Greetings, people of the Fan Fic Mailing List!
This is my first post here, but I've been lurking for some time now. I've
downloaded quite a few 'fics from this list, but due to my busy schedule, it'll
be some time before I can post C&C on them. 

In any case, here is my fanfic. It's another Ranma fanfic (oh no not another
one!) but the genre is... Classic. It's a what if, with all the characters
are IC.(or at least, they're SUPPOSED to be IC) C&C is requested. Also,
somewhere to post the completed, revised edition of this fanfic is also
requested.
This is the draft of the first of three parts. 

Story Begins:
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     Scent of Tofu on the East Wind
      A Ranma 1/2 Fanfic by M.Reyes

Episode One: Nihao Ryoga...
(Opening Song: "Where do we go from here")

	"Come on Ranma, we're going to be late!" Akane 
leaps out from behind a house and runs ahead, cluching her 
bag.
	"Ranma staggers out groggily from behind the 
building, his hair is a mess and his shirt is misbuttoned. "But 
Akane..." he mumbles. "It's only 7 in the morning..."
	Akane stops and whirls around. "I know that, now 
come on you lazy..."
	"Ugh," Ranma grunts as a hard umbrella suddenly 
pokes into his back. His eyes narrow as he realizes who just 
hit him.
	Ryoga.
	"Ranma, I can't believe how an ungrateful slob you 
are." mutters Ryoga. "Here Akane gets up early and wants to 
be on school on time and you... you..."
	"I'm what, Ryoga?" says Ranma, nonchallantly.
	"You're making her late! And look at you... the way 
you're dressed... is that any way to be seen with your fiancee?"
	"Look Ryoga she literally pulled me out of bed..."
	"Enough excuses!" Thundered Ryoga as he pointed 
his umbrella forward at Ranma threateningly. "It's time to 
teach you a lesson in respect, Ranma!"
	"Ranma! Stop thereatening him and get over here!"
	"Akane! I'm not threatening him... he's..."
	"Baksai Tenketsu!"
	Ryoga's finger dives into the pavement. A small 
explosion rips apart the pavement, sending dozens of small, 
flying pieces of rock flying straight for Ranma.
	Ranma initiates the chestnut fist to catch the rocks 
out of the air before they can hit him.
	"What a lousy opening move, Ryoga." mutters 
Ranma. "What's happened to you?"
	"Why you..."
	"OH Ranma you're just IMPOSSIBLE!" storms 
Akane. "I won't stand for this... I'll see you in school." she 
whirls away from the two young men.
	Ranma turns to face her. "But Akane, I..."
	"An Opening!" mutters Ryoga. "Prepare to die 
RANMAAAAA!" Ryoga leaps into the air, his umbrella raised 
high.
	Ranma turns around, too late. Ryoga's maneuver is 
nearly finished. There is no way he can possibly...
	"YAAAAAAHHHH!" shouted Ranma as his hands 
flew up in a cross to protect his head...
	SPACK!

	After that, Ranma proceeded to tie Ryoga into a 
knot.
	"I'm telling you! I'm not making her late! It's seven in 
the morning for crying out loud!" Ranma holds Ryoga in a 
complex arm and headlock... Ryoga winces from the pain.
	"That crazy macho chick dragged me out of bed... 
says she can't afford to be late today... understand, Ryoga?"
	"How... dare... you... call... Akane... a..." began Ryoga.
	Suddenly, a scream pierces the silence of the 
morning, freezing the two in place as they stood.
	"Gee, that sounded just like..." Ranma began.
	"AKANE!!!!!" Ryoga exploded.
	He mustered the rest of his strength and threw 
Ranma off his shoulder. "AKANE!!! HOLD ON!!!"
	"Hey!" Ranma blurted as he darted after Ryoga.

	Ryoga ran down the street and into a dead-end alley.
	"I could've sworn the scream came from here..." 
muttered Ryoga.
	"LET GO OF AKANE, YOU FIENDS!" he shouted.
	The scream was heard again.
	"DON'T WORRY AKANE, I'M COMING!!! Baksai 
Tenketsu!" Ryoga stabbed into the wall in front of him, 
shattering it.
	An old woman stared back at him, holding a pail of 
water and a watering can.
	"I guess I know where I'll put my second gate now." 
said the old woman.
	"Sorry, so sorry," Ryoga bowed. "I thought..."
	"On the roof you dolt!" shouted Ranma he ran behind 
him and leaped onto the roof of a nearby house.
	"RANMAAAA!" said Ryoga, as he leaped up to 
follow him.
	"I'll be the one to save Akane!" shouted Ryoga as he 
siezed Ranma across the legs.
	Ranma deftly wriggles out and kicks Ryoga in the 
face, leaving him flat on the ground as Ranma runs on.
	"Come on you idiot, stop fighting me and let's go 
help her!" shouts Ranma as he stops briefly.
	"Why you..." Ryoga reaches behind his head.
	FZZZZ! FZZZZZ!
	Three of Ryoga's bandana-blades streak out towards 
Ranma.
	With the speed of siezeing roasting chestnuts from 
an open fire, Ranma grabs two of the bandanas out of the air.
	"Ryoga! We don't got time for this... Akane's..."
	THWACK!
	"Ugh..."
	The last blade struck him square on the head, off 
balancing him. Ryoga streaks forward. "AKANE!" he shouts, 
shoving the stunned Ranma aside with one arm.
	"Whoah, Whooo... Eeeaaaahhhh!" Ranma vainly tries 
to regain his balance, and fails...
	Ranma crashes downward off the roof, thudding into 
a bush.
	"Why that Ryoga..." mutters Ranma.
	"Ranma!"          
	"Akane!" Ranma lifts his head. 
	"I thought I heard my name being called..." Akane 
stares down at Ranma, who landed upside-down. 
as he rights himself.
	"Why should I be?" says Akane. Her brow knots. 
"What's going on here Ranma?" she says.
	Hmm, if Akane's alright then who the heck... Ranma 
looks up at the roof.
	"Oh nothing much. Ryoga and I had a little 
arguement..." said Ranma, as he fixed his roughed up 
attire. "By the way, why do you have to drag me out of bed at 7 
in the morning for anyway?"
	"It's a surprise, Ranma..." smiles Akane. "I made it all 
by myself in home ec. class yesterday..."
	Ranma grows pale. Somethin' tells me I'm going to 
be sick for the rest of the week... 

	"AKANE!" shouts Ryoga as he runs around a 
building corner, expecting the worst. 
	Happosai.
	The old man stood smoking his pipe, staring 
menacingly at a young short-haired woman dressed in tattered 
Chinese-style robes, lying facedown on the ground. Ryoga's 
mouth drops open in stunned surprise.
	"A... Akane..."
	"You were asking for it young lady." says Happosai 
as he draws a puff from his pipe and blows a ring of smoke. 
"Now normally, I don't like fighting sweet young girls, but 
since this is the fifteenth time you've annoyed me this month 
I decided to teach you a lesson, now leave me alone, ya hear!"
	Tears started rolling down Ryoga's face as he 
realized...
	"Oh Akane," thought Ryoga, "Here you are dressed 
for battle, because you take it upon yourself to rid  the world 
 of  the Evil Happosai and make it safer for women 
 everywhere...  Oh Akane... No wonder you wanted to go to 
school early..."
	The short haired girl started getting up, pulling her 
robes about her, her back facing Ryoga. His imagination 
could almost see the scowl of hatred on Akane's face...
	"Oh, so you still want some more eh?" said 
Happosai. "Or maybe you've already changed your mind about 
me then?"
	A blood-curdling kiai was the girl's response as she 
lunged forward.
	"Akane!" gasped Ryoga. "I've got to help her..."
	"Pity." said Happosai. He catches the girl's fist with 
his pipe and hurls her up and over his shoulder.
	Ryoga dosn't think. He leaps into the air, lunging at 
the girl's falling body. He scoops her up, and lands on the 
ground.
	Only then does he get a good look at the short haired 
girl's face...
	"Huh? You're not Akane..."
	SPLASH!
	The short haired girl leaps out of the pail of cold 
water that falls on Ryoga. Seconds later, it is not a young man 
which stands before her but a black piglet at her feet.
	Happosai grins.  "Now,  my litte Mi-shan... now that 
you've worked  out  all your agression out of your system, 
how about a date?"
	"Mi Shan never date with you Happosai!" spits Mi 
Shan. "You win this battle. But I defeat you soon enough!" Mi 
Shan stands and looks at the little black piglet at her feet. "Mi-
Shan thanks you for helping her..." she says tenderly to the 
little black pig as she moves away. "I see you again now..." She 
vaults over a wall, then a roof, darting away. 
	"Mi Shan! Come back! I didn't mean to hurt you too 
badly, wait!" Happosai says, darting after her. "Can't I at least 
have a kiss?"
	On the ground, the little black piglet squeals in 
confusion.

	The pie looked normal.
	"Akane, did you make this?" asked Ranma, eyeing the 
pie suspiciously.
	"Of course I did." said Akane, with a note of anger in 
her voice.
	"B..but.."
	"Are you going to try it or what?"
	Ranma breathes in deeply. "Akane, I hope this isn't 
like your cookies..."
	"It isn't like that! It's a completely different 
recepie!"
	"Well okay..." Ranma sighed. He knew how much 
devotion Akane put into her cooking... even though her 
recepies tended to become natural disasters. He had to show 
_some_ gratitude... after all she did make this for him... 
	Ranma shakes the pie, sniffs it and puts an ear to it. 
"It seems normal..."
	"Well? Eat it!!!!"
	"No." said Ranma, faintly amused.
	Akane's jaw dropped open, then her face knotted in 
anger. "Ranma, I slaved over that pie! How could you..."
	Ranma put a finger on her lips. "Akane, what do you 
want me to eat this with, my bare hands?"
	Akane visibly blushed. "Oh, I'm sorry..." she went to 
a drawer and fished him a knife and fork. 
	Ranma cut himself a slice.
	"Here goes..." he thinks to himself. He closes his 
eyes and takes a bite.
	It's normal.
	Ranma's eyes shoot open in disbelief.
	"Do you like it?" smiles Akane.
	"Akane  baking  a normal pie? Hmm... this is  weird. 
Something's definately fishy around here..." he looks around 
the table, And under it. And on it. 
	"Okay Akane, where's that Ryugonzawa water?" says 
Ranma. "Don't tell me that Shinosuke guy sent you some..."
	"I didn't use that water Ranma." smiles Akane, 
enjoying the astonished look on Ranma's face.
	"Bu..bu..but HOW?" says Ranma.
	"Well maybe I really can cook..." smiles Akane.
	"No," Ranma shakes his head. "You didn't make this. 
That's right, you didn't make this, Kasumi did... It's her 
cooking alright..."
	"Hmph." says Akane. "I made that pie. With my own 
hands, following the recepie and all." Akane takes a slice of 
the pie and takes a bite. "Mmmm! It's really good..."
	"I'll say..." Ranma finishes off his slice. "Well, 
finally you found a recepie that you can pull off..."
	"Well, all I had to do was to follow the ingredients 
exactly... and keep a cool head."
	"You? Keep a cool head?" Ranma shrugs his 
shoulders and looks away for a minute. He eats another slice 
of the pie. "I just hope there aren't any lingering  side 
effects."
	"Lingering side effects?" says Akane, her temper 
bubbling.
	"Yeah you know, like what most potions and poisons 
have?"
	"Ranma, are you trying to say that my cooking is like 
poison? How could you! After eating my pie!" Akane's rage 
begins to bubble over.
	"Now wait Akane it's not like that..."
	The door to the room opens.
	Kuno.
	"Ranma Saotome..." the voice is full of smouldering 
disgust. 
	Ranma turns around reluctlantly in Tatewaki Kuno's 
direction. "Kuno... what is it this time?"
	"It is 8:00 am... thirty minutes before another day of 
instruction..." Kuno's eyes narrow. "Might I enqure, as to 
what your buisness is with Akane Tendo so early in the 
morning... in such a secluded locale such as this?" Kuno 
grasps his bokken and points it at the ground.
	"Kuno, this is the Home Ec. classroom. It ain't 
"secluded." Besides, I'm only tasting her pie. Want some?" 
Ranma offers a slice to Kuno. "It's good... Amazingly... 
OUCH!" Ranma winces. "What was that for Akane?"
	"Don't patronize me, Saotome..."
	Kuno lowers his Bokken and steps forward. "Akane 
Tendo, is it true that you made this pastry?" he asks.
	Ranma polishes off another slice. "If you're not 
having any, I'll finish 'em all..."
	Akane smiles, and nods.
	"Very well. Akane Tendo, you honor me with this 
pastry that you bake. Ah I can see how your personality is 
reflected within the lines of this..."
	"Don't push it Kuno." says Akane. "Eat or leave."
	Kuno takes a slice. "Akane Tendo, allow me to repay 
the honor that you bestow upon me by allowing yourself to 
date with me..."
	"Kuno..." says Akane. "I'm in a good mood. I don't 
want to spoil it."
	"But Akane Tendo..."
	"Quit bothering her Kuno. She said no already." said 
Ranma, as he licked his fingers.
	"Silence you cretin!" snapped Kuno. "How dare you 
stuff words in Akane Tendo's mouth!"
	"Oh boy," sighed Ranma as he leaped to his feet. 
"And I thought I wouldn't have to fight you again today."
	"Guys..." Akane looks around nervously. "I think we 
should settle this outside..."
	"To one side, Akane Tendo!" says Kuno, levelling his 
Bokken at Ranma. "I will deal with this cretinous fiend and 
then we will discuss... our date! HAHAHAHAHAHA!"
	"Akane, get out of here. I'll take care of Kuno... as 
usual..."
	The two young men closed in on each other. Ranma 
taking the back stance, his fists raised. Kuno levelling his 
Bokken, paces forward.
	"Guys, you might knock something over..." says 
Akane, worriedly. "There's a lot of glass, and ceramics, and..."
	Kuno lunges. "RANMA SAOTOME, PREPARE TO 
DIE!!!!!!"
	"Oh no..." Akane closes her eyes.

	"Tatewaki Kuno, Ranma Saotome, for your carless 
actions and the destruction of half the Home Economics 
kitchen, you two will spend extra time after class everyday 
fixing what you have broken." said the school discipline 
officer.
	"Dumb Kuno, why'd you have to fight me in that 
kitchen anyway?" mutters Ranma as the two stand outside the 
home Economics kitchen, waiting for the class inside to be 
dismissed.
	Kuno looks sliently forward, his gaze fixed 
permanently ahead.
	"Kuno? Hey, Kuno, are you alright?"
	Kuno grabs Ranma's hand and squeezes it painfully 
tight, at the same time his forward gaze never faltering.
	"Sa...Sa..Saotome... so lame... as to resort to 
poison..." rasps Kuno, his bloodshot eyes staring at Ranma.
	"Poison?" says Ranma.
	Suddenly he realizes...
	"Oh no... I knew it was too good to be true..." Ranma 
closes his eyes as a wave of nausea washes over him.
	Kuno suddenly grabs Ranma by the shoulders. "Sao... 
tome... " His eyeballs roll back, his cheeks puff out...
	"Blub... Blorgh..."
	Ranma looks at him as he leaps aside, half in terror, 
half in disgust. "Oh no Kuno, not here... not..." 
	"EEEEWWWWW!"
	Observing nearby, Nabiki Tendo jerks her head away 
from the disgusting scene.
	"Well Ranma, looks like we all know what Kuno 
baby had for breakfast..." she mutters.
	"Nabiki... I.. I..." Ranma stutters.
	"You what?" 
	Ranma's hand flies to his mouth as he speeds past 
her.

	It was past lunch when Ryoga Hibiki found his way to 
Furinkan High School.
	"Here already?" he said to himself as he stared at the 
bulding. "Incredible..."
	"Ryoga!" a familiar female voice calls out to him.
	"Ukyo... what are you doing here?" 
	"I study here, you big silly." she says. Flipping her 
spatula behind her. 
	"I-I know that..." Ryoga says. 
	"Looking for Ranma?" she says. 
	"Yeah. I've got some questions to ask him. 
Something wierd happened to me this morning... and I know 
that 
somehow Ranma must be behind it." 
	"Well how do you know he was behind it?" she says, 
twirling a small spatula in her fingers absent-mindedly.
	"It had to be him. I ran into Master Happosai today..." 
Ryoga says. "He hit, then started hitting on this girl who 
sounded like Akane..." 
	Ukyo blinked in confusion. "Whoah, wait a minute 
here... you're saying that Happosai attacked Akane?"
	"No, it's not like that. It's..."
	"COMING THROUGH!!!!" Ranma yells, as he 
hurtles towards them. One hand grasping his stomach, the 
other covering his mouth.
	"Ranma!" Ryoga says as he sees the young man 
speed towards him. "Eager for a fight eh? Well I'll show 
you..."
	ZOOM
	Ranma speeds past him and Ukyo. 
	Ukyo blinks. "Huh?"
	"RANMA!!!! COME BACK HERE YOU 
COWARD!!!" Ryoga says as he starts to chase after Ranma. 
	"Damn it Ryoga, I don't have time for this!" Ranma 
shouts hoarsely. "I gotta... I gotta... oh no..." Ranma swallows 
and clutchs his stomach.
	"After what you did to me, there isn't a reason why 
you DON'T have time!" Ryoga roars as he pulls off bandana 
blades and hurls them at Ranma. 
	"Ranma honey! Ryoga! Wait for me!" Calls Ukyo 
from behind them.
	The blades spin through the air, smashing into 
concrete, hurling pebbles everywhere as Ranma avoids the 
blows. He turns around. "Don't stop me Ryoga, please!" he 
says painfully, cluching his stomach. "I've got to get to a..."
	"Enough excuses... CHI-SHI-HOKODAN!" Ryoga 
roars as he thrusts his hands forward, his rage fuelling his 
Roaring Lion Bullet attack. 
	"Oh no... AAAAHHHHH!" Ranma yells as Ryoga's 
ki blast smashes into him, the force of the blast sending him 
flying into a nearby tree. A second later he slides down and 
lands on the ground with a crunch.
	"RANMA HONEY!" shouts Ukyo as she runs 
towards him. 
	"He'll be fine Ukyo." says Ryoga as he approaches. 
"I didn't use my full strength on him." 
	"Liar! Look at him, he looks sick! He looks like he's 
going to explode!" says Ukyo, kneeling close to Ranma.
	"U-ukyo..." says Ranma, weakly. "Get... out of..." he 
tries to stand up, his hands immediately flying to his mouth 
and stomach. 
	"Don't stand Ranma honey!" says Ukyo. "I'll go get 
the nurse..." she glares at Ryoga. "You..." 
	"This isn't like you Ranma." says Ryoga, kneeling 
close to him. "Being completely felled by one single attack." 
	"Ryoga please..." Ranma pleads. "lemme get out of 
here... let me go to a..."
	"NO way!" says Ryoga, grabbing Ranma by the collar 
and bringing him very close to his face. "Not until you tell me 
what Happosai was doing beating up on a young girl this 
morning..."
	"I don't... know nothin'... Ryoga... lemme... just 
lemme... oh no... OH NO..." 
	"I'm not letting you go until I get some answers from 
you Ranma." hisses Ryoga. 
	"I can't... ACK!" Ranma gags, his cheeks swell, his 
face turning a bright green...
	An explosion occurs.
	"RAAAAANNNMMMAAAAAAA!!!!" roars Ryoga.

	Ryoga steps out of the lavatory, hanging the towel on 
a nearby rack. 
	"I knew her cooking had some unpredictable side 
effects." Ranma muttered, sitting uncomfortably on the bed 
in the nurse's office. 
	THUNK!
	"I heard that Ranma!" Akane says, withdrawing her 
mallet. "And how did you know it was my cooking? What if it 
was somebody else's cooking?" 
	"Because Kuno got sick too?" Ranma says, pointing 
to a nearby bed where Kuno was lying down, mumbling to 
himself.
	Ryoga walks beside them. "That's enough Ranma. I 
don't want to fight you again today... I have problems of my 
own."
	"Of course you do... P-chan..." jeers Ranma.
	"Shut up." says Ryoga tersely.
	"Yes Ranma, quit it!" says Akane. "It was bad enough 
you messed up the home ec room!" 
	"Yeah, yeah." mutters Ranma.
	"Ranma, there is another reason why I came here." 
says Ryoga. 
	"Hi guys!" Ukyo says as she bounds up to them. 
"Feeling better Ranma honey?"
	"He's doing just fine, Ukyo." says Akane flatly.
	"Here Ranma, have some deluxe Okonomiyaki!" 
Ukyo whips out a large plate with a dish on it. Written with 
white paste is a message:

	"Get well soon. love, your cute fiance, Ukyo."

	"Gee... thanks cute fiance." smiles Ranma.
	"A-HEM!" says Akane. "Maybe it's time for me to 
get out of here... I've got homework to do..." she pauses and 
takes the Okonomiyaki from Ukyo. "But then you still might 
be too weak to enjoy Ukyo's delicious meal... LET ME HELP 
YOU WITH IT THEN!!!" she takes the yaki and smashes the 
thing into Ranma's face.
	"Hmph." she says as she walks out the door.
	Ryoga blinks.
	"What's her problem?" Ukyo asks as Ranma peels 
the Okonomiyaki off his face and rubs his nose.
	"She's always like that." sighs Ranma. 
	"Ranma, I saw Happosai beating up on a girl this 
morning." says Ryoga. "I don't suppose you have anything to 
do with it..."
	"You mean you saw the old lech lift some girl's 
skirt, eh Ryoga?" says Ranma. "So, did you like what you 
saw?"
	"Quit it Ranma, this is serious! I mean it!" Ryoga 
growls, fists clenched. 
	"But why would Happosai beat up on a girl?" says 
Ukyo. "All the old geezer does to girls is steal thier 
underwear." 
	"I was sure he beat her up." says Ryoga. "I saw her 
lying on the ground, face down." 
	"Oh man... now I remember... Ryoga... did you see 
that   girl after you knocked me off that roof?"
	"That's right Ranma." replies Ryoga. "Now, did 
you..."
	"So you're telling the truth after all." Ranma's 
thoughts begin racing. "Oh no... the old freak... I never thought 
he'd turn violent to satisfy his perversions..." visions of girls 
running to avoid a mad, deranged, sex-starved tentacled 
Happosai dance in Ranma's mind, chilling him to the bone. 
With his power no one would be safe. Not even Akane... 
	"Ryoga. Ukyo." Ranma says, his voice getting deadly 
serious. "I think the old freak's snapped. I think he's no longer 
satisfied with merely grabbing girl's underwear..."
	"Oh no..." Ukyo gasps. 
	"You mean..." Ryoga's eyebrow twitches.
	"We've got to protect the women of this town... 
we've got to get that old pervert once and for all... because 
now... now he's gone too far." Ranma says.
	"I see... it makes sense now..." says Ryoga. _If he's 
right and Happosai has really... oh no... I've got to protect 
Akane!_ "Ranma, what do you say we call another truce for 
now..." he says. "I don't think you can take on that freak all by 
yourself." 
	"Of course I can..." says Ranma. "I don't need..."
	"Yeah right Ranma honey." says Ukyo. "You're 
gonna need all the help you can get... Happosai can even beat 
Shampoo's great-grandmother. He won't be easy."
	"Ukyo, I can do this." Ranma says. 
	"I'm sure you can Ranma honey..." says Ukyo. "But 
you'll need us... all of us... just in case." 
	"Ukyo..." Ranma says.
	"Think about it Ranma..." says Ryoga. "The last time 
you fought that old pervert..."
	"I... I guess..." Ranma shrugs. "Okay, Ryoga, Ukyo... 
let's get that old freak."
	"Right." Ukyo and Ryoga say together.
	Ranma nods. "But first, we've got to have a plan..."

Later at the Tendo Dojo...

	Ranma opens the sliding door. "Hey pops."
	Genma looks up from the newspaper at his son. 
"What is it, Ranma m'boy?"
	"Where's the old freak?" 
	"Hmm... should be back any minute now..." 
	"Good." Ranma says as Ukyo and Ryoga enter from 
behind him. 
	"What's going on, boy?" asks Genma, looking 
concerned.
	"I'll tell you later pops." _Dad and Mr. Tendo'd be 
no help... they're too much under the old freak's power... 
we're gonna have to do this by ourselves..._
	"Hello Ranma! I see you've brought along Ukyo and 
Ryoga home with you." says Kasumi as she walks in.
	"Uh... yeah Kasumi... uhm... we're gonna study." 
Ranma says.
	"Oh how very studious. Well, if you need anything..."
	"Y-yeah, thanks Kasumi." Ranma motions for Ryoga 
and Ukyo to follow him. 
	"I wonder where Shampoo is? And Mousse?" says 
Ranma as they make thier way to the stairs.
	Ukyo hmphs. "Late as usual, that crazy Amazon..." 
	CRASH!
	"Ni Hao!"
	Ukyo, down on her hands and knees, grimaces as she 
bears the wieght of a bicycle wheel on her head. 
	"Ouch." She mutters, beginning to fume.
	"Shampoo..." Ranma says, stunned at Shampoo's 
rather violent entrance.
	"Oh Ranma!" Shampoo shouts as she leaps off her 
bicycle and into Ranma's arms. "Shampoo so happy you ask 
for date!" 
	Ryoga slams his elbow into Ranma's forehead, 
knocking him back. THUNK!
	"Owww!"
	"This is no time for playing around with girls, 
Ranma." says Ryoga. "We have a job to do."
	"That's right you Amazon ditzy." Ukyo says, yanking 
Shampoo off Ranma. "But afterwards, he's mine..." she 
mutters.
	"Ay yah! I hear that Ukyo!" Shampoo says, spaping 
Ukyo on the head. 
	"Girls! Girls get a grip on yourselves!" says Ryoga. 
"We must concentrate on the task at hand. Master Happosai is 
going to be a very difficult opponent." 
	"Alright. Let's go rehesh the plan..." Ranma begins.
	"'yknow Ranma honey, I think we should've let 
Akane in on this..." says Ukyo.
	"Her? Nah, she'd just get in the way. You know how 
she  fights..." Ranma says. _Besides, I can't risk her getting 
hurt..._ 
	"I guess..." Ukyo shrugs.
	"Ranma's right, Ukyo." says Ryoga. "I don't think 
Akane isn't up to this either. But the five of us should be 
enough... hey... where's the duck boy?"
	"QUACK! QUACK!" a white duck flies in, landing 
on Shampoo's shoulder. 
	"Mousse here." says Shampoo. 
	"Good. Now, everyone remember what to do..."

	"Whatta haul! Whatta haul!" the cranky voice came 
from a small man with a bra on his head hauling a sack full of 
underwear. He lands in front of a man and a panda, both 
playing Go.
	"So good to see you Master." mumbles the man, 
looking up from his game. The panda whips out a sign from 
his back:

	SAME HERE TOO, MASTER

	The panda snatches a white Go stone from the board 
and pops it in his mouth.
	Happosai takes a long drag on his pipe and blows out 
a couple of smoke rings. "So, where's that ingrate son of 
yours, Genma?"

	STUDYING

	"Is that so eh? Well tell him to keep out of my room. 
Something tells me that he's up to something... funny." 
Happosai leers evily. 

	WELL I WOULDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT

	"You better be right, I know you wouldn't keep 
anything from me..." Happosai grins. "Well, I'm off to use the 
iron." 
	"Argh! not another one gone!" yells Soun as he sees 
the vacant space on the Go board.
	"Pa-Fo!"

	Happosai slides the door open.
	"Yooo Hoo..." Ranma stands in front of Happosai, 
her back facing him. She slides down one of the straps of her 
sleveless undershirt and turns her head towards him.
	"Master..." she says in a low and sulky voice.
	"R-ranma..." Happosai rasps, dropping his bag of 
underwear and waddling towards Ranma.
	Ranma giggles. "I wanna play tag, Master." she says, 
purring.
	"S-sure!" Happosai says, drooling as he approaches 
her. "Anythin' you want m'boy... hehehehe..."
	"Good..." Ranma smiles slyly. "You're it!" her foot 
lashes out, smashing Happosai on the head. She immediately 
makes a break for it, adjusting the strap on her top as she 
storms out of the room.
	"Ranma..." Happosai says huskily as he storms out of 
his room following Ranma down the corridor. 
	"Gang way!" yells Ranma as she storms past Kasumi, 
Happosai trailing behind her.
	"Oh my, there they go again..." Kasumi says. "Please 
try to be done before dinner, okay?"
	Ranma bursts out the door and past a bewildered 
Akane.
	"What the..."
	"My Ranma! Come here! Let's stop playing already!" 
shouts Happosai.
	Akane's flesh crawls.
	"I don't even want to THINK about what he's up to 
now..." she mutters to herself as she enters the door.
	Outside, Happosai relentlessly persues Ranma.
	"Shampoo! Do it!" Ranma yells.
	"Ay ya!" yells Shampoo as she vaults from a nearby 
tree branch, hurling her bonbori maces at Happosai.
	"What the..." Happosai exlaims, parrying the maces 
with his pipe.
	"Ucchan! Now!" yells Ranma.
	Ukyo leaps from behind a bush. "Flour bomb!"
	"Eh?" Happosai sees a packet of flour hit him 
squarely on the face, enveloping him in a white cloud.
	Ranma stops running and spins around. "Mousse!" 
she yells as she picks up a kettle of hot water on the ground.
	Mousse quickly rolls out from behind a tree and 
hurls dozens upon dozens of chains at Happosai from beneath 
his sleeves. "Never will you get your filthy hands on my 
Shampoo!" he exclaims passionately. Within seconds, 
Happosai is bound, layer upon layer of wrought iron chain.
	Mousse glances to Ranma, who has splashed hot 
water on himself, reverting to a man once more. "My chains 
cannot hold him long..." he says. "Quickly!"
	Indeed, within the white mass of the flour-covered 
chains, Happosai was beginning to stir, breaking the chains as 
he struggled to get out.
	"Ryoga! The finishing blow lies with us..." Ranma 
says as Ryoga trots up beside him. 
	"I know... For Akane..." he mutters. 
	Ranma barely restrains himself from pounding on 
Ryoga's head.
	"Alright! Shut up already and do it!!!" mutters 
Ranma.
	Ryoga stands back, arms stretched out in front of 
him. Ranma does likewise. 
	Ryoga's brows knit in anger, his rage fuelling the 
mighty blast he was going to throw.
	"Chi-shi..."
	Ranma summoned up all his confidence, channeling 
it towards the upcoming blast. 
	"HOKO..DAN!" finishes Ryoga as he unleashes a 
blast of Ki energy at the bound Happosai.
	"HA!" Yells Ranma as he releases his own blast.
	BOOM!
	The two ki blasts converge and a huge explosion 
results, knocking everyone off their feet and sending 
shockwaves throughout the dojo...
	Soun, Genma, Kasumi, Nabiki and Akane quickly 
rush out of the house to survey the damage.
	"What the heck happened here?" asks Akane.
	"Hmm... looks like they tried to do in the old 
pervert." Nabiki says, peering over Ranma and Ryoga's 
unconscious forms. "Doesn't appear that they did a very good 
job though." she turns to the crater. 
	"RANMA...." a old crackly voice fumes.
	"Uh-oh..." says Soun. 
	NOT AGAIN!!! signs Genma.
	"Oh my, I guess I'll have to call the gardener's 
tomorrow..." says Kasumi.
	"Did...we..." Ranma sits up, clutching his head. 
	"I...went full power... nothing could've survived 
that.." says Ryoga.
	"Ai ya! Ranma, look!" shouts Shampoo.
	Happosai's battle aura had grown large. He now 
loomed menacingly over all assembled there.
	"Ranma honey, why do I get the feeling that we 
merely pissed this guy off..." mutters Ukyo.
	"RAAAAANNNMMAAAA!!!!" Roared Happosai.
	"Uh-oh..." gulped Ranma.
	The looming shadow swept down, sowing it's 
vengance upon all it touched. 

	Later...
	"There you go..." says Kasumi, swabbing the bruise 
on Ranma's forehead. "All better now."
	"What did you guys think you were up to?" asks 
Akane, as she attatches a bandage on Shampoo. "Trying to take 
on Happosai like that..."
	"Akane..." Ryoga says. "It's best you didn't know... 
for your own good..."
	"And why?" Akane asks.
	"I-it's because..."
	"It's because, Akane, Happosai has gone nuts. He's 
not merely satisified with stealing girl's underwear no 
more..." explains Ranma.
	"That's why we're all helping to get rid of him." says 
Mousse. "To protect those we love." he looks at Shampoo, 
who looks away from him.
	"B-but how do you know this? What's your proof?"
	"Ryoga see girl get attacked today..." says Shampoo.
"And Ranma know about it too." 
	Akane gasps. "Why... why didn't you tell me?" 
	"Well, it was kinda his idea..." says Ukyo, pointing a 
thumb at Ranma.
	"It was for your own good Akane..." says Ranma. 
"We all know you're the worst martial... OUCH!!!"
	"I'LL HAVE YOU KNOW..." Akane fumes. "THAT I 
AM THE SUCESSOR OF THE WOMEN'S ANYTHING 
GOES MARTIAL ARTS DOJO!!!" she withdraws her mallet 
from Ranma's head. 
	"Y-yeah but..." Ranma says weakly.
	"BUT WHAT!!!" Akane roars.
	The door slides open. Soun enters the room.
	"Ahem." he coughs. "Mr. Saotome and I have been 
talking to the master... and have convinced him that your ploy 
was merely a joke."
	"A JOKE?" says Mousse.
	"Ahem." Soun says again. "We all remember the last 
time we got the master very angry, don't we Ranma?"
	"I'll say..." Ranma nods. "We'll still get him."
	"First of all..." Soun continues. "We'll return the 
stolen items... Nabiki?" he blushes visibly as he says this.
	Nabiki Tendo enters the room, patpating her father. 
"Yes, it's hard I know..." she smiles sardonically. She hands a 
bundle each to Shampoo and Ukyo.
	"Ai ya, what inside here?" Shampoo asks.
	"Why, your underwear ladies..." says Nabiki.
	Shampoo and Ukyo look at each other. 
"Underwear...?" they say in unison.
	Mousse's nose explodes in a shower of blood. The 
two girls blush a bright crimson. 
	"Excuse us..." they both say, edging out of the room.
	"Ahem. To continue..." says Soun. "The Master 
would like to know why you attacked him."
	"That's because the master was about to force his 
evil ways on a girl against her will!" says Ryoga.
	Soun's eyes widen. "W-what!"
	"You tell 'em Ryoga..." says Ranma, holding out a 
tissue for Mousse.
	Ryoga tells Mr. Tendo of his experiences that 
morning. Ranma quickly verifies the story to be true.
	"WRONG!" Happosai booms as he enters the room.
	"The old freak!" yells Ranma. He grits his teeth and 
stands up. "We're not yet beat yet!"
	"Shut up and listen! I did no such thing! I would 
never!" says Happosai.
	"Yeah right..." says Ryoga. "How are we supposed to 
believe that?"
	"It's true!" says Happosai. "I do steal underwear, yes, 
but I never force anyone!"
	"Hmm..." Soun purses his lips and looks at his 
master. "You could be right..."
	"Of course I'm right!" says Happosai. "I would NOT 
do a thing like that."
	"Alright already." says Ranma. "So what exactly were 
you doing beating up on that girl Ryoga was talking about?"
	"I was merely defending myself." says Happosai. 
"For quite some time now that girl has been bothering me..."
	"Looks like someone finally got angry enough to 
strike back at you gramps." says Nabiki.
	"No... but the girl has considerable skill... and a 
dangerous secret..." Happosai smiles and levels his gaze on 
Ranma. "The secret is... that girl..." he sneers. 
	"Yeah..." says Ranma. "Go on..."
	"Is the second sexiest thing I've seen alive... after 
you of course..." leers Happosai.
	"YOU PERVERT!!!" yells Ranma.
	KABOOM!!!!
	Happosai goes sailing out of the Dojo, rocketing 
into the serene Nerima sunset...

	Ryoga walks down the street, looking for somewhere 
to pitch his tent. It is late, but tomorrow is Saturday... Akane 
would be home. He decides to turn back and camp outside the 
Tendos... or better yet, change form and share Akane's bed...
	The clouds rumble and lighting flashes. Ryoga, 
smelling rain, opens his umbrella and continues his walking...
	He is lost in is thoughts about himself and does not 
notice his approach until it is too late.
	GLOMP
	"Ni hao..." a male voice says, low and sultry.
	Ryoga's flesh crawls and his eyes widen in shock. 
"Who goes there!" he swipes his arm around and forcing 
himself from the strange man's grasp. He draws a bandana and 
stiffens it, holding it out in front of him.
	"It is I Mi-Shan..." the young man in front of Ryoga 
says. He is dressed in chinese clothing similar to Mousse, but 
is drenched all the way through.
	"You're not Mi-Shan... Mi-Shan's a girl!" yells 
Ryoga. "Get away from me!!!" he stabs the hardened cloth 
forward.
	`Mi-Shan' moves fast. He grabs Ryoga's wrist at the 
same time sidestepping his blow. He raises his left leg and in 
one lighting fast action kicks away Ryoga's umbrella.
	"What the..." Ryoga begins to panic as he feels the 
rain pour around him... the COLD rain...
	"AAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!" "Oink!"
	The young man picks up P-chan. "You such cute pig." 
he says, "But you not believe Mi-shan also train in Jusenkyo." 
he strokes the pig behind the ears. "Come... Mi Shan prove to 
you that she is really woman!"
	 
THE END OF EPISODE ONE:
"What! There's a GUY asking Ryoga out? EEEP! and I thought 
I was the only one with those problems... Well Ryoga, 
welcome to the club... next time on Ranma 1/2: The Curse of 
Mi-Shan. See 'ya there!!

End Credits: ALL THESE MEMORIES
Written by: Marc P. Reyes  (reyesmarc@cnl.net)
Inspired by Ranma 1/2 written by: Rumiko Takahashi

Ranma 1/2, Ranma, Akane, Ryoga, Shampoo, Ukyo, Mousse, 
Happosai, Genma, Soun Tendo, Nabiki Tendo, Kasumi, and 
Tatewaki Kuno are all characters made by Rumiko Takahashi
and are owned by Shogakukan. North American copyright: Viz 
Communications inc.

This work is not sold for profit or otherwise but is to be 
distributed freely without charge or modification to the 
contents.

The Japanese terms in this Fan Fiction are spelled according 
to modified Hepburn Romanization. 

OTAKU DISCLAIMER:
This author has tried to keep to the original spirit of the 
characters created by Rumiko Takahashi. However, the author 
aknowleges that all of the Ranma 1/2 episodes he has seen, 
and all the manga that he
has read, and thus the basis for this story, as well as the 
language used, is that one based on the translations of Viz 
Communications ONLY as of September 1996.
(In other words, No Akari, no Pantyhose Toro, nothing that 
Viz hasn't dubbed or written in Manga in English is accounted 
for in this story)

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