcome blah blah, just send 'em to Black_angelwings@hotmail.com

Boys and Girls
A Ranma self-insert Fanfic
Chapter One

Crashing down on a park bench, a girl swore. Looking around, she found a small sheet of paper that held information to her bank account. Giving the information a glance, she started fuming,

"What? What kind of a stupid name is this? Serena? Go to hell! I don't want to be some stupid magic girlie chick!"

Just when she thought things couldn't get any worse, they did. In the form of a small white bundle that seemed to be a rabbit. A talking rabbit.

"Hi! My name is Star and I'll be your cute, smart side kick, now this is your transformation brooch, all you have to do is yell out 'Otaku power Makeup!'"

Holding out something small and pink, the rabbit goaded,

"Go on, try it!"

"NO WAY!!!!"

"But... aren't all girls your age meant to like this sort of stuff?" The rabbit looked confused,

"That's what they told us at Sidekick Academy."

"No it's not, some people don't actually want to dress up like some stupid pedophile's wet dream, do corny poses and spout out bad poetry!"

"Wahhhhhhhhhhh! I'm sorry, I didn't know!" The Rabbit wailed, nearly breaking the sound barrier. (Just think Usagi Tsukino)

"You're not going to abandon me are you? It's such a big, big world and I'm just a widdle rabbit! Please don't leave me!!!"

Amazingly enough, the Rabbit was able to say everything clearly in a demure sort of way and wail loudly enough for the whole town to hear at the same time.

"Screw this. If I have to be some self insert, I'm gonna do it my way!"

Throwing the bank account numbers and her identity into a near by pond (convenient little things aren't they), the girl walked away. But not before dragging the still crying rabbit with her.

#Slap#

Meanwhile, the motions of the original Ranma universe was going as usual, Akane walked in on Ranma, Akane slaps Ranma, Akane gets engaged, Akane hits Ranma with table. You know the drill.

Near a playground, a very pissed girl was doing some thinking.

"I can't believe this. Not only am I stuck in some anime world, the only identity I had was some stupid name like Serena? What kind of a name is Serena? Stupid deity, why me of all people? I ain't the only Akane-basher around."

If one knew her well they know that anger was usually her greatest motivation. Actually, the thought that someone will be pissed as a result of her actions was a more accurate description but in any case, this was what she was currently thriving on, anger at the stupid wimpy deity that brought her here.

"If that's the way he, it whatever, wants to play, then I guess I'll just have to break all the rules, since he wants me to 'beat' Akane up, I guess I'll just have to beat her some other way. But, since I'm stuck here, I might as well make the best of it, which would mean spending the time in Nerima. That means I have to train myself until I'm good enough to survive in Nerima first."

As an afterthought, she added,

"Oh well, at least I ain't stuck as Ranma's girl-side or something."

"Wait! We hafta go back!!! Sniffle, we left the transformation brooch behind!"

Giving the rabbit a look that clearly said no, she went back to thinking about how she was going to live without an identity of sorts. Trying again, the rabbit asked,

"Well, you're not going to leave me are you?"

Having ceased crying only moments ago, the rabbit asked again. After all, this whole sidekick business had been her dream ever since she saw that nice show called Sailor Moon, and it wouldn't do to get rejected by her owner on a first assignment. What would all her friends say?

Sighing, the girl paused her ranting and spared a glance at the rabbit,

"Guess I'll keep ya for a while." Then smirking as she added,

"Could be useful if I get to hungry."

#Thud#

Star fainted, collapsing in a white heap on the ground.

"Stupid rabbit, I was only joking you know."

Having come to a decision about her new life and shut the little pet rabbit up, she walked away, trying to find some place to stay.

After 'borrowing' some supplies from a nearby shop, the girl settled down near a small river and set up camp. Taking a step back from an afternoon's work, she assessed the place she'll have to call home until she can rent some place.

"Pathetic."

And pathetic it was, a single sheet of sailcloth made up the tent, underneath was star, still unconscious, but now more comfortable on top of some thin blankets. There was a small kettle near by and a box of 30 pack instant ramen.

"I'll bet Ryoga or Ranma never had it this bad. Nah, they've probably had it a lot worse."

Cheering up, she walked towards the river to take a good look at herself.

"Hmmm, since this is anime, then I guess I'll look a little more different, wonder what colour my hair turned into?"

Looking at her reflection, she quickly summarized the facts.

She still retained her black hair, tied up in a very messy ponytail. Roundish face and still not much of a figure... to her horror, she found herself in a school dress, you know, one of those sailor thingies. Looking down, most of her scars were gones except for the 1 inch long scar that still rested across her wrist.

"Guess they have a thing for characteristic scars,"

But the most different feature about her was that she now had amethyst eyes instead of brown. That and been 163cm tall in this universe was actually considered quite tall for a girl.

"Cool, guess now all I have to do is come up with a name. Let's see, I need something ordinary so people won't notice me, guess my real name's out of the question then. Hmmm, how about... Rena! (AN: talk about my originality eh? ^_<) Yeah, guess that'll do, I mean, It's normal enough, and it's easy to say and spell."

Then realizing something, she, Rena from this moment, banged her head against the nearest tree.

"I gotta stop talking to myself."

Later that night, after a delicious meal of instant ramen (AN: I actually do like them ^_^;;) Rena sat down to plan out exactly how she was going to survive, having come to the resolve that there was meant to be minimal talking to self happening, she started writing everything down, convincing herself it was easier that way.

Star had gone to sleep after dinner, having only come out of its conscious state moments before. With no distractions, Rena began to write,

"Things to do: Train, get a job and an identity.
Well, the first thing is easy enough, it'll just take time, I'll just devote all the spare time training, second's a little harder, I mean, who would hire someone with no documentation? But to have that I need money first, guess I shouldn't have done the original thing and rejected the money and that stupid name... But what the hell am I gonna do without that crap?"

Frowning at her current predicament, she suddenly thought of the name again, and started writing,

"Rena... Serena... hmmm... Well it's close enough for me, okay, wasn't there some Chinese saying that when ya gotta bend, ya gotta bend, pride ain't as important as surviving anyway."

Dropping the pencil (shamelessly stolen from some kid at the playground), Rena quickly ran towards the pond she had dropped her bank account in. Praying as she ran,

"Please don't let the animals in that pond be hungry today... PLEASE!"

Once she arrived at the pond, she jumped in without any hesitation, forgetting the fact that she only had the clothes she was wearing and that ponds were cold at night.

"YEEeeeeee!"

Unsuccessfully trying to stifle a scream, Rena started looking around for the piece of paper, preparing herself for a looooong night.

To her surprise and shock, it wasn't that hard to find. That was because, the paper was glowing. Picking it up but somehow knowing she'd be hitting herself for doing so later, Rena read the contents,

"Haha, knew you'd be back, that's why I chose you y'know, practical enough not to go and get yourself killed. But anyway, as my form of punishment, I've reduced the account to about 300 000 yen, and I've got a surprise in store for you, I think you'll like it.

Signed, the mysterious deity."

"ARRGGGHHHHHHhhhhh!"

"I swear I'm gonna kill that good for nothing son of a ***** one day!"

Forgetting her resolve on the 'talking to self' matter, she started cursing loudly in Chinese, languages suddenly got her wondering too.

"Hey, I've been speaking English all this time! I still don't know Japanese!"

A mysterious voice suddenly filled her head,

"That's part of your punishment for not obeying orders."

While freaked out, she quickly calmed herself and started snarling at the air around her.

"Don't ever talk in my head again or I will enjoy ripping you up into a million pieces slowly and painfully! GOT THAT?"

Near by, A Tendo Kasumi walked past, hearing the girl, she thought to herself,

"Oh, how nice, I wonder if she's a friend of Akane's?"

Too busy cursing to hear anything else, Rena finally resigned herself to fate for the time been.

"Guess it's time to find a school for Serena..."

Glancing at her identity again and shuddering, again, she finished,

"...Tsukino."

End Chapter One
Comments? Anyone?

Oh yeah, I can't remember Serena's last name in Sailormoon, sorry, so I'm gonna use her Japanese one. Oh yeah, might cross with sailor moon later