Ranma 1/2 Fan Fiction ❯ Ranma's Strange Curse 2 ❯ The Curse ( Chapter 2 )

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Ranma's Strange Curse
Ch. 2
The Curse... (So I'm no good with titles)

"This is my friend Genma Saotome," Soun announced to the family, indicating the fat man in the gi, "and his son, Ranma."
"You were that thing, weren't you?" the middle daughter spoke.
"It's a curse. Not that baka oyaji was any better." Nabiki strained to hear that last part since Ranma had just muttered it too quietly.
"Hmmm... how do I explain this?" Genma started out, before getting an idea. Grabbing the boy, he tossed him into the pond, completely forgetting about what happened the first time he did that...

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*Spash*
"Oh no! Very bad. Mister Customer fall in 'spring of drowned panda'." their guide announced, though not too surprised by the fact.
Of course, the man, now turned panda, jumps back up to give some payback his son who knocked him in the water in the first place.
"W-w-wh-what's goin on?" the pigtailed boy cried out. He never saw the panda strike at him, knocking him over the 'Spring of Drowned Girl' and into one of the largest springs in the valley.
"Oh no! Mr. Customer fall in very, very old spring. Not know what spring do." he explained, not that the panda was listening at the moment. He was just about to explain when the ground began to shake violently.
"Growf?" Genma, of course, was still oblivious to his current state while staring at the bubbling surface of the spring he had just knocked his son into. After a minute, a crystalline protrusion started to come out, followed by the rest of the thing that had fallen into the spring so many centuries ago. The next thing he heard, reminded him of a previous mistake he made while training his boy.
"Meow."

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Ranma was furious at that cheap shot his father had taken, sending him into the water. He didn't mind getting wet, after all, he had been camping out since he could remember, but it was the fact that he let himself get caught like that.
Never did he notice the difference in size or the fact that he was now floating, but he did notice the strange targeting reticule that seemed to hover over one human and one panda, being the only live targets in the area. It took another moment before he realized some information that he hadn't had before and wanted to figure out what it was.

Kind of like pressing random buttons on something that you have no idea how to use, Ranma managed to mentally activate her, yes her (not that he/she knows it), weapons, which seem to lock onto the panda staring up at her. A second later, a crimson beam of light flew shot out from underneath her. The beam struck the ground, causing a massive shockwave, knocking both the guide and Genma to the ground. By this time, Ranma figured out that he was definitely not human, well at the moment anyway.
Genma, seeing as it wasn't a good idea to stand there, took off, trying to get as far from that thing floating above the spring. Of course this action didn't go unnoticed.
'Oooh no you don't' Thought Ranma as he prepared to play a game of blast the panda with powered down versions of that first shot.
This went on for a couple minutes as the crystalline ship blasted away at her dodging father, basically having the time of his life. It was kind of like playing your first video game.

After awhile, Ranma got bored of this and decided to try out something else he found out this 'curse' could do. Now that he thought about it, he won't be able to do much if he can't turn back to normal, or at least something other then what ever he was. At that thought, something unexpected happened. With an audible pop, he was a cat like rabbit thing, which promptly fell into the spring below him.

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"So from now on, you turn into that thing with cold water, and back with hot?" Soun asked. Seeing that Ranma nod in confirmation he continued, "Well that isn't too bad. I guess."
"Huh." Ranma replied, though somewhat confused. It was bad enough he turned into something like a c-c-c-ca- those furry things.
"My daughter Kasumi(19), Nabiki(17), Akane(16)." Soun indicating his daughters, "Pick the one you want. She'll be your fiancée."
"Oh, he definitely wants Akane." Kasumi said almost too quickly, after all, she had to take care of the family.
"Definitely Akane." Nabiki echoed no particular reason in mind other then not getting engaged to him.
"Why should..."
"You hate boys don't you?" Nabiki pointed out.
"So you're in luck. He's only a boy half the time." Kasumi followed up.
"Kasumi!!" Akane cried astonished.
"And if he causes you trouble, just add cold water. Instant pet."
"I can't believe you two. I can't marry that pervert!" Akane retorted.
"What do ya mean 'Pervert'!?" that, obviously, was Ranma.
"You saw 'my' body." she replied.
"Hey, you dragged me in there in the first place!" Ranma shot back.
"It's still your fault." she retorted and turned her back to him.
"They're already a perfect couple!" laughed Soun and Genma, interrupting Ranma and Akane's little fight.
"We're not a couple!!" said pair cried out.
"That's it, I'm out of here." Ranma turned to leave only to see Genma blocking the way.
"And where are you going?"
"China you idiot. This isn't a time for fiancées." Ranma knocked his father to the side before heading toward the door, muttering about tomboys, idiot fathers and their engagements, and some other random stuff. One particular thought that went like; not that she had anything to look at in the first place. No sooner did he say that something large and heaving descended upon him. Poor fool never stood a chance.

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Meanwhile...Jusenkyo

<"So you're saying that the spring is all dried up?"> said a certain redhead in flawless mandarin.
<"Yes. Someone fell into the spring. In the middle of his rampage, he managed to shoot the spring."> the guide told thee girl, who seemed no older then 12. She sort of reminded him of some of the more eccentric Amazons.
<"Do you know where they headed off to?"> The red-head turned to the springs. There seemed to be a large crater where the spring Ranma had fallen into dried up.
<"I brought them to the Amazon village. They aren't there anymore though. They were from Japan though, if that helps"> the guide then turned to his little hut, which was barely holding up. Pickup his hammer, he proceeded to pound away, trying to repair his home.
Sighing, the girl made a strange gesture as a holographic keyboard appeared in front of her. Afterwards a door appeared in the middle of no where, which she opened and walked into.
<"I need to get a new job."> the guide said before he noticed a wandering black piglet.

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