Subject: [FFML] [Ranma/AMG] Getting Home Wednesday - Fit 2: Sigil
From: "Jerry/Patch Monkey" <patchmonkey@patchmonkey.net>
Date: 12/6/2000, 12:27 AM
To: "FFML" <ffml@fanfic.com>



Version 1.0 - to FFML, C&C welcome (1)





Disclaimer:  While several of the characters used herein belong to the

author, many others do not and are the property of their respective

creators.  This author makes no pretense of having any rights to their

names, series, or respective properties.



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Getting Home Wednesday

Fit the Second:  Sigil



Previous Chapters at: http://www.patchmonkey.net

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" Omnia Mutantur, Nihil Interit. 'Everything changes, but nothing is truly

lost.' "



------



    In a small shrine not too far from the campus of Nekomi Technical

Institute, which is one of the many fine learning institutions that pepper

the Japanese cityscapes, there lies a quaint little temple.  Inside this

temple lives a meek, insecure student, his girlfriend, apparently a foreign

girl, her sisters, one older and one younger, and a small, happy,

hard-working robot.  The two sisters, one platinum-haired and the other

raven-haired had already started the day in their natural peaceful manner,

as they would both hate to disrupt the serenity of the house.



    "Listen, squirt.  I'm not in any mood to put up with you today.  I had a

real bad night," began the elder.  "I don't need you to be bugging me right

now."



    "Don't call me squirt, you hag!  Urd, you're so mean!" replied the

younger.



    A voice came from the kitchen.  "Keiichi!  Urd!  Skuld!  Breakfast!"



    "Coming Belldandy!" chorused 3 voices at once.



    A few minutes later, the more organic members of the household were

munching away on the breakfast that the girlfriend had prepared.



    "Bell, this was wonderful!  You make the best breakfasts."



    "Thank you, Keiichi.  That's sweet of you to say."



    It was then that the three ladies fell to the floor, and the phone rang,

and the man jumped to catch the one he loved.

------



    Several thousand miles away, the intrepid party of Ranma, Ukyo, and

Panda followed the guide to a village.



    "What's this place we're heading to anyway?  Women warriors?  Like

Amazons or something?" queried Ranma.



    The guide had a surprised look on his face.  "Young sir know of Amazons

already?  We heading to Amazon village."



    "Ranchan, I'm so glad we went to Jusenkyo!"



    "Right, Ucchan.  Pop, I'm still not happy."



    "Anyway, Sirs and Miss, today very special day.  Today day of annual

women's tournament!  Few outsiders ever see."



    Ranma's and Ukyo's faces perked up.  "A tournament?" he asked.  "Think

they'll let us participate?"



    "That's a bad idea, Mister Customer.  Very bad you or Miss Customer win.

Oh, look, we are here.  Here Juketsuzoku,  Village of Amazons.  Have seat.

Watch."



------



    Back at the temple, Keiichi was finishing laying washcloths across the

three goddess's heads.  "Well, that was nice.  At least it wasn't a

space-time anomaly.  I don't think I could deal with that."



    He paused, considering what he just said.  "I refuse to believe that I

just said that."



    Sitting down, he saw that the three had begun to stir and wake up.

"Bell!  Are you all right?"



    "Yes...no...Oh dear," spoke Belldandy. "That felt like..."



    "An unauthorized usage of the ultimate force by a non-aligned being,"

Skuld finished.



    Concluded Urd, "Wow...did someone get the number of that bottle?  We

gotta get more of that sake, Keiichi."



    It should suffice to say that the temple's telephone began to ring, and

Keiichi thought that this would be a perfect time to visit Australia.  Or

cower in the bathroom.  Either one seemed acceptable.



    Urd walked over to the phone. "Hello?"



    "You don't say?"



    "You don't say?"



    Urd hung up the phone.  "Who was that?" asked Skuld.



    "I dunno.  He didn't say."



    Keiichi groaned.  The phone began to ring again. "I'll get it this time,

Sister," spoke Belldandy.



    "Hello?"



    "Yes, Father."



    "I understand."



    "Oh my."



    "Very well.  Goodbye, Father."



    "What was that all about, big sister?" enquired Skuld.



    "It appears that we'll be having some interesting company soon.  You'll

like the company a lot!"



    "Oh!  I better clean up Banpei then.  Later!"



    "Do I really want to know who's coming, Bell?" queried Keiichi.

-------



    Methodically, the guide began speaking.  "This Amazon women's village.

They might know more about your curses."



    Ukyo grinned.  "Do they know how to lock me in this form?"



    "Ah!  Look they are starting!"



    "Growf?"



    "Shut up, pop."



    In this quaint little village, there exists a square.  Normally, this

square had naught but a few children playing in it, or practising their less

lethal weapons.  Today, however, was vastly different.  A log had been

suspended in the air from two strong oaken posts set securely into the

ground.  Upon this log were two young women, approximately (to Ranma's

trained eyes) the same height.  One, with red-hair, fought with a sword, the

other, with purple-hair used two rounded clubs that looked most unwieldy.



    I have to admit, though, that she uses those things pretty well, thought

Ranma.  Then he noticed Ukyo's expression.  "Ucchan, what's wrong?"



    "She's bigger than me!  Waaaah!"



    "Ucchan, you're very pretty.  Please stop crying."  Please god, let this

work, he thought.



    "You think so?  Really?  Thanks, Ranchan!"



    Ranma looked up into the sky.  Thank you, he mused.



    "Hey!  You!  Silly dressed male!  You with wear lots of black and

leather belts!  Shampoo give you pain!"  The purple-haired girl began

stalking towards the group.  "Why you let your panda eat Shampoo's prize?"



    "I'm not silly dressed.  I'm not into the pain thing, really...and what

panda?  We don't have a panda.  The only people here are me, Ukyo,

the Guide, and Pop...who turns into a panda. Damn it, Pop!"



    "Growf?"



    "I challenge you, outsider male!  You no offend Shampoo!"



    "POP!"



    "Ranchan!"



    "Fine.  This'll only take a little bit."



    Murmurs quickly spread around the surrounding Amazons.  The new champion

had just challenged an outsider male, and he apparently had insulted her

afterwards.  The male and Shampoo approached the log, and jumped upon it.



    "You know, I'm really sorry about my Pop.  He's just too interested in

keeping himself fed, and now he has all that extra panda blubber..."



   "Hush!  Fight Shampoo!  Now!" yelled Shampoo as she swung her bonborri at

Ranma.



    Ranma leapt out of the way.  "Well, that's not very nice.  Anyway, me

and pop and Ucchan came here to find out if there was any cures for that

Jusenkyo place over there."



    Shampoo charged, and went for an overhead strike, but Ranma was already

gone.  "And so that guide told us to come over here and talk to an elder."



    "Shut up, male!"



    The village was abuzz.  The male the champion had challenged was acting

as though nothing was going on, and attempting to carry on a conversation

with her.  That sort of thing had never happened before!



    "But it looks like you're too interested in fightin' to have a

conversation.  Oh well," he said, looking over at Shampoo.  "Mind if I

borrow those?" asked Ranma reaching for the bonborri, as his countenance

darkened and appeared to focus.



    "How you steal Shampoo Bonborri?"



    "You left an opening.  And an opening is a very bad thing.  You see, you

leave an opening, I take your weapons.  I take your weapons, and, as you are

a weapons user, you're off balance.  If you're off balance," he spoke as he

kicked Shampoo off the log, "I kick you off the log, and you lose.



    "Good match, by the way.  That was fun," he added, as he leapt to the

ground.  Ranma leaned down to offer his hand to the purple-haired girl,

ignoring the guides warding signs.  She grabbed his hand, and pulled him to

the ground, embracing him suddenly.



    "Hey!  Wha?  Stop!  Donmmmmph!  Mmmpphhh!  Mmmmm..."



    Just as suddenly, she released him.  "Wo ai ni, Arien."



    Ukyo perked up at that.  Turning to the guide, she spoke.  "Please tell

me that doesn't mean what it looks like it means...and sounds like."



    "Oh, Miss Customer very perceptive, no?  Village champion just declare

love for young Mr. Customer."



    "Thank you.  That's exactly what I wanted to hear," replied Ukyo with

sarcasm.



     Ranma, on the other hand, simply lay there on the ground, gasping for

air.  A second later, the air was rushing around him, as a panda grabbed him

and Ukyo and began to high-tail it out of the village, dropping a small

piece of paper on the way.  A small woman on a stick hopped over, and picked

it up.



-----

    The purple-haired girl walked over to the tiny woman.  <Great

Grandmother, did you see that?>



    <Yes. Well, great granddaughter, he certainly seems like a fine catch,>

spoke the elderly lady.



    <Aiyah.  How are we going to catch him?  His kiss...was...naughty and

nice at the same time.  That male was very powerful.>



    <In the morning, we shall go after them.  It is more fun to hunt them

down, anyway.  I want to take a look at the boy as well.>



    <How do we know where he has gone?>



    <Normally, you would have to track him down.  But it appears that they

have indeed been to Jusenkyo.  The panda attempted to shove this in his

pockets as he ran off,> explained the woman as she showed the piece of paper

to Shampoo.



    <But pandas don't have pockets...>



    <Exactly, great granddaughter.>



    Had either the old woman or Shampoo bothered to look around at this

point, they would have noticed that several other of the young women were

inching closer to where they stood.  However, they did not.



    <So, what does it say?>



    <'Tendo,' it begins, 'Bringing Ranma and his bond-sister.  Be there

soon.'  It's addressed to the Tendo Dojo, in the Nerima district of Tokyo in

Japan.  We shall leave in the morning, and you will bring him back.  You

don't want to go to Jusenkyo again, do you?>



    <No, great-grandmother.>



    <Very well.  Go home, and prepare for the journey.>



    Needless to say, several other young women and one young man began

making preparations as well.



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(End Fit The Second)



Next:  An Interlude, to explain curses



Author's Notes:  Well, how do we think of this thus far?  To answer your

questions:



(1) Yes, C&C, public and private is accepted.  Please ask me before using my

work in an MST, that's common courtesy.  Flames will be ignored, as my fire

resistance is at 100%.



(2) I'm now 20 years old.  [December 5th, 2000]



(3) Red and gold bleed down to black...



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Jerry / Patch Monkey

Lord of Darkness, Brenin of Light



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