Ranma 1/2 Fan Fiction ❯ New World ❯ Chapter 5

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After Ranma hit the water and started to sick into the pool he felt a strange tingling sensation all over his body. He felt he lost several centimeters in height, several kilograms in mass and his balance was screwed up. The burning of his lungs broke him disorientation and he quickly kicked off the bottom of the pool and back to the surface. When his head was above water he swam to the back and saw the Jusenkyo Guide waiting for him. “Young Sir,” the Guide said in broken Japanese as that was the language the two people were talking in. “You fall into Nyannichuan, Spring of Drowned Girl.”

 

“What?” Ranma-chan asked as she gulped for air. Once she caught her breath she took a quick inventory of her body and saw that it was definitely female. She looked to the Panda that was her Biological Father and Electricity started to crackle around her body. The Guide quickly ran away from Ranma-chan after one of the bolts landed right next to him.

 

“Growl?” the Genma-Panda looked down at the girl with a confusion written on his face.

 

“YOU GOT ME CURSED!” Ranma-chan shouted in anger. She remembered the fateful night when she was freed from Genma and the conversation they had about Jusenkyo. The last thing Ranma-chan ever wanted was to be cursed. And now even though she had not seen Genma in years his stupidity caused him worlds of problems. “FRY!”

 

Genma-Panda's eyes enlarged as the bolt of electricity was sent at him. He tried to run but it is very difficult to dodge a small lightning bolt. Thus he was unable to dodge and ended up getting hit. The bolt sent the new Panda flying over the Springs and crashing into the Guides Hut.

 

Not far away Akira and the Amazon Guards witnessed the a panda go flying several meters from a girl just now getting out of a Jusenkyo Spring. Akira feared what he would find in the girl's mind but had to look to confirm his suspicions. After a brief scan he sighed, “Yep that's Ranma. Sensei isn't going to like this, especially when she finds out who Ranma was chasing.”

 

“What do you mean?” The Lead Amazon asked.

 

“Ranma believes the Thief is his no good father,” Akira answered. “Sensei and Ranma have a lot of anger for the man.” He looked across the pools again and saw Ranma-chan stalking towards Genma-Panda with electricity still arching all over her body. “Come we have to stop him…um her…er whatever before she…he does something she…he'll regret later!” Akira did not wait for a response and ran down the mountain path.

 

Hours later the new Ranma-chan was sitting before the Amazon Elders with Akira to her right and Kyoko to her left. They were here to learn of anything that could help in finding a cure for the Jusenkyo curse. “I am sorry Student,” Ku Lon said. “But we have looked through our records and every instance that a victim came to our Village with a Jusenkyo curse they have never found a cure. There are many ways to lock the curse but only in the alternate form.”

 

“I understand Sifu,” Ranma-chan said. Her voice carried dejection at the news.

 

“The only alternative to locking the curse is to replace it with another,” Lo Xian continued. “But that will not happen until the curse settles into you're being. Until then you will attract cold water like a magnate and often at the most inappropriate times.”

 

“How long until the curse sets?” Kyoko asked.

 

“There is no real way to tell, Kyoko” Detr Gant, another Elder and the Village's Chi Healer, said. “It is often dependent on the individuals response to the curse. If they try to deny or are not willing to accept the curse as part of their lives, it could take years for it to set. Fortunately Ranma here is so far adapting quite well and the curse may settle in just a few months.

 

“I may have been adapting to the curse but that doesn't mean I like it,” Ranma-chan said. “I mean it's already proven embarrassing, the idiot Mu Tsu has tried to hug three times today alone thinking I was Xian Pu!”

 

“Elders is there any indication in your records about how to make the curse more manageable?” Kyoko asked. “Curses are apart of the world and in some Countries are considered an adequate form of punishment. But people with curses are generally thought of doing something wrong and Ranma has done nothing wrong.”

 

“Other than layers of water resistant clothing, I am afraid not,” Ku Lon answered. “We can provide some cloaks but that is far from a perfect solution.”

 

“Sensei, what about a dry suit?” Akira asked.

 

“What is a `dry suit'?” Lo Xian asked.

 

“It is type of clothing that people where when they go scuba diving in extremely cold water,” Kyoko answered. The Elders nodded hearing the explanation. Some of their Visitors over the last couple of decades described the sport, they were just unfamiliar with some of the equipment. “It keeps the water from touching the skin and is relatively light.” She thought for a moment then nodded, “That could at least make the curse more manageable. It would cover Ranma's body except for her…his head, hands and feet. The dry suit can also be made adjustable for when water does hit him causing the change. And the suits are light enough to where under normal clothing, though Ranma would have to wear long sleeves most of the time.”

 

“All the long sleeves and layers of clothing will make me over heat,” Ranma-chan said. “What happens if I get into a fight and it is a long fight, the extra layers will cause me to loose stamina from heat exhaustion.”

 

“Do not worry about that Ranma,” Ku Lon said. “We have methods of regulating body temperature and I planned on teaching you and Akira some of them anyway so over heating will not be a problem.”

 

“For the time being I would suggest you simply stay in your cursed form Ranma,” Lo Xian said.

 

“Why?” Ranma-chan said. “I really don't like this form.”

 

“I agree with Elder Lo Xian Ranma,” Kyoko stepped in. “Hot water is a luxury out here and it is just easier in the long run for you to remain female.”

 

Ranma-chan grumbled for a few seconds before finally agreeing, “Fine I'll stay as a girl.”

 

“Now that the issue of the curse is out of the way,” Hoshin Ko, the Village Elder in charge of Law, spoke up. “We can move onto what to do with the thief Akira and the Guards captured.” Up until now she had not said anything because she had nothing to contribute. Now that Ranma's predicament was settled, at least for now, they could all move on to her area of interest and expertise. “What shall we do with him?”

 

“Do what you want with him!” Ranma-chan said. “The only reason I went after him was to get information on my Mother's whereabouts. Akira probed his mind and Genma thinks she's in Kyoto, which we know she's not. As far as I'm concerned I wan nothing to do with him, if I never see him again it will be too soon!”

 

“Idiot kept sending letters and post cards to the same address but has not received any kind of reply in three years, yet still thinks she lives there,” Akira added with disgust. The thoughts Genma had made him sick and he only spent as much time in the fat moron's head as absolutely necessary.

 

“Why don't we lock him in his cursed form?” Detr Gant suggested.

 

“No he would just find it easier to steal people's food,” Ranma-chan said. “After all who would want to hunt down a Panda for taking some food?”

 

“I suggest we simply hand him over to Province Magistrate,” Ku Lon said. “We certainly do not want him to stay here and According to Akira he has stolen from several people before coming here. He is most probably wanted for several criminal acts.”

 

“Even if he is not wanted for crimes here,” Kyoko joined in, “He is wanted in Japan for various crimes and will most likely be extradited back.” She briefly looked at Ranma-chan and saw she was still angry at meeting her Father. “Let the proper authorities deal with him and get him out of our hair.”

 

“I must agree with Kyoko,” Hoshin Ko said. “Other than trespassing and attempted theft, he has not broken any of our Laws. And those two are hardly reason for us to hold him.”

 

“Then it is decided,” Lo Xian said. “We shall give Saotome Genma over to the local Magistrate, with some of more experienced guards so he does not escape, and let them deal with him.”

 

Three days later the Magistrate for the area outside of Jusenkyo finally arrived. After a brief showing of Genma's curse he was escorted under Amazon Guard out of the Village. All the way Genma kept protesting that he was innocent, not that anyone believed him. As she watched Genma be escorted away in chains Ranma-chan could not help but frown, `I wonder what I would have been like if I stayed with him?'

 

“You look bothered Ranma,” Kyoko said coming up behind her adopted son. “Are you reconsidering sending him away?” She could hardly believe this but she had to ask even if it was for her own assurance of the negative.

 

“No,” Ranma-chan said shaking her head. “I'm just wondering what I would have been like if I Yamada never found me and brought me to the Training Center.”

 

“We'll never no that Ranma,” Kyoko answered. “All we can do is live our life in the present and thank our fortunes and learn from our mistakes.”

 

“Yeah,” Ranma-chan nodded. “Sensei, what do you think happened to my Mother?”

 

“I…I don't know Ranma,” Kyoko's voice cracked as she answered. She still wanted Ranma to call her Mother but Ranma still never took the relationship past Sensei and Kohai.

 

Ranma-chan knew that it saddened Kyoko to hear Sensei instead of Mother, but she could not think of anyone other than her Biological Mother as her Mother. At least not until she knew what happened and why she allowed Genma to take her away. Akira said he got the impression Genma tricked `Nodoka' into letting him take her so Ranma-chan was willing to give his Mother the benefit of the doubt. “Sensei, when we head back to Japan I want to start looking for my Mother personally. I…I need to know what happened to her and…”

 

“I understand Ranma,” Kyoko interrupted. “And I'll help you. You deserve to at least get some answers.”

 

There was a heavy silence after Kyoko stopped talking as neither had a clue how to continue. The silence was thankfully broken by an outside voice, “Ranma, Great Grandmother said its time for training.” The two Japanese Citizens turned to see the purple haired Great Granddaughter of Elder Ku Lon, Xian Pu, standing near by. Xian Pu was Akira and Ranma-chan's training partner ever since they started training under Ku Lon. The Amazon Teenager and the two boys became quick friends with Ranma being closer to her then Akira. Kyoko suspected that Xian Pu wanted to be more than just friends with Ranma-chan. Akira knew for sure but never said anything, because he thought it was funny to see Ranma-chan clueless responses to Xian Pu's advances and Xian Pu's frustration after she failed. The only real down side was Mu Tsu was always bothering the boys, though he was a minor nuisance.

 

“I'll be right there Xian Pu!” Ranma-chan called back. She started to walk off but stopped for a moment to say, “Thank you Sensei, your help would mean a lot to me.” Kyoko nodded and Ranma-chan walked off with Xian Pu.

 

Once Genma was away from the Amazon Village he began to think of a way to escape and where to go. He could not plan escaping before because he was unconscious most of the time, the Amazons did not appreciate what Akira told them his views on women were. `Foolish Boy's gotten weak,' Genma thought. He was actually able to figure out who the curse boy was after he started asking questions about Nodoka. Genma tried to lie of course but failed when Akira scanned him. Genma did not know this and was blissfully ignorant in his thoughts of tricking his captors. `Living with a weak woman must have made him soft,' Genma thought. `I'll need help to get him back though. Ah I'll get Tendo to help me. Then after I retrain him I can finally retire. It's only right that Ungrateful Boy should take care of my after all I've suffered.' He looked at his escorts and down to his chains, he had tried to break them earlier but they were much to strong. `I'll break free tonight, but I'll need to use the Yama-Sen-Ken techniques to break the chains.' He looked up the ski, `Oh why was I cursed with such a son that he forces his Father to use the other half of my Sealed Techniques!'

 

The Amazon holding Genma chains felt him stop walking and jerked on to get him to continue, “Keep moving!”

 

Genma stumbled a little at the sudden and powerful pull but quickly regained his balance and nodded in compliance. `Just a couple of more hours,' Genma thought.

 

Three weeks later the Amazon Elders informed Ranma-chan and Kyoko that Genma escaped and there has been no trace of him since. The Amazon Guards had tried to track Genma but the fat coward was extremely illusive and his ability to turn invisible only made finding Genma more difficult. Finally after two weeks they gave up and returned to the Village. Ranma-chan really did not care where Genma disappeared to as long as the fat panda never bother her again.

 

For the next eight months the Akira and Ranma-chan's training took another step forward as the Elders deemed them worthy to learn actual Amazon Techniques. When Akira and Ranma-chan heard this they shouted so loud in joy that everyone in the Village heard them. Ku Lon started to teach them techniques that would compliment the personal focus of their style. For Akira she taught him Bakusai Tenketsu. The slamming of boulders into his body greatly increased his endurance, strength and defensive power. But the real benefit came from the actual ability to explode the rocks and ground around him. Akira would use his Telekinesis to hurl the bits of rock at an opponent at high velocity with devastating results. Even Amazons that undertook the training were bruise because of the impact of the accelerated rock pieces. In Ranma-chan's training Ku Lon emphasized her speed and attack training. Ku Lon originally planned on teaching her Kachu Tenshin Amaguriken, but with Ranma-chan's ability to regulate her body temperature at will negated that plan as Ranma-chan could lower her body temperature enough so it would not be affected by the heat of the fire. Instead the Grandmaster of Amazon Wu Shu decided to teach her cursed pupil the Splitting Cat Hairs Technique. Ranma-chan's was actually able move fast enough to get the drop on Akira's Telepath and Clairvoyance combination sometimes in the spars and was able to avoid the Telekinetically accelerated rock bits Akira could throw at him.

 

Kyoko also continued their training in Psionics. Ranma-chan and Akira's Psionic powers increased in strength. Akira was able to read the minds of several dozen individuals and distinguish individual thoughts and his Telekinesis was able to lift nearly three times his body weight at a range of over one hundred meters, which was double the distance and weight as before. Ranma-chan's Electrokinesis could produce more voltage and hit a target at nearly fifty meters where he could only do fifteen meters before and his Omni Sight increase in range by seven meters. Akira also discovered another Psionic power, Accelerated Healing. With just a thought Akira could speed up anyone's physical recovery within five meters. This earned him many fans among the Healers of the Village and even got some looking into him as a future husband, subsequently he stopped laughing at Ranma for Xian Pu's advances.

 

After the eight months of intense training, and nearly a year in the Amazon Village, Kyoko decided it was time for them to return to Japan. Their growth in Chi manipulation and techniques had growth significantly as well as their Martial Skills. With the summer coming to a close it meant a new school year would start and Kyoko's students would be starting High School this term. She felt it was important for them to attend High School from the start so they could grow socially and learn how to interact with everyday people. Also after spending so much time in the Amazon Village where everyone had enhanced their bodies the two needed to remember that the average person was a bit more fragile and restraint was needed so accidental injuries would be less likely to occur. Ranma-chan and Akira did not mind the move, the truth was they were starting to miss their Homeland and Ranma-chan was anxious to start looking for her mother.

 

“It has truly been a pleasure having you three here,” Ku Lon said. “It was a pleasure both teaching and learning from you and I hope you will come back in the future.”

 

“The pleasure was all ours Elder,” Kyoko said. “And I am sure something can be arranged.”

 

“You can but I'm going to come back!” Ranma-chan spoke up. “I want to learn that Hiryu Shoten Ha you talked about last month.”

 

“And I want to learn that Hidden Weapons,” Akira spoke up. “Mu Tsu may be a moron but the technique of his style has a lot of applications.”

 

“Don't worry boys you'll get your chance to learn more techniques,” Ku Lon assured. “That is if you continue your training. I expect the next time we see each other for you two be much stronger.”

 

“Count on it Sifu,” the two said simultaneously.

 

“Ranma, Akira, our guide is here we need to leave,” Kyoko said. Ranma-chan and Akira nodded to Kyoko and then bowed to Ku Lon.

 

“Good bye Sifu it has been an honor to study with you,” both recited. Then Ranma-chan added, “Good bye Xian Pu, I hope we can remain friends, I promise I'll write.”

 

“Good bye Ranma,” Xian Pu responded. “I will write to you as well.”

 

“So long Elder,” Kyoko said, “Until we meet again,”

 

“So long Kyoko, I hope to see you again soon,” Ku Long said returning the boy. As she watched the three leave she glanced to her Great Granddaughter off to her right. `Maybe we'll see each other sooner than you realize Kyoko. I think it's time for my Great Granddaughter to see the outside world.'