Ranma 1/2
Raging demon.
The very first Ranma fic I ever wrote, I found a copy going through some
old papers and decided to write it down, it's been updated a little as
well. The plot is a little outdated, but I think it was done really well,
plus the plot twist make it worth reading. Especially when it's all
posted.
Part 1
Carrot's head snapped up, "Is it over?"
"Yea," replied his friend lazily.
"Thank god, I'll never understand this Sailor Moon thing of yours Dan,"
snorted the boy wearily.
The other boy merely smiled as he held up a videotape, "I got the new
Ranma, wanna see?" Dan had not seen anything move so fast in his entire
life.
"Put it in! Put it in!" yelled Carrot as he planted himself in front of
the TV.
"Jeez, and you bother me about Sailor Moon," said the boy distastefully
as he complied.
"Dude! It's completely different!" retorted the boy angrily without
looking up from the screen.
"Right," said Dan as he sat on the couch and rolled his eyes.
About half way through the video Dan found himself becoming angry, not
because Carrot was singing along with the theme song of the second
episode, and remarkably out of key as well. He was having trouble
justifying Ranma's actions. "Ranma is such a dope!"
Carrot looked at him blankly; the statement had come from out of the
blue. "Huh?"
"Why can't he say it? He's a pathetic wuss!" complained Dan.
"If I had enough power I bet I could make him do it!" said Carrot with a
smirk appearing on his face.
"Sure you could, just beat him until he said it, duh," snorted the other
boy in retort.
""That wouldn't work, not with Ranma," said the boy lazily as he leaned
back and rested against the small coffee table that sat in the center of
the room.
"You think so?" asked a strange female voice, both boys turned and
stared at the source.
Akane Tendo was sticking halfway out of the screen smiling at the
mischievously.
"What the f-" Carrot was cut off by Dan as the boy smacked him upside
his head. "Ow!"
"Did that hurt?" asked the boy without taking his eyes off the girl.
"YES!" screamed Carrot angrily as he rubbed the sore spot.
"Then we aren't dreaming," replied the boy.
Carrot blinked and turned to look at him with a mixture of anger and
disbelief on his face. The girl completely ignored these events and waved
at them to get their attention. "Hi, I'm Kei!"
Dan shrugged it off and blinked again. "Dude, Akane's talkin to us."
"Silly mortals, I'm not Akane, I'm a goddess," replied the girl
cheerfully.
"Like, Beldandy?" asked Carrot, as he suddenly became calm.
"Sort of," replied the girl as she took up a thoughtful pose.
"What do you want?" Carrot shoved Dan aside before the boy could speak
and addressed the goddess again.
"To give you the chance to do what you said, or not. I don't care as
long as it's interesting!" squealed the girl happily.
"What?!" cried the two boys in shock.
"I'm offering to send you to their world!" said the girl excitedly, she
was like a sadistic female car salesman.
"No offence, but we'll get our butts kicked!" cried Dan as he tried to
absorb the information.
"I'll give you powers, food, and you'll always have enough money!" said
Kei with a smile.
"Only if we get to choose our own powers, and have at least one move
that can take out anyone in the cast with a single hit!" spat Carrot
before he even thought about who he was talking to, he had to say it
before Dan's fool ass instantly agreed.
The goddess smiled at them again, "Very smart, think of one character
and you'll have their powers."
Before Dan could speak Carrot poked him on the shoulder, the boy looked
and Carrot pointed to a CD sitting on the tabletop.
"Uh, can we?" he asked the boy.
"She said name a Character," replied the boy with a shrug, he turned to
look at Kei and she smiled at him.
"Agreed!" she chimed and with that they vanished in an instant.
The boys found themselves floating through a long tunnel. Dan looked at
the girl as she sped by next to them and giggled to herself. "Wait! How
do we get back?" asked the boy with a fearful look on his face.
She looked at him and widened her grin. "Get back? Simple, you die," the
boy sucked in a quick breath and turned to glare at his friend.
"This is all you're fault!" he screamed in rage.
"Or you complete your mission according to the bet, then you can leave
Ranma," continued the girl as cheerfully as ever, Carrot was already
getting annoyed by it.
They approached a light at high speed and Dan went wide-eyed as he
realized what was going to happen. Dan could only find one word for the
situation. "Shit."
A porthole flashed open in Jusenkyo as the two boys where spit out into
the springs, Dan flailed about as he struggled to get out of the pool
from underneath Carrot. He finally managed to catch hold of something and
struggled out of the water. He looked up to see a young red haired girl
laughing heartily at him.
"BWAHAHAHAHAHAAA! Man you're cute!" He looked at her quizzically and
something clicked in his mind.
"No!" he reached down and clutched two unfamiliar and strangely
sensitive lumps in his shirt. He turned and looked up to see Kei floating
above him trying to stifle her own laughter. "Why? Why here damn it!?"
"This is Ranma, I think it's some sort of rule," replied the girl with a
shrug.
"So, does everyone who falls in here become a babe?" asked Carrot
looking himself over.
"I think so," said the goddess with another shrug.
"You know, for a goddess you sure are well informed," snapped Dan
bitterly.
Kei flipped over in the air and another porthole appeared. "This should
be entertaining, but I have to go. Remember, practice or you'll lose your
powers!" She flew into the porthole and stuck her head back out. "And
don't get rid of the curses, think of it as payment for bringing you
here. Bye guys, you're on your own!"
The pair nodded and stared at the hole dumbly as it closed.
Dan turned towards Carrot and frowned, "This is another fine mess you've
gotten me into! Do you even speak Chinese?"
"This is anime my friend! Don't worry about it!" said the boy as he
slapped his companion on his back.
"Huh?" replied the boy dumbly.
"Everyone is dubbed!" snorted the boy with a laugh, "Besides, I took
care of it! I made a few negotiations while we were flying through that
tunnel. She was quite happy to hear them for some reason, something about
how it would be even more fun."
"So, now what? Japan?" asked Dan with a heavy sigh as he finally
accepted his fate.
"Naw, I'm gonna hang around for a little while and test out my powers,
maybe even learn a few new tricks so I don't have to fall back on my big
one until an emergency."
"Why?" asked Dan carefully.
"I don't trust that goddess, and I've always wanted to learn the
Chestnut Fist, and the breaking point," replied the boy with a shrug.
"So that's why you picked a non-Ranma character, you figured you could
learn the other stuff on your own," gasped Dan as a comprehending look
crossed his face.
They found two identical duffel bags with their names written on small
tags on the drawstrings a short time later. "Hey, look! She packed us
lunch! Keen!" said Carrot cheerfully as he pointed out two bento boxes
next to the bags.
Dan gave him a sour look and examined the contents of his bag, inside
was legal papers, three dogi, a sleeping bag, and a small bag of
toiletries.
The pair set up camp and relaxed with the meal they had been provided.
"Some unidentifiable raw fish, some rice, and some weird Japanese
vegetables," Dan poked through the meal and slowly picked at it; for some
reason he wasn't all that hungry.
"Get used to it, we are going to Japan after all," snorted the other boy
in reply.
"Well, the dogi do match our characters I guess," replied the boy as he
tugged at his new clothing.
"Yea, well I picked first you copycat," snorted Carrot as he looked up.
"Yea, well you'll be Ken to my Ryu then!" snapped the boy in retort.
"Who said anything about Ken? I never liked him anyway!" retorted the
other boy angrily.
"Dude, they're a pallet swap," replied Dan lazily.
"Only in the first two games!" defended Carrot.
"So it'll be Ryu vs. Ryu, big deal," said the boy as he lay back and
looked up at the sky. "I'm turning in Carrot."
"Good idea, we've got a lot of training to do tomorrow!" quipped the boy
as he lay back as well. "Man this is cool!"
A few days later the two boys staggered through the woods searching for
some form of civilization. Remarkably enough they managed to not find a
single person on the most densely populated country on the planet.
"So, it's this way then?" said Carrot as he peered into an oversized
roadmap.
"What the hell good is that going to do us? There aren't any roads!"
snapped Dan angrily.
"I donno, I just like holding it," replied the boy with a shrug.
A familiar sounding evil laugh echoed through the forest causing both
boys to stop cold. They inspected their surroundings carefully and didn't
like what they saw, behind them a steep cliff vanished into the forest
below, they where in a small clearing surrounded by trees.
"Well this is yet another fine mess you've gotten us into, I expect
we'll run into Joketsuko next," snapped Dan as he smacked the other boy
on the side of his head hard.
A large group of men emerged from the forest surrounding them, they
where armed with clubs and various sharp objects. The largest of them was
obviously the one who had laughed as he spoke up. "Well, look what we
found, I'll bet they've got a little money on them too."
Dan frowned and got into a defensive stance with Carrot following suit
immediately after him. "Ooh look! Bandits!" quipped Carrot as he smiled
at his friend.
"Yea, we're just takin in the culture you jerk," replied Dan angrily as
he frowned at his friend.
"Give up your things and I'll let you have a quick death!" announced the
leader of the gang.
Dan merely snorted and beckoned with his hand. "Come and get it."
The battle was short, both boys stood back to back as the gang charged
forward. The gang charged forward in a large tight group because of the
limited space in the clearing. The two martial artist cupped their hands
at their sides and smiled as the energy built up in their hands. In
almost perfect unison the cry of "Hadoken!" echoed across the valley
below as the bandit gang found itself enveloped in a wave of chi energy.
"That was rather anti-climactic," commented Carrot as he kicked one of
the smoking gang members, it was obvious that they would not wake up for
some time yet.
"Yea, whatever, can we get out of here now?" snorted Dan lazily.
"Sure, maybe one of these guys has a map or something?" Carrot bent down
over one of the defeated gang members and reached into the man's vest.
What happened Dan really wasn't expecting. The bandit's arm shot up in a
blur and Carrot was thrown back with his eyes wide with shock. An arrow
stuck from his chest piercing his heart. The boy staggered back and
looked down as the man smiled at him wickedly holding a small crossbow in
his hand. Without a single word he tumbled over the edge of the cliff
while Dan looked on in complete shock.
"CARROT!" in an instant he was able to move, he rushed forward stopping
at the edge as he looked down and saw only forest below him. "No! Damn
you! This is all your fault!" He turned towards the offending bandit and
glowed with power and anger. "You jerk! Now I'm stuck here all by
myself!"
Cries of pain was all that could be heard for several minutes after.
In the trees above a figure watched, a dark smile crossed his lips as he
saw Dan leave the bandit gang behind. "This shall make my task much
easier." His eyes glowed a deep crimson as he chuckled to himself and
vanished into the shadows again.
One month later...
"Man, I feel like Ryoga!" thought Dan as he stepped into Nerima, it had
been a long walk from the airport and he'd had to stop for directions
several times; but now, at last, he was here. "I never thought it was
this big before," he mused as he walked into an open park with a light
smile on his lips. He was still dressed in the dogi and had a long
headband that blew through the breeze behind him. He could see Furinkan
high school nearby and turned towards it out of curiosity, classes had
long since ended for the day and the sun was about to set behind him.
"Hey!" Dan turned and saw a large group of boys dressed in porcelain
masks. They fanned out as soon as he noticed and surrounded him.
"Hey, punk! Give us you're lunch money!" cried the one who stepped
forward, he was wearing a wolf mask.
"School is out, if I had lunch money I would have already spent it. You
should try this in the morning," said Dan lazily. It was enough to
startle the boys for a moment, but they quickly recovered. "You'll pay
for that, no one makes me look stupid!"
"You're right, you're doing such a good job on your own," quipped Dan as
he set his bag down next to him and tried to hide the smile on his face.
Physically he had not changed in appearance, he was still a slender
looking boy in only moderate shape on the outside, completely
unthreatening. Glancing around at the group he noticed a young boy about
his own age cowering behind a tree.
"Gosunkugi, probably glad they've found someone else for once," he noted
mentally.
"Don't just stand there punk! Pay up!" growled the masked boy in front.
Dan smiled to himself as he took up a karate stance. "Come and get it."
Gosunkugi hid his eyes in terror and waited for the screams to stop and
the bullies to leave. He peeked from behind his fingers and noticed that
nothing had happened yet.
"Looks like another Saotome wannabe!" laughed the fattest one. He was
directly behind Dan and easily three hundred pounds.
"Tell me something lard ass, do you really think that mask will hide
your identity? I mean, look at yourself, what kind of idiot wouldn't
recognize a pig like you?" said Dan as he grew more and more impatient.
"What?! I'll kill you!" screamed the boy as he charged, the other four
gang members followed him.
Dan moved exactly six times, he barely breathed. It felt so natural and
so alien to him to be able to move that way. He stood over the boys
looking at his handy work with a satisfied smile. All five of the boys
were lying broken on the ground around them with the masks shattered.
"Saotome's got nothin on me."
Hikaru Gosunkugi's jaw dropped as he stared at the scene in shock. The
new boy had just beaten the crap out of those bullies and barely moved to
do it.
"You coming or not?" asked the boy as he walked by where he was hiding.
"Y-yea," replied Hikaru nervously.
"Where is the Tendo Dojo?" asked the boy calmly.
Dan stood in front of the gates to the Tendo dojo and smiled. Somehow he
had expected it to be bigger. "Man, this is weird," he commented as he
glanced around the neighborhood. He froze in place as he noticed a
strange sign on the window in the building next door. "For Sale." Dan
grunted as his bag became heavier all of a sudden and jerked in surprise.
He set it down on the ground and frowned when he opened it revealing a
large number of high mark yen bills. "This is too weird."
The man who lived in the home bragged about the neighborhood and told
him how nice and quiet it was. That is, until Dan asked about the
neighbors.
The man smiled nervously and laughed. "Everyone in the area is very
friendly..." he skill fully avoided mentioning the Tendos or their
houseguests.
Dan smiled and shrugged his shoulders, "I'll take it," he said while
dumping the contents of his bag on the ground. The old man about had a
heart attack at the sight of all the money in front of him. He was crying
tears of pure joy the whole time the papers where being signed.
A few days later Dan woke up at six a.m. "Time to train," he thought
grumpily as he staggered out of bed and changed into his dogi. Within
minutes he was outside and starting his morning jog, which led him
straight into Akane Tendo.
The girl sprawled out across the pavement as Dan staggered back in
surprise blinking a few times before he got his bearings again.
"Sorry," muttered the girl as she stood up and dusted herself off.
"Boy, you are cute, I'm surprised," commented the boy as he looked her
up and down.
"I beg your pardon?" snapped the girl in angry shock.
"Think fast genius!" screamed his brain as he sought an escape from the
situation. "Uh, the guy who lived here before told me you where cute, I
didn't really believe him. I know you're engaged though, that is if
you're Akane Tendo?"
"Excuse me," muttered the girl as she brushed by him.
Dan about panicked as he chased after her. "No wait! I'm sorry, I really
didn't mean anything by it! I'm still trying to get used to all these
Japanese customs! I'm Dan, your new neighbor."
"Right, did that old man happen to tell you about anyone else in the
neighborhood?" snorted the girl in disbelief as she picked up her pace to
lose him.
The annoying boy kept up without even really noticing. "Actually yes, I
asked a lot of questions before I pay that much money for a house!"
Akane blinked at him and stopped. "You're serious? You asked about the
neighborhood and still moved in?"
This caught Dan off guard and he crossed his arms in front of his chest.
"This is not a good sign."
Akane shrugged and started to jog again. "Sure whatever, I'm sure my
father will want to meet you." The feeling of ice she had been giving him
lessened some, but did not completely vanish.
"I'll stop by and say hello this afternoon," he replied as he started to
jog in the other direction.
That caught Akane off guard, she had been expecting him to at least
follow her; after all he was a boy. She quickly dismissed the matter and
continued her morning warm up.
After a few hours he realized that he didn't know the first thing about
martial arts training. After his morning warm up he had done a few things
for the home that day before trying to practice. It was getting late and
he realized that most of the Tendo family would be home now. "Lucky I
live next to a dojo, this gets more interesting by the minute."
Dan knocked on the door and was greeted by a pleasant girl who was a
little older than himself. "Hello, can I help you?"
"You must be Kasumi," he said with a pleasant smile getting a confused
look from the girl. "I am Dan, your new neighbor."
"Oh, hello. Come inside, I'm sure father will want to meet you," said
the girl sweetly.
"Thank you," he replied simply as he stepped into the home and took his
shoes off.
A short time later Dan sat with the Tendos making pleasant conversation
while Kasumi served tea. Soun had formally introduced everyone to him and
he tried to be as polite as he could.
"I understand you've already met my Akane," said Soun giving the boy a
sidelong glance. Ranma remained silent and gave the boy a dark look, Dan
ignored it and continued the conversation.
"Ah, yes. I literally ran into her this morning," he replied giving the
girl an apologetic smile. "I'm sorry if I seemed a bit rude, but I'm
still learning about your country and I wanted to make a good
impression."
"Where are you from?" asked Nabiki as she leaned across the table and
smiled at him.
"America originally, I just got out of training in China," he replied,
it wasn't a complete lie.
Ranma frowned again and looked over at him curiously.
Soun raised his eyebrow and smiled at the boy. "You practice the arts?"
"Yes, I use a form of Shotokan Karate," replied Dan honestly.
"I know a little of that," said Ranma with a sudden interest in his
face.
"Not the way I do it, as far as I know only two people practice it, and
one of us is dead," replied the boy with a tense look on his face.
"Interesting," replied Soun.
"Actually, I wanted to talk with you about that. I'm interested in
training at your dojo if you'll have me," he looked over at the man and
received a smile.
"I don't see any reason why not," replied Soun.
A week passes...
"But, these are basic Shotokan forms!" cried Soun.
"Never seen em before," replied Dan with a shrug. "Master wasn't much on
forms, in fact I don't recall ever learning one from him." Once again, it
wasn't a complete lie.
From the doorway Ranma smirked. "He don't do no Shotokan."
"Hey, you callin me a liar?" retorted the boy angrily.
"You've been coming here more than a week and you can't do nothin! Sure
you got flexibility, and balance, pretty strong too. What are you really?
A gymnast?"
"You wanna find out how good I am?" retorted the boy angrily.
He took up a stance and Ranma laughed as the boy hopped in place. "What
the heck do you call that? You're wide open!"
"So hit me," replied the boy lazily.
"I ain't fightin you!" retorted Ranma sharply. "Mr. Tendo wouldn't like
it if I hurt you."
"Scared you'll lose?" prodded Dan, he was trying to find the right
button to push and get Ranma onto the floor without seriously pissing him
off. It worked beautifully.
"I ain't scared of nothin!" the boy rushed forward and stopped opposite
Dan in a relaxed stance.
"Ranma! Don't! You'll hurt him!" cried Akane in alarm. Soun placed a
restraining hand on her shoulder.
"Akane, let them be, perhaps this is what the young boy needs."
"I warn you! Hold back and you'll lose Saotome!" said Dan with a sudden
calm about him.
"All right, if it's a fight you want, you got it!" replied Ranma as he
openly took up a kenpo stance.
Meanwhile in China...
Lime and Mint lay across the ground out cold as the dark figure smiled
at its handiwork. "Lord of the Musk, I challenged you, not these weak
beings."
Herb stood from his place on a nearby rock and gasped in anger. "You'll
pay for that!"
"I sincerely doubt that, no creature can stand against my power," said
the thing with a hard gaze crossing its face as its eyes burned with what
looked like a bright red flame.
The Musk prince had yet to get a good look at the creature standing
before him, the battle it had with Lime and Mint had take place within
the shadows of the forest surrounding them. He grit his teeth as it stood
out in front of him in the light finally. A long shock of red hair
floated above it's head moving like a flame as it glowed with a light
sucking black aura and stared him down.
"Who are you?" asked Herb as he stood allowing his own power to burn.
The thing gave him what appeared to be a smile. "Power...made flesh."
"Come on Ranma! You think I'm a fool and a liar! Prove me wrong!" roared
the boy in anger as he faced off against the young Saotome.
Ranma merely chuckled. "You already did that."
"Come on!" snapped the boy as he lowered his hands to his waist and took
up a strangely open stance.
"After you!" replied the boy still aware that Akane and Soun were
watching. No matter what his feelings were at the moment he couldn't
bring himself to attack the student in the dojo. His anger was slowly
eating away at his control as the boy boasted about his skills. A quick
take down should humble him, there was no need to hurt the boy. What
happened next took him completely by surprise.
"Fine! Eat this! Hadoken!" a blue ball of energy slammed into Ranma's
chest sending him sprawling across the floor with a look of complete
shock as he struggled to rise as quickly as he could. The other boy was
on him already forcing him back.
"Whatever that was, it's strong! Almost as strong as a Shi shi houkou
dan!" thought Ranma desperately as he dodged and attempted to get his
bearings. "Enough of this! Katsutenshin amaguriken!" Dan was forced back
by the wave of lightening fast punches; he staggered back just out of
range and waited for his opening. He saw it as Ranma lowered the attack
to move in closer to him.
The pigtailed martial artist was about to jump forward when Dan jumped
straight up into a short hop. He spun around once and stuck out his leg.
"Tatsumaki senpu kayaku!" Ranma found himself sprawling across the mat
again as three devastating blows slammed into his face as his opponent
performed five successive spinning kicks without landing on the ground
once.
"Damn!" muttered the pigtailed boy as he rolled away as his opponent
pressed the attack again. They exchanged blows a few times and Ranma was
becoming increasingly frustrated, it seemed almost as if Dan was
deliberately cutting across the floor out of the spiral.
"Ranma, I don't think Mr. Tendo would appreciate you using that move in
the dojo," quipped the boy as he punched him back.
"Enough!" called Tendo ending the match. It was easy to see that Ranma
was not happy.
"Still think I'm a liar?" asked Dan coolly.
"No..." admitted Ranma as he hung his head.
"Good, those were not even close to my strongest techniques," replied
the boy causing all present to stare at him in shock.
"Why did you come to my dojo?" asked Soun with a hard gaze.
"I don't know how to train without a partner," said Dan honestly. "I
learned by doing."
"With who?" asked Akane in shock.
"The man who died in China," replied the boy simply. No one pressed the
matter any further as a sort of quiet understanding came over them.
"You think you're good? I'm not even warmed up yet!" snarled Ranma
defensively.
"That must be a cold sweat then," countered Dan lazily as he turned back
towards Soun.
Ranma froze with his eyes widening in shock. The boy was dry, only a few
drops of sweat could be seen forming on his forehead.
At the Cat Caf� Cologne stopped everything she was doing as a look of
terror crossed her face. The letter in her hands fell to the ground as
she stood staring into the wall shaking in grief and anger.
"Great Grandmother?" said Shampoo as she leaned forward and waved her
hand in front of the woman's face.
"How can this be?" was all the matriarch could say.
Mousse walked over and picked up the note she had been reading carefully
and inspected it while adjusting his glasses. His reaction was not unlike
Colognes, but he managed to stay somewhat calm. "Get your things Shampoo,
we have to go back to the village."
"No, that won't be necessary," replied Cologne with a frown. She took
the note away and flipped it over. Scrawled on the back in broken and
warped Kanji normally reserved for monsters in manga stories was a
message.
"Nerima is next."
"Come we must prepare, Mousse hang up the sign. We are closed," said the
old woman with a hint of anger in her voice. "Whoever did this to our
home will have a nasty surprise waiting for them when they reach Japan."
TBC...
Now, I know what you're thinking. All powerful guy comes to Nerima and
kicks everyone's ass right? Well you're partially right, this was my very
first fanfic and I'm trying my best not to change it much. However, if
this were a normal fic like that I'd never have reposted it in the first
place, it has a few major plot twists later on, one's I'm sure you're not
expecting. It also has a fairly dark streak to it later. This will also
probably be out in three separate parts.
You can see where some of my characterizations came from in later
writings. Most of the plot twists occur in the later portion of the
story, [You haven't seen anything yet!] you already have a pretty good
idea of what's going on I'm sure, and I'm betting you're surprised I
killed off Carrot already. Don't get too comfortable with things though,
everything isn't as it seems in this fic.
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAAA!
Ja ne
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