I wrote this many moons ago. Literally. It's probably one of the
earliest pieces of fanfiction I sat down to write. I'm working on
digging up the complete six-part set. I haven't done a great deal of
editing (please don't criticize the format it was written in, I was
trying to write it in script form, and in stage scripts (I've done too
much acting) for instructions and such, character names are always IN
CAPITAL LETTERS so the actors can see them easily. I merely did this out
of habit...I know it's rather ugly and not so easy to read this way).
I'm also aware that in Japan, Jr. High and High schools are frequently
combined into one school. But, we've seen no evidence that Furinkan is a
Jr. High as well as a High school...and I didn't feel that Ranma deserved
QUITE as much torture as would be caused by having his sister go to the
same school, so she's an 8th grader in the nearby Jr. High after she
enrolls. :)
Again, keep in mind this fanfic was written over a year and a half ago,
mostly over the course of two weeks, during lunch, while I was in high
school. It is not intended to be a revised work, and I'm only posting it
cause White Wolf and my cousin have combined forces to blackmail me into it.
Hopefully, parts 3-6 will be dug up off my drive soon (I'm not sure where
I put them) and I'll post 'em too...(yes, John, you'll finally get to
read the ending).
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YES! It's...
Yet Another Ranma Fanfic!
-- Ranma no Imooto --
by Jeremy Blackman <ranma@eskimo.com>
Asbel @ AnimeMUCK, Ryouga @ AnimeMUSH, Loki @ BakaMUCK
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Part 1 "Michiko's Arrival"
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[An outside shot of the Tendou dojo. It is summer, and the sun
is shining. Birds are chirping merrily. The camera moves slowly
in towards the training hall. Suddenly, a large crash is heard, and
the training hall shakes, scaring the birds away.]
[The camera moves to the inside of the training hall. We see AKANE
TENDOU, dressed in a traditional martial-arts gi, leaving the training
hall with an angry cast to her face. Left sprawling on the floor,
groggy from the beating he's just taken, is RANMA SAOTOME, dressed in
a now somewhat tattered red satin sleeveless shirt and black pants.]
RANMA Uhhhh... [holding his head]
[GENMA SAOTOME enters, dressed in a gi.]
GENMA Son, what happened?
RANMA Well, Akane...
GENMA [interrupting] My boy, you need to learn tact. How will you
two ever survive as a couple if you can't learn to talk things
out?
RANMA [leaping to his feet] I am not marrying that, that...TOMBOY!
GENMA [growing angry, he picks RANMA up by his shirt and holds him
in the air while he lectures him] Now look, boy, you have got
to go through with this. It's a matter of honor! Besides, you
two are just right for each other.
RANMA I'd never marry someone like that!
GENMA [now furious] You can't be choosy, boy! Don't forget, there's
the little matter of a curse! [he tosses RANMA out the door
and watches him land in the fishpond outside.]
RANMA surfaces, now as a cute red-headed young girl.
RANKO Hey, it's your fault I'm like this anyway. [Gestures at chest]
If you hadn't taken me on that STUPID trip to China...
[RANKO is interrupted by the voice of KASUMI TENDOU]
KASUMI Ranma, Saotome-san, Ranma's mother is here.
[RANKO and GENMA both make horrified expressions, and GENMA leaps into
the fishpond. A few seconds later, a large panda surfaces.]
RANKO ... and this is your fault too. [punches the panda, who knocks
RANKO out of the fishpond.]
[NODOKA SAOTOME enters, carrying a large pack. RANKO and the panda
both appear vaguely uneasy. To their surprise, a young girl, about
14 years old, enters the courtyard behind NODOKA. This girl is dressed in
clothes that certainly contrast with NODOKA's kimono. She is wearing blue
jeans and a sweatshirt. She has a katana blade slung across her back.
Her hair is black, and reaches down to her shoulders. It is smooth, and is
parted unevenly, giving it a jaunty look.]
NODOKA Why, hello, Panda-san. And it's Ranko! Are my husband and
Ranma here?
[The PANDA hastily holds up a sign.]
PANDA [on sign] Hello, someone-else's wife! Ranma and Genma are not
here.
RANKO [hastily] They're, uh, they're, uh...
PANDA [on sign] ...on a training mission!
RANKO Yeah, yeah, on a training mission.
NODOKA [sighs] I've been trying to find them for years now.
[The girl behind NODOKA speaks, unexpectedly, as she moves forward to comfort
NODOKA]
MICHIKO Don't be upset, Mother.
[At the word 'Mother', RANKO face-faults.]
NODOKA Michiko, let's go get unpacked. Perhaps Tendou-san can tell
us where they are...
[NODOKA and MICHIKO leave the courtyard. RANKO and the panda stare
after them, RANKO is in total shock.]
RANKO M-mother? She called her 'mother'...I have...a...sister?
[turns to look at the panda, who still appears to be in
shock] Hey, pop... [The panda turns to face RANKO and grins
weakly, a large bead of sweat on his head.]
PANDA [on sign] Did I forget to tell you about that?
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[The Tendou dining room. Everyone is sitting down to dinner. The
panda sits nearby, looking at the brightly colored food dish labeled
"Panda-san no tabemono" and wishing for something other than the
canned 'Panda Food' Tendou-san bought at the store. RANKO, AKANE,
NODOKA, and the others sit at the table. MICHIKO is helping KASUMI
serve the dinner. RANKO et al look pleased that for once, with
the panda forced to eat canned panda food, they might all get a
full helping of dinner.]
NODOKA [sighs] I wish I could find Genma and Ranma, it's been so long.
I haven't seen Ranma since he was so little. [She looks sad]
MICHIKO [approaching NODOKA] Please don't cry, Mother. We'll find
them.
[AKANE, SOUN, NABIKI and TENDOU-SAN all nearly choke on their food as
MICHIKO says 'mother']
AKANE [in disbelief] You're Ranma's...SISTER?
NODOKA [realizing she hasn't introduced MICHIKO] Oh, forgive me. This is
Michiko Saotome. I don't even know if Ranma will remember his sister,
it's been so long since he's seen her. She was born only about two
years before Genma and Ranma left. All Michiko has of her brother
and father are pictures. [She sighs]
AKANE So why have we never met Michiko before? [Pointed glance at panda,
who becomes VERY intent on his food dish.]
NODOKA Well, in the past I've always had to leave without waiting around for
Genma and Ranma to return, in order to get back to continue Michiko's
training. But now she's done her training! [smiles proudly at
MICHIKO]
AKANE Training?
MICHIKO Yes. Mother has been training me in her martial arts technique.
My instruction under the Saotome School of Unrestricted Swordplay
is now complete! [The panda and RANKO look uneasy at mention of
swords.]
NODOKA And since her training is complete, she was able to come with me, and
we will both be able to stay here!
[Everyone looks surprised at the word 'stay', and RANKO and the panda look
downright pale!]
RANKO S-stay?
NODOKA [nods] Yes. I've found that there is a Jr. High school right near
your High school, Furinkan. And I was able to get an apartment
nearby, since we wouldn't want to impose on you. But since we'll be
only two blocks away, we can all have meals together and Akane, Nabiki
and Ranko can walk Michiko to school, starting tomorrow when she
begins to attend there. And I'll be right nearby for whenever Genma
and Ranma get back.
[Through NODOKA's entire speech, RANKO and the panda look progressively more
and more depressed, until by the end, they are both slumped nearly to the
floor. NODOKA doesn't seem to notice.]
KASUMI [entering with plates of food] Dinner's ready.
EVERYONE[with varying degrees of shock, happiness, or depression]
Itadakimasu! ("Let's eat" or a traditional opening to a meal)
RANKO [thought to self] My life...is over.
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[The next morning. AKANE and a very unhappy-looking RANKO are standing
outside the Tendou Dojo. AKANE is dressed in a standard Furinkan High
School girls' uniform. RANKO is dressed in the usual red satin outfit,
and is looking unhappily at a spare dress AKANE is holding.]
RANKO No WAY I'm going to wear a DRESS.
AKANE What will Michiko think if you're not in a uniform for school?
RANKO [shrugs, puts hands behind head] Who cares. I never wear a uniform,
not even when I'm a boy. Besides, that color would clash with my
hair.
AKANE Hmmm. So, did you talk to your father about Michiko?
RANKO [sighs] Yeah. Apparently, pop never felt a need to tell me I had
a sister. He says since we left so long ago I was too young to
remember it, he decided it would only complicate things. He
thought I'd want to go home to meet her.
AKANE I wonder what sort of person she is...it must feel odd, not knowing
your own sister.
RANKO You can't imagine...
[Just then, footsteps are heard from outside the gate.]
AKANE That must be your sis- [remembers RANMA is RANKO right now]
...Michiko.
[MICHIKO comes into view. AKANE and RANKO both wear expressions of shock.
For MICHIKO is dressed in an outfit almost IDENTICAL to RANKO's, but made
of blue satin instead of red.]
MICHIKO [not noticing RANKO, who's out of sight from where she stands]
Konnichiwa, Akane-sempai! [noticing AKANE's expression] What?
[looks at herself, then at AKANE. Notices AKANE's dress.] Oh.
I never wear school uniforms anymore. Mother took me to China some
time back while we were looking for Dad and Ranma there, and I got
to like the clothes I found over there, so I bought a bunch and that's
mostly what I wear now. [starts to turn, and notices RANKO.]
Ranko-sempai! Your outfit...is... [grins] Wow! You've got good
taste! [AKANE sighs.] Well, we'd better get going to school.
(Sempai == social elder, mentor, upperclassman)
[MICHIKO begins walking ahead, and jumps up onto a fence to walk, leaving
RANKO staring in shock.]
AKANE [muttered] Must run in the family... [leaves to follow]
[RANKO remains standing there, shocked, until she realizes she needs to
catch up to the others, and jumps up to run along the fence behind them.
They run along for a while. Along the road up ahead appears a figure. It
is TATEWAKI KUNOU, dressed in a kendo outfit and carrying a wooden sword.]
AKANE and RANKO [thought to selves]
Kunou...just what I need...
KUNOU [noticing the party approaching him] Ah! What a vision of beauty I
see before me! Akane Tendou and the pig-tailed one! The gods
themselves must smile on me this day. [calling out] Akane Tendou!
If thou will but submit to me, I can save thee from that knave
Saotome. Let yourself be mine. Pig-tailed girl! Come to me!
[MICHIKO seems somewhat puzzled by all this.]
MICHIKO Who's he?
AKANE Trouble.
RANKO A major nuisance.
MICHIKO [thinks, then jumps off the fence. RANKO and AKANE stare after her]
Hey, you! [KUNOU turns to look] Yeah! What's the idea, bugging my
friends?
KUNOU [turns toward MICHIKO, raising his kendo sword] So, do you wish to
fight me? If you defeat me, you are allowed to date me.
MICHIKO [looks disgusted] Why would I want to date you? [suddenly, a katana
blade is in her hands]
KUNOU [noticing blade] Ah, then you as well are a student of the blade.
Very well. I warn you, I am skilled. [charges at MICHIKO]
[MICHIKO runs towards Kunou, who manages to parry her blows.]
MICHIKO [thought] This guy can block a sharpened steel katana...with a bokken?
That's wierd.
RANKO [thought] Uh, oh...we've never fought Kunou with swords before...
she's fighting him on his own turf!
KUNOU [while parrying] You are quite skilled, perhaps you are almost a match
for me...but we fight with swords, and I am unsurpassed as a swordsman.
MICHIKO [thought] Whatever else this guy might be, he's _GOOD_...
KUNOU [beginning to take the upper hand] If I win, you will be honor-bound
to date me. [He forces MICHIKO back closer and closer to the fence.]
AKANE [thought] Poor girl...no one deserves a date with Kunou.
MICHIKO [hard pressed to keep her ground] I...will not lose...to you!
KUNOU [smug grin] Ah, but you fight me on my ground. And as the master of
these grounds, I am in control. But do not fear, my lovely one...
[he glances off into the horizon, being what he pictures as dramatic
and romantic] the Blue Thunder of Furinkan High shall not hurt you
overly, and you will then be free to date with me unhindered. You
may not be Akane or the pig-tailed goddess [turning to look at them
as he mentions them, earning a sour look from AKANE, and causing
RANKO to stick her tongue out at him], but you...[notices MICHIKO
approaching at high speed] Ack! [brings sword up to block]
MICHIKO [fire in eyes...she's MAD] WHO ASKED YOU FOR A DATE ANYWAY?
[she runs up to Kunou and slices his bokken in half]
KUNOU [staring at the handle of his bokken, and the blade on the ground]
... you ... that has never been done ...
MICHIKO [still furious] No? How about THIS, then? [she kicks Kunou, sending
him flying into the fence, where he leaves a nice Kunou-shaped dent,
then slides to the ground]
RANKO [thought] Now THAT's been done before.
[KUNOU turns before he goes unconcious, and looks at MICHIKO with a wondering
expression. RANKO and AKANE both recognize this, and step back in horror.]
MICHIKO [suddenly no longer holding a katana] Ok, let's go. That takes care
of THAT nusiance. [begins walking, muttering] The nerve..! Assuming
I'd just want to date him if he defeated me...at least THAT's done
with.
[AKANE looks at KUNOU, then at MICHIKO, then back at KUNOU, then follows
MICHIKO with a look of resignation.]
RANKO [thought to self, as she remembers the look in KUNOU's eyes]
Oh, no. THIS trouble is just beginning.
[turns and follows MICHIKO and AKANE]
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[AKANE and RANMA are leaving the gym equipment room at Furinkan
High School.]
RANMA Uhm, Akane...t-thanks...
AKANE What?
RANMA For packing that hot water thermos.
AKANE Well, you wouldn't want to be a girl all day, would you?
RANMA [shakes head emphatically] NO, I wouldn't! Argh, are we
going to have to do this EVERY day?
[Flashback to earlier that morning. RANKO and AKANE are standing near
the gate to Nerima Junior High School, and waving to MICHIKO as she
leaves to go in the school.]
RANMA Geez...a sister. Who'd have guessed? [shakes head]
[thought] And Kunou's going to make trouble...I just know it...
AKANE Come ON, Ranma, you don't want to be late...
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[The upperclassmen's classroom. KUNOU and NABIKI are sitting
at their desks. KUNOU is wearing a school uniform, and NABIKI
is clad in the usual drab Furinkan girl's outfit.]
KUNOU [muttering] She was skilled with the blade...perhaps almost
as skilled as me. If I had not let her win...yes, I let her
win, she did not beat me...
NABIKI [thought to self] Oh, my...what idea is trying to work its way
out of Kunou's head now. [spoken] Hey, Kunou baby...
KUNOU [looking up, startled] Wha..? Oh, it is you, Nabiki Tendou.
What do you wish to converse with me for? Are you seeking my
inspiring company?
NABIKI Yeah...whatever. Look, Kunou, I can tell something's on your
mind.
KUNOU Well...
NABIKI Spill it.
KUNOU It is this new girl. I cannot get her out of my head.
NABIKI [thought] He's giving up on Ranma and Akane? Wow...
KUNOU I must know who she is! Her skill with the blade was impressive.
NABIKI So, what's she like?
KUNOU She is a vision of youthful loveliness. Her black hair flows like
silk to her shoulders, her eyes are like gateways to the heavens.
NABIKI [thought] Sounds about par for Kunou's idea of girls, as usual...
KUNOU [clenches fists] She was in the company of my other two loves...
I must know the connection!
NABIKI You mean she was walking with Akane and the pig-tailed girl?
[thought to self] No, not even _Kunou_ could mean that, it's too
sick of a coincidence...
KUNOU [looks at NABIKI] Nabiki Tendou, if you know anything of this
female samurai, you will tell me, or...
NABIKI Well, I think the girl you're describing is Michiko.
KUNOU Mi-chi-ko...a lovely name for one so spirited. She is truly
a female embodiment of the samurai spirit. So energetic, she
moves as if one with the blade... [lost in thought, he idly
asks] How does she know my other loves?
NABIKI [takes a deep breath] Well, she's Ranma's...
KUNOU [abruptly slamming back to reality] WHAT? Saotome has enslaved
THIS woman as well? [clenches fists, starting to cry] He is too
evil for words...I shall vanquish the foul sorceror, it is my
duty as a samurai...
NABIKI No, no, Kunou. She's Ranma's younger sister.
KUNOU [stops crying, stares at his desk] ...
NABIKI Kunou ... ?
KUNOU [eyes growing wider, and he begins to tremble] ...
NABIKI [waves a hand in front of him] Yo, Kunou, baby...
KUNOU [falls over slowly, out of his desk, creating a large THUD] Uhh...
NABIKI [looking at KUNOU] Hopeless, as ever, Kunou... [places her head in
her hands, shaking it]
[A voice from off screen is heard, one of their classmates.]
VOICE Hey, I think Kunou just fainted...
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[It is lunchtime at Furinkan High School. Akane and Ranma sit out
on the field, near the large tree, eating their lunch. They make a
point of not sitting too close to each other.]
RANMA [looking up at the tree, and thinking to self] Gee, since I've
come here I've gotten a lot of memories...not all good, granted..
[flashback of RANKO in the tree, holding onto a hot kettle of water
while AKANE and KUNOU fight below]...but I guess I'm glad I came.
It was lonely just traveling with pop...[he sighs, and continues
thinking] And now not only does my mother show up, but I have a
sister I didn't know about...
AKANE [breaking into Ranma's train of thought] Ranma, look out!
RANMA [looking up and spotting KUNOU, once more clad in his kendo outfit
charging towards him] Oh, great...
KUNOU SSSSSSSAAAAAAAAAAAAOOOOOOOOOOOOTTTTTTTTTTTTTTOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMEEEEEEE!
RANMA [leaping to feet and into fighting stance] All right, Kunou...what do
you want NOW?
KUNOU [comes unexpectedly to a halt in front of RANMA and holds down his
sword] Saotome...this is not easy for me to ask of someone, but...
RANMA [surprised/in shock] ... ?
KUNOU I...that is... [thinks to himself] This is a disgrace, I appear a
coward. [he steels himself and continues, though very rapidly as
if to get it over with] I-wish-to-date-with-your-sister...
RANMA [resigned, but with a slight hope] Uhm, then you're giving up on
Akane and the pigtailed girl?
KUNOU [looks over at AKANE] Of course not...they are all too dear to me.
I shall just have to date them all...they cannot argue over sharing
one so magnificent as I.
[AKANE and RANMA face-fault]
KUNOU [brandishing sword once more] Saotome, I have gracefully given you
permission to date with my sister, even though I know you for a
foul practitioner of evil black magics. [thought to self] Though
perhaps Kodachi is one of the only beings more evil than Saotome...
RANMA [large sweat bead] Uhhm, Kunou...I don't see...
KUNOU [looking up] Silence! I gave you permission to date my sister,
can you not have the courtesy to return the favor? [he glances off
into the distance] Truly, she is a wonder...a female almost as
skilled with the blade as myself. It is truly a sign from the gods
that we are meant for each other...
RANMA [getting to his feet] Uhm...K-kunou... [KUNOU remains lost in
his thoughts] Kunou... [no response] KUNOU!
KUNOU [shaking himself out of it] Saotome, why must you disturb my
meditations?
RANMA Uh, yeah. Kunou, if you're determined to date my sister, you
should ask her. [KUNOU looks blank] Not me. [still blank] Her.
KUNOU [glancing at AKANE] But why would I wish to ask Akane Tendou if I
may date your sister?
RANMA Arrrgh. No, Kunou, why don't you ask MY SISTER. Michiko.
KUNOU [thinks] Perhaps I shall...the maiden cannot reject me if I woo her
with all my might. Faced with one of my overwhelming handsomness and
skills with the blade, she can do nothing but accept me.
RANMA & AKANE [thought]
Yeah...RIGHT...
RANMA [thought] ...and Ryouga can get a job as a tour guide, too.
KUNOU Thank you for showing me the way to win her, Saotome. I shall tell
her I have your blessing.
RANMA T-that's not...[KUNOU walks off]...never mind...
AKANE Ranma, I can't believe you did that.
RANMA What?
AKANE You just sicced Kunou on your own sister! [advances on him with
a nasty look in her eyes]
RANMA H-hey, don't look at me like that...what was I supposed to do?
Besides, Michiko can defend herself, right? She did pretty well
this morning...
AKANE True. [thinking] But...
RANMA But what?
AKANE Michiko doesn't know you're around anywhere...and Kunou will be
sure to give that away when he says you sent him.
RANMA [takes on a look of panic] And then she'd have to tell mom...
I'm _doomed_... [slumps to ground]
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[End Part 1]