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* Ranma 1/2 Fan Fiction * Ranma 1/2 Fan Fiction * Ranma 1/2 Fan Fiction *
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Switch 2/3: Herbs and Spices Days 1 and 2 by Nikholas "Switch" F. Toledo
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Please do remember that Ranma 1/2 is a trademark and a copyright of and
by some big name people and companies I am not even worthy to introduce.
Anybody who says that I took any of their stuff better not find me
hiding. Also, great thanks to whoever reads this and likes it, good
thanks to whoever reads it anyhow, and teeny-weeny thanks to whoever else
even saw this. Your head's in the blender, and I'm pressing pur�e...
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Okay. So we're a little lost, all right?
Let's see... 26 characters, 90 pages of text and a really prolonged
headache of sorts. Where's the mystery? Where's the epic nature? Where
is the plot?
Maybe it's in the Ranma/Akane development. It is a Ranma story,
after all. We find them... well, half-naked and exploring the uses of
tongues on human skin, both female and in the Tendo dojo. Ranma is stuck
in cat form due to Shampoo's untimely interference, and they're in the
dojo because they got locked out of the house.
Now, the whole intimacy thing is mainly because Akane accidentally
sauced herself up with passion spice. Tanked up on that, she devised a
scheme to sneak into the Saotome guestroom (up in the second floor)
without Genma finding out. How? Conk him cold, and turn him several
years younger using some de-aging mushrooms, that's all. Let him loose,
too, if you're not careful, he might stumble back to the Saotome house,
and meet Nodoka's steel blade.
Now where did Akane got some passion spice and de-aging mushrooms?
Mousse, of course, who was staying over for the night. Not that he
normally has any on him, Cologne wouldn't find it too appealing.
Unappealing enough to send Shampoo to fetch him. Too bad she had caught
both the rain and the torrid affianced couple in the dojo first.
Why was Mousse AVOIDING Shampoo? Could it be that Shampoo had
fallen off the deep end and resorted to unnatural means to get Mousse off
her back, once and for all? After all, she was the one who fed him that
hate potion that she was cooking for most of the previous night. In any
case, it was exactly that that caused his change of heart, and made him
leave the Cat Cafe, possibly for good. Unfortunately, an accident (i.e.
why would I need to wear glasses?) caused him to fall first onto a moving
truck, then onto Gosunkugi, on Akane's path, who was doing her morning
jogging at the time. She helped them to Dr. Tofu's, after which Kasumi
passed by.
So, Mousse fell for Kasumi, okay? She's exactly the opposite of
Shampoo, and he really, really hates Shampoo, right?
Mousse treats Kasumi to some WcDonald's, and, in reciprocation,
Kasumi invites Mousse over for dinner, and consequently invited to stay
over. (For a night of little lovin'? I think not.) He just pilfered
the stuff from off the Amazons in spite.
Why was Kasumi passing by the Tofu clinic that day (and the day
before, for that matter)? They day before, Kasumi had picked up a letter
which came from an envelope addressed to Mrs. Ono, Tofu's mother. This
apparently distressed Kasumi enough to make her confront Tofu with it -
of course, the dear doctor crazied out, and so, Kasumi did not get her
answer. Maybe tomorrow, eh?
For the earlier day, Kasumi was just returning a book, "Ode to
Nodes", and borrowing a new one, "365 Days of Herbs and Spices". It,
however, caused Ranma and Akane, who had been in the clinic at the time,
to depart rather hastily.
Dr. Tofu, who was working on some local hair, had his samples
stolen by Gosunkugi, who realized that he had some of Ranma's hair.
Gosunkugi, of course, planned on using the hair for some hideous and
occult process by which Ranma's defeat could be ensued... yadda, yadda,
yadda... Unfortunately, or fortunately (this is Ranma's story, after
all), fate and circumstance stopped him.
First was Miss Hinako, who was on the way to the Tendo house,
looking for either Soun or Ranma, but both were with the older Saotome
and Cologne, fighting with Happosai at Mount Fuji.
Then, in his room, Kuno asked him to make a love potion out of
hair, a concept he had picked up from the Storyteller, who just happened
to be the old lady who splashes water on everybody and a family friend of
the Tendos, sort of. Unfortunately, Gosunkugi did not know how to make a
love potion out of hair, so he made do and used the "Mongolian stew"
recipe, which would, supposedly, aid the imbiber with the ability to
think like the original owner of the hair.
Finally, Happosai turned him into a girl and bonked him. Happosai
was able to learn more from the hair, anyway, so it's okay.
Back onto Ranma and Akane. Because of the unexpected side-effects
of the dragon hair on Ranma's pubescent physiology, Ranma first encounter
quickly turned into a nightmare, and had to be treated in the clinic.
After visiting Dr. Tofu, they passed by the Ucchan's for some quick
snacks. Right after they left, Nabiki came in with Ryoga in tow. This
triggered something in Ukyo that told her that her territory was being
invaded. This "territory" apparently was Ryoga himself, as she found out
after nursing Ryoga back to consciousness from Nabiki's devastating and
utterly unexpected kiss.
Why? For money, of course. It was a deal.
In the confines of the Ucchan's, Ukyo and Ryoga unravel several
rather loose strands of relationship and honor, from their own heart-
chases, to Ryoga's curse, to Ukyo's past male companionships, and to
their own feelings.
What about Tsubasa? He'd been lurking the vicinity of the Ucchan's
for a time, but was side-tracked by Shampoo's latest get-Ranma-quick
scheme, and became the victim. So... Shampoo didn't really make that
hate potion for Mousse, but for Tsubasa... Then again, Mousse was with
Kodachi at that time...
Wait. Mousse and Kodachi? Well, an accident with an aphrodisiac,
and Mousse was around. What would Mousse be doing in the Kuno estate?
Well, Sasuke wanted to cook some duck...
So, Mousse and Kodachi... then it's Kodachi and Tsubasa...
Ugg... not to mention that there also some action with Mr. Turtle,
and this guy...
Well, maybe you should just read it, right?
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(Detach here)
There's also Park Life, but not much of that has been coming out
anyways.
Part 9, starting with 4X4 FWD/RWD, coming up, within March.
(Detach here)
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