I am still working on my fics. 60 hour work weeks don't promote much
more than a desire for rest and the Harry Potter book didn't help. ^_^
I also want to get this idea out of my head.
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Reading a letter in front of his dojo, Soun cried, "He's coming,
Ranma's finally coming."
Going inside his house, he went to gather his daughters up. He quickly
found Kasumi and Nabiki and explained what was going on. Nabiki filled
in Akane, after she had been dragged from the dojo. Nabiki had changed
her clothes to a classical kimono.
"One of is going to be engaged to a boy? What is dad thinking?" Akane
demanded.
"Come off it, Akane," Nabiki chided. "You know how old fashioned dad
is."
Akane growled and kept quiet. Nabiki smirked and heard a disturbance
at the front door. She went to see if it was Ranma and his father.
Nabiki quickly ran back and was followed by a panda carrying an
unconsciouss boy slung over its shoulder.
Cowering behind her father, Nabiki asked, "Do you know this panda?"
Soun frantically shook his head in the negative. Ignoring the panda,
Akane went to the unconsciouss boy and gently shook him. The boy's eyes
snapped open and he leaped to his feet.
"Pops!! Why did you have to bring me here? I told you I don't want to
get married? And, I want to find a cure." the boy yelled as he kicked
the panda out the back door into the pond.
Soun snapped out of his daze and asked, "Are you Ranma Saotome?"
"Er, yeah," Ranma said still seething.
Nabiki stated, "And that panda is your father?"
"Stupid old man took us to a cursed training ground. He turns into a
panda whenever he gets splashed with cold water. If you want to talk to
him, just get some hot water."
Ranma snorted and sat down as he watched the Tendo's pour hot and cold
water over his father. At first they were stunned by the change that
occured. Soun quickly recovered and told his girls to stop playing with
his friend's curse. He used some hot water to change Genma back and
started talking. Wjile they were doing that, Akane came over and sat
down beside Ranma.
"What animal do you turn into?" Akane asked. "You said you wanted to
find a cure, so you must be cursed as well."
"I don't turn into an animal," Ranma stated and then whispered so
softly that Akane thought she imagined it, "Anything would have been
better than that."
Akane asked, "Then what do you change into?"
"I don't want to talk about it."
After finishing his conversation with Soun, Genma walked over to Ranma
and declared, "On your feet, boy. I'm not going to hide any secrets
from my old friend."
Ranma jumped up and yelled, "Forget it, Pops. I don't want anyone to
know that."
A smirking Nabiki splashed Ranma in the face with a glass of water.
Her mouth opened in suprize as Ranma's form shrank and became a girl.
Akane, sitting behind Ranma, had her eyes glued on the now female
Ranma's back.
"Arrgh!!"
Ranma ran towards the kitchen. As she passed by everyone, they could
see the large key sticking out of Ranma-chan's back. Before she made it
to the tap, the key stopped rotating and she ceased moving.
Genma wailed, "Oh my poor son! He fell in the Spring of Drowned Girl
holding a Clockwork Doll. Now he turns into a wind up girl whenever
he's splashed with cold water."
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Title: Wind-up Ranma
As to who Zenmai chan is <http://www.linkclub.or.jp/~minakami/>
If anyone has any information about this series, please tell me in
private e-mail. I know very little and would like to find out more