Ranma 1/2: Change a single identity and you get...
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Part 1: Here's Ranma, a typical fanfic beginning.
"A fianc�e'?!" cried Nabiki in shock.
"Yes, he's the son of a very good friend of mine," said Soun sagely as
he looked off into the yard; Anywhere to avoid the glares he was getting.
"Oh my, I do hope he's older," muttered Kasumi to herself.
"What's he like?" asked Nabiki hopefully.
"I don't know, I've never met him," answered Soun. "If one of you three
girls were to marry him then the Tendo family legacy would be secure."
Akane just growled.
"They just returned from a long trip to China, they'll be here any
minute," said Soun.
"OOh! China!" said Nabiki looking happier than ever.
"So they went to China big deal," muttered Akane.
"Hey, cut it out pops! I'm goin!" said a voice from the hall. Every
one's attention turned to the two new voices in the home.
"Oh my, we have visitors," said Kasumi sweetly.
"OOH! It must be Ranma!" said Nabiki excitedly.
"Saotome! My old friend! I've been waiting!" cried Soun.
Kasumi followed and brushed her hair back with a worried expression,
Akane just grumbled and walked behind her.
They found their father had already embraced the red haired boy; and he
was crying as usual. The man standing behind the scene looked happy to
see them. He was a well built man and had spiky black hair. He had an air
about him almost like Kasumi.
Soun stopped and frowned as he hugged the 'boy'; He pulled back and
looked at the person in his arms. She just looked annoyed and said
nothing. The man moved his hands up and down her body at her sides and
looked at his old friend.
The man just looked embarrassed. "You should have heard his mother when
she found out," he said sheepishly.
Nabiki poked at the breast on what was now obviously a girl.
"Could you please stop that?" the girl asked impatiently.
"Ranma isn't a boy she's a girl!" she said angrily.
Soun passed out.
He came too and looked around the room. His friend just sat and watched
from beside him, they were alone. "I'm real sorry about that, We kinda
had an accident," said the man as he scratched the back of his head and
looked away.
Soun sat up and looked hopeful. "You mean, that wasn't...?"
"Oh, that was Ranma all right, let me explain," said the man with an
exasperated sigh. He had Soun's full attention.
Akane frowned as her sister glared at Ranma. The poor girl just slumped
down and gave the three of them shy glances.
"Stop it Nabiki. Don't be so rude! He, she is our guest!" cried Akane as
she finally felt sorry for the girl who had endured Nabiki for so long.
She turned to her and smiled. "I'm Akane, you wanna be friends?" she
asked.
The girl just nodded shyly.
A few moments later they stood in the dojo. Akane smiled and turned to
her. "So you study kempo?" she asked cheerfully.
"A...little," replied the girl.
"Well, lets have a little match then!" said Akane laughing at the girl's
quiet nature.
"OK..." said Ranma she simply stood and waited.
"Don't worry I won't hurt you," said Akane reassuringly. That was the
farthest thing from Ranma's mind.
"Would you like me if I was a boy?" Ranma asked suddenly.
"Huh?" said Akane suddenly. She peered at the girl's out fit it was a
gray tunic that exposed her chest a little. She was really a girl, Nabiki
had made sure of that. So why would she ask something like that. "Sure I
would. Why?" she said in confusion.
"Just asking," said Ranma, it looked like she wanted to say more but was
still unsure.
"Let's start," said Akane as she swung at Ranma who moved out of the way
easily.
Akane blinked and kept up her attack and suddenly felt a finger touching
her neck. She hadn't even seen Ranma move. Yet there she was standing
beside her. "Let's go again!" said Akane in mild annoyance.
About a half hour later Akane stood panting in the middle of the dojo
floor.
"Uh, maybe we should stop. I don't think your enjoying this very much,"
said Ranma finally.
"Of course I am!" snapped Akane, she had yet to see any of the attacks
Ranma had tagged her with, no one could move that fast, it was
impossible! She stopped when Ranma shrunk back a little from her
outburst.
"I knew this was a bad idea," muttered the girl to herself.
"Maybe your right," said Akane with a small sigh. "I'm just glad your
not a boy."
"What?" said Ranma in an almost panicked voice.
"It's just that, I'd really hate to lose to a boy," explained Akane.
"No! Don't say things like that!" cried Ranma in what appeared to be
shocked terror.
"Huh? Why?" said Akane.
Kasumi chose this moment to walk in. "She's right Akane, that isn't a
very nice thing to say," chided the older girl. "Oh, I'll show you to
your room," she said motioning to Ranma. The girl just followed quietly.
"I like your father, he's a very nice man," said Kasumi as they walked
up the stairs.
"Yea, most people do," said Ranma with a little pride in her voice.
"Here's where you'll be staying. I'll get you a bath ready," said Kasumi
as she showed Ranma the guest room.
"Thanks, I really need to change," said Ranma obliviously. Surely his
father had explained things by now. Kasumi took his words completely
different than he had meant and smiled as she left.
"Akane, the bath is ready," said Kasumi.
Akane smiled and scampered up the stairs. She entered the bathroom and
smiled as she looked into the clothes basket, Ranma's clothes were piled
messily in the basket. "I guess we can both take our baths" she said
cheerfully. She began to undress...
Ranma sat in the hot water and smiled as his form returned to normal. "I
wonder if I should go out like this?" he wondered. "I guess I should," He
stepped out of the water and smiled at his own reflection. "That Akane
seems nice, I wonder if she'd like to be..." he thought as he began to
towel his hair off.
The furo door opened and Akane stood there in the nude. Ranma gave her a
passing glance and continued to dry his hair. Akane froze in fear.
Ranma walked up to the door and looked at her as she stood in his way.
"Are you gonna stand there all night or are you gonna take a bath? I'm
done now so you can," he said in mild annoyance.
Soun sat with his daughters and the stranger at the table.
"So what's this all about? You look familiar, Who are you?" asked Nabiki
she seemed a bit confused, she hated that. Nabiki Tendo is never
confused, it just didn't happen.
That's when the scream came. "Augghhh! You pervert!" cried Akane from
the top of the stairs. A young boy clad only in a towel rushed over the
railing and jumped down to the ground before continuing on his mad trek
away from the flying bath items tossed by the angry Akane.
Ranma dove behind his father and hid, he peeked around his shoulder and
was pegged by a shampoo bottle on his forehead. He rubbed the spot in
confusion. Obviously he didn't realize what he had done wrong.
"Son, what did you do?" said the man looking at the pair in confusion.
"I don't know, I was leaving the bath when this crazy girl attacked me
for no reason!" screamed Ranma in confused anger.
"No reason?! You looked at my body you letch!" retorted Akane, she was
leaning against the railing and clad in a towel. In her arms were various
objects she could lob at the unfortunate Ranma.
"Hey! You walked in on me!" said Ranma defensively.
Akane's expression changed when she realized something. "Son?" she said
dumbly.
"Yes, this is the boy I was telling you about." said Soun with a smile.
"My name is Saotome, Saotome Goku, and this is my son..." said the man
finally.
"Ranma," finished the boy. His tail was twitching slightly behind him
and he was looking apologetically at Akane.
Every one of the Tendo's froze when they saw this except for Soun.
"He looks just like his father." laughed the eldest Tendo.
"I do...?" said Ranma in unsure confusion.
"Yea, he growed up pretty good." said Goku with a laugh.
"H-he's got a tail?!!" said Akane in a sort of disgusted shock.
Nabiki only nodded with an equally shocked look, she just didn't seem to
be repulsed as Akane was. "Then who was that girl?" she asked after
recovering quickly.
"It's better to see," said Goku, he grabbed Ranma's shoulder as the boy
tried to scramble away. Ranma stopped and resigned to his fate. A moment
later Goku had dumped the drink he had asked for and not touched yet over
the poor boy's head. Instant red head.
Akane froze again, a sort of confused and hurt look crossed her face.
Ranma felt like dirt at the moment. She cringed under Akane's gaze and
just sat quietly.
"It started a few months back..." said Goku as he started his story.
Ranma stood in the clearing just before the springs that spread across
the large valley. The guide stood behind them and smiled. "Here sirs we
come to training ground of cursed spring, Jusenkyo," said the man as he
turned to face his two customers.
"Ready squirt?" asked Goku as he jumped up on one of the many bamboo
poles jutting from the springs.
"Any time old timer," snorted Ranma as he followed.
"No! Sirs! I no finished my tragic story!" wailed the guide as he
watched in horror.
"Don't go easy pop," said Ranma with a smirk.
"Like I ever would," said Goku as he duplicated the expression exactly
without realizing it. The both of them launched themselves into the air
and cried out as they clashed into a flurry of punches and kicks in mid
air.
The guide relaxed as they fought. They were good, maybe they wouldn't
fall in...
Ranma kicked off his father's chest and backflipped onto one of the
poles to await the next attack. "C'mon pop, we could have done this at
home,"
Goku stopped in mid air just above the surface of one of the pools. He
righted himself and smiled. "It was a fun trip though," was his reply as
he floated in mid air.
Goku blurred for a moment and vanished. Ranma gasped and spun around
angrily to face his father. "No fair teleporting! You know I can't do
that yet!" he cried as he searched for where his father would appear. He
felt hands on his back and realized that he had been duped. Goku had
teleported to directly in front of where he had been. Ranma cursed that
his reaction was so predictable. He felt his body fly through the air and
slam into one of the cold pools.
When he struggled up to the surface he saw a flurry of images. His
father was staring in shock and the guide was shaking his head as he
explained the situation.
"To bad, you fall in spring of drowned girl..." Ranma stopped hearing at
about that point as he noticed the ample chest he seemed to have grown.
His hearing returned just in time to hear, "...Take body of young girl."
Goku knew what was coming the minute his son got that look in his eyes.
The water around Ranma started to boil instantly and Goku quickly tucked
the guide under his arm and shot into the air. The guide started to
protest in fear and shock, then he saw a tiny white light below them. It
grew gradually larger until it enveloped almost all the springs in the
valley.
Goku frowned and watched the blast, Ranma still didn't have enough
control to live safely in the city with his mother. It was rather
fortunate for him at the moment, his mother was going to kill him for
this one. The ancient springs had been reduced to a large steam cloud.
A few moments later Goku landed and walked over to the smoldering crater
that remained where Jusenkyo had once been.
A now male Ranma stood in the center of what remained. He looked down at
his hands and sighed. He didn't seem to notice his form had changed back.
That or he didn't care.
"Don't worry son, it just takes practice," reassured Goku as he walked
over to him.
"I wish I could learn faster," muttered Ranma.
"Sir, you destroy Jusenkyo!" gasped the guide.
"Yea, sorry," muttered Ranma.
"Is OK. Now, no more curses, but no can cure now," said the Guide a
little wistfully. "No need guide anymore, maybe I retire."
"Cure? But he's normal," said Goku in confusion.
"Only for little while, Curse say, Cold water turn into girl, hot water
turn into boy. No more magic here, only peace now though. Maybe you get
lucky?" said the Guide as he looked Ranma up and down. It started to rain
and Ranma shifted forms instantly.
"Or maybe not."
Ranma fell on her face instantly. "I can't stand up!" she cried in
panic.
"Aw, that's just cause you don't hava a tail. You'll get used to it,"
said Goku as he looked at the hole in the back of Ranma's pants and
noticed that the hole was empty. "Hey! I was right! I knew girls didn't
have tails!"
"What?!" cried Ranma in panic again as he felt his bottom.
"Nodoka-chan was pretty mad, but she took it well. All she did was kick
us out for a few months," said Goku cheerfully.
"Both of you?" asked Nabiki.
"Just pop, I only have to come because of the whole engagement thing,"
answered Ranma earning another collective glare from the girls.
Soun did not help matters any, He appeared beside Ranma and grabbed her
shoulder. "Well it seems your problem isn't so bad after all. These are
my three daughters, Kasumi, Nabiki, and Akane. Pick any one you want and
she'll be your new fianc�e."
Ranma was about to speak up when Nabiki and Kasumi intervened.
"Oh, he wants Akane," said Nabiki.
"Oh definitely," agreed Kasumi.
"Why would I want?!!" retorted Akane.
"Because you hate boys don't you? Well your in luck, he's half girl,"
said Nabiki with a sly grin.
"Are you nuts!? He's got a tail, A TAIL!" said Akane in shocked
disbelief.
"You said you wouldn't be mad!" said Ranma with a stern look on his
face. "You lied to me!"
"Look who's talking!" returned Akane.
"They're already the perfect couple," laughed Soun.
Goku just smiled and said nothing.
"He's a couple by himself! Besides we are fighting!" snapped Akane.
"We-we are?" said Ranma in surprise.
"Of course we are!!" yelled Akane.
"Great, I get a new fianc�e and we're fighting already," muttered Ranma.
"It's not so bad son, remember what I said about how your mother and I
met?" said Goku with a smile.
"The 'Pat-pat' incident?" asked Ranma as he ignored Akane now.
His father nodded. "I almost lost my head over that one, her and that
damn family katana of hers," muttered the man.
Akane made a frustrated growl and stormed up to her room.
"What did I do?" muttered Ranma in confusion again.
Nabiki smiled, this could make for some very interesting opportunities,
especially with Ranma being as gullible as he seemed.
TBC...
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