Two Fifty Seven
A piece of Ranma 1/2 Fanfiction
All Ranma 1/2 characters are copyrighted by Rumiko Takahashi.
Ross Griffmoy created by Adam Griffin
'*' denotes sound effects, while '< >' denotes thinking
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Author's Notes:
First off, this is my first fanfic ever.
And yes, this is a self insertion fic, with Ross Griffmoy representing myself. I've decided to do Ranma fanfiction because it's the series that REALLY got me into anime, and plus I feel that I know the series well enough to write about it... and hopefully do a good job.
Ross Griffmoy is not a 'perfect' character, in fact, he's pretty damn unlucky if you ask me. :) Ross has slight knowledge of martial arts, and when things get tough, Ross runs. He also obtains a curse, which I think is pretty bad for a guy to have. It's VERY weird. You'll just have to see what it is.
I'm basing this on the anime, so expect to see Ranma and Akane still go at each other with all the insults we've come to know and love. I'm also using the Viz versions of the names, so if it bothers you, I'm sorry. :-) Oh yeah, don't ask me about how Ross is able to understand people when he doesn't know a word of Japanese. :-)
I don't know how long this is going to go, but hopefully I'll provide a few laughs and some familiar spots (and dialogue) for all you Ranma 1/2 fans. Enjoy, and C & C is welcome, but if you flame, I won't care 'cuz I'm gonna trash it. :-)
NOTE: Ukyo's looking like a female when she appears in the story, just in case some of you are wondering.
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Two Fifty Seven: A Piece of Ranma Fanfiction
Episode 1
A Curse Gained
Ross Griffmoy was feeling good. He had been selected to live in Japan with a host family, and on the way he would also see a few parts of China. It seems that Ross was a part of a HUGE exchange program, where thirty kids from the United States were selected to do exactly what he was doing in different parts of Japan. Ross himself was selected to go to Nerima, Tokyo. His parents were open to the idea, and were more than happy to send him off on his new adventure. Considering the boy would be out the house for a year, they had every right to be. When it was time for Ross to board his plane, the poor boy swore he thought he saw his parents grin wickedly. <Oh man... please don't clean my room, 'cuz then I won't find anything.> Ross waved to his parents, and boarded his plane.
His flight wasn't good.
Ross was stuck in between a newlywed couple, and they were gushing over each other for the ENTIRE flight, so Ross didn't get any sleep. To top it all off, the airline food didn't sit well with him, so it's safe to say that he 'polluted' his section of the airplane. When the ordeal was over, Ross took a tour to Jusenkyou, home of the Cursed Springs.
"Be very careful when around spring, sir." The guide said. Ross nodded and made sure he wasn't in a position to fall in.
*THWAP!!*
A rock, coming from who knows where, whacked Ross right in the back of the head, sending him stumbling near one of the springs. He began to wave his arms frantically to avoid falling in; myth or not, he didn't want to get drenched.
"...whoa... hey, man, help me!" Ross said, teetering on the edge. The Jusenkyou guide walked forward to help Ross when he tripped and crashed into him, sending Ross Griffmoy into the pool. The guide was lucky though, as he caught his step after knocking Ross in.
"...man, this sucks." Ross muttered, emerging from the spring.
"Uh oh, that very bad." The guide said.
"What's bad?" Ross asked. <Wait a sec... I just fell into one of those cursed springs... it's gotta be a myth or something.>
"You fall into Spring of Drowned Pervert. 1700 years ago, pervert drown in there." Ross looked at the man blankly... and laughed.
"Oh... *snicker* that's... that's a good one. Spring of Drowned Pervert... I like it. In fact, I'm gonna use that later or something." Ross pulled himself out of the pool, and shook off the excess water. "Well, I guess I can go get my luggage from the tour bus, 'cuz I'm soaked. Thanks for the laugh, man." Ross walked back to where the tour bus was, muttering something about rocks.
Little did he know, the curse was a real thing.
As Ross was coaxing the driver of the tour bus to get his luggage out of the storage space in the bottom, a VERY cute female that was on the trip with him happened to tap him on the shoulder.
"Excuse me?" Ross turned around... and began to drool.
"Wow... ARE THOSE REAL??!" Ross yelled, lunging forward. Needless to say, he was flattened in a second.
"PERVERT!!!" The girl yelled, stalking off.
"Sorry... I wanna squeeze 'em... er, I mean, I couldn't help drooling over your sexy body... OH DAMN!!!" Ross smacked himself over the head with his hand, and chuckled. <It's gotta be a mind thing... all in the mind, yep.> Ross composed himself and turned back to the driver, who had been watching in awe.
"Can I get my clothes now?" Ross asked as politely as he could.
"A pervert like you? You deserve to catch a cold, lech." Ross blinked a few times, and stared off into the horizon.
<Damn. How the hell do I stop myself? I can still think regularly, but my mouth gets me into a lot of trouble. Gotta think of a way to counter this curse.> Ross sloshed his way onto the bus and sat in his seat. It was going to be a long year.
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"See ya later... PERVERT!!!" A few kids on the bus yelled as a damp Ross Griffmoy was dropped off in front of his homestead. He pulled out a small letter, and went over it quickly. It read:
Dear Ross,
You have been selected to stay at the Tendo Training Hall. We here at United Exchange Services feel that this is the best way to experience Japanese culture. Hope you enjoy your stay!
"Tendo Training Hall... there should be all guys here, I hope. If not..." Ross placed a hand over his eyes and stumbled to the door. "I'm gonna be prepared." Ross ended up knocking with his head.
"I'll get it!!" Kasumi Tendo said from inside the house. Something in Ross's brain clicked.
<Girl.> Ross reluctantly removed his hand from his eyes, as Kasumi Tendo opened the door.
"Hi! Are you the exchange student?" Kasumi said cheerfully. Ross looked as if he was straining himself from doing something... awful.
"Sex-... I mean, uh huh... uh, yes, I am." Ross felt a sweatdrop form on the back of his head as he took off his shoes. Kasumi smiled and let him in the house, as Ross averted his gaze down to the floor. She lead him to where Soun Tendo and Genma Saotome were playing shogi.
"Father, this is Ross, the exchange student." Soun stood up, as Genma switched a few pieces on the playing board.
"Ross, welcome to the Tendo Training Hall. This is my friend, Genma Saotome." Soun pointed over to Genma, who was almost caught in the middle of cheating, and Ross nodded. Soun then shook Ross's hand firmly.
"Hi, sir. It's a-"
"IDIOT!!!" someone screamed from somewhere in the house.
"It's not my fault you can't cook!! Ross looked around kinda nervously. He wasn't used to screaming in a house. Suddenly, Ross saw a boy clad in a red Chinese shirt and black pants run down the stairs, followed by a girl wielding a HUGE hammer.
<Girl.> Ross thought... and his curse took over.
"RANMA!! Come back here you- what the?!" Akane Tendo was stopped in her quest to pound Ranma Saotome by a madly grinning Ross Griffmoy.
"Heh... hey baby. How bout you let me, uh-"
*WHAM*
"...guess that's a no..." Ross happily muttered as Akane's hammer was removed from his skull, and he sank to the floor, very much unconscious.
"Oh my." Kasumi stated.
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"...what... what a horrible nightmare." Ross muttered, half asleep. He stirred, opening his eyes... and then he screamed. Kasumi Tendo had kept watch over him, and memories of the day crept back into Ross's mind.
"OH MY GOD!!! WHAT DID I DO NOW?!?!?!?"
"It's good that your awake. What's wrong?" Kasumi asked. Ross was ready to run... when he realized he wasn't foaming at the mouth.
"...girl... hammer... pain... pervert." Ross muttered.
"Oh..." Kasumi muttered. "Father, Ross is awake." Soun Tendo stormed into the room... and violently began to yell at Ross.
"HOW DARE YOU DEFILE MY DAUGHTER!!!" He began to yell as his head grew to unbelievable heights, looking like a demon of sorts. Ross thought it was one of the side effects of getting clobbered.
"I'm sorry... I really am. I don't know what came over me. I think it's jet lag or something."
"Maybe some food will help. I think Akane's almost dinner." Ross's rumbling stomach agreed as he was led to the dinner table. Ross sat down next to the boy in the Chinese shirt.
"...looks like you've had a tough day." Ranma said.
"You could say that. My name's Ross."
"Mine's Ranma. Ranma Saotome." Ross looked around, and seeing that dinner wasn't served yet, he decided to make conversation.
"Ranma, um, was that girl mad after what happened?"
"Who, Akane? Yeah, I suppose so since she's cooking dinner... I guess she's trying to take it out on all of us or somethin'."
"I HEARD THAT!!" Akane yelled from the kitchen.
"It can't be that bad... you act like it can cripple me or something."
"You don't know Akane and her cooking..." Ranma quickly muttered as Akane and Kasumi brought the food to the table.
"Dinner is served." Akane said confidently. As she sat down, Ross took the opportunity to speak.
"Uh... I want to apologize for what happened earlier. I guess it was just the lack of food combined with jet lag."
"It's ok, Ross. Weirder stuff has happened." Akane said.
<Not to me.> Ross thought as he helped himself to some purple stuff.
"Hey Ross, go easy on it, man. You might..." Ranma cut himself off as he heard Akane growling.
"He might WHAT?" She asked angrily.
"He might... uh... get indigestion from eating so much... yeah, that's it."
"My parents say I eat a lot, plus I like trying new things." Ross grinned as he began to eat the purple stuff... and his face turned purple as well. However, he fought his bodily instinct, and swallowed the 'food' much to everyone's surprise. That's when the 'backblast' came, as it felt like his stomach was going to explode.
"That... was... good." He managed to say. Akane smiled.
"What? I gotta try this..." Ranma muttered as he got some of the purple stuff, ate it... and spit it across the room.
"Definitely toxic." Ranma said.
"That's what I thought." Ross muttered low enough so Akane couldn't hear. Akane simply 'hmmphed' and went back to her meal. Ross went for some rice instead.
"So, Ross, do you have any experience in martial arts?" Soun Tendo asked.
"A little. I studied Tae Kwon Do when I was younger. I like to learn a little now and then, though."
"Ranma, perhaps you could teach Ross a little Anything Goes Martial Arts." Genma Saotome said.
"Anything Goes Martial Arts? That sound pretty unique." Ross said.
"The Saotomes and the Tendos are the only two families that teach it." Ranma said.
"Cool. I'd like that." Ross's stomach began to rumble again; it seems that the rice hadn't done the trick. Ranma seemed to know what the boy was going through.
"Hey Ross, how would you like to see a few sights of Nerima?" Ranma asked.
"That'd be cool." Ross said. No sooner than he spoke, Ranma yanked him by the arm, shouting "Ok, be back in a little, see ya!". As the two traveled a good distance from the house, Ranma let him go and the two began to walk down the street.
"...I-I don't get it." Ross muttered, in shock.
"You need some real food, you really look out of it. Not to mention that stunt you pulled earlier..."
"I kinda couldn't help it." Ross said.
"How? She's uncute, unsexy, and built like a brick."
"I didn't really look, but the weirdest thing has been happening since yesterday."
"What?" Ranma asked.
"Well, I was in China on part of the tour yesterday..." Ross saw Ranma flinch a little. "What?"
"Uh, nothing. Go on."
"...and I went to this place... I can't remember the name though, but it had lots of bamboo and water." Ranma stopped in his tracks.
"J-Jusenkyou?" Ranma asked, feeling a small sense of pity for the boy.
"Yeah... thanks. And, I'm looking at one of the pools of water right, when this damn rock flies outta nowhere and clocks me in the head. So I stumble forward, and call the guide to help me... but he knocks me in." Ranma sweatdropped as Ross continued.
"I get out, soaking wet, when the guy tells me that I fell into the Spring of Drowned Pervert." Ranma blinked a few times, and shook his head.
"Lemme guess, you've been doing perverted things since then, right?"
"Correct. I never woulda thought that some water could mess my life up so badly."
"You don't know the half of it." Ranma muttered. "Come on, I know where we can get some food for free." The two boys headed to a nearby shop, known to Ranma as Ucchan's.
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"I'm a reluctant pervert... this has got to be the worse thing to happen to me ever." Ross said over his plate of okonomiyaki. "This is good, Ukyo."
"It's the best in Japan, Ross." Ukyo said proudly. "You know Ranma, I think we should help Ross find out why he isn't going girl crazy right now." Ranma looked at Ukyo confused, until Ukyo winked at him. <Oh... show him the hot water cure.> Ranma thought as he went to the bathroom.
"I still think it's the-"
*SPLASH*
Ross was just hit by a bowl full of cold water, and as he wiped the water out of his face, he noticed Ukyo in front of him. Ross then grabbed the table tightly, trying to block the effects of the curse.
"Wowie... I think I see big, huge, pugnacious bre-"
*SPLASH*
"...what? I was just about to refer to Ukyo's... uh, nevermind. What happened."
"Cold water triggers the curse, and hot water cures it... until you get hit by cold water again." Ranma said, holding two bowls.
"How'd you figure that out?" Ross asked. Ranma began to sweat again.
"I, uh, read about it." Ranma stammered.
"Cool. Wish I'd read about it before I went to Jusenkyou. How do I explain it to everybody?"
"I think they'll understand." Ranma said. <Hell, they know Happosai.>
The three chat for a little bit, with Ross telling what his town was like, and everything he did at home. Soon after, Ranma and Ross made their way back to the Tendo's, and Kasumi informed Ross that he would be staying in Ranma's room along with Mr. Saotome. Ross noticed that a nice little spot was set out for him and everything. He stretched, hoping that the day's tiring events would cancel out the jet lag.
Fat chance.
Ross was tossing and turning in his futon when he heard someone enter the room.
*SPLASH*
<Man, what the... cold. Oh no!!> Ross shut his eyes tightly and curled up into a little ball.
"Ohmanohmanohmanohman..." Ross muttered to himself. <Wait a sec. There're no girls in here, only Ranma and Mr. Saotome. I'm fine.> Ross sat straight up in his futon.
"I'm fine... nothing to worry about no-- gaaaaah." Ross was looking around confidently when he noticed that the person on Ranma's futon wasn't Ranma. Nope, it was a redhead. _IT_ was female. Ross's curse began to take effect.
"Oh... oh look at that. Now that's just so nice for someone to leave this present for me." Ross happily muttered as he crept over to the sleeping redhead's form. Little did he know that the sleeping redhead was in fact a sleeping Ranma, curse working like it always did.
*FLASH!!*
"Huh?" A camera just went off in the room, awaking Ranma and startling Ross. Ranma looked down to realize that he was in girl form, and that Ross was drooling in front of him... er, her.
"Hey, calm down Ross, I'm a guy!!" Ranma-chan stammered, backing away.
"No you're not... guys don't got those." Ross said, pointing at Ranma-chan's breasts. Ranma-chan leapt up and ran to the bathroom, causing Ross to give chase and run right into the bathroom door.
"Geez... Nabiki picked a bad night to take pictures." A now male Ranma said emerging from the bathroom.
"Huh?" Ross dizzily muttered from the floor. Ranma splashed him with hot water, and Ross slowly got to his feet. "What happened? I mean I know what happened, but... no, I don't know what happened. Can you tell me why there was a girl in your futon... and she was wearing your clothes?" Ranma leaned up against the wall outside the bathroom.
"Well, let's just say I took a trip to Jusenkyou a while back..."
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[END]
Next Episode: Ross goes to school along with Ranma and Akane, and he meets his greatest match!
