Here is episode 2 of the series. Thank you to all who responded to the first
with your comments they are appreciated, and I will try to get back to you
soon.
I had a BIG problem with MIE which I only used to check the Fanfic E-mail
address so I now have Eudora Lite for that. Anyway, without further ado...

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Ranma 1/2: The Dragon's Dawning Series
By Wesley Bridges
Based on the characters by Rumiko Takahashi

Episode 2: True Confessions, Kipp's Syrum of Truth
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		(Three Weeks Later)

	School is let out at Furinkan High School for another day.
	Ranma and Akane say their farewells for the day to their
	friends and begin their walk homeward.

Kuno:	Ranma Saotome, today you shall pay homage to Tatewaki Kuno!

Ranma:	Huh? Oh, not this again.

	Just as Kuno's bokken arced towards Ranma, a second bokken
	blocked its path. Ranma followed the sword to see Kipp at the
	other end of it.

Kuno:	What? Who dares interfere with Tatewate Kuno? I shall smyte 
	thee!

Ranma:	Kipp, what are you doing?

	Kuno swung his bokken wildly at Kipp who flipped easily out of 
	the way.

Kipp:	If you want to prove yourself with a sword, then why not face
	an opponet armed with one?

Kuno:	Who are you insolent whelp?!

Kipp:	I am...

Kuno:	Hold! It is I who challenge thee thus it is proper that I state
	my name first. I am known as the Blue Thunder of Furinkan High,
	the undefeated Captian of this school's Kendo club! Tatewake
	Kuno, age eighteen.

Kipp:	(amused) I am Kipp Hoshiryuu of the Hoshiryuu school of
	Anything Goes School of Martial Arts and Kenjutsu.

Kuno:	Very well then, let it begin!

	Kuno gave a charge and a series of swing and thrust attacks.
	Kipp parried and blocked seeming as to wait for the right 
	moment to strike. Kuno launched another assault and Kipp allowed
	himself to be backed toward a nearby tree. Kuno gave a mighty
	swing and Kipp flipped backwards to the edge of the tree.

Kuno:	Ha! Now I have you!

Kipp:	Think again. Iki no Kazeryuu!

	A blast of wind rushed from Kipp's hand catching Kuno and 
	slamming him into the wall some 40 feet away. Kuno fell to the	
	ground leaving an impression in the wall where the impact
	occurred. The students gathered around the fallen Kuno and 
	helped him up.

Kipp:	(to Ranma and Akane) Well, shall we be off?

	Ranma and Akane nodded and the three headed to the dojo.

Akane:	You seem to be getting along well, Kipp.

Kipp:	Yeah, I'm doing ok. I got a job helping Dr. Tofu, and I've been
	at Ukyo's Restraunt most of the time for dinner, but there's
	something I need to know.

Ranma:	What's that?

Kipp:	Is that Kuno guy always like that?

Akane:	Yep, you should have seen him before.

Ranma:	At least you're not engaged to Akane.

Akane:	What's that supposed to mean?!

Ranma:	Kuno's always been after me since he found out! And another 
	thing, whatever you do, don't let him see your cursed form!

Akane:	Cursed form? You mean?

Kipp:	Ranma didn't tell you?

Akane:	Tell me what?

	Kipp told Akane about his journey through China and his cursed
	form. As he finished they arrived at the Dojo where they were
	met by Kasumi the fathers.

Genma:	So, boy, how has your training with Kipp been going?

Ranma:	At least he doesn't run away like SOMEONE I know!

Genma:	You don't know what you're saying, boy. I've been holding back
	for your own sake

Ranma:	Yeah, sure!

Genma:	If you want to test that then why not fight me!

Ranma:	Anytime old man!

Genma:	Fine then!

	Genma and Ranma begin fighting and chasing each other outside
	while throwing punches. 

Kasumi:	I hear you and Dr. Tofu are working on a new herbal remedy.

Kipp:	That's right. I have some of it here. It hasn't been tested,
	but this herbal mixture is supposed to help ease fatigue, but
	we don't know if it will have any side effects or not.

	Kipp takes some of the herbs in a tea packet and places them on
	the table.

Kasumi:	Oh, Kipp. I was wondering if you could help me with some things
	from the market. I was going to ask Ranma, but he's training.

Kipp:	It would be my pleasure.

Akane:	I'll help too!

	Kasumi, Akane, and Kipp leave the house and go to the market.
	On the way back...

Kasumi:	So what other things have you and Dr. Tofu been working on?

Kipp:	There is this other Herbal Essence that we have been looking in
	to that seems to cause people to tell the truth. The police
	force has asked us to do some work on it for criminal investigations
	
Akane:	Have you gotten it to work?

Kipp:	Yep, I brought some of that along with me to take to Dr. Tofu.
	I have a bit more at home to.

	Kipp reaches into his pocket and pulls out another tea-packet
	shaped envelope. On the front is marked "Herbal Refreshing 
	Agent".

Kipp:	Uh-oh.

Kasumi:	What is it?

Kipp:	I thought I left this packet at the dojo. It appears it is the
	Truth Essence I left there instead!

	Back at the Tendo Dojo:

Ranma:	(Entering from training) Phew! That made me thirsty! Wonder if
	there's any tea made.

	Ranma sees the packet of tea and fixes a cup of hot water.

Ranma:	Hmm.. here's some. There seems to be enough for a cup.

	Ranma fixes the hot water and puts the tea packet in the cup
	and takes a long sip. As he puts the cup down, Kasumi, Akane,
	and Kipp return from the market.

Kipp:	Uh-Oh I recognize that smell.

Ranma:	Hey, Kasumi. What kind of tea was on the table? It tastes 
	pretty good whatever it is.

Akane & Kipp: What?

Kasumi:	Oh, that was actually some herbal essence that Kipp and Dr. Tofu
	worked up.

Ranma:	What kind of essence.

Kipp:	It's designed to make people tell the truth.

Ranma:	What?

Kipp:	Tell me something, how are you feeling?

Ranma:	Not too good really, the Old man came at me pretty good and 
	gave me a scare a couple of times, and the weather was really
	a but to hot today. The outfit Ukyo was wearing was pretty 
	cute...
	
	Ranma covered his mouth, but to late. Whack! Akane hit Ranma 
	with her school bag that was lying on the table with a 
	quick motion.

Kipp:	Well, I'd say it works.

Ranma:	Yep, it sure is. How long do you think it'll last?

Kipp:	With the amount you drank, I'd say about 24 hours, maybe more.

Ranma:	Great, now that I have to tell the truth there are probably 
	a lot of people who are going to be angry with me.

Kipp:	If I were you, Ranma I would stay away from your other fiancees

Nabiki:	(entering) What's that? Ranma has to tell the truth now? This
	could be an interesting proposition.

Ranma:	Oh no, don't you dare think that!

Nabiki: Why not? What are you going to do about it?

Ranma:	Probably nothing because that would...

	Ranma's face reddened as he attempted to hold back the words he
	was about to say.

Akane:	That would what?
	
	Ranma was silent, but obviously holding back, it did not look
	like he could hold it in much longer.

Nabiki:	Come now, do tell.

Ranma:	(quickly) because it would probably make Akane mad at me.

Akane:	(becoming red) What?

Nabiki:	Really now... (looks at Akane)

Akane:	Don't tell me you're thinking on asking him...

Ranma:	Oh no, I'm outta here!

	Soun and Genma come in having heard some of the comments and 
	hold Ranma in his seat.

Nabiki:	Now come on Ranma, why don't you tell us how you REALLY feel
	about Akane?

Ranma:	Because I don't want to.

Nabiki: Let me rephrase that. How do you feel about Akane?

Ranma:	(straining to withhold) She....is....so....**CUTE!

	Ranma slapped his hand to his mouth. Akane's face reddened
	profusely. All eyes turned to Akane. Genma and Soun prance
	and dance in the background estatic of the confession.

Akane:	(Embarrased) I... um... I'm going... to go to bed now, It's 
	getting rather late.

	She runs quickly out of the room.

Kipp:	Well, Ranma, it looks like you're going to have a LONG day
	tomorrow.

	The next day Ranma and Akane walked to school without saying
	a word to each other. Akane thought about what Ranma had truely
	confessed, and wondered why he had never actually said it 
	before. She thought if it was because of her, or because of his
	other fiancees. Did he like one of them more than her?

	When they reached school, they saw Nabiki at a booth with a 
	line of people in front of it. On a pole on top of the booth
	was a sign: "Have Ranma Tell You What He Really Thinks! Only 
	5000 Yen per question."

Akane:	What... is she... doing?!

Ranma:	I have a bad feeling about this.

Akane:	Why? You don't have to go up there!

Ranma:	No, but look who's at the front of the line.

	Akane took another look at the line, and sure enough there were
	both Ukyo and Shampoo fighting over who got to go first.

Nabiki:	(Calling as she sees Ranma) Hey Ranma! Come here for a sec!

Ranma:	No, way! I'm not that stupid!

Ukyo:	(Calling) Oh come on, Ran-Chan, everybody's waiting!

Shampoo: Ranma! You come NOW!

	A group from the line began to run and surround Ranma, soon the
	entire line joined in on the attempt to get Ranma to the stand.
	Ranma made a break for it and the mass swarmed after him.

Nabiki:	Its a good thing that line was for the paid customers...

	At lunch, Ranma faced another swarm of people trying to fulfill
	their requests. Ranma successfully got away and headed back to 
	class. In the hallway leading to class he was stopped by Ukyo.

Ranma:	Hey... U-chan, what eh... what's up?

Ukyo:	Ranma, I want you to answer this honestly.

Ranma:	(quickly) Ok...

Ukyo:	How do you really see the relationship between us?

Ranma:	We have a good relationship between us, Ukyo, with us being
	really good friends and all.

	The word friends pounded at Ukyo like a lead hammer. 

Ukyo:	(glumly) I see... Excuse me.

	Ukyo ran down quickly down the hall. As she just got out of view,
	Kipp truned the corner towards class.

Kipp:	(looking in the direction Ukyo went) What happened to Ukyo?

Ranma:	She, uh... asked how I viewed the relationship between us.

Kipp:	Uh-oh. I was afraid something like this would happen. I'd better
	go see if I can do anything about that.

	Kipp ran down the hallway after Ukyo as Ranma went to class.
	Kipp caught a glimpse of Ukyo running into the Girl's bathroom

Kipp:	(muttering to himself) Great... looks like I get to flaunt my
	other self around for the rest of the school day.

	After grabbing a bucket from the Janitor's closet, Kipp went
	into the boy's bathroom and filled the bucket up with water.
	He poured it onto himself and stared at the strawberry-blonde
	girl with two cat ears and a tail. He sighed and walked into
	the girl's bathroom making sure no one else was in there, but
	Ukyo, first. After a successful search, he closed the door and
	locked it.

Ukyo:	(muttering softly) Oh, Ran-chan, if only I could really tell
	you how I felt...

K-Chan:	It's not all his fault, Ukyo.

Ukyo:	Huh? Who's that?

	Kipp walked forward, and a puzzled Ukyo stared sullen, but 
	shocked at him.

Ukyo:	Who are you?

K-Chan:	This may be a little hard to believe, but I'm Kipp. Like Ranma,
	I too fell into a cursed pool at Jusenkyo.

Ukyo:	Why are you here?

K-Chan:	Well, I saw how upset you were, and I thought I'd try to cheer
	you up a bit.

Ukyo:	Thanks, but I think It'd be better if you left me alone for a 
	while.

K-Chan:	Suit yourself.

	Kipp turned to leave, just as he reached the door, Ukyo stopped
	him.

Ukyo:	Wait. Maybe, it would make me feel better to talk to someone.

	Kipp walked back to Ukyo.

K-Chan:	Alright then, perhaps you'd prefer to take a walk as opposed to
	stay in the bathroom? It sure would make me feel a little 
	better. I'm not used to this female... business yet.

	Ukyo gave a little smirk, and the two exited the bathroom.

	Several hours later at the Tendo Dojo...

Soun:	So tell us Ranma, do you really love Akane?

Genma:	We could have the wedding tonight if you'd like

Ranma:	(face completely red from strain) grrrrr.. I'm not going to...
	
	Suddenly the pressure was taken off Ranma and his face returned
	to it's original color.

Ranma:	Ha! It wore off!

	Genma and Soun droped to the floor, then left moping.

Ranma:	(thinking) I don't know if I do or not...

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End Episode 2