In Mind and Body
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by Florencio B. de la Merced, Jr. (fmerced@pworld.net.ph)

A Fanfiction inspired by the Anime Ranma 1/2 created and copyrighted by
Rumiko Takahashi
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What has gone before:

Ranma amd Ryoga accidentally fell into a pond tainted with a spell created
by Happousai.  The spell was intended for Cologne and Ranko, but in the end,
Ranma and Ryoga each ended up in each other's body.  Ranma is in Ryoga's
body while Ryoga is in Ranma's body.


Chapter 3
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[Near midnight, and inside the guest room at the Tendo Dojo]

Ryoga: No way!

Ranma: Well, what do you want me to do about it? You've got my body.

Ryoga: I'll...just stay here for a week.

Ranma: Hey, I can't be absent from school for a week. Miss. Hinako will kill
me.

Ryoga: What do I know about school?

[in another corner of the room]

Shampoo: [frowning] Shampoo is getting a big headache.

Ukyou: [hands a bowl of ice] Here, this will relieve you.

Shampoo: Thanks. How did this happen. [looks at Ranma and Ryoga]

Ukyou: Cologne said it's because of a spell Happousai put on the pond
outside.

Shampoo: Spell?

Ukyou: You better ask your great-grandmother that.

Shampoo: [stares at Ranma and Ryoga] Good thing airen will only be in ugly
body for a week.

Ukyou: Hey! Ryoga is not ugly!

Shampoo: [applies more ice on her head] Whatever.

Ukyou: Hmp!

[Back to Ranma and Ryoga]

Ranma: Be thankful that this is not permanent.

Ryoga: Easy for you to say.

[Just then Akane entered the room carrying a tray of food]

Akane: Kasumi made these for you two.

Shampoo: Shei Shei.

Ryoga: Thanks, Akane. [grabs a lot]

Akane: [giggle] Reminds me so much of someone.

Ryoga: [blinks] Huh?

Ranma: [sneers] Very funny.

Akane: [was about to leave] Hey, has anyone seen P-chan?

[Ryoga almost choked, Ranma almost fainted, and Ukyou could hardly contain
her laughter]

Akane: [glares] Jeez, you don't have to make fun of my pet. [closes the door
forcefully]

Ryoga: [recovering] Hey, Ranma. I'll make you a deal.

Ranma: Huh? [sees the evil grin on Ryoga's face] Oh, no! No way!

[A splash of cold water drenches Ranma]

Ukyou: [giggles] Time to go to bed, P-chan. [grabs Ranma's transformed form]

Ranma: <Damn it! Damn it! I'll get you both for this.>

Shampoo: [blinks] <Airen is a pig? Oh, no!>

Ukyou: [walks out the room] Oh, Akane. [whispers to Ranma] Stop whining.

Ranma: Bweeee!

Akane: P-chan! [grabs and hugs P-chan] Thanks Ukyou. [walks up to her room]

Ukyou: [smiles then walks back inside] I guess Ranma never saw that coming.
[notices Shampoo is gone] Where did she go?

Ryoga: I don't know. She left in a fit, I think.

Ukyou: Well. [sits beside Ryoga] What now? [smiles]

Ryoga: [freezes a bit] Eh, Ukyou...I...[blood oozes out of his nose] Yikes.
[rushes out of the room]

Ukyou: [frowns] Oh, well. [leaves the room]

[In Akane's room]

Ranma: <I'm not hentai! I'm not hentai> [his eyes are shut]

Akane: What's the matter, P-chan? This is not the first time you saw me get
dressed.

Ranma: <What! That bastard has seen Akane get dressed! Why that no good...>

Akane: [picks up her pet] Off to bed now.

Ranma: [is pressed on Akane's chest] <I swear! I'll kill him. Even if he is
still in my body! Ryoga you...> [gets a kiss on the snout]

Akane: Goodnight.

Ranma: [sighs]<Goodnight>

[In the morning]

Akane: Well, I'm off to school Kasumi. [grabs her lunch]

Kasumi: Isn't Ranma going to school too?

Akane: I don't think he's in...shape to go to school right now. [giggles]

Nabiki: Let's go Akane.

Ryoga: <I don't know why I'm doing this>...[walks behind Akane and Nabiki]

Akane: Ranma?

Ryoga: No, Ryoga.

Nabiki: What do you think you're doing?

Ryoga: I'm going to take Ranma's place. [frowns]

Akane: What? [runs towards Ranma's room] Ranma!

Ryoga: What did I say?

[Akane forces her way inside Ranma's room but only found a sleeping Panda
inside]

Akane: [comes back] Where is that BAKA?

Nabiki: Come on Akane. It's no use arguing with your fiancée right now.
[rushes out the door, Akane and Ryoga follows suit]

[Coming out of the bath]

Ranma: [back in his human form] I hate being a pig! Ryoga is definitely
going to pay!

Kasumi: Oh, hello Ryoga.

Ranma: Ranma.

Kasumi: Oh, that's right. Aren't you going to school?

Ranma: School? Yikes! [runs off] Got to go Kasumi.

Kasumi: Don't forget you're lunch, Ranma.

Ranma: [runs back and grabs his lunch] Thanks.

[On the way to Furinkan High]

Akane: <That no good fool. Forcing poor Ryoga to take his place.>

Ryoga: [balancing up the fence] Eh, why do I have to do this anyway?

Nabiki: Ranma always walks up the fence whenever we go to school.

Ranma: Hey! Wait up!

Akane: Ranma? [turns around] What are you doing here?

Ranma: [sees Ryoga up on the fence] Hey, thanks Ryoga. I knew I could count
on you. [avoids Akane's mallet] Hey!

Akane: How could you force Ryoga to take your place in school?

Ranma: Well duh? He has my body kawaiikune...Oww! [a mallet hits him]

Nabiki: Stop it you two. People are staring.

Akane: So what?

Nabiki: If it didn't occur to you, Ranma is Ryoga now.

Akane: Hmp!

Ranma: [jumps on the fence] Tomboy!

Ryoga: So, Ranma. How was last night? Sleep well?

Ranma: Damn you! I'll get you...next week!

Ryoga: What for?

Ranma: Like you don't know.

Ryoga: [runs faster] Eh, I guess being a pig has its privileges.

Ranma: [runs after Ryoga] I change my mind. I'll kill you now!

Ryoga: [jumping up to avoid Ranma's punches] Hey! I'm still in you're body!

Ranma: I don't care...No one sleeps with Akane, but me!

Ryoga: [blinks and comes to a stop] You...slept with Akane? [gets kicked
further ahead] Oww!

Ranma: No, but I guess you don't know that.

Akane: [arrives at the scene] What was that all about?

Nabiki: Sounded like they wanted to sleep with you. [grins]

Ranma: Che! [walks ahead]

Akane: Sleep with me?'

[Near the gates of Furinkan High]

Kuno: <Today be the day, that I, Tatewaki Kuno, finally rescue my fair Akane
from that...no good Ranma Saotome.> [swings his bokken around]

[From the sky, Ryoga lands directly on Kuno]

Ryoga: <Hmm...Something broke my fall> [rises up] Kuno?

Kuno: [struggles up] Ranma! How dare you insult me! Surprising me from
above, eh! [place his bokken forward] But no matter...I Tatewaki Kuno, Blue
Thunder of Furinkan high will defeat you in mortal combat.

Ryoga: Mortal combat? What the hell are you talking about!

Kuno: [raises his weapon] For the love of Akane Tendo. I will
now...[receives a flying kick causing him to fall back quite a bit] Aarrgh!

Ranma: Morning Kuno!

Ryoga: You always get this treatment?

Ranma: Every morning. Kuno never learns.

Akane: [runs past Ranma and grabs Ryoga] Got to run. Talk to you later
Ranma!

Nabiki: [pats Ranma on the cheek] Yeah, I've got plans for you too.
[giggles]

Ranma: Huh? [stares at Akane as she enters the building] Oh, Akane. [enters
the campus]

Kuno: [lying on the bushes a few yards away] I'll get you...Ranma...[losses
consciousness]

[Inside the classroom]

Akane: What are you doing here Ranma?

Ranma: I'm keeping check on him. [points to Ryoga]

Akane: But, you're not Miss Hinako's student. She'll notice you right away.

Ranma: Don't worry about me. I can take care of her.

Akane: You're such a show-off. [returns to her sit but constantly looks back
at Ranma whose sitting at the back of the room]

Hinako: Morning class. Bring out you're reading assignments ii gave you last
week.

[The bell rang and the students starts to leave the room]

Hinako: Don't forget the test tomorrow! [sees Ranma] Will you please come
over here?

Ranma: Me?

Hinako: Yes, I see you're new here. Are you a new student?

Ranma: Eh,...Why yes. I'm Hibiki Ryoga. I'm a new student, but only for a
while.

Akane: [staring at her teacher and her fiancée from a distance] Can take
care of her, he said! BAKA!

Ryoga: Eh, Akane.

Akane: What is it?

Ryoga: About that test tomorrow.

Akane: [smiles] Don't worry about that. Ranma...well, let's just say he
doesn't do too well on exams.

Ranma: I do not!

Akane: Ranma? What...what did she say?

Ranma: Congratulations Ryoga, you're a new student of Furinkan High.

Ryoga: What?

Ranma: For only a week, of course. [The trio leaves the room] Now, about
that test, we better study for it.

Akane: Are you all right Ranma?

Ranma: Will you stop insulting me! I'm not a jerk, I'm not a pervert, I'm
not a braggart, and I'm definitely not, absolutely not...[notices the
attention he attracted from the students in the hall] Nevermind!

Ryoga: Jeez, what's eating him?

Akane: [smiles] Probably his ego. [runs after Ranma] Hey, Ra...Ryoga wait
up.

Ryoga: [blinks] Huh? Akane. Hey, wait for me.


End of Chapter 3
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Thanks to...

Jeff Shelton - hooky ?
Robert Morrison - "The Eternal Lost Lurker"
SuprCat - here's another one
Asri Jaffar - sawdust comes from wood, Tendo dojo made of wood.
Demonsword - I'm stretching it.
David Johnston - an articulate two foot tall monkey : )
and
Rumiko Takahashi - of course