the characters were stol-- I mean borrowed from Rumiko Takahashi and
that twit Saban. All rights reserved. Blah, blah blah.
The Angel Grove Exchange Program pt 3--- Ranma no more?
"That wretched Saotome, thinking that he could hide here in
America from the great Tatewaki Kunou. Well I have shown him. Now if
only I could find that vile scoundrel."
Tatewaki surveys the land, his eyes gazing over the campus. He stops
short when he sees or rather hears a familiar voice."Well, Ranma, what
shall we do now?"
Ranma-chan faces Ryoga and is about to answer when she gets lifted
into an embrace.
"Pig-tailed girl, my love! It is I Tatewaki Kunou, your beloved,
who shall rescue you from that fiend, Saotome!"
"What the-" Ranma barely chokes out.
Ryoga pries Tatewaki away from Ranma and screams, "Just what the hell
do you think you are doing!?!"
Kunou pays no attention to Ryoga, his eyes focusing solely on his
beloved. He pulls a bouquet of roses out of nowhere , hands them to
Ranma as she blushes.
"Thank you, Kunou."
"It is merely a token of my affection for you."
"Oh, Kunou," Ranma breathes.
Ryoga notices that Ranma is smiling. She is apparently enjoying the
attention that Kunou is lavishing on her. He sits there
flabbergasted, not knowing what to do. "ARG!"
"Wilt thou date with me? Thou art truly a goddess who deserves to
be in the company of nobility."
Ryoga's eyes widen. Surely Ranma wouldn't accept!--would she, he
thinks.
Ranma-chan hesitates "Kunou, I dunno."
Ryoga breathes a sigh of relief.
"Please," Kunou begs "the heavens themselves shall weep if you say
no. Please allow me to date with you."
"Oh Kunou, I- I- Oh, yes, I shall date with you."
"WHAT!?!" Ryoga screams his shouts surely heard in Nerima.
"When will you pick me up?"
Ryoga falls flat on the floor.
"Seven, where do you reside?"
Ranma-chan gives him the address and Kunou kisses Ranma-chan's hand as
she giggles. Ranma-chan looks and finds an unconscious Ryoga lying
face first in the ground.
"I wonder what made him faint?" Ranma-chan asks.
Kunou shrugs his shoulders and waves goodbye to his pig tailed girl
with glee.
Ranma-chan sits with Ryoga waiting for him to wake up. He has been
lying there on the floor for almost an hour and Ranma-chan was getting
worried. Sure they didn't get along and the guy could be a total
jerk, but Ranma thought of him as a friend and she didn't have many,
especially here. She would hate it if he were truly hurt. Ranma gets
ready to carry Ryoga to the hospital, when Tommy walks up to Ranma.
"Hello," Tommy says as he stretches out his hand in greeting.
Ranma takes his hand and shakes it.
"Hello,uh...I am sorry I can't remember your name."
"Tommy"
"Oh, Tommy, I'm Ranma Saotome . This guy is Ryoga Hibiki. I think
he fainted about an hour ago. I wonder if anything is wrong with
him."
"Oh, Ranma, I had this weird dream that you thought you were a girl
and Kunou asked you out and you said yes and Akane killed me and
cooked me for dinner and---" Ryoga mumbled as he struggled to his
feet.
"Ryoga! You are awake!"
"Huh? Oh yeah. I guess it all wasn't a dream then," Ryoga sighed.
"Ryoga! I challenge you! Well, I challenge you as soon as you can
see straight," Tommy said.
"What do you want?" Ryoga asked half-annoyed.
"I told you I want to fight you!"
"Why?"
"Because, you stole my girlfriend!"
"What do you mean stole?"
"Kimberly is my----"
"I am not your property." Kimberly interrupts staring angrily at
Tommy.
Tommy gulps as he sees the red blazing in her eyes.
"Kimberly, I'm--"
"Listen, go ahead and fight Ryoga. It's your funeral." Kimberly
struts off leaving a dazed Tommy and Ryoga.
"Let's fight! Winner takes Kimberly." Tommy yells.
Gee, Ryoga thinks, suddenly I feel like.... Ranma.
"Look, I hardly know--"
Ryoga is cut off by a kick to the face.
"That's it!," Ryoga yells his fangs glistening in the sunlight"If
you want a fight you've got one."
All of a sudden, half of Angel Grove shows up. Billy, Rocky, Aiesha,
and Adam are watching as Tommy and Ryoga proceed to fight.
"I'm warning you!" Ryoga shouts, "I won't go easy on you!"
"I'm not worried,"Tommy responds.
Tommy hits him in the face and kicks Ryoga in the head and then in
the stomach.
Ryoga just looks at him and smiles. Tommy is taken aback by the
sight of Ryoga's fangs.
"My turn," Ryoga sings.
Ryoga pulls out his umbrella and spirals it towards him. Tommy tries
to dodge it, but gets pegged by it anyway. Tommy falls to the ground,
dazed, but unhurt.
"Two can play at that game!" he shouts as he goes to pick up the
fallen umbrella. He freezes as he realizes something. He can't pick
it up! It's too heavy.
Wait a minute, he thinks. This guy carries this thing one handed. He
uses it as though it were a common stick and this thing weighs a ton.
What is he, a monster?
Ryoga uses Tommy's inattention as an opening and tags him with about a
dozen bandanas. He then takes off his belt and screams
"Time to give you a richly deserved haircut!"
Tommy looks at him oddly when a belt comes flying though the air
cutting his hair off. Tommy feels the back of his head and his eyes
widen and well up with tears.
"Damn you!" he sobs. "You cut my beauteous hair! Now how am I ever
going to make the girls swoon?"
Ryoga grabs his umbrella and punches Tommy directly between the eyes.
Tommy falls to the floor, this time for good.
"Wow!," Adam exclaims "I don't believe it! Ryoga took out Tommy in
less than five minutes. Kimberly was right. He is good."
"Better than good,"Aiesha adds. "Come on let's check on Tommy."
Billy, Aiesha, Adam, and Rocky collectively gasp when they reach
Tommy. Tommy is covered with cuts and bruises from head to toe.
Parts of his clothes are ripped or shredded completely.
"Hey check out Tommy's hair!" Rocky says. "Boy is he gonna freak
when he wakes up."
Tommy's shoulder length hair is now cropped a little above his ears.
Tommy awakens, slightly groggy.
"What the-"
"Hey Tommy welcome back buddy!" Aiesha says tauntingly.
"I lost?"
"Yes you did," Rocky says looking rather annoyed.
"I LOST!?"
"Yes, but you put up one hell of a fight." Adam chimes in.
"I LOST!!?"
"That seems to be the consensus," Billy says while rolling his
eyes.
"I-I lost?"
"YES!" the entire group shouts.
"That can only mean one thing!"
"And that is?" Rocky asks.
"Ryoga isn't human. He is one of Rita's and Zed's monsters!"
The entire group falls to the floor in disbelief.
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"You heard me!" Tommy declares as he stands in the middle of the
command center pacing back and forth. "Ryoga has to be some kind of
monster. That is the only explanation!"
"Explanation to what?" Billy asks, not really sure he wants to
know.
"As to how he beat me so easily, duh!" Tommy yells.
Billy looks at Tommy in complete and utter disgust. He is trying to
tolerate his leader's arrogance, but right now it is becoming
increasingly difficult. How could anybody with such limited faculties
lead the Power Rangers? He had the brains of a retarded maggot.
"Tommy," Billy says slowly to ensure that Tommy will understand
him. "Ryoga is a long associate of Ranma's. You must believe me when
I say he lacks the qualities requisite to a monster."
"Huh?" Tommy asks scratching his head in confusion.
"He says he isn't a monster, you twit!" Aiesha screams.
"Oh! Well I still say that Ryoga must be a monster!"
"I'm afraid Billy is right." Zordon says.
"What do you mean?"
"I've done a complete scan on him, He is perfectly normal. Well,
almost normal." Zordon says."But I do have a warning for you all."
"What is it?" Tommy asked.
"Do not<dramatic pause> Do not underestimate the power of the dark
side of the force," Zordon says.
"What? What's that supposed to mean?" asked Tommy.
"Nothing! I've just always wanted to say that." Zordon replies."
My real warning is about Ryoga."
"What about him? Tommy isn't right, is he?" Aiesha asks.
"No, it's just that Ryoga is rather unusual and extremely powerful.
I doubt even the Power Rangers are a match for him, so don't piss him
off."
"Surely he isn't better than the Power Rangers!" Tommy declares
incredulously.
"I'm afraid Ryoga could easily defeat even the Power Rangers."
"What?" they all cry in unison.
"Ryoga is special." Zordon says as he teleports them back to Angel
Grove. Zordon watches Ryoga as he walks home with Ranma from the
viewing globe. "Very special indeed. And so is your little red
headed girlfriend."
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"Goldar!" Rita yells "can you please tell me how my monster could
have failed!"
"Rita it wasn't my fault it was--"
"No, wait, don't tell me it was the Power Rangers." Zed says in an
exasperated tone.
"Well no actually--" Goldar starts when he is interrupted by Rita.
"What do you mean no? Someone else actually foiled my brilliant
schemes. Who?"
"It was the same boy who stopped me from putting that spell on
Kimberly. He wears a yellow bandana and carries an umbrella."
"Well, I want you to find more about this mysterious young boy.
Perhaps we can use him to our advantage."
"Wife, that is the first good idea I've heard come from you!" Lord
Zed says as he puts his arms around Rita.
Rita pours a glass of wine and gives it to Zed.
"Thank you. Perhaps this boy can be the key to solving all our
problems."
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"DAMN IT ALL!" Ryoga screams as he tries to filter through the
street cluttered with people and taxi cabs. Ryoga frowns as he
realizes the true mess he has gotten himself into. He is lost again.
"Hello, I'm here to rob you so give me all of your money!" a
grungy teen says while holding a gun to Ryoga's face.
Ryoga taps the gun and it shatters. The boy gasps in amazement while
Ryoga picks him up by the lapel of his checker coat.
"Look, man," the frighten teen gasps," I was just jokin'. Ha, Ha
I wasn't really gonna-"
"Shut Up! Just tell me where Angel Grove is" Ryoga snarls while
holding up a map.
The young man studies the map and stutters out "But this is a map of
California"
"Yes, I know, it's gotta be here somewhere," Ryoga replies.
"B-b-but you're in New York!"
"New York, thank you, goodbye", Ryoga says as he heads north.
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Akane stares out the window with Nabiki to the left of her,
oblivious to the scene below her. In her hand is one of the many
letters that Ranma had written her. Ranma had written her a dozen
times, but for some reason the letters he sent her made her feel
uneasy. The letters felt so distant, as though they were written by
another person. Even the hand writing seemed off. It looked
beautiful. Ranma couldn't write that well. She felt really worried
about him. Which was why when she was chosen to compete in the
international martial arts competition, she decided to come early with
Nabiki. Akane clutches the letter even tighter as the captain
announces that it is now safe to leave the airplane.
"Oh Kunou- thank you for taking me to the airport to watch the
planes take off." Ranma-chan says while hugging Kunou.
"It is nothing, if it makes my beloved happy. I would gladly walk
the fires of hell itself it so pleased you. I hope you enjoyed the
dinner."
"Yes, I did. Although we didn't have to eat in LA."
"Well, I've always wanted to grace the city with my magnificence.
I had heard so much about it. It is not as grand as I had imagined it
to be."
"Hard to believe a place like Angel grove is only 20 minutes away."
"Indeed."
Kunou puts his arms around Ranma and she leans in as she watches more
planes take off.
Akane shuffles around LAX in a half-awake mode.
"<We have to get to the baggage claim so we can meet the people who
we will be staying with>," she mutters to herself. Just then she sees
a couple staring out the window. Wow, they look like they are so
happy, she thinks. Wish Ranma could treat me so nice. He sort of
looks like Kunou and the girl with him looks like--
"Ranma!" Akane yells as she runs towards him.
"<Oh my, this outta be good>", Nabiki says as she grabs her camera
from her purse.
"<Oh, hi Akane! I didn't think you guys would be here so soon>."
"<We decided to get here a little early. What do you think you are
doing in that dress. Better yet WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH KUNOU>!?"
"<My dress?> Ranma turns around in a circle so that Akane can see
the whole thing. "<Do you like it? I got it here on sale!>"
"<No! What are you doing with Kunou>?"
"<You don't like my dress?>" Ranma frowned at Akane's statement
oblivious to her anger. "<Well Kunou and I are on a date.>"
Ranma smiles as she puts her arms around Kunou's waist.
"<I will tell you about it later.>" With that Ranma gives Akane a
knowing wink and Akane's and Nabiki's eyes widen.
"<I don't want to hear the details you-you PERVERT>!" Akane slaps
Ranma and she sails into the air, crashing through a window and lands
1 story down on the runway.
"I thought theses widows were shatterproof!" says a bystander
waiting to board a plane with her husband.
"Guess they aren't. Come on honey, let's go home God only knows
how safe the airplane is," her husband replies.
Ranma shakes off Akane's blows and sees Kunou by her side.
"Are you all right my darling."
"Yes, I wonder why she did that?" she asked.
"Oh to see both my beloveds fighting over me, it is almost more
than I can bear!"
Ranma rolls her eyes and says "Let's get back to Billy's"
Akane rushes to the baggage claim completely furious. What the
hell was that jerk doing she fumes, Akane sees a young African
American dressed all in yellow, holding a sign with her name on it.
Akane rushes toward her feeling slightly out of breath.
"I am Nabiki Tend and this is my sister Akane Tendo," Nabiki says
in near perfect English.
"Aiesha," she says as she puts a small device in both Akane's and
Nabiki's ear. "It's a translator so that you can understand me."
Nabiki smiles to her self as visions of Yen float in her head. She
gave herself a mental note to keep this contraption. It was surly her
ticket to eternal wealth.
"Thanks for coming to get us early." Akane said
"So what made you come so early?"
"My fiancee," she answers.
Isn't she a bit young, she thinks as she goes to help Akane with her
luggage.
"No need," Akane says as she picks up all her luggage with ease.
Wow, Aiesha thinks, I wonder if she knows Ryoga or Ranma.
"Yes we know both of them. Ryoga is my friend. Ranma, that
pervert, we know him too."
"No, I mean the girl Ranma. Ranma Saotome."
Akane and Nabiki stare at each other in a state of bewilderment.
"Y-y-yes, we know her too." Nabiki states.
Akane was very confused at Aiesha's statement. Why in the world would
Ranma go to Angel Grove as a girl? she thinks.
This must be his way of paying me back by not saying goodbye. That
pervert! What would ever possess him to act like this?
"Oh, Ranma--" she mutters.
Ryoga slowly trudges to Billy's doorstep and collapses
"I finally made it!" he shouts triumphantly.
Billy opens the door and looks at Ryoga and asks, "So where have you
been?"
"New York City, Canada, Atlantis-- the usual places."
"In two days?"
"Yeah, where's Ranma?"
Ranma comes up behind Ryoga and puts her hands over his eyes.
"I'm right here silly," she says as she flips in front of him.
Ryoga stares at her in disbelief. Ranma is wearing a short-short
skirt, a pair of black thigh highs and a shirt cropped waay to high.
She was also wearing black high heels and a pair of earrings. Her
hair, usually kept in a pig tail was flowing down to the ground.
Wow, he thinks, I guess Ranma got some use from the dragon's hair
after all. Billy's jaw drops and quickly he exits the room.
"Do you like?" she asked. "Kimmy-chan and I went shopping. She
says that I look like a Rave girl in this get-up. I also got my ears
pierced!"
"Ugh-- you didn't really get your ears--" Ryoga trailed off when
he saw her happily nod.
"So what do you think?" Ranma asked.
"You can't go out like that! How on earth did you pay for this
stuff anyway."
"I charged it to Soun Tendo's account. Why don't you like my
outfit?"
"You did WHAT! Of course I don't like it! You can't expect to
really go out--" he started to exclaim.
"Come on, let's go to school. Kunou was going to take me, but
because you are here I guess I will go with you!"
"So how was your date with Kunou?"
"Okay I guess, though we had to come home early."
"Why?"
"I dunno, Akane attacked me at the airport and--"
"Akane, Akane is HERE?"
Billy enters the room once again holding up a beaker filled with some
green goo.
"Ranma, I've done a thorough analysis on those cookies that you
brought from Japan with you. They have the most unusual properties."
Billy pauses as he notices the tense look on Ryoga's face.
"That's great Billy!" Ranma exclaims.
" Yeah, its a good thing my lab dog escaped and ate those cookies."
"Sorry, he didn't make it."
"Yeah, well he was expendable." he says. Just like all those
idiots who are my fellow Power Rangers, he thinks. But now, with the
help of this formula, he would surly take over as leader. Billy
laughs to himself in a slight insane manner.
Ryoga and Ranma looked at each other and started the walk to school.
"You didn't kiss him, -did you?" Ryoga asks.
"No, of course not. Not yet anyway."
"Ranma, you IDIOT! I can't believe you got me dragged into this
mess! What do you mean not yet?"
"Just Kidding! I don't think Kunou is my kinda guy. Why, you
jealous or something?"
"Huh, yeah right." Ryoga replies.
Ranma smiles to herself and studies the solemn figure in silence.
"Aya, Shampoo here in Angel Grove now, must find Airen."
"Shampoo, shouldn't we have notified our hosts that we have
arrived," Mousse asks.
"Shampoo no care about that now. Shampoo must find Ranma first!"
"I suppose this Adam person will have to wait," Mousse says.
Mousse sees Ranma and Kunou and stops. "Hey look, its Ranma and
Kunou."
Shampoo runs up to Ranma and gives her a constrictor tight squeeze.
"Nihao Ranma!"
"Hello Shampoo, the tournament begins next week are you ready?"
Ranma asks while trying to edge away from Shampoo.
"Yes, Shampoo win tournament easily!"
Just then Rocky and Adam show up.
"Are you going to introduce us Ranma," they say as their gaze
remains fixed on Shampoo.
"Yes, Shampoo and Mousse, this is Adam and Rocky."
"Nihao!" Shampoo purrs, still latched on to a struggling Ranma.
"Hello, are you Adam our host?" Mousse asked.
"Yes, but I didn't know that Shampoo is female,"Adam says.
"You no want Shampoo to stay with you?"
Adam blushed and fidgeted uncomfortably. "Of course I want you to stay
with me. It, it, it was un-un-expected."
"Wow, everybody has ended up with girls when they have expected
guys! At least I'm positive I'm hosting a guy," Rocky said.
"How do you know?"
"Because I checked the roster. He is competing in the men's
tournament."
"Who are you hosting?" Mousse asked.
"Some guy named Ukyo Kuonji"
At this point, Ranma finally manages to pry Shampoo off of her and
Shampoo finally gets a real good look at Ranma.
"Ranma, why you wearing dress?" Shampoo asks.
"Yes, why are you wearing a dress like that?" Mousse asks.
"Why not?" Ranma says as she holds up her arms in the air. "I'm a
girl so I'm entitled. Although I do admit it is a little more
revealing then most of the things I wear."
Shampoo stood there with her eyes wide open.
"A girl?" Mousse asks.
"Ranma, you feeling okay?" Shampoo asks.
"What do you mean? Of course I am okay." Shampoo is taken aback
and decides to stay quiet for a while.
"Oh, my Pig tailed Venus-- Will you give me thine answer?"
"Oh Kunou--" Ranma pauses as she sees both Nabiki and Tommy coming
towards her.
"Hello Kunou baby," Nabiki says.
"Hey Tommy," Ranma says, "This is Shampoo and Mousse."
Tommy and raises an eyebrow at the names and shakes his head in
disbelief.
Tommy faces Kunou, "Your sister," he starts "is a complete nutcase.
Do you know that she laced my food with rat poison just because I
failed to compliment her leotard?"
"Do not hold malice against my sister for her, ahem, eccentric
ways," Kunou answers. " I will talk with her however. It is unseemly
for her to behave that way, when one is a guest."
"Thank you Kunou," Tommy answered.
"So my pig-tailed goddess, have you decided?" Kunou says as he
faces Ranma.
Ranma hesitated. Kunou was an okay guy, but she didn't really want to
go out with him again. She needed to find away for her to reject him
politefully. She turned away from Kunou when her eyes came across the
solution---Ryoga.
"Hello," Ryoga says to the group of people standing there.
Everyone exchanged greetings and Ranma decided to speak up.
"I'm so sorry, Kunou, but I am engaged already to" Ranma wraps her
arms around Ryoga and smiles "Ryoga!"
Next--
Ryoga deals with the sudden news of his betrothel.
Kudachi vs. Pink Ranger
Mousse vs. Ryoga
Nabiki takes on Angel Grove---will it ever be the same?
Will the insanity ever end?