Ranma 1/2 Fan Fiction ❯ Spring of Drowned Vampire Girl ❯ Revelations ( Chapter 3 )

 

Vampire 1/2 Chapter 2

Standard Disclaimer: I don't own any of this, leave me alone.

 

Author's Notes:

This is my first big exposition chapter to explain the logic that I'm applying to this story. I hope that it will explain everything to your liking. It was difficult to write because I've got scenes in my head that happen later, but I first have to get to them by writing what comes first.

 

Chapter 2

 

#Please leave your name, number, and a brief message after the beep. If this concerns any Spring water from China, please read the first sentence out of the guide book. ^Beep^#

 

The message had asked for a language from a list before directing her to this voice mail. It was lucky that she had the book in her hand to read the number from while she made toll free call.

 

“Nabiki Tendo, 555-555-5555, the first sentence in the guide book, in Japanese, is `Don't panic.' I need to get some more information on the curse, and its effects are in the long run.” She spoke briefly into the phone before hanging up. She had always hated voice messages, even answering machines. She never knew what to say to them, unlike when she spoke to a person.

 

Nabiki had made the call as soon as she had gotten home, after a hasty `I'm Home'.

Now that she had that little errand out of the way, she could focus on other, less important things to do. Like talking to Ranma about his `condition'.

 

Ranma was in the Dojo, doing katas, trying to work up an appetite before dinner and to work off some stress from the day. While it was true that he had managed to avoid getting involved in Akane's mess at school, she was in a worse mood than before because of the hentai horde. It didn't matter what he did or said, he was in trouble with her just because he was male.

 

After getting wet in the morning, Ranma had managed to avoid getting wet for the rest of the day. He was immensely grateful for that, the pain that he felt when caught in the sunlight was the worst thing that he ever felt. It easily overshadowed the time that his father…

 

“Okay, Soatome, I think its time that we talked about what happened today.” Nabiki said in a warm tone.

 

“What's there ta talk about? Oh, by the way, thanks for the hot water this morning.” Ranma said in an oblivious tone.

 

“There are several things to talk about, especially when it concerns hot and cold water. You just dropped when that lady splashed you and started to scream, you were lucky that I brought that thermos at all. Believe it or not, but that was kind of disturbing. Is this something common for you?”

 

“I hadn't really noticed it before, after we got cursed, me and pops were in our cursed forms most of the way back here. When I'm in my cursed form, I just slept during the day, but I would be up at night, since we couldn't get much hot water while we were in China, we would hide during the day. Pop would usually have some hot water ready when I woke up and we would be normal until we would get splashed again.”

 

“But that doesn't explain why you screamed when you were splashed. Were you in pain?”

 

A haunted look came to Ranma's face as he remembered the times he had been caught in the sunlight when he got wet. “Nabiki, I don't know how to put into words that you can understand. Its one of the most painful things I've ever felt, like my entire body is on fire, only worse. I won't let this curse beat me though.”

 

“How can you just ignore it like this? You didn't mention it after you got up and we went to school.”

 

“Nabiki, I'm a martial artist, I deal with pain on a daily basis. I thrive on it. Besides, its just painful, I'm not injured after getting out of the light or getting changed back into my original form. So I can't really make a big deal out of it.”

 

“Regardless, have you ever thought of it as a potential weakness in battle?”

 

“What do ya mean?” Ranma asked cluelessly.

 

“What? You mean that you haven't thought about the fact that if you're splashed during a fight, it'll be over? ” an incredulous Nabiki gaped at the young man.

 

“Not really, I mean, I've been training for ten years now to fight and the only time I've gotten wet during a fight is when I sweat. So I don't worry about it. It's not like water is going to become a large part of my life now, is it?”

 

Meanwhile, while Ranma was showing his amazing lack of foresight to Nabiki, Kasumi was answering a knock at the door.

 

“Hello, may I help you?”

 

“Good day, my name is Akira Mazumi and I am looking for Ranma Soatome. He won't be expecting me.”

 

“He's in the dojo right now, would you like some tea?”

 

“No thank you, mam. If it is okay with you, it is very important that I speak with him, would you mind if I went out to see him?”

 

“Not at all. I'll take you to him.”

 

The short walk was an interesting one for Akira, the unusual sight of a panda playing shogi with a middle aged man, gave him a moment's pause, but was merely surreal compared to some of the other things that Akira had seen in his lifetime. The rest of the home did seem normal enough, a very traditional Japanese home with a dojo attached.

The dojo itself wasn't overly impressive, but it was one of the nicer ones in the area.

 

The sounds of a conversation could be heard from behind the closed doors of the dojo. Kasumi stopped at the door, opened it slightly and called out “Ranma, you have a visitor.” Then she opened the door the rest of the way and stepped aside for Akira to go through.

 

Akira thanked Kasumi and walked into the dojo and was welcomed by the sight of Ranma sitting in front of Nabiki, Ranma had a care free look on his face while Nabiki had one born of frustration.

 

“Good afternoon Ranma, young lady. My name is Akira Mazumi, I'm here regarding the China spring water that you came into contact with.” The looks of surprise on both the teenager's faces was worth the long wait that Akira had to go through for the young man to appear.

 

It was, unsurprisingly, Nabiki who recovered first.

 

“I'm afraid that we don't know what you're talking about.” She had reached out and gripped Ranma's arm, scooting closer to the pig tailed martial artist. Ranma was about to say something, but was cut off when Nabiki's grip suddenly became painful, and he wisely decided to keep his peace.

 

Akira had been watching the Tendo house for the past week, waiting for the Panda and girl to show up, and had caught on to how sharp the middle Tendo daughter could be.

 

“I assure you, miss Tendo, that I am not here to cause any problems. I've been sent as a representative of a global organization that young Ranma is now a part of.”

 

“What are you talking about? I didn't join no organization.” Ranma said.

 

“I'm afraid that the waters of Jusenkyo did this to you. You aren't the first to fall into that particular pool and you won't be the last. I'm here to pass on some information that will help you as well as make sure that you don't make a mistake.”

 

“Okay, we're listening.” Nabiki said in a guarded tone.

 

“First things first, I recommend that you call the number in the booklet as soon as we are done. I only have a little information to help you during your adjustment period. They will have far more to tell you.” Akira started to sit across from the young couple.

 

“I'm sure that you have figured out that vampires are real by now, as demonstrated by the curse. There are a lot more out there in the world, and they won't hesitate to accept you as one of them if they catch you in your cursed form, so I would suggest not going out at night until after you've had a chance to become aquainted with the rest of your new family.

 

These vampires have a couple laws that they hold all vampires to with deadly force and will react badly to anybody breaking them. Only one of them really holds any meaning for you right now, mister Soatome. It's really simple, don't let anybody know that vampires exist. Don't leave hints, don't give clues, just don't. Miss Tendo, for the moment you don't have anything to fear, but if Ranma is caught and it is revealed that you, or your family knows about vampires, then your lives will be in danger.

 

Just a couple of things for you to know about your curse right now that I can share. As long as you remain cursed to shift, you won't have to worry about having to feed, drink blood, though you will find it satisfying. I recommend finding a butcher shop and purchasing pig's blood for a treat. The reason for this is that your vampiric body sustains itself on blood, blood that your mortal body is full of when you change. So you are essentially full when you shift. But be aware of how hungry you are when you change back to mortal, because you can kill yourself if you don't have enough blood to sustain your mortal body when you shift back.

 

There are some other quirks about your condition that make you and other Jusenkyo vampires different from the other vampires. I'm sure that you noticed how much sunlight burns, but doesn't kill. This is a direct result of the Jusenkyo shifting. If you should ever stay a vampire for any extended period of time, then that limited protection will go away and sunlight becomes just as deadly to you as it does to any other vampire.

 

I'll be around for a little while to make sure that you don't do anything stupid, you won't see me though. I am merely here to help protect the masquerade, what vampires call the deception they pull on humans to keep them ignorant about vampires. Do you have any questions?”

 

Both Nabiki and Ranma were looking as if they were in information overload. Their shocked expressions mirrored each others, and resembled fish as they gaped at the strange man who just unloaded everything upon them.

 

“Could you go over that one more time?” Ranma said in a weak voice. “I mean, I kinda knew that I wasn't the first one to fall in the pool, and that vampires existed, but to find out that they …”

 

“Aren't the monsters that modern media has made them out to be? I won't lie and tell you that they are all angels, there are some twisted bloodsuckers out there, but none of them are bent on world domination. At the very least, they're interested in feeding themselves, at the most trying to control everything for their own benefit. Just think of them as a darker Yakuza and you should be fine.”

 

“Tell us about Ranma's curse again, particularly the parts about sunlight and blood.” Nabiki demanded.

 

“If Ranma were to choose, he could remain a vampire for an extended period of time, however if he should do so, then the effects of the sun would become deadly instead of painful.”

 

“Why would I ever want to stay like that for any amount of time?!” Ranma almost yelled.

 

“I can't answer that for you, but it has happened in the past.” Akira said with a straight face.

 

“How do you know all this and why should we believe you?” Nabiki said with a suspicious tone in her voice.

 

Akira sighed, “Because I work and live with another victim of that pool, and I've been to Jusenkyo myself.”

 

“So you're like me? Splash, vampire?”

 

Akira laughed at that. “No, I wasn't lucky enough to fall into that pool. I really must be going now. Just remember that I'll be keeping an eye on you two, keep the true nature of your curse to yourselves and there won't be any problems. I'll help out where I can.” Akira stood to leave.

 

Stopping at the door, he turned his head towards Ranma, giving Ranma what looked like an envious look before walking out. .

 

“ What do you think, Nabiki?”

 

“I don't trust him, but what he said makes sense in a way, I mean about your curse. Honestly, if what he said is true, then I am both relieved and scared shitless at the same time.”

 

“I know what you mean. But don't worry, I won't let anything happen to you or your family.”

 

“Promise?”

 

“As a martial artist.”

 

Inside the house, Akane was in her room, trying to make sense of what she over heard in the dojo. Ranma's a Vampire?

 

It was just after the sun had set, Akira had long ago left the Tendo household and he had been waiting for the sun to set ever since. Though it was only a couple of hours, it still seemed to take longer, but once it was down, he started to dial a number into his phone.

 

After several seconds, Akira finally got a connection. He started to speak rapid fire Mandirin.

 

“<I've met with Soatome. I gave him the basics that he needs to survive, but there's a problem. Somebody already knows about his curse, but they seem to accept it without a problem, but that's not the real issue. He's only sixteen years old… Yes I know that doesn't really change anything, but…I know that…I understand…You've already got a call from them?…Yes, that's the girl's name…I can do that. Good bye Eve>.”

 

Hanging up the phone, Akira finishes his meal of take out before going to take a shower. Afterwards, Akira sets up the apartment for his return later that night before splashing himself with cold water and padding out into the night.

 

Elsewhere a young man asks, “Excuse me, can you tell me the way to Furinkin High?”