Ranma 1/2 Fan Fiction ❯ The Golden Locket ❯ 16-Years Later... ( Chapter 1 )

The Golden Locket

Hanyoulover2004

<Chinese>

"Japanese"

`Thoughts'

<'Thoughts in Chinese'>

{Panda signs}

Chapter One

Sixteen Years Later…

A young woman with long onyx hair that fell to her waist with a blue flower on each side of her head stood in front a girl her age with the same length hair only blue. Her brown eyes stared down into the purple eyes of her opponent and fellow Amazon sister.

She took a step forward and her opponent took one back.

<Are you afraid to make an attack?> The dark haired girl asked.

Her opponent smirked. <No, I'm just waiting for the right moment to strike.>

An old woman off to the side signed and shook her head. <Hurry up you two, the last time you fought the match lasted two hours before it had to be called a draw! I want a winner today!>

<Yes, Great-grandmother!> The pair answered in perfect unison.

But the fates had other things in store for those two or the dark haired girl in particular. At that very moment the guide from Jusenkyo walked into the village followed by a busty read-head and a panda.

<Hello elder Ke Lun. I have brought visitors from Japan.>

The old woman nodded and turned to address the pair but they were gone.

<Where? Ah! Stop them, they are eating the first prize for the tournament!>

At these words the two girls who were just about to make their move stopped and turned to the prize. Just like their Great-grandmother had said the redhead and the panda were stuffing their faces with their food!

The dark haired girl ran up to them and grabbed the girl by her shoulders forcing her to look at her.

"Wha-" The girl mumbled her mouth full of food.

<You stupid girl what's the matter with you can't you read?> She asked pointing to a sign.

The redhead blinked several times before she turned to the guide.

"What did she just say?"

"Oh, sirs! You eat prize for contest, is very bad sirs!"

The girl shrugged. "So what? If I fought her I would have won it anyway." She said jerking her thumb and the dark haired girl.

The old woman stepped forward. "It that so girl? What is your name?"

The red head stared at the old bat before her for a moment before she answered, "Ranma Saotome of the Saotome School of Anything Goes Martial Arts." She said the name of her school with pride puffing out her chest a bit.

The old woman only grinned before turning to the dark haired girl.

<This girl, Ranma, thinks she can bet you, Xiao Qian. Do you wish to prove her wrong?>

The dark haired girl sized up her `opponent' and grinned.

<I can take her no problem.>

<Very well.> Then she turned to Ranma. "Ranma, Xiao Qian accepts your challenge. Will you fight her?"

Ranma looked slightly taken back for a second before she accepted.

"Very well the match between Ranma Saotome and Xiao Qian will now commence!"

Ranma looked over her opponent for the first time.

`Hmmm. She seems very strong, her stance is very good but I can find a least three flaws in it…'

Her eyes traveled up her torso slowly until it reached her face.

`She's kinda cute too even if she looks like she wants ta kill me right now…' Ranma shook her head. `No time to think like that especially with this body, gotta concentrate!'

Xiao Qian realized her opponent was slightly distracted so she jumped up to attack her. She was surprised when Ranma ducked and she went soaring over her landing lightly on her toes. Next Xiao Qian tired some quick punches and kicks but all Ranma did was bob and weave around them with a weary expression on her face.

<`Is she reading my moves? Okay this time I'll get her for sure!'>

Xiao Qian grinned as she took a step back and pulled out a large mallet. Ranma froze for a second before she frowned.

"Hey, that's cheating!" She said looking at the old woman and pointing to Xiao Qian's weapon.

"You did say your school was Anything Goes, did you not?" She replied a smile on her old wrinkled lips.

Ranma scoffed. "Fine, whatever I don't have time for games Pop and I need to get back to Japan."

In the next second several things happened all at one time:

Xiao Qian froze hearing the word `Japan' and didn't notice as Ranma jumped over and behind her landing right behind her and pressed a finger to the back of her neck.

"Oh!" Xiao Qian sighed as her eyes rolled back into her head and she passed out.

Ranma smiled happily as she placed the lighter girl down on the floor and turned to the old woman who was staring at her in disbelief.

"There, I bet her okay so can we go now?" She turned to the panda that was still eating the prize.

"Whacha still eatn' that for Pop?!" She asked punching the panda in the back of its head.

{Are you ready to go now, son?} The panda signed back in prefect kanji.

The only woman's eyes narrowed at the words written by the panda.

<`Son'.>

It was then when Xiao Qian stirred and jumped up to her feet.

<Great-grandmother, what happened? Why was I on the ground? Did I…lose?> She paled drastically.

<Yes child you did, you lost to a female outsider, and you know what must be done.>

Xiao Qian looked like someone close to her just died as she turned to face Ranma again. Slowly she walked up to the girl and took her face in her hands slowly drawing closer to her.

Ranma panicked as she watched the `cute' Amazon's face get closer and closer to her own. Her brain shut down completely when she closed her eyes and felt her lips press against one of her cheeks.

"Ah! Is no good sirs! You in very big trouble now!" The guide cried.

Ranma jerked back to life. "Whatdaya mean?"

"She give you Si zi wen or Kiss of Death! Now she hunt you down for rest of life until kill you, sirs!"

{What?!} The panda looked as if it just realized the dangerous situation it was in. {Let's go, boy, we have a previous engagement back in Japan!}

With that said the panda grabbed the girl and sprinted off with her, Xiao Qian at their heels.

It wasn't until late that night that Xiao Qian returned to the village.

<Were you successful?> The old woman asked.

Xiao Qian looked crestfallen. <No, I lost them in the ocean when a small storm suddenly came upon us. I'm sorry Great-grandmother! When I find out where they went I'll continue my search for them.>

<There is no need for that, child, I already know where they are going.>

<Where?>

"Japan."

Later that same night in the village of Joketsuzoku…

<Elder Ke Lun, why have you have called this meeting tonight?> A woman asked.

<Today Xiao Qian was defeated by a woman from Japan but I have reasons to believe that was no ordinary girl we saw today.> Ke Lun explained smoking on her pipe.

<Yes I must admit her technique was exceptional. Are you perhaps suggesting that we remove the Kiss of Death and invite her into the tribe?>

<No! I'm saying that that girl was no girl at all! I talked to the guide of Jusenkyo soon after they left and I realized my suspicions were correct. That girl is a victim of a Jusenkyo curse. Ranma Saotome is in reality a boy who fell into the Nyanniichuan (Spring of Drowned Girl).>

There was a long pause before anyone reacted to Ke Lun's statement.

<How could that be?>

<That girl was a boy?!>

<That boy was strong!>

<Ladies, your missing the point entirely. If Ranma Saotome is really a boy and he bested Xiao Qian then she gave him the wrong kiss. That boy was good, very good.>

Ke Lun's eyes narrowed.

<He bested my young Xiao Qian so easily…I want that strength kept within the tribe. Tomorrow Xiao Qian will leave for Japan where she will continue to hunt down Ranma. When she finds him I will leave and make sure she challenges him as a male. If she loses to him again she will give him the Ai zi wen (Kiss of Love)!>