Hi!
This is another repost. Again, C&C is still welcome.
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� Factor
a X-Factor/Ranma � crossover
a S.P.A.M. production
Part 1
Consciousness was slow to returning to Jamie but when he began to
wake up, all he noticed was that he was some place warm.
�Man! That was some dream. When I tell Guido about this one,
he's gonna _laugh_!' was his first coherent thought.
Sitting up, he opened his eyes.
�This isn't my room. What's going on?'
The covers slipped off his front. He looked down intending to
pick them up and saw the cause of his previous unconsciousness.
"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!"
He touched his, no, her chest and immeadiatly blushed. �This isn't
happening to me.'
The door slid open to reveal a beautiful young woman who seemed
about a year younger than him. Jamie's jaw dropped as she began to
speak. "Oh! I see you're awake. I'll get Akane. She was very
worried about you when she carried you in."
"Ah... thanks," was all Jamie could come out with. His mind was
racing with questions. �Where am I? Where's my body? How did I get
into this one? How can I get back into mine? Where's the rest of the
team? Who was that lady that grabbed me? Who was that girl who just
came in? Where am I? Why am I...'
"Kasumi was right. You are awake!" said a short haired young
woman brightly as she entered the room with a pigtailed boy following
her. "Are you all right? You weren't in very good shape when I found
you."
"Um, miss, where am I?" asked Jamie. �Her name is Kasumi!'
"The Tendou dojo, in Nerima. My name is Akane and this is Ranma."
"Where's Nerima?"
"Near Tokyo, of course," answered Akane.
"How did I get to JAPAN!?!?! This is not possible. I don't speak
Japanese. This HAS to be a dream! How on this green earth did I get
to Japan AS A GIRL!?!" Akane and Ranma could tell the girl was almost
hysterical.
"Hold on, calm down," said Ranma. "Tell us what happened and
maybe we can help you."
"Yeah... what's the last thing you remember?" questioned Akane
hoping that concentration on remembering would calm her down.
"I was in Washington D.C.... ummm... working. I had just...
finished... a... uh... project when a woman grabbed my arm, said
�you'll do,' then we, like... lurched... and she dropped me in a pool
of water. I was barely getting up when she grabbed my coat and we...
lurched... again. Then I woke up here," whispering, "as a girl."
"You mean you weren't a girl when this started?" asked Ranma.
"Of course not! I was as much of a guy as you!"
"Did you get a good look at where she dropped you?" questioned
Akane.
"No. The transporting messed my equilibrium up."
"Did she say anything about where you were going?" came from
Ranma.
"Noooo... wait. She said something about �China' I think."
Ranma looked at Akane and Akane looked at Ranma. Both nodded.
Then Ranma said, "Just a minute, um, what's your name by the way?"
"Jamie. Jamie Madrox."
"Just a minute Jamie. We'll be back," said Ranma as he and Akane
left. Outside the room he whispers, "Jusenkyo?" "Yeah... poor guy.
I'll go run _him_ a bath. It'll calm him down and change him back,"
stated Akane.
"Okay. I'll go get him for it and explain the curse to him while
he's in there."
They separate, Akane going to the bathroom and Ranma to the
kitchen. He splashed himself with cold water and went back to the room
Jamie was in.
"Come on," directed Ranma, indicating for Jamie to get up. "Akane
is fixing a bath for you. Trust me. It will make you feel _a lot_
better."
Jamie follows Ranma into the bathroom. Ranma almost ran into
Akane who was on her way out.
"It's ready, Ranma. Did you get Jamie any clean clothes?"
"Gah! No. I'll go get them. Thanks Akane." Ranma paused,
looking as if he were thinking quite hard. "Okay. Jamie. Go in
there, undress, and scrub yourself in the shower while I get the
clothes." Ranma left and went upstairs.
"Scrub myself in the shower? I thought I was having a bath,"
mumbled Jamie.
"You have to get clean before you get in the bath," explained
Akane who was standing there.
"Oh, okay. Wait. Wasn't Ranma the guy's name?"
"Just go in there and clean up. I assume he'll show you in a few
minutes."
Akane walked away.
Shrugging, Jamie went into the bathroom and began to disrobe. She
blushed as looked down at her body. Mentally, Jamie admitted that this
body was good looking. It had curves in all the right places without
being over burdened, rather slim and athletic. Curious, she went to
the mirror to see her face. It was eerie. The eyes were the same and
some of the features. It looked like _his_ own face but more feminine.
The hair was the same style, the front falling over one eye, only
redder, almost auburn. Jamie just stared at the new body in the mirror
for a few moments before snapping out of it. Shaking her head, she
went over to the shower and turned it on. Lathering up, she washed her
new body,barely noticing the cold spray. Just as she finished the
task, Ranma-chan walked in.
"I see you're finished. I'll put your clothes here while you get
in the bath?"
"Eeep!" Jamie tried unsuccessfully to cover herself.
"Oh! Sorry! I'll turn around �till you get in."
Jamie quickly scooted over to the tub and climbed in. She felt a
shock as the hot water enveloped her. Her chest flattened out. Her
shoulders widened. Her body grew longer. Certain... essential... body
parts returned. She was a he again.
"Aaaaaaaaaaa!" was all that Jamie could articulate.
"So... you're back to normal now! Good!"
"Aaaaaaaaaaa!"
"Fells good to be back, huh?" Ranma walked over to the bath with
a bucket in her hand.
"Aaaaa... could... um... you... uh... please not... um... come
over here. Uh... you're a girl and... um... I'm... uh...
well...naked," squeeked Jamie still in shock at his transformation.
"That's okay. Just wait a second." Ranma dipped the bucket into
the water. "Watch," she ordered as she tipped the bucked over her
head. And she was a he.
"Wuh... how... tha... " stuttered Jamie at the now male Ranma.
"It's simple. We have the same curse."
"Curse?"
"Yeah. You fell into the Nyannichaun, Spring of Drowned Young
Girl. So did I. When we get hit with cold water, we get turned into
girls. Hot water turns us back. Whoever kidnapped you, dropped you
into that spring and brought you here," explained Ranma.
"No! This is crazy! This is a dream. That's right... this is a
dream. This isn't real. Nope nope nope. Not real. Not at all. I
don't turn into a girl. This is just some crazy dream that Guido and
I will laugh at over breakfast tomorrow. Not real. Nope nope no... "
<SLAP>
"Ow! That hurt!"
"Ow! That hurt!"
"Wuh!" Now it was Ranma's turn to be surprised for in thebath sat
two identical Jamies each holding a cheek where he hadbeen slapped.
The Jamies touched hands and there was one again.
"Sorry about that, Ranma. It's a reflex to being _hit_!"
"Well you were freaking out. Now What did you just do!?! I
_know_ that is _not_ part of the curse!"
Sighing, Jamie said, "I'm a mutant. That's my power. I can
create duplicates of myself when I'm struck."
"Bummer. Now you have two problems. Look, I'm sorry I hit you
but I had to snap you out of it. Trust me. This is not a dream. I
wish it were but it's not. I live with it every day and now you have
to too. It isn't even the worst curse you could have gotten."
"Yeah... sometimes it's a problem. But it can be fun too,"
smiling. "It definitely gives a new definition of �double date.'" Then
he thought, �What else could you get cursed with?'
Returning the grin, "Just wait until guys start hitting on your
cursed form."
Jamie snorted.
"I should probably get out of the bath now. Thanks for the help
and letting me borrow the clothes."
"No problem man. I'll give you some privacy now."
After Ranma left, Jamie got out of the tub and dried off. He went
over to the clothes that had been set out for him. They consisted of a
red Chinese shirt and plain black pant, both similar to the ones Ranma
had been wearing. If Ranma was a good example, they would fit both of
his forms all right.
�This sucks.'
Washington, D.C. -the aftermath of a battle.
The MLF was being taken away to jail. X-Factor was regrouping to
return to base. The team members were sore and tending to minor
injuries. Things were relatively calm until a loud shriek broke the
air.
"WHAT!" comes the distinctive voice of Valerie Cooper.
"I saw Multiple Man abducted during the battle," responds
Quicksilver calmly.
"And why didn't you tell us until now!?!"
"There was no chance to tell you until now."
"Calm down Val," interjects Havok. "Now what happened Peitro?"
"I was reentering the battle after they had defeated Tempo when a
young woman, seeming in her teens, appeared next to Madrox. She had
long, black hair in a tight ponytail, pointed ears, and wore long,
white robes.
She grabbed his arm, looked at him, and teleported away. The
teleportation itself was accompanied by a flash of light."
"Woah! Jamie got kidnaped by a woman! His luck must be turning
around!" remarked Guido, interrupting the conversation.
"Aaaaaaaah! Your not getting the point! He could be anywhere by
now!"
"Calm down Val," said Polaris as she joined the conversation.
"There's nothing we can do about that now."
"Is there any way we can track him?" asks Wolfsbane, completing
the group.
"Hmmm . . . We can try tracking the com badge in his costume. As
long as it has power, it will transmit," answered Val. "But we have to
go back to the townhouse for that."
"Then let's go," ordered Havok. "Jamie could be in trouble."
End Part 1
Sariah DeGidio
Ryouga-chan
ddegidio@ix.netcon.com